Hezekiah Beers Pierrepont (November 3, 1768 – August 11, 1838) was a merchant, farmer, landowner and land developer in Brooklyn and New York state. He...
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was 2,523. It was named after Hezekiah Pierrepont, the early owner of much of the town's territory. The Town of Pierrepont is centrally located in the county...
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in 1814, with the financial backing of Hezekiah Beers Pierrepont, one of the area's major landowners. Pierrepont had accumulated 60 acres of land, including...
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Church, respectively), financier John Jay Pierrepont (a grandson of founding Heights resident Hezekiah Pierrepont), banker/art collector David Leavitt, educator/politician...
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grandparents were the merchant, farmer, landowner and land developer Hezekiah Pierrepont and Anna Maria Constable (a daughter of Anna White and William Constable...
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Brooklyn Trust Company Building (redirect from 138 Pierrepont Street)
Building site was historically owned by Hezekiah Pierrepont, one of Brooklyn Heights' developers; Pierrepont Street was named for him, while Montague...
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Avenue – named after Gerret Noorstrandt Pierrepont Street and Pierrepont Place – named after Hezekiah Pierrepont Remsen Street and Remsen Avenue – named...
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The cemetery was the idea of Henry Evelyn Pierrepont, a Brooklyn social leader. As early as 1832, Pierrepont was considering constructing such a cemetery...
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originated the idea. A proposal by the landowner and early developer Hezekiah Pierrepont in about 1827 for a promenade along the bluff of the Heights figures...
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Maria Jay (1819–1902), who married Henry Evelyn Pierrepont (1808–1888), a son of Hezekiah Pierrepont, in 1841. Peter Augustus Jay (1821–1855), who married...
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