Jabez Bostwick (1778 - 1856)

Family Tree: New World - Part 105
Son of: David Bostwick (1752) and Currence (1753) GBFA
Born: 4/7/1778 in Stratford, Conn GBFA
Died: 11/6/1856 in Hamden, Delaware, NY MI, GBFA
Buried: in the Bostwick Cemetery, Delaware Co, NY MI
Married: Freelove (1782) GBFA
Children: Marcus Lucius (1802) , Adeline Howard (1807) , Eliza (1818) , Jabez (1821) GBFA

In thye fall of 1809 he removed to the settlement now known as DeLancey in Hamden, Delaware, NY and in a rented room he opened the first store in that part of the town. Then in 1810 he bought a farm and opened a store there. In 1816 he purchased a further farm where he remained until he died.
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The citizens of Hamden, Delaware, NY met on 2/3/1826 to elect their first board of town officers, and they elected Jabez to a schools inspector and to be the officers' supervisor. He remained supervisor from 1826 - 1828. In 1828 he was also elected a Justice of the Peace.
E.RichC

He was First Judge of the Delaware County courts.
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