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266 DELAWARE COUNTY.
from New Canaan, Conn., came in within a few years.1 The first church (Cong.) was formed in
1793.2
Acres of Land, Valuation, Population, Dwellings, Families, Freeholders, Schools, Live
Stock, Agricultural Products, and Domestic Manufactures, of Delaware County.
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Names of Towns. |
Acres of Land. |
Valuation of 1858. |
Population. |
No. of Dwellings. |
No. of Families. |
Freeholders. |
Schools. |
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Improved. |
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1 |
e
7s '
$ |
Personal
Property. |
7|
£ |
1 |
Females. |
vj |
Children
taught. |
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Andes...................... |
22,853 |
21,629 |
$407,233 |
$51,348 |
$458,581 |
1,337 |
1,199 |
432 |
441 |
365 |
20 |
1,107 |
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Bovina.................... |
16,682} |
8,217 |
240,753 |
67,926 |
298,679 |
638 |
586 |
208 |
220 |
183 |
11 |
516 |
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Colchester................ |
14,189} |
72.626 |
242,931 |
18,450 |
261.381 |
1,237 |
1.123 |
411 |
427 |
376 |
21 |
1,039 |
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Davenport................ |
19,220} |
14,844 |
376,533 |
40,154 |
416,687 |
1,113 |
1,120 |
399 |
422 |
279 |
19 |
979 |
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Delhi...................... |
22,020} |
16,273} |
668.490 |
237,467 |
005,957 |
1,335 |
1,376 |
465 |
489 |
409 |
18 |
1,022 |
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Franklin.................. |
34.514 |
14,499 |
728,725 |
92,710 |
821,435 |
1,581 |
1,605 |
618 |
651 |
557 |
27 |
1,091 |
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Hamden.................. |
17,310 |
13,783 |
349,910 |
28,044 |
377,954 |
957 |
924 |
339 |
360 |
307 |
16 |
818 |
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Haneock.................. |
6,329 |
95,648 |
373,640 |
7,900 |
381,540 |
1,335 |
1,177 |
430 |
456 |
204 |
19 |
858 |
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Harpersfield............ |
16,002} |
6,711 |
338,650 |
69,375 |
408,025 |
722 |
758 |
285 |
298 |
283 |
15 |
461 |
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Kortright................ |
24,307} |
9.339} |
435.515 |
73.252 |
508,767 |
958 |
1,055 |
380 |
389 |
330 |
20 |
666 |
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Masonville............... |
13,519} |
17,442} |
259,292 |
14,207 |
273.490 |
801 |
742 |
285 |
294 |
307 |
15 |
675 |
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Meredith.................. |
21,194 |
10,840} |
339,470 |
45,900 |
385,370 |
738 |
765 |
303 |
316 |
273 |
16 |
597 |
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Middletown.............. |
26,213} |
24,381} |
364,512 |
61,500 |
426,012 |
1,490 |
1,456 |
534 |
575 |
370 |
22 |
1,346 |
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Itoxbury.................. |
34,635} |
15,043} |
548,503 |
102,554 |
651,057 |
1,276 |
1,257 |
460 |
473 |
277 |
18 |
1,003 |
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Sidney..................... |
19,051 |
11,478 |
405,210 |
14,000 |
419,210 |
920 |
877 |
345 |
373 |
299 |
14 |
710 |
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Stamford................. |
19,055} |
9,522 |
378,488 |
119,313 |
497,801 |
780 |
817 |
295 |
322 |
249 |
13 |
622 |
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Tompkins................ |
.18,721} |
40,314} |
500.629 |
127,100 |
627,729 |
1,671 |
1,619 |
592 |
653 |
539 |
33 |
1,405 |
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Walton.................... |
18,581 |
35,859} |
478,635 |
74,534 |
553,169 |
1,202 |
1,202 |
457 |
491 |
398 |
19 |
885 |
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Total.............. |
364,400} |
438,452} |
$7,437,119 |
$1,235,734 |
$8,672,853 |
20,091 |
19,558 |
7.238 |
7,650 |
6,005 |
336 |
15,800 |
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Agricultural Products.
