Morgan Township

Had One Terminal At Warren

was set up in 1821. At one time there were four tanning business working in the ROCK CREEK area. They closed as the supply of hemlock became exhausted. The last of the part of tne Township, but during tne fire c year he worked mainly for others, chopping trees and clearing land... making roads, etc. On 22 February 1804 he married Miss SARAH WRIGHT, the youngest daughter of Captain JOHN WRIGHT, who was one of the first into the MORGAN TOWNSHIP

In June of 1811, when ASHTABULA COUNTY was organized, "OUINT'" ATKINS-was.appointedj4jas the "frrst County Sheriff. He was to psum intthatobposstion cunt James 1813, when he entered the military service. In 1815, Lieutenant QUINTUS F. ATKINS was discharged from that service, and returned to his farm in MORGAN TOWNSHIP.

The area in ANDOVER TOWNSHIP . . . RANGE 1 TOWNSHIP 9 . - . known as PYMATUNING, was originally swamp land. The name itself is of Indian origin and means "home of the man with the broken jaw." The Indians enjoyed the swamp area because of the abundance of fish and game within its boundaries. The first white settlers found TR a place to be avoided. Most of PYMATUNING was covered by bogs were common. What often appeared to be solid footing could become. an invitation to disaster. Mosquitoes were a common pest. Beaver are still to be found in the area today. The SHENANGO RIVER provided some drainage for the swamp. Much of the marginal area of the swamp was farmed. The first permanent Settler in the area was ZADOC STEEL of HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT. He was there with

Reverend COWLES was born 26 August 1766 at FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT, the son of EZEKIAL and MARTHA (nee HOOKER) COWLES. In February of 1793 he married SALLY WHITE of STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT. At the time of his removal to the WESTERN RESERVE, his family was made up of himself, his wite, eight children, and a-nired man; SHEPARD. Mrs. SALLY (nee WHITE) COWLES died 23 July 1830. Rev. GILES HOOKER COWLES died 5 July 1835. The children were : i - EDWIN WEED COWLES b 1794 d June 1861 id = SADLY-B. COWbES*5D.1796. 0.18 72727111. WIDDPAM ELBERT COWLES b 1798 : iv - EDWARD GILES HOOKER COWLES DLETSOINd 1023 9: 0 MARTHA HOOKER COWLES : vi - (a twin) CORNELIA RACHEL COWLES b 1807 d June 1869 = vir = (a

. . one team of horses and a second of oxen. They came by way of COOPERSTOWN. : UTICA = CAYUGA; BATAVIAa: and BUFFALO . . . he sat down near the west line of the town- SHip".mat«the raising of, hei cabin others were present from AUSTINBURG and HARPERSFIELD . . . the land they settled upon was purchased of TIMOTHY HAWLEY, a whe -rarst birth of. a white child in SAYBROOK. TOWNSHIP was in 1811. That child was WILLIAM BROWN, the son of ZADOC and CYNTHIA BROWN. Another account gives the year Of birth. 35 1810. The BROWN'S did not come into, the

The first frame dwellinh house in SAYBROOK TOWNSHIP was not.erected until 1818. Prior'to this" trmecalloofathe dwellings within the township were cabins. SAMUEL

Nathan Williams

The first settler within the limits of GENEVA TOWNSHIP . - . RANGE 5 TOWNSHIP 12 . . . was THEOBALD BARTHOLOMEW in the year 1802. (See the map page 115) His cabin home was erected along the SOUTH RIDGE ROAD near the

The first cabin in ASHTABULA TOWNSHIP . . . RANGE 3 TOWNSHIP 13 . . "see the maps pages 95 m ON) acra e was one that was erected by THOMAS HAMILTON in the year L801. - FPhis a stood near the mouth of ir ASHTABULA RIVER on the west THOMAS HAMILTON did

GEORGE BECKWITH made his removal from AUSTINBURG TOWNSHIP to ASHTABULA TOWNSHIP in 1803, THOMAS HAMILTON was no longer there. Mr. BECKWITH died in January of 1804, and Mrs. BECKWITH remained at their cabin home site near

