History of Mamaroneck, (Westchester County) New York United States of America

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Alice Bradley Haven, author, was born in Hudson, N.Y., Sept. 13, 1828. Her maiden name was Bradley and her mother was a Baptist and of Quaker descent. During her school days she contributed to the Philadelphia Saturday Gazette under the pen-name "Alice G. Lee." She was married to Joseph C. Neal, the editor of the paper, in 1846. She continued to write under the name of "Cousin Alice" and upon the death of Mr. Neal in 1847 she assumed editorial control of the Gazette, and held it until 1853 when she was married to Samuel L. Haven. Among her many successful books are: The Gossips of Riverton (1850); The Coopers (1858); Where There's a Will There's a Way (1861); Out of Debt, Out of Danger (1864); The Good Report: Morning and Evening Lessons for Lent (1867); and Home Stories (1869). See memoir of her life (1864). She died at Mamaroneck, N.Y., Aug. 23, 1863.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Edward Floyd De lancey, lawyer, was born in Mamaroneck, N.Y., Oct. 23, 1821; eldest son of the Rt. Rev. William Heathcote and Frances (Munro) de Lancey. He was a student at the University of Pennsylvania, and was graduated at Geneva (now Hobart) college in 1843. He then studied law with the Hon. Samuel Stevens at Albany, N.Y., took a course in law at Harvard, 1844-45, and was admitted to practice at Rochester, N.Y., in 1846. He was an intelligent traveller, covering in his journeys Europe, Egypt, Asia Minor and British America. He was president of the New York genealogical and biographical society, 1873-77; of the Westchester county historical society, 1874-79, and of the St. Nicholas society, 1879, 1880, 1881. He was domestic corresponding secretary of the New York historical society from 1879, and a member of the State historical society of Wisconsin, the Royal historical society of London, and the American ethnological society. He edited Jones's History of New York during the Revolutionary War (1879) and Secret Correspondence of Sir Henry Clinton, published in the Magazine of American History from October, 1883, to August, 1884. Among his own publications are: Memoirs of the Hon. James de Lancey, Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of New York (1851); The Capture of Fort Washington the Result of Treason (1877); Memoirs of James W. Beekman (1879); Memoirs of William Allen, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania (1879); Original History of Manors in the Province of New York (1886); History of Mamaroneck, N.Y. (1886), and other historical works.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Nathaniel Scudder Prime, clergyman, was born in Huntington, L.I., N.Y., April 21, 1785; son of Dr. Benjamin Youngs and Mary (Wheelwright) Greaton Prime. He was graduated from the College of New Jersey, A.B., 1804, A.M., 1807; studied theology in Huntington, Long Island, under the Rev. William Schenck (Princeton, 1767), pastor of the Presbyterian church at Huntington; was licensed to preach by the presbytery of Long Island, Oct. 10, 1805, and performed missionary work for several months. He was pastor at Sag Harbor, L.I., 1806-09; was married, July 5, 1808, to Julia Ann, daughter of Maj. John and Margaret (Pierson) Jermain of that place; was ordained, Oct. 24, 1809, and was pastor at Smithtown and Fresh Pond, 1809-11; at Milton, 1811-12, and at Cambridge, 1813-30, being also principal of Washington academy, Cambridge, 1821-30. He was principal of Mount Pleasant academy, Sing Sing, N.Y., 1830-35, and in 183l established a seminary for young women at Sing Sing under the charge of his daughter, which acquired a high reputation. He was also pastor ai Sing Sing, 1831-35, and engaged in missionary work in Newburgh, N.Y., 1835-43. He was active in moral reform in 1811, and preached a temper ance sermon which resulted in the presbytery of Long Island voting against the use of ardent spirits and wine. He was a trustee of Middlebury college, Vermont, 1822-26; of Williams college Massachusetts, 1826-31, and received the degree D.D. from the College of New Jersey in 1848. He is the author of: A Collection of Hymn (1809); The Pernicious Effects of Intemperance, a sermon (1812); An Address to the Cambridge Branch of the Moral Society of Washington County (1815); A Plan for the More Successful Management of Domestic Missions (1816); Divine Truth, the Established Means of Sanctification, a sermon (1817); A Familiar Illustration of Christian Baptism (1818); The Year of Jubilee but not to Africans (1825); History of Long Island (1845). He died in Mamaroneck, N.Y., March 27, 1856.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Richard Mott, representative, was born in Mamaroneck, Westchester county, N.Y., July 21, 1804; son of Adam and Anne (Mott) Mott, and brother of James Mort, the reformer . He was educated in the Friends school, Nine Partners, N.Y., and in New York city; taught school for a year; became a clerk in 1818, and later engaged in the lumber and ship chandlery business, and as clerk and teller in various banks in New York city. He was married, Nov. 12, 1828, to Elizabeth Mitchell, daughter of Elihu and Mary (Slocum) Smith. In 1836 he removed to Toledo, Ohio, where he engaged in real estate and other business enterprises. He lost his property in the financial panic of 1837, but afterward made a success in mercantile pursuits. He was mayor of Toledo, 1845-46; a founder of the Republican party, and a representative in the 34th and 35th congresses, 1855-59. He was opposed to slavery, but while in congress, true to his Quaker faith, voted against every appropriation for the support of the army and navy. He served as chairman of the Citizen's Military committee during the civil war, and in 1868 organized and was elected president of the Toledo Savings institution. He died in Toledo, Ohio, Jan. 22, 1888.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor