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BURR, Nehemiah4 (Jehu1, Daniel2, Seth Samuel3), built about 1762 a small house (5) in Black Rock. He was son of Seth Samuel and Catharine (Wakeman) Burr, b. 18 April 1734, d. in Black Rock July 1814. He served as one of the guards at the Black Rock fort in 1779. He married 21 April 1762 Sarah, daughter of Eleazar Osborn. Their children included : Thomas; Nehemiah (1765-1766) ; Ebenezer; Nehemiah; Hannah; Sarah, b. 29 March 1771, m. Thomas Bartram; Eleazer; Noah*
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BURR, Noah*, bapt. 9 Sept. 1777, d. 25 Dec. 1857. Lived in his father's house (5). He married Anna, daughter of Isaac and Abigail (Gold) Jennings, b. July 1785, d. 16 March 1830. Their children included: Seth (went west and died there unmarried) ; Francis (died in Mexico) ; Isaac (killed during a voyage) ; Oliver; Sarah; Henry; Abigail (mar- ried David Lockwood).
BURR, Oliver*, lived in his father's house until after 1850, when he built on Ellsworth Street. He married Emily Sherwood of Greenfield. Their children included Anna Frances, born 1856, and Cornelia Sherwood, born 1849.
BURR, Thaddeus® (Jehu1, Nathaniel2, Nathaniel3, Ephraim4, Peter5), born in Fairfield in 1778, died in Black Rock 21 Feb. 1858. He married Rhoda Meeker who d. 28 Aug. 1834. Their children included: Peter, b. 1801, d. at sea 1827 ; Mary (married George Morehouse) ; Albert, married Sarah Raymond and lived north of the stage road; Lewis *. BURR, Lewis*, b. 1806, d. 14 March 1881. In 1830 he bought the Wilson Knap house (19). He married 25 Oct. 1829 Eliza Olmstead, sister of Alanson Allen's first wife and daughter of Hezekiah and Hannah (Smith) Olmstead, b. 2 Jan. 1807, d. 16 July 1889. Their children included : Woodruff Lewis (1830-1909) who married Marietta Sturges (1839-1896), daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Hull) Sturges; his twin, Sarah Brewster, b. 8 Dec. 1830, d. 6 Oct. 1846; Franklin Edgar, b. 10 Jan. 1834, d. 4 Dec. 1869 ; his twin, Frances Elizabeth, d. 18 Nov. 1869, married Eliphalet Walker; Anna Jane, b. 10 June, 1837, d. 18 Feb. 1883, married John W. Brittin; her twin, Mary Jane, d. 6 Sept. 1891, married David M. Greenough; and Virginia Elizabeth, b. 17 March 1840, d. 12 Sept. 1853.
BURTON, William, on census list of 1850.
CALLON, William, married Caroline, daughter of Chauncy and Caroline Matilda (Beers) Wheeler. She married (2) Rufus Fancher. They lived near the upper wharf about 1830.
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CARSON, Walter, a Fairfield schoolmaster, married 12 March 1775, Sarah Squire daughter of Joseph and Mehitable (Burr) Squire. They owned several acres in Black Rock, and may have lived near the stage road. William Carson, their son, and Catherine, their daughter (who married Jason Gold in August, 1794), are mentioned in the will of Sarah Squire Carson.
CHAUNCY, Robert4, of Stratfield (Rev. Charles1, Rev. Israel2), son of Rev. Charles3 and Sarah (Wolcott) Chauncy, mar- ried Hannah Wheeler, daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Wheeler) Wheeler. One of his children, Hannah, married into the Beardslee family of Stratford, the others lived in or near Black Rock,-Lois marrying David Wheeler, Ann marrying Samuel Patchin, and Wolcott *.
