The-Leader_1969-10-09

              PAGE TWO fHE LEADER THUBSDAY. OCTOBEa 9,13W ••
jL ESTERYEAR
"Uncle Wash's Lane" Farmhouse Was Home
Of Raynor Named For First President
By CMNTON E. METZ, VillB9» Hklorian .
, Wonhinglon Raynor <1827-1892) scuniod to bridge the gap be­tween
Freeport's prc-Revoluliim years nmt its development into a
modem incorporated village. . ' .,• .
Historians say he was named after George Woshirigton bcenuso
his grandfather Jacob Raynor sa%v the first President ride nIong
Babylon Turnpike i?ri route to—" — -• ,-'• ;—;— •
fiislcVn LortR Inland in 1790, when
our cummunity was exlrcinely
small. Thin link tu the pusi, along
will) the fael that Washington
Biiytmr was kntiwn personally by
some Frecpnrtors living today,
.niaki'.< him and his descendants
nn ideal subject for the finul ar­ticles
in nur sericss on dcscend-iinls
of Edword Ruynor.
Mrs. Jninoi* (Elsie) Boroski of
tl'VA St. Mnrlts Avenue, Freepnrt,
s.'i.vs , Iter grandmother Mrs.
'I'liitinaH J. Turner recalled iiving
«l Ihe Wasiliington Haynur lorm,
which covered a large area .south
of Hayiior Street and west ti[
Main Street. Soon after the Civil
War, according to Mrn. Turner,
IheiX" were cattle on the, farm,
•which bxtcndcd a considerable
iiiiitpnec toward Atlnn'tic Avenue.
"Uncle Wash'.s Lone" wo-s the
niiriio used till after MOO for
.Franklyn Square, the "nati'ow
."ilrcel which today-forins a'sbwlh
boundary for.tiVo senior clUiscns
housing psbjoct .that will soon
iB^\ter _MTS, , Tuiinor i<^pf ^
• that ."Uncle Wash's horiii "faced
Inward -the Jpnc Whicli roft,l)e.
twcuh Main 'ihd, Be'deVl directs-
His 'geiicnibgy, • according •, \6
piiarlei <^, „Wcracr's "Gene^lpgies
At Long IslaM forailiej|''"';|(>l-
-lowsi ,Annic!> Wnateif»'6t!on|ft,.'Bo-lieee
«''5,;ja'ipph ^./ikekfe'l 3,.Sam-ijel
4 !tncl',BtVwai€'/j.",ftoisps!;«i
(b), dntiglijci* of Joseph and .^Jizo-betl
» Lesilor Raynor, niorrlcd
Jaetib Rayncn* whose lineage has
not boon cslnblishcd by gene-irlo(!
i.<fts.
The father of Washington—
James Washington (1792-1846)—
was a pro.spcrous distributor
(marketer) of^ fish and vegetables
aH %veU u» owner of n farm in
the area cast of Froeport's Main
Street busino.w section and north
or Mcniek Iload. He served at
:Forl Greene, Brooklyn, duiing
^hu War of 1812. iamos Woshmg-
•Jon married Elmira Sprague,
ilau({hteit of Elijah and EliMbcth
Smith Sprague. Thoir children,
fcoiide.s Wa.shirigton, included Jo-fopli,
named after his greai-groat-grandfather
(born in X728>, Elijah,
•Moin'oc, Caroline and Ann.
' Life wn.<i far from a path of
tOMO.<i. for Washington Rayii'or.. jffls
mdt AM, ^amh Elaafretii, 'died
in Wancy. Ailogothcr,, frfuV , fiU
fjujrts of Jiis were bulled lii.iWe
jBcm^tery. ii<^ii' Prccpbft's pj;cs1jy-teririh
Cliureh on ehureh..StJeei
find later :trnnsferrea tb.'Greeft-fioM
Ccmi'tery, An evpn'greater
losx cume with the death at 24 of
hiM fir.sl wife Mary Margaret Be­dell
(18.'j2-3t)), daughter of David
Bedell.
Washinglon'.s .second wife,
Snruli Strand (1033-i85U) died at
approximately tlie same age.
After giving birth to James Wash­ington,
wlio lived until 1032, and
Hiram Horatio Roynor (1858-
lliSKJ), she died a month and a
halt after Hinmi'.s birth. The lat­ter
became a %vell known oyster
pn«lucer, following in the ' foot­steps
of h'v7 uncle Hirnm.-
Tlic third wife of .Washington
Raynor, Mary Adeline Carman
(lB.'fB-07), outlived him by five
year,s. Four daughters were born
to the couple; Mary Eliiabeth
(1801-1028), Emma Jane (1862-
19215), Ella (1865-1050), on Ida
(1808-91). Many vital stoHstlcs
about Washington Boynor's des­cendants
were learned from a
family Bible Khown to us by. Mrs.
