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future ferry owner,
Eliphalet Adams born at Cheshire, New Hampshire in 1775 and a relative of
American President John Quincy Adams, built up a thriving lumbering and
building business out of Picton and began buying land at Van Alstine's Mills.
Adams bought parcels of land between 1807 and 1814 from Loyalist pioneer
Matthew Steel, William Moore and David Rattan in lots 7 and 8 west of the ferry
landing and began to build a tavern and hotel on this property. This
building may be the present white house or former Stage and Ferry Hotel at the
lip of the hill before going down to the present ferry docks.
On January 20, 1812,
Eliphalet Adams petitioned the Court of the Quarter Sessions being held at
Adolphustown for a licence to operate a ferry from Marysburgh above Van
Alstine's Mills to Dorland's Point.[23] Adams was attempting to fill the void
of ferry service from Marysburgh with the abandonment of the enterprise by the
Van Alstine family.
David Rattan (Ruttan) is my 3rd great grandfather. I am enjoying your blog very much. Thanks!
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