TOWN OF LYME
A detailed 1864 town MAP showing residents. (661K file)
An 1864 map of Three Mile Bay
1918 TOWN OF LYME FARM MAP
Hough's History--Town of Lyme
A list of POSTMASTERS in the town in existing and discontinued postoffices.
Town of Lyme 1890 Census of Civil War Veterans
Civil War Soldiers Buried in the Town of Lyme
LYME
THREE MILE BAY
Family sketches from CHILD'S GAZETTEER for the town of Lyme.
Child's Business Directory for the Town of Lyme.
Haddock Family Sketches--Town of Lyme
Bartlett's Cemetery Inscriptions for the Town of Lyme.
Vital Records 1847-1849 for the Town of Lyme.
Listing of Civil War service records for the Town of Lyme
Lyme Civil War Index
| OFFICE | CONTACT | PHONE | ADDRESS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Town Historian | TED SCHOFIELD | 649 - 2533 | PO Box 57, Chaumont, NY 13622 |
| Town Clerk | KIM WALLACE | 649-2788 | Main St; PO Box 66; Chaumont 13622 |
| Chaumont Village Clerk | PAULA RADLEY | 649-2900 | Village Office, PO Box 297, Chaumont 13622 |
| Lyme Free Library | PATTI HUGHES | 649-5454 | Main St; PO Box 369, Chaumont 13622 |
| Lyme Heritage Center | JULIA GOSIER | 649-5452 | 28589 Empie Rd. Three Mile Bay 13693 |
The Lyme Heritage Center
Contact person:
Julia Gosier,
Lyme Heritage Center Family Files
We are fortunate to have a complete listing of the family files held by Lyme Heritage Center in Chaumont, Town of Lyme. They are being added to continually. This list was prepared by the staff of Lyme Heritage Center. Some cautions in using the list: every surname is listed, but many have very little information, perhaps an obituary, or a wedding notice. On the other hand, someone may have donated a family group sheet or a complete family history. There is no guarantee that the person you are looking for, even though she has the same unusual surname listed, will appear in this family file.Be prepared to pay copying and mailing costs. Lyme Heritage has NO governmental support. A small donation may hurry your request, but understand that members of the extremely small staff have many other calls on their time, so be patient and courteous. As always, those two virtues bring their own reward!
History of the Town of Lyme linked from Shirley Farone's Home Page taken from CHILD'S GAZETTEER OF JEFFERSON COUNTY by HAMILTON CHILDS, published in 1890, transcribed by Shirley Farone.
History of the Town of Lyme from "RAY'S PLACE"from OUR COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE by EDGAR C. EMERSON, 1898
History of the Town of Lyme, taken fromA HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK by FRANKLIN B. HOUGH, A. M., M.D. linked from Shirley Farone's Home Page
In 1801, James D. Le Ray, at one time owner of much of Jefferson County, sent his agents to sell land in the present Town of Lyme. Traveling from Ulster County, they first went to Oswego, from whence they sailed to Chaumont Bay, following Mr. Le Ray's instructions, and then up the Chaumont River two and a half miles to found one of the first settlements north of the Black River. When they came back the next year, 1802, they found their first settlement flooded, and went on to settle what is now the village of Chaumont, surveying and laying out the village.
The township was created 6 March 1818, containing all of present day Lyme as well as Cape Vincent and a piece of Clayton. Today's Lyme covers about fifty square miles, and lies north of the Town of Brownville, west of Clayton and south of Cape Vincent. Chaumont Bay, with Point Salubrious, Three Mile Point and Point Peninsula, gives the Town of Lyme a long waterfront, today crowded with summer homes. Guffin's Bay is shared by the Towns of Brownville and Lyme. Cherry Island, about 108 acres, lies about half a mile off Point Salubrious, in Chaumont Bay. The principal waterways are Three Mile Creek (once called Horse Creek) and the Chaumont River, which reaches from Lyme through Clayton and into the Town of Orleans.
Centers of population include Chaumont, the chief village, Three Mile Bay village at the mouth of Three Mile Creek, and Wilcoxville, a small hamlet on the east side of Point Peninsula.
From the 1864 Jefferson County Atlas: a summary of statistics for Lyme
ACRES OF LAND
Improved 20,803
Unimproved 8,109
VALUATION
Real Estate 380,453
Personal Property 38,734
Total 419,187
POPULATION
Males 1,385
Females 1,353
Number of Dwellings 416
Number of Families 580
Freeholders 325
SCHOOLS
Number of Districts 17
Children Taught 987
LIVE STOCK
Horses 857
Working Oxen and Calves 1,370
Cows 1,716
Sheep 2,379
Swine 982
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
Bushels of Grain
Winter 5,306
Spring 120,380 1/2
Tons of Hay 4,731
Bushels of Potatoes 6,870
Bushels of Apples 4,475
Dairy Products
Pounds of Butter 120,497
Pounds of Cheese 91,716
YARDS OF DOMESTIC MANUFACTURE 2,289
Names of the Early Settlers |
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| ALYSWORTH, James ANGEL, David W. BARNES, Daniel BARNES, George A. BARNES, George H. BECKER, Cornelius BLODGETT, Almond BLODGETT, Archippas BLODGETT, William BOWERS, Zachariah CASSELMAN, Frederick COLLINS, Lester COLLINS, Linus COMBS, George W. COOL, Jonathan COOLEY, James CROSSELMAN, Frederick CROSSELMAN, Frederick Jr CROSSELMAN, Joseph CROSSELMAN, Richard DAULELY, Zimri DUNHAM, Noah Sr EMPEY/EMPIE, Jacob P. FENTON, Eleazer FISH, Samuel FISHER, Stephen |
FOX, Christopher GAIGE, P. P. GARRISON, Peter GETMAN, FREDERICK GETMAN, HENRY GETMAN, VOLKERT GRANNIS, Samuel J. HEWITT, LEBBEUS HEWITT, William HOLBROOK, Daniel HORTON, Henry HUBBARD, Adeline INMAN, Ira KINGSLEY, JAMES KLOCK, Harvey KLOCK, Henry KLOCK, Thomas KNAPP, JOHN KNAPP, JOHN MAIN(E), Joshua MAYHEW, WILLIAM McGRAW, James MINOR, BRITTLE MINOR, ROE MOUNT, John MOUNT, Wilson NORTHRUP, CLARK PERSONS, NATHAN |
RECTOR, Peter ROGERS, RALPH RYDER, DAVID RYDER, JOSEPH SCHUYLER, John SELTER, Jeremiah SHAVELEAR, Martha SMITH, Hezekiah SNELL, Nancy ST. ORES, Jacob TAFT, SILAS THOMAS, HENRY THOMPSON, Phebe/Phoebe TREMPER, DANIEL TREMPER, JOHN WARNER, NATHANIEL WATKINS, R.D. WATKINS, RANSOM D. WELLS, ISAAC WILCOX, Betsey WILCOX, Charles WILCOX, Ephraim WILCOX, John WILCOX, Oliver WILCOX, William YORAN, James |
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