7^ /y^e^qj^ A HISTORY —OF THE— Towe of East=Hampton9 No Yo Ir^©ludir\g ar^ /^ddpQSB Delivepod at tl^e ©elobratiori of tl^e Bi-©©nteri- qial /Ir^qivepsapy of its Settlerqent in 1849, IjSCTl^OlDUOTIOjVcS To tl^e foup ppCr^ted vplunqos of its F^eeopds, \!v^ith| oth|op Histopi© j^atepial, aq /^ppoqdi^ aqd (5^er|Qalogieal J\[otos —BY— - HENRY P. HEDGES. "They haunt your breezy hillsides, green vales and thaadering floods, They linger by your gliding streams and mid your moss-draped woods, They sit beside youv green old graves in shadow and in sheen, And move among your household gods though voiceless and unseen. Then ye who make your happj' homes whore once their homes have been, Deem also this your heritage, to keop their memories green, To shield within your heart of hearts, the glorious trust ye hold, And bear unstained the naujes they bore, those brave, proud men of old." — Cornelia HmUington. SAG-HAEBOB : J. H. HUNT, PKINTEB. 1897. G0787 3 F>r^EPA©E. An address was delivered in 1849, at the celebration of the two hun- dredth anniversary of the settlement of the Town of East-Hampton. Introductions were printed with the four volumes of the Town Records. That address forms the first two and the introductions the nest four chapters of this book. The writer was advised to revise and re-cast all these. But the address is by age almost historic. That and the Intro- ductions are existing unities hard to transform. The writer is in his eightieth year, with limited activities, and unable to do this work. It must be in this shape and now or never. The last sis chapters comprise results of years of thought and study, as the pressure of business and the practice of an arduous profestion permitted. The appendix con- tains material historically invaluable. The genealogy is compiled with care and an aim for exactness more than quantity. The years of toil and historic labor embodied in this book, the esperienced alone can know. That it is not more symmetric none mors than the writer re- grets. It is far below his ideal. For the reasons stated perhaps its criticism should be gentle. To the many friends aiding in this work, whose number prevents special mention, thanks ! The history of this town is worthy of the most unremitting toil and the loftiest genius. The memoi-y of our forefathers demands the best their sons can give. Back, far back in the early English settlements of this fair land are found the springs from whence Its rich blessings flowed. But for the virtue, the piety, the self denial, the wisdom, the genius of the fathers, this Nation in the largeness of its freedom, the breadth of its educa- tion, the universality of its equal rights, the solidity of its unbroken union, the grandeur of its territorial greatness, the march of its benefi. cent^mission, could not have been. As a guiding constellation in the heavens, such thoughts have cheered the labors, softened the cares, dispersed the gloora, inspired the gratitude of the writer in compiling this work. May it inspire like thoughts in the hearts of the living and of coming generations. With that hope it was written. To that high purpose it is dedicated. H. P. HEDGES. BKIDaE-HAMPION, July, lt>97. ©OJSTTEJSTTS. CHAPTER I— Addkess of 1849. The Introduction, p, 1, The Settlement, p. 3. The Settlers p 4 Culture of the Soil, p. 9. Whaling, p. 10. The Courts, p. 11. ' Con- necticut Laws Adopted, p. 15. The Indians, p. 16. The Growth of the Settlement, p. 18. Amagansett and Wainscott Settled, p. 18. CHAPTER II— Addeess of 1849 continued. Combination and Laws of Connecticut Adopted, p. 20. Witchcraft p 23 The Churches, p. 23. The Ministers, p. 23, The Spirit of Free- dom, p. 25. '.'.he Petition for Representation in Government, p. 26 The Patent of 1686, p. 28. Samuel Mulford; p. 29. The Revolution, p. 31. Capt. John Dayton, p. 35. Clinton Academy, p. 37. Thoughts suggested, p. 37. Conclusion, pp. 39-43. CHAPTER III. INTKODUCTION TO VOL. I OF THE ToWN RECORDS, 1649-1680. Invitation to the Writer, p. 44. Government a Necessity, p. 45 Value of the Records, p. 45. The Town Meeting, p. 46. Representative Government Denied, p. 49. The Settlement Extended, p 50 Witchcraft, p. 51. Whaling, p. 52. The Title to Lands, p. 53. The Church, p. 54. Lion Gardiner, p. 55. Character Fixed, p. 56. CHAPTER IV. INTKODUCTION TO VOL. II OF THE ToWN ReCOKDS, 1680-1720. The Growth of the Colony, p. 57. State of the Church, p. 58. The Rob- ber Government of the Province, p. 59. The Town Resists their Oppression, p. 60. The Address of 1685, p. 63. Leisler-Sloughter p. 64. Improvement of Lands in Common a Failure, p 64 Whal- ing, Farming, Shoemakiug, p. 66. The Fort, p. 66. The Burying Ground, p. 67. Death of Minister James. Rev. Nathaniel Huntting. the Ocean, p, 69. ^ CHAPTER V. INTEODTICTION TO VOIi. Ill OF THE TOWN RECORDS, 1702-1734. The Mother Country, p. 70. The Plague in London, p. 71. The Great Fire of 1666, p. 71. The Wars, p. 71. Emigration, Causes of p. 71. The Power of Great Britain Predominates, p. 73. Samuel Mulford p. (4. Simplicity of Manners, p. 74. Genealogy, p. 75. Trade Com- pel';?)';: Manufactures, p. 78. The Church, p. 79. Structure raised m 1717, p. 61. Account of, p. 81. CHAPTER VI. Intkodtjction to Vol. IV of the Town Eecokds, 1734-1849. Progress of the Age, p. 86. Allottment of Lands, p. 88. Cattle Marks, p. 90. Montauk, p. 90. Town Legislation, p. 91. A. Dog Law, p. 92. The Revolution, p. 92. Old Style Changed, p. 94. Gardiner's Island Annexed to East-Hampton, p. 94. Notices of Ministers Huntting, Buell, Beecher, Phillips, Condit, Eleazer Miller, Nathan- iel Gardiner, Thomas Wickham, Jonathan S. Conkling, Abraham Parsons, Abel Huntington, M. D., David Hedges, Jr., Josiah 0. Dayton, Samuel Miller, pp. 95-97. Concluding Remarks,' p. 98. CHAPTER VII. The Indians— Death of the Manhansett Sachem, p. 99. Sachem's Hole, p. 99. Wyandance Attains Supremacy, p. 100. The Montauk Tribe, p. 100. Their Number, p. 100. Wars with Pequots and Narraghan- setts, p. 100. Navigation, p. 102. Wampum, p. 102. Religion, p. 103. Missions, p. 104. Cockenoe de Long Island, p. 105. Indian Influence on the Anglo-Saxon, p. 107. Beman Father and Son, p. 108. Love of War, p. 109. An Epitaph, p. 110. The Trustees of the Town of East-Hampton, p. 110. CHAPTER VIII. The Original Dwellings and their Location, p. 114. The Later Dwell- ings and their Surroundings, p. 115. Progress, p. 117. Home Man- ufacture, p. 117. Economic and Social Life, p. 118. Literature, p. 119. The Galaxy of Mind, p. 120. Health, p. 121. County of Kent, p. 123. Maidstone, p. 123. Substitutes for Money, p. 126. Relig- ion, p. 127. The Sabbath, p. 129. Care of Indians, p. 129. Pity for the Poor, p. 130. CHAPTER IX. Government Impartial, p. 132. Prudent, p. 133. Forest Protected, p. 133. Combination with Connecticut and New England, p. 135. Assembly of 1G65, p. 138. Duplicity of the Duke of York, p. 138. Southampton Disputes the Line, p. 139. Some Old Lots Located, p. 139. Emigration, p. 140. Wealth and Population, p. 141. The Tea Kettle, p. 142. Standpoint for a View, p. 142. CHAPTER X. The Revolution, p. 145. Major Cockeaue, p. 147. The Refugees, p. 149. The Culloden, p. 149. Major Andre, p. 149. Dr. Gardiner, p. 150. Dr. Buell, p. 150. Population, p. 151. The Quit Rent. p. 151. Ship- wrecks, p. 152. The Storm, p. 153. The Amistad Case, p. 155. CHAPTER XL Three Beechers in One Day, p. 162. John Howard Payne, p. 167. Miss Cornelia Huntington, p. 170. General Training, p. 172, The Whale Chase, p. 174. CHAPTER XIL Sag-Harbor, p. 180. APPENDIX. PAGE Indian Deed for East-Hampton, 1648 199 Assignment thereof, 1651 199 Trial of Wyandanch 200 Oath of Town Officers 200 Address at a General Training in June, 1682 201 Tax List of East-Hampton, Aug. 24, 1675 202 «« " " " Sept. 8, 1683 203 Montauk Deed, Aug. 1, 1660 205 " Hither End, Feb. 11, 1661 206 Abstract, Dec. 1, 1670 208 Assignment, May 23, 1671 208 The Eastern part, July 26, 1687 208 Abstract, 1702-3 209 Dongan's Patent of the Town, 1686 210 Letter of Freeholders of Suffolk County asserting rights, etc., 1701. 215 Equalization of three Montauk Purchases, 1748 216 General Association of 1775 220 Muster Roll, Capt. Ezekiel Mulford's Company, 1776 222 List of Town Officers, 1650 to 1750 224 List of Supervisors, 1699 to 1848. 228 List of Church Members removed, 1696 to 1800 229 Trustees' Journal, extracts, 1726 to 1826 232 J. Madison Huntting's Journal. 1841 to 1864 234 Exhibition in Clinton Academy, 1821 237 Toasts given at the Celebration, 1849 238 Odes sung " " " 239 Facetia ... 241 Soldiers and Seamen who served in the War for the Union 1861-65 . . 242 Genealogy ' 244 Errata 345 CHAPTER I. The Introductio)!, p. 1. The Settlement, p. H. The Settlers, p. 4. Culture of the Soil, p. 7. Whaling, p. 10. The Courts, 2^- 11- Connect Icui Laws adopted, p. 1:"). The In- dians, p. 10. Groivth of the Settlement, p. IS. Amagan- seti and Wainscott settled, p. IS. J\.lDJD¥mSS OF 184Q. Fellow Townsmen of East-Hamp'^'on : We meet to-day as natives of the same ueigliborhoocl, having enjoyed the same blessings, entertained the same early associations, indulged the same recollections, being bound together by the same social ties, and descended from the same common ancestry, to celebrate the Second Centennial Anniversary of the settlement of this Town. We are not unwilling to acknowledge our origin — we de- light to honor the memory of our heroic fathers, "Our j^ious ancestry," who "first planted religion, civilization and re- finement upon these shores." Degenerate and base indeed were we, enjoying as we do the fruits of their toils and sacrifices, never to turn in grateful remembrance and j)ay the tribute of filial affection to those who so dearly pur- chased them for their descendants. It is a high and holy sentiment of our nature which ^jrompts us, amid all our wanderings, to re-visit the home of our childhood, and look upon the graves of our fathers. Travel far as we may from the smiling abode of our infancy ; remain, as we may, for many long years absent, and still this sentiment clings to us in our wanderings. It travels with lis to the remotest lands. It swells our bosom on the ocean wave. It tri- umphs over time and space. One after another the asso- ciations and early remembrances of our youth come gush- iug upon the memory. We are overwlielmed bj'the tender recollections of our native laud, and — Kubdued by the emo- tions which our memory brings — we are irresistibly prompt- ed to turn our footsteps to the home of our infancy and the land of our fathers. Tliei'e, where we drew our first faint breath, Ave would lireathe our last : and where our fathers are liuried we desire our lifeless bodies to repose. It is a kindred, social sentiment which prompts us to in(|uire into our origin, to trace our ancestry, to commune in imagination with the spirits of our fathers, to recount their deeds, to celebrate their valor, honor their memory, and profit by their example and experience. Such consid- erations, we trust, brought us together to this, our home, the land of our venerated fathers. History we know is ever instructive in its lessons. The future to us is unknown and uncertain ; but the past is for- ever fixed and unchangeable. We )nay speculate upon the future ; each for himself may plan and arrange and liuild his superstructure according to his visionary anticipations. But whether that future shall rise in the shape and fair proportions of his visions or not, who can tell V But the past admits no change. Its realities remain unaffected by the present, imaltered by images of the future. There we rest upon the solid basis of experience, not upon the illu- sions of the imagination. But history becomes doubly in- teresting to us when it relates the experience of our indi- vidual ancestors ; of those whose blood flows in our veins ; who reared the successive generations that lived and died until they at length gave to us that life which had l)een transmitted to them. Under such revelations of history we feel our souls thrilling with interest in the relation of every incident of the past. We sympathit^e with our fathers. We feel the cold blast that sent its sliiveiiuig power upon their venera- ble, unsheltered heads. We feel the burning sun that poured its tierce, relentless rays upon them. We tremble for them amid their dangers. We triumph with them in success. We hope with them in their anticipations. We lose our consciousness of the present. We seem to feel the spirits of the departed animating our own bosoms ; and as we live in their experience almost say, "Tlie souls of our fathers live in us." ~ Our ancestors were the Puritans of England. We can- not doubt as to their character, their purposes, or their motives. England had just awoke from her religioiis slumbers. The principles of civil and religious liberty were forcing their way upon the mind of the nation. The royal houses of Plantagenet and Tudor, of York and Lan- caster, had passed away. Kings were seen to be mortal. Their right to prescribe a religion for the people began to be denied. Their Divine right to govern began to be doubted. Resistance to arbitrary imposition and authority was openly proclaimed. The right of the people to a con- stant representation in the government was asserted ; and civil w^ar rolled over the fair field of their native England. Amid the strife of battle and the din of murderous con- flict our fathers left their country — sought this unexplored, unsettled Western World, — trusting here to hold unmo- lested their religion and their liberties, and transmit them to a peaceful, happy posterity in the wilds of their neAV abode. They left in the age of John Hampden and Mil- ton, and soon after their arrival came the news of the Roy- al overthrow. The same year that saw the triumph of lib- erty in Great Britain, and consigned Charles Stuart, its monarch, to the l)lock, saAV the settlement of this, our native town. This town was purchased as far oastward as Montauk in 1648 by Theai)liilus Eatou, Governor of the Colony of New Haven, and Edward Hoi)kins, Governor of the Colony of Connecticut, for the benefit of the original settlers, and was assigned to them by Eaton and Hopkins in the spring of 1651, in consideration of the sum of 4'30, 4s, 8d sterl- ing."- Gardiner's Island had been purchased and was settled by Lion Gardiner in 1689. Southampton and Southold were settled in 1640. At what precise date the first inhabitants of this town planted themselves upon the soil is not known. It was probably in the spring or summer of 1649. The earliest instrument 1 find on record indicating their residence here is a letter of attorney- from John Hand in relation to some lands in Stanstede, in Kent, England ; it bears date Oct. 8l8t, 1649. As many of the inhabitants came from Maidstone, in the county of Kent, in England, they first called their plantation by that name. As early as 1650, and within a year from the first settlement it is menticmed on the Rec- ords by its present name. At the time of the first occupation of this new territory the Indians were numerous, and situated on every side. On the East, at Montaukett, the Royal Wyandanch swayed the sceptre. On the North, at Shelter Islaud, his l)rother, Poggatacut, ruled the tribe of Manhassetts ; and a third brother, by the name of Nowedinah presided over the des- tinies of the Shinecock tribe. Little or no intercourse was held betAveen East-Hampton and Southampton through the unbroken wilderness which intervened. What a bold and dariug ste]) was that: to leave behind *ror a copy of this deed see appeudix. the comforts, the conTPEierices and the jots of their DatiTe land ; leave far, and perhaps forever, their friends so dear to them. Forsake their homes and their firesides, and, ar- rived at Salem, at Boston, or Lynn, to leave still behind those flourishiuo lo^vns and bend their stei)s hitherward. And here, in the dark and gloomy Avilderness, in silence unbroken save by the Indian war-whoop, by the hideous cry of the wild beast, or the solemn and majestic roar of Father Ocean, take up their final earthly resting-place and home. Interesting to us Mould it be did we know more of the character and circumstances of those first few families. AVe should like to paint them as they were, in life and be- ing — what undaunted resolution — what tirm religious trust spoke upon their countenances and told of the soul within. What high purpose^;, what sublime hopes lighted up their eyes and swelled their bosoms — what intellectual cultiva- tion sat upon their brows V We should like to set before you their stahvart forms and iron frames, but their bones have long since reposed in the cemetery of their own se- lection, and no painters canvass secures their earthly form. The first settlers of East-Hampton were John Hand. John Stretton, Sen'r Thomas Talmage, Jk. Egbert Bond, Daniel Howe, Kobeet Eose, Thomas Thomson, Joshua Barnes, John Mulford. The following became very early their associates : Thomas Osborn, Nathaniel Bishop, William Hedges, William Barnes, ,,Ealph Dayton, Lion Gardiner, Thomas Chatfield, John Osborne, Thomas Osborn, Jr. Jeremiah Vealb, William Ftthian, John Millee, EicHARD Brookes, Charles Earner, William Simonds, Stephen. Hakd, Samuel Belknap, Thomas Baker, Samuel Parsons, Ana^jas^ Conklin, Joshua Gaelicke, Eichard Shaw, Fulke Davis, Jeremiah Meacham. The first six of the original nine settlers came from Lynn, Massachusetts, to this place. The father of Tal- mage was a large proprietor of Lynn and was made a free- man of that toAvn previous to 1638. Howe had been a sea captain and had lived in Salem, Massachusetts ; in 1650 he sold his possessions in East-Hampton to Thomas Ba- ker, and removed to England. Hand was from the hamlet of Stanstede, in the County of Kent, England. Thomson came here from New London. Barnes and Mulford ar- rived at Salem, from England, but a short time previous, it is said. It has, however, been a tradition in the Mul- ford family that he came to East-Hampton from South- ampton. Perhaps he made but a short stay in Southamp- ton. Ralph Dayton came from England to Boston and thence here. Thomas Baker came from Milford, Connect- icut, in 1650 ; he was an inhabitant of that town as early as 1639. Thomas James and his father came to Charles- town, in Massachusetts, in 1632 ; they afterwards went to New-Haven, Connecticut, and Thomas James removed from thence to East-Hampton as early as 1651; and became their first Minister of the Gospel. The father of Charles Barnes resided in Eastwinch, in the County of Norfolk, in Eng- land ; he died in 1663, leaving property to his son. Charles Barnes was the first schoolmaster. Joshua Garlicke was the miller. The family of Eithian have a tradition that their first ancestor in this town came from Southampton. The family of Schellenger are mentioned in the Town Eec- ords as early as 1657. Thoma.s Edwards is mentioned as early as 1651. Lion Gardiner removod from Gardiner's Island to this town in 1653. Few facts in relation to the family history of our early ancestors remain. The hand of time has moved on with sure, resistless progress, and left on record but feAv memor- ials of the dead. It is said that of tlie first settlers : Ralph Dayton died in 1657. John Hand and Lion Gardiner in 1663. Robert Rose, who was the father of Thomas Rose of Southampton, must have died previous to 1665. as appears by the record of conveyance of his lands, by his son Thomas, to George Miller, dated 19th Dec, 1665. William Hedges died about 1674. Many of our ancestors, however, lived to a very great age. Their simple habits, correct life, and perhaps an originally strong constitution lengthened out their days far beyond the ordinary life of man. Richard Stretton died June 7th, 1698 William Barnes, Sen'r Dec'r 1st, 1698. Joshua Garlicke, aged about 100 years March 7tL, 1700. Richard Shaw Oct'r 18th, 1708. Thomas Osborne, aged 90 years Sept. 12th, 1712. Robert Dayton, a sou of Ralph Dayton, aged 84 years April 16th, 1712. Samuel Parsons, aged 84 years J^^ly 6th, 1714, Steven Hedges, a son of William Hedges, lacking 6 months of 100 years old July 7th, 1734. He must have been familiar with the origin of this town, and with its history for at least 85 years. 8 Joseph Osborn, (a son of Thomas Osborn, one of the first settlers,) died here, in this Temple of our fathers, while wor. shiping, a little more than one hundred years since. The following is a literal copy of the record of his death as con- tained in the Eecords of the Rev. Nathaniel Huntting, the then minister of the town : " Oct. 2nd, 1743 :— Joseph Osborn, son of Tho's Osborn deceased, sunk down and died in ye Meeting House just after morning prayer was begun, a quarter after ten, aged almost 83 years. He never spake a word but expired at once." The first inhabitants of this toAvn settled in the Southern part of the main street and on ©aeh side of what is now Town Pond. At that time however there Avas no collection of wa- ter, and a swamp or marsh covered the centre of the street. A small rivulet or drain communicated with and ran into the swamp from the North. The following are the names of those who lived up- on the East side of the street, commencing with the South- ern extremity and succeeding in the following order : William Hedges, Jeremiah Meacham, George Miller, Thomas James, Lion Gardiner, Thomas Chatfield, Robert Dayton, John Osborn, Benjamin Price, William Edwards, John Edwards, Nathan Birdsall, Samuel Parsons, William Barnes, Nathaniel Bishop. The following are a few of those who lived upon the West side, without any ref- erence to order, it being dif- ficult to locate them. Jeremiah Daily, Andrew Miller, John Hand, John Stretton, Robert Bond, Thomas Baker, William Fithian, Joshua Garlicke, Richard Brooke, Thomas Talmage, Stephen Hand, John Mulford, Richard Stretton, Stephen Osborn. 9 Tlie church stood near the old hnryiBg-grourid or on its site, on tlie east side of th« street. A highway ran from near where the church now stands, over the swamp east, and afterwards was the travelled road to the village of Amagansett. Their houses were small, with thatched roofs. The Church was of similar dimensions — thatched roof and boarded sides. The original allotments of land were thirty-four in number. The lots were from eight to twelve acres each, laid out between the street and Hook Pond, and the Swamp East and what was then common laud West, (prohahly noio fJie higJnvay.) The Mill stood at the South end of the town and gave the name to the lane which leads to the beach. It was then called "Mill-Lane."* Thomas Baker kept the Tavern or Ordinary, Before the Church was erected the meetings were held at his house, for which he was to have " the sum of £0 Is. 6d. each Sabbath." The licensing of Baker to keep Tavern in 1654 is thus concisely expressed upon the Records : " June 29th, 1654. — It is ordered that Thomas Baker shall keep the Ordinary." — Town Eecords, book 2, p. 33. Perhaps nothing is more conspicuous in the character of our forefathers than their untiring energy, activity and en- terprize. Having arrived at the chosen place of their res- idence they set themselves at work with ceaseless industry and perseverance until their object had been accomplished. While they were busied in laying the foundations of gov- ernment, education and morals they were equally active in their daily toil and occupation. As early as 1653 they allotted and improved the North- west and Acabonac meadows. They soon subdued a great extent of wilderness and brought it under cultivation. As early as 1653 nearly all the arable land in the Eastern and *This Mill was driven by cattle. 10 Western Plains, a circnit of Wo mikf^, was under Fome de- gree of cultivation. The first settlers, (althougli undoubtedly well educated men, as their records and laws most equivocallj prove,) "^were chiefly faimers. They suffered many inconveniences for the want of mechanics. They sent to Southold for a weaver ; to Huntington for a Llacksmith, and to Wethers- field for a carpenter. The invitation to the Aveaver is on record in the folloAving words : " Februar}- 2ud, 1653.— It is Ordered yt there shall bee an invitation sent to Goodman Morgan of Southold, if hee will come and live liere and weave all the Townswork, hee shall come in free from all former charges and the Town will give him 5 and break him up 2 ackres of Land."- — See Town Records, book 2, p. 31. The country afforded a wide range and abundant pasture for cattle, and hence large flocks were kept. The first stock consisted of goats ; afterwards large herds of cows and horses were maintained. They were driven out in the morning by the shepherd and back at night. The whole town's-herr* were pastured together, and each one took his turn in sue cession in tending them. Among their other pursuits was that of whaling. The} very early made this a source of profit as well as amusemeni Doubtless it was congenial to their bold and a4venturou spirits. I find the following early reference to that business . "November the 6tli, 1651. — It was Ordered that Goodmai Mulford shall call out ye Town by succession to loke out f oy whale."— Book No. 2, page 20. Their difficulties were oftentimes occasioned by coufiic* ing claims to shares of the whales taken by them. In 165;' upon a difficulty of that kind they " Ordered that the share of whale now in controversie between the Widow Talma£0 11 and Thomas Talmage shall be divided between them as the lot is."— Book No. 2, p. 30. Even in our day we have heard the old and venerable fa- thers speak, with the enthusiasm and fire of other days, of the sports and perils of the whale chase and of their success. And tradition still informs us that Abigail Baker, who was married in 1702 to Daniel Hedges, the first settler of the name in Sagg, in her day in riding from East-Hampton to Bridge- Hampton, saw thirteen whales on the shore at that time between the two places. "Whaling sufi'ered sad misfortunes in that day : "Feb. 24, 1719. — This day a whale-boat being alone the men struck a whale and she coming under ye boat in part staved it, and tho ye men were not hurt with the whale yet, before any help came to them four men were tired and chill- ed and fell off ye boat and oars to which they hung and were drowned, viz.: Henry Parsons, William Schellinger, Junior, Lewis Mulford, Jeremiah Conkling, Junr." — Records of Rev. Nathaniel Huntting. We may discover the wisdom and foresight of our ances- tors in establishing a free and popular Government for them- selves — in laying deep and broad the foundations of their little commonAvealth upon the basis of education and good morals. The Government of the town was vested in the People. They, assembled at their Town Meetings, had all power and all authority. They elected officers ; constituted courts ; al- lotted lands ; made laws ; tried difficult and important causes, and from their decision there was no appeal. This Town Meeting, or " General Court," as it was sometimes called, probably met once a month. Every freeholder was required to be present at its meetings and take upon himself a part in the burdens of government ; all delinquents were fined 12d. for non attendance at each meeting. It is almost impossible 12 to specify the numerous and diverse acts of authority and orders made and done by this assembly. It provided school teachers and made regulations for the education of the youth. It hired the minister ; assessed his salary by tax upon the pro- perty of individuals. "■ It built churches, and provided for the payment of building in the same manner. It admitted or excluded inhabitants or proposed settlers from its society and privileges. No person was allowed to buy or sell lands with- out the license and consent of the town. Hired laborers were liable to be excluded from the bounds and hospitality of the town. Their laws were made not only for the purpose of establishing order and securing justice, but they every where breathe a deep solicitude to prevent disputes and difficulty. The following is an illustration. " 19th April, 1659. — It is Ordered that every man shall sett the two letters for his name at each end of his fence, in large letters, on the inside of the Post, above the upper Raile, upon penalty," &c. — Book No. 2, p. 33. The only other Court constituted by the original inhabi- tants was a Court of Three Justices, sometimes called the " Court of the Three Men." The first three Justices who composed this Court were John Mulford, Thomas Baker, and Robert Bond. Thomas Talmage Jr. was the first Re- corder or Secretary. This Court met " at eight o'clock in the morning on the 2nd day of the 1 st week in every month." It had cognizance of affairs of minor importance, and in cases of danger had power to call a special Meeting of the Town. It tried causes where the matter in controversy did not exceed five pounds. It remitted fines under that amount. An appeal might be *The salary of Mr. Jaiiios, the Mrst miuister, was £50 per anuum, and afterwards £60 ; besides many very valuable privileges, and au exemp- tion from taxation. The salary ©f the Schoolmaster was £33 per annum. 13 liad from the decision of this Court to the General Court or Town Meeting, as ap})ears from the following order : " Oct'r 1652. Ordered if any man be aggrieved by an}- thing that is done by the men in antliority that he shall have libertie to make his appeal to tlie next General Court, or when the men are assembled together on the public occasions." An illustration at once of their tender regard for their rights and their distrust of any authority irresponsible to the people. No set of men ever knew better than they that authority should never be delegated l\y the people " upon the pre- sumption that it will not be abused.'" Besides these three Judges their only officers were a Sec- retary or Recorder and a Constable. The Constable was the executive officer. He lield an imyiortant station — was gen- erally a man of some conseqaence. He presided as moder- ator in their Town Meetings. The Records of this Court still remain. They are written in a very singular hand, by a skilful penman ; but those an- tique hieroglyphics defy the curiosity of any but the most patient and persevering investigator. The reports or records, of adjudged cases are perhaps the best illustrations of the habits, character and severe morals of our fathers that any where exist. They gave all a hear- ing. The Indian or foreigner, citizen or stranger, rich or poor were admitted to their courts and received at their hands the same equal justice. In the year 1658 Wyandanch, Sachem of Montaukett, Plaintift", prosecuted Jeremy Daily, Defendant, for an injury done to his " ureal rromoir.'' The case was tried by the " three men, ' and the Jury in the cause rendered a verdict of ten shillings as damages for the plaintiffi- At the same time (hat the people^ provided for an appeal *Furau acc-ount ul' Ihis t.iial st^e Aj)jii"iiilix. 14 to themselves from the decision of the Special Court of the three men, they nobly sustained their magistrates in the dis- charge of their duty. They gave them repeated tokens of their confidence ; often conferred upon them important trusts, and protected them from insult and injury. As early as 1651 they passed the following order : " Nov. 17th, 1651. The 3 men chosen for ToAvn Officers are ordered to sett out the place for a Meeting-House, and they shall have power to marrie during the year." The General Court upon another occasion when an indi- vidual had derided and insulted their magistrates, passed the following order : Oct'r 3d 1655. It is ordered that William Simons for his provoking speeches to the 3 men in authoritie, being a dis- turbance to them in their proceedings, that he shall forth- with pay 5 shillings, which is to be disposed of to make a paire of stocks." — Book 2, p. 39. While our ancestors admitted the equal rights of all with- in their commonity, they deemed themselves as having also a perfect right to exclude any from their number who were loose in their morals and dangerous to the well being of the young. Nothing can exceed the tender solicitude Avith which they watched over the moral and spiritual interests of their rising village. In 1651 they ordered : " That Goodman Meggs' lot shall not be laid out for James Still to go to work on, and that ho shall not stay here." — Book 2, p. 21. And again — " East-Hampton. April 7th, 1657. — It is agreed l)y tlie voate of the town that the bargain yt Goodman Davis, made with Goodman Birdsall in selling of his lands is annulified and not to stand." — Book 2, p. 44. At the same time they designed to take no undae advan- 15 tage (iver others iu the exercise of their {luthoritj. On the decease of Nathaniel Foster, a son of Christopher Foster of Soiithanipton, they passed tlie following : " The l^eginniug of October 1660. — At our Meeting, upon Goodman Foster's request, lie was accepted to possess as an inhabitant, his sonne Nathaniel's lott, to live upon it liim- selfe or put in such an inhabitant as the town should accept of, and liee to defray all cliarges." — Book 2, p. (S5. This toAvn at first took its laws from the Colony of Connec- ticut, selecting such as it deemed applicable to its jDeculiar circumstances, and moulding them to suit its wants. Tlie laws were chosen by them, not forced or imposed upon them by any superior. They therefore exhibit the living, breathing- spirit of the people; the unintiuenced and spontaneous choice of their own minds — -clothed in the quaint language, and in some measure partaking of the spirit of the times. They provided in 1656 that slander should be punished "by a fine not above £5 as tlie men inautlioritie see meet.'" — i3ook 2, p. 45. At the same period they enacted a hiw against personal violence in the following words : " It is ordered yt whosoever shal rise up in anger against his neighbor and strike him, he shall forthwith pay ten shil- lings to ye town and stand to the censure of the Court and if in smiting he shall hurt or wound another he sliall pay for the cure, and also for liis time that lie is tliereby liindered.' —Book 2, p. 45. It would seem that they felt deeply and most solemnly the obligation of an oath, and detested and despised perjury as an abominable crime, richly meriting the most severe punish- ment. Thoy enacted the following law aoainst that crime : " Febriiarie 12th, 1656. — It is ordei^ul yt whosoever shall rise up as a false witness against any man to testifie yt which 16 is wrong, there shall be done to him as he had thought to have done unto his neighbour, whether it be to the taking away of Life, Limbe, or Goods." — Book 2, p. 45. Another striking fact to be borne in mind — speaking volumes for the good principles of our forefathers, and their dealings with others — is that they never had any serious difficulty with the Indians. Doubtless this was partly ow- ing to the friendly regard of Wyandanch, the mighty Sa- chem of the Island. That he used his great name as a shield for the prevention of difficulty and bloodshed is well known. He had acted an important part in assisting, as an ally, the early settlers of New England in their war against the Pequots, and acquired a hard and well earned fame by his martial achievements in that deadly contest. Worthy was the barbarian Chieftain of an immortal fame ! Worthy rival of his white compeers in the generous and kindly impulses that ennoble and adorn the human soul.* The powerful intercession of Lion Gardiner, {that sterling Puritan,) no doubt often had its influence in averting threat- ened and impending difficulties with the Indians. But, be it ever remembered, that every foot of soil which their labors redeemed from nature's wilduess, and made to smile with the luxuriant harvest, was fairly purchased by our ancestors of the Aborigines of the forest. The stipu- lated price was honestly paid. The Indians themselves bore the highest testimonials of their kindness and hospi- tality, and gratefully acknowledged it in some of their con- veyances to the whites. After the tribe had been almost exterminated in the fatal battle on Block Island ; they came about tlie year 1660, from Montauk and resided upon the parsonage at *Wyaudanclx died about 1659. 17 the south end of the Town Street, under the immediate protection of the whites. Their burying ground, made in the parsonage at tliat time, witliin a few years might have been seen. Truth, however, demands the acknowledgement that there was once a time when much danger was apprehended from the Indians. In the year 1653 the Narraghansetts and oth- er tribes had endeaA'ored to form an alliance of all their forces against the whites. They attempted to seduce Wy- andanch from his friendship to them. With his tribe they partly succeeded. A murder was committed by the Indians at Southampton, and they assumed a hostile attitude. The records of this period show that our ancestors shrank not from the crisis. They never dreamed of deserting their post. Providence, as they thought, had led them to this spot as their home. Wild and savage as it was, they had planted their feet upon its soil — erected their rude hab- itations — begun their struggle in subduing the wilderness ; and, where providence had led them, there, under God, they would remain and abide like men the destiny that awaited them. They were not regardless of the danger. They set a watch of two by night and one by daj-. They gave power to the "three men" to call a Town Meeting at a half hour's notice. They sent to Connecticut Eiver for " a firkin of powder and shot equivalent," as their order expressed it. They never thought however of abandoning the Sanctuary. Their worship must not ceaso. The Sabbath morning breaks. The sun casts his rays upon the scene. The pri- meval forest rises in majesty, unrufrted by the breeze. The virgin fields smile with the harvest. From many a habita- tion the curling smoke ascends. How quiet, how peaceful that Sabbath morn appears, as it illuminates the little vil- lage. The morning prayer has been offered under every 18 roof, — l)iit still uo sound of busy life or labor breaks upon the ear. The hours pass on — higher the sun ascends. At length the sound of the Avarlike drum rises from the front of their little church ; it sends farther and farther its peal- ing notes,- — it is the summons to prepare for the services of the Sanctuary. An hour elapses and again at the drum's beat the villagers pour from their dwellings, — infancy, man- hood, and tottering age — matron and maiden, all throng to the Church. The sun flashes upon the armor they bear. Thomas James, their Pastor, follows — small in stature, sprightly and undaunted in step and l^eariug — and takes his seat to minister the word of Life. There sit our ancestors, solemn, anxious, hopeful, and praise and worship the Most High, with their arms and warlike equipments by their side. We see them in their devotions. We hear them say — "We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed — we are per- plexed, but not in despair — persecuted, but not forsaken — cast down, but not destroyed." When, ye spirits of our sires ; when shall we see the like again ? — such wisdom in the council ? — such valor in the Held ? This, however, was only an alarm, although its aspect was for a time so serious. And it is believed, and to the honor of all be it said, that Indians and whites never drew from each other a drop of blood in murderous contest, from the date of the earliest settlement to our present peaceful times. It was under the influence of such energ}' of character, purity of morals, wise precaution and forethought for the future, that this little settlement, under providence, pros- pered and grew on every side. It spread with great rapid- ity. Adjoining villages soon rose up, almost in rivalry of their more venerable and early home. 19 It was but a short period after the first settlement of the town before some families colonized the villages of Wains- cott and Amagansett. As early as 1670 John Osl)orn ex- changed his lands here, with the town and with individuals, and procured a tract of land bounded " Soutli by the Ocean and East by Wainscott Pond." It is probable that about this time Waiuscott and Amagansett were settled. And it is said that as early as 1700 those villages had attained nearly if not quite their present size. Wainseott was originally settled by the families of Hand, Hopping and Osborn. Amagansett is said to have been settled originally by the families of Hand, Coukliug, Schel- leucjer and Barnes. CHAPTER II. _;\ddpQss of 184y, eontiquQcl. Tin' Svtfh'iiient adoptf; the Coinhhudion (did Laws of (Jonneci- !rnf, p. 20. Wiic]icr(iff,p. 2H. The (JhiircJies, p. 2.3. The Miiiisfers. The Spij-lf of Frerihun, p. 2f). The Pefitird, j>. 20. The BevoJnt!on, p- 31- (Japt. Jidiii Dayton, p. S-S. Cd'ndon Academy, }). HT- Thotajhts Snggefited, p. Hi. (Jonchisidii, j>. 3!)-4S. This Town existed as au Independent Settlement or Plan- tation nntil 1657, a period of eit^lit years. In that year it united with the Colony of Connecticut in an alliance for the purpose of counsel and defence. Southampton had joined the same confederac3^ Southold was attached to the colo- ny of New-Haven. Our fathers often sought counsel and advice of these neigh- bouring toAvns in difiicult cases. Their attachment to New- England was exceedingly strong. With the Dutch inlialii- tants of New-York they liad less alhuity and intercourse. When the Dutch, in 1664. surrendered their Colony of New- York to tlie English, the whole Island was claimed by the Duke of York as included in his grant and under his Juris- diction. And after unavailing remonstrances against it, in despite of their entreaties they came under the Duke's Gov- (U-nment aiid formed a part of his Colony. From that time they remained under the jurisdicti. 4(>. Representative Governme)ii Desired, p. 40. The Setlleineid. extended, p. 50. Witchcraft, p. 5h Whuliny, p. 52. The Title to Lands, p. 58. The Church, p. 54. Lion Gardi- ner, p. 55. (Jharacter Fixed, ]). 56. The towu of East-Hampton settled in 1649, in 1653 built and thatched a church. Tradition (probably correct) locates that church on the east side of the present burying-ground, opposite to and west ©f the house-lot of Lyon Gardiner. South of Lyon Gardiner and also on the east side of the street lived William Hedges. On the west side of the street then lived l^homas Baker and Thomas Osborn, and all within one- fourth of a mile of that church as a centre. Jonathan T. Gardiner, descendant of that Lyon ; Jonathan Baker, de- scendant of that Thomas ; Joseph S. Osborn, descendant of that same Thomas Osborn, are a committee chosen by their fellow townsmen to procure the publication of the ancient records of their town. They have invited the writer, a na- tive of their town and descendant of the same William Hedges, to prejjare an introduction to such publication. More than two and a fourth centuries have passed since th» ancestors of these descendants with others, the first settlers, laid the foaudations of the good old town of East-Hampton. Our forefathers'wrought in harmony the great work of plants 45 ing a colony Avliich sliould endure for coming centuries. Side by side theii- bones are mouldering in the old " South- end " burying ground. Succeeding generations took up their work in turn to cease, and again beside each other there, to rest in the last long sleep. The animating sentiment, the impelling motive, the moving impulse, the sustaining forti- tude, the elevating aims, the upholding faith, the cheering frieudshijjs, the darkening perils were similar for all. They were in life united and in death not divided. This invitation to the writer from the descenal or suppf)sed necessity so i-ecjuired a court could be 48 demanded sooner provided the litigant paid the fees therefoj- (see pages 7, 74 and 424.) The term "purchased court," or purchasing a court, occurring in these records simply means that the court was held at an extra occasion and the fees of the court were paid by a litigant and were simply a com- pensation for the time of the court. In the sense that the judgment of the court was "purchased" or purchasable, a comparison of the ancient Avith modern tribunals or legisla- tures would do no discredit to the former. The Town Meeting, the acorn out of which grew the stately oak of local and national government in these Ui ited States acted under so many occasions and emergencies that entire classificarion is hardly possible. The following may assist the reader in the study of the subject : EHE TOWN MEETING. Elected all officers— pages, 7, 45, 88, 99, 103, 113, 148, 180, 185, 187, 197, 200, 225, 242, 255, 274, 364, 366, 414. Constituted Courts— pages 7, 45, 154, 177, 227. Tried important cases — pages, 22, 38, 87, 389. Heard Appeals— pages, 27, 28. Ordered Lands Allotted— pages, 15, 25, 151, 180, 181, 186, 188, 204, 267, 392. Chose the Minister, &c. — page 16. School Master, ttc. — page, 380. Fixed their Salaries— pages, 16, 155, 183, 393, 404, 432. Ordered the Church built — pages, 19, 20, 66. Admitted or excluded Settlers. — pages, 7, 13, 18, 20, 91, 176, 182, 327, 371, 387, 395, 400, 421. Ratilied or annulled Sales of Land — pages, 13, 18, 20, 109, 154, 231, 327. Assigned to Committees their duties — pages, 13, 18, 291. Made police regulations— images, 8, 11, 17, 18, 20, 21, 29, 71, 81, 101, 104, 192, 201, 367, 380, 422. 49 Imposed fines for absence from Town Meetinjr — pages, 7, 13, 14, 16, 17, 145, 251, 856. Neglect to vote or accept office — pages, 28, 100, 145. Ordered a prison — page, 57. Licensed Tavens — pages, 61, 154, 370. Appointed or provided for the Whale Watch — pages, 18, 29, 60, 87, 114. Regulated the fencing and improvement of the public lands— pages, lO. , 144, 146, 148, 155, 185, 186, 190, 192, 197, 218, 220, 224, 257, 270, 327, 361, 367, 386, 388, 392, 401, 404, 423. Chose military officers— page, 225. Fixed times for burning the woods — pages, 17, 21, 220. Expelled vagabonds— pages, 18, 20, 93, 371, 421. Provided for highways, ment on his wife, p. 372. The Record.s of Nantucket, under date of June 5, 1672, contain the draft (jf a proposed agreement 53 witli James Loper, of East-Hani [>ti)n, to cngacje there " on a design of w]ial(> t-atciiijig." It does uot ap^jear that Loper went to Nantucket on the " design." Possibly the bright eyes of Elizabeth HoAvell were a strong attraction and may account for the marriage and settlement and prosecution of whaling thereafter at East- Hampton. The very successful prosecution of off shore whaling in late years at Amagansett, is but the continuation of adventure perilous but prosper- ous, conducted by the havdy sons of East-Hampton from the earliest times. THE TITLE TO THE LANDS UNDIVIDED. It has been a question often mooted whether the title to the lands vested in the town as a corporation or in certain proprietors, their heirs and assigns. Some expressions in the records appear as if the town as a town owned and con- trolled until allotted all the lands therein ; but the proprie- tors who undertook the enterprise of settling the colony, purchasing of the Indians, instituting and building the church and schoolhouse, and subduing the wilderness, called themselves "the town." To all practical purposes for over an hundred years they were " the town." Their expenditures of time, labor, money, hardship and danger made the place habitable for themselves and others, and the enhanced value they deemed as justly an inheritance belong- ing to them and their heirs. On page 66 is found " the charge for the Meeting House." Against the name of each land owner is set the amount he contributed, then the number of acres he was entitled to share in the undivided lands of the town ; then his propor- tion due according to his share, then the balance due to or from him. Thomas Baker contributed £ 1 , 08s, 06d ; he was the own- er of 21 acres in all the yet undivided lands, he was bound 54 to contribute £0, 13s, l^d ;" there was due liim £0, 15s, 3^d. Now, turning to page 342, where is recorded the land of Thos. Baker, we lind he had " a one and twenty acre lot, viz : Home lot and plains Avith all privileges and appurte- nances belonging to such an allotment." In other words, he had a right in the division of unallotted lands to that pro- portion, if he had received more that would be deducted, and if less, that would be made up to him in a future divis- ion of laud. All this agrees with the purchase of How by Baker, "what he now possesseth & what is or may belong to him with re- lation to his Lott as his right to his settling there," page 5 The 13 acre lot of William Barnes, " 437 The 20 " " " Eobt. Bond, " 445 The 13 " " " Richard Brooks, " 447 The 21 " " " Thos. Chatfield, " 451 The 20 " " " William Edwards, " 474 These and others are simjDly illustrations of the principle admitted on the records, of individual ownership in all the undivided lands covered by the deeds, in proportions well understood and recognized in the allotments or divisions of lands whenever made. The word " commonage " is often applied to these undi- vided rights in the unallotted territory, as on page 374, in the gift of John Mulford, senior. CHURCH. There is no doubt that the early settlers of this town were strict Calvinists. Characteristic of their Puritan principles they called their church building "the meeting house." Neither in this or neighboring churches was any name sec- tarian or denominational given to the church as such. "The church in Southampton," in "Bridge-Hampton," in " East- Hampton," were so called from the village or town of their 55 location, and only so called. When the vencrahle James, after along service rested from his labors his loving i)eople engraved on his tombstone no narrow epithet, but this : " He was Ministar of the Gospel And Pastyre of the Church of Christ." The colony was happy in the choice of their Pastor. Minister James understood the Indian language, sometimes instructed the Indians and preached to them, and acted as an interpreter (Southampton Records, Vol. I, p. 160, Vol. Ill, p. 110.) He was learned, resolute, just, sin- cere, fearless, active, a powerful personality. The colony were not less happy in the watchful regard of Lion Gardiner, who soon became one of their number and occupied the lot next that of Minister James with whom he took " sweet counsel." He was venerable for yeai's, of large experiance, both warrior and statesman. With the councils at Hartford or of the Sachem at Montauk, his in- fluence was potent. The flight of centuries revealing the weakness, the errors, the mistakes of the past, has left un- dimmed the ?-adiant name of this magnanimous Puritai). This volume covers the formation period of the town. The infant had grown to manhood. Under the tuition of Connecticut for the first fifteen years, East-Hampton was cast in the Puritan mould. After the conquest of the New Netherlands in 1664, by the English, the entreaty of East- Hampton to al)ide with the colony of Connecticut was de- nied, p. 223, 241. In March, 1666, for their own safety they were constrained to purchase and hold under the authority of the Duke of York, by patent from Governor Nicoll — pages 353, 354, etc. In June, 1674, after the reconqnest from the Dutch, a re- newed petition to be joined with Connecticut, is made in vain, p. 370. Yet for two centuries East-Hampton in untir- ing industry, in adventurous enterprise, in intellectual cul- 56 ture, ill free aspirations, in modes of thought, in devotional fervor, was essentially Puritan. Disunited in government, it remained essentially in spirit a fragment of New England. The early history of the settlers reveals nothing of which their descendants need be ashamed. The transforming hand of the Puritan SAvept away its wilderness and planted the harvest. The free soul of the Puritan burst the bands of oppression and instituted freedom. The burning devotion of the Puritan revealed to the world a light that growing in radiance shall yet lead the millions into "the new heavens and new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness." Bkidge-Hampton, February 26th, 1887. H. P. HEDGES. CHAPTEE IV. Intkoduction to Vol. II of the Town Eeoords — 1680-1720. The groiuth of the Colony,' p, 57. State of the Church, p. 58. The Bobber Governors of the Province, p. 59. The Toivn resists their oppression, p. 60. The address of 1685, p. 63. Leisler-StoiKjhter, p. 64. Improvement of lands in common a failure, p. 64. Whaling, Farming, Shoe-making, p. 66. The Fort, p. 67. The Burying Ground, p. 68. Death of Minister James, Rev. Nathanel Huntting, the Ocean, p. 69. The attentive reader closing the first volume of printed records of the town of East-Hampton, is assured that the elements of perpetuity have been so developed that by the natural law of growth, a larger life and progress was coming to the Colony. The settlers had overcome the first and the worst foes that imperilled their being. The close of King Phillip's war had removed all danger from the Indians. The most formidable wild beasts had been destroyed ; the most venomous reptiles exterminated ; unwelcome intruders had been warned and left for other homes. The patent of March 13th, 1666, from Gov. Nicolls, was thought to have assured their title to the purchased territory, beyond cavil. Mort than all, they had proved able to govern themselyes. Rules, 58 laws, customs, linbits— had crystallized into a fixed system. In 1687, the population was : Males 223 No. capable of bearing arms. . 98 Females 218 No. of merchants 2 Male servants. . . 26 No. of marriages in 7 years. . 28 Female servants . 9 No. of births 116 Male slaves 11 No. of christened 198 Female slaves. . . 14 No. of burials 57 Total 502 Documentary History of New York, p. 360, Vol. III. The state of the Church, Oct. 5, 1704, as laid before the clergy at New York, then convened by appointment of Lord Cornbury and Col. Francis Nicholson, Governor and Lieu- tenant-Governor of the Colony, is thus given : " ACCOUNT OF SUFFOLK COUNTY. In Suffolk County, in the east end of Long Island, there is neither a church of England, minister, nor any provision made for one by law ; the people generally being independ- ents, and upheld in their separation by New England emis- saries." — See Documentary Hist, of New York, pp. Ill and 115, Vol. HI The increase in population and adherence to their worshii3, "independent" of the established Church of England, now made them lit subjects for the rapacity of Governors com- missioned for the very purpose of subverting representative government, and repairing their ruined fortunes by extor- tion from the Colonists. More insidious than the wily sav- age, more dangerous than wild beast, more relentless than the venomous serpent, these robber Governors were the mightiest foes of the Colony. In the communications of the Duke of York (afterwards James the 2d) to Gov. Andros, the danger of public assemblies was declared, and the Duke's opinion stated in the words : " Neither do I see any use for 59 them." (See Bancroft's History U. S., Vol. II, p. 406.) In swift successiou Goveruor succeeded Goveruor, each in the main baffled b}^ the sturdy resistance of the people, no where more persistent than in East-Hampton. The Governors were : 1664 — Richard Nicolls. 1667 — Francis Lovelace. 1674 — Edmund Andros. 1677 — Anthony Bfockholst. 1678 — Edmund Andros. 1681 — Anthony Brockholst. 1682— Col. Thos. Dongan. 1688— Edmund Andros. " Francis Nicholson, Lieut. -Governor. 1689 — Jacob Leisler. 1691 — Henry Sloughter. " Richard Ingoldsby. 1692 — Benjamin Fletche). 1698 — Richard Foote, Earl Bellemont. 1699 — John Nanfan, Lieut.-Governor. 1700— Earl of Bellemont. 1701— William Smith. " John Nanfan, Lieut.-Governor. 1702— Edward Hyde, Lord Cornbury. 1708 — John Ford, Gov. Lovelace. 1709 — Peter Schuyler, President of the Council. " Richard Ingoldsby, Lieut.-Governor. 1710— Robert Hunter. The three eastern towns of this County — Southampton, Southold and East-Hampton — were the back bone of the county, if not of the whole Colony of New York, in advocat- ing representative government and resisting encroachments upon their liberties. As between the Colonists and the King, 60 tlie Governors were uniroriiily servile to liim, and hostile to them. In this, Anclros and Dougan, "the Catholic," were alike. Fletcher was "covetous and passionate." Corubury "had every vice of charactei necessary to disci})line a colony into self-reliance and resistance." (See Bancroft History of U. S., pp. 56 and 60, Vol. III.) The conflict between our Puritan forefathers and these governors was long, unequal, and often resulted adversely to the people. " But freedom's Battle once fjeguii, Bequeathed from bleeding sire to sou. Though baffled oft is ever won."' The conflict waged in 1681 for chartered rights, and rep- resentative government never ceased until freedom Avon at Yorktown. There was an attempt in 1682 to levy customs without a colonial assembly, which had been defeated by the Grand Jury, and trade became free just as Andros was returning to England. In 1683, the neAvly appointed Gov. Dongan was instructed to call a general assembly of all the freeholders, by the persons whom they should choose to represent them. In October, 1684, the assembly met and claimed in a bill of rights as Englishmen, that "Every freeholder and Freeman should vote. Trial to be by Jury." "No tax to be levied but by consent of the assembly," etc. In 1685, in less than a mouth after James the Second ascended the throne, he pre- pared to overturn the institutions he had conceded. By or- dinance a direct tax was decreed. The titles to real estate were questioned that larger fees and quit rents might be extorted, and of the farmers of East-Hampton who protested against the tyranny, six were arraigned before the Council. (See Bancroft's Hist. U. S., Vol II, pp. 413-14-15.) In May, 1686, Gov. Dongan was endeavoring to compel the people of East-Hampton to purchase a new patent at an exorbitant price, and they were resisting the attempt at ex- 61 tortion. The proprietor vote of tliat date regarding the four men on whom a warrant had been served, p. 186 ; the vote of "tlie pmc'liasers and proprietors of tin's town," Jnne 11, KiSO, choosing a committee for tlie defence of their rights ; the committee vote of June 14, 1686, appointing "Leiftenant • John Wheeler and Ensine Samuel Mulford" to defend the town's interest, ]>. 187 — all relate to this controversy with the Governor. July 29, 1686, ten persons complained to the Governor that the town will lay out no land to them, and he by order in council then directed Josiah Hobart, High Sheriff of the County, to lay out to each thirty acres. The written protest against this laying out, dated October 6, 1686, Avas deemed a liliel, and an information to that effect filed hj the Attorney General. Warrants issued for the arrest of Stephen Hedges, William Perkins, Jeremy Conkling, Daniel and Nathaniel Bishop, Samuel Mulford, Robert Dayton, Samuel Parsons, Benjamin Conklin, Thomas Osborne and John Osborne. October 17th, 1686, Thomas James preached from the text Job xxiv, 2 : "Some remove the land mark." Nov. 18th, 1686, Sheriff' Hobart attested under oath to the text and, teaching of the sermon. The same day an order in council was entered that a warrant issue against Minister James on the ground that the sermon was seditious. A like inform- ation against him was tilcMl. A warrant for his arrest issued Nov. 18th, 1686. Ho was arrested, and some three weeks thereafter petitioned the Governor for his release, reciting this as "the first tyme (for almost for'v years of my being a minister of the Gospel; that I have been called to account bv any authority I have lived under." (See Documentary History of New-York, pp. 351 to 860, Vol. III.) Tlic arbitrary powc^' of Doiigan ])r(^vail('d ; a ])atent was procurt'd, dated Dcccmbci- Utli, 1686, which secured indi- 62 vidually to the holder all lands "then taken up and appro- priated," to the purchasers all lands "unappropriated," "in proporcion to their severall & respective purchases thereoff," and gave to the trustees of the corporation the pre-emption or first purchase right as to the then unpur- chased part of Montauk. (See pages 194 to 204.) The patent is a mass of redundant verbage perplexing to the ordinary reader. The pith of the whole regarding title, is on page 198, which determines the sense and meaning of the instrument. Thus the proprietors obtained from the Governor a patent which confirmed their title to all the unallotted lands in the town as purchasers thereof, in pro- portion to their several contributions of purchase money. This was just what they had claimed from the beginning, and neither less or more. The consistency of the Governor in arbitrarily ordering a division of thirty acres each to those not entitled, and thereafter ignoring their claim, and by patent confirming title to the purchasers, is not ap- parent. It seems plain that the whole proceedings were designed to force the people to pay as they did pay the ex- tortionate charge of two hundred pounds for the patent. Eighty pounds thereof was charged to Montauk. An extra amount was assessed to pay the costs arising "about mens protests," (p. 204.) The people of the Town of East-Hampton claimed the right to be represented in a colonial assembly, and that taxes could rightfully be levied only by assent of their representatives. This was the burden of their grievance ; this the reason why again and again they petitioned to be placed under the aurhority and jurisdiction of Connecticut where representative government was established. Only in the light of such claims of right can the records be properly read. The address voted at a general training, fi.S June 21st, 1082, (page 112). The appointment of a eom- niittee to obtain redress from the Duke of York, (pp. 112 and 113) in this vieAv, are significant. Samnel Mulford, Samuel Parsons and Tliomas Chatfield signed tlie letter dated March 10th, 1689-90, written to Leisler, reciting that "we have agreed to send oA^er to his Majesty both a true narration of ye grievances we have suf- fered this many years under an arliitrary power, and a pe- tition to their majesties yt we miglit be rejoined with Con- necticut government as formerly, agreeably to the act of Parliament, yt all places (NE being particularly mentioned) shall have the same privileges they enjoyed in ye year 1660, restored unto them." (See Documentary History of New- York, Vol. II, page 187.) This recital is unequivocal, and makes the more clear many entries in the Town Records. The address to the Governor, dated Oct. 1st, 1685, (pages 169 and on) is not only a recital of the fact that formerly by "deputies" at Hempstead, "the whole Island being as- sembled in our representatives," but a claim to such rep- resentation "as a fundamental privilege of our English Na- tion," and the expression of a fear that bv the denial of such privilege, "our freedom should be turned into bondage and our ancient privileges so infringed yt they will never arrive at our posterity." The address is said to have been written by minister James. It bears marks of his strong devotion to freedom. It is worthy of enduring remem- brance as one of the luminous monuments of the ardent love of this people for liberty. The wise ai chitect knows where and how to iml)cd in the deej) foundations of the rising structure, strong bars of iron, to hold fast the springing arch- es, the ninssive walls, the spacious dome, the lofty spires. Like such a bar this "address" seems imbedded in the foundations of the fair tem])le of American Freedom. The 64 expression of 1685 would develop bv the laws of growth into the "Declaration" of 1776. It does not appear that the Town recognized Leisler as Governor. The trustees' vote, September 2d, 1689, (page 240) authorized the committee to order and impower Capt. Leisler "to secure for this town's use, what monies is to be found in New York unjustly by tax or taxes levied on this town." In singular contrast the entry on page 260, Feb. 13, 1680, expressly names Sloughter Governor. Although the town had been constrained to pay an extortionate price for a Patent from Dongan, the stern spirits that panted for free- dom still hoped and still fought on with unabated ardor for an assembly of representatives of the people. Neither Thomas James or Samuel Mulford (mighty names !) would tamely surrender the rights of a free born people to arbi- trary power. The angel of American Liberty was unfolding his wings preparatory to a flight above the power of servile Governors, base-minded Lords or irresponsible Kings. The student of history will scrutinize with intense inter- est the experience of this community in the improvement of lands in common. The compact village settlement, with small, narrow home lots, was convenient for the purposes of mutiial protection, social eujoymet, education of the youth, religious worship, pursuit of the whale fishery and common improvement of outlying lands. On the one Main street the Colony was planted. It grew chiefly northward, and in two score years extended a mile in length. Outside of these home lots, the lands were tilled and pastured before and after allotment, in fields enclosed by fence made by the owners in proportion to their ownership. Each owner tilled his just number of acres to which he was entitled in tlie field devoted to cultivation, as he Avould have done had he fenced it separately. Each one turned in the number 65 of cattle to which he was entitled according to the stint fixed for each, on the basis of his ownership in the lands pastnred. The popular idea that a common of pasturage is an unlimited, unregulated right, is a popular mistake. "A right of common without stint cannot exist in law," vid. note Blackstone's Comm. vol. 2, p. 34, etc. Just as to a recent date the lands of Montauk wore stinted for pasturage; so in early days the lands referred to were stinted for pas- turage. Jonathan T. Gardiner kindly loaned me the April number of the "Magazine of American History" for the year 1883. The article therein entitled "Montauk and the Common Lands of East-Hampton," was contributed by Prof. John Franklin Jameson, of John Hopkins University. With much learning the improvement of lands in common here is sought to be traced back to New and Old England and the Germanic races who "Migrated to Britain." The circumstances were favorable for such improvement ; the location of the village settlement, the common interest and convenience of tlie people, and their general honesty all tended to make this experiment successful and lasting. But the infirmities of human nature come to the front in every age — in every race. The boys in meeting were sometimes unruly and required "looking after," by James Bird. (See page 113.) The owners of these lands seem to have re- quired "looking after" in matters of fencing and common improvement. Very stringent rules were enacted — (pp. 102, 148, 165, 185, 217, 225, 265, 346, 401.) Severe penalties were ordained — (pp. 125, 130, 148, 160, 209, 226, 266, 400.) Fences were subject to the stern censorship of inspectoi-e — (}). 191.) Delinquents in fcuicing were exposed by ths initial letters cut on the fence — (p. 234.) 66 Yet all these failed to enforce the performance of the common duty, trespass occurred, fences were sometimes poorly made and sometimes not made at all. As time rolled on — except Montauk and certain meadows — the lands came to be improved in severalty and not in common. The Vil • lap;e system of settlement, the saving of fence, the saving of many drivers of cattle, the scattered lots of land, the habits of the people, seemed to call for the perpetuation of com- mon improvement. The failure of the experiment here under most favorable circumstances, is in itself a strong testimony agaii st communism or any like system, that seeks to substitute the common in place of the several improve- ment of lands by their owners. The Records abound in evidence tliat whaling continued to be an increasing and prosperous entei-prise. Several companies were eng;iged in this perilous pursuit ; young men came from Connecticut, New Jersey and other locali- ties to share in the hazard and excitement of the whale chase, and often married wives at East Hampton. Farming and shoemaking soon attracted much attention, yet whaling was second only to agriculture. (See pages 77, 79, 86, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 119, 120, 152, 153. Incidentally through the accounts, we learn of events transpiring of which tliere is no other record. In 1682 we find a charge of £26 13s. OOd "to ye Carptr yt makes the gallery for the church," showing with other items' that the people had been rebuilding and enlai'ging their church and constructing a gallery therein. (See pages 108-9'-10-ll.) Boards were carted from Northwest, and 1)arrels carted down there; (see page HI) showing that their harbor or landing place at that time was Northwest. Tluit there was a Fort, we know by the charge on ]iag(^ 107 : "Steph- en Hand for ye Gate of "ye fort $0-5-00." 