Bogus Acres

Purchased 12 December 1863 from William Lyons, for $280.

Foreclosed on 26 March 1878 by Ebenezer J Hutchings.

Described as 14 acres ‘...bounded North by Sidney St. John’s land east by Edmund Reynolds and Eli Bennet South by Platt Brush and George Bouton and West by Edmund Reynolds’

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To Be Sold at Auction
Advertisement in which Halcyon lists his 3 properties (The Homestead, Sherwood Farms, and Bogus) up for auction.
[Properties returned to Halcyon]
Deeds from the Ridgefield Land Records documenting the return of several properties to Halcyon Gilbert Bailey, following his divorce from Emily Keeler.
Beautiful Residence and Farm For Sale!
Advertisement in which Halcyon lists his 3 properties (The Homestead, Sherwood Farms, and Bogus) for sale for $13,000. The ads ran in both the Danbury News-Times and the Brewster Standard for several weeks.
[Ebenezer Hutchings forecloses on Halcyon]
Ebenezer Hutchings, Halcyon's former business partner, forecloses on Halcyon
[Deed putting The Homestead and 14 Bogus Acres into trust]
The Homestead and 14 Bogus Acres went into a trust for the benefit of Emily and Annie
[Mortgage to Ebenezer Hutchings]
Halcyon mortgaged Sherwood Farm, The Homestead, and Bogus properties to his business partner, Ebenezer Hutchings, for $3000
[Mortgage to Danbury Savings Bank]
Halcyon mortgaged Bogus, The Homestead, and Sherwood Farm to the Savings Bank of Danbury, in exchange for $4000.
For Sale.
Halcyon advertised the family home for sale in the Danbury Times on July 28, 1864.

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Sources

Town of Ridgefield, Connecticut. Ridgefield Land Records. Town of Ridgefield, Connecticut: Town of Ridgefield, Connecticut, v23 p157.