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V. 1. Underhill,5 son of Andrew Lyon,4 born in 1763, married Mary, daughter of Ezekiel Halsted ; died May 24, 1795. He lived in the house next to the bridge, on the west side of Byram River. Children : Harriet, Sarah Budd, Eliza Jane, Mary.
2. Tamar,5 daughter of Andrew Lyon,4 married - Purdy, and had several children.
3. Polly,5 daughter of Andrew Lyon,4 married first - Bush, and had a son and two daughters; second - Davenport.
4. Sarah," daughter of Andrew Lyon,4 married Ezekiel, son of Ezekiel Halsted, and had five children.
5. Monmouth,5 son of Silvanus Lyon,4 born December 7, 1791, mar- ried June 28, 1814, Alethea Lyon, born May 3, 1791. Children :
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Thomas C. ; Sarah Ann, who married Francis Secor. and died October 29, 1844; Caroline, who married William Schotts ; John, died young ; John P. ; Sylvanus ; George, died young ; William J.
6. Hannah,5 daughter of Silvanus Lyon,4 was born January 19, 1795.
7. Sylvanus,5 son of Silvanus Lyon,4 born September 14, 1797, died November 18, 1836.
8. Thomas,5 son of Gilbert Lyon,4 was the father of Elisha Lyon.
9. Andrew,5 son of Andrew Lyon,4 had a son Andrew.
10. Samuel,5 son of Joshua Lyon,4 no issue.
11. Gilbert,5 son of Joshua Lyon,4 known as Captain Gilbert, was born December 28, 1787 ; married Deborah Lyon,4 born November 5, 1795. Children : Alvah A., Gilbert, Robert M., James M., Wil- liam P.
12. Joshua,5 son of Joshua Lyon,4 no issue.
13. John,5 son of Joshua Lyon,4 lived on Weaver Street.
VI. 1. Harriet.6 daughter of Underhill Lyon,5 married - Belden. Children : Mary. George.
2. Sarah Budd,6 daughter of Underhill Lyon, married, January 21, 1819, Rev. Isaac Parsons, born in Southampton, Mass. ; graduated at Yale College 1811, at Andover Seminary 1814 ; settled in East Had- dam, Conn., 1816; dismissed 1856; died August 21, 1868. Children : Mary, Harriet, Sarah (died young), Henry M., Elizabeth.
3. Eliza Jane," daughter of Underhill Lyon,5 born March 5, 1792 ; married David N. Lord, Esq., of New York ; died December 7, 1840.
4. Mary.6 daughter of Underhill Lyon,5 born 1794, died 1816.
VII. 1. Mary,7 daughter of Harriet [Lyon 6] Belden, married - Coit.
2. George.7 son of Harriet [Lyon 6] Belden.
3. Mary,7 daughter of Rev. Isaac and Sarah B. [Lyon 6] Parsons, born December 3, 1821. married S. E. Swift. M. D., of Colchester, Conn. ; died October 1856. Children : Theodore, George, Edward.
4. Harriet, second daughter, born April 12, 1823, married, in 1847, Rev. Warren C. Fiske, now of Wolcott, Conn. Children : Henry (died young), Isaac, Sarah, William.
5. Henry M.,7 son of Rev. Isaac and Sarah B. [Lyon 6] Parsons, born November 13, 1828, graduated at Yale College 1848, at Theo- logical Institute 1834 ; settled as pastor of First Congregational Church in Springfield, Mass., 1834, as associate pastor of Union Church (Co- lumbus Avenue), Boston, 1870 ; married, January 16, 1855, Mary E. Dudley, of Richmond, Va. Children : Ella, Jessie, Emma, Howard (died 1865), Walter.
6. Elizabeth, third daughter of Rev. Isaac and Sarah B. Parsons, born June 15, 1830, married, November 1857, Zechariah Cone of East Haddam, Conn. Children : Jennie, Mary, Alice (died 1868), Eliz- abetli, Newton.
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MERRIT. Thomas and John Merrit came here early, Thomas being mentioned in 1673 and John in 1678. We know nothing of their antecedents. It is supposed that they were brothers, but we have no evidence that such was the case. Both obtained proprietors' rights.
