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(*) d. s. p. Dec. 16, 1885. (º) s. of Timothy P. and Amanda (Bennet) Congdon, b. Oct. 18, 1852.
( !! ) See Jonathan Havens genealogy, No. 24I. (+) See Conkling genealogy No. 5.
11.
JULIA A. CASE, da. Samuel H. and Lydia H. (Cartwright) Case. b. Oct. 27, 1831. m. d. June 28, 1863. William R. Duvall, of North Haven, Long Island. b. Mar. 26, 1826. d. Sep. 8, 1882.
I ch. 21. William R., b. Oct. 23, 1858; m. Jan. 16, 1883. Annie M. Cooper. 12.
DAVID C. OSBORN, s. Jonathan and Nancy (Case) Osborn. b. Jan. 16, 1817. m. Apr. 28, 1856. d. Mar. 24, 1886. Josephine Case, da. Samuel H. and Lydia H. (Cartwright) Case. b. Mar. 28, 1823. d. July 22, 1886.
3 ch. Davis Walker, b. Feb. 11, 1857; m. Oct. 22, 1895, *Alice Raynor. 22. Maggie, b. May 15, 1870; m. Dec. 30, 1889. Frederick Dickerson. ° Mary }., b. May 10, 1873; m. in 1890, W. Cortland Wade.
(*) da. David and Maria L. (Ross) Raynor, b. Feb. 3, 1876. (º) See Tuthill genealogy, No. 54.
13.
MARY OSBORN, da. Jonathan and Nancy (Case) Osborn. b. July 25, 1823. m. May 12, 1840. Joel Tuthill, s. Joshua and Hannah (Aldrich) Tuthill. b. Mar. 27, 1816. 4 ch. *Nancy Case, b. Apr. 10, 1842; m. Oct. 17, 1866, Hiram G. Osborn.
23. Mary Ellen, b. Apr. 5, 1844; m. Apr. 27, 1868, Edgar Daniels. Anna Elizabeth, b. Sep. 20, 1851.
24. John Henry, b. July 13. 1857; m. Nov. 29, 1881, Laura D. Norton. 14. (*) See No. 14.
HIRAM G. OSBORN, s. Jonathan and Nancy (Case) Osborn. b. May 1827. m. Oct. 17, 1866. NANCY CASE TUTHILL da. Joel and Mary (Osborne) Tuthill. b. Apr. 10, 1842.
2 ch. Everett, b. Aug. 1, 1867. Edith M., b. Nov. 26, 1872. 15.
HENRY P. OSBORN, s. Jonathan and Nancy (Case) Osborn. b. May 17, 1829. m. Oct. 23, 1853. d. Mar. 20, 1887. Mary F. Barnes, da. David and Phebe (Schellinger) Barnes. b. Mar. 16, 1829.
I ch. 25. Phebe E., b. Sep. 15, 1857; m. Mar. 30, 1880, Joseph C. Cousins. 16. ESTHER OSBORN, da. Jonathan and Nancy (Case) Osborn. b. July 25, 1831. m. July 26, 1849. William C. Pye, s. John and Catherine (Conklin) Pye b. Apr. 11, 1826.
7 ch. 26. William H., b. June 4, 1850; m. Sep. 19, 1870, Fanny G. Tuthill. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 28, 1853; m. June 22, 1891, George Hill; no issue.
J Ist, July 4, George Bradt.
*Mary E., b. Jan. 27, 1855; m. 12d, David A. Brown.
Ada, b. Feb. 23, 1857; m. Oct. 1873, Olin F. Miller; no issue. Edwin O., b. June 26, 1859, d. Feb. 23, 1878.
Ernest L .. b. July 28, 1862; m. Annie Stafford. "Wallace V., b. Oct. 10, 1864; m. Apr. 26, 1896, Wynnifred Cole.
(*) Has 3 ch., Bessie, Leta and Ada, all m. (º) Has 5 ch. (II) Has I ch. named Arthur.
17.
HELEN M. CASE, da. Nathaniel and Abigail M. (Case) Case. b. Mar. 7, 1831. m. June 9, 1851.
S. Wells Phillips. s. Samuel and Jane (Chapman) Phillips. b. Feb. 1, 1827.
I ch. 27. Frank L'H., b. Jan. 10, 1857; m. Nov. 18, 1879, Anna L. Tuthill.
