USA > New York > Washington County > Washington county, New York; its history to the close of the nineteenth century > Part 47
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86
The village of Lake lies nine miles northeast of Greenwich and is a place of some manufacturing importance. It was settled about 1780. The postoffice was opened in 1840 and R. W. Richey was the first postmaster.
The village of Bald Monntain lies at the base of the mountain of the same name. In 1852 Robert W. Lowber purchased the various lime quarries, built sixty houses and established the village. In 1872 the Bald Mountain Lime Company bought out Mr. Lowber's plant and allowed the work in the quarries to fall off, as they had other works producing their complement of lime.
TOWN OF FORT EDWARD.
The first material of interest respecting the history of Fort Edward is of a period prior to that of the earliest settlements in Washington County. We do not hear the frontiersman's axe sounding the prom- ise of settlement and peaceful habitation; we hear the beat of drums by day and the report of the sentinel's ready musket by night-echoes from the far-distant battlefields of the older countries. All western Europe had taken up arms against Louis XIV and as England was at war with France, Englishmen fought Frenchmen wherever they chanced to meet.
The earliest important event in the western hemisphere of the uni- versal war against Louis XIV, known in American history as King William's War, was the surprise and destruction of Schenectady by three bands of French and Indians, early in February. 1690. The colonists of New York and Connecticut determined to retaliate, and the following July an expedition under Fitz John Winthrop, consist- ing of about five hundred white men and one hundred and eighty-five Indians started northward toward Montreal by way of the Hudson.
432
WASHINGTON COUNTY: ITS HISTORY.
They crossed to the east side of the river at Fort Miller and proceeded partly in canoes and partly afoot to Fort Edward where they shouldered their boats and carried them to the forks of Wood Creek, now Fort Ann. This was a trail which had been traversed by the Indians already, perhaps for centuries, and which was destined in the years of colonial warfare which terminated in the Revolution, to serve again and again as the route of armies passing north and south. A small division of General Winthrop's command pushed on to the north end of Lake Champlain, continued to La Prairie, inflicted what damage they could upon the French, and returned to the Hudson by the same route they had followed in their advance. The whole expedition was hopelessly deficient in every respect and little could have been expected of it by any one who knew the conditions.
But these details are beyond the scope of this outline of Fort Ed- ward's history. We have told the story so far as Fort Edward is concerned when we have said that the Winthrop expedition in the summer of 1690, twice passed over land now included in the town- ship. The next year a still feebler body of men under Major Peter Schuyler exactly repeated the program, and in the winter of 1693 the borders of the township were skirted by the two Schuylers leading a force against some six hundred Canadians and Hurons who had been sent against the Mohawks and were already retreating northward.
Peace was declared in 1697, but it was of short duration and in 1702 the French and English were again in the field against each other, in both Europe and America. The famous old war trail with the portage from Fort Edward to Fort Ann, was probably often traversed during the early years of the war but no important expedition took that route until 1709 when General Francis Nicholson in command of some fifteen hundred colonials from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania moved north by way of the Hudson and Lake Champlain, expecting to meet at the St. Lawrence a large force, pro- ceeding by water from Boston, against Quebec. Col. Peter Schuyler was sent with a detachment in advance of the main army to build roads, stockades, forts, etc., and to construct canoes and bateaux. In passing through the township of Fort Edward he built the road up the east shore of the Hudson, erected a stockade at Fort Miller and con- structed a fort at Fort Edward which he named Fort Nicholson. When the main body followed, Fort Nicholson was garrisoned by four hundred and fifty men who remained at this post until late in the
433
GAZETTEER OF TOWNS-FORT EDWARD.
following autumn, when General Nicholson, having vainly awaited action by the fleet against Quebec and having contended with much sickness in his camps, withdrew to the south destroying all the forts north to Fort Saraghtoga. In 1711 General Nicholson led a larger force northward, but he had gone no further than Fort Ann when he learned that the British fleet, intended to operate against Quebec, had been shattered at sea. The force accordingly returned to Albany and was there disbanded.
