History of Ontario County, New York
Contributions owned by Dianne Thomas
1878 Ontario Co. History Index Page
Published by Everts, Ensign & Everts
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 7 - 19 Chapter 1 - 5
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 20 - 23 Chapter 6 - 7
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 24 - 31 Chapter 8 - 10
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 31 - 36 Chapter 11 - 13
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 37 - 43 Chapter 14 - 15
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 43 - 45 Chapter 16
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 45 - 47 Chapter 17
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 47 - 54 Chapter 18 - 20
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 54 - 60 Chapter 21 - 24
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 60 - 63 Chapter 25
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 63 - 66 Chapter 26 Churches
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 66 - 68 Chapter 27
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 68 - 76 Chapter 28
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 76 - 82 Chapter 29
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 82 - 100 Chapter 30 Civil War
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 101 - 110 Village of Canandaigua
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 110 - 113 & 119 Canandaigua Churches
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 114 - 120 Town of Canandaigua
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 121 - 124 Canandaigua in Civil War
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 125 - 126 Canandaigua Sketches (see alpha Biographies)
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 127 - 132 & 137 Geneva Village
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 132 - 136 Geneva Churches
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 138 - 139 Town of Geneva
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 139 - 144 Geneva & Seneca in Civil War
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 145 - 147 Town of Seneca
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 148 - 149 Seneca Churches
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 150 -151 Seneca Sketches (see alpha Biographies)
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 152 - 154 Town of Gorham
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 155 - 156 Gorham Village
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 156 - 158 Gorham - Civil War
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 159 - 160 Town of Hopewell
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 161 - 163 Hopewell - Civil War
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 164 - 165 Town of Phelps
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 165 - 168 Village of Phelps
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 168 - 170 Phelps Churches
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 170 - 175 Phelps - Civil War
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 176 - 181 Town of Manchester
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 179 - 180 Village of Shortsville
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 180 Village of Clifton Springs
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 181 - 182 Manchester Churches
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 182 - 187 Manchester - Civil War
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 189 - 194 Town of Farmington
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 194 - 195 Farmington Churches
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 195 - 196 Farmington - Civil War
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 197 - 202 Town of Victor
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 202 - 204 Victor Churches
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 204 - 205 Victor - Civil War
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 206 - 211 Town of East Bloomfield
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 211 - 212 East Bloomfield Churches
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 212 - 214 East Bloomfield - Civil War
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 216 - 219 Town of West Bloomfield
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 220 - 221 West Bloomfield Churches
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 221 - 224 West Bloomfield - Civil War
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 225 - 231 Town of Richmond
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 231 - 232 Richmond Churches
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 232 - 234 Richmond - Civil War
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 235 - 237 Richmond Sketches - (See Biographies)
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 238 - 241 Town of Bristol
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 241 - 243 Bristol Churches
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 243 - 246 Bristol - Civil War
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 247 - 250 Town of South Bristol
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 250 - 251 South Bristol Churches
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 251 South Bristol - Civil War
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 253 - 258 Town of Canadice
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 258 - 259 Canadice Churches
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 259 - 260 Canadice - Civil War
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 261 - 264 Town of Naples
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 264 - 265 Naples Churches
1878 History of Ontario Co. pg 266 - 269 Naples - Civil War
Tables of Patrons of Ontario County by Town or Village Pg 270 - 276
1893 History of Ontario Co., NY Index
Edited by George S. Conover, Complied by Lewis C. Aldrich, Published by D. Mason & Co., Syracuse, NY
Part 1
History of Ontario Co., pub 1893 pg 17 - 23 European Discoveries
History of Ontario Co., pub 1893 pg 23 - 35 First Occupants
History of Ontario Co., pub 1893 pg 35 - 42 Seneca Indians
History of Ontario Co., pub 1893 pg 42 - 50 Seneca Indians, English Colonists
History of Ontario Co., pub 1893 pg 50 - 58 French & English Rivalry
History of Ontario Co., pub 1893 pg 59 - 74 Pontiac's War
History of Ontario Co., pub 1893 pg 74 - 85 The Six Nations at close of Revolution
History of Ontario Co., pub 1893 pg 85 - 102 The Phelps & Gorham Purchase
History of Ontario Co., pub 1893 pg 102 - 106 Settlement of Society of the Friends
History of Ontario Co., pub 1893 pg 107 - 120 NY state - County Organization
History of Ontario Co., pub 1893 pg 121 - 136 Early Settlement in Ontario County
History of Ontario Co., pub 1893 pg 136 - 154 Ontario Co. in the Rebellion
History of Ontario Co., pub 1893 pg 154 - 179 Bench & Bar of Ontario Co.
