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0 History of Erie County CHAPTER I THE FIRE-LANDS—A LIST OF THE SUFFERERS AND THEIR LOSSES To make compensation for losses, the State of Connecticut, prior to the sale to the Connecticut Land. Company, released and quit-claimed to the suffering inhabitants 500,000 acres, to be taken from the western end of the Reserve. The tract so granted embraces the present counties of Huron and Erie, the Township, of Ruggles in Ashland County, and of Danbury in Ottawa County. The name "Fire-lands" had its origin in the fact that the lands were donated because of losses which occurred by reason of fire. Frequently did the inhabitants of the nine suffering towns appeal to the Connecticut Legislature for some material recognition of their claims for relief. The state afforded limited aid by the abatement of taxes, but no adequate compensation was provided for some years. In 1787, at the May session, the memorialists made another and a strong appeal, asserting the justness of their claims and complaining of the neglect their previous petitions had suffered. They earnestly urged the attention of the Legislature to their prayer, which was signed for the petitioners of the several towns as follows: By Charles Chauncey, of New Haven ; Philip Burr Bradley, of Ridgefield ; Daniel Taylor, of Danbury ; Thomas Fitch, of Norwalk ; Jonathan Sturges, of Fairfield; John Mead, of Greenwich; John Deshon, of New London; and Andrew Ward, of Groton. The assembly referred this memorial to a special committee, consisting of Hon. Andrew Adams, of the upper house, and Col. Jeremiah Wadsworth, Maj. Charles Phelps, Maj. Wm. Hart, Col. Charles Burrell and Capt. Moses Cleveland, of the lower house. (See documents relating to Revolutionary war, volume XXXVI, number 351.) In October of the same year, this committee reported that, for want of exhibits, certificates and vouchers, they were unable to present either a correct statement of the amount of losses, or of the relief already granted by the state ; that the houses, buildings and furniture destroyed by the enemy "ought to be, by this state, paid for at their just value ; and that the only means in the power of this state at present to pay the same, is in western lands." (Lb., Doc. 117.) - 1 - 2 - HISTORY OF ERIE COUNTY The report, after discussion, was approved, and with this the matter rested. Further action being postponed from session to session, Thaddeus Burr and others, at the December session of 1790, presented a new petition. Thereupon a committee, consisting of Hon. John Treadwell, Ashur Miller and Capt. John Chenwood, was appointed to ascertain the amount of the losses of the memorialists and others who had under-gone similar misfortunes. This committee entered upon its work without delay. At the May session of 1791, further time was asked and given. It was not until May, 1792, that the labors of the committee were so far completed as to enable the assembly to take action, which it then did as follows: "At a general assembly of the State of Connecticut holden at Hart- -ford on the second Thursday of May, A. D. 1792 : "Upon the memorial of the inhabitants of the towns of Fairfield and Norwalk, shewing to this assembly that many of the inhabitants of said towns suffered great losses by the devastations of the enemy during the late war, praying a compensation therefor, and a report of a committee appointed by the assembly at this session held at Hartford in May, 1791, to ascertain from documents in the public offices the amount of the losses of the said memorialists, and others under similar circumstances, which had been estimated conformably to acts of this legislature, being such as were occasioned by excursions of the enemy during the late war, distinguishing the losses of buildings and necessary furniture from those of other articles, by said documents or otherwise, and also to ascertain the advancements which have been made to sufferers by abatement of taxes or otherwise, and to report the same, with their opinion relative to the ways and means of affording for the relief, as