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and from that time to the present, Ver Valen's machine is in use wherever bricks are made in the most nearly perfect manner.
To mention all the firms who have since 1826 entered upon this business with success would be far beyond of the business at the present time:
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HISTORY OF ROCKLAND COUNTY.
TABLE I OF THE BRICK INDUSTRY AT HAVERSTRAW.
Owners or lessees of brick yards.
Owners of the real estate.
losinh Felter.
Daniel De Noyelles & Co.
Christie & Mel'abe. John Shankey & Co. 1. J. McMahon & Co. Denton, Fowler & Sons.
John Derbyshire.
Gillies & Frederick. Patrick Buckley. Terrence Maguire. Gilies & Benjamin. Peck & Murray.
Andrew Donnelly.
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Sherwood & Banm. Archer's Sons.
Snedeker Brothers.
T. G. & G. Il. Peck.
T. G. Peck & Co.
Brewster .I. Allison.
George S. Allison.
John Ollfield.
Haverstraw Clay and Brick Co.
Brockway & Smith.
Wood & Keenan.
George S. Allison. George S. Allison.
Allison, Wood & Keenan. Diamond Brick Co., 5 yards.
Mrs. E. G. Reed and Haverstraw Clay and Brick Co.
Fowler & Co.
Fowler & Co.
Washburn, Worall & Palmer. ..
Cowley & De Baun.
Hiland C. Rose.
Urinh Washburn.
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James Conkling.
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Robert Blair.
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Carr & Smith.
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Adam Lliburn.
Haverstraw Clay & Brick Co.
Garret Allison.
James Morrissy.
Felter Brothers.
Mally & Goldrick.
Allison, Wood & Allisou.
D. Tomkins & Sons.
Clark & Riley.
Rose & Riley.
D. Tomkins' Sons.
TABLE II.
Owners of Brick Yard.
No. of Ma- chines.
No. of Bricks made in 1883.
No. of Men.
B. J. Allison ..
6
9,000,000
80
Allison, Wood & Allison ..
5,800,000
35
Wood & Keenan.
4
4,500,000
40
Allison, Wood & Keenan
4
4,500,000
40
Diamond Brick Co
19
34,000.000
D. Fowler & Sons ..
9.300,000
D. Fowler jr. & Co ..
8,500,000
60
John Derbyshire ..
4
7.600,000
60
Peck & Murmy
3
4,900,000
40
Uriah Washburn
6
11,000,000
80
Carr & Smith.
4
7,000,000
TO
James Conkling-
6,000,000
40
Felter Brothers ..
9
14,000,000
Josiah Felter ..
4
5,600,000
T. G. & G. H. Peek
5
5,700,000
T. G. Peck & Co ....
6
8,400.000
John Oldfield.
4
7.200,000
60
Brockway & Smith
6,000,000
40
E. Brockway & Co ..
5,500.000
50
De Baun & Crawley
6.000.000
40
Sherwood & Ban.
3,000,000
40
P. Buckley & Co ..
5,400,000
50
John Dunn & Co ...
7,500,000
50
Andrew Donelly.
5.275.000
40
McMahon & Co ..
6,000,000
Christie & MeCabe
8,000,000
Lynch & McCabe ...
8,000,000
Inmes Morrissy.
5,500,000
Mully & Goldrick ..
4,600,000
40 50
Gillies & Benjamin.
5,000,000
40
Gillies & Frederick ..
6,500.000
60
T. McGuire ...
6.750,000
50
Archer Brothers.
6,000,000
40 60
Hilund C. Rose ...
7,750,000
R. Blair & Son.
7,000,000
50
George Knapp.
6.000,000
Garret G. Allison.
7.000,000
D. Tomkins & Sons.
8,000,000
Riley & Rose.
4,4.00,000
Riley & Clark.
3
4,500,000
35
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302,647,000
2,400*
HUDSON RIVER NAVIGATION.
