Town of
German families who settled
before the Revolution include:
Stelly
Erghamer
Bellinger
Fox
Edich
Staring
Shoemaker
Jacob
Folts
(the following names with dates are from an old ledger of
James Van Horne, reprinted in the county history. The ledger includes the items
purchased, though I didn’t include that information here):
Jacob
Weaber, 1776
Isaiah
Wright, 1789
Conrad
Frank, 1774
David
Schuyler, 1775
Dr.
Jacob Petrie
John
Smith
Christopher
P. Yates, 1781
Duncan
McDougal, 1775
John
N. Castler, 1776-86
Henery Herkimer Sr., 1778
Conrad
C. Folts, 1785
George
Weaber, 1784 (“my brother-in-law”)
Col.
Henery K. Van Rensselaer, 1779
Thomas
Folmers, 1775
Jost Schuyler, 1788
Philip
Garloch
John
Smith
John
Myers
Gershom Skinner
Simeon
Barker
Henry
Miller
Susannah
Small
John
S. Frank
George
Groundhart
Jacob
Christman
John
Fox
Frederick
John Shoemaker, 1786
Jost Dygert, 1789
Jacob
Woolever, 1788
Russell
Furman
Peter
S. Dygert
Henry
P. Dygert
Phineas Allen
Nicholas
Christman
Jost Folts
Thomas
Bell
Abraham
Woolhaver
James
Forbush
Timothy
Tuttle
Rev.
Abraham Rosencrants, 1788
James
Catlin
William
Petry
John
Andrews
Jost Hess
John
Weaber
Fawcet Cox
Frederick
Bellinger, 1788
Catharine
(George) Hilts
Maria
(Catherine) Ox
Wesner Spoon
Elizabeth
Small
Mary
Small
John
Bellinger
Jacob
Bashorr, harness maker
Timothy
Frank
Frederick
Ohrendorph
Conrad
Segner
Edward
Walker
John
Brusler
Christopher
Ox
Adam
Hartman
George
Weaber
Jost Harkimar
Rudolph
Schomaker
John
Petrie
Andrew
Dygert
Joseph
Cook
Conrad
Kook
Henry
A. Cramer
Nicholas
N. Staring
George
F. Halmer
Joseph
Hines
Christian
Drisselman
John
Isdall
Peter
Flagg
Adin Fancher
Nicholas
Woolhaver
Dr.
Samuel Robertson, 1790
William
Delaney
Samuel
Pinker
Jacob
Kunkabol
Robert
Bee
James
Yule
Christoph Rube
Mrs.
Holteger
(the following were other early settlers):
Jacob
Phillips, blacksmith
James
Campbell
Benjamin
Fox, tailor
Peter
Woolever, shoemaker
Stephen
Wright, carpenter
Aaron
Wood, 1792, tannery
Samuel
Edwards, bef. 1800, teacher
Philip
Peter Cowder, bef. 1800,
teacher
Rev.
Fitch Romden, from
Rev. John Spinner, 1801, from
John died
Treasury under Abraham Lincoln)
Seth
Paine, 1797, from
Otis
Smith, 1797
Benjamin
Whitman (Wightman), from CT (Baptist minister)
Stutely Palmer
Asahel Wise, from VT
Henry
Kaster
Henry
Steele, blacksmith, from CT
Joseph
Noble, from CT
Freeman
family, from CT
Hawks
family, from CT
Tisdale
family, from CT
Thomas
family, from CT
Jason
Tiff, 1800
(Mohawk
village was German before the Revolution; after the Revolution settlers came
from CT and adjacent eastern states)
Judge
Gates, 1778, tavern
Rudolph
Devendorf, 1804, tavern
David
Diefendorf, 1817, tavern (brother of Rudolph although
they spelled names
differently; David had a son Jacob)
Josiah
Earl
Peleg Freeman
Peter
Warner
Rufus
Randall
Samuel
Meeker, merchant
John
A. Clapsaddle (
William
Brewer, 1787, from MA
Ezekiel
Goodale, 1787, from MA
John
Andrews, 1787, from CT
Christoph Rider, 1787, from CT
Ebenezer
Drewry/Drury, 1787, from NH
John
Everett, 1787, from NH
John
& Eleazer Crosby, 1787, from CT
Samuel
Miller, 1788, from CT
James
Gage, 1788, from NH
Nathaniel
Ball, 1788, from NH (Baptist church organized at his home, 1795)
Silas
Hamilton
John
Locke
William
Hadley
Ira
Wilkinson
Timothy
Fuller (has grandsons)
Harry
Crane
John
Crane
John
Ross
William
Brayton
Daniel
Ellsworth
John
S. Avery (lived to be 100; had son William)
David
Beals
John
Paddock
Samuel
Matthews (had grandson Chauncey)
James
Schooley (had son Andrew)
Gillett
family
William
Brewer
Underwood
family
John
Ingersol
Abner Rising
James
Congdon (had son A.G.)
Aaron
Goodier (had grandsons; preacher at
Washburn
family
Burpee family
William
Hadley (had grandson J.I.)
A.B.
Wilkinson, died 1890 (father was Ira)
Jeremiah
Kinne (+ son)
David
Beal (had grandson Oliver)
Lyman
Gaylord
Samuel
Norton (father was Russell)
Richard
Smith (had son H.W.)
Lewis
Devendorf (had son Henry)
Alvin
Wheelock, from Winfield (had grandsons C.T. &
E.F.)
