Bagley Families of Greene County, New York

Overview

Separating families named Bagley that settled Greene county, New York is challenging. There are at least five migrations and two unrelated family groups.  The first migrations occurred between 1790 and 1800. These comprise three separate families.

• One family, the families of brothers, John and Cutting Bagley, came from New Hampshire. 
• Another immigrant, with connections to New Hampshire, Barnard Bagley, came from Southbury, Connecticut. 
• The third group of families came from Columbia County, New York. 

The last two migrations - the migration of Samuel Bagley, and the migration of John Holroyd Bagley - have documented relationships to known families.₁ A sixth group: Lydia and Joseph Badgley are mentioned in Church records but do not have a clear relationship to their neighbors or a clear migration.

Previous Published Research

Anderson and Bagley identify John and Cutting as sons of Lt. Jonathan and Anne (Favour) Bagley.₂ This assertion is strongly corroborated by land records. They identify Barnard Bagley as the son of Jonathan's brother, David.₃ They identify Samuel Bagley as Bernard's nephew, but are not able to identify his father. Other family historians in unsourced family trees on FamilySearch and Ancestry, identify Samuel as a son of David and Eunice Bagley - a couple very active in land sales in Albany and surrounding counties in the 1790s.

Williard G. Bixby, in his genealogy of the Bixby family, records facts about the Bagley family to support the assertion that Mercy Bixby was the daughter of Prudence Bagley.₄ Based on a letter from Harry Bagley, likely the grandson of Cutting Bagley, Bixby asserted the family was likely descended from Orlando Bagley. Bixby identifies the baptisms of John and Prudence's children in Nobletown and several contemporary individuals named Bagley in the early Greene County church records. Based on Bixby's transcriptions of Presbyterian Church records, other family historians in unsourced family trees place Barnard, Samuel, Joseph and Lydia in the family of John and Prudence. Other unsourced trees put Lydia and Joseph in the family of Stephen Badgley of Chatham, NY.

Discussion

Reviewing the available records from Greene county help us determine which families originated in New Hampshire and which originated in Columbia County, New York. The 1800 Federal Census for Freehold, Greene, New York, lists on page 30, Benjamine [sic], Daniel, and John Bagley, and Hull Bixby; on page 37, Barnett Bagley - probably Barnard; on page 41, Hutten - probably Cutting, and John Bagley; and on page 42, David Bagley and his brother-in-law Michael Boomhower. In 1810, Barna, Cutten, John, and John M are listed in Durham, as is Hull Bixby. Benjamin is listed in Cairo. By1820, Barnard, Christiana - Cutting's Widow, and John remain in Durham, with related families in the surrounding communities. The other men have left the county, either through boundary changes, or migration.

New York tax rolls from 1799 to 1804 are available on Ancestry.com. The rolls are organized by last name grouped by the first letter, listing the head of household and property values. In one case, two head of household are listed an a single line. There may be more than one list for a given letter. The 1801 and 1802 list the owner as well as the head of household. I assumed when two names were on successive rows, the men were likely neighbors - the assessors copied the lists in the order they entered them. I also grouped men who rented farms from the same owner. Using this method I split the various men named into the following groups to access relationships:

• Benjamin Bagley, John 2nd Bagley, Jesse Butler, Daniel Bagley, Hull Bixby, William Shuefelt, Christopher Shuefelt. These men are renting land on William Cockburn's patent. 
• David Bagley, Andrew Bomhoward, Michael Bomhoward.
• Barnard Bagley
• Cutting and John Bagley

I consulted existing family histories, Church records, and Revolutionary War pension applications to determine how these groups are related and when they may have migrated to Greene County.

Benjamin Bagley - the first group from Columbia County

Benjamin Bagley (1766) is likely the son of Prudence (1740-1831) and John Bagley (1736-1797). Benjamin along with sisters Rhoda and Hannah (1763-1841) were baptized in Nobletown in 1770.₅ A John Bagley was a proprietor in Nobletown.₆ He is possibly the brother of James Bagley, another Nobletown proprietor.₇ John is possibly the man who served in the Albany Ninth Militia with Van Ness₈ and likely the man who served a term as a juror in the newly organized Columbia county.₉ John died in 1797 and was interred in Collins Cemetery.₁₀ We can tell this is the husband of Prudence: Prudence is listed in the 1800 census in Columbia county, and listed in the New York tax rolls from 1799 to 1802. In 1801 and 1802, she is listed as a widow.

