Benjamin Haight of Cortland Manor and Rachel Peck, 1788
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Benjamin Haight of Cortland Manor & Danbury,
Guy Baker 5/08/12
Benjamin Haight of Cortland Manor and Danbury was born about 1737 (aged 68 in 1805). This fits with the births given for his possible/probable siblings.
He married in 1788 at the age of 51, so that might have been a second marriage for him and he might have been married to Susannah (--) by 15 Nov 1786, as they were the only two Haights in his church by that year. He could have had other children prior to 1788 by a previous marriage, possibly.
“Benj. Haight, of Cortland Manor, bought land in Danbury, Ct., in 1778. He was living in Ct. in 1779, when his bro. Jona.’s will was written. Benj. Haight, of D., sold land with house and barn, in the N.E. part of Danbury, to Sam. Haight, of Cortland Manor, N.Y., about 1784” (A Genealogical History of the Hoyt, Haight, and Hight Families, 1871, by David Webster Hoyt, page 606)
“The part of Van Cortlandt Manor that ultimately became Somers and Yorktown was known as the Middle District, or Hanover. European settlement in the Somers area began after Van Cortlandt’s death in 1700 and the final partition of his estate in 1734 . . . At the first known town meeting of European settlers held on March 7, 1788, at an inn owned by Benjamin Green, the town named Stephentown was established. However, there already existed a Stephentown in Rensselaer County. The resulting confusion, particularly in mail delivery, led to a change in the name to Somerstown. In 1808, the name was changed to Somers” (Wikipedia).
Pages 210-211, Encyclopedia of Biography:
(IV) Theophilus Peck, son of Samuel and Ruth (Terris) Peck, was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, in March, 1702, and died there, November 7, 1783. He was the owner of an extensive tract of land in the northern part of Greenwich, called "Pecksland" and "Round Hill." He removed from Old Greenwich, where he was born, and settled in Pecksland at an early age, and it was from him that the locality derived its name. He was a cabinet-maker by trade, and a joiner. Theophilus Peck married, February 5, 1728, Elizabeth Mead, daughter of Benjamin Mead, of Greenwich, Connecticut; she was born in November, 1703, and died November 17, 1783, ten days following the death of her husband. Children (all born in Greenwich, Connecticut):1. Theophilus (2), of whom further. 2. Elizabeth, born November 21, 1731, died in Greenwich, January 18, 1816; married Joseph Close, 3rd, of Greenwich. 3. Sarah, born October 29, 1733, died in North Salem, October 8, 1822; married (first), Nathaniel Close, son of Solomon Close, of North Salem, New York, and (second), after 1773, Thomas Paddock. 4. Eunice, born April 9, 1735, died July 8, 1828; married Joshua Knapp, of Greenwich. 5. Hannah, born May 18, 1737; married James Wallace, November 22, 1825. 6. Samuel, born January 22, 1739, died in Greenwich, March 2, 1798; married, April 29, 1762, Hannah Sherwood. 7. Benjamin, born October 10, 1740, died March 12, 1806; married, November 11, 1766, Deborah Sackett, who died July 14, 1769; he married (second), Hannah Reed. 8. Abraham, born February 7, 1742, died February 3, 1792; married Hannah Purdy, daughter of Caleb Purdy, of Rye, New York, December 6, 1770.
9. Rachel (Peck), born September 20, 1743, died at Geneva, New York, May 7, 1820; married, May 6, 1778, Benjamin Haight, of Somers, New York.
10. Ruth, born February 7, 1746, died September 16, 1822; married Caleb Purdy, Jr. 11. Isaac, born March 9, 1748, died September 24, 1838; married Hannah Fletcher. 12. Israel, born April 9, 1750, died January 18, 1819; married, May 30, 1782, Lavinia Purdy, daughter of Caleb Purdy.
RACHEL PECK, b. Sept. 20, 1743 ; m. Benjamin Haight, of Somers, N. Y., May 6, 1778, and d. in Geneva, N. Y., May 7, 1820. He d. in Albany, N. Y., Nov. 13, 1805, aged 68 ("A genealogical account of the descendants in the male line of William Peck, one of the founders in 1638 of the colony of New Haven, Conn")
There was a Rachel Haight in the 1810 Federal Census, Albany, Albany Co NY
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