per memorial and report on file. "Resolved, By this assembly, that there be and there hereby are released and quit-claimed to the sufferers hereafter named, or their legal representatives where they are dead, and to their heirs and assignees forever, five hundred thousand acres of land belonging to this State lying west of the State of Pennsylvania, and bounding northerly on the shore of Lake Erie, beginning at the west line of said lands and extending eastward to a line running northerly and southerly parallel to the east line of said tract of land belonging to this State, and extending the whole width of said lands, and easterly so far as to make said quantity of five hundred thousand acres of land exclusive of any lands within said bounds, if any be, which may have been heretofore granted to be divided to and among the said sufferers, and their legal representatives where they are dead, in proportion to the several sums annexed to their names as follows in the annexed list." The total amount of losses awarded was 161,548 pounds, 11 shillings and 61/2 pence New England currency, equivalent to $538,495.26. The board of commissioners ascertained that the number of sufferers was about 1,870. The following table will show in what proportion these sufferers and their losses were distributed among the suffering towns : |
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Persons |
£ |
s. |
d. |
Greenwich |
283 |
12,000 |
0 |
8 3/4 |
Norwalk |
289 |
25,889 |
19 |
2 1/2 |
Fairfield |
269 |
34,359 |
11 |
0 |
Danbury |
187 |
8,238 |
10 |
7 3/4 |
New and East Haven |
410 |
16,986 |
5 |
4 |
New London |
275 |
54,598 |
7 |
3 1/2 |
Ridgefield |
65 |
1,736 |
1 |
10 |
Groton |
92 |
7,739 |
15 |
6 |
Total |
1,870 |
161,548 |
11 |
6 1/2 |
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The names of the sufferers are classified by towns, and the amount of loss sustained by each is given in pounds, shillings and pence. The following list is taken from the "Classification Record," an old book in the office of the recorder of Huron County, and, though far from being well arranged, the names have been copied in the order there given. Even where a cursory glance might seem to show the list alphabetical, further examination will disclose many exceptions. The largest amount awarded to any one individual was to Jeremiah Miller, of New London, in the sum of 2,535 pounds, 18 shillings and 10 pence, or $8,845.31; the smallest on the list is that of Marah Kilby, of New Haven, 2 shillings and 6 pence or 41 2/3 cents. The names on the list are familiar ones. Many of them and their descendants settled on the Fire-lands, and their posterity are numerous here today. The family names are almost exclusively of English derivation, there being a notable absence of the Irish, Scotch, French and German names so common at the present day. But the baptismal names were peculiar, and, in this respect, time has wrought changes. Amos, Abijah, Ephraim, Ebenezer, Eleazar, Hezekiah, Joshua, Justin, Jedediah, Jotham, Obadiah, Nehemiah, Titus, Timothy and Uriah were as common as Abraham, Benjamin, John, James, Matthew, Moses and Solomon, while Eliphalet, Eliakim, Shadrach, Shubael and Zechariah and many more names now unheard of are of frequent occurrence. The names of George, Charles, Albert, Edward, William, Henry, Frederick and Richard were not altogether wanting, but were less esteemed than those taken from scripture. In the names of women, Anna, Abigail, Charity, Deliverance, Deborah, Prudence, Priscilla, Ruth, Thankful and Temperance are as easily picked out as Lucy, Mary, Jane and Sarah. It is needless to say that there were no Allies or Bessies, Jennies or Minnies. Another feature will strike even the most casual reader, and that is the absence of the middle names—scarcely one person in a hundred is so provided—while Jr., 2nd and even 3d, are common suffixes used to distinguish those of the same family having the same name. |
LIST OF ORIGINAL SUFFERERS CLASSIFIED BY TOWNS WITH THE AMOUNT OF EACH INDIVIDUAL LOSS, |
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GREENWICH |
