Tiie Grove Farm is now owned by the Ferrises, into which family it passed by the marriage of John Ferris with Hannah .Hunt.

At an early period James Rivington (the celebrated printer and bookseller of New Vork^) held considerable property on Throckmorton's neck. The successors of the Rivingtons were the Bayards, a family of considerable opulence and distinction. Samuel Vetch Bayard '• served under the Crown of England, and was a distinguished military officer. He died in Wilmot, Nova Scotia, A. D. 1832, aged seventy-five." Bayard purchased of Rivington the property now owned by Daniel Edgar, Esq.

» From the original in the possession of Mr. Charlton Ferris.

b Co. Rec. Lib. A. 2.50.

<^ Rivington " was possessed of fine talents, polite manners, and was well informed. This is apparent from the correspondence of several of the leaders on the popular side, as well as from what has been here said, that his tact and ability in conducting a newspaper was much feared, and that his press had more influence over the public mind than any other in the royal interest in the couutrj'. Rivington died in J 803, set. 78." See Sabine's American Loyalists.

tm'- ' --. HISTORY OF THE ^--^ .- . .'

The grandsons of Colonel Samuel Vetch Bayard (who still reside in the vicinity) are William Bayard, M. D., of West Farms, and Mr. Edward Cooper of Throckmorton's neck.

A portion of Col. Bayard's estate was subsequently purchased by his brother William Bayard. The whole properly is now divided among numerous individuals.