The property left the Van Voorhees family in the mid-1800s. In1867, it was purchased by Uriah Quackenbush. Uriah and Keziah Quackenbush had one son, John, who died as a young adult. Grace Quackenbush was his only child and was two years old when he died. She was raised in the house by her grandparents who left the property to her when they passed on, after Grace had married John Zabriskie.