1813-1815 James Wild Payment book Columbia-ville Stockport,New York Cotton Mills
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1813-1815 James Wild Payment book Columbia-ville Stockport,New York Cotton Mills. His date of birth is uncertain. In 1812, his self-reported age implied a birth in about March 1786, but the birthdate inscribed on his gravestone is 10 December 1786. Nathan Wild was born at Manchester, England, in the year 1790. This is a rare 1813-1815 Payment receipt book of James Wild of Columbiaville a part of Stockport,New York.Close to 500 receipts,each signed by the recipient of the payment.Some names are Nathan Wild(his brother),William Perry,Charles G.Pickham,Freeman Stone,David F.Wood,George Faith,William Heath,John Dow,William E.Heath,Nathan Wise and many more.The cover and front end pages is mostly detached.Signed by James Wild on front end page.Please see photos.Hoping this makes to a museum around Stockport. Biography of Nathan Wild from History of Columbia County, New York By Captain Franklin Ellis Published by Everts & Ensign Philadelphia, PA 1878 Facing Page 232 NATHAN WILD Nathan Wild was born at Manchester, England, in the year 1790. He and his brother James came to this country early in the present century, and were identified with the history of cotton manufacturing for nearly fifty years. His first employment was with the Slaters of Rhode Island, and then with his brother at Columbiaville, in this county. In 1817 he settled at Valatie, forming, with his associates,--Benjamin Baldwin and James Wardle,--the Kinderhook Manufacturing Company, and began the spinning of cotton yarn and weaving cotton shirting by hand-looms in the mill now known as the Davis paper-mill. This process was continued till about the year 1825, when the power-loom was introduced. Mr. Wild started the first power-loom that was run in this State. Under his energetic management the Kinderhook Manufacturing Company became the owners of the mills and water-power on the Valatie creek, where, in 1828, they built a brick factory for sixty looms (a large mill at that time). In 1833 the Kinderhook Manufacturing Company was dissolved, Mr. Wild taking the property on the Valatie creek. In 1845 he visited England, and soon after his return he erected a factory for ten thousand spindles and two hundred looms. He continued in business till 1858. Mr. Wild was on of the most enterprising men of his time. His prompt and honorable dealing, his public spirit in promoting all improvements for the general welfare, his active sympathy for, and just dealings with, his employees through his long business career, were very prominent traits of his character, and won for him the respect and esteem of all who knew him. He died in 1867, at the age of seventy-seven years. Biography James Wild was born in England, probably in Lancashire. His date of birth is uncertain. In 1812, his self-reported age implied a birth in about March 1786, but the birthdate inscribed on his gravestone is 10 December 1786.. Stockport is supposed to have received its name in 1833 from Stockport, Lancashire, England, "the native place of James Wild, at that time a prominent citizen of the town." On 12 August 1812, not long after the start of the War of 1812 against England, James Wild reported himself in New York as a British subject. He was 26 years and 5 months old (so born about March 1786), and had been living in the United States for 6 years and 15 days. He was married and had two children. He was a "cotton machine maker" living in Columbiaville, New York.
