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| 1201 | [Brø derbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #0626, Date of Import: Jan 7, 2000] Came to New London, CT in 1640 There is a discrepancy in the leineage of the Brewsters. Family notes indicate that Nathaniel Bewster was the son of Jonathon Brewster and Lucretia Oldham. Jonathon was the eldest son of Elder William Brewster. No record exists that Jonathon had a son Nathaniel. Nathaniel rather is the son of Francis Brewster - probably no relation to William. Francis was the first Brewster to come to America, He was one of the original settlers of the New Haven Colony and was a barber surgeon who was originally from Bristol, England. His wife was Lucy and in the colony wealth census of 1638, his household numbered 9 members which probably included servants. The family estate of 1,000 pounds sterling wasa great deal of money. Mark Simmons has determined 4 children to date, leaving 3 undetermined. Francis was a planter in the New World. In February 1646 a ship constructed during the winter under the direction of Capt. Lamberton left New Haven loaded with furs, crops, and other New World materials for England but was never heard from again. There was a sizable passenger list including Francis Brewster. Lucy subsequently married Dr. Thomas Pell and moved to New Jersey. Two of Francis's daughters testified at the New Haven witch trials. -- MERGED NOTE ------------ [Although several early commentaries assigned a lineage to the Rev. Nathaniel Brewster which has him as a grandson or nephew of the Elder William Brewster of Plymouth Colony, this lineage has been disproved.] | Brewster, Francis Jr. (I20401)
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| 1202 | [Brø derbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #0626, Date of Import: Jan 7, 2000] Court Justice Joseph was signer of Brookhaven. [Brø derbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #0626, Date of Import: Jan 7, 2000] Court Justice Joseph was signer of Brookhaven. | Brewster, Joseph Jr (I17128)
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| 1203 | [Brø derbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #0626, Date of Import: Jan 7, 2000] Second wife of Nathaniel | Ludlow, Sarah (I17205)
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| 1204 | [Byrne also records Redding, CT as place of birth.] | Matthews, Martha A. ^ (I1068)
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| 1205 | [Carman.net records her name as Mary A. Beebe, birth year as 1826 in Canada. The 1880 census records herage as 36 and birth place as NY. Carman.net also has children not confirmed by the census record.] | Beebe, Mary L (I4135)
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| 1206 | [Christopher is not mentioned by Selah Youngs.] | Youngs, Christopher (I4609)
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| 1207 | [Claire Burnett recorded a death date of 1 Nov 1735. His gravestone clearly reads 1755 in the 25th year of his age.] | Burnett, David (I9147)
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| 1208 | [Cornelius Otto Descendents 7-18-05.pdf .FTW] She became totally deaf by age 20. 7/27/03-per my mothers remembrance she was stone deaf. She had beautiful hair with was tied into two long pigtails that extended down her back to her bottom. She married Mr. Parkhill when she was young and he disappeared leafing her to raise her children. At he end of her life she became very strange and no one wanted anything to do with her. She life with her son in a small shed heated by a pot belly stove by herself for the last ten years getting her food through a window. Mom did not say if there was any water in the shed but inferred that there was none and that she may have had lice. | Otto, Joanna (Anna) (I28531)
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| 1209 | [Cornelius Otto Descendents 7-18-05.pdf. FTW] She spent time during childhood near the Choptank River in eastern Maryland. She visited Bruinisse, Holland in July 1905 and then returned back to Sayville, New York soon after. from Louis L. Otto's history see Book "To Descendants of the Otto and DEGRAFF Families" Note 23 Cornelius and Jacomina Hage. They were the first Dutch family to come to the Sayville area, arriving in Oakdale on 6-6-1849. They came from the village of Bruinisse, which is on the island of Duiveland in the delta of the Scheldte River below Rotterdam. (In 1953 there was a terrible storm in the North Sea causing bad floods in the river mouths. Bruinisse was washed off the map, and many other island towns were destroyed partially or completely. All village records were lost, but some county records are still available. To avoid a future repetition of this disaster, the government initiated the "Delta Project" to join the many islands and seal off the estuaries. Cornelius Hage was a farmer for General Ludlow on the latter's estate in Oakdale. He and his family lived there until they moved to a little house on the west