"Preliminarily we may say that the
"WYNANTSKILL WATER POWER
"Down to the year 1809 was occupied exclusively by Merritt & Hart's grist mill and Defreest's carding machine. During this year two water power leases were obtained, one of Mr. Van Rensselaer for the upper succession of falls, amounting to about seventy-two feet, by John Converse of Troy and six others, who proceeded to erect and run at the upper fall, a small establishment, as a rolling and slitting mill for the turning of Swedish bars into nail plates and spikes and horse nail rods. In 1812 the establishment was incorporated as 'The Troy Iron and Nail Factory,' with a capital of $96,000, the stock being distributed in shares of $6,000 each. The works which down to 1821 were conducted under the superintendence of Mr. Converse, embraced down to the time he was succeeded by Mr. Henry Burden, but a single pair of rollers coupled to two water-wheels, one at each end, and connected with them as if upon a shaft, thus causing the revolutions of the rolls to be very slow, the same as that of the wheels, certainly very languid when compared with the movements of the rolls through which the hissing iron is sent to the mills now run by the same, but greatly improved, water power."
"The Great Iron Works on the Wynantskill; Their History, Growth, Present Extent and Business; The Wynantskill Water Power---Its Application and Extent; In Two Articles; The Burden Works, Old and New; History of the Burden Inventions and their Results; First Article." Troy Daily Times. November 11, 1865: 1 col 3.
"JOHN CONVERSE [...] born in Brimfield, Mass., 7 August 1774; died 10 December 1831. He resided in Troy, N. Y. He was married, first, in Norwich, Conn., 3 September 1796, by Rev. John Tyler, to Elizabeth Backus, who was born 26 April 1780, and who died 5 November 1815. She was fifth in descent from William Whiting who came to this country in 1632. Her father was Ebenezer Backus [Jr.], born July 1748 [son of Ebenezer Backus, Sr. (1712-1768)]. Her mother was Elizabeth Fitch, born 12 February 1750. John Converse married, second, in Hartford, Conn., 31 May 1818, Eliza Griswold who died, 6 January 1822, aged twenty-nine. She was the daughter of Simeon and Lucretia (Warner) Griswold. John Converse was married, third, in Waterford, N. Y., 14 July 1823, by Rev. B. Door, to Caroline C. Davis, whose father Richard Davis was born 22 September 1761, and died 24 November 1835. Her mother, whose maiden name was Jane Greer, was born 3 October 1763, and died 9 January 1841. Mrs. Caroline C. Davis Converse, married, second, Chapman and resided in Morristown, N. Y."
Converse, Charles Allen, ed. Some of the Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel Converse, Jr. Vol. 1. Boston, MA: Eben Putnam, 1905. 199.
"John Converse, d. Dec. 10, 1831, 57 yr. 4 mo."
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"JOHN CONVERSE, 7 born in Brimfield, Mass., 7 Aug. 1774; died 10 Dec. 1831; married, lst Elizabeth Backus; married, 2nd, Eliza Griswold; married, 3d, Caroline C. Davis. (107 )"
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~converse/books/3.html
Nephew of Eleanor Converse Moulton the grandmother of Sara Moulton (1787-1873) who married John Ellis Wool (1784-1869), Civil War Union Major General.
Converse, Charles Allen. Some of the Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel Converse, Jr. Vol 1. Boston, MA: Eben Putnam, 1905. 46.
Grandson of Lt. Josiah Converse (1710-1775).
"WYNANTSKILL WATER POWER
"Down to the year 1809 was occupied exclusively by Merritt & Hart's grist mill and Defreest's carding machine. During this year two water power leases were obtained, one of Mr. Van Rensselaer for the upper succession of falls, amounting to about seventy-two feet, by John Converse of Troy and six others, who proceeded to erect and run at the upper fall, a small establishment, as a rolling and slitting mill for the turning of Swedish bars into nail plates and spikes and horse nail rods. In 1812 the establishment was incorporated as 'The Troy Iron and Nail Factory,' with a capital of $96,000, the stock being distributed in shares of $6,000 each. The works which down to 1821 were conducted under the superintendence of Mr. Converse, embraced down to the time he was succeeded by Mr. Henry Burden, but a single pair of rollers coupled to two water-wheels, one at each end, and connected with them as if upon a shaft, thus causing the revolutions of the rolls to be very slow, the same as that of the wheels, certainly very languid when compared with the movements of the rolls through which the hissing iron is sent to the mills now run by the same, but greatly improved, water power."
