Good spot and I am actually descended from the Long Island Hallocks and my Grandfather (Harold Hallock) owned a potato farm in Riverhead before moving down to Charlottesville to raise cattle. I’ve only been up there once, but we still have some fairly close relatives in the Suffolk County area.

Here’s the reference I used for the New Haven source: http://books.google.com/books?id=MgECAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA4&dq=new+haven+burying+ground#v=onepage&q=fence&f=false

It’s on google books, so you should be able to find it quickly, but if not it was found in the “Report of the Committee Appointed to Inquire into the Condition of the New Haven Burying Ground and a Proposed Plan for its Improvement” 1839. The original is also found at Harvard Library.

Cheers and good luck with your fence. The split stone posts sound way cool.

Gardiner

I’m working with the Cutchogue-New Suffolk Historical Council (North Fork, Long Island, NY) to restore a fence surrounding their Old Burying Ground (18th/19th century). The roughly split stone fence posts survive, but only fragmentary evidence of the picket (pale) system that was attached to them. Can you provide me with your source for the New Haven cemetery fence? And by the way, do you descend from the Long Island Hallocks… very old name out here?

Best regards,
Zach Studenroth

I see mention of a book on the restoration of the building is in the works.

I think that is a fantastic idea! Your web site coioverage is to be commended; but a book to hold in ones.

Please include the jig saw puzzle stories
of finding so many original pieces of the house in varied places like the mantle piece in the estate out building.

The wood and stone work showed craftsmanship of a level seldom seen in these days of mass produced plastic finsihes.

Ted Miles

We’re so glad you enjoyed your visit! You can donate to the annual fund online or by mail or phone. We hope that you can continue to visit us and see the house as it transforms.