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CASE AND BOISSEAU.
18.
NATHANIEL CASE, s. Nathaniel and Abigail M. (Case) Case. b. m. Dec. 1855. d. Harriet Miller, da. David and Clara (Isaacs) Miller. b. Nov. 18, 1831. d. 1874. 2 ch. 28. Helen P., b. Oct. 12, 1863; m. Nov. 26, 1884, G. Frank Tuthill. 29. Louis M., b. Feb. 10, 1865; m. in. 1888. Bertha J. Bennett. 19.
CHARLES ALEXANDER CASE, s. Henry and Mary A. (Ross) Case. b. Feb. 8, 1845. m. June 1, 1871. Maria A. Sherman, da. Joseph E. and Phebe E. (Downs) Sherman. b. Jan. 24, 1856.
3 ch. 30. Mabel Lature, b. Oct. 5, 1873; m. Jan. 29, 1895, Thomas M. Phillips. 31. Cora Lee, b. July 1, 1875; m. Jan. 30, 1895, Frederick B. Hallock. Ernest A., b. July 27, 1886. 20.
MARY LUDLUM SHERMAN, da. Samuel W. and Arabella (Case) Sherman. b. Apr. 4, 1851. m. June 25, 1873. Charles Bateman, s. Horatio and Margaret (Creighton) Bateman. b. Feb. 22, 1848.
I ch. Julia S., b. Apr. 25, 1887, d. May 8, 1887. 21.
WILLIAM R. DUVALL, s. William R. and Julia A. (Case) Duvall. b. Oct. 23, 1858. . m. Jan. 16, 1883.
Annie May Cooper, da. George W. and C. Martha (Corwin) Cooper. b. July 12, 1861.
3 ch. Clarence Case, b. Feb. 11, 1887. Stanley Cooper, b. Jan. 24, 1890.
Ellis Siedel, b. Nov. 22, 1893. 22.
MAGGIE OSBORN, da. David C. and Josephine (Case) Osborn.
b. May 15, 1870. m. Dec. 30, 1889.
Frederick Dickerson, s. Nathaniel and Louise B. (Simpson) Dickerson. b. Sep. 4, 1864.
I ch. Louise Belle, b. June 23, 1891.
23.
MARY ELLEN TUTHILL, da. Joel and Mary (Osborn) Tuthill. b. Apr. 5, 1844. m. Apr. 27, 1868.
Edgar Daniels, s. William and Angeline (Robinson) Daniels.
b. Nov. 27, 1844.
2 ch. Mary Angeline, b. Jan. 22, 1871. 24. Grace Tuthill, b. Sep. 27, 1878.
JOHN HENRY TUTHILL, s. Joel and Mary (Osborn) Tuthill. b. July 13, 1857. m. Nov. 29, 1881.
2 ch.
Laura Davis Norton, da. Richard A. and Laura (Davis) Norton. b. Maud Graham, b. Apr. 7, 1883. 25. Raymond Davis, b. Oct. 17, 1885.
PHEBE E. OSBORN, da. Henry P. and Mary F. (Barnes) Osborn. b. Sep. 15, 1857. m. Mar. 30, 1880.
Joseph C. Cousins, s. John C. and Rachel J. (Davis) Cousins.
b. Feb. 8, 1858.
I ch. Mary E. O., b. Mar. 1, 1898.
26.
WILLIAM H. PYE, s. William C. and Esther (Osborn) Pye. b. June 4, 1850. m. Sep. 17, 1870.
Fanny G. Tuthill, da. Cephus and Sarah (Cooper) Tuthill. b. Mar. 8, 1850.
2 ch. Elizabeth M., b. Feb. 18, 1873. 27. Edward A., b. July 13, 1883.
FRANK L'HOMMEDIEU PHILLIPS, s. S. Wells and Helen M. (Case )Phillips. b. Jan. 10, 1857. m. Nov. 18, 1879.
Anna L. Tuthill, da. George F. and Hannah (Webb) Tuthill. b. Jan. 10, 1860.
2 ch. Ella L., b. Jan. 5, 1882. Georgianna W., b. July 24, 1890.
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CASE AND BOISSEAU-SAWYER.
28.
