By Jared L. Olar
June 2008
Updated December 2018
The surname "Hustis" has a remarkably high number of variant spellings. Records in England and America from the 1600s to the 1800s include these variants: Husted, Huestis, Huste, Huested, Hustead, Hughsted, Hughstead, Heusted, Hewstead, Huisted, Huistis, Hustice, Hustace, Hustus, and Hustis. Strictly for convenience and consistency, I use the spelling "Hustis" here, though "Husted" is perhaps more common and probably better represents the original form of the name, which is of Danish derivation (meaning "homestead"). But regardless of how the surname is spelled, perhaps most Americans of this surname are descendants of Robert Hustis (c.1595-1654), an English farmer of Bridport and Pilsdon in Dorsetshire who emigrated to New England in 1635. Robert was one of the first settlers of Braintree, Massachusetts, and Greenwich and Stamford in Connecticut. Regarding Robert's possible ancestry, Hustis genealogist Gene Husted offers these comments:
"Some Husted researchers include a John Husted b.1510 in Newport, Isle of Wight, as being a chaplain to the "then Queen Elizabeth" and his son Lawrence Husted b.1545, in Dorsetshire, as the father of our ancestor Robert Husted. The COUNTY RECORD OFFICE in Newport does list a John Eustice who was baptised in 1544, the son of John Eustice, but neither were in the service of the Queen. A Chaplain to the Queen, Richard Eades, of Newport, was born in 1544, died in 1604, and is buried in Worchester Cathederal. Richard Ewstead, who is documented, sailed with a Reverend Francis Higginson party to Massachusetts in 1629, and he was in the area of Salem, Massachusetts. It is unknown if Richard Ewstead is any possible relative to our immigrant ancestor Robert Husted."
Though the surname has a Danish derivation, there are certainly no grounds for the old family tradition that the Hustis family originated from an eponymous Danish viking who invaded England in A.D. 860.
The following account of our Hustis lineage is chiefly derived from Robert Charles Anderson's 1995 Great Migration 1634-1635, Vol. G-H, page 448, Frank J. Doherty's 1990 The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Vol. 7, pages 28-29, Gordon L. Remington's "Robert Huestis of Westchester County: His Ancestry and Descendants," in The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, July 1998, 191-197, a seven-page typed genealogical manuscript titled The Hustis Family Tree 860-1867, and The Historical and Genealogical Record, Dutchess and Putnam Counties, New York, 1912 - Part 2, page 454.
1. ROBERT HUSTIS, ancestry unknown, perhaps a son of Lawrence Hustis of Dorchester, Dorsetshire, England, born circa 1595 in Dorsetshire, England, died in 1654, before 16 Oct. 1654, in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Robert and his family first appear on record in the parish register of Bridport, Dorsetshire, England, where their surname is spelled "Husted" or "Hustead." Robert married on 6 April 1616 at Bridport, Dorsetshire, England, to ANNE MOON, who was buried at Bridport on 1 Feb. 1622. Robert and Anne had three children, but all three of them died young and were buried at Bridport. At some point after the untimely loss of his wife and children, Robert remarried (perhaps circa 1623) in Dorsetshire to ELIZABETH (NN), died between 16 Oct. and 20 Nov. 1654 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, with whom he had three more children probably from circa 1624 to circa 1628. Robert probably next appears at Pilsdon Manor in Dorsetshire -- Gordon Remington says he is likely the "Robert Hewste" who is listed on the 1628 Dorset Subsidy Roll for Pilsdon, Dorset, England.
On 20 March 1635, "Robert Huste, husbandman, aged 40" was enrolled at Weymouth, Dorsetshire, England, as a passenger aboard the Marygould headed for New England. He emigrated to America alone, and his wife and children followed at some point later on. Earlier genealogical sources say Robert sailed with the party of Rev. Joseph Hull of Crewkerne Parish in Dorsetshire, a group that first settled at Weymouth, Massachusetts -- but more recent research puts that in doubt, as Rev. Hull's party may not have sailed on the Marygould. Again, earlier researchers have thought that Robert paid for his passage by becoming an indentured servant of Richard Wade of Symondsbury, Dorsetshire, England, who with his household boarded the Marygould at Weymouth, Dorsetshire, along with Robert Hustis (Robert's name appears on the passenger list right after the Wade household). However, by early 1639 Robert had already received a land grant for a household consisting of himself and seven others, so he obviously was not an indentured servant by then. A period of less than five years would hardly leave Robert enough time to completed a contract of indentured servitude and earn enough to pay for the passage of his wife and three children and three other unidentified members of his household -- nor, in any case, is there any evidence that he was ever Richard Wade's servant. The passenger list is very clear that Robert was a husbandman (farmer), not a servant.
