[This list] is really a bit more than just the Up the River district for 1776. For 1776, it is the County of Westmoreland, Colony of Connecticut, which includes the area from about Wilkes-Barre north up the Susquehanna to the New York border.
Tax list for the various districts of Westmoreland Co., Colony of Connecticut, August, 1776.
Copies of these tax lists can be found printed in "Proceedings and Collections of The Wyoming Historical and Geological Society," V: 209-218.
| WILKES-BARRE DISTRICT | KINGSTON DISTRICTPLYMOUTH DISTRICT | |
|---|---|---|
| Richardson Avery | James Atherton | Amos Amesbury |
| Richardson Avery, Jr. | James Atherton, Jr. | Asahel Atherton |
| Christopher Avery | Asahel Buck | Caleb Austin |
| William Avery | William Buck | Samuel Ayres |
| John Abbott | Aholiab Buck | James Bidlack, Sr. |
| Elias Bixby | Richard Brockway | Joshua Bennet |
| Thomas Brown | Asa Brown | Henry Barney |
| Jesse Bissell | Benjamin Budd | Benjamin Cole |
| James Bidlack, Jr. | Thomas Bennet | Daniel Colton |
| Asa Burnham | Jeremiah Baker | Jeremiah Coleman |
| Zebulon Butler | John Bass | Jesse Coleman |
| Elisha Blackman | Henry Bush | William Churchill |
| Stoddart Bowen | Kingsley Comstock | Jonathan Churchill |
| Benjamin Bailey | Samuel Cummings | Thomas Carscadden |
| Isaac Bennet | Elias Church | Daniel Denton |
| Aaron Bower | Gideon Church | Gilbert Denton |
| Asa Bennet | Amaziah Cleveland | Frederick Eveland |
| Moses Brown | Nathan Denison | Daniel Finch, Sr. |
| Joseph Crooker | Amos Draper | James Frisbie |
| Benjamin Clark | George Dorrance | John Franklin |
| Samuel Cole | John Dorrance | Jonathan Forsythe |
| Eleazar Carey | Thomas Foxen | Philip Goss |
| William Dorton | Stephen Fuller, Jr. | Philip Goss, Jr. |
| William Dunn | William Gallup | Solomon Goss |
| William Dunn, Jr. | Lemuel Gustin | Nathaniel Goss |
| Robert Durkee | Asa Gore | Bazabel Gurney |
| Thomas Durkee | Obadiah Gore | Joseph Gaylord |
| Anderson Dana | Silas Gore | Charles Gaylord |
| William Davidson | Samuel Gordon | Justus Gaylord |
| Douglass Davidson | Peter Harris | Aaron Gaylord |
| Daniel Downing | Elijah Harris | Zachariah Hartsouf |
| Henry Elliot | Dethick Hewitt | Benjamin Harvey |
| John Foster | Levi Hicks | Silas Harvey |
| Stephen Fuller | John Hammond | Timothy Hopkins |
| Jonathan Fitch | Dudley Hammond | Thomas Heath |
| Cornelius Gale | Amariah Hammond | John Heath |
| Peregrine Gardner | Eglon Hatch | Jonathan Hunlock |
| Daniel Gore | Ezekiel Hamilton | William Hurlbut |
| Obadiah Gore, Jr. | Esther Follett | Crocker Jones |
| Rezin Geer | Benjamin Follett | Benjamin Kilbourn |
| James Green | Eliphalet Follett | Rufus Lawrence |
| Elias Green | John Fish | Ephraim McCoy |
| James Gould | Asahel Jearoms | Nicholas Manvil |
| John Garrett | William Kellogg | David Marvin |
| John Hageman | Jesse Lee | Matthew Marvin |
| Joseph Hageman | James Legget | James Nesbitt |
