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.

But he had determined to renounce public life, and though nominated again in 1800, to the ofiice of chief justice of the United States, declined the honor, and retired to his paternal estate, at Bedford ; a property -- part of the Van Cortlandt estate -- which his father had acquired by marriage with Mary, a daughter of Jacobus Van Cortlandt. There he lived tor twenty-eight …

He married Mary Rutherford, daughter of General Matthew Clarkson, and became prominent in the legal profession and public affairs. He was a member of the State Assembly in 1816 ; recorder of New York in 1818; a member of the convention which framed the constitution of the State in 1821, and for many years president of the New York Historical Society, trustee of Columbia …

He has been a deep student of natural history, especially of conchology, and the valuable collection of shells, formerly in his possession, and which is now in the New York Museum of Natural History, having been purchased by Miss Wolf and presented to that institution by her, in memory of her father, has the reputation of being the finest in the country. On this blanch Dr. Jay …

He has been for many years a trustee of Columbia College, and has, at two different periods, served as trustee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the City of New York. He was one of the founders and at one time recording secretary of the New York Yacht Club, the annals of which will show the lively interest which he took in its management and general Tlie Life of …

William Anderson Varian, M.D., is descended from an old French family, who came to this country at an early date, the regular line of descent being as follows : First, Isaac, who was living in New York in 1720 and died about 1800 ; second, James, born January 10. 1734, died Decemb(fl- 11, 1800; third, James, born November 22, 1765, died December 26, 1841 ; fourth, Dr. William …

Wood, a prominent physician of New York, and remained under his instruction for three years, at the same time attending the lectures at the medical department of the University of the City of New York, where he graduated, with the degree of M.D., March 4, 1846. After practicing for one year in New York he removed to King's Bridge, which has ever since been his home, and has …

He was also frequently called to the villages on the western bank of the Hudson, and on one occasion, while crossing during a cold winter night, his boat became fast in the floes of floating ice and drifted below Fort Washington ; he and his two companions narrowly escaping a watery grave. He was present when ground was broken for the Hudsjn River Railroad and was surgeon for …

During the riots in 1863 his life was repeatedly threatened, and for a while he made his professional visits armed with a double-barreled gun and a revolver, which he would have unhesitatingly used had occasion required. In politics and religion he maintains independent and liberal views, and the evening of his life is passed in the enjoyment of friends and home. He had for …

I i i James, M.D. Hosea. Tyler. Jabes Husted. Hosea) Cyrus Horton. Ezra James, M.D. Elias. ) Dr. Fountain's maternal grandfather lived at Coscob, Conn., prior to the Revolution, but being a loyalist his property was confiscated and he was obliged to accept a settlement at the hands of the British government at St. John, New Brunswick. Charlotte Husted wa.s born there, but at …

He practiced medicine with his father at Jefferson Valley for a time, and after his marriage with Mary Horton, daughter of Joel and Harriet Montrous Horton, in February 19, 1840, he settled at Peekskill. In 1843 he removed to Somers, and later in 1854 or 1855 he purchased the property on which he resided, until his death, August 28, 1885. Yorktown and the adjoining town of …

The Hasbrouck family is of French Huguenot origin, and descended from Abraham Hasbroucq, who was a native of Calais. His father moved to the Palatinate, in Germany, with his two sons, Jean and Abraham, and a daughter. Here they lived for several years, and in 1675 Abraham Hasbroucq came to America " with several of his acquaintances, the descendants or followers of Peter …

He was a very prominent citizen, and for many years a member of the Provincial Assembly. On Sunday, March 17, 1717, he was struck with apoplexy, " whereof he died very suddenly at a very good old age, and rests in the Lord till his coming to judge both the quick and the dead." He left five children, -- Joseph, Solomon (who died April 3, 1753), Daniel (died January 25th, 1759 …

He married his first cousin, Catharine Bruyn, January 5, 1788-89. She was born June 24, 1720, and died August 10, 1793. She was a daughter of Jacobus Bruyn, and his wife, Tryntie, who was a daughter of Captain Joakim Schoonmaker, and died August 27, 1763, aged seventyeight. The father of Jacobus Bruyn " was a native of Norway, and came here in the Dutch time, and married …

He settled in Kingston in 1735, and died there November 10, 1791, and "was buried the next day with the honors of war." He left eight children, -- Elsie, wife of Abraham Salisbury; Catharine, wife of Abram Houghtaling ; Mary, wife of David Bevier ; Jonathan, who married Catharine, daughter of Cornelius and Catharine Wynkoop ; Joseph, who married Elizabeth Bevier; Jacobus, who …

Joseph, of Dobbs Ferry; Wilhelnms, Cornelius, Richard, Augustus, Cornelia, wife of William Simpson, Abraham, James H., Aaron, David, Herman and Edward. 1 Col. Jonathan Hasbrouck was the youngest child, and was born April 12, 1722. He married Tryntie, daughter of Corneli\is Dubois, and settled in Newburgh. He died .luly 31, 1780, and " was buried on his own land by two of his …

They numbered about three hundred souls, and engaged the services of Dr. Hasbrouck as surgeon to the expedition. The experience of a few years convinced most of them that they had not bettered their condition by leaving their native country, and, through the influence of Dr. Hasbrouck, the captains of some ol the United States war vessels were induced to bring back the relics …

In 1874 he removed to New Y'ork, where he stayed till 1881, when he made a very extensive tour in Europe and the East, visiting Egypt and Palestine and most ot the countries of the Old World. Returning from his travels in 1883, he settled in Yonkers, which has since been his home. He married Anna M., daughter of Captain John Stillwell, of New York, and has two children …

He then engaged in teaching until he reached the age of twenty-nine. During the latter part of this period he pursued the study of medicine, and in 18(59 graduated from the Medical Department of the University of the City of New York. He immediately investigated the system of homoeopathy, and has since practiced it. His first year of practice was at Goshen, Orange County, N …