On 27 Jan. 1639, Robert was granted a "Great Lot" at Mount Wollaston (Braintree), Massachusetts -- 4 acres for each family, 32 acres indicating eight family members -- at a price of 3 shillings an acre. But Robert did not remain at Braintree for long. Hustis family tradition says that in July 1640, while waiting to purchase his land from the New Haven Colony, Robert Husted lived for a while in a weigwa (wigwam) in an area of Connecticut just purchased by the New Haven Colony, called Rippowam by the Native Indians, now a part of Stamford, Connecticut. That same month, on 18 July 1640 Robert along with his son Angell and others witnessed the deed for Daniel Patrick and Robert Feakes to purchase the land that would become Greenwich, Connecticut, from the American Indians. Robert was one of the original proprietors of Greenwich. He was at Stamford by 1642, though, at which time he was granted a houselot in Stamford.
Six years later, on 5 Oct. 1648 Robert purchased the land of Andreu Messenger of Greenwich, consisting of 16 acres of upland, 5 acres of meadow on Myanos Neck, a homelot and housing with 10 acres of meadow and upland "which was John Rockwel's." In the Stamford inventory of 5 March 1650 [or 1651?], "Robert Hustis, Senior" held six different parcels of land, including a houselot with barn and outhousing, another homelot, and about additional 30 acres. We know that he continued to hold property and to live at both Stamford and Greenwich, since he left properties there to his two sons, also granting the house at Stamford to his widow to use for the rest of her life.
Robert wrote his will on 8 July 1652, and it was proved 4 Nov. 1654, indicating that he had died in 1654 within a few months of the probate of his will -- and in fact, he must have died before 15 Oct. 1654, when his widow wrote her own will. In his will, Robert names his wife as Elizabeth, his sons Robert and Angell, and his daughter Ann, wife of Richard Hardy. He left his land in Greenwich to his son Angell and his land in Stamford to his son Robert, while his wife was to stay in the home at Stamford for her lifetime. Robert's widow Elizabeth, however, did not survive him long. She wrote her will on 16 Oct. 1654, and it was proved 20 Nov. 1654 -- and, remarkably, she appointed her daughter Ann as her Executrix. A seven-page manuscript genealogy, The Hustis Family Tree 860-1867, which incorporates Hustis family traditions and research of one branch of descendants of Robert's great-grandson Joseph Hustis, offers these remarks about the wills of Robert and Elizabeth Hustis on page 1:
"The will of the first Robert is dated at Fairfield July 8, 1652. Makes bequest to son Angle, his lands in Greenwich, Connecticut, with housings, and to Robert all his lands in Stamford with cattle and housings. To his daughter Ann Husted (sic - the will does not state her surname), ten pounds. To his wife Elizabeth, a maintenance and other bequests in 1654. His widow Elizabeth by her will makes bequests to her son Angle of Greenwich, Connecticut, Robert of Stamford, and to her daughter Ann, wife of Richard Hardy. In the will of Robert, the name is spelled Husted and in that of the widow, the name is spelled Hustis."
