David Rogers Lambert (1772-1825)

He lived in a marble house on Bond Street, New York, and owned two more houses on the same street. He was a partner of Rogers, Lambert & Co., at New York City, with his uncle, Nehemiah Rogers, at 232 Pearl Street. In 1811, he opened a store with his brother, Samuel, at 231 Pearl Street. He was killed "by a ruffian" at New York and was unmarried: "David R. Lambert was killed... up by the Sailor's Snug Harbor (near where 10th Street is now). He was coming home from a party at Edward Lyde's house (Lyde was a partner in Lyde, Rogers & Co.). They met a gang of rowdies; one of them struck him a blow that killed him instantly. The parties were tried for murder, convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to ten years in state prison". After his death, his firm went bankrupt and his brother-in-law, The Hon. George Crookshank of Toronto, bought up the debts so that the Lambert property in Connecticut and New York City passed into the possession of the Crookshank heirs up until 1941. David was unmarried.