Boroski. who alio helped us to
trace other rclativ(|s. '•
James Washington's son Moni
roe (seventh generation) died
young. Another, snii-'Elijah was
married llrst to Amanda Souths
nrd, second to Adernide Moore,
and third to Adoteffle Smith. In
his later years UlljaK lived on a«
island oil Frciepdri,":Jotting food
out of the bay arid'•jnarshlands.
By hw first wile ^ , had a son
James, uniniirrled„f and'. Martin,
who married t^arrlej^mjth and a
Frwich woman. Hii second wife
gave birtli to EUJ&,; ^Jr., and
Adelaide who mafried Charles
Knettl. Elijah, Jr., was keeper at
the Firo Island Lighthouse for
many years,
KAXI; Haynor ..xistezs wed
Tuicnor bro^heifs. •
Sr, Citizens Project
Bid Dafe Changed
John 1. WilUams, .Executive
Director of The I'recport.jfaiMinf
Authority, announced a change of
Bid Opening . DaVfl : f a t . the i »w
100 units of Sehior Cilijehis. Hotis*
Ing, from Oct. 8, a t 2 'j>.tn. B.&T,;
to. Oct. .20, l|»^;.9,t J..B.,m„..s:,S;T,
'atf the. No. a p.v|pol,1ft.fe,. Weej>!Srt
inore ' '" '
L I, Trust Reports
Earnings Increase
Long Island Tmst Company
achieved a new earnings record
for the lir.^t nine months ending
September 30, 1S69, it wiaa an-noiinccd._
Operating income after
tax«^ _wa.<i $1,055,554 compared
with $1,396,534 last year, an in-loreaiio
of 4Q'}n, This amounted to
$2.35 per share in 1869 compared
with $1.85 per shore in 19S8, an
increase of 21'/r.'
CGth 1S09 and MCB income
figures have been adju.sted to re­flect
the now Federal Reserve
Board roparting.procedure which
includes a iie'w item of expense
under the heading of "Provkion
foi- Possible Losses on Loans."
Average shores outstanding for
IBGO %vcre 833,638 compared with
758,881 during the same period
lD.«t year.
Deposlis on September 30, 1860
wero $228,B08,¥07. cfompared with
1228,747,715 In ISBB, aiid tcrtal'as-sete
were S266,589,8bfl VersiJS
$297,822,156 in. 1968. iCopilal funds
on Sepfomhfir-3() were,||'fl,l6*0,439
cotinpai-cd with $i'r,!>82,'9i4 last
year.
Daniel ;D. Chapman
At :[frartk|iriflfier<|e
, Jjanjel i ) . .CIiaiRmfln,,^^,.dif Iffrl
fini'Mia. kAieljA.^^CPprijpi $ j i
&. myvjeW ,A,Ye.V .lifj^^ft I* 1^^
l ] m | | i g . . | r a n i i l ih - S M e . J T p p I*
't}iia"feili a&MBig.bi EpR
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lully '.iccr^jtea ..fOwrTSteAr,..-W
educational, liberal arts coUege
located In Smithera New Hamp­shire.
Aimed at.(he niajorlty, of
secondary school students,. Jts fee-,
t i l y of more than .63 ,prdfosiOT».
Of slightly more .than r,(WO,jJjg|x-i
pected tUs lall.
Hawet of Fwiwoitt:^-AB Jwomi i i j
concUtioiw .SxicIudM iill itotel
factlUies. Resisonablo Suniinmi-
Btilei.
. NOBMANDIE HOTEL
17 East Merdek-EoiiC
^^^ , . , .ira;,ih,ttie^^wftbJng|n'4
'in j'.tile". (Seating .•iadt.V«»tflatf«fe
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B^torlal ana ftdvairfiiliia'o5Blc«it .. . '
Vto Leader BuiUUnf, 154 Easl Merrick Road. Frieport, H. Y. H58I!
Telephenesi FReeporl 8-3133 — 6.3060
Seoond-cl88S poitage paid at Freeppri. NewiYpilc"
iff
CaU
Ouryea's Flower Shop
7« S. OHOVE ST. FR eSSW
CASO.^EAM GtlRliS
GO-GO^FOR GOiP
Councilman. McGiriilyt, lilee'ri
Malone, Alice Viglano ahii Rene
Malonc,
CouncUmon Leo F. McGinity «discusses campaign plans with
some of Frccjjort's Caso Team (3irls at recent headquarters meeting.
Ti»e local lovelies will roan the phonos, handle the correspcmdence
and decorate the convertibles in the upcoming Good Government
Day on Saturday, Oct. 18th, Pictured left to right: Marieii Durftih;
—^ — Audrey Hfindrickson, LilUah Gay-
O rs I I • I lor, Angte Cullin, Jancl Andrews,
n Deans List
The fall semester Dean's List
has been released at St. Law­rence
University. The following
students from Freeport have been
niimed to the Dean's List.
Veronica if. Kelly Is &e ^atigh-ter
of Mr. ari'd Mrs. Jaiiiea M
KcUy, Freeport.-
•Warren J . j D i e s e l Is,,the son of
Mr.'^and, i i r s . .ftancis J . ' DieseV
Freepo>t.
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