Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998
17:40:19 -0600
From: "Martha S. Millington"
<martisiq@mtco.com>
To: PURDY-L@rootsweb.com
Subject: PURDY GENEALOGY
(OF RYE NY) PART I
Dear list members:
I sent all three parts at
the same time; however, part I is still floating
out there in cyberspace
somewhere - I have no clue what happened to it. So
- just in case the original
Part I was too large, I am resending it in two
parts - Part I and Part
IA. With these two parts, Parts II and
III will
make more sense. I sincerely apologize for the confusion -
and the OOOPs
on my part.!
Regards,
Marti Millington
PURDY GENEALOGY
(from Rye, NY)
The following is a document
that has been handed down through various Purdy
lines over numerous
generations. It is invaluable when
compared against
"histories"
written within the last 50-75 years or so, as the author of the
document was actually able
to speak with the ancestors we are now
researching. The document
may have originated with Purdy ancestors believed
to be from Purdy's Station.
Originally handwritten and
sometime ago put into typewritten form, it has
been dated c. 1855-1860, by
the reference therein to "Joshua Purdy
(grandson of Samuel (3) and
Penelope) informs me...". This
Joshua would
have been a 5th generation
Purdy, who must have died before 1860.
Also the
reference on page 5 to
"Joseph (5) [James4, James3), died at Milton in Rye
about 1848. Jacob(5) had two sons, James (6).... James(6), still living,
was born 1788..."
These three entries tell us
it was written AFTER 1848, but before James (6)
died.
While the exact authorship
of the document has not been determined, it is
similar in content to a
genealogical account of the Purdy (and other
families) written by Daniel
M. Mead entitled "Ye History of
the Town of
Greenwich", by Daniel
M. Mead, Major 10th Regiment, CT Vol. Infantry"
which was published in 1857; and the continuation of that
genealogy
written by Spencer P. Mead,
LL.B of the New York Bar, published in 1911
(reprint 1979). [Note: Elizabeth Mead (b. 1709) married
Stilljohn Purdy
(Joseph, Francis, Francis);
another Elizabeth Mead (b. 1703, daughter of
Benjamin Mead and Sarah
Waterbury) married Theophilus Peck (b. 1702), whose
daughter Ruth Peck (b.
1746) married Caleb Purdy, Jr. (Caleb, Samuel,
Joseph, Francis, Francis);
and whose great granddaughter Clara Peck married
Elias Purdy (b. 1780). Caleb Purdy, Jr. moved his family to
Greenwich CT
before 1780, where he died
in 1783].
Since there is no way of
knowing if there are any claims of copyright on
it, the document is being
made available to the members of the Purdy List
for the personal use of
Purdy researchers only and it is not intended for
commercial use.
It is hoped that this
document will confirm what you have, add what you
don't, and simply be
enjoyed as a valuable piece of family history,
originally handwritten by a
Purdy ancestor.
The document was scanned -
not retyped - and all misspellings, hypenation,
etc. on the original
document have been left as they were.
Page numbers at
the bottom of the pages
correspond with the document page numbers. (Hint:
Change your font to Courier
and reset your margins and it will come out
right).
The Purdy Genealogy is
being posted to the list in three parts and is
marked Part I, II and
III. Part I begins below.
ENJOY!
Marti Millington
P U R D Y.
Francis Purdy, of
Fairfield, Conn., who died in 1658, is believed to have
been the common ancestor of
the numerous race bearing that name scattered
widely through our
county. Three Sons of Francis, John,
Joseph and
Francis, came early to Rye.
John in the year 1670, Joseph by 1677 and
Francis by 1679. The
following account of them and their descendants is
drawn chiefly from our Town
Records for the more remote degrees. Family
re-cords have been
consulted as far as accessible.
The pedigree of the Purdy
family given in the appendix to Mr. Bolton's
invaluable History of
Westchester County, has been of some service in the
preparation of the
following account, but for the earlier portion it is
utterly inaccurate and
incoherent.
