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Congregational Church and Crosby Library in Antwerp

Historical Churches of Antwerp, New York

Jefferson County / Andrews, Bailey, Barrett, Berrell, Chamberlain, Chapin, Colton, Cook, Coolidge, Dewey, Dye, Ellsworth, Guile, Harmon, Huntley, Kellogg, Main, Manning, Markham, Maynard, Nichols, Palmer, Parrish, Persons, Plato, Randall, Reed, Rice, Symonds, Tillinghast, Ward, Watson, White, Whitford, Wilkie, Woodbury

Short history on various historical churches of Antwerp, Jefferson County, New York.

The First Stanford (Baptist) Church at Bangall, Dutchess Co., New York

Dutchess County / Acer, Acker, Adget, Adsit, Albright, Allen, Ambler, Asten, Asttan, Atwater, Austen, Austin, Avarey, Avary, Avery, Award, Babcock, Backwith, Badgley, Badgly, Badley, Banker, Barber, Barley, Barmore, Barnett, Bartholick, Bartlett, Bedel, Beels, Belding, Bennett, Bennit, Bice, Bizeboth, Blasadall, Blender, Boose, Bowin, Brigg, Briggs, Brown, Brownell, Bucksten, Bullock, Buls, Bump, Burch, Burdick, Burduik, Burhs, Burlingham, Burlinham, Burns, Burras, Burright, Burtrim, Bush, Camfeild, Caril, Carpenter, Case, Casel, Casey, Cash, Chesmen, Chilson, Chyman, Clark, Cock, Conerow, Conger, Coningham, Connerow, Cornell, Couse, Crandel, Crandell, Crandle, Crankhight, Crofoot, Cronkhit, Cudbuth, Culver, Davies, Davis, Degarsey, Degnee, Demott, Denne, Denney, Deuel, Devine, Dodge, Doty, Doughzenbery, Doute, Douty, Douzanbury, Dowzainbery, Duenal, Dunkan, Dunlap, Durr, Earily, Earll, Eatson, Eldridge, Ellis, Eveans, Farchild, Finch, Fish, Flenn, Flinn, Forster, Foster, Fox, Franklen, Franklin, Gage, Gaige, Gardenear, Gardner, Garrnon, Garsey, Gee, Germond, Gidney, Gifford, Giffork, Gold, Gore, Grant, Green, Griffen, Grovesteen, Haight, Hail, Hall, Hare, Harras, Harrice, Harrick, Harrington, Hatfeild, Hearrenton, Henery, Hermanus, Hicks, Hildreth, Hiliker, Hix, Hoag, Hoage, Hoff, Hogg, Hogge, Hogges, Holmans, Holmas, Hougaboum, Houghtalen, How, Howard, Howland, Huddelston, Hudelstone, Hudleston, Humfery, Humphery, Humphry, Hunt, Huntley, Huntly, Husted, Jackson, Jacocks, Janks, Jarsey, Jones, Kerik, Ketcham, Kiney, King, Knap, Lake, Lamb, Lapham, Laranee, Lasten, Lawrance, Layten, Leason, Leaz, Lester, Lewes, Lewis, Loper, Love, Lucas, Mackcombouray, Macomber, Magomory, Manchester, Marcy, Marks, Martain, Marveon, Masten, McDaniel, McDoll, McEalney, Meade, Medoll, Merehew, Merihew, Mill, Miller, Mills, Mitchel, Moon, Moot, Mosher, Moshuer, Moshur, Moshure, Mott, Murfey, Newcom, Newcon, Niles, North, Northrup, Northrupt, Northup, Norton, Nulls, Oliver, Olivitt, Orr, Paddock, Palmer, Park, Parks, Parry, Pearsall, Perey, Persell, Phearis, Pheloncs, Philip, Phillips, Pinckom, Pitcher, Pool, Post, Potter, Progen, Proper, Propor, Proser, Proyen, Purdy, Ray, Raynolds, Reed, Renik, Rerik, Reynolds, Rider, Ring, Robans, Robens, Robson, Rogers, Row?), Rows, Rozel, Runyadd, Scoffeld, Scofield, Scott, Seaman, Seanions, Shadbolt, Shadboult, Sharpe, Shaw, Shearman, Sherwood, Sicklen, Simes, Simmans, Simmons, Simon, Simons, Simson, Sissel, Slater, Smith, Snyder, Solsy, Soper, Sotherland, Soul, Soule, Source, Spencer, Staford, Stanton, Stephens, Steves, Stickel, Story, Stoug[Hten]Bourg, Stoughtbourgh, Stoutenbourgh, Strain, Strate, Stwart, Sutherland, Taber, Tappen, Teed, Thayer, Thompson, Thon, Thorn, Thornton, Titus, Tobias, Tominks, Tousle, Traver, Traves, Trepp, Tripp, Truewiligar, Umbrook, Van Camp, Vassar, Veall, Veatl, Waight, Wallace, Wallus, Waltermiah, Ward, Warren, Weaks, Weeks, West, Wheaton, Wheler, White, Wickbam, Wickham, Wicks, Wikham, Wilbour, Wilde, Wilder, Willcox, Williams, Winans, Winas, Winess, Wolbridge, Wood, Wooley, Worth

