(VI) Eleazer, son of Elisha (1) and Charlotte (Hazen) Cole, was born May 17, 1770, died May 29, 1838.  He was a farmer in the town of Carmel, Putnam County, New York, and a member of the Baptist Church of that place.  He married (first), June 30, 1793, Sarah Hitchcock, who was born May 1, 1773, died August 30, 1826, (second) Betsey (Washbourne) Cole, who was born about 1786, died May 3, 1857; she married (first), January 11, 1806, John Cole, brother of Eleazer.  Children, all except last two by first marriage: 1. Hiram, born June 3, 1796; married Rachel Organ.  2. Naomi, born October 5, 1799; married John Reynolds.  3. Almon, born February 27, 1802.  4. Eleazer H., of whom further.  5. Davis, born May 4, 1807, died September 4, 1807.  6. Harrison, born September 23, 1808; married, October 26, 1828, Anna Eliza Philips.  7. Sarah Jane, born March 23, 1811; married Jesse Hughson.  8. Harmon, born April 6, 1813, died March 8, 1883; married Julia Cole.  9. Laura, born May 4, 1815, died August 8, 1832; married Russell Hughson.  10. Theron, born October 5, 1827, died December 16, 1907; married (first), January 14, 1854, Amanda Cole, (second), January 13, 1862, Amanda Longwell Hough, (third), October 16, 1884, Antha Jane Barrett.  11. Theda, twin of Theron, married, November 28, 1848, Erastus Hopkins.

          (VII) Eleazer H., son of Eleazer and Sarah (Hitchcock) Cole was born May 4, 1804, died in Bridgeport, Connecticut, April 13, 1834.  He had a common school education and taught school at Cole's Mills, Putnam County, New York.  He married, May 13, 1832, Rachel, daughter of Jesse and Mary (Organ) Cole, who was born at Kent, Putnam County, New York, January 13, 1813, and died May 1, 1883.  (For her ancestry, see her descent from Daniel V., given below.)  Child:  Louise Jane, of whom further.

          (VIII) Louise Jane, daughter of Eleazer H. and Rachel (Cole) Cole, was born in Kent, March 7, 1833.  She lives at Peekskill.

          (V) Daniel, son of Elisha (2) Cole, was born at Cole's Mills, November 26, 1749, died at Cole's Mills, December 10, 1834.  He served in the Seventh Regiment Dutchess County Militia, in the Revolution.  He is the first man recorded to have been ordained a deacon in the Baptist Church at Carmel.  He married Susannah Ogden.  Children:  1. John, born August 29, 1775, died January 14, 1867; married Mary Smith.  2. Margaret, born in 1776, died June 24, 1857; married (first), January 1, 1795, Levi Hall, (second) Asa Wilson.  3. Mary, born in 1777; married George Frost.  4. Eunice, born in 1781; married Elmer chase.  5. Sarah, born in 1783; married Nathan Hall.  6. Jesse, of whom further.  7. Daniel H., born August 24, 1786, died November 1, 1856; married Sarah Tillott.  8. Ivah, born September 4, 1788, died April 10, 1838; married Hosea Townsend.  9. Elisha J., born March 30, 1793, died June 4, 1789; married (first) Rachel Tillott, (second) in 1815, Lydia Frost.  10. Havilah, born October 2, 1795, died March 11, 1861; married Charles B. Norton.  11. Hannah, born January 17, 1798; married Levi Hall Cole.

          (VI) Jesse, son of Daniel and Susannah (Ogden) Cole, was born at Kent, September 10, 1784, died February 26, 1861.  He married, April 19, 1807, Mary, daughter of Cornelius and Rachel (Barrett) Organ, who was born November 15, 1788, died September 23, 1857.  Her father was born in Virginia, about 1761, died at Kent, October 5, 1818.  At the age of sixteen he enlisted in the Second Regiment Westchester County Militia, and served throughout the Revolution; after the war he came to Kent, where he was a farmer.  Children of Cornelius and

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Rachel (Barrett) Cole:  1. Hester.  2. Mary, referred to herein.  3. Reuben.  4. William.  5. Betsey.  6. Rachel, all born at Kent.  Children of Jesse and Mary (Organ) Cole: 1. Allen, born January 27, 1808, died December 28, 1880; married, January 29, 1840, Susan Cole.  2. Jesse, born November 29, 1809, died May 29, 1812.  3. Rachel, referred to above.  4. Reuben, born January 6, 1816, died December 28, 1891; married, December 19, 1859, Harriet L. Minor.  5. Norman, born March 26, 1821, died April 19, 1898; married Phebe J. Russell.  All the above children were born at Kent.