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s. |
d |
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£ |
s. |
d. |
John Addington |
10 |
0 |
0 |
Abigail Armour |
6 |
0 |
0 |
Samuel Ask |
11 |
18 |
2 1/2 |
Lauren Brumall |
4 |
0 |
0 |
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James Brown William Bush John Bush James Barnes Samuel Banks Roger Brown Isaac Bush Nehemiah Brown William Blake Mary Austin Isaac Anderson Obediah Banks Peter Cyphus James Cunningham Joseph Chambers Deborah Close Thomas Davis Stephen Davis Daniel Darrow Humphrey Denton Bazaleel Brown Charity Banks Silas Butts David Bush James Brundage James Brush Samuel Brush Deborah Brush Walter Butler Charles Brundage Elisha Belcher William Brundage Peter Brown John Clapp, Jr. Thomas Clapp Odel Close Jacob Conklin Nevil Conklin Odel Close (Administrator) Reuben Coe Abraham Close Joseph Close Jonathan Coe Jeremiah Chapman Odel Close, Jr. Horse N. Church Episcopal Church Jonathan Connery Abraham Hays Thomas Hobby, Jr Hannah Hays Joseph Hobby, Jr Isaac Holmes David Hallock |
15 41 10 51 2 147 4 94 3 3 44 41 22 12 9 38 8 112 19 73 67 8 217 159 30 13 31 2 3 39 49 5 129 333 257 63 2 49 33 17 144 40 3 15 25 63 23 18 1 146 63 0 |
5 6 10 9 15 13 10 16 1 3 10 17 13 0 0 15 5 14 4 19 15 4 4 5 1 13 5 0 19 1 10 5 2 17 10 1 19 3 16 0 15 10 12 7 2 0 19 13 13 4 10 15 |
5 1/2 9 1/4 9 101/4 1 1/2 10 3/4 0 2 3 7 0 1/2 8 0 0 0 11 0 6 4 10 8 6 1 11 4 8 1 0 4 0 11 0 3 7 3 3 3 10 4 0 2 5 11 11 10 0 10 4 3 9 10 0 |
Isaac Holmes, Jr William Hubbard |
95 16 |
16 2 |
11 3 |
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Nathaniel Hubbard Thomas Hitchock Nat Huested Ebenezer Howe Jona. Hubbard, Jr Benjamin Hubby Ebenezer Hubby John Dunn Isaac Davis James Ferriss Urial Fields Oliver Fairchild Jabez Ferris Jonathan Finch Nathaniel Finch Timothy Ferris Solomon Finney Joshua Franklin Sylvanus Ferris Jabez Fitch Joshua Ferris Timothy Finch Joseph Ferris Moses Ferris Ezra Finch Joseph Ferris Park Ferris John Gregg Charles Green Anne Gregg Jabez Holmes Reuben Holmes Mills Hobby Isaac Howe Mindwell Hitchcock Jonah Knapp Nathaniel Knapp Eunice Knapp Joshua Knapp John Knapp Charles Knapp William Kinch Jonathan Knapp Ezekiel Knapp Abraham Knapp Widow Kinch Samuel Lockwood Israel Lockwood Philip Lockwood Enos Lockwood Thaddeus Lockwood Peter Heusted Abraham Heusted Moses Heusted, Jr. |
3 33 41 13 31 34 39 15 15 42 212 8 28 27 16 17 27 42 41 20 60 11 6 86 7 6 213 197 43 0 32 6 83 18 44 15 14 125 23 11 5 26 25 2 8 108 51 13 54 86 2 |
2 2 7 12 9 13 11 0 16 13 15 10 5 16 10 6 16 14 3 3 8 0 0 0 0 10 8 12 12 5 10 0 19 7 13 8 15 9 3 2 14 9 7 6 10 14 4 15 18 8 0 |
2 0 5 4 7 5 11 0 0 3 1 8 7 3 0 0 1 4 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 1 0 2 0 7 10 7 0 3 3 7 9 2 7 5 0 0 4 10 0 5 11 3 |
Ebenezer Holmes James Hounam Meeting House |
9
208 20 |
6
17 0 |
8 0 0 |
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£ |
s. |
d. |
Thomas Hobby Benjamin Heusted Nathaniel Hubby Sarah Halt Joseph Hubby, Jr. Elizabeth Ingersoll Nathaniel Ingersoll William Jacobs Anne Ingersoll Job Ireland Amos Jessop Thomas Johnson William Johnson James Johnson Israel Knapp, Jr. Ebenezer Knapp Jared Mead Daniel Marshall Elizabeth Moore Martin McDonald Ezra Marshall Benjamin Mead Rachel Marshall Peter Mead, Esq. John Mead Hannah Mead Sarah Mead Ebenezer Mead Charles Mead Eliphalet Mead, Jr. Ichiel Mead Abraham Mead Eliphalet Mead Nehemiah Mead Mathew Mead Titus Mead Nehemiah Mead, Jr Daniel Merritt John Loudon Caleb Lyon Joseph Lockwood William Lee Timothy Lockwood Hannah Lockwood William Lockwood Gilbert Lyon Abraham Lockwood Amos Lyon James Lyon Ezekial Lockwood James Lyon, Jr. Caleb Lyon, Jr. Theophilus Lockwood Jonas Mead |
69 6 12 3 31 68 59 60 14 0 20 41 8 8 4 147 68 22 7 4 111 10 138 162 2 71 5 0 95 5 17 5 55 61 95 9 36 7 9 30 7 10 29 18 16 19 58 9 7 29 2 20 |
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0 0 18 9 14 16 0 15 4 6 15 0 10 15 17 0 1 2 10 5 5 19 9 15 5 18 4 10 12 19 2 6 12 5 8 6 10 9 19 10 4 4 19 17 5 12 13 10 7 0 4 |
3 0 0 0 0 4 7 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 5 6 7 4 0 0 5 5 9 9 0 4 4 10 6 10 5 8 2 8 2 3 9 0 11 6 0 8 10 2 5 4 5 1 0 9 0 1 |
