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33 Township g Delaware The dawn of civilization in Middlesex first appeared in Delaware. Here the first white man permanently settled about the be- ginning of the nineteenth century. About 1801 , Ethan Allan and Jasper Crow settled along the Thames and were the pioneers of Middlesex, they were not, however, founders of wealth;{ families, as many early settlers were. When the war broke out in 1812‘: Ethan Allan joined the American forces and was seen no more in Delaware; shortly after, Jasper Crow abandoned his family, and it is supposed also joined the enemy's force, his widow for many years lived on the fern and his descendants may still be found in the vicinity. Shortly after Allan and Grow, came Gideon I» _T~iffany, who acquired large tracts of land along the river, and dying, left his sons in independent circumstances, but few of his fertile 7' .1‘ ‘ acres, however, are at this day owned by his descendants. Squire Springer ‘ aeqnired large tracts of land here about the same time, and took idence a few hundred yards north of where Delaware Village snosfiity' after the war, MeAlvan Ladd and Dudly Ladd settled Regiment who was , McDonald got -