(II) Moses, son of Nicholas Knapp, was born at Stamford, Connecticut, in 1645.  He married, in 1669, Abigail, daughter of Richard Westcott, of Stamford.  Children:  1. Abigail, born in 1671; married, December 1, 1692, John Crissey.  2. Israel, married Mary -----------.  3. Jonah.  4. Mary, married, November 19, 1754, Gorham Fairfield.  5. Moses (2), of whom further.

          (III) Moses (2), son of Moses (10 and Abigail (Westcott) Knapp, was one of the patentees of White Plains, Westchester County, new York, in 1721.  He married ------------- Child:  Moses (3), of whom further.

          (IV) Moses (3), son of Moses (2) Knapp, was born at Stamford, October 4, 1710, and died at Yorktown, May 7, 1795.  He married Elizabeth Ogden, who was born in January, 1702, and died June 23, 1770.  Children:  1. Aletha, born December 9, 1730.  2. Daniel, born April 5, 1733.  3. Abigail, born July 14, 1735, died in September, 1753.  4. David, of whom further.  5. Joseph, born May 13, 1740, died January 13, 1830.  6. Moses, born August 25, 1742.  7. Benjamin, born September 14, 1745, died in September, 1753. 

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beth (Ogden) Knapp, was born March 14, 1738, and died August 13, 1804.  He served in the Revolution, as second lieutenant, in the Fourth Regiment, Dutchess County Militia.  He married, may 23, 1762, Phebe, daughter of Daniel and Esther (Lane) Horton, who was born January 29, 1740, and died February 27, 1819.  Children:  1. Abigail, born June 27, 1764, died April 18, 1766.  2. David (2), of whom further.  3. Esther, born April 7, 1769, died August 3, 1838, married, December 13, 1792, Drake Conklin.  4. Daniel Horton, born March 27, 1771, married August 15, 1792, Jane Lee.  5. Abijah, born February 7, 1773, died September 13, 1779.  6. Moses, born July 2, 1775, died July 7, 1839, married, January 22, 1800, Elizabeth Frost.  7. Elizabeth, born July 5, 1778, died August 5, 1779.  8. Benjamin, born March 8, 1781, died October 27, 1850, married, April 22, 1802, Rachel Frost. 

          (VI) David (2), son of David (1) and Phebe (Horton) Knapp, was born June 18, 1767, and died September 14, 1828.  He was a farmer in Putnam County, New York.  he married, June 24, 1789, Abigail, daughter of John and Sarah (Perine) Lee, who was born September 6, 1762, and died February 1, 1828.  Children:  1. Phebe, born in 1792, died October 18, 1820.  2. David, born in 1794, died June 18, 1830.  3. Denche, born in 1795, died July 10, 1810.  4. Robert, bon in 1797, died February 2, 1884.  5. John L., of whom further.  6. Abigail.  7. Sarah C.  8. Abigail, born in 1801, died January 9, 1871. 

          (VII) John L., son of David (2) and Abigail (Lee) Knapp, was born in Putnam Valley, Putnam County, New York, September 1, 1798, and died in 1868.  He was a farmer at Jefferson Valley, township of Carmel, Putnam County, New York.  He married, November 5, 1829, Mary Augusta, daughter of Sylvanus and Nancy (Lee) Strang.  Nancy Lee was a granddaughter of Elijah Lee, who served in the Westchester County Militia in the Revolution, and was one of the justices of the county and chairman of the committee of safety of Yorktown, New York.  He and his family were members of the Presbyterian Church at Yorktown, where they are buried.  Children of Sylvanus and Nancy (Lee) Strang:  1. Mary Augusta, of previous mention.  2. Jane.  3. Eliza.  4. Hackaliah B. and 5. Robert, all born at Yorktown.  Children of John  L. and Mary Augusta (Strang) Knapp, all born at Jefferson Valley, township of Carmel, Putnam County, New York:  1.  Matilda A., married Isaac Requa, children:  i. Frank, ii. Flora, iii. Mary, all living at Peekskill.  2. David.  3. Sylvester.  4. Jane.  5. Mary Lucretia.  6. Ann Augusta, married Cornelius T. Travis; children:  i. Stewart K., married Annis Kilbourne; children a. Edith E. K., b. Clifton K. and c. Margaret Helen, all born at Weiser, ii. Clifton K.  7. Emma.  8. Libbie.