Andrew Marshall Peter Mead, Jr. Caleb Mead Reuben Merritt John Mead, Jr. Nathaniel Mead, 3d Jeremiah Mead, Jr Gilbert Marshall Deliverance and Jared Mead Henry Marshall Joseph Mead Shadrack Mead Caleb Mead, 2d Abigail Mead Jonah Mead Enos Mead Sibil Mead Angus McCall Zaeheus Mead Ezra Marshall Elkanah Mead John Mesnard Andrew Mead Jotham Mead Eliphalet and Ichiel Mead Robert Nutt Francis Nash Daniel Ogden Silas Mead Thomas Mesnard William Marshall Deliverance Mead Jemima Mead Rev. Jonathan Murdock Jesse Mead Henry Mead Elizabeth Mead Dr. Amos Mead Joshua Mead Jerusha Mead John Mesnard, Jr. James Moe Nathaniel Merritt Edmond Mead Titus Palmer Jere. and John Wood Palmer Hoiton Reynolds William Rundall Susannah Reynolds Anne Reynolds Nath. Reynolds, Jr. John Rich Hannah Rundell Hannah Ritch |
26 41 33 25 54 18 92 200 25 39 42 76 6 24 12 86 12 9 56 7 14 36
26 85 14 646 115 62 6 14 39 18 79 22 105 13 180 11 7 6 32 46 11 3 9 65 81 18 22 10 21 45 9 |
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4 17 7 16 3 15 0 12 15 0 11 0 12 12 12 2 14 1 10 0 0 10 0 16 7 15 8 7 16 0 8 14 8 4 14 4 8 0 0 6 13 9 0 9 15 7 16 2 10 3 0 0 |
3 10 7 9 3 5 7 0 0 3 0 7 0 0 5 0 7 7 9 11 0 0 6 0 4 5 2 7 6 11 3 8 4 5 2 9 8 4 0 0 2 4 11 0 3 10 1 4 9 4 0 0 0 |
Mary Ritch Reuben Randall Anny Rundall |
44 44 4 |
2 2 15 |
0 0 0 |
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£ s. d. Joanna Reynolds 12 2 0 Soloman Rundall 39 19 6 Thomas Ritch 45 15 9 Timothy Rundall 7 11 8 Jonathan Reynolds 18 0 0 Abigail Rundall 3 2 0 Samuel Rundall 4 6 4 Ambrose and Jonathan Reynolds 18 1 7 Nathaniel Reynolds 47 15 6 Shubael Rundall 9 12 6 Joseph Sackett 13 12 6 Samuel Seymour 195 15 3 Joshua Smith 149 7 4 Jonah Smith 70 4 3 Justus Sackett 223 16 5 Daniel Smith 76 3 4 Oliver Sherwood 10 0 0 Drake Seymour 123 19 5 Jabez Sherwood 47 3 5 Henry Stedwell 85 17 6 Gilbert Sherwood 7 13 8 Rev. William Seward 25 8 10 Benjamin Sutton 5 11 2 David and Joshua Smith 218 12 6 Thomas Steedwell 2 6 4 Joseph Palmer 100 9 11 Stephen Palmer 6 16 1 Sarah Parsons 5 16 4 Theophilus Peck, Jr 50 6 4 |
£ s. d. Solomon Purdy 83 18 9 James Phillips 20 0 0 Denham Palmer 2 6 8 John Palmer 4 2 0 Mary Peck 8 8 5 Catharine Peck 16 0 0 Heth Peck 9 0 11 John Purdy 10 7 1 Winans Palmer 6 14 2 Daniel Palmer 39 19 2 Benjamin Peck 26 16 9 Samuel Palmer 77 4 2 Gould John Sellich 13 18 0 Roger Sutherland 10 12 2 Jesse Sutton 6 8 9 John Town 15 4 10 William Town 3 3 0 Oliver Tompkins 7 14 6 Michael C. Tempany 76 14 8 Mary Town 4 10 0 Zebediah Taylor 10 0 0 William Watros 11 12 2 Ebenezer Whelpley 1 8 8 Isaac Wood 132 0 11 John Willis 47 18 11 John Weeks 9 14 5 Francis Wilmott 6 0 0 Jeffrey Wilmeten 9 12 6 Isaac Whelpley 21 8 0 |
NORWALK |
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£ s. d. Thomas Benedict 779 1 10 Josiah Thatcher 400 6 51/2 James Fitch, Jr. 319 16 61/4 Thomas Fitch 387 14 51/4. James Fitch 219 19 5 John Lockwood, Jr 249 14 01/2 Abraham Camp's heirs 142 13 3 Seth Seymour 's heirs 157 4 1 Nath. Raymond, Jr 144 5 1 3/4 Fountain Smith 158 15 10 John Seymour, Jr. 161 19 91/2 Abraham Benedict 73 3 1 Thomas Betts 167 16 71/2 John and Daniel Eversley 154 9 61/2 John Benedict 172 12 8 Daniel Hyatt 85 6 7 Peter Betts 180 6 10 1/2 Ebenezer Whitney 108 13 9 Gould Hays 195 8 0 Uriah Raymond 124 11 1 3/4 Abigail Raymond 144 4 3 Jabez Saunders 31 13 11 John Cannon 1,933 8 2 3/4 |
£ s. d. Lois Whitney 88 11 11/4 Stephen Smith 48 2 11 Ezra Rickett 82 11 51/4 John Saunders 241 18 10 William Seymour 93 1 9 Nathaniel Benedict 359 13 3 Eliphalet Lockwood 721 8 111/2 Hannah Hooker 211 13 9 Ezekial Lockwood 176 4 7 3/4 John Gregory, Jr. 221 11 0 Ebenezer Gregory 57 2 9 Daniel Smith 99 5 11/2 Peter Quintard 401 0 0 Noah Smith 89 11 10 John Darrow 192 19 0 Thaddeus Betts 254 9. 3 Mathew Mallery 87 4 11 John St. John 51 16 3 William St. John 318 11 0 John Hays 72 5 2 Daniel Jackson 53 2 5 Josiah Thatcher, Jr 193 17 8 Elizabeth Rogers 228 14 0 Eliakin Raymond 297 7 11 |