CHAUNCY, Wolcott*, (1732-1805) married Anne Browne. His home (11) was next the Middle Wharf. His children included : Punal, b. 5 Sept. 1863 ; Elizabeth, b. 6 Nov. 1765; Charles Wolcott, b. 28 Jan. 1767, d. 26 Nov. 1784; Polly, b. 1 Sept. 1769, d. 16 Jan. 1770; Isaac, b. 20 Feb. 1772, d. in Washington 20 Jan. 1840, where, William Wheeler writes: "he was president of the Board of Navy Commis- sioners. In the War he took 5 vessels at one time and a large quantity of arms and stores- He had the noble bearing of a Gentleman and an Officer- Born at Black Rock-left 3 sons-John & Charles, lieuts. Navy-& Peter, a Clergyman. (He married Catharine Sickles.) Other children of Wolcott and Ann Chauncy were: Robert, b. 8 Oct. 1774; Lucy Ann, b. 6 Dec. 1778, d. 30 Nov. 1801 ; Sally, b. 14 Sept. 1781; and Ichabod Wolcott, b. 18 June 1784. CHEPRON, Peter, resident in 1840.
CHINNOCK (?), Charles, an English inventor, resident in 1850, with his wife, Marion, and four children: George, Sabina, Charles, and Mary.
CHRISTIE, John, appears in the census of 1840.
CLARK, Cornelius, in partnership with John Y. Provost, at a store on the upper wharves in 1837.
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EDDY, Joseph H., assistant keeper of the Black Rock Light, married 26 Oct. 1870, Abbie Robbins of Rocky Hill, Conn. ELIOT, Rev. Andrew, pastor of Christ Church in Fairfield, during the Revolution was one of the most famous divines in New England, and it is evident from the essays and Journal that his teachings made a deep impression upon young William Wheeler.
ELLSWORTH, Verdine, born 1791, died 3 May 1871. He occupied the house, now the Congregational parsonage, at the corner of Ellsworth Street and Bartram Avenue. His wife, Jane Agnes, died 20 Oct. 1867. Five children, Thad- deus, Verdine, Helen, William, and Charles, died young.
ELY, Isaac M. His name appears as owner of the John Wheeler house (15) in 1827.
FANCHER, Henry Wilson, born 29 Jan. 1806, died 23 Nov. 1889. He married Elizabeth Benedict (born 4 Dec. 1809, died 14 Oct. 1878), and lived in the Silliman house (7) for many years. His children included: Frances Caroline (married Charles B. Smith) ; Nelson Montgomery; Sher- man* ; Millicent Benedict (married George Bulkley Nichols) ; Harriet Elizabeth (married William Pernett Bunce) ; William Henry; John Nelson *; Andrew Bell.
FANCHER, Captain Sherman*, born in New Canaan 17 Sept. 1830, died 4 Sept. 1883. He married 14 June 1852, Ann Augusta Merrill of Catskill, N. Y. Their children included : Captain Charles Henry; Ellen Elizabeth (married Charles T. Allen) Granville; and Sherman Thorp.
FANCHER, John Nelson*, born 15 June 1845, lived on Seabright Avenue. He married (1) Sarah Ann Brady and (2) Mary Jane Stewart.
FIELDS, Thaddeus, mentioned in the Journal, and Moses, who in 1850 was a member of the household of Mrs. Job Bartram, were sons of Moses and Ellen (Penfield) Fields.
FITCH, Hezekiah, son of Hon. Thomas Fitch of Norwalk, part- owner of the Middle Wharf and purchaser of land from David Wheeler in 1765. He married Jerusha, daughter of
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Col. Andrew Burr, and later moved to Salisbury, when he deeded his Fairfield property to Comfort Sands, Hezekiah Nichols, and Samuel Penfield.
FORGUE, Francis died 1783 aged 54 He was a Frenchman taken in Canada in the war of 1756, an excellent surgeon- when Davd Squire had both hands blown off at the battery he probably saved his life (Surgeons were then rare) it was observed that he lived just long enough and died when the war was over-he was witty-he said that when he died it would be said-Job, what are you ?- "A strict Presby- terian"-then go among the Presbyterians- to another what are you-"An Episcopalian"-then go among the Episcopalians-finally-Dr. Forgue what are you-"I am nothing"- You go where you please- A man having his house burnt, the whole company told how sorry they were-Forgue slipped a dollar into his hand saying I am sorry a dollar, how much are you sorry? (He married Sarah (Thompson) Dennie, who died 24 Jan. 1796. His son Francis established the first printing press and newspaper in Fairfield.)
