Orrin Leonard BRITTON^[1]

1811 - 1892  (80 years)

• Name	Orrin Leonard BRITTON
  Born	5 Jun 1811	Westmoreland, Cheshire, New Hampshire
  Gender	Male
  Noteworthy	Early settler of Sextonville, WI
  Died	1892	Richland Center, Richland, Wisconsin
  Person ID	I19061	Main
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2017

  
  

  Father	Daniel BRITTON,   b. 29 Mar 1773, Westmoreland, Cheshire, New Hampshire ,   d. 21 May 1872, Gananoque, Ontario, Canada  (Age 99 years)
  Mother	Sally WOOD,   b. 6 Jul 1780, Westmoreland, Cheshire, New Hampshire ,   d. 3 Jun 1862, St Lawrence County, New York  (Age 81 years)
  Married	18 Mar 1804	Westmoreland, Cheshire, New Hampshire
  Family ID	F6141	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna PRATT,   b. 16 Mar 1811, Jefferson, Schoharie, New York ,   d. 1854, Richland Center, Richland, Wisconsin  (Age 42 years)
  Married	Dec 1830	Jefferson, Schoharie, New York
  Children	+ 1. Evlyn BRITTON,   b. 8 Oct 1831, Stone Mills, Jefferson, New York ,   d. 30 Sep 1892, Sextonville, Richland, Wisconsin  (Age 60 years)   2. Lucy BRITTON,   b. 12 Apr 1834   3. daughter BRITTON,   b. 22 May 1846,   d. 22 Aug 1846  (Age 0 years)   4. Daniel BRITTON,   b. 10 Jul 1836, New York, USA   5. Hiram BRITTON,   b. 20 May 1838, New York, USA   6. Orrin BRITTON,   b. 27 Feb 1841, New York, USA   7. Sally BRITTON,   b. 25 Jan 1844, New York, USA   8. Freeman BRITTON,   b. 31 Dec 1847, Wisconsin, USA   9. Clay BRITTON,   b. 13 Apr 1851, Wisconsin, USA
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2023
  Family ID	F6139	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 5 Jun 1811 - Westmoreland, Cheshire, New Hampshire  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Orrin L Britton, one of the first justices of the peace in the Town of Buena Vista, was the pioneer settler of Sextonville. When he was 12 years old, his parents moved to Jefferson Co, NY where they were pioneers. There Orrin L. continued to live until 1844, when he moved to Wisconsin, making the journey overland with a pair of horses and wagon. He was six weeks on the road at the end of which time he arrived at the village of Jefferson, Jefferson County. He first rented land a few miles out of town, and in the spring of 1845 he bought timberland in the Rock river woods, moved there and cleared a few acres, then sold and hired to E.M. Sexton to drive a peddler’s wagon from near Fort Atikinson, which he continued until 1848 at which date he came to Richland County.

  
  

• Sources

  [S44] Orcutt_001 gedcom file, Robert Waddell.