Lester
Smith (had son Seymour?)
Nathaniel
Ball (had grandson H.H. who was town clerk)
Ebenezer
Bennett
Archibald
Parker
Jonas
Washburn (had son Edward V.)
Ransford Cole’s father settled early at N. Litchfield (sold farm to George E.
Holland)
Jeremiah
Everett, first school
David
Davis, first store
Joseph
Sheppard, first tavern
John
Littlejohn, first gristmill in 1806
John
Ecker, merchant
Roswell
Champion, tannery
Warner
Wheelock, store
Francis
Smiley
Town of
Abel
Brace, 1793, from
He died in 1832; was Capt. in Rev. War.
Grandson was Seward H.; Another desc.
is
Capt. Asahel Brace
who died 1867 and had sons Abel Woodruff, & Lucius
F. who was
father of Frank L.
& Henry L. Charles Brace operated an
David
Wood, 1792
John
Chapin, 1792
Deacon
Charles Burt, 1793
Joseph
& Timothy Walker, 1793, sawmill (Timothy had son Ira)
Larkin
Smith, 1793, surveyor
Simeon
Bucklin (had son Robert, & daughter Phebe who married Avery Backus)
Elijah
Gates
Amasa Dodge
Adam
Burdick
Capt.
Nathan Brown
Oliver
Harwood
Oliver
Corbitt
Benjamin
Cole
Isaac
Thayer
Nathaniel
Holmes
William
McLaughlin
Prays
family
Hatfield
family
John
Burgess
Moses
Eldred, 1805 (had son Myron)
Caleb
Cummings, from NH (had son Samuel M.)
Nathan
Morgan, 1815
Eleazer Brown (had grandson H.C.; son Hiram born 1805, died 1878)
Grandfather
of C.T. Wheelock
Adam
Burdick, (Rev. War) (son
Samuel
Williams (born 1830, was geologist at Cornell)
David
Wood, 1792, from Monson, Hampden MA (+ brother-in-law Jotham
Chapin;
David had son who was Col. Wood)
Vose Palmer (had son? Walter H. who had a son Charles
J.?)
Joseph
Gates
Samuel
Brown
Joseph
Moors (Rev. War)
John
Rutter (Rev. War)
James
Harris (Rev. War)
Mr.
Vaughn (Rev. War)
Leach
family
Eldred
family
Joseph
Hardin, 1832 (born 1804,
Plainfield, Otsego Co. His sons include George
A., Abner Clark, William H.
There was
other Hardin
information on p. 380; see also below)
Anson
Backus (dau. Amanda born in 1803 married Joseph
Hardin in 1829. Went to
Gaines, Orleans Co. in 1836)
Capt.
Goff
Conrad
Orendorf (Lt. in Capt. Henry Eckler’s
Henry
Frank
Timothy
Frank
Conrad
Frank
Nicholas
Lightall
George
Lightall
Joseph
Myer
Frederick
Christman
Conrad
Fulmer
Richard Woolaber (in Heinrich Starings Co. in Rev.)
.
.
Asahel Alford, 1791 (he died 1853; had son Cyrus, had son or grandson Oscar)
Abijah Beckwith, 1807, from Columbia Co. (grt.
grandson John D. was lawyer at Little
Falls)
Peter
Horton Warren
Martin
McKoon, 1796
Jacob
Edick (+ father Jacob)
Lorenzo
Hosford (+ father William), tanners
Henry
Devendorf
John
D. Hunter
Andrew
Miller
Nicholas
Spohn
Daniel
Stroup, blacksmith
Jacob
Seckner
Frederick
Petrie, blacksmith in 1799 (brother of Daniel; Daniel had son Jacob)
Philip
Ausman, teacher in 1796 (in German language)
Joel
Phelps, teacher in 1796 (English language)
Martin
L. Springer
Ira
Derthick
Asahel Freeman, grist & saw mill
Simeon
Hammond, hotel in 1808
Andrew
Miller, 1760 in Miller’s Mills area (descendant is Jonas)
Jost Bell, owned land in Miller’s Mills area
Henry
Devendorf, 1803 (had tavern in 1810)
John
& Thurston Mabbitt, store in 1823
William
Horsford, tannery in 1824
Town of
Gertrude
Petri (wife of Johan Jost Petri; she deeded lots to
46 of the Burnettsfield lot
owners in 1765;
lots were divided in 1793)
(names of the original
lot owners):
Mary
Catharine Coen
Lodowick Richet
Jurgh Doxstater
John
Adam Staring
Nicholas
Staring
Michael
Edick
Jonas
Pownrad
Adam
Michael Smith
Nicholas
Woolever
John
Vanderline
Wendrick Myer
John
Jurgh Smith
John
Casler
Johonas Bellinger (+ Frederick and Peter)
Lendert Helmer
Lodwick Pears
Godfrey
Reele
Jacob
Weaver (+ sons Peter, George Jacob)
Dedrick Tamouth
Christian
Felmer
John
Jost Herkimer
Hendrick Orendorf
Rodolph Korsing
Jurgh Herkheimer
John
Michael Edigh
Widow
M. Folts
Henrdrick Spoon
John
Jost Petrie
Peter
Spier
Johanas Boarman
Thomas
Shoemaker
Philip
Helmer
Conrad
Richet
John
Adam Helmer
Anna
Catherine Land
Dr.
