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

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6TIE OLD UMERCHiANTS

I shall write more fully hereafter. John died. There
were several brothers and sisters by the second marriage
of Captain Jacob Stout.
The second wife of Captain Jacob was a daughter of
William Carpender, a ship-master. The latter married
a daughter of William Grant, the first person that ever
imported,potatoes from abroad. He used always to be
found at King's Coffee House. King was father-in-law
of Billy Niblo. He had a son, Captain William Carpender. His son was Jacob S. Carpender, who married
a daughter of Doctor Neilson, a famous physician, who
lived on the north-west corner of Greenwich and Liberty streets, where Carpender courted the pretty Cornelia.
The house is still standing. Jacob S. was once a partner of Frederick A. Tracy, a heavy broker in Wall
street. He had a brother Edward, who was a captain
in the navy; another, John. Then there was Benjamin; he lies in Trinity churchyard. There was William and Arthur. There were sisters Lucy and Kate;
and there was Charles P. He was as nice a little fellow
as ever lived in New York. He was a clerk for many
years with Francis Rhodes & Co. Charles D. Rhodes
married a daughter of Doctor Matthews. Charley was
considered a great catch at the time he married Miss
Matthews. He was in some way connected with the
great house of Ballestier Brothers, at Singapore, East
Indies. Charles Carpender afterwards went into the
brokerage business, but he has been dead many years.
Capt. Jacob had by his second wife, Miss Carpender,
tne following children: Matthew White Stout, named
aftor old Henry White, a great merchant as early as
1769, before the war and afterwards. His daughters,
the Misses White, I have already written about. The
next son was Aquilla Giles Stout. He was named after