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ARCHER OF FORDHAM. The ancestor of this family is supposed to have been Humphrey Archer who was born 1527, and died October 24th, 1562, eldest son and heir of Richard Archer, twelfth in descent from Fulbert L' Archer, one of the companions of William the Conqueror. Humphrey mar.
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Elizabeth Townsend, and left 1. Humphrey, 2. Arthur, 3. Andrew, who mar. Margaret Raleigh, 4. John, who mar. Eleanor Frewin, 5. Bridget, who mar. John Bancroft, 6. Marjory, who mar. John Collis, 7. Elizabeth, who mar. John Hereford. Andrew, third son of Humphrey, died 2 April, 1629, leav- ing issue by his wife Margaret two sons, Simon, born September 21, 1624, who mar. Anne Ferris ; and Lieut. Col. Thomas, an officer in the Parliament service, who fled beyond seas ; Humphrey, Elizabeth and Penelope. Richard second son of Andrew by his wife Mary Bull, left one son Rowland. John Archer, fourth son of first Humphrey by Eleanor Frewin, left one son John the father of John Archer first Lord of the Manor of Fordham, Westchester county. John, first Lord of the Manor, mar. Sarah Odell, da. of William, and had one son John and three daughters, viz. Mary, Catharine and Sarah. John, second Lord of the Manor, had three sons, 1. Samuel, 2. Richard who mar. Sarah Valentine, and died 1783, 3. John who mar. Elizabeth -, will dat. 1708, no. xxi. 60. Samuel Archer, first son of John, left one son Ben- jamin of Fordham who had first, Benjamin owner in fee of part of the Manor, mar. Rachel de Vaux ; second John ; fourth Mary who mar. John Pugsley ; fifth Sarah who mar. Jacob Alord, and sixth Rachel who mar. James Craw- ford. Benjamin first son of Benjamin, had 1. William of Fordham, 2. Samuel of ditto, whose sons are George, Charles, Benjamin, Lewis, William and Henry, 3. Catharine who mar. Charles Valentine and 4. Rachel who mar. Richard Archer. Richard Archer, second son of John, second proprietor of the Manor by his wife Sarah Valentine left two sons, 1. Anthony, born 1746, died 1838, mar. Margaret Mapes and had Elijah, Benjamin of N. Y. Richard, Charles, Anthony of Yonkers, Sarah, Mary, Margaret, Eliza and Sally ; 2. Matthias who had Matthias, who mar. Sarah Odell, da. of Hendrick, and left Charles and Odell of Yonkers. John Archer, third son of John second pro- prietor, had 1. Abraham of Eastchester, in 1764, mar. Mary -, 2. Jacob, 3. John of Winterhill, Eastchester, mar. Mary Leggett, 4. Jonathan of East- chester, will dat. 1764, no. xxiv. 279, whose children were Sarah who mar. Joseph Fowler, John, Ezekiel, and Abigail who mar. Joshua Pell. John of Winterhill and Mary Leggett had 1. James who mar. Phoebe -, their children are Mary, Phoebe, Anne and Esther ; 2. Gabriel who mar. Susan Hunt and left John of N. Y. James, Daniel, Benjamin of New Castle, Eliza- beth who mar. Clark Guion, Sally wife of Stephen Hunt, Phoebe wife of Ro- bert Sarles, Mary wife of Isaac Carpenter, Hetty wife of Nehemiah Purdy, and Susan the wife of Elisha Tompkins ; 3. John mar. Susan Wheeler ; 4. Catharine mar. John Bashford ; 5. Mary mar. John Brown ; 6. Bridget mar. Samuel Hitchcock ; 7. Martha mar. William Green ; 8. Sarah mar, Jacob -; 9. Hannah mar. Archer Reed.
