Craft Masonry in Westchester and Putnam Counties, New York

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1 Craft Masonry in Westchester and Putnam Counties, New York Compiled by Gary L. Heinmiller Onondaga & Oswego Masonic Districts Historical Societies (OMDHS) May 2011 Additions and corrections are welcomed Note: Lodges in blue are currently active as the First Westchester-Putnam Masonic District, as of Those in red are active in the Second Westchester-Putnam District. Westchester Westchester County was an original county of the Province of New York, one of twelve created in At the time, it also included the present Bronx County, which constituted the original Town of Westchester (whose center was around the area today known as Westchester Square, in the Bronx) and portions of three other towns: Yonkers, Eastchester, and Pelham. 1788, five years after the end of the Revolutionary War, the County was officially divided into 20 towns. 1874, the western portion of the present Bronx County, consisting of the then towns of Kingsbridge, West Farms, and Morrisania, was transferred to New York County the remainder of the present Bronx County, consisting of the Town of Westchester and portions of the towns of Eastchester and Pelham, was transferred to New York County. By that time, the portion of the town of Eastchester immediately north of the transferred portion had seceded from the town of Eastchester (1892) to become the City of Mount Vernon so that the Town of Eastchester had no border with New York City. Jan 1914, those parts of the then New York County which had been annexed from Westchester County were constituted as Bronx County No. Lodge Name Village Chartered Notes 21 Zeredatha Sing Sing 18 Jun 1850 St. John s GL; became No. 200 in the regular GL 27 Jun 1850; forfeit Courtlandt Peekskill 21 Dec Forfeit 7 Jun 1833; revived 27 Jun Westchester New Rochelle 07 May 1796 * 46 Huguenot White Plains 1886 Prev. No Hiram Mount Pleasant 07 Aug 1798 ** Surrendered [not in 1818 Monitor] 73 Morton Bedford 07 Dec 1798 ** Ceased to work 74/72 Salem North Salem 20 Dec 1798 ** Forfeit Jun Armour Rye 10 Jun 1803 ** 141 Washington Stephentown 03 Sep 1806 ** 1817 "ceased to work"; surrendered 4 Jun Rising Star Yonkers 22 Jun 1851 Prev. No. 393; forfeit 1831; revived as No. 142, 22 Jun 1851; renumbered No. 450, 7 Jun Westchester Ossining / Sing Sing 05 Oct Armour Port Chester 27 Dec 1850 Prev. Amour No. 6, St. John's GL 196 Solomon's Tarrytown 27 Dec Prev. No. 209, 13 Nov 1812 of White Plains; removed to Tarrytown in 1821; 'ceased to operate' 7 Jun 1833; revived as Solomon's 18, 15 Feb 1849, St. John's GL; returned to GLNY as No. 196, 27 Dec Zeredatha Sing Sing 27 Dec 1850 prev. No. 21 in the St. John s GL; forfeit Solomon's White Plains 13 Nov 1812 ** removed to Greenburgh in 1821;

2 forfeit 7 Jun 1833; revived as Solomon's 18, 15 Feb 1849, St. John's GL; returned to GLNY as No. 196, 27 Dec Bedford Bedford 18 Apr Rising Sun Yonkers 06 Sep Rising Star Yonkers 26 Oct 1826 Surrendered 1831; revived as No. 142, 22 Jan 1851; renumbered No. 450, 7 Jun 1858??? Ionic White Plains 01 Feb 1853 First Meeting date 434 Hiawatha Mount Vernon 434 Pleasantville Hiawatha Pleasantville 448 Huguenot New Rochelle 1858 Ref. page 192, 1886 GL Proc. 450 Rising Star Yonkers 07 Jun 1858 Prev. No. 393, 25 Oct 1826; surrendered 1831; revived and renumbered No. 142, 22 Jun 1851; renumbered 450, 7 Jun 1828; merged with Hastings No (warranted ca 1931) in Hastings Rising Star Tarrytown Prev. No. 393, 25 Oct 1826; surrendered 1831; revived and renumbered No. 142, 22 Jun 1851; renumbered 450, 7 Jun 1828; merged with Hastings No (warranted ca 1931) in White Plains White Plains 06 Apr 1859 Dispensation date 492 Wyoming Westchester ca 1860 * 506 Somers Somers 05 Sep 1827 ** Forfeit 5 Jun Diamond Dobbs Ferry Diamond Thistle Tarrytown 15 Dec Mamaro Port Chester 653 John Jay Port Chester 702 Marble Tuckahoe 702 Marble-Stewart- Tuckahoe Winyah 708 Kisco Mt. Kisco 09 Jun Nepperhan Yonkers Jun 1873 Merged with Thistle Lodge No. 900 in Apawamis Mamaroneck ca Radium Ossining ca Collabergh Croton-on-Hudson ca Collabergh-Radium Croton-on-Hudson 863 Dunwoodie Yonkers 03 Jun Jonkheer Yonkers 24 May 1909 *** surrendered Winyah Pelham ca John Stewart Mount Vernon ca Bryn Mawr Yonkers ca Yonkers Tarrytown Merged with Van Cortlandt Lodge No. 1034, ca Pleasantville Pleasantville ca Fern Brook Yonkers ca Thistle Yonkers ca Mount Masada Mount Vernon ca Mount Masada-Galaxy Tuckahoe 927 Gramatan Bronxville ca Fraternity Ossining 04 May Fraternity-Dunderberg Tarrytown 26 Nov 1980 Date approved by the Committee on Charters 997 Peary Yonkers Orawaupum White Plains Orawaupum-Siwanoy 1013 Hartsdale Hartsdale ca Daniel D. Tompkins Hartsdale ca Larchmont Larchmont ca 1924 Merged with Huguenot Lodge No New Rochelle New Rochelle ca Van Cortlandt Tarrytown ca Hawthone Yonkers ca Vernon Mount Vernon ca Dunderberg Peekskill ca Siwanoy New Rochelle ca Harrison Harrison ca Scarsdale Scarsdale ca 1929

3 1107 Hastings Hastings-on-Hudson ca 1931 merged with Rising Sun No. 450 in Valiant Port Chester ca Sleepy Hollow Tarrytown ca Yorktown Mt. Kisco 16 May constituted date 1155 Briarcliff Croton-on-Hudson Putnam County When New York Colony established its twelve counties in 1683, the present Putnam County was part of Dutchess County. Dutchess County also included two towns in the present Columbia County. Until 1713, Dutchess County was administered by Ulster County Putnam detached from Dutchess County and created its own county. No. Lodge Name Village Chartered Notes 12 Phillipstown Cold Spring 1847 St. John's Grand Lodge number. In the 1851 [Dec 1850) renumbering Phillipstown lost its No. 12 & received present No Columbus (Columbia?) South East 04 Aug 1794 of Tuthill, Ulster Co. in /82 Horizontal Carmel 04 Dec 1799 Was in 'City' Grand Lodge, but soon decamped 211 Adoniram Pawlings 16 Dec 1812 ** moved to Pattersontown [Putnam Co.] 6 Mar 1816; forfeit 7 Sep Philipstown Cold Spring 04 Sep see also No. 352, 5 Dec 1822; forfeit 1835; revived as No. 12 in 1847 [St. John's GL]; renumbered No. 236 in 1851 [Dec 1850]; 'offshoot' of this Lodge is West Point No. 877, Halcyon Carmel 18 Mar 1815 * Dissolved 9 Jun Philipstown Philipstown 05 Dec forfeit 1835; revived as No. 12 in 1847; renumbered No. 236 in 1851; was in 'City' Grand Lodge, but soon decamped. 368 Croton Carmel / Croton Falls 449c Mount Carmel Carmel 01 Jun

4 Website of the: Note: the graphics for this website are very good, but some of the history and information on the District and Lodges is a little thin and stale-dated. Website of the 2nd Westchester-Putnam Masonic District Note; Information is a little thin on this website, with little or no Lodge Histories. Courtlandt Lodge No. 34, Peekskill, New York WARRANT: The first warrant issued to Courtlandt Lodge, No. 34, was 21 Dec The warrant, now in possession of Courtlandt Lodge, No. 189, is dated 27 Jun James W. Husted. George W. Depew. David Pugsley. Wolff Cohen. James M. Frear. Benjamin F. Depew. CHARTER MEMBERS, 1859 Charles Southworth. James B. Brown. George W. Harvood. Solomon Clason. Orlando W. Davis. The original number was 34; when resuscitated in 1859 it was numbered 189. In June 1883, it was again changed to 34. MINUTES: Intact only from June 27, The early records of the Lodge were supposed to be lost beyond recovery; they were, however, found under peculiar circumstances, and their discovery forms an interesting incident in the history of Courtlandt Lodge. The story told in the "Masonic Standard" of June 24, 1899, is as follows: "Shortly after the centennial Dr. PERLEY H. MASON, then Master of the Lodge, made a professional call upon Mrs. Uriah Hill, mother of EDWARD F. HILL, a Past Master of the Lodge. During the course of a conversation she mentioned the fact that there was in the possession of her family an old book in which there was written something about a 'Lodge.' The book was found and its pages examined. It had been used in the Hill home for a number of years as a scrap-book by the children, they little dreaming of its priceless value. It was found to be considerably mutilated, and clippings and pictures from newspapers were pasted over the records. But patient and careful labor removed these and brought to light the minutes of Courtlandt Lodge, No. 34, extending from 1800 to 1818, the pages from 1793 to 1800, and after 1818, being missing. Mrs. Hill, of course, presented the book to the Lodge. A copy of it was made, and the original was presented to the Grand Lodge, and is one of the most valuable and highly prized antiquities in its archives." While it is an undisputed fact that a warrant was issued by the Grand Lodge to EBENEZER FOOTE, Master of Steuben Lodge of Newburgh, to organize Courtlandt Lodge, the early years of its existence are unknown so far as any existing records give testimony, the first recorded meeting in the old minute book being dated July 10, Many items both interesting and curious appear on the pages of this old book. The following resolution is found under date of April 27, 1801: "WHEREAS, it is represented to this Lodge that our W.'. BRO. Hon. DEWITT CLINTON, who is the proxy of this Lodge, who has removed to Queens County, on Long Island, and from his distance from the City of New York cannot regularly attend the Grand Lodge: Therefore, on motion, resolved, that our W.'. BRO. GEO. CLINTON, Past Master of Warren Lodge, who is an honorary member of this Lodge be and he hereby is, appointed our proxy to represent this Lodge in the Grand Lodge of the State." At the Communication of February 15, 1802, and in fact at frequent communications, there were candidates instructed in each of the three degrees on one and the same night. On April 12th it was decided that the Mark Lodge, which must have been organized about that time, might meet in the room. It was also decided that, in the future, candidates must pay a fee of two dollars with their proposition. On October 5th, of the same year, a motion was made and seconded that a qr. Cask of London Particular wine shall be sent for, for the use of this Lodge. On December 5th it was moved and seconded that there be a meeting of the members on St. John's Day at 5 o'clock, and that "1 box of candles and a cask of crackers be sent for." The finding of such records on the minutes is sufficient proof that the members of Courtlandt Lodge at that early period were as fond of the good things of life and enjoyed the pleasure of entertaining as those do who direct her affairs at the present time. On December 10, 1804, a motion was made and seconded that General PIERRE VAN CORTLANDT be summoned to answer to the Lodge for his non-attendance, agreeable to summons. It was also agreed that the Lodge meet on December 27th to celebrate St. John's Day at 10 o'clock, and that a committee be appointed to procure a preacher. On October 23, 1809, it was resolved "that our W.'. Br. ISRAEL PURDY of the City of New York, be admitted an honorary member of this Lodge, and that he be appointed as proxy to represent this Lodge in the Grand Lodge of the State." The subject of dividing the State in districts and the appointment of "Inspectors," as they were at first termed, was first considered by the Grand Lodge on December 5, 1804, but definite action was not taken until February 19, (MCCLENACHAN, "History," vol. ii., page 214.) At first Peekskill was in the first district, but on June 12, 1816, a change was made and Peekskill was afterward included in the second district. The appointed officers were than styled "Grand Visitors." That these officers performed the duties required of them and occasionally visited the Lodges in their respective districts is true in the case of R.'. W.'. EBENEZER WADSWORTH, as we find under date of March 27, 1817, that "The Worshipful Grand Master appeared and produced satisfactory credentials of his appointment as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge. The Grand Visitor then made communication to the Lodge, showing the division of the State of New York into Grand Visitational districts and the appointment of Grand Visitors in each district." The Lodge resolved that the credentials of the Grand Visitor were entirely satisfactory, and that they highly approved of the doings of the Grand Lodge, in the regulations, information of which is given by the Grand Visitor. It was then proposed by the Grand Visitor, R.'.W.'. EBENEZER WADSWORTH, that upon the payment of the sum of $37.75 he would accept the same in satisfaction of all arrearages of dues of the Lodge up to the first day of June, "The Lodge accepted the proposition and paid the money." The old minute book ends with the meeting of December 27, There is no further authentic record of what ultimately became of the original Courtlandt Lodge; the first record of Masonic activity in Peekskill of which we have any reliable record is the organization of a Courtlandt Lodge, No. 11, warranted by St. John's Grand Lodge, May 10, This Lodge worked under this warrant for about

5 four years, when it was absorbed into the present Grand Lodge on the occasion when the two grand bodies united; it then became No. 189, but for some reason had but a short existence and the charter was suspended. For several years Masonry was but little known in Peekskill. There was, however, a latent spark of vitality concealed in the bosoms of some of the members of the old Lodge, which needed only some little effort to rekindle; at last in 1859 the time seemed opportune for a successful effort, and the right man was there to revive and again place Courtlandt Lodge into active work. This brother was General JAMES W. HUSTED, afterward Grand Master of the State of New York, who, securing the co-operation of a number of Masons residing in Peekskill, an application was made for the charter, and on June 27, 1859, a warrant was granted to "Courtlandt Lodge, No. 189," which number was retained until June, 1883, when it was changed to "No. 34." The Lodge assisted M..W.'. JOHN W. VROOMAN, Grand Master, in laying the corner stone of the Depew Opera House, with Masonic ceremonies on October 21, From 1859 to 1867 the Lodge occupied rooms on the corner of Main and Division Streets; its present quarters are in Masonic Hall on South Street. William Nelson, Member of Congress. George W. Robertson, State Senator. Chauncey M. Depew, United States Senator. MEN IN PUBLIC LIFE James K. Apgar, Member of Assembly. James W. Husted, Speaker of Assembly. James W. Husted, Jr., Member of Assembly. David W. Travis, Member of Assembly. Chauncey Mitchell Depew (April 23, 1834 April 5, 1928) served as a United States Senator from New York from 1899 to He was educated at Peekskill Military Academy. Yale University, second dispute appointments Junior and Senior years; speaker at Junior Exhibition and Commencement; member of the Thulia Boat Club, Linonia (third president), Kappa Sigma Epsilon, Kappa Sigma Theta, Psi Upsilon, and Skull & Bones. Depew read law with William Nelson of Peekskill, New York from ; was admitted to the bar in March, 1858; and practiced in Peekskill until 1861; later engaged in the brokerage business in New York City as member of firm of Depew & Potter for a few months; then resumed his law practice in Peekskill, but shortly afterwards moved to New York City; in 1865 appointed and confirmed United States Minister to Japan, but declined the appointment to pursue his railroad career. In 1866, Depew became the attorney for New York & Harlem Railroad. Three years later he took the same position for the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad. Having earned recognition for his work with subsidiary companies of the Vanderbilt roads, he was moved up in 1876 to become general counsel and director of the whole "Vanderbilt System." Six years later he began serving on the executive board of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad as second vice president. In 1885, he was elected president of the railroad and served until Following the presidency, he served as chairman of board of directors of New York Central Railroad Company. While Depew was active in the Vanderbilt roads in New York he held concurrent positions with many other railroads and companies. He was president of West Shore Railroad. He served on the boards of directors for the New York and Harlem Railroad, the Chicago and North Western Railway, the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad, the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, the Delaware and Hudson Railroad, the New Jersey Junction Railroad, the St. Lawrence and Adirondack Railroad, the Walkill Valley Railroad, the Canada Southern Railroad. Aside from railroads, Depew also served on the boards of director for Western Union, the Hudson River Bridge Company, the Niagara River Bridge Company, the New York State Realty & Terminal Company, the Union Trust Company, Equitable Life Assurance Company, and Kensico Cemetery Association. He was appointed regent of the He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1862 and 1863, in the latter year its Acting Speaker while Speaker Theophilus C. Callicot was under investigation. [1] From 1863 to 1865 he was New York Secretary of State. He was one of the commissioners appointed to build the state capitol 1874; in 1867 appointed clerk of Westchester County by Governor Fuller, but resigned after a short service; made immigration commissioner by New York Legislature in 1870, but declined to serve; member of boundary commission of the state of New York in 1875; had also been commissioner of quarantine and president of Court of Claims of New York City and commissioner of taxes and assessments for the city and county of New York; defeated for Lieutenant Governor of New York on the Liberal Republican-Democratic ticket in 1872; candidate for United States senator in 1881, but withdrew after the fortienth ballot, declined nomination as a senator in 1885, but elected to the Senate in 1898 and served from March 4, 1899, to March 3, 1911; stumped the state of New York for John C. Fremont in 1856 and for Lincoln in 1860; delegate-atlarge to Republican National conventions and delegate to all following conventions, including 1928, being elected the day before he died; made the nomination speeches for Harrison in 1892, Governor Morton in 1896, and Fairbanks in 1904; at the convention in 1888 received ninety-nine votes for the presidential nomination, and in 1892 declined an appointment as Secretary of State in Harrison's cabinet; Adjutant of the 18th Regiment, New York National Guard, which served in the American Civil War, and later Colonel and Judge Advocate of the 5th Division, on the staff of Major General James W. Husted of the New York Guard, trustee of Peekskill Military Academy; president of New York State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, of The Pilgrims 5

6 from 1918 until his death, of the St. Nicholas Society, and of the Union League for seven years (member since 1868 and elected honorary life member at the close of his presidency); an officer of the French Legion of Honor; vice president of New York Chamber of Commerce (member since 1885). Yale He was a member of Yale Corporation ; member of the Yale Alumni Association of New York at the time of its organization in 1868, its third president ( ), and one of the incorporators of the Yale Club of New York City in 1897; a vice chairman of the $20,000,000 Yale Endowment Campaign; made LL D. Yale 1887; elected an honorary member of Yale Class of 1889 in 1923; By the terms of his will, a bequest of $1,000,000 was left to Yale without restrictions as to its use. Associations He was made an honorary member of Columbia chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in 1887; member of citizens' committee of the civic organization to complete the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City; in 1918 gave a statue of himself to Peekskill and 10 acres (40,000 m 2 ) of land for an extension of Depew Park, which he gave to the village in He was also a distinguished orator and after-dinner speaker; author: Orations and After Dinner Speeches (1890), Life and Later Speeches (1894), Orations, Addresses and Speeches (eight volumes) (1910), Speeches and Addresses on the threshold of Eighty (1912), Addresses and Literary Contributions on the Threshold of Eighty-two (1916), Speeches and Literary Contributions on the Threshold of Eighty-four (1918), My Memories of Eighty Tears and Marching On (1922); Miscellaneous Speeches on the Threshold of Ninety-two (1925); contributed a My Autobiography" in 1922, and an article to the 50th Anniversary Supplement of the Tale Daily News entitled "An Optimistic Survey" in 1928; member Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society of Colonial Wars, Connecticut Society of the Society of the Cincinnati, Holland Society, Huguenot Society, New England Society, France-America Society, New York Historical Society, St. Augustine (Fla.) Historical Society, American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society, National Horse Show, Lafayette Post of the G. Al R, and St. Thomas' (Episcopal) Church, New York; made life member of Lawyers' Club of New York in 1918; honorary member New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Death due to bronchial pneumonia. Buried in family mausoleum in Hillside Cemetery, Peekskill. Family His father, Isaac Depew, was a merchant and farmer; pioneer in river transportation between Peekskill and New York; son of Abraham Depew, who served in the Revolutionary Army, and Catherine (Crankheit) Depew, great-grandson of Captain James Cronkite of the Continental Army; descendant of Frangois DuPuy, a French Huguenot, who came to America about 1661, settled first in Brooklyn, N. Y., and in 1685 bought land from the Indians at the present site of Peekskill. Mother, Martha Minot (Mitchell) Depew; daughter of Chauncey Root Mitchell, a lawyer, and Ann (Johnstone) Mitchell; granddaughter of the Rev. Justus Mitchell (BA 1776); greatgranddaughter of the Rev. Josiah Sherman (B A. Princeton 1754, honorary M.A. Yale 1765), who served as a Chaplain with rank of Captain in the Revolutionary War and the brother of American founding father Roger Sherman; descendant of Matthew Mitchell, who came to Boston from England in 1635, descended also from Capt. John Sherman, an English officer, who was born in Dedham, Essex County, in 1615, and from the Rev. Charles Chauncey (B.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1613), who came to Plymouth in 1637 and was the second president of Harvard. Married (1) November 9, 1871, in New York City, Elise A., daughter of William and Eliza Jane (Nevin) Hegeman. One son, Chauncey Mitchell, Jr.. Mrs. Depew died May 7, 1893 Married (2) December 27, 1901, in Nice, France, May, daughter of Henry and Alice (Hermann) Palmer. Depew was also the paternal uncle of Ganson and Chancey Depew, sons of his brother William Beverly Depew. Ganson Depew was a vice president of the Buffalo & Susquehanna Coal Company; and the personal assistant of his father-in-law Frank Henry "F.H." Goodyear. Goodyear was the president of the Buffalo & Susquehanna Railway. Chancey DePew, like his uncle, also worked for the Vanderbilt Railway Systems. When Chauncey Depew died, he was buried in Peekskill. In his honor, the huge concourse of Grand Central Terminal was draped in mourning. External links Chauncey Depew at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Chauncey M. Depew at Find A Grave Works by Chauncey Depew at Project Gutenberg Mr. Lincoln and New York: Chauncey M. Depew The 1899 Empire State Society Register Vanderbilt Railroads President Scripophily.net Image of Chauncey Depew from "1888 Presidential Possibilities" card set t207.com 6

7 George W. Robertson NY Times 18 Sep 1906 GRAND LODGE OFFICERS James W. Husted, Grand Master. George W. Robertson, District Deputy Grand Master. John Ombony, District Deputy Grand Master. George E. Briggs, Grand Steward. There is no complete record of the Masters of the original Courtlandt Lodge. As far as can be gathered from reliable sources the Masters were as follows: MASTERS Pierre Van Courtlandt. Joel Frost. Solomon Levy. Nathaniel Lane. Gilbert Bishop. Daniel W. Birdsall. Dr. Nathaniel Stanley. St. John Constant. Justice Hyatt. Samuel Clapp. William Nelson. MASTERS OF THE PRESENT COURTLANDT LODGE James W. Husted James W. Husted O. W. Davis Isaac J. Oakley Thomas H. Plumb John Ombony John Ombony O. W. Davis O. W. Davis O. W. Davis David W. Travis George W. Sykes O. W. Davis Robert Brown Robert Brown Robert J. Post George W. Sykes Bruce Scribner Bruce Scribner Bruce Scribner James H. Phyfe James H. Phyfe James H. Phyfe A. D. Dunbar James H. Phyfe A. D. Dunbar George W. Robertson George W. Robertson George W. Robertson George W. Robertson George W. Robertson George W. Robertson C. L. Gardiner George W. Robertson C. L. Gardiner Perley H. Mason Joseph M. Fox Edward F. Hill Edward F. Hill Henry P. Dain George E. Briggs James C. Ward Fred A. Smith John Towart, Jr Lanning G. Roake. Daniel W. Birdsall ( ) was supervisor and town clerk for Cortlandt from 1816 to 1822; m1. Phoebe Brown; m2. Letitia Lewis. His brother, Samuel Birdsall, was also married twice. Daniel ran an inn there which boasted having George Washington as a guest. [ref. Along the Hudson and Mohawk: the 1790 journey of Count Paolo Andreani p. 39]

8 qhhdw&sa=x&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0cc8q6aewaq#v=onepage&q=%22st.%20john%20constant%22&f=fa lse page 204. St. John Constant, b. 7 May 1770, Waterbury, CT; d. 13 Feb 1847, Peekskill, NY, son of Rev. Silas Constant ( ) and Amy (Ame) Lewis ( ); m. 2 Jul 1782 Jane Hyatt, d/o Nathaniel Hyatt and Mary Merritt. Mr. Constant served as president of the village of Peekskill, 1828, ; supervisor for the town of Cortlandt, 1833; judge of the Court of Common Pleas, , 1822; sheriff of Westchester County, , ; and he was one of the first trustees of the Independent Presbyterian Church of Peekskill, 29 Sep Constant Avenue, Peekskill, is named for him. Children: 1. Lewis Constant, b. 26 May 1793; d. 13 Aug 1868; m. 4 Mar 1812, Eliza, d/o Jacob Nelson; lived and died at Caldwell's Landing, NY, and had a large family. 2. Samuel Constant, b. 26 May 1793; d. the same day. 3. Nathaniel Constant, b. 15 Nov 1795; d. 11 May Susan Constant, b. 18 Oct 1798; d. 16 Feb Joseph Constant, b. 07 May 1801; d. 21 Oct unmarried 6. Emma Constant, b. 05 Sep 1803; d. 9 Mar 1888; m. 26 Oct 1826, Henry A. Rundle of Peekskill. 7. Jane Constant, b. 04 Jul 1805; d. I Nov 1879; m. 17 Apr 1826, James Birdsall, of Peekskill. 8. Silas Constant, b. 11 Nov 1807; d. the following day. 9. St. John Constant, b. 24 Sep 1809; d. 7 Dec 1843 at Peekskill 10. Silas Constant, b. 11 May 1812; d. 23 Jun 1885; m. at Peekskill, 29 May 1837, Caroline Room Swan, of Brooklyn < Pierre Van Cortlandt ( ) First Lieutenant Governor of New York, serving 18 years, from 1777 to b. in Cortlandt Manor, Croton-on-Hudson, NY, 10 Jan His Dutch ancestors, who came to America in 1638, had become prominent in New York. He was the father of Philip Van Cortlandt. The early deaths of his brothers left him at the head of the family. Was a member of the provincial convention, the council of safety and the provincial congress. In 1777 he was president of the convention at Kingston which framed the first constitution of New York. He is listed as the first Master of Cortlandt Lodge No. 34 of Peekskill, NY. On 10 Dec 1804 he was sent a summons to answer for his non-attendance. d. 1 May Peter [Philip] Van Cortlandt ( ) Officer of the Revolution; U.S. Congressman. b. 1 Sep 1749 in Cortlandt Manor at Croton-on-Hudson, the son of Pierre Van Cortlandt, q.v., the first lieutenant governor of New York. Graduate of King's Coll. (now Columbia) in Became a surveyor. In Jun 1775, he was commissioned lieutenant colonel of the 4th battalion, N.Y. Inf., and in Nov 1776 made colonel by Washington and placed in 2nd N.Y. regiment. At the end of the war he was breveted brigadier general by congress. He served with General Sullivan on his Western NY expedition; was present at the surrender of Burgoyne; took part in the Va. campaign, and witnessed the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. Later was a member of the NY state assembly and senate and was U.S. Congressman from Was treasurer of the Society of the Cincinnati for N.Y. many years, and when Lafayette came to the U.S. in 1824, Van Cortlandt accompanied him through the country. He became a member of Solomon's Lodge No. 1, N.Y.C. on 8 Aug d. 5 Nov Brig. Gen. Philip Van Cortlandt painting on right was by Bro. Ezra Ames 8

9 Pierre Van Cortlandt (10 Jan May 1814) was the first Lieutenant Governor of the State of New York. He was born in New York, the son of Philip Van Cortlandt ( ) (a son of New York Mayor Stephanus Van Cortlandt) and Catherine DePeyster (a granddaughter of Johannes De Peyster an ancestor of Abraham DePeyster and Arent Schuyler DePeyster). A great uncle Jacobus Van Cortlandt was mayor of New York City. Van Cortlandt served briefly in the colonial forces during the American Revolution in spite of efforts by British officials to ensure his loyalty to Great Britain. Van Cortlandt was Vice President of the 4th New York Provincial Congress which convened as the New York State Constitutional Convention from 1776 to He lost the election as Lieutenant Governor of New York to George Clinton who was elected both Governor and Lt. Gov. in June 1777, but formally resigned the office of Lt. Gov. when he took office as Governor. Van Cortlandt was elected to the New York State Senate in 1777 and was elected Temporary President of the State Senate, and thus was Acting Lt. Governor. In 1778, Van Cortlandt was elected Lt. Gov. to fill the vacancy, and took office on June 30, He was re-elected five times, remaining in office until Van Cortlandt was married to Joanna, daughter of Gilbert Livingston. He died in New York City. His eldest son, Philip Van Cortlandt, was a Continental Army General and New York Congressman. [Painting of Joanna in northwest room, Prophets' Chamber, of Van Cortlandt Manor. oil on canvas attributed to Bro. Ezra Ames, probably Albany, NY, ca 1812.]. The first wife of his second son (also named Pierre Van Cortlandt) was Catherine Clinton daughter of New York Governor and Continental General George Clinton. A brother George Washington Clinton was also a son-in-law to New York Congressman William Floyd.Another sister of Catherine Clinton named Maria was married to Dr. Stephen D. Beekman-a grandson of Pierre Van Cortlandt and Joanna Livingston. A cousin of Catherine was George Clinton a New York Congressman Children: Brig.Gen. Philip Van Cortlandt Catharine Van Cortlandt married Abraham Van Wyck Cornelia Van Cortlandt Gertrude Van Cortlandt died aged 11 Gilbert Van Cortlandt died aged 29 Stephen Van Cortlandt Catharine Van Cortlandt married Abraham Van Wyck Pierre Van Cortlandt U.S. Representative Anne De Peyster Van Cortlandt [married Mayor Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer], b. 1 Jun 1766; d. 10 Jan 1855, Albany, NY. She was born on the family estate in Westchester County in 1766, the youngest child of future New York State Lieutenant Governor Pierre Van Cortlandt and his wife, Joanna Livingston Van Cortlandt. Growing up on Van Cortlandt manor, Anne's childhood experience might have been similar to that of her future husband - a Rensselaerswyck native. She married Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer in However, the marriage produced no children. Anna was a member and pewholder of the Albany Dutch church. Anticipating a large family, he built an urban mansion on upper State Street. In 1790, their home was attended by five slaves. Her personal servant was Bet, who was blamed for setting the fire that burned a core part of the city in Philip S. Van Rensselaer was mayor of Albany from 1798 to 1817 and again from 1819 to Van Rensselaer died in As his only heir, she inherited Van Rensselaer's property and continued to live in their comfortable home on the north side of State Street at the corner of Chapel. Anne De Peyster Van Cortlandt Van Rensselaer died at home on 10 Jan A newspaper obituary characterized her as "generous and hospitable" and possessed of "an unfailing and ever ready charity." Her will passed probate in February. This childless widow had lived almost 89 years! Philip S. Van Rensselaer, Junior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of New York from 1801 to 1812, was born 13 April 1766 at the Manor House in Albany, NY. He was the second of three children born to Stephen II and his wife Catharina Livingston Van Rensselaer. His older brother was Stephen Van Rensselaer [III] * and his sister, Elizabeth furthered the Van Rensselaer name with marriages into the Schuyler and Ten Eyck families. Losing his father in 1769, the boy grew up at the Manor House supported by an extensive and advantaged family. His mother remarried in bringing her new husband, Dominie Eilardus Westerlo, into Philip's young life. While his older brother assumed the title of lord of Rensselaerswyck, Philip became a merchant and was headquartered in Albany. He was able to use his legacies to invest in a number of business ventures and was a prominent member and officer of a number of banking, insurance, transportation, and civic improvement organizations. 9

10 In 1787, he married Westchester native Anne De Peyster Van Corltandt - daughter of the state's first lieutenant governor. Anticipating a large family, Philip built a grand home on upper State Street. However, the union produced no children. As early as 1790, his large home at 87 State was attended by five slaves. He entered city government in 1793 as an alderman for the first ward. In 1798, he was appointed mayor of Albany. He was reappointed annually until 1816 when he was replaced by relative newcomer Elisha Jenkins in a politically motivated move. However, he was mayor again from 1819 to Over his long tenure, Albany underwent a dramatic transformation. With roots set deeply into Albany's past, as an important member of the post-revolutionary business community, and well-connected across a range of social and cultural institutions, Philip S. Van Rensselaer understood these diverse and potentially conflicting imperatives and was able to help orchestrate the city's development over two key decades. He owned a number of storehouses, space along the Albany waterfront, and a flour and plaster mill along the Normanskill - both of which were destroyed by fire in His long public and business careers were substantial and complex. Mayor of Albany for almost twenty years, Philip S. Van Rensselaer died 25 Sep 1824 at age 58 at 85 State Street, Albany, NY. This city father was buried from his residence at State and Chapel Streets. * Stephen Van Rensselaer,Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of New York, , was Lieutenant Governor of New York as well as a statesman, soldier, and land-owner, the heir to one of the greatest estates in the New York region at the time. He was the father of Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, who was a politician and general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Van Rensselaer was born in New York City, the eldest child of Stephen Van Rensselaer II {a great-grandson of Mayor of New York Stephanus Van Cortlandt} and Catharina Livingston {daughter of Philip Livingston}. His family was very wealthy, and the Van Rensselaer Manor House was a rich childhood environment for the young boy to grow up in. However, his father died in 1769, when Van Rensselaer was only five, and the heir to his father's estate. Van Rensselaer was raised by his uncle, Abraham Ten Broeck, who administered the Van Rensselaer estate after Van Rensselaer II's untimely death. At an early age, Van Rensselaer III was raised to succeed his father as lord of the manor, and the remarriage of his mother to Dominie Westerlo in 1775 did nothing to change this. To this end he was sent off to school, and in 1782, Van Rensselaer graduated from Harvard University. One year later, he married Margarita Schuyler, the daughter of renowned Revolutionary War general Philip Schuyler. Van Rensselaer was only nineteen years old, but Margarita's death in 1801 would cause him to enter into his second marriage one year later with Cornelia Paterson, daughter of former New Jersey Governor William Paterson. On his 21st birthday, Van Rensselaer took possession of his family's prestigious estate, close to 12,000 square miles (31,000 km²) in size, named Rensselaerswyck, and began a long tenure as lord of his family's manor. Van Rensselaer desired to make money off of the land that was suddenly his, but was extremely reluctant to sell it off. Instead, he granted tenants perpetual leases at moderate rates, which saved would-be landholders from having to pay all of their money up front. This meant that they could invest more in their operations, which led to increased productivity in the area. Over time, Van Rensselaer would become landlord over 3,000 tenants, and proved a lenient and benevolent landowner. His tenants, who did not have to work in fear of sudden foreclosure or unfair treatment, were able to focus on their work, and the productivity Van Rensselaer created benefited the entire Albany area. Van Rensselaer also spent a great deal of time in political pursuits, it is said more out of a sense of duty than of ambition. He served in the New York State Assembly from 1789 to 1791 and the New York State Senate from 1791 to 1796, being named Lieutenant Governor of the state in Van Rensselaer, over his time in politics, acquired a reputation as something of a reformer, voting in favour of extending the suffrage and going against much of New York's upper class in doing so. In 1786, Van Rensselaer was made a major of the United States militia, which set him on a brief military career. Though the military was not Rensselaer's major pursuit, he was a militia major-general by 1801, a path which would come to a head during the War of Van Rensselaer, despite having held high rank in the militia for several decades, was, like most American militia officers at the time, virtually untrained and inexperienced. Clearly, Van Rensselaer was not a good choice to command an entire American army, but politics as much as military tactics dictated many of the military appointments of the day. Van Rensselaer was a leading opposition candidate for Governor of New York, and the incumbent Daniel D. Tompkins was worried about the run the popular and wealthy Van Rensselaer could give him. However, the Republican Tompkins soon devised a way to remove Van Rensselaer from the picture, which was to offer him command of the United States Army of the Centre. If Van Rensselaer, who was, technically, a militia major-general, declined the post, then he would lose esteem in the eyes of the voters. If he accepted, he would be unable to run for Governor with the Federalists. If Van Rensselaer proved (as seemed likely) a poor general, he would be discredited and his reputation would be badly mauled. However, even if Van Rensselaer proved a natural and was able to do well, he would not be able to run for Governor because the military powersthat-be would refuse to remove him. Tompkins' clever maneuvering had eliminated his main rival, but it had given short shrift to the war that had only just begun. Van Rensselaer accepted the post, and with his decidedly more soldierly cousin Solomon as his aide-de-camp, attempted to assure the honour of his country in the war (despite the fact that, as a Federalist, he had been against the war in the first place). But the Army of the Centre consisted largely of soldiers like himself untrained, inexperienced militiamen, who, under the Constitution, did not actually have to cross over into Canada to fight. The British were in the process of fortifying 10

11 the Queenston Heights that Van Rensselaer would have to attack, and his officers were itching for action despite their general's desire to delay. To make matters worse, Brigadier-General Alexander Smyth, Van Rensselaer's subordinate, had a large force of trained regulars that was theoretically under Van Rensselaer's overall command. However, Smyth, a regular soldier, continuously refused to obey Van Rensselaer's commands or answer his summons. With his officers planning to try and force Van Rensselaer out, the General saw that he had to act without Smyth against the fortified Queenston Heights position. It was a prodigious miscalculation. On October 13, 1812, Van Rensselaer launched an attack on the British position that would evolve into the Battle of Queenston Heights, in which Van Rensselaer's forces were badly beaten by the British generals Isaac Brock and, after Brock's death, Roger Hale Sheaffe. Van Rensselaer's preparations and his plan of attack were clearly a major reason for the scale of the defeat, as he was unable to secure the element of surprise, did not procure enough boats for his men to cross easily, did not even get enough ammunition to his men. Despite badly outnumbering the British in the early stages of the battle, the American soldiers, untried and untrained, sometimes refused to cross the river, and Van Rensselaer was not even able to coax the boatmen into going back over to rescue the doomed attack force. The defeat at Queenston Heights spelled the end to Van Rensselaer's military career, and after the battle, he resigned his post. Van Rensselaer's political ambitions were far from over, but, as Daniel Tompkins had hoped, Van Rensselaer would never become Governor of New York. After the war, Van Rensselaer still enjoyed a fair measure of popularity, and still had the energy to try to serve his country. He was on the canal commission for twenty-three years ( ), fourteen of which he served as its president. In 1821, he was a member of the New York State Constitutional Convention, and two years later, he was elected by special election to the seat in the House of Representatives that his cousin Solomon had vacated. He served from February 27, 1822 to March 3, 1829, during the Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth Congresses; during the last three sessions, he was the chairman of the Committee on Agriculture. During this time he memorably cast the vote that put John Quincy Adams in the White House at the expense of Andrew Jackson. After 1829, Van Rensselaer did not stand for re-election, and retired from political life to focus on educational and public welfare interests. He was regent of the University of New York from 1819 to Van Rensselaer was a Freemason, and twice served as Grand Master of Masons for New York. Despite his active life, Van Rensselaer's most lasting contribution to the world was to establish, with Amos Eaton, the Rensselaer School (now known as Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, or RPI) "for the purpose of instructing persons, who may choose to apply themselves, in the application of science to the common purposes of life" in RPI became a wellrespected American technological institution. Stephen Van Rensselaer III died in He was buried on his family plot, but was later reinterred in the Albany Rural Cemetery. Land Holdings Stephen II died in 1769 at the age of 27 as one of the richest men in the region. [24] Rensselaerwick Manor passed on to his eldest son Stephen van Rensselaer III, who was five at the time of his father's death. [25] The estate was controlled by Abraham Ten Broeck until Stephen III's twenty-fifth birthday. [25] Stephen III attended school in Albany and then New Jersey and Kingston during the Revolution. He graduated from Harvard College in Stephen III is well known throughout history for many achievements. In 1825, he was elected Grand Master of the New York State Grand Masonic Lodge. He was elected to the New York State Assembly in 1789 and remained there until elected to the New York State Senate in In 1795 he was elected Lieutenant Governor of New York and he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1822 to He was also commissioned a Lieutenant General in the New York State Militia, and led an unsuccessful invasion of Canada at Niagara in the War of His most lasting achievement was to found, with Amos Eaton, the Rensselaer School, which developed into the present-day Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. [25] Stephen III lived to be 75, dying in He is remembered as "The Good Patroon" and also "The Last Patroon" because he was legally the last patroon of Rensselaerswyck. [25] At the time of his death, Stephen III was worth about $10 million (about $88 billion in 2007 dollars) and is noted as being the tenth richest American in history. [1] In northern New York, in the St. Lawrence Valley, Canton, NY, was one of the original ten townships, about ten miles square and lies directly in rear of Lisbon. [Alexander] Macomb was the original purchaser [1787] of the territory from the State, who transferred it to Edgar; Edgar to A[lexander]. Vonfeister [von Pfister]; he to Stephen Van Rensselaer, J. O. Hoffman, Richard Har[r]ison, etc. [conveyed by Von Pfister in 1795; title examined and certified by Alexander Hamilton in 1798]. [ref. page 141, The law practice of Alexander Hamilton: documents and commentary, by Alexander Hamilton, Julius Goebel, Joseph Henry Smith at: on%22&source=bl&ots=it4vyggrzm&sig=pllhqma6zdcuypunzrgm670ekhe&hl=en&ei=dtletalflnobtgf5qp2lcg&sa=x &oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0cbsq6aewadgk#v=onepage&q=%22stephen%20van%20rensselaer%22%2 0%22canton%22&f=false By an agreement between the parties, [Richard] Harrison retained one-third of the eastern part of the [Canton, NY] tract (about 39,460 acres), and [Stephen] Van Rensselaer the remainder (78,932 acres). Stephen Van Rensselaer, by deed dated 13 Sep 1836, conveyed all his estate in these towns to his son Henry Van Rensselaer... Two separate papers by the present compiler regarding Stephen Van Rensselaer [Grand Master] and Richard Harison [Deputy Grand Master to Chancellor Robert R. Livingston] may be read at the OMDHS website as follows: 11

12 Richard Harison -DGM - Notes and References - 99 pages [16.37 MB] This compilation may be viewed at: Richard Harison -DGM - Notes and References - 99 pages Richard Harison - DGM - Paper - 14 pages [1.22 MB] This is a shorter version of the first paper, and may be viewed at: Richard Harison - DGM - Paper - 14 pages Stephen Van Rensselaer III had succeeded as lord of the manor upon his father s death in As a youth Stephen III revealed a romantic streak by eloping at eighteen. His impetuosity, however, did not extend to marrying a manor milkmaid. The young patroon took for his bride Margaret, daughter of General Philip Schuyler. Her sister Elizabeth was married to Alexander Hamilton. Stephen III served both his state and his estate with equal energy. He was elected assemblyman, moved up to state senator, then lieutenant governor, was twice defeated for governor by respectable margins, and capped his political career as a three-term congressman. Stephen III won a footnote in Presidential history by casting the deciding vote for John Quincy Adams when the 1824 election was thrown into the House. One story has it that Daniel Webster and Henry Clay buttonholed Van Rensselaer and convinced him that Adams was the safest bet for the landholding class. Rensselaerwyck was still lightly settled when Stephen III inherited the patroonship. To attract more tenants he became an early exponent of the free introductory offer. Van Rensselaer offered patriots of the Revolution a hundred and twenty acres of land rent-free for seven years. After that the tenant could sign a lease with the patroon and pay an annual rent figured in so many bushels of wheat per year, four fat fowl, and a day s labor with horse and team. This offer attracted thousands of new tenants to Rensselaerwyck, especially as farmers fled rock-ridden New England for New York s tillable and more fertile acres. The leases, drawn by Alexander Hamilton, Stephen III s property-minded brother-in-law, were a work of legal artistry. They skirted the state s 1787 ban on feudal rents by making the deal not a rental but an incomplete sale that forever remained incomplete. All taxes on the land were to be paid by the tenant. The tenant could only farm the land. All rights to water, wood, and minerals remained the landlord s. If the tenant defaulted on his rent, the patroon s word was enough to send off the sheriff to seize and sell the delinquent s crops and livestock for the amount due. If the tenant wanted to sell his lease, he was subject to a quarter sale one quarter of the sale price was to be paid to the landlord. In short, a tenant farmer leased a tract of wilderness, cleared it, laid out his fields, and built his home and barns on the land. Generations later his descendants would still be paying the patroon rent. If the tenant wanted to sell out, he had to pay 25 per cent of the sale price for a now-developed property the land, home, barns, and any other improvements to a landlord who might never have seen the farm, tamed or wild. Terms of the leases varied from manor to manor. Under the Van Rensselaers the lease was good as long as the tenant and his descendants paid the rent. But most of the Livingston and Schuyler leases allowed the landland to boot out the tenants after one, two, or even three generations. In the mid-1800 s the tightly knit manor families held 1.8 million acres with 260,000 persons living off them. A clergyman passing through New York leasehold country early in the nineteenth century gave his view of the effects of tenantry on the farmers: The Americans never can flourish when on leased lands. They have too much enterprise to work for others or to remain tenants, and where they are under the necessity of living on such lands, I find that they are greatly depressed in mind, and are losing their animation. Stephen Van Rensselaer in was a respected, gentle, and apparently benevolent landlord. His numerous good works and amiable nature won Van Rensselaer the name the Good Patroon. But his most appealing quality to his tenants was his laxity in collecting rents. When Stephen III died, Rensselaerwyck was divided between his two eldest sons. The portion west of the Hudson, the West Manor, went to Stephen IV. The East Manor, east of the Hudson, went to William. The old man also left approximately four hundred thousand dollars in debts. By chance his uncollected back rents also totalled about four hundred thousand dollars. The Good Patroon s will stated that his debts were to be paid by collection of the back rents. Word of the patroon s will sent a shiver through the manor farms. Some back rents on farms in the rockbound Helderberg Mountains, near Albany, had been accumulating for twenty years. Farmers in the hill towns knew that Van Rensselaer s will, if carried out, would destroy them. Stephen Van Rensselaer III was born in New York City in the first child of Stephen Van Rensselaer II and Catharina Livingston. He grew up at the Van Rensselaer Manor House - home of the most advantaged family in the Upper Hudson region. Losing his father at age five, he was looked after by his uncle, Abraham Ten Broeck - trustee or administrator the Van Rensselaer estate. In 1775, his mother married Dominie Westerlo. Raised to succeed to the title "Lord of the Manor," young Stephen was sent away to study. He graduated from Harvard in

13 He married Margarita, the daughter of General Philip Schuyler, on June 6, At age nineteen, he was six years younger than his bride. After bearing three children, she died in In 1802, he married Cornelia Patterson, daughter of the governor of New Jersey. She was the mother of ten children born between 1803 and On reaching his twenty-first birthday, he took title to the family estate called Rensselaerswyck or "Van Rensselaer's Manor." His long tenure as Manor Lord spanned Albany's transformation. In 1788, his first ward lot was valued substantially. By 1790, he was established in the Van Rensselaer Manor House located on the road north of Albany in what was then Watervliet. At that time, he was by far the wealthiest individual in the Albany area and his estate was served by fifteen slaves. He served as lieutenant governor of New York State, general of the state militia, as a member of the United States House of Representatives, and was the founder of Renssselaer Polytechnic Institute. Stephen Van Rensselaer III died in 1839 at the age of seventy-five." He is remembered in local lore as "The Last Patroon" and "The Good Patroon." Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr. (29 Aug Jul 1848) was a US Representative from New York. He was the son of Pierre Van Cortlandt, an early New York political figure, and brother of Philip Van Cortlandt, who was also a U.S. Representative from New York. Pierre Van Cortlandt was born at Van Cortlandt Manor in Croton, Westchester County. He pursued classical studies and was graduated from Queen's College (later Rutgers College) in He studied law in the office of Alexander Hamilton and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice. He retired from his law practice and devoted his time managing his estate in Westchester County. In 1792, 1794 and 1795, he was a member of the NY State Assembly, and was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 12th US Congress, holding office from 4 Mar 1811 to 3 Mar Van Cortlandt married Catherine Clinton, daughter of eventual Vice President of the US, George Clinton. Van Cortlandt was a presidential elector on the Harrison ticket in 1840; he also founded and was president of the Westchester County Bank at Peekskill from 1833 until his death there in He resided at Van Cortlandt Upper Manor House from after 1783 until his death. Interment was in Hillside Cemetery. [Biographical Directory of the United States Congress] ots=wan9relive&sig=jsqe5vrl1cy8xxlyfca1iir0gn0&hl=en&ei=gdhctbydgoeftwet0ngndw&sa=x&oi=book_result&ct=result&res num=5&ved=0cdeq6aewba#v=onepage&q=%22joel%20frost%22%20%22peekskill%22&f=false page 140. Hon. Joel Frost b. 28 Sep 1765; d. 11 Sep 1827, son of John Frost and Huldah Munson. He lived at Yorktown, Peekskill, and Croton Landing, and was buried in the Gilead Presbyterian churchyard at Carmel. He married Martha Wright, b. 22 Jul 1771; d. 21 Oct 1860, d/o Benjamin Wright and Millicent Purdy. Children of Joel Frost and Martha Wright: i. Wright Frost, b. 06 Oct 1790, Yorktown, NY; d. 06 Jan ii. John Wright Frost, b. 23 Jun 1792, Yorktown, NY; d. 07 Sep 1882, Croton-Hudson, NY. iii. Elizabeth Frost, b. 12 Jun 1794, Yorktown, NY; d. 07 Mar 1890, Hyde Park, NY. iv. Cornelia Frost, b. 18 Jan 1797, Peekskill, NY. v. Niles Frost, b. 01 May 1800, Peekskill, NY; d. 26 Mar 1881, Peekskill, NY. vi. Joel Frost, b. 21 Aug 1803, Croton, NY. vii. Horace Frost, b. 04 Sep 1806, Croton Landing, NY. viii. Millicent Frost, b. 22 Jul 1809, Carmel, NY; d. 24 Dec 1886, Peekskill, NY. Joel Frost, a Representative from New York; born in Westchester County, NY, attended the public schools; member, Westchester County Board of Supervisors, 1803; member of the State assembly, ; first surrogate of Putnam County in 1812, and served in 1813, , 1821, and 1822; member of the State constitutional convention, 1821; judge, Court of Common Pleas; moved to Schenectady; elected as a Crawford Republican to the 18th Congress (4 Mar Mar 1825); d. 11 Sep 1827; interment in Gilead Cemetery at Carmel, NY Gen. James William Husted Bald Eagle of Westchester (31 Oct Sep 1892); Grand Master < Engraving from Harper's Weekly, 16 Jan Sketch of Mr. Husted s Life. A man who appeared to take naturally to politics James W. Husted, a native of Bedford, Westchester Co., NY, was born on 31 Oct 1833, the son John (James in some gereaologies) William and Caroline (Raymond) Husted. His father was a Whig. Bro. Husted began the study of politics while very young, and 13

14 before he was old enough to vote he developed a degree of skill as a politicial tactician which was both the wonder and the pride of his Bedford associates. It was said of him by Chauncey M. Depew, There was Jim Husted, keen as a razor always. He took politics as natuarally as a duck takes to water. After a preparatory course at the Bedford Academy young Husted graduated from Yale College in 1854 with honors. He promptly turned his attention politics and to law and studied with Edward Wells of Peekskill, being admitted to the bar in The first party to which he gave his allegiance was the Know-Nothing Party, and for about two years he was Secretary of the American State Council. In 1855 he was chosen town Superintendent of Schools. Three years later he was elected School Commissioner of Westchester County on the Know-Nothing ticket. He refused to go with the Know-Nothings when they amalgamated with the Democratic Party, and when the Utica Convention of 1859 completed that union he published a vigorous protest against what he styled a betrayal of the principles upon which the Know-Nothing Party was founded. He soon afterward cast his lot with the Republican Party. The Hon. William Barnes, State Superintenden of the Insurance Department, appointed Bro. Barnes a Deputy Superintendent in 1860, and office which the restless young politician held until he was made a Harbormaster of New York in Subsequently he became Deputy Collector of the port. In the meantime he maintained his law practice in Peekskill and had more or less to say about the management of local politics in Westchester County. The remarkable legislative record of James began in 1859, he having been elected in the Fall of the previous year as a member of the Assembly from the Third Westchester District. The first few days of the session enabled him to win recognition and respect as a debater, and at the end of the session he was one of the prominent members of the lower house. In his first year he was Chairman of the Committee on Federal Relations and a member of the Committee on Commerce and Navigation. So well did he please his constituents that in the Fall of 1869 they re-elected him by a largely increased majority. He ran more than 800 ahead of his ticket. His second year in the Assembly added to his reputation as a debater. He was returned to the Assembly for ten successive years, becoming one of the most influential men in the House. In 1873 he was the Chairman of the Committee on Education. In 1874 Bro. Husted was elected by a unanimous vote of the Republicans, to be Speaker of the Assembly for the first time, succeeding Alonzo B. Cornell. He was re-elected in 1876 and In the summer of 1878 he announced that he would not be a candidate for the legislature from the Westchester district again. When the Republicans of the neighboring County of Rockland ascertained that the Bald Eagle of Westchester was not returning to the Assembly, they urged him to take flight to their county and try wrest an Assembly district from the Democratic stronghold of Rockland, which he promptly accomplished in Old Salt Alvord was Speaker of that Assembly, and Gen. Husted was made Chairman on Rules, also a member of the Committee on Ways and Means, Cities, Insurance, and special committee on employes of the House. The next Autumn he was again elected to the Assembly from Rockland County; Gen George H. Sharpe became Speaker, and to Gen. Husted was awarded the Chairmanship of the Committee on Ways and Means. The Republicans of his old district insisted on his returning in the Fall of 1880, where they again sent him to the Assembly with a rousing majority. He served that year on the Judiciary Committee and on the committees on two-thirds and three-fifths bills. From 1884 on Gen. Husted s Weschester constituents clung to him loyally and elected him to the Assembly each succeeding year. The adjournment of the Legislature of 1892 rounded off 22 years of continuous service, and he alone enjoyed the high distinction of having been elected Speaker of the Assembly for the sixth time on the occasion of which on 7 Jan 1800 the General said: This marked expression of your confidence and regard fills to the brim the cup of my legislative ambition. A service bounded by the exact period of legal manhood is crowned at your hands by a reward which finds no parallel on the records of the State. The rank of General was conferred upon Bro. Husted by Governor Dix, who in March 1873 appointed him to be Major General of the Fifth Division of the National Guard, in place of General Gates, who had resigned. The appointment was so well received that the Assembly unanimously passed a resolution thanking Gov. Dix for making it. Prior to his promotion, Gen. Husted has been Judge Advocate on the staff of the Seventh Brigade, State Militia. He continued in command of the Fifth Brigade for several years, and he was President of the New York State Military Association in Bro. Husted joined the Masonic fraternity in early life having been a Knights Templar and serving as a District Deputy Grand Master and: Junior Grand Warden Senior Grand Warden 1876 Grand Master, F&AM, of the State of New York Crowned an Hononary Member, 33 o, Supreme Council, AASR, NMJ He also served as vestryman of St. Peter's Episcopal Church. Besides his pleasant home in Peekskill, he also had a camp in the Adirondacks where he delighted to entertain his friends. He married, 21 Dec 1859, at Peekskill, NY, Helen Mar Southard, born 14 Mar 1841, at Croton, NY, died 20 Jan 1909, at Peekskill. She was the daughter of Thomas D. and Harriet (Jordan) Southard. Children of James and Helen were ( ): 1. Thomas Daniel b. 18 Sep 1860; d. 11 Jan 1905; Yale 1883; m. Carrie L. Clinton 2. Carrie m. 21 Nov 1889, John Myer Shedd, a lawyer 3. James William, Jr. b. 16 Mar 1870; d, 2 Jan 1925; Yale 1892; m. 12 Jun 1895, Louise W. Spalding 4. Helen Southard 5. Harriet Anna student at St. Agnes School, Albany, NY 14

15 Biography continued at Appendix I Nathaniel Lane, b in Cortland Manor, Westchester, NY; d. 28 Nov 1811 in Mahopac Falls, Putnam, NY; m. Eleanor. Children Elizabeth LANE b in Courtland Manor, Westchester, NY Nathan Jr. LANE b George C. LANE b William Nelson ( ) served in a succession of offices for New York: State Assembly ( ), State Senate ( ), Judge of the Court for Correction of Errors (also ), and US Representative ( ). A member of the Whig Party, he was known for his collection of hats. Nelson died in Peekskill and is buried there. William Nelson b. 29 Jun 1784 in Poughkeepsie, NY; d. 2 Oct 1869 in Peekskill; bur. Hillside Cemetery, Peekskill; son of Thomas Nelson and Sarah Wright; m. 9 Feb 1812 in Peekskill on the Hudson Cornelia Mandeville Hardman, daughter of John and Dorinda Hardman. Children of William Cornelia Nelson: Richard James Nelson d. 27 Oct Dorinda Hardman Nelson b. 25 Jan 1813; d. 3 Mar 1876; m. John D. Arthur. Joseph Nelson, b. 04 Mar 1815, Peekskill, NY; d. 6 Nov 1905, Chicago, IL. George Parker Nelson b. 25 Jan 1817; d. 27 Sep 1905 Thomas Nelson b Peekskill; d. 26 Jul 1907 NYC; m. Cornelia L. Seymour Sarah Ann Nelson b. 15 Jan 1821; d. 7 Dec 1908; m. Jonathan Henry Ferris. William Rufus Nelson b. 29 Nov 1822; d. 21 Feb Elizabeth Parker Nelson b. 11 Dec 1826; m. Johnson? Edward Beverly Nelson b. Dec 1832; d. 28 May Laura Young Nelson b. 1836; d. 2 Apr1839. Robert D. Nelson b. 15 May 1839; d. 20 Feb 1888; m. Mary B. Travis History of Westchester County: New York..., Volume 1, Part 1, edited by John Thomas Scharf, page ce=bl&ots=cslxbwkmko&sig=juugs0lsggo8dy5avkvvf2kp0oq&hl=en&ei=_r_dtfalfpcutwekmpdldw&sa=x&oi=book_result &ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0ccwq6aewajgk#v=onepage&q=%22william%20nelson%22%20%22peekskill%22&f=false Hon. William Nelson of Peekskill was in the first half of this century prominent in this county, both as a lawyer and a business man. His paternal ancestors were of English origin and Puritans. The first one of them who came to this country settled up'on a farm in Marnaroneck, in this county, about the middle of the seventeenth century. The Nelsons were leading men in the county during the colonial times. One of them, Polycarpus Nelson, was a signer of the famous declaration by the chief citizens of this country, in support of William and Mary, and in opposition to the House of Stuart. A branch of the Nelson family settled in Dutchess County, where, at Cram Elbow Creek, on June 29, 1784, William Nelson was born. His father, Thomas Nelson, was a farmer, and William was reared as a farmer's son, working upon the farm in summer and attending district school in winter. He did not have the advantages of a collegiate education. He studied law at Poughkeepsie in the office of Theron Rudd, then an attorney of distinction and large practice, and in 1807 was admitted to the bar. He had intended settling in the extreme West, which was then Buffalo, but circumstances diverted him to Peekskill, where he spent a long, busy and honorable life. He probably did as much as, if not more than, any other person to promote the growth and development of that place. Among other good works, he was largely instrumental in establishing the deservedly famous Peekskill Academy. As a lawyer he ranked high, not so much for eloquence or skill at the bar as for industry, good common sense and integrity. Plis sterling qualities were appreciated by the people, and brought him a large and lucrative practice and many public honors. From 1815 to 1818 he was district attorney of his district, comprising the counties of Westchester, Putnam and Rockland. Afterwards, when his district comprised Westchester alone, he held the same position. He held it altogether more than twenty five years. He was also an Assemblyman from 1819 to 1822; State Senator, and as such, a member of the court for the correction of errors from 1824 to 1827; and Congressman from 1847 to In 1812 he married Cornelia M. Hardman, and lived happily with her until her death a period of fifty-seven years. He survived her only five weeks, and died on the 2d day of October, 1869, in the eighty eixth year of his age. They reared a large number of children, several of whom have attained to prominent positions, and fully maintain the distinguished name of the family. William Nelson had the happy, and, for lawyers, somewhat rare, faculty of business skill and sagacity in the management of his own affairs. He left an estate valued at nearly one million dollars. In this respect he undoubtedly excelled all other members of the Westchester County bar, past or present. 15

16 His character has been well expressed by another, in these words: "Mr. Nelson had great natural vigor of character; was painstaking and unwearied in every duty to which he addressed himself. He was wise in counsel, and eminently sagacious and practical, genial in nature, courteous in manner, simple in his mode of life, and, above all, possessed a rare singleness of purpose and integrity of nature. These qualities, in addition to a piety that was devout, but unobtrusive, enabled him to sway a large influence over his friends and neighbors, and all other persons with whom he came in contact. His whole life illustrated the true republican simplicity and integrity which characterized the earlier days of the State." Photo of President-elect Lincoln taken Feb 1861 in Springfield, IL, two days before leaving on his trip to Washington D.C. for his inauguration, depicts what he looked like when he spoke in Peekskill 10 days later On 19 Feb 1861 President-elect Abraham Lincoln made his only stop in Westchester County, NY as he traveled by train from his home in Springfield, Illinois to Washington D.C., for his inauguration as President of the United States. The stop in Peekskill was prompted by an invitation sent to Lincoln by Peekskill resident and lawyer William Nelson, a colleague of Lincoln s during their time together in Congress. Lincoln made his short address from a small platform placed on a baggage car located on the grounds of the railroad depot at the end of centre Street (now Central Avenue). Many residents of the town were there (over 1000 people) to witness the soonto-be President for the first time. After a short introduction by Nelson, Lincoln made the following remarks before re-boarding his train and continuing on his journey: "I have but a moment to stand before you and thank you for this reception, and for the pleasant manner in which it is tendered to me by our mutual friends. I will say in a single sentence, in regard to the difficulties that lie before me and our beloved country, that if I can only be as generously and unanimously sustained as the demonstration I have witnessed indicate I shall be, I shall not fail; but without your sustaining hands I am sure that neither I nor any other man can hope to surmount these difficulties. I trust in the course I shall pursue I shall be sustained not only by the party that elected me, but by the patriotic people of the whole country." Isaac J. Oakley was born in Putnam Valley in 1823, attended district schools and was a farmer. He married, in 1854, Elizabeth S. Brown, of Westchester county. He was an officer in the M. E. church many years. Isaac J. Oakley b. 15 May 1823; d. 17 Aug 1906; m. Elizabeth S. Brown ( ); both bur. Old Van Cortlandtville Cemetery, Peekskill, NY. Child: Sarah J. Oakley Griffin ( )

17 John Ombony 8 Feb The New York Times PA117&dq=%22John+Ombony%22+%22peekskill%22&source=bl&ots=AakZSlUzA- &sig=tfgofu3zpnwfsza8_7zsg8ox8qq&hl=en&ei=wi_dtam3nkno0qhd4nw5dw&sa=x&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&v ed=0cbsq6aewaq#v=onepage&q=%22john%20ombony%22%20%22peekskill%22&f=false page 117. At the opening of the session of the Grand Chapter the Grand High Priest announced that he had just learned of the death of Companion John Ombony, which took place at his home in Peekskill the day before, January 30, Companion Ombony was a member of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence, and we had come to know him well, and to honor and respect him for his manliness, intelligence and probity. He was a guileless man, a pure and good Mason; reliable on all subjects and occasions, whenever called upon to act; faithful to every duty, consistent in life, and, like a sheaf of wheat fully ripe, was garnered by the dread reaper death to eternal rest, beloved by all who knew, and mourned by those who survive him. The Grand Chapter was a bright spot to Companion Ombony, he loved to be there, and it was a pleasure to look upon his genial face, take him by the hand and receive his cordial greeting and benediction. He "rests from his labors," and we drop a tear to his memory, and say in all sincerity, "Peace to his ashes" he has gone on and up higher, he is not lost, and will not be forgotten. The veteran sleeps but he shall rise again, and the "mortal shall put on immortality." Thomas H. Plumb, born and educated in Nottinghamshire, England, came to the United States in 1855, a young man and a machinist by trade. He located in Peekskill, New York, where for ten years he followed his trade, becoming foreman of the largest machine shop in Peekskill. About 1870 he moved to Troy, New York. There he found lucrative employment, and for years his special work was supervising and erecting machinery used on the sugar plantations of Cuba and elsewhere. He was a skilled mechanic, forceful, capable as a business man and as a manager of men, and wherever known was esteemed and respected. For forty years he was a member of the Masonic order, being a Past Master of Courtland Lodge, F&AM, of Peekskill. In religious sentiment he was an Episcopalian. After a life of usefulness and honor, he passed away. Thomas H. Plumb married Lucy Pateman, of Nottinghamshire, England, and they were the parents of five children: Elizabeth, married Edward Dunwoody, of Waterford, New York; Henry H., of further mention; Lucy, married Hultman Shires, of Troy; Charles, deceased; Walter D., living in California. Henry H. Plumb, eldest son and second child of Thomas H. and Lucy (Pateman) Plumb, was born in Peekskill, NY, 1 Jan 1857, and there passed the first thirteen years of his life. He attended Peekskill public school until the removal of the family to Troy in 1870, and there his school years were completed. For forty years he has been a member of King Solomon [Primitive] Lodge No. 91, F&AM, and is a companion of Phoenix Chapter, No. 133, Royal Arch Masons, in Troy, NY

18 George W. Robinson 12 Oct The New York Times 3 Mar The New York Times 18 Sep The New York Times George W. Robinson, b 19 Oct 1838 NYC; d. 17 Sep 1906 Peekskill, NY; m1. Ella Hutchings [?] ( ); m2. Kate M. Call ( ). All bur. Hillside Cemetery, Peekskill, NY. Children: Ellie Robertson ( )* Susie Robertson ( )* Minnie Robertson ( )* 18

19 The New York Red Book, page =NZbdTcTiCqjB0AHa0sHUDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22George%20 W.%20Robertson%22%20%22peekskill%22&f=false GEORGE W. ROBERTSON (Republican) represents the Fifteenth Senate district, which comprises the Twenty fourth ward of New York and the counties of Putnam and Westchester. Mr. Robertson was born in New York city on October 19,1838; was educated at the Peekskill Military Academy and the Charlottesville University. When the Rebellion broke out he became a member of the 71st Regiment of New York State Volunteers. He was wounded at the battle of Bull Run. In 1862 he was made a lieutenant. When he returned from the war he was elected manager of the Cincinnati Elevator Company; he subsequently became a member of the firm of Southard, Robertson & Co., which is engaged in the stove foundry business at Peekskill, which has a New York office at Water street and Peck slip. Mr. Robertson entered political life in 1881, when he was elected a member of the Assembly in General Husted's Assembly district in Westchester County. Colonel Robertson is a strong supporter of the Grand Army of the Republic. He received for Senator 15,557 votes, and a plurality over Alfred Henning Morris of 675 votes. He is chairman of the Committee on Public Building, a member of the Committee on Cities, Commerce and Navigation and Prisons. Senator Robertson in the session of 1894, presented a large number of bills concerning his Senate district, which, taking in part of the city of New York and also rural counties, led hi to present a variety of city and rural measures. He introduced a bill providing for the identification of registered votes in New York; a bill to convert the town of Sing Sing into a city; a bill to repeal the law which authorizes the destruction of the City Hall of New York; a bill in regard to the disposition of stable manure in New York; a bill prohibiting the exhibition of advertisements on the elevated railroads of New York; a bill providing for construction of new buildings at Sing Sing prison; a bill abolishing the then Board of Park Commissioners of New York and substituting for them a Board of two Republicans and two Democrats Non Living.ged George W. Sykes b. 31 Dec 1836 Franklin Co., MA; d. 30 Oct 1898 Peekskill, Westchester, NY; son of Solomon Sykes and Harriet Nelson Austin; m. Tabitha Telle, b. 18 Nov 1837 NY; d. Aug 1895 Peekskill, Westchester, NY David W. Travis There is some confusion as the below two records for David W. Travis of Peekskill, NY; one b. 14 Aug 1836 [whose tombstone notes is was a member of the 6th NY Heavy Artillery], His service record notes he was age 26 upon enlistment on 20 Sep 1864 [which would give a birth year of ca 1828]. The other David W[iley] Travis was b. ca 1823/25 [age 42 in 1867]. This record clearly notes that this David W. Travis was a member of Cortlandt Lodge No David W. Travis b. 14 Aug 1837; d. 16 Jul 1914; m1. Catharine M. (13 Sep Feb 1900); m2. Susan (9 Feb May 1923). All bur. Hillside Cemetery, Peekskill, NY. Co. F, 6 N.Y. Heavy Art'y TRAVIS, DAVID W. age, 26 years. Enlisted 6 NY Heavy Artillery], 20 Sep 1864, at Albany; mustered in as private, Co. F, 20 Sep 1864, to serve one year; mustered out on individual muster-out roll, 3 July 1865, at Washington, D. C, as Daniel W. 19

20 Life Sketches of the State Officers, Senators, and Members of the Assembly of..., by Samuel R. Harlow, H. H. Boone, page a-vdnl0qgj84xpdw&sa=x&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0cd0q6aewba#v=onepage&q=%22david%20w.%20travis% 22%20%22peekskill%22&f=false DAVID W. TRAVIS. MR. TRAVIS was originally a "Whig. Though not very ambitious for office, in 1853 he was nominated for the office of Assemblyman, but, in consequence of the running of a third candidate, his Democratic opponent was elected by a small majority. During the session of the Legislature of 1854, an act was passed authorizing the election of a Police Justice for the village of Peekskill. Mr. TRAVIS was nominated for that office by the Whigs, and indorsed by the Americans, who had not, as yet, assumed the shape of a distinct party. The result was his election by a flattering majority. Sympathizing with the Americans to a certain extent, he acted with them, until their more mature operations as an independent organization. He then gave them a parting "grip," and returned to the Whigs. In the year 1855, he was a delegate from his district to the Whig Convention held at Syracuse, and was present at the formation of the Republican party. He acted with a majority of the Whigs in joining the Republicans, and he has continued true to the organization, in its successes and its defeats. Although the nomination for office was, at various times, offered to him, yet he declined to be a candidate, though his election seemed certain, in case he should consent to run. Last summer, Westchester county was re-districted, inasmuch as the census had shown some changes in its population; and, though it was thought that there would be some political changes in consequence thereof, yet Mr. TRAVIS, who ran as candidate for Member of Assembly, was elected by over six hundred majority. He is on the Committee on Commerce and Navigation. He is forty-two years old, and is a native of Cortlandt, Westchester county, New York. His father was a farmer by occupation, and was of English descent, and his mother was of German ancestry. He was the youngest of a large family. His youth was spent in working on a form, and attending the district school during the winter, until he was sixteen years old. But a farmer's life had no very attractive features for him, and, therefore, he very wisely decided to abandon it. It requires a peculiar kind of pluck to face the freezing sleet of early spring, the 110 of July and August, and the nipping frosts of fall; and if one has ever so misty visions of a life more congenial, of course, it is better to "fold the tent and quietly steal away;" for the true key to success in any occupation, is to have the heart in every effort attempted. At the age of sixteen, Mr. TRAVIS attended the Peekskill Academy, and continued there as a student, for about four years. He then had an inclination to attend the Military Academy at West Point, but, owing to the objections urged by his parents, he abandoned the idea, and commenced the study of law in the office of WILLIAM & T. NELSON, Esq'rs, able practitioners, at Peekskill. He was admitted to practice as an attorney, in 1846, and as Solicitor in Chancery, under the old Constitution, the winter following. He commenced practice at Peekskill, in April, 1847; and, by hard efforts among old established lawyers, he has gathered to himself a fine business. Whatever he has accomplished, he has wrought by unflinching industry, conscious that toil will meet with due compensation. Mr. TRAVIS has always been a zealous worker in the field of politics. He is almost invariably present at the conventions of his party, and has a measure of influence in them which is never disregarded by his fellow citizens. In campaigns and at the polls, he determinedly works for the success of the ticket, and in the Legislature he is known as a keen-sighted member. Mr. TRAVIS is a man of a great deal of nervous vitality, and throws all of his powers into the accomplishment of a measure. 20

21 EIGHTIETH CELEBRATION. [New York Tribune article 12 Jan 1903] David W. Travis Is an Octogenarian This Week Political and Legal Career. Peekskill. NY. Jan. 11 Special David Wiley Travis on Tuesday will celebrate his eightieth birthday. He was born in 1823, in the town of Cortlandt, the son of David E. and Alchey Travis. He attended the public and district schools until the age of sixteen, and completed his education at the Peekskill Military Academy sixty years ago. DAVID WILEY TRAVIS. Who celebrates his eightieth birthday... > He began the study of law in the office of William Nelson and Thomas Nelson. In October He was admitted to the bar. In 1854 he was chosen the first police justice of Peekskill, when the office was established, and served until 1861, when the office was abolished. In 1878 and 1879 he was elected Supervisor of the town of Cortlandt. In 1866 he was elected from the TIM District of Westchester County to the lower branch of the State legislature. In 1878 he was again elected to the Assembly, and re-elected in For a number of years he was one of the many commissioners of appraisal in the condemnation "proceedings of land along the Croton water shed. He is the oldest member of Cortlandt Lodge No. 34, F&AM. having joined on June 21, He is a member of the Westchester County Bar Association, and a director for the last twenty years in the Westchester County National Bank. With his wife and son. David Wiley. Jr.. he lives at the Eagle Hotel. Westchester Lodge No. 46, While Plains, New York Warrant: 7 May The first Lodge organized in what is now known as the Bronx appeared when a petition was presented to Grand Lodge on 2 Mar 1796 and a Warrant was ordered issued by Jacob Morton, D.G.M. and DeWitt Clinton, J.G.W. instituting Westchester Lodge, No. 46. The first meeting of that Lodge was held in the home of David Hustice in the Town of Westchester (now Westchester Square). The Lodge's jurisdiction extended from Long Island Sound and the Connecticut line on the east; to the Hudson River on the west; from the Harlem River on the south to the Putnam County line on the north. Stated meetings of the Lodge were those of the "first full moon of the months of January, April, July, and October." To discourage non-attendance members were fined one to four shillings for absence. On 24 Jun 1797, the Festival of St. John the Baptist was observed by the Lodge and Masonic Services were held in St. Peter's Episcopal Church with the Reverend Brother John Ireland officiating. On 27 Dec 1797, Westchester Lodge relocated to a more central point in Eastchester and alternately met there and in White Plains until finally locating to New Rochelle, where it continues to work under the name of Huguenot Lodge, No. 46. Grand Lodge Proceedings, Page ots=8i8dovsy-0&sig=5svpxkogo- JZwupbU5JzlvXTJqc&hl=en&ei=PBXbTdGvOuHL0QG40_z0Dw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAg #v=onepage&q=%22westchester%20lodge%20no.%2046%22&f=false IX. In the matter of Huguenot Lodge, No. 448, F. & A. M., Huguenot Lodge presents the following petition: "To the M.\ W.\ Grand Master and Officers and Members of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York. Huguenot Lodge, No. 448, F. & A. M., respectfully petition to be restored to their original number 46, and beg leave to refer to a statement annexed to their petition which, they believe, fully supports their petition." They allege that Westchester Lodge, No. 46, was the first lodge in Westchester County, and was granted a charter in 1796, and first met in the village of Westchester on the evening of June 2, In December, 1797, by permission of the Grand Lodge, it was moved to East Chester, and in 1799 it was allowed to hold alternate meetings in East Chester and White Plains ; in 1802 the White Plains meetings were discontinued. Until 1803, when Armour Lodge, No. 100, of Rye, was organized, the jurisdiction of Westchester Lodge extended from Manhattan Island on the south to Sing Sing und the Connecticut line on the north, and frum Hudson River on the west to Long Island Sound on the east. In 1815, the lodge was moved from East Chester to Now Rochelle, where it remained until it disbanded in The lodge disposed of its hall and library which they owned, and the jewels, Bible and records were given to Brother TROS. CARPENTER for safe-keeping, and it is supposed the charter was surrendered to the Grand Lodge. Iu 1854 an application was made to the Grand Lodge for a warrant to organize another lodge in New Rochelle, which was granted and the new lodge was called Westchester, No. 146, and the old jewels, Bible and records, etc., were delivered up. It remained under this name until 1858, when it was found that there was a lodge by that name in Sing Sing, and a new warrant was issued and the lodge has since been known as Huguenot, No There now appears to be another Hnguenot Lodge, No. 381, on Staten Island. Every mason made by Westchester, No. 16, Westchester, No. 146, and Huguenot, No. 448, has been obligated on the same Bible, a really venerable looking book and is now used for that purpose only. The jewels worn by the officers of Huguenot Lodge, No. 448, are the old jewels of Westchester Lodge, No. 16, and are engraved as follows: Your committee ask the adoption of the following resolution: Resolved, That the petition of Huguenot Lodge be granted. Appletons' annual cyclopaedia and register..., Volume 4; Volume 19, page ots=13wjsh6nab&sig=rjh1- myjd1o73zjxgvf0pt1q8yg&hl=en&ei=pbxbtdgvouhl0qg40_z0dw&sa=x&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0ccsq6 AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22westchester%20lodge%20No.%2046%22&f=false William Cooper Mead, D. D., LL. D., born in Greenwich, CT, died 17 Jul [1880]. He received a systematic education, entered the ministry in the Protestant Episcopal Church, and in 1836 became rector of St. Paul's Church, Norwalk, where he remained till his 21

22 death, a period of more than 43 years. He was a Freemason, and took great interest in the order. At different times he was Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodges of Connecticut and Pennsylvania, and of the Grand Chapter of Connecticut, he was made a Mason in 1824, in Westchester Lodge, No. 46, of White Plains, NY. He was elected an honorary member of St. John's Lodge, No. 6, of Norwalk, in 1849, and was chaplain and trustee for many years. He was one of the four Episcopal clergymen in the United States who have been rector of one parish for a period of forty years. The cane which he held at the time of his death on account of having been longest in a parish of any rector in the State, went to the Rev... Yarrington of Greenwich, who has been rector there for forty years. Dr. Mead received the degree of LL. D. from Trinity College. He died suddenly, soon after returning from a ride. Dr. Matson Smith, a member of Westchester Lodge, No. 46, New Rochelle, held for many years the most prominent place among the physicians of Westchester county. He served as Junior Grand Warden of the City Grand Lodge under John Wells, GM. Huguenot Lodge No. 46, White Plains, New York See also notes for Westchester Lodge No. 46 above and Huegenot Lodge No. 448 of New Rochelle below On 22 Dec 1799, Grand Lodge granted to Huguenot Lodge No. 46 a Dispensation allowing for alternate meetings in Eastchester and White Plains, because of the "great distances" to be traveled by members; Dear Sirs: I have the pleasure to inform you that the Grand Lodge convened an extra last evening respecting the arrangement to take place on account of the death of our illustrious Brother, George Washington. I took the opportunity of moving on your petition to hold your Lodge alternately at Eastchester and White Plains, and have the pleasure to inform you that the prayer of the petition was granted unanimously. It will be communicated to you officially by the earliest opportunity. Remember me to all of our friends and to your good family. Yours with esteem, ABRAHAM SKINNER The Lodge, accordingly, met at White Plains, at the house of Brother Joseph Hatfield every alternate meeting night. Official notice of the death of General Washington was not received by the Lodge until 10 Feb 1800, when it was resolved to meet at White Plains on the 22nd, to pay honor to the memory of him who had done so much for the cause of his country. Brother David Rogers was requested to prepare and deliver an oration on that day at the Court House. Invitations were then forwarded to all the other Lodges, and, on the day appointed, the combined Brethren and others met at the home of Captain Hatfield, and proceeded to the Court House. The White Plains meetings were discontinued in 1802 and the Lodge held its meetings in Eastchester only. Solomon's Lodge No. 196 was chartered and held its communications in White Plains until 1812, when it was removed to Tarrytown. From then until 1852, there is no record of Masonry in White Plains. The local chapter of the Fraternal Order of Masons was making a clear statement when it constructed this imposing building at the turn of the 20th century. Located in the heart of the community s rapidly growing business district, the structure was designed to be one of the largest in the downtown, and the most monumental. The Huguenot Lodge No. 46, F&AM, was formed in 1888, but grew from the Westchester Lodge, F. & A.M., which was begun in The Huguenot Lodge members met in private homes until money was raised to erect the downtown building, which was dedicated 19 Nov The first and immediate tenant was the New Rochelle Library. Moving out of their small quarters in the New Rochelle Trust Company building at 40 Centre Avenue (no longer standing), the trustees leased two floors of the new Masonic Temple, as it was called. In addition to stacks of books, the Masonic building allowed the library to offer a large reading room, a reference room and a special space for children s books and programs. As the community grew in leaps and bounds during this decade, so did the library needs of the community. In 1910 the city joined many other municipalities across the country in requesting a new library from Andrew Carnegie. Four years after New Rochelle s application was approved, the library moved out of the Masonic Temple and into its magnificent first (standalone) library building on Main Street and Pintard Avenue. In 1938 the Huguenot Lodge [No. 448], with 496 members, was one of three Mason Lodges (chapters) in New Rochelle. During World War II the building was utilized for a unique and profound project initiated by the many nationally recognized New Rochelle artists. Now referred to as the World War II Portraits Project, the endeavor ultimately captured the images of over 10,000 service personnel. About the architect: The architect of the Masonic Lodge, (now Main Street) was George Kramer Thompson ( ), a Dubuque, Iowa native who came to New York City in 1879 and studied under prominent New Yorker Frederick H. Withers. Thompson was in private practice in the City from , including a partnership with Francis H. Kimball, d/b/a Thompson & Kimball. Their commissions include the Manhattan Life Insurance Building (1892), the Empire Building (1898), the Standard Oil Building, and the Trust Company of America Building. 22

23 About the architecture: The imposing Neo-Classical Revival-style building is a rectangular block form with a pedimented limestone façade, with an Ionic portico set upon a raised basement of rusticated stone and trimmed with an oculus in the pediment. The façade is divided into three bays: side elevation into five bays, separated by simple pilasters. Of interest: One of the country s foremost architectural critics panned this building in 1909 and he did so in the April 1909 issue of the Architectural Record, in an article entitled "Study of a New York Suburb, New Rochelle". Although the 13-page article was written by anonymous, it was soon disclosed that Montgomery Schuyler was its author. Interestingly, he was a resident of the New York Suburb, New Rochelle at the time, and for several years after. Hiram Lodge No. 72, Mount Pleasant, New York Petition: 26 May 1796 Warrant: Last Return: 30 Mar 1808 Surrendered: bet Petition signed by: Beekman, Gerard G. Jr. Dickinson, Henry Dyckman, Michael 07 Aug 1798; signed by Robert R. Livingston, Grand Master; John Abrams, Grand Secretary. Hyatt, Abraham Jollie, Edward Jones, Arthur Mattocks, Robert Miller, Seth Royce, S. Allin Scofield, Ebenezer Ward, Mapes First Officers: Allen Royce, WM; Seth Miller, SW; Ezra Hunter, JW. Roster, as compiled from papers extant: Acker, Gilbert Acker, Philip Acker, Stephen Baley, Devona [Bailey, Devoe] Banks, James Beekman, Gerard G. Jr. Bilyea, John Blanchard, Parly Brady, Jesse Brown, Abraham Buckhout, John Carpenter, Levi Covert, David Crocker, Joseph David, Isaac Delavan, James Delavan, Lewis Dickinson, Henry Doty, Isaac Dutcher, Deliverance Dyckman, Michael Fell, John Fisher, Benjamin Fo[r]shay, James Fo[r]shay, John Frisbee, J. Giffard, Roger Graham, Joseph B. Green, William Haight, Joseph Haywood, David Holmes, Nathaniel Hunter, Ezra Hunter, John Hyatt, Abraham Hyatt, Nathaniel Johnson, Ira Jollie, Edward Jones, Arthur Jones, William Kinnicutt, John Leggett, John Marks, Michael Martin, Gilbert Mattocks, Robert Mentross [Montross], Gilbert Miller, Benjamin J. Miller, [Dr.] Seth Oppie, John Orser, Talmon [or Orsen] Owens, Eugane Charles Partelow, Seamor [sp?] Requa, Isaac Ridgway, Daniel Romer, John Royce, Allin Royce, George Schmidt, John William Scofield, Ebenezer Scofield, Joseph Sherwood, Job Smith, Samuel Sutton, John P. Thipp, Caleb Thipp, Gilbert Thipp, Thomas Thompson, James Tompkins, Daniel Turner, Joshua Tylor, Lewis 23