Bush, of Grain.
Dairy Products. |
Names of Towns.
tel
598
414
349
563
526
871
440
192
439
613
370
474
752
677
502
434
490
Q.g
3,686
2,413
1,883
2,613
1,235
1,254
1,825
454
2.464
2,569
2,625
666}
5,020
4,335
1,909
705}
2,009
1,891}
44.776}
24^324}
24,519}
43,109
30,731s
66,666
26,691}
16.839
31,715}
36.572
36,314}
34,741
39,965
30,616}
54,517 J
23,596
45,041}
26,750}
7,774
6,109
7,168}
13,926
7,847
26,599
7,146
7,489
13,180
9,561
14,310}
13.063
14^506}
9,786}
17,441
8,887
14,526
10,247
269,052
223,490
97,572
192,860
216,202
393,332
170,785
45,608
240,010
326,740
124,252
221.217
26R611;
472,090
204,329
245,658
166,262
155,505
6,710
3,673
3,201
3,445
4,544
6.930
5,926
816
2,614
3,975
3.599
2,826
4,138
3,346
4,449
3,809
3,583
3,731
6,707
4,924
4,805}
4,452
6,002
9,476}
4,898
1,946
5.455}
6.629
4;531i
4.434}
7,069
9,078
5,342}
5,103}
6,851
6,190}
933
706
736
973
870
1,502
9,737
6,966
16,165
9,984
9,676
29,156
7,526'
5,835
20,635
20,645
13,700
11,722'
21,275
21,379
17,471
11,460
13,205
12,623
2,175
1.774
1,035
1,749
2,051
3,195
1,
494
1.775
2,385
1,291
1,763
2,441
3,817
1,756
v:
1,616
1,618
1,895
1,144
1,725
1,382
1,441
2,545
1,
695
1,583
1,855
1,703
1,336
2,810
2,1S9
1,622
1,205
2,01'
1,99:
Andes..........
Bovina-........
Colchester ...
Davenport...
Delhi..........
Franklin.....
Hamden......
Hancock......
Harpersfield
Kortright....
Mason ville..
Meredith .....
Middletown.
Roxbury ....
Sidney.........
Stamford.....
Tompkins....
Walton.......
Total..
2.
390
1,955
1,080
12,249
1,146
3,364
1,310
6,171
3,777
520
2,115
7,880
2,980
11,500
1,27'
764
1,054
567
823
1,118
1,595
907
791
736
724
209,567} 259,160 4,026,575 61,185
4,001
4,029
3,096i
4,088
2,065
6,394
3,432
1,619
1,987
2,556}
2,396
1,509
4,259
5,495
2,888
1,997
1,588
4,083
577483 637,488
i,140 30,697 34,484 71,315 15,870
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into town, but she had set her heart upon the name of Samuel,
and a lot of land could not induce her to change her mind. The
first marriage was that of Seth Berray and Ann Goodrich.
Lewis Seymour and Judd Raymond kept the first store, in 1791;
M. Goodrich built the first saw and grist mill, and Robt. North
the first framed house.—Hist, of Walton, in Nos. 6 to 22, Vol. II
of “The Walton Jour.” Hon. Joel T. Headley, late Secretary of
State, was a native of this town.
2 There are reported 6churches; 2 Cong., 2 Bap., and 1 each
M. E. and Prot. E. |
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Among the early settlers were Gabriel and Robert North,
Isaac and Wm., sons of Platt Townsend, Wm. Farnum, Joshua
Pine aud sons, Daniel and Joshua, Michael Goodrich, Eph. Beers,
Jos. Cable, Thaddeus Hoyt, Chas. W. Stockton, Matthew Bene¬
dict, John Eells, Alan Mead, Lindal Fitch, Jas. Weed, Nathan
Kellogg, Cephas Beech Eph’m Waring, Sam’l Hanford, jr., Seth
Berray, David and Sellick St. John, and Seymour Fitch. The
proprietor offered a lot of land to the first male child born in
town who should be named Wm.Walton; and the prize was within
reach of a son of Mrs. Robert North, the first woman who came
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