BAILEY OF SOMERS. Levi Bailey living in 1795, mar. - Gilchrist. He had De Vaux of Putnam co., James of Somers, Gilbert, Thomas, William of Nova Scotia, Levi of Canada, Stephen, Daniel, Sarah who mar. Daniel Carpenter, Esther who mar. John Steven and Sarah who mar. Nathan
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Brown. De Vaux mar. Elizabeth Smith and left 1. Samuel, 2. Stephen, 3. Ben- jamin, 4. William, 5. Levi, 6. Horace, 7. Daniel, 8. Ira, 9. Isaac, 10. Thomas, 11. Esther. James of Somers mar. Ann Brown and had 1. Stephen, 2. Ha- chaliah of Somers d. 1845, 3. Mary, 4. Ann, 5. Jane, 6. Susan, 7. Elizabeth, 8. Theodore. Gilbert mar. Sarah Field and left 1. William, 2. Joseph, 3. Levi, 4. Solomon, 5. Simon, 6. Claude, 7. Jane, 8. Elizabeth. Thomas mar. Sarah -, and had Jacob and Deborah. William of Nova Scotia left Levi and Esther. Levi of Canada had John and Chloe. David left Daniel and Deborah.
BARKER OF SCARSDALE. - Barker, left three sons, I. William of Scarsdale mar. - Fowler of Eastchester, and had 1. Thomas of Green- burgh, mar. Anne Horton whose sons are Peter, Caleb and Samuel. 2. John mar. Mary granda. of the Rev. John Smith, their son is William Barker of White Plains. 3, William of Mamaroneck mar. - Fowler of Eastchester, and left one son Samuel, 4. Samuel of Scarsdale. 5. A da. mar. - Bonnett of Philipse's Manor. II. Daniel the father of Daniel. III. Thomas of Dut- chess county.
BAYARDS OF WESTCHESTER. Stephen Bayard had two sons Col. Samuel Vetch Bayard of Throckmorton's neck, Westchester ; and William of New York. Col. Samuel mar. 24 of April, 1778, Catharine van Horne and left, 1. William b. at Halifax, N. S. Feb. 14, 1779. 2. Elizabeth b. at N. Y. Dec. 1, 1780. 3. Catharine nat. 13 Oct. 1782. 4. Stephen b. at Cornwallis, N. S., Oct. 26, 1785, mar. Elizabeth Anne de Lancey and left Eliza Anne mar. Ja- cob Lorillard, Stephen, and William, M. D). of West Farms. 5. Robert b. at Wilmot, N. S., March 1, 1788. 6. Samuel b. at Wilmot, N. S., March 1, 1790. 7. Frances b. 25 July, 1793. 8. Ethelinda. 9. Eliza mar. George L. Cooper. 10. Louisa. 11. Sarah. William of New York second son of Stephen, mar. Harriett Cornell and had 1. Harriett mar. Stephen van Rensselaer. 2. Justina mar. Joseph Blackwell. 3. Susan mar. Duncan P. Campbell. 4. Maria. 5. Robert of Fishkill. 6. William of New York.
BENEDICT OF LEWISBOROUGH. Amos Benedict removed at an early period from Norwalk to South Salem ; killed by the fall of a tree. His children were, Ist, Solomon, who mar. Hannah Benedict and left one son, Solomon. 2. Isaac, mar. Elizabeth Burchitt, and had Isaac, Ady, Elizabeth, mar. Sam- uel Townsend, Huldy, Anne, and Esther. 3. Amos, mar. Elizabeth Brown. 4. Jacob. 5. Jonah, mar. Mary Rusky, and left Peter, the present occupant of the Homestead, near Long pond.
BERRIAN OF YONKERS. The family of Berrian was among the French Huguenots that fled from France to Holland, on the Revocation of the edict of Nantes. Nicholas Berrian, the first of the family who emigrated to this
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country, had five sons ; 1. Nicholas, 2. Cornelius, 3. Richard, 4. Samuel, 5. Peter. Cornelius, the second son, mar. Sarah Warner. Richard, who was b. in Holland, resided for some time upon Long Island. He mar. Grace, or Geshé, Ryker of Ryker's Island, and left, 1. Abraham, second proprietor of Berrian's neck, who mar. Ist, Mary Moore, 2nd, Mary Williams ; their chil- dren were Col. Abraham, Nathaniel of Berrian's neck, b. June 24, 1781, d. 1845, Richard, Phoebe, Mary, Geshe, and Charity ; 2. Sarah, mar. Samuel Leverich. 3. Geshé, mar. Jesse Leverich. Samuel, 4th son of first Nicholas, mar. - Tippet, and left two sons, 1st, Samuel, 2nd, Richard ; whose son is the Rev. William Berrian, D. D., Rector of Trinity Church, New York.