67 That tliey bad a caunoii termed "Great gonn," loaded at Moutauk by Joseph Osborn ; carted thence to Northwest by "John Cerles team" and "John Millers Sen," we find from charges therefor, entered on page 247. I find no positive recorded evidence locating the fort. I think probable it was near the chnrcli, if it did not en- close it. There the men carried their • arms on the Sab- bath at their meeting. That was the central rallying point when the New England settlements were assailed by the Indians, and a central point in East-Hampton. (See pages 32 and 54, Vol. 11.) Just south were the graves of the •dead, now extended over the site of church and fort, (if fort there was), as age after age enlarged the city "where the rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep." It is stated in the chronicles of East-Hampton that the burying ground liad never been fenced. (See page 28.) June 16th, 1685, there was a vote to fence it "with a good peeke pale." (See page 167.) It seems probable it was then fenced. Forts were constructed by setting firmly in the ground lialf- tree sticks, some 8 to 12 feet long. Being split they wore flat on the one side like a "pale," being sharpened on the top they were "peeke" or peeked. Dwelling houses here were so fortified and enclosed. (See pages 71, 301, Vol. I.) The burying ground was ordered to be so en- closed. It is net improbable that the enclosure of fort and burying place was then made by continuous lines of "pales." The early burial grounds were near the residence of tlie settlers. They were chosen for the purpose of being accessible ; often on a hill as a conspicuous reminder of mortality, and an incentive to the living to defend to the death the graves of their dead from the savage foe. Nor is it certain, as has been charged, that the Puritans deliber- ately selected desolate, unsightly or unsuitable locations for 68 this purpose, and with intent to exhibit disregard to the memory or sacredness of tlie dead. The vote referred to is as truly significant of the reign of the finer feelings as the vote of the town in April, 1G85, when Thos. Squire was siclv, that his taxes "were remitted," (see page 164) is evidence of ; ractic.al benevolence. Beneath the austere self-con- trolled demeanor of the Puritan, there breathed a gentle tenderness for the child of misfortune, a sacred reverence to the memory and the ashes of the dead. June Kith, 1696, Minister James died. He had been partially disabled so as to require an assistant in the min- istrj' for some years. For nearly half a century he hacl been an able and devout minister to his people, intelligent in the understanding of their rights as free-born English- men, fearless in their defence. Oidy with his last breath went out his watchful regard as their minister. In attesta- tion of his conscious discharge of duty, his intrepid soul prompted the desire to be so buried as to rise facing his people on the resutrection m^rn. In September, 1696, Rev. Nathaniel Huuttiug came to East-Hampton and commenced his ministry of fifty years there. He was wise in counsel, diligent ii4 study, faithful in doing his work, devout in spirit and an untiring chroni- cler of the church and settlement. All accessions to the church, marriages, baptisms and deaths for half a century liH minutely recorded. In thiis, he was faithlul unto death. To t'lie historian and genealogist his record is invaluabh% and his work solid and enduring. To these Puritans the voice of the minister Avas grave, his teaching serious ; but the voice of the ocear, on whose shore they lived, was not less solemn. Within its depths countless humun lives had perished. Their sad fate seemed to invite the desponding to join them there. The fascina- 69 tion was strangely attractive to the disordered mind, and often impelled to self-destruction. Its stormy rcjar hushed aud awed the thoughtless. To the great souls who panted for freedom, it s])oke encouragement. Its illimitable ex- panse symbolized the vastness of their thoughts. Its re- sistless wave was an emblem of the peo})le's might. To the devout it spoke of the Almighty Maker. Its seeming ([uiet was beguiling as that of the serpent. The storm of its wrath who could withstand ? Its soft evening murmur lulled the weary tc; rest. The imceasing beat of its billows echoed in the ears of the living. In its ebbing tides the souls of their dying had gone out. Over the graves of their dead rose the moan of its anthem. The fearful mysteries of ocean, mutable, majestic, measureless, are unuttterable. From the days of ministers James and Huntting to the present, the thougiits of the prayerful might read : " And musing here I dream Of voj'agers on a stream From whence is no returning. Under seajcd ordci's going, Loolciug forward little knowing. Looking back with idle yearning. And I pray tliat every venture, The port of peace ma^' enter, That safe from snag aud fall, Aud syren haunted Islet, And rock, the unseen Pilot May guide us one and all." Bimuge-Hampton, Sept. 30th, 1887. H. P. Hedges. CHAPTER V. Introduction to Vol. Ill, of Town Recobds — 1702-1734. The Mother Country, p. 70. The plague in London, p. 11 The great f re of 1()at name and England gave to William and Mary the devotion tliat the long heroic strife of the house of Orange so well deserved. In 1603, 1625, 1665, with wide desolation the plague vis- ited londou. In 1666 the great lire there burned 13,200 dwellings and over two hundred thousand people were houseless. Taxation on rich and poor bore Jieavily. On every hearth and at times on every pane of glass a tax was levied. Within and without the British Isles, by sea and land, wars raged. In Germany a continuous thirty years war had been waged, terminating in 1648 in the Peace of Westphalia between France, Germany and Sweden. From the accession of William and Mary in 1688 to the death of Queen Anne in 1714 there were only four and a half years of peace. Emigration to the North American colonies was escape from the desolating pestilence of the old world, from its consuming fires, its grinding taxation, its iucessant wars, its abounding debauchery. The terrors of the tomahawk and scalping knife exceeded not those of European wars. In 1683, the Eevocation of the Edict of Nantes expelled the best protestant blood of France. The besom of war in Germany augmented the tide of Protestant emigration from thence. The weakness, the debauchery, the despotism, the treachery of the Stuart reigns impelled the best citizens of the British Isles to find a home in the new world where distance alleviated the anguish of National dishonor and degradation. Exceptional causes besides thosje named combined to swell the tide of emigration from Holland, Germany, France and the British Isles. The records contain names repre- 1 72 sentative of varied nationalities. We have found Scliellinx and Van Scoy (Van Scliaick) Dutchmen ; Dominy and Sher- rill, Irishmen ; Baillerjeau, a Frenchman, perhaps Hugonot. The early settlers of East-Hampton well knew the cor- ruption and infamy of the Stuart Kings. They knew sonie- cliiug of the line ot European j)olicy and courts, something of the intent of the Protestant league, whether its battal- ions were under the banner of the great Gustavus, the Prince of Orange or Charles XII. The aims of beligereiit powers in the wars of the past or present were not unknown to them. Lion Gardiner had served in the bloody battles fought in Flanders — " William Fithian, according to the traditions of the family was a native of Wales, a soldier in Cromwell's army, present at the execution of Charles I, and after the restoration of Charles II, prescribed as a regicide and obliged to flee his country." At the opening of this volume Joshua Garlicke had just died, "about one hundred years old." Ben Conlding survived till 1707. Jeremiah Conkling, Sen., died in 1712, 78 years old. The same year died Eobert Dayton "about 84 years old," Thomas Osborne "about 90 years," Stephen Hedges survived until 1734, "not wanting quite six months of a hundred years old." Those and others were familiar with the early settlers and with the narratives of Gardiner and Fithian, with the story of wars, of policies, of generals, of martial achievement. In the long evenings, at the huskings, at the fii ©side, tradi- tion and legend old beguiled the tardiness of time. The aged listened intent, the young amazed. Their story was never old and never dull. Looking back from the year 1700, the review is a history of martial conflict by aea and land wherein England's part was often inglorious if not disgraceful. With the early years of the 18th century, under Queen Anne, the danger- 73 ously preclominatiiig power of France aud Spain were lim- ited, and victory so long witheld alighted on the banner of England. At the battle of Blenheim, (1704) Eugene and Marlborough broke the power of France, and the same year the British fleet took Gibraltar, over which, to the lasting humiliation of Spain and the enduring honor of England, her flag still floats. The victory of Marlborough at Ramil- ies in 1706, of Eugene at Turin the same year, and of the two in 1708 at Oudenarde, and at Malplaquet, forced Louis XIV, of France, to assent in 1713 to the treaty of peace at Utrecht. France then ceded to England, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Hudson's Bay territory ; and Spain, Gib- raltar and Minorca. By the same treaty the claims of France to the country of the five nations in the colony of New York were surrendered. Thus began the accession of French America by England, which continued until all the Canadas were lost to France and North America became overwhelm- ingly Protestant. Although the treaty of Aix La Chapelle, at the end of the long war in 1748 left the possessions of the combatants substantially as at the commencement of hostilities, yet the treaty of Paris in 1763, at the end of the French and Indian war began in 1755, gave to England the Canadas and all the possessions of France east of the Miss- issippi, besides Florida, then ceded to her by Spain. Thus the wars waged by Roman Catholic powers for two and a half centuries, intended to crush out Protestant- ism from the face of the earth, ignominiously failed of their purpose. Not armies or armadas, anathema or interdict, rack or dungeon, inquisition or torture, ban or banishment, outlawry or treason, could conquer the nations or wrest Northern America from the realm of Freedom. The ele- mental powers, even "the stars in their courses fought for liberty." 74 Samuel Mulforcl born in 1645, taking liis seat as Member of Assembly in June, 1705, rapid in specoli, vehement in utterance, hasty in temper, positive in opinion. Republican in sentiment, puritan to the core, waged unequal war against the Governors Cornbury and Hunter from that time until his second expulsion from the house in 1720. His contention for freedom, his voyage to England, the circulation of his memorial there, the consequent repeal of the tax or duty on oil, the rejoicing of the whalemen, the ardent devotion of his constituents, the unseduced fidelity of Capt. Mulford to uphold their rights ; all these are matters of history oc- curring within the period covered by this volume. Mulford was an old whaleman entitled to be called Capt. from his command in this perilous pursuit, as well as from his com- mand of a militia company. Fearless, adventurous by na- ture and training, his broadened views of life and business naturally attracted him to the fields of commercial enter- prise. As early as 1702 he had erected a warehouse at Northwest, the then harbor of the town before Sag Harbor as such was known. (See page 28.) It is probable a wharf had been constructed there previously. In April 1700 Abraham Schellinx had made application for a permit to build one, and in 1705 he was master of and running the sloop "Endeavor." The simple manners of the time is shown in the Records by both positive and negative testimony. In all these three volumes one christened name, and one only, precedes the surname. The multiplication of names was an afterthought of later times. Ofl&cial titles and the prefix "Goodman" occur often. At page 199 of this volume for the first time succeeding the name of Josiah Hobart and unapplied pre- viously to a townsman, is found the title "Gentleman." Hobart had been high Sheriff of the County more than a 75 score of years anterior thereto, was venerable for age, prob- ably disabled for manual labor, and deemed worthy of the appellation. On page 264 the same word is used as de- scriptive of Thomas Chatfield. His education, his descent from honoied ancestry, and superior intellect, constrained the cotemporary scribe to distinguish him specially as a "gentleman." He was afterwards appointed a Justice of the Peace, and in 1738 as one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Suffolk County and known as "Judge Chatfield." He held this office until his death, Jan. 12th, 1764. His son John was a Justice of the Peace appointed in the reign of George III, and continued until the Revolu- tion annulled royal authority. On page 366 we read "John Wheeler Gentleman." Honored by his fellow citizens re- peatedly with public trusts as committeeman, as captain, as town trustee, as Supervisor, venerable for age, he well deserved the distinction. He died June 18th, 1727 aged about 80. His descendents removed to Smithtown, L. I., and there now reside. (See page 423). GENEALOGY. The light given to genealogical investigation by these volumes of the printed records, and eminently so of this present one, is priceless. The vote of July 6, 1655, (Vol. I, page 84,) shows that Thomas Osborn, Sen. was father of Thomas, Jr. But Oct. 27, 1658, Ih, p. 158, the Jr. is chosen constable, proving him then of full age and his father older probably by at least a score of years. There is a tradition in the Osborn family that the Thomas Sen. removed to and died at New Haven, Ct. John Osborn was another son of Thomas Sen., as is shown on page 300, Ih. Benjamin Os- born was also son of Thomas, Sen., as appears on page 406, Ih. After 1686, and up to 1694, the name of Thomas, Jr., does not occur in the records, implying thereby that only 76 one Thomas Osborn resided iu the town and lending nega- tive evidence to the tmth of the tradition mentioned. That a Jeremiah Osborn, Jr., of New Haven, married Elizabeth Talmage, of this town, June 15th, 1724, is evidence of so- cial intercourse between the Osbom families of the two places, lending further confirmation. The mention of Thomas Osborn, Jr., July 27th, 1694, (page 309, Vol. II,) refers to Thomas, of WainsQott, son of John. And the first Thomas Osborn, Jr., undoubtedly is the Thomas dying "Sept. 25th, 1712, aged about 90 years," mentioned in the record of deaths made by Hev. Nathaniel Hunttiug. William Hedges by will dated March 17, 1674, gave property to his widow Rose, to four daughters, to his eldest son Stephen and son Isaac. That Stephen is the one who died July 7th, 1734, "n(jt wanting quite six months of a hundred years old." Data for tracing his descendents abound. Isaac son of William died intestate and letters of Administration on his estate issued in March 1676-7 .to his widow Johanna, and her father, Josiah Barnes who also were guardians of a family of unnamed children. To iden- tify these unknown children is the problem. In Vol. II, p. 492 of the records, Jan. 16, 1700-1, occurs a deed from the aforesaid Stephen 2 to Isaac 3, son and heir of Isaac 2, de- ceased, which identiJ[ies that grantee as a grandson of Wil- liam and probably the Isaac Hedges, Sen. 3, who died Nov. 22d, 1726. Isaac Jr., 4 (son of the latter probably) married Phebe Parsons, Feb. 6, 1723. Their son Jacob 5, deceased, baptized Sept. 23d, 1738, died May 18, 1823, aged nearly 84 years, had a son Jacob 6, who died Sept. 6, 1869, over 85 years old, who had a son Albert L. Hedges 7, now living on Pantigo Lane. The deed named was the only connect- ing link long lacking to trace the unknown children of Isaac the intestate. March 3d, 1703, this same Isaac 3 conveys 77 t<} lii« well-beloved (sou) "Samuel," (see Vol. Ill, p. 57,) uamed Ih. p. 266 as a "carpeuter," engaged in building a house at Montauk about 1713 Ih, p. 296 and 7 and resided there March 12, 1713-17 Ih. p. 368. This is the "Governor Hedges" of Montauk known in tradition, great grandfather of the late Benjamin Hedges, deceased, of Amagansett, .formerly of Montauk, and father of the Benjamin and Jon- athan formerly of Montauk. As instances of the genealogical value of these volumes, we cite the following : Vol. I, John Hand, Sen's will, pp. 178, 17U, 180. Nathl. Street's will, ]}. 189. Wni. Edwards' will, p. 320. Thos. Kose, son and heir of Eobert •i'i'd. Joseph and Stephen Osborn, brothers, p. 243. Enoch, son of Wm. Eithian, p. 275. Benj. and Joseph Osborn, brothers, p. 281. Steven and John Hand, brothers, p. 284. Geo. Miller, dead, p. 302. Andrew and John Miller, brothers, p. 324. Thos. Edwards, son of Wm., p. 390. Thos. Hand, son of John, p. 497. Vol. II, James Dimou, son of Thomas, p. 113. Nathaniel Baker, son of Thomas, p. 115. John and Thomas, sons of William Edwards, p. 138. John, son of John Osborn, p. 241. Joseph and Jonathan Osborn, sons of William, of Boston, p. 256. Thomas Chattleld, son of Thomas, de- ceased, p. 2<)7. Josiah Edwards, grandson of William and son of John, p. 285, 308. Thomas Osboi'n and Ephraim, brothers, p. 318. Thomas Edwarils, son of John jand grandson of William, p. 365. Thomas Ed- wards, record of will, p. 385. Caleb and Thomas Osborn, brothers, p. 415. John Stretton, son of John, p. 439. John Stretton, Jr., son of Ste- phen, p. 442. Thomas Multord, son of William, p. 466. Enoch and Samuel Eithian, sons oi William, p. 477. Vol. III. Thomas and Edward Osborn, brothers, p. 2. John Miller, oldest son of George, deceased, p. 21. Samuel Parsons, Jr., son of John p. 37. Samuel Hedgeis, son of Isaac, p. 56. John Brooks, son of John and grandson of Richard, p. 78. Tliomas Osborn, Jr., oldest son of John p. 119. Joseph Hand, son of Stephen, deceased, p. 129. Solomon Stret- ton, oldest son of Eichard, deceased, who was oldest son of Bichard, p. 141. Josiah Fithian, soli of Samuel, p. 162. David and Lewis Conk- / ling, sons of Jeremiah, p. 174. Thomas Baker, son of Thomas, p. 189. ^ Jonathan Baker, son of Nathaniel, p. 215. Thomas Barnes, son of Wil- liam, deceased, p. 230. John Coukling, son of Ben who is son of Ben, p. 231. Daniel Dajton, son of Samuel, p. 2&3. Stephen Leek, brother of Ebenezer, deciised, p. 278. Hezekiah Miller, brother of Nathan, nephew of John, p. 289. Nathaniel Hand, son of James, p. 291. Thom- as Osborn, son of Benjamin, p. 308. Thomas Osborn, brother of Eph- raim, p. 321. William Edwards, sou of Thomas, brother of Daniel, p. 336. Thomas Edwards, grandson of William and cousin of Daniel, p. 338. John Miller, son of Gt^orge, p. 342. Thomas Osborn, son of John, p. 342. Richard Slia \v, son of Richard, d(H!eased, p. 361. John Eilwanls, son of John, p. 373. John Coukling, fatlitu' in-law of Nathan Miller, p. 3S7. Tliomas Whceb-i-, s<>n of Joim, [>. 423. Obadiah Osborn, sou of Ephraim, p. 487. 78 The policy of England to cripple the commerce, trade and manufactures of the colony to its injury, and the agrandize- ment of England, was now barely begun. By the ordinance of 1651, re-enacted in 1660, Parliament restricted exporta- tion from America to English, Irish and Colonial vessels, substantially excluding "foreign ships from all American harbors.' The more valuable colonial staj^les known as "enumerated articles," were required to be shipped exclu- sively "to England or some English colony." With few exceptions exportation to the colonies was prohibited, ex- cept in "English vessels," — Hildretlis History U. S., Vol. I, p. 473. In 1699, by act of Parliament, it "prohibited the transfer of domestic woolens from one colony to another ; or the export of colonial wool or cloths to any foreign coun- try."— /Z>. Vol. II, p. 213. In 1719 the House of Commons resolved, "that the erection of manufactories in the colonies tended to lessen their dependency on Great Britain." — Ih. p. 297. The act prohibiting transportation of woolen goods from one colony to another did not include hats, but in 1732 they were included in the j)rohibition, and colonial hatters forbidden to take more than two apprentices at once. — lb. p. 325. Since East-Hampton was prohibited from purchas- ing manufactured articles from another colony, or at exorb- itant rates only from England, necessity constrained a supply of wants by home manufacture which had made great progress at the commencement of the 18th centu?'y. This explains the great number of weavers, cordwinders, (shoe- makers) coopers, carpenters, and the presence of tailors, a hatter, glover, glazier and brickmaker, Slc, in the town. The subjoined table of persons engaged in the mechanic arts may be convenient for reference. At the commence- ment of the eighteenth century the productive and mechan- ic arts had made great progress in the Colony, and its wants 79 were mainh self-supplied. This may be nrleaiiod from the records, and is shown in the folhnvino; list taken from this volume: Survoj^or, Ehonozer Look, page 5 .lohn'Edwards, Cordwindor, Nathl. Doniiny, " 389 Coopor, Wm. Schcllengor, " 38 Thoe. Dibblo, " 74 " Jacob Sohellongpr, " 110 • " " " 199 Plasterer, J as. Barber, " 24 Glover, John Evjius, " lOf! Hatter, Nathan CJooper. " 389 Briekmaker, Isaac Barnes, •' 122 Glazier, Samuel Russel, " 1H7 Tailor, Joseph Osborne, " 130 Isaac Mulford, 13G, 418 Blacksmith, Robert Hudson " 113 Merchant, JacoV) Baillergean, 83 Peter Murdock, " 389 Doctor, Jacob ]5aillergean, " 129 Carpenter, Ephraim Edwards, 17 " Ebenezer Belding, 113 '■' John Jones, " 105 " Isaac Hedges, " 125 " Enoch Fithian, " 128 " Dai:. Buriiitt, " 227 " Samuel Hedges, " 226 " i^ Jeremiah Mulford, 415 " ;E Matthew Mulford, 41() " 5 Cornelius Conkling 415 " D Eleazar Miller, 415 " p^ Jeremiah Hedges, 480 - Josiah Holtart, Gentleman, p. 199 Thos. Chattiehi, " " 264 John Wheeler, " " 3- ^0. Toimi Legislation, p. 91. A dog laiv, p). 02. The Revolution, p. 92. Old style changed, p. 93. Gardiner s Island annexed to East-Hmnp- ton, p. 94. Notices of 3Iinisters Huntting, Buel, Beecher, Phillips, Condit, Eleazar 3Iiller, Nathl. Oardiner, Thomas Wickham, Jonathan Dayton, Jonathan S. Gonkling, Abra- ham Parsons, Abel Huntington, 31. D., David Hedges, Jr., Josiah C Dayton, Samuel 3Iiller, pp. 95-97. Concluding remarks, p. 98. The events of the century covered by this volume of the records are noticed" in newspapers, magazines, histories and hiws. They are perpetuated in the memorials of courts, of churches, of cities. They are recorded in cemeteries on the headstones of graves and in enduring monumental structures. The rude currency of coin or paper that circu- lated tells of finance ; the ponderous furniture tells of hon- est mechanism ; the massive chimney and fireplace tells of abounding forest ; the wide oven's mouth of abounding sus- tenance ; "the moss-covered bucket that hung in the well" of simple tastes ; the tinder-box and steel, of rude inven- tion; the tallow dip candle, of limited discovery. The spinning wheel, large and small, sung the song of industry. The reel and swifts, the hatchel and crackle, the shuttle and loom, told the tale of household manufacture. The trencher and keeler and pipkin and piggin and noggin, re- 87 vealed the prevailing frugality of home life and paucity of foreign manufactures. The powder horn and shot bag, the old king's arm and the old flint-lock, tell of an age fled for- ever. These memorials of the early and even the later years covered by this volume, liad but just gone out of prac- tical use at its close. No introduction can minutely remind the reader of the many events occurring in this hundred and fifteen years. The stream of history runs rapid. Like the descending current of a mighty river we get a glimpse of some clifi", some bank, and are swiftly borne to another elevation ; to some other point, or other view. Change follows change, scene succeeds scene until the objects mul- t ply indefinitely and swiftly obscure each other by their multitude. Although this volume reaches to the age of steamboats, of friction matches and the beginning of an- thracite coal and raihvay travel, yet it does not reach or far extend beyond the time when the sickle and scythe had fallen before the conquering march of the reaping and mowing machines, when the horse rake had superceded the handrake ; when tJie horse power was threshing the grain, which by the human arm had been slowly pounded out with the fiail ; when ocean steamers chased the surging bil- low from the shore of one continent to another ; when pe- troleum had come to light the Avorld ; when the telegraph and telephone had the ear of man. Hard, grinding labor still laid his exacting hand upon the masses of mankind and claimed them for his own, Tiie wood that warmed, the •whale oil lamp or tallow caudle that lighted the homes of this fair land, the food that fed the household, the coarse homespun garments that protected the person from cold in winter and unseemly exposure in summer, were obtained at the cost of almost unceasing toil. The range of the news- paper, how narrow ! the time and ability of the masses to 88 purchase and read its issues, liow limited ! Human com- fort, instruction and culture were rare and costly. The gifted and resolute and ambitious overcame. The weak, the undecided, the unsusceptive overcame not. The wars of England with Spain began Oct. 23d, 1739, her war with France commencing in 1744, in which Louis- burg was captured in 1745, her later French and Indian war begun in 1755, the wars with England, of the He volu- tion, and of 1812 all pour their ensanguined tide in the historic stream running through this volume. ALLOTTMENT OF LANDS. The preference for individual over joint and commo) im- provement of undivided lands is often and clearl} shown in this volume. Long before its close the last allottment of undivided lands within the town purchase had been made. They were all made to the commonage owners ac- cording to their several interest and amount of acreage therein. They were all based upon the equitable owner- ship and acreage of commonage held by individuals entitled thereto. They were called ten, five or three acre divisions, according to the number of acres of undivided lands allott- ed to each acre of commonage. These divisions and all of them were made as to individuals of right ; as such entitled to individual and varying proportions, and in no respect made as of corporate or town property. History clearly shows, and the facts show this, even if judges or courts de- cide otherwise. By the patent of Dongan, lands "not ap- propriated to any particular person or peisons" were con- fined to "such as have been purchasers thereof and their heirs and assigns forever in proportion to their several and respective purchases thereof made as tenants in common," &c. The allottments followed this language of the Patent, (See Vol. II, p. 198), and nover proceeded on the theory 89 that the undivided lands were town or corporate property, but always individual undivided property owned by the purchasers thereof in proportion to their several purchases. David Gardiner, lawyer, statesman and historian, the accomplished author of the "Chronicles of East-Hampton," than whom no better authority can be cited, takes this view of the construction of the Patent in the Chronicles, p. 67, and on page 40 declares "the lands which still remain undivided Avere not considered of much value. They are all held in tenancy in common and are subject yet to allott- ment among the heirs or assigns of the original purchasers whenever any of them may require it," — and see introduc- tion to Vol. I of Records, p. 10 and 11, and introduction to Vol. II of Eecords, pp. 5, 8, 9. In the 49 lots made and drawn for June 4th, 1736, called the ten acre divisicm be- cause ten acres of land was allotted to one acre of common- age, and in all subsequent and preceding divisions, this acreage of commonage was the measure and gave name and amount to the lands divided. The divisions recorded in this volume are nearly as follows : Ten acre division, June 4th, 1736, p. 17 to 27, a little over 7,000 acres. Five acre division, Feb. 6th, 1739-40, p. 64 to 81, a lit- tle over 3,100 acres. Five acre addition, Feb. 6th, 1739-40, p. 86 to 96, a lit- tle short 600 acres. Second five acre division, Feb. 6th, 1739-40, p. 96 to 110, a little over 2,800 acres. Three acre division, March 30, 1747, p. 138 to 160, a little short 1,800 acres. Thus over 15,000 acres were allotted in the years com- mencing in 1736 and ending in 1747, when the last called, the three acre division, was made. Efforts since made to 90 complete and perpetntite the list of commonage owners by committees tlieieto appointed have been unavailing, and the town Trustees seem to have claimed title to all the yet undivided lands in the town purchase, the value whereof was reckoned so small as to create little or no opposition or adverse claim, (pp. 82, 305, 308, 312.) MAKES. A large portion of the wealth and means of subsistence of the people of the town consisted in their cattle, sheep and horses. They were chiefly pastured on the peninsula of Montauk, where were kept some 2,000 cattle, : ,000 sheep, and many horses. Necessity required the ownership to be designated by ear marks, and hence these, like trade marks having value, became a species of property, the subject of town record. Among the first gifts of parents to sons was an ear mark entered of record. Montauk was some ten miles long, contained from 11,000 to 10,000 acres, was well watered, well adapted to pastur- age, required little fence, and was desired as a valuable acquisition to the town territory at an early date. In 1658 an agreement with the Indians was made to secure the pas- turage. In 1660 and 1661, after the overthroAV of the Montauks by the Narragansetts, and the flight for refuge to East-Hampton, title was acquired to the "Hither End." In 1670 title was acquired to a tract between Fort Pond and Great Pond. In 1686 the remainder was acquired, subject to certain reservations and Indian rights. It was a valuable addition to the agricultural value of the town territory. Its improvement was regulated by a system of rules appropriate, and so peculiar that Chancellor Sand- ford, a proprietor, declared his inability to understand them. It remained undivided, and owned chiefly by the farmers of East-Hampton and Bridge-Hampton, until the 91 year 1879, when by partition sale it passed to the purchas- er and present owner, Arthur W. Benson. LEGISLATION. The reader of these records will not fail to see the legis- lative power actively working in town meetings, in the meetings of the proprietors of the undivided lands, in the meetings of the proprietors of Montauk, and of the Trustees of the town. As late as 1751 the town was infested with wild cats and on ordinance thereof fixed a bounty to be paid as a i^remium for their destruction, (see pp. 167-176). The scope of legislation was wide, varied, penal, permissive, prohibitory, and embraced within its sjDhere both church and state. Trespass on the undivided lands at home, at Napeague or Montauk, was restrained, (pp. 248-266, &c.) The pews, not heretofore hired, about 1799, were rented, (p. 309, &c.) The tything men were chosen to preserve order in the church, especially among the irrepressible youth, (pp. 320-820, &c.) The town meeting fixed the min- ister's salary, (320-325) defined the seats for singers, (320- 335) chose the chorister and his assistants. The vote of 1802 directing that "Joseph Dimon be principal chorister and David Talmage 3d, David Sherril, David Hedges, Jr., and Isaac Dimon, Jr., be assistant choristers," seems like modern history to those who yet remember the same, and the melodious and mysterious pitch-pipe used by the prin- cipal chorister, who fairly earned the Sunday dinner voted him, (pp. 396-402.) In 1785, in the excitement of the moment probably, over the loss of many sheep, and moved by the indignant elo- quence of some sufferer, the good people of the town voted "that all the dogs in the town be immediately killed," p. 247. Yet notwithstanding the narrowness shown in legis- lating to prohibit the export of clams, the fiery excitement 92 expressed in the resolve that idl dogs be "iiu mediately killed," the ivasiou of the sphere of church action in choos- ing "tything men" and "choristers" and "singers' seats," and renting pews and fixing the minister's salary, in the main ends sought the legislation was api^ropriate, effective, judicious, and of itself a school of instruction. We learn to swim by swimming, and as truly learn to legislate by legislating. In all these records the action of the town as a taut by vote to enact, to execute and enforce laws, stand out in bold relief. Self-government thus began, thus progressed, thus learned to act by acting, to govern by governing, until every town in this county contained within itself the indestruct- ble elements that grew into national union and in indepen- dence. If the aggregation of our population in cities shall continue, if in place of government by towns be substitut- ed the government by counties and cities, by Boards of Su- pervisors and Boards of Aldermen, if the governing power be removed from the people in towns and delegated to Councils and Boards as is now being«done, it may be ques- tioned whether the people are thereby best educated for self-government. The diminishing power of rural life and the overshadowing power of city life in legislation is ye't to be proved for the perpetuity of Freedom. THE REVOLUTION. After the Battle of Long Island, 28th August, 1776, East-Hampton and all the Island fell within the lines of British occupation and under their rule. The records would be open to insi^ection and all exjjressious therein hostile to the royal power Avould incur the censure of the military authorities. Those occurring before would naturally be concealed or erased. Thereafter, until November 25tli, 1783, when New-York was evacuated, none would be per- 93 initted. Hence the absence on the records of such allu- sions. Yet we know by the records of the Provincial and Continental Congress, and other sources, that the freemen of this town unaniniously advocated tlie patriot cause, sus- tained and sympathized with their countrymen in Boston and elsewhere, fouoht for their liberties on laud and sea, the most active in the Eevolution sometimes taking refuge in the continental army or the towns in Connecticut, and thence sometimes as privateers contributing gallantly to the cause of freedom. East-Hampton nurtured no Tory and no drop of Tory blood. (See Onderdonk's Rev. Inci- dents of Suffolk Co., pp. 14, 19, 20, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, &c.) The presence of the portion of the British forces quar- tered in Sag Harbor and the Hamptons was a standing menace, their conduct exasperating, their language provok- ing, their incessant pillaging a burden, their insults a trial, their brutality a grievance. The people of East-Hampton, not without cause, held them in utter loathing and abhor- rence. The discipline and conduct of the officers and men on the fleet in Gardiner's Bay was more respectful. Be- tween the people and them visits were exchanged and so- cial civilities were not unfrequent. At Col. Abraham Gar- din-ir's a company of officers of the British fleet on one occasion dined, there meeting some young ladies of East- Hampton. Until recently one of the two large black wal- nut tables on whiidi the provision was laid, was retained in use. There is a tradition that the carver at this dinner asked the ladies to Avhat they would be helped. The first (me asked replit d "a wing." The others, in unthoughtful diflidence, continued to answer "a wing," until the carver, seeing tlu^ supply short of the demand, said, "Madam, you will please undcM'staud that the ff)wl is not all wings." 94 That was the age of the Eagle, this of the Dove. The sweet peace with soft wings that now reigns would not reign had that age nurtured no resolute, fiery and master- ful souls. The spirit of Cromwell and his avenging Iron- sides lived in the Revolutionary regiments, panted for the field of conflict, exulted in the fight for freedom, shouted its battle cry^ — ludej^endence. If the way to freedom was laid only through war, who shall say that their wrath was wrong, and that being angry they sinned, or that their avenging justice was not a baptism from on high ? Thank God that no weak sentiment, no illusive liojDe, no deceitful promise unnerved their arm or stayed their march, until they stood on the mount of Independence, in the citadel of Freedom. CHI^GNOLGGY. In 1752, by act of Parliament, eleven days were dropped between the 2d and 14tli of September, and the year was to commence January 1st and not March 25th. as before. In reducing old style to this new style add ten days from 1500 to 1700 and eleven days from ] 700 to 1752. March in old style was the 1st and June the 4th month, &c. in writing the year IIH, or other years preceding or succeed- ing, the bottom figures represent the actual year as we reckon and the only figures to be read. gardinee'r island. Gardiner's Island was originally an independent Manor or Lordship, whose proprietor had power to hold courts and maintain authority over his territory, by grant from royal authority. When Gov. Dongan, in 1G86, proposed to annex this Island to the town of East-Hampton tlie re- monstrance of the proprietor availed to prevent it and a confirmatory patent from the Governor continued his title and rights to his Lordship. By act of the Senate and As- 95 sembly of New-York, passed 7tli March, 1788, it was an- nexed, probably witliont opposition, to this town. The Manorial and Lordship incidents conferred by royal patent fell Avith the royal authority at the revolution, and the an- cient inheritance from Lion Gardiner became a part of the p;reat Republic, and its proprietors, descendants of his honored stock, ardent advocates of the free institutions of their country. This volume commences some twelve years before min- ister Huntting- vacated the pulpit, and nineteen years before he was laid in his grave. He was mild in manner, social in disposition, kind of heart, generous in feeling, profound in scholarship, logical in argument, dignified in demeanor, retiring in deportment, consecrated to the great work of the ministry ; and in the warmth of his affection, the wealth of his tenderness, the sensibility of his soul, a fitting friend and guide to his people. He died Sept. 21st, 1V53, some seven years after he had resigned the active duties of the pastoral relation in wliieh he had seived the Master fifty years. This volume covers the whole fifty-two years of the min- istry of Samuel Buell, D. D., from Sept. lOth, 1746, when he was installed, to July 19th, 1798, when he died. Ar- dent, earnest, imaginative, active, shrewd, positive, social, hospitable, cheerful, observing, magnetic within and with- out the pulpit, he Avas a living force long impressed upon the ciiurch and people of this town. He enlarged their views, elevated their thoughts, purified their purposes, in- spired to intellectual culture, to more tliorough education, to higher devotion of the heart, to nobler ends in life. His ferv(mt eloquence, his sparkling wit, his Avide learning, his genial manners, his ready repartee, his hunting feats, his fearless riding, his indomitabl<^ energy, his fiow of anecdote, 96 and variety of experience — all these are historic. But for him Clinton Academy had not been. Lyman Beecher, D. T>., of world-wide fame, successor of Minister Buel, and preaching here soon after his decease, was ordained over the chnrch, Sept. 5th, 1.799, and re- mained until 1811. At this time in East-Hampton were many gifted men, thoughtful, inquiring, well read, argu- mentative, logical, of powerful mind, some of whom were his near neighbors. Of this number were Abraham Par- sons, Town Clerk, Justice and School Teacher ; Jonathan 'S. Conkling, afterwards State Senator and first Judge of the County ; Abel Huntington, M. D., Jonathan Dayton, David Gardiner, David Hedges, Jr., and others with whom Beecher often conversed and argued on questions connected with his sermons. The writer has been told that Beecher thus arguing sometimes met nearly if not quite his match, and in later life attributed his facility in debate and illus- tration to this early experience. This volume extends over the ministry of the grave, se- date and learned Ebenezer Phillips, ordained 5tli May, 1811, resigned March 16th, 1830. In the utterance of ad- monition Phillips was unexcelled. On a Sabbath morning, after two Deacons of his church had engaged in a contest at law, he read for the morning lesson Chap, vi, of I Cor- inthians, commencing, "Dare any of you having a matter against another go to law before the unjust and not before the saints?" Possibly some aged hearer may still recall the emphasis expressed in the utterance of "dare,'' — deep, prolonged, terrific, reverberating, inimitable, as the roar of "Jupiter Tonans," This volume covers the ministry of the sweet and sainted Joseph D. Condit, from 5th Sept., 1830, to April 2d, 1835. It reaches over the ministry of Samuel R. Ely, D. D., as 97 stated supply from 1835 to 1846, whose genial ways, social fondness, fatherly care, and abounding love still linger in the memory of his flock. It covers the short ministry of Alexander Bullions, 1846-1848, and almost all that of Sam- uel Huntting, begun in 1848 and closed in 1849 by his lamented death. The stream of history running through this volume, measured by the career of the many eminent men who lived and died within its years, seems still more long and rapid. Eleazar Miller, grandson of John, the first settler, elected member of Assembly in 1748, re-elected continuously until 1769, was thence called " Assemblyman Miller." In the latter year, after a warm contest. Col. afterwards Gen. Woodhull, of sad Revolutionary fame, secured the majority for Assembly over Miller. This useful, hospitable, prudent patriot and venerable legislator died March 15th, 1788, aged over 91. Doctor Nathaniel, son of Col. Abraham Gardiner, surgeon in the army of the Revolution, represented this County in the Assembly in 1786, 89 and 90. Thomas Wickham, (Capt. of a privateer in the Revolution) was As- ^ semblyman in 1800-1-2. Jonathan Dayton in 180. -5-8. Jonathan S. Conkling in 1811-14. Abraham Parsons in 1817-20. Dayton and Conkling were subsequently in the State Senate. The writer well remembers these two rej)- resentatives and others in public life fifty years and more by gone — men of mark, known in the councils of the State and Nation ; as David Gardiner, father of ^Mrs. President Tyler and author of the "Chronicles" mentioned, Abel A Huntington, M. D., David Hedges, Jr., Josiah C. Dayton, ^ Samuel Miller, and many more, men of strong intellect, practical judgment, independent thought and personal pow- er amouK the distinguished minds of the Nation. Fifty years since few streets, oven in the great cities (;f the laud, presented a l^rightor constellation of minds than East- Hampton Main street. In her palmy days it may be doubt- 98 ed if the Seuators of East-Hamptou would compare uufav- orably with the illustrious Senate of the Roman Republic. The instruction and teaching of her brilliant line of min- isteis and statesmen may well be summed up in the words of fJosiah Quincy, of Boston: "Human happiness has no jjerfect security but freedom ; freedom, none but virtue ; virtue none but knowledge ; and neither ireedom, nor vir- tue, nor knowledge, has any vigor or immortal hope except in the principles of the Christian faitli, and the sanctions of the Ciiristian religion." By the munificence of the Town of East-Hampto:i her ancient records for two hundred years are rescued from ob- livion and perpetuated in print, to be an imperishable legacy of instruction and light to the world. Since 1849, when by invitation the writer delivered the Historical Address commemorating the bi-centennial of the settlement of his native town, forty years have gone. By the partiality of his townsmen he has been invited to write and permitted in old age to complete with his own hand, introductions to the former three and to this fourth volume of printed records. Thanks to them. Thanks to the " Power Supreme." For the good of his native town and native isle his heart until its last expiring pulsation will never cease to beat. For the culture of our youtli, for the difiusion of knowledge, for the preservation of our tradi- ticms and history, for the perpetuity of our free institu- tions, his desire will never die. My nat ve isle and native town, may they be forever free ! "Free as the winds that winnow Her siiriibless liills of sand ; Free astlie waves that batter Along her yielding land. Than hers at duty's summons, No loftier spirit stirs. Nor fails o'er human suffering A readi(^r tear than hers. God bless the sea-beat Island, And grant forevermore, That Charity and Freedom dwell As now u[)ori hcv shore." Bridge- Hampton, November 13, 1889. Ji. P. HEDGES. CHAPTER VII. THE INDIANS.— Death of the 3Iavhansett Sachem, p. 99. SacJienis Hole, p. 99. Wijaiidance attains snprcmacn, p. 100. The Montank Tribe, p. 100^ Their Nmuher, p. 100. Wars loith Pequots and Narraghansetts, jj. 100. Naviga- tion, p. 102. Wampum,, p. 102. Religion, p. lOS. Mis- sions, p. 104. Cockence Long Island, p). lOi. Indian In- fluence on the Anglo-Saxon, p. 107. Beman, Father and son, p. 108. Love of War, p). 109. An Epitap)h, p). 110. The Trustees of the Town of East-HamjJton, p. 110. At the time of the settlement of East-Hampton this Tribe resided chiefly upon the Peninsula of '-Moutaukett," as their headquarters. Poggatacut, Sachem of the Manhansetts, and brother of Wyandance, died in 1651. Tradition (recorded) tells of the funeral train that carried his remains to interment at the royal burying-ground at Montauk. On the road from Sag-Harbor to East-Hampton, the bearers rested their burden on the ground. The place where the head -.-ested was marked by an excavation some 1^ feet in depth and diameter, and was known to all as "the Sachem's Hole." It was kept clear of leaves and rubbish as a sacred spot by the Indians in my day, and was located about two rods south west of the 3 mile stone from East-Hampton. The build- ing of the Turnpike road obliterated it, realizing the dan- ger of innovation foreboded by the author of the Chronicles of East-Hampton sooner than was looked for. Writers 100 speaking of this as the mark wliere rested the feet of the body contradict the tradition. Farmaii s Antiquities of Long Ishmd strangely and mistakenly records this place as marking the place where rested the- body of the Shinecock Sachem on its way, through Sag-Har])or to East-Hampton, and thence to Montauk for burial. This contradicts the tradition and the account recorded in "the Chronicles of East-Hampton," an authority remarkably full and accurate. The pre-eminence which he maintained over the other tribes of the Islapd, as their Sachem or Chieftain, seems to have descended to Wyandance, who thenceforth assumed the re- gal authority as Sachem of "Paumanacke," or Long Island. Under the government of Wyandance, if not previousl}^, this tribe acquired l)y their martial virtues and the skill of their chieftain, a powerful ascendency over the other tribes of the Island, who by tribute, deference, or otherwise, ac- knowledged their superiority. At this time they appear to liave been numerous. Among the manuscript memoranda of John Lyon Gardi- ner, deceased, (a great antiquarian, thorougldy versed in the records and history of the early settlement of tiie east- ern towns of Long Island,) I find the following : "Eleazar Miller, Esq., formerly member of Assembly, said that when a young man he once enquired of a vi^ry old Indian, whether the Indians on the east end of Long Island were numerous. The Indian, placing his hand upon the grass, answered : 'If yoti can couni the spires of grass, you can count the Indians that were living when I was a boy,' " The same antiquarian, (to whom I confess myself indebt- ed for much of our early history,) has left the following- record of tlieir romantic and most unfortunate defeat : " The Montauk Tribe of Indians were tributary or allied to the Pecpiots. When tliis country was first settled a war prevailed between the Pequots on the one part, and the 101 Narragh an setts, who were very numerous, on the other. The Bh)ck Island Indians took sides with the Litter, the Montauk Indians with the former. In this war tlie Mon- taukers received a heavy blow from the Block Island In- dians. "Both parties set out in their war canoes, on the same evening. It Avas in the summer season, and at the full ()f the moon. They met half Avay, but the Block Island Indi- ans being so situated in the glades of the moon, could npt be seen, while at the same time, looking westward, they saw at a distance their enemies silently approaching in In- dian file. The word was given, and they hurried back to Block Island, laid in ambush for their enemies, and secreted their wives and children. The Montaukers, unsuspicious, arrived at their lauding place, hauled up their canoes, and were silently, and as they thought, sure of success, ap- proaching the wigwams of their enemies, while as they supposed asleep. They fell into the ambush that was laid, and while one party was killing them another was destroy- ing their canoes, and slaying such as attempted to return. They Avere all either taken or killed, except a few who es- caped in one canoe. These brought the melancholy news to their friends. The Montaukers then moved on to the parsonage lands, at East-Hampton, and continued there a long time. Their Sachem was taken alive and carried to Narraghansett. A large, flat rock was heated by building fires upon. He was tnen ordered on it, with his bare feet. He sung his death song, walking several times composedly across it, till his feet were burned to a coal. He fell, and they finished the scene as usual in such cases. This was the last of their wars." The tribe continued to decrease, and although severe laws were enacted, to prevent intemperance, by the sale of intoxicating drinks among them, yet other causes operated to reduce theii> number. It is probable that about this period the small pox, (that terror of the Indian,) prevailed among them, and carried off great numbers. The following order upon the town books substantiates the conjecture. 102 "March 2nd, 1663. — It is ordered tliat noe Indian sliall come to town, into the street, after sufficient notice, on penalty of paying 5s., or be whipped ; until they be free of the .small pox,'' &c. In language, customs, government, religion and manners, this tribe was similar to the adjoining aboriginal tribes. The lamented author of the Chronicles of East-Hampton, (than whom none was better versed in local antique lore,) says of them : — " In their religion they were Polytheists and Idolaters. Their government was a monarchial despotism. In person they were tall, of proud and lofty movement, of active bod- ies and as straight as the arrow. They were warlike in their habits and spent most of their time in the study of military policy. Their chiefs and their braves were dis- tinguished above those of the other tribes of the Island for prowess in the field ; for a recklessness of life in battle, and for the bold and daring onset with which, under their war scream, they rushed upon an enemy." "Their canoes in which they visited the neighboring isl- ands and the continent, as far east as Boston, and as far south as New York, were of the largest class, and in some instances capable of carrying eighty persons. That of Wy- andance required the strength of seven or eight men to draw it from the water upon the shore ; and on one occas- ion was damaged at Gardiner's Island for want of a suffic- ient number of persons to place it beyond the reach of the sea. With New Haven and the Connecticut River their intercourse was frequent. Their habits were social and they visited of < en and familiarly the families of neighbour- ing tribes, with whom they delighted to mix in converse and friendly gaieiy." "In the arts they had made but small advancement. The principal articles of manufacture were shell beads, called wampum, and which all accounts agree in stating were made by them in greater abundance than by any other tribe." "They were, as I have before remarked, Polytheists. They had gods in great numbers ; many of lesser influence. 103 liarinf^ particular c-liHrG;es, and two of exalted degree, the good and the evil Deity, having a general superintendence and control, as well over all other gods as over men. Tin re was a god of the four corners of the earth, and the four seasons of the year; another of the productions of, the earth ; another of the elements ; one of the day and night ; and a god of the hearth, the family, and domestic relations. The great, good, and supreme Deity they called Caulklun- toowut, which signifies one possessed of supreme power. The great evil spirit was named Mutcheshesumetooh, which signifies evil power. They Avorshipped and offered sacri- fices to these gods at all times. They had small idols or images which they believed knew the will of the gods, and a regular Priesthood by whom these idols were consulted. The priests were callecf Powawas or Powwas, and declared to the people what the gods recjuired of them ; when dances and feasts should be made ; when presents should be given to the old people ; when sacrifices should be of- fered to the gods, and of Avhat kind. These Powwas pre- tended to hold intercourse with the gods, in dreams, and with the evil spirit in particular, who appeared to them un- der different forms, and by voices in the air. These were !^he medicine men. They administered to the sick ; relieved those afflicted with evil spirits and poison, and by incanta- tions and charms, protected the people from all harm. Subject to the Powwas' influence, neither could fire burn them nor water drown them ; nor could they receive any injury whatever. The most savory^ sacrifice made to the great Deity was the tail or fin of the whale, which they roasted. The leviathan, from which it was taken, was at times found cast upon the sea shore, and then a great and prolonged powaw, or religious festival, was held. At these festivals great efforts were supposed to be necessary to keep the Evil One without the circle of their incantations. His presence, it was believed, would defeat the object of the Powwas in the procurement of the favor and particular regard of the good deity. Violent gesticulations, loud yells, and laborious movements of the limbs and body, with distortion of the features, were continued until the excite- 104 ment produced approaclied to madness. When the Evil Spirit was supposed to be subjugated the dance and the feast commenced. • It is among the Indian traditions, thtit the existence of the Evil Spirit was evidenced by his hav- ing, when driven from the feast, left the imprint of his foot upon a granite rock on Montauk, and made three holes in the ground, at regular distances, where he alighted in three several leaps from the stone on which he had stood, and then disappeared." "They believed in a future state of existence ; that their souls would go westward a great distance, and many moons journey, to a place where the spirits of all would reside, and where, in the presence of their great Sawwonnuntoh, beyond the setting sun, the brave and the good would ex- ercise themselves in pleasureable singing, in feasting, hunt- ing and dancing forever. The coward, the traitor, the liar, and the thief were also there, but the enjoyments of the favored Sawwonnuntoh only added to the pain, of the pun- ishments visited upon the misdeeds of the wicked. Servile labor, so painful to and so much despised by the Indian, was the allotment of the sinful. The making a canoe with a round stone, and the carrying water in a wicker basket, were among the perplexing exercises of those who had sac- rificed the happiness of their future existence to the will of Mutcheshesumetooh, or the Evil Power." Efforts were, at a very e^rly day, made to introduce civ- ilization and Christianity among this tribe, but apparently with little success. The Rev. Thomas James was employ- ed by "The Society for propagating the Gospel in New England," about the year 1660. He commenced the study of the Indian language, and made efforts to spread the knowledge of the Gospel among the Montauk Indians. Little is known however either of the length or success of his exertions. In 1741 the New-York Committee of the same society employed Mr. Azariah Horton, (a native of Southold,) as a missionary, to be exclusively employed in the instruction 105 of the Long Island Indians ; and in tliat year he was or- dained by the Presbytery of New-York to the work of the Gospel ministry. lu this service Mr. Horton remained 11 years. From his journal, still extant, it would appear that he often preached to and labored with the Montauk Indians, and that some of them received the Gospel. These were probably the first religious impressions which to any ex- tent aifected the tribe. In 1798 the Eev. Paul Cuffee, a native Shinecock In- dian, received a commission from the "New-York Mission- ary Society," to labor with the remnants of the Long Island Indians. In their employ he remained till his death, which occurred Mnrch 7th, 1812. The principal field of his labor was Canoe Place and Montauk. The tribe of Montauk Indians, within the memory of some of the oldest inhabitants, numbered some two hun- dred. Fifty or sixty years since, under the tuition of one Brown, an Er^lishman, who resided among them, they made some little advances in education. At that day thoy were eagerly sought for as whalemen, on account of their aptness and skill in seamanship, and their rare merits in the perilous conflicts with the giants of the deep. They manifested an equal readiness for the w^haling voyage, and not a ship in that day sailed upon a whaling cruise without the necessary cemplement of Indians. The same passion has, to some extent, descended to the few survivors of the present day. History has meagerly, romance bountifully sketched the peculiarities of the Indian. My learned friend William W. Tooker, with antiquarian perseverance and matchless skill, has traced the history of "Cockenoe de Long Island," from his capture in the Pequot war, (where the Montauks as tributary to the Pequots were involved in their destruction,) 106 to his slavery in Massachusetts, his service as first inter- j)reter to John Elliott in his translation of tlie Indian Bible, his return to his native tribe at Montauk, his marriage with the sister of Wyandance, and of the other three great Sa- chems of Eastern Long Island, his career as chief counsel- lor in the Montauk tribe, his offioe of interpreter and agency in the large sales of Indian lauds on Long Island. His intellectual eminence must have been an elevating power to his tribe, and contributed to prolong their existence and supremacy over the other neighboring tribes. The seclus- ion of the Montauks was unusually favorable to their sur- vival, as a people. The doom of destruction, that swept away the Indian race as a whirlwind, was delayed but not averted from the Montauks. The example and teaching of this high counselor and of Sampson Occum, Azariah Hor- ton and others, was evanescent. Some brief account of Gospel work among them remains. After the death of Wyandance, in 1659, by poison secretly administered, the tribe under the leadership of Weoncomboue, his son, came to reside on the calf pasture south of the main street, as a refuge from the persecution of the Narragansetts. While there in 1662, the small pox raged so fatally as to threaten their extinction, and Weoncomboue then died at the age of twenty-two. In my boyhood many graves remained there, reputed to be of Indians. In excavating for the foundation of the dwelling house and outbuildings of Mr. Satter- thwaite, years ago the bones of Indian bodies, bottles, an idol image and other articles identifying, the site of their burial place were found. The idol may have beent he one worshipped by the young Sachem. Writers have erred in stating that with the decease of the sou of Wyandance his descendants perished. His grandson Moushu, alias Pouiute, signed the deed of Dec. 1, 1670, for a portion of Montauk. 107 The record of impress of the intellectual and moral power of the white race on the Indian is not lacking. But who has written of THE INFLUENCE OP THE INDIAN ON THE ANGLO SAXON ? The contact of the Pioneers and their descendants for generations with the Indian tribes, organized or disorgan- ized, was a potent factor in the formation of character. The Indian was proud, self controlled, revengeful, subtle, thoughtful, persevering, brave, mechanically ingenious, la- conic in expression, keen in observation ; impatient of re- straint, enduring in fortitude, grateful for kindness, un- jdelding to the foe ; unimpressible to antagonizing or to unaccustomed influences. His nature was full of apparent contradictions. He endured hardship and hunger as a Spartan of old. He yielded to the^ove of strong drink as tlie. weakest wine bibber. He was immovable in patience and perseverance. He was as restless and roving in desire as a wandering Arab. He seemed immersed in his own thoughts and yet read with almost unfailing penetration the heart of his fellow men. He took little from the Anglo- Saxon in education, in manners or religion. He left his impress on the whites. His grim wit, his stoical fortitude, his feigned insensibility to pain and suffering, his love of in- dependence, his hate of bondage, his fondness for the chase, his kinship to nature, his admiration for eloquence : all these, less on the old, more on the young, somewhat on all, were inherited as influences derived from association with the Indian. His craft and his caution gave to the soldier of the Colonial and Revolutionary wars, and to their des- cendants elements of character that fitted them the better for the duties of their arduous life and the high destiny they should achieve. The Montauk or Shinecock squaw seventy years ago, 108 often peddled baskets in the Hamptons. A strap over the head held the burden on the back. With noiseless foot- step she approached the door ; unbidden she raised the latch ; unabashed and unabashable, with the air of a Queen, she entered and put the query, "Spose you don't want to buy no baskets nor nothing to-day ?" A few old men and women yet live, who in the far off years heard this query and witnessed the attitude and assumption of indifference inimitable and unique. Nearly an hundred years by-gone an Indian in East- Hampton, named Josiah Beman, preached the doctrine of Universal 8alvation. It is said Lyman Beeclier, as Avas the custom, then had his wood-pile in the street. While cutting wood Beman came along the street and this dia- logue followed : Beecher to Beman, "I hear you preach the doctrine of Universal Salvation '?" Answer, "Yes." Beech- er said, "I see no need of your preaching if your doc- trine is true, because then all men will be saved whether you preach or not." Beman said, "Mr. Beecher, I hear you preach the doctrine of Foreordination ?" Ans., "Yes." Beman said, "If your doctrine is true, I see no need of your preaching, because if men are foreordained to be saved or lost they will be saved or lost whether you preach or not." A younger Beman (I think son of Josiah) was a bound servant boy to the Eev. Ebenezer Phillips, in East-Hamp- ton. He was a long annoying trial to the parson. At last the boy wore out the minister's patience. He collared Be- man in earnest, whip in hand, determined to give the imp a thorough threshing. Introducing the punishment with admonition, Mr. Phillips in grave emphatic characteristic tones said, "Now, Beman, I have counseled and advised you. I have remonstrated with you and warned you. I 109 have threateued you ; yes, and I have reasoned with you. It all does no good, and now I must whip you." Even in the impending danger, Beman noticed the emphasis on the word "reasoned.'" After some dozen or more sharp, sting- ing lashes were struck, as if a new and startling thought had come uppermost, Beman sang out, "Oh ! Oh ! Massa Phillips! Oh, Massa Phillips, stop! Massa Phillips, stop!" Expecting some new development, Mr. Phillips stopped, saying, "Well, Beman, what is it ?" Beman said, "Oh, Massa Phillips, let's reason.'' Beman is not the first or only transgressor who preferred reasoning to threshing. The flavor of Indian wit aud hu- mour, the concentrated force of the Indian epigram trans- mitted down the later generations, is characteristic of the American mind and born of aboriginal antecedents. Deep seated and nurtured in the heart of the Indian for untold ages was the love of war. His education, his hunter life, his undying aspiration was supremacy in martial achieve- ment. Ttiis was "his being's end and aim." To this all other pursuits or desires were subject. The four Sachems of the tribes of eastern Long Island in 1645, offered their services as warriors to the Dutch against the English, thereby showing their inherent love for war. After the lapse of more than a century and a quarter from the settle- ment of the town and the friendly intercourse with the whites and the "old, old story," liy ministers James and Huntting and Buell, by Sampson Occum and Azariah Hor- ton and others, they were still ready for war, even against their best friends and neighbois. Martha Bookee Flint, in her book entitled " Early Long Island a Colonial Study," on p. 429, cites a letter written about 1777 by Guy Johnson to Lord Germaiue, quoting this: "I had an interview with the Mcmtauk Indians on Long no Island, who though few in number and surrounded by dis- affected people, have offered their services whenever the General could please to make use of them." The Indian walked " in the valley of the shadow of death." The the- ology of the day contributed to darken his night. Samp- son Occum's hymn commencing " Awaked by Sinai's awful sound " ends with the words " redeeming love." Yet four of its five stanzas describe the state of despair, as if a pre- monition of the extinction of his race was his dominating thought. It seems as if the Indian brooding over, resolved to hasten his doom and contribute to his own destruction. The elder Beman is said to have composed his epitaph, which is cliaracteristic of himself and perhaps of the tribes then vanishing. It runs thus : "Here Josiah Beman lies, And nobody laughs and nobody cries ; ■ Where he's gone and how he fares, Nobody knows and nobody cai'es." The Trustees of the Town, as a corporation, were twelve in number. By the patent of Gov. Dongan they took title in trust by its terms " only " in trust as a medium of con- veyance, to confirm the allotted lands to the individual owners thereof, the unallotted lands to their owners and with a pre-emption right to acquire the yet unpurchased part of Montauk. The date of the patent was December 9th, 1686. The date of the deed of the unpurchased part of Montauk was August 3d, 1687. The nearly cotempo- raneous dates would seem to imply some connection between tkem, and imply that the patent was a procuring cause of the deed. The trustees, and they alone, could purchase. They could do So for the benefit of the town, or of individ- uals. They chose to do so for individuals. The twenty- nine proprietors who took title in the deed to "North Neck" and all the remainder of Montauk lying east of and includ- Ill ing Great Pond, advanced to the Trustees the purchase money wherewith they paid the Montauk trilie of Indians for the land. Thenceforth the Trustees held the nominal legal title for the benefit of the purchasers, who held the equitable title. By contributing the money to purchase, a trust resulted in the land for the benefit of those contribu- tors, in the proportion of their contributions. If the Trus- tees were unfaithful to their duty as Trustees for the equit- able owners, the latter could invoke the aid of a court of equity and compel a conveyance to them of the legal title by the Trustees. On this theory, in 1851, at the Suffolk County Circuit, judgment was rendered against the Trus- tees in favor of the committee of the proprietors, prosecut- ing in liehalf of themselves and their numerous co-owners in their own names. As required by the terms of the Judgment, the Trustees conveyed all their corporate rights or claim to the land and waters of Montauk, to the propri- etors, who thenceforth, as a corporation, governed the same, substantially as it had been governed by the Town Trustees, before they set up claims of ownership adverse to the rights of the equitable owners. In 1879, by sale in a partition suit, Arthur W. Bej son became the purchaser and sole owner of the laud called Montauk. Since he be- came the owner the Indians left their home at Montauk. Their dwellings were removed or demolished. For some years they have been disbanded as a tribe. They and their descenlants are dispersed -and widel} scattered, without organization ; with little aboriginal blood, the few tragic survivors of a once great name. With a short interval from the time of Dongan's Patent, for 1(30 years, the Tr.wn Trustees controlled, managed and governed the territory of Montauk. The three purchases of Montauk, comprising "the Hither End," which extended 112 to and included Fort Pond; the nine score acie purchaise, which comprised the laud from Fort Poud to Great Pond, and bounded north nearly by the line of stone wall between those ponds, (called the nine score acre purchase because the three men purchasing were reimbursed on conveying to proprietors, by an allottment of nine score acres at Am- agansett, and sometimes called the "land between the Ponds") ; and the final purchase of 1687, constituted three sets of jDurchasers owning different interests. In 1748, by consent of all these proprietors, their complicated interests were simplified and consolidated so as to run throughout the whole territory of Montauk,* estimated at nine thous- and acres. In this equalization a share in the "Hither End" was estimated at X8, Os, Od, a share in the land "between the ponds" at <£8, Os, Od, and a share in the land east of Fort Pond at X24, Os, Od. The sum of these three amounts is £40, Os, Od. Thereafter a share throughout Montauk was measured by forty pounds, and an eighth part of a share by five pounds, and all ownership or interest therein was measured by pounds, shillings and pence. The Town Trustees took the charge and practical manage- ment of this large territory, improved mainly as a pastur- age for cattle from the early days of the town to modern times. They regulated the pasturage ; they fixed the stint or proportion of cattle allowed on an undivided interest ; they kept a record of all the owners and their riglits ; they hired and fixed the compensation of the shepherds or keep- ers, who resided on Montauk ; they negotiated with the tribe of Indians there residing ; they provided for fencing tiie land in several tracts ; they took measures to prevent trespass ; they sold the wood as it became ripe for cutting ; the construction and repairing of the dwellings tlierc^on *See copy document equalizing in Appendix. 118 they managed. All these and many other duties connected with this large domain enhanced the importance of the of- fice of Trustee and made a position on that Board an edu- cational force. Thereby they acquired business habits, legislative and practical knowledge, self reliance and an ex- perience impelling thought towards popular government. Thus twelve citizens were constantly training to represent the Town by this large trust and by thinking, speaking, and acting for the town. When Gov. Dongau sanctioned and legalized such a Board of Trustees in the old towns of Long Island, he chartered a power that could move and did move with an augmenting velocity ever more in the direction of popular rights. The inborn devotion to free- dom that never slumbered in the old towns of Suffolk County was nurtured and grew deep rooted in their repre- sentative boards of Trustees. They were the Tribunes of the people. What shall be the value of products of the earth as currency ? How shall the meeting house be fin- ished? Shall the money of the town in Jere Mulford's hands go to pay the minister? Shall the negroes sit in the 2d gallery ? Shall a school house or town poor house be built ? Shall the bell be rung at nine o'clock ? Shall Eleazar Miller and his partners be allowed to take tim- ber to build a vessel ? Shall the Montauk Indians have powder and shot to resist invasion ? Shall innoculation to prevent the ravages of the small pox be permitted or prohibited ? Shall the cattle that were taken from Mon tank in 1775 to prevent their seizure by the British fleet go back or stay at home? In 1781 the British government demanded of the farmers of East-Hampton 40 tons of hay. W^hat men and in what proportions should they furinsh it ? All these and hundreds of other momentous proposi- tions ar.