Here is an extended quote from Robert's will:
The Last Will and Testament of Robert Heusted
. . . Namely I give unto my sonn Angell all my Lands Lying in Grenwich with thee howsing upon it, Also I give unto my Sonn Angell a third of my cattle, I give unto my Sonn Robert
all my Lands Lying in Stamford & one third of my cattle with all ye howsing on ye Land this only expected yt my Wife is to have being there her life time & to her Mantanence for
her cattle from of ye Land I give unto my Wife one third part of my cattle with all my household stuff & a stack of wheat standing on ye Land at Grenwich onely my Sonn Angell is
to have 32 bushels of ye said wheat further I give unto my Sonn Angell halfe ye tackling belonging to ye working oxen as cart & plow & other things belonging there belonging to
yt these with a third part of ye corne I have upon ye ground I give unto my Sonn Robert ye other halfe of ye said tackling together with a third part of ye corne upon ye ground
& I give unto my Wife ye other third part of ye corne upon ye ground & I give unto my Daughter Ann tenn pounds which my two Sonns are to pay her yt is to saye Angell 5* & Robert
5* also I give unto all my Sonns all my Deets this Will Dated this 8 day of July 1652
Sealed & Delivered in ye
presence of these Witnesses
Richard Crab
William Newman
And here is the will of Robert's widow Elizabeth:
Will of Elizabeth Hustis entered October 16, 1654
Be known unto all men unto whome this present shall com or [?] concern yt I Elizabeth Hustis, ye widow Robert Hustis deceased of Stamford, in the jurisdictis of New Haven in
New England at this present sick in body, but of perfect mind & understanding not knowing how soon my chang may be, do mak my last Will in maner & wise following
After my debts payed being lawfully discharged & my funerall expense discharged, I do give & bequeath [?unto my son] Angell Hustis of Grinwich, a steere calf now in the ca[ ]
Stamford & also I do forgive & acquit him of a debt owed from him, in sum, seven pounds. Item, I do give unto my son Robert Hustis, one three year ould heifer,
which of the two [?] best likely, also all my swine wt so ever, also two feth[?], also the bed I lye upon, also a paire of sheets of mine wch [?] maketh use of,
and another in the hands of my daughter, also on red trucking cloath blanket, also two shirts, also f [?] & one iron pot & two bras pots, also three of my bigest
puter platters, one whearof was given him formerly, also all my [?] vesells yt is two milk keelers, three bouls, three smal wooden [?], two beere barrells, a boning
tub, a broad Keeler, also three pailes & [?] deepe tub and a churne. It. I doe give & bequeath unto [ ] of my daughter Anne, a heifer calfe in ye calf heard at [ ].
I doe give & bequeath unto [?] of my daugher Ann, the wife of Richard Hardy of Stamford, aforsaid, all my other world [?] whatsoever of any nature or kinde, making
her my whole executrix, only paiing & delivering the legacies expressed. This is my free will & mind in the disposall o[f] goodes & wtsoever debts is due or shall
hearafter be f[orthcoming] be due unto me, is to be demanded & received by my daughter Ann aforesaid & thearout to pay my debt or debts lawfully from me to be due,
and to discharg my debts & funeral expenses therwith, if ther be overplus, then the sam to [?] amongst my three children, according to ther p.portion specified, but
if it discharg not my debts & funerall [?] then each of ym according to the p.portis of my gift [?] is to pay and discharge same.
In witness, that that this the last Will & Teste, I, renoucing all other wills having formerly made, doe sett to my hand this Sixteenth of October Anno 1654
Witnesses
Jerimy Jagger the form of her mark
& Richard Mills
Robert had six children by his two wives:
-- MORGAN HUSTIS, baptised 10 Aug. 1617 at Bridport, Dorsetshire, England, died young in Dorsetshire.
-- ANNE HUSTIS, baptised 14 March 1619 at Bridport, Dorsetshire, England, died young in Dorsetshire.
-- DEANES HUSTIS, baptised 23 Sept 1621 at Bridport, Dorsetshire, England, died young in Dorsetshire.
-- ANGELL HUSTIS, born circa 1624, died April 1706 in Dorsetshire, England, married Rebecca Reynolds, widow of Jonathan Reynolds.
-- ANN HUSTIS, born circa 1626 in Dorsetshire, England, married Richard Hardy.
2. ROBERT HUSTIS JR., probably born circa 1628 in Dorsetshire, England.
2. ROBERT HUSTIS JR., son of Robert and Elizabeth Hustis, probably born circa 1628 in Dorsetshire, England, died 23 Nov. 1704 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. He married on 9 Jan. 1655 at Stamford, Connecticut, to ELIZABETH BUXTON, born before 1637 in England, died circa 1710 in Stamford, Connecticut, daughter of Clement and Eunice Buxton. Robert and Elizabeth had six sons and four daughters. Robert had moved to Westchester County, New York, by 1662, when he was recorded as a magistrate, and the following year he was made a Freeman of Connecticut. He made his will on 19 Nov. 1701. He and his sons Robert, John, Samuel, and David were enrolled in the 1698 Westchester County census.
-- MOSES HUSTIS, died 1694 in Salem, New Jersey, probably unmarried.
-- JONATHAN HUSTIS, married Mary Brandreth.
-- SAMUEL HUSTIS, married Elizabeth Pell.
-- ELIZABETH HUSTIS, married Horseman Mollineaux.
-- SARAH HUSTIS, married John Betts.
-- MARY HUSTIS, married Edward Collier.
-- ABIGAIL HUSTIS, married Josiah Hunt Jr.
-- ROBERT HUSTIS, died childless in 1718.
-- JOHN HUSTIS, died 1737.