Some twenty or thirty years after Fort Nicholson had been thus razed and abandoned by its constructors, Colonel John Henry Lydius came down from Montreal, built a roughly fortified house on the site of Fort Nicholson and began an extensive and lucrative trade with the Indians. Colonel Lydius was the son of the Rev. John Lydius, who succeeded the Rev. Godfredius Dellius, both as pastor of the Dutch church at Albany and as claimant to the Dellius patent, one of the most extraordinary grants of lands ever recorded by the colonial authorities. It was to take possession of a tract of land embracing more than half of Washington County, all of Warren and a large part of Essex County, that Colonel Lidius established himself on the site of Fort Nicholson.
Back in 1696 the governor of New York had, for a quit-rent of one raccoon skin per year, granted Dellius a tract of land on the east side of the Hudson twelve miles wide from the Battenkill northward until the east line struck Wood Creek, thence the patent occupied all the land between the Hudson on the west and Wood Creek and Lake Champlain on the east up to a point some ninety miles north of the Battenkill-a territory of over two thousand square miles. Deliius claimed to have bought the land previously from the Indians. In 1698 the Legislature repented of its generosity and annulled the patent; Dellius, however, contended that such action was not statu- tory and on returning to Holland, transferred his claim to the Rev. John Lydius, father of the Colonel John Lydius whom we find estab- lished upon the ground and contending that his title is just. But however just his claim Colonel Lydius did not long maintain his trad- ing outpost. War again broke out in 1744 between Great Britain and France. The succeeding year a French partisan officer named Marin came down from Canada with a band of French and Indians, and attacked the English settlements along the Hudson. Colonel Lydius'
[ 54 ]
434
WASHINGTON COUNTY: ITS HISTORY.
establishment was the first to fall a victim to the raid and the Colonel and his son were finally carried off to Canada.
The town of Fort Edward lies on the western side of Washington County. It is bounded on the north by Kingsbury, on the east by Argyle, on the south by Greenwich, while it is separated from Sara- toga County, on the west, by the Hudson river. Along the river there is an extent of level land, but the town is hilly toward the east. Besides the Hudson, the Moses Kill also runs through the town. The Champlain Canal also traverses the town from end to end, while the line of the Delaware & Hudson Railroad cuts diagonally across the northwestern corner.
There are five large islands in the Moses Kill near the village of Fort Edward.
The territory comprising the present town of Fort Edward was part of the remarkable grant of land to which we have referred and upon which Colonel Lydius settled by establishing a trading post where Fort Edward village now stands.
In 1755 this locality again became the scene of warfare. The "Old French War" had broken out in 1754, and in 1755 General William Johnson planned the expedition against Crown Point, already noticed in this history. In July of that year Johnson's advance guard under General Phineas Lyman erected a fortification upon the site of Fort Nicholson. It was a quadrangular fort, constructed of earth and tim- ber and provided with ramparts twenty-two feet thick and sixteen feet high. Six guns could be mounted upon the works and the fort was regularly equipped with a magazine, storehouse and hospital. This fort was named Fort Lyman, but General Johnson subsequently re-christened it, giving it the name of Fort Edward, in honor of Edward, Duke of York, brother of George III. From this fort the future village and town took their names.
This was the strongest fort in all the northern part of the country at that time and as a consequence became a point of leading impor- tance in the military movements and operations of the next quarter of a century.
The fort stood on the point of land now bounded on the north by Edward street, on the south by the creek, on the east by Broadway and Montgomery streets and on the west by the Hudson river. There are but few traces of the earthworks remaining and these quite faint; some slight depressions, some barely noticeable traces of embank-
L
435
GAZETTEER OF TOWNS-FORT EDWARD.
ments. The venerable cottonwood tree which for so long a time- some say more than a century-stood nearby has disappeared and only a stump of it remains.
In the general history of the county have been recounted at length all the military operations about Fort Edward-the operations of Winslow's army, the failure of Webb, the exploits of Abercrombie and Amherst.
