First Settler - Caroline, NY
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ripraff
N 42° 22.684 W 076° 17.488
18T E 393678 N 4692562
The Widow Earsley was the "first pioneer settler". "She came on horseback into this New York wilderness, purchased one hundred acres of land and built a log cabin on his site in 1794"
Waymark Code: WMQ9GF
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 01/16/2016
Views: 3
text "Erected in 1923 by the former and present residents of the town of Caroline as a memorial in honor of the widow Earsley as the first pioneer settler. She came on horseback into this New York wilderness, purchased one hundred acres of land and built a log cabin on his site in 1794 as a future home for herself and ten children."
Widow Earsley arrived within a week of the time Captain David Rich arrived, but the Earsley family were the first to set up their cabin.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1794
More Information - Web URL: Not listed
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