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[continues previous page] Delilah b. at Ellis, Dryden, New York. January 30th 1801. wife of David Mulks.
Olive b. January 30, 1803. wife of James Mulks son of Charles.
Lydia b. November 22, 1804. wife of Benjamin Ames.
Mahala b. July 20, 1807. wife of Peter Worden.
Warren D. b. September 10, 1809. Died February 9, 1886.
Ruth b. September 29, 1811 Married John H Kimball.
Huldah b. September 16, 1813 Married John C. Ellis, son of Arnold of Rhode Island.
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[continues previous page] Sally b. February 29, 1816 Married Marenus son of Jason Ellis son of Judge John Ellis of Dryden.
John J. Ellis b. August 27, 1818. Died June 22, 1893 in his 75th year.
Ann H. b. May 19, 1822 Married John M Smith
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Meddaugh family of Dryden, New York
Narrated to me by Harrison Meddaugh at Aunt Ann Smith's January 1, 1897.
My father Wessel Meddaugh moved into the town of Dryden in 1807 and settled and lived all his life on the Meddaugh Mulks farm now occupied by Clarence Lull. He originally bought 100 acres, but added to this by later purchases. His father and mother also came and lived and died here, his name was Joseph and he is buried on the farm. They came from Orange County New York, where they had been tenant farmers, sometimes living in Orange County and sometimes over the state border in Essex County, New Jersey. They owned no land before coming here.
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When they came to this country from Holland, there were three brothers of them (There it is again three brothers?) Afterwards one of the brothers was killed in an Indian fight on the Minesink River
Dr. Meddaugh, who lived on the turnpike was a cousin of Wessel, the father of Harrison and Nelson
The "Minesink River" is not an official name of a river. It is a historical term sometimes used to refer to the Delaware River, particularly in the area of the Minisink Valley. (Google)
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(From the New York Colombian of July 21, 1818) Ithaca, June 16, 1818. Public sale by Simeon DeWitt, Surveyor General at the Capitol at Albany March 23, 1818 xxxx. Also 50 acres in the south east corner of lot No. 82 of Dryden. xxxx. All the lots in the north tier of lots of the tract between the Owego and Chenango rivers called the Massachusetts Ten Townships which have not been taken by the occupants. Also 12 parcels of land amounting to 1038 acres along said north tier in the townships of Dryden, Virgil, and Cinnatus. Conditions of sale: ⅛ purchase money paid within 48 hours: remainder in 6 equal annual installments with interest at 6% and if any of said lands were occupied on 17th of February 1809 to the value of $25 the occupants of such improvements shall be entitled to recover from the purchaser the value.
