History of Little Nine Partners, of North East precinct, and Pine Plains, New York, Duchess [!] county . ound as when put up, and thesaw dust from the old logs had the strong, pitchlike odor of freshly cutpine. The logs were from twenty to sixty feet in length, and the trees fromwhich they were made were about seventy years old according to thecount of rings, each ring indicating an annual growth. A brick takenfrom the chimney jam had the mould stamp, 1728. It is believed thisbrick was made in Holland and imported with others by the Dutch settlerson the Hudson and used for buildings. The date
History of Little Nine Partners, of North East precinct, and Pine Plains, New York, Duchess [!] county . ound as when put up, and thesaw dust from the old logs had the strong, pitchlike odor of freshly cutpine. The logs were from twenty to sixty feet in length, and the trees fromwhich they were made were about seventy years old according to thecount of rings, each ring indicating an annual growth. A brick takenfrom the chimney jam had the mould stamp, 1728. It is believed thisbrick was made in Holland and imported with others by the Dutch settlerson the Hudson and used for buildings. The date on this brick is about thetime of the raising of this log house. A coarse shell comb was found inthe tearing down having the letters E. D., surrounded by a scroll onone side, and 1799 on the opposite side, all cut in with a knife. Thisevidently belonged to a member of the Ebenezer Dibblee family. Huntting has an interesting relic of this old log house in a substan-tial chair, made from one of the pine logs by the late Henry Englekee, acabinet maker for a half century or more in Pine DlBBLEE-BOOTH HOUSE. CHAPTER XXXVIII. LINEAGE Family genealogy of late has become a specialty, and the interest in itis on the increase, therefore nothing more than a reference to some earlyfamilies will be attempted. Moreover a book containing the genealogy ofsome families in Duchess County is about to be published, thereby lessen-ing the interest that would otherwise pertain to this subject in a town his-tory. Allerton, Dr. Cornelius (see cut page 298) wras a son of Dr. ReubenAllerton, and Lois Atherton of Amenia. Her brother, Cornelius Atherton,was practically the founder of the Steel Works, which has passed intohistory as the work of Richard Sackett, the patentee. It was from thisuncle that Dr. Allerton received his Christian name. In 1775 Dr. ReubenAllerton presented a bill to the town of Amenia for doctoring ElkanahHolmes, £6, 20s. 10p., and one years interest, 8s. 7p. Proba
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