(X) Henry W., son of Eliphalet and Rachel (Lauson) Stratton, was born in Thompsonville, Sullivan County, New York, January 4, 1836.  He has led a very active life, and as construction superintendent has traveled all over the West Indies and the United States, building railroad bridges, and etc.  He has a nice home in Monticello, and for the past twenty-two years has lived there with his son, Henry Blake Stratton, who was in the furniture business in Monticello, now in the undertaking and piano business.  Mr. Stratton has always been a Democrat; member of St. John's Episcopal Church, of which he has served as vestryman.  He married, in 1862, Sarah E., daughter of Samuel and Amanda N. (Rundle) O'Neill, of Fallsburg, Sullivan County, New York, who was born there in 1844.  Her grandfather was one of the old settlers of Sullivan County, and the farm on which he located is still in the family.  Children:  1. Clara A., born November 2, 1862; married Frederick J. Stratton, a distant relative and lives in Fallsburg; children:  i. Stanley Orson, born in 1897, ii. Katharine deceased.  2. Frederick Lee, born March 24, 1866; machinist and member of Free and Accepted Masons; also Locomotive Engineers; married Edith, daughter of Phineas Stoddard, of Mountaindale, Sullivan County, New York, children:  i. Frederick Clyde and ii. Katharine,  iii. Gertrude, died aged two years.  3. Henry Blake, born July 25, 1879; is active in Democratic circles, is now (1912) serving his second term as supervisor of Sullivan County; he has also held several of the town offices and also was assistant postmaster of Monticello; member of Free and Accepted Masons, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Junior Order American Mechanics, and Eastern Star; married Katharine, daughter of Burdett and Katherine (Ludington) Johnson; children: i. Eugene Hamilton, born in 1911; ii. Marjorie Elizabeth, born April 12, 1812. 

SHERWOOD.

          The name of Sherwood is a very old one in England and appears early in the records of New England.  There were several immigrants bearing the name and two in the same Christian name appear in Stratford, Connecticut.  Their descendants have multiplied and spread over many sections of the United States, being active in the settlement of Central New York.  they have partaken of the high character of their ancestors, being noted for their industry, probity and sound judgment. 

          (I) Thomas Sherwood, born in Sherwood Forest, Nottingham, England, 1586, died in Fairfield, Connecticut, 1655.  He sailed from Ipswich, April 21, 1634, in the good ship "Francis," John cutting, master, and landed in Boston, Massachusetts, in June of the same year, accompanied by his wife, alice, born 1587, and four children:  1. Ann, born 1620; 2. Rose, 1623,  3. Thomas, 1624. 4. Rebecca, 1625.  He settled first at Wethersfield, where his name appears on the second list of settlers other than those from Watertown.  He settled in Fairfield as early as 1643, when his name appears on the Stamford land records, and served as deputy with Roger Ludlow in the general court, 1650.  He brought with him to Fairfield his second wife, Mary, by whom also he had children.  His will is dated July 21, 1655, and proved October 26, 1655.  This disposed of several parcels of land in Fairfield.  His children born there were:  5. Stephen.  6. Matthew, of whom further.  7. Isaac.  8. Tamsen.  9. Margery.  10. Ruth.  11. Abigail.  12. Mary.

          (II) Matthew, third son of Thomas Sherwood and second child of his second wife Mary, was born in 1643, probably in Fairfield, where he resided.  He married (first) Sarah, daughter of Benjamin Turney and (second) Hannah, widow of Philip Galpin and daughter of Henry Jackson.  His third wife, Mary, widow of ------------- Mervin, and daughter of Edward Adams, died December 25, 1730.  Child of the first wife:  1. Matthew, died young.  Children of the second wife:  2. Samuel of whom further.  3. John.  4. Lemuel,  5. Mary,  6. Sarah.  7. Ann

          (III) Samuel, eldest children of Matthew and Hannah, (Jackson-Galpin) Sherwood, was born about 1680 in Fairfield, and died there November 10, 1732.  He was a captain of militia and resided in the old village of Stratfield, now Bridgeport.  He married (first), November 30, 1704, Rebecca, daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah (Ward) Burr, born 1682, died May 16, 1721.  His second wife, Experience, fourth daughter of Deacon Isaac Wheeler, died September 18, 1743, aged sixty-one years.  Children of the first wife:  1. John, of whom further.  2. Nathaniel.  3. Sarah.  4. Mary.  5. Abigail.  6. Samuel.  7. Rebecca.  8. Esther. And 9. Tamsen.  There was one son by the second wife:  10. Stephen.

