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.
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Charles, the third son, was one of a company of eighteen who, in 1719, emigrated from Hempstead, L. L, to what is now Rockland County, N. Y. where they purchased a large tract of land, and some of his descendants are still to be found in that region. Among the descendants of William Mott may be mentioned the famous surgeon. Dr. Valentine Mott, late of the city of New York …
May 31, 1738 (died young); Jackson, August 16, 1740; Isaac, May 6, 1743 (married Nancy Coles) ; Miriam, April 30,1745 (died in childhood); Ruth, June 6, 1747 (she married Jordan Lawrence, and after his decease married Stephen Coles); Samuel I., February 9, 1753; Jacob, June 30, 1756; Miriam, September 7, 1759 (married Benjamin Birdsall) ; Richard, May 9, 1769 (he married …
After a life of usefulness and credit, and vicissitudes as well, Mr. Mott died August 16, 1823, leaving a family of five children -- William L., born January 16, 1777 (married Dorothy Scudder); Richard L., born June 6, 1782 (married Elizabeth Deal) ; Jacob L., born September 13, 1784 (married Hannah Riker and settled at Tarrytown, where he was a prominent preacher of the …
At that time cooking-stoves were a recent introduction, the fuel being wood, which was then plentiful, and Mr. Mott invented the first cooking-stove in which anthracite was burned as a fuel. The comfort and convenience caused by this invention can hardly be over-estimated and .justly entitled him to the gratitude of the community. The stove-castings were at that time made at …
It is narrated, as an illustration of the energy of Mr. Mott, that at the time of the second fire, while the firemen were endeavoring to subdue the flames at one end of the building, a company of workmen under his direction were laying the new foundations at the other, and in nine days the business was resumed. With a premonition of the rapid growth of the city of New York …
Mott lived to see the business which he founded on a limited scale gradually increase till it became one of the largest establishments in the country and the creations of his inventive genius have made his name a household word. During the administration of President Buchanan he was offered the position of commissioner of patents, but declined to accept. The Reformed Dutch …
The excitement that followed the discovery of gold in California led him to abandon college life, with the intention of seeking his fortune in that land of promise, and he wrote to his father, who was then in Washington, for his permission and assistance. Mr. Mott, with the practical shrewdness which distinguished him, made the following proposition to the young adventurer : " …
From that time it was the object of his life to establish the works that bear his name on a firmer foundation, and increase their extent and capacity, and in the prosecution of this enterprise he has met with well-merited success. At the works at Mott Haven sixty tons of iron are now melted daily, -- a vast increase, indeed, from the time when to melt two tons on alternate …
Prominent in social circles and widely known in business affairs, he is justly considered a representative of the successful men of the great metropolis. Mr. Mott married Marianna, daughter of James V. Seamen, of Westchester. Their children are Marie (wife of the late William I\I. Olliffe, park commissioner of New York), Jordan L., Jr. (who married Katharine Jerome, daughter …
From a man so full of information, and so keenly alive to the bent of events transi>iriug about him, it is not difficult to secure a fund of interesting matter that would be valuable not only to remote members of the Bixby family, but to people generally who have heard of him. Among the interesting mementoes in his possession, of early New England days, is a rare " Book of …
They are lineal descendants of the lords of Dudley, families prominent in English history, and thence through the families of Governor Thomas Dudley and Governor Simon Bradstreet and many others of the noblest pioneers of New England. The family, which is large, is widely scattered throughout the United States, devoting themselves with the most remarkable energy to all the …
The first record of the Bixbys in this country is that of Nathaniel and Joseph Bixby, father and son, in the town of Ipswich, Mass., where Nathaniel is recorded as a householder in 1638. From this date the father and son are readily traced, the son marrying, in 1647, a lady from Asington, Suffolk County, England, and settling in Rowley village, afterward incorporated, under …
The history of this house, originally established by his father, and carried on from one success to another by his father's sons, is the history of the evolution of the art of printing, not only in America, but throughout the civilized world. Prior to the invention of the presses which bear the name of Hoe, the machinery by which the uses of " the types " are made manifest on …
Hoe and Mr. S. D. Tucker, one of his partners. Although many years ago the mammoth business which he had inherited from his father had made him a wealthy man, abundantly able, had he seen fit, to retire from its active management. Colonel Hoe to the day of his death was the actual head and manager of the great manufacturing house, giving his time and MORRISANIA. inventive …
When the news came of the introduction of the flat-bed cylinder press in England, Mr. Hoe sent a skilled workman to examine the new invention, and upon his return he extended his manufacturing operations. Robert Hoe died in 1833, at the age of forty-nine, leaving the business to his son, Richard jM. Hoe, whose name is now known worldwide as an inventor. He took his cousin …
His great discovery was still further perfected bj' the invention of the Web Perfecting Press, which prints on both sidesof the paper, cuts it off and folds it, ready for the carrier, at the rate of twenty-four thousand copies an hour. When one sees this piece of mechanism in full running order, the thought that first arises is that in this machine human ingenuity and skill …
Leavitt ; Richard M., Robert and Peter S. Colonel Richard M. Hoe was born September 12, 1812, and married Lucy, daughter of Josiah Gilbert. Their children are Emily, wife of Cyrus J. Lawrence; and Adeline, wife of De Witt C. Lawrence, brother of the former. Colonel Hoe was married a second time, to Mary S., daughter of Henry E. Corbin, of Virginia. Their children are Annie C …
Personally, Mr. Richard M. Hoe is described by those who knew him intimately as having been a man of exceptionally cheerful temperament and gentle ways. He was devoted to his life-work, but at the same time was essentially domestic. He was a prominent member of St. Anne's Episcopal Church, situated near his residence. His name as an inventor, and the fame of the wonderful …
His father, who was a man of education and intelligence, died at a comparatively early age, and the son, although ofi"ered a collegiate education, resolved to enter at once into active business. At the age of fourteen he became assistant in the office of the Newark Gas- Light Company, and afterwards removed to Elizabeth, where he was assistant to the engineer who built the …
