Louis Guion, Sr., of New Rochelle, in 1710 appears to have been born in France in 1654; Mary, his wife, in 1656. Their children were Louis, Aman, Isaac, and Susanna. There was a Gregory Guion in New Rochelle in 17 10, who, by his wife Mary, had five children -- Gregory, Judy, Hester, Joanna and Anna. The oldest residence of the Guions was erected in 1696, and stands a little to the west of the more modern mansion, erected in 1800 by Mr. Frederick Guion, and is now occupied by William Lawton, Esq., who has done so much towards bringing into notice the celebrated blackberry which bears his name. This famous berry was discovered about twenty-five years ago on the old parsonage property given by John Pell to the Huguenots in 1689 which is now owned by Frederick Prime, Esq. Some of these plants were removed by Mr. Lewis Secor to his garden in New Rochelle where he began to cultivate them. Mr. Lawton took great interest in the berry and brought it to the notice of the American Institute and the Farmer's Club -- where from its size and flavor it was universally admired; and there it received the name of the Lawton Blackberry. In a short time this new fruit became widely known and has spread all over the country.

In a portion of the Guion property once owned by the late George Case, Esq., and nearly opposite the old Eels mansion on North street, leading to the depot, was discovered a few years since the remains of a large bed of charcoal, marking the site of the summary execution of a negro, one hundred and ten years ago, for murder, as appears from the following :