Although not a professional politician, he has always taken a deep interest in political affairs, and is ■especially interested in all that pertains to the welfare of the locality in which he lives. He has been for several years a member of the Board of Education of Dobbs Ferry, and is its present president. He is also health officer of the village, and president of the …

The place was sold by Van Brugh Livingston to Steven Archer in 1836, and was his residence till the time of his death, which occurred in 1877, and was purchased from his heirs by Dr. Hasbrouck in 1882. Dr. Levi Wells Flagg was born in West Hartford, ■Conn.. February 14, 1817. After receiving a thorough primary education, he became a student of Yale College, where he graduated …

In 1847 he graduated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons (old Crosby Street school), and in the following year establishedhimself in Yonkers as an allopathic physician. Shortly afterward he was induced to investigate honKL'opathy, the result being a conviction as he said of its superiority over the old system of practice. He at once became its strong advocate and the …

When, in 1865, the Westchester County Homoeopathic Medical Society was organized, he was elected its president and held that office for three years. He was also a member of the American Institute of Homoeopathy. He married on May 17, 1848, Charlotte Whitman, of Hartford, Conn., and had eight children, five of whom are still living. Their names are Howard W., Marietta W., Lucy …

His death not only creates a vacancy beside the family hearth, but is also a loss to the city and county in which he lived, which is irreparable. ADRIAN Iv. HOFFMAN. Dr. Adrian K. Hoffman, who is remembered as one of the most distinguished physicians of Westchester County, was born at the Manor of Livingston, in Columbia County, March 26, 1797. Entering the profession of …

The issue of this marriage were Cornelia, who married Alfred Buckhout, and died in January, 1866 ; John Thompson, who became in succession twice recorder, twice mayor of the city of Xew York and twice Governor of the State, and who married Ella, daughter of Henry Starkweather, of New York ; Mary E., wife of Colonel Charles O. Joline ; Emma Kissam, who married Rev. M. M. Wells …

Henry Ernest Schmid, M.D., who is a well-known member of the medical profession, was born in Saxony, Prussia, May 1, 1824. His father, who was a publisher and connected with the famous family of Tauchnitz, intended him to follow his profession. After receiving his early education at the great Latin school at Halle, Dr. Schmid commenced a higher literary course for that …

Owing to the failure of his health he obtained a position on board the flag-ship of an English surveying fleet as interpreter. In this capacity he visited Corea and northern China, Borneo, Java and Sumatra. The ship, having narrowly escaped destruction in a typhoon, went to Cape Town for repairs, and Dr. Schmid embraced the opportunity to make an extensive tour in southern …

He is a member of the American Medical Association, the State Medical Society and the Westchester County Medical Society. As a prominent citizen of the village he is president of the Board of Health, and of the Board of Education, and is a member of the vestry of Grace Episcopal Church. He is also the physician in charge of St. Vincent Retreat for the Insane. He married …

gren (daughter of Ivan Weugren and Sophia Christina Habicht) who was born December 18, 1782, and died June 10, 1830. Charles J., their son, was born at Jousered, near Oottenberg, Sweden, on the llith of July, 1821. He was left iit three years of age in the care of his father's cousin, Lars Peter Afzelius, dean of Alingsas, who sent him at the age of nine to the high school in …

After practicing two years in New Y'ork City, he removed to Tuckahoe, N.Y. In 1861 he joined the Ninth Regiment as surgeon, and like his father's, his army life was an eventful one. From the time he was commissioned, he rose rapidly in favor with his superiors and received one mark of respect after another with enviable rapidity. He was ap])oiiited chief surgeon of the Third …

Nordquist did not make use of his official power to shirk his duty in the hour of danger, but was present and actively engaged at every battle, in which his division participated. On the fields of Harper's Ferry, Cedar Mountain, Rappahannock Station, Thoroughfare Gap, Second Bull Run, Chantilly, South Mountain, Antietam, First Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, The …

Here he has since remained, honored and respected among his associates in the profession and looked up to with pleasure by the many friends who surround the home of his adoption. He is a Republican in politics, and held the office of coroner for four years. He is a member of the Lutheran Church, and is wellknown for his liberality. He married on April 28, 1846, Harriet Louise …

John Sands, born in 1485 at Horborm, Straffordshire, died in 1625 at the age of one hundred and forty. His wife lived to be one hundred and twenty years old. Sir William Sandys was the first baron of the name. By his eminent services to the Kings Henry VII. and VIII., he advanced his family to wealth and honor. He was prominent in the suppression of the Cornish Rebellion, and …

Hewasbornin 1519, became Master of St. Catherine College in 1547, Prebendarj- of Peterboro in 1549 and of Carlisle in 1552. He was Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University in 1553, and a strong advocate of the reformation. He preached a sermon in favor of the royal claims of Lady Jane Grey, and refused to proclaim Mary Queen of Scots, for which he was deprived of his honors …

He traveled extensively on the continent, after which he published "Europte Speculum, or- a Survey of the State of Religion in the Western part of the World." He was knighted by James I. in 1603, and became an influential member of the Second London Company for Virginia, into which he introduced the vote by ballot. He was the treasurer or chief officer of the company, and was …

He also wrote poetical versions of the Psalms, of the Book of Job, Ecclesiastes, Lamentations, etc., and of the Song of Solomon. His life, by tiie Rev. J. H. Todd, is prefixed to " Selections from Sandy "s Jletrical Paraphrases." (Loudon, 1839.) Samuel Sandys, who, in 1741, accused Sir Robert Walpole of fraud and corruption, was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, in 1742 …

Jerome Sands, M.D., president of the village of Port Chester, and one of the first physicians in Westchester County, is one of his direct descendants. In his qualities of perseverance and persistency in support of principle, Dr. Sands strongly resembles his illustrious ancestry. He was born November 20, 1814, and was the second child of David Sands and Elizabeth Brady, of New …

