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PREFACE 

"  For  enquire,  I  pray  thee,  of  the  former  age,  and  prepare  thyself  to  the 
search  of  thoir  fathers." — Job  viii.,  8. 

It  is  a  duty  not  to  be  lightly  considered,  to  preserve  from 
obscurity  and  oblivion  family  records ;  and  it  should  be  done 
before  the  memory  grows  dim  or  the  deaths  of  aged  relatives 
cause  details  to  be  lost.  The  value  of  family  records  is 
fully  realized  by  historians  in  preserving  pride  of  country 
and  promoting  patriotism,  and  all  the  States  are  now  making 
an  effort  to  print  at  public  expense,  because  of  their  public 
value,  family  records,  church  records,  graveyard  inscrip- 
tions, and  those  showing  the  services  of  citizens  to  the 
State. 

The  ancestors  mentioned  in  this  book  were,  without 
known  exception,  men  and  women  who  lived  honest,  diligent, 
Christian  hves,  and  it  fills  our  hearts  with  pride  when  we 
think  of  the  hardships  they  underwent  when  as  pioneers 
they  established  homesteads;  the  bravery  they  showed  in 
battles  with  the  Indians  and  in  the  Colonial  and  Revolu- 
tionary wars. 

Notwithstanding  the  Limited  opportunities  at  hand  they 
seem  to  have  surrounded  themselves  with  all  that  goes  to 
make  refinement  and  culture.  They  educated  their  chil- 
dren and  they  went  forth  into  the  world  to  do  their  share 
in  making  a  great  nation. 

The  families  recorded  in  this  book  were  of  gentle  birth, 
and  in  many  instances  they  were  of  the  nobility.  Bishop 
Warburton  is  reported  to  have  said  that  "high  birth  was  a 
thing  which  he  never  knew  any  one  to  disparage  except 


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those  who  had  it  not,  and  he  never  knew  any  one  make  a 
boast  of  it  who  had  anything  else  to  be  proud  of. " 

There  were  several  families  of  the  name  of  Beekman  or 
Beeckman  who  came  to  America  at  about  the  same  time  as 
Wilhelmus  Beekman,  the  ancestor  whose  descendants  this 
history  is  intended  to  envmierate. 

In  tracing  out  the  various  branches  of  the  family  it  is 
necessary  to  know  of  the  other  Beekmans  who  were  pioneers 
in  the  new  country  and  who  were  not  related,  as  far  as 
is  kno-5\-n,  to  Wilhelmus  Beekman.  They  were:  Jochim 
Beekman,  who  married  Margaret  Hendricks;  John  Beekman 
of  Saratoga  County,  N.  Y.;  Christopher  Beekman  and  John 
Beekman  of  Albany,  N.  Y.,  and  Hendrick  Beekman,  who  in 
1 710  lived  about  three  miles  above  Somerville,  N.  J.,  who 
married  Annetie  Ouackenbos  and  is  the  ancestor  of  the 
Beekmans  who  settled  along  the  Raritan  River  in  New- 
Jersey. 

In  order  that  there  may  be  less  confusion  in  distinguish- 
ing the  descendants  of  our  ancestor  William  Beekman  from 
those  of  Hendrick  Beekman  or  Beeckman,  some  of  the 
descendants  of  the  latter  are  here  given.     He  had  children: 

I.  Pieter  Beekman,  who  settled  near  Somerville,  N.  J., 
and  had  no  male  descendants. 

II.  Hendrick  Beekman,  bom  Jime  i,  1692;  died  March 
19,  1769,  at  the  age  of  77  years,  and  appears  never  to 
have  married,  for  in  his  will — made  in  1769 — he  devises 
and  bequeaths  all  his  property  to  the  children  of  his 
brother  Martin  Beekman  to  be  equally  divided  between 
them. 

III.  Martin  Beekman,  bom  in  1685;  died  October  27, 
1757;  married  Elizabeth  Waldron. 

Children : 

(i)     Elizabeth    Beekman,  bom  August  30,  1725;  died 
November  9,  18 10;  married  Francis  Bragin. 

(2)  Hendrick  Beekman,  bom    March  24,   1727;  died 
January  26,  1796;  married  Phoebe  Bloomfield. 

(3)  Samuel  Beekman,  bom  November  26,  1729,  died 
October     19,     1808;    married     Elizabeth    Waldron, 


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daughter   of   Samuel  Waldron.     She   died   April   7, 
1806.     ehildren: 

(a)  Captain  Samuel  Beekman,  bom  September  21, 
1767;  died  in  1 851.  He  lived  in  the  old  homestead 
of  his  grandfather  on  the  south  side  of  the  Raritan ; 
married  Helena  Ten  Broek,  daughter  of  Cornelius 
Ten  Broek  of  Harlingen,  N.  J. 

Children: 

1.  Cornelius  Ten  Broek  Beekman,  bom  in  Octo- 
ber, 1789,  resided  near  Harhngen,  N.  J. 

2.  Peter  T.  Beekman,  bom  April  21,  1796,  married 
Elizabeth  Carpenter  and  was  a  miller  on  the 
South  Branch  at  what  was  afterwards  called 
Cories  Mills,  N.  J. 

3.  Rev.  Jacob  T.  Beekman,  bom  April  10,  1801, 
a  minister  of  the  Reformed  Dutch  Church. 

4.  Abraham  T.  Beekman,  bom  July  15,  1803, 
married  Ehza  Vanderveer. 

5.  Elizabeth  Beekman,  bom  in  1788. 

6.  Margaret  Beekman,  bom  in  1792. 

7.  Cornelia  Beekman,  bom  in  1794,  married 
Nicholas  Veghte  and  lived  on  a  farm  near 
Griggstown,  N.  J. 

8.  Anna  Beekman,  bom  in  1798,  married  Abra- 
ham J.  Dumont. 

9.  Catharine  Beekman,  bom  November  25,  1805. 

(b)  Elizabeth  Beekman,  bom  July  8,  1768;  died 
November  11,  1791;  married  William  Baker. 

(c)  Comeha  Beekman,  bom  Febmary  24,  1770; 
died  January  24,  1853;  married  Benjamin  Martin, 
bom  May  14,  1773,  died  in  1844. 

(d)  Arma  Beekman,  bom  February  24,  1770;  died 
Febmary  26,  1846. 

(e)  John  Beekman. 

(4)  Annatie  Beekman,  bom  January  28,  1734;  died 
September  5,  1795;  married  John  Waldron,  who  died 
September  10,  1795. 

(5)  Johannes  Beekman. 


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The  Beekman  family  is  undoubtedly  one  of  the  most 
distinguished  families  of  America,  because  Wilhelmus 
Beekman's  sons  and  their  descendants  held  high  civil  and 
military  positions  of  honor  and  responsibility  as  well  as 
those  requiring  learning  and  literary  attainment,  and  they  as 
well  as  his  daughters  married  into  the  most  distinguished 
families  of  America. 

The  families  of  Wilhelmus  Beekman  the  founder  of  the 
Beekman  family  who  came  to  America  in  1647  and  of  Jan 
Thomasse  Van  Dyke  who  came  to  America  five  years  later 
were  very  well  acquainted  and  their  sons  and  daughters 
were  good  friends.  The  Beekman  estates  at  Flatbush,  Long 
Island,  were  not  far  distant  from  the  Van  Dyke  estates  at 
New  Utrecht,  and  again  the  estates  of  the  Beekmans  living  on 
or  near  the  Millstone  River,  New  Jersey,  were  near  to  the 
estates  of  the  Van  Dykes. 

The  Van  Dyke  family  frequently  intermarried  into  the 
Beekman  family  and  although  smaller  in  the  number  of 
descendants  must  be  considered  with  the  Beekman  family 
as  among  the  distinguished  founders  of  America. 

The  author  has  tried  to  include  in  this  family  history  all 
the  descendants  and  their  children  of  whom  he  had  a  record, 
but  in  many  cases  he  could  not  ascertain  the  name  of  some 
person  and  had  to  leave  it  out. 

"Great  families  of  yesterday  we  show  and  Lords  whose 
parents  were  the  Lord  knows  who"  (Daniel  de  Foe  in 
The  True-Born  Englishman). 

W.  B.  A. 


CONTENTS 

Preface      ...... 

THE  BEEK.MAN  FAMILY 
I.— The  Beekjian  F.\mily 
II. — Hexdrick  BeEK-MAN 
III.— Colonel  Gerardus  Beekman 
IV. — Jouannes  Beekman 
V. — The  Beekman  Cemetery 

THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY 
VI.— Jan  Thomasse  Van  Dyke,  the  Founder 


VII. — Thomas  Janse  Van  Dyke;  Derrick  Van  Dyke 
and  Carel  Van  Dyke         .... 


VIII.— Captain  Jan  Janse  Van  Dyke 
IX. — Jan  Van  Dyke 


X. — Achias  Van  Dyke,  Peter  Van  Dyke,  Lambert 
Van  Dyke,  Hendrick  J.\nse  Van  Dyke, 
Antje  Janse  Van  Dyke,  Angenietje  Van 
Dyke,  and  Tryntje  Janse  Van  Dyke         .     2: 

Index       .         .         .         .         .         .         .         .2- 


ILLUSTRATIONS 

PACE 

Beek-Man  Arms         ....     Colored  Frontispiece 

Arms  of  the  Families  of  Aitken,  Avery,  Bennett, 
Bull,  Ch.vmbers,  Colfax,  Coote,  De  Peyster, 
Delafield,  Delanoy,  Fish,  Griswold,  Houghton, 
Hoffman,  Livingston,  Morris,  Radcliffe, 
Stuyvesant,  Van  Cortlandt,  Van  Dyke,  Van 
Rensselaer,  .\nd  Verplanck         .         .       Title  Page 

Beekman  House  at  Rhinebeck,  1664         ...  5 

Livingston  Manor  House  at  Clermont     ...  9 

STu-i'VEs.\NT  House  on  the  Bowery    .         .         .         .11 

Cotton  Mather  Smith  House  at  Sh.\ron,  Conn.        .  27 

Montr.\th  House  of  Sir  Charles  Coote  ...  33 

Coach  of  Col.  Ger-\rdus  Beekman    ....  53 

Map  of  the  Millstone  .\nd  Harlingen  Districts,  N.  J.  55 

Veghte  Mansion  at  New  Utrecht,  1699  ...  57 

Beekman  Homestead  on  the  Millstone,  N.  J.           .  68 

John  Aitken  Residence,  Hudson  St.,  N.  Y.,  1815      .  74 

Schuyler  Colfax  Homestead,  Pompton,  N.  J.  .         .  79 

Lord  Sterling  or  Barcalo  House,  Basking  Ridge,  N.  J.  87 


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PAGE 

Van  Rensselaer  M.\nor  House,  1663         .         .         .117 

Beekman   Mansion,  51ST  St.  and  East  River,  N.  Y.     119 

Van  Dyke  House,  New  Utrecht,  1673 

Van  Dyke  Homestead  near  Princeton,  N.  J. 

Van  Dyke  Homestead  at  Harlingen,  N.  J. 

Hall  in  Van  Dyke  Homestead 

Col.  John  Van  Dyke's  Chair  and  Silver 

Abner  Houghton  Homestead,  Mt.  Rose,  N.  J. 


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Distinguished  Families  in  America 

Descended  from  Wilhelmus  Beekman  and 
Jan  Thomasse  Van  Dyke 


The  Beekman  Family 


CHAPTER  I 

THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

The  ancestors  of  Wilhelmus  Beekman  who  came  to 
America  in  1647  were  residents  of  the  country  of  the  Rhine, 
and  a  branch  of  the  family  were  Barons  of  Belgium. 

Cornelius  Beekman  was  a  wealthy  burgher  of  Cologne, 
who  dwelt  on  the  Rhine  in  Germany.  He  was  of  a  family 
distinguished  since  the  year  1200,  both  in  Germany  and  the 
Netherlands,  by  titles  and  militan,-  honors  conferred  for 
courage  and  diplomatic  ability.  He  married  Christiana 
Huygens  of  Cologne,  who  died  December  4,  1606.  They 
had  two  sons: 

I.     Engelbert  Beekman,  married  Elizabeth  de  Beyer. 

n.  Gerard  Beekman,  born  at  Cologne,  May  17,  1558; 
died  at  Emmerich,  January  31,  1625;  married  Agnes 
Stunning,  at  Cleves,  who  was  bom  January  13,  1557,  and 
died  at  Mulheim,  March  10,  1614. 

Rev.  Gerard  Beekman,  son  of  Cornelius  Beekman,  was  a 
distinguished  theologian  and  his  services  in  translating  the 
Bible  were  rewarded  by  King  James  I.  of  England.  He 
lived  most  of  his  life  at  Cologne  on  the  Rhine.  The  Beek- 
mans  were  steadfast  Protestants  from  the  time  that  Martin 
Luther  in  1521  protested  against  the  corruptions  of  the 
Church  of  Rome. 

It  is  of  interest  to  note  here  that  the  Beekmans  have 


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always  been  large  landowners,  and  their  preference  has 
always  laeen  for  a  water  view  from  their  home  estates, 
whether  it  was  on  the  Rhine ;  on  the  Hudson  or  East  Rivers 
of  New  York;  or  the  Raritan  or  Millstone  Rivers  of  New 
Jersey.  When  the  Princess  of  Portugal  visited  Holland 
in  the  seventeenth  century  the  Dutch  government  received 
the  permission  of  the  Beekman  family  then  residing  at 
Nijmegen  to  hold  the  reception  in  her  honor  at  their  house. 

The  name  Beekman  is  from  "beck,"  the  Dutch  for 
"mouth,"  the  English  "beak,"  or  it  maybe  an  abbrevia- 
tion of  "bekken,"  the  Dutch  word  for  basin.  According  to 
Putnam's  Historic  New  York,  "Beekman  or  the  man  of  the 
brook;  this  interpretation  of  the  name  was  recognized  by 
King  James  I.  of  England  when  he  granted  to  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Beekman,  grandfather  of  William,  as  a  coat  of  arms, 
a  rivulet  nuining  between  roses. "  The  crest  is  three  feathers 
on  a  helmet  of  steel  represented  in  profile.  The  motto  is: 
Mens  conscia  Recti. 

This  coat  of  arms  was  used  by  the  grandson  WUhelmus 
Beekman  in  his  correspondence  with  Governor  Stuyvesant. 

The  children  of  Gerard  Beekman  and  Agnes  Stxanning 
his  wife  were: 

I.     Harmon  Beekman,  died  in  1654. 

n.     Rev.  John  Beekman,  died  September  13,  1635. 

HI.     Catharine  Beekman,  died  in  1624. 

IV.  Margaretta    Beekman,    married    the    Rev.    N.    N. 
Cnoetz. 

V.  Hendrick  Beekman,  bom  at  Cologne,  September  14, 
1585,  died  at  Wezel,  December  2,  1642. 

Hendrick  Beekman,  son  of  Gerard,  was  Secretary  of  the 
city  of  Hasselden,  Overyssel,  and  in  1629  he  was  appointed 
by  the  States- General  Superintendent  of  the  Magazines  in 
the  cities  of  Hasselt  and  Wezel.  He  was  married  three 
times.  He  married  first,  Gertr\'d  (Gertrude)  Gomensbach 
on  April  15,  1613.  She  died  September  10,  1619.  They  had 
four  children.  His  third  wife  was  Alida  Ottenbeek.  born 
at  Cologne,  December  8,  1605,  who  had  no  children.  He 
married    his    second   wife,    Mary    Baudertius,   at   Zutphen, 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  3 

Guelderland,  January  24,  1621.  She  was  the  daughter  of 
the  Rev.  William  Baudertius  of  the  Reformed  Church  at 
Zutphen,  bom  1600,  died  September  17,  1630,  at  Berge. 
They  had  seven  children: 

I.  Rev.  Gerard  Beekman,  born  February  20,  1622; 
died  1678.  He  married  Joanna  Plautius  and  lived 
at  Grofhuyssen  and  Avenhoom  in  North  Holland. 

II.  Martin  Beekman,  bom  at  Hasselt,  Overyssel, 
August  25,  1624.     He  married  Maria  de  Bois. 

III.  John  Beekman,  bom  at  Hasselt,  November  26, 
1625,  died  January  15,  1684,  married  first  Alida 
BrcnJu'er;  second  Catharine  Van  Rysoort. 

IV.  Andrew  Beekman.  died  unmarried  in  1663. 

V.  Alida  Beekman,  married  Leonard  Winnix. 

VI.  Maria  Beekman,  married,  first,  W.  Harris,  second, 
N.  N.  Sas. 

VII.  Wilhelmus  or  William  Beekman,  son  of  Hendrick 
Beekman,  bom  at  Hasselt,  Overyssel,  April  28,  1623; 
died  September  21,  1707.  He  lived  at  a  time  when 
Etuope  was  engaged  in  religious  wars  and  Protestants 
had  begun  to  seek  refuge  from  persecution.  He  was 
the  founder  of  the  Beekman  family  in  America. 

He  came  to  New  Amsterdam,  now  New  York,  from  Hol- 
land in  the  same  vessel,  the  ship  Princess,  on  May  27,  1647, 
with  Director- General,  afterwards  Governor  Peter  Stuyve- 
sant.  Accompanying  them  were  a  number  of  poor  persons 
of  good  family  who  came  from  the  Rhine  and  made  settle- 
ments on  the  Hudson  River.  They  became,  afterwards, 
firm  supporters  of  their  leader  and  benefactor,  William 
Beekman. 

He  was  from  early  youth  interested  in  religious  matters 
and  at  the  age  of  twenty-one  was  an  officer  in  the  Re- 
formed Church  in  the  Netherlands,  which  had  then  become 
the  most  advanced  nation  in  the  world  in  learning  and 
thought.  He  had  a  good  education  and  a  splendid  home 
training  which  enabled  him  at  once  to  take  a  position  in 
the  best  society  of  New  Amsterdam.  It  is  said  that  he 
brought  some  wealth  with  him  and  that  his  personal  charm 


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of  manner  and  friendship  with  Stuyvesant  seciired  him 
many  advantages  as  well  as  a  prominent  position  as  treasurer 
of  the  Dutch  West  India  Company.  At  any  rate  he  soon 
cut  out  the  suitors  for  the  hand  of  Catalina  de  Boogh,  a 
belle  in  the  society  of  New  Amsterdam  and  the  daughter 
of  the  wealthy  Hendricks  de  Boogh  of  Albany,  N.  Y.,  and 
on  September  5,  1649,  within  two  years  after  his  arrival 
in  the  coimtry,  they  were  married.  He  was  the  ancestor 
of  the  well-known  Beekman  family  prominent  in  the  history 
of  New  York  and  New  Jersey  and  his  name  is  perpetuated  in 
the  names  of  William  Street  and  Beekman  Street,  New  York 
City,  which  latter  became  legally  a  street  in  1 734.  From  the 
first  he  was  identified  with  affairs  of  state  and  the  govern- 
ment of  the  new  city.  In  1652  he  purchased  from  Jacob 
Corlaer  a  farm  known  as  Corlaer's  Hook  where  he  lived  with 
his  bride  and  was  fully  launched  into  the  dehghtful  society 
of  the  Dutch  city,  which  then  contained  those  men  and 
women  of  culture  and  earnest  endeavor  who  built  up  a  nation 
and  to  whom  so  many  of  us  are  proud  to  trace  back  our 
ancestry. 

A  general  meeting  of  the  Director- General  and  Council  of 
New  Netherlands  was  held  with  the  Burgomasters  and  Sche- 
pens  (magistrates)  on  the  13th  of  March,  1653,  at  which  it 
was  decreed  that  breastworks  or  a  wall  should  be  built  to 
protect  the  city  and  that  the  cost  should  be  levied  against 
the  estates.  Peter  WoLfersen  Van  Couwenhoven  and 
Wilhelmus  Beeckman  were  chosen  Commissioners  and 
authorized  to  offer  proposals,  invite  bids,  and  make  the 
contract  for  the  construction  of  the  work.  It  was  completed 
in  May,  1653,  and  extended  along  the  present  WaU  Street, 
skirting  De  Heere  Gracht,  an  inlet  of  the  bay,  where  Broad 
Street  now  is.  At  the  East  River  end,  at  Pearl  Street, 
was  a  fort  called  Water  Poort,  and  at  the  Broadway  end  was 
another  called  the  Landt  Poort.  In  the  same  year  William 
Beekman  was  appointed  one  of  the  five  Schepens  of  New 
Amsterdam.  He  served  between  1652  and  1658  as  Lieuten- 
ant of  the  Burgher  Corps  of  New  Amsterdam  and  then  in 
1658  he  received,  through  the  influence  of  the  Dutch  West 


fe.r.     ' 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  5 

India  Company,  the  appointment  of  Vice- Director  or 
Governor  of  the  colony  of  Swedes  on  the  Delaware  or  South 
River,  where  he  resided  until  1663,  and  then  moved  to 
Esopus,  now  Kingston,  N.  Y.,  to  assume  the  duties  of  his 
new  appointment  as  Schout  (Sheriff)  and  Commissary  at 
that  place.  He  took  the  oath  of  allegiance  to  Charles  II., 
on  October  18,  1664.  His  jurisdiction  as  Commissary  at 
Esopus  and  its  dependencies  extended  from  the  KatskiU, 
where  that  of  Fort  George  terminated,  to  the  Dans  Kamer, 
a  few  miles  above  the  Highlands,  which  was  the  northern 
limit  of  the  jurisdiction  of  Fort  Amsterdam.  His  home  at 
Esopus  was  the  scene  of  many  memorable  gatherings  of 
distinguished  men.  He  entertained  there  Governors  Cart- 
wright,  Nichols,  and  Lovelace.  According  to  Broadhead's 
Histor\-  he  resided  there  until  1672.  In  1670  he  purchased 
from  Thomas  Hall  property  along  the  East  River,  now 
Pearl  Street  and  bounded  by  Nassau  Street  on  the  west. 
The  southerly  boundary  of  the  farm  was  where  Fulton  Street 
now  is  and  the  northerly  boundary  was  Beekman's  Swamp, 
then  called  the  Kripple  Bush.  According  to  Valentine's 
History  of  New  York,  Beekman's  Swamp  was  sold  in  1734 
to  Jacobus  Roosevelt  for  two  hundred  pounds  by  the  cor- 
poration. 

The  Beekman  homestead  in  New  Amsterdam  was  built 
near  the  present  comer  of  Pearl  and  Beekman  Streets  by 
William  Beekman  in  1670. 

William  Beekman  was  Lieutenant  in  the  militia  in  1673 
and  Deputy  Mayor  of  New  York  from  16S1  to  1683.  At 
about  this  time  he  purchased  a  large  tract  of  land  on  the 
Hudson  from  Indians  and  built  on  it  a  stone  house  and 
called  the  estate  "Rhinebeck."  He  was  Alderman  of  the 
east  ward  in  169 1.  He  occupied  the  Beekman  homestead 
on  the  estate  ptu-chased  from  Thomas  Hall  until  his  death 
on  September  21,  1707,  at  the  age  of  eighty-five  years. 

In  his  will  he  left  this  last  admonition  to  his  children: 

"My  desire  is  that  no  discord  may  arise  in  the  division 
of  the  estate  which  the  Lord  in  his  mercy  hath  lent  me. 
The  same  advice  that  Joseph  gave  to  his  brethren  I  leave 


6  THE  BEEKMA  N  FA  MIL  Y 

among  you  all,  and  that  is  that  you  fall  not  by  the  way, 
whilst  you-live  in  this  world, — so  that  ye  be  kindly  affec- 
tionate one  to  the  other;  that  what  by  God's  blessing  I 
have  advanced,  I  have  endeavoured  and  laboured  to  gain 
it  honestly,  so  would  I  have  you  to  do,  and  to  keep  faith 
and  a  good  conscience  always;  for  a  good  name  is  better 
than  riches  and  honours. " 

Wilhelmus  Beekman  and  Catharine   De  Boogh  his  wife 
had  children: 

I.  Maria  Beekman,  baptized  June  26,  1650;  married 
May  5,  1672,  Nicholas  William  Stuyvesant,  bom  in 
1648;  died  in  1695;  son  of  Governor  Peter  Stujrvesant. 
They  had  a  daughter  Judith  Stm^csant,  who  died  in 
1694,  unmarried.  After  the  death  of  his  wife  Maria 
Beekman,  Nicholas  W.  Stu>'vesant  married  Elizabeth 
Van  Slichtenhorst. 


CHAPTER  II 


HENDRICK  BEEKMAN" 


II.  Hendrick  or  Henr>-  Beekman,  first  son  of  Wilhelmus 
Beekman,  baptized  March  9,  1652;  died  in  1 716;  married 
on  June  5,  1681,  Johanna  Lopers,  baptized  October  30, 
1650,  widow  of  Joris  Davidson  and  daughter  of  Captain 
Luyt  Lopers  of  Stockholm.  Jerome  B.  Holgate  in 
American  Genealogy  states  that  Hendrick  Beekman's 
wife  was  Joanna  de  Loper  of  Boston,  daughter  of  a 
Dutch  Admiral.  The  Governor  and  Council  on  Janu- 
ary 25,  1684,  appointed  him  Justice  of  the  Peace  of 
Ulster  County.  He  was  a  member  of  the  first  Assem- 
bly under  authority  of  the  British  King  which  met  in 
New  York  City  on  April  9,  1691,  the  delegates  from 
Ulster  and  Dutchess  Counties  being  Henry  Beekman 
and  Thomas  Carton.  Hendrick  Beekman  and  Johanna 
Lopers  his  wife  had  children: 
Ila.     William  Beekman,  who  died  in  Holland  at  the 

age  of  eighteen  years. 
lib.  Catr\-ntie,  or  Catharine  Beekman,  bom  Septem- 
ber 16,  1683,  died  in  1745,  leaving  no  children:  she 
married  first  Cornelius  E.ween,  second  on  December 
12,  1712,  Johannes,  or  John  Rutsen,  Captain  of 
Dragoons  of  Ulster  County,  baptized  at  Kingston, 
N.  Y.,  August  24,  1690,  son  of  Rutger  Jacobse 
Rutsen.  She  married  third  Albert  Pawling. 
Ilr.  Cornelia  Beekman,  bom  in  1696,  married  Gil- 
bert Livingston,  son  of  Robert  Livingston,  who  was 
bom  in  Ancram  in  Teviotdale,  Roxbunrhshire,  Scot- 


8  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

land,  and  came  to  America  about  1674;  he  died  in 
172S. 
The  Rev.  John  Livingston,  father  of  Robert  Livingston 
the  founder  of  the  distinguished  Livingston  family  in  Amer- 
ica, was,  according  to  Charles  Haven  Hunt  in  his  Life  of 
Edward  Livingston,  the  son  of  the  Rev.  William  Livingston 
and  grandson  of  the  Rev.  Alexander  Livingston,  and  great- 
grandson  of  John  Livingston,  slain  in  the  battle  of  Pinkie 
field  in  1547,  who  was  the  son  of  the  fifth  Lord  Livingston, 
descended  from  Sir  Alexander  Livingston,  of  Scotland  in 

1437- 

The  seventh  Lord  Livingston  was  created,  in  1600,  Earl 
of  Linlithgow,  a  title  which  descended  to  the  fifth  Earl, 
who  in  1 713  was  made  a  peer  of  the  United  Kingdom. 
Two  years  later,  the  latter  joined  the  Earl  of  Mar  and  the 
cause  of  the  first  Pretender.  He  lost  his  earldom  in  con- 
sequence and  it  has  not  been  restored  to  his  descendants. 

Robert  Livingston  married  the  widow  of  the  Rev.  Nicholas 
Van  Rensselaer,  Alida  Schuyler,  daughter  of  Philip  Schuyler. 

In  1685  he  purchased  from  the  Indians  a  large  tract  of 
land,  below  what  is  now  Hudson,  N.  Y.,  of  about  160,000 
acres,  extending  along  the  eastern  shore  of  the  Hudson 
River  for  about  twelve  miles.  The  purchases  were  con- 
firmed by  Governor  Dongan  on  July  22,  1686,  and  by  royal 
charter  of  George  I.  in  171 5.  He  became  known  as  first 
Lord  of  Livingston  Manor.  His  descendants  were  dis- 
tinguished in  the  history  of  America  and  as  there  were  many 
intermarriages  with  members  of  the  Beekman  family,  his 
children  are  for  convenience  stated  here: — 

(a)  Colonel  John  Livingston,  bom  May  26,  1680; 
died  about  1720,  was  twice  married  but  had  no 
children.  He  is  seldom  mentioned  in  histories  of 
the  Livingston  family  although  he  was  a  distinguished 
man  and  a  brave  soldier.  He  fought  in  the  Indian 
and  Canadian  wars.  He  married  first  Marv-  Win- 
throp  and  lived  near  New  London,  Conn.,  and  after 
her  death   he  married   Elizabeth    Knight. 

(b)  Philip    Livingston,    bom    in    16S6;    died    in    1749, 


THE  BEEKMA  N  FA  MIL  Y  9 

married    Catharine    Van    Brugh.     He    inherited    the 

Livingston  ^lanor  and  was  known  as  its  second  Lord. 

Their  children  were: 

(i)  Robert  Livingston,  bom  in  1 7 10;  died  in  1790; 
who  was  the  third  and  last  Lord  of  the  Manor  and 
who  by  his  will,  contrary  to  the  probable  intent  of 
his  grandfather,  divided  the  manor  estate  fairly 
among    his   children. 

(2)  Philip  Livingston,  bom  in  1716,  was  a  dis- 
tinguished merchant  of  New  York  City.  He 
married  Christiana  Ten  Broeck.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Provincial  Congress  of  1776  and  one  of  the 
signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence.  He 
lived  in  a  spacious  house  on  the  Hudson  near  Red 
Hook,  near  the  residence  of  his  relative,  Robert 
Gilbert  Livingston,  Jr.  His  daughter,  Sarah  Liv- 
ingston and  her  husband,  the  Rev.  Dr.  John  Henry 
Livingston,  also  had  their  home  there.  Near  them 
lived  the  Rev.  Dr.  John  Rutgers  of  the  Brick 
Church,  New  York  City.  Mrs.  Lamb  in  her 
History  of  New  York  City  states  that  when  General 
Burgoyne  was  devastating  the  river  counties  Dr. 
Rutgers  was  roused  by  a  German  he  hardly  knew 
and  warned  to  immediately  remove  the  household 
goods  he  had  stored  in  a  small  building  on  the 
river  bank.  He  did  so  and  -n-ith  the  Livingstons 
escaped  to  Sharon,   Conn. 

(3)  William  Livingston,  bom  in  1723,  was  a  la-svyer 
and  statesman.  He  was  Governor  of  New  Jersey 
from  1776  until  his  death  in  1790.  One  of  his  sons 
was  Brockholst  Livingston,  Justice  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  New  York  and  Judge  of  the  Supreme  Coiut 
of  the  United  States. 

(c)  Robert  Livingston,  born  in  1688;  died  in  1775;  third 
son  of  Robert  Livingston,  the  founder:  received  from  his 
father  the  manor  of  Clermont  containing  about  13,000 
acres.  He  married  }vLargaret  Howerden  and  their  only 
child,  Robert  R.  Livingston,  married  T'.Iargaret  Beekman 


10  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

(d)     Gilbert  Livingston,  fourth  son  of  the  founder,  born 

in  1690,  received  from  his  father  a  large  tract  of  land 

in  Saratoga,  N.  Y.     He  married  Cornelia  Beekman. 

