LOOKING FOR DESCENDANTS OF THE ORIGINAL SETTLERS
WHO WERE KNOWN TO BE LIVING OR OWNING LAND
IN GENESEE COUNTY, NY BY THE END OF THE YEAR 1802
The county of Genesee was formed by the New York State legislature in the year 1802 and will be celebrating its Bicentennial in the year 2002. Sue Concklin, Genesee County Historian assigned the task of find descendants of the original settlers to the Genesee Area Genealogists. We are hoping that those of you who subscribe to the RootsWeb Genesee County line will recognize some of the following names on this list and contact any of the following people with that information.
Information can be sent by e-mail or snail mail.
Send e-mail to <mjv21@eznet.net> or by regular mail to:
Wilfred Vasile at 17 Clay St., Leroy, NY 14482-1415 or to
Mary C. VanAlstyne at 5100 Clinton St. Rd., Batavia, NY 14020
We are hoping to have a great deal of information by Dec 30, 1999, which will give us a year to put it together. There are two parts to this list. The first list consists of approximately 100 names for which we have no descendant information. The second list consists of those for whom we do have some information, but would like more.
Thanks in advance for any assistance you may be able to offer.
| NAME | Arrival Date and town | Purchase Date and Settlement Date, if known |
| Adams, Elisha | Batavia-1801 | 1802 |
| Dr J. Arnold | Batavia-1802 | |
| James A. Austen | Leroy-ca 1801 | Bergen-between 1801 and 1810 |
| Daniel Ayer | Oakfield - 1802 | 1800 |
| Job Babcock | Oakfield - 1802 | 1802 |
| Hiram Blackman | Batavia - 1801 | 1801 |
| William Blackman | Batavia - 1801 | 1801 |
| John Brannan | Batavia - 1800 | |
| Elezer Cantling | Batavia 1801 - settled 1811 | |
| D. C. Chapin | Batavia - 1801 | |
| Silas Chapin | Batavia - 1802 | Batavia Village 1802 |
| James Clement | Batavia - 1802 | |
| Russell Crane | Batavia - 1802 | |
| Stephen Crow | 1802 - Town 10, Range 2 | |
| Israel M. Dewey | Batavia Village 1802 | |
| James Dewey | Batavia - 1799 | |
| John Dewey | Batavia 1801 | |
| Gideon Dunham | Oakfield 1801 | |
| Dr. David Fairchild | Leroy - 1802 | |
| Jabez Fox | Leroy - 1802 | |
| Samuel F. Geer | 1801 - came in 1802 | |
| E. Gettings (Elisha?) | Batavia Village 1802 | |
| Roswell Graham | Batavia -1802 | |
| Ebenezer Green | 1801 - came to Leroy 1802 | |
| Rufus Hart | Batavia Village 1802 | |
| Joseph Hawkes | Batavia 1802 | |
| Chipman or Chapman Hawley | Leroy 1798 (1800 tax list as Chapman) | |
| Moses Hayes | 1802 | |
| Paul Hills | Batavia Village 1802 | |
| Paul Hinckley | Batavia Village 1802 | |
| Jesse Hurlburt | Batavia Village 1802 | |
| Christopher Kenyon | Oakfield 1801 | |
| Amos Lamberton | Batavia 1803 | |
| John Lamberton | 1801 - Batavia 1802 | |
| Jesse Leach | Bergen | |
| Solomon Levi | Bergen - 1801 | |
| P. Lewis | Batavia - 1801 (according to North he is Peter Lewis) | |
| Peter Lewis | Oakfield 1802 | 1801 - town 12, range 2(are these two Lewis, the same person?) |
| Samuel Lincoln | Bergen 1801 | |
| George, James & Wm. | ||
| Letson | Bergen 1801 | |
| Daniel McCracken | Batavia 1802 | |
| Dr. David McCracken | Batavia Village 1801 | |
