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EDITED BY H. P. SMITH

1885

CHAPTER XXIV. SECRET SOCIETIES.

The First Lodge of Free Masons in Warren County — Glens Falls Chapter — Warrensburgh Lodge — Odd Fellows — Horicon Lodge No. 305 — Horicon Lodge No. 349 — Riverside Encampment — Other Lodges.

WARREN county has been represented by the ancient and honorable Order of Free and Accepted Masons since early in the century, a Chapter having been formed in Glens Falls four years before Warren county was organized.

Since that date lodges have been instituted elsewhere in the county, the following account of which has been kindly furnished for this work by T.S. Ketchum, esq., of Glens Falls:

Glens Falls Chapter No. 55 Royal Arch Masons.

On the 29th of April, 1809, Ezra Ames, Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of the State of New York, granted a dispensation to John A. Ferris, Israel P. Baldwin and Hanmer Palmer to hold a Mark Lodge at Queensbury under the name of Felicity Mark Lodge.

This body kept its organization until February 6th, 1817, when the same Grand High Priest recommended to the Grand Chapter that a warrant be issued to Asahel Clark, Charles White and Warren F. Hitchcock to hold a chapter at Glens Falls under the name of Glens Falls Chapter No. 55.

This was done by the Grand Chapter on the same day, and the charter issued at that time now hangs in the rooms of the Chapter at Glens Falls.

The following list gives the names of the different ones who held the office of High Priest in the years indicated: 1819-20, Royal Leavens; 1821, Charles White; 1822, Asahel Clark; 1823-24, James White; 1825, James Hay; 1826-27, James White; 1828, Henry G. Brown; 1829, James White; from 1830 to 1854, no record whatever exists.

On the 2ist of March, 1855, John S. Ferry, Grand High Priest, granted a dispensation to A.C. Tiffany, Enoch Ellis and Samuel Ranger to re-organize the Chapter under the same name, and numbered 154.

1856, 1857, 1858, A.C. Tiffany; 1859, F.J.J. Kerney 1860, 1861, 1862, M.R. Peck; 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, G.T. Lewis; 1867, E.R. Lake; 1868, Jos. Mead; 1869, 1870, M.R. Peck; 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, J.S. Garrett; 1875 1876, T.S. Ketchum; 1877, W.H. Van Cott; 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, T.S. Ketchum; 1883-84, C.H. Hitchcock; 1885, W.S. Whitney.

On the 6th of February, 1861, Dr. M.R. Peck, then High Priest, secured the passage of a resolution in the Grand Chapter, changing the number from 154 to the original number 55.

In 1864 the Chapter was burned out in the great conflagration of May 31st, losing many valuable records and nearly all of its paraphernalia.

In 1874 the Chapter inaugurated a movement by which the different Masonic bodies secured the lease of the present Masonic Hall in Sherman building on Glen street, which is claimed to be one of the most convenient, pleasant and finely furnished lodge rooms in the State outside of the large cities.

This body has among its members some of the most prominent men in town and is in a flourishing condition.

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CHAPTER XXIV. SECRET SOCIETIES., continued ...

Warrensburgh Lodge.

This lodge, known as Warrensburgh Lodge No. 425, was instituted August 27th, 1857, with the following as charter members: Lewis Persons, Pelatiah Richards, Benjamin P. Burhans, Joseph Russell, Asa Crandall, M. Nelson Dickinson, John A. Russell, Hiram McNutt, J.G. McNutt.

The first officers of the lodge were as follows: Lewis Persons, W.M.; Hiram McNutt, S.W.; John A. Russell, J.W.; Asa Crandall, treasurer; Edgar W. Burhans, secretary; M.N. Dickinson, S.D.; Alfred Emerson, J.D.; C.R. Hawley, chaplain; J.C. Heath, tiler.

The officers for the year 1884-85 are as follows: John G. Smith, W.M.; Albert H. Thomas, S.W.; Lester C. Dickinson, J.W.; Alexander T. Pasko, treasurer; Thomas H. Crandall, secretary; Daniel B. Howard, S.D.; Louis Weinman, J.D.; Frederick Loveland, Thomas J. Smith, M. of C.; Miles Thomas, chaplain; F.O. Burhans, marshall; M.N. Dickinson, Miles Thomas, Louis Charette, trustees; M.N. Dickinson, N.J. Sharp, O.F. Hammond, standing committee; Eleazer Herrick, organist; Alexander Smith, tiler.

