Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: School teacher & farmer

Notes:

Will of Miles Bristol - copied from a transcription of the Erie Co, PA Will Book A

""46. Pp. 75-76
Will of Miles Bristol
Made 11 June 1833; reg. 12 July 1833
*Note: the obscure wording, repetition and/or omission of phrases, and use of indeterminate pronouns, made this will very difficult to abstract. The following heirs are named:

"my beloved wife ELLISABETH'
"my youngest boy" *not named: this son had not yet reached ae. 21.
"my oldest son ANSON (sic) BRISTOL"
"my younger son SAMUEL R. BRISTOL" *it is possible that neither ANSON nor SAMUEL has yet reached ae. 21.
"my daus. POLLY BRISTOL and OLIVA BRISTOL"

Exrs: by bro: PHILLOP (sic) BRISTOL and ASHOL KIMBELL (sic)

MILES BRISTOL

Wit: ANNA WEBBER and JAMES HALL , 11 June 1833

Sworn by JAMES HALL, PHILIP BRISTOL and ASAHEL KIMBALL, 12 July 1833.""

1820 Census - Springfield Twp, Erie Co, PA

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Bristol home in East Springfield, Erie Co, PA owned by Roland and Wilma
Evans in 1999
11883 E. Main Street, East Springfield, PA
(814) 922-3563

Springfield Tax records 1823
Bristol, Miles Plot #535 45 acres land, 1 horse, 1 cow tax $.57

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THE TOWN OF STARK
AN ADDRESS by WARREN HAWN of STARKVILLE
Delivered Before the Herkimer County Historical Society, February 11, 1905.

Among the early settlers were the Champion brothers from Massachusetts, Daniel and John. They located here in 1798, and to their energy and business ability, is largely due the prosperity that came to the little village among the hills. In 1800, Daniel Champion built a sawmill on the south side of the Otsquago, one and a half mile south west of the village, and the same year a cloth finishing and fulling mill, which did a large and profitable business for a number of years, under the management of Sherman Wentworth. In 1802, a schoolhouse was built and is said to have been the first one erected in the town; Miles Bristol was installed as teacher, and remained in charge of the school a long time. He was very acceptable to the parents of the children under his charge, as he was a firm believer in the truth of the maxim "spare the rod and spoil the child" and I am assured from reliable sources, that none were spoiled under his tuition

Miles married Elizabeth "Betsy" DEFOREST about 1821 in Erie, Erie Co, PA. Elizabeth (daughter of Nehemiah DEFOREST and Mary LOCKWOOD) was born on 16 Jan 1785 in New York, NY; died on 29 Oct 1841 in Erie, Erie Co, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1850 census lists Betsy Forest living with her daughter, Betsy Bristol, Ansel, Polly, Samuel, Oliva

John married Sarah NEARING on 12 Jun 1764. Sarah (daughter of John Henry NEARING, Jr. and Elizabeth MURRAY) was born on 15 May 1744 in New Milford, Litchfield, CT; died on 17 Jul 1803 in Skaneateles, Onondaga, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nehemiah + Mary LOCKWOOD. Mary was born in 1767 in Connecticut,; died before 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Abigail BENEDICT before 1739. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Elizabeth MURRAY on 5 May 1743. Elizabeth (daughter of Joseph MURRAY and Hannah PATTERSON) was born on 24 Jan 1724 in Newtown, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]