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A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. II

Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. II. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848. Passage 1076 of 1183 304 words

Mar. 21, 1703. Benjamin, eldest son of Johannes, removed into Westchester County, where he purchased a farm of 400 acres. He was a justice of the peace under the Colonial Government, d. May 24, 1782, at Westchester, mar. Dorothy Davenport, she d. Sept. 3, 1807. Benjamin left issue, I. Mary, b. Sept. 18, 1734, mar.- Robert Runnells. 11. William, b. June 28, 1736, d. young. HI. Elizabeth, b. April 9, 1738, mar. John Powell. IV. Jesse b. Feb. 23, 1740, ob. Jan. 1, 1780, mar. Ann, da. of Samuel Haight, she was b. April 18, 1745. They left six sons and two da. First, Benjamin. Second, Gilbert, m?LX. Hannah, da. of John Sarles,b. Sept. 4, 1707. Third, /o^/i, b. April 27, 1768, mar.

Ann, da. of Samuel Quinby, and had four sons, and four da., viz., Jesse, Sophia, Quinby, mar. Cornelia Halsted ; Jane, Moses, mar. Martha Worden ; Mary Ann, mar. William Halstead, of New York ; Leonard B., and Catharine. Fourth, Phozhe, b. Feb. 26, 1770, mar. Abel Underbill. Fifth, Caleb, b. October 23, 1771, mar. Griffeny Acker, and had four sons and one da. viz., Hiram, d. May 27, 1835, mar. Miss Harkwe'l, Solomon of the firm of Kip and Brown, New York, mar. Esther Conway, and has Griffeny, Oscar, Amanda, Warren, and Celia ; Charles T., mar. Agnes Paxton, Rebecca Ann, mar. 1st, Coni-ad Gaynor, 2nd, Francis Sniffen, d. July 13, 1843, of New York, Elias S., mar. Elizabeth Lacy, and left Caleb.

Elizabeth, wife of Francis, d. Oct. 24, 1844. Six h, Miriam, h. Oct. 4. 1773. Seventh, James, b. March 9, 1777, mar. Abigail, da. of Sutton Reynolds, and had Reuben, mar. Maria Fowler, Eden, Miriam, and Ezra. The latter mar. Margaret Ann, da. of Seth Whitney, and had Seth, Elbert, and James. Eighth, Jesse, of Somerstown, b.

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