The earliest records of this Church are dated from Great Nine Partners, Charlotte Precinct, N. Y. Its first members appear to have emigrated from Massachusetts, and were organized into a Church, Oct. 1, 1759, in Dutchess County, by covenanting together and appointing Ephraim Bullock and Corner Bullock to preach the gospel and administer the ordinances among them. At this meeting the members had the assistance of Elder Jabez Wood and Elder Robert Wheaton, who were elders of the First Baptist Church in the town of Swansea, Mass. For nearly twenty years harmony prevailed in the church, but in 1778 dissension …

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Adams Rural Cemetery – P Surnames

Jefferson County / Packer, Page, Pak, Palmer, Pardo, Parham, Parish, Parker, Parks, Parlow, Pasdini, Patchen, Patrick, Patten, Patterson, Pattison, Pavey, Payne, Pearson, Pease, Peck, Peebles, Penney, Perkins, Perry, Pester, Peters, Peterson, Petrie, Pettibone, Phelps, Phillips, Piddock, Pierce, Pierson, Piper, Pitcher, Pitkin, Place, Pool, Poole, Pooler, Porter, Potter, Pratt, Preskenis, Presley, Preston, Priest, Pringle, Prinyer, Prior, Prouty, Pryor, Puffer, Purdey, Purdy, Putnam

Adams Rural Cemetery is located on the west side of of South Main Street 1)NYS Route 3 at the southern edged of the Village of Adams. The cemetery is very well maintained. Stones, for the most part, are in excellent condition and readable. 2)Description of Rural Cemetery. Due to the large size of this cemetery I have had to spread it out over multiple pages. You can find the main page here: Adams Rural Cemetery – Includes Map This section contains the interments whose surnames begin with the letter P. Footnotes:[+] Footnotes: ↑1 NYS Route 3 ↑2 Description of …

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1890 Business Directory of Adams New York

