1855:According to the 1855 New York State Census, John is the owner of Fish House village property. John (age 66) and Mariah (age 57) Brownell live with daughter Caroline (age 21).
6361862:On 10 Mar 1862, John Brownell and his wife, Maria, of the Town of Northampton, County of Fulton, sold to Caroline Baker (their daughter), of the same place, a parcel of land (1/4 acre) situated in the Town of Norhampton, bordered on the north by George Pease, on the east by H(?). W. Slocum, on the south by George Van Slyke and on the west by the Northampton Patent line in the center of the highway leading south from Fish House to Galway.
653On 10 Mar 1862, John Brownell and his wife, Maria, of the Town of Northampton, County of Fulton, sold to Caroline Baker (their daughter), of the same place a parcel of land (100 acres) situated in the Town of Broadalbin “being all that part of lot no. six in Sacandaga Patent” previously owned by Duncan McMartin Jr. of Broadalbin deceased, bordered by lands formerly owned by Samuel Thayer and also by the south shore of Fly Creek.
6541865:As of 24 Jun 1865, Caroline is the owner of Fish House village property. John (age 76) and Mariah (age 69) Brownell live with daughter Caroline (age 30) and her husband Jonathan (age 30) Baker. John is a blacksmith, born in Dutchess Cnty, New York.
6391868:
Jonathan Baker is a patent right dealer and a farmer living in Northampton.
11411870:
On 4 Aug 1870, John (age 82) and his wife Maria (69) are living in Northampton, Fulton Cnty, New York with their daughter, Caroline Baker (36), son-in-law Jonathan Baker (35) and their grandaughter Cora Baker (1). John is retired, Maria helps keep house, Caroline keeps house and Jonathan is an “Ast-Right-?-”.
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1875:
As of 4 June 1875, Mariah Brownell is 75 years old and in living with her daughter Caroline Baker (age 40), son-in-law Jonathan Baker (38) and granddaughter Cora Baker (6) in a frame home in the second election district of Northampton, Fulton Cnty, New York. She is widowed and blind. Also living in the household are Jonathan’s parents Charles (66) and Louisa Baker (62). Both Jonathan and Charles are farmers. Maria has an unreadable occupation listed in the census.
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