THE TOWN QF HARRISON. 371 



Castle ; and Sarah, who married Gilbert Palmer, father of John Palmer. 

 "John Harrison sold his interest in the Purchase to William Lawrence, 

 in 1702. Ebenezer Wilson and Margaret, his wife, conveyed their inter- 

 est to Philip Rokeby, June 12, 1708.* Rokeby having married Elizabeth 

 Wilson daughter and only heir at law of said Ebenezer and Margaret. 

 By will dated, June 17, 1709, Philip Rokeby devised all his estate to his 

 wife Elizabeth. 6 Elizabeth Rokeby afterwards married David Compton. 

 The latter by power of Attorney on the 30th day of Jan. 17 18, conveyed 

 to Elizabeth Compton and Ebenezer Wilson." By will dated, April 3, 

 1744, Elizabeth Compton devised all her real estate, etc., to Sarah and 

 Mary Canon, children of John and Jerusha Canon, remainder over, 

 etc. d Sarah Canon died within age and without issue, whereas her sister 

 Mary Canon, married John Pintard, had a son named also John Pin- 

 tard, and died aged fifty- three, leaving no other children. By his last 

 will dated March 16, 1842, John Pintard devised all his real and per- 

 sonal property to Andrew Warner, in trust for his daughter, Louise H. 

 Servoss. Testator died, June 21, 1844. By deed dated, March 19, 

 1859, Andrew Warner conveyed all his said trust estate to Louise H. 

 Servoss. 6 Louise H. Servoss by her last will dated, Febuary, 1865, de- 

 vises all her real estate, etc., to her son and executor, the present Elias 

 Boudinot Servoss, Esq./ of Harlem, N. Y. Thus after a lapse of one 

 hundred and eighty-one years, we find Mr. Servoss representing all the 

 legal rights of Ebenezer Wilson, one of the five patentees of the pur- 

 chase. William Nicolls, Esq., probably parted with his share soon after 

 1702. 



" The only one of the original patentees who retained his portion was 

 Samuel Haight, the ancestor of a prominent family of the town, in whose 

 possession it remained until a comparatively recent day. Samuel Haight, 

 like Harrison, himself and Lawrence, was a native of Flushing, L. L, 

 and belonged to the Society of Friends. Indeed, nearly all the settlers 

 of this purchase came from Flushing, and other towns of Long Island ; 

 and most of these were of the same religious persuasion. It appears to 

 have been from the first a ' Quaker ' settlement ; and from the fact that 

 one of the original patentees was a leading member of that body, we are 

 led to believe that such was designed to be the character of the enter- 

 prise from the firsts' A few of the inhabitants of Rye bought land in 



a Deed, June 12, 1T08, received in New York, June, 1715, Lib. xxviii, p. 163. 

 b Will dated, June IT, 1T09, Proved N. Y., Aug. 27, 1711. 



c Power of Attorney, Jan. 30, 1718. Received, Sept. 17, 1817, N. Y. Lib. cxxiii, p. 87. 

 d Will dated, April 3, 1744. Proved, Oct. 12, 1745. 

 e This deed was received in New York, May 8, 1871. 



/ Will dated, Feb., 1865. Received in Surrogates office, N. Y., May 8, 1871. Letters Test 

 granted to her executor, E. Boudinot Servoss, Nov. 8, 1871. 

 g Baird's Hist, of Rye, p. 103. 