William Petry (bond in 1769 from Jacob Weber &
son George Jacob)
John Doxtader (+ son Frederick.
Henry
Ellison
Dan
Chapman, from CT (lawyer – went to Oneida Co. 1820)
Joab Griswold, from CT
Elihu Griswold (
Philo
M. Hackley, from CT (+ father Aaron; went first to
Herkimer)
Henry
Hopkins (died 1827)
Michael Myers, from NJ (German descent, but not original
came in 1722. Had son Peter. Michael died
Ephraim
Snow, from CT before 1800
Chauncey
Woodruff (died 1810)
Windsor
Maynard, gristmill 1811
Simeon
Ford, gristmill 1811
Benjamin
Cory, newspaper: “The Telescope” (sold to David Holt & J.R. Robins 1805)
J.H.
Prentiss, newspaper “The Herkimer American” 1810
Thurlow Weed, worked at the Herkimer American 1813
G.G.
Phinney, newspaper” “
Town of
Settled by German immigrants before the Revolution. Land
grant to Jacob Timmerman and Johan Jost Snell in
1755.
Jacob
Timmerman (+ 5 sons, 4 of whom settled here: Henry, Adam, Frederick, Jacob)
Johan
Jost Snell (+ 4 sons: Suffrenus,
Peter, Joseph, Jacob. Located near Dutch Reform
Church. 9 men were in the Battle of Oriskany – only 2 returned, including Peter. John
G. was
shot by Indians in 1780 but recovered)
Henry
Remensneider (Rhemensnyder), came before Rev.
Johannes
Boyer, before Rev. (at
Keyser
family
Van
Slyke family (James taken prisoner to
Newman
family
Pickert family
Klock family
John
Gartner (taken prisoner to
Frederick
Windecker
John Windecker (taken prisoner to
Windecker is
descendant)
Adam
Garlock
Judge
Jacob Markell (b. 1770,
Jacob
P. Loucks (b. 1783, Manheim. In War of 1812)
Maj.
Andrew Frank (b. in town of
John
A. Dockey (Brit. Soldier, married Jacob Snell’s
widow. Son Henry b. Mar. 1784)
Nathaniel
& Elijah Spencer, from VT (Howard is desc.)
Samuel
Peck (+ son Isaac), 1796
Jacob
Youran, 1797 (saw & grist mills)
John
Faville
Simeon
P. Bidleman
James
& John van Valkenburg
Henry
Broat
Peter
Woolever
John
Beardslee (b. Nov 1759, Sharon CT. Came to
Engineer, built many
mills. Died
James
A. Wetherwax (b. here
Thomas
Johnson
John
Faville, 1795
Ayres
family
Elijah
& Nathaniel Spencer, 1797
Calvin
& Reuben Ransom
Abe
& Thomas Spofford, about 1800
John
D. Spofford, about 1810
Lamberson family
Zephaniah
Brockett, 1813
Rundell family
Samuel
Low
Erastus B. Jones
Maj.
D.B. Winton, 1830 (tannery)
Col.
William Feeter (grist mill, 1802; son Adam)
Alonzo
Ingham, 1808
Harvey
Ingham, 1820
Town of
First
settlers were German Palatines
Cornelius
van Alstine (tavern, 1795)
Peter
Smith
Andrew
Nellis
Nathan
Wilcox (+
brother Isaiah) from CT, abt 1793
Martin
Silver (German descent)
John
Harder, from Columbia Co., 1797 (died 1866)
William Ostrander, 1801 (d. 1847. Had grandson William)
Cornelius
Delong (had grt. grandson C.E. Delong)
Thomas
I. Messick, from Columbia Co. 1818 (Capt. in War of
1812, d. Mar 1868,
had son Henry)
Ralph
Simms (son Edward went to Manheim)
Anson
Harder (b. here; lawyer in Jefferson Co.)
Samuel
Haupt, 1801, from PA
Andrew
Carpenter (tannery, 1805)
John
McMullin (blacksmith, 1806)
Andrew
Oothout (merchant)
Henry
Lieber (merchant)
Henry
Gross (merchant)
Town of
Richard
Shaul (married a Bronner)
Matthew, Sebastian & Rev. John Shaul (3
brothers, captured by Indians. David is grt.
grandson of John. Minard is descendant of Matthew)
Jacob
& Frederick Bronner (Jacob+son
Christian+daughter Sophronia
taken prisoner
to
John
Fetterly(Fetherly) (+ George)
Johannes Smith, 1788 (first tavern. Alexander is grt. grandson. Andrew took over
tavern until 1844)
Hiram
Ward (married a Bronner)
Jacob
Eckler (captured, taken prisoner in 1781)
Richard
Elwood (+ wife, 2 children; of English descent; came to
in 1748. He died a
few yrs. later leaving 4 sons: Richard, Isaac, Benjamin, Peter.
Senator A.R. Elwood of Richfield Sprs. is a descendant. Col. Henry was a son of
Peter. Peter died 1831 at age 77. David is
also a son of Peter – settled in
in 1813, died 1859.
He had 4 sons: Daniel, Henry, Moses, David B.)
Richard
van Horne, 1791, from NJ (+ brother Daniel; Richard d.
Mar 1823)
Thomas van Horne (in Capt. Henry Eckler’s
Dr.