Robert   Livingston,    nephew   of   Robert    Livingsto      first 

Lord  of  the  Manor,  came  to  America  in  1696.     He  married 

Margaretta  Schuyler,  daughter  of  Pieter  Schuyler  and  niece 

of  Alida  Schuyler,  wife  of  his  uncle.     Their  daughter  Janet 

Livingston  married  Colonel  Henry  Beekman. 

lie.  Cornelia  Beekman,  daughter  of  Henr>-  Beekman 
and  granddaughter  of  Wilhelmus  Beekman,  was  bom  in 
1696.  She  was  the  sister  of  Colonel  Henr}^  Beekman  who 
married  Janet  Livingston.  She  married  Gilbert  Robert 
Livingston,  son  of  Colonel  Robert  Livingston,  bom  in  An- 
cram,  Scotland,  December  13,  1654;  the  son  of  Rev.  John 
Livingston,  1 603-1 672,  who  was  educated  at  Glasgow 
University,  Scotland,  and  was  Hcensed  to  preach  in  January, 
1625.  He  was  banished  for  nonconformity  at  the  time  of 
the  Restoration  in  1660  and  emigrated  to  Rotterdam, 
Holland. 

Colonel  Robert  Livingston  was  the  first  Lord  of  the  Manor 
of  Livingston  and  a  member  of  the  Provincial  Council  of 
New  York.  He  married  Alida,  widow  of  the  Rev.  Nicholas 
Van  Rensselaer  and  daughter  of  Colonel  Peter  Schuyler, 
1 657-1 724,  the  commander  of  the  fort  at  Albany  in  1689; 
member  of  the  King's  Council  from  1692  to  1720,  and  acting 
Governor  of  the  Province  in  1709,  and  Margaret  Van  SHch- 
tenhorst  his  wife,  daughter  of  Brant  Arentse  Van  Slichten- 
horst.  Director  and  Chief  Magistrate  of  the  colony  of 
Rensselaerwyck. 

Gilbert  Robert  Livingston  and  Cornelia  Beekman  his 
wife  had  children : 

I.  Margaret  Livingston,  bom  June,  173S,  married  Petrus 
Stuyvesant,  bom  1727;  died  August  31,  1S05;  son  of 
Gerardus  Stuyvesant  and  Judith  Bayard,  his  wife, 
daughter  of  Balthazar  Bayard  and  Maria  Loockermans ; 
and  grandson  of  Nicholas  William  Stuyvesant,  the  son 
of  Governor  Petrus  Stuyvesant  and  Elizabeth  Van 
Slichtenhorst  his  wife,  daughter  of  Brant  Van  Slichten- 


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horst  the  commander  of  the  fort  and  Director  of  the 
colony  of  Rensselaerwyck,  who  was  the  second  wife 
of  Nicholas  William  Stuyvesant,  he  having  been  first 
married  to  Maria  Beekman,  daughter  of  Lieutenant 
Wilhelmus  Beekman.  Petrus  Stu>-\'esant  and  Margaret 
Livingston  his  wife  had  children: 

(i)  Judith  Stuyvesant,  bom  December  25,  1765;  died 
March  7,  1S44;  married  January  19,  1785,  Benjamin 
Winthrop,  great-grandson  of  Governor  John  Winthrop 
of  Massachusetts. 

(2)  Cornelia  Stuyvesant,  married  Dirck  Ten  Broeck  of 
Albany,  N.  Y. 

(3)  Nicholas  William  Stuyvesant,  who  died  March 
I,  1S33:  married  January  31,  1795,  Catharine  Living- 
ston Reade  and  had  children  : 

A.  Peter  Stuyvesant,   married  November  8,   1828, 
Julia  Martin  and  had  children: 

(a)  Julia  Helen  Stu>-\-esant,  married  on  May  8, 
1862,  Rudolph  C.  WinterhofT.  They  had  a 
daughter,  Julia  Winterhoff. 

(b)  Catharine  S.  Stuyvesant,  married  on  Feb- 
ruary 4,  1863,  Edward  M.  Neil.     Children: 

Anna  de  Lancey  Neil,  married  Walter  Nor- 
man Eldridge. 
Catharine  L.  Neil. 

(c)  Van  Rensselaer  Stuyvesant. 

(d)  Rosalie  Stu>^esant,  married  on  December  7, 
1867,  Arestede  Pillot.     Son,  Stuyvesant  Pillot. 

(e)  Gertrude  Stuyvesant,  married  on  December 
17,  1873,  Raymond  P.  Rogers,  U.S.  N.  Daugh- 
ter, Julia  Rogers. 

B.  Nicholas  William  Stuyvesant,  married  Catharine 
Augusta  Cheeseborough  and  had  children: 

(a)  Nicholas  Stuyvesant,  died  in  1875. 

(b)  Henry  Stuwesant,  married,  first,  Caroline 
Hoppock,  second  Kate  H.  Sproulls. 

(c)  Carolina  Auguste  Stuyvesant,  married  on 
April  18,  1S53,  Benjamin  A.  Onderdonk. 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

(d)  Margaret  L.  Stujrvesant,  married  on  April 
25,  1861,  J.  Howard  Wainwright,  and  had 
children : 

i.     Howard     Wainwright,     married     Catharine 

Esther  Walker, 
ii.     Stuyvesant    Wainwright,   married    Carohne 

Snowden. 
iii.     J.  Mayhew  Wainwright,  married  Laura  W. 

Buchanan,  daughter  of  James  A.  Buchanan, 
iv.     Richard  T.  Wainwright,  married  AHce   T. 

Crawford,  daughter  of  David  Crawford. 

(e)  Robert  Stuyvesant,  married  October  8,  1857, 
Fanny  J.  Gibson,  daughter  of  James  R.  Gibson. 

C.  John  Reade  Stuyvesant,  son  of  Nicholas  William 
Stuyvesant,  married  first,  Catharine  Ackerly;  mar- 
ried second,  Mary  Austin  Yates,  who  died  January 
13,  1889.     Children: 

(a)  Helen  Mary  Hooker  Stuyvesant,  married  May 
23,  1867,  Robert  Sanford. 

(b)  Catharine  L.  Stuyvesant,  died  May  24,  1S91 ; 
married  April  9,  1874,  Francis  R.  Butler. 

(c)  John  Reade  Stuyvesant,  Jr.,  bom  March  10, 
1850;  died  June  25,  1904;  married  Elizabeth 
Ten  Eyck  Burr  Kendall. 

(d)  Anna  Elizabeth  Stuyvesant. 

D.  Gerard  Stuyvesant,  fourth  son  of  Nicholas  W. 
Stuyvesant,  bom  March  4,  1806;  died  January 
18,  1859;  married  November  24,  1836,  Susan 
Rivington  Van  Home,  daughter  of  Augustus  Van 
Home,  and  had  children: 

(a)     Robert  Reade  Stuyvesant,   bom    1838;  died 
in    1906;    married    Anna    Schuchardt    and    had 
children: 
(i)     Gerard  Stuyvesant,  bom  December  4,  1859, 

married  Mildred  N.  Ford, 
(ii)     Frederic  S.  Stuyvesant,  bom  January   iS, 

1 86 1,  married  Cornelia  V.  Bergen, 
(iii)     A.  Van  Home  Stuyvesant,  died  young. 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  13 

(iv)     Robert  G.  Stuyvesant,  died  young. 
(b)     Augustus    Van    Home    Stu^'vesant,    married 
Harriet  Le  R.  Steward  and  had  children: 
(i)     Catharine  E.  S.  Stuyvesant. 
(ii)     A.  Van  Home  Stuyvesant. 
(iiij     x\nne  W.  Stuyvesant. 

E.  Robert  Reade  Stuyvesant,  married  Margaret 
Augusta  Middleberger. 

F.  Joseph  Reade  Stuyvesant,  married  Jane  A. 
Browning  and  had  a  son,  Nicholas  Stuyvesant, 
who  died  immarried. 

G.  Catharine  Ann  Stuyvesant,  married  June  8,  1826, 
John  M.  Catlin,  and  had  children: 

(a)  Lynde  Catlin,  married  Susan  Ross. 

(b)  Nicholas  William  Stuyvesant  Catlin. 

(c)  Charles  M.  Catlin,  married  Kate  Montague. 

(d)  Catharine  L.  Catlin. 

(e)  Cora  Catlin. 

H.  Helen  C.  Stu}-vesant,  married  May  25,  1831, 
Henry  Dudley  and  had  children: 

(a)  Nicholas  W.  S.  Dudley. 

(b)  Henry  Dudley. 

I.  Margaret  Livingston  Stuwesant,  married  on 
February  i,  1835,  Robert  Van  Rensselaer,  son 
of  Jeremias  Van  Rensselaer  and  Sybil  Adeline 
Kane  his  wife.     They  had  no  children. 

(4)  Margaret  Stuyvesant,   daughter  of  Petrus  Stuy- 
vesant, died  in  1824.  unmarried. 

(5)  Elizabeth   Stuyvesant,    married  Colonel  Nicholas 
Fish  and  had  a  son: 

Governor  Hamilton  Fish  bom  in  New  York 
City  in  1S08,  died  in  1S93.  He  was  a  distinguished 
statesman,  member  of  Congress,  Governor  of  New 
York,  United  States  Senator,  and  Secretary 
of  State  during  the  administration  of  President 
Grant.  He  mamed  December  15,  1836,  Julia 
Kean,  daughter  of  Peter  Kean,  and  had  chil- 
dren : 


14  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

(a)  Sarah  Morris  Fish,  bom  Feb.  25,  1838,  who 
.     married  Sidney  Webster. 

(b)  Elizabeth  Stuyvesant  Fish,  bom  March  11, 
1839,  married  Frederick  S.  G.  d'Hauteville. 

(c)  Julia  Kean  Fish,  bom  May  2,  1841,  married 
Colonel  Samuel  Nicoll  Benjamin,  U.  S.  A. 
Children : 

(i)     William  M.  Benjamin. 

(ii)     Hamilton  Fish  Benjamin    riiarried  Emily 

Bacon, 
(iii)     Capt.  Julian  A.  Benjamin,  U.  S.  A. 

(d)  Susan  Leroy  Fish,  bom  August  31,  1844,  mar- 
ried William  E.  Rogers  of  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

(e)  Nicholas  Fish ,  bom  Febmary  19,1 846,  married 
Clemence  S.  Bryce  and  had  children: 

(i)     EHzabeth  Fish  married  R.  B.  Potter, 
(ii)     Hamilton  Fish,  Jr. 

(f)  Hon.  Hamilton  Fish,  Jr.,  bom  April  27,  1849, 
married  in  1880  Emily  M.  Mann. 

(g)  Stuyvesant  Fish,  bom  June  24,  1851 ;  married 
in  1876  Marion  Graves  Anthon;  children; 

(i)     Marion  Fish,  married  Albert  Z.  Gray, 
(ii)     Stuyvesant  Fish,  Jr.,  married  Mildred  Dick. 
(iii)     Sidney  Webster  Fish, 
(h)     Edith  Livingston  Fish,  bom  April  30,   1856, 
married  June  6,  1883,  Hon.  Hugh  Oliver  North- 
cote,  who  died  March  30,  1900,  fifth  son  of  the 
first  Earl  of  Iddesleigh;  children: 
(i)     Hugh  Hamilton  Northcote. 
(ii)     Cicely  Monica  Julia  Northcote. 
(6)     Peter    Gerard    Stuyvesant,    bom    in    1778;    died 
August  16,  1847;  had  a  large  farm  in  the  neighbor- 
hood of  the  Bowery  and  Eighth  Street  and  gave  part 
of  it  to  New  York  City  for  Stuyvesant  Park.     He 
married   first   Susan   Barclay;   second   Helen   Sarah 
Rutherford.     Not  having  any  children  he  was  de- 
sirous  that   his  large   estates   should   be   owned   by 
some  one  who  might  perpetuate  the  name  of  Stuy- 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  15 

vesant,  so  he  devised  and  bequeathed  most  of  his 
estate  to  Stuyvesant  Rutherford,  his  great-grand- 
nephew,  on  condition  that  he  change  his  name  to 
Rutherford  Stuyvesant,  which  he  did  with  the  sanc- 
tion of  an  act  of  the  Legislature  of  New  York. 

2.  Joanna  Livingston  married  General  Pierre  Van  Cort- 
landt.  Their  daughter,  Katherine  Van  Cortlandt,  mar- 
ried, January  7,  1776,  Abraham  Van  Wyck.  Son: 
Theodorus  Van  Wyck  married,  in  1800,  JMary  Howell 
Stretch.  Children:  (i)  Philip  Renssalaer  Van  Wyck. 
(2)  Abraham  Van  Wyck,  1S01-1853  ;  married,  June  6, 
1829,  Elizabeth  Searcy  Cantrell.  Children:  (i)  Sarah 
Van  Wyck,  born  1831,  married  Dr.  WilUam  B.  Ma- 
gruder.  Their  daughter  MilHcent  married  Frederick 
Almy.  They  have  children:  Frederick,  William,  Eliza- 
beth, and  Millicent.  (ii)  Juliet  W.  Van  Wyck,  bom 
1834,  married  Adna  Anderson.  Children:  i.  Sarah 
married  Admiral  John  C.  Fremont,  and  have  children: 
Lieut.  John  C.  Fremont,  Jesse  B.  Fremont,  and  Juliet 
W.  Fremont.  2.  Philip  V.  W.  Anderson.  3.  John  C. 
Anderson.  4.  Elizabeth  Anderson.  5.  Mary  Ander- 
son, (iii)  Philip  V.  R.  Van  Wyck,  born  1836,  married 
Salvadora  McLaughlin.  Children:  Philip  V.  R.,  T. 
McLaughlin,  PierreCWilliamP., Salvadora, and  Mary, 
(iv)  Mary  Van  Wyck,  born  1838,  married  Benjamin 
S.  Church.     Daughter:  Angelica  Schuyler  Church. 

3.  Ahda  Livingston  married.  Captain  Jacob  Rutsen.  on 
November  24,  1735.  Son:  Colonel  John  Rutsen,  1743- 
1773;  married  Phoebe  Carmen,  bom  March  2,  1747, 
died  November  23,  1819;  and  had  a  daughter:  Catharine 
Rutsen,  bom  September  18,  1768;  died  November,  1825; 
married  George  Suckley,  bom  December  5,  1765,  died 
Jime  6,  1846.  Their  son:  Thomas  H.  Suckley,  bom 
November  22,  1810,  died  Febraary  9,  1888,  married 
Katherine  Murray  Bowne  and  had  a  son :  Robert  Bowne 
Suckley,  bom  June  5,  1856,  of  Rhinebeck,  N.  Y.,  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  P.  Montgomery. 

4.  Catharine  Livingston,  married  Thomas  Thorn. 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

5.     Henry  Livingston,  bom  September  8,  17 14;  married 
Susan  Concklin,  daughter  of  John  Concklin.     He  died 
February  10,  1799.     They  had  children: 
(i)     Catharine  Livingston. 

(2)  Johanna  Livingston,  bom  in  1753;  married  Paul 
Schenck. 

(3)  Susan  Livingston,  bom  in  1755;  married  Gerardus 
Duyckinck,  son  of  Gerardus  Duyckinck  and  Ann 
Rapalje,  daughter  of  Joris  Rapalje  and  Middag 
Rapalje;  Joris  was  the  son  of  John  Rapalje,  the  son 
of  Joris  Janse  de  Rapalje. 

(4)  Alida  Livingston,  married  Melancthon  Lloyd 
Woolsey. 

(5)  Comelia  Livingston,  married  Myndant  Van  Kleeck. 

(6)  Helen  Livingston,  married  Judge  Jonas  Piatt,  son  of 
Zephaniah  Piatt  of  Plattsburgh,  N.  Y. 

(7)  Gilbert  Livingston,  married  Catharine  Crannel. 

(8)  Rev.  John  H.  Livingston,  D.D.,  bom  May  30, 
1746,  married  Sarah  Livingston,  daughter  of  Philip 
Livingston,  bom  January  15,  1716,  and  Christiana 
Ten  Broeck,  daughter  of  Richard  Ten  Broeck  of 
Albany.  He  graduated  from  Yale  in  1762  and 
then  studied  theology  at  the  University  of  Utrecht, 
Holland,  and  was  ordained  by  the  classis  of  Am- 
sterdam, Holland.  He  became  minister  of  the 
Reformed  Dutch  Church  in  New  York  City  and 
President  of  Queen's  College,  afterwards  called  Rut- 
gers College,  at  New  Briuiswick,  N.  J.,  and  was  the 
first  President  of  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the 
Reformed  Dutch  Church.  They  had  one  child,  a 
son.  Col.  Henry  Alexander  Livingston,  bom  August 
26,  1776,  who  married  Elizabeth  Beekman,  daughter 
of  James  Beekman  and  Sarah  Lefferts;  son  of  John 
Beekman  and  Elizabeth  Ellsworth,  daughter  of 
Theophilus  Ellsworth;  son  of  Jacobus  Beekman  and 
Elizabeth  de  Peyster;  son  of  Col.  Gerardus  Beekman. 
They  had  children: 

(a)     Sarah  Livingston,  married  Rev.  Brogan  Hoffe. 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  17 

(b)  John  A.  Livingston,  married  Louisa  Bradford. 

(c)  Abraham  H.  Livingston, marriedAnnaT. Greene. 

(d)  Louisa  M.  Livingston,  married  Edward  K. 
James,  of  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 

(e)  Russell  Livingston,  married  Louisa  B.  Finlay. 
After  the  death  of  his  first  wife,  Elizabeth  Beekman, 

Colonel  Henry  Alexander  Livingston  married  Frederika 
Charlotte  Sayers,  of  Bath,  England,  bom  December  14, 
1797,  died  April  14.  1870.  and  had  children: 

(f)  Frederika  C.  Livingston. 

(g)  Christiana  T.  B.  Livingston. 
(h)     Cornelia  B.  Livingston. 

(i)  Jane  Murray  Livingston,  married  Robert  Ral- 
ston Crosby,  bom  December  3,  1S15,  died  June 
25,  1S92,  son  of  WiUiam  Bedlow  Crosby,  bom 
February  7,  1786,  died  March  18,  1865,  and 
Harriet  Ash  ton  Clarkson ;  son  of  Ebenezer  Crosby 
and  Catharine  Bedlow,  his  wife,  who  was  the 
daughter  of  William  Bedlow  and  Catherine 
Rutgers,  his  wife,  the  daughter  of  Hendrick 
Rutgers,  17 12-1779,  and  Catherine  de  Peyster, 
his  wife,  the  daughter  of  Johannes  de  Peyster, 
1666-1719. 

Robert  Ralston  Crosby  and  Jane  Livingston 
his  wife   had  two  sons: 
Edward  H.  Crosby. 
Livingston  Crosby, 
(j)     Henrietta  U.  Livingston, 
(k)    Henry  PhiHp  Livingston. 
(1)     Augustus  L.  Livingston. 
(9)     Henry  Livingston,  son  of  Henry  Livingston,  mar- 
ried, first,  Sarah  Wells,  daughter  of  Rev.  Benjamin 
Wells,  and  had  children: 

(a)  Henry  W.  Livingston,  died  unmarried. 

(b)  Catharine  Livingston,   married  Arthur  Breese. 

(c)  Cornelia  Livingston,  died  unmarried. 

Henry  Livingston  married,  second,  Jane  Patterson 
and  had  children: 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

(d)  Charles  Livingston,  married  Catharine  Brewer. 

(e)  Sidney  Livingston,  married  Joannah  Holthuysen. 

(f)  Edwin  Livingston. 

(g)  Jane  Livingston,  married  Rev.  William  Thomas. 

(h)  Eliza  Livingston,  married  Judge  Smith  Thomp- 
son, of  the  United  States  Supreme  Court,  after  the 
death  of  his  first  wife  Sarah,  daughter  of  Gilbert 
Livingston,  bom  in  1742,  and  Catharine  Crandell, 
his  wife. 

(i)     Helen  Livingston. 

(j)  Susan  Livingston,  died  November  7,  1889;  mar- 
ried in  January,  1846,  Abram  GifFord  Gumey. 
They  had  a  daughter,  Jennie  Gumey,  residing  at 
Summit,  N.  J. 

(10)  Robert  H.  Livingston,  bom  October  25,  1760; 
married  Catharine  Tappan,  daughter  of  Dr.  Peter 
Voss  Crannel  Tappan  of  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. ; 
children : 

(a)  Ehza  Livingston,  married  George  Boyd. 

(b)  Susan  Livingston,  died  unmarried. 

(c)  George  H.  Livingston. 

(11)  Beekman  Livingston,  married  on  December  II, 
1762,  Catharine  Marsh  and  had  children: 

(a)  Susan  Livingston,  married  Dr.  Thomas  Good- 
sell  of  Utica,  N.  Y. 

(b)  Maria  Livingston,  married  Hon.  John  Watts 
Cady. 

(c)  Cornelia  Livingston,  married,  first  Joseph  P. 
Rossiter,  second Purdy. 

(d)  John  Livingston. 

(e)  Robert  Livingston. 

(f)  Henry  Livingston,  married  Hannah  Huett. 

(g)  William  Livingston. 

John  Livingston,  son  of  Guilbert  R.  Livingston;  died 
unmarried. 
Philip  Livingston,  died  unmarried. 
William  Livingston,  died  immarried. 
Samuel  Livingston,  died  unmarried. 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  19 

10.  Cornelius  Livingston,  died  unmarried. 

11.  Gilbert  Livingston,  died  unmarried. 

12.  Lieut.  Gilbert  Livingston,  married  Joy  Dorrell  and 
had  children: 

(1)  Dorrell  Livingston. 

(2)  Gilbert  Livingston. 

13.  James  Livingston,  married  Judith  Newcomb. 

14.  Robert  Livingston,  married  Catherine  McPhaedus, 
daughter  of  John  McPhaedus  (also  spelled  AlcPhaedres 
and  MacPheadris)  and  had  children: 

L     Helen  Livingston,  married  Samuel  Hake,  Commis- 
sary-General of  the   British    army  in  America  and 
claimant  to  the  title  of  Lord  Hake.     They  had  a 
daughter,  Helen   Hake,   who  married  Frederick   de 
Peyster,  the  son  of  James  Abraham  de  Peyster,  bom 
in  New  York  City  in  1758.     They  had  children: 
A.     James  Ferguson  de  Peyster,  eldest  son,  bom  in 
New  York  City,  Febmary,   1794;  died  June   13, 
1874;  married,  first,  Susan  Maria  Clarkson,  daugh- 
ter of  Matthew   Clarkson,  and  had  one  child,  a 
daughter : 

(i)  Susan  ]\Iaria  de  Peyster,  married  in  1856, 
Robert  Edward  Livingston,  of  Clermont,  son  of 
Edward  P.  Livingston,  and  had  children: 

a.  Catharine  Goodhue  Livingston. 

b.  Robert  R.  Livingston. 

c.  Edward  de  Peyster  Livingston. 

d.  Goodhue  Livingston. 

Captain  James   Ferguson   de    Peyster    married 

on  February  4,  1838,  after  the  death  of  his  wife, 

Susan,  second,  Frances  Goodhue  Ashton,  daughter 

of  WilHam  Ashton,  and  had  children : 

(2)     General  Frederick  J.  de  Peyster,  eldest  son  of 

James  Ferguson  de  Peyster.  and  his  second  wife, 

Frances  Goodhue  Ashton,  was  bom  Febmarv-  5, 

1839,  and  died  May  11,1905.    He  graduated  from 

the  College  of  the  City  of  New  York  in  1S60  and 

from  Columbia  College  Law  School  in  1S62  and 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

was  admitted  to  the  New  York  Bar.  He  was 
deeply  interested  in  historic  and  patriotic  sub- 
jects and  was  for  many  years  President  of  the 
Society  of  Colonial  Wars.  He  married  on 
October  lo,  1871,  Augusta  McE.  Morris,  daugh- 
ter of  William  H.  Morris  and  Ella  Birkhead,  his 
wife.     Children : 

Helen  Van  Cortlandt  de  Peyster,  bom  Sep- 
tember 12,  1872. 
.     Frederick  Ashton  de  Peyster,  bom  October 

29,  1874- 
iii.     Frances  Goodhue  de  Peyster,  bom  June  6, 

1876. 
Lv.     Augusta  Morris  de  Peyster,  bom  June  25, 

1877. 
V.     Ella  Morris  de  Peyster,  bom  July  7,  1881, 

married   December   14,    1905,  William  Brock 

Shoemaker.     He  died  June  21,  1906. 

(3)  J.  Ashton  de  Peyster,  bom  August  9,  1840; 
died  May  26,  1878. 

(4)  Francis  Goodhue  de  Peyster,  bom  April  27, 
1842;  died  1864. 

(5)  Walton  de  Peyster,  bom   1846;  died  young. 

(6)  Helen  Hake  de  Peyster,  died  young. 

B.  Robert  G.  L.  de  Peyster,  bom  in  1795;  died  with- 
out issue. 

C.  Frederick  de  Peyster,  third  son  of  Frederick  de 
Peyster  and  Helen  Hake  his  wife,  bom  November 
II,  1796.  Graduated  from  Colimabia  College  in 
18 16,  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  and  was  appointed 
a  Master  in  Chancery.  He  was  the  author  of 
many  works  on  historical  subjects.  He  married 
in  New  York  City  on  May  15,  1820,  first,  Mary 
Justina  Watts,  youngest  child  of  Hon.  John  Watts, 
Jr.,  and  Jane  de  Lancey,  his  wife,  who  was  the 
daughter  of  Peter  de  Lancey,  1 705-1770,— second 
son  of  Stephen  de  Lancey  and  Ann  Van  Cortlandt, 
who  had  a  large  estate  at  West  Farms  on  the  Bron.K 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  21 

River,  N.  Y.,  —  and  Elizabeth  Colden,  his  wife, 
daughter  of  Governor  Cadwallader  Colden.  After 
her  death  on  June  28,  1821,  he  married,  on  Novem- 
ber 14,  1839,  second,  Mrs.  Maria  Antoinette  (Kane) 
Hone,  daughter  of  John  Kane  of  New  York  City. 

Frederick  de  Peyster  and    Mary  J.   Watts  his 
wife  had  one  child: 

General  John  Watts  de  Peyster,  bom  March  9, 
1 82 1,  at  the  Watts  Mansion  on  Bowling  Green, 
New  York  City.  On  January  i,  1855,  he  was 
appointed  General  of  the  New  York  Militia  and 
became  a  writer  on  military  subjects.  He  died 
March  4,  1907.  He  married  Estelle  Living- 
ston, daughter  of  John  S.  Livingston  and  Maria 
Thompson  his  wife;  children: 

(a)  John  Watts  de  Peyster,  Jr.,  bom  December 
2,  1841.  Lieut.  Colonel  in  the  Civil  War,  died 
unmarried. 

(b)  Col.  Frederick  de  Peyster,  died  unthout 
issue. 

(c)  Col.  Johnston  L.  de  Peyster,  married  Annie 
Toler. 

(d)  Estelle  EHzabeth  de  Peyster. 

(e)  Maria  de  Peyster,  died  young. 

D.  Abraham  de  Peyster,  fourth  son  of  Frederick 
de  Peyster  and  Helen  Hake  his  wife,  bom  in  179S: 
died  unmarried. 

E.  Samuel  Hake  de  Peyster,  died  young. 
Frederick  de  Peyster,  after  the  death  of  his  wife,  Helen 

Hake,  married  Ann  Beekman,  daughter  of  Gerard  G.  Beek- 
man  and  Cornelia  Van  Cortlandt,  his  wife,  daughter 
of  Lieut.  Govemor  Pierre  Van  Cortlandt,  and  had  chil- 
dren: 

F.  Joanna  Comelia  de  Peyster,  bom  March  7,  1804, 
died  in  1867,  married  Richard  Whitemarsh  of 
Rhode  Island  and  had  children : 

(i)     Man.-    de    Peyster    Whitemarsh,    married 
Thomas  Streatfield  Clarkson. 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

(2)     William    Richmond    Whitemarsh,    married 
Minnie  H.  Wallace  and  had  a  son: 
Wallace  Richmond  'WTiitemarsh. 

G.  Ann  Frederica  de  Peyster,  bom  June  7,  1805, 
died  unmarried. 

H.  Margaret  de  Peyster,  born  July  9,  1806,  died 
unmarried. 

I.  Mary  EHzabeth  de  Peyster,  bom  April  14,  1809, 
died  unmarried. 

J.  Pierre  Van  Cortlandt  de  Peyster,  bom  July  11, 
18 14,  died  April  i,  1854,  unmarried. 

K.  Catharine  Van  Cortlandt  de  Peyster,  born 
October  20,  1818,  married  in  New  York  on  June 
19,  1838,  Benjamin  Hazard  Field,  son  of  Hazard 
Field  of  Yorktown,  Westchester  County,  New  York, 
a  descendant  of  Robert  Field  of  Flushing,  Long 
Island,  bom  in  1764,  died  in  1845,  and  a  descend- 
ant from  Hubertus  de  la  Field  who  came  to  England 
with  WiUiam  the  Conqueror.  Their  descendants 
are  stated  later. 

II.  Catharine  Livingston,  married  John  Reade. 

III.  Robert  Gilbert  Livingston,  married  Margaret 
Hude,  daughter  of  Hon.  James  Hude,  and  had  chil- 
dren: 

(a)  Catharine  Livingston,  married,  first,  M.  Bris- 
sac;  second,  Claudius  G.  Massonneau. 

(b)  Helen  Livingston,  married  Jeremiah  Tronson. 

(c)  Comeha  Livingston,  married  John  Crooke. 

(d)  Margaret  Livingston,  married  Augustus  C.  Van 
Home. 

(e)  Robert  Gilbert  Livingston,  married  Martha  de 
Riemer. 

(f)  Henry  G.  Livingston,  married  Catharine  Cooper- 
nail. 

IV.  Captain  Gilbert  Robert  Livingston,  grandson  of 
Comeha  Beekman,  married  on  September  30,  1779, 
Martha  Kane,  bom  March  21,  1758.  died  April  17, 
1843,  daughter  of  John  Kane  or  O'Kane,   bom  in 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  23 

County  Antrim,  Ireland.  He  was  next  heir  but  one 
to  Shane's  Castle,  estate  of  Lord  O'Neil.  The  Kane 
family  was  known  in  Ireland  as  O'Cahane  or  O'Cahan. 
Dr.  Petrie  says  it  was  a  princely  family,  second  only 
to  the  house  of  O'Neil.  The  American  family  is 
descended  from  Sir  Donal  O'Kane,  who  married 
Lady  Una  O'Neil,  the  second  daughter  of  the  famous 
General  Hugh  O'Neil,  Earl  of  Tyrone,  and  Judith 
O'Donnell  his  wife,  daughter  of  Manus  O'Donnell, 
Lord  of  Tyrconnell.  General  O'Neil  after  the  siege 
of  Kinsale  in  1603  was  defeated  and  escaped  to  Rome. 
In  a  later  chapter  is  an  account  of  the  services  of  Sir 
Charles  Coote,  ancestor  of  the  Coote  family  of 
America,  who  was  honored  by  the  King  for  his 
services  in  wars  against  the  O'Neils  of  Tyrone.  John 
Kane,  bom  December  12,  1734,  was  the  son  of 
Bernard  O'Kane  and  grandson  of  Evanue  O'Kane. 
He  came  to  America  in  1752.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  New  York,  Provincial  Congress  in  1775  and  1776. 
He  died  at  the  residence  of  his  son-in-law  Gilbert  R. 
Livingston  at  Red  Hook,  N.  Y.,  March  15,  1808. 
He  married  in  1756  Sybil  Kent,  daughter  of  Rev. 
EHsha  Kent,  the  Pastor  of  "Kent's  Parish"  in  Dutchess 
and  Putnam  Counties,  and  Abigail  Moss,  his  wife, 
and  a  descendant  of  Thomas  Kent,  a  settler  of 
Gloucester,  Mass.,  in  1644.  She  was  a  sister  of 
Mar>'  Kent,  who  married  Malcolm  Morrison,  and 
of  Sarah  Kent  who  married  Major  Alexander  Grant 
of  the  British  army,  and  sister  of  Moss  Kent,  the 
father  of  Hon.  James  Kent,  the  Chancellor  and  author 
of  Ke?tt's  Commentaries. 

