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The Upson Family in America Daniel2 Upson (Asa1). Born May 3, 1776, Wyoming Valley, LitchfieldCounty, Conn. (nowNorthumberland County, Penn.). Died before April 18,1831. Married Rachel, daughter of Richard Crosby. Daniel Upson, whenfifteen years of age, went from Wyoming Valley, where his father waskilled by the Indians, to Canisteo, N. Y. A few men from Wyoming,attracted by the glowing accounts of Canisteo, built a large cabin, madea shelter for the cattle and harvested the wild hay, of which there wasan abundance. Daniel Upson was one of the few who remained during thewinter to care for the cattle. In the spring his mother, his brother, hissister, and his step-father, Solomon Bennett, arrived. Daniel Upson andRachel Crosby contracted the first marriage in Canisteo Valley, going bycanoe to Newtown (now Elmira), and sleeping under the canoe turned overunder a beach tree on the shore. The following quotations from Clayton'sHistory of Steuben County, published in 1879, give us some informationconcerning this family: "Mr. Richard Crosby owned a farm in UpperCanisteo, now lower Hornell. He had three daughters, Hannah, Rachel andPolly. Rachel married Daniel Upson and reared a large family. Many of thegrandchildren remain, but the majority have moved west. The town ofHartsville was formed from Canisteo in 1820. The first town meeting washeld in March 1821." In 1798 and 1799 Daniel Upson bought large tracts of land in Canisteo andin June 1811 Richard Crosby gave a deed of gift to his daughter and herhusband. The land records show many land transactions in the name ofDaniel Upson. Daniel Upson built the first mills in the town, the sawmill in 1816, and the grist mill in 1819, and they were called the UpsonMills (of Fremont). The land for the grist mill comprised four hundredacres and after the mill was built the Land Company donated forty acres.(Roberts History of Steuben County, Published 1891.) In 1818 DanielUpson, the miller, killed the last elk seen in the town, but wolvessurvived much later. Wolves were hunted for bounty, which was from fortyto sixty dollars. Mr. Upson, the miller, relates how, when he had beenrepairing his mill, and started it on Saturday night, the settlers whowere waiting with buckboards of corn, forced him to grind all night andfar into the Sabbath, that their little ones might have bread. DanielUpson held many town offices. For many years he was commissioner ofhighways, assessor, Inspector of Elections, one of the pathmasters andoverseers of highways. During his life he made gifts of land to his sons.Children, born Hornellsville, (Canisteo) N. Y.: i. Asa3, b. Feb. 20, 1792; m. Betsey Yaple. ii. Hannah, m. Hezekiah Morris. iii. Polly, m. Mr. Greek. iv. Sarah, m. Richard Comfort. v. John N., b. 1803; m. before 1825, Polly (Mary) Morris. ------William Lackey Stephens;http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/t/e/William-Lackey--Stephens/index.html
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