[Darknight Smith]

Cool!

I happen to have some information you find useful: first names for some of these guys and other early ballplayers, and some birthdate and place info (usually just year and state). I've gotten some of this information from census data--this only includes people whose identities I'm pretty sure of. Some of the rest was picked up various other places, including a book by Peter Nash called "Baseball Legends of Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetary," where a lot of the earliest ballplayers are buried.

Daniel Lucius “Doc” or “Dock” Adams (b. November 1, 1814, New Hampshire)
William W. Armfield (b. 1823, England)
William V. Bab**** (b. 1824, New Jersey)
Henry Balcolm (b. 1824, New York)
Folkert Rapelye Boerum (b. 1829, New York) (“Folkert,” not “Polkert”)
Henry Brandon (b. 1822, New York)
Peter R. Chadwick (b. 1833, New York)
Charles C. “Charley” Commerford (b. 1834, New York)
Reuben H. Cudlipp (b. 1822, New York)
Duncan F. Curry (b. 1812, New York)
Thomas S. Dakin (b. 1831, New York)
James Whyte Davis (b. March 2, 1826)
Augustus J. “Gus” Dayton (b. 1824, New York)
Charles Schuyler DeBost (b. August 5, 1826, New York)
Andrew J. Dupignac (b. 1830, New York)
Ebenezer R. Dupignac (b. 1821, New York)
John Durkee
James M. Gray (b. 1826, England)
Marvin E. Gelston
John Grum (b. 1838, New York)
Samuel H. Kissam (b. 1830, New York)
John F. Law Jr. (b. 1829, New York)
Nathaniel B. Law (b. 1817, New York)
Joseph B. Leggett (b. 1828, New York)
Seamen Lichtenstein (b. June 22, 1825) – usually listed as “Seaman.” His first name was really spelled “Seamen,” for some reason.
Henry Manolt (b. 1829, New York)
John W. Mott (b. 1822, New York)
Fraley Niebuhr (b. 1820, New York)
John B. Oliver (b. October 8, 1838, New York)
Joseph H. Oliver (b. November 25, 1840, New York)
Otto William Parisen (b. August 24, 1825, state unknown)
Francis “Frank” Pidgeon (b. 1825, New York)
Charles Place, Jr. (b. 1823, New York)
Henry D. Polhemus (b. November 2, 1828, New York)
Edward G. Saltzman (b. 1830, New York)
Anson B. Taylor (b. 1827, New York) appears as both “A.B.” and “H.B.” Taylor.
Henry B. Todd (b. 1822, New York)
George R. Tremper (b. 1825, New York)
James E. Vail (b. 1834, New York)
William F. Vail (b. 1818, New York)
Thomas Van Cott (b. 1833, New York)
Louis F. Wadsworth (b. 1825, Connecticut)
Norman M. Welling (b. 1833, New York)