side of Railroad Avenue in Sayville the next house north of the court house which was subsequently built on the NW corner of Railroad Avenue and Swayze Street. The american pronunciation of his name is H a J (long A, soft g), the dutch pronunciation is something like aw-huh. Cornelius Hage was a very quiet, patient man, married to a little spit-fire of a woman, Minkya van Kaze Aw-huh. He was known for his unfailing answer to her outbursts - the Dutch word for patience. (It sounds like hedeRlt~. He and his wife were charter members of the Dutch Reformed Church in West Sayville when it was organized in 1860. Cornelius Hage had a sister Jobanna Maria Hage (1816-1894) who married Peter Henry Okkerse. They lived on Chicken Street (now West Street or Dale Drive) in Oakdale. When the Hage family arrived in Oakdale they must already have had four of their seven daughters. Grandma Otto (Cornelia) remembers going to church services in the little chapel, St. John's Church, still standing in Oakdale, where the slaves of the Ludlow family sat in the balcony. The little girls drove the cows home from pasture to the bay carrying a forked stick to pin down snakes. A huge black snake appeared one day on the kitchen rafter above where Mother Hage was heating a large kettle of water. She dealt with the emergency at once by pushing the snake off the rafter so it fell into the pot. In their first summer the little girls had trouble learning English. The family needed a kitchen knife, so little Cornelia, who had been to school in Holland, went to the Terry store in Sayville. She saw the printed name of her need, and happily asked for a k-nifye, giving it the Dutch pronunciation. She always laughed about the laughter which greeted her efforts, but she got the knife. Apparently while Cornelia was in her early teens she accompanied the Ludlow family to the Eastern Shore of Maryland one summer. As an old lady, she used to tell the tale (which made mine and my brothers pop) of seeing the battle of the Merrimac and the Monitor from the Maryland shore during the Civil War, but a study of dates indicates this could not have been true. When she was telling this story she was old enough to have confused this and other events from her early life. All seven of the Hage sisters married, three of them to three Otto brothers - William and Nell, John and Cornelia, Henry and Maria. Note 24 Louise Hage, one of Cornelius and Minna Hage's younger daughters, married George Howell. They owned the land on Greeley Avenue immediately north of John Otto's property. They sold it to the Bezant family, who were Bohemians. They subsequently sold the property to our neighbors, Tony and Mammy Vitoch. George and Louise Howell moved shortly after 1900 to a farm in North Carolina near Morehead City. | Hage, Cornelia (I28523)
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| 1210 | [Cornelius Otto Descendents 7-18-05.pdf.FTW] He had a growing deafness as he aged. From an email of courtney Mangone 7/12/05 to wit: Courtney Mangone [cmangone@hotmail.com] Finally, it's confirmed that John (Jack) Edward Otto's (1869-1931) wife's name was Ella De St. Martin. They were married in Brooklyn on 9/7/1892. We obtained a copy of their marriage certificate. Middle name from Courtney Mangone, Greenwich, Ct. | Otto, Johannes "John" Edward Jack (I28528)
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| 1211 | [Daniel Ruland does not appear in the 1860 census. His wife, Jane, appears to have married Henry M. Mogan, and Daniel's children are living in the household.] | Ruland, Daniel ^ (I867)
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| 1212 | [Debby Gincig Painter recorded "Elman, Grays, Harbor, Washington?" as the place of death. Perhaps she meant Elma, Grays Harbor, WA.] | Dudics, Stephen (I10815)
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| 1213 | [During her lifetime, she seems to have been most known as Cornelia, although her gravestone records Mary C. Rose.] | Rose, Mary Cornelia ^ (I945)
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| 1214 | [E. T. Corwin expresses uncertainty concerning Gershom which may subsequently have been clarified. He may have removed to Sterling, Cayuga, NY, although, if so, some of the dates are inconsistent.] | Corwin, Gershom (I5046)
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| 1215 | [Edward S. Raynor's first wife was Eliza Gildersleeve. Edward and Eliza's gravestone can be found adjacent to Benjamin and Mary Mills Gildersleeve's gravestone at the Woodland cemetery in Bellport, NY, suggesting that she was an offspring, which is how she's placed here. Edward and Eliza's first child was named Mary.] | Gildersleeve, Eliza ^ (I785)
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| 1216 | [Ellen Learned is not known to have ever legally married. She had a long personal relationship with her companion, Emilie Wagner. The relationship is shown here as spousal.] | Learned, Ellen Edgerton ^ (I7738)
