East Bloomfield, NY:
"The pioneer settlement of East Bloomfield was begun in 1789. ... The Goss/Gauss family came in 1789; Aaron Collins, a minister in 1795; Amos Bronson 1794 and Moses Gunn, Gideon King, Daniel Bronson, Joel Kellogg, Joseph Parker, the Lamberton, Winslow and Tainter families came early." ("Early Settlers of Ontario Co., NY -- excerpted from the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893 http://ontario.nygenweb.net/tbristol.htm)