He is at present a director of the First National Bank of Port Chester. For over ten years he was trustee of the village, and is now its president. He is also health oflicer of the town and a member of the County Medical Society. He married, on the 27th of April, 1842, Miss Ann Maria Green, of Port Chester, and has had three children, -- one daughter, who died in childhood …

J., where four generations oi' their descendants are interred in the old buryiiig-ground. Thomas Freeman, one of the descendants, was a soldier of the Revolution and a prisoner in the Sugar- House in New York, and on board a prison ship, from which he escaped by swimming. He married Sallie Moore, of Scotch descent. Their children were John, Smith, Ariel, Thomas, Linus, Moores …

Freeman remained on his father's farm, attended the district school, then taught school and worked by the month for the neighboring farmers, giving half his wages to his father and educating himself with the remainder. At the age of twentyone he went to New York and served, until 1837, as a clerk in a store on Maiden Lane. In 1838 he returned to Richfield, and studied medicine …

John's College, at Fordham, from 1845 till 1850, when the failure of his health compelled him to retire to his farm in Richfield. He remained there till 1852, and then returned and resumed his practice, and purchased a homestead of William Simpson, on the west bank of Bronx River, which he has since made his residence. Under the administration of President Fillmore, he was for …

The Union school established by his active zeal and determination was the first organized in the State under the act of 1853. For twenty-one years he was a member of the Board of Education, and for twenty years of that time clerk of the board. He was one of the first to anticipate the time when the t^parsely settled districts of Morrisania and West Farms would become thickly …

During his professional career his practice embraced a very large portion of the county, and there is no one who is a better representative of its local practitioners. DR. JAMES BATHGATE. The parents of Dr. James Bathgate, who is well known as the oldest resident physician in Morrisania, were Charles and Margaret Bathgate, who came from Scotland, and settled at West Farms …

Bathgate has devoted his time and attention to the practice of his profession. He is a member of the State Medical Association, and takes an active interest in all that tends to advance its interests, and he enjoys a very extensive practice in Morrisania and the surrounding country. During his long practice at Morrisania he has never failed to command the confidence and …

Mott and others, who founded the new village of Morrisania, the south line being near One Hundred and Seventieth Street, and the north line a short distance south of One Hundred and Seventy-fifth Street. The residence of Dr. Bathgate is very pleasantly situated on the west side of Third Avenue, and still retains much of the rural beauty that once distinguished it, and here he …

His son, James W., attended the public schools until he was fifteen years old, when he was transferred to the collegiate school of Bedford, of which Samuel Holmes was principal. Having acquired a good classical education, he commenced the study of medicine with his father, who was then, and had been for many years, one of the physicians in charge of the Westchester County …

It is seldom that any one becomes as accomplished in all these divisions of practical medicine as was Dr. Scribner. His counsel was frequently sought by physicians at a distance, and in his own neighborhood he was the one always sent for when consultation was required in cases of prolonged illness or in emergencies. He was devoted to his profession and to the friends he had …

Scribner's professional silence grew out of his hatred for shams of all kinds. His profession was to cure, not to amuse, and he never sought to win success by any means outside of his .skillful treatment of cases. Operations of a complicated nature and requiring the highest skill were performed by him; but his modesty kept him from rej)orting the cases, and they remain unknown …

For several terms he was chosen president and director of the Westchester County Agricultural Society, and was an able and efficient member of the Board of Education of Tarrytown. He married Margaret E. Miller, and left two daughters, -- Josie and Ella. By his death, which occurred January 28, 1880, the community suflered an irreparable loss; all classes mourned him as a …

In 1872 he graduated and received the diploma of M.D., and was the valedictorian of his class. After completing his studies he made a short tour to Europe, where he spent six months, principally in Germany. Previous to his trip he had been appointed resident physician at the " Nursery and Child's Hospital," in New York, obtaining this position by a successful competitive …

He has also been president of the Board of Education, and is justly recognized as a prominent and useful citizen and a skillful medical practitioner. He married Lucy, daughter of Hon. Henry E. Davis, late judge of the Court of Appeals of New York, and has one child, JIartha. He is a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, where he has served as vestryman since 1877, and is at …

When the California fever broke out he went to California, and upon his return to New York began the study of medicine. When the war opened he joined the Ninth New York Regiment and went to Washington. With a number of others, he shortly left the Ninth and joined the Twelfth. On the return of his regiment he went out with the Seventh. On returning home he was sent to David's …

Van Wyck's mother was Mary Smith Gardiner, daughter of Colonel Abraham Gardiner, who was one of the lineal descendants of Lion Gardiner, of Gardiner's Island. Coming of a race of those who had from the earliest history of the country been foremost in patriotism, generosity and the development of all the nobler traits of human nature, descended from the Van Cortlandts, Van …

While holding this position he became interested in the firm of Radway & Co., in which he still held an interest at the time of his death. In 1862 he was appointed by President Lincoln assessor of internal revenue for the Fourth District of New York. He organized the district and continued to administer it ably and efficiently until it was consolidated in 1871. In .January …

Arthur, which was unanimously indorsed. Dr. Van Wyck had been the personal friend of President Arthur for twenty years, and was with him on that memorable night of September 19, 1881, THE .MEDICAL PROFESSION. when the sad news came that President Garfield had passed away, and he was one of the nine persons present when the oath of ofBce was administered by Judge Brady to the …

Of him it may well be said : " Write me as one that loves his fellowmen." The interment took place in the family burial ground at Croton, where repose the remains of those sterling Revolutionary patriots, Lieutenant Governor Pierre Van Cortlandt and his sons. General Philip and General Pierre, and of his grandsons, General Philip G. Van Wyck and Recorder Pierre C. Van Wyck and …

Their children were Theodorus, Pierre Cortlaudt, Van Wyck (who was for many years Recorder for the City of New York) and Philip Gilbert Van Wyck, who. was born June 4, 1786, and married Mary Smith, daughter of Col Abraham Gardiner, and granddaughter of David Gardiner, fourth proprietor of Gardiner's Island. Their children were Joanna Livingston Van Wyck, now residing at Sing …

