Individual Details

Nathan Bristol bought a large tract of land in Big Tree in 1808.  Bristol’s family included four unmarried daughters, so that the forest around their home is still called “Old Maids’ Woods.”  Their woods was full of wildlife. The girls recalled hearing wild cats running on the roof of their house when they were trying to sleep.  A trolley line ran through Bristol Woods, and it was a popular place for nature lovers. (Courtesy Hamburg Historical Society.)
 Bristol Park was adjacent to the estate of Pliny McNaughton in Highland Acres. The 30 acres included a two story residence called Glen Isabel, a coachman’s cottage, a large barn,  a greenhouse, and a poultry house. Visitors arrived by trolley over a 100 foot bridge located 900 feet back from the house. The first settler here was Mrs. Bristol, then Ransom Forbush, then Pliny McNaughton.
 Source: “Images of America: Hamburg” by John R. Edson,  copyright 2000, published by Arcadia Publishing.

Birth	22 Apr 1783	Manchester, Vermont
Death	4 Nov 1866	Hamburg, Erie, New York

Spouse

Rachel Cummins (1784 - 1861)

Father	Abel Bristol (1755 - 1820)
Mother	Anna Pearl (1758 - 1830)
Sibling	Ebenezer Bristol (1781 - )
Sibling	Timothy Bristol (1785 - 1873)
Sibling	Ruth Bristol (1787 - )
Sibling	Elizabeth Bristol (1789 - 1860)
Sibling	Sarah Bristol (1791 - 1865)
Sibling	Huldah Bristol (1793 - 1870)
Sibling	Anna Bristol (1795 - 1837)
Sibling	Aretus Bristol (1802 - 1883)