During the past fifteen years he has been its president, and under his able management its business and prosperity have been very largely increased. He was also the builder of the works of the Northern Gas-Light Company in the Twenty-fourth Ward of New York City, and is the consulting engineer and one of the directors of that company. His thorough knowledge of the details of …
For six years he was a member of the board of trustees of Rutgers Female College, and is the present chairman of the board of school trustees of Morrisania. His connection with the public schools has been distinguished by the breadth of views which has been his characteristic in all other business affaii-s, and he has always felt an ardent interest in all that could advance …
His is a well-rounded character, and as a manufacturer, inventor and mau of business he is well known as among the most active and energetic of the publicspirited citizens of the Twenty-third Ward of the city of New York. HUGH N. CAJtP. Hugh N. Camp, well known in the financial and social circles of New York, was born in Hanover, N. J., October 14, 1827, but has always resided …
Camp, with two clerks as partners, continued the business until 1870, when the firm was compelled to suspend on account of financial reverses. Mr. Camp settled its affairs in a satisfactory manner, and in 1871 established a real estate business in New York, which he continued till 1883, when he relinquished it in order to give his time and attention to matters of more …
For eight years he was director of the Mechanics' Bank and for seven years director of the Mutual Life Insurance Company. He was also one of the originators and first trustees of Woodlawn Cemetery and has MORRISANIA. been for several years a member of the Chamber of Commerce. Prominently connected with the Republican party, he has been a member of the Union League from its …
In 1SH3 he was ai)|)ointed by iNIayor Edson, of New York, a member of the Aqueduct Commission to determine as to the necessity of a new aqueduct and to decide upon the route and nuinner of building, a position of great importance and responsibility. Mr. Camp married Elizabeth D., daughter of John McKesson, of New York, in 1854. They are the parents of eight children, seven of …
His professional career and services began in his eighteenth year- One of his first appointments was on the Croton .\queduct, where he served some years. He was subseiiuently em[)loyed upon the Erie Railway, and after that upon a road in Canada. Thence he went to t/uba in 1842, remaining there nearly a year on the Coliseo Railroad. Upon his return to this country, in 1843, and …
During the |)eriod Colonel Davidson was in Cuba he reconstructed the entire length of the nearly wornout road, some one hundred and ten miles long, elevating it from a condition of almost complete uselessness to a first-class railway in all respects. The improvements introduced by him covered everything relating to permanent way, bridges, passenger, freight and water stations …
In the years 18()5 and 1866 he was much occupied in the (]uestion of rapid transit for the city of New York, and was commissioned to proceed to London to observe and report upon the system of constructing and operating the underground railways in use there. In 1867 he was named chief engineer of the New Haven and Derby Railroad, a short line involving many interesting points …
ornament to the profession, and in his private life he was the model of a Christian gentleman. HENRY B. HALL. Henry B. Hall was born in London March 11, 1808, and at the age of fourteen was articled as a pupil to Benjamin Smith, known by his works for " Boydell's Shakespeare (Jallery." After completing his studies with Mr. Smith he was engaged by Henry Mycr, the favorite …
Putnam, who, in addition to being among the great publishers of that time, was a devoted patron of art, and such offers were made to Mr. Hall as determined him upon making his home liere. His family joined him the following fall and he settled in Hoboken until the spring of 1851, when he removed to Morrisania and occupied a house on Union Avenue, near Wall Street, Woodstock …
Knight, and died in Brooklyn in 1858 and her husband in 1872, leaving a son, Ed. H. (now a resident of ]\Iorrisauia), and two daughters; Emily, married William Momberger, of Morrisania, a lithographic artist and designer ; Henry B., living in Morrisania, married and has three cliildren living; Charles B. (same), has five children; Alfred B. (same), has five children ; Ernest …
Within its boundaries are the villages of West Farms, Fordham, Williams' Bridge, Tremont, Fairnioiuit, Belmont, Claremont, Monterey, Mount Eden, Mount Hope and Woodstock. In 1874 it was annexed to New York City, and the extension of streets and railways is rapidly converting it from a suburban to an urban community. It originally embraced the town of Morrisania, which was set …
West Farms then had 1114 inhabitants and their property was assessed at $l,<i03,()02. Mr. Haskin was succeeded in 1852 by Charles Bathgate. A j)rison was built in that year and the property valuation rose to $8,535,- 162, owned by 2814 jjersons. In 1853 Wm. N. Lewis was elected supervisor, and his successors were John B. Haskin (1857-60) ; James Davis (1861-64) ; Walter Roche …
The western portion of the grounds were purchased about 183r)-3() by the Catholic Diocesan Theological Seminary. The old Corsa, Watts and Brevoort homestead still stands on the premises and is now used as the infirmary, while Rose Hill, the former residence of, and built by, Mr. Mowatt, of New York, a fine large stone building with brick wings, which have been subsequently …
John's Hall stands the Chapel of St. Mary, which is used as the parish church for those in the vicinity of the Catholic faith. It was built about 1841, and is a well-proportioned structure. It is ornamented on the east and west sides with six brilliantly-colored stained-glass windows, imported many years ago from Europe. Saints Peter and Paul flank the altar, and the four …
A portrait of the founder of the Order of Jesuits (Ignatius Loyola), by a Mexican artist, also hangs in this room, and the motto of the Order is displayed, on an open book before him, in the following order: "Ad majorem gloriam dei," though the usual order is " Ad majorem dei gloriam.^' The north wing of the Rose Hill house contains the offices and refectory, -- a fine room …
Two small kitkats, on each side of the altar, represent Saints Aloysius and Stanislaus, the patron saints of youth. ^ The rear wing of Rose Hill contains, on the second floor, the library, which is provided with some twenty thousand volumes of works on history and theology. There is also a circulating library for the students. The great hall of the college, a new building, is …