          (IV) Captain John, eldest child of Samuel and Rebecca (Burr) Sherwood, was born September 22, 1705, and resided in the village of Fairfield.  For many years he was an elder of the Baptist Church of Stratfield.  He married, June 14, 1733, Mary, daughter of Robert and Ruth (Wilcoxson) Walker, born May 28, 1710.  Children:  1. Sarah.  2. Ruth.  3. John (2) of whom further.  4. Mary.  5. Elizabeth.  6. Ebenezer.  7. Stephen.  8. Rebecca.  9. Hannah.  10. Samuel.

          (V) John (2), eldest son of John (1) and Mary (Walker) Sherwood Married Eunice, daughter of Edward Lacey.  John Sherwood was a resident of Weston, formerly a part of Fairfield, as early as 1787, and his name is often found in the records of that town.  December 15, 1787, he purchased land partially bounded by land which he already owned.  He was probably the father of the next mentioned.

(VI) Fanton Sherwood  was born probably in Fairfield but no record of his birth can be found in that town or in Stratfield or Weston.  The Weston records show that he purchased land in Weston from Amos Sherwood of New York State in 1795.  On

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December 6, 1806, he sells land in the town of Weston and is then called "of Turnbull".  About 1808 he removed to the town of Liberty, Sullivan County, New York, and settled on a tract of one hundred acres in what was known as the Blue Mountain settlement.  His first wife bore the name of Eunice and was the mother of his ten children.  The Weston records show his marriage March 25, 1845, to Marietta Lyon, hew is them called "of New York."  Among his children were:  1. Bradley,  2. John.  3. Nathaniel.  4. Hanford.  5. Munson.  6. Robert S.  7. Polly, who married Bradley Burr of Liberty, and 8. Roosevelt R., mentioned below.  There were two daughters whose names cannot be learned. 

          (VII) Roosevelt Rensselaer, next youngest son of Fanton and Eunice Sherwood, was born 1804 in Weston, Connecticut, and was four years o age when his parents settled in Liberty.  The journey was made in what was called an old Yankee butterfly wagon.  They had difficulty in fording some of the streams and were all thoroughly soaked on their arrival in Liberty.  His father had previously built a log cabin and cleared some of the land, and they found shelter on arrival.  The hundred-acre tract had been donated to his father by the owners on settlement.  To this the son added by purchase and at one tine was the owner of five hundred acres.  As his sons came of age he gave to each one thousand five hundred dollars.  It was claimed that he had cleared more land with his own hands then any other man in the country.  In his youth he had attended a school in Connecticut two winters, making the trip both ways on foot.  He married (first), in 1826, Betsey Hurd, a stepsister, who was born in 1804, and died 1836, leaving one daughter, 1. Adeline Annette.  The latter became the wife of Luther Radcliff.  Mr. Sherwood married (second) in 1817, Fanny Hurd, born 1807, died 1856, having been the mother of four children:  2. Ada Elvira, married Rev. D. M. Powell; she studied medicine at Philadelphia, graduating with a degree of M. D. and is now a Methodist missionary in Korea.  3. William Fanton, of whom further.  4. Charles Hurd, now a lawyer, residing at Castile, New York.  5. Frank Roosevelt, a Methodist clergyman, located at Fort Plain, New York.  Mr. Sherwood married (third) in 1858, Phebe Gildersleeve, of Liberty, who was the mother of three children;  6. Walter Hill, of Stevensville, New York.  7. Rosetta, wife of Dr. W. J. Hill, of Liberty.  8. Annie, Mrs. Robert Colbert McCraig, of Stevensville, Sullivan County.  Mr. Sherwood received from his father on arrival at majority fifty acres of land, a yoke of oxen, a horse, some sheep and provisions for one year, all valued at one thousand dollars.  He was brought up in the Protestant Episcopal church and in 1843 joined the Methodist Episcopal Church of Liberty, of which he was a member fifty-two years.  He died in 1895 and was survived by his wife Phebe, who died in 1900.         