WARE.  Robert Ware, the founder of this family, died in Dedham, Massachusetts, April 19, 1699.  He was then called "Robert Ware the Aged."  The first record we have of him, however, is in November, 1642, when he was "admitted to purchase" of a house lot and three acres of land, as stated in the Dedham records.  Various other grants of land were made to him in the same town, and his name stood second in point of wealth on the tax list.  He joined the church in October, 1646, at the time of the baptism of his oldest child.  In 1644 he was a member of the Artillery Company, and he was made a freeman, May 26, 1647.  e married (first), He

He married (first), March 24, 1645, Margaret, daughter of John and Esther (Seaborn) Hunting.  She died August 26, 1670; (second), May 3, 1676, Hannah, daughter of Thomas Jones, born March 28, 1636, died April 20, 1721.  Children, all by first wife:  1. John, baptized in October, 1646, died April 7, 1718; Married (first), December 10, 1668, Mary Metcalf, (second), march 24, 1678-79, Joanna Gray, and (third), December 21, 1709, Dorothy Wood.  2. Nathaniel, born October 7, 1648, died July 10, 1724; married, October 12, 1696, Mary Wheelak.  3. Margaret, born February 14, 1650-51, died July 22, 1664.  4. Robert, of whom further.  5. Esther, born September 28, 1655, died September 3, 1734; married, May 13, 1673, Rev. Samuel Man.  6. Samuel, born September 30, 1657, died in March, 1730-31; married (first), July 21, 1690, Elizabeth Rice, and (Second), July 27. 1721, Sarah (Fuller-Day) Carpenter.  7. Ephraim, born November 5, 1659, died March 26, 1752; married, July 13, 1685, Hannah Herring.  8. Elizabeth, born November 19, 1661.  9. Joseph, born September 8, 1663, died September 22, 1663.  10. Ebenezer, born October 28, 1667, died in 1765; married (first) Martha Herring, (second or third) Elizabeth ----------,  (third or fourth) Mehitable----------, and (fifth), June 13, 1754, Ann Harrison.

          (II) Robert (2), son of Robert (1) and Margaret (Hunting) Ware, was born in Dedham, Massachusetts, august 1 or 6, 1653, died in Wrentham, Massachusetts, September 16, 1724.  He was a soldier in the Wrentham Company in 1689, deputy in 1703, and on the committee about the meeting house in 1669.  It is possible that he served in King Philip's war but more probably that it was his son Robert.  He married (first), January 4, 1677, Sarah, daughter of Michael and Mary (Fairbanks) Metcalf, born in Dedham, Massachusetts, December 7, 1648, died at Wrentham, Massachusetts, April 13, 1718; married (second), February 26, 1719-20, Elizabeth Holbrook, died at Wrentham, Massachusetts, July 28, 1723.  Children, all by first marriage:  1. Ebenezer, born March 125, 1678, died April 26, 1750; married Bathyah -----------.  2. Robert, born December 6, 1680, died January 9, 1731-32; married, March 1, 1710-11, Elizabeth Wright.  3. Michael born January 11, 1683, died September 21, 1725; married, December 4, 1707, Jane Wright.  4, Margaret, born June 6, 1685; married, December 4, 1704, John Foster.  5. Jonathan, of whom further.  6. Sarah, born March 4, 1689-90, died August 5, 1729; married, January 6, 1722, Francis Nicholson.  7. Esther, born May 7, 1693, died September 14, 1745; married, December 17, 1718, Hezekiah Hewes.  8, Elizabeth, born September 30, 1697. 

          (III) Jonathan, son of Robert (2) and Sarah (Metcalf) Ware, was born in Wrentham, Massachusetts, February 28, 1686-87, died April 20, 1740,  he was the first justice of the peace in Wrentham.  He married January 13, 1731-32, Melatiah, daughter of Ebenezer and Abigail Fisher, who survived him and married (second), May 14, 1741, Benjamin Ware, and (third), July 15, 1745, Ephraim Leonard.  Children:  1. Jonathan, born April 16, 1734, died March 8, 1774; married, May 28, 1756, Melatiah Metcalf.  2. Melatiah (son), of whom further.  3. Eliza-

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beth, twin of Melatiah, born April 19, 1736, died same day.

