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SELLECK. Jonathan Selleck, of Stamford, had land on Budd's Neck, 1670-1678 : probably the same with the ' Vineyard Farm' which in 1681 Jonathan and Joseph Selleck sold for seven hundred pounds to Humphrey Underhill. David Selleck signed as witness in 1672.
STATHAM. Thomas Statham, 'of Flushing, New York,' in 1671 bought a tract of land on Budd's Neck above the Vineyard Farm, with other lands, and proprietary rights formerly Walter Lancaster's, which he sold in 1676-1677, to George Kniffen and Isaac Sherwood. He was then of Richbell's Neck.
STEVENS. Jonas Stevens was of Rye in 1681. In 1670 he went to Albany with the expedition against the French and Indians, upon the attack on Schenectady, after which we hear nothing of him. In 1716 ' Jonas Stephens ' old house ' is mentioned, as being on the lower part of Budd's Neck.
STOAKHAM. I. John Stoakham is first mentioned in 1678. In 1684 he is called George Kniffen's son-in-law. This may equally mean step- son, which seems likely, as he was but eighteen years old when first mentioned, and may have come with Kniffen from Stratford as a child. He was a proprietor, but in 1684 sold to Richard Walters all his right on Peningo Neck below the marked trees. His lands were situated chiefly on Byram and Branch Ridges. In 1716 he is called ' senior.' In 1704 his age is stated at forty-four. His sons were John and Ste- phen : also, probably. Samuel, Isaac, and Israel.
II. 1. John Stoakham,2 son of John,1 was living in 1742 on King Street. In 1755 John and Stephen Stoakham sold to Thomas Merritt of King Street, for three hundred and sixty-nine pounds, . our farm in King street,' of fifty-four acres.
2. Stephen Stoakham,2 son of John,1 is first mentioned in 1719. IIe is probably the father of Stephen, who married Hannah Brundige.
3. Samuel, mentioned 1709-1711.
4. Isaac, mentioned 1718.
5. Israel, mentioned 1724.
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III. Stephen Stoakhan,3 probably son of Stephen,2 married Hannah, daughter of Joshua Brundige, and died in Canada, it is said, leaving a son Stephen. Hannah married Joseph Merritt, who left his property, on the southeast corner of Ridge Street and the road to Park's mill, to Stephen ; who conveyed it to Daniel S. Merritt, uncle of Abraham, now living. Stephen died about the year 1817, unmarried.
This family has, I believe, entirely disappeared from the neighborhood. Fifty or sixty years ago one Reuben Stoken lived near Quaker Ridge, in Greenwich. He had ten or twelve children, all of whom are said to have removed to New York. A nephew, Lemuel, lived at Riverville near Glenville. He was born in 1752, and died some years since.
STRANG. I. 'Daniel L'Estrange was born about the year 1650 in the City of Paris in France.' He and Charlotte ' his Wife, a daughter of Francis Hubert, being Protestants, were compelled to make their escape from the City of Paris in France in the Year of our Lord 1685, in the time of Louis XIV, in the time of the Persecution there by the Roman Catholics, and came to the City of London in Great Britain, where Mr. L'Estrange through the interest of his correspondents, some merchants, obtained a Lieutenancy in the guards of Jamies the Duke of York, the then King of Great Britain, and continued there until in the Year of our Lord 1688: When he with his Wife embarked for Amer- ica in company with a number of French Protestant families, and arrived at the City of New York : from thence moving to the Town of New-Rochelle in West-Chester County, they settled themselves : after remaining there some few Years they moved to the Town of Rye, in the same County, and settled themselves, where they remained until the time of their respective deaths - Mr. L'Estrange dying a few years before his Wife.' (' A Record of the family of Daniel L'Estrange and Charlotte his wife,' MS.)
At Rye Mr. L'Estrange ' procured a lot in the Town Plot, upon the East side of the Blind brook, and including the land east thereof, and where the Park family have since possessed.' He had also ' a farm lying north of the Town Plot and near the line of Harrison's Purchase, including the lands since possessed by Jesse Hunt Esquire. He was likewise a proprietor in the patent of the White Plains, where he had a farm situate south of the Court house and where Bartholemew Ged- ney has since possessed. Mr. L'Estrange resided in Rye several years in the respective pursuits of a farmer, innkeeper and merchant, until his death.' (A Memorandum of the family of Daniel L'Estrange and of Charlotte his wife, MS., 20 pp., written apparently in the latter part of the last century.)