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CHAPTER XXIV. SECRET SOCIETIES., continued ...

ODD FELLOWS.

The first lodge of Odd Fellows in Warren county was Horicon Lodge No. 305, which was instituted July 20th, 1847, with George W. Vanderhuyden, E.C. Hall, Walter Geer, jr., Robert R. Tearse, William R. Locke, Albert Vermillia, A.W. Holden and Stewart Brown as members.

The lodge continued in successful working for nearly twenty years, but suspended during the late war.

The new Horicon Lodge No. 349 began work under dispensation February 19th, 1873, and its charter was granted on the 21st of August of the same year.

The charter members were Stephen Starbuck, M.M. Taft, C.C. La Point, Franklin Winship, Andrew Lennox, L.T. Bullard, Sanford Duel, and Seymour Hawks.

The first officers were as follows : Andrew Lennox, N.G.; C.C. La Point, V.G.; Seymour Hawks, secretary; M. Hughes, P.S.; Stephen Starbuck, treasurer.

The present officers of the lodge are as follows: Sanford Martindale, N.G.; Frederick Chambers, V.G.; George W. Capron, recording secretary; E.H. Gates, financial secretary; A. Bloats, warden; M.G. Crannell, conductor; John Hill, inside guardian; J.R. Kee, treasurer.

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CHAPTER XXIV. SECRET SOCIETIES., concluded ...

Riverside Encampment No. 62.

This encampment was originally located at Sandy Hill, but in 1874 steps were taken looking to its removal to Glens Falls.

This measure was finally accomplished and the first meeting here was held November 8th, 1875.

Since that date the encampment has continued in a flourishing condition.

Following are the present officers: J.P. Wilcox, chief patriarch; M.J. Crannell, senior warden; E.H. Gates, junior warden; Willard Monroe, high priest; Frederick Chambers, scribe; N.L. Nelson, treasurer; R. Hopkins, inside sentinel.

Lodges have been instituted within the past two years in Warrensburgh and Chester which are in a flourishing condition.

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CHAPTER XXV. HISTORY OF THE PATENT AND TOWN OF QUEENSBURY.

WITH the Stirring events of a military character which were enacted within and near to the boundaries of the present town of Queensbury down to the close of the Revolutionary War, we have endeavored to make the reader familiar in preceding chapters of this work.

Previous to that memorable, struggle for liberty, settlement had progressed on the original Queensbury patent to the proportions of a considerable community; but its peaceful thrift and progress were disturbed and interrupted by the Revolution, and most of the settlers were prompted by prudence to desert the homes they had reared, or were driven forth by war's stern necessities.

When they, or their successors, returned at the end of the conflict, they found little but general desolation and the partial re-establishment of Nature's supremacy over the soil; but the arts of peace were resumed and prosecuted with vigor by the pioneers, and ere many years had passed the foundations of the present prosperous and intelligent communities were broadly and deeply laid.

It remains for us to note the progress of those early settlements, the public civil acts of the inhabitants, and the later growth of the town and its institutions.

Immediately following the granting of the Queensbury patent, its survey and partition among the proprietors early in the year 1763 (as detailed in previous pages), the infant settlement was begun. 1

Abraham Wing and Ichabod Merritt came in from Duchess county in the summer of the year named and made an opening in the wilderness.

The first building erected was a log dwelling, which stood on the Sandy Hill road near the site of the residence occupied in late years by Charles Parsons.

Here Abraham Wing and his family lived for a time.

Mr. Merritt and his family, it is believed, temporarily occupied the block-house in the neighborhood of Charles Green's steam sawmill.

The second house was built in 1764 by Abraham Wing, who gave up the first dwelling to his son; this was also a log structure and stood a few rods in rear of the site of the old McDonald mansion, now owned by Gurdon Conkling.

The third building was a log house erected by Abraham Wing, jr., and stood on the site of Kenworthy's crockery and variety store.

The valuable water power in this vicinity very naturally attracted the early attention of the pioneers and steps were taken in 1764 to improve it.

On the 9th day of July in that year an agreement was entered into between Moses Clement and Moses Phillips, by which the latter agreed to build a mill for Clement, working for "7s. per day, Jos. Taylor, his journeyman at 5s. and John his prentice at 2s. per Day."

In the final account rendered Mr. Clement was credited by Phillips with "£g. 12. o. for Boarding, Drinking, Washing and Lodging," with other items.

