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Newsletter, January 2012
A Brief History of the Swezey-Avey Homestead
"The Swezey-Avey House began as a small structure on a stone foundation on the east bank of the Carmans River at Millville. Capt. Robert Robinson had built a sawmill, just below the house and sometime in the late 1700's the mill and the house were sold to Christopher Swezey who continued to run the mill with his sons Daniel and Van Rennselaer. Milling was an important industry not only in the village, but also for the villages in the surrounding area. Christopher Swezey and his family became wealthy. Daniel Downs Swezey eventually bought out his brother's interests in the mill thereby separating the mill from the homestead."
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