William Pierce

Rev. JOSEPH BADGER 1810 Massachusetts GEORGE BECKWITH Settled 1803 deceased 1804 SAMUEL BECKWITH 1804 Connecticut A farmer. Had a frame barn but still lived in a log house. ELIJAH BLACKMAR Doctor-farmer 1810 Vermont JOHN G. BLAKESLEE Farmer 1810 Connecticut EDMUND BLOOD Mechanic 1810 New Hampshire NATHAN BLOOD 1810 |

AMASA CASTLE Senior Farmer New York He resided first at PLYMOUTH, CONNECTICUT, and then at BURLINGTON, VERMONT. In 1808 he removed to ASHTABULA TOWNSHIP. He was married to MARY STANLEY, and had served as a soldier in the cur ob War. 1WNETTSAAC COOK Rwol frapper 1810 Connecticut

William Gault 1808 Henry Gillman

Colonel .MATTHEW HUBBARD Saver dE 1804 Connecticut Lived in a frame house on Bunker Hill. Colonel HUBBARD traced his ancestry BÉ to that GEORGE

. HUBBARD who came to the Colonies in the mid-1630's and settled in MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT. Colonel HUBBARD voe at MIDDLETOWN on 29 April 1783, the oldest son of ISAAC and RUTH (nee COLEMAN)

Reuben Mendell 1808 Benjamin A. Naper 1809

WILLARD. They had twelve children. She died on 5 September 1865. Colonel HUBBARD died on 9 July 1869. WILLIAM JONES Farmer 1808 Connecticut Had a frame barn but still lived in a log house. JOSEPH KERR Shoemaker 1804 Pennsylvania GIDEON LEET Tavern Keeper 1806 Connecticut Had a frame barn and sheds, but still lived in a. log house. WARNER MANN School Master 1810 Connecticut JAMES McDONALD Laborer 1808 Maine JAMES McKELVEY Laborer 1808 Pennsylvania Worked for Mr. LEET in his Tavern. REUBEN MENDELL 1808 JOHN MURRAY School Teacher 1808 Ireland BENJAMIN A. NAPER 1809 WILLIAM PERINE Surveyor 1804 New York WILLIAM PIERCE Settled 1804 removed early.

ENOCH STEVENS Farmer & Shoemaker 1810 New Hamp. NATHAN STRONG Senior Farmer 1808 Connecticut NATHAN STRONG Junior Farmer 1808 Connecticut ISAAC SWEET Farmer 1807 Connecticut PELEG SWEET Senior Tavern Keeper & Tanner 1807 Rhode Island SETH THAYER Farmer 1806 Connecticut WILLIAM THOMPSON Settled 1804 Removed 1806 7 JOHN WATROUS Farmer 1810 Peper eee Came to ASHTABULA from SAYBROOK, CONNECTICUT, with. his wife and ten children. He aled in a few weeks after his arrival, becoming the third white man to be buried in ASHTABULA TOWNSHIP. GEORGE BECKWITH was the first, ISAAC HUBBARD the second.

ASLhrest Of e236. TAX PAYERS extracted: from the Official 1810 3EAX List. of. GEAUGA COUNTY, OHIO- The s"original" was Signed on 4 March 1811 : The Commissioners who

HALL, Joseph D. HARDY, William HARPER, Alexander A. HARPER, dames HARPER, James A. HARPER, John I. HARPER, Joseph HARPER, -William A. HART, Jonathan HAWLEY, Chaney HAWLEY, George W.

ASHTABULA COUNTY was organized on 22 January 1811. The fvrstositting of the Court of Common Pleas took place on 20 June 1811. The presiding judge was BENJAMIN RUGGLES.

