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The accessions to the inhabitants in 1798, were Levi Row- ley, Eli Hudson, Zelotes Andrews, Thomas Beals, Stephen and Elijah Avery, Abraham Anthony, Isaac Clark, Robert Loveland.
Levi Rowley, son of Jonathan, married Esther Woodward and located on his father's farm. He occupied the old house built by his father, who moved to the west side of the road, into the house which has been mentioned as having been built by his son Hopkins. Jonathan, his father, deeded to him his home lot except the house he occupied and one acre of land on the west side of the road. The deed was dated October 13, 1798, and was in consideration of $1,200. At the same time the said Levi bound himself, his heirs, executors and admins- trators, "to the said Jonathan and his wife Esther Rowley, to provide and perform to the said Jonathan and Esther, each and every of the articles herein mentioned, yearly, during their life time, viz .: Twelve Bushels of Wheat, Eight Bushels of Indian Corn and Four Bushels of Rye, all good and merchantable, Three Hundred pounds weight of good fatted Pork, and as much Sauce of a Suitable Variety as the said Jonathan and Esther will want to eat, likewise a sufficiency of Salt, Pepper, Ginger, Allspice, Tea, Sugar, &c., for them as they want, also a sufficiency of Wearing Apparel for the said Jonathan and Esther, suitable for them at all times and places, both for decency and comfort, and what necessary Physic and Cordials their health and age may require. Likewise their food dressed
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and a nurse to attend them whenever they are unable to do it for themselves, also a Horse, Saddle and Bridle fit for the use of the said Jonathan and Esther."
The above were a part of the conditions of the bond, but how well they were fulfilled we are unable to learn.
Eli Hudson, of Hadley,* Mass., bought of Simeon Clifford the land recently occupied by Manuel Eckley, the deed being dated May 5, 1797. He cleared the land and built a house- the one now on the place-the following fall, and in about one year he married Eunice,¡ daughter of Isaac Chase, and com- menced housekeeping. They resided on the place first pur- chased till 1820, when they sold it to Mr. Eckley, and bought the farm which had been improved by Josiah Eddy. Mr. Hudson died there, April 18, 1821. Mrs. Hudson died in 1844.
September 19, 1798, Zelotes Andrews of Chatham, Colum- bia County, N. Y., purchased of Nathan Hewitt ninety-five acres of land in Pittsford, which included the farm in the southeasterly part of the township now owned by Harvey Jack- son. The most of the earlier improvements on that farm were made by Mr. Andrews. On the 9th of September, the same year, he married Betsey, daughter of James Wicker, and com- menced to reside on the place he had purchased. He continued to live there till 1813, when he fell a victim to the malignant fever which prevailed that year. His widow afterwards mar- ried Jirah Barlow.
Thomas Beals married Charlotte Dimick and resided a few years in Sullivan, N. H .; but in 1798, he bought the farm in Pittsford now owned by Rufus Thomas and removed his family here early in the summer of that year. He resided on that place till 1806, when he sold his real estate in this town and removed to Pennsylvania.
* Mr. Hudson was born in Southington, Conn., Nov. 17, 1774.
+ Eunice Chase was born in Sutton, Mass., March 16, 1776. Mr. Hudson married Miss Chase in 1798.
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Stephen and Elijah Avery were brothers, and came from Brookfield, Mass.
On the 13th of January, 1798, Stephen bought of Benja- min Cooley one acre and fifty-five rods of land lying south and adjoining the lot fornerly owned by Elias Hopkins. This included the house-lot and gardens now owned by A. M. Caverly. During the following summer he built the house which has since been known as the Newell house, and was the one recently reconstructed by Dr. Caverly. On the 30th of April the same year he purchased of James Ewing five acres and sixty-seven rods, and on the 8th of April, 1799, he pur- chased "seven acres and three-quarters of an acre," both of which pieces lay south or southwest of the lot first purchased, and the whole included the easterly portion of what has since been known as the Newell farm.