Captain  Gilbert  R.  Livingston  was  Captain  in 
the  British  army  in  the  Revolutionary'  War  in 
Arnold's  American  Legion.     Children: 

1.  Robert  Livingston,  who  died  young. 

2.  John  McP.  Kane  Livingston,  died  young. 

3.  James    Kane    Livingston    of    Rochester,    N.  Y., 
married  Charlotte  Landon  and  had  children: 


24 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

(a)     Charlotte  Livingston,  married  John  Ruther- 
-     ford,   eldest  son  of  Robert  Walter  Rutherford 
and  Sabina  Morris,  his  wife,  bom  July  21,  1810, 
and  had  children: 
(i)     John  Rutherford,  died  young, 
(ii)     Helen  Rutherford, 
(iii)     Livingston   Rutherford,    bom   August   24, 

1 861,  graduated  from  Princeton  in  1882. 
(iv)     Arthur  Elhot  Rutherford, 
(v)     Morris    Rutherford,    married   January    15, 

1 89 1,  Sara  Christie  and  had  children: 

1.  Morris  Rutherford,  bom  April  18,   1894. 

2.  John  Rutherford,  bom  June  29,  1895. 
Rev.  Robert   Gilbert  Livingston,  married  Eliza- 
beth T.  Burrell,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  Burrell  of 
Hartford,  Conn.     Children: 

(i)  Catharine  Livingston,  married  Sidney  E. 
Morse,  brother  of  Professor  Samuel  F.  B.  Morse 
and  son  of  Rev.  Jedediah  Morse,  the  geographer, 
and  Ehzabeth  Ann  Breese,  his  u-ife,  a  descendant 
of  Anthony  Morse,  bom  May  9,  1606,  at  Marl- 
boro, Wiltshire,  England,  who  came  to  America 
in  1635.  He  was  the  brother  of  Robert  Morse  of 
Elizabethtown,  N.  J.,  who  was  the  ancestor  of 
the  Morss  branch  of  the  Brevoort  family, 
(ii)  Robert  D.  Livingston,  married  Mary  D. 
Armour.     Their  daughter: 

Katharine  Beekman  Livingston  married  on  Sep- 
tember 16,  1876,  Montgomery  Schuyler,  Sr., 
of  New  York,  son  of  Rev.  Anthony  Schuyler, 
D.D.,  and  Eleanor  Johnson,  his  wife.    Children : 

(a)  Montgomery  Schuyler,  Jr.,  bom  Septem- 
ber 2,  1877,  Secretary  to  the  American  Em- 
bassy at  St.  Petersburg  and  Consul  General 
to  Siam  and  to  Japan.  He  married  August 
22,  1906,  Edith  Lawyer,  daughter  of  Dr. 
W.  P.  Lawyer. 

(b)  Robert  Livingston  Schuyler. 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  25 

(c)     Isabella    Livingston    Schuyler,    married 
-  Rev.  Joseph  Alden  and  had  a  son,  William 
Alden,  the  joumaHst. 
(iii)     Rev.  Gilbert    R.    Livingston,  married    Juha 
Raymond  and  had  children: 

1.  Julia  R.  Livingston. 

2.  Gilbert  R.  Livingston,  married  November  2, 
1898,  Annie  Lorraine  Wheeler,  daughter  of 
Hon.   Everett  P.  Wheeler. 

.  Martha  Livingston,  married  David  Codwise,  a 
Master  in  Chancery  in  the  city  of  New  York,  who 
died  in  1864  at  the  age  of  eighty -four  years.  She 
and  her  sisters  Mrs.  William  Mather  Smith  and 
Mrs.  Henry  Beekman  were  said  to  be  "beauties" 
and  were  called  the  "Three  Graces." 

.  Susan  Montgomery  Livingston,  married  John 
Constable  and  had  children: 

(i)     David   C.    Constable,  who  married  and  had 
sons: 

1.  Augustus  Constable. 

2.  John  V.  R.  Constable, 
(ii)     John  Constable. 

(iii)     Gilbert  Constable. 

(iv)     William    B.    Constable,    married    Susan    M. 
Arnold  and  had  a  daughter, 
(a)     Anna  Constable,  married  Dr.  James  Augus- 
tus Washington. 
.     Catharine  Livingston,  married  Henry  Beeckman 
a  descendant  of  Martin  Beeckman,  the  son  of  Hen- 
drick  Beeckman  who  came  from  Hamelward  in  the 
Duchy  of  Bremen,  and  was  not  related,  as  far  as 
is  known,  to  the  family  of  Wilhelmus  Beekman. 
The  children  of  this  union  are  descendants  of  two 
distinct  Beekman  famiHes  of  America.     Children: 
(i)     Gilbert  Livingston  Beeckman,  married  Mar- 
garet Foster.     Their  daughter: 
Catharine  Beeckman,  married  Louis  Lorrilard. 
(2)     Helen  Beeckman,  married  William  P.  Lyman. 


26  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

(3)  Margaret  Beeckman,  married  Campbell  Stew- 
-    ard. 

(4)  Martha  Beeckman. 

(5)  R.    Livingston   Beeckman,    married   Eleanor 
N.  Thomas,  daughter  of  General  Samuel  Thomas. 

(6)  John  Beeckman. 

(7)  Henry  Beeckman,  married  Madeline  Town- 
send.     Child:     Henry  Beeckman. 

(8)  Helen    Beeckman,    married    John    Graham. 
Children: 

a.  Helen  Graham,  married  N.  K.  Fairbanks. 

b.  Beeckman  Graham. 

c.  Wallace  Graham. 

8.     Helen  Livingston,  daughter  of  Gilbert  R.  Living- 
ston and  Martha  Kane,  his  wife,  bom  in   1786; 
died  in  1S68;  married  William  Mather  Smith,  born 
in  1786,  died  in  1864,  the  only  child  of  Hon.  John 
Cotton  Smith,  Governor  of  Connecticut,  bom  in 
1764,  died  in   1845,   and   Margaret   Evertson  his 
wife,  daughter  of  Jacob  Evertson,  1 734-1 S07,  who 
was  a  member  of  the  New  York  Provincial  Con- 
gress  in   1775   and   1776;   and   grandson  of  Rev. 
Cotton  Mather  Smith. 
The  Rev.  Cotton  Mather  Smith  of  Sharon,  Connecticut, 
born  October  25,   1730,  died  November  27,   1806,  was  or- 
dained pastor  of  the  church  there  on  August  23,  1755.     He 
graduated  from  Yale  College  in  175 1.     He  married  Temper- 
ance Worthington,  the  daughter  of  the  Rev.  William  Worth- 
ington,  pastor  of  the  church  at  Saybrook,  Connecticut,  bora 
April  8,  1732,  died  June  26,  1800,  at  Albany,  N.  Y.,  at  the 
house  of  her  son-in-law  Hon.  Jacob  Radcliffe,  one  of  the 
justices  of  the  Supreme  Court,  on  her  return  from  a  visit 
at  Saratoga  Springs. 

The  Rev.  Cotton  Mather  Smith  was  the  son  of  Samuel 
Smith  and  Jemsha  Mather  his  wife,  daughter  of  Atherton 
Mather,  1 663-1 704,  the  cousin  of  Cotton  Mather,  and 
Rebecca  Stroughton  his  wife;  grandson  of  Timothy  Mather, 
the  brother  of  Increase  Mather,  and  Catharine  Atherton, 


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his  wife;  grandson  of  Icabod  Smith  (i 670-1 692)  and  Mary 
Huxley,  his  wife-;  great-grandson  of  Samuel  Smith  of  Hadley, 
Mass.,  Mary  Ensign,  his  wife,  daughter  of  James  Ensign  of 
Hartford,  Conn.;  and  great-great-grandson  of  the  Rev. 
Henry  Smith,  who  came  to  America  in  1637  and  settled  in 
Wethersfield  in  1639  and  died  in  1648.  The  Rev.  Cotton 
Mather  Smith  was  pastor  of  the  church  at  Sharon,  Conn., 
for  over  fifty  years.     Children : 

I.     Thomas  Smith,  bom  July  2,  1763;  died  at  the  age  of 

nineteen. 
n.  Elizabeth  Smith,  bom  June  29,  1759,  married  Dr. 
Lemuel  Wheeler  of  Red  Hook,  N.  Y.,  who  was  a  surgeon 
on  the  staff  of  General  George  Washington  in  the  Revo- 
lutionary War.  They  had  a  daughter  who  married 
John  Davenport,  son  of  Hon.  John  Davenport  and 
grandson  of  Hon.  Abraham  Davenport,  of  Stamford, 
Conn.,  one  of  the  Councillors  of  the  Colony  and  after- 
wards of  the  State  of  Connecticut  and  Chief  Justice. 
He  was  familiarly  knowm  as  "Dark  Day  Davenport" 
because  of  May  19,  1780,  which  was  long  remembered 
as  a  remarkably  dark  day  and  it  was  thought  that  the 
Judgment  Day  had  come.  The  House  of  Representa- 
tives adjourned.  When  Colonel  Davenport  was  asked 
to  adjourn  the  Council,  he  said,  "The  Day  of  Judg- 
ment is  either  approaching  or  it  is  not.  If  it  is,  I 
choose  to  be  found  doing  my  duty.  I  wish,  therefore, 
that  candles  may  be  brought." 
in.  Mary  Smith,  bom  February  16,  1769,  married  on 
July  3.  1793,  Rev.  Daniel  Smith  of  Stamford,  Conn., 
also  a  descendant  of  the  Rev.  Henry  Smith  who  came 
to  America  in  1637.  He  graduated  from  Yale  College 
in  1 79 1  and  was  ordained  pastor  of  the  church  at  Stam- 
ford, Conn.,  in  1793.  He  died  in  1S46.  They  had 
children : 

(i)  Rev.  Thomas  Mather  Smith,  D.D.,  President  of  the 
Theological  Seminary  at  Gambler,  Ohio.  He  m,arried 
Mary  Greenleaf  Woods,  daughter  of  Dr.  Leonard 
Woods  of  Andover,  Mass.,  and  had  children: 


28  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

1.  Mary    Smith,     married     Putnam     Richardson. 
-  Children: 

(a)  Leonard  Wood  Richardson. 

(b)  Anne  Richardson,  married  Arthur  Bennett. 

(c)  Perry  Richardson. 

2.  Sarah  Smith,  married  Rt.  Rev.  William  Stevens 
Perry,  Bishop  of  Iowa. 

3.  Rev.  John  Cotton  Smith,  D.D.,  bom  in  1826, 
who  was  until  his  death  in  1882  Rector  of  the 
Church  of  the  Ascension  in  New  York  City.  He 
married  Harriette  Appleton,  of  Ipswich,  Mass. 
Children : 

(a)  Rev.  Roland  Cotton  Smith,  D.D.,  married 
Margaret  Otis  of  Boston,  Mass.     Children: 

(i)     John  Cotton  Smith. 

(ii)     Margaret  Sigoumey  Smith. 

(b)  Mary  Greenleaf  Smith,  died  aged  twelve  years. 

(c)  EHen  Appleton  Smith,  married  Chalmers  Wood, 
a  distinguished  lawyer  of  New  York  City.  Their 
children  are  stated  later. 

(d)  Harriette  Appleton  Smith,  married  Joseph  F. 
Woods. 

(e)  Annie  Osgood  Sn:iith,  married  Bayard  Tucker- 
man,  the  editor  of  The  Diary  of  Philip  Hone 
and  author  of  other  historical  works.  Children : 
(i)     Elizabeth     Wolcott    Tuckerman,     married 

William  M.  Elkins.     Children: 

a.  William  Elkins. 

b.  Elizabeth  Wolcott  Elkins. 

c.  George  W.  Elkins,  3rd. 

(ii)     May    Appleton    Tuckerman,    married    G. 
Hermann  Kinnicutt.     Children: 

a.  Francis  P.  Kinnicutt,  3rd. 

b.  Dorothy  May  Kinnicutt. 
(iii)     Bayard  Tuckerman,  Jr. 

(iv)     Joan  Cotton  Tuckerman,  married  Evans 
Rogers  Dick,  Jr. 

(f)  Fuller  Appleton  Smith. 


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(g)     Julia  Smith,  married  George  B.  Post,  Jr.,  of 
New-York. 
(2)     Julia   Smith,   a   daughter,   married    Dr.   Milo   L. 
North  of  Hartford,  Conn.     Children: 

(a)  Thomas  M.  North,  married  Mary  Wayland. 

(b)  Edward  P.  North,  married  Kate  L.  Wescott. 

IV.  Juliana  Smith,  bom  February  12,  1761,  died  June 
25,  1S23,  married  Hon.  Jacob  Radcliffe.  Their  descend- 
ants are  stated  later. 

V.  Lucretia  Smith,  bom  January  20,  1767,  died  in  1773. 

VI.  Governor  John  Cotton  Smith,  bom  February  12, 
1765,  married  in  1786,  Margaret  Evertson  of  Amenia, 
N.  Y.,  daughter  of  Hon.  Jacob  Everston,  a  member  of 
the  New  York  Provincial  Congress  in  1776,  w-ho  was 
a  descendant  of  Captain  Evertson,  grandson  of  Lieuten- 
ant Admiral  Jan  Evertson  of  Holland.  They  had  one 
child: 

William  Mather  Smith,  bom  in  1787,  died  in  1864, 
married  Helen  Livingston,  bom  in  17S6,  died  in 
1 868,  daughter  of  Gilbert  Robert  Livingston  and 
Martha  Kane  his  wife,  and  granddaughter  of  Cornelia 
Beekman,  who  was  the  granddaughter  of  Wilhelmus 
Beekman  the  Founder.     They  had  children: 

(a)  John  Cotton  Smith. 

(b)  Rev.  Gilbert  Li\'ingston  Smith. 

(c)  Robert  Worthington  Smith,  who  married 
Gertrude  L' Estrange  B olden,  granddaughter  of 
Lieut.  Daniel  L'Estrange,  of  Orleans,  France,  and 
Charlotte  Le  Mestre  his  wife,  who  escaped  from 
France  at  the  time  of  the  Huguenot  persecution, 
and  settled  at  New  Rochelle,  N.  Y.  They  had 
children: 

(i)     Gilbert  Livingston  Smith  of  Sharon,  Conn. 
(ii)     Helen  Evertson  Smith. 
(iii)     William  Mather  Smith. 

(iv)     Gertrude    Bolden    Smith,     married    Robert 
Chnton  Geer  of  New  York  City. 
The  descendants  of  Robert  Worthington  Smith  own  the 


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handsome  colonial  mansion  at  Sharon,  Conn.,  which  was 
made  famous  in  the  Revolutionary  War  by  the  patriotism 
of  their  gieat-great-grandfather  the  Rev.  Cot':on  Mather 
Smith,  Chaplain  of  the  Fourth  Connecticut  Continental 
Regiment,  who  was  bom  in  Saffield  in  1730  and  died  in 
Sharon,  Conn.,  in  1S06,  and  who  married  in  1757  Temperance 
Worthington,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  WilHam  Worthington 
(1695-1756)  of  Saybrook,  Conn.,  and  Temperance  Gallup 
or  Gallop,  his  wife,  bom  May  25,  1701,  of  Stonington, 
Conn.,  and  granddaughter  of  Sir  Wilham  Worthington, 
first  of  Colchester,  Conn.,  and  then  of  Hartford,  and  great- 
granddaughter  of  Sir  Nicholas  Worthington,  who  was 
wounded  in  the  Cromwellian  war,  lost  his  estate  by  confisca- 
tion, and  came  to  America. 

For  the  particulars  of  the  Sharon  branch  of  the  family  the 
author  is  indebted  to  his  dear  cousin  through  ComeHa  Beek- 
man,  Helen  Evertson  Smith  of  the  Smith  homestead  at 
Sharon,  Conn.,  the  author  of  Colonial  Days  and  Ways,  Led 
by  a  Vision,  For  her  Kin(^'s  Sake,  and  other  interesting 
stories  telling  in  a  most  dehghtful  way  of  the  lives  of  her 
distinguished  ancestors.  They  are  described  on  page  36  in 
the  ancestry  of  Maria  Spencer  Coote. 

IV.  JuHana  Smith,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Cotton  Mather 
Smith  and  Temperance  Worthington,  his  wife,  and 
sister  of  Governor  John  Cotton  Smith,  married  Hon. 
Jacob  Radclifie,  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
State  of  New  York  and  Mayor  of  New  York  City,  1810- 
181 1  and  1815-1818.  They  had  a  summer  home  on  the 
Hudson  near  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.,  called  "Chestnut 
Hill."  The  RadcHffe  family  had  some  very  distin- 
guished sons.  General  William  RadcUfie,  a  brother  of 
Justice  Jacob  RadcHffe,  was  an  officer  in  the  Revolu- 
tionary army,  another  brother  was  Judge  Peter  W. 
RadcHffe  of  the  Kings  County  Court.,  and  his  sister 
Clara  RadcHffe  married  Colonel  John  Van  Heusen 
Huyck  whose  daughter  JuHa  Clarissa  Huyck  married 
Austin  Baldwin.  Their  son.  RadcHffe  Baldwin,  mar- 
ried   Anna    Von    Kienbusch,    daughter    of    Otto    von 


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31 


Kienbusch;  son  of  Herman;  son  of  the  distinguished 
Baron  Frederick  Kretzmar  Von  Kienbusch. 
The  Radcliffe  family  is  descended  from  Richard  de  Rad- 
clyffe  of  Radclyffe  Tower,  and  from  the  Radclyffes  of  Fox- 
denton  Hall,  Lancashire,  England.  According  to  Burke 
the  family  of  Radcliffe  took  the  name  from  the  v-illage  of 
Radcliffe  near  Bur\-,  Lancashire,  named  from  a  cliff  of  red 
rock  on  the  east  side  of  the  Irwell.  A  branch  of  the  family 
were  Earls  of  Derwentwater. 

Burke  states  that  at  the  time  King  Richard  I.  gave  a 
charter  to  the  Priory  of  Burscough  the  name  Henry  de 
Radcliffe  appears  among  the  witnesses.  The  family  is 
entitled  to  arms:  "arg.  two  bends  engr.  sa.  a  label  of  three 
points  gu. "  Crest:  "a  bull's  head  erased  sable  ducally 
gorged  and  chained  az.  " 

Hon.  Jacob   Radcliffe   and   Juliana   Smith   his  wife 
had  children : 

I.     Maria  Radcliffe,  married  Lewis  Tracy  Tillman  of 
Troy,  N.  Y.    They  had  children: 
(i)     Walter  P.  Tillman,  married,  first,  Mary  Church; 

second,  Ellen  A.  Freeman.     No  children, 
(ii)     Lewis  Tillman,  died  young, 
(iii)     Maria  Davis  Tillman,  married  Richard  P.  Hart 
of  Troy,  N.  Y.,  and  had  children: 

(a)  Amelia  Howard  Hart,  died  unmarried. 

(b)  Richard  P.  Hart,  married  Ella  V.  Kirk- 
man. 

(c)  Walter  Tillman  Hart,  married  Rebecca  Motte 
Mitchell,  daughter  of  the  famous  author  Donald 
G.  Mitchell,  known  as  "  Ik  Marvel."  They  reside 
at  "Edgewood,"  New  Haven,  Conn.     Children: 

1.  Richard  Philip  Hart,  2nd. 

2.  Rebecca  Motte  Hart. 

3.  Maria  Tillman  Hart. 

4.  Walter  T.  Hart,  Jr. 

5.  Donald  Grant  Mitchell  Hart. 

(d)  George  Duncan  Carter  Hart. 

(e)  William  Howard  Hart. 


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(f)     Julia  Radcliffe  Hart,  married  Henry  Burden 
-     2nd.     They  reside  at  Cazenovia,  N.  Y. 
2.     Julia  Radcliffe,  married  Captain  John  S.  Spencer  of 
the  British  army,  who  retired  and  resided  in  Eliza- 
beth, New  Jersey.     Children: 

(i)     John  Cotton  Smith  Spencer,  who  married  Mary 
Hutchings  and  had  children: 

(a)  John  Hutchings  Spencer. 

(b)  Radcliffe  Spencer. 

(c)  Minnie  Knox  Spencer. 

(d)  Mary  Apthorp  Spencer. 

(e)  Roberta  Spencer. 

(ii)  Maria  Spencer,  married  Captain  Charles  William 
Maxwell  Coote  of  the  British  army. 
Captain  Charles  WiUiam  Maxwell  Coote,  who  married 
Maria  Spencer,  was  bom  February  29,  1844,  and  died  Sep- 
tember 24,  1910.  He  was  the  son  of  Major  Thomas  Coote, 
J.  P.  and  D.  L.,  an  officer  of  the  British  army  and  High  Sheriff 
in  1838.  His  residences  were  Brandrum  House  and  Raccon- 
nel  House.  Major  Thomas  Coote  married  Rebecca  Horatia 
Adams,  daughter  of  Captain  Charles  James  Adams,  Royal 
Navy,  and  Anne  Jane  Foster,  his  wife,  daughter  of  William 
Foster.  Captain  Charles  WilHam  Maxwell  Coote  was  an 
officer  in  the  famous  Twenty-fifth  Regiment,  "The  King's 
Own  Borderers."  He  was  stationed  at  Sterhng  Castle, 
Aldershot,  and  Quebec,  and  commanded  a  force  in  defence 
of  Canada  against  the  Fenian  invasion  in  1868.  It  was 
while  he  was  stationed  at  the  Citadel,  Quebec,  that  he  met 
the  charming  Maria  Spencer  whom  he  married.  He  retired 
from  the  army  soon  after  his  marriage  and  lived  on  the 
Spencer  place,  "Edgemoor,"  EHzabeth,  N.  J.,  which  was  the 
estate  of  his  wife's  father.  Captain  John  Smythe  Spencer, 
who  also  was  an  officer  in  the  British  army.  Captain  Coote 
was  the  descendant  of  very  distinguished  ancestors.  His 
ancestry  is  described  by  Frederic  de  Peyster  in  The  Life  of 
Richard,  Earl  of  Bellomont,  published  by  the  New  York 
Historical  Society,  who  says:  "According  to  the  records  of 
the  British  Peerage,  the  family  of  Coote  is  of  very  ancient 


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oi 


date,  being  able  to  trace  its  lineage  back  to  Sir  John  Coote, 
a  native  and  knight  of  France,  who  flourished,  it  is  supposed, 
sometime  in  the  eleventh  century.  This  Sir  John  married 
the  daughter  and  heiress  of  the  Lord  of  Boys  in  the  same 
kingdom,  and  had  issue  a  son,  likewise  Sir  John,  who  came 
over  to  England,  and  settled  in  Devonshire,  where  he  married 
the  daughter  of  Sir  John  Fortescue  of  that  country.  The 
descendants  of  this  union  contracted  alliances  with  other 
families  of  wealth  and  position  in  England;  and  from  this 
source  are  sprung  the  several  distinguished  families  of  later 
times  bearing  the  name  of  Coote. " 

"In  the  reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth  the  immediate  ancestor 
of  Lord  Bellomont  was  Francis  Coote,  Esq.,  who  was  in  the 
service  of  the  Queen.  His  son.  Sir  Nicholas  Coote,  was 
living  in  the  year  1636.  Sir  Nicholas  had  issue:  the  eldest 
son,  Charles,  his  heir,  the  grandfather  of  the  Earl  of  Bello- 
mont, who  entered  the  service  of  his  country-  as  a  soldier 
and,  as  Captain  of  '  one  hundred  foot, '  served  in  Ireland 
in  the  wars  against  O'Neil,  Earl  of  Tyrone.  He  subsequently 
became  Provost  Marshal  of  Connaught,  and,  later,  Vice- 
President  of  the  same  province ;  and  in  1 62 1 ,  having  recently 
been  sworn  of  the  Priyy-  Council,  he  was  created  a  baronet 
of  Ireland,  by  letters  patent  dated  April  2d,  in  the  same 
year.  Some  years  pre\'ious  to  receiving  this  last  honor.  Sir 
Charles  married  "Dorothea,  the  younger  daughter  and  co- 
heir of  Hugh  Cuife,  Esq.,  of  Cuffe's  Woods,  County  Cork, 
Ireland,  and  had  issue  three  sons,  Charles,  Chidley,  and 
Richard"  (Burke's  Extinct  and  Dormant  Peerages  of 
Great  Britain  and  Irehuid).  "One  of  his  most  notable 
military  successes  was  the  surprising  passage  of  Montrath 
Woods. "  "About  a  year  later  he  lost  his  hfe  in  a  saUy  from 
the  town  of  Trim.  At  his  death  his  eldest  son  Charles 
succeeded  to  the  title  of  Baronet.  .  .  .  After  the  Res- 
toration the  King,  who,  whatever  were  his  faults,  was  not 
unfaithful  to  his  friends,  confirmed  Sir  Charles  in  his  post 
of  Lord  President  of  Connaught,  appointed  him  keeper  of  the 
Castle  of  Athlone,  granted  him  various  important  immuni- 
ties, and  raised  him  to   the  peerage  of  Ireland,  under  the 


34  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

title  of  the  Earl  of  Montrath,  by  letters  patent  dated  the  6th 
of  September,  1660;  this  title  being  chosen  in  commeraoration 
of  the  famous  exploit  of  his  father  previously  referred  to." 

His  brother  Richard  Coote  was  made  Baron  Coote  of 
Colooney.  He  married  Mary  St.  George  and  had  four 
children,  Charles,  Richard,  Chidley,  and  Thomas.  The  first 
son,  Charles,  died  young  and  Richard  on  the  death  of  his 
father  inherited  the  title  and  became  Baron  Coote.  He  was 
afterwards  by  King  William  created  Earl  of  Bellomont  by 
royal  letters  issued  on  the  2d  of  November,  1689.  In 
O'Hart's  Irish  Landed  Gentry  we  find  the  statement  that  a 
grant  of  land  by  order  of  Parliament,  December  5,  1650,  was 
made  to  Sir  Charles  Coote — the  estate  of  Nicholas,  Lord 
Gormanstown,  declared  a  rebel ;  and  again  under  date  August 
II,  1654,  ^^  ^""^  t^^  entry  of  grants  "to  the  children  of  Sir 
Charles,  deceased,  viz.,  C.  Coote,  Bart.,  Colonel  Chidley 
Coote,  Colonel  Richard  Coote,  and  Colonel  Thomas  Coote.  " 
Captain  Charles  W.  Maxwell  Coote  was  a  grand-nephew  of 
Sir  Eyre  Coote,  son  of  the  Rev.  Chidley  Coote,  D.D.,  of 
Ash  Hill,  who  died  in  1730,  and  Jane  Evans,  his  wife,  son  of 
Col.  Chidley  Coote  of  Kilmallock  and  Catherine  Sandys, 
his  wife.  Sir  Eyre  Coote  was  born  in  1 726  and  died  without 
issue  in  1783;  in  1769  he  made  a  glorious  record  as  Comman- 
der in  Chief  of  the  British  army  in  India  and  is  buried  in  the 
Poets'  Comer  of  Westminster  Abbey.  Captain  Coote  was 
also  collaterally  related  to  Richard  Coote,  Earl  of  Bello- 
mont, who  was  Colonial  Governor  of  the  Province  of  New 
York  from  1698  until  his  death  in  1701.  The  arms  of  the 
Coote  family  are:  "Argent  a  chevron  sable  between  three 
coots  proper."  Crest:  "a  coot  close  proper."  Mottoes, 
"  Coute  que  coute"  and  "Vincit  Veritas." 

In  the  collection  of  state  papers  compiled  by  John  Watts 
de  Peyster  he  states  that  his  ancestor  Colonel  Abraham 
de  Peyster  was  advanced  to  high  position  in  the  government 
by  the  favor  of  Bellomont,  and  that  he  was  called  "the 
highest  bom  and  best  and  wisest  of  all  the  Royal  Gover- 
nors." He  quotes  the  following  biography  found  in  the 
state  papers: 


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"  Richard,  Earl  of  Bellomont,  Governor  of  New  York, 
Massachusetts,  -and  New  Hampshire,  was  appointed  to 
these  offices  early  in  May,  1695,  but  did  not  arrive  at  New 
York  until  May,  169S.  He  had  to  struggle  with  many 
difSculties,  for  the  people  were  divided,  the  treasury  was 
unsupplied,  and  the  fortifications  were  out  of  repair.  Not- 
withstanding the  care  of  the  government,  the  pirates,  who 
in  time  of  peace  made  great  depredations  upon  Spanish 
ships  and  settlements  in  America,  were  frequently  in  the 
Sound,  and  were  supplied  with  provisions  by  the  inhabitants 
of  Long  Island.  The  belief  that  large  quantities  of  money 
were  hid  by  these  pirates  along  the  coast  led  to  many  a  fruit- 
less search ;  and  thus  the  natural  credulity  of  the  human  mind, 
and  the  desire  of  sudden  wealth  were  suitably  punished." 

"The  Earl  of  Bellomont  remained  in  the  Province  of 
New  York  about  a  year.  He  arrived  at  Boston,  May  26, 
1699,  and  in  Massachusetts  he  was  received  with  the  greatest 
respect  as  it  was  a  new  thing  to  see  a  nobleman  at  the  head 
of  the  governmient."  jLILSSOoC) 

Twenty  companies  of  soldiers  and  a  vast  concoTarse  of 
people  met  "his  lordship  and  countess  on  his  arrival." 
"There  were  all  manner  of  expressions  of  joy,  and  to  end 
all,  fireworks  and  good  drink  at  night."  He  in  return  took 
every  method  to  ingratiate  himself  with  the  people.  He  was 
condescending,  affable,  and  courteous  upon  all  occasions. 
Though  a  churchman,  he  attended  the  Weekly  Lecture  in 
Boston  with  the  General  Court,  which  always  adjourned  for 
the  purpose.  For  the  preachers  he  professed  the  greatest 
regard.  By  his  wise  conduct  he  obtained  a  larger  s,mn  as  a 
salary  and  as  a  gratuity  than  any  of  his  predecessors  or 
successors.  Though  he  remained  but  fourteen  months,  the 
grants  made  to  him  were  £1875.  His  time  was  much  taken 
up  in  securing  the  pirates  and  their  effects,  to  accomplish 
which  was  the  principal  reason  of  his  appointment.  During 
his  administration  Captain  Kidd  was  seized  and  sent  to 
England  for  trial.  Soon  after  the  session  of  the  General 
Court  in  May,  1700,  he  returned  to  New  York,  where  he 
died  March  5,  1701.     He  made  himself  very  popular  in  his 


36  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

governments.  He  was  a  nobleman  of  polite  manners,  a 
friend  to  the  Revolution, which  excited  so  much  joy  in  New 
England,  and  a  favorite  of  King  William." 

Maria  Spencer  Coote,  the  wife  of  Captain  Charles  W.  M. 
Coote,  is  the  daughter  of  Captain  John  Smythe  Spencer  and 
Julia  Radcliffe  his  wife,  and  granddaughter  of  Jacob  Radcliffe 
and  Juliana  Smith  his  wife,  and  great-granddaughter 
of  the  Rev.  Cotton  Mather  Smith,  of  Sharon,  Conn.,  and  Tem- 
perance Worthington  his  wife,  and  in  tracing  out  her  dis- 
tinguished ancestry  we  find  that  she  is  seventh  in  descent 
from  the  Rev.  Henry  Smith  who  came  to  America  in  1637,  and 
settled  in  Wethersfield  in  1639  and  died  in  1648;  and  whose 
son,  Samuel  Smith,  bom  in  Hadley,  Mass.,  January  27,  1639, 
and  died  September  10,  1703,  married  Mary  Ensign,  daughter 
of  James  Ensign,  emigrant  in  1639  and  a  settler  of  Hartford  in 
1662.  She  is  also  seventh  in  descent  from  the  Rev.  Richard 
Mather  of  Dorchester,  Mass.,  who  became  minister  of  the 
church  there  in  1 636.  He  was  an  English  non-conformist  and 
an  authoritv  on  church  discipline  in  New  England.  He  was 
bom  in  Lowton,  Lancashire,  England,  in  1596,  and  was  the 
son  of  Thomas  Mather  and  the  grandson  of  John  Mather 
of  England.  She  is  also  seventh  in  descent  from  Thomas 
Spencer,  sergeant  of  militia  in  the  Pequot  War,  who  settled 
in  Hartford,  Conn.,  in  1636;  died  in  1685  at  Hartford;  who 
married  September  ir,  1645,  Sarah  Bearding,  daughter  of 
Nathaniel  Bearding,  who  settled  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  in  1636, 
and  whose  daughter  Sarah  Spencer,  who  died  in  17 12, 
married  Sergeant  Thomas  Huxley  of  Sufifield,  Conn.,  who 
died  July  21,  1721;  and  had  a  daughter  Mary  who  married 
in  1692,  Icabod  Smith,  bom  January  24,  1670,  whose  son 
Samuel  Smith  was  the  father  of  the  Rev.  Cotton  Mather 
Smith,  the  patriotic  Chaplain  of  the  Fourth  Connecticut 
Continental  regiment  in  the  Revolutionary^  War. 