FOSTER, Junius, resident in 1850, aged 43, with Electa, his wife, 43.
FOWLER, Stephen, had a waterlot laid out to him in 1794. His name also occurs in the list of residents in 1779.
FYLER, Elhanan, from Vermont, lived in the house formerly David Trubee's, on the stage road about 1880.
GOLD, Abel, one of the owners of the Middle Wharf, held several acres elsewhere in Black Rock. His son, Abel Gold, Jr., may have been resident in Black Rock for a few years, according to various references.
GOLD, Col. Abraham, his brother, killed at Ridgefield, was a shareholder in the Middle Wharf, and owned property between the stage road and the Cove (Burr Creek).
GOLDING or GOLDIN, Daniel, born 1782, died 19 Sept. 1862, came from Glen Cove, L. I., to manage the tide mills on the creek and built the house now standing near the site of the
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old mills. He married in Glen Cove Charlotte Travis, b. 1786, d. 16 Nov. 1868. Of their nine children, the oldest, Ephraim, married Caroline Morehouse of Fairfield, Augus- tus married Jeanette Hanford of Norwalk, and Charlotte married George Penfield. (A curious explanation of the change of name is that the original form, Golding, was too long for marking barrels. and so, for business convenience, the miller dropped the final "g"!)
GOULD, Medad5 (Nathan1, Nathan2, Onesimus3), son of Nathan4 and Abigail Gold, baptized (Greenfield Hill) 26 May, 1765, died in Black Rock 16 April 1843. He married 30 Jan. 1794, Elizabeth Jackson of Fairfield, who died 29 July 1852, aged 87. Their children, baptized in Fairfield, included Azariah, Maretta, Austin, Eliza, Roderick, and Morris *.
GOULD, Morris*, born 23 May 1811, died 9 Sept. 1890, married 20 Nov. 1833, Fanny B. Wilson, born 5 Nov. 1810, died 13 April 1886. Deacon Gould lived in a house, since replaced, on Ellsworth Street. His children included : Eliza Frances, b. 10 June, 1835, d. 16 Sept. 1870, m. 8 Aug. 1855, Rev. Marcus Ogden Burr; George Austin, b. 30 June 1837, d. 17 March 1901, m. Viola Jane Smith, dr. Aaron Smith; William Jackson, b. 11 May 1839, married Abby Jane Sturges; Sarah E., b. 5 April 1844; Charles Morris, b. 5 April 1846.
GRAY, Monson, lived near the upper wharf about 1830. He married Catherine Kennedy in 1828. He was a partner of Captain Gershom Sturges at one time.
GREEN, Joshua L., came from Long Island about 1801, pur- chasing the mills and acreage on Grovers Hill in behalf of Oliver and John B. Coles of Glen Cove, for whom he and his son managed the mills for several years.
HALL, Captain William, came to Black Rock in 1856, purchasing the shipyard from four owners, and property on Ellsworth Street where he built a large house, later home of the Ruth- ven family. He died in 1860, aged 48, his wife, Lucy D., aged 58, Sept. 9, 1878. Three children, Ella, Georgiana,
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and Walter, died in childhood, and one son, William N., born 8 March 1841, moved to Pasadena, California. Another son, George, was a resident of Black Rock.
HAWKINS, William Henry, shipbuilder, resident in 1850, was born in New York about 1814. His wife Catharine (born about 1817) and four children are named in the census : John H., born 1840; Lucy, 1844; Ann M., 1845; and Charlotte R., 1848.
HAWKINS, Munson, seaman, aged 40 in 1850, his wife Sarah, 34, and four children: Caroline, 15; Mary, 10; David, 8; Sarah E .. 3; and Charles, 5 months, appear also on the census of that year.