HUBBELL.    Richard Hubbell, the founder of this family, was born in England, about 1627 or 1628.  He emigrated to this country and settled at Pequonnock, Fairfield County, Connecticut, where he died October 23, 1699. 

          He took the oath of fidelity to the New Haven colony, May 7, 1647.  He was admitted as a planter in Guilford, Connecticut, February 25, 1653-4, and took the oath of fidelity the following May 4. He was tried for sedition, may 7, 1662, together with Dr. Bray Rossiter and others, as he has joined them in publishing some particularly offensive political papers.  Shortly after this he removed to Fairfield County, of which he was made a resident, October 13, 1664.  In 1685 he was one of the proprietors of the town of Fairfield, to whom the Fairfield patent was granted.  He married (first), in 1650 or 1651, Elizabeth, daughter of John and --------- (Fry) Meigs, of Weymouth, Massachusetts, and Killingsworth, Connecticut, who died in Pequonnock, about 1664. He married (second) --------- ---------, who died in 1688.  Her given name was probably Esther or Elizabeth, the only record we have of her however, is the "E. H., 1688" on her tombstone.  He married (third), in 1688, Abigail, widow of Jacob Walker, of Stratford, Connecticut, who died in  1717.  Children, eight by first marriage, four by second, and two by third:  1. John, born about 1652, died about 1690; married Patience Summers.  2. Richard, referred to below.  3. James, born in 1656, died December 12, 1656.  4. Samuel, born November 6, 1657, died September 18, 1712; married (first), April 4, 1687, Elizabeth Wilson, married (second), April 17, 1688, Temperance Preston.  5. Elizabeth, born November 16, 1659; married Joseph

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Frost.  6. Ebenezer, died in 1698; married Mary Harris.  7. Mary, married James Newton.  8. Martha, married, April 21, 1687, Captain John Wakeman.  9. Samuel, married Elizabeth ---------.  10. Abigail, married Samuel French.  11. Sarah, died December 17, 1726; married, June 25, 1699, Deacon Josiah Stevens.  12. James, born in 1673, died in October, 1777; married Patience -----------.  13. Joseph, died in 1700, young.  14. John, born in April, 1691, died April 8, 1774; married, November 6, 1711, Anne Welles. 

          (II) Richard (2), son of Richard (10 and Elizabeth (Meigs) Hubbell, was born in Guilford, Connecticut, in 1654, died in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, in 1738.  He was a wealthy planter and held many offices of trust.  He was a lieutenant in the train band, and one of the nine original members of the First Congregational Church of Stratford, and the silver tankard he willed to the church is still in use.  He married (first), November 5, 1685, Rebecca, daughter of Samuel and Rebecca Morehouse, who died April 2, 1692.  He married, (second), October 12, 1692, Hannah Sillway or Silliman, of Malden, Massachusetts.  Children, four by first marriage:  1. Peter, referred to below.  2. Ebenezer, born in 1687, died March 6, 1761; married Sarah ----------.  3. Elizabeth, born October 23, 1689; married, January 7, 1712, Nathan Beardsley.  4. Jonathan, born March 25, 1692, died September 6, 1766; married, November 18, 1713, Peaceable Silliman.  5. Zechariah, born August 25, 1694; married, January 26, 1714, Abigail Bennett.  6. Richard, born October 230, 1696, died June 26. 1787; married, December 9, 1725, Penelope Fayerweather.  7. Hannah, born July 7, 1698.  8. Eleazer, born August 15, 1700, died September 3, 1770; married, May 25, 1727, Abigail Burr.  9. Nathaniel, born august 11, 1702, died in 1761; married, March 5, 1721, 22, Esther Mix.  10, Margery, born January 17, 1704-05.  11. Abigail, born September 19, 1709. 