^ decided by a vote of the Town Trustees, and their vote sounds as a judgment irreversible. CHAPTER VIII. Tlie original chvelUngs rctd their location, ^i. 114. The later dwellings and surroundings, p. llo. Progress, p. 117. Home manufacture, p. 117- Economic and socicd life, p. nS. Literature, p. 11!). The galaxy of mind, p. 120. Health p. 121. The County of Kent, p. 12S. Maidstone, p. 123. Stdtstitutes for Money, p. I2fj. Religion, p. 127. The Sahhath, p. 129. Care of Indians, p. 120. Fity for the poor, p. 130. Probably the settlement of East-Hampton was commenced by a few pioneers who erected rude dwellings for tempora- ry use, some partly under grouad — some partly covered with earth and some like log cabins. As late as 1678 (T. R. Vol. I, p. 414) the sale of a home lot "and cellar" indi- cates this kind of structure as then in being. It is not im- probable that the preparing Pioneers stopped awhile at Southampton, proceeding from thence as a base to East- Hampton. It has been said Tradition is the fragments which history loses on its way to eternity. The uniform tradition that East-Hampton was settled by a company from Lynn, until of late years, was unquestioned and is yet undisproved. In Lyman Beecher's Historical sermon of 1806, p. 7, it is stated tliat six families commenced the set- tlement "at the south end of the town." "That they were discovered by some Indians who were out on a hunting party. That the chief warrior applied to the Sachem (then living at Three Mile Harbor) for leave to cu'. them off — that the Indians who made the discovery were called and interrogated. Did they invite you into their houses ? They 115 did. Did they give you to eat ? They did. Did you expe- rience any harm from what you ate ; did it poison you ? It did not. The reply of the Sachem turning to his warrior was, you shall not cut them off." This relation is there stated to have been made to persons then living, by a native of Montauk, then dead, 50 years ago and about an hundred years old at the time of her death, who, if she did not her- self recollect the first settlement of the town must have lived so near that period as to have received correct infor- mation. The dwellings would be located compactly ; for social convenience, for easier fortification, for defence against the wild beast and the prowling savage. Every house was fortified by palisades. The church was central and used as a meeting house, court house and fortress. The spring then running in the middle of the street, and probably into the Hook Pond, furnished water for the set- tlers, was within gun shot of the dwellings and defensible therefrom. These rude dwellings with thatched roofs soon disappeared and before the first half century had expired, more spacious and comfortable houses had taken their place. They were succeeded by single houses generalh' fronting the south, two stories high on that side and run- ning down to one story in the rear, framed of massive tim- ber, shingled on uprights and roofs, constructed of endur- ing materials, wrought with honest care and foi future ages. The long low roof, the leaden window sash, the miniature diamond shaped glass, the red cedar window frames, the projecting posts, the big beams overhead in tne rooms, the queer blue painted wainscotting, the hard shell lime Avails, the huge fireplaces, the spacious oven, the vast chimney are relics almost unknown. '5?he eel spear and clam rake that hung at the end of the house was often used to procure food from the waters. The old "King's Arm" that hun<^ lie over tlie fire place failed not to bring clown ducks and geese and brant that tlew in abundance now unknown. The samp mortar hard by was a large hollow log, upright, and over it hung the huge pestle suspended from an elastic sapling hung in a crutch. The operator held the pin driven througli this pounder, beating fine into samp the corn in the huge mortar. The spring of the pole raised the poun- der again to descend, blow on blow, until the song of the samp mortar worked chiefly of a Saturday for Sunday's food, had ceased with the close of the labor of the w^orker. The well pole rose from every rear yard and "the moss cov- ered bucket" "hung in the well. The abundance of the waters, the game of the woods,' the swarming wild fowl of its air, the profitable enterprise of the whale fishery were all attractions of the place. Clear- ings had been made by the Indians where corn could be raised. Southampton and Southold were not too remote for counsel and succor. Gardiner on his Island desired, and probably invited the Pioneers. Wyandance at Mon- tauk was friendly. Connecticut had crushed the terrific Pequot tribe and would hold over them her protecting wing. Harbors for smfill craft opened for prospective com- merce, at Napeague, at Three Mile Harbor, at Northwest. The sound was an avenue for travel and transportation that prevented isolation, and was convenient for the fleet of a Nation. As years passed on the settlement prospered. The dwelling of 1684, with its one front room and low long roof, gave place to the dwelling of 1784, Avith its two front rooms and two story heigh th, and its substantial comfort, its more capacious barn, its more enlarged field and agri- cultural products. The exterior of the dwellings changed. The interior was almost identical. The same sanded floors, the same projecting posts, the same modelled mantel piece, 117 the same closet over the firc-phice and in the corner of the big parlor, the same place of honor for the gun. The like dining table, similar chests of drawers, carved dragon's feet are yet underneath them ; flag bottomed chairs, the handi- work of the Indian ; all these, from age to age, for nearly two hundred years, remained practically the same. Even the tobacco patch of the planter of 1689 was like that of 1784, and the smoke of both not unlike. Time had vindicated the wisdom of the colonists in the selection of their home. As early as 1654 by an ordinance the dwellers on the street were enjoined to "clear the high- way in the street six feet from the payles," &c. Thus early was nurtured a sense of neatness and a culture of beauty, that made the " Town Street" a charm one hundred years ago and a living landscape that is an abiding delight. From that day to this, the stranger looking on its wide avenue, its old trees and old houses, its sward of "living green," and breathing its pure air, has sought rest in its quiet and restoration in its simple and natural beauty. The policy of England was to restrain the commerce and manufactures of the colonies, and at their expense promote her own aggrandizement. Connecticut was a focus of in- vention, yet the first carding machine there was constructed in 1802. Previous to that time wool was carded at their own firesides only by females. The shoes, stockings, caps, straw hatS; clothing, linen for the table and bedding, the harness, brushes and brooms were manufactured largely or wholly in the family. Within the memory of the writer there were resident in one-half the dwelling houses on East-Hampton Main street a shoemaker member of the household who made the shoes for the family. Nothing was bought that could be made at home. The spinning wheel was constantly running and carried in visits to 118 neighbors. The I'tirmer raised, and his wife and daughters spun the. flax and wool that kept the family warm with clothing by day and covering by night. The family meal was eaten from wooden trenchers or pewter plates and plat- ters, with the smallest possible allowance of tin and crock- ery ware. Corn and rye with very little wheat furnished flour for bread. Fish, beef and pork salted for the year's supply were the chief items of animal food. Unceasing in- dustry and toil occupied all the members of the family, young and old. Kigid economy ruled every expenditure. The simplest, cheapest diet satisfied the appetite. The homespun apparel in summer and mostly in winter was then worn. For clothing the cost of buttons, for harness the price of buckles, bitts and trace irons were almost the only expenditure. Looking back three score years and ten it is simply astonishing how little money was sufficient to buy all that the then wants of a family required. In life frugality reigned ; in death a stained pine cofl&n made by a neighbor carpenter enclosed the mortal remains of young and old, of rich and poor. Four friends raised the cofiin on the bier and bore it on their shoulders to the grave. No display of hearse, no cavalcade of horse and carriage, no pomp of ostentations or idle mourning made outward sign of unfelt grief. The rites and ceremony of burial were as simple and unobtrusive as the life. The lament, less conspicuous, may have been as sincere then as now. Pos- sibly the hard struggle for life made it easier to let go our hold of it. It is true Summer and Autumn and Spring each had days "almost divine."- But Winter, cold, cheerless, shivering Winter tried soul aud body. I remember the one fire on the hearth of a cold dark morning, so cold that a blanket hung from the hooks in the wall encircled the family and fire as an additional protection from the cold. 119 T]ie hum is frying;-, the Jolmiiy cake is baking, the coffee pot is boiling, the table is set and for convenience is small, not half as large as uoav is required. Now it is twenty five cents' Avorth of plate and twenty-five cents' worth of meat ; then five cents' worth of plate and twenty-five cents' worth of meat. The old sat, the young stood, around the break- fast table. A dihh of meat cut in pieces ready for eating was in the middle of the table. All hands broke the John- ny cake in small pieces and with the fork dipped it in the gravy held in the meat dish, and occasion aly speared out a piece of meat in the same way. It was a cold, frugal, hard, narrow, severe winter life. The clustering location of the dwellings favored frequent visitation and social intercourse. The testimony of wit- nesses in the controversies recorded in the Town Eecords, sometimes give us a flash of light revealing social enjoy- ment. Theie miglit be pressing danger from Indians, from Pirates, from belligerent nations. There was a limited commerce in which all were interested. There was a far off Fatherland to which for long years they were bound by ties of blood and kinship. Their isolation demanded con- cert. Their worship brought them together. The thoughts of the thoughtful became the thoughts and property of all. The vv'elfare of one became the concern of all. Neighborly kindness and sympathy reigned over the habitations of our forefathers. Poverty evoked pity. Misfortune called for mercy. Sickness appealed for sympathy to tender hearts from that day to this. Books were costly and rare ; so costly that "Willard's Body of Divinity," (a folio) was written out in full by min- ister Huntting, and was extant at a recent date. Newspa- pers were unknown. A volume of sermons, in the time of the Long Parliament, might be among the literary treas- 120 ures of the community. The Bible whs llie Book. The Minister was the guide iu politics, in law, in morals, in religion. Instruction was mainly oral and traditionary. In the absence of other teaching the two hours' sermon was to them a lecture of untiring interest, and to us y^\\M our wealth of books, magazines and newspapers, a common- place and unedifying lesson. Yet in that far off day there was not wanting the courage to dare, tiie genious to instruct, the power to lead. The men of 1717, who erected the church building of that date, were worthy to be counted founders of a commonwealth. The men of 1784, who built Clinton Academy lacked not the heart but the wealth and numbers to found a Universi- ty. The community wherein lived Lion Gardiner, William Fithian, John Mulford and his greater son Samuel, Minis- ters James and Huntting, could not sink to low abasement. WJien after their career was run, and Samuel Buel resided there, Eleazar Miller the "Assemblyman," and his sons Burnet, and Abraham the Judge, Judge Chatfield, Col. Abraham Gardiner and his son Nathaniel the surgeon of ^the Kevolution and friend of Andre, Capt. John Dayton, Col. David Mulford and his kinsman Capt. Ezekiel, and Capt. Thomas Wickham illuminated the life of the village and town. If Alfred Conkling, father of Koscoe ; Sylvanus Miller, long time Surrogate of the City and County of New York ; Jeremiah Osborn, once surrogate of Bensselaer County ; Burnet Miller, member of the colonial congress, removed from East-Hampton, with many others, there still remained those who would have been lights in any cultured community ; men whose names are recorded with honor in the civil list of their state and nation. William S. Pelle- treau, a distinguished antiquarian, writing of East-Hamp- ton in " Munsell's History of Suffolk County," said, after 121 exhausting study, " A town that in proportion to its popu- lation has produced more men of talent and high position than any other in Suffolk County.". On Monday afternoon the women of the village devoted some time to friendly visits. Carrying the light linen spinning wheel, they sought social enjoyment to enliven their unrelaxing labors. In earliest days the wit and charm of the maidens of this town were famed. In later days their accomplishments were not less known. In September, 1696, minister Huntting commenced his minute and careful record of baptisms and deaths, which minister Buell continued to his death, in July 19th, 1788. This continuous record, extending over one hundred years, historically is invaluable and yet unprinted. Minister Huntting baptized infants 1,241 Minister Buell baptized infants and adults 1,797 Total 3,038 Minister Huntting records deaths 646 Minister Buell records deaths s — 1,093 1,739 The baptisms exceed the deaths 1,299 The record should substantially include all deaths. The number of baptisms recorded by Huntting excludes adults and the record of Buell includes them. It is improbable that much over four-fifths of the infants were baptized dur- ing the term of Huntting and much less during that of Buell. Adding one-fifth, 607 to 3,038 gives 3,645 ; subtract- ing the deaths 1,739, would leave the births in excess 1,806, being more than double the number of deaths for the century covered by the record. This result, very nearly exact, demonstrates the proposition that the town as a lo- cality was favorable to health by a long record seldom equalled. Beecher's sermon recites : 122 "From the year 1751 to the year 1775, there were the highest bills of mortality. In this period of 24 years the bill of mortality arose twice to 38, once to 37, once to 36, once to 35, once to 32, once to 30. It often exceeded 25 and once arose to 51. This was in the year 1775. Since that time, a period of thirty years, there have been but two ye..rs before the present in which the bill of mortalit}- ex- ceeds d 20. It has been as low as 9. In this sickly period of twenty-fonr years there died 642. In the thirty years since there have died 405, making a difference of 237; 10 persons annually, notwithstanding the increased popula- tion of the town, which has been very considerable. The cause of this surprising change is ascribed by man}^ to the death of the prim, (now generally called privet) which con- stituted a principal part of the fencing of the town, all of which died suddenly and unaccountably about the time that this favorable change took place." The temperature of the ocean is higher in winter and lower in summer than thatof the adjacent laud or o'erarch- ing air. From every quarter the wind blows over bay or sound or ocean, modifying the climate by lessening the ex- treme cold of winter and the parching heat of summer- The effect of the gulf stream, some 110 miles distant from Montauk Point, is an important element in alleviating the severity of winter's cold. The prevailing sea breeze from the south-west is a factor not less grateful at all seasons. The atmosphere lacks the dry, stimulating character known inland and is conducive to sleep, to rest and restoration of the wearied powers of body and mind. To the products of the earth for the sustenance of man are added "the abundance of the sea." All afford an agreeable variety and all tend to lengevity. An epidemic that often desolates the masses inland seldom enters the gates of East-Hamp- ton. The thousands of summer visitors, constantly in- creasing in numbers, attest these facts. 123 The County of Kent, in soutlieastern England, is sur- rounded on nearly three sides by the waters of the River Thames and the English Channel. The Straits of Dover divide it from France. Its location invited invasion and its rich, productive, soil gave impetus thereto. The Belgae from Gaul early made a lodgment there. Cesar landing on its shores thence moved his legions, north and west. In its early history the inhabitants were numerous and increas- ing. The census of 1881 gives 977,585. Commerce and its deep seafishing, immense hop-fields and orchards, thriv- ing manufactories and ship building, poured wealth into the lap of this old county. It was early emancipated, from the darkness and thraldom of feudal barbarism. The ten- ure by which its lands were holden was free and unhampered comparatively. In other parts of England, lands descended to the eldest son. In Kent the custom of " Gavelkind " prevailed, by which all the sons inherited alike. In the patent of Gov. Dongan to "The Trustees of the Freeholders and Commonalty of the Town of East-Hampton," lands were to be holden "in free and common socage, according to the Manor of East Greenwich in the county of Kent, within his majesty's realm of England." The home of our ancestors there, in its level 'plains and surrounding seas, had like features here. There as "Kentish men" they were known as substantial freeholders. Here in thrift, in industry, in economy, in liberality, they retained the characteristics of their Kentish home. In my early practice I often heard from a testator the remark "I must give something to my children or the will will be void," probably a tradition of the old home, like that of "cutting him off with a shilling." The English Maidstone from whence our ancestors came is located chiefly on the eastern bank of the River Medway, about 30^ miles E. S. E. of the city of London, in a rich 124 agricultural district in tlie county and hundred of Kent, and Lathe of Aylesford, . The cit} or tc>wn of Maidstone, has for centuries possessed a charter, and is the shire town or capital of the county where its courts are holden. In 1891, its population was 52,150. Its main street ran nearly northeast and southwest. Our ancestors in East-Hampton, as if planning from the same model, laid out their main street in the same direction. From early times the bor- ough of Maidstone, sent two members to Parliament. The inhabitants of the city and county from the earliest history were devoted to the cause of freedom, and jealous of their rights. In the court which tried Charles the 1st, Andrew Broughton mayor of Maidstone was a secretary, and as such read the sentence of death to the King. The citizens of Maidstone, trained in the vicinity of courts, were familiar with the foundation principles of law, and with Jury trials. As qualified voters there, they were acquainted with the elective franchise, and the right of rep- resentation in government. Their records demonstrate a capacity for free government, which we might infer they owed somewhat to their training in the motherland. Out of chaos th^y evolved order. They overcame anarchy, re- pressed riot, subdued lawlessness. They framed and en- forced rules, constitutions, laws, government. They were based on the intelligence, the virtue, the piety of the first settlers, a} d they securely reposed on those solid founda- tions. The inquest held at the death of George Miller, in 1668, and at the death of John Talmage, in 1670, evince a disposition to comply with the demands of law and famil- iar 'ty with its forms unusual in frontier settlements. They not only felt the responsibility of self government, but they fully determined that each one of their number should discharge his duty. With them there was no es- 125 caping the burdens of government — no shirking it ofl upon a few of their number. Measures were taken to compel every one to -ittend their Town Meetings, as has been seen. (See Chap. I, p. 11.) Further measures were taken, that when thej were as- sembled in their Town Meetings, every one should express his opinion, and tha* too, in such a manner that all might know it. With them no bold minority could overawe the timid majorit}-. The following Order, entered on the records, expresses their opinion in their own language ; "Nov'r 2nd, 1652. — Every man to vote by holding up his hands, under penalty of 6d ; the thing being before delib- erately debated." Nor did they stop here. They understood and acted upon the principle, that each one, as a member of their commu- nity, owed certaiii public duties, the discharge of which were as imperative upon him as those arising out of his private or domestic relations. When once the duty was settled, the rights of their community upon the individual were rigorously exacted. Entertaining these opinions, and with this end in view, they passed the following enact- ment : "October 7th, 1656. — It is ordered that if any being chosen Secretarie or Constable, refuse to serve, and not give a sufficient reason, shall pay 30s ; and if any being chosen Townsmen, refuse without a reason, shall pay 40s. Those three orders, compelling under penalty, attend- ance at TownMe-tings, voting when there, and acceptance of office when elected, show their clear and perfect apprehen- sion of public rights, and with their other acts, exhibit the founders of this little Commonwealth, as worthy of being the founders of au empire. 126 They knew, likewise, right well where, and by whom, and in what proportions the pecuniai'y burdens of the com- monwealth should be borne. They enacted a rule by which each man himself should give an account of his property to the proper taxing ofl&cefs ; and in the same enactment they coupled a penal provision against a fraudulent con- cealment of any part of the estate. "November 8th, 1656. — It is ordered that concerning men's giving in their States for the Hates, that whosoever shall not give in their whole estates that is visible, what- ever is not given in according; to order, the partie so doing shall lose the one-half of those goods not given in for the late." It may well be doubted whether any advancement has been made in the system of equitable taxation since the days of our forefathers. And in these times of shuilling off the performance of public duties, and more particularly of individual concealment and evasion for the purpose of avoiding the just proportion of the public taxes and bur- dens, it may not be improper for legislators to consider the preceding provisions of our fathers, as a remedy for this prevalent evil, and we commend it to their notice and consideration. Amid the scarcity of money it was found convenient to pay their rates in produce of their farms or in whale oil or other commodities, and accordingly that primitive method of payment was adopted. The schoolmaster, the minister, and public officers were paid their salaries and fees in like manner. For the satisfaction of the curious, I have given the following extracts from their records : "Dec'r 8th, 1656. — It is ordered by the 3 men, that for the payment of the towns rates, wheat shall be paid at 4.9. and 6d. per bushel, and Indian corn at 3s. and 6(1." " On a meeting of the trustees, being legally met, March 127 Btli 1688-9, it was agreed that this year's towne rate should be held to be good pay if it be paid as follows : Dry merchantable hides att 0?. Os. Qd. Indian corn OZ. 3s. Od. Whale Bone, 3 feet long and upwards 0?. Os. 8d. and what other ways is paid, lett the rule in the county rate be your directions." The Puritan theory of government included the church as an inseparable, if not controlling element. Their gov- ernment was no godless, no atheistic, no mere earthly and worldly power. The colony at East-Hampton, while not denyino- the elective franchise to non-church members, was impelled by the strong current of the church. The church and the towns were so far identical that all the churches erected during the first two centuries were built and paid for by authority of the town as a town charge. The salar- ies of all the ministers for nearly or quite that period were paid by the town authorities as a part of the town expense. It seems singular to find this record of the action of the Town Meeting as late as 1840: "Voted that the whole amount due from the parish for the parsonage house and six months salary of the Rev. Mr. Ely be levied on the tax- able property of this town and collected by the town col- lector " And again in 1847 : "Voted that all the pews and slips be hired out in the meeting house and the money aris- ing from the rent thereof be appropriated to defray the nec- essary expenses of the meeting house, and the overplus towards the payment of the clergyman's salary." The church and parsonage were built and owned by the town. The town Trustees managed and controlled them. While a student of hiw I inquired of an old deacon of the church where was the title. He answered "In the town," adding, "you now see how it behooves us sacredly to guard the town govern- ment." The impress of the church was indelibly stamped 12g upon the town. Its claims to be supported by the town seem to have been here perpetuated long after they had vanished elsewhere. It is noticeable that although Con- necticut repudiated the restriction of freemen and the elec- tive franchise to church members which Massachusetts and New Haven ordained, yet their overshadowing influence constrained the delegates of the -xeneral Assembly at Hart- ford, Oct. 13th, 1664, to vote : "The court desires yt ye several officers of the respective churches would be pleased to consider whether it be not the duty of the court to order the churches to practice according to the premises if they do not practice without such an order." It should be un- derstood that previous to this vote complaints had been made that applicants thereto had been denied church mem- bership. That the court do "commend it to the ministers and churches in this colony whether it be not their duty to entertain all such persons who are of an honest and godly conversation, having a competency of knowledge in the principles of religion and shall desire to join wit h them in church fellowship by an explicit covenant, and that they have their children baptized, and that all the children of the church be accepted and accounted real members of the church, and that the church exercise a due Christian care and watch over them, and that when they are grown up, being examined by the officers in the presence of the church, it appear in the judgment of charity they are duly qualified to participate in that great ordinance of the Lord's Supper by their being able to examine themselves and dis- cern the Lord's body, such persons be admitted to full communion." — Vid Connecticut Colonial Records, Vol. I, p. 438. For tAvo hundred years the thought of New Eng- land in religion, in morals, in manners, in education, in agriculture, in commerce, in industry, in scientific progress. 121) iu free aspiration, in liuraan sympathy, in individual and national being, in what animates and restricts the sphere of human action was the thought of East-Hampton. As an evidence of their views of their own rights and a determi- nation not to sufifer an infringement therein, we find the following record : " November 24, 1656— It is alsoe ordered that uoe Indi- an shall travel up and dowue or carrie any buixlens in or through our Towne on the Sabbath Day. Whoever is found so doing, shall be liable to corporall punishment. Conscious as they were of the evils of intemperance, one of their first efforts was to guard against its seductive in- fluences. In 1651 the General Court p.issed the following Act or Order : "That no man shall sell any liquor but such as are dep- uted thereto by the town, and such men shall not let youth, and such as are under other men's management remain drinking at unseasonable hours, and such persons shall not have above half a pint at a time among four men. How solicitous to preserve the peace and morals of their community ! How guarded against the inroads of vice ! How watchful in their care over the young ! Nor did their sympathy or their vigilance stop here. Knowing the sad havoc which spirituous liquors had made with the aborigines, as well as their unconquerable thirst for t!iose liquors, they passed laws for the prohibition of the evil, and the protection of the Indians. "Mav 28th, 1655.— It is ordered that for the prevention of drunkeness among the Indians, by selling strong water— First, That no man shall carry any to them to sell, nor send them any, nor imploy any to sell for them. Nor sell them any liquor in the Town for the present drinking above 2 Drams at one time, and to sell to no [ndian but such as are sent by the Sachem, and shall bring a written 130 Ticket from liira, which shall be given him from the town, and he shall not have above a quart at a time." Enlargement might be made to an indefinite extent, upon the characteristic traits of our ancestors. And while there is much in their history in which their descendants may well exult — much reflecting equal credit upon their under- standing and their heart, we are assured from an attentive search, that there is liitle of which we need be ashamed. Stern and unyielding as they were in their adherence to duty, tenacious as they were of their rights, uncompromis- ing in their sense of justice, they yet Imd the most tender sympathy and kindness, mingled with the more rugged ele- ments of their nature ; and when there was an appropriate field, they rarely failed to manifest them. Their commis- seration and sympathy is most touchingly displayed in ex- empting the unfortunate and the poor from public burdens, and in protecting, with a strong arm, the helplessness of the widow. At a very early day, and before the year 1700, they man- ifested their kindness and sympathy in voluntarily provid- ing for the wants of a poor cripple who was a sojourner among them. They conveyed her to the west end of the Island, where medicine, advice and assistance could be ob- tained, (there being then no physician among them,) and they freely paid out large sums of money .it different times on account of the support, maintenance, and the medical aid furnished abroad, to this child of suffering and want, as their records still show. As a homely, and yet substantial token of their sympa- thy and kind regard, they exempted wid'.ws from those labors and burdens which their generosit}' led them to sup- pose devolved on others. After naming all the proprietors of the Town, liable to fence the common "Pasturing Field," 181 placing one column on the sid^ of Widow Baker, and one on the side of Widow Mulford, they say : "At a meeting of the Trustees, being legally met, Aprill ye 12th, 1689, it was Ordered by ye s'd Trustees, that all the above s'd Parsons do cause their proportion in the above s'd Fence to be sufficiently sett up forthwith ; so that ye said Widdoivs may be preserved from Dammcujefi coming throw any neglect therein ; or expect no other fav- or than the Law will allow each man yt neglects his Duty herein, viz : to have it sett up for him, and he to pay the double vallu thereof, to him that shall sett up the same. The above s'd forthwith is allowed till Wednesday night, next insuing the date hereof, and not farther. ' CHAPTER IX. (rovernmeiil Imjmrfial, p. 132. Pri(cfeiif, ji. 1SS, Forest 'pro- tected, p. IBS. Combination with ('oinierticnt and New- Engla)id, p. ]3'5. Assejnhly of 10(16, p. 13S. Dnplicity of the Bake of York, p. 13S. Southampton disputes the line, p. 139. Some old lots located, p. 13!). Emigratitni, p. 140. Wealth and popnlat ion, 141. The iea-kettte, p. 142. Stand- point for a ijiew, p. 142. The rights of the humblest inhabitaut were guarded with the same care that exacted the performauce of duty from the most honored. When Lion Gardiner, leaving to his son the care and management of his Island, removed, to enjoy the congenial society and friendship of the settlement in East-Hampton, he took upon himself, with the privileges, all the obligations of a freeman. Oct. 10th, 1655, he was by the Town Meeting appointed "to call forth men by turns to look out for whales at all seasons as he shall appoint." For the prevention of tires two men were appointed to ex- amine chimnies monthly and see that they were so built and cleaned as to be secure. Feb. 4:th, 1656, Lion Gardi- ner was one ol' the two men so chosen. The renowned commander of Saybrook fort, the proprietor of an Island a manor and lordship of itself, the friend and compeer of Wyandance and Winthrop, thought it not beneath his dig*- nity to serve the Plantation in promoting its prosperity in whaling and its safety from conliagratiou. His fellow townsmen, in choosing him to discharge these duties, in- tended no discredit to the man whose ijierits they ever 133 owned and honored. When in 1660 Thomas Cliatfiekl and )C^ Robert Dayton neglected to pay their dues to Mr. James "for the work of the ministry," although among the most reputable settlers, a Avarrant of attachment was issued to enforce payment by seizure of their goods. When in 1657 infirmities aliHicted William Hedges, in view of his hard lot, "he is freed from paying rates." The justice that rig- orously exacted the performance of obligation from those who had the ability was tempered with mercy to those Avho by misfortune were disabled. The Town Meeting of 7th Octobei, 1651, ordered "that the three men shall have power after the 10th of March to to call forth men to burn the woods," and "that every man that hath a house shall within six weeks get a ladder that may reach so high that a man may go to the top of his house." October 28th, 1651, "It is ordered that whosoever shall deliver hie to any without they have a thing to fetch it that is closely covered shall be liable to pay five shil- lings." The roof and sometimes sides of the first built houses were thatched and very easily fired. The hardships of the Pioneers were alleviated by habitations both rude and scanty. The loss of ou(^ and endangering more, Avould l)e a calamity we now can hardly measure. If the forest was burned in early Spring the upper layer of leaves only would be consumed. The low, slow smouldering fire would not blaze so high or giow so hot as to destroy the growing wood. It checked the growth of weeds and underbrush and increased that of the nutritious grasses which fed the game and cattle. The experience of the Indian became the property and experience of the English colonist. The dis- astrous forest fires of a later season were prevented by an early burning. In this preventive and permissive legisla- 134 tion, designed to guard agaiust danger that might ruin the plantation there is no element of uncalled for severity. Both wisdom and prudence would prompt the authorities to enact in positive law just what we find they put on en- during record. The idea of an uncultivated territory, and of a primeval forest thoughtlessly reiterated as designating the character of the country at its first settlement, is misleading. There- by we naturally conceive that then the woods of gigantic trees extended unbroken over the surface of the earth. Evidence abounds that this conception is incorrect. Silas Wood, writing of Long Island more than four score years gone by, remarks on the scarcity of timber and assigns as a cause the annual burning of the woods by the Indians. He cites records of orders prohibiting the sale of wood "for pipe staves or heading," and "to any person not being a townsman." November 10th, 1668, the Constable and Overseers in East-Hampton ordered "that there shall not any man fall young small trees for palasadas, fence," &c. "in the com- mon." At a court of sessions held at Southold, June 6, 7 and 8, 1676, an order reciting the scarcity of "good timber" in the town of East-Hampton under penalty of ten shillings for every tree, without a license, &c., prohibits all persons having "no allottment" from "cutting or using any timber," &c. "fit for building or fencing or for the use of coopers in making casks." A recital of the date of April 7th, 1713, that "the sheep and swine running on our commons made the fencing stuff "scarce" is further evidence, and as a known fact that cattle grazing in woods will in time defor- est the pasture, it points to a cause. The Trustees' order, October 16th, 1716, "that there 135 shall be twelve men sent to Mr. Gardiner's island to get timber in order to the building of a new meeting house," confirms the then scarcity of timber and the tradition that the proprietor of the Island contributed as a free gift the timber for the frame of the church of 1717. The town of East-Hampton united in alliance with the colony of CouuecHcut, November 7th, 1649. The records of that colonj- of that date recite : "It is further ordered that East-Hampton of Long Island sliall be accepted and entertained under this Government, according to their im- portunate desire." May 20th, 1658, that colony voted "a confirmation of the combination with East-Hampton," &c. At the same time, regarding the jurisdiction of magistrates, it was ordered : "And that those of Southampton and East Hampton shall joyne together in the exercise of judicature amongst them and to summon juries out of either place ; and that they have liberty to repair to any court held at New London for help in any controversy." In 1662 South- old was admitted into the same combination and its inhab- itants advised, if occasion n quired, "to repair to South and East-Hampton to ye authority there settled b}' this court." May 26th, 1643, the colonies of Massachusetts, Plymouth, Connecticut and New Haven, with the plantations in com- bination with them, adopted articles of confederation for their mutual welfare and protection. The combination with Connecticut made East-Hampton not only a member of the colony of Connecticut but also a member of the gen- eral confederation of the four colonies. Thereby East- Hampton Avas bound to the defence of Connecticut and the whole confederation, a^jd they were all pledged to aid in her defence. The confederation was called "The United Colonies of New England." It was represented by two Commissioners chosen from each colony. While local and 136 internal affairs in each town and colony were left to their control, questions of offence and defence, mutual advice and succor upon all occasions, both for preserving and propagating the truth and liberties of the gospel, of their own mutual safety and welfare, "were controlled by Com- missioners representing the colonies so leagued and con- federated. Except "the exigency constrained, one colony might not engage in war" "without the consent of all." Except "by consent of all," no two members shall be united in one, and no new members shall be received. The ap- pointment of men, money and supplies for war were to be assessed on the respective colonies in proportion to the male population, "between the ages of sixteen and sixty," and "the spoils of war were to be distributed to the several colonies on the same principle. The concurrence of six Commissioners controlled, and failing this, the questions being referred to the general courts of the several colonies, the concurrence of them all was binding. The Commis- sioners were to meet yearly on the first Thursday in Sep- tember, and oftener if occasion required, at places pre- scribed. The choice of a President, the general policy of proceedings towards Indians, the return of fugitives from justice or service, the remedy for breach of the alliance by an offending colony- — all these subjects were included in and provided for, in the Articles of Alliance and Confeder- ation. Thus early on Ameiican soil was instituted this first of all confederacy of colonies, so complete in its antic- ipation of contingencies, in its conception of surroundij^gs, in its adaptation to circumstances, that it endured assaults, external and internal, for twenty years, until the invasion and subjection of New Netherlands by the Eeglish, and the enforced rule of Eoyal Governors in 1664, under the then Duke of York, afterwards King James the second. This 137 league, so complete in its extent, so just its provisions, so wise in its principles, so practical in its policy, comprised in its scope the democracy of the Town Meeting, the rep- resentation of towns in the Colonial Assembly, (called also the General Court), the representation of the united colo- nies in the body of Commissioners. Seemingly complex it was in reality simple. Its teachings were well fitted for the work it had to do. In all local and town affairs the practical knowledge of the yeomanry of the town in Town Meeting assembled, sur- passed that of any non-resident, however wise. They knew their wants, their grievances, their interests, their ability and inability, and could devise the best measures for relief or redress. The delegates of the towns composing the col- ony, assembled as its highest Court or Legislature, repre- senting the whole and every part of the colony, could wise- ly legislate and decide for all. The Commissioners of the United Colonies representing their union and clothed with powers that covered, and only covered, subjects of general concern, affecting the welfare and safety of all the United Colonies, conld best legislate for the union. The thought of the reader outstrips the words of the writer. This ma- chinery of government by towns, by colonies, by confed- erated states, foreshadowed what was to come. The search of the early history of these colonies, brings to mind the flashing conviction that therein the free institutions of this wonderful Nation were born. The self-constituted govern- ment of East-Hampton, and other early settlements in their Town Meetings or General Courts, was an ancestral immunity transmitted to posterity, and now surviving in the modern "ToAvn Meeting." The delegates from the towns in a colon}- assembled as its Legislature, and called its "General Court," foreshadowed the State governments, 138 which were born uf the colonies. The confederation and union of the New England colonies, including the colony of Connecticut, which with other towns included East- Hampton, predicted the coming union of the colonies and independent States. The Colonial Congress must grow out of the root of the New England confederacy and union. On the conquest of New Netherlands by Gov. Ricliard Nicolls, acting for the Duke of York, in 1664, the Governor by proclamation, called for the election of two representa- tives from each town, who were elected and attended the convention at Hempstead, March 16th, 1665. Thomas Baker and John Stratton, were the deputies from East- Hampton. The delegates continued in session but two or three days only. The proclamation of the Royal Commis- sioners, antecedent to the conquest, promised the people protection "and all other privileges with his majesties sub- jects." The colonies of New England, Maryland and Vir- ginia enjoyed the privileges of a representative Assembly. The language of the proclamation gave the people of Long Island ground for expecting the same privilege. By letters to Captain John Young and Major John Howell, the Gov- ernor had assured them "that the people should enjoy the privileges of equal "freedomes and immunities," if not greater, "than any of his majesties colonies in New Eng- land." All this prior to the Assembly meeting at Hemp- stead, followed by that, satisfied the people that their hopes of representation would be gratified. When the Duke of York had pacified the people, and established his power, he conveniently forgot the promises of his Governor. The next Assembly convened in 1683, because of the difficulty of levying by tax and customs sufficient means to supply the wants of government in other ways. The Duke of York conceded representation unwillingly, and only as a means 139 to replenish his treasury. His perfidy in England was no- torious in America. The name of the Royal Stuarts the world over, stood as a synonym for falsehood. Every State and almost every farm has had its boundary disputes and questions, and it would be singular if such a difficulty had never ruffled the tranquility of t^e citizens of our Town. In accordance with all historic analogy we find that during the first half century from the settlement of the Town, a violent dispute was at difi'erent times carried on in reference to the Division Line between the two towns. East-Hampton claimed much more than Southampton would concede, and at one time extended her claim to "Hog Neck," (now North Haven.) This contest continued thrice the period of the Trojan War, was finally settled on the 25th of June, 1605, by men chosen from the two Towns and a highway one rod each side of the line, was laid out. Their decision remains of record. The men chosen were as follows : EAST-HAMPTON MEN. Josiah Hobart, >^ Robert Dayton, John Wheeler, Cornelius Conkling, John Mulford, James Hand, SOUTHAMPTON MEN. Edward Howell, Joseph Pierson, Elnathan Topping, Samuel Cooper, John Cook, Henry Pierson, Abraham Howell. Previous to 1673, John Osborn's lot, lying on the east side of Main street, south of a highway and just south of where the present church stands, together with the high • way, were purchased by the town for a parsonrge, "it being in the hart of the Towne." In 1676, December 18th, the same premises described as consisting of "fourteen acres," bounded by Robert Dayton south, and John Wheeler north, were conveyed by the 140 to-rm to "Captaine Josiah Hobbert," whom they have "late- lie accepted as an inhabitant amongst them." — Book A, p. 73, Town Records. At a very early period emigration commenced from al- most all parts of Long Island to other colonies.* In the letter of Gov. Hunter to the Board of Trade, April 1716, he remarks : "I cannot say that the inhabitants increase in that pro- portion, (at least) as they do in the neighboring provinces, Note. — Among the manuscript papers of J. Lyon Gardiner, deceased, exists a rough draft of part of East-Hampton Main street, representing localities and residences in 1655. On the south-east side of the street, adjoining the lot of William Hedges, one of the first settlers, is marked off the "Calf Pasture," which afterwards became "the Parsonage," and since 1849 has been sold by the Trustees of the Presbyterian Church to John Hedges, and by him incorporated with the seven acres and a half which formed the "home lot" of his ancestor, William Hedges. This draft represents the home lot of those who resided on the west side of the street, extending northward as far as Mrs. Buell's (formerly Catherine's) Lane, and locates them in the following order, commenc- ing southwardly : John Stratton, Thomas Talmage, Robert Bond, John Mulford, Arthur Howell, Thos. Thomson, Thos. Baker, Wm. Mulford. The house formerly owned by William L. Osborn, of East-Hampton, next south of the residence of his father. Deacon Abraham Osborn, is supposed to stand upon or near the ancient residence of Thomas Tal- mage. And the house formerly owned by Col. Samuel Miller is sup- posed to stand upon the lot and perhaps upon the very foundation of the house of Thomas Baker, the first Inn Keeper of East-Hampton. It is a most singular coincidence, and striking proof of the former comparative populousness of the town, that after the lapse of 195 years the precise number of houses now stand upon the same space where the same number stood in 1655. *Byan examination of theEecords I lindfrom conveyances and other recorded papers that Thomas Simons, formerly of East-Hainpton, re- moved to Little Ptiver, in Albemarle county, before 1684. Jonathan Osborn, formerly of East-Hampton, removed to Cape May as early as 1690. John Shaw, grandson of Joshua Garlicke, and sou of Richard Shaw, one of the first planters of East-Hampton, resided in Cape May, in "West Jersie," in 1693. Thomas Hand resided in Cape May in 1697. John Parsons resided there in 16V)9. Jacob Dayton resided there in 1699, and became a Justice of the Peace for the county of Cape May. Benjamin Mulford, a brother of Thomas Mulford, who was eldest son of Wm. Mulford, of East-Hampton, then resided there. John Chatfleld removed to Cape May before 1700. Edwai'd Osborn resided in "Eliza- beth-Town, in East Jersey," in 1701. Ephraim Edwards resided in Cape May in 1702. Joseph Hand, Sr., resided in Guilford, Connecticut, in 1693. John Davis resided in New Haven, Ct., about the same time. It is supposed that all the above named persons removed with their fami- lies from East-Hampton. 141 where the purchases of land are easier had than with us. Great numbers of the younger sort leave Long Island year- ly, to plant in the Jersevs and Pennsylvania." — Doc. His. N. Y., Vol. I, p. 692. Sufiblk County, for a very long period of time, remained the fourth and fifth county of the State in the aggregate amount of population. In 1698 the whole population of Suffolk County amounted to 2,679. The population of East-Hampton at this time was probably at last from one fourtli to one -fifth of the population of Suffolk County. The following memoranda upon the Town Records, throw- still more light upon the subject ■ "Feb. 17th, 1703. — £56, 15s, Od, was pVl, being East- Hampton's quota of £270, wliicii tlie county of Suffolk was rated att, as their proportion of £1800 tax laid by the last Gen'l Assembly upon the whole Provi'ice, for securing the Frontier. Fauconniere Com'r." It will be seen that Sufiblk County paid over one-seventh of the whole tax of the Btate at that time, and East-Hamp- ton more Ihan one-fifth part of the tax of the whole County of Sufiblk. According to the Rat*- List of the towu, made out in 1683, it appears that there were then 71 taxable inhabi- tants in the Town, exclusive of the minister ; and it may be inferred that the population of the Town was then at least 350, and rapidly increasing after that period.'^ Sequestered from the rest of the world, shut out from its intercour.-e, uniufiuenced by its fashions, and to a great degree unrufiled by its passions, a race of freemen arose— hardy, contemplative, intelligent — and yet retaining the manners, language, dress and appearance of their ancestors, untarnished, unalterable and uncorrupted, for more than a century. The grace and polish of more modern times, *For rate lists of ICwj and 1083 see Ap|jeiulix. 142 might not have adorucd their carriage, but the frankness, intelligence and noble bearing of freemen, dignified their gigantic forms. Their ignorance of the passing customs of the world might sometimes render it difficult for the more deeply initiated to repress a smile, while their sterling qualities of head and heart would ever redeem them from contempt. John Lyon Gardiner, deceased, the father of the late Samuel B. lardiner, Esq., of East-Hampton, as has already been intimated, reduced to writing, much of the early tra- ditionary history of East-Hampton. In his memoranda, under the date of June 15th, 1794, the following amusing incidents are related : "Mrs. Miller, my overseer's mother, now living here with him, about 78 years old, was a Hedges, and lived at Mon- tauk when a girL She could speak Indian. "Mrs. Miller remembers well when they first began to drink tea on the east end of Long Island. She tells a num- ber of curious stories about their awkward manner of using it. One family boiled it in a pot aiid eat it like samp-por- ridge. Another spread the leaves on his bread and butter, and bragged of his having eat half a pound at a meal, to his neighbor, who was informing him how long a time a pound of tea lasted him. She remembers the first tea- kettle that was in East-Hampton. It came ashore at Mon- tauk in a ship, (the Captain Bell.) The farmers came down there on business with their cattle, and could not find out the use of the tea-kettle, which was then brought up to old 'Governor Hedges'.' Some said it was for one thing, and some said it was for another. At length one, more know- ing than his neighbors, affirmed it to be the ship's lamp, to which they all assented." The narrow life, the unyielding spirit, the overshadowing parental restraint, the stern adherence to the letter of Sab- bath observance, the intolerance of a differing religious sentiment, the severity of punishment inflicted on the trans- 14B gressor, tlie strictness of dicipline iu the famil}' and church and state, the small measure of mercy and the large and unalloyed measure of justice administered in the conduct of affairs public and private, fostered occasional opposition then. They have incurred the condemnation of the present generation, and sometimes the censure of the descendants of Puritan forefathers, as if these unlovely traits were at- tributable -solely to those forefathers rather than to the age • and the people then living. The stream of history, ever flowing like a river, is ev^er changing. The standpoint of to-day has back of it centuries of thought fraught with the conquests of truth, Avith the eontribations of art, of science, of literature, of culture, and is not the standpoint for a cor- rect judgment of a far past age. Go back on the march of time two and a half centuries ; leave behind the landmarks of progress; blot out the triumphs of freedom, the discov- eries of enterprise, the achievements of science, the inven- tions of the mechanic arts, the light of universal education. Stand where they stood and measure our forefathers by the thought, the culture, the sentiment, the piety, the liberality of their compeers, and our ancestors will suflt'er nothing in the comparison. Besides all this enemies imperilled the safety of the early settlements, which made the enforce- ment of martial or preservative law an imperative duty. On the line where advancing civilization confronts barbar- ism, tramps, oiitlaws, vagabonds, villains, march with the piouv ers of light and letters. The records of courts in East-Hampton show some of these there. If banished, its citizens are regarded as intoha'ant. If suffered to remain, they are censured as if conniving at their acts. The loud complaints of these classes that their liberty was restrained have reverberated througli the ages. Appealing to that element of the soul which intuitively condemns oppression, their outcries enlisted as advocates the sons of Puritans, who should have justified their fathers in driving drones from the hive. With the foremost saints whose feet trod the soil of this fair old town, came "Border Ruffians," whose misdeeds have been charged to those who strove with all their power to prevent them. The culprits have been absolved, and the innocent charged with their crimes. The Great West resents the stigma that her people are de- fined as "Border Ruffians." With like indignant protest can the sons of Puritan sires justly demand that they be exempted from the like injustice. The novice who is sure that his surface view is the true one has sometimes con- vinced many that the Puritans committed the deeds they abhorred, while the earnest searcher after truth has dis- covered that the evidence acquitted them. CHAPTEE X. The Revolution, }:>. 145. Major Cochrane, p. 147. The Ref- uges, p. 149. The CuUoden, p. 149. Major Andre, p. 149. Dr. Gardiner, p. 150. Dr. Bucll, p. 150. FopulatUm, p. 151. The Quit-rent, p. 151. Shipwrecks, 152. The Storm, p. 153. The Amistad Case, p. 155. ^^ ^^ Allusion has been made in the preceding address to the circumstances of East-Hampton at the commencement and during the continuance of the Revolutionary war — to the entire and united devotion of her inhabitants to their coun- try's cause. Their union in expressing their sympathy with their brethren of Boston, in the adoption of a series of resolutions in their meeting held June 17th, 1774, has been noted. About a year thereafter, when the "Associa- tion" suggested by the Continental Congress was remitted to them for signatures, they came forward in a body, and without a solitary exception, signed the Association.* This association was said to have been delivered into Congress on the 22d of June, 1775, and to have been signed by John Chatfield, chairman of the committee, Col. Abraham Gar- diner, Burnet Miller, Eev. Samuel Buell, Thomas Wickham, member of the first Congress, and fifty-eight others, being all the male inhabitants of the Town then capable of bear- ing arms. A rare, and perhaps unparalleled instance, of unanimity and devotion to the cause of Liberty, under such inducements to forsake it. *For this Association, and names of the signers, in East-Hanipton, see a subsequent page. 146 After the battle of Long Island, such of the inhabitants as had endangered their safety by their devotion and prom- inence in the cause of Liberty, and could command the means, as well as many otliers, left, for Connecticut, or some other less exposed part r.f the Colonies. Burnet Miller, it is said, retired within the American lines, and became a Member of Assembly for the County, which station he held during the Avar. Thomas Wickham, Avho had been a mem- ber of the Provincial Congress, went to Stoiiingtou, Con- necticut ; from thence he waged war upon the enemy as a privateer in command of a sloop of eight guns, and suc- ceeded in taking several prizes. Wickham at one time, with several armed boats, attempted a surprise of the ene- my's forces at Sag-Harbor. Major Davis and Capt. Grin- nell, who had removed to Connecticut in consequence of their previous activity and zeal in the Colonial war, were also engaged in tue enterprise, and commanded two of the boats. Unfortunately the boats were driven on shore. Major Davis and the crews were taken priscmers by a Hes siau Major and about twenty light horse An attempt was made to lire the boats, but Wickham succeeded in bringing tiiem off. Major Davis was taken to New- York and imprisoned, where he died. Tradition has it that he died in conse- quence of poison administered in his chocolate. A division of the British army was established at South- ampton, and there for a time the Tory Governor, Tryou, had his quarters. An attempt was made to establish the Koyal Govern- ment, and officers who had held commissions under the King were called upon to enter upon the civil or military duties of their office. In East-Hampton none were found willing to act under the Royal authority, and Col. Gardiner 147 was put under arrest, and threatened with Martial Law, for refusing to call out the militia. The people were called out, by orders from headquarters, to assemble on a certain day, and take the oath of alleg- iance. A few onh' obeyed, and among these one Benuet was told by the officer who officiated, to repeat after him what he should say. -'Instead of proceeding with the oath the officer then gave some farther directions respecting it which Bennet immediately rej)eated. The officer explained, and Bennet repeated tKe explanation. The officer de- nounced his stupidity, and Bennet repeating the abuse with undisturbed gravity was turned away as a fool. The ridicule this conduct cast upon the whole proceeding, put an end to it. The oath was avoided, and the meeting 'dis- persed. Perceiving the rigor with which they were op- posed, and the folly of resorting to forcible measures, the British made little further effort to secure the alliance, or subdue the spirit of the people." A detachment of the British forces, under Major Cock- rane, were stationed at t?ag-Harbor. The country still abounds with traditions of his surpassing brutality, passion and cruelty. Many are the instances of his flagrant in- justice and merciless, uncalled for punishments. And often the inhabitants of the town of East-Hamptsn felt the lash by the order, or perhaps inflicted by the very hand of this ruthless foe. He as well as others higher in command, often imposed most onerous burdens upon the people. They were called at unseasonable times, to come out with their teams, and do service for the British arraj'. Provis- ions and cattle were taken, and supplies levied, as the wants of the army required, and often the beasts of the plow were slain for their sustenance, and their owners ^suffered from the loss. Compensation was generally made, but almost always at the victor's price. 148 One memorable instance s related in which the fury and impetuosity of Cockrane's temper met with a will as strong and with a courage as unquailing as his own. A vessel had been cast upon the shore at Napeague, east of the village of Amagausett, laden with supplies for the British army. As usual, the inhabitants were ordered out with their teams, to cart the p-ovision to Southampton, for the army's use. Major Cockran appears to have had some oversight of the affair. There was a certain number of barrels, and each team took its assigned load ; but on the last load it was found that there remained one more barrel than the other teams had taken. The load fell to the lot of Jedediah *Conkling, of Amagausett, an uncle of the late Jedediah Conkling, of Sag-Harbor, a man of small stature but un- flinching courage. Conkling took the usual load, left the solitary barrel, and was proceeding on his way when he was stopped by Cockrane, and ordered to take the remain- ing barrel upon his cart. Conkling refused. Cockr..ne reiterated his order, and told Conkling he should take it- Conkling declared he would not. Each affirmed his decis- ion with an oath. Cockrane threatened. Conkling^defi^ed. The one approached with his sword waving ; 1 the other, erect upon the cart, brandished his long ox goad. Cock- rane threatened to strike him dead. Conkling^, declared that he would kill him with his goad if he dared approach. The British Major finally yielded, and the teamster passed on his way. It is said that, as they passed through East- Hampton street, the company stopped at the house of Na- thaniel Huntting, who then kept tavern ; and Cockrane said that Conkling was a man of the most courage he had met with on the Island, and requested of him the favor of drinking with him, to which the incensed Yankee replied that he would not drink with him to save his life. 149 Onderdonk's Eevohitionary Incidents of Suffolk County gives names of some persons avIio fled from Long Island to Connecticut. At the dates given the persons named were these : 1776, 31st Dec, Elisha Mulford and Jonathan Tuthill. 1777, lOtk Jan , Abraham Hand, Jeremiah Miller, Joseph Osborn, John Mulford, John Tuthill, John Millf r, Aaron Isaacs, Jr., Elisha Osborn. 1779, 10th June, Aaron Isaacs, Hartford, Conn. 1780, 24th Jan., Zebedee Osborn, East Haddam, Conn. 1780, Nov., Henry Hoppin, " From the same authority it appears that "the Culloden, in pursuit of French ships from Rhode Island, in a dread- ful storm on Monday nif ht, Jan. 22d, 1781, was driven on Long Island (at Culloden Point.) The men, gans and masts will be saved." "July, 1815, 12 tons of pig iron and a long 32 lbs. can- non were taken up by a diving machine in Fort Pond Bay, being the wreck of the Culloden." — L. I. Star, July 26. "The unfortunate Major Andie was, for several weeks, quartered at the house of Col. Gardiner, and his gentle- manly deportment and generous feelings won the esteem of the family. Dr. Nathaniel Gardiner, a son of Col. Gardin- er, was a surgeon in the Northern division of the American army during the war, and was on a visit to his father at this period. Having come within the British lines he was liable to he seized as a spy, and tnough the family took every precaution to conceal his presence, it was soon per- ceived that Andre was not without knowledge of it. He forebore, however, any allusion to it, and subsequently ex- pressed his regret that their relative situation had prevent- ed him from soliciting an interview. Andre afterward re- paired to New-York, and his unfortunate fate is well known. 150 During the night preceding his untimely death, the young surgeon, whom he had thus encountered, .enjoyed by a strange coincidence, and in the capacity of an enemy, the melancholy pleasure of his society. He left with the fam- ily several memorials of friendship. Dr. Gardiner continued in the army until the end of the Avar, and subsequently, in 1786, '89 and '90, was a member of the State Legislature. "Col. Gardiner finding his residence in East-Hampton unpleasant, and even hazardous, removed with his family to Connecticut." Although the people suffered from most rigorous, and for them ill timed, exactions, it appears that more or less friendly intercourse was kept between the officers of the British Army and the citizens of the town. Sir William Erskine, commander of the British forces on the east end of the I&land, seems to have been particularly pleased with the society of Dr. Buell, and to some extent to have yielded to the Doctor's wishes. It is related that on one occasion Erskine had ordered the people of East-Hampton to appear with their teams at Southampton on the Sabbath. On the preceding Saturday Erskine and the Doctor met; when Erskine stated to him that he had ordered his people to be at Southampton with their teams on the Sabbath. The Doctor replied, "I am aware of it, but am myself Commander-i7i- Chief on that day, and have annulled the order." It is said that Erskine yielded, and revoked the order. With Gov. Tryou, Dr. Buell was intimate, and many let- ters are still extant which passed between them. In the sports of the chase ' Dr. Buell often joined the of- ficers of the army, and on one occasion, being late, the party despairing of his arrival, had mounted, when he ap- 151 peared iu sight. Sir William Erskine, perceiving his ap- proach, ordered them to dismount and receive his friend. Lord Percy, tifterwards Duke of Northumberland, and then Aid-de-Camp, while impatiently pacing the floor, was in- troduced to the Doctor, who asked him what portion of his Majesty's forces he had the honor to command. Percy, (who was in an ill humor on account of the order to dis- mount,) replied, "A Legion of Devils just from Hell." "Then," said Dr. Buell, with a low obeisance, "I suppose I have the honor to address Beelzebub, the Prince of Devils." The severity of the repartee caused Percy to put his hand upon his sword, which was instantly rebuked by Sir Wil- liam ; and th ^ attention and politeness of the Parson won for him the admiration of Percy, long before the chase was over. After the Revolution, amid the rapid increase of popula- tion, and swelling tide of emigration, this ancient settle- ment became comparatively of much less importance, and bore but a small proportion to the great aggregate of the population of the State. Spaflford's • lazetteer of New-York, 1813, descriVjes East- Hampton as "first settled in 1649 by about thirty families from Lynn," &c. Population in 1790, 1,492. Town street as having 80 houses ; Wainscott 15 dwellings ; Amagansett 20 houses ; Acabonac 15 houses ; Northwest 15 houses ; with two school houses in "town street," and one in each of the obher places. It describes Sag-Harbor as having 80 houses, and shipping to the amount of about 5,000 tons. The population of the town in 1790 was 1,492 ; in 1800, 1,549 ; in 1820, 1,646 ; in 1830, 1,668 ; in 1840, 2,076 ; in 1850, 2,122 ; in 1860, 2,267 ; in 1870, 2,372 ; in 1880, 2,516 ; in 1890, 2,431. Dongan's Patent called for payment of Quit Rent to the 152 Kiug yearly, of "the sum of one lamb, or the value thereof," &c. The state of New- York achieving independence of the Royal authority, succeeded to the sovereignty of the Crown and claimed all quit rents formerly payable to the King. In the deep distress following the Revolutionary war the Legislature of the State absolved all tenants from payment of those rents accruing "between the 29th day of Septem- ber, 1775, and the 29th day of September, 1783." By the same Act, passed April 1st, 1786, all quit rents could be commuted by paying fourteen shillings for every shilling of such annual quit rent at any time on or before the first day of May, 1787." Other Acts further extended the time of payment, showing the humanity of the Legislature "of the people for the people." It is presumed the town commut- ed this quit rent by payment at an early day. A history o^ the vessels wrecked and lives lost on the shores of East-Hampton would be intensely interesting and tragic, l he first wreck I remember was that of the brig Mars, ashore just west of Lily Pond Lane, near Appa- quogue, about 1828. She was a large, staunch, almost newly built vessel, so far up on the beach that with little difficulty the crew attained the land and no life was lost. The brig came ashore in fair weather, and not driven there- on by a storm. As I remember, the Captain's name was Eing. Coming ashore in the night, crowds on the follow- ing morning went to view the wreck, and among others Capt. Jonathan Osborn, of Wainscott, who closely ques- tioned Capt. Ring as to the wind and weather, and whether he sounded and how often. Evidently Ring was uncom- fortable under the examination and roughly replied to Capt. Osborn, "Old fellow, what do you know about a ship ? If I should tell you, do you think you would know any more than you do now?" Capt. Osborn replied, "I have com- 153 manded a ship, larger thai; your brig, and never ran her ashore, either." The next vessel I remember wrecked was the barqueship "Edward Quesnel," which had been engaged in the sperm whale fishery from some eastern seaport, and having a car- go of over a thousand barrels of sperm oil, came on shore at Napeague beach, about the year 1838, in a north-east storm. The ship was a total loss. A part of the cargo was saved. Some ten or twelve of the crew were drowned. The bodies were drawn up on the beach near the banks. A ghastly array of corpses, pitiful to behold. The mortal blow leaves on the lifeless body that mark which appalls the onlooker even in the home where it fell. On the wild ocean, or its wild shore, the surging billows, the grinding and groaning wreck, the crash of breaking cargo, the deso- lation of the scene adds four-fold to the desolating horror of death. That vision of lifeless bodies lying in a row on Napeague beach, pale, motionless, ghastly, has followed and haunted me in the darisness of night from that day to this. "By stranger hands their dying eyes w to closed ; By stranger hands their decent iimbf composed : By stranger hands their funeral knel was rung ; By stranger lips their funeral dirge a as sung," The territory of Long Island has been exempted from earthquakes, blizzards, whirlwinds, waterspouts and stoi ^^is to such a degree that little note of them is made. No in- stance of damage by earthquake, whirlwind or waterspout is known. One great exceptional storm spread wide dis- aster over the Island, and its saddened memories have sur- vived to this day. The evening of December 23d, 1811, was wild, hazy, and with some fog. The writer was in- formed that it was so warm that a teamster at the Water- mill, from East-Hampton, having procured a wagon load of 154 oysters, at 9 o'clock p. m., thought there was no claDger of freezing, and decided not to run them in the barn. Some- where about one or two o'clock that night commenced a sudden, terrific north east snow storm. In Thomson's History of Long Island, Vol. I, p. 276, it is stated "An im- mense amount of property was destroyed and many lives lost. It is supposed that more than sixty vessels were cast ashore upon the north side of . Long Island ; most of which were destroyed or so greatly injured as to be of lit- tle value. Whole crews were lost ; the mercury fell to eight degrees before the storm abated. The snow contin- ued to fall, the wind increased almost to a tornado and swept over the plains with desperate intensity. It raged for twent} -four hours. The snow was so drifted that no mail could pass and all travelling was effectually impeded. Many vessels were driven upon Lloyd's Neck, Eaton's Neck and Gardiner's Island. Thirty-six bilged and stranded vessels were counted in one day. The day previous had been remarkably pleasant, and the transition from warm to cold was so great that in many instances human beings perished, on land as well as on water. Sheep expired in great numbers, domestic fowl were frozen to death and neat cattle were overcome by the severity of the cold. Almost every vessel from Hurlgate to Montauk was driven on the shore." Capt. Conkling and his vessel and crew were lost in Long Island Sound at this time. He was a resident of Amagansett. Hence old people called this the "Conkling Storm," and sometimes the "Christmas Storm." Probably the change from temperate to extreme cold weather was more sudden and disastrous than any of which we have record. My mother told me it was so mild that the horses were left in the pasture all night. In the morning my 155 father and his hired man went out, and the first time failed to find them in the fierce blinding storm. Exhausted, and returning and resting, they again started, and could not see them, but by running against them found and took them home. THE AMISTAD CASE. In August, 1839, "a long, low, black schooner" was re- ported off Long Island, and about the 26th of that month anchored in Fort Pond Bay, at Montauk. A boat put ashore on North Neck, manned by blacks, solely, who there found Peletiah Fordham and Capt. Harry Green, both of Sag-Harbor, gunning, and conferred with them through Cinquez, their chief, who, as claimed by Green, contracted with him to take charge of the vessel and pilot her into Sierra Leone, Africa. During the negotiation and conference. Green discovered a United States brig from New London, Cl., bearing down on this schooner, and suspecting something wrong about her, purposely and skilfully, with some peril to himself and Fordham, delayed the Africans on shore, who were uncon- scious of danger, until when seen by Cinquez, the chief, escape was impossible. The chief embarked too late to defend his vessel. He jumped overboard, loosing a belt containing some 600 doubloons, which sank to the bottom. The schooner and all on board were captured and carried into New London. The later discovered history showed that these Africans were slaves, recently imported from Africa, who in trans- portation from Havana to an adjacent island, rose on the captain and crew, slaying all the whites on board except Pedro Montez, a passenger, and Jose Buize, their slave- master, who were saved to navigate the vessel to Sierra Leone. During the day the vessel was steered by the 156 slaves, by the sun, and during the night at the peril of their lives in a northerly course, by the whites. In the judicial proceedings at Hartford, the Africans, something over thirty in number, were taken there. Up to that time they had not spoken, and it was thought they were unable to speak a word of English. So thought the court, the lawyers, the officials, the spectators, the Aboli- tionists who championed their cause, the interested tlious- and who were reading and hearing reports of them. When Capt. Green testified that he conversed with Cinquez, the chief, in English, made a contract with him to take the schooner to Sierra Leone for a consideration, detailed other conversation with him, the astounding statement was deemed a baseless fabrication and he was stamped by all onlookers as a perjured witness. Stung with this impeach- ment of his veracity and honor, he ap]:ealed to the Court for permission to talk with Cinquez — declared that he had conversed with him in English and had made him talk and could do it again. He finally obtained the promise of the desired interview at the opening of the court the following morning. His counsel. Gov. Ellsworth, advised him to withdraw from the attempt, assigning as reasons his right to decline, the probable disinclination of Cinquez to speak English, the strong nerve force required of a speaker to face thousands, the probability of failure and its disastrous results, which counsel was received by Green with the re- spect due to his distinguished legal adviser, but in no wise changed his resolution. Capt. Green told me when he entered the court room the next morning it was packed to its utmost capacity. All eyes were on him. Cinquez was there. He went up to him, took his hand, looked him in the eye and said : "Cin- quez, how you do ?" but received no response. 