History of Westchester county : New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City / . hem, which is bythe gate, to David; but now the spring is coveredover and its deteriorated water is drawn forth forcommon uses by an insignificant little pump. Thelate Nathaniel Bayles bought the house and lot, onOctober 5, 1829, of John Beekman, of New YorkCity, administrator of Abraham K. Fish, Catherine B. Fish, widow of Mr. Fish, livedhere with her two daughters for some time after herhusbands death. In 1840 Mr. Bayles built on thewhole of
History of Westchester county : New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City / . hem, which is bythe gate, to David; but now the spring is coveredover and its deteriorated water is drawn forth forcommon uses by an insignificant little pump. Thelate Nathaniel Bayles bought the house and lot, onOctober 5, 1829, of John Beekman, of New YorkCity, administrator of Abraham K. Fish, Catherine B. Fish, widow of Mr. Fish, livedhere with her two daughters for some time after herhusbands death. In 1840 Mr. Bayles built on thewhole of that part east of the present to that time the door, which is now in themiddle of the house, was on the extreme east endand opened into the wide hall, which still Bayles was a great man to make improvements,and while thus engaged his men, in digging into theshallow earth by the ledge of rocks adjoining theCliff House property, now owned by Mr. F. J. Kal-denberg, came upon the skeleton of a man, and alongwith his bones found the metal buttons usually wornby the militia in the Revolution. Abraham Mart-. HON. GEORGE CLINTON. ling, father of the late Mrs. Julia Storms, then livedacross the way, in the house now occupied by J. Linson. Observing the workmen as theycommenced, he went over and told Mr. Bayles thatthey would dig up there the skeleton of a manwho was killed during the Revolution by a shotfrom a British ship of war lying in the river. Itturned out as he had predicted. Familiar with theincidents of that stormy period, he recalled at oncean event that had left its deep impression upon hismind. Mr. Bayles was not only fond of making im-provements, but he took a great interest in all publicaffairs. His son, Mr. Theodore F. Bayles, who now owns and occupies his fathers house, has kindly al-lowed the writer to examine many manuscript pa-pers of interest that belonged to his fathers them are autograph letters of Thomas Je
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