Note: The following is a section of a family history compiled by Herbert Armstrong Poole between 1905 & 1960, transcribed by AAA Maitland 1998. Subject numbers are HAP's originals. HAP's page divisions are shown: after subject page numbers are complete document page numbers in brackets and issue dates. The original text had generations indented in turn: here, generation numbers are added to each individual: the children of the title subject are "1/--". Subject 64. P1 (156) 2/2/1951 PIERCE POOLE. The following is compiled from the undermentioned records. Hempstead, L.I., Records. N.Y. Historical Society's Collections, Abstracts of Wills, vols 6 to 12. Oyster Bay, L.I., Records. The History of Oyster Bay, by Henry M. Stotenburgh, 1900. Queen's County Abstracts of Wills. - Inscriptions in the Town Cemetery of Hempstead, L.I. by Frank Haviland. Bunker`s Long Island Genealogies. Benjamin F. Thompson's Long Island Genealogies. N.Y. Genealogical & Biographical Records. First Presbyterian Church Records, New York. The Christian Intelligencer, Marriages performed @ the Reformed Dutch Ch. Queensborough Library Records. Deaths from the New York Evening Post, by Gertrude A. Barber. St. George's Church, Hempstead, L.I. Records. The Genealogy of George Weeks. of Dorchester, Mass., by Robert D. Weeks. The Morrisania Census of 1800, in the N.Y. Gen & Biog Records. Abstracts of Wills of New York County, by Ray C. Sawyer, 1938. Genealogical & Family History of Southern N.Y. by Cuyler Reynolds, 1914. Inscriptions in St. John's Cemetery, Yonkers, by Francis P. Spies, 1927. Register Book of the Parish of Jamaica, kept by the Rev. Thomas Poyar, Rector of Grace Church from 1710 to 1738. The Genealogy of Edward Poole of Weymouth, Mass., by Dr. Edward Murray Poole. American Cavalcade, a Memoir of the life and family of be Witt Clinton Poole by John Hudson Poole, Pasadena, Cal., 1959, page 15. And from our Poole family bibles. The Life & Times of Samuel Gorton, by Adelos Gorton, Philadelphia, 1907. Pierce Poole, according to our family bibles, was born about 1709, (probably as early as 1700), and died at Hempstead, L.I., in 1775, place of birth not known. The name Pierce is spelled in various documents as Pearce, Pearse, Pierssey, Percy, Pearcy, and Pars: our family bible spelled it Pearce, but Pierce seems to be the most common spelling. Our family records state he was an Englishman by birth, the father of James Poole: that he lived in Jerusalem, L.I., and that he bought the old Poole place at North Side, L.I., where he and his son James lived their whole lives. I can find no actual record of the names of his parents, but from the records of Brookhaven, L.I., its proximity to Hempstead, and the name William, the third son of Pierce Poole, it is probable that Pierce was the son of William Poole of Brookhaven. See what I have written under Subject 128. Hempstead Town Records prove that Pierce Poole lived there from 1721-2 to 1769 as follows:- Vol 3, p 164 states that "Pierssey Poole, his earmark is a happeny aforesaid each ear, and a nick in each hapenny, entered this 12th day of October 1736, by me, Micah Clark". In the will of Samuel Thurston of Jamaica, L.I., dated January 25/1721-2, Percy Pool signed as a witness. On November 5/1769, Percy and his sons James and Solomon, signed a road petition. Pierce Poole married, 1st, Mary - (last name not given), as per the New York Genealogical & Biographical Record, Vol 19 page 11, containing a copy of the Register Book of the Parish of Jamaica, L.I., kept by the Reverend Thomas Poyar, Rector of Grace Church from 1710 to 1732, in which was recorded the baptism of his son James, son of Pierce and Mary Poole. There is no record of Mary's maiden name, nor her birth and death dates. Subject 64 P2 (157) 27/6/1952 However, there is mentioned in Hempstead Town Records, a Lawrence Poole who was an ensign in a military company there in 1746. As an ensign he would have been about 16 years of age, making his birth about 1730. This would suggest that Pierce Poole's first wife was a Lawrence, of the large