157 Let me here state that Capt. Green's black penetrating eyes were keen beyond expression, as if looking into the secret soul ; the grip of his hand like the grip of fate. Again, and looking sharper, gripping his hand, he asked the same question, and again no reply. With sterner look, and mightier grip, he asked the third time, and Cinquez, overpowered by a spirit mightier than his own, said, "Me pretty well ; how Caj^t. Green do ?" Then the charge of perjury laid to his door was demon- strated to be baseless, and by the event his reputation was redeemed from the dishonor universally attributed to him. Then it appeared that these Africans, under the word from their cliief, had delude! and deceived the court, judge, law- yers, officers, witnesses, spectators. Abolitionists, and all. In the arts of diplomatic deception the barbarian was in no respect inferior. The word once spoken, Green continued drawing by degrees and in pigeon English a confirmation of his statement of an agreement made with him to pilot the schooner to Sierra Leone. The veteran commander of a ship visiting all coasts and all tribes and languages, has resources of communication with them incredible to the inexperienced. The public prints of New London had circulated un- founded reports of gold left with residents of Long Island, through traffic with the Africans, in large sums, and the box of doubloons on the schooner was yet unaccounted for and unreported. Green asked Cinquez about tliis box and obtained answers as to its length, width, depth, and was asking him how full it was, and the answer that it was half full Mas being given, when of a sudden the conference was growing too dangerous for some present, and further de- velopments were stopped by the objections of lawyers to the continuance of the interview as irrelevant, which the 16S court sustained, and the door Green had just begun to open was apparently to the comfort of the objectors, closed. His story of the bargain made with the chief, of the box of doubloons unreported, was confirmed. He was transformed from the obscure, discredited, dishonored witness, to be in the estimation of all observers a man of unflinching veraci- ty, of undaunted courage, of unquailing nerve, of overcom- ing power, a born leader and the hero of the hour. On a cold January morning in 1840, on the steps of the Tontine Hotel, in New Haven, on my way to the law school where I was a student, I saw Capt. Henry Green and Pela- tiah Fordham. They had a case to be heard in the United States Court, to be there holden on the ensuing Monday. As nearly as I remember the steamer Lexington had just been burned on Long Island Sound, with all on board lost save four persons, and this sad story was the talk of the day. Without reports of the Amistad case I must write from unaided memory of events transpiring more than half a century by gone, and while sure of the main facts, may err in minor details. Permission was given for law stu- dents to attend the trial. The court sat in the old State House, on the green. Judge Judson presided, and a jury was impanelled. The court room was packed, and interest high wrought and unflagging, animated the audience. The questions before the court were of grave magnitude. The array of counsel was large, eminent, imposing. Were Green and Fordham, as contributors in aiding the capture of this schooner by the United States brig Washington, en- titled to salvage ? Were the officers and crew of the brig so entitled ? If salvage was recoverable should the schoon- er pay ? the freight on board pay ? the slaves pay ? or all pay? Were the enslaved Africans, fighting their way to liberty on the high seas, to be re-enslaved and delivered to 159 their masters, or to the Spanish government, or to be set free ? Brainard and Gen. Isham, of New London, grand- father of the piesent Eufus Kose, Hungerford and Gov. Ellsworth, of Hartford, Baldwin, of New Haven, afterward Governor, Seth P. Staples and Theodore Sedgwick, of New- York, were some of the lawyers engaged in the case. The Alricans, on pleasant days, had been taken from the jail and permitted to walk out on the green in charge of officers, and theie solicit alms, and sometimes perfoimed somersetts, walked on their hands. &c., as an inducement to procure more pennies when tLey passed the hat. Cinquez was an athlete surpassing all others in these gymnastics. All this inflamed curiosity to see them and h=^ar their testimony, it being rumored that they would be Avitnesses in their own beh-ilf on this trial. National influences and National pol- icy, slavery and freedom, humanity and cruelty, North and South, right and wrong, were wrestling for the mastery in this as a test case. The sallies of wit, the heights of logic, the surprise of retort, the crushing of sarcasm, the extent of research evoked in this trial, would require a report vo- luminous, but. fairly made would be brilliai t, instructive, and of intense interest. Often some question of tides, of distances would arise and the lawyers and court would say, "Capt. Green, how far is it from Fort Pond Bay to New London ?" or "how far to New-York ?" and his answer was admitted as flual by all concerned. The deference and re- spect shown Capt. Green was lo marked feature of this trial. His commar ding presence lost nothing in the grand array of eminent men there gathered. If this were the appropri- ate place, mas er mariners from Sag-Harbor could be named whose enterprise and genius would have shone conspicuous as navigators in any laud and under any flag. That Cinquez, the barbarian chief, unread, unlearned, un- 160 t aughtj'^was born to command, this trial proved. As a wit- ness lie was cross-examined concc-rning the murder of the master and crew of the schooner, when at their head he led the Africans to fight and take the schooner. "Who slew the captain V" "Who the crow '?" "What part did such an one take ?" "What part did he take ?" He had been squatted on his marrow bones on the floor, apparently a dull, ignorant heathen. As question after question poured in upon him, closer and hotter, he gradually rose. The sense of injustice, of wrong, wreaked upon J im and his people ; of his absolute right to break all bonds and battle for freedom, overpowered him. I see hini now, hesitation overcome by the storm of feeling ; indignation animating every feature ; the loftiest scorn beaming from his massive brow ; the most expressive go^ tures wa^ed from his manly arm ; the most overpowering eloquence flowing from his lips ; the commanding air and attitude, all told that this man knew that he had come to and must meet the crisis of his life. I have heard orations and eloquence expressed in words I understood. I never hoard his eloquence sur- passed although uttered in words not understood. All knew he was justifying his course in fighting for liberty. All were overpowered by his outburst as if it were the ir- resistible lightning from heavoji. All, court, lawyers, spec- tators, were unconscious of tlie impropriety of this exhi- bition in a court of justice, until after what seemed some fifteen minutes, a lawyer mentioned to the court the fact and was sustained. Thus long, amazement at the unex- pected display cf human genius held judgment in abeyance. The trial occupied the entire week, from Monday morning until Saturday afternoon. Sometime during Friday it was discovered that the testimony of the African witnesses, given through an interpreter, was controlled by Cinquez. 161 In all the trial thus far the answers were directed by him His signs and signals, unobserved by the spectators, the court and keenest lawyers on the continent, had dictated and governed the testimony and were unhesitatingly obeyed. This remarkable man, gifted with natural endowments that gave him ascendency over his race and tribe, was in the whole field of artifice and stratagem superioi to his com- peers of almost any race or nation. The decision of the court denied salvage to all claimants, directed the delivery of the Africans to the President of the United States. On appeal from this decision of Judge Judson, John Quincy Adams argued for the Africans, before the Supreme Court of the United States, that they, on the high seas, uncon- trolled by any law but that of Nature and of Nations, had a right to fight their way to liberty, and that even the President had no right to control them ; that they must be set at liberty. And the decision of our highest tribunal was in accordance with his argument. That a United States Avar vessel was off the harbor of New Haven at the time of the decision, and apparently ready to execute it, I know. It was said the Abolitionists, anticipating a decision of the court subservient to the then domination of the slave powc3r, had papers prepared for an appeal, and thwarted the scheme of the Administration to control the Africans and deliver them possibly to the mas- ter, or government of Spain. They were, chiefly through the . efforts of the Abolitionists, returned to Africa, where, according to later reports, they were not improved by their experience in so called Christian lands. It was said Ciii- quez became re-instated as chief, and was an ally of the slave traders. CHAPTER XI. Three Beechers in one day, p. 162. John Howard Payne, p. 76*7. Miss Cornelia Huntington, p, 110. General Train- ing, 2^. 172. The Whale Chase, p. 114. THREE BEECHERS IN ONE DAY. Ill August, 1843, Lymau Beecher, D. D., formerly minis- ter in East-Hampton from 1798 to 1811, visited there with his sons Edward and William, who were born there, as was Catherine E., his daughter. On the Sabbath of August 27th the three preached in the old historic church built in East-Hampton in 1717. Edward preached in the morning, his father in the after- noon and William in the evening. Forty-five a ears had o-one bv since the father first came to minister there, and a generation had passed since he had remov.'d. Tradition and story had treasured and reiterated events that occurred, sayings he had uttered, traits of character he exhibited, gifts that he possessed, during his early career. It was said he was so small an infant that he was put in a silver tai.kard, and the top shut down over his head. That he was an enthusiastic lover of fishing, which was confirmed by his fishing then at Alewive Brook for perch, and giving especial care and watchful attention to cooking the catch. It was said he was fond of himting, and an ardent pursuer of game. Stories were told of his fishing and hunting with a company, who secured, as a guide, an Indian expert in the then great wilderness of the west, who at first doubted his ability to undergo the toil and hardship of the expedition, but as day after day he exhibited increasing elasticity and 163 power of endurance, extorted from the guide the admiring exclatiaation, "This little old man all Indian." John Edwards told me that when a boy he caught a ht of perch in Wainscott pond, stringing them the largest first on a forked stick. Beecher and Dr. Abel Huntington had been unsuccessful, getting nothing there. Beecher said to John : "Boy, how do you sell your fish ?" Ans. : "A shil- ling a dozen if you pick them, and sixpence if you take them as they come." Beecher deliberately took the stick, counted twelve of the largest, beginning at the bottom, cut them off and handed the remainder to John, with a six pence, saying, "Boy, I'll take a dozen as they come.'' The narrator said, "Huntington looking on with astonishment, exclaimed, 'Lyman, that's a Yankee trick.' " All knew, not the saving of money, but th.e triumph in wit, Avas the mark aimed at by Beecher. How he caught sharks in the ocean ; how on a time he tied the line to his body and a large shark took him down in the water so that the 'fishermen rescued him from drowning ; how after that he tied the line to the whiffletree, and when he had a shark bite, made his horse haul the shark on the shore ; how Beecher could sing with sweet and charming voice ; how he could beat all other experts on the violin ; how nimble and agile he was and could outrun the boys ; how fertile in resource, liow keen in perception, how overcoming in argument, how elo- quent in discourse ; how sympathetic in heart, how simple in manners, how regardless of ceremony. All this from the lips of age to the ears of youth, made this visit the talk and the thought of the town. When that clear Sabbath afternoon came the old church was packed to the utmost endurable pressure. The Rev. Samuel R. Ely, then minister of the church, and Dr. Beecher with his two sons, occupied the high pulpit. The 164 introdnctorv services, invocation, reading and singing of hymns, the prayer before the sermon, (not h^ng) were un- marked b}' any noticeable impre^siveness. The afternoon sun shone on the marked features of the speaker when he rose to address the people. The full, expressive blue eye, the perpendicular forehead, steep as the palisades, the con- vex nose, the firm under jaw, the projecting under lip, all revealed a man who would maintain to the death "the faith once delivered to the saints." Without preamble he announced as his text Romans 5th chap., 1st verse : "There- fore being jiistified by faith we have peace with God through <:ur Lord Jesus Christ." In the course of his ser- mon he referred to his trial on the charge of heresy ; he stated that he had never preached any other doctrine of justification than that by faith through Jesus Christ ; he appealed to the older people Avho sat under his preaching during his ministry there, to l)ear testimony to the truth of his statement, tliat his doctrine then and his doctrine now were one and the same. That he would live and die in this faith. He spoke of an infidel club existing in East- Hampton in his early ministry, and in view of this doctrine of justification by faith then preached, one of the club sent him word he believed he had as good prosj'cct of getting to heaven as any of his churcli ; for when he sold w heat, every lime he struck the half-bushel he put a handful back on tiie measure. Rising to his utmost heiglit he said, "I sent him back word if he ever expected to get to heaven that way he had better save his wheat." The sermon was written. The preacher read from man- uscript until it seemed some burning thought demanded immediate extemporaneous delivery, when, pushing his spec- tacles over his forehead, with a rare spontaneous eloquence he expressed and illustrated the thought, again reading aijd W5 then unexpectedly surprisinj^ and electrifying liis audience by extemporaneous speaking. It was an occasion and a sermon never to be forgotten. At the close of this magnif- icent effort — magnificent in directness, in eloquence, in sub- lime sincerity — exhausted and sitting down, his two sons took him under each arm :ind gently eased him to the seat. Sweetly, tenderly, they broke the suddenness of the fall, exhibiting their affection, their sympathy, their intelligence and their experience. If listming to the old man eloquent his hearers felt indignation towards his accusers, who could say it was unwarranted? The impression of that sermon was deep and abiding. The electric power of the sermon- izer attracted the attention, enlisted the ay.proval, convinced the reason, gained the judgment and won the affection of the audience. In the morning of this memorable day Edward Beecher preached from Deuteronomy 8tli chapter, 2d verse : "And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness to humble thee and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, wheth- er thou wouldst keep his commandments or no." The scholarly air, the pale expanded forehead, the wealth of expression, the abounding flash of illustration marked him as the student of the family. He looked as if he could study all day and wake up at midnight to commence again. The intellectual temperament so predominated thjvt it seemed as if to wrestle with the deepest problems of our faith and being was play for him. If man could sound the deeps of Theology, could read the mind of God and speak God's thoughts and word and will to his fellowman, that high prerogative if in the range of human learning or hu- man thought must be the mission of Edward Beecher. The exposition of the training of a human mind, of the hosts of Israel from the deep debasement of soul and body to the light and joy and freedom of Righteousness, was a masterpiece of learning and eloquence. In the progress of his sermon the difficulty of interpreting correctly the book of Ecclesiastes was noticed except as viewed from the stand point of a man disappointed by experience of the anticipat- ed enjoyment of worldly pleasure and finding emptiness where he had anticipated satisfaction. Moved to the inmost being by the deliverance of these two, father and son, who would dare follow to say for the Most High what they had not said ? What weak hand would hold and try to sound the bugle note that their mighty voice had blown. The third meeting during the summer months was then held at 5 o'clock, called the "5 o'clock meeting." At that season a Sabbath evening meeting after sundown was un- known. William Beecher took his text in Isaiah, 3d chap. 10th and lltli vs. : "Say ye to the righteous that it shall be well with him : for they shall eat the fruit of their do- ings. Woe unto the wicked ; it shall be ill with him for the reward of his hands shall be given him." He pictured the life of the righteous progressing in kiiowledge, in vir- tue, in grace, in joy here and hereafter, partaking of the tree "whose leaves are for the healing of the nations ;" an unending ascent to capacities of enjoyment ever rising to higher and still higher attainments as a law of his being and a consequence of his doing. This was the immoital life. He pictured the descending course of the wicked re- sulting from his own choice, his own conduct, sin heaped upon sin, penalty incurring still more punishment until the abysmal deeps of the submerged soul outmeasured the human conception in unsounded darkness. And all this by a law of our being, by the act of the trans- 167 gressor, by a series of raovemeuts in a downward career that disabled and were continually disabling the wrong doer. Thus "the reward of his hands was given him." The shades of evening began to fall, but the speaker went on and on. At times the music of the Angelic choir, at times the wail of the lost, now the song of the seraph, now the discord of the self-destroyed burst upon the ear. In power of imagination William Beecher was like Whit- field. In that gift he seemed pre-eminent. In learning ac- quired from books, ancient or modern, Edward surpassed the others. In the harmony of well balanced power, in the endowment of strong common sense, in the quick intuition that caught the points of relation and dependence of thought and winnowed the chaff from the wheat, the father excelled. Looking back through the mists of more than half a cent- ury, it now seems as if each c>ne selected the subject where- in he excelled, and that his power to impress others re- sulted largely from the accuracy and wisdom of such choice. JOHN HOWARD PAYNE. The author of "Sweet Home" is entitled to remembrance. He often visited relatives and friends in East-Hampton. I can see him now as I saw him then ; short, some five feet and a half high, compactly built, well set, active, sprightly, of st^nguine, nervous temperament, blue eyed, fair and florid in coimtenance, nose large with Romanic curve, hair dark, forehead high and white, features strongly marked but mo- bile, expression iutellectiial, rapid in conception and thought, elastic in step, imitative in capacity, in penetra- tion far-seeing, a reader of human nature, genial, impulsive, sympathetic, humorous, kind-hearted, social, in some prac- tical affairs a child, in the world of imagination a genius, in the sphere of wit and humor exhaustless, missing no mark for the first, no twinkle of light for the last. 168 His mot]ier was sister of Samuel Isaacs, of East-Hamp- tou, whom in person he resembled, and where he, his sis- ters and his aunt Esther, (his mother's sister) often visited. His father, William Payne, was for many years a teacher in Clinton Academy, and probably while so engaged formed the acquaintance which resulted in h s marriage. The proprietors of the Academy voted December 28th, 1784, "that Mr. Jabez Peck be elected master of the classic school and Mr. William Payne master of the English and writing school." In Thompson's History of Long Island John Howard Payne is mentioned as '-familiarly known in early life as the American Eoscius and since as a disting- uished writer, author of the tragedy of 'Brutus' and other dramatic compositions of high merit." I think Payne was a precocious genius in youth, intellectually above his co- temporaries, higher than in after life. If so it would ac- count for the laudatory notice of his early writings, which have failed to live in the after ages, while his song of home has survived and echoed wherever the sweets of social life are known or harmony is heard. John Howard Payne was born June 9th, 1792 and died in Tunis April 12th, 1852. About the year 1839 he con- tributed to the Democratic Revieiv or National Magazine, a characteristic account of East-Hampton, which was repub- lished in the Sag-Harbor Corrector of March 10th, 1838. The rustic manners of its social, religious and business life its fishing and whaling, were facetiously described, not al- together to the acceptance of the good people of the town. The pleasantry and humor of the portrayal of the character of the old town was thought to be beneath its merits. Col. Hunt commented editorially upon it in the Corrector of that date. The Republican Watclnnan of March 17th, 1838, con- tained a. criticism of it signed "An Auld Acquaintance." 169 For the time being the people of East-Hampton regarded Payne's account of their manners, ways and habits as so far exaggerated as to subject them to the undeserved ridicule if not derision, of the world. As time passed their resent- ment faded away. With the welcome the nations gave to his immortal song, the approving voice of East-Hampton joined. His renown impelled Boston and New-York and East-Hampton to claim the honor of being his birthplace. I should delight to advocate the claims of East-Hampton ; but the historian who worships at an altar lower than Truth dishonors his cause and himself. John Howard Payne was probably born in New-York city, as appears by the letter following : St. Matthew's Kectory, Bedford, N. Y., Aug. 15, 1895. H. P. Hedges, Deab Sir : As you write to me for authentic information about the date and place of birth of John Howard Payne, I will make the following statement : My wife, Eloise E., was the niece of John H. Payne, and had in her possession all the papers relating to the Payne family. She died in 1892. In 1875 Mr. Harrison, of Brooklyn, wrote a biography of J. H. Payne, and had frequent interviews with Mrs. Luquer, in regard to date, and facts connected with his life. In 1884 Mr, Brainard, of "Washington, wrote another memoir, which was dedicated to W. "W. Corcoran of that city. Before publication this had been submitted to Mrs. Luquer, for inspection and correction. This later publication was con- sidered by her, in all its statements, to be entirely reliable. In both these biographies it is asserted that John H. Payne was born in the cit}^ of New-York, June 9th, 1791. In support of this statement I find among my wife's pa- pers a momorandum, signed : "A true statement, attest, Wm. Osb. Payne," giving June 9th, 1791, .as the birth of the poet ; and also in another genealogical table, apparent- ly in the same handwriting, giving New-York city as hig 170 birth place. I find also a "History of the Family," dated March 16, 1861, and written by Mrs. Luqner's aunt, Mrs. Lucy Osborne, John H. Payne's sister-in-law. In this the writer says : "My father and mother took with them (from East-Hampton) to New-York five children, my brother Wil- liam the only son." The statement in Brainard's life of the poet, that "he was born at No. 33 Pearl St., near corner of Bioad Street, (New-York city), on the 9th of Jnne, 1791," was made after close investigation of authentic record and family tradition, and should be considered a settled fact of his-tory. Yours Truly, Lea Luquer. miss cornelia huntington. Miss Cornelia Hantington, daughter of Abel Huntington and Frances Lee his wife, was born in East-Hampton, June 24th, 1803, and died there Aprd 15th, 1890. De- scended from that famous Connecticut family of Hunting- tons who shone in the sphere of statesmanship, finance, jurisprudence, and all the professions of scholarship and learning, she early gave tokens of a brilliant ir.tellect. In her youth the atmosphere of East-Hampton sparkled with learning and genius. Clinton Academy then fiourisiied as an educational institution inferior to none in the land. Lyman Beecher filled the pulpit ; Senators, Congressmen, Assemblymen and Judges were neiglbors and friends. Other stars shone in the hemisphere of her childhood and youth. Her father was endowed with great- mental power. He was in the State Senate, in Congress, and a life-long skilful medical practitioner. In this social constellation no light flashed more conspicuous in surprising wit, more penetrating with the intuitions of genius, more profound in the depths of sentiment, more varied in creations of the ideal, than that of the scliool girl, Cornelia Huntington ; out-reaching, out-shining, out-witting all competitors. She 171 mastered the elements of education with a celerity and ea*e that seemed, e joint of the wrist, iji the hope that by cutting tlunn the whalo would be disabled. With unabated fur}^ hour after hour the whale fought back. The shock of her flukes resounded foi miles on and off the shore. Some stray chance made and the captain darted his keen two-edged lance into the vitals, in sailor words, "the life of the whale." And she "spouted blood," sure premonition of the coming end. A conflict rarely seen, never to be forgotten, lasting from 7 o'clock A. M. until 2 p. M. I see them "towing" the whale to shore, the joy- 178 ful faces of the crew, the tall and stalwart form of the Captain, clad ia his red flannel shirt, his face and hands almost equally red. He looked the incarnation of the whale fighter that fame had reported him to be. He had sailed from Sag-Harbor on voyages in command of a ship from thence, owned by J. Feniraore Cooper, the novelist. His creation of "long Tom Coffin" out of Capt. Jonathan Osboru would be a slight dilation on the reality. Ah me ! no mortal eye of all the living but mine has seen the sight of that April morn. No ,tongue but mine remains to tell the tale. In December, 1838, in East-Hampton, there was a "weft for whale," "an alarm" of the boys, "a rally" of the crews, and two boats put off in. chase of the whale. Fearful to relate, they made fast. More fearful for the writer, he was one of the crew. Just graduated from Yale he had not taken his degree of A. B. in what our earnest fore- fathers in their records termed "whale design." Space is wanting to express but in briefest words the picture indel- ibly impressed upon my memc>ry. The skill and experience of Levv'is Gann, who commanded our boat, was far over- balanced by the inexperience of the crew who had never been "fast to a whale." That he was a consummate master of the situation all believed. ' The event justified our faith. 'Twas he that ruhid the crew, guided their efforts, shielded them from danger. I see the whale side to us ; fin just un- der the water. I see him standing in the bow of the boat with the lance in his grasp. He hurls it with the force of an avalanche. It hisses on the water and enters the whale. He says in exultant cry, "that whale is dead !" Within an hour the whale is "turned up." A hole is cut in the under jaw and a line made fast from our boat, next the whale, the 179 post of honor, and extended to the other boat, and the mo- notonous, slow pull for towing begins. Hew the multitude gathers on the shore ! How impres- sible the young life and pranks of boyhood break out ! How lithe and sweet and winsome seems the form and charm of the mi^iden ! Admir'-ition lights up and glorifies the face of man and woman. The eye of age kindles at tiie recollection of past conflicts and gratification at the success achieved. Curiosity may rule, wonder may control ; the victim may attract the regard of the crc wd, but not to the exclusion of the victors. Crowned with the applause, shar- ing the wonder, objects of regard. Captains and crew for the time are invested with a halo of glory that ator es for past misfortune, for unmerited neglect, for unjustified scorn. The beheld of all beholders. If the victor in the Olympic games received the crown as his reward, in attestation of his triumph, the combatants in a mightier game and grand- ei contest were not unworthy the Attic crown so awarded to perilous achievement. One hundred ind fifty years before the heathen Indian might have appeared and claimed a piece of the fin and tail as an acceptable offering to propi- tiate his God. The Indian has vanished. Of those twelve men who in 1838 were successful in their "whale design," Hiram Sherrill and Edward Dayton, with the writer, :.nly survive. Lingering on the shores of time they can attest the fidelity of the writer in this narra- tive of the age that is past. CHAPTER XII. SAG-HARBOR. The Indian name of that part of Sag-Harbor within the bounds of the town of East-Hampton was Wequagaunuck, or Wiquagonock. William W. Tooker, Esq., of Sag-Har- b )r, a profound student of the Indian language and history, locates their village on the north shore, below Sleight's or Fort Hill, where shell heaps denote an Indian settlement. He says the Lidian name We-quae-adnanke, signifies the land or place at the foot of the hill. Since the Indian names of places were descriptive of local peculiarities, we see the fitness of this name, denoting the village at the foot of the hill, which probably survived long after the town of East-Hampton was founded by the whites. Tradition dates the English settlement of 8ag-Harbor about 1730, and locates it at first at the cliff, or north side of Turkey Hill, which then extended from the vicinity of Main street west, to near Rysam street east, and Washing- ton street south. On the north declviity or cliff of this hill, holes were dug as a refuge from the storm. The shelter of rnde fishermen's huts folloAved, andhoases set in the grounioli wero 8,479 barrels of sperm and 91,600 of oil, of t'-:e valne of $600,000. Between the 16th of June and 20th of December of the same year, there sailed 15 ships, 4 barques aud 1 briir to the South Atlantic, Indian Ocean, New Holland, New Zealand, Croze'. t Islands and N. W. coast The aAcrai;e dni'ation of voyas^es of the whalers that returned in 1S40, was little short of 16 months. The tonnag-p in 1841 was 18,945, besides two ships and two brios addecl during- the rear, and the quantity of produce 6,726 barrels of sperm," 58,827 ot whale oil'and 482,110 pounds of V:one ; the net ])roceeds of which was $868,000, The whole value of the fleet (48 vessels) with its outfits, amounts to at least $900,000, and the number of officers and seamen is 1,025. There are now more than 40 vessels engaged in this business, wJiich, with thosv from other parts of the district, increases the number to 50." "Heiiry T. Deriug, Esq., the present collector, states the arrivals in 1842 at 15, bringing in 24,410 barrels of (right whale) oil, 4,175 of sperm and 192,000 pounds of bone. The wli.de number of vessels low engaged in the whaling business from this district is 52, the registered tonnage of Avhich is 17,810, and the number of hands employed 1,217. A TABLE, Exhibiting at one view the extent of the wdialing commerce of the port of Sag-Harbor for the year 1841, follows: 194 td td td CR 3 2 l-S >-■ fl 33 ■ .y: cc a: cc tri cr cr C P" Cr D" ps Mi ' •-; o p P P V! fT; T -^ . ' ^ r^ ^- "^ *T^ *t3 "O "^ ^Pii^^tTsg^^S. p'£^^2-f^&"^p -C5-2!z!??r4-=pCHijhr)5'H-£c:2c5^ 5. ^' -^ c^ p ■ ^ ^§ = ^^-^- l-il-jtOi^CCil-'i-itOl-'l-'l-'bOl-''— 'tOlOlOlOlO tOCOfcwtOtoi-itOlsStO ~ 5x ic oc CO o; to . 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This writingo witnesseth that I have it^ceived the foremencioned sum of Thirty pounds four shillings ei^ht pence, of the Inhaltitants of East-Hampton, and have delivered unto tiiem tl:e writings of the said purchase, and all the interest that thereby was jniKdiased. In witness whi'reof I have hereunto subsbribed, the Kith, of Aprill, lCi.')l. I sav r(>ceived, £ S U Pet- me, 3,S 4 8 EDWAED HOPKINS. A true eo|)y ]ier nie, Thomas Talmage, R(H!. Tkial of Wyandanc'h, referred t./ on page i:!. January "i-'ith, lfi58. "Waiandanen, Sachem of Meantaijuit, Pit., hath entred an action of Damage against -Jeremy Daily defendant. '•Mr. Lion Gardiner testifieth that hee was at tiie Ilaml vvh<>n my son and Goodman Daily came over, and I heard that the Great Cannowwas coming, and I went Down to rneet them, and made a noise for them that were in the hcuise, to follow me, and I niett my soun and Goodman Daily coming up, and I asked them whie they puled not up the canow, and they said it was time enough, and i called them to goe to gett it up, and we all went, antl could do nothing, and then we went agen, and sh(^ was full. •'John Kose testifieth, that when the candw was brought into the South harbor, my Brother, Anthony Waters and Got)dman Daily, did mend the canow, by putting "2 pieces into the side of her and upon that account they were to have the use of her, when their time wa- out, to Carrie over their things. "Thfi verdict of the Jury— th-y liml f.)r the Pit. 10s. Damage, a,nd court charges. The Court charges is £1 is Od. Town Eecords, Book No. 2, ]>. (55. OATH OF TOWN OFFICERS. The Oaths of the Officers of the Town were very minute, and pointed out their duties. The Oatlis are generally very solemn ; sometimes however the forms were singular, and expressed in the extreme quaint style of the duy. The following was at an early period, the Oath of the Constable : "You, being chosen constable of this Court, Doe swear, by the name of the Great, Ever-Living (iod, that you will faithfulL put in execution all such warrants as shall be entrusted unto you foi- to execute, during this year for -.vliich you an' cho.~en, in case y.m stay among us, soe well as you can, ^-oe helpe you Go 1. " And again : — "At a Legall Meeting of ye freeholders and Commonalty of ye Town of East-Hampton, April ye lirst, 171s, C.ornelius Conlcliug was chosen Town Clerk, and sworn as lollowelJi ; ■201 •■You. Corni'liiis roukling, Do swear that you shall safly kpsp all yp Books and Kecorrls delivered to you, and also tf) Reconl all Town and Trustees votes, until another person is chosen for that pur|iose, and also to ii'W'' (-oppys out of Sd. Ri^cords, ;is you may be required by yo 'J'own or Trustees, as Town Clerk, According to ye best of your cunning, wit and power, ^o help you God." Sworn liefore jne, ROBERT HUDSON, Justice. A true Coppy per nie, CORNELITTS CONKLIXG, Towii Clerk. The Aildress drawn iij) at a General Training, in June, 1<>82, and re- ferred to in page 2(; suit e, is as follows : "To the Honorable the Gov(>rnour, under his Royal Highness the Duke of Yoik, The Hunibh^ addiess of the Inhabitants of the Towne of Piast-Hampton, upon Long Island, Bhewetli : "Wheras. at th(! time the Government of New-Yorke was established under our Soveraigne Lord the King, t)y CoUonell Richard Nicolls, and those Gentlemen sent in Commis^sion witii him, IFef the; Inhabitants of thi,s TowiKs soe well as tiie rest of the Isl-iud being rpc|uired. sent our messengers to atti'ud their Hono\irs, and th»'ii, both by word and writ- ing, wee wer(> [jromisi'd and engaged the Enjoyments of all privileges and liberties, which others of his Majesties Subjects doe enjoy, wiiich was much to our content and satisfaction : Alsoc, afterwards being re- quired by liiese, his Majesties Commissioners, to send up our Deputies to meete at Hempstead, and there the whole Island being Assembled in our Representatives, wee difl then and there, uppon the renewal of these former promises of our freedom and liberties. Grant and Compact with the said Colonel Nicolls, Governor under his Royall Highness, That wee would allow so much out of our Estates yearly, as might de- fray the charge of Publicke Justice amongst us, and for killing of wolves, itc. "But may it Please your Honour lo understand, that .-^ince that Time we are deprived and piohibited of our JJirliiright, Freedomes and Priv- iledgete, to which botii we and our aucestdrs were borne; Alth(.'Ugh we have neither foi-b'it<'d them by any misdemeanor of ours, nor have we at any time beene forbidden the due use and exercise of them, by com- mand of our Gratious King, that we(> J tie's subjects uppon this Island, have been at at any time admitted since tluui, to enjoy a Generall and free Assembly of our Rt>presentatives. as others of his Majesties Subje.-ts have had the privili^dge of; But I.iawe.s anrein we are totally de- prived of a fundame ital Privih'ge of our English Nation,) together with the obstruction of TialTicke and Negotiation with others of his Majes- ties Subjects, So that wei; are become very unlike other of the King's Subjects in all other Coilonyes and Jurisdictions here in America, and cannt)t but niucli resent our grievances in this respect, and remaine discourageii with respect to the Settlement of oui'selves and Posteritie after us. Yet all this time payments and performance of what hath beene impi.sed uppon us, hath not betme omitted on our parts, although performance of our ]n-eiuised Privibiges aforesaid, have been wholly unperformed ; and what payments from yeare to yeare, this many years, liaLh been mad(> by us. Hath been made use of to other purposes than at lirsi they wen; granted for and iutendefl by us; Soe that wee cannot 202 but feare, if Publicke affairs, of government shall continue in this man- ner as they have been, but hope better, least our Freedomes should be turned into Bondage, and Antient Priviledges so infringed, that they will never arrive to our Posteritie. And wee ourselves may be justlie and highly culpable before his Majestie, for our Subjection to, and Sup- porting of such a Government, Constituted soe Contrarie to the funda- mental! Lawes of England ; it being a principal part of his Majestie's Antiente and Just Government, to rule over a free people, endowed with many Priviledges above others, and not over Bondmen, oppressed by Arbitrary Impositions and Exactions. These things Considered, we cannot but humbly request your Honor to weigh our condition in the Ballance of Equity, with seryousness, before you proceede to any Ac- tion of your owne, whereby to assert the proceedings of your Predeces- sors in Government, which wee now, with all Christian moderation doe eomplaine of. And for the redresse hereof, an Addresse as we under- stand, hath been made to his Koyall Highnesse, by a late court of As- size, in behalf of us and our Neighbors in this CoUoney ; Soe that we are not without hope your Honour hath received Directions to ease us in these our grievances, by the Remedies humbly represented by us, and petitioned for by the Inhabitants of this Island, to the last Court of As- size that 'did sitt att New-Yorke, to which as yet, no satisfactorie ans- wer hath beene made. If therefore your Honour may bee an Instru- ment under God, and his Majestie our Soveraigne Lord the King, to relieve us, and the rest of his Majestie's good subjects upon this Island in our grievances, and bee a meanes to helpe us to the free Enjoyment of our Birthright Priviledges, which the fundamental! Constitution of our English National Government doth invest us with (which hs we doubt not, will bee very pleasing to his Majestie, and all your Loyall Superiors,) Soe your Honour may bee assured it will firmly Engage and Oblige us, your humble Petitioneis, and our Posteritie after us, to have your Prudence and Justice in Honourable Remembrance, as the tirst Restorer of our freedome and priviledges, to our great Contentment. But, Sir, if it shall fall out otherwise, Avhieh God forbid, and wee are very unwilling to suppose, and that your Honour should, by reason of Coun- sells and Sugestious, pursue a contrary course to our humble Desires, soe as to continue or augment our grievances, then wee request your Honours Pardon and Excuse, if in our conscience to God, and in Hon- our and Submission to his Majestie, our most Gratlous Roveraigne, we prostrate our Selves, and our State and Condition, before the Throne of his unmatchable Justice and Clemencie, where we doubt not to find Re- lief and Kestaiiration, and can doe no less, in tlie nieaue time, hutResent our forlorne and bereaved Condition. So, Sir, as our prayers are Con- tinued for a happy and glorious Reighne to his Sacred Majestie the King ; and alsoe our prayers shall be for your Honour, that you may be a blessed Instrument under God, in your Wisdome, Justice and Equity over us : And humblie make bold to subscribe ourselves his Majesties poore, depressed, though Loyall Subjects and your most Humble Servants. The List of East-Hampton August ye 24:th, 1G75. — See page 141. £ S D £ S D Jeremiah Conklin g, 193 10 138 Stephen Hedges, 2-13 10 [MSS destroyed.] 223 Joshua Garlick, Sr. 104 10 4 146 6 8 Tho. Hand, 097 3 4 338 Wm. Mulford, 164 3 4 John Richeson, 027 10 203 Tho. Edwards, Oil] '^ 4 Capt. Thos. Talmag, Mr. Tho. Chattield. '238 )V< s John Stretton, Sen. Thos. OsV)ono, Sen. 1()<1 10 John Stretton, Jun. John Cortt', 100 10 Misses Codiion, Wm. Mill(»r, 090 13 4- Keneck garrison, •Jolin Hoping, Kiy 00 Nath Bishop, Eobert Daitoii, -205 00 James Hand, riiilip Leeliie. (t43 () s James Leper, Hand, 11 Samuel Mulford, Joshua (Tailiclv, Ju. one, () Joseph Osborne, Eich. Slunv, H(; l:J 4 Kichard Stretton, Rich. Brooke, 142 G S Tho. Diament. Wm. Fithian, I.SO 3 4 Ebenezer Leek, Samuel Parsons, 085 JSatha Domony, Arthur CJroasy, (t48 Samuel Brooke, Tho. Osbome, Ju. 17.") Wm P(>rkins. John Parsons, V2i\ (I Joliii Miller Junior. Abiahaui HfUike, 033 10 Jolm Osborne, Joliu Miller, 103 Enoch lithian. James Bird, 02S Bejua Conukling, John Thellei-, 173 3 4 John lield. Benjamin Osborne, 0(17 -loahnali Hodges, 'iho. dimcnt. Jun. (130 0(1 Tho. Chaltield, Edward OlS 00 The Total Sum, (•.842 IG 8 Note by H. P. Hedges. — John Mulford and Thomas Baker were wealthy land holders, and among the first settlers of East- Hampton, whose names should occur and probablj' aie omitted in the above list, also the names of Schellenger and Capt. Thos. Wheeler may be mis- sing. All these four occur in the list of l(i83. SEPTEMBER Ye 8th, 1683.— THE E'^TIMATE OF EAST-HAMPTON, 255 10 291 06 R 090 00 025 00 042 00 177 3 4 58 10 76 00 83 00 44 00 264 13 4 225 00 034 00 091 00 (IGC. 6 8 230 (1.30 19(; 13 4 067 00 103 00 040 00 045 00 018 00 (Tj -z = w 2 a IB 4 2(1 .s 12 3 1(1 2 1 5 3 1 2 2 1 6 j5 44 £ s d Capt. Talmage, 362 3 4 Tho Osborne, 3 20 s « 10 7 8 2 9 48 280 10 Wm. Mullorde, 2 ](i 2 4 4 3 4 2 26 106 3 4 Tho, Mulford, 1 3 2 2 3 1 (1 5 064 3 4 Mr. Baker, •2 21 4 IS 4 7 1 4 (J 3 <; 30 244 Tho. Edwards, 1 10 2 5 3 1 2 2 2 .") 117 10 John parsons Sc ■11, 1 12 2 2 2 2 12 079 Jere. Conkling. 3 28 4 8 8 7 8 2 4 35 247 3 4 phillip Leek, 1 4 :i 2 (» 1 (1 () 1 4 12 057 10 Nath. Baker se. 1 ].") 4 Ci 4 4 (■> 3 1 2 1 12 174 Joshua garlick, 1 ;) 4 :; ;j (I 2 2 1) 1 14 110 13 4 capt. Hoberls, 2 10 II 4 1 1 1 1 1 3 095 Nath Dominy, 1 13 2 2 1 1 1 i 73 10 John Parsons, 1 8 3 5 4 8 7 2 1 1 27 157 10 James Dimont, 1 13 6 8 4 4 6 2 (1 6 24 180 Samu. parsons. •2 13 2 ."") 3 4 6 5 2 1 3 15 158 Wm. Barnes. 2 13 2 3 3 1 3 4 1 1 12 155 John u heller, 1 13 2 5 2 6 2 3 10 1 25 144 6 8 204 Enockflthian, 1 6 1 i 2 2 3 2 10 072 Ifi 8 John osborn, 3 13 2 11 lU 8 8 2 1 2 21 251 James Hand, 1 6 2 2 4 2 10 10 2 9 081 Rich. Brook, 2 15 2 5 3 3 1 1 1 12 120 Mr. Sckelliiiger 3 16 6 7 2 2 6 5 1 54 246 GO Benja. Coukliui? i 12 5 3 6 4 2 1 3 1 5 17 148 13 4 John Millor se, 1 13 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 28 140 13 4 Arthur Cresy, 1 2 2 31100012 7 053 68 Ben. Osborne. 2 20 4 4 2 9 4 1 1 3 10 162 16 8 Wm. Edwaids, 1 24 3 5 8 5 5 2 10 18 180 Joseph Osborne, 1 6 3 113 1 6 082 John Squire, 1 6 2 4 01220000 085 10 John Edwards, 1 13 2 4 4 2 3 2 10 3 123 10 Ebene Lecke, 1 2 2 12 110 063 10 James Loper, 1 6 2 2 2 8 062 13 4 Wm. Perkins, 1 13 6 5 8 7 8 4 q 'J ^ 37 213 16 8 Stephen Hand, 2 13 4 5 4 5 4 2 2 48 174 10 Tho. diment, 1 60 2 2 4410003 9 076 00 John Miller, Ju 1 6 2 3 3 2 2 2 4 15 104 Jere. Miller, 1 3 2 2 2 3 12 2 5 087 13 4 Edward Jones, 1 3 3 10 2 10 055 James Bird, 1 30 2 10010000 2 047 13 4 John tetretton, 3 30 5 8 7 7 7 3 1 4 37 270 6 8 John Stretton, J u. 1 10 2 5 5 5 6 2 1 4 35 154 3 4 Joseph Strettou, 1 00 6 37310001 15 100 00 Samuell Mullord, 1 20 2 6 3 4 4 2 1 1 3 15 148 John Hoping, 1 23 2 6 7 11 6 3 1 1 5 23 209 3 4 J.diu Feild, 1 2 2 10 2 6 052 Stephen Hedges' 1 20 6 12 13 14 5 5 5 23 301 3 4 Anthony Kelley, 1 00 00010000 030 Oiieur Nons, 1 1 1 023 6 8 Edward Hare, 1 2 042 Widow Shaw, 2 2 2 2 11 1 6 073 Eicliard Shaw, 18 1 2 3 11 081 6 Tho. Stretton, 1 60 3 11130010 086 00 Wm. Hambleton, 1 2 10 042 Samuell Sherry, 1 7 2 4 2 3 3 10 102 6 8 John Cerle, 1 7 2 6 1 4 3 2 6 12 119 10 John Mulford, 2 20 8 10 10 8 7 2 1 8 58 283 16 8 Thomas Chatheld, 2 21 7 9 7 7 8 10 6 44 234 3 4 Nath. Baker, Ju. 1 4 2 4 1 3 3 3 1 12 118 Robert Daiton, 2 26 4 7 6 7 6 6 14 32 261 3 4 Nath Bushup, 2 13 4 7 4 5 3 3 2 30 189 8 Ricii. Stretton, 1 6 3 12 4 10 10 4 070 6 8 Tho. Hand, 1 8 4 5 2 2 2 2 12 16 121 6 8 John BnK)k. 116 3 2 3310004 6 87 00 Tho. Bee, 1 3 2 10 2 3 4 81 Wm. Miller, 1 8 2 4 4 5 6 2 2 2 7 17 148 3 4 georg Miller, 1 1 3 3 110 56 BewJiek Osborne, 30 John Mitchell, 30 Tho. Chatheld, Ju 30 Jacob Daiton, -^U The Totall is 9075 6 8 Endorsed, East hamptons Estemations, 1683. 205 COPY DEED OF 1660.— See ante page 90. This Indenture, made the first day of August, in the year of our Lord One thousand Six hundred and Sixtio, between the Old Sachem Squa, late wife of Wiandance, Deceased, and her son Wiancombone. Pogan- tone, Cheljanow, Massaquet, Powhe and Gentleman, the true and law- full proprietors of the neck of Land Commonly Itnown by the name of Meantauquet, on the Eastern end of Long Island, the one partie, and Mr. Thomas Balier, Mr. Eobert Bond, Mr. Thomas James, Mr. Lion Gardiner, "Mr. John Mulford, John Hand and Benjamin Price, of the Plantation of Easthampton, on the Island aforesaid, the other partie, Witnesseth, that the abovenamed Sachem Squa, together with her Son Wiancombone, Pogatone, Chekanow, Massaqut, Powhe and gentleman, together with their associates, do by these f-resents, fully Confirm, hold good, and firmly maintain and avouch the former contract or bargain, made between the aforesaid Wiandance and his associates, the one partie, and the Inhabitants of the aforesaid Easthampton, the other partie, and do by these presents acknowledge to have fully and firmly sold. Aliened, enfeoffed and Confirmed, and allso do by these presents, fully, firmly, and absolutely give, grant, aliene, enfeoff. Sell and Con- firm, unto the aforesaid Thomas Baker, Robert Bond, Thomas James, Lion Gardiner, John Mulfoid, John Hand, and Benjamin Price, togeth- er with their associates, all the aforesaid neck of Land, called Meanta- quit, with all and Every part and parcel thereof, from sea to sea, from the utmost end of the Island, Eastwai-d to the sea side, unto the Other End of the said Land, westward adjoining to the bounds of East-Hamp- ton aforesaid, with all and Singular its rights, priviledges, members, Jurisdi.^tions, immunities, and appurtenances whatsoever, with Mead- ow, Wood, Stone, Cricks, ponds, with whatsoever doth, or may grow upon or issue from the same, with all profits and Commodities by Sea or Land unto the aforesaid Inhabitants of East-Hampton, their heirs and assigns forever, to have and to hold, and from time to time forever peaceably to enjoy the same, without Disturbance or Molestation from the aforesaid proprietors or their Associates, or any of their heirs or Assigns, or any other by their means. Consent, or procuremeat, for the Consideration of One Huud in presence of us Richard Shaw. The mark of John. COPY DEED OF IGGl.— See ante page W. , Be it kuowne unto all men by these presents, that I, tne Sunk S(|ua of Meantuck, wife of Wiandanch, of late years Deceased, and ilso I Wionkombone. Sonne of the foresaid Deceased partie. Saclum of Long Island, together with Pokkatonn, Chief Counsellor, and the rest of our trusty Counsellors and associates, send greeting. Know ye. that Whereas there was a full and tirni Indenture made betwetui Mr. Tliom- as Baker. Mr. Robert Bond. Mr. Tliomas James, Mr. Lion (Vaidiuer, Mr. John Mulford, John Hand, Benjamin Price, Together with their as- sociates, the Inhabitants of Easthampton upon Long Island, ye one partie, and I Sunk Squa, and also me Wionkombone, with the full Con- sent of my Counsellors and Servants, as also of my two Guardians, left by my deceased Father, viz : Mr. Lion Gardiner of Easthamjjton, and Mr. David Gardiner, of ye Isle of wight, ye other partie, in yt^ yeere of or Lord One Thousand Six Hundred Sixtie, upon ye sixt day of August, whereby we ilid fuUj' and lirndy sell unto the said parties, our neck of land called Mt)ntaukut, from sea to sea, from ye utmost end of that neck Eastward Calle Distress and Calamities befallen us by reason of ye Cruel opposition and Vio- lence of or most Deadly Enemies Ninnici'aft, Sachem of Narhiggansct, whose Cruelty hath proceeded so farr as to take away ye lives of many of or Deare friends and relations, soe that we were forced to Hie from ye said Montouquit for shelter to our beloved friends and neighbors of Easthampton, whom wee found to be friendly in our distress, and whom wee must ever owne and acknowledge as instruments und<'r God, for ye preservation of or lives and ye lives of or Wives and Children to this Da}% and of that Land of Montakut from ye hands of or Enemies, and since or Coming amongst them ye relieving of us in or Extremities from time to time ; and now at last wee find ye said Inhabitants of East hampton, our Deliverers, Cordial and faithfuU in their former Cove- nants, leaving us freely to or own libertie to go or stay, being ready to perform all conditions of ye foresaid agreem't. After serious del^ate and deliberation, in Consideration of that love which we have and doe bear, unto these our trustie and beloved friends of Easthampton, upon our owne free and Voluntarie motion, have given and granted, and by these presents do give and grant and Confirme unto these our friends, ye Inhabitants of Easthampton, Excepting such as have Exempted 207 themselves from ye former agreement; and shall from this our gra:)t, all that piece or neck of Land belonging to Montakut Land, westward to a fresh pond in a beach on this side. Westward to that place whore the old Indian ffort stoode on ye other side. Eastward to ye new fort that is yet standing; the name of ye pond being Quanuntownnk on ye North and konkhonganik on ye south, together with all priviledges and appurtenances belonging to the foresaid land fioni south to north, To have and to hold ye same at free Commonage, to be ordeied and dis- posed of for the benefit of ye aforesaid Inhabitants of East-Eampt'-^n, themselves, their heirs, administrators, Executors and assigns forever ; to possess the same freely and quietly, without any matter of Challenge clayme or demand of us, ye said Sunk Sqiia and Wionkombone Sachem, or our associates, or of any other person or persons whatsoever, for us or in our name, or for our cause, means or j)rocurement. And without any money or other things therefor to be yielded, paid or done only for ye said Land, to us or our heires forever, and shall Justifie the posses- sion of this foresaid Land, by these said Inhabitants of Easthampton, against any shall Questin their propertie in the same. Know ye allso, yt this is not only the Deed of mee, ye Sunk Squa, and Wionkombone Sachem, but allso the act and Deed of all our associates and subjects, who have hadd formerly any propertie in ye foresaid Land they having manyfested their consent freely by a Voate, not one contradicting the same, as allsoe with ye consent of Mr. Lion Gardiner and Mr. David Gardiner, Whome the Deceased Father left as Overseers and Gardiaus of the aforesaid Wiankombone Sach-'m ; know yee allso yt for ye secur- ing of yt Easterne part of Montaukut Land, which ye Indians are to live upon, yt the Inhabitants of ye foresaid Easthampton shall from time to time, keep up a sufficient fence upon ye North side of ye fore- said pond, and the Indians are to secure ye south side of ye foresaid pond, from all Cattle, Dureing ye time their Corn is upon the ground. And then Easthampton Cattle shall have Libertie Eastward, according to former agreement; and that ye Indians of Montaukut shall have libertie if they see cause to sett their Houses upon Meantauk land. Westward of ye said pond, and to have firewood from time to time, on ye foresaid land. Know also, that whatever Connoe or Deer shall come a shore en ye North side, on any part of Meantauk Land, Easthampton Inhabitants shall not hinder ye Sachem of them. And Whereas ye de- ceased Sachem in his life, freely gave to Mr. Lion Gardiner and Mr. Thomas James what Whales should at anytime be cast upon Meantauk Land, as allso confirmed by me. Sunk Squa and Wionkombone Sachem since, and ye rest of our associates, which not being minded when for- mer agreement was made. I, Sunk Squa, and allso I, Wiankombone Sachem, together with our associates, doe freely give to ye said Lion Gardiner and Thomas James, to be Equally divided between them, the first Whale shall be cast upon Montauket, to them and their heirs or assigns forever, wee give ye one halfe of all such Whales as shall bo cast uppon Montakut land, and the othet half to be Divided by the In- habitants of East-Hampton forever. Know yee, allso yt as the said Inhabitants of Easthampton stand Engaged to us for pay for that land Eastward of ye foresaid pond, soe wee allso stand Engaged, neither Directly nor indirectly, to give, let or sell any part of that land, with- out consent of Easthampton. Know yee allso, yt if at any time hereaf- ter, if Either through sickness or warr, or any other means, it shall come to pass yt ye Indians belongin to Montakut be taken away, soe yq. it shall not bee safe for them to Continue there, that then those thr4 survive shall have libertie to come to Easthamtrton for shelter, and be 208 there provided of land, and to have the former agreement fulfilled, and to remaine as flrme and sure, as though there never had been any such act or Deed as here is specified, and thatduringe the time of the Indians abode at Montakut, thej shall be careful of doing any wrong to the English, either by their owne persons or doggs, or any other way what- soever. In Witness of ye premises wee do here set to our hands. Dated att Easthampton, Feb. 11, Anno. Doin. KUil. Signed by the marks of the "Sunk SyrA,'' "WrANKOMBONE Sachem," and nine other Indians, in behalf of the rest. Sealed. Signed and Delivered iu presence of us, Edwakd C'odnek, Wfli^tam Millek. By ileed dated December I, 1G71I, reciting that they were liound in a bond to the commissioners of Francis Lovelace, (xovernour, fditln' payment of four hundred bushels of Indian Corn, which had been for- feited, and their Lands had likewise been mortgaged for the payment of the same, the amount of which was One hundred pounils, upon the advice of the "Woishipfull William Wells of Southold," one of said com- missioners, and in consideration that Mr. John Mulford. Mr. Thomas James, Minister, and Jeremiah Conkling, Inhabitants of East-Hamp- ton, had become bounden to said Commissioners for the payment of said Bond, the Indians gave and conveyed to them certain Lands on Montauk, Bounded as follows: "By us the fors'd parties, Wuchebeh- suck, a place by the fort pond, being a Valley Southward from the fort Hill to Shahchippitchage, being on ye North side ye s"d Land, midway between the great pond and fort pond, so on a straight line to Ohebia- kinnauhsuk, from thence to a swamp where the hay stacks stood, called Mahchongitchuge, and so through the swamji to t lie great pond, then straight from tlie hay stacks to the great pond, so along bj' the pond to a place called Manunkquiang, on furthest side the x-eeds grow- ing on ye South End of the great pond Eastward, and so along to the sea side to a place called Choppauhshapangausuek, so straight from thence to the South Sea." This Deed was signed liy "Moiisup Sa(^hem," Chekanoo, and seven others, including the "Sunk Squa." This Deed was confirmed by Governor Lovelace, by an instrument dated May 23d, 1G71. And the interest therein conveyed to them, was by Mulford. James and Conk ling, assigned to the Town of East-Hamp- ton "Feb. 8, 1670-1.'" COPY DEED OF 1687.— See ante page '.tO and ll'i. Suffolk. This Indenture made this 25th of Jvily, 1687, Witnesseth that wo Wy- andanch and Sasakotako, Sachems of Meantakett, with the consent of the Meautakett Indians, for divers good causes us thairunto moving, and more aspetially A vallewable Sum of Money in hand Reseived to the Vallew of One Hundred pounds, doe allinate, bargain and sell, and by theas presents Have Allinated, bargained and sold and made over, all our tract of Land at Meantaket bounded by part t)f the Fort Pond, and fort pond bay west ; the English Land South by a line Eun from the Fort Pond to the great pond, and soe from the south end of the great pond over to the South Sea, and soo to the utmost extent of the Island from sea to sea, bounded by the maiue otion on the South, and by the bay or sound on the North side. All which we have sould unto Leftent. John Wheler, Samwell Mulford, Thomas Osborne, Stephen Hand. 209 Stephen Hedges, Samwell parsons, John Mulford, Trustf>t!s ol" the free- holders and comoualtj' of the town of Easthampton, aud Benjainen Os- borne, employed by the trustees to them in the behalfe and for the us(> of themselves and these Proprietors, namely, John Hand's Widdow,- John Stretton, Thomas Talmag, Thomas Osborne, John Mulford, Sam- uel Mulford, Tho's Baker, Thomas Mulford, widow Elizabeth Baiter's two alotments. Samwell fithian. Samwell Broolis, Joshua Garlick, Kichard Shaw, Jacob Scelinger, John MiUer, sr., Nath. Bishu|)'s lott, William Barnes, Samwell parsons, the lot which was Burdsal's, John Edwards, William Edwards. Left. John Wheler. Capt. Josiah Hobart, Robert Dayton, Thomas Chatheld, Jeremiah Oonklint', Mr. Thomas James, that lott which was Georg Miller's, that lott which was Jere- miah Meacham lott, Stephen Hedges, Benjamin Osborii,that which was Thomas Osbom's lott, John Hopin, Thomas Diameni's lots, Stephen Hand, John Osborn, to them tbair heirs assigns aud to every of them their respective hairs, assigns assigns and administrators, all and every of the demised premises, To Have and to hold, to Injoy and poses, to them and their Hairs for Ever, with all priveleges and apurteuances thair unto belonging, without the least Lett, hindrance or molestation by or from us, our heix's or assigns, or any in our names ; and we doe by these presents, give them possession, with tnrf and twige, and Ingadg^^ to give them further and better security, as any larned counsel in the Law shall thinke meete for their security and safety, thay being at the charg ot writing. Aud for the trew performance here off, wee have hereunto sett our hands and fixed our seals, the day and year first above written. Signed by "Weyandanch'' and 17 others under seal, aud acknowl- edged before -'John Howell, Justis," August :W, 1687'. Attest. JOHN MEREDITH, THOMAS HAKIS. There are numei'ous other Deeds and agreements in relation to the Land of Montauk. In March, 1702-3, a linal Deed was taken from the Indians, by the Trustees of the Town, for the Land conveyed by the Deed of July 25th, 1687, aud contirming the purchase of that date, to the Trustees, for the use aud beneht of the proprietors, and ackuow!- edging the receipt of part of the purchase money therefor, from said Proorietors. At the same time a Lipase 'vas executed by the Trustees, to the Indians, vesting them with the limited enjoymeut of either of two fields, in themselves and their posterity. In 1702, Doctor John Bridges and Rip Van Dam, obtained from Lord Cornbury, a License to purchase of the Indians, "Vacant and unappro- priated lands in Suffolk County." Under that License, they obtained from the Montauk Indians, a Deed of that part of Montauk lying east of Eort Poud, and claimed title thereto. By Deed dated May :W, 1712, the title or claim of Van Dam was assigned by him to Saiuuid Mulfoni, and Mulford, by endorsement on the same, assigned it to the Trustees of the Town, for the use of the purchasers mentioned in a Deed made July 25th, 1(387, and only unto them their heirs, &e., the 23d December, 1712. In 1720-1, Mulford confirmed his assignment of December, 1712, aud acknowledged that the Proprieto.'-s of Montauk, had paid hini all the money he had expended in procuring the assignment of Van Dam's claim. 210 EAST-B AMPTO^^ I'ATTENT— IHW',. I Sec ante, pages •2H, 110. Xc] Thomas Uonaan, Captain Gonerall. Govuiiior-in-Chiefe and A ice Ad- iiiiral of the Province of Now-Yorke and dcpendeucyes, under his Majesty James ye Second, by the grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King, defender of the faitli, Ac. To all to wliom this shall come, seudetli gnM>ting: — Wh(>reas Richard Nicholls, Esq., Governour General under his then lloyall Hignness, James Duke of York and Albany, etc. Now iiis jiresent Majesty of all liis territoryco in America, did by a certain writing or PattiMit. under his hand and seal, bearing date the P^th day of Marcli. in the l'.)th year of his late Majesty's Eingn, and in tiie year of our Liu'd ](;()(;, ratitl<% confirm and graunt unto Mr. John Midford. Justice of the Peace, Mr. Thomas Baker Thomas Chafeld, Jeremiah Conklin, Stepiuui Hedges, Thomas Os- borne, Senior, John Osborn, as Patentees for and in the behalf of them- selves anfl their associates, the freeholders and Inhabitants of the town of East-Hampton, situate, lying and being in ye East I'iding of Yorkshir''. upon Long Island, in the eastasements, fishing. Hawking, Hunting and Fowling, (Silver and gold mines excepted,) and all other Franchises, Profits, Commoditves and hereditaments whatsoever, to the said tracts and necks of land and premises beloiiging or in any wise ap- pertaining or there withall us.-d, accepted, reputed or taken, to belong, or in any wise to ai)i)urtaine. to all intents, purposes and construc- tions whatsoever, as also all and singular the rent, arrearages of rents, issues and profits of the said tract of land and premises heretofore due and payable, as also I do bv these presents give and grant full power licence and authority unto the said Trustees of the Freeholders and comonaltv of the said town of Easthampton and their successors, to puichase'the said tract of land of the Native Indyan.