Family Lines
Pennoyer and Lounsbury Notes
By Winifred Lovering Holman, S.B., F.A.S.G., of Lexington, Mass.
As genealogist for Harvard, insofar as research in connection with their scholarships based upon ancestral
requirements is
concerned, I had much of the Pennoyer and Lounsbury material at hand. The additional data were secured
in 1949, for Mrs. John
Mitchell Morrison, of Towanda, Pa., and Miami, Fla., and is presented here with her permission and with
due acknowledgment of her
generosity.
These brief notes must be considered but a basis for more exhaustive research as few original sources have been consulted.
Pennoyer
There were three Pennoyer brothers in England, in whom we are interested. It seems odd that no one, to my knowledge, has ever secured and published any information as to their parentage and ancestry. The College of Arms in London has a partial pedigree, to which I have added data, but it contains nothing at all about the antecedants. As we shall see later, there may have been a fourth brother.
In 1901, the late Henry F. Waters published, in two volumes, his "Genealogical Gleanings in England", and in volume 1, pages 503-506, presents the wills of William and Samuel Pennoyer, brothers, and their two widows. We are particularly interested in the will of William, whose legacy founded the Pennoyer Aid at Harvard.
Samuel, a merchant of London, had married Rose Hobson, and drew his will, 29 June 1652, proved 12 May 1654, mentioning his brother, William, and the latter's wife, Martha. Rose married, secondly as his second wife, Samuel Disbrow and died in Elsworth, Cambridgshire, 10 Dec. 1690, aged seventy-five, while Disbrow died there, 4 March 1698, aged eighty-two.
William had married Martha, daughter of John Josselyn, of Hide Hall, Sawbridgeworth, Herts., by his wife, Elizabeth Wiseman. As citizen and clothmaker of London, William Pennoyer made his will, 25 May 1670, proved 13 Feb. 1670-71.
In this instrument, he left £800 "to be sent over to the Corporation for the Propagation of the Gospel in New England", to the intent and purpose that its value in goods and commodities of that country "may upon sale thereof be delivered to Robert Pennoyer of Stamford of New England for the equal use and benefit of himself and each of his children; further to the intent and purpose that what shall be made thereof above the said eight hundred pounds value in the commodities of that country shall be and remain to his sister Elianor Reading and her husband Thomas Reading and all their children equally and indifferently".
He owned land and tenements in co. Norfolk, out of which £10 per annum was given to the Corporation for Propagation of the Gospel in New England and £34 per annum. with which "two fellows and two scholars forever shall be educated maintained and brought up in the college called Cambridge College in New England, of which I desire one of them, so often as occasion shall present, May be of the line or posterity of the said Robert Pennoyer, if they be capable of it and the other of the colony now or late called Newhaven Colony, if conveniently may be".
Harvard sold this Norfolk property only recently. The third brother, Robert Pennoyer, is the founder of the American branch; brief notes concerning him follow.
Robert Pennoyer, brother of William (the testator of 1670 and benefactor of Harvard College), a turner by trade, born perhaps in 1614, was alive in January 1677, then of Mamaroneck, Westchester Co., N.Y., and resided in Gravesend, Long Island, N.Y., Stamford, Conn., and Rye and Mamaroneck. He married, first, about 1652, an unknown wife, who became the mother of his children, and who died by 6 March 1671; and, secondly, after 1666, and before 6 March 1671, Elizabeth Scofield, widow of Richard Scofield of Stamford.
It has been thought that this Robert is identical with a Robert Pennaird, aged 21, who with a Thomas Pennaird, aged 10 (possibly a younger brother), came over on the Hopewell, of London, Thomas Babb, Master. She sailed about the middle of September and arrived in Boston, Mass., the latter part of November 1635. (Banks: 'Planters of the Commonwealth", 1930.) He was certainly the Robert Pennoyer, of Gravesend, Long Island, in 164-, and again in 1645. (Record, 16:99, 102.) 23 Aug. 1656 we learn that the lands of Robert Pennoyer, et als., at Gravesend were surveyed, from the Calendar of Dutch Ms., 189. (Ibid., 65:242.) 1 Aug. 1670 his daughter, Elizabeth "Penrye", was married to Richard Lownesbury, from Court of Assizes, 2;572. (O'Callaghan: "New York Marriages", 1860, 239.) 24 Dec. 1670 John Richbell, of Mamaroneck, with his wife, Ann, sold to Robert "Penoire". homelots, numbers 2 and 3, there, see Liber 1677-1683 [in Albany?]. (Record, 58:250.)
6 March 1671, the inventory was made or the estate of Richard Scofield, late of Stamford, deceased, filed 16 March 1671, which mentions the widow, now the wife of Robert "Penoyer". (Mead: Ms. "Fairfield Probate", 1:22.) The next record appears in Boston 18 Oct. 1671;
"I Robert Penoyer Late of Stamford doe ... Ordayne my. . . freind Jonathan Sellick to bee my ... Attourney to demand & receave for mee my full Legacy Left mee by my Brother mr William Penoyer Late of London ... as witnes my hand & scale in Rye this 18th of October 1671 ... Robert Penoire". Wit: John Richman, Miles Okely, and the mark of Nicolas Webster; attested 19 Oct. 1672 by Richman and Webster; recd. 20 April 1672. (Suffolk Deeds, 6:280.)