| Simeon Hyde | Nathaniel Landon | Jonathan Pritchard |
| John Hyde | Peter Lowe | Noah Pettebone |
| Asahel Hyde | Robert McIntire | Samuel Ransom |
| Samuel Hutchins | Winchester Matthewson | Josiah Rogers |
| John Hollenback | Seth Marvin | Peren Ross |
| Matthew Hollenback | John Murphy | Daniel Roberts |
| Howlet Hazen | Phineas Peirce | Hezekiah Roberts |
| Robert Hopkins | Timothy Peirce | James Roberts |
| Gamaliel Irasdel | Ezekiel Peirce | Ebenezer Roberts |
| Solomon Johnson | John Peirce | Elisha Richards |
| William Judd | Noah Pettebone | William Reynolds |
| Ebenezer Lane | John Perkins | Thomas Sawyer |
| Thomas McClure | Isaac Phillips | Simon Spalding |
| Thomas Neal | Ashbel Robinson | Oliver Smith |
| Martin Nelson | Elias Roberd | William Stewart |
| William Nelson | Elias Roberd, Jr. | Obadiah Scott |
| Aaron Pixby | Timothy Rose | Daniel Sherwood |
| Thomas Pickard | Elijah Shoemaker | Robert Spencer |
| Ebenezer Parks | Benjamin Skiff | John Tillbury |
| William Parker | John Smith | Matthias Van Loon |
| Innia Preston | William H. Smith | John Van Why |
| Ebenezer Phillips | Timothy Smith | Asaph Whittlesey |
| Thomas Porter | Lockwood Smith | Samuel Williams |
| Jeremiah Ross | Benedict Satterlee | Rufus Williams |
| Jacob Shufeldt | William Searle | Elihu Williams |
| Josiah Stanburrough | Constant Searle | William White |
| Adonijah Stanburrough | Luke Swetland | Nathan Wade |
| John Staples | Jedidiah Stevens | |
| James Staples | Joshua Stevens | |
| Joseph Staples | Roasel Stevens | |
| Josiah Smith | Thomas Stoddart | NORTH DISTRICT |
| Isaac Smith | Ebenezer Skinner | (EXETER & PROVIDENCE) |
| Isaac Smith, Jr. | Elisha Swift | |
| James Stark | Parshall Terry | Nathan Albeen |
| William Stark | Parshall Terry, Jr. | Joseph Baker |
| Asa Stevens | John Tubbs | Samuel Brown |
| Darius Spafford | Lebbeus Tubbs | Silas Benedict |
| Jabez Sill | Isaiah Walker | Daniel Campbell |
| Elihu Waters | Israel Walker | Manasseh Cady |
| Ephraim Wheeler | Parker Wilson | Stephen Gardner |
| John Wheeler | Ozias Yale | John Gardner |
| Peter Wheeler | Peter Harris | |
| John Williams | PITTSTON DISTRICT | Stephen Harding |
| Thomas Williams | Stephen Harding, Jr. | |
| Jonathan Weeks | Noah Adams | Lemuel Harding |
| Jonathan Weeks, Jr. | Isaac Adams | James Hadsall |
| Philip Weeks | Daniel Allen | Daniel Ingersoll |
| Edward Walker | James Brown | Benjamin Jones |
| William Warner | James Brown, Jr. | Nathan Jones |
| Abel Yarington | David Brown | Thomas Joslin |
| Jeremiah Blanchard | Nathaniel Johnson | |
| James Bagley | John Jenkins, Sr. | |
| HANOVER DISTRICT | Isaac Baldwin | Timothy Keyes |
| Rufus Baldwin | William Martin | |
| Prince Alden | Ishmael Bennet | William Pickard |
| Mason Fitch Alden | Caleb Bates | Thomas Picket |
| Eber Andrews | Samuel Billings | Joseph Slocum |
| Jeremiah Bickford | Thomas Cooper | Jacob Syne |
| Isaac Bennett, Jr. | Daniel Cash | John D. Shoemaker |