It  is  interesting  to  note  that  Maria  Spencer  Coote  is 
seventh  in  descent  from  Major  General  Humphrey  Atherton 
of  Dorchester,  Mass.,  bom  in  1610,  who  came  from  Eng- 
land in  1636,  and  was  Deputy  of  the  Provincial  Assembly 
for  manv  years  after   1638  and  its  Speaker  in  1653.     He 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  37 

became  the  Governor's  assistant  from  1654  to  1661,  the  year 
of  his  death.  His  military  career  was  even  more  glorious 
than  his  political.  He  rose  to  the  position  of  Captain  from 
1 650  to  1 658  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery  Company 
of  Boston  and  commanded  the  expedition  against  the  Nar- 
ragansetts  in  1656  and  in  1661  he  became  Major-GeneraJ  of 
the  military  forces  of  Massachusetts.  His  daughter  Catha- 
rine Atherton  married  in  1650  Timothy  Mather,  bom  in 
1628,  died  January  14,  1684,  the  son  of  Rev.  Richard  Mather 
of  Dorchester,  before  mentioned,  and  Catherine  Hoult  or 
Holt  his  wife.  The  name  Mather  was  also  spelt  "Madour" 
"Mader"  and  "Mathar. "     The  Mather  arms  are: 

Ermine  on  a  fesse  wavy,  azure  three  Hons  rampant.  Crest : 
a  Hon  sedant  or  on  a  trunk  of  a  tree  vert.  Motto: "  Virtus 
vera  nobilitas  est."  See  Mather  Genealogy  by  Horace  E. 
Mather. 

Taking  up  another  line  of  descent  we  find  that  she  is 
seventh  in  descent  from  Lieutenant  Thomas  Stoughton  who 
came  from  Surrey,  England,  to  Dorchester,  Mass.,  in  1630. 
His  family  in  Surrey  was  one  of  remote  antiquity.  Its 
arms  are:  Field  azure  a  cross  engrailed  ermine;  crest:  a 
robin  red-breast  proper,  and  are  pictured  in  Drake's 
History  of  Boston,  Mass.  He  was  a  first  settler  of  Wind.sor, 
Conn.,  in  1637,  Lieutenant  in  1640,  and  Representative 
from  1640  to  1648.  His  son  Captain  Thomas  Stoughton, 
also  an  original  settler  of  Windsor,  married  on  November 
30,  1655,  Mary,  daughter  of  Hon.  William  Wadsworth, 
who  came  from  England  in  1632  and  was  a  first  settler  of 
Hartford,  Conn.,  and  Deputy  from  there  from  1656  to  1675; 
and  had  a  daughter  Rebecca  Stoughton,  bom  June  19,  1673, 
died  in  1704,  who  married  Atherton  Mather,  son  of 
Timothy  Mather,  and  Catharine  Atherton,  before 
mentioned.  Timothy  Mather  was  the  brother  of  the 
Rev.  Dr.  Increase  Mather,  1639-1723,  who  was  President 
of  Harvard  College  in  1684  and  represented  the  colony  in 
England,  where  he  obtained  it  a  charter  and  had  great 
influence  in  appointing  officers  of  the  colony  under  it.  The 
daughter  of  Atherton   Mather,   Jemsha.   bora  in   1700,   in 


38  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

Suffield,  married  Samuel  Smith  of  Suffield  on  November  8, 
1725.  He  died  on  August  25,  1767.  She  died  on  November 
5,  1789,  at  the  house  of  her  son  Rev.  Cotton  Mather  Smith, 
at  Sharon,  Conn.  Airs.  Coote  is  eighth  in  descent  from 
Captain  Thomas  Bull,  1 606-1 684,  who  came  to  America  in 
the  Hopewell  in  1635  and  was  in  the  Pequot  War  and  in 
1675  was  in  command  of  a  Hartford  company  at  Saybrook 
and  defeated  Andrus.  His  son  Captain  Bull  had  a  daughter 
who  married  Thomas  Bunce,  and  their  daughter  Sarah 
Bunce  married  Nicholas  Worthington  of  Hartford,  Conn. 

Maria  Spencer  Coote  is  seventh  in  descent  from  Thomas 
Graves,  who  when  advanced  in  years  came  from  England 
and  settled  in  Hartford,  and  whose  son  Isaac  Graves  married 
Mary  Church,  daughter  of  Richard  Church,  a  first  settler 
of  Hartford,  and  their  daughter,  Mahitable  Graves,  who 
died  in  1742,  married  William  Worthington  of  Hartford, 
bom  in  1670,  son  of  Nicholas  Worthington,  above  mentioned. 
She  is  seventh  in  descent  from  the  famous  Captain  John 
Gallop,  who  came  to  America  in  1623,  and  Caistobel  his 
wife;  grandson  of  Thomas  Gallop,  owner  of  the  manors  of 
North  Bowood  and  Strode  in  Dorchester,  England,  and  his 
wife,  who  was  the  daughter  of  Thomas  Crabb,  of  Nosteme. 
The  name  was  spelled  Gallup,  Galop,  Galup,  and  GaUop. 
The  connection  of  the  American  Gallops  with  the  Gallops 
of  Strode  is  shown  in  documents  in  the  possession  of  the 
Massachusetts  Historical  Society.  The  family  are  entitled 
to  arms,  as  shown  in  Burke's  Landed  Gentry:  Gules  on  a 
bend  or  a  lion  passant  guardant  sable.  Crest :  a  lion  bendy 
or  and  sable  holding  in  his  dexter  paw  a  broken  arrow 
gules.  Motto:  "Be  Bolde,  Be  Wyse."  Captain  John  Gal- 
lop was  in  a  fight  with  the  Pequot  Indians  off  Block  Island 
in  1636  called  the  first  naval  engagement  in  New  England 
waters.  His  son  Captain  John  GaUop,  161 6-1 675,  of  the 
first  company  of  Connecticut  forces  under  Major  Robertson, 
married,  in  1643,  Hannah  Lake,  daughter  of  John  Lake, 
a  descendant  of  the  Lakes  of  Normantown,  Yorkshire, 
England,  Earls  of  Arundel  and  Counts  of  Louraine,  and 
resided  on  the  Mystic  River,  Connecticut.     He  was  killed 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  39 

in  the  Great  Swamp  Fight  in  1675,  against  the  Narragansetts 
led  by  the  Indian  chief  King  Philip.  Maria  Spencer  Coote 
is  sixth  in  descent  from  Captain  Gallop  last  mentioned  and 
seventh  in  descent  from  William  Chesboro,  1 594-1 667, 
afterward  spelled  Chesborough,  who  came  from  Boston, 
Lincolnshire,  in  the  fleet  with  Winthrop,  and  from  his  wife 
Ann  Stevenson.  He  was  Deputy  from  Boston,  Massachu- 
setts Bay  Colony,  in  1640,  and  Deputy  to  the  General 
Assembly  of  Connecticut  in  1653,  and  his  son  Samuel 
Chesborough  and  Abagail  his  wife  had  a  daughter  Sarah, 
who  in  1687  married  William  Gallop  of  Stonington,  Conn., 
son  of  Captain  Gallop  who  died  in  the  Great  Swamp  Fight; 
and  their  daughter  Temperance  Gallop,  bom  May  25,  1701, 
at  Stonington,  married  the  Rev.  William  Worthington,  bom 
in  1695  at  Saybrook,  who  died  in  1756,  and  was  the  son  of 
William  Worthington  of  Hartford,  bom  in  1670,  and  grand- 
son of  Nicholas  Worthington  of  Hartford. 

Captain    Charles    WiUiam    Maxwell    Coote    and    Maria 
Spencer  his  wife  had  children : 

I.     Spencer   Eyre   Coote,    who   married   in    1910   Grace 
Middlebrook  Thompson,  daughter  of  Edwin  Schuyler 
Thompson  and  Sarah  T.  Duff  his  wife. 
n.     John  Maxwell  Coote,  married  in  191 1,  Emma  Pur- 

viance  Hayward. 
HI.  Nora  Hamilton  Coote,  married  on  February  4, 
1903,  William  B.  Aitken  of  New  York  City,  son  of  Hon. 
William  B.  Aitken  and  Catharine  Beekman  his  wife, 
who  was  the  daughter  of  Abraham  C.  Beekman,  the 
son  of  Christopher  Beekman,  the  son  of  Gerardus 
Christopher  Beekman,  and  a  descendant  of  Wilhelmus 
Beekman,  1 623-1 707,  and  of  Jan  Thomasse  Van  Dyke, 
who  came  to  America  in  1652.  Their  descendants  are 
stated  later. 

IV.  Victoria  Rebecca  Coote. 

V.  Mary  Spencer  Coote,  married  April  14,  1910,  George 
Grundy  HolHns  of  New  York  and  has  a  son: 

George  Gnmdy  Hollins,  Jr.,  bom  August  15,  191 1. 

VI.  Julia  Radcliffe  Coote. 


40  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

VII.  Radcliffe  Coote,  died  in  infancy. 

VIII.  Albert  Eyre  Coote. 

lid.  Colonel  Henry  Beekman,  son  of  Henry  Beek- 
man,  and  grandson  of  Wilhelmus  Beekman,  bom 
in  1688,  married,  first  Janet  Livingston,  bom  in 
1703,  daughter  of  Robert  Livingston.  He  married 
second,  Gertrude  Van  Cortlandt.  In  the  Historical 
Documents  of  the  State  of  New  York,  we  find  the 
following  order  relating  to  his  military  service: 
"Order  Dec.  12th,  1705,  Anne  Queen  of  England, 
Lord  Combury,  Governor  of  New  York.  Col. 
Henry  Beekman  to  caU  out  one  hundred  men  of  his 
militia  regiment,  and  to  hold  himself  and  them  sub- 
ject to  the  orders  of  Col.  Peter  Schuyler  touching 
their  disposal  toward  the  defence  of  the  frontier." 
Col.  Henry  Beekman  and  Janet  Livingston  his 
wife  had  two  children : 

(a)  Henry  Beekman,  died  young. 

(b)  Margaret  Beekman,  married  Robert  R.  Living- 
ston, bom  in  1719;  died  in  December,  1775;  Jus- 
tice of  the  Supreme  Court  of  New  York,  son  and 
only  child  of  Robert  Livingston  and  Margaret 
Howerden;  son  of  Robert  Livingston  and  AHda 
Schuyler  his  wife. 

Margaret  Beekman  Livingston  is  said  to  have  been  a 
beautiful  woman  of  much  culture  and  refinement.  Miss 
Julia  Delafield  has  described  her  services  to  the  American 
Revolution  and  her  knowledge  of  political  events  in  the 
following  interesting  incident: 

"Not  long  before  the  delegates  who  assembled  at  King- 
ston declared  the  State  of  New  York  independent  a  number 
of  the  most  influential  RepubHcans  met  at  Clermont.  That 
the  State  should  be  independent  was  no  longer  a  question, 
but  there  were  other  points  to  be  considered;  for  instance 
who  was  to  be  the  first  Governor.  One  gentleman  well 
qualified  for  the  office  was  all  important  in  the  position  he 
then  occupied  and  could  not  be  spared.  There  was  a  valid 
objection  to  even.-  person  named  until  Mrs.  Margaret  Beek- 


THE  BEEKMAX  FAMILY  41 

man  Livingston,  who  was  present  at  their  deliberations, 
proposed  George  CHnton.  Her  suggestion  was  received 
with  acclamation:  'He  is  the  man!  why  did  not  we  think 
of  him  at  once?'  Margaret  Beekman  had  the  honor  of 
nominating  the  first  Governor  of  the  State  of  New  York, 
and  now  the  statue  of  Governor  Clinton  stands  side  by  side 
with  that  of  her  son  Chancellor  Livingston,  in  the  capitol 
of  the  United  States." 

Before  she  died  she  had  the  satisfaction  of  seeing  twenty- 
four  of  her  descendants  comfortably  settled  in  handsome 
homes  of  their  own.  All  family  histories  speak  of  her  lovely 
character  and  her  power  of  making  her  children  and  their 
friends  happy.  Although  she  was  the  excellent  mother 
Livingston  she  was  referred  to  in  the  Livingston  and  Beek- 
man families  through  her  life  as  "Margaret  Beekman  " 

Robert  R.  Liv-ingston  and  Margaret  Beekman  his  wife 
had  children : 

L  Janet  Livingston,  bom  in  1744,  married,  in  1773, 
the  brave  soldier  and  hero  General  Richard  Mont- 
gomery, who  fell  at  Quebec.  When  the  British 
government  had  been  overthrown  in  all  the  colonies 
the  Americans  looked  to  Canada  for  aid  and  Generals 
Schuyler  and  Montgomery"  were  ordered  to  proceed 
to  Canada.  Montreal  was  captured  and  then  Gen- 
eral Montgomery  proceeded  against  Quebec  which  he 
besieged  for  three  weeks  wth  nine  hundred  men  and 
then  attempted  an  assault  on  the  morning  of  Decem- 
ber 31,  1775.  As  General  Montgomery,"  rushed  for- 
ward with  his  men  he  w"as  shot  dow"n  at  the  first 
discharge  of  the  British  battery. 
IL  Robert  R.  Livingston,  bom  in  1746,  died  February 
25,  1S13,  became  the  first  Chancellor  of  the  State  of 
New  York.  At  the  age  of  twenty-nine  he  served 
with  Jefferson,  Franklin,  Sherman,  and  Adams  on 
the  committee  selected  by  Congress  to  prepare  the 
Declaration  of  Independence.  When  he  graduated  from 
King's  College,  now  Columbia  L'niversity,  in  1 765  he 
had  delivered  an  oration  on  "Libertv."     He  admin- 


42  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

istered  the  oath  of  office  to  George  Washington  on 
his  inauguration  as  the  first  President.  He  was 
American  Minister  to  France  and  secured  the  cession 
of  Louisiana  to  the  United  States.  He  married  Mary 
Stevens,  daughter  of  John  Stevens.  They  had  chil- 
dren: 

(i)  Ehzabeth  Stevens  Livingston,  married  Lieut. 
Gov.  Edward  P.  Livingston,  son  of  Phihp  P.  Liv- 
ingston, and  grandson  of  Phihp  Livingston,  signer 
of  the  Declaration  of  Independence.     They  had: 

1.  Mary  Livingston,  died  young. 

2.  Robert  Yoimg  Livingston. 

3.  Margaret  Livingston,  bom  August  17,  1808, 
married  October  4,  1827,  David  A.  Clarkson, 
who  died  in  April,  1874. 

4.  Ehzabeth  Livingston,  who  died  January  14, 
1S96,  married  Edward  Hunter  Ludlow,  who  died 
November  28,  18S4.     They  had  children: 

(a)  Edward  Livingston  Ludlow. 

(b)  Mary  Livingston  Ludlow,  married  Valen- 
tine G.  Hah,  Jr. 

5.  Catharine  Livingston,  died  young. 

6.  Clermont  Livingston  of  Tivoli-on-Hudson,  bom 
in  181 7,  died  in  1895;  married  ComeHa  Living- 
ston of  Oak  Hill.     Children: 

(a)  John  Henry  Livingston  of  Oak  Hill,  N.  Y., 
bom  July,  1848.  Graduated  from  Columbia 
College  in  1869,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  1871. 

(b)  Mary  Livingston,  married  Frederic  de 
Peystcr. 

7.  Robert  Edward  Livingston,  bom  in  1819,  mar- 
ried, in  1854,  Susan  Maria  de  Peyster,  daughter 
of  James  F.  de  Peyster,  and  had  children: 

(a)  Robert  R.  Livingston,  bom  February  8, 
1858,  married  in  1884,  Mar\-Tailer.     Children: 

a.  Robert  R.  Livingston,  bom  August  4,  1888. 

b.  Laura  S.  Livingston. 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  43 

(b)  Edward  de  Peyster  Livingston,  born  March 
6,  1861. 

(c)  Goodhue  Livingston,  married  Louisa  Robb. 

(d)  Catherine  Livingston. 

8.  Mary  Livingston,  married  Levinus  Clarkson 
of  TivoH,  N.  Y.,  who  died  January-  29,  1889. 
(ii)  Margaret  M.  Livingston,  daughter  of  Robert 
R.  Livingston,  married  Robert  L.  Livingston,  son 
of  Walter  Livingston  and  Corneha  Schuyler  his 
wife,  daughter  of  Peter  Schuyler.  Walter  Living- 
ston was  the  son  of  Robert  Livingston,  the  3d  and 
last  Lord  of  the  Manor,  and  Mary  Tong  his  wife, 
who  had  also  a  son  John  Livingston,  who  married 
Mary  Le  Roy,  and  had  a  son,  Anthony  Livingston, 
w  ho  married  Ann  Hoffman.  Their  daughter  Ellen 
Livingston  married  Theodore  Russell  Wetmore. 
Children:  (i)  Jessie  L.  Wetmore,  married  Arthur 
H.  Forbes;  (2)  Livingston  Wetmore  of  New  York 
City;  (3)  Robert  Carryl  Wetmore,  married  Marie 
Arthur;  (4)  Dorothy  Murray  Wetmore. 

Robert  L.  Livingston  and  Margaret  M.  Livingston 
his  wife  had  children: 

1.  Maria  Livingston,  married  John  C.  Tillotson. 

2.  Cornelia  Livingston,  married  Commander 
Charles  G.  Ridgley. 

3.  Adelaide  Livingston,  married  William  B.  Clark- 
son. 

4.  Margaret  Livingston,  married  Schuyler  Living- 
ston, son  of  Schuyler  Livingston  and  Eliza 
Barclay  his  wdfe,  daughter  of  Colonel  Thomas 
Barclay.     They  had  children: 

(a)  Matilda  C.  Livingston. 

(b)  Lieut.    Commander    George    Barclay    Liv- 
ingston. 

5.  Robert  Livingston,  married  Frances  Goodhue. 

6.  Eugene  Livingston,  married  Harriet  Cole- 
man. He  died  December  22,  1893.  Children: 
(A)      Man.-  Coleman  Livingston,  married  Decern- 


44  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

ber  I,  1 868,  Maturin  L.  Delafield,  bora  in  New 
York,  February  17,  1836.     Children: 
(i)     Maturin  Livingston  Delafield,  born  Sep- 
tember   29,     1869,    married    November    2, 
1S93,  Lettice  Lee  Sands,  daughter  of  Charles 
Edwin  Sands. 

(2)  Joseph  Livingston  Delafield,  bora  March 
19,  1871,  married  May  5,  1906,  Mary 
Renwick  Sloane,  daughter  of  William  M. 
Sloane. 

(3)  John  Ross  Delafield,  bom  May  8,  1874, 
married  June  14,  1904,  Violetta  S.  White, 
daughter  of  John  J.  White.     They  had  a  son : 

John   White  R.  Delafield,  born  May  12, 
1905. 

(4)  Edward  Coleman  Delafield,  born  July 
10,  1877,  married  April  30,  1900,  Margaretta 
Stockton  Beasley,  daughter  of  Mercer  Beas- 
ley ;  children : 

(a)  Maturin    Livingston    Delafield,    born 
March  17,  1901. 

(b)  Margaretta   Stockton  Delafield,    born 
November  3,  1903. 

(c)  Edward  Coleman  Delafield,  bom  Feb- 
mary  14,  1906. 

(5)  Eugene  Livingston  Delafield,  bora  Au- 
gust 16,  1882,  married  September  26,  1906, 
Margaret  Woodhull,  daughter  of  John  S. 
Woodhull. 

(6)  Julia  Livingston  Delafield,  born  October 
14,  1875,  married  April  30,  1901,  Frederick 
W.  Longfellow;  children: 

(a)  Juliette    Livingston    Longfellow,    bom 
April  28,  1902. 

(b)  Frederick  Livingston  Longfellow,  bom 
August  18,  1903. 

(c)  Elizabeth    Delafield    Longfellow,    bom 
Febraary  14.  1905. 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  45 

(B)  Richard  Montgomery  Callender  Livingston. 

(C>  Adelaide  Livingston. 

(D)  Katherine  McCall  Livingston. 

(E)  Walter  Eugene  Livingston. 

(F)  Elizabeth  Livingston. 

7.  Matilda   Livingston,    daughter   of   Robert   L. 
Livingston. 

8.  Montgomerv-  Livingston,  married  Mary  Swart- 
wout.  daughter  of  Samuel  Swartwout. 

in.  Margaret  Livingston,  bom  in  1748,  married  Dr. 
Thomas  Tillotson,  who  was  an  officer  in  the  Revolu- 
tionary War  and  Secretary-  of  the  State  of  New  York. 
They  had  a  daughter  who  married  Judge  James 
Lynch  of  the  Marine  (now  City)  Court  of  New  York 
and  had  children : 

(i)  Margaret  Augusta  Lynch,  married  in  1846  Rev. 
Henry  E.  Montgomery,  D.D.,  who  was  until  his 
death  in  1874,  Rector  of  the  Church  of  the  Incar- 
nation in  New  York  City ;  children : 

(a)  Janet  Tillotson  Montgomery,   married  John 
Gelston  Floyd  of  Mastic,  L.  I. 

(b)  Sophia  E.  Montgomery-,  married  Woodbury 
G.  Langdon;  children: 

1.  Sophia  E.  Langdon,  married  Rev.  Barrett  P. 
Tyler. 

2.  Woodbur\-  G.  Langdon,  Jr. 

3.  Montgomery  Langdon. 

(ii)  Edward  Livingston  Lynch,  married  Elizabeth 
Jane  Strong,  daughter  of  James  Strong  and 
Aletta  Remscn  his  wife. 

IV.  General  Henry  Beekman  Livingston,  bom  m 
1750,  was  Colonel  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution, 
Justice  of  the  Suprem.e  Court  of  New  York,  and 
General  in  the  U.  S.  Army  in  the  War  of  1S12.  He 
married  Anna  Horn  Shippen  of  Philadelphia,  Pa., 
and  had  a  daughter. 

(a)     Alargaret  Beekman  Livingston  of  Philadelphia. 

V.  John  R.  Livingston,  bom  in   1754,  married,  first, 


46  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

Margaret  Sheafer;  second,  Eliza  McEvers,  who  had 
children : 

(a)  Robert  Montgomery  Livingston,  married  Sarah 
Bache. 

(b)  Angelica  Livingston,  died  in  1815,  unmarried. 

(c)  Edward    Livingston,    married    Sarah    Suckley, 
daughter  of  George  Suckley  of  New  York. 

(d)  John  R.   Livingston,  married  Mary  McEvers, 
daughter  of  Charles  McEvers  of  New  York. 

(e)  Charles  Livingston,  died  unmarried. 

(f)  Serena  Livingston,  married  Colonel  George  Cro- 
gan  of  the  U.  S.  Army. 

(g)  EHza   Livingston,    married    Captain    Benjamin 
Page  of  the  U.  S.  Navy. 

(h)     Margaret  Livingston,  married  Captain  Lowndes 
Brown  of  the  U.  S.  Army. 

VL     Catharine  Livingston,  bom  in  1752,  married  Rev. 
Freeborn    Garretson    of    Maryland,    the    prominent 
minister  of  the  Methodist  Church;  children: 
(i)     Mary  R.  Garretson. 

(ii)     Watts    Livingston    Garretson,    married    Grace 
Margaret  Spellmeyer. 

Vn.  Gertrude  Livingston,  bom  in  1757,  died  in  1833, 
married  General  iVIorgan  Lewis,  afterwards  Gov- 
ernor of  New  York,  son  of  Hon.  Francis  Lewis,  bom 
in  1 713,  who  came  to  America  in  1734  from  LlandafF, 
Wales,  where  his  father  was  Rector  of  the  parish 
church.  Francis  Lewis  was  one  of  the  delegates  from 
New  York  to  the  Continental  Congress  and  on  July 
4,  1776,  signed  the  Declaration  of  Independence.  His 
son,  General  Morgan  Lewis,  graduated  from  Prince- 
ton College  in  the  same  class  with  James  Madison. 
He  was  an  eminent  lawyer,  Judge  of  the  Court  of  Com- 
mon Pleas ;  Attorney-General  of  the  State  of  New  York 
and  member  of  the  State  Senate  and  Chief  Justice 
of  the  Supreme  Court  of  New  York.  In  the  War  of 
the  Revolution  he  was  a  Colonel  on  the  staff  of 
General  Gates.     At  the  outbreak  of  the  War  of  1812 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  47 

he  was  appointed  Brigadier-General  and  served  in 
Canada  at  the  capture  of  Fort  George.  In  18 14  he 
was  Alajor-General  in  command  of  New  York  City. 
He  had  one  child: 

(a)  Margaret  Lewis,  bom  in  1780,  who  married 
Maturin  Livingston,  bom  April  10,  1769,  son  of 
Robert  James  Livingston  and  Susan  Smith,  who 
was  the  sister  of  Hon.  Wilham  Smith,  the  historian, 
and  Chief  Justice  of  Upper  and  Lower  Canada. 
They  had  children : 

(i)  Morgan  Lewis  Livingston,  married  Catharine 
Manning.     Children : 

1.  Morgan  Lewis  Livingston,  died  in  1898. 

2.  Sylvia  Livingston,  died  in  1S95,  unmarried. 

3.  Julia  Livingston. 

4.  Mortimer  Livingston,  bom  in  1S36. 

(ii)  Juha  Livingston,  bom  in  1 801,  died  in  1882, 
married  in  1833,  Joseph  Delafield,  1790-1875, 
a  Major  in  the  U.  S.  Army  in  the  War  of  1812. 
Children  : 

I.  Lewis  Livingston  Delafield,  bom  in  1834, 
died  in  1SS3,  married  Emily  Prime,  daughter 
of  Frederick  Prime  and  Lydia  Hare  his  -tvife, 
daughter  of  Dr.  Robert  Hare  of  Philadelphia. 
They  had  children : 

(a)  Lewis  Livingston  Delafield,  bom  January 
30,  1863,  married  on  April  25,  18S5,  Char- 
lotte H.  Wyeth. 

(b)  Robert  Hare  Delafield,  bora  July  13, 
1864,  married  August  14,  1889,  Anne 
Shepard  Lloyd,  daughter  of  George  Francis 
Lloyd  of  Virginia. 

(c)  Frederick  Prime  Delafield,  bom  February 
2,  1868,  married  November  10,  189S,  Elsie 
Barber,  daughter  of  Charles  G.  Barber. 

(d)  Emily  Delafield,  bom  September  10, 
1870,  married  June  21,  1901,  Dr.  Rolfe 
Floyd  of  Mastic,  L.  I. 


48  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

2.  Alaturin  Livingston  Delafield,  bom  Febru- 
ary 17,  1836,  married  Mary  Coleman  Living- 
ston, daughter  of  Eugene  Livingston.  Their 
children  have  already  been  stated. 

3.  Joseph  Livingston  Delafield,  bom  August  15, 
1839,  died  Febmary  24,  1848. 

4.  Julia  Livingston  Delafield,  bom  September 
10,  1849. 

(iii)     Alfred  Livingston. 

(iv)     Gertrade    Livingston,     married     Rawlins 

Lowndes. 
(v)     Mortimer  Livingston,  married  Sylvia  de  Pau. 
(vi)     Mary     Livingston,     married     William     P. 

Lowndes, 
(vii)     Robert  J.   Livingston,   bom   December   11, 

1 81 1,  married  Louisa  Storm,  daughter  of  Garritt 

Storm.     Children: 

1.  Warren  Livingston,  died  in  1857,  urmiarried. 

2.  Louisa  M.  Livingston,  married  Elbridge 
T.  Gerry,  son  of  Thomas  Gerry  and  Hannah 
Goelet  his  wife.     Children: 

(a)  AngeUca  L.  Gerry. 

(b)  Mabel  Gerry. 

(c)  Robert  Livingston  Gerry,  married  Cor- 
nelia Harriman. 

(d)  Peter  G.  Gerry,  married  Mathilde  Town- 
send. 

(viii)  Maturin  Livingston,  bom  in  1815,  died  in 
1888,  married  Ruth  Baylies  of  Taunton,  Mass. 
Children : 

1.  Elizabeth  Livingston,  married  George 
Cavendish  Bentick. 

2.  Ruth  Livingston,  married  Ogden  Mills, 
son  of  Darius  O.  Mills  and  brother-in-law  of 
Hon.  Whitelaw  Reid,  and  had  children: 

I.  Ogden  L.  Mills,  married  September 
20,  191 1,  Margaret  Ruthert'ord,  daughter 
of  Lewis  Rutherford. 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  49 

2.  Beatrice  Mills,  married  January  14, 
1909,  the  Earl  of  Granard. 

3.  Gladys    Mills,     married     Henry     C. 
Phipps. 

(ix)  Angelica  Livingston,  married  Alexander  Ham- 
ilton, who  died  December  3c,  1889,  in  his  seventy- 
fom-th  year.  He  was  the  grandson  of  Alexander 
Hamilton  the  statesman,  who  was  killed  in  a 
duel  by  Aaron  Burr.  They  had  no  children, 
(x)  Henry  B.  Livingston,  married  Mar>-  L. 
Livingston,  daughter  of  John  Swift  Livingston 
and  Anna  M.  M.  Thompson  his  wife.  Their 
daughter:  Estelle  Livingston,  married  John  Watts 
de  Peyster.  Their  descendants  are  stated  later. 
(xi)  Geraldine  Livingston,  married  Lydig  M. 
Hoyt.  Children : 
Henry  S.  Hoyt,  who  died  May  2t„  1900,  aged 

47  years. 
Gerald  L.  Hoyt,    married  Mary  Appleton;  son 
Lydig  Hoyt. 
Vin.     Joanna  Livingston,  born  in  1759,  married  Peter 
R.  Livingston,  son  of  Robert  James  Livingston  and 
Susan  Smith  his  wife. 
IX.     Alida  Livingston,  bom  in  1 761,  daughter  of  Hon. 
Robert  R.   Livingston  and   Margaret   Beekman   his 
wife,  daughter  of  Colonel  Henry  Beekman,  married 
General  John  Armstrong,  who  after  the  Revolution- 
ary War  was  Secretary  of  State  of  Pennsylvania, 
Minister  of  the  United  States  to  France  under  Presi- 
dent Jefferson,  and  Secretarj'  of  War  under  President 
Madison.     They  had  a  daughter: 

Margaret  Rebecca  Armstrong,  born  in  1800,  died 
in  1872,  married  William  B.  Astor,  bom  September 
ID,  1792,  died  November  24,  1875,  son  of  John  Jacob 
Astor,  bom  July  17,  1763,  died  March  29,  1848,  who 
married  in  1785.  Sarah  Todd,  daughter  of  Adam  Todd 
and  Sarah  Cox  his  wife.  William  B.  Astor  and  Mar- 
garet R.  Annstrong  his  wife  had  children: 


50  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

(i)     Emily   Astor,    bom   in    1819,    married   Samuel 
-Ward,  Jr.,  and  had  a  daughter: 
I.     Margaret    Astor    Ward,    married    John    Win- 
throp  Chanler  and  had  children: 

a.  John  Armstrong  Chanler. 

b.  Robert  W.  Chanler,  married  JuHa  R. 
Chamberlain. 

c.  Winthrop  A.  Chanler,  married  Margaret 
Terr>'.    Children :  Laura,  Beatrice,  and  Hester. 

d.  EHzabeth  W.  Chanler,  married  John  Jay 
Chapman. 

e.  Margaret  L.  Chanler,  married  Richard 
Aldrich. 

f.  Alida  Chanler. 

g.  Lewis  Stuyvesant  Chanler,  married  Alice 
Chamberlain.  Children:  Lewis  S.  Chanler,  Jr., 
Alida  Chanler,  and  William  C.  Chanler. 

