Grosvenors Corners honored the man who helped make the community what it is in ceremonies Saturday:
Revolutionary War soldier and namesake Moses Grosvenor, who moved to Schoharie County and the Town of Carlisle hamlet from Pomfret, Connecticut circa 1795.
Mr. Grosvenor is buried in the park-like setting of the Grosvenors Corners Cemetery; his homestead sits just down the road.
The centerpiece of the event was the unveiling of a plaque honoring him: “Moses Grosvenor, Revolutionary War Soldier, From Pomfret, Connecticut. Moved To This Area Circa 1795. Grosvenors Corners Is Named For Him. Buried Near Here”; speakers included Schoharie County Historian Ted Shuart, and his wife, Rev. Robin Ressler, both of whom grew up in the hamlet.
Kevin Wetsel, president of the Grosvenors Corners Cemetery Association, welcomed the crowd of about 75 people; among them was Elizabeth Grovesnor Palmer; Moses, she said, was her great-great-great grandfather.
Rev. Ressler moved to Grosvenors Corners when she was 9, she said, “And I wondered about the lives of the people buried here.”
Among them now, her parents, and eventually, herself, she said.
“Our lives and Moses Grosvenor’s life are intertwined and so are the lives of all of us here today.”
Mr. Shuart said Moses Grosvenor was one of three soldiers, friends, and “Yankees” who made their way to Schoharie County from Connecticut circa 1790-1795, when the area was largely unsettled, who’d all fought at Bunker Hill.
Liz Farr, representing Assemblyman Chris Tague and State Senator Peter Oberacker shared congratulations and resolutions from both; also offering remarks were Carlisle Supervisor John Leavitt and Kathy Slater from the Schoharie Chapter NSDAR.
Ms. Palmer was the last to take the mic.
The family farm was sold in 1989, but Grosvenors Corners will always be a part of their past.
“Grosvenors Corners will be forever be etched into the history of Schoharie County, and I’m privileged to be representing the family,” she said.

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