| Peleg Burritt | Eber Crandall | Elisha Scovell |
| Isaac Campbell | John Carr | Ebenezer Searle |
| John Commer | Barnabas Carey | Levi Townsend |
| James Cook | Timothy Howe | Isaac Tripp |
| Peleg Cook | Abraham Harding | Job Tripp |
| Nathaniel Davenport | Thomas Harding | Job Tripp, Jr. |
| Samuel Downer | Stephen Harding | Preserved Taylor |
| Samuel Ensign | Benjamin Hempstead | Philip Wintermute |
| John Ewing | Richard Halstead | Philip Wintermute, Jr. |
| James Forsythe | Isaiah Halstead | John Wintermute |
| John Frnaklin | Jeremiah Hogeboom | Richard West |
| Roasel Franklin | Eton Jones | |
| Daniel Franklin | Joseph Leonard | NORTH DISTRICT |
| Andrew Freeman | Obadiah Munson | "UP THE RIVER" |
| Isaac Fitchett | James Moore | |
| Walt Garrett | Ebenezer Marcy | Frederick Anker |
| Itius Hinman | Samuel Millard | Philip Bender |
| Nicholas Hoffman | Timothy Pearce | Prince Bryant |
| Ebenezer Hebard | Jonathan Parker | Jacob Bowman |
| William Hibbard | John Ryan | Adam Bowman |
| Cyprian Hibbard | Michael Rood | Elijah Brown |
| Richard Inman | David Sanford | Philip Buck |
| Elijah Inman | Ephraim Sanford | David Bigsby |
| David Inman | Solomon S/tdong | Jacob Brunner |
| Robert Jameson | Aaron Stark | Joshua Beebe |
| John Jameson | Elijah Silsby | _____ Cole |
| William Jameson | Samuel Slater | Nicholas Depew [De Pui] |
| John Jackson | Samuel Slater, Jr. | John Depew [De Pui] |
| James Lasley | John Stafford | Josiah Dewey |
| George Liquors | William Shay | John De Witt |
| Edward Lester | David Smith | Stephen Farrington |
| William McKerachan | Zachariah Squire | Frederick Frank |
| Jacob Morris | Eleazar West | Rudolph Fox |
| Benjamin Potts | William Williams | Lemuel Fitch |
| Lazarus Stewart, Jr. | Nathan Williams | Edward Hicks |
| Lazarus Stewart | Justus Worden | Casper Hopper |
| Willaim Smith | John Worden | Reuben Herrington |
| Levi Spencer | Andrew Hickman | |
| James Spencer | LACKAWAY DISTRICT | George Kentner |
| Edward Spencer | Nathan Kingsley | |
| Caleb Spencer | John Ainsley | John Larabee |
| Solomon Squire | Hezekiah Bingham | Isaac Larraway |
| Benjamin Shaw | Roger Clark | Read Mallory |
| John Sharar | Uriah Chapman | Zebulon Marcy |
| Robert Young | Asa Chapman | Thomas Millard |
| James Dye | Thomas Millard, Jr. | |
| MISCELLANEOUS | Stephen Edwards | Benjamin Pawling |
| Eliab Farnam | William Pawling | |
| Joel Strong | David Gates | Nicholas Phillips |
| James Cole | Nathaniel Gates | Abel Palmer |
| Robert Frazer | Samuel Hallet | Ichabod Phelps |
| Samuel Freeman | Jonathan Haskell | Elijah Phelps |
| Thomas Leavenworth | Zadock Killam | John Stephens |
| Phineas Nash | Ephraim Killam | Frederick Smith |
| John Shaw | Stephen Killam | Huldrick Shout |
| Jacob Kimball | Henry Simmons | |
| John Pellet | Sebastian S/tdope | |
| William Pellet | Conrad Searle | |
| Amos Park | John Secord | |
| Zebulon Parrish | Peter Secord | |