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| 1217 | [Except that he was recorded as among the eleven men who died in the 1813 fishing incident, no other information has been found.] | Hulse, John ^ (I21175)
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| 1218 | [Florida Death Index gives Manatee County as place of death. Social Security Death Index records Winter Park, Orange County, FL as last residence.] | Carman, Joseph Howard ^ (I5667)
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| 1219 | [For a thorough discussion of Abiah Sweezey ambiguity, I suggest you review Robert Sweezey's investigation at http://www.sweezey.net/genealogy/software/getperson.php?personID=I0250 7.] | Luce, Abiah > (I5900)
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| 1220 | [Forrest's parents are identified on his graveston in the Oaklawn Cemetery, Brookhaven, NY.] | Reeve, Forrest P. ^ (I3637)
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| 1221 | [G. Lewis Platt recorded that his death occurred "fifteen years ago;" the book was published in 1891, suggesting he died in 1876. However, he was still living at the time of the 1880 census. Emily Platt was found in the 1900 census and recorded as widow | Platt, Oliver (ii) ^ (I174)
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| 1222 | [George W. Ruland Sr. may be Daniel Ruland's brother. See note for George W. Ruland Sr.] | Ruland, Daniel ^ (I867)
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| 1223 | [halsey.ged] "In 1620 Robert Fordham entered the school of Robert Porter, to prepare himself to enter university. On July 3, 1622, Robert Fordham was admitted to Caius College, Cambridge, and matriculated in 1623, taking his A.B. in 1625/6 and his A.M. in 1629. He was ordained by Bishop Williams of Lincoln, and in 1627/8 Robert Fordham succeeded Baanah Gladding as Minister at Flamstead, Church of England. The Parish Church of Flamstead Bishop's Transcripts 1636-1637 of Christenings and Marriages shows the signature of Robert Fordham as 'Ro Ffordham. '"In about 1638 he changed his faith to become a Puritan and was then looking across the Atlantic for a new spiritual home, as being a Puritan in England in that time frame was very dangerous, many people of that faith were punished, and even put to death. "He stayed a short time in Cambridge then moved to Sudbury Massachusetts. In Sudbury he returned to the husbandry life he had known as a boy on the escarped Sacombe hills. He retained his lands in Sudbury until 1643, when he sold them and moved to Stamford, Connecticut, before moving to Long Island, New York. In November 13, 1643, Reverend Robert Fordham and John Carman procured lands from the Indians, the site chosen was part of the Great Plains on the south side of Long Island, consisting of 100 miles of sandy loam, rich in woods, streams, harbours and long beaches, with offshore island and 1, 500 acres of barren heath. It was signed over to Fordham and his friends by Tachapausha and six Indians whose tribe held it and they named it Hempstead. In 1648 Robert Fordham returned to ministerial duties in Southampton, Long Island, where he settled down until his death in 1674. The Fordham University in the Broncs of New York is located on land once owned by Robert Fordham. The Manor House built before 1692 was part of the original Fordham property. It was demolished about the time of the Spanish-American War. "Agreement made this 26 November, 1674, between Mr. Joseph Fordham, and his mother, Mrs Elizabeth Fordham, of the one part, and Mr. Jonah Fordham by his agent, Lieutenant Edward Howell, and Edward Howell himself and wife Mary, and respecting John Fordham and Mrs. Hannah Clarke, daughter of Mr. Robert Fordham, deceased. Which Agreement is a Total and final Conclusion. First - That Mr. Joseph Fordham with his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Fordham, shall bee lawfully possessed as executors of the estate of said Mr. Robert Fordham. Second - That the said Mrs. Elizabeth Fordham shall have one third of the movable goods as appraized. Third - That the said Mr. Joseph Fordham shall have for him and his heirs the &250 alotment now in his possession, and part of his father's accommodations in this Towne, with two-thirds of the movables. Fourth - That John Fordham shall have 45 acres of land which were his father's and is lying at Meaccocks within fence, with a Home Lot in the Town Plot adjoining to Mr. Robert Fordham's home accommodations commonly called Jonas his lot, being 3 acres. Also &75 in current pay. Fifth - Jonah Fordham shall have &100 of the living stocks which is of his deceased father's estate. Also the books bequeathed to him by his father in his life time. Also 50 acres of land formerly laid out to Mr. Robert Fordham, lying against the mill path between the Towne and the Hollow commonly called Littleworth and &50 of commonage. Also a little parcel of land, 3 acres, lying in Captains Neck between John Woodruff and Ellis Cook. Also 4 1/2 acres of land in the Little Plain and one Home Lot, 3 acres, which Mr. Robert bought