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Lemuel Brooks 287 15 4 Richard Camp 241 19 0 Asa Hays 381 17 0 Catharine Boughton 23 11 0 Elizabeth Ketchum 45 10 6 John Kellog 76 9 0 John Seymour 345 5 0 Josiah Wentworth 151 16 0 Daniel Hanford 303 16 4 Jesse Benedict 114 7 6 Samuel Fairchild 131 3 11 Simon Raymond 428 7 31 1/2 Jedediah Hanford 39 1 11 Enoch Benedict 84 1 8 David Handford 's heirs 41 13 9 Matthew Keeler 165 10 10 Mary Benedict 40 0 0 David Comstock 313 18 0 Thomas Fitch's heirs 415 3 0 John Rich 72 6 0 Ebenezer Hyatt 76 15 6 Nathan Mallery 157 12 0 Daniel Thatcher 's heirs 215 17 0 Samuel Grummond 30 8 6 Ebenezer Lockwood 82 2 2 Isaiah Marvin 158 10 1 Eliakim Smith 203 16 4 Daniel Seymour, Jr 87 16 5 Dan Fitch 119 14 7 Hezekiah Raymond 152 14 4 John Betts 303 16 0 Edward Wentworth 80 13 1 Isaac Scudder 661 16 0 John Lockwood, 3d 218 4 0 Jathan Jarvis 279 7 6 Jabez Raymond 293 13 0 Nehemiah St. John 89 9 6 Hezekiah Hanford 268 13 8 Jonathan Fitch's heirs 195 0 0 Nathan Hays 180 4 6 Daniel Fitch's heirs 259 9 1 John Belden 303 14 6 Nathan Beers 195 1 0 Benjamin Isaac's heirs 406 8 9 Samuel Marvin 319 3 10 Thomas Grummond 205 11 4 Jacob Jennings 22 5 6 Jedediah Brown 162 7 0 Sarah Johnson 33 18 10 Joseph Whitney 182 11 2 Susanah Butler 6 10 0 Abraham Gregory 50 9 8 Lydia Comstock 9 6 0 |
Daniel Seymour 11 18 10 Deborah Dickinson 17 2 6 Jane Hitchcock 19 8 6 Elizabeth Rogers, 2d 1 5 0 Hannah Hanford 60 3 1 Deborah Pickett 22 0 0 Mary Resco 2 19 0 Rebecca Smith 3 2 9 Obadiah Liscat 3 0 0 Abigail Weeks 3 10 0 Anne Seymour 3 1 6 Platt Townsend 2 17 0 John Platt 0 15 6 Stephen Lockwood 18 12 0 Nathan Hyatt, Jr. 29 19 11 John Rogers 41 1 9 Stephen Whitney 19 5 0 Jesse Brown 44 0 0 Hannah Fitch's heirs 141 2 7 Jacob Arnold 24 11 8 David Hyatt 9 0 6 John EVersley 11 1 2 Syphax (negro) 0 7 0 David Whitney 0 12 0 Anne Seymour 6 17 5 John Lockwood 9 12 8 David Judah 9 19 0 Timothy Whitney 0 17 6 Thomas Betts, Jr. 13 14 0 Haynes Fitch 42 1 3 Michael Judah 13 9 6 Uriah Smith 35 9 0 Samuel Burral 30 18 6 Hannah Brown 6 3 6 James Hait 's heirs 26 3 6 Stephen Keeler 25 1 3 David Bott 5 19 9 Eleazer Scott 16 0 9 James Crowley 3 14 7 Stephen St. John 20 1 0 Nathaniel Strull 33 12 9 Moses St. John 3 5 0 Isaac Waring 3 10 0 Giles Malley 12 4 10 David Seymour 3 19 0 Mary Harvey 14 11 0 Rebecca Wasron 4 8 3 JarVis Kellogg 2 3 9 William Mott 10 14 6 Mary Avery 11 2 6 Peter Hitchcock 11 13 6 Joshua Rogers 14 15 3 Desire Liscat 8 7 6 Robert Waters 11 15 4 |
Nath'l Benedict, 2d 152 1 3 Josiah Raymond 239 9 3 Col. Stephen St. John 713 6 7 Daniel W. Auley 248 7 0 |
Jedediah Raymond 10 8 3 Nehemiah St. John 2d 6 11 0 Esther St. John 2 2 0 |
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£ s. d. |
£ s. d. |
Mary Lockwood 2 8 6 James Smith 21 13 0 Betsey Hall 22 9 11 Mary Brown 9 18 0 Silas Betsey 12 16 3 Abraham Lockwood 2 12 0 Abner Booth 40 1 6 Charles Pope 7 10 7 Gersham Hyatt 32 5 0 Pomp Learning 14 10 0 Banley Arnold 12 8 0 Sarah Eversley 26 13 5 Mary Smith 17 5 0 Thomas Darrow 17 5 2 Nathan Hendrich 19 18 3 William Garner 11 4 3 Stephen G. Thatcher 13 1 5 Stephen and Hooker St. John 30 1 6 Nathaniel Raymond 4 4 0 Susannah Fitch 24 0 0 Thomas Hays 18 0 0 Auley W. Auley 30 19 3 Joseph Allen Wright 95 18 8 Dr. Uriah Rogers' heirs 225 0 0 Jesse Raymond 147 2 2 John Richards 7 6 8 Joseph Waring 14 18 1 Isaac Richards 44 10 10 Eli Read 58 10. 11 Jesse Read 3 11 6 John Bigsley 7 0 6 Benjamin Read 42 14 6 Daniel Richards 12 5 1 Solomon Whitman 17 17 6 David Read 126 7 4 Nathan Waring 32 14 7 Richard Youngs 31 5 11 Mary Read 47 17 0 Gersham Richards 31 13 1 Clapp Raymond 34 3 10 John Richards 35 9 10 Seth Abbott 55 7 3 Capt. Eliakim Raymond. 80 17 4 Simeon Stewart 60 10 10 Capt. Phineas Hanford 43 14 0 Azor Mead 36 6 8 Phineas Hanford, Jr 25 19 2 Richard Dunning 26 10 6 Matthew Marvin 19 0 8 Elizabeth Whelpley 17 17 8 Lydia Fitch 19 19 10 Elijah Fitch 10 5 2 Samuel Keeler 30 14 0 Samuel Middlebrook 14 9 11 |
