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Neversink, New York -- "Old Neversink"

 

Excerpts from Hamilton Child's Gazetteer and Business Directory of Sullivan County for 1872 - 1873

 

By the time Hamilton Child's organization prepared a gazetteer for Sullivan County, they had already "done" at least 20 other New York State counties and had things down to a system.  Along with overall material about the county, peppered with references to individual townships and the people in them, each township in the county had two sections dedicated specifically to it.  

First, one section provided a capsule description of the township.  This included a short history, summarized the geography and land use, provided some demographics, and said a few words about each of the hamlets in the township.  Then, characteristically, it went on to provide some stories about the township and a few of its more colorful residents.  In Neversink's case, roughly eight pages covered this.  

The second town-specific section was the business directory itself.  Rather than simply a list of companies doing business in the township (in Neversink's case, such a list would have formed a short paragraph, scarcely a real list), the compilers sought to include the name of everyone in the township who could be considered "in business".  Thus, farmers make up the largest number of entries in the  5 1/2 page, double-columned Neversink list.  

For each entry included was the name of the individual or firm, the post office they used, and their business or occupation -- sometimes plural.  For farmers, the number of acres they claimed to own or lease was included, and for dairymen, the number of cows.  One can also identify the people who had committed beforehand to purchase a copy of the Gazetteer -- their names appear in capitals in the listing.  

What appears below is the index of the Neversink pages extracted from the Gazetteer.  The page numbers refer to the page in the extract, NOT the page number in the entire Gazetteer, which runs to more than 350 pages.  Why include the index here at all?  Two reasons:  the page numbers will provide an indication of the frequency with which a particular name or subject of interest appears in the extract, and will also help prevent the disappointment that comes with ordering research material only to discover that the subject of the research is not included in it.  NOTE:  if you do not see a name or subject you are seeking in this list, first, check alternate spellings.  Particularly in rural areas like Neversink spelling of surnames was erratic until well into the 20th century.  Second, consider that the individual may be included in a neighboring township; Liberty, Fallsburgh, and Rockland being the most probable for Neversinkers.  Also, even if the name you seek is not included in the Gazetteer, be sure to check elsewhere on this website before concluding that the individual is not represented here at all.   

Spellings in the index below are as provided in the Gazetteer.  

 

