A history of Long Island, from its earliest settlement to the present time, Part 107

Author: Ross, Peter. cn
Publication date: 1902
Publisher: New York ; Chicago : The Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 1188

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The mantle of Rufus King fell upon his eldest son, Jolın Alsop King, who developed much of his father's public spirit and high

statesmanship. Educated for the bar, he had a taste of military experience during the war of 1812, when he served as a lieutenant in a cavalry regiment. He took up his residence near his father's home in Jamaica, and en- gaged in farming, but in 1819 was elected a member of the New York Assembly, where he soon became noted for his opposition to the policy and plans of De Witt Clinton, with the exception of that statesman's canal projects, which he heartily endorsed. He went to Lon- don with his father in 1825 as secretary of legation, and remained in charge of the affairs of the embassy from the date of his father's resignation until the arrival of the next ap- pointee. In 1838 he was again returned to the Assembly, took part in 1855 in the convention at Syracuse at which the Republican party was born, and in 1856 was elected Governor of the State of New York. He declined a re-election, and when his term was over retired to his home in Jamaica, where he continued to reside until his death, in 1867. His widow survived until 1873, and then passed away, venerated by all who knew her for her kindly ways and Christian, beautiful life. Of her many benefactions to Grace Church, Jamaica, as well as the many gifts to that temple of other members of the King family, mention has already been made. The family is still prominently represented in public and com- mercial life, although their connection with Jamaica has almost become a memory.

A group of Jamaica families claim descent from Joris (or George) Jansen de Rapalje, who with his brother William came to America from Holland in 1623 in the same vessel with Peter Minuit, and from another brother, An- tonie Jansen, who followed them in 1623. It is not certain that William ever married, but Joris founded the Wallabout family of Ra- palyes, of whom we have spoken considerably, while Antonie, who married a Quakeress, had four sons, and they appear to have departed from the old Dutch custom in the way of transmitting surnames and stuck to the Jansen,

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which in due process of time became trans- formed into plain Johnson and as such became prominent in Kings as well as in Queens county. A family genealogist thus describes the fortunes of the Jamaica Johnsons and their collateral branches :

Hendrick Jansen, the youngest son of An- tonie, settled at Gravesend and married a Stil- well, by whom he had four sons: I, Jan (John), who settled at Jamaica, Long Island ; 2, Claes, who settled at Six Mile Run, New Jersey ; 3, Barent, who settled at Gravesend; 4. William, who settled at Gravesend. Barent, the third son of Hendrick, was the father of the Rev. John B. Johnson, a noted preacher of the Reformed Dutch Church, who was set- tled first at Albany, New York, and afterward at Brooklyn, where he died in 1803. Rev. John B. Johnson had three children: 1, Maria L., who married the Rev. Evan M. Johnson, rector of St. James's Church, Newtown, Long Island, from 1814 to 1827, when he removed to St. John's Church, Brooklyn ; 2, Rev. Will- iam L. Johnson, D. D., who from 1830 to the time of his deatlı ( 1870) was rector of Grace Church, Jamaica, Long Island; 3, Rev. Samuel R. Johnson, D. D., who was rector at different times of several Episcopal churches, and pro- fessor in the Episcopal Theological Seminary, New York City. Hendrick's children changed the Holland name Jansen to the English name Johnson, yet the Holland name was retained for many years in the family records.

John Johnson, the oldest son of Hendrick, was born at Gravesend, Long Island, Decem- ber 5, 1705. He married (September 23, 1732) Catalina Schenck, who was born May 7, 1705. They had seven children: 1, Maria, born August 11, 1733, married Douw Ditmars, of Jamaica ; 2, Catalina, born August 15, 1735, remained unmarried; 3, Elizabeth, born No- vember 21, 1737, married Abraham Ditmars, of Jamaica; 4. Barent, born April 2, 1740, married Anne Remsen ; 5, Martin, born Octo- ber 25, 1742, married Phebe Rapalje ; 6, Cath- arine, born February 18, 1746, died in infancy ;

7, Johannes, born July 25, 1748, died in in- fancy. John Johnson held office in the Re- formed Dutch Church at Jamaica. He died March 27, 1776. His wife died October 5, 1779.