I. Thomas Merrit,1 called senior in 1698, had married, perhaps as his second wife, Mary, youngest daughter of Robert Francis of Weth- ersfield, Conn. (Rec.) She was born, says Mr. Savage, in 1656. An ' indenture ' regarding the disposition of his property after death, dated October 20, 1688, assigns to his wife the use of his house, etc., which is to descend to his eldest son. He had proprietary rights with Rob- ert Bloomer. He lived nearly opposite the spot where the Park Insti- tute now stands. In 1702 he gave to his son, Thomas junior, his house- lot ' where he [the son] now lives.' Thomas Merrit was one of the principal men of the place. He was sent with Deliverance Brown in January. 1697, to Hartford, to petition the General Court of Connecticut to take the town back into its jurisdiction. (Conn. Rec., vol. iv. p.192.) He was forward in the matter of building a 'meeting-house ' and par- sonage, and procuring a minister, while under Connecticut. He seems to have taken no part in town affairs after this. He was living in 1713. Children : Thomas, Ephraim, Samuel, and perhaps others.
II. 1. Thomas Merrit,2 eldest son of Thomas,1 was called Sergeant Merrit. He lived in the house above mentioned. Ilis death occurred before 1729. Children : Thomas, Edward, John, Benoni, and perhaps others.
2. Ephraim Merrit,2 son of Thomas,1 is mentioned 1713-1718.
3. Samuel Merrit,2 son of Thomas,1 mentioned 1706, in 1720 had from Thomas 2 of Rye his lands in the White Plains. Samuel had settled there, and was the father of William, of White Plains, and per- haps of George.
III. 1. Thomas Merrit,3 son of Thomas,2 went to the White Plains, but sold his farm there in 1740 to Monmouth IIart, and removed to King Street, where he was living in 1755-1768. He was the father of Shubael Merrit.
2. Edward Merrit, son of Thomas,2 is mentioned 1740-1755; was living in 1748.
3. John Merrit,3 son of Thomas,2 mentioned 1721, was of King Street in 1727.
4. Benoni Merrit,3 son of Thomas,2 mentioned 1720; in 1724 bought fron Richard Cornell of Cow Neck two hundred acres in 'Forcaneer's [Fauconier's ] west patent.' In 1737 he was 'of Oyster Bay, mer- chant,' and sold his house and sixteen acres of land on the country road at Rye.
5. William Merrit,3 son of Samuel,2 in 1739 bought from Joseph Haight and others one hundred acres in Harrison's Purchase, ' begin- ning at the bridge over Mamaroneck river in the White Plains road,'
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and lying between the river and the 'land of ye Heavlins.' He was living in 1755. He had two sons, - Joseph and Elijah.
6. George Merrit, of the White Plains, perhaps a brother of Willian, bought at the same time for the same price a similar traet of land north of his. Ile was living in 1752.
IV. Joseph,4 son of William,3 had four sons - Abraham," Joshua 5 (father of Abraham,6 David," and Joseph," now living), David,5 and James.5 Joseph4 died September 3, 1793.
I. John Merrit,1 mentioned 1678, bought in 1680, from several indi- viduals about forty acres of land between Byram River, and Gunn Brook Creek : and in 1686 he had an allotment of twenty acres more in the same locality. Thus and by other purchases he acquired early a con- siderable traet, beginning with Lyon's Point, then Merrit's Point. and extending some distance below Port Chester, on both sides of Grace Church Street. He was living here in 1706. He had proprietor's rights with John Boyd. John Merrit 'senior' is mentioned as late as 1724. Children : John, Jonathan, Andrew, and perhaps Joseph.
II. 1. John Merrit,2 son of John,1 is called junior in 1700. He had land in Will's Purchase. He had a son John.
2. Jonathan Merrit,2 called 'son of John Merrit senior'in 1718, is mentioned 1708. He lived in 1744 ' near Byram river or harbour.' IIe had a son Jonathan and a son John.
3. Andrew Merrit,2 son of John,1 lived on Merrit's Point. In 1706, 'John Merrit senior, husbandman,' gave his son Andrew 'my farm where I dwell,' bounded east by Byram River, north by Gunn Brook Cove, west by the Hassocky Meadow Brook, and the country road, and south by Richard Ogden's land; to be his 'when he shall attain the age of twenty-one years.'
Andrew Merrit, who lived on Grace Church Street in 1757, and was called captain, 1749-1760, was probably the son of Andrew .?
4. Joseph Merrit .? perhaps a son of John,1 is mentioned 1707, when he took up lands on Hog-pen Ridge. In 1708 he was one of the pro- prietors of Will's purchases. In 1740 he sold to Gilbert Bloomer thirty-two acres near the present Park's mill. He had a son called Joseph junior in 1727.