On the 5th of October, 1798, Elijah Avery bought of Alexander Ewings one-half of an acre of land lying south of Abraham Walker's house-lot on the east side of the highway in the Village. This included the house-lot now owned and occupied by S. D. Winslow. Mr. Avery married Deborah Knowles and located on that place.
The two brothers bought the store* which had been owned and occupied by George Walton, and there carried on mercan- tile business in company.
Elijah died here in 1803, and Stephen sold out his real estate in Pittsford in 1807 and returned to Brookfield. He came to Pittsford again in 1813, and in company with others erected a mill for the manufacture of woolen cloth. This mill stood just below the grist-mill now owned by Mr. Stevens. In addition to the manufacture of cloth they carried on the busi- ness of carding wool and dressing cloth. Reuben Colton was the agent of this company, and for a time they did a brisk
* We have recently learned that this store was built by Elisha Ladd.
Robert Loveland
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business. Mr. Avery retired from the firm in 1821, and moved to Brandon where he soon after died .*
Abraham Anthony, from Danby, located in the Ewings tavernt in 1798. He kept a public house during the greater part of his residence here which terminated in 1803. He then moved to Rutland where he resided a few years, and thence to Pawlet where he died.
Isaac Clark, a blacksmith by trade, was for some time a resident of Sullivan, N. H., but in 1798 he came to Pittsford and bought of Michael Sanders forty-two acres of land, the deed being dated the 21st day of June. This, a part of the original right of Aaron Deniho, was located west and adjoining the farm owned by Richard Adams. Mr. Clark built a house on the west side of the north-and-south road near where it intersects the east-and-west road, and on land now owned by Lewis White. The ruins of the house are still visible. Mr. Clark resided here till about the year 1845, when he removed to Brandon.#
Robert Loveland was the son of Robert who married Eliza- beth Gaines, Dec. 17, 1761, and settled in Hartford, Conn. Their children were Elizabeth, Robert, Olive, Erastus, Abel, Joseph, Temperance and Austin: Robert was born in Hart- ford, March 19, 1765, married Ruth Milber, and located in Rutland, Vt. He bought of Daniel Lee the Gideon Cooley farm, Aug. 29, 1798, and about that time located in Pittsford: He resided on the Cooley farm till his death. Mrs. Ruth Loveland died March 18, 1846.
Seven families located in this town in 1799. The following names represent them : Daniel Hendee, Cyrenius Brown, Heze- kiah Carr, William Morgan, John Mead, Peter Worden and Ozem Strong.
* Mrs. Stephen Avery was a daughter of Abraham Walker.
t Now the Rand house.
Mrs. Clark was a sister of Mrs. Seymour Stevens, and was from Charles- town, N. H.
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Daniel Hendee was the third son of Deacon Caleb, and was born in Pittsford, May 21, 1776. At the age of twenty- one, his father gave him a lot of land adjoining the town of Brandon, and he afterwards bought a lot contiguous, within the limits of Brandon. He made a clearing and built a log house, on land which has since been set off to the town of Brandon. This land included what was the farm recently owned by Daniel Goodnough. Young Hendee married Lucy, daughter of William Allen, and located on his farm. They had several children, but the most of them died young. Mrs. Hendee died in the prime of life, and Mr. Hendee married, for his second wife, Sally Burdett, and resided here till about the year 1835, when he moved to Dansville, Allegany County, N. Y.
Cyrenius Brown was the son of Elijah and Lydia Brown, and was born in Coventry, Conn., April 30, 1774. It is not now known what time he came to this town, but quite likely it was about the time that other members of the family came, in 1784. He married Experience Barnstable, October 12, 1799, and resided for a time in the house which stood just east of the brook on the north side of the road, near the present residence of Mrs. Hennessey. IIe changed his location quite often while a citizen of the town, and moved to the State of New York about the year 1806.