          (VIII) William Fanton, eldest son of Roosevelt R. Sherwood, and second child of his second wife, Fanny Hurd, was born 1843 on the paternal farm in Liberty, and was educated in the district schools of the town and the academy in the village of Liberty.  In 1864 he enlisted as a Union soldier, becoming a member of Company D, One hundred and Forty-third New York Volunteers and was chiefly engaged in guard duty on Hart's Island.  He made the trip with other recruits to Fortress Monroe and New Orleans and when peace came returned to his native town.  he pursued the study of medicine at Bellevue College in new York City, graduated in 1868 and practiced his profession five yeas at Phillipsport, New York.  Since that time he has been located in the village of Liberty where he engaged in the drug business in association with Dr. Pease.  In 1877 their store and stock were destroyed by fire and following this he engaged in business alone, soon after constructing a store building for his own use.  In 1902 he sold out the business, but still owns the building in which it was conducted.  Following this he opened a drug store in Hurleyville and there established his son in business.  The son died in 1908 and Dr. Sherwood is now conducting the business at Hurleyville.  In 1877 he built a handsome home on Chestnut Street, in Liberty, in which he now resides.  While not especially interested in politics, he has been called upon to fill many official stations in the town, including that of town clerk, justice

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of the peace, and various other offices.  Politically he is a Republican.  He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and was for many years of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.  He married, in 1869, Emma Cornelia, daughter of Cornelius and Sarah D. (Horton) Tice, of Phillipsport, New York, born November 8, 1847, in that place.  Children:  1. Van Rensselaer, born August 25, 1873, married Harriet Ross and is now deceased, leaving two sons, Van Rensselaer and Archibald.  2. Leon Fanton, January 6, 1878, was associated with his father in business at Hurleyville, and died October 5, `908.  He married Martha Albright, and had three children:  1. George F. 2. Fanton.  3. Frank; the last two now deceased.  3. Nellie, born May 27, 1883, is the wife of Dr. Sullivan of Liberty and has three children:  1. Allen.  2. Catherine.  3. Evelyn.  4. Miles, born January 1, 1885, graduated from Cornell University, is a civil engineer and was employed on the subway in Brooklyn, New York.  He is now with the Alabama Construction Company in that state at Anniston, Alabama. 

ROYCE.

This name early in America was spelled often Rice and many descendants of the immigrant ancestor now employ the latter spelling.  These have spread over the New England and Middle States, and have been identified with Southern and Central New York from a very early period.  While not so numerous as those of many New England families, they have borne their proportionate share of the moral, social and material development of the region where they lived. 

(I) Robert Rice, a shoemaker by occupation, probably from England, was in Boston as early as 1631, and was made a freeman there in April, 1634.  In 1639 he was among those disarmed for support of the Wheelwright and Hutchinson theologies.  Because of the, he soon left Boston, and was in Stratford, Connecticut, from 1644 to 1657.  In the latter year, he removed to New London, where he at once took a prominent part in the life of the community.  He served as constable, in 1660; was representative to the general court in 1662; townsman, or selectman, in 1663, and 1667-68.  He was a member of the church in 1670, and earlier, as his name appears on the minister's rate list in 1664, when his valuation was one hundred and sixty-three pounds.  In 1666 he was paid a bill of fifteen pounds for "Dyet of the minister."  On February 25, 1667, he was chosen by vote to keep the ordinary and was freed from training presumably because of his age.  He died in 1676, and his estate was valued at four hundred and twenty pounds.,  he resided on Post Hill, where the town granted him a house lot, and he purchased two other house lots, besides various farms.  His first wife, Elizabeth, was probably the mother of his children, three of whom are recorded in Boston under the name of Rice.  After his settlement in New London the name appears as Royce,.  Children:  1. Joshua, born April 14, 1637.  2. Nathaniel, April 1, 1639.  3. Patience, April 1, 1642, died one week old.  Those recorded in New London are:  4. Jonathan.  5. Nehemiah.  6. Samuel.  7. Isaac.  8. Ruth.  9. Sarah.  10. Joshua probably died young, as no further record of him appears.  All the other sons, except Jonathan, settled in Wallingford, Connecticut.  Robert Royce probably had a second wife, as his widow Mary, is spoken of in 1688. 