History of Ontario Co., pub 1893 pg 179 - 198 Medical Profession (bottom half of page)
History of Ontario Co., pub 1893 Chapter XV History of Town of Canandaigua pg 198 - 215
History of Ontario Co., pub 1893 Chapter XV History of Village of Canandaigua pg 215 - 225
History of Ontario Co., pub 1893 Chapter XV Canandaigua Education pg 225 - 229
History of Ontario Co., pub 1893 Chapter XV Canandaigua Churches pg 229 - 235
History of Ontario Co., pub 1893 Chapter XV Canandaigua Asylums pg 235 - 238 (bottom half of page)
History of Ontario Co., pub 1893 Chapter XV Canandaigua Organizations pg 238 - 240 (bottom half of page)
History of Ontario Co., pub 1893 Chapter XV Canandaigua Banking & Businesses pg 240 - 253
History of Ontario Co., pub 1893 Chapter XVI Town & Village of GENEVA pg 253 - 328 Ray's Link
History of Ontario Co., pub 1893 Chapter XVII Town & Village of MANCHESTER pg 328 - 349 Ray's Link
History of Ontario Co., pub 1893 Chapter XVIII Town & Village of PHELPS pg 349 - 365 Ray's Link
History of Ontario Co., pub 1893 Chapter XIX Town & Village of VICTOR pg 365 - 377 Ray's Link
History of Ontario Co., pub 1893 Chapter XX Town & Village of NAPLES pg 377 - 387 Ray's Link
History of Ontario Co., pub 1893 Chapter XXI Town & Village of FARMINGTON pg 387 - 394 Ray's Link
History of Ontario Co., pub 1893 Chapter XXII Town & Village of GORHAM pg 395 - 402 Ray's Link
History of Ontario Co., pub 1893 Chapter XXVI Town & Village of SENECA pg 412 - 421 Ray's Link
History of Ontario Co., pub 1893 Chapter XXV Town & Village of HOPEWELL pg 421 - 430 Ray's Link
History of Ontario Co., pub 1893 Chapter XXVI Town & Village of BRISTOL pg 430 - 438 Ray's Link *
*[Error, Bristol was named from Bristol Co., MA, not Bristol, Conn. as written in this History book, per Helen Fox, Bristol NY Historian]
History of Ontario Co., pub 1893 Chapter XXIX Town & Village of RICHMOND pg 451 - 457 Ray's Link
History of Ontario Co., pub 1893 Chapter XXX Town & Village of CANADICE pg 457 - 464 Ray's Link
History of Ontario Co., pub 1893 Chapter XXX Biographies pg 464 - 518
Part 2
History of Ontario Co., pub 1893 Family Sketches pg 3 - 378
1911 History of Ontario Co., NY & Its People Volume 1
By Charles F. Milliken, Published by Lewis Historical Publishing Co., NY
Indian Occupancy Pg. 1 - 11
Coming of the White Man Pg. 12 - 20
The First Settlement Pg. 21 - 35
"The Mother of Counties" Pg. 36 - 50
The County Buildings Pg. 51- 61
Ontario's First Half Century Pg. 62 - 69
Political Crises Pg. 70 - 78
Rise of Anti-Slavery Feeling Pg. 79 - 86
Political Revolution at Hand Pg. 87 - 96
Myron H. Clark Elected Governor Pg. 97 - 107
The First Free Soil Conventions Pg. 108 - 117
Ontario in the 1856 Campaign Pg. 118 - 124
The New Political Leaders Pg. 125 - 134
The Lincoln - Hamlin Campaign Pg. 135 - 141
Old Ontario in War Time Pg. 142 - 148
The County in the Civil War Pg. 149 - 157
Victory Crowns the Struggle Pg. 158 - 164
The Last Half Century Pg. 165 - 177
The Ontario County Courts Pg. 178 - 204
The Medical Profession Pg. 205 - 220
The County Agricultural Society. Pg. 221 - 228
The Town of Bristol 1911 Pg. 229 - 242