24 Valentline, Frederick Van Cortland[t], Philip Vestervelt, Cornelius Ward, Moses Ward, Samuel Ward, William Weeden, William Williams, Robert Yoe, Charles Youngs, Samuel [init. 1801] Youngs, John Youngs, Samuel Devoe Bailey b. 18 Mar 1751 North Salem, Westchester, NY; d. 6 OCT 1823 in Carmel, Putnam, NY; bur. Bailey Family Plot, Putnam County, NY; son of Levi Bailey b. ca 1722 in Rye, Westchester, NY, and Jean (Jane) Gilchrist b: ca 1720 in Rye, NY; m. Elizabeth Smith b. 1 May 1760 in Long Island, NY. Children 1. Samuel Bailey b. ca Devoe Bailey b. ca 1781/82 3. Stephen Bailey b. 12 Jul 1783 in Putnam County, NY 4. Benjamin Bailey b. 24 May 1785 in Putnam County, NY 5. William Bailey b. 27 Nov 1786 in Putnam County, NY 6. Levi Bailey b. 09 Jun 1789 in New York 7. Horace Bailey b. 08 Jun Daniel Bailey b. 20 Jan Ira Bailey b. 26 Jan 1794 in Carmel, Putnam, NY 10. Isaac Bailey b. 26 Jan 1794 in Carmel, Putnam, NY 11. Hester Bailey b. 18 Oct 1795 in Carmel, Putnam, NY 12. Thomas Bailey b. 06 Jan 1799 in Carmel, Putnam, NY Gerard G. Beekman, Jr. b. 19 Sep 1746, NYC; d. 22 Jun 1822; bur. Old Van Cortlandtville Cemetery, Peekskill, NY; Son of Gerard G.Beekman and Anne Van Horne; m. Cornelia Van Cortlandt, b. 2 Aug 1753; d. 14 Mar 1847; d/o Pierre Van Cortlandt ( ) and Joanna Livingston ( ) [q.v.] Children: 1. Pierre Cortlandt BEEKMAN 2. Dr. Stephen D. BEEKMAN m. Maria Clinton [6 Oct Apr 1829], d/o of George Clinton [26 Jul Apr 1812; 1st Governor of NY and 4th Vice President of the US; uncle of DeWitt Clinton; his Lt. Gov. was Pierre Van Cortlandt, Sr.]. 3. Gerard G. BEEKMAN b. 1774; m. Elizabeth Adams, b Ann Beekman b: 27 May 1778 in Peekskilll; d. 7 Jan 1857; m. 11 May 1803 Captain Frederick de Peyster, b. 10 Dec 1758; d. 26 Feb 1834, son of James Abraham De Peyster, b. 6 Feb 1726; d. 27 Jul 1799 in Jamaica, Long Island, and Sarah Reade, b. 10 Aug The Beekman family was part of the great landed aristocracy of colonial New York. Through inter-marriage, the Beekmans acquired alliances with the powerful Livingston and Van Cortlandt families. After the American Revolution, Gerard G. Beekman, Jr. was able to purchase a large part of the Philipse estate, which has been preserved by Historic Hudson Valley as Philipsburg Manor. The manuscript collection consists mainly of indentures, deeds and other legal documents pertaining mostly to the immediate family of Gerard G. Beekman, Jr. and his son Stephen D. Beekman. William Aitken's "Distinguished Families Descended from Silgelmus Beekman and Jan Thomasse Van Dyke" records they had only one child, a daughter, Ann, who married Captain Frederick de Peyster. To the best of my knowledge, they also had four sons: William, Gerard G., Pierre Van Cortlandt, and Stephen D. Born in 1752, Cornelia Beekman was the daughter of Pierre Van Cortlandt and Joanna Livingston. She grew up in their Croton, NY, manor house which is today on the National Historic Register. Her father is a DAR Patriot and became the Lt. Governor of New York. At about age 17, Cordelia married Gerard G. Beekman [Jr.] and they resided in the city of New York. They both became ardent supporters of American freedom from the British. They moved to Peekskill, New York, where they built a manor house. Here Cornelia resided throughout the Revolutionary War. Her husband is also a DAR Patriot. It was in the Beekman's Peekskill home that Gen. Patterson was quartered for a time. Gen. George Washington visited her frequently and made her home his quarters while his troops were stationed there. Because of its location, her manor was often ransacked by the British troops who demanded food and supplies. Although she was frequently taunted and belittled by the British, Cornelia Beekman maintained her dignity and devotion to the American cause. She is remembered for her courage, for she refused to leave her home and stood for the honor of her family and country throughout the perilous years of the Revolutionary War. In 1785, the Beekman family removed to Tarrytown where they lived in the manor house know as Castle Philipse. Mr. Beekman died in 1822 and Cornelia on March 14, 1847 at the age of 95. She was revered by her community and remained alert and vibrant until her death. 24

25 Cornelia [Van Cortlandt] Beekman A memoir of the long and eventful life of Mrs. Beekman, describing scenes in which those connected with her were prominent actors, would form a valuable contribution to American history. But it is not possible, at this distant day, without the materials afforded by letters or contemporaneous details, to give an adequate idea of the influence she exercised. There are many who retain a deep impression of her talents and noble qualities; but no record has preserved the memory of what she did for America, and her character can be but imperfectly illustrated by the anecdotes remembered by those who knew her most intimately. The active part she sustained in the contest, her trials and the spirit exhibited under them, her claims for substantial service to the gratitude of her country, and a name in its annals, cannot now be appreciated as they deserve. But it may be seen that hers was no ordinary character, that she was a true patriot, and that her part must have been a very important one in directing the judgment and movements of others. Her family was one of distinction, from which numerous branches have proceeded. The ancestor, Oloff Stevenson Van Cortlandt, died in this country about 1683, leaving seven children; and in 1685, his eldest son obtained from Governor Dongan a patent for large tracts of land purchased from the Indians in Westchester, Putnam, and Dutchess Counties. For many years preceding the Revolution, the family resided in the Cortlandt manor house, an old-fashioned stone mansion situated upon the banks of the Croton River. It was here that Cornelia, the second daughter of Pierre Van Cortlandt and Joanna Livingston, was born in Her father, who was Lieutenant Governor of the State of New York under George Clinton, from 1777 to 1795, was distinguished for his zealous maintenance of American rights. From him she imbibed the principles to which, in after life, she was so ardently devoted. The childhood and youth of Cornelia passed in peace and happiness in her pleasant home. On her marriage, about the age of seventeen, with Gerard G. Beekman, she removed to the city of New York, where her residence was in the street which bears her name. Her husband was in mind, education, and character, worthy of her choice. Not many years of her married life had passed, when the storm of war burst upon the land, and, taught to share in aspirations for freedom, she entered into the feelings of the people with all the warmth of her generous nature. She often spoke with enthusiasm of an imposing ceremonial procession she witnessed, of the mechanics of the city, who brought their tools and deposited them in a large coffin made for the purpose - marched to the solemn music of a funeral dirge, and buried the coffin in Potter's Field; returning to present themselves, each with musket in hand, in readiness for military service. Finding a residence in New York not agreeable in the state of popular excitement, she returned with her husband and family to the home of her childhood at Croton, till the Peekskill Manor House could be completed. This was a large brick building situated on a flat about two miles north of Peekskill, at the foot of Regular Hill, the place of encampment for the American army. The top of Anthony's Nose can be seen from its rear. Here she resided during the war, marked out as an object of aggression and insult by the royalists, on account of the part taken by her relatives and friends, and her own ardent attachment to the American cause. At intervals of the struggle, when portions of the British army were ranging through Westchester, she was particularly exposed to their injuries. But her high spirit and strong will contributed to her safety, and supported her through many scenes of trial. Only once was she prevailed upon to leave her residence, being persuaded by her brother, Colonel Philip Van Cortlandt, to retire with her family some miles back in the country for safety from a scouting party on their way from Verplanck's Point. She yielded to the counsel, contrary to her own judgment and wishes; and after being absent a day and night, not hearing of any depredations committed, returned to the manor house. She found it a scene of desolation! Not an article of furniture was left, except a bedstead; a single glass bottle was the only drinking utensil; and one ham was all that remained of the provisions, having, by good fortune, been hung in an obscure part of the cellar. This disaster, and the inconveniences to which she was obliged to submit in consequence, were borne with fortitude, and even formed a subject of merriment. Soon after, she was called upon by two of the American officers - Putnam and Webb - who asked how she had fared, not supposing she had been visited with annoyance, and were much surprised at her description of the state of the house on her return. The General promised, if she would be satisfied with army conveniences, to send her the next day a complete outfit to recommence housekeeping. On the morrow a horseman arrived, carrying a bag on either side, filled with all kinds of woodenware - a welcome and useful present, for such things were not at that time easy to be obtained. Some of these articles were still in the house at the time of Mrs. Beekman's decease. The leading officers of the American army were often received and entertained at her hospitable mansion. General Patterson was at one time quartered there; and the room is still called "Washington's," in which that beloved Chief was accustomed to repose. He visited her frequently, their acquaintance being of long standing, and while his troops were stationed in the neighborhood, made her house his quarters. The chairs used by his aids as beds are still in the possession of her descendants. Her hospitality was not limited to persons of distinction; she was at all times ready to aid the distressed, and administer to the necessities of those who needed attention. Nor were her acts of humanity and benevolence confined to such as were friendly to the cause in which her warmest feelings were enlisted, many in the enemy's ranks experiencing her kindness, and that in return for grievance and outrage. Of this she had more than her share, and sometimes the most daring robberies were committed before her eyes. On one occasion the favorite saddle-horse which she always rode was driven off with the others by marauders. The next day Colonel Bayard, mounted upon the prize, stopping at the gate, Mr. Beekman claimed the animal as belonging to his wife, and demanded that it should be restored. The insolent reply was, that he must hereafter look upon his property as British artillery horses; and the officer added, as he rode away, "I am going now to burn down your rebel father's paper mill! " 25

26 At another time, in broad day, and in sight of the family, a horse was brought up with baskets fastened on either side, and a deliberate ransacking of the poultry yard commenced. The baskets were presently filled with the fowls, and the turkeygobbler, a noisy patriarch, was placed astride the horse, the bridle being thrown over his head. His uneasiness when the whip was used, - testified by clamorous complaints, made the whole scene so amusing that the depredators were allowed to depart without a word of remonstrance. One day when the British were in the neighborhood, a soldier entered the house, and walked unceremoniously towards the closet. Mrs. Beekman asked what he wanted; "Some brandy;" was his reply. When she reproved him for the intrusion, he presented his bayonet at her breast, and calling her a rebel, with many harsh epithets, swore he would kill her on the spot. Though alone in the house, except an old black servant, she felt no alarm at the threats of the cowardly assailant; but told him she would call her husband, and send information to his officer of his conduct. Her resolution triumphed over his audacity; for seeing that she showed no fear, he was not long in obeying her command to leave the house. Upon another occasion she was writing a letter to her father when, looking out, she saw the enemy approaching. There was only time to secrete the paper behind the frame-work of the mantel-piece; where it was discovered when the house was repaired after the war. The story of Mrs. Beekman's contemptuous repulse of the enemy under Bayard and Fanning is related by herself, in a letter written in A party of royalists, commanded by those two colonels, paid a visit to her house, demeaning themselves with the arrogance and insolence she was accustomed to witness. One of them insultingly said to her: "Are you not the daughter of that old rebel, Pierre Van Cortlandt?" She replied with dignity: "I am the daughter of Pierre Van Cortlandt - but it becomes not such as you to call my father a rebel!" The tory raised his musket, when she, with perfect calmness, reproved him for his insolence and bade him begone. He finally turned away abashed. The persecutors of Mrs. Beekman were sometimes disappointed in their plundering expeditions. One day the miller came to her with the news that the enemy had been taking a dozen barrels of flour from the mill. "But when they arrive at the Point," he added, they will find their cakes not quite so good as they expect; as they have taken the lime provided for finishing the walls, and left us the flour." Often, however, the depredators left nothing for those who came after them. One morning a captain serving in the British army rode up to the house, and asked for Mrs. Beekman. When she appeared, he told her he was much in want of something to eat. She left the room, and soon returning, brought a loaf of bread and a knife. This, she assured him, was all she had in the house, the soldiers of his army having taken away every thing else. "But I will divide this," she said: "you shall have one-half, and I will keep the other for my family." This magnanimity so struck the officer, that he thanked her cordially, and requested her to let him know if in future any of his men ventured to annoy her, promising that the offence should not be repeated. It is not known that this promise was of any avail. In one instance the firmness and prudence displayed by Mrs. Beekman were of essential service. John Webb, familiarly known as "Lieutenant Jack," who occasionally served as an acting aid in the staff of the Commander-in- chief, was much at her house, as well as the other officers, during the operations of the army on the banks of the Hudson. On one occasion, passing through Peekskill, he rode up and requested her to oblige him by taking charge of his valise, which contained his new suit of uniform and a quantity of gold. He added, "I will send for it whenever I want it; but do not deliver it without a written order from me or brother Sam." He threw in the valise at the door, from his horse, and rode on to the tavern at Peekskill, where he stopped to dine. A fortnight or so after his departure, Mrs. Beekman saw an acquaintance - Smith - whose fidelity to the whig cause had been suspected, ride rapidly up to the house. She heard him ask her husband for "Lieutenant Jack's" valise, Which he directed a servant to bring and hand to Smith. Mrs. Beekman called out to ask if the messenger had a written order from either of the brothers. Smith replied that he had no written order, the officer having had no time to write one; but added: "You know me very well, Mrs. Beekman; and when I assure you that Lieutenant Jack sent me for the valise, you will not refuse to deliver it to me, as he is greatly in want of his uniform." Mrs. Beekman often said she had an instinctive antipathy to Smith, and, by an intuition for which it is difficult to account, felt convinced that he had not been authorized to call for the article she had in trust. She answered: "I do know you very well - too well to give you up the valise without a written order from the owner or the colonel." Smith was angry at her doubts, and appealed to her husband, urging that the fact of his knowing the valise was there, and that it contained Lieutenant Jack's uniform, should be sufficient evidence that he came by authority; but his representations had no effect upon her resolution. Although even her husband was displeased at this treatment of the messenger, she remained firm in her denial, and the disappointed horseman rode away as rapidly as he came. The result proved that he had no authority to make the application; and it was subsequently ascertained that at the very time of this attempt Major Andrè was in Smith's house. How he knew that the uniform had been left at Mrs. Beekman's was a matter of uncertainty; but another account of the incident-given by the accomplished lady who furnished these anecdotes of Mrs. Beekman, states that Lieutenant Webb, dining at the tavern the same day, had mentioned that she had taken charge of his valise, and what were its contents. He thanked Mrs. Beekman, on his return, for the prudence that had saved his property, and had also prevented an occurrence which might have caused a train of disasters. He and Major Andrè were of the same stature and form; "and beyond all doubt," says one who heard the particulars from the parties interested, "had Smith obtained possession of the uniform, Andrè would have made his escape through the American lines." The experience that teaches in every page of the world's history what vast results depend on things apparently trivial, favors the supposition, in dwelling on this simple incident, that under the Providence that disposes all human events, the fate of a nation may here have been suspended upon a woman's judgment. Many of Mrs. Beekman's letters written during the war breathe the most ardent spirit of patriotism. The wrongs she was compelled to suffer in person, and the aggressions she witnessed on every side, roused her just indignation; and her feelings were expressed in severe reproaches against the enemy, and in frequent prayers for the success of the American arms. But although surrounded by peril and disaster, she would not consent to leave her home; her zeal for the honor of her family and her country inspiring her with a courage that never faltered, and causing her to disregard the evils she had so continually to bear. Years rolled on, and peace came at last to smile upon those who had shed their blood, or sacrificed their possessions for the achievement of national independence. The lands in the manor of Philipsburgh having become vested in the State of New York by the attainder of Frederick Philipse, were parcelled out and sold; and Mr. Beekman purchased the tract in the vicinity of Tarrytown, on which the old manor-house is situated. To this he removed with his family in Historical recollections, and the classic creations of genius, combine to shed a romance and a glory around this spot. The manorhouse - Castle Philipse - the ancient residence of the lords of Philipsburgh - was strongly fortified in the early days of the colony, being built for defence against the Indians. The 26

27 embrasures or portholes now form the cellar windows. Rodolphus Philipse made additions to this fort to render it suitable for a place of residence. It faces the east, and looks upon the old Dutch church, which stands at a little distance, with its time-honored walls and antique belfry - a fit memorial of the past. This church was built about 1699 by Frederick Philipse and Catharina Van Cortlandt his wife, who, according to tradition, was in the habit of riding up from the city of New York on horseback, upon moonlight nights mounted on a pillion behind her brother, Jacobus Van Cortlandt, for the purpose of superintending its erection. It was struck by lightning some years since, and was in part rebuilt, with modern improvements. Many readers will remember the description of this church in the "Legend of Sleepy Hollow," with the wide woody dell beside it, and the bridge over the stream shaded by overhanging trees; for it was there that the Yankee pedagogue Ichabod Crane met with the adventure so renowned in story. The ravine on the other side of the hill forms the dreamy region of Sleepy Hollow. This locality bore a reputation more than equivocal - less, however, on account of its haunting goblins than its human inhabitants; and often did our heroine express her regret and indignation that Mr. Irving's description had given the name to a spot so near her own residence. The Pocanteco - or Mill river - wanders hereabouts in a region of romantic beauty; winding through dark woodlands, or grassy meadows, or stealing along beneath rugged heights, replenished by a thousand crystal rills that glide murmuring down to mingle with the stream. The venerable manor-house is seen to advantage from the bridge, the trees intercepting the view in other directions. The stately trees that surrounded a silver sheet of water before the door have been felled, and the old mill with its moss-covered roof, where in its balmy days so many bushels of grain were ground free of toll for the neighboring poor, exhibits tokens of decay. All is, however, in mellow keeping with the surrounding scenery. A picturesque view is presented from the windows of the manor-house, of the stream flowing in its serpentine windings to lose itself in the bosom of the majestic Hudson. It was here that Mrs. Beekman resided to the day of her death, enjoying life among the friends she loved, and contributing to the improvement and happiness of those who had the advantage of her society. She was one of the company who welcomed the arrival of La Fayette, and conversed with the veteran general of times gone by. Mr. Beekman died in 1822, at the age of seventy-six; and on the 14th of March, 1847, in her ninety-fifth year, did she too "like tired breezes fall asleep." The day on which her remains were borne to the family burial ground is described by one who was present as not soon to be forgotten. At an early hour the inhabitants for miles around began to assemble, until the crowd became so great, that as far as the view extended, the space seemed alive with carriages, and persons on foot and on horseback. After the funeral services, "the coffin was placed in the hall, and not a dry eye beheld the loved relics. Domestics who had grown gray in her service sobbed to part with their kind mistress; and when the hoaryheaded pall-bearers had placed the coffin in the sable hearse, before which were two milk white horses with black trappings, the solemn silence was broken by the tolling of the old church bell, and one sentiment of grief seemed to pervade the assemblage. Mrs. Beekman is described as an accomplished lady of the old school. She was remarkable for force of will, resolution, and a lofty sense of honor. Steadfast in her principles, she had a mind of uncommon vigor, and a heart alive to all kindly and noble feelings. In the prime of life she possessed a great share of personal beauty, while her manners were courteous, dignified and refined. Her conversation, brilliant and interesting, was enlivened by stores of anecdote supplied by a memory unusually retentive, and many were the thrilling tales of the olden time heard from her lips. Her sight failed during the last three or four years; but her mental faculties continued clear and unimpaired in strength to the close of her almost century of existence. She could dwell with minuteness of detail on the scenes her childhood had witnessed, while the realities she described were fading traditions to those who listened. Thus was she a faithful type of a past generation, on few of which any can look again. The energy of mind which had characterized her through life, was evinced on her death-bed. With her usual disinterestedness, she refused to summon those among her nearest relatives whose age and infirmities rendered their separation inevitable, to behold the progress of disease they could not alleviate. Calmly and quietly, bearing much suffering, but disturbed by no apprehension, she awaited, with her accustomed fortitude, the coming of that last enemy, whose nearer and yet nearer approach she announced unshrinkingly to those about her. When it was necessary to affix her signature to an important paper, and being supposed too weak to write, she was told that her mark would be sufficient, she immediately asked to be raised, called for a pen, and placing her left hand on the pulse of her right, wrote her name as distinctly as ever. It was the last act of her life. Literally counting, it is said, the failing beats of her pulse, she " looked death in the face with the same high resolve and strong will with which she had been wont, in her life-time, to encounter less powerful enemies." It was the strength of Christian faith, which thus gave her victory over the king of terrors. Of her brothers and sisters, only Mrs. Van Rensselaer and General Pierre Van Cortlandt survived her. The latter died recently at Peekskill. Her daughter, Mrs. De Peyster, resides in New York; and her son, Dr. S. D. Beekman, at Tarrytown on a part of the old place Jesse Brady b. 13 Jan 1762 Westchester Co, NY; d. there 7 May 1825; son of Simeon BRADY b. 13 Sep 1737 and Mary BRUNDAGE b. 23 Apr 1743; m. Jemima HOYT b. 22 Apr Tavern keeper. Children: 1. John BRADY b. 09 Feb Rhoda BRADY b. 20 Aug Loretta BRADY b. 09 Dec Tamer BRADY b. 21 Nov 1788 in Westchester Co., NY 5. Joanna BRADY b. 07 Sep Catherine BRADY b. 19 Apr Elijah N. BRADY b. 23 Mar Stephen BRADY b. 21 Apr 1796 in Westchester Co., NY 9. Huldah BRADY b. 05 Mar Isaac D. BRADY b. 05 Jan 1800 in Bedford, Westchester, NY 11. Mariah D. BRADY b. 30 Apr Isreal N. BRADY b. 27 Sep

28 ----- History and genealogy of the Carpenter family in America:..., by Daniel Hoogland Carpenter, page urce=bl&ots=mmq_ed7iyb&sig=dxbj2o2tufikxomb00flih0shm&hl=en&ei=8exgtagvcajj0qhzyiitbw&sa=x&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0cdeq6aewag#v=onepage&q= %22levi%20carpenter%22%20%22westchester%22&f=false Levi Carpenter, b. 21 Oct 1774 at Somers, Westchester, NY; d. 4 Dec 1852, son of Daniel Carpenter. He was a farmer and wheelwright. All his life was spent in his native town. He had a special adaptiveness for devising ingenious farming implements, and several times visited Washington in the interest of his patents. Probably the best known of these was the " L. C." ploughshare, which for many years was in popular demand. His wife was Fanny [Frances or Phana] Sutton, b. 20 Aug 1776; d. 23 Dec 1865 d/o John Pell Sutton. They were members of the Friends' Society, and highly respected in the community. Children. i. Thomas Daniel b. ca 1797 St John, Queens, New Brunswick, Canada; d. 1867, Canton, NY. ii. Winifred Sutton b. 20 Jan 1800; d. 08 Apr 1884, Peekskill; m. William Carpenter. iii. Bailey, b. ca iv. Emeline, b. 08 Jul 1803; d. 11 Jan 1890, Yorktown, NY; m. John Pugsley, and had four children. v. Pell Sutton, b. ca 1806; d Montgomery, AL; Went to New Orleans about vi. Caroline, b. 19 Aug 1807, d. 26 Dec 1842; married Samuel Tompkins, b. 31 Aug 1804; d. 9 Apr vii. Pamelia, b. 07 Feb 1810; d. 18 Aug Twin; m. David Mallett viii. Cornelia, b. 07 Feb d. 16 May Twin; m. Eaton Kipp ix. Peter Rowe, b. 23 Aug 1814, Yorktown, NY; d. 27 Sep 1896, Somers, NY x. Esther, b. ca Not married Doty-Doten family in America: descendants of Edward Doty, page ce=bl&ots=79bij1a3pc&sig=16r45l1saho4ohi8g8obrjavaks&hl=en&ei=cfbgtdczayln0aglh6iybw&sa=x&oi=book_result&ct= result&resnum=1&ved=0cboq6aewaa#v=onepage&q=%22isaac%20doty%22%20%22westchester%22&f=false poss. Isaac Doty, son Azariah Doty, b. New York City, He m. prob. Westchester Co., NY, Elizabeth Hammond. He d. White Plains, NY. He entered the Revolutionary army at a very early age as a drummer boy, but later joined the artillery branch of the service. In 1781 he is said to have commanded an artillery company on Staten Island, which he took across upon the ice to Amboy on the opposite New Jersey shore. In the records of Cayuga Co., NY, at Auburn, appears a certificate dated June 9, from General Washington, certifying that Isaac Doty, a gunner in the Second or New York Artillery Regiment, having faithfully served the United States from the 20th of February, 1779, until the present period, is discharged. Also, a certificate from Colonel John Lamb of the New York Artillery Regiment, that Isaac Doty has been honored with the badge of military merit for four years faithful service. For this service Isaac Doty received from the State of New York certain lands in Cayuga County, NY, which he sold March 2, 1793, to David Abeel, mariner, of New York City. Captain John Doughty, who was Captain of an artillery company in same regiment, and also received lauds in Cayuga County, NY, may have been related to Isaac Doty. In the records of the State of New Jersey he is credited with services as follows: Private in Second Company, Second Battalion, Second Establishment, New Jersey Continental line; served in the campaign in western Pennsylvania against the Six Nations, May to November, 1779, was transferred to First Company, Captain Nathaniel Bowman, Second Regiment: served in the Virginia campaign, took part in the battle of Yorktown and was present at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, October 19, 1781, and served to the close of the war. After the close of the war Isaac Doty returned to New York City and engaged in foreign trade that took him out of the country more or less, but about 1800 he removed to White Plains, NY, where he afterward lived. He was quite prominent in the county in public affairs, and in 1823 was appointed Under Sheriff of Westchester County. Children: i. NANCY, b. prob. New York City, 1793; m. John A. Mildeburger. She d. there Oct 1869, aged 76 years. ii. SAMUEL, b. New York City, 1796; not m.; d Was a mariner and captain of a vessel in one of the packet lines of ships owned by the firm of Howland and Aspinwall of New York. iii. ELIZA, m. Abram D Stevens of Westchester Co., NY. iv. ELLEN, m. Wilson G. Hunt, merchant and banker of New York City. She d. there; bur. Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY. v. FANNY, m. William Gale. lived New York City: had 7 ch. vi. GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. White Plains, NY, vii. EMMA, b. White Plains; m. Richard Devan of Baltimore, Md. No ch. viii. MARIA, b. White Plains; m. John Kenyon of New York City. ix. JANE, b. White Plains; d. infancy. x. EDWIN HAMMOND, b. White Plains, Souvenir of the revolutionary soldiers' monument dedication, at Tarrytown, New York, by Tarrytown Monument Committee, Marcius Denison Raymond, page W1addK&sig=NG4eFxXwCu0D6zN-uG5U1GuoYhE&hl=en&ei=baHfTdHrI42-28

29 tgelo6n7cq&sa=x&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0ccaq6aewaq#v=onepage&q=%22deliverance%20dutcher%22& f=false Deliverance Dutcher, son of Capt. William Dutcher, lived on the east end of the old Dutcher farm on the road to Greenburgh. He married and had a large family of children. Deliverance Dutcher died 7 Nov 1823, in his 41st year. Cathrina Bancker his widow, born 14 Jan 1785, died 10 Jul Michael Dyckman William DYCKMAN (Jannetje KIERSEN 6, Gerrittie Van DALSEN 5, Grietje Theunis CRAY 4, Theunis CRAY 3, Theunis Gerritsen CRAEY 2, Garret DE CROY 1 ) b. 23 Aug 1720; m. Mary TURNER, b. 4 Feb 1728; d. 14 Feb d/o Michael TURNER Children: i. Jacobus DYCKMAN b. 18 Sep 1748; d. 20 Aug 1832; m. Hannah BROWN, d. 20 Aug ii. Mary DYCKMAN b. 02 Jun 1752; d. 23 Feb 1826; m. Jacob VERMILYEA 15 Jun iii. Abraham "Brom" DYCKMAN b. 25 Aug 1754; d. 9 Mar 1782 in Mt. Vernon, NY, unmarried. iv. Michael DYCKMAN b. 09 AUG 1756; d. Jan 1808; m. Sarah OAKLEY. v. William DYCKMAN b. 09 Dec 1762; m. Maria SMITH 23 Feb vi. Jemima DYCKMAN b. 25 Feb 1765; m. Evert BROWN. vii. Charity DYCKMAN b. 18 MAY 1770; m. Benjamin LENT. Michael, third son of William Dyckman, was named for his maternal grandfather, Michael Tourneur. Joining the militia with his brother Abraham and cousin John Odell, he later served with them in the Westchester Guides. He remained with the Guides until 1780, when he was appointed a Muster Master. Muster Masters were recruited from reliable militiamen. Given a lieutenant's commission, his task was to enroll recruits (Levies) selected by their militia regiment colonels for the regular forces. Muster Masters reported the strengths of each regiment directly to Governor George Clinton. A letter Michael wrote from Fishkill to his friend John Pine, still with the Westchester Guides, would delight proponents of simplified spelling: "I hare that our boys has bin down and taken sevin horsis," he wrote. (By order of General Washington, Guides were permitted to keep the property taken or its equivalent in cash.) In this letter he also speculated on his chances of being "sculped" by Indians raiding American lines. In another letter to young Pine from Albany two weeks later, Michael wrote: "I have met with an Irish twist I have lost almost all my close stole from me in Albany however I have had the good luck to get some lining for shurts I should be glad if you could get me a grate coat and send it up with Mr. Lion to Mr. Simons in Albany whar I shal have an opertunity to get it at any time "I am now staitioned at Schohary midel fort whare the Indians are skulkin round dayly a few days ago they tuck of a hole family within one mile of the fort however thare was a party of our men salied out and we tuck all the prisoners "John Odell has bin to fort Stanwix but he has returned to Stone Roby [Stone Arabia, a village burnt by the British] whare he will meat with Capt Williams I have got orders to march for the same place whare whe shall be stasioned for this sommar inles times should altar "Schohary whas a fine place thare is twenty or thirty fine dutch girls in the fort every night and that was not the best of all yet we had a damd fine Commasary with rum and provisions plenty "my complements to all friends I remain your friend Michael Dyckman" His rough letter demonstrates that phonetic spelling was probably common at that time, even among those with some degree of education. After serving with the Levies, Michael returned to the Guides. In July of 1781 he was assigned, with John Oakley and John Pine, as guides to the French army that had just marched to Westchester County from Newport, Rhode Island. It was Washington's intention to retake New York City in a surprise assault with the assistance of the French. The Comte de Rochambeau's force of four infantry regiments, an artillery battalion and the Duc de Lauzun's 600-man legion of horse and foot soldiers reached Dobbs Ferry. Instead of attacking the city, Washington decided to march secretly south with Rochambeau's force to Yorktown in Virginia, where British Lord Cornwallis was bottled up behind his fortifications. After accompanying the French across the Hudson, the three young men received a certificate certifying that "Ockly, Pine et Dickman, Guides de l'armée Américaine" conducted themselves very well while attached to the French Army. Michael Dyckman next rejoined the Westchester Guides and accompanied his brother Abraham on the expedition against De Lancey's headquarters in Morrisania. After the war, he became a farmer in Cortlandtown and married Sarah Oakley about The 1800 census lists him as head of a family of one male, (himself), one male, 16-26; one female, (his wife); two females under 10 (his daughters Sarah and Maria); and six slaves. He died in 1808 at the age of 52. Despite Michael Dyckman's deficiencies in accepted orthography and punctuation, it is interesting to note that his grandson John Reuben Thompson later served as literary editor of William Cullen Bryant's New York Evening Post. Lieut. Abraham Dyckman, popularly called " Brom '' Dyckman, [a brother of Michael Dyckman] though not a resident of this Manor, performed such important service here as one of the Westchester Guides, all through the Revolution, at last yielding up his life for 29

30 the cause, that he deserves more than a passing tribute at our hands. He was a son of Wm. Dyckman, of Kingsbridge, and was own cousin to Col. John Odell, who was so closely associated with him during the Revolution. He is described by one who knew him as "a broad shouldered, thick-set, athletic man." He was mortally wounded in an expedition to Morrisania, March 4, 1782, but was brought off the field on his horse, his brother Michael, who was also a Patriot Guide, supporting him. He died on the 9th of March, and was buried at Crum pond with military honors. At the time of his death he is said to have been engaged to be married to a sister of Cornelius Oakley, another of the Westchester Guides. The kindred of the brave Lieut. Abraham Dyckman should see to it that a suitable monument is erected at his unmarked grave. r9pgte_uoytlgqf0qkimbg&sa=x&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0ceqq6aewbq#v=onepage&q=%22michael%20d yckman%22%20%22westchester%22&f=false page 107. The County of Westchester contributed largely to the American cause. Versed in every hidden path of the region, the Westchester guides were of invaluable service to Washington and his troops. The foremost of these patriotic-spirited guides were Abraham and Michael Dyckman, whose old homestead at King's Bridge Road (Broadway) and Hawthorne Street, rebuilt at the close of the Revolution, is still pointed out as the only remaining Dutch farmhouse on the road. In May 1780, Michael Dyckman acted as guide to Captain Cushing of the Massachusetts Line in his attack upon De Lancey's Corps. The Americans captured more than forty prisoners. Michael Dyckman figured in an exploit on 26 Mar 1782, when, with thirteen volunteer horsemen he made an excursion to Morrisania, and took five of De Lancey's corps and five horses. On their return they were pursued by a party of the enemy's horse, but when the British came near, the gallant Westchester Volunteers faced right about, charged vigorously, took one man prisoner with his horse, and put the rest to flight. The enemy again appeared on the old Eastchester Road but dared not renew the attack. Abraham Dyckman was mortally wounded on 4 Mar 1782, while piloting a body of volunteer horse under Captain Hunnewell (after whom Honeywell Avenue in West Farms was subsequently named). The Americans made the attack on the cantonment of De Lancey's corps just before sunrise, taking the enemy completely by surprise, killing and wounding many, and capturing twenty prisoners. De Lancey himself would perhaps have been taken prisoner had not the British loyalists fired the alarm guns and thus caused the Americans to retire. The enemy quickly started in pursuit but soon fell into an ambuscade set by Major Woodbridge, who with a party of light infantry had accompanied Captain Hunnewell. The State of New York has erected a granite monument at Yorktown in memory of the patriotic services of Abraham Dyckman John Foshay [Forshay, Fosie, &c] Smith/GENE html+%22foshay%22+%22phillipsburg%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&source= Anitije Van Wart (Abraham 3, Gerrit Jochemse 2, Jochem 1 Wouterszen) b. 19 Oct 1748 in Phillipsburg, Westchester, NY; d. there 17 May 1829; m. 12 Oct 1767 in Tarrytown, Westchester, NY, John Foshay, b. ca 1745 in Phillipsburg, NY, son of William Foshay and Jane Barnes. Both bur. in Sleepy Hollow, NY. Children: i. John Foshay, b. 10 Oct 1768 in Mt Pleasant, Westchester, NY; d. 03 Jul 1813; m. Mary Lawrence, 25 Jan ii. Mary Foshay, b. 19 Jan 1771; d. bef. 1809; m. William J. Brooks (JURCKSE) YERKS. iii. Jane Foshay, b, 14 Mar 1773; d, 23 Jul 1856; m. Jacobus (James) Van Wert. iv. William Foshay, b. 07 May 1775; d. 04 Jan 1811; m. Phoebe Downing, 14 Jan 1803, White Plains NY. v. Abraham Foshay, b. 04 Apr 1777; d. aft. 1855; m. Catherine Jane Allaire. vi. Anna Foshay, b. 24 Apr 1779; d. 10 Jul 1823 in Hawthorne, Westchester, NY; m. John Vincent, vii. Rebecca Foshay, b. 11 Sep viii. Elizabeth Foshay, b. 10 Sep 1783 in Tarrytown, NY; d. there 07 Sep 1870; m. George Kniffen Hall. ix. Miriam Foshay, b. 19 Apr x. Isaac Foshay, b. 05 Nov 1789; d. 05 Jun 1860; m. Mary Adams, ca xi. Jacob Foshay, b. 21 Sep 1791 in Tarrytown, NY; d. there 09 Dec 1865; m. Esther Williams. xii. Martinus Foshay, b. 12 Sep 1793 in Tarrytown, NY; m. Catherine(Cynthia) Falconer. xiii. Andrew Foshay, b. 08 Sep 1796 in Mt Pleasant, NY; d. 18 Mar 1837 in New York, New York; m. Susan Austin Abraham Hyatt Abraham HYATT b. 20 May 1747 in White Plains, Westchester, NY; d. 3 Jun 1830 in Chappaqua, Westchester, NY; son of Nathan Hyatt b. ca 1712 in Westchester, NY, and Anna HUNT b. ca 1715; m. Sarah RYDER b. ca 1750 in New Castle, Westchester, NY. Children, b. in [Chappaqua] New Castle, Westchester, NY: 1. Samuel HYATT b. 06 Jan Phebe HYATT b. 16 Dec Fanny HYATT b. 24 Jan Nathaniel HYATT b. 03 Nov 1781; d. 22 Aug 1823 in New Castle, Westchester, NY 5. Elizabeth HYATT b. 30 Oct

31 6. Esther HYATT b. 23 Dec Joseph R. HYATT b. 23 Dec Abraham HYATT b. 12 Feb 1790 Abraham has a brother Nathan, b. ca 1745 in White Plains, Westchester, NY; d in Westchester, NY. Abraham Hyatt, born in Chappaqua in 1747, received this commission as Second Lieutenant in Company Eight of the Fourth Battalion of the New York State forces on November 21, The document, signed by founding father John Hancock, President of Congress, is a very early document of Westchester s role in the American Revolution. The county s population suffered greatly during the seven years of war, and Hyatt s service helped to protect local farmers and their families from Cowboys and Skinners marauders from both the British and American sides during the conflict Gilbert Montross [Mentross] b. ca Yorktown, Westchester, NY; d. 9 March 1837; son of John Mostross (ca -1797) and Phebe Craft; m1. Mary Polly Craft b. 20 March 1777; d. 15 May Child: John Montross b. 22 October 1799; d. 28 August 1843; m2. Maria Walton Van Cortlandt b. ca 1785; d. 21 May 1870, Brooklyn, NY, d/o William Ricketts Van Cortlandt* and Elizabeth Kortright. Children by Maria: i. Louis P. b. ca 1818 Yorktown, NY; d ii. Cortlandt b. ca 1824; d iii. Henry b. 31 May 1816; d. aft * William Ricketts Van Cortlandt, second son of Stephen Van Cortlandt by his wife Mary Walton Ricketts, was born 12 Mar 1742; m. 3 Jan 1765, Elizabeth, d/o Cornelius Kortright

32 Souvenir of the revolutionary soldiers' monument dedication, at Tarrytown, New York, by Tarrytown Monument Committee, Marcius Denison Raymond, page W1addK&sig=NG4eFxXwCu0D6zN-uG5U1GuoYhE&hl=en&ei=baHfTdHrI42- tgelo6n7cq&sa=x&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0ccaq6aewaq#v=onepage&q=%22deliverance%20dutcher%22& f=false Isaac Requa Capt. Glode Requa Glode, Jr., or Capt. Glode Requa, as he came to be during the Revolution, was a well defined figure upon our local horizon, a distinct personality the date of whose birth and death, and place of residence, and burial, distinctly appear. He was born May 4th, 1727, and died Dec. 9th, He married date not known Eimy Dean, daughter of Thomas Dean and sister of Sergt. John Dean of the Revolution, and had a family of six sons and three daughters. He was early appointed to the command of a Company of Militia on this Manor, and of the services so performed by him frequent mention is made in the applications for pension of those who served under him. The following accounts copied from the books of the State Treasurer show various sums paid to him and his command for such service: April 19, 1777, paid Capt. Glode Requa for his Company, Sept. 17, 1778, paid Capt. Glode Requa for his Company, He was for one year a prisoner in the old Sugar House Prison, New York, but the date of his capture does not appear. He was like many others, obliged to remove his family elsewhere for safety, as stated by Peter Van Woermer, his neighbor, to Collaberg, present Croton. He took title from the Commissioners of Forfeiture to valuable farm of 296 acres which he had previously occupied, and also to four lots of one acre each in the present Tarrytown, and at his death left a valuable estate. The old Manor records show that Glode Requa was chosen one of the Assessors the 1st Thursday of April, 1753, and that the ear mark of his stock was recorded April 1, It is said of Glode, Sr., that he was very Frenchy in his talk, and difficult to understand on account of his foreign speech. That he occupied the farm which afterwards descended to his eldest son, Glode, Jr., is unquestioned, and that was the early home of the family on this Manor. Isaac Requa, the eldest son of Capt. Glode, born 1758, was a Soldier of the Revolution, and commissioned as Adjutant of Col. Hammond's Regt., June 16, 1778, having previously been a Lieutenant in Capt. Jonas Orser's Company. Also served under his father, Capt. Glode. The date of his being taken prisoner appears from the following account rendered against the State, which was duly audited: The State of New York, Dr. To Isaac Requa to his pay as Lieut, and Adjt. for the time " I was in Captivity" from Jan'y 31, 1779, until Mar. 10, 1780,, Henrietta Paulding Requa, widow of Adjt. Isaac Requa, son of Capt. Glode, in her application for pension says that she was married to Isaac Requa on 12 Apr 1784, when she was 18. That she was a daughter of William Paulding, and was born 8 Oct Peter Van Woermer, aged 87, said he was well acquainted with Isaac Requa and lived in the same township with him during the Revolution, one or two miles from him. That his father and the father of the said Isaac removed for a time to Collaberg, 10 or 12 miles above Tarrytown, during the Revolution, and that the two families lived near each other on opposite sides of the road. That he was for a time a soldier in the Regt. of which Isaac Requa was Adjutant, and that he had often seen him in his regimentals on parade. That said Isaac Requa married Henrietta, daughter of William Paulding, deceased, of Tarrytown. That he kept store in Tarrytown; that the store was in the corner of his house which adjoined that of his wife's father, the late Wm. Paulding, and that he was in the habit of dealing with him and trading with him at that place.... Henrietta Paulding was married to Isaac Requa in May Her father was Commissary General, and after the battle of White Plains removed his family to Bedford; after peace was declared they immediately returned. Justice Requa married them. He (Isaac), died in Feb His commission as Adjutant is on file with the pension papers of his widow at the Pension office in Washington. Isaac Requa, subsequently to the Revolution, became a prominent man in this county. He was Supervisor of the town of Greenburgh for six successive terms, from 1787 to 1792, inclusive; was Justice of the Peace for nearly twenty years, and from 1810 to 1820 was an Associate Justice, or side Judge, sitting at County Courts, and was commonly known as Judge Requa. He was successfully engaged in business at his residence adjoining the residence of Gen. Paulding near the Requa Dock. He accumulated a large estate for those times, and was a highly respected citizen. He left no descendants Captain John Romer Ibid. page 176. The Romer Family Mrs. Charity Tompkins, in an interview, date of Aug. 31, 1847, gives the following sketch of the Romer family, early of this vicinity: '' Old Mr. (Jacob) and Mrs. Romer, parents of John Romer, came from the same parish, or village, in Switzerland, and had become attached to each other in early infancy; she the daughter of a farmer, and he the son of a tailor, and a tailor himself. When grown up they wanted to marry, but her parents refused consent. They then determined to seek their fortunes in America, and left their native place together. When they arrived at New York she had money to pay her passage, while his means were exhausted. He was about to sell himself for a time, as the custom then was, when she said, 'You can earn money to purchase my freedom sooner than I can yours. Let me be sold then and you work at your trade until you can earn enough to buy my time, when we will marry.' He consented 32

33 to this arrangement and paid for his passage with her money, while she was sold. When he had earned sufficient, her freedom was bought," and so they were married, Aug. 11, Her name was Frena Haerlanger. This Jacob had three sons, John, James and Hendrick, all of whom were Revolutionary soldiers.... John married Lea[h], the only daughter of Cornelius Van Tassel.... James Romer was one of those who made up the party at the time of capture of Andre, but the following account is given by John, who was afterwards known as Capt. John Romer: "The captors of Andre stopped at my father's in the morning before day and took breakfast, and took a dinner, prepared for them by my mother, in a pewter basin and basket. They stopped a while upon the hillock east of the road and north of the brook, and there took their repast; afterwards crossed the road and when they captured Andre were south of the brook. After the capture they forgot all about the basket and basin, but on arriving at our house described where they had left them and I [John] was sent for and found them on the abovementioned hillock. (That basin is still in existence in the hands of J. C. L. Hamilton, a grandson of John Romer.) Paulding returned from the capture in advance of the rest. My mother was a very warm Whig. Paulding said to her, 'Aunt Fanny, take care what you say now; I believe we've got a British officer with us.' There was a cart road leading from James Requa's to Isaac Read's tavern, though I think Andre went on by Requa's to where Peter See's store is, and so towards Tarrytown. My father's house was about a quarter of a mile from the White Plains and Tarrytown road, and a mile from the Post road. (It was located near the pump house of the Tarrytown Water Works.) The brook where Andre was taken was called Clark's Kill. After his capture he was taken into the thicket on the east side of the road and to the old white-wood tree, about one hundred and fifty yards from the brook near which he was taken, and it was under that tree that they searched him and discovered his papers." Map of the locality of Major Andres capture John was a son of Jacob Romer, whose house is shown above and was later owned by John. Historical sketches of the Romer, Van Tassel and allied families, and tales..., edited by John Lockwood Romer FhgiUMxWTr-OZXedWYOJ9xUSvc&hl=en&ei=8JrfTZOvO5SUtweKtXtCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22captain%20john%20romer%22&f=false HE AIDED ANDRE'S CAPTORS. Captain John Romer, who died in 1855, Westchester's Last Revolutionary Soldier. Joined the Continental Army when only a boy later, in the War of 1812, he once more served his Country. The last surviving soldier of the Revolution living in Westchester County died in He was John Romer, a son of Jacob Romer, and was born on November 10, 1764, in the place now called East View, in the town of Greenburg, three miles east of Tarrytown. John Romer and his four elder brothers were private soldiers in the Revolutionary War. The captors of Major Andre David Williams*, Paulding and Van Wart together with James Romer, one of the five brothers, Yerkes, Dean and See, obtained their breakfast at the house of Jacob Romer on the morning of the capture, and there they had a luncheon prepared, which they carried away in a pewter basin. On their way to the Tarrytown Post Roads they stopped at the house of Archer Read and obtained a pack of cards, after which they proceeded to the places of their concealment three taking places near the famous tulip tree, upon the new Post Road, and the other four remaining to guard the old Post Road, about six hundred feet distant. After the capture the three led Andre up to where the others were stationed, and then the whole party proceeded directly to the house of Jacob Romer, where they remained and had their dinner. In their hurry to get Andre away from the public highway, the captors forgot the basin above 33

34 mentioned containing their lunch, and while dinner was being prepared, John Romer, then a lad sixteen years old, was sent after it. Upon his return he accompanied the party to Colonel Sheldon's headquarters in North Castle, their route lying across lots and through the woods, in order to avoid the highways as much as possible. This is briefly the story of the capture of Andre as told by John Romer many years afterwards. He was selected in 1853 by the Monument Association to identify the exact spot where the capture took place, and selected a spot east of the present Post Road at Tarrytown. The monument was erected on the west side, because the property where the capture really took place could not be obtained for the purpose. * It appears that by a special dispensation David Williams had been made a Mason while on his visit to the city of New York, but it was not generally known until a body of fellow craftsmen gathered at his bier clothed in their white aprons and full Masonic regalia. David Williams ( ) American patriot and one of the trio who captured Major Andre in the American Revolution. b. 21 Oct 1754 in Tarrytown, NY. Enlisted in 1775 and served under Gen. Richard Montgomery at St. John's and Quebec, continuing his service until 1779, when he resigned. His feet had been badly frozen and this partially disabled him for life. With John Paulding, q.v., and Isaac Van Wart, he was one of the captors of Major John Andre on 23 Sep After the war, he bought a farm near the Catskill mountains that had been the property of Daniel Shays, q.v., leader of Shay's rebellion. He was given a silver medal by order of congress. He was raised in Lotus Lodge No. 31, N.Y.C. in Charles A. Lakin in his History of Military Lodge No. 93, Manlius, NY. states that he was first Junior Warden of this Lodge and presented the lodge with a sword he had taken on the Battlefield of Yorktown. d. 2 Aug [Note: it would appear the David Williams, noted as belonging to Military Lodge No. 93, is a different David Williams, of whom it has been written in Revolutionary soldiers resident or dying in Onondaga County, NY..., by Franklin Henry Chase, page 100: 3sPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA100&dq=%22david+williams%22+%22yorktown%22+%22pompey%22&hl=en&ei=6gzgTdTyEIuftweO7ajoC Q&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22david%20williams%22%20%22yorktown %22%20%22pompey%22&f=false DAVID WILLIAMS This veteran has been confused with his son David, who was buried in the Manlius cemetery, Nov 1875, aged 92 years. It is also said that "David Williams settled in Pompey in 1801, where he lived to the advanced age of 93 years. His farm was situated about a mile and a half north of Watervale." Which David this was does not appear in this but it was the son. The father, with three others, built a sawmill at Edwards' Falls, but he soon exchanged his interest for 60 acres of land. He was overseer of the poor, ; lieutenant in a new Onondaga company in 1797; captain in 1798; 2d major in 1st Onondaga Regt., in 1801, and lieut. colonel in He was ensign in 1793, when his son David was but eleven years old. Of the son the Pompey Reunion said: "The subject of this sketch was born in Halifax, (Mass.) July 16th, 1782, and when nine years old came to Pompey. At the age of twentyone he married Mary Eastman who was born July 4th, Mrs. Williams' father, Timothy Eastman, served seven years in the war of the revolution." Whether he also lived in Pompey was not stated. In Lakin's history of Military Lodge David Williams is mentioned as a captain in the Revolution, but he evidently had not this rank. Lakin adds: "In 1802, when Military Lodge was instituted, he presented it with a sword that he secured on the battle field of Yorktown. This old relic is held in high esteem a prize without price." He was the first Junior Warden. It now appears that he was born May 7, 1744, made his will July 26, 1827, which was proved Sept. 9, 1829, in the year of his death, making him 85 years old. His wife survived him. Note: Lakin also records that he was a Charter Member of Military Lodge, Raised 2 Sep 1802 g.l.h. John Paulding ( ) Major of American Revolution, who with two others, captured Major Andre. b. in 1758 in N.Y.C. He served throughout the Revolution, and was three times taken prisoner by the British. A few days after his escape from his second imprisonment, he, Isaac Van Wart, and David Williams were patrolling the east bank of the Hudson River, when they intercepted Andre, who was on the way back to the British lines after his interview with Benedict Arnold. They refused to be bribed by Arnold and later Congress struck a silver medal for each of them. The Eastern Argus of Portland, Maine, carried the following on 3 Mar 1818: "Died at Yorktown, NY, Major John Paulding, one of those distinguished Revolutionary patriots who received the thanks of the nation for the capture of Major Andre. His remains were accompanied to the grave by a corps of cadets from West Point, a Lodge of the Masonic fraternity, and a great concourse of people." He was a member of Cortland[t] Lodge No. 34, Cortland[t], Westchester Co., N.Y. He appears on the register of the Lodge, so he was initiated sometime between 1793 (date of charter) and d. 18 Feb After the Revolution, John Romer married Leah, daughter of Cornelius Van Tassel, a lieutenant in the war in Colonel Drake's Regiment of Militia, organized October 23, Through his wife, John Romer became possessed of the Van Tassel farm, at Elmsford, upon which he built the house long afterwards used as the Greenburg Town House. This house was erected upon the site of the Van Tassel house, burned by the British in 1777, Leah, then an infant, and her mother being turned out into the cold of a November night that the structure might be destroyed. Captain Romer was one of the prominent Free Masons of the county in his day, having been admitted to Solomon's Lodge [sic], of Mount Pleasant, in Solomon's Lodge, at that time, was in the settlement called Sparta, now a suburb of Sing Sing. Afterwards the Lodge was moved to White Plains; then it was moved to Elmsford, and then under a reorganized charter it was placed in Tarrytown, where it has remained and flourished for many years. In 1853, at the dedication of the monument to the captors of Major Andre, at Tarrytown, John 34

35 Romer was a guest of honor as one of the few survivors of the Revolutionary soldiers. He died at Elmsford on May 27, 1855, ninety years and six months old, and was buried in the churchyard of the Reformed Church in that place, not far from the grave of Isaac Van Wart. John Romer seems to have been particularly happy in having possessed during his life the respect and esteem of all those who knew him. All the local traditions and reports concerning him indicate that he was kind, honest and upright, a good citizen and a pleasant neighbor. The fact that he was a soldier at sixteen and again at the age of forty-eight, serving his country at the two extremes of life, as it were, is sufficient indication that in patriotism he was a worthy representative of the Westchester county yeoman, whose fidelity, perseverance and endurance did so much for the cause of American liberty in "the days that tried men's souls." New York Tribune, July 6, Captain John Romer died in his old homestead on May 27, 1855, and was buried by Solomon's Lodge in the churchyard of the Presbyterian church at Greenburg, beside Leah, his wife, near the last resting place of his lifelong friend, Isaac Van Wart The funeral services were conducted by Reverend Victor M. Hurlburt, of the First Reformed Church of Yonkers. After a brief service at the house, the cortege, more than a mile in length, proceeded to the old church at Elmsford, the members of Solomon's Lodge marching upon either side of the hearse. Reverend Mr. Hurlburt, after reading selections from the Scriptures, chose a part of the 31st verse of chapter 49 of Genesis, "There I buried Leah," as a basis for an eloquent address, which was followed by the Masonic burial rites about the open grave in the adjoining churchyard There's naught but what's good to he understood by a free and accepted Mason. Capt. JOHN HOMER, BORN NOV 1O, 1764 DIED MAY 27, Daniel D. Tompkins ( ) Sixth Vice President of the United States, b. 21 Jun 1774 in Fox Meadows (now Scarsdale), NY. His father was a farmer. Graduate of Columbia U. in 1795, studied law, and admitted to the bar in N.Y.C. in Was elected U.S. congressman, but resigned before taking seat in order to become associate justice of the supreme court of N.Y. in He served on the bench until 1807, when he resigned to become Governor of New York , a term of ten years. Before resigning the governorship and entering the office of vice president, he sent a message to the legislature on 18 Jan 1817, recommending that a day be fixed for the abolition of slavery within the bounds of the state. The assembly acted, setting the date as 4 Jul He served two terms as vice president ( ), and while holding that office was elected twice as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of New York ( ). He was made a Mason in Hiram Lodge No. 72, Mt. Pleasant, Westchester, NY, 2 Feb This lodge did not long survive and on 7 Oct 1802 he was "admitted" a member of Salem Lodge No. 74, Salem, Westchester, NY. He had been a Mason only four months, when, on 4 Jun 1800 he was elected Deputy Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge. He served in this capacity until 15 Jun On 25 Jun 1801, he became Grand Secretary and held this office until 13 Jun He is known to have been a Royal Arch Mason and Knight Templar. In 1824 he was made an honorary member of Morton Commandery No. 4, K.T. of N.Y.C. In his first election as Grand Master on 2 Jun 1819, his opponent was DeWitt Clinton, who had succeeded him, and was then Governor of New York. Although he was not able to be present at all the Grand Lodge meetings, he did attend on 5 Jul and 12 Sep 1820; 14 Mar and 9 Jun 1821 and 5 Jun On 6 Jun 1822, he declined another term as Grand Master. On 11 Jun 1822 the Grand Lodge passed the following resolution: "Resolved, unanimously, that the thanks of this Grand Lodge be presented to the R..W.. Daniel D. Tompkins, for the services rendered by him to the fraternity, in officiating as their presiding officer for the last two years." Tompkins received the 32 AASR on 8 Nov 1808 at the hands of John G. Tardy 33. On 5 Aug 1813 he received the 33 at the hands of a Provisional Supreme council and was immediately elected sovereign Grand Commander of the newly formed Supreme Council, Northern Jurisdiction. He was Grand Commander up to the time of his death in On 8 Nov 1820 he attended a meeting of Independent Royal Arch Lodge No. 2, N.Y.C. and the same evening was initiated into the "Mystery of the Union" or "Union Degree" at a meeting of the grand officers of the Grand Lodge of New York and Masters of Lodges in N.Y.C. On 2 Apr 1821 he is recorded as a visitor to Hiram Lodge No He was present at the Grand Lodge sessions on 5 Jun 1823, the year after he relinquished the grand mastership. When General Lafayette visited America in 1824, Tompkins, as vice president, entertained the French Freemason at his residence in Staten Island, NY, on Sep The apron he wore while Grand Master is now in possession of that Grand Lodge. The Grand Lodge also possess another historic relic identified with Tompkins. When the affairs of the old United States Bank at Washington, D.C. were wound up, a small gold trowel used by Benjamin Franklin in his Lodge, was found in the safe. Tompkins presented it to Franklin Lodge No. 447, N.Y.C. and the Lodge later presented it to the grand lodge. He d. 11 Jun Philip Van Cortlandt Note: there are several Philip Van Cortlandts from the family and geographical area of Hiram Lodge in Mt. Pleasant. The below Philip was recorded by Denslow as having become a member of Solomon s Lodge No. 1 on 8 Aug Otherwise, there is no 35

36 further information on just which Philip it was that was a member of Hiram Lodge No. 72 during its brief existence from 1798 to Below are some of the other Philps in this esteemed family: Philip Van Cortlandt, born 9 August, 1683; died 21 August, 1746; married Catharine De Peyster. [Died before Hiram Lodge was chartered]. PHILIP VAN CORTLANDT, eldest son of Stephen Van Cortlandt by his wife Mary Walton Ricketts, became the fourth head of the family. He was born 10 Nov 1739; died 1 May He was graduated at King's (now Columbia) College, in Preferring a military life, he entered the British army, in which he served many years. He is buried in Halisham Church, England, where a mural monument is erected to his memory. He married, 2 August, 1762, Catharine, daughter of Jacob Ogden, of New Jersey. They had twenty-three children, one of whom was another Philip, born 30 July 1766.[These two Philips, do not appear to be associated with Hiram Lodge]. Philip Van Cortlandt, b. 21 Apr 1749; d. 21 Nov 1831, unmarried and without issue. He was graduated at Coldenham Academy, and became a surveyor, and in Jun 1775, was commissioned lieutenant colonel of the fourth battalion New York infantry, and on 30 Nov 1776, by Washington, colonel of the Second New York Regiment, in place of Colonel Ritzema, who had joined the British. He was present at the surrender of Burgoyne, and in 1779 he was with General Sullivan in the Indian campaign in Western New York. In 1781 he took part in the Virginia campaign, and witnessed the surrender of Cornwallis. After peace was declared Congress gave him the rank of brigadier-general. He was subsequently a member of the New York Assembly, and a member of Congress for the West Chester district from 1793 until He was an officer of the Society of the Cincinnati, and in 1824 he accompanied Lafayette on his travels through the United States. 10,000 Famous Freemasons from K to Z, Volume 3, by William R. Denslow, Harry S. Truman, page =result&resnum=2&ved=0cdaq6aewaq#v=onepage&q=peter%20van&f=false page 270. Philip Van Cortlandt ( ) Officer of the Revolution; U.S. Congressman. b. 1 Sep 1749 in Cortlandt Manor at Croton-on-Hudson, the son of Pierre Van Cortlandt, q.v., the first lieutenant governor of New York. Graduate of King's Coll. (now Columbia) in Became a surveyor. In June, 1775, he was commissioned lieutenant colonel of the 4th battalion, N.Y. Inf., and in Nov made colonel by Washington and placed in 2nd N.Y. regiment. At the end of the war he was breveted brigadier general by congress. He served with General Sullivan on his Western N.Y. expedition; was present at the surrender of Burgoyne; took part in the Va. campaign, and witnessed the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. Later was a member of the N.Y. state assembly and senate and was U.S. Congressman from Was treasurer of the Society of the Cincinnati for N.Y. many years, and when Lafayette came to the U.S. in 1824, Van Cortlandt accompanied him through the country. Became a member of Solomon's Lodge No. 1, N.Y.C. on Aug. 8, d. Nov. 5, {Note: Bro. Denslow records this as Peter Van Cortlandt in his book.) Philip Van Cortlandt Solomon s Lodge No. 1 Philip VAN CORTLANDT, (brother of Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr.), a Representative from New York; born in New York City August 21, 1749; pursued classical studies; attended Coldenham Academy and was graduated from King's College (later Columbia University) in 1768; engaged as a civil engineer; member of the Provincial Congress in 1775; during the War of the Revolution served as lieutenant colonel and was mustered out of the service with the rank of brigadier general for gallant conduct at the siege of Yorktown under General Lafayette; delegate to the State convention which adopted the Federal Constitution in 1788; served as supervisor of the town of Cortland, and as school commissioner and road master; member of the State assembly ; served in the State senate ; elected as a Democrat to the Third and to the seven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1793-March 3, 1809); engaged in agricultural pursuits; accompanied General Lafayette on his tour through the United States in 1831; was a charter member of the Society of the Cincinnati; died at Van Cortlandt Manor, Croton on Hudson, Westchester County, NY, on November 1, 1831; interment in Hillside Cemetery, Peekskill, N.Y Lossing's Field Book of the Revolution, Vol. 1, Chapter 31 General Philip Van Cortlandt was the last possessor of the manor house, near Croton, by entail. He was born in the city of New York on the 1st of September, 1749, and was reared at the manor house. At nineteen, he commenced business as a land surveyor, but when the Revolution broke out, agreeing in sentiment with his father, Honorable Pierre Van Cortlandt, he joined the Republican army. His Tory relatives tried to dissuade him from his purpose, and Governor Tryon forwarded him a major s commission in the Cortlandt militia. He tore it in pieces, and accepted a lieutenant colonel s commission in the Continental army. He was appointed a colonel in 1776, and in that capacity served at the battles of Stillwater. He also served against the Indians on the New York frontier in 1778, and in was a member of the court martial convened for the trial of Arnold. He commanded a regiment of militia under La Fayette in 1781, and for his gallant conduct at the siege of Yorktown he was promoted to a brigadier s command. Seven hundred of the British and Hessian prisoners of war were afterward intrusted to his care while on their march from Charlottesville to 36

37 Fredericktown, in Maryland. He was for sixteen years a member of Congress, but in 1811 declined a re-election. General Van Cortlandt accompanied La Fayette in his tour through the United States in He died at the manor house, at Croton, November 21st, 1831, at the age of eighty-two. With him expired the property entail. Institution of the Society of the Cincinnati, by John Schuyler, page X2Mer20gGG8pWQAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CFYQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=%22James%20Steve nson%20van%20cortlandt%22&f=false PHILIP VAN CORTLANDT - Colonel 2d New York Regiment. Born on the 1st of September, 1749, in Stone Street, near the Battery, in New York City. Died unmarried, on the 5th of November, 1831,at the Manor House. He was the eldest son of Lieutenant-Governor Pierre Van Cortlandt and his wife, Johanna Livingston, daughter of Gilbert Livingston, and a great grandson of Stephanus Van Cortlandt, who married Gertrude Van Schuyler, the daughter of Philip Pieterse Van Schuyler. His grandfather, Philip Van Cortlandt, upon his decease, entailed the Manor to his eldest male descendant; but his eldest grandson, Philip, whose father sided with the Crown, became a Colonel in the British service, and so was unable to substantiate his claim after the war. At the age of fifteen he was placed at the Coldenham Academy, under the care of Professor Adams, until, at the completion of his studies, when he became proficient in the profession of a land surveyor. Governor Tryon commissioned him Major of Colonel James Ver Planck's Regiment, raised on the Manor, before the Revolutionary War broke out. When it did, he threw his commission in the fire, and, notwithstanding the urgent requests of his family's loyal relations, took issue with his father and espoused the cause of the opponents of the Crown. Governor Tryon and his wife visited the Manor House in hopes of persuading the family to remain loyal; but finding it useless, left, when young Philip offered his services to and was recommended by the Military Committee, and on the 18th of June, 1775, was commissioned by Congress Lieutenant-Colonel of the 4th Battalion of the New York Continental Infantry, marching with it to Ticonderoga. Having procured a leave of absence, and meeting Washington at the house of his relative James Van Cortlandt, in Westchester County, he appointed him at Kingsbridge on his Staff. General McDougall wrote to the Military Committee: "As Lieutenant Colonel Cortlandt is the oldest of that rank, I take it for granted, as he is a young gentleman of family and spirit, he will be appointed to the command of my old regiment." Washington now filled up a commission for him as Colonel, dated the 30th of November, 1776, assigning him to the command of the 2d New York Regiment, in place of Colonel Ritzema. He reached his new command at Trenton the morning after the battle, when it was ordered to Fishkill, where it assisted in the protection of the passes of the Hudson, until ordered to the relief of Fort Schuyler, up the Mohawk Valley. When St. Leger was defeated, it was ordered back, and joined General Poor's Brigade, opposing the advance of Burgoyne in Saratoga, until his surrender, on the 17th of October, 1777, when it moved down the river to Kingston, which Sir Henry Clinton had burned, just before his hasty retreat to New York, and joined Washington at White Marsh, going into Winter quarters at Valley Forge. At the request of Washington he remained in command of the post at Radner's Meeting House, while his regiment, in pursuit of the British retreating from Philadelphia, was engaged without him in the action at Monmouth. He rejoined it at Poughkeepsie, and resumed the command during the Winter in the cantonments on the Hudson at New Windsor. In the Spring of the next year, 1779, his regiment, consisting of six hundred men, was ordered to join General Sullivan at Fort Penn. Defeating the Indian chief Brant, in a skirmish on the way, he reached Wilkesbarre, marching thirty miles through the Wilderness in thirty days, and took part in the defeat and total rout of Butler's Tories and Brant's Indians, laying their country waste all the way to Tioga. He then brought his regiment to Morristown, going into Winter quarters there, and sitting on Arnold's Court Martial at Philadelphia in January. In the Spring of 1780 he brought his regiment again to the defence of the Hudson, with his camp at West Point, when he was selected to command one of the regiments of light infantry, of the two brigades under La Fayette contemplated for a secret expedition, but which was temporarily abandoned. La Fayette then went to Virginia, joining General Greene in the Southern Campaign. On the 21st of October, 1780, Congress passed the act consolidating the regiments of the different States, and New York's quota was reduced to two, as follows: The 1st and 3d under Colonel Van Schaick, the 2d 4th, 5th and what was left of Colonel James Livingston's, and the New York portion of Colonel Spencer's (additional) Regiment, under Colonel Van Cortlandt, taking effect by the general order of the 1st of January, In the following Fall he was ordered by Washington to proceed with his regiment as the rear guard of the army, on the way to Yorktown. There he joined La Fayette and Steuben, and during the siege commanded the New York Brigade in the trenches until Cornwallis surrendered, when he took charge of the British prisoners in their march to Fredericksburgh, and finally went into Winter quarters at Pompton, NJ. In the Summer of 1782, his command encamped at Ver Planck's Point, on the Hudson, near his home, and in the following Winter went into huts at New Windsor. He was present there at the meeting called by the Commander-in-Chief to consider the disaffection that had arisen among the troops. Upon the disbandment of the Army, he presented the colors of the 2d New York Regiment, to Governor George Clinton, at Poughkeepsie, and retired to his home. In 1783, Congress gave him the rank of Brigadier-General for his services and gallant conduct at the Siege of Yorktown. He served as a member in the New York Assembly and State Senate for several sessions, and held his seat in Congress from 1793 to When La Fayette visited the United States in 1824, he entertained and accompanied him on his tour. For many years he served as Treasurer of the New York State Society of the Cincinnati. 37

38 He died at his residence in the eighty-second year of his age; and this great and distinguished veteran's remains now lie mouldering in the private burying-ground of the family, near the old Manor House, overlooking the most picturesque and romantic portion of the Hudson. The following General Order was issued by the Society on the 9th of November, 1831: "The Vice-President, in the discharge of his official duty, announces to the members of the Society that their venerable and respected friend and companion, General Philip Van Cortlandt, departed this life, at his residence in Westchester County, on Saturday, the 5th inst, in the eighty-second year of his age. Afflicting as this dispensation of Providence must be to the members of the Society, with whom the deceased was so long associated, it is to be remembered that he died full of years, and possessed, to the last, the esteem and confidence of his fellow citizens. "General Van Cortlandt was, at the time of his death, the oldest surviving officer of his rank in the New York Line of the Continental Army. He was a Major of the Colonial Militia previous to the Revolution; and in the year 1775 he was commissioned to the same rank in the Revolutionary Army; was appointed Lieutenant Colonel in February, 1776, and Colonel of the 2d New York Regiment in the month of November of the same year, and at the close of the war he was commissioned as a Brigadier-General. He was in the Battle of Monmouth Court-house, New Jersey, and in the actions of Stillwater and Bemis' Heights in September and October, 1777, and had the honor to be present at the surrender of the British armies, commanded by General Burgoyne and Lord Cornwallis. "General Van Cortlandt's regiment was, upon several occasions, complimented for its discipline and appearance in the orders of the Commander-in Chief. "In the year 1793 General Van Cortlandt was elected a member of Congress, and continued a member of that body until about the year 1809, when he declined public employment, and retired to his farm, near Croton, upon the North River. "The members of the Society are requested to wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days, in memory of their deceased friend. MORGAN LEWIS, Vice-President. "CHARLES GRAHAM, Secretary." PIERRE VAN CORTLANDT, Lieutenant-Governor, his brother, was in 1832 admitted in the succession. He married, first, Catherine Clinton, but had no issue by her, and, secondly, Ann Stevenson. He died 13 Jun 1848, at the Manor House at Croton Landing. PIERRE VAN CORTLANDT, his nephew, only son of the last, was admitted in He married Catherine Beck, and died on the 11th of July, 1884, at the Manor House at Croton Landing, having served for many years as one of the Standing Committee. JAMES STEVENSON VAN CORTLANDT, only surviving son of the last, was admitted in a=x&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0cduq6aewajgk#v=onepage&q=%22charles%20yoe%22&f=false page 319. Charles Yoe, an Englishman by birth, who came from Wincanton, Somersetshire, England, to the United States, when he was eighteen years of age. Soon after his arrival in this country he settled in Westchester County, became closely allied with his adopted countrymen in their struggle to maintain the form of government which they had established, marched down to New York with the Westchester County troops to participate in the war of 1812, and aided in throwing up the fortifications on the northern part of Manhattan Island at that time. He married Mary Lynch, who belonged to a New York family, antedating the Revolutionary War. Her father, John Lynch, was born on a farm just south of the old village of White Plains, which has been for a hundred years and more noted locally as the farm on which the British forces encamped on the eve of the battle of Chatterton's Hill. The old farm was also long famous for the five large boxwood trees which stood near the homestead, and by reason of its being the home of " Prince " and " Tean," two colored servants of the Lynch family in the days of slavery in New York, who lived to a great age and enjoyed wide celebrity. Charles Yoe was a prominent citizen of Westchester County, of comfortable means, and his sons who grew up in the village of Sing Sing, enjoyed good educational advantages combined with thorough industrial training. He was a trustee of Mt. Pleasant Academy from the date of its founding up to the time of his death Ibid. page 174. Samuel Youngs b. 4 Dec 1760; d. 12 Sep 1839 The Youngs Family. Joseph Youngs of the historic Youngs House noted as the headquarters on the American lines for so long a period, and until its destruction on 3 Feb 1790, after which it was known as Youngs' '' Burnt House,'' was a Justice of the Peace, and a Member of the Committee of Public Safety, as well as a member of Captain Gabriel Requa's Company of Militia, and was a man of consequence before the Revolution, his family among the foremost on the Manor. He was captured in the raid made by Major Bearmore upon his house on the 25th of December, 1778, and remained a prisoner until the 25th of September The Youngs family had social prominence in the neighborhood. They had come from Great Neck, L. I., after Lieutenant Samuel Youngs, the son of Joseph Youngs, Esq., was a very interesting character. During the early part of the war he was a volunteer in various companies, did service as a guide, and in 1782 was commissioned as Lieutenant in a company attached to Sheldon's Dragoons. Being much about the headquarters at his father's house he was familiar with army movements in this 38

39 locality, and in later years, was a solicitor of pensions for the Revolutionary soldiers of this vicinity, he became, to a large degree, their unconscious historian, as the files of old papers in the Pension Office at Washington give abundant testimony. After the war he taught school, studied law, was a member of Assembly, served several terms as Surrogate of Westchester County and was a Master of Chancery. His later life was spent at Tarry town, where he died unmarried, 12 Sep 1837, in his 77th year. It is claimed by some that he was the actual "Ichabod Crane" of Irving's "Legend of Sleepy Hollow." Revolutionary War Veteran, Surrogate of Westchester County, State Assemblyman, First person buried at Dale Cemetery, Was Washington Irving s model for Ichabod Crane. Samuel Youngs was born on December 4, 1760, and died on September 12, He served during the Revolutionary War as a Lieutenant in Colonel Weisenfel s Infantry Regiment. Throughout the Revolution he served the American Army as a guide over the roads and trails in the county. He was one of a dozen native soldiers who were known as The Westchester Guides. His father s farmhouse, located near the intersection of Bradhurst Avenue and Grasslands Road in Eastview, was the scene of a British raid during the Revolution. Following the Revolution, he became a schoolteacher and a lawyer and was active politically. He was elected a state assemblyman in 1796 and again in He was appointed Surrogate of Westchester County for terms of one or more years in 1800, 1807, 1810, 181, and Samuel Youngs remains were originally buried near the Old Dutch Church in North Tarrytown. His body was removed to Dale Cemetery in 1851 shortly after the cemetery was completed, and he became the first person to be buried there. Major General Aaron Ward, President of the cemetery at the time, erected the monument marking the grave site. According to Scharf s History of Westchester County, it is believed that Samuel Youngs was used by Washington Irving as a character model for the famous Ichabod Crane in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. The namesake for Irving's hapless schoolmaster is buried in a churchyard in Staten Island. Legend has it that Irving knew Crane from service during the War of Irving seems to have picked up only the name, not the character, of the Staten Islander. The character may have been based in part upon the career of Revolutionary War veteran Samuel Youngs, a resident of the Tarrytown area. After the revolution, Youngs became a schoolteacher, went on to study law, and was elected to state office roughly the career path of the fictitious Ichabod Crane. Youngs was originally buried in the churchyard of Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow the setting for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow but was transferred to Ossining in 1851 when administrators of the fledgeling Dale Cemetery wanted an notable citizen to grace their new burying ground. Historical sketches of the Romer, Van Tassel and allied families, and tales..., edited by John Lockwood Romer, page HCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22samuel%20youngs%22&f=false Statement by Lieutenant Samuel Youngs. "In the month of December, 1776, all the Continental troops having been withdrawn from what was then established as the American lines, which was from Tarrytown on the Hudson River eastwardly by the way of the house of my father, Joseph Youngs, and the White Plains to the East River, the inhabitants residing on these lines were left exposed to the plundering parties of British refugees, who with some British troops held possession of the southern part of the county. The Committee of Public Safety ordered out the Militia of that part of the county who belonged to Colonel Hammond's Regiment, who were accordingly stationed on the Tuckahoe Road, and some of them at the houses of Peter Van Tassel and Cornelius Van Tassel on the Sawmill River Road; that about 120 of Colonel Hammond's regiment were continued in the American Service on those lines from the beginning of December, 1776, until May, "That in the month of August, 1777, a regiment of levies was raised in the Counties of Dutchess and Westchester, consisting of about 500 men, and placed under the command of Colonel Ludington and Lieutenant Colonel Hammond, for the term of four months. In the month of November or December, Colonel Ludington's Regiment was discharged, having served the period of their enlistment, and the defence of the American lines was again left entirely to the Whig inhabitants; that Colonel Hammond ordered out a part of his regiment for the protection of those who were daily sustaining serious losses from the plundering British refugees; and those lines were wholly defended at that period by the Whig militia of Colonel Hammond's Regiment, from October, 1777, to the beginning of May, "That sometime in March, 1778, Colonel Emerick, who commanded about 300 men composed of British and Refugees, sent out Lieutenant Althouse with thirty-two men, to take and bring in the cattle of Joseph Youngs, and of other Whig inhabitants of the neighborhood. "This deponent, Samuel Youngs, was cutting wood about one-quarter of a mile from his father's, the said Joseph Youngs' house, when he was informed that a party of the British were approaching his said father's house. He immediately started for his home, but when he had arrived within fifty yards, he discovered the party of Althouse driving the stock from the yard. Then he ran toward the house of Sergeant John Dean, whom he soon met and informed him that the British were then driving off his father's cattle. Dean was well armed, and told the deponent that he would find arms and ammunition at his house, and that in the meantime he would endeavor to get a shot at them. The deponent accordingly proceeded to Dean's house, and Mrs. Dean handed him three muskets and two bunches of cartridges, while the enemy were within 300 yards of them. That deponent then soon got to the south of 39

40 Althouse's party of marauders, knowing where he would fall in with about twenty of the Militia; during which time John Dean, Jacob Acker and Hendrick Romer had attacked the enemy and commenced firing upon them. This alarmed the Militia so that when the deponent arrived at the house where they were stationed, he found about twenty-five men ready for the contest, but without an officer to command them. The Militia concealed themselves behind a stone wall near the road that Althouse must pass with his men and the stock which he had taken. They were permitted to approach within about fifty yards before the Militia opened fire. Althouse had divided his party, one part driving the stock, while the main party was approaching the stone wall. Before the main attack was made, John Dean and his companions, Jacob Acker and Hendrick Romer, had commenced their attack on the party driving the stock and had killed a man named Mike Hart. Immediately after Hart fell we opened fire, killing one and wounding three. We then sprang over the wall to attack them with the bayonet. Althouse gave us his fire as we were on the wall, by which John Buchannan was shot through the shoulder and Nicholas Banker through the thigh. Althouse immediately abandoned his plunder and retreated. We were then joined by John Dean and his companions, and after a running fight of about four miles, we succeeded in killing or taking Althouse and all of his men, except his guide. "The Militia on or near these lines were again called out and remained in position until the middle of January, 1779, when Colonel Aaron Burr took command with about 500 Continental troops. A number of young men of that neighborhood enlisted to serve under him as horsemen at that time, of whom were the deponent and Sergeant John Dean. Colonel Burr was succeeded in April, 1779, by Major William Hull, who was driven from those lines in June following, by a party of British troopers under command of Colonel Tarleton. "After the defeat and retreat of Hull, the Whig inhabitants of Colonel Hammond's Regiment immediately formed themselves under some of the officers of said regiment and for a time kept the plundering parties of refugees in check, until almost all the stock was driven back into the country for safety, when the Militia also had to retire over the Croton River. That in the winter of 1780 deponent engaged to serve as one of the guides to the Continental troops stationed on those lines. That some time in the month of September while deponent was a guide to the troops on those lines, and then under the command of Colonel Jameson, whose headquarters were at a place called Mile Square, in said County of Westchester, about the 23rd day of September, 1780, the deponent well recollects that the said John Dean, Isaac Van Wart, David Williams, John Paulding, James Romer, Abraham Williams, John Yerks and Isaac See arrived at the quarters of Colonel Jameson, bringing with them a prisoner who said his name was John Anderson, together with a number of papers concealed in the boot of the prisoner at the time he was taken, and that a few days afterwards it was discovered that the prisoner was Major John Andre, Adjutant General of the British Army, etc." Morton Lodge No. 73, Bedford, New York Petitions: 18 Nov 1795 and 12 Oct 1798 Warrant: 7 Dec Listed as ceased work. See also Bedford Lodge No. 382, chartered 18 Apr Petitioners 18 Nov 1795: Bouton, Joseph Clapp, Henry Healey, John Hobby, Caleb Petitioners 12 Oct 1798: Bouton, Joseph Brown, Oliver Clapp, Henry Craft, Sutton Hobby, Caleb Hyatt, Abraham Jarvis, Jesse Lewis, Samuel Lockwood, Ebenezer Lockwood, Ebenr., Jr. Lounsbery, Henry Lounsbery, Jeremiah Martin, Gilbert McDonald, Charles Lockwood, Ebenr, Jr. Lounsbery, Jeremiah Millar, Isaac Platt, Benoni Mead, Caleb Miller, Isaac Miller, Thaddeus Newman, Elias Olmsted, David Raymond, Joshua Smith, John Waring, Jotham Williamson, John Olmsted, Nathan Raymond, Joshua Rockwell, Stephen Smith, John Smith, Samuel [E.A.] Wilson, Henry Zanchos, William, Jr. Tray, Jesse Waring, Jotham Williamson, John Woolsey, John, Jr. In April, 1770, Caleb Hobby, who was said to have been a " Gentleman, received a Commission from the Continental Congress, as First Lieutenant in "the First Regiment of New York Forces," (Historical Manuscripts, etc.: Military Return, xxvll., 101); and he appears to have joined the Seventh, or Captain Hait's, Company, (Historical Manuscripts, etc.: Military Commissions, xxv., 165, 676.) Soon afterwards, it was said that he and the Second Lieutenant and the Ensign of the Company [Hait's or Hyatt's] wish to decline the service; they will be no loss to it." (Historical Manuscripts, etc.: Military Committee's Paper, xxv., 488.) Ebenezer, Ebenezer Jr. and Ezra Lockwood Descendants of Robert Lockwood: Colonial and Revolutionary history of the..., by James Lockwood, page QHcvojCBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22ebenezer%20lockwood%22&f =false Major EBENEZER LOCKWOOD (Robert,1 Jonathan,2 Joseph,3 Joseph4), born March 31st, 1737, at Stamford, Conn., died July 29th, 1821, at Poundridge, New York, aged 84 years, 3 months, 16 days; son of Joseph and Sarah (Hoyt) Lockwood; m. 1, February 16th, 1761, Hannah Smith, of Stamford, Conn., she died May 3d, 1787, aged 45 years; m. 2, Sarah, she died March 3d, 1821, aged 67 years. 40

41 CHILDREN VI. GENERATION. i. BETSEY LOCKWOOD, b. 04 Apr 1762, m. Alsop Hunt. ii. RUHAMAH LOCKWOOD, b. 22 Jan 1765, m. Samuel Read. iii. HANNAH LOCKWOOD, b. 08 Apr 1768, m. David Osborn. iv. MARY LOCKWOOD, b. 21 Nov 1769, m. Partridge Thatcher. v. EBENEZER LOCKWOOD, b/ 27 Oct vi. CLARISSA Lockwood, b. 29 Dec 1773, m1, Solomon Cox; m2, Jesse Richards. vii. EZRA LOCKWOOD, b. 27 Jun viii. HORATIO LOCKWOOD, b. 06 Sep 1770, m. Retina Lockwood. ix. LEWIS LOCKWOOD, b. 18 Dec 1783, licensed as attorney 1806, and died 9 Mar Ibid. page 295. Continued in Appendix II, with extensive notes. EBENEZER LOCKWOOD, JR. (Robert,1 Jonathan,2 Joseph,3 Joseph,4 Ebenezer5), b. 27 Oct 1771, at Poundridge, NY; d. 5 Jul 1811, aged 40 years; son of Major Ebenezer and Hannah (Smith) Lockwood; m. Sarah Olmsted; she died Children: i. EBENEZER LOCKWOOD 3D, b. 13 May 1791; lived in Olean, NY, and in Burlington, Iowa, where he died. ii. ELIZA LOCKWOOD, b. 25 May iii, RUHAMAH IX>CKWOOD, b. 13 Apr iv. CAROLINE LOCKWOOD, b. 23 Jan v. NATHAN OLMSTED LOCKWOOD, b. 02 Jan vi. THOMAS LOCKWOOD, b. 08 Jan vii. GEORGE W. LOCKWOOD, b. 13 Dec viii. AMY LOCKWOOD, b. 06 Jan 1805, "Epiphany." ix. SARAH ANN LOCKWOOD, b. Feb x. HANNAH LOCKWOOD, b. 06 Jul 1809, m. Mr. Garvin, Meadville, PA. xi. CLARISSA LOCKWOOD, b. 04 Dec Ibid. page 296. HON. EZRA LOCK WOOD (Robert,1 Jonathan,2 Joseph,3 Joseph,4 Ebenezer5), b. 27 Jun 1777, at Poundridge, NY; d. 29 May 1853; resided all his life at Poundridge, NY; son of Major Ebenezer and Hannah (Smith) Lockwood; was Surrogate of Westchester County, New York, and was appointed by His Excellency Martin Van Buren, then Governor of the State of New York, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, for said County; m. Sally Weed, b. 14 Aug 1779; d. 30 Jan 1857, d/o David and Rebecca (Brown) Weed, of Stamford, CT; David d. May 1814, and Rebecca d. Mar Children: i. ALBERT LOCKWOOD, b. 23 Jan 1799;. 5 Jan ii. LEWIS LOCKWOOD, b. 05 Sep 1804; d. 11 Feb Hon. Ezra Lockwood, who filled the offices of Supervisor, Justice of the Peace, member of the Legislature, Surrogate and Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, was a brother of Horatio. They were very unlike, however. Ezra was a man of studious habits and well educated, but he lacked the elements of popularity, which his brother possessed. He was an ardent Whig, and at times party spirit ran so high that the two brothers would not speak, although they lived opposite to each other. Ezra Lockwood, son of Major Ebenezer Lockwood, was born at Poundridge, Westchester County, New York, June 27th, He married Sally, daughter of David and Rebecca (Brown) Weed, of Stamford. He lived in the village of Poundridge during his whole life, occupying a residence directly opposite to the old homestead where he was born. Ezra was well educated, and was of a studious disposition. For some years he taught a private school at Poundridge. He was a Justice of the Peace of his town and represented it in the Board of Supervisors from 1807 to He also represented Westchester County in the State Legislature in the year 1806, and was Surrogate of the County , and He was also for many years one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Westchester County. Joseph Lockwood, son of Joseph (1) and Elizabeth (Ayres) Lockwood, was born at Stamford, Connecticut, March 15, 1699, died at Poundridge, Westchester county, New York, June 15, He removed with his father to Poundridge in He was a farmer. He married Sarah Hoyt, born April 1, 1706, died 1790, daughter of Joshua and Mary (Pickett) Hoyt. Her father was one of the proprietors of the Stamford patent, granted Children: Eliakim, died in childhood. Joseph, of whom further. Elizabeth, born March 7, 1733; married Nathaniel Waring. Gilbert, died young. Major Ebenezer Lockwood, born March 31, 1737; justice of the peace under the king until the revolution; major of Westchester county militia, and was in active service during the revolution; the British burned his house, drove off his stock, then stripped him of his home and property; after the war he was judge of the county court, frequently elected to the legislature, entrusted with loaning of the state money in his county. He married (first), February 16, 1761, Hannah Smithy; (second) Sarah ; ten children. Major Lockwood died, aged eighty-four years, at Poundridge, New York. Rachel, born January 19, 1739; married Ebenezer Wood. 41