III. 1. John Merrit,8 son of John,2 is called ' junior'in 1732.
2. Jonathan Merrit,3 son of Jonathan,2 lived on Ilog-pen Ridge in 1757. In 1748. Jonathan 2 of Rye conveyed to his son Jonathan 3 his house and twenty acres, between 'Byram river harbour' and the road or street. This property Jonathan seems to have sold, as he did Fox Island in 1753, to Samuel Lyon.
3. John Merrit,8 son of Jonathan,2 in 1750 sold part of his father's estate to Samnel Lyon.
4. Andrew Merrit,3 perhaps son of Andrew .?
5. Joseph Merrit,3 called junior in 1727, lived on the southeast corner of the Ridge Road and the road to Park's mill. Ile had a son Joseph.
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IV. 1. Jonathan,4 son of Jonathan,3 was perhaps the person, - father of Jonathan, Abraham, Daniel, and Thomas, - several of whose de- scendants are now living in the town. He had also three daughters - Alethea, Elizabeth, and Mary.
2. Joseph Merrit,4 son of Joseph,3 was born January 14, 1731. He married Ruth -- , born June 3, 1737; and died May 19, 1782. Children :
Joseph, born February 15, 1753. Sarah, born May 14, 1768.
Nehemiah, born March 3, 1756. Jotham, born July 19, 1770.
Joseplı, born October 12, 1760. John, born April 14, 1774.
Daniel, born March 31, 1764. Lot, born March 2, 1777.
Anna, born June 20, 1766.
V. 1. Nehemiah Merrit,5 son of Joseph,4 lived on Ridge Street, where Mr. W. Acker now lives. He had two sons, John and Daniel ; and a daughter unmarried. He died about the year 1836.
2. Daniel Merrit,5 son of Joseph.4
3. Anna Merrit,5 daughter of Joseph,4 married Nathaniel Brown, of Scarsdale.
4. Jotham Merrit,5 son of Joseph,4 had one son, John A. Merrit.
5. Lot Merrit,5 son of Joseph,4 had no children.
VI. 1. John Merrit,6 son of Nehemiah," was unmarried.
2. Daniel Merrit,6 son of Nehemiah,5 is living on the upper part of Ridge Street. Children : Daniel, Ezra B., Joseph.
MILLER. James Miller, in 1681 had land on Budd's Neck near ' the old Westchester path.' In 1701 'the towne hath granted by a voat unto James Miller tenn eakers of land within the White Plaines purches to be Layd out by those layers out which was chosen to lay out the White Plaines to the best of their descretion.' He is mentioned again about 1708.
Abraham Miller, mentioned 1708-1738, was perhaps a son of James. In 1720, he sold a tract of land on Brown's Point in Harrison. In 1745, Abraham Miller lived directly north of Abraham Bush's land (now Gershom Bulkley's) in Saw Pit. A namesake, perhaps a son of his, was of Saw Pit, 1783-1792.
Samuel Miller, mentioned 1718-1727, was of Budd's Neck. In 1741 he sold seventy acres of land situated apparently where James 1 owned in 1681. The next year he sold to his father-in-law, Joseph Lyon, a considerable tract of land in the lower part of Harrison.
Anthony Miller, perhaps another son, mentioned 1711-1718. In 1640, he had land in White Plains.
Gilbert Miller, ' son of Abraham,' 1752, was of King Street in 1759. He died in April 1792.
William Miller was of Harrison in 1771.
Daniel and Richard Miller were living in the upper part of the town at the beginning of this century.
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Roger Miller's name occurs in 1793.
James Miller lived on North Street in 1762-1764.
Lyon Miller, in 1775, was chosen first lieutenant of a company raised in 'Harrison and the upper part of King street.' (N. Y. Rev. Papers, vol. i. p. 159.) 'Lyon Miller died March 15, 1814, aged seventy- seven years, eight months, and eleven days. Susanna. wife of Lyon Miller, died July 14, 1802, aged sixty-nine years.' (Cemetery near Mamaroneck.)