-s, commoully called Montauk, and if it should so happen that the said Indyans should be unwilling to make sale of the said tract of land, commonly called Montauk, within the limits aforesaid, then I further will and determine on behalfe of his most sacred Majesty, his heirs and successors, that the said Trustees of the freeholders and comonalty of the town of East Hampton aforesaid, and their successors forever, shall at all times hereafter be the onlv persons capable in the law for the purchase of the said tract of land, commonly called M^)ntauk. and none others: to have and to hohl all the before recited tract of land and premises with their and every of theii appurtenancies unto the said Thomas James, Capt. Josiah Hobart, Capt. Thomas Talmage, Lieut John Wheeler, Ensigne Samuel Mulford. John Mulford. Thomas Chatfield, senior, Jeremiah 212 Couklin, Stephen Hand, Hobert Dayton, Mr. Thomas Baker, Thoma* Osborne, Trustees of the freholdere-; and comoualty of the town of East-Hampton, and their successors forever, to and for the severall and respective uses following, and to no other use, intent and purpose whatsoever; that is to say as for and concerning all and singular the severall and respective parcells of land and meadow part of the granted premises in any wise taken up and appropriated before the day of the aate hereof, unto the severall and respective pi-esent freeholders or in- habitants of the said town of East-Hampton, by virtue of the before recited deed or pattent to the only use, benefit and behoofe of the said respective present Frt^eholders and Inhabi':ants and their severall and respective heirs and assigns forever; and as for and concerning all and eveiy such parcell or parcells, tract or tracts of land, remainder of the granted premisses not yet taken up or appropriated to any particular person or persons by viitue of the before recited Deed or Pattent, to the use, benefit and behoof of such as have been purchasers thereof and their heirs and assigns forever, in proportion to their severall and respective purchases thereof, made as tenants in cornon, without' any let, hindrance or molestation, to be had or reserved upon pretence of joynt tenancy or survivorship, anything contained herein to the con- trary thereof in anyways notwithstanding. And as for and concerning that part of the aforerecited tract of land that remains as yet unpur- chased of the ludyans commonly called Montauk, together with all and singular the appurtenances thereto belonging, unto the only proper use, benefit ;ind behoof of the said Trustees of the freeholders and commonalty of the town of East-Hampton, and their successors forever To Bi; HOLiJL.iv of his said Majesty, his heirs and successors, in free and commtm soccage. according to the manour of East Greenwich, in the C'iiu;it\ allways Ihfrn be not fewor in uuiiibt>r than seven of the said trustees present at sucli meetings, so to l>e held as aforesaid ; and for the better execution of this grant in this behalf, I have assigned, nom- inated, created, constituted and made, and by these iiresents do as- sign, nominate, create, constitute and make, Thomas James, Capt. Jo- siah Hobart, Capt. Thomas Talmage, Lieut. Jidu] Wheider, Ensigne Samuel Mulford, John Mulford, Thomas ChattieM. senior, Jeremiah Conklin, Stephen Hand, llobart Dayton, Mr. Thomas Baker, Thomas Osborne, to stand aud be the first Uioderne Trustees of the freeholders and commonalty (>f the t^own of East-Hampton, to continue in the afore- said office from and after the date of these presents, uutill the time that others be elected and choseu in thei)- stead, according to the man- ner and form herein after expressed. And moreover, I do by these presents, for and on behalf of his most sacred Majesty as aforesaid , his heirs and successors, appoint that the Trustees of the freeholdei's aud commonalty of the town of East-Hampton, Constables and Asses- sors within the town of East-Hampton aforesaid, be yearly chosen on the first Tuesday of April forever, viz. : twelve Trustees of the Free- holders aud commonalty of the town of East-Hampton, two Constables and two Assessors, in sueii publi(iue place as the Trustees for the time being shall appoint and direct, and that the trustees, constables aud assessors be chosen by the majority of voices or the freeholders and freemen of the town of East-Hampton afortisaid. And lastly I give and grant, for and on behalfe of his said Majesty, his heirs and successors, by these presents to all aud every peison and persons, aud to whatso- ever pei'son, subject to his said Majesty, his heirs and successors, free and lawful power, ability and authority, that they or any of them, any Messuages, Tenements, Lands, Meadows, Feedings. Pastures, Woods. Underwoods, lients, Revertions, services and oth^r hereditaments whatsoever, within the said county of Suffolk, wliich they hold of his said Majesty, his heirs and suecessoi's, unto the aforesaid TrusttM:!S of the freeholders and commonalty of the town of East-Hampton and their successors, shall and may give, grant, bargain, sell an3Hfi. J A. GRAHAM. Eecorued in the Secretary's office for the province of New-York, Lib, No. 2. Book of Pattents begun imc. J. L. SWINTON, D. Secry'r. East-Hampton, Town Clerk's Office, / August 5th. 1850. ) I have comi)ared the preceding Avith the original on file in this of- licH and do certifv the same to be a correct transcript therefrom. DAYTD BAKEE, Town Clerk. Copy fkom Joiknal of the Legisi.ative Covxcil of the Colony of New-Y'okk, Vol. I, page 168. The Sec-retary of this province produced to the board a letter direct- ed to him, intended a return of the high sheriff of the county of Suffolk of the writ to him directed for the election of Eepresentatives for the said County which was oidered to be entered ih the Councill book and follows in lift'C verba : SfFFOLK, Mp.. HiciH Sheriff: Wee the Ifreeholders of this ••ounty of Suffolk being mett together according to precept and linding that thi^. writts presented to us for the Election of other liiipresentatives therein Requii'ed do contain an In- fringraent of our Liberties not allowing us to chuse whom we think fit- test^to tru^t in that affair, and so may be a president for our further thralldom wherefore we cannot at present incline to any further choice ha\ iiig alreaiiy elr'cted for tliis As.-embly two, sufficient and Legall persons [in our esteeml of approved fidelity to his Majesty and who a,re no aliens but natural! born Englislimen and in their different capac- ities have served in many Assemblies [in time of wars] of greater con- cernment than this present .\ssembly is or can be of and have acquitted themsiUves as faitliful and upright both to the Kings Majesty, and to this province, neither is thi-^ County as : ^tt convinced of any fault that they have committed wliy we should reject them, on which Considera.- tion we acquiese iu our former choice r)f th aa aa i purchasc 00 0.5 08 Thomas Cliatneld, Jr . . . .02 00 00 - ' it, - . ,• . ' 1 and 1-14 part of a share in I the rest eastward of tliefort l_ pond 1 14 03—2 00 00 John Conkling 03 06 00 William Conkling 02 04 05§ Widow Mary Conkling. . .19 13 04 Beniaml. Co..ltag 09 00 Ooj ^ff^°i;^Sot'«i "e'r^'"" ''' Jeremiah Conkling 21 06 08 I Part of which is 1-40 part of a o,-™^^ n^ i,ii„„ iA AA iA I share to the westward of the Fort Simon Conkling 10 08 10-^ , ,,, i .d .-.a .. t i * 'i pond 04s, and 3-20 jjarts of a share [eastward of said pond. XT„ /-I 1 1- A6 08. 03 i-9 00 218 S D Mr. Hand 09 10 William Hedges 20 00 Thomas Hand 03 00 William Hedges, Jr 12 10 David Hand 07 13 Ezekiel Jones 04 00 Daniel Leek 10 00 John Mulford 40 00 Isaac Mulford 09 1(1 Josiah Miller. . , 40 10 Daniel Miller 08 06 John Miller 01 13 Timothy Miller 01 13 Eliaser Miller 45 20 Jeremiah Miller 10 00 Capt. Mulford 50 05 John Merry 08 00 Thomas Mulford 22 16 Elisha Mulford 01 13 Thomas Mulford, Jr 01 13 Widow Sarah Mulford . . .08 00 Burnet Miller 40 08 Ex. of Capt. Burnet 10 00 Nathan Miller 01 18 Ellas Mulford 26 10 Samuel Mulford 00 11 *ohnMitchel 15 06 Timothy Mulford 08 00 Christopher Mulford 08 00 Jeremiah Mulford 27 00 Joseph Osborne 10 00 Jeremiah Osborne 11 13 Thomas Osborne, Jr 11 00 Daniel Osborne 15 11 Thomas Osborne 06 13 Elisha Osborne 10 00 William Osborne . , .....03 17 ( Part of it being 1-6 part of a .^share 00-) in all except the nine score acre [ purchase, 5 06 OS 00 00 1 00 Part of it being l-*4 part of a shai-e in all excejit the nine score acre purchase, 1 06 08. i Part of it being 1-12 part of a share 04-' in all but the nini' score acre pur- ( chase, 2 13 04. 00] All in the 9-score acre purchase. 00 ( Part of it being \ of a shan^ in all 00-' eastward of the fort pond, ( 8 00 00 08 Part of which is I part of a share '"( in the hither end, 1 00 00. 08 04 04 ^^ \ Part of which is J- part of a share ^^] in the hither end, 1 00 00. 00 \ Part of which is 1 1-3 of a share 06 I in the hither end, 10 13 04 00 00 PIQ j Part of being | of share in the 9 j score acre purchase, 02 00 ©0 04 04 00 -{ All lying to the east of fort pond. 04 00 04 ) Part of which is 3-4 of a share in 00 rail eastward of the fort pond, ) 24 00 00 01^ 08 00 00 -j 00 ■] 00 04 00 08 04 ou 09 i Part of which is 1-2 share in the north neck and in all to the east- ward of the great pond, 12 00 00 All Ijing eastward of fort pond. All lyiui,' eastward of said pond. Part of which is 1-4 of a share on the south side between thi^ ponds 02 00 219 £ S Seth Parsons 20 00 John Parsons 02 10 John Parsons the 4th ... .15 00 Capt. Person 20 00 Henry Peirson . 02 10 Abraham Peirson 02 10 David Peirson 39 13 Josiah Peirson 10 00 Samuel Parsoas 13 06 Samuel Parsons, Jr 10 00 Robert Parsons 06 13 John Parsons ye 3d 06 13 Widow Hannah Parsons .06 13 Jonah Eogers . .25 09 Jonah Rogers, Jr 12 14 John Russell 10 00 Recompense Sherel, Jr. . .02 10 Thomas Sanford 08 06 Zachariah Saut'ora 03 06 Jacob Schellenx 20 00 John Stratton 17 17 Eliphalet Stratton 17 17 Thomas Talmag»> 24 05 Wid. Rebeckah Talmage.02 19 John Talmage 08 18 Mr. White 08 13 Ebenezer White, Jr 02 10 D 00 00 00 f Part of which is 5-112 of a share „„ J in the 9-scoro acre purchase - 07, I and 5-56 of a share in the north L and all east of the great pond 2— 00 00 04 00 08 00 04 04 04 04 08 00 00 08 08 00 05 05 00- 03 1 •'! 04 00 Part of which is 1-12 of a share in } all except in the land on the south I side between the ponds, 2 13 — ( Part of which stands to Jonah I Rugers and his son Jonah, is a sixth part of a share in yo hither [end, £1 00 08. Part of which is 1-32 part of a share in all except the nine score acre purchase, £1 10 00 -9 Part of which is 1-32 part of a share in all except the nine score acre purchase, £1 00 00 We whose names are hereunto subscribed at the Request of the pres- ent Trustees, having carefully inspected into all the rights throughout Meantak and all the rights that do not run throughout, and all being computed for right of pasture as followeth : a whole share throughout at forty pounds— a share in the hither end at eight pounds, a share in the laud between the ponds, called the nine score acre purchase, at eight pounds, and a share in the north neck (and all eastward of the land betw(^eu the ponds abovesaid) to the point of island at twenty-four pounds a share, and in the first colum is contained each man s whole right of pasturage and in the second colum is contamed what and where each man's right lyes which doth not run throughout and quan- tity thereof, as may be seen by the foregoing list, and all the rights standing in the list amounts to in the whole but lo67-19-01 4-.>, wlucn will not amount to the whole estimate of Meantauck which is lob» 220 pounds, so the proportion as stands to every man doth not include the wholo land wanting lOd and S-9 of a i)eney, errors excepted. This list fully completed and finished the sixth day of June annoq domony 174.S, by us whose names are underwritten. All the Right in Mnantaket to the COENELIUS COCKLING, eastward of the fort pond is 39 THOS. CHA.TFIELD, shares and 4-10, all to the west- JOHN DAVIS, ward of sd pond is 38 shares NATHL. BAKER, and 4-10. Montauk list of 1748. GENERAL ASSOCIATION. [Referred to on page 145, ante.] [Adopted by the Freemen, Fi-eeholders, and inhabitants of the city and county of New-York, on Saturday, the 29th of April, 1775, and transmitted for signing, to all the counties in the Province.] "Persuaded that the Salvation of the Rights and liberties of America, depends, under God, on the firm union of its inhabitants, in a vigorous prosecution of the measures necessary for its safety ; and convinced of the necessity of preventing the Anarchy and confusion, which attend the dissolution of the powers of Government, we, the Freemen, Freehold- ers and Inhabitants of being greatly alarmed at the avowed design of the Ministry, to raise a Revenue in America, and shocked by the bloody scene now acting in Massachusetts Bay, do, in the most Solemn manner Resolve never to become Slaves, and do associate un- der all the ties of Religion, honour and Love to our Country, to adopt and endeavor to carry into execution, whatever measures may be rec- ommended by the Continental Congress, or resolved upon by our Prov- incial Convention, for the purpose of preserving our Constitution, and opposing the execution of the several arbitrary and appressive acts of the British Parliament, until a reconciliation, between Great Britain and Ameiica, on Constitutional Principles, (which we most ardently de- sii'e) can be obtained ; and that we will in all things, follow the advice of our General Committee, respecting the purposes aforesaid, the pres- ervation of Pea<;e and Good Order, and the safety of individuals and private property. SiGNEES IN East-Hampton, Suffolk County, N. Y. John Chatfield, Abraham Gardiner, Burnet Miller, David Mulford, Thomas Wickham, Stephen Hedges, John Gardiner, Samuel Buel, John Hudson, Nathaniel Huntting, Eleazar Miller, Jeremiah Dayton, Thom- as Dibble, Noah Barnes, Lemuel Mulford, Jeremiah Gardiner, Aaron Isaacs, Daniel Conkling, Elisha Daviss, John Daviss, Jacob Wickham, William Conkling, Nathan Conkling, John F. Chatelain, Thomas Hedges, John Parsons, 3d, William Huntting, John Mulford, Jeremiah Bennet, Samuel Hunt, Selah Pike, Elias Qonkling, Abraham Mulford, Jeremiah Conkling, John How, Samuel Parsons, Benjamin Stratton, David Os- borne, Elisha Mulford, Daniel Hand, David Mulford, Matthew Mulford, John Miller, John Dayton, Joseph Osborn, Jr., Ebenezer Conkling, Henry Chatfield, John Miller, Jr., Abraham Barnes, Patrick Goold, David Talmadge, Seth Barnes, JasonMiller, Simon Dibble, William Mul- ford, Jeremiah Sherril, Gurdon Miller, Aaron Isaacs, Jr., Elisha Jones, Lewis Chatfield, Enos Talmadge, Thomas Jones, Huntting Miller, Sam- uel Strattun, Abraham Sherrill, Recompense Sherrill, John Stratton, Stephen Hand, John Dayton, Daniel Hedges, Jonathan Barnby, William Conkling, Jr., David Dayton, David Miller, Henry Hopping, Josiah Os- ,->f. 221 borne, Joseph Hopping, John Stron.!?, Nathaniel Talmadge, Jeremiah Miller, Jr., Abraham Dimon, Isaac Dimon, Cornplius Osborne, William Hedges, Elisha Talmadge, George Gladden, Abraham Hand, Stephen Stratton, Thomas Osborne, Jeremiah Osborne, Jr., Jonathan Mulford, Isaac M. Huntting, James Hand, Jeremiah Talmadge, Jeremiah Miller, George Strong, Lewis Osborne, Joseph Osborne, William Hedges, Jr., Recompense Sherill, David Edwards, Ezekiel Mulford, Cornelius Payne, David Fithian, SamuelConkling, Thomas Baker, Isaac Van Scoy, Isaac Van Scoy, Jr., Nathaniel Hand, Matthew Barnes, Philetus Osborne, Merry Parsons, William Parsons, Henry Downiug, John Parsons, Jona- than Osborne, Joseph Osborne. Jeremiah Conkling, Samuel Conkling, John Mulford, Jonathan Tuthill, Jesse Dayton, Jacob Dayton, Jeremiah Parsons, Mulford Conkling, Matthew Stratton, Joseph Miller, Abraham Edwards, Samuel Parsons, Samuel Sherrill, Jr., Eleazar Hedges, Abra- ham Mulford, Jr.. Datid Loper, Nathaniel Dominy, Isaac Pain, Ben- jamin Parsons, Jacob Conkling, Jacob Conkling, Jr., Christ Dibble, Samuel Gardiner, David Leek, Abraham Leek, Samuel Dayton, Uriah Miller, Nathan Miller, Abraham Sehellinger, Jeremiah Conkling, Na- thaniel Baker, Jeremiah Conkling, Zebulon Conkling, Isaac Conkling, Jonathan Edwards, Abraham Loper, Philip Hedges, George Miller, Thomas Edwards, Jr., Ellas Mulford, Edward Conkling, Jedediah Conk- ling Joseph Hicks, Zacheriah Hicks, Jeremiah Dayton, Daniel Baker, Isaac Sehellinger, Abraham Baker, Nathan Mulford, Jacob Hedges, Jeremiah Barnes, John Gardiner, Jr., Aaron Fithian, David Talmage, Jr., Jeremiah Sherrill, Nathan Conkling, 3d, Elnathan Parsons, Cornelius Bassett, David Miller, Peleg Miller, Elisha Miller, Daniel King, Daniel Edwards, Nathan Miller, Stephen Burnet, James Field, Samuel Mul- ford, Benjamin Conkling, Gamaliel Bennett, Seth Parsons, Bichard King, Mulford Conkling, William Bassett, ' Ezekiel Miller, John Hunt- ting, Abraham Quaw, David Loper, John King, Ichabod Eayner, Smith Osboi'ne, Abraham Miller, Jonathan Miller, Samuel Mulford. Ezekiel Jones, Ezekiel Jones, Jr., Nathan Conkling, Daniel Loper, Jeremiah Loper, David Edwards, Jr., Edward Bennett, Ludlam Parsons, John Parsons, Josiah Mulford, Elisha Mulford, Jr., Stephen Russell, Jere- miah Hedges, Thomas Talmage, Jeremiah Osborne, John Hedges, Samuel Hutchinson, Jacob Miller, Henry Miller, Ezekiel Hand, Abra- ham Conkling, Elisha Conkling, Elisha Osborne, Matthew Osborne, Jedediah Osborne, Jacob Osborne, Benjamin Hopping, Jonathan Squier, Jeremiah Hand, John Talmage, Abraham Osborne, Henry Hopping, Elias Hand, Henry Dayton, Zebedee Osborne, John Parsons, John Stratton, Jacob Sherrill, Samuel Baker, Micah Hart, Benjamin Leek, Abraham Hedges, Jacob Osborne, Jonathan'Schellinger, Thomas Ed- wards, David Baker, Sineus Conkling, James Loper, Stephen Cooper, Jr., Benjamin Eyres, Benjamin Hedges^ John Parson, 4th, Nathaniel Dominy, Edward Wick, Jeremiah Terry, William Ba'rnes, Ananias Mil- ler, Thomas Filer, John Hoox. "These may certify that every male in the Town of East-Hampton have signed the above Association, that are capable of bearing arms. By Order of the Committee, JOHN OHATFIELD, Chairman. n% o 23 a o . 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enjamin Townsend aud Thomas Dibble, Constables; Coraeliua Coukling, Cown Clerk; Robert Hudson, Justice. 1718, April 1, Capt. Matthias Burnet, Supervisor; Edward Petty and John Merry, Constables; Cornelius Couliling, Town Clerk; Rob- ert Hudson, Justice. 1719, April 7, Capt. Matthias Buruet, Supervisor; Wiu. Osborn and 227 Ephriam Bvirnot, Constables; Cornelius Conkling, Town Clerk; Robert Hudson. Justice. 1720, April 5, Oapt. Matthias Burnett, Supei-vtsor; John Scjuire and Stephen Hand, Jr., Constables; Cornelius Conkling, Town Clerk. 1721, April 4. Capt. Matthias Burnet, Supeiwisor; Cornelius Conkling, Town Clerk ; Nathl. Baker, Jr. and John Stratton, Jr., Consta- bles; liol)erl Hudson, Justice. 1722, April 3, Capt. Matthias Burnet, Supervisor; Thos. MuU'ord, Jr. aud Eeconipeuse Leek, Constables; Cornelius Conkling, Town Clerk ; Robert Hudson, Justice. 1723, April 2, Capt. Matthias Butnet. Supervisor; Eliphalet Stratton and Daniel Jones, Constables; Cornelius Conkling, Town Clerk; Thonuis Chatfield, Justice. 1724, April 7. Capt. Matthias Burnet, Supervisor; Samuel Baker and Daniel Baker, Constables ; Cornelius Conkling, Town Clerk ; Thos. Chatfield, Justice. 1725, April 6, Capt. Burnet, Supervisor; John Conkling and Ar. public expense- " 1825, Dee. 12. Made a divi(k>nd of .$5.00 on i of Montauk. JOURNAL OF J. MADISON HUNTTING.— MEMORANDA. 1841, June 1. A whale was seen in Gardiner's Bay to-day. June 16. The ship Henrj- sailed to-day ; li. Youngs, captain ; Geo Brown and Henry Couklin, mates; William Huntiug, boat- steerer. July 28. A whale was killed oil Amagausett day before yesterday. Oct. 3. Heavy blow from the east; greatest wind experienced in 25 years. Nov. 8. In the mor.jing snow; during tlie day very dark ; re- quired candles lighted. Nov. 10. Ellis Parsons died, aged 85 years. Dec. 9. Thanksgiving Day. 1812, June 8. Cold for the season ; some ice formed last night at Free- town. Aug. 2. Yesterday the corner stone of the Presbyterian church in Bridge-Hampton was laid. Sept. 25. Mr. Livingston and Mr. Henry Hedges delivered ad- dresses to the Sabbatli School. Oct. 14. Mr. Jeremiah Dayton's house burnt with ail its contents 1843, Jan. 17. The new Presbyterian church at Bridge-Hampton was dedicated to-day. Feb. 15. Tills day, according to the predictions of the Israelite, is the day when the dissolution of the world is to take place. But nothing at present has occurred to the natural eye in the heavens above or on the earth beneath. Everything assumes the same appearance. June 15. To-day the corncu- stone of tiie new Pr(^sbyterian church in Sag-Harbor was laid. July 4. Celebration in East-Hampton to-day. 235 Aug. 30, Wednesday. To-day Doctor Lymau Beecher adminis- tered tlie Sacrament. It was indeed a very solemn, interesting and deliglitful occasion. His two sous were also present. Their parting addresses, winged with much Cnristian love and affection, will long be remembered, and as this day was ap- pointed as a day for visitation of neighboring ministers, no less than 9 or 10 were present. The day is pleasant, although warm. Doctor Beecher preached from Luke 7th Ch. 36 to 48 vs. Dec. 14. Thanksgiving. JSll. Feb. (1. The wife of Isaac VanScoy died to-day, aged 84 years. , Aug. (i. Mr. Ezekiel Payne died to-day, aged 92 years. " 11. Joseph Osborn, Sr., died to-day^ aged 90 years. Sept. 10. Abraham Paisons died to-day, aged 73 years. " 14. E. ft. Hedges left for the west. H. V. SherriU lelt lor the west yesterday. 1845, Sept. 25. Ex-President Tyler and his lady visited East-Hampton to-day. Oct. 3. fteneral Training in East Hampton to day. Dec 31. Twenty-eight deaths in East-Hampton in 1845. 1840, Sept. 19. Gov. Wright and Mr. Flagg, comptroller of the State are visiting East-Hampton. Oct. 14. The most heavy wind I ever knew— many fences blown down. , „ , Nov 30 Unusuallv high winds this mouth. A number of wrecks .along our siiore. " The steamer Atlantic cast ashore on Fish- ers Island. Dec. 31. 31 deaths in ]«40. 1S47, Jan. 22. Killed a whale off Amagansett yesterday. Mar. 25. Killed a whale off Wainscott to-day. Apr. 13. Killed a whale to-day. . Apr. 14. Took a whale at Bridge-Hampton this morning : also one at Southampton. Thesemakesix whales taken m two days. A great show of whales off the coast, such as has not been known for many years. May 1. Went on board a shii) which is ashore oi)posite Bridge- Hampton. Dec. 31. 28 deaths in 1847. 1848 March 1. To-dav a Parish meeting was held for the purpose of incorporating the Societv and calling it the First Presbyterian Church of East-Hampton. Six trustees were chosen as follows : Stephen Hedges, Baldwin 0. Talmage, David H. Huntting, Syl- vester D. Ranger, Da- id H. Miller and Talmage Barnes. March 2. A whale captured off Amagansett. March 13 Vendue at Moutauk off the wreck of a schooner, Sept. 13. Abraham P. Sherrill and family left here to-day for the far west. Also George Cook for Brooklyn. Dec. 31. 20 deaths in 1848. 1849, Jan. 31. A bull was butchered by John Hedges which weighed l,004.i pounds. i -. . U4. Feb loT Thermometer stood 4© below zero last night. 28 deaths in 1849. 1850 May (5. A ship came on shore at Moutauk loaded with coal 185l' Aug. 23. The ship Catherine, of Liverpool, from Dublin, with near 300 passengers came ashore last night off Amagansett. 236 1852, July 28. Ex-President Martin Van Buren and his son John came in town this afternoon. 1853, Feb. 17. A schooner went ashore at Napeague last night. 1854, Nov. 10. The French ship Virgin Mary came ashore at the high- land and loaded with emigrants. 1856, Feb. 4. Thermometer 2 below zero this morning. The ocean frozen for nearly two miles from shore. Feb. 5. Ice piled up 7 to 10 feet high. Feb. 6. People are crossing from Gardiner's Island on the ice. Nov. 20. Samuel Mulford and Cynthia Lester were married in the Presbyterian Church to-day. The first marriage that ever took place there. Dec. 14. A brig came ashore on Montauk this afternoon. 1858, Feb. 21. A ship came ashore at Montauk yesterday. Feb. 23. Eleven bodies have been picked up along shore from the wrecked ship John Milton. May 4. Tlie schooner A. L. Hardy came ashore last night. Oct. 11. Mrs. Elizabeth Bennett died to-day, aged 99 years. 1859, April 1. The first daily mail stage from Amagansett to Sag-Har- bor commenced running to-day — Jeremiah Baker contractor. Aug. 21. Mr. Charles Beecher, a son of Kev. Doctor Lyman Beecher, preached to-day. 1860, Feb. 21. Amagansett has this day formally withdrawn from our church, June 7. To-day the Sag-Harbor Savings Bank commenced opex'a- tions. There were 26 deposits amounting to $729.75. Feb. 18. The corner stone of the Presbyterian Church in Ama- gansett was laid to-day. Aug. 4. The corner stone of the new church was laid at i past 2 this afternoon. Dec. 28. Wires were put on the telegraph poles between Sag- Harbor and E. H. to-day. 1861, May 17. Erecting a Liberty Pole in front of Samuel B. Gardiner's and Nathaniel Huntting's. May 21. This afternoon the United Stages flag was raised on our Liberty Pole. Speeches by Eev. S. L. Mershon, John Wallace and Lawton S. Parsons. 1863, Aug. 6. Gen. George B. McLellan, former commander of the Army of the Potomac arrived here to-day, stopping with Capt. Jeremiah Mulford. 1864, Jan. 27. Killed a whale to-day. 237 CLINTON ACADEnV, April no, nSsn. EDWAED AND ELEONOEA, a Tragedy, by James Thompson. MEN. Edward, Prince of England, . . . - . Chas. H. Miller Earl of Gloster, - - Patrick T. Gould Theald, Archdeacon of Liege, ----- Samuel S. Miller Selim, Sultan of Jaffa, - - Lewis Miller WOMEN. Eleonora, Princess of England, - - - Miss Jerusha D. Fithian Daraxa, an Arabian Princess, - - - - Mary Ann G. Miller THE MOCK DOCTOR, by H. Fieldihg, Esq. Gregory, Leander, - Sir Jasper, Harry, - James, Squire Eobert, Jeremiah Miller - - Caleb Smith Patrick T. Gould Charles Dimon - Theron A. Filer Lewis Miller Dorcas, - - Miss J. D. Fithian Charlotte, Mary Ann G. Miller Maid, ----- Helen Miller THE BEOTHEES, a Tragedy, by Edward Young, L. L. D. MEN. Philip, King of Macedon, ----- James M. Huntting Perseus, his elder son, - - Caleb Smith Demetrius, his younger son, Jeremiah Miller Pericles, the friend of Perseus, . - - - Jeremiah Talmage Antigonus, a Minister of State, Lewis Miller Dynas, the King's favorite, Patrick T. Gould Posthumius, a Roman Amlaassador, - - - - Charles Dimon WOMEN. Prirene, Princess of Thrace, - - - Miss Abby Huntington Delia, _^,^ Mary B. Gardiner THE BEAVE IRISHMAN, by Thomas Sheridan. O Blunder, - - - C. H. Miller Sconce, C. Dimon Terence, - - - Theron A. Filer Bagarit, - - - - P. T. Gould Tredewell, - - - S. S. Miller Cheatwell, - - - Jere Talmage Gallypot, - - - - Lewis Miller Clyster, - - r - - Caleb Smith 238 In 1849, at the conclusion of the Centennial celebration observances in the Church, a large concourse of citizens and strangers enjoyed a sumptuous banquet prepared for the occasion at the hotel of Thomas T. Parsons, Esq., in East-Hampton. The following are some of the toasts then offered : 1st. Our Fathers : they united faith and works. Cromwell said, '-Trust in God and keep j'^our powder dry." 2d. Our'Mothers : let their daughters honor their memory by imitating their virtues. 3d. 1649 : a year memorable for the settlement of the Town of East- Hampton. 4th. 1749: the completion of our first century — uncelebrated but not the less to be remembered. 5th. 1849 : not unhonored in the calendar of the centuries. 6th. Jam«s, Huntting and Buell, the three successive semi-centenarian pastors of this town. Their works survive them. 7th. The Old Town Patents : the Palladium of our rights. 8th. The Patentees of the Town of East-Hampton of 1666 and 1686 : honor to their memory. 9th. The Old Church : venerable for its age, liallowed in its influence, it has Avithstood the storms of one hundi'ed and thirty-two years. 10th. Clinton Academy : may her children continue to rise up and call her blessed. 11th. The Old Town Clock : one hundred and fifteen years old ; may it run a hundred and fifteen more. 12th. Wyandanch, Sachem of Montauk, 1658 : the friend of the white man. 13th. The Ladies of East-Hampton : as the garlands their hands have "woven adorn our venerable church, so do their graces embellish the household virtues they inherit. VOLUNTEER TOASTS. "The manners of our forefathers, the expression of nature: may they continue forever the manners of their descendents." "The medical profession of East-Hamptou," (impromptu l>y another) "sure death to all diseases." "The people of East-Hampton : they have Hands for useful labor, Par- sons for guides, and Hedijes for defence." "The men of the past : 'there were giants in those days.' " "The men of the future : nature has not yet exhausted her list of great nam«s." "The men of the present generation : their character moulded by the men of the past, must itself mould that of the men of the future." "Our kindred in the Old World : we recognize John Bull as our father; the dwellers on the banks of the Seine as our brother Republicans ; and the dwellers on the banks of the Rhine as our 'cousin German.' " "Drink ye to her that each^loves best : And if ye nurse a flame That's known but to her^mutual breast, "We will not ask her name." — Camphell. 239 Modoru Witches : "Our witches are no longer old And wrinkled beldams satan sold, But young, and gay, and laughing creatures. With the heart's sunshine in their features." — WhiUier. "The orator of the day : may he witness many i-eturns of the centennial anniversary of the settlement of the town ! 'May he live a thous- and years ! May his shadow never grow less.' " At the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the settlement of the Town, in 1849, the following odes, composed by Miss Cornelia Hunting- ton, were sung. It had been intended to have the celebration ou Christmas day, and the unavoidable postponement to the next day af- forded insufficient time to substitute others. ODE. Come ye who have gone forth from this fair isle, To win friends, fortune, fame — in other climes — Back to j'our early haunts and homes awhile, Unroll with us, the records of old times ; Call to the fresh young hours now fleeting fast, "Ho ! hurrying train — what of the dim old past?" What of the dim old past? Why seek to stay The rushing present, witli such bootless quest? Ask the grey grave-stones crumbling in decay, Who sleep beneath, in deep and dreamless rest? Ask tireless ocean, booming on the shore, Who trod those wave-washed sands in days of yore? Who trod thos(5 wave-washed sands? liigh hearts of old ! Strong men of giant minds, and stalwart mould. By goading wrongs to daring deeds impelled. Patient of toil — -in (hinger calm and bold — Wise, wary, watchful, weighing all tilings well, Men whose stern will oppression could not quell. Neath these grey stones, who sleep in dreamless rest? Men faithful — fervent — (doquent — sincere — Dauntless to do their Masters high behest, James — Huntting — Buell — household words and dear. Names loved ami lisp'd in childhood's earnest tones — Names breathed in prayer from altars and liearth-stones. .\nd one more dear ye mourn — one who but now Call'd in the dewy dawn of manhood's pride, With glory beaming on his fair young brow. Went calmly down to slumber by their side. Teaching in life, and breathing from his dust "Jehovah Jired ! peace — be still — and trust." 240 ODE. Hush ! hush ! the year is dying — Hark ! through old forests dim- rhe wailing winds are sighing Their requiem over liim — In quiet deep and holy, Me sinks to his repose, And languidly and slowly. His weary eyelids close. Now come'with'tearful sadness, The parting year review. While others hail with;^gladness. The advent of the new. In glad young hearts are welling Fresh fountains of delight, In many a festive dwelling The Christmas fires are bright. And stricken ones are weeping Beside the darkened hearth. O'er loved and lost ones sleeping. Low in the tranquil earth — Strange — strange, what bitter blighting- What deeds to startle thought — Wild, wonderful, exciting. One short, sad year hath wrought. While we stir the dust of ages, Time's dreamy realms explore — Spell out from mould'riug pages, Their quaintly wi-itten lore — 'Twere well to bind this lesson. For profit, on the heart, 'Men only live to hasten Like shadows to depart. See shining o'er life's billow That star, whose guiding ray, Stood where on hallowed pillow, The Babe of Bethleliem lay ! And still those rays illuming. Low porch and fretted dome — Proclaim thy glorious coming Salvator Hominum ! 241 FAOETIA. It would be a mistake to cnnlit Ea*^t-Ha:npton with little wit. Few villages would surpass it, ia coudensed epigram, quaint humor, aud sparkling repartee. Some anecdotes of Dr. Buell have been noticed. The following, it is t>elieved, was never printed : In crossing from Gardiner's Island to the Fire Place, a severe gale endangered the safety of the Dr. and his grandson, when the Doctor oxpressed great alarm for his life. After landing, the former said to the latter, "Whv should you be so much afraid of flrowniugV If you died you would go right to heaven.' "I know it," he answered, "but I don't wont to go to heaven by water." Tradition attributes to Huntting Miller the saying 'Nobody was ever married, but somebody was mad, ' and "Nobody ever died, but some- body was glad." When Jeremiah Dayton, driving stage, offered to give Sam Parsons a ride homeward, Sam replied, "I can't stop. Im in a hurry."' When some one wondered how Bob Hedges got the credit of keeping the stillest school in the County, Bob said, "I had but one scholar, and he was asleep." When East-Hampton was rocked as in a sea over the question "shall an exhibition be held in Clinton Academy?" it was decided against the ominous forebodings of the old, that it be held. On the early morning of the next day, tradition tells of a territic hurricane, that blew off the roofs from houses, broke off gigantic limbs, overthrew majestic trees, drove the waves of mighty ocean into Hook Pond, and joined it with Town Pond. Looking from her window on the wide desolation, and the raging storm, an old maiden lady said, "This is some of that plaguey 'Cademy work." The Inspectors of Election in early times, sat to receive votes in the villages, and for that purpose were at Wainscott, when Abraham Par- sons, Esq., one of the board, enquired after a missing beast, describing age, color and mark, when John Strong, an old Revolutionary soldier, said, "Yes, I know such a critter; Continental has got him." "Who is he !" said the Esquire. Strong replied, •■EUshaOsborn." "Why do you call him Continental?" was asked, and was answered, "Because he is just like Continental money ; he is good for notnlng." There were two Elisha Osborns, one of whom in the Revolution fled to Connecticut (the continent), and to distinguish them was called "Continental." He was a worthy man, and brother-in-law to John Strong. East-Hampton was a world iu miniature. Her citizens had troubles, real or imaginary. The old lady to whom one said, "I suppose you have no troubles," replied, "Yes, I do. In spite of me, the black hen will set on the white hen's nest." It was Ji bitter cold nittht, when Dr. Geo. L. Huntington found Sam. Parsons In the street overcome with liquor, and took him in his car- riage to Sam's front gate, pointing him to the door and in a fair way to reach it. As the Doctor was leaving, Sam says, "Doctor stop." The Doctor says, "What is it?" Sam, just able to articulate, savs, "Doctor, do you think you are sober enough to get home without my help ?" Poor Sam ! With ability to attain eminence, one weakness made him a wreck. Mrs. Helen Stratton relates this of Abel Huntington, when in Oon- gress. Having occasion to visit the room of a member from Connecti- cut, who had therefrom a barrel of apples, (none of which he had given 242 to his follow intMiihcrs) lie s;i\v n larjio oiin ou iho table. He cut ofY tlie top, scoope fair and slick. None e'er had guessed who did the trick.'" The owner of the apple, the next day, opened the dooi of the Doctor"s room and threw the scooped apple at his room mate, not dreaming that the Doctor was from the State of Connecticut and the guilty one. In the memories of my youth, the robust form of chorister Joe Dinion often lises up. I Jieai- his i>itch pipe, reauMuber iiow he called "Wind- ham,"" and sung the fearful lines commencing : "Broad is the road that leads to death. And thousands walk together there. But wi-dom shows a narrow path. With here and there a travellei-."' It seemed then, and seems now, as if the theological sieve of Dr. "Watts was exceeding tine, yet not much more so than that of the old egotist who said, "There are but two men in East-Hampton who will not lie; I am one, and Dr. Buell is the other; and Dr. Buell will ecjuivocate."" A list of those who served, by laud or S(!a, in the war for the main- tenance of the Union of the United States, from the Town of East- Hampton, compiled chiefly by the aid of Clothier H. Vaughn and Geo. C. Morris : Arch, Nathan E.. 5.5th Mass. Conkling, Henry T. Co. H. Slst N.Y. Bailey. Wm. B., Co. K, 127th N. Y. Conkling, "Wm. Baker, David J., Co. A Marine Art. (Jook, John C. / Co. E, 1st N. Y. Cooper, James H., Slst N. Y. (Light Artilery. Corwin, J. L. Baker, Henry L., Bennett, Andrew J., Co. H. N. Y. Bennett, Augustus P. Co. K 127 N.Y. Bennett, Geo. E., 11th N. Y. Cav. Bennett, Gilbert, Co. E. Bennett, John A. Bennett, Milton Bennett, Myron T. Bennett, Nathan Bennett, Wm. W. Co. H. 81st N. Y. Bene, John Co. H. Slst N. Y. Bone. Joseph Slst N. Y. Boyenton, John Brown, S. E. Clark, A. S. Colvin, Saml. 127th N. Y. CuUum, Eichard Dayton, Chas. B., M. D. 127 N. Y. Davis, Thomas J., Navy Edwards, Edward H. Co. B. si N. Y. Farley, James I"'arrell, Thomas Field, Saml. B. 1st N. Y. Light Art. Field, Sylvester Filer, Charles W. 1st Conn. Art. Filer, Geo. G. Co. H. 81st N. Y. Foster, John L. Navy. Fowler, Win. Jr. Montauk. Gould Alexander. Co. H. Slst N. Y. (iould, Theodore P. Co. K. 127 N. Y. Green, Charles H. 243 Hall, Wni. Co. H. 81ct N. Y. Handy, Aaron, 127th N. Y. Havens, Chas. 0. Co. H. «1 N. Y. Havens, Joseph Havens, Joseph A. Holland, John, Naw. Howell, James L. Co. H. 81 N. Y. Howland. J-dson Co. H, 81st N. Y. Hudson, C. James Sergt. Co. A 11th N. Y. Cav. Humphreys, Arthur, Navy. King, Edward T. Navy. King, Geo. E. Co. E. 11 N. Y. Cav. King, Barry B. Co. K 127th N. Y. King, H. P. King, Lodowick H. Co. I 1.5 N. Y. King, Oliver G. Navy. King, S. M. King, Venus E. Navy. King, William King, Wilson B. 127 N. Y. Knapp, Geo. 81st N. Y. Lawrcliee, John B. Navy Lawrence, Wm. 127th N. Y. Leek, David Lester, Geo. B. Co. A, lltli N. Y. Lester, G. T. Lestei-. W. C. Loper, David B. Co. K, 127 X. Y. Loper, Geo. !S. Loper, Henry J. Co. rf, 81st N. Y. Loper. Oliver L Co. F, N. Y. Cav. Lowpu William, Navy. Lynch, Michael Meigs. Edgar C. 81st N. Y. Merdiant, Chas. Miller, David K. Co. C, IGoth N. Y. Miller, E. H. Miller, Jonathan A. Naw. Miller, Josiah P. Co. K. 127. h N. Y. Millei-. Nath'l Co. E. 11 N. Y. Cav. Miller. Nath'l J. Co. K 127th N. Y. Miller, Wm. B. Co. K, 127th N. Y. Mulford, Wm. Na\y. Myi^rs, John 11th N. Y. Cav. Overton, Theodore Co. K, 127 N. Y. Overton, Warren Co. K, 127 N. Y. Paddy, William Pavne, Albert M. Co. H. 48th N. Y. Payn.", Ellas K. Co. K, 127th N. Y. Peunv, Joshua. Petty. Wm. E, Navy. Pharaoh, Stepheii Pidgeou, Stephen B. Co. G, 127 N. Y. Price, James H. Co. H. 81st N. Y. Raisen, Tliomas Reuey, John W. Co. H. 81 N. Y. Sherrill, David 8. Co. K, 127th N. Y. Simons, John, 8th Conn. Snooks, John Squires, Stephen, 127th N. Y. Stanton, Joseph B. Co, H, 81st N. Y. *Stanton, Oscar F. Regular Navy Stanton, Wm. C. Strong, James M. Co. K. 127th N. Y. Strong, Charles Strong, William Terry, David Terry. Benjamin Tillinghast, Cha.iles T, Topping, Edward Wright, Isaac Wright, Jerry — *Now Rear Admiral. -f-" (^ENEAboeiy. BAKER FAMILY. •John Baker, late of Amai^ansett, deceased, contributed material com- l)letiug the genealogy of his family from Thomas (1) the first settler in East-Hampton, which was published in 1850. Jonathan Baker, Esq., Superintendent of Suffolk County Almshouse, has traced his family line to the same Thomas (1). The following is; the substance of their contributions : A memorandum in an old book made by Nathaniel Bak- er (2) states that his father and mother came out of England in 1639, before they were married. They were married June 20th, 1643. His wife's name was Alice and she died Feb. 4th, 1708, in the 88th year of her age. "We know that this Alice was daughter of Kalph Dayton, an- other founder of the town of East-Hampton. Her grave stone is in the Amagansett burial ground. They had four children. Hannah (2) born June 26, 1650; Thomas (2) b. July 26. 1654; Nathaniel (2) b. Dec. 22, 1655 and Abigail (2). For convenience I run the line down thus : Thomas, (Ij b. d. April 30th, 1700, ga 82. Nathaniel, (2) b. Dec. 22d. 1655, d. Feb. 27th, 1739, ee 84. Daniel, (3) b. August 1st, 1692, d. • 1740, re 48. Daniel, (4) b. — d. January 17th, 1753, re — Nathaniel, (5) d. March 19th, 1828, re 84. Ananias, (6) b. August 27th, 1768. d. April 16th, 1843, re 75. John, (7) b. May 1st, 1809, d. Api'il 24th, 1882, re 81. John Bakek 7 had w. Phebe, dau. of Henry Chatfield, and they had ch. Margarat E. b. July 18th, 1829, who m. Wm. H. Strong; and Kebec- ca M. b. Jan. 22d, 1832, who m. Benjamin C Tuthill. Nathaniel 2. b. 22d Dec. 6, 1655, d. 27th Feb. 1739, had w. Catharine, and they had ch. Jonathan, b. 12th Feb. 1679, d. 4th March, 1748; Joan- na 3, b. 7tli July, 1651 : Abigail 3, born 15th March, 1682 : Henry 3, b. April 16th, 1686, d. in 2 weeks ; Catharine 3, b. April 4th, 1687 ; Mary, b. 21st Nov. 1689? Daniel 3, b. Aug. 21st, 1692; Hannah 3, b. 96th Jan. 1694. Joanna 3, ni. Joseph Ogdeu, of Elizabethtown, N. J. Abigail 3 m. Daniel Hedges of Sagg in 1702-3. Catharine 3 m. Mulford. Mary 3 m. Woodruff. Hannah 3 m. Samuel Pai'aons. Daniel 3 m. Abigail Osborn. Daniel 3 and w. Abigail had ch. Daniel 4, Abraham 4, Nathaniel 4, Henry 4, Elizabeth 4, Catharine 4, and Abigail 4. Elizabeth 4 m. Jere- miah Stratton. Daniel 4 had w. Mary Osborn 1st and 2d Mary wid. of Jeremiah Conkling ; had by 1st w. ch. Nathaniel 5, Elizabeth 5 and Polly 5 ; by 2d w. had Abigail 5, who m. John Davis. Elizabeth 5 m. Abraham Ed- wards of East-Hampton and d. in 1815 in 68th year of her age. Polly 5 m. Sineus Dibble. An old account book, formerly of Thos. J. Mulford, dec'd, contains this record: "East-Hampton, January 17th, 1753. At the south side, in coming to the shore in a whale boat, was drowned in the surf, these three men here namely : Jacob Schellenger, Daniel Ba- ker and Dick. The night before Daniel Baker was drowned, his wife dreamed the tide rose bo high that it came up to the house, burst open 245 the door, and brought in a coffin. She requested him not to go off a whaling that day ; she said she was afraid some accident would hap- pen. He replied, he thought he would go that day, but would not go any more." Nathaniel Baker 5, son of Daniel 4, had w. Esther Osborn and son Nathaniel 6 ; had 2d w. Abigail Conkling and they had ch. Daniel 6, b. Feb. 3d, 17G7, d. April 2d, 1847, ee 80; Ananias 6 b. Aug. 27, 1768, d. April 16, 1843, ft} 74; Marv 6 b. Jan. 13th, 1771, d. March 27th, 1788, ss 17 ; Es- ther 6, b. May llth,"^ 1773; Abigail 6, b. March x5th, 1775, d. Sept. 22d, 1792, SB 17 ; Catharine 6, b. March 30th, 1777; d. Sept. 2d, 1842, se 65 : Hannah 6, b. April 22d, 3779; Henry 6, b. July 29lh, 1781, d. Nov. 16th, 1833, te 52; Sophia 6, b. April 26th, 1784; Elizabeth 6, b. July 20th, 1786. Esther 6 m. Henry Conkling of Amagansett. Catharine 6 m. Isaac Barnes of the same place. Hannah G m. Jason Sandford of Water Mill. Sophia 6 m. Joseph Glover of Southold. Elizabeth 6 m. Uriah Miller of East-Hampton. Daniel 6 m. 1st Polly Derby and 2d Mercy Loper. Henry 6 m. Betsey Hand, dau. of Jacob Hand. Ananias 6, b. Aug. 27th, 1768, had w. Hannah Conkling, dau. Edward Conkling and they had ch. Jeremiah 7, b. Sept. 4th, 1796, d. Sept. 22d, 1826, ee 30; John 7, b. May 1st, 1800, d. April 24th, 1882, se 81; Fanny 7, b. Feb. 25th, 1803, who m. David Barnes of -East-Hampton ; Lueretia 7. b. Aug. 27th, 1805, d. Oct. 13th, 1811, as 6; George L. b. April 6th, 1808, d. Feb. 27th, 1878, ee. 69. The wife of Jeremiah 7, Phebe. became the w. of John 7. George L. 7 b. April 6th, 1808, had w. Caroline and ch. Jeremiah 8, b. Dec. 23d, 1834; William T. 8 b. March 22d, 1846. Jeremiah 8, b. Dec. 23d, 1834, had w. Amanda D. dau. of Sylvanus Edwards and they have cb. George S. 9 b. Aug, 2d, 1861 and Maristta T. 9 b. Feb. 14th, 1867, who m. Chas. W. Eackett, Jr., and t'ley have dau. Maud B. Eackett 10, b. Aug. 24th, 1891. George S.9b. Aug. 23d, 1861. m. Nettie, dau. of Nathl. Edwards and they have dau. Euth 10, b. Mav 23d, 1892. William T. 8, b. March 22d^, 1846, had w. Althea B. dau. of Isaac B. Edwax'ds, of Amagansett, and they havo ch. J. Whitman 9, b. Feb. 2d, 1873 ; Nathaniel T. 9, b. July 13^h, 1875 ; Caroline M. 9, b. July 15th, 1878 ; Ethel M. 9, b. April 1st, 1882. Jonathan 3, b. Feb. 12th, 1679, sou of Nathaniel 2, had w. Hannah, and they had ch. David 4; Jonathan 4, b. May 22d, 17C4, d. Jan. 14th, 1777, and Jacob 4, who went to Elizabethtown, N. J., and was there in 1748. Jonathan 4, b. May 22d. 1704, had w. Mary Talmage, b. Dec. 22d, 1706, d. June 4th, 1781, and they had ch. David' 5, b. Aug. 22d, 1733. d. Nov. 3d, 1786: Jonathan 5, b. Oct. 31st, 1734; Mary 5, b. Feb. 20th, 1739; Hannah 5, b. July 27th, 1740 ; Thomas 5, b. July 24th, 1742, d. Nov. 27th, 1825; Temperance 5, b. April 7th, 1744; William 5, b. April 25th, 1746; Jacob 5, b. April 1st, 1752. David 5, b. Aug. 22d, 1733, had w. Mary Conkling and they had ch. Mary 6, b. Dec. 22d, 1757; David 6, b. July 14th, 1760; Jonathan 6, b. Feb. 6th, 1766, d. Dec. 23d, 1853 : Esther G, b. Nov. 5th, 17G8, d. April 23d, 1790; Hamutal 6, b. April 8th, 1774, who m. Jonathan Mulfoid of East-Hampton ; David 6, )\ July 14th, 176©, m. Lucinda Hedges, dau. of Daniel Hedges, and they had dau. Esther 7, who m. Andrew Eldredge, and they had son Andrew 8, who d. sp. Jonathan 6, b. Feb. 6th, 1766, had w. Hannah, dau. of Capt. Ezekiel Mulford, b. July 11th, 1773, m. Jan. 9th, 1791, and they had ch. Esther 7, who m. Edward C. Kogcrs of Sag-Harbor; Maria 7, who m. Harvey 246 Conkline:; David 7 ; Eleanor 7, who m. HeuryOsborn. and Edward M. 7, b. 1810, d. Nov. 22d, 185G. David 7 had w. Rebecca, dau. of Daniel Osboru, and ch. Maria H who m. Abraham Debevoise ; Charles 8 and Edward 8. all of whom were m. and some of them have ch. Mary Rose Roj^ers. of Sag-Harbor, is dau. of Edward C. Rogers and grand-daughter of Edward ('. Rogers and Esther Baker 7. Wm. Conk- ling of Amagansett is son of Harvey Coukling and Maria 7 his wife. Hannah, dau. Heniy Osliorn and Eleanor 7 his wife, m. Capt. Ezekiel Howes and has dau. who m. Henry Hedges. Capt. Edwakd M. 7 m. Rosalie dau. (leu. Jeiemiah Miller, and they had ch. Edwai-d M. 8, b. Maich lltn, 18-ii», and Jonathan 8. )>. July 10th. 1853, both now living and hiarried. Note. — Capt. Edward M. was master manner sailing from Sag-Har- Harbor. He commanded the whale ship Daniel Webster, and made several eminently suceessful voyages as her captain. He was capable, faithful, thoroughly iionest, persevering, humane, thoughtful ; a nuiu of deeds and not of words. H. P. H. THE BARNES FAMILY. In the visitation of NorfoAc, England, IGO-l, is a pedigree of four gen- erations of the Barnes family, viz : Edward and Thomas sons of William, brother of Owen and Charles, sous of William, son of Edward, of So- ham County, Cambi-idge. Eastwick County, Nt)rfolk, and Lynn regis Co. Dorset. Tliis family liad a coat of arms recorded in College of Arms, London. In addition to the material furnished by David Barnes, deed., J. Henry Barnes has given the following record of the ancient and hon- orable family whose name he ])ears. 1. WiLT^iAM. (See Howell's History of Southampton, |). 2ns, i 2. William, — d. Dec. 1st, 1098. 3. William, d. Aug. 2Gth, 1700. i. William, b. Jan. 17th, 1702, d. March 30th, 1720, a- 24. 5. William, b. Aug. loth, 1723, d. July 3d, 1814, tv 91. 0. David, b. May yth. 1703, d. June M", 1809, a- 40. 7. David, b. Dec. 13th, 1795, d. Juno 25th, 1800, iv 70. 8. Chakles J., b. Aug. 0th, 1834. 9. David W.. b. April 7tli, 1807. 10. Robert G., b. October 2oth, 1.S94. The 2d William m. Elizabeth , she died in 1723, te 80. Their children were Thomas 3, Benjamin 3, Stephen 3, Isaac 3, Matthew 3, Nathaniels, Samuel 3, Recompense 3, William 3, Mary 3, and Eliza- betn 3. Benjamin 3 and Stei)lieii 3 rc^moved with their children to Brauford, Conn., early in 1700. Thomas 3 and Samuel 3 also removed. Matthew 3 died in 1703 and left one son Matthew 4. Recompense 3 and Nathaniel 3 died childless. Isaac 3 married Aiuui dau. of Noah Rod- gers. of Branford, Conn. (See Aina.gansett branch of Barnes family.) The 3d William m. Mary Rodgers, his brother Isaac's 3 wife's sister. Their childreu were Mary 4, William 4, Noah 4, and Elizabeth 4. Noah 4 m. Hannah Parsons. The 4th William m. Martha Edwards Oct. 121 1722, and had childreu William 5, b. Aug. 10, 1723 ; Martha 5, b. March 4, 1725, and Joseph 5 b. Dec. 17, 1720. He died in Lanesboro, Mass. Martha 5, m. Israel Wilcox, of Bei'lin, Conn. The 5th William m. Jemima Sherril, Dec. 4, 174t;, she d. March 29, 1823, lo 98, and had children William 0, b. Sei)t. 1747, who m. Lydia 247 Hall, of DurluDU, Conn., and sottled in Riohiuond, Mass. Jemima fi, b. Fob. 24, 1749 : Eli (i, b. IT'A, m. Patienco, dau, of Danicd "Wilcox, East Borlin, Conn., sottbMl thoro and d. Juno ].">, IMl"); Joroiniah i'>, 1>. ll'S. ru. Pholio, flail, of Jonathan and Elizaboth Solndliiig(!r, ol' Aiuagaiisett. Juno '2(1, 17(U, ami romovod to riattsbvirji, N. Y.. d. Au.k. 24. IHM) : Jos- oph G. b. IT:")!!, m. Elizabetli Conklin ; Noali i'>, b. ]7i'>-"). d. uiiiiiaiTied Sept. ir), 1841 ; and David C. Jeremiah Ci had children Jeremiah, Jr. 7, Jonathan 7, Fannie 7, Ma- ria 7, Hannah 7, Horace 7. Henry 7, and Betsey 7, all dead and all left families except Botsey, who died young. Jeremiah, Jr. 7, b. Oct. 19, 17n5, d. Aug. 23, 1879, m. Mary Farns- worth Juno 7, 18:51, and had ohildron James F. 8, Phebe M. 8, Jere- miah 8 and Charles A. 8. James F. 8 b July 4, 1832, m. Susan B. dau. John and Sarah Dickin- son, Nov. ."i, 1857, and had children Jeremiah M. 9, b. July 17, 1859; James L. 9, b. Aug. 12. 1861; Fannie M. 9, b. Doc. 20, 186.'!. Horace 7, son of Jeremiah (J. in. Phebr) Parsons, dau. of David and Phebe Parsons, and had children William R. 8, of Granite Falls, Minn; Betsey M. fS, now deceased ; Ethylinda L. «, now deceased ; Ann M. 8, of East-Hampton : Horace J. 8, of Eau Claire, Wis.; David P. 8. Ann M. 8 m. August us Parsons, Oct. 27, 18.59, of East-Hani[)tou, N. Y. David (> m. Lucretia dau. Capt. David Fithian, and had children Esther 7 wlm m. -1. B. Mulford ; David 7; and Eli 7 who m. Puah Mul- ford, of Aniagansott. and reniovinl t<> Mendon, X. Y. Edi 7 had cliildr(Mi Orlando 8. Hannah M. -s, Algernon 8, Eli s, and Samuel s. Orlando m. and has child Hendrick. David 7 m. Fannv, dau. Annanias Bakor. D(>c. 1820, and had childron William D. 8, b. Juno 2, 1823; Eli F. 8, b. Sei)t. 28. 1825; Hannah Ett X, b. Dec. 31, 1828: George B. 8, b. Oct. 30, 1830; Charles J. 8, b. Aug. Gth, 1834; and Cordelia L. 8, b. April 11, 1840. Tiie first three died unmar- ried. George B. 8 m. Fanny dau. J. Dayton Hedges, Dec. 27, 18(i5 and d. Sept. 2G, 1892. iv (i2. and iiad cliildreu Fanny B. 9, b. Nov. IBGG, who m. Grant Backett of EaSt Marion, Doc. 24, 189i ; William D. 9, b. Sept. 1865, m. Florence Birch, dau. of Thomas Birch of Wainscott, Aug. 16th, 1894; Frederick C. 9 b. March 2(i, 1874, m. Willieimina Kegonsburger, July 3, 1893, and Charles H. 9, b. Aug. K), bs79. Cordcdia L. 8 m. Rich- ard Ketcham, Juno 10, 1889. Charles J. i >^; Fanuie Himttiiig '.). b. May 7, ISr.O : Honrv Alouzo !», b. May 10, 1804; Nathan xMiller i), b. May 13, 18liG : Eugene Burdette 0. b. Nov. a, 1870, d. Oct. i, 1872. Joseph U. U, ni. Maiy L. Upson Dec. 2-1, 1880 and had children Bessie May 10, Katie Jane 10, Jean Burdette 10, Mildred 10, Bennie 10 and Lewis Miller 10. Henky 9 m. Gertrude Jenkins, of Alexandria, Minn., Sept. IG, 1891, and had child Philip Jameson 10, b. March 80, 1894. Nathan Conklin 7 ni. Phebe Miller, dau. ol' Cornelius and Hannah Osborne. June 19, 1821; she was b. Jan. 20, 1800 and d. April 7, 1848; they had children Mary Osborne 8, b. June 19, 1827 : Joseph Henry 8, b. Oct. 3, 1830, ra. Harriet Smith, dau. David and Phebe Barnes, Nov. 11, 1857 and had son W illiam Henry 9, b. March 27, 18(i0, who m. Jetta dau. of William J. and Julia Cook, of New Brunswick, N. J. Dec. 19, 1889, b. Jan. 0, 1859, removed to Topeka, Kansas, in 1890, d. Oct. 27, 1893, and had children Mary Cook 10, b. April 21, 1891 ; AVilliam Henry 10, b. October 18. 1893. Jonathan Baknes' (5) Family Kecokd. Grandfather Isaac 3 b. 1675, m. Anna dau. Noah Kodgers, of Bran- ford, Conn., he d. Aug. 20, 1709. Isaac i, b. Jar. 29, 1704, d. April 22, 1772, m. Hannah b. Oct. 25, 1715, had children Nathaniel 5, b. March IS, 1740 ; Hannah 5, b. March 22, 1742 ; Matthew 5, b. Nov. 20, 1744; Isaiah 5, b. Jan. 29, 1747, d. Sept. 29, 1802 ; Anna 5, b. July IS, 1749 ; Jonathan 5, b. March 4, 1752 ; Sarah 5, b. Dec. 18, 1754 ; Isaac 5, b. Feb. 5, 1758. Jonathan 5 m. Phoebe Talmage, March 2i;, 1776, and had children Jonathan 6, b. Dee. 23, 1776; Taimage 6, b. Oct. 20, 1778, d. Dec. 8, 1778; Marv 6, b. Jan. 11, 1780; Taimage 6, b. July 6, 1782; PhebeO, b. Mav 2. 1787; Jeauette 6, b. March 25, 1790; David 6, b. May 21, 1794, d Aug. 30, 1868. David 6. j'oungest sou of Jonathan 5, and Phebe, m. Pheby dau. of Jacob and Betsey Schellenger, who was b. Nov, 26, 1798 and d. Feb. 26, 1877, and had children Betsey Schellenger 7, b. April 1, 1817, m. Edmund T. Strong and d. s. p. Dec. la, 1848; Mary Frances 7, b. March 26, 1829, m. Henry P. Osborn ; Harriet Smith 7, b. Oct. 19, 1831, m. Joseph Hen- ry Barnes 8, Nov. 11, 1857, see ante. TAiiMAGE 6, b. July 6t.h, 1782, d. May 1», 1859, had 1st w. Mary Hedges and ch. Althea H. 7, b. March 28, 1816, m." Jeremiah Schellenger and d. s. p. July 13, 1836, and Benjamin P. 7, b. July 2i), 1823, d. s. p. April 7, 1832; had 2d w. Harriet B. Hand, dau. of Mulford Hand, and thev had ch. Mary T. 7, b. Dec. 12, 1833, m. Henry L. Van Scoy, Oct. 12th," 1853, and have ch. and d. March 14, 1896, and Benjamin H. 7. b. Oct. 22. 1839, m. Fannie B. Hand Dec. 26, 1860, and have ch. Anna C. 8, b. Feb. 22, 1863; Herbert T. 8, b. July 10th, 1867; Lilian M. 8, b. Sept. 12.1871. Anna C. 8 m. Chas. B. Canlield June 8, 1887, and they have ch. Stella B. 9 and Fannie 9. Lillian M. 8 m. Chas. W. Dunn, Dec. 26, 1891. Herbert T. 8, m. Helen E. dau. liev. Jas. B. Finch, Dec. 9th, 1889 and have ch. Byron T. 9, b. Jan. 16th 1891. Helen L. 9, b. April 10th, 1893, and Ben- jamin H. Jr. 9 b. Aug. 4th, 1895. 249 CHATFIELD FA.MILY. Mrs. Anna E. Rose, iioe ChiiHuild, has cojiLribntod the following rnc- ord of th(! ancient and intoUectual Cliatllold laraily, from which stock in East-lLimi)tou hav(s spriin}^ those who in New- York, >few Jersey and other States have attained eminence : There is a tradition in the Chatfi(!ld family that the father of the three brothers, Thomas, Georj^t; and Francis, who first came to Ameri- ca, was Henry, of Sussex, Enj^land. Thomas OhatlieJd, the first of that name in East-Hampton, had a brother Francis who settled in Guil- ford, Conn., and, as far as can be learned, died unmarried. Thomas had also a brother Georg.- who settled in Killingworth, Conn. Edward Crane Chatfleld, a lawyer, of Minneapolis, and the seventh in descent from this George above mentioned, is searching the genealogy of the Chatfield family in all its branches. He states that, while finding some of the name in nearly (!very State of the Union, he has not been able to find any descendants of Thomas except on Long Island. The Chatfield Coat of Arms is now owned by John G. Chatfield, of Bridge-Hampton, who inherited it from his father, John H., and as far as is known it is believed to have been brouglit from England to Con- necticut, and then to East-Hampton by the first Thomas Chatfield, an- cestor of John. Mr. George 11. Howell, in his history of Southampton Town, states that the Chatfield Coat of Arras is on pandiment. This is a mistake, as it is painted on an oak slab. It also varies a very little from the one Mr. Howell gives in his history. Thomas Chatfield 1 moved from Guilford to New Haven where, in 1(J39, he married Ann, d. of llev. Francis Higginson. He moved to East-Hampton at a very early date, as we find his name on the East-Hampton records as early as 1G51. Thomas 1 died before 1G87 ; had ch. Anna 2, b. 1649; Thomas 2, (in some papers called Capt. Thomas) b. Ifi52, and John 2, who had w. Mary but I know of no child. Capt. Thomas 2, b. 1(552, d. March 20, 1712, had son Thomas 3, b. 1680. Thomas 3, (called Judge on the East-Hampton records) b. Aug. 25th, 1680, d. Jan. Vi, 1754, m. Hannah Stratton, who was b. June, 1G87, and had ch. Mary 4, b. Sept. 12, 1707, (who Sept. 9, 17;il m. Josepli King, he died Nov. fi, 1732, then Mary m. Francis "Peltrow," Sept. 4, 1734. Her first ch. Hannah b. Nov. 12, 1735. "Pelltrow" died in Lo.idon, Sept. 14, 1737. Mary m. 3d Mr. "Gilston,"Feb. 23, 1738. After that marriage she had a son b. Dec. 24, 1738, who d. Feb. 21, 1739; dau. xMary \>. Aug. 10, 1744; dau. Anna b. Aug. 28, 1747). Anna 4 b. Oct. 8, 1709 (who m. Joim Mulford, April 1, 1731, liad ch. John b. Feb. 22, 1732; Mary b. April 10, 1735; Hannali b. Sept. 4, 1736; Phef>e b. June 18, 1739; Jerusha b. March 19, 1741 ; a son b. Jan. 16, 1744; Esther b. Nov. 16, 1749j. Thom- as 4. b. Sept. 12, 1712; Jonn 4, b. Man.-h 8, 1716. Thomas 4, b. SciU. 12. 1712, d. Jan. 1, 1743, m. Nov. 11, 1735, Abigail Mulford, had ch. Phebe 5, b. Dec. 25, 1740 ; Elnathau 5, bap. 1742 ; John 4, b. March 8, 1716, d. Sept. 24, 1801, m. Dec. 15. 1739, Jane, dau. of Lewis Mulford, who was b. 1716, d. 1753, and had ch. Mary 5, b. Sept. 16, 1740; John 5, b. Nov. 30, 1741 ; Thomas 5, b. July 9, 1743 ; Hannah 5, b. Jan. 1, 1745; Lewis 5, b. July 28, 1746; Jane 5, b. June 1, 1748, d. Sept. 29, 1810; Henry 5, b. Jan. 17, 1750, and Eliziabeth 5, b. Sept. 29, 1751, (who married a Kussel and moved to Connecticutj. This complete family record of Judge Thomas Chatfield 3 and family was copied from the Judge's Bible printed in Oxford, England, in 1725, and now in posses- sion of John G. Chatfild, of Bridge-Hampton. Henkv 5, b. Jan 17, 175U, d. Jan. 8, 1839, ra. Annie b. 1754, d. April 28, 1X02, had ch. Sarah (J, b. 1776, d. April 15, 1783. 250 Thomas 5, b. Dec. 25, 1740, had ch. Thomas 6, bap. 1760; John 6, bap. 1772; Julianna 6, bap. 1775, in East-Haiupton. Capt. Henry 5, b. July S), 1743, had ch. Henry (>, b. 1788, d. 1804, m. Rebecca Mulford had ch. Henry M. 7, 1). 1801 ; Phebe 7, b. 1803, d. 1881. (Phebe m. John Baker, had cli. Hannah, Francis, Margaret and Rebec- ca.) This Henry 6 removed to Plattsburg, N. Y., where I believe he died, when his widow and children returned to East-Hamptoc. John (J b. 1782. d. June 17, 1837, d. s. p. Henky M. 7, b. 1801, d. March 29, 18(57, m. Nancy Havens, had ch. Julia A. 8, 1). 1824, and d. Oct. 1895, (she m. Samuel Howell, had ch. \Vm. H. 1). Aug. 1849, d. Nov. 20, 1887 ; Elmer E. b. Jan. 11, 1864.) John 8, b. Jan. 20, 1826, d. Dec. 26, 1865. m. Esther E. d. of Henry Edwards, Oct. 1857, had ch. Anna 9, b. Jan. 11, 18.59, (who m. Stephen E. Rose had d. Ernestine, b. March 19, 1880) ; John 9, b. 0(^t. 2, 1861 ; Lydia H. 9, b. July 18, 1863 (who m. J. Everett Hand in June, 1888) and Henry Hav- ens 9, b. March 17, 1866, be m. Charlotte M. Peterson, had ch. Harry E. 10, b. Aug. 19, 1894, d. Oct. 1895. Henry H. 9 is a Counselor at Law and he and John 9 reside in Bridge-Hampton, N. Y. CONKLING FAMILY. The following genealojzy of the Conkling family, abbreviated and ver- ified in part, is taken from an article by H. L. Mersereau, published in the New-Yoi-k Genealogical and Biographical Record, in the Number issued July, 1896, Annanias Conklin 1 (or Conkline) and his brother John 1 are noticed in "Savage's Genealogical Dictionary," Vol. I, p. 441. Annanias 1 was made a freeman at Salem, May 18. 1642. He had ch. bap. Lewis 2, April 30, 1643; Jacob 2, May 18, 1649; Elizabeth 2, May 18, 1649. He removed to East-Hampton in 1650 and his brother John to Southold. (An old gravestone: "Here lyeth the body of Capt. John Conkleyue, born in Nottinghamshire, Eng., and died at Southold, L. I., Apr. 6, 1694, m 64 yrs.") There were ch. of Annanias 1 mentioned at East-HampLou, Jer- emiah 2, Cornelius 2, Benjamin 2. A daughter w. of Geo. Miller, Hes- ter 2, (6| years old when her father died. ) He died Nov. 1657. His sou Jeremiah 2 administrator, Nov. 27, 1657, afterwards his son-in-law Geo. Miller appointed Jan. 29, 1657 or 8. E. K. R. Vo . I, pp. 116-121. Jeremiah 2, son of Annanias 1, b. 1634, d. March 14, 1712, m. 1658, Mary b. Aug. 3, 1638, d. June 15, 1727, dau. of Lion Gardiner and had ch. Jeremiah, Jr. 3, Cornelius 3, David 3, Lewis 3, Annanias 3, and Ma- ry 3, who m. Thos. Mulfora. See E. H. T. R. Vol. Ill, p. 198-326. CoKNELius 2 had ch. Cornelius Jr. 3 and William 3, probably. Benjamin 2 d. 1709, had w. Hannaii Mulford and ch. John 3 Eliakim 3, Benjamin 3, Annanias 3. Jekemiah, Jr. 3 m. June 29, 1718, Jane Parsons, d. s. p. His will dated Jan. 11, 1732-3, (from N. Y. wills 1732-3, Vol. XII, i.. 212,) mentions nephew Elisha son of bro. Cornelius, also Jeremiah son of said Elisha, but his adopted son. Cornelius 3 had ch. Elisha 4 b. about 1695 ; Martha 4, bap. Aug. 27, 1700 ; Deborah 4, bap. Aug. 25, 1700 ; Rachel 4, bap. Jan 2, 1703-4 ; Jere- miah 4, bap. Dec. 14, 1707 ; Mary 4, bap. March 12, 1710. David 3 had ch. David 4 ; Sarah 4, bap. April 21, 1700 ; Patience 4, bap. Nov. 3, 1700; Samuel 4, bap. March 3, 1702; Simon 4, bap. March is, 1704-5; Keziah 4, bap. March 30, 1707; Raciiel 4, Oap. July 10, 1708-9; Temperanc(i 4, bap. Aug. 3, 1712; Jane 4, bap. Maridi 2S, 1714. 251 Lewis 3 had ch. Lewis i, bap. Jan. 1«, 1701-2, who m. Oct. 22, 1724, Elizabetb Mulford ; Elizabeth 4, bap. April 21, 1700; Esther 4, bap. Sept. :i, 1704; Mary 4, bap. April 11. 1708; Mercy 4, bap. May 7, 1710: Isaac 4 bap. Jan. 25/l713 ; Zerviah 4. bap. Jan. 8, 1716; Cineus 4, bap. Oct. 19, 1718; Abigail 4, bap. April IG, 1721, in. Oct. 5, 1740, Nathaniel Balvcr. Ann.\nias 3, ni. Martlia Stretton and had ch. Margaret 4, bap. Jan. 11 , 1701-2, who in. May 19, 1720, John Cooper; Jane 4. bap. Jan. 30, 1703-4; Mary 4, bap. Oct. 7, 1705; Hannah 4, bap. Sept. 14. 1707, who in. Jona- than Hedges; Joseph 4. bap. Nov. 13, 1709; he m. Jan. 14, 1730. Esther Jones; Zerviah 4, bap. Dec. 11. 1711; she m. Jan. 8, 1737, Samnel Mul- ford ; Martha 4, bap. Dec. 27, 1713 ; Annanias 4, bap. July 15, 1716. CoKNF.iiius, Jii. 8 m. March 16, 1715, Deboraii Mulford and had ch. Esther 4, bap. Oct. 23, 1715, she m. Jan. 30, 1739-40, Jonathan Mulford ; Mary 4, bap. May 26, 1718; Jane 4, bap. Sept. 20. 1720, m. Dec. 25, 1739, Thos. Osborn ; Deborah 4, bai). April 28, 1723; Cornelius 4, bap. Feb. 6, 1726; Elizabeth 4, bap. July 6, 1728-9; Mulford 4, bap. May 14, 1731-2; Nathan 4, bap. Sept. 28, 1735. William 3, lu. Nov. 26, 1718, Ruth Hedges and had ch. William 4 bap. Aug. 30, 1719 ; Stephen 4, bap. Sept. 3, 1721 ; Mary 4, bap. Jan. 11, 1724 ; Abraham 4, bap. June 12, 1726 ; Ruth 4, bap. Dec. 8, 1728 ; Isaac 4, bap. Feb. 27, 1731-2; Jacob 4, bap. Aug. 11, 1734; Abigail 4, bap. Jan. 23, 1736-7 ; Thomas 4, bap. Oct. 14, 173.?. John 3 d. 1746, had ch. all bap. as adults, Johu, Jr. 4; Rachel 4, Jan. 11, 1718-19, who in. Sept. 21. 1721, Daniel Jones; Amy 4, Jan. 11. 1718-19 who in. Dec. 29, 1720, John Stretton ; Timothy 4. May 30, 1723; Abigail 4 Nov. 26, 1727, who m. Nov. 22. 1733, Gideon Hedges; Elias 4, Nov. 26. 1727; Jonathan 4, Aug. 4, 1734, who m. April 17, 1738, Abigail Talmage. N. Y. Wills, Vol. XVI, p. 43, John C.mkliu's 3 will Jan. 23, 1739-40 proved Aug. 23, 1746, mentions only John, Elius and Jonathan. Eliakim 3 had ch. Deborah 4, Sarah 4. .^ , Bex.tamin, Jk. 3 had ch. Hannah 4, Frani^\4, Mehitabel 4. Annanias 3 m. Hannah and had Bethiah 4, bap. Jan. 1, 1701, who m. May 27, 1731, Joseph Hicks: Henry 4, bap. Feb. 22, 1701-2, who m. May 5, 1724, Mary Jones; Nathan 4, uap. Jan. 27, 1705-6, m. Oct. 6, 1732, Phebe Parsons: Annanias 4 bap. Aug. 15. 1708, m. Feb. 5, 1732-3, Mary Miller; Samuel 4, bap. Jan. 27, 1711, m. March 12, 1723-4, Clemens Par- sons, he d. 1726 ; Lemuel 4, bap. April 5, 1713; Benjamin 4, bap. Dec. 11, 1715, m. March 17, 1739-40, Sarah Parsons; Hannah 4, bap. Dec. 11, 1715, in. March 7, 1736-7, Isaac Barnes; Daniel 4, bap. Feb. 16, 1718 ; Josiah 4, bap. July 23, 1721. N. Y. Wills Vol. XIII, p. 568, mentions all except Samuel who d. before his father. Will proved Aug. 26, 1740, son Nathan, executor. Elisha 4, b. about 1695, m. Jau. 1, 1717-18, Esther Parsons aud had ch. Elisha 5, bap. May 1, 1720; Jeremiah 5, bap. March 11, 1722; Nath- an 5, bap. April 5, 1724; Jacob 5, bap. Sept. 11, 1726; Esther 5, bap. May 18, 1728-9; Lucretia 5, bap. May 26, 1731-2; Mary 5, bap. Jan. 12, 1731-5; Mehitabel 5 bap. May 22, 1737 ; Eliazur 5, bap. March 22, 1740-1. David, Jr. 4, m. Dec. 8. 1720, widow Hannah Mulford aud had ch. David 5, bap. Oct. 8. 1721; Simon 5, bap. March 1, 1724; Samuel 5, bap. Feb. 19, 1726; Hannah 5, bap. Oct. 5, 1728; Zebulou 5, bap. Dec. 3, 1732; Sarali 5, bap March 30, 1735. CiNRUs4, bap. Oct. 19, 1718, had ch. Isaac 5, bap. June 2, 1717; Ben- jamin 5, and possibly others. Joseph 4, bap. Nov. 13, 1709, m. Jan. 14, 1730, Esther Jones, aud had ch. Hannah 5, bap. Oct. 24, 1731; Elizabeth 5, bap. Jan. 2b, 1732-3; Es- 252 ther 5, bap. Sept. 14, 1735; AnnaniJis 5, bap. July 24, 1737 ; -Tosoph S. 5, bap. May 6, 1739 ; Edward 5, bap. Sept. 29, 1745. John. Je. 4, m. 1st Dec. 17, 1717, Dorcas Murdock and had ch. Dor- cas 5, bap. Oct. 12, 1718; Abigail r^ bap. June 12, 1720; Mary 5, bap. Feb. 11, 1722 ; John 5, bap. Aug. 25, 1723 ; 2d m. had ch. Melyan 5, bap. Aug. 25, 1727 ; Jonathan 5, bap. March 14, 1730-1 ; Daniel 5, bap. Jan. 11, J735. Elias 4, bap, as an adult Nov. 26, 1727, had ch. Elizabeth 5, bap. Oct. 31, 173G; Elias 5, bap. June 18, 1738; Lois 5, bap. July 6, 1740; Christo- pher 5, bap. July 18, 1742; Mary 5, bap. Dec. 29, 1745. Henky 4, bap. Fob. 22, 1701-2, m. Nov. 5, 1724, Mary Jones and had ch. Henry 5, bap. Nov. 28, 1725; Jedediah 5, bap. Sept. 24, 1727; .Jane 5. bap. D<>c G, 1730; Edward 5, bap. Aug. 27. 1732; Mary 5, bap. Dec. 22, 1734 ; Daniel 5, bap. April 24, 1737 ; Lucretia 5, bap. May 6, 1739 ; Eliza- beth 5, ba|). July 11, 1742; Hannah 5, bap. Nov 11, 1744. Nathan 4, bap. Jan. 27, 1705-(i, m. Oct. 6, 1732, Phebe Parsons and had ch. Phebe 5, bap. May 0, 1733 ; Nathan 5, bap. Dec. 19, 1736 ; Jesse 5, bap. April 15. 1739. Lemuel 4, bap. April 5, 1713, had ch. Lemuel 5, bap. Sept. 24, 1738; Phebe 5, bap. June 1, 1740 ; Nathaniel 5, bap. April 10, 1743 ; Higgins 5, bap. May 11, 1746. Ben.tamin 5, m. Esther Hand and had ch. Cineus 6, Alfred 6, Nathan- iel 6, Betsey 6, Phebe 6. Daniel 5, of Rensselaerville, b. at East-Hampton April 24, 1737, d. at Eensselaerville Sept. 25,. 1816, m. 1st Abigail Parsons and had ch. Dan- \- iel 6, b. July 19, 1765 ; Josiah 6, b. 1770 ; Mary 6, who m. Daniel Dayton ; ^ Henry 6, Abigail 6. He m. 2d Hannah Hutchinson and had by her ch. Samuel 6, b. Sei)t. 5, 1789, d. Nov. 10, 1818,; John T. 6, b. April 2, 1792; Clarissa 6, b. June 14. 1795, d. Dec. 3, 1821, she m. Thos. L. Loyd. Revolutionary war records at Washington show that Daniel Conklin served as a private in Capt. Edward Duuscombe's Co. of the 4th N. Y. Reg. commanded by Lieut. Col. Frederick AVissenf(^s ; also designated as Capt. Wm. Jackson's Co. of same Reg., also as Capt. BenJ. Marvin's Co. 1st N. Y. Reg. His name also appears on the roil Nov. 21 to Sept. 5, 1777 and on the toUowing rolls to Dec. 1780, with remarks "Appointed corporal Dec. 1, 1778." N. Y. State Rev. Archives state he was made ensign Sept. 13, 1775, of 4th Co. 2d Bat. Suff. Co, Alfked 6, sou of Benjamin 5, b. Oct. 12, 1789, d. Feb. 5, 1874, m. Eliza Cockburn ; one of their ch. was Roscoe Conkling, U. S. Senator. Daniel 6, of Rennsselaerville. b, at East-Hampton July 19, 1765, d. Rensselaerville Jan, 27, 1833, m. Feb. 16, 1796, Isabella Lusk, dau. of Thos. Lusk, of Stockbridge, b. Feb. 19, 1771, d. April 18, 1846, and had ch. Juliana 7, b. May 6, 1792, m. April 30, 1815, Henry Stone, and d. Aug. 24. 1863: Daniel 7. b. Jan. 9, 1794. d. Jan. 15, 1871, m. Harriet Hubbel, of Bennington ; Thomas L. 7, b. Oct. 9, 1796, d. Jane 1,1852, m. Frances M. Hackle^y ; George 7 d. young; Herod 7, b. April 28, 180», d. March 18, 1847, m. Wealthy Hubbs ; George C. 7 d. young; Gurdon 7, b. Sept. 1, 1803, d. May 8, 1874, m. Caroline Tremaine ; David 7, b. Jan. 7, 1806, d. Dec. 26, 1881, m. 1st Almira A. Watson, 2d Caroline A. Clark ; Albert 7, b. Jan. 11, 1808, d. Dec. 3, 1878, m. l«t Harriet Hills, 2d Amelia Mills, 3d Sarah Ann Palmer; Isabella 7, b. July 9, 1809, d. April 11, 1874, m. John S. Huyck ; Abigail 7, b. March 25, 1811, d. July 13, 1876, m. William F. Bulkley ; Elizabeth 7, b. Nov. 11, 1812, d. June 21, 1833; Margaret 7 d. young. Josiah 6 of Eenssellaerville, b. 1770, d. May 8, 1835, m. Patty and had ch. Judsou 7, who m. Almyra Moore ; Mary 7 and Marcus 7. 253 Henky 6, of Johnstown, N. Y., had w. Dayton or Hutchinson, and ch. Edwin 7, Cornelia 7. Maria 7, Harriet 7. John T. 6, of Renssellaerville, b. at East-Hampton April 2, 1792, d. at Eenssellaerville Oct. 10. 1875, m. 1820 Tiiza Stone, b. 1800, d. July 18, 1893, and had ch. Samuel H. 7, b. 1823; C. Amanda 7, b. 1825, m. t). S. Miller; Clifford A. 7, b. 1826; Theoren 7, b. 1830; Elizabeth S. 7, b. 1832 m. William Felter. DAYTON FAMILY. The genealogy of this family has been compiled largely from material in Howell's History of Southampton, with additions by Edwai'd Day- ton 8 and his son Josiali 9, of East-Hampton. The family has generally a gooa record for intelligence, industry, puritj' and worth. Many have achieved eminence. The famous Dayton familj^ of New Jersey is said to be from this East-Hampton stock. Howell has named no coat of arms of the family. But the name of Capt. John Dayton, of Revolu- tionary days, is a symbol of living power before whose grandeur a coat of arms, bought or uubought, is but an idle toy. (See ante, pp. 35, 6, 7.) Ralph 1, b.l588, d. 1658, had ch. Robert 2, Samuel 3'. EoBEKT 2, b. 1628, d. April 16, 1712, had ch. Elizabeth 3, w. of Leek ; Samuel 3, b. 1665 ; Beriah 3, b. 167i. Saml'el 3, d. Jan. 30, 1746, had w. Dorothy and ch. Robert 4, b. 1692; Daniel 4 ; Joana 4, w. of Serle ; Nathan 4, b. 1699 : Jonathan 4, bap. 1701 ; Samuel 4, bap. 1707 ; Elizabeth 4, w. of William Osborne. Robert 4, d. Sept. 28, 1722, hadfch. Hannah 5, bap. 1701 ; Mary 5, bap. 1701 ; John 5, bap. 1702.";i Dakiel 4, d. 1763, m. 1st Deborah Brown Jan. 8, 1717, she d. Nov. 6, 1717, leaving son Henry, bap: Oct. 19, 1718, and he m. 2d Mary Parsons, Nov. 9, 1720, and had ch. Deborah 5 ; Hannah 5 ; Daniel 5, bap. 1723 ; Samuel 5 ; Jonathan 5, bap. 1727 ; Mary 5, bap. 1733, w. of Mulford who had ch. Mary, Jonathan and Nathan Mulford. Henet 5, m. Dec. 4, 1738, Hannah JEajsons and had ch. Deborah 6, bap. 1739 ; Hannah 6, bap. 1743 ; Samnelj6, and Henry 6, bap. Jaa. 1747, name unrecoi'ded. — ' There was a James b. in 1709 on Long Island who wrote of his father and grandfather there as being named Henry. The first Henry 5, son of Daniel 4 must have been his grandfather and the second Henry 6, son of Henry 5, his father, and the line runs thus : Henky 5, Henry 6, bap. Jan. 1747. James 7, b. in 1769, had w. Lucinda Morey in Oxford, Grafton Co., N. H. and d. in 1854 ee 85, and had 9 ch. Daniel 8 one of them b. in 1806, removed to South Bend, lud., and d. there in 1889 se 83. Daniel 8, b. in 1806, d. in 1889, had son J. H. 9, now of South Bend, Ind. Deacon Daniel 5, bap. 1723, m. Rachel Miller and had ch. Jonathan 6 bap. 1764 ; Miller 6, bap. 1766. Jonathan 6, d. 1842, had son Daniel 7. Daniel 7 had son Dr. Charles B. 8 who m. Mary Jessup and d. s. p. Aug. 17, 1886. Miller 6 d. 1847, had son Ralph 7, and Mary 7, m. Rockwell, who d. s. p. Samuel 5 had dau. Mary 6 w. of Jonathan Stratton. Nathan 4 b. 169^, d. 1764, m. Amy Stratton, Nov. 11, 1725, and had ch. Samuel 5, bap. 1726; Nathan 5, bap. 1728; Amy 5, bap. 1730; Eliza- beth 5 ; Abraham 5, bap. 1735 ; Joanna 5, bap, 1737 ; Abraham 5, bap, 1740 ; Jonathan 5, bap. 1747. a54 Nathan 5 d. 1764, m. Phebe Mulford, June 27, 1751, and had ch. Na- than B, bap. 1754; Jonathan 6, Samuel 6, Elizabeth C^: Mary 6 bap. 1763; Abraham 6, bap. 1766 ; Elias M. 6, bap. 1769 ; Joanna 6. Nathan 6 had ch. Hannah 7, bap. 1779; Phebe 7. liap. 1783; Samuel H. 7, bap. 1790; Lewis Mulford 7 (of Eensselaerville, N. Y. and d. in Jersey City at residence of his son. May 8, 1876. sb 83.) Samuel H. 7 had son 3 esse C. 8 of Troy, N. Y. who was State Senator in 1875. Akeaham (■) (1. Nov. 1825 at Middle Granville, N. Y., m. Desire Delight Vail, and had ch. Mulford 7, b. 1795 ; May 7, b. 1797, d. 1815 ; Desire 7, b. 1800, d. 1822; Hiram 7, b. 1800; Maxilla 7, b. 1804, d. 1847, w. of A. Alford. Mulford 7d. Feb. 14, 183(), m.Roxanna Hitchcock, Feb. 14. 