He \vas an Englishman, and in 1633 started with his wife and family for this country. His death occurred during the voyage, and his son Christopher, who succeeded to the paternal cares, brought the family first to Norwich, Conn., and finally to Windham, in the same State, where a permanent settlement was effected. The branch of the family from which Dr. Huntington is descended …

A year's experience as an instructor, however, convinced him that teaching was not his forte, and at the end of the first term he resigned his position at Racine, with the intention of studying medicine. Retracing his steps, he came eastward, and in 1868 entered the University (medical college) of the city of New York, from which he graduated in 1871. The success which has …

By careful attention to the needs of his patients and faithfulness in the performance of his professional duties, he has won for himself not only a large and extended practice, but also the esteem of bis fellow-townsmen He is a member of Trinity Episcopal Church, was formerly a trustee of the public schools and is connected with the County and State I\Iedical Associations. He …

His object in doing this was to familiarize himselt with American medical authorities, and identify himself with American interests; also to observe and study the great changes which took place during twenty years in all branches of medical science. Having finished the courses prescribed in the school of medicine, he was graduated in 1869, receiving, beside his regular …

carelul attention to the wants of his patients, and strict economy in the management of his private affairs, he has accumulated for himself an extensive practice and a moderate fortune. He is greatly resi)ected in the city of his adoption both as a private citizen and an influential physician. RALPH BAKXARD GRI.sWOLD. The family of Ralph Barnard Griswold, M.D., was originally …

His success was so great there that he was urged to tarry longer. For years, however, it had been his desire to become a physician, and while yet engaged as a teacher in Stroudsburg, he fully decided to execute this purpose. He read medicine with H. B. Steele, M.D., of Winsted, Conn., and attended his first course of lectures at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New …

He joined the Methodist Episcopal Church at Winsted, Conn., in his seventeenth year, and in 1857 brought his letter from this church to the Middle Patent Methodist Church, where he has been an acceptable member for twenty-eight years, holding the offices of trustee, steward and chorister from the time of his arrival to the present. He has been since his earliest recollection …

He was made its first Worthy Patriarch, and some three years afterward was elected Grand Worthy Patriarch of the Grand Division "Sons of Temperance " of Eastern New York, embracing in itsjurisdiction some thirteen counties of the State. He is also an ex-officio member of the National Division of the same association. He has always been a consistent Republican, not having …

Carjienter, father of Walton Jay, was of this line. He married Rachel White, and of their five children, Dr. Carpenter was the oldest. He was born in Duauesburgh, Schenectady County, N. Y., September 11, 1852, and removed with his family ■when but four years of age to Illinois. After a stay of two years in the West the family returned to Duanesburgh where the youth attended …

He has by care and industry succeeded in building up for himself an extensive practice, and has during his residence in Katonah effected many cures which will render his reputation permanent and bis presence in the place a continual agency for good. He is a member of the Methodist Church of Katonah, and also a member of the following Masonic organizations : Kisco Lodge, No …

within her borders, on the banks of the lordly Hudson, and that sunny, facile intellect which dwelt in the pure and lofty brow of Washington Irving found equal delight in exploring the mystic nooks and windings of its " Sleepy Hollows." Fenimore Cooper, the great pioneer of American fiction, roamed over its rugged hills and through its pleasant meadows, and treading close upon …

His first ap[)earance as an author was in the publication, in 1754, at Williamsburg, Ya., and in London, of his journal of his proceedings " To and from the French of the Ohio," a brief tract written hastily from the rough notes taken on his exjjedition. His State papers, correspondence and " Farewell Address " are too well known to need description here. Major John Andre …

His wife, who is the daughter of Senator Benton, of Missouri, is a woman of great accomplishments and decided literary tastes. General Fremont, who was born at Savannah, Ga., January 21, 1813, is known to literature by his graphic reports, which were published by the federal government, of his Western explorations. Devoting himself in early life to civil engineering, he …

Returning to Washington in 1844, he published another report, and upon its completion set out on another exi)edition to the Pacific, tlie result of which was the acquisition of California by the United States. He was sent to Washington in 1850 as the first United States Senator from California. In 1856 he was the Republican candidate for President of the United States and …

Thomas Allen, a chaplain of the Revolutionary army at White Plains, who took an active part in the political discussions of the time; Charles Tafin A rmand, the Marquis de la Rouarie, an eloquent and persuasive speaker and writer, who, in 1778, was actively engaged in Westchester County in opposing Simcoe, Emmerick and Baremore, the Loyalist, whom he captured near King's …

Perry, Stephen Decatur and many other works, born in New York, April (!, 1803, lived in Mount Pleasant, on the Sing Sing road, and died at Tarrytown, September 13, 1848 ; Benjamin Moore Norman, the author of interesting books of travel, born at Hudson, December 22, 1809, died near Summit, Miss., February 1, 1860 ; Rear Admiral Hiram Paulding, son of John Paulding, one of …

field, Conn., June 30, 1858; Winthrop Sargent, the soldier, statesman and writer, who fought at White Plains; Joseph Mather Smith, M.D., the eminent physician and medical writer, who was a native of New Rochelle; John Savage, the editor and poet, who lives at Fordham ; John Canfield Spencer, LL.D., lawyer and politician, a native of Hudson, who is known to the literary world …

Grant," etc., who lived in North Tarrytown, Mount Pleasant, from boyhood until about 1856 ; Clarence Cook, the art critic, who attended school at Irving Institute, Tarrytown, and lived at Irvington; A. C. Wheeler ("Nym Crinkle"), poet and critic, who also attended school at Irving Institute and lived at North Tarrytown ; Charles A. Brace, author and philanthropist, who lived …

Pharcellus Church, D.D., the author of a number of books, reviews, etc., and a resident of Tarrytown ; Rev. Jacob Dutcher, author of " The Old Home by the River," who was born in Greenburgh ; Minna Irving, poetess, a contributor to The Century, whose full name is Minna Irving Odell,and who lives in Greenburgh ; Henry Drisler, scholar, author and professor, who lived in …