Thus, Joseph Purdy, who died
in 1709, leaving seven sons, is represented as
a grandson, instead of the
brother of John Purdy. No mention is made of a
brother Joseph (1), nor of
the descendants of the brother Francis (1).
While Samuel who married
Penelope Strang (whose father Daniel was born in
1656 and came to America in
1688) is called a son of Francis of Fairfield,
who died in 1658.
I have relied on the
pedigree only for the accounts of some of the later
generations, which appear to
have been derived from some authentic sources
and are generally confirmed
by the information I have been able to get.
I. John Purdy came to Rye in 1670 from East
Chester, where however his stay
must have been short, for
his name does not occur among the early settlers
of that place.
On his arrival here he
bought John Jackson's house and lands, with his
rights and a home lot on
the plains from John Banks. He died about l678,
leaving a widow Elizabeth
and two sons under age. His widow and John
Brondig administered his
estate, and Elizabeth Purdy's children figure in
our records as owning
various allotments and a share in the undivided
lands.
II. Daniel Purdy, son of John, deceased, was
about thirty-five years of age
when constable in 1711 and
hence could have been but an infant when his
father died. His name is
asso-ciated with that of Francis, senior, his
uncle, in deeds and lists
of proprietors, 1699--1709. From this fact, and
inasmuch as no other son of
John is mentioned, we infer that his brother
died young.
I. Joseph Purdy (1) is first mentioned in
1677 and in 1678 owned land
adjoining that of his
brother, John Purdy's, children. He was a leading
member of the community,
being supervisor of the town in 1707--1708,
justice of the peace in
1702, and after Representative of the county for
several years in the
Assembly and one of the chief promoters of the church,
writes Rev. Mr. Wetmore
many years later.
With Col. Heathcote and
others he (in 1701) purchased lands in North
Castle, where some of his
descendants settled. His will
-1-
is dated Oct. 5th, 1709. He
had seven sons, Joseph Daniel, Samuel, David,
Jonathan, John (called
Still John) and Francis.
II. 1. Joseph Purdy (2), son of Joseph (1),
was of Rye. He died in or
before l734, leaving a son
Obadiah.
2. Daniel Purdy(2), son of Joseph (1), was
one of the patentees of Budd's
Neck in 1720. He was alive
in 1750. His house stood on the site of Mr.
Sylvanus Purdy's present
tenement house, and his farm lay below this point
on both sides of the road.
He also owned a thousand acres in Courtlandt's
Manor or North Salem, which
he left to two or his grandsons. He had
three
sons, Hackaliah, Joshua and
Daniel.
3. Samuel Purdy (2) son of
Joseph Purdy (1), first men-tioned in 1708,
died in l753. The Rev. Mr.
Wetmore in 1732 re-quested the Society for the
Propagation of the Gospel
in Foreign Parts to appoint him schoolmaster at
Rye, recommending him as a
gentleman, very well respected in the town, a
constant communi-cant in
the church a man of good abilities and sober,
exemplary life and
conversation. He is the foremost Justice of the peace in
the parish and one of the
quorum, as well as chaplain (cap-tain?) of the
militia. Mr. Purdy was
chosen to various other offices of trust as
supervisor, town clerk,
overseer and farmer of the excise. In
1753 Mr.
Wetmore reports that the
church has suffered a loss by the death of Mr.
Purdy, the Society's school-master,
who was a friend to religion and did
many kind offices to the
poor, as far as he was able. His corpse was
attended to the church on
Ash Wednesday by a great concourse of people of
all persuasions.
Shortly before his death he
had sold to his two sons, Samuel and Caleb, for
one hundred and seventy
pounds, "my home lot where I dwell in Rye,
comprising five
acres." This included the present rectory grounds of Christ
Church.
4. David Purdy (2), son of Joseph (1),
lived on "Brown's Point," in
Harrison's Purchase
l739--1747. In 1752 he and his son
Nathan were both of
Newburgh. The pedigree
mentions also a son David.