1817, had ch. Mary Helen 8, b March 31, 1820: Jane E 8. b. Feb. 24, 1824. (w. of Eev. David B. Hall); James Mulford )s, b. Nov. 9, 1826 and d. Oct. 9, 1863; Sarah Maria 8, b. Feb. 9, 1833, w. of Silas Hall of Granville, N. Y. Hiram 7 of Madrid, N. Y. d. Mav 1, 1849, m. Maria Underwood, and had ch. Edwin A. 8, b. 1825, d. 1873; Col. Lewis Mulford 8, of Cincinnati Ohio; Desire Delight 8; Harriet 8, w. of Henry; and Henry 8, of Richmond, Va. Elias M. 6, of Middle Granville. N. Y. removed to Lock-port, N. Y. d. Nov. 9, 1839, m. Ruth Higgins, of Haddam, Ct. and had ch. Jonathan 7, b. 1791. d. 1857; Elias 7, b. 1793; Natha^i 7, b. Aug. 10, 1794; Abraham 7 b. 1796; Cornelia M. 7, b. 1800, w. of J. L. Wopds ; Russell A. 7, b. 1804; Minerva M. 7, b. 1810. Elias 7, d. at Lockport, m. 1820, Sarah Wright, and had ch. Ursula Webb 8, b. 1826, d. 1859, w, of Allen C. Wright; Russell Mulford «, b. 1830 ; Cornelia M. 8, 1). 1835. w. of Joseph Christv- Judge Nathan 7, of Lockport, d. April 26, ls.-)9, m. 1st 1823, Sarah T. Boise; 2d her sister Hannah E. and had ch. Harriet \I. 8. b. 182';; Sa- rah J. 8, b. 1830; Nathan 8, b. and d. 1833; Chas. N. 8, b. 1845. d. 1880; Francis M. 8, b. and d. 1848. Abraham 7 m. Harriet B. Tavlor and had ch. Chas. H. 8 ; RoUiu W. 8, Jane M. 8, Lydia A. 8, Julia 8. Nathan 8. •Russell A. 7, d. 1840, m. Julia T. Burrows and had son Edwin A. 8, of Chicago, 111. Jonathan 4, bap. 1701, had d. Joaua 5, w. of Mulford. Beriah 3, of Pantigo, E. H. b. 1674, d. April 30, 1746, had w. Jane and ch. Rachel 4. b. 1700; John 4, bap. 170); Martha 4, bap. 1702, wife of — Brown; Mary 4, (or Maria) w. of Cornelius Conkling; Beriali 4, bap. 1709; Esther 4, w. of Brown; Jeremiah 4, bap. 1716; Jane 4, bap. 1720 ; Mary 4, bap. 1722. John 4, b. 1700, d. 1776, m. 1st Joana Parsons, March 2, 1721 ; 2d Abi- gail Parsons, June 8, 1754, and had ch. Joana 5, Uap. 1722, w. of Seth Parsons ; Elizabeth 5. bap. 1725 ; Phebe 5, bap. 1727 ; John 5, bap. 1727, and Martha 5, bap. 1734. Capt. John 5, b. 1728, d. Feb. 19, 1825, m. Sept. 1751, Mary Mulford, and had ch. John 6, David 6, and Josiah 6, b. 17<;6. John 6 had ch. John 7. bap. March 1787 ; Samuel Strattou 7. bap. Jau. 6, 1789. Samuel S. 7 had ch. David 8, John H. 8 and Elizabetti 8. Josiah 6, b. 1766, d. 1839, had ch. John Thomas 7, b. 1795 and Josiah 7 b. 1797. John T. 7 m. Cynthia Hand, of Durham, Greene C, N. Y.. and had ch. Edward 8, b. 1822, and John 8, b. 1823. Edward « m. Elizabeth, b. 1824, dau. of Stephen Hedges, and has ch. 255 Rosalie 9, b. 1846; Edward H. 9 b. 1855; Nathan II. 9, b. 1858; Josiah 9, b. 1860; Nellie C. 9, b. 1H()5. Eosalie 9 m. David Sherrill. Edwakd 9 m. Hattie, dau. of Henry L. VanScoy, and has ch. Freder- ick V. 8. 10, b. 1881, and Alice M. 10. "" Nathan H. 9 m. Nellie, dau. of David Ilallock of Bridge-Hampton, and has ch. John H. 10, b. 1880, and Laura A. 10, b. 18M3. Josiah 9 m. Mary E. chvu. Jeremiah Hunttiug, and has ch. Ralph H. 10 b. 18.S3; Edward T. 10, b. 1885; Amy E. 10, b. 1887 ; Joanna H. 10, b. 1889; Robert J. 10, b. 1892; Rosalie 10, b. 1896. Nellie C. 9, m. Ulysses Payne, and has ch. Bessie D. 10, b. 1883; Edward M. 10, b. 1885 ; Nathan Elias 10, b. 1886. '^ John 8 m. Elizabeth d. of Nathaniel Huntting and had ch. Elizabeth H. 9, b. 1851, and Mary H. 9, b. 1852. Josiah 7 b. 1797, d. 1859, ni. Abbie d. of Abraham Hand, and had ch. Charles R. 8, b. 1N29 ; Jane -S, b. 1833 ; Kate H. 8, b. 1837 ; Julia C. 8, b. 1839. Charles R. 8 b. 1829 ni. Sarah d. of Hiram Sherrill and has s. Charles S. 9, b. 1859. Charles S. 9 m. Minnie E. Averiil, of Plattsburg, N. Y., and has dau. Grace Piatt 10, b. 1888. Jeremiah 4 b. 171,6, m. Mary dau. of Cornelius Conkling, Dec. 29, 1742 and had ch. Jcrenvah 5, bap. 1745 ; Mary 5, bap. 1746, and- Elizabeth 5, bap. 1752. Jeremiah 5 had ch. Hervcy 6, bap. 1786 ; Jeremiah 6, Polly 6, Phebe 6, Jane 6, Mary 6, (Phebe m. Eli Parsons of North West and had ch.) the other throe daus. d. s. p. Jeremiah 6 had ch. Henry 7, b. 1810 ; Jeremiah 7, b. 1817 ; Phebe 7, b. 1813 ; and Abraham 7, b. 1820. -^Teremiah 7 has dau. Mary 8, w. of Lyman Babcock. Abraham 7 m. Rebecca dau. Ellis Parsons and had ch. Abraham 8, Ellis Parsons 8, and Phebe H. Abraham 8 had son Alexander. Beriah 4, bap. 1719, liad ch David 5, bap. 1731 ; Jesse 5, bap. 1735 ; Mary bap. 1741. Jesse 5 had w. Hannah and ch. Susanna ('>, Jacob 6, David 6; Jane 6, bap. 1764; Martha 6, bap. 1768; Hannah 6, 1761, and Jasper 6. This completes the record, so far as I have it, of the descendants of Robert 2, the oldest son of lirst settler Ralph 1. His second son Samuel 2 remained in Southampton for a while, resid- ing at North S»!a, then removed to Brookhaven, L. I., where he died in 16iJ0. He had w. Wilhelmiua and ch. Ralph 3; Jacob 3, b. about 1657, and removed to Mew Jersey; Caleb 3, b. about 1659,. and d. in South- ampton 1688, and Isaac 3. Isaac 3 removed to Setauket, afterwards to New Haven, where he m. Rebecca Tuttle, Sept. 10, 1664, and d. betw^i^en 1715 and 1722. He had ch Isaac 4. Hezekiah 4, b. 1710; .Jouathah 4, b. about 1715: Mary 4, Charity 4, and Sarah 4. Isaac 4 m. Elizabeth dau. of Michael Todd and had ch. Elizabeth 5, b. Sept. 25, 1711; Rebecca 5, b. April 12, 1713; Israels, b. Match 12, 1715: Sarah 5, b. July 27, 1716: Hauuah 5, b. Aug. 4, 171, b. 1753 ; Ben- edict 6, Henry 6, Hezekiah G, Samuel (i, of Salisbury, N. C, and Eliza- beth 6. Isaac 6, m. 1774, Sarah Irish, of Hudson, N. Y. m. 2d 1783, Matilda Gardiner and had ch. Isaac 7 ; John 7, b. May 25, 1777 ; Charles 7, b. Mav 10, 1779 ; Giles 7. of Hudson, b. 1780 : Samuel 7, b. June 2, 1784 : Sarah 7, b, 1787: Benjamin 7, b. Feb. 17, 1791; Edward 7. b. Feb. 17, 1793; Hen- ry 7, b. Aug. 8, 1795, of Chautauqua, N, Y. ; Matilda 7 and Gilbert 7. Chakles 7, d. 1809, m. Harriet Jackson and had ch. Harriet 8, Caro- line 8, and Charles 8, b. July 8, 1808. Chables 8 had ch Joseph D. 9, b. Oct. 12. 1832, of Brooklyn : Charles A. y and Mary E. 9, b. April 13, 1837. Samuel 7 had son William 8. William 8 m. Caroline, sister of the poet Alfred B. Street and had dau. Ida 9, w. of Prof. Wm. G. Peck of N. Y. City. Edward 7 m. Julia A. Parker and had ch. Isaac 8 and Miln P- 8, b. 1821 Isaac 8 of New- York had w. Emeline and ch. Ecbert A. B. 9, Julia 9 and Edward H. G. 9. Miln P. 8, of New-York, m. Sarah F. Townsend, and had ch. Frank 9, b. Aug. 13, 1851 : Albert E. 9. b. Jan. 17, 1854, and Euretta C. 9, b. June 1856. Michael 5^ad\ch. Charles 6, b. Nov. 3, 1747: David 6, b. July 23, '1749: Miriam 6 b. Jan. 6, 1751: Michael 6 b. Sept. 11. 1752: Justus 6 b. June 30, 1754 : Mehetabel 6 b. 1756 : Loly 6 b. 1758 : Elizabeth 6 b. 1759 : Isaac 6, of Harperslield, N. Y. b. 1761 : Samuel 6, b. 1762: Lyman 6 b. Aug. 17, 1764, and Olive 6. ^, Charles 6'of Hax(i£aftfi«iy'.fm. Jan. 29, 1746: Mehetabel Doo- littig]find had ch. Phrymes I. 7 b. OctTV, 1774 : Charles 7 b. Sept. 17, 1776 : Mary 7 b. Nov. 11, 1778 : Jioxana 7 b. Nov. 17, 1781 : Chauncey 7 b. March 1783 : Matthew 7, John G. 7, and Asenath 7. Phrymest 7 m. Sarah Bryan and had ch. Harriet 8, b. 1798; Bryan 7, b. 1800: Bennett S. 8, b. May 2, 1809: Edmund O. 8, Sarah A. 8, Harriet C. 8, Shaler H. 8, Norman S. 8, James S. 8, Zachariah W. 8, Hiram S. 8, Stephen F. 8, and Adeline J. 8. Charles 7, of Harpersfield, N. Y. m. Mar3' Smith and had ch. Dr. Charles E. 8, of Berne : George A. 8 : Chauncey 8, of Albany : Mary A. 8, Maxamilla 8, Hezekiah 8, Emily 8. Chauncey 7 had ch. Chauncey L. 8, b. Feb. 19, 1815, and Mary 8. Justus 6 m. Hannah Titus, 1777, and ch. Spencer 7, b. Oct. 21, 1778 : Russell 7, b. 1780 : Rhoda 7, b. 1782 : Josiah 7, b. July 31, 1783 : Henry 7, Justus 7, Chester 7, Archibald 7, Elizabeth 7. Russell 7 had son Chester 8. Jonah 7 m. Mary Flint and had ch. Arvid 8, b. 1814 and Marcus 8. Henry 7 had ch. Spencer 8, of West Virginia, b. 1.S2U, and Lewis 8. Chester 7 had son William 8. Lyman 6 had ch. Isaac 7 and Samuel 7. Jonathan 5 d. July 31, 1804, m. Mary Yale, 1751, and had ch. Thank- ful 6, b. Dec. 6, 1753 : Jonathan 6, b. March 10, 1756 : Nathaniel 6 : Cor- nelius 6, b. Feb. 25, 1763 : Mary 6 : Bezaleel 6, b. March 15, 17G8 : Sa- rah 6, Miriam 6, Bedotha 6 and Darling 6. Jonathan 6 had ch Enos B. 7 and Lois 7. Nathaniel 6 had ch. Jude 7, Joshua 7, Sarah 7, Margaret 7, Pier- pont 7, b. 1795, Harriet 7 and Mabel 7. Cornelius 6 )n. Mary Bacheler and had ch. Susan 7, Lydia 7, Maiy 7, Sarali 7, Lewis 7, Jeremiali 7, and Conielius 7. 257 Bezaleel 6 d. Sept. 20, 1850, m. Sophia Johnpon an(i had s. Jonathan H. 7 and threo daus. Hezekiah 4, of Setauket, b. 1710, had ch. William 5, b. abt. 1734; Rebecca 5, b. 1736; Hezekiah 5, b. 1738; Spencer 5, b. 1740; Mary 5. b. 1743 and Ami 5. b. 1745. Spencer 5, of St. George's Manor, L. I., had ch. William (5. b. 17()8 ; Phebe 6, b. 1774 and Robert 6, b. 17cS4- u iLiiiAM (), of Middletown Point, Monmouth Co., N. J. m. Elizabeth Herbert and had ch. Spencer 7, b. March 4, 1795; Hannah 7, Obadiah 7, Eliza H. 7, John Herliert 7, William 7. Spencer 7 had ch. Adelia «, barah 8, Herbert 8, b. March 21, 1829 ; Hannah 8, and William Spencer 8, b. Jan. 10, 1832, of Greenport, who m. Sarah Brown. Obauiah 7, of Wading River, L. I. had ch. Screno 8, b. Dec. 1, 1845, who m. JHattie Floyd; Sarah W. 8 and Kate 8. John Herbert 7 had s. John J. 8 b. 1830, who m. Mary Seward. Robert 6, of Speonk, d. April 24, 1826, m. Hannah Phillips and had ch. Noah 7, Orriu 7, b. 1808, Celinda 7 and Marietta J. 7. Orrin 7 had w. Mehetabt-l and ch. Elizabeth 8, b. 1833 ; George W. 8, b. 1836 and John R. 8, b. 1842. ' Nathaniel 4, D. abt 1715, of Setauket, had s. Tuttle 5. TUTTLE 5 m. Elizabeth Turner and had ch. Tryphena 6, Isaac 6, Na- thaniel 6 b. 1770, and Samuel 6 b. 1772. Nathaniel 6, of Riverhead, d. 1809, had ch. Miriam 7, w. of John Ed- wards, Nathaniel 7, of Manor, William 7, Ruth 7, Eleazer 7. Tuttle 7. Nathaniel 7 had ch. Ri<.-hard 8, William 8, Elizabeths, Jemima 8, and Mary 8. William 7 had ch. David 8, Andrew 8, George 8 of Port Jefferson. Samuel 6 d. in Port Jefferson March 25. 1853, m. Mary Goodwin, and had ch. Tuttle 7, b. Aug. 20 1796; Joseph 7, b. Jan. 1798; Mary 7, Rob- ert W. 7, Samuel 7, Louisa 7, Charles 7, Tryphena 7, Elizabeth 7, and Orange Webb 7. Tuttle 7 d. June 24. 1861, m. Ruth Tucker and had ch. Tuttle Orrin 8 Charles Edwin 8, George M. 8 b. Jan. 10, 1831, Erastus Gardiner 8, Josh- ua N. 8, Mary C. 8, Eliza M. 8, Ruth A. 8, Hannah M. 8. Tuttle orrin 8, of Pt. Jefferson, m. Mary Jones and had ch. Charles E. 9, who m. Mary Lee; Marv E. 9, Margaret L. 9, Georgiana M. 9. Mary T. 9, Ruth I. 9, Tuttle O. 9. Charles Edwin 8 m. Amy S. Roe and had ch. Rulh E. 9, Amy T. 9 Charles E. 9, Erastus G. 9, William Roe 9. George M. 8 had ch. George Tuttle 9. b. June 22, J 856, and d's who d. young. Erastus G. 8, of Athens, N. Y. m. Sarah M. Slater and had s. Orrin S. 9. Joseph 7, of Moriches, m. Jemima Robinson and had ch. Jemima 8, w. of Thos. Tuttle, Joseph 8 and David 8. "rj Joseph 8 m. Catharine Tuttle and had s. Joseph 9. ■■^"''' 7 David 8 m. Cynthia HoUidaj and had ch. Isanna 9^ Robert W.^f, b. April 22, 1803, m. Hannah Dewick and had s. Samuel G. 10, of City Isl- and, N. Y. who m. Lousa Ales. SAMUEL 7 d. 1866, had s. Dallas 8, of Delta, Mich., who d. 1868. Orange Webb 7 bad ch. Mary 8, Elizabeth M. 8, and Geo. Warren 8, of New-York, b. Jan. 9, 1836. Burke's Gen. Armory mentions a Dayton family of Bedfojdshire and one family of Deighton also as using a coat of arms. ^58 DOMINY FAMILY. AL a vory early day, and long before 1700, tho Doininy family came to East-Hampton. The first ancestor is rcj.ortpd to liave died young. Their origin was Irisli. Tlieir character has been positive, their ge- nius inventive. Their line runs thus: Nathaniel 1, Nathaniel 2, Na- thaniel 3, Nathaniel i, Nathaniel .5, Felix *!, Nathaniel 7. Nathaniel, Jr. 8. The last two are now living. Nathaniel, 7 had w. Sybil Mulford and ch. in the following order: Nathaniel, Jr. «. Henry 8, Harriet 8 wiio married Kellog, Felixes, Jeremiah Miller 8, Washingtou Tyson S, Mary 8, Chas. Mulford 8. EDWARDS FAMILY. David M. Edwards, of Sayville, N. Y., has prjpared tlie following genealogy of the ancient familj' whose name he bears. William Edwards 1 settled in East-Hampton before the year 1651, probably in 1(550, passing through Lynn and Taunton, Mass. There are good reasons for believing that he, his wife Ann and one child, came from Maidstone, county of Kent, England. He seems to have been a man of mind, heart and means, fully up to the average of his fellow townsman. 1 William 1 d. KUs.") m. Ann r. East-Hampton, ch. 2 -fohn 2, :^ Thomas 2, 4 Ephraim 2, probably d. y. and uui. "» Sarah 2, (i Annie 2, 7 l-lizabeth 2, 8 Hannah 2. 2 John 2 d. 169:5, md. Maiy Stansborough, r. East-Hampton, ch. 10 Thomas 3, 11 Josiali :i, 12 John .i. V.i William :i and Sarah .i who md. James Stansborough 1703, Margaret :i who md. Isaac Stretton 1703 and who md. Samuel Daniels. A co[iy of his will dated A.ug. 25, 1685, is in tiie possession of the writer of this. 3 Thomas 2 d. April 10, 1698, md. Abigal r. East-Hampton, ch. 14 Ephraim 3, 15 Thomas 3, l(i Daniel 3, 17 William 3, he moved to Ca|je May, N. J. 18 Alice 3, 19 Abigail 3, 20 Jane 3, 21 Elizabeth 3, 22 Esther 3. He left a will dated 1698 in E. H. town records. 5 Sarah 2 md. 1st Nathaniel Dominy, 2d Kobert M.-re, r. East-Hampton 6 Annie 2 md. Jolm Squires, r. East-Hampton. 7 Elizabeth 2 md. Baker, r. East-Hampton. 8 Hannah 2 md. William Bundle, r. East-Hampton. 10 Thomas 3 b. 1668, d. 1736, md. Mary r. ETast-Hamptou, ch. 25 John 4. 26 James 4, 27 Thomas 4 d. y. 28 Sarah 4, bab. 1702, 29 David 4, 30 Mary 4, 31 Jeremiah 4, d. y. 32 Elizabeth 4 d. y. 33 Daniel 4, 34 Han- nah 4, 35 Rachel 4. He left a will recoi'ded in New-York city, chited 1736. 11 Josiah 3 d. 1713, md. Mary Churchill of Wetherstield, Ct., r. East- Hampton, ch. 36 Josiah 4, 37 Churchill 4, 38 David 4, 39 Jonathan 4, 40 Mercy 4, 41 Nathaniel 4, 42 Mary 4, 43 Joseph 4, 44 William 4, d. y. 1725, 45 Martha 4 who md. William Barnes 1732 and lived in East-Hamp- ton. He left a will dated 1712 record(Kl in New-York. Feb. 11 a child of Josiah's died ; Feb. 13 the wife and mother died and on the 14th, Jo- siah himself died. After this the children went to Wetherstield and found homes among their mother's people. Mrs. A E. Stocking, of Cromwell, Ct., tias a record of descendants of Josiah. 12 John 3 d. 1727, md. Anna r. East-Hampton, ch. 46 John 4, bap. 1701. d. 1727 ; 47 Annie 4, 48 Elishaba 4, 49 Fiances 4, d. 1722, 50 Fnebe 4, b. 1718, d. 1738, 51 Esther 4, 52 Jerusha 4, 53 Elizabeth 4, b. 1726 d. 1737. 54 Timothy 4, 55 Henry 4, 56 John 4. He left a will dated 1728. recovded in New-Vork city. His occupation was that of cord winder. 259 / 13 AViLLTAM 3 md. Alice Davtou : ch. 57 Abigail i. 58 William i, (]. j. 59 William -i b. 1705. (JO EbPUozer i. 14 Ephkaim 3 md. Sarah : ch. 65 Elizabelh 4, bap. 169!). (HJ Epli- raim 4, bap. 1701. About 1701 he moved to Cape May, N. J. After some years his name occurs several times in the town records, but trace of his family is lost. 15 Thomas .S d. 1739, aged 07: um. 16 Daniel 3 md. Mrs. Jane Brown, 1711, and had sou Daniel 4, bap. 1715. He confessed to church covenant 1735. 25 John 4 b. about 1699, d. after 1760. md. Mary Dibble 1716. r. Ama- gansett ; ch. 90 Thomas 5, 91 Joseph 5, 92 Jacob 5 bap. 1720, 93 Eunice 5, 94 Lewis 5, 95 Elizabeth 5 d. '. 9() Jeremiah 5. 97 Mehetable 5, 9H Han- nah 5, 99 Jane 5 bap. 1737, 100 John 5, 101 Stephen 5, 102 Mary 5, 103 Phebe 5 bap. 1746, 104 Elizabeth 5. He made a will in 1757, mentio.i- ing thirteen children by name. In 1760 he made another changing some of the bequests. Both. of these wills are in the possession of the heirs of David A. Edwards, of Wainscott. 26 James 4 b. 1701. d. 1739. md. Abigail Johnson 1723 ; ch. 106 Joseph 5, 107 Abigail 5 bap. 1731, lOS Phebe 5. " 29 David 4 d. probablv 1781. md. 1st Alice Leek, d. 1742, md. 2d wid- ow Elizabeth Baily ; ch. "^110 Abraham 5. Ill Richard 5, bap, 1744. 112 Alice 5, 113 Mercy 5, all bv 1st wife. He confessed to church coseuaut, 1732. 28 Sarah 4 md. Jamcis Hodg(^kins. r. (tuilford, Ct 33 Daniel 4 bap. 1701, md. Rachel Conkliu, she d. 1790: ch. 114 Dan- iel 5, 115 Temperance 5, bap 1737, 116 Elizabeth 5 bap. 1748. 34 Hannah 4 md. Josiah Glover, r. Oyster Bay, L. I. 54 ruiOTHY 4 md. Kiitli ch. 151 John 5, 152 Henry 5, 153 David 5, 154 Jonathan 5. 155 Timothy 5. He was a weaver by occupation, and moved to Dutches Co., N. Y. Letters of adms. of the estate of Timothy Edwards were granted 1785 and recorded in New- York city. 56 John 4 b. 1727 d. 179^. See division No. 2, below. 60 Ebenezek 4 b. 1708, d. 1771. or thereabouts, r. Southampton; ch. 168 Ebeneze 5 d. y. 169 Hannah 5, bap. 1734. 170 Timothy 5, 171 Ebenez- er 5, 172 Alice 5, 173 William 5. 174 Phebe 5, 175 Daniel 5. 176 David 5, 177 Abigail 5. He confessed to church c mveuant 1732 In 1747 he sold his farm at East-Hampton for 350£ and settled in Southampton. He left a will recorded in New-York city. 61 Daniel 4 bap. 1715 md. ch. 130 Joseph 5, b. — d. 1775. 90 Thomas 5, see division No 3 below. 96 Jeremiah 5 bap. 1728, r. Amagansett. He md. and His wife and daughter both d. 1744. He probably md. again as he is mentioned in his father's will as having heirs in 1757. 100 John 5, see divisior. No. 4 belew. 101 Stephen 5, set* division No. 5 below. 106 Joseph 5, see division No. 6 below. 110 Abkaham 5, see divisi«)n No. 7 below. 93 Eunice 5 b. 1722, md. Stpphen Cooper. 97 Mehetable 5 b. 1732, md. King, 1759. 171 Ebenezer 5 b. about 1736. In 1780 he was in Farmingtoa, Ct.. a refugee. In later years he lived in N. Y. City. unmd. He was known as "Majoi Ben." 176 D.vviD 5 b. about 1744, md. Lucretia Payne, of Bridge-Hampton, and had son William 6, b. 1765. Before his sou VVilliam 6 was born he went away from home and never leturned. Very soon aftei- William was born the mother died. About 1790 William came from N. Y. City 2fi0 where he had been living witli his uncle "Major Ben," married Eliza- beth Libcomb, of Sayville, bought property at Speonk and settled there and became noted as a large land owner. They had ch. Olive 7, Silas 7, Elizabeth 7, Nancy 7, William 7, Mall by 7, Charra 7. Of these Oliver 7 md. Elizabeth Turner, and had ch. Louisa 8, Jesse 8, Oliver 8, Augus- ta 8, Jane 8, Phebe 8 and Fannie 8. Silas 7 md. Mary Rogers and had ch. Smith 8, Moses 8, Parmelia 8, Mary 8, Maltby 8, Oharri'3 8, Gilbert H. 8 and Mildred L. 8. Elizabeth 7 md. Robert Gordon, r. Moriches. Nancy 7 md. John Laraby. r. Moriches. William 7 md. Rachel Clark, r. Greenport, and had ch. William S, James 8 and Charles 8. Maltby 7 b. 1800, d. 1875, md. Hannah Bishop, r. Moriches, and had ch. William F. 8, Hannah M. 8, Maltby G. 8, Elizabeth 8 and Mary 8. Charra 7 jnd. Jonathan Hallock. Division No. 2. 5(> John 4 b. 1727, d. 1797, md. Mehetable Russell, r. Southampton; ch. 1 John, 2 Silas, 3 Ann, 4 Phebe, 5 Lucretia, 6 Jemima. He left a Avill dated March 15, 1794, recorded in Riverhead. 1 John 5 b. 1749, d. 1S29, md. Mercy VanScoy, ch. 7 Russell, 8 Isaac, 9 John, 10 Abraham, 11 Patience, 12 Matsie. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and drew a soldiers pension in later years. 2 SiLAsS had ch. 13 Sallv, 14 Betsey, 15 Esther, 16 Phebe, 17 Abby, 18 Henry, 19 Silas, 19i Thomas. 3 Ann 5 md. Henry Edwards, son of 106 Joseph, see division No. 6. 4 Phebe 5 md. Braddock Corey. 5 Lucretia 5 md. Aaron Drake. 6 Jemima 5 md. Samuel Crook. 7 RrssELL 6 b. 1779, d. 1836, md. Temperance Howell 1801 ; ch 20 Jer- niiah, 21 Elizabeth H.. 22 John R.. 23 Joshua B., 24 Lydia, 25 Charles P. 26 Sarah W., 27 Matsee, 28 Lewis R., 29 Phebe. S Isaac (S d. 1846. m. Betsy VanBushkirk, r. Sag-Harbor, ch 30 W ood- ruf, 31 Lawrence. 32 Henry, 33 David 0., 34 Elizabeth, 34i Mary, 35 Eu- genia, 36 Andrew, who went to Cal. 9 John 6 d. 1858. md. Deborah Penuy, r. Bridge-Hampton; ch. 37 Jo- seph A., 38 Lodowick H., 39 John P.. 40 Deborah C, 41 Mary J., 42 Fran- ces, 43 Hannah, 44 Charlotte, 45 Henrietta. He was in the war of 1812. 10 Abkaham 6 b. 1795, d. 1856, md. 1st Lydia Foster and 2d Lucy Downs, ch. 46 Catherine, 47 Sidney, d. y. 48 Anna, 49 Lydia, 50 Austin, 51 Orlando. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and drew the sol- dier's pension, and lived in Good Ground. 11 Patience 6 md. Gilbert Budd, r. Noyac. 12 Matsie 6 md. Thomas Smith, r. Sag-Harbor. 13 Sally 6 md. Samuel Bennett, r. Amagansett. 14 Betsj' 6 md. Peleg Sherman, r. Sag-Harbor. 15 Esther 6 md. Babcock, r. Sag-Haibor. 16 Phebe 6 md. Daniel Payne, r. Noyac. 17 Abby 6 md. Henry Bennett, r. Three Mile Harbor. 18 Henky 6 ch. 52 Henry, 53 Cornelia, 54 Ablis. They reside in Ct. 20 Jeremiah 7 b. 1802, d. 1865, md. Cathei-ine Ackermao, r. N. Y. city. ch. 55 Charles, 56 John, 57 Catherine, 58 Esther, 59 Celia d. y., 60 Sara- phine, 61 George W. d. y., 62 Jeremiah. 21 Elizabeth 7 b. 1804, d. i860, md. Henry Edwards. See 33 Henry, division No. (i. 22 John 7 b. 1805, d. 1823, unmd. 261 '2:5 Joshua 7 b. 1807. d. 1876, m "Jeremiah 7 b. 1787, d. 1815, md. Abigail"" Smith, r. Sayvillo ; eh. 30 Alfred wiio md. Phebe Hawkins aud had no children. 7 Reuben 7 b. 1788, d. 1863. md. Phobc^ Howoll, r. Sayville; ch. 31 Eliz- abPth, 32 Anna. 33 Reuben, 31 Pliebi\ 8 Elizabeth 7 b. 1790, d. 1824, md. John V;iil, r. Riverhead, L. I. y Charity 7 b. 179-2, d. 18(;7, md. Smith Hammoiid, i-. Patchogue, L. I. 10 Martha 7 b. 1794, md. David Yot.iig, r. Sayville. 11 Jemima 7 b. 1800, d. 18G4, md. Elias Howell, r. Sayville. 13 Mary 7 b. 1805, d. 18H1, md. Silas C. Seaman, r. Sayville. 14 James M 7 b. 1808, d. 1894, md. Deborah A. Green, r. Sayville; ch. 35 David M., 3(1 Jeremiah M.. 37 Caleb M., 38 Charity E., 39 Kachel A., 40 John S., 41 D. Sophia. 16 Sarah 7 md. 1st D. G. Pearsall, 2d Cornelias VanClief, r. N. Y. city. 17 Abigail b. 1790 d. 1855, md. David Seamanj-r. Port Washington, L. I. 18 John 7 b. 1799, d. 1869, md. Amy Raynor, r. Freeport, L. I. ; ch 42 Phebe d, unmd, 43 Amy Ann, 44 John. 19 Silas C. 7 b. 1802, d. I860, md. Deborah Seaman, r. Sayville; ch. 45 John D. d. in S. A. unmd, 46 Edwyrd, 47 Amelia, 48 Lucinda. 20 Phebe 7 b. 1804, d. 1889, md. 1st James Smith, 2d James Heury, r. N. Y. city. 21 Thomas 7 b. 1806, d. 1869, md. Rachel A. Carman, r. Freeport; ch. 49 William, 50 Caroline, 51 Lydia Ann, 52 Thomas, 53 Susan. 54 Bedell. 22 Catherine 7 b. 1808, d. 1868, md. Raynor Pine. r. Freeport. 23 Bedell 7 b. 1810, d. 1855, md. Ann Scull, r. Biooklyn; ch. 55 Thompson d. y., 56 Henry. 24 iViicHAEL 7 b. 1816, d. 1866, md. Julia Fish, r. Brooklyn, ch. 57 Mel- vin, 58 Samuel b. 1840, d. 1864. unmd, 59 George b. 1842, d. 1872 unmd. '^7 Jacob 7 md. Dorothy Young, i-. Sayville; 60 Jemima, 61 Henry, 62 Catherine d. y. Burned to death. 29 Moses 7 b. 1805, d. 1856, md. Esther Blackman, r. N. Y. city; ch. 63 Mary B., 64 Katie E., 65 John C. d. y., 66 Lottie A,, 67 Edward M. 31 Elizabeth 8 b. 1817, md. Jacob Smith, r, Sayville. 32 Anna 8 b. 1821, md. Edmund Brown, r. Bayport, L. I. 33 Reuben 8 b. 1825, md. 1st Henrietta Newins, 2d Belinda Hawkias, aud had ch. 75 Jennie, md. 3d Emma Loper, r. Sayville. 34 Phebe 8 b. 1829, md. Charles Z. Gillette, r. Sayville. 35 David M. 8 b. 1836, md. Sarietta- Corwin, r. Sayville; ch. 76 James M.. 77 Grace. 36 Jekemiah M. 8 b. 1839, d. 1879, md. Susan Vail, r. Riverhead; ch. 78 E. Blanche. 79 George V. Prof, of Latin in Union College, 80 J. Irving, 81 Jane V. d. y. 37 Caleb M. 8 b. 1842, .1. 1872, md. Ciarisa Petty, r. Sayville; ch, 82 Charles O., 83 William P. 38 Charity E. 8 b, 1845, md. Jacoli O. Hopping, r. Wainscott. 39 Racnel A. 8 b. 1848, unmd. 40 John S, 8 b. 1852, md. Annie S. Liscomb, r. Sayville; ch. 84 Alfred C, 85 Belinda L., 86 Laura S. d. y., 87 Haniuih E. 41 D. Sophia 8 b. 1855, md. Thomas B. Skidmore, r. Southold, L. I. 43 Amy Ann 8 md. Walter N. Weeks, r. Hempstead, L. I. 44 John 8 b. 1838, md. r. Freeport. 46 Edwakd 8 b. 1828, md. Arzelia Dinimick, r. Sayville, ch. 88 Ada M. 89 Ambrosia M. d. y.. 90 Edward D. 47 Anieiia 8 b. 18;'54, md. Wm. Osborne, r. South Haven, L. I, 48 Lucinda 8 b, 183(i, md, Charles H. Smith, r, Sayville, 49 William 8 o. 1832, md, Anni(! , ch, none. 267 50 Caroline 8 b. 1833, md. Thomas E. Wcoks, r. Hcnii't-lcad. 51 Lvdia Ann 8 b. 1835, nid. Nelson H. Duryeji. r. Henj] stead. 52 Thomas S b. 1837. d. 1880, md. 1st Lavina Sniitli. 'Jd Laura Stronj:. by whom he had ch. 92 Bertrell. [Ki Estelle. 53 Susan 8 md. 1st Abraham Din yea, 2d Smith Pine, r. Free[iort. 54 Bedell 8 md. Sa..-ali Giilen, r.Broolvlyn, eh. ;)•! Aliee, 95 Lizzie. 5(. Heney 8 b. 1838, md. Hanimii (i. Viu-(\ i. Brooklyn, ch. 1)0 Bertha. 57 Melvix 8 b. 1844, md. Frances VaiiAlste, r. Brooklyn, eh. 07 Fied S. !J8 Adelaide, l)i) Julia M.. 100 Koberl C, 101 M.Lester, 102 Fanny A. 103 Georgiaua. 60 Jemima 8 md. Alonzo \I. Woodhull. r. Watling River. L. I. Kl Henky 8 b. 18(;h, md. Fiiali Overton, r. Brookhaven, ch. 104 John E. d. v., 105 Henrv O. 63 Mary B. 8 b. 1839, d. 1859, md. C. M. Hulse. r. Port Jeflersoii. L. I. 64 Katie E. 8 b. 1840, d. 1870, jud. Brewster Jayne. r. Poii Jefferson. 66 Lottie A. 8 b. 1847, md. Jauies E. Hulse. r. East Setauket, L. I. 67 Edward M. 8 b. 1852, md. Julia M. Ptosemau. r. Bridgeport, Ct. ch. 106 Lottie B., 107 Ella G., 108 Ira li. Here ends the 8th generation. 76 James M. 9 b. 18(52 md. Charlotte E. Kaynor. r. Brooklyn, ch. James M.. Violette d. v., Lois. Marion, (irace S. 80 J. Ikving 9 b. 1870, md. Lillie M. Vail, r. Hivcn'head. eh. Jane V. 82ChaelesO. 9 b. 1864, md. Ella Lafferauden-. r. Sayville, eh. Clar- issa D. 83 William P. 9 b. 1866, md. Iluth L. Kaynor, r. r«ayvillc, eh. Caleb M., Saiah L. 90 Ed^vakd D. 9 b. 1861, md. Barbari Reitzell, r. Sayville. 89 Ada M. 9, b. 1855, md. Nelson Strong, r. Sayville. Division No. 5. 101 Stephen 5 b. 1741, D. 1801, md. Lucretia Miller, r. Wainscott; ch. I Bethuel. 2 James. 3 John. 4 Elibu. 5 Frederick, 6 Miller, 7 Stephen, 7.', Mary. Stephen lt;ft a will proved 1801, recorded at Riverhead. "l Bethuel 6 b. 1776, d. 1857, md. 1st Mehetable Topping and had ch. 8 Mehetable d. y., 9 Alfred d. y., 10 Josiah, drowned in L. I Sound unin., II Esther, md. 2d Matsey Strong and had ch. 12 Mary, 13 Sophia, 14 David A. 2 James 6 b. 1776, d. 1841, md. Abby Hedges, r. Wainscott; ch. 15 Harriet, 16 Jane. 17 Phebe. 3 John 6 b. 1789, d. 1841, md. Mary White, r. Wainscott; ch. 18 Cath- erine, 19 Fram-e.s, 20 Harriet, 21 Hannah d. y., 22 Marcus D. unmd., 23 William D. unmd. 4 Elihu 6 d. 1820, md. Betsv Payne, r. Sag-Harbor ; ch. 28 Charles, 29 Alfred, 30 Harriet, 31 Mary moved to Plattsburg, N. Y., 32 Betsy, 33 Samuel d. y., 34 Anna. He left a will dated and proved 1820; re- corded in Riverhead. 5 Fkedeiiick 6 b. 1769, d. 1846, md. Esther Cone; ch. 23i Temperance, 24 Deroxy, 25 Huldah, 26 Johnson d. y., 27 Perry, r. Sag-Harbor. 6 Miller 6 d. 1858, md. Betsy Payne (not the same as the wife of Eli- hu) ch 35 Reuben lost at sea, 36 Lewis, 37 Henry, 38 John, unm. 39 Mary. Letters of adms. of liis estate were granted 1858, at Riverhead. 7 Stephen 6 d. 1868, md. Bt^tsy Halsey. r. Sag-Harbor, ch. 40 Watson. 7L Mary 6 b. 1783, d. 1831, md' Elisha Osborn, r. Wainscott. 11 Esther 7 md. George W. Given, r. State of Maine. 12 Mary 7 b. 1783, d. 1831, md. Elisha H. Coukliu. 268 in Soi>hiii 7 )) 1813, (1. 1835, uid. David Sjultli, r. Southami)ton. 14 David A.. 7 b. 1815, d. 1894, md. Margaret Cooper, r. Wainscott; cli. 51 Sophia, 52 Margaret. 15 Jane 7, b. 1809, d. 1889, lud. Joseph Crowell, r. Sag-Harbor. 1(1 Harriet? b. 1815. d. 1859, ind. James H. Topping, r. Bridge-Hampton 17 Phebe 7 b. 1818 md. David H. Hvmtting, r. East-Hampton. 18 Catherine 7, md. John Armstrong, r. Sag-Harbor. 19 Frances 7 md. r. Sag-Harbor. 20 Harriet 7 md. William Kickford, r. Sag-Harbor. 231 Temperance 7 md. 1st Jeremiah Gardiner, 2d Jomes Boyd, r. Sag- HarGor. 24 Deroxy 7 md. Henry Merriweather. r. Sag-Harbor. 25 Huldah 7 md. David Smith, (the above David Smith) r. Soutliampton 28 Chakles 7 md. Caroline Hildreth, r. Greenport; ch. 53 Elihu. 29 Alfeed 7 md. Harriet Miller; ch. 54 Thomas, Sarah who md. Hen- ry Havens, and Mary. He went to Cal. leaving his family in Sag-Har- bor, came back, and with his wife and Mary went to Plattsburg, and died there. 33 Betsy 7 md. Hallock, r. Stony Brook, L. I. She died and he then md. 34 Anna 7 and continued to live in Stony Brook. 36 Lewis 7 d. 1860, md. Emeline Pierson, 1831, r. Biidge-Hampton ; ch. 51 Keuben, 5G..William, 57 Mary*. 1842 unmd., 58 Emily, 59 Lewis M. d. y. 60 Elizabeth. 37 Henky 7 b. 1811, d. 1894, md. Lucretia Gann, r. Southampton; ch. 61 Juniatta d. y.. 62 James D. unmd., 63 George unmd., 63^ Eose md. and died leaving two children. 39 Mary 7 md. Almeron Leek, r. Cattaraugus Co., N. Y. 40 Watson 7 b. 1808, d. 1889, md. Sally W. Edwards (see 26 Sarah, Di- vision No. 2) r. Sag-Harbor ; ch. 64 Stephen H., 65 Roger, 66 Caldwell, 67 Betsy, 68 Lois, 69 Horace. 51 Sophia 8 b. 1846, md. 1st James Hopping, r. Wainscott; md. 2d V. L Bates, r. Sag-Harbor. 52 Margaret C. 8 b. 1851, md. Elmer E. Halsey, r. Bridge-Hampton. 53 EiiiHU 8 md. and had children, r. Greenport. 55 Reuben 8 b. 1833, md. Hannah Corwin, 1854, r. Bridge-Hampton ; ch. 90 Evelyn, 91 Isabel M., 92 Harriet, 93 Walter M., 94 Daniel N., 95 Annie J., 96 Lewis M., 97 Elizabeth, 98 Gertrude. 56 William 8 b. 1834, d. 1869, md. Abbie G. Glazer, r Wainscett; ch. 99 George B., 100 Nora Alice who md. Elmer Wright. 58 Emily A. 8 b. 1844, md. James M. Hedges, r. Bridge-Hampton. 60 Elizabeth 8 b. 1849. md. Charles Talmage, r. Bridge-Hampton. 64 Stephen H. 8 b. 1838. md. Mary Matilda Jessup, r. Sag-Harbor; ch. 101 Gilbert \V., 102 SarahJ., 103 Irving W.. 104Heniy J., 105 ArthurC. 65 Roger 8 b. 1839, md. Mary S. Coalbroth, r. Anaconda, Montana ; ch. none. 66 Caldwell 8 unmd. r. Montana. 68 Lois 8 md. Henry Parker, r. Brooklyn, ch. two sous. 69 Horace 8 md. Emma Atkins, r. Montana, ch. none. Here ends the 8th generation. 90 Evelyn 9 b. 1856, md. Fi-auk E. Benedict, r. Bridge-Hampton. 92 Harriet 9 b. 1859, md. James G. Sanaford, 1878, v. Bridge-Hampton. 93 Walter H. 9 b. 1861, md. Flora Tuttle, r. West-Hampton; ch. Hedges L. a69 94 Daniet^ N. !» li. 186.^, nid. Ciirrio H. Field, r. Bridge-Hampton; ch. Daniel R.. Willis S.. Ethel M.. Isabel M., Elsie L. 9fi Lewis M. 9 b. 1866, md. Carrie E. Johnson, r. Sayville; ch. Helen, Madaline. 95 Annie J. 9 b. 1865. md. Orlando Seabury. 1885, r. Bridge-Hampton. 97 Elizabeth 9 b. 1869, md. Frank Howell, r. Bridge-Hampton. 98 Gertrude 9 b. 1869. unmd. 99 Geoege B 9 unmd. He is an engineer, and the last known of him he was in Syracuse. N. Y. 101 Gilbert W. 9 b. 1865, md. Mary Cahill, r. West Phila., Pa. Division No. 6. 106 Joseph 5 b. 1730, d. 1775, md. Elizabeth Edwards; this was prob- ably lO-i Elizabeth, Divison No. 1 ; r. Amagausett, eh. 1 John, 2 Henry, 3 Daniel d. y., 4 Elizabeth. 1 John 6 b. about 1750. d. 1806. md. Elsie VanScoy, r. Springs: ch. 5 Nancy, fi Joseph, 7 Rebecca, 8 John D. b. 1800, d. 1«31. unmd. He left a will dated 1806, recorded at Riverhead. 2 Henry 6 b. 1757, md. Ann Edwards, daughter of John Edwards of Ligonee, (see 50 John 5 division No. 2) r. Brickkiln (near Sag-Harbor); .-.h. 9 Ann, 10 Polly, 11 Daniel, 12 Joseph, 13 Hetty. 4 Elizabeth 6, md. Jacob Schellinger, r. Amagansett. ' 5 Nancy 7, md. John Parsons, r. Amagansett. 6 Joseph 7 b. 1787, d. 1839, md. Rebecca Hicks, r. Springs, ch. 20 Han- nah d. y., 21 Mercy Amanda b. 1818, d. 1853, unmd., 22 Daniel, 23 Phebe d. y., 24 Samuel, 25 John D., 26 Rebeoca. 7 Rebecca 7 md. Jeremiah Wilcox. 9 Ann 7 md. Rufus Payne. 10 Polly 7 md. Jei-emiah Payne. 11 Daniel 7 md. Sarah Sherman, r. Sag-Harbor; ch. 27 Esther d. y., 28 Samuel, 29 Daniel, 30 Elizabeth, 31 Thomas, 32 Joseph, 33 Henry, 34 George, 35 Maltby who died 1811, 36 Charles d. y., 37 Silas died at sea, 38 Sarah. 12 Joseph 7 md. Mary Thompson, ch. 39 Nathaniel, 40 Lewis, 41 Je- hial, 42 William, 43 James, 44 Arnold, 45 Jemima, 46 Mercy Ann, 47 Eliz- abeth, 48 Henry, 49 Joseph, 50 Martha. 13 Hetty 7 md. Sylvanus Squires. 22 Daniel 8 b. 1820, d. 1865, md. Mary E. Edwards (see 72 Mary E., division No. 3) r. East-Hampton, ch. 100 Hannah, 101 Mary A., 102 Pho- be S. dead, 103 Angeline d. y. 24 Samuel 8 b. 1822, unpid 25 John D. 8 b. 1833, md. Alice M. Edwards (see 112 Alice M. division No. 6) r. Springs; ch. 104 Mary R., 105 Daniel R., 106 Phebe A., 107 John S., 108 Carrie H, 26 Rebecca 8 b. 1836, is unmd, and lives with her brother 24 Samuel, and their niece 104 Max'y lives with them. 28 Samuel 8 b. 1798. d. 1884, unmd. r. Wainscott. 29 Daniel 8 md. Elnora Hamilton, r. North Haven; ch. 109 Charles W., 110 Winlield, HI Lawrence; all three live in North Haven unmd. 30 Elizabeth 8 md. Jeremiah Bone, r. Sag-Harbor. 31 Thomas 8 b. 1817 md. Mary Squires, r. Bridge-Hampton; ch. 112 Alice M., 113 Samuel, 114 William, 115 Gilbert, JUiMary, 117 Melvin, 1 IS Sylvanus. :i2 Joseph S b. 1812, d. 1893, ind. Ist Salome Downs, 2d Elizabeth U'Noil, r. Bridge-Hampton ; ch. 119 Joseph d. y., 120 George W., ILl 270 Silas E., 122 Nathan W.. 123 Augustus, 124 Emma J., 125 Ella L., 12fi Florence. 127 Bertha, 1271 William. 33 Henry 8 b. 1802, d. 1869, md. Ist Elizabeth Edwards (see 31 Eliza- beth, division No. 2), 2d Catherine Osborn, r. Bridge-Hampton; ch. 12S Esther, 129 Jesse, 130 Sarah, 131 Charles B. d. y., 132 William d. y., 133 Phebe, all by 1st wife. 34 George 8 b. 1808, d. 1850, md. Tabitha Howell, r. Sag-Harbor; ch. 134 A. Smith, 135 Charles, 1:30 Mary E., 137 Sarah J., 138 George, 139 Theodore d. y. and Daniel d. y. 38 Sarah 8 md. Albert Squires, r. Bridge-HaJiiptou. 39 Nathaniel 8 b. 1799, d. 18(;2, md. Polly Eldridge, r. Sag-Harbor, ch. 140 Eliza Jane. 141 Mary Lucy. 40 Lewis 8 b. 1806. d. 1888, md. Catherine V. Smith, r. Amityville, L. I., ch. 147 Saiah Frances, 14S Joseph S., 149 Phebe J., 150 Marv Alice, 151 Thomas H. d. v., 1.55 Kate V. b. 18.52. d. 1889 uumd., 156 Franklin. 41 Jehial 8 b. 1821, d. 1888, md. 1st Elizabeth Smith, 2d Nancy Sea- mau, r. Moriches, L. I., ch. 182 Frank, 183 John D., 184 E. Gertrude, 185 Jarvis, 186 Joseph d. y. 42 William 8 d. about 1883, md. 1st Nancy Gould, 2d Eebecca Wil- liamson, r. Moriches; ch. 170 Aianson, 171 Wm. Henry, 172 Betsy, 173 Hannah, 174 Mary d. y. 43 James 8 b. 1811, d. 1882, r. Bridge-Hampton, md. Eliza Thompson ; ch. 162 James Lewis, 163 Charles N., 164 Arietta, 165 Edmund, who lives in Texas, 166 Lucy Jane d. unmd., 167 John, 168 Mary Alice. 169 Anua. 44 Arnold 8 b. 1815, d. 1867, md. 1st Martha Thompson, 2d Maria Miller; ch. 175 Elbert P., 176 Charles N., 177 Louisa H., 178 Oliii M., 179 Mary. 180 Otis. 45 Jemima 8 md. 1st William Dix. 2d John Latham. 46 Mary Ann 8 md. Rogers, r Sag-Harbor. 47 Elizabeth 8 md. Payne, r. Sag-Harbor. 48 Henry 8 md. Ann Webb, r. Moriches, ch. 157 Silas, 158 Caroline, 159 William, 160 Elizabeth, 161 Adelaide. 49 Joseph 8 b. 1804, d. 18.50, md. Maria Baker, r. Sag-Harbor ; ch. 142 Joseph, 143 Mary Jane d. unmd., 144 Agnes, 145 Jerusha d. unmd., 146 James L. d. unmd. 50 Martha 8 b. 1800, d. 1861, r. Manorville, L. I., uid. 1st William Gor- don, 2d Oliver Baynor. This ends the 8th generation. 100 Hannah 9 md. E B. Leek, r. Amagansett. 101 Mary 9 md. Dr. E. Mulford, r. Bridge-Hampton, see 33 Phebe, di- vision No. 3. 105 Daniel E. 9 b. 1871, unmd. r. Springs. 106 Phebe A. 9 b. 1873, md. Isaac Lawrence, r. East-Hampton. 107 John S. 9 b. 1880, unmd. r. Springs. 108 Carrie H. 9 b. 1875, md. Theodore Hand, r. Amagansett. 112 Alice M. 9 md. John D. Edwards, (see 25 John D. division No. 6.) 113 Samuel 9 b. 1848, md. Emma Swain, r. Bridge-Hampton. 114 William 9 b. 1850, md. Emma Jennings, r. Patchogue, L. 1. ch. Catherine W she md. E. J. Car berry, Ellen J., Wickham J., William T., Lawrence J. and Hannah E. 115 Gilbert 9 b. 1855, md. Ada Bennett, r. Sag- Harbor. 116 Mary 9 md. Albert Jennings, r. Southampton. 117 Melvin 9 md. Addie Latham, r. Bridge-Hampton; ch. Melvin T., Ida M., Benson J., Eunice P., Alice M. 119 Joseph 9 d. y. 271 120 Geobge 9 b. isns, ind. Hannah W. Foster, r. Southampton; ch. Flora and Susan. 121 SiiiAS E. 9 b. 1800, md. Maggio L. Kay, r. Southampton : ch. Mabel A. and Ai'die P. 122 Nathan 9 b. lSf)2, md. Minnie Wilts, r. Southampton ; oh. Florence 123 Augustus 9 b. 18(i3, unmd. r. Southampton. 124 Emma J. 9 b. ISfiX, md. Robert A. Babcock, r. New Haven, Ct. 125 Ella L. 9 b. 1870. md. Alvin E. Squires, r. Southampton. :|.26 Florence 9 b. 1873, md. Edward E. Weeks, r. Babylon, L. I. 127 Bertha 9 b. 1873, md. Franklin N. Burns, r. Southampton. 127i William 9, unmd. r. Southampton. r28"'Esther 9 b. 1839, md. John Chatfleld, r. Bridge-Hampton. 129 Jessie 9 b. 1S32. d. 1864, md. Cornelius Bennett, r. Bridge-Hamp- ton; ch. William, Jesso and Jerusha. 130 Sarah 9 b. 1835, md. Oscar Brown, r. Bridge-Hampton. 133 Phebe 9 b. 1845, md. Asahei A. King. r. Hope Valley, R. I. 134 Smith 9 b. 1838, md. Sarah A. Jagger, r. Southampton; ch. Mary, b. 1863, md. Edwai'd Bowden, r. Brooklyn, George, Charles b. 1865 md. Louisa Keeler, Catherine b. 1868, md. Burdett Raynor, Nellie, Ernest, Sara E., Anna E., Harry, Frederick, Herbert, Maud H. 136 Mary Emily, md. John Strong, r. Wainscott. 137 Sarah J. md. Henry L. Osboru, r. Meriden, Ct. 138 George 9 b. 1841, d. 1863. 140 Eliza Jane 9 b. 1829, md. 1st J. E. Glover, 2d Austin B. Booth, r. Souihold. 141 Mary Lucy 9 b. 1832, md. Charles Sherman, r. Vineland, N. J. 142 Joseph 9 b. 1830, d. 1855, md. Mary Bennett; ch. James L., Mary d. y. Josephine d. y. 144 Agues 9 b. 1824, md. Hiram Bishop, r. Greenport. 147 Sarah F. 9 b. 1832. md. Nathl. P. Williams, r. Amityville. 148 Joseph S. 9 b. 1837, md. Hannah Ketcham, r. Amityville. 149 Phebe J. 9 b. 1839, md. Robert P. Morris, r. Brooklyn. 150 Mary A. 9 b. 1841, unmd. 152 Chaeles L. 9 b. 1845, md. Mary Cornelius, r. Amityville, ch. none. 153 JuiiiT's A. 9 b. 1847, md. Annie Wanser, r. Baldwins, L. I. ch. Ida G. 156 Fraidvlin 9 b. 1.S54, r. Brooklyn. 157 Silas 9 md. Kate Carter, r. Moriches: ch. Arthur, Warren, Fred and Adiiie. 158 Caroline 9 md. Henry \"anLe\v. 159 William 9 md. Sarali Penny, r. Moriclie.--. 1(;() Elizabetli 9 md. William Howell, r. Bi-idge-Hampton. 161 Adelaide 9 md. Emmet Cooper, r. Mecox. 162 James Lewis 9 i). l'<:56,. d. 1S95, uid. 1st Jessup, ch. Herbert, lives in Texas, \Vm. deail. Ella: md. 2(1 Sarah Edwards, ch. a son liv- ing in Texas. 163 Charles N. 9, md. Auna Cornelius, r. Amity\ ille, ch. Lucy. 164 Arietta 9 md. William Hals<\v, Water Mill, L. I. 167 John 9 I). 1848, d. 1889, md. Li/zie Friend, r. California ; ch. James W., Ireua A., Arietta L. 168 Mary Alice 9, md. Daniel liidlows. r. Southanqiton. 1()9 Anna 9 md. Vrod Fanning, r. Southampton. 170 Alanson 9 md. 1st Sarah Rolniison, 2il Frances Pelton, r. Mor- iches ; ch. William. 171 William H. 9 md. Sarah Bishop, r. Moriches; ch. G.iorge, Lucy and Kate. 172 Betsy 9 md. 1st Buel Hulse, 2d Edward Wo-idliull, r. Sayville. 272 173 Hannah 9 md. Jeremiah Jones, r, Patchoij;u(!. 175 EiiBEKT 9 b. 1843, d. 1874, md. Abby Tiithill, r. East-Hampton ; ch. Charles, Jennie. * 176 Chables N. 9 1845, md. Martha Howell, r. Reed's Landing, Minn. ; ch. Elbert P., Maud, Ethel, Susan M. 177 Louisa H. 9 b. 1851, md. John M. Osborn, r. Wainscott. 178 OiiiN M. 9 b. 1857, md. Jennie Scheidell, r. Sag-Harbor; eh. Paul- ine Revere, Cortland, Maud. 179 Mary B. 9 b. 1860, md. Hannibal Norris, r. Sag-Harbor. 180 Otis A. 9 b. 1860, md. Alberta Hull, r. Sag-Harbor; ch. Otis A., Harold G., Carrie W., Florence M.. Ermina H., Mary S. 182 Fkank S. 9 md. Mary L. Oakley, r. East-Hampton ; ch. Nancy md. Norman Barnes. 185 Jarvis 9 md. 1st Jenny Baker; ch. Grace; md. 2d Lucinda Varuy, ch. Mary G. 183 John D. 9 unmnd, r. Sayville. 184 Gertrude 9 unmd, r. Sayville. Division No. 7. 110 Abbaham 5 b. 1739, d. 1813, md. Elizabeth 1769, r. East-Hamp- ton ; 1 David, 2 Mary D. unmd., 3 Betsy, 4 Elsie unmd., 5 Daniel. I David 6 b. 1781, d. 1831, md. Esther Barnes, r. East-Hampton; ch. 6 Abraham d. y., 7 Isaac, 8 Betsy, 9 Mary, 10 Esther, 11 Hannah. 3 Betsy 6 md. Enoch Fithian, r. East-Hampton. 5 Daniel 6 bap. 1796, md. r. East-Hampton ; ch. Mary who md. Orrin Terry, and Lucy who md. Samuel Davis. 7 Isaac B. 7 b. 1822, d. 1866, md. 1st Harriet Payne, 2d Helen Payne; r. East-Hampton; ch. 20 Charles W., 21 Harriet A., 22 David d. y., all by 1st wife. 8 Betsy 7 md. S. Hedges Miller, who after death of 1st wife married her sister. II Hannah 7 md. S. Hedges Miller, r. East-Hampton. 9 Mary 7 md. Albert Hedges, r. East-Hampton. 10 Esther 7 unmd. 20 Chables W. 7 b. 1852, md. Melvina Downs, r. East-Hampton ; eh. Leroy O. 8, Grace M. d. y., Maud S. 8. FILER FAMILY. "Samuel Fyler," then so spelled, was in Last-Hampton as early as 1677-8, and from him the line runs down to the present day. Many of this stock have removed from East-Hampton to localities far distant, of whom Zephaniah (brother of Thomas the tailor) removed to Troy, N . Y. nearly or quite one hundred years ago, where his descendants now live. The family has been industrious and aspired to mental culture. Thomas the tailor had ch. Theron, and Charles of Sag-Harbor, who both left descendants. Theeon had ch. born in this order: Samuel F., Mary H., Thomas A., George E. and Henry C. \ \m, ^ Charles had ch. born in this order: Nancy |^^ Charles f%(, Herbert, Ozem, Emmett, T. Alvah, Ada, Harriet, 273 THE DIMON FAMILY. Contributed by Teuuis D. Huntting, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and inadvert- ently printed out of its alphabetical order. In the early records of the town, the name of this family is found spelled in various ways, as Diament, Dyamont and Dimond. The last few generations have used still another form, viz : Dimon, which is now universally the one used by the descendants of the early settler at East-Hampton. Thomas 1, who came there from Lynn, Mass., in the year 1(360. He died in 1683 and his wife in 170(). They had 1 2 IJames, b. 1646; II Thomas, who died in 1754. Ill John, who died young. James (Thomas 1) b. 1646, d. Dec. 13, 1721. md. 1st Hannah daughter of Eev. Thomas James, 1677, she died Sept. 20, 1706 ; 2d Elizabeth Dayton, Sept. 25, 1707, who died May 17, 1726. All of his children were by his first wife. 2 3 1 Thomas b. 1680. 4 II John b. 1696. 5 III Nathaniel b. — , IV Mary md. Matthias Hopping, Aug. 20, 1699. V Elizabeth md. John Fithian, Aug. 29, 1699. VI Euth b. 1688, d. Oct. 4, 1706. Thomas (James 2, Thomas) 1 b. 1680, d. April 18, 1754, md, Hannah Fin- ney, Jan. 14, 1707. 3 I John, bap. Oct. 26, 1707. II Rebecca, bap. March 6, 1709. III Jonathan, bap. May 11, 1712. In 1712 this branch left East-Hampton and settled in Bristol, R. L, where there were five other children born to them. John (James 2, Thomas 1) b. 1696, d. May 31, 1765, md. 1st Deborah Hedges, Dec. 17, 1718, who died Feb. 18, 1722 ; 2d Eliza Davis, Dec. 25, 1722, who died Sept. 12, 1729 ; 3d Eachel Dayton, April 23, 1730, who died Aug. 7, 1762. 4 I Deborah, bap. Feb. 23, 1724, m. Stephen Conklin Sept. 3, 1747. II Elizabeth, bap. Feb. 6, 1726, d. April 4, 1727. III John, bap. Sept. 3, 1727. IV Elizabeth, bap. Aug. 25, 1731. V Eachel, bap. March 31, 1733. 6 VI Abraham, bap. May 25, 1736. 7 VII Isaac, bap. May 25, 1736. VIH Mary, bap. April 25. 1742. IX Eliza H. Nathaniel (James 2, Thomas 1.) md. Lois Hedges, Sept. 13, 1721. 5 I Jonathan, bap. June 18, 1723. II Jane, bap. May 2, 1725. Ill Lois, bap. July 9, 1727. This family left East-Hampton in 1727 and located in Vermont. Abraham (John 4, James 2, Thomas 1) b. 1735, d. 1819, m. Hannah dau. of Joseph Foster, 1760. 6 I Abraham, m. Abigail Baker, rem. to Tompkins Co. N. Y. 1796. 8 II John, b. May 1767. III Hannah, unmd. IV Polly, unmd. Also a number of others who died young. 274 Isaac (John 4, James 2, Thomas 1) bap. May 25, 1736, d. Feb. 16, 1808, m. Eunice Foster, sister of his brother Abraham's wife. She d. Aug. 4, 1809. 7 9 1 Joseph, b Dec. G, 1767. II Isaac L. III David F., no children. IV Racliel, bap. Nov. 3, 1784, m. Hedges Parsons. John (Abraham 6, Jolin 4, James 2, Tliomas 1,) b. May 1767. d Jan. 13, 1831; m. 1st Esther dau. of Tliomas Filer, 1792, who died-July 24, 1824; 2d Betsey Hicks, who after his death married Capt. Henry Nickerson, and died July 26, 1874. 8 I Betsey, b. 1794, md. Jacob Hedges, she died Jan. 22, 1844. 10 II John, b. May 29, 1797. Joseph (Isaac 7, John 4, James 2, Thomas 1) b. Dec. 6, 1767, d. April 3, 1840; East-Hampton, N. Y. Md. 1st Mary Hedges, Dec. 24, 1799, who died May 14, 1820; 2d Hannah Hedges, Sept. 16, 1820. 9 11 I Joseph Hudson, b. June 23, 1800. II David Foster, b. May 9, 1803, d. Feb. 15, 1825. Killed while assisting in building his father's barn. 12 III Charles, b. Dec. 29, 1805. IV Nathan Hedges, b. May 15, 1822 ; left East-Hampton in 1848. V Hannah Elizabeth b. May 13, 1829; ra. Aug. 30, 1846; d. Nov. 10, 1849. John (John 8, Abraham 6, John 4, James 2, THcmas 1,) b. May 29, 1797, d. Jan. 31, 1862 ; m. 1st Hannah dau. of Zachariah Hicks, June 20, 1819; she was a sister of his father's second wife; she died Aag. 2, 1826 ; 2d Margaret dau. of Judge Tennis Joraleman, May 23, 1827, who died July 16, 1882. 10 I Mary E. b. Oct. 22, 1820, m. J. Madison Hunttini? Aug. 12, 1846 II Esther A. b. Nov. 20, 1822, d. Sept. 16, 1825. III Jane J. b. March 1, 1828, d. May 21, 1895, m. A. B. Davenport. IV John, b. Dec. 9, 1830, m. Harriet Church Nov. 1, 1865; moved to Hammondsport, N. Y. V Elizabeth S. b. Jan. 17, 1834, d. Dec. 15, 1837. VI Hannah, b. Feb. 24, 1837, d Aug. 17, 1837. VII Margaret, b. Oct. 30, 1838, m. C. E. M. Edwards, of Platts- burgh, N. 1'. 13 VIII Theodore D. b. March 24, 1841. IX Tennis J. b. July 20, 1844, d. Feb. 18, 1846. Joseph H. (Joseph 9, Isaac 7, John 4, James 2, Thomas 1) b. June 23, 1800, d. Aug. 22, 1829; m. Mary A. Hopping. After the death of her husband she married Asa Miller. 11 14 I Joseph H., b. 1828. Chaeles (Joseph 9, Isaac 7, John 4, James 2, Thomas 1) b. Dec. 29, 1805 d. July 9, 1878; m. Phebe Smith Lester, May 8, 1827. Eemoved from East-Hampton in 1855. 12 I Mariette Hedges, b. Aug. 14. 1828, unmd. 15 II David Foster, b. July 23, 1835. Theodoke D. (John 10-8, Abraham 6, John 4, James 2, Thomas 1) b. March 24, 1841; md. 1st Hannah dau. of Capt. Maltby Cartwright, 1861 ; 2d Mrs. Harriet F. Oxenham, Oct. 21, 1890. 13 I John Nichol, b. June 16, 1862, m. May K. Washburo, June 16, 1887 ; a physician at New London, Conn. II Nanie C. b. May 17, 1874, d. Nov. 9, 1875. 275 Joseph H. (Joseph H. 11, Joseph 9, Isaac 7, John 4, James 2, Thomas 1. b. March 19, 1828. d. April 17, 1890; m. Mary Theresa Strong, Nov. 12, 1856; East-Hampton. N. Y. 14 I Agnes, b. Oct. 13, 1857, d. March 2. 1869. II J. Herbert, b. April 17, 1862, d. April 27, 1880. David F. (Charles 12, Joseph 9. Isaac 7, John 4, Jameti 2', Thomas 1) b. July 23, 1835; m. 1st Amelia Graham Gunn, July 10, 1867; 2d Sus- an M. Isaacs, May 8, 1875. Now living in Philadelphia, Pa. 15 I Charlep Alexander, b. -^une 13, 1868. II John Gunn, b. Jan. 30, 1871, d. July II, 1871. Ill Howard Pajme, b. Dec. 9, 1879. THE FITHIAN FAMILY. This genealog}' of the Fithian family is taken, witli little change, from Howell's History of Southampton. William 1, by tradition the first settler of East-Hampton, was a na- tive of Wales, a soldier in Cromwell's army, present at the execution of Charles First, proscribed as a regicide, and obliged to flee his country on the restoration of Charles 2d. He came to Boston, then to Lynn, then to New Haven and to East-Hampton, where he lived and died. William 1 had w. Margaret, and d. 1678, and had ch. Martha 2 d. in 1678, Enoch 2 b. 1646, Sarah 2, Hannah 2, Samuel 2. Lieut. Enoch 2 d. Feb. 20, l-'^26-7, had w. Marian Burnett, m. June 25, 1675; she was b. 1656 and d. ^pril 1, 1717; they had ch. William 3, (d. before 1700) Jobn 3, David 3, Aaron 3, Esther 3 bap. 1701, Sarah 3, Jo'athan 3 of Philadelphia. David 3 had. ch. Eunice 4 bap. 1709, w.- of Howell, Phebe 4 bap. 1711, Sarah 4 bap. 1713, John 4 bap. 1715 and d. s. p. Aakon 3 b. 1684, d. May 1, 1750, m. Bethiah Gardiner Sept. 22, 1714, and had ch. Mary 4 w. Talmage. Esther 4 bap. 1701, w. Johnes David 4 b. 1728. Capt. David 4 d. Sept. 1805, m. Esther Conkling, 1747, who d. Nov. 24, 1800, 8E> 71 ; they had ch. Esther 5, bap. 1748, David 5, Aaron 5, bap. 1752, Jonathan 5, bap. 1763 and d. young, Jonathan 5, bap. 1768, Elisha 5 b. 1774, and Lucretia 5. Aaron 5 d. Feb. 2, 1779 and had s. Enoch 6 bap. 1779. Enoch 6 had ch. Abraham 7, David 7 of N. Y''ork and dau. Eliza B. 7, b. 1808, d. 1892, w. of John N. Hedges. Abraham 7 b. 1813, tad w. Elenora and ch. Isabella 8 b. 1842, w. of Stafford Tillinghast, Jerusha H. b. 1848, Ella G. 8 b. 1854 and Clara A. 8 b. 1859. Capt. Jonathan 5 bap. 17()8, had ch. Mary 6, bap. 1795, w. of Harvey Osborn ; Elizabeth 6 bap. 1795, w. Alfred Pierson ; Jerusha 6 w. Patrick Gould ; Jonathan 6 b. 1796 ; Aaron 6. Jonathan 6 was teacher in Southampton, assisting in the Academy, and long time Justice and Supervisor of the town. He m. Abbie, d. of Thomab Sayre, b. 1801, and had ch. Elizabeth 7, w. of Rev. Samuel H. Jaggar ; Harriet 7 w. Capt. David R. Drake ; Louisa 7, b. 1830 ; Mary 7, b. 1832, 2d w. of Wm. E. Post, Esq. ; Margaret 7 b. 1836, w. of Chas. N. Woolley, M. D.. of Newburgh. Aakon 6 had w. Mary A. b. 1808, and ch. Mary A. 7, b. 1833 ; Jona- than 7, b. 1837 ; William 7, b. 1840 ; Jerusha 7, b. 1843. Elisha 5, b. 1774, d. March 7, 1816, m. Zilpah Miller, 1795, and had s. Samuel 6 of Southold. a76 Samuel, 6 had s. William Y. 7, b. 1828. William Y. 7 m. Sept. 25, 1851, Sarah A. BrowH, b. 1830, and ch. Her- bert N. 8, b. 1854, and Annie H. 8 b. i860. Samuel 2 b. in E. H. rem. Cohanzie, Cumberland Co., N. J. abt. 1698, d. 1702, m. March 6, 1C79, Priscilla. dau. of Thos. and Mary Barnes, of E. H. and h.id ch. Josiah 3, b. May 6, 1685; Samuel 3, b. April 17, 1688; and two or three other sons and one dau. probably eldest ch. Josiah 3 d. April 3, 1741, m. Nov. 7. 1706, Sarah dau. of Ephraim See- ley ; they had ch. Samuel 4, b. Oct. 12, 1715 ; Joseph 4, and it may be Lot 4 b. March 4, 1728, (but Lot 4 may be son of Samuel 2.) Samuel 4 d. Nov. 2, 1777. m. Sept. 3, 1741. Phebe dau. of Ephraim Seeley, who d. March 12, 1764, they had ch. Hannah 5 b. Aug. 4, 1742, who m. Nathan Leake of Deerfield, and d. Nov. 8, 1842; Eachel 5 b. July 7. 1744, and m. Daniel Clarke of Hopewell, and d. Oct. 22, 1822; Amy 5 b. July 16, 1746, m. Joseph Moore of Deerfield, and d. Nov. 20, 1824; Joel 5 b. Sept. 29. 1748; Elizabeth 5 b. Dec. 13, 1750, m. Ephraim Seeley and d. Feb. 6, 1788; Mary 5 b. April 1, 1752, m. Joshua Brick of Brickbqrough, and d. Nov. 1793 ; Sarah 5 b. March 3, 1754, m. Thos. Brown of Hopewell, and d. Nov. 23, 1779; Ruth 5 b. May 25, 1756, m. David Bowen, and d. Dec. 3, 1846, and Seeley 5 b. Oct. 15, 1758. Joel 5 d. Nov. 9, 1821, m. 1st w. Sept. 3, 1771, Eachel, dau. of Jona- than and Anna Holmes, and had 1 ch. ; m. 2d March 4, 1780, Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Charles Beatty, and wid. of Rev. Philip V. Fithian, had ch. Josiah 6 of Bridgeton, N. J. b. Sept. 30, 1776, d. July 14, 1842, by 1st w. by 2d w. had Charles B. 6 b. Dec. 18, 1782, d. Nov. 21, 1858; Samuel 6 b. Feb. 26, 1785, d. Sept. 28, 1806 ; Phillip 6 b. Jan. 20, 1787, d. Jan. 16, 1868 ; Erkuries B. 6 b. Aug. 14, 1789. d. May 26, 1816, and Enoch 6 M. D. of Greenwich, N. J. b. May 10, 1792. Seeley 5 d. March 14, 1819, m. 1st w. Ruth dau. of John and Eliza- beth Burgin, who d. Oct. 24, 1793 ; had 2d w. Esther dau. of Bartholo- mew and Margaret Hunt, who d. March 29. 1830, had ch. by 1st w. John Burgin 6 b. Oct. 1793, and by 2d w. Ruth 6 b. April 7, 1798 ; Reuben 6, b. Jan. 20, 1800; Joel 6 b. Oct. 20, 1802; Robert 6 b. Jan. 6, 1805, d. Sept. 27, 1871. Joseph 4 d. Feb. 7, 1772, m. Hannah Vickers and had ch. Rev, Phillip Vickers 5, Amos 5, Enoch 5 who d. s. p., Thomas 5 who d. s. p., Phillip 5 and Jonathan 5. Rev. Phillip V. 5 d. s. p. Oct. 8, 1776, m. Elizabeth dau. of Rev. Chas. Beatty ; he was a grad. of Princeton College, licensed to preach Dec. 6, 1774, and chaplain in the Revolutionary w^ar. Amos 5 of Cedarville, N. J. had ch. Joseph M. D. 6 of Woodbury, N. J. b. 1795, and Joel 6 of Oxford, Ohio. Joseph 6 M. D. m. Hetty G. Cattell and had one dau. Lot 4, probably s. of Josiah 3, b. March 4, 1728, d. March 29, 1765. had w. Judith b. Feb. 14, 1728 and had ch. Glover 5 b. Sept. 20, 1753; Israels b. Aug. 13, 1755, d. July 1807; Isaac 5 b. July 20, 1757, d. Jan. 16, 1834; Ellis 5 b. March 20, 1761, and Elizabeth 5 b. March 18, 1764. Glovek 5 d. May 9, 1809, had ch. Israel 6, of Illinois, who had family, David 6, Samuel 6, Rebecca 6, Benjamin 6, and Elizabeth 6. David 6 d. 1865, had s. Edwin 7 C. E. U. S. N. Benjamin 6 m. Mary Judd and had ch. Freeman J. 7 of New-York, Isaac 7 of Buffalo and Maria 7. 277 THE GABDINER FAMILY. Winthrop's Journal of Boston, under date of Nov. 28, 1635, recites : "Here arrived a small Norsey bark ol twenty-five tons, sent by Lords Say, &G. with one Gardiner, expert engineer or work base, and provis- ions of all sorts, to begin a fort at the mouth of Connecticut. She came through many great tempests, yet, through the Lord's great providence her passengers, twelve men and two women and goods, all safe." This is an entry at the time, of the arrival of Lion Gardiner in Boston in a "Norsey bark," which is the short for "a North Sea Boat." Historically the record is valuable, to show the small size of vessels then navigating the ocean, compared with those of the present day. It clearly shows the designs of the Lords, engaged in founding the Colony of Connecticut, ai;d it estaVjlishes the reputation of Lion Gar- diner as an "expert engineer," and fixes the date of his coming this side of the Atlantic. With him came from Woerden, a town in Holland, his wife Mary, daughter of Derike Willemson, whose aunt "was the wife of Wonter Leonardson old burgomaster." With him she went to the fort at Saybrook, at the mouth of the Connecticut river, and thence In 1639 to Gardiner's Island, where he established the first English settlement in the state of New- York, and thence in 1653 to East-Hampton. Curtiss C. Gardiner, Esq., of St. Louis, Missouri, has with great learning and deep research, compiled his discoveries regarding the life and career of Lion Gardiner, from whom he descended, and has gath- ered a full genealogy of the Gardiner family, which has been published. I compile this sketch of the family largely from his book, and make it the more brief because his record has rescued from oblivion interesting knowledge which was perishable. The character and career of Lion Gardiner as a large hearted, humane, devout. Christian puritan, patriot, warrior and statesman, seeing far in advance of his age, inspired with wider conceptions of the teachings of the Great Master, whose large benevolence, whose tender sympathy, whose chivalrous friendship, whose undaunted courage extorted the admiration and confidence of the savage, are forever inscribed on the enduring pages of history. It has adorned his memoi'y with the garland of immortality, "The greater proportion of the family traced in this volume, have moved in the middle walks of life. Generally they have been respected citizens. Great honors and large wealth have not been the coipmon heritage. On the whole, the family possesses an honorable record of both character and achievement." Thus Curtiss C. Gardiner, Esq., modestly closes his book entitled "Lion Gardiner and his Descendants." He could in justice to the family claim nothing less, and might fairly have claimed more. The strong sense of justice, the chivalrous regard for honor, the wide, far-seeing view, the g^.nerous heart, the adventur- ous enterprise, the good practical judgment, the patriotic impulse, that characterized the founder of the family in his Island home, very largely were transmitted to his descendants. The voice of detraction has sometimes been aimed at the Col. Abraham Gardiner of Eevolu- tionary days, who was commissioned and acted under orders from British authority, to take from the inhabitants of his own and an adjoin- ing town, the oath of allegiance. But he acted in so serving, and they acted in so taking the oath, under a compulsion in law and morals, avoiding all contracts and all obligations. As a fact those taking tne oath were most devoted patriots, and so deemed and so honored by their fellow countrymen thereafter. I find no reason to believe Col. Gardiner less patriotic than they were, or less so than his own son Na- 278 thaniel, the surgeon of the Eevolution. The world has condemned Eastern Long Island unjustly, for yielding to compulsion. When the condemning world has suffered, as our forefathers suffered, and exhib- ited a loftier patriotism, or more devoted iove of country, we will credit the world as it would then merit. Unintentionally, in vindicating the good name of Col. Gardiner, I have stated the ground on which, to im- partial minds, his cotemporaries of right should be exhonerated. The memories of my boyhood and the associations of my manhood plead for mention of an old aud time honored friend. Samuel B. Gardiner, dec'd, was a schoolmate in Clinton Academy. As a biiy I knew him — high souled, sympathetic, social, generous, friendly, by far the most effective declaimer of all his cotemporaries. With majestic presence, with swelling volume of voice, with impi-essive emphasis, with harmo- nious action, with graceful attitude, he- recited selections froni the great masters of poetry and eloquence, of ancdent and modern times. His declamation was at once the admiration and despair of his school- mates. In manhood he developed more decidedly the noble qualities promised in his youth. He was the trusted adviser of his townsmen ; honored with oflicial position whenever he would consent to accept it; twice elected to represent Suffolk County in the Asseml ly of the Em- pire State. Inheriting the activities of his father, and the nobility of nature that signalized his mother, he was one of nature's noblemen. Friend of my youth and maturer years: I can not withold this poor tribute to thy name and memory. Bbidge-Hampton, March 4th, 1897. H. P. HEDGES. Lion 1 b. 1599, in England, d. in E. H. 1663 ; first propi'ietor of Gar- diner's Island, had w. Mary Willemson and ch. David 2 b. 29 April 1636, Mary 2 b. 30 Aug. 1638 ; Elizabeth 2 b. 14 Sept. 1641. It has been claimed that David 2 was the first child of English parents born in the Colony of Connecticut, and that Elizabeth 2 was the first child of English par- ents born in the Colony of New-York. David 2 b. 29 April, 1636, d. at Hartford, Ct. 10 July 1689, was the 2d proprietor of the Island, excepting that his mother took it from his father, and at her death in 1665, devised the same to her son David, who had w. Mary Leringham widow, of the "Parish of St. Margaret, in the city of Westminster, England." They had ch. John 3 b. 19 Aprjl, 1661, Davij 3, Lion 3, Elizabeth 3. John 3 b. 19 April, 1661, d. at Groton, Ct., June 2. 1738, buried at New London, Ct., was third Pi-oprietor, had four wives: 1st Mary dau. of Samuel King of Southold, b. 1670, d. July 1707, te 37 ; 2d w. Sarah Coit, dau. of John Chandler and wid. of Wm. Coit, who was b. 19 Nov. 1696, and d. 3 July, 1711 ; 3d w. was Elizabeth Allyn, b. Dec. 1, 1669, dau. of John Allyn, of Hartford, Ct. and wid. of Alexander Allyn, of Windsor, Ct. who d. on Gardiner's Island. He m. 4th w. Oct. 4, 1733, Elizabeth, dau. of Stephen Hedges, and wid. of Daniel Osborn, who d. May 19, 1747, 8B 64; ch. by 1st w. Mary, David 4 b. Jan. 3, 1691 ; John 4 b. 1693, grad. at Yale 1711 ; Samuel 4 b. 1695 ; Joseph 4 b. April 22, 1697 ; Hannah 4 b. Dec. 11, 1699 ; Mary 4 b. Sept. 1, 1702 ; Elizabeth 4 w. of Thos. Greene. Ch. by 2d w. Sarah, Jonathan 4 b. 1709; Sarah 4 b. 1710, w. of Charles Treat. There were no ch. by 3d aud 4th wives. David 4, s. of John 3, b. Jan. 3, 1691, d. July 4, 1751, buried on Gar • diner's Island, 4th proprietor, had 1st wife Eachel, dau. of Abraham and Joana (Hedges) Schellenger, she d. Dec. 16, 1744 ; had 2d w. Mehet- 279 abel Burrows, widow, of Saybrook, Ct. ; ch. of 1st w. John 5 b. June 9, 1714; Mary 5 b. Feb. 13. 1716-7; David 5 b. June 3, 1718; Abraham i b. Feb. 19. 1721-22; Abigail 5 b. May 1, 1724; Hannah 5 b. Doc. 30, 1730. John 5 b. June 9, 1714, d. May 19, 1764. 5th Proprietor, m. 1st Eliza- beth, dau. of Matthew and Elizabeth (Chatfield) Mulford, b. Aug. 22, 1714, d. Oct. 21, 1754, m. 2d Deborah Avery, dau. of Saml. and Deborah Lathrop, of Norwich, Ct. and wid. of Eev. Ephraim Avery, of Pomfret, Ct. : she m. 3d husband June 3, 1767, Gen. Israel Putnam, was his 2d wife; she d. 15 Oct. 1777: ch. of John 5 and Elizabeth, David 6 b. Oct. 8, 1738 ; Mary 6 b. July 19, 1740 ; John 6 b. June 6. 1745, d. April 22, 1747 ; John 6 b. May 19, 1747, who settled at Eaton's Neck ; Elizabeth 6 b. June 24, 1749; Jerusha 6 b. Sept. 10, 1751, m. Lewis Osborn ; ch. of JohN 5 and w. Deborah, Hannah 6 b. Dec. 31, 1757, m. Saml. Williams of Brooklyn, Ct. and d. s. p. ; Septimus 6 b. Dec 28, 1759 and d. s. p. June 1, 1777. David 6 b. Oct. 8, 1378, d. Sept. 8, 1774, 6th Proprietor, grad. of Yale, m. Jerusha dau. of Eev. Samuel Buel, b. Nov. 5, 1749, d. Feb. 24, 1782, they had ch. John Lyon 7 b. Nov. 8, 1770 and David 7 b. Feb. 29, 1772; Jerusha, wid. of David 7 m. 2d Isaac Conkling, and they had son Isaac 7. John Lton 7 b. Nov. 8, 1770. d. Nov. 22, 1816, 7th Proprietor, grad. of Nassau Hall, m. March 4, 1803, Sarah, dau. of John and Sarah D. Gris- wold, of Lyme, Ct., she d. Feb. 10, 1863, they had eh. David J. 8 b. Aug. 16, 1804, grad. at Yale 1824; Sarah Diodate 8 b. Nov. 1, 1807; Mary Brainard 8 b. Dec. 4, 1809, d. s. p. Feb. 22, 1833 ; John Griswold 8 b. Sept. 9, 1812, d. s. p. June 7, 1861 ; Samuel Buell 8 b. April 6, 1815, d. Jan. 5, 1882. David Johnson 8 b. Aug. 16, 1804, d. s. p. Dec. 18, 1829, was the 8th Proprietor. John Gbiswold 8 b. Sept. 9, 1812, d. s. p. June 7, 1861, was the 9th Proprietor. Samuel Buel 8 b. April 6, 1815, d. Jan. 5, 1882, was the 10th Proprie- tor; he m. Mary G. dau. of Jonathan Thompson of N. Y. who d. Aug. 5, 1887 ; they had ch. Mary Thompson 9 who m. Wm. R. Sands of N. Y. ; David Johnson 9 who became the 11th Proprietor; John Lyon 9 who became by purchase the 12th Proprietor and now owner of Gardiner's Island ; Sarah Griswold 9 who m. John A. Tyler and left eh ; and Jona- than Thompson 9. John Lyon 9 m. Coralie L. Jones of N. Y. ; they have ch. Coralie Liv- ingston 10, Adele Griswold 10, Lj'on 10, John 10, Winthrop 10. Mary 2 dau. of Lyon 1 b. Aug. 30, 1638, m. Jeremiah Conkling, of East Hampton, who d. Mareh 14, 1712-13, a3 78; she d. June 15, 1727, te 89; they had ch. Jeremiah 3 who was drowned Feb. 24, 1719-20 ; Cornelius 3 who d. Oct. 30, 1748, se 84; Mary 3 m. Thomas Mulford, she d. June 15, 1743, 83 85 ; David 3, Lewis 3 and Ananias 3. Elizabeth 2 dau. of Lyon 1 b. Sept. 14, 1641, m. Arthur Howell and d. Feb. 1657, leaving infant dau. Elizabeth 3, who m. 1674, James Loper and they had ch. Elizabeth 3 dau. of David 2 ra. James Parshall of Southold, and they had ch. Israel 4 who m. Bethiah , David 4 who m. Mary dau. of David 3 of Southold. David 3 s. of David 2 m. Martha, dau. of Capt. Thomas Youngs, of Southold ; he d. May 1, 1733 ; they had ch. David 4 d. March 2, 1748, ee 43 ; Mary Parshal 4 w. of David Parshall ; Bethiah 4 w, of Samuel Wells, Patience 4. Lyon 3 s. of David 2 had w. (name not given) who d. Sept. 20, 1733, a> about 65. He was accidentally shot Sept. 23, 1723, near Three Mile 280 Harbor, by Samuel Bennett, while huutting deer. They had ch. Lyon 4 b. 1688, d. 1781, ae 93 ; Giles 4 d. s. p. ; Mary 4 d. May 14, 1714, a? 20, of measles ; a child 4 d. 1700-1 abt. 2 days old. John 4 s. of John 3 b. 1693, grad. at Yale 1711, m. May 6, 1716, Sarah, dau. of Gov. Saltonstall, and resided as a merchant in New London, and d. Jan. 15, 1724-5, and had cli. Elizabeth 5 m. John Allen of Enfteld, Ct. ; Jerusha 5, and another dau. and s. both of whom d. y. Samuel 4 son of John 3 b. 1695, d. May 24, 1729, m. Eiizabeth Coit, dau. of John and Mehetabel Coit, of New London, b. March 22, 1704, d. Oct. 1, 1725 ; Samuel 4 is called Capt. ; they had ch. Elizabeth W. 5, w. of David Gardiner 5, s. of David 4, fourth Proprietor, and Samuel 5 merchant in New London, with his cousin David 5, d. March 10, 1776, se 53. had w. Abigail dau. of David Gardiner 4th Proprietor, and they had several ch. one Samuel 6 b. Oct. 10, 1758 d. s. p. Feb. 1, 1787. Joseph 4 s. of John 3 b. April 22. 1697, d. May 15, 1752, ge 55 ; he m. Sarah Grant of Windsor, Ct. b. Jan. 8, 1S99-1700 and d. Sept. 17, 1754; he settled in Groton, Ct. ; they had ch. Mary 5 b. Aug. 30, 1730, m. May 18, 1749, Joseph Gallup of Stoningtou, Ct., he d. Feb. 18, 1778, as 55, she d. July 12, 1802 ; they had ch. Joseph 6, Sarah 6, Joseph 6, Mary 6, John 6, Lucretia 6, Phebe 6, Gardiner 6, Jonathan 6, Esther 6, Gurden 6. John 5 b. 25 Sept. 1732 ; Joseph 5 d. Aug. 31, 1732, an infant, Jonathan 5, Sarah 5 d. Feb. 1739, se 24 days, William 5 b. 5 Sept., 1741. Hannah 4 b. Dec. 11, 1699, dau of John 3, d. Jan. 5. 1738-9, in Worces- ter, Mass. m. John Chandler, b. Oct. 18, 1693, of Worcester, Mass; they were m, Oct. 23, 1716, by John Mulford, Esquire, and had cb. Mary 5, b. Sept. 9, 1717, m. Feb. 7, 1736-7 Benjamin Green, of Boston, Mass. and had ch. Benjamin 6, Hannah 6, John 6, Max-y 6, Lucretia 6, Sarah 6 and Gardiner 6, who was b. Sept. 23, 1753, and m. 1st Nancy Beading, 2d Elizabeth Hubbard, 3d Elizabeth C. Copley, dau. of John Singleton Cop- ley, the artist, and sister of the late Lord Lynd hurst, of England. ESTHEB 5 b. May 23, 1719. John 5 b. Feb. 26, 1720-1, m. 1st March 4, 1740-1, Dorothy Payne, of Worcester, Mass. ; he m. 2d June 11, 1746, Mary Church, of Bristol, R. I ; his dau. Lucretia 6 by 2d w. b. June 9, 1765, m. Eev. Aaron Bancroft, b. Nov. 10, 1755, of Worcestor, Mass. and their dau. Eliza 7 m. John Davis of Worcester, Mass., Gov. of Mass., &c. and their son G(^orge 8 b. Oct. 3d, 1800, historian of the United States. Gardiner 5 b. Sept. 18, 1723; Sarah 5 b. Jan, 11 1725-6, Hannnah 5 b, Feb. 21, 1727-8; Lucretia 5 b. July 18, 1730; Katharine 5 b. March 28, 1735 ; Elizabeth 5 b. Jan. 5, 1732. Mary 4 dau. of John 3, b. Sept. 1, 1702, m. June 28, 1720, Dr. Ebenezer Gray, b. Oct. 31, 1697, of Boston, Mass. They settled in Lebanon. Ct. ; she d. July 27, 1726, and they had ch. Samuel 5, John 5, and Mary 5. Elizabeth 4, dau. of John 3, m. Thos. Green of Boston, and they had one ch. Mary 5 b. May 1, 1734, who m. Daniel Hubbard, of New London, and their dau. Elizabeth 6 m. Nov. 25, 1786, Gardiner Green, b. Sept. 23, 1753, for his 2d w. Jonathan 4 son of John 3 and Sarah his w. b. 1709, d. 1753, m. Mary, only dau. of Eev. Eliphalet Adams, b. March 5, 1713-14, he settled in New London, practiced medicine, and left only child John Gardiner 5, b. Oct. 7, 1734, m. Jan. 5, 1766, Sarab dau. of Edward and Sarah Palms, settled in New London, and d. there March 1, 1776 ; his wid. d. April 6, 1830; they had ch. Sarah 6 b. March 10, 1767, m. Dec. 10, 1783, Jeremiah G. Brainard, and they had .- everal ch. one of them John G. C. Brainard, b. Oct. 21, 1796, d. s. p. Oct. 26, 1828, called Connecticut's poet; Lucre- tia 6 d. s. p. March 15, 1842 ; Mary G. 6 d. s. p. Dec. 31, 1858. 281 Sarah 4 dau. of John 3 and Sarah his w. m. Oct. 12, 1727, Chas. Treat and they^had ch. Sarah 5 b. Fob. 2i, 17'28-9 ; Dorothy 5 b. April 15, 1731 ; Jonathan 5 b. Nov. 12, 1732; Abigail 5 b. Nov. 2f, 1739; Kachel 5 b. Sept. 25, 1743. Maey 5, dau. of David 4 and Rachel his w. b. Feb. 13, 1716-17, m. Sam- uel, son of Rev. Nathl. Hunttiug, of E. Hampton: he was a merchant in Southampton ; she d. s. p. May 2.S, 1745. David 5, s. of David 4 and Rachel his w. b. June 3, 1718, d. Jan. 17, 1779, m. Elizabeth, only dau. of Samuel Gardiner of E. Hampton ; she d. Oct. 13, 1772; both buried at New London, Ct. ; David grad. at Yale, 1736 ; they had ch. David 6 b. 1742, d. s. p. ; Mary fi b. 1744, m. Dr. Thos. Coit, of New London, Ct., for his 2d w., they had 9 chil. ; Elizabeth 6 m- Ledjard, of Groton. Ct. ; Lucrctia ij d. s. p. Abraham 5, s. of David 4 and Rachel, 4th Proprietor, was b. Feb. 19, 1721-2, m. June 12, 1745, Mary, dau. of Nathl. and Phebe Smith, descen- dant of Richard of Smithtown ; he was Col. before the Revolution, and so called, and a zealous supporter of the measui-es of the Continental Congress ; they had ch. Mary G b. Oct. 6, 1746 ; Rachel 6 b. Jan. 22, 1750-1 m. 1st Major David Mulford, s. of Col. David Mulford of E H. who d. Jan. 8, 1799 ; they had ch. David 7, Richard 7, Henry 7, and 7 w. of Col. Samuel Miller: Phebe 6 b. Jan. 5, 1756, d. s. p." Sept. 18, 1775; Na- thaniel G b. Jan. 11, 1759, d. March 25, 1804; he was surgeon in the Rev- olution, &c. m. Elizabeth Dering of Shelter Island, who d. March 18, 1801. 86 40; they had ch. Maria S. 7 b. 1784, d. Nov. 9, 1804; Robert Smith 7 b. Sept. 10, 1786, grad at Yale 1807, d. s. p. Jan. 19. 1824 ; Eliza- beth Packer G b. June 4, 1788, m. Reuben Bromley of N. Y.. he d. Aug. 3 , 1860, se 81, she d. Aug. 7, 1863. ss 75, both d. s. p ; Abraham 6 b. 25th Jan. 1763. Abigail 5, dau. David 4, 4th Proprietor, b. May 1, 1724, m. her cousin Samuel 5 s. of Samuel 4. Hannah 5, dau. of David 4, 4th Proprietor, b. Dec. 30, 1730, m. May 21, 1748, Dr. Joshua Lathrop, of Norwich, Ct., she d. s. p. July 24, 1750. Mary G b. July 19, 1740, dau. of John 5, 5th Proprietor, m. 1st Rev. Elijah Blague, and 2d, Dec. 1, 1762, Rev. Stephen Johnson, of Lyme, Ct. for his 2d w. and they had ch. one s. and one dau. she d. Dec. 10, 1772 David 7 b. Feb. 29, 1772, s. of David 6, grad. of Nassau Hall, Gth Pro- prietor, m. 1st July 7, 1796, Julia dau. of James Havens, of Shelter Isl- and, b. May 30, 1771, d. July 3, 1806, he d. April 6, 1815 ; he m. 2d. 1808, Lydia Dann, b. Feb. 12, 1785, of Stamford, Ct; she m. 2d Charles W. VanRanst, and d. Dec. 14, 1886, iB 101 yrs. 10 mos. 2 dys: David 7 and 1st. w. Julia had ch. Charles 8 b. May 7, 1797, rem. to Chester. Ohio, and m. Aug. 29, 1821, Lucy, dau. of Levi Stedman, of Stedman's Mills, Ohio; they had ch. all of whom d. iu infancy; he d. at Chester, Ohio, March 12, 1827; David 8 b. Jan. 1, 1799; John Lyon 8 b. June 27, 1801. d. s. p. Sept. 3, 1824. David 8 s. of David 7 and Julia his w. b. Jan. 1, 1799, m. Feb. 20, 1820 Marietta, dau. of Abel Huntington, M. D. of E. H. b. Oct. 9, 1800 ; he was an M. D. and employed iu the Custom House in N. Y. 26 years, and early in life a teacher in Clinton Academy; always scholarly aud studi- ous; he d. Feb. 25, 1880; his wid d. Feb 1, 1882; both buried at Bridge- Hampton ; they had ch. Frances Lee 9 b. May 30, 1821, m. Oct. 15, 1856, Rev. Carlton P. Maples, who d. Jan. 19, 1879, his wid. d. s. p. March 21, 1890 ; John Lyon 9 b. May 6, 1«23. m. 1st July 19, 1848, Mary E. Osborne, b. Oct. 8, 1825, she d. May 11, 1865, he m. 2d Nov. 12, 18G7, Mary E. Jackson, b. March 19, 1847 ; pracLisiug physician now residing at Bridge- Hamptou; Charles Huntington 9 b. June 10, 1826, m. Sept. 26, 1865, An- 282 na E. dau. of John Leunon, of Cairo, N. Y. b. Oct. 30, 1834; he is an Episcopal clergyiruin and Rector of St. Luke's church at East-Hampton, but resides in B. Hampton ; thev had bon David 10 b. Marcli 11, 1869, d. Oct. 10, 1869. John 6 b. May 19. 1747, of Eaton's Neck:, m. 1st Sept. 9, 1771, Joana Conivling, b. Dec. 8, 1745, she d. Sept. 30, 1809 : he m. 2d Eachel, dau. of Col. Abraham Gardiner 5 and wid. of Major David MuHord ; she d.Feb. 25, 1811; he m. 3d Hannah ( Havens) wiJ. who d. May 26. 