"Jeduthun Taber, having been a ship-builder in New Bedford. The elder Taber came to this county in 1810 and bought a large tract of land at the head of the lake, where he conducted a tavern for many years and engaged in boat-building." 

From the obituary of his grandson, Benjamin F. Taber: "B.F. Taber Called To His Reward: Aged and Respected Resident Died This Afternoon," Ithaca Daily Journal, February 19, 1909, 3.