42 Mercy, Hezekiah, Prudence, married David Dan. died aged seven years. married Elijah Weed. Ebenezer Lockwood [Sr.] b. 31 Mar 1737 in Stamford, Fairfield, CT; d. 29 Jul 1821 in Pound Ridge, Westchester, NY; bur. Pound Ridge Cemetery, Pound Ridge, NY; son of Joseph Lockwood Jr. b. 15 May 1699 in Stamford, Fairfield, CT, and Sarah Hoyt b. 1 Apr 1706 in Stamford, CT; m1. 16 Feb 1761 in Stamford, CT, Hannah Smith b. 05 Apr 1742 in Stamford; m2. Aft Sarah Waring, b Ebenezer served in the Westchester County Militia Military service. Children: 1. Betsey Lockwood b. 04 Apr 1762 in Pound Ridge, Westchester, NY 2. Ruhamah Lockwood b. 22 Jan Hannah Lockwood b. 08 Apr Mary Lockwood b. 21 Nov Ebenezer Lockwood [Jr.] b. 27 Oct 1771; d. 05 JUL 1811; m Sarah Olmstead 6. Clarissa Lockwood b. 29 Dec Ezra Lockwood b. 27 Jun 1777 in Pound Ridge, Westchester, NY; d. 29 MAY 1853 in Pound Ridge, NY. m. ca 1798 Sally Weed b: 14 AUG 1779 in Stamford, Fairfield Co., CT Children: 1. Albert Lockwood b. 24 Feb 1799 in New York 2. Lewis Lockwood b: 05 Sep Horatio Lockwood b. 06 Sep 1779 in New York 9. Lewis Lockwood b. 18 Dec Ref. Major Ebenezer Lockwood [First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas] in The Hidden Children, by R[obert]. W[illaim]. Chambers [ ] Title Page Chapter 1. The Bedford Road Chapter 2. Poundridge Chapter 3. View Halloo! Chapter 4. A Tryst Chapter 5. The Gathering Chapter 6. The Spring Waiontha Chapter 7. Lois Chapter 8. Old Friends Chapter 9. Mid-Summer Chapter 10. In Garrison Chapter 11. A Scout Of Six Chapter 12. At The Ford Chapter 13. The Hidden Children Chapter 14. Nai Tioga! Chapter 15. Block-House No. 2 Chapter 16. Lana Helmer Chapter 17. The Battle Of Chemung Chapter 18. The Rite Of The Hidden Children Chapter 19. Amochol Chapter 20. Yndaia Chapter 21. Chinisee Castle Chapter 22. Mes Adieux Jeremiah Lounsbury [Lounsbery or Lownsbury] b. 1746; d. 12 Apr 1820 at Bedford, NY; unmarried, son of Nehemiah Lounsbury and Sarah Webb Genealogy of the Olmsted family in America: embracing the descendants of..., by George Kemp Ward, page Capt. Nathan Olmsted [Olmstead], b. 8 May 1744; d. at Poundridge, NY; son of Nathan Olmsted and Millicent Goodrich; m1. 7 Dec 1827 Sarah Ambler; d. 10 Jan 1781; m2. 19 Jan 1783 Mrs. Lorina (Brush) Hoyt; m3. Sarah Ann Brush, d. 21 Feb Capt. Nathan served in the Revolutionary War; was a Capt. at the "battle of White Plains," was a prisoner in the old " Sugar House," New York. 1st marriage: i. Sarah; m. Lewis Lockwood. ii. Elizabeth; b. 1779; m. Samuel Ketchum Olmsted (No. 4420). iii. Bethia; m. William Fancher. iv. Clarissa. 2d marriage: v. Nathan. vi. Catherine. vii. Mary; b. 19 Oct 1786; m. 30 Sep 1810, Jonathan Abbott; b. 14 Apr When the first wife of Nathan Olmsted lay dead in the house, the "Cowboys" drove away five cows and two yoke of oxen. As soon as Col. Sheldon heard of it, he marched with thirty men, and recaptured them Capt. Nathan was Moderator of a Town Meeting 1 Jan 1778, held in Ridgefield, CT, to approve the articles of Confederation of Congress. Col. David Olmsted [Olmstead] b. 20 Nov 1748; d. 30 Jul 1805; son of Nathan Olmsted and Millicent Goodrich; m1. 22 Oct 1769, Abigail Ingersoll, b. 7 May 1751; d. 15 Feb 1815; d/o Rev. Jonathan and Dorcas (Moss) Ingersoll, of Ridgefield, CT; m2. Abiah Keeler, of Norwalk, CT. He served in the Revolutionary War; was Capt. and Lieut. Col. in 16th Regt. of Horse, Col. Nehemiah Beardsley. He was Lieut. Col. Commandant, 16th Regt. in Oct., 1781; was Representative in Conn. Legislature fourteen times; was one of a Committee to procure 42

43 clothing for the Continental Army, Nov. 17, After the War, he removed to Manlius, Onondaga County, N. Y., and thence to Janesville, Wis. He was buried in "Corey Cemetery," a small burying-ground near Otisco, N. Y. 1st marriage: i. DAVID ii. MILLICENT; b. 09 Aug 1772; m. Keeler. iii. SARAH INGERSOLL; b. 19 Jul 1774; m. 25 Dec 1791, Benjamin Sanford, of Jamesville, Onondaga County, N. Y. iv. GEORGE WASHINGTON v. WILLIAM vi. CHARLES GOODRICH; b. Aug. 4, vii. ABIGAIL; b. 16 Nov viii. POLLY; b. 14 Mar 1794; d. in Norwalk, CT, 19 Nov 1847 Captain David OLMSTED of Ridgefield was in command of at least three different companies during the Revolution. In the summer of 1778 he marched to the Hudson River, where he served with his company in "Colonel Roger ENOS' Regiment on the Hudson" at West Point and vicinity. Joshua King Lieutenant of the Continental Army to whom Major Andre, the British spy, first revealed his identity. Member of Union Lodge No. 40, Danbury, CT. JOSHUA KING b. 24 Nov 1758 in Bridgewater, MA; d. 13 Aug Joshua King was a dedicated patriot who at the age of 17 came to Connecticut to enlist in Sheldon s Dragoons, a newly formed Patriot cavalry unit. By 1779 he had risen to the rank of Lieutenant. In September of 1780, he was assigned to guard a John Anderson who just had been captured carrying suspicious papers. King suspected the prisoner was a man of no ordinary personage and won his confidence. The prisoner confessed to King he was really British Major John Andre. Andre had been carrying Benedict Arnold s plans for the capture of West Point. Throughout Andre s imprisonment, trial and execution as a British spy, King was in charge of his safekeeping. They became so close that King remorsefully escorted Andre to the gallows. In 1817 King wrote a letter describing his time with Andre which is now considered one of the most accurate accounts of the event. Sheldon s Dragoons impressed Gen. Washington s so much that he assigned them to his command. Subsequently King was present at the Battle and surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, VA. After the war, King continued to stay connected with the Dragoons becoming its Quartermaster and eventually rising to the rank of General in It was his infatuation with Anne Ingersoll (sister to Mrs. David Olmsted) that brought him back to Ridgefield after the war. In 1783 he married her and opened King & Dole, a store on Main Street where the Aldrich Museum is today. His abilities & intelligent brought him a great deal of wealth and prominence. He served as First Selectman 9 times, was Ridgefield s representative to the State Legislature ten times and was a Delegate from Ridgefield to the CT Constitutional Convention in King began a dedicated follower of Jeffersonian Democracy becoming the head of the Jeffersonian-Republican Party in Ridgefield. This caused a major political rivalry with Federalist Col. Bradley and brought the country s political division directly to Ridgefield. His successful business included mortgage lending & land investments which allowed him have his portrait painted by Gilbert Stuart and to own an elegant home. Upon his death, the street where it stood was renamed King s Lane the same King s Lane of today Jotham Waring b. 11 Apr 1768; d. 10 Feb 1829; son of Samuel Waring b. 2 Jan 1742/43 Stamford, Fairfield, CT, and Ruth Scofield b. 18 Dec 1743 in Stamford, CT; m. 12 Jan 1806 Mercy Lockwood b. 21 Jul 1772 Pound Ridge, Westchester, NY. Child: Hannah Lockwood Waring b. 13 Jan John Woolsey Jr. (son of John Woolsey and Ruth Owen) b. 1752; d. 2 Dec 1815; m. Elizabeth Knowlton. Children: i. Ruth Woolsey, b. 11 Jan 1789; d. 18 Feb 1848, New York, NY. ii. Hannah Woolsey, b. 16 Feb 1774; Bedford, NY, d. 1833, Baltimore, NY. iii. John Woolsey, b. 25 Nov 1777; Bedford, NY, d. 27 Dec 1777, Bedford, NY. iv. Nathaniel Woolsey, b. Oct 1779, Bedford, NY; d. 1836, Bedford, NY. v. Elizabeth Woolsey, b. 30 May 1784, Bedford, NY; d. 19 Mar 1866, Bedford, NY. vi. John Woolsey, b. 13 Nov 1785, Bedford, NY; d. 17 May 1853, Jamesville, NY. Salem Lodge No. 74 / 72, North Salem, New York Petition: 12 Jun 1798 for a new Lodge no be named Morton, in the Town of Salem and in the Towns adjacent, Westchester County. Recommended by Columbus Lodge No. 38, Southeast [Putnam Co.], 18 Jun 1798, and Cortlandt Lodge No. 34, Peekskill, 20 Jun Signed by: Holly [Hawley], Joel Bailey, Hachaliah Smith, William Keeler, Aaron Jones, Daniel De Forest, Hezekiah Hyatt, Hazh. Holmes, Absalom DeLavan, Danl. Darling, Samuel Wallace, Uriah Delavan, Mathew Smith, Caleb, Jr. Warrant: 20 Dec

44 4 Jun 1819, then number of the Lodge was changed to No. 72. Forfeit: Jun 1834; by Resolution of the Grand Lodge. This Lodge met for several years in North Salem. Between 1811 and 1817 it changed its place of meeting to South Salem. The first Officers were installed 9 Jan 1789 by W.. David Olmsted, Master of Morton Lodge No. 73: David Delevan Master Hezekiah De. Forrest SW Absalom Homes JW The first Return of the Lodge for list the following members: Daniel Delevan Absalom Homes Hezekiah De Forrest Aaron Keeler Epenetus Wallace Uriah Wallace Daniel Jones Job Smith Master SW JW Treas Secy SD JD Steward Jabez Jackson Andrew Malsy Bail[e]y, Hachaliah Bouton, Daniel Darling, Samuel Delevan, Matthew Field, Joseph C. Hawley, Joel Steward Tyler On the last Return from Dec 1827 to June 1828 the following members are listed: Hawley, Peter Hyatt, Hezekiah Lobdell, Ebenezer Pardee, Ebenezer Smith, Caleb Jr. Smith, William Todd, Abraham Vail, William Pardee, Isaac Lawrence, Norman Lawrence, Cyrus Ambler, Stephen H. Pardee, Stephen Gilbert, Stephen Wallace, Epenetus Master SW JW Secy Treas PM PM Keeler, Jesee Ambler, Samuel Reynold, Gideon Northrup, Jacob Lockwood, Ezra Ambler, Lewis Benedict, Martin PM PM PM PM PM Dauchy, Jeremiah Hall, Peter Lodier, Harry Reynolds, William K. Tucker, Floyd Names, other than those listed above, which appear on other Returns, are as follows: Alvord, Elisha Bailey, Lewis Baldwin, James Barrett, Phineas Benedict, Lewis Boughton, Thaddeus Bouton, Gould Brown, Christopher Brown, William Bundell, Samuel Clark, Elias Crosby, Tortullus Cross, Lockwood Daw, Peter Ferris, Alanson Fields, Van W. Finch, Edward Grant, Bratio Grant, Oratio Green, James B. Hall, Peter Hartford, Harry Hays, Thatcher Howes, Daniel Howes, Joseph Hoyt, Henry Hune, John J. Jackson, Jabez June, Zabod [Zabud] Keeler, Jesse Kellogg, James Know, Frederick Lewis, John Lockwood, Titus Loder, Harry Mallory, William Mead, Graham Mead, Squire Miller, Benjamin Mills, James Newman, James Northrup, Amos Osborn, Augustus L. Pardee, Daniel Pardee, Enos Pardee, Stephen Pennoyer, Gould S. Platt, William Seely, Elisha Smith, David Smith, Nehemiah Stephens, Ebenezer Townsend, Tortullus Waring, Peter Wright, Charles Officers Year Master Senior Warden Junior Warden Secretary Daniel Delavan Absalom Holmes Hezekiah DeForest Epenetus Wallace Absalom Holmes Epenetus Wallace Abraham Todd William Vail Epenetus Wallace Hezekiah Hyatt Daniel Jones William Vail Abraham Todd Daniel Jones Stephen Gilbert Thatcher Hays Stephen Gilbert Zabud June Ebenezer Pardee Isaac Pardee Stephen Gilbert Zabud June Joel Hawley Epenetus Wallace Stephen Pardee Peter Hall Thatcher Hays Jacob Northrup Jesse Keeler Ezra Lockwood Stephen Pardee Jacob Northrup Jesse Keeler Ezra Lockwood Stephen Pardee 1822 Jun/Dec Samuel Ambler Stephen Pardee Martin Benedict Jesse Keeler Samuel Ambler Stephen Pardee Martin Benedict Jesse Keeler Stephen Pardee Martin Benedict Lewis Ambler Squire Mead Isaac Pardee Stephen H. Ambler Norman Lawrence Stephen Pardee Dec27-Jun28 Isaac Pardee Norman Lawrence Cyrus Lawrence Stephen H. Ambler Dec27-Dec28 Cyrus Lawrence Floyd Tucker James Mills Stephen Pardee Hachaliah Bailey (pronounced heck-a-lie-uh) ( ) is the eponym of Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia and a relative to several famous individuals involved in early American circuses (having founded one of his own). Bailey moved to Northern Virginia in 1837 from Westchester County, New York, and, on December 19, 1837, bought the land at the intersection of Leesburg Pike and Columbia Pike in Fairfax County, Virginia just outside Falls Church, Virginia, that land now known as Bailey's Crossroads. 44

45 BAILEY, Hachaliah [ ] -- American circus pioneer In 1808, while residing in Somers, New York, Bailey purchased an African elephant for $1,000 and named it "Old Bet." Old Bet appears to be one of the first elephants brought to the United States; she had previously been on exhibit in Boston in 1804, but Bailey found her for sale four years later in a New York City cattle market. Bailey originally planned to use Old Bet as a draught animal on his farm, but she attracted so much attention that he decided to found a travelling menagerie instead. He started out to show Old Bet with a wagon of hay, a horse to draw it, and an assistant. The admission fee for an entire family was either a coin or a 2-gallon jug of rum. In 1808, Hachaliah Bailey rented two-thirds of Old Bet to Benjamin Lent and Andrew Brown, who also had a right to display her. On July 24, 1816, Old Bet was killed while on tour near Alfred, Maine by a farmer who thought it sinful for poor people to waste money on a travelling circus, and Bailey memoralized her in 1825 with a statue and the Elephant Hotel in Somers, New York. P. T. Barnum, not often cited for his honesty, nevertheless made an accurate statement when he called Hach Bailey the father of the American circus. Old Bet - Died Somers, New York The oldest elephant memorial in America belongs, fittingly, to one the first elephants brought to America. This was Old Bet, since ennobled as "the mother of America's carnival business." Old Bet was an African elephant who arrived in Boston in She was then known as Betty, and was being exhibited in Beantown when she was spotted by a farmer named Hachaliah Bailey, who apparently was smitten. Imagine his shock when, four years later, he stumbled across her for sale in one of New York City's cattle markets. Hachaliah, who saw Old Bet as something more than three tons of ambulatory meat, bought the elephant and brought her back to his home town of Somers. He figured that he could charge his neighbors for a peek. Hachaliah was right. Old Bet was a hit. Within a few years Hachaliah had become much less a farmer and much more a circus showman, showcasing a ragged menagerie of animals that included a trained dog, several pigs, a horse, and Old Bet, who obviously was the main draw. The Elephant Hotel today provides municipal offices for the town. Old Bet's monument is a well-known local landmark, but bears no explanatory plaque or inscription. Hachaliah decided to take his animals on the road in search of greater profits. It proved to be a fateful decision for Old Bet. On July , while on tour near Alfred, ME, she was shot and killed. The angry farmer who murdered her thought that it was sinful for poor people to spend money to see an elephant. On the third floor of the Elephant Hotel visitors can check out the Museum of the Early American Circus, devoted to the story of Hachaliah Bailey, Old Bet and the beginnings of the circus in America. Old Bet is buried along Route 4 in Alfred, Maine. Little Bett -Died Chepachet, Rhode Island Hachaliah Bailey's interest in touring elephants did not end with Old Bet. Nor did his bad luck. He acquired a second elephant, Little Bett, who quickly replaced Old Bet in his pachyderm pantheon. But Hachaliah hadn't learned to stay out of Puritan New England, and it was there that, once again, tragedy 45

46 struck. It happened on the night of May 24. Little Bett and her trainer had just put on a show in Chepachet, and were crossing the only bridge out of town. Suddenly, shots rang out from a nearby gristmill. Little Bett was cut down instantly in a blizzard of musket fire; she never had a chance. The next day her carcass was skinned on the spot and the hide was shipped to the Boston Museum. She was only 12. Seven men were eventually found responsible for the shooting, and two of them were dropped from the Masonic Order for their deed. But for the next 150 years most of the residents of Chepachet -- especially the Masonic residents* -- were mum about Little Bett's murder. Then Chepachet's historian decided that it was time to face the calliope music. He persuaded the Rhode Island General Assembly to proclaim May 25, 1976 "Elephant Day." On that occasion the citizens of Chepachet -- free at last to atone for their sins -- placed a commemorative plaque on the bridge to mark the spot where Little Bett had fallen. * The lodge [Friendship Lodge No. 7, Chepachet, Rhode Island] has had a long held tradition of discipline of its membership. In the first century of its existence a number of Masonic trials were held for members who broke moral, religious, or civil law. In fact, falling into the hands of the brethren in those years was more severe than falling into the hands of the local court. Masonic justice was involved in resolving one of the most infamous, if not now amusing, instances of law breaking the town has seen. In the lodge records it is referred to as assisting the gentlemen owners of the loss of their elephant, they being masons, in detecting and bringing to justice the Villings who committed the act. We are referring to of course to the killing of Betty the Elephant on Chepachet Bridge in April A description of the affair has been handed down from generation to generation and every version is somewhat different. The most lucid explanation of the affair may be found in the memoirs prepared by Brother Frank H. Potter who was Historian of Friendship Lodge at one time. Inasmuch as many of the Brethren of the Lodge were implicated in this affair it is very fitting that a statement of the occurrence be incorporated herewith. At the time of the shooting of the elephant, Mr. Sprague lived in the house owned by Mrs. Lydia Slocum (now by her grandson, Charles Carlton) on the north side of the bridge. He and Duty Evans also operated a store in the same building. He had retired for the night at the time of the shooting and was awakened by the shots. The elephant had been exhibited the previous afternoon at the hotel, which was operated by Seth Peckham. Fenner Eddy, who was employed at that time in the tannery of Eddy & Owen was one of the men who shot the elephant and Angel Darling, Ransom West, Ben Brown and Otis Irons were also implicated. John Inman shot a charge of buckshot into the body of the elephant with seemingly little effort as the shot barely penetrated the hide. Succeeding shots were from rifles and five bullet holes were found in the animal s skull. The shooting was from a finished room on the second floor of the gristmill which stood on the bridge where the participants concealed themselves and waited until it turned its head towards them in passing by. It was owned by June Brothers, a Mr. Titus and a widow woman and was valued at $22,000. The hide was removed and sent to the Boston Museum to be mounted and the bones were boiled out at the tanyard and sent to the museum to be articulated. Only a few thousand dollars was ever recovered from the persons doing the dead and much trouble was experienced in obtaining the small sum that was paid. Ben Brown told the owners he would give them fifty dollars or they could send him to Hell or Texas. Mr. Sprague said the trouble was caused by Canto Smith, who was at North Scituate the previous day and was displeased at something which occurred there. He came to Chepachet the following day and was instrumental in having it shot. Smith made a contract with Frank West, who was one of the men implicated, not to bring his (Smith s) name into the scrape and therefore would pay one half West s fine. He revealed Smith s name, however, and caused him to be fined also. Smith afterwards recovered several hundred dollars from West for this breach of contract. On July 15, 1826 a ballot was taken by the Lodge to suspend Brothers Benjamin Bowen, Angel Darling, and Fenner Eddy for their part in the affair. Being suspended from the lodge no mason in town would do business with them or employ them. In 1826 you did not do business in the town unless you were a mason. The penalty was more severe than the courts have imposed and justice was served through Friendship Lodge. American Mercury - Providence, RI 6 Jun 1826 Providence June 1 Shooting the Elephant The perpetrators of this wanton act we are happy to state are fully discovered. Some circumstance having fastened suspicion upon two individuals they were privately examined and finally induced so make a disclosure of the whole transaction, which was subsequently repeated on a examination before a Court of Justices, Judge Branch of this town presiding. From this investigation it appears that there were six persons engaged in the affair. Fenner Eddy, John Inman, Albert Eddy, Francis West, Angell Darling and Benjamin Bowen. Three guns were to be used. Angell Darling loaded two, one with seven and the other with two bullets, the other gun was loaded by Albert Eddy, with five bullets. Fenner Eddy and Inman stationed themselves in the Mill with the three guns, expecting to be joined by a third person, who however did not appear. West and Bowen gave them notice of the starting and the approach of the Elephant at two separate times. Bowen told them if there was no man in the way to shoot the Elephant wherever they could hit her. Just as the animal was leaving the Bridge, Fenner Eddy fired the gun with seven bullets, and as she was falling Inman discharged his gun with two bullets. Fenner then threw his gun into the floom, seized the gun which had not been discharged, being afraid the dog might attack him, and they made their escape and soon after mingled with the persons collected on the bridge where their accessories were also assembled. When the people dispersed the gun was raked out of the gloom, the three guns were deposited at a Tan-yard, and the parties each went home. After hearing these facts and confessions, the Court ordered the parties individually to recognize the sum of five hundred dollars with sureties for the same amount; the law which makes the killing 46

47 of a beast an offence, punishing the same with a fine not exceeding $100 and two months imprisonment, and also subjecting the party convicted to pay to the owner treble damages to be recovered in an action of trespass. This was doubtless intended to apply to ordinary animals, horses, kine, etc. and the law could not have anticipated the shooting an elephant. In the whole course of this arduous investigation, which occupied more than a day, no direct motive was shown that could have induced the act. It appears to have been done thoughtlessly in pure love of mischief, and just for the pleasure of killing an elephant. Unfortunately the parties are not men of much substance, though it is believed some part of the value of the noble animal they have destroyed may be obtained from them eventually.--patriot Up to Chepachet- again It was off to Chepachet again for a chat on camera with Edna Kent, Gloucester's Town Historian. I stopped at the Town cemetery on the way and located one of the shooter's graves with no problem at all. I wasn't at all surprised that Albert Eddy's impressive grave didn't mention a thing about his role in the historic elephant killing. I intend to go back to hunt the rest of the gang down, though Fenner Eddy (his brother [cousin?] and the main shooter) is, in fact, buried in upstate New York. Note: Fenner Eddy b. 11 Jul 1803 East Smithfield, RI; [about 6 miles east of Chepachet, RI]; d. 14 Jan 1878 in Thurston, Steuben, NY. He was an early settler of Thurston, arriving there in 1824 [1836? see below]. He married Celia Taft and they were the parents of seven daughters and one son. He was a member of Steuben Lodge No. 112, Bath, Steuben Co., NY [about 7 miles north of Thurston, NY], per the Jno. W. Leonard s Masonic Register of Aileen O Connor Eddy: b. 23 Jun 1830 in Thurston, NY 2. Marcia Ann Eddy: b. 06 Mar; d. 14 Jun 1914, never married 3. Mary Taft Eddy: b. 19 Aug Julia A. Eddy: b. 12 Apr Eliza J. Eddy: b. 01 Jan 1843; m. Eliphus Edsall 6. Jeremiah Fenner Eddy: b. 14 Dec Vina Eddy: b. 06 Jul 1849; d. 13 Dec Loretta Eddy: b. 09 Mar 1851; m. Charles Nellis The Eddy family in America: supplement f8h-ll0qh_tbgfbw&sa=x&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0cdaq6aewaq Around 1805 Hachaliah Bailey, a Somers farmer and cattle merchant, acquired an Indian elephant, which he began exhibiting locally, then further afield. Hachaliah s success in showing Old Bet, as she was known, attracted numerous partners and competitors from local families, who joined in the business of importing and exhibiting exotic animals. The resulting thriving menagerie business paralleled the development of the small performing circus troupes, which were first seen in Philadelphia in By 1828 these two forms of popular entertainment merged to form the basis of the modern American Circus. The majority of early 19th century circus and menagerie proprietors came from Somers and neighboring towns in northern Westchester and Putnam counties. This resulted in Somers claim as Cradle of the American Circus. Hachaliah s elephant was killed while on tour in Maine, and he soon imported two elephants, Little Bet and Columbus. He built the Elephant Hotel, which opened in 1825, and soon after the granite shaft and statue of an elephant was erected in front, in honor of his elephants Daniel Delavan [Delevan] b. 30 May 1757; d. 30 Nov 1835; bur. Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, NY; son of Timothy Delavan ( ); m. Eliza Delavan, b. 28 Feb 1776; d. 23 Sep

48 Daniel Delavan was a captain of the local militia that erected the earth redoubt on which the American Revolution Memorial now stands and which this plot overlooks. Captain Delavan was originally buried in a cemetery in Ossining, New York but was relocated to this final resting spot in Sleepy Hollow by a later generation of his family who commissioned the marble figures as a tribute to the Captain. The plot consists of an ensemble of six marble figures which surround a central granite pillar upon which the figure of Hope stands. 48

49 Timothy Delavan, father of Daniel and Matthew. He was b. 1712, Stamford, Fairfield, CT; d. 31 Jan 1792, North Salem, Westchester, NY. He was the son of Cornelius Delavan and Deborah Green; husband of Hannah Bouton; father of Nathaniel Delavan, Timothy Delavan, Samuel Delavan, John Delavan, Cornelius Delavan, Daniel Delavan, Abraham Delavan, Stephen Delavan, Matthew Delavan and Nathan Delavan. Served the American Colonies in the Revolutionary War in the 4th Regiment, New York Militia. An interesting story from an old family bible tells that when General George Washington entered New York, he was provided with a body guard of soldiers, who escorted him from his landing place to Fraunce's Tavern. This body guard consisted entirely of the fine sons of Timothy Delavan, as then recorded. The youngest, Cornelius, was below the required age, but was accepted as a member due to his unusually fine development and soldierly bearing. It was said that after peace was declared, a public dinner was given to Timothy Delavan and his sons in New York City, in appreciation of service performed during the war. The heroes of the American Revolution and their descendants: Battle of Long..., by Henry Whittemore, page PA20&dq=%22daniel+delavan%22+%22salem%22&hl=en&ei=B_LkTc- TH8Hm0QHN9OyqBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22daniel%20delavan% 22%20%22salem%22&f=false CAPT. DANIEL DELAVAN, Patriot of the Revolution, was the eighth child of Timothy Delavan. one of the numerous Huguenot refugees who fled from France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, and sought an asylum in this country and settled in North Salem. Westchester County. NY. He had a son Timothy who was the father of ten sons: Timothy, Abraham, Matthew, John, Nathaniel, Samuel, Nathan, Daniel, Stephen and Cornelius. The records of the Comptrollers office at Albany show the names of some of these sons who served the country in the War of the Revolution The tenth brother, who was too young for active service, was equally patriotic, and it is related of him that he paraded with his brothers on occasions of celebration, and joined Wayne's expedition against the Indians in Ohio, , participating in several engagements. Furnow, page 538, states that Capt. Daniel Delavan was in Colonel Albert Pawling's Levies in Ensign in 1776, Lieut, in Col Graham's regiment, , and Captain in Colonel Malcolm's regiment, Jul 1780, and attached to the 2nd NY Regiment of Westchester County until the close of the war. During the evacuation of New York by the British, 25 Nov 1783, Capt. Delavan, at the head of his company, the Westchester Light Horse, escorted the civic procession to meet General Washington, Governor Clinton, and General Knox, at the Bulls Head Tavern, which then took up the line of march ending at Fraunce's Tavern, corner of Broad and Pearl streets, where General Washington had provided a generous entertainment. Capt. Delavan's portrait in continental uniform, painted by Trumbull, is in possession of the New York Historical Society. Army and Navy chronicle, Volumes 2-3, by Benjamin Homans, page s=9-shjxnfq_&sig=w- 4ijI5Q4ZBdxeXfY9aZKZ0u1Sk&hl=en&ei=avXkTeSPA6Ld0QG4x_mxBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBoQ 6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22General%20daniel%20delavan%22&f=false 49

50 from the New York Star. GENERAL DANIEL DELAVAN. The race of revolutionary officers was a peculiar one such as a country may possibly produce in time of oppression, tyranny, and misrule, when the spirit breaks through the shackles which confined it, and every hazard id encountered in preference to a life of submission or slavery. The patriots of our revolution were born to effect the great objects of freedom there was no rashness no wild enthusiasm no sudden and transitory feelings of patriotism all v. as cool, collected and determined firm of purpose ever constant to the cause fighting boldly for liberty, and calmly enjoying jt when it was achieved. Among the citizens of the state of New York, who took an early part in the revolutionary struggle, one who has lately been gathered to his fathers, was Gen. DANIEL DELAVAN. He was a native of Westchester, a county which, in patriots and soldiers, yielded its full quota in support of the great contest for freedom, and was about eighteen years of age when the celebrated battle of Lexington was fought, which in every section of the country kindled a flame of patriotism, General Delavan was commissioned as a captain in the army, and continued to serve in a military capacity during the whole contest, and only sheathed his sword when the independence of the United States" was acknowledged by the definite treaty of His political principles and his early impressions were alike repugnant to the tyranny and misrule which prevailed in every direction ; and he manfully opposed the minions of a foreign government, and denied their right to hold the country in a state of vassalage and impoverish the people by ruinous taxation. He took up arms, therefore, with the ardor of youth, determined to live independent of foreign control, and to assist in emancipating his country from tyranny and oppression. Fearless, prompt, active and powerful, all his energies were enlisted in the cause to which he had devoted himself; and to a powerful athletic person, he added a clear, strong, cool head, and a resolution not easily shaken. The situation of the country at that period afforded very few facilities for the acquisition of knowledge the schoolmaster was indeed abroad, but in the Dutch settlements of Dutchess and Westchester, the scholar soon acquired all that the teacher could impart in fact the same facility in education was common to the whole country; and what Gen. Delavan failed to acquire in a classical education, he made up by his natural genius, and clear and sound intellect. His quickness, intelligence and shrewdness, eminently qualified him for that sort of predatory warfare so remarkable on what was then termed, the "neutral ground;" and in after ages, in recounting his dangers and the successful ingenuity by which himself and his comrades were rescued in those spirit-stirring times, the natural trait of his fearless and ardent character were conspicuously displayed. He was likewise a most trusty officer, strong in his attachments, and undisguised in his aversions; and the proud consciousness of his fidelity, during his temporary command of the posts at West Point, would occasionally break forth in contrast to the foul treason of Benedict Arnold. The northern parts of Westchester county opened a broad field for that species of partisan warfare which kept men continually on the alert against surprise. Sudden small military irruptions, and British plundering parties were constantly roaming where it was supposed they could ravage with impunity, which made every man in a measure a soldier and a sentinel. Vast numbers of the farms were deserted; the women, children and agricultural property were removed to a distance beyond the Highlands, and those who remained generally dwelt in the nooks and comparatively inaccessible spots among the hills, w here the reward of discovery was up compensation for the labors and perils. The agitated condition of the country often produced emergencies, which called into active service during the period of alarm all the able bodied citizens; and a circumstance happened in reference to General Delavan, which is too extraordinary, if not unparalleled, to be passed over as a most remarkable fact in the annals of this or any other country on earth. The General on several occasions had eight brothers all engaged with him in active military duties at the same time! and thus nine members of the same household at once were engaged in the defence of their country. But although he continued, during nearly eight years, enrolled with the army in constant service, he passed the dangerous crisis without any personal injury, except a wound in the left leg, which he received at the storming of Sandy Point, he was also present at the execution of [Major John] Andre. General Delavan was highly esteemed by General Washington; and as a token ol his regard for him, Lafayette, prior to his departure for Europe after the revolutionary war, presented him with a sword, as a memorial both of the revolution and of his friendship. General Delavan was a proof of the value of a good education, and also of the evil effects produced by the life of a camp, upon inexperienced youth of impetuous tempers, with an undisciplined mind and moral principles not thoroughly consolidated; for, after the treaty of peace of 1783, he found it difficult to cast off the turbulent habits of the garrison, and the restlessness of the military encampment, for the quietude of social life and the regularity of pacific employments. After a few years, however, he purchased a large tract of land around Sing Sing, and married a daughter of Judge Johnson, of Putnam county. His native and enterprising spirit soon was perceptible: and as he discovered that that spot included some of the best natural advantages on the Hudson river, for a suburban village to New York, he gave himself up to the promotion of its interests; so that to him the present rapid growth of that village may chiefly be attributed. He procured the turnpike road from the northeastern part of the county to be made, which terminates at Sing Sing. The early and patriotic emotions of the general were revived during the last contest with Britain; and he volunteered his aid with that of all his working men, and united in erecting the barricade across Manhattan Island, which was designed to repel an assault by land upon the city of New York, General Delavan had successively filled nearly all the civil offices which the counties have to bestow; but, from the period when he had passed his 70th year, he lived mostly in retirement, gradually becoming more enfeebled, and it is believed more thoroughly and seriously contemplative in reference to eternity. He departed this life almost without any peculiar monitions of that approaching crisis in November last [1836], in his 79th year, and was buried where the mortal remains bf his wife and his eldest son and daughter, await with him the resurrection of the dead. His funeral was attended by a large concourse of citizens of Sing Sing, nearly all of whom have become residents of that village, long after his hospitable mansion had been the constant resort of the principal citizens and public functionaries of the State of New York. 50

51 Dr. Epenetus Wallace b. 17 Nov 17, 1766; d. 11 Jan 1856; m. Phebe Close, d/o Solomon Close and Abigal Barnum. 3 Epenetus Wallace, b. 18 Nov 1766; d. 11 Jan 1856; m. Phebe Close, b. 8 Jan 1770; d. 21 Jul Children; all of these were in North Salem, NY: 4 Matilda Wallace, b. 11 May Jane Wallace, b. 22 Feb Solomon Wallace, b. 23 Oct Charles Wallace, b. 17 Sep 1796; m. Clara Townsend 5 Epenetus Wallace, b. 22 Jan Isaac Wallace, b. 23 Mar Elbert Wallace, b. 19 Oct 1834; m. Alwilda Wallace 5 Justus P. Wallace, b. 5 Sep 1836, d. 16 Aug Ann Augusta Wallace, b. 3 Jul Maria G. Wallace, b. 10 Sep Eleanor Wallace, b. 27 Oct Abigail Wallace, b. 8 Mar John Wallace, b. 1 Dec Martha M. Wallace, b. 14 Jun Phebe Ann Wallace, b.29 Jul Rachel E. Wallace, b. 14 Dec Tompkins Donald Wallace, b. 18 Jan 1814; m. Henrietta?? 5 Joseph Wallace, b. abt 1852 Armour Lodge No. 100, Sawpit Village, Town of Rye, New York Petition: Undated, signed by: Samuel Armour Abraham Gedney William Baldwin Isaac Gedney Benjamin Crooker John Guion Thi? Marselis Samuel Marvin Nath l Penfield William T. Provoost Benj n Rockwell David Rogers [Rev.] Evan Rogers Drake Seymour Recommended by: Westchester Lodge No. 46, 4 Apr Warrant: 10 Jun 1803 Last Return: 1827 Forfeit: Jun John Guion, of Rye Neck, was the grandson of Louis Guion, of La Rochelle, in France, who, 'four years before the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, fled with his family into England, from whence he emigrated to America, and settled at New Rochelle about 1687.' His son Louis, who died at New Rochelle about 1725, had five children, of whom John was the youngest. (Bolton, Hist. of Westchester Co., vol. ii, p. 521.) In 1746 Joseph Horton sold of John Gujon, for three hundred and fifteen pounds, 'my farm and lands where I now dwell on Budd's neck...on both sides of the country road,' comprising fifty acres. This property has but very lately passed out of the hands of his descendants. John, born 1 Feb 1723, d. 21 Jun 1792; m. Anna Hart, b. 11 Apr 1728, d. 26 Feb They had eight sons: Jonathan, Peter, James, John, Abraham, Isaac, Elijah, Monmouth Hart; and three daughters: Sarah, b. 25 Apr 1751, d. 15 Jul 1808, m. Bartholomew Hadden; Dinah, b. 7 May 1757, m. Peter Knapp; and Anna, b. 12 Jan 1760, married Silas Knapp Nathaniel Penfield b. 19 Mar 1758, Fairfield, CT; d. 22 Mar 1810, Rye, NY, age: 52; m. 24 Feb 1782, Fairfield, CT, Rachel Marquand, b. ca 1765, Fairfield, CT; d. 17 Feb 1841, age: 76. He kept a popular inn in Rye, NY, on the mail coach line between New York City and New Haven. Notables were entertained there after the Revolution. Son of Lt. Samuel M. Penfield and Elizabeth Lewis, who kept the Sun Tavern in Fairfield, CT, where Washington, Adams, and Lafayette were often guests. Children: Henry Lewis Penfield b. 19 Feb 1784, Fairfield, CT; d. 15 Nov 1863, Rye, NY. Josiah Penfield b. 06 Jun 1785, Fairfield, CT; d. 12 Sep 1828, Rye, NY, Robert Penfield b

52 THE OLD HAVILAND [PENFIELD] INN, RYE, NY. This ancient mansion, a noted tavern, or place of entertainment, in olden times, was as early as 1731 the homestead of Peter Brown. After his death it passed into the possession of Rev. James Wetmore, Rector of the Parish of Rye. In 1763 it was the residence of his son Timothy Wetmore, who married Jane Haviland. As early as 1770 Dr. Ebenezer Haviland, brother-in-law of Timothy Wetmore, and afterward a surgeon in the Revolution, kept this tavern. During the war it was kept by Jonathan Wright, but it reverted to Mrs. Tamar Haviland, widow of the doctor. Gen. Washington in his diary thus alludes to it: "Thursday Oct. 15, After dinner through frequent light showers, we proceeded to the Tavern of a Mrs. Haviland at Rye; who keeps a very neat and decent Inn." His next stopping place was at the tavern of one Webb in Stamford. The General describes it as "a tolerable good house, but not equal in appearance and reality, to Mrs. Haviland's." In 1774 John Adams stopped here on his way from Boston to New York. Widow Haviland was succeeded by Peter Quintard, who was landlord in In 1801 the house passed into the hands of Nathaniel Penfield, and at his death, in 1810, fell to his son Henry L. Penfield. The hotel was a noted stopping place on the Boston road, in the days of stages, and among its guests was Gen. Lafayette in It ceased to be an Inn about 1830, and in 1835 it was sold to David H. Mead... VOLUME II - THE CORRESPONDENCE OF JOHN HENRY HOBART, Nathaniel was described as a man of most courtly manners and unblemished character. He was an active member of Christ Church, a member of the vestry, and placed on important committees. On May 28, 1800, he was chosen with Mr. Rogers [Rev. Evan Rogers - q.v.]] "to set out around the Church as many forest trees of different kinds as they think proper." In 1813 he was appointed to adjust and receive the sum due for damages to the glebe by the laying out of a new turnpike through it. He died in His son, Henry L. Penfield, continued the business until Ibid. David Rogers [Jr.] belonged to a well-known family of Fairfield County, CT, who traced their descent from John Rogers, the martyr. He studied medicine with his father, Dr. David Rogers, a physician of much skill, and settled in Mamaroneck. He had a large practice and was successful in his treatment of disease. For many years he was a member of the vestry of Christ Church, Rye. In 1820 he removed to New York City, where he died about He left two sons, David L. and James, who became a well-known physician. [A letter of ] John Guion of May 1, 1813,... shows that Dr. Rogers had then become an active Churchman =bl&ots=dicjxb-tyr&sig=w6mrx1fyxbsyogpbybq9tcuz6eo&hl=en&ei=tzdntdsvf- T30gGm3M3oCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22benjamin%20rockwell%2 2%20%22rye%22&f=false page 170. Dr. Benjamin Rockwell commenced practice in Saw Pit, now Port Chester, about the year He was born in Lewisboro or South Salem, NY, about 1786, and was a son of Judge Nathan Rockwell of that place. Dr. Rockwell practiced medicine here for twelve or fifteen years, and was regarded as a very skilful physician. He removed to the city of New York, and died there a few years ago. He had a son William, who was also a physician. Washington Lodge No. 141, Stephentown [Somers], New York Petition: 5 May 1806, signed by: Ambler, Samuel Glover, Andrew Brown, Isaac Jr. Green, William Crawford, Caleb Higgins, Michael Frost, Niles Holmes, Absalom Jones, Daniel June, Zabud Kenicut, John Northrop, Jacob Osburn, Ozias Sanford, Zalmon Snuke, Edward Sword, James Recommended by: Hiram Lodge No. 72, Mount Pleasant, 25 Aug 1806, and Salem Lodge No. 74, 29 May Warrant: 3 Sep 1806 Weed, Jessy Wright, Micojah [?] 52

53 Officers: Darius Crosby, Master; Abijah Crissy, SW; Joshua Turner, JW 1817 "ceased to work" Surrendered: 4 Jun 1818 Rising Star Lodge No. 142, Yonkers, New York Warrant: 22 Jun 1851 Prev. No. 393; forfeit 1831; revived as No. 142, 22 Jun 1851; renumbered No. 450, 7 Jun 1858 Westchester Lodge No. 180, Ossining / Sing Sing, New York Warrant: 5 Oct 1850 The Westchester Lodge came to be part of Collabergh Lodge No. 859 of Croton-on-Hudson, NY, Masonic Register of 1855 WESTCHESTER LODGE, NO Sing Sing, Westchester County. Date of Charter, October, Meets on the Second and Fourth Thursdays of the month. Saml. C. Nichols, Master, I. M. Smith, SW, Geo. J. Barlow, JW, Wm. O. Mills, Treas. Thomas Smull, Isaac Still, Jr., James Locke, Edward Van Wart, Secy, SD, JD, MC, Robert Lent, Nicholas O'Brien, Jr., MC, Tiler. PAST MASTERS. Benjamin Brandreth, S. F. Reynolds, S. C. Nichols, MEMBERS. Henry W. Ambler, James H. Ashton, John A. Aitchison Saml. Anderson, Stephen Ayles, John Barlow Isaac Birdsall, Geo. A. Brandreth, Jacob T. Cocks, Isaac V. Doolittle, D. D. Edwards, Charles Gilbert, John P. Jenkins, Robert Lent, M. J. Lockwood, J. C. Lyman, Thos. Mapelsden. Martin Marclay, Joseph Mully, G. W. Paulding, Wm. Pike, Reuben Quimby, R. A. Robinson, Hiram P. Rowel, John Russell, Benj. See, Wm. M. Skinner, Saml. S. Smith, Geo. E. Stanton, Gardner Van Wyck, Alfred Walker, Alex. H. Wells, Geo. Williamson, Cortland Wood, From the Grand Lodge Proceedings, 1909: MINUTES: Not intact. There are no existing records relating to the organization of Westchester Lodge previous to the granting of a dispensation by M.'. W.'. WILLIAM H. MILNOR, October 2, The charter members were: Benjamin Brandreth. John Russell. Charles Yoe. William Campbell. Samuel C. Nichols. Samuel F. Reynolds. The officers named in the dispensation were: BENJAMIN BRANDRETH, Master. HIRAM P. ROWELL, Senior Warden. SAMUEL C. NICHOLS, Junior Warden. R. A. Robinson. W. F. Purdy. William M. Skinner. Hiram P. Rowell. James Locke. Martin Marclay. The first meeting after the dispensation had been granted was held in Odd Fellows Hall on October 5, R.'. W.'. JAMES W. POWELL, Grand Secretary, presided at the opening, assisted by Hiram P. Rowell as Senior Warden and Samuel C. Nichols as Junior Warden. The record of this meeting says: The Lodge opened in due form in the E.A. degree for instruction, after which it was duly closed in said degree and opened in the degree of M. M., Wor. Master Brandreth in the East. At this meeting William M. Skinner was elected Secretary, Samuel F. Reynolds was elected Treasurer, a committee was appointed to prepare a code of By-laws and a petition for membership was received from G. E. Stanton. Before the Lodge closed the following resolution was adopted: "Resolved, That Westchester Lodge meet in this place next Saturday evening, 12th inst., at 7 o'clock precisely." At the next meeting, held October 12th, a petition for membership was received from Benjamin See, and it was resolved, that in case he is accepted, "He be permitted to pay his initiation fee by acting as Tiler at the rate of fifty cents per night." 53

54 It was also resolved, "That every officer who shall be absent fifteen minutes after the time of opening this Lodge at any communication thereof shall be fined fifty cents." This action did not appear to have given satisfaction, as on October 31st the resolution was rescinded. Benjamin See was raised at the same meeting, he being the first candidate raised by the Lodge, and was immediately appointed Tiler. On November 21, 1850, a contract was entered into with Ossining Lodge I. O. O. F. for the occupancy of its quarters for a period of one year, heat and light to be furnished by Ossining Lodge. The sum to be paid was $30. The first code of By-laws were adopted at this meeting and Hiram P. Rowell was appointed to have them engrossed. Nine meetings were held while working under dispensation, the last being held November 28, At a session of the Grand Lodge held on 3 Dec 1850, five warrants were granted, one of them to "Westchester Lodge, No. 180." The officers named in the warrant were: BENJAMIN BRANDRETH, Master. HIRAM P. ROWELL, Senior Warden. SAMUEL C. NICHOLS, Junior Warden. The other officers selected were: SAMUEL F. REYNOLDS. Treasurer. WILLIAM M. SKINNER, Secretary. JAMES LOCKE, Senior Deacon. R. A. RORINSON, Junior Deacon. MARTIN MARCLAY, Master of Ceremonies. JOHN RUSSELL, Master of Ceremonies. BENJAMIN SEE, Tiler. The Lodge has made but few changes in its meeting places and is now located in its own building. This property was purchased several years ago and has proved a profitable investment for the Lodge. The most prominent member of the Lodge is W.. Thomas Leary, who had been a member nearly fifty years and is still an active and energetic worker in the Lodge. He served as Master in and again in He also gained distinction in public life, serving as Supervisor two years, President of the village of Sing Sing (now Ossining) two terms, was a Trustee of the village several years and has been a magistrate of the town of Ossining for about sixteen years. He is the senior life member of the Lodge. At the time Westchester Lodge was organized another Lodge existed at Sing Sing (now Ossining) by the name of Zeredatha. This Lodge was organized in 1849 under the jurisdiction of St. John's Grand Lodge, and was No. 21 on its register. At the great Union meeting of December 27, 1850, it received a new warrant and became No. 200 on the register of the Grand Lodge of the State of New York. The officers named in the new warrant were: GEORGE R. BEEKMAN, Master. PETER DAVIS, Senior Warden. JOHN LENT, Junior Warden. This Lodge had but a fitful and uneventful life. It ceased to work in 1853 and many of its members affiliated in Westchester Lodge. Its warrant was declared forfeited by the Grand Lodge in Isaac B. Noxon, District Deputy Grand Master Benjamin Brandreth Benjamin Brandreth Samuel C. Nichols Samuel C. Nichols Samuel F. Reynolds Samuel C. Nichols J. Malcolm Smith J. Malcolm Smith Samuel C. Nichols Samuel C. Nichols Samuel C. Nichols George J. Barlow Lyman Perrigo Charles H. Cummings Charles H. Cummings J. Holl[e]y Platt Charles H. Cummings N. O'Brien, Jr N. O'Brien, Jr N. O'Brien, Jr. GRAND LODGE OFFICERS MASTERS Thomas Leary Thomas Leary Robert M. Lawrence Robert M. Lawrence James H. Coleman James H. Coleman Isaac Terwilliger Isaac Terwilliger J. Wesley Lessee J. Wesley Lessee Andrew Finnigan Eugene Hall Isaac B. Noxon Isaac B. Noxon Robert M. Lawrence Smith Lent Smith Lent James H. Coleman James H. Truesdale Peter J. Keenan. Jacob T. Cox, Livery Stable, Sing Sing. Westchester Lodge, No Thomas Maplesden, Mason, Sing Sing. Westchester Lodge, No Robert M. Lawrence, District Deputy Grand Master Peter J. Keenan Jasper W. Travis John Griffin Charles E. Gratton Charles E. Gratton Frank N. Wells Frank N. Wells Romine Williams Romine Williams John Griffin Rollin B. Vose Everett A. Barlow Charles E. Rice, Jr Fred B. Horton Thomas Leary Amos C. Squire Thomas G. Barnes Arthur Brown Daniel D. Tompkins Herbert J. Childs. 54

55 Benjamin Brandreth ( ) was a pioneer in the early use of mass advertising to build consumer awareness of his product, a purgative that allegedly cured many ills by purging toxins out of the blood. He became a successful and wealthy businessman, bank president, and New York State Senator. Brandreth was born in Leeds, England, on 23 June, 1807, the son of William Holmes ( ) and Ann Brandreth Holmes ( ). His father abandoned the family while Benjamin was young and he was raised by his mother and maternal grandfather William Brandreth, whose surname he adopted. He emigrated to the United States in 1835 with his three children shortly after the death of his first wife, Harriet Smallpage, hoping to find a bigger market than he had in England for his Vegetable Universal Pill invented by his grandfather, William Brandreth. The formula was a powerful cathartic and played off the popular notion that impurity of the blood was the source of many ills. Establishing himself on Hudson Street in New York City, Brandreth eventually found success marketing his pills prompting a move to a larger facility which he built in Sing Sing, (later Ossining (village), NY) in Brandreth was a pioneer in using the then-infant technique of mass advertising in building brand awareness to create a mass market for his product. Brandreth created and published a wide variety of advertising material for his pills, including a 224 page tome entitled The Doctrine of Purgation, Curiosities from Ancient and Modern Literature, from Hippocrates and Other Medical Writers. His advertising copy had a distinctly literary flavor which found favor with the public. Brandreth widely distributed his books and pamphlets throughout the country as well as taking copious advertising space in newspapers. Eventually his pills became one of the best selling patent medicines in the United States A congressional committee in 1849 reported that Brandreth was the nation s largest proprietary advertiser Between 1862 and 1863 Brandreth s average annual gross income surpassed $600,000 For fifty years Brandreth s name was a household word in the United States Indeed, the Brandreth pills were so well known they received mention in Herman Melville s classic Moby Dick. A prominent businessman, Brandreth was among the original founders and was the first President of the Westchester County Savings Bank in Tarrytown, NY. The bank was incorporated on 21 July 1853 and was merged into Federal First Fidelity Bank on 30 December In 1857 he built the Brandreth Hotel near Canal and Broadway in New York City. In 1851 Brandreth bought 26,000 acres in the Adirondacks for 15 cents an acre, establishing the first private preserve in the Adirondack Park becoming known as Brandreth Park. The Park remains in the family today and incorporates a number of cabins and cottages in a preserved wilderness setting. Brandreth was a prominent Democrat in Westchester County and represented the district in the New York State Senate from 1849 to He was active in civic development in Sing Sing, (later Ossining). He was an early subscriber to the fundraising effort to build the Trinity Church in that town. He was one of the founders of the New York Eclectic Medical College, which he supported financially throughout his life. He was active in the Masons who took charge of his funeral with full honors. Grave marker of Benjamin and Virginia Brandreth at the Dale Cemetery in Ossining, NY as it appeared in November, 2008 Brandreth was married three times; first to Susan Leeds from whom he was divorced a few months after the marriage. His second wife was Harriet Smallpage to whom he was married 7 years until her death, and third to Virginia Graham. He had 3 children with his second wife and 10 with his third. He is the greatgrandfather of Gyles Brandreth. Brandreth died on 22 February "That morning he had risen early, reaching the plant, with his eldest son, at sixthirty. He had worked an hour or so in the mixing room. Then came a stroke of apoplexy and death. Thus, at the end as at the launching of his venture in America, Brandreth was mixing the purgative in which he so fervently believed." The impact Brandreth had on the local community of Sing Sing was noted by the account in the New York Times which stated that at the time of his death: flags have been hung at half-mast there and on Saturday all the business places of the village, including the bank, Post Office, Soldiers monument, and several hotels, together with innumerable private dwellings, we draped in mourning. Brandreth's funeral was held at the Trinity Church which could hold only a fraction of the mourners in attendance. Others lined the streets to the Dale Cemetery where he was buried. His body was in a wrought metal and bronze casket hermetically sealed with a full length plate glass top. The procession to the cemetery included carriages for the clergymen and pallbearers, the 16th Battalion brass band, the hearse with a bodyguard of 8 Masonic knights, and carriages for 150 friends and family, stretching out over a mile. Brandreth Park was the first private preserve in the future Adirondack Park. Included on the property is 890-acre "Brandreth Lake" (northwest of Raquette Lake). Consequently, Hamilton County is one of the least densely populated counties in the eastern United States. The property is mountainous and heavily forested. 55

56 The Park remains in the family today and incorporates a number of cabins and cottages in a preserved wilderness setting. According to Adirondack Life Magazine, Dr Brandreth commissioned a certain Mr. Blanchard to find him a lake at the top of the watershed, because he didn't want any water flowing into his lake. Blanchard found Township 39 and today the lake is known as Brandreth Lake. Dr Brandreth lost the property in 1873 for failing to pay taxes, but his wife bought it at State auction for $5,091. Currently the property contains 12,500 acres (51 km 2 ) and is owned by 90 of Dr. Brandreth's descendants. At one point the Adirondacks contained 45 such private estates, but as of 2000 only four remained and Brandreth's is the oldest. Upon Brandreth's death in 1880 the property was eligible to be inherited by six of his children. Two of his sons, Franklin and Ralph Brandreth, and his son-in-law, General Edwin A. McAlpin purchased the interests of the other children and consolidated ownership in their hands, and those of their heirs. FAAD48F740B482EF Thomas Neil Morris, 94, of 27 Otis St., Lancaster, MA, died Tuesday, 9 Nov 2010 in Sunrise Assisted Living, Leominster, after an illness. He leaves his wife of 63 years, Annette S. (Hamilton) Morris; two nephews: John B. Morris of West Sand Lake, NY and Joseph L. Morris of Morrisonville, NY; and many dear friends. Two brothers, John and Griffith Morris, and a sister, Ann Morris, predeceased him. Thomas was born and raised in Poultney, VT, the son of William G. and Janet Morris. He was a graduate of Troy Conference Academy, Class of 1934, and Green Mountain College, Class of A US Army veteran of WWII, Thomas served with the Transportation Corps at Fort Devens, MA, and in LeHarve, France. He was a member of Morning Star Lodge, No. 37, F. & A. M. of Poultney, VT, for 50 years, and the American Legion. While residing in Ossining, NY, he was employed for 38 years by the New York Central Railroad, retiring in 1976 as the Commuter Relations Manager of the Metropolitan Region, located in Grand Central Terminal. As a resident of Ossining, Thomas was a member of the Ossining Auxiliary Police and was a charter member of the Ossining Volunteer Ambulance Corps. During his 25 years with the Ambulance Corps, he served as a riding member and on its Board of Directors. In addition, he was a member and Past Master of Westchester Lodge No. 180, F. & A.M. The Westchester Lodge came to be part of Collabergh Lodge No. 859 of Croton-on-Hudson, NY, of which he was also a member. Upon his retirement in 1976, Thomas and his wife, Annette, relocated to Lancaster, MA. There, he served on the Lancaster Conservation Commission, Thayer Field Commission, Affordable Housing, Forest Committee, Town Emergency Committee, and as an Election official. In addition, he served for many years on the Green Mountain College Alumni Association Board of Directors. An ardent golfer, he was a long-time member of Oak Hill Country Club, Fitchburg. Burial was at North Village Cemetery, Lancaster, MA Samuel C. Nichols, Merchant, Sing Sing. P. M. Westchester Lodge, No. 180; Initiated in Richmond Randolph Lodge, No. 19, and exalted in Richmond Chapter, No. 3, Virginia, District Deputy Grand Master, District No. 2, N. Y Westchester Co., Vol. 111, pg 185: DANIEL D[owning]. TOMPKINS: " So many of the interests of the social, the business, and the fraternal life of his native village make their demands upon the attention and counsel of Mr. Tompkins that he may well be said to be "part of all that he has met", while his greatest concern is that of being helpfully active in and for the organizations he represents. He is cashier of the First National Bank of Ossining, and now rounding out twenty-seven years with that institution, of which he is an efficient official. This qualification may be claimed as to his participation in the work and progress of many other institutions and societies of which he is a member. He is the son of J. Arthur and Sarah Large (Baker) Tompkins. His father now retired from active business, was connected with the American News Company, in New York City; he was a veteran of the Civil War and served with the 6th NY Heavy Artillery. Mr. Tompkins, the son was born at Ossining, NY, 6 May 1875 and attended the public and high schools there, graduating at the latter with the class of He was a student at the Mount Pleasant Military Academy in 1892 & 1893, matriculating at the New York University, he graduated there in 1897 with the degree Bachelor of Science. Entering the employ of the National Bank at Ossining in the year of his graduation at the university, 1897, Mr. Tompkins has satisfactory filled all the positions up to that of cashier. His civic affiliations are many and diversified. He was village trustee from , and president of the village from , and a member of its Board of Education for more than fifteen years. He is a trustee and the treasurer of the Dale Cemetery Association, and is now secretary and treasurer of the Library Board, of which he is also has been a member for fifteen years. A member of the Fire Commission, he is treasurer of the department, and also a volunteer fireman; he is a member of the social organization that is known as the Ossining Steamer Company, Incorporated. His college membership is with Phi Beta Kappa and the Phi Gamma Delta fraternities. Mr Tompkins is affiliated with the Free and Accepted Masons, and is a trustee of the Masonic Hall Association; he is Past Master of Westchester Lodge No 180; a member of Buckingham Chapter No. 174, Royal Arch Masons; treasurer of Westchester Commandery No. 42, Knights Templar; a member of Peekskill Council No 55, Royal and Select Masters. He is a member of the Eastern Star, and Past Regent and District Deputy of the Royal Arcanum, a member of the Royal Order of Moose, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, and of Van Cortlandt Camp, Sons of Veterans. He is communicant and a warden of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Mr. Tompkins married, at Ossining, in June 1900 Mary Cartwright Swain, a grandaughter of General James B. Swain, a colonel of "Scott's 900" during the Civil War, and also literary associate of General Horace Greeley. Their three children are Daniel Downing Tompkins Jr.; Theodore Swain Tompkins and Florence Elizabeth Tompkins

57 Year book of the Holland Society of New-York, by Holland Society of New York, page ndgqewkc2raq&sa=x&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0cdgq6aewaw#v=onepage&q=%22westchester%20lodge%2 0No.%20180%22&f=false JAMES STEVENSON VAN CORTLANDT b. 28 Feb 1844; d. 28 Apr Captain James Stevenson Van Cortlandt died on Saturday morning, April 28, 1917, at the Van Cortlandt Manor House at Crotonon-Hudson, NY, which has been the home of his family for six generations, having been built about 1681 by his great-great grandfather, Stephanus Van Cortlandt, first and only Lord of the Manor of Cortlandt and the first native born Mayor of the City of New York. Except the office of Governor itself, Stephanus Van Cortlandt filled at one time or another every prominent office in the Province of New York. The Manor House has been occupied in succession from the death of the Lord of the Manor in line of succession, as follows: Philip Van Cortlandt, Councillor of the Province; Pierre Van Cortlandt, Lieutenant-Governor; Pierre Van Cortlandt, Major-General; Pierre Van Cortlandt, Colonel, and James Stevenson Van Cortlandt, Captain. Captain Van Cortlandt was the last of his name in the male line a name honored always for distinguished service rendered their country by those who bore it. He was born at the Manor House in 1844 and lived there all his life. At the outbreak of the Civil War and at the age of eighteen, he quit school and was commissioned as lieutenant in the 155th New York Infantry and assigned as aide-de-camp upon the staff of General Michael Corcoran. As such he was engaged in fifteen battles in Virginia, namely, Deserted House, Siege of Suffolk, Eddeton Road, Carreville, Landrow House, North Anna River, Totopotomy Creek, Cold Harbor, Petersburgh, Welden Railroad, Deep Bottom, Strawberry Plain, Reams Station, Spottsylvania Court House and Boyd ton Plank Road. In 1864 he was commissioned as first lieutenant in the 22nd New York Cavalry, and subsequently as captain. With this regiment he was engaged at Nineveh, Roods Hill, Moorefield Pike, Dacy Springs, Holly Springs, Reeds Hill (second engagement) and New Market. In August 1865 he was mustered out of service with his regiment at Winchester, VA. Upon his return home from the war he became the active manager of the Van Cortlandt estate, and, except for a short period while he was engaged in the manufacture of brick, continued as such up to the time of his death, giving much attention to the raising of prize-winning poultry. He was a member of the Society of the Cincinnati, The Holland Society of New York, the Huguenot Society, Society of Descendants of Lords of Manors and of Westchester Lodge No. 180, F&AM. Two sisters survived him Mrs. John Rutherford Matthews and Miss Anne Stevenson Van Cortlandt. His funeral services took place at the Manor House on Monday afternoon, 30 Apr 1917, the Rev. Gibson W. Harris of Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church of Ossining officiating and only the immediate family being present. Interment was at Hillside Cemetery, Peekskill, NY. VAN CORTLANDT, JAMES S. - Age 19 years. Enrolled [155th NY Inf. Vols.] at New York city, to serve three years, and mustered in as 2Lt, Co. G, 7 Oct 1862; discharged, 31 Oct 1864, for promotion to 1Lt, Co. E, 22nd Cavalry. Commissioned 2Lt, 5 Dec 1862, with rank from 8 Nov 1862, original. VAN CORTLAND, JAMES S. - Age 21 years. Enrolled [22nd NY Cav.], 1 Jan 1, 1865, at Winchester, VA; mustered in as 1Lt, Co. E, to date 1 Jan 1865, to serve three years; mustered out with company, 1 Aug 1805, at Winchester, VA; prior service, in Co. G, 155fth NY Infantry Volunteers. Commissioned 1Lt, 25 Aug, 1864, with rank from 23 Aug 1804, vice Lusk, promoted; captain, 18 Sep 1805, with rank from 31 Aug 1865, vice Vaughn, discharged; not mustered F.W. Beers map showing the location of the Van Cortlandt's Croton Brick Company 57

58 Rollin Burton Vose (Franklin, Samuel, Roger, Samuel, Robert, Henry, Thomas, Robert ) b. 17 Jul 1853 Albany, NY; d. 8 Apr 1924 in Brooklyn, NY; m. 23 Jun 1886 in New Baltimore, NY, Anna Josephine Trego, b. 15 Apr 1850 in New York City, d/o James Trego and Maria Houghtaling. Child: James Trego Vose was born on 27 Jun 1887 in Sing Sing(now Ossining), NY. Rollin was educated in the public schools and the Normal School, now State Normal College of Albany, and at the age of eighteen entered the office of the Secretary of State as clerk. He also held a clerkship in the State Legislature alongside Col. Daniel S. Lamont, subsequently the Secretary of War. For a time he was a clerk in a broker's office, but delicate health necessitated a change, and he entered out-of-door employment. He took up Public Works as a business, passing through the different grades in the Engineer Corps to the position of Superintendent of Dam Construction on the New Croton Dam, the largest and best known piece of work of its kind in the world. He was connected with the Aqueduct Commission of New York City for sixteen or more years; with the construction of the New Croton Aqueduct; the Titicut Dam at Purdys, NY; the Pennsylvania R.R.; Lehigh Valley R.R.; West Shore R.R.; Baltimore Tunnel, Baltimore, MD, and other roads. He served sixteen years in the 23rd Reg. National Guards of New York State. He was Past Master of Westchester Lodge, No. 180 F&AM; member of Council 1486 Royal Arcanum, and an active member of the Fire Department, all of Ossining. Remarks on some Masonic Book Plates in America and their owners, Volume 2, by Alexander Winthrop Pope, page unl0qhpmocaaq&sa=x&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0cdsq6aewag#v=onepage&q=%22westchester%20lodge %20No.%20180%22&f=false George Williamson was born in Utica, New York, June 3, He passed out of this life, August 13, He was initiated into Free Masonry in 1853, and became a member of Westchester Lodge No. 180, Sing Sing (now Ossining), NY. Between that time and 1871, he became a member of Buckingham Chapter, No. 174, of King Solomon Council No. 31, and a Knight Templar in Westchester Commandery No. 42. In 1882, he was admitted a Masonic Veteran. Brother Williamson, without the advantage of a college education, was considered one of the ripest scholars in bibliography and history in his section of the country. His library, while not large, contained many rare and curious works, for he was ever on the lookout for such. An old book-shop was a treasure house to him. He was an authority on first editions, autograph copies, etc. The Masonic part of his treasures numbered about five hundred volumes. He adopted a Masonic bookplate described as follows: A key-stone on which is a circle inscribed with eight Hebrew characters, apparently the equivalent of the Roman letters used in Mark Lodges in the United States. Within the circle is an open book on which are the letters S S T, probably the "Mark" of George Williamson, Sing Sing, NY, whose name above and residence below the circle show its ownership. Above the ring of the key-stone is the motto "Sua cuique Voluptas" signifying each one has his own pleasure. Armour Lodge No. 186, Port Chester, New York Warrant: 27 Dec 1850 Prev. Amour No. 6, St. John's GL ARMOUR LODGE, NO Port Chester, Westchester Co. Date of Charter, December 21th, Meets on the First and Third Wednesdays of each month. 58

59 Solomon s Lodge No. 196, Tarrytown, New York Warrant: 27 Dec 1850 Prev. No. 209, 13 Nov 1812 of White Plains. Removed to Tarrytown in 1821 'Ceased to operate' 7 Jun 1833 Revived as Solomon's 18, 15 Feb 1849, St. John's GL Returned to GLNY as No. 196, 27 Dec 1850 Masonic Register 155 SOLOMON'S LODGE, NO Tarry Town, Westchester Co. Meets on Thursday of each week. Date of Charter, December 27th, A. L James W. Scribncr, Gabriel L. Purdy, Nathaniel H. Odell, Abraham S. Leonard, Master, SW, JW, Secy, Isaac Buckhout, George Heath, David Henderson, Jacob B. Odell, Treas, SD, JD, Steward, Ward Carpenter, Charles J. Brewer, Seward, Tiler. PAST MASTERS. Stephen P. York, Abraham S. Leonard, Leonard M. Clark. Marvin Onderdonk," MEMBERS. Sylvester Acker, Wm. Barnes, Abraham Bishop. George R. Brown, Francis Core, Thomas Dean, George Gandell, Patterson R. Hart, Henry Lavender, Jorden D. Lord, M. W. H. Martin, John McFadden, Jacob Odell, Samuel Requa, George Schard, D. M. Sillick, Steuben P. Swartwout. N. O. Tompkins, R. B. Westerfield, Zeredatha Lodge No. 200, Sing Sing, New York Warrant: 27 Dec 1850 Previous No. 21 in the St. John s GL; forfeit 1854 Solomon s Lodge No. 209, White Plains, New York [see also Solomon s Lodge No. 196 above] Warrant: 13 Nov 1812 removed to Greenburgh in 1821; forfeit 7 Jun 1833; revived as Solomon's 18, 15 Feb 1849, St. John's GL; returned to GLNY as No. 196, 27 Dec

60 Bedford Lodge No. 382, Bedford, New York Warrant: 18 Apr 1825 Rising Sun Lodge No. 393, Yonkers, New York Warrant: 6 Sep 1826 Rising Star Lodge No. 393, Yonkers, New York Warrant: 26 Oct 1826 Surrendered 1831; revived as No. 142, 22 Jan 1851; renumbered No. 450, 7 Jun 1858 Ionic Lodge No.???, White Plains, New York First Meeting: 1 Feb From then until 1852, there is no record of Masonry in White Plains. In that year a petition was presented to Grand Lodge asking for a charter for White Plains Lodge. Favorable consideration was recommended by Armour Lodge No. 186 of Port Chester. However, some of the petitioners were dissatisfied with the name and asked that it be changed to Oriental Lodge. With the concurrence of Armour Lodge, a new petition was presented in January, For some unknown reason, the charter was endorsed Ionic. Little is known of Ionic Lodge *, except that meetings were held on February 1 and 15 and March 1 and 15 of 1853 and that two members were elected and initiated. source=bl&ots=hsn3c28aik&sig=finfw5p9y5xzwi64ef7dcm4xa5o&hl=en&ei=cdlstbvfh4h2gaevuzxcq&sa=x&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0cekq6aewca#v=onepage&q=%22white%20plains%20lodge% 20No.%20473%22&f=false page 73 * THE IONIC LODGE was the first Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons in White Plains. It was organized under a dispensation from the Grand Lodge of the State of New York, and held its first meeting 1 Feb It never held but three or four meetings. John P. Jenkins was Master; Elijah Guion, Senior Warden; and Lewis C. Piatt, Junior Warden. Hiawatha Lodge No. 434, Mount Vernon, New York Silver Overlay Perfume Bottles 60

61 These beautifully handcrafted Perfume Bottles are made of blown green and cranberry glass with a fitted ground stopper then overlaid with sterling silver to create the art nouveau design. They was made for Hiawatha Lodge No. 434 of Mount Vernon, New York in 1913 and stand 3 1/2 inches tall. For their 100th Anniversary this Lodge commissioned another beautiful commemorative... an ashtray with the likeness of Hiawatha wearing his feathered head-dress. Native American Masonic Ashtray from Hiawatha Lodge No. 434 This beautiful ashtray commemorates the 100th Anniversary ( ) of Hiawatha Lodge No. 434 of Mount Vernon, NY. It measures 7 1/4" square and was made by the Salem China Company, USA. 61

62 Capt. Franklin Truman Davis was born in Trumbull, CT, 5 Feb 1852, being the eldest son of Burr Davis and Mary J. Mallette. While very young his father removed, first to New Rochelle, NY, then to Tuckahoe, NY, and later to Mount Vernon, NY. It was here his father laid the foundation of tlie business of which he now is the head. As soon as his school days were over he entered his father s office and as soon as he was twenty-one became a member of the firm under the name of Burr Davis & Son, Undertakers and Liverymen. During his leisure hours he studied electricity, and is was through his efforts that the telephone was installed in Mount Vernon. In the days of the bicycle, he was an enthusiastic rider and is at present somewhat of an autoist. He has always taken great interest in military matters, being at one time Capt. of Co. C, 3rd Regiment, N. G. S. N, Y., and later of Co, C, 27th Regiment, N. G. S. N. Y., on the organization of Eagle Troop, E, Cavalry, N. G. S. N. Y., he was one of the first to sign the roll, and was made 1st Sergeant, and remained with it five years until it was changed to an Infantry Co., by Gov Cornell. A few years ago he was appointed Inspector of Rifle practice in the 10th Regiment, N. G. S. N. Y., with the rank of Captain. While very many of the Davis family are members of the Masonic fratumity, none have stood higher in Masonic circles than he, being Past Master of Hiawatha Lodge, No. 434, F&AM; Past District Deputy, 12th Masonic District; Honorary JNIember Radium Lodge No. 844, F&AM; Past Masters Association, 12th Masonic District, New York Masonic Veterans; Yonkers Masonic Veterans; Past High Priest, Mount Vernon Chapter, No. 228, RAM; Honorary Member Armour Chapter No. 292, RAM; Past Grand Representative of Grand Chapter of Connecticut; Fraternal Union of Anointed High Priests, P. T. I. M.; Phoenix Council No. 70, R&SM; Grand Representative of Grand Council of Missouri; Past Commander Bethlehem Commandery No. 53, KT; Past Grand Representative of Grand Commandery of Texas; Templar Knights Commander Association; Past Commander Association, Mecca Temple, AAONMS; Azim Grotto No. 7, Veiled Prophets; Past Patron Minnehaha Chapter 227, OES, is also member of Mount Vernon Lodge, No. 842, BPOE, and was a member of Golden Rod Council, No. 1316, Royal Arcanum. After his fathers death the business was incorporated under the old name, which included two of his brothers, Edward M. and Frederick A., and was made head of the firm which is now one of the largest in the County, and the livery branch being one of, if not, the largest in the County of Westchester. Frank is very popular, but is in no sense a politician, having never sought a political office, preferring to give his whole attention to business, devoting his leisure hours to his military and fraternal associations. Ossian Heerbert Lang ( ) author of History of Freemasonry in. New York. b. in Bradford, England. He was a teacher, newspaperman and lecturer. Served as superintendent of schools in Buffalo, NY. He was raised in Hiawatha Lodge No. 434, Mount Vernon, NY, 19 May 1902, and later affiliated with John Steward Lodge No. 871, Mount Vernon, N.Y. d. 11 Sep /tabid/198/Default.aspx Ossian Lang was born 29 Oct 1865, of Scotch-English parentage, at Bradford, Yorkshire, England; educated in England, France and Germany; editor of several prominent educational magazines, "The Social Center," New York City, , "The School Journal," Teacher's Magazine, and "Educational Foundations," New York City, for twenty years, , "Young America," , and contributing editor to "The Forum," ; author of a number of educational biographies, pedagogical studies, and story books for children; served as President, Board of Fire Commissioners of the city of Mount Vernon, N.Y., in 1910, Alderman, , President, Board of Aldermen, , President, Recreation Commission, 1915, President Board of Education, 1916; Master of John Stewart Lodge No. 871, F. and A. M., 1910 and 1911, District Deputy Grand Master, 12th Masonic District of New York, ; Grand Historian, Grand Lodge of New York since 1913; High Priest Mount Vernon Chapter No. 228, R. A. M., ; Grand Royal Arch Captain, Grand Chapter of New York, 1911; Master of Phoenix Council No. 70, R. and S M., ; Correspondent Grand Council of New York since 1913; Commander, Bethlehem Commandery No. 53, Knights Templar, ; also active in Scottish Rite Bodies. Pleasantville Hiawatha Lodge No. 434, Pleasantville, New York Warrant: Living Past Master as of W. C. Williams Coldwell 1978 V.W. James B. Tobin 1993 W. George Lari 1961 W. Donald G. Hoy 1979 W. Robert A. Mascetta 1994 W. George Lari 1965 W. Rolf E. Skoglund 1980 R.W. Richard E. Suneson 1995 R.W. Edward P. Fagan, Jr W. Francis J. McRobie 1982 W. Kevin J. Russell 1995 R.W. Richard E. Suneson 1967 R.W. Ronald A. Fink 1982 R.W. Neil J. McCabe 1996 W. Jacob Bendel 1967 R.W. Raymond Hahn 1984 R.W. Russell J. Hoag 1997 W. Josephn Carella 1969 W. Robert J. Guerreri 1985 R.W. Edward P. Fagan, Jr R.W. Richard E. Suneson 1970 R.W. Robert W. Bennett 1985 R.W. John C. Garnsey, Jr R.W. John C Garnsey, Jr W. Saul Horne 1985 R.W. Russell J. Hoag 2001 V.W. John M. Chaplin, Jr W. John Fatich 1987 R.W. Ronald A. Fink 2002 V.W. John M. Chaplin, Jr R.W. John C. Garnsey, Jr R.W. G, Richard Atwood 2003 V.W. James B. Tobin 1971 R.W. Neil McCabe 1989 R.W. John C. Garnsey, Jr V.W. James B. Tobin 1972 W. Louis R. Hahn 1989 R.W. Dmeter Yablonsky 2005 R.W. John C. Garnsey, Jr W. Heinz G. Hublitz 1990 R.W. Dmeter Yablonsky 2006 R.W. John C Garnsey, Jr W. John J. Bellom 1990 V.W. John M. Chaplin, Jr R.W. Richard E. Suneson 1975 W. Lawrence F. Paulus 1990 R.W. John C. Garnsey, Jr W. Edward Justiniano 62

63 1976 R.W. Edward P Fagan, Jr W. Donald C. Clark 2009 W. Edward Justiniano 1977 W. Sune Engelbrektson 1991 W. Mario Pedrini 2010 R.W. John C Garnsey, Jr W. Robert A. Mascetta 1993 R.W. Joel G. Engelbrektson Charles Horton Vanderbuilt, PM Bram P. Heaslip b. 20 Oct 1934; d. 10 Apr 2011, age 76, of Clearwater formerly of Pleasantville, NY passed away on 10 Apr He was born in Co. Cavan, Ireland. Bram was a manager for A&P supermarkets for 40 years. He was a member of Pleasantville Hiawatha Lodge No. 434 for 45 years and a Past Master. He received the Masonic Dedicated Service award He was also a member of Queen Esther No. 4, O.E.S., and the Scottish American Society of Dunedin and served as Chaplain. Bram attended Highland Presbyterian Church in Largo. He enjoyed gardening and fishing. He was predeceased by his parents, George and Matilda Lindsay Heaslip. Survivors include his beloved wife of 50 years, Margaret Heaslip (Diver), his son Brian of Clearwater, daughter Joan Fama Montgomery, NY, sisters Georgina Simpson and Laurel Watts, brother Nelson Heaslip, grandchildren James and Matthew Fama. Masonic Service by Clearwater Lodge No Interment at Serenity Gardens Memorial Park in Largo. Huguenot Lodge No. 448, New Rochelle, New York Warrant: 1858 Renumbered No. 46 in 1886; see Huguenot No. 46 above. Grand Lodge Proceedings 1886, page 192. In the matter of Huguenot Lodge, No. 448, F. & A. M., Huguenot Lodge presents the following petition: "To the M.. W.. Grand Master and Officers and Members of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York. Huguenot Lodge, No. 448, F. & A. M., respectfully petition to be restored to their original number 46, and beg leave to refer to a statement annexed to their petition which, they believe, fully supports their petition." They allege that Westchester Lodge, No. 46, was the first lodge in Westchester County, and was granted a charter in 1796, and first met in the village of Westchester on the evening of June 2, In December, 1797, by permission of the Grand Lodge, it was moved to East Chester, and in 1799 it was allowed to hold alternate meetings in East Chester and White Plains; in 1802 the White Plains meetings were discontinued. Until 1803, when Armour Lodge, No. 100, of Rye, was organized, the jurisdiction of Westchester Lodge extended from Manhattan Island on the south to Sing Sing und the Connecticut line on the north, and frum Hudson River on the west to Long Island Sound on the east. In 1815, the lodge was moved from East Chester to Now Rochelle, where it remained until it disbanded in The lodge disposed of its hall and library which they owned, and the jewels, Bible and records were given to Brother THOS. CARPENTER for safe-keeping, and it is supposed the charter was surrendered to the Grand Lodge. In 1854 an application was made to the Grand Lodge for a warrant to organize another lodge in New Rochelle, which was granted and the new lodge was called Westchester, No. 146, and the old jewels, Bible and records, etc., were delivered up. It remained under this name until 1858, when it was found that there was a lodge by that name in Sing Sing, and a new warrant was issued and the lodge has since been known as Huguenot, No There now appears to be another Huguenot Lodge, No. 381, on Staten Island. Every mason made by Westchester, No. 16, Westchester, No. 146, and Huguenot, No. 448, has been obligated on the same Bible, a really venerable looking book and is now used for that purpose only. The jewels worn by the officers of Huguenot Lodge, No. 448, are the old jewels of Westchester Lodge, No. 16, and are engraved as follows: Your committee ask the adoption of the following resolution: Resolved, That the petition of Huguenot Lodge be granted. Rising Star Lodge No. 450, Yonkers, New York Warrant: 22 Jun 1851; date reconstituted as No. 142; number changed to No. 450 on 7 Jun Prev. No. 393, 25 Oct 1826; surrendered 1831; revived and renumbered No. 142, 22 Jun 1851; renumbered 450, 7 Jun 1828; merged with Hastings No (warranted ca 1931) in Rudolph Eickemeyer ( ) American inventor. b. in Altenbamberg, Bavaria, coming to the U.S. in He patented about 150 inventions including a hat-manufacturing machine that helped revolutionize that industry; a differential gear for mowing and reaping machine in 1870; many electrical machines and devices, including the first symmetrical drum armature iron-clad dynamo, direct-connected railway motor and others. He was the discoverer and first employer of Charles P. Steinmetz. Member of Rising Star Lodge No. 450, Yonkers, NY. Shortly after arriving in the US, Steinmetz went to work for Rudolf Eickemeyer in Yonkers, New York, and published in the field of magnetic hysteresis. Eickemeyer's firm developed transformers for use in the transmission of electrical power among many other mechanical and electrical devices. In 1893 Eickemeyer's company, along with all of his patents and designs, was bought by the newly formed General Electric Company. 63

64 Hastings Rising Star Lodge No. 450, Tarrytown, New York Warrant: 1989 Prev. No. 393, 25 Oct 1826; surrendered 1831; revived and renumbered No. 142, 22 Jun 1851; renumbered 450, 7 Jun 1828; merged with Hastings No (warranted ca 1931) in Ref. A Masonic Portrait of the Empire State, Page 227. Rising Star Lodge was constituted on 26 Oct 1826 at a time when the population of Yonkers numbered fewer than A few dedicated Masons there decided to organize a Masonic Lodge. The only Lodge then existing in the vicinity of Yonkers was Westchester Lodge, today s Huguenot Lodge No. 46 in New Rochelle. A petition, including the recommendation from Westchester Lodge, was read at Grand Lodge, and the next day a Warrant was issued. The new Lodge received No It is believed the Lodge met at the Indian Queen in early days. Yonkers best known tavern in 1813 was the Indian Queen Inn on the corner of what is now South Broadway and New Main Street. By 1851 the building was removed to make way for the famous Getty House. Getty House Built by Robert Parkhill Getty, father of Bro. Moses D. Getty of Nepperhan Lodge No [q.v.] 64

65 [ref. Biographical History of Westchester County, page ] In 1831 interest in the Masonic Fraternity waned, the Lodge surrendered its Charter, and the Lodge slumbered until On 22 Jan 1851 the Lodge was constituted as No On 7 Jun 1858 the number was changed to No In those days the Lodge met on the Tuesday of the week the moon is full. Records show the Lodge had several meeting places in the ensuing years; the Getty House, the Flagg Building and the second floor of the Yonkers Savings Bank, among them. On 8 Mar 1892 the Trustees of the Lodge recommended a site for a Masonic Building, On the afternoon of 23 Sep 1916 Grand Master Thomas Penney laid the cornerstone of the Masonic Temple in Yonkers. At the close of 1901 Lodge membership numbered about 300. This growth of the Lodge prompted the formation of new Lodges in Yonkers, and Rising Star continued active. The 1,500th Stated Communication was celebrated 8 Oct The Lodge prospered until the Great Depression slowed membership growth. But that period did no deter the enthusiasm of the Masons in Hastings, who had had a desire to form a Lodge for some time. This development took place in Hastings Lodge [No. 1007] prospered in the following years, participated in many community affairs and played an integral role in Hasting s life. Time, however, took its toll, and in 1989, Rising Star Lodge and Hastings Lodge merged. Since that time, the Lodge has been considerably stronger, and members continue to focus on the future with much anticipation. White Plains Lodge No. 473, White Plains, New York Although White Plains Lodge No.473, F. & A.M., was granted a Dispensation by the Grand Lodge, F. & A.M., of the State of New York on April 6, 1859 and held its first meeting under Charter on June 30, 1859, we know that there was Masonic activity in White Plains long prior to that date. On December 22, 1799, Grand Lodge granted to Huguenot Lodge No. 46 a Dispensation allowing for alternate meetings in Eastchester and White Plains, because of the "great distances" to be traveled by members; Dear Sirs: I have the pleasure to inform you that the Grand Lodge convened an extra last evening respecting the arrangement to take place on account of the death of our illustrious Brother, George Washington. I took the opportunity of moving on your petition to hold your Lodge alternately at Eastchester and White Plains, and have the pleasure to inform you that the prayer of the petition was granted unanimously. It will be communicated to you officially by the earliest opportunity. Remember me to all of our friends and to your good family. Yours with esteem, ABRAHAM SKINNER The Lodge, accordingly, met at White Plains, at the house of Brother Joseph Hatfield every alternate meeting night. Official notice of the death of General Washington was not received by the Lodge until February 10th, 1800, when it was resolved to meet at White Plains on the 22nd, to pay honor to the memory of him who had done so much for the cause of his country. Brother David Rogers was requested to prepare and deliver an oration on that day at the Court House. Invitations were then forwarded to all the other Lodges, and, on the day appointed, the combined Brethren and others met at the home of Captain Hatfield, and proceeded to the Court House. The White Plains meetings were discontinued in 1802 and the Lodge held its meetings in Eastchester only. Solomon's Lodge No. 196 was chartered and held its communications in White Plains until 1812, when it was removed to Tarrytown. From then until 1852, there is no record of Masonry in White Plains. In that year a petition was presented to Grand Lodge asking for a charter for White Plains Lodge. Favorable consideration was recommended by Armour Lodge No. 186 of Port Chester. However, some of the petitioners were dissatisfied with the name and asked that it be changed to Oriental Lodge. With the concurrence of Armour Lodge, a new petition was presented in January, For some unknown reason, the charter was endorsed Ionic. Little is known of Ionic Lodge *, except that meetings were held on February 1 and 15 and March 1 and 15 of 1853 and that two members were elected and initiated. In 1859, a petition, with the concurrence of Solomon's Lodge No. 196, was presented to Grand Lodge and granted for a new White Plains Lodge. By dispensation dated June 16th, 1859, Past Worshipful Brother Daniel Sickels was duly authorized to constitute "in due form" White Plains Lodge, No. 473, Free and Accepted Masons, and on June 30th, A.D. 1859, A.L. 5859, the Charter of White Plains Lodge No. 473 of Free and Accepted Masons was duly granted. During the first seven or eight years of its existence, the meetings of the Lodge were held in the upper story of the brick building known as "Mogers Hall." It was the first structure of brick in the village, the materials being brought from Tarrytown by oxen. The ground floor was used as a blacksmith shop, and later a grocery. source=bl&ots=hsn3c28aik&sig=finfw5p9y5xzwi64ef7dcm4xa5o&hl=en&ei=cdlstbvfh4h2gaevuzxcq&sa=x&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0cekq6aewca#v=onepage&q=%22white%20plains%20lodge% 20No.%20473%22&f=false page 73 * THE IONIC LODGE was the first Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons in White Plains. It was organized under a dispensation from the Grand Lodge of the State of New York, and held its first meeting 1 Feb It never held but three or four meetings. John P. Jenkins was Master; Elijah Guion, Senior Warden; and Lewis C. Piatt, Junior Warden. In 1867 White Plains Lodge moved to the Gibson Building, where they suffered their first fire loss. The flames struck one summer day in Commencing in a tin shop in the rear, it spread to the three story building. Standing on the northeast corner of Railroad and Lexington Avenues, there was danger that the whole village would become engulfed, so all able-bodied men came to fight the fire. Departments from Mount Vernon and Port Chester arrived to help as well. Eventually, they conquered the flames. But a 65