Soon after the last French war settlers began to come into this town. Of these Nathaniel Gage is generally accorded the priority. He settled where the village of Fort Edward now stands in 1762. He was followed by Patrick Smith and James Smith in 1764. In 1765 Patrick Smith built a house which became historic and which is still standing. This house was considered large at that day and when the frame was being erected it was necessary to send as far as Salem to obtain help to raise it. The house was subsequently the headquarters of Schuyler and of Burgoyne. It stands on Broadway and was long known as the old Fort house, from Colonel Fort who lived in it years ago. He built over and increased the size of the building. It now belongs to the Dr. Linnendoll estate.
The Argyle grant of May 21, 1764 included, in ten of its lots, the town of Fort Edward. The numbers of these lots and the persons to whom they were alloted are as follows:
No. 128, Duncan Shaw ; 129, Alex. McDougall; 134, John McArthur; 135, John McIntyre; 136, Catherine McIlfender; 137, Mary Hammel; 138, Duncan Gilchrist; 139, John McIntyre; 140, Mary McLeod; 141, David Torrey.
These lots varied in extent from two hundred and fifty to five hun- dred acres and most of the grantees occupied this land immediately.
Among the other early settlers were Noah Payne who settled at Fort Miller in 1766 and was followed by Levi Crocker and Timothy Buel. James Durkee from Woodbury, Conn., settled in the eastern part of the town and was the progenitor of the numerous Durkee family in this locality.
The first court held in the county (then Charlotte) was held in Fort Edward at the house of Patrick Smith, October 19, 1773. The last court under English sovereignty was also held at this place June 20, 1775.
During the Revolution Fort Edward was one of the principal theatres of the war, but this has already been fully treated of in the
1
436
WASHINGTON COUNTY: ITS HISTORY.
general history, as also the pathetic history of Jane McCrea, for which see Chapter XV.
The terrors of the war drove many of the settlers of Fort Edward from their homes, but after peace had been restored there was a large influx. Among these are the names of Peleg Bragg, Thomas Lamb, John Beers, A. Meacham, Thomas Carpenter, Jesse Patrick, Garret Viele, Simeon Taylor, Cyrus Adams, John McAdon, Philip Viele and Archibald Patrick.
By an act of Legislature dated April 10, 1818, Fort Edward was set off from the town of Argyle and erected into a town with its present limits. The first town meeting was held May 22, 1818.
Following is the list of town supervisors since that date:
18IS, Moses Carey: 1819-29, Timothy Eddy; 1830-32, James McIntyre; 1833, Timothy Eddy; 1834-36, Platt C. Viele; 1837, Milton E. Shaw; 1838-39, William S. Norton ; 1840, Milton E. Shaw ; 1841, James Stephenson ; 1842, Charles Harris; 1843, Abraham I. Fort; 1844. Milton E. Shaw ; 1845, William Forbes; 1846. Charles Harris; 1847, James Stephenson; 1848, Abraham I. Fort; 1849, William S. Norton; 1850, Charles Harris; 1851-52, Isaac M. Guy; 1853, George H. Taylor; 1854-55, Caleb Wells; 1856, George Satterlee; 1857, Fletcher Coleman; 1859, James Cheeseman ; 1860, George B. Mosher; 1861-62, Solomon R. Durkee; 1863-71, Melvin A. Nash ; 1872, David Underwood; 1873-75, Michael Mory; 1876-77, Edgar Hull; 1878, George Satterlee; 1879, Edgar Hull; 1880-81, Asahiel R. Wing; 1882, Ransom Qua; 1883, Michael Mory ; 1884, Ransom Qua; 1885-87, Lansing M. Howland; 1888-91, William H. Tilford : 1892-95, Townsend W. Potter; 1896-98, Lansing M. Howland; 1899-1900, John J. Morgan.
