(V) Solomon, son of Humphrey and Jerusha (Morgan) Avery, was born June 17, 1729, died in Pennsylvania, December 23, 1798.  He married, February 18, 1751.

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Hannah, born in 1733, died February 5, 1775, daughter of Rev. Ebenezer Punderson.  Children:  1. Zipporah, born February 8, 1752.  2. Esther, born November 19, 1754.  3. Solomon, born August 13, 1757, died may 13, 1833; married Sarah Buckbee.  4. Stephen, born August 13, 1762, died in October, 1843; married (first) in 1782, Sarah Bement, (second) in 1818, Reneway (Carpenter) Maxson, (third) January 1, 1820, Anna (De Lap) Reynolds.  5. Ebenezer Punderson, born May 21, 1765, died September 10, 1840; married, January 12, 1787, Lovina Barnes.  6. Henry, of whom further.  7. Cyrus, born May 12, 1771, died February 28, 1833; married, May 16, 1791, Lydia Marcy.  8. Humphrey, born January 17, 1775, died February 8, 1776.

          (VI) Henry, son of Stephen and Hannah (Punderson) Avery, was born May 4, 1767, died <arch 25, 1853.  He married Hannah Rockefeller, born August 5, 1780, died February 4, 1865.  Children:  1. William, born October 16, 1796, died January 1, 1846; married Sarah Armstrong.  2. Hannah, born January 24, 1800, died September 10, 1855; married Edward H. Reynolds.  3. Amanda, born July 17, 1802, died August 9, 1841; Married, July 31, 1820, Isaac Shaurman.  4. Henry Cyrus, born October 26, 1803, died November 7, 1856; married Elizabeth Silvernail.  5. Sally, married Monmouth H. G. Buckbee, referred to above.  6. Peter R., born March 20, 1807, died March 4, 1854; Married, December 6, 1829, Betsey Blakeman.  7. Elizabeth, born October 16, 1808; married, February 27, 1821, Conrad Silvernail.  8. Lucinda, born September 10, 1810, died February 10, 1841; married, October 14, 1832, Milton W. Armstrong.  9. Solomon, born October 17, 1812' married, September 22, 1838, Sarah Caroline Bain.  10. Caroline, born October 16, 1814; married Harry Kells.  11. Jacob, born June 11. 1816, died October 3, 1848.  12, Esther, born August 25, 1819l married Jonas W. Rockefeller.  13. Stephen, born May 10, 1822, died January 1, 1854; married, in 1850, Susan J. Avery.

(The Rockefeller Line.)

          The Rockefeller family has been traced back as far as 900.  The family originated in the south of France near Montpellier, and the name at its origin was Roquefeuille.  In the year 949 they owned a chateau in South France, and from the year 1109 to the present they have been among the nobility (barons, counts, etc.), marrying and inter-marrying among the same.  During the war between the Protestants and the Catholics, about 1675, some of the Roquefeuilles having turned Protestants, were forced to flee out of their own country, and went over into Germany and settled along the Rhine at or near a own called Neuwied, where the Germans changed the name to Rockefeller, presumably owning to the difficulty in pronouncing Roquefeuille.  From the province of Neuwied came the Rockefellers to America. 

          (I) Johann Peter Rockefeller was born in Europe, died at Amwell, New Jersey, 1763.  His wife Elizabeth was also born in Europe and died at Amwell, New Jersey.

          (II) Peter, son of Johann Peter Rockefeller, born in Europe, died in Amwell, New Jersey, 1787, having located there in 1723.  He married Mary Bellis, who, with her sons, accompanied him to this country, and her death occurred in Amwell, New Jersey. 

