Peter Disbrow, <■ William Odell,

Richard Fowler, • John Brondig,

George Clere, ' John Jackson,

Philip Caspine, , Thomas Stedwell,

John Coe, " . Walter Lancaster,

in the name of the rest.b

after the date of the above order,) the entire town of Groton, consisting of forty houses, was burned by the Indians. See Drake's American Indians.

^ Rye Rec. vol. i. 73.

b Hart Rec. vol. i. no, 66, on towns and lands.

48 HISTORY OF THE

June 2G, 1676, Mr. Joliii Banks occurs as deputy to the general court from Rye.

Upon its annexation to the province of New York, Rye was erected into a market town, and enjoyed the extraordinary privilege of holding and keeping a yearly fair, on the 2d Tuesday in October, to end on the Friday next following", being in all four days.

Courts of special sessions were also held in Rye during the colonial dynasty.

Many handsome villas and country residences adorn the village. The mansion of the late David Brooks, is a beautiful specimen of the old English style, only requiring the proper accessories of trees and shrubbery. The gables are enriched with elaborately carved scroll work, and surmounted by finials. The oriel windows present a light and airy effect. The whole structure is elegantly finished, internally as well as externally. The residences of the late Ebenezer Clark and Mr. Halstead, are beautifully situated upon the margin of Blind brook. Embosomed amid luxuriant trees, south of the former, is the residence of Hachaliah Brown. Esq., whose family has for five generations occupied the estate. The present building was erected, A. D. 1774, upon the site of the old homestead. The Browns were originally from the town of Rye, county of Sussex, England. Hachaliah Brown the more immediate ancestor of the family, having been one of the first planters of this town.