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- Nathan Birdsall was from Rye, Westchester County, NY. He was among the first to settle a little community at Quaker Hill in the present town of Pawling.
From Friend's Meetings in Dutchess County
This county has had more Friends' meetings in it than any other in the state. The first settlement of Friends was on the ridge of Quaker Hill, and the first to settle there were Benjamin Ferriss and Nathan Birdsall, in 1728. Others soon followed, and by 1742 the first meeting was well established. The "Enrollment of the People Called Quakers Persuant an act of General Assembly of
this providence passed the 19th February, 1755, Entitled an Act for regulating Militia of the Colony of New York," gives a list of 49 families for Dutchess County Lists George Soule & wife "settled at nine partners", Nathan Birdsall & wife.
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