From the time when the Dutch made their settlements on Manhattan Island, and at Fort Orange (now Albany), their slow sailing sloops mnade the voyage up and down the river, and they were the principal methods of com-
munication between the settlements along the Hudson and the city at its mouth. Kier's Landing, at the south end of Haverstraw, was the only wharf in use at the time of the Revolution, and its location was selected as most convenient for the people living back of the mountains, who came through the Long Clove with their ox carts, bringing their produce to send away on the " Market Sloop." A dock was afterward built opposite the old homestead of John Allison, a little north of the present steamboat landing. The De Noyelles family had a land- ing nearly opposite the end of South street, and Captain John Felter built a dock, about 1812, near the foot of Main street. The following is a sample of the advertise- ments which appeared in the village newspapers year after year, previous and subsequent to the establishment of regular steamboat connection with New York:
"Market Sloop. Haverstraw and New York. The subscribers will run for the season the new and fast sail- ing Sloop Sarah Frances, leaving the Dock of, Abraham Jones, formerly J. Felter's, every Tuesday at 2 o'clock, P.M., and New York every Friday at 3 o'clock, P.M.
" N.B. All kinds of freight and produce taken on rea- sonable terms.
" The boat will run as soon as the ice will permit.
" H. & W. R. KNAPP.
" Haverstraw, Feb. 22, 1849."
To attempt to give the names of all the sloops and their captains, that have sailed between Haverstraw and the city, would be a hopeless task, and only a few, the names of which are familiar to the older citizens, can be mentioned. It was the general rule to start on Tues- day afternoon, and to return on Friday. The regular price of a passage to New York was one shilling (121/2 cents). The length of the voyage depended upon wind and tide. Some of the sloops were furnished with sweeps, and when becalmed, both crew and passengers were ex- pected to "man the sweeps," and instances have been known when the vessel was propelled in this manner the entire distance. On sailing day, troops of people might be seen coming from beyond the mountains, bringing their produce to send on the "Market Sloop." The sloop J. G. Pierson was built and run for the purpose of carrying to New York the iron and steel manufactured at the Ramapo Iron Works, which were owned by the Pier- son family. Their loads were brought down in huge wagons, each drawn by six mules, and their coming to the landing was quite an event in the days when the world did not seem to move as fast as at present.
Among the masters of vessels in the old time may be mentioned Captain William Van Orden, a representative of one of the old Dutch families that have been in the county since the days of Peter Stuyvesant. He ran the well known sloop Ann Maria, and afterward the schooner Economy, which was sunk by a collision. After this he was master of the schooner Benjamin Franklin, and later of the sloop Florence. In company with Denton Fowler, he built the schooner Fannie Fowler, and was the captain of her. He afterward commanded the sloop Thomas Marvel. Captain Van Orden has retired from active life.
100 40 60
Snedeker Brothers.
4,500,000
40
50 50 80 40
Thomas Shankey & Co ..
6,372,000
35 40 65 40
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Denton, Fowler & Sous. John Derbyshire. Gillies & Frederick. James Kekerson.
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Estate of M. A. Archer's Sons. Mrs. E. Snedeker. Estate of John Peck.
Lynch & MeCabe.
Broekway & Co.
P. Buckley & Co.
George Knapp.
F. & J. Felter. Adam Lilburn.
250 80
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HAVERSTRAW -- NAVIGATION.
The sloop Morgiana was owned by Elisha Peck, and was run in connection with his iron mills and other en- terprises at Samsondale. It was commanded by Captain John De Groot,
The Edward De Noyelles was run by Captain John Felter, a well known citizen in the early days of the present century.
A new era was introduced when steamboats began to run. The certainty and rapidity of their trips have ren- dered them a favorite method of conveyance in all cases where saving of time is of any consequence. The first steamboat which ran from Haverstraw was the Rockland, about 1836. Previous to this it had run from Nyack. It was owned by a stock company, and a portion of the stock having been bought by the people of Haverstraw, it began regular trips from that place.
An amusing anecdote is told in connection with the Rockland. On one occasion when coming up the river she was caught in the ice. Among the passengers was Rev. Samuel Pelton, who preached in the old church on Calico Hill, and two of his brother ministers. Dominie Pelton was not a strict temperance man, but knew how to use strong drink without abusing it, while his two com- panions were teetotalers of the strictest kind. They were obliged to take to the ice and walk ashore. As Mr. Pelton was a man of weight, physically as well as men- tally, they very prudently allowed him to go a little in advance-a prudence, however, which was unavailing, as he broke through, and they all went in together. Get- ting out as best they could, they reached the shore thor- oughly drenched. On their arrival at a tavern, as a pre- caution against taking cold, liquor was liberally supplied, which the temperance men rubbed on their chilled limbs. Dominie Pelton used to relate with great glee that he took his portion internally, and next Sunday was as good as ever, while his brother ministers were prevented from performing the duties of their office by severe colds.