The town clerks for the same period were:
1818, Walter Rogers ; 1819-21, John Crocker; 1822-26, Samuel T. Shepherd; IS27, Timothy Stoughton ; 1828-29, Daniel T. Payn; 1830-32, John C. Viele; 1833, Timothy Stoughton; 1834-36, Milton E. Shaw; 1837, Joseph Stewart; 1838, Daniel T. Payn; 1839, Samuel Bennett; 1840, Nicholas Rogers; 1841. Edward Washburn; 1842, Nicholas Rogers; 1843, Thomas McCollum; 1844, Merritt Sprague; 1845, Warren Sprague; 1846, Timothy Stoughton; 1847-49, George M. Sanders; 1850, A. D. Wait; 1851, John Parry; 1852. Bradley S. Bennett; 1853-54, James S. Bell; 1855, Timothy Stoughton; 1856, Fletcher Coleman; 1857, Lemuel C. Holmes; 1858-60, Bradley S. Bennett; 1861-62, Russell W. Pratt; 1863-65, Bradley S. Bennett; 1866-71, J. H. Cheeseman; 1872, David H. King; 1873-76, Russell W. Pratt; 1877-78, Aaron B. Cole; 1879, James H. Cheeseman; 1880, Levi H. Wing; 1881-83, James H. Cheese- man; 1884, Levi H. Wing; 1885, James H. Cheeseman; 1886-87, Levi H. Wing; 1888-89, John D. Wilson; 1890-92, George C. Beverly; 1892-1901, George Scott.
437
GAZETTEER OF TOWNS-FORT EDWARD.
THE VILLAGE OF FORT EDWARD
Is the principal community in this town. John Eddy was the principal land-owner in early days, where this village stands, but William Finn also held a large amount of property in the vicinity of the old fort. He and James Rogers were early merchants at this place. Dr. Willoughby was the first practicing physician and Matthias Ogden was the first lawyer.
The Champlain Canal was opened from Fort Edward to Whitehall in 1822. In 1828 it was opened along the bank of the river to Fort Miller. Previously boats had been floated between these points on the " slack water " of the Hudson. In the same year the first bridge across the Hudson, connecting Fort Edward with the Saratoga side, was built. In 1848 the Saratoga and Washington Railroad was opened to Fort Edward.
The village of Fort Edward was incorporated August 28, 1849. There are no records of elections or civic proceedings for the years 1854-55-56, and on February 26, 1857, an act was passed by the state Legislature "to revive, amend and continue the charter of the village of Fort Edward." The corporate powers of the village were accord- ingly restored. Following are the names of the presidents of the village up to the close of the nineteenth century:
1849, Frederick D. Hodgman; 1850, A. Dallas Wait; 1851. Russell Hitchcock ; 1852, Daniel Carswell; 1853, Edwin Crane; 1857-58, A: Dallas Wait: 1859-60, James L. Reynolds; 1861-62, Edwin B. Nash; 1863-64, George Satterlee; 1865-66, Edwin B. Nash; 1867, Peter Rozell; 1868, Caleb Wells; 1869-70, Edwin B. Nash; 1871, Edgar DeForest ; 1872. H. W. Stoughton ; 1873, James L. Reynolds; 1874, John A. Russell ; 1875, George Satterlee; 1876, David Underwood; 1877, George Satterlee; 1878-79, John F. Harris; 1880, George Satterlee : 1881, Sol R. Durkee; 1882-83, Caleb Wells; 1884-85-86. George Satterlee: 1887, James Mickle; 1888-89, Joseph Goodfellow; 1890, A. V. Pratt: 1891, John F. Harris; 1892-93, John R. Durkee; 1894, C. W. Bowtell ; IS95, John F. Harris; 1896-7, John J. Morgan; 1898, L. H. Wing; 1899, R. A. Lin- nendoll; 1900, George C. Beverly.
Following were the village clerks of Fort Edward :
1877-80, James H. Cheeseman; 1881, E. P. Selby; 1882, Fred A. Bratt; 1883-84, Fred.H. Wells; 1885-86, George W. Satterlee; 1887-92, M. J. Bennett; 1893, W. A. Taylor; 1894, Willard Robinson; 1895-96, Merion Mills; 1897, Fred H. Wells; 1895- 99, J. B. North ; 1900, John W. Burns.