of Mr. Browne. Sixth - Lieut. Edward Howell and wife Mary shall have 40 acres of land at Meacocks unfenced and not yet layed out, and 20 acres in the next division, where Mrs. Elizabeth Fordham shall appoint, and a &50 right of commonage. Also 2 lotments of meadow in Shinecock neck, and &40 of the living stock. Seventh - Mrs. Elizabeth Fordham shall satisfy her daughter, Mrs Hannah Clark, for what is due her, out of her third of the estate. Eighth - If John Fordham become chargeable to them with whom he may dwell, it shall be made up out of his estate. Elizabeth Fordham, Joseph Fordham, Edward Howell, Mary Howell. Witnesses, John Howell, John Young, Henry Pierson. "The deposition of Captain John Howell, aged about forty-eight years, being deposed saith, 'that three or four days before Mr. Robert Fordham died, being sent for to Mr. Robert Fordham's house, hee went into Mr. Fordham's new room. Mr Fordham lay sick upon ye bed, this deponent asked him how he did. Mr Fordham answered hee was ill. This deponent thereupon moved him to set his house in order, and used some arguments to persuade him. Mrs. James being present did persuade him to the same purpose, and finding that nothing would prevail, Mrs. Fordham being present desired this deponent to ask Mr. Fordham who should have his house and land. He answered, Joseph. Then this deponent asked him what hee would doe for son Jonah, and Mr. Fordham answered, a small matter, twenty pounds. This deponent told him it was a small matter, indeed, and hee was his son. Said Mr. Fordham, a rebelious son, and hee had given him many twenty pounds and he had wasted them and he was not bound to give to rebelious children. And further mention being made about his son John, Mr. Fordham asked who it was best John should be left withal, and this deponent answered he thought with Joseph, and Mr. Fordham said hee thought soe too. Mrs. Katharine James attests to the truth of what is above mentioned (only as to the many 20 pounds given Jonah) and they both testify that to their apprehensions Mr. Fordham was in his right mind.' Taken upon oath the 27th November, 1674, before me. John Young. Note -- The Lands mentioned in the foregoing documents are all in the town of Southampton and for their location the reader is referred to the Printed Town Records. Mrs Katharine James was the wife of Rev. Thomas James, of East Hampton.W.S.P. "Whereas Robert Fordham, of Southampton in the East Riding of Yorkshire, upon Long Island, minister, dyed in or about the Month of November, 1674. Leaving no formal will in writing, yet as a nuncupative will before sufficient testimony did declare his will to bee that Joseph, his son, should have his House and Land, at Southampton. After which an Agreement was made by said Joseph Fordham and his mother Elizabeth, on one part, and the rest of the brothers and sisters, on the other part, by which each has quietly possessed his proportion, and proof of the said nuncupatie will having been made at last Court of Sessions held at Southampton, March 8 last, the said Joseph and Elizabeth Fordham are confirmed as administrators. March 25, 1678/9. By Order of Council. Matthias Nicoll, Sec."on the ship Elizabeth. In 1631 on the ship "Lion", came John Eliot, the wife of Governor Winthrop, the Rev. Robert Fordham, and many Puritans. From the History of Hempstead - Hempstead was settled in 1643 by a band of Puritans who sailed across the Long Island Sound from Stamford, Connecticut in search of a place where they could more freely express their particular brand of Protestantism. They were led by the Rev. Robert Fordham and John Carman, both disciples of the Rev. Richard Denton, the leader of their sect. They landed on Long Island at what is now called Roslyn village and trekked southward across a great prairie where they stopped between two fresh water streams and several small ponds. They bargained for the land with the leaders of the local native tribes and made an agreement that allowed them to establish a "town spot" at what is now the Village of Hempstead as well as establishing property rights to what are now known as the Towns of Hempstead and North Hempstead. The Rev. Robert Fordham, the pioneer of Hempstead, succeeded Pierson in the ministry of Southampton, and concerning that Dr. W. Wallace Tooker, in an unpublished monograph says: "His arrival and locating at Southampton undoubtedly gave a boom to that weak colony, then to a great extent disorganized by the departure of Minister Pierson and the few who agreed with him, as well as by the dissensions that occasioned it. The best and most influential townsmen, however, remained to welcome 'the well-beloved servant of the Lord, Mr. Fordham,' as they expressed it, in April, 1649, in their contract with him as their minister. Before his coming to Southampton the townsmen had become dissatisfied with their 'old' town site, which possessed many disadvantages unseen and unthought of in the haste of laying out the first settlement, and after his arrival they began to