While researching the George
Hardenbrook line I took a virtual visit to Bath, New York where Richard Hardenbrook settled and raised
his family. Richard was born 26
May 1809; died 6 April 1882. Richard married Catherine Smith of Queen Anne County, Maryland. They had five children: Edward (1833);
George (1837); Emory (1838); Elizabeth (1839), and Clinton (1847).
Bath is located
in Steuben County in New York’s beautiful Southern Tier. The town sits just south of Keuka
Lake’s fertile hillsides that now hosts a number of Finger Lakes wineries.
Bath history states that Colonel Charles Williamson, a land
agent for the Pulteney Estate
arrived in the area of Steuben County in 1792 then populated by wild animals
and a few Seneca Indians.
Controversy surrounds the origin of the town’s name. Some historians say
it was because of the similar geography to Bath, England; others say the town
was named for Lady Bath, the heiress
of Sir William Pulteney of
London. The town was formed on
March 18, 1796; the village incorporated on April 12, 1816.
Richard Hardenbrook moved his family from Ovid, NY to Bath
where he did some farming and then served as superintendent of the Whiting and McCass Foundry before
becoming proprietor of Steuben Furnace
Company.
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