History of Trenton, NY FROM: Gazetteer and Business Directory OF Oneida County, N. Y. For 1869. Compiled and Published By Hamilton Child, Syracuse, NY 1862 (note the mention of both the "town and then the "village" of Trenton) TRENTON was formed from Schuyler (Herkimer Co.), March 24, 1799. It lies upon the west bank of West Canada Creek, near the center of the east border of the County. The surface rises from the Creek from 400 to 600 feet, and from the summits it spreads out into an upland, broken by ridges of drift. Nine Mile Creek flows through the south, and Cincinnati Creek through the north part. The soil is a sandy and clayey loam, well adapted to grazing. The celebrated Trenton Falls, upon West Canada Creek, are in this town. This place of resort for pleasure seekers was first brought to notice by Rev. John Sherman, who, in 1822, erected the first hotel for visitors at this place. The magnitude of the falls does not excite so great an interest as the peculiar wildness of the surrounding country. The creek flows through a ravine worn in the Trenton limestone to the depth of from seventy to 200 hundred feet. The sides of this ravine are nearly perpendicular, and the water descends in a series of cascades a total depth of about 200 feet in the space of half a mile. The highest fall is forty-eight feet. The Indians called the falls Ka-na-ta-dork, "brown water," and Kuy-a-kora, "slanting water." Mr. W. Perkins has recently fitted up a commodious hotel and boarding house on one of the most delightful sites in the vicinity of the falls. Trenton (p. v.) was incorporated April 19, 1819, as "Oldenbarneveldt," and changed to Trenton, April 26, 1833. Its first name was in honor of a Dutch patriot; and statesman, who died upon the scaffold in. 1619, aged 82 years. It is situated north of the center of the town and contains four churches, viz., Methodist, Unitarian, Presbyterian and Welsh Congregationalist, and a population of about 300. -----Original Message----- From: nyoneida-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nyoneida-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Earl Joslin Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 10:27 AM To: nyoneida@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NYONEIDA] Geography Quizz: Trenton/Barneveld/Holland Patent It was originally called Oldenbarneveld but is now just Barneveld. See this site for the whole story. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyoneida/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <Alicedenny@aol.com> To: <nyoneida@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 10:05 AM Subject: Re: [NYONEIDA] Geography Quizz: Trenton/Barneveld/Holland Patent > Thanks for this explanation about the name of Trenton - > but isn't it Oldenbarneveld? > > We have letters from my Saltar/Mappa/Benjamin Walker ancestors/relatives > written from "Trenton" from 1800 to around 1860. > > When was the name changed? > > We have a potential problem, too. I live in Jefferson City, > Tennessee now (came back to my hometown to retire) yet we > are rarely confused with the capitol of Missouri - Jefferson City! > There is a major difference in size. > > Alice Pryor > > > > **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's > hottest > products. > (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYONEIDA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYONEIDA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

On Monday 03 December 2007 12:34, Steven Knight wrote: > History of Trenton, NY > FROM: Gazetteer and Business Directory > OF Oneida County, N. Y. For 1869. > Compiled and Published By Hamilton Child, Syracuse, NY 1862 > (note the mention of both the "town and then the "village" of Trenton) > > Trenton (p. v.) was incorporated April 19, 1819, as "Oldenbarneveldt," and > changed to Trenton, April 26, 1833. Its first name was in honor of a Dutch > patriot; and statesman, who died upon the scaffold in. 1619, aged 82 years. > It is situated north of the center of the town and contains four churches, > viz., Methodist, Unitarian, Presbyterian and Welsh Congregationalist, and a > population of about 300. > Thanks to all for the responses; you've helped firm my infiormation. I'm more sure that the Welsh Richards' I'm looking for were Congregationalists, for one thing. There's some Baptist and Episcopalian involvement (make up your minds, would ya!). One married a woman from Illinois of Dutch ancestry- doesn't mean much, but an interesting coincidence On Monday 03 December 2007 10:05, Alicedenny@aol.com wrote: > We have letters from my Saltar/Mappa/Benjamin Walker ancestors/relatives > written from "Trenton" from 1800 to around 1860. > Got excited about the Walker reference until I checked my notes and realized that one of my Richards' married Henry J. Watcher. > We have a potential problem, too. I live in Jefferson City, > Tennessee now (came back to my hometown to retire) yet we > are rarely confused with the capitol of Missouri - Jefferson City! > There is a major difference in size. I have ancestors from the village of Keesville, NY which lies on the Clinton/Essex county border. On the Clinton side, it's in the town of Ausable; on the Essex side it's in the town of Chesterfield. They seem to move freely between towns and counties from census to census, wether from actual moves or quirks of the census enumerators I haven't figured out. Anywho, if it were all nice and neat, I'd have Great Great... Grandparents Adam and Eve (who were Dutch Quakers) in my chart by now, and then what would I do for amusement? Thanks again, Mike