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Notes in pencil about William Bull, Sarah Wells and Christopher DenneEntry/Object ID
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William Bull, Sarah Wells, Chistopher DenneSubject
[Line 1] but followed immediately after
[Line 2] His house was built abt. 221
[Line 3] mi. east from where Goshen
[Line 4] now stands, with Bluebell [?]
[Line 5] Sarah Mills was 16 years old when
[Line 6] 1712 (undertook to build bridge near
[Line 7] Dublin—fell — both fell)
[Line 8] Mr. Bull, stone-cutter, came
[Line 9] over in 1716. Employed by Daniel
[Line 10] Cromline to build an inn at
[Line 11] Guymount.
[Line 12] Married Sarah Mills Aug
[Line 13] 25 or 26 — 1718 —
[Line 14] Built the Hamptonburgh House
[Line 15] in 1729 —
Christopher Denn of Staten Island - 1712 - no settlements in Orange Co. at that time except at New Windsor and a few scattered ones in the Minisink hills in the Minisink valley -
1703 a Frenchman [?] (Christopher Denn) in [?] with several other enterprising people got a grant of 150,000 acres abt. 1/3 of all Orange Co. which then included Rockland Co.
Queen Anne issued a patent of it which was known as Wawayanda Patent. C. Denn moved to N.Y.C. & opened an office in Whitehall St. for the sale of the land, but up to 1712 no
one had bought any & Denn was greatly in debt in 1712 and as an inducement to others resolved to come up & make the settlement himself. Sent his adopted daughter Sarah Wells up alone.Relationships
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