Willsey, 1797 (first physician)
Simon
Conklin, 1798 (first blacksmith)
Daniel
Champion, 1798 (Barney is grandson)
John
Champion (first store, 1810 –
Jesse
Brown (carding mill, 1814)
John
R. Hall (merchant; son is Robert)
Judge
Henry Brown
Town of
There
was an early German settlement at Andrustown, but
settlers fled from the French
and Indians in 1758.
Paul
Crim, (built log house,1753.
A.J. Crim is descendant; escaped to
During the Rev.)
George
Hoyer (escaped to
John
Osterhout (escaped to
George
Staring
Frederick
Bell
Stephen
Frank
Frederick
Lepper
Mr.
Powers (English; loyalist; went to
George
House
Mr.
Bell (+ son, both killed in 1778 by French & Indians; another
son stayed 10 yrs.
in
Henry
Eckler (Capt. in Rev.; son Henry; 2 sons taken
prisoner & killed in 1781)
Jacob
Haberman
Michael
Snyder
Andrew
Young
The
following people came from
Samuel Cleland, 1786 (+ sons Norman, Salmon, Martin, Moses, Jonas. George M.
was son of Jonas.
Jonas was a teacher)
David
Mixter, from MA
Anthony
Devoe, 1798
Dr.
Rufus Crain, before 1798
John
Marshall, 1808 (lived to be 98 y.o.)
Thomas
C. Shoemaker
David
Belshaw
Ephraim
Tisdale
Gurdon
Lathrop
Abel
Samuel
Bloomfield
Moses
& Leonard Shaul
John
W. Tunnicliff
James
Maxfield
Daniel
Caswell, by 1796
Isaac
Freeman, (2 mills by 1793)
Benjamin
Wilkerson
Frederick
Lyman (distillery abt. 1810-15)
Capt.
Charles Fox, 1805, from CT
Stephen
Frank (taught school in German language)
Town of
John
Jurgh Kass (Kast), traded with Indians in the area, 1720
Permanent
settlement by 1764
Peter
Hasenclever of
Baultis Bridenbecker (had grandsons D.I. & Amos)
Staring
(had grandson Luther P.)
Bargy (Birchi)
Clemens
Widrig
Oyer (Aiyer, Irer) (desc. is Daniel; some desc.
spelled name Iver)
John
Finster
Keller
Steinway
(Other
settlers included):
George
Whaley
Barber
Haywood
Minott
Lyman,
Josiah & Rawson Johnson
Elisha Ladd, 1804
Stephen
& Elisha Rose, from CT
Jonathan
Richardson
Budlong
Thomas
Wood
Charles
Brown
Charles
Christian
Auger
Dr.
Joseph Carder (grandsons are Homer, Horace)
Robert
Hinchman
Robert
Burch
Philip
Knapp (store)
Adam
Staring (had tavern before Rev.)
Henry
Andrew Cramer (teacher in 1790’s)
Town of
Settlers
came from
Daniel
Campbell of NY City obtained title to land in 1786, but did not settle. Purchased by William, Ephraim & Benjamin Bowen in 1788-89.
Christopher
Hawkins, 1791, from
to
Benjamin
Bowen, from
Joseph
Benchley, from
William
Wakely, from
John
Burton, from
Stephen
Hawkins, from
George
Cook, from
Edward
Coffin, from
John
Nelson, from
John
G. Green, from
John
Churchill, from
George
Fenner, from
William
Whipple, from
Westel Willoughby
Levi
Bowen, after 1798, from
Sherman
Wooster, 1804, from
Abby
Justine (first teacher, 1795)
William
Wakely (first hotel, 1793)
George
Cook (first merchant)
Nahum
Daniels
Samuel
Perry (had son Stuart, born 1837, inventor)
Col.
Standish Barry (b.
Ezra Pierce in 1816.
Was Ass’t Treas. of the
Mills)
Henry
Carter, merchant
William
S. Benchley (tavern; hat manufacturer)
Jeduthun Steele, lawyer before 1825
Ralph
Waterman, lawyer before 1825
William
P. Fraser, lawyer before 1825
Daniel
Post, farmer
Harry
Waterman
Town of
Settlers
came from
Many
settlers from CT and MA were Presbyterian, those from
R.I. were mostly Baptist. Many Irish Catholics came after 1850.
Christopher
Hawkins, 1786, from R.I.
Mr.
Whipple, 1786, from R.I. (?)
Jeremiah
Porter (b.
Children: Fisher, Jeremiah Jr., Angel, Lemuel, Philip W., (d.
Mary, Sarah. Three sons Fisher, Jeremiah Jr.
& Angel(?), plus Mary, Sarah left R.I.
in Spring 1787.
Rest of family came in Spring 1788. Keziah married
Clark Smith
of
of
Thomas
Manly, 1789, from Bennington Co., VT (wife and infant son Ira came in March
1790 on Ox sled. Thomas died
John
& David Corp, 1789-90, from VT
N.
Fanning, 1789-90, from VT
Brayton family, from Rensselaer Co. (son Gideon was first birth in town.
Family moved)
Capt.
David Hinman, 1790, from
John,
Andrew, Amos Coe, bef. 1790, from
son of Amos –
farmer & lawyer. Ira d.
Edward
Henderson, 1792, from VT (wife was Mary Mathews, son Daniel C.
d. 1860; son Hugh moved to
David
Smith, 1793, from MA
James
Giles
Stephen
Babbitt
Nathaniel
Post
William
Forsyth
James
Norton, cheesemaker (b.
Moved first to Salisbury,
Herkimer Co., then town of
came in May 1796.
