HISTORY - TIMELINE
1609-1779 ~ 1781-1806 ~ 1808-1827 ~ 1828-1840 ~ 1841-1850 ~ 1851-1865 ~ 1865-1866
BACK TO SOMERS MUSEUM
Daniel Wright, Jr. drowns in the Hudson River while fleeing from the British.
Major Andre (1) (2) captured in Tarrytown; went over Hanover Rd. in present-day Yorktown.
Rochambeau (1) (2) (3) and his company march through Northern Westchester
on return to Rhode Island from Yorktown, VA.
Loyalist farms confiscated by the State of New York.
[Treaty of Paris ends American Revolution] (1)
"November 20 - (The Rev. Silas Constant) Rode to Crompons; staid over the
Sabbath."
Dr. Elias Cornelius buys a farm in the Baldwin Place area.
Rev. Silas Constant becomes Pastor of Presbyterian Church in Yorktown;
moves to Crompond (or Hanover) November 3rd.
Rev. Silas Constant preaches at Benjamin Haight's school house on Deans Bridge road.
The Rev. Silas Constant: "March 22 . . . rode to Micajah Wright's. Preached
Ezekiel XVIII-staid at O.(badiah) Purdy's.
[U.S. Constitution adopted Sept. 17]
New York State Legislature divides counties into towns March 7.
Town of Stephentown created. (Somers former name)
First town meeting in Stephentown at house of Benjamin Green, Innkeeper, first Tuesday in April.
[U.S. Constitution ratified in June; New York ratifies Constitution July 26]
George Washington - First President of United States
Residents vote to raise 45.0.0 pounds for use of the poor.
[ U.S. Constitution becomes effective March 4]
Stephentown population: 1297 people in 189 households, including 138 slaves.
Voters elect to replace the old "Golding Bridge" over the Croton River and to repair Pines Bridge.
Philip Van Cortlandt tries unsuccessfully to make Croton River navigable to Dutchess County (southern portion now Putnam County).
Benjamin Haight, Benjamin Green, William Martine and Micajah Wright pay excise tax. [Bill of Rights ratified]
Mount Zion Methodist church erected. (Now in Reis Park, Rte. 139).
Stephentown Plain considered "Most important point in this section of county."
Captain Crowninshield of ship America brings first elephant to U.S. from India April 13 and sells it to a man named Owen. [1]
John Adams - President of United States.
State school money apportioned.
Union Meeting House erected in Stephentown Hamlet for Presbyterians and
Episcopalians.
Town Officers to serve for no pay.
25 pounds voted for repair of Deans Bridge.
[New York State starts gradual emancipation of slaves]
Census shows Stephentown has 1,571 people, including 40 slaves.
Dr. Ebenezer White establishes his medical practice.
Thomas Jefferson - President of United States.
Jacob Ruxer builds his sawmill on Plum Brook near Lincolndale.
[Tripoli War begins]
Dr. Ebenezer White buys a house at the intersection of Rte. 100/202 and Rte. 116 (Stone Spring Mews).
Money raised for a bridge at Vail's Ford (predecessor of today's Woods Bridge on Rte. 35).
Survey identifies Cobbling Rock.
Cattle raising in Stephentown increasingly supplants grain growing for New York City markets.
Second elephant Betty shipped to America from Africa and exhibited by Edward Savage in Boston area. [1]
[Vice President Aaron Burr kills Alexander Hamilton in pistol duel]
Croton Turnpike company organized.
Drover and stagecoach businesses flourish.
Hachaliah Baily purchases 3 acres and a brick building at crossroads in Somers hamlet on which he later builds the Elephant Hotel.
[Burr indicted for treason; First successful steamboat, Fulton's Clermont makes 1st NY-Albany trip; African slave trade prohibited by Congress.]
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