          (III) Peter, son of Richard (2) and Rebecca (Morehouse) Hubbell, was born in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, August 10, 1686, died in 1780, in Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut.  He kept the first hotel and was granted the first ferry in Newtown, and was one of the town's most prominent citizens.  He married (first) ion Stratified, January 19, 1709, Katherine wheeler, of Stratified, who died March 16, 1742.  He married (second) Sarah --------, who died in 1780.  Children:  eleven by first marriage:  1. Ephraim, born December 21, 1712, died December 17, 1795; married (first), December 25, 1735, Johannah Gaylord, and (second) Alice Hatch.  2. Peter, born April 15, 1715; married Hephzibah -------------.  3. Ezra, born February 28, 1717.  4. Sarah, born February 27, 1719; married Bryan ---------.  5. Jedediah, born august 22, 1720, died in 1819; married (first), August 20, 1748, Abigail Northrup, (second), October 18, 1859, Susannah Hickok, (third) Mary Hulburt, (fourth), November 20, 1782, Eunice Johnson, and (fifth), in 1807, Mrs. Chloe Bemen.  6. Matthew, born September 4, 1723; married, December 6, 1743, Abigail Hawley.  7. Gideon, born April 28, 1726.  8. Comfort, born November 10, 1729, died in 1797; married (first), -------- -------------; (second), April 4, 1774, Susanna Baxton; (third), September 18, 1783, Susanna Baxton.  9. Katherine, born in July, 1732; married, September 27, 1750, William Birch.  10. Enoch, referred to below.  11, Silas, born February 24, 1738, died August 27, 1805; married (first), June 16, 1763, Elizabeth Edmond, (second), in 1785, Hannah (French) Wheeler.  12. Rhoda, born May 31, 1745, died in October 1746.  13. Mary, born November 21, 1746; married ---------- Beardslee.  14. Phebe, born December 21, 1748, died February 1, 1756. 

          (IV) Enoch, son of peter and Katherine (Wheeler) Hubbell, was born in Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, August 10, 1735, died at Hubbell's Hill, Delaware County, New York, October 3, 1827.  He married Sarah ---------.  Children, all born in Newtown:  1. David, baptized March 23, 1755; married, March 2, 1783, Elizabeth Taylor.  2. Mercy, baptized October 9, 1760.  3. Rhoda, baptized July 4, 1762.  4. Ezra, referred to below.  5. Nathan, baptized June 17, 1764.  6. Molly, baptized July 12, 1766.  7. Jeptha, baptized February 3, 1767.  8. Joseph, born in 1768m, died April 14, 1813; married Mary Elizabeth -------------.  9. Loveland, baptized April 8, 1770.  10. Sarah, baptized June 14, 1772.  11. Matthew, baptized August 31, 1774.

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          (V) Ezra, son of Enoch and Sarah Hubbell, was born at Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, and baptized there July 4, 1762.  He died at Peekskill, Westchester County, New York, September 22, 1822.  He married, august 22, 1790, Elizabeth Owen, born June 20, 1770, died February 4, 1856.  Children:  1. Jesse, born February 4, 1792, died May 18, 1877.  2. Henry, referred to below.  3. Daniel, born January 23, 1796, died December 5, 1806.  4. James, born January 7, 1798, died November 13, 1863; married, November 11, 1845, Maria grace Davis.  5. Maria, born September 29, 1799, died July 29, 1825; married Abeal Thorpe.  6. John, born February 3, 1802, died may 4, 1850.  7. Ferris, born January 9, 1804.  8. Jane, born February 3, 1806, died May 3, 1825.  9. Hannah, born August 30, 1808, died November 28, 1875.  10, Joseph Loveman, born July 18, 1810. 

          (VI) Henry, son of Ezra and Elizabeth (Owen) Hubbell, was born November 22, 1793, probably at Peekskill, Westchester County, New York, died there May 5, 1861.  He married Dorcas Perry, who died in 1866.  Children:  1. Jesse, removed to Viola, Wisconsin, and was living there in 1879.  2. Elizabeth Ann, married William Powell, of Cortlandtown; children: i. James, died in infancy, and ii. Anne.  3. James, born April 29, 1822; married, December 24, 1845, Ann, daughter of Solomon Requa, born February 14, 1825; children:  i. Ida W., born March 15, 1847, ii. Charles R., born February 11, 1856.  4. William Henry, referred to below.  5. Mary Jane, born December 15, 1839; married Robert Smith, of Cortlandtown, one child. 