(ii)  John  Jacob  Astor,  bom  June  10,  1822,  died 
Febmary  22,  1890,  married,  in  1846,  Augusta 
Gibbes  and  had  one  child: 

(a)     William  Waldorf  Astor,  bom  March  31,  1848, 
married   Mary   Dahlgren   Paul.      He  resides  in 
England, 
(iii)     Mary  Alida  Astor,  bom  in  1824,  died  April  25, 
18S1,  married  John  Carey,  Jr.,  and  had  children: 

(a)  Margaret  L.  Carey,  who  married,  first,  Al- 
phonse  de  Stuers,  second,  WiUiam  Elliot 
Zborowski. 

(b)  Arthirr  Astor  Carey,  married  Agnes  Whitside. 

(c)  Henry  Carey 

(iv)     Laura    Astor,  married,  in    1841,  Franklin    H. 

Delano, 
(v)     William  Astor,  bom  July  \2,  1829,  died  April 

25,    1892,  married  September  20,    1853,  Caroline 

Webster    Schermerhom,     daughter    of    Abraham 

Schermerhom,  and  had  children: 

(a)  Colonel  John  Jacob  Astor,  bom  July  13,  1S64, 
married    February    17,    1 891,    Ava    L.    Willing, 


THE  BEEKMA  N  FA  MIL  Y  5 1 

daughter  of  Edward  S.  Willing  of  Philadelphia. 
Children : 

1.  Wilham  Vincent  Astor,  bom  November  15, 
1S91. 

2.  Ava  Alice  Muriel  Astor. 

Col.    Astor    married    on     September    9,     191 1, 
Madeleine  T.  Force. 

(b)  Emily  Astor,  married  James  J.  Van  Alen  and 
had  children : 

1 .  Mary  Van  Alen. 

2.  Sarah  Van  Alen. 

3.  Lawrence  Van  Alen. 

(c)  Helen     Astor,     married     James     Roosevelt- 
Roosevelt;  children: 

1.  Helen  Roosevelt. 

2.  James  Roosevelt. 

(d)  Charlotte   Augusta  Astor,    married   October 
20,   1879,  J.  Coleman  Drayton;  children: 

1.  CaroHne  Drayton. 

2.  Henry  C.  Drayton. 

3.  Wilham  B.  A.  Drajrton. 

4.  Ahda  L.  Drayton. 

(e)  Caroline    S.    Astor,    married    November    18, 
1884,  Marshall  Ormc  Wilson;  children: 

1.  M.  Orme  Wilson,  married  Ahce  Borland. 

2.  Richard  T.  Vv'ilson,  married  Marion  S.  Mason, 
(vi)     Henry   Astor,    married   Malvina   Dinehart. 
(vii)     Sarah  Astor,  died  young. 

X.  Hon.  Edward  Livingston,  bom  at  Clermont,  N.  Y., 
May  26,  1764,  died  May  23,  1836.  He  resided  at 
No.  I  Broadway,  overlooking  the  Battery,  New  York 
City.  He  was  a  member  of  Congress  in  1794;  a 
fellow-member  with  him  wa?  Andrew  Jackson  from 
Tennessee.  Ke  was  Mayor  of  New  York  in  iS<.M. 
He  was  a  member  of  Congress  from  Louisiana  in 
1823  and  U.  S.  Senator  from  Louisiana  and  prepared 
its  Penal  Code.  When  General  Jackson  became 
President  of  the  United  States,  he  became  his  Secre- 


52  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

tary  of  State,  the  position  held  by  his  brother  Chan- 
celTor   Livingston  during  the   Revolution.     He   was 
Minister  to  France.     He  married  first,  on  April  lO, 
1788,  Mary  McEvers.     He  was  a  graduate  of  Prince- 
ton College  in  1 78 1,  when  the  famous  Dr.  Witherspoon 
was  President,  and  afterwards  studied  law  in  Albany 
and  in  New  York  with  James  Kent,  Aaron  Burr,  and 
Alexander    Hamilton    as    fellow-students    and    was 
admitted  to  practise  in  1785.     Hon.  Edward  Living- 
ston and  Mary  McEvers  his  wife  had  children: 
(i)     Charles  Edward  Livingston,  bom  in  1790. 
(ii)     Julia  Livingston,  bom  in  1794. 
(iii)     Lewis  Livingston,  bom  in  1798,  died  in  1822. 

After  the  death  of  his  wife,  Maiy  McEvers,  on 
March  13,  1801,  Edward  Livingston  married  on  June 
3,  1805,  Louise  D'Avezac  de  Castera,  sister  of  Major 
D'Avezac  who  was  aide  to  General  Andrew  Jack- 
son at  the  battle  of  New  Orleans,  and  was  after- 
ward appointed  by  President  Jackson  charge  d' 
affaires  of  the  United  States  at  The  Hague,  Holland. 
They  had  a  daughter: 
(iv)     Coralie  Livingston,   married  in   1833,  Thomas 

P.  Barton  of  Philadelphia,   Pa.,  who  was  charge 

d'  affaires  at  Paris.  France. 


CHAPTER  III 


COLONEL  GER,\RDUS   BEEKMAN 


ERARDUS  BEEKMAN,  M.D.,  third 

child  and  second  son  of  Wilhebnus 

Beekman,   the   Founder,   baptized 

August  17,  1653,  died  October  ic, 

,_„„^^^      1723.    married   August    29,    1677, 

hJ}Ui-^y-^.-:-^^      Magdalena  Abeel  of  Albany,  N.  Y., 

COACH  OF  CERAROus  BECXHAH     daughter  of  Stoffel  Janse  Abeel  and 

Neeltje  Janse  Croon  his  wife,  bom 

in  1657,  died  October  20,  1745. 

Colonel  Beekman  was  a  physician  and  surgeon  and  resided 
in  New  York  and  Flatbush,  Long  Island,  and  occasionally 
on  his  estate  on  the  Millstone  River,  New  Jersey.  In  1685 
he  was  Justice  of  Kings  County,  New  York.  He  was  Cap- 
tain of  militia  at  Flatbush  in  1681,  and  in  1689  he  took  the 
oath  of  allegiance  and  was  appointed  Major  of  all  the  horse 
and  foot  in  Kings  County  as  appears  by  his  military  commis- 
sion published  in  Historical  Documents  of  New  York,  vol. 
xxxvi.,  p.  142.  In  1690  and  1691  he  was  a  member  of 
Leisler's  Council.  He  did  not  thoroughly  agree  with  Leisler 
in  politics  and  when  Leisler's  conduct  caused  disturbances. 
Dr.  Beekman  prepared  and  delivered  an  address  in  pacifica- 
tion of  the  people.  When  Colonel  Sloughter  came  here  as 
Deputy  Governor  in  1691,  to  succeed  Deputy  Governor 
Nicholson,  whose  government  after  the  accession  of  William 
of  Orange  had  been  overthrown  by  Leisler,  Dr.  Beekman 
was  arrested  with   Leisler  and  others  and  was  seventeen 


54  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

months  in  prison,  but  was  afterward  pardoned.  The  un- 
fortunate'patriot  Leisler  was  hanged.  Governor  Benjamin 
Fletcher  who  succeeded  Colonel  Sloughter  was  in  turn 
succeeded  by  Governor  Bellomont.  In  1700  Dr.  Beekman 
was  appointed  Lieutenant-Colonel  and  then  Colonel  under 
Richard  Coote,  Earl  of  Bellomont.  The  same  documentary 
history  of  New  York  has  under  the  heading  "Pro\'ince  of 
New  York"  the  following  curious  entry: 

"List  of  ye  present  officers  of  ye  MiHtia  in  his  3.1a'tys 
Province  of  New  York  in  America  commissioned  by  his 
Excel.  Rich'd  [Coote]  Earle  of  Bellomont  Capt  Generall 
&  Gov'r  in  chief  in  &  over  his  Ma'tys  said  Province  &c  viz: 
"of  ye  Regiment  of  Militia  in  King's  County  on  ye  said 
Island  [Nassau] 

Stephen  Cortlandt — Colonel  \ 

Gerardus  Beekman — Lieut.  Col.      --  Field  officers" 

Com.  Van  Brunt  Maj'r  j 

"of  ye  Foot  Compa  in  ye  town  of  New  Uytreyt 

John  Van  Dyke  Cap't 

Joost  Van  Bnmt  Lieut 

jVlatys  Smake  Ensigne" 
It  is  interesting  to  note  here  that  Lieut. -Col.  Gerardus 
Beekman  and  Cap't.  John  Van  Dyke  mentioned  above 
were  ancestors  of  the  author  and  that  the  Earl  of  Bello- 
mont was  of  the  same  family  collaterally  as  that  of  his  wife, 
Nora  Hamilton  Coote  Aitken. 

After  the  death  of  the  Earl  of  Bellomont,  which  occurred 
March  5,  1701,  the  King  appointed  as  his  successor,  Lord 
Cornbury,  who  began  his  administration  on  the  third  of 
May,  1702,  assisted  by  a  Council,  consisting  of  the  following 
members :  WilUam  Atwood,  William  Smith,  Peter  Schuyler, 
Abraham  de  Peyster,  Samuel  Staats,  Robert  Walters, 
Thomas  Weaver,  Sampson  Shelton  Broughton,  Wolfgang 
WilHam  Romar,  WiUiam  Lawrence,  Gerardus  Beekman,  and 
Rip  Van  Dam.  Many  of  them  are  ancestors  mentioned  in 
this  b(5ok.  It  is  quite  remarkable  that  throughout  the  dis- 
turbing politics  of  the  time  Colonel  Gerardus  Beekman  was 
popular  with  the  people  and  yet  received  important  offices 


^jj    SOMER 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  55 

at  the  hands  of  the  several  Colonial  Governors.  In  17C9 
Lord  Lovelace',  the  Governor,  died  and  Lieutenant-Governor 
Ingoldsby  became  Governor,  but  was  immediately  suc- 
ceeded by  Colonel  Beekman,  who  was  appointed  to  fill  the 
office  until  Governor  Robert  Hunter  arrived  in  New  York 
in  June,  1710,  when  Colonel  Beekman  became  President 
of  his  Council,  retaining  the  position  until  his  death. 

Besides  his  estate  in  Flatbush,  Colonel  Beekman  had 
three  large  farms  in  New  Jersey.  One  farm  extended  for 
two  miles  along  the  Raritan  River  and  contained  1800  acres. 
It  was  held  jointly  with  Laford  Paterson  of  Flatbush  and 
the  deed  of  conveyance  to  them  from  WilHam  Dockra  and 
Rebecca  his  wife,  bearing  date  February-  2,  1702,  and  re- 
corded in  Book  I.  of  deeds,  p.  429,  at  Trenton,  N.  J.,  states 
that  the  consideration  was  £366.  Another  farm  of  4000 
acres  in  Somerset  County,  New  Jersey,  was  purchased 
February  20,  1702,  of  Rip  Van  Dam,  attorney  for  Thomas 
Hart  of  England,  one  of  the  twenty-four  Proprietors  of  East 
Jersey,  and  the  record  of  it  is  found  in  Book  C  of  deeds. 
Another  farm  of  60S  acres  was  on  the  Millstone  River, 
New  Jersey,  and  is  described  in  Book  A  under  date  October 
28,  1708.  His  sons  Christopher  Beekman,  Adrian  Beekman, 
and  Dr.  William  Beekman  were  owners  of  large  tracts  of 
these  lands. 

Colonel  Gerardus  Beekman  and  Alagdalena  Abeel  his 
wife  had  children: 

Ilia.     William  Beekman,  bom  Januan,^  25,  1679,  died 

young. 
Illi.  Christopher  Beekman,  bom  January-  4,  16S1, 
baptized  January  16,  168 1,  died  January  28,  1724, 
married  January  28,  1704,  by  license  dated  January 
25,  1704,  and  recorded  in  Albany,  N.  Y.,  Mary  De 
Lanoy,  daughter  of  Abraham  De  Lanoy,  bom  in 
1642,  died  in  1702,  Corporal  in  the  Burgher  Corps  of 
New  Amsterdam,  who  married  Cornelia  Jacobse 
Toll,  widow  of  Evert  Duyckinck.  He  was  a  descen- 
dant of  Gysbert  de  Lannoy,  1545,  of  Tumay,  Hainaut, 
Flanders.     The   De    Lanoy  arms  are:   Argent  three 


56  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

lions  rampant  sinope  vert;  armes  and  tongues  gules 

crowned  or.     Crest :  The  head  and  neck  of  a  unicorn 

argent  accomee,  crinee  and  onglee  or,  placed  upon  a 

ducally   crowned   helmet.     Motto:     "Bonnes    Nou- 

veUes" — "Good  Tidings.  " 

Christopher  Beekman  was  a  merchant  in  New  York  City, 

and  lived  in  Flatbush,  Long  Island.     He  removed  from  there 

to  a  farm  at  Six  Mile  Run,  New  Jersey.     His  will,  bearing 

date  May  6,  1724,  was  proved  as  to  real  and  personal  estate, 

June  19,  1724,  and  recorded  in  Liber  A  at  page  326  of  East 

Jersey  Wills,  at  Trenton,  New  Jersey.     In  it  he  mentions 

his  wife  Maria  and  appoints  her  and  his  brothers  Dr.  Wil- 

Ham  Beekman  and  Gerardus  Beekman,  merchants  of  New 

York  City,  as  his  executors  and  mentions  all  of  his  children 

except  Aaron  who  died  before  him.     Children: 

A.     Gerardus  Christopher  Beekman,  son  of  Christopher 
Beekman  and  Maria  De  Lanoy,  his  wife,  baptized  August 
6,  1707,  married  Catharine  Van  Dyke,  bom  April  12, 
1708,  the  daughter  of  John  Van  Dyke,  who  was  the  son 
of  Jan  Janse  Van  Dyke  and  the  grandson  of  Jan  Thom- 
asse  Van  Dyke,  the  founder  of  the  family  in  America, 
who  came  from  Amsterdam  in  1652.     This  was  one  of 
the  first  of  many  intermarriages  between  the  descen- 
dants of  the  Beekman  and  Van  Dyke  families  of  New 
Utrecht. 
The  will  of  Gerardus  Christopher  Beekman,  bearing  date 
August  4,1777,  proved  April  21,1778,  and  recorded  in  Book  20 
of  Wills  at  page  231  at  Trenton,  N.  J.,  mentions  the  children 
named  below.     As  his  wife's  name  is  not  mentioned  it  is 
supposed  that  she  died  before  him.     The  witnesses  to  the 
will   were   Christopher   Hoagland,    Peter  Vanderveer,  and 
Jeremiah  Van  Dyke.     By  his  will  he  gave  to  his  son  Chris- 
topher ten  pounds  and  orders  all  his  personal  property  to 
be   sold   and   divided   between   his  five   daughters,   Mary, 
Ann,  Catharine,  Magdalen,  and  Cornelia.     He  gave  to  his 
son  Abraham  in  lands  or  otherwise  three  hundred  pounds 
over  and  above  what  he  gave  to  his  other  two  sons,  "as  the 
said  Abraliam  has  worked  for  the  family  considerablv  longer 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  57 

than  the  rest  of  my  sons,"  and  then  divided  his  real  estate 

between  his  three  sons  Christopher,  Gerardus,  and  Abraham 

and  appoints  them  and  Peter  Stryker  executors.     Children  : 

I.     Christopher  Beekman,  son  of  Gerardus  Christopher 

Beekman    and    great-grandson    of    Colonel    Gerardus 

Beekman  the  Patriot,   bom  in   1730,  died  November 

16,  1829,  and  is  buried  beside  his  wife  in  the  Beekman 

Cemetery  near  Griggstown,  N.  J.     He  married  Martha 

Veghte,  daughter  of  Captain  Garret  Veghte  or  Veghten 

of  Staten  Island,  N.  Y.     They  lived  on  the  rear  farm 

of  the  old  Beekman  tract  on  the  Millstone  River  near 

Griggstown,  N.  J. 

On  June  26,  1783,  the  inhabitants  of  Princeton  and  the 

vicinity  met   at  Princeton   College  and  passed  resolutions 

of  loyalty  and  confidence  which  were  presented  to  Congress 

by  Colonel  Morgan  and  Dr.  Samuel  Stanhope  Smith  of  the 

College.     Christopher  Beekman  was  one  of  the  signers. 

On  the  list  of  officers  and  freeholders  of  Somerset  County 
in  the  year  1790  appear  the  names  John  Veghten,  Nicholas 
Veghten,  Dr.  Jacob  Rutsen  Hardenberg  in  the  Eastern 
Precinct;  John  Bennet,  Samuel  Beekman,  and  Rynear 
Veghten  in  Hillsborough  Township;  Abraham  Beekman, 
Christopher  Beekman,  Gerardus  Beekman,  Henry  Veghten, 
and  Thomas  Skillman  in  the  Western  Precinct. 

Martha  Veghte,  wife  of  Christopher  Beekman,  was  the 
daughter  of  Captain  Garret  Veghte,  and  a  descendant 
of  Claes  Arentse  Van  Veghten,  or  as  he  was  also  called, 
Klaes  Arents  Veghte  or  Veght,  and  his  wife  Lammentie  who 
with  their  three  children  came  from  Norch  or  Nora  in  the 
Province  of  Drenthe  in  Holland  in  the  ship  Bonle  Kol  (in 
English  "spotted  cow")  in  April,  1654,  and  settled  at  Go- 
wanus  on  New  York  Bay.     Their  sons  were: 

I.  Gerrit  Classen  Veghte,  bom  about  1650,  died  in  1722, 
who  settled  on  Staten  Island,  where  he  married,  first, 
on  September  2^.  16S2,  Jannetie  Crocheron;  he  married, 
second,  in  March,  1693,  Magdalena  Jans;  and  had 
children; 
(i)     Lammetje  Veghte,  married  Abrahiun  Lachman. 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

(ii)  Jan  Veghte,  married  Cornelia  Staats  and  resided 
ori  Staten  Island.  He  also  had  a  farm  in  Somerset 
County,  New  Jersey.  His  name  is  recorded  in  the 
Historical  Documents  of  the  State  of  New  York 
showing  the  military  officers  for  Richmond  Coimty 
in  1738  as  Captain  of  the  Northern  Division.  He 
was  executor  of  the  will  of  his  cousin  Hendrick 
Veghte.  His  children  are  mentioned  in  the  records 
of  baptisms  of  the  Dutch  Church  of  Staten  Island, 
published  in  the  New  York  Genealogical  and  Bio- 
graphical Record.     Their  son: 

Captain  Garrit  Veghte,  bom  January  i,  1715, 
baptized  March  20,  1715,  according  to  Staten 
Island  Dutch  Church  records,  died  in  1793. 
He  was  a  Captain  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution. 
He  bought  a  farm  of  his  father  and  resided 
in  Somerset  County,  New  Jersey.  Captain 
Garrit  Veghte  and  Elizabeth  his  wife  had 
children : 
(i)     Hendrick  or  Henry  Veghte,  married  Dorothy 


(2)  John  Veghte,  married  Mary . 

(3)  Martha  Veghte,  born  in  1741;  died  October 
30,  1817,  married  Christopher  Beekman,  son  of 
Gerardus  Christopher  Beekman.  Their  children 
are  stated  later. 

(4)  Jane  Veghte,  married  Isaac  Stryker. 

(5)  Mary  Veghte,  who  died  in  1846,  married, 
first,  John  Stryker,  who  was  killed  at  the  battle 
of  Germantown  in  the  Revolutionary  War.  She 
married,  second,  John  Skillman,  bom  at  Har- 
lingen,  N.  J.,  January  10,  1753,  died  December 
2,  1835;  he  was  a  soldier  in  the  War  of  the 
Revolution.  Both  are  buried  at  Larison's,  N.J. 
Their  children  were : 

(i)  Mar>^  Skillman,  bom  December  2.  1779, 
married  Major  Emley  Holcombc  and  had 
children: 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 


59 


(a)  William  Holcombe. 

(b)  John  E.  Holcombe. 

(c)  Mary  E.  Holcombe,  married  L.  J.  Titus. 
(d^i     Eleanor  Holcombe. 

(e)  Isaac  S.  Holcombe. 

(f)  Alexander  Holcombe. 

(g)  Theodore  Holcombe. 
(h)     Charles  O.  Holcombe. 

(ii)     Thomas   Skillman.    bom    in    1781;    second 

child  of  John  Skillman  and  Mary  Veghte. 
(iii)     EUzabeth  Skillman,  bom  in  17S1. 
(iv)     Isaac  Skillman,  bom  in  1786. 
(v)     Anna  Skillman,  bom  in  1790. 
(vi)     William  L.  Skillman,  bom  in  1795. 

(6)  Magdalene  Veghte,  married  John  B.  Skill- 
man,  bom  in  1752,  son  of  Benjamin  SkiUman 
and  cousin  of  John  Skillman  who  married  Mary 
Veghte.  He  was  drowned  in  the  Delaware 
River  in  18 12.     They  had  nine  children. 

(7)  Nicholas  Veghte,  married  Aitlia . 

(iii)  Gerrit  Veghte,  son  of  his  second  wife,  baptized 
April,  1694,  died  about  1734,  as  the  inventory  of  his 
estate  was  filed  in  the  office  of  the  Surrogate  of  New 
York  County  on  January  2,  1735.  He  was  married 
and  had  a  daughter: 

Gerritje  Veghte,  married  Frederick  Jacobse  Bergen, 
who  was  the  father  of  Gerritie  Bergen,  who  married 
John  Van  Dyke,  son  of  John  Van  Dyke  and  Anna 
\'erkerk,  mentioned  later. 
,     Hendrick  Classen  Veghte,  married  October  10,  16S0, 
Gerritje    Grietje    Reincers    W'izzelpenning,    who    died 
November  9,  1754.     They  had  children: 
(l)     Reynier    Veghte,    Hved    on    the    Raritan    River; 
baptized    Alarch    2,    1701,    died    October   28,    1758; 
married,  Jacomyntie  or  Jacqueline  Van  Duyn,  bom 
June  8,   1700,  died  in  February,    1736,  in  Gowanus; 
children : 

A.     Hendrick  Veghte,   baptized    May    18,    1727, 


6o  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

in  the  Reformed  Dutch  Church  at  Harlingen, 
"  N.  J.;  witnesses  Peter  Dumont  and  John  Veghte. 

He  was  bom  October  27,  1726,  died  September  15, 

1787,  married,  first,  Pietemellitie  Van  Middleswart 

or  Middlesworth.     He  purchased  a  large  tract  of 

land  at  Roycefield,  N.  J.  (shown  on  the  map  of 

early  purchasers).     Children: 

(i)  Jacomyntie  Veghte,  who  married  Peter  Wyck- 
off. 

(ii)     Pietemellitie  Veghte,  died  young. 

(iii)     John  Veghte,  died  young. 

(iv)  Reynier  Veghte,  bom  Febmary  19,  1754, 
died  February  2,  1833,  married  January  30, 
1772,  Cathntie  Ten  Eick,  who  died  February 
7,  1777.     Children: 

a.  Henry    Veghte,    married    and    had 

sons :     Benjamin  T.  Veghte  and  Henry  Veghte. 

b.  Rvnier  Veghte,  died  in  1871,  aged  83  years. 
Hendrick   Veghte  married,   second,   on   August 

30,  1777,  Catharine  Van  Wagenen,  who  died 
in  Somerville,  N.  J.,  on  Alay  15.  1834.  Children: 
(v)     Catharine  Veghte,  bom  Febmary  25,   1779, 

died  in  1858. 
(vi)     Pietemellitie    Veghte,    bom    December    25, 

1780. 
(vii)     Jan  Van  Middleswart  Veghte,  bom  Septem- 
ber 3    1782. 
(viii)     Altje   Veghte,   bom   April   29,    1784,    died 
May  16,  1838,  married  John  P.  Vroom. 

B.  Sara  Veghte. 

C.  Maghtel  Veghte,  married  Abraham  Quick. 

(2)     Nicholas  Veghte,  second  son  of  Hendrick  Classen 

Veghte,  bom  about  1704,  married and   had  a 

son  Abram  Veghte  who  married  Mary  Oppie  of 
Griggstown,  N.  J.  Their  son  Abram  Veghte,  bom 
May  24,  1 79 1,  died  June  29,  1865,  owner  of  the 
Griggstown  mill,  N.  J.,  married  January  16,  1817, 
Gertmde  Nevius,    daughter   of   John  Nevius,   bom 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  6i 

near  Millstone,   N.  J.,  August  25,   1796,  died  April 

13,  1842;-   Children: 

(i)  Matilda  Veghte,  bom  February  i,  1818,  married 
John  Mount  and  had  a  son  Abram  Veghte  Mount, 
who  lived  in  Florida. 

(ii)  Maria  Veghte,  born  December  24,  1S23,  married 
December  30,  1845,  her  cousin  John  Nevius  Hoag- 
land,  bom  September  12,  1822,  died  May  26,  1874, 
son  of  Lucas  Voorhees  Hoagland,  son  of  Christo- 
pher Hoagland  and  Petronella  Wyckoff  of  Griggs- 
town,  N.  J.,  and  Sarah  Staats  Nevius. 

(iii)     Phcebe  Veghte,  died  young. 

(iv)  Ann  Veghte,  bom  August  30,  1833;  married 
September  21,  1854,  Thomas  Edgar. 

(v)  Sarah  Veghte,  bom  April  8,  1835,  married 
November  11,  1857,  John  DeVv'itt  Boice,  bom 
June  22,   1832,   died  March   10,   1887.     Children: 

(a)  Edgar  Boice 

(b)  Harvey  Boice 

(c)  John  DeWitt  Boice,  Jr. 

(d)  Archibald  Boice,  born  in  1877. 

(3)  Hillitie  or  Hilletye  Veghte,  eldest  daughter  of 
Hendrick  Classen  Veghte,  married  Jeromus  Rapalje, 
bom  March  31,  1682,  son  of  Jeromus  R.  Rapalje, 
bom  January  17,  1643,  and  Annetie  or  Ann  Denis 
his  wife,  daughter  of  Teunis  Denis,  and  grandson  of 
Joris  Jansen  Rapalje,  bom  in  1623,  and  Sarah  his 
wife  who  settled  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

(4)  Jannetje  Veghte. 

(5)  Lammetie  Veghte. 

(6)  Gerritje  Veghte. 

Christopher  Beekman  and    Martha   Veghte  his  wife 

had  children: 

a-I.     Grotius  Beekman,  died  unmarried. 

a-II.  Christopher  or  Christoffel  C.  Beekman,  baptized 
February,  1773,  died  February  26,  i860,  married 
Mary  Van  Dyke,  who  died  Febmary  11,  1859.  They 
are  buried  in  Poekman  Cemeterv.     Children: 


62  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

(i)     John  Beelonan. 

(ii)     Columbus  Beekman. 

(iii)  Julia  Beekman,  married  John  Stryker,  and  lived 
at  Six  Mile  Run,  N.  J. 

(iv)     Martha  Beekman,  married  John  Sldllman,  son 
of  Jacob  Skillman  and   Mary  Hageman  his  wife, 
bom  June  27,  1800,  died  in  1865;  children: 
(i)     Theodore  Skillman,  bom  in  1S34,  married  in 
1S59,  Agnes  T.  Suydam. 

(2)  John  Skillman,  bom  in   1836;  died  in   1865, 
unmarried. 

(3)  M^iry  Skillman,  bom  in  1838,  died  in  1884, 
married  Augustus  Van  Zandt.     Children: 

(a)  Irene  Van  Zandt. 

(b)  Russell  Van  Zandt. 

(c)  Eugenia  Van  Zandt. 

(d)  Hubert  Van  Zandt. 

(4)  Henry  Skillman,  bom  in  1S45,  married  Mary 
W.  Pumyea  and  had  a  daughter,  Cassie  Skillman. 

(5)  William  Skillman. 

(6)  Jacob  Skilknan,  born  in  1850. 

a-ni.  Garret  Beekman,  baptized  March  20,  1768, 
died  June  11,  1840,  and  was  buried  in  Beekman 
Cemetery-;  married,  first,  Maria  Str>-ker  and  had  a 
son  who  died  at  the  age  of  ten  years.  He  married, 
second,  Margaret  Quick.     They  had  children: 

1.  Christopher  Beekman,  died  February  18,  18 16, 
in  his  twentieth  year  and  was  buried  in  Beekman 
Cemetery. 

2.  Cornelia  Beekman,  died  September  9,  1834,  aged 
thirty-four  years,  and  was  buried  in  Beekman 
Cemetery. 

3.  Julia  Ann  Beekman,  married  Peter  Cortelyou, 
born  September  27,  1797,  died  August  25,  1879, 
son  of  Hendrick  Cortelyou,  1 761 -i 841,  and  Eliza- 
beth Nevius  of  Ten  Mile  Run,  N.  J.  Their  son: 
Peter    Cortelyou,     married    Anna    Voorhees    and 

had  children:    Henrv  P.  and  Helen. 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  63 

4.  Garret  Beekman,  married  Phebe  Staats.  Their  son 
Abram  married  Elizabeth  Ammerman  and  had  children: 
EHzabeth,  Emma  and  Rev.  Theodore  A.  Beekman. 

5.  Margaret  Beekman,  married  William  Van  Pelt. 

6.  James  Beekman. 

7.  Martha  Beekman,  married  John  Van  Dyke  of  New 
Brunswick,  N.  J.  Children:  James,  John  and  Catharine 
Van  Dyke  who  married  Rutsen  Hardenburgh  of  New  Brims- 
wick,  N.  J. 