5. Jonathan Purdy (2), son of Joseph (1),
called "Captain" in 1750 was of
White Plains as early as
1729. According to the pedigree he
married Mary
Hart and had four children,
Elijah, Jonathan, Joseph and Elizabeth, who
married Williams.
6. John Purdy (2), called "Still
John," son of Joseph (1), married Rebecca
and removed to North Castle as early as 1736. He was
living in
1760 when "Still
John" Senior and Junior petitioned the governor for lands
on the northern frontier.
The sobriquet, which recalls "William the
Silent," may refer to
a business more frequently carried on by farmers in
those days than now.
7. Francis Purdy (2), son of Joseph (1),
was. of Newburgh and "lately of
Rye" in 1750, when he
released to his brother
-2-
Daniel of Rye all claims on
the farm where Daniel now lives be-low the
county road, on Budd's Neck,
which our deceased father Joseph owned.
III. 1. Obadiah Purdy (3), son of Joseph (2),
men-tioned in l734, was,
according to the pedigree,
the father of Caleb.
2. Hackallah Purdy (3), eldest son of
Daniel (2), lived where his father
had lived on Budd's Neck.
He married Sarah, daughter of Elisha Budd.
3. Joshua Purdy (3), second son of Daniel
(2), was known as "Captain."
The house now owned by Mr.
William Purdy was built by Daniel for this son.
Tradition speaks of him as
a man of remarkable excellence. He lived till
near the close of the last
century. ? After the war he bought now Mrs. W.
A. Bradford's for his son
Joshua, leaving his own farm to his son Roger.
4. Daniel Purdy (3), third son of Daniel
(2), had two sons, Joseph and
Daniel.
5. Samuel Purdy (3), son of Samuel (2), in
l754 sold his share of certain
lands to his brother Caleb.
6. Caleb Purdy (3),
son of Samuel (2), in l740 bought two hundred acres
in the lower part of
Harrison's Purchase. Caleb Purdy's two sons lived on
West St. before the Rev.
7. Elijah Purdy (3), son of Jonathan (2),
of White Plains, married Lavinia
Hoyt. Children:
Samuel, David, John, Israel, Elijah, Mary who married
John Purdy Abby who married
Jonathan Purdy, Friday who married John
Haviland, Lavinia who
married Isenhart Purdy, Hester and Melissa who
married Thomas Halsted.
8. Jonathan Purdy (3), of White Plains, son
of Jonathan (2) married Charity
Hadden. Children: Jonathan
Benjamin, Timothy, Job, Nebe married Amos Purdy,
Gloriana married Henry
Budd, Sarah Elizabeth and Charity.
9. Joseph Purdy (3), son of Jonathan (2),
married Charity Isenhart.
Children: Jonathan, Joseph,
Henry, Wermoth, Michael married DeLancey,
Charity married Purdy.
IV. Joseph Purdy (4), son of Joshua (3), was
living on the farm above
mentioned at the
commencement of the Revolution-ary War.
The pedigree in
Bolton's History states
that he married Letitia Guion, and had three sons,
Isaac of North Salem,
Thomas of Rye and Joshua of North Salem.
2. Roger Purdy (4), son of Daniel (3),
lived where Mr. William Purdy now
lives on the post road
below the village. In 1774 he or
another Roger was
a prisoner at Fishkill
under the order of the Provincial Congress. His good
conduct subsequently is
certified to in the following paper:
Courtlandt's Manor 18th
Nov. 1775.
