Jonathan Haight

Citations

1. [S86] David Webster Hoyt, Genealogical History of the Hoyt, Haight, Hight families.., pages 325-326 - no. (2668) III. JONATHAN,4 b. 1670-'84 ; m. Rebecca (2831) ; lived
   in Rye, Westchester Co., N. Y.; d. prob. after 1752. d Baird states that his name occurs in Rye as early as 1704; and that in 1706 he appears to have been living on Rye Neck, probably
   towards the southern extremity. The earmark of Jonathan Hoytt was entered at Rye in April, 1707, taken by his son Wm. Haight in 1762. Jonathan Haight was a witness of the mar. of Nicholas and Sarah, 1704; Mary, 1711; Phebe, 1719. By his father's will, 1712, he received one half of lot No. 1 in Harrison's Purchase, Rye. In Feb., 1727, and again in Feb., 1729-30, Jonathan Haight, of Rye, gent., and wife Rebecca, deeded land in Rye, " within Harrison's purchase so called," being part of the lot given him by his father, Samuel Haight, dec'd. Baird states that Jona. Haight, son of Sam., had, in 1727 and '30, become one of the proprietors of Rye, doubtless by purchase ; for in 1730 he granted to his son Wm. one fourth of one eighteenth part in the undivided land in " Penning's Neck Purchase." According to the Rye records, " Jonathan Haight, of Rye, Esq.," was High Sheriff of W.ch. Co: in 1714. A Jonathan Hoytt was chosen col-lector for Rye in 1716 and 1718 ; also one of the surveyors of the king's roads in 1716. A Jonathan Haight was one of the Justices of the Peace in Rye in 1720, '21, and '22 ; also one of the surveyors for Rye in 1725, and the first one of six persons " chosen a comitty or trusttees for repairing the [Epis.] church." There are deeds of Jona. Haight, Esq., of Rye, 1718 ; and of a Jona. Haight, of Rye, in 1720 and '24. The name of Jonathan Haight occurs among the grantors of a piece of land at. Rye to the Presbyterian society, the site of the first church of that order built there, in 1729. There was also a Jona. Haight in Rye, in 1741. A Jonathan Haight was witness to three deeds of Davi,l Haight, Sen., of Rye, in 1746.
   There was a Jonathan Haight in the --entry of the Rye [Epis.] chh. as early as 1711 or '12, and the name frequently appears as warden or member of the vestry down to 1738. Justice Haight was present at a meeting of the vestry in 1720, and Jonathan Haight, Esquire, appears on the chh. rec. in 1752., probably the latest mention of Jonathan.4 There were two persons in Rye named Jonathan Haight, and some of the records quoted above may refer to (2690) Jonathan.4 * The Indian name of this tract of land, lying between Byram River and Blind Brook, was "Peningo." Rev. C. W. Baird, of Rye.