          (IV) Melatiah, son of Jonathan and Melatiah (Fisher) Ware, was born in Wrentham, April 19, 1736, died at Foxboro, Massachusetts, February 13, 1790.  He removed to Wilmington, Vermont, although two children were born in Wrentham and Foxboro, Massachusetts.  He married, at Wrentham, November 31, 1758, Chloe Man, born May 26, 1741.  Children:  1. Molly, born September 14, 1759.  2. Charlotta, born July 31, 1761; married, August 30, 1787, Samuel Forest.  3. Fanny, born March 10, 1765; married Samuel Pettee.  4. Chloe, born April 27, 1767; married, May 5, 1786, Hezekiah Pettee.  5. Lucretia, born January 21, 1769; married, January 20, 1772, Zebulon Pond.  6. Selina, born July 23, 1772; married Anthony Stetson.  7. Melatiah, of whom further.  8. Horatio Gates, born January 8, 1778, died February 8, 1856; married, January 24, 1808, Keziah Eames Goodenow.  9. Daniel Leonard, born March 5, 1783, died April 23, 1854; married, December 5, 1813, Elizabeth Dow.  10.  Betsey, born May 19, 1786; married Nathan Foster.

          (V) Melatiah (2), son of Melatiah (1) and Chloe (Man) Ware, was born in Wrentham, Massachusetts, February 16, 1775, died in Wilmington, Vermont, March or May 7, 1845.  He was educated in the public schools of Massachusetts and taught school in Wilmington, Vermont.  He is styled "Captain."  He married, January 1, 1804, Susan Dix Fox, born August 18, 1782, died March 31, 1869.  Her father was a farmer in Wilmington.  Children:  1. Corydon, born November 21, 1894, died March 5, 1874; married, January 29, 1836, Roxane Sheldon Metcalf.  2. Melatiah, born August 4, 1807, died July 7, 1877; married Harriet S. Dennison.  3 .Marilla, born August 21, 1809, died September 7, 1876; married Francis M. Hall.  4. Horatio Gates, of whom further.  5. Susan Elizabeth, born May 21, 1814; married Rufus Smith.  6. May Randall, born august 11, 1817, died March 6, 1849; married Benjamin Randall.  7. Harriet Pamelia, born August 23, 1822, died December 25, 18786. 

          (VI) Horatio Gates, son of Melatiah (20 and Susan Dix (Fox) Ware, was born in Wilmington, Vermont, December 19, 1811, died in Newark, new Jersey, in July, 1890.  He went first to New York City, where he was engaged in the dry goods business.  He was made cashier for the firm of Loder & Lockwood, with which he was connected for thirty years or more.  The last year of his life was spent in Newark.  He was a member of the Dutch Reformed Church, an elder in the old Broome Street Church in New York City.  He married Caroline Genin, who died at Peekskill, New York, January 26, 1911, aged eighty-six years.  Children:  1. Henry M., died in infancy.  2. Mary J., died at seventeen.  3. Edward, died in infancy.  4. Horace, died in infancy.  5. Harriet F., of whom further.  6. Walter, died in infancy. 

          (VII) Harriet G., daughter of Horatio Gates and Caroline (Genin) Ware, was born in Brooklyn, New York.  She was educated in private schools of Newark.  Her home is now in Peekskill, New York.  On January 11, 1912, she married Stephen Lent, of Peekskill, New York, an attorney of that city. 

CLINTON.    James B. Clinton, the first member of this family of whom we have definite information, was born in Warwick, Orange County, New York, January 23, 1795.  In 1842 he settled in Peekskill,. Westchester County, New York.  He married Mary Ann Lockyer, of Patterson, New York.  Children:  1. Morris E., born December 14, 1816.  2. Benjamin, born January 19, 1819.  3. Catharine M., born January 19, 1821.  4. Grace A., born July 20, 1825.  5. James F., born July 22, 1827.  6. Francis T., born January 24, 1829.  7. Carblow, born July 26, 1831.  8. Margaret, born October 16, 1833.  9. Joel C., born February, 1836.  10. William H., of whom further. 

