Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-10-19

bald NJ. Bliss and Theodore \. Have
meyer. The deeds referred to in
that narrative were for parts OF
James Danforth's farm. which was
bought from John Marbury and other
descendants of William Marbury in
1886, Marbury having bought the
and from Anthony Addison in 1907.
James Danforth's farm was divided
between his heirs in 1870, and 1t was
in that tract that the Bliss Have
meyer Syndicate" made it's first pur-
chase April 8. 1890.
On May Q, 1890, Erwin c. Carpenter
and Julia F.. his wife, of Rome.
\. Y; James S. Dyette and his wife,
Susan, of the same place; Philamon
c. Hoadley and his wife, Mary, of
Newark, n. j., and Henry \. Linger
and his wife. Cassandra, sold to Mr..
Bliss part of the tract named Green's
Purchase, which was part of the es-
tate bepueathed by Matthew Wig
iicld. who was living on that land at
the time OF the establishment of the
District of Columbia in 1871.
Between the death of Wigtield and
the deed to Carpenter, Dyett, Hoadley
md Linger, this land was part of the
farm of Henry Naylor, who, SO far as
he District Of Columbia is concerned,
was Henry Naylor the second. son of
Henry Naylor who was living be-
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:'cnG. nnw Minnesota avenue, when
the Ten Mile Square was surveyed.
His house was III the northeast angle
Of the BladensburE road and the road
which led to the ferry operated be-
rween Widow Wheelers place on the
Washington side and Matthew Wig
fields place opposite.
That Eaylor house was burned. !
have the date of its burning in an
no Ia to Of | n
draw on later. and memory. unaided
by reference to those notes, is that
The house was burned in 1856.
Henry Naylor. the first, operated
the ferry between the Wheeler and
Wigfeld lands, where the Kentucky
VENUE Bridge. close to the site of
NE Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge, was
built in 1896 and abandoned after
it was damaged by fire in 1S45 or
1916.
Henry Naylor and several members
OF his family died IN that house
and the Rambler has no doubt that
they were buried close by, though
there is neither trace nor recollection
of the family cemetery.
There is Henry Naylor, sixth, in
Washington. He is quite young. He
IS grandson of Harry Eaylor,
whom the Rambler remembers as a
frolicsome, red haired youth. This
Harry Naylor. who lives at Kenil-
worth, is the son of Col. Henry Nay
lor, who was born in the old house
at the intersection of the Bladens-
burg road and Burnt Bridge, grew
up in fine old house on the ridge
in Randle Highlands, and is living
in Georgetown at 1903 Q street.
The deed to Carpenter. Dyett, Hoad-
ley and Linger was from Mrs. Sarah
T.. Worthington and her husband
Joseph S. Worthington. and Sophia
IL. Little, trustee, appointed under a
decree of the Supreme Court of the
District July 8, 1882. in the equity
cause of Sarah +. Worthington
against Ann A. c. Naylor.
The trustee sold for $4,000 the
undivided half interest of Ann A. c.
Naylor, and the deed of Mrs. Sarah
T.. and Joseph S. Worthington, con-
Neylng their undivided moiety, gives
the consideration as $4,000. The
tract decided to Bliss contained 201S
acres.
ON taking title to this land Bliss
gave a deed of trust to William c.
ltdmonston and John d. Coughlan of
ashinston to secure payment of
$500 to Carpenter, Dyett. Hoadley
and Linger.
IN April %, 1890 Stephen NJ.
Golden, who had a wide acquaint-
hnce in Washington. and particu-
!arly in the southeastern part of the
city and county, sold his farm of
100 acres to Henry \. Linger, and
SIX days later Linger sold the land
40 Bliss. who at once transferred
II TO Theodore A. Havemeyer of New
ork. The Joseph S. Worthington
farm, which included a large part
Of Good Hope Hill, was bought by
Bliss June IA. 1890. and transferred
20 Havemeyer two days later for
$4,000
The Rambler does not compute the
acreage taken over by the Bliss-Have-
meyer syndicate, because in some of
me deeds the number of acres is not
gwen, though the boundary is mi
nutely described. and it may be that
N going into the records the Rambler
has overlooked some deeds to Bliss
and those associated with him. But
You are TO understand that the area
OF land bought on the north slope of
me ridge and on the plateau back of
the north crest of the ridge was con-
siderable. Much of the land is still
IN mower farms and farms of other
kinds; much of it is woodland where
trees are large and close; and on the
land are several villages and a num-
her OF subdivisions" which may be-
come villages
The Bliss-Havemeyer syndicate and
the boom based on it f1ourished di-
Tectly after the building of the new"
rehnsylvania Avenue Bridge, and as
VT. Bliss was a member of the House
VI Representatives when legislation
Tor the bridge was enacted, and as
MT HaVemeyer had an extensive and
important acquaintance with public
men. the Rambler thought there
might be some relation between the
building of the bridge and the syn
uicate. He believes, though, that at
The time Of the passage Of the hills
Tor building the bridge Mr.. Bliss had
no especial interest in the matter, and
lie was not so active as other mem
bers of the House and many citizens
ol East Washington and the country
south of the Eastern Branch.
Inc thought of the Rambler Is that