The first of this family in Allegany was Joshua Vincent, who, in 1808, brought his family from Petersburg in Rensselaer Co., and, as an early settler, made a permanent home in Almond and Alfred among the " Seventh Day " people, in whose religious faith he joined. He had a taste for mechanics and operated a carding mill a short distance below " Baker's Bridge." He had two sons, David and Joshua, of whom David came when but a child from Petersburg to Almond alone on horseback. From thenceforth he lived in Almond, was for years a confidential employee of Hon. Clark Crandall, and died, when 68, on the farm his labor had developed from the wild land that he located. His wife survived him only from November to February. He married Freegift, daughter of Christopher and Lois (Coon) Saunders. Their children were Christopher, Amelia (Mrs. Russell Burdick), David, Lois, Abigail (Mrs. Tunis Van Antwerp), Orrin, Eli (died from wounds received in the battle of Gettysburg), Benjamin Morrill, Albert, JohnC, Joseph, Eleanor (Mrs. Philetus Andrews),
