MR. THOMAS CUFFIN, REMSEN, ONEIDA, NEW YORK.
THOMAS CUFFIN, with his wife Catherine, came from Wales in 1801, and purchased land on which a small clearing had been made by Aaron Francis, where the house of R. Fremont Jones now stands. Their garden, filled with plants and flowering shrubs, became the admiration of the whole countryside, a veritable Eden in the wilderness, where rare varieties for those days were cultivated and nurtured.The farm still remains in the family, R. Fremont Jones being a great-grandson. The farm now comprises three homesteads of the early settlers, that of Robert Roberts, "Hughey" Jones and Thomas Cuffin.
The children of Mr. and IMrs. Cuffin were Catherine, wife of William I. Lewis; Nancy, who mamed John H. Jones; and Mary, who mamed Richard H. Jones. The children of the latter were Elias R., Hugh R., Thomas H., and Catherine. Elias R. mairied first Rachel, daughter of Robert M. Jones, and second, Ellen, daughter of Thomas Williams, of Steuben.