Caroline SLOSSON

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• Residence: 03 Apr 1821, Removed to north part of Berkshire (Richford)
• Census: 1850, Living with husband in Richford, Tioga Co., New York
• Census: 1860, Living with daughter, Maria Benjamin, in Painesville, Lake Co., Ohio
• Census: 1870, Living with daughter, Maria Benjamin, in Painesville, Lake Co., Ohios
• Census: 1880, Living with son, Chauncey, in Richford, Tioga Co., New York

Notes:

Note from Eleazer Slosson Genealogy: Caroline came with her mother and grandmother, who were the first women in the settlement. Either Slosson records wrong or Richford Congregational Church Cemetery records wrong. Richford Congregational Church Cemetery say she d. age 62 which would make birth d. 1771.

Note from "Slosson Genealogy": Came into the wilderness of the Boston Purchase with her parents in 1793; and as Elisha Wilson, Abaram Brown, Isaac Brown and Daniel Ball, left "Old Stockbridge", on the very day of her birth, to make the very first settlement within the limits of the present towns of Berkshire, and Newark Valley; and as she came in with her mother and grandmother, who were the very first women in the settlement, her life covers the whole existence of the two towns.

Caroline married Ezekiel RICH in 1812 in Newark Valley, Tioga, New York, USA. Ezekiel (son of Simeon RICH and Lucy LINCOLN) was born on 14 Aug 1783 in Cherry Valley, New York; died on 13 Apr 1854 in Richford, Tioga Co., New York; was buried in Richford Congregational Church Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary Ann RICH was born on 14 Apr 1813; died on 26 Dec 1847; was buried in Congregational Churchyard Cemetery.
2. Chauncey Leroy RICH was born on 29 Jan 1815 in Richford, Tioga Co., New York; died on 01 Oct 1903 in Richford, Tioga Co., New York; was buried in Richford Congregational Church Cemetery.
3. Angeline Eliza RICH was born on 23 Nov 1816; died on 10 Nov 1857 in Rochester, Minnesota.
4. Lucien Densmore RICH was born on 24 Sep 1818; died on 07 Sep 1893 in Richford, Tioga Co., New York.
5. William Dunham RICH was born on 25 Dec 1820; died on 03 Jan 1821; was buried in Hope Cemetery, Newark Valley, Tioga Co., New York.
6. Maria Louisa RICH was born on 02 Sep 1828 in Richford, Tioga Co., New York; died after 1880.

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• Occupation: Distiller and trader
• Occupation: Farmer, tavern-keeper
• Baptism: 05 Feb 1769
• Residence: 04 Mar 1793, Removed to Boston Purchase

Notes:

When they came to Boston Purchase, they settled first in a bark-covered shanty, the roof of which slid off one night during a heavy rain, leaving them exposed to the weather. He then built a log-house in which now stands the Congregational Church, in Newark Valley, New York. He also, built the first framed house in the village of Newark Valley.

"Whitney Genealogy": They moved, with his parents, to newark Valley, New York, arriving there 4 March 1793. He built a log-house on the spot now occupied by the conference-room of the Congregational Church. He was the first postmaster of Newark Valley, and built the first framed house in that village, which is yet standing as a part of the old tavern. They died in Newark Valley (he, 2 June 1838; she, 12 Feb. 1853), and were buried in Hope Cemetery. She and her husband's mother were the first women in newark Valley; and for the first six moths of their residence there, they did not see another woman.

Ezbon married Electa WILLIAMS on 26 Aug 1790 in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Electa (daughter of Azariah WILLIAMS and Beulah BROWN) was born on 20 Sep 1772 in Stockbridge, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts; was christened on 31 Oct 1773; died on 12 Feb 1853 in Newark Valley, Tioga, New York, USA; was buried in Hope Cemetary, Newark Valley, Tioga Co., New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1850, Living in Newark, Tioga co., New York