Ebenezer Berndt, Jr 14 2 8 Nathan Adams 14 0 0 James Betts 17 2 0 Benjamin Keeler 10 19 4 Nathan Keeler 3 7 0 James Whelpley 4 5 4 Capt. Sam'l Comstock 2 0 0 Benjamin Betts 2 11 11 Rev. Isaac Lewis 5 1 4 Daniel Sturges 1 15 8 Peter Sturges 0 14 0 Esther Wasson 5 0 8 Capt. Josiah Thatcher 16 7 4 Ephraim Stewart 5 4 4 Silas Hicock 3 12 6 Jesse Birchard 7 12 0 Simron Stewart, Jr., 8 6 0 Benjamin Stewart 14 19 7 John Filleo 1 15 2 Col. Matthew Mead 4 19 4 David Webb 1 10 8 John Rockwell 5 16 0 Elizabeth Gaylord 5 8 0 Nathan Hicock 2 5 3 Jas. Small Olmstead 2 18 8 Samued Stewart 12 2 0 Mich’1 Morehouse, Jr 7 7 4 Andrew Morehouse 1 16 0 Michael Morehouse 4 3 0 James Keeler 8 4 8 Josiah Taylor, Jr. 4 9 10 Thaddeus Keeler 2 5 10 Sarah Morehouse 6 4 4 Ebenezer Fitch 2 10 0 Nathan. Burrall 2 17 4 Jeremiah Webb 7 5 0 Elizabeth Dunning 7 1 4 Solomon Morehouse 5 11 0 Rebecca Deforest 7 15 8 Mary Pleet 15 10 0 Benjamin Betts, Jr 3 10 0 James Olmstead 7 9 0 William St. John 35 12 0 Daniel Gregory 18 18 8 Thaddeus Morehouse 2 2 0 Joseph Olmstead 2 8 0 Eliphalet Lockwood 23 18 0 Jabez Raymond 38 16 0 Charles Pope 6 0 0 Haynes Fitch 47 10 0 Hezekiah Hanford 59 10 0 Daniel Hanford 20 0 0 James Fitch, Jr. 23 12 0 Rebecca Fitch 63 3 0 |
Ezra Waterbury 11 6 4 Hannah Gregory 13 3 4 |
Robert Waters 6 0 0 Dan Finch 3 0 0 Uriah Smith 3 0 0 |
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£ s. d. |
Simeon Raymond 14 0 0 William Raymond 5 0 0 Moses Raymond 5 0 0 Timothy Hoyt 6 0 0 Benjamin Merrit 5 0 0 Jedediah Raymond 15 0 0 Hannah Dickenson 23 19 9 |
Moses Dickenson's heirs 259 16 10 Silas Barlow 48 12 6 Samuel Ketchum 4 1 6 EVert Ellison 13 10 0, Michael Judah 0 2 0 John Read 9 10 11 Betty Javiss 2 8 2 |
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£ s. d. Abraham Andress 430 6 0 Sarah Andress 192 9 0 Col. Elijah Abel 719 14 4 John Allen 545 12 6 David Allen 476 9 8 George Allen 231 3 11 Anthony Anniball 155 5 2 Peter Burr 282 9 1 Reuben Beers 510 4 2 David Beers 164 4 6 Samuel Beers 96 8 5 Ebenezer Bartran 144 10 3 Joseph Beers 90 17 0 David Burr 388 2 9 Wakeman Burr 363 14 9 Samuel Burr 481 3 10 Job Bartran 962 17 5 Gersham Burr 300 10 4 Thaddeus Burr 1,373 18 1 Simeon Couch, 3d 227 9 3 John Davis 62 14 11 Ann Dimon 317 18 4 William Dimon 625 8 1 N. Thompson Nichols 67 18 0 Elizabeth Gold 246 16 0 Nathan Godfrey 309 12 2 DaVid Jennings, 2d 255 3 5 Rebecca Jennings 127 0 4 Moses Jennings 599 12 4 Isaac Jennings 281 1 4 Peter Hendrick 399 6 9 Abigail Hubbell 176 13 4 Stephen Jennings 195 5 5 Jeremy Jennings 196 12 11 Fr Ebenezer Jessup 282 19 3 Moss Kent 185 0 7 11 Lathrop Lewis 27 5 2 Sturges Lewis 52 11 2 Jonathan Lewis 921 11 7 Widow Eunice Morehouse 68 7 0 Gideon Morehouse 66 10 6 Ebenezer Morehouse 83 8 3 Grammon Morehouse 6 11 6 Mr John Morehouse 233 11 5 Hezekiah Nicolls 394 10 7 Daniel Osborn 135 5 0 Eleazer Osborn, Jr 181 2 9 |
£ s. d. Widow Mary Penfield 139 14 1 Solomon Sturges 319 3 9 Mabel Osborn 605 0 2 Samuel Penfield 1,065 9 4 John Parrot 86 9 8 Nathaniel Parsons 86 7 7 John Raymond and E Cooley 56 2 7 Samuel Rowland 476 10 7 Andrew Rowland 1,565 15 11 Samuel Squire 412 15 4 John Smedley 763 10 4 Seth Sturges 431 0 1 Joseph Squire 65 0 6 Thomas Staples 247 4 7 Joseph Sturges' heirs 339 15 2 Jonathan Sturges 748 2 6 Hezekiah Sturges 532 8 3 Samuel Sturges 234 18 1 Samuel Smedley 415 19 7 Eliphalet Thorp 401 6 1 Jabez Thorp 147 18 0 John Turney 526 12 2 Stephen Thorp 515 1 8 Ansel Treeby 96 11 7 John Wasson 161 5 10 Andrew Wakeman 207 14 2 Ebenezer Wakeman 68 12 1 Joseph Wakeman 167 3 8 Thomas Hanford Wakeman 239 6 10 Mary Cutler 8 18 David Annible 43 18 10 Neh. Buddington 15 1 7 Andrew Bulkley 33 10 11 James Bulkley 0 15 5 Walter Buddington 20 19 8 Widow Abigail Burr 58 17 9 William Buddington 37 7 9 Walter Carson 27 0 7 Jonathan Darrow 254 5 2 Isaac Jarvis 23 10 Abigail Jennings 49 16 1 Justin Jennings 31 7 0 Levi Mallery 21 18 6 Abigail Osborn 106 9 9 John Parsons 22 1 2 |