          (III) William, son of Peter Rockefeller, was born in Amwell, New Jersey, died at West Taghkanic, Columbia County, New York.  He married at Germantown, New York, June 3, 1772, Christina Rockefeller, born in Germantown, October 27, 1754, died at West Taghkanic.  She was the daughter of Simon Rockefeller, born in Germany, 1730, died in Germantown, New York, 1795; he married at Catsbaan, New York, October 6, 1753, Anna C. Bahr, born in Albany County, New York, March 30, 1738.  Simon was the son of Diell Rockefeller, born in Germany, 1695, died in Germantown, New York, 1769.  He married at Neuweid, Germany, Anna Gertrude Alsdorf, born in Germany, died in Germantown, New York.  William and Christine Rockefeller were the parents of Hannah Rockefeller, wife of Henry Avery, parents of Sally Avery, wife of Monmouth H. G. Buckbee, parents of Martha Buckbee, wife of William H. Croft (See Croft V).

FOSHAY.

          This family is of French origin.  The name is not common, but the family is now found in several scattered parts of this country.

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          (I) David Foshay, the first member of this family about whom we have definite information, lived at Ossining, Westchester County New York, and was a farmer.  Children, all born at Ossining, all deceased:  1. Levi.  2. Garrett, lived at Patch Grove, Wisconsin, where he married; children, all born in Wisconsin:  1. Hannah.  2. Rebecca.  3. William.  4. Alfred.  5. Oliver.  3. John, died at the age of forty years; he was a carpenter and builder at Ossining; he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and class leader; he married (first) Lydia Ridgeway, of Ossining, who died at the age of thirty-eight; children all by first wife, and all born at Ossining:  i. Wilbur F.  ii. Virginia C.  iii. John E.  iv. Joseph B.  v. William P.  4. Barney, of whom further.  5. Isaac, a physician; he lived and died in Sullivan County, New York.  6. Hannah, married Isaac Hunt, of Ossining; children, all born at Ossining: i. Elizabeth, ii. Mary Ann, iii. Levi, iv. Edgar, v. Sylvester, vi. Emeline.  7. Eliza, married Edward Syphers, children; i. John D.  ii. Mary E.  8. Rebecca, married Stephen Orson, a farmer, living at Ossining; children, all born at Ossining:  i. Harriet, ii. Elizabeth.  iii. Lyman, iv. Robert S. v. Margaret, vi. Amanda, vii. Emily R., viii. Burdette.  9. Tabitha, married Alfred E. Dickinson, of North Salem, Westchester County, New York, a merchant; both deceased, buried at Sparta Cemetery; no children.

          (II) Barney, son of David Foshay, was born at Ossining, New York, about 1821, died about 1889.  He was engaged in the real estate business.  In 1855 he was a member of the Sing Sing guards.  In religion he was a Methodist, and he was a trustee of the church.  He married, (first) Anna Maria Miller, of Haverstraw, Westchester County, New York, (second) Emeline, Daughter of henry and Phebe (Hilliken) Purdy.  Her father lived at Yorktown, Westchester County, New York, her mother came from Dutchess County.   Children of Henry and Phebe (Hilliken) Purdy: 1. Emeline, of whom herein.  2. Elizabeth, married Jesse Lounsberry; three children, among whom was Phebe, married Edwin Murry, of Ossining.  3. Phebe, married Stephen Owen, lives at Somerstown, New York; no children.  4. Mary, married Robert Smith; one child, Winfield S.; all live at Ossining.  5. Henry.  All these were born at Yorktown.  Children of Barney Foshay, both by first wife:  1. Edwin, married Emma Sears; their only son Frank, married Margaret Hall, of whom the latter is in the real estate and insurance business.  2. Miller.

VAIL.         The name Vail or Veale is not unusual in England, being found in that country as early as 1341.  While there is traditional evidence of a Welsh origin of this family, the weight of argument favors England as its true home.  At least three branches of the English Vails have been entitled to use armorial ensigns. 

          Among the first settlers at Salem, Massachusetts, in 1639, was Jeremiah Vail, who removed to Gardiner's Island, under the jurisdiction of Easthampton, Long Island, and probably again, about 1659, to Southold, Long Island.