Nash, both residents of Morrisania ; and among painters, Albert Bierstadt, the famous landscape painter, who lived within the corporate limits of Tarrytown, and whose residence was destroyed by fire ; Francis W. Edmonds, Edward W. Nichols, Tait, Gustave M. Arnolt, the young German painter of animals, and Samuel Fanshaw and Robert Hite, both of them eminent painters on ivory …

Owing to its attacks on the government of Kieft and Stuyvesant, Van der Donck was denied access to the colonial records during the preparation of his " Description of New Netherland," which has been translated and occupies one hundred and six pages of the "New York Historical Society's Collections," 1841. It describes the rural products, animals and inhabitants of the colony …

In 1757 he removed to Jamaica, and from thence, in 1766, to Westchester, where, in addition to his church, he had charge of a sciiool. The authorship of tlie '" Farmer " pamphlets, which were commonly attributed to him, caused him to be seized by the Whigs, in 1775, and carried to New Haven, where he was imprisoned. As the fact of the authorship could not be established by …

He displayed considerable ability and force as a writer on a variety of topics, and rendered important services to his church in the arrangement of the Liturgy and other matters. He died February 25, 1796, at New London, Conn., where he had filled his father's place as rector of the church, besides discharging his episcopal duties. The " Farmer " pamphlets have been attributed …

Farmer." He also states that on the 19th of November, 1775, an armed force of one hundred horsemen came from Connecticut to his house, and, not finding him at home, beat his children to compel them to tell where their father was, " which, not succeeding, they searched the neighborhood and took him from his school, and, with much abusive language, carried him in great triumph …

Trumbull says that " when coj)ies of these pamphlets fell into the hands of the Whigs, they were disposed of in such a manner as most emphatically to express detestation of the anonymous authors and their sentiments. Sometimes they were publicly burned, with imposing formality ; sometimes decorated with tar and feathers [from the Turkey-buzzard, as ' the fittest emblem of the …

Isaac Wilkins, D.D., was born at Withywood in the Island of Jamaica, December 17, 1742, and was the son of Martin Wilkins, an eminent lawyer and judge, who came to New Y'ork in order to educate his son. His parents died when he was a child and his care and education devolved on his aunt, Mrs. Mary Macey, his mother's sister. He graduated at King's College in 1760, and was …

He sold his farm in 1784 and took his family to Nova Scotia, where he purchased a farm and returned to his agricultural pursuits. He was sent to the Assembly of the province, and soon after placed at the head of a committee for the distribution of lands to the American refugee Loyalists. In 1798 he returned to New York, and while preparing for the ministry was called to the …

He was annually chosen secretary of the Diocesan Convention of Pennsylvania from 1825 to 1830, and was secretary of the House of Bishops from 1823 to 1829. He was provost of the University of Pennsylvania from 1828 to 1833; traveled in Europe in 1835 and on his return, after the death of Bishop White, succeeded to the rectorship of St. Peter's, Philadelphia. In 1838 he was …

For a time he preached occasionally as a dissenting minister, and in 1774, at the suggestion of Franklin, came to America. He soon became known as a writer of uncommon force and logic and an opponent of slavery. His celebrated pamphlet, " Common Sense," in which he advocated the independence of the colonies, was published in January, 1776, and had an extraordinary influence in …

Of Huguenot descent and a native of New York City, born December 12, 1745, he graduated at Columbia College and was a delegate to the First Revolutionary Congress at the age of twenty-eight, three years later chief justice of his State, and subsequently minister to Spain and negotiator of the peace with Great Britain, Secretary of State, Chief Justice of the United States and …

Henry, until, compelled to abandon study by an affection of the eyes, he retired to his father's country-seat at Bedford. In 1812 he married the daughter of John McVickar, a New York merchant. He was appointed first judge of the county of Westchester by Governor Tompkins and was succes'iively reappointed by Clinton, Marcy and Van Buren. Throughout his life he was a prominent …

He came to New York after a short residence in the West Indies and purchased an estate at Harlem, which was invested by the Governor with manorial rights. His son Lewis succeeded to the estate and during the last eight years of his life was Governor of New Jersey. His eldest son, Lewis, became a member of the New York Legislature. The second Lewis had four sons, of whom the …

He was also chairman of the committee appointed in 1779 to consider the dispatches from the American commissioners in Europe, which were the basis of the subsequent treaty of peace. In the discussion of the question as to the jurisdiction of the State of New York over the New Hampshire grants, now the State of Vermont, Morris was supposed to be in favor of the independence of …

He performed the duties of this position for three years and a half. In 1786 his mother died. Her life interest in the estate at Morrisania thus terminated, and the property passed into the possession of the second son, Staats Long Morris, a general in the British army, the eldest son, Lewis, having received his portion during his father's life-time. Gouverneur purchased the …

He sided in the Senate and for the remainder of his life with the Federalists. His term closed in March, 1803, after which he resided at Morrisania. On Christmas day, 1809, he married Miss Anne Carey Randolph, of Virginia. Mr. Morris delivered funeral orations on Washington, Hamilton and Governor George Clinton and an inaugural discourse before the New York Historical Society …

Of Andre he wrote, " Never, perhaps, did any man suff"er death with more iustice or deserve it less." Of the famous Federalist, papers, Hamilton wrote fifty-one out of eighty-five numbers. His life and public services are too well known to require consideration here. His fame will chiefly rest upon his able adminstration of the Treasury Department. In the eloquent language of …

He was educated at Yale, where he formed a personal and literary friendship with Dwight and Trumbull. He entered the Revolutionary army, and became a member of Washington's military family, with the rank of colonel. He wrote alife of General Putnam, and a number of poems and plays. After the war he resided with Washington at Mount Vernon, and when he became President, traveled …