          (II) William H., son of James B. and Mary Ann (Lockyer) Clinton, was born in Patterson, New York, July 27, 1839.  He received his education in the Peekskill public schools, and after leaving school went into business in Peekskill.  Afterwards he finally engaged in the lumber business.  For a number of year he was assistant postmaster at Peekskill.  About 1897, in company with his son, William H. Jr., he engaged in the drug business, but later

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the son assumed full control of the business, which he continues at the present time, located at the corner of Division and Park Streets.  At the time of his death in June, 1904, he was engaged in the real estate business.  He was for several years superintendent of the city water works, and served also as assistant engineer of the Peekskill fire department.  He was a Democrat in politics and served as town assessor for ten years.  He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, of Peekskill.  He married Eliza, daughter of henry Denike, of Peekskill, who survives him and is now living in Peekskill.  Children:  Helen, born August 15, 1865, deceased.  2. Frederick, born February 28, 1867, deceased.  3. Margaret, born November 13, 1870.  4. William H., born August 11, 1872, is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and of the Exempt Firemen's Association.  5. Charles E., born May 21, 1876.  6. Frank N., born October 25, 1878.  7. Arthur W., born May 20, 1884.  8. Robert D., born August 5, 1887. 

NATION.   James Nation was born and lived in County Kent, England.  He married (first) Jane, daughter of John and Elizabeth Southey.  Children:  1. Jane, born October 4, 1764, died August 3, 1790.  2. Robert, of whom further.  3. William, born January 7, 1767, died February 7, 1767.  4. James, born December 21, 1767, died January 21, 1769.  5. John, born August 8, 1768, died February 8, 1769.  He married (second) -------------.  Children of second wife: 6. Ann, born February 20, 1773, died August 9, 1803.  7. Isabelle, born September 7, 1775.  8. Charles, born January 7, 1777, died September 14, 1795.  9. Susanna, born November 12, 1779, died in America.  10.  James, born April 24, 1782, died in London.  11, Elizabeth, born September 26, 1784, died July 3, 1790.  12. Rachel, born April 2, 1787, died July 3, 1824.  13. John, born May 27, 1789, died November 23, 1807.  14.  William, born January 23, 1792, died October 6, 1793.  15. Elizabeth, born March 15, 1795, died in 1830.  16. Samuel, born January 18, 1797, died May 14, 1797. 

          (II) Robert, son of James Nation, was born in County Kent, England, March 23, 1766, died in New York City, December 27, 1836.  He married, May 28, 1789. Christian Bryer, born October 6, 1766, died April 25, 1845.  Children:  1. Christian, born February 15, 1790, died at Birmingham, England, in 1860.  2. Robert, born February 20, 1792, died in New York City, August 26, 1875.  3. Jane, born June 7, 1795, died at Westbrookville, New York, October 18, 1877.  4. William Bryer, of whom further.  5.  Ann, born October 21, 1802, died in New York City.  6. Martha Ann, born January 29, 1806.  7. James, born April 29, 1808, died at Westbrookville, New York. 

          (III) William Bryer, son of Robert Nation, was born April 19, 1798, at Gondus, County Kent, England, died December 28, 1889, at Portland, Oregon.  He was a manufacturer of ivory goods.  He married, August 27, 1822, Mary Ann Larkin, born at Birmingham, England, September 4, 1804, died at Portland, Oregon, July 2, 1875.  Children:  1. William Bryer, born May 30, 1823, died in London, England, September 15, 1895.  2. Sarah Ann, born December 4, 1824, died September 28, 1825.  3. Edwin, born September 9, 1826, died November 28, 1826.  4. John, born February 25, 1829, died December 7, 1910, in Oakland, California.  5. Thomas Henry, born January 28, 1831, at Malden, Massachusetts, died August 10, 1881.  6. Robert Alfred, born March 19, 1833, died by drowning from the steamship, "Northernia," January 5, 1860, and was buried in the Masonic Cemetery at San Francisco.  7. Frederick, born April 14, 1835, died in Sioux City, Iowa, in 1906.  8.  Francis Josiah, born April 27, 1837, died in New York City, November 27, 1839.  9. Charles Ebenezer, born August 27, 1839, in New York City, died May 5, 1908, at Portland, Oregon buried at Poughkeepsie, New York.  10. Harriet Christian, born December 25, 1842, now living in New York City; married John Mueller.  11. Edmund Cornelius, of whom further.  12, Emma, born June 30, 1850, married Samuel Blithe, of Hood River, Oregon. 