About 1840, the steamboat Warren was built by a company in Haverstraw, and made regular trips about fourteen years. She was commanded by Captain J. Mau- sell, who had been an engineer on the Rockland. The following is one of her advertisements:
"On and after Monday, April 30th, the steamboat Warren, Captain J. Mausell, will leave Haverstraw every morning at 14 to 7 o'clock. . Returning, will leave New York from the Steamboat Pier at the foot of Vesey street every afternoon at 3 o'clock (Sunday excepted).
" For Freight or Passage, apply on board. No freight taken on board at Hammond Street Dock.
"N. B. All Freight, Baggage, &c., at the risk of its respective owners.
Haverstraw, April 26 1849."
After this the company at Nyack built the Arrow, and the two companies united and ran the boats together. The Warren was afterward rebuilt, fitted up, and called the Swallow. She was burned about a year afterward, and was again rebuilt and named Isaac P. Smith, and run for some years. She was afterward named Alexis, which name was finally changed to Riverdale. While
lying at her wharf in New York, in the fall of 1883, her boiler exploded and several passengers were killed, aniong them the well known Methodist evangelist, Howell Gardiner. The vessel was sunk and so badly damaged that no attempt was made to rebuild her. This was the end of the old Warren, which ran so many years from Haverstraw.
The Orange, which at first ran from Nyack, was sold to parties on the east side of the river, and was then bought by a company of farmers in Clarkstown and Haverstraw, and run as an opposition bout to the l'ar- ren and Arrow, under the command of Captain Istac Tallman. The captain of the Arrow at one time was Samuel A. Ver Valen, who is now a well known citizen of Haverstraw.
The following is a list of vessels now owned in Haver- straw:
Name of Vessel.
Owner.
Master.
Steamboat.
Emeline.
Woolsey & Co.
David C. Woolsey.
Steamtugs.
John Smith. Sadie.
John F. Pye. Felter Bros.
John E. Pye. J. Knapp.
Wm. H. Kingsland
James Bacon.
James Ihcon. Charles Mackey.
Geo. DeWitt.
1. Metiowen. J. Finnegan.
P. Clark.
J. Clark.
J. Enston. Nelson Roc.
Briggs, MacMahon & Clancy.
John Derbyshire.
luckley & Duun.
P. McGuire. Snedeker & Ingle. Wood & Kcenay.
Peter Ingle.
Abm. Decker.
S. Mashear.
M Foley.
F. Clark.
P. Clark.
Sloops.
Florence. Mary Witlis. Miracle. Ellen Eliza.
Zuch. T. Allison. Frank Garrison. Frost.
James R. Sayers. jr. Abram Blanvelt.
Thomas Marvell.
Barges.
Mars.
Diamond Brick Co. :
John Dunninghamn.
John Kennedy.
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Thomas Sweeney. W. Rose.
R. Parker.
W. J. Murphy.
P. Renn.
D. Bradbury.
C. MeNermey.
P. Kesler.
P. Sweeney.
(. Weiaut.
Oscar Newman.
John Benjamin. F. W. Johnson.
W'm. P. Gardiner.
W'm. Bennett.
F. Allcock.
Win. Chapman.
F. Clark.
F. Clark.
Frank Brockway. Scow Sloop.
Sumuel Marsh.
Samuel Marsh. Schooners. Dart. Potter & Hooper. Benj. Franklin.
Buckley & CInneey. Henry M. Peck. Cruger & Murphy.
L. Dempsey.
Lotta & Annn. Mary Ann Gier. Fanny Fowler. Henry Wolcott. Thos. R. Willians. Honora Butler. Gen. Harrison. Win. Voorhis. G. S. Allison. Maria.
Amos Briggs. Margaret Jane Mary Buckley. MeGnire Bros. Ella Snedeker. Thomus R. Wooley. Curtis W. Wright. W. F. Washburn Finily Ilaxter. Fannie Frnxier. Mary Emma.
Allison & Decker. & Carr.
MeCabe Bros. Cowley & Clark. P. Clark.
Wm. Van Orden.
Sumnel Trinnper. Daniel Cullen. Frank Garrison. Johu Green.
Abram Illauveit. E. Fowler.
Fowler & Vau Orden.
Alien Bros. Eagle. Diamond. ЕЛенпог. Irene. Thomas Malley. Gov. Cornell. Conrad Kingsley. 11. C. Rose. Robert C. Martin. Abram Hyde. Mury .I. Ferguson. Charles & Albert. Jonah Felter. Christie. Shankey. Fowler Ilros. J. Hogencamip.
