KNIGHT. Most of the Knight families of Hampshire County, Massachusetts are of Scotch-Irish ancestry. The McKnight (McNitt or McNutt) family settled in Palmer, Monson, Pelham and vicinity, and many of the descendants spell the name Knight. But a score of pioneers of this name came from England to Massachusetts before 1650. Many families trace their ancestry to John Knight, who settled as early as 1635 at Cambridge, removed soon to Watertown, and in 1640, bought land at Sudbury, Massachusetts, living afterward at Charlestown and Woburn. Many of the family settled in Newbury, Salem, Ipswich and other towns in Essex county, in Boston and vicinity, Cape Cod and Rhode Island.

    (I) Asher Knight, the Revolutionary ancestor of the Peekskill family, was a farmer at Monson, then in Hampshire County, Massachusetts. He was a private in the company of Captain John Carpenter, of Monson and Broomfield, from March 12 to June 12, 1779. Among his children was Asher, of whom further.
(II) Asher (2), son of Asher (1) Knight, was born about the time of the Revolution in Monson, Massachusetts, and followed farming there. He married Martha Clark, of Sandisfield, Massachusetts. Children, all born at Monson or at Stafford, Connecticut: 1. Joseph. 2. Milo. 3. Adna. 4. Asahel. 5. Calvin, of whom further, 6. Ruby.

    (III) Calvin, son of Asher (2) Knight, was born August 19, 1802. After attending the public school, he engaged in farming at Stafford. He married Mary Temple, of Belchertown, Massachusetts, daughter of Silas Temple, who was employed in the

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United States armory at Springfield, Massachusetts. Children, born at Stafford, Connecticut: 1. Asher, of whom further. 2. Charles C. of whom further.
(IV) Asher (3), son of Calvin Knight, was born at Stafford, April 22, 1829, died in 1856 at Toledo, Ohio. He was a musician of note, a well-known organist and conducted a music store at Toledo. He also had charge of the music in the public schools. He married Jane Belcher, of Enfield, Connecticut. They had one child, Jennie, born in 1845, now deceased.

    (IV) Dr. Charles C. Knight, son of Calvin Knight, was born April 16, 1833, at Stafford. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and the Monson Academy at Monson, Massachusetts. He entered the Medical College of the University of New York, from which he was graduated in 1855, with the degree of M. D. During the next eighteen months he was an interne in the Children's Hospital on Randall's Island. In 1857 he came to Peekskill, New York, where he has since been in general practice. Dr. Knight was one of the leading physicians of the county, a member of the Westchester County Medical Society, the New York State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He is president of the Medical Board of Peekskill and consulting physician of the Peekskill Hospital. He has taken an active part in public affairs and is an honorary member of the Cortlandt Hook and Ladder Company of the Peekskill Fire Department, a trustee and president of the Peekskill Savings Bank, and director of the Westchester County National Bank. He is a prominent member of the Second Presbyterian Church of Peekskill and has been an elder for many years and also a trustee. He married Lucy Brown, of Peekskill, born in Westchester County, New York, daughter of Rev. Daniel Brown, of Hancock, New Hampshire. Her father was a graduate of Williams College, and for five years was pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church of Peekskill. He married Susan Tompkins, daughter of Isaac Tompkins, a farmer of Somers, Westchester County, a member of the Presbyterian Church there; he was related to the family of Governor d. D. Tompkins, of Westchester County; he is buried in Somers. Children, born at Peekskill: 1. Lucy B., born January 8, 1861. 2. Dr. Charles A., of whom further. 3. Mabel T., February 25, 1876.

    (V) Dr. Charles A. Knight, son of Dr. Charles C. Knight, was born at Peekskill, October 19, 18864. He attended the public schools of his native town, the Peekskill Military Academy and the Williams Seminary at Easthampton, Massachusetts, from which he graduated, entering Yale College in 1883. He received the degree of Bachelor of Arts at Yale University in 1887, and studied medicine in the medical school of the University of New York. Afterward he took a course of two years at Bellevue Medical Hospital, New York, and then settled in Peekskill, where he has been practicing medicine to the present time, giving especial attention to surgery. He is visiting physician of the Peekskill Hospital. He is a member of the county and state medical societies and of the Improved Order of Red Men. In politics he is a Republican. He married Olive E. Sammis. Children: 1. Olive Louise, born April 15, 1899. 2. Charles Calvin, born 1902.

