William Broughton b. 1785 CT. Lived in Wyoming Co., NY
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Source:HISTORY OF WYOMING CO., NY
BY: F. W. BEERS, 1880
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William Broughton was born in Canton, Connecticut, June 4th, 1785. He married SALLY BLAKELY, daughter of David Blakely,of Pawlet, VT, Nov. 11th, 1810, and the same year settled in the east part of Gainesville, Wyoming Co., NY, at "the end of the road", on lot 14. From the place he had selected for his future home he followed an Indian trail to Batavia, and procured a deed of the land which he occupied till his death. The log house hastily thrown up was the home into which he brought his young wife. In 1812 he was interested with his father-in-law in the purchase of lot 28. In the log house were born to him seven daughters, five of whom are now living. The youngest married Isaac W. Quick, a manufacturer, of Auburn, N.Y. Sophronia, one of the youngest daughters, formerly connected with a prominent school for young ladies in Batavia, and for some time engaged in educational interests in Berlin, NY, is now the accomplished head of Clare Place, a boarding and day school for young ladies at Warsaw, NY. Colonel Broughton's tastes were scholarly, and he early accumulated a library extensive for the time, which contributed to the benefit and build the character, not only of his own family, but of young men who today honor his memory. He was a Christain gentleman, whose influence was felt for good in the political, temperance and social forces of his day. He voted with the Whig party. He died March 6th, 1838. Mrs. Broughton died in Warsaw Oct. 27th, 1866.
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Denise Perkins Ready
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