Daughter married Ira Coe. James d. 1850. Morgan Norton b. 28
Mar 1809, m. Eliz. Tillingast Oct 1836. She d.
Dix who was at White
Creek, Washington Co. NY
The Norton line is traced back through
Jared
Dorman
Benjamin
Nichols
Sylvanus Ferris, cheesemaker (to town of
stayed. Went to Knox Co. Illinois in 1835, purchased land
for himself & 6 sons near
Moses,
Ira Tompkins, 1793, from
Benjamin
Hall
Pardon
Tillinghast
Clark
Baker
Samuel
Rathbun
Sylvanus & Josiah Crosby
John
Pullman
Moses
Gage
Samuel
Weston
Timothy
Johnson
Christopher
Cadman?
Joseph
Bly
Jacob
Bullock
Benjamin
Benjamin
Daniel
Hurlburt, blacksmith (sons William H., Seth, Elisha P.)
Jared
Smith, 1797, from Freehold, Greene Co. (previously from
Johnson
family, from
Curtis
family, from
Hine family, from
Munn
family, from
Nathaniel
Salisbury, abt. 1800, cheesemaker
Ebenezer
Hurd
Daniel
Carpenter, abt. 1800 (sons Samuel, Azel.
Azel was cheesemaker)
Col.
Jared Thayer, abt. 1800, cheesemaker
Danforth Doty, abt. 1800, cheesemaker
Caleb
Sheldon?, abt. 1800
Amos
& Simeon Ives, abt. 1800
Samuel
Sherman, abt. 1800
Noble
Ross, abt. 1800
Isaac
Smith, abt 1800, cheesemaker
Lewis
Barnes, abt. 1800
D.C.
Seth
Smith (b.
Ma. Family
emigrated to
In-law Solomon Howe who
came with them. Presbyterian.)
Daniel
Tuttle
King
family
Josiah
Smith (tavern in 1806) (moved to Whitesboro, Oneida Co. Presbyterian)
George
Gardner, blacksmith
Sylvanus Smith, blacksmith
Benjamin
Marvil, carpenter
Henry
Wilcox, tailor
Galen
Barstow, harnessmaker. Presbyterian
James
Churchill, cooper
Dean
Gay, cooper
George
A. Coppernoll, shoemaker
David
Humphreville, shoemaker
Lyman
Swan, shoemaker
Robert
H. Crandall, builder
Jeanette
Henderson, teacher in 1793 (sister of D.C.. She
married John H. Sherwood and
d. in Steuben Co.
at advanced age0
Charles
Morton, teacher
Samuel
Brainard, teacher
Charles
King, teacher
John
Moon, teacher
Phebe Smith, teacher in 1806
DuBois families (2) (French
Huguenot ancestry – NJ to Saratoga Co., then here.)
David
DuBois (b.11 Jun 1797, m. Sarah Tillingast 29 Dec 1829. Children: Luke,
Mrs. J.D. Henderson. Jacob DuBois
(relationship?) settled in town of
Ancestry back to Louis duBois, Huguenot in Ulster Co. 1660)
John
& Robert English (Protestant Irish)
Carpenter
Cole, 1793, grist mill
Green
abt. 1809)
Henry
Tillinghast, 1793, tanner
Asa
Lord, from CT, shoemaker (went to Madison Co. abt.
1810)
John
& Timothy Smith, tanners
Mitchell
Hinman, tanner
Isaac
Crosby, tanner
Levi
Brainard, tanner
Amos
Coe, possibly first Innkeeper
Thomas
Brayton, abt. 1793 (also
possibly first Innkeeper)
Eli
& Zephi Brockett, tavern
Russell
Hine, tavern
Dr.
Mabee
Shibnah Nichols
Havens
& Benjamin Hall
Thaddeus
Scribner (+ brother), abt. 1790, merchants
Peter
Swinburne, store (went to Deer River, Lewis Co. abt. 1832)
George
W. & William H. Cook, 1792, from Dutchess Co.;
went to NYC? Abt. 1808)
John
Nicholson (went to Herkimer?)
Dr.
Westel Willoughby, 1792 (there is an extended sketch
under the Medical Society
section)
Dr.
Moses Tombling
Frederick
Mason, from
Charles
Bradley, store in 1816 (d. 1825)
Zadoc Ames, Presbyterian
Rev.
Robertson, 1792
Zenas Bronson, Presbyterian
Abraham
Cole, Presbyterian
Comfort
Barnes (+ sons
Luther, Lewis. Methodist)
Rev.
Joseph Willis (on Methodist Circuit, 1808)
Rev.
Asa Cummins ( “ “ )
Uriah Tompkins
William & Stephen Comstock (+ wives), Methodist?
Eunice
Comstock, Methodist
Thomas
Rathbun, Methodist
John
Kennedy, Methodist
Asahel Burlingame, Methodist
Moses
Gage (+ wife), Methodist
William
& David Haskins, Methodists
Selah
Griswold, Methodist
Mrs.
James Jackson (d. 1807, Black Creek)
Rev.
Jared Smith Sr., 1796, from
m. Dorcas Johnson who was b.
Johnson b.
Nathaniel
Salisbury (b.