BERTINE OF NEW ROCHELLE. The ancestors of the Bertines, or Berteins (as the name was originally spelt,) were Protestants, inhabitants of Rochelle, in France. On the Revocation of the edict of Nantes, Pierre Bertine fled from France to England, and soon after came thence to America. Two bro- thers by the name of Peter and James were living at New Rochelle in 1742. Peter left three sons, James, Peter, and Isaac, and a daughter Elizabeth. James mar. Deborah Cozine, and had James, Thomas, Hannah, who mar. Wil- liam HI. Pinckney of Eastchester, Sarah, mar. Henry Remsen, Eliza, mar. Gilbert Hatfield, and Julia who mar. Gershom Smith.
BIRDSALL OF PEEKSKILL. Daniel Birdsall of Peekskill, b. 17th January, 1734-5, d. Oct. 29th, 1800, mar. Hannah ---- , she was b. 7th Nov. 1737. Their children were, 1. Daniel, jr., of Peekskill, who mar. Ist, Phoebe Brown, and secondly Letitia Lewis, and left William B. of Peekskill, James, of New York, Samuel of Cincinnati Ohio, Daniel, Mary, who mar. Medad Raymond, Anne Eliza and Hannah, 2. Samuel, left William, who mar. 1st, Nancy Haws, 2nd, - Spock, and had Samuel of Peekskill. 3. Sarah, b. Nov. 6, 1758. 4. Mary Hannah, b Sept. 1760. 5. Elizabeth, b. 8th July, 1765. 6. Martha.
BLEECKER. Jan Jansen Bleecker, a native of Meppel in the Province of Overyssel, Holland, came to New Amsterdam from Holland in 1658, and subsequently removed to Albany. He was one of the first aldermen named in the charter of Albany, A. D. 1686; and mayor of that city in 1695, mar. Mar- garet da. of Rutger Jacobsen, A. D. 1667. He d. æt. 91. They had eight children ; 1. John, Mayor of Albany in 1701, d. Sept. 1738, æt. 70, mar. Anna Coster, Oct. 1693 ; 2. Rutger, Recorder and Mayor of Albany, 1725, 6, 7, 8, d. Aug. 1756, æt. 82, mar. Catalina Schuyler, da. of David S. ; 3. Nico- las ; 4. Henry ; 5. Catharine, mar. Abraham Cuyler ; 6. Jane, mar. John Glen ; 7. Margaret, mar. Henry Ten Eyck ; 8. Rachel. John, the eldest, left five sons, John, Henry, Nicolas, Jacob, and Anthony. John, eldest son of John, mar. 1st, -- Ten Eyck, 2d, -- Brees, their children were, 1. Jacob. 2. John, d. Sept. 1747, mar. Gerritje van Schaick, and left John, mar. -- Van Allen,
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Sybrant and Jacob ; 3. Gertrude, mar. Abraham Wendell ; 4. Anne ; 5. Cath. arine. IIenry, 2d son of John and Anna Coster, d. in the country of the Sene - cas. Nicolas, 3d son, mar. Margaret Rooseboorn, and left three sons, Henry, John, and Nicolas. Henry, the eldest, mar. Catharina Cuyler, their children are Nicolas of Albany, mar. Nettje Staats, Henry of Albany, mar. Elizabeth Metcalfe, Margaret, mar. Hermanus Ten Eyck, and Catharine, mar. James van Ingen. John, second son of Nicolas, d. 1825, æt. 87, mar Margaret van Deusen, and left, 1. Henry