ODELL. William, was perhaps a son of William Odell of Concord, Mass. (Savage.) If so, he came over at the age of five years in 1639 with his father, who settled in Fairfield. William Odell was one of the first settlers of Rye. Ile was with the Hastings planters in 1662, and continued here apparently until his death, which occurred between 1697 and 1700. He had land in the various divisions during his life. Ilis house-lot, afterward John Brondige's, was about the northern part of Mr. J. E. Corning's garden. He married a daughter of Richard Vowles of Rye. Our records mention his sons John and Samuel. The latter is not mentioned by Mr. Bolton in the pedigree which he gives of Wil- liam Odell's descendants (History of Westchester Co., vol. ii. p. 536) ; according to which, William had five sons, Stephen, Johu, Michael, Isaac, and Jonathan. Perhaps the first name should read Samuel.
II. 1. John Odell,2 son of William,1 signed as witness in 1683. He removed to Fordham, and is the ancestor of the numerous family of this name in the western part of our county. In 1706, John Odell of Fordham sold to George Kniffen of Rye his interest in the undivided lands, . below the marked trees which belongs unto the Eighteen ; ' namely a thirty-sixth part of said lands, which part ' was his deceased father William Odell's.' For the descendants of John, see Bolton's History, vol. ii. pp. 536, 537.
2. Samuel Odell,2 son of William, in 1684 had from his father Wil- liam all his title and interest in the White Plains purchase. He re- moved, like his brother, to the Manor of Fordham, where with his wife Patience he was ' very well settled to their satisfaction,' when, about the year 1693, his uncle Jonathan Vowles, of Rye, ' happening at that time to be parted and living separate from his then wife Deborah, and being alone and having no children, persuaded him to leave his habitation and to go and live with him.' In compensation for his services, about nine years after, according to his own statement, Samuel reecived, by deed from Vowles, the southernmost part of Mounsting [Manussing] Island, containing about 150 acres.' Six or seven years after, says Samuel, Deborah, who was then living with her husband, eame and borrowed the deed, and he has never seen it since. He returned to Fordham (about 1708, apparently), but persisted in his claim against Roger Park who in 1707 bought from Vowles his father-in-law the land on Manussing Island. Samuel petitioned the governor in 1717
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for a patent, and in 1720 remonstrated against the granting of a patent to the inhabitants of Rye without recognition of his claim.
In 1715, William Odell, of East Chester, sold to George Kniffen, of Rye, for twenty pounds, his quarter 'of an eighteenth part or share of undivided lands.' According to the pedigree given by Mr. Bolton, this William was the eldest son of Isaac Odell of East Chester, fourth son of William.1
None of this name appear in our records after these dates. The few families that reside here now have I presume removed hither in later years from other towns.
OGDEN. I. John Ogden of Rye in 1674 (Pub. Rec. of Conn., vol. ii. p. 236), was of Stamford originally, and was undoubtedly related to John Ogden, the builder, who settled there in 1641; but cannot have been he, as Mr. Huntington supposes (Hist. of Stamford, p. 39), nor his son, as Mr. Savage conjectures. (Gen. Dict.) For John removed as early as 1644 to Hempstead, thence to Northampton, L. I., and set- tled in 1664-1665 at Elizabeth, N. J. (Dr. Hatfield's Ilist. of Eliza- beth), where he died in 1681, and where John junior was living from 1673 to 1694. Our settler was unquestionably a son of Richard, brother of the first John Ogden, who, says Mr. Huntington, went to Fairfield, where he became a man of note, and who had numerous descendants.
John Ogden, of Rye, is first heard of in 1669,when John Budd men- tions him with 'Juddey [Judith ] his wife,' who was Budd's daughter. In 1674 he was deputy for Rye to the General Court at Hartford. In 1678 he had several allotments here, as well as a tract of land on Budd's Neck which he had received from his wife's father. His house- lot was at the upper end of the town, near Mr. Joseph Kirby's present dwelling. In 1679 the town .made a grant to ' John Ogden of forty- eight or fifty acres of land by the water side at the fishing rock, for the purpose of building a house and wharf. The inhabitants of Peningoe Neck to have wharfage free.' (Bolton, vol. ii. p. 93 ) July 13, 1681. the town authorized John Ogden and George Kniffen to purchase a barrel of powder and three hundred weight of lead of Mr. Budd of Fairfield, or wherever it can be obtained the cheapest. These to be kept for the use of the town. (Rye Rec., in Bolton, vol. ii. p. 47.) Ogden died in 1683. He left a widow, who in the same year married Francis Brown, of Rye, previously of Stamford. Ogden had three sons, Joseph, Richard, and David.