66 newspaper account noted that "Mrs. Pink, who lived nearby was considerably frightened and had several hysteric fits." The newly renovated Masonic rooms on the third floor were badly damaged and much furniture lost. When the Mead Building was constructed on Railroad Avenue near Lexington Avenue in 1904, the Lodge moved to that brick building. In 1906 White Plains Lodge donated $50 for the relief of victims of the San Francisco earthquake. Then, on February 3, 1907, a fire broke out in the Mead Building which took the lives of three young volunteer members of the Union Hook & Ladder Company. Reportedly, a large cornice fell, burying John Chester Cromwell, Caleb Underhill, and Charles F. Cooley beneath tons of debris. Apartments were gutted, the Westchester Lighting Company's office and a clothing business on the ground floor were ruined, and once again White Plains Lodge lost its furnishings and records. The 1,000th Stated Communication of White Plains Lodge was held on June 17, 1908, at which time a motion was made and carried to buy property on Martine Avenue at a cost of $3,000 and to contract for the erection of what is the present Temple, at a cost of $10,675. The cornerstone for the Masonic Temple, located on the south side of Martine Avenue, was laid on October 24, Judge Tompkins delivered the main address. The first meeting in this new Temple was the 57th Special Communication held on March 17, 1909 at 7:00 pm to confer the First Section of the Third Degree. The Lodge at that time had 225 members. Those who think attendance is a problem peculiar to this era will be interested to learn that Worshipful Master William H. Carpenter in 1911 sent a message with one of his notices asking whether or not the fault for low attendance lay with the Lodge or with the members. He stated, "If ours, come around and tell us what the trouble is, and the officers will gladly do all within their power to remedy it. If yours, the remedy is in your own hands. Come out and rectify it." On March 11, 1925, the mortgage was burned, and with a membership of 670, the Masonic Temple was now owned free and clear. White Plains Lodge celebrated its 100th Anniversary on April 15, 1959, and celebrated its 150th Anniversary on April 15, White Plains Lodge No. 473, White Plains, New York Dispensation: 6 Apr 1859 [Instituted] First Meeting: 30 Jun 1859 [under Charter] Although White Plains Lodge No.473, F. & A.M., was granted a Dispensation by the Grand Lodge, F. & A.M., of the State of New York on April 6, 1859 and held its first meeting under Charter on June 30, 1859, we know that there was Masonic activity in White Plains long prior to that date. On December 22, 1799, Grand Lodge granted to Huguenot [sic] Lodge No. 46 a Dispensation allowing for alternate meetings in Eastchester and White Plains, because of the "great distances" to be traveled by members; Dear Sirs: I have the pleasure to inform you that the Grand Lodge convened an extra last evening respecting the arrangement to take place on account of the death of our illustrious Brother, George Washington. I took the opportunity of moving on your petition to hold your Lodge alternately at Eastchester and White Plains, and have the pleasure to inform you that the prayer of the petition was granted unanimously. It will be communicated to you officially by the earliest opportunity. Remember me to all of our friends and to your good family. Yours with esteem, ABRAHAM SKINNER The Lodge, accordingly, met at White Plains, at the house of Brother Joseph Hatfield every alternate meeting night. Official notice of the death of General Washington was not received by the Lodge until February 10th, 1800, when it was resolved to meet at White Plains on the 22nd, to pay honor to the memory of him who had done so much for the cause of his country. Brother David Rogers was requested to prepare and deliver an oration on that day at the Court House. Invitations were then forwarded to all the other Lodges, and, on the day appointed, the combined Brethren and others met at the home of Captain Hatfield, and proceeded to the Court House. The White Plains meetings were discontinued in 1802 and the Lodge held its meetings in Eastchester only. Solomon's Lodge No. 196 was chartered and held its communications in White Plains until 1812, when it was removed to Tarrytown. From then until 1852, there is no record of Masonry in White Plains. In that year a petition was presented to Grand Lodge asking for a charter for White Plains Lodge. Favorable consideration was recommended by Armour Lodge No. 186 of Port Chester. However, some of the petitioners were dissatisfied with the name and asked that it be changed to Oriental Lodge. With the concurrence of Armour Lodge, a new petition was presented in January, For some unknown reason, the charter was endorsed Ionic. Little is known of Ionic Lodge, except that meetings were held on February 1 and 15 and March 1 and 15 of 1853 and that two members were elected and initiated. In 1859, a petition, with the concurrence of Solomon's Lodge No. 196, was presented to Grand Lodge and granted for a new White Plains Lodge. By dispensation dated June 16th, 1859, Past Worshipful Brother Daniel Sickels was duly authorized to constitute "in due form" White Plains Lodge, No. 473, Free and Accepted Masons, and on June 30th, A.D. 1859, A.L. 5859, the Charter of White Plains Lodge No. 473 of Free and Accepted Masons was duly granted. During the first seven or eight years of its existence, the meetings of the Lodge were held in the upper story of the brick building known as "Mogers Hall." It was the first structure of brick in the village, the materials being brought from Tarrytown by oxen. The ground floor was used as a blacksmith shop, and later a grocery. In 1867 White Plains Lodge moved to the Gibson Building, where they suffered their first fire loss. The flames struck one summer day in Commencing in a tin shop in the rear, it spread to the three story building. Standing on the northeast corner of Railroad and Lexington Avenues, there was danger that the whole village would become engulfed, so all able-bodied men came to fight the fire. Departments from Mount Vernon and Port Chester arrived to help as well. Eventually, they conquered the flames. But a newspaper account noted that "Mrs. Pink, who lived nearby was considerably frightened and had several hysteric fits." The newly renovated Masonic rooms on the third floor were badly damaged and much furniture lost. 66

67 When the Mead Building was constructed on Railroad Avenue near Lexington Avenue in 1904, the Lodge moved to that brick building. In 1906 White Plains Lodge donated $50 for the relief of victims of the San Francisco earthquake. Then, on February 3, 1907, a fire broke out in the Mead Building which took the lives of three young volunteer members of the Union Hook & Ladder Company. Reportedly, a large cornice fell, burying John Chester Cromwell, Caleb Underhill, and Charles F. Cooley beneath tons of debris. Apartments were gutted, the Westchester Lighting Company's office and a clothing business on the ground floor were ruined, and once again White Plains Lodge lost its furnishings and records. The 1,000th Stated Communication of White Plains Lodge was held on June 17, 1908, at which time a motion was made and carried to buy property on Martine Avenue at a cost of $3,000 and to contract for the erection of what is the present Temple, at a cost of $10,675. The cornerstone for the Masonic Temple, located on the south side of Martine Avenue, was laid on October 24, Judge Tompkins delivered the main address. The first meeting in this new Temple was the 57th Special Communication held on March 17, 1909 at 7:00 pm to confer the First Section of the Third Degree. The Lodge at that time had 225 members. Those who think attendance is a problem peculiar to this era will be interested to learn that Worshipful Master William H. Carpenter in 1911 sent a message with one of his notices asking whether or not the fault for low attendance lay with the Lodge or with the members. He stated, "If ours, come around and tell us what the trouble is, and the officers will gladly do all within their power to remedy it. If yours, the remedy is in your own hands. Come out and rectify it." On March 11, 1925, the mortgage was burned, and with a membership of 670, the Masonic Temple was now owned free and clear. White Plains Lodge celebrated its 100th Anniversary on April 15, William P. Platt Justice, Supreme Court of New York from b. 16 Ma 1858 in White Plains, NY. Began law practice at White Plains in Member of White Plains Lodge No. 473, White Plains, NY, being raised on 17 Nov d. 2 Nov R..W.. ROMULO B. QUESADA 9 Doyer Avenue, White Plains, NY Russwyn@aol.com District Deputy Grand Master 2ndWestchester Putnam District Philippines: Initiated Entered Apprentice 9 Sep 1961; passed as Fellowcraft 16 Sep 1961; raised 14 Oct 1961; all in Mainam Lodge No. 49 (Naic, Cavite) Worshipful Master of Mainam Lodge No. 49 (1966) Grand Lodge Inspector: Tagaytay Lodge No. 165 ( ) and Bagong Ilaw Lodge No. 97 ( ) 32 Degree, Luzon Bodies Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry in the Philippines (1963) Held positions as Most Wise Master of the Chapter of Rose Croix, Commander of Liberty Council of Kadosh, and Master of Kadosh of the Equality Consistory Invested with the rank and decoration of a Knight Commander of the Court of Honor (KCCH) in February, 1970 White Plains, New York: Affiliated with White Plains Lodge No. 473 (1980) Worshipful Master, White Plains Lodge No. 473 (1988 and 1989) District Deputy Grand Master for the 2nd Westchester-Putnam District ( ); appointed on 1 May 2000, by the New York State Grand Master, M..W.. Carl J. Smith Joined the Valley of White Plains, Scottish Rite of Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, NMJ (1980) Held positions as Thrice Potent Master of the Lodge of Perfection, Sovereign Prince of the Council of Princes of Jerusalem, Most Wise Master of the Chapter of Rose Croix, and Commander-in-Chief of the Consistory. He was a Trustee, Hospitalier, Secretary, and is currently the Treasurer of the Valley In 1987, the Council of Deliberation, the highest governing body of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry in the state of New York, bestowed on him the Meritorious Service Award (MSA), the equivalent of the KCCH in the Southern Masonic Jurisdiction In September 1996, the Supreme Council unanimously elected him to receive the Rite's highest honor and then, on September 23, 1997, coroneted him a 33 o Degree Mason Note: RW Quesada possesses the rare distinction of receiving two Red Hats, KCCH and MSA, from both the Southern and Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry. Family: Born in 1932, in Santa Cruz, Laguna; resided in Naic, Cavite, and Makati, Rizal. Married for 39 years to the former Lolita Villacorta; BBA, University of the East; CPA.; worked for the United Nations Development Programme, retired in 1996 Three sons: Renwick, Radford, and Russwyn; two grandsons by Renwick (Kyle and Colin). Immigrated to the United States in August 1979 Training/Profession: Graduated in 1953 from Mapua Institute of Technology with a degree in Civil Engineering; took additional training in Project Management at Ateneo University, Manila; finished a program in Construction Management at New York University. Worked 25 years for a construction management company in the Philippines and 20 years for a New York State agency and retired in December

68 Wyoming Lodge No. 492, Westchester, New York Warrant: ca 1860 On 12 Sep 1869 Marion Lodge No. 276 approved the Petition of William J. McDermott, Hiram Olmstead, Thomas Bible, Thomas Baldwin, Henry Rex, Ale[x]ander Elliott, William Elliott and John Morrison of Marion Lodge; Peter Nelson of Royal Sussex Lodge No. 704, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Francis McDermott of Lodge of Sincerity No. 368, England; and Joseph L. Fowler of St. John s Lodge No. 13, Richmond, VA, to the Deputy Grand Master, R..W.. John W. Simons, for permission to establish a Lodge at Westchester, Westchester County, to be known as Wyoming Lodge. The Petition was duly presented and on 27 Sep the dispensation was grandted, maning William J. McDermott as the first Master; Peter Nelson, Senior Warden, and Hiram Omstead, Junior Warden. Biographical sketches of the state officers and members of the Legislature..., by William D. Murphy, 1861, page %22&source=bl&ots=hd0qd_cp- L&sig=XG8VQ7tLRmT82t28S2VT7LAw06o&hl=en&ei=yT7tTeadGcbx0gH8qsizAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ve d=0cbyq6aewaa#v=onepage&q=%22francis%20mcdermott%22%20%20%22westchester%22&f=false page 227 [1861] William J[ames]. McDermott is a native of Portland, Maine, where he was born on the 5th of May, He is of Irish descent, and some of his paternal ancestors held prominent positions in the British Government. His parents are still living. When very young he was placed under the care of J. Patterson, LL.D., Principal of the Grammar school in St. John's, New Brunswick, where he remained six years. He then entered the Seminary in Fredericktown, New Brunswick. In 1846, he was sent to Paris, and entered the College Charlemagne, where he remained until On his return he entered the medical department of the University of New York, and graduated in In the winter of 1853, he again visited Germany and France, and attended a course of lectures in the Ecole de Medecine and Hotel Dieu, in Paris. Returning to the United States, he commenced the praetice of his profession in the town of Westchester, Westchester county, where he now resides, and continued to practise with increasing success, until recently, when he joined his father, Francis McDermott, in the city of New York, in the manufacturing firm of F. McDermott & Company, now F. McDermott & Son. Dr. McDermott never held any political office until his election to the body of which he is now a member [1861]. Formerly he was an uncompromising Democrat, with some American proclivities, and ran for his present position against the Haskin candidate, whom he defeated by nine hundred and forty majority, at the same time defeating the Republican candidate by a small majority. He is a quiet man in the House, and is said by his friends to be a faithful representative. Dr. McDermott was married some years ago to Miss S. V. Thompson, of Rhinebeck, Dutchess county, and sustains a high position in all the social relations of private life. &ei=5yvttfzgl83pgaetyuxxcq&sa=x&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0cdoq6aewaw#v=onepage&q=%22william%2 0J.%20McDermott%22%20%22westchester%22&f=false page 567. Dr. William J. McDermott, of New York, seventythree years old, a noted surgeon in the Civil War and a personal friend of Presidents Lincoln and Grant, died Saturday, March 12 [1904], at his home after a lingering illness. Dr. McDermott was born in Portland, Me., and received his early education in St. John, N. B. In 1853 he was graduated in medicine, and after two years of study in Europe he began practice in the village of Westchester. Dr. McDermott was elected to the Assembly in When the first call for troops was issued Dr. McDermott resigned from the Assembly and enlisted as surgeon and went to the front with the 6th NY Volunteers. At the end of three months the regiment re-enlisted as the 66th NY Volunteers under Col. Joseph Pinkney. Dr. McDermott saw much active service. He was with Col. [Ephraim E ] Ellsworth when that officer was shot at Alexandria, and ran to his assistance. He assisted in the amputation of Gen. Howard's arm at the battle of Fair Oaks, and participated in the battle of the Wilderness, being left in charge of the wounded. He was captured and sent to Libby Prison, where, after a short term, he was paroled. Shortly before the close of the war he served under Surgeon-General Baxter, and was mustered out in October, Returning to Westchester he renewed his practice. McDERMOTT, WILLIAM J. - Age 31 years. Enrolled [66th NY Inf. Vols.], 31 Oct 1861, at New York city, to serve three years; mustered in as Surgeon, 4 Nov 1861; discharged, 14 Jun 1862; again enrolled and mustered in, 1 Feb 1864; discharged for disability, 29 Jun Cbnlmissioned Surgeon, 27 Dec 1861, witb rank from 29 Oct 1861; original; again commissioned Surgeon, 15 Mar 1861, with rank from 23 Jan 23, 1864, vice C. S. Wood, resigned. McDERMOTT, WILLIAM J. - Age 32 years. Mustered in at New York city, to serve three years, 14 Feb 1863, as surgeon of Tompkins Cavalry; mustered out, on consolidation with 13th NY Cavalry, about 18 Jun 1863, at New York city. McDERMOTT, WILLIAM J., late Surgeon, 66th NY Infantry; appointed Assistant Surgeon, with rank of First Lieutenant, 26 Oct 1864; mustered out, 21 Oct 1865; Major, US Volunteers, by brevet, from 21 Oct Papers of William James McDermott, Held at the Huntington Library Manuscripts Dept., 1151 Oxford Rd., San Marino, CA Notes and Summaries: William James McDermott, New York physician. He was born in Portland, Maine, son of Francis McDermott. In 1840s, the family lived in New Brunswick. In 1854, William James McDermott received his M.D. from the City University of New York, and took an examination in the Army Medical Board. In August 1861, he was approved by the Board of Medical Examiners of the State of New York for service as surgeon in Volunteer regiments, and served as surgeon in the 66th Regiment of New York Volunteer Infantry 68

69 from Oct to June In the late June, 1864, he tendered his resignation and continued to work under a contract with the War Department until the end of the Civil War. He served as Assistant Surgeon in various hospitals and as a medical inspector for the office of Provost Marshal. After the war, he practiced medicine in Westchester County and New York City. In October 1863, McDermott was running for New York City Assembly on a Democratic ticket. He also was a prominent Mason, one of the founders and the first Master of Wyoming Lodge (Westchester County). Miscellaneous papers, chiefly official documents and correspondence related to McDermott's career, particularly his military service. Included are orders, appointments, commissions, reports, requests and bills for medical supplies, correspondence. The papers contain a report of examination and treatment of those wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness (May 1864) and a letter to his father describing the aftermath of the Battle of Cold Harbor and the siege of Petersburg. There are also McDermott's credentials, his Masonic diplomas and correspondence, passports, certificates, and other documents. Also included are poems and an essay on the history of the City University of New York, written by McDermott. The collection also contains scattered family records, some daguerreotype portraits, a 1873 notebook containing formulas for medicines kept by Dr. John B. Crosby, and a petition signed by "Her Majesty's Protestant subjects" of St. John, N.B. about ban on secret societies, which was allegedly sought by "Roman Catholics" in order to "prevent Protestants meeting together to hold loyal associations." (1844). Cards for some individual items are filed in alphabetical section of the Manuscript Catalog. This collection covers: McDermott, William James, b Archives. City University of New York - History Sources. Freemasons. Wyoming Lodge, No. 492 (Westchester, N.Y.) United States. Army - Surgeons Archives United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 66th ( ) New York (State) - History - Civil War, Regimental histories Sources. United States - History - Civil War, Medical care Sources. Anti-Catholicism - Canada - History - 19th century Sources. Physicians - New York (State) - New York Archives. Secret societies - Canada - History - 19th century Sources QGBpeWrAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CEIQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22Wyoming%20Lodge%20No. %20492%22&f=false page 253. Isaac Butler, a highly respected and well known citizen of Westchester, sexton of St. Peter's Episcopal Church, borough of Bronx, a position which he has held for many years, is descended from English ancestors. Joseph Butler, the great-grandfather of Isaac Butler, was a resident of Somersetshire, England, and was a farmer by occupation. William Butler, son of Joseph Butler, was born in Somersetshire, where he spent most of the active years of his life, occupied with the cultivation of a farm. He married Martha Palmer. William Butler, son of William and Martha (Palmer) Butler, was born in Somersetshire, England, in 1800, spent all his life there, and died in that place in April, He was a silk worker by occupation and followed that line of work throughout the active years of his life. He operated an extensive factory giving employment to as many as one hundred operatives. He married Ann Hill, who was also a native of Somersetshire, and who survived him many years, dying at the mature age of 83 years. William and Ann (Hill) Butler had a number of children, of whom the following named came to America: Isaac, of this review. Stephen, Martha Ann Palmer, m. George Griswold and settled at Meriden, CT. Isaac Butler, eldest son of William and Ann (Hill) Butler, was born in the village of Evercreech, Somersetshire, England, May 30, He was educated in the schools of his native town, Evercreech, and at the age of fourteen was apprenticed to learn the carpenter's trade. He served an apprenticeship of seven years and then worked as a journeyman up to 1849, when he decided to come to the United States. He was betrothed at the time of his decision, and he thought it advisable to marry before setting out for the new world. He sailed the day after his marriage and, after a tedious voyage of eight weeks, landed at New York city. Upon his arrival he at once settled at West Farms, where he commenced working at his trade of carpenter and followed that for a period of about four years. In 1853 he removed to Unionltort, where he built a house for himself in which he continued to reside until July, 1856, when he removed to Westchester and pursued his trade there for some time. In the same vear he became connected and identified with St. Peter's Episcopal Church and was made sexton thereof, a position he still holds at the present time (1906). Mr. Bntler finally relinquished his trade as carpenter and became engaged in the undertaking business, which line of enterprise he has conducted in connection with his official duties at St. Peter's Church. Among his patrons are many of the leading citizens of the borough of the Bronx. Isaac Butler is a careful and painstaking man in all his undertakings and scrupulously just in all his business transactions, and it may \m correctly stated that he has served as sexton of St. Peter's Church at Westchester for fifty years and has always made punctuality and fidelity to duty his chief object. He has proven himself to be a progressive 69

70 and enterprising citizen, and has, during these many years, contributed much to the growth and advancement of the community wherein he resides. He has always taken an active interest in such enterprises as had for their object the good and welfare of the neighborhood. He has served for over fifteen years on the school board and has done much for the furtherance of educacational interests. He is an active member of Wyoming Lodge, No. 492, Free and Accepted Masons, and was the first member initiated into this lodge, of which he is a Past Master. Isaac Butler married, April 9,1849, Anna Cox, born February 22, 1825, daughter of Richard and Patience (Read) Cox, both natives of Somersetshire, England. Mrs. Butler died October 1, She was a most estimable woman of the old school type and possessed many excellent attributes of character. Isaac Butler and his wife were the parents of the following named children: 1. Martha Annie, b. 25 Sep 1852; m. 20 Jun 1857 Henry V. Arnow, June 20, William Richard, b. 16 May 1854; m. Florence Thwaitos, b. 26 Jul =io- MPplWiV&sig=7vLjGheYpMWCpH4QKSTjCvLkT7c&hl=en&ei=DsLsTZTAB4To0QGT9eSQAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&re snum=6&ved=0cdoq6aewbq#v=onepage&q=%22wyoming%20lodge%20no.%20492%22&f=false page 46. George McGown [McGowan] - Grand Lecturer of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of the State of New York, was born in Ireland, 9 Jun 1842, and was educated in the public schools of Philadelphia, Pa. Entering the United States Army as a private in 1858, he se1ved throughout the war, attained to the rank of captain, and was retired from active service 14 Mar 1865, being brevetted lieutenant-colonel in the following November. After the war he was mustering officer at Wheeling, VA, chief mustering officer at Columbus, Ohio, and from July, 1867, to February was disbursing officer in the Adjutant-General's office at Washington. On 23 Apr 1904, he received the rank of Major, retired. Colonel McGown was made a Mason in Wyoming Lodge No. 492, Westchester, NY, in Nov He finally located his membership in lodge, chapter, council and commandery at Palmyra, where he has resided since his retirement from army duty. He was appointed Grand Lecturer of the Grand Chapter in 1884, elected Grand Commander of Knights Templar of the State in 1890, Grand Master of the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters in He received the Thirty-third Degree at Boston, Mass., in Colonel McGown is past commander of James A. Garfield Post 193. G. A. R., and a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, and of the Masonic Clubs of New York City and Rochester. He is the author of the Royal Arch Standard. On 7 Sep 1864, he married Julia Lucinda Chase, daughter of Dr. Durfee Chase of Palmyra, NY. Address, 4 Washington Street, Palmyra. He died there 9 Oct 1924, age 82 years. George McGown. Enlisted at Philadelphia. Jun 1858, Regular Army, 2nd Inf. Co. C; served through the war of the Rebellion; promoted 2nd Lieut. 7th Inf. 29 Nov 1861; 1st Lieut. 4 Jul 1863; Captain Sep 1864; brevet Major and Lieut.-Colonel; retired from active service Mar 1865; continued on duty until Feb 1870; settled in Palmyra. 70

71 Somers Lodge No. 506, Somers, New York Petition: 1 Sep 1827, That in 1806 a Lodge under the title of Washington [No. 141] had existed for some time in Stephen Town [now Somers] but for various reasons the charter was returned to Grand Lodge, that the former members of this Lodge and others of neighboring Lodges residing in the vicinity of Somers desire a New charter under the name of Somers Lodge. The reason of our 71

72 Prefference to having a new warrant instead of taking up the old one is first the name of the town is altered; 2nd some persons might claim memberbership. Recommended by Salem No. 72, South Salem. Signed by: Bailey, Lewis Cancell, Isaac 2nd Crane, Girard Finch, Edward Lion, Abraham Mead, Squire Owen, John Turner, Joshua Wright, Charles Officers: John Owen, Master; Squire Mead, SW; Edward Finch, JW. Warrant: 5 Sep 1827 Forfeit: 5 Jun 1836 Officers Return Master Senior Warden Junion Warden Secretary Jan-Jun 1828 John Owen Squire Mead Edward Finch Lewis Baily Squire Mead Edward Finch Jacob Ruxer Document Girard Crane Jacob Ruxer May Treasurer: Charles Wright The following of the above Somers Brothers, or people connected with them, are listed in Olympians of the Sawdust Circle, as follows: BAILEY, HACHALIAH. (1775-September 2, 1845) Native of Stephentown (later named Somers), Westchester County, NY. A shrewd businessman, bought an elephant, Old Bet, for $1,000 around With other animals added, monkeys and a bear or two, the Bailey caravan toured the nearby centers of population with what was said to be the second elephant to be exhibited in America. Erected an inn, 1823, in North Salem which was named the Elephant Hotel. A wooden replica of Old Bet was placed on a stone foundation in front of it and dedicated in Was the father of James P., Joseph T. and Lewis and uncle of George F. Bailey. Died at age 70. BAILEY, JAMES ANTHONY [r. n. James Anthony McGinness]. (July 4, 1847-April 11, 1906) Born in Detroit, MI. Father died, 1852, his mother a few years later. At age 11 was working on a farm for $3.50 a month and board. Age 13 joined Robinson & Lake, June 17, 1860, in Pontiac, MI, and came under the tutelage of advance agent Frederick H. Bailey, from whom he took the name. Remained with this show through 1862, working in the off season as a bill poster in Cincinnati. Winter, 1863, employed at the Nashville (TN) Theatre, bill posting, selling tickets and ushering. Became a sutler s clerk that year, selling provisions to the soldiers until the end of the Civil War. When only 18, re-entered circus business as assistant agent and boss billposter, Lake's Olympiad, ; general agent, Lake s, ; half owner concert privileges, Hemmings, Cooper & Whitby, 1870; general agent, Hemmings & Cooper, 1871; all privileges (with George Middleton), Hemmings & Cooper, 1872; bought Hemming s quarter-interest, 1873; after Whitby was killed the following year, Bailey acquired his holdings. Circus went to Australia, 1876, and met with considerable success, being the first in the antipodes; then toured New Zealand and South America. Following South American tour, the only unsuccessful one Bailey experienced, the show returned to the United States, December, Illuminated the performances by electricity, the first time for a tented exhibition, Winter quarters, Philadelphia, 1880, the first baby elephant in captivity was born, creating a publicity sensation. Cooper & Bailey joined with the Barnum show, There followed a succession of circus phenomena: the famous Jumbo acquisition; the instigation of 3 rings under a single canvas and a hippodrome track; Bailey s purchasing the interests of J. L. Hutchinson, W. W. Cole and J. E. Cooper in the Barnum & London Shows, October 27, 1887, at Madison Square Garden, the show henceforth being known as Barnum & Bailey; Barnum & Bailey s London engagement, 1890; acquiring of the Adam Forepaugh circus, 1891, following the death of Forepaugh; the Barnum & Bailey Circus European tour, 1898; and Bailey s purchase of the Sells Bros. circus and Buffalo Bill s Wild West show. Married Miss Ruth Louisa McCaddon, who was born in Zanesville, OH, Died at his home, The Knolls, Mt. Vernon, NY, leaving an estate worth 5 to 8 million dollars and a legacy as the greatest showman of his day. His wife died March 11, 1912, at Hobe Island, FL BAILEY, JAMES PURDY. ( ) Agent. Son of Hackaliah and brother of Lewis and Joseph T. Bailey. Brown s, ; co-proprietor, Joseph T. and James P. Bailey s, ; manager, Ludlow & Smith, 1841; agent, Robinson & Foster, BAILEY, JOSEPH TODD. (b. 1807) Son of Hackaliah and brother of Lewis and James P. Bailey. Co-proprietor, J. T. and J. P. Bailey s Menagerie and Cir- cus, BAILEY, LEWIS. Son of Hackaliah and brother of James P. and Joseph T. Bailey. Believed to have been in partnership with J. Purdy Brown when the concern was the first to use a canvas tent, 1825; co-proprietor, Purdy, Carley & Bailey s meneagerie, Partner with J. Purdy Brown, 1825, in a circus venture, Brown s first season under canvas, which marked the beginning of the use of tents for traveling circuses. Listed as riding master, J. Purdy Brown s troupe in the South, BROWN, JOSHUAH PURDY. (1802?-June 6, 1834) A native of Somers, Westchester County, NY. In 1825, was a partner with Lewis Bailey in a circus venture, his first season under canvas and one which marked the beginning of the use of tents for traveling circuses. Stuart Thayer credits him with Americanizing the circus, initializing the wagon traveling show with its own portable theatre, making one-day stands. Moved his companies great distances and explored new territories; was the first to take a circus to Virginia, 1826; as early as 1828, moved up and down the Mississippi Valley to be the first circus to enter the then western area, 72

73 where he set up companies in Natchez and New Orleans; continued the practice of the permanent circuses by featuring hippodramas under canvas; 1832, toured with a combined circus and menagerie (under the title of Brown s Circus and Menagerie), one of the first to do so. Thayer correctly suggests that since Brown had his show on the road as early as 1825, the year the canvas tent was introduced as a circus covering, and survived the vicissitudes of travel and competition, he must have been a practitioner of good management and of astute business choices. CRANE, GERARD. (January 3, 1791-February 11, 1872) One of the pioneers of American menageries. Began in the business by exhibiting an elephant through the countryside. Toured with a lion and lioness, Later exhibited birds and small animals in partnership with June, Angevine and Titus. With Lewis B. Titus exhibited an elephant, As proprietor, connected with Gregory, Crane & Co., ; Crane & Eldred with a combined circus and menagerie, ; later had an interest in the menagerie of Macomber, Welch & Co. Continued in management until at least Accumulated a sizeable fortune before retirement from the business, being president of one or more banks and insurance companies. Died in Westchester, NY, age 82. CRANE, JEREMIAH. Showman brother of Gerard and Thadeus Crane. With them, was an early exhibitor of animals. CRANE, THADDEUS. (December 31, 1779-October 16, 1849) Son of Col. Thaddeus Crane, brother of Gerard and Jeremiah Crane and an early exhibitor of animals. One of the founders of the Zoological Institute. Married Martha Titus (d. March 25, 1872). FINCH, ED. Leased the elephant, Little Bet, 1823, from Hackaliah Bailey and had success in his exhibitions of her. 1826, in partnership with Agrippa Martin, toured the Tippo Sultan Menagerie; and in association with Albert Miller, as Finch, Miller & Co. Had the Grand Caravan, some 10 animals, on the road in Co-proprietor with Purdy, Welch, Finch & Wright s menagerie, TITUS, LEWIS B. (December 11, 1800?-December 29, 1870) A life-long bachelor. Owned and leased the elephant Little Bet with Gerard Crane, 1826; Angevine, Titus & Burgess, 1827; American National Caravan, 1831; co-proprietor, June, Titus & Co., ; VanAmburgh & Co. (Lewis B. Titus, John June, Caleb S. Angevine and Gerard Crane, proprietors), ; proprietor, VanAmburgh Menagerie, United Kingdom, ; returned to United States, fall 1845; partner, VanAmburgh & Co., Said the first to introduce to England the practice of traveling with a tent. Retired, Died in North Salem, NY. WRIGHT, CHARLES. ( ) Born in Somers, NY. First appeared in circus performances as an employee of Finch & Bailey in their exhibition of the elephant Betty or Little Bet, 1822; New Caravan of Living Animals, supposedly under the ownership of Carley and Purdy, 1826; by 1828, part of that concern; Carley, Purdy & Wright s menagerie, 1830; co-proprietor, Purdy, Welch, Finch & Wright s menagerie, 1832; Purdy, Welch, Finch & Wright, menagerie, May have been first lion keeper in America, since he was advertised as entering a lion s den as early as Had two menageries on the road, New Reciprocating Paddles - Mr. Jacob Ruxer, of Somers, N. Y. has invented a new plan of operating paddles, so as to give them a reciprocating motion, lifting them vertically out of the water when they have made the full stroke and moving them forward horizontally, to dip again into the water. He does not use a crank, but guides the paddles by an inclined plane, the paddles being firmly secured to a long lever. Jacob married Phebe Travis, b. 24 Jun 1822; d. 3 May He predeceased her any she remarried Merritt Kipp. Squire Mead b. 28 Feb 1795; d. 14 Oct 1860 in Somers, NY; bur. Ivandale Cem., Somers, NY; m. Nancy Ambler, b. 14 Feb 1795 in CT; d. aft Children: Hannah Elizabeth, Almira, Leroy, Jamesand Nancy Gerard Crane Gerard Crane ( ) was an early animal exhibitor. In 1818 he and his brother Thaddeus traveled the countryside exhibiting a lion and lioness. In 1826 he and Lewis B. Titus leased Little Bet, the second elephant owned by Hachaliah Bailey [q.v.]. They sub-leased to Crane, June & Co., and during this time the elephant was shot in Chepachet, Rhode Island, in an incident similar to that of Old Bet. In 1833 Crane partnered with Spencer Gregory to form the menagerie Gregory, Crane & Co, which later featured a keeper (lion tamer), a female elephant named Flora, and a sevenhundred-pound polar bear. Crane formed a combined circus and menagerie with Edward Eldred, and was part of the Zoological Institute in 1835, using the title Zoological Exhibition and American Circus United. Their company traveled through the small towns of New Jersey and Long Island, and carried a museum, probably the first circus to actually call the assemblage of curiosities and natural history items by this name. Gerard Crane returned to Somers, where he became Town Supervisor, , and served on the board of directors of the Croton Turnpike Company and the Farmers & Drovers Bank. He purchased the Elephant Hotel from Hachaliah Bailey in 1837 but sold it the following year to Hachaliah s first cousin, Horace Bailey, who was the bank s first president. Gerard Crane and his brother Thaddeus became associated with June Titus, became Town Supervisor, , and served on the board of directors of the Croton Turnpike Company and the Farmers & Drovers Bank. 73

74 In 1849 Gerard Crane built the Stone House, described by Charles Culver as a fine large mansion of cut stone by the side of the turnpike, one mile north of the village. The building is finished in the best possible manner and presents an imposing appearance...near the house is a long hipped roofed building, that is now a barn, but was built for and used as an animal house during the winter seasons. The house, a mile north of the Elephant Hotel, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Behind the house runs a small stream which appears on an early map as Rhinoceros Creek. Crane is reputed to have kept a rhinoceros in the barns, which local lore claims to have occasionally escaped and trotted through town. Crane s great accumulated wealth allowed him to commission portraits of himself and his wife Roxanna Purdy Crane, by the itinerant portrait painter Ammi Phillips, now considered one of the foremost early folk art American painters. Diamond Lodge No. 555, Dobbs Ferry, New York Warrant: WHENCE CAME YE Gerard Crane House Somers, NY The Gerard Crane House is architecturally significant as an outstanding and unusually sophisticated example of Greek Revival style architecture in the hamlet of Somers. Built in 1849, the imposing dwelling is unusual for its stone construction with its elaborate interior details including English Renaissance plasterwork and European marble mantelpieces. The structure is historically significant for its association with Gerard Crane, a prominent Somers citizen and a member of a group of area men who formed lucrative circus and menagerie businesses. Somers was a center of the circus industry throughout the nineteenth century. Substantial in dimension and sophisticated in design, the Gerard Crane House architecturally testifies to the economic vitality of nineteenth century Somers and the wealth and taste of its building, Gerard Crane. With its five intact outbuildings and 30-acre well-landscaped site, the Gerard Crane House retains its rural character and mid-nineteenth century ambience as a "gentleman s estate." This is the history of the first hundred years of Diamond Lodge, No. 555, F. & A. M., located in Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. The name of the village was derived from the fact that Jeremiah Dobbs, a Swede, once operated a ferry for passengers across the Hudson River here. Dobbs Ferry was once the site of a large Indian village; papers were signed here by which the American army was disbanded and in which the British gave up all claim upon the allegiance and control of the country. It was here in this section of the county, richly abounding in Revolutionary lore and landmarks that seven members of the Masonic fraternity, all residents of Dobbs Ferry and all members of Solomon s Lodge, No.196, F. & A. M., and all of whom had taken their three degrees in that Lodge, presented a petition to the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York praying for a dispensation to form a new Lodge to be located in Dobbs Ferry. Accompanying the petition was a copy of a resolution passed by Solomon s Lodge at a communication held June 2, 1864, avouching the petitioners to be Master Masons in good standing and recommending that the petition be granted. This resolution was signed by the following officers of Solomon s Lodge: Amos Briggs, Master; William I. Wood, Senior Warden; J. H. Reed, Junior Warden; Samuel E. Fisher, Secretary. A dispensation was granted under date of July 5, 1864, by M.. W.. Clinton F. Paige, Grand Master, and attested by R.. W.. James M. Austen, Grand Secretary. It is interesting to note that at the annual Grand Lodge communication held in June, 1865, Grand Master Paige, addressing the Lodge stated that twenty-nine new Lodges were chartered at the Annual Communication of Grand Lodge in June of that year. These Lodges were numbered from 550 to 578. All are still in existence. The official reason given in the petition to form a new Lodge in Dobbs Ferry was, For the convenience of their respective dwellings and for other good reasons. Legend has it that among the other good reasons was an ultimatum from the wives of the Dobbs Ferry Masons. Solomon s Lodge met in Tarrytown, about five miles to the north of Dobbs Ferry, on Thursday evenings. In those days trains did not run as frequently as they now do and as often, after missing the last train home, the men from Dobbs Ferry had to walk home (not a great feat in those days); however, because of frequent intermissions from labor to refreshment and other reasons, some of the Dobbs Ferry contingent did not arrive home until late on Friday and, in some instances even later. A very vigorous female movement erupted and it is not improbable that this had some bearing on the creation of Diamond Lodge. Diamond Lodge has good cause to be thankful to Solomon s Lodge, not only for safely launching its petition, but for the very friendly and helpful relations which have existed ever since. The names of the petitioners for the new Lodge in Dobbs Ferry were: George B. Taylor William Pateman John H. Peterman A. O. Wilsea James Patterson Charles Gisner Charles G. Storms Abram O. Wilsea was nominated to be Worshipful Master, Charles Gisner to be Senior Warden and Charles C. Storms, Junior Warden. The name of the Lodge to be Diamond ; annual dues were set at five dollars, payable quarterly; the initiation fee to be twenty dollars, eleven dollars to be paid on presenting the petition and nine dollars prior to receiving the first degree. 74

75 It is interesting to note how the name Diamond was selected for the new Lodge. The villagers of Dobbs Ferry, Irvington, Hastings and Ardsley when not engaged in ministering to the needs of the owners of the palatial estates thereabout, produced farm produce, most of which was shipped to New York City in market sloops down the Hudson River. On the return trips they would bring back staples and other supplies. One of these market sloops was named Diamond and belonged to Brother William Pateman; the suggestion was made, accepted and adopted that the name of the new Lodge be named after Captain Pateman s sloop the Diamond. OUR FIRST HOME First Meeting Place (inset W.. Abram O. Wilsea, First Master) The Lodge obtained rooms on the second floor of a brick building on the north-west corner of Main and Chestnut streets, Dobbs Ferry, being otherwise occupied by Hay and Feed store. Brother Charles G. Storms was the owner and a nominal rent of $ yearly was agreed upon; the paying of the rent appears to have been an annual problem and yet seems to have been solved most amicably; if business was good and the Lodge prosperous the full amount was forth coming; if funds were low and the Lodge in distress, the amount of the rent was tempered by the landlord to fit the funds available. These quarters, undoubtedly by reason of a generous landlord, became the home of the Lodge for a period of thirty-one years, until the year 1895, when the building was demolished and a new brick building, still standing, was erected. During their tenancy the Lodge provided its own heat and light, undoubtedly wood or coal burning stoves and coal oil lamps. One amusing incident appears in the minutes of December 18, 1879; the tiler was instructed not to purchase any more ink as the Landlord, Brother Charles C. Storms, promised to provide ink for one year to date. To obtain the furniture and the necessary Lodge paraphernalia the seven charter members subscribed the sum of five hundred dollars; the Lodge giving a bond for that amount, which was subsequently repaid. The first meeting of the Lodge (under dispensation) was held July 29, The minutes state that all officers were present. A proposition for membership was received; Brother Gisner proposed his step-son, Bishop R. Lawrence. Other propositions came in at almost every meeting and a report given on January 27, 1865, stated that 23 petitions had been received; 19 were elected to become members, four of which were by affiliation, three were rejected and one remained to be acted upon. The meeting of August 5, 1864, determined that the regular meetings of the Lodge should be held on every Friday evening; since that time the frequency of the meetings has fluctuated considerably from weekly meetings to twice a month meetings as is now the custom. The changes are enumerated herewith: 1864 Met every Friday in the month Beginning with the first Friday in April, met the first and third Friday in each month May 5th, By-laws amended, to meet every Friday March 25th, reverted back to the first and third Fridays in the month March 2 nd, meeting nights changed to every Friday January, to meet on the first and third Fridays in the month. At the August 19, 1864 meeting, the annual dues of the members were fixed at five dollars annually, payable quarterly; excuses for absences from meetings were demanded and, in some cases, fines were levied. On October 28, 1864, Diamond Lodge adopted the by-laws of Solomon s Lodge, No. as its own. The following are some interesting excerpts from the printed by-laws of Diamond Lodge dated 1865: Section 16 RELIEF The committee shall consist of the W.M., S.W., and J.W., S, T, and S.D. and J.D., who shall daily, in turn, visit all brethren or their families reported to them or to the Lodge as requiring assistance, and to report to the Lodge at the next communication. If occasion 75

76 should require a brother to be attended during the night, the committee shall notify two members in rotation, as they stand on the roll of the Lodge to attend such brother, except in the case of infectious or contagious disease, in which case the said committee shall endeavor to procure suitable aid. Section 35 PENALTIES Any member who shall refuse or neglect to attend a sick brother, when duly notified by the Relief Committee, shall be fined one dollar for each neglect, provided always the sickness be not contagious or infectious. It is to be noted that a perusal of the minutes discloses but two instances where this duty was neglected and the offenders reprimanded by Lodge action. IN THE BEGINNING A warrant dated June 13,1865, signed by Robert B. Holmes, Grand Master, and James M. Austin. Grand Secretary, was issued to H..W.. John P. Jenkins, District Deputy Grand Master of the Fourth Masonic District, then consisting of the counties of Duchess, Putnam and Westchester, to constitute the new Lodge and install its officers; Brother Jenkins made the following official report: Diamond Lodge, No. 555, F. & A. M. constituted in form and its Officers elect installed by me June 23, Signed, John P. Jenkins The following Officers were installed: A. O. Wilsea Worshipful Master D. W. King Senior Deacon Charles Gisner Senior Warden R. L. King Junior Deacon Charles G. Storms Junior Warden H. Parnell Sr. M. of C. George H. Taylor Treasurer D. Lawrence Jr. M of C. C. H. Judson Secretary Charles F. Eichorn Tiler When the First Westchester-Putnam District was created, Diamond Lodge became a part of that District. At its organization, Diamond Lodge had jurisdiction over the residents of the villages of Dobbs Ferry, Ardsley, Irvington and Hastings; with the organization of Hastings Lodge in 1930 jurisdiction passed to that Lodge over the residents of Hastings. The first members to take degrees in Diamond Lodge were: Bishop Lawrence H. C. Todd Norman Secor Daniel W. King Lemuel W. Lawrence Harry J. Parnell George Storms Samuel Elliot Champion H. Judson The Charter of the Lodge came along in due time and is dated June 13, 1865, it signed by Robert D. Holmes Stephen H. Johnson James Gibson John R. Anderson Grand Master Deputy Grand Master Senior Grand Warden Junior Grand Warden Diamond Lodge proudly displays this original Charter at each of its meetings. Diamond Lodge was incorporated April, Notwithstanding the rule that members were required to be present at each Lodge meeting or present a reasonable excuse for such absence, otherwise a fine would be imposed, (the minutes indicate no such action.) Poor attendance then, as now seems to have been a problem; at the October 12, 1877, meeting the Secretary was ordered to send a letter to the non-attending members urging them to attend Lodge meetings and, at the beginning of 1879, he was ordered to report on the number of times each officer and member attended Lodge in the previous year. In the old days since the District Deputy Grand Master had a large territory to cover, it was customary for the host Lodge to defray his traveling expenses, therefore, it may come as a surprise to the present day members to learn that in the minutes of March 20, 1881, meeting, the Secretary was ordered to send a letter to the then District Deputy Grand Master informing him that, on account of the financial condition of the Lodge, they would be obliged to dispense with his services at that time. In November 1878, Diamond Lodge held its first entertainment of which the net proceeds amounted to $ Another entertainment was scheduled for January 28th in the following year. The committee doubted that the Masonic Hall would hold the large crowd expected. This entertainment netted $ In June 1879, the Lodge purchased its first organ made by the renowned firm of Horace Waters and Sons for the sum of $65.00, the freight charge on same from New York City was 75 cents. At the present time it is the custom to present to each candidate taking his Entered Apprentice degree, a Lambskin or White Leather Apron. This custom originated in 1907, the first such apron being presented to Bro. William Pringle; prior to that time beginning in 1904, the Lodge used a symbolic apron. THE GREATEST OF THESE IS CHARITY Diamond has ever been in the forefront with respect to one of Masonry s greatest tenets CHARITY In many instances acts of charity were briefly mentioned in the minutes and, as is customary with ancient usage, the recipient s names were never given. 76

77 These acts usually took the form of cash donations, however, in one instance; it is recorded in the minutes that two tons of coal and one barrel of flour were delivered to the widow of a Master Mason who belonged to another Lodge. With the imminent destruction of the building in which the Lodge held its meetings for thirty-one years, the Lodge held its last meeting in its first home on May I, A special meeting was called for that purpose. It then moved to rooms in the Oddfellows Hall on Main Street, Dobbs Ferry. OUR SECOND HOME Oddfellows Hall On May 8, 1895, the Lodge held its first meeting in its new quarters, the Oddfellows Hall. It is interesting to note that for 29 years we were tenants of the Oddfellows and that for some years past, they have been tenants of ours. The Lodge remained a tenant of the Oddfellows until October 1, 1924, when it vacated the premises to move to its own building. in many respects the new quarters were an improvement on the old; illumination was by means of the new fangled gas jets and in candescent mantles; gas was also used for cooking, payment being on the pay-as-you-go basis by dropping a quarter in the meter. On some occasions considerable embarrassment occurred when the lights began to dim and someone rose hurriedly to put another quarter in the meter. Many good times were had in this building, it is noted that the membership provided its own entertainment, which, on several occasions, were selections played on a member's gramophone. It was during this period that the annual custom of entertaining the Ladies was inaugurated, the first Ladies Night being held on April 20, In 1906 Diamond Lodge was honored by its first visit of an elected Grand Lodge Officer in the person of M.'. W.'. M. Ehlers. Past Grand Master and at that time Grand Secretary. Brother Ehlers raised one of the candidates in the third degree. In the Lodge held it first Fair. For this occasion hiring the village Town Hall. The fair netted $1, On November, 26, 1915, Diamond celebrated its fiftieth anniversary; it was a gala affair attended by M.'.W.'. George Friefeld, Grand Master, accompanied by his Grand Marshal. A large marquee tent was erected on one of the neighboring sites; games ware held in the afternoon followed by a banquet in the evening. On this occasion, the Grand Master presented to Brother Charles G. Storms, the only living Charter member, a Masonic apron. In 19 I 6, the Lodge purchased a full set of uniforms for the degree team, the uniforms were first used on November 17, 1916; undoubtedly they were of exceptionally good quality being retired in 1956 due, primarily to shrinkage after successive cleanings. WAR ACTIVITIES During the World War I period, Diamond Lodge displayed its patriotism by purchasing Liberty Bonds, by contributing to the Grand Lodge War Relief Committee s funds, by remitting the dues of any member in the services and by the comparatively large number of its members of military age who served in the services. Twenty-eight members were called to the colors; two made the supreme sacrifice; those who served were as follows: George Le Roy King Rev. W. R. Blackie Alfred G. Fuller John J. McLave Josiah Wright Julius Kloss Harold S. Knodel Alex M. White H. J. Storant F. Ernest White Robert Mathieson James Clark Earl L. Price Rev. G. M. Whitmore William Grantham Hassow Van Wedel Clarence W. Hopper James Mc F. Rankin Frank A. Doerfler Frank H. Addyman B. I. Emerich F. A. Graber E. Ernest Buckhout Hanford C. Judson Joseph A. Algeo William E. McLave Nelson D. Brown N. M. Templeton Similar services were again rendered in World War II when Diamond Lodge again co-operated to its fullest extent with Grand Lodge in all its activities. During this war Sons of members in the services received special consideration from Brother Masons throughout the world. Twenty-three members of Diamond Lodge served with the colors in World War II, their names follow: Arthur W. Booth George A. Maven Richard W. Batten John A. McGinness John L. Conklin G. A. Petruzzelli Charles A. Wagner Walter C. Shorter Fred W. Hildenbrand Reginald W. Stanhope William R. Bruch Bruce E. Thauburn Edward M. Byrne Bernard A. Uhr Harry L. Cromer Ernest H. Uhr Gunther Hahn Gardner P. Welch, Jr. Benjamin E. Hayes Clifford B. Adler William C. Keller James Gaffney William A. Sargent Both of the foregoing Service men's lists were prepared by the chairmen of the service men s committees who undoubtedly made every effort to have them complete, however, it is barely possible that someone s name may have been omitted; if so, it is to be regretted. In addition, 75 sons of members served in World War II, seven of whom made the supreme sacrifice. In 1920 began what is known as The Immediate Relief. While not a Lodge function, it is restricted to members of the Lodge; it provides payment of $ to the widow of a member immediately after his death. When the fund reaches a predetermined level, 77

78 an assessment is made upon the members of this association to restore it. The present assessment is $1.10 per member. Membership in this association is strictly voluntary. On May 21, 1920, Diamond Lodge celebrated its 55th anniversary. It was also the occasion of its 2,000th stated communication; on this occasion M.'.W.'. Arthur S. Tompkins, then Deputy Grand Master attended. In 1919, the Lodge gave serious consideration to acquiring its own building; in fact except for a few degree nights during the last four years of its tenancy in the Oddfellows Hall, planning with this objective in mind, occupied most of the Lodge sessions. Considerable discussions having taken place for many years prior to the erection of our new home, formal action was taken in 1923 when a Building Committee was appointed consisting of: R.'.W.'. William A. Proudfoot, Chairman Bro. Charles P. McClelland Bro. G. M. Pateman Bro. Ward W. Tompkins Bro. J. McCarthy Building Fund committees were also appointed to canvass the members of the villages for the necessary funds with which to complete the building: Bro. Adolph H. Knappe, a member of Diamond Lodge, who later affiliated with White Plains Lodge, was chosen as the Architect. Bro. Knappe originally intended to donate his services but circumstance beyond his control prevented his so doing. In 1922, the Ways and Means Committee was authorized to purchase the Master s property at the corner of Ashford and Bellewood Avenues, Dobbs Ferry, on which they already had an option. The site fronts on Ashford Avenue for 120 feet and is 131 feet deep. The asking price was $4,000; the Lodge was also given the opportunity to purchase an additional 150 feet on Bellewood Avenue for $1,500 but apparently felt that it could not afford to do so. At this time upwards of $16,000 had been pledged by the members. As a guide for financial requirements for constructing the Temple, an estimate of $75,000 was obtained. In June 1923, the Building Committee of the Lodge accepted the plans for the Temple. They also met with the Ways and Means Committee to consider plans whereby the project could be financed; the method adopted was a modified Paterson, N. J. plan by means of which subscriptions of from $50.00 upwards were accepted, the average being $ and for which Certificates of Indebtedness were issued to the subscribers by the Lodge. Installment payments were accepted; these certificates, maturing at the death of the subscriber are payable to an appointed beneficiary. To accomplish this a Mortuary Fund was set up to receive certain percentages of the Initiation fees and Lodge dues. The percentages of Lodge dues have varied over the years and that portion of the initiation fee was dropped some years ago. Additions were also to be made to this fund by proceeds from extra-curricular activities such as fairs etc., one of the most picturesque and financially successful of these fairs being that held in October 1924, with a Streets of Baghdad motif, designed by the Master, W.'. Robert G. Simpson; this fair netted $5, To meet the necessary construction funds, loans were obtained from the commercial banks in Dobbs Ferry, Irvington and Hastings. Bro. Ward W. Tompkins provided the remaining funds for which the Lodge gave him a mortgage originally at 6% but later reduced to 4% Upon the death of the mortgagor in 1945, it was necessary to satisfy the mortgage by issuing more Certificates of Indebtedness bearing interest at 2 %. It was also stipulated at this time that holders of the former non-interest bearing certificates could also become interest-bearing upon request; not many members availed themselves of this privilege. As a further effort to obtain ready cash for this fund, arrangements were set up in 1923 whereby Life memberships could be purchased by paying a lump sum of $2.00 per year or fraction thereof between the then age and 100. Throughout the many economic ups and downs of the funds of the Lodge, this fund has been adequate to achieve its mission and in 1963, foreseeing that sufficient funds were available or apparently about to become available whereby all out standing certificates could be redeemed in approximately five years, the certificate holders were canvassed and the majority agreed to the following proposition: a total disbursement to be made from this fund each year amounting to $3,000 which includes settlements of certificates by death and dire need, these being given priority, after which the remainder of the $3,000 would be paid to living certificate holders who had accepted the proposition, the payments to be drawn by lot. It is expected that, after 1969, it will no longer be necessary to credit the present $5.00 deduction from the dues of each dues-paying member, thus increasing the amount available in the General Fund for operating expenses. In November 1923, bids were received for the construction of the Temple which ranged from $69,000 to $84,000; a motion was then carried which authorized the Building Committee to proceed with the building of the Temple at a cost not to exceed $65,000. The contract to build the Temple was given to Bros. Classon and Parkhurst of New York City for the sum of $63,068, work to begin within 48 hours after the Architect approved the plans. The following figures taken from the Trustees December 1930 report may be of interest. Cost of Land 4,000 Cost of Building 77,973 Cost of Furniture 3,284 Cost of Carpet 634 Total of above $85,891 To which should be added the architect s fee of $1400. Making a grand total of $87,291. The Building Committee stated that the contractors explained that the excess above the contract price was occasioned by weather conditions, higher wages, other labor conditions and overhead. The Building Committee regretted that the contractors failed to live up to the verbal and written assurance to stay within the contract price. 78

79 On Washington s Birthday, 1924, the cornerstone of the Temple was well and truly laid according to ancient usage and ceremony by the Grand Master, M.'.W.'. Arthur S. Tompkins, the trowel used being furnished by the Past Masters of Diamond Lodge. This trowel, now in the possession of the Lodge, was passed along to Grand Master Klink by Mrs. Tompkins in 1923, Grand Master Klink, in turn, re-presented it to the Lodge. The Temple was dedicated in ancient form on September 19, 1924, by Grand Master M.'. W.'. William M. Rowan; the Grand Master was assisted by other members of the Grand Lodge staff. There were some 98 Lodges represented at this dedication including 11 from Scotland; these with their proud hosts, numbering about 500 crowded every available space in the new Lodge room, while about 300 were regretfully turned away. The Grand Master complimented all, who in any way, had contributed to the completion of this Temple which had placed a hallmark on the community. At the conclusion of the ceremony, the Grand Master turned the gavel over to the Master, W.. Bro. Robert G. Simpson, who opened the Lodge for its 1,666th communication. At that time the Lodge had a membership of 350, coming from Dobbs Ferry, Ardsley, Irvington and Hastings. As previously stated, the Temple is situated on Ashford Avenue. Dobbs Ferry. The plot of ground is 120 by 131 feet; the building is three stories in height of early and classical architecture. The brick bonding on Ashford Avenue is of a Diamond pattern; the dimensions of the building are 42 by 58 feet, 19 feet high; the Lodge room has classical pilasters and cornices and an organ loft. An ante room and a preparation room fill out the second floor; on the lower floors are located a Banquet Hall 30 by 46 and 14 feet high with stage, a kitchen and caretakers quarters; on the third floor there is a club room with open fireplace and is now furnished with two pool tables, card tables, etc.; adequate ventilation is supplied by two special exhaust units. All in all, this handsome fire-resistant Temple is a worthy monument to the Craft and an ornament to the Community. That the Temple was excellently constructed is evidenced by the fact that no major repairs have been made since its erection forty years ago. The walls of the Lodge room were washed once, repainted in 1950 and again in 1965; in both instances funds for which were donated by the members. Also in 1965, in honor of the 100th anniversary, a new carpet was laid at a cost of $2,005, a far cry from the cost of the original carpet which cost $634. New Officers aprons and jewel cords were also purchased during this year. Through the efforts of the then Master, W.'. William F. Keller, the members contributed for the purchase of a new Hammond Electric Organ which was in stalled in November 1952, the cost being $2, This is also in strong contrast to the price of the first organ purchased in 1879 for $65.00 plus 75 cents freight. The new organ has proved to be quite an asset in the ritualistic ceremonies. Diamond Lodge s Temple, situated on one of the main thorough fares of the village and easily accessible to all parts of the County, is admirably suited for fraternal meetings. At the present time its fraternal tenants consist of Hastings Lodge, No. 1107, F. & A. M.; Irving Chapter, No. 526, O.E.S.; Royal Arcanum; Oddfellows; Dobbs Ferry Rod and Gun Club, and Alecto Court, No. 71, L.O.S.N.A.. Committee meetings in connection with the activities of the First Westchester- Putnam District Association are frequently held there. Unfortunately, these activities occur only in the evenings and, as the Temple was not constructed to permit its use for offices, stores, etc and other day time revenue-producing purposes, only minimum revenue of such can he realized. With continuing rising taxes, higher insurance premiums, higher utility costs and other necessary operating expenses, the Lodge is frequently beset with financial difficulties which can only be overcome by additional revenue, frequently obtained by donations from the membership. Nevertheless, the members of Diamond Lodge are extremely happy and proud in the possession of their own home. Over the years, beginning with the organization of the Lodge, many, many gifts have been made to the Lodge by Irving Chapter, O.E.S., Hastings Lodge and many individuals. Many of these gifts were mentioned in the Lodge minutes, and some were not. To all, including the many anonymous donors, we again say thank you. LABOR AND REFRESHMENT Upon occupying its new Temple, Diamond Lodge experienced a rejuvenation of Masonic activity; in 1925, thirty members were raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason, the first to be raised in the new Temple being Bro. Rene Daubenhis, now a life member of Diamond Lodge. Although the Secretaries reports of the membership of the Lodge are missing for a number of years, it appears the Lodge continued to grow in membership, apparently reaching a peak at the end of 1928 of 445 members. The membership roster after that date began to show a downward trend, being seriously affected by the depression of 1929, but not seriously felt until 1933 when, following the trend of Masonry in New York State, many members were unaffiliated for non-payment of dues. Membership again picked up after World War II reaching a new peak in 1950 of 322 members, after which again following the trend of the state, it has steadily declined. It is seriously hoped that this continuing downward trend will soon be reversed. - One of the social events remembered by the old-timers was a trip to Washington, D. C. on March 20, From all accounts a good time was had by all. The all-expense trip cost $25.00, which included meals and hotel expenses. On April 26th, 1906, the first Ladies night was held; this has been an annual custom ever since. Prior to February 1925, it was the custom for the candidates to defray the cost of the Masonic Holy Bible presented to them at their initiation; on that date a motion was passed, so that thereafter, the Bibles were presented as a gift from the Lodge. The Bible Presentation is now a very impressive ceremony in the Entered Apprentice Degree. For a number of years after the Lodge occupied its own Temple, no outstanding event worthy of note appears to have occurred but, on February 3, 1939, Bro. Ward W. Tompkins, raised in Diamond Lodge January 15, 1869, was presented with his 70-year palm, denoting seventy years membership in the Fraternity. This was a very special and outstanding night in Diamond Lodge; the Lodge room was filled to capacity to felicitate Bro. Tompkins on this important occasion. The New York Masonic Outlook published a glowing account of this occasion, accompanied by many illustrations. Later on January 21, 1944, the seventy-five-year palm was presented to Brother Tompkins at his home, he not being well enough to attend Lodge for this occasion but, on April 7, 1944, a grand reception was given to this venerable veteran at which he was able to attend for only a short time. Grand Master Strang and members of his staff journeyed to Dobbs Ferry for this auspicious occasion to congratulate the then fourth oldest Mason in the State of New York; Brother Tompkins was then 98 years old. M.'. W.. Harold V. B. Voorhis, Past Grand Master of New Jersey, had been compiling records of Masons with over 70 years of membership in the fraternity and, from his record of over 4,000,000 Masons in the world, Brother Tompkins was then the 11th oldest. Bro. Tompkins passed away on June 18,

80 Another outstanding night was the Ravekes night held on February 6, 1942, celebrating 112 years of membership in Diamond Lodge by the three Ravekes brothers. Worshipful Brother John, raised June I7, 1892, was elected Master for the year of 1903 and for many years was its faithful and zealous Secretary, retiring from that position in December 1947, when the title of Secretary Emeritus was conferred upon him. At that time Brother John was presented with a golden book with names of all the Lodge members who had contributed to this testimony to him. Brother John passed away on June 17, Worshipful Brother Fred Ravekes was raised June 21, 1907, and be came Master of the Lodge in 1915, among his many Masonic activities he will long be remembered as being a formidable member of the degree team. Brother Fred passed away on March 16, Brother Dave Ravekes, who was raised April 3, 1914, never aspired to go through the chairs. However, he became for many years, the Lodge s very efficient Secretary, Brother Dave was also for many years, the very capable organist for the Lodge. Brother Dave received his 50-year Grand Lodge button in Now retired, his home and gardens are one of the show places in Dobbs Ferry. Over the years Diamond Lodge has never had a Fellowcraft Club under that name; at one time in the thirties, there existed for many years a social organization known as The Sparklers which did much to further harmony in the Lodge and assist in its extracurricular activities. In 1959, another group named The Diamond Builders was created. This group, now in existence, does much to further friendship and good fellowship in the Lodge. One of their activities has been for years to distribute plants and gifts to the widows of our Master Masons at Christmas and Easter, funds for which are furnished by a free will offering from the Lodge members. W.. Warren Crawford James W. Lundy Alan C. Klip W.. William Z. Lindsey Clifford Wistrand W.. H. Stuart Kamke W.. Robert L. Bronnes William H. Mawhinney Richard O. Sweet Kenneth C. Purdy THE ANNIVERSARY YEAR 1965 Officers of Diamond Lodge No. 555, F. & a. M. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden Treasurer Ass t Treasurer Secretary Chaplain Chaplain Sr. Deacon Jr. Deacon Herbert C. Byrnes Sr. M. of C. Russell A. Ennis Jr. M. of C. Charles E. Mathies Marshal James L. McGraw Steward John P. Robertson Steward Harold Greene Tiler R..W.. E. Reginald Harris Historian W.. LeRoy H. Brooks Trustee 1 yr. W.. Albert Howell Trustee 2 yrs. Reginald Stanhope Trustee 3 yrs. The year 1965 w marked by several special events. The frontispiece of the Lodge bulletins was produced in color, the scene depicting Captain Pateman s sloop, The Diamond, sailing up the Hudson River; a special medal was struck for each member as a souvenir of the occasion; W.. Warren Crawford and the elected and appointed officers were installed in their offices and places by R..W.. Lyle Johnson, Junior Past District Deputy Grand Master, on Friday, January 5th. The annual dinner dance honoring the Junior Past Master, W.. Robert L. Bronnes was held on February 20th. The official visit of the District Deputy Grand Master, R..W.. Marvin Ross, was made on March 5th. One of the real highlights of the year was the dinner dance held on May 1st, seated at the guest table were R..W.. Marvin and Mrs. Ross, R..W.. and Mrs. J. Henry Templeton, Jr., at that time the senior Past Master of Diamond, who we regret to say passed away a few days later; Rev. G. M. Whitmore and the Worshipful Master and Mrs. Crawford. This memorable event was very well attended and was a great social success. At the May 2 communication, the members with 40, 50 and 60 years membership in the fraternity were honored, the speaker on this occasion being M..W.. Harry Ostrov, Junior Past Grand Master of Masons in the State of New York who delivered a very inspiring address. At a special communication held on Saturday, September 11th, we were honored with the presence of The Most Worshipful Clarence J. Henry, Grand Master of Masons in the State of New York. This was a memorable occasion for Diamond Lodge, who, in its hundred years of existence, had been honored by the presence of the Grand Master-in-Office on only three occasions, The Grand Master delivered a very eloquent address which was warmly received by the members of Diamond Lodge and its many visitors. The Grand Master was accompanied by his Grand Marshal, R..W.. Howard W. Niven, the Grand Treasurer, R..W.. Edward Lowy and R..W.. John M. Biggs, Senior Grand Deacon. On October 1st, the Lodge again welcomed the members of Hastings Lodge on their annual visit to Diamond Lodge and on October 15th following an annual custom originated on April 20th, 1906, we played host to the Ladies at Ladies Night. On November 5th our guests were our good friends and benefactors, the members of Solomon s Lodge of Tarrytown. On November 19th, we had as guest speaker R..W.. Walter G. Seely, member of the Grand Lodge Youth Council, who delivered a splendid address. As this material goes to press, plans are being made for our annual Christmas Party to be tendered the children, in which in recent years we have been joined by Irving Chapter, No. 526, O.E.S. and Hastings Lodge, No F. & A. M. Thus ends the History of the first hundred years of Diamond Lodge, No. 555, F. & A. M. As we look in retrospect over this century, we are proud and well satisfied as to its accomplishments and as the torch of Freemasonry was handed to us by its forbears, so do we pass along this torch to Diamond s successors with the hope that it will be proudly carried high with renewed vigor to 1990 Sydney A. Fried, Historian The story of Diamond Lodge from 1965 to 1990 has been anything but static. Many important events have taken place, some for the better and some for the worse. Probably the most important event of the past twenty- five years was the sale of our Dobbs Ferry Temple in 1981 and the move by Diamond Lodge from the quarters it had built and occupied since For many years, it had become increasingly difficult to 80

81 balance the Temple s income with its overhead. Increases in taxes, fuel, utilities, losses of rental income and maintenance of an aging building, resulted in ever-increasing deficits, in spite of flea markets, fairs and other fund raisers. For many years, mortgage costs had been financed by building certificates, which had been purchased by the Brethren. Some of these, determined by lottery, were retired annually, and the last one was paid off in A number of Brethren or their estates generously contributed the amount represented by these certificates to the Lodge. Later, there were drives for a painting fund, a carpet fund, a kitchen fund, etc. Much painting, carpentry, electric and similar work was performed by the Brothers of Diamond Lodge. The monetary problems were worsened, or perhaps, due to the fact that both membership and Lodge attendance were decreasing. In 1924, when the new Temple was dedicated, Diamond Lodge had 350 brothers. In 1956, when the Lodge s Centennial was celebrated, there were 255. In 1974, when the Temple was re-dedicated on its 50th Anniversary by Grand Master Arthur Markewich, there were 176. At the start of 1989, the rolls dropped below 100 for the first time. Not only were the rolls decreasing, but the average age was increasing, and many had retired and moved away from the area. Others were too advanced in years to take an active part in the workings of the Lodge. The 97 members of Diamond Lodge in December 1989 had 61 zip codes, and resided in 13 states; 53 in New York, 17 in Florida, 5 in Connecticut, 4 each in California and New Jersey, 3 each in Massachusetts and North Carolina, 2 each in Colorado and Pennsylvania, and 1 each in Delaware, South Carolina, Virginia and Alabama. Finally, in August 1980, it was voted to sell our Lodge building. In March 1981, we moved to the Hartsdale Square Club where we remained until the economy caught up to them and they were forced to sell their building. This resulted in our move back to site of our Mother Lodge, Solomon s, in Tarrytown in June Not every sad story has a sad ending. In this case, it turned out that the ever present money problems we had in Dobbs Ferry were solved by the realization and investment of the proceeds of the sale of the Temple which, if prudently preserved, should permit our Lodge to continue its work without Brother Damocles interfering. Thank you, Builders of the Dobbs Ferry Temple. Your Legacy is alive and well and back in Tarrytown, where it all began. Another event to be noted, that occurred towards the end of this fifth quarter of our existence, was the demise of Irving Chapter, OE.S. These noble ladies, dedicated to the same principles and beliefs as we are, and so helpful to us in many ways, found themselves unable to continue, even with our help. Some joined other chapters, but Irving Chapter is no more. The Latest, and very important change which occurred in the past twenty-five years, took place at the last meeting of that period - the official merger of Diamond Lodge No. 555 with Thistle Lodge No Thistle, a Yonkers lodge, with whom Diamond has had the most cordial and fraternal relationship over the years, found itself with an adequate treasury, a membership of over 200 Brothers, some of the most proficient Masons in our District, and yet unable to fill the complete line of Officers and barely able to muster a quorum to conduct Lodge business on several occasions. Their 1989 Master was serving his fifth term in that Chair and their choices were either to merge with another Lodge or surrender their Charter. They approached Diamond Lodge about a merger, because of our past relationship and their appreciation of our continued participation in community service and Widows Program in spite of diminishing numbers. A year of conferences, consultations with Grand Lodge about necessary procedures, discussions and votes by both Lodges, finally resulted in the official formation of Diamond Thistle Lodge No. 555, on December 15, This infusion of new Brothers, with their colorful and popular plaid-clad Fellowcraft Degree team, the flag presentation ceremony, their Robert Burns Night and all the rest of their traditions will surely make Diamond Thistle Lodge No. 555, a vital Masonic institution. Now that we have covered the big stuff, let s go back to 1965 and see what Diamond Lodge has been up to since then. First, Let us pause a minute to realize that the Lodge Communication at which the 1990 officers were installed was No That is TWO THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED and SIXTY-NINE MEETINGS, since No. 1 was convened in Can you comprehend that figure, realizing that it consisted of only one or two per month, with none in July or August? We are truly old, not decrepit old, but traditional old, established old, aged-in-the-wood old, solid old. We bear the standard created, nurtured and loved by our Masonic forebears, and we dare not, for one solitary instant, consider any possibility that we will not pass it on, undiminished, to our successors, even to the 3,000th, even to the 4,000th Communication. Throughout its history, Diamond has always promoted Fellowship and practiced Charity, and sometimes combined the two, so that funds raised by the first were used for the second. One project was a golf hole-in-one contest. For a dollar, contestants got three tries, a coke and a hot dog, and Dobbs Ferry Hospital benefited from the proceeds. Boat rides, barbecues, musical shows, ladies nights, New Year s Eve parties, were only some of the well-supported functions. Community service and contributions to the Research Laboratory at Utica were combined when Brothers participated regularly in the Ardsley Recycling Program, and then turned over the fee received from the sale of the recycled products to the Masonic Laboratory. In recent years, Diamond has made substantial contributions to the Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Volunteer Fire Departments and Libraries of Ardsley, Dobbs Ferry and Irvington, as well as to Dobbs Ferry Hospital and the Rosary Hill Nursing Home in Hawthorne. Regularly, Diamond lodge was at the top of the First Westchester-Putnam District for contributions to the Masonic Brotherhood Fund. 81

82 Every Easter and Christmas, the Lodge remembers its Widows and shut-ins by hand-delivering gifts to those in the immediate area and by mailing gifts and cards to others who do not reside nearby. Plants and flowers are taken to Rosary Hill semi-annually to help brighten the Home and bring cheer to the lives of its guests. Over the years, Diamond has worked in conjunction with a number of other lodges on different projects. A joint effort by Diamond, Solomon s and Hastings to establish a DeMolay Chapter eventually succeeded after many years of effort, but, unfortunately, the Chapter did not last. The Brothers of Diamond and Hastings Lodges, for some time, combined in a Degree team. Hastings Lodge and Irving Chapter, O.E.S., for many years, teamed up with Diamond Lodge to sponsor an annual Christmas party for the children. The Brothers of Diamond Lodge exchanged visits with Hopewell Lodge, a Bronx Lodge which met in the Dobbs Ferry Temple until Diamond made its presence felt in the First Westchester Putnam District. From 1965 to 1990, Diamond Lodge had four District Deputies, three Assistant Grand Lecturers and two Grand Representatives. Eight Brothers were awarded aprons for Dedicated Service to the Fraternity. Other Brothers have held office in both the District Association and the Masters and Wardens Association. A Masonic Lodge does not live in a vacuum. An understanding of its activities must take the surrounding circumstances into consideration. Not only is it necessary to be aware of what other Lodges are experiencing to evaluate what is happening in our own Lodge, but it requires reference to newspapers to relate what we do to what is happening in the community and the world. During the period , the number of Lodges in the District decreased from twenty- three to thirteen, by merger or surrender of Charter. Nearly every Lodge suffered a substantial toss in the number of Brothers on its rolls. Inflation raised its ugly head, savagely increasing the cost of everything from postage stamps, to rent, to anything you can name. Yet in 1965, the dues of Diamond had just been raised to $25 and in 1990 the dues had risen only to $32.50, due primarily to an increase in per capita paid to Grand Lodge. Do you know anything else that has increased in cost only 30% in the last 25 years? Another timely comparison is the price of the 100th Anniversary Dinner in $ to the 125th Anniversary Dinner in $ about 450%. The 100th Anniversary History noted that 29 Lodges, including Diamond, were chartered by Grand Lodge in June 1865, and that all were still in existence in In preparing this up-date, an inquiry to the Grand Secretary revealed that alt but one were still in existence, although several had merged with other Lodges. A letter was sent to all 27 of these brother 125 year old Lodges to inform them of our plans to celebrate our century and a quarter birthday, inquire how they planned to celebrate this occasion and how well they were carrying their age. Not one response was received, even though a follow-up letter was also sent by the Grand Secretary to the Secretaries of each of these Lodges. GRAND LODGE APPOINTMENTS Over the one hundred years of its existence Diamond Lodge has been honored by many Grand Lodge appointments, a list of such follows: 5 Jan 1906 R..W.. Joseph Dunbar was presented with his commission as Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of Western Australia near the Grand Lodge of the State of New York. 16 Jan 1922 R.'.W.'. A. Proudfoot appointed Grand Steward. Jun 1925 R.'.W.'. William Johnstone appointed District Deputy Grand Master of the First-Westchester Putnam District. Jun 1928 R.'.W.'. Herbert W. Jewell appointed Grand Steward. 3 Jun 1938 R..W.. Seitz appointed District Deputy Grand Master of the First Westchester-Putnam District. Jun 1946 R. C. Blackmar appointed Grand Sword Bearer. May 1952 R..W.. J. Henry Templeton appointed Grand Director of Ceremonies. 4 Nov 1960 R..W.. E. Reginald Harris appointed Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of New Brunswick near the Grand Lodge. of the State of New York. Jun 1963 R..W.. Lyle Johnson appointed District Deputy Grand Master of the First Westchester Putnam District Wilsea, Abraham O King, Daniel W Lefurgy, Martin 1876 Wilsea, Abraham O Dunbar, Joseph 1879 Nix, Adam Jewell, Thomas A von Wallmenich, Charles McClave, John S Gisner, Charles Wheeler, Jacob T Fursey, John Dutcher, Edwin W Drury, Mark Wheeler, Jacob T McConnell, Charles Jewell, Thomas A Ravekes, John H Dutcher, Edwin W Johnstone, William 1907 King, George W. PAST MASTERS OF DIAMOND LODGE 1908 Lorenzen, Edmund I Johnstone, William Polhamus, Arthur 1912 Hemstreet, George P Jewell Herbert 1915 Ravekes, Frederick W Proudfoot, William 1917 Mathieson, Robert 1918 Seger, J. William Warren, Spalding E Templeton, J., Henry, Jr Campbell, Hector R Simpson, Robert G Raban, Frederick 1926 Benedict, Warren D Palmer, August W Kedney, William M Abercrombie, Robert H Hannan, James, Jr Seitz, Anton 1932 Rudolph, Charles K McGinness, John A Mathieson, Roderick 1935 Rudolph, Harry G Howe, Charles E Edwards, Bertsil D Blackmar, Arthur 1940 Geis, Ernest 1941 Riefenhauser, Frank A Thauburn, Bruce E Kamke, H. Stuart 1944 Blackmar, Arthur 1945 Lindsey, William Z Robbins, S. J Brooks, LeRoy H Harris, E. Reginald 1949 Philpott, Norman C Wilson, Wesley L Keller, William F Blackburn, Philip W Edwards, Orville D Caldwell, Alvin V. B. 82

83 1955 Howell, Albert 1956 Derbyshire, John T Turner, Matthew W Leadbetter, Edwin J Johnson, A. Lyle 1960 Elder, Harry C Duda, Charles J McPhee, Donald 1963 Rosvally, George C Bronnes, Robert L Crawford, Warren X Lundy, James W Bronnes, Robert L Gagliardi, Joseph 1969 Sinners, James N McGraw, James L Robertson, John P Giroux, Martin J Robertson, John P Matthies, Charles E Reader, Herbert 1977 Klein, Lawrence Battestin, Henry F., Jr Prescott, Henry E., Jr Fellis, E. John 1983 Harris, Bernard 1984 Dreaper, Thomas S Reader, Herbert Bronnes, Robert L Prescott, Henry E., Jr Fried, Sydney A. What about the future? As our 125th year dawned, so did a lovely warm light on the horizon - the sight of a sizeable group of men on the Trestle Board, most of whom having been introduced to the virtues of Freemasonry by the Anniversary Master, W.. Gerald Buch, the youngest sitting Master of Diamond since the mind of man runneth not to the contrary. Note the emphasis on YOUNG. Old may be experienced and wise, but youth brings with it the vitality and the enthusiasm to encourage the elders that this Lodge, which is a part of us, will continue eternal in the Heavens, when we have passed upward and inward through the Pearly Gates. As this material goes to press, we are looking forward to the Official Visit of our Grand Master, M..W.. Richard P. Thomas on November 16th to commemorate the 125th anniversary of our Lodge and to mark the competition of the first leg of our second hundred years. We can look back with pride and forward with hope, that the high standards of Freemasonry have been and will continue to be a rule and guide for our practice through life. Diamond Thistle Lodge No. 555, Tarrytown, New York Warrant: 15 Dec 1989 [see above] Master W.. Gerald G. Buch, Jr Sr. Warden W.. Henry E. Prescott, Jr Jr. Warden W.. Robert E. Knesnik Treasurer Bro. Edward Schmid Secretary R..W.. Henry F. Battestin, Jr Chaplain W.. Sydney A. Fried Sr. Deacon Bro. Robert Blank Jr. Deacon W.. James M. Wilson Senior M. of C. Bro. William H. Seery Junior M. of C. Bro. Nelson N. Childs, Jr Steward Bro. Mauricio A. Loo Marshal W... Hugh C. Beveridge Tiler Bro. Allan L. Townsend Trustees Bro. Allan L. Townsend 1 year W.. Hugh C. Beveridge 2 years W.. Sydney A. Fried 3 years Mamaro Lodge No. 653, Port Chester, New York Warrant: ca Diamond Thistle Lodge Officers Thomas J. Blain, one of the most popular and respected citizens of Westchester County and an enterprising publisher of Port Chester, NY, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, 1 Sep 1861, son of Thomas and Eliza Ireland Blain. His father was of an old Ayrshire family, and his mother a native of K.irkcudbright, both descendants of farmers.mr. Blain received his education in St. Stephen s School, Edinburgh, where he afterward taught for five years. He came to New York in 1881 and was employed on several daily and weekly newspapers about New York City until 1887, when he left the Flushing, NY, Journal to take a place on the staff of the Port Chester Enterprise. He became the owner of the Enterprise in 1891 and established the Port Chester Daily Item in He now operates a large printing and publishing plant, publishes a daily newspaper of large circulation throughout Westchester County and eastern Connecticut, and does an extensive business in commercial and law printing. Mr. Blain is a member of the St. Andrew s Society of the State of New York, Burns Society, Scottish Society, and Scottish Home Rule Association, New York; and of Mamaro Lodge, F& AM, Armour Chapter, R. A. M., Bethlehem Commandery, KT. and Mecca Temple, AAONMS; the Port Chester Lodge of Elks, Red Men, Foresters, Knights of Pythias, Royal Arcanum, and Order of Scottish Clans. 83

84 Mr. Blain married, 4 May 1902, Emma Eugenia Wood, d/o the late Thomas Wood, of Roslyn, NY. She died 14 Jul On 30 Apr 1904, he married her sister, Mary E. Olmsted Wood. Their beautiful home in Port Chester is noted for its taste and hospitality; Mr. and Mrs. Blain s generosity is extended to every deserving cause. Mr. Blain is a vestryman of St. Peter s Episcopal Church. Mrs. Blain has contributed liberally to the local hospital, and for many years has served as its Secretary. Mr. Blain visits Scotland every second year and takes a deep interest in everything pertaining to his native land. Both he and his wife are fond of motoring and have taken many long trips through New England and elsewhere John Nielsen, 91, of Morningside of Greeneville, formerly of Ocala, FL, died Thursday afternoon at Takoma Adventist Hospital. Mr. Nielsen retired in 1973 as a research attorney for Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. in New York, NY, and moved to Florida to enjoy his retirement. He was a member of Mamaro Lodge No., F&AM. He was graduated from Alfred University and the Fordham Law School. Survivors include his wife: Anne Marie Meier Nielsen of Morningside; and a daughter and son-in-law: Marsie Nielsen and Stephen Desidero of Mosheim. He was preceded in death by a son, William John Nielsen. [Published 30 Dec 1999] Benjamin I. Taylor ( ) U.S. Congressman to 63rd Congress, , from 25th N.Y. dist. b. Dec. 21, 1877 in New York. Graduate of Columbia U. Law School in Began practice at Port Chester, N.Y. in same year. Received degrees in Mamaro Lodge No. 653, Port Chester, N.Y., Jan. 25, Feb. 8, 25, Dimitted in 1928 to become a member of Harrison Lodge No. 1093, Harrison, N.Y., June 5, d. Sept. 5, John Jay Lodge No. 653, Port Chester, New York Warrant: ca Meets at 262 Martine Ave. White Plains, NY Marble Lodge No. 702, Tuckahoe, New York Samuel Leggett (son of Samuel Leggett) b. 10 Sep 1828 in New York City; d. 14 May 1873 in West Farms, Westchester, NY; an apparent suicide; bur. Plot, Lot E 1/2 2500, Sec. 9 & 16, Spring Lake, Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY; m. 25 Jun 1849 Ann Eliza Pollen of New York at Flushing, d/o George Parbury Pollen, an old and well known New York merchant. Children: i. Linda Leggett, b. ca 1850; d. 7 Nov 1932, 29th St. & Madison Ave., New York, NY? (late residence). ii. Clarence P. Leggett. iii. Mary Leggett. iv. Emma Leggett. v. George W. Leggett, b. 26 May 1861, d. 5 Oct 1891, Santa Barbara, CA? (late residence). New York Times, May 19, 1873 Funeral of Port Warden Leggett The funeral of Mr. Samuel6 Leggett, of this City, took place at Woodlawn Cemetery yesterday, in the presence of about 1,000 persons, including a very large representation of the Masonic fraternity. The funeral services, according to the rites of the Protestant Episcopal Church, were performed by Rev. A.M. Ives, Rector of St. John's Church, Tuckahoe, at the close of which the assemblage proceeded in carriages, eighty in number, in the following order, under the command of J.T. Underhill, Grand Marshal of the day: Marble Lodge No. 702, of Tuckahoe, of which the deceased was the Master: Hiawatha Lodge No. 434, of Mount Vernon; Huguenot Lodge No. 448, of New Rochelle; White Plains Lodge No. 473; Rising Star Lodge No. 450, of Yonkers; Company A, Seventh Regiment National Guard New York State; and Port Wardens of New York, under Gen. Robinson. The hearse, containing the remains of the deceased, with Hon. J.C. Courter, Mayor of Yonkers; Dr. Crane, Dr. Nordquist, George Ferris, S.B. Jones, and Charles Hodgman as pall-bearers, and office of the Yonkers Commandery No. 47, of Knight Templars. Then followed the widow, two daughters and two sons of the deceased, and a large circle of relatives and friends. Among those present was a son of Gov. Dix, an intimate friend of the deceased, together with a number of bankers and merchants of this city. On reaching the receiving vault at Woodlawn Cemetery the usual impressive Masonic ceremonies were performed by Past District Deputy Grand Master Stephen S. Marshall, of White Plains. New York Times, March 15, 1878 A WESTCHESTER TRAGEDY A MOTIVELESS MURDER AND SUICIDE Theron Merritt, of East Chester, Kills Mrs. Samuel Leggett and Himself - Temporary Insanity the Cause - Both Parties Highly Connected - A Complete History of the Affair - The Coroner's Inquest One of the most shocking tragedies in the history of Westchester County occurred yesterday afternoon in the township of East Chester, just north of the Bronx River, which flows between it and the Village of Tuckahoe. About half a mile above the river, and about 300 feet back of the Scarsdale road, on the top of a gently-sloping hill stands a large double cottage, painted yellow, with brown trimmings, and surrounded by a wide veranda. It is approached from the road on two sides by winding wagon paths. On the 84

