Supplemental Material - Interviewees
John Macdonald did not provide the first name of Mr. Buckout, whom he indicated was a resident of Morrisania. He may be Jacob Buckout who is listed as a 65-year-old farmer in the Town of West Farms, New York, in the 1850 United States Census. (Morrisania was part of the Town of West Farms from 1846-1855.) A petition for probate for Jacob Buckout of West Farms was filed with the Westchester County Surrogate's Court on May 12, 1865 (Westchester County Wills Liber 50, p.392).
BUCKLEY, Joseph
Joseph Buckley was a resident of Greenfield Hill in the Town of Fairfield, Connecticut.
CAMERON, ____ (Mr.)
John Macdonald did not provide the first name of Mr. Cameron. As Macdonald was conducting interviews in Norwalk and Westport, Connecticut, on September 10, 1846, the day of Mr. Cameron's interview, he was likely a resident of one of those two towns.
CARPENTER, Elizabeth Field
Elizabeth Field Carpenter was the wife of interviewee John Carpenter. She is listed as a 78-year-old resident of the Town of Harrison, New York, in the 1850 United States Census. Her tombstone in the Purchase Friends Meeting House Cemetery in Purchase, New York, indicates that she died on January 8, 1864, aged 82 years, 1 month, and 26 days (WCHS Book #85, p.21).
CARPENTER, James
The James Carpenter who told John Macdonald to visit the graves of Thomas and Charity Huggeford in the Halsted Family Burial Ground in Purchase, New York, is likely one of two adult men named James Carpenter listed as residents of the Town of Harrison, New York, in the 1850 United States Census. James Carpenter, who is listed as a 86- year-old farmer, and James Carpenter who is listed as a 57-year-old blacksmith.