    DIMOND. Thomas Dimond was of French ancestry. He made his home in Dublin, Ireland, and married there Catherine Gherity, who came of a wealthy and prominent family of that city. They had seven children, all born in Dublin: 1. John. 2. Daniel. 3. William. 4. James. 5. Margaret. 6. Mary, and 7. Simon. Thomas Dimond spent his later years in New York City and died there. He appears to have had property and to have lived the life of a gentleman of leisure.

    (II) William, son of Thomas Dimond, was born in Dublin, Ireland died in New York, where he made his home for many years, in 1872. He was educated largely in the public school of New York after coming to this country. During his active life he was engaged in the iron business in New York City. For a number of years he was a member of the old volunteer fire department of New York City and afterward a member of the Exempt Fireman's Association. He represented his district in the as-

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sembly at Albany and made a creditable record as a legislator. He was also a member of the board of education of New York. In religion he and his family were communicants of the Protestant Episcopal Church. He married Catharine Smith, of Phillipstown, Putnam County, New York, daughter of Charles Smith, a farmer of that town, and Catharine (McCoy) Smith. Abel Smith, father of Charles Smith, was born in Connecticut; married Abigail Hazen and had five children: !. Charles, a farmer; married Phebe McCoy, of Phillipstown, daughter of Thomas McCoy, and had eleven children: i. Benjamin, ii. Catharine, iii. William, iv. Clark, v. David. vi. Eber, vii. Hannah, viii. Abigail, ix. Maria, x. Lucy, and one other, all born in Phillipstown. 2. Daniel. 3. Thomas. 4. Mary. 5. Rachel. Children of William and Catharine Dimond: 1. Charles. 2. Thomas of whom further. 3. Lucy, married William Riley, of Saratoga, New York. 4. William, married Emeline Smith, of Phillipstown, New York. 5. Catharine, married Norwood Johnston and now resides in New York City, formerly of Richmond, Virginia. 6. James, married Minnie, daughter of Edward Smith, of Peekskill. 7. Grace, married Eugene Van Zandt, of New York City. 8. John.

    (III) Thomas (2), son of Willian Dimond, was born at Phillipstown. He was educated in the public schools and business college in New York City, also studied architecture in the office of James Renwick. He is engaged in the manufacture of iron for building material in New York City, a leader in his line of business, and a man of high standing in the financial work. In politics he is a Democrat, in religion a Protestant Episcopal. He is a colonel of the Seventh Regiment Veteran Association. He is also a member of Colonial, Union League and various other clubs, among which may be mentioned the New York Athletic. He married Jane Kelley. They had five children, three living: James R., Florence M., George A.

    CRONK. Henry Cronk, the first member of this family of whom we have definite information, was born in Peekskill, Westchester County, New York. He married Elizabeth Cassells, of Jones Point, New York Children, all born at Peekskill: 1. George, of whom further. 2. Mary A., deceased. 3. Susan, married John Butler; they reside in Peekskill: children: i. Grace, ii. William, iii. Charles, deceased. 4. Isaac, deceased. 5. Leona, deceased. 6. Charlotte, deceased. 7. Albert, married Belle Wiley; resides in Peekskill: children: i. Alfred, ii. Mary.

    (II) George, son of Henry and Elizabeth (Cassells) Cronk, lived in Peekskill. He was a moulder by trade, and for a time conducted a fish market. He was a member of Cryptic Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He married Jane Ann, born March 22, 1833, daughter of Abraham Odell and Abigail F. (Sherwood) Lent (see Lent VIII). Child: George M., born at Peekskill, April 4, 1857, died February 3, 1907. Mr. Cronk died July 19, 1898.

(The Lent Line.)

