Historic Site #: | 06-059 (Exists) Type: B2 | Town: | Macedon | ||
Site Name: | Doty Home Historic Marker | GPS Coordinates: | 43.04422, -77.31081 | ||
Address: | Corner of Cockle Rd. & Canandaigua RD | ||||
Description: | |||||
Photo from Macedon Historical Society Website | Photo supplied by Macedon Historical Society |
Historic narrative: | |||||
Susan R. White Doty and Elias J. Doty were part of the core group of abolitionists, Underground Railroad supporters, and women’s rights activists affiliated with Farmington Monthly Meeting of Friends. Friends of Frederick Douglass, they were also signers of the Declaration of Sentiments at the nation’s first woman’s rights convention in Seneca Falls, July 19-20, 1848. The reference below is part of a comprehensive research project. The Doty's are mentioned on pages 119-125. |