S., of Albany ; 2. Nicolas, of Albany ; 3. Jacob ; 4. Eliza, mar. Jacob Brodhead ; 5. Harriett, mar. John Romeyn ; 6. Margaret, mar. John van Schaick. Jacob, fourth son of John and Anna Coster, mar. Margaret T'en Eyck, and left one son, Hermanus, who mar. --- Wendell, their sons are Jacob J. and Hermanus of Albany. Anthony, fifth son of John and Anna Coster, d. without issue at Otsego. Rutger, second son of Jan Jansen, d. 1756, leaving two sons, John Rutger and James, of New Rochelle, also a da. Margaret. John Rutger d. A. D. 1800, æt. 88, mar. Elizabeth Staats da. of Barent S., and left, 1. Barent, of Albany, mar. Sarah Lansing ; 2. John, mar. 1st, Jane Gilliland, 2nd, Elizabeth van Rensselaer, widow ot John Schuyler. Their children were, 1. Eliza, mar. Grant Powell. 2. Char- Iotte, mar. Vinal Luce. 3. Sarah. 4. Stephen, d. 1826. 5. John, d. 1832. 6. Catharine, mar. G. van Rensselaer; 3. Rutger, mar. Catharine Elmen- dorf, and left John R., Elizabeth, Peter Brinckerhoof, Maria and Blandina. James of New Rochelle, second son of first Rutger, mar. Abigail R. Lispen- ard of New Rochelle, and left, Ist, Anthony L., mar. Mary Noel. 2. Rutger. 3. David. 4. Andrew. 5. James. 6. John, niar. Anne Eliza Schuyler. 7. Leonard, mar. Ist, da. of James Abeel. 2d, Grace Moore Berrien. 8. Elizabeth Grace, mar. William Le Hart. Arms, az. two embattled chevrons or, empaling, arg. a rose branch ppr. Crest, a pheon or.
BREWER OF PEEKSKILL. The ancestor of this family was Daniel Brewer of Massachusetts, who d. A. D., 1770. He mar. Phoebe Locke and left is- sue ; 1, Samuel d. A. D. 1810 ; 2, James, M. D. b, 1741, d. Nov. 20th, 1780, mar. Hannah Lee, da. of Joseph Lee, of Yorktown, she died Sept. 4th 1810 ; 3, Daniel, d, 1777 ; 4, Phoebe mar. -- Jones, of Ashbury, Mass. ; 5, Lucy mar. Darbe of Hanwick, N. H. ; 6, Mary mar, Williams of Randolph, Vermont ; 7, Sarah mar. Willard of Maine ; 8, Mette mar. Solomon Safford, of Bennington, Vermont. James, M. D., and Hannah Lee, left, 1, Sarah mar. Elias Cornelius, M. D., of Philipstown ; 2, Mary d. Oct. 19, 1779, æt. 33, mar. Stephen Brown of Peekskill ; 3, Joseph d. May, 31, 1803, æt. 34 ; 4, Daniel d. Sept. 6, 1804, æt. 33, mar. Phœbe Howell, left one son, James, who d. young ; 5th, James d. Oct. 24, 1810 æt. 27 years, mar. Anne Brotherson, and left James, M. D., of Peekskill, and Sarah Ann, who mar. Coffin S. Brown, of Peekskill ; 6, Phoebe d. July 7, 1816, æt. 38, mar. Daniel W. Birdsall ; 7, Samuel d. March, 1, 1815, æt. 35,
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mar. Elizabeth, da. of John Titus of Flushing, L. I., and left two da., Mary and Elizabeth, who mar. Thurston Huntington.
BOLTON. The surname of Bolton is one of considerable antiquity, and is derived from the place of that name in Yorkshire, England.