Further deeds are of interest in proving the names of his children:
8 Jan. 1671-72, Robert "Penoyer", of Mamaroneck conveyed property, purchased of Richbell, to his dearly beloved children: William and Thomas Penoyer; the cattle and household goods to be divded between said sons and daughter, Martha Penoyer; Robert was to have full management of all the property during his natural lifetime. Westchester Deeds, B:100. (Record, 58:351.) Another abstract of this deed gives the date as 18 Jan. 1671-72, calls the grantor "Penoyre", recites that he gave to children, William and Thomas, all rights to his estate, real and personal; to eldest son, William, two thirds of the land purchased of said Richbell, and for want of issue to son Thomas; daughter, Martha, also named. Westchester Deeds, B:100. (Ibid., 54:394.)
1 Jan. 1677, a statement that William Penoyer did bequeath to Walter Butler, of Greenwich Conn., son of Evan Butler, of Cursonn, in the county of Hereford, the sum of four score pounds, Westchester Deeds, at Albany, 4:26. (Ibid., 58.349.)
Recorded for Mr. George Heathcott, 7 Jan. 1677. "Whereas William Penoyer, Esq., citizen and clothworker of London, did make his last will in writing bearing date the five & twentieth day of May . . . 1670; and among other things ordered that £800 be laid out in merchandise fit for New England & sent over to the Corporation for the Propagation of the Gospel in New England; delivered to Robert Penoyer of Stratford [Stamford] for the benefit of himself & children & did appoint Richard Leton Esq., & Michael Davison, Esq., Executors; . . . the residue to Ellena. Reading & her children. The sd Michael Davison has since died. Now there is no such corporation in New England to which sd goods may be consigned & sold and proceeds divided amongst respective persons; neither can security be taken for children. Robert Penoyer is removed to Mamaroneck in New York State and hath only 4 living children, viz., Elizabeth Pennoyer, aged 24, William Pennoyer, aged 22, Thomas Pennoyer, aged 17, and Martha
Pennoyer, aged 11, under age, January 1677. Signed
Robert Pennoyer
Elizabeth Pennoyer, now Lounsbury
Wm. Will Penoyer"
Wit: William Dyre, George Kniffon, John Royse, William Hall, and Anthony Buckholm. Westchester Deeds, at Albany, 4:9. (Ibid., 58:349.)
29 Jan. 1677, Robert Penoyer, of Mamaroneck, Turner, William Penoyer, of the same place, son of the said Robert, with Richard Lounsbury, of Rye, Conn., and Elizabeth Lounsbury, his wife, oldest daughter of the said Robert, conveyed to Richard Leton, of London, England, and to George Heathcott, of Middlesex Co., England, mariner, by bond. Westchester Deeds, at Albany, 4:23. (Ibid., 58:349.)
There is mention in a deed, dated 2 April 1694, of land formerly in the possession of Robert Pennoyer and now in the possession of his son (not named). Westchester Deeds, B: 177. (Ibid., 54:394.) It would seem therefore that Robert was surely dead by April 1694.
Children by first wife, born in Stamford:
Elizabeth2, b. about 1652; m., Richard Lounsbury. See Lounsbury Notes. MARY -
William, b. about 1654; m. Mary ______. In 1698, a William "Peneor", was of Mamaroneck, and, in New Rochelle, a Robert "Peniore" (a footnote explains that Robert probably belonged to the Mamaroneck List); also another 1698 list, for New Rochelle, Mamaroneck, and Morisanna, gives a Robert "penneor", aged 17. 22 May 1702, William "Penior", of Mamaroneck, freeholder, for love a to his son and heir, Robert "Penoir", one half his land there; 2 March 1703, William Penoir, of same, for love deeds all his estate to his wife Mary, for her natural life; wit: Fred, and Elizabeth Platt and Benj. Collier; 26 June 1703, Eleazer Gedney, of same, shipwright, conveyed to William and Robert Penoyer, of same, 13 acres there, as laid out to William Penoyer. Westchester Deeds, G:222,287,311. (Ibid., 59:107; 51:42, 45; 56-.40; 52: 71, 321.)
Children:
Robert b. in 1681.
? Thomas.
Thomas. b. 29 March 1658; d. in Stamford 21 Nov. 1723; m. there, 22 May 1685, Lydia Knapp, b. about 1668 d. there 9 Feb. 1709-10, dau. of Moses and Abigail (Westcott) Knapp. I have further data.
Mary, b. 25 Nov. 1660i d. young
Martha, b. 26 Sept. 1664; living in 1677.
Abigail, b. 13 Get. 1666; d. young.
