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Gazeteer of the State of New York
J. H. French, 1860

                             ERIE COUNTY

  [289-290]

        EAST HAMBURGH - was formed from Hamburgh, as "Ellicott," on Oct.
     15, 1850.  A part of West Seneca, as "Seneca," was taken off in 1851.
     Its name was changed Feb. 20, 1852.  It is an interior town, lying
     near the center of the co.  The surface is a broken upland.  Chestnut
     Ridge, the highest land in the town, has an elevation of about 500 ft.
     above Lake Erie.  The declivities of the hills are generally gradual
     slopes, broken by narrow ravines formed by the streams.  Smokes Creek
     and its branches are the most considerable streams.  The soil is a
     loam, gravelly in the N. and clayey in the S.  EAST HAMBURGH, (p.v.,)
     N. of the center of town, contains 2 churches, 2 sawmills, and 40
     houses.  ELLICOTT (p.o.) is a hamlet.  The first settlement was made
     in 1803, by David Eddy, from Rutland, Vt. (1)  There are 3 churches in
     town, Friends, M. E., and Union.

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        (1) Ezekiel Cook and Zenas Smith settled in the town in 1803, and
            Amos Colvin and Ezekiel and Daniel Smith in 1804.  The first
            marriage was that of Almon C. Laire and Lydia Sprague, in 1808;
            the first birth, that of a son of Daniel Smith, in 1805; and
            the first death, that of the same child, in 1806.  Dan'l Smith
            built the first mill, in 1807; John Green kept the first inn,
            in 1807, and David Eddy the first store, in 1809.  The first
            school was taught by Anna Eddy, in 1807.

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