85 north, removed a short distance, are handsome wooden stables, painted to correspond with the house. The grounds are tastefully laid out, but are evidently new, and the house does not appear to have been long built. This is, or was, the residence of Mrs. Ann Eliza Leggett, a wealthy widow, and her four unmarried children - a son and three daughters, all grown up. Mrs. Leggett's husband, Samuel Leggett, was found dead in his barn, with several bullet-holes in his body, seven or eight years ago. The mystery of his death was never cleared up; but as he was financially embarrassed at the time, and had been depressed in spirits for a long time previous, the theory of suicide was accepted as the true one. He was at one time a Port Warden of New York, and received his appointment, although a strong Democrat, at the hands of Gen. John A. Dix, who was his intimate personal friend. Mrs. Leggett was the daughter of George Parbury Pollen, an old and well-known New York merchant, who made a fortune in the Brooklyn White Lead Works and in the Colgate & Company Soap Works, and retired from business 20 years ago. He died last August, leaving $1,000,000 to be divided between Mrs. Leggett and his only other child, the wife of Mr. Leopold Schmidt, of this City, whose father was the first German Consul to this port. Mr. Schmidt was himself Vice-Consul of Germany and also Consul of Baden at New York, and was until recently a member of the old German mercantile house of J.P. Schmidt & Co. He is a member of the Union Club, and widely known in Metropolitan social circles. Mrs. Leggett's eldest son (Clarence119-g7Le7) married a daughter of ex-judge Burwell, formerly of Buffalo, but for 20 years past a resident of Tuckahoe, and a practicing lawyer of this city. He resides with his wife in Fiftysixth street, and has been for some years past Paying Teller of the German-American Bank. Two other daughters of ex-judge Burwell married sons of Jacob P. Merritt, a retired New York merchant, who has long resided on his farm of 150 acres in East Chester, on the banks of the Bronx River. One of these, Theron Merritt, was a man of 40 years of age. He married a year before the war. He was a Paymaster in the Navy during the rebellion, and was attached to the Kansas. After the close of the war he went to Chicago and invested his prize money savings, amounting to some $5,000, and some other funds which were given to him by his father, in the hardware business in that city. He failed, and subsequently made a number of other ventures, which all proved disastrous. Recently he had been out of business, and with his wife and family of three children have been living with his father and mother in the family homestead, a regulation old-fashioned country house in the angle between the Scarsdale road and the Bronx. While in Chicago seven years ago he had a violent attack of typhoid fever, which affected his general health after recovery. Two years ago, while traveling in Virginia, he received a very severe sun-stroke. These, added to his business difficulties are believed to have affected his mind. During the past year especially he is said to have shown signs of mental aberration and depression, and to many persons had expressed an unwillingness to live. He had even gone so far as to say he would shoot himself. His insanity was not of a violent character, however, and was not considered dangerous. His father-in-law said last night that he was a model gentleman, and his wife declared that in all their married life, an angry word had not passed between them. The Merritts and the Leggetts, being connected by marriage, and living on adjoining estates, were naturally intimate. The surviving members of both families unite in declaring that the relations between Theron Merritt and Mrs. Leggett were of the most friendly character, and that up to yesterday afternoon they never had a misunderstanding. They profess to be unable to account for what happened. Theron Merritt was at home, according to the testimony of his mother, all yesterday morning lounging about the house. When he went away yesterday afternoon, they say they did not miss him. His father was not at home during the day. Miss Emma Leggett, Mrs. Leggett's eldest daughter, was visiting in New York. The unmarried son was away from the house at the village. After dinner Mrs. Leggett gave orders to her coachman to get the carriage ready as soon as he could to take herself and her two daughters Linda and Minnie (Mary) to Mount Vernon, four miles away, to a sewing circle. He says he hitched up the horses at once and drove up in front of the veranda at 10 minutes before 3 o'clock. A few minutes later Mrs. and the Misses Leggett emerged from the front door dressed for the ride. The young ladies were in advance. They called upon their mother to hurry as it was going to rain. At the same moment Theron Merritt strolled up the road, and entering by the gate walked up the southern path. Mrs. Leggett, espying him, walked to the end of the veranda to greet him, while the young ladies proceeded to enter the carriage. HOW THE TRAGEDY OCCURRED When Theron and Mrs. Leggett met they conversed but a moment, when the latter ran hurriedly back in alarm, exclaiming, "He's going to shoot me!" and rushed in the front door shutting it behind her. Merritt followed leisurely tried to open the door. The two girls left the carriage and tried to dissuade him from entering. The coachman says that he saw them struggling gently with him. At first he was tempted to interfere and did twist the lash of his whip around his hand with the intention of getting down from his box and assaulting him, but on second thoughts, seeing that Merritt was not violent and that the young ladies did not call for help, he concluded that he might be doing wrong, and sat still. Miss Linda, it appears, finding that Merritt was determined to enter - he said he would get in if he had to stay all day - told her sister to hurry somewhere for assistance. Miss Mary ran off to the Merritt residence. Merritt at this turned to the coachman and ordered him to put up his horses. The latter responded that he would when Mrs. Leggett told him to do so; that he was working for her and not for him. Merritt said, "Very well, but she's not going out.' Miss Linda, taking advantage of this diversion, succeeded in getting inside and shutting the door. The outer doors in the centre of the verandah are of solid wood painted in imitation of black walnut. These were unlocked. Inside is a narrow vestibule about 3 feet in width, and then there are two other doors of wood painted white with large panels of figured ground glass. This had a spring catch on it, rendering it impossible to open it from the outside except with a key. Merritt followed Miss Linda into the vestibule, but she was too quick for him, and had slammed the other doors too before he could reach them. Her mother stood just inside holding the knob and apparently looking through one of the transparent figures in the glass panel of the right hand door to see what Merritt was doing. She could do this by standing on tiptoe. Merritt closed the outer door behind him, so that the coachman could not see what was going on, and drawing a small six barreled revolver from his pocket fired through the glass panel. The panel was completely shattered. The ball penetrated Mrs. Leggett's left eye, burying itself in her brain. She dropped on the rich Brussels carpet of the hallway dead, her feet being against the vestibule doors and her head on the mat in front of the door of the southern parlor. Merritt immediately went out on the piazza, and putting up his pistol ordered the coachman to drive as fast as he could for Dr. Nordquist. The coachman says he had a notion for a moment of getting his old rifle and shooting Merritt, but he though the doctor might be needed and hurried off in search of him. Merritt then walked down the road toward his house. Near it he met Miss Minnie. He stopped and said to her: "What are you so hurried for? You needn't be alarmed. Your mother is dead. I shot her." Without further parley he entered the house and proceeding to the back kitchen, took a long drink of water. His mother, who was in the kitchen, addressed some remark to him, but he made no answer, and went directly to the parlor. She followed him, and arrived in time to 85

86 hear the report and see him drop on the carpet dead. The ball had entered an inch and a half above the median line and is supposed to have passed directly through his heart. He must have reloaded the pistol after killing Mrs. Leggett, as but one cartridge in it was exploded when found, and he had nearly a full box of them in his pocket. It is not known where he got the pistol, but his brother says he has seen it with him for the past three weeks. Both families were plunged into the deepest grief by the unexpected tragedy. Messages were sent at once to the absent relatives, and last evening both houses were full of sympathizing friends. Mrs. Leggett's body was laid out in the rear parlor of her elegantlyfurnished residence, and Mr. Merritt's in a room also in the rear of his father's more modestly-fitted house. The evidences of the tragedy had been carefully removed in both places and neither murderer nor victim bore any outward marks of the terrible deed which had so summarily shortened both their lives. There was great excitement in Yonkers and all through Westchester County, where both families are widely known. Nobody had any theory to suggest, however, other than that outlined above, and nobody could be found who had ever heard Merritt at any time utter a threat against his victim. Everybody bore high testimony to the character of both parties. THE INQUEST Coroner Schirmer, of White Plains, arrived at the scene of the tragedy at 7 o'clock, and immediately impaneled a jury, and proceeded to hold a double inquest. The jury first visited the residence of the murdered woman and viewed the body, and then testimony was taken as to her death. Her daughter Linda gave the principal evidence. She said: "Three of us," meaning her mother, sister, and self, were going to the carriage when Merritt first came, and continued: "My mother helped me on the piazza, when Mr. Merritt came and spoke to her; I ran out to learn what their conversation was, but my mother came running, and told me Mr. Merritt was going to shoot her; she (the mother) then ordered him from the place, and told him he might as well go; he then came into the vestibule and tried to get in the door, and I went around the house and went in the back way and bolted the door; I told him to go away; he said he would not go until she came out, if it would take 24 hours; it was about five minutes afterward when he shot through the glass; he shut the outside door before he shot; I saw my mother fall directly after the shot was fired." The younger daughter, Mary E. Leggett, testified that after the shooting, by direction of her sister Linda, she hurried over to Merritt's, to seek assistance; on route, (but whether going or on returning, was not elicited from the witness, but probably upon going,) Merritt came near to her and called out to her, asking what was the matter - why she was in a hurry? adding: "You needn't be alarmed; your mother is dead; I shot her." At Merritt's residence his body was viewed by the jury, and testimony was taken concerning his death and the circumstances of his actions prior to the tragedy. His mother was the chief witness. She said that when her son Theron returned from Mrs. Leggett's, he came into the back room where she was, said nothing, but acted abstractedly, looking about the room in a blank way. She asked him what was the matter. He made no answer to her question but suddenly passed into the hallway and into the front room, which is situated near the front door, and turned into that room. She followed, heard the sharp report of a pistol, and arrived at the front room door, which he had left open, just as he was falling to the floor. Theron's father testified that his son had not, in his opinion, been in a clear mental condition lately - that he had talked despondently, and several times had threatened to kill himself. The foregoing is the essence of the entire evidence. The jury, at 10 o'clock, returned a verdict that Ann Eliza Leggett came to her death by a pistol-shot wound at the hands of Theron Merritt and that Theron Merritt died from a pistol-shot wound inflicted by himself while laboring under a temporary aberration of mind. The verdict is peculiar in that it charges mental aberration to Merritt at the time of killing himself, but does not in terms say the same thing as to his condition at the time he killed Mrs. Leggett. Theron Merritt, the author of this awful tragedy, was one of the claimants now litigating for heritage of the famous Merritt estate - the estate left by John Merritt, of Port Chester, who was a millionaire cattle dealer. New York Times; March 16, 1878 The Westchester Tragedy WIDESPREAD INTEREST IN THE CASE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY - ADDITIONAL FACTS CONCERNING THERON MERRITT - THE TRAGEDY PREDETERMINED The tragic death of Theron Merritt and Mrs. Samuel S Leggett excites widespread interest in Westchester County, and the mystery of the motive for the terrible crime is much discussed. In Yonkers and East Chester, where they were both well known, slight incidents of their past lives are woven into a web whereon to rest sombre hints concerning their long friendship and intimacy. It is recalled that Samuel132-g6Le7 S. Leggett, who shot and killed himself on May 14, 1873, in his own barn, had absented and secreted himself for several days before he committed suicide; that he went away by a train one morning, and late on the same day was seen on a returning train to get off at the neighboring village of Bronxville; that he was not seen again alive; that it was conjectured that he had been up in the hayloft of his barn during the period of the intervening days to the time of his suicide; that from his position in the barn he could view the movements of persons about his house; that on his body were found two letters which never were permitted to see the public light, and were kept back at the inquest by the Coroner, William E. Meeks, now a Justice of the Peace at West Mount Vernon, because they were addressed to Leggett's wife, and that a verdict of "death by shooting himself while laboring under temporary insanity" was rendered. All this was nearly five years ago - a period quite long enough to obliterate the suspicions and gossip then started about Mrs. Leggett's friendship for Theron Merritt, but now it is revived with additions. Theron Merritt was the Democratic candidate for School Commissioner in his Assembly district two years ago last fall, but nowhere did there seem to be any warmth or zeal in the party for him. It is asserted that Theron Merritt and Mrs. Leggett were in this city together on last Tuesday. However this may be, they were seen going home together on a train on the Harlem Railway on the afternoon of that day, sitting side by side, engaged in earnest conversation, in which she gesticulated a good deal holding forth her right arm toward him and vigorously cutting the air with her right forefinger to give emphasis to her remarks. Theron Merritt, it is said held some hundreds of acres of Virginia land which he could not market, and this trouble in his business affairs helped, it is said, to unsettle his mind. He was a Government defaulter, the defalcation occurring while he held the position of 86

87 Assistant Paymaster in the United States Navy. The Government brought suit against him and his sureties for the sum of $12,000, but a compromise and settlement were made. It is an undoubted fact that Theron Merritt drank, but it is said that he was easily affected by liquor, and seems not to have been generally regarded as an intemperate man. He and his brother, Roland Merritt, a few evenings ago, drank till they were mellow at the saloon of Dennis Leary, in the upper part of Tuckahoe known as Sebastopol or Little Dublin. After the inquest on Thursday night it was found that Coroner Schirmer had overlooked one piece of evidence that casts a new light upon the tragedy, as it shows that Theron Merritt had at least determined to kill himself. A letter was found upon the body when steps were taken to prepare it for interment. In this letter, written by himself, he gives directions respecting his funeral, and makes a request that his funeral sermon be preached by Rev. Dr. Eggleson, Pastor of a Congregational Church in or near Chicago bl&ots=0571vno1z0&sig=wgejjkp9ba3evazuu4flkfdxuaq&hl=en&ei=elzntzrbjjlrgqen4_xxcg&sa=x&oi=book_result&ct=res ult&resnum=8&ved=0cd4q6aewbw#v=onepage&q=%22rising%20star%20lodge%20no.%20450%22&f=false page SCOTT, Joseph Alvah - Naval architect and marine eng'r; b. Montreal, Province of Quebec, Can., 16 Oct 1869: son of David Bryce and Edmere Lydla (Hrnsley) Scott; ed. Brooklyn public schools, supplemented with home and professional studies; m. Brooklyn, NY, 18 Sep Carrie Marlon Trueman; children: Herbert Jefferson (b. 2 Feb 1897). Lydla Louise (b. 30 Jan 1901). Hilda Isabelle (b. 6 Apr 1905). He was associated with William Gardiner and C. D. Mosher In naval architectural and marine eng'rlng work, and has since been engaged in following capacities: Superintending eng'r The Holland Torpedo Boat Co., laying out and superintending the construction of submarine torpedo boat Holland, the first of its type in U. S. N.; superintending eng'r and gen. sup't Gas Engine and Power Co., and Charles L. Seabury & Co., Morris Heights. NY City; sup't Power and Plant Dep't William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Co., Philadelphia, PA; now engaged In professional service as a naval architect and marine eng'r. Traveled In Europe. Investigating manufacture of internal combustion engines. Inventor of marine water tube boilers in use in torpedo boats in U. S. N., also of self starting reversible internal combustion engine, as well as several mechanical devices. Served as a passed ass't eng'r, lieut.. U. S. N., during Spanish-Am. War, attached to U. S. repair ship Vulcan, In charge of all repairs which were made from that vessel on board the various vessels of the U. S. fleet in Cuban waters, the Spanish flagship Infanta Maria Teresa and the Spanish gunboats Sandival and Alverado, serving throughout Cuban campaign on southern coast of Cuba, taking part In several engagements and was later attached to U. S. flagship Newark. Served as ass't superintending eng'r U. S. A. transport service, and later as marine expert for quartermaster's dep't, U. S. A., designing and superintending the construction and alterations of numerous war dep't vessels, including U. S. A. transports. Sec, treas. and director Scott Engine and Construction Co.: consulting eng'r Cockburn Barrow and Machine Co., and Stayman Mf'g Co. Republican. Protestant. Mem. Am. Soc. Mechanical Eng'rs, Am. Soc. Naval Eng'rs, Soc. Naval Architects and Marine Eng'rs; companion Naval Order of U. S., and Naval and Mil. Order Spanish-Am. War. Mem. Rising Star Lodge No. 450, F. and A. M., Yonkers, N. Y., Royal Arch Mason, Knight Templar and Shriner. Recreations: Photography, outdoor sports. Club: Am. Model Yacht (honorary mem.). Address: 95 Liberty St., N. Y. City Ibid. page 65. BAKER, Thomas O. - Public school principal; b. New Paris, OH., b. 31 Dec 1859; son of Thomas and Margaret Baker; grad. Nat. Normal Univ.. Ohio, A.B., 1886 (Ph.D., 1896); Pd.D., N. Y. Univ., 1896; m. Knoxville, TN, 1887, Carlotta Washburn. Sup't of schools, Durango, CO, ; prin. Yonkers High School, ; prin. Public Sch. No Brooklyn, NY, from Ex-pres. Westchester County Teachers' Ass'n Society Doctors of Pedagogy, NY. Mem. Rising Star Lodge No. 450, F&AM, Yonkers, NY; Orient Chapter. No. 138, R. A. M.; Damascus Commandery No. 58. KT; Mecca Temple. A. A. O. N. M. S.; past commander Yonkers Commandery No. 147, KT. Mem. Ohio Soc. of N. Y. Recreations: Rowing, bowling. Clubs: University (Brooklyn), Nautilus Boat. Address: d St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Marble-Stewart-Winyah Lodge No. 702, Tuckahoe, New York Warrant: Kisco Lodge No. 708, Mt. Kisco, New York Warrant: 9 Jun 1871 First Master: Lewis F. Pelton Ref.: History of Kisco Lodge, no. 708, Free and Accepted Masons: Commemorating the one thousandth communication, on June 16, A.L [1916], by James Frances Chapman. Lodge Website - Stanley Lander 1967 Elliott Cates 1968 Donald P. Taylor 1970 Thomas G. Barclay 1974 Kenneth J. Muir 1975 Campbell Muir 1978 LIVING PAST MASTERS as of 2010 John W. Ticknor 1979 F. Travis Hopkins III 1980 John McWaters, D.S.A John Delventhal 1986 Alan Holland 1987 Alan Holland 1988 Peter H. Ward 1990 Peter H. Ward 1991 John Delventhal John Delventhal Peter D. Spink Carl E. Tomanelli Joseph Dudas William J. Serratore Richard Hawthorne

88 AFFILIATED PAST MASTERS W..Holger S. Svensson W.. Carl Tomanelli Past Master of Other Lodges W..Jack Thomson, Jr ; Jamaica Lodge No. 546 D.S.A. RECIPIENTS W.. JOHN MCWATERS 1990 FREDERICK J. KRATZER 1991 RICHARD H. DAKIN Louis F. Pelton, M. D., died at his residence in Mount Kisco, NY, 17 Sep He had been a practicing physician for twenty-five years. He was a member of the Westchester County Medical Society. He was also one of the charter members and the first Master of Kisco Lodge. No. 708, F&AM, of Mount Kisco. At the breaking out of the rebellion Dr. Pelton was appointed an examining surgeon under Capt. Pierson, the Provost Marshal. He held several political oflices, among them those of Supervisor of the town of Bedford, and Coroner of the county. He leaves a widow and two sons. HDldXeAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=%22Kisco%20Lodge%20No.%2070 8%22&f=false page 598. Walton Jay Carpenter, M.D., is descended from an English family who came to New England during the seventeenth century. From thence a branch removed to the town of Purchase, in Westchester County, where they took up land and engaged in farming. Charles B. Carpenter, father of Walton Jay, was of this line. He married Rachel White, and of their five children, Dr. Carpenter was the oldest. He was born in Duanesburgh, Schenectady, NY, 11 Sep 1852, and removed with his family when but four years of age to Illinois. After a stay of two years in the West the family returned to Duanesburgh where the youth attended the public school, leaving at the age of fifteen for the Delaware Literary Institute, where he passed two winters. A period of three years, divided between teaching and study followed; then a two years' course of select studies at Union College and a term of medical preparation under the celebrated professor, Dr. Alfred Loomis, of New York. In the fall of 1875 he entered the medical department'of the University of the City of New York, and finally finished his course in the spring of 1877, when he graduated. He first settled at Round Hill, Connecticut, where lie practiced for a few months, in connection with his uncle, J. C. White, M.D.; but this town not offering the advantages which he craved, he returned to New York City and entered upon a post-graduate course at the University, after completing which in 1878 he removed to Katonah... He has by care and industry succeeded in building up for himself an extensive practice, and has during his residence in Katonah effected many cures which will render his reputation permanent and his presence in the place a continual agency for good. He is a member of the Methodist Church of Katonah, and also a member of the following Masonic organizations: Kisco Lodge No. 708; Croton Chapter No. 202; and Crusade Commandery No. 56. He married April 30, 1884, Miss Anna L. Green, daughter of Alsoph Green, of Katonah. Dr. Carpenter is connected with the Westchester Medical Society, among the members of which he is widely known and as widely respected t&id=qlxkaaaayaaj&output=text page 24. Franics Marshall Carpenter [photo at right] - Banker, Regent of the University of the State of New York, former State Senator, Twenty-second District, was born in the town of Yorktown, Westchester County, NY, 10 Jul 1834, son of Zopher and Phoebe (Marshall) Carpenter. For several years he conducted a general store at Mt. Kisco, and from 1874 to 1894 was in the coal business in New York City. He was one of the organizers of the Republican party in Westchester County. In 1862 he was elected supervisor of the town of New Castle and held that office for thirty-two years, for several terms being chairman of the board. He was elected County Treasurer in 1896 and was re-elected in In 1903 he was elected to the State Senate, succeeding Charles D. McClelland, resigned, and was re-elected in 1904 and On 10 Feb 1909, he was elected a Regent of the University of the State of New York for a term of twelve years. He is president of the Westchester and Bronx Title Guaranty Company: vice-president Westchester Trust Company and Mt. Kisco National Bank; director First National Bank of White Plains; member Mt. Kisco Lodge No. 708, F&AM, and of the Republican Club of New York City. On 28 Nov 1859, he married Mary B. Miller, who died in Jan Their children are: Zopher, cashier in the Westchester County Treasurer's office; Carrie, wife of Charles Matthews, of Mt. Kisco. In Mar 1885, he married for his second wife Catherine A. Moger. 88

89 Nepperhan Lodge No. 736, Yonkers, New York First Meeting U.D.: 20 Feb 1873 Warrant: Jun 1873 Merged with Thistle Lodge No. 900 in PAST MASTERS 1873 Eli L. Sager 1874 Eli L. Sager 1875 W. A. Gibson 1876 R.E. Prime 1877 R.E. Prime 1878 R.E. Prime 1879 R.E. Prime 1880 R.E. Prime 1881 R.E. Prime 1882 W.W. Wilson 1883 W.W. Wilson 1884 Charles Reed 1885 Moses D. Getty 1886 Moses D. Getty 1887 R.E. Prime 1888 R.E. Prime 1889 R.E. Prime 1890 R.E. Prime 1891 R.E. Prime 1892 Moses D. Getty 1893 R.E. Prime 1894 George B. Wray 1895 R.L. Calkins 1896 Charles Hepenstal 1897 E.W. Taylor 1898 Philip Fitz 1899 J.A. Hauser 1900 E.F. Howard 1901 E.F. Howard 1902 F.A. Baldwin 1903 William C. Prime 1904 William C. Prime 1905 William C. Prime 1906 C.I. McCoy 1907 F.B. Mee 1908 P.W. Soeteman 1909 Robert W. Anderson 1910 F.M. Johnson, Jr B. FitzGibbon 1912 Robert W. Anderson 1913 George Mee 1914 John Cullen 1915 Leslie Sutherland 1916 Walter Blackburn 1917 Walter Blackburn 1918 Palmer H. Stilson 1919 Edward J. MacSorley 1920 Edward J. MacSorley 1921 George F. Nugent 1922 John R. Bray 1923 Alfred Watson 1924 Albert Senftner 1925 Kristen Kristersen 1926 William W. Schwartz 1927 William F. Grimm 1928 John Magil 1929 William F. Poole 1930 Harold A. Rose 1931 James F. Campbell 1932 Raymond Case 1933 James D. Thomson 1934 Leon E. Botting 1935 John Hensey 1936 Henry Storms 1937 George F.W. Grimm 1938 James H. Case 1939 Sidney White 1940 Paul L. Bleakley 1941 Walter M. Hausel 1942 Edward J. MacSorley 1943 Leon E. Botting 1944 Alfred Watson 1945 Nicholas Milton 1946 William M. Kent, Jr Charles McConnell 1948 Frank Morrisey 1949 Albert Schweitzer 1950 Robert L. Sutherland 1951 Francis Noffko 1952 Michael Cholowsky 1953 Raymond Bell 1954 William G. Zirkler 1955 F. Donald Maxwell 1956 Raymond Dykes 1957 James G.H. Carroll 1958 W. Warren McKenzie 1959 Harold Sorenson 1960 Sidney G. Pound 1961 Alexander McKendrick 1962 Anton Andree 1963 Clyde Hartley 1964 Richard Stowbridge 1965 George Ampagoomian 1966 Alexander Meller-Lumb 1967 W. Burton Bourne 1968 Edwin Zuraw 1969 Andrew Robertson 1970 Simeon Malutich 1971 George Riggin 1972 George Ampagoomian 1973 George Ampagoomian 1974 Robert Tauber 1975 Koona Shomon 1976 Leslie A.J. Read 1977 Robert Tauber 1978 F. Donald Maxwell GRAND LODGE OFFICERS 1881 Ralph Earl Prime District Deputy Grand Master 1885 Lyraan S. Cobb Grand Steward 1890 Ralph Earl Prime Grand Representative 1895 Moses D. Getty District Deputy Grand Master 1905 William C. Prime District Deputy Grand Master 1913 E. F. Howard Grand Director of Ceremonies 1921 Walter G. Blackburn Grand Sword Bearer 1923 Walter G. Blackburn District Deputy Grand Master 1928 Kristen Kristensen District Deputy Grand Master 1928 Edward J. MacSorley Grand Representative 1936 Robert W. Anderson Grand Steward 1947 William Poole Grand Representative 1947 William F. Grimm Grand Representative 1951 Walter M. Hausel Grand Steward 1957 William G. Zirkler District Deputy Grand Master 1961 F. Donald Maxwell Grand Representative 1968 Leon E. Botting Grand Sword Bearer 1976 Anton Andree Grand Director of Ceremonies THE FIRST YEAR The first meeting of Nepperhan Lodge (U.D.) was held on February 20, 1873 in the Lodge Rooms of Rising Star Lodge #450, located on the second floor of the Yonkers Savings Bank Building on South Broadway, Yonkers, near Getty Square. This building still exists and, at the time of this writing, is still occupied by the same Yonkers Savings Bank. Six members were present at that first meeting, including Wor. Bro. Eli L. Seger, a Past Master of Rising Star Lodge (1869) who was appointed by the Grand Master to serve as Master of Nepperhan Lodge while the Lodge was under dispensation. The other five original members were William Gibson, Lyman Cobb, W. H. Doty, G. W. White, and R. E. Prime. There were also two visiting Brothers from Rising Star Lodge. At that first meeting, the Worshipful Master presented and read the Dispensation granted by Grand Lodge over the signature of the Deputy Grand Master, Rt. Wor. Elwood Thorne. The Dispensation noted that Rising Star Lodge #450, the only Masonic Lodge in Yonkers at that time, had agreed to, and recommended that permission be granted for the formation of a new lodge to be known as NEPPERHAN LODGE. Following the reading of the Dispensation, the By-Laws Committee presented a proposed set of By-Laws, which were read, discussed and adopted, pending approval of Grand Lodge. Lyman Cobb was elected Treasurer, and R. E. Prime was elected Secretary. Five of the Brothers present donated $15 each towards purchase of Lodge supplies. (It must be remembered that $15 probably the equivalent of $100 today). The first meeting was then adjourned "in peace and harmony". The second meeting was held five days later on February 25, 1873, in the same lodge rooms. Five members were present plus seven visiting Brothers from other Lodges, including representatives of Rising Star Lodge, Solomon's Lodge, and Beacon Lodge. Three applications for initiation and advancement were received and referred to investigating committees. The Secretary was 89

90 authorized to have 100 copies of the By-Laws printed for the sum of $15. The new By-Laws, approved by Grand Lodge, were spread upon the minutes of that Second Communication. Of particular note in those original By-Laws were the following: 1. The regular communications of the Lodge were to be held on the-second and fourth Tuesdays of each month. The candidate's initiation fee to be $60. The annual dues were to be $6.00. The By-Laws were signed by all members, and by the District Deputy, whose name was O. Baker. At that time, Nepperhan Lodge was in what was known as the Sixth District (Masonic) of New York State. Brother White was given a voucher in the amount of $80, representing the cost of obtaining the Dispensation. The meeting closed (as usual) in peace and harmony. At the third meeting, seven members and twelve visiting Brothers were present. Two more applications for initiation were received, as well as four requests for affiliation from members of other Lodges. The first degree work performed by Nepperhan Lodge occurred at the fourth meeting on March 18, 1873, when A. J. Prime received his First Degree. The Grand Lecturer visited Nepperhan Lodge at the eighth Communication, and observed the conferral of the Second Degree, for which services he received $35. I would assume that the Grand Lecturer at that time was unsalaried, and this was probably the reason for charging fees to the Lodges. The Lodge also issued a voucher for $5 to the District Deputy, probably for taking the Grand Lecturer to dinner. At the ninth Communication, May 13th, the Secretary issued a quarterly report which indicated receipts to date of $370 and disbursements of $ He noted, however, that "no dues have been received as yet from any member of the Lodge". At the annual meeting of Grand Lodge in June 1873, Nepperhan Lodge was officially removed from the "Dispensation" category, and the number 736 was officially assigned to the Lodge. At its tenth Communication, on July 8, 1873, Nepperhan Lodge No. 736 was officially constituted. It was a gala occasion, with thirteen members of Nepperhan present, together with nineteen members of Rising Star Lodge, and sixteen other visiting Brothers, Eighteen representatives of Grand Lodge were present and assumed all of the officers' chairs during the Constitution ceremonies. Officers for Nepperhan Lodge were officially installed as follows: ELI L. SEGER Master WILLIAM A. GIBSON SW MATTHEW H. ELLIS JW WOR. LYMAN COBB, JR. Treas RALPH E. PRIMe Secy GEORGE WHITE SD ALEX HOUSTON JD WILLIAM H. DOTY SMC A. J. PRIME JMC ALEX MOORHOUSE Tiler (Rising Star Lodge) About that time, an agreement was signed with Rising Star Lodge whereby Nepperhan would pay them $200 per year for the use of the Lodge Room plus 2/7 of the gas bill. (No electricity, of course, at that time). At a meeting a few months later, it was noted that a bill had been received from Rising Star Lodge for $6.06, supposedly representing 2/7 of the gas bill for that quarter. This seemed high and, after a protest, the Lodge was notified that the correct amount should be only $2.02, and this amount was ordered paid by the Finance Committee. At the eighteenth Communication, in November 1873, a letter was received from Grand Lodge with relation to the Spanish atrocities upon Masons and their families in the Island of Cuba. It is interesting to note that the Spanish-American War did not break out until 1895, thereby indicating that there were more than twenty years of strife and disagreement before the actual war started with the sinking of the battleship Maine. The first Third Degree performed by Nepperhan Lodge was at the eighteenth Communication at which time two Fellowcrafts were raised to the Sublime Degree. Prior to that, of course, there had been several first or second degree plus many affiliations from other Lodges. At the first annual meeting in December 1873, it was noted that the membership had risen from six to eighteen. No deaths or dimits were registered during that first ten months. It was also noted that $5 was paid out for the design and preparation of the Lodge seal, the same seal which graced the front of our Lodge notices for so many years up to the present. After the reading of the annual reports, the election of officers for the ensuing year was held. Brother W. H. Doty acted as presiding officer during the election, and one of the tellers was Moses D. Getty, who later was Mayor of Yonkers, as well as Master of the Lodge and a Grand Lodge officer. The same slate of officers was elected to serve another term. The installation was held at a special Communication on December 15, At that time, the By-Laws were amended, changing the meeting dates from the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month to the first and third Tuesdays THE SECOND YEAR Degree work occupied most of the Communications in Of interest was the absence of Wor. Master E, L. Seger at the 34th Communication on September 1st, the first meeting he had missed since the Lodge organization in February, As commented by Bro. Ralph E. Prime, Secretary, Wor. Bro. Seger "must have been sorely sick to miss a meeting". The above-mentioned Ralph E. Prime, incidentally, later served as Master of the Lodge for a total of 12 terms (not all consecutive), by far the greatest number of terms in the history of Nepperhan Lodge. At the annual meeting in December, 1874, the Secretary's report indicated that membership had gone from 18 to 21, plus three Entered Apprentices. The reports were followed by election of officers, at which time W. A. Gibson, who was later to become Mayor of Yonkers, was elected as Master for The first Master, Wor. Eli Seger probably would have been re-elected but he had announced that he was moving away from the City of Yonkers and would be unable to continue in office. His plans must have changed at a later date, however, because his name crops up frequently in later years as substituting in one of the Chairs, or as a member of a committee. The elected and appointed officers were installed the same night THE THIRD YEAR At the first meeting in 1875, the Lodge became formally incorporated under the laws of New York State. That meeting supposedly marked the last attendance of Wor. Bro. Seger (see note in last paragraph), and a lengthy resolution was read and adopted, part of which was worded as follows: 90

91 "RESOLVED, THAT WHEN OUR BRETHREN IN THE FAR-OFF FUTURE, WHO WILL NOT HAVE KNOWN OUR BROTHER, SHALL SEE HIS NAME IN THE AUTHORITY UNDER WHICH THEY WORK, THIS RECORD OF OUR ESTEEM AND RESPECT WILL ASSURE THEM THAT HE WAS WORTHY TO HAVE HIS NAME PERPETUATED IN THE MEMORY OF THE LODGE". At the annual meeting in Dec 1875, the Secretary's report indicated that membership now included 29 Brothers. Finances of the Lodge improved slightly, the on-hand balance going from $23.18 at the beginning of the year to $83.75 at year-end. The Trustees report indicated that they had negotiated a new lease with Rising Star Lodge, reducing the rent from $200 per year to $100. After reading of the reports, the election was held. The ballot indicated that Wor. W. A. Gibson, the Master, was re-elected. He, however, declined to accept another term, so a new vote was ordered, and Ralph E. Prime was elected for the first of his 12 terms as Master. W. W. Wilson was elected Senior Warden, and served as such through the following six years. Brother Moses D. Getty, whose name is prominent in the minutes for many years thereafter, was elected Junior Warden. Apparently the job of Secretary was not very popular, because the present Secretary, A. J. Prime was re-elected but declined to accept. Then, in successive ballots, C. W. Torrey was elected and declined, a Brother Holden was elected and declined, and two further ballots were declared null and void because no Brother received a majority of the votes cast. Finally, on the sixth ballot, Charles Torrey was again elected, and this time he accepted. Following the election, all elected and appointed officers were installed. It might be added here, with a smile, that Brother Torrey's election was an unfortunate occurrence for the Editor of this History, because Bro. Torrey had atrocious handwriting, and the minutes, during his stay in office, were barely decipherable THE FOURTH YEAR Masonic charity was frequently in evidence during those years. Requests for assistance to Brothers in need were received by the Lodge from other lodges far away, including Canada, Michigan, Cuba, etc. A rather amusing example of this charity was noted in the minutes of April18, 1876, at which time the Master, Wor. R. E. Prime reported that he had been approached by a Brother from Beacon Lodge, seeking assistance. The Master gave him $2.00 and, when reported at the meeting, was reimbursed. Even more interesting was an occasion that same year when the Secretary received a communication from Oasis Lodge, Prattsville, NY, requesting financial help for one of its Brothers. The hat was passed in Lodge and $2.00 was raised and sent to Oasis Lodge for its needy Brother. Up until this time, the Lodge had held meetings all summer each year, but in 1876 it was moved and carried that no Communications be held during July and August. At the annual meeting in 1876, it was reported that cash on hand had risen from $83.71 to $ at the end of the year. The Secretary reported a membership of 29, which is rather confusing, since it also had been 29 at the end of the previous year and there had been numerous degrees during the year. Up to this time, no deaths had occurred, so it must be assumed that some Brothers dimitted, although the minutes have no such notation. As an interesting sidelight, the refreshments for the evening cost $6.00 which, considering the value of a dollar in those days, must have been quite a spread. As a matter of fact, there was no allowance at all for it in the budget. Refreshments were not usually served. The Tiler of the Lodge up until this time was Bro.Alex. Moorehouse of Rising Star Lodge. Brother Moorehouse died shortly after the annual meeting in December, and an emergent Communication (the 82nd Communication) was called from which the Lodge, as a group, walked across the street to St. Johns Church, attended the Church Services, and then withdrew to the Chapel adjoining the Church, where the Masonic Funeral Service was conducted in the presence of family and friends. The membership then returned across the street to the Lodge Rooms and closed in due and ancient form. This was the first funeral conducted by Nepperhan Lodge THE FIFTH YEAR An interesting point was revealed at this point in my study of the minutes, apparently never before discovered. The second meeting in January, 1877, was not, for some reason, assigned a Communication number. The first meeting of January, 1877, was the 83rd Communication, the second meeting had no number, and the first meeting in February was made the 84th Communication. Consequently, in these modern times, the number assigned to our present Communication is one short of what it should be. The year of 1877 was not a year of much activity within the Lodge. There was no degree work at all during the year, and most meetings apparently consisted of ritual study and, at every meeting a reading from a section of the Grand Lodge Constitution by the Worshipful Master. In fact, it might be timely at this point to state that there was never a meeting, during Wor. Bro. Prime's tenure as Master, at which he did not read a section from the Constitution, a section of our By-Laws, and a passage from the Bible. Certainly the Nepperhan Brothers of that day and age must have been well acquainted with Masonic Law. The annual meeting in December, 1877 revealed that cash on hand had dwindled to $ Membership remained at 29 but, sad to relate, 28 of these Brothers were in arrears in their dues. The report of the Trustees, however, indicated that all lodges were in similar trouble these were apparently hard times throughout the country and the world THE SIXTH YEAR The 100th Communication of Nepperhan Lodge was held on February 5, 1878, more than 100 years ago from this writing. At that meeting, the By-Laws were amended to change the initiation fee from $60 to $50, in the hope that this might draw new candidates. It had some results, in that one application for membership was received at the next meeting, and an additional one at the following meeting. One of these was Albert C. Benedict, who later became a prominent doctor in Yonkers. Even at that time, he must have been well known, because at his Third Degree in May, 1878, more than fifty members and visiting brethren overflowed the Lodge Room, the largest attendance to that date in Nepperhan's history. The bill for refreshments came to $6.79. During these financially hard times, so many requests for relief were being received by all Masonic Lodges, that Nepperhan Lodge formed a joint relief committee with Rising Star Lodge, said committee consisting of the Master and the Wardens of each Lodge. In those days, it was customary for Lodges from great distances to make widespread requests for relief for its members. The Lodge minutes, at various times, show relief requests from Chicago, from Canada, from the West Indies, etc. Many requests were filled, even though our members may never have heard of the Lodge making the request, and never heard of it again. During those years, reference is made many times to a so-called "Black Book". Apparently, whenever a Lodge, for whatever the reason, expelled a member, his name was sent to all of the Lodges in the State and entered in what was known as the "Black Book". Undoubtedly, this was where the expression "black-listed" came from. Also, in 1878, there was apparently a Yellow Fever epidemic. A letter from the Grand Master requested the Lodges to hasten to the relief of any Masons or their families so afflicted. By motion, Nepperhan Lodge instructed the Secretary to send $50 to the Grand Master for this cause, the money to be replaced in the Lodge coffers by individual donations. 91

92 During the year, financial problems were still evident, and the rent of Nepperhan Lodge was reduced from $100 to $90 per annum. Membership of the Lodge at the time of the annual meeting was 29. Twenty-one Brothers were in arrears in dues for a total of $188. Bank balance at the end of 1878 was $ As a point of interest, the Master's annual report mentioned that Rising Star Lodge currently had a membership of THE SEVENTH YEAR At the first meeting of 1879, the Trustees of the Lodge were instructed to request from Rising Star Lodge a return of two months rent because of the extremely poor conditions of the Lodge Rooms. Also, the By-Laws were amended to further reduce the initiation fee to $30. Some degree work was accomplished in 1879, and at the annual meeting at the end of the year, an increase of two members was noted. Dues were still a problem, with 24 Brothers in arrears. Dues of the Secretary were remitted to him in lieu of a salary THE EIGHTH YEAR The first instance of a blackball in Nepperhan Lodge occurred in February, 1880, when a proposed candidate was rejected. On April 6, 1880, the Grand Lecturer visited Nepperhan Lodge (there were no A. G. L.'s at the time), and exemplified the Third Degree with the assistance of officers from all Lodges in the District. By the end of 1880, membership had risen to 34, of whom 19 were in arrears. Bank balance at the end of the year had risen to $ THE NINTH YEAR The minutes of the meeting of September 20, 1881, recorded the assassination of U. S. President James Garfield, a brother Mason. The work of the evening was suspended (a Third Degree), and a resolution was drawn up and adopted, expressing the grief of the Lodge at his tragic death. At the annual meeting in December, 1881, Wor. Ralph E. Prime declined to serve another year as Master (after seven years), and W. W. Wilson was elected Master for his first term. At this point, it is interesting to note that at some time during the year 1881, Wor. Ralph E. Prime became Rt. Wor. Ralph E. Prime. At no time in the minutes of that year is any mention made as to the change in his title, or of any receptions in his honor. At one point in the following year, however, the minutes reveal that he had been appointed District Deputy of our District 1882 THE TENTH YEAR In January, 1882, a new organ was installed in the Lodge Room, Nepperhan's share of which was $25. The Lodge was experiencing severe attendance problems. The Trustees report noted that average attendance per meeting was 13 in 1880, and only nine in In fact these figures included visiting brethren also. Dues in arrears at the end of 1881 amounted to $326, and the Trustees issued a plea to members to pay up arrears. Apparently, in those years, no action was taken against delinquent Brothers. In April, 1882, an organist was hired for the first time, with a salary of $2.50 per meeting plus remittance of his Lodge dues. It was at the same meeting that Rt. Wor. Ralph E. Prime was feted for his long service as Master, and the resolution covering this also noted his appointment as District Deputy Grand Master. Presumably this explains why he was unable to serve another term as Master. The 179th Communication of Nepperhan Lodge (jointly with Rising Star Lodge) was indeed a gala one. The Grand Master, together with his entire Grand line of officers, arrived for his official visit to the District, In addition to the host Lodges, delegations were present from Diamond Lodge, Courtlandt Lodge, Solomon's Lodge, Phillipstown Lodge, as well as representatives from Lodges in Rhinebeck, Brewster, Mt. Kisco, White Plains, Tuckahoe, New York City, New Jersey, and Connecticut. This seems rather amazing when we remember there were no automobiles at the time. Total attendance was 128 (every name listed in the minutes), which must have really jammed that small Lodge Room. Expenses of the evening (Nepperhan's share only) came to $ The first death of a member of Nepperhan Lodge occurred in September, 1882, with the demise of our Junior Deacon, Bro. George Carlough. The Lodge opened in emergent session in the Lodge Rooms, then assembled on the North side of the Lodge in funeral procession and proceeded to St. Johns Cemetery for the graveside ceremony, following the hearse through the streets. The Lodge Room was draped in mourning for 60 days thereafter, and the page of the minute book immediately following those minutes was left blank. He was 30 years of age. At the annual meeting on December 5, 1882, Wor. W. W. Wilson was elected for his second and last term as Worshipful Master THE ELEVENTH YEAR At the first meeting in 1883, the newly elected and appointed officers were installed. At that same meeting, a bill was presented in the amount of $100 to cover the funeral expenses of Brother Carlough. No further comment was made, so we can only assume that the Lodge was covering the entire expense of the funeral. Attendance at the Lodge was still a problem the minutes of the Communication of March 20, 1883, indicate that Rt. Wor. R. E. Prime acted as Senior Deacon, Secretary, and Chaplain for the evening. As an example of the sentimental and flowery approach typical of those times, we quote from the resolution adopted by the Lodge upon the death of the wife of the Junior Warden, and spread upon the minutes as follows: "RESOLVED, THAT THE HEARTFELT SYMPATHY OF THIS LODGE BE TENDERED TO BROTHER GEORGE WHITE IN HIS LATE AFFLICTION. OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO HIM. THE HEAVY HAND OF THE LIVING FATHER IS LAID UPON HIM, BUT WE BELIEVE THAT LOVE IS BEHIND THE CLOUD, AND THAT TIME, WHICH CLEARS ALL CLOUDS, WILL YET LEAD OUR BROTHER OUT OF THE DARKNESS OF THIS HOUR INTO THE BRIGHT LIGHT". By the middle of 1883, the Lodge was apparently in real trouble financially. A committee, consisting of the Master and two past Masters, worked up a comparison of estimated receipts and expenses which indicated there was no way the Lodge could continue on a sound financial basis without a drastic cutback in moneys paid out. It was noted there were 35 members whose dues of $6 each would bring an annual income of $210. It was also noted that, from past experience, it could be assumed that at least ten brothers would be delinquent in dues, thereby bringing annual income down to $150. Against this were estimated expenses of $259. The committee recommended that every attempt be made to cut expenses, and specifically recommended that: The services of the organist be eliminated ($47.50). The salary of the Secretary be suspended ($25). All Brothers in arrears for dues of more than one year be notified that the Lodge needs such money and that said Brothers should pay all or some part of their arrears by the next meeting, or should provide a satisfactory excuse for not doing so, under penalty of possible unaffiliation from the Lodge. 92

93 The organist, a member of the Lodge, immediately tendered his resignation from that job. Seven Brothers, who were most in arrears, were summoned to appear at the next meeting. Of these seven, two paid up in full, two offered satisfactory excuses or promises, one could not be located, and two were dropped from the rolls. At the annual meeting in December, 1883, Brother Charles Reed was elected as the fifth Brother to become Master. 1884/1885 THE TWELFTH AND THIRTEENTH YEARS For no explained reason, there were no meetings in January, 1884, and the installation of officers took place at the first meeting in February. Wor. Bro. Reed only served one term as Master. Attendance during the year only averaged seven members per meeting, and membership was listed as 36. In December, 1884, Brother Moses D. Getty was elected and installed as Worshipful Master, and served for two years THE FOURTEENTH THROUGH SEVENTEENTH YEARS The year 1886 was another year with little activity. There was no degree work, no meetings other than routine, and an average attendance of only six or seven Brothers. At the annual elections in December, 1886, Rt. Wor. R. E. Prime was returned to the Master's chair, a position he was to hold for the next five years. The Treasurer's report at that time indicated an on-hand balance of $0.63, indicating how deep the Lodge was in trouble. It was also necessary to assess members $6.00 each to pay indebtedness to Grand Lodge. Nine members were summoned to appear and pay their dues arrears, or to give reasonable explanation why they were unable to do so, under penalty of unaffiliation. Two of these Brothers actually were unaffiliated. In the latter part of 1887, one of our Brothers was brought up on charges by the Lodge for (1) desertion of his wife, (2) unlawful appropriation of funds, and (3) conduct unbecoming a man and Mason. He was expelled from all the rights and privileges of Freemasonry, and his name dropped from the rolls. At about the same time, the By-Laws were amended to set the first meetings of March, June, September, and December as "quarterly" Communications which were to be held at five o'clock in the afternoon. No reason for this was given, but it was noted that "suitable refreshment" would be provided at those meetings. It was also at this time that the office of Steward was created. The afternoon meetings were to be on the first Wednesday of the stated months. At the annual meeting in December, 1888, it was reported that Rising Star Lodge was refusing to continue to lease their Lodge Room in the Bank building to Nepperhan Lodge. Space was reported to be available (probably through our own Moses Getty) in the Getty House, free of expense. The Lodge initiation fee was reduced to $20. (It was now several years since any applications were received). In 1889, with consent of the Grand Lodge, only three Communications were held, namely, March 4th, June 13th and September 12th, all in Room 7 of the Getty House. This was probably the lowest point in the Lodge's history THE EIGHTEENTH YEAR In March, 1890, differences with Rising Star Lodge were adjusted, and it was agreed that Nepperhan Lodge would return to the Lodge Rooms in the Bank building with a guarantee of a minimum of six meetings a year. Rent would be $5 per meeting, said fee to include the services of a Tiler. Monthly meetings were resumed on the second Thursday of each month. Eight applications for membership were received, the first in many years. The Lodge was so pleased at receiving candidates that degree work was carried on through the months of July and August. In the latter part of 1890, the By-Laws were again amended, this time to set Lodge meetings as the second and fourth Thursdays of each month, starting at 8 p.m THE NINETEENTH YEAR At a meeting in February, 1891, the Master (R. E. Prime) announced receipt of a letter from the Grand Master inviting the Lodge to attend the laying of the cornerstone of the Masonic Home (then known as the Asylum) in Utica. During these years, application for initiation or affiliation continued to pour in, and virtually every meeting included degree work. The 300th Communication was held on February 12, 1891, in the Bank Lodge Rooms. An unusual situation occurred on March 12, 1891, when a special Communication (#302) was held at 6 p.m. to confer a degree. The Lodge was then closed, and opened again at 7:30 p.m. for Stated Communication #303. I am not aware as to why it was felt necessary to make two separate meetings out of it. At any rate, attendance was no longer a problem as an example, 83 members and visiting brethren attended a Third Degree in March, It should also be noted that all candidates were examined in open lodge for their proficiency, before being accepted for the degree itself. In April, 1891, the name of Leslie Sutherland was proposed for membership. This is the same Brother who later served as Master and still later became Mayor of Yonkers. His son, Robert L. Sutherland, was later also Master of Nepperhan Lodge. It is also interesting to note that during those years a ballot was taken before each degree on all candidates. At a special Communication in October, 1891, one candidate was given the First Degree, then two others were given the Second Degree. It must have been a long evening. As an indication of what a good year it was financially, the Treasurer's report at the annual meeting in December, 1891, indicated the cash on hand had risen from $178 at the beginning of the year to $922 at the end of the year, During that same year, membership went from 36 to 61, a remarkable increase which indicated five classes of five each were raised during that year. At that annual meeting, Wor. Moses Getty, who had served as Master in 1885 and 1886, was elected Master for THE TWENTIETH YEAR In 1892, the Secretary, who had received no salary during the lean years, was granted a salary of $50 per year. In fact, there seems to have been a feeling among the Brothers that candidates were being pushed through without sufficient consideration. Of the first five candidates balloted upon in 1892, four were blackballed. Minutes in late 1892 indicate that the Masonic Home in Utica was completed and dedicated on October 5, Rising Star, Nepperhan and Hope Lodge No. 244 of New York City held a joint meeting in October, and then adjourned to attend in a body the funeral of Brother James Millward, a member of Hope Lodge, and the Mayor of Yonkers. At a meeting in November, Rt. Wor. Ralph E. Prime gave a detailed account of his trip to Scotland, from where he had just returned. While there, he visited Kilwinny Lodge No. 2 of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, and was invited to inspect their minute books. He was shown the minutes of a meeting on February 1, 1787, at which the famous poet, Robert Burns, became an honorary member of that Lodge. Quoting from those particular minutes, Burns was described as being "well known as a grand poet, writer, and for a late publication of his works which have been universally recommended". 93

94 1893 THE TWENTY-FIRST YEAR Economic conditions in the country must have improved during 1892 because, out of 69 members, only 31 were delinquent in dues, and only four of these were more than one year in arrears. The annual election results placed Rt. Wor. Ralph E. Prime as Master (once again) this term representing his twelfth and last time as Master. To keep this history in perspective, it should be noted that the 350th Communication of Nepperhan Lodge was held on March 9, 1893, approximately 20 years after the founding of the Lodge. On February 20, 1894, a special summoned Communication was held to celebrate the 21st anniversary of the founding of Nepperhan Lodge No It was apparently quite a gala night, with 96 members and visiting brethren in attendance. The first Master, Wor. E. L. Seger was present, apparently being well on in years, since he had been Master of Rising Star Lodge some years prior to the formation of Nepperhan Lodge. At a meeting shortly afterwards, a new section was added to the By-Laws, providing life membership for any Brother who had been continuously a member of Nepperhan Lodge for 21 years THE TWENTY-SECOND YEAR The Lodge By-Laws were completely rewritten in 1894, although there were no startling revisions. The initiation fee was made $25, with an extra $5, called the Steward's fee, to be paid prior to taking the Third Degree. The annual dues remained at $6.00. A member was also given the privilege of paying $100, in return for which he was given life membership, regardless of his age. In this latter case, the money was turned over to the Trustees for deposit in a special fund, and the principal could never be touched, the interest being turned over to the Lodge general funds. This was the birth of the sinking fund which remained in existence for many years, and is still maintained but under different conditions. In this particular revision of the By-Laws, also, life membership was provided after 21 years, making the Brother exempt from any dues other than Grand Lodge dues. Social get-togethers were very rare other than actual Lodge Communications, but it is interesting to note that in July, 1894, Brother Lederer invited the entire Lodge for a cruise and a picnic on his steam launch. It must have been a sizeable craft. Another interesting requirement, in those early days of the Masonic Home, was the necessity, if a Lodge wished to obtain entrance to the Home of one of its Brothers, of getting agreement in writing from a second Lodge before the application was approved. At various times, Nepperhan received such requests from the Lodges in the area. In 1894, also, Nepperhan finally obtained its own set of the three Great Lights (Bible, Square and Compasses) as a gift from our own Wor. Moses Getty. It is assumed that, up until that time, we had utilized Rising Star's Great Lights. Another interesting note appeared in the minutes of 1894, whereby a New York Lodge sent a communication to Nepperhan requesting financial assistance because their Treasurer had absconded with all of the Lodge funds. The same letter was presumably sent to many Lodges. Nepperhan sent $5 to Grand Lodge, with the request that it be forwarded to the Lodge in trouble, after verification of the facts. At the end of 1894, membership had risen to 80 members. At the annual meeting Robert L. Calkins was elected Master. About this time, the minutes recorded an invitation from Solomon's Lodge to attend the public installation of its officers. This is interesting, because the writer (and many others) had assumed that installations had always been in closed lodges until a very few years ago THE TWENTY-THIRD YEAR In 1895, among other petitions for membership, was Edward A. Sutherland. Your editor of this history had the privilege of presenting Brother Sutherland with his 60 year Palm during my term as Master in Also in 1895, a communication was received from Woodbine Chapter of Eastern Star, the first reference found to O. E. S. in Nepperhan minutes. During 1895, Nepperhan received its third Grand Lodge appointment when Moses D. Getty, past Master, was made District Deputy of the Ninth District. At the annual meeting in December, 1895, Charles Hepenstal was elected and installed as Master, 1896 THE TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR During 1896, the Lodge was busy with degree work at almost every Communication. One of the Brothers initiated that year was Herbert Cutbill, who was presented his 60 year Palm in 1956 by the Master, Wor. Raymond Dykes THE TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR The Master in 1897 was E. W. Taylor. His year was mostly degree work, but there was one joint meeting with Rising Star Lodge attended by the Grand Master and his staff. Also during that year, Nepperhan assisting Rising Star Lodge in dedicating and unveiling a Masonic monument in Oakland Cemetery, and this monument still stands in the Cemetery, not far from the Ashburton Avenue entrance. The year 1897 also marked a revision to the Grand Lodge Constitution, whereby a Metropolitan District was created, consisting of Lodges in Norfolk and Suffolk Counties, New York City, and Westchester County, It was also provided that, in alternate years, the Grand Master would come from the Metropolitan District or the Upper New York District.The Deputy Grand Master would be from the other district THE TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR On June 20, 1898, Nepperhan Lodge held a 25th birthday celebration. The affair was held at Teutonia Hall on Buena Vista Avenue, later known as the Prospect House. About 200 were present, including the Grand Master and numerous present and past Grand Lodge officers. Afterthe guests enjoyed a "sumptuous" dinner, Wor. Lyman Cobb, Chairman, introduced Rt. Wor. Ralph E. Prime who related the 25 year history of Nepperhan Lodge, Other speakers followed and there was music and entertainment. Cost to the Lodge was approximately $ THE TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAR In those years leading up to 1900, collection of dues was still a problem. Several members were unaffiliated and, in some cases, dues were remitted. The minutes of January 26, 1899, disclosed that Wor. E. L. Seger, first Master of Nepperhan, was delinquent, but that his dues were remitted since he was retired and "spending his declining years at Armonk, N. Y." The year 1899 also marked the end of the use of the Yonkers Savings Bank building as a Lodge Room. At votes taken in Nepperhan Lodge, Rising Star Lodge, the Chapter and the Commandery, it was agreed to move to the Hollywood Inn. The rent for Nepperhan Lodge was to be $200 per year. The actual dedication of the new Lodge Rooms took place on June 27, 1899, and Nepperhan's first meeting there occurred on July 6,

95 1900 THE TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR In 1900, following a disastrous hurricane in Texas, all Lodges were requested, if possible, to make a donation for unfortunate victims of the storm. Nepperhan Lodge appropriated $25 for this purpose. One must assume that this was before the days when a state or locality could declare a state of emergency and obtain relief from the federal government. The 500th Communication of Nepperhan Lodge No. 736 took place on Thursday, October 11, 1900 in the Hollywood Inn Lodge Rooms, during the term of E. F. Howard as Worshipful Master. At that meeting, Rt. Wor. Ralph E. Prime, who had just returned from a trip to the Middle East, related his experiences on that journey, and described a visit to the Royal Solomon Mother Lodge of Jerusalem. In that same trip, Rt. Wor. Bro. Prime also visited England and visited a number of Lodges there. He announced that he had obtained a Perfect Ashlar which had been excavated from Zion's Well in Jerusalem, and presented same to Nepperhan Lodge. The death of Queen Victoria of England occurred that year. Among her other titles, she was also known as "Patroness of Ancient Craft Masonry in England", and a page was set aside in the minutes of Nepperhan Lodge as a memorial to her. A page was also set aside for her son and successor, King Edward VII, who at that time assumed the title "Most Worshipful Grand Master of Masonry in England" THE TWENTY-NINTH YEAR In the minutes of a September, 1901, meeting, a communication was entered from the Grand Master, noting the death, by assassination, of Brother William McKinley, President of the United States. This was the second time that a Masonic president had been assassinated. As in the case of Queen Victoria, a page of the minute book was set aside in memory of Brother McKinley. 1902/1903 THE THIRTIETH AND THIRTY-FIRST YEARS At the annual meeting in December, 1902, W. C, Prime, who had only been raised four years previously, was elected and installed as Worshipful Master. He was a son of Rt. Wor. Ralph E. Prime, and he emulated Rt. Wor. R. E. Prime, in that he held the office of Master for three terms. Other three term Masters over the years were Moses Getty, Edward J. MacSorley and George Ampagoomian. The Secretary's report, as of December, 1902, listed 117 members. This reflected little change in numbers from the previous years, largely because the Lodge had been taking decisive action in unaffiliating delinquent members, thereby offsetting the large number of new members raised during that period THE THIRTY-SECOND YEAR In February, 1904, the Grand Master visited Nepperhan Lodge. The minutes gave no particular reason for the visit, but there was a turnout of over 150 Masons. In April, 1904, notice was received that Radium Lodge in Ossining was being formed, and was presently U. D. (under dispensation). During those years, Nepperhan Lodge had no Fellowcraft Team, and would customarily ask Lodges with teams to present the Drama at Third Degrees. One such example occurred on April 28, 1904, when a team and a choir came all the way from East Orange, N. J., to put on the Drama. Fifty-three members of Nepperhan were present that night, as well as 119 visiting Brothers from New York City and Westchester, plus 46 visiting brethren from Hope Lodge of East Orange, N. J., including the Past Grand Master of New Jersey. Your editor never had the opportunity to see the Lodge Rooms in the Hollywood Inn, but the attendance of 218 must certainly have strained the capacity to the utmost. Incidentally, one of the Brothers raised that night to the Sublime Degree was Robert W. Anderson, who was later Master of the Lodge and later held the post of Secretary for many years THE THIRTY-THIRD YEAR Nepperhan Lodge had a public installation of its officers on January 5, 1905, at which time Wor. W. C. Prime was installed for his third and last term as Master. Expenses for refreshment amounted to $ Two hundred members, wives and guests were present, and heard an address by a Past Grand Master. Sylvester and Ambrose Havey, undertakers, and both members of Nepperhan Lodge, provided chairs for the occasion. In the latter part of 1905, the By-Laws were amended to set the annual dues, which had been $6 per year since the founding of the Lodge, to $6.50 per year. During 1905, it was also noted that Rt. Wor. Ralph E. Prime, who had already been District Deputy, had now received an appointment as Grand Representative of the State of Oregon. The 600th Communication of Nepperhan Lodge occurred on October 12, 1905, to honor the occasion, Rt. Wor. Moses Getty presented a United States flag to the Lodge, for display at all Communications. The annual reports at the end of 1905 showed that the Lodge was indeed prospering. During the year, 18 Brothers were raised and three were affiliated, giving a membership at the end of the year of 142 Master Masons. Net worth of the Lodge was approximately $1,700. At the annual elections, C. I. McCoy was elected Master for THE THIRTY-FOURTH YEAR At the first meeting in 1906, a reception was held for Rt. Wor. W. C. Prime, who, following in his father's footsteps, had been appointed District Deputy. Oddly enough, he had just been elected Senior Deacon of Nepperhan for that year. Fortunately, the By- Laws had recently been amended to provide for an Assistant Senior Deacon, a post filled by Robert W. Anderson, a future Secretary of Nepperhan and a future Grand Lodge officer. At the official visit of Rt. Wor. W. C. Prime to his own Lodge, he presented to the Lodge, on behalf of Brothers Mee, Soeteman, Van Suetendail and himself, a mat to be used in the Middle Chamber Lecture. It is assumed that this is still the same mat presently in the Yonkers Temple. At the meeting of April 26, 1906, mention was made of the great earthquake and fire in San Francisco, and the Lodge voted to send $100 for the relief of "distressed members of the human family". Another big night for Nepperhan Lodge occurred at the 618th Communication on October 11, The occasion was a Third Degree at which the Grand Master, Most Wor. Townsend Scudder, was present and participated in the degree before a crowded Lodge. At the same meeting, Rt. Wor. W. C. Prime, who had visited the Holy Lands during the summer months, presented to the Lodge a gavel which he had caused to be made; the base was made of limestone taken from the Royal Quarries of King Solomon, and the handle made of wood from an olive tree on the Mount of Olives. He also presented a set of working tools made from olive wood. Degree work occupied many of the meetings in 1906, and seven Brothers were raised. Six Brothers were unaffiliated, however, for non-payment of dues, leaving a membership of 150 at the end of the year. 95

96 1907 THE THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR Early in 1907, word was received that Eli Seger, the first Master of Nepperhan Lodge, was now in a home for the aged in Brooklyn, that he was destitute, and that he was in extremely poor condition, both physically and mentally. The Lodge made arrangements to pay $10 per month for his care for the remainder of his life. The year 1907 marked the beginning of Collabergh Lodge in Croton-on- Hudson. At an official visit to Nepperhan Lodge, District Deputy W. C. Prime presented gavels made of wood from Cedars of Lebanon to Collabergh Lodge, White Plains Lodge, Rising Star Lodge, and presented to Nepperhan Lodge three such gavels, together with a trowel and a stone mason's hammer. Degree work in 1907 continued heavy, with petitions coming in almost faster than they could be handled. At a meeting on May 23, 1907, five candidates were put through the First Degree; then, presumably with permission from Grand Lodge, the same five Brothers received the Second Degree. To finish off what must have been a long evening, the Lodge considered un-masonic charges against a Lodge in New York City, received two new applications for membership, and balloted individually on five candidates for initiation (one of whom was rejected), and then closed "in peace and harmony". During this year, also, possibly because of the huge influx of applications, the By-Laws were amended to set the initiation fee at $50 (it had been $30). The Secretary's annual report at the end of 1907 indicated that 21 Brothers had been raised, three affiliated, five died and one dimitted, leaving a total membership of THE THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR Peter Soeteman was elected and installed as Master for A public installation was held, as in the previous year, at which a Past Grand Master was Installing Officer, and the present Grand Marshal acted as Marshal. During 1908, the minutes reveal that Dunwoodie Lodge was officially constituted. This was the first Lodge established in Yonkers since the constitution of Nepperhan in In July, 1908, word was received of the death of Wor. Eli L. Seger, the first Master of Nepperhan Lodge. He was 84 years of age. The Lodge purchased a grave in Mt. Hope Cemetery, and Wor. Bro. Seger was buried there, with Masonic services at the graveside. At the annual meeting in December, 1908, it was reported that Wor. Bro. E. F. Howard, a Past Master of Nepperhan Lodge, had been appointed as Assistant Grand Lecturer. This was apparently a new position, because up until then, the District Deputy had been responsible for the ritual in the District, including-schools of Instruction, Robert W. Anderson, a future long-time Secretary, was elected as Master for The membership at the annual meeting also voted to raise the salary of the Secretary and the organist to $100 per year THE THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR In 1909, Nepperhan Lodge was notified by Rising Star Lodge, that Nepperhan's rent, which had been $100 per year, was being raised to $250 per year. Nepperhan had, in conjunction with Dunwoodie Lodge, been looking into the possibility of constructing a Masonic Temple, This increase in rent gave additional impetus to the project, and the Lodge voted an appropriation of $1,000 towards such construction. Late in 1909, Nepperhan Lodge was asked to consent to the forming of a new Lodge in Yonkers, to be known as Bryn Mawr Lodge. Approval was given. Also forming at the same time was Yonkheer Lodge, and seven members of Nepperhan withdrew to become members of that Lodge. Membership in Nepperhan at the end of 1909 was 162. At the annual meeting, F. M. Johnson was elected to serve as Master in THE THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR The minutes of the January 13, 1910 meeting reveal that the Masonic Temple Committee (representatives from all Yonkers Lodges) had purchased a plot of ground on "South Broadway between property owned by the Elks and the Arlington Inn" for $13,500. The "Yonkers Masonic Guild" was to be immediately incorporated. There would be 12 Trustees, one from each Lodge which contributed $250 or more, and the others to be selected by the bondholders. Nepperhan Lodge, as previously noted, had already voted to put $1,000 into the project. A Masonic Fair, sponsored by all the Yonkers Lodges, realized a profit of $3,500 to be applied to the Temple Building Fund. The minutes of 1910 also disclose that a request was received from Bryn Mawr Lodge for the Nepperhan Degree Team to enact the Drama at a Third Degree. This is the first reference found in the minutes regarding a Degree Team, so we must assume that it was originally formed about this time. Another request was received from Rising Star Lodge shortly thereafter. In our own Lodge, a Second Degree was put on by Past Masters, with the East occupied by Wor. Bro. Moses Getty, twenty-five years after he first served as Worshipful Master. A total of 16 Brothers were raised to the Sublime Degree in At the annual meeting, B. FitzGibbon was elected Master for the year THE THIRTY-NINTH YEAR The year 1911 was relatively uneventful. Outside of our own Lodge, the Degree Team presented the Drama at Dunwoodie Lodge and Westchester Lodge. One of those raised in Nepperhan was Spencer H, Anderson, who recently passed away, after 66 years as a Mason. Although living in Connecticut, he appeared in Lodge to receive both his 50 year pin and his 60 year Palm. It was the first year that the Lodge paid the expenses for the Master to travel to Utica, a practice that has been customary ever since. And it was in December that a group of Scottish Masons in Yonkers asked our consent to petition Grand Lodge to approve the formation of a new Lodge to be known as Thistle Lodge. Approval was given. Membership at the end of the year was 164, down from the previous year because the seven new members were offset by two deaths, four dimits and two unaffiliations for non-payment of dues. Cash on hand was $1, THE FORTIETH YEAR Wor. Bro. Robert W. Anderson was elected as Nepperhan's Master for 1912, his second term, since he had also been Master in At a Third Degree in February, the minutes reveal that a part in the Degree was taken by Worshipful S. MacPhail, first Master of the newly-formed Thistle Lodge (U. D.). The minutes of May 9th told how Thistle Lodge and Fernbrook Lodge had been granted their Charters at the Grand Lodge Session just concluded. The same minutes noted that the Master of Hope Lodge, East Orange, N. J. (a Lodge which frequently exchanged visits with Nepperhan) had been lost in the sinking of the Titanic. A letter of condolence was sent. Eighteen Masons were raised during the year, and two were affiliated. At the end of the year, the membership rolls totaled 181 members. George Mee (a son of F. B. Mee who was Master in 1907) was elected Master for the year

97 1913 THE FORTY-FIRST YEAR The 40th anniversary of the founding of Nepperhan Lodge took place on February 13, Entertainment was enjoyed by all present, including the Deputy Grand Master and the District Deputy. Also present were Masters from all other Yonkers Lodges and many visiting brethren. The minutes of February 27th offered an interesting note -- Thistle Lodge requested the Nepperhan Team to portray the Third Degree Drama. This was probably one of the few instances that Thistle Lodge used another degree team since, although they were only one year old, they were already forming their own Fellowcraft Team, which was to become so renowned in later years. During the year another Nepperhan Brother received the Purple, Wor. E. F. Howard, Master in 1900 and 1901, being appointed Grand Director of Ceremonies. There were 12 members raised during the year, and membership total at the end of the year was 191. Your editor got quite a smile at the total bill for refreshments for the year which came to $169.48, including $42.50 for cigars (apparently boxes of cigars were set out at each meeting). At the elections in December, John Cullen was elected as Master for the ensuing year THE FORTY-SECOND YEAR In 1914, the European countries were at war, and the Grand Master composed a Prayer for Peace, which was to be read in every Lodge. At year's end, membership had risen to 193, but six deaths and two dimits had reduced the total to 185. The annual meeting in December resulted in the election of Leslie Sutherland as Worshipful Master. Rt. Wor. Moses D. Getty acted as Installing Master, as he had so many times in the past THE FORTY-THIRD YEAR The year 1915 was relatively quiet, although seven Brothers were raised. At one of the Third Degrees, the Thistle Lodge Fellowcraft Team presented the Drama, and the minutes described the "smart Highland costumes" as they performed their precise drill. During that year, Rt. Wor. R. E. Prime, one of our Charter members, who had dimitted from Nepperhan to be one of the founders of Yonkheer Lodge, was presented with an honorary membership to Nepperhan. He was escorted into the Lodge for the presentation by his son, Rt. Wor. W. C. Prime, who, likewise had left Nepperhan to be a founding Brother of Yonkheer Lodge. At the annual meeting in December, 1915, the Secretary's report showed that membership had again dropped, this time to 180, largely because there were two dimits, four deaths, one resignation, and five unaffiliations. Refreshment bills for the year totaled $94, of which $25 was for cigars and $34 for ice cream. Ah, for those good old days!! The elections named Walter Blackburn as Master for the ensuing year THE FORTY-FOURTH YEAR Many events of interest happened to, and in, Nepperhan Lodge in Our 800th Communication occurred early in the year. Upon our request, our rent for the Hollywood Inn Lodge Rooms was reduced from $250 to $175 per annum. On September 23rd, with the Grand Master present, the cornerstone for the new Temple, on South Broadway at Guion Street, was laid. The cost of the cornerstone ceremony was $1,000 which was shared by the Lodges on a percapita basis. This came to 50 cents per member, which indicated that the seven Lodges then existing in Yonkers represented a total Yonkers membership of 2,000 Masons. In Nepperhan, six members were raised that year, one of whom was Alfred Watson, who would later serve as Master of Nepperhan, and as Mayor of Yonkers. A severe blow to all the Lodges occurred on November 20th, when the Hollywood Inn was completely destroyed by fire. Most of our Lodge's possessions were lost, including working tools, candidate's clothing, gloves, aprons and jewels. The organ was also destroyed, of which we had a 50% interest. Fortunately (for your editor), all the historical records of the Lodge, including all minute books, were saved (probably they were kept in the Secretary's home). Temporary quarters for the Lodge were obtained in the Elk's Lodge Rooms, with permission from the Grand Master. At the annual elections in December, the same slate of officers was reelected for another year THE FORTY-FIFTH YEAR During 1917, World War I was being fought, and Nepperhan Lodge voted to remit the dues of all brethren in the armed services. The Lodge also purchased $500 worth of Liberty Bonds. The big event of the year (other than the war) was the dedication and opening of the new Masonic Temple at its present location. The first meeting of Nepperhan Lodge in the new Temple occurred on September 13, The actual dedication of the Temple was on September 15, Rent of Nepperhan Lodge in the Temple was set at $400 per annum, payable quarterly. Membership at the end of 1917 was 187, and our cash on hand had shrunk to $898. At the annual elections, Palmer Hall Stilson was elected Master for THE FORTY-SIXTH YEAR The year 1918 marked the continuance of World War I, and many Brothers from Nepperhan served their country. On January 12th, Thistle Lodge, with the consent of the Grand Master, conferred all three degrees on a candidate leaving for military service. This was Brother Alex. Cunningham who, in later years, became organist for Nepperhan Lodge. During the year, our Nepperhan dues were raised to $8.00, necessitated by the higher Masonic Temple rentals. New members of the Lodge that year, among others, were Alfred Senftner and Walter M, Hausel, who later became, respectively, Lodge Historian and Lodge Treasurer. During the year, another $100 Liberty Bond was purchased, and Rt. Wor. Moses Getty presented the Lodge with a new Bible, to replace the one lost in the Hollywood Inn fire. Our Masonic District, then known as the Twelfth, was, at the session of Grand Lodge, separated into two Districts, the First and the Second Westchester-Putnam Districts. During that year, there was a severe flu epidemic, and the Lodge meetings in October were cancelled at the request of the Board of Health. At our annual meeting in December, the Secretary's report showed membership slightly lower at 178. Cash on hand was down to $739. Edward J. MacSorley was elected Master for THE FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR In 1919 Wor. Walter G. Blackburn presented five small Bibles and five sets of Squares and Compasses for candidates in degree work. Also, Rt. Wor. Moses D. Getty, in celebration of 50 years as a Mason, presented the Lodge with an American flag, to replace the one lost in the Hollywood Inn fire. During the year a petition for membership was received from Wm. F. Grimm, later to become Worshipful Master and a Grand Lodge Officer. Wor. Walter Blackburn was appointed Assistant Grand Lecturer for the First and Second Districts. Several By-Law changes were authorized, one of which raised the salary of the Secretary to $150 per year. Also 97

98 revised was the initiation fee, which became effective at the end of that year. Whether that latter provision was the reason, your editor does not know, but in the November meeting eight applications were received, topped off by a record 26 applications in December. The Secretary's annual report indicated 14 Brothers were raised during the year. Membership at the end of the year totaled 190, and the cash-on-hand was $1,382. At the elections, Wor. Edward MacSorley won another year as Master THE FORTY-EIGHTH YEAR The year 1920 was certainly a degree year. In January and February alone, no less than 28 candidates were put through the First Degree. Special Communications were the order of the day; in fact, on July 1st and July 8th ten Brothers (five on each night) received the Sublime Degree. One "of the applications for membership during the year was from Kristen Kristensen, later to become Master of the Lodge, District Deputy of the First Westchester-Putnam District, and a longtime Mayor of the City of Yonkers. The annual report of the Secretary shows that no less than 38 Brothers were raised during the year, which certainly must have set some sort of a record, at least for our Lodge. Membership at the end of the year was 222, including four Entered Apprentices and two Fellowcrafts. During the year, there were 18 regular meetings and 11 special meetings, also undoubtedly a record. Receipts during the year were $4, and disbursements were $3,955 (including $73.40 for cigars). Cash on hand at year end was $2,340. During the year one of our prominent members passed away, Rt. Wor. Ralph E. Prime, a Charter member, our first Secretary, and a faithful and devoted member, until he left to help form Yonkheer Lodge. At the annual meeting, George F. Nugent was elected Worshipful Master for As had been done several years back, a public installation was held THE FORTY-NINTH YEAR During the year, a memorial tablet to those Yonkers Masons who served in World War I was unveiled in the lobby of the Temple, and dedicated by the Grand Master. Also, during the year, our Past Master, Walter Blackburn, was honored with the Purple, being appointed as Grand Swordbearer. He was the seventh Nepperhan Brother to become a Grand Lodge Officer. He was presented his apron at our meeting of June 23, In October, our last surviving Charter member, E. Alex. Houston, passed away. The Altar was draped for 30 days in his memory. During the year, 21 new Brothers were raised, leaving the total membership at the end of the year at 235 members. Cash on hand had now risen to $3, At the annual meeting, John R. Bray was elected Master for THE FIFTIETH YEAR The public installation of officers was again held in January, 1922, and, it also being our 900th Communication, special entertainment was enjoyed. The minutes note that the rent for the Masonic Temple was changed from a flat $400 per year to a percapita tax of $1.40 per member plus $10 for each initiate. During the year, a delegation of 25 Nepperhan Brothers travelled to Utica for the dedication of the new Soldiers and Sailors Hospital at the Masonic Home. It was reportedly the largest gathering of Masons from all over the state ever recorded for a single event. During the year, 23 Brothers were raised to the Sublime Degree, bringing the membership at year end to 242 Brothers, of whom 40 were Life Members. Cash on hand was $3,779. Alfred Watson, later to be Mayor of Yonkers, was elected to serve as Master in Kris Kristensen, also to serve as Mayor of Yonkers, was elected Junior Warden THE FIFTY-FIRST YEAR During 1923, the Fiftieth anniversary of Nepperhan Lodge was celebrated at a gala affair including music, speeches and dancing. The Grand Master and many visiting dignitaries were present. Because of the rapidly increasing membership, with its attendant duties, the Secretary's salary was raised to $200 per year. In June, it was announced that Wor. Walter Blackburn was again being honored with the appointment as District Deputy of the District. The Lodge gave its approval to a request for the formation of a new Lodge to be known as Van Cortlandt Lodge. At the end of the year, the membership had reached 262 Brothers. Eighteen were raised during the year, and the cash on hand rose to $5,536. The annual meeting resulted in the election of Alfred Senftner as Master for THE FIFTY-SECOND YEAR In the early part of 1924, the minutes reveal that the cornerstone for a new Temple to be built in Dobbs Ferry by Diamond Lodge was laid on February 22nd. Also, a petition was received requesting our approval for the formation of a new Lodge in Yonkers, to be known as Hawthorne Lodge. Approval was given. The big event of the year was the homecoming of Rt. Wor. Walter Blackburn, District Deputy Grand Master. Fourteen past District Deputies of this District were present, and 18 present District Deputies, colleagues of our Brother from the Metropolitan District were also there. There were also delegations from all lodges in the District. Twenty Brothers were raised during the year and membership at the end of 1924 was 270 Brothers. Kris Kristensen was elected to serve as Master in Wm. Grimm, later to receive a Grand Lodge appointment, was elected Junior Warden THE FIFTY-THIRD YEAR The year 1925 was once again heavy with degree work. There were 16 nights of degree conferral, including a Third Degree conferred by the Masters of the First Westchester-Putnam District. Twenty-five members were raised during the year, and the total membership at the end of the year was an even 300. The Lodge authorized the expenditure of $1,150 for the purchase of uniforms for our Degree Team, the same outfits in the possession of the Lodge at the time of this writing. Also during the year, one of our Brothers contracted Tuberculosis and the Lodge donated a total of $859 for his relief. At the annual meeting, Wm. Schwartz was elected Master for THE FIFTY-FOURTH YEAR Again, degree work occupied much of the time of the Lodge in Fifteen meeting nights were engaged in one of the degrees. Also, during the year, the Grand Master announced the appointment of Henry Meacham as the Grand Lecturer. Rt. Wor. Bro. Meecham became the author of many books on Masonry, and is best remembered for his book on Masonic Etiquette. Also, during the year, the Lodge subscribed to the "Masonic Outlook", predecessor to the "Empire State Mason", for all of its members. In November, a banquet and dance, sponsored by the Lodge, was held at the Elk's Club. At the annual elections in December, Wm. F. Grimm was elected Master for Installation took place the same evening. Nineteen Brothers were raised in 1926, and the membership at the end of the year stood at 306. As an interesting note, $42.45 was spent on cigars during the year. 98

99 1927 THE FIFTY-FIFTH YEAR The year 1927 brought several happenings worthy of notice. A severe flood in the Mississippi valley and a disastrous hurricane in Florida both brought donations from Nepperhan Lodge. In March, the De Molay Chapter was welcomed into the Lodge and performed one of their degrees. The big event of the year occurred on June 9, 1927, when Nepperhan celebrated its 1000th Communication. From our own Lodge, 225 members were present, probably the largest gathering of Nepperhan Brothers which ever happened. Distinguished Nepperhan Brothers in attendance Included Rt. Wor. Moses D. Getty, celebrating 58 years as a Mason, and our other two living Right Worshipfuls, E. F. Howard and Walter G. Blackburn. All 21 living Past Masters were present, including the Master from 1885, 1892, 1897 to 1901, and every Master from 1908 to Entertainment and refreshments were enjoyed. Also in 1927, the By-Laws were amended to change the dues from $8 to $12. Among the membership applications received were those, from Albert Cooper and Sidney White, both of whom received their 50 year service awards this year (1978). At the annual election, John Magill was elected Master for During the year, 15 Brothers were were raised, and the total membership advanced to 319. Current assets at the end of the year were $5, THE FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR The year 1928 was an eventful year. Two Grand Lodge appointments were received, one for Kris Kristensen as D. D. and one for E. J. MacSorley as Grand Representative to Montana. During the year an elevator was installed in the Yonkers Masonic Temple, at cost of $7,293, a welcome addition to those who had to climb to the upper floors. A very sad event was the death of Rt. Wor. Moses D. Getty who, for so many years, had been "Mr. Nepperhan Lodge". He was the senior Past Master, having served the Lodge as Master in 1885, 1886, and He was 60 years a Mason, 55 years of which was as a member of Nepperhan. He was District Deputy in 1897, and was 84 years of age at the time of his death. Masonic services were held in the Masonic Temple and there was a great outpouring of Brothers from all over the District. The annual meeting disclosed a year-end total membership of 321. Cash on hand was now $9,121. Wm. Poole was elected Master for THE FIFTY-SEVENTH YEAR In 1929, another amendment to By-Laws was noted, whereby a paid-up Brother, upon payment of $200, could obtain life membership and pay no further dues other than Grand Lodge dues and assessments. The Secretary's salary was raised, setting it at an annual stipend of $1 per member. During the year, a big event was the homecoming of our District Deputy, Rt. Wor. Kristen Kristensen. Every Master of every Lodge in the District was present, plus ten Metropolitan District Deputies, 77 Past Masters from the District, and a large group of sideliners. The minutes also reveal the formation of Hastings Lodge that year. Other big events were a dinner dance at the Abbey Inn, and a visit from Hawthorne Lodge including their Master, Wor. Leslie Sutherland, (a Past Master of Nepperhan), and 75 Brothers. At the annual meeting, Harold Rose was elected Master for Membership at the end of 1929 totaled 329 Brothers, the highest ever reached. Cash balance as of December 31, 1929, was $7, THE FIFTY-EIGHTH YEAR The year 1930 was a relatively quiet year, perhaps because the beginning of the Great Depression of the 30's caused many organizations to cut back on many of their plans. A sad event was the death of another of our old-time Past Masters, Wor. J. A. Hauser, who was raised in 1895 and was Master in The Fellowcraft Team was quite active during the year, performing for several other Lodges as well as our own. Only five Brothers were raised during the year and, for the first time in many years, our membership dropped slightly, standing at 327 at year end. Our bank balance showed $7,775 cash on hand. At the annual election, James Campbell was elected as Master for THE FIFTY-NINTH YEAR The year 1931 was another uneventful year, with only three Brothers being raised. With nine deaths and nine unaffiliations for nonpayment of dues, the membership dropped back to 310 Brothers. Two of the deaths were two of our senior Past Masters, Worshipfuls E. W. Taylor and Philip Fitz, Masters in 1897 and 1898 respectively. Raymond Case and James Thomson were elected as Master and Senior Warden, respectively, for the year THE SIXTIETH YEAR The year 1932 got off to a bad start with the death of our newly elected Junior Warden, Jason James. The Lodge paid all hospital and funeral expenses. On a happier note, the Lodge members attended the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the founding of Thistle Lodge, and were welcomed by Thistle's Master, Wor. Peter Barr. Unemployment was becoming an increasing problem in those depression years, and the Lodge voted to donate $30 to the unemployment committee of the First Westchester-Putnam District Association. During the year, a rather unusual event occurred when the Lodge opened on the Third Degree, then went from labor to refreshment, travelled to the Upper Lodge Room, entered Hawthorne Lodge as a delegation to welcome the District Deputy, then moved downstairs again, resumed labor and conferred the Fellowcraft Degree on Brothers in waiting. At the annual elections in December, James Thomson was elected as Master for During the year 1932, our membership dropped to 303, largely due to deaths and unaffiliations THE SIXTY-FIRST YEAR The depression continued to hold a rein on Lodge activities during Only two new Brothers were raised, while ten died, two dimitted, and 32 were unaffiliated for non-payment of dues. Our membership dropped to 261, the lowest it had been since During the year, the By-Laws were amended to reduce the annual dues from $12 to $10. It was also decided to present new members with a Monitor, rather than with a Master Mason certificate as formerly. On February 29th (Leap Year Day), the 1100th Communication of the Lodge was noted. Among the ten deaths were the passing of our 1931 Master, Wor. James Campbell, and the Senior Warden, Bro. Henry Martin Baird. Brother Baird had previously been Treasurer of the Lodge, and was slated to become Master in The Ceremony of Investiture for all newly elected Masters of the First Westchester-Putnam District was held for the first time in December, Leon E. Botting, who would later serve as Secretary for many years, was elected Worshipful Master for

100 1934 THE SIXTY-SECOND YEAR Again in 1934 there was little degree work, only one Brother being raised during the year. The Grand Lodge per-capita tax was raised from $1 to $3, bringing problems to Lodges already beset with such. The Master, Leon Botting, did his best to provide an interesting year, with "Past Master Night", "Roll Call Night", and "Life Members Night". The latter night was a huge success, with a turnout of 24 Life Members, one of whom was Rt. Wor. E. F. Howard, Senior Past Master (1900). Three of the Brothers dated back to the Class of 1891, and eight others were raised prior to We lost another faithful Brother when Rt. Wor. Walter Blackburn passed away. The annual reports at the end of 1934 showed our membership had dropped to 256. Cash on hand was $9,300. John Hensey was elected Master for the year At the annual meeting, all three of our Rt. Worshipfuls and 13 Past Masters were present THE SIXTY-THIRD YEAR In 1935, the Lodge continued to suffer from falling membership and poor attendance. For the second straight year we only raised one candidate to the Sublime Degree and our membership fell to 249. Our financial status remained healthy, however, with cash on hand amounting to $9,800. Many social events were held, including card parties, outings, and Ladies' Nights. The big event of the year was a dinner dance held at Murray's Parkway Casino, at which 172 were present, including 60 of our ladies. At the annual meeting in December, Henry Storms was elected Master for THE SIXTY-FOURTH YEAR In 1936, membership continued to decline, but there were a number of pleasant, interesting nights. At a meeting in January, we received a visit from Brother Frank Ellis, a member of Nepperhan, who had been a resident of the Masonic Home in Utica for several years. He gave an interesting talk on life at the Home. The By-Laws were amended during the year to decrease the initiation fee from $100 to $75. At another meeting, at refreshment, the members were instructed in the "new" game of Bingo. Two more Past Masters died during the year, Wor. John Magill (1928) and Wor. John M. Cullen (1914). A happy note, however, was recorded with the appointment of our longtime Secretary, R. W. Anderson, as Grand Steward, the ninth Nepperhan Brother to wear the Purple. Present at his reception were Rt. Wor. E. F. Howard, our senior Past Master (1900), eight Past District Deputies from the District, delegations from many Lodges, and 16 of our own Past Masters. Rt. Wor. Bro. Anderson was well-known and popular throughout the District and Metropolitan area. Membership at the end of the year was 234. At the annual election, George F. W. Grimm was elected Master for THE SIXTY-FIFTH YEAR During 1937 our own Rt. Wor. E. J. MacSorley served as President of the District Association. The Secretary's salary, which had been based on $1.00 per member, was fixed at $300 per year. On March 11th, rededication ceremonies were held, celebrating the 200th anniversary of Grand Lodge founding. The District Deputy and many distinguished visitors were present, and all joined in repeating the Obligations of the Three Degrees, followed by lectures from our Right Worshipfuls on the meaning of those Obligations. Hymns were sung by the assemblage, and it must have been an inspiring evening. Later in the year, the Past Masters conferred a First Degree, with the East occupied by Wor. F. M. Johnson, who had been Master back in In honor to our ladies, a dinner dance was held at the Colonial Manor on Tuckahoe Road. The minutes sadly record the death of our senior Past Master, Rt. Wor. E. F. Howard, who had been Master in 1900 and During the year, we raised seven new members, but this was offset by nine deaths, two dimits, and six unaffiliations, leaving our membership at the end of the year at 224. At the annual meeting, James Case was elected Master for At the time of this writing, he is the senior living Past Master of Nepperhan THE SIXTY-SIXTH YEAR There were no candidates or no degree work in 1938, although our Degree Team continued presenting the Drama at other Lodges in and out of the District. On April 7th, a delegation from Nepperhan attended the dedication of the new Phillipstown Lodge Masonic Temple. Another big night was Constitution Night, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the adoption of the U. S. Constitution. A curious point of interest was found in our minutes whereby the Grand Master requested all Lodges in the First Westchester- Putnam District to vote whether they wished to divide into two districts, one constituting the Lodges in Yonkers, and the other constituting Lodges elsewhere in the District than Yonkers. Nepperhan voted unanimously to retain the existing District, and it must be assumed that the other Lodges did the same, since we are still one District at the time of this writing. The minutes disclosed no reason for the request. Our 1200th Communication was noted by a reading of Nepperhan's history by Wor. Alfred Senftner, Lodge Historian. During the year, we also reached the 65th anniversary of our founding, and quite a celebration was observed. There were 84 members of Nepperhan present, including 17 of our Past Masters. Principal speaker was Most Wor. John Dutton, Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge. Membership at the end of the year had dropped to 219. At the annual elections, Sidney White was elected Master. Wor. Bro. White has just received his 50 year pin this year (1978) THE SIXTY-SEVENTH YEAR The year 1939 was a relatively inactive year within the Lodge, but with many related activities to keep the members busy. Our Degree Team performed the second section of the Third Degree several times for Lodges in the Second District. Our bowling team won the Anderson Cup, emblematic of the championship of the Yonkers Masonic Lodges. We lost another Past Master during the year with the passing of Wor. Benjamin FitzGibbon, Master in Our Junior Warden, Arthur Thalacker, was appointed Police Chief of Burlington, Vermont. His chair was filled for the balance of the year by Bro. Walter Hausel. On April 20th, there was a testimonial dinner to Wor. Leslie Sutherland. May 11th was declared Masonic Home Night, and the various chairs were filled by the present Masters from each of the Yonkers Masonic Lodges. The Grand Chaplain was the principal speaker. There were no new members raised during the year, and the membership at the end of the year was down to 211 Brothers. At the annual election, Paul L. Bleakley was elected Master for The Senior Warden was Walter Hausel, who would later become our Treasurer for many years THE SIXTY-EIGHTH YEAR In the early part of 1940, we received the first petition for membership in nearly three years. The petitioner was Raymond Sarmast who, at the time of this writing, was still an active member and, at 87 years of age, probably our oldest living member. On March 100