Nathaniel’s parents are Richard Salisbury
& Elizabeth Easterbrooks. Eliza from
Johnson
Smith (married Sarah Salisbury
m. Maria E. Service
on
(the following were members of the
Osee Brunson, Westel Brunson, Rebecca Brunson,
Anna Brunson
Dudley
Smith, Susanna Smith
Isaac
Crosby, Mary Crosby
Samuel
Weston, Sarah Weston
Arabella English
Mary
Hemingway, Phineas Hemingway
Lavina Buck
Mary
Crandall
Abigail
Nichols
Job
Bly, Free Will Baptist
Timothy
Smith, Free Will Baptist
David
Humphreville, Free Will Baptist
Town of
Stoddard
Squire, 1792, from CT (son John G. came also at age 7. Dr. Truman Squire is
grandson of
Stoddard, who d. in
Smith
family
Farley
Fuller, 1794
George
Taylor, 1794
Roscum Slocum, 1794
William
Buck
Jeremiah
Smith
Jonathan
Carpenter (had son Jotham)
Coon
family
Farley
Smith (married Minerva in 1794)
Waite
Robinson
Stephen
Smith 2nd, tavern
Benjamin
Hinman, sawmill 1797
Dr.
William Frame
Nathan
Burwell, blacksmith (6 children: Bryant, Dudley (lawyer), Charles…)
Samuel
Wright, merchant (son William?)
Daniel
Swezey
Ebenezer
Newman
Michael
DeGroff, sawmill 1802
Jesse
Brayton (+ Isaac and brother Almond; not sure of
relation to Jesse)
Col.
George Arnold (had son Thomas)
Uriah & brother Cornelius Schermerhorn,
shoemakers
Silas
& Amos Beebe
Samuel
Giles
Moses Mather, gristmill 1807 (sons Dr.
William, & Jairus. Dr. William left a
manuscript)
James
King
William
Truman
Samuel
Newberry
Jenks
Benchley, tanner 1817
Nahum
Daniels
Daniel
Jones
James
Trask (had son Isaac)
John
Gorton
James
M. Dexter
Terry
family
Noble
Gunn, miller
Joshua
Bennett
Horace
Kellogg, distiller
Russell
Vincent, distiller
John
G. Webster (sons Robert,
William
& George Harrison, iron foundry
Daniel
Sprague (sons Arnold, Charles)
Joseph
Benchley, hotel 1828 (moved to
Village of Cold Brook (1810)
Seth
Fenner, gristmill (sons Waterman, Morgan)
Nicholas
& Caleb Vincent
Jonathan
& Nathan Millington
Peter
& Ebenezer Newman
Lemuel Carpenter, distillery 1825
Stephen
& Arthur Smith, tavern
James
L. Heffernan, tailor
David
Walrath, tailor
Amos
Carpenter, shoemaker
Luther
Joles?, flaxmill
1835
Isaac
Woodin, 1816
John
Post, 1820
Alexander
Booth
Walter
Howard, tavern 1820
Enoch
Arnold, store
Stephen
Smith, gristmill 1821
Zina & Almond Beecher, tannery 1821
Philip
Young, blacksmith
Elisha Hall, tailor
William
Graves, 1800, from VT
Maj.
Geer, 1796, tanner
John
Burr, 1806, sawmill
Mr.
Hinman, 1st gristmill (son J.E. of
William
& Hobart Graves, carding mill 1813
Samuel
Wright, store 1803
Moses
Prindle, blacksmith 1804
Nathaniel
Waters, 1805, carpenter
Isaac
Norton, 1804, surveyor
Elijah
Ayers, 1804, surveyor
Stephen
Smith, 1804, surveyor
Jeremiah
Smith
Elder
Benjamin Corp, abt. 1799, Free-Will Baptist
Steven
& Arthur Smith, tavern
James
L. Heffernan, tailor
David
Walrath, tailor
Amos
Carpenter, shoemaker
Luther
Joles, flax mill 1835
Isaac Woodin,
1816 (first Deacon of Free-Will Baptist Church)
John
Post, 1820
Alexander Booth
Walter Howard, tavern 1820
Enoch Arnold, store
Stephen Smith, gristmill 1821
Zina & Almond Beecher, tannery 1821
Philip Young, blacksmith
Elisha Hall, tailor
William Graves, 1800, from VT
Maj. Geer, 1796, tanner
John Burr, sawmill 1806
Samuel Wright, store 1803
Moses Prindle,
blacksmith 1804
Nathaniel Waters, 1805, carpenter
Isaac Norton, 1804, surveyor
Elijah Ayers, 1804, surveyor
Stephen Smith, 1804, surveyor
Jeremiah Smith
Town of
Mr. Mount, first settler,
from NJ (2 sons killed by Indians, 1782)
David Thorp, first tavern (came
after the Rev.) (had son David Jr.)
John Miller, 1790
Mr. Warner
Aaron Thorp
Hermanus Van Epps
Pjilo McDonald, 1818
Latham Gray
S. Bullock, blacksmith
George Benchley,
tavern 1844
Jeremiah Petrie, shoe shop,
1843
William Hemstreet
(had sons John, Samuel)
Jacob A. Radley,
mill
Augustus Christman,
mill (father was John)
John Dagenkolb
Albert Abeel
(had son J.W.)
Gilbert J. Johnson, public
house (father was Henry I, came in 1850)
Cornelius Tumer
Michael Sweetman,
died 1829
Asa Vickery
William Coppernoll
(father was G.A.)