HELEN P. CASE, da. Nathaniel and Harriet (Miller) Case. b. Oct. 12, 1863. m. Nov. 26, 1884. G. Frank Tuthill, s. George F. and Hannah (Webb) Tuthill. b. Nov. 7, 1864.
2 ch. Hattie M., b. June 16, 1887. 29.
Anna M., b. Mar. 8, 1892, d. Mar. 3, 1895.
LOUIS MILLER CASE, s. Nathaniel and Harriet (Miller) Case. b. Feb. 10, 1865. m. in 1888.
Bertha J. Bennett, da. Abner and Esther F. (Conklin) Bennett. b. Aug. 10, 1870.
4 ch. Helen Miller, b. July 16, 1889. Louis Nathaniel, b. July 22, 1895. Marian Tuthill, b. Jan. 31, 1897. 30. Madelene Esther, b. Dec. 14, 1893.
MABEL LATURE CASE, da. Charles A. and Maria A. (Sherman) Case. b. Oct. 15, 1873. m. Jan. 29, 1895.
Thomas M. Phillips, s. Mahlon and Mary E. (Colver) Phillips. b. Aug. 22, 1873.
I ch. Ella Ethelyn, b. Feb. 19, 1896.
31.
CORA LEE CASE, da. Charles A. and Maria A. (Sherman) Case. b. July 1, 1875. m. Jan. 30, 1895. Frederick B. Hallock, s. Henry M. and Mary J. (Tuthill) Hallock. b. Aug. 4, 1870.
2 ch. Aubrey Crawford, b. Dec. 23, 1896. Oswald Roosevelt, b. June 20, 1898.
MRS. ABIGAIL SAWYER.
1.
BENJAMIN SAWYER, S. (?) Moses and Mehitable (Horton) Sawyer. b. m. Mar. 25, 1787. d. July 18, 1794, or Sep. 8, 1802. Abigail King, da. John and Abigail (Brown) King. b. 1762. d. July 11, 1843.
3 ch. Cynthia, b. m. David Jennings; no issue.
*Games B., b. m. 2. Mehitable A., b. Apr. 9, 1794; m. Oct. 1, 1818, Abraham Crook. (*) Had I ch., James who m. Wid. Maria Fournier ( nee Fithian). 2.
MEHITABLE A. SAWYER, da. Benjamin and Abigail (King) Sawyer. b. Apr. 9, 1794. m. Oct. 1, 1818. d. Dec. 21, 1874. Abraham Crook, s. Samuel and Jemima ( ) Crook.
b. Dec. 6, 1787. d. Mar. 29, 1875.
7 ch. Abby M., b. July 9, 1819, d. unm. Feb. 9, 1852. Gabriel B., b. Apr. 10, 1821; m. May 2, 1844, *A. E. Tryon; no issue.
3. John B., b. Sep. 17, 1823; m. Sarah Corwin. James S., b. Sep. II, 1825, d. Nov. 1, 1826. Sylvester f., b. Oct. 1, 1827, d. Mar. 1852. Ezra, b. 1832, d. Nov. 2, 1836. 4. Mary L., b. July 5, 1834; m. Dec. 21, 1854, Charles W. Jennings. (*) da. of Joel and Nancy Tryon, b. Aug. 26, 1823, d. Sep. 30, 1892. 3.
JOHN B. CROOK, s. Abraham and Mehitable A. (Sawyer) Crook. b. Sep. 17, 1823. m. d. Dec. 6, 1849. Sarah J. Corwin, da. Seth and Sarah (Post) Corwin. b. May 22, 1831.
I ch. Sarah Jane, b. m. Halsey.
4.
MARY L. CROOK, da. Abraham and Mehitable A. (Sawyer) Crook. b. July 5, 1834. m. Dec. 21, 1854. d. Mar. 6, 1862. Charles W. Jennings, s. James and Cynthia ( ) Jennings. b. Apr. 21, 1835. I ch. Gilbert S., b. Feb. 14, 1860; m. Apr. 21, 1886, Annie W. Preston. 5.
GILBERT SYLVESTER JENNINGS, s. Charles W. and Mary L. (Crook) Jennings. b. Feb. 14, 1860. m. Apr. 21, 1886.
Annie Wright Preston, da. Henry H. and Asenath W. (Congdon) Preston. b. Dec. 16, 1864. I ch. Harold, b. Oct. 6, 1890.