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A. B. & G. F. Currey, 11

Ackerley, Davis, 10

Ackerley, Robert, 10

Ackerley, Uriah, 10

Act, Original, 1

Addis, Andrew, 10

Adriance, Platt & Co., 11, 12, 16

Akerly, Nathaniel, 4

Akins, George H., 16

Aldrich, Isaac, 10

Aldrich, J. P., 10

Aldrich, John, 10

Aldrich, Nathaniel, 10

Aldrich, Peter, 10

Aldrich, Robert, 4

Aldrich, Warren, 10

American Watches, 12

Anderson, Rev. Mr., 1

Andress, David A., 16

Andrews, F. W., Rev., 16

Andrews, Stephen, 10

Animals, wild, 3

Apiarian, 11

Appley, _____, 16

Appley, R. S., 16

Armstrong, Robert, 10

Armstrong, T. J., 10

Armstrong, W. M., 10

Assessor, 11, 12

Atkins, Peter B., 16

Babcock, L. B. & Co., 16

Baley, James, 16

Baley, Patrick, 16

Ballard, B. L., 16

Baptist Church, 1, 3

Barber, Abram, 16

Barber, Alvin B., Rev., 10

Bardon, Wm. R., 10

Barnes, George W., 10

Barnes, Nelson, 10

Barnhart, John, 16

Barton, Abram, 16

Beach, Franklin, 16

Beach, Hiram, 16

Beach, Orren, 16

Beardslee, Henry, 10

Beardslee, Stephen, 10

Bears, 4

Beaver Kill, 16

Beebe, Gilbert, Elder, 1

Beech nuts, 3

Beers, Abram, 10

Beers, James L., 10

Benedict, R. C., 11

Benedict's, 12, 16

Bengall, Dutchess County, NY, 4

Bennet, Eli H., 10

Bennett, Abner J., 16

Bennett, Asa A., M. D., 16

Bennett, Eli, 10

Bennett, Lewis L., 10

Bennett, Milton P., 16

Bennett, Samuel, 16

Benson, A., Miss, 10

Benson, Catherine, 10

Benson, Elden C., 10

Benson, Eugene, 10

Benson, Garret W., 10

Benson, John, 4, 10

Benson, Neil J., 10

Benson, Paul, 10

Benson, S. A., 10

Benson, Warren, 10

Benton, D. D., 10

Benton, George R., 10

Benton, Samuel R., 10

Besimer, Silas, 16

Bevier, Nathan V., 10

Bigelow, E. W., 16

Billingham, Daniel, 10

Bisemer, Silas, 16

Bivours, Benjamin, 16

Black, B., 10

Black, Charles, 16

Black, Charles D., 10

Black, Derrick, 10

Black, N., 10

Black, Nathan, 10

Blacksmith, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16

Blacksmith shops, 2

Bloxham, Wm., 10

Boot & shoe dealer, 10

Booth, Charles, 10

Booth, Matthew, 10

Borden, Decker, 16

Boss tanner, 14

Boydon, Oliver, 16

Brahaney, Bridget, Mrs., 10

Brahaney, John, 10

Brahany, Peter, 10

Briggs, E. L., 10, 16

Briggs, W. A., 10

British Government, 5

British invasion of Peekskill, NY, 5

Brock, John R., 10

Brome, Francis J., 10

Brooks, Jesse, 10

Brown, M., Rev., 9

Brown, William R., 16

Brownville Church, 1

Brundage, A. L., 10

Brundage, Alger P., 10

Brundage, Avril H., 10

Brundage, David M., 10

Brundage, Elizabeth, 4

Brundage, Hermon S., 10

Brundage, James, 10

Brundage, John, 10

Brundage, Wm. L., 8

Brush, John, Maj., 5

Buckeye, 11, 12, 16

Burt, Patrick, 10

Burton, Ambrose, 10

Burton, Edwin, 10

Burton, William, 16

Bushnall, Elijah P., 15

Bussey, L. L., 16

Butcher, 10, 11, 15

Butler, Abram, 16

Cabinet maker, 12, 13

Cabinet shop, 2

Cadien, Nicholas, 10

Cain, Patrick, 10

Callicoon, 1

Cancer doctor, 11

Carlile, David, 10

Carlile, Moses, 10

Carman, John C., 11

Carney, Edward, 11

Carney, Jeremiah, 11

Carney, Reuben D., 11

Carpenter, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16

Carriage shops, 2

Cattle broker, 11, 16

Chestnut Creek, 2, 3

Children, attending school, 2

Childs, Geo. Z., 11

Childs, John G., 5

Childs, Obediah, 5

Childs, Richard D., 4, 11

Church (unspecified denomination), 3

Church, first, 8

Cider mill, 15

Clark, Daniel, 11

Clark, Henry, 8

Clark, Nathan C., 11

Clark, Thomas, 11

Claryville, 3, 13

Claryville, population of, 3

Claryville, Ulster County, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16

