Maltiah Hatch came from the Lake country, N. Y. to Albany township, 1820, locating on what has since been known as Hatch Hill. He gained a reputation as a "flax-swingler" and was of much service to the people in preparing the raw material for the spinning wheel. He was an enthusiastic Methodist. He married a daughter of Robert Patter [Potter] and had children, Calvin, John, James, Douglass, Amanda and Marium.