Lounsbury
Richard Lounsbury, of Rye, Westchester Co., N. Y., in 1672, died by 8 Dec. 1694, testate. He married,
by License, and as
"Lownesbury", 1 Aug. 1670, Elizabeth "Penrye", who, aged twenty-four, 8 Jan. 1677,
was living in 1694, daughter of Robert
Pennoyer, and niece of a benefactor of Harvard, William Pennoyer.
Nothing is known of the antecedants of Richard Lounsbury, whose male descendants, by his wife, Elizabeth Pennoyer, are entitled to the Pennoyer Aid at Harvard.
Mead's Ms. "Fairfield Probate", mentions, page 18, that Philip Galpin, of Rye, conveyed property there to Simon Roberts, of Boston, Mass., 20 Feb. 1672, as witnessed by Joseph Horton and Richard Lounsberry. According to Baird's "Rye", (1871), pages 421-422, Richard was a proprietor there of Penungs Neck in 1672, and also held property in White Plains, Westchester Co., where he removed between 1673 and 1682, selling part of his Rye land. However, he kept his land in Rye at Budds Neck, which by his will of 2 Jan. 1690 [?], he left to his wife, Elizabeth, and to his elder sons.
His will, proved 7, or 8, Dec. 1694, mentioned wife, Elizabeth, and daughter, Mary; gave to son John, a bed, etc.; and to sons Thomas and Michael, all his rights at White Plains; to his son, Henry, his rights in "Raccone Ridge", and Lame Wills Purchase; required his son Richard's £10 note, "when time is out a cording to bargain". The widow Elizabeth was administratrix. (Selleck-Jacobus: "Miner Ancestry", 1928.)
Westchester Deeds, C:320, deals with the estate of this Richard Lounsbury, and also refers to the Westchester Wills. Lounsbury had left his lands in White Plains to his sons, Thomas and Michael; the latter sold out his portion. The will, 1690-1694, recorded in the Deeds, mentions daughter, Mary, but she was omitted from the Will. (Record, 49:300; also see 54:397).
Although son Henry Lounsbury's birth is recorded in Stamford, it is exceedingly doubtful if Richard ever resided there. No doubt Henry, himself had it recorded in the Stamford Town Book.
Children, probably all born in Rye:.
i. Mary2, m by 11 Aug. 1701 Israel Rogers.
ii. John, m. about 1701 Abigail (Thomas) Preston, b 21 Nov 1674, dau. Of John and Lydia (Parker) Thomas
and widow of Samuel
Preston. Her two sons are known from the conveyance of Thomas property inherited from her. 11 Aug. 1701,
John conveyed part of
his homelot, in Rye, to his brother-in-law, Israel Rogers, and Mary, his wife. John was a wit. at Rye,
1706-1723. (Record 17,280;
54:395; Jacobus, "New Haven Families", 5:1107; 7:1790; Sharpe's "Bethany", 1908,
129; 132.)
Children;
1. Richard, of Kingstown, N. Y., in 1733.
2. Josiah, of New Haven, Conn.; m. there, 7 May 1734, Ruth Lines; the ancestors of the Lounsburys of
Bethany, Conn.
iii. Thomas, held rights in White Plains, Westchester Co., from his father.
iv. Michael, b. about 1680; d. 20 Jan. 1730-31; Stamford, Conn., test.; m. there, 19 June 1707, Sarah
Lockwood, who d. there 7
June 1749, dau. of John Lockwood.
The will of Michael Lounsbury of Stamford, dated 18 Jan. 1730, proved 16 April 1731, names children: "Murmoth" (Monmouth), Joshua, Nehemiah, Jonathan, Sarah, Jemima, and Abigail, brother Henry Lounsbury; wife Sarah; no executor cited; wit: Samuel Weed, Daniel Hait and Thomas June; inventory, by said Weed and Samuel Hait, 17 June, filed 24 June 1731; 1 Sept. 1747, distribution according to will. (Mead- Ms. "Stamford Probate" 1.23.) See Stamford V.R. (Barbour), 129; "Stamford Registration", 1874, 71; Selleck-Jacobus "Miner Ancestry", 1928, 63-64; Mead: Ms. "Stamford Probate", 1:19 50; "Lockwood Genealogy", 1889, 35; Baird. "Rye", 1871, 421. I have further data.
2. v. Henry, b. IS Aug. 1684, reed. in Stamford, m. Mercy Scholfield.
vi. Richard, m. Elizabeth Du Bois. A Richard, carman, of New York, d. intest., admin. granted his widow, Abigail, 28 Feb. 1715-16. ('New York Wills2:165, pub. in Coll. N. Y. Hist. Soc.) However, see Record, 17:280.
2. Henry2 Lounsbury (Richard1), born probably in Rye, Westchester Co., N. Y., birth recorded in Stamford, Conn., 15 Aug. 1684, died in Stamford between 8 Oct. 1749 and 2 April 1751, intestate. He married there, about 1709, Mercy Scofield, born there 30 Oct. 1690, died between 8 Oct. 1749 and 2 April 1751, daughter of John and Hannah (Mead) Scofield.