lay out and to build upon the new, now represented by the present wide and beautiful main street of Southampton village. So, with Fordham's ministry, the town of Southampton entered upon a different order of things, as well as upon a new era of prosperity, which has continued until the present day. Under Mr. Fodham a new church building was erected in 1651. This church stood until 1707, when a third structure was erected, which was occupied by the congregation until 1845, when it was replaced by a more commodious structure. "Mr. Fordham continued to act as minister until his death in 1674, and long before that he enjoyed the reputation of being the wealthiest man in Southampton. Yet his stipend never seems to have exceeded 80lb, so he must have largely engaged in mercantile affairs and been a good business man. New York City Wills, 1665-1707 Page 188.-- "Whereas ROBERT FORDHAM, of Southampton in the East Riding of Yorkshire, upon Long Island, minister, dyed in or about the month of November, 1674, leaving no formal will in writing, yet as a nuncupative will before sufficient testimony did declare his will to bee that Joseph, his son, should have his House and Land, at Southampton. After which an Agreement was made by said Joseph Fordham and his mother Elizabeth, on one part, and the rest of the brothers and sisters, on the other part, by which each has quietly possessed his proportion, and proof of the said nuncupative will having been made at last Court of Sessions held at Southampton, March 8 last, the said Joseph and Elizabeth Fordham are confirmed as administrators. March 25, 1678/9. By order of Council. Matthias Nicoll, Sec. "Page 189.--The deposition of Captain John Howell, aged about forty-eight years, being deposed saith, "that three or four days before Mr. Robert Fordham died, being sent for to Mr. Robert Fordham's house, hee went into Mr. Fordham's new room. Mr. Fordham lay sick upon ye bed, this deponent asking him how he did. Mr. Fordham answered hee was ill. This deponent thereupon moved him to set his house in order, and used some arguments to persuade him. Mrs. James being present did persuade him to the same purpose, and finding that nothing would prevail, Mrs. Fordham being present desired this deponent to ask Mr. Fordham who should have his house and land. He answered, Joseph. Then this deponent asked him what hee would doe for his son Jonah, and Mr. Fordham answered, a small matter, Twenty pounds. This deponent told him it was a small matter, indeed, and said hee was his son. Said Mr. Fordham, a rebelious son, and said hee had given him many twenty pounds and he had wasted them, and he was not bound to give to rebelious children. And further mention being made about his son John, Mr. Fordham asked who it was best John should be left withal, and this deponent answered he thought with Joseph, and Mr. Fordham said hee thought soe too. Mrs. Katharine James attests to the truth of what is above mentioned (only as to the many 20 pounds given Jonah) and they both testify that to their apprehensions Mr. Fordham was in his right mind." Taken upon oath the 27th November, 1674, before me. John Youngs. [NOTE.--The lands mentioned in the foregoing documents are all in the town of Southampton, and for their location the reader is referred to the Printed Town Records. Mrs. Katharine James was the wife of Rev. Thomas James, of East Hampton, W. S. P.] In 1631 on the ship "Lion", came John Eliot, the wife of Governor Winthrop, the Rev. Robert Fordham, and many Puritans. From the History of Hempstead - Hempstead was settled in 1643 by a band of Puritans who sailed across the Long Island Sound from Stamford, Connecticut in search of a place where they could more freely express their particular brand of Protestantism. They were led by the Rev. Robert Fordham and John Carman, both disciples of the Rev. Richard Denton, the leader of their sect. They landed on Long Island at what is now called Roslyn village and trekked southward across a great prairie where they stopped between two fresh water streams and several small ponds. They bargained for the land with the leaders of the local native tribes and made an agreement that allowed them to establish a "town spot" at what is now the Village of Hempstead as well as establishing property rights to what are now known as the Towns of Hempstead and North Hempstead. The Rev. Robert Fordham, the pioneer of Hempstead, succeeded Pierson in the ministry of Southampton, and concerning that Dr. W. Wallace Tooker, in an unpublished monograph says: "His arrival and locating at Southampton undoubtedly gave a boom to that weak colony, then to a great extent disorganized by the departure of Minister Pierson and the few who agreed with him, as well as by the dissensions that occasioned it. The best and most influential townsmen, however, remained to welcome 'the well-beloved servant of the Lord, Mr. Fordham,' as they expressed it, in April, 1649, in their contract with him as their minister. Before his coming to Southampton the