" Bodelton or Bothelton, the ancient orthography of all the towns which bear this name, (says Whitaker) is evidently from Boel, mansio, implying probably, that it was the principal residence of some Saxon thane. The spelling, with a slight variation, was continued a century or more after the conquest ; for, in the time of Stephen, Abbot of Sallay, (probably in Henry the second's reign,) Elias de Bothilton held lands in this place,a de Feodo de la Leya."b
In the reign of Henry the third, Richard de Bonhilton is named of the village of Bonhilton, in Yorkshire. The Testa Villarum of the time of Henry the third, and Edward the first, contain the name of Robert de Bolrun, as holding six acres of land at Bolrun, in Yorkshire. Jolin de Bolton, bow hearer of Bolton forest, in 1312, was the lineal representative according to Dugdale, of the Saxon earls of Mercia. From Whitaker's History of Craven it appears that Edwin, Earl of Mercia, was seized of the Manor of Bodel- tonee before the conquest, and held it five years after. This nobleman was son of Leofwine, and brother of Leopie, earls of Mercia. In the year 1330, John de Bolton was rector of the church at Bolton, in Yorkshire, and John de Bol- ton, patron of the same. Henry Bolton is the next ancestor of whom we have any account. He appears to have been living at Bolton in Lancashire, about 1332. Ife left Robert the father of William, who had a son Robert.
Robert Bolton, the more immediate ancestor of the family, was residing at Blackburn, Lancashire, in 1569. His sons were John and Robert. Of the youngest, Fuller in his Worthies of England, thus speaks : " Robert Bol- ton was born at Blackburne, in Lancashire, on Whitsunday, 1572, a year as infamous for the massacre of many Protestants in France, as for the birth of some eminent in England. His parents having a narrow estate, struggled with their necessities to give him a liberal education ; he was bred first, in Lin- coln, then in Brazen-nose college, in Oxford. He had Isocrates' six marks
a Parish of Bolton, juxta Bowland.
b Whitaker's Hist. of the Deanery of Craven.
c The Manor of Midhope, one of the most extensive and valuable grazing farms in Craven, was parcel of the great possessions of the Boltons, and passed into the Lister family, by marriage with a co-heiress of that most ancient name, in the time of Edward the Second." Whitaker's Ilist. of Craven. Bolton was, though the style hath been altered. (says Segar) an ancient barony by tenure in Henry the Second's time, and the Scroopes of Upsall and Masham are in a direct line des- cended from the Barons Bolton of Bolton."
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or properties of a good scholar. His want of means proved an advancement unto him ; for, not having whence to buy books, he borrowed the best au- thors of his tutor, read over, abridged into note books, and returned them. He was as able to express himself in Latin or Greek, as English ; and that, stylo imperatorio. He was chosen one of the disputants before King James, at his first coming to the university, and performed it with great applause.
Thus far I have followed my author mentioned in the margin ; but we must depart from him a little in one particular. Though Mr. Bolton's parents were not overflowing with wealth, they had a competent estate, (as I am in- formed by credible intelligence) wherein their family had comfortably continued long time in good repute.
Sir Augustine Nicolls presented him to the rectory of Broughton, in Northamptonshire : sending him his presentation unexpectedly, from his chamber in Sergeant's Inn, where Dr. King, Bishop of London, being acci- dentally present, thanked the judge for his good choice : but told him withal, that he had deprived the university of a singular ornament. Besides his con- stant preaching, he hath left behind him, many useful books, the witnesses of his piety and learning ; and died, in the 59th year of his age, December 17, 1631.
The following epitaph is engraven on his monument in Broughton church Northamptonshire :
ROBERTUS JACET HIC BOLTONUS. CETERA NOVIT, OCCUBITUS DEFLENS ANGLIA TOTA DĮEM, PRIMUS ET OPTIMUS HUJUS, EC CLESIE PRÆECO DOCTISSIME PIUS QUI 17, DIE DECEMB., ANNO DNI, 1631, PLACIDE. OBDOR MIVIT IN DOMINO."