          Much effort had been expended in tracing the origin and succession of the Westchester County Vails, especially by the late Alfred Vail, of Morristown, New Jersey.  The problem is by no means yet solved.  The name Thomas Vail appears in this county as early as 1662; in the early Quaker records of this county, also, the name Vail is found.  That Thomas Vail, already mentioned, lived at Southampton, Long Island, before coming to Westchester County; that he was a relative, perhaps brother, of Jeremiah Vail; and that he is the ancestor of all the Westchester County Vails are highly probably conjecture.  The following is a probable line of descent from the ancestor to the late Thomas lane Vail:

          (I) Thomas Vail was made a townsman at Southampton, May 10, 1649; he was not, however, accounted a "perfect freeman," probably he was not a member of the church.  He married, at Southampton, Sarah ----------.  Child, Samuel, of whom further.

          (II) Samuel, son of Thomas and Sarah Vail, was born December 21, 1678, died April 26, 1733.  He married, (first) Abigail --------,  born in 1685, died August 14, 1724; (second) February 8, 1725, Sarah, daughter of Matthew Farrington.  Children:  1. John, born April 21, 1798, died March 17, 1754;

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married, in December, 1731, Margaret Laing.  2. Thomas, of whom further.

          (III) Thomas (2), son of Samuel and Abigail Vail, was born September 3, 1714.  He married Mary Griffin, born August 27, 1720.  Child, Thomas, of whom further,

          (IV) Thomas (3), son of Thomas (2) and Mary (Griffin) Vail, was born January 2, 1739.  He married, June 12, 1767, Sarah Carpenter.  This may have been his second marriage; if not, he could not have been the father of the following children, whom we know to have been brother and sister, although they still probably be grandchildren of Thomas (2):  1. Elizabeth, died May 13, 1820; married, January 20, 1779, Thomas Clapp, a Quaker.  2. Thomas, of whom further.

          (V) Thomas (4) Vail was left an orphan at an early age, and lived with his sister, Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Clapp.  He was a farmer, and in the winter kept a well-known school for boys. He was a Quaker.  He married Phoebe Chatterton, who died September 11, 1856.  Children: 1. John, of whom further.  2. Betsy,  3. Ann.  4. Jane.  5. William. 

          (VI) John, son of Thomas (4) and Phoebe (Chatterton) Vail, died December 21, 1852.  He was a farmer, and followed the ancestral Quaker belief.  He married Jane M., born at Patterson, Putnam County, New York, October 5, 1815, daughter of Samuel Lane.  The Lanes also were Quakers.  Children:  1. Thomas lane, of whom further.  2. Catharine M., married S. B. Lawrence.

          (VII) Thomas Lane, son of John and Jane M. (Lane) Vail, was born in the town of New Castle, Westchester County, New York, July 30, 1838, died at Ossining, Westchester County, New York, December 9, 1907.  He was educated in private schools at Ossining, Nine Partners and Bedford.  For the last thirty-four years of his life he lived at Ossining.  Having sufficient means he never engaged in any kind of business, but enjoyed a quiet, retired life.  He had the confidence and respect of all his acquaintances.  In politics he was a Republican, but never held office.  he was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, at Ossining.  He married, near Glens Falls, Warren County, New York, October 25, 1871, Bessie A., born near glens Falls, December 22, 1845, daughter of john Morrison and Almira (Thompson) Haviland (see Haviland VII).  Children:  1. E. Howard.  2. James Morris, unmarried, living with his mother; he is an electrician, and has been with the Edison Electric company in New York City for eight years.

(The Haviland Line.)

          The Haviland family, like the Vail family, is English, originally Norman.  The name is also spelled Havilland, De Havilland, and in other ways.  The Vail and Haviland families inter-married in England, so that definite relation exists between them.

          (I) William Haviland, the founder of this family, came from England, and settled first at Newport, Rhode Island.  There he was made a freeman, May 17, 1653, and he was a commissioner to the general court, May 21, 1656.  In 1667 he removed to Flushing, Long Island, and purchased one hundred acres of land as what is now Little Neck.  He married, at Newport, Hannah, daughter of John and Horod (Long) Hicks.  Children: 1. Joseph, died in 1724; married Mary ------------.

