The intersection at the corner of Manitou Road and Ridge Road is known as the pioneer hamlet of West Greece – straddling the line between the town of Greece and Parma.  It’s also known as Hoosick Hill, in an enduring tribute to the local area pioneer doctor – Samuel Bradley.

Dr. Bradley’s home and office was located just south of the corner on the Greece side of Manitou Road.  According to legend, every time the doctor would hitch up his horse to call on a patient, a next-door neighbor would anxiously cry out, “Who’s sick, Who’s sick?!”  Creating the name – Hoosick.  However, like most folk legends, this quaint story is a fictious tale, because Dr. Bradley’s own diary reveals the community was already called Hoosick when he arrived to the area in the 1820’s.  This hamlet is actually named after the Hoosick Falls area, east of Albany, where many of the pioneer residents had come from.  

The cemetery at Hoosick Hill is the oldest cemetery on Ridge Road, west of the Genesee River, and contains the oldest known veteran’s grave in the Town of Parma – Ephraim Day – soldier during the French & Indian Wars.

The cemetery predates the Congregational Church that was built on the site, where Manitou Road is presently.  The Congregational Church was built in 1824, and was the first religious structure erected on Ridge Road, west of the Genesee River.  It was a substantial structure at 40 x 50 feet wide with a spire that could be seen from quite a distance.  The congregation was active for many years, but as the membership declined, the church was abandoned around 1900.  As the church fell into disrepair, the Town of Parma and Greece agreed to demolish the building.  Manitou Road originally jockeyed around the Congregational Church at Ridge Road.  In 1928, Manitou Road was straightened at Ridge Road, cutting through the location of the original church and part of the cemetery.  

In its heyday, this area was frequented by stagecoach travelers along Ridge Road.  Surrounding this corner was the Congregational Church, Parma District No. 13 schoolhouse (located in front of the cemetery), a blacksmith shop, various stores, and the Manchester Hotel. However, the hopes that the West Greece / Hoosick area would grow into a village faded away as other areas prospered such as: Spencerport with the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825, and railroads that would later travel south through the town of Gates and North through the Village in Hilton.  

All the commercial buildings that made up this area have perished over the years. Some were demolished due to age and condition, such as the Congregational Church.  Others were moved and repurposed, such as Parma School No. 13 – abandoned after the district was centralized into Hilton – was moved to Dean Road and is now a residence.  And others were destroyed by catastrophe such as the acetylene gas explosion in the Manchester Hotel in March 1916.  Even doctor Bradley’s house burned in 1971.  However, his modest doctor’s office was saved and has since been moved behind the Parma Meeting House on Parma Center Road.  

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Residents

Alfred B. Barrett (October 14, 1784 – June 17, 1824)

Alfred Hale Barrett (February 8, 1807 – August 25, 1820)

Pvt. Benjamin Barrett (1760 – December 12 1831)

Dorothy Day Barrett (~1766 – 1829)

Irene Barrett (September 17, 1808 – September 16, 1821)

Philinda Hale Barrett (October 31, 1784 – August 28, 1821)

Benjamin J. Beard (July 18, 1821 – March 28, 1846)

Deborah C. Beard (July 11, 1823 – January 25, 1847)

Abigail Beebe (December 31, 1819 – October 22, 1854)

Asa Beebe (May 2, 1763 – July 4, 1851)

Asa Beebe Jr. (January 22, 1803 – July 15, 1827)

Frankie Beebe (August 30, 1856 – June 6, 1864)

Herbert Beebe (March 1858 – January 7, 1859)

Lydia Beebe (~1812 – December 8, 1830)

Miranda Benedict Beebe (~1822 – July 24, 1882)

Salmon Beebe (September 29,1849 – February 26, 1850)

Sarah Day Beebe (~1769 – December 25, 1849)

Elizabeth Bentley (~1799 – January 8, 1850)

Lora A. Bently (May 15, 1789 – December 22, 1881)

Eli Bond (March 13, 1789 – January 23, 1846)

James Brockway (unknown)

Pickett Brockway (April 10, 1788 – April 20, 1833)

Rhoda N. Clarke Brockway (~1794 – May 10, 1822)

Samuel Brockway (~1820 – March 12, 1839)

Ambrose Bryan (April 20, 1782 – April 9, 1847)

Charlotte West Bryan (~1785 ~1862)

Clarissa Bullman (January 1819 – March 6, 1848)

Lemuel Bullman (~1782 – January 25, 1850)

Tamma Puffer Bullman (September 17, 1785 – January 27, 1857)

Timothy Bullman (~1810 – February 26, 1850)

Fanny Atchinson Bush (May 8, 1768 – August 17, 1836)

Peter P. Bush (July 9, 1765 – January 23, 1851)

Asa Butler (unknown)

Lucy Ann Butler (unknown)

Marquis Butler (unknown)

