Gazetteer of New York, 1860 & 1861, page 500

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500 ONTARIO COUNTY.

the N. Y. C. R. R. Worth Bloomfield, (p. v.,) on the Honeoye Outlet, and Millers
Corners, (Taylorsville p. o.,) in the e. part, are r. r. stations. The territory forming this town
■was purchased by Amos Hall,¹ Robert Taft, Nathan Marvin, and Ebenezer Curtis; and the first
settlement was made by them in 1789.² The first religious services were held in 1793.³

Acres of Land, Valuation, Population, Dwellings, Families, Freeholders, Schools, Liv
Stock, Agricultural Products, and Domestic Manufactures, of Ontario County.

Names of Towns.	Acres of Land.		Valuation of 1858.			Population.		No. of Dwellings.	No. of Families.	Freeholders.	Schools.
Names of Towns.	'S © 1	^r8 0 s. 1 1	Real Estate.	Personal j Property.	Total.	Males.	§ $	No. of Dwellings.	No. of Families.	Freeholders.	No. of Districts.	a It _S. 3
Bristol....................	17,023	5,949*	$452,676	$72,249	$524,925	862	853	334	397	316	12	571
Canadice.................	10,799	4,959*	195,699	35,101	230,800	491	486	185	185	163	9	449
Canandaigua...........	34,846*	8,433	2,422,920	678,074	3,100,994	3,166	3,314	1,108	1,184	767	20	2,213
East Bloomfield.......	13,277	2,906	717,501	121,050	838,551	1,117	1,051	397	406	339	11	701
Farmington............	19,676*	5,419	761.849	151,805	913,654	998	952	354	368	309	15	669
Gorham..................	22.294*	7,621#	955,794	121,670	1,077,464	1,185	1,195	496	455	388	16	932
Hopewell................	16,685	4,043	767,927	71,490	839,417	910	873	305	321	237	13	634
Manchester............	18,085	3,175*	930,704	111,679	1,042,383	1,541	1,468	533	569	349	15	1,232
Naples...................	13,958	10,117	257,589	56,814	314,403	1,088	1,030	408	409	346	17	911
Phelps....................	33,409*	6,675	1,650,475	182,125	1,832,600	2,694	2,599	1,005	1,014	761	19	1,905
Richmond...............	18,827	6,979	656,152	240,600	896,752	767	728	285	291	206	11	543
Seneca....................	32,802	10,324	3,087,504	1,354.265	4,441.769	4,033	4.265	1,480	1,589	909	19	2,822
South Bristol...........	10,180	13,595	207,851	12,948	220,799	614	565	225	241	202	12	477
Victor....................	16,051	3,969	787,083	105,430	892,513	1,153	1,055	415	426	295	11	782
West Bloomfield......	12,726	2,946*	486,966	82,435	569,401	820	801	298	325	258	9	594
Total...............	290,639*	97,108#	14,338,690	3,397,735	17,736,425	21,439	21,235	7,828	8,180	5,845	209	15,435

Names of Towns.	Lite Stock.					Agricultural Products.							S if’ i «=».§
	Horses.	Working Oxen and Calves.	Cows.	g. i	Swine.	Bush.	>f Grain.	Tons of Hay.	Bushels of Potatoes.	Is a, s a!	Dairy Products.
	Horses.	Working Oxen and Calves.	Cows.	g. i	Swine.	Winter.	•1 I	Tons of Hay.	Bushels of Potatoes.	Is a, s a!	Pounds ^ Butter.	IS «s s g 8 Si
Bristol...................	736	925	683	6,949	1,427	28,440	68,949	2,795#	6,454	47,339	60,225	22.724	551*
Canadice.................	459	670	424	2,770	603	17,264	20,344*	1,263*	3,119	6,543	36,625	4,262	130
Canandaigua...........	1,506	2,381	1,615	15,988	3,618	60,744	169,425	5,344*	10,836	34.331	146,897	22,901	670*
East Bloomfield.......	666	873	692	7,956	1,183	41,446	91,109	2,057*	9,511	19,052	53,939	8,838	10
Farmington............	823	1,600	1,130	10,264	1,748	31,322	110,355*	2,875	11,696	30,848	93,258	27,407	325
Gorham..................	1,318	1,433	892	10,279	1,649	27,604*	97,796	2.972*	6,034	22,318	90,059	10,053	170
Hopewell...............	737	1,072	734	5,625	1,503	21.401	96,619	2,394	9,201	31,881	66,170	12.522	247
Manchester............	882	1,315	965	7,419	1,773	29,827*	121,048	2,464*	14,838	22,729	79,571	15,293	189
Naples....................	643	1,089	708	6,602	1,121	16,867	27,348*	1,821	5,472	17,173	75,160	7,210	1,076
Phelps...................	1,710	2.200	2,043	13,141	3,575	66,184	257,571	5,085*	48,284	43,154	174,832	33,096	357
Richmond...............	719	1,485	658		1,413	38,050	64,936	3,224	4.172	19,773	54,236	12,715	51
Seneca...................	1,556	1,969	1,795	884	2,892	32.044	206,446	4,863	12,514	47,753	149,581	11,805	573
South Bristol...........	400	691	464	557	787	10,775	11,663	1,297	1,904	6,232	55,548	3.040	430
Victor....................	902	1,212	820	392	1,775	84,823	102.950	2.224	33,892	29,950	72,049	5,370	105
West Bloomfield......	603	845	579	1,038	1,252	37,698	70,924	1,767	10,973	18,022	14,947	8,685
Total...............	13,660	19,760	14,202	10,086	26,419	1544,490	1,527,484#	42,448#	188,900	397,098	1,223,097	205,921	4,885

Peregrine, are supposed to hare been the first settlers. The
first birth was that of Lucinda Gardner, in Sept. 1791. Jasper
P. Sears kept the first inn, and Royal Hendee the first store.
The first sawmill was built by Ebenezer Curtis; and the first
gristmill, by Reuben Thayer.

² There are now 3 churches in town; Cong., M. E., and Chris.

Mr. Hall was from Guilford, Conn. He took the first
census of Ontario co., in 1790; represented the co. in Assembly,
in 1798; and was Major General of militia in the War of 1812.

John P. Sears, Peregrine Gardner, Clark Peck, Jasper Mar-
Tin, Samuel Miller, John Algur, and S. Thayer settled in the

town in 1789-90. Benjamin Gardner, with his sons John and

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