Martin Johnson, of Jamaica, born October 25, 1742, married (May 10, 1772) Phebe, daughter of George Rapelje, of New Lots. She was born February 25, 1754. Their chil- dren were: 1, Catalina, born May 14, 1773, married (November 5, 1791) John D. Ditmis, of Jamaica, and had children Martin, Dow I., Jolın, Abraham, Phebe, Maria, Catalina and George ; 2, Maria, born August 20, 1775, died in infancy; 3, Johannes (John), born Febru- ary 27, 1777, died in infancy ; 4, Maria, born May 10, 1778, married (November 30, 1798) Rem Suydam, of Newtown, and had children Phobe, Catalina, John, Maria, Nelly, Martin, Gitty, and George and Henry (twins) ; 5, Johannes (John), born September 26, 1780, died in infancy; 6, Martin, born March 14, 1782, died in infancy ; 7, Phebe, born July 19, 1783, married (December 11, 1800) John I. Duryea, and had children Jane Ann, Maria, Alletta, Martin I., Sarah, Catalina and John I .; 8, Martin, born September 13, 1785, died in infancy ; 9, Elizabeth, born January 25, 1788, married Willett Skidmore, and had children Phebe and Samuel ; 10, Jannetie (Jane), born May 15, 1790, died in infancy; 11, Joris (George), born August 30, 1791, married (June 28, 1815) Catharine Snodiker, and had children Martin G., Catharine and Phebe ; 12, Johannes (John), born May 17, 1794, mar- ried (August 22, 1815) Maria Lott, and had children Martin I., Steplien, Phebe, Eldert, George, Maria Ann, Catalina, Henry, Jere- mialı, Sarah, Ditmars and Catharine; 13, Jan- netie (Jane), born February 22, 1797, died in infancy.

Martin Johnson, the grandfather of Martin G., died April 27, 1798. Phebe, his wife, died October 27, 1828.

Martin Johnson was earnest in the cause of independence, and was compelled to give

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up the best part of his house to the British officers, who occupied it while their army was encamped at Jamaica. He and his family were greatly discommoded, but it was better to sub- mit quietly than to object and perhaps suffer more. Martin Johnson was an active men- ber and an elder of the Reformed Dutch Church, and one of the committee to repair the church edifice after the Revolutionary war, during which it was dismantled by the Britishi soldiers. He was one of the contributors to the fund for founding Union Hall Academy. The first building was erected on the south side of Fulton street, where Herriman's brick row now stands, and was opened May 1, 1792. Here his sons George and John were educated, when Lewis E. A. Eigenbrodt, LL. D., was principal, which position he held from 1796 to 1828.

George Johnson, born August 30, 1791, married (June 28, 1815) Catharine Snediker who was born December 5, 1788. They had three children: 1, Martin G. Johnson, born April 26, 1816, married (May 31, 1859) Mar- garet T. Nostrand, who was born February 19, 1815-no children; 2, Catharine Johnson, born July 8, 1819, married (May 13. 1856) Elias J. Hendrickson, who was born August 10, 1812-no children ; 3, Phebe Johnson, born January 4, 1824, married (June 19, 1854) George O. Ditmis (who was born July 22, 1818), and died December 27. 1866. James Hendrickson, the father of Elias J., was an elder and one of the pillars of the Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica.

George O. and Phebe Ditmis had six chil- dren: 1, Catharine, born November 26, 1856; 2, Georgianna J., born May 5, 1859: 3, Jolm D., born December 18, 1860; 4 and 5, Martin G. J. (born January 30, 1862, died February 18, 1878) and Margaret N., born January 30, 1862, died in infancy ; 6, Caroline Maria, born November 9, 1863, died in infancy.

George. Johnson, the father of Martin G., held at different times the town offices of su-

pervisor, commissioner of common schools, in- spector of common schools, inspector of elec- tion, commissioner of highways and assessor. He was an elder in the Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica, and one of its most liberal supporters. He died May 14, 1865. His wife died December 15, 1858.

A short genealogy of the Johnson family is as follows: Gaspard Colet de Rapalje, from France, married the daughter of Victor An- tonie Jansen, in Holland, by whom he had two sons and a daughter Breckje, who married her cousin, Victor Honorius Jansen, who was the father of Abram, who was the father of Antonie, who was the father of Hendrick, who was the father of John, who was the father of Martin, who was the father of George, who was the father of Martin G.