Rev. Robert Bolton mar. Anne Boyce of Kent, and left one son, Samuel and four daughters. John Bolton, eldest brother of the above Robert, inheri- ted his father's property at Blackburn, and was living in 1632. Among the names of his children, all of which are not preserved, we find Robert who was baptized at Blackburn in 1609, father to John baptized at the same place, in 1632. John died about 1700, at Sheffield, Yorkshire, he mar. Anne, and left Robert, b. at Blackburn, 26 July, 1688; and a da. Anne, who mar. Thomas Richmond. Robert emigrated from Sheffield to Philadel- phia, Penn., in 1720, and mar. Anne Curtis, widow of Robert Clay, on the 19th Feb., 1721. He was for many years warden of Christ Church, Phila- VOL. II. 64
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delphia. He d. June 25th, 1742 ; she d. May 7th, 1747. Their children were ; 1, Robert. b. January Ist, 1722 ; 2, Anne ; 3, Mary, mar. 1741, Hon. James Habersham of Savannah, Georgia ; 4, Rebecca d. Dec. 22, 1729 ; 5, Joseph, d. May 1, 1725; 6, John, b. 1725, d. May 20, 1726 ; 7, John, b. 1726 ; Joseph and Hannah, b. 20 June, 1727. Joseph, d. June 13, 1729, Hannah, d. 25 April, 1728. Robert the eldest, removed to Savannah, Ga., where he married Susannah Mauve, a native of Vivay, Switzerland. He left Robert of Savannah, b. in 1757, Hannah, m. Mr. Moore, Sarah, m. Will. Evans, Anne, m. Nathl. Adams, and Rebecca, m. Thomas Newell.
Robert of Savannah mar. Sarah McClean, and had, Ist, Robert, b. at Sa- vannah, Sept. 10, 1788, baptized by his grandfather, Robert. 2nd, Sarah mar. her second cousin, John Bolton. 3d, Anne mar. her second cousin, Curtis Bolton. 4th, James mar. 1, Miss Clay of Philadelphia ; 2, Honorah Richardson d. Feb. 16th, 1824, left three sons, James, Edward and William ; 5th, Frances mar. Richard Richardson of New Orleans. 6th, Rebecca. Robert, the eldest, mar. Anne Jay, da. of the Rev. William Jay of Bath, England, and has, Ist, Robert Bolton, b. at Bath, April 17, 1814, mar. Eliza- beth R. Brenton, da. of James B., 2nd, Anne, 3d, William Jay, 4th, John, 5th, Cornelius Winter, 6th, Mary Statira, 7th, Arabella, 8th, James, 9th Rhoda, 10th, Abby, 11th, Meta, 12th, Adele and Adelaide, 13th, Frances Geor- gianna.
John Bolton, of Chestertown, Md., fourth son of Robert and Anne Curtis, mar. Sarah Doggethty, and left, Ist, John, who mar. his second cousin, Sa- rah ; 2nd, Curtis, who mar. his second cousin Anne ; 3d, Edwin, m. Mary Douglass ; 4th, Anne, m. 1st, John Mauve Moore, 2nd, George Booth. Arms, sa. a falcon, arg. beaked jessed, membered and belled, or, charged on the breast with a trefoil, slipped, ppr. This coat was confirmed by William Cam- den Clarencieux, by patent, dated August the 26th, 1615, to Thomas Bolton of Woodbridge, Suffolk, Esq., descended, of the Boltons of Bolton, in Lanca- shire.
BONNETT OF NEW ROCHELLE. The ancestors of the Bonnetts were Protestants, inhabitants of Rochelle, in France. On the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, Daniel Bonnett fled from France to England. He subsequently emigrated to America. Daniel left, 1, Pierre, b. in England ; 2, Jacques ; 3, Daniel. Jacques had Peter, who mar. Mary Parcot, and James, who left one son, Peter, of New York. Peter the eldest son of Jacques, d. in 1823, and had Salmon of Upper New Rochelle, and a da. Elizabeth, who mar. Bartholomew Ward.
BRONDIG OF RYE. John Brondish or Brondig, was one of the first and principal proprietors of Manusing Island and Poningoe Neck, in 1662. He left four sons, John, Joseph, Daniel and Joshua, ancestors of the numerous and respectable families which bear the name in Westchester County.
