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high standing. and left all his property In trust
for the beneft of his children.


his money in the dry goods business with his
brother. He married q daughter of stephen Var
Wyck. Is a strong and influential Wing.
HoLBRooK, ................. 100000
Originally from Albany, where he was clerk In
a store. He came to New York without a cent
In his pocket, and went all through Pearl street
inquiring IL they wanted q clerk, and at last got
a situation.
HICKS, HENRY $4,000
Robert Hicks, Plymouth, 1881. became q rich
merchant. This was the progcnitor Of the fam
fly in Rhode Island, Long Island, and New York.
They have always "cottoned' to merchandise,
and been distinguished in tho commercial an
nails Of this country as shipping merchants at
Plymouth, Newport and New Yorl., for 200
years past,
HICKS, Mrs. JON ......-........... $500 o
Her husband was a merchant.
Hicks, JOHN G., ESTATE. ......... $780, 900
Son Of the widow above, and lately deceased.
HICKS, JOIN .S600,o 900
A merchant.
HICKS, $500, 900
The above arc of tho nrm of Hicks & Co., one
Of the Oldest and wcalthicst South street houses
in the city; formerly Samuel Hicks & Son. Estate
OF Samuel Hicks is represented at 81, 900, 900.
Loft two sons and onedaughter. Retired from
business. All the Hickses are related, and arc
Quakers, from Long Island.
HICKS, $780, 600
o. Rose to fortune with tho late Mayor G. w
Lawrence. in the auction business, and retired
early to the precincts Of Flushing to enjoy his
"odium cum dignitate." or tho family of Hicks,
! Plymouth, Mass.
HILLMAN. CAPT. JONATHAN. ......... $50, 900
An old bachelor, over sixty years Of age, re-
markablc for his economical habits. He for
merly was a ship captain. but has been ashore
now for some years; is honest in his dealings;
an Eastern man by birth. and is still accumu
lnting wealth by advancing money to young
captains for an interest in vessels; Of course ho
looks out to be well secured. .
HOFFMAN. L. NJ. A GERMAN FAMILY .S150.o0O
His brother is Assistant Vice. Chancellor. The
first Hoffman here was Anthony, a venerable
and highly esteemed merchant, grandfather OF
l. NJ. II. Few families, for 30 few a number of
persons as compose it, have cut a larger swath
or bigger figure" in the way of posts of prefer
ment. Talent and also public services rendered,
martial gallantry, poetry, judicial acumcn, ora
tory, all have had their lustre mingled with this
name. Beckman verplank Hoffman, a post
captain; Judge Josiah o. Hoffman and his sons,
Ogden and Charles. &C., all foremost men in our
community. L. NJ. Hoffman is an auctioneer.
HooPLE, WILLIAM H.................... 5000, 900
One of the most wealthy and enterprising citi-
zens in the leather trade. who but q few years
. ohiS Ahto Nblb ADb1AS Nuhhut n Iool
young man with scarcely a shilling in his pocket,
and succeeded in obtaining work as a journey
man currier at very low wages. After contin-
uing thus for some time he went to Philadel-
phia, whore, after pursuing his trade for a while
with industry. he was enabled to accumulate
what he considered q small fortune, S4T5, with
which no came to this city in 1882. and COM
menced business on his own account, the sue
cess of which is above attested.
Il 1890 -
An old New Yorker and a very respectable man;
made all his money as a grocer. He is no rela-
ton OF Silas Holmes below.
A large shipping merchant and President of
the Screw Dock Company.
HONE, 500, 600
He. with his brother John. now deceased. were
famous auctioneers in their day. John died i'm
mensely rich. and Phillip has met with losses.
They were sons OF a respectable baker Of Dutch
descent, and received from him a large inner
itance. Phillip has been Mayor of the city and
distinguished as a politician Of the Wing party.
He is now President OF the American Mutual
Insurance Company.
HOPPER, JOHN ESTATE orl............ $780, 900
This gentleman, an old Knickerbocker was a
farmer Of wealth and responsibility. The estate
lies at Bloomingdale. in the vicinity OF Fiftieth
street. 1t is a large landed property and much
improved. His only child, a daughter, married
James Striker Of Strikers Bay. by whom she
had three children, viz: Gen. Garrit II. Striker,
Ann Striker. single, and Mrs. J. Mott, in whose
possession the property now is. 1t is one OF the
oldest landed estates in the city of great extent.
The homestead in which Gen. Striker now re-
sides is one OF great beauty. and Is we'll planted
with the rarest ornamental and fruit trees.
HoPPocK, 900
HOPKINS, GILBERT, 800, 900
OF the firm of Hopkins & Hawley. large gro
GERS. He has been Major-General of the Artil.
lcry. and was for seven or eight years Alderman
OF the Tenth ward. Now President of the Sew
enth Ward Bank.
HosAcK. DAVID ESTATE oFl........... 800, 600
But few names will shine longer In the annals
OF medical history brighter than this. His supe-
rior practical talent, sagacity, boldness and de-
cision as a bedside practitioner, and the inval-
liable lessons In medicine he has left while COM
mon sense prevails.
How. CALVIN $780, 600
This gentleman has been engaged In the whole
sale shoe business for the last twenty-five years,
and is one OF the very few merchants in this city
who have passed unframed through the various
changes which have taken place in this city dur
ing that time. The hardest OF times has always
found him ready to meet his engagements with
promptitudo and fidelity, and he has long been
known as one of our most upright, honorable,
and wealthy merchants. His lady is q Bostonian,
and is also wealthy. being the owner of a large
property in her own right.
HOW, ishEf .S2oO,oOo
This gentleman Is a brother Of Calvin w, and
was for many years associated with him in the
shoe business, under the firm of Calvin w. How
& Co., but has now retired from business. His
lady is the only daughter of David Leavitt. Esq.
HOWELL, WIDOW OF WILLIAM. $3.50, 900
Her husband was a sea Captain. and died some
fifteen years since. She came by her property
from her father. Mr.. Blackwell. formerly owner
of B~lackwell's Island. 1t Is said that her niece.
Julia Dekay, wife of c. A. Davis. is to DO her heir.
HOWARD. WILLIAM ESTATE oF,....... $780, 600
Formerly Treasurer of the New York and
Albany Rail Company.
HOWARD, JSo. $780, 600
Well known, with his brother. d. D. Howard, as
the proprietor OF Towards House in this city.
His father, John Howard OF Burlington. VT. was