By the terms of his father's will, which was proved in December 1694, Henry received land and first appears in the deeds of Stamford in 1706:
11 March 1705-06, Samuel Seeley, of Stamford, sold to Henry Lownsbery, of same, land there; wit: Samuel
Hait and John Crissy;
ack. 1708 and recd. 1717. (Stamford Deeds, B:287.)
Brief notes on the rest of his land transactions follow:
23 June 1709, Abraham Finch, of Stamford, sold land with a house and orchard there, at a farm called
Taunton, in all 13 acres, to
Henry Lownsbery of same; ack. 1709 and reed. 1717. The same day Lounsbury conveyed this back to the
said Finch; ack. 1709 and
recd. 1710. John Holly and Joseph Hait wit. both deeds. (Ibid,, B: 288, 29.)
2 Aug. 1709, Said Finch conveys 2 acres in this Taunton farm to said Lownsbery; wit: John Holly and
Joseph Hait; ack. 1709 and
recd. 1717. 6 Aug. 1709 Henry Lownsbury, of Stamford, sold 25 acres there on Flat Ridge to Thomas Waterbury
and Cary Leeds;
wit: John and Joseph Holly; ack. 1709 and recd. 1721 . (Ibid., B: 256, 379.)
27 Sept. 1709, Cary Leads, of Stamford, sold Henry Lownsbery, of same, land at Shipan; wit: Jno and
Joseph Holly; ack. 1709 and
recd. 1717. (Ibid., B: 287)
21 Nov. 1709, Henry Lownsbery, of Stamford, sold to Edmund Lockwood, of same, "a right in a house
Lott within the bounds of
Stamford abovesd containing Eleven pounds thirteen Shillings Rights according to the inventory Price
as it may more plainly appear
by Fairfield Record of Probates"; wit: John and Susanna Holly; ack. same day; reed. 1710. (Ibid.,
B.42.)
29 Dec. 1709, Ebenezer and Nathaniel Scofield, of Stamford, conveyed to Henry Lownsbery, of same, 12
plus acres there on Little
Ox Ridge; wit; Jonathan Selleck, Jr., and Henry James, ack. same day and recd. 1717, (Ibid., 13-.287.)
20 Jan. 1709-10, Henry Lounsbury, of Stamford, sold land ' there on Ship-han Neck [now Shippan Pt.],
to Elisha Holly, of same; wit.
Peter Demill and Richard Scofield; ack. 1710 and recd. 1718. 24 Jan 1709-10 Henry Lounsbury, of same,
conveyed to Samuel Hait,
Sr., of same, land on east side of Noroton River; wit: John Ambler and Elisha Holly; ack. and recd.
1710. 22 March 1709-10,
Lounsbery, of same, conveyed to Michael Lounsbery, of same, land there; wit: Jonathan Selleck, Jr.,
and John Bishop; ack. same
and recd. 1710. (Ibid., B:156, 18, 278.)
9 March 1710 Edmund Lockwood, of Stamford "to prevent any controversy grant unto Henry Lounsbury
all my title to land west of
Mill River & north of Boundary line between him and myself which land was formerly in partnership
between Abraham & Isaac Finch";
wit: Jno Holly and mark of Joanna Baker; no ack.; recd. 1740. (Ibid., D: 192)
5 July 1717, Land laid out to Henry Lownsbery 4 acres "being part of ye right of Thomas Waterbery
in ye Double measure of long
Lotts on west side of Mill River", "below ye town", signed by Stephen Bishop, Daniel
Scofield, and John Holly. (Ibid. B.- 279.)
27 Feb. 1720-21, land laid out to Henry Lounsbery on Flatt Ridge and Bell's Ridge, "on Thomas Larances
Right, in ye long Lotts &
descended from him unto Eliezer Slason & from sd Slason to Samuel Seeley and from sd Selley unto
him sd Henry"; signed by
Benjamin Green, Samuel Webb, and John Knapp; recd. 1721. (Ibid., B:390.)
6 Jan. 1734-35, "Henery Lounsberry", of Stamford released my brother Michall Lounsbery's estate
from all that he gave me by will";
wit: Nathaniel Webb and Daniel Hait- the same day Sarah Bates ack. receipt of all her portion of her
"Uncle Henery Lounsbery's"
rights that her father gave him by will, etc. (Ibid., C:150,210.)
21 Dec. 1738, Abraham Ambler, of Bedford, N. Y., for £100, sold Henry Lounsbery, of Stamford, land there
which did accrue to said
Ambler, from his uncle, John Ambler, etc.; wit: Samuel Weed and Joseph Ferris; ack. 1738 and recd. 1739.
(Ibid., D:137.)
15 May 1739, land laid out unto Henry Lounsbery, at Stamford, by Capt. John Knap and Richard Scofield,
10 acres in Long Lotts on
Huckleberry Ridge; recd. 1739. (Ibid., D:134.)
1 Feb. 1742-43, Henry Lounsbery, of Stamford, gave to son Epinetus Lounsbery, of same, land at Taunton
Farm there, reserving use
of one half the meadow and barn for life; wit: Joseph Bishop and mark of Hannah Bishop; ack. and recd.
same day. (Ibid., D:359.)