Hannah Bagley married John Shutts. Benjamin Bagley provided corroborating evidence for Hannah's application for a widow's pension in 1844 while living in Middleburg, NY.₁₁ When Prudence died intestate in Greene county, Benjamin Bagley and Seth Bixby - Mercy's Bixby's son, filed to administer her estate.₁₂ Hannah's son John Shutts and his wife Lucretia (Baldwin) sold land to Prudence Bagley that she then sold to Mercy Bixby reinforcing Willard G. Bixby's assertion that Mercy is the daughter of Prudence Bagley.₁₃ Hull Bixby is Mercy's husband. Benjamin Bagley and his likely brother-in-law, Hull Bixby, are two of the seven men renting land from William Cockburn.

John Bagley and Neeltie Shufeldt had their son John Bagley baptized in the Dutch Reformed Church of Hillsdale, New York in 1807.₁₄ The sponsors are John and Catherine Shufeldt. Neeltje Zoufel is the daughter of Hannes Zoufel and Sara Freer. This is likely the wife of John Bagley. John Shufelt's widow filed a pension application for his service during the Revolution.₁₅ The application has an affidavit from his brother William of Greene county and lists his wife, Caterena or Catherine Weaver.  William Shufelt's pension application includes an affidavit of service completed by John Shufelt of Ghent.₁₆ John, and William Shoefelt/Shufelt/Shuefelt are likely brothers of Neeltie. Christopher Shoefelt according to his marriage record is the son of Henry and possibly a cousin.₁₇

The family of John M Bagley in the 1810 census includes a woman over 45. If John M is the same man as John 2nd, this woman may be Prudence - the last record we have of Prudence in Columbia county is her tax record in 1802. John may have returned to Hillsdale in 1807 to move his mother, Prudence, to Greene county. The timing of the baptism, the close association of the Shufelt family with Columbia county, and timing of Prudence leaving the record in Columbia county make it probable, Benjamin Bagley's neighbor John is a brother. John Bagley, Christopher, and William Shuefelt are three more of the seven men on the Cockburn patent.

Daniel Bagley is the only man in this group to buy land in Greene County. In 1814, Daniel Bagley of Durham purchased land from the estate of Benjamin Carpenter.₁₈ In 1819 Daniel and his wife Elizabeth of Durham sold land to James Goff.₁₉ In the 1820 Census, Daniel Bagley is list in Crawford County, Pennsylvania. In 1820, Daniel Bagley of Cussewago buys land from William Power of Juniata.₂₀ John and Andrews Bagley are witnesses. In 1821 Daniel buys land from Jon and Rebecca Huidekoper.₂₁ In 1823 Daniel and his wife Elizabeth of Cussewago sell land to Jacob Bagley.₂₂ David Bagley is a witness. In 1830, Daniel Bagley has a neighbor, David Bagley, who is 30 to 40 years old. We have a family headed by Daniel and Elizabeth Bagley with possible sons John, Andrews, and David. It appears likely the family in Greene County, NY moved to Crawford County, PA. Jacob is possibly Benjamin's son born in 1793.₂₃

Daniel Beckly and his wife, Elizabeth Schauerman baptized a son David Beckly at the Dutch Reformed Church in Hillsdale.₂₄ The name Bagley can be transliterate into Dutch and German as "Beckley".  Benjamin Bagley is also listed in these church records with the surname "Beckley".  Benjamin Bagley's wife is Anna Magaretha "Margaret" Schauerman.  Her parents are Andreas and Anna (Stiever) Shauerman.₂₅ These are also the parents of an Elizabeth Schauerman, likely the wife of Daniel Bagley.₂₆ David Beckly would be is in the age range of the neighbor of Daniel and Elizabeth. The church record links the family to Columbia county. In 1790, John Bagley's family consists of two males over 16, one under 16 and 5 women. John would be one of the males and Prudence would be one of the females. Benjamin has his own household in 1790 and appears separately in the census. John Bagley would be about age 20. Daniel would be about age 16. This would account for the other males. From the available evidence Daniel is likely a child of John and Prudence.

