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===Town incorporation=== The present territory of Brunswick was initially a part of the town of [[Troy, New York|Troy]]. Troy had been organized as a town in 1791. The growing importance of the prospective city, and its requirements led to a separation of Troy from its rural parts: today's Brunswick and Grafton. The first town meeting was held at the house of Nathan Betts, a local innkeeper, and continued taking place there for another year. The first town supervisor was Flores Bancker, who held the office from 1807 until 1809. The first town clerk was Daniel Wager, who served for one year. The first three justices of the peace were Robert McChesney, Daniel Wagar, and John McManus. In pursuance of laws enacted under the constitution of 1821, justices of the peace were chosen at the general elections or were appointed by the courts. The election of justices at town meetings began in 1831.<ref name=sylvester532>Sylvester, pp. 532-545</ref> The town did not develop quickly under the [[manorial system]]. Although agriculturally productive, since residents did not own the land, there was little incentive to develop properties. That changed after the collapse of Rensselaerswyck in the 1840s.{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}} One short term historical figure was [[Herman Melville]], who in 1840 had been residing with his mother in Lansingburgh, but who taught for a half year at a one room schoolhouse in Brunswick.<ref>{{cite book |title=Herman Melville: A Biography |last=Meltzer |first=Milton |location=[[Minneapolis, Minnesota]] |publisher=Twenty first Century Books, Lerner Publishing Group |year=2006 }}</ref> Little documentation exists on who took part in the [[War of 1812]]. There was significantly more interest in fighting during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], Brunswick having sent more than 125 men to fight during various times of the war.<ref name=sylvester532/> The main recreational facility of the town is Vanderhyden Lake, an old reservoir for the city of Troy now used for swimming.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of Troy NY Water Supplies |last=Alonge |first=Chris |year=1991 |publisher=[[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]] |url=http://www.rpi.edu/dept/chem-eng/Biotech-Environ/MISC/supply2.htm |access-date=August 25, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080928150514/http://www.rpi.edu/dept/chem-eng/Biotech-Environ/MISC/supply2.htm |archive-date=September 28, 2008 }}</ref>
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