Martin Butler (February 12, 1786 – July 7, 1865)

Orre Wilcox Butler (~1788 – November 17, 1832)

Prudence Butler (~1790 – January 20, 1856)

Adah Osgood Carter (~1801 – June 20, 1846)

Lemuel Case (~1722 – August 23, 1825)

Arthur Church (unknown)

Pamelia Stevens Church (~1803 – August 5, 1832)

Francis A. Clapp (January 1853 – March 6, 1837)

Hannah Miller Clapp (~1759 – March 6, 1837)

Mary Dexter Clapp (October 17, 1800 – April 8, 1840)

Sarah Sabina Brown Clapp (October 16, 1825 – January 18,1858)

Sophia Marsh Clapp (January 9, 1814 – September 13, 1853)

Eliza Barrett Colby (1804 – 1869)

Hall Colby (1800 – 1882)

John C. Cole (February 4, 1829 – July 15, 1840)

Matilda Drake Cole (~1797 – June 15, 1879)

Stephen Cole (February 29, 1792 – February 8, 1847)

Winthrop P. Conklin (~1829 – June 8, 1840)

James Corbit (1826 – January 10, 1890)

Rachel Corbit (~1832 – December 13, 1905)

Parmelia Bullman Cornell (~1819 – February 25, 1850)

Catherine Cromwell (March 19, 1813 – July 29,1816)

Abigail Jackman Cushing (August 7, 1773 – July 14, 1836)

Grace Myra Cushing (June 5, 1876 – August 16, 1876)

Maria Abigail Cushing (February 6, 1812 – September 3, 1840)

Rebecca Lee Cushing (~1811 – August 20, 1836)

Susan Myra Cushing (January 14, 1861 – September 17, 1861)

Theodore Cushing (March 9, 1771 – January 18, 1850)

Elizabeth Davey (~1841 – March 17, 1859)

James Davey (~1815 – April 15, 1903)

Levina Savinier Davey (~1818 – November 2, 1881)

Ruth Davey (~1842 – November 1861)

Ephraim Day (July 10, 1741 – August 23, 1825)

Esther Day (~1816 – July 27, 1836)

Flavius Joseph Day (~1782 – October 8, 1856)

Persa Brooks Day (~1783 – December 26, 1833)

Sarah Cook Drake (~1755 – October 18, 1827)

Ann Maria Durkee (April 26, 1818 – March 5, 1823)

Jared Durkee (September 2, 1786 – May 5, 1832)

Lydia Taylor Durkee (~1785 – July 23, 1823)

Lydia Mattoon Eames (~1760 – August 14, 1830)

George A. Foster (January 4, 1836 – March 23, 1849)

D. L. Fulton (October 20, 1819 – September 4, 1842)

Eunice Clark Fulton (~1783 – April 28, 1833)

James Fulton (June 27, 1822 – August 6, 1824)

Martha Lee Fulton (~1763 – January 29, 1831)

Mary Ann Fulton (October 3, 1824 – March 15, 1825)

Susan Cox Fulton (September 1, 1796 – July 3, 1855)

William Fulton (~1825 – August 3, 1826)

William Fulton (January 17, 1816 – August 8, 1824)

William B. Fulton (April 21, 1793 – February 7, 1860)

James Goodland (1848 – July 10, 1851)

Elias Granger (~1817 – October 2, 1832)

Miranda Granger (~1825 – April 28, 1841)

Lorania C. Green (October 8, 1853 – October 12, 1858)

Stephen Green (January 5, 1775 – October 22, 1847)

Charles Griffing (March 1823 – August 18, 1824)

David Johnson Griffing (April 17, 1782 – January 16, 1826)

Lavina Jewett Griffing (~1786 – January 1, 1825)

Henry B. Gunnison (October 16, 1853 – May 9, 1854)

Eliphalet B. Hale (May 11, 1851 – February 19, 1852)

Hannah Barrett Hale (~1793 – March 22, 1856)

Orrin Hale (~1789 – February 16, 1869)

Orrin Hale Jr. (May 3, 1822 – May 9, 1841)

Alpheus Handy (~1793 – April 5, 1870)

Abel Hills (unknown)

Amon Hills (~1791 – February 26, 1847)

Amon Hills Jr. (~1810 – August 15, 1814)

George A. Hills (March 1850 – December 23, 1850)

Lucretia Handee Hills (~1777 – April 3, 1894)

Lucy Camp Hills (~1819 – April 20, 1894)

Mary Hills (July 1824 – August 19, 1824)

Nancy Hills (~1820 – August 15, 1824)

Perlina Hills (September 1808 – July 15, 1854)

Sally Hills (~1790 – October 3, 1863)

Vanessa M. Hills (~1818 – October 21, 1821)

William M. Hills (~1820 – April 20, 1877)

