The McDonald Interviews: Interviewees HOBBY, Cynthia Cynthia Husted Hobby was a sister of interviewee Peter Husted. John Macdonald indicated that she was born in 1770. Her tombstone in Christ Church Cemetery in Greenwich, Connecticut, indicates that she died on April 5, 1862, aged 91 years and 6 months. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26101324/cynthia-hobby HOBBY, Enos John Macdonald indicated that Enos Hobby was 88 years at the time of his interview on November 3, 1848, and 89 years old at the time of his interview on November 5, 1849. Hobby himself indicated that he would turn 90 on January 12, 1850. He is listed as an 89-year-old resident of the Town of North Castle, New York, in the 1850 United States Census. His tombstone in Middle Patent Rural Cemetery in North Castle indicates that he died on January 1, 1857, aged 95 years, 11 months, and 19 days (WCHS Book 23A, p.75).
HOLLEY, Lemuel (Deacon) Lemuel's surname was actually Hawley. His tombstone in Redding Ridge Cemetery in Redding, Connecticut, indicates that he died on March 15, 1873, aged 87 years, 3 months and 7 days. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/233380360/lemuel-hawley HOLLY, Isaac John Macdonald indicated that Isaac Holly was 84 years old at the time of his interview on November 22, 1849. He is listed as an 84-year-old farmer in the Town of Greenwich, Connecticut, in the 1850 United States Census. His tombstone in New Burial Grounds Association Cemetery in Greenwich, Connecticut, indicates that he was born on December 24, 1764, and died on March 8, 1851. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128331293/isaac-holly HOLMES, Nathaniel B. Nathaniel B. Holmes was the founding president of the Westchester County Savings Bank. He is listed as "N.B.
Holmes," a 54-year-old farmer in the Town of Greenburgh, New York, in the 1850 United States Census. His death notice in The New York Times indicates that he died on October 31, 1881, aged 85 years (The New York Times, November 2, 1881).