1813, se 51; he d. May 29, 1813 8b'66; iu 1792 he purchased Eaton's Neck, had ch. by 1st w. only Matthew 7 b. March 27, 1772, Jonathan 7 b. Aug. 13, 1773, Elizabeth 7 b. July 18, 1775; John H. 7 b. Sept. 7, 1777, m. Dec. 12, 1804, Abigail Skid more, b. May 23, 1781, she d. March 2, JSGl, he d. June 9, 1854, he was farmer and later light house keeper of Eaton's Neck and had ch. Joana C. 8 b. Jan. 3, 1806, Mary A. 8 b. Aug. 8. 1807, Benjamin T. 8 b. Feb. 1, 1810; Sarah A. 8 b. Jan. 19, 1816; Caroline P.. 8 b. May 17, 1813 ; Jeanette 8 b. May 1, 1818 ; Phebe 7 b. June 8, 1779 ; Mary 7 b. June 6, 1784, d. Feb. 16, 1860, m. 1st Gordon King; m. 2d Henry C. Mather; Jerusha 7 h. May 3, 1786, m. Azel Lewis; Phebe7 b. July 10, 1789, d. Oct. 20, 1780; Abigail 7 b. May 18. 1782, d. July 13, 1793, m. Feb. 6, 1817, Henry C. Mather b. July 2, 1791, of Brookhaven ; shed. Aug. 1, 1830; they had ch. Henry 8, b. Aug 1, 1818; Marv 8, b. April 18. 1821; Joanna 8, b. Jan. 27, 1823; John G. 8,'"i.. Nov. 29, 1824; Phebe 8, b. April 18, 1830; Henry C. Mather m. 2d Jan. 1, 1831, Mary, sister of his 1st w. and wid. of Gordon King. Matthew 7, of Eaton's Neck, b. March 27, 1772, m. March 12, 1796, Phebe Bunce; he d. Aug. 3, 1831; she d. May 9, 1838; th"iy had ch. Or- lando Hallam 8, b. Nov. 20, 1798, d. April 11, 1876, m. Nov. 7, 1822, Han- nah Brj'ant, had ch. Edmund Bryant 9 b. Aug. 27, 1823 ; Louisa Augus- ta 9 b. Sept. 1, 1825, m. Jacob P. Carl for his 2d w. ; Joel Bunce 8 b. July 10, 1800, m. April 27, 1820, Frances E. dau. of Alexander Smith ; he d. Feb. 1, 1849; they had ch. Geo. A. 9, Cornelia E. 9, Alexanders. 9, Charles 9, Francis 9 and John M. 9. Mathew Haniman 8 b. Mav 9, 1802, m. March 7, 1825, Martha A. Lewis; he d. Sept. 17, 1840; ch. Julia 9, Martha A. 9 m. James Smith, of N. Y. ; Abigail Coukliug 8 b. Sept. 4, 1804, m. Jan. 30, 1828, Solomon C. Lewis: she d. Dec. 1, 1883: they had ch. Egbert G. 9, Gloriana C. 9, Mary J. 9. David Mulford 8 b Nov. 25, 1805, d. untu. May 27, 1827: Ebeiiezer Bryant 8 b. Oct. 19, 1807, d. unm. April 26, 1842; Jane Hicks « b. June 10, 1809, m. Jan. 19, 1831, Joel S. Bryant; she d. Dec. 19, 1840 ; they had ch.-Ebenezer 9. David G. 9. Jerusha Amanda 8 b. April 27, 1811, d. unm. Feb. 3, 1829; Martha A. 8, b. Nov. 2, 1812, d. unm. Feb. 3, 1830; Mary E. 8 b. Jan. 12, 1814, d. unm. Nov. 23, 3835; Phebe C. 8 b. Feb. 13, 1816, m. Edward H. Brush: John L. 8 b. May 13, 1817, m. Adelia Whitmore; Nancy S. 8 b. Dec. 2, 1819, m. Piatt Lewis; Sarah F. 8 b. May 1, 1820, d. unm. March 7, 1839. JoNATHAU 7 of Eaton's Neck, b. Aug. 13, 1773, d. March 7, 1833, grad. at Yale 1795, had. w. 1st Sally dau. of John and Phebe Gelston, who d. Sept. 10, 1803: he m. 2d May 1, 1813, Fanny (liysam) Peck, wid. of Dr. Peck, she d. April 12, 1849, te 57 ; he had cli. by 1st w. Albert Gelston 8, b. Aug 6. 1803, d. unm. Dec. 22, 1842, and by 2d w. had ch. Eliza Grace 8 b. Oct. 13, 1815. m. July 12, 1834, Chas. H. Jones of Cold Spring; they had 4 ch ; she d. Sept. 27, 1871 ; Fanny Peck 8 b. Sept. 9, 18i7, m. John D. Shelton, of Jamaica, he d. Dec. 10, 1862, they had 5 ch ; Geo. Conk- lin 8 b. June 21, 1819, m. Jan. 5, 1843, Mary C. Bryant, she d. May 21. 1888, 03 65 y. 1 m. 20 d., had one ch ; Fanny Rysain 9 who m. Henry Rrush ; Wm. Grace 8 b. Mareh 29, 1821, m. Aug. 30, 1846, Mary Scudder who d. Feb. 13, 1885, -m 59 y. 10 m. 8 ds., ch. Nannie \' . N. 9 in. Joseph H. 283 Raymond, M. D. of Brooklyn, thoy had one dau. Nannie (t. 10 b. Oct. 8, 1876 ; Mary E. 9 m. Juno 20. 1S72, James B. Bach, of Brooklyn, ch. Mary G. 10 b. Jan. 26. 187-1, James B. 10 b. Nov. 17, 1879. Louise G. 10 m, D. Willis Jaraes. of Brooklyn; Nancy R. 8 b. March G. 1823, m. Sept. (■, 1842, John I. VauNostrand and reside in Brooklyn, ch. John 9 m, Louise Leonard of Brooklyn, he d. leavin.t,' wid. ami son John J. VanNostrand 10; Sarah M. 9 m. George H. Marvin, M. D. of B)-ooklyn, have 3 ch ; Gardinei- 9 m. Anna B. Stanton, have 2 ch., reside at Newb irg, N. Y. ; Sally Gelston 8 b. Jan. 9, 1827. Elizabeth 7 dau. of John 6 of Eaton's Neck, b. July 18, 1775, m. March 23. 1800, Sam). Fleet, b. Aug. 12. 1768, of L. I., she d. Sept. 3, 1813, he d. Nov. 22. 1823, ch. Jonathan Gardiner 8 b. May 7, 1801, m. March 5, 1831, Lydia Seaman, he d. March 1.5, 1887, was resident of N. Y. city. ch. Sarah Cornelia 9 b. Jan. 17, 1832, m. June 1. 1852, John W. Uuderhill. ch. Gardiner F. 10 b. March 22, 1854, Tracy 10 b. Nov. 26, 1855, Harriets. 10 b. Tan. 2tt, 1861, Stanton W. lO b May 5. 1863: Har- riet Rebecca 9 b. Nov. 4, 1833. m. June 23, 1855, Edward Strong of N. Y. : Maria Bonney 9 b. Aug. 8, 1836, m. Oct. 19, 1859. Edward M. Banks cf N. Y. who d. June 30, 1868 : they had eh. Lydia S. 10 b. Aug. 13, 1860, Emily E. 10 b. Dec. 10, 1862. Theodore H. 10 b. Dec. 23, 1866, Jane Louise 9 b. June 27. 1838, m. April 8. 1858, David B. Keeler of New York, ch. Annie Haven 10 b. Aug. 29, 1861, Edward Banks 10 b feb. 7, 1866, Elizabeth C. 10 b. Oct. 10, 1871. William Harrimau 8 h. Dec. 27, 1804, d. May 5, 1854., Joanna Maria 8 b. Nov. 6, 1809, d. Aug. 25, 1813. Abbaham 6 s. of Col. Abraham 5 b. Jan. 25, 1763, m. May 31, 1781 Phe- be Dayton and d. Oct. 12. 1796; called Capt. Abraham; they had ch. Abraham 7 b. April 6, 1782, David 7 b. Mav 2. 1784, Mary 7 b. Nov. 3, 1786 Samuel Smith 7 b. May 5. 1789, Xathaniel 7 b. Feb. 23, 1792, m. Elizabeth Stensin, he d. Sept. 8, 18.56. se 64, she d. oune 14, 1842. ic 49 : he was mer- chant in N. Y. had ch. John Bray 8 b. Sept. 9, 1821, grad. at Yale 1840, d. Sept. 11, 1881 ; Wm. Henry 8 b. Dec. 28, 1822, grad. at N. Y. University, M. D. in Brooklyn, d. Jan. 7, 1879, Mary Frances 8, Elizabeth 8, Har- riet H. 8, Mary Frances 8. Abraham 7 s. of Capt. Abraham 6 b. April 6, 1782, m. Oct. 25, 1809, Abby b. July 11, 1786, dau. of Elisha Lee, of Lyme, Ct., was farmer in E. Hampton, rem. in 1820 to what is now called New Hartford, Oneida Co. N. Y., he d. there Feb. 27, 1827. his Avid. d. there March 23, 1877, they had ch. James L. 8 b. Dec. 5, 1810, Samuel S. 8 b. Nov. 10, 1812, m. Nov. 1. 1837, Elizabeth Xieoll of Shelter Island and d. in New Hartford, N. Y. Marcii 21. 1873, leaving. a wid. and 3 sons and 3 daus; Mary F. 8 b. Dec. 23, 1814, m. Nov. 1, 1833, R. Hazard of New Hartford, and they have 2 daus: Gertrude M. 8 b. June 25, 1817, m. March 15, 1870, J. A. Sherrill of New Hartford, she d. Oct. 10, 1878; Harriet L. 8 b. Dec. 10, 1819, d. Feb. 17, 1841. Abraham S. 8 b. Nov. 15,1822, d. te 11 weeks, Juli- ette L. 8 b. Oct. 8, 1824. Davij) 7 s. of Capt. Abraham 6 b. May 2, 1784, grad. at Yale 1804, law- yer, m. 1816 Jiilianua dau, of Michael McLachlan of N. Y. he was Slate Senator and author of the "Clironicles of East-Hampton," and d. by the exjdosion of a gun on the U. S. steam Frigate Princeton, on the Potomac, Feb. 28. 1844; his wid. d. Oct. 4, 1864, on Stateu Island; her will con- tested is rep 37 years. But Nathan 4 had ch. bap. Uriah 5 in 1721, Rachel 5, 1723. Esthers, 1729, Amy 5, 1733, Abraham 5, 173G, and later in 1746; prubablyhis s. Uriah 5 has bap. ch. Nathan 6, Mary 6, Temperance 6 in 1751. Abraham ('. in 1760 and Uriah 6 in 1771, probably an adult. It seems almost certain that the liue runs thus : John 1. George 2, George 3, Nathan 4, Uriah 5, Nathan 6, Uriah 7, b. Oct. 1, 1784, bap. Nov. 29, 1784, George Lewis 8, George H. 9. Daniel Miller 4 was m. Dec. 11, 1700 to Elizabeth Buckland ; they had several ch. of whom John 5 resided at Appaquogue as aforesaid. Gar- diner 7, s. of Timothy 6. grandson of Timothy 5, and great grandson of Daniel 4, told me that this Daniel 4, at Appaquogue with his sons and negro slaves, took a wnale and sold oil enough to buy a farm, on which he settled his sou Timothy 5 b. June .4, 1710, at the Fire Place, which seems probable. Timothy 5 had 1st w. Temperance Conkling, who d. Nov. 23, 174.. and 2d Hannah Stratton, July 30, 1741. His will in 1769 names sons Dauiel 6, Timotliy 6, Peleg 6, Elisha G, David 6, Daus. (Zer- via 6 m at Amagansett) Temperance 6, Elizabeth 6, Hannah 6 and Charlotte 6. The s. Daniel 6 rem. to Eockland Co. and had s. Daniel 7 who it is reported was father of Mrs. Jay irould. The s. Peleg 6 rem. to Franklin, N. Y. where his descendants now reside. David G remained on the homestead at Fireplace. Timothy 6 aud Elisha G settled at the Springs. Timothy G s. of Timothy 5 had sons Timothy 7, Gai-diner 7, and per- haps others. David 7 s. of David 6 remained at the Fireplace, and was father of the present Samuel D. 8 there residing. I^lDiSHA 6 fc. of Timothy 5 had w. Abigail Tuthill and ch. Temperance 7 w. of Nathaniel Domiuy, Elisha 7 d. young, Nathaniel, M. D. 7 of Brook- haven (father|of Nathl.8 of Brookhaven, lately deed.), Barnabas 7, Cath- arine 7 of Schuyler Co. N. Y., Tuthill 7 aud Cynthia 7 d. s. p. aud Asa 7 who rem. to N. Y. city and returned and lived and died at the old home- stead at the Springs. Nathaniel" M. D. 7 had s. DeWitt 8 who was drowned, d. s. p. and Nathaniel 8 named above, and daus. Mai-y 8 and Sarah 8 who m. Wm. aud Geo. Audrews, Caroline 8 who m. Green of Sayville and Jeru- sha 8 residing at Port Jervis. Baknabus 7 had no s. and only 1 dan. Asa 7 had s. Geoi ge S. 8, who had s. George A. 9, present Supervisor as above. Mrs. George W. Curtis, of Hartford, Conn., states that Rev. Samuel Miller, of Wallingford. Conn., was born on Long Island in 1773; that his father was Jacob Miller aud his mother Elizabeth Filer. That Jacob Miller, in Revolutionary times, took his family in a whale boat to the main land, near New Haven, Ct., and resided there. Who will track this liueV This name is one signed to the combination to stand by Boston in 1775. See ante, p. 221. Nathan 6 has an unnamed child bap. in 1775 and ch. Nathan 7 in 1777, Elizabetli 7 in 1779. Jerusha 7 in 1782, Uriah 7 Nov. 29, 1784, b. Oct. 1, 1784. This last Uriah 7, residing in the Hook, had father Nathan 6 and he Uriah 5, and he Nathan 4 as aforesaid. The Family Bible of Nath- an G has tl;is record of ch. of himself aud w. Mary : Maiy 7 b. Sept. 25, 1775, Nathan 7 b. May 18, 1777, Phebe 7 b. Aug. 15, 1779, Jerusha 7 b. March 5, 1782, Uriah 7 b. Oct. 1, 1784, Joanna 7 b. Oct. 4, 1786, Esther 7 b. Oct. 12, 1787, Abraham 7 b. April 11, 1792. Esther 7 m. Dea. Stephen Hedges. Abraham 7, Nathan 7 and 3 sisters went to Plattsburg, N. Y. 309 [TiiTAH 7 resided "in the Heok" and had w. Betsey (Baker) and eh. Nathan 8 b. June 26, 1813, Abraham 8 b. Aug. 24, 1816, George Lewis 8 b Nov. IG, 1821, Mary Baker 8 b. May 26, 1824, d. March 20, 1828, Betsey 7 b. Feb. 5, 1830. Uriah 7 d. April 3, 1859, eo 74 yrs. G mos; his w. Betsey d. Sept. 19, 1872, a- 86 yrir. 2 nios. Their ch. are all deceased, leaving issue, except Mary, d. March 20, 1828. Abraham and his sister Betsey, w. of William Baiiies, rem. to Illinois. Geouge Lewis 8 had w. Caroline, dau. of Charles Eand, and rem. to Bridge-Hampton, and d. there March 30, 1887, se 65 years, and they had s. George H. 9 now residing there. There was a Uriah Miller 6 about the time of the Revolution residing in Sag-Harbor, and after that in Bridge-Hampton, who I think was uncle of the Uriah 7 "down Hook," and brother to Nathan 6. That Uriah 6 had seven ch. by each of two wives. By the 1st w. there were Uriah 7, Jessie 7, and four others. This son Uriah 7 is said to have rem. to Troy and had son iJoduey 8, a minister, probably Presbyterian. By the 2d w. were ch. Abraham 7, Squires 7, John Daj'ton 7, Fanny 7, Phebe 7 and Hannah 7. Sally 7 b. abt. 1784 m. Elias Ludlow and they had s. E. Jones Ludlow 8. Fanny 7 m. Abraham Payne and they had ch. S(iuires 7 had w. dau. of Capt. David Hedges and son Steven Hedges 8, now of Sag-Harbor; and 2d w. they had dau. Mariette 8 w. of Egbert H. Hildreth, and they had son Fred F. 9 now in Terre Haute, Indiana. COKTKIBUTED BY MABTHA MILIiEE. Andeew MiiiLEK, the first settler of Miller's Place, is said to have been an elder brother of one of the earlj settlers of East-Hampton. There is said to have been a memorandum among his papers of the purchase of land in the year 1659, and it is probable that he came here about that time. His name is also on the records of the town of Brook- haven for the same year as one o" the Town Trustees. It is also infer- red from various circumstances that he died at an advanced age in 1717 or '18. His children were Andrew, John, Samuel, Eichard and Hannah. Andkew 2d settled in Miller's Place and died before his father, June, 1716. The name of his wife is not known. His children were Andrew 3d, William, Josiah, Ebenezer, Hannah and Joanna. John was drowned at the age of 28. Samuel went to N. J. and settled in the town of Greenwich, Cumber- land County. Richard settled in Miller's Place, married Dorothy WoodhuU, of Se- tauket, and had two daughters, Nancy who married Nathaniel Ruggles, ana Sarah who married Richard Woodhull, July 11, 1768. There was probably a third daughter, as Jonathan Mills, of Mills Pond, married for his second wife Dorothy Miller, and they had a son named Andrew. Hannah died young, in 1690. Andkew 3d was born June 19, 1695, settled in Miller's Place, and died in 1777. He married Mary Phillips, who ^as born Nov. 16, 1706. They had sixteen children, fourteen of whom lived to maturity. They were Rebecca b. Dec. 28, 1724, Sarah b. March 23, 1726, Andrew 4th b. Juno 6, 1727, Josiah b. Aug. 22, 1728, John b. Jan. 14, 1730, Mary b. July 5, 1731, Joseph b. March 15, 1733, Hannah b. May 15, 1734, Samuel b. Dec. 24, 1735, Theophilus b. Sept. 1737, Joshua b. April 1738, Theophilus b. Nov. 2U, 1740, Hannah b. June 3, 1742, Joanna b. May 5, 1744, Deliver- ance b. Oct. 9, 1745, one name unknown b. Nov. 12, 1747. Five sons and five daughters of this family emigrated to N.J. Andrew occupied the old home. His history wilf be given later. John was drowned and 310 Mary married Selah Brown of Middle Island. Sarah married a Mr. Burnett of N. J. William, son of Andrew 2d, married Deliverance Mills, of Mills Ponds, settled in Miller's Place and had six children. "William, Timothy, Nathaniel, Ebenezer, Catherine, or as some records have it Keturah ('■') Sarah. "William was drowned in crossing from Elizabethtown to Staten Island in company with his cousin John Miller, sou of Andrew 3d. Timothy married Experience Davis, settled in Miller's Place, was made Captain of Militia, had eleveu children and died January 26, 1790, in the 67th year of his age His wife died May 23, 1780, in the 55th year of her age. Nathaniel moved to Springfield, N. J. Ebenezer, born June 13, 1737, settled in Miller's Place and was also Captain of Militia, married Sarah, daughter of Benajah Strong, of Setauket, had seven children, and died Nov. 15, 1785. His wife was born June 14, 1740, and died Feb- ruary 18, 1836, aged 95 years, 8 mouths and 4 days. Catherine married Dr. Dayton, of Elizabeth, N. J. and had one daughter named Charlotte. Sarah married Mr. Youngs of Springfield, N. J. Josiah, 3d son of An- drew 2d, settled in Retauket, married Sarah, daughter of Timothy Mills. They both died in 1726, about a year after their marriage. Ebenezar removed to Cumberland Co., N. J. Hannah married Isaac Mills, of Mill's Pond. Joanna married Thomas Helme of Miller's Place, had one sou named Thomas, and after the death of Mr. Helme married John Eoe. The children of Captain Timothy Miller were Deliverance b. Oct. 14, 1747, married to Zophar Mills, March 4, 1767; a daughter b. April 23, 1750, d. aged 3 weeks; a son b.. May 23, 1751. d. aged 10 weeks; Experi- ence b. Oct. 12, 1752, d. June 6, 1772; Nathaniel b. Dec. 20, 1754, d. Oct. 9, 1798; Joanna b. June 23, 1757, d. Aug. 27, 1798; Keturah b. May 5. 1760, m. Mr. Homan and d. April 30, 1831; Timothy b. Aug. 31, 1762; Joseph b. March 24, 1764, d. May 1, 1845 ; Zophar Mills b. Oct. 20, 1767 ; Betsey Parshall b. Fob. 5, 1771, d. Jan. 29, 1845. The children of Deliverance and Zophar Mills were Euth b. March 27, 1768, m. Benjamin "Woodhul; Nathaniel b. Sept. 4, 3 769, d. May 26, 1832; Zophar b. Dec. 7, 1771 ; Gabriel b. Nov. 19, 1773 ; Experience b. Aug. 18, 1777; Keturah b. Dec. 27, 1778; Fanny b. May 25, 1782, m. Stephen Ho- man; Esseverance b. Jan. 22, 1787, m. George Davis and d. Jan. 1876. Three daughters of Capt. Timothj^ Miller were not married : Experi- ence, Joanna and Betsey. Nathaniel, the eldest son, married Martha, daughter of Capt. Ebenezer Miller. They both died of yellow fever, she eight days after her husband, leaving three little girls, and a boy a year or two old. He lived to be loved and respected by all who knew him — our own Deacon Chai'leri Miller, of blessed memory. His grand- son (Samuel H. Miller) and one sister are still Jiving iu Miller's Place. Of the daughters, Charity married John Terry, Fanny married Bartley Tuthill and Clarissa married Nathaniel Tuthill, and they were the parents of Dr. Frank, Eev. George M., Hon. James H. and ElJsworth Tuthill. Timothy, the second sou, married Mehitable Brown and their chil- dren were Nathaniel, George (Judge), Polly, who married Capt. Hub- bard Grifflug, and Charlotte, who married Capt. James Tuthill. Joseph, third sou, married Jemima Eobbins, March 5, 1795. She was b. April 20, 1776, and d. July 27, 1860. Their children were William b. Jan. 25, 1796, d. Jan. 29. 1817; Daniel Eobbins b. Sepl. 19, 1797, d. June 27, 1891; Patty b, Sept. 9, 18U0, m. Miller Woodhull, d. May 13, 1887, at Northville; Lewis b. April 16, 1804, d. Nov. 8, 1865, not married; John b. July 28, 1806, became an M. D,, married Maria Miller, his cousin, set- 311 tied in Setauket, afterwards went west and died there, time unknown. Daniel Eobbius Miller was married to Isabella Hawkins, Oet. 13, 1824; she died in about six months, and he was married to Martha Olive Mills on Oct. 10,1826. They had four children, two of whom died in childhood, and the other two, Charlotte Mills, now the widow of Dr. C. H. S. Millard, and Martha Helrae are residents of Miller's Place. Zo- phar Mills, fourth youngest son, married Betsey Davis. Thoy had seven daughters and one son, Sylvester Miller, whose only living son is Elihu S. Miller, of Floral Park. The children of Capt. Ebenezer Miller were Isaac b. Oct. 26, 1761, m. Eliza Cleaves and died July 2, 1814; Martha b. Feb. 9, 1763, m. Nathan- iel Milier; Charity b. Nov. 23, 1764, d. Aug. 24, 1766; William b. April 15, 1766, was shot by plunderers while standing in the window of his father's house, near the close of the Eevolutionary war; Charity b. July 30, 1770, d. Sept. 29, 1773; Clarissa b. Sept. 15, 1772, m. Samuel Brown, and died May 11, 1812; Benajah Strong b. Jan. 14, 1774, m. Sarah Conk- lin and d. June 19, 1813 ; his wife d. July 22, 1854; they had three chil- dren and the only descer;dants of theirs of the name of Miller, are Dr. James N. Miller, of Lay ton, N. J. and Miss Addie B. Miller of Miller's Place. The only descendants of Samuel and Clarissa Brown living here are Erastus Brown ami his daughter. Andkew Milier 4th married Deborah Koe, who d. March 23, 1822, ao 88 years. They bad tea children, but I have the names of only six. John the eldest son, who lived to maturity, was drowned in 1784, sd 28 ; Julia died in 1827; Elizabeth died in 17U0 ; Mary m. M. Roe, d. in 1821; Deliverance b. Sept. 2, 1777. d. Oct. 17, I860; Sarah d. unmarried March 30, 1849, 33 80 years. Deliverance became the second wife of Samuel Brown, whose tirst wife was Clarissa Miller, and they had two children, wh ) are still living, John Merrit in the old home and Julia A. in Port Jeffei"son. , I must make a correction in regard to Kichard Miller. It was prob- ably not the first of that name, who married Dorothy WoodhuU and was the father of the daughters mentioned, but his son or grandson. But little is known of his family. There was a man of the name who was Captain of a Ferry Company during the Eevolution, who was killed near Coram iu a skirmish with a company of Militia under the com- mand of Capt. Daniel Koe. Miller's Place, Oct. 14, 1896. MARTHA MILLER. THE MULFORD FAMILY. ^-^' CONTRIBUTED BY TEUNIS D. HUNTTING, ESQ. About the year 1643 there came to Southampton, from Salem, Mass., two brothers, John and William Mulford. Whei: East-Hampton was first settled they sold their belongings in Soutnampton and moved to the new settienient farther east. John was an active participant in political affairs and was commissioned a Judge by the Connecticut Council. William turned his attention to farming. John I b. in England abt. 1606, d. 1686, m. Mrs. Friedeswiede Osborn, widow of William Osborn, of Salem, Mass. ; they had ch. Samuel 2 b. 1644, John 2 b. 1650; Mary 2 m. Jeremiah Miller, Hannah 2 m. Benjam- in Ct)nkliu and d. Feb. 4, 1712. Samitei, 2 b. 1644, d. Aug. 21, 1725, m. 1st Esther who d. Nov. 24, 1717, m. 2d Sarah How(^li and had ch. Samuel 3 b. 1078, Timothy 3 b. 1681, Elias 3 b. 1685, Mattliew 3 b. 1689. JoUN 2 b. 1650, d. Aug. 2'J, 1734, m. 1st who d. Aug. 11, 1705, m. 312 2d Mrs. Martha Conklin, wid. of Ananias, Jr. Sept. 19, 1733, had ch. John 3 b. abt. 1683, Isaac 3 b. abt. 1684. SamueIi 3 b. 1678, d. July 10, 1743 in Amagansett, m. Sarah — and had ch. Elizabeth 4 bap. July 15, 1705 ; she m. Oct. 22, 1724 Lewis Conklin. Timothy 3 b. 1G81, d. Dec. 11, 1741, m. Sarah and had ch. Amy 4 bap. March 20, 1709, m. Stephen Hedges Dec. 26, 1727, Esther 4 bap. March 23, 1712, Timothy 4 bap. April 13, 1718, Christopher 4 bap. Aug. 30, 1719, d. Oct. 13, 1719, Christopher 4 bap. Nov. 24, 1723, rem. to N. T., Ebenezer 4 bap. Nov. 24, 1723, d. Jan. 8, 1724, Sarah 4 bap. Aug. 18, 1728 d. Sept. 14, 1728, Edward 4 bap. Feb. 8, 1730. Elias 3 b. 1685, d. Nov. 2, 1760. in Amagansett, m. Mary Mason June 10, 1713 and had ch. Samuel 4 b. May 3, 1714, Mary 4 bap. Nov. 17, 1717, d. March 28, 1718, Mar/ 4 bap. March 6, 1720, d. Feb. 5, 1722, Elias 4 bap. March 11, 1722. Elizabeth 4 bap. March 6, 1726, Phebe 4 bap. June 29 1729. Matthew 3 b. 1689, d. April 27, 1774, m. Dec. 25, 1712 Elizabeth Chat- field and had ch. Elizabeth 4 b. Aug. 22, 1714, she m. John Gardiner May 26, 1737 and d. Oct. 21, 1754, Jerusha 4 bap. Aug. 29, 1714, m. AprN 13, 1736 Jeremiah Hedges, Jonathan 4 bap. Dec. 15, 1717, Esther 4 bap. July 10^ 1719, who m. 1st Jonathan Huntting Nov. 16, 1742, she m. 2d Dr. John Darbe, she d. Sept. 1757, David 4 b. Sept. 10, 1722, Mary 4 b. Api'il 9, 1725, d. June 30, 1729, a son b. April 9, 1725, d. same day. John 3 b. abt. 1683, d. Jan. 5, 1725, m. who d. Jan. 17, 1727 ; they had ch. Mary 4 bap. May 11, 1707. d. Nov. 12, 1707, Josiah 4 d. Nov. 6, 1726, John 4 bap. Julv 29, 1711, Mary 4 bap. 1715, d. Dec. 31, 1726, Han- nah 4 bap. Jan. 1719,' d. Dec. 30, 1726, Phebe 4 bap. Feb. 5, 1721, Nath- an 4 bap. Nov. 1, 1724, d. Dec. 28, 1726. ^ Isaac 3 b. abt. 1684, d. Jan. 9, 1774, m. Mercy Conklin May 10, 1705, and had ch. a son 4 b. Sept. 1709, d. Sept. 30, 1709, Isaac 4 bap. April 1, 1711, Mercy 4 bap. March 9, 1712. m. Dec. 16, 1730 Edward Huntting, Phebe 4 bap. April 25, 1714, Mary 4 bap. Dec. 9, 1716, Abigail bap. JuK- 6, 1718, Timothy 4 b. April 13, 1718, m. Oct. 26, 1738 Mary Dimon. of South- old ; they had ch. Mary 5 bap. Sept. 9, 1739, Timothy 5 b. Aug. 17, 1739, Sarah 5 bap. Jan. 30, 1743, Amy 5 bap. March 10, 1745, Cloa 5 bap. Dec. 7, 1746, Jonathan 5 bap. Dec. 1751. Edwaed 4 bap. Feb. 8, 1730, m. Jan. 3, 1752 Anna Miller and had ch. a ch. 5 bap. Nov. 1752, Nathan 5 bap. Dec. 22, 1753. Samuel 4 b. May 3, 1714, d. June 15, 1795, m. Jan, 5, 1718 Zerviah Conklin and had ch. Mary 5 b. Nov. 13, 1740, d. Feb. 9, 1820, Esther 5 b. April 27, 1743, m. Hand, Zerviah 5 b. Feb. 24. 1745, d. Jan. 20, 1784, Elias 5 b. Aug. 16, 1747, rem-, to Northport, N. Y., Samuel 5 b. and d., Elizabeth 5 b. May 14, 1750, a son 5 b. March 18, 1753, d. March 31, 1753, Samnel 5 b. July 5, 1757. David 4 b. Sept. 10, 1722, d-. Dec. 18, 1778, m. June 16, 1751, Phebe, dau. of Dea. John Huntting; they had ch. Phebe 5 bap. 1753 d. young, David 5 b. Nov. 7, 1754, Matthew 5 b. Oct. 22, 1756 rem. to Rensselaer- ville, N. Y. abt. 1800 and d. March 24, 1845, Phebe 5 b. Sept. 20, 1758, m. Sept, 19, 1780 Henry Pierson and d. Feb. 28, 1836, Bt-tsey 5 b- 1760. d. 1785 unm., a son 6 b. 1762 d. young, Esther 5 b. 1765, m. David Hedges and died 1825, Jonathan 5 b. 1767, d, April 27, 1768, Jonathan 5 b. 1770. John 4 bap. July 29, 1711, d, April 20, 1784, m. April 1, 1731, and Had ch. John 5 bap. March 5, 1732, Mary 5 bap. April 14, 1734, m. Sopt, 17.")4, John Dayton, Jr., Hannah 5 bap. Sept. 5, 1736, Phebe 5 bap. June 24, 1739, Jerusha 5 bap. April 18, 1742, Josiah 5 bap. March 24, 1745, a ch. bap. 174». 313 . Timothy 5 b. Aug. 17, 1739, d. Feb. 15, 1813, m. Dec. 27, 1764 Esther Osborn, and rem. to Morris Co. N. J. abt. 1770; they had ch. Marj' 6 b. Dec. 12, 1765, Amy 6 b. Sept. 12, 1767, Esther G b. Sept. 30, 1769, Timo- thy 6 I). April 26. 1772. Elizabeth 6 b. Juuo 6, 1774, Jason 6 b. Sept. 25, 1776, David 6 b. Nov. 25, 1778, Phebe 6 b. Oct. 15, 1781. Samuel 5 b. July 5, 1757, d. April 28, 1824, ra. 1st July 18, 1787 Mary Bukcr, 2d m. Mary Conkitug Dec. 25, 1794, who d. Sept. 10, 1840; they had ch. a child 6 b. Feb. 1736 d. young. Maria Mason 6 b. May 3. 1797 ra. David H. Miller, Puah Couklin (5 b. July 25, 1799, m. Eli Barnes, Thom- as Jefferson 6 b. D.c, 19, 1801 Samuel Lewis 6 b. Aug. 4, 1804, Hannah 6. b. Nov. 6, 1806, m. Dr. D. B. VanScoy, Phebe 6 b Feb. 9, 1811. David 5 b. Nov. 7, 1754, d. Jan. 8, 1799, m. Rachel Gardiner; they had ch. David 6 b. Sept. 13, 1782, Phebe G. 6 b. Aug. 7, 1784. ra. July 27, ls09 Col. Samuel Miller, Richard 6 b. 1786, m. Betsey Hedges May 16, 1811, Henry L.- 6 b. June 9, 1790, d. Nov. 6, 1853 unm. Jonathan 5 b. 1770, d. Feb. 14, 1840. m. Hamutal Baker 1799 and had ch. David 6 b. April 16, 1800, d. Nov. 14, 1876 unm., Mary C. 6 b. Dec. 18, 1803, m. Isaac VanScoy, John H. 6 b. April 24, 1806, d. Dee. 10, 1893 unm. Samuel G. 6 b. Feb. 3, 1808, Henry 6 b. Nov. 7, 1810, unm., George 6 b. May 18, 1813, Jei emiah 6 b. Oct. 17, 1815. John 5 b. March 5, 1732, d. 1761, m. Mary Dayton June 25, 1750, had ch. Jonathan 6 bap. July 13, 1761. Nathan 6 bap. July 13, 1761, Nancy 6 bap. July 13, 1761. Josiah 5 bap. March 24, 1745, d. 1820, m. and had ch. Josiah 6 b. 1779, d. Jan. 12, 1863 unm., a dau. 6 b. 1791, d. Oct. 20, 1791, Phebe 6 b. 1792, m. 1st Ezra Miller, 2d Abraham D. Candy, Betsey 6 m. Isaac Hedges, d. s. p. Thomas Jeffekson 6 b. Dec. 19, 1801, d. July 21, 1883, at Amagan- sett, m. Harriet dau. of Isaac Barnes, Dec. 10, 1823, and had eh. Claris- sa M. 7 b. Nov. 3. 1824 unm., Samuel 7 b. Oct. 30, 1826, Isaac B. 7 b. Oct. 26, 1828, Harriet M. 7 b. Jan. 3, 1837, m. June 16, 1857 Capt. George L. Hand. Samuel L. 6 b. Aui,'. 4, 1804, d. July 27, 1884, at Araasansett, m. 1st Nancy F. Baker May"20, 1828, who^^d. March 5, 1847, 2d Phebe S. Edwards Dec. 20, 1847, who d. Jan. 20, 1895 : they had ch. a son 7 b. April 3, 1829. d. young, Henry L. 7 b. Sept. 28, 1830, d. 1897, Charles J. 7 b. Sept. 28, 1832, John N. 7 b. Oct. 18, 1835, George B. 7 b. May 11, 1838, d. July 12. 1855, Nancy E. 7 b. April 10, 1840, d. Dec. 26, 1891, m. David C. Barnes, Mary T. 7 b. April 5, 1841, d. April 20, 1842, Beulah A. 7 b. July 24, 1842, a daughter 7 b. May 24, 1843, d. same day, Mary F. 7 b. April 2, 1846, d. Sept. 10, 1846, a dau. b. Feb. 27. 1847, d. same day, Edgar B. 7 b. Get. 5, 1848, Dorliska J. 7 b. Feb. 8, 1850, d. March 1. 1852, Mary J. b. Feb. 11, 1854, Phebe M. 7 b. Deo. 1856, d. Oct. 29, 1876. Samuel G. 6 b. Feb. 3, 1808, d. March 16, 1891, m. Charlotte VanScoy April 1, 1847 and had ch. Amanda H. 7 b. June 25, 1848, m. Nov. 11, 1875 David E. Osborn, Samuel M. 7 b. Oct. 24, 1850, David G. 7 b. May 14, 1853, John H. 7 b. Jan. 15, 1856. Gkorge 6 b. May 18, 1813, m. Mrs. Maryetto Pardons, (nee Conklin) Sept. 13, 1849, and they had ch. George H. 7 b. March 4, 1851 uum., Hannah M. 7 b. Sept. 25, 1852 unra. jEiiEMiAH 6 b. Oct. 17, 1815, d. May 23, 1867, m. Nov. 10, 1841, Mary M. dau. of Stephen Hedges, and they had ch. Phebe M. 7 b. Aug. 19, 1842, d. Sept. 19, 1847, Mary E. 7 b. Feb. 3, 1849, m. Nov. 11, 1876 Elihu S. Miller, Carrie 7 b. Oct. 3, 1852, d. Jan. 19, 1882, Jeremiah H. b. Oct. 18, 1854. Jonathan 6 bap. July 13, 1761, d. April 11, 1842, m. Bothia Bennett 314 who d. May 15, 1841, and they had ch. Jonathan B. 7 b. Nov. 23, 1788, Hannah 7 bap. April 29, 1791, m. Abraham Gardinor, Mary D. 7 bap. May 1796, m. David Carll, Miller Dayton 7 b. Jan. 29, 1797 rem. Samuel 7 U. Oct. 30, 182G, m. Nov. 26, 1856 Lvdia Lester, and has ch. Mary K. 8 b. Oct. 31, 1857, m. G. Clarence Topping Nov. 10, 1887, Fanny H. 8 b. Nov. 25, 1860, m. George W. Strong Oct. 28, 1882, Hattie 8 b. March 25, 1862, E. Matilda 8 b. June 28, 1873, d. Aug. 28, 1876. Isaac B. 7 b. Oct. 26, 1828, m. Aug. 26, 1884 Esther A. Edwards and had ch. Thomas J. b. Feb. 21, 1888, d. same day. Heney L. 7 b Sept. 28, 1830, d. 1897, m. Fanny Manwaring and had ch. Charles M. 8, John 8, Herbert 8, Emma 8. Chaeles J. 7 b. Sept. 28, 1832, m. Lydia A. Squires and had ch. Ger- trude 8 m. Henry L. Leek, Wesley 8 died, William 8 and George 8. Edgak B. 7 M. D. b. Oct. 5, 1848, and rem. to Bridge-Hampton, m. May 10. 1879 Mary A. Edwards and has ch. Samuel S. 8 h. Sept. 15, 1880, Arnold E. 8 b. Jan. 24, 1886. Sajiuet. M. 7 I). Oct. 24, 1850, m. Nov. 12. 1878 Isabella Stratton, and has ch. Charlotte S. 8 b. Sept. 28, 1879. Davii> G. 7 b. May 14, 1853, m. Nov. 9, 1882, Elizabeth E,. Osborn and has ch. Harold 0. 8 b. July 18, 1884, d. Jan. 26, 1887, Amy S. 8 b. April 25, 1887, Florence M. 8 b. Aug. 24, 1890. John H. 7 b. Jan. 15, 1856, m, Dec. 9, 1886 Margaret D. dau. of Josiah Lester, and has ch. Josiah L. 8 b. Aug. 30, 1890. Jeeemiah H. 7 b. Oct. 18, 1854, m. Nov. 17, l'*J81 Phebe E dau. James M. Hedges, and has ch. Cairie 8 b. July 15, 1883, Herbert M. 8 b. Aug. 13, 1887, d. April 1, 1888, James H. 8 b. Aug. 12, i:s89, Catherine M. 8 b. June 6, 1892, Mary Louise 8 b. Feb. 4, 1895. JONATHAN B. 7 b. Nov. 23, 1788, m. Esther Barnes Nov. 22, 1816 and had ch. Harriet L. 8 b. Feb. 11, 1821, m. Capt. Wm. Osborn and d. s. p. April 17. 1^42, Sarah M. 8 b. May 3, 1823, m. Wm. L. Osborn, Esther B. 8 b. July 2, 1825, m. June 9, 1852 Dr. John C. Hedges, Sybil B. 8 b. Oct. 8, 1827, ni. May 15, 1847 Nathaniel Dominy, Mary A. 8 b. April 11, 1830, d. Sept. 8, 183:4. ^ ' William 1 b. in England abt. 1G20, d. March 1687, m. Sarah Alters, and Had ch. Thomas 2 b. abt. 1650, William 2, Benjamin 2 who rem. to Cape May, N. J. abt. 1702, Sarah 2 and Rachel 2. ;/ Thomas 2 b. abt. 1650, d. Nov. 2, 1732, m. Mary Gardiner dau. of Jer- emiah Conkliu, and had eh. William 3, Kacliel 3 m. Thomas Dibble April 2, 1700, Abia 3 m. Wm. Hedges March 2, 1702, Ezekiel 3 m. Abia Osborn July 14, 1714 and rem. to Cape May. N. J., Lewis 3, Jeremiah 3 b. 1687, Thomas 3 b. 1689, David 3 bap. 1699, d. S6pt. 12, 1722 unm. William 2 had ch. Aaron bap. June 16, 1700, Abigail 3 bap. April 26, 1702, m. Thomas Chatfield, Jr., William 3 bap. Nov. 14, 1704, Benjamin 3 bap. Feb. 16, 1707. Stephen 3 bap. Jan. 23, 1709, Jonathan 3 bap Fe*b. 18, 1711, Ephraim 3 bap. Dec. 28, 1712, rem. to Cnmberland Co. N. J. Jacob 3 )jap. April 7, 1715. Lewis 3 drowned while after a whale off East-Hampton, Feb. 24, 1719', m. Feb. 9, 1716 Hannah Pax-sons, and had ch. Jane 4 b. Oct. 7, 1716, d. 1753, m. Dec. 18, 1738, John Chatfield, Levris 4 bap. Nov. 23, 1718, rem. to N. J. abt. 1740. Jeeemiah 3 b. 1687, d. Oct. 5. 1766, m. Abigail who d. May 10, 1764, they had ch. Jeremiah 4 bap. Oct. 31, 1714, Lemuel 4 bap March 31, 1717, d. Oct. 26, 1791, Job 4 bap. Jan. 1719, rem. to N. J. wlien vouug, Abraham 4 bap. Jan. 1719, Abigail 4 bap. Feb. 5, 1721, m. Dec. 20, 1744, Elias Howell, David 4 b. March 15, 1723, rem. to Duchess Co. N. Y. Han- nah 4 bap. Oct. 17, 1725, m. Nov. 1, 1749 Wm. Brant, Mary 4 bap. Oct. 315 17. 1725, (I. Jan. 25, 1746, Ezokiel 4 bap. Sept. 21, 1727. THO>rAs 3 b. 1().S9, il. March 8, 17«5, m. 1st Juno 1!), 1712 Mrs. Mercy B(>11, she (1. May 17, 1787, m. 2d Deborah Sopt. 7, 17:57, aud ha.l ch. Elisha 1 b. Jau. 12, 1713, Daniel 4 bap. June lU, 1715, Baniabas 4 bap. June 3, 171(!, in. Haunah Petty April 3!'t, 1740 and rem. abt. 1750 to Conn. Thomas 4 bap. Jan. lO, 1719. Jonathan 3 bap. Feb. 18, 1711, m. Mary Dayton June 25, 1740 and had ch. Jon 4, Jonathan 4, Nathan 4, Mary 4; we have no further record of these. AuKAHAM 4 bap. Jan. 1719, d. April 2, 1789, m. Dec. 19, 1745 Kebecca Stratton and had ch. Abraham 5 bap. Ja,n. 1748, Mary 5 bap. Jan. 12, I'^yO, Cornelius 5 bap. July 14, 1752, a ch. 5 bap. March 1759, Abigail 5, bap. Jan. 17G2, a son 5 bap. 1764. EzEKiEL 4 b. Sept. 24, 1727, d. April 15, 1819, m. Mrs. Amy Mulford and had ch. Mary 5 b. Dec. 25. 1756, m. Joseph Osborn 1774, Amy 5 b. July 7, 1759, m. Nathan Couklin. Jeremiah 5 b. Dec. 10, 1761, d. Aug. 23, 1784, m. Elizabeth Jones April 13, 17bO d. s. p., Ezekiel 5 b. May 2^, 1764, rem. 1780 to Wayne Co. N. Y., Edward 5 1). Sept. 17, 17G7, Phebe 5 b. June 20, 1770, m. "Wm. Davis. Hannah 5 b. July 11, 1773, m. Jonathan Baker. El [SUA 4 b. Jan. 12, 1713, d. May 29, 1798, m. Dec. 1, 1735 Joanna Os- born, she d. Sept. 13, 1791, they had ch. Mary 5 bap. Nov. 28, 173(1, m. Eev. Samuel Euel, D. D., Mercy 5 bap. Dec. 10, 1738, William 5 bap. Apr. 28, 1745, Elisha 5 bap. Oct. 27, 1749. Thomas 4 bap. Jan. 16, 1719, m. Sopt. 7, 1737 Mrs. Katherine Talmage, they had ch. Barnabas 5 bap. Sept. 16, 1750, Ananias 5 bap. Nov. 1752, Thomas 5 bap. Jau. -^9, 1758, Mercy 5 bap. Jan. 6, 1700, Ruth 5 bap. Jau. 6, 1760. Abkaham 5 bap. Jan. 1748, d". Dec. 9, 1835, m. 1st 1770 Joanna Miller, she d. Sept. 12, JhOS, m. 2d Lydia Stebbins, 3d Mrs. Lydia Jones (nee Tiiliiigliast) ; all of his ch. were b. in E. H. by 1st w. ; he rem. to South- old abt. 1800; ch. Mary '<' b. Oct. 7. 1771, m. Juno 16, 1794 Abraham Huntting, she d. June 11, 184J, Ilaiinah 6 b. 1774, m. Henry Osborn 1790, Estlier 6 b. 1776, m. 1796 Daniel Osborn, Rebecca 6 b. 1778, m. 1st Henry Chattield, 2d 1812 Samuel Conklin, Abraham 6 b. 1781, d. at Southold Dec. 29, 1864, Fr&uees 6 b. 1783, m. 1804 John D. Gardiner, Abby 6 m. Eobtus Tuthill, Betsey 6 b. 1786 m. Nathaniel Rackett, Jeremiah 6 b. 1792, d. Jan. 14, 1855, Phebe 6 b. 1794, m. Martin Prince. EDWAiiD 5 b. Sept. 17, 1767, d. April 5, 1821, m. Jan 18, 1794 Fanny Rysam, aud they had ch. William J. R. 6 b. Oct. 18, 1794, Ezekiel 6 b. Jau. 9, 1796, d. Sept. 15, 1805, Jeremiah 6 b. Aug. 21, 1797, Ursula P. 6 b. March 12. 1802, m. Jujy 10, 1820 Capt. Geo. R. Howell, Ezekiel 6 b. Sei)t. 13, 1805, Nancy R. 6 b. April 15, 1807, d. June 3, 1856, m. Jan. 1, 1829, Henry H. Huntting, Eliza G. 6 b. Aug. 9, 1814, p. July 14, 1886, m. April 3, 1841 L. Deerinu. WiLiiiAM 5 bap. April 28, 1745, d. Dec, 7, 1813, m. Lucretia Coukling, who d. March 27, 1814, they had ch. William Gb. 1776, Betsey 6 b. Oct. 10, 1779, d. Sept, 25, 1849 num., Lucretia 6 b. 1782, Thomas 6 bap. A.ug. 1784, d. July 26, 1829 unm., Samuel 6 bap. 1787, rem. to Nine Partners, now Millbrook, Duchess Co. N. Y. EijISUA 5 bap. Oct. 27, 1749, d. Aug. 14, 1828, m. Mrs. Damaris Sand- ford (uee Howell) and they had ch. Phebe 6 b. Oct. 1, 1780, Jerusha 6 b. June 3, 1782, Sylvanus «. 6 b. Aug. 20, 1784, d. Nov. 27. 1873, m. May 3, 1818 Fanny dan. Zebulon Jessup and rem. to Montrose, Pa., Mary 6 b. May 16, 1786, Elisha 6 b. Jan. 18, 1798, d. Aug. 4, 1867, rem. to Orient, N. Y. m. 1805, Fanny 6 b. Fob, 3, 1801. 316 William J. E. 6 b. Oct. 18, 1794, d. at Sag-Harbor, m. Aug. 21, 1827 HaiTiet dau. of Henry Havens and they had eh. Fanny R. 7 b. May 1828 m. 1st 1846 Dr. C. S. Stillwell, m. 2d 11S85 Kev. J. J. Harrison, Hannah 7 in. Dr. S. B. Nicol, Wm. Rysam 7 m. Laura Allen, he d. at Anderson- ville (S. C.) prison, while in the service of his country. Jekemiah 6 b. Aug 21, 1797, d. at Sag-Harbor Jan. 22, 1880, m. 1st Den. 9, 1810 Marv Lee, who d. Nov. 29, 1858, m. 2d and had ch. George L. 7, b. June 7, 1818, killed at sea by a whale Feb. 6, 1842, Juliette G. 7 b. Dee. G, U19, m. 1842 Robert F. Osboru, Caroline L. 7 b. May 28, 1822. d. March 17, 1870, m. Sept. 5, 1844 E. Prentice, Chauncey W. 7 b. April 28, 1825, rem. west when young, Edward C. 7 b. Nov. 23, 1827, d. Sept. 18, 1832, Gertrude D. 7 b. Feb. 17, 1833, d. Oct. 27, 1854, Ursula P.. 7 b. May 19, 1835, d. Oct. 15, 1839, Mary L. 7 b. June 10, 1838. d. Oct. 24, 1839. EzEKiEL 6 b. Sept. 13. JS05, d. Jan. 31, 1850, m. Dec. 27, 1832 Julia Prentice, and they had ch. Araos Prentice 7 b. April 5, 1834, d. May 1891, Julia Anna 7 b. July 1, 1839, Lucinda C. 7 b. Sept. 28, 1841, d. Jan. 21, 1851, Eliza Gracie 7 b. Aug. 15, 1844, d. Aug. 21, 1894. William 6 b. 1776, d. Sent. 8, 1847, m. Nov, 6, 1803 Polly Parsons, she d. Nov. 24, 1842, they had"ch. Jeremiah Jones 7, James P. 7 b. 1810, d. Feb. 5, 1883, m. Nov, 31, 1833 Phebe B. dau. of Jeremiah Dayton, she d. Sept. 17, 1895, no ch ; William 7 b. Dec. 1812, d. July 7, 1879, m. Philena dau. of Sylvanus Jones, she d. Nov. 17, 1877, both d. s. p. Jeremiah J. 7 d. July 25, 1869, m. 1st Dec. 15, 1835 Betsey Isaacs, she d. Aug. o, 1841, m. 2d Sept. 2, 1843 Abigail Glover, she d. Nov. 6, 1847, m. 3d Nov. 9, 1848 Sarah B. Stratton and had ch. Elisha 8 b. Dee. 16, 1836, m. Mrs. Williams, no ch. ; Catherine 8 b. April 22, 1838, m. James M. Hedges, a ch. 8 b. 1840, d. young, Charles J. 8 b. June 22, 1841, m. Jan. 14, 1868 Anna E. Lines, no ch., Abby G. 8 b. Aug. 17, 1847. Note. — Barnabas 4 born June 3, 1716, son of Thomas 3, settled at Branford, Ct., was a member of the General Assembly of Conn. 1762, and a deacon of the North Branford church ; and had son Barna- bas 5 who had son Hervey 5, graduate of Yale in 1794, who had son James Hervey 7,Bof New Haven, Ct., who had son Hervey 8, who had sons William Remsen 9 b. July 4, 1857 and Dexter Walker Ironside9 b. Dec. 26, 1865. Wm. Remsen 9, Episcopal clergyman in New Haven, Conn., compiled and published the Mulford Genealogy, including fully the Branford branch, in 1880. In 1893 Mrs. A. B. Kitchell, of N. Y. city, published a genealogy of the Mulford family containing more fully notices of the New Jersey branch of the family, descended from Chris- topher 5 and his brother Timothy 5, sons of Timothy 4, son of Mat- thew 3, son of Samuel 2, sou of John 1. Elisha Mulford, atuhor of "the Nation" and "the Republic of God," was a descendant of Thomas Mulford 3, sou of Thomas 2, son of William 1. H. p. H. THE MURDOCK FAMILY. CONTEIBUTED BY TEUITIS D. HUNTTING. ESQ. Among the early settlers of East-Hampton, there were some families who remained there only a short time. One of these was the Murdock family. Peter Murdock 1 came to this place while travelling through the length of the Island as a peddler, carrying his pack -of merchandise on his back. He was the son of a well-to-do wool-comber of Limerick, Ireland, who had lost all his property during the war of 1690-1. Peter 1 came to this country to carve out a living for himself in 1698. During his periodical visits to East-Hampton he became acquainted with Mary Fithian, secretly courted her contrary to her father's wishes, and final- 317 Iv married her This was in 1705. A.fter his marriage he opened a store in E H., his wife tending it while he resumed his peddlers pack, He prospered in business and sent to Ireland for his three sisters to conie and live with him ; one of them, Dorcas, married John Conklin, of East-Hampton. ^ , , , u^a Petek 1 had but one child, a son named John 2 who, when he reached manhood, rem. to West Saybrook, Conn. John 2 b. 1706 at E. H. d. Jan. 21, 1778, at Westbrook. Conn., m. 1st Phebe Sill, 2d Frances Conklin April 11, 1732 and d. 1799. They had ch. Peter 3 b. Jan. 21, 1733, d. 1755 unm., Mary 3 b. Nov. 21, 1731, m. Nath- aniel Huntting 1751, John 3 b. Nov. 19, ITSC, d. 1764 unm Phebe 3 b. Nov 13 1738 m. Eev. Devotion, William 3 b. April 31, 174r., Abi- •'ailS b' March 21, 1742, Enoch 3 b. Nov. 22, 1743, Jonathan 3 b. April 7, 1745, Anna 3 b. Feb. 14, 1747, Miriam 3 b. Aug. 25, 1748, Abraham 3 b. May 21, 1751, Frances 3 b. Aug. 31, 1753, James 3 b. Feb. 18, 1755. THE OSBOKN FAMILY. Thomas Osborn, Sr., was father of Thomas, Jr. 2, John 2 and Ben- iamin 2 and conveyed to the latter in 1687 all his lands in East-Hamp- ton see T E. Vol. I, pp. 84, 300, 406. From Savage's Gen. Dictionary and otherwise we know that this Thomas 1 had in New Haven a son Jeremiah and other children, and a brother Eichard, the tanner, there. The tradition that he returned to New Haven and died there, is con- sistent with the deed and all the known facts. The Thomas 2 dying m 1712 03 90, was sou of Thomas 1. The Joseph, Jr. 3 was son of Thomas 2 dying in 1743, 8s 83, and by will proved Sept. 9, 1746, devised to his son Joseph 4 the old Deacon Osborn homestead, to his son Jeremiah 4 the house on the corner bought of Capt. Thos. SVheeler, and to his son Thomas 4 the Pudding Hill lot. Four generations of the family are traced and located on three homesteads, at so late a date and so clear- ly as to leave little if any doubt so far. The same will names his brother Daniel 3. ,, ^ , , , We find at an early day in East-Hampton four other Osborns, not of this stock, to be traced and located. Eecompence in 1665, Bezaleel, Joseph and Jonathan, (see T. E. Vol. I, p. 241, Vol II, pp. 183, 255 and 256 Savage names William Osborn 1 in Salem 1630, m Dorchester 163J, and there had son Eecompence 2 b. May 26, 1644, H. C. 1661, at Brain- tree had Hannah Aug. 24 1646, Bezaleel May 8. 1650, and alter that at Boston had Joseph 2 b. April 6, 1652 and Jonathan b. Nov 16, 16o6. He was a merchant and died in mid life. Inventory Aprir29 1662, oyer XI 000. His wid. m. John Mulford, of Southampton, L. I. dec. (^outh- am'ptcn is a mistake for East-Hampton.) Eecompence grad. of H. O. After graduation taught school in New Haven and thence went to J^ast- Hampton, and after 1665 disappears, probably dying there soon after, at a date not fixed by the college catalogue, but probably before beza- leel who died about 1686, and whose unucupativewiU proved inbunolJt Co Feb. 10, 1686 names his wife Elizabeth, the two sous of his brother- in-law Arthur Howell, and brothers Joseph and Jonathan. The will is proved to have been made in the house of Joseph the testator s broth- er The Town Eecords. Vol. II, p. 256, 257 show that in 1690 Jonathan then of Cape May, N. J. and Joseph, sons of William of Boston, owned half a house formerly their father's, and by him given to their mother. The death of Eecompence and Bezaleel and removal of Jonathan to Cape May, before 1690, still left Joseph, son of the rich merchant Wil- liam, in East-Hampton, whose descendants, if any, are not traced. 318 This Joseph probably was the Joseph, Sen. who died in 1741, ee abt. 90. The statement that the lot of Bezaleel descended in the Osborn family in the line of the late Sylvanus M. dec'd, is probably an error. The Thomas 2 d. in 1712 left son Joseph 3 d. in 1743, and son Daniel 3 d. in 1713, who left son Dea. Daniel 4 who d. in 1757, both located on the Os- born homestead where now resides David E. son of Sylvanus M. The original unproved will of Daniel 3, and a copy of the Avill and probate of Daniel 4, are now in possession of said David E. In the former Jos- eph Osborn, brother of the testator, is named executor. In the latter "Thos. Osborn, dec'd" is named as grandfather of the testator, and his cousin Joseph Osborn as an executor, demonstrating the descent of both families from Thomas 2. A deed of Daniel and Jonathan, sons of Daniel, to Jeremiah Osborn, in 1758, confirms this There was a Capt. Daniel Osborn, of Southold, whose will dated Oct. 4th. 1771, proved April 29, 1782, names sons Daniel and Wines, and land at Daniel's Hole and Major Wickham's land, as if in East-Hampton, and who I think was son of Daniel 4, and is the Daniel named in the will as his son, with Jonathan, and while the latter remained the form- er Daniel 5 I think removed to Southold. His son Daniel 6 probably was the Assemblyman named in 1787-8, and he was father of the late lawyer Hull Osborn 7 and Dr. Thomas Osborn 7 of Kiverhead, and thus the Southold and East-Hampton Osborns have the same lineage, as stated by so competent authority as the late J. Wickham Case. See note, Southold Town Eecords, Vol. II, p. 536. The Charles Osborn, late of Bellport, L. I. dec'd, descended from the same Thomas 2 of East- Hampton. The writer of the Chronicles of East-Hampton, published in 1838-1841 in The Corrector, at Sag-Harbor, and afterwards in book form in 1870, speaking of the earliest memorials of the dead, described four red cedar posts, two connected by a rail and two with the rail missing. He men- tions the fragrance of the wood and the fact that "four years since a person then aged ninety-four, who was born ar.d always lived in the village, described them as bearing at his earliest -recollection the same worn appearance that they then did." No inscription was visible on those connected by the rail. On the others the Avriter states '-the ini- tials B. 0. can be indistinctly traced." I well remember these posts in the burying ground at the "south end." They were set at the usual distance of head and foot stones over graves, and probably antedated them as memorials. The old person who I suppose died in 1830 ro 98, was Dea. Eecompence Sherrid, and his memory thereof must have gone back to 1742. The initials B. O. are those of Bezaleel Osborn who died in 1686, and with slight change are those of Eecompence Osborn, the Harvard graduate, dying about 1670, and not unlikely in fact were marks for the grave of one of them. In Munsell's History of Suffolk Co. the Osborn genealogy is errone- ously traced from Eobert and Elizabeth, of Maidstone, Kent, Eng., to Thomas 2 who d. a3 90 in 1712, to Daniel 3 d. Jan. 6, 1713 te 48 yrs., Dan- iel 4 d. May 18, 1757, Jonathan 5 d. Nov. 1, 1781, Joseph 6 b. 1754, d. 1844, Joseph 7 b. 1789, d. 1872, Sylvanus M. 8. The partial genealogy of this family, by Judge Thomas A. Osborn, late of Mayville, Chautau- qua Co., N. Y., Co. Judge in 1843, Member of Assembly in 1868, contains the same mistake. Thomas 1 Sen. father of Thomas 2 Jr. who died in 1712, may have been son of that Eobert and Elizabeth, but not of Thom- as 2. The Town Eecords prove Thomas 2 son of Thomas 1. Deacon Abraham Osborn 6, son of Lewis 5, son of Joseph 4, son of Joseph 3, sou of Thomas 2, sou of Thomas 1, was a man of devout soul 319 Sood memory and good sense, versed in treasured traditionary lore. "And many names he would repeat, Whose pulses long have ceased to beat." He said that Thomas 1, Thomas 2, Joseph 3 and his three sons Joseph 4, Jeremiah i and Thomas 4, L(!\vis 5 and Abraham 6, all tanners, worked for six generations at that trade on the hill where he resided, now the residence of his grand-sons William A, and Burnet M. Osborn. For generations the family and descendants of Daniel 3 and his son Deacon Daniel i so wrought. Judge Thomas A. ralates that the family have a tradition that they are of Norman origin, and came with William the Conqueror. He had an account of the family Coat of Arms which, writ- ing from memory, is not given. Believing that what we do and not vidiat our ancestors have done, will be our true measure, I have made no inquiry in that direction. Dea. Joseph 4, grandfather of Dea. Abra- ham (j, was a man of strong convictions, and in the Revolution a reso- lute patriot. During the Revolutionary war, on his way to church, he was ordered by a British officer to appear forthwith, with his team and cart, at an appointed place to do service for the British army. The Deacon inquired by what authority tbe officer commanded him and was answered "by the authority of the King." "What King do you serve?" asked the Deacon. The answer was "King George the Third." The Deacon replied "my King is greater than your King. I serve King Jesus. He commands me to go to meeting and I shall go." With this the old hero marched on to the church. To such a man titles and coats of arms are baubles. Having known the strong personality and power of Dea. Abraham, his grandson, I can better conceive the master man- ner of his grandsire. i^* The line runs thus : Thomas 1 the emigrant, Thomas 2 b. l}22, a. at E. Hampton 1712, Joseph 3 b. abt. 1671, d. Oct. 1743. >C Joseph 3 had w. Mary Hedges, m. Dec. 26, 1704-5 and ch. Jose ph 4, Jeremiah 4 and Thomas 4 b. abt 1699, d. Nov. 1753 aj 54. Joseph 4 had ch. Joseph 5, Lewis 5 and Mary. Thomas 4 b. abt. 1699, d. Nov. 1753, had ch. Deborah o b. Feb. 14, 1742, Thomas 5 b. Feb. 24, 1744, James 5 b. April 14, 1746, Mary 5 b. April 18, 1749, Elizabeth 5 b. July 15th, 1751, Cornelius 5 b. Jan. 19, 1754. Thoaias 5 b. Feb. 24, 1744, d. JuneS, 1788, sb 44 yrs. 2 mos. 29 das. had -n . and ch. Phebe 6 b. April 14, 1768, Thomas 6 b. Jan 29, 1770, |Abra- ham 6 b. Feb. 15, 1772, Jacob Hedges 6 b. March 26, 1774, Thomas 6 b. April 21, 1777, Conkling 6 b. June 4, 1779, Lewis 6 b. Dec. 18, 1782, Jane 6 b. March 8, 1786. , „, ,^^„ , , Thomas 6 b. April 21, 1777, had w. Jane b. April 21, luT, d. at Fredouia April 16, 1844, and ch. Thomas Albert 7 b. July 1, 1800, Erwin Filer 7 b. April 29, 1802, Gustavus Adolphus 7 b. April 24, 1804, George Clinton 7 b. April J 2, 1806. Viraldo Emmett 7 b. April 16, 1808, Emma Corbit Filer 7 born July 28, 1809, Esther Jane 7 b. Dec. 28, 1811, Puella Melvina 7 b. June 6. 1820. ^ ^ ,, Thomas Albekt 7 b. July 1. 1800 (Judge) had two wives, 1st Mary Walter who d. Dec. 4, 1837, and 2d Eliza Jeannette who d. Aug. 29, 18o6 and ch. (4ustavus Adoluhus 8 b. May 25, 1829, d. May 11, 1849, Mary Walter 8 b. Dec. 30. 1833," d May 5, 1856, interments at Mayville.Thomas \ 7 had I think 3d w. and ch. Thomas Osborn 6 d. at the house of Jo- seph Osborn in Brooklyn, N. Y. Sept. 13, 1856, buried at Fredonia. Jo- seph Osborn 5, eldest son of Joseph 4, d. at the house of his son in Brooklyn, Dec. 28, 1848. ^, . ., „,, EuwiN 7 had ch. Charles Filer 8 b. April 5, 1826, Puella 8 b. April 30, ]s:!(i, Thomas A. 8 b. Jan. 17, 1833. ^- 320 GUSTAVUS 7 had ch. Henry Clay 8 b. June 28; 1834, Elizabeth 8 b. Oct. 28, 1835, Thomas 8 b. Feb.. 11, 1837, Jane 8 b. Dec. 29, 1838, Emma 8 b. July 10, 1842 (adopted by T. A. Osborn) Elizabeth 8 b. Feb. 17, 1844, John Eason 8 b. Nov. 7, 1846, Gustavus Albert 8 b. Oct. 28, 1852. Geokge 'C. 7 has ch. Elizabeth 8 b. Oct. 26, 1829, Mary Priscilla 8 b. Dec. 14, 1831 ; Elizabeth 8 m. John P. Cobb and has ch. John 9 b. 1857, Mary P. 8 w. Calvin Smith and has a dau. Phebe Osbokn 6 b. April 14, 1768, m. John Miller and they had ch. John and Daniel, who rem. to Canada and then to Ohio, and later to Fulton, Oswego Co., N. Y. and had ch. Abraham 6 had w. Phebe, d. of Steven Hedges, of Sagg, and ch. Abraham Thomas 7, William 7, Edmund 7, who all resided on Pudding Hill and d. s. p., and a dau. 7 who m. and had ch. Jacob Hedges 6 m. Charity Hedges and had ch. Jane 7, Phebe 7 and Charity 7. CoNKLiNG 6 m. Abigail Hedges and had ch. Philander 7 & Emeline 7. Thomas 6 and Jane 6 d. s. p. and Lewis d. unm. CoKNEiiius 5 son of Thomas 4 b. Jan. 19, 1754, d. Sept. 24, 1810 es 57, had w. Hannah Hedges and ch. Stephen 6, Cornelius 6, Mary 6, Phebe 6, Joseph 6 and an infant. Cornelius 5 resided at Jericho ; his son Steph- en 6 b. abt. 1785, abt. 1808 rem. to Lansingburgh, N. Y. and had w. Martha Barton and ch. Martha 7, Cornelius 7, Rufus 7, Hannah 7, Mary 7. Julia 7. Mary 6, Joseph 6 and an infant all d. s. p. Cornelius 6 d. in Monroe Co. N. Y. leaving ch. Eobert 7, Eeuben 7, and others. Phebe 6 m. Nathan C. Barnes ; she was b. Jan. 20th, 1800 and d. April 7, 1848, 8Si 48, and had ch. Mary 0. 7 and Joseph Henry 7. ' Joseph 4, oldest son of Joseph 3, had ch. JosephJ, Mulford 5 who d. s. p. Charleses, Temperance 5, Hedges 5 who m. in'^rookhaven, Mary 5 who m. W. Hedges iintniad C"h. Joseph 6, Lucy 6, and other ch. Phe- be 5 who m. Zephaniah Filer, of Troy, N. Y. and had ch. Charles 6, Em- ma Corbett 6, Heni-y Pierson G, Elizabeth Albeirson 6 and Zephaniah 6. Hannah 5 who m. Joseph Hedges ; Joseph 5 who had ch. Joseph 6, Ma- ry 6 and Elizabeth G ; Joseph 6 the eldest brother lived in Brooklyn, N. Y. and had ch. Isabel 7 and Benjamin 7: Charles 5 had w. Charlotte and ch. Charles 6, Thomas 6 and others. Jeeemiah 4, son of Joseph 3, d, Aug. 24, 1775, se abt. 68, had w. Mercy Baker, m. Nov. 11, 1735. and ch. Mercy 5 bap. July 18, 1736-7, Mary 5 bap. March 11, 1738-9, Elizabeth 5 bap. Feb. 22, 1740, Esther 5 bap. April 25, 1742, Elizabeth 5 bap. Aug. 5, 1744, Puah 5 b. Dec. 21, 1746, Jere- miah 5 bap. April 1, 1749-50, Mehetable 5 bap. July 1, 1752. Jeeemiah 5 b. March 31, 1750, d. May 25, 1821, ro 71, had w. Mary Parsons, b. Oct. 2, 1755, d. Jan. 31, 1797, dau. of John Parsons (who d. Nov. 5, 1775) and they had ch. Jeremiah 6 b. Sept. 17, 1776. John P. 6 b. July 28, 1779, Phebe P. 6 b. Oct. 15, 1781, Mary 6 b. Aug. 26, 17S4, who d. unm. in Troy, N. Y. Feb. 26, 1^04, Esther 6 b. April 11, 1787, Henry P. 6 b. Jan. 10, 1790, Samuel 6 b. March 5, 1795. The wife of John Parsons was. Phebe Miller, dau. of Josiah Miller, and they were m. May 15, 1740, all their ch. d. s. p. except Mary who m. Capt. Jeremiah 5, whose ch. inherited the estate of their grand-father. John P. 6 and Henry P. 6 were named "Parsons." Phebe P. 6 m.- Zephaniah Hedges and had ch. Esther 6 m. Col. David Hedges and they had son John C. Hedges, M.D. who d. s. p. Jeeemiah 6 son of Capt. Jeremiah 5 was grad. of Yale and rem. to Troy, Bensselaer Co. N. Y. and was Surrogate of that Co. ; had w. Peck and sou Marcus Brutus 7 of Illinois, who lately d. a3 90 years, and had w. and ch. Sarah 8 who m. Corker, and has ch ; Lucy 8 who m. 321 Curtis and has ch ; Chas. M. 8 who resides in Chicago, 111., lawyer. and has ch. John P. 6 had w. Sarah dau. of Capt. Thos. Wicliham and ch. Edward 7 shot in hunting on Montauk in 1843 and soon after d. s. p., Isaac W. 7 who had w. and ch. Isaac 8 who d. young unm, and Alice 8 of Brooklyn, N. Y., Mary 7 who d. unm. Kobert F. 7 had w. Juliett dau. of Jeremiah Mulford, and ch. Gertrude 8 b. in 1845. m. Jewett and had 2 cb. m. '2(1 Dewey, in Chicago, 111., and Edward 8 who m. Carrie Buckley, d. of Abel C. Buckley and resides in Brooklyn, N. Y. and have ch. Sarah A. E. 7 resides in Sag-Harbor, N. Y. Hekky p. 6 "Esquire Harry," of Moriches, N. Y. m. Susan Topping, d. of Stephen S. Topping, of B. Hampton, Nov. 4, 1812, and had ch. Car- oline D. 7 b. Nov. 4, 1814, m. Wm. Howell and they had ch. Egbert 7 b. March 22, 1817 d. s. p. Aug. 6, lfS35, Angeline 7 b. Aug. 12, 1819. m. Josh- ua Terry and they had ch. Susan 7 b. April 17, 1823, m. Jacob Miller and they had ch. Henry T. 7 b. June 9, 182G, m. Topping dau. of Capt. Edward Topping, and they have ch. George 7 b. Oct. 27, 1831, m. and they have ch. Cornelia 7 b. 1835, m. Wm. Fordham, s. of Nicholas, and they had ch. Samuel 6, s. of Jeremiah 5. b. March 5, 1795, d. June 1842, had w. Mary Ann dau. of Theophilus Smith, of Moriches, L. I. b. Dec. 10, 1799, d. Dec. 16, 1873, and they had ch. Glorianua 7 b. June 5. 1820, d. Feb. 1, 1891 ; Mary Elizabeth 7 b. Oct. 8, 1825, d. May 11, 1865 ; Emmett 7 b. April 20, 1829, d. at sea uum. abt. 1856 ; Edward 7 b. Sept. 8, 1836; Glo- riana 7 m. Henry P. Hedges and they had ch. Samuel O. 8, Edwin 8 and William 8 ; Mary Elizabeth 7 m. John L. Gardiner, M. D. and'd. s. p. ; Emmett 7 went to sea and| after 1854 was not heard from ; Edward 7 M. D. m. Phebe Hendricksou and resides on the corner of Main street and Wood's Lane, purchased in 1724 of Thos. Wheeler by his ancestor Jos- eph Osborn 3. Joseph 4 d. Nov. 21, 1786, ss 82, had s. Lewis 5 d. Sept. 14. 1783. ee 36 ; Lewis 5 m. Jerusha Gardiner who d. Aug. 20, 1844, se 93, they had ch. Abraham 6 b. Jan. 1, 1776, d. Sept. 16, 1855, 03 79 ; Septimus 6 d. Feb. 27, 1852, 88 73 ; Esther 6 d. June 24, 1863, iB 82 yrs. 6 mos. unm. Abkaham 6 Dea. b. Jan. 1, 1776, m. Ist Martha, d. of Daniel Hedges of Sagg, who d. Feb. 5, 180S, as 28, and had two ch. who d. infants, and d. Jerusha G. 7 w. of J. P. Cramer, of Schuylerville, N. Y. b. April 24, 1802, d. s. p. Sept. 29, 1875; had 2d w. Mercy d. of Wm. Huuttiug. b. Feb. 26, 1781, d. Aug. 23, 1843, ee 63. they had ch. Mary Green 7. w. of Capt. Wm. Hedges (she d. Dec. 11, 1882, se 71 years, 7 mos. and leaving s. Wm. 8) Wm. Lewis Huntting 7 b. Jan. 31, 1817, d. Oct. 2, 1881. Wm. Lewis Huntting 7 had w. Sarah b. May 3, 1823, d. of Jonathan B. Mulford, and they had ch. Wm. Abraham 8 b. Jan 5, 1850 and Bur- net Mulford » b. June 12, 1856. BuKNET AluLFOKD 8 has w. Annie d. of Wm. H. Phillips, of Shelter Island, m. Jan. 3, 1889. Septimus 6 m.- Phebe d. of Samuel Parsons, Oct. 2, 1805, who d. Feb. 28, 1828, they had ch. Lewis 7 b. Dec. 17. 1807, d. July 23, 1870, Charles 7 b. July 9, 1810, d. June 19, 1890, John Gardiner 7 b. May 4, 1813, d. June 27, 1.S49, Betsey Conklin 7 b. Sept. 10, 1815, d. May 7, 1860, Samuel P. 7 b. June 10, 1819, d. June- 10, 1895, David C. 7 b. Aug. 23, 1821, d. June 15, 1845'; except Charles 7 all these d. s. p. Chakl.es 7 had w. Harriet Eliza Cook of B. Hampton who d. Dec. 31, 1892 ro 78 years, 21 days, tht-y had ch. Phebe Parsons 8 b. Feb. 5, 1838. d. May 11, 1890, m. Jehial Keiiyou Parsons Oct. 15, 1862, they had ch. Samuel Hedges Parsons 9 b. March 4, 1866, Sally Mulford Parsons 9 b. 322 June 11, 1873 and two ch. d. infants; Charles Wesley 8 b. Aug. 25, 1839; Sarah Gelston 8 b. May 6, 1841, m. Jonathai; F. Gould Oct. 25, 18G6 and they have ch. Theodore 9 b. March 3. 18G8, d. May 2, 1869, John Aster 9 b. Nov. 29, 1870, Charles Osborne 9 b. Jan. 2b, 1873, Hewett Talmage 9 b. Nov. 22, 1874, d. Aug. 23. 1875; Edward Monroe 8 b. Oct. 5, 1842, Ma- ry Jane 8 b. April 12, 1845, d. July 26, 1858, Eloise Cook 8 b. June 28, 1)S47, Joseph Septimus 8 b. Feb. 11, 1852 ; Charles W. 8 m. Mary Jane Meserole Oct. 12, 1871, she was b. 1839, d. 1890, they had son 9 d. an in- fant and dau. Mabel Lozier 9 b. May 28, d. Oct. 18, 1880. Joseph S. 8 b. Feb. 11, 1852, m. Florence Niyl.tingale Worthington Jan. 15, 1885, they have ch. Chailes Joseph 9 b. Aug. 13, 1886, Nelson Cook 9 b. March 4, 1888, Mary Gelston 9 b. Oct. 17, 1889. THE DOWN STEEET OSBOENS. For convenience and from their location I designate the descendants of Daniel 3, son of Thomas 2, as the "down street' Osbornes. Daniel a b. abt. 166G, d. Jan. 6, 1713, ss 48, had w. Elizabeth Hedges and ch. Daniel 4, Thomas 4, Abigail 4, Eebecca 4, Mary 4. Daniel 4 d. May 18, 1757, had w. Elizabeth Austin, m. June 10, 1713, and ch. Elizabeth 5, Daniel 5, Eebecca 5, Jonathan 5, Hannah 5, JDavid 5, Elizabeth 5 b. April 1, 1714, w. Dea. Isaac VanHcoy abt. 1783, Daniel 5, b. May 11, 1720, d. Dec. 4, 1792, as 72, Eebecca 5 b. in 1722, d. Jan. 23, 1804, Si 82, Jonathan 5 b. April 14, 1725, d. Jan. 17b2, as 57, Hannah 5 b. July 26, 1727, David 5 b. Aug. 4, 1730. Jonathan 5 b. April 14, 1725, had w. Elizabeth Dibbh; b. Nov. 28, 1729, d. July 1824 se 95, m. June 10, 1753, had ch. Joseph 6, Jonathan 6. Henry C, Samuel 6, Daniel 6. Joseph 6 b. Aug. 11, 1754, d. Aug. 11, 1844, ai 90, had w. Mary dau. of Capt. Ezekiel Muiford b. Dec. 25, 1756, d. Dec. 25, 1830, se 74. They had ch, Muiford 7 who d. young unm., Sylvanus 7, David 7, Joseph 7, Mui- ford 7. Jonathan 6 b. Jan. 4, 1760, d. Jan. 31, 1846, so 86, had w. Hetty dau. of Dea. Isaac VanScoy and they had ch. Polly 7, Harvey 7, John 7, Mulfurd 7, Abraham 7, Betsey 7 and Isaac 7, the last two twins. Henky 6 b. 1762, d. Dec. 11, 1836, le 74, had w. Hannah dau. of Deac. Abraham Muiford, and they had ch. Betsey 7. Fanny 7, Henry 7, Phe- be 7, Hannah 7, David 7, Mary 7, William 7, Harriet 7. Samuel 6 b. March 1767, d. 1859, ae 92, had w. Fanny Wilcot of Colum- bia Co. N. Y. and Ihey had ch. Martin 7, Fanny 7, Samuel 7 and Har- riet 7, who d. at Austerlitz, Columbia Co. N. Y. Daniel 6 Deac. had w. Esther Muiford, dau. of Dea. Abraham Mui- ford b. Oct. 1775, d. April 13, lS4b, ffi 72, they had ch. Samuel 7 b. Jan. 1811, d. Oct. 1811, Jeremiah 7 b. March 10, 1803 d. s. p. Feb. 25th, 1877 sa 73, Daniel 7 b. Aug. 1, 1797, d. Aug. 2, 1859, as 62, had w. Mrs. Frances wid. of William Hedges and they had dau. Jeaunett ■ 8 who m. Jeremiah Huntting, Esther 7 b. March 3, 1813, Eebecca 7 b. Aug. 15, 1799, m. Dav- id Baker and they had ch. Charles M. 8. Maria E. 8 and Edward 8 ; Phebe 7 b. Sept. 8, 1805, d. Feb. 26, 1833, m. Capt. William Hedges and they had ch. James M. 8 and Mary M. 8; Julia A. 7 b. June 29, 1808, d. June 13, 1859, m Wilkes Hedges and they had ch. John Wilkes 8, Anna E. 8, Estner M. 8; Abby M. 7 b. July 21, 1818, m. Eev. James M. Harlow and they have ch. James S. 8, Julia 8, Daniel 0. 8, Mary T. 8, Benja- min 8 and Court! and 8. Joseph 6 soi: of Jonathan 5 had ch. MuJford 7 b. 1775, d. s. p. Oct. 1791 IB 16, Sylvanus 7 b. Dec. 1780, d. Fob. 28, 1870 te 89, ju. Eebecca King of 323 Aubt. iliLz, Columbia Co. N. Y. abt. 1808 and they had ch. Milton 8, Alan, son 8, Colt^stia 8, and Charles 8. David 7 son of Joseph b. Aug. 30, 1785. d. Oct. 23, 1857, ii^ 72, m. Wrii-^ht, of Columbia Co. N. Y. Sopt. 11, 1811 and they had ch. Samuel W. 8, Mary M. 8. John W. 8, David 8, Henry 8, Harriet A. 8. JosEi'ii 7 son of Joseph 6 b. Sept. 21, 1789, d. Dec. 29, 1872 a) 83, ra. Maria Murdook Huntting, dan. of Dea. Abraham Huntting July 29, 1812, she was b. Feb. 15, 1795. they had ch. Charles 8, Sylvan as 8, Samuel 8, David 8, Charles 8. MULFOED 7 son of Joseph fj b. Nov. 2. 1796, d. Feb. 13, 1871 aj 74, m. Esthers, dati. of Benj. Parcons Jan. 1, 1835, and they had ch. Mary M. 8 b. March 8. 1839, Benjamin J. 8, b. Jan. 22, 1844, Esther E. 8 b. March 24, 1846, d. Aug. 1882; Mary M. 8 m. Geo. Payne, rem. to Alameda, Cal. Jonathan 6 son of .Jonathan 5 had ch. Mary 7 w. of Samnel Stratton and they had ch. Anna C. 8, Sylvanus 8, Sidney H. 8, Sarah B. 8, Esther T. 8, Mary O. 8, Samuel T. 8, Caroline E. 8. Hakvex 7, son of Jonathan 6, b. April 16th, 1789, d. July 17th. 1858, had w. Mary Fithian, dau. of Capt. Jonathan Fithiau, b. Nov. 22 1789, d. and they had son Geo. A. 8. b. Dec. 2, 1824, m. Florence M. Fithian, b. Aug. 1, 1834, and they had ch. Georgiana 9, who d. young, Geo. A. 9, Mary Alice 9, Elizabeth F. K. 9 and Emraett C. 9. Jonathan 7, son of Jonathan G, b. October 21, 1791, d. June 9. 1872, had w. Nancy Case, b. Jan. 1792 and they hadch. Davis C. 8, Mary 8, Hi- ram 8, Jonathan N. 8, Henry P. 8, Esther 8 and Margaret 8. MULFOKD 7, sou of Jonathan 6, b. Aug. 10, 1794, d. October 10, 1844, had w. Pamelia Oakley, they had ch. Maria 8, Eliza 8. William 8 ; Maria m. Ilcv. Chas. Bingham, Eliza m. Rev. Isaac Lent ; the last two have ch. Abrahasi S. 7, son of Jonathan 6, b. Dec. 27, 1796, d. Nov. 3, 1844, had 1st w. Eliza Miller and ch. Abraham S. 8, Edward E. 8, and 2d w. Har- mony Tuthill, and they had ch. Lewis W. 8 and John W. 8. BET.SEY 7, dau. of Jonathan 6, sometimes called Elizabeth Dibble, twin with Lsaac S. 7. b. Dec. 12th, 1800, d. Isaac S. 7, son of Jonathan 6, had w. Catherine E. Glover, b. Dec. 15, 1812, d. Nov. 9, 1857, and they had ch. Joseph G. 8, Hetty M. 8, Jon- athan M. 8; Hetty M. 8 m. 1st Geo. Lester and -they had ch. Sarah F. 9 b. 1854; Catherine G. 9 b. Jan. 15, 1860; m. 2d Chas. Tcrbell, who d.s. p., Sarah F. 9 m. Frank Edwards; Catherine G. 9 m. IstPhiueas Terry, who d. s. p and 2d Robinson ; Jonathan M 8 has w. Eva D. Les- ter and they have ch. Isaac Van Scoy 9, Hetty L. 9, Chas. T. 9 and per- haps others. Henky 6, son of Jonathan 5 had w. Hannah, see ante, and ch. Betsey 7 b. Feb. 1, 1791, d. Oct. 9, 1781, m. Sylvanus Jones and they had dau. Phiiena 8 b. Aug. 27, 1810, d. Nov. 1877, who m. Capt. Wra. Mulford and bothd. s. p; Fanny 7 b. Aug. 26, 1794, d. Jan. 25, 1875. m. Capt. Ezekiel Jones and they hail dau. Phebe 8 b. Dec. 3, 1822, d. May 19, 1856. m. Geo. Hedges anil they had ch. Fanny 9 b. July 7, 1851 and George 9 b. March 30, 1856; Henry 7, son of Henry 6, b. Jan. 26, 1796, m. Elnora Baker, dau. of Jonathan Baker, b. April 16, 1801, they had ch. Ha:inah 8 b. April 12, 1823, m. Capt. Ezekiel Howes and had dau. Ellen 9 b. Mch 17, 18.J5, w. of Henry D. Hedires; Phebe 7 b. Juno 8, 1800. d. Aug. 26, 1805, Hannah 7 b. July 8, 1802, d. s. p. Jan. 11, 1821, David 7 b. Aug. 20, 1805, rem. to Beliport, had w. and ch., dau. who m. Goldthwaite and son Davii.1 Franks 8 of Water Mill, who in. Sarah E. Howell and has ch. Mary 7 b. Oct. 15, 1807, m. Hedges Sautlford, of Water Mill, and d. s. i>. Dec. 8th, 1883, Capt. William 7 b. May 12, 1811, d. July, 1842, at sea, Capt. of ship Washington, and was buried on the island of Whytotacke 324 ill the Southern Pacific Ocean, where over his grave a monument stands. He m. Harriet dau. of I. Burnet Mulford, who had ch. and both d. s. p. Hakkiet 1, b. Sept. 20, 1813, d. Apiil 28, 1884, m. Nathaniel. C. Kack- ett. of Southold, L. I., and had son William O. 8. Joseph 7. son of Joseph 6 and vv. Maria, see ante, liad ch. Charles H. 8 h. March 15, 1813. d. s. p. Nov. 19, 1828, Samuel H. 8 b. Jan. 27, 1818, d. Nov. 27, 1828, Chas. H. 8 b. Feb. 25, 1830, d. April 17, 1832, Sylvanus M. 8 b. Aug. 28, 1815, had 1st w. Frances A. dau. of Jared Loper, of Bridge-Hampton, N. Y., b. Oct. 28, 1816. d. April W, 1880, (at Birmingham, Conn, on a visit to her dau. Mary) they had ch. Mary F. 9, David E. 9, Joseph H. 9, Mary Francos, 9 b Nov. 1845; m. Samuel Miller Gardiner (lawyer) s of Rev. Robert D. b. May 3d. 1840, d. Mar. 29, 1880, in Birmingham, Conn., they had ch. Robert S. 10, Fan- nie P. 10, Edward E. 10; Joseph H. 9 was b. Sept. 24, 1860, David Ed- win 9. b. Aug. 30, 1849, m. Amanda H. dau. of Samuel G. Mulford and ttiey had ch. Edward Mulford 10 b. June 1, 1877, Samuel Gardiner 10 b. Jan. 20, 1880 ; David D. 8 s. of Joseph 7 b. Dec. 25, 1824, d. Sept. 25, 1881, m. 1st Emily C. dau. of Capt. Benjamin A. Gardiner, of Brooklyn. N. Y. b. Jan. 29, 1829, d. April 1876, they had ch. Benjamin G. 9 b. Oct. 10, 1848, Sarah Ella 9 b. Aug. H, 1852, Wm. T. 9 b. Sept. 14, 1855, Herbert H. 9 b. Oct. 8, 1862, Charles A. 9 b. March 13, 1870 ; had 2d w. Mrs. Maria L. White, dau. of Col. Davis, of 111., who became 2:1 wife of Sylvanus M. 8. Jonathan 7 s. of Jonathan 6 had ch. Davis C. 8 (Capt.) b. March 23, 1817, had w. Josephine Case, of Shelter Island, b. 1835, they had ch. Walter D. 9 b. Feb. 11, 1857, Maggie 9 b. May 15, 1870, Mary J. 9 b. May 10, 1873 ; Mary 8 b. 1817, m. Joel Tuthill of West Hampton, L. I. they had ch. Nancy 9, Ella 9, Anna 9, John 9; Jonathan Nicolas 8 b. May, 1825, killed by runaway horses Sept. 29, 1877, unmd., Capt. Hiram 8 b. May 1827, had w. Ella Tuthill, his niece, they have ch. Everett 9, Eda 9, Henry P. 8 b. May 17, 1829, m. Mary F. Barnes dau. of David Barnes, of Amagansett, b. March 16, 1829, they had dau. Phebe E. 9 b. June 1857, m. Joseph Cousins, Esther 8 b. July 25, 1831, m. Wm. C. Pye, they had ch. Wm. H. 9, Elizabeth 9, Mary E. 9, Ada 9, Edwin O. 9 d. an infant. Ernest L. 9, Wm. VanNess 9, Arthur L. 9 d. young; Margaret 8 b. Sept. 23, 1836, m. Wm. Strong, had s. William 9 b. March 17. 1857. Abraham S. 7 s. of Jonathan 6 had w. and ch. Abraham S. 8 b. Aug. 17, 1828, Edward R. 8 b. Dec. 6, 1831, Lewis W. 8 b. Nov. 4, 1837, John W. 8 b. Nov. 24, 1842. WAINSCOTT OSBORNES. Thomas Osbokne 1 the emigrant had s. John 2 who rem. to Wain- scott. John 2 of Wainseott d. abt. 1687, had w. and sons Thomas 3, John 3 Caleb 3, Edward 3, and Ephraim 3. Thomas 3 b. abt. 1660, d. June 23, 1745 as abt. 85 less 6 weeks, had w. Mary d. Jan. 21, 1733, they had ch. Elisha 4, John 4, Zebedee 4, Timo- thy 4, Abigail 4, Nathan 4, Samuel 4, Prudence 4, Mehetabel 4, Hur 4, John 4, Jededi-ih 4, (note, the ^st John d. young.) Jedediah 4 had several children, and among others Jedediah 5 and Jonathan 5. Jonathan 5 b. June 1737, d. Nov. 1814 (was a private in Capt. Hal- lock's Militia Co. of Bridge-Hampton, in the Revolution ; took part in the battle of Long Island and Trenton; had w. Mary dau. of Thomas Miller and Sarah Hopping. They had ch. Mary 6 who d. single m 27, Sarah 6 who m. Elisha Osborn of Wainseott, Chloe 6 w, of James Hand, 325 Phebe 6 w. 1st ot Eeuel Hand, w. 2d of Jo^n Strong, Jonathan 6 b. Aug. U, 1771, d. Dec. 22, 1856. , ^ ^ , Capt. Jonathan 6 of Wainseott b. Aug. 14, 1771, had w. Betsey Schel- iouger, dau. of Abraham Sclitilleugei- and Lois Coiikling, (this Abraham was s. of Jonathan, who was s. of Jacob) and they had ch. Polly 7 b. Sept. 20, 1799. d. March 14', 1«17, Eliza 7 b. Dec. 4, 1800. d. Feb. 15, 1889. (m. July 13, 1822, by Eev. Ebenezer Phillips of E. Hampton) to Gurdei. Halsey of B. Hampton), Jonathan 7 b. May 27, 1802, d. June 22, 188(', David 7 d. an infant, Isaac 7 d. an infant and Isaac 7 b. April 18, 1*01, d. Feb. 25. 1893, Abraham 7 b. Aug. 24, 1808, drowned at sea Jan. 1, 18?ft, Conkling 7 b. Dec. 26, 1811, d. July 1877, David 7 b. Feb. 18, 1815, d. Sept. 22, 1827. Jonathan 7 had w. Polly Loper of Amagansett and they had ch Laura C. 8 b. March 11, 1827, David P. 8 b. Dec. 1, 182tf, Henry L. 8 b. May J;5, 1834, Ellen 8 b. March 1832 d. young, James L. 8 b. Sept. 17, 1838, Ellen P. 8 of Scuttle Hole b. Nov. 21, 1840, Phebe G. 8 b. March 6, 1843, Abrii- ham 7 m. Almira Loper. Conkling 7 had w. Hannah Harris and ch. Charles J. 8, James H. 8, Edward J. 8, Dora 8. Eliza 7 w. of Gurden Halsey had ch. George A. 8 b. April 15, 182.:}, Polly Osborn 8 b. Sept. 24, 1824, d. Nov. 30, 1829, Sarah W. 8 b. Aug. 28, 1826, d. Sept. 13, 1827, Jacob L. 8 b. Aug. 18, 1828, Harriet E. 8 b. Oct. 24, 1830, Elizabeth S. 8 b. Feb. 18, 1833, Jonathan Osborn 8 b. Aug. 6, 1836, d. Feb. 12, 1893, Phebe J. 8 b. June 3, 1842. Henky L. 8 s. of Jonathan 7 b. May 13, 1834, has ch. Jonathan Ed- wards 9 b. March 26. 1866, George Henry 9 b. Aug. 25, 1868, Walter Howell 9 b. Julv 21, 1877. Jonathan Edwakds 9 b. March 26, 1866, had w. Mary Dudley, and they have ch. Florence 10 and Sarah 10 b. Aug. 8, 1891, at Salt LakoCity. EiiiSHA 4 s. of Thomas 3 had s. Elisha 5 b. Nov. 10, 1734. Elisha 5 b. Nov. 10, 1734. m. Dec. 15, 1758, Alice Edwards ; they had ch. Capt. Thomas 6 b. Oct. 3, 1759, Aliriam 6 b. Jan. 29, 1761 d. unm., Capt. Nathan 6 b. April 16, 1763, rem. to Austerlitz, Columbia Co. N. Y. Climena 6 b. July 28, 1765, m. Gamaliel Edwards, and they rem. to West Stockbribge Centre and had ch. Orlando 7, William 7, Osborn 7, Laura 7 and Harvey 7; Elisha, Jr. 6 b. April 19, 1769, Alice 6 b. Feb. 17, 1771, d. unm., John Stratton 6 b. April 25, 1775. Thomas 6 b. Oct. 3, 1759, rem. to Austerlltz, Columbia Co. N. Y., m. Mary Conkling and they had ch. David C. 7, Elisha C. 7. Betsey 7, Pol- ly 7 and Jul'a 7 ; Dapid C. 7 had en. David L. 8, John N. 8, Mary A. 8 w. of Tyler and Julia E. 8 w. of James H. Topping; Elisha C. 7 had ch. Lester T. 8, Ophelia 8, Helen M. 8. Eugenia E. 8 ; Betsey 7 dau. of Capt. Thomas 6 m. Calkins ard had ch. Alvin 8, George 8, Mary 8, Eliza 8, Harriet C. 8, Abiram 8, Thomas 8, Harriet N. 8 and Henry 8 ; Julia 7 dau. of Capt. Thomas 6 m. Josiah White and they had ch. Tliom- as 8, Maltby G. 8 and William W. 8 who all d. s. p. EiiiSHA, Jk. 6 b. April 19, 1769. d. Dec. 9, 1856, ee 87, had w. Mary dau. 1809, d. April 23, 1832 unm., Betsey 7 b. June 6, 1815, d, Dec. 18, 1844, m. John N. Hedges and they had ch. Elisha O. 8 and Mary L. 8; Juliette 7 d. an infant, David 7 b. Feb. 3, 1821, d. Jan. 11, 1847 unm. Thomas 7 b. Nov. 5, 1807, d. March 9, 1867, m. Adela H. Sayre, b. Jan. 8, 1813, d. Feb. 25, 1886, and they had ch. Alice 8 b. Aug. 27, 1840, d. Jan. 22, 1841, Adela S. 8 b. Dec. 8, 1841. d. May 24, 1862, m. Dec. 7, 1857 Cor- 326 iiclius Coukling and they had s. Elisha 9 b. May 2, 1861, d. May 28, 1862, Nathan T. 8 b. Nov. 6, 1843, d. Jan. 30, 1847, John M. 8 b. Jan. 8, 1846, Elisha 8 b. Nov. 26, 1847, d. Aug. 29, 1848, Charlotte P. 8 b. March 7, 1850, d. Sept. 24, 1860, Oliver S. 8 b. Sept. 28, 1853. John M. 8 b. Jan. 8, 1846, d. Aug. 9, 1894, m. June 2, 1875 Louisa H. Edwards, b. July 24, 1851 ; they had eh. Martha A. 9 b. Aug. 31, 1876, Alice E. 9 b. March 9, 1879, Thomas 9 b. April 26, 1880, Fannie S. 9 b.Oct. 4, 1883, Mary L. 9 b. Nov. 25, 1887, Amy C. 9 b. Jan. 28. 