Ester M. Worboys Hogle (~1784 – November 3, 1844)

Isaac Hogle (January 2, 1783 – August 6, 1873)

Fanny Hunt (~1838 – November 26, 1845)

Sally Porter Hunt (August 16, 1776 – December 26, 1860)

Truman Hunt (~1799 – May 8, 1838)

George H. Irwin (~1803 – November 23, 1833)

Fanny Jacobus (unknown )

Sally Mariah Johnson (~1799 – June 10, 1834)

Benjamin McCarty (~1796 – July 8, 1827)

Rosanna McKnight (May 1829 – March 20, 1830)

W. McKnight (May 1829 – January 31, 1830)

Eunice Millard (~1770 – April 3, 1855)

Ann Moon (~1780 – 1857)

John Moon (~1807 – March 12, 1851)

Benjamin Moore (~1801 – May 6, 1853)

Amina E. Olds (March 26, 1849 – August 3, 1855)

Elizabeth Hackett Osgood (December 1770 – April 24, 1848)

Elizabeth Sheldon Paterson (December 5, 1805 – December 10, 1828)

Dr. Henry Paterson (June 26, 1794 – July 12, 1826)

Sally Peck (~1766 – July 17, 1820)

Charles F. Phillips (January 4, 1834 – January 10, 1845)

Simon Phillips (February 3, 1800 – January 17, 1875)

Rhoda Raynsford (April 28, 1814 – January 14, 1835)

Belthiah Hurd Reed (December 6, 1758 – November 21, 1847)

Harriet Murray Reed (~1791 – March 15, 1874)

Pvt. Ketchel Reed (March 8, 1754 – September 1, 1842)

Mary Ann Reed (August 4, 1809 – January 29, 1864)

Seneca Reed (October 4, 1789 – October 23, 1867)

Cyrus F. Robbins (February 1841 – May 12, 1856)

James Robbins (June 25, 1848 – June 30, 1852)

Mary Ann Bullman Robbins (March 9, 1816 – February 18, 1871)

George H. Roreback (September 10, 1851 – February 15, 1856)

Alice Young Sargent (May 11, 1806 – 1858)

Alma Sargent (November 14, 1828 – 1893)

Eleanor L. Sargent (October 21, 1847 – 1891)

Loring L. Sargent (November 11, 1794 – 1859)

Almeda Hills Sheldon (August 15, 1807 – June 26, 1863)

Gilbert L. Sheldon (April 3, 1835 – August 11, 1864)

Jonathan Sheldon (October 20, 1788 – April 10, 1855)

Jonathan Sheldon (August 9, 1822 – July 30, 1824)

Julia Clarissa Sheldon (November 1842 – September 8, 1845)

Lucinda Jennett Sheldon (September 26, 1831 – January 17, 1845)

Luther Sheldon (~1797 – June 7, 1861)

Luther Sheldon (August 15, 1807 – June 26, 1863)

Rosanna H. Sheldon (1818 – August 4, 1824)

Rosannah Gillett Sheldon (September 19, 1764 – February 17, 1839)

Rosannah Sheldon (January 1818 – August 4, 1824)

Sarah Sheldon (March 3, 1827 – August 4, 1892)

Syche VanNortwick Sheldon (August 27, 1799 – March 19, 1874)

Amelia R. Stevens (February 6, 1816 – August 31, 1836)

Harriet S. Stevens (~1817 – September 30, 1841)

Olive W. Stevens (~1819 – April 20, 1842)

Phebe Stevens (~1782 – June 9, 1844)

Sophia Willey Stevens (1796 – December 18, 1821)

William Stevens (July 1850 – November 16, 1850)

Zolved Stevens (~1791 – May 11, 1831)

Anna Stone (~1787 – March 25, 1831)

Frances F. Stone (1845 – March 11, 1858)

Edward Storr (~1818 – December 16, 1862)

Margaret Storr (April 14, 1808 – December 8, 1892)

Cynthia Sheldon Thompson (July 4, 1802 – April 5, 1883)

William Thompson (September 16, 1797 – July 8, 1849)

Anna Peck Thorp (~1796 – May 14, 1865)

Edward Walker (August 14, 1811 – October 11, 1855)

Lavina Reed Walker (1787 – August 30, 1851)

Silas Walker (January 23, 1785 – August 29, 1851)

Vina Reed Walker (January 18, 1787 – August 30, 1851)

Aaron Ward (~1784 – December 21, 1834)

Rufus I. Ward (~1825 – December 13, 1838)

Lucinda Williams (December 27, 1833 – September 8, 1843)

Samuel Winship (January 20, 1795 – September 26, 1819)

Dr. Samuel Peck Winship (March 21, 1820 – August 8, 1849)

Ann Moon Wonsey (~1781 – July 29, 1865)

Charles T. Woodcock (June 14, 1854 – November 22, 1858)