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The Bement-Billings Farmstead
Built by Asa Bement and his wife, Abigail Brown Bement, in the mid 1790's.
Coordinated and managed by Tracey Zimmer-Hastings
History of the Township
Town/Village Historian
Douglas Cornwell
9 Park Street
Newark Valley, NY 13811
(607) 642-8705
https://www.facebook.com/doug.cornwell.12
The Slosson Family
William Slosson was born 3 Jul 1800 in Newark Valley. He was the third of five children born to Ezbon Slosson and Electa Williams. William was the first Slosson child to be born in Newark Valley, his father and his grandfather, Enoch Slosson, having migrated from Stockbridge, Massachusetts to settle the area, arriving 4 March 1793. To learn more about the first family to settle Newark Valley, click on the Families of NV link.
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