David Darrow was the fourth child of George Darrow (1747-1809) and Eunice Meacham Darrow (1748-1822), both of whose parents had moved from Connecticut to Columbia County, New York in the 1760s. (The Darrows are part of the large Darrow clan originating in New London, Connecticut, including Clarence Darrow, the famous attorney, a distant cousin.) In the 1780s, the family were involved in the establishment of a Shaker community in New Lebanon, New York. Eunice's brother, Joseph Meacham Jr., was "Father Joseph," for a time the leader of that community; George Darrow donated a meetinghouse to the Shakers. Some family members remained with the Shakers, both in New York and Ohio; others, such as David Darrow, struck out in other directions.
David married Elizabeth Enos in 1805 in Columbia County. In 1806 he purchased a tract of raw land in what is now the Town of Eaton, Madison County, New York. (The site was on the north bank of the present Bradley Brook Reservoir, which was built in 1837.) David, Elizabeth and their first child moved there in 1808, along with three of Elizabeth's brothers (Joseph, Benjamin and David Enos) who had bought land in the same locality.
David and Elizabeth had nine children. After Elizabeth died in 1839, David married her sister, Thankful, in 1840, herself a widow.
Over the years his land holdings shifted slightly to the north, to the village of West Eaton (then known as Leeville) on the old Skaneateles turnpike. "David Darrow's large farm took in much of the site of the present village, and his farm house was situated very near where the road runs between the large house of Alvin Wadsworth and the cheese factory." (Hammond.) (Present N.Y.S. Rte. 26.) He was a farmer and in the early years operated a saw mill. He was elected Justice of the Peace and was active in politics (delegate to county conventions), Freemasonry, local education, and religion. He and his family organized the Methodist church in West Eaton (1841). He participated in the development of the area from a raw frontier to a thriving agricultural and manufacturing village. David and Elizabeth's children remained in the local area, married and constituted a large and prosperous extended family.
(Sources: L.M. Hammond, "History of Madison County, State of New York" (1872); D. Wager, "Our County and Its People: A Descriptive Work on Oneida County, New York" (1896); census returns; primary and secondary materials on Shaker history; newspaper articles; family diaries and memoirs; other genealogical records.)
David married Elizabeth Enos in 1805 in Columbia County. In 1806 he purchased a tract of raw land in what is now the Town of Eaton, Madison County, New York. (The site was on the north bank of the present Bradley Brook Reservoir, which was built in 1837.) David, Elizabeth and their first child moved there in 1808, along with three of Elizabeth's brothers (Joseph, Benjamin and David Enos) who had bought land in the same locality.
David and Elizabeth had nine children. After Elizabeth died in 1839, David married her sister, Thankful, in 1840, herself a widow.
Over the years his land holdings shifted slightly to the north, to the village of West Eaton (then known as Leeville) on the old Skaneateles turnpike. "David Darrow's large farm took in much of the site of the present village, and his farm house was situated very near where the road runs between the large house of Alvin Wadsworth and the cheese factory." (Hammond.) (Present N.Y.S. Rte. 26.) He was a farmer and in the early years operated a saw mill. He was elected Justice of the Peace and was active in politics (delegate to county conventions), Freemasonry, local education, and religion. He and his family organized the Methodist church in West Eaton (1841). He participated in the development of the area from a raw frontier to a thriving agricultural and manufacturing village. David and Elizabeth's children remained in the local area, married and constituted a large and prosperous extended family.
(Sources: L.M. Hammond, "History of Madison County, State of New York" (1872); D. Wager, "Our County and Its People: A Descriptive Work on Oneida County, New York" (1896); census returns; primary and secondary materials on Shaker history; newspaper articles; family diaries and memoirs; other genealogical records.)
David Darrow was the fourth child of George Darrow (1747-1809) and Eunice Meacham Darrow (1748-1822), both of whose parents had moved from Connecticut to Columbia County, New York in the 1760s. (The Darrows are part of the large Darrow clan originating in New London, Connecticut, including Clarence Darrow, the famous attorney, a distant cousin.) In the 1780s, the family were involved in the establishment of a Shaker community in New Lebanon, New York. Eunice's brother, Joseph Meacham Jr., was "Father Joseph," for a time the leader of that community; George Darrow donated a meetinghouse to the Shakers. Some family members remained with the Shakers, both in New York and Ohio; others, such as David Darrow, struck out in other directions.
David married Elizabeth Enos in 1805 in Columbia County. In 1806 he purchased a tract of raw land in what is now the Town of Eaton, Madison County, New York. (The site was on the north bank of the present Bradley Brook Reservoir, which was built in 1837.) David, Elizabeth and their first child moved there in 1808, along with three of Elizabeth's brothers (Joseph, Benjamin and David Enos) who had bought land in the same locality.
David and Elizabeth had nine children. After Elizabeth died in 1839, David married her sister, Thankful, in 1840, herself a widow.
Over the years his land holdings shifted slightly to the north, to the village of West Eaton (then known as Leeville) on the old Skaneateles turnpike. "David Darrow's large farm took in much of the site of the present village, and his farm house was situated very near where the road runs between the large house of Alvin Wadsworth and the cheese factory." (Hammond.) (Present N.Y.S. Rte. 26.) He was a farmer and in the early years operated a saw mill. He was elected Justice of the Peace and was active in politics (delegate to county conventions), Freemasonry, local education, and religion. He and his family organized the Methodist church in West Eaton (1841). He participated in the development of the area from a raw frontier to a thriving agricultural and manufacturing village. David and Elizabeth's children remained in the local area, married and constituted a large and prosperous extended family.
(Sources: L.M. Hammond, "History of Madison County, State of New York" (1872); D. Wager, "Our County and Its People: A Descriptive Work on Oneida County, New York" (1896); census returns; primary and secondary materials on Shaker history; newspaper articles; family diaries and memoirs; other genealogical records.)
David married Elizabeth Enos in 1805 in Columbia County. In 1806 he purchased a tract of raw land in what is now the Town of Eaton, Madison County, New York. (The site was on the north bank of the present Bradley Brook Reservoir, which was built in 1837.) David, Elizabeth and their first child moved there in 1808, along with three of Elizabeth's brothers (Joseph, Benjamin and David Enos) who had bought land in the same locality.
David and Elizabeth had nine children. After Elizabeth died in 1839, David married her sister, Thankful, in 1840, herself a widow.
Over the years his land holdings shifted slightly to the north, to the village of West Eaton (then known as Leeville) on the old Skaneateles turnpike. "David Darrow's large farm took in much of the site of the present village, and his farm house was situated very near where the road runs between the large house of Alvin Wadsworth and the cheese factory." (Hammond.) (Present N.Y.S. Rte. 26.) He was a farmer and in the early years operated a saw mill. He was elected Justice of the Peace and was active in politics (delegate to county conventions), Freemasonry, local education, and religion. He and his family organized the Methodist church in West Eaton (1841). He participated in the development of the area from a raw frontier to a thriving agricultural and manufacturing village. David and Elizabeth's children remained in the local area, married and constituted a large and prosperous extended family.
(Sources: L.M. Hammond, "History of Madison County, State of New York" (1872); D. Wager, "Our County and Its People: A Descriptive Work on Oneida County, New York" (1896); census returns; primary and secondary materials on Shaker history; newspaper articles; family diaries and memoirs; other genealogical records.)
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