          (IV) Edmund Cornelius, son of William Bryer Nation, was born in Birmingham, England, May 9, 1845.  He came to this country in May, 1857, and resided with his father in Pennsylvania until he was eighteen years old.  He attended the public schools and studied chemistry at Easton, Pennsylvania, under the instruction of Professor

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Taylor.  He engaged in the manufacture of chemicals at Highland Station, New York, then North Weymouth, Massachusetts, and afterwards at Passaic, New Jersey.  Returning to Highland Station, New Jersey, manufacturer of chemicals on his own account until he sold his business in 1899 to the General Chemical Company.  From that time until he retired in 1910 he was manager of the business of which he had formerly been the owner, since 1882 he has made his home in Peekskill, New York.  Mr. Nation stands high in the business world and is among the best known and most respected citizens of the town and county.  He is president of the Hudson River Foundry Company of Poughkeepsie, New York.  In politics he is a Republican.  He is a prominent Free Mason, having taken all the York Rite degrees in Masonry.  He is a member of Cortlandt Lodge, No. 34; of Mohegan Chapter, No. 221, Royal Arch Masons, of Peekskill; of Peekskill Council, No. 55, Royal and Select Masters; of Westchester Commandery, No. 42, Knights Templar; if Mecca Temple, Mystic Shrine, of New York City.  He has held various offices in these Masonic organizations, and has held the highest office in the Chapter, Council and Commandery. 

          He married, April 24, 1872, Ella E. Livingston, of new York, born June 27, 1848, daughter of John Blakeley and Matilda (Little) Livingston.  Her father was a native of Scotland.  Her parents had six children:  1. Robert Blakeley.  2. Rachel Jane Matilda, living in Cold Spring, Stratford, Connecticut.  3. Almina, married Charles Bullock Dalzell.  4. William Joseph.  5. Ella E.  5. Clarence Livingston, of Copper Hill, Tennessee; all born in the state of New York.  Mr. and Mrs. Nation and their family are Protestant Episcopalians and he is a communicant of St. Peter's Church of Peekskill.  Children of Mr. and Mrs. Nation:  1. Laurilla Edna, born January 20, 1875, at Cold Spring, New York; married Charles E. Felton, of North Tonawanda, New York, now a resident of Peekskill.  2. Matilda Edith, born September 13, 1876, at North Weymouth, Massachusetts; married Dr. Amos Osborn Squires, of Ossining, New York, and has a daughter, Evelyn, born March 26, 1906.  3. Blakeley Bryer, born August 18, 1878; married Louise Noll, of Shrub Oak, now residing in Albany, New York.  4. Almira, born June 8, 1884, at Peekskill. 

NOSTRAND.  Hans Hansen or Jansen from Noordstraat or Noorstrandt in Holstein or Noordstraat in Zealand, the founder of this family, emigrated to new Netherlands in 1639 and settled at New Lots, Flatbush, Long Island.  His will is dated August 20, 1679.  October 18, 1690, Gerrit Hansen and Jan Jansen, two of his sons, were required to show cause for selling the estate of their father, deceased, without administrating thereon.  He married (first), November 29, 1652, Janneken Gerrits van Loon, and (second) about 1679 ------------.  Children:  1. Gerrit Hansen, of whom further.  2. Peter Hansen, of Flatbush, died between November 17, 1691, and May 26, 1692; married Hilletje Andriessee.  3. Jannetje Hansen, married Pieter Jansen Schenck, of new Jersey.  4. Symar, Jansen, of Flatbush; married, October 24, 1663, Maria Fredericks, widow of Jan Jorise Symons.  5. Volkert Janse, living in 1703; married, April 3, 1681, Sarah Albertse Terhune.  6. Jan Hansen, born in 1637; married (first) Marytje -----------, (second) Willemtje Van Boxum.  7. Catharine Hansen, married (first) Lucas Stevense Van Voorhees, (second) Pieter Lourense van Boskerck. 

          (II) Gerrit Hansen, son of Hans Hansen and Janneken Gerrits (van Loon) van Noordstrandt, died before February 22, 1742.  He was a farmer in Flatbush, Long Island, a member of the Dutch Reformed Church there in 1677, and took the oath of allegiance to the British Crown there in 1687.  He married, April 20, 1685, Jannetje Remsen, daughter of Rem Jansen van der Beeck and Jennetje Jorrissem, daughter of Joris Jansen Rapalje.  Children:  1. Jannetje, married Cornelis Vanderveer, Jr., of Flatbush.  2. Hans Gerritse, baptized June 26, 1687; married, May 22, 1714, Reinsche Lucasse van Voorhees.  3. Aeltje, married Gerrit Cornelise Van Duyn, of New Utrecht.  4. Joris Gerritse, baptized December 9, 1694.  5. Jan Gerritse, married Marya -----------.  6. Gerrit Gerritse, baptized April 10, 1699; married Seytje or Christina Van

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Duyn.  7. Rem Gerritse, of whom further.  8, Pieter Gerritse, died between August 22 and September 30, 1746; married Elizabeth -----------.  9. Daniel Gerritse. 