3. DAVID HUSTIS, born circa 1684.
3. DAVID HUSTIS, son of Robert and Elizabeth Hustis, born circa 1684 in Westchester County, New York, or Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, died circa 1758 in Philipstown, Dutchess County, New York. David married 13 Feb. 1711 in Flushing, New York, to MARY HAIGHT, born 1693 in Flushing, Queens County, New York, died 25 Jan. 1731, daughter of Samuel and Sarah Hoyt (Haight). David and Mary were Quakers -- that is, members of the Society of Friends, a Protestant sect that suffered repression at the hands of the Anglicans and Puritans in England and North America. The Hustis Family Tree 860-1867, pages 1-2, records these details and anecdotes of the marriage of David Hustis and Mary Haight:
"The Friends record of Flushing, Long Island, mention the marriage of David Eustace of Westchester Count to Mary Haight in the Friends Meeting House in Flushing, Long Island. She was the daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Noble) Haight. Samuel, Nicholas, Johnathan (sic), David and John Haight, brothers to Mary, signed their names as witnesses to the marriage Feb. 13, 1711."
"(At Albany, New York is a letter to the Justice of Queens County for the apprehension of William Ford for forging the name of Samuel and Sarah Haight to a letter requesting a license for their daughter Mary in marriage to said Ford November 18, 1710. After Mary's marriage to David Hustis, it was said that Ford, in disguise, was hunting through Long Island for Mary Haight. As the marriage of Quakers in those days was not published, Ford could not find any trace of Mary Haight. Her husband David Hustis was a member of the Friends Society prior to his marriage.)"
David and Mary had eight sons and one daughter:
-- JOHN HUSTIS, born 1712, died 1760, married Elizabeth.
-- ROBERT HUSTIS, died circa 1746, married Neeltje Palmatier.
-- SARAH HUSTIS, born 4 Oct. 1712 in Westchester County, New York, died 9 May 1714 in Westchester County, New York.
-- SAMUEL HUSTIS, born 7 Feb. 1715 in Westchester County, New York, died 9 March 1715 in Westchester County, New York.
-- DAVID HUSTIS, born 5 Sept. 1716 in Westchester County, New York, died 4 Oct. 1718 in Westchester County, New York.
4. JOSEPH HUSTIS, born 10 Nov. 1719 in Westchester County, New York.
-- JONATHAN HUSTIS, born 14 June 1721 in Westchester County, New York, died 10 Oct. 1786 in Pawling, Dutchess County, New York, married Rachel Pawling.
-- SOLOMON HUSTIS, born 8 Aug. 1723 in Westchester County, New York, died 6 Sept. 1782, married Phebe (NN).
-- CALEB HUSTIS, born 10 Dec. 1728 in Westchester County, New York, died 1789, married Charity Rogers.
4. JOSEPH HUSTIS, son of David and Mary Huestis, born 10 Nov. 1719 in Westchester County, New York, died June 1805 in Philipstown, Dutchess County, New York. Interestingly, in his will Joseph at first spells his surname "Heustis" (one of the variant spellings of this family name), but in the remainder of his will he spells the surname "Hustis" (a more common variant spelling). A seven-page manuscript genealogy, The Hustis Family Tree 860-1867, which incorporates traditions and research of one branch of Joseph's descendants, refers on page 2 to Joseph and his family under the head of "Children of Joseph and Sarah (Cosier) Hustis (Married 3/4/1756)." Hustis family tradition says Joseph and Sarah were married in 1756 in Crugers, Westchester County, New York. Another source, The Historical and Genealogical Record, Dutchess and Putnam Counties, New York, 1912 - Part 2, page 454, says Joseph's wife was named "Sarah Larrabee," and that Sarah was the mother of Joseph's daughter Charity.
These traditions are obviously garbled, for Joseph certainly married in 1756 in Rumbout, Dutchess County, New York, to "Mary Hunt" (See the quarterly New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 1938, selected marriage records published by the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, page 287). All of Joseph's children were born after 1756, so Mary must be their mother. What, then, are we to make of the traditions regarding Joseph's wife Sarah Cosier/Larrabee? It is probable that she was Joseph's first wife, whom later family tradition misidentified as the mother of Joseph's children. It is significant that Joseph was 36 years old when he married Mary Hunt -- unusually late for a first marriage. It is probable that Joseph was previously married, perhaps in his 20s, perhaps to Sarah Cosier/Larrabee. The discrepancy over Sarah's surname may be due to her having been previously married before she and Joseph married -- though whether her maiden name was Cosier or Larrabee is impossible to tell.
