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HISTORY OF ERIE COUNTY 137
During this time their friends heard of them, but could not communicate
with them as Detroit was in the hands of the British. Six
years after this sad affair the Indians again attacked a couple of men
who Avere out on a trapping expedition for muskrats. They had lain
doAvn in a temporary hut after collecting a few skins, and Avere murdered
by three straggling Ottawas, two of whom were captured and
hanged in 1818.
The township Avas duly organized in 1815 by the commissioners of
Huron County—Alajor Falley, Nathan Cummings and Bildad Adams.
At this time it was connected with Danbury, north of the bay, but two
years later Danbury obtained a separate organization. The first election
was held the same year as its organization.
The following tables give the names of the original proprietors and
those Avho succeeded to their titles:
Am't Loss
Original Grantees £ s. d.
Isaac Scudder 661 16 0
Job Bartram 976 7 5
John Rich 72 6 0,
Abraham Lockwood .... 2 12 0
Josiah AVentworth . 151 16 0
Nath'l Street 33 12 9
AIARGARETTA, TOWN No. 6, RANGE 24
Classification No. 1, Section 1.
Am't Classed
Classified by £ s. d.
J e s s u p Wakeman and
Ebenezer Jessup, Jr... 330 18 0
J e s s u p Wakeman and
Ebenezer Jessup, Jr... 976 7 5
His heirs 7 OVJ
Jessup Wakeman and
Ebenezer Jessup, Jr.. 2 12 0
Nath'l Raymond, Jr.... 1 10 9%
Sam'l Middlebrook 32 11 9%
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Classification No. 2, Section 2
Am't Loss
Am't Classed
Original Grantees
Classified by
Ebenezer Jessup, Jr., Edward
Jessup and Jes­
£ s. d.
Hezekiah Hanford 328 3 8 sup Wakeman
Ebenezer Jessup, Jr., Edward
Jessup and Jes­
328 3 8
James Fitch, Jr 343 8 6
sup Wakeman
Ebenezer Jessup, Jr., Edward
Jessup and Jes­
343 8 6
Isaiah Marvin 158 10 0
sup A\
Col. Stephen St. John... 713 6 7
Asa Hoyt 381 17 0
Ebenezer LockAvood 82
r akeman
Ebenezer Jessup, Jr., Edward
Jessup and Jes­
100 0 0
sup Wakeman
Ebenezer Jessup, Jr., Edward
Jessup and Jes­
142 13
sup AA r akeman
Ebenezer Jessup, Jr., Ed-
Avard Jessup and Jes­
381 17
sup AA r 3VJ
0
akeman 48 4 6%
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