He was the builder of more than one hundred ves.sels, from a small sloop to a ship of three thousand tons. During his life he bore a part in the erection of five churches, and was known as the " father of Sing Sing Methodism," being one of the original corporators of the first church of that denomination in the village, and the largest contributor towards its erection. After a life of active usefulness, he died while on a visit to his son in White Plains, having reached his eightieth year.

HON. .lOHX B. HASKIN.

Among the political leaders of Westchester County a prominent place must be given to Hon. John B. Haskin, who is descended from a long line of true American ancestry. His grandfather, Benjamin F. Haskin, was a native of Sheffield, Massachusetts, where he was born in 17G7, and removed when a young man to Poughkeepsie, where he entered a store a.s clerk, and became partner. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Gilbert Cornwell, who lived at Nine Partners, and removing to New York, became largely connected with shipping interests, and the owner of several vessels. His children were Henry R.; Benjamin F., a sea-captain who settled in Peru, where his descendants are still found ; William E., of Davenport, Iowa, who died in 1884, Harriet, wife of

Collins; Maria, wife of Graham; Jane, wife

of Casper Trumpy, now living at Greenwich, Ct.;and Caroline, wife of William Brown, of Yonkers, who died in ISS').

Henry R. Haskin, the oldest son, was born October 27, 1794, and died January 24, 1848. He was educated at St. Mary's College, Maryland ; was a midshi])man in the War of 1812; was with Commodore Chauncey at the battle of Sackett's Harbor, and was wounded there. He was a man of good education and ability, and established business in a store on Varrick Street, New York.