(II) Jonathan Royce, son of Robert and Elizabeth Rice, was probably born in England.  He was one of the first proprietors of Norwich, Connecticut, where he resided.  He married, in June, 1660, Deborah, daughter of Hugh and Ann Caulkins, born March 18, 1645, at Gloucester, Massachusetts.  Children:  1. Elizabeth, born January, 1662.  2. John, mentioned below.  3. Sarah, October, 1665.  4. Abigail, died young.  5. Ruth, April, 1669,  6. Hannah, April, 1671.  7. Abigail, April, 1673.  8. Jonathan, August, 1678.  9. Deborah, August 10, 1680.  11. Daniel, August 19, 1682. 

(III) John, eldest son of Jonathan and Deborah (Caulkins) Royce, was born September 9, 1663, in Norwich.  He was among the petitioners for and original grantees of the town of Mansfield, Connecticut.  He was in Willimantic in 1680, and before 1702 was located in Mansfield, where four of his children are recorded.  1. Dorothy, born February 14, 1702.  2. Daniel, May 28, 1703.  3. Benajah, November 9, 17008.  4. Patina.  His wife bore the name of Sarah and there were prob-

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bably several children born before removal to Mansfield.

          (IV) James, son of John and Sarah Royce, was probably born in Windham, Connecticut, died January 6, 1776, in Mansfield.  He married there, March 21, 1716, Mehitable, daughter of John and Mary Arnold, born May 18, 1694, in Norwich, died March 15, 1756, in Mansfield.  Children:  1. John, born February 23, 1717.  2. Ann, January 21, 1719.  3. James, mentioned below.  4. Mary, August 20, 1724.  5. Mehitable, October 5, 1728.  6. David, May 8, 1730.  7. Sarah, February 23, 1732.

          (V) James (2), second son of James (1) and Mehitable (Arnold) Royce, was born February 24, 1722, in Mansfield, where he resided.  He married (first), December 10, 1742, Abigail, daughter of John and Abigail (Utley) Scripture, born May 1, 1722, in Coventry, Connecticut, died March 6, 1751.  He married (second), December 10, 1751, Abial, daughter of Joseph Chamberlin, of Wilmington, Connecticut.  She died May 15, 1771.  Children of first wife:  1. Abigail, born August 27, 1743.  2. Zerviah, March 9, 1745.  3. James, Janaury 14, 1747.  Children of second wife:  4. Solomon, mentioned below.  5. Abigail, born August 22, 1754.  6. Mehitable, September 8, 1756.  7. Uzziel, August 4, 1758.  8. Anna, April 3, 1760.  9. Dinah, June 30, 1763.  10, Lois, Janaury 25, 1765.  11. Joseph Chamberlin, July 16, 1768. 

          (VI)  Solomon, second son of James (2) and Abial (Chamberlin) Royce, was born June 7, 1753, in Mansfield, died there August 17, 1823.  He resided on the paternal homestead, in the north parish of Mansfield, now Tolland County, Connecticut, where he died.  He married, in 1777, Lydia Atwood, probably a daughter of Jonathan and Hannah (Arnold) Atwood, of Mansfield, born on Cape Cod, 1755-56, died July 18, 1824.  She and her husband were buried in the old cemetery at Mansfield.  They had six children, none of whom is recorded in Mansfield: neither is the date of their marriage or the death of either.  The dates below are furnished by the family and are not found on either the town or church records of Mansfield.  Children;  1. Solomon, mentioned below.  2. Abigail, married, in 1803, Seth Coant.  3. Chaffee, married, in 1804, Electra Keep.  4. Lydia, married, in 1805, Daniel F. Hibbard.  5. Thomas, married, in 1807, Sophia Greenstead.  6. Roderick, married in 1809, Eleanor Turner. 