Lawrence family in Hempstead, but I cannot trace her in the Lawrence genealogies. Pierce Poole married, 2nd, at St. George's Church, Hempstead, LI, on July 5/1740, Sarah Pearse (spelled Pierce in the St. George's Church Records), daughter of William and Elizabeth Pearse of Hempstead, William Pearce's will appears in the New York Historical Society's collections, Abstracts of Wills, Vol 3, p 258, dated January 15/1738-9, proved May 26/1739, in which he wrote:- "I leave to my wife Elizabeth, one third of all the money made by the sale of my estate, and the other two thirds to my daughters Sarah, Rosannah (who married on November 17/1752, Thomas Birdsall) Hannah, and Phebe, (who married on March 21/1761, Albert Albertson), hut as it is likely that my wife is with child, that child is to have an equal portion". Executors, my brothers James Pearse, and my friend Joseph Hallett: the witnesses were Samuel Langdon, John Carman, and Mordecai Lester. Issue:- (by his first wife Mary (Lawrence?):- 1. James Poole Baptized at Grace Church, Jamaica, L.I., July 14/1728, * died May 6/1804. He lived and died at the old Poole Homestead. He married, (date not given), Hannah Rushmore, born 1724, died November 1/1809, daughter of John and Mary (Carman) Rushmore: this is confirmed in Augustus Poole's bible, and in several land transfers. There is, however, a very puzzling entry in St. George Church Records, that a James Poole married on December 4/1748, Mary Langdon, daughter of Joseph Langdon: this must be some other James Poole. whom I have not been able to locate yet. See subject 32 for issue and further particulars. 2. Solomon Poole. Dates of birth an death unknown, but he must have been born in Hempstead about 1730-35. He died at West Farms, (now Fordham), Westchester County, N.Y., but the Reformed Dutch Church Cemetery there (his church) was destroyed and the records lost when the Southern Boulevard and the Elevated Railway were constructed. His earmark was registered at Hempstead in 1771. He married at Hempstead on September 8/1766, Letitia Jackson, dates of birth and death unknown, but she was alive in 1812 at West Farms, Morrisania, Westchester County, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Townsend) Jackson, who were married in 1738, see subject 616, page 6. His history is so long, I am putting it under Subject 64-A, which see for their issue and further particulars, 3. Lawrence Poole. No record exists of his being a son of Pierce, except an entry in Hempstead Town Records, stating that Lawrence Poole was an ensign in a military company in Hempstead in 1746. An ensign would have been not over 16 years of age, making his birth about 1750, and as there was no other Poole in Hempstead in that year, he was probably a son of Pierce. This also suggests his mother was a Lawrence. Issue:- (by his second wife Sarah Pearse) 4 William Poole. Date of birth unknown but it was after 1741. His will in the New York Society's Collections, Vol l2,p 40, dated March 6/1779, proved March 29/1783, gives the approximate date of death. He married, date unknown, Mary Langdon, daughter of Ezekiel and Sarah (---) Langdon of Hempstead. Ezekiel's will in Vol 6. p7, dated Subject 64 P3 (158) 22/6/1952 August 3/1760, proved October 25/1760, mentioned sons Richard, Archelos, and Samuel, and daughters Mary, Elizabeth and Milly, who were all minors in 1760. His history is so long that I am putting it under subject 64B, which see for his issue and further particulars. Subject 64 P4 (159) 2/2/1951 I note here, for future reference, various bits of information culled from the sources mentioned, about the Pooles, which may be relations of Pierce Poole, but I cannot as yet identify them. Mary Poole. In a will of William Johnson of Hempstead, dated January 11/1818, proved July 30/1818, he mentions his heirs, sons Gilbert and John and daughter Mary Poole and Mary's son Richard Poole. What Poole she was the wife of I haven't discovered yet. The N.Y. Gen & Biog Record, Vol 56, page 26, says a Richard Poole died March 16/1849, aged 58 which would make his birth 