Hale, M. Carter, treas. Rhodes, prin. Helen Butterworth Coughlan, prec. Adams Lumber Co. Cameron, manager, manufs. Allen, Herbert a. Alport, Clarence C. The following 10 biographical sketches were extracted from the Geographical gazetteer of Jefferson county, N. Bunce; Gilbert C. Pryor; James E. Cook; Hinckley J. Coon; John Waite; Marquis D. Manville; and William Barney. This website features free genealogy and history concerning Adams New York. Biographies, cemeteries, directories, genealogy, history, military records, newspaper records, old homes, and yearbooks.
The location of this large and thriving village of inhabitants is on Sandy creek, one and a half miles from the Rodman town-line, and extending on its south to the towns of Lorraine and Ellisburg.
The principal part of the village is in the valley of the creek, mostly on its north bank, although some of the private residences are on the terraces along the stream, giving the place an elevated appearance beautiful to behold, and admitting the display of much fine taste. The streets are wide, graded to a considerable extent, and cleanly kept.
Outside of the business …. A proposition to organize an Episcopal church having been made to Bishop De Lancey, his consent was secured Jan. Whipple, lay legally formed, the Rev. Bartlett being rector. Henry B. Rogers, and Thomas Dobson, vestrymen. Members of Methodist Episcopal lived in the town at an early day and classes were formed in different localities prior to ; but in that year they were formed into a circuit, and there-after supplied with a regular preacher.
She survived him and married second Cornelius Van Dyck, a physician of Albany. He died in and in she married third Captain George Bradshaw, of the English army. Children of Captain Silvester Salisbury:. He became of age in , but did not enter into possession of his father's estate in Catskill for several years thereafter, as it passed through a long and severe legislation before its boundary was finally settled by the court of error. While still a lordly domain, much of it was lost by the line being established by circular instead of straight lines of a specified distance.
In the division between the Salisbury and the Van Bergen families, Francis took the northern portion of the lowlands, which included the plain on the Kattskill between the highway from Leeds to Kaaterskill and Wolcotts Mills. It contained forty thousand acres in what is now the town of Leeds.
Prior to coming into his inheritance, Francis lived at Albany and Kingston. In the autumn of he enlisted as a private soldier for the defence of the frontier against a threatened invasion by the French. In he removed to Catskill and was appointed supervisor of the district between the Inbogt and the northern bounds of Coxsackie. Two years later he built the Salisbury mansion on the northeastern side of the Windham turnpike on the terrace beyond Leeds.
It was then the largest and most costly house between Albany and Newburg. Its walls were of massive stone quarried from the sandstone ledge in the neighborhood and pierced with loopholes, reminders of the days when all lived in terror of the Indians. Under the eaves are the initials of the builders and the date of building in letters of wrought iron, F. Here Francis Salisbury lived until his death, about She died in Children, all baptized in Kingston, except William.
He received by his father's will the farm of Potick with the house which stands near the tollgate. The house built of stone was erected in by Francis Salisbury for his son Abraham, and was originally a story and a half high. He inherited the Salisbury homestead and the land adjoining, including the farm of Potick with the stone house built in by the first Francis for his son Abraham. Children of second wife:. At the decease of his father he inherited a large tract of land in the most fertile part of the Catskill patent.
His home at Leeds was the mansion built by Francis Salisbury, before mentioned, where he resided until overtaken by severe financial reverses, when he left the old farm and removed to the village of Catskill, which was his home until death. Throughout his active life he was connected with the militia of the county and advanced through all grades of service from sergeant in to lieutenant-colonel of the Third Regiment; brigadier-general, commissioned July 15, , by Governor William A.
His agricultural operations were conducted on a very extensive scale, and his connection with the Greene County Agricultural Society and the American Institute continued throughout his active life. He was progressive in his methods as a farmer and stock breeder, and his operations along these lines marked an era in the way of local development.
He was extremely benevolent and a great lover of nature, particularly of trees, flowers and domestic animals. He was a faithful member of the Dutch Reformed church, serving the old church at Leeds as deacon, and was one of its most liberal supporters. His home at Catskill contained many relics of the past, among them a portrait of Queen Anne Boleyn; the arms of the family carved in wood, brought from Europe by Captain Silvester Salisbury, together with Indian deeds and land grants.
General Salisbury married Jane Mairs, born , died , daughter of Rev. Go to top of page previous family: De Lamater next family: Van Zandt. Francis, of further mention. Silvester 2 , died leaving no issue. Laurentia, baptized June 2, , died young. Sylvester, October 10, , died unmarried, January Peter, April 25, , died young.
William, January 30, , died young. Elizabeth, August 3, , married Rensselaer Nichols. William, of further mention.
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