After many romantic adventures in this country and in Europe, he figured in 1775 as an ardent patriot. Washington, however, suspected him, and in June 1776, ordered his arrest. He professed to l)e on his way to off'er his services to Congress, which body ordered his return to New Hampshire. He soon after openly espoused the cause of the King. He was proscribed and banished by …

I., April 21, 1785 ; graduated in 1804 at Princeton College, from which, in 1848, he received the degree of D.D., and was ordained a Presbyterian minister October 24, 1809. In the spring of 1830 the Rev. Dr. Prime came to Sing Sing with his family from Cambridge, Washington County, N. Y. He had been invited by the trustees of the Mount Pleasant Academy, in Sing Sing, to be its …

Prime to take charge of the pulpit, and he preached in it as stated supply about three years. He identified liimself with the improvement of the place, taking an active part in all public movements of a philanthropic and moral character. In addition to the sons and daughters already named, two sons more were trained in the academy, Edward D. G. Prime and William C. Prime, the …

Samuel Irenieus Prime, D.D., who died in 1885, was for many years the editor of the New York Observer, and known throughout the country as a graceful writer of travels and religious works, as well as for his able editorial management of the Observer. He was born at Ballston_ N. Y., November 4, 1812, graduated at Williams College in 1829, was ordained a Presbyterian minister …

His education, from its earliest stages until he entered on the duties of active life, was directed by an English gentleman of rare attainments as a scholar and eminent skill as a teacher, and the successful results of his training were finely illustrated in the subsequent career of his gifted pupil. After leaving school he turned his attention far a short time to mercantile …

While principal of this academy he received, as an entirely voluntary tribute to his learning and skill, the honorary degree of Master of Arts from the Wesleyan University at Middletown, Conn. The president, Rev. Wilbur Fiske, D D., LL.D., in presenting this degree, said, in his letter to Professor Swinburne : "This honor is regarded by our Faculty and Board of Trustees as …

Mastery of the study pursued, at every step of progress made, was the end aimed at and required ; and in this feature it strikingly resembled the celebrated Rugby School of Dr. Arnold in England. His scholars who left the school to enter upon a collegiate course uniformly took a high rank, and often the highest rank, in scholarship in the institutions they joined; and those …

While yet a young man he was a contributor to some of the ablest mathematical periodicals of the country. Even now, when more than eighty years of age, he is often found engaged in mathematical investigations, as a mere pastime. This natural capacity ibr and pleasure in this science, connected with a peculiar facility in simplifying to young minds its rules and processes …

He is now just finishing a translation of the works of Horace, which, in fidelity to the original text, and in perspicuity and elegance of expression, will, in the opinion of classical scholars who have had the privilege of examining his work, be superior to any we now have. It is earnestly desired that he will give these translations to the world through the press, and that …

The uninterrupted prosperity of the institute had secured to its proprietor a handsome competency ; and having no longer the important aid of his wife, he decided to retire from the school to whose interests he had given the best years of his life. In the sphere of a teacher of youth for thirty years. Professor Swinburne had earned and received its highest honors, and he could …

In his eloquent appeals at public gatherings to the patriotism of those who could take the field, as well as by his liberal contributions of money to aid in the raising and equipment of military organizations and to meet the wants of the families of soldiers who were absent at the seat of war, he rendered most valuable aid and inspired hearts in many an anxious home with …

Havell distinguished himself as the publisher, as well as the chief engraver, of that world-renowned and supremely sumptuous work, Audubon's " Birds of America." This work appeared in ten magnificent volumes, so large as to occasion the invention of the term elephant folio. They contained over five hundred plates, colored to the life, each bird being shown in life size, even …

This surprised him, as he had made his bid more in jest than in earnest. However, he accepted ihe bargain, and subsequently built a house on the' grounds and occupied it as his residence for many years. He eventually removed to Tarrytown, where he died a few years since. The Havell mansion was situated on the high grounds nearly opposite the grand gateway of Dale Cemetery. The …

In the long line of the Bolton ancestry the name of Robert is rarely without a bearer. A number of these were distinguished for their learning and i)iety. A Robert, born in 1572, was noted at Lincoln and Brazen Nose Colleges, Oxford, for his varied accomplishments, and afterward as a divine. A Robert, born iu England in 1688, became a prominent merchant in Philadelphia. His …

John's Church, South Salem, at the time of his death. His brother, William Jay, at the time of his death, was rector of St. James', Bath, England, and an author of note; John is rector of Trinity Church, Westchester, Pa. ; Cornelius Winter is rector of the Church of the Redeemer, Pelhamville, Westchester County; and James was the incumbent of St. Paul's Chapel, Kilburu …

While preparing the " Guide to New Rochelie " he became interested in Westchester County history, and at once began the collection of the materials which he published in two volumes in 1848. The labor involved in this work, in the searching of collections 1 of documents, the examination of papers and the personal visitation of every spot of interest and nearly every person of …

This was afterward used for a young ladies' school, and under the management of Miss Nanetta Bolton, became justly famous. Here Robert Bolton, the historian, died October 11, 1877. Beside being a laborious, painstaking historian, a diligent teacher and an earnest minister, Mr. Bolton was accomplished in many ways. He was dexterous in wood-carving, apt with his pencil and …

Stephen's, North Castle,and at present is rector of the Church of the Redeemer, Pelhamville. In 1856 he married Cornelia, daughter of Cornelius Glen Van Rensselaer, Esq., of Greenbush, Rensselaer County, N. Y. Mr. C. W. Bolton is the author of" The Shepherd's Call," the "Sunday-school Prayer-Book" and other publications. In 1854 he edited Jay's "Female Scripture Characters" …

Bleecker was the youngest daughter of Brandt Schuyler, and was born in the city of New York in October, 1752. In 1769 she married Mr. John J. Bleecker, of New Rochelle, and removed with him to Poughkeepsie. After leaving Poughkeepsie, Mr. and Mrs. Bleecker settled at Tomhanick, a beautiful little village about eighteen miles above Albany. She died there November 23, 1783. Her …