II. 1. Joseph Ogden,2 son of John,1 mentioned 1685-1715, had land on Budd's Neck from his father ; a portion of which - thirty rods wide from Westchester old path to the sea - he sold in 1699 to Benjamin Horton. He had a wife and a daughter Mary, and probably a son Joseph. In 1717, perhaps shortly after his death, ' Mary Ogden, spin- ster,' released to her mother Mary Ogden all title to her father's prop-
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erty. Joseph,3 living on Budd's Neck in 1740, was probably a son of Joseph.2
2. Richard Ogden,2 son of John,1 is mentioned 1696-1726. Hc is ranked among the proprietors. In 1696 Francis Brown and Judah his wife release to their ' son Richard Ogden' certain parcels of land, . with all in both Will's purchases and also in the Eighteen Men's propriety that is below the marked trees upon Penninggoe neck so called.' In 1699, ' att a lawful meeting of the proprietors of Peningo Neck the said proprietors do grant unto Richard Ogden an Island commonly called Fox Island.' (See page 134.) This island he sold in 1722 to Jonathan Merrit. Richard was 'active in real estate.' The recording of his purchases and sales, on the ridges, in the swamps, and at 'ye Plaines,' must have helped to keep good Samnel Lane, the town clerk. in occu- pation. Among the rest he sells in 1699 some land ' lying in a place commonly Dick's IIollow.'
3. David Ogden,2 son of John,1 in 1700 was to have his step-father Francis Brown's dwelling lot, and the salt meadow lying by the mill creek ' formerly called Bolluck's meadow,' after his death. He re- moved to the White Plains, where he and his son David, junior, were living in 1741, and had land. In 1745, father and son . of Rye' sold to Henry Scott of Mamaroneck one hundred and thirty-eight acres in the White Plains purchase for four hundred and ninety-four pounds. And in 1751 David Ogden of Scarsdale sold to Samuel Purdy, junior, a lot · called ye fifth or last division of the White Plains purchase - lying at the north end of said purchase, adjoining ye line called the Indian line.'
John Ogden, mentioned 1702-1708, was perhaps a son of one of the above.
Jonathan Ogden, mentioned 1720-1737, was of North Castle.
Daniel Ogden is mentioned 1720.
PARK. The name was originally spelled Parcque, the family being of Huguenot extraction.
I. ROGER PARK, according to the family tradition, fled from France in the time of the persecution of the Protestants, and came to this country. His name occurs at Rye as early as 1699, when Joseph Horton con- veyed to him, his son-in-law, one half of his home-lot lying at the White Plains, with one half of his right in said purchase. In 1718 he ap- pears among the proprietors of Peningo Neck, and has a share of land allotted to him, under a new division of the common lands.
II. ROGER PARK,2 probably the son of the above named, is men- tioned in 1707 as son-in-law to Jonathan Vowles, who conveys to him his land on the southern part of 'Minusin Island.' His title to this property was contested, in 1716 and 1720, by Samuel Odell, Vowles' nephew, who appears to have failed to make good his claim. Roger Park's descendants were still in possession of this land a few years since ; one of them owns a part of it at present. Ilis second wife was
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Charlotte Strang. In 1729 he was living in Harrison's Purchase. He is probably the 'Roger Park, senior,' mentioned in 1768 as still living. Children : Roger; Mary, who married Joshua Purdy ; Sophia, married Nehemiah Brown ; Thomas ; Lucy, married Moses Husted ; Charlotte, married Benjamin Haviland.
III. 1. Roger Park3 was a large proprietor and a leading man in the town. He owned farms in Harrison, and Rye. Ile married Sarah, daughter of Peter Disbrow, who died January 6, 1811, aged eighty years. Roger Park's will, written in 1768, was proved in 1788. His children were: Jesse (named Justus in the will) ; Disbrow (without issue) ; John (without issue) ; Anna, married Lemuel Jagger ; Sarah, married Thomas MeCollum ; Lavinia, married Bilha Theall.
2. Thomas,3 second son of Roger Park,2 born March 8, 1720, mar- ried, January 1, 1747, Martha, daughter of Thomas Carpenter, born May 21, 1729. Thomas Park lived on the site of the house now oc- eupied by Mrs. Mary Park, on the cross road to North Street, near the Purchase Road. He owned a large tract of land in that vicinity. Children : Thomas, born December 11, 1747; Joseph, born October 10, 1750 ; Mary, married Nehemiah Purdy, born August 24, 1752; Roger, born July 11, 1754 ; Hannah, born March 18, 1756, unmarried ; Daniel, born November 27, 1758; Stephen and Thomas (twins), born August 17, 1761 : Timothy, born April 27, 1766.
