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Note: , on mortgaged land. About 1798 or 1799 Stephen moved the family to Easton (now Gorham) some miles NE where they spent the remainder of their time in Ontario Co. In 1815 they moved west to Huron C., Ohio, spending a short time near New London, then at Clarksfield where they were the first settlers. Excerpt from Fred Post book (page V25)...." In the scouting expeditions Grandfather Post and two of his friends were taken prisoners. The two comrades were killed. Grandfather was a musician took his flute from his pocket and began to play and dance. The Indians were amused and took him with them to Canada. He became a favorite and the Chief wanted to adopt him. In the winter the Indians went to Malden. Here they obtained some skates. The young men went down to the lake, taking G'father with them. He pretended he did not know what the skates were. He said he wanted to ride on the little "sleds". They good naturedly let him try the skates and he made great sport for the Indians tumbling and falling on the ice. He said the sleds they gave him were no good. He wanted to try first one and then the other until he had gotten all of the skates off the Indians. He knew the best skates and did not put them on until the last. Fastening them on securely he tumbled and rolled until he was some distance from the Indians. Suddenly he straightened up, waved his hand and was off like a shot for the south side of the lake (Erie). For an instant the Indians were too surprised to move. Then some started for their guns while others started in pursuit. It was a life and death race. Grandfather Post came to a long air hole many feet wide and extending as far as the eye could reach. He took a running leap and landed safely, with a broken skate strap. He was now safe from immediate pursuit, for the Indians dare not cross the chasm." This next item is taken from the Pioneer History of Clarksfield, Huron County, Ohio 1817-1851 (1908)page 33 There is considerable uncertainty in regard to the first actual settler in the township (Clarksfield), but we believe the weight of evidence is in favor of the statement that the family of Stephen Post was the first to live here, although Ezra Wood, Benjamin Benson and E.M. Barnum, who have written sketches of the pioneer settlement of the township, fail to mention Mr. Post, but Simeon Hoyt, who came in 1817, says that Mr. Post was here when he came. Although we believe Mr. Husted built the first house, his family did not come until some months afterward. Bushnell Post, a son of Stephen, tells the story of his father's journey to Ohio in the following words: "In the year of 1815, down in the Empire state and in the rich valley of the Genessee, there lived a family of Posts, a family of Miners, a family of Russells and a family of Andersons, all neighbors, or what was called neighbors in those early days, for though some miles of wooded roads lay between them, yet their social gatherings and their friendly greetings proclaimed them neighbors indeed. These four families consisted of the following persons: Stephen Post, my father; Sally Post, my mother; sisters Cynthia and Anna, brothers Isaiah, Stephen and William and the baby, sister Lucinda; and connected with the family as a hired man at this time was Zara C. Norton, in all nine persons. Asel Miner and his wife, Polly Miner, George Miner, Joel and Albert Miner make up a family of six. The Russells were three in number; the mother and the two sons, Olcott and Charles; and in the other was Henry Anderson, his wife and a daughter Laura, and connected with the family was Simeon Munson, who came down from Ohio to help move them. The sum total of persons were twenty-two. Some time in the month of December,1815 these four families came together with their goods packed and piled on three or four sleds, and one wagon was loaded with goods, and these loads were to be hauled by thr
Note: Stephen Post and his brother Isaiah Initially settled near Naples, Ontario, NY.
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