| EARLIEST LAND CONTRACTS OLD TOWN OF WOLCOTT 1808 - 1813 |
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The listings below are of men who purchased land in what
was the "Old Town of Wolcott". Dollar amounts are cost per acre. Further information about where the original
lots were, or existence of deeds, should be asked of the Wayne County Courthouse in Lyons, N.Y. or the Office of the County Historian (historian's website on
our links page).
Source: "Grips" Historical Souvenir of Wolcott, E.L. Welch, 109 Corning Avenue, Syracuse, N.Y.,
published 1905, Pages 23 - 24
| 1808 | ||
| June 16 - Abram Bunce | Lot 57 | 100 acres |
| June 16 - Robert Vantassel | Lot 54 | 144 1/2 acres |
| June 21 - Alpheus Harmon | Lots 169 and 170 | 113 and 114 acres respectively |
| June 22 - Silas Munsell | Lot 65 | 180 3/4 acres |
| Sept. 30 - Aaron Hoppin | Lot 55 | 165 1/2 acres |
| Sept. 30 - Eliah Abbott | Lot 376 | 59 1/2 acres |
| Nov. 26 - Glazier Wheeler | Lot 52 | 152 1/2 acres |
| Consideration in each of above cases was $3.50 an acre. | ||
| 1809 | ||
| July 1 - Obadiah Adams | Lot 19 | 106 acres; price $3.50 |
| Aug. 8 - Thomas and Elijah Hancock | Lot 104 | 50 acres; $3.75 |
| Aug. 9 - Wm. P. Newell | Lot 144 | 85 acres; $4 |
| Aug. 12 - Lucius Hibbard | Lot 104 | 47 3/10 acres; $3.62 |
| Aug. 13 - Levi Wheeler | Lot 45 | 113 1/2 acres |
| Sept. 15 - Roger Sheldon | Lot 22 | 106 acres; $3.62 |
| Sept. 26 - Wareham Sheldon | Lots 24 and 25 | 142 4/10 acres; $3.62 |
| Oct. 14 - James Alexander | Lot 411 | 70 acres; $3.50 |
| Oct. 21 - Prentice Palmer | Lot 62 | 156 1/2 acres; $4 |
| Oct. 23 - Thaddeus Collins | Lot 141 | 99 acres; $3.50 |
| 1810 | ||
| Feb. 18 - Jacob and Eli Ward | Lot 122 | 100 1/4 acres; $3.50 |
| July 26 - Eliah Abbott | Lot 43 | 87 acres; $3.50 |
| Dec. 25 - Milton Fuller | Lot 182 | 98 1/2 acres; $4 |
| 1811 | ||
| Jan. 11 - Pender Marsh | Lot 205 | 50 acres; $4 |
| Jan. 30 - Ephapras Wolcott | Lot 160 | 100 8/10 acres; $4 |
| March 1 - Stephen and Sylvanus Joiner | Lot 344 | 105 acres; $4 |
| April 1 - Seth Shepherd | Lot 197 | 40 acres; $4 |
| April 3 - Daniel Lounsbury | Lot 206 | 106 6/10 acres; $4 |
| April 3 - Jonathan Wilson | Lot 140, south half | 50 acres; $4 |
| April 16 - John Wade | Lot 140 | 100 1/7 acres; $4 |
| May 26 - Eliakim Tupper | Lot 53 | 20 acres; $4.13 |
| May 28 - Jacob Watson | Lot 56 | 94 acres; $4.13 |
| June 1 - Zenas Wheeler | Lot 44 | 100 acres; $4 |
| July 20 - Giles Fitch | Lot 352, north side | 96 3/10 acres; $4.24 |
| July 30 - Thaddeus Fitch | Lot 352, south side | 96 3/10 acres; $4.21 |
| Aug. 9 - Elihu Spencer | Lot 71 | 156 4/10 acres; $4.21 |
| Aug. 17 - Nathaniel Graves | Lot 88 | 188 acres; $4 |
| Sept. 4 - Ira Smith | Lot 42 | 59 3/4 acres; $4.50 |
| Nov. 5 - Zenas Hyde | Lot 26 | 8 1/2 acres; $4.06 |
| Nov. 11 - Asa and Silas town | Lots 212 and 213 | 150 acres; $4 |
| Nov. 23 - John R. Laraway | Lot 343 | 70 acres; $4 |
| Dec. 2 - Nathan Parker | Lot 98 | 114 3/4 acres; $4.12 |
| Dec. 2 - Sheldon and O. Seymour | Lot 70 | 100 acres; $4.25 |
| 1812 | ||
| April 8 - John Burns | Lot 153 | 108 6/10 acres; $4.25 |
| April 14 - Stephen Betts | Lot 360 | 100 acres; $4.25 |
| April 22 - Abram Palmer | Lot 140 | 102 acres; $4 |
| May 4 - Thomas Avery | Lot 154 | 103 acres; $4.25 |
| June 12 - Lorin Doolittle | Lot 40 | 65 5/10 acres; $4.50 |
| June 24 - Thomas Hale | Lots 312 and 304 | 200 acres; $4 |
| June 25 - Demarkus Holmes | Lot 187 | 101 3/10 acres; $4.32 |
| Oct. 2 - Noadiah Gillett | Lot 132 | 101 acres; $4 |
| Oct. 12 - James Phillips | Lot 92 | 99 acres; $4.50 |
| Nov. 13 - Eli Wheeler | Lot 188 | 99 7/10 acres; $4 |
| Nov. 14 - Jacob Ward | Lot 140 | 50 acres; $4.25 |
| Nov. 14 - John Southwick | Lot 191 | 96 1/2 acres; $4 |
| Nov. 18 - Elijah Howe | Lot 167 | 50 acres; $4 |
| Dec. 29 - Jonathan Wilson | Lot 161 | 31 acres; $4.25 |
| Dec, 30 - Jarvis Mudge | Lot 74 | 55 acres; $3.50 |
| 1813 | ||
| March 10 - Asahel Gillett | Lot 75 | 50 acres; $4.25 |
| April 27 - Ezra Knapp | Lot 75 | 59 7/10 acres; $4.75 |
| May 21 - Elisha Plank | Lots 385, 383 and 381 | 467 1/4 acres; $4.25 |
| May 30 - Wm. Tindall (colored man) | Lot 291 | 66 acres; $4 |
| June 26 - C. Avery and C. Andrews | Lots 95 and 77 | 207 2/10 acres; $4.38 |
| July 1 - Joseph B. Grandy | Lot 201 | 101 4/10 acres; $4 |
| July 1 - Simeon Van Auken | Lot 126 | 35 acres |
| July 6 - Robert Mason | Lots 136 and 106 | 215 acres; $4 |
| July 9 - Christopher Martin | Lot 208 | 100 6/10 acres |
| Aug. 17 - Asa Whitmore | Lot 208 | 100 6/10 acres |
| Aug. 26 - Thomas Hall | Lot 304 | 25 acres; $4.28 |
| Sept. 11 - Samuel Haskell | Lot 163 | 102 acres; $4.90 |
| Oct. 15 - Charles Sweet | Lot 344 | 50 acres; $4 |