HERBERT, William H., shoemaker, born in France, married 20 March 1819, Eliza Wager; their family in 1850 included Mary L., aged 22; William W., a carpenter, 17; Jane A., 4; and Edgar C., 1.
HILLARD, Captain, partner with Edward Rew at the shipyards after the Civil War, does not appear in the records before 1850.
HENDRICKS, Elias, son of Nathan and Abigail (Elmwood) Hendrick (or Hendricks) of Norwalk, born 1800, died 6 April 1871, a resident on Ellsworth Street. His wife, Matilda, died 23 Nov. 1851, aged 47. He married (2) 27 Dec. 1864. Mrs. Elizabeth Goodale.
HOBART, Rev. Noah ordained 1732 died 1773- Just before he died he said he was going to receive the mercy of God through Christ- His funeral sermon was preached by Mr. Wells of Stamford from "Remember them which have the rule over you, whose faith follow."- he preached the funeral sermon of Isaac Frazier a thief who was executed at Fairfield, from "Be not over much wicked neither be thou foolish, why shouldest thou die before thy time?"- Mr. Hobart found once a skunk under his barn floor and desired Job Bartram a facetious neighbour to come & kill him- "Everyone kill their own skunks," says Job & passed on, which became a proverb for a long time after.
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HOBBY, Captain David, resident for a short time in Black Rock after the Revolution. He moved to Westchester County, N. Y.
HOLBERTON, Captain Thomas (1739-1822), son of John and Mary Holberton of Stratford, bought land in Black Rock in 1763 from David Wheeler and built a home (8). He married (1) 31 May, 1770, Ruth, daughter of Robert and Catharine Wilson, bapt. 7 Oct. 1744, died
He married (2) Mary Wakeman who died 3 Jan. 1792; and (3) Bathsheba Peet who died 14 April 1824. His daughter, Ruth, married Captain Job Bartram; his son, George, born 1775, died 5 Oct. 1777; Catherine married 22 Aug. 1799, John Wheeler, as his second wife.
HOLBERTON, William, brother of Captain Thomas, married Eunice (Booth) Burr, widow of William Wheeler's uncle John Burr. Of their children, Susan married 30 Nov. 1816, Patrick Keeler; Frances married Samuel French; Mary married Jesse Scofield; Charity married George Clark of Elmira, N. Y .; Eunice died unmarried. Three sons were William Fayerweather, George, and John Burr. William Holberton served on guard at Black Rock during the Revolution.
HOLDREDGE, Captain Nathan, at his death left a household which included his widow, Eliza, and a daughter, Mary; his sister-in-law, Jane Meany, and her three children, Charles, Jane Agnes, and William Henry, who subsequently moved to New York.
HOWES, Captain William B., son of Sears and Sarah (Hurus) Howes of Sag Harbor, L. I., born 22 Sept. 1817, married (1) Harriet Thorpe, 26 Dec. 1843 (daughter of Sturges Perry Thorpe), who died 6 June 1848. He married (2) 16 May 1853, in New York City, Almira Mills. Captain Howes bought from Captain Daniel Wilson the house built by Captain Walter Thorp (12) and lived for many years in Black Rock. He had been captain of whaling vessels, and had made long trips in the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans. After settling in Black Rock, however, he left the sea and
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established a coal business on the wharf which had recently been built by Captain Wilson on the salt meadow across the road from the Thorp house. By his first marriage he had one son, William T., b. 8 Nov. 1844. His other children, seven by his second marriage, were Harriet, Sarah Frances, Agnes, Charles S., James Edward, Susan A., Abraham Lincoln and Almira.
HOYT, James and Munson "of Stratford" bought in 1777 land from Nichols Wheeler upon which they erected a storehouse, sold in 1784 to James Hovey, from whom it was bought by David Penfield and used as part of the Middle Wharf property.
