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Last name Wadsworth
First name William
Display name William Wadsworth
Birth date 1765
Death date 1833
Gender m
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Bio notes One of two brothers who owned a prosperous farm on the Big-Tree Reservation, along the Genesee River. They were among the first pioneers to settle at Big Tree (Geneseo, New York) in 1790. In 1797, the brothers hosted the Treaty of Big Tree between Seneca tribesmen and US Government representatives. William was also an officer in the New York militia.

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William Allinson Diary, Volume 3