John Morgan Welch (1783 - 1838)

Born 19 Aug 1783 in Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States

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Died 31 Aug 1838 at age 55 in Eden, Erie, New York, United States

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John was born in 1783. John Welch. He passed away in 1838.

From the History of Eden, New York: John Morgan Welch, Elisha Welch and their brother-in-law, John Hill, deserve much of the credit for getting the town going. Between 1810 and 1818, John Morgan Welch bought up several hundred acres of land from the Holland Land Company. In the process of the backbreaking work to clear the land, he found himself with so much excess wood that he simply burned what he did not need. His original home, a log cabin, was located somewhere on the land bordered by Main and George Streets. Down in the valley at Tubb’s Hollow, Elisha Welch built the first sawmill in 1811 and the first gristmill in 1812, thus establishing what developed into Eden’s first thriving mill community. Also in 1811, John Hill settled with his family in what is now the hamlet of Eden. It was known then as Hill’s Comers and later, Eden Center. Hill is credited with naming the township Eden when the various settlement areas were incorporated on March 20,1812. ^[1] Town of Eden, NY © 2021

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1. ↑ https://edenny.gov/history/

• Miss Jenn Winslow Coltrane, Historian, General, Lineage Book: NSDAR: Volume 065:1907, Volume LXV - 64001-65000 (1907; reprint, Washington, DC: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1923), Page 94, Mrs. Harriet Welch Spire 64274; digital images, Daughters of the American Revolution, (: Viewed 15 May 2023.
• J M Welch, 1810 U S Census, Niagara County, New York, Willink, Page 262; Microfilm M252, Roll 29.
• J M Welch, 1830 U S Census, Erie County, New York, Eden, Page 116; Microfilm M19, Roll 114.