HOYT, Rufus, son of Samuel and Mary (Hoyt) Hoyt, born 7 Dec. 1792, in Stamford. died in Stamford 15 Dec. 1862. He and his brother, Nathaniel Weed Hoyt (born Stamford 6 April 1788), were both residents of Black Rock about 1830. Rufus Hoyt married Julia (Thorp) Perry, widow of Brad- ley Perry, and had two daughters, Delia Perry, born 5 April 1833, and Anna Seymour, born 1 Jan. 1835.
HOYT, William, son of William and Mary (Weed) Hoyt of Stamford, born 10 July, 1771, married in June, 1808, Har- riet, daughter of David and Sarah Hubbell of Greenfield. He occupied the John Wheeler house (16) in Black Rock, before removing to Greenfield where he died 7 Sept. 1820. His wife died 12 Oct. 1842, aged 56. Their children included David, b. 21 Jan. 1810; Harriet, b. 5 Sept. 1811, d. 16 Aug. 1825; William, b. 11 July, 1815, d. New York 23 Aug. 1849; Rufus, b. 28 Aug. 1820, m. 17 July, 1851, Mary C. Quintard. He had also a brother Rufus, born 10 Feb. 1769, who died unmarried 26 Dec. 1791.
HUBBELL, Capt. Amos died 1801 aged 55 years also Amos Hubbell Junr. also Wilson Hubbell, his son died 1799 aged 26, thrown into the Ocean by a french Prize master.
HUBBELL, Onesimus died Sept. 1824-69th year (son of Daniel and Sarah (Gregory) Hubbell) was very curious to "suck of the abundance of the seas and treasures hid in the land"- Often have I seen him sit solitary in his boat with his large
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dog, gliding down the cove to Burr's ware (in fish, clam and pigeon days)-his shaggy Cur often lay at his feet in cold seasons-
He was remarkably tenacious and communicative on the old stories of Capt. Kidd (the pirate) hiding his money, the expeditions and incantations to find it, generally in the night season; the thunder and lightning and apparitions attending the enchanted money.
He was ingenious in his knowledge of plants .- A Bachelor.
HUBBELL, Richard, lived in Stratfield, but owned property in Black Rock. He married Penelope Fayerweather, and their daughter, Christiania, married Capt. Joseph Silliman.
JARVIS, Captain Isaac, born in Norwalk 1756, died in Black Rock 1788, son of Isaac and Lydea (Taylor) Jarvis. His mother married (2) Captain John Squire, who lived near the Revolutionary fort on Grovers Hill where Captain Jarvis commanded the little band of defenders who repulsed the British attack in 1779. He married in 1775 Abigail Squire, niece of his stepfather, daughter of Captain Samuel and Abigail (Maltbie) Squire, born 26 Feb. 1755, died 12 Feb. 1816. One daughter, Esther Jarvis, born 16 April 1784, died 3 Feb. 1803, married Captain Abraham Benson of Fair- field, another, Lydea, married 19 April 1800, Jonathan Silliman.
JENNINGS, Jeremiah, at whose house occurred the inoculation in 1793, mentioned in the Journal, married Elizabeth Smith. His son William, born in 1766, died 5 July 1842, had two sons, Jeremiah* and William A .* , who lived in Black Rock, also a daughter, Laura, who married William Bouton, a resi- dent of Black Rock at one time. Another daughter, Eliza, born 23 Aug. 1804, married William H. Brown, a New York ship builder who had a home in Fairfield.
JENNINGS, Jeremiah*, born 1799, died 15 Aug. 1875, lived opposite the Burr house at the corner of Balmforth Street and Grovers 'Avenue. He was a shipcarpenter. His first wife, Rosanna, born 1804, died 18 Aug. 1843. His second
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wife, Sarah (Crouch), was born in 1822, in England. He had several children.
JENNINGS, Captain William A .* , born 1796, d. 5 Sept. 1851, bought from Captain Daniel Wilson in 1837 the Squire homestead lot on Grovers Hill. His wife, Harriet A., to whom he willed the house, was the only member of his family mentioned in his will.
JENNINGS, Deacon Moses, of Fairfield, was part owner of the Middle Wharf. He sold his share to another shareholder, Col. Abraham Gold.