          (III) Rem Gerritse Nostrand, son of Gerrit Hansen and Jannetje Remsen (van der Beeck) Van Noordstrandt, was born in Flatlands, Long Island, died in Jamaica, Long Island.  He married Antje Stevense, daughter of Steven Coerte and Agatha (Jansen) van Voothees, of Gravesend, Long Island:  1. Pieter, of whom further.  2. Elbert.  3. John, born in 1726.  4. Mosya.  5. Nathaniel. 

          (IV) Pieter, son of Rem Gerritse and Antje Stevense (van Voorhees) Nostrand, was born in Jamaica, Long Island, February 3, 1717.  He married, Elizabeth Skidmore.  Children, all born in Jamaica, Long Island:  1. Arane.  2. Mary, born February 20, 1737.  3. Jacobus, born in 1742.  4. Peter, of whom further.

          (V) Peter (2), son of Pieter (10 and Elizabeth (Skidmore) Nostrand, was born in Jamaica, Long Island, August 26, 1745.  He married, March 1, 1760, mary Seman or Seaman, born November 19, 1742, died July 10, 1804. Children, all born at Wheatley, Queens County, new York:  1. David, of whom further.  2. John.  3. Elizabeth.  4. Epenetus.  5. Mary.

          (VI) David, son of peter (2) and Mary (Seaman) Nostrand, was born at Wheatley, Queens County, New York, April 7, 1776, died December 12, 1842.  His wife's name is unknown.  Children:  1. Isaac T.  2. Epenetus, of whom further.  3. Peter.  4. Mary.  5. Jacob T.  6. David.

          (VII) Epenetus, son of David Nostrand, was born October 2, 1800, died May 24, 1880.  He married, in 1821, Eliza A. Burt, born in 1802, died in 1888.  Children:  Margaret Ann, born in October, 182; married March 24, 1843, Townsend Jackson, of Long Island, born in 1823, died in 1892.  2. Benjamin B., of whom further.

          (VIII) Benjamin B., son of Epenetus and Eliza A., (Burt) Nostrand, was born June 4, 1827, died August 14, 1890.  He married, February 6, 1851, mary Catherine, born July 13, 1835, daughter of Alfred R. and Martha L., (Van Wagner) Sands (see Sands VII). Children:  1. Warner H., born November 10, 1852, died February 3, 1911; married October 3, 1909, Florence Schwrar.  2. Benjamin B., of whom further.  3. Mary Anna, born February 3, 1857; married, September 21, 1881, Samuel C. Mott, of Long Island; he died May 19, 1884.  4. Frederick W., born June 25, 1859, died October 27, 1895; married, December 21, 1892, Martha Morris, of Brooklyn, New York.  5. Jennie Townsend, born January 26, 1862, died August 29, 1879.  6. Grace A., born April 28, 1873, died September 15, 1873.

          (IX) Benjamin B. (2), son of Benjamin B (1), and Mary Catharine (Sands) Nostrand, was born at Sands point, Long Island, August 26, 1854.  He received his early education in the Flushing Institute, and in private schools and graduated from Lehigh University, South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, with the degree of mechanical engineer in 1878.  For the next eighteen years he was employed as electrical engineer by the United States Electric Lighting Company and later by the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  In 1892 he purchased the Peekskill Light and Power Company, which he developed, and in 1899, in conjunction with Sanderson & Porter, built the Peekskill Electric Railroad under the name of the Peekskill Traction Company.  Later these two companies were consolidated and they in time purchased the Peekskill Gas Light Company, forming the Peekskill Lighting and Railroad Company, Mr. Nostrand becoming president and general manager of the concern, from which position he retired in 1906, when he gave up an active business life.  He is an independent Republican in politics.  He is a member of Peekskill Lodge, No. 741, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; an associate member of the Cortlandt Hook and Ladder Company, president of the Peekskill Automobile Club, third vice-president of the New York State Automobile Association, honorary member of the Street Railway Association of the State of New York, and was first vice-president of this last named association in 1905.  He married, September 19, 1883, Ella L. Wolle, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.  Child, Ray Sans, born December 9, 1894. 