          (II) Benjamin, son of William and Hannah (Hicks) Haviland, died at Rye, Westchester County, new York, July 31, 1726.  Fifteen years before his death he had bought four hundred acres at Rye.  There he became a Quaker and he was a minister in their society.  He married Abigail ----------.  Children:  1. Adam, married Mary -----------.  2. Benjamin, of whom further.  3. John, died March 11, 1747; married Sarah Sneathing.  4. Abigail.  5. Bethia.  6. Thomas, born may 20, 1700, died April 5, 1762; married (first), January 9, 1721 Hannah Field; (second), October 13, 1724, Sarah Lloyd; (third), in 1730, Jane Clement.  7. Ebenezer, born about 1793, died in 1749; married, in 1735, Phebe Cornell.

          (III) Benjamin (2), son of Benjamin (1) and Abigail Haviland, was born in 1690, died at Rye, in 1724.  He owned land at Harrison's Purchase.  he married Charity ---------.  Children:  1. Benjamin, of whom further.  2. Charity, married, April 16, 1742, John Hutchins.  3. Isaac, married, in 1740, Elizabeth Bates.  4. Solomon, married, September 17, 1742, Hannah Carpenter.

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          (IV) Benjamin (3), son of Benjamin (2) and Charity Haviland, was born at Rye, in 1719, died in 1760,  he removed to Putnam County, new York.  He married Charlotte, daughter of Roger park.  Children:  1. Thomas of whom further.  2. Solomon.  Five other sons and seven daughters. 

          (V) Thomas, son of Benjamin (3) and Charlotte (Park) Haviland, was born October 9, 1744, died March 31, 1827.  He married Tamar Miller, born September 15, 1746, died October 31, 1836.  Child, Abram, of whom further. 

          (VI) Abram, son of Thomas and Tamar (Miller) Haviland, was born April 4, 1767, died may 16, 1841.  He married Helen Morrison, of Patterson.  Child, John Grant, of whom further. 

          (VII) John Grant, son of Abram and Helen (Morrison) Haviland, was born November 17. 1788, died November 4, 1871.  He married Betsey, daughter of ----------- and Eunice (Sterling) Beach, who was born May 9, 1791, died January 13, 1849.  Children:  1. John Morrison, of whom further.  2. Esther, married Benoni Thompson.  3. Elizabeth, married Foster Otis.  4. Jane, married Nathaniel Potter.  5. Maria, married J. V. Lapham.  6. Mary Ann, married Jonathan Potter,  7. Betsey E., married Daniel H. Lane. 

          (VIII) John Morrison, son of John Grant and Betsey (Beach) Haviland, was born May 4, 1812, died July 27, 1877.  He was a farmer and lived at Glens Falls. He married, at Fort Ann, New York, January 7, 1836, Almira, born August 8, 1812, died June 4, 1853, Daughter of Periam Thompson.  Children, all born near Glens Falls:  1. Periam Thompson, married mary P. Albertson, of Long Island; child, Almira, married D. Budd.  2. John Grant, married (first) Harriet E. Haviland, of Glens Falls, now deceased; married (second) Annie R. Haviland.  3. Bessie A., born December 22, 1845; married, October 25, 18781, Thomas lane Vail (see Vail VII).  4. James Mason, deceased, married Annie Rugg

WHITNEY.         This name, as a family name, owes its origin to the ancient, but obscure, parish of Whitney, in the western confines of Herefordshire, England, near the border of Wales, in the valley of the Wye.  The Wye is here a mountain torrent; and the name probably is derived from this and means "white water," in Anglo-Saxon.  It is said that in the distribution of land among the followers of William the conqueror, this land fell to the lot of Turstin, son of Rolf, a Fleming, whose wife's name was Agnes, and that his son, Sir Eustace, usually called de Whitney, is founder of the family.  Another account, however, traces the family of Henry Whitney to Welsh origin, and gives the name of the progenitor as Sir Baldwin Whitney, living about the time of King William.  In fact, the ancestry has been traced carefully and authentically, according to such evidences as are available, to the sixth century,  it may be deemed historical from about the eleventh century, and judged by historical criteria, for accuracy or inaccuracy.   By far the greater number of American Whitneys are descended from John Whitney, who settled at Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635.  Among his descendants are Eli Whitney, William Dwight Whitney and Josiah Dwight Whitney.

