Following is the set of footnotes associated with research of the transcription of the May 1857 diary entries by Lorette Shepard & John Hamilton. These footnotes are also interspersed and embedded within the transcription.
- Norman Putnam ♢ Norman Melvin Putnam (1837-1895) was a son of Josiah & Lydia Shaw Putnam. He and John’s brother Frank (Benjamin Franklin Hamilton) were both born in 1837.
- Presbyterian Church ♢ There were three Presbyterian churches in the area - the First Presbyterian Church in Batavia, built in 1856, the Presbyterian Church built in the 1820's on Ellicott Street Road near Route 20 in East Bethany, and the Presbyterian Church on Bethany Center Road, Bethany Center.
- Peter Putnam ♢ Peter Putnam (1785-1857) III lived on Putnam Settlement and was 71 when he died. In 1804 he married Prudence Johnson and they had seven children: Orrin 47, Warren 46, Philathetta who died in 1839, Osgood 38, Seymour who died in 1854, Emeline 33 who married Calvin Strong, and David (unknown). After Prudence died in 1844, Peter married Ann Dusenbury Webster, widow of Constant Webster III (1792-1842) of Orangeville, Wyoming County. Ann, had four children with Constant: Alfred 29 who lived in Michigan, Orrin 26 and Aaron 24, who were unmarried and lived with their mother on the Putnam farm, and two deceased daughter, Helen Adel and Mary.
- Mrs. Holters ♢ Mrs. Catherine Holter may have been the mother of Harriet Holter, born in 1856, who would grow up to have a successful milliner business in Batavia. Needs further investigation.
- orchard ♢ The orchard was on the east side of the Shepard homestead.
- boy ♢ The baby, Charles L., was a son of Calvin and Lydia Ann (Shepard) Loomis lived until 1901, when he was killed in a train accident.
- James Quance ♢ Israel Quance (1821-1900) lived near John and Lorette on Putnam Settlement near East Road, Batavia. In 1850 he married Elizabeth (1829-1883). Their daughter, Lois L., was born in 1851.
- daughter ♢ Edith Maria Leonard born May 9th in Pike, Wyoming County, NY.
- Ransom Shepard & Wallace Hawley ♢ Wallace and Ransom were Lorette’s first cousins, sons of James Shepard and Sally Shepard Hawley.
- Elder Davis ♢ Elder Davis often preached at the school house that was “down” north, located just east of Ellicott and Shepard roads.
- Mr. Shepard ♢ It is unknown if James D Sheppard, the original owner of Sheppard & Cottier music store in Buffalo, was related to Lorette.
- Nancy Hamilton ♢ Because Nancy came with John’s sister Eliza, it is assumed she is a Hamilton cousin.
- seine ♢ A seine is a large net that is held on both ends and lowered into the water to catch lots of fish.
- Mr. J. Keaton ♢ There were quite a few Keatons in and around Silver Lake, in 1860, like the John Keaton (age 43, born in England) family in Castile, south of Silver Lake.
- James Shepard ♢ David Andrews born in 1805, died the next day. He lived near the south end of Francis Road with wife Mary Polly Norton a daughter of Ira & Susannah Preston Norton. The couple had three children, Luther, Susan A, and Mary Emogene. The family lived in Bethany and were buried in Maple Lawn Cemetery.
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