It is believed that Mr. L'Estrange lived from the first on the site of the house until lately owned by some of his descendants, on the south- east corner of 'Rectory street' and the post-road, in Rye. Here at all events, his family lived, thirty years later. The lively account which
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Madam Knight gives of her stay at the good Huguenot's (p. 149), shows that he had not risen to wealth in the land of exile. Probably he followed some trade, as well as kept a house of entertainment.
It appears that Daniel L'Estrange connected himself while at New Rochelle, with the French Reformned or Huguenot Church there, and as late as 1694 was one of its elders. (Bolton's Hist., vol. i. p. 398.) Hc then signed his name Streing, in partial conformity to the language of the country. Doubtless with his family he attended worship at New Rochelle, perhaps walking thither every Sabbath morning, along the newly opened country road which passed his door : even as the Hugue- nots of New Rochelle are said to have walked to New York to attend service in the French Church there, before their own house of worship was built in 1692.
Daniel Streing was justice of the peace in 1690 ; appointed probably while at New Rochelle. He died about the year 1707 (N. Y. Col. MSS., vol. lii. p. 41) ; and was buried 'at the Episcopal church,' then just built, where he was ' an attendant and a member, it is said' (Mem- orandum, etc.), i. e., for a short time before his death, which occurred only three years after the coming of the first Church of England missionary. His widow Charlotte . died about the year 1722, and was buried in the churchyard of the Episcopal church of the town.' (Memorandum, etc.) Children : Daniel, Henry, Gabriel, Mary, Char- lotte, Penelope, Lucy.
II. 1. Daniel Streing,2 son of Daniel,1 born in England, married Phoebe Purdy. He was one of the proprietors of Peningo Neck in 1713 ; but by 1729, had removed to the White Plains, where he was living in 1737. He 'moved from there about the year 1744 to the Manor of Cortlandt,' where he settled. (Memorandum, etc.) Chil- dren : Daniel, Francis, Joseph, John, Gabriel, Henry ; Phoebe, mar- ried Abraham Purdy of Cortlandt; Elizabeth, married Rev. Joseph Sackett, 'a Presbyterian Minister at what is now called Yorktown.' (Ibid.)
2. Henry Streing,2 son of Daniel,1 born at New Rochelle, mentioned 1726, married - Kissam. His farm of one hundred and thirty acres, which he bought in 1737-1739, lay directly north of that lately Allen Carpenter's, now Charles Park's. He resided ' in the village of Rye, at or near the homestead.' (Ibid.) He was dead in 1764. Children : Daniel; Eliza, married Richard Vandyck ; Hannah, mar- ried Gabriel Carman ; Levina, married John Woods.
3. Gabriel Streing,2 son of Daniel,1 went to France, thence to England, and there settled. He had a son William.
4. Mary Strang,2 daughter of Daniel,1 married John Budd.
5. Charlotte, daughter of Daniel,1 was twenty years of age in 1711.
(Co. Rec., vol. D. p. 12.) She married Roger Park.
6. Penelope,2 daughter, of Daniel,1 married Samuel Purdy.
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7. Lucy Streing,2 fourth daughter, married - Davie, and set- tled in the West Indies.
III. 1. Daniel Strang,3 son of Daniel,2 married Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Galpin, 'in King Street.' Children : Daniel, Joseph (died young), Gabriel, Solomon, Jared, Mary, Eliza, Hester.
2. Joseph Strang,3 son of Daniel,2 married, first, Jemima, ' daughter of Joseph Budd, Esq., of the Manor of Cortlandt.' Children : John, Gilbert, Underhill, Jemima (died young). Second wife, Anne Haight. Children : Sarah, married Scudder Waring ; Deborah ; Jemima, mar- ried Stephen Brown ; Samuel, married Catharine White.
3. Francis Strang,3 son of Daniel,2 married Eliza Hyatt. Children : John, Sylvanus, Joshua, Daniel, Gabriel ; Phoebe, married Caleb Barton ; Sarah, married Jeremiah Mabee; Hannah, married Gilbert Post; Elizabeth, married Daniel Lane; Jerusha, married Henry Dillingham ; Frances, Mary.