    (I) Gysbert Rycken, the founder of this family, is said to have come from Holland to New Amsterdam in 1630, in one of the earliest vessels of the West India Company, and to have received extensive grants of land at Newtown, Long Island, and elsewhere. The family is stated to have been originally German, settled from a remote period in lower Saxony, where they enjoyed a state of allodial independence, there regarded as constituting nobility. The family is found in Holland also in the eleventh century. Children; 1. Abraham, of whom further, and a daughter.

    (II) Abraham, son of Gysbert Rycken, was born in 1619, died in 1689. He seems to have accompanied his father from Holland, and about six years after his father had received his Newtown patent to have obtained for himself from the West India Company an adjoining grant which was patented to him two years later. He acquired other holdings of land and seems to have lived partly in New York City, partly on Long Island. In 1656 he made a voyage for trading purposes to the Delaware River. He married Grietje Hendrikse, daughter of Jendrik Harmensen. Children: 1. Ryck Abrahamsen, of whom further. 2. Jacobus, born in 1640, died in infancy. 3. Jacobus, born in 1643. 4. Hendrick, born in 1646. 5. Marytje, born in 1649, married Sebout H. Krankheyt. 6. Jan, born in 1651, married, October 24, 1791,

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Sara (Schouten) Vanderbeck. 7. Aletta, born in 1653, married Jan Harmensen. 8. Abraham, born in 1655, died August 20, 1740; married Grietje Janse van Buytenhuysen. 9. Hendrick, born in 1662, married Catharina ------------.

    (III) Ryck Abrahamsen, son of Abraham and Grietje Hendrickse (Harmensen) Rycken, was born at New Amsterdam, in 1637, died about 1723. He and his brother Hendrick dropped the surname Rycken (now Riker), and assumed that of Lent, or van Lent. There is reason to think that their maternal grandfather came place called Lent. The brothers, Ryck A. and Jacobus, settled in what is now the upper part of Westchester County, New York, and bought with others an extensive tract of land from the Indians, being later joined by Hendrick. This tract was called Ryck's Patent, and was part of the present village of Peekskill. He married Catrina, daughter of Harck and Wyntie (Teunis) Siboutsen. Three of her brothers settled in Westchester County, and are ancestors of the Cronkhites. Children: 1. Elizabeth, born in 1672; married Thomas Hyatt. 2. Abraham, born March 10, 1674, died February 5, 1746; married, in 1698, anna Catrina Meyer. 3. Ryck, born in 1678; married Maritje Elizabeth Blauvelt. 4. Herenles, of whom further. 5. Margaret, born about 1683; married Thomas Benson. 6. Catharine, born about 1685; married Joseph Jones.

    (IV) Herenles, son of Ryck Abrahamsen and Catrina (Siboutsen) Lent, was born in Westchester County, in 1681, died in 1766. He married Cornelia, daughter of jacob Van Wart. Children: 1. Jacob, of whom further. 2. Rachel, baptized October 26, 1793; married, September 17, 1728, James lamb. 3. Catharine, baptized August 22, 1705; married, April 11, 1725, Hendrick de Ronde. 4. Christina, baptized June 1, 1708, died in 1760; married John Lamb. 5. Elizabeth, baptized March 21, 1710. 6. Hendrick, baptized March 25, 1712, died in 1782. 7. Abraham, baptized June 11, 1715; married, about 1740, Mary Waldron.

    (V) Jacob, son of Herenles and Cornelia (Van Wart) Lent, was born on Ryck's Patent, in 1701, died in 1771. He married, May 7, 1726, Susanna Storm. Children: 1. Herenles, baptized June 24, 1727; married Catharine -------------. 2. David, baptized March 29, 1729. 3. John, born in 1733. 4. William, born in 1739. 5. Benjamin, of whom further. 6. Eliza, born June 19, 1744.

   (VI) Benjamin, son of Jacob and Susanna (Storm) lent, was born in Westchester County, about 1740. He married, August 11, 1761, Mary Odell. Child: Hendrick B., of whom further.