"Gentlemen, Whereas
Roger Purdy, of the town of Rye, in the county of
Westchester, was sometime last
fall made a prisoner and was until sometime
in January under the care
of the guard at Fishkill, at which time his
brother Joseph (Joshua 2)
Purdy of this place released him from that
confinement by giving his
obli-gation that the said Roger shall not at any
time abscond the said
Joseph's farm till by authority released from
confinement:
Now the said Roger humbly
begs the gentlemen so authorized to enlarge his
bounds 4 or 5 miles, his
said brother giving obliga-tions he shall not
exceed his boundaries, for
which we the sub-scribers (being near neighbors
of said Purdy) do certify
that the said Roger has since he has been in this
place, been true to his
trust and behaved himself very well to our
knowledge.
James Brown. Andrew
Brown."
I. Francis Purdy (1) brother of John (1),
is first heard of in 1679, at a
Court of Election held at
Hartford May 8th in that year. "The Court does
grant liberty to John
Brandig and Elizabeth Purdy who are administrators to
the estate of John Purdy of
Rye, deceased, to make sign seal and deliver
unto Fran-cis Purdy deeds
of sale for the one half of those lands John
Purdy aforesaid bought of
John Jackson lying in Rye, which were purchased
for Francis Purdy
intentionally as appears by sundry testimonies exhibited
in this Court by Mr. John
Banks, which sayd deeds of sale when completed
according to law shall have
full force and virtue to hold the sayd lands
firm to sayd Purdy, his
heires and assignes forever."
Francis thus acquired lands
and proprietary rights in Rye. His house lot
was on wolf pit, afterwards
called Pulpit Ridge, the hill above the village
where the district school,
Park In-stitute, and Female Seminary now stand.
His name occurs till 1722,
when he gave to his son Daniel all his houses
and lands in Rye, Daniel
promising to leave his parents in possession till
their deaths, and "If
it please God as they live till they are past labor,
to maintain them
sufficiently during their natural lives."
The children of Francis
whom we find mentioned are Francis, Jr., Joseph,
Daniel and a daughter who
married Samuel Knifeen. Thomas and Samuel were
perhaps also his sons.
II. 1. Francis Purdy (2), son of Francis (1),
in
1698--1699 bought land at White Plains and in 1701
a "lotment"
of thirty eight acres on
Hog Pen Ridge. In 1716 Francis Purdy
Jr. appeared for his father
Francis Purdy, Sr., at the Court of
Sessions in Westchester,
with a request relative to his nephew,
Wm. Sniffin. We have no
account of any of his children.
2. Joseph Purdy (2), Jr. son of Francis (1) was so styled in 1699
when he
bought Richard Ogden's
dwelling house with "eight and one half acres on the
highway that goeth to the
mill."
3. Daniel Purdy (2), son of Francis (1),
lived on the east side of Blind
Brook or on Peningo Neck.
He was constable in 1717 and is mentioned
repeatedly in 1711-l722 as
son of Francis and perhaps l724-l728 as Daniel
Purdy, "drummer."
Thomas Purdy (2) was
perhaps another son of Francis (1). He is first
mentioned in l704. In 1717
he owned land of Branch Ridge with Daniel
"merchant" and in
1737--l747 his son James with Daniel Purdy, drummer,
sells part of his estate.
Thomas' will was dated 1731. His homestead of
thirty acres, with house, barn,
orchard and cider mill, on the west side of
the country road near
Benjamin Brown's, was bought in 1737 by Joshua
Brundige. His sons were
James and Nehemiah.
III. Of Francis Purdy's descendants beyond the
second generation we cannot
speak positively, but we
have grounds for believing that his son Joseph (2)
was the ancestor, perhaps
the father of Roger, Moses and William that
Thomas (2), the father of
James (3), was the ancestor of Joseph, Jacob and
James.
The late David Purdy
informed me that his grandfather Joseph lived in a
house on the knoll south of
the house on the road to Milton, now owned by
Mr. W. Matthews, formerly
the Clark mansion, and that from there he moved
to North Street. This
location agrees with the description of Richard
Ogden's home-stead bought
in 1699 by Joseph Purdy (2). Our account of this
branch of the family is
derived from the person above referred to and from
Town Records.