22 March 1742-43, Henry Lounsbery, of Stamford, gave to son Gideon Lounsbery, of same, 3 lots west side
of Mill River, some 3
acres, reserving for himself a piece of same "for life and my present wife"; wit: Jonathan
Bell and Joseph Biship; ack. and recd. same
day. (Ibid., D:369.)
4 April 1743, Henry Lounsbery, of Stamford, conveyed to son Epinetus Lounsbery, of same, a house an
homestead of 11 acres there,
reserving one third of same "for my life time and my present wife"; wit: Samuel Hait and John
Finch; ack. and recd. same day. (Ibid.,
D:373.)
8 April 1743, Henry Lounsbery, of Stamford, conveyed land there to his son Nathaniel Lounsbery of same-
wit: Samuel Hait and
Nathaniel Heusted; ack. and recd. same day. (Ibid., D:374.)
8 May 1743, Henry Lounsbery, of Stamford, conveyed land there to his son, Nathan Lounsbery, of same;
wit: Joshua and Monmouth
Lounsbery; ack. same day and recd. 21 Jan. 1744-45. (Ibid., D.481.)
The records of the Stamford Church are extant only from 31 Dec. 1746. At this time the Lounsbury members
included Abigail,
Epinetus, Gideon, Hannah, wife of Joshua, Joshua, Mary, Nathan, and Rachel, wife of Jonathan Scofield.
Gideon later became an
Episcopalian and Joshua left town. Mercy, wife of Henry Lounsbury, was admitted a member 8 Oct. 1749,
which would prove that
both were then living. (Mead: Ms. "Stamford Church Reeds".)
In view of the above deeds of gift, we are not surprised to learn that Henry died intestate, nor is there any record of an estate for his wife or widow. Evidently both were deceased when their heirs passed these conveyances:
23 April 1751 Nathaniel, Epinetus, and Gideon Lounsbery; Samuel Scofield and Hannah Scofield alias Lounsbery, his wife; Jonathan Scofield and Rachel Scofield, alias Lounsbery, his wife; Charles Buxton and Mercy Buxton, alias Lounsbery, his wife; Nathaniel Newman and Mary Newman, alias Lounsbery, his wife, all of Stamford, convey to Nathan Lounsbury of same, land there; Hannah Rachel Mercy and Mary sign by mark; wit: Charles Smith and John Holly; ack. 23 and 25 April 1751; recd. 25 April 1752. (Stamford Deeds, E:448.)
23 April 1751, Epinetus Gideon, and Nathan Lounsbery, Samuel Scofield Jr., and Hannah, his wife; Jonathan
Scofield, and Rachel, his
wife; Charles Buxton, and Mercy, his wife; Nathaniel Newman, and Mary, his wife; all of Stamford, convey
land there on west side of
Mill River to Nathaniel Lounsbery, of same-, Rachel, Mercy, and Mary sign by mark, as does Jonathan
Scofield; wit- John Holly and
Charles Smith; ack. 23 and 25 April 175I; recd. 2 March 1757. (Ibid., F:226.)
Henry's first six children are recorded in the Stamford Town Records, as see The American Genealogist, 11:164,224. His own birth also appears therein, ibid., 10:182.
Children, born in Stamford:
i. Henry, b. 17 Dec. 1709; aged 7, 17 Dec. 1716; prob. d. young.
ii: Mercy, b. 12 March 1710-11. See below.
iii. Hannah, b. 2 Sept. 1713; aged 3, 2 Sept. 1716; m. in Stamford, 3 May 1739, Samuel Scofield, Jr.,
both were living there 1751;
see the American Genealogist, 11:196 for her account.
iv. Nathaniel, b. 4 Feb. 1714-15; aged 2,4 Feb. 1716-17; m. in Stamford, 14 Jan. 1749, Eunice Brown,
living in 1751. His will of 1792,
proved 1796, names dau. Mercy Reynolds. (Mead. Ms. "Stamford Probate", 262-263.)
v. Epenetus, b. 14 Feb. 1716-17- m. in Stamford, 25 June 1749-50, Elizabeth Finch, living in 1751. They
had son Henry, bapt. in
Stamford, 18 June 1758, and others. No estate there of record.
vi. Rachel, b. 15 Jan. 1718-19; m. Jonathan Scofield; both living in 1751.
vii. Gideon, b. about 1720; m. in Stamford, 14 Jan. 1747-48, Deborah Buxton. He drew his will in 1792.
(Ibid.)
viii. Nathan, b. about 1723; m. in Stamford, 27 March 1751, Elizabeth (Seeley) Talmadge. Their son,
Enos, had a son Nathan, who
was the father of Gov. George, and of Gov. Phineas Lounsbury, b. in 1738 and 1741, respectively. Nathan
made his will in 1792.
(Ibid.)
Mercy3 Lounsbury (Henry,2 Richard,l), born in Stamford, Conn., 12 March 1710-11, aged six on 12 March
1716-17, living there 23
April 1751. She married there, by a Justice of the Peace, 6 May 1742, Charles Buxton, born there 29
Aug. 1714, living there, 5 July
1772, son of Clement Buxton III, by his wife, Elizabeth Ferry.