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INDEX.
A ble minister, An, 114.
Abilities, A man of extraordinary, 71.
Abolitionist, An early, 55.
Abstinence, Action of the Churchi Session re- quiring total, 113.
Academy at Bridgehampton, N. Y., 134; at Mexico, Oswego Co., N. Y., 133; of Monson, Mass, 125; at Southold, N. Y., 133.
Achilles a slave, Birth of, 76.
Acquebogue, N. Y., 56; Congregational Church, 129.
Acts of barbarity by British officers, 66.
Act of the Gen'l Assembly of the Province of New York commanding the organization of the
Town of Shelter Island by the selection of Town Officers, An, 40.
Adams, Rev. Eliphalet, 51; John, 90; Rev. Wil- liam, 51; his relation to Brinley Sylvester as private chaplain, 51 ; sketch of his life, 52; is asked to minister unto the community, 53 ; one of the signers of the Association Paper, 64. Agawam Falls, Mass., 112.
Agreement between the Dutch and English colo- nists of 1650, The, 14.
" Ahaquazuwamminick," Shelter Island's Indian name, 12.
America, The Presbyterian Church of the U. S. of, 87.
American branch of the Dering family, The, 59. American Revolution, The, 52, 56, 64, 67, 70. Amherst College, 112, 125.
Andros seized, confined and afterwards deported to Eng. Gov., 34.
Annabal, Mary, 136.
Another war cloud, 84.
Annual review, Gen'l Syl. Dering's orders to his brigade for the, 103.
Approbation and thanks of the President to the Militia under Gen'l Dering, 103.
Architecture of the original Meeting House on Shelter Island, Style of, 51.
Armenie, Cade and Elizabeth, three slaves on Shelter Island, 76.
Army a sanctuary for crimes in 1776, The British, 66.
Artillery Company, Capt. Jermain's 103. Assembly, Westminster, 14.
Assemblymen from Shelter Island, 41, 42, 70. 102. Association Days., 100. Association of Andover, Congregational, 107. Association Paper of 1775, The, 64.
"Aswaw," wife of the Manhansett Indian chief, 12.
Attempt to blow up the British man-of-war, " Ramesis," The, 84.
Author's coming to Shelter Island, The, 131 ; sketch of, 131.
Awful death-bed scene, An, 136.
Awful prison shirs of the Revolution, The, 66.
Babbit of Southampton, N. Y., The Rev. J. M., 100. Babylon, Long Island, 151.
Baldwin, Edgar P., 127 ; John, 150 ; Elder Smith, 146, 149 ; Mrs. Smith, 150, 153.
Barns, A signer of the Association Paper of 1775, Isaac, 64.
Baptist Church of Providence, R. I., The first settled pastor of the, 45.
Barbadoes, 15, 21.
Barbarity by British officers, Acts of, 66.
Barker, Rev. Mr., 54, 56.
Battle of Lexington, 64 ; Long Island, 57, 65 Baucker, Gerard, 69. Bay, Gardiner's, 65, 84.
Beebe, Mrs. Maria, 116; Rev. Frederick G., 131. Beecher. Rev. Lyman, 78, 112 ; Henry Ward, 79. Belfry, The building of the, 125.
Bell, Rev. Benjamin, 79.
Benjamin, Dr. F. E., 132.
Bennet, Amanda A., 149 ; Lewis L., 149.
Bible, A Shelter Island Indian who greatly aided in writing the Indian, 19.
Biddle University, Charlotte, N. C., 130. Bigot, A detestible, 35.
Bingham, Missionary to the Sandwich Islands, Rev. Mr., 139.
Birth of Achilles a slave on Shelter Island, Record of the, 76.
Bishop Moore, 77:
Bissell, Ph. D., D. D., Rev. A. P., 130 ; engaged as Stated Supply, 130 ; length of service ; sketch of, 130.
Bitter disappointment, A, III.
Blackburn University, Carlinville, Ill., 130.
Bleeker, Garret N., 91.
Blinding snow-storm and the disaster that it led to, A, 67.
Bogart, Rev. Mr., 112.
Boge, Rev. Mr., 79.
Boggs, J., 91
Boisseau, Anna, 82 ; John, 80.
