Historical Wyoming County July 1956 - Old Fulton History

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Page 106 July 1956 A REVOLUTIONARY HERITAGE (cont.) Beer's history tells of the coming of the seven brothers, and that Samuel and Henry arrived in 1802 from Massachusetts, chopped and cleared twenty acres of land and sowed to wheat ten acres. They bought a barrel of pork and a half bushel of potatoes at Bloomfield, N. Y, while enroute. They immediately erected a rude cabin. The story goes that they were annoyed by bear and wolves, seldom left off working in the daytime, rather doing their errands at night. A nearby neighbor, Mrs. Jonas Sellick, did their baking. "One evening, as was his custom, Henry went after some bread that Mrs..Sellick had baked, and on his return he heard the wolves fiercely howling. Being somewhat nervous about the matter, he concluded that he would be a little safer if he had company; and as Mrs. Sellick's cow was close by, and had on a large bell such as was used in those days, he thought best to take her along, which he did, and she proved to be a protection against wild beasts. As the wolves approached and their howls became fiercer, the smell of the warm bread the while snarpening their appetites, he would step up to the cow and give the old bell a violent shake, which served for a time to alarm the beasts. Soon they would gather again, but by repeating the operation several times he reached his cabin in safety, and ever after, no doubt, went to the pioneer baking by daylight, when there was no danger from wolves." At the end of the first season, the Ewells returned home, spent the winter there, Henry in the meantime getting married. In the spring of 1803, they came back to Middlebury. Three of the brothers were in the War of 1812. Their father, having moved to Chesterfield, Mass. in 1778, came to Middlebury in 1816. James Sr. died October 19j 1827, aged 70 years. His wife was 8l years and seven months at her death, Dec. 7» I8I4.O. Descendants of this noble couple numbered several hundred according to family records compiled at the end of the last century. In the family plot at Wyoming Village is interred Ezra Ferris who died Nov. 1833* ®t the age of 73° He saw service in the Dutchess County, N. Y. Militia,but the extent and nature is unknown. Apparently, he was the parent of the Hon. James C„ Ferris,native of Rensselaer County, who moved to Wyoming from Albany in 1821, and kept one of the first complete stock of goods in the village. James C. became supervisor of Middlebury and associate county judge, living in Warsaw where he conducted a milling business. The Ferrises are buried within an enclosed area and included are stones to the Judge and to Reuben Ferris and members of their families. The Republican Advocate, Batavia, in its issue of Aug, 6, 1821)., gave prominent mention to the sudden death at Warsaw of Col. Jabez G. Fitch, in his 6lst year. It states that "in an early period of the Revolution he entered naval service of his country and continued in it until the recognition of its Independence. He was one of the early settlers of the northern part of Vermont and for many years marshal of that District. He has for the past five years lived in the Village of Warsaw. Buried with Masonic honors amidst a concourse of people more numerous than was ever before witnesses in this vicinity, on a similar occasion." (continued on page 107)
July 1956 Page 1? 5 A REVOLUTIONARY HERITAGE (oont.) A white marble stone,engraved in delicate and elaborate design, remains at his grave in the Pioneer section of Warsaw Cemetery. It reveals that CbL Fitch died July 13, 1821]., aged 60 years, and below his epitaph recalls the unexpected death in these words: "Sudden the call that bade thee leave Thy worldly house for one above But Christ stood re&dy to receive Thy soul to his own arms of love." Research has not revealed Col. Fitch's military record nor is it certain as to where he lived in Vermont. The 1790 Census reveals one Jabez Fitch in the sparcely settled town of Hydespark, Chittenden Co., in north central Vermont. Robert Flint, Bike Service of about two years in the famed Tryon County, N. Y. Militia was the basis of a pension application, Sept. 28, 1832, of Robert Flint, seventy-five years old on the previous May 10th and a resident of Pike since 1821. DAR records state that he died in 1837, and was apparently buried with other members of his family in the cemetery on Flint Hill, Pike. No stone remains. He married in 1787 Mary Margaret Horning (1760-183^), and among their children was Nicholas (1801-1871) who married in l«3i+ Phebe Burt Willoughby (1811+- 1900), Robert Flint served as a Private and Sergent. He recollected that in April 1776, while residing at Bowdman's Creek, Tryon Co., later Montgomery Co., he was drafted with part of the company to which he belonged to go into service against the Indians at Harpersfield,and there he served under Col. Harper for three or four weeks. In July 1777,he was again summoned into service with Federal forces, under Capt. Peter Bowman and Col. Cox, and marched to Unadilla on the Susquehanna for the purpose of protecting the settlers against the Indians. In October 1777, he was ordered out with his company to join Col. Campbell's regiment at Saratoga for the purpose of opposing the British forces under Burgoyne, but before they reached the place were informed of the surrender of the enemy. On other occasions he was drafted for emergencies at Cherry Valley, Ft. Stanwix, German Flats, Unadilla, and said he was required to be in military readiness the greater part of the war and his miLitia trained regularly. He left Montgomery County for Pike in 1821, and was awarded a pension during his last days. We are indebted to Mr. Robert French for many details of his career. Gainesville became the last residence of Sgt. Ithuriel Flower, born at Hartford, or West Hartford, Conn., in 1758, a son of Nathaniel Flower and Huldah Bradford. His father (1729-1800) commanded a company in the militia of Connecticut. Ithuriel was taken prisoner in the Canadian campaign in 1775>° Subsequently, he served as Sergeant under Capt. Edward Bulkiey and Col. Samuel Webb's regiment, (continued on page 108)
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