          (VII) William Henry, son of Henry and Dorcas (Perry) Hubbell, was born in Peekskill, Westchester County, New York, June 27, 1830, died there January 5, 1898.  He was a contractor and builder at Peekskill, a republican in politics, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  He married, December 25, 1850, Mary Elizabeth, born November 19, 1833, daughter of Solomon and Maria (Wright) Owen.  Her sister and brothers were:  i. George E., ii. Eugene H., iii. Joseph H., iv. Helen, v. Sarah Ann, vi. Louise, vii. Henrietta, viii. Ida.  Children of William Henry and Mary Elizabeth (Owen) Hubbell:  1. Mary Florence, born August 27, 1852; married George C. Wyheart, of New York City; children:  i. Irving and Harold.  2. George Milton, referred to below.  3. James Edgar, born July 10, 1858; married Lillian Atkins, of Minneapolis; child, Eloise.  4. Joseph Wright, born April 26, 1860, living in Oregon state; married ---------, child, Myrtle.  5. Wilbur H., born November 9, 1862; married Ida Treadwell, of Cortlandtown, no children.  6. Ida Louise, born June 13, 1864; married John Baskerville, of Brooklyn Long Island, now living in Bayonne, New Jersey; children: Edna M. and Leila.  7. Alice May, born May 7, 1860.  8. Irving Grant, born June 21, 1868. 

          (VIII) George Milton, son of William Henry and mary Elizabeth (Owen) Hubbell, was born in Peekskill, Westchester County, New York, April 4, 1856, and is now living there.  He married, in April, 1870, Caroline C., daughter of Charles H. and Harriet (Travis) Simpkins, of Peekskill, and granddaughter of Robert and Susan (Frost) Simpkins, and Eli and Martha (Lent) Travis.  Children;  1. Catherine W., married George F. Barmore, of Putnam County, New York, now living in Peekskill; children:  George M. and Frederick E. 2. Francis Elizabeth, married William Chapman,. of Peekskill, now living there, no children.

BLEAKLEY.    William Bleakley, the first member of this family of whom we have definite information, was a native of Scotland.  He married and among his children was Andrew, of whom further.

          (II) Andrew, son of William Bleakley, was a native of the North of Ireland; was a Presbyterian; died at about sixty years of age; he was a collector of rare books, which he sold in New York City.  He married and his children were:  1. James T. N. 2. Andrew.  3. John L.  4. William, of whom further.

          (III) William (2), son of Andrew Bleakley, was born in New York City, May 12, 1808, died November 18, 1869.  He continued his father's business in New York City, but in 1838 after the establishment of the village at Verplanck's Point,

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Westchester County, New York, he came to that place and purchased a store near the wharf.  Several years later he began manufacturing lime and bricks; he continued until his death.  He was the last survivor of the company that purchased Verplanck's Point.  In politics he was at fist a Whig and after a Republican.  He fitted out at his own expense Company A. of the Twenty-seventh Regiment, new York State Volunteers, in the Civil War.  Four of his sons were in the Civil War, William M., Louis H., Albert and Frank, the latter was but fifteen years of age when he enlisted; he died at Harper's Ferry, 1863.  Mr. Bleakley was twice supervisor of the town of Cortlandt, Westchester County, new York, and in 1850 was elected the first Republican sheriff of Westchester County.  He was a member of White Plains Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.  He married Rosalie a., daughter of Louis H. and Amelia (Leader) Lautant.  Her parents lived in New York City.  Children of Louis H. and Amelia (Leader) Lautant:  1. Rosalie A., referred to herein.  2. Theodore.  3. Caroline, married Josiah Mack, of New York City.  4. Frances, unmarried.  5. Angelica, unmarried.  6. Josephine, married William F. H. Meeks, an attorney of New York.  7. Louis H., married Augusta Dayton.  8. Adeline, married Frederick Van Nest, of New York City.  Children of William and Rosalie A. (Lautant) Bleakley, all born in Cortlandt, except first two:  1. William M. 2. Louis H., died in infancy.  3. Amelia, married Dr. James Goetchins, of Montrose, Westchester County, New York.  4. Rosalie A., married Rev. Gouvenuer Cruger.  5. Louis, H., married Anna Merritt, of Haverstraw, Rockland County, New York  7. Sarah Josephine, married Judge J. Clarence Conover, of Freehold, New Jersey.  8. Frank deceased.  9. Frank.  10. Clarence L., of whom further.  11. Carolina.  12. Angelo, married Julia Drennen.  13. Laura.  14. John.  15. Florence Angelica. 

