Michigan historical collections. [Vol. 17]

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MEDINA TOWNSHIP. 513
northeast quarter of section two. Walworth, Foster and Knapp built
each a house during the first part of June and moved their families
here. Foster brought his " family as far as Bennett's when he came, and
Mrs. Foster must have the honor of being the first white woman i
town.
The house built by Foster stood near the northeast corner of section
three, where Mr. Manning nOW lives. Knapp's house stood a little
south of where Mr Allen's house now stands in the village of Medina;
and Walworth's house stood on a rise of ground about fifteen rods
southeast of the brickyard in Canandaigua. William Cavender settled
upon his farm in October, 1834, the Asa Die farm and the Daniel Die
farm in Canandaigua. October 5, Charles Prisby and Samuel Fincher
purchased the north one-half of the northwest quarter of section two,
and Presby built a house near the present residence of Phillip Rice in
this village, and in 1836 Pincher built a house near the present residence of Mr. Cleaves. Cook Hotchkiss left his family in Adrian, and
duringp the summer he built a house and about the first of January,
1835, moved his family here.
The Hotchkiss barn is where his son, Dea. Oliver Hotchkiss, now
lives. Horatio IN. Wilson built a logp house on section twenty-five in
Noveihber, 1834, and kept bachelor's hall during the winter of 1835.
These I believe, to be all the residents of Medina, on the first of January, 1835. Dennis Wakefield, Horace Garlick anad Benjamin Hornbeck
had purchased land in this town and perhaps had made some improvements upon their lands, but they lived at this time in the town of
Seneca, or in town eight south, rangre two east. Towns eight south,
one, two and three east, were then called Fairfield.
In the month of March, Samuel Gregg built a log house on Cayender's purchase, and moved his family here and commenced keeping
tavern, 1April 16. Gregg's house stood upon the site of the present
public house in the villagre of Canandaigua. This house was headquarters for land-lookers in -the north part of M edina, the south part of
Hudson and the town of Wright. F. H. Hagraman, Orrin and Calvin
Pixley, and Burnes Cavender were always ready to show these men
government land at two dollars per day. Simon D. Wilson was always
ready to show men good land if the men were of the righrt stamp. If
the men were Methodists he could always locate them near himu, but
if they were Presbyterians or Congregationalists he would go with them
over into the center of Medina; if they were Baptists he would send
them' to Hagaman, butif;t+hey were nn. noprofessonrsonf religion and