Booth, Ensign John, 17; part owner of Shelter Is., 25 ; disposes of his property, 25; deed of, to Capt. Nathaniel Sylvester, 25 ; Samuel, a signer of the Asso. Paper, 64.
Bonnet, Edward, 45.
Boston, 50, 56, 58; Mariners' Church of, 118.
Bowditch, Abigail, 44 ; Joel, 39, 44, 53, 61. 63, 64, 72 ; John, 39, 44. 61, 63, 80 ; Mrs. John B., 121 ; Samuel, 80, 96; William, 69, 72, 74, 78, 80, 89, 91, 92, 96 ; William, Jr., 80.
Bowers, Rev. John, 112.
Bowne, Walter, 90.
Brecht, Rev. Robert, 36.
Bridgehampton, N. Y., 56, 64 ; Academy, 134 ; Presbyterian Church, 86, 98.
Brigade, Gen'l Sylvester Dering's, 103.
Brinley, Francis, 21; Grissel, 16, 21; Thos. Esq., 16 British Army, The, 56, 85; their demands. 85 ; Acts of barbarity by the, 66; Shelter Island in the possession of the. 57.
British man-of-war "Culloden," Destruction of the, 67; " Sylph," 84.
British navy, Rendezvous of the, 65, 84; names of the vessels, 65 84.
Brookhaven, 56.
Brooklyn, 129, 132 ; Garrison of, 65 ; Presbytery of, 132.
Broome, Charlotte, 91 ; Jno. L., 91.
Brown, Chad, 45 ; Daniel, 39, 45, 48, 62, 63, 64, 76 ; Deborah, 46 ; Desire, 77 ; Hannah, 43; Author of the noted hymn, " I love to steal awhile away," Hannah, P., 126; James, 45; Rev. James, 56; Jeremiah, 46 ; John, 45 ; Jonathan, 45 ; Jr., Judah or Chad, 46 ; David, 83 ; Mary, 46 ; Phebe, 46; Richard, 45; Walter, 45; William, 63, 64.
Bruin, Matthew, 91.
Brush, Rev. Abner, 54.
Buell, D. D., Rev. Samuel, 54, 56, 77.
Buffalo, N. Y., Bethlehem Pres. Chapel, 134. Burnes, Mat., 50.
Burroughs, Mary, 46 ; one of our early school teachers, Stephen, 75 ; Thomas, 46.
" Bushe's" Ferry, 79.
Cade, Elizabeth and Armenie, three slaves, 76. Campbell, Rev. Randolph, 114, 127; invited as Stated Supply, 114; marriage, 115; death of first wife, 115; his long pastorate at Newbury . port, Mass., 115 ; sketch of his life, 115.
Canada, The expedition against, 42, 46, 52.
Canoe Place, N. Y., 72.
Carlinville, Ill., Blackburn University at, 130. Carsdale, High Sheriff of Queens Co., Thomas, 36. Cartwright, Anderson, 90, 96; Arthur S., 151 ; Benjamin C., 146; Edward, 90, 96; Edward, Jr., 90, 96; George, 146; Mrs. Lucretia, 153; Nancy, J40 ; Winfield S., 151.
Case, Bethiah, 72 ; Esther, 82, 153 ; Eunice, 82 ;
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INDEX-Continued.
Jacob, So, 96 ; Jeremiah, 90, 96, 140, Joseph, 64, 80, 90, 96; J. Wickham, 39 ; Samuel. 63, 64 ; Samuel, Jr., 63, 64.
Castor, H. A., 90 ; J. G., 90.
Cato the slave, Crime of; his trial and acquittal, 59. Census lists of Shelter Island in 1771 and 1776, 62, 63.
Certificate of the election of the first Trustees, 68. Champlin, John, 96.
Charles I., King, 12, 13, 25 ; II., orders the per- secution of the Quakers to cease, King, 26; death of King, 33.
Charlotte, N. C., Biddle University, 130.
Chase's Creek, 107.
Chatfield, Thomas, 50.
"Checkanoe," or "Cockenoe," a noted Indian of Shelter Island, 16, 19; Cockenoe's Island, 20.
Chester, Charles T., 134, 138, 143; John C., 96, 138, 143; John E., 151; sketch of the Rev. Nelson B., 133, 134, 143.
Chief Shelter Island, great Indian, 12; death and burial, 18.
