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CARACCIOLI Antonio Approx. date:1850 From the private collection of, John CARACCIOLI, New York, NY

Names given: Antonio aka: Anthony surname: CARACCIOLI Birth date: 22 December 1821 place: New York City 6 Christening age: place: Marriage date: age: place: Death 2 date: 8 May 1855 age: 32 years, 9 months and 5 days place: residence on corner of Canal and Sullivan Streets5 Burial date: place: Lot 9182, Section 13, The Green-Wood Cemetery, 255 5th Avenue & 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215 (718) 768-7300 Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. http://www.green-wood.com

Occupation: Oysterman 1, 6, Fireman, Engine Company No. 16 3 Military Service: Sources/Documents: 1. Caraccioli, Antonio, 148 Canal H. Wilson New York Directory, Oyster House entry (New York: H.Wilson) 180. 2. "Funeral of a New York Fireman," undated clipping from unidentified newspaper, attached to the back page of an 1819 American Bible Society Bible; inherited by his great great-nephew John Caraccioli. 3. Antonio Caraccioli death notice, New York Times, New York, New York, 11 May 1855, page 8. 4. Antonio Caraccioli gravemarker, The Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. Photographed by John Caraccioli. 5. Antonio Caraccioli Letter of Administration, Hannah Caraccioli, Administrator, 23 May 1855, Liber Page Bond Book 61-148-72, New York County, Letters of Administration Index, 1743-1875 (Barber Collection). 6. John Caraccioli "Antonio Caraccioli" e-mail message from jcaraccioli@halstead.com (New York, NY) to Lorraine Rechten, 30 July 2008.

Notes: 1. Birth recorded in Bible of Mariah Gordon where date is given and name is recorded as "Anthony" 2. The following is transcribed from the will of Cipriano Caraccioli regarding Antonio: Item. "I give & bequeath unto my eldest son Antonio who has always lived from home and never visited me on my farm the sum of twenty-five dollars to be paid to him by my Executors or either of them when the property left by me shall be sold as aforesaid or in case my said property shall not be sold during the life time of my wife then it is my will that said sum of twenty-five dollars shall be paid to my said son as soon thereafter as it can be conveniently be paid."