          (I) Henry Whitney, the founder of the present family, was born in England, probably about 1620, and died probably in the autumn of 1673.  On October 8, 1649, he was associated with two others in buying land at Southold, Long Island.  It is possible that he preached early at Huntington, Long Island, yet, like so many of the American pioneers, he made his mark to documents.  About 1661 he removed to Jamaica, Long Island.  In 1665, he is found at Norwalk, Connecticut.  He agreed to build a good mill for grinding grain, at the mouth of the Norwalk River, and the town granted him a home lot of two acres on the north side of the river, near the mill.  Four yeas later he was one of the thirty-three freemen of Norwalk.  In 1672 he was one of the petitioners for leave to begin a new plantation, now Danbury, Connecticut.  He did not live, however, to take part in this.  The early records give evidence that he was a frank, outspoken man.  He married (second) ----------- Kiecham, possibly, Sarah, widow of Edward Ketcham, of Stratford, Connecticut.  This is probably the wife who survived him.  His only child, John, (of whom further), was by his first wife.

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          (II) John, son of Henry Whitney, was probably born before 1649, and probably died at Norwalk, in 1720.  He settled with his father at Norwalk, and followed his father's business, as miller and millwright.  He married, March 17, 1674-5, Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Smith; she was living as late as 1741.  Children:  1. John, born March 12, 1676-7, died February 3, 1712-13, married, March 4, 1709-10, Elizabeth Finch.  2. Joseph, born March 1, 1678-9, died probably, in 1741, married, July 6, 1704, Hannah Hoyt.  3. Henry, born February 21, 1680-1, died April 26, 1728, married June 14, 161710, Elizabeth Olmstead.  4. Elizabeth, born about 1684, died March 17, 1763, married Joseph Keeler.  5. Richard, born April 18, 1687, married, April 7, 1709, Hannah Darling.  6. Samuel, born in 1688, died December 6, 1753, married, January 18, 1721-22, Anne Laboree.  7. Anne, born about 1691, died May 9, 1773, married, October 13, 1710, Matthew St. John.  8. Eleanor, born January 27, 1693-4, died January 25, 1777, married, June 13, 1717, Jonathan Fairchild.  9. Nathan, of whom further.  10. Sarah, died October 22, 1720, married June 13, 1717, Samuel Smith.  11. Josiah, married, October 30, 1729, Eunice Hanford. 

(III) Nathan, son of John and Elizabeth (Smith) Whitney, was born at Norwalk.  He settled at Ridgefield, Connecticut.  There he took the freeman's oath, December 9, 1728, and there he and his wife were living in 1739.  At some time later than this, it is possible that he removed to Yorktown, Westchester County, New York.  He married, about 1715, Sarah ---------.  Children:  1. Mary, born December 29, 1715, died about 1750, married Isaac Keeler.  2. Eliasaph, born February 3, 1716-7, died may 17, 1817, married, in May, 1744, Mary Bishop.  3. Eliakim, born November 13, 1718, died about 1812, married, may 10, 1744, Mary Beachgood.  4. Sarah, born October 25, 1720, married ----------.  5. Nathan, born October 13, 1722, died young.  6. Nathan, born June 11, 1724.  7. Seth, of whom further.  8. Josiah, born June 12, 1729.  9. Jeremiah, born September 128, 1731, died in 1810, married Eva Youngs.  10. Uriah, born November 12, 1737, died June 4 or 6, 1816, married (first) Sarah Platt; (second), in February, 1775, Martha Hart.  11. Ann, born August 31, 1739.