(The Sands Line.)

    (I0 James Sands, the founder of this family, was born in England, in 1622, died on Block Island, March 13, 1695.  According to

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tradition, he emigrated to America from Reading, Berkshire, landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, and in 1642 engaged in building a house for Mrs. Hutchinson, at East Chester, Westchester County, New York. He then removed to Portsmouth, Rhode Island, where he received a grant of land, October 5, 1643, and August 29, 1644.  In 1655 he was a freeman in Portsmouth, and May 19, 1657, commissioner from Portsmouth to the general court.  In April, 1661, he and his family sailed from Taunton, Massachusetts, for Block Island, on which they settled.  In 1665 he was deputy from Block Island, and in October, 1670, and September, 1671, taxrater.  He married in 1645 or 1646, Sarah, daughter of John and Catharine (Hutchinson) Walker, of Boston and Block Island.  Children: 1. John, of whom further.  2. Edward.  3. Samuel, born about 1656, died in 1730; married, in 1670 ---------- Sands, sister of his brother John's wife.  4. Sarah, married Nathaniel Niles.  5. James, born about 1662, died in 1731; married, in 1697, Mary Cornell.  6. Mercy, married April 29, 1683, Joshua Raymonds

(II) John, son of James and Sarah (Walker) Sands, was born before 1649, died on the "Home Farm," Cow Neck, Long Island, March 15, 1712, buried at Sands Points, Long Island.  On May 27, 1674, he received a grant of land in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, and in 1678-80-81, he was deputy to the general assembly from Block Island.  In 1691 he removed from Block Island to Cow Neck, where he purchased a farm from Richard Cornell, of Rockaway.  The old homestead was erected in the seventeenth century, is in a good state of preservation, and is still owned by the Sands family and was occupied by the family until a few years ago.  He married, on block Island, Sybil, born March 10, 1665, died December 23, 1733, daughter of Simon (2) and Mary (Thomas) Ray, of Block Island.  Her sister Mary married an Englishman and was the first American woman presented to the King.  Children:  1. John, born January 22, 1683-84, died August 30, 1763; married, September 9, 1796, Catharine Guthrie.  2. Nathaniel, born in 1706, died May 10, 1750.  3. Edward, of whom further.  4. George, born in 1694, died unmarried.  5. Dorothy, born in 1703, died in 1765; married ---------- Bowne.  6. Abigail.  7. Catharine.  8. Mary.

(III) Edward, son of John and Sybil (Ray) Sands, was born in 1691, died on Cow Neck, Long Island, March 9, 1746.  He married Mary, born December 17, 1703, died September 15, 1762, daughter of Richard and Hannah (Thorne) Cornell, of Mamaroneck.  Children:  1. Ray, died February 14, 1739.  2. Henry, born in 1728, died July 1, 1780; married March 14, 1748, Martha Cornell.  3. Richard, of whom further.  4. George, married, March 6, 1757, Jemima Smith.  5. Sybil, born September 3, 1727, died March 1, 1759; married, July 27, 1746, Stephen Thorne.  6. Hannah, married November 30, 1771, Dr. David Brooks.  7. Mary, born in 1733, died July 28, 1793; married, April 18, 1779, William Sutton.  8. Deborah, born in 1736, died September 2, 1762; married, October 13, 1753, Edward Mott.

(IV) Richard, son of Edward and Mary (Cornell) Sands, was born at Sands Point, Cow Neck, Long Island, February 3,. 1729, died October 26, 1798.  He married Deborah Griffin, born august 10, 1730, died March 16, 1790.  Children:  1. Henry.  2. Ray.  3. Deborah.  4. Richard, of whom further.  5. Griffin.  6. William, born September 1, 1766.  7. Edward.  8. Mary.  9. Benjamin.

Richard (2), son of Richard (1) and Deborah (Griffin) Sands, lived at Sands Point.  He married Catharine Sands, his third cousin.  Children;  1. Ann, born in 1788.  2. Clarissa.  3. Priscilla, born in 1792.  4. Benjamin G.  5. Mary J., born November 5, 1795.  6. Hannah, born in April, 1797.  7. Henry B.  8. William.  9. Alfred R. of whom further.  10. David. 

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