    (VII) Hendrick B., son of Benjamin and Mary (Odell) Lent, was born at Crugers, Westchester County, New York, about 1775. He married, February 4, 1799, Martha Odell, of Crugers. Children, all born at Crugers: 1. Catharine, born January 4, 1802; married Frederick Flannagan. 2. Abraham Odell, of whom further. 3. John, married Nancy Lent.

    (VIII) Abraham Odell, son of Hendrick B. and Martha (Odell) Lent, was born at Crugers, August 20, 1803, died at Peekskill, March 19, 1875. He was a carpenter and builder. At one time he was a member of the Heavy Artillery of the State of New York. He married, October 6, 1825, Abigail F. Sherwood, of Mount Airy, Westchester County, New York, born January 27, 1806, died at Peekskill, July 7, 1899. Children: 1. Martha Mary, born October 28, 1828; married Richard Bryce, of Peekskill. 2. John Henry, born December 11, 1830. 3. Jane Ann, born March 22, 1833; married George Cronk (see Cronk II). 4. Augustus Frederick, born November 21, 1835, died April 4, 1868. 5. Catharine Elizabeth, born July 15, 1839; married (first) Ezekiel Hyatt, (second) David Griffin, of Peekskill. 6. Sophia Emma, born November 14, 1841; married Cornelius Bodine, of Peekskill. 7. Walter Abram, born January 24, 1844, died April 29, 1874. 8. Eliza Cecilia, born September 10, 1846; married Henry Hilliker, of Peekskill, children, all born at Peekskill: i. Loretta, married john Thompson, of Peekskill, children: Robert and Stanley, Frederick, married Mary Shaw, of New York, they reside at Newburg, child: Clifford; Grace, married David Pullen, of Peekskill: children: all born and living in Peekskill: Lester, Lillian, Loretta, Harold, Kenneth, and Donald 9. George William, born November 18, 1848, died in infancy.

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    SHERWOOD. James D. Sherwood, the first member of this family of whom we have definite information, was born in Putnam Valley, Putnam County, New York, July 12, 1787, died there September 18, 1871. He and his wife were Orthodox Quakers. He married, march 26, 1808, Ann H. Currey, who was born in Putnam Valley, June 7, 1789, died there April 14, 1864. Children, all born in Putnam Valley: 1. William D., born may 16, 1810; married, January 4, 1832, Margaret Ingersoll. 2. George W., born July 26, 1812; married, February 21, 1835, Emily Ferris. 3. Mary Ann, born October 6, 1815; married, in 1841, Chadwick Travis. 4. James D., of whom further. 5. Frances, born June 6, 1820; married, March 30, 1845, Anthony W. Cole. 6. Ruth D., born April 6, 1823; married, March 29, 1846, Silas C. Lane. 7. Phebe J., born December 5, 1825; married, August 26, 1866, Isaac A. Odell. 8. Elizabeth L., born September 9, 1828. 9. Cornelius C., born November 13, 1832, married, November 15, 1854, Sarah J. Horton.

    (II) James D. (2), son of James D. (1) and Ann H. (Currey) Sherwood, was born in Putnam Valley, Putnam County, New York, April 1, 1818, died in Peekskill, March 25, 1907. He was buried in Peekskill. He received his early education in the Putnam Valley public schools, and then went to New York City where he learned the trade of carpenter. After this he engaged in trucking and finally went into the real estate and brokerage business, in which he continued until his death. He was a Democrat in politics, and a member of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, in Peekskill, of which he was a trustee for over forty years. He owned a farm of about two hundred acres of land in Oregon, Putnam County, New York, and the village of Oregon was practically built by his efforts. He was noted throughout all that region for his deeds of philanthropy. He married (first) Jane Ann Ferris, (second) Mary Depew, of Croton, Westchester County, New York, (third) Mary E. Hart Newman, (fourth) Elizabeth (Paulding) Jewel, widow of Isaac Jewel, of Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York, and daughter of Pierre Van Cortlandt and Susan (Travis) Paulding, born at Shrub Oak, Westchester County, New York (see Paulding VI). Children, three by first marriage and two by second: 1. Anna D., born May 20, 1840. 2. Maria L., born December 6, 1841. 3. Anna M., born November 2, 1845. 4. Simon A., born January 28, 1852. 5. Charles P., born April 13, 1858.