The Bagley household in 1790 has four women unaccounted for. Benjamin mentions sisters in Hannah Hallock's widow pension application. In 1790, Hannah and Mercy are married, living with their respective families: Mercy in Saratoga and Hannah in Hillsdale. Rhoda Bagley, baptized in 1770, might be one of the missing women. This indicates John and Prudence may have had three or four additional daughters. Jesse Butler may have married one of these women. All we can tell from the tax records is Jesse Butler was close enough to be listed on the same line with John Bagley in 1799. He is not readily found in Columbia County records.

David Bagley and the Baumhauers - the second group from Columbia County

David Baggly married Cornelia Baumhauer in Claverack, NY in 1795.₂₇ Cornelia Baumahuer was born in 1778 to Andreas "Andrew" Baumhauer and Catherine (Weis) Baumhauer.₂₈ In 1799 New York Tax rolls, David Bagley is listed next to Andrew Bomhoward, likely his father-in-law. In 1801, David Bagley and Michael Bomhoward are living on the land of A Bomhoward. In 1802, David is listed right after Andrew and Michael Bomhoward. In 1802, David bought land in Greene county from Jacob and Polly Bomhoward of Delhi, NY, likely Cornelia's oldest brother.₂₉ In 1805, David Bagley sold land to Andrew Bomhaward,₃₀ his father-in-law and in 1806, he sold land to Michael Bomhoward,₃₁ his brother-in-law.

In 1855, Cornelia Wolcott applied for Widow's pension.₃₂ According to the application, Cornelia Bomhour married Solomon Wolcott in Windham, NY, in 1810. She makes no mention of David Bagley. She does mention a son in passing, but does not name him. Two sons of Solomon and Cornelia Wolcott are documented. David and Cornelia may have a son based on the ages of the household members in 1800 there is a male under 10, one 16-25 - perhaps one of Cornelia's brothers, or David's child from a previous marriage, and a male 25 - 44 who may be David. Cornelia is probably the woman 16-25; this matches the her birth date given in baptismal records. It is not clear what happened to David after 1806. If he died before Cornelia married Solomon Wolcott, there is no record. 

David is not clearly related to the other Bagley families in Greene County. David Bagley probably moved from Columbia County, NY with his in-laws the Bomhowards.

Barnard and Samuel Bagley

Barnard Bagley arrived early in what would become Greene county. Barnard is likely the man who married Elizabeth Wade in 1789.₃₃ According to his Revolution War Pension Application he served in the New Hampshire line and the Connecticut Militia.₃₄ He enlisted in Candia, NH and finished the war in Southbury, CT.  John Bagley is cited as a witness of his service with Connecticut. This may be his neighbor, the brother of Cutting. When Barnard died in 1838, his will lists his second wife Polly, his son Henry Barnard, and his nephews Samuel of Windham and nephews Barnard and David of New Hampshire, sons of his deceased brother Ebenezer as heirs.₃₅ Samuel is likely the member of the First Prebyterian Church noted by Willard Bixby. He appears in the census in Windham in 1820, 1830, and 1840.

In Anderson and Bagley, the information supporting the relationship to David of Southbury is circumstantial. The claim may be correct but the underlying documents contain conflicting information:

• Barnard claims he was born in Newtown, Massachusetts in his Revolutionary war pension - this could be Newton, New Hampshire or Newton, Massachusetts, in the suburbs of Boston.₃₆ Anderson and Bagley identified Newtown, Massachusetts as Newton, New Hampshire. 
• Barnard's birth - and the births of the men identified as his brothers Winthrop and David, predates the earliest recorded marriage for David Bagley of Southbury. There is no good indication of who his mother would be if this is true.
• Barnard's will claims his brother Ebenezer is dead. The headstone for the Ebenezer Bagley of Merimack, NH - identified as his brother, places his death in 1841, three years after Barnard's death. This is explained as either a mistake made when Ebenezer's stone was replaced as part of the Works Project Administration, or bad communications at the time of Barnard's death.
• According to cemetery records, Ebenezer's mother is Jemima. There is no record of a marriage or divorce for Jemima and David.
• According to his pension application, Barnard did not settle in Southbury until after joining the Connecticut Militia in West Point, NY. While it is possible he settled on his father's land, it is also possible he just happened to land in Southbury at the end of the Revolution.