THE SNEDIKER FAMILY AS CONNECTED WITH THE JOHNSON FAMILY.

Jan Snediker, the common ancestor of the Snediker family, came from Holland to this country as early as 1642, and was among the first settlers of Flatbush, and his name appears in the patent of New Lots, 1667; by his will ( 1670) he devised his land to his son Gerret. (New Lots was then part of the town of Flatbuslı. )

Gerret Snediker, of New Lots (son of Jan), married; first. Willemtje Vocks : second, Elstje Denyse; he died in 1694. Children : Jan of Jamaica, Margaret, Christian of Ja- maica, Abraham, Isaac of New Lots, Sara, born 1683 (married Adrian Onderdonk) ; Ger- ret and Elstje.

Abraham Snedker, of New Lots (son of Gerret ), born 1677, married and had children Abraham, Johannes, Gerret, Theodorus, Eliza- beth, Altie and Sara.

Isaac Snediker, of New Lots (son of Ger- ret), born 1680, married Catryntje Janse ; died in 1758. Children: Garret, Abraham, Antie, Sara, Isaac, Catryntje (born 1721, married

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Douwe Ditmars), Jacob of New Lots, Fem- metie ( Phebe), and Elstje, born 1731.

John Snediker, of New Lots, married Neiltje, daughter of Johannes Lott, of Flat- bush ; she was born November 13, 1730. They had a son, Isaac I. (grandfather of Martin G. Johnson).

Isaac I. Snediker, of New Lots (son of John), born July 17, 1759, married Catharine, daughter of Jacob Rapelje, of Newtown. She was born January 18, 1760. They had four children: 1, Jacob, born May 18, 1787, died in infancy; 2, Catharine, born December 5, 1788 (the wife of George Johnson and mother of Martin G.), died December 15, 1858; 3, Nelly, born November 5, 1790, married (Oc- tober 5, 1815) John E. Lott, of New Utrecht, Long Island (who was born December 16, 1789), had one daughter, Catharine, and died May 1, 1866; 4. Jacob, born November 2, 1792, married (March, 1822) Anne Lott, daughter of Hendrick Lott, of Jamaica; no children.

Jacob Snediker belonged to the Reformed Dutch Church of New Lots, and was one of its firmest friends and supporters. He died September 20, 1859. His wife died August 22, 1867.

Isaac I. Snediker (father of Jacob) died February 1, 1804. His wife died September 9, 1796.

The Snediker homestead, on which Jacob Snediker and his forefathers were born and lived and died, is situated on both sides of the New Lots road, at the crossing of the New York & Manhattan Beach Railroad and the Brooklyn & Rockaway Beach Railroad. The house, probably two hundred years old, still stands in a good state of preservation. This farm originally extended to what is now the center of East New York; but Jacob Snediker sold forty-five acres of the northerly part to Whitehead Howard, and sixty-nine acres of the middle and easterly part to Abraham Van- derveer. The homestead still belongs to the

heirs of Jacob Snediker. It has been in the family 215 years.

TIIE NOSTRAND FAMILY AS CONNECTED WITII THE JOIINSON FAMILY.

The Nostrand family derives its origin from Hans Jansen, who came to Long Island in 1640 from the Noortstrandt, in the duchy of Holstein. He married Janneken Gerrits Van Leuwen, and had four sons-Jan, Gerrit, Peter and Folkert. His sons adopted the name of the place from which their father emi- grated, which in the course of time has been changed to the present to the present name, Nostrand. Different branches of the family have in former times lived and their descend- ants still live in New York, Brooklyn, Flat- bush, New Utrecht, Flatlands and New Lots, Kings county; in Jamaica, Flushing and Hempstead, Queen's county ; and in Hunting- ton, Suffolk county.

Margaret T. Nostrand, the wife of Mar- tin G. Johnson, is the daughter of Timothy Nostrand, who for many years was a merchant in New York. When he retired from business he bought the farm on which his son George now lives, situated on the Brooklyn & Jamaica Plank Road, one mile west of the village of Jamaica, where he died December 21, 1831. Her grandfather, John Nostrand, owned and lived and died on the homestead farm at Val- ley Stream, in the town of Hempstead ; it de- scended to his son, John Nostrand, Jr., and there he lived and died ; after his death it be- longed to his son Foster, who also lived and died there. On this farm Timothy Nostrand was born, February 8, 1767.