The Sheriff was NATHAN STRONG, number 187 on the 1811 Tax List, who had come. into the area in 1808 from the State of CONNECTICUT« Sheriff STRONG had been "one of and hewn timbers. The brick was made "on the scene" by two men named WARREN and DUTY. The timbers were furnished by JONATHAN WARNER, number 203 on the 1811 Tax Licet "andeMICHAEL WEBSTER. number 210 on the; 1811 Tax List. This. "seat of justice" was to do service to 'the County for twenty-five years. . That 'structure, often ealled "Mr, Granger's Court House," more than anything

The only way "in" or "out" of JEFFERSON VILLAGE in 1811 was to follow the line of blazed and notched trees toward AUSTINBURG. This was the same bridle-path that ELDAD SMITH had "marked" in 1804. The road at AUSTINBURG ran we find the following personalities listed as "land owners" within the boundaries of what is now ASHTABULA COUNTY. It has. been called The 1811 TAX LIST. I have taken the privilege of arranging the personalities we

3 - ATKINS, QUINTUS FLAMINUS 4 10 Born 10 May 1782, he was a son of JOSIAH and MARY.(nee GILLETTE) ATKINS of WOLCOTT, NEW HAVEN COUNTY, CONNECTICUT. He married SARAH WRIGHT on 22 February 1804. Deceased 23 January 1859.

8 - BADGER, JOSEPH The Reverend JOSEPH BADGER was one of the early ministers on The Western Reserve lands. He was a descendant of that GILES BADGER who was at

1635. His line of descendancy ran from GILES, to his son JOHN, to grandson HENRY (his father) who married MARY LANGDON and removed to BERKSHIRE

Baldwin, Daniel Bardslee, John

He fought at The Battle of Bunker Hill, serving with Captain NATHAN WATKINS' Company under Colonel JOHN PATTERSON. His first wife was LOIS NOBLE. His second wife was ABIGAIL ELY. BALDWIN, DANIEL BARDSLEE, JOHN

BARTHOLOMEW, ABRAHAM 5 He was at HARPERSFIELD in 1799. He was BARTHOLOMEW, BENJAMIN BARTHOLOMEW, DANIEL He was at HARPERSFIELD in 1799. He was BARTHOLOMEW, ISAAC

- BARTHOLOMEW, JOHN B. 5 - BARTHOLOMEW, JOSEPH 5 He was at HARPERSFIELD in the spring of He was a brother of ABRAHAM BARTHOLOMEW, 13 above. BARTHOLOMEW, SAMUEL BARTHOLOMEW, THEOBALD 5 A first settler at GENEVA, he came from BEACH, LYMAN 4

CROSBY, ELIJAH 4 From EAST HADDAM, MIDDLESEX COUNTY, CONNECTICUT. Born 13 May 1764, deceased 30 July 1835. In 1806 he was at ROME. On 31 October 1787 he married PHOEBE CHURCH. She was born 7 October 1767, and died 30 July 1846.

60 - CROWELL, WILLIAM 4 TE From EAST HADDAM, MIDDLESEX COUNTY, CONNECTICUT. Born: LOwyuiyei7 714 deceased Ss duly 352%) His wife was JERUSHA TRACY. She died 12 June 1856. Heeputeupetnesrirst log barn in 1907. "Hevputocup the' first frame barn in the area in'1814, and the first frame house in 1815.

Fobes, Walter 2 13

FOBES, WALTER 2 13 Captain WALTER FOBES came to The Western Reserve in the fall of 1805. He was from NORWICH. MASSACHUSETTS. He died in the.spring of 1816.

Gaylord, Levi

GAYLORD, LEVI E Major LEVI GAYLORD was born in NEW CAMBRIDGE, CONNECTICUT, on 30 March 1760, a son of Captain LEVI and LOIS (nee BARNES) GAYLORD. He was a

22 February 1782 he married LYDIA SMITH, the daughter of DAVID and MARY (nee POTTER) SMITH of SOUTHINGTON, CONNECTICUT. Major GAYLORD came to