Clearwater family, as early settlers, 3 

Clergyman, 10

Cline family, as early settlers, 3

Cline, Sylvester, 11

Clinton, Gov., 5

Clothier, 11

Cochran & Appley, 16

Coger, Wm. H., 11

Collector, 4, 10

Commissioner of Highways, 15

Connecticut, 3

Conoly, Patrick, 11

Constable, 4, 10, 11, 16

Cook, Bushnell & Reynolds, 3

Cooney, Edward, 11

Cooper, 11

Corgill, John, 11

Corgill, Joseph, 11

Corgill, Thomas, 11

Couchman, Miller, Rev., 1

Couchman, Milo, Rev., 1

Countryman, Frederick, 11

Countryman, Mathew, 11

Countryman, Peter Y., 11

Countryman, Wm. H., 4, 11

County, oldest resident of, 4

Cox, George, 11

Cross, Adam, 11

Cross, Benjamin, 11

Cross, David, 11

Cross, Ira, 11, 14

Cross, J. G., 11

Cross, Jacob, 11

Crum, Henry M., 11

Curey, Joseph H., 11

Curey, Richard, 11

Currey, A. B., 11

Currey, A. B. & G. F., 11

Currey, A. H., 2

Currey, A. H. & G. F., 11

Currey, G. F., 2, 11

Currey, John, 11

Currey, Rensselaer C., 11

Currey, Wm. D., 11

Currey's Tannery, 2

Curriers, 11

Curry, Betsey, 11

Curry, David, 11

Curry, Horace, 11

Curry, John W., 11

Curry, Mr., 4

Curry, Stephen, 3

Curtis, _____, 1

Dairying, 2

Dairyman, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16

Darrow, Christopher, 8

Davey, John, Rev., 8

Davis, Geo. R., 11

Dayton, Jesse T., 11

Dayton, Joseph H., 11

Dealer, 10

Dean, John D., 8

Dearstyne, Paul, 11

Dearstyne, Simon S., 11

DeBruce, 16

Decker Brothers, 11

Decker, Catharine, 11

Decker, Cornelius H., 11

Decker, Garner, 11

Decker, Gilbert, 11

Decker, James, 11

Decker, James H., 11

Decker, Josiah, 11

Decker, Matthew, 11

Denman Hill, 2

Denman, Aquilla, 11

Denman, Michael, 4, 11

Denning, 3

Deputy Sheriff, 4, 5

Depuy, Josiah, 8

Dewitt, Caleb C., 11

Dewitt, David, 11

Dewitt, Richard C., 11

Dewittsville, 3

Dewittville, 13

Dibbell, Daniel W., 11

Dice, Elizabeth, Mrs., 8

Dice, James, 4, 11

Dispossessed farmer, 4

Divine, George, 11

Divine, Horace, 11

Divine, Samuel, 11

Dixon, Henry H., 11

Dixon, John, 11

Donaldson, Calvin L., 11

Donaldson, Cornelius, 11

Donaldson, George R., 11

Donaldson, John, 11

Donaldson, Lewis B., 11

Donivan, Edward, 11

Dowling, Philip, 11

Downs, Abel, 8

Dressmaker, 14

Drew, Cornelius, 11

Dubois, C. B., 11

Dubois, John W., 11

Dudley, Aaron, 11

Dunham, Henry, 11

Dunivan, Edward, 11

Dunnivan, Nelson, 11

Dutchess County, NY, 4

Dwellings, 2, 3

Eager, 6

Eager's Orange County cited, 5

Eckert, Augustus O., 11

Edwards, Benajah, 12

Edwards, Seymour, 12

Elgin, 12

Ellenville, NY, 1, 13, 15

Ellsworth, Wm. H., 16

Emmett, Robert, 12

English ancestry, 4

Episcopal Church, 4

Erath, Florian, 12

Eureka, 3, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16

Eureka Hotel, 14

Eureka Post Office, 3

Evans, Cornelius B., 12

Evans, Eli, 12

Evans, Sarah Ann, 12

Everitt, Harvey, 12

Everitt, Higby, 12

Everitt, John H., 12

Everitt, Nehemiah, 12

Everitt, Wm., 12

Everts, John, 12

Fallsburgh, 1, 3

Fallsburgh, Town of, 4

