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Hillsdale, New York, USA - Old Toll Gate Near Hillsdale, N.Y.

In 1724 Massachusetts, under a grant from the crown of England claimed jurisdiction over Columbia County and at the same time, New York claimed jurisdiction over much of Berkshire County. This boundary dispute was settled by compromise about 1773 but not perfected until 1787. The settlers in Kakeout, later Nobletown (now Hillsdale) were mostly from Massachusetts and a few from Connecticut with some Dutch settlers in the northern part.

Both Nobletown and Spencertown were the first New England settlements established within Claverack's alleged borders both being named after the principal founding families.

HISTORY OF NOBLETOWN NEW YORK
by Susan Stalker Mulvey

Hillsdale's territory was taken from the Town of Claverack in 1782.



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female ancestorHenriette FOSTER (, Hillsdale, New York, USA (Nobletown) - 23 March 1872, Egremont, Massachusetts, USA)
photo of Robert O SALISBURYRobert O SALISBURY (18 April 1781, Hillsdale, New York, USA (Nobletown) - 25 October 1865, Howard City, Cass, Michigan, USA)
male ancestorJoseph SALISBURY (22 August 1785, Hillsdale, New York, USA (Nobletown) - June 1828, Cayuga County, New York, USA)
male ancestorHenry ASHLEY (1787, Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA - 7 May 1873, Hillsdale, New York, USA (Nobletown))
male ancestorHenry WILCOX (16 January 1792, Hillsdale, New York, USA (Nobletown) - 25 August 1876, Ware, Massachusetts, USA)
female ancestorHannah VOSBURG (1792, Hillsdale, New York, USA (Nobletown) - 8 June 1866, Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA)
female ancestorSusannah SHERWOOD (1795, Hillsdale, New York, USA (Nobletown) - 11 June 1869, Egremont, Massachusetts, USA)
male ancestorGeorge H. PULTZ (1811, Ghent, New York, USA - 21 May 1869, Hillsdale, New York, USA (Nobletown))
female ancestorSarah A. BURTES (1811, Hillsdale, New York, USA (Nobletown) - 23 July 1875, Egremont, Massachusetts, USA)

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photo of Leon Ralph POMEROY Leon Ralph POMEROY (2 February 1903 - 10 February 2001) and photo of Rachel HARLOW Rachel HARLOW (29 October 1910 - 8 May 1994) married 24 June 1933
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