townsmen had become dissatisfied with their 'old' town site, which possessed many disadvantages unseen and unthought of in the haste of laying out the first settlement, and after his arrival they began to lay out and to build upon the new, now represented by the present wide and beautiful main street of Southampton village. So, with Fordham's ministry, the town of Southampton entered upon a different order of things, as well as upon a new era of prosperity, which has continued until the present day. Under Mr. Fodham a new church building was erected in 1651. This church stood until 1707, when a third structure was erected, which was occupied by the congregation until 1845, when it was replaced by a more commodious structure. "Mr. Fordham continued to act as minister until his death in 1674, and long before that he enjoyed the reputation of being the wealthiest man in Southampton. Yet his stipend never seems to have exceeded 80lb, so he must have largely engaged in mercantile affairs and been a good business man. New York City Wills, 1665-1707 Page 188.-- "Whereas ROBERT FORDHAM, of Southampton in the East Riding of Yorkshire, upon Long Island, minister, dyed in or about the month of November, 1674, leaving no formal will in writing, yet as a nuncupative will before sufficient testimony did declare his will to bee that Joseph, his son, should have his House and Land, at Southampton. After which an Agreement was made by said Joseph Fordham and his mother Elizabeth, on one part, and the rest of the brothers and sisters, on the other part, by which each has quietly possessed his proportion, and proof of the said nuncupative will having been made at last Court of Sessions held at Southampton, March 8 last, the said Joseph and Elizabeth Fordham are confirmed as administrators. March 25, 1678/9. By order of Council. Matthias Nicoll, Sec. "Page 189.--The deposition of Captain John Howell, aged about forty-eight years, being deposed saith, "that three or four days before Mr. Robert Fordham died, being sent for to Mr. Robert Fordham's house, hee went into Mr. Fordham's new room. Mr. Fordham lay sick upon ye bed, this deponent asking him how he did. Mr. Fordham answered hee was ill. This deponent thereupon moved him to set his house in order, and used some arguments to persuade him. Mrs. James being present did persuade him to the same purpose, and finding that nothing would prevail, Mrs. Fordham being present desired this deponent to ask Mr. Fordham who should have his house and land. He answered, Joseph. Then this deponent asked him what hee would doe for his son Jonah, and Mr. Fordham answered, a small matter, Twenty pounds. This deponent told him it was a small matter, indeed, and said hee was his son. Said Mr. Fordham, a rebelious son, and said hee had given him many twenty pounds and he had wasted them, and he was not bound to give to rebelious children. And further mention being made about his son John, Mr. Fordham asked who it was best John should be left withal, and this deponent answered he thought with Joseph, and Mr. Fordham said hee thought soe too. Mrs. Katharine James attests to the truth of what is above mentioned (only as to the many 20 pounds given Jonah) and they both testify that to their apprehensions Mr. Fordham was in his right mind." Taken upon oath the 27th November, 1674, before me. John Youngs. [NOTE.--The lands mentioned in the foregoing documents are all in the town of Southampton, and for their location the reader is referred to the Printed Town Records. Mrs. Katharine James was the wife of Rev. Thomas James, of East Hampton, W. S. P.] Person IDI00424 Halsey The Fordham Family of Long IslandReverend Robert Fordham abt 1603, Puritan Founder of Hempstead, LI, New York In 1631 on the ship "Lion", came John Eliot, the wife of Governor Winthrop, the Reverend Robert Fordham, and many Puritans. From the History of Hempstead - Hempstead was settled in 1643 by a band of Puritans who sailed across the Long Island Sound from Stamford, Connecticut in search of a place where they could more freely express their particular brand of Protestantism. They were led by the Rev. Robert Fordham and John Carman, both disciples of the Rev. Richard Denton, the leader of their sect. They landed on Long Island at what is now called Roslyn village and trekked southward across a great prairie where they stopped between two fresh water streams and several small ponds. They bargained for the land with the leaders of the local native tribes and made an agreement that allowed them to establish a "town spot" at what is now the Village of Hempstead as well as establishing property rights to what are now known as the Towns of Hempstead and North Hempstead. The Rev. Robert Fordham, the pioneer of Hempstead, succeeded Pierson in the ministry of Southampton, and concerning that Dr. W. Wallace Tooker, in an unpublished monograph says:"His arrival and locating at Southampton undoubtedly gave a boom to that weak colony, then to a great extent disorganized by the departure of Minister