Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-08-30
Places and People Of Milford Neck From
1910 TO 1907.

Y South Of the farm Of David b. Hall,
o on the road leading to Milford, is a
small farm, once the property of the
/ late John Livingston. 1t formerly con-
tanned about sixty acres, but was divided
into two parts, so that his sons, Nathan
and Thomas, could each be provided
with q home after the death Of their
father. Thomas built on his part, a
one story house about the year 1913,
which he occupied for two years, when
he became afflicted with the "dou't-
have'to- work" principle; sold out to
Isaac Jester and located in Milford,
: supposing it to be an asylum for the
lame and the lazy. Thomas Livingston,
was a mathematical genius; he could
give the correct solution Of almost any
problem, by a process Of reasoning en-
tirelv his own, which he was unable to
explain to any one else. Mr.. Jester
lived on the property for nearly fifty
years, during which time he reared
family Of just one dozen children. He
died in the nineties, about eighty six
years Of age; his widow ninety years
Of age still survives him. The property
is now owned by Peter L. Lofland Of
Milford. The other part, intended for
Nathan, was occupied by his father,
John Livingston, until his death in |
1854, meanwhile his son Nathan had |
gone to Michigan and located near Ann |
ArbOr. After a few years, all knowledge .
Of his whereabouts was lost. The prop
erty was occupied by the widow Of John
Livingston for several years After her
death it was in tenure Of John NJ. Ben
nett who had married her daughter.
Finally Mr.. Bennett quit the property,
and it became tenantless and virtually
without an owner. Later on in years
the place was captured on the principle
of "squatter sovereignty" by JOHN Eos
ter Lopez, who still occupies it. Mr.. {
Lopez was Russian refugee, who fled
his country during the Crimean War to {
avoid the conscriptiOn ukase Of the /
Gar, while the allied armies OF Eng j
land and France were battering the |
walls Of Sebastopol. John Livingston s
was quaint old gentleman and strik i
ingly peculiar. He was said to be t
direct descendant Of one of the Hessian u
soldiers captured by Washington's +
Army at the Battle Of Trenton. Il
Opposite the Livingston place, now I
owned by Edward Thomas, was the Il
and Of William WEIGH, Familiarity 81
known to every one as "Unce Billy"
Mr.. WEIGH, in his early manhood, had c.
leen a seafaring man and was much C,
given to the habit Of spinning yarns" fl
or which the average sailor is proven. o.
,ial. The writer though but boy, at a,
he time, distinctly remembers some Of p
lis sea stories that were very near mir n
culous. He was a man with large il
und Of intelligence, cleaned mostly br
rom his travels, which was interest II
ng in the extreme, if taken with a nj
Moderate degree Of allowance. d.
We are now at the farms of Edward
/. Meredith, the front one Of which bI
7as the property Of George Beswick, al
rho sold it TO Mr.. Meredith's father, nj
'ickersOn NJ. Meredith, and went West m
4 the early fOrties. The other farm was ar
ne property Of Mr.. Beswick's sister. wi
lrs. Margaret Dennis, who finally sold pr
to Mr.. Meredith. He erected build WI
lgs on the land, cleared and improved to
. He now has two nice farms, all the w
suits Of his industry and economy. 10
The next tract OF land south of Mere
this farm, and situated on each side
the road leading to Milford, known
the "Lowery land" was owned by =
ster F. Causey and contained about son
70 hundred acres. Mr.. Causey sold it o'il
William B. Gray in 1S45, for the low ing
ice of four hundred and fifty dollars. Ila'
T. Gray sold about three hundred dol. i1u
RS worth Of timber from the land, and ey
ain sold One-half Of the land to Alb sen
lem hin for to,1 bnndso5 LII, ~ of t
e then sold twenty.six acres Of the eaoi
her half to DickersOn NJ. Meredith 'n"
seventy-five dollars, after which he =,
IS compelled to sell the remaining l nc
yenty acres to pay the purchase oio =,
'ney. Mr.. Hill erected buildings and - - :.
lerwise improved it, SO that his part ..'l7
came nice, desirable property. He .He
,upied it as a home for a number Of ~ !,
lrs. After the death Of MIR. Hill, In '"o
division Of his estate, it became the ~ !, T
'perty of his widow, who has recently ny ~
it for three thousand and three ~ ~
ldTed dollars. 9.1''
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