Thus, Joseph perhaps married circa 1740-45, perhaps in Crugers, Westchester County, New York, to SARAH COSIER/LARRABEE. Joseph certainly married on 4 March 1756 in Rumbout, Dutchess County, New York, to MARY HUNT, born perhaps circa 1730 in Westchester County, New York. Joseph and Mary had three sons and six daughters.
The Hustis Family Tree 860-1867, pages 1-2, informs us that Joseph's parents were Quakers (Society of Friends), and says Joseph served in the Revolutionary War: "Joseph hustis (sic) born 1719 was an old man at the time of the American Revolution. He was in the war - carried water for the soldiers. He was discharged as a Water Carrier."
An anecdote about Joseph's eldest son Robert is also recorded on The Hustis Family Tree 860-1867, page 3:
"Robert, son of Joseph, was also in the war. At one time he was stationed at or encamped around Peekskill, New York, at what was known as Continental Village. He went home one night AWOL without orders and was stopped along the road by the British. After a scuffle he arrived home with his clothes all torn. His mother had to sit up half the night repairing his pants, etc. He had to be back the next day at the camp."
The Hustis Family Tree 860-1867, page 3, also preserves the following anecdote about Joseph's daughter Phebe:
"Phebe Hustis who (sic) was born in (sic) March 15, 1722. When the American Revolution was over she was a young girl living around Cold Spring, New York. As was the custom the town belles and blades waited for the arrival of the river boats that plied up and down the Hudson River. On one of these occasions, she met a Captain Patrick Welch, fell in love, and married him. Her people tried to break it up -- as he was of the Catholic Faith, but she ran away and married him anyway and they lived in New York City. Members of her family saw her but she never came back to Cold Spring."
Phebe may not have come back to Cold Spring during her life, but after her death she was buried in North Highland Cemetery in Cold Spring.
Joseph expressed his Christian faith in his last will and testament, using language very common for Protestant Christians of that time and place. Following is a complete transcript of Joseph's will, which provides a great deal of what we know of him and his family:
"In the name of God Amen, I Joseph Heustis of the town of Philips, Dutchess county and state of New York, being weak in body, but of perfect mind and memory, thanks be given to God, calling to mind the mortality of body, and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last will and testament, that is to say, principally and first of all, I give and recommend my soul into the hand of Almighty God that gave it and my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in a decent Christian burial at the discretion of my Executors, nothing doubting but at the general resurrection, I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God. And as touching such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life, I give, demise and dispose of the same in following manner and form --
"First, I give and bequeath to Mary my beloved wife all my household goods and furniture, and two good cows and six good Sheep and her maintenance out of the farm as long as she remains my widow.
"I also give unto my three sons VIZ. Robert, Joseph and David Hustis, all and singular my land, messuage, and tenements, jointly and severally to be equally divided amongst them to their heirs and assigns forever -- by them to be freely and peaceably possest and enjoyed. I likewise give unto my three sons above named, all my notes and bonds, all my stock and moveable effects of what kind or nature soever, to be equally divided amongst them.
"I also will and order that after my decease and my three sons come to their lands and other property that they pay unto my daughter Abigail Schofield, the sum of one hundred pounds lawful money of the state of New York to be paid of said estate. I also will and order that they pay unto my daughter Charity Haight the sum of one hundred pounds of like lawful money. I also will and order that they pay unto my daughter Mary Budd, the sum of one hundred pounds lawful money. I also order that they pay unto my daughter Phebe Walsh the sum of one hundred pounds of like money. I also will and order that they pay unto my daughter Hannah Knapp the sum of one hundred pounds like lawful money -- each of my sons is to pay an equal part of the several sums above willed to my daughters. I also order that my sons pay out of the estate the sum of five pounds lawful money unto my Grand son Joseph Mead And likewise five pounds of lawful money money (sic - unto) my Grand son Robert Mead.
"Lastly I nominate constitute and ordain my well beloved son Robert Hustis and my son in law Miles Schofield Executors of this my last will and testament. And I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke and disannul all and every other former testaments, wills, legacies, bequests, and executors by me in any, anywise before mentioned, willed and bequeathed, ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament.
"In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this third day of November in the year of our lord one thousand eight-hundred.
"Joseph his mark Hustis
"Signed Sealed, published pronounced and declared by the said Joseph Hustis as his last will and testament in the presence of us who in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names
"Samuel Warren, William Budd, Gabriel Odell -- Dutchess County."
