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BEDDOE TRACT

Program
NYS Historic
Subject
Site
Location
Route 54A, west of Pepper Road at Overlook, Branchport, NY
Lat/Long
42.594867, -77.136054
Grant Recipient
Town of Jerusalem
Historic Marker

BEDDOE TRACT

Inscription

BEDDOE TRACT
7000 ACRES BOUGHT IN 1797
BY JOHN BEDDOE, WHO ADDED
600 ACRES FOR HIS HOME ON
THE LAKE IN 1798. HE WAS
"JOHN BEDDOE OF ESPERANZA"
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2014

John Beddoe emigrated from Wales, acquiring a large tract of land along Keuka Lake. He named his estate “Esperanza”, the Spanish word for “hope”. The exact location of the original home is unknown.