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Ephraim Robbins 106 14 10 Ebenezer Sturges 89 4 3 John Squire, Jr. 15 16 8 Judson Sturges 128 16 7 Isaac Tucker 68 17 0 Samuel Smith 19 16 9 Isaac Turney 20 3 5 John Williams, Jr. 13 19 0 Ruth Wakeman 22 8 1 Wright White 46 8 0 Mary Alvord 20 0 0 Isaac Burr 23 5 0 Amelia Burr 10 0 0 Ruth Burr 3 19 6 Charles Burr 24 16 0 Luce Burr 4 13 0 George Batterson 55 13 3 Dudley Baldwin 7 13 0 William Batterson 16 3 0 Samuel Burr, Jr. 2 14 6 Samuel Burr, 3d 14 14 0 David Burr 10 5 4 Abigail Burr, Jr. 50 2 6 Nathan Bulkley 11 14 0 Olive Bulkley 30 5 3 Wid. Abigail Bulkley and Jonathan Bulkley 54 17 3 Ebenezer Bulkley 0 7 2 Nehemiah Banks 4 15 0 Priscilla Burr 282 8 6 David Barlow 374 14 0 Nathaniel Burr 22 18 0 Nathan Burr 4 9 0 William Carter 16 0 0 Ann Caldwell 8 8 0 Thomas and Simon Couch 10 0 0 Abigail Chapman 2 11 0 John Cake 0 9 2 Caleb Disbrow 18 0 6 Rev. Andrew Elliot 549 11 6 Francis Forgue 151 6 0 Abigail Thompson 8 10 0 Nathan T. Nickols 81 16 0 Hannah McKensey 1 4 0 Jemima Gould 6 2 0 Abel Gold 113 16 9 Abel Gold, Jr, 3 17 6 Daniel Gorham 20 2 0 Jos. Gold, deceased 17 0 0 Martha Fairchild 44 8 2 Justin Hobart 15 10 9 Jabez Hubbell 32 16 9 |
Sarah Hews 15 9 6 Peter Jennings 7 8 3 Lyman Jennings 5 10 6 Hezekiah Jennings 1 1 0 Daniel Jennings 32 2 1 David Jennings 27 18 10 Martha Jennings 27 18 0 Ephraim Jennings 6 9 6 Margaret Keeler 13 2 1 Esther Lord 7 4 0 Jonathan Maltbie 47 5 10 Jona Middlebrook 4 4 10 Jesse Morehouse 16 6 2 Hannah Morehouse 33 18 8 David Osborn 21 9 0 Free Negro Ned 7 4 0 Samuel Osborn 36 13 6 Nehemiah Phinney 12 12 0 James Penfield 6 12 0 Jabez Perry 2 18 0 John Perry 6 17 0 Abraham Parrott 4 14 0 Sarah Penfield 15 16 0 Benjamin Rumsey 0 15 0 Lucretia Redfield 28 3 4 Widow Sarah Redfield 28 15 6 Robert Ross 2 17 0 Rev. Hezekiah Ripley 368 19 2 Joseph Sprague 2 3 8 Grace Spalding 90 4 4 Francis D. Sword 3 3 6 Benjamin Squire 1 7 0 Samuel Squire, 2d 83 6 8 Seth Smith 56 7 0 Zecheriah Sanford 2 5 0 Mary Smith 16 14 3 Ebenezer Squire 14 14 4 Stephen Turney 88 5 4 Samuel Taylor 9 17 0 William Thorp 24 18 0 Ruel Thorp 6 6 0 Widow Hannah Taylor 40 4 0 Jehiel Whitehead 6 16 2 Richard Wane 5 8 3 Abigail Whitear 111 13 11 Samuel King 5 7 0 Gideon Wells 29 8 8 John Wilson 5 4 0 Nathaniel Wilson 10 17 6 John Whitehead 17 8 0 Abigail Wynkoop 59 15 0 Joseph Wakeman 4 0 0 Isaac Hubbell 18 16 0 |
Isaac Hayes 86 17 8 Anna Hull 64 16 6 John Hickling 20 8 9 |
Increase Bradley 180 0 0 House of Peter Bulkley and Jos. Sturgess 91 0 0 Edward Buddington 81 0 0 Andrus Jennings 210 0 0 |
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Aaron Jennings 100 0 0 William Levesay 152 0 0 Heirs of Benjamin Osborn 152 0 0 Benjamin Allen 5 3 3 Ephraim Burr 95 17 10 Gilbert Bryan 19 17 0 Ebenezer Baker 21 18 0 Gersham Banks 14 15 0 George Burr 15 16 10 John Banks 22 12 2 Ephraim Burr, Jr. 4 18 11 Nathan Bennit 15 2 0 Joseph Bennit 56 0 7 Francis Bradley, 3d 2 10 6 Pickney Burr 14 0 0 Elias Bennett 19 15 5 Job Bartran 13 10 0 Thomas Bennitt 3 2 3 Sarah Bryant 17 10 0 James Bennitt 26 3 0 Abigail Desbrow 9 11 8 Jason Desbrow 16 2 4 Hezekiah Cooley 3 6 0 John Crosman 5 12 2 Caleb Desbrow 8 16 4 Jabez Desbrow 5 9 6 John Desbrow 15 14 0 Shubael Gorham 4 15 0 Solomon Gray 1 3 6 Ann Godfrey 3 18 0 Hezekiah Hull 10 0 0 Isaac Hays 28 0 7 John Hyde 47 11 3 John Hyde, Jr 7 6 3 Joseph Hyde 35 0 0 Ebenezer Jessup 3 1 6 Joseph Lyon 31 15 9 Seth Meeker 22 5 8 |
John Morehouse 15 13 0 Benjamin Meeker 15 17 4 Rebecca Nash 6 7 5 Sarah Ogden 19 6 1 Daniel Osborn 0 13 6 Cornelius Stratton 1 5 3 John Stratton 1 13 6 Ebenezer Sherwood 2 0 0 Joseph Sherwood 9 15 6 Jehiel Sherwood 4 14 0 Joshua Squire and Sam- uel Burr 35 17 6 Andrew Sturges 13 18 0 Gersham Thorp 9 0 0 William Thorp 3 0 0 Jessup Wakeman 12 9 11 Samuel Whitney, Jr 26 10 2 Peter Whitney 7 9 0 Widow Elizabeth Sturges 150 0 0 Moses Bulkley 50 0 0 Josiah Bulkley 10 0 0 Nathan Beers 1 17 6 Ebenezer Munro 1 15 0 Adm'r of Nehemiah Bud- dington 0 10 0 Mary Alvoid 8 0 0 Jonah Bulkley 0 6 0 George Cable 400 0 0 County House Goal and Goaler 's House School House on the green Meeting House Old School House Church House Meeting House at Green's Farm Church, Glebe House and Barn |
DANBURY |
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Daniel Taylor, Esq. 656 0 1 1/4 Major Taylor 462 12 2 John McLean 528 7 1 Zadock Benedict 67 13 4 Joseph Wildman 278 5 4 John Wood 262 15 11 Matt. Benedict, Jr 218 7 4 David Wood 288 14 0 Abigail Wood 18 7 4 Jonah Benedict 206 6 41/4 ReV. Ebenezer White 217 7 4 Jos. P. Cook, Esq 53 6 8 Ezra -Starr 1,241 11 4 Matthew Benedict 176 16 5 Benjamin Sperry 113 4 2 |