84 - HARPER, JOHN I. 85 - HARPER, WILLIAM A. 86 - HARRINGTON, JONATHAN Originally from RHODE ISLAND, but coming into The Western Reserve from PENNSYLVANIA, he was the second white settler in MONROE TOWNSHIP in 78012 HARRINGTON, SETH HART, JONATHAN He came to KINGSVILLE in HAWLEY, CHANEY 44

Hawley, George Hawley, Jesse 10

HAWLEY 7 a LEMOTH YR. 4 10 Originally from FARMINGTON, HARTFORD COUNTY, CONNECTICUT, he came to MORGAN TOWNSHIP, ASHTABULA COUNTY, OHIO, in the employment of the TORRINGTON LAND COMPANY to survey the Township into lots. The survey was completed in the summer of 1801. Having completed the work, he of 1802 with his family. He lived in MORGAN until the year 1811, when he removed to JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP, where he resided the remainder of his Wifes HEBBARD, DANIEL 153 HENDERSON, JOHN Jal. HENDRY, DAVID 5 Iu HEWINS, EBENEZER 5 lu Originally from STOCKBRIDGE, BERKSHIRE COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS. In June of 1801 he was at

HUMPHREY, AMBROSE 4 10 HUMPHREY, WILLIAM 4 TI JACKSON, DUNHAM 73 JOHNSON, NATHAN B. 5 qo The first physician in the area, he came into The Western Reserve in 1808. He died 6 June 1832 JOHNSON, SAMUEL Junior TT JONES, JOHN B3 JONES, WILLIAM Le KELLOG, JACOB 10 KENNEDY, JAMES T3 KETCHUM, JOHN l2 KEZARTER, THOMAS 2 13 Originally from VIRGINIA, he came to The Western Reserva 11.1809, KING, ELISHA

MILLS, STERLING EL MINEAR, CHARLES 13 MINEAR, THOMAS 13 MIXER, PHINEAS 13 MONTGOMERY, ELI | 11 MONTGOMERY, JAMES 13 MONTGOMERY, JOHN 13 MORRISON, JAMES 12 Originally from HARPERSFIELD, NEW YORK, he came to The Western Reserve at GENEVA in 1806, then aged 50 years.

NETTLETON, ROGER 13 Originally from NORFOLK, LITCHFIELD COUNTY, CONNECTICUT, he was at AUSTINBURG in 1800, one of the pioneers of The Western Reserve. He came to KINGSVILLE in 1806. The records all refer to this personality as Captain ROGER NETTLETON.

Paden, Isaac

NOYES, DANIEL He came to KINGSVILLE in 1810. O'DONALD, JOSHUA OLDS, EZEKIAL OLDS, THOMAS OLMSTEAD, ZACHARIAH He came co _KINGSVILLE in 1809, OPP, CONRAD OWEN, JOEL PADEN, ISAAC

SKINNER, HANNAH 5 11 She was a widow. Her son, JOSHUA O'DONNELL, was blind. I believe the entry for Number 156 above is that of her son. In some way that I have not determined, she was related to the HARPERS and the BARTHOLOMEWS who settled in HARPERSFIELD.

Walkley, Jonathan 4 9

TUBBS;. JOSEPH VIDITO, JOHN VOSBURGH, MARTIN WALKLEY, DAVID 4 WALKLEY, JONATHAN 4 9 They were among the first settlers at ROME. DAVID planted the first apple trees in the area. WARNER, JONATHAN 3 hel: Born 11 December 1782 in CHESTER PARISH, SAYBROOK

Webster, Abraham 12

On 4 May 1807 he married NANCY FRIETHY. They had 11 children, one of whom died in infancy - four sons and six daughters reached maturity. He died on 12 April 1862. He was amonlg9^tbe first settlers in JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP. WATKINS, TRUMAN | 12 WATROUS, WILLIAM Mc WEBSTER, ABRAHAM 12 WEBSTER, DANIEL ala WEBSTER, GEORGE Iu WEBSTER, LUMAN 3 ha)

YORK, he was a brother of LUMAN WEBSTER, 209 just above. He was the father ofthe first@child born in JEFFERSON - POLLY MARIA WEBSTER, born 5 July 1806.