Roger Purdy, son of Joseph,
lived on North St., nearly opposite the present
district school house. In
l741 he bought lands on the east side of the
White Plains road,
extending to Roger Parks land. Later he purchased land
of Elisha Budd north of
this. Wm. and Moses Purdy, sons of Joseph, in l746
bought a farm of 80 acres
on the west side of the White Plains road, above
Job Hadden's. Moses in 1763
bought seventy seven and one fourth acres
between the White Plains
road and Mamaroneck River.
William Purdy had a son
Abraham, who was the father of the late David
Purdy, father of Isaac Purdy
of Rye.
James Purdy (3), probably
son of Thomas (2), had a son James (4) the father
of Joseph (5), Jacob (5),
and James (5). Joseph (5) spent a number of years
at the south and died at
Mil-ton in Rye about 1848. He left no children.
Jacob (5) had two sons,
James (6) and Alexander (6). He died at Milton
about 1806. His son James
(6), still living, was born 1788, and has five
sons and three daughters,
all of whom except one are dead. His brother
Alexander never married.
James (5), third son of James (4) died about the
year 1855. He resided in
the west and left several children.
Samuel Purdy, who married
Penelope, daughter of Daniel Strange and
"Charlotte, his
wife" is called in the Pedigree the youngest son of the
first Francis (Fairfield).
This is improbable as the sons of Francis-John,
Joseph, Francis-were born
1670-1679,
-5-
when Penelope was not yet
born. Besides this Samuel is not mentioned in our
records till 1709. I think
it likely he was a son of Francis (2), who might
readily be taken for
Francis (2). He was at all events contemporary with
this third generation, and
for convenience the names of his descendants
will be numbered
accordingly in the following account, which is based upon
the pedigree
Samuel and Penelope had 5
sons, Samuel, Henry, Gabriel, Josiah, Caleb, and
the daughter Charlotte
married Samuel Fowler, Clara married George Merritt,
Elizabeth married Josiah
Fowler.
IV. 1. Samuel Purdy (4), eldest son of Samuel
(3) and Penelope, married
Winifred Griffin.
2. Henry Purdy (4) second son, married Mary Foster.
3. Gabriel Purdy (4), third
son, married Eliza Miller.
4. Josiah Purdy (4), son of
Samuel (3) and Penelope, mar-ried Charity,
daughter of Rev. James
Wetmore. His grandson, Mr. Joshua Purdy, informs me
that he lived in a house
which stood close by the road, a few yards north
of the Park Academy. The
chimney of this house was standing 20 years ago.
He owned 65 acres across
the road known as the Cedars, as well as all the
land between the Post Road
and the Purchase Road for some dis-tance
northward from the presence
flag staff. Part of this land he sold to Jesse
Hunt.
Josiah Purdy died about
1755, leaving one son, Seth, and three daughters:
Althea married 1st, Joseph
Purdy, 2d, William Purdy. Esther married Henry
Purdy of King Street, and
Hannah who married Josiah Merritt (Josiah in 1753
took the ear mark which was
Francis Purdy's. This confirms the supposition
that his father Samuel was
Francis, Senior)
5. Caleb Purdy (4), was a son of Samuel (3)
and Penelope, married Hannah
Brown daughter of Samuel,
and had seven sons and four daughters: Caleb,
Samuel, Josiah, Andrew,
Nehemiah, Sylvanus, Elias, Caroline, Hannah,
Lavinia and Anne.
V. Seth Purdy (5) only son of Josiah (4) and
Charity, succeeded to his
father's lands in Rye and
was living there at the time of the Revolution.
He married Phebe Ketchum of
Long Island. Children: Joshua, Seth, Josiah,
Keziah, Aletha, Eliza-beth,
Charity, Melinda and Phebe.
2. Caleb Purdy (5), eldest son of Caleb (4)
and Hannah, married Ruth Peck.
Children: Caleb, Elias,
Ruth, Sarah.