Child born on Shelter Island, First white, 22.
Chronology, Old and new style, 18.
Church Building, Subscription paper for the erection of the first, 49; erection of first, 50; proprietors of the first, 51; description of, 51; effort to enlarge first, 74; subscription paper for the erection of the second, 89; building com., 92; erection of the present, 94; cost, 95; description of, 95; dedication of, 95; enlarg- ing the present, 125.
Church of Shelter Island, Organization of the Presbyterian, 82; is received into Presbytery, 86; its first body of Elders and Deacons, 86, 100; first death among the members of the, 83; the two oldest members in point of connection, 114; various clergymen who supplied the, 100,
Church of Middletown, or Middle Island, 78; of Providence, R. I., First Baptist, 45; of Rutgers St., New York, 51; of Bridgehampton, Presby- terian, 86; of Islip, Presbyterian, 66, 152; of Newtown, Presbyterian, 35, 36, 66; of Sag Harbor, Presbyterian, 79; of Southold, Presby- terian, 54; of Rochester, England, 59; of En- field, Conn., Congregational, 54; of Boston, Mariners', 118.
Clams by non-residenters, A tax upon the dig- ging of, 76.
Clergymen's Tavern, The, 139.
Clinton, General. 57.
Coddington and his bride, Gov. William, 21.
Collection of £500 from Nath. Sylvester by the Dutch, The enforced, 31.
Collins, Martha, 45.
Colonial Documents, 62, 63, 64.
Colonies of N. E. and N. Y. placed under the control of Gov. Andros, The, 34.
Colonists on Shelter Island, Sufferings of the, 65, 67.
Colony of Plymouth, 12; of New York, Richard Nicolls appointed Deputy Gov. of the, 26.
Colve, Gov. Anthony, 33.
Color, Gov., 28.
Comus the slave, Speech of, 60, 90.
Conanticut Island, 38.
Confiscation of church property at Jamaica and Newtown, 36; of Shelter Island by the Dutch, 28. Congress of Philadelphia, Provincial, 56. Congdon, Timothy P., 146, 148.
Conklin, Benjamin, 43, 80, 89. 96, 107, 108; Henry, 90, 92, 96; John, 43; Thomas, 39, 43; . Thomas, Jr., 64; Shadrach, 90, 109; Regiment Col., 103.
Congdon, George W., 90, 96; William, 96. Connelly, John, 91.
Constitutional Convention of the State of N. Y. in 1777. The, 57; in 1821, 118.
Convention of the State of N. Y. in 1788, 70; of N. Y., Provincial, 56, 64.
Conversion, A remarkable, 118, 136; of Betsey Tobes Ceasar, the last of the Shelter Island Indians, 73.
Convincing Argument, A, 60.
Cook, Mary Havens, 46; Thomas, 46.
Confirmation paper confirming the Sylvesters title to Shelter Island by Gov. Nicoll, The, 27. Courtship, A difficult, 106.
Courtships, Two romantic, 32.
"Corchaugs" tribe of Indians, The, 12, 18.
Corporation of Shelter Island, First inventory of the Religious, 69; another, 108.
Cornbury, Gov., 35; his unwarrantable usurpa- tion, 36; his persecution of two Presbyterian clergymen, 36.
"Cotsjewaninck,"' one of the Indian names of Shelter Island, 12.
Cowles, Rev. Whitefield, 7; sketch and por- trait, 77.
Cram, Rev. Jacob, 77.
Crary, John S., 91.
Creek, Chase's, 107; Menantic, 118.
Crimes, The British Army in 1776 a sanctuary for, 66.
Cromwell, Oliver, 13, 14, 26.
Crook, Abraham, 90, 96; Rebecca, 45.
Croscome, Eng., Henry Dering, Esq., of, 59.
Crown of Glory, Shelter Island's, 64.
"Culloden," Destruction of the British man-of- war, 67.
Culloden's Point, Origin of the name of, 67.
Curious entry, A, 76.
Curtis, Caleb, 45.
Cutchogue, L. I., 100; Presbyterian Church of, 106; Rev. Lathrop Thompson of, 190.
Cuyler, D.D., L.L.D., Rev. Theo. L., 125, 131.
Dagget, Rev. Herman, 77.
Daval, Benjamin, 64: John, 64.
Davies, John, 49.