1791. This Richard married at Hempstead, on February 8/1815, Sarah Ackley of Rockaway, baptized at St. George's Church, Hempstead, on July 29/1795, daughter of William and Rachel Ackley of Hempstead. Richard's will, dated June 8/1849 (?), proved April 9/1649, names his wife Sarah, daughter Martha Ann, wife of William Davison, and her children Sarah Ann and Lucinda, art son Richard William Poole, and the latter's daughter Mary Poole: he also mentions Eliza and Elijah Southard, probably children of David and Ruth Southard of Hempstead: David Southard's will was dated October 29/1840, proved May 30/1844. The N.Y. Gen & Biog Record, Vol 53, page 242 mentions a Richard Pool who married at the First Presbyterian Church, Hempstead, on March 24/1810, Martha Abrahams. Who was he? In the "Portrait and Biographical Record", of Queens County, L.I., by the Chapman Publishing Co. of New York, 1896, Vol 2, page 692, a Richard W Poole of Rockville Center, Hempstead, born at Hempstead in 1856, son of Richard W. and Mary (Story) Poole, natives of Hempstead. This Richard W. Poole died in 1887 and was in the real estate business and a farmer. Who was he? In the N.Y. Gen & Biog Record, Vols 7 to 30, containing the records of the First Presbyterian Church, New York, appear the following Pooles, who I think were not any relation of our Pooles. Ann Poole. She married Thomas Lincoln and had five children. Agnes Poole. Vol 9, p 70. She married on June 21/1762, Donald Forbes. William Poole. He married on August 26/1773, Evangelica Broadwell, and had a son John Vredenburgh Poole born September 27/1774 (?). Thomas Poole. He married Jane McCord and had Sarah, born September 23/1767 and Mary, born July 3/1770. Hempstead Town Records show a Lawrence Poole who was a member of a military company there in 1746. Who was he? The Christian Intelligencer gives the following Pooles, whom l cannot yet identify:- James Poole. Died in Brooklyn, September 8/1861, aged 87 years, making his birth 1774. Lydia Poole, Wife of James Poole, died at New Utrecht, N.Y., on July 8/1856, aged 74, making her birth 1782. James Hubbard Poole,Died at Brooklyn, April 25/1860, aged 48, making his birth 1812. Rev. Poyer's record says he married on October 4/1840, Phebe Maria Cornwell of Kings County. Joseph Poole. Died September 17/1859, aged 87, making his birth 1772. Mrs Elizabeth Poole. Died January 5/1852, aged 74 years, making his birth 1778. Rebecca A. Poole, Of West Farms, Westchester, N.Y, She married at Fordham on January 2/1850 Percy P. Weeks. of West Farms. Deaths from the N.Y. Evening Post, by Gertrude A. Barber, 1940, records her death on May 21/1872. Subject 64 P5 (160) 2/2/1951 Samuel H. Poole. N.Y. Evening Post Deaths records his death on March 21/1867, aged 35, making his birth 1832. Samuel R. Poole. Queensboro Library Records records his birth on February 13/1832, died March 22/1867. Same man? or son Julia Meigs Poole. Queensboro Library Records say she was born November 13/1837, died December 24/1867, daughter of Charles Austin and Julia Augusta (Van Zandt) Meigs. She married Samuel Poole. Was she the wife of above Samuel H. Poole and mother of Samuel R. Poole? Sarah Elizabeth Poole. Died at Brooklyn, December 20/1869, aged 23, making her birth 1846, youngest daughter of George Pool and wife of Jacob De Hart Bergen. (From the Bergen Genealogy by T.G. Bergen, Albany, N.Y., 1876, page 319.) I don't think she was any relation of ours In St. George's Church, Hempstead, records is the baptism on October 26/1787, of James and Elizabeth Poole, adults. who were they? The New York Tribune of July 27/1901, says that Pierce N Poole, alderman and chief clerk in the Attorney's office at salary of $l500, was removed by attorney Philbin. Pierce acknowledged he had a liquor store and saloon at 618 Grand Avenue. and its income helped to support his fanily of eight children, because his salary as clerk at the attorney's office was not enough. Who was he? Letitia Poole. She married at the Dutch Reformed Church, Flatbush, L.I. on February 10/1811, Enoch Sopher. Who was she?