Dick, Was Jack Salton from Walton a descendant of the George Salton you are speaking of? I think he married Russ McCalls sister. Les G----- Original Message ----- From: "Dick Dodge" <rbdodge@sbcglobal.net> To: <nydelawa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 12:12 PM Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA] Scots to NY >I am curious to know if we are talking about the same Salton Farm. > Unfortunately I've misplaced my file and map, so I have to go by memory. > We > live in Texas and I visited the farm about 3 or 4 years ago and met the > current owner, an elderly gentleman and his wife. He told me that his > father > had bought the farm about 1912, perhaps you are related somehow. He told > me > that there was an owner between the Salton's and his father. This would > fit > as my great-grandfather, George Salton sold the farm before 1907 and moved > his family to the "Pines" area of Walton. > > I don't remember the farm being at the end of a road. My best recollection > is that we were on Maggie Hoag Road and there was a long driveway down to > the farm house which had a stone fence in front of it. I have pictures of > the farm and the gentleman and his wife. > > Dick Dodge > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Harriett Schultz" <hschultz1@stny.rr.com> > To: <nydelawa@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 11:18 AM > Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA] Scots to NY > > > The farm in Terry Clove referred to here is in my family history. A > Salton > owned it prior to my grandfather buying it in 1912. It is situate at the > end of > TAIT HILL RD. I'm not sure but I think the farm at the foot of the hill > was > also owned by Saltons at one time. > > Harriett Schultz > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dick Dodge > To: nydelawa@rootsweb.com > Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 10:41 AM > Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA] Scots to NY > > > I descend from the Salton (Saltoun) family from Peebles, Scotland. At a > Salton reunion held at J Marshal Shaw's, August 19, 1920, Delancey, New > York, "The Salton History" was read by Mrs. Agnes Salton Scott. She was > also > the author. It gives some insight to one family's journey from Scotland to > a > farm in Terry Clove. > > "The Salton History" > > Today I'm going to turn back the wheels of time, and I wish you to go with > me to Scotland, the land of song and story, of beauty and romance. The > name > of Salton was not always spelled as it is today; instead it was Saltoun, > pronounced Saltoon. Our ancestors fought in the days of Wallace and Bruce, > the "Scottish chiefs." > > In the Southwestern part of Scotland, situated near the Tweed river is a > town called Peebles. In the year of 1782 in a cozy cottage on one of its > pleasant streets was born a baby boy. They named him John Salton. Three > years later, or in 1785, in the same town, a winsome little lass was born. > Her name was Jane Murray. > > Years speed by, and life is but a span, "From child to boy, from boy to > man." In those years the town of Peebles has also been growing. There are > many new houses added, one of which the door is open. Let us look within. > There stands a man in the very prime of manhood. Have we not seen a > resemblance to that face before? Why, yes, it is John Salton, who has more > than fulfilled the promise of his boyhood. There is that stately form, > noble > brow, and dark blue eyes. > > He has been true to his boyhood's love, for there sits his little > playmate, > Jane Murray, now his beloved wife and the mother of his eight children, > namely: Agnes, David, Jane, Alexander, Christina, Joanna, John, and > William. David and Jane were twins. > > The scene changes. In the year of 1830, on the shores of Scotland is a > group > of people consisting of John Salton, his wife, their eight children and a > step-grandfather, Noble by name. They have put their trust in God. The > farewells have been said. We see them going step by step down the gang > plank > to embark on that great ship bound for America, in order that their > children > might have free soil to tread upon. No doubt there were tears shed as the > hills of Scotland receded from view, for well they knew that in all > probability they would never tread her shores again, or see the loved ones > left behind. But, had they known of the unseen danger that lurked upon the > ocean voyage, I doubt very much if we had been here today, for in > mid-ocean > the cry of fire was sounded, and you can well imagine what consternation > was > on that ship when it was learned that there was only a thin, pine > partition > between the fire and all the ammunition on board. > > When the alarm of the fire was given, my father being a boy of only eight > years of age, was sitting