JOHNSTON or Johnson, Peter, lived in the Wilson house (16) in 1827.
JONES, Isaac W., born 1806, died 20 Oct. 1863, lived on Ells- worth Street, where he achieved certain local fame by sitting on the wrong end of a limb which he was sawing from a tree. He long survived the achievement however. His wife, Polly (Waterbury), born 1808, died 3 July, 1884. They had one son, Charles Henry, who died 29 Aug. 1863, aged 19, another, James H., born 28 Feb. 1829, died 9 Jan. 1913, and a third, Charles H., was born in 1844.
JUDSON, David, married 13 Nov. 1783, Esther, daughter of Nathan Bulkley, and acted as trustee for the Bulkley heirs (and also for the Sayers during their exile from Fairfield) in several transactions involving Black Rock property 1788-1800.
JUDSON, Captain Isaac, born 1760, died in 1814, keeper of the Black Rock Light.
KEELER, David, owner of house (3b)-later home of Alanson Allen-from 1810 to 1814.
KEELER, Rufus, son of Jonah and Rebecca (Raymond) Keeler of Ridgefield, married (1) 10 Oct. 1826, Jane Lewis, dr. Capt. Gershom Sturges. She died 7 Jan. 1829. He married (2) Ann Eliza Fowler of New York.
KENNEDY, Peter J., who died of cholera, lived near the upper wharves.
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KNAPP, Captain Wilson, son of Ebenezer and Mary (Wilson) Knap, owned the house (19) later the home of Lewis Burr. Here the Knap family lived from 1813 until after Captain Knap's death in 1822. His widow, Clara, as guardian for Mary and Catherine Knap, minors, sold the property to Lewis Burr in 1830. That same year, on November 3, Catherine Knap married Alden Wilson, Jr. and ten years later-22 Nov. 1840-"Mrs. Clara Knap married Alden Wilson, Sr."
KNAPP, Ephraim, owned a house (2) which in 1813 he sold to Roswell Wells.
KNAPP, James. The names of James Knap, Sr. and his son, James Knap, Jr. (who married 19 Aug. 1792, Abigail Pen- field), occur often in the land records. Abigail Knap died 11 June 1804, leaving a daughter, Eliza, and a son, Squire, who died 11 Nov. 1819, aged 27. James Knap, Jr., married again, and his Black Rock property was distributed in 1839 after his death, to his widow, Cynthia (Wheeler), and to his children, Eliza, wife of Elnathan T. Webb, Emeline, wife of Washington Webb, Abigail (married Philo Gregory), Frederick, Harriet, and Henry.
LACY (LACEY), John died 1793 in the 84th year of his age.
LACEY, Mary, consort of John Lacey died 1810 in the 91st year of her age I recollect well their antiquated home with diamond windows seen to the right as I passed to my father's woods, and how the husband bedridden was busied in sing- ing Psalms, resolving that I would do the same when in like circumstances.
LEIGH, William, an Englishman, lived in Black Rock in 1850 with his wife, Rebecca, and four children, William, a coach lace maker, aged 27 (this was in the days of the old carriage shop in "the Lane")-Elizabeth, 21; Lorine, 15; and Frederick, 12.
LEWIS, Jonathan of Fairfield, whose daughter Anne married Caleb Brewster, was a shareholder in the Middle Wharf.
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LOCKWOOD, David™ (Robert1, Sgt. Joseph2, Robert3, Gershom4, Gershom5), son of Joseph6 Lockwood of Westport, and Eunice (Barlow) Lockwood, born 20 February 1811, died 22 Oct. 1885. He was a shoemaker, in early youth appren- ticed by his father to Alanson Allen, and came to Black Rock about 1837, when he bought land from William Wheeler and built a home near the church. He married (1) Abigail Jennings Burr, daughter of Noah Burr. He married (2) Phebe Burton (Tuttle) Norman, b. 30 Aug. 1816. His daughter by his second marriage, Helen Melvina, married Marcus Henry Mansfield and occupied her father's house.
