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History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I

Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886. 305 words

Joseph, born in Cowneck, 1708, died 1770 ; married, 1734, Phebe

Ferris, daughter of I'eter Ferris, and had :

First -- Joseph, of Slamaroneck, who married Sarah Hadden and had ; Susannah, born 1757; married Newberry Fowler. Deborah, born 1700 ; married John Fowler. Richard, born 1762, died 1795. Jonathan, born 1764, died 1834 ; married 1st. Lydia Carpenter ; married 2d, Jemima Acker, and left several children. Willett, born 1770 ; married Mary Cock«, and had a number of descendants.

Second -- Hannah, born 1736 ; married James Fowler.

Third-- Richard, born 1738 ; died a child.

Fourth -- Sarah.

Fifth -- Mary, born 1741 ; married Jonathan Merritt.

The second son, Joseph, also left many descendants. The third son, John, lived to be sixty years old, but left no issue. The youngest son, Benjamin, above mentioned, married in 1743, Abigail Stevenson, and, like

Sixth -- John, of Maniaroneck, born 1743, died 1817 ; married Alice Williams, and left Isaac, born 17(17, died 1832, who married Sarah Bennett, and had a number of children ; and John L., born 1781, who married 1st, Margaret Williams; married 2d, Hannah Anderson, and left a family.

Seventh -- Ferris Cornell, born 1748, whose name appears among the officers of the manor. He married 1st, Anne Cornell ; married 2d, Hannah Quimby ; married 3d, Sarah Cox, and left Thomas I , born 1779; married 1st, Amy Fisher ; married 2d, Gulielma Wood, and had several children -- and Samuel, born 1782 ; married Martha Bonnett, and left a family. V. Hannah, born 1711 ; married Joshua Quimby. VI. Phebe, born 1715 ; married Ebenezer HaWland. VII. John, born 1717 ; died 1781, without issue. VIII. Rebecca, born 1718 ; married Edward Burling. IX. Elizabeth, born 1720, died 179.5 ; married Ist, Aaron Palmer; married 2d, .\aron Quimby.