IV. 1. Jesse Park,4 son of Roger Park,3 married Phoebe Sawyer. His children were :
Jesse, Levina, married Elijah Purdy, James, Ann, unmarried,
Moses Iusted,
Jane, married Alexander Hubbs,
Thomas, John,
Phobe, unmarried.
2. Thomas Park,4 eldest son of Thomas,3 probably died young.
3. Joseph Park,4 second son of Thomas,3 had one son, Israel, and three daughters, - Charlotte, married James Paulding ; Mary, married William Sniffen ; and Abby.
4. Roger Park,4 third son of Thomas, married first, Elizabeth Lyon. Children : Sophia, died young ; Phoebe, unmarried ; Samuel, Thomas, and Timothy. His second wife was Sarah Lyon ; who had one son, Knapp.
5. Daniel Park,4 fourth son of Thomas,3 married Emma, daughter of Daniel Knapp. He lived on the lower part of North Street, where he had a large farm. They had three sons, Knapp, Thomas, and Daniel.
6. Stephen Park,4 fifth son of Thomas,3 was not married.
7. Thomas Park,4 sixth son of Thomas,3 married Naney Lyon, and had several children.
8. Timothy Park 4 youngest son of Thomas,3 married first, Anna, daughter of Jonathan Sniffen, and had one son, Joseph, and two daugh-
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ters, - Mary, who married Daniel Park (son of Daniel 4), and Anne. Timothy married, secondly, Arna, daughter of Abrani Hobby, and had one daughter, Martha.
V. 1. Jesse Park,5 son of Jesse,4 married Martha HI., daughter of Robert Kennedy, and widow of Augustus Tredwell. She was born June 5, 1775, and died January 16, 1853. Jesse Park died May 15, 1848, aged seventy-six years. Children : Thomas, William, Augustus, Jesse ; Sarah Aun, married Benjamin Watson ; Ann Maria ; and Nancy Jane, married - Furlong.
2. James Park,5 second son of Jesse,4 married Mercy, daughter of Nathanael Carpenter. He lived in Bedford, and had several children.
3. Moses Husted Park,5 third son of Jesse,4 was not married.
4. Thomas Park,5 fourth son, was not married.
5. John Park,5 fifth son, was not married.
6. Israel Park,5 son of Joseph.4
7. Samuel Park,5 son of Roger.4
8. Thomas Park,5 son of Roger.‘
9. Timothy Park,5 son of Roger.4
10. Knapp Park,5 son of Daniel,4 married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Wilson. He lived on King Street. He had one son, Thomas, and three daughters, Emma, Deborah, Dorcas.
11. Thomas Park,5 son of Daniel,4 died young.
12. Daniel Park,5 son of Daniel,4 married Mary, daughter of Timo- thy Park,4 now living in Harrison.
13. Joseph Park,5 only son of Timothy,4 married Mary Delavan. They have had three sons - Jonathan, Joseph, and Charles ; and two daughters, - Clarissa, married Henry W. Wheaton, and Elizabeth, mar- ried David Purdy.
PEARCE. Jacob Pearce, 'husbandman,' first mentioned 1680, had lands and proprietary rights here in 1683, and may have been here sev- eral years previous to the former date. His house-lot was where Mr. B. S. Olmstead now lives, and he also owned the land now Miss Mead's. In 1690 . Jacob Paers of Rye' was one of the soldiers who left Fort William on the second of April, in the expedition to repel the French and Indians after the burning of Schenectady. He did not live to re- turn. (See page 48, where the date should be 1689 Old Style, or 1690 New Style.) His widow Mary married Isaac Denham, son of the Rev. Thomas Denham, who thus acquired Pearce's proprietary rights, as well as his other estate. 'At a Prerogative Court held at Westchester, the 7th and 8th Xber 1694, Isaac Denham Husband of the Widdow and Reliet of Jacob Peirce deceased brought into Court an Inventory of said Peirce's estate.' The Court confirmed upon her the said Mary all the moveable estate, and decreed that the lands remain in her possession till the right heir appears. A claimant seems to have turned up, perhaps a brother or more distant relative. In 1713, a list
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of ' The Draft of the Branch Ridge Lots' then laid out is headed with the name of ' Christopher Bridge for Daniel Pierce in Right of Jacob Pierce deceased.' (Town Mg. Bk., G. p. 20.) This Daniel is not men- tioned elsewhere.
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