Adding to the difficulty is the identification of Samuel Bagley of Windham as the nephew of Barnard, but no clear identification of Samuel's father. Samuel may have been raised by his uncle or migrated to Greene county after his uncle. Undocumented research indicates Samuel is the son of David and Eunice Bagley, raising the possibility Samuel is a stepson of Cordelia Bomhauer.

The name Barnard is common in the families related to Cutting and John - their father, Jonathan named a son Barnard. John named a son Barnard. Their brother Ebenezer named a son Barnard. It is likely Barnard, based on shared family names and shared geography, is closely related to the John and Cutting Bagley families from New Hampshire.

Cutting and John Bagley from New Hampshire

John and Cutting Bagley are very well documented. The available records corroborate the research of Anderson and Bagley. Unlike the younger men who migrated from Columbia county, John and Cutting purchased land early - either before Greene county was organized from Albany county or shortly after. They and their descendants remained in Greene county for many decades, and were present for later migrations.

Joseph Bagley and Lydia Badgley

Willard Bixby listed Joseph Bagley and Lydia Badgley in his transcripts of the First Presbyterian Church of Greenville. Joseph died in 1813 at the age of 40 years. Lydia married Solomon Johnson in 1815 after being baptized a few months earlier at the Greenville Presbyterian Church. That same date her two children Asenath and George were baptized.₃₇ Lydia Badgley applied to be the administrator of estate of Joseph Badgley of Greenville in 1813.₃₈ It is likely Joseph is the husband of Lydia. Solomon Johnson would be her second husband. Lydia Johnson the wife of Solomon Johnson is buried in the Greenville Rural Cemetery.₃₉ She died in 1830. The transcript of the inscription indicates she was 53 years old, putting her birth in 1776. This makes Lydia about 32 when she was baptized. She was likely baptized with her children, making Joseph the likely father of Asenath and George.

Joseph and Lydia's family are outliers - the records do not spell the family name the same. They did not migrate with other family members. Joseph does not appear in the tax rolls. His family does not seem to be on the census. The name Badgley is common in southern New York. This family may be descended from George Anthony Badgley (1619-1670) who settled in Flushing.

Summary and Further lines of Research

The tax records indicate three sons of John and Prudence Bagley of Columbia, Benjamin, John and Daniel moved to Freehold before 1799. They were accompanied by John's brother-in-law William Shufelt and William's cousin, Christopher Shufelt. In 1800, the family of Hull Bixby moved to Freehold from Saratoga. We can be fairly certain any children born to Hull and Mercy Bixby before 1799 were born in Saratoga. John Bagley returned to Hillsdale and had his son baptized in the Dutch Reform Church. At that time he may have moved his widowed mother, Prudence to Greene county where the families of at least three sons and one daughter lived. The children of John and Prudence are likely Hannah, Benjamin, Rhoda, Mercy, John, and Daniel. There may be as many as four additional daughters. Further research is needed to determine the names of any missing daughters and identify any sons that may not have migrated to Greene county. Prudence's maiden name has not been confirmed and there is the possibility that Jesse Butler is related to this family. The relationship of Jacob Bagley and Daniel Bagley should be confirmed.

David Bagley likely moved with his in-laws the Baumhauers to Greene county. He may be related to other families in many ways:

• He could be a son of John and Prudence. Both families originated in Colmbia County, NY. 
• He could be a brother of John and James Bagley. Currently this researcher's working hypothesis is John is possibly a son of James Bagley and Bethia Munroe of Fairfield CT. In this scenario, James is named after his father. John is named after is paternal grandfather and David is named after his maternal grandfather. 
• David could be the brother of Barnard Bagley and the father of Samuel Bagley. Samuel is the right age to be the male 16-25. David Bagley's brother-in-law, Michael Bomhoward was a character witness for Barnard Bagley in the pension application. Michael could be just a neighbor, or a person with a family connection. 
• David could be the brother of John and Cutting.
• David could be old enough to be the David Bagley that served in Willet's Regiment during the Revolution. This David joined the Militia in New York City and could then be a brother or cousin of Lt. Josiah Bagley who later settled in Columbia County.
• David could be the husband of Eunice.