(The Paulding Line.)

    (I) Jacob Paulding, the founder of this family, came from Cassant, in Holland. For a time he lived in East Chester, Westchester County, New York, and the removed to Philips Manor. Later he expressed to the Dutch Church, of Tarrytown, the old Dutch church of Sleepy Hollow, a desire to remove with his family to New York, which was granted with a commendation of his record as deacon and treasurer, both of which offices he filled in 1712 and 1713. He married (first) March 16, 1688, Catharina Jans, daughter of Jans Laurensszen Duyts, the founder of the distinguished Lawrence Dey family, of New York City, by his second wife, Neeltje Adriaens. He married (second) in 1709, Sophia, widow of Theunis Krankheit. Children all baptized in the Dutch Church, in New York City.: 1. Abraham, baptized April 7, 1689, died before may 23, 1697. 2. Lysbeth, baptized April 24, 1692. 3. Maria, baptized February 24, 1695; married, April 29, 1713, William Forbosch. 4. Catharine, died before June 11, 1699. 5. Abraham, baptized may 23, 1697; married, March 25, 1720, Maria Cousyn. 6. Catharine, baptized June 11, 1699; married, November 26, 1720, Gysbert Uitenbogert. 7. Margarita, baptized October 12, 1701, died before September 5, 1703. 8. Margarita, baptize September 5, 1703; married, November 13, 1726, Jan Uitenbogert. 9. Joost or Joseph, of whom further. 10. Sophia.

    (II) Joost, or Joseph, son of Jacob and Catharine Jans (Duyts) Paulding, was baptized at the Dutch Church, in New York City, November 3, 1708. He died between September 17, 1782, and February 12, 1787. Until 1753 he lived in New York City, and then he and his wife were enrolled as members of the Tarrytown Church. In the Census of the northern part of Philipsburg for 1755 he appears as the owner of two slaves. His homestead was at the present East

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View, some two miles east of Tarrytown. In 1738, he was a member of a company formerly commanded by Captain John Moore, in Colonel Thomas Farmer's New Jersey Regiment, and in 1761 his name appeared on the poll list of New York City. He married Susannah White. Children, most of them baptized in New York City: 1. Joseph, of whom further. 2. William, baptized December 7, 1735, died February 10, 1825; married, July 25, 1762, Catharine Ogden, of New Jersey; their son, William Paulding, born March 7, 1770, died February 11, 1854, was mayor of New York City, adjutant-general of New York State, brigadier-general of militia, member of Congress, and at one time owner of "Lyndhurst," Miss Gould's estate at Irvington; their son, James Kirke Paulding, born August 22, 1778, died April 6, 1866, was secretary of the navy under President Van Buren. 3. Abraham, baptized September 24, 1738. 4. Peter, baptized November 3, 1742, died young. 5. Catharine, baptized September 30, 1744. 6. Peter, baptized November 9, 1746, died young. 7. Peter, baptized November 8, 1749, died March 3, 1842; married, August 19, 1787, Jane Fowler; served as private and ensign in the Revolution. 8. John, born January 28, 1755, died in 1847, unmarried; served as private in the Revolution. 9. Eleanor, married Robert Wilson.

    (III) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (1) and Susanna (White) Paulding, was baptized in New York City, April 22, 1733. He was supervisor of Philipse Manor in 1778, and a member of Captain George Combs company during the Revolution. He married (first) November 12, 1757, Sarah Gardenier, and (second) between 1763 and 1769, Anna, daughter of Joseph and anna (Van Norden) Quackenbos. Children, three by the first marriage: 1. John, of whom further. 2. William, baptized February 4, 1761. 3. Susanna, baptized October 5, 1763; married, January 11, 1789, Henry King. 4. Anna, baptized May 18, 1770. 5. Abraham, baptized April 16, 1771. 6. Peter, baptized May 12, 1774. 7. Joseph, married, July 2o, 1795, Sarah Seeley.