BROWN OF RYE. This family was a younger branch of the Browns of
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Beechworth, in the County of Kent, England, founded by Sir Anthony Brown," who was created a Knight of the Bath, at the coronation of Richard II. He left issue two sons, Sir Richard his heir, and Sir Stephen, Lord Mayor of London in 1439. Sir Robert Brown, living temp. Henry V. was father of Sir Thomas Browne, treasurer of the household to Henry VI., and Sheriff of Kent, in 1444 and 1460. Thomas Brown, Esq., of Rye, County of Sussex, England, emigrated to Concord, Massachusetts, cir. 1632, from whence he removed to Cambridge, where he lived some time.b His sons were Thomas of Rye, who d. A. D. 1694, and Hachaliah of Rye. The latter left issue ; I, Ben- jamin. d. in 1755, and had 1, Benjamin, 2 Joseph, 3, Daniel, 4. William ; II, Peter, d. 1731-2, mar. Martha -- , he left, Ist, Ebenezer, 2nd, Caleb, 3rd, Peter, d. 1739 ; he had Rebecca, mar. John Purdy, and Sarah, mar. Thomas Sutton, 4th, Hon. Nathaniel, 5th, Hon. Nehemiah, 6th, Hannah, 7th, Sarah, 8th, Rebecca, 9th, Elizabeth. III, Thomas d. 1762 ; IV, Hachaliah d. 1784, mar. Ann Kniffen, he left, Ist, Hachaliah of Somers, b. August 20, 1727, d. May 22, 1813, mar. Abby Halsted. She was b. 1734, d. August, 1807. The children of Hachalialı and Abby Halsted, were Nathan, b. Aug. 24, 1756, d. March, 1814 ; Stephen, b. July 10, 1766 ; Lewis, b. May 12, 1776, d. March 3, 1830, mar. Clarissa Clift of Somers; Ann, b. 28 Oct., 1754, d. July, 1804, mar. James Bailey ; Mary, b. 22 June, 1758, d. 25 Aug., æt. 52, mar. Hon. Elijah Lee ; Aner, b. 16 Feb. 1760, d. 7 April, 1807, mar. Crane, M. D. ; Abigail, b. 15th Jan , 1762, d. 20 April, 1828, mar. Colonel John Odell, of Greenburgh ; Susannah, b. 15 Dec., 1763, mar. John 'Titos ; Esther, b. 8 April, 1768, d. 16 April, 1798; and Sarah, b. 1 June, 1772, mar. Jonathan Ward. 2nd, Christopher of Somers, second son of Hachaliah, had Isaac, Aaron, Frederick and Phoebe. 3d, David d. 1773, mar. Esther Wetmore, da. of Rev. James Wetmore. 4, Nathan d, 1764, mar. Elizabeth Kniffen, he left Gilbert, d. Dec. 27, 1820, æt. 61. Elizabeth d. June, 1831, æt. 71. Margaret d. Feb. 1, 1820, æt. 50; and Lavinia ; 5th, Thomas, d. April 6, 1825, æt. 86, mar. Jane Seaman, she d. April 8, 1813, æt. 71. Their children were, David, d. Feb. 5, 1847, æt. 85. Thomas d. Sept. 20, 1830, æt. 58. Nathan, Hachaliah. Letitia, d. Sept. 20, 1830, æt. 30, mar. Hon. Elijah Lee ; Anne, mar. David Stebbins. Jane, d. Sept. 24, 1830, æt.53. Abigail d. 1813, mar. Tho nas Strang, and Catharine mar. Rev. Elias Cooper, Rector of St. John's church, Yonkers. 6th, Josiah d. Aug. 30, 1789, æt. 47, mar. Deborah Brown, da. of Jonathan ; she d. January 18, 1830, æt. 76. Their children were, Hacha- liah, Nancy mar. John Watson, Elizabeth and Clarissa ; 7th, Isaac; 8th, Gilbert d. young : and 9th, Gilbert who also d. young. V, Deliverance had three sons ; Ist, Deliverance ; 2nd, Zebadiah and Jonathan. VI, Anne mar. Daniel Purdy. VII, Mary mar. Absalom Brondige. Of this family, was Jona-
a The name of Brown is frequently written in ancient records with the addition of the e, and several families have even retained this orthography.
& See Farmer's Register.