          (IV) Clarence L., son of William (20 and Rosalie A. (Lautant) Bleakley, is a brick manufacturer at Verplanck, capacity of works, 9,000,000 annually. He is engaged also in shipping, having a fleet of twenty boats on the Hudson, and in stone quarrying, operating extensively.  He is a director of the Greater New York Brick Company, 103 Park Avenue, New York City.  He is a member of the Episcopal Church at Sunset, New York.  He has always been an active Republican in politics, but has not held any office.  Fraternally he is an Odd fellow, member of Cortlandt Lodge, No. 6, of Peekskill, and a Mason, belonging to the Blue Lodge, Cortlandt, No. 34, of Peekskill.    He is also a member of the Travelers' Club of Peekskill, and a former member of the Cortlandt Hook and Ladder Company.  He married Cara, daughter of George W. Rogers, a well-known criminal lawyer of Norristown, Pennsylvania.  She is a graduate of Elmira College, Elmira, New York, and president of the Alumnae Association.  She is a member of the Conversational Club of Norristown, Pennsylvania, and a director of the Hospital Association, of Peekskill.  Mrs. Bleakley is president general of the National Society, Daughters of the Revolution, and was formerly state regent of the New York Daughters of the Revolution.  Children, all born at Cortlandt:  1. G. Rogers.  2. Paul L.  3. Clarence H.

HORN.    John Horn, the first member of this family of whom we have definite information, died in 1815.  This family name, sometimes Van Horn, sometimes Horn, is frequently found in the early records of New York.  He married, August 19, 1770, Jemima Hopper.  Children:  1. Jemima, married August 28, 1794, Mathew Dikeman.  2. Jacob.  3. John, married Susanna -----------.  4. Matthew, of whom further.  5. James, died in 1869.  6. Mary, married James Striker.  7. Hannah, married John F. Jackson.  8. Margaret, married Christopher Midleberger.

          (II) Matthew, son of John and Jemima (Hopper) Horn, was born in New York City, in 1784, died in 1820, buried in the old Hopper and Horn burial ground at fifty-second Street and Ninth Avenue.  He attended school in New York City and afterward went into business as a grocer.  He served in the War of 1812.  He married Margaret Hegeman, of New York, who died February 22, 1870.  Children, all born in

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New York City:  1. John.  2. Peter W., of whom further.  3. Jemima.  4. Letitia.  5. Matthew.

          (III) Peter A., son of Matthew and Margaret (Hegeman) Horn, was born in New York City, April, 1811.  He entered into partnership under the name of Linen & Horn, for the binding of books.  Later he went to Charleston, South Carolina, and engaged in the commission business until 1847, when he returned to New York City and engaged in the pork packing business on Washington Street, which he followed until his death in 1849.  He married (first) Sarah J. Cozine, of New York City, (second) Amelia Webb, of Augusta, Georgia.  Child by first wife, Sara J., wife of a Mr. Wells.  Children by second marriage:  2. Matthew A., of whom further.  3. Peter A., born April 19, 1847, died in 1852.  4. John L., born in 1849, died in 1849.