(IV) Seth, son of Nathan and Sarah Whitney, was born at Ridgefield, February 8, 1726, and died in 1807; his will was dated January 1, 1807, and proved May 13, 1807.  He was living at Crompond, Yorktown, Westchester County, as early as December 23, 1758.  At a later time he bought a fine farm and erected a good house in this neighborhood.  Besides being a farmer, he was a tanner, currier, and shoemaker. During the Revolution his house was attacked by Tories; a second attack was led by the noted freebooter, Joseph Hueson, who was a scourge and terror to this neighborhood.  Being warned by Whitney to keep out or be killed, Hueson persisted in attempting an entrance; Whitney stabbed him with an old bayonet; mounted on a stout staff.  Hueson fell inside, and his comrade forced the door and carried him off.  They also took Whitney into the yard and struck him over the head with a horse-pistol, leaving him for dead; he carried the mark through life.  Hueson lived to ride only half a mile.  Mr. Whitney married (first) Sarah Mow (or Moe), (second), march 21, 1787, Elizabeth Wright, (third) anna (Smith-Jump) Trowbridge, who was born May 10, 1730, and died June 29, 1819; she married (first) -----------Jump. (second) Captain Trowbridge, of Bedford, Westchester County, New York.  Children, all by first wife:  1. Sarah, born April 3, 1750, died October 7, 1822, married, October 3, 1776, Joseph Fowler.  2.  Mary, married, February 4, 1790, Samuel Beadle.  4. Ezra. 5. Abijah, died about 1803, married Melicent Hyatt.  6. Seth, born May 3, 1765, died May 20, 1835, married, November 17, 1792, Elizabeth Strang.  7. Amos, of whom further.  

(V) Amos, son of Seth and Sarah (Mow) Whitney, was born at Yorktown, December 15, 1767, and died there, February 2, 1844.  He was a farmer at Yorktown.  His whole family were members of the Congregational Church.  All are buried at Yorktown.  He married, January 1, 1800, Rosetta, daughter of Rev. Amzi and Betsey Lewis, who was born at Waterbury, Connecticut, April 3, 1779, and died at Yorktown, September 3, 1868.  She was a niece of Rev. Silas Constant's wife, and they married at his house.  Children:  1. Lewis, born October 18, 1801, died October 24, 1834, married Eunice Archer.  2. Amy, born January 5, 1805, died

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October 9, 1849, married, in January, 1831, Uriah Helms, of New York City.  Child:  Rosetta.  3. Seth, born December 25, 1808, married Isabel Mallett, of Yorktown; he was a dealer in live stock.  Children:  1. Minnie, and 2. Etta.  4. Silas Constant, of whom further.  5. David, born October 26, 1813, died September 22, 1845, married, November 11, 1841, Caroline Haight.  6. Sarah Jane, born December 24, 1819, married, December 22, 1841, William Edward Blakeney. 

          (VI) Silas Constant, son of Amos and Rosetta (Lewis) Whitney, was born in Yorktown, August 13, 1810, and died March 2, 1899.  He was a farmer at Yorktown.  He married (first) at Somers, Westchester County, October 12, 1836, Ann Eliza, daughter of Alexander Stewart and Phebe (Gregory) Haight, who was born in Somers, April 19, 1817, and died there, August 22, 1841; he married (second) at Yorktown, October 28, 1845, Sarah Matilda, daughter of Peter and Phebe (Ward) Ferris, who was born in New York City, April 15, 1825, and died at Yorktown, August 19, 1869; and he married (third) at Jefferson Valley, Yorktown, May 29, 1872, Mary Augusta, daughter of Stillman Howard and Mary Elizabeth (Smith) Boyd, who was born in Kent, Putnam County, New York, August 15, 1830, and died September 9, 1894.  Children, two by first, three by second wife:  1. Caroline, born January 12, 1838, died the same day.  2. Ann Elizabeth, born January 12, 1838, married, November 17, 1858, Isaac Dean Gregory, of Lewisburg, Westchester County; he was a farmer; child; Silas Dean.  3. David Lewis, born November 11, 1846, died September 3,  --------, married Mary Lyon, of Yorktown; no children.  She married (second) George Sherwood, of Putnam Valley, Putnam County, New York.  4.  Constant Ferris, of whom further.  5. Stewart Haight, born January 20, 1854, married Elizabeth Force, of Plainfield, New Jersey; they live in Plainfield, where he engaged in mercantile business.  Children: Anna and Helen. 