The first manufacturing carried on at Fort Edward was by Timothy Eddy, who erected and conducted a cloth mill. This mill passed
438
WASHINGTON COUNTY: ITS HISTORY.
through the hands of successive owners and finally became the pio- neer paper mill in this locality, when in it Enos and Gardner How- land began, the manufacture of coarse papers. This mill was long supplied with power from the old feeder, which had absorbed the small stream upon which it was built, and went out of existence when the old feeder was purchased from the state. The first sawmill was erected at the feeder dam by M. Wheeler and J. Martin, about 1822. The first gristmill in Fort Edward was built about 1824 by D. W. Wing, S. B. Cook and John McIntyre. In 1845 a number of the business men of Fort Edward united and became incorporated as the Fort Edward Manufacturing Company, their object being to promote manufacturing in the village. They purchased the old feeder and dam and along there with ten acres of land contiguous thereto, for the purpose of establishing mill sites. Various industries have been estab- lished here, some of which have gone out of existence, from one cause or another. The principal industries now in operation are the Inter- national Paper Company, the Shirt and Waist factory of C. N. Davis, the Fort Edward Brewing Company, and Helfinger Brothers' Pottery ; all of which receive extended notice in another part of this work.
About the year 1800 an aqueduct was constructed for the purpose of supplying the village with water. On April 10, 1845, the Fort Edward Water Works Company was incorporated, and in 1893 the present fine system of water works was put in. The fire companies are the Satterlee Hose Company, the Bibby Hose Company and the J. R. Durkee Hose Company. The village has also an efficient fire engine. The fire department is a source of pride to the village and many of the best citizens are identified with it.
The national bank of Fort Edward was organized in 1851, as the Bank of Fort Edward, and assumed its present name in 1865. It is. the only bank in the village, but has the strength and the facilities to handle a large amount of business.
The Fort Edward postoffice was opened in 1800 and James Rogers was the first postmaster.
Fort Edward is connected with Glens Falls and Sandy Hill by the Glens Falls, Sandy Hill and Fort Edward Street Railroad, a trolley line, and also with Greenwich, Schuylerville, Troy and Albany by trolley. The latter connection was made in 1900, but the Glens Falls, Sandy Hill and Fort Edward Railroad was built in 1885, and was. changed from horsepower to an electric road in 1891.
439
GAZETTEER OF TOWNS-FORT EDWARD.
The earliest church history of Fort Edward is associated with Meth- odism. About 1780 Methodist classes were formed within a large radius of Cambridge, through the efforts of Rev. Lemuel Smith. These classes were attached to the nearest appointment, and the preacher visited them occasionally. One of these classes was formed at Fort Edward. But it was many years-not until 1828-that a reg- ular church organization was formed. This was consummated by Rev. Julius Field, of Glens Falls, and the congregation was organized as a Methodist Episcopal church. In 1829 they erected a church building, which is now owned and occupied by the Catholic congrega- tion. In 1853 they built another church. The present pastor is Rev. J. H. Clark.
The First Presbyterian church at Fort Edward came into existence some time prior to 1830, and not earlier than 1820, under the Rev. R. K. Rodgers. This organization, for some reason, did not prosper and on July 17, 1854, the present church society was formed, under the charge of Rev. Edward E. Seelye, D. D., of Sandy Hill. In 1870 their church building was completed. Rev. C. D. Kellogg is the present pastor.
The Baptist church at Fort Edward village began with a meeting of fourteen persons on March 17, 1842, and organized a Baptist society under the direction of Elder B. F. Garfield. The first regular pastor was Rev. Solomon Gale. They began a church edifice in 1851, which was completed in 1852. The present pastor is Rev. I. C. Forte.
The Baptist church at Durkeetown, in the eastern part of the town, was organized April 4, 1832, but this congregation dates its existence thirty years prior to that date. In early years they met in barns and private houses, and before they had a church building, in school houses. Their church edifice was erected in 1837.
The parish of St. James' church (Episcopal) in Fort Edward, was organized in December, 1844. The congregation had been worship- ing for some years in the old Union Church. In 1845 the corner stone of their church was laid. but the building was not completed until 1848. Rev. Ernest Melville is the present pastor.
St. Joseph's Catholic church at Fort Edward was organized in 1869, when about three hundred families, who had been worshiping at Sandy Hill, purchased the East street Methodist church and repaired and refitted it throughout. The first pastor was Rev. James McGee. In the year 1899, and under the direction of the present pas-
440
WASHINGTON COUNTY: ITS HISTORY.
tor. Rev. M. J. Griffith, D.D., the church building was further improved.