Timothy Nostrand married first ( Septem- ber 27, 1793) Garchy, daughter of John Suy- dam, of Newtown. Their children were: Sarah, born October 1, 1794, married James Bogart, died October 14. 1845; and John S., born March 16, 1796, who died, unmarried, February 6, 1836. Timothy Nostrand mar- ried, second (September 8, 1804), Catharine,

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daughter of Stephen Lott, of Jamaica. Their children were:

I. Steplien L., born August 31, 1805, mar- ried (January 30, 1826) Cornelia L. Remsen, of Flatlands. They had one child, Catharine Ann, who married Jacob Ryerson, of Flat- lands.

2. Garchy (Gitty) Aim, born March 16, 1807, died, unmarried, January 8, 1831.

3. George, born February 5, 1809, mar- ried first (March 26, 1846) Mary Bogardus. They had one child, Henry L. Nostrand, who married Phebe W., only child of Dominicus Vanderveer, of Jamaica. George married sec- ondly (October 12, 1859) Cornelia C. Van Sic- len, of Jamaica. No children.

4. Catharine L., born December 31, 1810, married (April 7. 1836) Dr. Richard T. Hors- field, of New York. Their children are: Rich- ard T., Timothy N. ( who married Sophia Fris- bie), and Catharine L. (who married John K. Underhill). Catharine L. Horsfield died February 2, 1879.

5. Margaret T., born February 19, 1815, married (May 31, 1859) Martin G. Johnson. No children.

6. Timothy, born April 21, 1817, married first (October 19, 1853) Catharine Lott, of New Utrecht (cousin of Martin G. Johnson ). Their children were : E:lie (deceased). J. Lott, T. Foster, Margaret (deceased) and George E. Timothy married, secondly Belinda Hege- man, of New Utrecht, who survives him. He dicd December 6, 1878.

All the children of Timothy Nostrand, Sr., are dead except George Nostrand and Mar- garet T., wife of Martin G. Johnson.

Timothy Nostrand, Sr., was one of the most prominent members of Grace Church, Jamaica, and was for many years warden, and for several years, and at the time of his death, senior warden. The following notice of his death appears on the records of the church, January 2, 1832:

"The vestry have heard with deep regret of the decease of Mr. Timothy Nostrand, their

clerk, the senior warden of this church, and treasurer, and sincerely condole with the con- gregation with whom he was connected, and with his family, in the great bereavement they have been called to sustain; and we implore the Divine compassion on them that this afflic- tive providence may be sanctified to them, and to the church of which he was a member."

He was a member of Assembly of the State of New York, and a trustee of Union Hall Academy. He died December 21, 1831. His wife Catharine died February 13, 1860.

THE DITMARS FAMILY AS CONNECTED WITH THE JOHNSON FAMILY.

Jan Jansen Ditmars, the common ancestor of the family, emigrated from Ditmarsen, in the duchy of Holstein. He married Neeltie Douws ; obtained a patent March 23, 1647, for 24 morgens, at Dutch Kills, Newtown, Queens county ; died prior to 1650.

Douw Jansen Ditmars resided first at Flat- bush, and finally settled at Jamaica. His first name was variously spelled Douwe, Douw, Dowe and Dow, and his surname Ditmarse, Ditmis, Ditmas and Ditmars. He held office in the Reformed Dutch Church, Jamaica, and died about 1755.

Abraham Ditmars, of Jamaica, married (June 18, 1725) Breckje, daughter of Abra- ham Remsen, of Newtown, and died on his farm at Jamaica, August 7, 1743. He was the father of Douw Ditmars and Abraham Dit- mars, Jr., the two brothers who married two sisters, Maria and Elizabeth, the daughters of John Johnson, of Jamaica (great-grand- father of Martin G. Jolinson).

Douw Ditmars, of Jamaica, born August 24, 1735, married Maria, the oldest daughter of John Johnson, of Jamaica. They had five children, John D., Abraham, Breckje, and Maria and Catalina, who were twins. He was an office holder in the Reformed Dutch Church. He died August 25, 1775.