Jabez Rockwell 158 10 9 Thaddeus Benedict, Esq. 349 7 4 Mygatt, Esq. 542 7 11 James Clark 524 3 4 Comfort Hoyt, Jr. 478 15 7 Sarah Benedict 40 12 10 Daniel Church 40 8 10 Eliphalet Barnum 42 6 8 Mary Barnum 22 10 0 Elnathan Gregory 31 6 11/4 Rev. Noah Wd-more 28 3 0 Elizabeth Henries 18 9 8 Christian Rose 0 18 4 Matthew Barnum 2 10 8 Comfort Barnum 2 0 0 |
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12 - HISTORY OF ERIE COUNTY |
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Joshua Benedict 12 18 8 Matthew Crowfeet 3 15 4 Ann Shepherd 8 2 0 David Judd 9 16 0 Charles Peck 6 8 4 Joseph Benedict, Jr 7 18 0 PreserVe Wood 3 9 4 Joseph Gregory 8 8 10 Hannah Lockwood 2 13 8 Isaac Callin 4 14 0 Christian Starr 6 1 2 Nathan Taylor, 3d 15 5 5 Samuel Taylor, Esq 22 1 2 John Taylor 11 3 8 Rachel Gregory 4 7 7 Samuel Lambert 3 19 4 Horace Knapp 2 15 0 Nathaniel Lockwood 7 14 31/2 Seth Crowfeet 3 11 8 Samuel Andruss 8 8 0 Wait Desbrow 9 11 0 Isaac Davis 1 12 8 Hannah Andruss 15 8 0 Timothy Ketchum 23 6 6 Caleb Baldwin 2 0 0 3/4 John Knapp 6 10 0 Abijah Benedict 5 1 4 Thomas Wildman 3 11 4 Samuel Wood 1 5 4 Hannah Wood 4 11 4 Thomas Starr 9 5 1 Jonas Benedict 1 10 8 Seth Shove 5 14 4 Elias Taylor 4 2 0 Rebecca Crofeet 1 11 4 Phineas Peck 1 4 11/2 Eliphalet Peck 1 5 0 Benjamin Shove 2 11 10 1/2 William Wille 1 8 7 1/2 Comfort Wildman 11 14 2 Aaron Stone 2 11 0 Sarah Peck 1 9 4 Jonathan Taylor 6 1 6 Abijah Barnum 7 4 0 Oliver Taylor 4 16 10 Abial Philips 6 11 4 Daniel Hicock 6 4 3 Benjamin Wood 1 5 4 Ezra Stevens 3 4 0 Bethuel Judd 1 9 0 John Peck 2 3 4 Joseph Benedict 7 15 8 Anne Northrop 3 8 0 Benjamin Hicock 9 14 4 |
Elisha Dibble 4 6 8 Patience Guthrie 3 19 8 Benjamin Boughton 2 2 8 Andrew Comstock 5 4 8 Nathaniel Stevens 3 8 0 Joseph Beebe 12 10 8 Jonathan Hays 11 10 0 Nathaniel Gregory 18 7 3 1/2 Daniel Millson 0 13 4 Stephen Trowbridge 7 0 4 Justus Hoyt 2 5 0 Matthew Gregory 12 7 91 Jacob Fintch 2 16 8 James Fielding 3 0 8 Matthew Wilks 3 9 4 John Barnum 5 17 0 John Porter 2 0 0 Nathan Taylor, Jr 4 0 8 Timothy Northrum 2 6 8 Timothy Benedict 2 5 6 1/2 Timothy Wildman 2 13 4 Alexander Stewart 5 17 4 Stephen Scofield 6 5 4 Thomas Benedict 13 10 0 Roger (negro) 0 6 8 Ebenezer Benedict, Jr 4 14 4 Joseph Broadbooks 4 0 0 Oliver Benedict 4 14 4 Ebenezer Benedict 5 16 10 David Northrop 3 14 8 Enos Camp 3 19 4 Ephraim Barnum 3 10 0 Daniel Stevens 2 12 0 Elijah Wood 2 7 0 Thaddeus Barnum 17 9 5 Philip Corbin 10 4 5 Nathaniel Benedict 4 10 8 Thomas Tayler 11 18 3 Thomas Tayler, Jr 10 2 0 James Trowbridge 7 1 4 Daniel Wildman 31 19 7 Benjamin Taylor 2 15 4 John Elliot 2 5 4 Matthew Starr 2 12 0 Thomas H. Benedict 8 15 9 William Stone 7 2 6 John Stone 4 16 8 Lemuel Benedict 2 10 4 Nathaniel Starr 4 7 4 Ebenezer Munson, Jr 21 8 0 John Gregory 4 0 1 Jeremiah Dunning 2 2 0 James Crary 4 14 8 Amos Northrop 2 9 0 |
Benjamin Curtiss 4 7 4 Samuel Benedict 4 5 6 William Griffin 3 14 8 |
David Northrop 4 6 8 Abial Pickett 3 14 6 John Sturdevant 4 11 0 |
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HISTORY OF ERIE COUNTY - 13 |
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Sallie Pell 6 13 4 Eleazer Hoyt 1 19 8 Caleb Church 3 19 4 Thomas Benedict, Jr 10 1 4 Josiah Starr 9 3 8 Joshua Knapp 43 3 8 Moses Knapp 4 6 8 Ebenezer Manson 23 6 8 Hannah Robertson 2 6 8 Josiah Starr 13 5 8 Isaac Benedict 4 4 6 Thomas Benedict 1 11 6 Robert Benedict 2 9 4 Samuel Benedict, Jr 7 16 8 Mary Greenstale 9 12 0 Antony Anguine 3 6 0 Samuel Brown 1 3 10 John Coach 5 10 8 Stephen Jarvis 43 8 6 Ezra Dibble, Jr 17 7 11 Joseph M. White 31 7 8 |
Aaron Knapp 4 18 0 Joseph Gunn 4 8 8 Thomas T ayler 32 5 4 Benjamin Darley 1 14 6 Shadrack Morriss 10 6 8 Noah Hoyt 3 5 4 Samuel Gregory 61 16 10 David Pierce 3 12 0 Richard Smith 6 6 0 Henry Peek 2 2 8 David Comstock 9 6 8 John Shepherd 1 1 0 Joseph Burchard 1 12 10 Judith Taylor 1 8 0 Sarah Basset 0 18 8 Amos Collins 4 17 6 Joshua Starr 4 16 0 Matthew Taylor 23 19 6 William B. Alger 19 7 4 Caleb Hoyt 4 13 4 |