8.  Gertrude  Beekman,  married  Benjamin  Smith. 

9.  Peter  Quick  Beekman. 

10.  Maria  Beekman,  married  Peter  Vroom. 

11.  John  Beekman,  born  April  10,  1815;  died  April  17, 
1900.  Married  Sarah  E.  Manley,  181 7-1897.  Children: 
(a)  John  Beekman,  born  February  28,  1844,  married  Emma 
Lydall.  Children:  Florence,  married  Frank  Van  Sickle; 
Emma  married  Dr.  Charles  Dunham;  Albert;  Isaac;  John 
and  Charles.  (b)  Richard  Manley  Beekman,  married 
Catharine  Van  Doren.  Their  son  Harvey,  married  Eva  Wil- 
kins.  (c)  Margaret  Jane  Beekman,  born  March  27,  1850, 
married  Edgar  I.  Cregar,  bom  October  15,  1848.  Children: 
(i)  Raymond  DeWitt  Cregar,  1869-1901,  married  Carrie 
Diehl.  Children:  Edgar  and  Hazel.  (2)  Harriette  Beek- 
man Cregar.  (3)  Sarah  Manley  Beekman  Cregar.  (d) 
Anna  C.  Beekman,  bom  January  10,  1853,  married  Jona- 
than Vail.  Children:  Clinton;  Catharine  A.,  married 
William  E.  MacClymont;  Lilian  and  Edison,  (e)  Jesse  H. 
Beekman,  bom  September  17,  1855,  married  Annie  Crotson. 
Children:  Mabel  and  Jesse,  (f)  Sarah  E.  M.  Beekman, 
married  Rev.  George  Niemeyer  of  Detroit.  Michigan. 
Children:  George,  Sarah  and  Edna. 

a-IV.  John  Beek-man,  baptized  May,  1778,  married 
and  had  a  son  Grotius  Beekman. 

a-V.  Abraham  Christopher  Beekman,  bom  September 
29,  1787,  baptized  November,  1787,  died  February 
24,  1877,  and  was  buried  in  Beekman  Cemetery.  He 
married,  first,  February  15,  18 13,  Rachel  Cruser, 
daughter  of   Major  Abraham    Cruser  of   Harlingen, 


64  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

N.  J.,  who  was  a  descendant  of  Garret  Cruser,  who 
came  to  America  about  1660  and  settled  on  a  farm 
in  Staten  Island.     Rachel  Cruser  Beekman  had  one 
child,  Louisa,  bom  in  1816,  died  March  11,  1887,  who 
married  November  28,  1833,  Dr.  Peter  Skillman,  son 
of  Cornelius  Skillman  and  grandson  of  Thomas  Skill- 
man,  born  September  15,   1S08,  died  April  i,  1888. 
They  resided  in  Harlingen,  N.  J.     Both  are  buried 
at  Belle  Mead,  N.  J.     Children: 
(i)     James  Alfred  Skillman,  bom  September  17,  1S34, 
died  September  12,   1874.      He  was  in  the  U.  S. 
Naval  Service, 
(ii)     ComeHus  P.  Skillman,  bom  May  16,  1837. 
(iii)     Dr.  Abraham  Beekman  Skillman,  bom  January 

28,  1839,  married  Anna  Moor, 
(iv)  John  Calhoun  Skillman,  bom  July  25,  1842. 
(v)  Rachel  Adah  Skillman,  bom  March  23,  1848. 
Abraham  Christopher  Beekman,  some  time  after  the  death 
of  his  first  wife,  married  EHzabeth  Houghton,  bom  April 
13,  1791,  daughter  of  Major  Abner  Houghton  and  Margaret 
Van  Dyke  his  wife,  a  descendant  of  Sir  Ralph  Houghton, 
bom  in  1623  in  Lancashire,  England,  died  June  10,  1700, 
son  of  Sir  Richard  Houghton,  bom  in  1570,  of  Hoghton 
Tower,  Lancashire,  who  was  created  a  baronet  by  King 
James  L,  on  May  22,  161 1,  and  according  to  the  National 
Biography  published  in  London,  England,  in  1898,  he  was 
descended  from  Adam  de  Houghton,  Bishop  of  St.  David 
and  Chancellor  of  England,  who  died  in  1389.  The  Hogh- 
tons  of  Hoghton  Tower  were  also  descended  from  Roger 
de  Bush,  one  of  the  followers  of  William  the  Conqueror 
in  1066. 

Sir  Ralph  Houghton,  although  knighted  by  Charles  L 
fought  on  the  side  of  Cromwell.  He  fled  to  America  about 
the  year  1647  with  his  wife  Jane  on  account  of  his  poHtical 
and  religious  opinions  and  landed  at  Charlestown,  Mass. 
He  afterwards  founded  the  town  of  Lancaster,  IVIass.,  nam- 
ing it  from  Lancashire,  England,  his  ancestral  home.  He 
settled  at  Milton,  Mass.,  in  1682,  "  at  Scotch  Woods  nigh  unto 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  65 

Brush  Hill,"  and  he  and  his  wile  Jane  were  admitted  to 
the  church  there  On  June  18,  1682.  They  had  six  children: 
Mary,  John,  Joseph,  Experience,  Sarah,  and  Abigail. 

John  Houghton,  son  of  Sir  Ralph  Houghton,  bom  August 
28,  1655;  purchased  in  1696  two  hundred  acres  of  land  on 
Stony  Brook,  two  miles  southwest  of  Princeton,  N.  J.  His 
will,  bearing  date  June  24,  1709,  and  recorded  in  the  Secre- 
tary of  State's  office  at  Trenton,  N.  J.,  mentions  his  children 
including  sons  John,  Richard,  Joseph,  and  Thomas. 

Thomas  Houghton,  the  yoimgest  son  of  John  Houghton, 
purchased  of  Robert  Tindall,  on  April  22,,  1726,  three  hun- 
dred acres  of  land  in  Hopewell,  N.  J.  He  married  and  had 
nine  children : 

(i)  Col.  Joab  Houghton,  son  of  Thomas  Houghton, 
was  an  officer  in  the  Revolutionary  War.  He 
died  in  1796  and  was  buried  in  the  churchyard  of 
the  First  Baptist  Church  at  Hopewell,  N.  J.  Over 
his  grave  is  a  large  stone  and  a  monument  close 
to  the  sidewalk  of  the  main  street,  on  which 
these  words  are  inscribed  and  were  copied  by  the 
author: 

"Joab  Houghton. 

"Sunday,  April  23,  1775,  news  of  the  battle  of  Lexington 
reached  Hopewell  while  the  people  were  worshipping  in  the 
First  Baptist  Church.  At  the  close  Joab  Houghton,  stand- 
ing on  this  block,  inspired  the  men  with  the  love  of  Liberty 
and  the  desire  of  independence.  In  closing,  he  said,  'Men 
of  New  Jersey,  the  redcoats  are  murdering  our  brethren 
of  New  England!  Who  follows  me  to  Boston?'  Every  man 
answered  'I '." 

On  October  19,  1776,  he  was  made  a  Captain  of  the  First 
Regiment  of  Hunterdon;  on  March  15,  1777,  a  Lieutenant- 
Colonel,  and  in  Colonel  Taylor's  Regiment  of  State  troops 
on  October  9,  1 779,  he  was  Lieutenant-Colonel.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  first  Legislature  of  the  State  of  New  Jersey. 
In  the  Historical  Collections  of  the  State  of  New  Jersey  by 
John  W.  Barber,  a  ver\'  interesting  story  of  Colonel  Joab 


66  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

Houghton  is  recorded  showing  the  activity  of  the  British 
troops  in  the  Revolutionary  War  in  the  neighborhood  of 
Hopewell,  N.  J.: 

"While  this  part  of  New  Jersey  was  overrun  by  the  British 
and  Hessians,  there  were  but  few  hardy  enough  to  oppose 
even  the  small  marauding  parties  that  were  daily  plimder- 
ing  for  the  British  camp.  Nearly  the  whole  of  the  active 
population  had  left  their  home.  Some  went  with  the  army 
under  Washington  and  some  to  a  place  of  safety.  Penning- 
ton was  occupied  by  the  British  troops,  and  the  inhabitants 
who  remained  being  aged  were  peaceable  and  lay  at  the 
mercy  of  these  pltmderers.  Colonel  Houghton  being  at  that 
time  at  home,  word  was  brought  to  him  by  night  that  the 
neighborhood  of  Moore's  Mill  had  been  visited  by  the  enemy 
and  that  they  would  probably  be  out  next  day.  Early 
next  morning  Colonel  Houghton  collected  a  few  of  his 
neighbors  and  placed  himself  at  the  point  of  a  neighboring 
moimtain  which  overlooked  the  surrounding  coimtry. 
Presently  he  saw  the  party  which  entered  a  house  near  by 
where  Colonel  Houghton  and  his  men  were  stationed,  after 
stacking  their  guns  on  the  outside.  The  Colonel  and  his 
men  now  rushed  from  their  hiding  place  and  seized  first  the 
arms  and  then  their  owners — a  Hessian  Sergeant  and  twelve 
men,  whom  they  found  regaling  themselves  in  the  cellars 
with  metheglin,  a  whiskey  made  out  of  honey. " 

Ralph  Ege,  in  Pioneers  of  Old  Hopewell,  has  given  a  history 
of  several  branches  of  the  Houghton  family. 

Col.  Joab  Houghton  married  in  1748,  Catharine  Runyon 
and  had  children  : 

(a)  Aaron  Houghton,  married  on  Februarv'  23, 
1780,  EHzabeth  Sexton. 

(b)  Elijah  Houghton,  married  Charlotte  Hart  and 
resided  at  Maysville,  Ky. 

(c)  Joab  Houghton,  Jr. 

(d)  William  Houghton,  bom  September,  26,  1757. 
died  in  1835.  He  lived  at  Houghton's  Hill, 
Cortland  County,  N.  Y.  He  married  Margaret 
Sexton,    daughter    of   Judge   Jared    Sexton,    of 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  67 

Hopewell,  N.  J.     Children: 

1.  Sarah  Houghton,  bom  August  7,  1794. 

2.  Nancy  Houghton,  bom  January  28,  1796, 
married  Palmer  Price. 

3.  Caroline  Houghton,  bom  March  31,  1798, 
married  Joseph  Hart. 

4.  William  Houghton,  died  young. 

5.  John  Sexton  Houghton,  bom  September  9, 
1805,  married  Lucy  A.  Alvord. 

6.  Aaron  Houghton,  bom  June  22,  1807;  died 
March  i,  1837. 

7.  Joab   Houghton,    bom   February   26,    18 10. 

8.  Elizabeth  Houghton,  bom  November  28, 
1 81 2;  married  Jeremiah  Devoe. 

(e)  Sarah    Houghton,    bora    in     1760;    married 
Amos  Corwine,  son  of  George  Corwine.  Children: 

1.  Joab  Houghton  Corwine,  bora  1788;  married 
Elizabeth  Lucas,  daughter  of  General  Samuel 
Lucas. 

2.  Richard  Corwine. 

3.  William  Corwine. 

4.  John  Corwine. 

5.  Clarissa  Corwine. 

6.  Aaron  Cormne,  died  in  1830. 

(f)  Alice    Houghton,    married    Conant    Cone    of 
Princeton,  N.  J.     Children: 

I.     Spencer  H.  Cone,  bom  1785;  a  minister  of 
the   Baptist  Church,   married    SaUy  Wallace 
Morrell  of  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
(ii)     Elizabeth    Houghton,    daughter    of    Thomas 

Houghton,  married  Abraham  Stout, 
(iii)     Sarah  Houghton,  married  John  Merrill. 
(iv)     Annie  Houghton,  married  John  Smith, 
(v)     Alary  Houghton,  married  WiUiam  Drake. 
(vi)     Alice    Houghton,    married   Abraham    Stout, 

after  the  death  of  her  sister, 
(vii)     Absalom  Houghton, 
(viii)     Thomas   Houghton,   Jr.,   died  unmarried. 


68  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

(ix)     John   Houghton,  son  of  Thomas   Houghton, 
married  Sarah .     They  had  children: 

1.  Eve  Houghton,  bom  February  17,  1751. 

2.  Major  Abner  Houghton,  bom  October  21, 
1754,  died  October  22,  181 7,  married  Margaret 
Van  Dyke,  bom  January  17,  1763,  died  January 
19,  1838,  daughter  of  Colonel  John  Van  Dyke 
and  Rebecca  Van  Dyke  his  wife  and  first  cousin, 
daughter  of  Roelof  Van  Dyke  and  Catharine 
Emans  his  wife.     Children: 

(a)  Catharine  Houghton,  bom  April  2,  17S6, 
died  July  5,  i860,  married  Robert  Chambers 
of  Trenton,  N.  J.  Their  descendants  are 
stated  later,  in  the  Van  Dyke  history. 

(b)  Elizabeth  Houghton,  bom  April  13,  1791, 
died  August  24,  1864,  married  Abraham 
Christopher  Beekman,  bom  September  29, 
1789,  died  February  24,  1877. 

a-V.  Abraham  Christopher  Beekman  and  EHzabeth 
Houghton  his  wife  resided  in  one  of  the  Beekman  home- 
steads on  a  part  of  the  large  Beekman  tract  between  Griggs- 
town  and  Harlingen,  N.  J.  This  "farm  and  plantation" 
was  conveyed  to  Abraham  C.  Beekman  by  his  parents 
Christopher  and  Martha  Beekman  by  a  deed  bearing  date 
January  31,  18 16,  and  recorded  February  5,  181 6,  in  the 
Clerk's  office  of  Somerset  County  in  Book  I.  at  page  208. 
The  consideration  expressed  in  the  deed  is  $12,225.  The 
description  in  the  deed  is  interesting  as  it  shows  who  were  the 
neighbors  at  that  time.  The  farm  was  described  as  bounded 
north  by  Lucas  Hogeland;  west  by  Garret  Beekman;  south 
by  Abraham  Van  Arsdale,  Joseph  Skillman,  and  William 
Oppie,  and  east  by  John  Beekman's  land.  The  deed  con- 
tained a  clause  providing  for  a  home  for  the  parents  by  the 
following  provision:  "Reserving  the  use  of  the  west  end 
of  the  dwelling  house  during  the  lives  of  the  grantors  and 
also  one  half  of  the  garden. ' '  On  October  25,  1 82 1 ,  Abraham 
C.  Beekman  and  his  wife  bought  of  John  A.  Beekman  and 
Alletta  his  wife  another  homestead  estate  of  one  hundred 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  69 

and  eighty  acres  situated  on  the  banks  of  the  Millstone 
River  near  Griggstown  which  is  still  in  the  possession  of 
the  family.  The  house  is  illustrated  in  this  book.  This  was 
the  birthplace  of  all  their  children,  who  were: 

(I)  Margaret  BeekTnan,  died  August  29,  1835,  at  the 
age  of  fourteen  years  and  was  buried  in  Beekman 
Cemetery. 

(II)  Ehza  Beekman,  bom  June  24,  1823,  married 
Frederick  Van  Liew  Voorhees,  bom  March  22,  1820, 
died  December  30,  1893,  sonof  Jacques  Voorhees,  bom 
March  27,  1792,  died  September  21,  1828,  and  Ann 
Van  Liew  his  wife,  bom  March  15,  1795,  daughter  of 
Frederick  Van  Liew  and  Ann  Rappleyea  his  wife; 
grandson  of  John  Voorhees;  great-grandson  of  Jacques 
Voorhees  and  Dinah  Stryker  his  wife,  and  descendant 
of  Steven  Coerte  Van  Voorhees,  bom  in  Hees,  near 
Ruinen,  Holland,  in  1600  and  came  to  America  in 
1660,  in  the  ship  Bonie  Kol,  and  settled  at  New 
Utrecht,  L.  I.  He  died  on  Febmary  16,  1684.  The 
Voorhees  family  is  entitled  to  arms:  Quarterly,  one 
and  four,  azure  a  tower  or;  two  and  three,  argent  a 
tree  eradicated  vert.  Crest:  a  tower  as  in  arms. 
Frederick  Van  Liew  Voorhees  purchased,  in  1844,  ^ 
large  estate  at  Blackwell's  Mills,  N.  J.,  where  he 
resided  until  his  death.     Children : 

(i)     Anna  Voorhees,  died  yoimg. 

(2)  Abraham  Beek-man  Voorhees,  bom  April  25, 
1848;  married  Eliza  Suydam.     Children: 

(a)  Mary  Voorhees. 

(b)  Eva  S.  Voorhees,  married  Harry  Morehouse. 
Children : 

1.  Harry  Morehouse,  bom  in  1902. 

2.  Betty  Morehouse,  born  in  1908. 

(3)  Jacques  J.  Voorhees,  bom  in  1856,  died  un- 
married. 

(4)  Ehzabeth  Houghton  Voorhees,  bom  January 
7,  1850,  married  on  December  17,  1873,  Peter 
Eugene    Nevius    of    East    Millstone,    N.    J.,    bom 


70  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

December  24,  1842,  son  of  Peter  I.  Nevius,  de- 
scendant of  Joannes  Nevius.  She  is  his  second  wife, 
he  having  first  married  on  September  20,  1866, 
Sarah  Worthman  Van  Neste,  daughter  of  Peter 
W.  Van  Neste  and  Gertrude  Van  Pelt  his  wife  of 
Weston,  N.  J.,  who  died  on  March  4,  1870. 
Daughter:  Gertrude  Van  Pelt  Nevius. 

As  to  the  ancestry  of  the  Nevius  family  the  Rev.  George 
Wame  Labaw,  in  a  History  of  Preakness  Reformed  Church, 
gives  the  following  very  interesting  account:  "Rev.  Joannes 
Neeff,  or  Nevius,  b.  at  Amsterdam,  Holland,  in  1594,  entered 
the  University  of  Leyden  in  1608  at  the  age  of  fourteen,  and, 
1619-34,  ■^^s  pastor  of  the  Reformed  Church  at  Zoelen  in  the 
province  of  Guelderland,  Holland.  He  married  at  that  place 
July  25,  1625,  Maria,  daughter  of  Peter  Becx,  of  Cologne,  by 
whom  he  had  at  least  five  children,  bom  between  1627  and 
1632,  the  first  of  whom  was  the  American  ancestor,  Joan- 
nes Nevius,  bap.  at  Zoelen  March  14,  1627,  who  was  also  a 
student  at  Leyden  University.  Joannes  Nevius  came  to 
America  as  a  merchant  and  trader,  and  was  married  at  New 
Amsterdam,  November  18,  1653,  to  Ariaentje  Bleyck,  of 
Batavia,  island  of  Java,  by  whom  he  had  nine  children,  bom 
between  1654  and  1670.  Joannes  Nevius  was  a  Schepen  of 
New  Amsterdam  1654-56,  and  Secretary-  of  the  city,  1657- 
65,  the  last  year  of  service  being  under  the  English.  In 
1670,  he  leased  the  Brooklyn  Ferry,  and  died,  at  his  home 
on  the  Brooklyn  side,  in  June,  1672.  His  widow  afterwards 
remarried." 

"The  sixth  child  of  Joannes  and  Ariaentje  Nevius,  named 
Petms,  baptized  at  New  Amsterdam,  February  4,  1663,  is 
the  ancestor  of  all  those  in  x\merica  bearing  the  name  Nevius 
and  Nevyus. 

"The  fifth  child,  Comelis,  baptized  January  19,  1661,  is 
the  progenitor  of  all  in  America  who  spell  their  names  Neafie, 
Nafee,  Nafie,  Nafey,  Napheys,  Neefus,  Neafus,  Nafis,  and 
in  other  ways. " 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  71 

Peter  Eugene  Nevius  and  Elizabeth  Houghton  Voorhees 
have  a  daughter:  Anna  Nevius,  who  married  Arthur  Jamison 
WilUamson  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

(5)  Ida  Voorhees,  married  Reuben  E.  Williamson. 
They  have  a  son  Frederick  Voorhees  Williamson. 

(6)  Frederick  Voorhees  of  Atlanta,  Georgia,  married 
G.  Lynne.     Daughters;  Bessie  and  Genevieve. 

(7)  C.  Beekman  Voorhees,  bom  1865. 

(Ill)  Matilda  Beekman,  bom  December  2,  1824, 
died  March  30,  1901,  married  Dr.  Lewis  H.  Mosher, 
bom  November  17,  1S22,  died  March  29,  1882,  a  de- 
scendant of  Ensign  Hugh  Mosher,  1633-1713,  who  was 
a  member  of  the  court-martial  which  tried  Indians 
accused  of  conspiracy  with  the  Indian  Chief,  King 
Philip.  He  married  a  daughter  of  John  Alden,  1599- 
1687,  and  Priscilla  Mullins  his  wife.  John  Alden  was 
in  Captain  Myles  Standish's  Duxbury  Co.  in  1643; 
Governor's  assistant,  1 632-1 640,  and  also  in  the  years 
1650  and  1686;  Deputy  1641-1644;  and  member  of 
the  Council  of  War  in  1646  of  Plymouth  Colony. 
Dr.  Mosher  and  his  wife  Matilda  Beekman  resided 
at  the  Beekman  Homestead,  illustrated  in  this  book, 
near  Griggstown,  N.  J.,  which  Dr.  Mosher  purchased 
from  Abraham  C.  Beekman.  He  graduated  from 
New  York  University  in  1847,  and  from  the  Medical 
College  in  1849.  He  was  associated  for  many  years 
in  the  practice  of  medicine  at  Millstone,  N.  J.,  with 
Dr.  Peter  D.  McKissack,  a  noted  physician,  and  in 
1865  estabhshed  his  ofhce  in  Griggstown,  N.  J., 
where  he  was  known  far  and  wide  as  a  beloved  family 
physician  standing  high  in  his  profession.  He  was 
called  a  "courteous  Christian  gentleman.  "  Children: 
( I )  Catherine  Beekman  Mosher,  married  Rev. George 
Wame  Labaw,  a  minister  of  the  Reformed  Dutch 
Church.  He  is  the  author  of  a  Genealogy  of  the 
Wame  Family  in  America  and  The  Preakness 
Reformed  Church — a  History.  They  reside  at 
The  Manse,  Preakness.  N.  J. 


72  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

(2)  Dr.  Abraham  Beekman  Mosher,  a  physician  of 
Griggstown,  N.  J.,  married  Anna  Schultz,  daughter 
of  William  Gulick  Schultz  and  Anna  Voorhees,  his 
wife. 

(3)  Mary  Mosher. 

(4)  Lewis  Mosher,  married  Caroline  Smith.  They 
have  a  daughter,     Mary  G.  Mosher. 

(IV)  Mary  Scott  Beekman,  bom  January  24,  1830, 
married  May  18,  1853,  Major  Benjamin  T.  Biggs, 
bom  in  Pencader  Himdred,  Newcastle  County, 
Delaware,  on  October  i,  1821,  eldest  son  of  John 
Biggs  and  Diana  BeU  his  wife.  Major  Biggs  died  at 
Middletown,  Delaware,  December  25,  1893.  He  was 
educated  at  Wesleyan  University,  Middletown,  Conn. 
He  was  commissioned  Major  in  the  Mexican  War. 
In  1867  he  was  a  member  of  the  convention  that 
amended  the  State  constitution.  He  was  a  member 
of  Congress  from  Newcastle  Coimty,  Delaware,  from 
March  4,  1869,  to  March  4,  1S73,  and  Governor  of 
Delaware  from  1887  to  1891.  Children: 
(i)     Benjamin  T.  Biggs,  Jr.,  died  young. 

(2)  EHzabeth  Biggs,  died  young. 

(3)  Hon.  John  Biggs,  bom  October  15,  1855,  re- 
ceived his  education  at  Rugby  Academy,  Wilming- 
ton, Delaware,  and  graduated  from  Princeton  in 
1877.  He  was  admitted  to  the  Delaware  Bar  in 
1879.  In  1885  he  was  appointed  Deputy  Attor- 
ney-General and  in  1887  Attorney-General  of  the 
State  of  Delaware.  In  1896  he  was  a  member  and 
president  of  the  convention  which  amended  the 
State  constitution.  He  married  Rachel  Valentine 
Massey,  daughter  of  George  V.  Massey,  a  distinguish- 
ed lawyer,  who  was  bom  in  Chester  Coimty,  Perm., 
on  December  16,  1841,  and  was  Lieutenant  in  the 
First  Regiment  of  Delaware  Cavalry  Volunteers 
in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion  and  was  afterwards 
Captain    and     Lieutenant-Colonel.     Children: 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  73 

(a)  John  Biggs,  Jr. 

(b)  "Mary  Beelcman  Biggs. 

(c)  Rachel  Massey  Biggs. 

(4)  Jennie  Brisbane  Biggs. 

(5)  Willard  B.  Biggs,  married  Lydia  Naudine, 
daughter  of  George  W.  W.  Naudine.     Children: 

(a)  Benjamin  T.  Biggs. 

(b)  Helen  Biggs. 

(V)  Carohne  Beekman,  bom  March  2,  1S32,  died 
July  I,  1900,  married  May  i,  1854,  Hon.  Sewell 
C.  Biggs,  bom  September  11,  1823;  died  October 
28,  191 1,  and  was  buried  in  Bethel  Cemetery.  He 
was  the  second  son  of  John  Biggs  and  Diana  Bell 
his  wife.  He  was  a  brother  of  Governor  B.  T. 
Biggs,  who  married  Mary  S.  Beekman.  Sewell 
C.  Biggs  was  State  Senator  from  Newcastle  County, 
Delaware,  from  1854  to  1856,  succeeding  the 
Hon.  Charles  I.  Dupont.  In  1870  he  was  a  member 
of  the  House  of  Representatives  of  Delaware  and  its 
Speaker  in  187 1.  He  was  Surrogate  or  Register  of 
Wills  of  Newcastle  Cotmty  from  1874  to  1884. 
Children  : 

(i)     Abraham  Beekman  Biggs,  bom  May  7,  1856. 

(ii)  J.  Frank  Biggs,  bom  October  i,  1859;  graduated 
from  Lafayette  College  in  188 1.  He  is  a  lawj^er  of 
Wilmington,  Delaware. 

(iii)  Sewell  C.  Biggs,  Jr.,  bom  August  5,  1S61,  died 
Januar>-  18,  18S9. 

(VI)  Catharine  Beekman,  bom  May  8,  1826.  daughter 
of  Abraham  C.  Beelcman  and  Elizabeth  Houghton 
his  wife  married,  on  December  2,  1859,  Hon.  William 
B.  Aitken,  a  lawyer  of  New  York  City. 


74  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

^^T^HE  Aitken  family  is  of  considerable  an- 
M^^^i%  tiquity  in  Scotland.  The  .Marquis  de 
5!|50'3']ip|rR!  Ruvigny  and  Rainval,  who  published 
li^jt-r-jr'  some  of  his  researches  in  the  Gcnea- 
T.-.r.':^;  logical  Magazine,  London,  in  1902,  says 
that  according  to  one  account  it  is  of 
Swedish  origin  and  the  name  was  originally  Archan;  and 
according  to  another  it  was  "a  sept  of  the  McArthur- 
Campbell  clan."  He  states  that  the  common  ancestor 
of  the  Aitken  family  resided  at  St.  Andrews,  Scotland, 
and  that  the  earliest  official  record  of  the  family  is  of 
Edward  Aitken  in  1574.  James  Aitken  was  Bishop  of 
Galloway.  He  was  the  son  of  Henry  Aitken,  Sheriff 
of  Orkney,  bom  in  Kirkwall  in  1614;  died  in  Edin- 
burgh, October  28,  1687.  At  a  later  date,  John  Aitken 
was  first  Laird  of  Thornton.  Fifeshire.  The  Aitken  fam- 
hy  of  Ayrshire,  Scotland,  and  New  York  City  are  entitled 
to  arms:  Argent  a  cross  flory  between  four  mullets  gules. 
Crest:  A  dexter  arm  in  armor  embowed,  in  the  hand 
proper  a  cross  crosslet  fitchee  erect  argent.  Motto:  "In 
Cruce  Salus." 

Hon.  William  B.  Aitken,  bom  December  24,  1810;  died 
August  7,  1880,  was  the  son  of  John  Aitken,  bom  in  New 
York  City,  November  30,  1785,  died  August  12,  1869; 
son  of  Andrew  Aitken  who  came  to  America  from  Ayrshire, 
Scotland,  in  1775. 

Andrew  Aitken,  son  of  Thomas  Aitken,  of  Ayrshire, 
Scotland,  married  Arm  Lemon  or  Leman  of  England,  a 
member  of  the  distinguished  family  of  that  name  and  a 
descendant  of  Sir  John  Leman,  Lord  Mayor  of  London 
in  1 61 6.  Arms:  Azure,  a  fesse  between  three  dolphins 
embowed  argent.  Crest:  A  peUcan  in  her  nest  feeding 
her  young.  She  married  second,  William  Benford,  and 
third,  Christopher  Stackpole.  John  Aitken,  son  of  Andrew 
Aitken,  was  sent  to  the  University  of  Edinburgh,  Scot- 
land, to  be  educated.  In  those  days  it  was  the  custom 
for  students  to  make  their  own  lead-pencils  by  dropping 
hot  lead  into  willow   or  similar  wood   after   the   pith   had 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  75 

been  removed.  While  he  was  making  a  pencil  in  this 
way  a  bubble  Of  lead  put  out  one  of  his  eyes.  He  mar- 
ried, July  2,  1808,  Lydia  Bennett,  bom  October  i,  1790, 
died  April  3,  1864,  at  the  age  of  seventy-three  years  and 
six  months.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Jeremiah  Bennett, 
bom  in  1752,  died  in  1813,  of  Monmouth  County,  N.  J., 
a  descendant  of  Sir  John  Bennett  of  Newcastle-on-Tyne 
who  died  July  8,  1568.  Jeremiah  Bennett  married  Mary 
Emmons,  bom  in  1756,  died  in  1830,  who  was  a  descend- 
ant of  Andries  Emans,  afterwards  spelled  Emmons,  of  Ley- 
den,  Holland,  who  came  to  America  May  5,  1661,  in  the 
ship  St.  Jean  Baptist  and  settled  at  Gravesend,  L.  I.,  and 
afterwards  removed  to  Staten  Island.  Andries  Emans'  four 
sons  were  Jan.  Jacobus,  Andries,  Jr.,  of  Gravesend,  and 
Hendrick  Emans  of  New  Jersey. 

Jeremiah  Bennett  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolutionary  War 
in  the  Second  Regiment  of  Monmouth  County,  New  Jersey, 
and  he  also  served  in  the  Continental  army.  He  fought  in 
the  Battle  of  Monmouth.  See  Salter's  History  and  Gen. 
Stryker's  Register  of  the  Revolution.  The  Bennett  arms, 
in  the  words  of  the  original  patent  to  Sir  John  Bennett, 
are:  "Azure  A  fesse  golde  betwene  iij  Dymye  lyons  argent. 
On  the  fesse  a  gonne  azure  betwene  ij  pellettes.  Crest; 
A  castle  golde  with  fyre  flamynge  owt  &  on  the  castle  iij 
pellettes  on  a  wreathe  argent  and  azure,  mantled  gowles 
lyned  argent." 

Jeremiah  Bennett  and  Man,'  Emmons  his  wife  and 
John  Aitken  and  Lydia  Bennett  his  wife  are  buried  in 
the  cemetery  at  Hamilton  situated  about  four  miles  west 
of  what  is  now  known  as  Belmar,  Monmouth  County, 
New  Jersey.  On  Lydia  Bennett  Aitken's  tombstone  is 
this  verse  which  was  composed  by  her  son  William  B. 
Aitken: 

"Rest  in  peace  thou  gentle  spirit 
Throned  above. 

Souls  like  thine  with  God  inherit 
Life  and  Love." 


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John  Aitken  and  Lydia  Bennett  his  wife  had  children: 

I.  Ann  Benford  Aitken,  bom  June  i8,  1813,  died  Feb- 
ruary 17,  1S29. 

II.  Andrew  Aitken,  who  went  West  when  a  young 
man. 

III.  Joseph  Bennett  Aitken,  died  young. 

IV.  John  Aitken,  Jr.,  married  Helen  Ehzabeth  Barton. 
Children: 

(a)  John  Aitken,  died  unmarried. 

(b)  William  Aitken,  died  unmarried. 

(c)  Elizabeth  Aitken. 

(d)  May  Aitken,  married  Edward  B.  Bensel.  Child- 
ren: 

1.  WiHiam  A.  Bensel,  married  Miss  Young. 

2.  Helen  Bensel. 

V.  Jeremiah  Bennett  Aitken. 

VI.  Elizabeth  Lemon  Aitken,  bom  in  New  York  City, 
March  10,  1821,  died  June  17,  1896,  married  June  12, 
1848,  William  H.  Loines,  son  of  Richard  Loines;  children: 

(a)  Sarah  Garrett  Loines,  married  John  Plenry  HaU 
of  Portland,  Conn.,  son  of  Alfred  Hall  and  Maria 
Whiting.     Children : 

1.  Clarence  Loines  Hall,  married  Ehzabeth  Coggs- 
well  Runk,  daughter  of  Wilham  M.  Runk  of 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 

2.  Grace  Loines  Hall,  married  John  Cincinnatus 
W^ilson  of  Atlanta,  Georgia ;  daughter,  Grace  Jean 
Wilson. 

(b)  Lillian  Loines,  died  young. 

(c)  Anna  Ross  Loines. 

(d)  Ehzabeth    Carpenter    Loines,     married    Wilham 
George  Wilson.     Children: 

1.  Florence  Mabel  Wilson,  married  Ten  Broeck 
Monroe  Terhune,  son  of  Charles  Terhune  and 
Florida  Ten  Broeck.  Son:  Stephen  Ten  Broeck 
Van  Rensselaer  Terhune. 