John D. Ditmis, of Jamaica (son of Douw

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Ditmars), married (November 5, 1791) Cata- lina, the oldest daughter of Martin Johnson (grandfather of Martin G. Johnson). They had eight children : Martin, Dow, John, Abra- ham, Phebe, Maria. Catalina and George, who are all deceased except Maria.

Dow I. Ditmis, son of John D., married (April 22, 1817) Catharine Onderdonk, of Cow Neck ( Manhasset ). Their children are : George O., John and Jacob Adrian Ditmis, all of Jamaica. Henry Onderdonk, Jr., A. M., married Maria H., sister of Catharine Onder- donk, wife of Dow I. Ditmis.

Abraham Ditmis, son of John D., married (April 18, 1827) Katie Onderdonk, of Cow Neck (Manhasset). They had one child, Henry O. Ditmis.

John D. Ditmis held the military office of major ; he was a member of Assembly in 1802 and 1804, and a State Senator from 1816 to 1820, and held the office of Surrogate of Queens county. He was a trustee of Union Hall Academy; he belonged to the Reformed Dutch Church. He died March 11, 1853; his wife July 6, 1847.

Abraham Ditmars, Jr. (son of Abraham, of Jamaica), born December 9, 1738, married Elizabeth, the third daughter of John Johnson (great-grandfather of Martin G. Johnson). They had four children-Abraham, born Oc- tober 6, 1760; Catalina, born September 20, 1762, married Samuel Eldert, of Jamaica; John A., born April 9, 1766; and Dow, born June 12, 1771.

John A. Ditmars married Nancy, daughter of Johannes Wyckoff, of Jamaica. They had three children-Margaret Ann, A. Johnson and Elizabeth, all deceased.

Elizabeth Ditmars married (December 30, 1839) Martin I. Johnson, who was for some years, and at the time of his death, county clerk. He was the eldest son of John and Maria Johnson, and cousin of Martin G. John- son. Martin I. and Elizabeth are both de- ceased, but cne son, A. Ditmars Johnson, of Jamaica, survives them.

Dow Ditmars, son of Abraham Ditmars, Jr., studied medicine, and went to Demarara, South America, where he had a lucrative prac- tice for fourteen years. When he returned he married Anna Elvira, daughter of Samuel Riker, of Newtown, and bought a farm at Hell Gate (now Astoria), where he spent the re- mainder of his life, and died, at an advanced age, in 1860. Their children were Thomas T., Richard R., Abraham Dow and Anna. They are all deceased but Abraham Dow Ditmars, who is a lawyer in New York.

Abraham Ditmars, Jr., held office in the Reformed Dutch Church, Jamaica, and so did liis son, John A. Ditmars.

Abraham Ditmars, Jr. (father of John A.) was a captain of militia in the Revolution. He was known among the British soldiers who were quartered at Jamaica as the "rebel cap- tain," and he suffered much from their depre- dations. They stole the crops from his farm, the provisions from his cellar, and all of his fowls but one, which went to the top of the barn to roost. One day the soldiers ordered him and his family to leave the house, as they intended to burn it. He had to obey, and his- sick wife was taken on a bed and placed in. the dooryard! But it seemed that an Almighty Power interposed ; the consciences of the fiends- stung them, and the dreadful threat was not executed.

So great became the demands upon him for the produce of his farm, and for the use of his men and teams for carting the supplies of the British army, that he at last refused to comply. · For this the petty officer who made the demand arrested him, took him to the village of Ja- maica, and locked him up in the dungeon in the cellar of the old county hall, which stood on the spot now covered by Herriman's brick row. He was confined until the next day, when he was brought before a superior officer of the British army, to whom he made a frank statement of the sufferings he had endured, and of the unreasonable claim's continually made upon him. The officer at once gave him

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an honorable discharge; and at the same tinie severely reprimanded the underling who had arrested him. This decision had a good effect, as he afterward did not suffer much annoy- ance. It is proper to say that the highest British officers always condemned the cruel and barbarous acts which were committed by the dregs of the army.

The home of Abraham Ditmars, Jr., was the farm of the late William C. Stoothoff, one and a half miles southwest of the village of Jamaica, and the old house, in which he lived and died, still remains. The home of his daughter Catalina, who married Samuel Eldert, was the old house on Eldert's lane now be- longing to Henry Drew; and the old house on the Brooklyn & Jamaica Plank Road now belonging to Dominicus Vanderveer was for- merly the home of Douw Ditmars, of another branch of the Ditmars family. It is a singu- lar circumstance that these three old houses, probably the oldest in the town, should all have belonged to members of the Ditmars fam- ily. They still stand as monuments of the solid style of building of the early Dutch settlers.

