Smith's Clove, the present-day Village of Monroe, NY, is named for its first settler, David Smith. He came from Long Island, purchased two lots of the Cheesecock Patent, and developed a farm, orchards and a grist mill. He and his sons lived in peace for a short while before the outbreak of the American Revolution. As Loyalists, they were harried, their property was seized, David himself was incarcerated on a ship on the Hudson River. Members of his family were executed, and a few escaped to Canada. His farm became the Village of Monroe at its incorporation in 1894. Members of our community...
Smith's Clove, the present-day Village of Monroe, NY, is named for its first settler, David Smith. He came from Long Island, purchased two lots of the...
A brief history of the Clan MacRae, a list of spelling variants of the name MacRae, and approximately 18,000 US census records organized geographically in order to facilitate genealogical research for Scottish-Americans. Researched and compiled by Cornelia Wendell Bush, first Historian, Clan MacRae North America.
A brief history of the Clan MacRae, a list of spelling variants of the name MacRae, and approximately 18,000 US census records organized geographicall...