LOCKWOOD, Hezekiah, son of Joseph of Westport, bapt. 1 Oct. 1815, was living in Black Rock in 1850.
LYON, Levi, son of Nehemiah Webb and Sarah (Treadwell) Lyon of Weston, born 14 Sept. 1788, died in Bridgeport 25 Aug. 1878. He and his wife Ann were living in Black Rock after 1850, on the stage road at the corner of Brewster Street above "Lyon's Pond," long since filled in and for- gotten except by aged skaters.
MALTBIE, John (1769-1809), son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Allen) Maltbie or Maltby. He married 8 Sept. 1803, Rachel Mason, daughter of Salathiel and Huldah (Wheeler) Mason, and was first keeper of the Black Rock Light on Fayerweather Island where he died in 1809. His widow later left Black Rock and her name appears on various deeds as "Rachel Eden of New York City."
McMULLEN, Edward, occupied the house next the turpentine works, burned in the spectacular fire that destroyed the factory.
MIDDLEBROOKS, John M., whose occupation is given as "boot crimping," was a resident in 1850. The members of his family were Rebecca, aged 53, Lucy R., 22, Harriet, 14, and Anna H., 10.
MILLS, Ruth, living in Black Rock in 1850, had two daughters, Mary J., aged 22, and Eliza, 18.
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MOORE, Stephen T., keeper of the Black Rock Light from 1817 until his death, when his daughter, Catherine (Kate), suc- ceeded him. The story is that Kate Moore kept secret the news of her father's death at the lighthouse until she had received from Washington the confirmation of her appoint- ment-a week later. She was for many years the heroine of other tales which confirm her resourcefulness and courage. Her record of faithful performance of her duties was perhaps never fully appreciated by her fellow-townspeople in a day when "credit for public service was a masculine prerogative." The Moore family in 1850 included Stephen, aged 70, his wife, 65; Catharine, 30; Mary, 24; and Alexander, 25.
MOREHOUSE, Stephen, drowned off Black Rock harbor 28 Oct. 1817, son of William and Anne (Burr) Morehouse, was baptized 20 May 1787. His widow, Sally (Bibbins), died 23 Nov. 1865, aged 80. The family lived near Holland Heights.
MOULTON, Sullivan, "of Greenwich," partner with William Hoyt in several transactions about 1820.
MURREN or MURRAIN, Meeker,-son of Daniel and Mary Murren, baptized at Greenfield Hill 29 Jan. 1764.
NICHOLS, William7 (Sgt. Francis1, Isaac2, Isaac3, Richard4, Theophilus5, Philip6), born 10 March 1755, died 21 July 1837. He served in action at Ridgefield. By his first mar- riage-with Patience Edwards-he had seven daughters,- by his second-with Huldah Downs-he had seven sons. His children included: Sarah (married Isaac Seeley) ; Mehitable (married Asa Beardslee) ; Prudence (married Capt. William Goodsell) ; Hannah; Anna (married Levi Lyon) ; Servena (married Abijah Beardsley) ; Betsey m. (1) George Remington; David; William Hanford *; Wake- man; Elam; Stephen; and Philip Edwards. Another son died an infant.
NICHOLS, Captain William* Hanford, born 26 Jan. 1799, died 26 Jan. 1838, lived in Black Rock, where he bought the property overlooking the harbor, formerly belonging to
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Uriah Bulkley (13). He married, 17 July 1821, Mary Burr Bartram, daughter of Captain Job and Ruth (Holberton) Bartram, bapt. 12 May 1799, died 16 March 1854. Their children included : Mary Frances, b. 12 June 1824, m. 13 Sept. 1847, Jonathan Beers; Hanford *; Catharine Jane, b. 4 April 1829, m. 1 June 1858, Samuel Wheeler Baldwin ; Georgiana, b. 7 Dec. 1831, m. 30 Jan. 1856, Dr. Clement A. Walker; Charles William, b. 3 Dec. 1834, d. 6 April 1866, m. 10 May 1859, Sarah Frances Penfield, dr. of Charles and Eliza (Baldwin) Penfield.
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