Son of Joshua Sr. & Ruth Morse Leland. Husband of Waitstill Greenwood whom he married in 1786 in Sherborn, MA. Rev. War veteran, 1793 Town of Eaton, NY settler.
Was the first permanent settler in the
town, coming in 1793 and settling
in Lot 74, part of which is
now occupied by Wilbur Crane.
Father of Amasa, Ezra, Isaac, Orson, Uriah, Juliet, Phebe, Sylvia, Yale and Joshua, 3rd. Joshua Leland was the first white man who settled in the town of Eaton; and he was killed while hauling potash to Albany by falling, it is supposed, off his wagon, being run over and killed.
Joshua and his wife, around
1793, settled near Leland's Ponds
at what is now known as Fargo's
Corners on the road between
Pine woods and Hamilton. The
site of their home has this summer
been marked by Mew York
state through the efforts of the
Madison County Historical Society.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Leland
became Very popular with the
Indians of the locality, probably
Oneldas, and were familiarly
spoken of as Father and Mother
Leland. In those days there was
quite a market for potash, obtained
from burning the timbers
that were taken down in clearing
the land but the stuff had to be
drawn to market at Albany along
what later became the Cherry
Valley Turnpike. Joshua set out
one day with a big load of potash,
probably in heavy barrels and
possibly drawn by ox teams as
horses were not then too plentiful
in this newly settled section.
Going down a hill near Cherry
Valley something about the wagon
broke, the barrels toppled onto
Joshua and crushed the life
from his body.
The first Mrs. Leland knew of
the tragedy was when a knock
sounded on her door at twilight.
Upon opening it she saw the Indian
chief himself at her doorstep
who told her that runners
had brought word that Father
Leland had been killed. In the
dusk Mother Leland did not realize
that the entire dooryard was
filled with squatting Indians until
first one silently arose, then
another and another until all
were on their feet. They had
come to express in this way, the
Chief said, their sympathy and to
request that when Father Leland
was buried they might have
the privilege of coming to his
grave and holding their own ceremonies
over it. When the Chief
had received her thanks and permission
for the ceremonies he
and the other Indians departed
as silently as they had come.
After Father Leland was burled
they came hack for three nights
and built fires and had their tribal
rites to mourn his passing
and to show the respect they had
had for him.
Joshua Leland is buried in a
little private cemetery near Fargo's
Corners not far from the
lakes over which he looked to
life.
Was the first permanent settler in the
town, coming in 1793 and settling
in Lot 74, part of which is
now occupied by Wilbur Crane.
Father of Amasa, Ezra, Isaac, Orson, Uriah, Juliet, Phebe, Sylvia, Yale and Joshua, 3rd. Joshua Leland was the first white man who settled in the town of Eaton; and he was killed while hauling potash to Albany by falling, it is supposed, off his wagon, being run over and killed.
Joshua and his wife, around
1793, settled near Leland's Ponds
at what is now known as Fargo's
Corners on the road between
Pine woods and Hamilton. The
site of their home has this summer
been marked by Mew York
state through the efforts of the
Madison County Historical Society.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Leland
became Very popular with the
Indians of the locality, probably
Oneldas, and were familiarly
spoken of as Father and Mother
Leland. In those days there was
quite a market for potash, obtained
from burning the timbers
that were taken down in clearing
the land but the stuff had to be
drawn to market at Albany along
what later became the Cherry
Valley Turnpike. Joshua set out
one day with a big load of potash,
probably in heavy barrels and
possibly drawn by ox teams as
horses were not then too plentiful
in this newly settled section.
Going down a hill near Cherry
Valley something about the wagon
broke, the barrels toppled onto
Joshua and crushed the life
from his body.
The first Mrs. Leland knew of
the tragedy was when a knock
sounded on her door at twilight.
Upon opening it she saw the Indian
chief himself at her doorstep
who told her that runners
had brought word that Father
Leland had been killed. In the
dusk Mother Leland did not realize
that the entire dooryard was
filled with squatting Indians until
first one silently arose, then
another and another until all
were on their feet. They had
come to express in this way, the
Chief said, their sympathy and to
request that when Father Leland
was buried they might have
the privilege of coming to his
grave and holding their own ceremonies
over it. When the Chief
had received her thanks and permission
for the ceremonies he
and the other Indians departed
as silently as they had come.
After Father Leland was burled
they came hack for three nights
and built fires and had their tribal
rites to mourn his passing
and to show the respect they had
had for him.
Joshua Leland is buried in a
little private cemetery near Fargo's
Corners not far from the
lakes over which he looked to
life.