"The Great Iron Works on the Wynantskill; Their History, Growth, Present Extent and Business; The Wynantskill Water Power---Its Application and Extent; In Two Articles; The Burden Works, Old and New; History of the Burden Inventions and their Results; First Article." Troy Daily Times. November 11, 1865: 1 col 3.
"JOHN CONVERSE [...] born in Brimfield, Mass., 7 August 1774; died 10 December 1831. He resided in Troy, N. Y. He was married, first, in Norwich, Conn., 3 September 1796, by Rev. John Tyler, to Elizabeth Backus, who was born 26 April 1780, and who died 5 November 1815. She was fifth in descent from William Whiting who came to this country in 1632. Her father was Ebenezer Backus [Jr.], born July 1748 [son of Ebenezer Backus, Sr. (1712-1768)]. Her mother was Elizabeth Fitch, born 12 February 1750. John Converse married, second, in Hartford, Conn., 31 May 1818, Eliza Griswold who died, 6 January 1822, aged twenty-nine. She was the daughter of Simeon and Lucretia (Warner) Griswold. John Converse was married, third, in Waterford, N. Y., 14 July 1823, by Rev. B. Door, to Caroline C. Davis, whose father Richard Davis was born 22 September 1761, and died 24 November 1835. Her mother, whose maiden name was Jane Greer, was born 3 October 1763, and died 9 January 1841. Mrs. Caroline C. Davis Converse, married, second, Chapman and resided in Morristown, N. Y."
Converse, Charles Allen, ed. Some of the Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel Converse, Jr. Vol. 1. Boston, MA: Eben Putnam, 1905. 199.
"John Converse, d. Dec. 10, 1831, 57 yr. 4 mo."
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"JOHN CONVERSE, 7 born in Brimfield, Mass., 7 Aug. 1774; died 10 Dec. 1831; married, lst Elizabeth Backus; married, 2nd, Eliza Griswold; married, 3d, Caroline C. Davis. (107 )"
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~converse/books/3.html
Nephew of Eleanor Converse Moulton the grandmother of Sara Moulton (1787-1873) who married John Ellis Wool (1784-1869), Civil War Union Major General.
Converse, Charles Allen. Some of the Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel Converse, Jr. Vol 1. Boston, MA: Eben Putnam, 1905. 46.
Grandson of Lt. Josiah Converse (1710-1775).
"Preliminarily we may say that the
"WYNANTSKILL WATER POWER
"Down to the year 1809 was occupied exclusively by Merritt & Hart's grist mill and Defreest's carding machine. During this year two water power leases were obtained, one of Mr. Van Rensselaer for the upper succession of falls, amounting to about seventy-two feet, by John Converse of Troy and six others, who proceeded to erect and run at the upper fall, a small establishment, as a rolling and slitting mill for the turning of Swedish bars into nail plates and spikes and horse nail rods. In 1812 the establishment was incorporated as 'The Troy Iron and Nail Factory,' with a capital of $96,000, the stock being distributed in shares of $6,000 each. The works which down to 1821 were conducted under the superintendence of Mr. Converse, embraced down to the time he was succeeded by Mr. Henry Burden, but a single pair of rollers coupled to two water-wheels, one at each end, and connected with them as if upon a shaft, thus causing the revolutions of the rolls to be very slow, the same as that of the wheels, certainly very languid when compared with the movements of the rolls through which the hissing iron is sent to the mills now run by the same, but greatly improved, water power."
"The Great Iron Works on the Wynantskill; Their History, Growth, Present Extent and Business; The Wynantskill Water Power---Its Application and Extent; In Two Articles; The Burden Works, Old and New; History of the Burden Inventions and their Results; First Article." Troy Daily Times. November 11, 1865: 1 col 3.
"JOHN CONVERSE [...] born in Brimfield, Mass., 7 August 1774; died 10 December 1831. He resided in Troy, N. Y. He was married, first, in Norwich, Conn., 3 September 1796, by Rev. John Tyler, to Elizabeth Backus, who was born 26 April 1780, and who died 5 November 1815. She was fifth in descent from William Whiting who came to this country in 1632. Her father was Ebenezer Backus [Jr.], born July 1748 [son of Ebenezer Backus, Sr. (1712-1768)]. Her mother was Elizabeth Fitch, born 12 February 1750. John Converse married, second, in Hartford, Conn., 31 May 1818, Eliza Griswold who died, 6 January 1822, aged twenty-nine. She was the daughter of Simeon and Lucretia (Warner) Griswold. John Converse was married, third, in Waterford, N. Y., 14 July 1823, by Rev. B. Door, to Caroline C. Davis, whose father Richard Davis was born 22 September 1761, and died 24 November 1835. Her mother, whose maiden name was Jane Greer, was born 3 October 1763, and died 9 January 1841. Mrs. Caroline C. Davis Converse, married, second, Chapman and resided in Morristown, N. Y."
