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ERIE COUNTY.
contains 1 church and has a pop. of 196. Town Line, Winspear, and Fooneyville
are p. offices. The first settlement was made in 1803, by Jas. and Asa Woodward.1 The first
religious services were conducted by Rev. John Spencer, at the house of Benj. Clark, in 1809.
There are 8 churches in town.2
MAR1LLA3—was formed from Alden and Wales, Dec. 2,1853. It is situated near the center
of the e. border of the co. The surface is rolling. Big Buffalo Creek crosses the s. w. corner; but
the principal part of the town is drained by the head waters of Little Buffalo Creek. The soil in.
the n. e. and s. w. is a sandy and gravelly loam; but elsewhere it consists of clay and muck.
Marilla, (p.v.,) situated near the center of the town, contains 3 churches, 2 sawmills, a shingle
mill, and 235 inhabitants. The first settlement was made by Jerry and Joseph Carpenter, in
1829.4 There are 3 churches in town; Disciples, M. E., and R. C.
MEWSTEAD—'was formed from Batavia, (Genesee co.,) as “Erie,” April 11, 1804; its name
was changed April 18, 1831. It is the n. e. corner town of the eo. A limestone terrace extends
through near the center of the town. North of this the surface is level, in many places marshy;
and the soil is a clayey loam intermixed with marl and sand. To the s. the surface is level, or
gently undulating, and the soil a sandy and clayey loam underlaid by limestone. The town is
watered by several small streams, the principal of which is Murder Creek.5 A layer of hydraulic
limestone crops out along the terrace, and waterlime is extensively manufactured from it.
Akron/ (p.v.,) incorp. Oct. 1850, is a station on the Canandaigua & N. E. branch of the N. Y.
C. R. R., near the center of the town. It contains 4 churches and several manufacturing estab¬
lishments.7 Pop. 462. Falkirk, 1 mi. e. of Akron, is a hamlet. The first settlement was made
in the early part of the present century.6 The first religious society (M. E.) was organized in
1807, with 12 members, at the house of Charles Knight, by Rev. Peter Yan Nest and Amos
Jenks. Ther.e are 4 churches in town.7
NORTH COFFINS—was formed from Collins, Nov. 24, 1852, as “Shirley;” its name was
changed June 24, 1853. It is an interior town, lying in the s. w. part of the co. Its surface is
rolling, the summits of the ridges being 200 to 300 ft. above the valleys. The town is watered by
the head branches of Eighteen Mile, Clear, and Big Sister Creeks. The streams generally flow
through deep ravines bordered by steep declivities. The soil is a gravelly loam. Norik Col¬
lins, (Collins p. o.,) in the n. w. part of the town, contains 2 churches and 34 houses. Skirley.
(p. v.) and Fangford, (p.o.,) in the n. e. part, New Oregon, (p. o.,) in the e. part, and
MarSkfleld, (p. o.,) in the s., are hamlets. The first settlers were Stephen Sisson, Abram
Tucker, and Enos Southwick, from Warren co., who moved into the town in 181Q.8 There are
8 churches in town.11
SARDINIA—was formed from Concord, March 16, 1821. A part of Concord was taken off
in 1822. It is the s. e. corner town of the co. The surface in the e. part is gently rolling, and in
the w. hilly. Shepherd Hill, s. w. of the center, is 1,040 ft. above Lake Erie. Cattaraugus Creek
forms the s. boundary. In the e. part the soil is a gravelly loam, and in the w. it is clay under¬
laid by hardpan. Sardinia,, (p.v.,) in the s.e. part, contains 2 churches, a woolen factory, a
gristmill, a tannery, and 40 houses. Protection is a p. o. The first settlement was made by
George Richmond, from Yt.12 The first religious services were conducted by the Rev. John Spen¬
cer, in Eeb. 1815. There are 2 churches in town; Bap. and M. E.
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6 Named from Akron, Ohio, and the latter from a Greek word
signifying “ summit.”
7 2 gristmills, 2 sawmills, 1 waterlime mill, 1 furnace and
machine shop, 1 planing mill, 1 stave and shingle mill, and a
tannery.
8 Among the early settlers were Otis Ingalls, David Cully,
Peter Van de Venter, Sam’l Miles, John Eelton, Charles Barney,
Aaron Beard, Robt. Durham, Tobias Cole, and Sam’l, Silas, John,
and Thomas Hill. Peter Van de Venter kept the first inn, in
1802, and Archibald Clark the first store, in 1809. The first
school was taught by Keith, in 1807.
9 Bap., Presb., M. E., and R. C.
49 The first birth was that of Geo. Tucker, in Aug. 1810; the
first marriage, that of Levi Woodward and Hannah Southwick,
in 1812; and the first deaths, those of two girls, twin daughters
of Stephen Sisson. Stephen Stancliff built the first mill, in
1818; Stephen Tucker kept the first inn, and Chester Rose the
first store, both in 1813. The first school was taught by Phebe
Southwick, in the summer of 1813.
11 2 Friends, 2 M. E., 2 R. C., Bap., and Cong.
12 Among the early settlers were Ezra Nott, Henry Godfrey,
and Josiah Sumner. Elihu Rice and Giles Briggs settled in
the town in 1810. The first birth was that of Ray Briggs, in |
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Among the early settlers were Alanson Eggleston and David
Hamlin, who came in 1804, Joel Parmalee, in 1805, Warren
Hamlin, in 1806, Wm. Blackman, Peter Pratt, Kerney, and
Elisha Cox, in 1807, and Elias Bissell, Pardon Peckham, and
Benj. Clark, in 1808. The first birth was that of a pair of twins,
children of Zophar Beach, and the first death, that of a child
of Wm. Blackman, both in 1808. Robinson bnilt the first
sawmill, in 1808; Ahaz Luce opened the first store, in 1810, and
Jos. Carpenter the first inn, in 1812. The first school was taught
by Freelove Johnson, in 1810.
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2 Evang. Luth., 2 M. E., Disciples, Ger. Meth., Presb., and R. 0.
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Named from Mrs. Marilla Rogers, of Alden.
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Rice Wilder, Cyrus Finney, and Rodman Day settled in
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the town in 1831. The first birth was that of Sarah Einney, in
Oct. 1831. Jesse Bartoo built the first sawmill, in 1828, and the
first gristmill, in 1832. Miles Carpenter kept the first store, in
1848, and the first inn, in 1850. The first school was taught by
Sophia Day, in 1833. ~\
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time of the first settlement a white man was murdered upon
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it, within the present village limits of Akron, by an Indian
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who was conducting him to Canada.
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