Hezekiah Carr, from Middletown, bought of Ebenezer Hopkins about one hundred and ten acres of land in this town, the deed being dated Dec. 11, 1798. This purchase included the land adjoining, and on the east side of the highway, oppo- site the residence of Jonathan Fassett, and it embraced a house and barn; the former stood near the road and about eight rods southeast of the Fassett house. This land was a part of the Fassett farm, and a portion of it was taken on execution in favor of John Shumway of Dorset, and by him deeded to Ephraim Doolittle of Shoreham, May 10, 1791.
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The latter deeded it to Ebenezer Hopkins, November 12, 1792. It is not now known by whom the house was built, but as it had been built previous to the purchase of the estate by Hop- kins it is quite probable that Jonathan Fassett was the builder. Mr. Carr resided on this farm till the spring of 1804, when he sold it in divided portions to Col. Cooley, Amos Kellogg, Adget Lothrop and others, and moved back to Middletown.
William Morgan, son of Israel, married Rachel, daughter of Gideon Sheldon, Sen., Feb. 21, 1799, and located in a log house on the farm now owned by Jonathan Gould. He after- wards built the house and barn now on that farm and resided there till his death.
We have no knowledge of the ancestry of John Mead. He resided in Chittenden a few years, but the 3d day of April, 1799, he purchased the lot of land in this town now occupied by Patrick Douland. It seems quite evident that Mr. Mead made the first improvements on that farm.
Peter Worden was from Dutchess County, N. Y., but nothing is known of his ancestry. He married Hannah, daugh- ter of Gideon Sheldon of Pittsford, about the year 1799, and located on land now owned by Joseph Wolcott. The horse he occupied stood on the north side of the road and only a few rods east of the school house in District No. 10. The house recently occupied by Hiram Bates stands where the former house stood. He resided there till about the year 1834, when he sold his real estate here to his son Humphrey, and moved to Pennsylvania.
Ozem Strong was from Pittsfield, Mass. We know nothing of his ancestry. February 10, 1799, he took a lease of Mrs. Mary Hopkins of the place which had been the residence of her deceased husband, Elias Hopkins. This, as already stated, included a small piece of land now owned by R. R. Drake ; and the house stood about where his store now stands. Mr. Strong appears to have been a man of considerable business
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capacity, and during his residence here, was frequently honored with such offices as were within the gift of his fellow-citizens. He held the office of first constable and collector of taxes from 1806 to 1813, and soon after the latter date he removed to Canada. Mrs. Strong was the daughter of Elias Hopkins, Sen.
That matters of public interest were not altogether neglected during the past ten years, will be made apparent by the follow- ing extracts* from the records of that period :
" PITTSFORD, March 16th 1790.
Then Annual Meeting opened according to warning, and made choice of Thomas Hammond moderator for sd meeting.
2. Voted to adjurn sd meeting to the house of Nathan Webster, sd ajurnment is three quarters of an hour. Then met according to ajurnment and opened sd meeting and read the Regulations.
3. Voted that Col. Benjamin Cooley Be Town Clerk.
4. Voted Col. Benjamin Cooley, Elish Adams and Thomas Be Selectmen the year Insuing.
5. Voted Thomas Hammond, Town Treasurer.
6. Voted Nathan Webster first Constable.
7. Voted Samuel Coley 2 Constable.
8. Voted Phineas Ripley first grandjuryman.
9. Voted John Barnes 2 grandjuryman.
10. Voted Caleb Hendee, Jr., Ozias Crampton, Insign James Field, Insign Ladd, John Barnes, Listers.
11. Voted the first Constab Be collector to collect the Town Taxes.
12. Voted Ebenezer Lyman Be other Lister.
13. Voted Noah Hopkins Pound Keeper.
* These extracts are from the earliest existing town records. The records of the town were burnt about the year 1788. Col. Cooley, who was then Town Clerk, employed a man by the name of Gates, who resided some sixty rods east of the residence of Jonathan Fassett, to do some writing for him. While the records were in Gates' possession, his house took fire and was burnt, together with the records. Consequently we have no means of knowing when the town was organ- ized, but inasmuch as the town officers can be traced back to 1780, it must have been prior to that period.
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14. Voted Lieutenant Olmstead Tyding man.