Converse, Charles Allen, ed. Some of the Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel Converse, Jr. Vol. 1. Boston, MA: Eben Putnam, 1905. 199.
"John Converse, d. Dec. 10, 1831, 57 yr. 4 mo."
http://www.onentofl.com/tcsnyrenTROYmida3.html
"JOHN CONVERSE, 7 born in Brimfield, Mass., 7 Aug. 1774; died 10 Dec. 1831; married, lst Elizabeth Backus; married, 2nd, Eliza Griswold; married, 3d, Caroline C. Davis. (107 )"
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~converse/books/3.html
Nephew of Eleanor Converse Moulton the grandmother of Sara Moulton (1787-1873) who married John Ellis Wool (1784-1869), Civil War Union Major General.
Converse, Charles Allen. Some of the Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel Converse, Jr. Vol 1. Boston, MA: Eben Putnam, 1905. 46.
Grandson of Lt. Josiah Converse (1710-1775).
"WYNANTSKILL WATER POWER
"Down to the year 1809 was occupied exclusively by Merritt & Hart's grist mill and Defreest's carding machine. During this year two water power leases were obtained, one of Mr. Van Rensselaer for the upper succession of falls, amounting to about seventy-two feet, by John Converse of Troy and six others, who proceeded to erect and run at the upper fall, a small establishment, as a rolling and slitting mill for the turning of Swedish bars into nail plates and spikes and horse nail rods. In 1812 the establishment was incorporated as 'The Troy Iron and Nail Factory,' with a capital of $96,000, the stock being distributed in shares of $6,000 each. The works which down to 1821 were conducted under the superintendence of Mr. Converse, embraced down to the time he was succeeded by Mr. Henry Burden, but a single pair of rollers coupled to two water-wheels, one at each end, and connected with them as if upon a shaft, thus causing the revolutions of the rolls to be very slow, the same as that of the wheels, certainly very languid when compared with the movements of the rolls through which the hissing iron is sent to the mills now run by the same, but greatly improved, water power."
"The Great Iron Works on the Wynantskill; Their History, Growth, Present Extent and Business; The Wynantskill Water Power---Its Application and Extent; In Two Articles; The Burden Works, Old and New; History of the Burden Inventions and their Results; First Article." Troy Daily Times. November 11, 1865: 1 col 3.
"JOHN CONVERSE [...] born in Brimfield, Mass., 7 August 1774; died 10 December 1831. He resided in Troy, N. Y. He was married, first, in Norwich, Conn., 3 September 1796, by Rev. John Tyler, to Elizabeth Backus, who was born 26 April 1780, and who died 5 November 1815. She was fifth in descent from William Whiting who came to this country in 1632. Her father was Ebenezer Backus [Jr.], born July 1748 [son of Ebenezer Backus, Sr. (1712-1768)]. Her mother was Elizabeth Fitch, born 12 February 1750. John Converse married, second, in Hartford, Conn., 31 May 1818, Eliza Griswold who died, 6 January 1822, aged twenty-nine. She was the daughter of Simeon and Lucretia (Warner) Griswold. John Converse was married, third, in Waterford, N. Y., 14 July 1823, by Rev. B. Door, to Caroline C. Davis, whose father Richard Davis was born 22 September 1761, and died 24 November 1835. Her mother, whose maiden name was Jane Greer, was born 3 October 1763, and died 9 January 1841. Mrs. Caroline C. Davis Converse, married, second, Chapman and resided in Morristown, N. Y."
Converse, Charles Allen, ed. Some of the Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel Converse, Jr. Vol. 1. Boston, MA: Eben Putnam, 1905. 199.
"John Converse, d. Dec. 10, 1831, 57 yr. 4 mo."
http://www.onentofl.com/tcsnyrenTROYmida3.html
"JOHN CONVERSE, 7 born in Brimfield, Mass., 7 Aug. 1774; died 10 Dec. 1831; married, lst Elizabeth Backus; married, 2nd, Eliza Griswold; married, 3d, Caroline C. Davis. (107 )"
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~converse/books/3.html
Nephew of Eleanor Converse Moulton the grandmother of Sara Moulton (1787-1873) who married John Ellis Wool (1784-1869), Civil War Union Major General.
Converse, Charles Allen. Some of the Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel Converse, Jr. Vol 1. Boston, MA: Eben Putnam, 1905. 46.
Grandson of Lt. Josiah Converse (1710-1775).
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