4. Gabriel Strang,3 son of Daniel,2 married Hannah, daughter of Johanus Clements of Cortlandt. Children : Gabriel, William.
5. John Strang,3 son of Daniel,2 died young.
6. Henry Strang,3 son of Daniel,2 married, 1761, Margaret, daughter of Thomas Hazard of the island of Nassau; he died July 22, 1832, aged eighty-three. Children : Thomas, born 1763; Nancy, born 1764, married Daniel Horton; Ebenezer, born 1770; Daniel, born 1772; Nathanael, born 1774; Betsey, born 1776, married Seth Whitney ; Phobe, born 1776, married - Keeler; Hannah, born 1778, mar- ried Henry Paulding ; Sally, born 1778 ; Henry, born 1781 ; Margaret, born 1783, married -Wood ; John, born 1786; Martha, born 1789, married James Purdy.
7. Daniel Strang,3 son of Henry,2 married Mary Hubbs. In 1760 he sold to Hachaliah Brown the farm his father had owned on the Purchase Road. He died in 1821 aged ninety-six; his wife in 1828, aged eighty-eight. Children : Daniel, Joseph, John, Henry, William, Betsey, Levina.
STUDWELL. I. Thomas Steedwell was one of the inhabitants of Greenwich who 'freely yielded themselues,' October 6, 1656, to the government of New Haven. (Rec. of N. H., vol. ii. p. 216.) With Peter Disbrow and John Coe, he bought the Island of Manussing, June 29, 1660, and was here for some years. 'Thomas Stedwill' signs the dec- laration of the inhabitants of Hasting, July 26, 1662, and the letter to the Hartford government, January 26, 1663. In 1667 he sold his house and house-lot on the Mill Brook in Rye, and went with Joseph, probably his son, to Stamford. (Hist. Stamf., p. 193), but appears to have settled himself at length in the town of Greenwich, where in 1694-1695, his real estate was rated at thirty pounds. (Hist. Greenwich, p. 79.)
II. 1. Joseph Studwell,2 probably son of Thomas,1 was with him at Stamford, and at Greenwich, where his estate is rated in 1694-1695 at
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eighteen pounds. Soon after he acquired lands in Rye, on Barton's Neck, in Will's purchases and on Byram Ridge, in 1705, 1717-1722. He had a son Joseph, called junior in 1734.
2. John Studwell,2 probably son of Thomas,1 signs as witness in 1713.
III. Joseph Studwell,3 junior, son of Joseph,2 was living on King Street in 1740.
THEALL. I. Joseph Theale is supposed by Savage to be the son of Nicholas, of Watertown, who removed to Stamford in 1645, and died there in 1658. Joseph was born in 1640, and admitted a freeman at Stamford in 1662. He was chosen representative in 1671, 1675, 1676, 1677. He had a good estate at Stamford, but removed to Bedford in the province of New York. The IIartford government in 1682 consti- tuted Bedford a plantation, and appointed Joseph Theale 'to be the present cheife millitary officer for the Train Band.' (Pub. Rec. of Conn., vol. iii. p. 101.) By the year 1690 he had left Bedford, for he was then supervisor of this town ; and then and in several succeeding years he was appointed with others a committee to procure a minister for the town. He was justice of the peace in 1694. The title, Captain, he seems to have brought from Bedford. He appears to have settled from the first on Budd's Neck, where he doubtless bought land at an early day. In 1705 we find the town treating with Joseph Budd and Captain Theale in relation to that tract. The farms of some of his descendants have been located here for nearly two hundred years, upon the land which their ancestor thus secured.
In 1705 Captain Theale was associated with Clapp and Horton in the purchase of a tract of land between Rye Pond and Byram River ; but refusing to submit to the exaction of a fee for a patent from the government, he forfeited his right. In 1710 he was chosen a church- warden of the parish of Rye. He was then seventy years of age, and probably died soon after.
II. 1. Ebenezer Theall,2 probably son of Captain Joseph,1 must have been born during his father's stay at Stamford ; as he had a son holding property in 1712. In 1737 he gave his farm of one hundred and twenty acres, lying in the upper part of Budd's Neck, to his oldest son, Charles. He had other sons, Hachaliah, Joseph, and Abraham, and a .youngest daughter,' Hannah.