15. Voted Lieutenant Calogg 2 Tyding man.
16. Voted Calvin Drury, Sexton Adams, Peter Powers, Elisha Warner, Hog Howards.
17. Voted Benjamin Cooley, Benjamin Stevens, John Barnes, fence vewers.
18. Voted Anthony Philips, Joseph Mosher, Robert Sweet, Deacon Hendee, Benjamin Stevens, Jedediah Lee, Abraham Drury, Elijah Brown, Amasa Weed High Way Surveyors.
19. Voted Joseph Mosher, Deer Reaf.
20. Voted Elias Hopkins, Sealer of Weights.
21. Voted Deacon Hopkins, Sealer of Measures.
22. Voted Mr. Lyman Be Sexton to dig graves.
23. Voted to shut up Hogs and Sheep.
24. Voted to build a Pound in the middle of the Town by the middle of May next.
25. Voted to discontinue the Road Beginning near the Burying Place on the west side of the River Running the east side of Benjamin Stevens now Dwelling House, about half a mile north of Israel Lakes now Dwelling House.
26. Voted that Lieutenant Olmstead should not be in the List of this town to pay Town Taxes.
27. Voted to raise a Town Tax of Fifty Pounds L. M. sd money to be paid on the grand List of the year 1790, to be collected by the first of December next to be paid in Wheat, Rye, Indian Corn, Beans, Peas, Oats, Wool, Flax or Tow Cloth.
28. Chase, Petty Jurymen.
Noah Hopkins, Caleb Cooley, Thomas Hamond,
Abel Stevens,
John Mott,
Ozias Crampton,
David Gitchell, Samuel Fairfield,
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Calvin Drury, Amasa Ladd,
Justus Brewster,
Phineas Ripley, Samuel Cooley,
Amos Calogg, Jedediah Lee, Simeon Parmeley.
Attest, BENJAMIN COOLEY, Town Clerk."
At a special meeting held on the 5th of April, 1791, of which Thomas Hammond was Moderator, the "Town made choice of a Committee to take a view of the ground that was laid out as Common Land on the main road leading through sd Town, north of Nathan Webster's, and make a ·just estima- tion according to the best of their Judgment what the ods was in the two pieces of ground that was there proposed for the purpose of Building meeting houses on for the two denomina- tions in sd town, viz .: the Baptists and Congregational order. The said Committee according to their instructions took a view of the ground and Reported that it was their opinion that the price of ground South of the training field and North of Amos Webster's land was Twenty four Pounds of the most value than that was where the Baptist meeting house then stood. Then the Town decedied to Except the Report of the Com- mittee, and then sd Town voted to draw lots for the ground aforesaid and stated the matter that the denomination that drew the spot south of the training field should pay to the other twenty-four Pounds, and the other was to take sd sum. Then the two denominations proceeded to the draught, and the Congregational order in said Town drew the spot south of the training field, and also gave their obligation to the Baptist order at the same time for the sum of £24."
At a meeting held on the 28th of March, 1792, the town "voted to choose a Committy of three, to wit: Lieut. Kelogue,
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Esq. Drury, Samuel Copley to be Committy to Settle with Lieut. Hammond, the former Treasurer and also Col. Cooley the present Treasurer and make their report to the next annual Meeting. Voted to raise three Pence on the Pound on the List of 1792, Payable by the 25th December next in wheat at 4s-6d per bushel and rye at 3s-3d, and Beans and Peas, Beef and Pork agreeable to that price and Corn and oats as Town Tax. The Road from School House No. 3, is Discontinued to the place where it strikes the other Road
PETTY JURY FOR 1792.
William Spencer,
Calvin Drury,
Samuel Copley,
Samuel Fairfield,
Abraham Drury,
James Hopkins,
Samuel Hopkins,
Israel Lake,
Gideon Sheldon,
Thomas Hammond.
AMOS KELLOGG, Moderator. BENJ. COOLEY, Town Clerk."
On the 4th of March, 1793, the town
"Voted to lay out a Road in the most convenient Place from the meeting House to Wm. Cox's South Line.
