First Euro-American born in the town of Volney. Son of Abraham and Zilpha (Lord) Van Valkenburg.
Ephraim married Miss Lucretia Hart.
"In the spring of 1795 Major Lawrence Van Valkenburg and his wife, son Abraham and wife Zilpha and son James built a home just below the falls at Orchard Lock. Abraham and Zilpha were the parents of the first white child, Ephraim Van Valkenburgh, born in the town [Volney] in 1796. The Major kept a public-house. As customary the tavern became a central point of the community, hosting town meetings and social activities." (Information was obtained from the Historical & Statistical Gazetteer of New York State, R. P. Smith, Publisher, Syr., 1860, by J. H. French.)
"Colonel Ephraim Van Valkenburg, a veteran of the war of 1812, died at Fulton, recently." (Utica Daily Observer, 8 June 1874)
Ephraim married Miss Lucretia Hart.
"In the spring of 1795 Major Lawrence Van Valkenburg and his wife, son Abraham and wife Zilpha and son James built a home just below the falls at Orchard Lock. Abraham and Zilpha were the parents of the first white child, Ephraim Van Valkenburgh, born in the town [Volney] in 1796. The Major kept a public-house. As customary the tavern became a central point of the community, hosting town meetings and social activities." (Information was obtained from the Historical & Statistical Gazetteer of New York State, R. P. Smith, Publisher, Syr., 1860, by J. H. French.)
"Colonel Ephraim Van Valkenburg, a veteran of the war of 1812, died at Fulton, recently." (Utica Daily Observer, 8 June 1874)
First Euro-American born in the town of Volney. Son of Abraham and Zilpha (Lord) Van Valkenburg.
Ephraim married Miss Lucretia Hart.
"In the spring of 1795 Major Lawrence Van Valkenburg and his wife, son Abraham and wife Zilpha and son James built a home just below the falls at Orchard Lock. Abraham and Zilpha were the parents of the first white child, Ephraim Van Valkenburgh, born in the town [Volney] in 1796. The Major kept a public-house. As customary the tavern became a central point of the community, hosting town meetings and social activities." (Information was obtained from the Historical & Statistical Gazetteer of New York State, R. P. Smith, Publisher, Syr., 1860, by J. H. French.)
"Colonel Ephraim Van Valkenburg, a veteran of the war of 1812, died at Fulton, recently." (Utica Daily Observer, 8 June 1874)
Ephraim married Miss Lucretia Hart.
"In the spring of 1795 Major Lawrence Van Valkenburg and his wife, son Abraham and wife Zilpha and son James built a home just below the falls at Orchard Lock. Abraham and Zilpha were the parents of the first white child, Ephraim Van Valkenburgh, born in the town [Volney] in 1796. The Major kept a public-house. As customary the tavern became a central point of the community, hosting town meetings and social activities." (Information was obtained from the Historical & Statistical Gazetteer of New York State, R. P. Smith, Publisher, Syr., 1860, by J. H. French.)
"Colonel Ephraim Van Valkenburg, a veteran of the war of 1812, died at Fulton, recently." (Utica Daily Observer, 8 June 1874)
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