Preparatory Department, in which hoys from ten years upwards are prepared for the higher classes of the collegiate course. By the catalogue of 1884-85, it appears that eighty-three pupils are in attendance on this course. The instruction furnished in the collegiate course is of two kinds -- classical and commercial. The curriculum of the classical course takes the student …
By the catalogue for 1884-85 it appears that there are one hundred and ninety-nine students attending the collegiate course. The present principal of the college is Rev. Thomas J. Campbell, who is assisted by a faculty of seventeen professors. , Near the college is the institution for deaf mutes, i)resided over by Miss Morgan, and in the village of West Farms is also a chapel …
Over the font, which stands in the transept, is a memorial window to Oswald Cammann, Jr., representing the baptism of the Savior, and in the south aisle is a memorial window to Oswald Cammann, Sr., one of the benefactors of the church. The lectern, in the form of an eagle with outstretched wings, from which the Scriptures are read, was also a memorial gift to the parish from …
The Rev. Dr. Tiffany, a former pastor of the church, presented the bell. The rectory has just been completed and is a substantial, tasteful building. The chapel, built of wood, also stands in the church grounds. The west part of it was originally used as the district school-house for vJie children of Fordham, but it then stood on the Fordham Landing road, southwest from the …
September 23, 1844, a meeting was held of the congregation or society commonly called Grace Church, in the town of Westchester, at St. Peter's Church. The object of the meeting was to incorporate the new church at West Farms. Captain William H. Spencer, U. S. N., and Philip M. Lydie were elected wardens, and Peter Lorillard, Richard Croiher, Dr. William Bayard, Charles S …
In 1884 the house had under treatment one hundred and thirty-two patients. At the end of the year there were thirty-two patients in the hospital. Of the one hundred and thirty-two patients, fortyeight were Protestant Episcopalians, forty-four Roman Catholics, eleven Methodists, seven Baptists, six Lutherans, two Dutch Reformed, twelve Presbyterians, one Congregationalist, one …
It is under the care of a clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal Church, but no distinction as to creed is made with reference to the admission of the inmates. It is under the direction of the following board of managers : President, Benjamin H. Field; Vice-Presidents, Martin E. Greene, William H. Guion ; Trea.surer, George Sherman ; Secretary, H. M. McLaren ; Superintendent …
The following is a list of its clergy: 1690.-- Rov. John Montaign. 1707. -- Key. Uenricns Bejse. 1771).-- Rev. Dominie John Peter Tetaril, a chaplain with General Montsfoniery in liis ill fated expedition to Quebec. 1802.-- Kev. John Jackson. 1840.-- Rev. Peter I. Van Pelt, D.D. 1816.-- Rev. William Cahoon. ISaO. -- Rev. Robert A'an .\niliurgh. 1853.-- Rev. John H. Bevicr …
The congregation was incorporated April 14th of that year, Jacob Berrian, (See note at end of this chapter as to Berrian family,) Benjamin Westervelt, Benjamin F. Ferris, Peter Demarest and Richard White being the first trustees. The first pastor was Rev. Thomas Davis, who was supplied by the Local Preachers' Society. In 1870 the then pastor, Rev. Jacob Washburn, succeeded in …
In 1855 the congregation was incorporated, and Jacob Buckhout, Peter Buckhout, Henry L. Jolly, Andrew .Foote and William G. Lent were made trustees. Messrs. Jolly, Lent and Peter Buckhout were appointed the building committee and erected the church at a cost of $2000. A parsonage was built at the corner of Marble Street and Washington Avenue. A new church, from the designs of …
The following is the list of pastors : 1857-60 Rev. Solomon C. Perry. 1860- Gl ». . . . KeT. John A. Sillick. 1861- 63 Rev. Valentine Buck. 1863-64 Bev. A. C. Field. 1865-69 Kev. John \V. Ackerley. 1869-71 Kev. N. B. Thompson. 1871-73 Kev. P. R. Brown. 1873- 74 Rev. A. N. Osborne. 1874- 75 Rev. T. B. Smith. 1875- 76 Rev. Thomus La Mont. 1876- 79 Kev. D. L. Marks. 1879-82 Rev …
It is semicruciform and built of stone in the old English style of architecture. It will be finished in the interior in hard woods and will be ornamented with stainedglass windows. The Rev. Frank Fletcher, A.M., of Madison University, is the enterprising pastor, this being the third church which he has built since he commenced his ministry. Before coming to this parish Mr …
The church, which is Gothic in its architecture, is ornamented in the interior with frescoes by Aviati, also a resident of the vicinity. At the back of the high altar is a representation of St. Joseph carrying the Holy Child. St. Patrick flanks him on the right and St. Boniface on the left. Two frescoes of the Resurrection and Ascension also adorn the chancel. The bishop's …
At the west end of the church, near the confessional, is a representation of the votive grotto and chapel at Lourdes, which was made by Father Tonner, a former pastor of the church. In the basement is a large hall for school-room and festivals, which is provided with a stage for the representations of the Dramatic Society. The parish is growing. Its average attendance on …
These are the pastors, -- 1815 Bev. Isaac Lewis. 1819 Rev. Truman Osborne. 1821 Kev. Samuel Nott. 1823 Rev. Joseph B. Felt. 1823 Kev. Thomas S. Wickes. 1824 Rev. Ithamer HiUsbury. 1824 Rev. E. D. Wells. 1825 Rev. .1. D. Wiekham. 1828 Eev. George Stebbins. 1835 Rev. William Gray. .1836 Rev. M. I. .\dam. 1841 Rev. James B. Ramsey. 184G Rev. Charles Moase. 1847 Rev. Isiuic AVatts …
He was taxed for £244, which shows him to have been a man of means. He went to Brookhaven in 1655, but returned to Southold in 1657, and died there in 1686. He possessed much land in Southold and one part known as " Mapes' Neck," was owned by his descendants for three generations. He left nine children,-- Thomas, William, Jabez, Jonathan, Abigail (wife of John Terrell), Sarah …
Their children were Samuel, born June 19, 1794, who has no living descendants; Anna, born December 7, 1796, who died unmarried ; Daniel, the subject of this sketch, born February 23, 1800 ; John, born September 10, 1802 (he had two daughters, Charlotte and Caroline, who are still living); Leonard, born November 16, 1804 ; Benjamin, born March 24, 1810, (he left three children …
In early life Daniel engaged in mercantile pursuits in the village of West Farms and for half a century was one of the most prominent and successful business men in the southern portion of the county, amassing a large fortune, which he dispensed in the latter years of his life in acts of beneficence and charity, making liberal contributions to the educational institutions of …
Sarah, wife of Hampton Brown, of Ulster County; second, Daniel, a merchant and resident of West Farms, who married Evadna, daughter of Matson Arnow ; third, William, a merchant and resident of West Farms, who married Ida Arnow ; fourth, Mary A., wife of Edward Myers ; fifth, Henry C, who married Susan, daughter of Daniel Tier, and is now living in Westchester ; sixth, Harriet …
