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The property has a long history of being part of the holdings of the Kellogg family.
Mr. Samuel Kellogg was born on Feb. 19, 1673 and was the son of Daniel Kellogg, a Norwalk settler and Ms. Bridget Bouton (for more information on the Bouton’s of Norwalk see Now & Then dated Sept. 19, 2024).
Samuel was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, served as the Norwalk collector in 1703, and was selectman of Norwalk in 1705 and 1714. On June 3, 1723, he was appointed to a committee seat in the new meeting house. He was the owner of large tracts of land in New Canaan, which included land on Clapboard Hill and Marvin Ridge.
Mr. Samuel Kellogg married Ms. Sarah Platt, daughter of John Platt on Sept. 6, 1704. Ms. Platt was born on May 21, 1678 and had been married to Deacon Thomas Beach prior to this marriage. The Kelloggs had at least eight children: Sarah who was born on Sept. 26 1705, Samuel who was born Dec. 23, 1706, Mary who is listed both as the wife of Samuel Sr. and his daughter with an estimated birthday of between 1689 and 1713, Martin who was born on March 23, 1711, Abigail who was born Jan. 19, 1713, Lidiah [Lydia] born Oct. 30, 1715, Gideon born Dec. 5, 1717 and Epentus who was born June 26, 1719.
The Kelloggs married Weeds, Talmadges, Hoyts and Lockwoods. Mr. Samuel Kellogg married Ms. Sarah Lockwood when he was 82 and she was 77 in 1755. Ms. Lockwood had been married three other times, including being the widow of Deacon Benjamin Hickox. Mr. Kellogg died on Oct. 13, 1757.
Mr. Martin Kellogg’s son, Samuel, was born Oct. 16, 1743. At the time his wife was Mary, daughter of Deacon Eliphalet and Mary Lockwood. Mr. Samuel Lockwood married Elizabeth Waring who was born April 25, 1751. She was the daughter of Jonathan and Mary Waring. The couple had at least seven children: Samuel, Seth, Mary, Abigail, Jonathan, Mary and Jesse.
The early deeds indicate that in February 1802 Samuel Kellogg granted eight acres of the property to his son, Seth. The deed states that he transferred the property and “parental love and goodwill to which I have and do bear to my son and wife Seth E. Kellogg and Mathilde.” His other son, Samuel Kellogg, Jr. was given six acres “lying to the south of my farm in said New Canaan on the east side of the highway.”
Mr. Samuel Kellogg Jr. deeded eight acres to Nathan Lockwood on April 14, 1828 (it is unclear when he acquired additional acreage). Property transfers continued within the Kellogg family and when Samuel Kellogg Sr. died his will dated Aug. 8, 1821 listed an inventory of property that included 18 acres with the house, 18 acres west of the road with a barn, 25 acres north of cross road, eight acres near Northrup Lockwood and five acres near the grist mill.
The property that was deeded to Mr. Nathan Lockwood which included 16 acres passed to Mr. Peter Hoyt of Lewisboro on May 29, 1842. Mr. Peter Hoyt Sr. was married to Ms. Esther Weed. Esther was born on July 28, 1770 to Peter Hoyt and Ms. Esther Bouton Hoyt. Ms. Esther Bouton was born on May 16, 1750 and she was the daughter of Mr. Samuel Bouton. Mr. Samuel Bouton was in the same lineage as the Samuel Kelloggs. It passed from Mr. Peter Hoyt who was born in 1817 and married Mary E. Canfield. The Hoyts had two children, including Gardiner E. Hoyt who was born in 1842. It appears there were two Gardiner Hoyts or Gardner Hoyt – one being born in 1842 and the other being born in 1868. The second Mr. Gardner Hoyt and his brother William M. Hoyt were given title to the property from their sister, Naomi G. Hoyt on Nov. 17, 1914. Ms. Naomi G. Hoyt was born on Aug. 2, 1858 and married Jeremiah Waterbury Slawson on February 4, 1911. Ms. Naomi Hoyt Slawson was buried in the Becks Hill Cemetery in Lewisboro. Mr. Gardner Hoyt was buried in the Bald Hill Cemetery in Wilton.
On June 18, 1949 the new owner was Abigail Kampf who received the property under a “certificate of devise.” No information could be found on Ms. Kampf. The property then passed on Oct. 17, 1952 to Mary Knab. Ms. Mary Stewart Kellogg Knab was born in April 1885 in New York City. She was the daughter of Captain Edward Hastings Kellogg who was born on Feb. 27, 1838 and Maria Curtin Kellogg. He was one of 10 children of Warren Stewart Kellogg and Lucy Ann Rawdon.
Captain Kellogg was a 2nd Lieutenant in Company K NY 39 Volunteers. He married Ms. Curtin on May 30, 1875. He was an accomplished writer and poet. Captain Kellogg died on Feb. 21, 1898. Ms. Knab’s grandfather, Ralph Rawdon, was the founder of Rawdon, Wright & Hatch, which became the American Banknote Company. Mr. Rawdon served as a private in Captain Edward Wolcott’s company in the Connecticut State Troops War of 1812. He married Susan Arnold on September 3, 1815.
Mr. Rawdon established his business in 1816 in Albany, N.Y. It evolved to become the partnership of Rawdon, Wright & Hatch, which was the first printing company to receive a government contract for designing and printing postage stamps. Ms.Knab died on July 13, 1972. The property was transferred to her son, Daniel E. Knab on Feb. 1, 1956, who died in 1976. His sister, Ms. Beatrice M. Knab, listed the property for $325,000 and included 16.1 acres. The listing also stated that the original home was built in 1790 and remodeled in 1932. The listing stated that the owner desired to subdivide the property and the purchase price would be affected by a subdivision.
On Dec. 1,1976 the property was sold to William and Gail Ford.The property was subdivided after the Ford’s purchase in February 1977. The parcel was divided into two 6.5 acre lots and a third 4.8 acre lot. In 1977 a pool was added to the property. Ms. Gail Ford was managing partner of the ACA Cruise & Travel in town. The Fords sold the property in September 1981 to Ms. Jane Lane Zucker. In July 1994 the property was sold again to Michael W. and Sally Halstead. In May 2010 the property was sold to its current owners.