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One Nation under God -
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with liberty
and justice
for all -
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"This
town among the clouds, as it were -
is
not only rich in picturesque scenery,
but has an eventful & interesting history."
- Hebert F Keith
New pictures have been added of individual
graves in:
Mount Washington Cemetery in Mount Washington
and Town House Hill Cemetery in South Egremont taken in 2009
BE SURE TO TAKE A LOOK!
Photos of Mount Washington past and present,
residents and descendents thereof both past and present are continually
sought after. If you are in possession any such photos
- Don't be shy, by all means, PLEASE,
contact me!
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Robert Livingston, Third Lord, 1708-1790
"The smallest town in Massachusetts was known originally as Taghconic Mountain, the mountains were here being part of the Taconic
Range. Its earliest inhabitants were (Indians) Mahicans who had been forced from
the Hudson Valley by the Mohawks and, later, the Dutch. The first whites
to settle here were Dutch traders from NY, who began to make permanent
homes here in the 1690's. The Lord of the Manor at the time was Robert
Livingston, Dutch by birth, but the son of a Scottish Presbyterian
minister who had been exiled to Holland. When, in 1755, he sent an armed
party to collect the rent owed him by English settlers, a skirmish
erupted in which William Race was killed. Later, Livingston's henchmen
burned six English houses. After the Revolutionary War, the town was
incorporated as Mt. Washington, one of the first place names to honor
the victorious war general."
- Appalachian Trail Names, David Lillard, pg. 84, 2002 ______________________________________________
HISTORICAL REFERENCES OF MT
WASHINGTON
Click on the
links below to read about the history of Mount Washington & it's
previous residents.
 "Mount
Washington"
by Herbert F Keith
"Historical
Sketch of Mt Washington"
by O.E. Lamson
1810-1904
Historical Address of June 1, 1907
Collections of the Berkshire County Historical and Scientific
Society
Sage's Ravine
- "Mischief & Miscellany"
SHEFFIELD - FRONTIER TOWN by Lillian E. Preiss, 1976
1862 Family History
written by Stanton A Campbell
1817-1893
1752 document with
a list of Dutch Farmers of Taughkanic Mountain (Mt
Washington, Mass)
The Incorporation
of the town of Mount Washington & Its soldiers of the
Revolutionary War
by Michele (Patterson) Valenzano
descendent of Capt. Charles Patterson
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HELPFUL LINKS
The links below have been found useful in researching
branches of Mt Washington Genealogy |
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The Sheffield (MA) Historical
Society
Columbia County, NY Genealogy & History
Dutchess County, NY, History & Genealogy
Litchfield County, CT AHGP Project
The Berkshire County (MA) Genweb
Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield's Public
Library
Berkshire County Mass Cemeteries Project
This web site has
been created to be a useful tool for family researchers who have
followed their family history back to the town of Mount
Washington in Berkshire County in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
For
further information please read
About Me.
If you
would like to make an inquiry, suggestion or if you have any
information you would like to see posted on this website, your
contributions are sought, welcome and appreciated. PLEASE
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Orrin
Whitbeck 1827-1911 lifelong resident of Mt Washington and past town
clerk buried in Mount Washington Cemetery
Photo Album View photos of the area of Mt
Washington, Engravings, Portraits, Cemeteries and more
Old Burial Ground
'tis a pleasing thought - that
although we meet in this world but to part,
and love only to have the object of our affection snatched from us when it seems most dear -
that there is a world
above - a
heavenly home, where sorrows never come, and where friends never part -
- Edmund Dewitt Patterson September 9, 1863
Edmund Dewitt Patterson 1842-1914 was a
Confederate Civil War POW and Great-grandson of Revolutionary War
Veteran Capt. Charles Patterson 1745-1837 of Mount Washington,
Mass. The memoirs of EDP published as a book in
2004 is excellent
reading for a Civil War buff regardless of bias to the history of the
Union or Confederacy -
Sage's
Ravine
Bash Bish Falls
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of
Mount Washington
Lord, help me dig into the past
and sift the sand of time
that I might find the roots that make
this family tree of mine.
Lord, help me trace the ancient roads
on which my fathers trod
and led them through so many lands
to find our present sod
Lord, help me find an ancient book
or dusty manuscript,
that's safely hidden now away
in some forgotten crypt.
Lord, let it bridge the gaps that haunt
my soul when I can't find,
this missing link between a name
that ends the same as mine.
-
Robert
Wood
Church of Christ in Mt Washington 2006
Photo of the church on a
1906 post card
Thinking of visiting Mount Washington for yourself and wondering
where to lay your head?Click on the link below to:
Visit Baldwin Hill Farm B&B
Baldwin Hill Farm B&B is owned and operated by my good friends Richard and Priscilla Burdsall the
most hospitable B&B owners in the Berkshire Hills located in South Egremont, MA a stones throw from Mount Washington with a breathe taking
view thereof!
Wondering from where I took the picture above of Mount
Washington?
Answer: from their back yard!
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