Abraham Ditmars and Abraham Ditmars, Jr., were contributors to the fund for building Union Hall Academy, and were two of the first trustees at the time its charter was signed by Governor Clinton, March 9, 1792.

Abraham Ditmars, Jr., died November 19, 1824.

John A. Ditmars was colonel of the State militia in the war of 1812, and he and his cousins George and John Johnson and their nephew Dow I. Ditmis were encamped at Fort · Greene (now Washington Park), Brooklyn. They were under the command of General Jeremiah Johnson, of Brooklyn, who was the cousin of George and John Jolinson and John A. Ditmars. There our soldiers were for some time, in daily expectation of the landing of the British forces, whose vessels of war were lying off the harbor of New York; but the British wisely concluded to depart without landing.

INTERMARRIAGES OF JOHNSON, DITMARS AND RAPELJE FAMILIES.

The union of the Johnson and Ditmars fam- ilies in this country began by the marriage of two sisters of Martin Johnson, Maria and Elizabeth, daughters of John Johnson, of Ja- maica (great-grandfather of Martin G.), to two brothers, Douw and Abraham Ditmars, of Jamaica.

Catalina, daughter of Martin Johnson, of Jamaica (grandfather of Martin G.), married John D. Ditmis, the son of Douw.

Martin I. Johnson, a great-grandson of John Johnson above named, married Elizabeth, daughter of John A. Ditmars.

Phebe, daughter of George Johnson, of Ja- maica, married George O. Ditmis, a grandson of John D. Ditmis.

Victor Honorius Jansen, of Holland, mar- ried Breckje Rapalje (written by different families Rapalje, Rapelje, Rapelye and Ra- pelyea). Martin Johnson, of Jamaica, married Phebe Rapelje. General Jeremiah Johnson, of Brooklyn, married Saralı Rapelje.

Breckje, sister of John D. and daughter of Douw Ditmars, of Jamaica, married (Decem- ber 29, 1791) Peter Rapelje, of New Lots. Their children were Jacob, Dow and Peter.

Maria and Catalina were twin daughters of Douw Ditmars, of Jamaica, and sisters of John D. and Breckje Ditmars. Maria mar- ried Jacob Rapelje, of Newtown. They had one child, Susan. Catalina married John R. Ludlow, of Newtown. She was his second wife. They had one son, Ditmars.

Susan, the only child of Jacob and Maria Rapelje, married the Rev. Gabriel Ludlow, D. D., who for many years, and at the time of his death, was pastor of the Reformed Dutch Church at Neshanic, New Jersey. He was the son of John R. Ludlow by his first wife. Another son was John Ludlow, D. D., who was twice professor in the Theological Semi- nary, New Brunswick, New Jersey, for many

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years pastor of the Reformed Dutch Church at Albany, and afterward provost of the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania.

OTIIER FAMILIES.

The Hallet family formerly had many rep- resentatives in Jamaica, although Newtown seems to have long been more prominently associated with the name than any other local- ity. The pioneer of the family, William Hal- let, settled in 1655 at what became known as Hallet's Cove, and, as we have seen, had quite a melancholy experience with the Indians. He survived his troubles, married a Quakeress and settled at Hell Gate until his death, when he had attained the age of ninety years. His de- scendants were long known as thrifty farmers, and seem to have spread all over the western end of Long Island. They were devoted ad- herents, most of them, of the Society of Friends, and in the persecution of these peo- ple by the authorities they seem to have been visited with a full share. In connection with the history of this family a story is told in Riker's "Annals of Newtown," which long created a deep sensation throughout the district and still, for its heartless atrocity, holds a prominent position in the criminal annals of Long Island. The details as given by Riker were as follows :

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A history of Long Island, from its earliest settlement to the present time, Part 107

Author: Ross, Peter. cn Publication date: 1902 Publisher: New York ; Chicago : The Lewis Publishing Co. Number of Pages: 1188

Author: Ross, Peter. cn
Publication date: 1902
Publisher: New York ; Chicago : The Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 1188