Davis's Regiment, Col., 103.
Day of fasting and prayer, A, 86.
Deacons, Selection of the first, 86.
Death-bed, A glorious, 74,
Death of Shelter Island's great Indian chief, 18.
"Declaration of Independence," Shelter Is.'s, 64.
Demands of the British upon Shelter Island, 85.
Demoralizing effects of the Revolution upon Shel- ter Island, 67.
Dennison, Temperance, 143.
Depression of 1837, The financial, 115.
Dering Family, American branch of the, 59; Eliza- beth, 57; Henry P., 89, 96; Margaret S., 138.
Dering, Gen. Sylvester, 56, 57, 64, 80, 85, 89, 91, 92, 96, 138; chosen a Trustee, 68; his marriage, 71; original member of the Church. 82; our first elder, 86; his sad death, 100; sketch of the life of this noble man, IO1; place of burial and epitaph, 103; one of his brigade orders, 103.
Dering, Thomas, 55; his coming to Shelter Island, 55; his hospitable home, 56; one of our fore- most citizens, 57; member of the Colonial Con- ventions, 57; other distinguished services, 57; two important letters from the Rev. George Whitefield to, 57, 58; his ancient family con- nections, 59; his slaves, 59; Mrs. Thomas, 153. Desbrow, Mr. 91. Despicable act, A, 36.
Destroy the neighboring villages, The efforts of the British to, 84.
Destruction of the American ships on the Con- necticut River by the British, The, 85; of Gull Island light, 84; of the British man-of-war, "Culloden," 67; "Sylph," 84.
Detestable Bigot, A, 35.
Diara, Ethelward, King of, 59.
Difficult Courtship. A. 106.
Disappointment, A bitter, III.
Discovery, A pleasing, 37.
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INDEX --- Continued.
Description of the first Meeting House, Rev. Mr. Lord's, 51.
Dispute over the ownership of Shelter Is., The, 16. Distinguished family, A, 71.
Division of Suffolk County into shires or towns, The, 40.
Documents, Colonial, 28-31, 61, 62, 63, 64.
Dogs of the Indians, The strange, 18.
Dominie's eventful ride, A, III.
Dongan, Gov. Thomas, 33.
Douglass, Abigail, 82; Charles G., 135; Hepsibah. 142; Jonathan, 80, 82, 86, 89, 92, 96, 135, 142, 143; Josiah, 108.
Duke of York ascends to the throne, The, 33.
Dunham, David, 91.
Dunlop, Rev. J. J., 132.
Dunsmore, etc., Right Hon., John, Earl of, 62. Duryea, Joanna V., 130.
Dutch and English, The struggle between the, 14. Dutch Council, Nath. Sylvester before the, 28; record of the proceedings, 28, 31.
Dutch, The forcible collection of £500 of Nath. Sylvester by the, 31.
Dutch Mill, The old, 151.
Dutch to the English, The second surrender of the. 31.
Dutch confiscate Shelter Island, The, 28.
Dutch recapture the Colony of New York, The, 28, 31.
Dwight, D. D., Rev. Timothy, 79; his visit to Shelter Island, 79.
Dyer, one of the persecuted Quakers, Mary, 22.
Earl of Dunsmore, 62; of Sterling, 12, 25.
Early abolitionist, An, 55.
Easthampton, N. Y., 12, 44, 56, 64, III, Chronicles of, 18; Presbyterian Church of, 137.
East Lyme, Conn., 143.
Eckford, Henry, 90.
Edgar, William, 90.
Elders, Selection of the first, 86; their ordination, 86; their successors and sketches of each, 134. Eliot's Indian Interpreter, John, 19. Emmons, Mr. 45.
Enfield, Conn., Congregational Church, 54.
English and Dutch, The struggle between the, 14; surrender of the Dutch to the, 28, 31.
Ethelward, King of Diara, 59.
Evans the historian concerning Nath. Sylvester, The claim of, 23.
Evans, Rev. William, 105.
Eventful ride, An, III.
Evidence of early religious interest on Shelter Island, 62.
Exile of Thomas Brinley, The, 16.
Exiled Huguenot, An, 32.
Exodus of the Royalists to America, 14.
Expedition of English against the Dutch, 26; against Canada, 42, 46.
Extracts from Patriotic addresses to the King, 41.