    (IV) John Paulding, "The Patriot," son of Joseph (2) and Sarah (Gardenier) Paulding, was born at the Paulding homestead, near Tarrytown, October 16, 1758, died near Lake Mohegan, February 18, 1818. His tombstone is in the graveyard of St. Peter's church, Peekskill, erected by the corporation of the City of New York, and gives briefly the history of his life. The monument is of white marble, quarried in Westchester County, and is of the most simple form, consisting of a pedestal, surmounted by a cone, showing an elevation of thirteen feet; the whole is composed of the most massive materials and is fastened with iron cramps in such a manner as to resist the severity of the climate for ages to come. The base of the monument covers a square of seven feet, surrounded by and iron railing four feet in height and two feet seven inches distant, the same being inserted in a marble coping fourteen inches broad. The monument comprehends a square of twelve feet, two inches. One side of the monument exhibits a fac-simile of the face of the medal voted by congress of the United States to each of the captors of Andre, on the third day of November, seventeen hundred and eight; the other of its reverse, both carved in bas relief.

    In the front of the pedestal is the following inscription:

Here repose the mortal remains of
JOHN PAULDING
Who died on the 18th day of February, 1818,
In the 60th year of his age.

On the morning of the 23rd of September 1780, Accompanied by two young Farmers of the Co. of Westchester,
(whose names will one day be recorded
On their own deserved Monuments)
He intercepted the British spy, Andre:
Poor Himself
He disdained to acquire wealth by the sacrifice of
His country
Rejecting the Temptation of great rewards
He conveyed his prisoner to the American camp;
And
By this act of noble self-denial,
The treason of Arnold was detected,
The designs of the enemy baffled;
West Ppoint and the American Army saved;
And these United States
Now by the grace of God, Free and Independent,
Rescued from most imminent peril.

    The fourth side of the pedestal bears the following inscription:

The Corporation
Of the City of New York
Erected this Tomb,
As memorial Sacred to
PUBLIC GRATITUDE.

    For some years after his marriage he resided on a farm on the Crompond road, three miles east of Peekskill. Later he removed to Lake Mohegan. He married (first) April 21, 1781, Sarah Tidd, of Salem, who was born April 5, 1767, died October 23, 1789. He married (second), November 18, 1790, Esther, daughter of Caleb Ward, born April 1, 1768, died March 6, 1804. He married (third) Hester, daughter of Isa C. Denike, of Peekskill, who survived him, and married (second) Elisha Serrine, of Shrub Oak, and died October 27, 1855. Children, four by first marriage, eight by second and nine by third: 1. Sarah, died young. 2. Nancy, born September 12, 1786, died August 30, 1863; married, September 15, 1805, Nathan Dusenbury. 3. Elizabeth, twin with Nancy, died September 1, 1792. 4. George Washington, born in 1789, died young 5. James, removed to Louisiana. 6. Sarah, married John Hyatt. 7. Hiram, born in new York City, December 11,m 1797, died at Huntington, Long Island, October 20, 1875; a naval officer, 8. George, lived in New York City; married twice. 9. John, removed to Louisiana. 10. Susanna. 11. Mary, born April 19, 1802, died March 23,1803. 12. Caleb, born February 8, 1804, died May 3, 1890; married Caroline A., daughter of John Conklin, of Yorktown. 13, Joseph, married Martha Elmendorf, of Kingston. 14. Isaac. 15. Phebe, born in October, 1808, died June 16, 1843; married Thomas J. Darling. 16. Mary, born March 31, 1812, died March 20, 1883; married Henry J. Hallock, of Yorktown. 17, Hannah A., born in July, 1812, died February 27, 1850; married Henry W. Ingersol. 18, Elija, born February 8, 1814, died June 26, 1832. 19. Samuel, married Elizabeth Cooper, of Kingston. 20. Leonard, died unmarried. 21. Pierre Van Cortlandt, of whom further.

