...of a counterfeit brand and had to leave the country (about 1814). This may not have been entirely the reason. His only son, their idol, the little cherub of the Tontine building, had married a Miss Hunt , a farmer's daughter. Though she was a worthy girl, this so aroused his father's ire that he disinherited him (for a time), and on leaving for England willed most of his property to his nephew, Joh...