Pierson and the few who agreed with him, as well as by the dissensions that occasioned it. The best and most influential townsmen, however, remained to welcome 'the well-beloved servant of the Lord, Mr. Fordham,' as they expressed it, in April, 1649, in their contract with him as their minister. Before his coming to Southampton the townsmen had become dissatisfied with their 'old' town site, which possessed many disadvantages unseen and unthought of in the haste of laying out the first settlement, and after his arrival they began to lay out and to build upon the new, now represented by the present wide and beautiful main street of Southampton village. So, with Fordham's ministry, the town of Southampton entered upon a different order of things, as well as upon a new era of prosperity, which has continued until the present day. Under Mr. Fodham a new church building was erected in 1651. This church stood until 1707, when a third structure was erected, which was occupied by the congregation until 1845, when it was replaced by a more commodious structure." Mr. Fordham continued to act as minister until his death in 1674, and long before that he enjoyed the reputation of being the wealthiest man in Southampton. Yet his stipend never seems to have exceeded 80lb, so he must have largely engaged in mercantile affairs and been a good business man. New York City Wills, 1665-1707 Page 188.--"Whereas ROBERT FORDHAM, of Southampton in the East Riding of Yorkshire, upon Long Island, minister, dyed in or about the month of November, 1674, leaving no formal will in writing, yet as a nuncupative will before sufficient testimony did declare his will to bee that Joseph, his son, should have his House and Land, at Southampton. After which an Agreement was made by said Joseph Fordham and his mother Elizabeth, on one part, and the rest of the brothers and sisters, on the other part, by which each has quietly possessed his proportion, and proof of the said nuncupative will having been made at last Court of Sessions held at Southampton, March 8 last, the said Joseph and Elizabeth Fordham are confirmed as administrators. March 25, 1678/9. By order of Council. Matthias Nicoll, Sec. "Page 189.--The deposition of Captain John Howell, aged about forty-eight years, being deposed saith, "that three or four days before Mr. Robert Fordham died, being sent for to Mr. Robert Fordham's house, hee went into Mr. Fordham's new room. Mr. Fordham lay sick upon ye bed, this deponent asking him how he did. Mr. Fordham answered hee was ill. This deponent thereupon moved him to set his house in order, and used some arguments to persuade him. Mrs. James being present did persuade him to the same purpose, and finding that nothing would prevail, Mrs. Fordham being present desired this deponent to ask Mr. Fordham who should have his house and land. He answered, Joseph. Then this deponent asked him what hee would doe for his son Jonah, and Mr. Fordham answered, a small matter, Twenty pounds. This deponent told him it was a small matter, indeed, and said hee was his son. Said Mr. Fordham, a rebelious son, and said hee had given him many twenty pounds and he had wasted them, and he was not bound to give to rebelious children. And further mention being made about his son John, Mr. Fordham asked who it was best John should be left withal, and this deponent answered he thought with Joseph, and Mr. Fordham said hee thought soe too. Mrs. Katharine James attests to the truth of what is above mentioned (only as to the many 20 pounds given Jonah) and they both testify that to their apprehensions Mr. Fordham was in his right mind." Taken upon oath the 27th November, 1674, before me. John Youngs. [NOTE.--The lands mentioned in the foregoing documents are all in the town of Southampton, and for their location the reader is referred to the Printed Town Records. Mrs. Katharine James was the wife of Rev. Thomas James, of East Hampton, W. S. P.] | Fordham, Robert (I17318)
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| 1224 | [halsey.GED] [halsey.GED] [new.ged] GEN: Andrew of Nyack, New York. | Thompson, Rev Andrew (I17864)
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| 1225 | [halsey.GED] [halsey.GED] [new.ged] GEN: Augustus was a Judge in Niagara County, New York. GEN: Augustus married Jane as his 2nd wife. | Porter, Augustus (I17872)
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| 1226 | [halsey.GED] [halsey.GED] [new.ged] GEN: Benjamin was a farmer at Goshen, New York. | Strong, Benjamin (I17866)
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| 1227 | [halsey.GED] [halsey.GED] [new.ged] GEN: Fanny was from Amherst, Mass. | Coleman, Fanny (I17895)
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| 1228 | [halsey.GED] [halsey.GED] [new.ged] GEN: Jane married Augustus as his 2nd wife. | Howell, Jane (I17891)
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| 1229 | [halsey.GED] [halsey.GED] [new.ged] GEN: Nathaniel was a Princeton Unversity graduate in 1788; was a Congressman GEN: and later bacame Judge of the highest Court in New York State. | Howell, Hon & LL.D Nathaniel Woodhull Sr. (I17850)