Voted to lay out a Burying Place Northeast of the Meet- ing House Lot on the Town Plot.
Voted to build two Bridges over the Brook on Mr. Row- ley's interval at the Town's Cost.
Chose Benjamin Cooley, Thomas Hammond, Noah Hop- kins, William Cox, Samuel Copley, a Committy to lay out a Burying Place.
Chose William Cox, Amos Calog, Caleb Cooley to Repair the Bridges."
At the annual meeting, March 3, 1794, after choosing the usual town officers, the town
"Voted to raise four Pence on a Pound on the List of
David Gitchell, Abell Stevens,
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1794, sd money to Be raised in Wheat, Corn and Oats, Wheat at four shillings six pence per bushel, Corn at three shillings, Oats one and six pence per bushel, Paable by the first of Jan- uary next."
" Sept. 21, 1794.
Respecting the Soldiers in Pittsford that did List. Voted that this town will make up the soldiers their wages to 40 shil- lings per month during the time they are in actual service. Sargents to be made good Eight Dollars per months. Corpo- rals 44 shillings per month Provided that Congress does not nor the General Assembly provide for them equal to that, and that the Selectmen of sd Town is directed to make up on the Grand List the sum for each person to pay and the first months wages to be paid when they are called to march."
" September the 1st 1795.
Then the inhabitants of the Town of Pittsford that are legal voters met at the time and place as the Law Directs and opened sd meeting and Proceeded to Bisnes.
1. Chose Thomas Hammond, Moderator.
2. Voted to Build a Bridge acrost the Little River near Benjamin Cooley's. .
3. Voted to choose a Commite to superintend the Building of the above said Bridge.
4. Chose the Selectmen as the above said Commite.
5. Voted to raise thirty pounds to be Propriated towards the Building a Bridge over Orter Krick East of the Wid. Hendee's Provided that there is enough subscribed by Individ- uals to finish the bridge."
March 1, 1796.
Voted that the Comity that shall build a good Bridge over Orter Krick near Mr. Daniel Lees* when sd Bridge is well finished shall draw fifteen Pounds out of the Town Treasury. *
* Daniel Lee at this time lived on the Abel Stevens farm.
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Voted to raise four Pence on the Pound of the List of Ninety-Six to be paid in any kind of Grain by the first of January next.
Voted that the Selectmen hire some person to sweep the Meeting House one year. Caleb Hendee found.
October the 1st, 1796.
Voted to Build a Bridge crost the River By Benjamin Cooley's.
Voted that the Selectmen be a Committy to Build sd Bridge.
Voted that the Selectmen shall have Liberty to draw ten Pounds in Addition to fifteen Pounds out of the Treasury that was given Last March for the purpose of building the Bridge over Orter Krick Near Daniel Lees if more is Needed When sd Bridge is Finished.
Voted that the Selectmen shall have Liberty to Draw Eight Pounds out of the Town treasury for the support of mr. Jones Family.
Voted that the Selectmen Draw Six Pounds out of the Town treasury for the Purpos of Bying a Cow to lend to mr. Hawks.
Voted to Raise one Peney on the Pound on the List of Ninety-Six Paable in any kind of Grain by the first of January Next.
Desolved sd meeting.
Attest, NOAH HOPKINS, Moderator. BENJAMIN COOLEY, Town Clerk."
" September 25th 1797.
Then the Inhabitants of Pittsford met at the time and Place acording to the warning and opened sd Meeting and Proceeded to Bisnes as the Law Directs.
First, made choice of Amos Kellogg, Moderator.
2. Voted to Except the Road as it was laid out by the last
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Commity that was appointed by the Suprem Cort from Pen- field's Mills to John Trains House* and from thence to Col. Hammonds House.
3. Voted that the Selectmen should Draw Six Pounds out of the Treasury for the Purpos of Making beas to clear the Road from Penfields Mills to John Trains House.