101 14th, we were honored by the presence of Most Wor. Charles Johnson, Past Grand Master and, at the time, Grand Secretary. He gave an interesting talk to the members and visiting Brothers. At another meeting, Wor. Franklin Wheat, Assistant Grand Lecturer, gave a talk on Masonic Etiquette. A Nepperhan delegation attended the 30th anniversary of Bryn Mawr Lodge, at which Grand Master Henry Turner was the principal speaker. To cap off an interesting year, the Master had a Past Masters' Night, at which 18 of our 22 living Past Masters were present. Membership at the end of the year was 204, with a bank balance of nearly $10,000. At the annual elections, Walter Hausel was elected Master for THE SIXTY-NINTH YEAR The year 1941 started off with a testimonial dinner for Rt. Wor. Kristen Kristensen on January 29th, the occasion being the naming of our distinguished Brother as Outstanding Citizen of Yonkers for The dinner was sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, and was held at the Hudson River Country Club. On February 28th, we sent a large delegation to Gorton High School, where Most Wor. Henry Turner, Grand Master, held an area meeting. On June 12th, a large Nepperhan delegation travelled to Cold Spring to attend the 90th anniversary celebration of Phillipstown Lodge. The Grand Master was also in attendance at that affair. The District Deputy, Rt. Wor, Bro. Cornell, upon completion of his year, presented Nepperhan Lodge with a set of Bible markers for having the largest attendance at his visitations. The By-Laws were amended during the year, decreasing the initiation fee from $75 to $60. The father of Wor. Walter Hausel, our Master, donated an Altar cloth to the Lodge. We also had a visit from Rt. Wor. Richard Rowlands, Junior Grand Warden, who was soon to become Grand Master, and who would be elected an honorary member of Nepperhan Lodge. In the fall of the year, Nepperhan delegations attended Bryn Mawr Lodge for the reception to the new District Deputy, Rt. Wor. Alan MacDougal, and to Thistle Lodge for the presentation to Rt. Wor. David Inverarity, newly appointed Grand Steward. The final big event of the year was presentation of the 50 year Service Award to our Brothers Clark Sloan and George Peene. Membership at the year end was 205. Both Wardens found it impossible to remain in the line, so Rt. Wor. Edward J. MacSorley was elected to serve again as Master for the year THE SEVENTIETH YEAR The year 1942 was the first full year we were involved in World War II, and the effects were felt in Nepperhan Lodge in many ways. The Lodge purchased $1,000 worth of Defense Bonds. Attendance was spotty, largely because many of our Brothers were either in the Armed Services, or busy at defense work. Leon Botting was elected Worthy Patron of Woodbine Chapter, O. E. S. Theodore Wicht, our Tiler for many years, received his 50 year Service Pin from Rising Star Lodge. Our Lodge was saddened by the loss of two more Past Masters, Wor. F. M. Johnson, Master in 1910, and Wor. Palmer Hall Shilson, Master in Our Treasurer, Bro. Robert Light, resigned in mid-year, replaced by Wor. Walter M. Hausel. On October 30th, a joint meeting was held with the other Yonkers Lodges in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Masonic Home in Utica. Guest speaker was Rt. Wor. Charles Foressel, soon to become Grand Master and, at the time of this writing, the senior Past Grand Master. In November, Wor. Leslie Sutherland was presented with his 50 year pin in the presence of many Masonic dignitaries from all over the District. At the annual elections, once again both of our Wardens declined further office, and Wor. Leon Botting once again was elected to the Master's chair. Membership rolls still decreased because, although we raised five Brothers, we lost eight through deaths and one throughunaffiliation, leaving a total at the end of 1942 of 201 Brothers THE SEVENTY-FIRST YEAR In 1943 we had several nights of degree work, but otherwise not much activity. Social activity was also greatly curtailed, undoubtedly because of war conditions. The Lodge, in a very thoughtful gesture, remitted the dues of the five Brothers in the Armed Forces at that time. Membership at the end of the year amounted to 205. Once again, at the annual elections, a Past Master was called back to duty as Wor. Alfred Watson was elected Master for Seventeen Past Masters were present at the annual meeting THE SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR During 1944, the Lodge registered its 1300th Communication on March 9th. The death was reported of Brother George Peene, 52 years a member of Nepperhan Lodge. It was reported that, for the third year in a row, Nepperhan had exceeded its War Chest Quota. At a meeting of September 14, 1944, only five members were present, plus organist William Heyney, because of a terrible hurricane that day, which many readers of this history may recall. In any case, the meeting went ahead with its regular business even though the organist, Bro. Heyney, had to act as Tiler. During the year, Bro. John Forsyth received his 50 year Service Award. Also, all the Yonkers Lodges combined to have a Masonic Night at St. John's Episcopal Church, in honor of the Church's 250th anniversary. A flag was presented to the Church by the combined Lodges. Lodge membership at the end of the year was down to 201. At the annual meeting in December, Nicholas Milton was elected to serve as Master in THE SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR In 1945, degree work picked up once again, with eight Brothers raised to the Sublime Degree, and several others in waiting. At the Communication of April 12th, the Lodge was notified of the death of Rt. Wor. Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, on that very afternoon. The Lodge was raised in silent prayer. During the year, Fifty Year Service Medals were awarded to Brothers George Curran and Edward Sutherland. Brother Sutherland also lived to receive his 60 year Palm from your editor, who was Master in A note of sadness occurred when word was received of the death of Wor. Leslie Sutherland, who passed away on June 6, 1945 in North Carolina. He was a former Mayor of Yonkers, and was Master of Nepperhan in He was a member of the Lodge for 53 years. On November 1st, our Brothers and their wives and other guests enjoyed dining and dancing at the Rock House. Lodge membership during the year went back up to 204, and our cash on hand was slightly better than $8,000. At the annual meeting, Wm. M. Kent, Jr., was elected Master for Wor. Robert Anderson retired from the office of Secretary after more than 20 years, and Wor. Leon Botting was elected to replace him THE SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR The year 1946 registered a first for Nepperhan Lodge when our Senior Deacon, Albert Schweizer, conferred the Entered Apprentice Degree upon candidates in waiting. It was the first time in the history of our Lodge that any Brother below the rank of Junior Warden had conferred a Degree. 101

102 According to the minutes, Brother Schweizer did an excellent job. One of the candidates that evening was Charles Zirkler, who later moved to New Jersey, took a dual membership in a Lodge there, became Master of that Lodge, and later became District Deputy Grand Master of that District. He still retains membership in Nepperhan Lodge. His brother, William G. Zirkler, joined Nepperhan a few months after his brother, went on to become Nepperhan's Master, and later became District Deputy of the First Westchester- Putnam District. It is one of the few instances where two blood brothers both became District Deputies. Another example of this, of course, is thebarton brothers from Collabergh Lodge. A Ladies' Night was enjoyed on December 6th at the Fanshaw Restaurant with dining, dancing and entertainment. During the year, Herbert Cutbill was presented with his 50 year pin, and was to live long enough to get his 60 year Palm in In fact, Brother Cutbill went on to establish an all-time record in Nepperhan Lodge, having reached 69 years as a member of Nepperhan before his death in Although ten Brothers were raised during the year, the membership total only rose to 205, due to deaths and unaffiliations. At the annual elections, Charles McConnell was elected Master for THE SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR Degree work was again the order of business in In fact, early in the year, by special permission from Grand Lodge, seven Brothers were raised in one night. A rather sad event occurred in February; the death of our Past Master (1929), Wor. William Poole, was announced the same day that a notification came from Grand Lodge that he had been appointed a Grand Representative. His Masonic funeral service took place in the Masonic Temple. During the year our Fellowcraft Degree Team was reorganized after several years of inactivity. Another 50 year Service Award came to Nepperhan, this time to Brother George Allen. Presentation was by the newly appointed District Deputy, Rt. Wor. Eysten L. Anderson. Later in the year, Wor. Bill Kent was appointed District Service Representative. And another Grand Lodge appointment came our way, that of Wor. Wm. F. Grimm to become a Grand Representative, filling the opening left by the death of Rt. Wor. Bro. Poole. Our three other living Right Worshipfuls, Kris Kristensen, E. J. MacSorley, and R. W. Anderson were present at his reception. The By-Laws were amended, effective January 1, 1948, to change the initiation fee from $60 to $85, and the dues from $10 to $12 per year. Life membership was also changed so that life members created thereafter would pay half dues instead of only Grand Lodge dues. Due to raising 15 Brothers during the year, our membership rose to 216. At the annual elections, Frank Morrisey was elected Master for THE SEVENTY-SIXTH YEAR The year 1948 started off in a sad way with the deaths of Rt. Wor. Edward J. MacSorley and Bro. John Forsyth, a member of Nepperhan for 54 years. Rt. Wor. MacSorley had been an outstanding, faithful and hard working Brother of Nepperhan Lodge and, indeed, of the entire Masonic fraternity. His presence was sorely missed for some time. However, the mood of the Lodge turned to joyous with the celebration of our 75th anniversary. It was a glad occasion with the guest speaker the Senior Grand Warden of Grand Lodge, Rt. Wor. Richard Rowlands. The District Deputy, Rt. Wor. Eysten Anderson was also a speaker, as were our own Wor. Harold Rose and Rt. Wor. William F. Grimm. During the year a delegation from Nepperhan also attended the 40th anniversary of Dunwoodie Lodge. Another big night was when Bro. Joe Holland received his 50 year Service Award, escorted into Lodge by Bro. George Allen, who had first proposed Bro. Holland as a member 50 years previously. On December 3, a festive Ladies' Night was held at Mayer's Parkway Rest, with dining and dancing enjoyed by all. The year 1948 was also the year when your perspiring editor, Rt. Wor. F. D. Maxwell, and the current Lodge Treasurer, Wor. Burton Bourne, were raised to the Sublime Degree. Membership at the end of the year totaled 225 and, at the annual election, Albert Schweizer was elected Master for THE SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR The year 1949 was a busy year for degree work, with 16 Brothers being raised to the Sublime Degree. Among other candidates was the late Charles Anderson who, for many years in Nepperhan, was famous for his "once around the ring" rendition of the questions and answers pertaining to the Perambulation of the First Degree. During the year, we visited Van Cortlandt Lodge on the occasion of their 25th anniversary. We also noted our own 1400th Communication on September 22nd. There was a most enjoyable Ladies' Night on November 18th, when we again brought our ladies for dining and dancing at Mayer's. It was the year that our own Rt. Wor. Kris Kristensen was elected as Mayor of Yonkers. It was also, sad to say, the year that marked the death of Rt. Wor, Robert Anderson, who, like Rt. Wor. Bro. MacSorley, had been the backbone of Nepperhan for so many years. He served as Secretary of Nepperhan Lodge from 1920 to 1945 and seldom missed a meeting during those years. Our membership total at the end of the year remained at 225. At the annual election, Robert L. Sutherland, a son of Wor. Leslie Sutherland, Master in 1915, was elected as Master for THE SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR In 1950, there were several events which contributed to making this an interesting year. Our Brother John T. Windell received his 50 year Service Award, an occasion so few of us enjoy personally. Your editor was present that evening (serving as Chaplain), and it was an immense thrill to watch Brother Windell enter the Lodge, escorted by two other previous recipients of the 50 year medal, Brothers Herb Cutbill and Joe Holland. Over 150 years of Masonry was represented in those three Brothers. During the year, a delegation of 20 Nepperhan Brothers visited Kings County Lodge in Brooklyn, an annual exchange of visits at that time. Another ceremonious night was enjoyed when the Grand Master, Most Wor. Richard Rowlands, visited our Lodge and was made an honorary member. It was a "standing room only" night with Masonic dignitaries from all over joining in the ceremonies. Still another big night occurred on November 9th, when the Lodge had a "Harold Rose" night in honor of this hard-working Brother, a Past Master (1930), who had done so much over the years for Nepperhan Lodge, Socially, we enjoyed a night out with our ladies at the annual Ladies' Night on November 17th at Mayer's Restaurant. At the end of the year our membership stood at 223, and our net worth was slightly over $7,000. At the annual meeting in December, Francis R. Noffko was elected to serve as Master in THE SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR During 1951, there was not much activity degree-wise, with four Brothers being raised to the Sublime Degree. Our Degree Team was revived (again), and performed for Rising Star Lodge as well as our own Lodge. We also sent a large delegation and a huge birthday cake to Rising Star's 125th anniversary meeting, A 60 year Palm was presented, in absentia, to Brother Clark Sloan, who was too ill to attend. The big event of the year was on September 27th, when Rt. Wor. Walter Hausel received his apron and jewel, emblematic of his appointment as Grand Steward of the Grand Lodge. A tremendous gathering paid honor to our distinguished Brother, including District Deputy Adolph Jutkowitz and 23 Grand Lodge officers. In November, our Fellow-craft Club also sponsored a testimonial dinner to Rt. Wor. Bro. Hausel. Membership at the end of the year totaled 223. At the annual meeting, Michael 102

103 Cholowsky was elected to serve as Master in As an interesting bit of trivia, 1951 marked the first year that beer could be served in the Temple refreshment halls THE EIGHTIETH YEAR The year 1952 was a quiet year for Nepperhan, only four Brothers were raised to the Sublime Degree and they all took that Degree the same night. Three sad events headlined the year; the first was the death of our Historian, Wor. Alfred Senftner, Master of Nepperhan in He seldom missed a Lodge meeting, unless sick, and the many talks he gave on the history of Nepperhan Lodge were extremely interesting. Unfortunately, your editor was unable to locate copies of his many reports, which would have enhanced this present writing immensely. Also, during the year, Grand Lodge reported the passing of Rt. Worshipful George Barnewall, Deputy Grand Master who, in a few short months was slated to be elected Grand Master. And, near the end of the year, the Great Architect summoned another Past Master of Nepperhan, Wor. William Kent, Jr. Wor. Bro. Kent had, for several years, acted as District Service Representative, and he always placed himself at the disposal of all Lodges and Masons in the District. Your editor remembers him as a very serious, dedicated Mason. Effective the end of 1952, the dues were raised to $15 per year. Qualifications for life membership were raised from 21 years to 30 years of continuous service. Membership was again down, being 220 at the end of the year. At the elections in December, Raymond Bell was elected as Master for Wm. G. Zirkler became Senior Warden, and F. Donald Maxwell, your editor, was elected Junior Warden THE EIGHTY-FIRST YEAR In 1953, the Lodge had a variety of activities. Brother Wilfred Fuller received his 50 year pin on the same evening that the Lodge celebrated its 80th birthday. Also present that night were two other 50 year Brothers, George Allen and Herbert Cut-bill. That year there were nine Brothers raised, including Bernard Marion, who received the Dedicated Service Award from Grand Lodge this year (1978) and who is serving as Lodge Chaplain in this, our final year. Another Brother raised was Sandy Tepper, who owned a tavern in Larkin Plaza. Many are the Nepperhan Brothers who learned their Masonic ritual in the privacy of Sandy's basement, and your editor, who delivered the Middle Chamber Lecture in Lodge on five separate occasions, learned and practiced most of it in that same basement. Also, more than one Fellowcraft Dinner was held in the dining room of that tavern. At one Third Degree, the Mayor of Yonkers, our own Rt. Wor. Kristen Kristensen, took the part of King Solomon, and your editor worked with him as Hiram, King of Tyre. The Lodge made its annual visit to Kings County Lodge and, on another occasion, the young men of DeMolay portrayed one of their Degrees in our Lodge. On April 23rd, at a Second Degree, all chairs were filled by employees of Otis Elevator Company. Richard (Bud) Flower was one of the Brothers entering the Lodge that year, and your editor had the pleasure of occupying the East during his Entered Apprentice Degree. The Lodge was saddened by the death of Bro. Clark Sloan, 62 years a member of Nepperhan Lodge. Needless to say, he was the oldest member of the Lodge at that time, both in years of service and in age. Membership at the end of the year had risen to 228. At the annual election, Wm. G. Zirkler was elected as Master for 1954, and the editor-to-be of this history was elected Senior Warden. Raymond Dykes became Junior Warden THE EIGHTY-SECOND YEAR In 1954, the District Deputy, Rt. Wor. Douglas Rolfe, initiated the idea of a Traveling Gavel for the District. It was a different concept than the one currently in practice to the extent that the idea was to keep the gavel moving as quickly and as often as possible. The Lodge which had it in its possession was supposed to travel to another Lodge, confer a Degree (or simply pay a visit), and leave the gavel for the second Lodge to get rid of it. Since Nepperhan was the first official D. D. visit in 1954, they were given the gavel by Rt. Wor. Bro. Rolfe. Within a short while, we arranged to do the first section of the First Degree in Courtland Lodge in Peekskill and, upon completion, left the gavel with them. Our own records do not show what happened to it from that time on. During the year, we also sent a delegation to Thistle Lodge to help honor Rt. Wor. Bro. Roy MacMurchy on the occasion of his completion of 25 years as Lodge Chaplain. At the time of this writing, 1978, Rt. Wor. MacMurchy was still going strong as Chaplain. Socially, our Fellowcraft Club enjoyed a bock beer party at Sandy's Tavern. Late in the year, Brother Fred Hubbell, a life member who, with his wife, had resided at the Masonic Home in Utica for several years, passed away. He was a member of Nepperhan Lodge for 49 years. During the year, 13 Brothers received the Sublime Degree, and our membership at year end totaled 230. At the elections in December, your ever-so-wordy historian, F. Donald Maxwell, was elected Master for Raymond Dykes became Senior Warden and James O. H. Carroll was elected Junior Warden THE EIGHTY-THIRD YEAR The year 1955 was a busy year for Nepperhan, both in and out of our Lodge Room. In March, we celebrated our 1500th Communication with a Roll Call Night. There were present 83 Nepperhan Brothers, including 18 life members and four 50 year medalists. The Master gave a brief history of the Lodge (see, I was doing it even then), and read a poem he had composed for the occasion. In April, we had the presentation of a 60 year Palm to Bro. Edward Sutherland. To make the evening more interesting, your Master had requested several of his 1955 Master colleagues to bring some of their own 50 year medalists, and a total of ten were welcomed by the Master. Including the guest of honor, those 11 Brothers represented close to 600 years of Masonry, a rather startling figure. Another Brother, George Curran, was supposed to receive a 60 year Palm but was unable to be present. It was presented to him at his home. The Lodge was grieved to learn of the death of Bro. George Allan, 58 years a member of Nepperhan Lodge, and an active member for most of those years. Our only honorary member, Most Wor. Richard Rowlands, Past Grand Master, also died during the year. Our Treasurer, Rt. Wor. Walter M. Hausel, decided to retire and move to his home upstate. A farewell party was held for him. Wor. Wm. G. Zirkler was elected to fill his unexpired term. Our Line Officers travelled upstairs and conferred the first section of the Fellowcraft Degree at Hawthorne Lodge. Also, during the year, your Master joined with the other 1955 Masters in putting on degrees in White Plains and in Dunwoodie Lodge. A supper dance at the Amackassin Club was enjoyed by the members and their ladies. Membership went down to 229 Brothers at the end of the year. At the annual meeting in December, Raymond Dykes was elected Worshipful Master for James Carroll was made Senior Warden. Edward J. Goldner was elected Junior Warden THE EIGHTY-FOURTH YEAR Early in the year 1956, our organist, Bro. Alex, Cunningham passed away. He was a member of Thistle Lodge, and was a frequent vocal soloist as well as playing the organ. Only four new Brothers were raised during the year, one of whom was Anton Andree, who went on to become Nepperhan's Master in 1962, became Lodge Secretary upon the death of Rt. Wor. Bro. Leon Botting, and received a Grand Lodge Commission as Grand Director of Ceremonies in At the time of this writing, Rt. Wor. Bro. Andree is 103

104 still serving faithfully as Lodge Secretary. The Lodge enjoyed the presentation of the Fellowcraft Degree by Terrace Chapter of Royal Arch Masons and, on another night, the first section of the Sublime Degree by a team from Otis Elevator Company. The Drama was portrayed by our own Degree Team in their usual proficient manner. At the first meeting in September, a reception was tendered to Wor. Bro. Donald Maxwell, newly appointed Assistant Grand Lecturer for the District. The Lodge Room was filled to capacity, and the festivities included songs by the 1955 Masters, the colleagues of Wor. Bro. Maxwell. In December, the Lodge presented Bro. Herbert Cutbill with his 60 year Palm. Membership at the end of the year was 228. The annual elections resulted in the election of James 0. H. Carroll as Master for Warren McKenzie became Senior Warden and Wm. G. Floyd was elected Junior Warden THE EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAR In 1957 we marked the death of another old-timer, Brother Sam Thompson, a Nepperhan member for 49 years. Early in the year, we were honored with the presence of Rt. Wor. Howard Potts, Grand Lecturer, who selected Nepperhan Lodge for his annual convention in the lower half of the District. The big night of the year was the reception to our own Rt. Wor. William G. Zirkler, newly appointed District Deputy of the First West-chester-Putnam District. The Lodge Room was packed as our Brother was presented with his commission, his jewel and his apron, the latter being conferred by the Mayor of Yonkers, our own Rt. Wor. Kristen Kristensen. Interestingly enough, the jewel was presented by a former Yonkers Mayor, and a Past Master of Nepperhan, Wor. Bro. Alfred Watson. In the fall, announcement came that Wor. Donald Maxwell had been re-appointed as Assistant Grand Lecturer. Lodge membership showed a net increase, being 230 at year end. Another two old-timers left our midst at the end of the year, Bro. Edward Sutherland, 62 years a Mason, and Bro. John Windell, a 57 year member of the Lodge. At the elections in December, Warren McKenzie was elected Master for Harold Sorensen and Sidney Pound were elected Senior and Junior Wardens respectively THE EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR During the first half of the year, with our own Rt. Wor. Bill Zirkler as District Deputy, we were busy following our distinguished Brother around the District. At his homecoming on April 24th, the Lodge Room was jammed to capacity, an indication of how popular Rt. Wor. Bro. Zirkler was. Even the Mayor of Yonkers, Rt. Wor. Kristen Kristensen, took time out from his civic duties to be present and give the D. D. jewel to Rt. Wor. Zirkler. A large group from the Lodge also attended the Testimonial Dinner on May 9th. On June 12th, celebrating our 85th anniversary, we enjoyed a night of entertainment with our ladies, following the business meeting. Some of us attended Dunwoodie's 50th anniversary meeting in the fall. In December, we welcomed still another 60 year Mason, Bro. Joseph Holland, a member who was an active member through most of those 60 years. He was escorted into the Lodge Room by another 60 year Mason, Bro. Herbert Cutbill. The presentation was by Rt. Wor. Robert Sasso, District Deputy. Membership at year end totaled 237 and, at the annual meeting, Harold Sorensen was elected Master for Sidney Pound became Senior Warden and Alex. McKendrick was elected Junior Warden THE EIGHTY-SEVENTH YEAR The year 1959 had relatively little activity, with seven Brothers being raised to the Sublime Degree. We also had an affiliation, Brother Malcolm Barclay, who also took over as Tiler of the Lodge. Brother Malcolm was the father of Brother James Barclay, our present Tiler and one of the stalwarts of the Lodge. One of the Brothers raised was George Ampagoomian, who went on to become elected Master three times, and is well known and respected throughout the District. The Lodge had the pleasure of hosting both the DeMolay young men and the Triangle young women during the year. On June 11th, we had a friendly visit from Rt. Wor. Walter Hausel, our former Treasurer, who had moved upstate. Wor. Warren McKenzie, Past Master (1958) presented the Lodge with five sets of candidates Squares and Compasses. At one of our Third Degrees, we had the pleasure of watching the Fellowcraft Team from Fernbrook Lodge in action. Financially, the Lodge was sound, with over $12,000 in the bank. Our membership dropped to 231, largely because of five deaths and eight unaffiliations. At the annual meeting in December, Sidney Pound was elected to serve as Master in I960 THE EIGHTY-EIGHTH YEAR In March of 1960, the annual Inter-District D. D. meeting was held at Nepperhan Lodge, and the outpouring of Brothers from both the First and Second Districts was indeed heartwarming. In May, our well-beloved and very active Brother, Hugo Wegener, received his 50 year Service Award. This was a happy occasion, and we were therefore dismayed a week later to hear of the death of Brother Joe Holland, 62 years a member of Nepperhan Lodge. Another sad occasion was the passing away in June of our junior Past Master, Wor. Harold Sorensen. They say bad news often comes in lots of threes, and it was certainly true here when Wor. Alfred Watson passed away in September. He was a former Mayor of Yonkers, and had been President of our Past Masters for many years. On the happier side, our Nepperhan "B" bowling team won the championship of the Lower District Bowling League. We also had a very welcome visit of Wor. James Case from Florida. Wor. Brother Case is, at the time of this writing, our senior Past Master. And we certainly were proud when our Marshal, Bro. Clyde Hartley, gave the Middle Chamber Lecture in his first year in the officers' line. That year also marked the beginnings of Galaxy Lodge in our District. Our membership at year end was down to 228 and, at the annual elections, Alex. McKendrick was chosen as Master for THE EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR At the first meeting of 1961, the Worshipful Master congratulated Wor. F. D. Maxwell on his election as President of the District Association. Also in January, we learned of the death of Rt. Wor. Walter M. Hausel, formerly Lodge Treasurer, and a member of Nepperhan for 43 years. Other deaths during the year were George Curran, our oldest living member at age 92 (66 years a Mason), Hugo Wegener (51 years a Mason), and Wor. Raymond Case (Master in 1932). During the year, a Nepperhan delegation travelled to Spring Lake, N. J. to visit Wor. Charles Zirkler, Master of Spring Lake Lodge, and a dual member of our own Lodge. Also in that year, Wor. Bro. Warren McKenzie presented a new American flag to Nepperhan Lodge. Bro. Spencer Anderson received his 50 year pin and, ten years later, was there to receive his 60 year Palm. Many of us attended the institution of Galaxy Lodge and the 1000th Communication of Dunwoodie Lodge. 104

105 Brother Richard Stowbridge, who was later to become Master, conferred a First Degree when he was only Senior Deacon. Wor. Burt Bourne was presented the Bowling Sportsmanship Award by the Bowling League. And, to climax the year, a reception was held for your blushing editor, F. Donald Maxwell, when he received his Commission as Grand Representative of Missouri. It was a gala occasion with a jammed Lodge Room, including 23 Rt. Worshipfuls and 16 of the 1955 Masters (my year) who favored (?) Rt. Wor. Brother Maxwell with some plagiarized songs. The Mayor of Yonkers, Rt. Wor. Kristen Kristensen, presented the apron. At the end of the year, our membership had dropped to 216, largely because of 11 deaths and six unaffiliations. At the annual meeting in December, Anton Andree.(who himself would wear the purple) was elected Master for the year THE NINTIETH YEAR Early in 1962, we were favored by the presentation of "The Rusty Mason" by a delegation from Thistle Lodge. This is always an enjoyable presentation, and was always doubly so when Wor. Francis Frew of Thistle Lodge played a part, as he did that night. Unfortunately for Thistle Lodge, and for all Masonry, Wor. Bro. Frew passed away in the latter part of the year. The Lodge had another "first" when Brother Bill Newby stepped up from a Master of Ceremonies' chair to confer a First Degree in very proficient fashion. The Lodge lost another old-timer with the death of Bro. Fred Hosfelt, 42 years a member of the Lodge. Our Nepperhan "B" team (Burt Bourne, Captain) again won the championship of the Masonic Bowling League. Many of us attended the 50th anniversary of Thistle Lodge, at which the Grand Master was principal speaker. Before the year was over, the Past Masters again put on a Degree, with Rt. Wor. Donald Maxwell occupying the East. Once again, deaths and unaffiliations were heavy and at year end, the membership was down to 211. At the annual meeting, Clyde Hartley was elected Master for THE NINETY-FIRST YEAR In 1963, there was only one night of degree work, but the Lodge was kept busy with many programs set up by the Master. Bro. Rufus Cushman, a resident of the Masonic Home in Utica, received his 50 year pin from the Master, who made the trip up there to make the presentation. One night was set aside as a testimonial to our Secretary, Wor. Leon Botting, and the attendance was gratifying. On May 23rd, the 90th birthday of the Lodge was celebrated. Seventeen Past Masters were present, as well as all four living Right Worshipfuls from our Lodge. Many stories were told about the "old days", and Rt. Wor. Donald Maxwell read a poem dedicated to the Lodge. In April, our Nepperhan "B" bowling team again won the League championship (three years out of four), and won permanent possession of the District Association Cup. There was a Life Members Night, at which 25 life members were welcomed, some of them for the first time in years. On November 16th, we enjoyed dinner, entertainment, and dancing with our ladies at the Parkway Casino. During the year we lost another of our old-timers, Bro. Edward Lefurgy, a Nepperhan member for 49 years. At year end, our membership had dwindled to 207, but we were financially sound with total net worth of $12,600. At the annual elections, Richard Stowbridge was elected Master for THE NINETY-SECOND YEAR The year 1964 was a quiet year, with little degree work and little activity. It was the year of the World's Fair, and many Brothers availed themselves of the opportunity to go there and visit the Masonic Center. The Lodge sold several hundred tickets to the Fair, Grand Lodge benefiting from each ticket sold. One session of Grand Lodge was held there, and your editor, in his capacity as Grand Representative, was privileged to sit on the dais on that occasion. During the year, we attended Hawthorne Lodge in a body to celebrate their 40th anniversary. In October a very enjoyable Ladies' Night was held at the Parkway Casino, with dinner, dancing and entertainment. One sad point of the year was the death of Wor. Bro. Harold Rose, Master in 1930, and a member of the Lodge for 41 years. Our older Brothers will recall the fun we had going to Wor. Bro. Rose's house on the day of the annual Lodge picnic, and washing the glasses and collecting paraphernalia for the outing, Many of our Fellowcraft Club meetings were held in his house, also, with the inevitable keg of beer. In the latter part of the year, the Lodge welcomed a large delegation from Otis Elevator on the occasion of the conferral of the Sublime Degree on two Otis employees, Brothers Wallace Ruiz and Ed Pattison. At year's end, our membership had gone down to 196. At the annual elections, George Ampagoomian was elected to serve as Master in THE NINETY-THIRD YEAR In 1965, the Triangle young ladies visited Nepperhan and put on one of their Degrees. Our Brother Khoona Shomon was installed as Eminent Commander of the Knights Templar. Wor. George Nugent, who had been Master in 1921, received his 50 year pin. We lost a number of our old-timers during the year, including Wor. Frank Morrissey (39 years), Robert Light (48 years), Arthur Schlaf (49 years), Howard Sherwood (42 years), and our oldest Brother in terms of service, Bro. Herb Cutbill, 69 years a Nepperhan member. Your editor was present when Bro. Herb received both his 50 and 60 year awards. A family picnic was held in June at Tibbett's Brook Park, and enjoyed by the young and old alike. A delegation from our Lodge attended the 100th anniversary on September 11th of Diamond Lodge. And a very enjoyable Ladies' Night was enjoyed on October 28th. Only two Brothers were raised during the year and, because of nine deaths our membership sank to 187. Our funds remained stable at $12,420. At the annual elections, Alex. Mellor-Lumb was chosen as Master for THE NINETY-FOURTH YEAR The 1966 installation had an interesting sidelight in the presence of the 1966 Masters from other Lodges in the District. Included in that group were Wor. Raymond Staib of Hastings Lodge and Wor. Hans Freyer of Yorktown Lodge, both of whom were originally raised in Nepperhan Lodge and later transferred to the Lodges mentioned. In March, Brother Ed Cole gave us an interesting pictorial talk on Africa, from where he had recently returned. In May, the DeMolay young men put on a Degree for us. We lost two more of our old-timers in the deaths of Robert Turner and Fred Hebach, both Nepperhan members for 47 years. The By-Laws were again amended, increasing the dues from $17 to $19 per year. In October, we had a gala Ladies' Night at the Coach and Four, including some Nepperhan hula dancers. Our membership at the end of the year was 182. Bro. W. Burton Bourne was elected Master for THE NINETY-FIFTH YEAR In 1967, we had no candidates and no degree work, other than a "dry run" by the Past Masters on the First Degree. At the beginning of the year, Wor. Bro. Anton Andree was congratulated on being elected as President of the District Association, the third member to be so honored. On April 20th we had a "Ray Bell Night" in honor of our Past Master (1953) who had done so much for the Lodge 105

106 over the years. We also had a visit from Wor. George Nugent, our oldest living Past Master (at the time) who was in town from California on a visit. At another meeting, the Triangle young ladies put on one of their Degrees in their usual lovely style. Death once again took its toll in the persons of C. A. Bennett (41 years), Bill Gadsby (47 years), Ernie Platt (47 years), Malcolm Barclay (our Tiler for many years and father of Bro. James Barclay) and Harold Floyd, one of our most active members over the years. In the fall, we again enjoyed a Ladies' Night at the Coach and Four. With no new members, our membership at year end had dropped to 174. At the annual elections, Edwin Zuraw was elected Master for THE NINETY-SIXTH YEAR The year 1968 was again devoid of candidates and degree work. It was the year when the Nepperhan "A" bowling team won the Masonic League championship. The District Deputy Exchange Visit was held in our Lodge with a tremendous turnout from both Districts. The Lodge Ladies' Night was held at the Dunwoodie Country Club. The biggest night of the year was the reception for Wor. Leon Botting, at which he received his Grand Lodge Commission as Grand Swordbearer. Rt. Wor. Bro. Botting thus won an enviable distinction; he became one of the very few who held Grand office in both the Masons and the Eastern Star (he had been District Grand Lecturer of the Star previously). Delegations included an outstanding group of 21 Past Grand Lodge officers and 20 Past Masters of our own Lodge. There was also a delegation of Lodge Secretaries. Rt. Wor. John Flockhart, District Deputy, was the principal speaker. During the year, we again lost by death several of our old-timers, including Herman Eggers (43 years), Wm. Sussman (45 years), Sidney Medina (52 years), as well as Wor. John Hensey, who had been our Master in Membership dropped to 168 Brothers. At the annual elections in December, Andrew Robertson was elected Master for THE NINETY-SEVENTH YEAR In 1969, Nepperhan enjoyed the first degree work we had experienced in several years. Three Brothers were raised to the Sublime Degree, including two future Masters, Leslie Read and Robert Tauber. We also had a 50 Year Night when three Brothers, Rt. Wor. Leon Botting and Brothers Arthur Pearsall and Norman Mackay were present to receive their 50 year Service Awards. One of our Brothers, Charles Zirkler, was appointed a District Deputy in New Jersey. He was a dual member in Spring Lake Lodge, where he was (and is) a Past Master. During the year, we again found it necessary to raise the dues, this time to $22 per year. One of our meetings was dedicated to Wor. Ray Bell, who was leaving to live in Florida. On the sad side, death claimed five Brothers, including Herb Pike (37 years), Harry Watson (39 years) and Gus Schneider (43 years). Membership went down to 158. At the annual elections, Simeon Malutich was elected Master for THE NINETY-EIGHTH YEAR In 1970, two of our Past Masters, Rt. Wor. Wm. F. Grimm (1927) and Wor. Charles McConnell (1947) received their 50 year pins at a meeting set aside in their honor. Congratulations were extended to our own Bro. Alex. Mellor-Lumb on his election as Eminent Commander of the Knights Templar. The Nepperhan "A" bowling team again won the District Bowling League title. Our hearts were saddened by the deaths of five Brothers, Otto Stahl (40 years), Wm. Shrive (47 years), Walter Donaldson (43 years), Wor. Sidney Pound (Master in 1960), and Wor. Ray Bell (Master in 1953). Your editor had the pleasure of serving as Junior Warden for Wor. Bro. Bell in 1953, and can only say that seldom was there a more dedicated Mason. At year end, membership totaled 144. George Riggin was elected Master for THE NINETY-NINTH YEAR Again in 1971, there were no candidates, but the Lodge found itself busy conferring 50 year and 60 year awards. Brother Spencer Anderson came down from Connecticut to receive his 60 year Palm. On the same night, Bro. Ronald Vanderwende received his 50 year pin. Also, Brothers Archibald Wiley and Wm. Schott were presented their 50 year pins in Florida. One of the biggest nights ever in Nepperhan Lodge was the night 50 year awards were presented to Rt. Wor. Kristen Kristensen and Wor. James Thomson. Every Lodge in the District was well represented, and the list of Worshipfuls and Right Worshipfuls took several pages in the minute book. The most astounding statistic was the number of 50 year members present no less than 23 of them, including four from Nepperhan, three from Rising Star, five from Thistle, three from Bryn Mawr, two from Dunwoodie, two from Peary, two from Hawthorne, and one each from Diamond and Phillipstown. All five living Right Worshipfuls from Nepperhan were present. Your editor had the privilege of occupying the East during the ceremonies, and it was truly a thrill. Death also laid a heavy hand on us during the year, with the passing of Dave Slater (44 years), Bill Hendry (43 years), Emil Meske (50 years), Rufus Cushman (58 years a Mason and 95 years old), and Wor. Bro. Wm. Schwartz, Master in 1926, who had only received his 50 year pin three weeks before his death. Our Nepperhan "A" bowling team again won first place and retired the District Trophy, under the able leadership of Captain Anton Andree. Membership at the end of the year was down to 136. George Ampagoomian, who had been Master in 1965, was elected to serve as Master in THE ONE HUNDREDTH YEAR In 1972, we again had no candidates and no degree work. The annual Inter-District D. D. meeting was held this year in Nepperhan Lodge with an attendance of 173 Brothers, of whom 96 were from the First District. During the year, we donated money and clothing for the victims of the hurricane "Agnes". The Nepperhan "A" team again won the bowling championship. Our 1800th Communication was observed on October 26th. The By-Laws were amended to set the Lodge dues at $25 per annum. Towards the end of the year, the Lodge received a terrible blow with the death, in rapid succession, of our Treasurer, Rt. Wor. Wm. Zirkler, and our Secretary, Rt. Wor. Leon E. Botting. Rt. Wor. Zirkler was raised in 1947, was Nepperhan Master in 1954, was appointed District Deputy in 1957 and died in October, Rt. Wor. Bro. Botting was raised in 1918, affiliated with Nepperhan in 1926, was Nepperhan Master in 1934 and 1943, was appointed Grand Swordbearer in 1968, and died in November, We also marked the passing of Wor. George Grimm, Master in At the end of the year, membership totaled 130. With the death of Rt. Wor Brothers Zirkler and Botting, Wor. Anton was elected Secretary, and Wor. W. Burton Bourne was elected Treasurer. Wor. George Ampagoomian was reelected to again serve as Master in THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIRST YEAR At the beginning of 1973, our newly-installed Master, George Ampagoomian, suffered a heart attack and his duties were assumed by Wor. Sam Malutich, who had previously been Master in This was our 100th anniversary year, and a busy one. The 100th anniversary meeting was held on March 22nd and was preceded by a dinner in the Temple. At the meeting itself, Rt. Wor. Donald 106

107 Maxwell presided in the East and gave an interesting history of the Lodge, particularly with relation to the early years. The principal speaker was the Grand Master, Most Wor. Lloyd S. Cochrane, who congratulated the Lodge and spoke in his usual inspirational style. Our District Deputy, Rt. Wor. Donald Klein, also spoke, and other speakers were Rt. Wor. Charles Zirkler, a dual member of our Lodge, who brought the greetings of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey, and a Past Grand Master of New Jersey, Most Worshipful August Ulrich, who brought news of a bequest to Nepperhan Lodge left by Rt. Wor. Bro. William Zirkler in his last will and testament. Later in the year, we also had a dinner with our ladies in Seven Pines Restaurant in Mamaroneck. The DeMolay boys were invited to one of our meetings and put on their "Mothers" Degree. We had three candidates for membership (first in several years) and all Three Degrees were conferred upon them. At the Third Degree, the first section was conferred by the 1970 Masters of the District, and the second section (Drama) was by the Police Square Club of New York City. The District Association held its first Family Picnic, replacing the stag picnics of former years, and it was an outstanding success. During the year, a 50 year Service Award was presented to Bro. Philip Schlobohm. One of our meetings was set aside for a talk by Rt. Wor. Arthur Williamson, of Thistle Lodge, to our newly-raised Master Masons. It seems very few years go by without the deaths of old-timers and this year was no exception. Passed on to the Great Architect were Wor. George Nugent, Master in 1921 and a Nepperhan member for 59 years; Bro. Charles Anderson, a member for 48 years; Bro. Gus Massas, a member for 46 years; and Wor. Bro. Henry Storms, Master in 1936, and a member for 48 years. Membership at year's end was 123. Robert Tauber was elected Master for THE ONE HUNDRED AND SECOND YEAR The year 1974 was an active year, with Wor. Robert Tauber providing some sort of activity at virtually every meeting. Three new candidates worked their way through the Three Degrees, with the Master Mason Degree portrayed by Pelham Lodge in interesting fashion. In the line of Civic Participation, Wor. Robert Tauber arranged a city-wide Bicycle Inspection Day at the Cross-County Shopping Center, and about 75 young people brought their bikes for that inspection. Rt. Wor. Charles J. F. Keil attended one meeting and gave a talk on Paul Revere in connection with the Bi-Centennial Celebration. The Lodge decided to present 25 year pins (this had not previously been a custom in Nepperhan), and this was done at one meeting, preceded by a spaghetti dinner. Congratulations were sent to Wor. James Case and his wife on their 50th wedding anniversary. Wor. Bro. Jim was Master back in Fifty year pins were presented to Brothers R. C. Chipman, George Milton, John Barmore and George Jackson. And, once again, the Lodge suffered a severe blow in the deaths of members. Wor. Robert Sutherland, Master.in 1950 (and the one who first put your editor in the officers' line), passed away in Delaware. And, in quick succession, we lost two more Rt. Worshipfuls in the deaths of Kris Kristensen and Bill Grimm. Rt. Wor. Bro. Kris was raised in 1921, was Master in 1925, was appointed District Deputy in 1928, and received his 50 year pin in Rt. Wor. Bill Grimm was raised in 1920, was Master in 1927, was appointed Grand Representative in 1948, and received his 50 year pin in Both Brothers were tremendously active all during their Masonic careers. Thus, in the space of two years, Nepperhan lost four Right Worshipfuls. At the end of the year, membership was down to 115. Khoona Shomon was elected Master for THE ONE HUNDRED AND THIRD YEAR The year 1975 saw two more Brothers go through the degrees and become members probably the last members to join Nepperhan Lodge before the merger. At the Third Degree, the Thistle Fellowcraft Team portrayed the Drama in their matchless style. In February, Rt. Wor. Donald Klein gave us a talk on George Washington, the Man and Mason. A reception was held in Ossining in April for Rt. Wor. Eugene Barton, Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge. Rt. Wor. Barton, a member of Collabergh Lodge, was District Deputy of our District in , when your editor was Master of Nepperhan for the first time. The Lodge received a plaque from Grand Lodge commending Wor. Robert Tauber and Nepperhan Lodge for the Bicylce Inspection Program. Fifty year Service Awards were presented to Brothers Andrew Hoerup and Clarence Nelson. Again, death took from us some of our oldtimers, notably Bro. Lee S. Richards, 69 years a Mason; Wor. Bro. James Thomson, 54 years a Mason and Master in 1933; and Bro. Wm. Schott, 56 years a Mason. The Lodge, as a delegation, visited Hawthorne Lodge on their 50th anniversary celebration. Membership at year end was 103, Leslie Read was elected to serve as Master in THE ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTH YEAR In 1976, not much activity was evident in the Lodge, with attendance seldom more than an operating minimum. In the spring, our Nepperhan "A" bowling team again won the League championship under the direction of our long-time Captain, Anton Andree. But the big news of the year, of course, was the appointment of Brother Andree as Grand Director of Ceremonies of the Grand Lodge of New York. Rt. Wor. Bro. Andree was raised in 1956, was Master in 1962, was President of the District Association in 1966, and became our Secretary on the death of Rt. Wor. Leon E. Botting. During his year as Staff Officer, Rt. Wor. Bro. Andree conducted seminars for Lodge officers throughout the District, and was truly a "right hand" to our District Deputy, Rt. Wor. Donald Urquhart, throughout his term of office. The reception for Rt. Wor. Anton was a full-house affair, with representatives from most Lodges in the District. Many of us also attended the reception for Rt. Wor. Bro. Urquhart at Thistle Lodge. We learned of the deaths of two more of our old-timers, Ronald Vanderwende (55 years) and Clarence Bleakley (48 years). Membership at the end of the year was down to 101. At the annual elections, Wor. Robert Tauber was elected to serve his second term as Master in THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTH YEAR In 1977 there was no degree work, but several interesting meetings were enjoyed. Rt. Wor. Robert Sasso gave us a talk on George Washington. The DeMolay boys put on their "Mothers" Degree. Three Brothers received their 50 year pins, Brothers John Betchley, Elias Bistany, and Alvin (Bud) Shuster. The latter two came to Lodge and received their pins personally. Rt. Wor. Donald Maxwell read original poems dedicated to them, as he had at so many similar occasions in the past. In April, we had a home-coming night for Rt. Wor. Anton Andree, and once again the fullhouse sign was up. Many were the tributes paid to "Andy" that night. Many of us also attended the Thistle Lodge homecoming for Rt. Wor. Donald Urquhart. At our June meeting, after a short business session, we and our wives went to Wor. Bob Tauber's house for a very enjoyable social evening. Our organist for many years, Bro. Fred Gee was killed in an auto accident late in the year. And, before year end, a committee of Nepperhan Lodge Past Masters met with a committee from Thistle Lodge and started merger proceedings. Our membership at the end of the year was 95. For our final year, Rt. Wor. Donald Maxwell was elected to serve as 1978 Master. 107

108 1978 THE ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTH AND FINAL YEAR So, the history of Nepperhan Lodge No. 736 comes to its final year, Rt. Wor. Donald Maxwell was installed at the first meeting in January for his second term as Master. Wor. George Ampagoomian and Wor. Andrew Robertson were installed as Senior and Junior Warden respectively. Rt. Wor. Anton Andree served as Installing Master. At our first meeting in March, both Nepperhan and Thistle Lodges voted favorably for the merger. Meanwhile your Master (and editor), who had first become interested in.the Lodge history back in 1955 when he had to prepare a presentation for our 1500th Communication, set for himself the task of putting such a fascinating history into book form for the interest of our Brothers, and as a memo of Nepperhan Lodge. Portions of this history were read at our February meetings. At our second meeting in March, we welcomed our District Deputy, Rt. Wor. Theodore Sheehan, on the occasion of his official visit to Nepperhan Lodge. Yonkers Lodge No. 882 attended in a body following their own meeting in the Upper Lodge Room, and there were also sizeable delegations from Dunwoodie Lodge, Hastings Lodge and Thistle Lodge. A social hour was enjoyed after the meeting. At our meeting of April 13, we were again favored by the presence of our District Deputy. At this meeting, he presented a Dedicated Service Award from Grand Lodge to our faithful Brother, Bernard Marion. He also presented a 50 year pin to Wor. Bro. Albert Cooper, who brought a delegation from Jamaica Lodge to witness the occasion. Wor. Bro. Cooper was Master of Jamaica Lodge in 1977, but he is also a dual member in Nepperhan Lodge where he was raised in The Worshipful Master read original poems dedicated to each of these Brothers. To make the evening more enjoyable, wives and friends had been invited, and we had a fine outpouring of the distaff side. Our written history necessarily ends at this point in order that this epic (?) may be placed in the hands of our printer. At the time of this writing, the Judge Advocate of Grand Lodge had approved the merger, and there remains the formality of approval by Grand Lodge which is expected the early part of May. A tentative date of Saturday, June 10th has been set as a Merger Meeting, representing the first meeting of the New Lodge. We salute Nepperhan Lodge No. 736, and bid her farewell. INTERESTING FACTS (Sometimes known as "TRIVIA") There have been a total of 787 members of Nepperhan Lodge since its inception. Of the above number, eight were Charter Members, 87 were Affiliates, and the balance of 692 gained their membership by initiation. The first Yonkers Mason killed in World War I was Brother Robert Glover, a member of Nepperhan Lodge. Our peak membership year was 1929, when we had 329 members. Our heaviest influx of members was in the year 1920 when we raised a total of 39 members. That year there were eleven special communications. In the ten year period, 1920 through 1929, we took in 214 new members an average of over twenty per year. Our oldest members, in terms of years of membership, were Brothers Lee Richards and HerbCutbill, each 69 years a Mason. Over the years, we had 46 Fifty-Year Members. As of the time of this writing, the total membership breaks down as follows: 353 died, 206 unaffiliated, 128 dimitted, 5 unaccounted for, and 95 (bless them) are still alive. Rt. Wor. Ralph E. Prime certainly must have enjoyed creating new lodges. He left Rising Star Lodge to become a Founder of Nepperhan Lodge, and then left Nepperhan Lodge to become a Founder of Yonkheer Lodge. The oldest Master was Wor. Khoona Shomon, who was 72 during his year as Master. The youngest Master award goes to Wor. Philip Fitz and Wor. John Bray, each of whom was 27 years old when Master. The Past Masters who lived the longest are still alive at the time of this writing; Wor. Jim Case and Wor. Charles McConnell are both 87 years -old and going strong. Wor. Alfred Watson was 85 years old when he passed away. Rt. Wor. F. Donald Maxwell 1978 Historian THE FINAL WORDS And so we come to the closing of Nepperhan Lodge No. 736, Free and Accepted Masons. It leaves us with a heavy feeling of sorrow, that is true. And yet there will always remain that feeling of pride and joy that we, you and I, all of us, were members of Nepperhan Lodge, that we were a part of Nepperhan Lodge, that we were Nepperhan Lodge. Yes, Nepperhan Lodge is gone, but our memories remain of our happy times, of our friendships, of our Brotherhood. Perhaps this History may strengthen those memories, and recall to us those past glorious days that made Nepperhan Lodge such a vital part of our lives and our community. And now we turn, with great anticipation and hope, to our new Lodge, to Thistle Lodge No. 900, to a new group with the same ideals and purpose the Brotherhood of Man and the Fatherhood of God. And so, we close the history of Nepperhan Lodge with these few words: To thee, Oh Nepperhan we bow, And bid a fond farewell. And on thy name we ll e er bestow The thanks that words can never tell. Through a span of over one hundred years, You held us all together. You've brought us joy and calmed our fears, Through fair and stormy weather. Your Altar often was the place We met our Brothers new, Our memories will never erase, We ll e er remember you. 108

109 ----- Nepperhan Lodge, we say Goodbye, As history claims your name. But evermore as time goes by, Our thoughts will be the same. "I NOW DECLARE THE LODGE DULY CLOSED. BROTHER JUNIOR DEACON, INFORM THE TILER," F. Donald Maxwell Worshipful Master MILLWARD, JR., JAMES. - Age, 29 years. Enrolled [99th NY Inf. Regiment] as major, Union Coast Guard, 28 May 1861, at New York city, to serve three years; mustered in as 1Lt, Co, F, this regiment, 1 Jul 1861; transferred to Co. H, 21 Jan 1862; to Co. C, 30 Mar 1862; discharged, July 15, 1863, at Fort Monroe, VA; also borne as James E. Milwerd. Commissioned 1Lt, 17 Jan 1862, with rank from same date, original Ralph Earl Prime (1840- PRIME, RALPH E. - Age 21 years. Enlisted [5th NY Inf. Regt.], 2 May 1861, at New York city; mustered in as Private, Co. G, 9 May 1861, to serve two years; promoted Sergeant, 14 Jun 1861; mustered in as 2Lt, Co. C, 6 Sep 1861; wounded at Gaines Mills, VA, 27 Jun 1862; mustered in as 1Lt, Co. B, 5 Jul 1862; Captain, 30 Sep 1862; discharged, 29 Oct 1S02, for promotion to Lt. Col., 6th NY Heavy Artillery Volunteers; commissioned 2Lt, 25 Sep 1861, with rank from 6 Sep 1861, vice C. W. Torrey, resigned; 1Lt, 21 Jul 1862, with rank from 5 Jul 1862, vice E. G. Fowler, resigned; Captain, 29 Oct 1862, with rank from 22 Sep 1862, vice G, Carr, promoted. PRIME, RALPH E. - Age, 22 years. Enrolled [6th NY Artillery Regiment], 20 Jan 1863, at Yonkers; mustered in as lieutenantcolonel, 20 Jan 1863, to serve three years; resigned, 19 Mar 1863; prior service as Captain in 5th NY Volunteers; commissioned lieutenant-colonel, 13 Jan 1S63, with rank from 9 Jan 1863, vice J. H. Kitching, mustered out Leslie Sutherland urce=bl&ots=tudxflf7rg&sig=v6kdqkucvdbumwycd5-zkmmrxqs&hl=en&ei=- 4jqTcbZNMX40gHcwvWqAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDcQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22Leslie%20sut herland%22%20%22yonkers%22&f=false page 366. IN his name, Leslie Sutherland combines the names of two ancient Scottish clans, the Leslies and the Sutherlands; and the old family Bible traces his immediate pedigree for more than four hundred years. He was born in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, April 21, 1866, the fourth son of Joseph Sutherland, a native of Frampton, Quebec, and Ann Fergusson, born in New York City. Of eight children, two brothers, Spencer Kenneth and Edward Augustus, and a sister, Ann Amelia, wife of the Rev. Alfred Duncombe, pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church, Long Branch, N. J., are living: three brothers, Joseph William, George Irving and Alexander Gordon, and a sister, Margaret Ellen, are deceased. He was educated in the public schools, Yon Iters, and was graduated from the Science and Art Department of Cooper Institute, New York, in He was instructor in Architecture in the Yonkers High School until 1894, although in the previous year he had opened an office as architect and also engaged in general contracting. Before graduation he learned the bricklayer's trade and had followed it in New York, Albany, Chicago, St. Paul and other cities. For twenty years he was the dominant political leader of the city of Yonkers, and is its foremost citizen. He was twice elected a member of the Board of Aldermen, and was President of the Board, ; and in the fall of 1897 elected mayor, and reelected by an increased majority. From he served as Clerk of the Surrogate's Court; and in 1901 was elected County Clerk of Westchester County by a majority of 1,500, and again in 1905 by a majority of 7,000. In 1897 he had formed a political alliance with the Hon. William L. Ward, who that year became Republican leader of Westchester County. In 1900 he was chosen as one of the delegates to the Republican National Convention in Chicago. He was appointed receiver of the Yonkers Railway system January 18, 1908, of which he is now VicePresident. He is active and personally popular in many social and fraternal organizations. He is a member of the New York Burns Society, Order of Scottish Clans, Patriotic Order Sons of America, Republican Club (New York), City Club (New York), Neperhan Lodge No. 706, F. & A. M., Terrace City Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, Commandry Knights Templar No. 47, and Benevolent and Patriotic Order of Elks. He is a member of the Park Hill Reformed Church. 109

110 Leslie Sutherland is of the same friendly, genial disposition to-day as when as a boy he was selling newspapers in Getty Square, in the city of which he was destined to be the chief executive. When he resigned as chairman of the Republican City Committee of Yonkers, a banquet in his honour was attended by more than 3,000 friends and admirers. He was Chairman of the Building Committee of the Yonkers Y. M. C. A., and raised $200,000 and built the present Y. M. C. A. Building; he was key man in raising for St. Joseph's Hospital $125,000, and an equal amount for the Masonic Temple; and has always been keenly interested in the Hollywood Inn Working Man's Club. He was one of the organizers and is a director of the Yonkers National Bank and of the Neperhan Publishing Company, owners of the Yonkers Daily News, of which he is President. As mayor of the city, he created public baths, extended the docks for the use of the poor, raised $50,000 for the Public Library; and he has made of the Yonkers Railway, for many years in financial difficulties, a solvent, going concern. In the words of his pastor, Mr. Sutherland is a man of kindness and genius for friendship, whose faith is sustained by trust in God which is exhibited in his daily life. Mr. Sutherland married, December 10, 1901, Miss Matilda Karg, daughter of Kaspar and Mathilda Karg, of New York City. Their children are: Lorna Matilda, born May 12, 1903; Robert Leslie, born July 14, 1904; Gladys Helen, bor n September 29, 1906; Leslie Charles, bor n March 11, 1909; and Beverley, born May 29, Their home is 66 St. Andrew's Place, Yonkers. Leslie Sutherland is among the most important of Yonkers' mayors. When he died April 6, 1945, the Herald Statesman published this article. Leslie Sutherland, former Mayor of Yonkers, died early today in his eightieth year at Manteo, North Carolina, where he made his home for two and a half years. Acting City Manager Norman P. Henderson immediately ordered the flag at City Hall at half staff. Sutherland's career was virtually unparalleled in its inclusive scope insofar as it involved public service, the professions and business. Elected to Many Offices - He was Alderman, President of the Common Council, Mayor, County Clerk and Surrogate's Court Chief Clerk, School Trustee and President of the Board of Education, and he was chairman of Mayor Fogarty's committee on public relief. He was a law clerk, an architect, a bricklayer, a school teacher; a bank president, general manager of the Yonkers Railroad Company through its bankruptcy as receiver and then vice-president of the Third Avenue Railway System for many years until he retired in G.O.P. Leader 25 Years - He was Republican City Chairman for a quarter of a century and a lending party official in state and national conventions. In World War I he led the County Home Defense Committee and raised millions in war loans. He led four Red Cross drives and a Community Chest campaign. Mr. Sutherland was thrown into jail as a boy and helped frame laws to make that practice illegal. He initiated many departures, authoring an eight-hour day for building trades, and opened the first municipal bath in the United States. He raised money for the YMCA the Masonic Temple, St. Joseph's Hospital, St. John's Riverside Hospital, Yonkers General Hospital, Yonkers Lodge of Elks, and many other institutions. He was a member and director of the Surdna Foundation. Death followed a second stroke in the last few weeks, which had been preceded nearly two years ago with an attack that left his side paralyzed. For months he was more or less confined to his home in Manteo, moving about in a wheel chair. Remained In South - He had gone to Manteo because of the milder climate, first settling there for the winter and then deciding to remain there in retirement. From time to time he enjoyed visits there of Yonkers friends, most particularly those of his dear friend, former Corporation Counsel Daniel J. Cashin. With him at the time of death was Mrs. Sutherland, the former Matilda Karg of New York City, whom he married in l901 and also his daughter Beverly, who lives in Manteo. Friends said they may remain in Manteo. Leaves Wife, 5 Children - Besides these two, Mr. Sutherland is survived by two other daughters, Mrs. Thomas Cowell of Syracuse and Manteo and Mrs. Edward DeForest Smith of Rye, and two sons, Robert Leslie Sutherland of this city, former candidate for Common Council, and Private First Class Leslie Sutherland, now serving with the U.S.Army Engineers in Burma. There is also a brother; Edward Sutherland of Yonkers, and there are five grandchildren. Funeral services will be at Manteo, where Mr. Sutherland will be buried. Although arrangements have not been completed it is expected that Robert Sutherland, Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Cowell will attend the services. Mr. Sutherland relinquished his office with the Third Avenue and with its subsidiaries, including the Yonkers Railroad Company, in November 1942, when he moved to the South. Born In Canada - Although a member of a pioneer Yonkers family, Leslie Sutherland was born in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, on April 21,1866. He loved to tell audiences humorously during his long political career that the only reason he could not aspire to be president of the United States was that he was not born here. His parents, the late Joseph and Ann Sutherland, moved to Canada shortly before he was born and lived there 12 years before returning to Yonkers. Mr. Sutherland's first home here was on Jefferson Street. The family later moved to Herriot Street where they resided for the next 30 years. Before moving to the South, Mr. Sutherland resided with his wife at 66 St. Andrew's Place, "in the house on the hill by the side of the road", as the former mayor put it. Educated In School Two - His mother was born on a little farm in what is now Van Cortlandt Park She had attended the old Lambs School, the first public school in what was then the Village of Yonkers. Mr. Sutherland attended School Two on Waverly Street, but his formal education was cut short early and he began work as an office boy in a law office. 110

111 Mr. Sutherland used to tell how he left school "under a cloud" as a child, because of a fist fight with the late Richard Edie Jr. with whom he later was associated closely for many years on the Board of Education and in other community affairs. However; Mr. Sutherland withdrew flora his post on the Board of Education in the second year of his second term, in 1931, when Mr. Edie was elected board president. Roamed Barefoot - During his boyhood days, Mr. Sutherland roamed barefoot about South Yonkers, which then was virtually an open country dotted with farms. He went to work first for Dee and Turner; furniture dealers and next for the Eagle Pencil Company on Dock Street. Later he was employed in the old Copcutt Silk Mill on Nepperhan Avenue. Despite employment with other firms in his boyhood days, Mr. Sutherland always contended his first job was for Ellis and Sweeny, lawyers, as an office boy. At fifteen he became a law clerk for the firm of R[alph]. E[arl]. and A.J. Prime. A sudden turn came at eighteen when physicians told him his health was so poor he "could not live." Undaunted, he sought outdoor employment and proceeded to learn the trade of bricklayer. Meantime he attended Cooper Union School of Science and Alt to study architecture. Proved Teacher Wrong - As a student there, he was told by an instructor he "never could hope to become an architect." Years later he designed a home for that very instructor and came to teach architecture in the Yonkers public school system. At a dinner years back at the old Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City; at which Mr. Sutherland sat with William Howard Taft and former Supreme Court Justice Joseph Morschauser; the former Yonkers Mayor said: "I had a big part in this building, I laid brick on it!" Mr. Morschauser then replied: "I was a cook here." Both men on the spot took out their union cards and showed them to Mr. Taft. Thrown Into Jail - It was while he was a small boy that an incident occurred which he fondly recalled often. Plundering a farmer's orchard, Mr. Sutherland was arrested for stealing apples and thrown into jail overnight, occupying the same cell as adult criminals. He would recall proudly that the policeman who arrested him was head of the police force here when he became Mayor "and was forced to resign," and then Mr. Sutherland would add, "And that small boy who was arrested for stealing apples went up to the state legislature and got a bill put through to prevent people from putting children in jail with criminals." Sponsored 8-Hour Day - The former mayor's first elective office was that of delegate to the Bricklayers and Masons International Convention at Toronto, Canada. He introduced the eight-hour work day resolution in that convention, which established the eighthour work day for all building trades in the United States and Canada. Alderman at 27 - At twenty-seven he was elected to his first public office, that of alderman of the First Ward. Two years later he was reelected to the Common Council, this time as alderman of the Fourth Ward. Mr. Sutherland was responsible, among his many other accomplishments while in public service, for the eight-hour day on all public works projects. He introduced a resolution for the first inland public bath in the United States and saw it established at the comer of Jefferson and Vark Streets, In 1896 he became president of the Board of Aldermen which carried with it the responsibilities of acting mayor in the absence of the city's chief executive. Always Reelected - When he was elected mayor in 1897, the City of Yonkers had a population of 47,000 and when he left office four years later it had 62,000 inhabitants. In 1901 Mr. Sutherland was elected County Clerk of Westchester and was reelected in He was reelected to every public office he ever held and was never defeated at the polls. As mayor a wide range of public improvements were created through his efforts including Grant and Irving and Washington public parks. He established a public weighing scale for which there was a great demand at the time and under his administration the public dock at the foot of Main Street was enlarged crowned by the public pavilion. This improvement was dedicated by the then Governor Benjamin B. Odell. Despite a wide variety of new municipal undertakings as mayor; a low tax budget was maintained by Mr. Sutherland. When he left public office he was appointed receiver for the Yonkers Railroad Company. Leader of Transit Firm - In 1912 he was elected vice-president and general manager of the Yonkers Railroad Company and in 1918, when the company became part of the Third Avenue Railway System, he was elected vice-president. Mr. Sutherland was the leader of Republican forces in Yonkers for 25 years. He was one of the men who forced the nomination of Theodore Roosevelt for the vice-presidency in 1900, witnessing his elevation to the Presidency six months later on the death of President McKinley. Mr. Sutherland was delegate to all national, state and county G.O.P. conventions for 25 years and was a potent force in the party. He organized the Yonkers National Bank and Trust Company and served as its president for 10 years. Boosted War Loans - During World War I, he was chairman of the Westchester County Home Defense Committee, which organized 12 military units throughout the county. He was an active member of Yonkers executive committees of Liberty and victory Loan campaigns in World War I. In those campaigns $15,000,000 was raised here for the war loans. Mr. Sutherland was chairman of all four Red Cross drives which raised other millions during the First World War. He was key man in a YMCA drive that raised $250,000 for the erection of the present "Y" building and was chairman of a committee that raised $75,000 by public subscription for the construction of the Masonic Temple on South Broadway. Aided Three Hospitals - He also was one of the chief forces in a $100,000 campaign for a new wing for St. Joseph's Hospital and again was in the fore in a successful campaign to raise $750,000 for St. John's Riverside Hospital. Mr. Sutherland also was active in raising funds for the then Homeopathic Hospital and Maternity, now the Yonkers General Hospital. Mr. Sutherland was a charter member of the Yonkers Ledge of Elks and was one of the four men who advanced the money to start the construction of the Elks' Clubhouse on South Broadway, now the School Administration Building. At the outbreak of the 111

112 depression he was chairman of a Mayor's Committee which raised $219,000 for public relief He was a Community Chest campaign chairman. Director of Surdna - Mr. Sutherland was a member and director of the Surdna Foundation and Julia Dyckman Andrus Memorial endowed and created by the late mayor and congressman, John F. Andrus. While he was President of the Board of Education, Hawthorne and Longfellow Junior High Schools and Roosevelt High School were erected. Putnam County named him president of its Planning Commission during the Twenties. Mr. Sutherland was a member of nearly every fraternal and benevolent order in the city. He was a 32nd degree Mason and a past master of Nepperhan Lodge of Masons. He always visualized the City of Yonkers as a residential rather than industrial area, "It always will be a town of small-home owners instead of a factory town," Mr. Sutherland often commented. A great lover of nature, he would sit for hours and talk of his 600-acre farm near Carmel, where he would say, "are grapefruit plants and lemon trees I raised from seed." He and Mrs. Sutherland would motor to their farm each Friday tight for weekend stays. On the eve of his seventy-third birthday, April 20, 1939, Mr. Sutherland was honored at a testimonial dinner at Ben Riley's Arrowhead Inn when it was located in Riverdale. The dinner was held when he and Mrs. Sutherland returned from a two-week ocean cruise. City Judge Martin J. Fay was chairman of that city-wide event. Apawamis Lodge No. 800, Mamaroneck, New York Warrant: ca 1892 Radium Lodge No. 844, Ossining, New York Warrant: ca 1904 Collabergh Lodge No. 859, Croton-on-Hudson, New York Warrant: ca May 1907 Lodge Constituted and Officers Installed. Westchester Lodge No. 180, F&AM came to be part of Collabergh Lodge. Collabergh-Radium Lodge No. 859, Croton-on-Hudson, New York Warrant: Lodge Website: Dunwoodie Lodge No. 863, Yonkers [Tuckahoe], New York Warrant: 3 Jun Lodge Website: Jonkheer Lodge No. 865, Yonkers, New York Warrant: 6 May 1909 Surrendered: Petition recommends as First Officers: Gustav A. Cartensen Master Samuel M. Hitchcock SW Albert E. Lawrence JW and 12 others uDF&sig=SWFUL-C0jK67anhGpcFTGT_M5nE&hl=en&ei=c- HuTZnVNIKCgAffj9CUDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDIQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=%22Jonkheer%20Lod ge%22&f=false page 240. JAMES GAGE BEEMER was born in Hamilton, Ontario, January 16, 1849, and was the son of Levi and Eliza Gage Beemer. He died at his home, 170 Shonnard Terrace, Yonkers, May 6, 1921, and was buried in Greenwood cemetery. Mr. Beemer moved to the United States in early manhood. He was one of the first settlers on Shonnard Terrace, a residential district then undeveloped. He was president of the Chestnut Ridge Corporation of New York City, and of the Phenix Mineral Products Corporation and was a stockholder in other corporations. For many years he gave a large part of his time to philanthropy. He organized the Hand-in-Hand Restaurants on the Bowery, where meals were sold for five cents, and was president of the Hand-in-Hand Supply Company. For fifteen years he was president of the Industrial Christian Alliance of New York City. He was one of the founders of the Young Men's Christian Association of Yonkers, at 112

113 one time president of its board of trustees, and chairman of the board of trustees of the Young Women's Christian Association of Yonkers at his death; a Hie member of the Charity Organization Society and Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children of Yonkers; a life director of the American Bible Society; a trustee for many years of the First Presbyterian Church of Yonkers; a former member of the board of education of the city; a Son of the American Revolution and a member of Jonkheer Lodge F&AM. He married Margaret L. Barclay. His sons, Miles W. Beemer and James G. Beemer, jr., and his daughters, Mrs. Edward B. Church and Mrs. Wilfred E. Smith survived him Quindecennial Record of the Class of Eighty-Eight, Princeton University, RALPH EARL PRIME, Jr. His father, Ralph Earl Prime, attorney and counsellor at law, a D.C.L. of Bellevue College (Omaha University), and LL.D. of Wooster University, was born in Alatteawan, NY, 29 Mar 1840, and is still living. On 9 Aug 1866, in Utica, NY, he married Annie Richards-Wolcott, our classmate's mother, who was born in Braintree, MA, 5 Feb 1841, and is still living. Our classmate was born in Yonkers, NY, 9 Jul 1868; [d. 1942]. On 24 Sep 1895, in Yonkers, he married Jessie Heermance, daughter of William Laing Heermance, President of Cold Storage Co. They have had three children, all of whom are living: Ralph Earl Prime, 3rd, b. 25 Sep 1896 William Heermance, b. 28 May 1898 Edward Gardner, b. 12 Nov 1901 Ralph was prepared for college at the Yale School, Yonkers (Theodore H. Leighton, Principal). He entered Princeton in 1884 and graduated in 1888 in the Third Group, being awarded an Honorary Oration and the Lyman Atwater Prize in Political Science at graduation. He won Second Prize as Senior Essayist in Clio Hall and sang on the Class Glee Club. He was a member of Clio and roomed at 15 North Middle Reunion, and at 15 South East After receiving his A.B. from Princeton in 1888, he studied at the Columbia Law School, NY, from Oct 1889 to Feb 1891, and was then admitted to the Bar of the State of New York before graduation from the Law School. He received the degree of A.M. from Princeton, 1890, conferred in course after one year of post graduate study. Since Feb., 1891, he has been engaged continuously in the practice of law at Yonkers, as a member of the firm of R. E. & A. J. Prime. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church. In politics he is an Independent, but, as he says "with Democratic leanings, and voted with pleasure for Woodrow Wilson." He is a Notary Public; President of the Westchester County Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and Vice-President of New York State Convention of Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty. He holds membership as follows: Jonkheer Lodge No. 845 [sic 865], F. & A. M. Empire State Society Sons of the American Revolution Companion in New York State Commandery of Military Order of the Loyal Legion of United States Yonkers Council Boy Scouts of America His favorite recreation he gives as, "formerly yachting, latterly motoring my heart, however, still 'beats true to Poll.' " His father, Ralph Earl Prime, Sr., was a member of Nepperhan Lodge No. 736, Yonkers, having been there: Initiated 05 Jun 1899 Passed 22 Jun 1899 Raised 06 Jul 1899 Master Dimitted 16 Jun 1909 He Affiliated with Jonkheer Lodge No. 865 as a Charter Member in In Grand Lodge Ralph Sr. served as: District Deputy Grand Master, 12th Masonic District 1908 Charity Committee War and Relief Administration Committee Educational Service Committee Ceremonial Forms Committee 1911 Judge Advocate Grand Representative to England Commissioner of Appeals In 1917 he served as Secretary of Sea and Field Lodge No. 1. A National Register of the Society, Sons of the American Revolution, by Sons of the American Revolution, page QWkf&sig=H66OlYLjSNmi8TYAGjHP3Eh3vOM&hl=en&ei=LuruTZ7FNISugQexjpGVDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum =8&ved=0CEIQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=%22ralph%20earl%20prime%22&f=false RALPH EARL PRIME, Yonkers, NY. (4394). Son of Alanson Jermain and Ruth Havens (Higbie) Prime; grandson of Nathaniel Scudder and Julia Ann (Jermain) Prime; great-grandson of Benjamin Youngs Prime, Member of Sons of Liberty; great'-grandson of 113

114 Ebenezer Prime, patriot preacher and Independence advocate; grandson of Benjamin and Mary Ann (Earl) Higbie; great-grandson of Ralph Earl, Jr., private Mass. Militia; great'-grandson of Ralph Earl, Sr., Captain Mass. Militia. RALPH EARL PRIME, JR., Yonkers, NY. (4552). Son of Ralph Earl and Annie Walcott (Richards) Prime; grandson of Alanson Jermain and Ruth Havens (Higbie) Prime; great-grandson of Nathaniel Scudder and Julia Ann (Jermain) Prime; great'-grandson of Benjamin Youngs Prime, Member of Sons of Liberty; great'-grandson of Ebeitezer Prime, patriot preacher, advocate of Independence; great-grandson of Benjamin and Mary Ann (Earl) Higbie; great'-grandson of Ralph Earl, Jr., private Mass. Militia; great'grandson of Ralph Earl, Sr., Captain Mass. Militia. WILLIAM COWPER PRIME, Yonkers. NY. (4551). Son of Ralph Earl and Annie Wolcott (Richards) Prime; grandson of Alanson Jermain and Ruth Havens (Higbie) Prime; great-grandson of Nathaniel Scudder and Julia Ann (Jermain) Prime; great'-grandson of Benjamin Youngs Prime, Member of Sons of Liberty; great'-grandson of Ebenezer Prime, patriot preacher, Advocate of American Independence: great-grandson of Benjamin and Mary Ann (Earl) Higbie; greats-grandson of Ralph Earl, Jr., private Mass. Militia; great'-grandson of Ralph Earle, Sr., Captain Mass. Militia. Prime: The Descendants of James Prime, who was at Milford, Conn., in , by Ralph Earl Prime, page AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA5&lpg=PA5&dq=%22ralph+earl+prime%22&source=bl&ots=qe9PAaG2VM&sig=CVZ3beQkTOhZinUx1TO- EvDOnnY&hl=en&ei=xuzuTbvLK-bq0gHY3- DyDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CB4Q6AEwATge#v=onepage&q&f=false Ealph Earl Prime, born March 29, 1840, admitted to practice law, May 1861; spent 1861, 1862, and part of 1863 as a soldier in the army of the U. S., for suppression of the Rebellion, enlisting as a private soldier and afterwards holding commissions successively, of Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant, Captain and Lieutenant Colonel, and was nominated by President Lincoln a Brigadier General; after his return from the war he settled at Yonkers, NY, where he has continued practicing his profession, and where he now resides; traveled in Europe in 1884, again in 1888, again in 1892; also visiting the Orient in He married August 9, 1866, Annie Eichards-Wolcott, b. 5 Feb 1841, d/o Jacob Richards, M. D., granddaughter and foster-daughter of Rev. Calvin Wolcott Children. a. Kate, b. 24 Jun b. Ralph Earl Prime [Jr.], b. 09 Jul Graduated from Princeton College 1888, A. M. 1890; is a lawyer; resides at Yonkers. c. William Cowper Prime, b. 21 Oct Graduated from Princeton College 1890; A. M. 1892; is a lawyer; resides at Yonkers. d. Gardner Wolcott Prime, b. 18 Mar 1872; d. 20 Jul 1890; bur. at the cemetery of The Evergreens at Brooklyn, NY. e. Ruth Havens, b. 01 Jun f. Julia Anna, b. 28 Oct g. Arabella Duncan (Pansy) b. 29 Jan h. Edward Dorr Griffin Prime, b. 09 Aug 1881; d. 19 Nov 1893; bur. at the cemetery of The Evergreens at Brooklyn, NY. Winyah Lodge No. 866, Pelham, New York Warrant: From "BY-LAWS Winyah Lodge No. 866 F. & A. M. PELHAM, N. Y." published before March 8, This 17-page booklet includes not only a photograph of Seth T. Lyman who, during the 1890s, built the little drugstore that still stands at One Fifth Avenue, but also a brief history of the lodge. The "Temple" of the Lodge was opened in A photograph showing the club house acquired by the Lodge in 1909 appears immediately below. "On November 1, 1908, a group of Masons headed by Seth T. Lyman, met in Hiawatha Lodge room in Mount Vernon, New York, to organize a new masonic lodge to be known as Winyah Lodge. The first regular meeting of this group as a masonic lodge under dispensation was also held in the meeting room of Hiawatha Lodge No. 434, F. & A. M. on November 17th, The dispensation granted by the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons in the State of New York, of which Most Worshipful S. Nelson Sawyer 114

115 was Grand Master, was read and presented by Right Worshipful Frank V. Millard, District Deputy Grand Master of the 12th Masonic District, which has since been divided to form the first and second Westchester-Putnam Districts. The officers of Winyah Lodge U. D. who received and worked under this dispensation were: Seth T. Lyman Master H. Elliot Coe Sr. Warden Louis C. Young Jr. Warden Isaac C. Treasurer H.A. Anderson Secretary W.'. John T. Logan Sr. Deacon Charles E. Boss Jr. Deacon George C. Ruppert Sr. M. of C. Emil Erickson Jr. M. of C. R.'. W.'. Frank V. Millard Chaplain John H. Young Sr. Steward A. W. Crane Jr. Steward William J. Collins Tiler At the second and third communications routine business was attended and petitions for initiation were accepted. On January 19, 1909 Winyah Lodge U. D. conferred its first Third Degree on Brothers in waiting. They were assisted in the second section by the Degree Team of Hiawatha Lodge No. 434, F. & A. M. The 11th Stated Communication was held in the meeting room of Huguenot Lodge No. 34 F. & A. M. Winyah Lodge officers conferred the first and second sections of the Third Degree. Between the 11th and 12th communications, the women folk and friends of Winyah Lodge U. D. held a Military Whist to raise funds for the lodge. The First Stated Communication of Winyah Lodge No. 866, F. & A. M. was held on June 1, 1909 for the purpose of receiving the charter. The lodge was opened on the Third Degree by Grand Lodge Officers. The Officers of Winyah Lodge No. 866, F. & A. M. who were then installed were: Seth T. Lyman Master H. Elliot Coe Sr. Warden Louis C. Young Jr. Warden Isaac C. Hill Treasurer Joseph W. Stone Secretary Albert Logan Sr. Deacon Edward C. Logan Jr. Deacon Julius Nelson Sr. M. of C. John Rohrs Jr. M. of C. Samuel J. Adler Sr. Steward Horace Burnett Jr. Steward Rev. Herbert Brown Chaplain Carl Bergwald Organist Fred Case Tiler Walter Harris Marshal The first act of the new lodge was to dispatch a telegram to the Grand Master to express the thanks of the brethren, to offer a pledge of loyalty and to request that he dedicate the Pelham Masonic Temple on Labor Day, September 6, This Temple, formerly a club house, was purchased by Winyah Lodge No. 866 from the Hutchinson Realty Company. It was dedicated as Pelham Masonic Temple on September 6, Among those participating in the dedicatory services were, Bethlehem Commandery No. 53 Knights Templar of Mount Vernon, NY. The Port Chester Band supplied music. A letter from Most Worshipful S. Nelson Sawyer, Grand Master expressed his regret, that he could not be present and wished Winyah well in their new Temple. Seth T. Lyman and Mrs. Lyman financed Winyah Lodge U. D. at its inception. This loan was repaid at the Third Communication of Winyah Lodge No. 866, F. & A. M. The Lodge is ever grateful to R.'. W.'. Seth T. Lyman for his continued support and participation throughout the years. Many friends and members of Winyah made gifts of paraphernalia and equipment to the lodge back in 1909 which is still in use today. Look for the inscription on the brass plate on many of them." Source: BY-LAWS Winyah Lodge No. 866 F. & A. M. PELHAM, N. Y., pp. 2-4 (Pelham, NY: Privately Printed; undated, but with inscription suggesting it predates March 8, 1921). John Stewart Lodge No. 871, Mount Vernon, New York Warrant: ca Harry W. Armstrong ( ) American composer famous for the all-time favorite Sweet Adeline which he wrote in 1903 with words by Richard H. Gerard. b. Somerville, MA. He was raised 20 Feb 1922 in Montgomery Lodge No. 68, New York City and affiliated with John Stewart Lodge No. 871 in Henry W. "Harry" Armstrong (July 22, 1879 February 28, 1951) was a boxer, booking agent, producer, singer, pianist and Tin Pan Alley composer. His biggest hit was "Sweet Adeline", written in 1903 with Richard H. Gerard. His 1905 song "Nellie Dean" became the signature song of the British music hall singer Gertie Gitana, and a popular British pub song. 115

116 12/tabid/198/Default.aspx Ossian Lang was born 29 Oct 1865, of Scotch-English parentage, at Bradford, Yorkshire, England; educated in England, France and Germany; editor of several prominent educational magazines, "The Social Center," New York City, , "The School Journal," Teacher's Magazine, and "Educational Foundations," New York City, for twenty years, , "Young America," , and contributing editor to "The Forum," ; author of a number of educational biographies, pedagogical studies, and story books for children; served as President, Board of Fire Commissioners of the city of Mount Vernon, NY, in 1910, Alderman, , President, Board of Aldermen, , President, Recreation Commission, 1915, President Board of Education, 1916; Master of John Stewart Lodge No. 871, F. and A. M., 1910 and 1911, District Deputy Grand Master, 12th Masonic District of New York, ; Grand Historian, Grand Lodge of New York since 1913; High Priest Mount Vernon Chapter No. 228, R. A. M., ; Grand Royal Arch Captain, Grand Chapter of New York, 1911; Master of Phoenix Council No. 70, R. and S M., ; Correspondent Grand Council of New York since 1913; Commander, Bethlehem Commandery No. 53, Knights Templar, ; also active in Scottish Rite Bodies. Ossian Heerbert Lang ( ) author of History of Freemasonry in. New York. b. in Bradford, England. He was a teacher, newspaperman and lecturer. Served as superintendent of schools in Buffalo, NY. He was raised in Hiawatha Lodge No. 434 [q.v.], Mount Vernon, NY, 19 May 1902, and later affiliated with John Steward Lodge No. 871, Mount Vernon, N.Y. d. 11 Sep Bryn Mawr Lodge No. 882, Yonkers, New York Warrant: ca 1910 Yonkers Lodge No. 882, Tarrytown, New York Yonkers Lodge No. 882 and two other Lodges merged in the 50's; no one knew where the records of the old No 882 were. Yonkers Lodge No. 882 will officially be a part of Van Cortlandt Lodge No before this Masonic year ends [2009]. After years of trying to iron out every detail (a few of which might have been due to some T-crossing and i-dotting confusion caused in a grander Lodge building than this), it will all finally be done. Pleasantville Lodge No. 886, Pleasantville, New York Warrant: ca Fern Brook Lodge No. 898, Yonkers, New York Warrant: ca 1912 Apparently Bro. Herbert Wolff of Fern Brook Lodge Petitioned to be the first Master of Far East Lodge at Yokohama, Honshu, Japan, in August 1948, per the below interesting documents: Hdq. Eighth Army Ordnance Section, BIG-5, APO 343 United States Army 25 August 1948, PETITION FOR A DISPENSATION TO FORM A NEW LODGE To the Most Worshipful Albert J. Brazee Jr., Grand Master of Masons in the Philipine Islands: The petition of the undersigned respectfully represents that they are Master Masons in good standing; that they were last members of the respective Lodges opposite their several signatures hereunto, as will appear from the dimit of each of the petitioners, herewith transmitted; that they reside in or near the City of Yokohama, in the province of Honshu, in Japan; that among them are a sufficient number of brethern well qualified to open and hold a Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, and to discharge all its various duties in the three degrees of Ancient Masonry, in accordance with established usage; and that, having the prosperity of the Craft at heart and being desirous to use their best endeavors for the difusion of its beneficient principles, they pray for Dispensation empowering them to form, open and hold a regular Lodge, at the Masonic Temple of Yokohama, Honshu, Japan, aforesaid to be called FAR EAST LODGE. They have nominated and respectfully recommend Brother Herbert Wolff as the first Master, Brother Herbert Lee Ellison as the first Senior Warden, and 116

117 Brother Abraham Jacobson as the first Junior Warden of the said Lodge, they being each, in all respects, compentent to perform all the duties of either of the stations for which they are severally proposed; and, if the prayer of the petitioners be granted, they promise in all things strict obedience to the commands of the Grand Master, and undeviating conformity to the Constitution and Regulations of the Grand Lodge. Dated at Yokohama, Japan, on the 25th day of August A. L Signatures No. Name & No. of Lodge States or Country 1. Herbert Wolff Fernbrook Lodge #898 Yonkers, N.Y. 2. Herbert Lee Ellison Camp Knox #919 Fort Knox, Ky. 3. Abraham Jacobson Westgate #335 Los Angeles, Calif. 4. W. J. Eichorn Muog Lodge #89 Manila, P.I. 5. L. V. Twyford Byers #81 Bradford, Ark. 6. Kenneth S. Coe Camp Knox #919 Fort Knox, Ky. 7. Manfred D. Ratcliff Camp Knox #919 Fort Knox, Ky. 8. Richard L. Craver Camp Knox #919 Fort Knox, Ky. 9. David Kurtz Piatt Lodge #194 New York, N.Y. 10. Richard K. Irvin Anniston 443 Anniston Ala. 11. John J. Stevens Curfew 73 Carabelle, Fla. 12. Owen G. Denton Tyler 1233 Tyler Texas 13. J. F. Shortess Hammerton #332 N. Charleston, S.C. 14. Robert Beauchamp Washington #20 Sacramento, Calif. 15. Stanley A. Palmer Bataugas #35 Philippine Islands 16. Melvin M. Burger, Jr. Dearborn #172 Dearborn, Mich. 17. William E. Piercey Columbia #26 East Haddam, Conn. 18. Lawrence A. Martin Army & Navt #512 Detroit, Michigan 19. Richard. B. Eldridge Milton C. Marvin #117 Guam, M.I. 20. David F. Law Henry A. Green #250 Fort Lewis, Wn. 21. Samuel Barrash Cassia #45 Baltimore, Md. 22. Dewey M. Radcliffe Mt. Hermon #179 Hyattsville, Md. 23. E. E. Cartwright Rising Light #397 Huntington Park, Calif. 24. Elmer O. Hinman Fairmount #435 San Francisco, California 117