Finding a death record or a migration after the sale of land in Greene county or determining which David Bagley married Cornelia are good next steps for this line. Research of the Wolcott's may be helpful - that family may have preserved a memory of the death of David, or brothers from previous marriages in published family histories.

The challenges to the identification of Barnard raise the possibility that Anderson and Bagley combined two or more distinct families: the family of David of Southbury, the family of Ebenezer and Jemima Bagley of New Hampshire, and the family of Barnard of Greene County may not be one and the same. In this scenario the sons of David could be about a decade younger than the children of Jemima and possibly the sons of his first wife. Barnard may represent a related family that settled in the Boston area prior to moving into New Hampshire. Looking over land and vital records in both Newton, New Hampshire and Newton Massachusetts is warranted. The death date of Ebenezer for 1841 should be confirmed if possible, as should the death date of his mother Jemima. Connecticut land records need to be review to determine if there are any clear connections between the sons of David and locations in New York or New Hampshire.

Edited 24 Sept. 2020 for clarity. In the original post John Bagley is listed as the husband instead of James Bagley. James Bagley is the son of John Bagley and Mary Jackson.

¹Samuel is the Barnard's nephew according to Barnard's will. John Holroyd Bagley is the son of Luther and Sally (Baker) Bagley of Providence, Rhode Island.

²Anderson, Martha Bagley and Bagley, Norton Russell. Some Descendants of Orlando Bagley of Amesbury Massachusetts. 1971. Volume 1.  p. 52-54, 55-57

³Anderson and Bagley, Orlando Bagley, Volume 1. p. 27-28, 59-61

⁴Bixby, Willard G. A genealogy of the descendants of Joseph Bixby, 1621-1701 of Ipswich and Boxford, Massachusetts. (New York City : W. G. Bixby), 1914. p. 337-9. Harry may also be the source for the assertion the descendants of John Holroyd Bagley were likely descendants of Orlando Bagley.  Reynolds, Cuyler. Hudson-Mohawk genealogical and family memoirs. (New York, New York : Lewis Historical Pub. Co.), c1911. p. 1679-80.

⁵Great Barrington, Mass. St. James Church. St. James' Church records. 1903. p. 53.

⁶NOBLE TOWN PROPRIETORS MEETINGS Transcribed by Susan Mulvey October 2000. The Felt Collection: Volume 6, Pages 405-413. Microfilm at Massachusetts State Archives (http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~clifflamere/genealogy/Misc/MI-Noble-Prop.htm, Accessed 10 April 2019)

⁷James Bagley of Westmoreland County Connecticut

⁸Brodhead, John Romeyn. Documents relative to the colonial history of the state of New-York : procured in Holland, England, and France. (Albany : Weed, Parsons, 1853-1887) 316.

⁹Ellis, Franklin. History of Columbia County, New York. With illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. (Everts & Ensign : Philadelphia, 1878) 59. Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/historyofcolumbi00ever/page/58 : Accessed 22 March 2019)

¹⁰Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 05 September 2019), memorial page for John Bagley (unknown–2 Jul 1797), Find A Grave Memorial no. 22642392, citing Collins Cemetery, Hillsdale, Columbia County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Alysia (contributor 46903070) .

¹¹Record Group: 15.  NARA M804. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files. Halleck, Hannah. Pension Number: W. 17042

¹²New York. Surrogate's Court (Greene County), Letters of Administration. Volume D, 1830 - 1840. 20.

¹³"New York Land Records, 1630-1975," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9W4-5XRP?cc=2078654&wc=M7H5-QMC%3A358135201%2C358274101 : 22 May 2014), Greene > Deeds 1823-1827 vol H-I > image 89 of 538; county courthouses, New York.

