Eleazer Gedney III (abt. 1697 - 1783)

Born about 1697 in Mamaroneck, Westchester, Province of New York

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca Turner — married 1724 in Westchester, Province of New York [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 30 Jun 1783 at about age 86 in Scarsdale, Westchester, New York, Province of New York

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Biography

"Very early in the history of Orange County, N. Y., Eleazer Gedney, a gentleman of considerable means, having business relations in France and England, moved from the "Saw Pits" [today Port Chester, Westchester Co., New York] to the town of Newburgh [Orange Co., New York]. Here he purchased thirteen hundred acres of land, settled four of his sons upon it, and built a house for each, colonizing the district known as "Gidneytown." This first settler had his four houses framed at "Saw Pit," transported them and set them upon the thirteen hundred acres. After this was accomplished he went to France on personal business, where he died. Before leaving the country, he had made a large purchase of land at New Haven, now covered in part by that city, which was lost to the family by his death." ^[1]

There is a Gedney burying-place near Mamaroneck, on the west side of the river. it contains the graves of some of the oldest inhabitants of the town. Eleazer Gedney of the family in Rye, New York, 'born in Boston Government' who died 27 Oct 1722 and the father of Eleazer Gedney is buried here. ^[2]

Will Abstract

Eleazar Gedney, Scarsdale. Leaves legacies to son Joseph, and daughters Elizabeth Hart, Mary Sands, and Martha Barnes. Mentions "my daughter Rebecca Hart's children, VIZ., James, Elisha, Jacob, Levina, Charity, Elizabeth, Jane and Esther. " My grand sons Joseph Gedney Haines and David Haines." " The lands and tenements where my son Jacob lived are to be enjoyed by his wife and children till his son Thomas is 21 ; then to be sold, and proceeds given to his widow Alary and children Thomas, Jacob, Eleazar, Mary and Anne." Makes "my son David, and sons in law Joseph Hart and James Hart " executors. Feb. 25, 1777. Proved June 30, 1783. Page 359-360 Westchester NY Wills. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Alzemora Woolsey, compiler. Brief History of the Eleazer Gedney Branch of the Gedney Family, 1889, Newburgh, NY.
2. ↑ Charles Washington Baird. Chronicle of a Border Town: History of Rye, Westchester County, New York, 1660-1870, Including Harrison and the White Plains Till 1788. Anson D.F. Randolph, 1871. p. 198.
3. ↑ https://ia801407.us.archive.org/21/items/earlywillsofwest00pel/earlywillsofwest00pel.pdf

See also:

• Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library. Volume: 61; Page Number: 397; Reference: Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941.( The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): 11 Jan 1928, 6561

• New York in the Revolution as Colony and State, Vol. II - Extracts; Publication Place: Albany, New York; Publisher: J. B. Lyon Co.; Publication Year: 1904; Page Number: 215

• Ancestry Family Trees Publication Ancestry Profile

• Rootsweb

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Gedney-28 created through the import of Frank Walter Sands_ Family Tre.ged on Nov 14, 2011 by Frank Walter Sands. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Frank Walter and others.
• Abstract of will inserted by Meehan-411 20 August 2017.