The same three witnesses appeared in court on 30 Sept. 1805, when the will was proved and accepted. This indicates that Joseph died after 3 Nov. 1800 but before 30 Sept. 1805. Regarding the bequests in the will, it is noteworthy that he bequeathed five pounds each to his grandsons Joseph and Robert Mead, but to no other grandchildren -- and on this point, it is significant that none of Joseph Hustis' daughters named in the will bear the married name of "Mead," for Joseph Hustis' eldest child was a daughter named SARAH, born 28 Feb. 1757, died 30 March 1788, wife of ISAAC MEAD (1751-1811). Sarah's death in 1788 explains why she is unmentioned in her father's will -- and so instead Joseph left bequests to her two sons Joseph and Robert Mead. Recalling the reported wife of Joseph Hustis named "Sarah Larrabee," assuming that Joseph really had a wife of that name, it could be that Joseph's eldest daughter Sarah was named after her mother.
Joseph and Mary Hustis had three sons and six daughters:
-- SARAH HUSTIS, born 28 Feb. 1757, died 30 March 1788, married Isaac Mead.
-- ROBERT HUSTIS, born 7 June 1759, died 15 Feb. 1833 in Philipstown, New York, married twice.
-- ABIGAIL HUSTIS ("Abbey"), born 26 May 1761, died 26 Sept. 1842, married Miles Scofield (Schofield).
5. CHARITY HUSTIS, born 14 Sept. 1763, married Beverly Haight.
-- MARY HUSTIS, born June 1766 in Dutchess County, New York, married Seeley Budd.
-- PHEBE HUSTIS, born 15 March 1772, died 1 Aug. 1850, married Capt. Patrick Welch (Welsh, Walsh).
-- JOSEPH HUSTIS JR., born 1775, died 22 Feb. 1848, married Elizabeth Knapp.
-- HANNAH HUSTIS, born 8 Nov. 1779, died 29 May 1847, married David Knapp.
-- DAVID HUSTIS, born 29 Oct. 1780 in Dutchess County, New York, died 18 April 1867, married Phebe Mead.
5. CHARITY HUSTIS, daughter of Joseph and Mary Hustis, born 14 Sept. 1763, died 22 June 1837. Charity married on 4 Feb. 1789 in Putnam County, New York, her fourth cousin BEVERLY HAIGHT, son of Joseph and Hannah Haight, born circa 1763 at Brinkerhoffville in Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York, died 24 July 1842 in New York, buried in Medusa Cemetery in Medusa, Albany County, New York, son of Joseph and Hannah Haight. Many online family trees confuse Beverly's wife Charity Hustis with her aunt-by-marriage Charity Rogers, daughter of John Rogers of Continentville, Putnam County, New York, who married Caleb Hustis, son of David and Mary (Haight) Hustis, but the two women are obviously distinct, since Caleb's widow Charity still called herself "Hustis" when she made her will in 1801, nor do any of the children of Charity (Hustis) Haight appear in Charity (Rogers) Hustis' will. The Historical and Genealogical Record, Dutchess and Putnam Counties, New York, 1912 - Part 2, page 454, correctly identifies Beverly's wife as "Charity daughter of Joseph and Sarah [Larrabee] Hustis" (tthough there is confusion regarding the name of Charity's mother, who was Mary Hunt, not Sarah Larrabee). In her father's will, dated 3 Nov. 1800, Charity and her sisters were each bequeathed the sum of 100 pounds.
Beverly and his wife Charity lived at Fishkill, where they had eight children:
-- ELIZABETH HAIGHT, born 5 Jan. 1790.
-- JOSEPH B. HAIGHT, born 17 Jan. 1792 in Fishkill.
-- JOSHUA HAIGHT
-- MARY HAIGHT
-- DAVID HAIGHT
-- ESTHER HAIGHT
-- BEVERLY HAIGHT JR., born 30 March 1802 in Fishkill.
-- JOHN HAIGHT
Hustis Genealogy Resources:
Husted/Hustis DNA Project, showing Robert Husted the Immigrant belonged to the I2a haplogroup from ancient Sardinia and Iberia. Husted Family Timeline, Timeline of the Robert Husted Family: From Dorset, England, to Massachusetts, United States, in 1635. Geni: Charity (Hustis) Haight, information and ancestry. Visit Dorset, Bridport, Dorset. A Topographical Dictionary of England: Bridport The Chantry of Bridport, Dorsetshire Pilsdon Pen: A Walk and a Great View