Charles Buxton bought out the rights in his father's Stamford holdings, of his siblings, in 1750, and then sold land there, subject to his mother's life interest, to Daniel Lockwood, who had bought other land of Clement Buxton in 1741. In 1753, Charles' mother, Elizabeth Buxton, then of Bedford, N: Y., quit to Charles her rights in the Stamford property. His first deed, after his marriage, follows:
23 Nov. 1744, Anthony DeMill, of Stamford, sold to Charles Buxton, of same, land there on the west side of Mill River, next to that of Moses Buxton; wit: Jonathan Glason and Joseph Heusted; ack. same day; recd. 1744. (Stamford Deeds, D:472.)
Mercy, wife of Charles Buxton, is included in a list of the members of the First Church of Stamford, 31 Dec. 1746, and their five children were all baptised therein. (Mead: Ms. "Stamford Church Records", 6, 41, 42, 43.) The rest of Charles' conveyances, filed at Stamford, are noted below. He perhaps had others recorded elsewhere, -very possibly at White Plains, N. Y.
1 Nov. 1745, Charles Buxton, of Stamford, sold land on west side of Mill River there to Ebenezer Scofield; wit: Samuel Squier, Jr., and Jonathan Maltbie; ack. same; recd. 21 Jan. 1746-47. 5 Jan. 1745-46, Charles Buxton, of same, sold land there, next to Moses Buxton, to James Scofield; wit: Richard Scofield and Anthony Demill; ack. same; recd. 2 Nov. 1747. (Stamford Deeds, E:85,130.)
11 April 1746, Charles Buxton, of Stamford, sold land there at Rocky Neck to Benjamin Weed, Jr.; wit: mark of Martha Whiting and Ebenezer Dibble- ack and recd. same. 19 July 1746, Samuel Pennoyer, of same sold Charles Buxton, of same, 2 acres meadow there; wit: James Bell and Robert Arnold; and recd. same. Charles had sold, 2 July 1746, 35 acres there to Edmund Lockwood of same; ack. and recd. 19 July 1746; the same day, 2 July, Lockwood conveyed the same property back to Buxton; ack. and reed. 19 July 1746; same wits. both deeds: Reuben Penoyer and Robert Arnold. (Ibid., E:49,50.)
3 Feb. 1746-47, Charles Buxton, of Stamford, sold land there to Nathaniel Lounsbury, of same; wit: Jonathan and David Maltbie; ack. same; recd. 24 Feb. 1746-47. 3 March 1746-47, Charles sold Epenetus Lounsbury of same; wit: Jonathan Maltbie and Ebenezer Dibble; ack. and recd. same. (Ibid., E:95, 101.)
10 Nov. 1747, Charles Buxton, of Stamford, sold to Samuel Hait 3d, of same, one 3d part of right to land called Quester [The Sequestered Land] which "was of my hond grandfather Buxston and one third of the right in Sequest land which was Samuel Handyes and one third right which was francis Davis"; wit: Jonathan and Sarah Maltbie; ack. same; recd. 13 Nov. 1747. (Ibid., E:132.)
2 March 1747-48, Charles Buxton, of Stamford sold land there on Upper Weed Ridge to Monmouth Lounsbury; wit: Nathaniel and Gideon Lounsbury; ack. same; recd. 21 March 1747-48. 24 April 1749, Charles Buxton, of same, sold land there to Nathaniel Lounsbury, of same; wit: Jonathan Maltbie and Jonathan Church [?]; ack. same; recd. 28 April 1749. (Ibid., E:157,228.)
The two deeds, drawn in 1751, in which Mercy, as wife of Charles Buxton, a ears in connection with the settlement of the real estate Mr father, Henry Lounsbury, are noted above. As a Charles Buxton, Jr., appears in the Stamford Church Records in 1767 and 1772, it may be assumed that our Charles was then living; also that this record applies to the last named:
3 May 1768, Charles Buxton gave a bond as the guardian of Clement Lloyd, son of David Lloyd, late of Bedford, Westchester Co N. Y., decd., a minor. From Miscl. Papers not copied. (Mead: Ms. "Stamford Probate", 328.)
In 1790, the only Buxtons listed in Connecticut were at Norwalk: Mary, a widow, also James, John, Peter,
and Samuel; at Greenwich:
Dorras [Dorcas?].
Children (surname Buxton), born in Stamford, Conn.:
i. Charles, b. 12 March 1742-43; m. Dorcas _______ -. 14 Oct. 1767, Dorcas, an adult and wife of Charles Buxton, Jr., bapt. at St. John's Episcopal Church, Stamford.