2.  Harold  Aitken  Wilson,  married  Rose!  E.  Pfarrius. 
Son:     Harold  Aitken  Wilson,  Jr. 


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VII.  Hon.  William  B.  Aitken,  second  son  of  John  Aitken 
and  Lydia  -Bennett  his  wife,  was  bom  December  24, 
1810,  in  New  York  City.  He  was  admitted  to  the  Bar 
of  New  York  as  an  attorney  and  counsellor  in  the  year 
1832  and  was  a  member  of  the  Legislative  Assembly  in 
the  years  1854  and  1855.  From  1S65  to  1871  he  was 
chief  clerk  of  the  Surrogate's  Court,  which  in  those  days 
carried  with  it  the  duties  of  Assistant  Surrogate.  He 
was  a  man  of  very  high  Hterary  attainments  and  learned 
in  the  law.  He  did  much  charitable  and  hospital  work 
and  was  for  many  years  a  trustee  of  the  old  Northern 
Dispensary. 

Hon.  William  B.  Aitken  and  Catharine  Beekman  his 
wife  had  children: 

(a)  A.  Beekman  Aitken,  who  died  March  30, 1862,  at  the 
age  of  two  years,  and  was  buried  in  Beekman  Cemetery. 

(b)  Lydia  Anna  Aitken. 

(c)  EHzabeth  Houghton  xAitken,  married  Charles 
Hudson  Bull,  a  civil  engineer  of  New  York,  son  of 
Henry  Bull  of  Rochester,  New  York,  bom  in  1816, 
in  Stoke  Ferry,  England,  and  came  to  America  in 
1835,  and  Jane  Parker  his  wife,  bom  in  Liverpool, 
England,  in  181 5;  son  of  Henry  Bull  of  the  distin- 
gmshed  Bull  family  of  Wereham  and  Finchham, 
England,  and  Elizabeth  Beacraft  his  wife  of  Wis- 
beach,  England.  Jane  Parker  was  the  daughter  of 
John  Tavlor  Parker  of  Wisendine,  Leicestershire, 
England,  an  officer,  in  the  mounted  Scotch  Grays 
under  Sir  Thomas  Pate  Hawkin,  who  was  decorated 
for  bravery  at  Waterloo.  He  was  the  son  of  John 
Parker,  died  in  1830,  and  Alice  Taylor  his  wife  of 
Dorsetshire,  England.  He  married  on  November 
10,  1800,  Jane  Tucker  Panchen  of  Bridport,  Dor- 
setshire, sister  of  Elizabeth  Panchen,  who  married 
John  Pierrepont,  the  grandson  of  the  Marquis  of 
Pierrepont.  Chfton  Banham  Bull,  brother  of  Charles 
H.  Bull,  married  Frances  Moore,  daughter  of  George 
Gelston  Moore  of  New  York  City. 


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Charles  H.  Bull  and  Elizabeth  Houghton  Aitken 
his  wife  have  children: 

Charles  Beekman  Bull. 
Harold  Aitken  Bull. 
Catharine  Van  Dyke  Bull, 
(d)     William  Benford  Aitken  was  bom  July  21,  1867, 
at    his    father's    residence    in      Forty-fourth   Street 
near  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York,  on  the  site  of  the 
present  building  of  the  Bar  Association.     He  gradu- 
ated from  Columbia  University  in  1888;  entered  the 
Law  School  and  School  of  Pohtical  Science  in  the 
same  year  and  received  the  degree  of  M.A.  in  1889 
and   Ph.D.   in   1890.     In    1890  he  was  admitted  to 
the  Bar  of  the  State  of  New  York.     He  is  a  bank 
president.     His  writings  are  A  History  of  the  Treaties 
between  England  and  the  United  States  Concerning  the 
North    American    Fisheries,    and    The    Dominion    of 
Canada,    a   Study  of  Annexation.     He   married   on 
January  20,  1897,  Edith  Whitman  Colfax,  daughter 
of  Albert  E.  Colfax.    She  died  on  November  i,  1897, 
leaving  a  daughter: 
i.     Edith  Colfax  Aitken. 

William  B.  Aitken  married,  second,  on  February 
4,  1903,  Nora  Hamilton  Coote,  daughter  of  Captain 
C.  W.  M.  Coote,  hereinbefore  mentioned.  They  have 
a  son: 

ii.  Beekman  Aitken,  bom  August  26,  1905. 
Albert  E.  Colfax,  bom  August  21,  1845,  married  Emma 
Knapp.  He  is  of  a  family  which  since  the  foundation  of 
the  country  has  been  distinguished  by  miHtary  and  civic 
honors.  The  ancestor  of  the  family  was  William  Colfax 
who  came  from  England  and  settled  in  Wethersiield,  Conn., 
about  1643.  The  town  records  printed  in  The  History  of 
Ancient  Wethersfield,  Conn.,  by  Henry  R.  Stiles,  show  that 
William  Colfax  on  June  8,  1647,  bought  land  in  Wethersfield 
from  Jacob  Waterhouse  and  built  a  house  on  it  in  which 
he  resided  until  his  death  in  1661.  His  son  Sergeant  Jona- 
than Cohax,  born  in  1659,  served  in  many  Indian  and  French 


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79 


campaigns  and  was  wounded  in  King  Philip's  War  in  1675. 
The  family  is  ef  ancient  lineage  in  England  and  its  name  can 
be  found  spelled  in  various  ways — Colefax,  Colefox,  Colfox, 
and  Colfax.  Its  arms  are  described  in  Burke's  G enteral  Armory 
as:  Sable  on  a  chief  argent  three  foxes'  heads  couped  gu. 
Crests:  Out  of  a  ducal  coronet  or  a  demi-wolf  gu  devouring 
a  hand  argent,  also,  a  deer  passant. 

The  Colfax  family  removed  from  Wethersfield  to  New 
London  and  Groton,  Corm.,  about  1720.  From  George 
Colfax,  bom  in  New  London,  Conn.,  December  5,  1725,  are 
descended  the  ancestors  of  Albert  E.  Colfax  stated  later. 

From  General  William  Colfax  of  New  London,  Conn., 
are  descended  the  ancestors  of  the  late  Vice-President 
Schuyler  Colfax. 

Genl.  Wilham  Colfax  enlisted  in  a  Connecticut  regiment 
and  fought  in  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill.  He  was  woimded 
three  times  during  the  war  of  the  Revolution. 

At  Valley  Forge  he  was  transferred  to  General  Washing- 
ton's bodyguard  of  sixty-four  men.  The  requirements  for 
admission  to  this  guard  were  that  the  soldier  must  have  been 
American  bom,  tall,  and  distinguished  for  some  act  of 
bravery  or  military  experience.  In  dress  and  military 
deportment  the  members  of  the  guard  were  models  for  the 
army.  The  personal  appearance  of  General  William 
Colfax  is  described  in  Andrew  D.  MeUick's  Story  of  an  Old 
Farm  as  follows:  "He  had  dark  hair  always  well  powdered 
and  worn  in  a  queue,  a  clean  shaven  face,  a  clear,  florid 
complexion,  and  beautiful  blue  eyes  dancing  with  expression. 
Colfax  was  a  personal  favorite  of  Mrs.  Washington."  He 
married  Hester  or  Hetty  Schuyler,  daughter  of  Casparus  or 
Jasper  Schuyler,  a  cousin  of  the  famous  General  Philip 
Schuyler  and  grandson  of  Arent  Schuyler.  They  lived  in 
the  handsome  Schuyler  homestead  near  Pompton  and  New 
Barbadoes  on  the  Passaic  River,  N.  J.  Their  son  Schuyler 
Colfax  married  Hannah  Strycker,  daughter  of  Peter  Strycker, 
a  descendant  of  Jacob  Gerrite  Strycker  who  came  to  New 
Amsterdam  from  Holland  in  1652.  They  had  a  son,  Hon. 
Schuyler  Colfax,   the  noted  statesman,   who   was  bom  in 


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New  York  City,  on  March  23,  1823.  He  was  an  author  and 
newspaper  editor,  Representative  in  Congress  from  1855  to 
1869  and  Speaker  of  the  House,  and  on  March  4,  1869, 
he  became  Vice-President  of  the  United  States. 

Captain  Albert  E.  Colfax  is  the  son  of  Kimball  Prince 
Colfax,  bom  in  January,  1810,  died  August  28,  1854,  and  of 
DeHa  Antoinette  Rogers  his  wife,  bom  May  4,  1815,  died 
Febmary  19,  1893;  and  grandson  of  Ebenezer  Colfax,  Jr., 
bom  September  21,  1781,  and  Lydia  Potter  his  wife,  bom 
March  12,  1781,  died  January  18,  1868;  and  great-grandson 
of  Ebenezer  Colfax,  bom  September  15,  1753,  who  was  lost 
at  sea  and  Lucretia  Hemstead  his  wife,  bom  in  1760,  died 
August  24,  1826.  Ebenezer  Colfax  was  the  son  of  George 
Colfax,  before  mentioned,  of  New  London,  Conn.,  bom 
December  5,  1725,  died  March  28,  1766,  and  Lucy  Avery- 
his  wife,  bom  January,  1728. 

Lucretia  Hemstead  was  the  daughter  of  Joshua  Hemstead 
of  New  London,  Conn.,  bom  there  in  1724  and  died  there 
September  6,  1806,  and  Lydia  Burch,  his  wife. 

Joshua  Hemstead  enlisted  at  the  age  of  fifty  in  Captain 
Deshon's  company  at  the  time  of  the  Lexington  alarm,  at 
the  beginning  of  the  Revolutionary  War.  His  name  is  on 
the  muster  roll  of  the  company  in  the  Historical  Room  at 
New  London,  Conn.,  on  "First  alarm  List  Company  in 
3rd  Regiment  of  Militia  State  of  Conn.,  under  Com- 
mand of  Captain  Deshon,  dated  June  26,  1782,  and  made 
out  in  accordance  with  the  Proclamation  of  his  Excellency 
Jonathan  Trumbull,  Esq.,  Governor-General  and  Comman- 
der in  Chief  of  the  State  of  Conn.,  dated  April  9,  1779. " 

Lucy  Avery,  wife  of  George  Colfax,  was  the  daughter  of 
Colonel  Ebenezer  Avery,  bom  March  17,  1704,  died  May, 
1780,  who  was  Lieutenant-Colonel  of  Connecticut  Militia  in 
the  Revolutionary  War,  and  of  Lucy  Latham  his  wife,  bom 
May  21,  1709,  died  May  2,  1757,  daughter  of  Jonathan 
Latham  of  Groton,  Conn.  Colonel  Ebenezer  Averv-  was 
the  son  of  James  Avery  3d,  bom  April  20,  1673,  at  New 
London,  Conn.,  died  September  18,  1754,  who  married  at 
New  London,  Conn.,  Mary  Griswold,  daughter  of  Matthew 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  8 1 

Griswold  of  "Black  Hall,"  Lyme,  Conn.,  the  founder  of 
the  town  of  Lyme,  and  of  Hannah  Wolcott  his  wife;  son 
of  James  Avery,  Jr.,  bom  at  Gloucester,  Mass.,  December 
15,  1646,  died  at  Groton,  Conn.,  August  22,  1738.  He  was 
Lieutenant  in  the  Connecticut  Colonial  Militia.  He  mar- 
ried at  New  London,  Conn.,  on  February  20,  1669,  Deborah 
Sterling,  daughter  of  Edward  SterHng  of  New  London,  Conn., 
and  Margaret  his  wife.  This  name  was  probably  Sterling, 
but  it  has  caused  considerable  confusion  to  historians; 
some  of  them  called  his  wife  Deborah  SatUyou,  others  give 
the  name  Deborah  Stallon.  They  resided  on  the  Groton 
side  of  the  Thames  River,  Conn.  He  was  the  son  of  Cap- 
tain James  Avery  of  New  London,  Conn.,  bom  in  Salisbury, 
County  of  Wilts,  England,  in  1620,  died  in  New  London, 
Conn.,  in  1694.  He  came  to  America  in  1630,  with  his 
father  Christopher  Avery  of  Gloucester,  Mass.,  and  after- 
wards New  London,  Conn.,  with  Governor  John  Winthrop 
in  the  ship  Arabella  and  landed  at  Salem,  Mass.,  on  June 
12,  1630.  Christopher  Avery  was  bom  in  1589  in  Salisbiuy, 
Cotinty  of  Wilts,  England,  of  a  very  ancient  and  distin- 
guished family.  The  arms  of  the  family  are:  Gules,  a  fesse 
between  three  besants  or.  Crest:  Two  Hons  gambs  or 
supporting  a  besant.  Motto:  "FideHs."  He  was  a  Select- 
man of  Gloucester,  Mass.,  from  1646  to  1654  and  freeman 
and  townsman  of  the  Colony  of  New  London,  in  October, 
1669.  He  died  in  New  London  on  March  12,  1679.  His 
son  Captain  James  Avery  was  agent  for  the  Crovsm  in  New 
London  in  1659.  He  married  on  November  10,  1643, 
Johanna  Greenslade  of  Boston,  Mass.,  bom  in  1622,  died 
in  1669.  This  marriage  was  recorded  in  Gloucester,  Mass. 
He  was  successively  Ensign,  Lieutenant,  and  Captain  of  the 
"  Trainband ' '  of  New  London.  He  was  twelve  times  Deputy 
to  the  General  Court  from  1668  to  1690  and  a  Judge.  He 
was  Lieutenant  and  afterwards  Captain  in  King  Philip's 
War  and  served  with  great  distinction  in  the  Swamp  Fight 
on  December  19,  1675,  in  command  of  the  volunteers  from 
New  London,  Stonington,  and  Norwich.  In  1676  he  was 
Captain  of  one  of  the  four  companies  of  volunteers  which 


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protected  the  frontiers. — Hubbard's  Narrative,  pages  125  to 

131-      - 

Lydia  Potter,  wife  of  Ebenezer  Colfax,  was  the  daughter, 
bom  March  12,  1781,  of  Joshua  Potter  of  Rhode  Island 
and  Lydia  Coit  his  wife,  bom  April,  1759,  whom  he  married 
May  4,  1780.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Samuel  Coit,  bom 
October  14,  1726,  died  in  November,  1792,  who  on  Febmary 
18,  1753,  married  Elizabeth  Richards.  Samuel  Coit,  son  of 
John  Coit,  was  descended  from  the  Coits  of  Coity  Castle, 
the  seat  in  IC91  of  Paymus  de  Tuberville,  one  of  the  Twelve 
Norman  Knights,  situated  a  mile  north  of  Penbout  on  Ogor, 
Wales.  They  bore  arms:  Sable  on  a  chevron  between 
three  spears  heads  argent,  three  cross  crosslets  of  the  first. 

Crest:  A  forearm  emerging  from  flames  holding  a 
snake. 

Motto:     "Virtus  sola  nobilitat." 

John  Coit,  the  ancestor  of  the  family  in  America,  came 
from  Glamorganshire,  Wales,  before  1638,  when  he  settled 
in  Salem.  In  1644  he  removed  to  Gloucester,  Mass.,  where 
he  was  Selectman  in  1648.  In  1650  he  removed  to  New 
London  where  he  received  a  grant  of  land  near  that  of 
James  Avery — spelled  "Avereye"  in  his  grant, — who  was  also 
from  Gloucester.  He  married  Mary  Gammers  or  Jenners, 
of  England,  and  had  four  children.  Their  son  Deacon 
Joseph  Coit  married  on  July  15,  1667,  Martha  Harris  of 
Wethersfield,  a  daughter  of  William  Harris,  and  had  a  son 
John  Coit,  bom  December  i,  1670,  who  married  Mehitable 
Chandler,  bom  August  24,  1673,  died  November  3,  1758, 
daughter  of  John  Chandler  of  Woodstock,  who  was  the  son 
of  William  Chandler,  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Roxbury, 
Mass.  Their  son  John  Coit  was  bom  in  New  London, 
Conn.,  May  26,  1696.  He  was  Town  Clerk  there  in  1758. 
He  married  on  Jvdy  2,  17 19,  Grace  Christophers,  bom 
November  14,  1698,  died  November  9,  1745,  daughter  of 
Richard  Christophers  and  Grace  Turner,  daughter  of  John 
Turner  of  Scituate  and  Mary  Brewster  his  wife,  grand- 
daughter of  William  Brewster  the  Mayflower  passenger. 
She  was  his  second  wife  whom  he  married  after  the  death  of 


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his  first  wife,  Lucretia  Bradley.  His  two  wives  were  cousins 
and  both  granddaughters  of  Jonathan  Brewster. 

Richard  Christophers  was  assistant  in  1703  to  the  General 
Court  of  the  Colony.  He  was  Judge  of  the  County  Court 
and  Court  of  Probate.  He  died  June  9,  1726,  leaving  a 
large  estate.  On  the  day  of  his  funeral  "the  great  ship 
fired  twenty-six  great  guns  half  minutes  distance. "  He  was 
bom  July  13,  1662,  at  Cherston  Ferrers  near  Dartmouth, 
Devonshire,  England,  and  came  to  America  in  1665  "^"^th  his 
father,  Christopher  Christophers.  References  to  the  Chris- 
tophers and  Coit  famihes  may  be  found  in  Holister's  History 
of  Connecticut  and  Miss  Calkins's  History  of  New  Lo-ndon. 

JVIary  Brewster,  wife  of  John  Turner,  was  the  daughter  of 
Jonathan  Brewster  and  Lucretia  his  wife,  and  granddaugh- 
ter of  Elder  Wilham  Brewster,  founder  of  the  Plymouth 
Colony,  who  died  in  1644. 

Elder  WilHam  Brewster  was  bom  about  1560,  at  Scrooby, 
England.  He  was  educated  at  Cambridge  University  and 
became  an  attache  in  the  suite  of  Wilham  Davidson  the 
EngUsh  Ambassador  to  the  Court  of  Holland,  and  after- 
wards with  him  suffered  the  displeasure  of  Queen  Elizabeth. 
After  spending  some  time  in  Leyden  he  came  to  America  in 
the  Mayfiozver,  which  landed  at  Plymouth  Rock  on  December 
21,  1620.  His  wife's  name  was  Mary  and  she  was  known  as 
"Dame  Brewster."  They  had  three  sons,  Jonathan, 
Wrestling,  and  Love,  and  four  daughters,  one  of  whom  was 
named  Fear. 

The  following  interesting  account  is  from  Governor  Brad- 
ford's list  of  Mayflower  passengers: 

"The  names  of  those  which  came  over  first  in  ye  year 
1620  and  were  (by  the  blessing  of  God)  the  first  beginners 
and  (in  a  sort)  the  foundation  of  all  the  plantations  and 
Colonies  in  New  England  (and  their  famihes)." 

"Mr.  Wilham  Brewster,  Mary  his  wife  with  2  sons 
whose  names  were  Love  and  Wrasling  and  a  boy  was  put 
to  him  called  Richard  More  and  another  of  his  brothers  the 
rest  of  his  children  were  left  behind  and  came  over  after- 
wards. " 


84  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

"Mr.  Brewster  lived  to  very  old  age;  about  .80.  years  he 
was  when  he  dyed,  having  lived  some  .23.  or  .24.  years  here 
in  ye  countrie  &  though  his  wife  dyed  long  before  she 
died  aged.  His  son  Wrastle  dyed  a  yonge  man  unmarried; 
his  son  Love  lived  till  this  year  .1650.  and  dyed  and  left 
4  children  now  living.  His  doughters  which  came  over 
after  him,  are  dead  but  have  left  Sundry  children  alive; 
his  eldest  son  (Jonathan)  is  still  living  and  hath  .9.  or  .10. 
children,  one  marled,  who  hath  a  child  or  2. " 

Elder  William  Brewster  was  Chaplain  of  the  first  Military 
Company  organized  at  Plymouth  under  command  of  Cap- 
tain Myles  Standish.  He  served  in  the  Indian  wars.  His 
son  Jonathan  Brewster  was  a  member  of  the  same  company 
and  took  part  in  the  Pequot  War. 

Albert  E.  Colfax  went  to  the  front  in  1861  with  the  22d 
Regiment  of  New  York,  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion.  He 
was  afterwards  commissioned  Captain  of  one  of  its  companies. 
Captain  Albert  E.  Colfax  and  Emma  Knapp  his  wife  had 
children : 

i.  Edith  Whitman  Colfax,  married  on  January  20, 
1897,  William  B.  Aitken,  son  of  William  B.  Aitken 
and  Catharine  Beekman  his  wife.  She  died 
November  i,  1897,  leaving  a  daughter,  Edith 
Colfax  Aitken. 
ii.  Natalie  Colfax,  married  Norman  M.  Burrell, 
son  of  Rev.  Dr.  David  James  Burrell,  a  minister  of 
the  Dutch  Reformed  Church  in  New  York  City. 

a-VI .  Martha  Beekman,  daughter  of  Christopher  Beek- 
man and  Martha  Veghte  his  wife,  bom  March  13, 
1776,  died  December  28,  1853,  married  November 
7,  1795,  Francis  Van  Dyke  Hagaman,  bom  March 
14,  1776,  died  December  21,  1817,  son  of  Abraham 
Hagaman,  and  lived  at  Lamington,  N.  J.  Chil- 
dren: 

1.  Mary  Hagaman,  died  in  18 17  in  her  nineteenth 
year. 

2.  Dennis  Hagaman,  bom  June  11,  1797,  married  on 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  85 

May  24,  1820,  Catherine  Brooks  of  White  House, 
N.J.- 

3.  Christopher  Hagaman,  bom  July  29,  1803, 
married  Emiline  Fariey  in  1 853  and  had  six  children : 

(a)  Martha  Hagaman. 

(b)  Abram  Hagaman. 

(c)  CaUie  Hagaman. 

(d)  Emma  Hagaman. 

(e)  Christopher  Hagaman 

(f)  Robert  Hagaman. 

4.  John  Hagaman,  bom  February  10,  1810,  married 
February  22,  1832,  Elsie  A.  LargeHo. 

5.  Rev.  Abraham  Hagaman,  bom  October  16, 
1807,  died  February  14,  1885,  married  Louisa 
CoUins,  nee  Dunbar,  of  Natchez,  Miss.  He  was  a 
Presbyterian  minister  of  the  church  at  Jackson, 
La.,  and  afterwards  of  a  church  in  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Their  daughter,  Louisa  Anna  Hagaman,  bom 
November  i,  1837,  married  Franklin  M.  Baker, 
bom  April  15,  1833,  died  December  21,  1887. 
Daughter:     Halhe  Baker  of  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

a-VIL     Elizabeth   Beekman,    baptized  January,  1770, 

married  Voorhees. 

a-VIIL     Magdalena  Beekman,  married  Aaron    Long- 
street  and  lived  on  an  estate  of  260  acres  near  Lam- 
ington  Church,  N.  J.     They  had  six  children: 
I.     Catharine  Longstreet,  married  on  February  18, 
1825,  John  B.  Vanderbeek,  bom  October  11,  1797, 
died   April   7,    1S79.      He   Hved   across   the   river 
opposite  the  Longstreet  place  and  was  the  son  of 
Andrew  Vanderbeek,  bom  May  7,  1760,  and  Althea 
Barcalow  his   wife,   bom   in    1762.      This  family 
was  descended  from  the  nobihty  of  Germany  and 
the  Netherlands.    In  11 62  Emperor  Frederick  Bar- 
barossa  presented  a  coat  of  arms  to  "his  Knight, 
Sir  Vanderbeek."     The  ancestors  of  the  family,  who 
came  from  Severn,  Westphalia,  to  America  about 
the  year  1645,  were  Paulus  Vanderbeek  and  Rem 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

Jansen  Vanderbeek,  who  married  Janneti,  daughter 
of  Joris  Jansen  de  Rapale  or  Rapalye  and  Catalyn- 
tie  Trico  his  wife  who  came  from  Rochelle,  France, 
to  America  in  1623.  It  is  said  that  Rem  Jansen 
Vanderbeek  was  so  prominent  a  man  and  had 
such  a  large  and  much  talked  of  funeral,  that  some 
of  his  descendants,  from  that  time  on,  took  his 
first  name  Rem  and  called  themselves  Remsen, 
instead  of  Vanderbeek,  and  that  the  Remsen  family 
originated  then. 

John  B.  Vanderbeek  and  Catharine  Longstreet 
his  wife  had  children: 

(a)  Elizabeth  Vanderbeek,  married  Colonel  Ar- 
thur S.  Ten  Eyck,  of  Long  Branch,  N.  J. 

(b)  Horace  A.  Vanderbeek,  who  lived  on  the  old 
estate. 

(c)  J.  Newton  Vanderbeek,  bom  September  13, 
1833,  in  Tewksbury  Township,  Hunterdon 
County,  N.  J.,  who  married  on  October  10, 
1866,  Gertrude  Blauvelt,  daughter  of  the  Rev. 
Dr.  W.  W.  Blauvelt  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 
at  Lamington,  N.  J.,  and  sister  of  Rev.  George 
M.  S.  Blauvelt  of  Roselle,  N.  J.,  and  had  chil- 
dren: 

(i)     Laura  Vanderbeek. 

(2)  Wilham  Warren  Vanderbeek. 

(3)  Frank  Holmes  Vanderbeek,  who  was  clerk 
of  the  Chancery  Court  of  N.  J. 

(d)  Emily  L.  Vanderbeek,  who  married  WiUiam 
S.  Potter,  a  merchant  of  Somerville,  N.  J. 

.(e)  Anna  Maria  Vanderbeek,  who  married  on 
June  9,  1864,  Hon.  Alvah  Clark  of  Somerville, 
who  was  bom  September  13,  1840,  in  Lebanon, 
Hunterdon  County,  N.  J.,  and  is  the  son  of 
Samuel  Clark.  Children: 
(i)     Katherine  Clark,   bom  October  27,    1867, 

married  Hon.  C.  A.  Reed. 
(2)     Madeline  Clark. 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  87 

(3)     Eugene  Clark. 

2.  James  Longstreet,  died  in  infancy. 

3.  Magdalena  Longstreet. 

4.  Eliza  Longstreet,  married Stillwell,  of  Somer- 

ville,  N.  J.,  who  had  a  son,  Dr.  Stillwell  of  that  place. 

5.  Anna  Longstreet,  married  Lewis  Manning. 

6.  Emily  Longstreet,  married  Duyckinck  and 

moved  to  Cecil  County,  Mar>dand. 

-IX.  Alary  Beekman,  daughter  of  Christopher  Beek- 
man  and  Martha  Veghte,  bom  December  25,  178c, 
married  Captain  Christopher  Barkalow,  son  of  Daniel 
Barkalow,  bom  March  5,  1774;  ^  descendant  of  Wil- 
helmus  Janse  Barkelo  of  Barculo  in  the  Earldom  of 
Zutphen,  Province  of  Guelderland,  who  came  to  Amer- 
ica in  1662.  They  lived  at  Middlebush,  N.  J.,  and 
afterwards  in  the  Stirling  mansion  at  Basking  Ridge, 
N.  J.,  built  in  1761,  by  Lord  Stirling,  who  was  Colonel 
of  the  first  battalion  formed  in  New  Jersey  on  Novem- 
ber 7,  1775,  and  afterward  General  in  the  Revolu- 
tionary Army.  General  William  Alexander,  "Lord 
Stirling,"  was  taken  a  prisoner  in  August,  1776,  and 
released  later  in  the  year.  In  June,  1777,  he  was 
defeated  in  a  skirmish  at  Elizabethtown,  N.  J.,  and 
lost  three  hundred  men.  At  the  battle  of  Brandy- 
wine  he  was  defeated  by  Lord  ComwaUis.  Lord 
Sterling  had  an  iron  foundry  at  Hibemia  Furnace 
near  Morristown,  N.  J.,  in  which  he  made  cannon 
balls  and  shot  for  the  American  army.  He  was  a 
zealous  patriot.  The  Stirling  mansion,  partly  rebuilt, 
is  stiU  in  the  possession  of  the  Barkalow  family. 
Children : 

(i)     Eliza  Barkalow,   bom   July   31,    1800,   married 
John  Stryker.     Children : 

a.  Mary   Stryker,  married  Smith  Salter.       Chil- 
dren. 

1.  Eliza  Salter. 

2.  Edwin  Salter,  was  killed  in  the  Civil  War. 

b.  Josiah  Stryker,  married  Miss  Whitenack. 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

c.     John  Stryker. 
(ii)     Martha  Barkalow,  bom  January,  1802,  married 
Simon  Van  Dyke.     Children: 

a.  Mary  Van  Dyke,  married  Rev.  Edward  W- 
Fisk. 

b.  Elizabeth  Van  Dyke,  married  Martin  Cruser. 

c.  Lydia  Van  Dyke,  died  unmarried. 

d.  John  Van  Dyke,  married  Helen  GuHck. 

e.  Martha  Van  Dyke,  married  Gratz  Stryckler. 
(iii)     Mary  Barkalow,  bom  June  23,  1806,  married 

Dr.  Israel  Vail,  bom  in  1794,  died  November  13, 
1862.     They  Hved  at  Virden,   Illinois.     Children: 

a.  Anna  Maria  Vail,  died  October  19,  1865, 
married  George  Fortune  of  England  and  removed 
to  Virden,  IlHnois.  He  died  March  4,  1888. 
Child: 

Charles  Fortune,  died  September,  1899,  married 
Minnie  Cowen.     Children: 

1.  Cynthia  Charles  Fortune. 

2.  George  Fortune,  Jr. 

b.  Oscar  Vail,  died  September  5,  1906,  unmarried. 

c.  Christopher  Barcalow  Vail,  married  Ann  M. 
WilHams.  They  have  a  daughter,  Florence 
Vail. 

d.  Martha  Vail,  married  Guy  M.  Chedister,  of 
Morris  County,  New  Jersey.     Children: 

1.  Mary  L.  Chedister,  married  J.  Ota  Clem- 
mens.     Children : 

(a)  Gregory    Clemmens,    married    Jime    10, 
1910,  Ida  Alderson. 

(b)  Lynn  Clemmens. 

(c)  Edith  Clemmens. 

(d)  Evelyn  Clemmens. 

2.  Sarah  Martha  Chedister,  married  June  i. 
1898,  Alva  Ross  and  has  a  daughter,  Charlotte 
Ross. 

e.  Daniel  Vail,  who  died  in  1909,  married  Laura 
C.  Hilton.     She  died  in  1908.     Children: 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  89 

1.  Nelson  Scudder  Vail,  married  on  July  18, 
1907,  Ella  Davis  of  Murphysboro,  Illinois. 

2.  Clarence  Vail. 

f.  MaHnda  Vail,  married  George  Robinett.  They 
removed  to  Missouri  where  she  died  leavint^ 
three  daughters: 

1.  Anna  Robinett,  married  Walter  Adams. 

2.  NeUie  Robinett,  married  Charles  Davis. 

3.  Ida  Robinett,  married Potter. 

(iv)     Ann  Barkalow,  bom  December,  1803,  married 
Caxl  Cross.     Children: 

a.  Abraham  Littleton  Cross,  married  Fannie 
Johnson.     Children: 

1.  Mary   Ann   Cross,   married  Edward   S.   T. 
Kennedy. 

2.  Ann  L.  Cross,  married  Harry  W.  Barkley, 
and  had  one  son,  Littleton  Cross  Barkley. 

b.  Mary  Ann  Cross,  married  William  L.  Tunis. 
Children : 

1.  Martha  Heath  Tunis,  married  Gray. 

2.  Louise  Tunis. 

c.  Emily  Cross. 

d.  Helen  Cross. 

e.  Christopher  Barkalow  Cross,  married  Hattie 
Battell.  They  have  a  daughter,  Emily  Cross, 
who  married  Frederick  Dewey. 

(v)     Daniel  Barkalow,  bom  May  16,  180S,  married 
Henrietta  Swartwout.     Children : 

a.  Judge  John  Swartwout  Barkalow  of  Paterson, 
N.  J.,  married  Esther  E.  Dickey.     Children: 

1.  Sidney  Barkalow. 

2.  Daniel    Barkalow,     married    Harriet     Mc- 
Muimy  and  had  a  daughter:  Esther  Barkalow. 

3.  Henrietta  Barkalow,  married  David  Magie. 
Their  daughter  is  Ethel  Magie. 

b.  Caroline  Barkalow,  married  WiUiani  T.  Van 
Buren.     Children: 

I.     Mary  Van  Buren. 


90  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

2.  Daniel  Van  Buren,  married  Mary  Gutherson, 
Child:  Robert  Tumbull  Van  Buren. 

3.  Deborah  Van  Buren,  married  Rev.  Dr. 
Alson  Bailey.     Children: 

(a)  Alson  Bailey,  Jr. 