          (VII) Solomon (2), eldest son of Solomon (1) and Lydia (Atwood) Royce, was born February 27, 1778, in Mansfield, died may 23, 1859.  He studied surveying and resided for a time in Norwich, Connecticut.  About 1800 he came to Sullivan County, New York, as a surveyor and his name appears on all the original deed of land ina large section.  He married, November 4, 1802, Nancy Billings, of Norwalk, Connecticut, born there December 15, 1784, daughter of Captain Alpheus Billings.  Children:  1. Alpheus Billings, born August 13, 1803.  2. James Fanning, May 10, 1805.  3. Charles Benjamin, march 12, 1807.  4. A son died in infancy: Thomas Tillotson, April 6, 1910, died before two years old.  5. Thomas Tillotson, April 24, 1812.  6. Margaret Ann, November 26, 1814.  7. Edward Griswold, February 3, 1817.  8. Isaac Belknap, April 8, 1819.  9. Nathaniel Atwood, mentioned below.  10. & 11. Twin girls, died in infancy.  12. Stephen Wheeler, 1824. 

          (VIII) Nathaniel wood, ninth son of  Solomon (2) and Nancy (Billings) Royce, was born April 1, 1821, in Mansfield.  He settled in Sullivan County where about 1845 he purchased land in the town of Calicoon.  In addition to farming he conducted a general store until 1866, and while conducting the store was also postmaster; in the same year he purchased a farm of seventy-two acres, two miles west of the village of Liberty, which is now occupied by the Loomis Sanitarium Annex.  He died there in October, 1869, and the farm was sold soon after his death.  He married, March 20, 1845, Abigail Borden, born 1820, died February 3, 1901, at the home of her son in Liberty.  They had two children:  1. Elizabeth Helen, born March 29, 1849.  2. Solomon Atwood, mentioned below.

          (IX) Solomon Atwood, only son of Nathaniel Atwood and Abigail (Borden) Royce, was born October 14, 1856, in Calicoon, New York.  He attended the district schools adjacent to his home and the Normal Institute at Liberty.  At the age of seventeen years he went to port Jervis, New York, and for three years was clerk in the general store of Bush, Bull & Jordan.  Subsequently he spent ten years in the

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West, being eight years engaged in mining on the frontier in New Mexico and Arizona.  Thence he went overland to Durango, Mexico, where he engaged in mining and prospecting and spent some time in ranching.  Here he acquired the Spanish language which he speaks fluently.  While in the west, Mr. Royce had some thrilling experiences, which may be inferred from the fact that he passed through the uprisings of Victoria and Geronomo.  He was for three years superintendent of the Omega Mining Company in the Arizpa district.  Not only with the Indians and Mexicans did he have to contend but with snakes and tarantula as well, and as he recites, he on two occasions at least awoke in the morning finding rattlesnakes as his bedfellows.  His experience of hunger and thirst while crossing the desert, coupled with various other forms of privations, would make a little volume within itself, but it was not all hardship, for he had many pleasant experiences.  Returning to Liberty he was employed two years as a clerk in the store of H. J. Sarles, and in 1889 became clerk in the postoffice under Mr. Sarles as postmaster, and remained seven years with him and his successor, Elmer Winner.  With the latter he acted as assistant postmaster, and in 1904 was appointed postmaster, which position he still fills.  During his administration the free mail delivery was established in the village which has a population of only twenty-two hundred.  Politically he is a Republican, He is affiliated with Morgan Lodge, No. 816, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Cyprus, No. 246, Royal Arch Masons; Cyprus Commandery, No. 67, Knights Templar, and Kalurah Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.  He is also a member of Freedom Lodge, No. 807, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. 

          Me married, February 6, 1889, Louise, daughter of John A. and Plina (Hill) Clements, of Liberty, members of one of the oldest families of that town, where in 1911 was celebrated the centenary of the ownership of a farm which has been in possession of the family five generations.  Children of Solomon A. Royce:  1. John Atwood, born February 3, 1890, a student at Union College, Schenectady, New York.  2. Stephen Wheeler, November 18, 1892, a student at Hamilton College, Clinton, New York. 

LUNDY.