118 On the 26th of October,1948, Master Masons in the Yokohama area petitioned for, and received, a dispensation from the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the Philippines to form, open, and hold a Masonic Lodge. The officers therein named were: Brother Herbert Wolff, Worshipful Master; Brother Herbert Lee Ellison, Senior Warden; and Brother Abraham Jacobson, Junior Warden. Far East Lodge U. D. opened and held meetings under this dispensation until 31 Dec 1948, at which time the Lodge submitted to the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of the Philippines all records, forms, and transactions of the Lodge activities, together with a petition praying for a charter. On 27 Jan 1949, Far East Lodge U. D. was granted Charter Number 124, thereby becoming another Masonic Lodge legally constituted and chartered under the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of the Philippines Back Row: Bro. Herbert Lee Ellison WB Herbert Wolff Bro. Abraham Jacobson Front Row: The first Brethren Raised by Lodge No

119 Thistle Lodge No. 900, Yonkers, New York Warrant: ca =LEVmlTZygu&sig=4iVaAa8tPffIBvY1f4jFAp0YvB8&hl=en&ei=- 63vTdbALNSq0AG1taz1DA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22Thistle%20Lod ge%20no.%20900%22&f=false page 528. The first annual dinner of Thistle Lodge, No. 900, F. & A. M., of Yonkers, was held at Francfort's Hotel, that city, January 31st [1912]. About sixty men were at the tables in the large dining room, and it was a, very enjoyable occasion. The menu was excellent. The program was as follows: "Grand Lodge of the State of New York," proposed by William R. Jackson, Master of the Lodge: responded to by J. Edward Murphy. Song, "Asleep in the Deep," John Malone- "Sister Lodges," proposed by Simpson McPhall; responded to by W. B. Jones, of Rising Star Lodge. Song, Signor Franco. "The Land We Live In," proposed by J. Richardson; responded to by George Mee Master, of Nepperhan Lodge. Song, "The Lass o' Ballochmyle," Alexander Bruce. "The Craft," proposed by Brother Murphy; responded to by Rev. D. G. Lawson. Song. "Friar of Orders Gray," J. C. Anderson. "Thistle Lodge," proposed by Fred Hare: responded to by Brother Jackson. Hai ry Blackburn was the accompanist for the singers. Past Master Simpson McPhail was presented with a gold watch as a token of appreciation for the services rendered by him while occupying the Master's chair, last year. Rev. Mr. Lawson read original verses, which made a hitthistle Lodge's officers for 1913 include: William R. Jackson, Master; Robert M. Barr, SW; Thomas H. Slimmon, JW; John Ross, Treas: Alexander M. Russell, Secry; Robert C. Mathleson, SD; Alexander Bruce, JD. ==== Thistle, a Yonkers lodge, with whom Diamond has had the most cordial and fraternal relationship over the years, found itself with an adequate treasury, a membership of over 200 Brothers, some of the most proficient Masons in our District, and yet unable to fill the complete line of Officers and barely able to muster a quorum to conduct Lodge business on several occasions. Their 1989 Master was serving his fifth term in that Chair and their choices were either to merge with another Lodge or surrender their Charter. They approached Diamond Lodge about a merger, because of our past relationship and their appreciation of our continued participation in community service and Widows Program in spite of diminishing numbers. A year of conferences, consultations with Grand Lodge about necessary procedures, discussions and votes by both Lodges, finally resulted in the official formation of Diamond Thistle Lodge No. 555, on December 15, This infusion of new Brothers, with their colorful and popular plaid-clad Fellowcraft Degree team, the flag presentation ceremony, their Robert Burns Night and all the rest of their traditions will surely make Diamond Thistle Lodge No. 555, a vital Masonic institution. Mount Masada Lodge No. 902, Mount Vernon, New York Warrant: ca David Wolf b. 15 Apr 1898 Brooklyn; d. 30 Jan 1965, Manhattan, was the son of Ike Wolf and Bessie Levy. The family moved to suburban Mount Vernon, NY, in In 1927, he founded the Sensitive Research Instrument Corp. The firm was noted for its pioneering efforts in the development of the precision electrostatic voltmeter, an essential measuring instrument in design work conducted at the University of California which led to production of the first nuclear weapons. The company had an international reputation in the field of science. Mr. Wolf was prominent in Mount Vernon for his active support of youth groups. He was a member of the YM-YWCA board of directors and a president of its Men's Club. He was an active member of the "Y" for more than 50 years and played on its first basketball teams. He was also an active member of Congregation Emanu-el, B'nai B'rith, and the Zionist Organization of America. He served on the board of directors of the Big Brothers of the Hebrew National Orphan Home and was a member of the board of directors of Weitzman Institute. A member of the Mount Masada Lodge, F.& A.M., he belonged to the Vernon Hills Country Club. He was a generous and often anonymous contributor to Mount Vernon charitable and community institutions, being active in fund raising for the Mount Vernon Hospital, Bonds for Israel and the United Jewish Appeal. Mr. Wolf was survived by his wife Anne, a brother and sister, two daughters, and five grandchildren. Robert B. Cagan, a longtime resident of Yonkers, NY, died Monday April 1, He was a World War II United States Army Combat Veteran in the Pacific Theater. He was the Past Grand Lodge Staff Officer, and was an avid gardener. He was the beloved husband of 58 years to Wilma; the loving father of Marsha, and her husband Jay Marksheid, Steven Cagan, and Arlene, and her husband Dr. Edward Murphy. 119

120 Mount Masada-Galaxy Lodge No. 902, Tuckahoe, New York Warrant: ca 1961?; Chartered15 Jun 1913 Website: Living Past Masters Harold B. Davis 1968 Norman Greenburg 1969 Gerald Schochet 1971 Henry Scharfman 1973 Herb Posner 1974 Harold Niedelman 1975/80/81/84 Harvey Bayer 1976 Bernard Granite 1977 Barry Preville 1978/89 Errol Insler 1979 Ira Bronsky /87 David Katzenstein Arthur Reichling Jay Marksheid Richard Fatigate Edward Conte Michael Quigley Andrew Strauss Matt Frank JohnMcAloon Gramatan Lodge No. 927, Bronxville, New York Warrant: ca 1915 Jerome David Kern Kern was a charter member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. He was associated with numerous organizations, including Gramaton Lodge of Masonry [Initiated May 1919]. Among his close friends in New York who were Masonic Brothers were Eddie Cantor and Paul Whiteman. Jerome Kern was featured in a recent edition of The Empire State Mason. The article was written by Kenneth R. Force, and starts by mentioning the postage stamp commemorating the 100th anniversary of Kern's birth. In one paragraph we read: "Jerome Kern became a Mason in 1919 having been raised in Gramatan (now Gramatan-Vernon ) Lodge 927 Bronxville. He was very proud of his Masonic Fraternity and so stated this to his friends and acquaintances. As his career continued to soar, he tenaciously held onto those patriotic and morale values that were to be reflected in his music, as well as his personal life." Jerome David Kern was born 27 Jan He began his stage career grafting American songs (for which he wrote the music) into imported European operettas. His breakthrough came with the song "They Didn't Believe Me", written (with lyrics by Edward Laska) for a show called "The Girl from Utah". It established him as a major American composer in Married to a Englishwoman, Kern became an Anglophile, and teamed up with British writers Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse to write the so-called "Princess Theatre musicals"--shows like "Very Good, Eddie" and "Leave It To Jane", which were unusual not so much for their silly storylines but for the fact that the characters were everyday people rather than the exotic characters of operetta, and also for the fact that these shows had few sets and small casts. He later wrote shows like "Sally" and "Sunny", both loaded with song hits, star casts and spectacular sets but silly plots. Finally, looking for an entirely different type of musical, Kern decided to adapt Edna Ferber's novel "Show Boat" to the musical stage. Although Oscar Hammerstein II agreed to do the adaptation and lyrics, nearly everyone (including Ferber) thought Kern and Hammerstein had lost their minds. "Show Boat"'s storyline featured interracial marriage, wife desertion, alcoholism and gambling, and the most realistic characters ever seen in a musical up to then, not to mention the song "Ol' Man River" and an opening chorus of black dockworkers singing about their work. Most of the songs were integrated so well into the story that they could not possibly have been sung in another show or taken out of "Show Boat" without damaging the plot. And "Show Boat" featured a song, "Mis'ry's Comin' Round", which was so utterly tragic that Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. ordered it cut--and it remained cut, existing only as background music, until the 1994 revival. In spite of all this, "Show Boat" became a huge hit and has remained one of the musical theater's greatest classics and most often revived shows--the only musical pre-1943 to be revived over and over. Kern, however, did not experiment any further--his other hit shows, "Music In The Air", "Roberta" and "The Cat and the Fiddle", contain classic songs that are still sung, but the shows are almost never revived. After a heart attack in 1939, Kern wrote songs exclusively for movie musicals. Two of his movie musicals, Swing Time (1936) with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, and Cover Girl (1944) with Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly, have become famous for their songs and dances. Kern died of a stroke at the age of 60, i11 Nov Clarence E. Lovejoy Newspaperman and author. b. June 26, 1894 in Waterville, Maine. Graduate of Columbia U. in Was reporter on papers in Pittsfield, Mass. and Meriden, Conn. from In 1925 he founded the Bronxville (N.Y.) Press. Has been with the New York Times, , , and since 1934 as boating editor. From he was alumni executive and editor of the Columbia Alumni News of Columbia U., and since 1947 has been director of College Admissions Advisory Service, N.Y. Served as officer in WWI with A.E.F. and continued as a captain with regular army after war until In WWII he was with Military Intelligence and became a colonel. He was director of public relations for the European Theatre under Eisenhower and McNarey. 120

121 Author of So You're Going to College, and Lovejoy's Complete Guide to American Colleges and Universities. Affiliated with Gramatan Lodge No. 927, Bronxville, N.Y. on April 17, 1925 from Crescent Lodge of Mass. Dimitted Sept. 20, Fraternity Lodge No. 942, Ossining, New York Warrant: 4 May 1916 See Fraternity-Dunderberg Lodge No. 942 following... Fraternity-Dunderberg Lodge No. 942, Tarrytown, New York 26 Nov 1980 this merger was approved by the Committee on Charters and Fraternity-Dunderberg Lodge No The Lodge was constituted 5 May HISTORY OF FRATERNITY-DUNDERBERG LODGE NO. 942 F. & A.M. This history was compiled and written by: W.. Herbert M. Lebovitz Historian Brother Arthur Nisonoff Secretary Revised and updated by W.. Raymond A Reber Historian Prior to World War I, a group of Masons met in the home of a man who lived Masonry. There they discussed the need for a new Lodge in Ossining. After many meetings and considerable work W.. Romine Williams and his Brothers attained their objective. On January 16, 1916 a special communication of Ossining Lodge was held in Masonic Hall, Ossining, NY. R..W.. William B. Adams, D.D.G.M. called the Lodge to order. He then ordered R..W.. Thomas Leary of Westchester Lodge No. 180 to read the Dispensation from Grand Lodge to Ossining Lodge which appointed the following officers: Romine Williams Master Charles Finkelstein SW Morris Newman JW Also appointed at this meeting were the following officers: Morris Finkelstein Treasurer Moses Myers Secretary Gustave Herrschaft Sr. Deacon Abram Sadofsky Jr. Deacon Four months later, on May 4, 1916, we were presented with our Charter and at that time we were given a new name, Fraternity Lodge No Since our inception we have sponsored two offspring s, Dunderberg Lodge No in Peekskill and Sleepy Hollow Lodge No in Tarrytown. From a membership of 37 on December 31, 1916, Fraternity Lodge attained a high of 160 members in the 1950s. In the ensuing years a declining interest in fraternal organizations began to take its toll. By 1978 Sleepy Hollow s membership fell off to a point where it could no longer operate as a working Lodge. Its charter was turned in to Grand Lodge and many of its members joined Solomon s Lodge No Dunderberg Lodge No was formed by a group of Fraternity Lodge No. 942 who lived in the Peekskill area. The first meeting was held on January 14, 1926 in Peekskill. Immediate past Grand Master M..W.. William A. Rowan along with a delegation of Grand line officers opened the Lodge, presented the new charter and consecrated the Lodge. After a recess past DDGM R..W.. Walter Johnstone with the assistance of Brother Samuel James Alterman as temporary secretary and R..W.. Walter Faucher, past DDGM, as temporary Marshall, installed the following officers: RW Louis E. Keller Bro. Charles Blank Bro. Samuel D. Hartstein Bro. S. James Alterman Bro. Lewis Kornhouser Master Sr. Warden Jr. Warden Secretary Treasurer Bro. Irving M. Grossman Bro. Frederick N. Weston Bro. Isador Vogel Bro. William Karpf Bro. David Slutsky Sr. Deacon Jr. Deacon SMC JMC Sr. Steward Bro. Samuel Poritsky Bro. Martin Weiss Bro. Charles Weller W Addison W. Brown Jr. Steward Marshal Chaplain Tiler Thanks was given to Courtlandt Lodge No. 34 for permitting the new Lodge to meet in their Masonic Hall. 29 Brothers paid $10 dues. $8 was spent on the caterer and $100 paid to Grand Lodge, leaving an initial balance of $182. The initiation fee was set at $75. Like Fraternity Lodge No. 942, membership grew to over 100 by the 1950s. Thereafter membership declined. By 1978 both Lodes were actively pursuing merger possibilities. Fraternity Lodge No. 942 was well on the way to merge with Ossining Lodge No. [note: there were Lodges in Ossining, but none by that name]. After several meetings it was agreed that the two lodges would merge and that the merged Lodge would bear the name Fraternity- Dunderberg Lodge No On November 26, 1980 the merger was approved by the Committee on Charters and Fraternity-Dunderberg Lodge No The Lodge was constituted on May 5, Fraternity Lodge No. 942, during its operation by that name received a number of Grand Lodge appointments and awards: R..W.. Charles Finkelstein Grand Steward R..W.. I. Edward Grossman Grand Sword Bearer R..W.. Marvin Ross D.D.G.M. R..W.. Fredric L. Aibel D.D.G.M. 121

122 R..W..Hanley Winter R..W.. Abraham Cohen Br. Arthur Nisonoff Br. Joseph Giella Br. Gabe Sher Br. Abe Herskowitz D.D.G.M. Grand Representative Dedicated Service Award Dedicated Service Award Dedicated Service Award Dedicated Service Award Dunderberg Lodge No received the following appointments: R..W.. Alex Shustin D.D.G.M. R..W.. Sol Birbrower Grand Representative The first officers to hold office in Fraternity-Dunderberg Lodge No. 942 were as follows: Master Harry Appel Chaplain Abraham Cohen SW Kevin Carosella SD James Levin JW Murray Gudisman JD Plato Stout Secretary Arthur Nisonoff SMC Paul Simco Treasurer Edward Grossman JMC Charles Miller Trustee, 1981 W.. Alan Drogy Trustee, 1982 W.. Mitchell Schwartz Trustee, 1983 R..W.. Frederic Aible Sr Steward Abraham Herskowitz Jr Steward Sol Green Marshal Mike Allegro Tiler Herman Heckman As a merged Lodge, Fraternity-Dunderberg Lodge No. 942 has been honored by the following Grand Lodge appointments and awards: R..W.. Harry Appel Grand Director of Ceremonies 1981 R..W.. Mitchell M. Schwartz Grand Sword Bearer 1982 Br. Victor S. Versace 1st place M.A.G.L.A. contest 1990 W.. Paul S. Reif Dedicated Service Award 1991 R..W.. Warren E. Brown Grand Steward W.. Murray Gudisman Dedicated Service Award 1994 R..W.. Murray Gudisman Grand Representative 1995 W.. Jay Stephens Dedicated Service Award 1996 R..W.. Victor S. Versace D.D.G.M W.. Michael Kohel Dedicated Service Award 1997 Br. Irwin Bass Dedicated Service Award 2000 R..W.. James E. Martin Grand Steward R..W.. Paul M. Rosen D.D.G.M R..W.. Victor S. Versace Grand Master of Cryptic Masons R..W.. Gerard Keating Grand Sword Bearer MASTERS OF FRATERNITY LODGE NO. 942 & DUNDERBERG LODGE NO first 40 years Year Fraternity Lodge No. Yrs Dunderberg Lodge No. Yrs 1916 RW Romine Williams 1st Master " RW Charles Finkestein " Gustave Herrschaft Isador Finkelstein Henry E. Lasselle Benjamin Cartoon Robert H. Myers RW Louis E. Keller Mory H. Cartoon RW Louis E. Keller 1st Master 1927 Archie Rosenblatt Charles Blank 1928 Samuel S. Pines Samuel Hartstein 1929 Isaac Rosenblatt Irving H. Grossman 1930 Henry Philipson Isadore Vogel 1931 Milton Hammel Charles Jacob 1932 J. Burtram Farren Micheal Kuritzky 1933 Max Greenberg Jerome H. Silverstein 1934 George Philipson Harry D Cohen 1935 Bernard Rosenblatt Irving S Keller (son of Louis) 1936 RW I. Edward Grossman William J. Haft 1937 Matthew Blummer Archibald Loshin 1938 Harry Cohen Samuel Slutzky 1939 Louis Weingrad RW William S. Smith 1940 " 2 " RW Charles Finkelstein 3 Irving H. Lipton 1942 Bennett Miller Barnett Platter 1943 Mendel Sussman Herman M. Epstein 1944 RW I. Edward Grossman 2 Lawrence B Goldstein 1945 Harry Cohen 2 Jack Schneiderman 122

123 1946 Henry R Willer Harry Hulnich 1947 Mendel Sussman 2 RW Solomon Birbrower 1948 Abraham R Katz Archibald Loshin Irving Gendel Benjamin I. Sandberg 1950 Irving Schwartz Bernard Berger 1951 Hilliard Greene Solomon S. Ganeles 1952 John J Werner Sidney H. Fisch 1953 Herbert M Lebovitz Bernard G Gordon 1954 w Abraham Klamka w Jack Kuritzky 1955 w Herbert E Greene w Alexander Shustin Records from the early years of Fraternity Lodge No. 942 are lost. Dunderberg Lodge No.1070 was formed by Brothers of Fraternity. 12 of 13 applicants for affiliation at the 1st meeting were from Fraternity. MASTERS OF FRATERNITY LODGE 942 & DUNDERBERG LODGE thru 1980 Fraternity Lodge No. Yrs Dunderberg No. Yrs 1956 Mitchell M Schwartz Bernard Baumann 1957 Irving Goldberg Walter Borten 1958 Robert M. Woolf Albert Droger 1959 Sol Shuchman Leonard Brown 1960 RW Marvin Ross Archibald Loshin George Bernstein Norman Roskin 1962 Bernard Bernstein Fred Berger 1963 RW Fredric L Aibel Fred Berger George Morganstein Irving Blackman 1965 Daniel G Levin Arnold H Platter 1966 George Z Ross Sam Musikar 1967 RW Hanley Winter " " 2 " Arthur Klamka Murray Ike 1970 George Z Ross 2 RW Sol Birbrower Irving Kopelman " " 2 Harold Kruger 1973 RW Hanley Winter 3 Daniel Robbins 1974 Mitchell M. Schwartz 2 " RW Fredric L Aibel 2 Alan Drogy 1976 Abraham Cohen " " 2 Eugene Simco 1978 " 3 " Harry Appel Paul Simco 1980 " 2 " 2 Masters Total 49 in 65 years 43 in 55 years including Louis E Keller who was Master of Fraternity Lodge No. 942 MASTERS OF FRATERNITY - DUNDERBERG LODGE NO. 942 No. Yrs # Master 1981 Harry Appel 3 1 was Master of Fraternity 1982 Kevin Carosella RW Murray Gudisman, DSA Paul R. Simco 3 4 was Master of Dunderberg 1985 William Morrero Henry Grossman RW Warren E Brown " Henry Grossman Sheldon Mankes Jay Stephens Michael S Kohel, DSA Paul S Reif, DSA RW James Martin RW Victor Versace Gerald F Beyrer Michael A Spath RW Paul M Rosen " William Morrero RW Paul M Rosen " Vincent Furfaro

124 2004 Larry Solomon RW Gerald Keating Raymond A Reber Raymond A Reber Jeffrey Wynans Matthew Weiss Glenn Tompkins Sr. 23 Peary Lodge No. 987, Yonkers, New York Warrant: 1822 An invitation was received from Emil Turner, Master of Peary Lodge, to take part in that lodge's silver jubilee program on May 16 [1947]. Most of the charter members of Peary Lodge came from Rising Star Lodge, Mr. Turner said. Walter James Lumley Jr., passed away on 16 Aug 2009 at Nyack Hospital from heart failure. He was born on 16 Aug 1920 in Toledo, OH. He was the son of the late Jane and Walter Lumley. When he was an infant his family moved to Yonkers, NY. Walter attended Yonkers schools and graduated from Saunders Trade School in He was a steamfitter by trade belonging to the plumbers and steamfitters union, Local No. 21. He was a superintendent in construction working primarily on commercial and school buildings. He also was a very active Mason belonging to the Peary Lodge, now known as Yonkers Lodge. Walter was Master four times and earned the title of Right Worshipful. He joined the Navy in 1942 and was discharged in During the war he served on two LSTs, 61 and 73. He participated in all the Mediterranean invasions, including the D-Day invasion. Walter compiled 23 trips across the English Channel before he was finally sent to the pacific until he was discharged. Walter is survived by his wife Emma "Dorin" of 58 years, and his son Walter. Also surviving is his brother George and many nieces and nephews. Burial was at Fred Loescher Veteran's Cemetery. Orawaugum Lodge No. 1003, White Plains, New York Warrant: 1922 Grand Lodge Proceedings, Owing to circumstances known to him, the District Deputy Grand Master of the 2nd Westchester-Putnam District has withheld his certificate of approval of Orawaupum Lodge at White Plains. This Committee therefore cannot recommend that a Charter be granted at this time to said Lodge and requests permission to refer the petition of this Lodge to the Grand Master for such action as he may desire to take. Orawaugum-Siwanoy Lodge No. 1003, Daniel J. Blumenthal passed away Thursday, 10 Nov Predeceased by his parents, Sadie and Raphael J. Blumenthal and his father-in-law, William "Bill" Raskind. Survived by his wife of 31 years, Peggy (Raskind); daughters and son-in-law, Shira and Benjamin Simon, and Elana Blumenthal; mother-in-law, Bess Raskind; aunt, Ida Wattenberg; uncle, Benjamin Raskind and several cousins. Dan taught Chemistry and Physics in the Plainview-Old Bethpage School District for 25 years and did substitute teaching in several Rochester area school districts. He also practiced Pharmacy in Poughkeepsie and Rochester. Dan was a member of Fairport-Flower City Lodge 476 F&AM and was a Past Master of Orawaupum-Siwanoy Lodge 1003 F&AM. He was Grand Steward from the second Westchester-Putnam District in Masonic Services were held in the Rabbi Abraham Solomon Chapel of Temple Beth El followed by Dan's interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Daniel D. Tompkins [Hartsdale] Lodge No. 1013, Hartsdales, New York Warrant: ca Near This Spot Was Born June 21st 1774 Daniel D. Tompkins Governor Of The State Of New York Vice-President Of The United States This Site Is Marked By The Westchester County Historical Society Through The Generosity Of Charles Butler Esq Site of Daniel D. Tompkins Birthplace By Michael Herrick, May 10,

125 [Lower Plaque} The monument was given by The Westchester County Historical Society Daniel D. Tompkins Lodge No. 1013, F. & A. M. Edward J. Snyder, Master John Thies, Monument Trustee The lodge then moved it to this site, donated by J. Dan Tooker, Jr. and J. Brooke Willis and dedicated it on June 12, 1976, presenting it to the Village of Scarsdale, Boine T. Johnson, Jr. Mayor %20Grayscale/Yonkers%20NY%20Herald%20Statesman%201979%20b%20Grayscale%20-% pdf Gannett Westchester Newspapers - Friday. Dec Ronald Giannotti of Yonkers has been elected to serve on the standing committee of the Daniel D. Tompkins Lodge 1013, F. & A.M. Charles Todd Lee of Scarsdale has been elected the Master the lodge for next year. Serving with Lee will be Charles G. Gerwig of Scarsdale, Senior Warden; Howard I. Theall of White Plains, Junior Warden; Kenneth R. Knoll of North White Plains, Treasurer and Irving B. Harvey of Scarsdale, Secretary. Frederick W. Egger of Scarsdale. retiring master, was elected a trustee for a three-year period. Elected to serve one year with Giannotti on the standing committee, an advisory body, were Herbert J. Stone of North White Plains, chairman; James Cardona of Thornwood; Stephen J. Craig of Hartsdale; and William A. Dans of Elmsford. The slate will be installed at a lodge meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 8, at 8 p.m., in the Hartsdale Square Club on Wilson Avenue. Prior to his retirement, Lee was an overseas director for Philco-Ford, a subsidiary of the Ford Motor Co. He has served the American Bible Society for 10 years as a member of the board of managers. He is a member of the Hitchcock Presbyterian Church, the Scarsdale Town Club, Scarsdale Historical Society and the Old Guard of White Plains. He also is a director of the Westchester Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution. THE TIMES- SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD, N.J. - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1976 Henry Christian Hoffmann, 81, retired executive vice president of Reeves Brothers, Inc.. a New York textile firm, died Thursday (Nov. 18, 1976) at his home 219 Paterson Road, Fanwood. Mr. Hoffmann, a native of New York, lived in Hartsdale, N.Y. before moving to Fanwood in He retired from Reeves Brothers in 1962 after 38 years with the company but has continued to serve as a director of the firm. He also has been a member of the three-man panel of the textile division of the American Arbitration Association and served on the arbitration board during the 1940s. Mr. Hoffmann was a past president of the Arkwright Club, a textile association, and a member of the Merchant's Club in New York. He held membership in the Daniel E. Tompkins Lodge 1013, F&AM in Hartsdale. Locally, he was an active member and strong supporter of the Fanwood-Scotch Plains Rotary Club, and has been a member of the Fanwood United Fund THE JOURNAL, Crosby, N. D. Wednesday, February 28, 1979 Former Ambrose man succumbs to heart attack Gordon C[lare]. Miller, 57, a longtime White Plains, New York resident, and formerly of Ambrose, died suddenly from a heart attack on February 13. A Masonic service was held at Bennett Funeral Home, 824 Scarsdale Ave., Scarsdale, NY, on February 16 at which all friends were welcome to attend. Mr. Miller was born in Ambrose, North Dakota on May 21, 1921, a son of Harry H. Miller and Minnie V. Anderson. He received most of his grade school education in San Diego, California, but graduated from Ambrose High School in He attended the University of Colorado and graduated with a degree in music in 1949, after serving four and a half years in the U. S. Army. He was employed by 125

126 General Mills in White Plains for 30 years and worked in the Food Product Division. He was an active member of the Masons and was Secretary of the Daniel D. Tompkins Lodge No From 1970 to 1971 he served as District Deputy Grand Master of the Second Westchester-Putnam District. In 1969 he was appointed Assistant Grand Lecturer for the Masons and in 1968 he became Master of Scarsdale Lodge No He was active in the Past Masters Association, Masonic Children's Association, and the District Deputy Grand Masters Association. He was a member of the Bethlehem Crusader Commandry No. 53 and was active in its drill team. He is survived by his wife Charlotte Belsan; a son, Keith of White Plains; a daughter Karen Proft of Peekskill; two brothers, A. George Miller of Chula Vista, California, and Harry A. Miller of Ambrose, North Dakota. In lieu of flowers, the family asks donations be sent to the Heart Fund or Masonic Home building fund, care of Daniel D. Tompkins Lodge, 5 Robin Hill Rd., Scarsdale, NY May 06, 1986 Bert C. Neil, 80, Gainesboro Sreet, Deltona, died Sunday. Born in Newfoundland, Canada, he moved to Deltona [FL] in 1983 from Copek, NY. He was a retired route supervisor for the Dellwood Dairies, White Plains, NY. He was an Episcopalian, Past Master of Daniel D. Tompkins Lodge 1013, F&AM, Hartsdale, NY, 32nd degree Mason for the Imperial Council, Cypress Temple Shrine, Albany, NY, and past patron for the Aletha Chapter of the Order of Estern Star, White PLains, NY. Survivors: wife, Frances A.; sons, Reginald A., Mesa, Ariz., Ronald E., Nanuet, NY; daughter, Anita Grady, Penn Valley, Calif.; brother, Ralph, Newfoundland; sister, Evelyn Vahle, Deltona. Larchmont Lodge No. 1030, Larchmont, New York Warrant: ca 1924 Now merged with Huguenot Lodge No Irwin W. "Dad" Hally is a Past Master of the former Larchmont Lodge # 1030 F&AM, now merged with Huguenot Lodge #46. He was raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason on June 8, years as a Mason Waite Charles Hoyt WAITE HOYT: Hall-of-Fame Pitcher, Play-by-Play Announcer and Once a Mason by Ivan M. Tribe, K. Y. C. H., K. C. T., 33o 126

127 In recent years, major league baseball players who go on to become play by play announcers have become fairly common; but such was not always the case. In recent decades one can think of Jerry Coleman, Joe Nuxhall, Don Drysdale, Herb Score, and perhaps most obviously the late Dizzy Dean. Yet there were others who pioneered in the trade. One of the best who also earned his niche in the Hall of Fame at Cooperstown was Waite Hoyt who was the ace right hander of the New York Yankees at nearly the same time that Brother Herb Pennock was their southpaw hurling star. After two decades in the majors, Hoyt went into sportscasting, and spent even longer in that field, putting in nearly a quarter century broadcasting Cincinnati Reds games. Waite Charles Hoyt was born in Brooklyn, New York on September 9, The Hoyts were in fact longtime residents of Brooklyn. Waite s father had been in the clothing business, but switched his employment to Swift and Company when it appeared that there was little opportunity for advancement with the firm of L. Heller and Sons. Kids growing up in Brooklyn in those days developed an early interest in baseball and Waite was no exception. At first he wanted to be a second baseman (an early idol was Larry Doyle of the Giants), but soon afterward became a pitcher because his original team lacked uniforms, but another unit that had them needed someone who could throw hard. On such mature judgement, great decisions are sometimes made. Young Hoyt soon proved himself to be a hard thrower and soon attracted attention from professional scouts. The Baltimore Federal League team showed an interest in However, the parents objected to him leaving home at fifteen and he did not sign although he did sign with the hometown New York Giants prior to his sixteenth birthday and ended the season pitching batting practice for John McGraw s National League team. The next season as a sixteen year old, the youth divided his time between Mt. Carmel in the Penn State League and Hartford of the Eastern League compiling impressive won-lost records of 5-1 and 4-5, respectively. Apparently his control could have been better in Connecticut as he walked forty-four batters while striking out only half that number. Two more years in the minors saw the still teenaged hurler dividing his time between the Southern League and the International. While his won-lost record appeared unfavorable his earned run averages were quite good, being 3.23 during a stint at Memphis and a much stronger 2.51, 2.73 and 2.10 at the other locales. In between longer service at Nashville and Newark in 1918, the eighteen year old Hoyt made his major league debut on July 24, 1918, pitching one inning for the Giants giving up no hits and striking out two batters. The Giants subsequently traded Hoyt to Rochester of the International League, but he refused to report and not being under contract to them, instead started 1919 pitching for the independent Baltimore Drydocks. This made him a virtual free agent, and in mid-season he signed with the Boston Red Sox with the stipulation that he be allowed to start a game within four days. Manager Ed Barrow thought this was a fresh demand for a teenager, but he honored it and Hoyt soon started a game against Detroit and beat them 2-1 in twelve innings. Waite went 4-6 that year and 6-6 in On December 15, 1920, the now twenty-one year-old hurler was traded to the New York Yankees as part of an eight player deal and climb to baseball greatness really began. Waite Hoyt spent nearly a full decade with the Bronx Bombers and made most of his major achievements with that club. Having the advantage of a strong team behind him, Hoyt, along with such noted figures as Herb Pennock and Carl Mays (both Masons), managed to be on six pennant winning teams in that period and compile an enviable Word Series record of 6-3 and pitching 27 innings in the 1921 post season game without giving up an earned run (he did give up two unearned runs in the final game, suffering a heartbreaking loss). He also had several strong seasons in this period as well, winning an excess of twenty games in two seasons (1927 and 1928), and nineteen in two other seasons (1921 and 1922). Over his nine full seasons with the club, he averaged seventeen wins per season. Should anyone be surprised that he once quipped, The secret of success is to play for the New York Yankees. During the course of his 1927 season when the Yankees had perhaps the greatest team in the game s history, Waite Hoyt also became a Mason in Kings County Lodge No. 511 in his native Brooklyn. Taking his degrees over the course of the season, he was initiated an Entered Apprentice on April 19, 1927 (a day when Bob Shawkey took a 1-0 loss to the Red Sox); passed a Fellowcraft on June 29, 1927 (George Pipgras pitched his team to an 8-2 victory over the Red Sox); and raised a Master Mason on September 27, 1927 (the Yanks took Washington 15-5 behind the pitching of Urban Shocker). Other Masons on that team included center fielder, Earl Combs, and left-handed pitcher, Herb Pennock. Bro. Hoyt apparently became a member of the Tall Cedars of Lebanon as he was so pictured in a charity game they sponsored. On October 18, 1929, Hoyt affiliated with Larchmont Lodge No and dimitted from Kings County eleven days later. After going 22-7 in that fabulous year, Hoyt did as well in 1928 going In three World Series appearances in those great seasons, he won three games. In 1929, however, he experienced an off-year going 10-9 while the Yankees lost the pennant to a resurging Philadelphia team. In addition Miller Huggins died near the season s end and on May 30, 1930 Waite Hoyt and shortstop Mark Koenig were traded to the Detroit Tigers. In the Motor City, he recovered some of his older skills, going 9-8 for the remainder of the season, but his ERA jumped to After starting off even worse in 1931, the once superb hurler compiled a 3-8 record and the Tigers placed him on waivers in June. Connie Mack hoped that the one time Schoolboy could help the Athletics who were in the thick of another pennant race and his hunch proved correct. Waite went 10-5 in the remainder of 1931, but lost the fifth game of the World Series 5-1 for his final appearance in the Fall Classic. Mack would have signed Hoyt again in 1932, but agreed instead to give the veteran pitcher his release so he could sign with his hometown team, the Dodgers. That proved to be a mistake in mid-season he went to the Giants. Overall his 1932 record was 6-10 and his ERA was 4.35 In many respects it was the lowpoint of his career as he had posted at least ten victories in every season since first coming to the Yankees in December In a retrospective interview in 1976, the Hall of Fame pitcher credited this weak performance to domestic difficulties. In the Summer of 1931, Hoyt testified in a divorce case on behalf of his former Yankee team mate Jumping Joe Dugan. Waite s wife Dorothy Pyle Hoyt testified for 127

128 Mrs. Dugan and not long after went to Reno to establish a Nevada residence herself. On May 12, 1933, Waite who had signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates a few months earlier, married again to Ellen Burbank. It may have been a more stable home life that did it, but whatever, Hoyt found himself again in Pittsburgh. In four full seasons and part of another with the Bucs Brother Hoyt recovered part of his old form and proved himself an effective spot-starter and reliever. His best year with the Pirates was 1934 when he went 15-6 with a 2.92 ERA. In all, his days in Pittsburgh show his win-loss totals at 35-31, hardly up to his old form, but respectable. Released by the Pirates in June 1937, the Dodgers again signed him and he went 7-7 in 38 appearances, posting a 3.23 ERA. However a half dozen ineffective appearances in 1938 with three losses and no victories, the now thirty-eight year old aging Schoolboy hung up his glove for major league play, but pitched in several games for the semi-pro Brooklyn Bushwicks. In all, his major league pitching record was with a 3.59 ERA. In addition he went 6-4 in World Series play with a 1.81 ERA. Waite Hoyt had several experiences with show business having once toured with a vaudeville act in the off-season, but had also hosted a short term radio program as early as He decided to opt for a future in radio, he hosted a variety of pre-and-post game shows in New York until January 1942, when the Burger Brewing Company of Cincinnati hired him to be a play-by-play announcer for Reds games. From 1948 through 1954, those Reds game that were televised also had the advantage of Hoyt s announcing work. He remained at this position for twenty-four years becoming a favorite with fans who in addition to his fine coverage of the games was virtually unparalleled in being able to draw on his years of experience and discuss them during rain delays. In the winter months, Hoyt often had a television sports program, The Waite Hoyt Hall of Fame, where he interviewed various celebrity athletes including Rio Grande College basketball legend Bevo Francis. In the early sixties, a long play album of his stories titled The Best of Waite Hoyt in the Rain was released and eagerly sold to his many fans. Hoyt was especially in prime form in discussing his many experiences with the legendary Babe Ruth, his team mate on the great Yankee assemblages of the roaring twenties. In fact, he also proved a valuable oral source to both amateur and professional baseball historians. In fact, Frank Graham who wrote The New York Yankees in 1943 is supposed to have shared his royalties with Hoyt who contributed most of the information on the era. He also contributed to other works of baseball history as a source of information including the lengthy introduction to G. H. Fleming s Murderer s Row: The 1927 New York Yankees (1985), which he completed only a few months before his own death in Waite Hoyt retired after the 1965 season because Burger Brewing lost the radio broadcasting franchise. (in those days, the broadcasters were employed by the sponsors; today they are employed by the ball club). However, in 1972 he came back as coannouncer on the telecasts and then retired for good. However, he continued to be well known in the Cincinnati area. According to Sir Knight Norman Lincoln of Eaton, Ohio he never charged for his services when he spoke to Masonic groups--which is ironic because according to the records of the Grand Lodge of New York, he had been suspended for non-payment of dues on November 19, 1935 (does anyone know if he held later lodge membership in another state?). Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969, Hoyt later served on the Veteran s Committee for Hall of Fame selection. He remained an honored statesman of the game until his death in Cincinnati on August 25, The Brooklynite had been a resident of the Queen City for half of his life. Note: The best source of information on Waite Hoyt is the interview in Eugene C. Murdock, Baseball Between the Wars (Meckler, 1992), pp as well as Frank Graham, The New York Yankees (Putnam, 1943) and G. H. Fleming, Murderers Row (Morrow, 1985). Thanks also to the staff at the Grand Lodge of New York and to Sir Knight Norman Lincoln of Eaton, Ohio and Sir Knight Peter Westbere of Guelph, Ontario for pictures R. William Morton eorge%20news% %20grayscale/warrensburg%20ny%20lake%20george%20news% %20grayscale%20-% pdf Warrtiwburg-Lake George News, Weds. April 20, 1983 Masons to host district visitation Warrensburg Chapter 325, Royal Arch Masons will host the Grand Chapter visitation to the Fourteenth Capitular District at the convocation of Tuesday, April 26 [1983] in the Masonic Temple at 8:00 p.m. R. William Morton of Larchmont, New York, Grand Master of the First Weil, will be the official visitor. Mr. Morton is a Past Master of Apawamis Lodge 800, Free and Accepted Masons and a member of Larchmont Lodge A past high priest of Westchester-Tabernacle Chapter 306, R.A.M.; he served as district deputy grand high priest of the Fifth Capitular District. He is also a member of Phoenix Council 70, Cryptic Rite Masons and Bethlehem-Crusader Commandery 53, Knights Templar. Also active in the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Valley of White Plains he has been master of the Lodge of Perfection; master of the Chapter of Rose Croix and is currently commander in chief of the Consistory. He holds membership in the Royal Order of Scotland; Kismet Temple Shrine and the Royal Order of Jesters. New Rochelle Lodge No. 1033, New Rochelle Lodge New York Warrant: ca 1924 Van Cortlandt Lodge No. 1034, Tarrytown, New York Warrant: ca 1924 Website: very minimal information. 128

129 Hawthorne Lodge No. 1040, Yonkers, New York Warrant: ca 1924 Master, Wor. Leslie Sutherland, a Past Master of Nepperhan Lodge [q.v.]. Celebrated their 50th Anniversary in Vernon Lodge No. 1055, Mount Vernon, New York Warrant: ca Frank Z. Johansmeyer died at the age of 92 on August 1 [2002]. Mr. Johansmeyer was born in the Edenwald section of the Bronx in 1909 and was the last surviving child of Adolf and Martha Johansmeyer. A long-time Mt. Vernon resident, he taught sheet metal trades at Aviation High School in Queens. Upon retiring in 1975, Mr. Johansmeyer moved to Texas with his wife, the former Alice Larson. Mrs. Johansmeyer died in 1998 in the 65th year of their marriage. Mr. Johansmeyer is survived by a daughter, Thelma Oakley, of Ancramdale, NY, a son, Frank E. Johansmeyer, of Mt. Vernon, and three grandsons, Kurt and Douglas Oakley and William Johansmeyer. A Mason for 69 years, he was Past Master of the Vernon Lodge 1055 F. & A.M. in Mt. Vernon. A memorial service was held August 26 in the chapel of the Masonic Geriatric Health Care Center in Wallingford, CT, where Mr. Johansmeyer died. Dunderberg Lodge No. 1070, Peeksill, New York Warrant: ca Dunderberg Lodge No was formed by a group of Fraternity Lodge No. 942 who lived in the Peekskill area. The first meeting was held on January 14, 1926 in Peekskill. Immediate past Grand Master M..W..William A. Rowan along with a delegation of Grand line officers opened the Lodge, presented the new charter and consecrated the Lodge. After a recess past DDGM R..W..Walter Johnstone with the assistance of Brother Samuel James Alterman as temporary secretary and R..W..Walter Faucher, past DDGM, as temporary Marshall, installed the following officers: RW Louis E. Keller Bro. Charles Blank Bro. Samuel D. Hartstein Bro. S. James Alterman Bro. Lewis Kornhouser Bro. Irving M. Grossman Bro. Frederick N. Weston Master Sr. Warden Jr. Warden Secretary Treasurer Sr. Deacon Jr. Deacon Bro. Isador Vogel Bro. William Karpf Bro. David Slutsky Bro. Samuel Poritsky Bro. Martin Weiss Bro. Charles Weller W Addison W. Brown Sr. M. Ceremony Jr. M. Ceremony Sr. Steward Jr. Steward Marshall Chaplain Tiler Thanks was given to Courtlandt Lodge No. 34 for permitting the new Lodge to meet in their Masonic Hall. 29 Brothers paid $10 dues. $8 was spent on the caterer and $100 paid to Grand Lodge, leaving an initial balance of $182. The initiation fee was set at $75. Like Fraternity Lodge No. 942, membership grew to over 100 by the 1950s. Thereafter membership declined. By 1978 both Lodes were actively pursuing merger possibilities.... After several meetings it was agreed that the two lodges would merge and that the merged Lodge would bear the name Fraternity-Dunderberg Lodge No On November 26, 1980 the merger was approved by the Committee on Charters and Fraternity-Dunderberg Lodge No. 942 [q,v, for list of Masters of Dunderberg No. 1070]. The Lodge was constituted on May 5, Siwanoy Lodge No. 1086, New Rochelle, New York Warrant: ca Philip C., Kramer 67, of Delray Beach, formerly of Greenwich, CT, died April 14, 1994 in Boca Raton. Mr. Kramer was a Past Master of Siwanoy Lodge No. 1086, F&AM of NY. Husband of, Cynthia Kramer; father of Robert (Rachel) Kramer; grandfather of, Sasha; son-in-law of Mildred Wellman and brother of Louis Kramer. Harrison Lodge No. 1093, Harrison, New York Warrant: ca 1929; listedin 2000 Proceedings, but not as of Charles Harwood ( ) Governor of Virgin Islands, Federal Judge of Canal Zone, b. May 24, 1880 in Brooklyn, NY. He was graduated from the New York Law School and was admitted to the bar in He practiced in New York City until 1935, when he became special assistant to the U.S. attorney general for two years. Raised in Marchants Lodge No. 709, Brooklyn, April 18, 1907; became dual member of Harrison Lodge No. 1093, Feb. 2, Received 32 AASR (NJ), May 24, 1907, and joined Kismet Shrine Temple, May 31, d. Oct. 23, Benjamin I. Taylor ( ) U.S. Congressman to 63rd Congress, , from 25th NY dist. b. Dec. 21, 1877 in New York. Graduate of Columbia U. Law School in Began practice at Port Chester, NY, in same year. Received degrees in Mamaro 129

130 Lodge No. 653, Port Chester, NY, Jan. 25, Feb. 8 & 25, Dimitted in 1928 to become a member of Harrison Lodge No. 1093, Harrison, NY, June 5, d. Sept. 5, Arthur "Artie" Tomlinson died 9 Nov 1999, age 79. Artie was born on 16 Nov 1919, in England, to Fred and Beatrice Thorp Tomlinson. He was predeceased by his wife Jean (Muir) who died in He was a veteran of World War II. He served as the Master of the Harrison Lodge No and also as a patron to the Harrison Chapter 789 O.E.S. He won the Dedicated Service Award from each of these two organizations and also Mason of the year. He is survived by a son, Arthur Tomlinson of Scarsdale; a daughter, Patricia Frohlich of Harrison; a brother, Raymond Tomlinson of Harrison; six grandchildren, Ray, Anthony, Albert, Jennifer, Michelle, and Craig; two great grandchildren, Edward and Jamie Rose; and many nieces and nephews. Scarsdale Lodge No. 1094, Scarsdale, New York Warrant: ca 1929 Stephen McKee, Past Master; living in Northern Ireland, as of May Sidney Weinberg. October Sidney James Weinberg, (12 Oct Jul 1969), investment banker and presidential adviser and administrator, was born in Brooklyn's Red Hook section, as the son of Sophie Barr Weinberg and Pincus Weinberg, a wholesale liquor dealer. As a boy, he attended Brooklyn Public School 13 and at age ten held several part-time jobs. In 1901 he sold newspapers at the Brooklyn ferry station, peeled oysters, and served as a deliverer for a millinery firm. In 1906 the young Weinberg acquired his first experience in the investment world, working first as a broker's runner and then as a helper for two brokers. Having come from a poor family and having wished to improve his plight in life, Weinberg quit school in the eighth grade and went to work full time. During the 1907 Panic, he worked at the Trust Company of America: he stationed himself near the teller's window and charged five dollars to each customer in line attempting to withdraw their money. Weinberg, who also completed a course in penmanship at Browne's Business College in Brooklyn in 1907, went to work that year for three dollars per week as an assistant to the janitor and porter of the investment firm of Goldman Sachs. Slowly ascending the ladder in this firm, he received a promotion as an office boy in the partners' room; he filled the inkwells for the firm's partners and its founders, Henry Goldman and Sam Sachs, who referred to him as "boy." Weinberg also met Paul Sachs, the son of the firm's founder, who encouraged him to pursue an education and gave him twenty-five dollars to take a night school course at New York University. During World War I, he left Goldman Sachs; in 1917 he served as a cook in the navy and was transferred the same year to naval intelligence and inspected cargoes in Norfolk, Virginia. After the war, Weinberg resumed his career with Goldman Sachs. In 1919 he became a salesman of commercial paper; for this position he was paid twenty-eight dollars per week and proved that he could aggressively sell securities and establish new accounts. Weinberg received a pay raise in 1920, and he married Helen Livingston that year, the daughter of a successful apparel manufacturer. The couple lived in Scarsdale, New York, and had two sons: Sidney Weinberg Jr., who would become an executive of Owens-Corning-Fiberglass and who later became a partner at Goldman Sachs, and John Weinberg, who also worked for Goldman Sachs and was later named a partner at the firm. In 1968, approximately a year after the death of his first wife, Weinberg married the photographer Regina Pierce and resided with her at a suite in the Sherry-Netherlands Hotel until his death. Between 1921 and 1927 Weinberg developed into a knowledgeable financier. He was a shrewd underwriter and especially exhibited astuteness in the placement of corporate bonds for Sears Roebuck, May Department Stores, Proctor and Gamble, and other leading Goldman clients. Consequently, Weinberg increased his commissions, which began at one-eighth of a percent and by the late 1920s climbed to thirty-three percent for his securities transactions. In 1925, as his business expanded, he purchased a seat on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) for $140,000 and thereafter augmented his profits. As a result of his successes in investment banking, in 1927 Weinberg was named a partner at Goldman Sachs, the second person from outside of either family to achieve this status. During the next five years Weinberg concentrated on matters concerning the Goldman Sachs Trading Company. After Waddill Catchings, an aggressive Goldman partner, established the Trading company in 1928, Weinberg worked with him and was named that year as its treasurer. By September of 1929, this investment trust had generated huge commissions for Weinberg and had reached a price of $326 per share. When the stock market crashed in October of that year, Weinberg and Catchings encountered serious problems: the price of this investment trust sank to $1.75 per share. When Catchings failed to resolve the trust's problems, in 1930 Weinberg persuaded him to resign from the firm and began to liquidate about $13 million of Goldman's assets in order to pay off creditors. Three years later, he sold the remnants of GSTC to Floyd Odlum's Atlas Corporation, enabling the trust's shareholders to salvage $8.00 for each $100 investment. Along with other members of Goldman, Weinberg greatly suffered and until the late 1930s was required to use profits from commissions to pay off the firm's debt obligations from this failed investment. During the early 1930s he devoted considerable attention to Depression-related matters. Viewing himself as a "practical Democrat," Weinberg, who backed Franklin Delano Roosevelt's victorious 1932 presidential campaign and his three subsequent ones, assisted the president by proffering advice about provisions concerning the 1933 Securities Act, which required full disclosure of securities 130

131 that were to be offered. That same year, he established the Business Advisory Council. This agency, which functioned under the Department of Commerce, enabled industrial, business, and financial executives to voice their thoughts to government leaders about specific policies and legislation required to boost the American economy. Between 1935 and 1939 Weinberg likewise worked diligently to revive the reputation and status of Goldman Sachs. He became a director of such major corporations as General Foods, Cluett Peabody, and General Electric. By carefully studying the reports of these and numerous other corporations, he proffered prudent advice, secured the respect of corporate executives, and was perceived as "the Directors' Director" (Kahn). Weinberg was also lauded as a corporate director, for he wrote a memorandum during the early 1930s about the ethical responsibilities of corporate board directors and in 1938 denounced Donald Coster, who was president of McKesson and Robbins, for stealing $21 million from this company. After this vexatious incident, during the Depression's last years Weinberg participated in syndicates that sold bonds and common stock for National Dairy Products and for B. F. Goodrich. By 1939 Weinberg was the primary impetus in developing Goldman Sachs into one of the fifteen leading firms on Wall Street. Weinberg assumed significant responsibilities in the federal government during World War II. From 1941 to 1942 he headed the Bureau of Clearance of Defense Advisory Committee, which was attached to the Office of Production Management Council. His agency was empowered to solicit orders for the government from industrial and business executives and to submit their bids to the council's leaders. After Pearl Harbor, the War Production Board replaced this council and was headed by Donald M. Nelson, the executive of Sears Roebuck. Between 1942 and 1943 Weinberg, who had been on Sears Roebuck's board, served as an assistant on the War Production Board. As a dollar-a-year man, he was responsible for reviewing industrial and business contracts that involved aluminum, steel, rubber, and other materials needed for conducting the war. When tensions arose in 1943 between industrial and military leaders about reconversion matters in the American economy following the war, Weinberg opposed Nelson's promilitary and gradualist stance: he supported rather an accelerated return to an industrialized civilian economy. Later that year Charles "Electric" Wilson, who had been president of General Electric, was appointed by Roosevelt as the War Production Board's executive vice chairman. In 1944 he named Weinberg as a vice chairman of this board. In holding this position for less than a year, Weinberg backed efforts to encourage the production of nonmilitary goods and to bolster the growth of the private sector. In 1945, as a member of General Electric's board, Weinberg endorsed Wilson's reorganization plan. In 1946 Weinberg began to underwrite millions of dollars of stock and bond issues for the company to achieve its massive industrial and global expansion program. Weinberg had another important connection to Wilson. With the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, President Harry Truman, upon Weinberg's suggestion, appointed Wilson as head of the Office of Defense Mobilization in That same year Weinberg accepted the position of deputy adviser of this office. Occupying this post for less than a year, he was authorized to review policies regarding industrial priorities and regulations and those regarding wage and price controls during the war. In 1952, discouraged by the economic and industrial policies of the Democrats, Weinberg backed the Republican candidate, Dwight David Eisenhower: he was named as treasurer of the Citizens for Eisenhower and Nixon and succeeded in raising approximately $1.7 million for their election. After this victory, George Humphrey, who was Weinberg's choice to be Secretary of the Treasury, occupied this position and proved to be supportive of the nation's leadership in industry and in finance. Also in 1952 Weinberg played a central role in an important corporate undertaking concerning the Owens-Corning Corporation. Its president was Harold Boeschenstein, a friend who had worked with him on the War Production Board. Knowing that this private company had two separate boards of directors and that antitrust regulations restricted it from securing needed funding, Weinberg arranged a deal with George Keith Funston, who was president of the NYSE: Owens-Corning was allowed to go public and was to offer 20 percent rather than the Exchange's minimal amount of 50 percent of the company's common stock. As a result of his efforts, Weinberg headed a syndicate that floated $22.5 million in common stock. He succeeded in selling all of the company's stock within a matter of several hours, accrued $860,000 in commissions for the syndicate's underwriters, and was to effect the largest transaction of the NYSE in twenty years. Two years later Weinberg assisted in bringing about the merger of Warner-Hudnot, which made cosmetics and liniment, and the Lambert Company, maker of Listerine. Adhering to his style of corporate diplomacy and realizing that the common stock of Warner- Hudnot was worth $8 more than that of Lambert, he persuaded executives from both firms to consent to an equitable one for one stock offering and thus brought about a friendly and a viable merger. For his efforts, he received a 15 percent commission and continued to enhance his reputation in investment banking. In 1956 Weinberg was involved with a milestone in American financial history. For two years, he had worked secretly to restructure the Ford Motor Company: Weinberg, whose code name was "Edith," submitted approximately fifty reorganization plans to Henry Ford II, who was known as "Alice." Knowing that the firm's foundation had eighty-eight percent of the company's nonvoting shares and that the Ford family owned ten percent of the voting shares and also received the company's dividends, Weinberg developed a plan that was acceptable to the family, to foundation trustees, and to NYSE leaders, who had insisted that its publicly traded companies be empowered with voting rights. In January of that year, Weinberg directed a syndicate to list Ford Motor Company on the Exchange, quickly sold $650 million of its stock at $64.50 per share, and was paid an estimated fee of about $1 million. Weinberg became highly acclaimed, for he and Goldman Sachs were involved with the nation's largest public underwriting. In 1958 Weinberg was the prime underwriter of another significant offering. While the bond market was rather flat in September of that year, Weinberg underwrote $350 million of debentures for Sears Roebuck, a firm on whose board he had served until He sold these debentures to yield 4.75 percent and perfectly priced this yield just slightly higher than those of other companies. Weinberg's offering was of great significance, for it was at that time the largest debenture flotation in American investment history. Other significant developments were associated with Weinberg's career during the 1960s. He supported the 1960 presidential campaign of John F. Kennedy. After Kennedy's victory, Weinberg suggested the appointment of Henry W. Fowler as Undersecretary of the Treasury, for he had worked with Fowler on the War Production Board. In 1962, along with Fowler, Weinberg endorsed 131

132 Kennedy's plans for sizeable tax reductions to stimulate the economy: Weinberg approved of lowering taxes by $11.5 billion for individuals, of reducing taxes by $2.5 billion for corporations, and of cutting tax rates of corporations from 52 percent to 47 percent. In response to this $13.5 billion tax proposal, in early 1963 Congress blocked its passage. However, Lyndon B. Johnson, who became president following Kennedy's assassination that year, succeeded in early 1964 in having Congress pass an $11.5 billion tax reduction bill and in greatly accelerating economic expansion. Weinberg backed Johnson's 1964 victorious presidential campaign and made recommendations about two key cabinet positions: Henry Fowler became Secretary of the Treasury, and John T. Connor served until 1967 as Secretary of Commerce. During this booming economic era, Weinberg played a prominent role in leading a syndicate headed by Goldman Sachs that sold 1.15 million shares of Alcan Aluminum stock. This offering was valued at $26.5 million and became the largest equity block transaction to be made until that time. In 1968 Weinberg backed Democrat Hubert H. Humphrey for president, who lost to Richard M. Nixon. In 1946 President Harry Truman honored Weinberg with the United States Medal of Merit for his administrative leadership roles in the federal government during World War II. This medal was the highest military honor that could be granted to a civilian. Moreover, Weinberg had been a member of the New York City Bond Club. He also rendered assistance to Jewish causes: he served on the American Jewish Committee and on the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies. Weinberg also belonged to Scarsdale Masonic Lodge No He was a board member of New York's Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital. After a short illness at age seventyseven, he died in the hospital. Weinberg's career illustrates the validity of the rags-to-riches legend. Having started on the bottom at Goldman Sachs, he climbed to the top. He sat on thirty-five corporate boards and proffered sagacious advice to his executive clients about their financial projects. By engaging in huge debt and equity transactions, Weinberg, who became known as "Mr. Wall Street," succeeded in developing Goldman Sachs into one of America's premier investment houses. Weinberg, whose personal fortune was estimated to be about $4 million, recruited executives from America's largest corporations to render assistance and leadership to their government during two significant wars. Weinberg was also among the first Jews to enter the American political establishment. Hastings Lodge No. 1107, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York Warrant: ca 1931 Merged with Rising Sun No. 450 in 1989 Valiant Lodge No. 1113, Port Chester, New York Warrant: ca EVAN P. CUNNINGHAM - (Ev, to some; Pop to his family) Owner of one of the oldest Auto Body shop in Connecticut. Evan was born on Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 1918 in the house in which he still lives in, at 74 North Water Street. He is a graduate of Greenwich High School, Class of In his senior year at Greenwich High, he was awarded the letter G for golf. In June of 1929, Evan's father purchased a summer home in Hill and Dale Country Club, Carmel, NY (as Evan's mother needed to be in the country due to severe Asthma). Evan, even as a child loved golf. He won the Hill and Dale Country Club Children's Championship in 1930 and the Club Championship in In 1939 he won the Mahopac, NY Open Championship for 2nd Flight. Tournament 1939 Winner, Fifth flight. A member Guest winner in 1969 also at Apawamis. As a member of Tamarack Country Club since 1969, Evan has also added to his love of the game by winning the Club Championship runner up Member Guest Tournament in 1976; in 1987 taking the prize of 6th Flight Runner up; In 1996 a Flight winner in the Club Championship and in 1998 being Runner Up of the Member Guest, and in 1997 also being a Flight winner. Over the years, he also has had the privilege of playing many of the loveliest courses in Westchester and Fairfield counties, taking home many awards. Evan served in the Navy Coast Guard from , where he was a Motor Machinist Mate 2nd Class. He was awarded the American Campaign Medal, Good Conduct Medal and Victory Medal. In December 1947 Evan joined Harry Howard Hook and Ladder Company No. 1 of the Port Chester Fire Department and rose through the ranks, achieving the position of Captain in Then president. He was a member of the Westchester Fire Square Club. He was also the Co-chairman for the Centennial of the Port Chester Fire Department in He became a Member of the Order of DeMolay, earning his degree in December of Evan was also a member of Valiant Lodge No and a Past Master in He was also a life member of the Southern Fairfield County Auto Body Shop Association. During the years, Evan bowled for Port Chester Mamaro No. 2 from 1955 to 1975 at the Rye Ridge Bowling Alleys. He was also a member of the fraternal order of Elks and was a member until He continues to attend weekly meetings of the 40/40 Club where he has been a member for many years. Another love of Evan's was boating and fishing during the 1950's. He and his family enjoyed weekends at Great Captains Island. Evan's fishing buddies are sure to remember the fishing trips (in the black of night), only when the tide was "right," trolling around Calf's Island, Great Captain's and the "shelf" off of Rye. And, oh, those trips to Montauk

133 Two fires, one in 1928 and the other in 1939 left Grover C. Cunningham Auto Body (established in 1914 by his father) burned to the ground. Evan helped rebuild what is now a Four Generation Family Business. Evan's son Bruce and his grandson Gary, now run one of the oldest Auto Body businesses in Fairfield County. Over the years, this family owned business has been the subject of many newspaper articles in The Greenwich Time and the New York Daily News. Evan was married to Jane Mead Cunningham (deceased) and has two children, Bruce Cunningham and his wife Lynn and Judith Flood. He was the loving grandfather of Bruce Cunningham and his wife Mary Beth, Gary Cunningham and his wife Debbie, and Melissa Valenti and her husband Aaron, and great-grandfather of Kevin, Kaitlyn and Kristian Cunningham and Alexis Grace Valenti. He is also survived by his niece Margaret Litwak of Stamford, CT. He was interred at Greenwood Union Cemetery Rye, NY [2005]. Sleepy Hollow Lodge No. 1136, Tarrytown, New York Warrant: ca 1951 Yorktown Lodge No. 1154, Mt. Kisco, New York Constituted: 16 May 1957 Lodge Website: This website has very little on it. Leonard Packer, 65, of Enfield, beloved husband of Rona (Newman) Packer, died Sunday (June 4, 1995) at his home. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he had lived in Enfield for many years. He worked 33 years for United Technologies Research Center in East Hartford, retiring in 1992 as Chief of Environmental Engineering. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy during the Korean Conflict, and a member of the Yorktown Lodge No F&AM, Croton-On-Hudson, N.Y. Along with his wife, Rona, he leaves three daughters, Wendy Cooper of North Haven, Stacy Packer of San Diego, Calif., and Jennifer Packer of Zephyrhills, Fla.; a son, Scott M. Packer of Watertown; his stepmother, Sacha Pecker of Florida; two brothers, Arnold, and Harvey; a sister, Cecille, all of New York City. Briarcliff Lodge No. 1155, Croton-on-Hudson, New York Warrant: ---- Putnam County Phillipstown Lodge No. 12, Cold Spring, New York Warrant: 1847 St. John's Grand Lodge number. In the 1851 [Dec 1850) renumbering Phillipstown lost its No. 12 and received present No. 236 [q.v.] Columbus {Columbia] Lodge No. 38, South East, New York Warrant: 4 Aug 1794 ref. Grand Lodge Proceedings, Vol. I, page 148: New York, March 5th, 5794: A petition from David Crosbry and others, for a warrant to erect and hold a Lodge at Fredricktown, in the County of Dutchess, by the name of Columbus Lodge, was read, but as it was not accompanied with the recommendation required by a resolve of this Grand Lodge,the consideration of its merits was postponed till the next regular meeting. Ibid. page151: New York, June 4th, The petition of David Crosby and others, for a warrant to erect and hold a Lodge at Fredericktown, in the County of Dutchess, by the name of Columbus Lodge, together with the recommendation attending it, were then read; and, on motion, a warrant was ordered to be issued... Ibid. page 205. New York, June 7th Received a communication from Columbus Lodge No. 38, held at Fredericktwon, in the County of Dutchess, informing of the expulsion of Peter Hepburn from said Lodge, which was ordered to be filed. Ibid. Vol. II, page 67. List of Lodges. Columbus Lodge No. 38, South East, Putnam; Warrant 4 Aug 1794; Dues paid 1 Jun Ibid. Vol. II, page 172. Return June 1817 to June $ Ibid. Vol. II, page 93. New York, June 2d, Lodges present by their proxies. Columbus No. 38. P. Crosby. Ibid. Vol. II, page 300.Return. June 1, 1819 to June 1, $ NKIrX0QGi4qHZBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22horizontal%20Lodge %22%20%22carmel%22&f=false page 264. Columbus Lodge. R. W. Hart Wad[e?], M. W. William Crawford, SW. W. Stephen Barnum, JW. [d. 12 Jul 1825, aged 61; m. in Southeast, NY Sarah Doane, b. 16 Aug 1768 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA; d. 11 Jul 1841 in Seneca Falls, Seneca, NY, d/o Reuben Doane and Ruth Chapman. Child: Reuben, Joshua, Sarah, Adah.] Archibald Sears. [b. 08 Aug 1780 Carmel, NY; d. 27 Oct 1864; son of Thomas Sears and Deborah Balwin; 133

134 m. 25 Jan 1829 Polly Sellick b. 11 Jul 1798 Southeast, NY] Sears%22+%22sellick%22&source=bl&ots=jCeF1ZHblL&sig=cQ5MwJAeYZKaEcAGD4FYr3QVZqo&hl =en&ei=lzfytcthgqnj0qgeionpcw&sa=x&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0cekq6aewb Q#v=onepage&q=%22Archibald%20Sears%22%20%22sellick%22&f=false page 279. ARCHIBALD SEARS [Thos.5, Jas.4, Silas3, Silas2, Rich.1], b. Carmel, NY, 8 Aug 1780; d. South East, NY, 27 Oct 1864, ae. 84yrs. 2 mos. 19 days; m. there, 25 Jan 1829, Polly Sellick, d/o Jesse S., she b. there, 11 Jul 1798; d. 26 May 1868, ae. 69 yrs. 10 mos. 24 days. Children: i. MART E., b. Sooth East, 20 May 1830; m. Rich. T. Haviland of Patterson, NY, b. there, 23 Feb 1829;. ii. FANNIE, b. South East, 26 May 1832; lived with sister Kate, unm. iii. KATE, b. South East, 27 Sep 1834; m. Oct 1866, Rev. Roswel l Smith. iv. THOMAS, b. South East, 16 Apr 1836; m. Nov 1878; Capt. 4th Heavy Arty., NY, during the Civil war, and promoted Major, lived in Denver, CO. Archibald Sears lived on part of the old homestead in South East, Putnam, NY, and joined the church there at the age of 80. Isaac Reece Noah Bowton [Bouton] [d. 12 Jul 1812, aged 68] Reuben Doane Peter Crosby [d. 9 Nov 1831, aged 68y 7m 5d] Lambert De Forest Jack Crawford Daniel Howes Samuel Haviland. The Crosby Family The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume 32, by New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, page =bl&ots=t3bxfbwmj5&sig=tvkieqmzbndvlqezm2tu_c3jppm&hl=en&ei=3qjytd_efax0ag1zazwcw&sa=x&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0cewq6aewca#v=onepage&q=%22peter%20crosby%22%20 %22putnam%22&f=false DAVID CROSBY was born at Harwich, Mass., April 13, He was son of John and Hannah Crosby, grandson of Rev. Thomas and Sarah Crosby, and great-grandson of Simon Crosby, of Cambridge, Mass. June 19, 1735, he married Reliance Hopkins, daughter of Samuel and Lydia Hopkins, granddaughter of Stephen and Mary (Merrick) Hopkins, great-granddaughter of Gyles and Katherine (Wheldon) Hopkins, he a passenger with his father, Stephen Hopkins, on the "Mayflower," Lydia Hopkins, a sister of Reliance, was wife of Joshua Crosby, and Elizabeth Hopkins, a cousin of Reliance and Lydia, was wife of Thomas Crosby, brothers of David Crosby. In 1749 David Crosby and family moved to Putnam (then Dutchess) County, N. Y., and settled on what was known as the Oblong, in Southeast, where he died October 20, His tombstone and that of his wife are still standing in the Sear's Burying Ground at Southeast, his being of white marble, with angel's face and wings at top, and bearing the inscription: "In Memory of David Crosby the Elder who departed this life Oct. 20th 1793 in the 85th year of his age," and hers of slate stone: "In Memory of Mrs Reliance Crosbey wife of Mr David Crosbey, who departed this life Feb 25th 1788 in the 75th year of her age." They had, certainly, four children, and probably seven, as follows: 1. David Crosby, Jr. b. 1737, Harwich, Mass.; d. 16 Nov 1816, Southeast, NY. [see below] Susannah Crosby b. 1740, Harwich, Mass. Reliance Crosby b. 1742, Harwich, Mass. 2. Abner Crosby b. Dec. 25, 1744; d. 6 May Sarah Crosby (prob.) b. at Southeast. Eli Crosby (prob.) b. ca 1749; d. 22 Nov m. Rebecca Sears. Served in 3rd NY Regt. during the Revolution. Moses Crosby (prob.) b. ca 1755; d. 2 Jul 1821; m1 Polly; m2 Abigail Foster. Served in 3rd NY Regt. during the Revolution. David Crosby, Jr., b. 1737, Harwich, MA, took an active part in the affairs of the town of Southeast. He was assessor of Fredericksburg Precinct , , and church moderator He was a Mason, as shown by the following record of the first Masonic meeting at Southeast: "At a meeting of a number of the fraternity of Masons, members of different Lodges, whose names are as follows: David Crosby,... Eli Crosby,... Peter Crosby,... who are inhabitants of Frederickstown, in the County of Dutchess, and towns adjacant,... the 5th day of Dec. 1793, and in the year of light 5793." "Brother David Crosby was appointed moderator of the meeting." "Voted: that Bro. Crosby, moderator of this meeting, be empowered to make application for the warrant above mentioned" (a warrant to erect a Lodge at Frederickstown). "On return of 'Columbia Lodge' in 1798, the following list of members is given... David Crosby, Peter Crosby,... EH Crosby,... Darius Crosby, Moses Crosby," David Crosby enlisted during the Revolution in the Dutchess County Militia, Dykeman's Company, Third Regiment, Col. John Field, in which regiment there appear the names of fourteen Crosbys; his uncle, Joshua Crosby, was on June 22, 1778, first lieutenant of the company from Pawling's Precinct, Dutchess County, in Col. Field's Regiment. Although his commission has not been found, he was known as Lieutenant David Crosby, Jr. He was twice married, and had at least seven, and perhaps twelve children. His first wife was Bethiah Paddock, who was born in Yarmouth, Mass., April 17, 1737, daughter of Peter and Sarah (Howes) Paddock 134

135 (Zechariah' Zechariah,' Robert*), of Yarmouth, Mass., and Southeast, N. Y.; she is buried in the Sear's Burying Ground at Southeast, the record of her death appearing on an old-fashioned, rudely cut granite stone, with an angel face and wings, as follows: "In memory of Mrs Bethiah Crosby wife of Lieut David Crosby who Departed this Life July 2, 1776 M 41." (There is probably an error in the date on her tombstone.) Some of Bethiah (Paddock) Crosby's small silver spoons, marked "B. P.," are still in possession of her descendants. Nothing is known of his second wife, except that her name was Sally. He died Nov. 16, 1816, and is buried in the Sear's Burying Ground at Southeast, the inscription on his tombstone, a double one of white marble, being as follows: "In memory of David Crosby who died Nov. 16, 1816 aged 79 years. Also Bethia his wife who died July 2, 1776 aged 41 years." His children were: 3. Thankful' Crosby, b. ca ; d. 30 Aug Peter Crosby, b. ca 1763; d. 9 Nov Deborah Crosby, b. 12 Sep 1767; d. 12 Mar Bethiah Crosby, b ; d. 17 Aug Inscription on tombstone in Sear's Burying Ground: "In memory of Bethiah Daughter of Lieut David & Mrs Bethiah Crosby who Died Aug 17, 1775 in the 6th year of her age." 6. Sarah Crosby, b. 01 Oct 1773; d. 23 Nov Bethiah Crosby (daughter of second wife), m. Daniel R. Baxter. 8. Rhoda Crosby, b. ca 1788; d. 14 Oct William Crosby (?). Seth Crosby(?). Thaddeus Crosby(?). David Crosby(?). Thatcher Crosby(?). Horizontal Lodge No. 85 / 82, Carmel, New York Warrant: 4 Dec 1799 Was in 'City' Grand Lodge, but soon decamped. 7NKIrX0QGi4qHZBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22horizontal%20Lodge %22%20%22carmel%22&f=false page 264. Horizontal Lodge, No, 85. R. W. Joseph Cole, M. W. William Sloot, SW. W. David Kent, JW. W. Todd, Sec. Rev. Isaac Candy, Enoch Crosby Enoch was present at the Constitution of Sommers Lodge No. 506 on 15 Nov 1827 in the capacity as [acting] Senior Grand Warden]. Ref. also: The spy unmasked: or, Memoirs of Enoch Crosby, alias Harvey Birch,..., Vol. I, by H L. Barnum, Enoch Crosby, 1829, which may be read at: PrrmQAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false and a digital copy is in the archives of the OMDHS. Enoch Crosby ( ) was an American soldier and spy during the Revolutionary War. His life may have been the basis for the character Harvey Birch in James Fenimore Cooper's novel The Spy. Crosby was born in Harwich, Massachusetts on January 4, 1750, the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Crosby. His family moved to what is now Putnam County, New York when Crosby was only an infant. The family was poor, and by 1766, Crosby set out from home to find a career. He became an apprentice shoemaker in Kent, New York, and continued in the apprenticeship until it was completed in 1771 on his 21st birthday. When the Revolutionary War began, he was in Danbury, Connecticut, and he immediately enlisted as a soldier. [1] Crosby enlisted with a Connecticut regiment in the first weeks of the war. His unit became part of the invasion of Canada by the Continental Army in Following the capture of Montreal, his enlistment expired and he returned to Danbury to continue his career as a shoemaker. [1] At this time, nearby Westchester County, New York was a 'neutral ground' between the British forces controlling New York City in the south and colonial forces in the north. In addition to regular armies, the county was host to vigilante gangs that claimed to support each side in the conflict in order to justify pillage. [2] By September, 1776, Crosby had left behind his shoemaking to return to the Continental Army, and made his way to the camp at White Plains in Westchester County. On the way, as a result of misunderstanding, Crosby was invited to join a meeting of loyalist locals who were intending to support the British efforts in the area. He was able to deliver the information he learned to John Jay, a member of the local Committee of Safety, and at Jay and Crosby's direction the group of loyalists was arrested. [2] He was recruited to spy full time by Jay, and in order to gain entry into loyalist and British circles he adopted the identity of a spy employed by the British General Howe. By doing this, he became an object of hatred for many of his friends and family. Crosby 135

136 requested that if he died, the Committee of Safety would clear his name of supporting the British, and they also gave him a special pass to be used in an emergency if he was captured by American forces. [2] Crosby served as a spy in Westchester County, further north near Lake Champlain, and in other areas. [2] He followed the same pattern of infiltration, capture, and escape at least four times. [3] The intelligence he provided was used both to capture loyalists and undermine local support for the British, and on at least one occasion proved useful to the Commander of the Continental Army, George Washington. He was repeatedly captured by Americans who believed him to be a loyalist, and consequently repeatedly escaped. [2] Following the War, Crosby and his brother purchased a farm, and he lived on that land until his death. [2] Crosby's life may be the basis for the character Harvey Birch in The Spy, a novel published in 1821 and authored by the American writer James Fenimore Cooper. [2][3][4] Cooper may have heard of Crosby's story from John Jay, although Jay apparently did not reveal Crosby's name, fearing retribution from the spy's enemies. [2] References: 1. Bailey, James Montgomery; Bailey, Jame Montgomery and Hill, Susan Benedict (1896). History of Danbury, Connecticut, pp Miller, Harry Edward (1898). "The Spy on Neutral Ground". The New England Magazine (The New England Magazine Company) Retrieved "Intelligence Operations". Intelligence in the War of Independence. Central Intelligence Agency Center for the Study of Intelligence. Retrieved Rintoul, M.C. (1993). Dictionary of real people and places in fiction. Taylor & Francis. pp ISBN Enoch married as his second wife, Margaret, formerly the wife of Col. Benjamin Green. Enoch Crosby Family History Extracts from an article by Ida M. Blake, Historian of the Enoch Crosby Chapter, DAR 1932 Enoch Crosby was born January 4, 1750, at Harwich, Barnstable County, Mass., and was a son of Thomas and Elizabeth Crosby. Simon Crosby, the founder of the family in America, was born in England in 1599 and landed in Newtown (now Cambridge), Mass., on Oct. 2, 1635, with his wife and infant son, Thomas, then eight weeks old. He was thirty-six years old as given on the ship's passenger list. He died in September, His son, Thomas Crosby, entered Harvard College, graduated July 9, 1653, and subsequently became a minister of the gospel. He succeeded Rev. John Mayo as pastor of the Eastham Church, remaining there until He died in Boston June 27, He was Enoch Crosby's grandfather. Oddly enough Crosby, who was twice married, each time selected a widow. His first wife was Sarah Kniffin, widow of Ephraim Nickerson, and his second wife was Margaret, widow of Col. Benjamin Green of Somers. His first wife bore him six children, two sons and four daughters: 1) Enoch, Jr., who was proprietor of the Red Bird Stage Line, which ran from New York to Albany; 2) Lewis, a farmer in Southeast; 3), 4) Betsy and Rebecca, who died in early womanhood; 5) Hannah, who married Phillips Rundle, son of Capt. Solomon Rundle, who lived on the farm later owned by the late Isaac Kelley, which is now covered by the waters of Southeast Reservoir. 6) The last surviving member of his family, Sarah Crosby, died on July 28, 1880, at the home of the late Francis Haines in Southeast, aged ninety-three years. Pelletreau in his History of Putnam County says that nothing further was known of Thomas Crosby, Enoch's father, and that probably he died in 1777 as his name did not appear on the tax list of that year. Later research has revealed that he went to live with his son, Benjamin on a farm which is now Baldwin Place, where he died in June, Rev. Silas Constant recorded in his diary that he preached his funeral sermon on June 15, 1793, from the text Matthew m, 2. It is stated that he was buried in the Presbyterian cemetery at Mahopac Falls. Elizabeth Crosby, his wife, died Aug. 6, 1801, aged ninety-two years, and was buried in the Old Gilead Cemetery. Besides Benjamin, Enoch and Elizabeth, wife of Captain Solomon Hopkins, he (Thomas Crosby, Enoch's father) had another son, Thomas, who moved to Delaware County, N.Y. and also another daughter, Phebe, who married Wheaton Robinson and moved to Stephentown, Albany County, N.Y. Rev. Silas Constant performed their marriage ceremony. Enoch Crosby was Supervisor of the town of Southeast from 1812 to 1813 and also served a term or two as Justice of the Peace of that town. deposition.htm Enoch Crosby Deposition in Application for a Federal Pension October 15, 1832 (Original spelling and punctuation) 136

137 On this 15th day of October in the year 1832 personally appeared before the court of Oyer & Terminer and general jail delivery of the said county of Putnam, Enoch Crosby of the town of Southeast in the county of Putnam and state of New York aged eighty two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order o obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7, That he entered in the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated -- That in the month of April or in the forepart of May 1775 he enlisted in the town of Danbury in the state of Connecticut into Capt. Noble Benedict's company in Colonel Waterbury's regiment of troops to defend the country for eight months service the regiment met at Greenwich in Connecticut staid there two or three weeks then went to New York under General Wooster staid in New York a few weeks the regiment was then carried to Albany in sloops & went directly to Half moon was there a few days went then to Ticonderoga staid there a few days to have the batteaus finished which were to convey them further, General Schyler had the command to the Isle aux Noix when Genl. Schyler being unwell General Montgomery had the command the declarant went to St. John's which being by us at that time besiged by the Americans in about five weeks surrendered & the fort was taken the declarant then went to Montreal. That he came from there with Colonel Waterbury's regiment to Albany and having served the eight months was at place (Albany) was permitted to leave the regiment and return home. & That he has no written discharge and this declarant further says, That in the latter part of the month of August in the year 1776 he enlisted into the regiment commanded by Col Sworthaut in Fredericksburgh now Carmel in the County of Putnam and started to join the army at Kingsbridge. The company had left Fredericksburgh before declarent started, & he started alone after his said enlistment & on his way at a place in Westchester County about two miles from Pines bridge he fell in company with a stranger, who accosted the deponent & asked him if he was doing down, declarent replied he was: the stranger then asked if declarent was not afraid to venture alone, & said there were many rebels below & he would meet with difficulty in getting down. The declarent perceived from the observations of the stranger that he supposed the declarent intended to go to the British & willing to encourage that misapprehension & turn it to the best advantage, he asked if there was any mode which he the stranger could point out by which the declarent could get through safely. The stranger after being satisfied that declarent was wishing to join the British army, told him that there was a company raising in that vicinity to join the British army, that it was nearly complete & in a few days would be ready to go down & that declarent had better join that company and go down with them. The stranger finally gave to the declarent his name, it was Bunker, & told the declarent where & showed the house in which he lived and also told him that --- Fowler was to be the captain of the company then raising and -- Kipp Lieutenant. After having learned this much from Bunker the declarent told him that he was unwilling to wait until the company could be ready to march & would try to get through alone & parted from him on his way down & continued until night when he stopped at the house of a man who was called Esquire Young & put up there for the night in the course of conversation with Esquire Young in the evening declarent learned that he was a member of the committee of safety for the county of Westchester & then communicated to him the information he had obtained from Mr. Bunker. Esqr. Young requested the declarent to accompany him the next morning to the White plains in Westchester County as the committee of safety for the County were on that day to meet at the Court house in that place. The next morning the declarent in company with Esqr. Young went to the White plains & found the Committee there sitting after Esqr. Young had an interview with the committee, the declarent was sent for and went before the committee, then sitting in the Court room, & there communicated the information he had obtained from Bunker. The committee after learning the situation of declarent, that he was a soldier enlisted in Col. Swortwants regiment & on his way to join it engaged to write to the Col. & explain the reason why he did not joint it if he would consent to aid in the apprehension of the company then raising. it was by all thought best, that he should not join the regiment, but should act in a different character as he could thus be more useful to his country. He was accordingly announced to Capt. Townsend who then was at the White plains commanding a company of rangers as a prisoner, & the Captain was directed to keep him until further orders. In the evening after he was placed as a prisoner under Capt. Townsend, he made an excuse to go out & was accompanied by a soldier, his excuse led him over a fence into a field of corn then nearly or quite full grown, as soon as he was out of sight of the soldier he made the best of his way from the soldier. & when the soldier hailed him to return he was almost beyond hearing. an alarm gun was fired but declarent was far from danger. In the course of the night the declarent reached the house of said Bunker, who got up and let him in. declarent then related to Bunker the circumstance of his having been taken prisoner, of his going before the committee at the Court house, of being put under the charge of Capt. Townsend & of his escape, that he had concluded to avail himself of the protection of the company raising in his neighborhood to get down. The next morning Bunker went with declarent & introduced him as a good loyalist to several of the company, declarent remained some days with different individuals of the company & until it was about to go down, when declarent went one night to the house of Esq. Young to give information of the state & progress of the company the distance was four or five miles from Bunkers, at the house of Esqr. Young defendent found Capt. Townsend with a great part of his company & after giving the information he returned to the neighborhood & Bunkers & that night declarent with a great part of the company which was preparing to go down were made prisoners. The next day all of them about thirty in number were marched to White plains, and remained there several days, a part of the time locked up in jail with the other prisoners, the residue of the time he was with the committee. The prisoners were finally ordered to Fishkill in the County of Dutchess where the State Convention was then sitting. The declarent went as a prisoner to Fishkill. Capt. Townsend with his company of rangers took charge of the company. At Fishkill a committee for detecting conspiracies was sitting composed of John Jay, afterwards Governor of N York, Zepeniah Platt afterwards first judge of Dutchess County, Colonel Duer of the County of Albany & a Mr. Sackett. The declarent was called before that committee, who understood the character of declarent & the nature of his services. this the committee must have learned either from Capt. Townsend or from the Committee at White plains. The declarent was examined under oath & his examination reduced to 137

