Notes
Residence 1804 (age 20) nr Ellisburg, Jefferson, NY 3
A road was laid out May 12, 1804, surveyed by Lyman Ellis, “Beginning on the east line of lot No. 25 in said town, where the road that is laid out running from Jeremiah Mason’s to Joseph Holley’s intersects said line; thence north along said line 154 chains and 75 links, until it intersects the road leading from Asahel Hoisington’s up to the south side of north branch of the Great Sandy Creek, to the town of Adams, laid out by actual surveys.” The same year roads were laid out from the south line of the town of Adams to intersect the road laid out by the commissioners in 1803; and from the mouth of Bear Creek to the west line of township No. 1, 5-1/2 miles and 15 chains. Another road is recorded as “Beginning on the Ridge, so-called, where the road leading from the mouth of Bear Creek, so-called, to the west line of township No. 1, crosses said Ridge; thence (by bearings given) to the south branch of Big Sandy Creek, and to the road by Mr. Isaac Burr’s.”
Military 1812 (age 28)
"'Lived in eastern part of Jefferson Co., NY in the (18)30s and '40s, had
several sons now scattered over the west. Soldier in war of 1812.' per
Lyman Draper's Hoisington genealogy." - Harry Hoisington
Residence aft 1818 (age 34) Point Peninsula, Jefferson, NY 3
In 1812 an unsuccessful attempt was made to settle Point Peninsula. The war interfered, and the project was abandoned. In 1818 Sebra Howard, William Wilcox, Oliver Wilcox, and John Wilcox, with their families, made a permanent settlement. They were soon after followed by Brittle Minor, Asahel Hoisington, Asa Collins, John Combs, and others. In 1823 but one man was living at Three Mile Bay, in a log shanty east of village, where also was a toll-gate. Point Peninsula was nearly all taken up before the Bay was permanently occupied. John Reed, Charles Leonard, and Benjamin Estes were the only settlers there in 1835. Daniel Borden lived about half a mile to the west of the village site, and within a distance of two miles eight families by the name of Wells subsequently located. Daniel J. Schuyler settled at Three Mile Bay in 1835, and was the first merchant. About this time Asa Wilcox located here, and engaged extensively in building lake vessels and smaller sailing craft.
NOTE: Point Peninsula is almost an island, connected to the mainland only by a narrow isthmus.
Residence 1820 (age 36) Walworth, Wayne, NY 2
"Jacob and Asil Hossilton were early settlers in town of Walworth."
Sources
- Ronette Stuart 9/26/99 e-mail.
- Cowles. Landmarks of Wayne County. Quoted by Wayne County Historian in letter to Lou Tharp in 1993.
- Town History from Child’s Gazetteer of Jefferson County, N. Y. : ELLISBURGH. pp. 401-419
- Ibid, pp. 555-563.
Unless otherwise indicated in the text, data is from "Hoisingtons in America" by Harry Hoisington, privately published 1935 and on file at NEHGS, Boston.