Fowler & Washburn. W. P. Washburn. H. C. Rose.
Allison, Conkling & Clapp. Ilnekley & Murray. Geo. A Shultz. Jonnh Felter. Christie & MeCabe.
Shankey & Co. Fowler & Sons.
Jefferson McCarsland Pitts, Brown & Oldfield. Still. Gillies & Frederick. John T. Hoffinun. Andrew Donnelly. Benjamin & Gillies. Geo. L. Wicks. M. A. Archer. Archer Iros. Garret G. Allison. Ingle. Babcock & Co. T. J. l'eck & Iros. .. G. G. Allison. Esther. Manhattan. Flora Post.
David Hollman. P. Fox.
J. Sweeney.
Mat. Clancey. Wit. Kennedy. John Dunn. P MeGnire. Chartes Ingle
Fowler & Van Orden. Geo. De Witt & Bro.
Wood & Keenan. .. Clark & Brockway. lacon & Clark. B. J. Allison.
Schooners.
Win. H. Kingsland.
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HISTORY OF ROCKLAND COUNTY.
When the Hudson River Railroad was built, a ferry ward, Robert, Daniel, Eliza (wife of James Frederick), Rachel (wife of Walter S. Coe), Charlotte (who married Henry Christie), Emily (who married Thomas Greene), and Mary, wife of John Riker. was established between Grassy Point and Cruger's Sta- tion. This ferry was started in 1851, and was princi- pally owned by Elisha Peck, who was a large stockholder in the railroad. The steam ferry boat Vinton was put on John De Noyelles, the father of this family, died Au- gust 9th 1832, aged 67; his wife, Deborah, died Novem- ber 16th 1815, at the age of 46. Their eldest son, Law- rence, was a prominent citizen of this county, and held the office of supervisor for several years. He married Susan, daughter of John S. Coe, and died May 3d 1842, aged 44, leaving no children. Levi married Henrietta the route, and run by Captain Samuel A. Ver Valen. All that was asked of him was that the route should be self- supporting. After two years and a-half, the accounts which had been kept with scrupulous accuracy, were ex- amined, and it was found that the profits had been just twenty dollars. For some years the company ran a pro- peller, the Edith Peck, which continued her trips till the | M. Baker. Their children were Edward, Levi L, De- opening of the West Shore Railroad, in 1883. borah, Daniel, and Carrie.
After the Isaac P. Smith came the Chrystenah and Adelphi. The former, under the command of Captain John Smith, is now making regular trips to New York.
Before the building of the Rockland and Warren, steamboats coming down the river stopped at Grassy Point. Among these was the General Jackson, the boil- ers of which exploded while the boat was at the Grassy Point wharf, and killed John Glass (the founder of the Calico print works, at Garnerville) and thirteen others. This sad accident occurred June 6th 1831.
The business of building vessels has been carried on to some extent at Haverstraw. The first to engage in it was Washington Snedeker, who began at Snedeker's Landing, about two mites below the village, in 1844. He was the first to establish marine railways in this place.
Henry Garner afterward built a set of railways at the shipyard now owned by Mr. Henry Roderman, but he sold them to Mr. Snedeker shortly before his death.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
THE DE NOYELLES FAMILY.
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the family, which has been so prominent in the history of Haverstraw, was John De Noyelles, who came here about 1760, and purchased from the heirs of Captain Cornelius Kuyper the south part of De Harte's Patent. He estab- lished his home on what was then the high bank of the river, and the old mansion stood nearly opposite the middle of the coffer dam lately built. This house was burned by the British, on the night of June 20th 1781, and another was erected a little south of the site of the former. This stood till within a few years, when it was torn down to make room for extended brick yards.
John De Noyelles was a very prominent man in Or- ange county, and was a member of the Provincial Legis- lature in 1774. He died the next year at the early age of 41. His wife, Rachel, afterward married Colonel John Roberts. Mr. De Noyelles left two sons, John and Peter, and two daughters, Sarah and Charlotte, both of whom died unmarried. John, the elder son, married De- borah, daughter of Thomas Lawrence. Their children were: Lawrence, John (who died unmarried), Levi, Ed-
Edward was member of Assembly, 1841 and 1842. He married Rebecca Blauvelt, but left no children.
Robert married Katy Low, and left children Thomas L. (whose son Joseph is now Deputy County Clerk of Rockland county), Edward, George, Emily, and Eliza- beth.