A dispute arose over the contract and suit was brought (probably in Albany) to recover payment for building the mill; this occurred in March or April, 1765.

The result of the action is not recorded, and it is of importance only that it was probably the first law-suit arising in the community.

The location of the mill can only be conjectured, but is supposed to have been near the mouth of Cold Brook, at the eastern boundary of the town, the power being supplied by a wing dam extending across the island near the left bank of the river.

1 It is stated on tradition, that at the time of the division and drawing of the town lots, one John Buck drew a lot now partly embraced within the limits of the corporation of Glens Falls, and when the surveyor's bill was presented, being unable to meet his assessment, he sold or offered his interest for a peck of beans. — Holden's History of Queensbury.

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There must have been a saw-mill in operation here previous to the erection of the one just described.

Whether it was built by Mr. Wing alone, or in connection with his son-in-law, Nehemiah Merritt, or by the John Bracket alluded to, is not known.

The fact is amply substantiated, however, by the following document found by Dr. Holden among the Wing manuscripts:

"City and County OF Albany"

"The deposition of Simeon Chandler taken upon oath before me Patt Smyth Esq., one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace, for the county aforesaid etc."

"That in the year 1763, James Bradshaw did in my hearing, agree with Mr. Abraham Wing, and Mr. Nehemiah Merritt, for as many planks and boards as should be wanted for the work necessary to be done for the said mill in Kingsbury, in said year 1763, and on said Wing, and said Merritt departure from Queensbury, said Bradshaw did desire the above said Wing and Merritt would give orders that said Chandler should have what was then wanted for said work and said Wing and said Merritt did send a token to John Bracket to saw what planks were wanted for the work aforesaid."

"The above is a true copy of what was wrote by the hands of Simeon Chandler the 18th day of Dec, 1763."

"Patt Smyth, Justice."

In the year 1765 the interest of Nehemiah Merritt in a mill here was transferred by the document quoted below to Abraham Wing; this mill, it appears, was built by those two men and may be identical with the one above described.

Following is the assignment by Merritt:

"Know all men by these presents that I Nehemiah Merritt, of Beekman's precinct in Dutchess county, and province of New York, gentlemen, for and in consideration of the sum of five shillings current money of New York, to me in hand paid by Abraham Wing, of Beekman's precinct in Dutchess county and province of New York aforesaid, have and by these presents do for me and my heirs, remise, release, and forever quit claim unto him, the said Abraham Wing, his heirs and assigns in his peaceable and quiet possession, now being all that one full and equal half of all that saw-mill on the great fall in Queensbury township in Albany county and province of New York aforesaid which we the said Merritt and Wing in joint partnership built together, as likewise furnished said mill with utensils necessary, likewise the dwelling house standing a little northward about ten rods from said mill."

"Now therefore, what is herein contained and intended is that I the said Nehemiah Merritt for me, my heirs and assigns will and hereby do release and forever quit claim unto him the said Abraham Wing his heirs and assigns, the one full and equal half of all that mill, dwelling house and utensils belonging to said mill, and furthermore the one equal half of the water, and water course to said mill, as likewise the equal half of said mill-dam, raceway, logway, and all other privileges advantages and profits thereunto belonging, unto him the said Abraham Wing his heirs and assigns forever."

"In witness whereof, I the said Nehemiah Merritt to this my release have set my hand and seal this seventh day of the tenth month in the year of our Lord one thousand, seven hundred and sixty-five."

Nehemiah Merritt. [Seal.]

"Sealed and delivered in the presence of Benjn. Ferris junr."

"Reed Ferris."

This mill stood, according to Dr. Holden, near "the site of the old Spencer tavern, or Glen House, under the hill."

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CHAPTER XXV. HISTORY OF THE PATENT AND TOWN OF QUEENSBURY., continued ...

Early log dwellings other than those mentioned were built at various points, among them being one at the Butler Brook on the plank road; another on the brow of the hill near the present residence of Duncan McGregor, and still another near the residence of Henry Crandell.

It was about this period that the proprietors of Queensbury deeded to Abraham Wing a section of thirty acres of unappropriated land immediately at the falls, in consideration of his having been to the trouble and expense of building a saw-mill and grist-mill for the accommodation of the inhabitants.