          (IV) Matthew A., son of Peter A. and Amelia (Webb) Horn, was born in Charleston, South Carolina, January 23, 1846.  He was educated in New York City, at the public schools, and in Poughkeepsie.  At the age of fifteen he left school and enlisted in the Fifth Regiment Zouaves of New York State, and during his three years' service in the Army he fought in twenty-two battles under General G. K. Warren, and retired with the rank of second lieutenant.  After the War he attended Eastman's College at Poughkeepsie for six months.  September 1, 1867, he entered the employ of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, with which corporation he remained eighteen years' then for one year he was master of transportation for the Panama Railroad, on the Isthmus of Panama.  Returning to the New York Central Railroad, he took a position as conductor, which he still holds.  He is a Mason, being a member of Cortlandt Lodge, Mohegan chapter, and Palestine Commandery, of New York City.  He is also a member of the Railroad Conductors' Club, of New York City.  He attends the Methodist Episcopal Church. 

          He married Emma, daughter of Andrew Jackson Montrose, of Peekskill, Westchester County, New York.  Her grandfather, David Montrose, was born in Westchester County, and died at the age of twenty-seven.  He married Mary Baker.  Children of David and mary (Baker) Montrose, all born in Westchester County:  1. William Henry.  2. Charles Augustus.  3. Andrew Jackson.  4. Phebe.  5. Ambrose.   Her father, Andrew Jackson Montrose, was born in 1821, died in 1857.  He married Harriet, born in 1820, died in 1896, daughter of James Tutle.  Children of Andrew Jackson and Harriet (Tutle) Montrose:  1. David G., deceased.  2. William V., deceased.  3. Ambrose C., born December 6, 1849, married Annie Chandler.  4. Emma, referred to above.  Children of Matthew A. and Emma (Montrose) Horn, all born at Peekskill, the sons all employed by the New York Central Railroad:  1.  John D., married Lulu B. Walworth, of Peekskill, had children:  i. Clifford W., deceased, ii. Edna, wife of William Otte, they have one child, Lulu C.  2. William A., married Delia Sloat, of Peekskill, one child, Angeline.  3. Harriet A., married M. J. Leferve, of Peekskill.  4. Amelia, deceased.  5. Matthew A., married Bertha Robinson, of Peekskill; one child, Raymond A.  6. Emma, deceased.  7. Franklin H., married Harriet Ferguson Rensselaer, of Peekskill.  8. Nellie Augusta, a teacher.  9. Lillian, a teacher.  10. Stanley A., deceased.  11. Chester A., married Catharine Lane, of Peekskill, have three children: Catharine E., Amelia W., and Harriet M.

DUSENBERRY.    Hendrick Hendricksen van Doesburgh, the founder of this family, emigrated from Doesburgh, Gelderland, Holland, to New Amsterdam, before 1655.  October 10, 1662, Pieter Jansen van Werkendam granted him the house and lot in the "Slycksteegh" now South William Street, which was originally a part of the land owned by Dominie Johannes Megapoleusis, the first dominie of the Dutch Church in America.  He was still living on this property as late as 1674.  He married, February 12, 1655, Marytje Hendricks van Haarlaem, in the Dutch Church in New Amsterdam.  Children:  1. Hendrick, baptized April 2, 1656.  2. Hendrick, referred to below.  3. Johannes, baptized August 28, 1661.  4. Johannes, baptized October 15, 1666.  5. Grietje, baptized October 1, 1671.

          (II) Hendrick or Henry Dusenberry, son of Hendrick Hendricksen and Marytje (Hendrick van Haarlaem) van Doesburgh, was baptized in the Dutch Church in New

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Amsterdam, August 28, 1658, died between December 1, 1742, and May 9, 1743, in Hempstead, Long Island.  The name of his wife is unknown.  Children:  1. William.  2. Mary, married Arthur Alburtis.  3. Hannah, married Benjamin Fowler.  4. Phebe. Probably died unmarried.  5. Samuel, referred below.  6. Benjamin, married Sarah Seaman.  7. Henry, married, September 29, 1711, Mary Fowler. 

          (III) Samuel, son of Hendrick or Henry Dusenberry, lived in Hempstead, Long Island, and died there between April 2m and June 21, 1744, the dates of the execution and the probate of his will.  He married Hannah ------------.  Children:  1. Samuel.  2. John, referred to below.  3. Mary, married Nathaniel Lane.  4. Sylvanus

          (IV) Major John Dusenberry, son of Samuel and Hannah Dusenberry, was born in Hempstead, Long Island, May 15, 1728.  He served in the Revolutionary Army and rose to the rank of major.  His wife's name is unknown.  Among his children was Charles, referred to below.