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| 1230 | [halsey.GED] [halsey.GED] [new.ged] GEN: REFERENCES: New York Genealogical and Biographhical Records, Vol. 4. | Howell, Abigail (I7375)
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| 1231 | [Hannah Homan may be the same Hannah Homan, daughter of Daniel Homan (c. 1783-1838) and Clarissa Overton (b. 31 OCT 1787), found in a Family Search IGI record (http://www.familysearch.org/). She is reported to have been born in Bayport, about 10 miles to the west of Brookhaven Hamlet. And her parents were reported to be from Yaphank, 3-4 miles to the north. Until I can establish that her husband was Bryant, however, I have chosen to leave the connection out of the database.] | Homan, Hannah ^ (I884)
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| 1232 | [Harriet was not definitively found in any census subsequent to 1870.] | Corwin(), Elsa Louisa (I7810)
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| 1233 | [Hawkins gives her middle name as Selb; both the 1850 and 1880 censuses recorded her middle initial as J. Could it be that Selb was actually her husband's middle name -- he was recorded as John S. on the 1880 census?] | Hawkins, Martha Selb (J.) ^ (I166)
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| 1234 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Kujava, Cynthia (I2364)
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| 1235 | [Hawkins II recorded her surname as Robinson.] | Robinson, Arvesta Jay < (I2390)
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| 1236 | [Hawkins II recorded his surname as Robinson.] | Robinson, Eckford Jay (I2389)
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| 1237 | [Hawkins II recorded his surname as Robinson.] | Robinson, Parker Sidney < (I2391)
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| 1238 | [Hawkins II records that he was married to Unknown.] | Hawkins, Mason Callen < (I2999)
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| 1239 | [Hawkins vol 2 is missing particulars of next generation descendents of Robert Peterson.] -- MERGED NOTE ------------ [Entry in source recorded the given name as "Peterson"] | Peterson, Robert < (I1950)
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| 1240 | [He and his second wife, Jane Pillmore, appear to have been married about 1844, suggesting her prior death.] | Redfield, Julia Gould (I5065)
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| 1241 | [He death was perhaps the result of complications in the birth of her son, Jesse Rose, on 13 Nov 1805.] | Rose, Hannah ^ (I1502)
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| 1242 | [He is said to have been buried in the "Fireplace Cemetery, South Haven." I cannot find him on any of the cemetery listings for South Haven or Brookhaven.] | Hawkins, Zachariah II (I23187)
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| 1243 | [He married and had 6 children.] | Merrill, Augustus Spencer (I3709)
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| 1244 | [He may be the brother of Edward Payne, living in the nearby household of Nancy [Ketcham]. References to several Charles Payne's were found who could have been this Charles; none could be definitively linked, however.] | Payne, Charles (I695)
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| 1245 | [Hedges record of Timothy Miller's children is ambiguous as to their mothers. Since the birth date of Elisha is known, he and the others thereafter listed are assigned to Hannah Statton. However, the record in Hedges may not be in the order born. Since Elisha was born in 1757, and Timothy's marriage to Hannah Statton occurred in 1741, it seems likely that other children were the issue of Timothy and Hannah. I have quite abitrarily assinged only son Daniel to Timothy and Temperance Conklin. Further research is needed to determine parentage.] | Miller, Timothy (I4736)
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| 1246 | [Henrietta Ruland is named as the mother of Forrest Reeve on his gravestone at the Oaklawn Cemetery, Brookhaven, NY.] | Ruland, Henrietta ^ (I3399)
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| 1247 | [Her age is recorded as 29 in the 1880 census.] -- MERGED NOTE ------------ | Smith, Sarah Elizabeth "Rock" ^ (I783)
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| 1248 | [Her birth name is derived from 1880 census entry of "mother-in-law" Mary E. Wilmont living in the same household.] | Wilmont, Isabel ^ (I4130)
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| 1249 | [Her birth surname is inferred from the 1880 census household.] | Breckenridge, Isabella Louisa ^ (I7735)
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| 1250 | [Her birth surname is inferred from the sister-in-law living in the household in 1900.] | Monsell, Fannie G. ^ (I5245)
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