III. 1. Charles Theall,3 son of Ebenezer,? according to the family tradition, owned a tract of land a mile square, extending from West- chester Path to Blind Brook, and from the present southern boundary of the farm lately Abraham Theall's (where the house stands) north- ward to the old parsonage land, including the late Janies Halsted's land. Part of this property he received from his father ; but he is said to have bought much land, and to have divided the whole into four parts, giving one part to each of his four sons, Gilbert, Joseph, Thomas, and probably Abraham.
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2. Hachaliah Theall,3 son of Ebenezer,2 mentioned 1722-1750.
3. Joseph Theall,3 son of Ebenezer,2 mentioned 1747.
4. Abraham,3 ' youngest son of Captain Ebenezer,'2 in 1747 sold land to Joseph.
IV. 1. Gilbert Theall,4 son of Charles,3 mentioned 1768, is said to have owned two hundred acres, bounded on the south and west by North Street, and on the east by the post-road.
2. Joseph Theall,4 son of Charles,3 had the farm south of this, em- bracing the land now Mr. Benjamin Mead's.
THOMAS. John Thomas, of Rye, in 1670 bought from John Budd of Southold, the traet of land above the Vineyard Farm, which he sold in 1671 to Thomas Statham. Charles Thomas of Rye in 1714 bought eighteen aeres in Will's Purchase from John Disbrow. There is noth- ing to show whether these were of the same family with John Thomas, Esq., of Harrison, half a century later.
THORNE. Francis Thorne signed as witness in 1678, and was 'now of Rye' in 1688, when he bought land at Rye on the road to ' the old town.'
William Thorne, of Flushing, in 1729 bought a farm in White Plains. Samuel Thorne, mentioned 1729, was of White Plains in 1748.
Stevenson Thorn, of North Castle, son of Thomas, married Prudence Merritt, fifteenth of [ninth month, 1763. (Friends' Rec.) Isaac of North Castle, son of Thomas, married Rachel Birdsall, eighteenth of fifth month, 1780. (Ibid.) About the beginning of this century, Henry W. Thorne lived where Mr. Stiles lives now, above Milton.
TRAVES. Garret, James, Robert, and Richard Traves appear in Rye about the same time, 1681-1686; but how related we do not learn. Garret was perhaps here before 1670, as there is mention of a differ- ence between him and John Budd about a piece of land, which Budd's executors settled in 1686. James bought land in 1681 on Budd's Neek but removed to the White Plains. In 1699 ' the town doth grant unto James Traves Liberty to settell upon that Land which now he live upon as his own and when the Rest of the Land is Layd out hee shall haue his proposion joyning to the above said Land.' (Town Meeting Book, C. p. 4.) This may have been in the White Plains, where James had land in 1723. James, junior, also bought land there in 1720. Robert Traves married a daughter of Philip Galpin, of whose portion he ac- knowledges the receipt in 1685. He had land in the White Plains, 1716-1740. Philip Travis was one of the soldiers of the expedition to Albany in 1690. In 1716 Philip Travis and Hannah his wife sold to Robert their estate in Rye, apparently on the lower part of Rye Neck. Philip, son of Garret Traves, is mentioned in 1707.
UNDERHILL. Captain Humphrey Underhill was apparently from Stamford, and may have been related to the renowned Captain John, of that place. In 1631 he bought the Vineyard Farm at Rye, from the
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Selleeks ; and in 1698, the town appointed persons to treat with him for land to be appropriated as a ' parsonage.' As early as 1705 he had a mill on Mamaroneck River, and lived at the White Plains, of which he was one of the patentees in 1722. 'Mr. Underhill,' so called in 1715, was a man of high consideration among his fellow townsmen, who chose him in 1692 for a delicate mission to the government of Connecticut. (See page 93.) He was also twice sent as deputy to Hartford during the revolt of the town to Connecticut, 1697-1700. Hle was living in 1725.
Henry Underhill is mentioned 1686-1705.
Abraham Underhill had land at White Plains, 1722-1740. Isaac, son of Abraham, married Sarah, daughter of Robert Field, eighteenth of eighth month, 1756. (Friends' Rec.)