Benjamin Fellows married his cousin, Hannah, daughter of Daniel Fellows, and Edward B. was born June 20, 1811. In 1817 he removed with his parents to Tunbridge, Vt., where he attended school and was subsequently a student at the academy at Royalton. Upon arriving at manhood, like most Yankee boys, he resolved to seek his fortune abroad, and, in 1831, went to the Wyoming …
In 1841 an act was passed authorizing the election of trustees and commissioners. Mr. Fellows was elected one of the trustees for the Fourth Ward, and was afterwards a member of the Board of Education. In the exciting controversy concerning the reading of the Scriptures in the public schools he took the position which experience has shown to be the wisest, and, by making a …
Fellows was appointed chairman of the Committee on Evening Schools, and devoted so much time and labor to their advancement that their acknowledged success is largely attributed to his active energy. He was also prominent in the establishment of the New York Free Academy, and introduced resolutions for establishing a free academy for females, a scheme which is now perfected in …
He removed his residence to Westchester in 1861, and purchased a place at West Farms, which has since been his home. He was married, in 1836, to Henrietta, daughter of Aaron Brown, who was at one time the owner of the Slocura farm, on which a large part of the city of Scran ton. Pa., now stands. By this marriage he had four children, -- Augusta (wife of Monmouth H. Chambers) …
Dr. Chapin, Mr. Fellows was one of his most devoted friends and supporters. He is one of the founders and supporters of the "Chapin Home," a non-sectarian institution for the aged and infirm, and has been a member of the advisory council from the time of its organization. He is also the treasurer of the Uuiver- • WEST FARMS. salist GeneralConvention, and a trustee of the …
Andrew Findlay was educated in the district school of Westchester village, and early in life was foreman of a branch of the Bronx Bleaching Company's works. He was supervisor of the town of Westchester from 1839 to 1848, except in the year 1844, when Robert R. Morris was elected. West Farms was set oft' from the town of Westchester in 1846, and Mr. Findlay was elected …
Among the men who have been most actively engaged in devising beneficial legislation for the old towns of Morrisania, West Farms and King's Bridge (now the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Wards of the city of New York), and in securing the enactment of the mea.sures that are ho rapidly transforming these former portions of Westchester County into thickly-settled sections of the …
At an early day he became interested and took an active part in the various public matters relating to the town. In 1869 he was elected a member of the Board of Education of West Farms, and by subsequent re-elections was continued in that position until the annexation of the town to the city of New York. His course in this board was distinguished by strict attention to the …
During his first term in the Legislature he served as chairman of the Committee on Federal Relations, and as a member of the Committees on Commerce and Navigation, Roads and Bridges, and the special committee charged with the investigation of the affairs of the Brooklyn Bridge. His course was marked by such constant and carefiil attention to the interests of his district that …
third and Twenty-fourth Wards ; to reduce the rate of interest on unpaid taxes and assessments in Morrisania, West Farms and King's Bridge ; to abolish the office of trustee of the town of Westchester; and also several acts amending the Annexation Act, and measures relating to Yonkers and Westchester. He also actively supported, by voice and vote, the various bills introduced …
" Deur Sir, -- Impressed with the belief that the people of the 23(1 and 24th Wards reciuire that they should have in the Board of Aldermen a representative whose past e.\perience in and devotedness to public matters affecting this District will afford a guaranty that their interests will be fully protected and cared for, and believing, from our past acquaintance with you and …
He was a member of the Committee on Public Works during his three terms in the board, and in 1882 was chairman of that committee, an unusual honor for a Republican in a Democratic board. His position on this committee enabled him to be of great service to the Twentythird and Twenty- fourth Wards, and the large number of much-needed jiublic improvements which have been made …
Among the important measures introduced and advocated by him and enacted by the boards of 1881, 1882 and 1883 were hundreds of ordinances for monumenting, opening, regulating, grading, repairing, sewering, flagging, curbing, paving and lighting various street, roads and avenues in the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Wards ; for extending the Croton water supply and establishing …
In his avocation he has gained a well-merited reputation and success, and there is no one who has had a more extensive experience in sub-dividing and bringing into market real estate in the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Wards and the adjacent parts of Westchester Count}', or who has a more thorough knowledge of property value in these sections, and he is frequently called …
William W. began business on his own account at a very early age, his first ventures being to meet incoming vessels in a small sail-boat and purchase goods, which he sold in the city before the vessels were unloaded. He next entered into a partnership with John K. Townsendand established a dry -goods store, under the firm-name of Townseud & Fox. After the death of Mr. Townsend …
Marcy and devoted his time and labor unceasingly to the promotion of that important work. It may be mentioned as an illustration of his conscientious care in the enterprise, that when the a(]ueduct was completed he traveled the entire length on foot, making a careful personal inspection of ever*' portion of the work, and of the names engraved in the lasting granite of the High …
Chase, and has three children -- George Fox, Edith and Isabel), Charlotte Fox, (who married Minor Trowbridge, of Brooklyn, whose children are Clarence M., Guion, Vaughan R., Ethel and Constance), Mary P. (wife of George F. Tucker) and Isabel (wife of Charles B. Perry, whose children are Langdon, Francis T., Lyman T. and Egbert B.). The Fox estate at AVest Farms, which is now a …
The deed from Ebenezer Leggett to Thomas Leggett thus describes the tract: "The piece of land formerly the farm of Phineas Hunt, deceased, beginning at the North-east corner at a stone standing in the meadow adjoining the salt meadow of Thomas Walker, near the corner of Joseph Tucker's land ; thence running South by Thomas Walker's salt meadow to a stone standing at the …
The Town of Mamaroneck was erected as a Town with its present boundaries by the "Act for dividing the Counties of this State into Towns," passed the 7th of March 1788.^ The language of the Act is, "And all that part of the said County of Westchester, bounded southerly by New Rochelle, easterly by the Sound, Northerly by Mamaroneck River, and westerly by the Town of Scarsdale …