138 writing. The prisoners with the declarent were kept whilst declarent remained at Fishkill in a building which had been occupied as a Hatters shop & they were guarded by a company of rangers commanded by Capt. Clark. The declarent remained about a week at Fishkill when he was bailed by Jonathan Hopkins, this was done to cover the character in which declarent acted. Before the declarent was bailed the Fishkill committee had requested him to continue in this service & on declarent mentioning the fact of his having enlisted in Col. Swortwauts company & the necessity there was of his joining it he was informed that he should be indemnified from that enlistment, that they would write to the Col. & inform him that the declarent was in their service. The committee then wished declarent to undertake a secret service over the river. he was furnished with a secret pass, which was a writing signed by the committee which is now lost and directed to go to the house of Nicholas Brawer near the mouth of the Wappingers creek who would take him across the river & then to proceed to the house of John Russell about ten miles from the river & make such inquiries & discoveries as he could. He proceeded according to his directions to said Brawers & from thence to John Russells & there hired himself to said Russell to work for him but for no definite time. This was a neighborhood of Loyalists & it was expected that a company was there raising for the British army. The declarent remained about ten days in Russells employment & during that time ascertained that a company was then raising but was not completed. Before declarent left Fishkill on his service a time was fixed for him to recross the river & give information to some one of the committee who was to meet him, this time having arrived and the company not being completed the declarent recrossed the river & met Zepeniah Platt one of the committee & gave him all the information he had then obtained. declarent was directed to recross the river to the neighborhood of Russells & on a time then fixed, again to meet the committee on the east side of the river, declarent returned to Russells neighborhood, soon became intimate with the Loyalists, was introduced to Capt. Robinson said to be an English officer & who was to command the company then raising. Capt. Robinson occupied a cave in the mountains & deponent having agreed to go with the company was invited & accepted of the invitation to lodge with Robinson in the cave they slept together nearly a week in the cave & the time for the company to start having been fixed & the route designated to pass Severns, to Bush Carricks where they were to stop the first night. This time for starting having arrived before the appointed time to meet the committee on the east side of the river, the declarent in order to get an opportunity to convey information to Fishkill, recommended that each man should the night before they started sleep where he chose & that each should be by himself for if they should be discovered that night together all would be taken which would be avoided if they were separated. This proposition was acceded to, and when they separated declarent not having time to go to Fishkill, and as the only and as it appeared to him the best means of giving the information, was to go to a Mr. Purdy who was a stranger to declarent & all he knew of him was that the Tories called him a wicked rebel & said that he ought to die, declarent went & found Purdy informed him of the situation of affairs, of the time the company was to start & the place at which they were to stop the first night, & requested him to go to Fishkill & give the information to the committee. Purdy assured the declarent that the information should be given. Declarent returned to Russells & lodged in his house. The following evening the company assembled consisting of about thirty men & started from Russells house which was in the Town of Marlborough & County of Ulster for New York & in the course of the night arrived at Bush Carricks & went into the barn to lodge after taking refreshments. Before morning the barn was surrounded by American troops & the whole company including Capt. Robinson were made prisoners. The troops who took the company prisoners were commanded by Capt. Melancton Smith, who commanded a company of rangers at Fishkill his company crossed the river to perform this service. Col. Duer was with Capt. Smiths Company on this expedition. The prisoners including the declarent were marched to Fishkill & confined in the stone church in which there was near two hundred prisoners, after remaining one night in the church the Committee sent for declarent & told him that it was unsafe for him to remain with the prisoners, as the least suspicion of the course he had pursued would prove fatal to him, & advised him to leave the village of Fishkill but to remain where they could call upon him if his services should be wanted. Declarent went to the house of a Dutchman a farmer whose name is forgotten about five miles from the Village of Fishkill & there went to work at making shoes. after declarent had made arrangements for working at shoes he informed Mr. Sacket one of the committee where he could be found it he should be wanted. In about a week declarent recd. a letter from the committee requesting him to meet some one of the Committee at the house of Doct. Osborn about one mile from Fishkill. Declarent according to the request went to the house of Doct. Osborn & soon after John Jay came there, inquired for the Doctor - who was absent, inquired for medicine but found none that he wanted, he came out of the house, & went to his horse near which declarent stood & as he passed he said in a low voice it wont do. there are too many around, return to your work. Declarent went back & went to work at shoes but within a day or two was again notified & a horse sent to him, requiring him to go to Bennington in Vermont & from thence westerly to a place called Maloonsack, & there call on one Hazard Wilcox, a tory of much notoriety & ascertain if anything was going on there injurious to the american cause. Declarent followed his instructions, found Wilcox but could not learn that any secret measure was then projected against the interest of the country at that place, but learned from Wilcox a list of persons friendly to the British cause who could be safely trusted, from that place quite down to the south part of Dutchess County, declarent followed the directions of said Wilcox and called on the different individuals by him mentioned but could discover nothing of importance until he reached the town of Pawling in Dutchess County where he called upon a Doctor, whose name he thinks was Prosser, & informed him that he wished to go below, but was fearful of some trouble. The Doctor informed him that there was a company raising in that vicinity to go to New York to join the British Army, that the Captains name was Shelden that he had been down & got a commission, that he Prosser was doctoring the Lieutenant, whose name was Chase, that if declarent would wait a few days he could safely go down with that company, that he could stay about the neighborhood, & should be informed when the company was ready. That declarent remained in that vicinity, became acquainted with several of the persons who were going with that company, was acquainted with the Lieut. Chase, but never saw the Captain to form any acquaintance with him. The season had got so far advanced that the company were about to start to join the enemy to be ready for an early commencement of the campaign in It was about the last of February of that year, when a place was fixed and also a time for meeting. It was at a house situated half a mile from the road & about three miles from a house then occupied by Col. Morchause a militia Colonel After the time was fixed for the marching of Capt. Sheldens company the deponent went in the night to Col. 138

139 Morehause & informed him of the situation of the company of the time appointed for meeting of the place &c. And Morehause informed declarent that they should be attended to. The declarent remained about one month in this neighborhood, & once in the time met Mr. Sackett one of the Committee & Col. Ludingtons, & apprised him of what was then going on, and was to have given the committee inteligence when the company was to march but the shortness of the time between the final arrangement & the time of starting was that declarent was obliged to give the information to Col Morehause The company consisting of about thirty met at the time & place appointed and after they had been there an hour or two two young men of the company came in & said there was a gathering under arms at Old Morehauses, the inquirey became general, what could it mean, was there any traitors in the company. The capt. soon called one or two of the company out the door for the purpose of private conversation about the situation, & very soon declarent heard the cry of stand, stand. Those out the door ran but were soon met by a company coming from a different direction. they were taken the house surrounded & the company all made prisoners. The Col. then ordered them to be tied together, two & two, they came to declarent & be beged to be excused from going as he was lame and could not travel, the Col replied, you shall go dead or alive & if in no other way you shall be carried on the horse with me, the rest were marched off & declarent put onto the horse with Col. Morehause, all went to the house of Col. Morehause and when the prisoners were marched into the house declarent with the permission of Morehause left them & made the best of his way to Col. Ludingtons & there informed him of the operations of the night, he reached Col. Ludingtons about day light in the morning, from thence he went to Fishkill to the house of Doct Van Wyck where John Jay boarded & there informed him of all the occurrences on that northern expedition. Said Jay requested the declarent to come before the committee the next night when they would be ready to receive him he accordingly went before the committee where he declared under his oath all that had occurred since he had seen them. The committee then directed him to go to the house of Col. Van Ness in Albany County & there take directions from him. he went to Van Ness house & was directed by him to go to the north but declarent cannot tell the place the duty was performed, but nothing material discovered, further than that the confiscation of the personal property of the Tories & leasing of their lands had a great tendency to discourage them from joining the British Army. declarent then returned to Pokeepsie, where Egbert Benson & Melancton Smith acted in the room of the Fishkill committee There was no more business at that time in which they wished to employ declarent, & he being somewhat apprehensive that a longer continuance in that employment would be dangerous, & the time for which he enlisted in Col. Swartwauts regiment having expired he came home with the approbation of the committee. This was about the alst of May 1777, and in the course of the fall after, the declarent saw Col. Swortwaut at his house in Fishkill & there talked over the subject of the employment of the declarent by the committee & the Col. told declarent that he had drawn his pay the same as if he had been with the regiment, that the Paymaster of the Regiment lived in the town of Hurley in Ulster County. Declarent went to the paymaster and recd. his pay for nine months service or for the term for which the regiment was raised. The declarent was employed in the secret service for a period of full nine months. This declarent further says that in the year 1779 in the month of May he enlisted into a company commanded by Capt. Jonah Hallett for six months declarent enlisted as a sergint in said Hallets company. The term of enlistment was performed on the lines in the County of Westchester, moving from place to place to guard the country & detect Tories, that the company continued in this service until after Stony Point was taken by Gen Wayne & abandoned & also reoccupied & abandoned by the English troops. When this company was ordered over the river & joined the regiment at Stony point & continued there in making preparations for building a block house until the time of the expiration of the service when the company was ordered to march to Pokeepsie to be discharged by the Governor. When they arrived the Governor was absent the company was billetted out & the declarent was billetted upon the family of Doct. Tappen. After remaining a day or two, & the Governor not arriving, they were discharged. During this service in Westchester county the following occurrence took place a British vessel of war lay at anchor near Tellers point & a party of sailors or marines came on shire & wandered a short distance from the water when a party of our men got between them & the river & made them prisoners. they were marched to the place where the company then lay, a little east of Tellers point, the number of prisoners declarent thinks was twelve & the captors six. The prisoners were afterwards sent to Pokeepsie. This declarent further says that in the month of May in the year 1780 he again enlisted for six months in a company commanded by Capt. Livingston in Col. Benschautens Regiment. he enlisted as a sergent in the Town of Fredericksburgh now the town of Kent in Putnam County. The Regiment assembled at Fishkill & marched to Westpoint & remained there a few days some ten or fifteen, a call was made for troops to fill up the Brigade or Brigades under the command of Gen De La Fayettes, and they were to be raised by drafts or volunteers, a call first was made for volunteers & the declarent with others volunteered & made a company which was put under the care & charge of Capt. Daniel Delavan. the declarent continued to be a sergent in Delavans company Col. Philip Van Cortland commanded the regiment to which Captain Delavans company was attached, soon after the company was formed they crossed the river from West point & marched to Peekskill where they remained one night. The next day marched to Verplanks point & crossed over to Stony point & from thence made the best of their way to New Jersey where they remained until late in the fall when the time of enlistment having expired they were discharged, after having fully & faithfully performed the service of fix months for which he enlisted. during this campaign in N Jersey, Major Andre was arrested, condemned & executed. several of the soldiers of Capt. Delavan's company went to see him executed. This declarent was sergent of the guard that day & could not go to see the execution. The declarent further says that he has no documentary evidence of his service. and that he knows of no person who can testify to his services other than those whose depositions are hereto annexed The declarent hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll agency of any state. The declarent was born in a place called Harwich in the County of Barnstable and State of Massachusetts in the year one thousand seven hundred & fifty. The declarent has a record of his age 139

140 The declarent was living in the town of Danbury in the state of Connecticut when he enlisted into the service, that since the revolutionary war the declarent has resided in the State of New York, in what is now the County of Putnam formerly the County of Dutchess, & now lives in the same County & on the same farm where he has lived for the last fifty years. The declarent allways volunteered in every enlistment & to perform all the services which he performed as detailed in this declaration. That the declarent was acquainted with the following officers who were with the troops where he served, General Schuyler Gen. Montgomery, General Wooster, Col. Waterbury, Col. Holmes, Gen. De La Fayette, Gen. Poor, Col. Van Cortlandt, Col. Benschauten, Col. Ludington. The declarent never received any written discharge, & if he ever received a sergents warrant it is through time & accident lost or destroyed. This declarent is known to Samuel Washburn a Judge of the Court of Common please of the County of Putnam, Benaiah Y Morse a clergyman in his neighborhood and who he believes can testify to his character for veracity & good behavior and thus belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution. /S/ Enoch Crosby Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid I. Morehouse Clerk of said court We Benaiah Y. Morse a Clergyman in the town of Carmel & pastor of the church in which the above named Enoch Crosby is a communicant, and Samuel Washburn a Judge of Putnam County court of Common pleas also residing in Carmel do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Enoch Crosby who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty two years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. I. Morehouse Clerk of said court /S/ Benaiah Y. Morse /S/ Samuel Washburn Philipstown Lodge No. 236, Cold Spring, New York Warrant: 04 Sep Lodge Website: see also No. 352, 5 Dec 1822; forfeit 1835; revived as No. 12 in 1847 [St. John's GL]; renumbered No. 236 in 1851 [Dec 1850]; 'offshoot' of this Lodge is West Point No. 877, The journal of the Reverend Silas Constant: pastor of the Presbyterian..., by Silas Constant, Emily Warren Roebling, page =bl&ots=wan9udjoqm&sig=n24lprj2f1ib4wpyjovh9uwwdxe&hl=en&ei=rzjhtbzycylw0gh9muzabw&sa=x&oi=book_result&ct= result&resnum=1&ved=0cboq6aewaa#v=onepage&q=%22william%20ricketts%20van%20cortlandt%22&f=false SYLVANUS WARREN, ESQ., youngest son of Captain John and Sarah (Nelson) Warren, was born at Philipstown, now Cold Spring-on-Hudson, 15 Nov 1795, and died there 19 Feb He was one of the executors of his father's will, and under date of 1 April 1839, joined with his brothers Cornelius and Henry in executing a deed to John W. Brinkerhoff, of Fishkill, in consideration of $16,750, for lands which John Warren purchased of Thomas Searls, bounded partly by the farm of Peter Warren, Highland turnpike, the road leading to the river, and Cat Hill; also for lands conveyed to John Warren in his lifetime by Frederick Philipse and Maria his wife, by deed bearing date 23 June, 1821 (Putnam County Deeds, Liber B, folios 12-15), and by Samuel Gouverneur and Mary his wife under deed dated 1 May, 1832, in all about 354 acres. (Putnam County Deeds.) Mr. Warren was a member of the New York Assembly of He was also a member of Philipstown Lodge, No. 236, F&AM, and at a meeting of the Lodge held at Philipstown, Saturday evening, 19 Feb 1859, his death was announced by the presiding officer in feeling language, and, on motion, a committee was appointed to draft resolutions expressive of the sorrow of the Lodge. The resolutions drafted and adopted were as follows: "DEARLY BELOVED BRETHREN : "It is with pain that we heard of the death of our worthy Brother, Sylvanus Warren, who expired in the village this afternoon about two o'clock. 140

141 "Again and again within the past few months have we been called upon to mourn the loss of our departed brethren, but the story of sadness has come up to us from a distance, and while we have been bowed down with sorrow, yet we have felt more prepared for it; but now, indeed, has death knocked audibly at the door of our Lodge, and we have beheld one of our most esteemed and tenderly beloved brethren torn from our very midst, and the voice which we all so much loved to hear in life has been hushed in the cold and icy embrace of death, and " 'Sad images of the stern agony and pall And breathless darkness and the narrow house Makes us to shudder and grow sick at heart.' "It is not consonant with the present purpose to eulogize Brother Warren; his life, whose daily scenes have been enacted in our very midst, is its own best eulogy. "It has fallen to the lot of but few men to fill so large a sphere of home usefulness as Brother Warren. In all movements for the amelioration of suffering he was ever among the foremost. In all his dealings he was upright and just, and the timorous in business knew at all times that with him they were safe. "His associations with our Fraternity were always marked with great gentleness and kindness, and he always loved the brethren, and it is needless to say here that these feelings were entirely reciprocated. " How often are we led to exclaim with the poet, " 'The good die first, And they whose beans are dry as summer dust Burn to the socket.' "Alas! our brother, may the earth that nourished thee lie lightly on thy bosom, and on the glorious morning of the Resurrection may thy body arise as incorruptible as thy soul. "Brethren, we are spared, but, like the sands in the hour-glass, we are rapidly passing away. Let us be wise in time, that we may be the better prepared to meet the realities of an untried eternity. "We offer, in conclusion, the following resolutions: "WHEREAS, It has pleased Almighty God our Heavenly Father to call from among us another member of our Fraternity; and "WHEREAS, The name of our late worthy Brother Sylvanus Warren is now added to the list of those whose departure we are called upon to mourn; therefore, "Resolved, That in the death of Brother Sylvanus Warren his family have lost an affectionate and indulgent husband and father, our Fraternity a valued and much esteemed member, our community an honorable and upright citizen, who has sustained an unblemished reputation throughout all the trying vicissitudes of life, and who leaves behind him an unimpeachable reputation and a name that will ever be remembered with respect by all who knew him; therefore, "Resolved, That we condole and sympathize with the afflicted family and relatives of our deceased brother, and with heartfelt sorrow mourn with them over his death; therefore, "Resolved, That, as a token of respect for our deceased brother, our Lodge room be draped in mourning for the space of sixty days, and the brethren wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days. "On motion, the foregoing Preamble and Resolutions were accepted and ordered to be engrossed on the minutes, and the Secretary transmit a copy to the family of our deceased Brother. " G. M. MIKMAK," Secretary of Philipstown Lodge No. 236." Mr. Warren married, 15 Feb 1824, Phebe Lickley, d/o William Lickley and Elizabeth Bell, b. 13 Aug 1804; d. 15 Dec (See Journal, notes 148, 150.) Children, all born at Cold Spring: 1. William John Warren, b. 27 Nov 1824; drowned 25 Jun Alexander Warren, b. 05 May 1826; d. 9 Nov Sarah Elizabeth Warren, b. 18 Dec 1827; d. 3 Jan Gouverneur Kemble Warren, b. 08 Jan 1830; d. 8 Aug 1882; m. Emily Forbes Chase. By reason of its length, the extensive sketch of Major General Warren will follow those of his brothers. 5. William John Warren, b. 02 Nov 1831; d. 9 Jul 1901; m. Edwardina Simms. 6. Sarah Warren, b. 19 Mar 1834, d. 16 Oct Her grandfather John Warren remembered her in his will. 7. Cornelius Warren, b. 06 Mar 1836; d. 7 May Eliza Warren, b. 21 Dec 1837; m. 24 Nov 1863, Capt. Cornelius Hook, U.S.A., who d. of yellow fever at Key West, 19 Jun Alexander Warren, b. 07 Apr 1839; d. 14 Feb Edgar Washburn Warren, b, 06 Aug 1841; m. Cornelia Maria Barrows, 11. Emily Warren, b. 23 Sep 1843; m. Washington Augustus Roebling. 12. Robert Parrot Warren, b. 16 Nov 1847; d. 23 Jan

142 Appendix I M.. W.. James William Husted Biography continued Obituary Records of Graduates of Yale University, Thomas Daniel Husted, son of General James William Husted (Yale 1854), was born 18 Sep 1860, at Peekskill, NY. His mother was Helen Mar Southard, daughter of Thomas C. Southard, of Peekskill. After graduation he studied law a year at the Albany Law School, continued his study at Port Henry, NY, till January 1885, and then in New York City, where he was admitted to the bar on May 15. After a period of general practice he gave his attention chiefly to corporation law and to real estate enterprises. He was a fluent speaker and a natural leader, with a marked talent for organization. Just before the reunion of his class in 1903 he received an injury while on shipboard, resulting in blood poisoning and a long illness from which he never fully recovered. He died of pneumonia at his home in New York City 11 Jan 1905, at the age of 44 years. He married, 3 Jun 1886, Carrie Louise, daughter of Morris E. Clinton, of Peekskill, who is also deceased. A daughter survives them. A brother graduated from Yale College in James William Husted, Jr. (16 Mar Jan 1925), a U.S. Representative from New York, was born in Peekskill, NY, He attended private schools at the Peekskill Military Academy and Cutler s School, New York City. He was graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, in 1888, from Yale University in 1892 (member of Skull & Bones there), and from the New York Law School in James was admitted to the bar in 1894 and commenced practice in Peekskill. He served as member of the State assembly and moved to White Plains in 1897 where he continued the practice of law. He returned to Peekskill in 1902 and again practiced law serving as president of the village of Peekskill in 1903 and He served as member and treasurer of the board of park commissioners from 1909 to He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress. Husted was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses (4 Mar Mar 1923). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1922, resuming the practice of law in Peekskill. He also engaged in banking and served as president of the Peekskill Bank. He was a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, lodge and chapter. He was first exalted ruler of Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks in Westchester County, NY, and was a member of Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the New York Historical Society, the Republican Club of the City of New York, and D. K. E., fraternity. He was founder of the Peekskill National Bank and was director and counsel of it afterward; president of the new England Pin Company, of Winsted, Connecticut; treasurer of the Mohegan Stove company; treasurer of the T. J. Maxwell Company, treasurer of the Washington Park Land Company; president of the Riverside Park Land Company, director of the New England Knitting Company. He was also vestryman of St. Peter's Episcopal Church. He married, 12 Jun 1895, Louise Wetmore Spaulding, born in Winsted, CT, 30 Aug 1873, daughter of J. F. and Eliza (Wetmore) Spaulding, both now deceased. She is a lineal descendant of John Alden and Priscilla (Molines) Alden, as well as of the first John Wetmore. Children: 1. James William (3rd). 2. John Grinnell Wetmore 3. Priscilla A. 4. David R. 5. Ellery S. 6. Robert. James died in New York City 2 Jan He was interred of ashes in Hillside Cemetery, Peekskill. Transcribed and edited from the September 26, 1892 New York Times James W. Husted dead Passed Away quietly, conscious almost to the last. The fatal illness contracted on the way to the Minneapolis Convention Wife and Children present at the end Death expected all through the day. Copyright The New York Times Peekskill, NY, 25 Sep After many weeks of illness, Gen. James W. Husted died tonight at 7:30 o clock at his residence. It had been apparent for some time that his hold on life was slight; the attending physician had told the family that he might die any time, even when apparently gaining. They were prepared for the end, and were with him when he breathed his last. All day his condition was more evidently critical than at any previous time during his illness. Dr. H. Clay Paddock came up from Fordham and assisted the attending physician, Dr. P. H. Mason, in consultation. They took such measures as seemed advisable, and succeeded in affording the patient some relief. But still Gen Husted s temperature failed to come up to normal, and his pulse decreased to 63 during the afternoon and was feeble. Toward nightfall he fell into a semi-comatose condition, from which he did not rally. He passed away without regaining consciousness. The end was apparently peaceful and painless. During the entire sickness of Gen. Husted his family has been unremitting in their care of him, and some members have been with him continually. Those present at his bedside at the end were his wife, his sister, Mrs. Cox, his sons, Thomas D. and James William, and his daughters, Helen and Hattie. Gen. Hiusted died of complications of diseases, including heart failure superinduced by nephiritis, kidney disease, and dilatation of the heart. His illness really dated from his visit to the Republican convention at Minneapolis last June. He was brought here from there, sick, but he rallied, and soon went out driving every day, and once made a trip to New York. On 13 Aug he suffered a relapse, and for a week he was in a critical condition. He regained a degree of health after that, and was able to go out driving. Last Sunday he suffered another relapse, and this terminated in death. 142

143 JOT6gFj&sig=yq9d4JZR4m3OcuKOJ6UlnzrvFCE Orations, Addresses and Speeches of Chauncey M. Depew, by Chauncey Mitchell Depew, page 303 MEMORIAL OF GENERAL HUSTED ADDRESS AT THE MEMORIAL SERVICES IN HONOR OF GENERAL JAMES W. HUSTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, IN THE ASSEMBLY CHAMBER, AT ALBANY, MARCH 28, SENATORS AND MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY: In the fall of 1852 I stood on the campus at Yale College, a country lad, just entered in the freshman class. I had neither friend nor acquaintance in New Haven, and was utterly lonesome and homesick. A handsome young man, with brilliant eyes, a mass of wavy auburn hair, flowing to his shoulders, and a gay debonair way, stepped briskly up to me, and with a cordial grasp, as if we had been life-long friends, said, "my name is Husted, I am a Junior, and we are both from Westchester County." This was the beginning of our attachment, which remained unbroken amid all the wonderful changes and vicissitudes of the future, and ripened and deepened with time, until our relations were ended by the death of General Husted forty years afterwards. The undergraduate was then developing the qualities which were the elements of his success. He was not a close student, but very active in the work of the literary societies. He was not a factor of importance in the competition for scholastic honors, but he was a potential force in college politics. He cared little who was to be the valedictorian, but was uncommonly anxious to be the leader of his class. He was an excellent classical scholar, and always kept up his easy familiarity with Latin and Greek, but believed with Pope, that "The proper study of mankind is man." Like all the men who have risen to distinction in our country, he was compelled to work from the start and, without other assistance than his own industry and ability, make his own career. James William Husted ( ), popularly known as the "Bald Eagle of West-Chester," was of the Class of 1854, Yale. Ed. His remarkable power of lucid explanation made him an admirable teacher. The Academy which he taught after leaving college, to secure the means for prosecuting his law studies, never had a better principal, and he continued to teach until his admission to the Bar. He leaped into the political arena as soon as he received his diploma, and had won the respect and recognition of the county leaders before he began practicing his profession. He was faithful to the trusts which he assumed as either teacher or lawyer, or business man, but his models were the statesmen of the country, and his ambitions and aspirations were for public life. It was thirtyeight years from his graduation to his death, and as School Commissioner, Deputy Superintendent of the Insurance Department, Harbor Master, Deputy Captain of the Port, Emigration Commissioner, and Member of the Legislature, he was for thirty-five years in responsible positions in our State Government. But he was also, during this active and busy period, Judge Advocate of the Seventh Brigade, Major General of the Fifth Division of the National Guard, and Grand Master of the Masonic Fraternity of the State of New York. He served twenty-two terms in the House of Assembly, and was six times its Speaker, a record unequaled, either in length of service, or in the number of elections as presiding officer of the popular branch of the Legislature, in the history of the State. He grasped intuitively the conditions in his district, and possessed endless fertility of resource and audacity for attack. In the quickness of his movements and combinations he resembled General Sheridan, and the suddenness and brilliancy of his assault was like a cavalry charge of Murat's. While still a law student, he upset the calculations and defeated the plans of the veteran party managers, and by a creation and coalition as original as it was bold, carried the Third District of Westchester and elected himself School Commissioner. Rockland County had always been a Democratic stronghold. It was in the same Senatorial and Congressional District as Westchester, and General Husted had frequently canvassed it and was thoroughly familiar with its people. After he had served nine terms in the Assembly from Westchester County, the Republicans of Rockland invited him to come over and lead the forlorn hope. His quick eye detected a division in the apparently solid ranks of the enemy. He accepted the nomination in Rockland for Member of Assembly, and to the surprise of the State and the country, carried the county twice. He thus accomplished a doubly difficult task, first in overcoming a majority which had always been overwhelmingly against his party, and secondly in succeeding against the strong local prejudices which always exist in our constituencies against a candidate who is not a resident of the district. It would greatly strengthen and improve our public life if this custom were more elastic. No matter how able or useful a representative may be, no matter how valuable to good government, or to the position and power of his party, his political career is dependent upon the accidents in the district where he may happen to reside. If constituencies could and would choose from candidates without regard to residence, men like Mr. Elaine or Mr. Thurman would always be in their proper places, leading their respective parties, and giving their genius for affairs and ripe experience to the service of their country. The statesman who had been beaten by a nobody upon some local issue could find a constituency devoted to national questions which would gladly return him, and have pride in the fame of their member. General Husted entered the field of State politics at a time when an old dynasty was crumbling to pieces. New York has been singular in the domination of her great parties by individuals or cliques. They have always been arbitrary and autocratic, and often tyrannical. It is said of a Parliamentary district in London, which will always give a larger majority for a titled candidate than for a commoner, that Marylebone dearly loves a lord. So our State for more than half a century has shown a decided preference for what partisans call a leader, and the public a boss. Power is exercised, either in the recognition and promotion of ability, or in a merciless crusade against talent and ambition, and the ruthless slaughter of independent thought or action. In the one case the party grows in strength and opportunity, and in the other it falls finally into the hands of a diminishing number until the hardships of defeat have restored its vitality and vigor. Edwin Crosswell and the Albany Argus had ruled the Democratic Party for a long time, and Thurlow Weed had controlled the Whig, and afterwards the Republican Party, more than thirty years. There was little opportunity for young men in either organization, and revolts against the leaders were becoming more frequent and formidable. The alliance between Seward, Weed, and Greeley, which had exercised such a powerful and historical influence upon the affairs of both the State and Nation, had been dissolved by the 143

144 retirement of the junior member. Roscoe Conkling and Reuben E. Fenton were fighting the machine and denouncing machine rule and machine methods with a force and eloquence which have never been equaled. The subsequent position of both these exceedingly able and successful men on this question, is a remarkable illustration of the irony of political evolution. Young men usually find that where the party is cliqued the only way to secure favors or recognition is by making the leaders fear them. But in associations formed by such considerations there is neither faith nor fidelity. Thurlow Weed maintained his supremacy for a generation because of the wisdom and liberality of his methods. The rule usually is to repel assistance, especially from strong men, because of jealousy, and also on the principle that the more numerous the victors the more minute is the division of the spoils. Mr. Weed, for the greater part of his long reign, was constantly recruiting his forces. When a young man he displayed conspicuous ability, either in the Legislature, or State Convention, or upon the platform, his acquaintance was sought and his friendship gained. This constant replacement of losses, and strengthening of his organization with fresh and vigorous members, made him invincible for a generation. Horace Greeley was unequalled as a partisan editor, but he could not contest the leadership with Thurlow Weed. He was a great thinker and writer, but the weakest, and most uncertain of political captains. He was so vacillating in his movements, and so credulous in his judgment of men, that his selection of lieutenants was often unfortunate, and sometimes whimsical. In the last years of Mr. Weed's active control of the party, he changed his policy. The able men who had acted with, and under him so long, fearing the vigorous youth who were forging to the front, aroused his distrust of these pushing ambitions. The result was first revolt, and then revolution within the party, and next its defeat in the State. Independence of thought and action have unrestrained opportunity when a party is in the minority. Rewards and punishments are no longer factors in caucuses or conventions, and influence is proportioned to merit. It was some years after the fall of Thurlow Weed, before the party found a new leader. During this period a number of young men, of brilliant ability and great promise, came prominently before the public. Many of them disappeared afterwards, either losing their constituencies, or being crushed out by some one of the subsequent machines. General Husted was one of the few, out of the many products of the period of party liberty, who survived all the accidents of warring and changing factions. He was more frequently in opposition to, than in accord with, the machine. As one was broken and another constructed, he would still find himself antagonized by it. He had views and would express them, and he wanted reasons before he would obey orders. These qualities made him objectionable to the leaders as they severally came into power. They repeatedly thwarted his ambitions for State office, and for Federal appointments, but were able only once to dislodge him in his district. They tried to beat him by third candidates, they endeavored to defeat his nominations by capturing his friends with places in the Custom House and the Post Office, and on several occasions, preferring a Democrat to a Republican they could not absolutely control, they furnished secret but substantial support to his opponent. But nothing could shake his hold upon his people. They knew him, and he knew them. He saw the power of Thurlow Weed pass away, he held his own during the brief sway of Horace Greeley, he kept his position under the rule of Reuben E. Fenton, and the mastery of Roscoe Conkling, and notwithstanding all the kaleidoscopic changes following the retirement of Senator Conkling, he died as he had lived for twenty-two years, still Member of the Assembly for the Third District of Westchester. General Husted's tact, talents, and unselfish desire to be useful, made him the selected friend in the House of Assembly of every Governor of the State, no matter what the politics of the Executive. Hoffman, Dix, Tilden, Robinson, Cornell, Cleveland, Hill, and Flower were successively the chief magistrates of the Commonwealth during General Husted's service in the Legislature, and with each of them his relations were close and cordial. He was above small partisanship and cheap politics. He believed the Governor of the State of New York occupied a large place, and that the Legislature should do all in its power to enable him to sustain its dignity. On strictly party measures, he would always act with his party. But a Governor can be annoyed or assisted in numberless ways, which affect only his personal comfort and legitimate powers. In such cases, if the Republicans were in the majority in the Legislature, Husted was the Governor's most efficient friend, and if the Democrats were in power, he was still the most important factor in the Capitol. Those who wanted to get revenge because some bill had been vetoed, or an appointment to office had not been made, and those who thought it good politics to cramp the conveniences of help, or material for the Executive Chamber, or the Executive Mansion, found in the General an alert, able, and generally successful enemy. Governor Tilden's fame and career depended upon his carrying through the Assembly, while he was a member, his resolution for the impeachment of the ring judges. And yet he would have failed, but for the assistance and consummate parliamentary skill of the member from Westchester. Mr. Tilden never forgot this service, and tried in after years in many ways to show his appreciation and gratitude. He thought that Husted, from his associations and intimacies, would join the Greeley movement, which might peril his political future, and at great inconvenience and trouble, he conveyed early information to the General of the Republican victory in North Carolina, which virtually decided the contest against the editor of the Tribune. Our departed friend saw, as no other public man has been permitted to observe, the triumphs and defeats, the hopes and disappointments, the joys and sorrows, the realities and the romance of political careers. Every conspicuous figure in either party during the past quarter of a century has been his associate and his friend. I have referred to his relations with the men who received the honors, and at times controlled the organization of the Republican Party in our State. But he was with Tilden when that statesman was hovering between fame and oblivion, and enjoyed his familiar intimacy and confidence during his gubernatorial term. As a veteran leader in the Assembly, he witnessed the meteoric advent of Mr. Cleveland in Albany, and divined the power which has developed such phenomenal strength in the State and in the country. He was serving his fourth term in the Legislature when a member from Chemung, then scarcely known beyond the boundaries of his county, began a career which has harvested the lieutenant-governorship and chief magistracy of our State, and United States Senator, and made David B. Hill a potent force in the counsels of his party. Speakers of the Assembly George B. Sloan and George H. Sharpe, Titus Sheard and George Z. Erwin, Fremont Cole and William F. Sheehan, Robert P. Bush and William Sulzer, were not only his associates but his pupils and prize winners in parliamentary law. There is no talent more common than the ability to speak, and none more rare than the gift of speaking so as to command the attention and substantial assent of the audience. The ordinary talker in a deliberative body kills time and murders patience, irritates 144

145 the indifferent, and tires his friends. Real debating power is a gift, as brilliant as it is useful. It does not consist in elaborate effort, in the length of the speech, in superiority of logic, grace of diction, or rhetorical finish. Any or all of these may prove a detriment, though, with the master, they are tools to be used, or not, as the occasion may require. Many a massive structure which the orator has spent hours in erecting, has been demolished, and has buried its author under its ruins, by the dynamite of a ten minutes' speech. Legislatures fear bores and resent pedagogues. They love good fighters and hard hitters. Like veteran troops, they do not want to be instructed but to be led. They may sleep through a ponderous oration of Charles Sumner, and rise with delight to greet an incisive sarcasm of Thaddeus Stevens. There are occasions when a labored effort is necessary to outline or defend a policy, or to appeal to the party or the country. But in the exigencies of daily discussion it is the crisp, lucid, and direct debater who carries or defeats measures. The skilful parliamentarian knows instinctively the temper of the House. His greatest triumphs are in humoring its moods. No member was ever more complete master of this art than General Husted. No member ever passed or defeated so many bills. His speeches were rarely a half an hour in length, and most of them not over ten minutes. He captured the attention of the Assembly with his first sentence, and had its approval before he closed. He was not speaking for posterity, but to carry his point. The debate would drag wearily on. The impatient House would have listened to the dry statistician, and the dreary logician, to the spread eagle orator careering among the constellations, colliding with the planets and strewing the floor with star dust, and to the exhaustive and exhausting essayist with whom all arguments are alike important, and the quantity of whose matter obscures its quality. Suddenly, a ringing voice, shouting "Mr. Speaker," would rouse every one, like an electric shock. The flashing eyes of the Bald Eagle of Westchester would cast a sweeping glance about the Chamber, and arrest universal attention. The weak positions taken by his enemy would be quickly turned, the reasons for his side as quickly and succinctly stated, a burst of humor would give the laugh of friends and enemies alike, to one adversary, and a biting sarcasm to the delight of the audience, pierce another, and the tired and impatient House hailing him as their deliverer would follow his lead. He was the friend and protector of young members. Few positions are more difficult and embarrassing than those of a new member, whose constituency have elected him to pass certain measures. He is ignorant alike of the rules of the Assembly, and of Jefferson's Manual. He soon finds himself lost in a labyrinth from which he can extricate neither himself nor his bills. He is in despair between his impotency at the Capitol, and his waning prestige and popularity at home. His colleagues, as a rule, are too much absorbed in their own to heed or care for his matters. The veteran member from Westchester was ever watchful for such signs of distress. Even while the House was smiling at the bungling efforts of the proposer of the bill, or derisively laughing at his mistakes, a masterhand would take hold of the measure, and its easy and uninterrupted movement would seem inspired by the wand of a magician. The hostility of his party leaders would often consign him to minor places on the committees, and the rear rank among his associates, and yet before the session was half over, his unequalled talent on the floor and the devoted following of new members whom he had assisted or rescued, would put him in his proper place, and make the leaders, temporarily at least, his suppliants. He was so fair a political opponent, and always so ready cheerfully to help members of the other party on matters which were not partisan, that they were only too glad to reciprocate when occasion offered. This assistance was of great service to him in several crises of his career. There were times when it might have been good politics for the Democrats to have joined with the organization of his own party to crush the General out. But they never did. When the question related solely to his personal fortunes, and his position in the House, they did what he asked, and often followed his lead in those sudden and audacious assaults upon his adversaries which totally routed them, and scored for him a significant individual victory. And yet this dashing fighter, this fierce cavalier, this most reckless and daring of combatants, was incapable of harboring or retaining an enmity. He never knew the feeling, which is the luxury of some natures, of hate. If he had not been so buoyant, supremely hopeful, and sincere, he might justly have been charged with regarding politics as a game, with the gambler's admiration for the winner and sympathy for the loser. He was a thorough partisan, and during all his life did yeoman's service for his party. He could not understand why differences of political faith, or policy, should lead to personal enmities. The most childish, and the most frequent exhibition of spleen among politicians, is that of the man in your own, or the opposition party with whom you have a disagreement growing out of purely political affairs, who thereafter withdraws from you the honor of his recognition or acquaintance. It shows both the vulnerable places in that statesman's armor, and an appreciation by himself of his nod, absurdly disproportionate to its value. It is a practice, which so grows by indulgence, that its proud possessor is sometimes himself in doubt whether the person he meets may not be on the list of the excommunicated, and groping helplessly in the Cimmerian darkness which envelops all those whose atmosphere is not illumined by his approving smile. It was never necessary for General Husted to consult a memorandum book before he spoke to a man. He cordially greeted everybody, and that one the most warmly with whom he had the last battle. If he was worsted, he was the first to compliment his adversary upon his victory, and if he was himself the victor, he doubly disarmed his enemy by the generosity of his treatment. He loved to gather about his hospitable table his legislative, or party opponents, and discuss the fields they had fought, the feints, the assaults, the retreats, the false movements, the mistaken manoeuvres and recount with hilarious glee, the unexpected stroke which had turned the flank of the enemy, and won the day. Those who have never been in public life, or active in politics, know nothing of their exquisite pleasures, and keen disappointments. It is the compensations of a career which make life worth the living. If it was all joy, or all sorrow, there would be nothing in it. The politician is always either in paradise or purgatory, and he is ever struggling to stay in the one sphere, or to get out of the other. The intensity and strain, the uncertainties and accidents of politics make possible the warmest attachments among politicians. This is specially true between those of opposite faith. They fight only on broad lines, and are free from the irritations of faction feuds. They generously appreciate the good qualities and abilities, each of the other, and are bound together in bonds of closest friendship. General Husted was peculiarly felicitous in making, and happy in retaining, these relations. His most ardent admirers, and steadfast friends were to be found among the leaders of the opposition. It was the chivalrous spirit and actions of the man which won the applause and affections of his political foes. There were few deeper or more sincere mourners at his funeral than those whom he had conquered, or been defeated by, on many a fair field, and in many a fair fight. 145

146 The Legislature, and its popular Assembly, concentrate the attention of the people much more than the executive or the judicial branches of free government. The representatives are in closer relations with the constituencies. It is from the lower house, as a rule, that the highest honors are attained. Five of General Husted's colleagues have been Governors, two of them United States Senators, three Lieutenant-governors, eighteen State officers, fourteen have been members of Congress, twelve have been elevated to the Bench, and many have served with distinction in important positions under the Federal Government. There is a peculiar fascination about the three chief positions in a deliberative body. The Speaker, the leader of the House, and the leader of the opposition, are the great men of the hour, and have rare opportunities for permanent fame. The very few whose names we can recall in our century of Congressional life, who have attained distinction in any of these positions, indicate how rare is parliamentary ability of the first order; and the limited number who were eminent in all three departments, illustrate the genius required to fill them. A successful leader of the House may prove a poor general for the opposition, and be a total failure as a Speaker. We have, as yet, produced but two statesmen who were conspicuously great, and unequalled both on the floor and as presiding officers, Henry Clay and James G. Elaine. The judicial impartiality of the Chair, and the blind partisanship of the floor, require experience, and qualities so distinct, and antagonistic, that their possession rarely appears more than once in a generation. There have been some, but not many, who excelled General Husted as a leader of the House, and some, but not many, who surpassed him as a leader of the opposition, but not even Clay or Elaine were his superiors as a Presiding Officer. The celerity with which he would unravel a tangle of cumulative, and contradictory motions and amendments, the certainty of his positions, the clearness and directness of his decisions, and the ability with which he brought order out of chaos, and quieted the most disorderly and tumultuous assemblage, were strokes of genius. He never made a mistake which he could not correct and never a misstep from which he could not instantly land on firmer ground. It well repaid a visit to the Capitol to see Speaker Husted preside. The gratification of witnessing an important thing done perfectly, is almost as great as to do it oneself. The artistic instinct is universal, and all enjoy the work of a master artist. Some member would be occupying the chair temporarily. The House would be in confusion, and many members shouting at the same time for recognition would stop business. Angry altercations would be going on in the aisles, and in front of the desk. The chairman would pound with his gavel, and threaten to hand the more obstreperous members into the custody of the Sergeantat-Arms, only to be either unnoticed or laughed at. Suddenly would sound through the Chamber a sharp rap, succeeded by another and more emphatic one. Silence would instantly follow. The Speaker would peremptorily order that members take their seats, then instantly utilizing the breathless silence, he would either end the wrangle by a decision which no one dared question, or recognize the member whom he knew could hold the floor, or direct the Clerk to proceed with the regular order. The transformation from riot to business was because the leader had resumed the chair, and the House bowed submissive to its master. No one but he, at least at Albany, has ever been able to make the gavel talk. He won his greatest triumphs in the closing days of the session. This is always a critical period for the Speaker, and a time full of peril to the State, and the reputation of the Legislature. Party bills have been kept behind to avoid the scrutiny of the opposition, and bad bills held in reserve, in the hope of passing them during the confusion of the last hours. The lobby is alert and audacious and the speculators in legislation both inside and outside the Legislature, are exhausting the resources of cunning, and testing the elasticity of the rules to pass their bills, their resolutions and their schemes. It is the work of the week of adjournment which has at times done incalculable injury to the Commonwealth, and rendered some sessions infamous. Here is the Speaker's opportunity and his danger. He will either guide the House, or the House will ride rough shod over him. General Husted was thoroughly familiar with the history and needs of the State. He made himself acquainted with the bills which were pending, both in Senate and Assembly. He knew the inside of all the conspiracies and combinations, and through the veneer of alleged public interests saw the strike, and behind the mask of a fraudulent reformer, the striker. Business would proceed with the rapidity of lightning, and the dazed members be either frantic or paralyzed in the whirl of motions, speeches, reports and roll calls. There was in that maddened throng one cool, supreme, controlling mind. With a skill, which was like necromancy, and a daring which silenced dissent, he sifted the mass pouring from the hopper of committees, and sub-committees, and dropped the bad out of its order, and sent the good through. The period from 1869, when General Husted was first elected to the Legislature, and including 1892 when he died, has been most eventful in the history of the Nation and of our State. It runs from Grant's first to Cleveland's second election, and from Hoffman to Flower. It is fruitful of popular revulsions, and revivals of prosperity. It is rich in materials for the historian, the political economist, and the political philosopher. It has been singularly full of, and remarkably fatal to great men, and powerful organizations. The re-election of General Grant, and the tragedy which clouded the mighty brain, and ended the eventful life of Horace Greeley; the threatening clouds of revolution which hovered over the claims of Samuel J. Tilden, and their dispersion by the inauguration of Rutherford B. Hayes; the political revolution against the organization which ended in the nomination of Garfield, and the loss of its fruits by his assassination; the dynamic and romantic events which made Cleveland President, and the receding tide which carried Harrison into the White House, and the electoral results which after thirty-two years, have changed the politics and policy of the National Government by Mr. Cleveland's second election, with the Senate and House of Representatives behind him; these, and the great financial and industrial measures which have had such potent influence upon the welfare of our country, are the national milestones of these wonderful years. The rapid rise and the rough destruction of the forces which made Hoffman Governor; the patriotic combination which gave a hundred thousand majority to General Dix; the rising tide against corruption in the State and City of New York, which carried Tilden to the executive chair; the easy succession of Lucius Robinson, and the reclamation of the State by Alonzo B. Cornell; the protest against federal and machine dictation which gave Cleveland nearly two hundred thousand majority, and the more recent contests 146

147 which ended in the elections of Hill and Flower; and the struggles and their issues which are fruitful of bitter controversy for a generation to come, form the most varied, eventful, and interesting chapter in the history of our Commonwealth. It will ever remain the unique distinction of General Husted that, though subject to the ordeal of an annual election, he held place and power during this "Wreck of matter and crush of Worlds." As a Legislator, he favored all political, moral, and social reforms. On such questions he rose above party considerations. He fearlessly advocated the suffrage for women. He was the most efficient friend of the Union soldier. His best efforts, and most effective speeches, were for high license, or other wise regulations of the liquor traffic, for the protection of the American Sunday, for religious toleration in legislation, and for better and more humane care of the afflicted and unfortunate who are the wards of the State. Through all his varied career he cared nothing for yesterday, did his best for to-day, and was confident of to-morrow. The rainbow of hope always spanned his sky. The elasticity of his temperament was the marvel of those who were intimate with him. He knew defeat, but had no comprehension of despair. He saw in misfortunes which others regarded as calamities, a providential interposition that he might reap richer rewards in some other direction. Faith, hope and charity were the mainsprings of his thoughts and actions. He set a very high value upon political honors, and had a low estimate of wealth. Conversations which are so frequent in all circles and at most gatherings, concerning schemes for making fortunes, or the fabulous success of lucky individuals, would neither interest nor detain him; but he would travel a thousand miles on an hour's notice to perform a public duty, or attend an important meeting of political leaders. He knew little about Wall Street or the combinations which, if successful, accumulate sudden wealth; but he loved to talk with farmers about their affairs, and with workingmen about their interests. If some omnipotent power had offered him the choice between being the richest man in the world or Governor of the State of New York with a certainty of having a narrow income for the rest of his life after retiring from office he would unhesitatingly have chosen the governorship. He believed in himself and his surroundings. He felt that others had environments covered by the same general nomenclature, but that no one ever lived who possessed so gifted and good a wife, such dutiful and promising children, such worthy and devoted friends, and moved amidst such happy and satisfactory conditions. He never did an injury to any man, but he helped hundreds to positions of profit and trust. Fully one-quarter of his time was devoted to assisting the young or the unfortunate, and his name is heard in the grateful prayers of numberless households. Patriotic public servant and useful citizen, faithful friend and charming companion, the State which honored him, and which he honored, has enrolled him on the list of her distinguished sons, and we, the Governor, the State officers, the members of Senate and Assembly, and people in private station, who knew and loved him, will ever cherish his memory, feeling that our lives are better and brighter because he entered into them. Dear old friend, hail and farewell. Note: Bro. Husted was the sponsor of the bill in the NY State Assembly that created the Adirondack State Park. The New York State Forest Preserve was created on May 15, 1885 Life Sketches of Government Officers and Members of the Legislature of the State of New York, Pages MEMBER OF THE ASSEMBLY. JAMES W. HUSTED, SPEAKER. At the caucus which named the subject of the present article for the Speakership, the apt remark was made that "Gen. HUSTED is a born Speaker." The allusion was so peculiarly applicable, and so well described Mr. HUSTED'S gifts in this regard, that it was caught up and embodied in numerous commendatory notices which then appeared in the press of the State concerning the new presiding officer. Certainly no other phrase of equal brevity could so well express the fact. Gen. HUSTED'S qualifications for the Speakership a position which admittedly requires qualifications of a high order are implanted in his very nature. They are born within him rather than acquired. No amount of training can give to any man the quickness of perception, the prompt judgment or the coolness of demeanor, which pre-eminently distinguish the gentleman from Westchester, while the most thorough parliamentarian and statesman would undoubtedly fail in the Speaker's chair did he not possess precisely those qualities. The canvass for the Speakership of the present Assembly was memorable in several respects. It is not frequently the case that a legislative body contains so many men of mark, and ability as the one now assembled at the capitol. It was natural, therefore, that several of them should be spoken of as the prospective parliamentary head of the House; and it is a noticeable fact that all of those so spoken of would have honored the office had they been called upon to occupy it. From the first, however, Mr. HUSTED was universally recognized, from his long and honorable service as a legislator, his perfect familiarity with parliamentary tactics and canons, and the extremely valuable mental and personal characteristics already spoken of, as the fittest man for the honor. Even his opponents and there were many of them conceded that, in a practical sense, at least, he stood almost without an equal in this connection. His competitor, Mr. PRINCE, a man of far different mold, of exalted character, and possessing equal if not superior accomplishments of another stamp, was a formidable rival, and had another than Gen. HUSTED been in the field he would undoubtedly have been chosen by acclamation. The contest between the two gentlemen, while carried on throughout in a friendly spirit, was stubbornly fought on both sides. But Mr. PRINCE suffered no disparagement or loss of 147

148 self-respect in being beaten by such a man as Gen. HUSTED; and to the latter the result was not only honorable and gratifying, but a fitting acknowledgment of his five years' faithful service as a law-maker. Gen. HUSTED'S personal record, during the twenty years or more he has mingled in the politics of the State, has been a brilliant one. Born in Bedford, NY, on 31 Oct 1833, and descended from an ancestry chiefly remarkable for honesty and respectability, he enjoyed fair opportunities during his youth. He prepared for college at the Bedford Academy, in his native town, and at quite an early age entered Yale College, from which he graduated on reaching his majority in While in college he stood well with his class, and was complimented with university honors when he graduated. Subsequently he studied law with EDWARD WELLS, of Peekskill, and was admitted to the bar in As a lawyer he possesses fine abilities, and is regarded with confidence and respect. His political life has been somewhat varied, and not entirely devoid of vicissitudes. In the early years of his career he was identified with the American party and served two years as Secretary of the State Council of that short-lived organization. He was selected Town Superintendent of Common Schools, in 1855, on the Know-Nothing ticket, and in 1858 he was chosen by the same party as one of the School Commissioners of Westchester county. But in 1859 " Know-Nothingism" degenerated into a mere tender to the Democratic party of the day, and Mr. HOSTED became disgusted and left it, feeling justly that he could not consent to a betrayal of the principles upon which the party was founded. During the Utica Convention, held in that year, when the "Hybrid" ticket was formed, he published a protest against it and joined the Republican party. In 1860 he was appointed Deputy Superintendent of the State Insurance Department by Hon. WILLIAM BARNES, the then Superintendent, and during the presidential campaign of that year was Vice-President of the large and flourishing club of Albany "Wide Awakes," of which Hon. J. MEREDITH.READ, Jr., now minister to Greece, was President. During this campaign Mr. HUSTED performed effective service for the Republican cause. Since 1862 he has been Harbor Master of the city of New York, and, until recently, was Deputy Captain of the port. In the fall of 1868 Mr. HUSTED was elected to the Assembly from the Third district of Westchester county by 307 majority. He made an honorable record as a debater and as a legislator during his first session, being Chairman of the Committee on Federal Relations, and member of the Committee on Commerce and Navigation. The next year he was re-elected by 1,144 majority, running 837 ahead of his ticket, and 417 ahead in his own town. Since then he has been regularly re-elected, his majority in 1871 reaching the unprecedented figure of 1,509. In 1872, owing to local complications and the defection of Liberal Republicans, it was reduced to 502, but last fall he again demonstrated his popularity and astonished friends as well as opponents by achieving a majority of 1,864. He served during the last four terms on the Committees on Commerce and Navigation, Ways and Means, Grievances, and Federal Relations, being again Chairman of the latter Committee in 1872, and Chairman of Education in In 1872 he was also Chairman of Rules, Local and Special Laws, and Congressional Apportionment. In 1873 he was Chairman also of Congressional Apportionment. Gen. HUSTED has been frequently honored with responsible positions by the party to which he belongs, and he in turn has honored the party with his best efforts, but his sphere of useful activity has not been confined to politics. He is one of the most prominent members of the Masonic Fraternity in the State, and has reached to the highest honors in the order, being a member of the Order of Knights Templar, and entitled to wear the jewel of the 33d degree. For several years he has held the rank of D. D. G. M., and is now Junior Grand Warden. He has also been Judge Advocate on the staff of the Seventh Brigade, New York State Militia. On 26 Mar 1873, he was nominated by Gov. Dlx to be Major-General of the Fifth Division of the National Guard, in place of Gen. GATES who had resigned, and he was immediately confirmed by the Senate. The appointment was universally recognized as an eminently fit one, and none were more hearty in their congratulations than his fellow members of the last Assembly. On the evening after the announcement of his appointment the following resolution was offered by a Democratic member, and unanimously adopted: Resolved, That always feeling a deep interest in the personal and official relations of our fellow members, and a warm regard for them individually, we desire to express our heartfelt thanks to Gov. Dlx for his promotion of the Hon. JAMES W. HUSTED to the command of the military forces of the Fifth Division, and that as he has been first in peace, we know he will, in the event of a great military necessity, be first in war, and in the future first in the hearts of his countrymen. The General's popularity among the members of the National Guard is well shown by the fact that he was unanimously elected, in January last, as President of the State Military Association. General HUSTED has enjoyed a pre-eminence among politicians and legislators by reason of his splendid abilities. Few men in the State excel him in those accomplishments which mark the successful statesman. He possesses a clear and brilliant intellect, sound judgment, a ready off-hand manner, and is, withal, an acute reasoner and polished orator; and when we add that his gifts of mind and heart are never used to further corrupt or doubtful schemes, we complete a catalogue which is infinitely to the credit of our subject. His dashing style of debate, and the lightning-like rapidity with which he grasps the situation of the moment, together with his bold, concise and incisive mode of argument, and sometimes.startling readiness at repartee, render him not only formidable to -his opponents, but exceedingly popular among all classes of men. He is a master of the art of sarcasm, and, as he usually veils his keen and merciless retorts in elegant language and apt classical allusion, the wounds made by his sharp thrusts produce much more pleasure than pain, even to those upon whom they are inflicted. In the most exciting passages of partisan debate, Mr. HUSTED is ever courteous and cool, while in argument he is clear, connected and logical, his more ambitious speeches being frequently enriched with pointed anecdote and scholarly illustration. He speaks very rapidly, and has surprising command of language, while his thorough knowledge of parliamentary rules enables him to be perfectly at home in the most bewildering crossfire of motions and counter-motions characteristic of legislative filibustering and bushwhacking. Socially, the Speaker possesses rare gifts. Genial and talented, a brilliant conversationalist, and an adept in all the accomplishments and qualities which constitute the gentleman, he is peculiarly fitted to ornament society and win friendship and esteem. His unaffected manners and sterling qualities have rendered him extremely popular with the people at large, while the same traits, in 148

149 connection with his solid attainments, have secured him hosts of friends in the field of letters and politics. He is, in every respect, an ornament to the Speaker's chair Census: Peekskill, Westchester, New York James W. HUSTED Self M 46 NY Lawyer NY NY Hellen HUSTED Wife M 39 NY Keeps House NY NY Carrie HUSTED Dau S 14 NY NY NY Willie HUSTED Son S 11 NY NY NY Nillie HUSTED Dau S 7 NY NY NY Hattie HUSTED Dau S 2 NY NY NY Harriet SOUTHARD Other 68 NY NY NY (probably his mother-in-law) Hannah JORDON Other 47 NY NY NY Margret MC CARTY Other S 23 IRE IRE IRE Appendix II Major Ebenezer Lockwood WILL I, Ebenezer Lockwood, of Poundridge, in the County of Westchester and State of New York, Esquire, being advanced in age, but of sound disposing mind, memory and understanding, do this tenth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, make and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner following that is to say: First. I order and direct that all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid and discharged. Item. I give, devise and bequeath unto my son Ezra Lockwood, his heirs and assigns forever, two equal shares or tenth parts of all the lands and tenements I may die seized of. Item. I give, devise and bequeath unto my son Horatio Lockwood, his heirs and assigns forever, two equal shares or tenth parts of all the lands and tenements I may die seized of. Item. I give, devise and bequeath unto each of my daughters Betsey Hunt and Ruhamah Read, one share or tenth part of my real estate, lands and tenements, and to their respective heirs and assigns forever. Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Hannah Osborn, the use or rents and profits of one share or tenth part of my real estate that I may die seized of during her natural life, leaving it to the discretion of my executor to give her the use or occupancy of said share, or to pay her the rents and profits thereof annually, and at her decease I order said share or tenth part to be divided among her several heirs or children in equal portions, unless it should in the opinion of my executors be thought most beneficial to sell the same and divide the moneys arising therefrom among her heirs in manner aforesaid, in which case they are hereby authorized to act as in their discretion they may judge best for the interest of said heirs. Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary Thatcher, the use or rents and profits of one share or tenth part of my real estate (in the same manner and under the like conditions that I have given to my daughter Hannah, and at her decease I order the same to be divided among the heirs of my said daughter Mary in the same manner as herein directed to be divided among the heirs of my daughter Hannah. Menu I give, devise and bequeath unto my daughter Clarissa Richards one-tenth part of my lands as aforesaid to hold during her natural life, and at her decease I give, devise and bequeath the same to her children Betsey A. Cox and Ebenezer James Richards, or to the survivors of them and to their respective heirs and assigns forever. Item. I order and direct that my executors hereinafter named within some reasonable time after my decease sell and convey one equal share or tenth part of my real estate (and to dispose of the same at public or private sale at their discretion), and the moneys arising from such sale I order my executors to put at interest on good real security, and to apply the interest arising from said sum toward the support and education of such of the children of my son Ebenezer, deceased, as may be under the age of fourteen years, and I do hereby order my executors to pay the interest aforesaid annually to Sarah the mother of said children, or to my daughter Betsey Hunt whom I hereby appoint the Guardian for the purpose of receiving and applying the interest of said infant children for the purposes aforesaid at her discretion until the youngest of said children arrives to lawful age, at which time I order the said sum to be equally divided among all the children or the survivors of my said son Ebenezer, deceased, equally. Item. I order and direct that my beloved wife Sarah have a comfortable maintenance out of my estate, and that the same be furnished by my heirs and legatees in proportion as they may severally share in my estate, and I do give my said wife one cow, one bed and bedding for the same, and the use of so much furniture as my executors may judge necessary during her natural life in lieu of her dower in my estate. And as to all the rest of my estate whatsoever I give and bequeath the same in the proportion as they may receive of my real estate to my children and grandchildren after the payment of my just debts and the expenses of settling my estate. Lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my said daughter Betsey Hunt Executrix, and my said son Ezra Lock wood, and my sons-in-law Samuel Head and Jesse Richards, and my nephew Ebenezer Wood, Jr., Executors of this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former Wills by me made. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written. EBENEZER LOCKWOOD [SEAL.] Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Ebenezer Lockwood as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us, who, at his request and in his presence, and in the presence of each other, have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto. MARY WEED, CHARLES DIKEMAN, SHANNON FERRIS. Admitted to Probate by Ebenezer White, Junior, Surrogate of Westchester County, August 25th, 1821, and recorded in Liber J of Wills at page

150 SKETCH OF MAJOR EBENEZER LOCKWOOD OF THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY. BY HIS Son JUDGE EZRA LOCKWOOD. WRITTEN PREVIOUS TO THE YEAR Ebenezer Lockwood, late of Poundridge, in Westchester County, deceased, was born in Stamford, Conn., on the 31st of March, 1737, and was the fourth son of Joseph Lockwood who emigrated to Poundridge in the spring of the year 1743, and settled in the central part of the town (now village), on a right of land belonging to one of the original proprietors of the Stamford Patent, so culled, and which fell within the jurisdiction of New York. He continued on the farm with his father engaged in agricultural pursuits during his minority, but soon after engaged in various other pursuits of extensive usefulness. Soon after the demise of his father, which occurred June 15th, 1757, the paternal patrimony, consisting of some four or five hundred acres, was divided between his older brother and himself, being the only surviving sons, which still remains in the possession of the descendants after the lapse of a century. It was the circumstance of a pound being erected on that handsome ridge of land now owned, by one of his sons, that gave to the town the name of Poundridge. At the age of 25 he was engaged in merchandise, and was appointed one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace and one of the Quorum, which offices he held until the commencement of the Revolutionary War. At the breaking out of hostilities, to wit, on the 19th of October, 1775, he was commissioned a Major in the Regiment of Westchester County Militia, commanded by Col. Thomas Thomas, and was in active service during most of the campaign of '76, when the enemy took possession of the lower part of Westchester County. In the month of May, 1776, he attended the Provincial Congress then sitting in New York, having been elected to that office on the third Tuesday in April previous for one year, and was in continued service from that period until the close of the war, either as Major, Member of the Provincial Congress, Committee of Safety, and other posts of active duty in favor of American Independence, until its final acknowledgment by Great Britain in After the Declaration of Independence he was elected a member of the Provincial Convention for forming a constitution of Government for the State, and as such aided in the formation and adoption of the first Constitution and was returned as a member of the Legislature for several years after the close of the war. Other stations of public employment also engaged much of his time and called him from the domestic circle at considerable sacrifice of interest and comfort. His unwearied zeal and activity in the American cause also was accompanied with much pecuniary loss and sacrifice of property. In the year 1779 when the whole county of Westchester was the theatre of blood, rapine and plunder, and life and property endangered from foes without and traitors within, his hospitable dwelling was opened as a military cantonment and rendezvous of Col. Sheldon's regiment of Light Dragoons. The regiment was engaged in frequent skirmishes with the enemy, and served as a protection to the Northern frontier from the incursions of the Tories and British from below the lines in the neighborhood of North Castle. It was for the capture of this regiment that Sir Henry Clinton resolved on sending Col. B. Tarleton with a detachment of the Royal Dragoons of the 17th Regiment and a detachment of about 300 men on the night of July 2d, The precaution of the Committee of Safety had placed a spy by the name of Luther Kinnicut in the enemy's camp below the lines, who on the day previous gave notice to Col. Sheldon of the intended attack in a short time, but did not know the precise day. The night proved stormy, and the torrents of rain which fell would have retarded the progress of a commander of less intrepidity than Tarleton. Sheldon apprehended no danger, on account of the storm. Col. Moylan's regiment was daily expected to join Sheldon, and had the junction been effected before Tarleton's arrival, from the well known bravery and courage of Moylan and his troops, the fate of Tarleton would not have been less disastrous than he received from the old Wagoner at the Cowpens. Sentinels were placed about a mile from the Major's on the north and south roads leading to Bedford. The sentinels on the north road, at early dawn, descried a large body of Dragoons under rapid movement, who passed the junction of the road leading from Bedford to Poundridge and continued on toward Ridgefield. This mistake of the enemy in pursuing the Ridgefield road for half a mile or more, gave time for the vidette to return and give the notice. Sheldon, supposing that it might have been Col. Moylan's regiment who were expected, dispatched Major Benjamin Tallmadge with a small detachment to reconnoitre and bring back intelligence of the true state of things. About half way to the junction of the road, as Tallmadge ascended a hill where the, road turned to the right, from the uneveness of the ground, an object could not be seen except at a very short distance ahead, and at this place Tallmadge met Tarleton under full charge, wheeled and returned at full speed with Tarleton at his heels; while Sheldon with his command were preparing to mount their horses which were tied to the fence on the east side of the road by the meeting-house. A general rout ensued, while Sheldon's regiment moved off down the road leading to Stamford for about three-fourths of a mile, then separated at the junction of the road leading to Canaan, with Tarleton's Dragoons harassing his rear, killing, wounding and taking prisoners some 18 or 20. The enemy lost one killed, four prisoners, and wounded uncertain, one horse killed and four taken. Among the prisoners captured by Tarleton was Alsop Hunt, a son-in-law of Major Lockwood, who, after being rifled of a gold watch, money, and other things of value about his person, was carried to New York and lodged in the Provost prison. The pursuit lasted about four or five hours, when Tarleton, being unable to overtake Sheldon, returned, burnt the Major's house with most of its contents, permitting one of his soldiers cruelly to cut and maltreat his wife, drove off his valuable stock of sixteen cows, burnt the meeting-house, and were about committing further outrages when the militia, under command of Major Leavenworth, began to approach and Tarleton fled with all the precipitation he came. Major Lockwood, thus being destitute of a house or home, and apprehending further visits from the enemy, found an asylum for his family in the house of a friend in Ridgefield, while he continued in active service to his country in various stations of civil and military duty to the close of the war. Nothing disheartened by this reverse of fortune, he soon returned to his farm, converted a barn into a dwelling, was honored with the appointment of first Judge of the County Court, frequently elected to the Legislature from Westchester County, was intrusted with loaning the moneys of the State in the County, and other responsible offices. 150

151 When peace was established with Great Britain, the County, through the villany of Col., was destitute of a Court house and jail. The location of a public building is always calculated to excite the interested feelings of different sections of the territory to be accommodated, and it was so with Westchester County. Judge Lockwood was one of the committee to settle this vexed question of locality, and through his influence, principally, the present arrangement of court houses was effected, which has proved to give general satisfaction for more than half a century. About the year 1795 he retired from all public employment, and spent the remainder of his days in the circle of his family and friends until his death, 29th July, 1821, beloved and esteemed by all who knew him. Official service of Ebenezer Lockwood, of Poundridge, Westchester Co., N. Y., viz.: 1. Justice of the Peace and one of the Quorum under English Govt. 2. 1st Major 2d Regt. Westchester Co. Militia, Commission October 14th, Member Committee of Safety and N. Y. Provincial Congress for Westchester Co. 4. Member 1st Constitutional Convention for N. Y. 5. Member 2d Board of Regents of the University of N. Y. 6. 1st Judge Westchester Co., Member of Assembly for Westchester Co., and Supervisor Poundridge, , , and One of Commissioners appointed by Legislature for selecting county seat of Westchester Co. From Force's Annals, vol. 4, 4th series, p "On December 18th, 1775, Major Lockwood was appointed on the committee to revise and amend the militia laws." The Committee of Safety, New York, April 17th, 1776, appointed Ebenezer Lockwood and Gilbert Drake, a Committee for the County of Westchester, to erect Saltpetre works, and the same day Col. Drake informed the Committee, that: "John Thomas, Jr., Ebenezer Lockwood, and himself had bought one thousand barrels of pork, and six hundred barrels of flour." (lb., p ) "At a meeting of the New York Provincial Congress, May 18th, 1776, Major Ebenezer Lockwood and others filed certificates of election, dated April 3d, to represent Westchester County in Congress for twelve months." (Ib., p. 1310; to., p ) "The Committee of Safety of New York appointed Ebenezer Lockwood, First Major, Gilbert Lockwood, Captain, and Joseph Lockwood, Captain." (76., 691.) From Force's Annals, vol. 4, 4th series, p "To the Honourable the Provincial Congress of the Colony of New York. We the Committee for the County of Westchester, do humbly certify, that, at the election of Delegates to represent the said County in the next Provincial Congress, to be held in New York, the 14th instant, which was held at the Court House of the said County, Colonel Lewis Graham, Colonel Joseph Drake, John Thomas, Esq., Stephen Ward, Esq., Robert Graham, Esq., Mr. William Paulding, Major Ebenezer Lockwood, Colonel Pierre Van Cortlandt, and Colonel Gilbert Drake, were duly elected, agreeably to the resolves of the Provincial Congress, to represent this County until the Second Tuesday in May next, and that it was voted by the people that any three of the said Deputies should act for this County. By order of the Committee, GILBERT DRAKE, Chairman. Dated the 7th day of November, A true copy from the minutes taken by MICAH TOWNSEND, Clerk of the Committee." Force's American Archives, p. 1563, vol. 1, 5th series. The New York Committee of Safety met at Fishkill, Tuesday, A.M., September 3d, 1776, Major Ebenezer Lockwood being present, at which a letter from Gen. George Washington was received, dated September 1st, 1776, in which he asked the Commissary to purchase cattle and aid to defend King's Bridge, when it was "ordered, that Major Lockwood proceed immediately to West Chester County, or elsewhere, and endeavor to see Col. Smith and Col. Remsen in order to obtain intelligence from them of the state of their respective Regiments, and that he be empowered to order the said Regiments to repair to General Clinton's encampment, at King's Bridge, in case Col. Smith finds it impracticable, from the disposition of his troops or other circumstances, to transport them to Long Island, and that he inform Col. Smith, in confidence, that means have been devised, and are now actually carrying into execution, to give him assistance in opposing the enemy on Long Island." And Resolved, "That Major Lockwood be empowered to impress horses wherever he may have occasion for the same to expedite his journey;" and after other resolutions the following was passed: "Resolved unanimously, That it be recommended to the Committees of West Chester, Horse Neck, Stamford, and Norwalk, diligently to watch all boats passing from the main to Long Island, and to suffer no soldier belonging to any Regiment in the service 151

152 of this State to pass over to Long Island armed, even though he should produce an officer's pa>*s; and that Major Lockwood be requested and authorized to forward copies of this Resolve to the said Committees respectively, by Express, if he finds that Cols. Smith's and Remsen's Regiments are either dispersed or disbanded, and have received no orders to rendezvous on Long Island. At the same meeting a letter was received from Philip Livingston, Esq., one of the delegates to the Continental Congress, dated Philadelphia, August 30th, 1776." Force's American Archives, p. 1563, vol. 1, 5th series. September 3d, The Committee received a letter from General Washington, dated New York, September 1st, 1776, with important suggestions, and as a result thereof, "Major Lockwood was ordered to West Chester Co., or elsewhere, to see Cols. Smith and Remsen, etc., etc., and empowered to order their Regiments to repair to General Clinton's Encampment, at High Bridge, etc., etc., in case Col. Smith finds it impracticable to transport them to Long Island," etc., etc. "Resolved, That Major Lockwood be empowered to impress horses, wherever he may have occasion for the same, to expedite his journey, and the same day the Committee on Safety received information that some of Col. Smith's and Col. Rerusen's levies had dispersed and disbanded, etc. General Clinton was requested to inquire into the truth of such intelligence, etc., and to detain such militia, and Major Lockwood was requested to forward copies of this Resolve to the Committees of West Chester, Horse Neck, Stamford, and Norwalk." From p. 202, vol. 3, 5th series. The N. Y. Convention and Committee of Safety met Saturday morning, September 28th, 1776, Major Lockwood being present from West Chester Co., with Cols. Drake and Cortlandt and Mr. Tomkins, and, later, Major Lockwood was given leave of absence until next Tuesday evening. (On page 219.) Die Veneris 9ho., A.M., October 4th, The Convention met, Major Lockwood representing West Chester Co. The Commissary General applied to Congress for advice about 1200 Bbls. pork supplied to the Army. The matter was referred to a special committee, with Major Lockwood as Chairman, whose very lengthy report is given on page 220, in which occurs this sentence, "Your Committee, however, conceive it beneath the dignity of this State to demand any alteration respecting the price of said Pork, and have therefore agreed to the following Resolution:" "Resolved, That in the opinion of this Committee, the Auditor General repair to the Commissary General," etc., etc., etc., and then later on, "But as this Convention, zealous for the honor of the State and the success of the common cause, would carefully avoid every measure which might tend to impede the general service, embarrass the Commissary General in his department, or raise a suspicion that this Convention was capable of seeking an unreasonable advantage," your Committee, etc., etc., etc., recommend that they " be authorized to settle with the Commissary General on the terms he has himself proposed." At the same meeting (p. 221) a representation was made to the Convention, "that this State is indebted to Nicholas Bayard, Esquire, in the out ward of the City of New York, for the use of his House, for the security of the publick Records of this State," etc., etc., etc.," now being deprived of his whole estate by the enemy, payment thereof ought to be made," it was " ordered that Mr. Lockwood, Mr. Dunscurab, and Mr. Duane be a Committee to state and report the sum reasonably due from this State to Nicholas Bayard, Esquire, on the account above mentioned." On October 17th, 1776 (p. 255), the Convention, Major Lockwood being present, passed a long resolution with reference to the action of the Continental Congress, for the sale and consumption of Bohea Tea, reciting that "many tea holders did, among other things, allege that they were fast friends to the American cause, and had been induced to import a more than usual quantity of that article, with a view the better to oppose and defeat the designs of the Ministry and India Company, in selling Tea in the Colonies, subject to duty," etc., etc., etc., " and the Continental Congress did grant the prayer of the petitioners," etc., etc., and "whereas, certain Tea holders now refused to dispose of their stock of Tea on hand, designing to postpone the sale thereof until such time as an artificial scarcity shall induce the women of this State to tempt them to vend it, by offering exorbitant prices," and others " have sold Tea at double the price allowed by the Congress," and " said unjustifiable and mercenary practices have brought upon them the resentment of the people, and many riotous proceedings," etc., etc., this Convention for the reason aforesaid, etc., etc., etc., order the " Committees, etc., to take into custody, from every Tea Merchant, Shopkeeper, or other person," etc., "all the Bohea Tea found in their possession, over and above the quantity of twenty-five pounds respectively, and appoint some respectable person or persons to retail the same in small quantities, to any person that may apply to purchase the same, at the rate of six shillings per pound," etc., which was agreed to, and at the same meeting (p. 257) "a letter was read from Joshua Ambler, Chairman of the Committee, of Pound Ridge, in West Chester Co., dated the 15th inst., informing that there is danger of the prisoners of war going off to the enemy, as one of them is already gone to Long Island." "Thereupon, Resolved, 'That Major Lockwood repair immediately to Pound Ridge and Bedford, in West Chester Co., to inquire into the state of the prisoners of war confined there, and if he should find it necessary, that he cause the privates to be conveyed under a proper guard to Woodbury, in the State of Connecticut,' and that the officers who are prisoners on parole to Danbury in the same State." "Major Lockwood to be furnished with the blank paroles, to be by him filled up for such of the said prisoners as are confined there on parole, the old paroles to be cancelled, and that Major Lockwood, at his discretion, settle with and advance to the prisoners the rations and other provisions allowed by the Resolve of Congress, as may appear to have been justly due to them." Vol. 2, 5th series. DANBURY, October 22d, Sir: Having received your letter of the 20th inst., with three officers, who, you inform us, are prisoners of war, and a copy of their parole; likewise we received them into our custody, and shall endeavor to conduct towards them, agreeable to the resolves of the Continental Congress in such case made and provided. By order of the Committee of Inspection, for the town of Danbury, per Thomas Stevens, Chairman. To Esquire Ebenezer Lockwood, at Pound Ridge, West Chester County. 152

153 From Force's American Archives, p. 254, October 17th, 1776, vol. 3, 5th series. The Committee to whom was referred the claim of Mr. Nicholas Bayard, etc., reported the following," that Fifty pounds be allowed him." On October 17th, 1776, Col. Lockwood was made Chairman of a Committee to which was referred the claim of Jeremiah Allen. P On October 28th, 1776, the following is recorded: Monday, P.M., October 28th, Major Lockwood reports that, pursuant to the resolutions of this Committee, on the 8th inst., directing him to proceed to Poundridge and Bedford, in West Chester Co., and give directions relative to the prisoners of war at these places, he proceeded to Bedford aforesaid, and found it necessary to remove such prisoners of war as yet remained there. He then reports in detail the names of, and disposition of, certain prisoners and further that he had advanced monies to certain prisoners, and taken their paroles of honour, etc., etc., etc., and ordered the monies refunded, etc. P On Tuesday, October 29th, 1776, the Committee of Safety ordered, " That Major Lockwood be requested to proceed immediately to West Chester Co., and make inquiry where the Records of the Town Clerk's Office of the City and County of New York, as also the publick Records of the Loan Offices, and Supervisors of the County of West Chester are deposited, and that he use his best endeavors to cause them to be safely conveyed to such place of safety as he shall judge prudent; and that this Committee will make provision for paying the expenses attending the same." P On November 26th, 1776, the Committee ordered "that Mr. L'Hommediene and Major Lockwood be a Committee to inquire into the cause of the said Connecticut Troops (sick and destitute), and if Colonel Welch shall refuse to take charge of them, then to give proper orders for their relief." And also on page 906, Force's Annals, same volume, the following letter from Major Lockwood to Pierre V[an]. Cortlandt, Vice- President of the Convention: "POUND RIDGE, November 29th, "Sir: These are to inform you that I have been at Stamford this day, and was informed by several gentlemen that might be depended on, that there is but a few of the enemy's ships up the Sound, and them but small ones, thought to have no troops on board of them; and they think the enemy will not land there this year, except it be to plunder off some of their stock that may be down on their necks of land. "There was landed from a brig and tender this day a number of men at Greenwich, a place about two miles below the post road, near Stamford, where (as was supposed) they thought to have taken off a number of sheep, but they were disappointed, for some boys drove them off, while the inhabitants fired on the enemy. The enemy soon returned to their ships. The enemy got off only four poor calves under the cover of their cannon. A poor bargain. The ships soon went up the Sound, to the East, out of sight. The men, both old and young, came down in large numbers when they heard the cannon, and from several miles back, and seemed to be in high spirits. So, on the whole, I think things appear more favorable than I expected in this part. "Mr. Mills is to set out to come to you on Monday next I hope to be with you about the middle of next week. Pierre V[an]. Cortlandt, Vice President of the Convention, of the State of New York, at the Fishkills." From your humble servant, EBEN. LOCKWOOD. On December 11th, 1776, p General Morris was directed to repair to Philadelphia, and take his seat in General Congress, in order that Philip Livingston, Esq., may be enabled to visit his family, and Mr. Robert Harper, Wm. Harper, Major Lockwood, and Wm. Wisner be a Committee for the purpose of furnishing General George Clinton with ammunition and other necessaries for the use of his Brigade. P "The petition of the General Committee of West Chester Co., praying for relief that Rogers with his rangers, may be drove off, etc., was read and filed." Ordered That the said Petition be referred to R. R. Livingston, Major Lockwood, General Morris, and Mr. Morris. See Calendar of Historical Manuscripts relating to the War of the Revolution, in the office of the Secretary of State, Albany, New York, vol. 1, p. 618: Ebenezer Lockwood, 1st Major of the 2d Reg't of Militia in West Chester Co., do most humbly certify to the honorable the Convention of the State of New York, that in obedience to their Resolutions of the 27th of December last, I have administered the oath of allegiance to the following Persons, being Inhabitants of the said County, viz.: and then follow 117 names, including those of Daniel Lockwood, Hezekiah Lockwood, Nathan Lockwood, and I do further certify that in pursuance of the said Resolutions of the Convention, I have administered the affirmation of allegiance to Alsop Hunt and James Hunt (being two of the People called Quakers), Inhabitants of the said County. P. 169, as above Calendar of N. Y., etc.: EBEN'R LOCKWOOD. Ebenezer Lockwood's name appears in the list of field-officers for West Chester Co., commission issued and dated October 19, 1775, as 1st Major of the 2d Regiment. P. 188, as above Calendar of N. Y., etc.: 153

154 To the Honorable the Provincial Congress of the Colony of New York, we the Committee for the County of West Chester do humbly certify that at the election of delegates to represent the said County in the next Provincial Congress, to be held at New York the 14th, inst., which was this day held at the Court House of the said County, Major Ebenezer Lockwood, Col. Pierre Van Cortlandt (and seven others) were duly elected agreeable to the resolves of the Provincial Congress to represent this county until the second Tuesday of May next, and that it was voted that any three of the said Deputies shall act for the county. Dated the 7th day of November, By order of the Committee, A true copy from the minutes, taken by MICAH TOWNSEND, Clerk of Committee. GILBERT H. DRAKE, Chairman. P. 564, Calendar of Historical Manuscripts, etc., N. Y.: The New York Provincial Congress order "That an expedition be made into the County of West Chester, New York, and that the Militia of said county be encouraged to join the Troops aforesaid with four days Provisions, for which purpose Major Lockwood be immediately sent among them and to concert a Place of Rendezvous for those who are willing to serve with secrecy and Dispatch. That such Militia be allowed Continental Pay and Rations; that the Commissary at Peekskill be requested to furnish such Rations, and in default thereof that the said Major Lockwood be impowered to appoint a Commissary for the purpose aforesaid." "That the said Major Lockwood be ordered to wait upon the said Commanding officer at Peekskill with a copy of these Resolutions and of the said Petition and also to concert measures with the said Stephen Ward and Col. Malcolm, and that he be furnished with the sum of five hundred pounds for defraying the incidental expenses of the said Expedition, and account therefor with this Committee or Convention." "That a letter be written to Gen. George Clinton requesting the Regiments of Col. Malcolm and Col. Thomas for the purposes aforesaid, and that Major Lockwood wait upon him with the same." (See this letter, Journal Prov. Congress, 1, 749.) "That Major Lockwood explain to Gen. Hatch the reasons upon which the Convention have formed this expedition," etc., etc. "That he endeavor to obtain from Gen. Heath provisions, particularly Hard bread and whatever else may be necessary, etc., and that he apply to the Quarter Master at Peekskill for aid in removing Forage, etc., etc., and to the Commissary to purchase Cattle for use of the Army and that " he have power to devise and carry into execution any plan for obtaining ammunition and to make use of the lead and powder belonging to this State at Peekskill or this place." "Ordered that the Treasurer of the State advance to Major Ebenezer Lockwood the sum of five hundred pounds for defraying the incidental expenses attending an intended Expedition under the command of Col. Malcolm against Major Rodgers, his Rangers and other the enemy's Troops in West Chester Co., and for bringing off the forage, grain, cattle, etc., from such parts of the said county as are most exposed to the enemy, pursuant to Resolutions passed this day." P. 170, Correspondence Provincial Congress, N. Y.: GENTLEMEN: WHITE PLAINS, April 9th, I received yours, dated April 1st, and observed its contents; shall stop buying myself. John Thomas, Jun'r, and Ebenezer Lockwood have bought about 1000 barrels of pork, and it is repacking; the peas are delivered in store at Peekskill, and beg you to inform me if you choose the peas to lay in store at the landing, or to be carted back in the country. We have also 600 barrels of flour. The pork is stored on Cortlandt's Manor, Bedford and North Castle. In haste, from your obed't GILB. DRAKE. To the Committee of Safety, New York. Journal Provincial Convention, N. Y., vol. 1, p. 521: July 11th, Major Ebenezer Lockwood was on the Committee to inquire into the truth of the charge that the troop of horse of Westchester Co. have refuse*! to furnish their quota of men to reinforce the Continental Army at New York. P. 522, July 12th, Mr. Jay, Major Lockwood, Col. Drake and others were on Committee "to call out the militia, sending such expresses to the forts in the Highlands, and all such other measures as they shall think necessary." P. 529, July 18th, Col. Hoffman and Major Lockwood were a Committee to hear and examine two prisoners later taken by Major Graham. P Major Lockwood informed the Committee of Safety August 27th, 1776, that the enemy's ships are at White Stone. P Major Lockwood's long report which is given in detail (October 28th, 1776), relating to the removal of prisoners of war from Salem and Poundridge, and a list of cash advances made by him with resolutions to reimburse him. P. 729, December 2d, The Committee of Safety received "a letter from Major Lockwood, giving intelligence of the enemy in the Sound, which was read and filed." 154

155 P. 830, March 11th, "Major Lockwood, 1st Major of the 2d regiment of militia in Westchester Co., delivered in a roll the names of the persons in Westchester Co. who have taken the oath or affirmation of allegiance before him, in obedience to the resolutions of the Representatives of this State of the 27th of December last." P. 844, March 21st, "The House having received information that a party of the enemy have penetrated into Westchester County and taken prisoners and carried off one of our advanced guards, and several of the inhabitants of the said county, and the members of the said county being desirous that Major Lockwood should repair to the said county and inquire into the circumstances of the same. "Resolved. That Major Lockwood have leave of absence to repair to, and to inquire into the state of Westchester County, and that he report the same to the House as soon as possible." And, also, "That three blank commissions for the subalterns of the Poundridge company be delivered to Major Lockwood to be by him filled up with names of such persons as shall be chosen." Journal Provincial Convention, N. Y., vol. 1: P. 817, March 22d, The Convention "directed Major Lockwood to inform Mr. Leake to withhold the purchasing of any more shirts." P Major Ebenezer Lockwood was present in the Provincial Convention April 20th, 1777, and voted for the Constitution or plan of Government of the State of New York, having participated previously in the debates on it. MRS. EBENEZER LOCKWOOD The Magazine of American History (1879, p. 685) published a history of the Skirmish at Poundridge, Westchester County, New York, of July 2d, 1779, when the enemy burned Major Ebenezer Lockwood's house and also the meeting-house, and would not suffer his family to take anything away. He was very obnoxious to the British, and forty guineas had been offered for his head. "In this connection the following incident is related: The soldiers, upon entering Major Lockwood's house, said to his wife in an insolent manner, 'Where is that damned rebel?' Mrs. Lockwood, who was a good Christian woman, replied, indignantly, 'Rebel! you are the Rebels; for you are rebelling against the King of Kings!'" (Also see Lossing's Field Book, etc., p. 831.) Bolton's History of Westchester County, p. 10: Major Ebenezer Lockwood was a son of Capt. Joseph Lockwood, one of the first settlers of Poundridge. Page 129, vol. 2, Calendar of Historical Manuscripts, etc., Albany, New York: October 28th, The Commissioners of Prisoners of War report " To cash paid Ebenezer Lockwood, Esq., for the subsistence and removal of the Prisoners of War in Westchester County to, in Connecticut, as per acct's and receipts 19,5s. 4d." Page 19, Bolton's History of County of Westchester, New York. Ebenezer Lockwood was Judge of Westchester County in Page 10. Ebenezer Lockwood died July 29th, 1829, aged 84, and was buried in the village grave-yard of Poundridge, Westchester County, New York. Ebenezer Lockwood was delegate from Westchester County to the Convention at Kingston, Ulster County, to frame the Constitution of the State of New York, April 20th, Page 29, Bolton, etc. Ebenezer Lockwood was 1st Major 2d Regiment, Westchester County, New York. Bolton's History of Westchester County, etc., p. 7, vol. 2: "Old Poundridge, April ye first day (1760), at a town meeting held at the house of Ebenezer Locheood, in said Old Pound in Westchester County, under the province of New York, the freeholders, inhabitants and residents proceed as follows, first by major vote Joseph Lockwood to be town clerk." April 20th, 1776, Ebenezer Lockwood was moderator of meeting in Westchester County, New York, and Joseph Lockwood was clerk. Bolton's History of Westchester, p. 12, vol. 2. "July, 1779, in a skirmish between the Americans and the enemy under Lieut. Col. Tarleton at Poundridge, Major Lockwood's house was burned, and it appears that one of the principal objects in this sudden foray of the enemy was the surprisal of Major Ebenezer Lockwood, for whose head forty guineas had been offered, but a spy gave notice of the attack and the Major was on his guard." NOTE. "The British would not suffer the family to take anything away." (See N. Y. Journal, Holt's account of the action.) From Bolton's History of County of Westchester, N. Y., published in This later edition has full line of Ebenezer Lockwood and some others, a number of pages, and differing somewhat from the earlier edition. See, also, p. 109 of the appendix. Col. Tarleton's attack on Poundridge in July, 1779, had for its principal object the capture of Major Lockwood, for whom a reward of fifty guineas was offered. The British troops went to Major Lockwood's house, and meeting his wife, who was a good Christian woman, asked her "Where that d d rebel was?" She replied, "You are the Rebels, for you are rebelling against the King of Kings." 155

156 There were several accounts of the skirmish: 1. Tarleton's report to Sir Henry Clinton. 2. Extract from a letter of an officer of Col. Sheldon's Regiment. 3. Holt's account, published at Poughkeepsie, in the New York Journal of July 5th, Extract from a Journal kept by Major-General Win. Heath, dated July 2d, The sketch of Major Ebenezer Lockwood also contains a history of the affair, in Bolton's Second Edition of the History of Westchester County, in the chapter on Poundridge. "At the declaration of independence, 4th July, 1776, the patriotic fires in the hearts of our fathers was fully kindled; committees of inspection were appointed, gunpowder was carefully husbanded, a magazine to keep the warlike stores belonging to the town, ordered to be erected, 'on the hill between Rev. Mr. Learning's house and Ebenezer Lockwood's.'" (Rev. Mr. Bouton's, His Discourse on Norwalk, From pamphlet in Hist. Society, Philadelphia, p. 41.) MAGAZINE, "The Selectmen are directed to erect a magazine to keep the warlike stores belonging to the town, and that on the hill between Rev. Mr. Learning's house and Ebenezer Lockwood's." (Hy. Norwalk, 130.) Tombstone of MAJOR EBENEZER LOCKWOOD, In the old burying ground at Poundridge N Y. 156