Son of Joshua Sr. & Ruth Morse Leland. Husband of Waitstill Greenwood whom he married in 1786 in Sherborn, MA. Rev. War veteran, 1793 Town of Eaton, NY settler.
Was the first permanent settler in the
town, coming in 1793 and settling
in Lot 74, part of which is
now occupied by Wilbur Crane.
Father of Amasa, Ezra, Isaac, Orson, Uriah, Juliet, Phebe, Sylvia, Yale and Joshua, 3rd. Joshua Leland was the first white man who settled in the town of Eaton; and he was killed while hauling potash to Albany by falling, it is supposed, off his wagon, being run over and killed.
Joshua and his wife, around
1793, settled near Leland's Ponds
at what is now known as Fargo's
Corners on the road between
Pine woods and Hamilton. The
site of their home has this summer
been marked by Mew York
state through the efforts of the
Madison County Historical Society.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Leland
became Very popular with the
Indians of the locality, probably
Oneldas, and were familiarly
spoken of as Father and Mother
Leland. In those days there was
quite a market for potash, obtained
from burning the timbers
that were taken down in clearing
the land but the stuff had to be
drawn to market at Albany along
what later became the Cherry
Valley Turnpike. Joshua set out
one day with a big load of potash,
probably in heavy barrels and
possibly drawn by ox teams as
horses were not then too plentiful
in this newly settled section.
Going down a hill near Cherry
Valley something about the wagon
broke, the barrels toppled onto
Joshua and crushed the life
from his body.
The first Mrs. Leland knew of
the tragedy was when a knock
sounded on her door at twilight.
Upon opening it she saw the Indian
chief himself at her doorstep
who told her that runners
had brought word that Father
Leland had been killed. In the
dusk Mother Leland did not realize
that the entire dooryard was
filled with squatting Indians until
first one silently arose, then
another and another until all
were on their feet. They had
come to express in this way, the
Chief said, their sympathy and to
request that when Father Leland
was buried they might have
the privilege of coming to his
grave and holding their own ceremonies
over it. When the Chief
had received her thanks and permission
for the ceremonies he
and the other Indians departed
as silently as they had come.
After Father Leland was burled
they came hack for three nights
and built fires and had their tribal
rites to mourn his passing
and to show the respect they had
had for him.
Joshua Leland is buried in a
little private cemetery near Fargo's
Corners not far from the
lakes over which he looked to
life.
Was the first permanent settler in the
town, coming in 1793 and settling
in Lot 74, part of which is
now occupied by Wilbur Crane.
Father of Amasa, Ezra, Isaac, Orson, Uriah, Juliet, Phebe, Sylvia, Yale and Joshua, 3rd. Joshua Leland was the first white man who settled in the town of Eaton; and he was killed while hauling potash to Albany by falling, it is supposed, off his wagon, being run over and killed.
Joshua and his wife, around
1793, settled near Leland's Ponds
at what is now known as Fargo's
Corners on the road between
Pine woods and Hamilton. The
site of their home has this summer
been marked by Mew York
state through the efforts of the
Madison County Historical Society.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Leland
became Very popular with the
Indians of the locality, probably
Oneldas, and were familiarly
spoken of as Father and Mother
Leland. In those days there was
quite a market for potash, obtained
from burning the timbers
that were taken down in clearing
the land but the stuff had to be
drawn to market at Albany along
what later became the Cherry
Valley Turnpike. Joshua set out
one day with a big load of potash,
probably in heavy barrels and
possibly drawn by ox teams as
horses were not then too plentiful
in this newly settled section.
Going down a hill near Cherry
Valley something about the wagon
broke, the barrels toppled onto
Joshua and crushed the life
from his body.
The first Mrs. Leland knew of
the tragedy was when a knock
sounded on her door at twilight.
Upon opening it she saw the Indian
chief himself at her doorstep
who told her that runners
had brought word that Father
Leland had been killed. In the
dusk Mother Leland did not realize
that the entire dooryard was
filled with squatting Indians until
first one silently arose, then
another and another until all
were on their feet. They had
come to express in this way, the
Chief said, their sympathy and to
request that when Father Leland
was buried they might have
the privilege of coming to his
grave and holding their own ceremonies
over it. When the Chief
had received her thanks and permission
for the ceremonies he
and the other Indians departed
as silently as they had come.
After Father Leland was burled
they came hack for three nights
and built fires and had their tribal
rites to mourn his passing
and to show the respect they had
had for him.
Joshua Leland is buried in a
little private cemetery near Fargo's
Corners not far from the
lakes over which he looked to
life.
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