1830 Census Living Portland, Chautauqua County, New York.
2 Male under 5 yrs, 1 Male 20-30, 1 Female 30-40 & 1 Female 40-50.362

1840 living in Portland township, Chautauqua County, NY.
2 Males 5-10, 2; Males 10-15, & 1 Males 30-40.
2 Females under 5 & 1 Females 40-50. 363

1850 Living Portland Township, Chautauqua County, NY, age 50. 361

1860 Living Portland Township, Chautauqua County, NY, age 59, with son Chandler’s family. 364

1870

Was b. in Sandsfield, Mass, July 28, 1800. He came to Portland, NY in 1822, and in March of that year, he articled part of lot 17, T. 5, farm now owned by his son Chandler. He m. Betsey, dau, of Samuel Munson, in 1824. Mrs. C. was b. in Oneida county, N. Y., in April 1800. They lived upon their farm until 1856 when they removed to the Baptist parsonage on part of lot 26, T. 5, place now owned by Hiram Burton where Mrs. C. d. Oct. 7, that year. Mr. C. is still living, near North East, Pa. He was a bro. of Mrs. Nath. Reeder (No. 158) Mr. C. is an earnest member of the Protestant Methodist church; politically a republican. 360

NOTES: Wolcott Colt died in 1881 in Conneaut, Ohio; remains were brought to Portland, NY and he was burried in Evergreen Cemetery beside his wife. Fredonia Censor 23 Feb. 1881.

Marietta Colt d. 1 Oct. 1856 in Portland age 18 yrs. FC 22 Oct. 1856. Mercella as Martha M. m. Jehial Grant on 30 Dec. 1852 in Portland by Rev. John Peate FC 1/5/53 360


A Protestant Methodist Church was organized in 1858, in the south-east part of the town, by Rev. U. C. Payne, of Fredonia. The original members were Wolcott Colt, Chandler Colt, Mrs. Merab Colt, Sarah Colt, Joel S. and Lydia Farnham, Platt A. and Lucy Lathrop, Collins Haight, Nancv Porter, Cynthia Kelly, and Cornelia Howe. No society was incorporated ; and the church organization, after two or three years, was discontinued.365

REEDER, Nathaniel (158)

Came to Portland in 1820 and purchased a claim of Calvin Barnes jr., to pt of lot 33, T. 5, farm now owned by Mrs. Bush. In 1831 or ’32 he sold to Ithamer Crouch and moved to town of Chautauqua. Mrs. R. is a sister of Wolcott Colt. He was a Methodist preacher. [see M. E. Church] James Reeder, a bro. lived on the same farm.360