Sylvester Satterlee
- Born: 16 Oct 1773, Thurman Twp., Washington County, NY
- Married (2): 1798
- Died: 14 Jun 1864, Nunda, Livingston County, NY
General Notes:
JOHNSON'S HISTORY of WHASINGTON CO., NEW YORK 1878--P. #291
"At a very early day there was a little settlement in the valley east of the residence of Mr. Horace Taber, about one and a half miles south of Greenwich, in Easton Township. There was a store said to be the first in town, a saw-mill, owned by Benjamin Prosser, and a wheelwright shop kept by Andrew Ferguson." Benjamin Prosser is buried in the cemetery on the Harrington farm, south of Greenwich. (See Vol. 48--P. #299, April-1917, of The New York Genealogical & Biographical Record.)
Sylvester Satterlee Jr. 1773-1864, inherited the Satterlee homestead from his father; however Horace Taber Sr, 1822-1918, probably took over the Satterlee farm from Sylvester Jr., Horace Taber's son, Charles Taber married Belle (Jordan), only lived on the farm for a year as her husband died 3 months after his father. Belle Taber's niece, Mrs. Louise (Taber) Snell, now occupies Belle's home, which was about 900 feet north of the old Satterlee place across the road just east of the barns are the ruins of the old Satterlee home.
There is a graveyard about one half mile west of Mrs. L. (Taber) Snell's home, which Anna Mae (Satterlee) Hartman & Grace (Satterlee) Pettes visited in 1947, near where they found the stones of the Satterlee buildings. This graveyard is on a discontinued road & the log Baptist Church was Elder N. Tanner's.
The New York Genealogical & Biographical Record--Volume 48--P. #300--April-1917, names the persons buried in this old graveyard, which is near Winter Burdick's, one mile south of Greenwich, adjoining site of the first log Church built in the area in 1783 by the Baptists. Winter Burdick's #1 wife was Elizabeth Satterlee, residence in Easton, Wash., Co., N.Y.
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10-Oct-1947
Dear Cousin Grace Pettes;
The ruins of the Satterlee buildings are east of the old Cambridge Road, running almost due north of the intersection east of the line of Easton Township. I think the Hessians came by that road. Anna Luce, you know, who married Ethan Grant (S) lived in Cambridge, or near there so I suppose they did their courting by going up and down that road. This Cambridge road is the old Indian trail called "Dionondohowa Trail", or Continental Road. If it was paved it may have a large curve in it.
Sincerely, Leroy David Satterlee
Sylvester married Penelope.
Sylvester also married Hepzibah Barton, daughter of Jonathon Barton and Hannah [Dix], in 1798. (Hepzibah Barton was born on 9 Nov 1784 in Wittingham, Windham, VT and died on 21 Nov 1863 in Nunda, Livingston County, NY.)
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