Here are interred the remains of Theophilus Ruscoe^ (whose name is sometimes spelt Resecue; a descendant of John Ruscoe of Norwalk, and Abigail Bouton his wife, who once lived near by in a house which formerly occupied the site of Daniel Bouton's residence. This worthy couple were devout members of the Church of England, and constantly

a The old rent leman's silver watch, which is still preserved as a family relic, was purchased In Loudon, England, one hundred and forty years ago and bears the mark m .John Andrew, maker. No. 7. 331. Tradition savs that the* Hon. John Thomas sold his property to Van Uom from whom it passed to Head, Ac.

6 Jacob Wood married Rachel Dean and left a son, Jeremiah. Sir. Wood subsequently gave the lower burying plot on Cross street.

c "Theophilus liiiscoe and Abigail Bouton married March SO, 1TC3."

HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.

in the habit of walking through the woods on Sundays to attend service in the old church that stood at the head of the cross-roads leading from Ridgefield to South Salem. When Mr. Ruscoe first moved into this portion of West Chester County it abounded in wild game. The moose deer were common, and panthers prowled around ; the last panther seen in South Salem was shot by Hezekiah, a son of Mr. Ruscoe, when a boy, in the vicinity of his home. The sons of Mr. T. Ruscoe were Theophilus, Gamaliel, and John, who was baptized by the Rev. Ebenezer Dibblee, 26th of April, 1780, together with his sister Abigail. * Hezekiah married Sally Dean, and left issue, besides two other sons and three daughters, Mr. Silas Ruscoe, a vestryman of St. John's church, Lewisboro.