¹⁴Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Hillsdale and New Claverack Records, Book 18 and Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, New York, 1683–1809. Excerpted from Year Books of the Holland Society of New York. (1908) p. 52;  Pearson, Jonathan. Contributions for the genealogies of the first settlers of the ancient county of Albany, from 1630 to 1800. (Albany, N.Y. : J. Munsell) 1872. 96.

¹⁵Record Group: 15.  NARA M804. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files. Shufelt, Catharine. Pension Number: W. 22,188

¹⁶Record Group: 15.  NARA M804. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files. Shufelt, William. Pension Number: S. 22980 William lists Michael Boomhower as a character witness. William moved to Pennsylvania.

¹⁷The marriage is recorded in his wife, Christina's pension application. Record Group: 15.  NARA M804. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files. Shoefelt, Christina. Pension Number: W. 19,024

¹⁸"New York Land Records, 1630-1975," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99WH-M9Q8-7?cc=2078654&wc=M7H5-424%3A358135201%2C358284301 : 22 May 2014), Greene > Deeds 1826-1828 vol K-L > image 157 of 573; county courthouses, New York.

¹⁹"New York Land Records, 1630-1975," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99WH-M9QZ-L?cc=2078654&wc=M7H5-424%3A358135201%2C358284301 : 22 May 2014), Greene > Deeds 1826-1828 vol K-L > image 156 of 573; county courthouses, New York.

²⁰Crawford County Pennsylvania. Crawford County Pennsylvania Deed Book H. 526-7. (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSNL-79DW-2?i=294 : 29 August 2019)

²¹Crawford County Pennsylvania. Crawford County Pennsylvania Deed Book I. 123-4. (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSNL-798F-3?i=377 : 29 August 2019)

²²Crawford County Pennsylvania. Crawford County Pennsylvania Deed Book I. 359-60. (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSNL-796Q-4?i=502 : 29 August 2019)

²³Reformed Dutch Church (Hillsdale, N.Y.) Records of the Reformed Dutch Church. (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah), 1974.

²⁴Ibid

²⁵Ibid

²⁶Ibid

²⁷Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Claverack, Vol II, Book 8

²⁸Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Claverack, Vol I, box 1

²⁹"New York Land Records, 1630-1975," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9W4-1SF6?cc=2078654&wc=M7HP-B3D%3A358135201%2C358233201 : 22 May 2014), Greene > Deeds 1800-1808 vol A-B > image 315 of 527; county courthouses, New York.

³⁰"New York Land Records, 1630-1975," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89W4-1SK3?cc=2078654&wc=M7HP-B3D%3A358135201%2C358233201 : 22 May 2014), Greene > Deeds 1800-1808 vol A-B > image 312 of 527; county courthouses, New York.

³¹"New York Land Records, 1630-1975," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9W4-1SXL?cc=2078654&wc=M7HP-B3D%3A358135201%2C358233201 : 22 May 2014), Greene > Deeds 1800-1808 vol A-B > image 379 of 527; county courthouses, New York.

³²Record Group: 15.  NARA M804. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files. Wolcott, Cornelia. Pension Number: W. 26096.

³³Records of the First Presbyterian Church in the village of Durham, town of Durham, Greene County, N.Y., 1792-1857

³⁴Record Group: 15.  NARA M804. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files. Bagley, Barnard. Pension Number: S 10341.

³⁵Abstracts of wills of Greene County, New York, 1800-1900 p. 55

³⁶See About Newton, New Hampshire (https://www.newton-nh.gov/home/pages/about-newton-new-hampshire) and More About Newton's USGS listed Hills (https://bostonbasinhills.org/pages/newton-hills.html) for a history of each town and when the name Newtown applied to each.

³⁷Presbyterian Church, Greenville, Greene, New York, reference ; FHL microfilm 533,479.

³⁸New York. Surrogate's Court (Greene County). Letters of Administration. Volume B. p. 8

³⁹Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 03 September 2019), memorial page for Lydia Johnson (1776–24 Mar 1830), Find A Grave Memorial no. 140310916, citing Greenville Rural Cemetery, Greenville, Greene County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Mookie (contributor 47515129).