About 1820 he was appointed professor of the Evidences of Christianity in the General Protestant Episcopal Seminary, and in 1824 published a volume of essays on this subject. In 1825 he was elected a member of Congress from New York City and remained in the House eight years. He was especially prominent in advocacy of the bill extending the term of copyright from twenty-eight …

established a settlement, to which he gave the name oC Cooperstown. In this (Vonlicr home, in the midst of a population of settlers, tra])i)ers and Indians, youiif^ Cooper imbibed that knowledge of backwoods lil'c and of the habits of the aborigines which afterwards served him so well in the construction of his romances. At the age of thirteen he entered Yale College, and …

Ill 1811 Cooper resigned his commission in the navy and married Miss De Lancey, a member of the well-known New York family of that name and sister £7 wife and his friend, Charles Wilkes. The descriptions of English life and scenery gave it great popularity in England where it was re-published. The "Spy," which followed, was as thoroughly American, and obtained great success …

After his return to this country he wrote the " Naval History of the United States," which excited an acrimonious di.scussion as to the correctness of his account of the battle of Lake Erie. In one of his libel suits Cooper defended, in person, the accuracy of his version of the battle. A lawyer, who was an auditor of the closing sentences of his argument, remarked, " I have …

How all his pages glow with creative fijel Who is there writing English among our contemporaries, if not of him, of whom it can be said that he has a genius of the first order?" "The emj)ire of the sea," says the Edinburf/h Review, " has been conceded to him by acclamation ; " and the samejournal adds, " In the lonely desert or untrodden prairie, among the savage Indians, or …

i those of the gifted author, as he was here also known as the good citizen, the genial neighbor and the Christian gentleman." , Irving first came to know Tarrytown and Sleepy I Hollow when a lad of fourteen or fifteen. He ( spent some of his holidays here, and formed an f attachment for the spot which never left him. Irving was born on the 8d of April, 1783, in a house which …

While at Rome he formed the acquaintance of Washington Allston, the artist, with whom he studied painting for a time with the idea of himself becoming a painter. After an absence of two years, however, he returned to New York, in March, 1806, and again took up the study of law. He was admitted to the bar, but never practiced. About this time he wrote and published his portion …

After the war he paid a visit to the British Islands, and inteiuled to make a tour of the Continent, but business reverses involving the ruin of his firm compelled him to abandon his purpose. Irving now turned to literature for support, and through the friendly aid of Sir Walter Scott, secured the publication of the " Sketch Book " by Murray, the great English publisher, who …

After an absence of seventeen yeai*s he returned to America, in May, 1832. His arrival was commemorated by a public dinner in New York City, at which Chancellor Kent presided. A few months later he made a journey west of the Mississippi, which he described in his " Tour of the Prairies." In 183(3 he published "Astoria "and subsequently the "Adventures of Captain Bonnevill." …

He then returned home and for the rest of his life resided at his cottage residence "Sunnyside," near Tarrytown, the spot wliich he had described years before in the " Legend of Sleepy Hollow " as the castle of the Herr Van Tassel, and of which he wrote -- " If ever I should wish for a retreat whither I might steal from the world and its distractions, and dream quietly away …

His death occurred at Tarrytown, November 28, 1859, and he was buried in the beautiful cemetery of Sleepy Hollow. The ivy upon the tower of Christ Church wiis taken from "Sunnyside" and planted by Irving himself. It was originally brought from ^lelrose Abbey, His pew in the church is marked with his name and Wiis set apart years ago by the vestry for the use of any members of …

An account of the funeral says : " It was a remarkable assemblage from the city, of men of worth and eminence, the friends of his youth and middle-life, and universally of the population of the town and adjacent country, where he wiis beloved by all. The area of Christ Church, Tarrytown, where the funeral services of the Episcopal Church, of which he had been a member, were …

" By his will, says the same account, " which made ample provision to continue the home at 'Sunnyside' to the brother and nieces bj' whom Mr. Irving had been surrounded, he left his manuscripts to his nephew, Pierre M. Irving, who had been his assistant in some of his more important labors of research, as his literary executor." Mr. Irving afterwards published a memoir of his …

James Selden Spencer, Donald G. Mitchell, Charles Dudley Warner and Professor William C. Wilkinson. A poem by Mr. Stephen H. Thayer, of Tarrytown, was read by Rev. Washington Choate. Letters of regret from a number of invited guests were also read, among them being responses from Governor Cleveland, John G. Whittier, George William Curtis, John Jay and President Porter, of …

Although not a native of the county, he has been so completely a part of its social and literary life for more than a generation, that he may justly be regarded as one of its representative men. Henry Barton Dawson wa.sborn atGosberton,in Lincolnshire, about ten miles southwest of Boston, England, on Friday, June S, 1821. His father, Al>raham Dawson, was born in July, 1795, at …

Moses, who carried him through a course of practical surveying. In the spring of 1834 his parents, with their fiimily, removed from England to the United States. They landed at New York on the 9th of June in the same year. His father's chief reason for emigrating was his dissatisfaction with the British government. AtManhattanville, eight miles from New York, he established …

Ira Bower, and soon after a clerk in the book-selling and publishing house of Messrs. Mack, Andrus & Woodruff, at Ithaca. In the winter of 1838-39 he left the latter to take the position of confidential clerk for Judge Gere, a wealthy resident of the town, and in April, 1839, returned to New York, where his employer had established a large lumber-yard. His salary at this time …

Having, in 1845, while still employed by Comstock & Co., advanced some money to the proprietor of The Cnj»tnl Fount, a weekly temperance and literary new.spaper, he was obliged to take the printing-office and paper in repayment of his loan. For more than a year he edited and published the paper besides discharging his duties as book-keeper, and finding the work too burdensome …

Johnson, Fry & Co., Puhlishers, to write a work for them on the military and naval history of this country. This was his first hook, although he had already heconie known among historical writers, hy "The Park and its Vicinity," written for and published in the " Manual of the Common Council of the City of New York " for 18');); the " Life and Times of Anne Hutchinson," …