The instrument by which this act was effected is as follows:

"To the honorable proprietors and owners of Queensbury township in Albany county, your humble petitioner showeth:"

"That Abraham Wing, late of Dutchess county, now resident of the above said township have at a great cost and charge built mills in and on a small tract of undivided land in the above said township to the great encouragement for settling ye above lands which is and must be an advantage to the owners."

"Wherefore in consideration for such cost and encouragement, I desire ye owners of said lands on which the mills stand will convey the same to me as is underwritten, etc."

"This indenture made this seventh day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty-six by and between we the subscribers of the one part, and Abraham Wing late of Dutchess county, now resident in Queensbury township, Albany county and province of New York of the other part witnesseth, that we the subscribers for divers good causes and considerations us hereunto moving, the receipt whereof we do hereby acknowledge, have granted, bargained, quitclaimed and confirmed, and by these presents do grant, bargain, quitclaim, alien, and confirm unto the said Abraham Wing his heirs and assigns forever, all the right, title, interest, claim and demand that we now have, ever had, or ought to have in that certain tract or parcel of undivided land in the township of Queensbury in Albany county and province above said situate lying on the Great falls by Hudson's river in the above township, bounded to the east by lands of Nathaniel Stevenson and William Haviland, to the north and west by lands of Abraham Wing, and to the south on Hudson's river, containing about thirty acres of land, be the same more or less; and also all trees, wood, underwood, water, water courses, profits, commodities, advantages, hereditaments whatsoever to the said messuage and undivided land above mentioned belonging or in anywise appertaining, and also the reversion and reversions of every part thereof, and also all our estate, right, title, interest, claim, and demand whatsoever to him the said Abraham Wing, his heirs and assigns forever, to have and to hold the above granted, bargained and quit-claimed premises above mentioned and every part thereof to the only proper use and behoof of the said Abraham Wing, his heirs and assigns forever."

"And we the subscribers for ourselves, our heirs and assigns will warrant and forever defend from any claiming from or under us by these presents."

"In witness whereof to these presents we have hereunto subscribed our names and affixed our seals the day and year above written."

"Benjamin Seelye, [l.s.]"

"John Akin, [l.s.]"

"Reed Ferriss, [l.s.]"

"Nathaniel Stevenson, [l.s.]"

"Jacob Haviland, [l.s.]"

"William Haviland, [l.s.]"

"Sealed and delivered in the presence of:"

"Reed Ferriss"

"Matthew Franklin"

"Gaius Talcott"

"Judah Handy"

"Jacob Hicks"

"Eliezer Herrick."

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These early mills were of the greatest importance to the settlers; they are the first necessity in all new communities.

They were far different from the mammoth establishments that now occupy the vicinity; but they sufficed to supply rough lumber from the magnificent pines which abounded in the immediate locality, and were the beginning of the subsequent great lumber interest in which the early inhabitants engaged and which added largely to the thrift of the town; while the grist-mills were a still greater accommodation in giving the families facilities for grinding their grains, which they otherwise would have had to transport long distances.

The need of transportation across the river was felt at an early day and a ferry was established about the period under consideration, which, according to Dr. Holden, extended "from the upper rollway across to the head of Water street descending to the river from the old Folsom house, on the south side of the falls."

"The old road followed the course of the ravine leading from the canal basin to Park street."

"This ferry was continued with little interruption up to the close of the century."

"The first ferry house was a log building on the south side of the river, and on its bank a few rods above the dam, and was occupied by one of the Parks family."

"The cellar is even now visible."

"The house was burnt during the Revolution."

"The second, which was in use subsequent to the Revolution, was built on this side the river near the rollway."

These various early improvements aroused the apprehensions of the Indians, particularly the Mohawks, who complained and protested to Sir William Johnson, then superintendent of Indian affairs for the northern department.

The Indians witnessed the encroachments and improvements of the whites with jealous eyes; but the wise jurisdiction of the superintendent and their confidence in him prevented any outbreak, and their claims were subsequently amicably adjusted.

The first white child born in the town was a son of Ichabod Merritt; this child became the grandfather of Isaac Mott, now living at Glens Falls and a prominent attorney of the county.

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CHAPTER XXV. HISTORY OF THE PATENT AND TOWN OF QUEENSBURY., continued ...

On Tuesday, the 6th day of May, 1766, the first town meeting was held in the town of Queensbury, when the following officers were chosen: Abraham Wing, moderator; Asaph Putnam, town clerk Abraham Wing, supervisor; Jeffrey Cowper, assessor; Ichabod Merritt, assessor; Asaph Putnam, constable; Ichabod Merritt, collector; Benajah Putnam, pathmaster; Truelove Butler, pound-keeper; Abraham Wing, overseer of the poor; Caleb Powell, overseer of the poor.