Jefferson County / Allen, Alport, Andrus, Angell, Archer, Archibald, Arms, Armsbury, Atwater, Averill, Ayers, Babbitt, Babcock, Bader, Bailey, Ball, Banister, Bannister, Barney, Barrett, Bartlett, Bassett, Bateman, Bates, Bedford, Beedle, Belcher, Bemis, Bentley, Bersie, Blackstone, Blair, Blasier, Blount, Bond, Boomer, Bosworth, Boudiette, Bovee, Bowen, Boynton, Bradbury, Bradley, Brainard, Briggs, Brimmer, Bristol, Brooks, Broom, Brown, Brownell, Brundidge, Bryan, Bullard, Bullock, Bunce, Bundy, Burlingame, Burns, Butler, Cagwin, Cameron, Campbell, Carley, Carpenter, Carroll, Carter, Case, Casler, Castler, Cemmerman, Chafin, Chamberlain, Chandler, Chapman, Chase, Churchill, Clark, Clements, Cleveland, Clifton, Cobb, Coit, Colfax, Collings, Colton, Comins, Converse, Cook, Cooke, Cool, Cooley, Coon, Cooper, Copeland, Copland, Corey, Cosner, Coughlan, Cowles, Crandall, Crosby, Crowner, Cummings, Curry, Daily, Damon, David, Davis, Dawley, Dealing, Dekin, Delano, Deling, Delmater, Dennis, Denny, Devendorf, Dewey, Deyden, Dixon, Dodge, Dodson, Doren, Douglas, Downie, Doxtater, Dryden, Duncan, Dwight, Dyer, Edgar, Edmonds, Eggleston, Ellinwood, Elmer, Emerson, Empey, Enos, Fairbanks, Farr, Fassett, Fawdrey, Ferrin, Fish, Fisher, Fitzgerald, Foley, Fox, Franklin, Frasier, Freeman, Fuller, Gabriel, Galway, Gardiner, Gardner, Garlock, Garvin, Gaylord, Gero, Gibbs, Gilbert, Gillman, Glass, Glazier, Godfrey, Goodenough, Goss, Grant, Graves, Gray, Green, Greene, Gregory, Griffiths, Griswold, Groff, Grummon, Guess, Gurley, Gussman, Haight, Hakes, Hale, Hall, Hallett, Halley, Hammond, Hannahs, Harrington, Harris, Hart, Hathway, Haven, Hawes, Hawley, Haydn, Hazel, Heath, Heidenfelder, Hicks, Hill, Hinds, Hodge, Hodges, Hogan, Holloway, Holman, Horth, Hovey, Howe, Huestis, Hull, Hungerford, Hunniwell, Hunt, Huntington, Huson, Huson House, Hustis, Ingraham, Irons, Irvin, Isham, Ivory, Jeffrey, Jemieson, Jemmieson, Jenkins, Jimerson, Johnson, Jones, Judd, Kane, Kearns, Keller, Kelley, Kellogg, Kelly, Kenyon, Ketchum, Kirkland, Lamson, Landon, Lane, Langworthy, Larkin, Larkins, Larock, Lawrence, Leavitt, Lee, Leonard, Lewis, Linsey, Little, Littlefield, Livermore, Lockwood, Loomis, Lord, Loveland, Lovelle, Lyman, Lyon, Lyons, Magill, Main, Mainard, Maldoon, Maloney, Manville, Marriott, Martin, Mather, Maxon, Maxson, McAuley, Mccady, Mccalley, McCarty, Mccomber, McCormick, Mcdougall, Mcdowel, McGill, Mcintyre, McKee, McNeil, Medcalf, Merrick, Middleton, Miller, Mills, Miner, Mitchell, Monroe, Moody, Moore, Morgan, Moulton, Munderbach, Munson, Muzzy, Narrom, Nellis, Nelson, Newton, Niblock, Nichols, Nickelson, Norton, Nott, O'neil, Oatman, Oderkirk, Overton, Owens, Page, Palmer, Parham, Parker, Parsons, Patrick, Patten, Patterson, Payne, Pease, Peasley, Pelo, Pelsue, Penny, Perkins, Petrie, Pettit, Pharm, Phelps, Phillips, Pierce, Pitcher, Plumb, Pool, Poole, Porter, Post, Potter, Powers, Pratt, Prentice, Presley, Pruyne, Pryor, Puffer, Ramsdell, Randall, Ranney, Read, Reed, Remington, Rhoads, Rhodes, Rice, Rich, Richardson, Richmond, Ripley, Roach, Robbins, Roberts, Rodgers, Rogers, Rose, Ruff, Rundall, Ryder, Safford, Salisbury, Salter, Sanford, Saunders, Schram, Schrodt, Scidmore, Scriven, Seacor, Searles, Seeley, Seely, Shannon, Sharples, Shaw, Shepard, Sinclair, Sischo, Smith, Snell, Snow, Snyder, Spencer, Spicer, Squire, Stanley, Steele, Stevens, Steward, Stewart, Stillman, Stitt, Stokes, Stone, Stoodley, Strickland, Stuart, Sullivan, Swan, Tabor, Talcott, Tarbell, Taylor, Tedam, Thomas, Thompson, Thomson, Tifft, Timmerman, Titsworth, Tolls, Tomlinson, Totman, Towle, Towles, Towsley, Trowbridge, Twiss, Underwood, Utter, Van Auken, Van Schaick, Van Slyke, Van Waldick, Van Wormer, Visscher, Waggoner, Waite, Wakefield, Waldick, Walker, Wall, Walsworth, Ward, Wardwell, Warner, Warriner, Washburn, Waterbury, Weaver, Webb, Webster, Weller, Westcott, Wetmore, Wheeler, White, Whitford, Whittam, Wilbur, Wilcox, Wilder, Williams, Williamson, Wilson, Wiswell, Withington, Witter, Wolcott, Wood, Woodard, Woodward, Woolworth, Worden, Wright, Wylie, York, Young