It fronts upon Long Island Sound, and extends from it northwestward nearly four miles, with an average width of nearly three miles. It is situated twenty-one miles Northeast of New York City, and is distant South from Albany, the Capital of the State of New Y'ork, about one hundred and forty miles, and the village is south from White Plains, the county seat, seven miles. All …
The name is Indian, and signifies " The Place where the Fresh water falls into the Salt," and describes the unusual natural fact, that the bed of the Mamaroneck River some distance above the place of the present bridge connecting it with the town of Rye, (at which place a bridge did not exist till the year 1800) was originally crossed by a ledge of rocks sufficiently high to …
The Indians having no written language, all their names and other words which we now have, are based upon the reproducing of their spoken sounds in our letters. If a Dutchman, Frenchman or an Englishman, undertook to write the same word from an Indian's mouth, very different looking and sounding words would be produced. And as very many of our New York Indian terms and names …
Long previous to this time, and in the year 1640 the entire and general Indian title, both to the land and the sovereignty, of all the territory of southeastern Westchester and Connecticut as far east as the Norwalk Islands inclusive, had been obtained for the Dutch West India Company by purchase by Governor Kieft, through Cornelius van Tienhoven, from the Siwanoy Indians.* …
The severe and oppressive English Navigation laws the scope of which Cromwell had enlarged, and which he strictly enforced, drove many Englishmen at that period to embark in a contraband trade, a trade which increased in the next century to so great an extent in North America, that the severe measures adopted by the English Government to suppress it in the latter part of that …
" God sending you to arrive safely in New England our advice is that you informeyourselfe fully by sober understanding men of that parte of land which lyeth betwixt Connecticott and the Dutch Collony and of the seacoast belonging to the same and the islands that lye bettwixt Long Island and the Maine, viz. : within what government it is, and of what kinde that government is …
That it be well watered by some running streame or at least by some fresh ponds and springs near adjoining. ' The fiimous cause of the Writs of Assistance, in which John Adams first distinguished himself, were in defence of Boston Merchants engaged in litis contraband trade. " III. That it be well wooded which I thinke you can hardly misse of. That it be healthy high ground …
But still mindfull not to put so many hands about the matter of present profitt that you do in the meane tyme neglect planting or sowing the grounds that are fitt for provisions, our further advice is that as you increase in pasture fitt for cattle and sheej) you fayle not to stocke them well, but be sure never to over-stock them by taking more than you can well keep, for an …
Lastly we desire you to a*dvise us or either of us how affairs stand with you, what your wants are and how they may be most advantageously employed by us : for the life of our business will consist in the nimble, quiet and full correspondence with us; and although in these instructions we have given you clearly indicates, yet we are not satisfied that you must needs bring in …
ince of New Netherland and ruled by its authorities, with a running river falling directly into its harbour the latter overlooked by high wooded hills, and its borders skirted by the cleared " planting fields " of the Indians, and within a day's easy sail of the " Mauhadoes " it was well adapted to the " nimble " business proposed to be carried on by his Barbadoes friends and …
It will be recollected that two of the ships the "Martin" and the "William and Nicolas," of the expedition sent to capture New Netherland by the Duke of York, were forced to run into Piscataway, n5w Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on the 20th of July 1664, on board of which were Carr and Mavericke, two of the Commissioners.* One or both of them knew, or had letters to John Richbell …
Wee shall desire you to make all convenient haste to your habitation on Long Island, and by the waye as you pass through the Countrey and when you come hither, that you acquaint such as you thinke the Kings Commission"^' will be welcome to, smd are affected for his Majestyes Service, that some of us are arrived here, & shall suddenly bee in Long Island where they hope they …
As this "Council of Trade" embraced the leading public men in England at that day, with the noble at its head who four years later drew the King's Patent to his brother James for New York, it is almost certain that John Richbell had some prior intimation, from his brother, a member of the same Council, of the expedition intended for the capture of that Province from the Dutch …
An attempt by another Englishman, also a merchant of Barbadoes, and resident of Oyster Bay, who seems to have been either a business rival, or a personal opponent of Richbell, to outwit him and the Indians has singularly enough been the means of preserving for us a perfect history of the original purchase of Mamaroneck in all its details. This man was one Thomas Revell " …
Stuyvesant and his Council thereupon had the purchase as well as Revell's claim thoroughly investigated and testimony taken, and after full deliberation decided in Richbell's favor and issued to him both the " Ground Brief " and the " Transport." After the English conquest and the order directing the confirmation of the Dutch grants to their j)roprietors and before his English …
These papers Revell had recorded in the records of the Town of Southampton upon Long Island December 23d, 1661, probably as a meaus of strengthening his claim. Thus we have a documentary history of both sides of this contest for the beautiful lands of Mamaroneck in the reign of Charles the Second. INDIAN DEED TO .JOHN RICHBELL. Recorded Mar : ISf/i 1666 for Mr Richbell. (Liber …
Richbell or his assignes may freely feed Cattle or cutt timber twenty miles Northward from the marked Trees of the Necks, ffor & in consideracon the sd. Richbell is to give or deliver unto the aforenamed Wappaquewam the goods here under mentioned, the one halfe about a moneth after the date hereof, and the other halfe the next Spring following. As the Interpreters can testify …
These deponents testify & affirme, That they being at Peter Disbroes Island - (being to the westward of Greenewich) the 23* day of September last past & being there employed by me John Richbell for to Interpret betwixt the said Mr. Richbell & the Indyans (mentioned in this writing annext) about the purchase of three Necks of Land. The said deponents doe both of them affirme …