Wright, Moses

GEORGE HUBBARD (c1601-1684) of MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT . san "early settler" at HARTFORD, o o o MOVE we MIDDLETOWN in 1650 . . . his wife was ELIZABETH WATTS,

NEHEMIAH HUBBARD wow. « born «24 Julysd721,9 9 he Iwasa "Minute Man" in the Revolutionary War . . . his wife was SARAH; SILL Tn of therr;thirteenschibdren$&sBiwe sons served in the Revolutionary War . ... he died 11 March

RUTH COLEMAN . . . in 1800 he moved from MIDDLETOWN to ONEIDA COUNTY, NEW YORK . . . he spent the last year or so of his life at ASHTABULA, OHIO, where three of his

DAL IHEWEHÜUBBARDE. SF. . born 29 April 1783... . . at. the age of 15 he moved, with his parents, to TRENTON, NEW YORK . . . his wife was MARY WILLARD . . . they had

General NEHEMIAH HUBBARD . . . son of NEHEMIAH and SARAH (neeASILL)I HUBBARD . - ...- born^lO April.1752.. - . ..2he- was at "the siege of YORKTOWN, and witnessed the surrender o GrG Rael Coats... he owned vast tracts Of sland? in I'GUMBULLOICOUNTY S. OHIO : . HUBBARD, OHIO, is. named in his honor . . . his daughter, SARAH HUBBARD, married DEPUE ROSEKRANZ . . . her daughter, CAROLINE ROSEKRANZ, the year ensuing be set at $4.00 each within this County. Ordered : That the bounty on full grown wolf scalps be set at $2.00 each. Ordered : That the Tax for County Levies be set at the following rates : Horses at $0.30 each : Cattle at $0.20 each : Houses at %% and Town Lots

PORBMSTCHZ 18107 :ERESOLVED, ztHhatr allsthatepartzof AUSTINBURG contained in number 12 and 13 in the 4th Range as Originally surveyed be set off from AUSTINBURG and the same is hereby erected into a separate township by the name of WRIGHTSBURG ... . and that the-first Township Meeting for the purpose of electing Towhship Officers shall be held at the present dwelling house of SAMUEL other inhabitants of the Township of WRIGHTSBURG was presented praying that the name of said Township be changed to SAY-BROOK. Whereupon the Commissioners resolved that the township it being surveyed township number 12 and fractional township number 13 in the 4th Range of CONNECTICUT WESTERN RESERVE now known by the name of WRIGHTSBURG shall hereafter be known and

Randall

DENMARK TOWNSHIP : RANGE 2 TOWNSHIP 11 : On 9 October 1798, at the CONNECTICUT LAND COMPANY "drawing" for the division of the land, the entire township became the

CALEB ATWATER divided the land . . . 15,400 acres of then virgin forest . . . among his children. We should note that none of these children ever settled upon their land. The Township was initially "layed out" (q.v. pp 104-105) into lots that were one mile square . . . about 1812, the "lots" were still further subdivided into sections of

There is a small stream flowing through the southern part of the Township. This stream rises in DORSET TOWNSHIP (Range 2 Township 10), and joins MILLS CREEK about a mile

The "first settler" in the area, PETER KNAPP, built his cabin near the banks of the stream that would bear his given name. PETER KNAPP was from WINDHAM, NEW YORK. He came to the Township on 7 July 1809. Certain of hrs descendants can still be found in DENMARK TOWNSHIP even

(q.v. p 55) (now the KELLOGGSVILLE-STANHOPE ROAD) ran through "GOULD"-.. 7 .-at one time the road was also called)"The»Turhpike" 1221. "ThesSakltas'Pike!) <- at. xand "The Kinsman Road." "GOULD" at one time used to have two churches .-. . twasstores; sone-of witch also wield the" post office ... . a blacksmith shop. . . a wagon shop which employed a "wheelwright" and a "ysInwright'cr.-"s"small-cooperage . - . - a grist mill he settled down in Section 21 at the south-east corner of the Township . . . he erected his dwelling house on the west side, o£ "The.OLld Salti Road ...'3 wt wes, 'notFTong betores he "putoup'"r(as:sawimillao5434 «and then" agsgsbstamblr . along ASHTABULA CREEKSs.s20a0hisw"6thirdxvenkurenswas