1892. Olivek S. 8 b. Sept. 28, 1853, m. Jan. 1, 1879 Euth Hedges and have ch. Elisha 9 b. Jan. 22, 1883, Eaymjond Hopping 9 and LeRoy Hedges 9, twins, b. July 13, 1891. John S. 6 b. April 25, 1775, d. Aug. 22. 1852, ra. Puah Terbell, she d. Nov. 23, 1850, and had ch. Louisa 7"b. 1808 and John S. 7 b. Sept. 9, 1818- John S. ^ b. Sept. 9, 1818, m. Jane M. Payne, she d. Sept. 15. 1890 and they had ch. David C. 8 b. Oct. 31, 1848, Libbie H. 8 b. July 4, 1850 John 5, 8 b. Jan. 29, 1852, Jennie M. 8 b. April 4, 1857, Florence N. P. 8 b. Feb. 6, 1861. Elisha 4 had s. Zebedee 5 who had s. Elisha 6. Elisha 6 was in Connecticut during the Eevolutionary war (probably leaving L. I. with his father). To designate him from other Elishas his neighbors called him "Continental Osborn." Elisha 6 had ch. Malines7, Chauncey 7, and dau. Charlotte 7 w. of Capt. Sylvester Miller, of Amaga,nsett. MaijINes 7 had w. Abigail Loper and they had ch. Fitz A. 8, Geo. B. 8 Nathan P. 8, Bordaloue S. 8, Casablanca 8, Sarah J. 8 w. of Andrew Strong and Josephine W. 8 w. of Jonathan E. Bennett; Casablanca 8 d. unm. the other ch. all have ch. Chauncey 7 had w. Miranda and ch. Adelaide 8 w. of Geoi'ge Hedges, and Isabella 8. THE PAESONS FAMILY. In addition to the sketch of this family in Howell's History of South- ampton, William H. Parsons, of Fire Place, and Adelia A. Sherriil (nee Parsons) have largely contributed to the following genealogy : The line runs thus : Samuel Parsons, 1, the 1st of the name on Long Island, came from Lynn with the settlers to East-Hampton in 1649 and had three sons, John 2, Eobert 2 and Samael, Jr. 2, b. 1630, d. 1714, a> 84; Seth 3 b. 1065, d. 1725, a3 60 ; John 4 b. 17()5, d. 1793, ee 88; ElnathanS b. Oct. 3, 1753, d. Dec. 7, 1836, a3 83; Wm. Davis b. Sept. 28, 1793, d. April 8, 1785, ee 82; William H. 7 b. May 9, 1832, now living; Charles S. 8 b. April 1, 1858, now living. . Elnathan 5 had w. Urania Dominy, and ch. Elnathau, Jr. 6 b, Jan. 22. 1787, d. May 1, 1863, re 76, Sc Ion 6 b. Ma^ch 1, 1789, d. July 15, 1863, ffi 74, Nathaniel 6 b. April 12, 1791. d. Aug. 22, 1811, a) 20, William D. 6, b. Sept. 28, 1793, d. April 8, 1875, £e 82, Phebe 6 b. Dec. 1796, d. an in- fant, Charlvs b. Feb. 3, 1798, d. May 26, 1877, a? 79. Phebe 6 b, June 1, 1801, J. Aug. 20, 1878, ee 77, Jonathan B. 6 b. April 23, 1804, d. July 10, 1889, SB 85. Great Grandfather John 4 was b. 1705, d. June 28, 1793. He m twice His 1st w. was "widow Barnes" hose maiden name Avas Mai'tha Ed- wards ; she was a native of Conn. His 2d w. was a widow Abigail Chat- field (she m. Thomas Chattield, Jr. Nov. 11, 1735; he d. Jan. 1, 1742, ro 38) whose maiden name wasMulford ; she d. Sept. 19, 1806, so 89, John and Abigail had ch. Elnathau 5, Stephen 5 and Seth 5 ; Elnathau 5 lived at Fire Place ; Stephen rem. to Hoosac, Seth 5 to New Baltimore ; one daughter Puah 5 m. John Davis 1772; he was Major in the Eevolution, 327 died in a Jersey prison ship ; went up the Mohawk with Gon. Wash- ington. Elnathan 5 was b. Oct. 3, 1753 ; Urania Dominy his wife, daughter of Nathaniel Dominy and Hr.nnah Baljer Dominy, was b. April 18, 1765. Nhthaniol Dominy b. 1736, Hannah Baker Dominy b. 1740 ; they had ch. Elnathan 6, Chanes 6, Jonathan B. 6, Solon 6, William Davis (Col.) 6. Samuel 2 b. 1630, d. July 6, 1714, m. Hannah who d. Oct. 3, 1728, .T about 83 (probably 2d wife) and had ch. John 3 b. al-t. 1660, d. 1715, Louisa 3 or Lois 3, Esther 3, Seth 3 b. 1665, d. 1725, Sarah 3, Robert 3 b. about 1680, d. 1742, aud Samuel 3 b. 1683, d. 1753. John 3 b. about 1660, d. about 1715, had ch. Henry 4 b. say abt. 1690, d. 1715, Samuel 4 b. 1693, d. 1752, Abigail 4 bap. 1701, Puah 4 bap. 1701, and John 4 b. 1705, d. 1793. Heney 4 b. 8ay about 1690 and drowned from a capsized whaleboat Fob. 24, 1719, had ch. Phebe 5 bap. 1730, Mary 5 bap. 1734, and Sa' ah 5, bap. 1738. Samuel 4 b. 1693, d. Aug. 18, 1752, m. Hannah Baker Dec. 14, 1715, had ch. Hannah 5 bap. 1718, Deborah 5 bap, 172^, Samuel 5 bap. 1725, and Mary 5 bap. 1729. Samuel 5 bap. 1725, m. Mary Merry 1747, had ch. Merry 6 Dap. Jan. 1748, Marv 6 bap. Oct. 1749, Puah 6 bap. 1751, Samuel 6 bap. Aug. 1753, and Hannah 6 bap. May 1768. Mekky 6 bap. Jan. 1748, had ch. Elizabeth 7 bap. April 1771, Tal- mage 7 bap, Oct. 1776, Augustus 7 bap. March 1779, Sylvanus 7 bap. June 1785, Lewis 7 bap. April 1789 and Merry 7. Augustus 7 bap. March 1779, had s. Samuel 8 and perhaps others. Meeky 7 had s. Thomas T. 8. Thomas T. 8 rem. to Orient Point, IS. Y. and had ch. Augustus 3, Merry 8 and a daughter. Sylvanus 7 bap, 1785 m. Hannah T-^rbell and had ch. Lawton 8 and Merry 9 and Marietta 8 w. of David Carll. Meeky 8 had ch, Ella 9 and Edith 9. Lewis 7 had dau. Mary 8. John 4 b. 1705, d. 1793, son of John 3, m. Phebo Miller May 16, 1740 and had ch. Mary 5 w. of Jeremiah Osborn, and Phebe 5 w. of Samuel Hutchinson. Seth 3 b. 1665, d. Sept. 19. 1725, had ch. Hannah 4 bap. 1701, Eliza- beth 4 bap. 1704, John 4 bap. 1706, Stephen 4 bap. 1709, Elizabeth 4 (again) bap. 1712, and w. of Woodruff, Puah 4 bap. 1717 w. of Recompense Shcirill, and Seth 4 who d. s. 9 1752 and was b. about 1702. JoH]A M. 8 b. June 27, 1856, m. Willi:;m V. Page, of Albany. N. Y. Jan. 29,1879. "^ Sakah a. 7 b. Oct. 31, 1818, m. John Thomas, of Albany, N. Y., and has ch. Hannah Louise 8 b. 1847, Elva 8 b. 1849, J. Melven 8 b. 1851 Anson P. 8 b. 1853, Annie 8 b. 1855. d. 1857, and L. Loyd 8. Hannah L. Thomas 8 b. 1847, m. Matthew Bender and has ch. Mat- thew 9, John 9, Ella 9, Bertha 9, Melven 9. J. Melvin Thomas 8 m. Helen Piatt. Silas E. 6 bap. 1783, m. wid. Esther Smedlev of Fairfield, Ct., in 1818 and had ch. Sylvanus H. H. b. 1819. SXLVANUS H. H. 7 of Albany, b. 1819, m. Maria L. Van Schoonhoven in 1813, and has ch. Louisa L. 8 l>. 1844, Esther 8 b. 1846, w. of Elihu 11 Smith of Albany, Henry C. 8 b. 1853 and John D. 8 b. Feb. 22, 1857 KOBEKT 3 b. 1680 or 1681, d. Jan. 8, 1742, re about 60, m. 1st Mary Doniiuy March 6, 1700 (probably 1701) and 2d w. Hannah, and had ch Kobert 4. John 4, Sarah 4, Mohetabel 4 and Henry 4. lloiJEKT 4 ni. Mary dau. lioger Davis Dec. 1, 1735, and had ch. Mary 5 bap. 1739, William 5 bap. 1741, Kobert 5 bap. 1745, and perhaps others. William 5 bap. 1741, had son William 6 bap. 1770, and Abraham 6. lloKEKX 5 bap. 1745, had ch. Elizabeth 6 and Mary 6, both bap. 1775 John 4 m. Sarah Sherrill Nov. 20, 1739 and had ch. Henrv 5 bap. 1741 Sarah 5 bap. 1743, and Jeremiah 5 bap. 1745, and perhaps others. Samuel, 3 b. 1683, d. Feb. 3, 1753, had son John 4. John 4 m. Patience Conkling Oct. 9, 1729, she d. April 18, 1739, ro 38- he m. 2d Martha Cook of Mecox Aug. 27, 1739 ; he m. 3d Phebe and had ch. Bachel 5 bap. 1730. Esther 5 bap. 1732, Sarah 5 bap. 1735, Phehe 5 bap. 1740, John 5 bap. 1743, and perhaps Ludlow 5 bap. April 1747 Jo- siah o bap. March 1749 and I'uah 5 bap. June 1751. John 5 bap. 1743, d. 1824, ju 82, had ch. (probably) John 6 bap. Sept. 76/, Mary 6 bap. Dec. 1775, Esther 6 bap. May 17.S1, and iterhapa others. Liij>Low 5 bap. 1747, had ch. Abraham 6, William 6, and perhaps Pol- bap JOHN D Dap. 1V43, a. 1824, ju 82. h Li!j>Low 5 bap. 1747, had ch. Abraham 6, William 6, and perhap ly 6 who ni. Davia Talniago 3d. William 6 m. and rem. to Stillwater, N. Y. and had ch. Anna 7 and Lydia 7. AnjiAHAM 6 d. bept. 10, 1844, oo 72, m. Anna Terry who d. Sept. 13, 1861 re 8/, they had ch William 7 b. ISOO. Jeremiah T. 7 b. 1802, Martha T 7 b. l^s()u, d. March 2, 1826, Mary A. 7 b. 1807. WiiiHAM 7 b. 1800, d. Sept. 1816, m. Anna C. Stratton, she d. April 330 1875, they had ch. Abraham S. 8 b. 1829, William Lewis 8 b. 1833, A.delia A. 8 b. 1838 and Juliet D. 1842. Abraham S. 8 b. 1829, d. Jan. 1895, m. Ellen S. Schellenger 18C0, and had eh. Minnie G. 9, Mary H. 9, Ella C. 9, Anastasia W. 9, William A. 9 b. 1875, d. 1870, Ettie C. 9, Lewis S. 9 and John D. 9. Minnie G. 9 m. Thos. Garrett, of Va., Mary H. 9 m. Chas. Bennett, Anastasia W. 9 m. Cliarlea Mulford. William Lewis 7 b. 1833 rem. to Norsho Falls, Kansas and m. 1876 Jennie Halloway and had ch. Anna E. b. 1877, and Wm. Sherrill b. 1878. Note. — Col. W. Lewis Parsons went to Denver in 1^59, and for about two years was engaged in mining. Ho returned in the fall of 18G0 to Kacine, Wis., and the following Spring enlisted in Co. F. 2d Wiconsin Infantry. Was mustered in as 2d Lieutenant April ISOl, served three years and six months, and was in all the engagements of his command. Ho was promoted to 1st Lieut. Aug. 1861, made Capt. Oct 1861. promot- ed Major Oct. 1863, and after the battle of Gettysburg was commission- ed Col. of 2d Wis. Volunteer Infantry, but was taken prisoner before he was mustered in. He was in many of the heaviest engagements of the war, was wounded several times, the last time was left for dead in the held, and taken prisoner and held in confinement seven months and was finally paroled near the close of the war, and was mustered out at Washington, D. C. in Jan. 1865. Adelia a. 8 b. 1838, m. 1859 Nathaniel Sherrill and has ch. Anna M. 9 b. 1860, Abram E. 9 b. 1862, Mary J. 9 b. 1865, Julia P. 9 b. 1868, A. Blanche 9 b. 1871, Willie N. 9 b. and d. in 1874 ; Mary J. 9 m. 1888 Hei'bert L. Bates of Rutland, Vt., Julia P. 9 m. 1889 Wm. H. Hedges, Abram E. m. 1890 Nettie J. Glover. Juliet 8 b. 1842, m. 1871 John S. Sherrill of Pike, N. Y. and rem. from thence to Minneapolis, Minn., and has ch. L. Elizabeth 9 b. 1873, Euth A. 9 b. 1885; L. Elizabeth 9 m. 1895 Fred T. Merritt. Jekemiah T. 7 b. 1802, d. J une 1876, m. 1st Mary Cook who d. 1830, m. 2d Phebe Cook and had ch. Jeremiah T. 8, Mary A. 8, Nathan C. 8 b. 1825, d. 1829, Henry C. b. 1834, d. ro 3 mos. Jeremiah T. Jr. 8 m, 1st Adeline S. TiUinghast who d. 1853, and had ch. Edmund T. 9 ; m. 2d Mary TiUinghast, she d. 1863, and they had ch. Ad<'lino 9 d. 1886 and Cliarles 9 who u. 18(54; m. 3d Julia A. Edwards and had ch. Fanny 9 and Fred C. 9 ; Fanny 9 m. George Griffiug of Shelter Island. Mary A. 8 m. Daniel Schellengcr and had ch. Adeline T., Wilfred and Mary ; both the last named are dead. Mary Ann 7 b. 1807, d. 1887, m. Aaroa Fithiau and had ch Mary A. b. 1831, Jonathan b. 1835, William S. b. 1839, Jerusha D. b. 1842, who m. 18,S7 John Lester. Edmund T. 9 m. Carrie E. Miller and has ch. Ernest 10. THE SGHELLENGER FAMILY. Isaac Schellenger, late of Amagansett, deceased, made a genealogy of this family, dated Feb. 26, 1884, sig-.ed it, and gave it to me. T.-ere- from I have compiled the following : Jacob Schellinx 1, or Schellinger, came to this country about the year 1G53, and transacted busiuess in Now Amsterdam (now New- York) as agent for his uncle, a merchant of Amsterdam, Holland. His wife was Catherine Melyn, a sister of Cornelius Meiyn, Patroon of Staten Island, and daughter of Cornelius Melyn. He d. in East-Hampton June 17, 1()93, (0 67, and she d. Feb. 25, 1717, so 88. They had ch. William 2 bap. March 8, 1654, Catherine 2 b. April 9, 1656, Abraham 2 b. Feb. 11, 331 lOo'J, Diiiiiol 2, Coruolius 2 and Jacob 2. Dauitsl 2 resided in Harlem, Holland, d. in Batavia, E. Indies, in 1701, leaving in Harlem a wid. and I think no ch. Cornelius 2 probably resided on Stateu Island, or near N. Y. city. William 2 resided in E. Hami)tou and d. th(uo March G, 17:5;"). Catliorino 2, Abraham 2 and Jacob 2 settled In Amagansett, near 1C)90, and died there. Catherine 2 m. Nathaniel Baker 2 8. of Thomas 1 and they had ch. AitEAiiAM 2 b. Feb. 11, ICSy, d. Jan. 1, 1712, m. Joanna Hedges Nov, 15, IGSS: shed. Nov. 1, 1708; they had ch. Joanna 3 b. Dec. ICS'J. m. Samuel Ogden of Newark, N. J. Sept. 10. 1707, Bachel 3 b. Nov. 8, 1(;d1, m. David Gardiner, of Gardiner's Island, April 15, 1713 ; William 3 b. April 9, 1G94; Abraham 3 b. Juno 29, 1G97. d. N< v. 5, 1718; Isaac 3 b. March 17, 1G99, wlio rem. while a youuu; man ; Amy 3 b. June 7, 1701, in. Joshua Plumb of New London, Ct. Nov. 11, 1723; Zerviah 3 b. Au.ir. 15, 1705, m. Samuel Hudson Nov. 9, 1722; William 3 b. April 9. 1094, was drowned Fob. 21, 1719, had w. Phebe his wid. and infant sous William 4, Abraham 4. The wid. Phebe m. Abraham Nott Oct. 8. 1722. Jacob 2, son of Jacob 1 d. Jan. 28. 1713. had w. Hannah and ch. Han- nah 3 b. Aug. 15, 1G93,, m. William Whitehead of Elizabcthtown, N. J. May 3, 1715; Catharine 3 b. Aug. 5, 1G95, m. John Coiikling, Jr. Sept. 25. 1725; Hester 3 b. Nov. IG, 1G97, m. Thomas Osborn 3d Dec. 8, 1720; Mercy 3 b. Nov. 4, 1C99, m. Samuel Baker Oct. 18, 1721 ; Jacob 3 b. Nov, 22, 1702, drowned in the surf Jan. 17, 1753; Daniel 3 d. March 28, 1709; Abigail 3 b. Feb. 14, 1705, m. Wm. Kogers. of Bridge-Hampton, Nov, 12, 1724; Daniel 3 b. March 1, 1710, rem. to Bridge Hampton and had w. and several cniklren, his dau. Mary 4 m. John Cook and d. Doc. 28, 1778 te 4G years, his sou Daniel 4 rem. to Chester, Morris Co. N. J. with his family In 1777; Jonathan 3 b. Dec. 11, 1712. Jacob 3 b. Nov. 22, 1702, eon of Jacob 2, had w. and ch. Hannah 4 bap. in 1725, m. Joseph Hicks Nov. 20, 1745 ; Jacob 4 ba.i>. 1727, d. May 2, 1751; Mary 4 bap. 1729, m. David Loper June 15. 1754; Mercy 4 bap. 1730, m. Zebedee Osborn, of Waiuscott, Feb. 1, 1752; Jonathan 4 bap. 1733, Catherine 4 bap. 173G, no other record found, Abraham 4 bap. 1738 Isaac 4. Abkauam 4 hod w. and several ch. a dau. Betsey 5 m. Capt, Jonathan Osborn, of Waiuscott; his son Abraham 5 m. Susan Field, of E. Hamp- ton and they had ch. Abraham M. G, Elizaam (!, Mariett 6, David W. G, and Emeline 6, of whom Abraham M. G rem. to Lynn, Mass. and died there, leaving son George Bruce 7 ; David W. G d. in Sag-Harbor, leav- iu a sou 7; Daniel 5, a sou of Abraham 4 d. in Sag-Harbor, leaving sons John N. G, George G, William G; Isaac 4, son of Jacob 3, d. abt. 1800, leaving sons Christopher 5 and Daniel 5; his family rem. to N. Jersey. Jonathan 4, s. of Jacob 3, bap. I'^SS, d . Juno 1814, had 1st w. Eliza- beth Stratton, who d. March 12, 1781 : they had ch. Elizabeth 5 b. Oct. 5, 175(;, d. 1824, Jacob 5 b. Dec. 22, 1758, d. April G, 1821, Phebe 5 b. June 2G, 1761, Jonathan 5 b. April 27, 17G3. d. Jan. 7, 1839, Samuel 5 b. April 10, 17G5, d. Jan, 18, 1848, Mercy 5 b. April 13, 17G7, d. 1798. Hannah 5 b. Sept. 3, 17G8: had 3d w, Hannah (Conkling) Darby, and they had Sylves- ter 5 b. Sept. 3. 1785. Jacob 5 s. of Jonathan 4 b. Dec. 22, 1758, m. Elizabeth dau. of Joseph Edwards, of Amagansett, she d. May 23, 1823, they had ch. Betsey G b. Dec. .0, 1791, d. Dec. 2G, 182G. ju. Sylvester Strong, of Waiuscott, and they rem. to New Paltz, Ulster Co. N. Y. ; Henry G b. Nov. 21, 1793. d. Feb, 28, 1840, Pheb(! (I b. Marcli 31, 1798, d. Feb. 2G, 1877, Harriet G b. March 12, 1802, d. May 15, 1N81, Clarissa G b. March 12, 1802, d. Ai)ril 2, 1883, Jacob G b. Sept. 30, 1805, d. Aug. 9, 1883. 332 Heney 6 b. Nov. 21, 1793, m. Caroline Haud, of Amagansett, b. June 23, 179.S, they had ch. Amanda 7 b. Feb. 11, 1818, d. Sept. 12, 1845, m. D. Terry Vail, of East Marion, Dee. 26, 1837; Edward D. 7 b. DiW. 10, 1820, m. Adaliue dau. of Lester Bennett Dec. 24, 1845; Alfred H. 7 b. April IC, 1823, Henry 7 b. Jan. 20, 1820, d. Aug. 18, 1846, Harriet 7 b. Dec. 17, 1828. d. Sept. 11, 1840, Juliette 7 b. March 6, l!S31, Nathaniel B. 7 b. Oct. 11, 1833, Caroline E. 7 b. Oct. 4, 1830, Betsey 7 b. Auic. 20, 1839. Edwakd D. 7, y. of Henry 6, b. 4)ee. 10, 1920, in. Adaline Bennett, b. Fell. 7, 1824; they had eh. David Henry 8 b. May 20, 1848, George Ed- ward 8 b. April 4, 1851, Arthur Lee 8 b. Aug. 14, 1853. Ella Jane 8 b. Sept. 7, 1856, d. June 10, 1879, Willie Wake b. June 26, 1801, Eflle M. 8 b. June 1, 1866, Martha G. 8 b. May 11, 1831, George Edward 8 b. A4)ril 4, 1851, resides in Ansonia, Ct., m. May 8, 1872. Mary A. Duiidis, b. March 4, 1853, tlu;y have two ch. Flora J. 9 b. July 0, 1875, and Mary E. 9 b. May 10, 1879; Alfred H. 7 b. April 10, 1823, B. of Henry 0, m. wid. Sarah (Jennings) Leek and has d. Amanda 8 b. July 29, 1854, who m. Daniel L. Yarriugton of Sag-Harbor; Juliette 7 dau. of Henx'y 6 b. March 0, 1831, m. George W. Schellenger, of Amagansett, m. 2d Jacob S. Strong and resides in Bridge-Hampton : Nathaniel B. 7 s. of Henry 6 b. Oct. 11, 1833, m. Ijucinda A. dau. of James Tuthill, Dec. 16, 1860. b. Oct, 13, 1840 and j(!sides in Eiist Marion," thev have four ch. Clarcsnce A, 8 b. Aug. 31, 18()3, Willie T. 8 b. June 8, 1806, Cleora M. 8 b. Dec. 1, 1870, Bertie B. 8 b. July 23, 1872; Caroline E. 7 d. of Henry b. Oct. 4, 1836, m. Oapt. Grant (i. Backett, of East Marion, Dec. 27, 1857 ; Betsey 7 d. of Henry b. Aug. 20, 1839, m. Nathaniel H. Edwards of Amagansett; PheVte 6 dau. of Jacob 5 b. March 31, 4798, m. David Barnes of Amagansett ; Harriet d. of Jacob 5 b. March V^, 1802, m. 1st Nathaniel Barnes, ra. 2d David 1*. Sherman of Amagansett; Clarissa d. of Jacob 5 b. March 12, 1802, m. Abraham Van Scoy, of NoTthwest, E. Hampton, and they had ch. Jacob G s. of Jacob 5 b. Sept. 30, 1805, m. Betsey d. of Daniel Baker, of Amagansett, April 29, 1829, b. April 8, 1806, d. Oct. 8, 1870, they had ch. Jeremiah 7 b. May 7, 1830, d. Nov. 10, 1840, Daniel Baker 7 b. Aug. 23, 1833, Jacob Maxou 7 b May 1, 1839, Mary Elizabeth 7 b. Sept. 26, 1841, m. Julius D. Parsons of Springs, L. I. Dec. 5, 1867, and they have ch. Henry Hedges 7 b. Feb. 10, 1851. Daniel B. 7 b. Aug. 23, 1833, m. Mary Ann d. of Jeremiah T. i'arsons of E. Hampton, Feb. 19, 1850, and they have ch. Adaline Elizabeth 8 b. Nov. 5, 1858, and Wilbur J. 8 and Mary A. 8 twins, b. Mavch 4, 1867, d. infants. Jacob Maxon 7 s. of Jacob 6, b. May 1, 1839, m. Georgia dau. of Sher. man Barnes, of Franklin, Delaware Co. N. Y. Oct. 20, 1878. Henby Hedges 7 s. of Jacob 6 m. Elizabeth dau. of Charles D. Par- sons, of Manchester, Ct. Dec. 24, 1872, they have ch. Anne 8 b. May 10, 1875, Frank 8 b. March 10. 1878. Jonathan 4 s. of Jacob 3 had dau. Phebe 5 b. June 26, 1761, m. Jere- miah Barnes, of E. Hampton, and rem. to Plattsburgh, N. Y. ; also had s. Jonathan 5 b. April 27, 17t;3, who m. Jane dau. of Samuel Conklin, of Amagausett, Dec. 26, 1794; she d. Sept. 16, 1841; they had ch. Julia 6 b. Jan. 9, 1796, d. March 8, 1860, Hannah 6 b. Sept. 4, 1799, d. Oct. 29, 1825, Jonathan C. 6 b. Feb. 17, 1802, d. March 4, 1865, Eliza 6 b. Jan. 5, 1804. d. Nov. 2, 1804, William D. b. Sept. 10, 1806, d. abt. Sept. 10, 1834, Jer- emiah b. Dec. 11, 1808, d. June 13, 1871, Isaac b. April 29, 1811. Jonathan C. 6 Esq. s. of Jonathan 5 m. Mary Ann dau. of Abraham Payne, of Amagansett, she J. Nov. 6, 1843, they had ch. Mary Amelia 7 b. May 20, 1841. WiiiLiAM D. s. of Jonathan 5 m. Jerusha Hedges, dau. of Daniel 333 Hedges, April 1833. was lost off the coast of Japan in ship Gov. Clinton, of Sag-Harbor, and all on board perished about Bept. 10, 1«34, he d. s. p. Jekkmiah 6 s. of Jonathan 5 m. 1st Althea H. dan. of Talmage Barnes of Amagansett, March 1833, she d. July 1830; he ni. '2d Mary L. dau. of Wm. Mulford of E. Hampton, b. Feb. G, 1819, ra. 1837, had ch. Win. D. 7 b. Oct. 22, 1839, m. Emily dau. of Alausou Topping, of B. Hampton, Nov. 29, 18(34, and had one ch. Charles A. 8 b. Nov. 19, 1866; had dau. Althea Jane 7 b. Dec. 15. 1816, m. Edgar Haines of B. Hampton May 18, 1870 and had s. E. Armoud 8. Isaac 6 s. of Jonathan 5 b. April 29, 1811, m. Betsey dau. of Mason Deuulson, of Deep River, Ct. Sept. 12, 1841, she b. Aug. 11, 1811, d. May 9, 1875; they had ch. dau. 7 b. Dec. 18, 1842, d. Jan 29, 1843, and Isaac Deniiisou 7 and Jeremiah Mason 7, twins, b. May 6, 1844, both d. «. p. and Isaac 6 d. Samuel 5 s. of Jonathan 4 b. April 27, 1763, m. Betsey dau. of Sylves- ter Darby, of E. Hampton, b. 1774, d. March 1, 1849; they had ch. Mer- cy 6 b. Aug. 20, 1797, m. Wm. Baker, of E. Hampton, and they had ch. ElishebaGb. Nov. 13, 1799, d. March 8, 1871, she m. Capt. Howell H. Babcock, of Amagansott, and they had ch. Albeu D. 6 b. Oct. 10, 1806; Hannah Waters 6 b. Oct. 17, 1811, m. Capt. Maltby P. Cartwnght, of Shelter Island, May 26, 1833, and they have ch. Mary Ann 6 b. July 29, 1817, m. Capt. Davis C. Miller, of Amagansett. Alben D. 6 m. Eliza G. dau. of Abraham Payne, of Amagansett, Jan. 2, 1832, she b. March 16, 1812, %1. April 27, 1882, they had ch. Ellen 7 b. July 2, 1837, m. Abraham Parsons, of E. Hampton, Nov. 15, 1860, they had ch. George S. 7 b. April 12, 1845, m. Sarah E. dau. of Capt. Jesse Halsey, of Sag-Harbor, Nov. 25, 1867, and they had s. Oscar H. 8 b. Jan. 24 1869, d. Oct. 18, 1877 ; Juliette 7 b. Feb. 17, 1853, m. Theodore Hand, of Amagansett, Nov. 27, 1879 ; Mercy 5 b. April 13, 1767. dau. of Jona- than 4, m. Matthew Jessup, of West-Hampton, L. I. Hannah 5 dau. of Jonathan 4 b. Sept. 3, 1768, m. Jeremiah Conkliug, of Amagansett, and rem. to Fort Ann, N. Y. Sylvester 5 s. of Jonathan 4 b. Sept. 3, 1785, m. Eunice Woodhull and resided and d. in Setauket, they had s. George W. 6 who m. Juliette 7 dau. of Henry Schellenger 6 b. March 6, 1831, and they had dau. Harriet W. 8 who resides in Bridge-H9,mpton. Geo. W. 6 d. March 19, 1851, ed 24 years, 5 months. THE SHEREILL FAMILY. CONTKlBUTEl) BY TEUNIS D. HTJNTTING, ESQ. The exact date of the arrival in America of Samuel SherrilJ 1, the an- cestor of the Bast-Hampton Sherrills, is unknown. He was a survivor from a shipwreck which took place on the coast off East-Hampton. Samuel Shekiull 1 b. in Ireland, of English parents, about 1649, d. at East-Hampton April 29, 1719. Note.— Nearly lifty years ago David Sherriil 5 s. of Eccompense 4 told me a company of young ladies visited the wreck. On returning, one of them said she had seen there the handsomest man she ever saw. Another young lady replied, "you might marry him." She said, "I do not know but I would if I could." This came to the knowledge of the wrecked mariner and resulted in th(> acquaintance and marriage of the parties. — H. P. Hedges. He m. a Miss Parsons abt. 1676 and they had two ch. Eecompence 2 b. about 1678 and Elizabeth 2 who m. Hezekiah Miller. Eecompence 2 b. abt. 1678, m. 1st Nov. 10, 1701, Sarah Parsons, she d. Nov. 25, 1712: m 2d Oct. 1, 1713, ftlargarct Cady, and they had liec- ompcuce o b. 1716, Elizabeth 3 bap. April 5, 1719, m. Thomas Brown, 334 John 3 bap. April 5, 1719, rem to Southold, Houry o b. 1715, m. Nov. i, 173G Jane Conklin, rem. to Bichmond. Mass., Sarah 3 bap. April 5,1719, m. John Parson?, Joanna 3 bap. April 5, 1719. m. Cornelius Paine, Elishaba 3 bap. April 5, 1719, Samuel 3 bap. Aug. 13, 1721, rem. to Duch- ess Co. N., Jeremiah 3 bap. Aug. 13, 1721, Jacob 3 b. 1722, Jemima 3 bap. Sept. 19, 1725, m. William Earnes, Abraham 3 bap. Dec. 19, 1727. Recompence 3 b. 1706, d. Feb. 7, 1786, m. 1st Dec. 15, 1737 Sarah Leek shed. Nov. 5, 1738; m. 2d April 10, 1739, Puah dan. of John Parsons, they had ch. Kecompence 4 b. May 11, 1741, Puah 4 b. 1744, d. Aug. 1746. a son 4 b. 1749, d. an infant, Stephen 4 bap, July 20, 1751, drowned Juno 22, 1788, Abraham 4 bap. April 2, 1754, a ch. 4 bap. Jan. 10, 1757, d, Aug. 29, 1757, Sarah 4 bap. March 1759, Puah 4. Jeeemiah 3 bap. Aug. 13, 1721, drowned st sea, m. 1st Sept. 7, 1749, Kezia dau. of Isaac Barnes, Jr. she d. Dec. 2^, 1750; m. 2d Aug. 2, 1753 Elizabeth dau. of John Dayton, and had ch. Jeremi;i.h 4 bap. Dec. 10, 1750, d. Aug. 21, 1827, m. Euth dau. of Isaac M. Hunttiag, ho rem. in autumn of 1782 to Duchess Co. N. Y. Jacob 3 b. 1722, d. July 1801, m. 1st Aug. 11, 1746 Abigail dau. of Lewis Conklin, m. 2d about' 1760 Clemence dau. of Doa. John Huntting, and had ch. Abigail 4 bap. April 25, 1747, m. John Gann ; Samuel 4 bap. April 16, 1748, d. young; Jeremiah 4 bap. Dec. 10, 1750, Abraham 4 bap. Jan. 20, 1751, Daniel 4 bap. Aug. 1, 1753. liebecca 4 b. March 15. 1758, m. Fob. 7, 1781 Zachariah Hicks, John 4 bap. March 4, 17G2, d. young; Phebe 4 b. 1762, m. Peleg Miller; Mary 4 b. 1765, m. Levi Pierce; John Huntting 4 b. Aug. 28, 1767, m. Eunice Case and rem. to Vergennes, Vt. Jonathan 4 b. Oct. 1769, rem. to Greenville, N. Y. abt. 1810, Jacob 4 b. 1770, d. in infancy, Jacob 4 b. Feb. 12, 1771, rem. about 1810 to New Hartford, N. Y., Samuel 4 b. abt. 1774, rem. to Oneida Co. N. Y. abt. 1810, Nathaniel 4, Esther 4 b. 1779, m. Joseph Allen ; Lewis 4 b. June 30, 1781, rem. to Oneida Co. N. Y. abt. 1810. Reoompenoe 4 b. May 11, 1741, d. June 7, 18?9, m. Sept. 22, 1708, Na- omi Burnham, and they had ch. Naomi 5 b. Aug. 14, 1769, m. Jesse Hedges, Seth 5 b. Jan. 0, 1771, rem. to Swautou, Vt,, David 5 b. DfC. 3, 1772, Nathaniel 5 b. July 28, 1775, d. Aug. 2, 1775, Nathaniel 5 b. Sopt. 6, 177C, rem. to Lysander, N. Y., Burnham 5 b. Aug. 17, 1779, drowned Oct. 11, 1811 unm., Elizabeth 5 b. Feb. 23. 1783, m. Charles H. Havens, Sally 5 b. Sept. 8, 1785, drowned May 7, 1786. Abbaham 4 bap. April 2, 1754, d. Nov, 18, 1844, m. April 27, 1800 Anna dau. of Nathaniel Huntting, and they had ch. Stephen 5 b. April 2, 1801, Abram P. 5 b. Sept, 3, 1803, rom. to Western N. Y. 1844, Nathaniel H. 5 b. Oct. 10, 1806, rom. to LeEoy, N. Y. Jekemiah 4 bap. Dec. 10, 1750, d. Jan. 14, 1840, at Frautlin, N. Y., he m. Elizabeth Hand and they had ch. Vashti 5 who m. Edwards, of Franklin, N. Y., Darius 5 b. 1781, d. Nov. 17. 1848, he rem. to Sandy Hill, N. Y. 1792. Meliuda 5 b. Jan. 18, 1786, m. Silas Webb, of Orient, N. Y., Abigail 5 b. March 22, 1790, she m. 1st Elisha Rackett, 2d Wm. Potter, Joanette 5 who m. 1st Amos Ryan, of East Marion, N. Y., m. 2d Ebenc- zer Welden, of Greeuport, N. Y., Jeremiah 5 b. Oct. 7, 1799, rom. about 1810 to New Hartford, N. Y., Caroline 5 d. abt. 1817, Charles 5 b. Feb. 9, 1804, d. July 12, 1871, rem. to Eiist Marion, N. Y. about 1817. Abkaham 4 bap. Jan. 20, 1751, d. April 11, 1834, m. Mahetable Terry, and had dau. Esther 5 b. Jan. 4, 1806, m. Giles S. Havens, she d. Feb. 25, 1886. Daniel 4 bap. Aug. 1, 1753, and had ch. Phebe 5 d. Feb. 4, 1778, Mary 5 who m. Sherrill Conklin, Elizabeth 5 b. Jan. 8, 1797. in. Charles R. Uaud, a son 5 left E. H. young, uuiu. 386 David 5 b. Doc. 3, 1772, d. Nov. 11, 1861, m. Bally Lupton, and had s. Hiram L. G b. Nov. 24, 1810. Stephen 5 b. April 2, 1801, d. Dec. 26. 1892, m. Doc. 26, 1827 Jorusha H. daii, of Elisha Conklia, and thev had ch. Egbert C. 6 b. Sept. 21, 1829, d. April 5, 1HG5 num., Nathaniel H. 6 b. Aug. 3, 18.32, Abraham E. 6 b. March 5, 1834, d. in service of his country whilo a member of the 105th Reg. 111. Vol. at Gallatin, Tes. March 2, 1863, Stephen H. 6 Dec. 29, 1849. rem. to Conn. abt. 18G7. HiKAM L. 6 b. Nov. 24, 1810, m. Nov. 3, 1834, Adeline dau.of Sylvanus S. Miller, and had ch. Sarah F. 7 b, April 24, 1836, d. April 25, 1895, she m. Chas. R. Dayton. David S. 7 b. Oct. 11, 1842, Hiram 7 b. Apr. 16, 1853. Nathaniel H. G b. Aug. 3, 1832, d. Juno 5, 1874, m. June 16, 1859 Ade- lia A. Parsons, and thoy had ch. Anna M. 7 b. June 16, 18G0, Abraham E. 7 b. Oct. 14, 1SG2, Mary J. 7 b. April 7, 18G5, m. July 2G, 1888 Herbert L. Bates, Julia P. 7 b. Jan. 30, 1868, m. Juno 25, 1889 Wm. H. Hedges, Amy B. 7 b. Jan. 11, 1871, William H. 7 b. Feb. 7, 1874. d. Sept. 27, 1874. David S. 7 b. Oct. 11, 1842, m. March 3, 1868 Rosalie H. dau. of Ed- ward Dayton. He is a promincjnt Republican. Has held the offleo of Superintendent of the County Poor for many years. No ch. HiKAM 7 b. April 16. 18.53, m. l.st Anastasia Williams ; sho d. Dec. 14, 1888 ; m. 2d Jan. 12, 1893, Sophronia Douglass, and has ch. a son 8 b. March 12, 1882, d. same day, Florence E. 8 b. July 14, 1884, Adeline M. 8 b. Sept. 13, 1886. * Abraham E. 7 b. Oct. 14, 1862, m. Nov. 19, 1890 Nettle J. Glover, and has 3. Edwin L. 7 b. Sept. 3, 1891. THE SQUIRES FAMILY. At an early day a John Squires in East-Kampton married Ann dau. of William Edwards 1. George R. Howell assumes that they had son George 2, and gives the following genealogy of the family : John 1 m. Ann dau. of Wm. Edwards and had son George 2. George 2 m. Jan. 29, 1701 Jane Edwards, and had ch. John 3 b. about 1703, Rec- ompenco 3 bap. 1705, Thomas 3 bap. 1705. who m. May 26, 1726 Puah Ludlam and rem. to N. J. ' John 3 d. Jan. 7, 1758, a3 55, had w. Phebe and ch. John 4 bap. 1715 Ellis 4 bap. 1719, Henry 4 bap. 1722, Phebe 4 bap. 1724, Mary 4 bap. 1729! Zerviah 4 bap. 1731, Jeremiah 4 bap. 1733, Stephen 4 bap. 1735, Jona- than 4 bap. 1738, John 4 bap. 1739 ; Ellis 4 removed into the western part of Southampton and had ch. Scth 5, Ellis 5, Daniel 5. From those descended the numerous families in Squiretown, Good Ground and its vicinity. Jonathan 4 bap. 1738, resided in tho dwelling house at Wainscott (now of James H. Topping) where his lather and probably grandfather resided. Many grave stones in Wainscott prove this. Jonathan 4 was said to bo a man of great strength. Tradition roi)orts that ho had green oak rails on his shoulder and slipping on tho ico broke his log ; that he crawled into tho house, got on the bed. and set his broken leg,' refusing the services of the doctor who afterwards came. He had ch! Stafford 5, Ellis 5, John 5 b. abt. 1783, Stephen 5, Sylvanus 5, Henry 5, Mehetable 5, Mary 5, Phebe 5. Stephen 5 resided in Sag-Harbor, Sylva- nus 5 noar Hay Ground, and both had w. and ch. THE STR.-iTTON FAMILY. That veteran gouoaiogist, George R. Howell, traces tho Stratton fam- ily thus : John 1 of England, Richard 2 and wife Elizabeth, Benjamin 3 d. In 336 1717, and wife Mary, of N. Jersey, Jonathan 4 bap. 1708, Benjamin 5, Jonathan 6 b. 177y, w. Mary Dayton, Henry D. 7 b. 1803, George N. 7, Jenathan D. 7, Mary 7 b. 1807, ch. -.f Henry D. 7, Samuel D. 8, Theo- dore 8, Catherine 8, George M. 9, Mary L. 9. John 1 ; John 2 d. in E. Hampton 1685 ; Stephen 3 b. 1675, d. 1697, w. Hannah; John 4 d. in 16/5; Stephen 5 bap. in 1721 ; Samuel 5 of East- Hampton d. in 1845 ; Sidney 6, Anna 6, Esther 6, Mary 6, Sarah 6, Caro- line 6, Samuel T. 6 of Montauk, ch. of Samuel T. 6, Frank S. 7, Isabel 7, Frank 7, Gloriana 7. THE TALMAGE OF TALLMADGE FAMILY. BY JAMES M. B. DWIGHT, OP NEW HAVEN, CONN. This family name has been variously written in different ages, Tal- mage, Tallmadge, Talmash, Talmacke, Tollemache, and in several other ways. The family is one of the most ancient in English history, and is tra- ditionally believed, says Burke, to go back to Saxon times to Toelmag, a Saxon Lord of the Cth century of our era. The name is found as Toelmag in Domesday Book, time of William the Conqueror, and also on the Koll of Battle Abbey of the same cen- tury in the Norman form ToUemache. It is found at Stoke Talmage in Oxfordshire in 1135; in Norfolk in 1200; in Suffolk at a very early date, and in Hampshire soon after 1300. The seat of the family in Hamp- shire was at Newton Stacey, an outlying manor of Barton Stacey, in the County of Hampshire or Southampton, and about ten miles north- west of Winchester, where the family had been long settled. In respect to the early history of the American family of Talmage or Tallmadge, 1 would say that historical writers have made numerous mistakes and given a most confused and incoirect account of the mat- ter. The principal autnority is "Tiiompson's History of Long Island," whose statement found in several parts of the volume are confused, misleading and contrcxdictory of each other. They are probably deriv- ed from some aged member of the family who has mixed up his gener- ations, as so often happens. For example, Thompson says, p. 297, "Thomas Talmage, Jr., (known as the liecorder, or Town Clerk, of East-Hampton) was the son of Enos Talmage, of New Haven, who ii is supposed died here. Thomas Tal- mage, brother of Enos, made freeman of Boston 1634, and of Lynn 1636, settled at Branlord, in Connecticut, whence he removed, and died at New Haven." On another page he say,' , "Thomas, Jr., son of Enos, had brothers Enos, Thomas and Daniel, which last removed to New Jersey in 1725." The real fact was that these three were graudsons of Thomas, Jr., the Eecorder, and great-grandsons of Thomas, Sr., of Lynn, who was the first of the name in Southampton and East-Hampton. To the New Jersey branch of the family, descendants of Daniel above mentioned, belong the Be v. Dr. T. DeWitt Talmage, his brother tlie Kev. Toyn Talmage, and Daniel L'almage and sons, of Brooklyn. This branch of the Talmages has intermarried with the VanNest and Beek- man families. Enos was not one of the emigrants from England. These wore Wil- liam of Boston, Thomas of Lynn and afterwards of Southampton and East-Hampton, and Kobert of New Haven, three brothers, liobert of New Haven had a sou Enos, who was killed by the Indiaus in the mas- sacre at Schonecta.iy, and a 2d Enos, who appears in ttie above con- fused accounts of Thompson as one of the original emigrants, was leal- 337 ly, in all probability, a grandson of Thomas, the Recorder, and a grea grandson ot Thomas Talmage, Senior, of Lynn and East-Hampton. He appears in the Town Eecords of East-Hampton in 1717 and 1721. Judge Hedges, in his address of 184!), seems to have followed the same authority and been led by him into the same mistakes, which are refuted by the Town Records of Southampton and East-Hampton. These unfortunate errors make it important to state correctly the true beginnings of the Talmage family in America, the evidence of which has only recently come to light, and which places the matter be- yond further doubt or uncertainty. Thomas Lechford was an English lawyer who came to Boston in 1G38 and returned to England in 1G41. He was the first practising lawyer in Massachusetts. He kept a note-book of legal memoranda which has been recently printed, in which occurs the following entry, p. 294, old 167: "William Talmage of Boston, in New England,' Tliomas Talmage Robert raln.age, and Richard Walker, husband of Jane T;: Image de- ceased, sonnes and daughter of Thomas Talmage, brother of John Tal- mage, of Newton Stacey, in the Co. of Southampton, deceased, make a letter of Attorney to Richard Conying and William Dowlying, overseers of the will of the said John Talmage, deceased, to receive of the Exec- utor and administrator of the last will and testament of Symon Talmage our brother and of John Talmage aforesaid, the summes of money due unto us by the will of the said John Talmage (and a certificate under the public seal (l. s.) )" Page 311 new, old 175 : "A letter of attorney by William Talmage Thomas Talmage and Robert Talmage aforesaid, and Richard Walker to Mr. Ralph King, to receive the money of the said overseer. Dated 3 Sept. 164U. (A certificate made under the public seal (l. s.) ) These memoranda show conclusively that there were three brothers Talmage who came to America— William, Thomas and Robert— and a sister Jane, who married Ricnard Walker, of Lynn. These came from England to New England in 1630, and no others are known to have come to America in the Colonial period. The record also establishes the fact that they were children of Thom- as Talmage, of Newton Stacey, in the County of Southampton or Hamp- shire, England. It also proves that they had an uncle, John Talmage who left each of them legacies in his will, and also a brother, Symon Talmage, who also mentioned them in his will and referred to these legacies. These three brothers and sister's husband gave a power of attorney to Ralph King to receive this money. We thus obtain the names of the three founders of the Talmage name and family in America. We learn their residence In England and learn ot the wills of uncle and brother there. Luring the last year, 1895, I have bad these wills searched for and tound in England, and obtain from them the names of the legatees above mentioned, who are the three Talmage brothers and their sister Jane. This power of attorney and th.se English wills are thus dovetailed together and establish the fact of the English origin and former home ol tliese brothers beyond question. I have also further traced the family descent through wills and sub- sidies to an earlier Robert Talmash, whose will is dated 1523 and who must liave been born before 1500. Still more recent advices carry the iiV"';:, '.''ickward nearly to 1300, where at the head of the line stands Sir William Talmach. We find in the Suffolk line a Sir William Talia- mach of the same date (see Collins' Peerage). We have reason to bo- 388 lieve that these two are one and the same, and that the Suffolk and Hampshire line of tlie family are united here. The elder of the three Talmage brothers, William, settled in Boston, and died leaving only daughters. The second brother, Thomas Talmage, settled in Lynn, Mass. He was admitted freeman in Boston in 1634, and was allotted there 200 acres of laud, which shows that he was a man of substance. [See Lewis' History of Lynn, p. 114 : "The Council had agreed that each person Avho had advanced fifty pounds should have 200 acres, and that each person Avho came over on liis own expense should have 50 acres.] He thus became one of the largest landholders in the town. He re- moved to Southampton, Long Island, in 1G42, and joined the colony from Lynn which settled there and in 1G49 he removed to East-Hamp- ton with his son Thomas Talmage, Junior, who became the first Recor- der, or Town Clerk of the Town. The Long Island and New Jersey branches of the family are descended from Thomas Talmage, Sr., and his son, Thomas Talmage, Jr., the Recorder, also known as Captain Thomas Talmage. Thomas Talmage, Senior, died soon after coming to East-Hampton in 1653. Thomas Talmage, Junior, was a man of ed- ucation, with a scholarly and elegant handwriting, which resembles that still taught at the famous school at Manchester, so near his Eng- lish birtb-place. May he not have been a pupil of this famous school? He was a man of much prominence in the early history of the town, and, says Judge Hedges, "the records show that at his death in 1690 he was the richest man in East-Hampton." Robert Talmage, the youngest of these three brothers, probably came with Thomas Talmage to Southampton in 1642, and when his brother left there, himself removed to Connecticut, and settled at New Haven in 1643, where he married, and died in 1662, leaving also a considerable estate, which is now in the business centre of the city, (corner Chapel and State streets) and of great value. From him all of the name in Connecticut are descended, and also a numerous body of his descendants is found in New-York, City ai:d State. The Connecticut and New-Yoik branch of the family has produced many men of distinction in public life, and in the service of the coun- try. Among them we find Hon. John Tallmadge, for many j^ears elected to the General Assembly of Connecticut; hib brother Colonel Benjamin Tallmadge, of Revolutionary fame, the friend of Washington, and now represented by his grandson, Erederick S. Tallmadge, President of the Society of the Sous of the Revolution. We find many distinguished Judges of the higher Courts of the several States and of the United States, others noted as Governors and Lieutenant-Governors of States, and as Senators and Representatives in the National Congress. This branch of the family has intermarried with many of the first families of the country, and has much wealth and social lirominence. Among noted families thus connected with it may be named that of Governor Yale, tbe founder of Yale CoUogcj, that of Governor George Clinton, Vice-President of the United States, the Lewis family, the Burnetts, the Vanllensselaers, the Hookers, the Dwights, the Pomeroys, the Del- afields and the Eloyds. It lias also been connected with families of distinction both in France and England. The genealogy of the East-Hampton and New Jersey branch of the family will be given by another baud. The spelling of the name in America, as in England, has gone through several variations. The Talmages of East-Hampton and New Jersey spell the name Talmage, as it is spoiled by Lechford, though Thomas 339 Tiiliuagc, tho Eccoider, their ancestor for many years spell ItTallmagc and sometimes without tho o at tho end, which shows that he pro- nounced it Tali-ma^' (j; soft). Tlio Connecticut Tallmadi^os, and those of New-York, descendants of Robert Tallmage have from the be^innini,' spelled the name Avith a d and written it as it was spelled in the will of the English Uncle John Tallnuulg, who left to the three brothers tho legacies before mentioned as stated in Lechford's note book. In Lewis' History of Lynn the name is spelled both ways, which shows tiuit Thoma.s Tallmag also spelled his name Tallmadge. Thus both spellings are of equal authority and antiquity in America, and both are found in England at a much earlier period long before the em- igration. There is one point also important to observe, viz : that the ancient names of the family— Talmago, Tallmadge, Talmash, Talmache, Tollemache— are used interchangeably ; one ancestor using one form, his son another, and the same using different forms at different times. This shows that whatever tho spelling they really were pronounced alike. This proves that the name was never pronounced Talniage ap we do now with a short a in the first syllable and a long a in the second syllable, but that it wi.s pronounced with the first a as in tall and tho second a as in lad ; so that the spelling Tall-madge exactly repr » con- blank ' 205, 8th " ' " preprietors " proprietors ' 290, 9th top ' " July 1709 " Julia 1809 Errors ot orthograph ly and punctuation," where the meaning is clear, tia ve not been noticed. H. P. H. i]S[iDe;c OF KAT^^s. (EXTENDS ONLY TO THE GENEALOGY.) Adams, John Quincy 161 Andre, Major 149 Arch, Nathan E 242 Avery, John 229 Ayres, Benjamin 221 Babcock, Anna L ISl Babcock, Capt. Howell 197 Ba con, Leonard 39 Bailergeau, Jacob 79, 226 Bailey, Wm. B. . .'. 242 Baldwin, Roger 159 Baker, Abigail 11, Abraham 221 Daniel 216, 221, 222, 227, David 215, 221, David J. 242. Capt. Ed- ward M. 194, 197, Elizabeth, widow 209, Hannah 232, Henry L. 242, Capt. 216, 232, Jeramiah 236, Jonathan 31, 44, 77, 216 Jonathan, Jr. 228, Lieut, wife of 231, Mr. 203, Nathaniel 77, 79, 80, 220, 221 and wife 80, Nathl. Sr. 203, Nathl. Jr.204, 227 Samuel 216, 221, 227, Samuel, wife of 229, 231, Thomas, 6, 8, 9, 12, 44, 53, 54, 77, 138, 140, 203 205,v306, 209, 210, 211, 212, 214 221, and wife 80. Barber. James 79 Barnaby, Jonathan 220 Barnes, Abraham 220, Charles 6, Erastus, Capt. 197, Hannah 229 Isaac 79, 216. 228, Jeremiah 221, Joshua 5, Josiah 76, Mary 229, Matthew 221, Widow of 229, Noah 216, 220, Eecompense 79, Samuel 229, wife of 2'J9, Sr.lly 231, Seth 220, Tallmage 235, Thomas 77, 79, William, 5, 8, 54, 77, 203, 209. 221, 225, Sr. 7. Goodman 80, Capt. 216. Bassett, Cornelius 221, 223, Wil- liam 221, Baxter, Bichard 80, Maj. Jarvis 215 Beecher, Edward 62, 165, 1(;7, 235 Lyman 24. 9(5, 108, 114, 121 162, 1G3, 170, 231, 235, 236, William 162, l(i6, 167, 235. Bee, Thomas 204 Belding, Ebenezer 79, 226 Belknap, Samuel 6 Beaman, Josiah 108, 110 Bennett, Andrew J. 242, Augustus 242, Edward 221, 223, Elizabeth 236, Gamaliel 220, 223, George E. 242, Gilbert 242, Jeremiah 220, John A. 242, Joshua, Capt. 197, Lester 171, L.ewis L. 194, 197, Milton 242, Myron T. 242, Nathan 242, Wm. W . 242, 147. Benson, Arthur W 91, 111 Birdsall, Nathan 8, Goodman 12, 14, 209. Bird, James 203 Bishop, Daniel 61, 79, John, Jr. 194 Nathl. 5. 8, 61, 71, 203, 209, 225 Bond, Eobert 5, 8. 12, 54, 140, 199 200, 205, 206, 224. Bone, John 242, Joseph 242. Bower, Zachariah 222 Boyenton, John 242 Braiuard, Lawyer 159 Bridges, Dr. John 209 Brockels, Major Antony 215 Brooks, John 77, 204, Eichard 6, 54 77, 203, 224, Samuel 203, 209. Brown, George 234. George B. 195, S. E. 242, Capt. George 197. Brush, John Conkling 231 Bu«l, Mrs. 140, Polly 231. Saml. 24 34, 85, 95, 120, 121. 145, 151, 220 230, 231, 238, 239, 241, 242. Bullions, Alexander 25, 97 Bunce, Mr 231 Bunyan, John 80 Burnett, Danl. 79, Ephraim 227, Ma- thias 79. 226, 227, Stephen 221 Burr, Col. Aaron 196 Carl, Abiel 79. 226, Widow 80 Case, Isaac M 194 Chappell, B. wife of 230 Chatelaine, Jf hu F 220 Chatfiold. Henry 220, John 32, 75 140, 190, 220, 221. Judge 120 Lewis 220, Thos. 5, 8, 54, 63, 75 77, 79, 133, 195, 196, 203, 2v.9. 210 211, 216, 220, 224, 225, 226, 227 228 ;i INDEX. Chatfield, Thos. Sr. 214, 225, Thos. Jr. 203, 210, 225. Checkanoo 205, 208 Cinquez. .155, 156, 157, 158, 160, 161 Cerles, John 67, 204 Clark, A. S 242 Cockenoe de Long Island 105 Cochran, Maj. 147, 148, 189.W.W.169 Codnor, Edward 208, Mrs. 203 Colvin, Samuel 242 Condit, Joseph D 24, 25, 96 Conklin. Abraham 221, Alfred 120 Ananias 6, 224, 228, Benjamin 61, 72, 77, 203, 216, 221, 222, 225 230, Cornelius 79, 83, 139, 200 201, 220, 225. 220, 227, 228, Cor- nelius Jr. 216, Daniel 120, wife of 230, David 77, 210, Ebenezer 220, Edward 187, 188, 221, Elea- zur w. of 230. Ellas 220, Jr. 210 Elisha 221, Henry 210, 234 Capt. Henry 197, Henry T. 242, Isaac 221, Jacob 221, Jr. 221, Jedediah 148, 221, Capt. 154, Jeremiah 61, 202, 203, 208. 209, 210, 211, 212, 214, 210, 220, 221, 224, 225, 233, Sr. 72, 77, 225, John 77, 79. 210, 220, 227, John Jr. 79, Jonathan 188, Jonathan G. w. of 230, Jonathan S. 90, 97, 210, 228, Joseph 185, 187, 188, 195, w. of 230, Lemuel w. of 230, Lewis 77, 79, 230, Lucretia 230, Mary 83, 230, Mary widow 216, Mulford 221. Nathan 220, 221, 228, Nathan 3d 221. Koscoe 120, Samuel 221, 222, 227, Simon 210, 228, Sineus 210, 221, Wm. 210, 220, 222, 242, Zebulon 221. Cook, Geo. 235, John 139, John C. 242, Luther D. 192, 194. Cooper, Eunice 231, James H. 242, J. Fennimore 178, Huntting 194, Nathan 79, Thomas 210, Samuel 139, Steven Jr. 221, w. of 231. Corey, Braddock 182 Corte, John 203 Cortland, Steven V 215 Corwiu, J. L. 242, George W. 194, H. & N. 194. Creasey, Arthur 203 Cromwell, Oliver 238 Crook, Benjamin 33, 222 Crowell, Thomas E 194 Cuffee, Kev. Paul 105 Cullura, Richard 242 Curry, Ezekiel 194 Daly, Jeremiah 8 Davenport 184 Davis, Elisha 220, Foulk 6, Good- man 14, John 79, 140, 217. 220, Major 140, Paul 223, Thomas J. 242. Dayton, Abigail 231, Beriah 228, Chas. B. 242, Daniel 77, 217, 228 233, Jr. 217, David 220, Ebenez- er 195, Edward 179, Henry 217, 221, 228, Henry w. of 230, Jacob 140, 204, 221. Jane 230, Jeremiah 217, 220, 221, 222, 234. Jesse 220 John 37, 210, 220, 232, John Capt. 35. 30, 120, 228, Jonathan 90, 97. 228, Josiah 30. 97, Nath- an 217, 227, Jialph 5, 7, 35, 224. Robert 7, 8, 01, 1.33, 139. 203. 209,211, 212, 224, 225, Samuel - 77. 221. DeCastro, John 181, 183 Decatur, Stephen 198, John P. Col. 234. Dennison, Samuel 194 Dering. Chas. Thos. 194, Henry T. 188, 193. Dibble, Christopher 221, George 79, , Thos. 79,220,226, Thos. Jr. 228, Simon 220. Dimon, Abraham 221, Charles 237, Isaac 221, Isaac Jr. 91, James 77,203, and w. 80, John 217. Joseph 91. 234, 242, Nathaniel 229, and w, 229, Thos. 203, 209, 229. and w. 229, Thos. Jr. 203. Dinah 229 Dixon, Wm. w. of 230 Domiuy 33, Felix 228, Henry 221. 233, Leah 231, Nathaniel 79, 203 221, 226, 228. Dongan, Gov. 88, 94, 110, 210, 215. Douglass, Robert L 194 Drury 171 Duke of York 210 Duvall, Samuel 223 Earles, N. w. of 229 Eaton, Theophilus 4, 199, 200 Edwards, Abraham 221, Daniel 77, 79, 217, 221, 225. David 217, 221, David Jr. 221. Edward H. 242, Elizabeth 231. Eli 197, Ephraim 79, 140, 226, Henry 223, Isaac 223, Jane 230, John 8, 77, 79, 103, 188, 204, 209, 217, Jonathan 82, 184, 221, Josiah 77. INDEX. Edwards, Lawrence B. 194, Lewis •2:i:{, Melvin Capt. 197, Sarah 229, Silas 223. S. Woodruff 194, Thomas 7, 77, 203, 221. 22G Thos. Sr. and w. 80, 229, Thos. Jr. 221, Will. H, 54, 77, 204, 2C9 217, 224, 225. Elliott, .iohii lOG Els worth. Gov 156, 159 Ely. Eov. Saml. li. 24, 25, 96, 127, 163. 171. Erskiuo, Sir Wm 150, 151 Evans, John 79 Eyres, Beujamiti 221 Farlev, James 242 Farreil, Thomas 242 Field, James 221, John 203, Samuel 8, 242 Sylvester 242. Filer, Chns. W. 242, Elizabeth. 230, GeorKH 172, Geo. G. 242, The- roii A. 237, Thos. 172, 221. Fithiau, Aaron 217, 221, 226, 227 David 217, 221, Enoch 77. 203 225, Jeiuslia I). 237, Josiah 77 Lieut, and w. 80, Samuel 77 209, 225, v,^. of 80, w. of 229, Wm. 6, y, 72. 77, 120, 203, 224. Flagg, Azariah 235 Flint, Maltha Bokee 109 Fordhfim, Daniel 186, 188, Jeffrey 182, John N. 186, Nathan Jr. 185 Peiatiah 155, Sarah E. 182. Foster. Abi}?ail 231, Christopher 15 James 185, John 185. John L. 242, Nathaniel 15, Thomas 186 Wakeman 223. Fowler, William 242 (iann, Lewis 178 Gardiner, Abraham 217, 220, Abra- ham Col. 32, 93, 97, 120, 145, 146 1.50, 184, 228, David 89, 96, 97 206, 217, 234, Dr. 150, 190, Giles 217, Jeremiah 188, 220, John 32 22o', John Jr. 221, John Lyon 100, 140, 142, Jonathan T. 44, 65. 84, Lyon 4 5 7 8 16 44 55 72 116 120 i32 200 205 206 217 224 Mary B. 237, Samuel 221, Saml. B. 142 228. Garlick, Joshua 6 7 8 52 72 79 140 203 209 226, Joshua Jr. 203, w. of 52, widow 80. Garrison, Renach 52 203 Gelaspie, Elizabeth 229 Gelston, David 186 Gentleman 205 Germain, Lord 109 Gladden, George 221 Glover, Benj. Jr 194 Gould, Alexander 242, Patrick 220 Patrick T. 237, Phebe heirs of 217. Theo. P. 242. Graham, James 215 Green, Clias. H. 242, Henry Capt. 155 156 157 158 1.59. Griffin .S3, Seth 194 Hall, William 242 Hallock, William 223 Halsey, Eliphalet Capt. 191, Mar- tha 217. Hamblt^ton, William 204 Hampden, John 3 Hand, Abigail 229, Abraham 149 221, Daniel 220, David 181 183 2)8, Ellas 31 221, Ezekiel 221 Geo. Capt. 171 172. Henry 232 James 77 139 203 204 217 221 Jared 233 Jeremiah 221, John 4 5 7 8 77 205 206 224, Johii Sn 77, John wid. of 209, Joseph 77 140 223, Mr. 218, Nathan 222 233, Nathaniel 33 77 79 221 222 Ruth Misp. 172. Stephen 6 8 66 77 204 208 209 211 212 214 220 224 225, Jr. 227, Thomas 77 140 202 204 218. 203 Handy, Aaron 242 j Hare, Edward 204 Harris wid. SO 229. Thomas 209, ; William 231. I Hart, Betsey 231 Hauke, Abraham 2o3 I Havens, Chas. O. 242, Constant 217 Daniel Capt. 191, Jonathan 217 Jr. 217, Joseph 242, Joseph A. 242, Wickham S. Capt. 194 197 Hawks, John 223 Heart, Micah 221 Hedges, Abraham 221, Albert L. 76 Benjamin 77 221 232, Christo- pher 233, Daniel 11 217 220 Da- vid Jr. 91 96 97 228, E. G. 235, Fleazar 221, Elihu 222, Ezekiel 230, Gideon 17, w. of 230, Gov- ernor 77, Henry P. 169 203 234, Hiram Capt. 197, Isaac 7G 77 79 217 224 227, Sr. 76, Jr. 76, Jacob 76 221, Jeremiah Dr. 79 186 188 Jeremiah W. Capt. 194, Jere- miah Jr. 188, Joanna 203, John 140 217 221 225 235. INDEX. Hedgt-s, Jonathan 77 22?, 232. Ke- ziah 231, Lemuel 217, w. of 230. Hedges, Mehetabel 171, Nathan 223 Phebe 231, Phineas 233, Philip 221 233 Kobert 241, Samuel 77 79 142 217 22G 232, Stephen 7 32 r.l 72 76 202 204 209 210 217 220 224 225 235, Vhos. 220, Timothy 188. Wm. 5 7 8 44 52 76 80 133 140 218 221 226, Jr. 218 221. Win. H. Capt. 197. Hicks, Bethiah 229 230, Eliza 188 Elizabeth 230, Joseph 221 227 Zachariah 221 222. Hildreth, Joshua 217, Saml. T. 182 Hobart, Capt. 203, Josiah 51 61 74 79 139 140 209 211 214 225 226 w. of 80. Holland, John 242 Homan, Mordecai 232, av. of 229. Hoox, John 221 Hopkins, Edward 4 199 200 Hoppin. BenJ. 221, Daniel 222. 1 u- uie 231, Henry 149 220 221, Johji 204 225, Joseph 221, Mary 231. Hort.on, Azariah 104 106 Hossington, John 226, w. of 80. Howe, John 220, Daniel 5 6 54. Howell, Abraham 139, Arthur 52 140, Capt. 217. Edward 139, Eli- hu Dr. 233, Elisha 217, Eliza- beth 52 53. Gilbert 194, James 185 189. James L. 242, John 209 John, Major 138, Lewis 191 Marchaut 181. Matthew 223 Nathan 197, Silas 191. Howes, Ezekiel Capt. 171 194 197 Howlaud, Edson 242 Hudson, Henry 217, James C. 242 John 188 220, Puah 230, Kobert 79 201 226 227, Timothy 227. w. of 230. Humphries, Arthur 242 Hungerford, Lawyer 159 Hunt, Samuel 220, Colonel 168. Huntington, Abel 96 97 163 171 172 228 241 242, Abby 171 237, Cor- nelia 170 171 172 239, George L. 228 241. Huntting, Col. Benj. 191, Capt. 217 Dr. Exrs. of 217, David H. 235 Isaac M. 221, w. of 230, James M. 237, J. Madison 234, Jere- miah 234, John 217 221 233, Nathaniel 8 11 24 25 68 76 80 81 95 119 120 121 148 217 220 229 231 236 238 239, Jonathan 232 Saml. 25 97, S. & B. & Co. 194, w. of Saml. 230, Wm. 220 234. Huilburd 33 Butchingsou, Samuel 221 Isaacs. Aaron Jr. 149 220 223. Esth- er 168 231, Samuel 168, Isham, Gen. 159. James, Eev. Thos. 6 8 12 18 55 61 64 68 104 120 133 205 21 6 208 209 211 214 238 239 James the 2d King 210 Jamieson, Prof. John F 65 Johnson, Guy 109 Jones, Betsey 231, Daniel 227, Ed- ward 204, Elisha 220, Esthe- 231, Ezekiel 218 221, Jr. 221 John 79 226, Mfth*'tabel 231 Paul 198, Thomas 220 222 Judson, Judge 158 161 Kellv, Antony 204 King, Daniel 221, Edward T. 242 Frederick and w. 231, George E. 242, Harry B. 242, H. P. 242 John 221, Lodowick H. 242. Ol- iver G. 242, Richard 221. S M, 242. Venus E. 212, William 242 Wilson B. 242. Kirle,John 225 Knapp, George 242 Landon, Samuel H 194 Latham, Hubbard 188 Larkin, Jostiua 231 Lawrence, John B. 242, Joseph 229 w. of 229, Wm. 242. Lee, Frances 170 Leek. Abraham 221, Benj. 221 228 Daniel 218. David 221 243, Eb- enezer 77 79 203 225 226. and w. of 80 229, Ichabod 79, Philip 203 and Jr. w. of 229, Recompenco 227, Stephen 77 79. Lester, Cynthia 236, Geo. B. 225. G. T. 242, W. C. 242. Samuel 172 L'Hommedieu, Samuel 194 Lillie, Luke 224 Livingston, Gilbert H 234 Loper, Abraham 225 221, Daniel 221 David 194 221. David B. 242. " Geo. S. 242, Henry J. 242. James 52 53 203 223 221. Jeremiah 221 Lyon 79, Oliver L. 242, Lovelace Francis 208. Loweu, Thos. 197, Wm. 242, Wm. Cant 194. Luquer, Lea 170, Mrs. 169 170. INDEX. 80 236 191 224 243 Lynch, Michael 242 Masrsaquet 205 Mc.Cauley, Thos MiiClellan, Geii. Goo. B McKay, Capt. Geo ■ • • Meacham, Jeieiuiah.. .6 8 209 Meigs, Edgar C Merchant, Chas 243 Merry, Johu 218 220 Mershon, b. L 84 236 Miller, Abraham 120 221 228, An- drew 8 77, Ananias 221, Burnet ;,2 33 120 146 218 220 228 230 Burnett Capt. 218, Chas. H. 228 237, Daniel 218 226, David 220 221 222, David H. 235, David K. 243, Davis 194, Davis Capt. 197 Eleazar 32 79 97 100 116 120 218 •220 227 228 232, Elisha 221, Eze- kiol ]72 221. E. H. 243, Geo. 7 8 77 124 204 209 221, w. of 229 Giird.-ii 220, Helen 237, Henry 221, Me'zeiiiah 77, Huutting 220 241, Jacob 221, Jason 220, Jere- miah 149 2U4 218 221 225 237, Jr. ;/22i, Joel 222, John 6 77 97 149 203 2i8 220, Jr. 204 220, Sr. 67 204 209 225, Johu w. of i-O, Jon- athan 221, Jonathan A. 243, Jo- seph 221, Josiah 218 227, Josiah P.'243, Lemuel 220. Mary Ann 237, Mrs. 142, Nathan 77 218 220 221 222 223 226, Nathaniel 243 Nathaniel J. 243, Teleg 221 222 Saml. Col. 140, Saml. «. 237 Sylvan us 120, Sylvanus Capt. 197, Timothy 218, Uriah 188 221, William 77 203 208 220 222 225, Wm. B. 243. Mitchell, Juhu 218 Momovveta 1^'"^ Mousup 208 Moushnalias Poniute Sacbem. 106 Montez Pedro 15^ Moore, Henry 223, Robert 79 226 Morgan, Goodman 10 Morris, Geo. C 243 Mulfor.i, Abraham 220, Jr. 221 Benj. 140, Christopher 218, Capt. 218, David 32 220 223 and Col. 120, David Capt. w. of 230 Ellas 218 221 231. Elisha 149 218 220 and Jr. 221, Ezekiel 33 221 228, Ezekiel Capt. 120 223, Good- man 10, Isaac 79 218 226, Jane 230, Jeremiah 79 113 218 232 Mulford. Jeremiah Capt. 171 172 197 236, John 5 6 8 12 120 139 140 149 204 205 200 208 209 210 211 214 216 218 220 221 224 225 226 and w. Mary 80 and Jr. 225 Jonathan 221 222. Josiah 221, Lemuel 220, Lewis 11, M. 33, Matthew 79 220. w. of 231, Mul- ford .t Howell 194, Mulford & • ISleight 194, Nathan 221, Esther his w. 231, Phebe 230 231 23-i Samuel 29 30 31 50 63 64 74 120 203 208 209 211 218 221 222 224 225 226, Samuel, Ensign 61 214 and Jr. w. of 229, Saml. G. 172 Sarah wid. 218. Thos. 140 203 218 and Jr 218 227 230, Timothy 218, w. of Timothy Jr. 230, Wil- liam 140 202 203 220 243, Wil- liam Capt. 197. Murdock, Peter 79 Myers. John 243 NichoUs, Richard 138 210, Col. 201 Nicoil. William 186 Nickerson. Henry Jr 194 Norris, Oliver 204 Nott, Abraham 229 Nowedouah 199 Occum, Sampson 106 Osboru, Abraham 221 222. Abra- ham Deac. 140, Benj. 75 77 203 209 225 and Jr. w. of 229, Calel> 77, Charles 172, Mrs. Chas. 172 Cornelius 221, Daniel 218 225 226, David 220, Davis 197. Ed- ward 77 140 172. Elisha 149 185 218 221 241, Elizabeth 231, Eph- raiiu 77 79, Esther 231, Hiram 197. Jacob 221, Jedediah 221 233 Jeremiah 120 218 221 224 233 and Jr. 221, John 5 8 19 50 61 75 76 77 139 203 204 209 210 224 Jonathan 221 and Jr. 76, Jona- than Capt. 152 177 197, Joseph 8 77 79 149 203 204 218 221 222 i;25, and Jr. 220, and Sr. 235, Josiah 79 220, Lewis 203 221 233 liucy Mrs. 170, Matthew 221 Mehetabel230, Obadiah 77, Pnc- be 231, Philetus 221, Smith 220 Smith Stratton 223, Stephen 8 224 230, Susanna 231, Temper- - ance 231, Thomas 5 7 8 44 61 72 76 77 78 203 208 209 211 212 214 218 221 224 228, Sr. 75 203 210 224, Jr. 5 75 76 77 203 218 224 INDEX. 225 226, aufl w. 229, Wm. 77 194 218 226, Win. Capt. 197, Wm. L. 140, Zebedee 149 221. Overton, Theodore 243, Warren 243 Paddy, William 243 Parsons. Abraham 96 97 228 235 241 Ambrose 172, Benjamin 221, Car- oline 172, Ellis 234, Elnathan 221, Hannah 83 and wid. 219 Henry 11. Jeremiah 221, John 77 140 203 219 221 225, John, Sr. 2C3, the 3d 219 220, the 4th 219 220 221 228, Lawton S. 236, Lud- 1am 33 221 222, Mary 221, Merry 221, Phebe 76, Robert 219, Sam- uel 6 61 63 203 209 219 220 22 1 241 and Jr. 77 Si 83 219 225 227 Seth 219 221 225 227, Thomas T. 238, Wm. D. Coi. 172. Payne, Albert M. 243, Cornelius 221 Elias R. 243, Ezekiel 235, Isaao. 221, John 223, John Howard 167 169 170, Paul 223, Peter 223, William 168 170, Wm. H. 194. Peck, Jabez 168 Pelletreau, Wm. S 120 Penr.y, Joshua 234 243 Widow 230 Percy, Lord 151 Perkins, Wm 61 203 Perry, Edmund 223 Petty, Edward 226, William E. 243 Pharoah, Stephen 243 Phillips, Ebenezer 24 25 96 108 Frederick 215. Pidgeon, Stephen B 243 Pierson, Abraham 219, Capt. 219 33, David 219. Henry 139 219, Job 223, Joseph 139, Josiah 219, Lemuel 222. Pike, Benjamin 233, Selah 220 Pilkiu, Edward 231 Poggatacut 99 199 Pogantoue 205 Pogatone 205 Porter, David 198 Power, R.J 189 Powhe 205 Price, Abigail 185 189, Benjamin 8 205 206 224, James H. 243. Quaw, Abraham 221 Quincey, Josiah 98 Raisen, Thomas 243 Ranger, Sylvester D 235 Raynor, Ichabod 221 Reeves, Hon. Henry A 192 Reney, John W 243 Richardson, John 202 Ring, Capt 152 Riplev, Capt 191 Rockwell, Mary D 171 Rogers, Albert 194, Jonah 219 and Jr, 219. Rose, John 200, Robert 5 7 77, Ru- fus 159, Thomas 7 77. Ruize, Jose 155 Russel, 189, David 188, John 219, Saml. 79 183, Steven 221. Sachem Squaw 205 206 Sand ford, Nathan 90, Thomas 219 Zachariah 219. Sasakotako . . . '. 208 Satterthwaite 106 Say re, David 222, Francis 194 James 194, Job 199, Lieut. 33. Sehellenger, Abraham 74 221 225 w. of 80 7 203, Capt. 191 David 231, Isaac 221, Jacob 79 209 219 223 227, w. of 229, Jona- than 221, Phebe wid. 229, Wil- liam 79 and Jr. 11. Sedgwick, Theodore 159 Shaw, John 140, wid. 'Ji4, Richard 6 '77 140 203 206 209 22i,. w. of 229, Jr. 77. Sherrill, Abraham 220, Abraham P. 235, David 91, David S. 2i2 Henry 33 222, Hiram 171 179 Jacob 221, Jeremiah 220 221 Mary 231. Naomi 231, Nathan- iel 232, Phebe 231, Recompence 219 220 221, Saml. 204, Jr. 221. Simons, John 242, Thomas 140 William 6 14. Sleight, Shamgar H 194 Smith. Caleb 237, Freeman Capt. 197, Col. 33, Geo. 227, Sylvester Capt. 197, Sylvester P. 191, Thos. Blacksmith 51. Snooks, John 243 Spragg, John 215 Squire, John 204 227, Jonathan 221 St'-ven 243, Thomas 68. Stanborough, Thomas 223 Stanton, Joseph B. 243, Oscar F. 243, Thos. 199 200, Wm. C. 243. Staples, Seth P 159 Still, James 14 Stratton, Ann 229, Benjamin 220 Cornelius 80 225, w. of 229 Eliphalet 219 227, Helen S. Mrs. 241, John 220 221 224 225. INDEX. Stratton, John Sr. 5 8 77 203 20!) 219 224 225, Jr. 77 80 138 140 203 227, Jonathan 232, Joseph 203, Matthew 221, Richard 8 77 203 224, Sanil. 2-20, Steven 77 221 225, Soloman 77, Thos. 204. Street, Nathaniel 77 Strong, Charles 243, George 221 James M. 243, John 221 241, Wil- liam 243. Sunk Squaw 206 207 208 Sweeney, John 194 Swinton, J. L 215 Tabor, Capt James M 197 Taikhouse 172 Tallraage, Baldwin C. 235, Betsey 231, Daniel 230, David 91 221 and Jr. 221, Elisha 221. Eliza- b2th 76, wid. 10, Euos 220, Jer- emiah 221, John 124 219 221 Mary 229, Nathl. 221 225. Re- becca wid. 219, Thos. 8 140 200 209 211 219 221 224 225 226 Capt. 203 214. Lieut. 224, Thos. Jr. 5 8 12 46 224, Wm. 231. Terry, Beiij. 243, David 243, Jere- miah 221. Tlieller, John 203 Thompson, James 237. Thomas 5 6 140 224, Zebulon'223. Tillinghast, Chas. T. 243, Polly 231 Tooker, VVm. W 105 180 Topping, Elward 243, Elnathau 139 Townseud, BenJ 22(5 Tryou, Gov 146 150 Tuthill, Ira B. 194, Jonathan 149 221 Tyler, John, President 235, Juli- ana 235. Vail, David T 194 VanBuren, John 236, Martin 172 23(i Van Dam, Rip 209 Van Scoy, Isaac 221, w. of 235 Ipaac, Jr. 221. Vaughn, Clothier H 242 Veale, Jeremiah 5 Wallace, J ohn 236 Warner, Miss 172 Waters, Antony 200 Watts, Isaac 242 Wells, David 226, William 208. Weoncombone Sachem 106 Wheeler, John 75 77 79 139 203 208 225 226, Left. 61 209 211 214 229 w. of 229, John 3d w. of 229 Thomas 77 79. White, Ebenezer 219, Jr. 219, John 190, John E. 190. Whitfield 167 Whittier, John G 239 Wick, Edward 221, wife of 230. Wickham, Jacob 220, Martha 171 Thos. 145 146 220, Capt. 97 171 Wicks, Elisha 233 Wiggins & Parsons 194 Wilbur, Robert N 194 \\ illiams, Nath .52 Winthrop 132 Wood. Silas..,. 134 Woodhull, Gen. 97, Richard 199. Worth, Therou B 194 Wright, Isaac 243, Jerry 243, Silas '.^35. Wyaudance 99 100 106 132 206 209 Wyandanch 199 200 205 208 Wyoncombone 205 206 207 Youngs. David 194 234, John 138. INDEX OF Address at General Training in 1682 201-202 Agriculture 66 Allotment lands 8 88 84, meadow 9 orig.nal 9. Amagausett, church in 236, corner stone of 236, settled 19. Amistad case 155 156 Ancestors, industry of 9, love of Ireedi.m 26 to 31, memory of 42 43, patriotism of 25, petition for representation 26 to2M, wer^i I'liritaiis 3, reverence for 1 thoug.'.ts of 40 41. An Ire, Major in E. H 149 SUBJECTS. Arre ;t of Steven Hedges, Samuel Muli'ord and others 61 Association of April 1775. . .220 221 Ai.ctianeer, Yankee 173 Baker family 244 Banquett in 1849, 238, odes at 239 240, toasts at 238 239. Barnes family 24G Beecher, Lyman 96 Beechers, three 162 234 Bennett fooled the Britisn 147 Bi-Centennial in ltW9 2.38 Biers, public charge 224 Books, scarcity of 119 Brick kills 232 INDEX. Bridge- Hampton, church corner stone 234, church dedicated 2:M Buel, anecdote of 150 151, Minis- ter 95. Burjnng ground fenced 67, may be fenced 234, at Jerico 234. Bull, huge killed 235 Bullions, Alexander Minister. . . .97 Canadas ceded to England 73 Commons 67 Chattteld family 249, John 75, Judge 75, Thomas 75. Church 23, built 44, Calvinistic 54 edifice 81 to »5, frame of 135 gallery of C6, half-way covenant 82, incorporated 238, members of hO, members of removed 229 and state inseperable 127, suf- ferings of 79. Chronologp, style changed 94 Clinton Acat'emy, exhibition of 18"Zl 237, erected 37. Commonage 54 Coudit, Joseph D 9G Conklin family 250, Jedediah 148 Connecticut combiuatio . n 21 Constable .... 13 Courts 12 46 CuUoden, wreck of 149 Day, cold 234, dark 234, Thanks- giving 234. Dayton family 253, measles 195 Deaths in East-Haraptom 235 Deeds for town 199, assignment 199 Mor.tauk 1660 205, Montauk 1661 206, Montauk 1670 208 Montauk, confirmation and as- signment of 208, Mentauk 1687 208, 1702-3 209, May 30, 1712 209 assignment 209, of 1720-21 209^ Dimon family 273 Dominy family 258 Dwellings, flrst location of 114, later 115. East-Hampton, association of free- men in 1775 145, signed 220, at- tachment to New England 20 church of independent 58, church members removed 229 church corner stone 236, com- bined with Connecticut and New England 135. conflict with Governors of New York 58, deed for 199, division line with South anipton 139, Edict of Nantes 71 emigration causes of 71, emi- gration from 140, Liberty-pole In East-Hampton 236, Libertj^-pole speeches at 236, list of officers 224, li.'it of Supervisors 228, sol- diers and seamen in the rebel- lion 242, location of settlers 8 location of church 9, location of houses 9, New England in spirit 56, patent of Gov. Nicol 55, patent of 1686 210, popula- tion of 58 141 151. price of 16 Pux-itan 55, records of 46, rep- resentation claimed and denied 138, in the Revolution 145, Rev- olutionary refugees 149, settle- ment of 4 44, settlers of 5, sev- ered from Connecticut 53, sum- mons for John Mulford 216 taxation 71, tax list 1675 202 tax list of 1683 203. tax of 141 telegraph poles to Sag-Harboi- 236, Trustees Journal 232, union with Connecticut 20. Edwards family 258 Ely, Rev. Samuel R 96 Facetia 241 Fences 65 Filer family 272 Fire, J. Dayton's house 234 Fires prevented 132 Fithian family 275 Fort 66 Freedem, conflict for 64 Funeral rites simple 118 Gardiner family 277 Gardiner's Island settled 4, annex- ed to East-Hampton 20 94. Gardiner, Col. 15u, Lyon 55, Dr. Nathaniel 149 Genealogy 75 i General training 235 Gioralter taken 73 Government democratic 124, self 45 self sustaining 125, taxation 126 Gov. Leisler 64 Hand family 285 yj Health 121 Hedges family 290, Samuel at Mon- tauk 232, Benj. and Jonathan ^ at Montaak 232. Hicks family 301 Hill, Chatfield's 195 Hobart, Josiah 74 Howell. Dr. Elihu 233 Huntting family 302 Huntting, J. Madison jouinal of 234, Minister 95, minister taxes t)f 232, Rev. Samuel 97. INDEX. Huntington. A.bel 96 241, Cornelia 170. ^ . , Indians 4 16 47 99, Beaman, Josiah anecdote of 108, Cockenoe, life of 105, interpret er 105, floom of 106, dwelliug at springy bauUs 232. intliience on Anglo Saxon 107, love of war 109, powder and bullets for 232, self des- troyed 110, tribe disbanded 111 Montauk 99, Gliristianity intro- duced 104, education among 101. manufactures ^'y 102, massacre by Narraghansetts 101, naviga- tion by 102. religion of 102 small pox 102 10(5, the royal tribe 100, tribe numerous 100 tributary to the Pequots 100. James, Thomas character of 55, preached to Indians 55, inter- preter 55. July 4th celebration 234 Kent, County of l'^-^ Land, sale of restricted 15, sold to Henry Hand 232. Lands, division ef preferable and chosen 66, improvement of in common a failure 64, undivided title to 53. Laws 13 Legislation as to Montauk 91, church 91, choristers 91, vote to kill all dogs 91. Life economic and social 116 List soldiers and seamen in the war of the rebellicm 242 London, plague and fire in 71 Long Island, battle of 33. British occupation of 34, sufferings of 34 Lots located 1-lt* Maidstone 123, first name of Last- Hampton 4. Mail stage from Amagansett to Sag Har'jor 236. Manufactures 66, domestic 117. Marlvs of cattle 90 Marriaue, lirst in chuich 236 McClellau, Gen. in E. Hampton 236 mechanics wanted 10. Meeting bouse 14 53 234, bell to be rung at 9 o'c.ock 232, box for Psalm be ok and pitch pipe 233 Meeting house, finishing of 232, flooring belfry 232, gallery in G6, John Hunting's pew in 233 pew in 232, sweeping and rin Meeting house, upper galleries 233 Merchandise m.ade money 126 Mill 9 Miller family 305 Minds, constellation of 97 130 Ministers James and Huntting. 68 Thos. James, Nathaniel Hunt- ting, Saml. Buel, Lyman Beech- er, Ebenezer Phillips, Joseph D. Condit, Samuel R. Ely, Sam- uel Huntting, Alexander Bul- lion 23. Montauk, acquisition of 90, British took cattle from 233, cattle kept off 233, Christopher Hedges at Fort Pond 233, deed of 1660 1661, 1670 and 1687 205 to 20i dividend of 234, equalization of three purchases 216, house to be built 232, at Fort Pond 233 at hither end 233. in Indian field 233, Lewis Edwards at fatting fiehl 233, paint on 234 Pliilip Hedges ;:t hither end 233 sold to Aithur W. Benson 111 stock guarded 33, three pur- chases equalized 112. Mulford family 311, Samuel orects warehouse 74, Samuel, his ca- reer 29 74. Murdock family 316 Negroes in meeting house 232 New- York commerce, trade and manufactures crippled 78, Gov- ernor of 59, arbitrary 26. Nowedinah 4 Oath of Town « fficers 200 Obligations enforced 133 Ocean 68 Office a duty 132 Officers of Town 16.50 to 1750 224 Orange, Prince of 71 Osboru family 317 Parsons family 326 Parsonage 139 Patent 28, Dongan's 62, quit rent under 151. Poggatacutt ^ Payne, John Howard 167 Phillips, Kev. Ebener, character and death of 96. Plague in London 71 Poor, aid to 130. house 532. Price of produce 232 Progress of the age • • 86 Puritans ; -^^ '^^ ing belf 2":32, to be painted 233 ! Quotations from Josiah Quiucy 1 98 1(1 INDEX. i/i (L guotatious from J. G. Whittier 98. liaiuilies, victory of 73 Kate list 1675 and 1G83 202 Recorder 13 Representation, lpgig.lative deman- ded 49 50 62 03, address of 1665 wiitten by Minister James 63. Revolution 92, East-Hampton fav- ored it 31, hay provided for 233 troops provided for 233, muster roll, Capt. Ezekiel Mulford's company 1776 222. Rural life diminishing 92 Sabbath observance 129 Sabbath school, addresses to. .234 Sachem's Hole 99 Sag-Harbor alotment 182, an Indian settlement 180, an English set- tlement 180, church corner stone 234, commerce 184, early residents 187, garrison in 147 in the Revolution 189, its loca- tion 180, State pier 187, wharf (extended 190, whaling revived 191, progress in 192, Meigs ex- pedition 189. physical condition 181, population of 151. roads 182, guide posts on 233, savings bank 236, wharf 185. Sand Hills blowing 232 Schellenger family 330 School house. North side 233, North West 233, Wainscott 233. Sea Spray 171 Sherrill family 333 Ship Henry sailed 234 Skellinx. Abraham mariner 74 Small pox, inoculation prohibited 233, ijiOC.dation of 233. Soldiers that went to Jamaica. .233 Southampton, alliance with 47, set- tled when 4. Southohl, settled w4ieu 4 Squires family 335 Standpoint for review 143 Stocks . 14 Storm of 1811 153 Stiattou family 33">, Jonathan, school teacher 232. Stuart Kings 70 Suffolk (Jouuty 33, protest of free- holdfea-s against 215, restriction to choyse Assemblymen 215, sol- diers in and cohtinued there 33 Supervisors, list 1750 to 1849 228 Tallmage family 336 Tavern 9 Tea and tlie toa-k(^ttle 142 'iemperance among Indians 129 legislation 129. Timber scarce 134 Titles, Genti.man 74, Goodman 74 Town House, meetings in 234, meeting 11 46, street 117. Training, general 172 Truste s, town claim title to Mon- tauk for town 111, conveyance to Proprietors 111, journal of 232, legislation by 113, manage- ment of Mf-ntauk 111, purchase part of Montauk 111. Tyler, Ex-President in East-Hamp- ton 235. VanBureu, Martin 236, and son in Kast-Hampton 236. VauScoy family 342 Vessel to be built 232 Victory at Ramilies, Turin, Oude- nard and Malplaquet 73. Wainscott settled 19 War, i''rench and Indian 31. Revo- lutionary 31, of 1812 guns and ammunition 234. Warehouse at North West 233 Wars 71 Weather cold 235, Ocean frozen, ice piled up. Garjiuer's Island frozen in 236. Whale chase 174, in Gardiner's bay 234, killed 236, at Amagansett 234, at Bridge-Hampton 235. at East-Hampton 235, at South- ampton 235, at Wainscott 235, off Amagausett 235. Whaling 10 52 66, commerce table 194, Sag-Harbor 196. Wharf at Josh Penny's 234, at North- west 234. Wheeler family removed to Smith- town 75. John, Supervisor 75. Widows favored 131 Wind, heavy east blow 234 Witchcraft ' 23 51 World, end of 234 Wrecks, brig Mars 152, barque ship Edward Quesuel 153, Capt. Couk- lin's vessel 154, at Bridge-Hamp- ton 235, Many 235, at Montauk and Amagansett 235, Napeague and at highland 236. Wreck of John Milton 136, of a sohooner 231). Wri; at. Gov. and Mr. Flagg in East-Hampton 235. Wyandance 4 16, trial of 200 Wy and audi J 3 ..-^ y LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 014 220 942 1