Mr. Willoughby
Town of
Arthur Noble, from
Alexander Macomb of NY,
purchased half of the land in 1792
John Brown of R.I., purchased some of the land (Brown’s Tract). His
son-in-law, Charles F. Herreshoff tried to improve
the land, but failed and shot himself.
Francis Wilkinson, 1824
Edward Fallen, 1840, lumber
Town of
Jacob Folts,
1723 (with other Palatines) His will dated 1793 named grandsons Warner,
and Jacob C. Jacob? d. 1807 at age 97) (additional
information on this family – pg. 388
Conrad Folts
(brother of Jacob), died June 1793, left 9 children including Jacob C. (other
desc.
were Jacob J., and Col. James Folts)
(some
of the following are of Welsh origin):
Andrew Piper
David Dederick
Aaron James
Evan Evans
Joseph Harris
John Morris
John Myers
Adam Weber
Sylvester Joslin
Christopher Joslin
Alexander Watson (g’son is Alexander B.)
Amos Tillingast
John Joslin
(desc. is Merritt F.?)
Aaron Budlong
(g’son is Robert)
Samuel
William Bridenbecker
(g’sons are Sherwood B. & Judson – sons of
Alexander)
John B. Dygert
Chauncey Devendorf,
merchant
Edward Davis
Epaphroditus Palmer
William H. Tisdale
Robert Etheridge
Warner Folts
(had a slave as late as 1822, Susan, born of Flora 28 Feb 1804)
John Hollister, sawmill 1794
Adam I. Campbell, gristmill
1808
John Myers, tavern 1795
Matthew & Michael Myers, ashery 1816; also had a store
George W. Henry, manuf. cowbells 1823
Joseph Ingham, from Schuyler,
built woolen factory 1807
Joseph Collins, from
Dr. Caleb Budlong
(grad. of
Samuel Chapman, lawyer
Jacob Weaver, 1810, tavern
Mr. Griswold, tannery 1811
Elias Palmer, grain cradles
William Gates, match factory
1844 (died
went to TN)
Town of Little Falls (1829;
settled by Germans before the Revolution)
Peter Wooleaver
Christian Edick
Frederick Getman
Marks Rasbach
Thomas Shoemaker
Jacob Petrie
Daniel Petrie (killed by
Indian raid, 1782)
Peter Orendorff
Gershom Skinner
F. Cox
John Porteous,
1790, came from
William Alexander, from
Porteous) (dau Mary Porteus
Alexander married 1. Mr. Bowen, 2. Robert Lockwood;
son Henry P. died
Dann; dau Catherine married Frederick Lansing) (William had brothers Robert, John,
and James)
Robert Alexander (children
were Robert, William, Samuel H., James, Jane, Catherine)
John Alexander (had son
Thomas)
James Alexander (went west,
became wealthy)
William Girvan, from
widow. Their
children were listed)
Richard Phillips
Thomas Smith
Joel Lankton
Richard Winsor
William Carr
William Moralee
Washington & Ebenezer
Britton (brothers, from
was a tanner, died
John Drummond
Josiah Skinner
William Feeter
(Veeder) (his family went to
he didn’t. He was a
Patriot. Had 5 sons, 7 daughters; died
Alexander Ellice,
Scotch merchant, (died 1808, had son Edward) (Alexander
leased land to
many; land was sold off by 1831. There is a list of the lot owners)
Gen. Zenas
C. Priest (b.
is a lengthy
biography)
Henry Burrell (b.
Seymour, David H., Edward J.) (member of Presbyterian Church, d.
William I. Skinner (b.
Had 3 sons, 2 daughters)
Gen. Christopher P. Bellinger, gristmill 1810
William P. Pardee, papermill 1830
Capt. Solomon Lockwood, first
(below
are members of the Little Falls Fire Dept. in 1811):
Rufus Sawyer
Amos Parkhurst
Josiah Hazen
Isaac Stevenson
Felix Dutcher
Josiah Perry
Thomas Battle
Benjamin Carr
Thomas Gould
Henry Frey
Benjamin Bowen
John O. McIntyre
Matthias B. Bellows
Thomas Smith
William Girvan
Brayton Buckland
John Protheroe
John Phillips
George P. Angel
Charles Hinkley
William T. Dodge
Henry Holmes
James Beattie
George Plato
Edward M. Griffing,
first newspaper 1821 (called the People’s Friend)
James Sanders (
from
Henry Hanman,
Stephen W. Brown, Friend Cook, George Brown)
Rev. Powers (
William G. Borland, Thomas Gould, Daniel H.
Eastman)
Rev. E.J. Mason (Presbyterian
Church 1812. Some members: Abraham Neeley & wife,
Daniel Talcott
& wife, Mrs. Henry Bartlett, Mrs. James Kennedy, Thomas Smith)
Rev. Hezekiah N. Woodruff (
Abraham Neeley,
Nicholas Thumb, Henry J. Klock)
Town of
Several tory
families lived here before the Revolution, probably tenants of the
Johnson family)
Mr. Johnson
Daniel Lobdell
(4 or 5 sons went to war – went to
Jabez Ayers, 1792, surveyor, from MA (son Stephen b.
Alexander Ayers
Mr. Avery
Mr. Cook
Aaron Hackley,
1795, from
Alvarius Hopson, 1793, from
family includes
Elton J. b.
1858. She married James F. Weatherwax. E.R.’s father is James. More biographical
information
available, page __
Jonathan Burrell, 1803, from
Berkshire Co. MA, manuf cheese boxes (son W.F. b.