          Joseph Lundy, the founder of this family in this country, was born in England.  He emigrated to this country, and settled in Coldenham, Orange County, New York, where he engaged in farming, and died at the age of ninety-three years.  He married, in England, Jane Burns.  Children: 1. Joseph.  2. David, of whom further.  3. William, married Elizabeth Weeks, of Cornwall, New York, no children.  4. Mary J., married Patrick Meyer, of Newburg, New York, no children.  5. Matilda, died, aged eighteen years. 

          (II) David, son of Joseph and Jane (burns) Lundy, was born in Coldenham, New York, about 1857, died may 3, 1902, in Walden, New York.  He was a farmer and for the last thirteen years of his life was employed by the village corporation of Walden.  He was a member and active worker in the Dutch Reformed Church of Walden.  He married Jennie, daughter of Thomas and Mary (McKnight) White, of Coldenham, New York.  Her father was a farmer and died January 20, 1887, at the age of fifty-one years.  His children were:  1. Jennie, referred to above.  2. Sarah, married Joseph Davidson, of Little Britain, children;  i. Esther, ii. Martha, iii. William H., iv. Elizabeth, married Robert Gillespie, of Walden; children 1. Alice M.  2. Lewis W.  3. William G., married Annie Armstrong, of Little Britain, children;  i. George, ii. Annie E.  Child of David and Jennie (white) Lundy, Fannie, married David Sears of Fishkill Landing, no children.

ROAKE.

          This family is of English origin.  The Roakes of England were stalwart, powerful men, able to carry five hundred pound sacks of grain up stairs.  Some of the family were silk merchants, some kept the King's mills.

          (I) Joseph Roake, the founder of this family, was educated at Oxford, England.  He was a shopkeeper in London.  Both he and his wife were Quakers; they were educators and Quaker preachers. They came from London to St. John's, Newfoundland,

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and thence to Westchester County, New York,  Mr. Roake being endorsed by the Friends of the Amawalk quarterly meeting.  He married Mary Coleridge; at marriage she was endowed with her husband's title.  She had been educated in France, for a court lady of England.  John Joseph Roake, their great-grandson, has erected in the Amawalk cemetery at Yorktown, Westchester County, a monument in their memory, as founders of the Roake family in America.  Child:  1. John, of whom further. 

          (II) John, son of Joseph and Mary (Coleridge) Roake, was born at St. John's, Newfoundland; he died in 1840.  Coming from Newfoundland, he made his home at Yorktown.  He was a carpenter and farmer.  In the war of 1812 he was attached to the army.  He was a member of the Whig party.  At first a Quaker, he was afterwards a Methodist.  He married, January 21, 1801, Susanna Hart.  Children:  1. John Collett, born in 1803.  2. Sarah, married Stephen Allen, who was mayor of New York City when the first aqueduct was built.  3. Joseph, of whom further.  4. Mary, married Henry Romer.  5. Stephen Allen, married, February 7, 1838, Jane Knapp.  6. Susan, married Joshua Beal.  8. William.  9. Elinor, married Peter Clemmons.  10. Eliza, married John M. Curry.  11. James.

          (III) Joseph (2), son of John and Susanna (Hart) Roake, was born at Yorktown, August 25, 1808, died in 1906.  He was a contractor and builder in the city of New York, and also for five years was there engaged in mercantile business.  Several years before his death he retired from business.  He owned several large farms at Yorktown.  He was first a Whig later a Republican.  In religion he was a Methodist. He served in the militia.  he married, August 28, 1827, Rev. Jesse Hunt officiating, Johanna, daughter of Joseph Losee, who was born at Greenburg, Westchester county, New York, April 1, 1812.  Her father lived at Greenburg during and before the Revolution; the day before the battle of White Plains he was badly beaten by a band of Tories and soldiers and left for dead.  A brother who was with Washington's army cared for him, covering him with leaves on Chatterton Hill.  In the morning he was drawn up onto a rock, from which he saw the battle of White Plains.  His future wife, Miss Garrison, was one of the girls who waited on General Washington in his retreat from White Plains to Dobbs Ferry.  Children of Mr. and Mrs. Roake:  1. Sarah, born February 28, 1829, married John Embree, of Yonkers, and lives there. Children:  i. John F., ii. Joseph Roake, iii. Albert, iv. Catharine.  2. John Joseph, of whom further.  3. Stephen s., born October 11, 1832; married Jane Ingersoll; he was a carpenter and builder, and owned a large farm; children:  a. Angelo.  b. Cora.  c. Jane.  d. Augusta.  4. Susan Hannah, married Paul F. LaPierre, of Yonkers; child: Frank, a printer.  5. Mary Elizabeth, born March 1, 1837, married Charles Coles; lived in New York City; children:  Charles and George J., both living in New York City.  6. Joshua Beal, born August 14, 1839.  7. Abigail Jane, born September 4, 1843; married (first) William Delonoy, (second) Charles Philip; children, both by first husband:  Cora and Louise.  8. William James, born July 17, 1846; married Elizabeth ----------; two sons and two daughters.  9. Johanna H., born October 25, 1848.  10. Floyd L., born July 29, 1855; married Caroline Lewis; no children.  11. Mary Catharine, born September 20, 1857. 

