Yes, there have been other postings for some of these names, but I always try to follow up on any clue I get. It's amazing the difference one little item can make! Thanks so much for the re-typing; genealogy is definitely a time-consuming hobby. I'll keep the list I've made and ask again in several months. Again, thanks for this service! I only wish I could purchase a copy of the entire work. Ruth Thompson -------------- Original message -------------- > You are very welcome. As you can see there was a good amount of > information, much of which I had to re-type (the original is of poor > quality). It took me a few hours to accomplish it. This is why I can only > do a few at a time! You are welcome to ask for more names, a couple at a > time, every now and then. Since I am the only one who works on our lookup > requests it is hard to help everyone and still have a life ;-) > > I believe I did at least one lookup on those surnames in the past. Be sure > to search the Roots Web message board for Chautauqua County. That is where > I post most of those lookups. You may find it fruitful! > > Mrs. Kelly Miller > Family Historian > http://kindredroots.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: rmtnwgt@comcast.net [mailto:rmtnwgt@comcast.net] > Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 2:21 PM > To: NYCHAUTA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NYCHAUTA] Crosgrove or Cosgrove, Cochran: Rachel, William, > & Robert > > > Many thanks, Kelly! > Ruth Thompson > > -------------- Original message -------------- > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > > Surnames: Cosgrove, Cochrane, Wisner, Farnsworth, Parsons, Ellsworth, > Spear, > > Forsythe, Burgess, Dickson, Adams, Loomis, Ellsworth, Prendergast, Baird, > > Brockway, Goodrich, Stetson, Hayden, Robinson, Crosgrove, Harrison, > Atwater, > > McMahan, Dorchester, Montgomery, Bell > > Classification: Lookup > > > > Message Board URL: > > > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SRB.2ACE/11889 > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > ALL OF THE BELOW INFORMATION CAME FROM > > ”EARLY HISTORY OF THE COMMUNITY” BY RIPLEY LITERARY SOCIETY 1947. > > > > This information was compiled for a lookup request. We are not related > (that we > > know)! > > Kelly > > http://kindredroots.com > > > > William Cosgrove came in 1806, and his farm, with Mr. Cochrane, have the > early > > settler markers and are situated nearly side by side, on West Main Road. > > > > > > Early settler in Portland. > > “Names as inscribed on the monument at old cross roads, Westfield.” > > “Westfield & Ripley” > > “Alex Cochrane” > > “Wm Crosgrove” > > > > > > A partial list of the earliest settlers in original purchases, other than > the > > McMahan Tract. 1803 Alexander Cochran, 1806 William Crosgrove > > > > > > Early locations as listed in the order of Early Settlers according to > memories > > of George Bennett, Ollie Jones, Louie Shortman, Ralph McCutcheon, & > others. > > > > Alexander Cochran, 1804: First settler locating on West Main Rd, on > property > > still in the possession (as of late 1940’s) of Martha and Margaretta > Cochrane, > > residents, and Andrew Cochran. It has a State marker, to designate the > first > > settler. > > > > William Crosgrove, 1806: Located on farm West of Cochrane farm, and until > > recently, still occupied by direct descendents of Mr. Crosgrove. It has a > state > > marker to designate the farm. > > > > > > THE GRANGE (Grange No. 65) > > The following names appear on the Roll Book under date of September 23, > 1898 as > > new members: Robert E. Crosgrove, William A. Crosgrove. > > > > > > “TAKEN FROM "DOWNS HISTORY OF CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY." > > In 1805, William Crosgrove settled near Mr. Cochrane. He married Rachel > > Cochrane, and they reared a large family. William Wisner bought a tract of > land > > on the south side of the main road where is the present village of Ripley. > > Josiah Farnsworth and Jonathan Parsons were the first purchasers of land > on the > > north side of the road here, and others who came early were Perry > Ellsworth, Asa > > Spear, William and Andrew Spear. Charles Forsythe, from Connecticut, > settled on > > the McMahan tract in 1808. He established saw mills and made cider and > cider > > brandy. He lived in the village until 1860, and built the first brick > house > > there. In 1809, Basil Burgess, came from Maryland, bought lands which he > sold to > > Robert Dickson from Cherry Valley, and Moses Adams from Duchess county. > Mr. > > Burgess settled on land adjoining. Jonathan Adams settled near him. Oliver > > Loomis settled on land which he bought of Perry Ellsworth, and Bold to > Thomas > > Prendergast soon after, west of Quincy. In 1809, Silas B! > > aird settled on the western part of the McMahan tract, and the next year > sold > > to John Dickson, who, in 1811, was killed by a falling tree. Burban > Brockway, > > from Ontario County, bought the farm in 1814. Robert and Hugh Cochran > settled on > > the main and lake roads near the Westfield line. Gideon Goodrich, from > Saratoga > > County settled on the Lake road at an early day, and his sons, Anson and > George > > bought on the main road, near the village, and built a tannery, and > engaged in > > making shoes. Oliver Stetson who served in the War of 1812, and Elijah > Hayden, > > were early settlers. > > > > The first settler in the present town of Ripley was Alexander Cochrane, > who came > > from Ireland and settled about 2 miles west of the present village of > Ripley. He > > came in October 1804, and it is claimed that he is the first person who > paid for > > and received a deed to his property. Claim has been made that net only was > it > > the first deed in the town, but also in the County, to be fully paid for. > His > > nearest neighbor was a John Robinson, who lived across the Pennsylvania > Line, in > > the town of North East. In 1806, a Mr. William Crosgrove, also a native of > > Ireland, came to Ripley and purchased a tract of land adjoining Mr. > Cochrane' s > > an the West, and at the present time, a direct lineal descendent of the > two > > early settlers awns and lives en a part of the original purchase. In 1805, > > Nathan Wisner, Thomas Prendergast and Samuel Harrison came in and settled > in the > > town and from that time on, until the information of the town in 1816, > > settlements were made more or less rapidly every ye! > > ar, and we find that at the time of the first. General Election, which was > held > > on the 30th day of April, and the 1st and 2nd days of May, 1817, there > were 78 > > votes cast far the office of Member of Congress. > > > > The first town meeting was held in the spring of 1816, and Amos Atwater > was > > elected Supervisor. He settled on the West side of Chautauqua Creek above > > Westfield, in 1813, where he carried on a wool-cording and cloth dressing > > business and subsequently established an oil-mill. He was a volunteer in > the > > militia on the Niagara Frontier, in 1813. He removed to Beardstown, IL in > 1836. > > There is no complete list of town officers as one or two pages of the > records > > were lost, but on the 1st day of April 1817, a complete list of Town > Officers > > were elected as follows: Supervisor, Thomas Prendergast; Town Clerk, Moses > > Adams; Assessors, Amos Atwater, Stephen Prendergast, Alexander Cochrane; > > Commissioners of Highways, James McMahan, Francis Dorchester, Charles > Forsythe; > > Constable and Collector, Moses E. Stetson; Commissioners of common > schools, > > Gideon Goodrich, James Montgomery, Wm. Bell; Overseers of Poor, Burban > Brockway, > > Alexander Cochrane; Fence Viewers, Oliver Stetson, Jr., Samuel Tink! > > er; Pound Masters, Samuel Taylor, James Montgomery; Sealers of Weights and > > measures, Moses Adams. > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > > New content added every business day. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > > > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >