Longworth's NY Directory 1841; p 554:
Pell, Adelia Duane, widow of A.S. 5 Bond
NEW YORK TIMES; 14 FEBRUARY 1880; PG.4: OBITUARY. ROBERT LIVINGSTON PELL.
Mr. Pell married a Miss Brinkerhoff, a very beautiful woman, and a famous belle in society some 40 years ago. Of the two sons and one daughter, issue of this marriage, the latter only survives. She is the wife of Mr. John B. Ireland, of this City, and the direct heir to Mr. Pell's immense landed possessions.
THE ESOPUS STORY,p.36: At the time of Alfred Pell's death Robert was twenty one and had just graduated from Yale..By 1837 he had fallen in love with Maria Louisa Brinkerhoff, daughter of a New York merchant. In June of that year, he made her a gift of 116 acres and in August he married her. Shorty brought her upstate and the happy years of Pelham began. Like his father, he was a tall broad shouldered man, blond haired and blue eyed....Adelia was her father's special favorite...an imposing stone warehouse was built at the dock in 1846..Robert Pell carefully planted and pruned one species of apples, the Newton Pippin, from a wild fruit first found on the bank of Newton Creek, Long Island..at one time his orchards numbered over 25,000 trees..the pippins were shipped abroad to Queen Victoria...the Civil War and Confederate blockade took its toll on traffic. Pell mortgaged his estate to finance other investments...1844, Maria Louisa died..1868 oldest son died..1870 younger son died...Adelia married John B. Ireland...Robert L. Pell left Esopus and spent his time at his town house on Fifth Avenue and thirty ninth street, he decided to let Pelham go at public auction to pay the mortgage. John B. Ireland bought it at that auction, all but the 116 acres which Mrs. Pell had left to Adelia..Robert Livingston Pell died in 1880 and was buried at Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY.
Pell, Adelia Duane, widow of A.S. 5 Bond
NEW YORK TIMES; 14 FEBRUARY 1880; PG.4: OBITUARY. ROBERT LIVINGSTON PELL.
Mr. Pell married a Miss Brinkerhoff, a very beautiful woman, and a famous belle in society some 40 years ago. Of the two sons and one daughter, issue of this marriage, the latter only survives. She is the wife of Mr. John B. Ireland, of this City, and the direct heir to Mr. Pell's immense landed possessions.
THE ESOPUS STORY,p.36: At the time of Alfred Pell's death Robert was twenty one and had just graduated from Yale..By 1837 he had fallen in love with Maria Louisa Brinkerhoff, daughter of a New York merchant. In June of that year, he made her a gift of 116 acres and in August he married her. Shorty brought her upstate and the happy years of Pelham began. Like his father, he was a tall broad shouldered man, blond haired and blue eyed....Adelia was her father's special favorite...an imposing stone warehouse was built at the dock in 1846..Robert Pell carefully planted and pruned one species of apples, the Newton Pippin, from a wild fruit first found on the bank of Newton Creek, Long Island..at one time his orchards numbered over 25,000 trees..the pippins were shipped abroad to Queen Victoria...the Civil War and Confederate blockade took its toll on traffic. Pell mortgaged his estate to finance other investments...1844, Maria Louisa died..1868 oldest son died..1870 younger son died...Adelia married John B. Ireland...Robert L. Pell left Esopus and spent his time at his town house on Fifth Avenue and thirty ninth street, he decided to let Pelham go at public auction to pay the mortgage. John B. Ireland bought it at that auction, all but the 116 acres which Mrs. Pell had left to Adelia..Robert Livingston Pell died in 1880 and was buried at Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY.
Longworth's NY Directory 1841; p 554:
Pell, Adelia Duane, widow of A.S. 5 Bond
NEW YORK TIMES; 14 FEBRUARY 1880; PG.4: OBITUARY. ROBERT LIVINGSTON PELL.
Mr. Pell married a Miss Brinkerhoff, a very beautiful woman, and a famous belle in society some 40 years ago. Of the two sons and one daughter, issue of this marriage, the latter only survives. She is the wife of Mr. John B. Ireland, of this City, and the direct heir to Mr. Pell's immense landed possessions.
THE ESOPUS STORY,p.36: At the time of Alfred Pell's death Robert was twenty one and had just graduated from Yale..By 1837 he had fallen in love with Maria Louisa Brinkerhoff, daughter of a New York merchant. In June of that year, he made her a gift of 116 acres and in August he married her. Shorty brought her upstate and the happy years of Pelham began. Like his father, he was a tall broad shouldered man, blond haired and blue eyed....Adelia was her father's special favorite...an imposing stone warehouse was built at the dock in 1846..Robert Pell carefully planted and pruned one species of apples, the Newton Pippin, from a wild fruit first found on the bank of Newton Creek, Long Island..at one time his orchards numbered over 25,000 trees..the pippins were shipped abroad to Queen Victoria...the Civil War and Confederate blockade took its toll on traffic. Pell mortgaged his estate to finance other investments...1844, Maria Louisa died..1868 oldest son died..1870 younger son died...Adelia married John B. Ireland...Robert L. Pell left Esopus and spent his time at his town house on Fifth Avenue and thirty ninth street, he decided to let Pelham go at public auction to pay the mortgage. John B. Ireland bought it at that auction, all but the 116 acres which Mrs. Pell had left to Adelia..Robert Livingston Pell died in 1880 and was buried at Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY.
Pell, Adelia Duane, widow of A.S. 5 Bond
NEW YORK TIMES; 14 FEBRUARY 1880; PG.4: OBITUARY. ROBERT LIVINGSTON PELL.
Mr. Pell married a Miss Brinkerhoff, a very beautiful woman, and a famous belle in society some 40 years ago. Of the two sons and one daughter, issue of this marriage, the latter only survives. She is the wife of Mr. John B. Ireland, of this City, and the direct heir to Mr. Pell's immense landed possessions.
THE ESOPUS STORY,p.36: At the time of Alfred Pell's death Robert was twenty one and had just graduated from Yale..By 1837 he had fallen in love with Maria Louisa Brinkerhoff, daughter of a New York merchant. In June of that year, he made her a gift of 116 acres and in August he married her. Shorty brought her upstate and the happy years of Pelham began. Like his father, he was a tall broad shouldered man, blond haired and blue eyed....Adelia was her father's special favorite...an imposing stone warehouse was built at the dock in 1846..Robert Pell carefully planted and pruned one species of apples, the Newton Pippin, from a wild fruit first found on the bank of Newton Creek, Long Island..at one time his orchards numbered over 25,000 trees..the pippins were shipped abroad to Queen Victoria...the Civil War and Confederate blockade took its toll on traffic. Pell mortgaged his estate to finance other investments...1844, Maria Louisa died..1868 oldest son died..1870 younger son died...Adelia married John B. Ireland...Robert L. Pell left Esopus and spent his time at his town house on Fifth Avenue and thirty ninth street, he decided to let Pelham go at public auction to pay the mortgage. John B. Ireland bought it at that auction, all but the 116 acres which Mrs. Pell had left to Adelia..Robert Livingston Pell died in 1880 and was buried at Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY.
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