While writing the " Battles," he became involved in a controversy concerning the merits of Major General Israel Putnam, with Messrs. Griswold and Doming, of Hartford, Conn., in the Daily Post of that city. The correspondence attracted the attention of scholars throughout the entire country, the Legislature of Connecticut being led by it to take special action on the subject …

The mayor honored it by sending it to the common council with a special message; and the latter sjjread not only the message, but the entire financial and historical statement made by Mr. Dawson on its Minutes, made a liberal ajjpropriation for his compensation ; gave to him an official vote of thanks, a copy of which elegantly engrossed and framed ornaments his dining-room …

Dawson had found ; and a very elaborate analysis of " The Fiederali.st" itself The peculiar merit of that edition of this celebrated work was recognized by Harvard University, Williams College and several others, as well as by the Board of Education in the city of New York, all of whom added it to their respective lists of text-books ; by the leading scholars of that j)eriod …

Dawson was afterwards resumed and their personal relations were perfectly friendly until the death of the former. In 1863 Mr. Dawson also published his work on " The Assault of Stoney Point by General Vnthony Wayne." It was an elegant volume, illustrated by maps and fac-similes. The germ of the work was a paper read April 1, 18(52, before the New York and Pennsylvania …

Dawson has written a pai)er on " The Sons of Liberty in New York ;" one on " The Battle of Harlem Heights," and one on "The City of New York on Sunday Morning, Ai)ril 23, 1775," all of them for the New York Historical Society ; one on the " Battle of Bennington " for the Vermont Historical Society ; and one on the " Battle of Long Island " for the Long Island Historical …

Dawson's works this volume was printed in elegant form for private circulation, and commands very high prices when copies are thrown on the market. In 1866 he edited the official " Record of the Trial of Joshua Hett Smith, Esq.,, for Alleged Complicity in the Trea,son of Benedict Arnold," of which only fifty copies were printed ; and five large octavo volumes of selections …

In Brodhead's "Hi.story ofthe State of New York," and in other works of equally high character, the historical articles which Mr. Dawson prepared for Tlie Gazette, were repeatedly referred to as standard authorities. Odd numbers of the Gazette of that period are eagerly sought, and command high prices; files of it are bound and carefully preserved in the state and historical …

Whitehead, of Newark, in reply to the last; Mr. Dawson himself, who endeavored to act as umpire between the two; Jlr. Whitehead, in reply to Mr. Dawson; Mr. Dawson, in reply to Mr. \Vliiteiiead ; and the Attorney-General of New York in closing the argument. The correspondence closes with a [)ostscript by Mr. Dawson. The volume was subse<iuently printed for the use of the …

Ten volumes having been completed at the end of the year, he began in January, 1867, a new and enlarged series of the work giving double the number of i)ages and making two volumes in a year. As editor of this publication Mr. Dawson has achieved wide reinitation among literary people, and especially among the students of every branch of American history. The magazine became a …

The State authorities of New York subsef]uently employed him to examine and report on the boundaries of that state on the lines of New Jersey, Massachusetts and Connecticut ; and the vestry of Trinity Church, New York, invited him to become the historian of that ancient and noted parish. Mr. Daw.son did nothing under either of these requests, but his selection indicates the …

Dawson pos.sesses a tine library on American history -- the result of many years of historical inquiry, and undoubtedly one of the most valuable collections, for practical purposes, in the country. Not only on the special subjects of which he has written, but in the general field of American history, Mr. Dawson's searching and retentive inti^llect Inis stored up a mass of most …

Waterbury and other well-known politicians were members. He adhered to the Free Soil [)arty and its successor, the Republican party, till the War of Secession, to the last-named, however, not as a " Republican," but as "a Democrat opposed to the administration." Since the close of the War he has been, as he maintains he had been before the War, a Democrat and a rigid opponent …

They have also had an adopted daughter, Anna Augusta, born October 30, 1851, who died May 31, 1878. James Kirke Paulding, the friend of Irving and his associate in the production of the Sabiiayimdi papers, was of Westchester extraction, though a native of Dutchess County. His grandfather, many years previous to the Revolution, settled in Westchester County on a farm at …

After the close of the war, the family returned to their former home in Westchester, and Paulding was educated at the village school -- a log house nearly two miles distant from his residence. Here he received all the education he ever obtained from tuition. On arriving at manhood in 180U he removed to New York City, staying at first with Washington Irving's brother, William …

It was republished in London in handsome style with a complimentary preface and provoked a fierce review from the London Quarterlij. He next j)ublished " The United States and England," a strong defense of this country against the strictures of the Quarterbj, which attracted the notice of President Madison. In 1815 he ])ublished his "Letters From the South by a Northern Man," …

Paulding was thoroughly American in spirit and feeling, and his writings did much to confirm and strengthen in the popular mind the sentiments of patriotism engendered by the Revolution and the war of 1812. Their value was recognized officially by his appointment in 1814 or 1815 as secretary of the Board of Navy Commissioners, then first established. He was transferred several …

Near the road leading from West Farms to Hunt's Point, on the sound and on the edge of the marshes which border the Bronx River, stands an ancient burial place in which repose the remains of Joseph Rodman Drake, the poet who charmed the senses of thousands with the music of "The Culprit Fay," and strung the patriotic feelings of Americans to the highest tension when his muse …

who died Scjit. 21st, 1820. Aged 25 years. Xone knew him but to love him, Xor named him but to praise."' The salt marsh surrounded the knoll on which the cemetery is laid out and the Bronx at that point is but a lazily flowing stream. At the rate of decay then in progress the people of a few generations later would be compelled to refer to books and maps to know where the …

" The Culprit Fay" was written to refute an assertion, by Fenimore Cooper and Halleck, that the rivers of this country furnished no such romantic associations as the Scottish streams for purposes of poetical composition. The scene is laid in the highlands of the Hudson, but the chief associations relate to salt water, " the poet drawing his|inspiration from his familiar haunt …