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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

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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