The grove of trees almost directly across from CROOKER'S Tavern had been a "resting place" for the many teams of horses that pulled the wagons along "The Old Salt Road" . . that grove of trees, cleared of all. underbrush and teams of horses "refreshed" themselves with a drink of water from the creek, and a "rest break" under the trees . the teamsters "refreshed themselves" with a drink

Exeracledsrrom-.Thesofficial. STATE OR OHTO TAX LIST as Eiged on 15 Wey 1816, we find the following 453 noted personalities listed as residents of ASHTABULA COUNTY. The TAX LIST was signed by LEVI GAYLORD, JAMES HARPER, and JOHN MONTGOMERY, the ASHTABULA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. The numbers noted DO NOT APPEAR upon the 1816 TAX LIST. This compiler has added, where known, the township

Joiner Backet,Msx

LEVI FRENCH was from SANDISFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS. ERASTUS N. HOUSE was also from SANDISFIELD, MASS. His wife was SIBYL CROWELL, daughter of WILLIAM CROWELL (No. 96) of ROME.

When the Surveyors began to lay out THE WESTERN RESERVE . . . and this was done before the land was to be sold to interested. individuals....,_..it was layca oub'".into RANGES and TOWNSHIPS . . . the RANGES extended to the

5 MILES SQUARE . . . there were 24 RANGES layed out upon the BASE LINE.. . . there were 13 AND A FRACTIONAL 14TH TOWNSHIP layed out along the PERPENDICULAR WESTERN

BORDER OF PENNSYLVANIA . . . because of the irregular LAKE ERIE shore line, not all of the RANGES contained a like number of TOWNSHIPS... . in the western part of the

ASHTABULA COUNTY is "made up" of 28 TOWNSHIPS . . . 21 of these Townships are "5 MILE SQUARES" , se O7Or) Ghe Townships Naveran '"rrregular"border*iine"",] "2955. Of the 6 are situated along the shore of LAKE ERIE . . . and the other one follows the meandering course of the

Hezekiah Knapp 205

This "List of Names" was the compilers initial list of various personalities "noted upon the pages" of the various Township Histories in ASHTABULA COUNTY. Thise initial list! was compiled!) inei935wand 1936: The only change made upon the list was to amend the year "1834" to make it read "1833" for numbers 46 was ELVA LYONS . . . he was a son of JEREMIAH and STELLA (nee STRUBLE) BENSON . . . and a grandson of JULIUS and DELIAH (nee DAVIS) BENSON . . . JULIUS and DELIAH BENSON

EDMUND BLOOD and NATHAN BLOOD, settlers at ASHTABULA Baboutcr912.'" wererbrothers. . 2% "sons" Of EDMUND "and CATHERINE BLOOD: T n -'they married sisters? ^ «EDMUND

Jerusha Hewins

The EDSON Family : They were descendants of JOHN and JERUSHA (nee HATCH) EDSON through their son OTIS EDSON (1807-1869) who came to JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP in the early

The EDSONS lived on "the AUSTINBURG Road" . . . they had a "good sized farm" . . . they had "hives of honey bees" . their sons . . . and their grandsons and their . used, to. "peddle jars of honey" throughoutothe

EDWARD D. FRAYER was the Mayor of JEFFERSON . . . he was a brother of DENT FRAYER .:. . both of them were members of The Congregational Church . . . DENT FRAYER was the

MERALD HAINES (1899-1978) . . . "The Monument Maker" who lived on the SOUTH DENMARK ROAD . . . his wife was LOUISE BURGETT . . . was "a peddler of Apple Cider and Apple Jelly." sas: well nein mwabkefronshis own. orcharda sans