The old merchants of New York City / by Walter Barrett.

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THE OLD AER CHAN.'TS

Halsted E. Haight, his cousin, under the firm of B A
H. Haight, at 207 Broadway.
They kept in that store corner of Fulton, west, de,
opposite St. Paul's church-yard corner, under the same
firm, until Halsted died at his residence, 213 Fulton
street, 1831. Then Benjamin kept under his own name
until 1833, when he moved to 60 Pine street. They
were together nearly twenty-five years. B. & H. liad
been in business but a year when Halsted E. Haight
married his cousin, A. Haight, a sister of his partner,
and daughter of the venerable old Benjamin.
Young Benjamin had been married a year or two
previous. He married at Bedford, Westchester County,
on the 24th of September, 1806, to Miss Catharine
Holly, a daughter of Colonel Holly of that place.
At the same time Jonathan Smith married Abigail
Haight, a daughter of Nicholas Haight, and thus became
brother-in-law to Benjamin, David L., and Gilbert. It
is somewhat curious that the children of Benjamin
Haigllt and the fair Miss Kate above named, were Edward
Haight, the Member of Congress from Westchester County and now President of the Commonwealth Bank of this
city, and also, the Reverend Doctor Benjamin I. Haight,
of Trinity parish, and a daughter, who in turn married
Jotham Smith, a son of the above named Jotham Smith
Miss Abigail Haight.
It is quite evident that the father of Jotham Smith
was a clever man, as he did not fall into the common
custom and name his son John, instead of Jotham.
Had lie have done so, Jotham would have passed into
oblivion, as it is utterly impossible for any biographer to
separate any of the John Smiths from each other fifty
years ago. Jotham Smith was the A. T. Stewart of
his day, He went into business at No, 218 Browdway,