​Joe Hamilton's cottage on Knap property did not exist. A house built on Lambert Lockwood's grandfather's property in 1790 formed my model for Joe's home.
Below is the Dibble house, once a lovely home on South Street sheltering whatever master opened the door. It's twin is the Knapp house, shown on p. 97 in the book, where Sarah lived in real life, its picture drawn in the 1840s by Benson Lossing.

Courtesy of WCSU

​In olden times, you just asked where somebody lived. About 1855, people began to need maps for police, school officials, and deliveries of items that came on the train. Those maps contained the homeowners' names. Map above is from 1858.

Bear Mountain - The Hamilton Family Farm

The Hamiltons moved to the Pembroke area north of Danbury in the time of Captain Hamilton's grandfather. The family continued accumulating 32 pieces of land. With four sons (Silas, Jr., Paul, John, and James) plus two daughters (Elizabeth Lindsley and Orpha Barnum),  land  insured inheritance. (No stock market existed, no CDs, no savings accounts, and for sure no US government bonds!)
​ The home farm is still there: Bear Mt. Reserve in Danbury, which is as you see it. The cabin had disappeared by 1835.
                                                                                                     Photo 2018 MHB Hughes