Barber's Historical Collections of the State of New York, 1841, also states, in its listing for the Town of Benton in Yates County (p. 605) that "Hopeton is a small settlement near Dresden." And my copy of the DeLorme's New York State Gazetteer and Atlas shows a "Hopeton Road" just north of Cascade Mills, and south of State Route 54, on the Lake Keuka Outlet. Hugh C. MacDougall Secretary/Treasurer James Fenimore Cooper Society 8 Lake Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326-1016 <[log in to unmask]> <http://library.cmsu.edu/cooper/cooper.htm> ---------- > From: Mary Jo Barone <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Hopetown/Hopetoun > Date: Friday, December 11, 1998 12:01 PM > > David: Spafford's 1824 Gazetteer lists 'Hopeton Village" in the town of > Benton in Yates County. He says,"Hopeton Post Office, named by 2 > correspondents, but not on the general Table of Post Offices of this year, > furnished me by the Post Master General, is at Hopeton Village, on the > outlet of the Crooked Lake, one mile W. of Dresden, at its mouth." He does > not list a Hopetown. > Mary Jo Barone > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Minor <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Friday, December 11, 1998 10:26 AM > Subject: Hopetown/Hopetoun > > > >Dear list members, > > > >A non-cyber reader of my first article on Charles Williamson wondered if > >the Hopetown, New York, (near Dresden) was named after Hopetoun, Scotland, > >where Williamson's family originated. Apparently Hopetown was laid out in > >the same way some Williamson towns were. > > > >My French's Gazetteer doesn't mention a Hopetown and a search of the NY > >GenWeb site for Washington County doesn't mention a such a place. > > > >Can someone on the list provide a few details on Hopetown. I'm guessing > >that if it is connected to the Scotland Hopetoun it's not through > >Williamson, but some other settler. Or perhaps it was just early boosterism > >combined with wishful thinking. > > > >Any comments? > > > >David Minor > > > >David Minor > >Eagles Byte Historical Research > >Rochester, New York > >716 264-0423 > >[log in to unmask] > > > >http://home.eznet.net/~dminor > >