1818)
Mr. Waterman
Cornelius Humphrey
Eliphalet Taylor
Abijah Ford, 1794, 2nd tavern, before 1800
Samuel Bennett
Jonathan Cole, 1794 (came
with Abial Pratt & settled on adjacent farm)
Maj. Jonathan Hallett, 1787 (Rev) (son Stephen b. 1787)
William Lee Jr.
Joseph Munson
Nathaniel Curtis
Stephen Todd, 1792, from
Reynolds & Joseph Cahoon, merchants
Augustus Thorp
Caleb Bates
Jabez & Joseph Tuttle
Stutley & Eleazer Can
Isaiah Kenyon, merchant
John Faville,
from NJ (b. 1749; had 8 sons, 4 dau, lived in
Salisbury & Manheim;
Son William b.
Cornelius Lambertson
(had 7 sons, 1 dau; g’son
is Joshua W.; one of the sons was
named
Nathaniel Metcalf, 1794, from
Berkshire Co. MA
Abial Pratt, 1794, from MA (rtd
to MA, came back; lived to be 92)
Asa Sheldon
Atwater Cook, 1795, from CT
(d.
James J. b.
Civil War. He d.
Silas Thompson, from
Joseph Munson, 1795, from CT
Moses DeWitt, 1795, from CT
Amos Ives, May 1795, from
Amos, Ambrose, Simeon, Lucy, Anson, Orren, Samuel, Truman. Truman was
youngest son, age 3
in 1795, Anson was b.
All lived to ripe old age. Atwater Cook was their neighbor in CT. More biographical
information
available – page 320)
Orren Tanner (b.
Noah Smith, from CT (went to
town of
Still living at age 93.
Samuel had son George W. b. 1823 who was lawyer)
John Garner, sawmill 1795
George Spencer, gristmill
1800
Zephar Tuttle, 1798, from Wolcott MA
Dr. Stephen Todd, distillery
1805
Nathaniel Dibble, 3rd
tavern
Cornelius Drake, mill 1810
Augustus Frisbie,
wool carding
Nathaniel Peck, tannery 1806
(also shoemaker)
Elder Martin Nichols, bef. 1800, preacher
Jesse Potter
Aaron Bartlett,1st tannery 1826 –
Asa Wilcox, merchant
Dr. Elliot Jacobs,
Henry Devereaux, aft.
1834
Hiram Wooster, 1800, from CT
Col. Amos Griswold, from CT,
tanner 1802
William Brooks
John Standring,
carding machine 1800
Town of
First settled in 1770 by 3
German families: Maltanner, Goodbrodt,
Shaver, sent by Sir William Johnson. Indians captured
Capt. Maltanner & son in 1799, killed a 16 y.o. girl of Shaver family. Maltanner
went to
Cornelius Chatfield,
Abijah Mann, 1786 (had son Abijah Jr.)
Josiah, David, Lester
Johnson, 1786, from CT
John
Bucklin, from R.I.
Benjamin
Bowen, from R.I.
John Eaton, 1787, from MA
Nathaniel, William Brown,
1787, from MA
Samuel Low, 1787, from MA
David Benseley,
1787, from R.I.
Elisha Wyman, 1788, from MA
Comfort Eaton, 1788, from MA
Jeremiah Ballard, 1789, from
MA
William Bucklin
Mr. Arnold
Daniel Fenner,
1790, from MA?
Nathaniel Smith, 1790, from
MA?
Amos, James Haile, 1790, from MA?
Peter, Bela
Ward, 1791, from CT
Moses Mather
(sons Dr. William, Jairus). Moses went to
John, Edward Griswold
Joseph Teall,
1788
Robert Nolton
(had son Hiram Nolton, lawyer & judge)
John B. Fenner,
1806
Samuel Green, gristmill
Daniel Marvin, gristmill
Richard Bushnell, gristmill
Daniel, Amasa
Bushnell
Nahum Daniels, merchant 1796
William Smith, merchant 1796
Norman Butler, store, mill
Maj. Jonathan Hallett, merchant
Stephen Hallet
(d.
William Lapham,
from
William D. Ford, lawyer
Arunah C. Smith, lawyer
Col. Charles Willard, 1793,
from
1888,
Alexander Buell
Dr. Eastman, physician
Dr. Taft, physician
Rev. Caleb
Alexander, 1802 (Presbyterian Minister from
preach in the area;
started
Jonathan Hallett
(member of Episcopal Church in 1807)
Alexander A. Bartow
(Episcopal Church 1807)
Stodard Squires (Episcopal Church 1807)
Charles Ward (Episcopal
Church 1807)
Elijah Blanchard (Episcopal
Church 1807)
William Wakely
(Episcopal Church 1807)
Peter Ward (Episcopal Church
1807)
Philip Paine (Episcopal
Church 1807)
Joseph Teall
(Episcopal Church 1807)
Abiel Burnett (Episcopal Church 1807)
Richard Kimball
John McMichael
Mr. Streeter, blacksmith 1808
Ebenezer Stevens
Jacob Wiltsie,
sawmill 1810
John Wood, tannery 1814
First Universalist
Society, Middleville (begun 1835 by the following):
Rev. Joshua Britton
Climena Scott
Daniel Post
Betsy Post
Jonathan Potter
Jeremiah Potter
John, Ira, Abigail Farmer
Bela Ward
Benjamin Keeler
Daniel H. Eastman
W. Weeden
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