          (IV) John Joseph, son of Joseph (2) and Johanna (Losee) Roake, was born at Peekskill, Westchester County, New York, November 7, 1830.  From the age of five until he was eight years old he went to a pay school kept by Gilbert G. Hart.  Then, until he was about eleven, he attended public school No. 14, Houston Street, New York City.  During this period he was night clerk for his father. He then returned to country life, working on a farm, attending a common country pay school until he was sixteen, since which age he has had to acquired his own education at home; he was practically driven out of the city by a cholera plague, in his infancy, the plague of 1831 and 1832, and had returned in 1836, the year of the great fire.  At the age of fourteen he began to save his earnings out of his shilling a day pay.  In two or three years he had saved ten dollars, and this small sum was the foundation of his future success in business.   At the age of seventeen he began to

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work as a carpenter, and this has been his principal business from that time, with building.  For about thirty-eight years he was a boss carpenter.  As a builder he was considered the father of the village of Yorktown, being an early settler and erecting the first buildings.  In connection with his carpenter and building business, he dealt in feed, lumber,, and coat at Yorktown Heights.  The plant is now deeded to his son Clarence, Mr. Roake having retired from business other than the care of the farm, his houses and his lots.  Mr. Roake has been a member of the National Guard of the State of New York.  In the Civil War he served in the Army of the Potomac, and remained with this Army a a member of Company K, Eighteenth New York Regiment, Seventh Brigade, until the disbandment of the regiment at the close of the war, serving in all for three years and six months. He was one of the earliest members of Yorktown Lodge, No. 191, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and has been a member of Mt. Ararat Encampment.  In politics he is a dedicated Republican.  When James Gillespie Blaine was nominated for president, Mr. Roake was chairman of the James G. Blaine Club of Yorktown.  He and his family are members of the Mohansic Methodist Episcopal Church. 

          He married, at Crompond Street, Shrub Oak, Yorktown, February 14, 1854, Deborah, born at Shrub Oak, June 10, 1832, daughter of Jonathan and Deborah (Oakley) Darrow.  Her father was a school teacher, merchant and farmer.  He served as school commissioners, and was often asked to assist in drawing up deeds, making wills, eta.  Jonathan Darrow married (second) Sarah Roake.  Children of Jonathan Darrow, all except the last-named by first wife:  1. William.  2. Gilbert.  3. John C.  Children of John Joseph and Deborah (Darrow) Roake:  1. Pulaski, born January 20, 1857; he attended common school and studied further under Professor Richards; he is a carpenter, and now lives in Yorktown Heights; he married Julia Smith, of Brooklyn; children, all born at Yorktown:  1. Edith.  2. Sarah.  3. Wallace.  4. Charlotte.  2. Minnie B., born April 22, 1860; after attending the common school she studied under Rev. Mr. Cumming and Mr. Frank Sage; she married Augustus T. Weisse, of New York City, an inspector; child, Emily Elizabeth.  3. Clarence G., born August 25, 1863; besides his common school education he attended the Chappaqua Mountain Institute and Eastman's Business College at Poughkeepsie; he married Emily Pierce; child, Lillian Ray, married James Durand, of Yonkers. 

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