Richbell & John ffinch : This to my best understanding was y* Indyans speech unto them ; Also at the same time the said Indian Wappaquewam did verbally offer unto Mr. Richbell the Pay that hee had rec'd in part for the sd Land. But Mr. Richbell refused, saying hee would not receive it, but according to bargaine hee would have the land & pay him (the sd Indian) his pay …
The sd Deponent upon oath testifieth, That Thomas Close & himselfe being mates, the said Close having beene at oyster bay upon his returne to Monussing aforesd, did tell him that when hee was at oyster bay, That John ffinch and Henry Disbroe of oyster bay did tell him, that John ffinch & Richbell had agreed to purchase the land at Mammaranock River, & desired* him not to …
M' Revell being then at Monussing, & hearing that M"^ Revell came to buy the land, did tell M' Richbell what hee had heard : Wherefore M"^ Richbell & John ffinch & myselfe came to Monussing M'' Richbell saying that hee would purposely goe to forewarne M"' Revell not to buy the land, being hee had already agreed for the same : When to Monussing they came, there was some of the …
The said Wappaquewam being entrusted by his brother Mathetuson ' formerly called Mohey (as the said Wappaquewam & Mathetuson did enforme) to sell all his property in the sd Land, & himselfe with Edw"* Griffin accompanied the said John Richbell unto y'' s'* Indian Wappaquewam to buy the s* Lands, which accordingly hee did, & pay* unto the s* Wappaquewam in part of payment for …
In & upon the 7'" day of March 1661, The s'' John Richbell employed them the s"* deponents & one Jacob Young a Sweed (which are Indian Interpret."*) to goe with him to the Indyans to talke w"" them, Hee the s'' Richbell hearing a Report that y^ s* Indian Wappaquewam had afterwards sold the s* lands to M' Revell, & in our voyage to speake w"' Wappaquewam we mett with his …
Wherefore Mr John Richbell did tell the s* Mathetuson that he was now come to settle & plant the same, -- And the said Mathetuson did give him free liberty to the same, onely desiring M"^ Richbell that hee might be payd for it, & not to loose his pay for a neck & halfe of land, which he was yet unpaid for: To the former part were deposed John ffinch & Edward Griffin the 11th …
Saith,I being at peter Disbroes, -VP Thomas Revell being there present, I heard M^ Revell sayhee was buying a parcell of Land of the Indyans of the West side of Mammaranock River to M'' Pells land & I wisht him not to medio with it, for it was already bought by M' Richbell & I was a wittnesse to it, I saw a part of the moneys pay* for it by iVP Richbell -- M"' Revell made this …
That I Wappaquewum, did for myselfe, and in the behalt'e of my above said Brother Mahatahan, firmly Bargaine & Sell to M' John Richbell of Oyster Bay, to him and his Heires forever, the above mentioned three Necks of Land, together with all other Priviledges there unto belonging, Six weeks before I sold it to M' Tho Revell, And did mark out the Bounds, and give M"^ Richbell …
on the Maine land, for me to bargaine & absolutely to sell unto Tho Revell his Hayres Exect" Administrate" & Assigns have or any of them have in one tractof land on ye Main being bounded by ye sea on the south west and at the east of Maramack River and at ye west with Mamgapes River, with two necks of land and meadow & planting land, the necks of land called by the Ingins Cay …
And fardder more I doe promise and ingauge my self in the behalf of the fore named Ingaius & ye rest of those Ingains which I now sell this land for and them to bring suddenly after ye date hereof for to give unto Thomas Revels or his order quiet and peaceable possession to him and his Heyres. And peaceably to keep and defend against all Dutch i and English that shall molest …
* This is as near as this word can be made out. 5 The same as " Cakoe " above mentioned. HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY. name an Ingaiae the which wee do approve of and doe confirm whatsoever the said Cockoo shall doe in bargaining & selling unto Thos Revell of Barbadoes all our real right & interest wee or either of us have, our Hayres Exctrs Adminis"'' & Assigns have in one …
Now whereas wee the aforesaid the true and well proprietors and Honnors ^ before named of the tracts of land wee are fully contented & paid and satisfied that our friend Cockoo hath bargained and sould the aforesaid tracts of land with all the bounds as aforesaid unto the s"* Thomas Revell with all things standing or lying thereon for himself, Heyres, Exct", Administrate or …
Now for the better Right & tittell of the said land unto the said Revell his Heyres Excf" Administraf" & Assigns with all the Proprietors Rights & privileges Regard or whatsoever else is just, and allsoe wee ye aforesaid Ingains do freely and absolutely assign and make over all our rights tittell and Interest wee had in the fore mentioned tract of land as appeareth by this our …
And Allsoe we do further promise & ingage keepe and defend ye sd Revell and his against all person or persons that shall directly or indirectly annoy Molest or trouble ye sd Revell or his, or lay any claime or former grant of the same by ye Ingains Dutchmen or English or whome soeverfrom the beginning of the world unto the day of Dat; &, forever to mayntaine our right and …
All of us above Ingains doe freely allow & consent unto that Revell shall have his line run as farre above Westchester path for planting ground into the Cuntry the full length as is from Westchester path to the bottom of the Necks to the sea, this being in consideration the land to the north east is not fit for planting ground but full of hills and Rockey Woods above …
Of the litigation which grew out of this transaction we have the following account in the nature of a report of the evidence produced, taken from the record at Albany. It bears no date but was probably what took place before the English Patent was issued by Governor Lovelace. " An account of what part was acknowledged before ye Governor concerning ye Purchase of Mamaronock, by …
Richbell, came and viewed and agreed for ye land, but not bringing his goods tyme enough he sold it to Mr. Revell. He confesses that Mr. Richbell gave another Indian a coate and some seawant and a shirt, to marke out ye trees after ye agreement, but that he had nothing. Another Indian saith that Cockoe and Thomas Close received Mr. Revell's money betweene them and kept it …
The description of the lands granted in Lovelace's Patent of Confirmation is as follows : -- " A certain parcel of land within this government, on the Main, contained in three Necks, of which the eastermost is bounded with a small river called Mamaranock river, being almost the east bounds or limits of this government upon the main, and the westermost with the gravelly or …
"The Ea.st Neck " extended from the Mamaroneck river on the east to a small stream called " Pipin's brook " on the west, which divided it from the " Middle ' or "Great " Neck, and is the same which now crosses the Boston road through the land, and just east of the house of the late Mr. George Vanderburg. ' The Middle Neck extended from the latter stream westward to a much …