Daniel was born October 6th 1805, and married Martha, daughter of Andrew Hopper, and left children: John L., Martha A., and Daniel.
John Lawrence De Noyelles, the subject of this sketch, was born October 6th 1828, and has during his life been an inhabitant of Haverstraw, and actively en- gaged in its business affairs. He was Supervisor of the town in 1860, and was elected President of the village fourteen times. In November, 1852, he married Emily, daughter of Leonard Gurnee, and they are the parents of three children, Charles A., Martha R., and John L.
Danicl De Noyelles, brother of John Lawrence, has his residence in New York, where he is connected with various business interests, but is largely interested in brick yards in Haverstraw.
Peter De Noyelles (son of John, the first of the name), married Deriche, daughter of Theodorus Snedeker. Their children were: John, Daniel, Theodore, William
This family is of Huguenot origin, and one of the many representatives of that persecuted race, which found | (who married Ellen, daughter of Solomon. Smith, but left a place of refuge in the New World. The ancestor of no children), Peter, who married Catharine Harring, As- bury, George, Charlotte, wife of John Coe, Effie, wife ot Garret De Forrest, Sarah, wife of Joseph Thiell, Rachel, wife of Odell Lawrence, and Mary, who married John Haring.
The descendants of these are numerous, but none arc now living in Rockland county. Peter De Noyelles was a member of Assembly in 1802, and was reelected 1803, and was member of Congress 1813, 1814. His son Asbury, was sheriff of this county in 1846. Peter De Noyelles died May 6th 1829, aged 63. In the old De Noyelles burying ground stands a small red stone with the follow- ing inscription: In memory of John De Noyelles, Esq., member of the General Assembly for the County of Or- ange, in the Province of New York, who departed this life January the 11th 1775, in the 41st year of his age.
GEORGE KNAPP.
The Knapp family, who settled in Haverstraw before the Revolution, consisted of four brothers, whose native place was Horse Neck, in the State of Connecticut.
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HAVERSTRAW-BIOGRAPHIES.
These brothers were (1) Lebbeus, (2) Jared, (3) Silas, and (4) Jonas. (1) Lebbeus, who was born about 1745, mar- ried Rachel Storms. Their children were (5) James L. (who married Mary June, and their children were Leb- beus, James, Jacob, Abraham, Charlotte, Emily, wife of John Springsteen, Matilda, and Ann, wife of John I. Cole), (6) Abraham (who married Jane Goetchius; their children were John, Samuel, Henry, Levi, Rachel, wife of George Rose, Delia, wife of William Goldsmith, Eliza- beth, wife of Abraham Berwick), (7) Lebbeus (who mar- ried Elisabeth Christie, and had several children, of whom two only, Lebbeus and James Henry, lived to an adult age, and are now in the western part of the State), (8) Abel (who married Abbie Phillips, and their children were Daniel, Richard, Collins, John, Lebbeus, Sarah, wife of John Waldron, Catharine, who also married John Wald. ron, Rebecca, wife of James H. Rose, Mary, wife of Wil- liam Brooks), (9) Robert and William (twins), born Feb- ruary 1793. William married Mary, daughter of Peter Gross; their children were Catharine, wife of Robert Stamers, and Elizabeth, wife of Hiram Phillips. Robert married Sarah, daughter of Daniel Phillips, 1815. They were the parents of nine children: George, born April 28th 1816; Hiram, October 26th 1817; William R., born April 27th 1819; Mary Ann, wife of Washington Wald- ron; Rachel, wife of Edward Hammond; Charlotte, wife of James Conklin; Abbie, wife of Samuel Springsteed; Margaret, wife of Charles Belding; and Evelene, wife of John Disbrow. Colonel Robert Knapp died February 19th 1854, aged 65.
George Knapp, the subject of this sketch, has, for his entire life, been an inhabitant of Haverstraw. The early part of his life was spent on the old homestead of his father, which was also his grandfather's farm, and orig- inally belonged to the estate of Judge William Smith and now belongs to William Hammond. Here he learned the blacksmith trade of his father. At the age of 22 he went into business on his own account, and was noted among his neighbors as a hard working man. He bought a small farm ot John Thiell, which he afterward sold, and went into the brick making business in 1851. In this business he is still interested, and his yard is at Grassy Point, on what was formerly the Denning estate, now owned by Felter Brothers. In 1867 he purchased of Alvin Ball the farni of 120 acres where he now resides. This farm is at the west end of Lot No. 10 in Cheese- cock's Patent, and was a part of the large tract which was purchased by Jacob Thiell before the Revolution. It was sold by his son, John Thiell, to Mangle Rall, and after passing through two or three hands was purchased by Mr. Knapp. This farm, lying at the base of the mountains, is considered one of the best in the town, and its soil is highly productive. Mr. Knapp married Mary, daughter of John Thiell, January 27th 1838. Their children are Robert (deceased), John T., Hiram G., Sa- lome, Emma S., Evelene, Amelia, William N., Charles T., George E., Mary, and Nettie.
