Warwick Historical Society to host lecture series on powerful women of Orange County

WARWICK — The year was 1712. She was 16 years old. She was an orphan, living in New York City.
She was a servant, indentured to one of the holders of the Wawayanda Patent, a huge tract of wilderness that encompassed most of the current towns of Warwick, Goshen, Hamptonburg and Minisink.
Her master asked her to act as his agent and stake his claim on the patent in Orange County.
She was the lone woman in the company of three Native Americans and three carpenters, the first white woman known to have settled in this part of New York.
She would meet and marry a stone mason, William Bull. Together, they built a stone house. She would bear twelve children and live to 100.
Her name was Sarah Wells Bull.
If you want to hear the whole story come to the AW Buckbee Center on Thursday, March 8, at 7 p.m. This is the first in a series of talks on powerful women of Orange County presented by the Warwick Historical Society in honor of Women's History Month.
Registration is recommended but not required. There is a $10 suggested donation for non-members.
There is no charge for Warwick Historical Society members.
To register or for more information, call Lisa-Ann Weisbrod, the executive director of the Warwick Historical Society, at 845-986-3236 ext. 106.