Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2014, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Gazeteer of the State of New York J. H. French, 1860 ERIE COUNTY [281-282] ALDEN - was formed from Clarence, March 27, 1823, and a part of Marilla was taken off in 1853. It lies upon the E. border of the co., N. E. of the center. Its surface in the W. is level and in the E. is gently undulating. It is watered by the head waters of Cayuga and Eleven Mile Creeks. The soil is a deep, fertile, sandy, gravelly, and clayey loam. ALDEN (p.v.,) a station on the B. & N. Y. R. R., con- tains 1 church and 20 houses; and MILL GROVE, (p.v.,) in the N. W. corner, 18 houses. ALDEN (Crittenden p.o.) and WENDE are stations on the N. Y. C. R. R. Settlement was commenced in the spring of 1810, by Moses Fenno. (1) Rev. John Spencer conducted the first religious ser- vices, in 1811. The first church (Presb.) was organized in 1813-14. There are now six churches in town. -------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Among the first settlers were Joseph Freeman, John Estabrook, Wm. Snow, and Arunah Hibbard, who came in 1810; Sam'l Slade, James Crocker, Sam'l Huntington, and Jonas Stickney, who came in 1811; and Wm. Dayton, who came in 1812. The first birth was that of a daughter of Arunah Hibbard; and the first death, that of Polly Cransaky, in 1812. John Rogers built the first saw- mill, in 1813 or '14, and the first gristmill, in 1817. Amos Bliss kept the first inn, and Seth Estabrook the first store, both in 1816. The first school was taught by Mehetabel Estabrook, in 1815. =========================================================================== If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access the more of our information about Erie County, N.Y., by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/ny/erie/ ===========================================================================