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In 1812, Rochester moved his family to Rochesterville and joined several other first settlers of what was later to become the chartered Town of Rochesterville in 1817 and the City of Rochester in 1834.
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On March 21, 1817, Rochesterville officially became a village of 655 acres and 700 inhabitants. A few months later on July 4, construction began on the Erie Canal - the man-made channel that would soon transform this wilderness settlement into a prosperous city.
Village of Rochesterville formed by the Brown brothers (for whom Brown's Race is named). 1821. Rochesterville becomes county seat of newly formed Monroe County. 1823. Erie Canal aqueduct over the Genesee River was finished. 1825. Western New York considered to be the Burned-Over District. 1832
The Erie Canal turned Rochesterville into an American “boom town,” and today’s Rochester is the third largest city in New York. The canal first traveled through the center of the city across an 800-foot stone aqueduct over the Genesee River, a major achievement at that time!
Rochesterville This hand-drawn map, believed to have been penned by Nathaniel Rochester, shows lots owned by Rochester, Fitzhugh, and Carroll. In 1811, Rochester began establishing a town on the Upper Falls tract.
As you walk the grounds, reflect on the knowledge that a 17th century Seneca town existed peacefully on these same grounds 350 years ago. Rochesterville The quest to acquire land in the "new frontier" led Revolutionary War soldier and well-to-do landowner Nathaniel Rochester from Hagerstown, Maryland, to the area in 1800.
By 1821, Rochesterville was the seat of Monroe County. In 1823, it consisted of 1,012 acres (4 km2) and 2,500 residents, and the Village of Rochesterville became known as Rochester. Also in 1823, the Erie Canal aqueduct over the Genesee River was completed, and the Erie Canal east to the Hudson River was opened.
