Benjamin Alvord was born 1737, and died Jun 1809 in Nelson, Madison Co., NY.
Notes for Benjamin Alvord: Benjamin Alvord esq 1737 d Jun 1809 Rev War Soldier ae 72 bur Lyons Cem nelson Madison Co NY = Abigail NOTE: Alvord, Abigail, widow 1812 tax list nelson NY) Alvord, Benjamin, admitted 1801, from Montague, MA, died June 5, 1809.First Presbyterian Church of Cazenovia
Perhaps the earliest of the taverns outside of the village was that operated by Benjamin Alvord. Alvord lived just west of the Abell Corners, on the south side of Ballina Road, as early as 1794. About 1800 the Ballina Road was opened by the State as a "State Road" which brought people to Cazenovia before any of the well known turnpikes. This tavern is said to have been where Dr. Isaac Lyman first practiced medicine when he arrived in Cazenovia in 1799. It is not known how long Alvord operated the tavern, but he, a veteran of the revolution, died in 1809 at the age of 70. Near Alvord's, Isaiah Williams kept a tavern for several years around 1812. Descriptions as to where the tavern was located differ, so it is difficult to tell exactly where it was. Henry Severence states that it was nearly opposite the tavern of Benjamin Alvord which I have been able to locate near the Abell Corners, and then he goes on to say that it was near the Dist. No. Nine school house. These two locations are not far from each other and the tavern was perhaps somewhere in between. Severence also writes of the squirrel hunts that were organized at Williams' tavern "to exterminate these pests that are (today - 1884) so assiduously protected by law."
Children of Benjamin Alvord are:
+Ira Alvord, b. 1769, Montague, Franklin Co., MA, d. 08 Dec 1851, Sandy Creek, Nelson, Madison Co., NY.
Benjamin Alvord (b. 1737, d. Jun 1809)
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