| Stephen Parrish | James Scovell | |
| Isaac Parrish | Jacob Sage | |
| Silas Park | Ephraim Tyler | |
| Nathan Thomas | Isaac Van Alstyne | |
| Enos Woodward, Jr. | "Old" Van Alstyne | |
| Elijah Witter | James Van Alstyne | |
| Isaac Van Valkenberg | ||
| Frederick Vanderlip | ||
| Hendrick Winter | ||
| Elisha Wilcox | ||
| Henry Windecker | ||
| Abram Workman | ||
| John Williamson | ||
| Thomas Wigton | ||
| Amos York |
The same "UP THE RIVER" district from another source for both 1776 and 1777:
| 1776 | 1777 |
|---|---|
| Frederick Arger | Frederick Anker |
| Philip Bender | Ishmael Bennett |
| Prince Bryant | Elijah Brown |
| Jacob Bowman | Capt. Robert Carr |
| Adam Bowman | Ezer Curtis |
| Elijah Brown | Benjamin Eaton |
| Philip Buck | Lemuel Fitch |
| David Bigsby | Richard Fitzgerald |
| Jacob Brunner | Isaac Falkenburg (probably Van Valkenburg) |
| Joshua Beebe | Nathan Kingsley |
| Samuel Cole | Isaac Laraway |
| Nicholas Depue | Benjamin Marcy |
| Josiah Dewey | William Pawling |
| John Depue | John Pensler |
| John Dewit | Abel Palmer |
| Stephen Ferrington | Ichabod Phelps |
| Frederick Frank | Elijah Phelps |
| Rudolph Fox | Minor Robbins |
| Lemuel Fitch | Michael Showers |
| Edward Hicks | Benjamin Skiff |
| Gosper Hopper | Bastian Strope |
| Reuben Herrington | Frederick Smith |
| Andrew Kickman | John Thorington (probably Herrington) |
| George Kentner | Gart Vanderbanack |
| Nathan Kingsley | James VanAlstine |
| John Laraby | Old VanAlstine |
| Isaac Laraway | Isaac VanAlstine |
| Read Malory | Elisha Wilcox |
| Zebn. Marcy | Thomas Wilcox |
| Thomas Millord | Joseph Winkler |
| Thomas Millord, Jr. | James Wells |
| Benjamin Pauling | Amos York |
| Will Pauling | |
| Nicholas Philips | |
| Abel Palmer | |
| Ichabod Phelps | |
| Elijah Phelps | |
| John Stephens | |
| Frederick Smith | |
| Huldrick Shont | |
| Henry Simmons | |
| Bastian Strope | |
| Coonrad Searls | |
| John Secord | |
| James Scovel | |
| Jacob Sage | |
| Peter Secord | |
| Ephraim Tyler | |
| Isaac VanAlstine | |
| Old VanAlstine | |
| Frederick Vanderslip | |
| Isaac Vanvalkenburg | |
| Hendrick Winter | |
| Elisha Wilcox | |
| Henry Windecker | |
| Abram Workman | |
| John Williamson | |
| Thomas Wigton | |
| Amos York |
Note: Of the foregoing, 31 and possibly two or three others on the list, were living within Bradford county, as follows:
Towanda - Jacob Bowman, Rudolph Fox
Wysox - Isaac Laraway, Bastian Strope, John Secord, Peter Secord, Isaac Van Valkenburg
Asylum - Samuel Cole, Jacob Brunner, Michael Showers
Standing Stone - Lemuel Fitch, Richard Fitzgerald, John Pensler, Coonrad Searls (Conrad Sill), Isaac VanAlstine, James VanAlstine, Old VanAlstine
Wyalusing, or Springfield - Capt. Robert Carr, Josiah Dewey, Nathan Kingsley, Benjamin Pauling
The "UP THE RIVER" district was the settled upper section of the Susquehanna Valley, in what is now Bradford, Wyoming and upper Luzerne counties of Pennsylvania.