on the floor eating his porridge and milk. That > scene was always impressed upon his memory. He said some on board cursed > and > swore, others were wringing their hands and crying and others were > praying. > The captain ordered all the old men, women and children down in the cabin, > and the younger men were stationed on deck. They tried to subdue the fire > by > carrying buckets of water across the deck to the place of fire, but the > sea > was so rough that they could only go a short distance and the water would > be > spilled over the deck, and it became so slippery that the men could not > walk. They tried it again and again, but without avail. Meantime the fire > was gaining headway, and it looked very much as if all on board would > sleep > beneath the waves. But God was on the ocean just the same as on the land, > and the means or instrument that He used to put out the fire was our > grandfather John Salton. He being a sailor in former years, suggested > attaching a rope from the fore to the aft of the vessel, and each man take > hold of the rope with the left hand and pass the bucket of water with his > right hand to his neighbor. They did so, and by this means the fire was > extinguished. After a few weeks, with all safe on board, that gallant ship > sailed proudly into New York harbor. > > The Saltons at first went to Albany. From there to Delhi, Delaware County. > I > do not know by what means of transportation they arrived at Delhi, > possibly > by stage. I do know it was not by auto or airship. They lived a short time > in Chandler house on Scotch Mountain, Town of Delhi, then came to Hamden. > They had means enough to have bought what is know as "the Bagley property" > in Delancey, but as they wished to engage in sheep raising as well as > farming they traveled over the hill to Terry Clove and bought a large > tract > of land (from a Mr. Sherwood, I believe) upon which stood a log house. > There > was hardship as well as pleasure at the Salton home, for at the time the > major part of the farm was nearly all primeval forest with the exception > of > a small clearing around the house, but by hard work they cleared the > forest > and made a pleasant and permanent home, known in after years as "the old > Salton homestead. > > The new and more modern buildings built by the Saltons have replaced the > old > log house, and today not a vestige of it is left, neither are there any > who > bear the name of Salton left in Terry Clove, most of whom have passed to > the > Great Beyond. > > Shortly after coming here the Saltons united with a Presbyterian Church. > in > politics they were Republicans. Jane (Murray) Salton was always small, but > like her husband, was full of ambition and energy, and all who came within > their doors received a hearty welcome. There are a number of souvenirs in > the possession of different branches of the old Salton family, some of > which > you may look at now. Here is a booklet showing some views of Peebles. I > have > been told that Peebles was a very pretty place. This view shows the old > Tweed bridge which spans the river Tweed, in whose silvery waters the > Salton > boys (your fathers and mine) caught the salmon trout. Here is a linen > stand > cloth, woven by hands long since turned to dust. My initials, A. S., are > on > the same, wrought by whose hand I know not. And here is a silver coin, on > the face of which is the portrait of King George III, also the date 1816. > This coin belonged to my father. Into Gertrude Salton's had I place it > today. And on my finger today I wear my Grandmother Salton's wedding ring. > A > slender, gold band with a beautiful amethyst stone setting, and, in the > years to come whoever wears this ring, may they as well as all the Salton > race honor the name of Salton, and revere the memory of the pure and > beautiful romance of John Salton and Jane Murray, which began in far away > Scotland and lasted till death. > > John Salton Sr., lived only about ten years after coming to America, and > died November 23, 1839, aged 57 years and 8 months. Jane Murray, wife of > John Salton, died October 18, 1858, aged 73 years, 2 months and 13 days. > They are sleeping side by side in the old Flats Cemetery near Delhi > village, > and their descendants are scattered throughout the length and breadth of > the > land-New York, Connecticut, Virginia, West Virginia, Iowa, Nebraska, New > Mexico, and California's sunny clime. > > I never saw either of my grandparents, they being dead before I was born, > and the only portrait I have of them is a dim old story that hangs on > memory's wall, told to me by my father. > > > To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in > the subject and the body of the message > To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.9.14/885 - Release Date: 7/3/2007 > 10:02 AM >