Samuel Underhill in 1772 bought Little Neck, a part of Budd's Neck (now Mr. S. L. Mitchill's). Samuel junior was witness in the same year.
VOWLES. I. Richard Vowles or Ffowls came, about 1656, from Fair- field to Greenwich (Savage), and in 1662 was made constable for that town. (Col. Rec. of Conn., vol. i. p. 389.) He had joined the Hastings settlement January 1663, and was its first constable in that year, and three times deputy from Rye - 1665, 1668, 1669 - to the General Court. He appears to have been advanced in years when he joined the settlement, most of whose members were young men ; and was hion- ored accordingly, as was wont in those old-fashioned days. Ile is not mentioned after 1685.
Jonathan, son of Richard, was propounded for freeman of Connect- icut in 1670. (Col. Rec. of Conn., vol. ii. p. 128.) In 1680 he pur- chased of his father Richard a parcel of land 'commonly called Momis- ing Island ;' afterwards described as the southernmost neck of that island, and as containing one hundred and fifty acres. To this island he was 'reputed to have a right from the colony of Connecticut' (Odell's petition, 1717), which could only be by patent for lands which he had duly purchased from the several owners. In 1707 he conveyed this neck to Roger Park, his son-in-law. Jonathan Vowles married first, Deborah -, who was living in 1702, and secondly, Sophia -. Ilis daughter, first wife of Roger Park,2 appears to have been the only child. Jonathan was living in 1713. None of this name appear later.
WALTERS, or WATERS. Richard Walters was a son-in-law of Philip Galpin ; he came to Rye before 1682, and in 1684 bought John Stoak- ham's rights on Peningo Neck. He had land in White Plains, and was one of the purchasers, with Colonel Heathcote, of the Middle or White- field patent (afterwards a part of North Castle). Richard Waters, probably the same, signed as witness, 1684-1686. Let us hope that he was not the person of this name who was shot for desertion, in 1696. (N. Y. Col. MSS., vol. iv. p. 165.)
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WASCOT, or WESTCOT. John Westcot, of Stamford in 1667, and of Bedford in 1680 (Hist. of Stamford, pp. 34, 144), had land in Rye.
WOOD. Richard Wood, perhaps of the Stamford family of this name, signed as witness in 1681. John was living on King Street in 1725. Stephen is mentioned in 1730. James was here in 1723. 'James Woods of Rye, merchant,' sold land in White Plains previous to 1736, and in 1740. Later, he owned the West Neck and other adjacent lands on the lower end of Budd's Neck. About the middle of the last cen- tury, James Woods kept the 'bigg store ' near Davenport's mill, on Rye Neck, and appears to have had a thriving business. Jotham Wood was ' pounder for Saw Pit' in 1800.
WOODBRIDGE, Rev. John. See page 280.
WRIGHT. James Wright ' of Rye, Fairfield County,' in 1681 sold his dwelling-house and new frame, with commons for two cows and swine, and several allotments of land, to Isaac Sherwood. 'Also, said Isaac is to have two rodd of common fence with the land.' It would appear that he was a proprietor. Next year he bought land north of ' the parson's land.' And in 1686 Stephen Sherwood sold land on Byram Ridge to James Wright ' the baker, now in Greenwich.'
Jotham Wright, joiner, in 1747 bought a house and land on the road leading up Harrison's Purchase, near the house lately Allen Carpenter's. This, with more land, he sold in 1763, and about the same time bought the place now owned by the daughters of David H. Mead. Here, as early as 1771, he kept the stage-house, which was known as ' Wright's' until the close of the Revolution. (Gaine's N. Y. Pocket Almanac, 1771-1782.) In 1768, Thomas Wright, physician, of East Chester, re- leased to 'Joatham Wright, ship-joiner, of Rye' all his right to the messnage of twenty acres, which Jotham bought of Timothy Wetmore, etc. (Co. Rec., vol. ii. p. 351.)
Reuben, Keziah, and Tabitha Wright, signed as witnesses in 1769 and 1763.
YOUNGS. Christopher Youngs of Southold, had land from John Budd, senior, in 1671. Mary Young is mentioned among John Budd's 2 children.