          (V) Charles, son of Major John Dusenberry, was born March 28, 1752, died in Greensburg, Westchester County, New York.  His wife's name is unknown.  Among his children was Charles, referred to below. 

          (VI) Charles (2), son of Charles (1) Dusenberry, was born in Greensburg, Westchester County, New York, December 29, 1792, died in Yonkers, New York, in 1871.  In 1832 he started a retail grocery store in New York City.  He was a man of prominence both in New York and in Yonkers, and was one of the commissioners who planned and successfully achieved the completion of the great Croton aqueduct which supplied New York with water.  He married Sarah, daughter of John Bowne, who died in 1872.  Children:  1. James, born in 1825, died in 1885.  2. Elias, born in 1826, died in December, 1873.  3. Charles Richard, referred to below.  4. George Dubois, referred to below. 

          (VII) Charles Richard, son of Charles (2) and Sarah (Bowne) Dusenberry, was born in New York city, December 4, 1827, and is now living in Tuckahoe, Westchester County, New York.  He lived in New York City until ten years of age, and received his education in the public schools there and in Yonkers.  He then assisted his father in the retail grocery business until 1855, when he went into business for himself in Tuckahoe.  Five years later he returned home to Yonkers and managed the homestead farm there on a extensive scale until 1896 when he gave up the active management of the farm.  In 1873 he was one of the organizers of the Citizens National Bank of Yonkers; this was absorbed in 1903 by the Westchester Trust Company, of which he was vice-president at that time.  January 1, 1911, he was chosen president of the Trust Company.  He is a Republican in politics, and served as supervisor of Yonkers from 1872 to 1873 and from 1890 to 1896.  He also served as trustee o the Yonkers District School Board, and for fifteen years as president of the police board.  He has also been a justice of the peace and assessor of Yonkers.  He is a communicant of St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church of Tuckahoe and has served as warden or vestryman for fifty-two years.  He married, September 21, 1853, Emily M., daughter of Cornelius Mandeville, and Jane (Odell) Odell, of Yonkers who was born there February 10, 1828.  Her father was born November 24, 1797, died March 26, 1879.  His first wife was Hannah, daughter of Bishop Underhill, of Scarsdale, New York, who died June 21, 1823, and his second wife was Jane, daughter of General Jacob and Ann (Devoor-Brevoort) Odell, who was born February 16, 1800, died November 21, 1877.  Her grandmother, Ann Devoor, was the widow of Abraham Brevoort, of New York City.  Children:  1.  Jane Odell, born September 7, 1854, married in 1876, Wilbur Sherwood Underhill.  2. Annie Devoor, born September 23, 1858, married, in 1895, Caleb Angus Ives. 

          (VII) George Dubois, son of Charles (20 and Sarah (Bowne) Dusenberry, was born in New York City, February 18, 1829, died October 30, 1855.  He settled in White Plains where he had a farm of one hundred and twenty-four aces on which his widow lived for forty-one years after his death.  He married, February 21, 1849, Susan E., born August 8, 1828, died March 20, 1909, daughter of Nicholas and Rebecca Ann (Heustis) Underhill.  Children:  1. Sarah Rebecca, referred to below.  2. George Nicholas,

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born July 12, 1853, now living in Chicago. Illinois.

          (VIII) Sarah Rebecca, daughter of George Dubois and Susan E. (Underhill) Dusenberry, was born in White Plains, Westchester County, New York, April 29, 1850, and is now living there.  She was educated in the White Plains schools and at Miss Searles' Institution at White Plains.  She married (first) Lewis H. Shoonmaker, a provision broker of New York City, and a member of the New York Produce Exchange.  She married (second) February 22, 1899,. Thomas J. Hamlett, born January 26, 1857.  He was educated in the public school of White Plains, and then engaged in the gentlemen's furnishing business on Orawampum Street, White Plains, where his business was destroyed in the great fire of January 31, 1911. 

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