The Town of Canadice 1911 Pg. 243 - 253
The Town of Canandaigua 1911 Pg. 254 - 265
The Village of Canandaigua 1911 Pg. 266 - 309
The Town of East Bloomfield 1911 Pg. 310 - 320
The Town of Farmington 1911 Pg. 321 - 327
The Town of Geneva 1911 Pg. 328 - 330
The Village & City of Geneva 1911 Pg. 331 - 338
Misc. Geneva History 1911 Pg. 339 - 379
The Town of Gorham 1911 Pg. 380 - 393 incomplete
The Town of Hopewell 1911 Pg. 394 - 405 incomplete
The Town of Manchester 1911 Pg. 406 - 418
The Village of Clifton Springs 1911 Pg 419 - 424
The Town of Naples 1911 Pg. 425 - 440
The Town of Phelps 1911 Pg. 441 - 449
The Town of Richmond 1911 Pg. 450 - 463
The Town of Seneca 1911 Pg. 464 - 472
The Town of South Bristol 1911 Pg. 473 - 483
The Town of Victor 1911 Pg. 484 - 498
The Town of West Bloomfield 1911 Pg. 499 - 505
1911 History of Ontario Co., NY & Its People Volume 2
Published by Lewis Historical Publishing Co., NY
See BIOGRAPHY Section [listed alphabetically by Surnames]
1912 - A Century and A Quarter of Geneva History
by Joel H. Monroe
[In Progress]
Ontario County, NY
Historical Collections of the State of New York, Past and Present, John Barber, Clark Albien & Co, 1851
Ontario County was taken from Montgomery in 1789, and included all the land of which the
pre-emptive right had been ceded to the state of Massachusetts, which that state afterward
sold to Phelps and Gorham, and which afterward chiefly passed into the possession of the Holland
Land Company and the Pulteney estate. Ontario county then extended from the pre-emption line
a mile eastward of Geneva, so as to include within its limits all the territory within the hounds of
this state west of that line. This was commonly known as the “Genesee country,” although the title
was occasionally more extensively applied, and from it have been formed the counties of
Steuben, Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chatauque, Erie, Niagara, Genesee, Wyoming, Orleans,
Monroe, Livingston, Yates, Wayne, in part, leaving to a tract around the former chief town
(Canandaigua,) the name of Ontario.
In 1790, this extensive territory had only 1,075 inhabitants. The surface is agreeably diversified,
waving in gentle swells and valleys of ample area, with tracts of campaign, and in the southern
part more or less hilly. The soil partakes of a considerable variety, but a warm and rich mould
forms the greater proportion, while along the borders of Lake Ontario there are tracts of clayey
loam, with but a slight admixture of mould. The principal streams are Flint creek, Canandaigua
outlet, and Mud creek. The lakes are Canandaigua, Honeoye, Caneadea, and Hemlock.
Canandaigua lake is 14 miles long, and from one to two broad, and is elevated 670 feet above
the ocean. It is navigable throughout. Its inlet is a small stream of some 5 or 6 miles long. The
Honeoye, 12 miles west, extends about 5 miles, and is about a mile in breadth. The Caneadea,
2 miles W. of the Honeoye, is but 3 miles long: the Hemlock is 6 miles long, varying from
1 to 2 in breadth. The county has 15 towns.
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