3. Samuel Purdy (5), second
son of Caleb (4) and Hannah, married Gloriania
Fowler. Children: Gabriel,
Samuel, Phebe, Elizabeth, Gloriania, Hannah.
4. Josiah Purdy (5), third
son of Caleb (4)and Hannah, married N. Knapp.
Children: Josiah and
Joshua.
- 6-
5. Andrew Purdy (5), fourth
son of Caleb (4) and Hannah, married Phebe
Merritt. Children: Robert
Andrew, (Andrew, son of Andrew and Phebe Purdy
baptized Jan. 17, 1791,
Notit Paroch), John Merritt, Phebe, Herelinda.
6. Nehemiah Purdy (5), fifth son of Caleb
(4) and Hannah, married Elizabeth
Burchum. Children: Thomas,
Nehemiah, Caleb, (Caleb, son of Nehemiah and
Elizabeth Purdy baptized
Sept.28, 1791, Notit Paroch), Hannah, Anne,
Elizabeth and Deborah.
7. Sylvanus Purdy (5),
sixth son.
8. Elias Purdy (5), seventh
son of Caleb (4) and Hannah, married Rachel
Merritt. Children: Elias,
Merritt (Merritt, son of Elias and Rachel Purdy,
baptized March 4, 1793),
William, Henry, Caleb, Sarah, Ophelia.
VI. 1.
Joshua Purdy (6), eldest son of Seth (5) and Phebe.
2. Seth Purdy (6), second son.
3. Josiah Purdy (6), third
son.
PURDY OF RYE.
The Purdy family were among
the early settlers, Fairfield, Conn. Francis
Purdy, the first member of
the family of whom we have any account died in
1658 at Fairfield. His sons
were Francis, John and Samuel. John, the
second, left Francis, who
had two sons, Joseph and John. Joseph, the
eldest, one of the first
proprietors of the White Plains and Lowe Wills
Purchase, died about 1709;
married Elizabeth, to whom her husband conveyed
his rights in the White
Plains purchase. They had (I) Joseph, who left
Obadiah, living in 1734,the
father of Caleb, l746. (II), Daniel, the father
of Solomon and
Benjamin. (III) Samuel, left the Hon.
Samuel a judge of the
Court of Common Pleas, who
had Samuel and Caleb (IV), David who had David
and Nathan of Ulster
County, New York (V) Jonathan of White Plains married
Mary Hart. He had Elijah;
married Lavinia Hoyt, and left Samuel David,
John, Israel, Elijah, Mary
married John Purdy, Abby mar-ried Jonathan
Purrdy, Friday married John
Haviland, Lavinia mar-ried Isenhart Purdy,
Hester and Melissa who
married Thomas Halsted. 2 Jonathan of White Plains
married Charity Hadden and
had a Jonathan, killed by the fall of a tree,
aet.l8 V Benjamin of
Purchase married Elizabeth Purdy, daughter of Samuel,
and left Jonathan (a),
Sylvanus of Eastchester, Jonathan, Samuel (d), and
Benjamin, Sr. (c); Timothy
married, 1st, Amy Hobbs, 2d Mary Hunt, and had
Augustus, Jonathan, Amy
married John Stopley, Deliah married David Burgess,
Charity married Fisher, and Eliza married Thomas Dick;
(d) Job
married Gedney; (9) Nebe married Amos Purdy and left Moses Emery,
Susan, Charlotte and
Margaret; (f) Gloriana married Henry Budd; (j) Susan
d.s.p; (h) Elizabeth
d.s.p.: (i) Charity. 3. Joseph married
Charity Isenhart and left
Jonathan, Joseph, Henry, Wermoth, Michael, a
daughter DeLancey and Charity married
Purdy. 4. Elizabeth
married Williams (VI). John married
Rebecca.
(VII), Francis heir to his
father's lands on Budd's Neck who left Daniel.
John, the youngest son of
Second Francis, left a son Daniel and others.