Fort Edward was one of the first villages in the state to organize a tinion free school, when in 1848 action was taken looking toward the erection of a union school building, which was completed in 1849, at a cost of $13,000. In 1854 the Fort Edward Collegiate Institute was built, and the Seminary street school was erected in 1868. The Col- legiate Institute was burned in 1877.
Dr. King's school for young ladies is a highly efficient and admir- ably conducted institution.
The village of Fort Miller recived its name from the fortifications on the west side of the Hudson and opposite the site of the village. These were constructed by Colonel Miller. The credit for the early development of this place is given to Judge William Duer, whose influence brought many settlers. He purchased a tract of land, including the falls, in 1768, and put up a gristmill. Afterwards he put up snuff mills and a powder mill.
In 1865 the paper mill was started, which is still running and doing a large business. It is operated by the Fort Miller Pulp and Paper Company.
The pioneer stores at Fort Miller were those of Ashbel Meacham, Jesse Patrick and Thomas Carpenter. The postoffice was established in 1815. S. G. Bragg was the first postmaster.
In 1822 the Reformed church at Fort Miller was organized, with Rev. Philip Duryea as pastor.
The Fort Miller Presbyterian church was organized September 6, 1853, with Rev. A. G. Cochrane as pastor, but it became extinct in 1868.
The Baptist church at Fort Miller was organized in 1858, as a branch of the Fort Edward church. Their church edifice was erected in 1868.
In 1872 Fort Edward and Sandy Hill agreed to give twenty-five acres of ground, lying between the two villages, and $2500, to the Washington County Agricultural Society, upon condition that the society would hold its fairs upon this ground for ten years. The pro- position was accepted and the fairs have since been held at the fine grounds so munficently provided by these enterprising villages.
441
GAZETTEER OF TOWNS-HARTFORD.
TOWN OF HARTFORD.
This town lies in the center of Washington county, from east to west, and slightly north of the center from north to south. It was set off from the town of Fort Ann March 12, 1793, and received its name from Hartford, Connecticut, because not a few of its settlers were from that locality. It is bounded on the west by Kingsbury, on the south by Argyle, on the east by Granville and Hebron, and on the north by Fort Ann. Its area is about 27,500 acres. The surface is rolling, rising into hills in the southeast and northwest. The soil is generally fertile. In the southern part of the town there is a swamp which extends into Argyle and which is said to produce peat. The town is watered by East Creek and its tributaries; its waters flow into Wood Creek, and thence into Lake Champlain.
The town of Hartford embraces what was originally known as the Provincial Patent, which was granted to twenty-six officers of the New York Infantry, May 2, 1764. This patent was surveyed in the fall of the same year, under the direction of Archibald Campbell, surveyor for the colony, and was laid out in one hundred and four lots, of three hundred acres each, more or less. Some of the grantees never claimed their land, and their lots were pre-empted by squatters. Indeed, although the patent was dated in 1764, there is no evidence that there was any settlement until after the beginning of the Revolutionary war. The strongest evidence seems to indicate that the first settler in the town was Col. John Buck, a Revolutionary soldier, who came from Connecticut and settled on lot 31. Closely following Col. Buck came Manning Bull, Thomas Thompson, Stephen, Laban and Wanton Bump. This family settled in the east part of the town. About this time also came Edward and John Ingalls. In 1782 Aaron and Eber Ingalsbe settled on lot 87. Aaron Ingalsbe was the progenitor of the Ingalsbe family, one of the most prominent in Washington county. In the same year Nathan, Samuel and Joseph Taylor came from Mas- sachusetts and settled in the town. Ebenezer Smith, Timothy Stock- ing and John Paine settled here in 1784. Other early settlers were Nathaniel Bull, David Austin, Jabez Norton, Richard Norton, Abra- ham Downs, Samuel Downs, John H. Kincaid, Ezekiel Goodell, Daniel Mason, Daniel Brown, Rev. Amasa Brown, Jonathan Cable. A phy- sician, Dr. Isaac W. Clary, was in the town prior to 1800. About the
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.