Powell - Jarvis House
(Huntington Historical Society)
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The Powell-Jarvis
House was built in 1795 and is a museum of period rooms in the Federal, Empire
and Victorian styles
as well as early Huntington pottery, Long Island paintings and an outstanding
collection
of antique costumes.
Built by Timothy Jarvis, a housewright, it boasts of many fine architedtural
details.
Also on the same site
is a barn containing a Harnessmaker's shop. Adjacent to the barn is
the Museum
Shop, an emporium of
gufts, antiques and craft items.
Location: 434 Park Avenue
Huntington, NY 11743
Telephone: 631-427-7045
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The Will of Thomas Jarvis
"In the name of God, Amen.
August 17, 1732, I, Thomas Jarvis, of Huntington, in Suffolk County, brick
layer, being very sick. I leave to my son Thomas, 2 acres of land near Ground
Nut Hollow, between the paths that lead into town. Also a certain piece of
land on th east side of the path by Joseph Rogers, at Cow Harbor, being 2
acres Also 1/2 of a lot above my home lot called Long Orchard, that is the
1/2 next to John Bryan, or 3 acres on the north part; Also 1/2 of my meadow
on the east side, which is to be divided between him and my son Benaniah
Jarvis. I leave to my son Benaiah, 1/2 of the meadow; Also my home lot, on
which I now live, with all the buildings, and all the wooded land, and 1/2
of the Young Orchard above my home lot; Also a lot of land joining south
to Gerritt Thorne and Benjamin Bayley's lands, and north partly by Gerritt
Thorns; Also a piece of land called the Cove, being 50 acres; Also a lot
on the Hill, on the east side of the path that leads to the Great Gate, in
the Neck, being 4 acres; Also a lot of salt meadow in the East Neck, bounded
north by Geritt Thorne and Simon Fleet, being 1 acre; Also a piece of meadow,
part salt and part fresh, down at the north east end of Abraham Chichester's
land in the East Neck, joining to the beach, being 2 acres; Also 3/4 of a
oe 100 right of commonage, with all the privileges, on the condition that
he allow his mother, my wife Millisen, the use of 1/3 of the house I now
live in, and find her firewood, and keep a cow, and the use of 1/3 of the
land and meadow. I leave to my youngest son, Timothy Jarvis, 8 acres of land
in the east Neck, bounded north by William Johnson, south by William Underhill;
Also a lot of woodland south of the East Neck gate, bounded east by Paul
Fleet's land, south by William Johnson, north and west by highways, being
14 acres. I leave to my daughter, Eunice Kellogg, of Norwalk, Connecticutt,
oe 16. I leave to my son in law JONATHAN WHITAKER, 5 shillings. I leave
to my wife Millisen, all moveable estate. And now that this my last will
and testament may be duly performed, I appoint my brother, William Jarvis,
and my well beloved friend and Pastor Ebenezer Prime clerk, my executors."
Witnesses, Isaac Brush, Moses Scudder, Nathaniel
Wickes. Proved Sept 14, 1732
(From "Abstracts of Wills Vol III
1730-1744 page 387" obtained from genealogylibrary.com)
Of the
eight children attributed to Jonathan and Elizabeth Whitaker by several
sources probably only six were their children together. In the will of Mary
Whitaker White, she gives her parents' names as Elizabeth Phoebe Whitaker
and Eliphalet Jervis. Phoebe Whitaker, her sister was probably also the child
of Eliphalet Jervis. It is not known if Jonathan Whitaker adopted these two
children, but they are shown by some sources as Mary and Phoebe Whitaker.
Both the wills of Jonathan Whitaker and Elizabeth Whitaker mention only Elizabeth,
Jonathan, Jr., Nathaniel, and Eliphalet as heirs. It is possible that Sarah
and Isaac Whitaker died young.. I have been unable to find information to
prove that Phoebe Whitaker was the daughter of Jonathan Whitaker, I.
In "Colonial Families of Long Island and Connecticut" by Herbert F. Seversmith,
he states that Phoebe Wood and Mary Brown were children of Eliphalet Jarvis,
but does not name a wife.
"The
Lloyd Family Papers", published by the New-York Historical Society, show
that Mary who married Samuel Brown, was the youngest daughter of Eliphalet
Jarvis. The papers include several quitclaims from Huntington inhabitants
tothe Lloyds. One in 1733 includes signatures of Phebe, wife of John Wood,
and
Mary Jarvis, a minor, and both are specifically named as the two daughters
of Eliphalet Jarvis (who must have been dead by then). Mary's signature was
witnessed by John Wood and Jonathan Whitaker. A second quitclaim also identifies
both Phebe and Mary as daughters of Eliphalet Jarvis, and says Mary was 17
in 1737. Later Samuel Brown and Mary Brown "late Mary Jarvis" endorsed it.
Mary
Whitaker White in her will states that she is the daughter of Eliphalet Jervis
and Elizabeth Phebe Whitaker. Mary Whitaker was actually Mary Jervis or Jarvis,
stepdaughter of Jonathan Whitaker and was probably the natural daughter of
Elizabeth Jervis wife of Jonathan Whitaker.
Mary removed to Long Island and after the death of her husband, returned
to Basking Ridge and lived in the house where General Lee was taken prisoner
in the Revolutionary War - Widow White's Tavern.
"Whitaker
Family" a Manuscript from Dartmouth College Records gives her birth year
as 1719 and the names of her spouses as Samuel Brown and Edwin Whitaker.
The Lloyd Family papers, published by the New York Historical Society, show
that Mary who married Samuel Brown, was the youngest daughter of Eliphalet
Jarvis. the papers include several quitclaims from Huntington inhabitants
to the Lloyds. One in 1733 includes the signatures of Phoebe, wife of John
Wood, and Mary Jarvis, a minor, and both are specifically named as the two
daughters of Eliphalet Jarvis (who must have been ded by then). Mary's signature
was witnessed by John Wood and Jonathan Whitaker. A second quitclaim also
identifies both Phoebe and Mary as daughters of Eliphalet Jarvis, and says
Mary was 17 in 1737. Later Samuel Brown and Mary Brown "late Mary Jarvis"
endorsed. Additional Whitaker/Jervis
information provided by Joan Whitaker
Landrum