The true " aboriginal name of the East Neck was " Mamaranock " the same as the town and village bears to-day under the later spelling of " Mamaroneck." That portion of it between the HarboUr on the east and Pipin's brook and the salt creek into which it runs on the west, bears the name of " De Lancey's Neck " from the fact that it has been possessed as a whole for more than a …
Ante, p. 145. ' sVol. i. p. 2S2. » Vol. i. p. 463. HISTORY OF AVESTCHESTER COUNTY. Partition of that year of the undivided portions of the Manor of Scarsdaie. Subsequently John Peter de Lancey the son of Mrs. De Lancey who had succeeded to some of his mother's lauds purchased all the rest of the lands on De Lancey's Neck from his brother, and sister, and cousins, and thus …
This piece from Mott's heirs passed by sale through various parties and about a century ago became the property of a venerable Quaker long well known in Mamaroneck, Giles Seaman. At his death in the settlement of his estate it was bought by the late Isaac Hall, and by him it was sold to the enterprising gentleman who upon it erected the handsome summer hotel, since called by …
Parsons two days later, on the 16th of November 1668, in consideration of natural love conveyed the East Neck to her daughter -- Ann the wife of John Richbell as a token of affection and dutiful behaviour. This made Mrs. Richbell the owner in fee of the entire East Neck. But to make her perfectly secure, Richbell made a settlement of it by way of jointure in her favor, by a …
She continued in possession until by deed of the 23d of December 1697, she sold her entire estate of every kind and nature in her and her late husband's lands to Colonel Caleb Heathcote for the sum of £600 New York Currency and certain other beneficial provisions recited in the instrument.* These lands and some others adjoining which he had acquired Colonel Heathcote had …
The present double frame dwelling standing on a portion of the old site, of which a cut is given, was built in 1792 by the late John Peter de Lancey, a grandson of Colonel Heathcote who had succeeded to the property, on his return to America with his family, having been a captain in the British Regular Army in which he had been placed in 1771, on leaving Harrow School, after a …
This tract had been set apart by John Richbell in his life time about the year 1670 for what he called " allotments or house lots," comparatively small pieces fronting on the Westchester Path or old road to Boston eight in number running northwardly. One he reserved for his own house lot, and he and his wife seem to have sold only two or three others, the first was a gift by …
To each lot was appendant an undivided eighth right to commonage and pasture in the two mile bounds. The precise extent of these bounds we know from the Deed to Disbrough, which calls them " Mammaroneck limmits " and describes the tract as " being in length two miles and in Breadth one mile and a half and Twenty eight rods." The length was from the Westchester Path northward …
James Mott, William Penoir,' John Williams, Henry Disbrough, Alice Hatfield, John Disbrough, and Benjamin Disbrough.- This was to satisfy all persons desirous of settling in Mamaroneck, that there would be no difficulty with the natives. About five years later Colonel Heathcote suggested to the owners of the house lots that instead of keeping all the rest of the two mile …
The ffree holders of Mamoroneck whose names are hereunder written have mutually and unanimously agreed for dividing the Long or Upper Lotts in said Township as followeth -- No. 1 containing 20 chains broad to James Mott, No. 2 containing 21 chains, and No. 3 containing 22 chains to William Penoir, No. 4 containing 21 chains to Henry Disbrow, No. 5 containing 18 chains to John …
mark James Mott [l.s.] Henry Disbrow [l.s.] John Disbrow [l.s.] John Bloodgood [l.s.] Peter Hattfield' [l.s.] This instrument finally closed and determined forever all the common interests in the lands in the " two mile bounds" of Mamaroneck and made them the separate private property in fee of the various owners. To this there is apparent exception. The five rod > So in th« …
These " Great " or " Long " Lots, as well as the small ones are all shown on the Map of the Manor of Scarsdale in this volume. They never belonged to any body but the grantees of the eight original house lots to which they were appendant and appurtenant, and with their division by the owners of those lots among themselves all their common rights ended, and the "two mile …
But there still stands upon the southern part of the " House Lott " of Henry Disbrough the identical house he built there in 1677 the year after he was deeded the lot by John and Ann Richbell, a memento of the earliest days of Mamaroneck, of the old family who built it, of New York and Westchester in the reign of Charles the Second, and of the Duke of York as its Lord …
It has long been used simply as a storehouse as it was understood when it passed out of the Disbrough family that it should never be pulled down. Its last owners of the name were two maiden ladies who, a few years before their deaths built in the same enclosure the present new and good frame house, which stands almost between the old one and the waters of the harbour. The old …
Meyer's present house,) westward to another Brook, which was that which crossed the Westchester Path or Road just west of the present residence of Mr. Geo. Stephenson, and upon which for years stood a mill, for a very long time a snufF mill. This brook bore the name of Stony or Gravelly brook. Mr. Pell claimed that his eastern line was the Cedar Tree or Gravelly Brook, that …
John Pell for the which There was an order Issued forth from y* Governor for a tryall by a Special Court of Assizes yet Notwithstanding upon proposal of an amicable agreement between them, and to prevent further trouble to his Honour the Governour and the Country by having a speciall Court, it is this Day mutually consented unto and agreed upon, that the Neck of Land and …
As to what expense or charge*^ Either party hath been at Each is to bear his own charges, but for the charges of the Surveys and such other Necessary expenses Relating to the Division of y" Lands according to this agreement it is Equally to be Borne betweene them. In testimony Whereof the party es to these presents have Later changeably Sett to their hands and Seals y" 22 Daye …
That the said Richbell shall extend from Cedar Tree Brook or Gravelly Brook, south westerly fifty degrees to a certain mark't Tree, lying above the now Common Road, thirty and four chains in length, mark on the east with R. and on the West with P., thence Extending South Sixty three degrees East by certain marked Trees p'fixed Ending by a certain piece of Meadow at the salt …
Thus was settled finally the line, afterwards of much importance, Jis being the east line of the 6000 acre tract carved out of I'elham Mannor and sold by Pell to Leisler for the Huguenots in 1680. And as also as taken for the lino between the later towns of New Rochelle and Mamaroneck when erected in 1788 by tiie State Township Act of that year. We now recur to the singular …