Farmer, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16

Fecundity, 8

Fee simple, 2

Ferris, Ira, 1

Fowler, Miss, 5

Fravis, Thomas, 12

Frear, J. M., 12

Fremont, 1

French's State Gazetteer cited, 2

Friends Monthly Meeting, 15

Friends' Society, 8

Friends, Society of, 2

Frost, George S., 12

Fuller, J. C., 12

Funerals, 13

Furman, Catharine, 12

Furman, Isaiah, 12

Furniture, 13

Gale, Jeremiah, 8

Gallows, 6

Gellett, Geo. B., 12

General merchandise, 10

Gillett, Benjamin, 3, 12

Gillett, Chester, 12

Gillett, David M., 12

Gillett, Horace, 8

Gillett, J. F., 12

Gillett, Jared A., 12

Gillett, Wm. C., 12, 15

Glasbrenner Hall, 13

Glasbrenner, Christopher, 13

Glassbrenner, Christopher, 12

Gockle, Ross, 12

Gold, 12

Gold chains, 16

Gorton, Betsy, 4

Gorton, James, 12

Gorton, John T., 12

Gorton, Lucy, 4

Gorton, William, 4, 12

Gorton, Wm., 4

Gorton, Wonton, 4, 12

Goshen, NY, 5

Graham, Lieut., 2

Grahamsville, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

Grahamsville Daily Stage, 13

Grahamsville Reformed Church, 15

Grant, G. C., 12

Grant, Randal, 12

Grant, Rebecca, 8

Grant, Robert P., 12

Grant, William, 12

Greenwich St., New York City, 11

Greenwich Street, New York City, 12, 16

Gregory, Thos. B., Rev., 8

Grist mill, 2, 3, 11, 12, 14, 15

Grist mill, first, 8

Grist mills, 2

Grocer, 10, 12, 14

Grocery, 11

Groo, D. C., 12

Groo, Edward, 12

Groo, Emily, 12

Groo, H. H., 12

Groo, Isaac, 8

Groo, J. J., 12

Groo, S. S., 12

Hadden, James, 12

Hadden, Thomas, 12

Hall, Alvin, 12

Hall, Charles, 12

Hall, Charles H., 12

Hall, Chauncey D., 12

Hall, David, 12

Hall, G. P., 12

Hall, Isaiah, 12

Hall, J.  C. & Co., 12

Hall, J. C., & Co., 12

Hall, James, 12

Hall, John, 3, 12

Hall, John Jr., 4

Hall, Joseph, 12

Hall, Joseph S., 12

Hall, Levi S., 12

Hall, Mott, 12

Hall, Nancy, 8

Hall, Peter C., 4

Hall, Sally, 3

Hamilton, Jonathan, 12

Hanly, Patrick, 12

Hanofee, James, 12

Hansee, John, 12

Hardenburgh, _____, 4

Hardenburgh, murder of, 4

Hare, _____, 12

Harness manufacturer, 12

Harness shops, 2

Hasbrouck, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15

Hawley, Esther, 12

Highways, Commissioner of, 15

Hinkley, David, 12

Hodge, Asa, 12

Hodge, John, 8

Hog Rock, 3

Homowack, 1

Hoons, Samuel, 12

Hoops, 10

Hornbeck family, as early settlers, 3

Hornbeck, Abram, 12

Hornbeck, Abram G., 12

Hornbeck, Gideon, 12

Hornbeck, Horace G., 12

Hornbeck, Jacob H., 12

Hornbeck, James, 12

Hornbeck, Joseph, 12

Hornbeck, Peter, 12

Hornbeck, Philander, 12

Hornbeck, Thaddeus J., 12

Hotchkin, Francis, 12

Hotchkin, Nathan G., 12

Hotchkin, Wm. M., 12

Hotchkins, Norman, 12

Hotel, 2

Hotel keeper, 12, 14

House carpenter, 15

Housman, Charles J., 12

Hudson River, 2, 5

Hughson, Andrew, 12

Hughson, Nancy, 12

Hunter, landlord named, 4

Indian title, 3

Indians, 2

Ingraham, Albert, 12

Ingraham, Manasseh, 12

Insurance agent, 15

Irwin, Moses, 12

J. C. Hall & Co., 12

Jeweler, 15