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than Brown, whose son Jonathan left issue ; 1st, Jonathan mar. Esther Par- cels, he had, Elizabeth mar. James Butterworth, and Clarissa who mar. - Perkins ; 2nd, Obadiah, he left Isaac and Anne ; 3d, Charles mar. Wyrgans ; 4th, Clarissa mar. Nicholas Hasbraeck ; 5th, Deborah mar. Josiah Brown. Arms. sa, three lions, passant, in bend, betw. two double cotteses, arg. Crest, an eagle displayed vert. Another crest, a stag, ppr., altered and ducally gorged and lined or.
BROWN OF PEEKSKILL. Several individuals of the name of Brown, were among the early settlers of Massachusetts. William Brown was born in Connecticut. His son Samuel was a freeholder of North Castle, in this County, and left, I, Nathaniel of Nine Partners, Dutchess Co., who had a son James C. of Saratoga, N. Y., and a da. Mary, mar. Jonathan Griffin. II, Mordecai of Coxsackie, who had Samuel, living near Lake Champlain, and James of Fishkill. III, Thomas, formerly of Nine Partners, subsequently a resident at Peekskill, where he d., cir. 1800, æt. 90, mar. Susannah Bugbee. IV, William of Queensbury, Saratoga Co., left William of Queensbury. V, Benedict of Queensbury, who had sons, Justus, Silas, Hougill and Timothy. Thomas, third son of Samuel, left, 1st, Nathaniel, b. May 16, 1744, d. May 30, 1811, mar. Mary Hall, da. of Caleb Hall and Jane Daggett his wife. she was b. Nov. 23, 1745, date of mar. May 16, 1766, d. Jan. 24, 1835 ; 2nd, Gilbert b. 1746, mar. Levina Wolley, and had David of New York, Isaac of New York, Cinthia, Fanny mar. Moses Ward, of Newark, N. J., and two other da. ; 3d, Nathan of Peekskill mar. Peace and left Gideon, Susan and Elizabeth ; 4th, Alvan, whose descendants are living in N. Y. ; 5th, Phoebe mar. 1st, ---- - Walters; 2nd, James Tucker. Nathaniel, eldest son of Thomas, by Mary Hall, left : I, Stephen of Peekskill, b. Feb. 23, 1767, d. at Purchase, May 2, 1831, while attending quarterly meeting at that place ; mar ; Sept. 3d, 1791, Mary Brewer, da. of James. She was b. Sept. 3d, 1766, and d. Oct. 19, 1799. Their children were, 1. Phœbe, b. Sept. 30, 1792, d. April 23, 1805. 2. James, of Peekskill, b. Oct. 22, 1794. 3. Han- nah, b. Aug. 9, 1797, mar. Abner Brundage, of Peekskill. Stephen, mar. secondly, Jemima Strang, da. of Major Joseph Strang, and had, 1. Ann, b. May, 1801. 2. Egbert, b. Jan'y 7, 1803, d. Feb. 14, 1815. 3. Mary, b. January 22, 1805, mar. Sandford Knapp, M. D. 4. Sarah. 5. Jane, d. 1819. HI. Nathaniel, b. Feb. 17, 1769, mar. Charity Cox, and had Jacob, Samuel, of New York, Stephen C., and Esther. III. Mary, b. Sept. 8, 1770, d. 1785. IV. Sarah, b. Aug. 13, 1771, mar. Jacob Bedle. V. Cornelius, b. May, 24, 1773, d. Dec. 1831 ; mar. 1st, Elizabeth Osborne, 2nd, Lea Jones, and left by first wife, Martha, mar. Abel Smith, by second, Nathaniel, Smith, Thomas, Edgar, and Anne Eliza, who mar. - Veeley. VI. Thomas, b. Sept. 13, 1775, d. 1829, mar. 1st, Nancy Concklin, 2d, Martha Birdsall. VII. Mary, b. Oct. 4, 1778, mar. Sopher Jones. VIII. Susannah, b. June 8, 1780, d. 1781. IX. Caleb, b. May 22, 1782, mar. Phoebe Weeks, and left Hannah, who mar. John Merrit of N. Y., Thomas, Joshua, Dorothy, Mary, and Na-
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