John Richbell, Inhabitant of the place Marraneck, in the Main, within this province, who acknowledged and declared for himself, his heirs and executors, fully and duly to be indebted Mr. Cornelius Steenwyck Chief Council' of this Province, a just and neat sum of Two thousand and four hundred Guilders, Wampum,* being occasioned by and from delivered Merchandizes, disbursed …
Steenwyck, in the full satisfaction of the sum aforesaid, he the said John Richbell bindeth and engageth for a si)ecial Mortgage and a Pledge certain of his the said John Richbell's Neck or piece of Land lying upon the Main, being the most Westerly neck of Land of the three, to him the said John Richbell in lawful Propriety belonging, pursuant to certain Patent of Governor …
Signed in New orange 20 9ber.' 1673."* This mortgage only covered the West Neck as settled in the agreement with Pell above mentioned. On the 12"' May, 1675, two years later, a mortgage was made by John Richbell on the Middle Neck alone, in consideration of "£250 Boston Silver" to Robert Richbell of Southampton, England for the term of 99 years, redeemable at any time in the …
By these assignments Samuel Palmer became legally entitled to the remainder of the term of 99 years in the Middle Neck, and by his will, dated March 18th, 1712-13, he devised all his right, title and interest in and to the Middle Neck to his four sons, Nehemiah, Obadiah, Sylvanus, and Solomon Palmer. They continued in possession, and on the 8th of February 1722, Edward …
The four Palmers then conveyed a right in fee in that Neck to one Josiah Quinby. But, the Steenwyck Mortgage of 1673, above mentioned, and another also made by John Richbell to him on the 6th of July, 1678, had been assigned to Frederick Philipse, and under his will passed to his daughter Eve, the wife of Jacobus Van Cortlandt of Yonkers, and of course under the law to him …
This claim the Palmers met by filing a bill in Chancery against Philipse and Van Cortlandt and on May 2, 1729, obtained a decree that the Proprietors of the Middle Neck under their mortgages and their Release from Edward Richbell, were entitled to have the Middle or Great Neck extended as far Northward as the East and the West Neck extended, and that Philipse and Van Cortlandt …
A great question arose some thirty five years later in relation to the Middle Neck and the Manor of Scarsdale. Many persons had become interested in the former both as purchasers and as mortgagees. The Palmers had early sold undivided twelfth parts to various persons, among others" one twelfth and ahalf of one twelfth " were sold to Robert Livingston July 20*'' 1728. The …
The question was where was the proper starting point between the Necks and what the true direction the line was to run. P^inally it was at last determined by all parties to leave the question to a board of arbitrators. But so delayed was the business by the numbers it affected that the Articles of Agreement to arbitrate were not executed till the 21-" of March 1769. The …
The Arbitrators chosen were "Samuel Wyllys of Jericho Long Island, Gentleman, A'braham Clark of Elizabethtown New Jersey, Stephen Crane of the same place, Gentlemen, William NicoU J'', of Islip, in Suffolk County Esq." These Parties gave bonds in £5000 each to abide by the. award, and it was agreed that each side should bear its own expenses, except as to those for the …
The award was unanimous and the operative part is in these few words, " we do award, order judge, and determine, that the place where the straight line of partition that is to run between the said two Necks or Tracts of Land shall begin in the middle of the creek or run of water leading from Dirty Swamp where the said Creek or Run of Water crosses Westchester old Path." All …
Munro who a year or two before had bought the original Samuel Palmer House (now pulled down and which stood back and a little to one side of the two enormous elms now standing east of, and near, the Larchinont Railroad crossing at the Boston Road, and about lot) feet south of the road itself) and its farm, acquired all the other lands on the Neck, except the Scott Hou^e and …
It is sometimes styled Larchmont " Manor" but as this sketch shows the Neck upon which it is situated never was either a Manor or part of a Manor. The Munro farm was very large and the extent of the part of it below the Boston Road, some 330 acres, and the large Munro House now the chief Hotel, suggested the idea of calling it a " Manor " to the first organizers of the …
Munro assented, the seed came, the trees were planted, and answered the purpose admirably for about twenty or twenty five years, then they grew scraggy, began to die, and were gradually removed, the last of them during Mr. Collins' ownership, by whom the name was given to the place while it was his. This was the origin of the Scotch Larch in Westchester County, neither a …
It has since been laid out in several small village plots, a large part of it is also owned by the Proj)rietors of Larchmont, through which runs the surface railway to the Larchmont station of the New Haven Railroad, which is upon this property. West of the Railroad but invisible from it on account of the forest, is " Hannah's Peak," the highest point on the Southeastern …
Reverend William H. de Lancey who had inherited the eastern part, sold his portion in large divisions to various parties. Its splendid situation, with its two beaches Long Beach and Scotch Beach, with Mamaroneck Harbour on its east side and De Lancey's Cove on its west side marked it out as a place for the fine seats and marine villas of gentlemen, with which its entire water …
Thomas J. de Lancey. and built a large double brick house, now a part of Mr. Flagler's magnificent mansion, at the western end of this unique situation, and surrounded the point with a huge wide stone sea wall upon the top of which he laid out a drive, which is without a rival of its kind on the American sea coast. The Neck itself is the " Satanstoe " of Feniraore Cooper's …
Greacen said, he did not like " for it ought to be kept for the place I made, especially as everybody on the Neck laughed at me when I adopted it." Unfortunately it has been taken of late to designate drinking saloons &c in the village of Mamaroneck. " Vergemere " the writer's place is at the East end of the Neck. It and Mr. Flagler's'are the only places upon it which have a …
The first entry in the records of Mamaroneck is as follows : " Captain James Mott elected and chosen assessor for the ensuing year 1697, Samuel Palmer chosen supervisor, Henry Disbrow chosen collector and surveyor of the highways, William Palmer elected and chosen constable and recorder. All done by the freeholders and inhabitants of the above said place at a town meeting held …
Keuben Bloomer. 1783-93. Gilbert Budd. 1794-97. Benjamin Griffen. 1798-1800. John P. De I^aucey. 18(11-2. Edward Mcrritt. 1803-6. Aaron Palmer. 1807-13. John Pinkney. 1814. John Peter De Lancey.' 1815. Monmouth Lyon. 1816. Aaron Palmer. 1817-19. John Pinkney. 1820-24. John B. Underbill. 1825-27. .\aron Palmer. 1828. John Morrill. 1829. Edwin Post. 183i>. Henry JIunro …