Samuel, youngest son of
first Francis married Penelope Strang, daughter of
Daniel Strang and
Charlotte, his wife, and left issue three sons; first,
Henry, second Josiah
married
Wetmore, daughter Rev.
James, and had 1. Seth, proprietor of homestead at
Rye married Phebe Ketchum
of L.I. and left Joshua, Seth, Josiah, Keziah,
Alothea, Elizabeth,
Charity, Melinda, Phebe and Anna.
2. Alethia married, 1st, Joseph Purdy, 2d
William Purdy.
3. Esther married Henry Purdy of King
Street.
4. Hanah married Josiah Merritt.
Third: Caleb married Hannah Brown, daughter of
Samuel, and had (I), Caleb
married Ruth Peck, and left
(1), Caleb, (2) Elias, (3), Ruth (4) Sarah.
II. Samuel married
Gloriania Fowler and had (1) Gabriel
(2) Samuel, (3) Phebe, (4) Elizabeth, (5)
Gloriania (6) Hannah.
III. Josiah married N.
Knapp and left (1) Josiah, (2) Joshua, who is
presumed to have had two
sons, Hackaliah who left four sons viz; Daniel,
Hackaliah, John and Elijah;
Daniel, the eldest William of Salem, and
Daniel; Hackaliah had
Elijah of Somers. Elijah married
Park and
had issue: Joshua of Rye
married Mary Park, by whom he had first Joseph,
who married Letitia Guion,
and had three sons, viz: Isaac of North Salem
married Miss Hart. They
left Isaac Hart of North Salem, Sally Ann married
Lewis Brown, Rosanna
married Gerard Crane, Clarissa married
Perry, M.D., Lydia married Mr. Howe, Mary married Rev.
D.H.
Short, Jane married Floyd
Keeler, Christina married Benedict,
and Letitia.
Thomas of Rye, second son of Joseph and Letitia,
married Purdy, and left Edward, Henry, James Elizabeth, Cornelia and Emeline.
Hon. Joshua of North Salem, third son of Joseph, is still at North Salem.
Second Joshua married Sarah Griffin, and had Benjamin of Rye, married daughter
of Jonathan Purdy, and left Edward of Rye, William, Hetty, Mary, Julia Harriet,
Adeline. The daughters of Joshua and Sarah were Elizabeth, Deborah, Mary,
Sarah, Esther and Harriet. Third, Roger of Rye. Fourth, Isaac of Rye (IV).
Andrew, the fourth son of Caleb and Hannah Brown married Phebe Merritt and had
Robert of Eastchester, Andrew of Eastchester, John Merritt, Phebe and
Harelindah.
(V) Nehemiah married Elizabeth Burchum and
left Thomas, Nehemiah, Caleb, Hannah, Anna, Elizabeth and Deborah, (VI)
Sylvanus, (VII) Elias married Rachel Merritt, and had Elias, John, Merritt,
William Henry, Caleb, Sarah and Ophelia, (VIII) Caroline, (IX)
Hannah, (X) Lavinia, (XI)
Anna.
Abraham Purdy of Yorktown,
a descendant of the first Joseph of White Plains, born Oct. 10, 1716, died
April 17, 1778, married Phebe Strang. She was born Feb.?, 1732, died Oct. 27,
1756. Their children were (I) Abraham, born April 9, 1759, died August 1769,
s.p. (II) Alvan born Jan 11 1757, died
July 16, 1830, married Lydia Hunt. She
died Jan.
27,l842, aet.83, and left
issue: (I) Abraham of Goshen, Orange Co., married Charity Strang, and had Wm.
Alvan, and Howell, (2) Alsop, d.s.p; (3) James postmaster of Yorktown; (4)
David d.s.p; (5) Alvan of Yorktown;(6) Elizabeth Ann, married J.H. Strang. (III) Frances born July 23, 1753, married
Col. John Drake. (IV) Ebenezer (*) born
Dec. 6, 1754, married Hon. Ebenezer Foot of Deleware.