This 1890 Business Directory of Brownville New York is transcribed from Child’s Geographical gazetteer of Jefferson county, N.Y., 1685-1890. Adams Collegiate Institute, D.A. Dwight, pres.; James G. Kellogg, vice-pres.; A.K. Hale, M.D., sec’y; T.T. Carter, treas.; Orlo B. Rhodes, prin.; Mrs. Helen Butterworth Coughlan, prec. Adams Laundry, Hodge & Potter, props., Church. Adams Lumber Co., John A. Cameron, manager, manufs. of and dealers in lumber, sash, doors, blinds, moldings, builders’ hardware, paints, oils, and glass, contractors and builders. Allen, Herbert a., (Smithville) r22, farmer 100. ALLEN, W.J., editor and publisher Jefferson County Journal, job printer. Alport, Clarence C., resident, h …

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Adams New York Biographies – Part 9

Jefferson County / Allen, Avery, Bates, Bliss, Brown, Case, Clark, Cleveland, Dixon, Dodge, Dryden, Eldred, Foster, Gardner, Gibbs, Gilbert, Green, Hannahs, Hodge, Horth, Howard, Ivory, Jennings, Knapp, Lewis, Lyons, Mills, Nott, Palmer, Perry, Rogers, Spink, Strickland, Wait, Wakefield, Watt, White, Whiting, Wilder, Wilson

The following 10 biographical sketches were extracted from the Geographical gazetteer of Jefferson county, N.Y., 1685-1890: Palmer Hodge; Sylvester G. Nott; Rufus D. Gardner; Waterman Horth; G. W. Hannahs; John Ivory; Simon Wakefield; John J. Gilbert; Charles C. Case; and John H. Dryden.

History of Adams Center, New York

Jefferson County / Allen, Arms, Bailey, Blunt, Butterfield, Chamberlain, Cooley, Corley, Crosby, Curry, Davis, Dewey, Dickinson, Doty, Dyer, Earl, Fox, Garfield, Green, Greene, Hale, Hammon, Heath, Horton, Hubbard, Hull, Langworthy, Maine, Maxson, McKee, Mills, Oatman, Palmer, Potter, Priest, Sawyer, Seeley, Seely, Segur, Sheldon, Snell, Talcott, Teeple, Tittsworth, Wardner, Warriner, Wellman, Whitford, Wilder, Williams, Wright, Yates

This pleasant village, of 500 inhabitants, is situated on the upper lake ridge, which here forms a plain, three miles north of Adams, and ten miles by railroad from Watertown. The location is very favorable, and, being surrounded by a rich farming country, the place has become noted for its many comfortable homes, substantial business men, and beautiful streets. Settlement in this’ locality was first made in 1816, by Luman and Hiram Arms, who opened a farm just north of the village site. The place was densely timbered with cedar and the hard woods of this section, and clearings were …

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Civil Government of Adams New York

Jefferson County / Allen, Baker, Benjamin, Benton, Bond, Compstock, Comstock, Cooper, Cowles, Davis, Doxtator, Eastman, Eddy, Edmonds, Fuller, Greene, Grommon, Hart, Herrick, Howard, Hunt, Joy, Keith, Kellogg, Law, Lewis, Mansfield, Moody, Palmer, Perry, Potter, Read, Richards, Ripley, Robbins, Salisbury, Sawyer, Sheldon, Smith, Stickney, Thomas, Tiffany, Tucker, Whipple, White

The first town meeting was held at the house of Eliphalet Edmonds, and at the election held March 1, 1803, the following officers were chosen: Supervisor, Nicholas Salisbury; Clerk, Phineas Keith; Assessors, D’Estaing Salisbury, John W. Smith, David Grommon, Thomas White; Collector, Isaac Baker; Overseers of the Poor, Thomas White, David Comstock; Commissioners of Highways, Paul Stickney, Jacob Kellogg, Simeon Hunt; Constables, Isaac Baker, Anson Moody; Fence-viewers, David Comstock, David Smith, George H. Thomas, George Cooper; Pound-keepers, Jacob Kellogg, Benjamin Thomas; Overseers of Highways, Abraham Ripley, James Perry, Enan Salisbury, John Cowles, Consider Law, Solomon Robbins, Hezekiah Tiffany, Thomas White, …

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