Mr. Knapp has always been connected with the Den- ocratic party, and in religious matters is a prominent member of the Methodist church at Thiell's Corners.
THIELL FAMILY.
Jacob Thiell was a native of Denmark and born about 1720. His wife, Catharine Lear, was a native of Hano- ver. They were inarried in New York. He returned twice to Europe on business, and upon coming back to this country he came to Haverstraw and purchased a large tract of land, comprising Lots 12, 11, and 10, Cheesecock's Patent, and lots in Kakiat. This included all the land around Thiell's Corners to the extent of 1, 100 acres, and he also owned 1,800 acres of mountain land. He established a forge on the creek a short distance above the grist-mill at Thiell's Corners, which was in use in the Revolution. His home was a large frame house with a log kitchen attached, which stood opposite the forge, and the site is now occupied by the house of Mrs. Emily Barns, while the old needle factory of Mr. Henry Essex stands on the site of the forge. Mr. Thiell died about 1795, and was buried in the old De Noyelles bury- ing ground, at the south end of Haverstraw village, where a plain stone, marked J. T., marked his resting place. He left one son, John Thiell, who was born 1770, and married Mary, daughter of Ebenezer Mckenzie. Their children were: Jacob, Jonas, John (now living at White Plains), Henry (of Michigan), Thomas, Bennett, Catharine, Elizabeth, Mary wife of George Knapp, George Thiell (who has children, Edward, Matthew, and Lucy), Edward, and Philip. john Thiell died August roth 1851. His remains rest in a small private burying ground on the top of the hill northwest from the mill at Thiell's Corners. No stone marks his resting place, but a few monuments left bear the following inscriptions:
" Mary, wife of John Thiell, born Aug. 10, 1785, died April 23, 1828, agcd 42 y., 8 m., 13 d."
"Catharine, wife of Jacob Thiell, a native of Germany, who died April 9, 1829, aged 108 years."
" George Mckenzie died Dec. 28, 1840, aged 46 years, 3 m., 20 d."
"Elizabeth, wife of Ebenezer Mckenzie, died Sept. 24, 1844, æ. 89."
Although the age of Catharine Thiell as given in the inscription far exceeds ordinary human life, yet it was the belief of her friends that her true age was 112.
REV. ROBERT BURNS.
Rcv. Robert Burns, a native of Scotland, came to this country before 1760, and was in charge of the English Church at Kakiat or New Hempstead. He had a wife named Mary, and children: James (who died young), Mary wife of Jonas Brewster, and David. The last was a coloncl of militia, and a very prominent man in Haver- straw. He married Ann Goldtrap, and his children were: Robert, who married Delia Conkling and left one daughter, Delia, wife of John Van Woert: Margaret, who married Daniel, son of Colonel William Gurnee, October 11th 1820, and is now living on the old Burns farm in West Haverstraw; and Daniel, who married Ann Springsteed and left three daughters, Sarah E., Mary, and Anna E., now living in West Haverstraw.
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HISTORY OF ROCKLAND COUNTY.
JAMES WOOD.
James Wood was born in the Parish of Ardly, Colchester, England, February 8th 1773. His parents were John and Elizabeth (Hill) Wood, who had two other sons, John and William, and a daughter, Sarah, who died young. After the death of his father, which occurred when he was four years old, he lived with his mother's relatives and learned the trade of brick making. In 1793 February 28th, he married Mary Bacon, who was born September 16th 1773. Her father was one of the free burgesses of her native place, and was among the land owners of the county. Resolving to seek his fortune in the New World, he embarked with his family on board the ship Industry, and after a short voyage of twenty eight days landed in New York, April 4th 1801. He first estab- lished his business at Sing Sing, and from there went to George's Island, opposite Grassy Point where he remain- ed one year, perhaps two, when he removed to Sing Sing where he remained until 1815 when he moved to Haver- straw. As the account of his labors here is fully de-
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