First Members of the Old Settlers' Society
Kent County, Michigan, 1859
Introduction and Original Society Members
INTRODUCTION
(Circular issued Feb. 18, 1858)
Desiring to perpetuate the early history of Kent county, and to continue good social feelings among the
remaining pioneers, we respectfully invite such of the present resident of the county as had settled in the
Territory of Michigan previous to Jan. 26, 1837 (being the date of admission as a State), to meet with us at
Messrs. Ball & McKee's office, Monday evening, the 22d inst., at seven o'clock PM, to form an Old Settler's
Society of the county. (1858)
(Signed)
Geo. Coggeshall
Geo. Martin
John Almy
J. W. Pierce
W. G. Henry
James Lyman
J. F. Godfroy
R. C. Luce
Robert Hilton
A. B. Turner
D. W. Evans
John Ball
Antoine Campau
M. Ringuette
John Ringuette
D. S. Leavitt
S. F. Perkins
Rix Robinson
Charles Shepard
C. H. Taylor
Nelson Robinson
S. L. Withey
The following are the names of the first members of the *Kent County Old Settlers' Society, with the date
of their immigration to Michigan Territory, as well as their settlement in Kent County.
(*Evidently the first version of the society was Old Settlers' Society and then it became Old Residents' Association.)
|
Last Name |
First Name |
Settled in Territory |
Settled in Kent County |
|
Abel |
Julius C. |
June 1835 |
June 1835 |
|
Allen |
H. H. |
1830 |
Mar. 1, 1838 |
|
Almy |
John |
July 6, 1834 |
July 1835 |
|
Ball |
John |
July 1836 |
Oct. 1836 |
|
Buell |
L. |
Nov. 1832 |
Oct. 1850 |
|
Burnett |
David |
Sept. 1836 |
Sept. 1836 |
|
Burton |
Barney |
June 1832 |
May 17, 1833 |
|
Campau |
Antoine |
Born at Detroit |
Sept. 1835 |
|
Caster |
C. H. |
1834 |
1857 |
|
Chubb |
J. F. |
May 1827 |
June 1833 |
|
Clancey |
John |
Aug. 1835 |
July 1845 |
|
Coggeshall |
Geo. |
May 1836 |
May 1836 |
|
Davidson |
Lewis C. |
Aug. 1835 |
Feb. 1840 |
|
Davis |
Ezekiel W. |
May 1834 |
May 1834 |
|
Eaton |
Harry |
Oct. 1836 |
Oct. 12, 1836 |
|
Evans |
Dan'l W. |
Oct. 1836 |
Oct. 1836 |
|
Fox |
John M. |
June 1836 |
Feb. 1837 |
|
Godfroy |
Wm. H. |
Born in the Territory |
Sept. 1835 |
|
Godfroy |
John F. |
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|
Granger |
Julius |
Jan. 1833 |
Apr. 1840 |
|
Haldane |
Wm. H. |
July 1836 |
July 1836 |
|
Harland |
Samuel |
July 8, 1836 |
July 18, 1836 |
|
Hilton |
Robert |
June 1831 |
July 1836 |
|
Hinsdell |
Hiram |
1833 |
Feb. 1834 |
|
Huiych |
W. F. |
Apr. 1825 |
Feb. 1845 |
|
Hyde |
Milton |
Aug. 1829 |
Jan. 1849 |
|
Jones |
Ira |
Oct. 1832 |
July 1833 |
|
Jones |
Cyrus |
July 1834 |
Aug. 28, 1834 |
|
Leavitt |
D. S. |
July 1835 |
July 1835 |
|
Luce |
R. C. |
Sept. 1833 |
Aug. 1841 |
|
Lyman |
James |
June 1835 |
June 1835 |
|
Lyon |
F. H. |
Oct. 1836 |
Apr. 1841 |
|
Martin |
Geo. |
Sept. 1836 |
Sept. 1836 |
|
Miller |
James |
May 1834 |
July 1844 |
|
Morrison |
Jefferson |
May 1832 |
May 1835 |
|
Nelson |
E. T. |
Oct. 1836 |
Oct. 1836 |
|
Page |
Loren M. |
Sept. 1836 |
Sept. 1836 |
|
Page |
Abel T. |
1835 |
1836 |
|
Perkins |
Sam'l F. |
May 1835 |
Sept. 1836 |
|
Pierce |
J. W. |
May 1836 |
Sept. 5, 1836 |
|
Pierce |
P. R. L. |
Jan. 1836 |
July 1839 |
|
Pierce |
Erie |
Aug. 1826 |
Oct. 1848 |
|
Pike |
A. W. |
May 1827 |
Aug. 3, 1838 |
|
Reed |
Ezra |
July 1834 |
July 1834 |
|
Ringuette |
M. |
May 1836 |
May 1836 |
|
Ringuette |
John |
May 1836 |
May 1836 |
|
Roberts |
Peter |
Dec. 1836 |
Apr. 1840 |
|
Robinson |
Nelson |
Oct. 1836 |
Oct. 1836 |
|
Robinson |
Rix |
Sept. 1815 |
1821 |
|
Robinson |
Geo. A. |
1833 |
July 1836 |
|
Rogers |
Justus C. |
Dec. 1835 |
Dec. 1835 |
|
Scribner |
James |
Aug. 1836 |
Mar. 1837 |
|
Shepard |
Charles |
Oct. 1835 |
Oct. 1835 |
|
Smith |
A. Hosford |
Nov. 1835 |
Dec. 2, 1835 |
|
Taylor |
C. H. |
June 1836 |
Aug. 1836 |
|
Tracey |
Philander |
1820 |
|
|
Truax |
John |
July 1826 |
Nov. 1852 |
|
Turner |
A. B. |
May 1836 |
June 1836 |
|
Van Amburgh |
M. |
July 1827 |
Feb. 1837 |
|
Welles |
W. J. |
March 17, 1834 |
July 7, 1848 |
|
Wheeler |
J. L. |
May 1832 |
July 1837 |
|
Withey |
S. L. |
Nov. 1836 |
Mar. 1837 |
Transcriber: Jennifer Godwin
Created: 1 February 2002, 13 February 2002
URL: http://kent.migenweb.net/organizations/oldresidents/early.html