Married February 11th 1794
in Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
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The Geneva Daily Times
Geneva, Ontario County, New York.
April 30, 1907
Gorham, N. Y. - The one hundredth anniversary of the town of Gorham will be reached in the present month. On Jan 27, 1789, when the territory which had been named Ontario County was divided into townships, history says that the town was called "Easton" and in April, 1806, it was changed to Lincoln. One year later, in 1807, in honor of Nathaniel Gorham, one of the proprietors of the Phelps and Gorham purchase. The first town meeting on record was held April 4, 1797, at the dwelling house of one of the pioneers, Frederick Fallet, and the officers elected were the following: Supervisor, Samuel Day; town clerk, James Austin, overseers of the poor, Wm. Eagle and Joseph Brundage; commissioner of assessors, Samuel Day, Frederick Follet, Silas Reed and James Warner; highways, Elijah Hurd, Robert Whittery and Wm. Hicks; constable, John Warren.
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Married February 11th 1794
in Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
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The Geneva Daily Times
Geneva, Ontario County, New York.
April 30, 1907
Gorham, N. Y. - The one hundredth anniversary of the town of Gorham will be reached in the present month. On Jan 27, 1789, when the territory which had been named Ontario County was divided into townships, history says that the town was called "Easton" and in April, 1806, it was changed to Lincoln. One year later, in 1807, in honor of Nathaniel Gorham, one of the proprietors of the Phelps and Gorham purchase. The first town meeting on record was held April 4, 1797, at the dwelling house of one of the pioneers, Frederick Fallet, and the officers elected were the following: Supervisor, Samuel Day; town clerk, James Austin, overseers of the poor, Wm. Eagle and Joseph Brundage; commissioner of assessors, Samuel Day, Frederick Follet, Silas Reed and James Warner; highways, Elijah Hurd, Robert Whittery and Wm. Hicks; constable, John Warren.
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