Here were eleven officers and only seven men to fill them; those seven without doubt, constituted the entire population eligible to office, and of the seven, only two were proprietors of land.

The modern scramble for political station was then unknown, and it was not much of a man who could not have two or three offices if he was ambitious in that direction.

It now becomes incumbent to mention with more or less detail some of the earliest settlers in the town, besides Abraham Wing, sen., and Jeffrey Cowper, who have been alluded to.

While the latter was, probably, the first man to locate permanently on the patent, it does not appear that he was a person of any considerable prominence in the community.

The three Merritt brothers, Nehemiah, Daniel and Ichabod, married the three eldest daughters of Abraham Wing, the pioneer.

The first two never removed to Queensbury, but Ichabod and his wife Sarah did, and his name appears above in the list of town officers for 1766.

The oldest son of Ichabod and the first white child born in the town, was named Joseph, who was born December 17th, 1766.

From Ichabod Merritt are descended the numerous families of Motts and Carys in this and the adjoining town of Moreau.

He held other offices in the town and is said to have erected the first frame-house in Queensbury; it was situated on one of the town plot sections near the Half-way Brook and was burned during Burgoyne's advance, together with the mills at the Falls and several other dwellings.

In the early part of the Revolutionary War the family returned to Duchess county, whence Joseph removed to the town of Moreau where he died in 1826.

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Daniel Jones was one of the earliest settlers of Queensbury and was a brother of David Jones, whose fame rests upon his having been the betrothed of the hapless Jane McCrea.

The family, consisting of the widow and six sons, settled in Kingsbury, having removed from Leamington, N.J.

After Daniel came to Queensbury he became one of the foremost in developing its water power and was interested in the first saw-mill and grist-mill built at Glens Falls; they were located just above the bridge.

He married Deborah Wing, sixth child of Abraham and Anstis (Wood) Wing.

He also bought the islands in the river of the Jessups of Luzerne, which he afterwards conveyed to Abraham Wing; one of them still bears the name of Wing's Island.

At the outbreak of the Revolution he adhered to the king and fled to Canada.

His lands here that had not been previously disposed of were confiscated and sold after the war.

At the time of Carleton's invasion in 1780, his house was burned by the invaders.

His wife died in Montreal March 28th, 1782, in child-bed, which fact he communicated to her father in a feeling letter.

After the war he settled in Brockville, Upper Canada, where he received a large grant of land in consideration of his losses here.

In latter years the heirs endeavored to recover the value of the lands from the State, but were unsuccessful.

Zachariah Butler was in Queensbury previous to the Revolution, and also adhered to the cause of the king.

He secreted his effects, burying some of them in the cellar, and fled to Canada.

His dwelling, on the Bay road, was burned by the invaders under Carleton, and Butler never returned.

It is believed that Butler Brook, a small affluent of Half-way Brook, and consisting of three small streams rising in the swamps west of the village, received its name from him.

It was at the northernmost of the three branches that Washington and his staff stopped to drink while on their way to Crown Point in 1783.

Jacob Hicks was a son-in-law of Abraham Wing, having married Content, the seventh child of Mr. Wing, when she was but fourteen years of age.

She was born the 11th of April, 1755.

His name frequently occurs among the Wing manuscripts of an early date.

In a statement of account dated Albany 22d May, 1773, rendered by James Dole, merchant, of that city, for £68, 16s. 8 3/4d., as quoted by Dr. Holden, the latter is credited by boards, plank, etc., and Daniel Jones's bond, together with cash nearly sufficient to cancel the same.

The conclusion reached by this is, that Hicks probably had the management of Jones and Wing's saw-mill at the falls.

Among the Wing papers is a receipt, dated 7th July, 1774, given by David Dickinson at Stillwater, for thirty-one shillings in full of all demands in favor of "John Hix, Deseest."

In another receipt given for payment of a bill of goods sold Jacob Hicks, 5th Aug., 1772, the paper bearing date 7th May, 1774, Benjn. Wing is named as executor.

These data leave the inference quite probable that Hicks died in the latter part of 1773, or the early part of 1774.

Two daughters, Sarah and Anstis, were the fruit of this marriage.

Both survived and both married and raised large families.

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