4. Voted that the Selectmen should superintend the Bisnes.
5. Voted that the sd Work begin the third Monday of October Next.
6. Voted that the Selectmen Draw twenty-five Dollars out of the Town Treasury for the support of Singing Schools.
7. Voted to Disolve sd Meeting.
Attest,
AMOS KELLOGG, Moderator. BENJA. COOLEY, Town Clerk." PITTSFORD, March 13th 1798.
Voted to Raise two hundred Dollars on the grand List of the year 1798, sd Tax to be raised in any kind of grain By the first of January Next.
Voted to sell the timber on the reserved part of the School Lott and that the Selectmen and Esquire Kellogg be trustees to sell sd Timber.
Voted to pay Fifteen Dollars out of the Town Treasury for each Grown Wolf that is killed in Pittsford, not followed in from other Towns. If a Wolf shall be drove from Pittsford and killed, sd scalp shall be paid for by the Town.
Voted to give John Train the Priviledge of keeping good gates to secure his Intervale, one at Mead's Bridge and one at the East end of the Intervale in the place where the old Gate stood."
March 4, 1799.
Voted that Swine run at large with a Suficient Yoke and Ring.
* This was the Webster tavern.
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Voted that the Pound Keeper be the sole Judge with respect to their Yokes and rings.
Voted that Sheep should not run at large.
Voted that Horses should not run at large. * *
Voted that the Selectmen and a Committy of two others, viz, Captain Handy and Samuel Copley view the Spot for a Bridge near Pikes over Orter Creik and make a report at the ajurned meeting.
Voted that the Selectmen provide a Work House or a place for the Towns Poor.
Voted to aJurn sd meeting to the last Wensday in this month at 3 of the Clock After Noon."
March 27th, 1799.
Then the Inhabitants of the Town of Pittsford met at time and place acording to adjurnment and opened sd meeting and Proceeded to Bisnes.
Voted to raise one cent on a dollar to be laid on the Grand List of the year 1799, sd Tax to be Paid in Wheat at 4s-6d per Bushel, or Rye at 5 and 9 pence, Indian Corn at 3s-0d.
Voted that the Selectmen lay out twenty Dollars in making the Road by Mr. Copley.
Voted to make a Rope suficient for raising Bridges.
Voted to By a Pall or grave Cloth.
Voted to Reconsider the vote of the Town of Pittsford which was to give fifteen Dollars for the killing of Wolves per Head.
Voted to give 5 Dollars for a Bounty to any one that shall kill a grown Wolf.
Voted to give 8 cents for each grown Crow that shall be killed in Pittsford between the 15th of April and the 20th of June Next.
Voted to give 3 cents for each grown Blackbird killed in sd town between the 15th of April and the 20th of June next.
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Voted that the school trustees take the acount of the above Crows and Blackbirds that are killed as above discribed, who kills them and how many.
Voted to give one cent for each head or scalp of grey, black, or read or chip squirrill killed from this time to the first Mon- day in January Next, killed in Pittsford, sd Calps to be brought to the Trustees of the School Districts or Selectmen.
Voted that the Selectmen draw out the Town Treasury five gallons of Rum, to give to the side that shall Beat in the Squirrel Hunt on the first Monday of May Next.
Voted that the Selectmen provide a Black Bear for to carry the Dead on.
Voted to Desolve this meeting.
THOS. HAMMOND, Moderator. BENJA. COOLEY, Town Clerk."
In the early part of this period the long pending land-title controversy with New York was brought to a successful termi- nation. New Hampshire had long since relinquished her claim to this territory, and New York had become convinced that further efforts to recall the people of the New Hampshire Grants to her jurisdiction would be futile, and that it would be for the interest of all parties that their independence should be acknowledged. As early as the 14th of July, 1789, the legis- lature of that State passed an act appointing commissioners "with full powers on such terms and conditions, and in such manner and form, as they should judge necessary and proper to declare the consent of the legislature to the erection of the district of Vermont into a new State." It was, however, pro- vided that the act should not be construed to give any persons claiming lands in such district, to be erected into an inde- pendent State, any right to compensation from that State.
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