Delancey went to sea early in his life, no doubt expecting to become a master mariner like his father, Capt. Delancey Gesner Trefry. He told his children stories of his seafaring days, like the time when he was washed overboard in a storm, of being swept to to the top of the vertiginous waves and desperately scanning to see his ship or shipmates, and then washing up on shore, miles from the only other survivor or of the time he was caught up in a mutiny and was stabbed in the neck (the scar from which he bore to the end of his days.)
But the Age of Sail was ending and his likelihood of becoming a captain waned. Like his father and mother, he moved to Boston for a time, most likely still finding work as a mariner in that busy port. It was probably while visiting his married sister -- Maria Crosby -- in Greenwich, that he met Adelaide Mary Pierce, the girl who would become his wife. He got a job as a carpenter, working for his brother in law, J.P. Crosby and helped to build many of the mansions of Greenwich's Belle Harbor, along with some of his brothers.
In 1889, he and his wife and son moved to Stamford, where he became foreman at the St. John's Woodworking Company. He and his wife lived in Stamford for the rest of their lives.
In addition to those linked to, Delancey and Addie had four other children:
Edward Delancey Trefry - born June 18, 1887 - died in February, 1958 in Florida
Walter Rowell Trefry - born 8 July, 1892 - died April 4, 1980 in Stamford, Connecticut
Mary Adelaide Trefry - born June 29, 1905 - died 10 May 1993 in Florida
Burton Root (Pete) Trefry - born January 1908 - died June 12, 1960 in Darien, Connecticut
But the Age of Sail was ending and his likelihood of becoming a captain waned. Like his father and mother, he moved to Boston for a time, most likely still finding work as a mariner in that busy port. It was probably while visiting his married sister -- Maria Crosby -- in Greenwich, that he met Adelaide Mary Pierce, the girl who would become his wife. He got a job as a carpenter, working for his brother in law, J.P. Crosby and helped to build many of the mansions of Greenwich's Belle Harbor, along with some of his brothers.
In 1889, he and his wife and son moved to Stamford, where he became foreman at the St. John's Woodworking Company. He and his wife lived in Stamford for the rest of their lives.
In addition to those linked to, Delancey and Addie had four other children:
Edward Delancey Trefry - born June 18, 1887 - died in February, 1958 in Florida
Walter Rowell Trefry - born 8 July, 1892 - died April 4, 1980 in Stamford, Connecticut
Mary Adelaide Trefry - born June 29, 1905 - died 10 May 1993 in Florida
Burton Root (Pete) Trefry - born January 1908 - died June 12, 1960 in Darien, Connecticut
Delancey went to sea early in his life, no doubt expecting to become a master mariner like his father, Capt. Delancey Gesner Trefry. He told his children stories of his seafaring days, like the time when he was washed overboard in a storm, of being swept to to the top of the vertiginous waves and desperately scanning to see his ship or shipmates, and then washing up on shore, miles from the only other survivor or of the time he was caught up in a mutiny and was stabbed in the neck (the scar from which he bore to the end of his days.)
But the Age of Sail was ending and his likelihood of becoming a captain waned. Like his father and mother, he moved to Boston for a time, most likely still finding work as a mariner in that busy port. It was probably while visiting his married sister -- Maria Crosby -- in Greenwich, that he met Adelaide Mary Pierce, the girl who would become his wife. He got a job as a carpenter, working for his brother in law, J.P. Crosby and helped to build many of the mansions of Greenwich's Belle Harbor, along with some of his brothers.
In 1889, he and his wife and son moved to Stamford, where he became foreman at the St. John's Woodworking Company. He and his wife lived in Stamford for the rest of their lives.
In addition to those linked to, Delancey and Addie had four other children:
Edward Delancey Trefry - born June 18, 1887 - died in February, 1958 in Florida
Walter Rowell Trefry - born 8 July, 1892 - died April 4, 1980 in Stamford, Connecticut
Mary Adelaide Trefry - born June 29, 1905 - died 10 May 1993 in Florida
Burton Root (Pete) Trefry - born January 1908 - died June 12, 1960 in Darien, Connecticut
But the Age of Sail was ending and his likelihood of becoming a captain waned. Like his father and mother, he moved to Boston for a time, most likely still finding work as a mariner in that busy port. It was probably while visiting his married sister -- Maria Crosby -- in Greenwich, that he met Adelaide Mary Pierce, the girl who would become his wife. He got a job as a carpenter, working for his brother in law, J.P. Crosby and helped to build many of the mansions of Greenwich's Belle Harbor, along with some of his brothers.
In 1889, he and his wife and son moved to Stamford, where he became foreman at the St. John's Woodworking Company. He and his wife lived in Stamford for the rest of their lives.
In addition to those linked to, Delancey and Addie had four other children:
Edward Delancey Trefry - born June 18, 1887 - died in February, 1958 in Florida
Walter Rowell Trefry - born 8 July, 1892 - died April 4, 1980 in Stamford, Connecticut
Mary Adelaide Trefry - born June 29, 1905 - died 10 May 1993 in Florida
Burton Root (Pete) Trefry - born January 1908 - died June 12, 1960 in Darien, Connecticut
Inscription
The headstone is engraved only with the surname Trefry. But cemetery records show that Delancey Westcott, his wife Addie (Pierce) and the four children they lost in infancy (Alfred, Leona, Clyton and Mertera) are buried here.
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