FAMILIES OF RYE.
II. LATER INHABITANTS - 1700 TO 1800 - AND THEIR DESCEND- ANTS.
A BRAHAMS. 'John Abrahamson, of the city of New York, mer- chant,' in 1736 bought for one hundred and twenty-three pounds a house and six acres on the road to Milton, apparently just above the house now Mr. C. V. Anderson's, which in 1742 he sold to the Rev. John Smith. In 1745 he signs his name Abrahams. This is undoubt- edly the person whose daughter Elizabeth married James, son of Rev. James Wetmore. He was, according to the Wetmore Memorial (pp. 207, 208), 'a wealthy West India merchant,' who ' losing a number of his vessels with valuable cargoes, without insurance, was obliged to sus- pend business,' and removed to Rye. ' While residing there he expe- rienced much pecuniary embarrassment. After his death his wife re- moved to the vicinity of Philadelphia, where she was compelled to support herself from the products of a market garden.'
ADEE. I. The first of this name in Rye was John, said to have been the son of a clergyman of the Church of England. He is men- tioned 1750-1766 as living on Hog-pen Ridge. His farm, apparently, was that now owned by his descendant John A. Merritt.
II. Daniel Adee,2 first mentioned 1788, probably a son of John, lived in the same locality. He married Jemima Hobby, and had three sons : Hobby, David, and William ; and three daughters : Sarah (died young), Charlotte, and Tamazon.
III. 1. Hobby Adee,3 mentioned 1799, son of Daniel,? had three sons : Daniel of New York, Samuel, lately of New York, and one who died young ; and six daughters.
2. David Adee,3 son of Daniel,2 had a son James, and five daughters.
3. William Adee,3 son of Daniel,2 married twice. His eldest son, Augustus A. Adee, M. D., surgeon U. S. N., died about the year 1850, leaving two sons, Graham and Alvah. His other children : George T., of Throg's Neck, Thomas T., Jared P., William, James T., of West- chester, Katharine, John, Caroline, Titus K., Charles T., Emily, Edward, Russel W.
4. Charlotte Adee,3 daughter of Daniel,2 married Jotham Merritt. Their son, John A. Merritt, is now living on Ridge Street.
5. Tamazon Adee,3 daughter of Daniel,2 married Jared Peck, of Port Chester. Children : William, James Harvey, Charles Adee, Caroline, Henry Adee, George T., Sarah E., Jared V., and Mary P.
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ANDERSON. Isaac Anderson came to Rye in 1707, when he styled himself 'mariner, of New York.' In 1710 the town permits Captain Isaac Anderson to build a mill on Byram River. In 1713, he bought lands in Will's Purchase, and along Byram River, and became one of the largest land-owners in Rye. The names of James and William, perhaps his brothers, occur in the same year.
William Anderson of White Plains, perhaps a son of the last named, in 1750 bought land upon the cross-road between the White Plains and Harrison. This property remains in the possession of his descend- ants at the present day.
The petition of John Anderson to the Governor and Council, for permission to establish a ferry from Lyon's Point (now Byram Point), and ' the westernmost point of Rye Neck or Scotch Caps point,' over to ' Muskitta Cove and Mattinnicock on Long Island,' is dated 1732. It sets forth that the 'petitioner has at their earnest desire frequently ferried travellers over with their horses and cattle.' (N. Y. Col. MSS., vol. lxx. p. 21.) The same or another John Anderson of Rye, in 1771 bought land on Grace Church Street, south of the road to the landing.
Joseph Anderson was living at Rye in 1753.
ANDREWS, ' Germanious,' was witness in 1716.
ARMOR, Samuel, lived at Rye early in this century, and was super- visor in 1808. He resided where the Cliff House stands.
ARMSTRONG. George was here in 1720. John signed as witness in 1741. James and Alice in 1745. William lived in Rye in 1776, when he was examined before the Committee of Safety, and discharged. (Journals of the Prov. Congress, etc., vol. i. p. 270.)
ASCOUGH, William, lived on Brown's Point, the western part of Harrison, near White Plains, 1769-1771. Richard Ayscongh, ' chirur- geon, of the city of New York,' died about 1774. (Chancery Minutes, N. Y., p. 180.)
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