Jewelry store, 2

Jobber, 10, 15, 16

John Reynolds' Tannery, 2

Johnson, Chas., 12

Joiner, 16

Justice of the Peace, 12, 16

Kelley, Benjamin, 6

Kile, Uriah A., 12

Knight, Burgoyne, 14

Kortright, Cornelius, 14

Krom, Conrad, 14

Krum, John C., 14

L. B. Babcock & Co., 16

La Moree, G. S., 14

La Moree, H., 14

La Moree, James L., 14

Laborer, 12, 16

Lackawack Creek, 2, 3

Lambert, Francis, 14

Lambert, George, 14

Lament, Wilbur, 14

Lamoree, Morgan, 14

Lamphire, William, 14

Landholder, 11

Larabee, Eleazer, 3, 8

Larcom, Thomas, 14

Larcom, Thomas G., 14

Lawrence, Annette M., 14

Lawrence, Margaret, 14

Lawwrence, Hiram, 14

Lecturers, 13

Lerow, Peter W., 14

Leroy Hotel and Store, 14

Leroy, Abram T. D., 14

Leroy, David, 14

Leroy, H. M., 14

Lewis, Joseph, 14

Liberty, 1, 3

Litchfield, CT, 3

Livingston, Chancellor, 4, 8

Lloyd, James, 14

Lloyd, Mary, 14

Long Island, NY, 5

Low, A. B., 14

Low, Andrew, 14

Low, Charles, 14

Low, Cornelius, 14

Low, David, 14

Low, Henry, 14

Low, John H., 14

Low, Peter V., 14

Low, W. H., 14

Lowe family, as early settlers, 3

Lows Corner Baptist Church, 9

Lows Corners, 9

Low's Corners, 3

Lows Corners Baptist Church, 15

Lumber, 10

Lumbering, 2

Lumberman, 11, 12, 16

Lumbermen, 12

M. Decker & Co., 11

M. E. Church, 1, 2, 8, 16

Mail carrier, 10

Manufacturer, 10

Many, D. B., 14

Mason, 11, 15

McConnell, Mary, 14

McCunn, Felix, 14

McGuire, John, 14

Mechanic, 10, 11, 12, 14

Merchant, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15

Merchant tailor, 16

Methodist Church, 8

Metzler, Joseph, 14

Mill, nearest, 3

Miller, 10, 11, 14

Miller, A. T., 14

Miller, James, 14

Miller, Nelson, 14

Milliner, 10, 15

Millwright, 10, 11, 14, 15

Minute Men, 5

Monian, James, 14

Monroe, NY, 6

Montayne, Benjamin, Elder, 1

Monticello, 5

Monticello, NY, 11

Moore, Abram, 14

Moore, Andrew, 4, 14

Moore, Augustus, 14

Moore, Benjamin, 4

Moore, Comfort, 4

Moore, Divine, 14

Moore, Elizabeth, 4

Moore, Joseph L., 14

Moore, Leonard P., 14

Moore, Mary Ann, 4

Moore, Phebe, 4

Moore, Seaman, 4, 14

Moore, Wm. A., 4, 8, 14

Moore, Wm. W., 4

Morgan, Henry B., 14

Mormons, 8

Morrison, William, 14

Mugan, Daniel, Rev., 1

Mullen, James, 14

Mullen, John, 14

Mullen, Stephen, 14

Murdock, James, 16

Mutton Hill, 3, 5

Napanoch, Ulster County, NY, 5

Nauvoo, 8

Neversink, 1, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16

Neversink Flats, 2, 4, 8, 11, 14

Neversink Hotel, 11, 14

Neversink Post Office, 2

Neversink River, 2, 3, 8

Neversink, matrons of, 8

New Vernon, 1

New Vernon Old School Baptist Church, 1

New York, NY, 11, 12, 16

Newburgh, NY, 4

Nichols, Rev., 8

Notary Public, 11

Old School Baptist Church, 1

Orange County, NY, 1, 5

Original Act, 1

Osterhoudt, J., 14

Osterhout, Abram, 14

Osterhout, Cornelius, 14

Osterhout, John, 14

Overbaugh, Solomon, 14

Overbaugh, V. K., 14

Overseer of the Poor, 16

Painter, 16

Palen, A., 8

Palen, Stickle & Co., 14, 15

Palmit