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disappeared, and its place has been taken by Leggett Avenue, 

 a very important thoroughfare for trucking purposes. 



In colonial days, the point was called Jeafferd's Neck; and 

 it was in the house of Alderman Leggett on this neck that 

 Major Baremore was captured by De Armond. Later, the 

 house was occupied by Colonel Fowler, and it was destroyed 

 by fire upon the occasion of a dinner-party given by the British 

 officer to the loyalists of the vicinity. Leggett's house occu- 

 pied the site of the Graham house. The property between 

 Bound and Wigwam brooks was granted by Judge Morris to 

 his father-in-law, James Graham, Attorney-General of the 

 Province, on April 2, 1740; Mr. Graham died here in his house 

 on Jeafferd's Neck, in 1767. By his will, dated March 13, 

 1767, the property was left to his wife during the term of her 

 natural life, after which it was to be sold by his executors for 

 the benefit of his children. It was so sold later, and it has 

 passed through the hands of many owners from that time to 

 the present, being divided up among several owners. Thus, 

 Joshua Waddington owned part of it from 1808 to 1828; and 

 the same land constituted a trust for many years for Anna 

 Maria Julia Coster, the wife of Francis Barretto; another 

 part, including the point, came back into the possession of 

 William H. Leggett under deeds of February 8, 1830, and April 

 1, 1 83 1. The Leggett family retained possession of the prop- 

 erty, which was called "Rose Bank," until near the middle 

 of the last century, when it was bought by Benjamin Whitlock, 

 a wealthy grocer of New York, who was also interested in the 

 cotton business. The old Leggett mansion was completely 

 renovated, a prominent feature being the subterranean vaults 

 and cellars for the storage of wine. It is said that the house 

 was almost rebuilt of stone imported from Caen, France. In 

 the days before the Civil War, the mansion was the scene of a 



