Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and family history of New York . College and memberof the Cincinnati. William H. Crosby was a nephew of Rutgers, and inherited a large part of the Rutgers Jones was also a lineal descendant of Gen. William Floyd,and of Johanes DePeyster, anciently Mayor of New York. The children of Mr. DeWitt Clinton Jones are: 1. De WittClinton, Jr., born December 28, 1862. He married Bessie Dun-can Cannon, daughter of Henry Rutgers Cannon and MaryBrinkerhoff. They have two children, DeWitt Clinton Jones,third, and Rutgers Brevoort. 2. Mary
Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and family history of New York . College and memberof the Cincinnati. William H. Crosby was a nephew of Rutgers, and inherited a large part of the Rutgers Jones was also a lineal descendant of Gen. William Floyd,and of Johanes DePeyster, anciently Mayor of New York. The children of Mr. DeWitt Clinton Jones are: 1. De WittClinton, Jr., born December 28, 1862. He married Bessie Dun-can Cannon, daughter of Henry Rutgers Cannon and MaryBrinkerhoff. They have two children, DeWitt Clinton Jones,third, and Rutgers Brevoort. 2. Mary Franklin. 3. HenryCrosbv. 4. Fllen Roosevelt, wife of Frederick Glover Pyne. Wi GENEALOGICAL AND FAMILY HISTORY They have tiivee children, Frederick Crnger, Schuyler Neilsonand Charles Crosby. The residence of William B. Crosby, of which a view isgiven, was built about 1740 by Henry Rutgers. It stood ontlie block bounded by Cherry, Monroe, Clinton and Jeffersonstreets, and was one of the finest residences in the city. It re-mained an inteiesting relic of the iiast until L HOMMEDIEU ancestor of this family was Pierre LHommedieu, ofLa Roclielle. France. He married Martha Peron, and their son,Benjamin LHommedieu, was born in 1656 and came to Americaabout 1686. He married Patience, daughter of Nathaniel Syl-vester, the owner of Shelter Island. The ancient family Bibleof Benjamin IjTIommedieu is now in possession of his descend-ant, Sylvester Youngs LHommedieu, of East Orange, New Jer-sey, and from it the folloAving record is copied verbatim: The first temvs that I com to this countrv I lande at RodIsland the first, 168. .. GENEALOGICAL AND FAMILY HISTORY 195 Benjamin LPIomraedieu, son of Benjamin and PatienceLHommedieu, was born on Monday, the 3rd of December, LHommedieu, son of Benjamin and Patience LHomme-dieu, was born on Sunday in April, 1697. Peter LHommedieuwas born on the Sabbath day, 19th of August, 1699. GrizzelLHommedieu was born 2Uth of April
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