| Rufus McCracken | Batavia 1802 | |
| Janes McCain | Batavia Village 1802 | |
| Elisha Mann | Batavia Village 180 | |
| David Mather | Batavia 1802 | |
| William Munger | ||
| James Olney | Alexander 1802 | |
| Zerah Phelps | Batavia 1802 | |
| Benjamin Porter | Batavia 1801 | |
| Amos Ranger | from Vermont to Elba 1801 | |
| Samuel Ranger | from Vermont to Elba 1801 | Batavia 1810 |
| Aleander Rea or Rhea | First settler | Alexander 1802 |
| Hezekiah Rhodes | Batavia 1802 | |
| Peter Rice | Oakfield 1801 | |
| Abel Rowe | First settler | Batavia Village 1801 |
| Benjamin Russell | Batavia Village 1802 | |
| Stephen Russell | Batavia Village 1801 | |
| David Scott | Bergen 1801 | |
| Elijah Spencer | Batavia Village 1802 | |
| Isaac Spencer | Batavia 1802 | |
| James W. Stevens | First County Clerk | Batavia 1802 |
| John A. Thompson | Batavia 1801 | |
| Elijah Tillotson | Batavia 1802 | |
| Rowlen or Roden Town | Batavia Village 1802 | |
| Nathaniel Walper or Walker | Batavia 1801 | |
| Frederick Walther | Stafford 1800 | |
| J. Washburn | Batavia 1802 | |
| Timothy Washburn | Batavia 1802 | |
| Aaron White | Oakfield 1801 (Betsey White first birth in Elba) | |
| Henry Wilder | Batavia 1802 | |
| Oswald Williams | Batavia Village 1802 | |
| William Wood | Batavia Village 1802 | |
| Benjah Worden | Bergen 1801 |
| NAME | YEAR | TOWN |
| Richard Abbey/td> | 1801 | Bergen |
| Joseph Alvord | 1802 | Batavia |
| Daniel Arnold | 1802 | Bergen> |
| Thomas Ashley | 1801 | Batavia |
| Jesse Beach | 1798 | Leroy |
| Phillip Beech | 1798 | Leroy |
| Zeneus Bigelow | 1802> | Batavia |
| James Brisband | 1798 | Batavia |
| Asa Buell | 1800 | Leroy |
| Ebenzer Cary | 1800 | Leroy |
| Hinds Chamberlain | 1798 | Leroy |
| Daniel H. Churchill | 1801 | Batavia |
| Worthy Churchill | 1801 | Batavia |
| Samuel Clark | 1801> | Elba |
| Charles Cooley | 1802 | Batavia |
| Daniel Curtis | 1801 | Batavia |
| Jerome Cutler | 1802 | Batavia |
| George Darrow | 1802 | Alexander |
| Daniel Davis | 1801 | Leroy |
| Garrett Davis | 1801 | Batavia |
| Samuel Davis | 1798 | Leroy> |
| Lewis Disbrow | 1802 | Alexander |
| Benjamin Ellicott | 1798 | Batavia |
| Joseph Ellicott | 1798 | Batavia |
| Gideon Ellicott | 1801 | Bergen |
| Libbeus Fish | 1802> | Bergen> |
| John Forsyth | 1801 | Tn 12, Rng 2 |
| John Ganson | 1798 | Leroy |
| Grahma Newell | 1802 | Batavia |
| Libbeus Graves | 1802 | Batavia |
| Gilbert Hall | 1798 | Leroy |
| Nathan Harvey | 1802 | Leroy> |
| Thaddeus Keyes | 1801 | Leroy |
| Alexander McPherson | 1802> | Leroy |
| Benjamin F. Morgan | 1802 | Tn 12, Rng 2 |
| Philemon Nettleton | 1799 | Leroy |
| Russell Noble | 1801 | Oakfield |
| Major Noble | 1802 | Batavia |
| Ezra Platt | 1801 | Leroy |
| Peter Powers | 1802 | Batavia |
| Lyman Prindle> | 1801 | Leroy |
| Alexander Rhea | 1801 | Alexander |
| Jesse Rumsey | 1801 | Batavia |
| Jesse E. Rumsey | 1801 | Stafford |
| William Rumsey | 1797 | Batavia |
| Aaron Scribner | 1801 | Leroy> |
| Peter Stage | 1801 | Batavia |
| Redwinter Stoddard | 1802 | Leroy |
| Isaac Sutherland | 1801 | Oakfield |
| Ephraim Towner | 1802 | Batavia |
| 1797> | Leroy | |
| Erastus Wolcott | 1802 | Oakfield |