Samantha SLOSSON

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1855, Living with husband in Harford, Cortland Co., New York
• Census: 1860, Living with husband in Harford, Cortland Co., New York
• Census: 1865, Living with husband in Harford, Cortland Co., New York
• Census: 1870, Living with daughter, Mary Tanner, in Harford, Cortland Co., New York

Samantha married Simeon Rich GRIFFIN on 16 Jan 1843 in At the home of Otis Lincoln in Newwark Valley, New York. Simeon was born on 14 Jul 1805 in Cherry Valley, New York; died on 12 Sep 1868 in Harford, Cortland Co., New York; was buried in Harford Cemetery, Harford, Cortland Co., New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Laura Eugenia GRIFFIN was born on 23 Dec 1843 in New York; died on 29 Mar 1902 in Nebraska; was buried in Concord Cemetery, Concord, Dixon Co., Nebraska.
2. Mary Elizabeth GRIFFIN was born on 30 Apr 1847 in Richford, Cortland Co., New York; died in 1932 in Cortland County, New York; was buried in Willow Glen Cemetery, Dryden, Tompkins Co., New York.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Distiller and trader
• Occupation: Farmer, tavern-keeper
• Baptism: 05 Feb 1769
• Residence: 04 Mar 1793, Removed to Boston Purchase

Notes:

When they came to Boston Purchase, they settled first in a bark-covered shanty, the roof of which slid off one night during a heavy rain, leaving them exposed to the weather. He then built a log-house in which now stands the Congregational Church, in Newark Valley, New York. He also, built the first framed house in the village of Newark Valley.

"Whitney Genealogy": They moved, with his parents, to newark Valley, New York, arriving there 4 March 1793. He built a log-house on the spot now occupied by the conference-room of the Congregational Church. He was the first postmaster of Newark Valley, and built the first framed house in that village, which is yet standing as a part of the old tavern. They died in Newark Valley (he, 2 June 1838; she, 12 Feb. 1853), and were buried in Hope Cemetery. She and her husband's mother were the first women in newark Valley; and for the first six moths of their residence there, they did not see another woman.

Ezbon married Electa WILLIAMS on 26 Aug 1790 in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Electa (daughter of Azariah WILLIAMS and Beulah BROWN) was born on 20 Sep 1772 in Stockbridge, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts; was christened on 31 Oct 1773; died on 12 Feb 1853 in Newark Valley, Tioga, New York, USA; was buried in Hope Cemetary, Newark Valley, Tioga Co., New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living in Newark, Tioga co., New York