          (VII) Constant Ferris, son of Silas constant and Sarah Matilda (Ferris) Whitney, was born in Yorktown, January 13, 1851.  He graduated from Eastman's Commercial College, Poughkeepsie, in 1871, and has always been engaged in farming.  He has been town clerk for three terms, and for ten years he was road commissioner.  Mr. Whitney is a staunch Democrat.  He married, at Katonah, Westchester County, May 8, 18783, Ann Eliza, daughter of Thomas Smith and Calista Bailey (Haight) Lyon, who was born at Bedford, Westchester County, January 23, 1850.  Her grandfather, Walter S. Lyon, was a farmer of Bedford and a local preacher; he married Bessie Sanford, and has ten children:  1. Betsie.  2. Antoinette.  3. Mary W.  4. & 5. Louise and Louisa, twins.  6. Caroline E.  7. Walter.  8. Sarah.  9. Ahaz.  10. Thomas Smith.   Of these, Thomas smith married Calista Bailey Haight, of Somerstown, and had three children:  i. Louise, ii. Ann Eliza, wife of Constant Ferris Whitney, iii. Walter; all born at Bedford.  Thomas smith Lyon was a farmer and merchant at Katonah.  Of the other children of Walter S. Lyon, Betsie married John Beck of Ossining, and have five children; Mary, Julia, Ada, Bessie and Wilbur; Antoinette married Abram Stockholm, a furniture dealer in Poughkeepsie, and had three children: Uriah A., Nellie and Abram; Caroline E., married Silas W. Albertson, a Long Island farmer, who removed to Yorktown, and had four children:  Ida, Carrie, Silas and Sarah; Sarah married Dr. Lemuel Wales, and had four children, born in widely distant places; Sarah , Walter, Lizzie and Frank.  Children of constant Ferris and Ann Eliza (Lyon) Whitney:  1. Elberta M., born February 3, 1876, died August 20, 1887; Mary B., born February 14, 1890. 

DUNNING.       Charles J. Dunning was born in Salisbury, Connecticut, December 10, 1862.  He left there at an early age and went to Crafts, near Carmel, where he learned the blacksmith's trade.  For twenty-three years he plied his vocation in West Somers, New York, and then removed to Yorktown Heights, New Yolk, where for the past ten years he has continued as a blacksmith.  Mr. Dunning is chief of Yorktown Engine Company, No. 1.  He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Shrub Oak, New York.  He married, December 20, 1876, in Carmel, Putnam County, New York, Elizabeth T., daughter of Arthur and Ophelia (Boyce) Carpenter.

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Lived in Port Chester, New York.  He was a Quaker in religion,.  He married Elizabeth Taber.  Children, all born at Purchase, new York: 1. Mary T., married Joseph park, of Park & Tilford Company, New York City; children:  Hobart, George, 2. Harriet, married Daniel Griffin, of Armonk, New York, who is engaged in farming and the real estate business; children: Joseph, David.  3. Arthur, married Ophelia Boyce, of Purchase, new York.  Children: i. Elizabeth T., wife of Charles J. Dunning, ii. Arthur C., married Catharine Birmingham; children: Joseph P., Aline, Adelaide, iii. Phoebe, married Thomas Hurley; children; Charles, Francis, iv.  Francis, v. Joseph.

          Children of Charles J. and Elizabeth T. (Carpenter) Dunning:  1. Arthur C., for thirteen years a railroad man, and now conducting a meat market at Yorktown Heights; married Grace Lent, of lake Mohegan; child: Charles (2), born January 28, 1911.  2. Edward L., in the automobile business, and town clerk; married Ada Carpenter, of Yorktown Heights, child; Douglas, born January 12, 1906.  3. Emerson, married Madeline Keer, of Yorktown Heights, child, Josephine M., born December 18, 1911. 

CHURCHILL.     John Churchill, the first member of this family of whom we have definite information, was born February 8, 1779, died April 11, 1828.  He married, February 24, 1802, Elizabeth Light, born December 30, 1785, died February 3, 1823.  Children: 1. Helen, born may 17, 1804, died December 27, 1838; married --------- Jewell, of New Hamburg, New York.  2. Joseph, born October 10, 1806, died August 22, 1838.  3. William Henry, of whom further.

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