    (V) Pierre Van Cortlandt, son of John and Hester (Denike) Paulding, was born at Shrub Oak, Westchester County, New York, September 2, 1818, died at Peekskill, New York, about 1895, aged seventy-seven years. He was a contractor and builder. He married Susan, daughter of John Travis, of Peekskill. Children: 1. John. 2. Joseph S. 3. Elizabeth, of whom further. 4. John. 5. Samuel, married Lucy Clark, of Peekskill. 6. Calip. 7. Elsworth. 8. Mary H., married Eugene Hill, of Peekskill. 9. Pierre L., married Mary Craig, of Peekskill.

    (VI) Elizabeth, daughter of Pierre Van Cortlandt and Susan (Travis) Paulding, was born at Peekskill, Westchester County, New York. she married (first) Isaac Jewel, of Fishkill, New York, a painter and decorator who died in Yonkers, in 1892, aged thirty-five years. Children: 1. Ella Florence, married George Hayden, of Passiac, New Jersey; children: i. Albert J., ii. William. iii. Ethel May, iv. Gladys, v. Florence. Vi. George, vii. Clarissa, all born in Yonkers, New York. 2. Jennie Benson, married John Brouwer, of Yonkers, New York; child: Gwendolyn, aged thirteen. Elizabeth (Paulding) Jewel married (second) as fourth wife, James D. Sherwood (See Sherwood II).

    POLHILL. James Polhill, the founder of this family, was born in England, and emigrated to america, settling in Peekskill, where he engaged in the bakery business. He married Jane Herrington. Children, all born in Peekskill: 1. Susan, married William Pugsley, of Peekskill, no children. 2. Mary A. 3. Harriet, married George Mitchell, of New York City; children: i. Henry, ii. Lincoln, and iii. Wilke. 4. Thomas, 5. James. 6. William, married Mary Foster, of Verplanck's Point, New York; Child, Mary. 7. David, of whom further.

    (II) David, son of James and Jane (Herrington) Polhill, was born in Peekskill, Westchester County, New York, and died there December 20, 1909. In his younger days he was a clerk in a store, also assisted his father in the bakery business. Later he conducted a livery business in Peekskill for thirty-one years. He was a Republican in politics. He married (first) Ruth, daughter of Horace and Martha (Lounsbury) Durrin, of Peekskill (see Durrin III). He married (second) Emma, sister of his first wife. Children, both his first marriage: 1. Harry, married Agnes Barlow, of Amawalk, New York: children, born in Poughkeepsie: Ruth and Bertrand. 2. Bertrand, died in infancy.

(The Durrin Line,)

    (I) Asa Durrin, the first member of this family of whom we have definite information, lived in Peekskill, Westchester County, New York. His wife's name is unknown.

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Children: 1. Thomas. 2. Joseph. 3. William. 4. John. 5. Horace. 6. Mary. 7. Sarah.
(II) Horace, son of Asa Durrin, was born in Peekskill, new York, and died there. He married Martha Lounsbury. Children, all born in Peekskill, New York, and all deceased except the last named: 1. Joseph. 2. William. 3. James. 4; Ruth, of whom further. 5. Martha. 6. Maria, married Arthur Cunningham, of Peekskill, children,. Jeannette, ii. Richard, iii. Daniel, iv. Samuel, v. Harried, married David Humphrey, of Tarrytown, one child, Lydia, married Isaac Haight, of Peekskill, children; 12. Phoebe. 2. Ruthene. 3. John. 4. Sarah, married George Weeks, of Peekskill, no children, iv. Emma, of whom further.

    (III) Ruth, daughter of Horace and Martha (Lounsbury) Durrin, was born near Philipstown, New York, and died in Peekskill, Westchester County, New York. She married, as first wife, David Polhill (see Polhill II).

    (III) Emma, Daughter of Horace and Martha (Lounsbury) Durrin, was born in Peekskill, New York, and is now living in Peekskill, where she is carrying on the livery business left to her by her husband. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Peekskill. She married, as second wife, David Polhill (See Polhill II).

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