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- The first of this family in Allegany was Joshua Vincent, who, in 1808,
brought his family from Petersburg in Rensselaer Co., and, as an early
settler. made a permanent home in Almond and Alfred among the Seventh
Day " people, in whose religious faith he joined. He had a taste for
mechanics and operated a carding mill a short distance below Baker's
Bridge." He had two sons, David and Joshua, of whom David came when
but a child from Petersburg to Almond alone on horseback. From
thenceforth he lived in Almond, was for years a confidential employee
of Hon. Clark Crandall. and died, when 68. on the farm his labor had
developed from the wild land that he located. His wife survived him
only from November to February. He married Freegift, daughter of
Christopher and Lois (Coon) Saunders. Their children were Christopher.
Amelia (Mrs. Russell Burdick), David. Lois, Abigail (Mrs. Tunis Van
Antwerp), Orrin, Eli (died from wounds received in the battle of
Gettysburg), Benjamin Morrill, Albert, John C., Joseph, Eleanor (Mrs.
Philetus Andrews), Nathan, Jane (Mrs. Alonzo Rogers), Mary (Mrs. Henry
Stillman), Susan (Mrs. John Cottrell).
(Allegany County and Its People: A Centennial Memorial HISTORY OF
ALLEGANY COUNTY,NY, John S. Minard; W.A.Fergusson & Co., Alfred,NY,
1896)
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