Robert b. at Wilmot, N. S., March 1 , 1788. 6. Samuel b. at Wilmot, N. S., March 1, 1790. 7. Frances b. 25 July, 1793, 8. Ethelinda. 9. Eliza mar. George L. Cooper. 10. Louisa. 11. Sarah. William of New York second son of Stephen, mar. Harriett Cornell and had 1. Harriett mar. Stephen van Rensselaer. 2. Justina mar. Joseph Blackwell. 3. Susan mar. Duncan P. Campbell. 4. Maria. 5. Robert of Fishkill. 6. William of New York.
Benedict of Lewisborough. Amos Benedict removed at an early period from Norwalk to South Salem ; killed by the fall of a tree. His children were, 1st, Solomon, who mar. Hannah Benedict and left one son, Solomon.
2. Isaac, mar. Elizabeth Burchitt, and had Isaac, Ady, Elizabeth, mar. Samuel Townsend, Huldy, Anne, and Esther. 3. Amos, mar. Elizabeth Brown. 4. Jacob. 5. Jonah, mar. Mary Rusky, and left Peter, the present occupant of the Homestead, near Long pond.
Berrian of Yonkers. The family of Berrian was among the French Huguenots that fled from France to Holland, on the Revocation of the edict of Nantes. Nicholas Berrian, the first of the family who emigrated to this
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country, had five sons; 1. Nicholas, 2. Cornelius, 3. Richard, 4. Samuel, 5. Peter. Cornelius, the second son, mar. Sarah Warner. Richard, who was b. in Holland, resided for some time upon Long Island. lie mar. Grace, or Geshe, Ryker of Ryker's Island, and left, 1. Abraham, second proprietor of Berrian's neck, who mar. 1st, Mary Moore, 2nd, Mary Williams ; their children were Col. Abraham, Nathaniel of Berrian's neck, b. June 24, 1781, d. 1845, Richard, Phoebe, Mary, Geshe, and Charity; 2. Sarah, mar. Samuel Leverich. 3. Geshe, mar. Jesse Leverich. Samuel, 4th son of first Nicholas,