Child:
1. Enoch, bapt. 5 July 1772, St. John's, son of Charles Buxton, Jr.; an estate of an Enoch Buxton, 1800, Westchester Co.: N. Y. (N. Y. Wills, 15.)
ii. Mercy, b. 21 Oct. 1744; d. 9 Aug. 1822, aged 78, bur. Hornbrook, Bradford Co., Pa.; m, (1) prob.
in New York State, about 1763,
Jonas Smith, b. about 1740, d. after 1800, Ulster, then Luzerne Co., Pa.;m. (2) between August 1802
and 1 April 1806, William
Coolbaugh. For further particulars, fully documented see W. L. Holman: Ms. "Smith Notes",
1942-1943, typed and bound at the N E.
H. G. Society, compiled for Mrs. Morrison.
Children by first husband (surname Smith):
1. Nathan (Rev.), b. about 1764; living in Wellington, Ohio, in 1826.
2. Jesse, b. 25 Nov. 1766; d. in Bradford County, 23 Dec. 1843, on his farm on line between Wysox and
Sheshequin; m. Jane, Miller.
3. Lydia, b. about 1768, bapt. as an adult, in Wysox, Pa., 4 Oct. 1791.
4. Enos, b. about 1771. Nathan Lounsbury also named a son Enos.
5. John, b. about 1775, bapt. in Wysox 17 June 1892[1792]; d. in Bradford County after 16 May 1817;
m. Phebe Horton.
6. Sally, b. 25 feb1777, bapt. Wysox 17 Jun 1792; d. in Sheshequin 10 May 1841m aged 62-2-15; m. Isaac
Horton
7. Joseph B[ruxton], b. about 1780; living in Bradford County 8 Dec. 1824.
8. Charles, b. about 1782; living in Dutchess County, N. Y., 27 Nov. 1826.
iii. Lydia, b. 6 Aug. 1746, bapt. in Stamford 25 Jan. 1747; d. there 25 March 1747.
iv, Lydia, b. 12 Feb. 1747-48, "Called after ye name of their daughter yt dyed", bapt. in
Stamford 27 March 1749; prob. m. David
Lloyd of Bedford, Westchester Co., N. Y.
Child (surname Lloyd):
1. Clement, b. by 1768.
v. John, bapt. in Stamford 20 May 1750; m. in Salem, Westchester Co., N. Y., 28 June 1769, Rachel Lounsbury. (Record, 31:88.)
Thanks again to Bill Mac Donald for this interesting article on the history of the Pennoyer and Lounsbury
families during their early
days in North America.
Floyd Lounsbury
Floyd G. Lounsbury was an extraordinary man. A Sterling Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Yale University,
Floyd contributed
much to modern understanding of languages of the indigenous people of North America. He also contributed
significantly to the "L"
community, providing his insights on the evolution and divergence of the spelling of the Lounsberry
name.
As you will see from the articles and obituaries on this page and the next, he was a remarkable person. We offer our condolences to Floyd’s family.
Floyd G. Lounsbury, 84, Expert In Decoding Mayan Hieroglyphs
By HENRY FOUNTAIN
Floyd G. Lounsbury, who brought an anthropologist’s eye to the study of American Indian languages and
helped decipher the
hieroglyphs of the Maya, died on May 1 at the Connecticut Hospice in Branford. He was 84 and lived in
East Haven, Conn.
"He was a master at analyzing complex cultural and linguistic systems," said Harold C. Conklin, like Dr. Lounsbury an emeritus professor of anthropology at Yale University.
Dr. Lounsbury’s work on the Maya, for example, went beyond language to include astronomy and calender systems, Dr. Conklin said.
Dr. Lounsbury also used his knowledge of linguistics in his anthropological studies of how societies classify kin, a field in which he was "the great theoretician, without any question," said Michael D. Coe, another former Yale colleague.
Dr. Lounsbury’s first love was the Iroquoi languages, including Oneida, which he learned in 1939 through a Depression-era jobs program in Wisconsin. The position involved teaching Oneidas to write their language, but to teach them he had first to learn to speak the notoriously complex tongue.
"Floyd was a quick study," Dr. Conklin said, and his work with the Oneidas produced texts that have been "the bible for Iroquoianists."
Dr. Lounsbury was an early supporter of the Russian linguist Yuri Knorosov, who held in the early 1960’s that the hieroglyphs of the Maya represented phonetic syllables rather than letters of an alphabet, as had long been assumed.
Dr. Lounsbury had a crucial role in the collaboration among scholars to expand upon Knorosov’s work and unlock the written language of the Maya, whose civilization flourished in Central America before collapsing around A.D. 800.
Dr. Lounsbury "established the modus operandi, how you go about deciphering," said Dr. Coe, the author of "Breaking the Maya Code" (Thames & Hudson, 1993). "He really gave us our methodology."
The key was to examine glyphs that represented an entire word and look to see where the Maya, whose language Dr. Lounsbury also spoke, had written the same thing phonetically. "You have to have a set of cross-check readings," Dr Coe said. "It can’t be done off the top of your head."
Dr. Lounsbury was born in Stevens Point, Wis. And studied at the University of Wisconsin, where his first degree was in mathematics, a subject that helped him in much of his later work. He received his Ph.D. in anthropology from Yale in 1949.