Fac simile of the fly leaf of a sermon preached on Shelter Is. a hundred years ago, 77.
Fact, A remarkable, 42.
Faith, Confession of, 81, 82.
Family, An old Saxon, 59.
Fanning, Capt. James, 42.
Farrett, James, 13, 24, 25; commission, 13; arrival in America, 13; Island, 13.
Fasting and prayer, A day of, 86.
Female Cent Society, The, 98; its organization and purpose, membership and secretary, 99. Ferry, "Bushe's," 78. Fide, a slave, 76.
Financial depression of 1837, The, 115.
Fisher's Island, 21, 42, 84. Fishkill, 57, 112. Fish, Rev. Peter, 59.
Flag-ship Remesis, Failure of the efforts to blow up the British, 84.
Flight of the Rev. Robert Brecht, 36.
Flushing, appointment of the Rev. Mr. Urquhart as rector of Jamaica, Newtown and, 36.
Fordham, Nathan, 44.
Fort Pond, 67. Fort Saybrook, Conn., 11, 12.
Fosdick, Sarah, 69.
Foster, Rev. Mr., 78.
Fourth Congress of the U.S., Shelter Island's rep- resentative in the, 70.
Fox, Rev. George, the eminent Quaker's visit to Shelter Island, 23.
Franklinville, N. Y., 110, III.
Funeral of Shelter Is.'s great Indian chief, 18.
Gale of 1815, The great September, 92.
Gardiner, David, 18; Rev. J. D., 100, 139; Lion, II, 45; Nathaniel, 76; Samuel S., 108, 116, 118. Gardiner's Bay, the rendezvous of the British fleet in 1776, 65; in 1812, 84.
Gardiner's Island, 12, 43.
Garrison of Brooklyn, Reference to the, 65; of New York, 65.
Gelston, David, 90; Hugh, 49.
Gift of half an acre of ground for the setting of a meeting-house and a burying-ground, The, 50.
Gilman, Edward, 39. 42; Sarah, 42.
Glorious death-bed, A, 74.
Glory, Shelter Island's Crown of, 64.
Glover, Benjamin. 89. 96; Jemima, 44; Samuel, 45. " Golden Parrot," The, 15, 21.
Goldsmith, Rev. Mr., 54.
Goodyear, David, 13, 15, 21, 24. 25.
Goshen in Orange Co., N. Y., 46.
Grant of Charles II. to the Duke of York, 26; of the Plymouth Colony to the Earl of Sterling, 12. Grant, Suton, 50.
Grayham, John, 91.
Green, Rev. Zachariah, 78, 79.
Green Island Presbyterian Church, 133.
Greenport, 84, 127, 141; Presbyterian Church, 141.
Great grief of the community upon the death of two important citizens, The, 104.
Griffing, Byron, 151, 153.
Griswold George, 90; N. L., 90.
Groton, North, Conn., 52.
Gull Island light, The destruction of, 84.
Haines, Henry, 80, 90, 96; Jonathan, 45.
Hall, Rev. Daniel, 78,99, 104; his coming to Shelter Is., 79; subscription paper towards his support, 80; his ministry on Shelter Island, 80; organ- izer of the church society, 81; recognized as its first pastor, 82, 100; his untimely death, 83; Rev. Dr. Prime's testimony concerning him, 83; Rev. Dr. Woolworth's testimony, 86; his death considered a severe Providence, 87; his place of residence, 127; place of burial and epitaph, 83. Hallock, Prof. Lewis, 134.
"Hallowed Echoes," The poem, 153.
Halsey, Abraham, 49.
Hamilton College, 133, 134.
Hamlin, Rev. James T., 128.
Hampton, Rev. John, 36; his persecution, trial and acquittal, 37. Hand, Nathan, 64.
Harlow, Thomas, 63; Phebe, 80; Robert, 89.
Harries, Rev. Thomas, 127, 145, 146; first visit to Shelter Is., 127; invited to become stated supply. 128; called to be pastor, 128; his installation, 128; proved himself an able minister; his long period of service, 128; resigns on account of ill health, 128; resolutions of the society concern- ing him, 128; sketch of his life. 129; quotations from his series of historical discourses, 92, 114. Harley, Daniel, 96; Thomas, 64. Hart, Sufferings of the Rev. Joshua, 66.
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