Dr. Lounsbury, who taught at Yale for three decades before retiring in 1979, is survived by his wife, Masako Yokoyama Lounsbury; a daughter, Ruth Lounsbury of Cortes Island, British Columbia, and a sister, Elva Lounsbury, of Wisconsin.
Although he was in poor health for much of his life and did most of his research at a desk, Dr. Lounsbury occasionally went into the field, including trips to Mexico to study Maya sites. "He felt he ought to get down to the Yucatan."
From The New York Times, May 18, 1998.
Floyd Glenn Lounsbury
EAST HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Floyd Glenn Lounsbury, a Yale University anthropologist and expert in American
Indian languages, died
Thursday of congestive heart failure. He was 84.
He was Yale’s Sterling Professor Emeritus of Anthropology specializing in linguistic theory, Mayan hieroglyphics and kinship systems.
After working with the Oneida Iroquois language in 1939, Lounsbury dedicated himself to describing and clarifying a wide variety of Indian languages of North and South America. Among his contributions were tracing the historical relationship between Cherokee and other Indian languages. He also was considered a foremost expert on Mayan hieroglyphics.
From the Terre Haute Tribune Star, May 20, 1998
Floyd G. Lounsbury, 84
EAST HAVEN — Floyd Glenn Lounsbury, 84, 52 Hellstrom Road. Sterling Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
at Yale University, died
Thursday at Connecticut Hospice. He was the husband of Masako Yokoyama Lounsbury. Professor Lounsbury,
son of the late John
Glenn and Anna Louise Jorgensen Lounsbury, was born in Stevens Point, Wisc., April 25, 1914. He served
as a master sergeant in the
22nd weather squadron of the Army Air Forces during World War II. He was a graduate of University of
Wisconsin with a B.A. degree
in mathematics in 1941 and an M.A. in antrhopology in 1946; he received his Ph.D. from Yale University
in 1949 in anthropology and
an honorary degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1987. He began teaching at Yale University
in 1947, retiring in 1979 as a
Sterling Professor.
A scholar in his many fields, he made outstanding contributions to linguistic theory and the study of American Indian languages, of Mayan hieroglyphic writing and of kinship systems. He received the Yale Graduate School Wilbur Cross Medal. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Besides his wife, he leaves a daughter, Ruth Lounsbury of East Haven; and a sister Elva Lounsbury in Wisconsin. He was predeceased by a brother, Gordon Lounsbury. Memorial contributions may be made to the Endangered Language Fund, Department of Linguistics, Yale University, New Haven 06520 – New Haven Funeral Service, New Haven
From the New Haven Herald, May 18, 1998
YALE News Release
For Immediate Release: May 19, 1998
5/19/98: Yale Anthropologist Floyd Lounsbury Dies at Age 84
New Haven, Conn. -- Yale University anthropologist Floyd Glenn Lounsbury, an expert in American Indian languages, died Thursday, May 14, at Connecticut Hospice at the age of 84. The East Haven resident, who was the Sterling Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, made outstanding contributions to the study of linguistic theory, Mayan hieroglyphic writing and kinship systems.
Born in Stevens Point, Wis., he served as a master sergeant during World War II in the Army Air Force 22nd Weather Squadron as a meteorologist. He was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, where he received a bachelor's degree in mathematics and a master's degree in anthropology. He received his Ph.D. degree in anthropology from Yale in 1949 and an honorary degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1987. He began teaching at Yale in 1947 and retired in 1979.
Throughout his long career at Yale, Professor Lounsbury earned world-wide scholarly recognition for his contributions to the understanding of linguistic and cultural systems. After working with the Oneida Iroquois language in 1939, Professor Lounsbury dedicated himself to describing and clarifying the complexities of a wide variety of North and South American Indian languages.
Some of his notable contributions in this area included tracing the historical relationship between Cherokee and other Iroquoian languages and writing the definitive study of Iroquois place names in the Champlain valley. Envisaging the relation between the structure of language and the organization of ideas, he pioneered the application of linguistic methods to the formal analysis of kinship terminology and social organization.
Professor Lounsbury also advanced our understanding of the astronomy and mathematics of the Maya civilization of Mesoamerica and was one of the foremost experts of Maya hieroglyphic writing. His many publications included an interpretation of Maya myth and history at Temple of the Cross in Palenque, part of the groundbreaking Palenque Roundtable Series. He was an early proponent of the Soviet scholar Y. V. Knorosov's phonetic approach to the Maya script, which led to its ultimate decipherment.
Among his many honors, Professor Lounsbury was elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He received the Wilbur Cross Medal from the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the school's highest honor to its Ph.D. alumni for career achievements.
Besides his wife, Masako Yokoyama Lounsbury, he leaves a daughter, Ruth Lounsbury of Cortes Island, British Columbia, and a sister, Elva Lounsbury, in Wisconsin. He was predeceased by a brother, Gordon Lounsbury. Memorial contributions may be made to the Endangered Languages Fund, Yale University Linguistics Department, New Haven, Conn., 06520, or call 203/432-2450.
The above release from the Yale University web site: http://www.yale.edu/opa/newsr/98-05-19-01.humanities.html