(b)  Daniel  Carl  Bailey. 

(c)  John  Bailey. 

4.  William  Van  Buren,  married  Mary  Helen 
Geary  and  had  a  daughter,  CaroHne  Swartwout 
Van  Buren. 

(vi)  ComeHus  Barkalow,  bom  January  9,  181 1, 
married  CaroHne  Vail.     Children: 

a.  Israel  Barkalow,  married  Bertha  Bender.  Child: 

Frederic  Sterling  Barkalow. 

b.  Virginia  Barkalow,  married  John  Baird.     Chil- 
dren: 

1.  CaroHne  V.  Baird,  married  Charles  Sanders. 
Children : 

(a)  Victor  Sanders. 

(b)  Everitt  Sanders. 

2.  ComeHus  Barkalow  Baird,  married  Lillian 
Lane.     Children : 

(a)  Elsie  Baird. 

(b)  Raymond  Baird. 
•     (c)     Louise  Baird. 

3.  Irma  Baird. 

(vii)  Christopher  Barkalow,  bom  March  31,  1817, 
married  Mary  T.  Huff,  daughter  of  Brogun  T. 
Huff  of  Somerville,  N.  J.     Children: 

a.  Mary  Beekman  Barkalow. 

b.  EHzabeth  Barkalow. 

c.  Margaret    Barkalow,     married    Eugene    Van 
Dom.     Children: 

I.  Mary  Barkalow  Van  Dom,  married  L.  F. 
Garrabrant.     Children: 

(a)  Adele  Garrabrant. 

(b)  Robert   B.    Garrabrant,    married   Nellie 
Bailey.     Children : 


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91 


Robert  Bailey  Garrabrant. 
Audrey  Garrabrant. 

2.  Selina  Adelaide  Van  Dom,  married  Samuel 
Dayton.     Children : 

(a)  iVIargaret  Elinor  Dayton. 

(b)  Elsie  L.  Dayton. 

(c)  Harold  Van  Dom  Dayton 

3.  Ferdinand  Van  Dom,  married  Evelyn  Evens. 

4.  Elizabeth   Van   Dom,   married   Daniel  Bal- 
lantine.     Children: 

(a)  Berkeley  Ballantine. 

(b)  James  E.  Ballantine. 

(c)  Arthur  Lewis  Ballantine. 

(d)  Frank  Alexander  Ballantine. 

5.  Margaret  Van  Dom,  married  Arthur  Lewis. 
Their  son  is  Arthur  Lewis,  Jr. 

6.  Jersey  Bancker  Van  Dom,   married  James 
O'Neil.      Son,  James  D.  O'Neil. 

7.  WilKam    Dudley    Van    Dom,   married  Jan- 
ette  Culberson.     Children; 

(a)  Margaret  Van  Dom. 

(b)  Hannah  Van  Dom. 

(c)  Janette  L.  Van  Dom. 

(viii)     Susan  Barkalow,  bom  November  12, 18 12,  mar- 
ried Charles  Dowden,  bom  in  England.     Children : 

a.  Charles  Henr}'  Dowden,  married  Margaret  E. 
Croter. 

b.  Selina   Adelaide    Dowden,    married    John    H. 
McCracken.     Children: 

1.  Charles    Dowden    McCracken,    married    in 
1908,  Bessie  Holcomb. 

2.  Frederick  Beekman  McCracken. 

3.  Mar}^    Elizabeth    McCracken,     married    in 
1910,  William  Newell.     Son: 

William  Wells  Newell,  bom  January  3,  19 12. 

c.  George    A.    Dowden,   married,    first,   in    1873, 
Martha  Anderson  and  had  children: 

I.     Florence  Anderson  Dowden. 


92  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

2.  Willis  GiiTord  Dowden,  married  Clara  Sea- 
man.      Their  son  is   Arnold  Willis  Dowden. 

3.  George  Edward  Dowden. 

4.  Dawson    Dowden,    married    Elsie    Ruckel- 
haus.     Child,  Ada  Isabella  Dowden. 

5.  Elsie  Dowden. 

George  A.   Dowden  married,  second,    in    1886, 
Cora  Baylis.     Children: 

6.  Harold  Van  Dyke  Dowden. 

7.  Helen  Dowden. 

8.  Maud  M.  Dowden. 

d.     Henrietta  Dowden,  married  Pyramus  H.  Gidick. 
(Lx)     Catherine  Barkalow,  bom  November  14,  1814, 
married  Abraham  Van  Dervoort,  a  descendant  of 
Michael  Paulus  Van  Dervoort,  who  on  November 
18,  1640,  married  Marritie  De  RapaUe,  bom  March 
II,   1627,  daughter  of  Joris  De  RapaUe  and  his 
wife  Catalyntie  Trico  (descendant  of  Gaspard  de 
Rapalje,  bom  in  France  at  ChatiUon-sur-Loire  in 
1505),  and  came  to  America  from  RocheUe,  France, 
in  1623  and  settled  in  Breucklen,  now  called  Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y. 
Catelyn  Trico  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  on  Manhattan 
Island,  according  to  her  testimony  in  1688,  printed  in  New 
York  Historical  Documents  as  follows : 

"Catelyn  Trico  doth  Testify  and  Declare  that  in  ye  year 
1623,  she  came  into  this  country  with  a  Ship  called  ye 
Unity,  whereof  was  commander  Arien  Jorise  belonging  to  ye 
West  India  Company,  being  ye  first  ship  yt  came  here  for 
ye  s'?  Company. 

"As  soon  as  they  came  to  Mannatans,  now  called  N.Yorke, 
they  sent  Two  families  and  six  men  to  Hartford  River,  and 
Two  Families  and  Eight  men  to  Delaware  River,  and  eight 
men  they  left  at  N.  Yorke  to  take  Possession,  and  ye  Rest 
of  ye  Passengers  went  with  ye  Ship  as  farr  as  Albany  which 
they  then  called  fort  Orange.— 

"  Ye  s""  Deponent  Hved  in  Albany  three  years,  all  which 
time  ye  Indians  were  all  as  quiet  as  Lambs  and  came  and 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  93 

Traded  with  all  ye  Freedom  Imaginable;  in  ye  year  1626, 
ye  Deponent  came  from  Albany  and  settled  at  N.  Yorke 
where  she  Uved  afterwards  for  many  years  and  then  came  to 
Long  Island." 

Abraham  Van  Dervoort  and  Catherine  Barkalow 
had  children : 

a.  Christopher  Barkalow  Van  Dervoort,  married 
EUzabeth  Ryerson.     Children: 

1.  Abraham   R.   Van  Dervoort,   married  Cora 
C.  Gariick.     Child,  Beatrice  E.  Van  Dervoort. 

2.  John  Van  Dervoort. 

3.  Elizabeth  Van  Dervoort,  married  James  F. 
Cox.     Children : 

(a)  Russell  V.  Cox. 

(b)  James  F.  Cox.,  Jr. 

4.  Clarence  Van  Dervoort. 

b.  Mary  Van  Dervoort,  m.arried  Robert  Crawford. 
Children: 

1.  Jennie  Crawford,  married  George  S.  Farris. 
Their  son  is  Robert  Farris. 

2.  James  B.  Crawford. 

3.  Elizabeth  Crawford. 

4.  Cora  Crawford. 

c.  Ellen  R.  Van  Dervoort,  died  yoimg. 

d.  Catherine  Van  Dervoort,  died  young. 

e.  John  N.  Van  Dervoort,  died  young. 

f.  Jennie  Van  Dervoort,  married  Abram  A.  Ryer- 

son.    Children: 

1 .  Arthur  Ryerson. 

2.  Cornelius  Ryerson,  married  Mabel  Fonten. 

3.  David  E.  Ryerson,  married  Anna  Umbach. 
Their  child  is  Edna  P.  Ryerson. 

(x)     William  Theodore  Barkalow,  bom  March  23, 1819. 

II.  Gerardus  Beekman,  son  of  Gerardus  Christopher 
Beekman,  bom  in  1735,  died  in  182 1,  married  Aeltje 
Griggs  and  lived  at  Six  Mile  Run,  N.  J. 

III.  Abraham  Beekman  of  Griggstown,  N.  J.,  bom 
July  27,  1739,  died  March  25.  1817.  and  was  buried  in 


94  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

Beekman  Cemetery.  He  married  May  3,  1776,  Ann 
Voorhees,  who  died  May  25,  181 7,  at  the  age  of  sixty- 
five  years.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Garret  Voorhees 
and  NelUe  Nevius  his  wife  of  Middlebush,  N.  J.,  whose 
house  was  destroyed  by  the  British  iinder  Colonel 
Simcoe  on  his  retreat  from  Millstone  after  destroying 
the  court-house  there  and  burning  the  old  Dutch 
church.  They  had  children : 
(i)     Gerardus    Beekman,    died    February    28,     1805, 

unmarried,  and  was  buried  in  Beekman  Cemetery. 
(2)  Ellen,  or  Nelly,  Beekman,  bom  December  17,  1779, 
died  November  12,  1865,  married  October  5,  1805, 
Jacob  Quick  of  Ten  Mile  Run,  N.  J.,  baptized  June 
20,  1772,  son  of  Colonel  Abraham  Quick  and  Charity 
Bergen  his  wife,  and  grandson  of  Tunis  Qtiick. 
Colonel  Abraham  Quick  was  an  officer  of  the'  Revolu- 
tionary Army.  He  was  bom  February  i,  1732,  died 
May  25,  1805,  and  was  buried  in  the  graveyard  at 
Franklin  Park,  N.  J.,  on  the  road  leading  to  the  sand 
hills.  V/hen,  in  early  Januar\',  1777,  after  the  battle 
of  Trenton,' General  Washington  was  on  his  way  from 
Princeton  to  Morristown,  he  stayed  over  night  at  the 
house  of  Colonel  Abraham  Quick  at  Lower  Ten  Mile 
Run.  The  following  day  the  British  were  in  pursuit 
of  Washington  and  some  of  the  British  officers 
stopped  at  Colonel  Quick's  house  and  commanded 
his  wife  Charity  Quick  to  prepare  dinner  for  them, 
and  tried  to  find  out  from  her  what  conversation  she 
had  had  with  General  Washington  and  what  his  plans 
were.  Failing  in  this  they  threatened  her  and  de- 
scribed the  horrible  things  which  they  would  do  to 
Colonel  Quick  when  they  found  him,  which  they  said 
they  surely  would  do  very  soon.  This  so  incensed 
Charity  Quick  that  she  finally  declared,  "If  I  thought 
you  would  do  as  you  say  I  would  poison  every  one  of 
you."  This  put  the  British  officers  on  their  guard 
and  before  they  would  eat  any  of  the  dinner  prepared 
for  them   they  compelled   faithful  Charity  Quick  to 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  95 

eat  a  mouthful  from  each  dish.  This  interesting 
story  is  from  manuscript  and  diaries  in  the  possession 
of  her  great-great-grandson  Martin  Schenck  Garret- 
son.  Jacob  Quick  and  Ellen  Beekman  his  wife  had 
children : 

(A)     Ann  Quick,   married  Martin  Schenck  Garret- 
son.     Children : 

(i)  John  M.  Garretson,  married  Catharine  Eliza 
Garretson.  He  had  an  estate  at  Lower  Ten 
Mile  Run,  N.  J.  The  window  sashes  in  the 
large  part  of  the  house  and  the  balustrade  in  the 
hall  were  from  the  old  Beekman  house  at  Pearl 
and  Beekman  Streets,  New  York  City,  which 
was  taken  down  about  1840.  He  was  Judge  of 
the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  of  Somerset  County. 
Children : 

1.  Ella    Brown    Garretson,    married    Edward 
Voorhees.     Children : 

(a)  Marion  Voorhees,  died  in  infancy. 

(b)  Edward  LeRoy  Voorhees. 

(c)  Romeyn  Voorhees. 

(d)  Kenneth  Voorhees. 

(e)  Kathryn  Beekman  Voorhees. 

2.  Martin  Schenck  Garretson. 

3.  Charles  Beekman    Garretson,  married  Ger- 
trude Evans.     Children : 

(a)  Warren  Evans. 

(b)  Carl  Beekman  Evans. 

4.  John  F.  Garretson,  married  Emm.a  Hagaman. 
Children : 

(a)  John  Martin  Garretson. 

(b)  Ruth  Garretson. 

(c)  Herbert  Garretson. 

5.  Annie     Brown    Garretson,     married     Alvah 
Miller.    They  had  a  daughter,  Marjorie  Miller. 

(ii)  Abram  Quick  Garretson,  married  Josephine 
Boker.  He  was  a  graduate  of  Rutgers  College, 
Class  of  1862,  and  of  Han.-ard  Law  School.     He 


96  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

practised  law  in  Jersey  City  and  was  Prose- 
-  cutor  of  Common  Pleas  for  Hudson  County, 
N.  J. ;  Judge  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  and 
Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  New  Jersey. 
He  lived  in  a  large  mansion  at  Morris  Plains, 
N.J.     Children: 

1.  Leland  Garretson. 

2.  Joseph  Garretson. 

3.  Helen  Garretson. 

(B)  Garetta  Quick,  daughter  of  Jacob  Quick,  bom 
at  Ten  Mile  Run,  N.  J.,  on  January  27,  1812, 
married  Matthew  Brown,  son  of  Andrew  Brown, 
bom  at  Six  Mile  Run,  N.  J.,  on  May  3,  1808. 
Children: 

(a)  Ellen  Quick  Brown,  bora  March  16,  1836, 
died  April  13,  1863,  unmarried. 

(b)  Andrew  Brown,  bora  October  12,  1838, 
died  March  27,  1840. 

(c)  Annie  Mellona  Brown,  bora  August  18,  1849, 
died  June  21,  1851. 

(C)  Catharine  Quick,  died  in  1865,  unmarried. 

(D)  Abram  Quick,  died  young. 

(3)  John  A.  Beekman,  bom  Febmary  3,  1782,  died 
September  21,  1829,  by  a  tree  falling  on  him;  mar- 
ried October  12,  1808,  Johanna  Nevius,  daughter  of 
Peter  Nevius  and  Jane  his  wife;  she  died  May  6,  18 14, 
and  is  buried  in  Beekman  Cemetery.  They  had 
children : 

(i)  Abraham  J.  Beekman,  bom  September  8,  1810, 
married  on  March  7,  1837,  Catharine  B.  Schoon- 
maker,  daughter  of  James  Schoonmaker,  and  had 
children : 

(a)  Johanna  Beekman,  bora  March  5,  1839, 
who  on  Septembers,  1866,  married  Jacob  Bergen. 
Son: 

Abraham  Beekman  Bergen,  bom  March  29,  1871. 

(b)  Gertrade  Alletta  Beekman,  bom  May  7,  1844, 
died  unmarried  on  November  24,  1872. 


THE  SEEK  MAN  FAMILY  97 

(c)     Catharine  Elizabeth  Beekman,  who  married 

on  October  15,   1874,  Prof.  John  C.  Smock  of 

Rutgers  College,  New  Brunswick,  N.  J. 

After  the  death  of  his  wife,  Johanna  Nevius,  on 

May  6,   1814,   John  A.   Beekman  married  on  April 

8,  1818,  Aletta  Rapelye,  daughter  of  Jerome  Rapelye 

and  Susanna  Van  Nest  his  wife  of  Raritan,  N.  J.,  who 

lived  until  June  1 87 1 .    She  was  buried  in  the  Beekman 

Cemetery.      Their  children  were : 

(ii)     Cornelia   Beekman,   bom   November  23,  1820, 

married  on  September  15,   1868,  Rev.  Goyn  Tal- 

mage  of  Rhinebeck,    N.   Y.     She  was  his  second 

wife,   he  having  been  first  married  to  her  sister. 

He  was  a  brother  of  Rev.  T.  DeWitt  Tahnage,  D.D., 

and  of  Col.  Daniel  Talmage,  whose  son  John  F. 

Talmage  married  Isabella  Van  Sickle  and  had  sons : 

Daniel  Talmage  and  Robert  S.  Talmage  of  New 

York  City. 

(iii)     Alma  Beekman,  bom  April  28,   1825,  married 

the  Rev.  Goyn  Talmage,     Children: 

a.  John  B.  Talmage,  bom  July  21,  1847.    b.  Mary 

ComeHa  Talmage.      c.   Goyn  A.  Talmage.     d. 

Anna  Louisa  Talmage.     e.  Cornelia  Talmage. 

(4)     Abraham  A.  Beekman,  son  of  Abraham  Beekman 

and  Ann  Voorhees,  his  wife,  bora  January  12,  1784, 

died  August  20,  1862,  married,  1806,  Matilda  Nevius, 

born    September    5,    1789,    died    January   8,    1873, 

daughter  of  Peter  L.  Nevius,  and  Hved  at  Millstone, 

New  Jersey.     They  had  children: 

(i)     Peter  Nevius   Beekman,  bora  March  27,  1808, 

married,  first,  on  January  28,  1835,  Ann  Elizabeth 

Duryee,    daughter   of   Colonel   Henr>'   Duryee   of 

Blawenburg,    N.   J.,    bom  August   6,    181 2,    died 

January-  2,  1837.     He  married,  second,  on  January 

27,    1841,    Rachael   Ann   Beardslee   or   Beardsley, 

bom  March  26,  1820,  died  May  22,  1867,  daughter 

of    William    Beardslee    of    Bound    Brook,    N.    J. 

Thev  had  children: 


98  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

(a)  Matilda  Beekman,  bom  December  4,  1841, 
married  on  November  3,  1 863,  Ferdinand  Schenck 
Wilson,  son  of  Henry  Wilson,  and  had  children : 

1.  Rev.  Ferdinand  Schenck  Wilson,  married 
Margaret  Taylor,  daughter  of  Dr.  Sewell 
Taylor  of  Millstone  and  had  a  son,  Sewell 
Wilson. 

2.  Peter  Beekman  Schenck  Wilson,  bom  No- 
vember II,  1865. 

3.  Elmer  Wilson,  bom  December  22,  1S68. 

(b)  Frances  Maria  Beekman,  bom  June  7,  1844. 

(c)  Sarah  Emma  Beekman,  bom  August  12,  1848, 
died  May  22,  1856. 

(d)  Abraham  A.  Beekman  of  Paterson,  N.  J., 
bom  October  17,  1861,  married  March  14, 
1883,  Jane  Elizabeth  Garretson,  daughter  of 
Peter  G.  Garretson  and  Catharine  Smith  his 
wife,  of  East  Millstone,  N.  J.     Children: 

1.  Frances  M.  Beekman,  bom  October  3,  1884, 
married  George  Arthur  Hilton  on  February 
23,  1910. 

2.  Abraham  Russell  Beekman,  bom  November 
26,  1889. 

3.  Gerald  Beekman,  died  young. 

(5)  Ralph  Voorhees  Beekman,  bom  December  17, 
1785,  died  June  30,  1833,  married  October  29,  1809, 
Elizabeth  H.  Ten  Broeck. 

(6)  Jacob  Beekman,  bom  December  17,  1787,  married 
on  February  14,  1813,  Sarah  Garretson,  sister  of 
Martin  Garretson  and  of  John  Garretson.  They 
made  their  home  in  Michigan.     Children : 

(i)     Johanna  Beekman. 
(ii)     Phoebe  Beekman. 
(iii)     Ellen  Beekman. 
(iv)     Sarah  Beekman. 
(v)     James  Spence  Cannon  Beekman. 
(vi)     Elizabeth    Beekman,    married   Aaron   Rawles. 
Children: 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  99 

1 .  Henry  Rawles. 

2.  General  Jacob  Beekman  Rawles,  U.  S.  A.,  mar- 
ried Phcebe  Garretson,  daughter  of  Rev.  John 
Garretson,  brother  of  Sarah  Garretson  Beekman. 

(vii)     John  Beekman. 
(viii)     Caroline  Beekman. 

(7)  Isaac  Beekman,  bom  September  14,  1790,  died 
vmmarried  on  September  10,  1833. 

(8)  Catharine  A.  Beekman,  died  unmarried. 

(9)  Ann  Beekman,  born  August  2,  1797,  died  single 
in  September,  1828. 

IV.  Mary  Beekman,  daughter  of  Gerardus  Christopher 
Beekman  and  Catharine  Van  Dyke  his  wife,  bom  in 
1733,  died  in  1809;  married  Thomas  Skillman,  bom  in 
1727,  son  of  Isaac  Skillman,  bom  in  1706,  a  descendant 
of  Thomas  Skillman  who  came  to  America  with  the 
Enghsh  forces  in  1664,  as  a  musician  in  the  army,  and 
took  part  in  the  capture  of  New  York  from  the  Dutch. 
He  settled  in  Long  Island,  in  1668.  They  lived  at 
Harhngen,  N.  J.  Both  are  buried  in  the  Beekman 
Cemetery.  They  had  children: 
(i)     John  SkiUman,  bom  in  1753. 

(ii)  Gerardus  Beekman  Skillman,  bom  at  Harlingen, 
N.  J.,  September  20,  1754,  named  for  his  grandfather, 
Gerardus  Beekman.  He  was  a  light  horse  trooper  in 
the  Revolutionary  War.  He  married  in  1780  Jane 
Van  Dyke  of  Rocky  Hill,  N.  J.,  daughter  of  Jan  Van 
Dyke,  son  of  Jan  Van  Dyke,  who  was  the  grandson  of 
Jan  Thomasse  Van  Dyke.  Gerardus  Beekman  Skill- 
man  and  Jane  Van  Dyke  his  mle  had  children: 

(1)  Mary  Skillman,  bom  in  1782. 

(2)  John  Van  Dyke  Skillman,  bom  in  1 783,  married 
Rachel  Holhngshead  and  moved  to  Illinois. 

(3)  Joseph  Skillman,  bom  in  1785,  married  and  had 
a  child: 

Abraham  Van  Arsdalen  Skillman,  bom  Febru- 
ary 12,  1812,  died  May  3,  1872,  married  Anna 
Cornelia  Van  Dyke,  bom  August  14,  1829,  the 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

daughter  of  William  Van  Dyke  of  Harlingen  and 
Blawenburg,  N.  J.,  and  Catharine  Skillman,  his 
wife,  daughter  of  Abraham  Skillman,  bom 
December  2,  1804,  married  December  11,  1823. 
Abraham  Van  Arsdalen  Skillman  and  his  wife 
Anna  Cornelia  Van  Dyke  occupied  the  old  Skill- 
man  homestead  at  Harlingen,  N.  J. 

William  Van  Dyke  and  Catharine  Skillman 
his  wife  had  children: 

(a)  Abraham  Skillman  Van  Dyke,  bom  July  25, 
1824. 

(b)  Ralph  Roehf  Van  Dyke,  bom  December  5, 
1825. 

(c)  Anna  Cornelia  Van  Dyke,  bom  August  14, 
1829,  married  Abraham  V.  A.  Skillman  above 
stated. 

(d)  Lucretia    Van     Dyke,     bom    August     17, 

1835- 

(e)  Peter  Van  Dyke,  bora  July  17,  1840. 

(f )  John  Berrian  Van  Dyke,  bom  November  24, 
1841. 

(4)  Peter  Skillman,  bom  in  1787. 

(5)  Gerardus  Skillman,  bom  in  1788. 

(6)  Charity  Skillman,  bom  in  1789,  married  Jona- 
than Everett  of  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

(7)  Catharine  Skillman. 

v(iii)     Thomas   Skillman,    the   third   child   of   Thomas 
Skillman  and  Mary  Beekman,  his  wife,  bom  February 
10,  1756,  married  Elizabeth  Strycker,  bom  in  1759, 
daughter  of  Hendrick   Strycker   and   Catharine  his 
wife,  and  lived  at  Rocky  Hill,  N.  J.     He  was  a  soldier 
in  the  Revolutionary  War.     Children: 
(l)     Mary  Skillman,  bom  Febmary  22,  1779,  married 
John  M.  Nevius,  son  of  Martin  Nevius  and  Sarah 
Stothoff,  his   wife,    a   descendant   from   Johannes 
Nevius,  a  Schepen  of  New  Amsterdam  whose  grand- 
son Petms  removed  from  Flatbush,  L.  I.,  with  his 
four  children,    Peter  P.,    Martin,  David  and  Wil- 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  loi 

helmina.      John   M.   Nevius  and   AIar>'  Skillman 
his  wife  had  children : 

(a)  Sarah  Nevius,  bom  March  ii,  1802. 

(b)  Eliza  Ann  Nevius,  bom  May  25,  1805. 

(c)  Martin  Ne-vius,  bora  in  1809. 

(d)  Mary  Nevius,  bom  November  15,  18 10, 
married  Peter  Stryker. 

(e)  Johanna  Nevius,  bom  September  15,  1815. 

(f)  Catharine  Nevius,  bom  May  8,  1821,  married 
James  Van  Zandt. 

(2)  Hendrick  Skillman,  bom  in  1780. 

(3)  John  Skillman,  bom  June  2,  1782,  married,  first, 
Mary  Ann  AlcCaraher,  bom  August  9,  1787, 
died  April  26,  1834,  daughter  of  Alexander  McCara- 
her;  and  had  children: 

(a)  Thomas  Skillman,  died  young. 

(b)  Thomas  Skillman,  bom  April  15,  1810,  mar- 
ried Sarah  Stout,  daughter  of  John  Stout.  He 
was  a  merchant  at  Rocky  Hill,  N.  J. 

(c)  James  Skillman,  died  young. 

(d)  Elizabeth  Skillman,  bom  June  12,  1813, 
married  May  7,  1834,  Peleg  H.  Barker. 

(e)  Mary  SkiUman,  bom  December  8,  18 16, 
married  Isaac  Vanderveer  of  Rock-y  Hill,  N.  J. 

(f)  Henry  J.  Skillman,  bom  February  16, 
1819,  married  Anna  Van  Pelt,  and  had  a 
daughter : 

CaroHne  Skillman,  married  Amos  Sutphen. 

(g)  James  Skilknan,  bom  September  i,  1821. 
(h)     Margaretta  Skillman,  bom  March  26,  1824, 

died  June  10,   1897,  married  February  7,   1844, 
Henry  Van  Dyke, 
(i)     Sarah    Skillman,    bom    February    9,     1826, 
married  William  H.  Cox  and  had  children: 

1.  Ella  Cox,  married  Wallace  Lanning. 

2.  Mary  Cox,  married McCoy. 

3.  James  H.  Cox. 

4.  Luther  Cox. 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

John    Skillman     married,     second,     Martha    Van 
Dyke 

(4)  Catharine  Skillman,  bom  in  1784,  married  Cor- 
nelius Whitenack. 

(5)  Thomas  Skillman,  bom  in  1786. 

(6)  Abraham  Skillman,  born  in  1788. 

(7)  Elizabeth  Skillman,  bom  in  1790. 

(8)  Anna    Skillman,    bom    February    27,    1797. 
married  Luther  Stevens  of  Lexington,  Ky. 

(iv)  Ann  Skillman,  daughter  of  Thomas  Skillman  and 
Mary  Beekman,  bom  August  20,  1757,  married 
Abraham  Van  Pelt,  grandson  of  Johannes  Van  Pelt 
of  Six  Mile  Run,  N.  J.,  and  great-grandson  of  Tevmis 
Lanen  Van  Pelt,  probably  the  uncle  of  Teuntje 
Thyssen  Van  Pelt,  who,  in  1673,  married  Captain 
Jan  Janse  Van  Dyke.  Teunis  Van  Pelt,  with  his 
wife  and  six  children,  came  from  Luick,  Netherlands, 
in  the  ship  Rosetree,  in  May,  1663,  and  settled  at 
Gowanus,  L.  L  Abraham  Van  Pelt  and  his  wife 
Ann  Skillman  moved  from  New  Jersey  to  Fairfax 
County,  Virginia.  William  Jones  Skillman  in  a 
genealogy  of  the  Skillman  family  pubUshed  in  the 
N.  Y.  Gen.  and  Bio.  Record  in  1906,  says  that  "aroimd 
their  original  farmhouse  on  the  banks  of  BuU  Run, 
the  hottest  part  of  the  battle  of  that  name  was  fought 
a  century  later." 

(v)     Abraham  Skillman,  bom  in  1759. 

(vi)  Isaac  Skillman,  bom  April  21,  1761,  married, 
first,  CoraeHa  Quick,  daughter  of  Petms  Quick,  and 
had  children : 

(a)  Thomas  Skillman,  bom  in  1796. 

(b)  James  SkiUman,  bom  in  1800. 

Isaac  Skillman,  after  the  death  of  his  wife  Cor- 
neHa  Quick,  married,  second,  Johanna  Nevius, 
daughter  of  Martinus  Nevius  of  Harlingen,  a  des- 
cendant of  Johannes  Nevius  or  NeefT,  who  came 
from  Holland  to  America  in  1652.  Their  children 
were : 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  103 

(c)  Martin  Skillman,  bom  July  21,  1801,  died  May 
12,  1S36,  married  Matilda  Kershaw. 

(d)  Isaac  Nevius  Skillman,  bom  in  1803. 

(e)  John  N.  Skillman,  bom  in  1809. 

(vii)  Jacob  Skillman,  bom  August  28,  1764,  died 
April  13,  1841,  married,  first,  Eleanor  Ten  Broeck, 
a  descendant  through  Hendrick  Ten  Broeck,  his 
third  son,  from  Wessel  Ten  Broeck,  who  came  to  New 
Amsterdam  with  Peter  Minuet  in  1626.  They  had 
children : 

(a)  Isaac  Skillman,  bom  in  1792. 

(b)  Jacob  Skillman,  bom  in  1794. 

(c)  Abraham  Skillman,  bom  in  1796. 

Jacob  SkiUman  married,  second,  Mary  Hagemon, 
bom  in  1767,  died  in  1854,  a  descendant  of  Adrian 
Hagemon,  who  settled  in  Flatbush,  L.  I.,  in  1650. 
Children : 

(d)  John  Skillman,  bom  in  iSoo. 

(e)  Ellen  Skillman,  baptized  September  27,  1801. 

(f)  William  Skillman,  bom  in  1803. 

(g)  Mary  Skillman,  bom  August  26,  1804,  married 
in  1828  Christopher  B.  Voorhees  and  had  children: 

1.  Jacob  Skillman   Voorhees,   bom   September  20, 
1830. 

2.  Martha  Beekman  Voorhees,  died  young. 

3.  Isaac  Voorhees. 

(viii)  Catharine  Skillman,  daughter  of  Thomas  Skill- 
man  and  Mar}.-  Beekman,  bom  July  30,  1766,  mar- 
ried Peter  Voorhees,  grandson  of  Peter  Voorhees,  who 
was  a  son  of  Abram  Voorhees  and  Leah  Voorhees 
his  wife  and  first  cousin.  They  were  both  grand- 
children of  Jan  Steven  Van  Voorhees  and  Janet 
Kirshaw  his  wife  and  descended  from  Steven  Coerte 
Van  Voorhees,  bom  in  Hees,  Holland,  in  1600;  came 
to  America  in  1660  and  settled  at  Flatlands,  L.  I. 
He  died  Febmary  16,  1684.  He  was  the  son  of 
Coert  Alberts  Van  Voorhees  of  Hees,  near  Ruinen. 
It  is  said   that  the   name   Voorhees  means   "before 


I04  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

Hees.  "  The  family  is  entitled  to  arms:  Quarterly, 
one  and  four,  azure  a  tower  or;  two  and  three,  argent 
a  tree  eradicated  vert.     Crest:  a  tower  as  in  arms. 

It  is  interesting  to  note  here  that  the  Stevens 
family  of  New  York  City  is  descended  from  Steven 
Coerte  Van  Voorhees.  This  is  one  of  the  many  in- 
stances in  Dutch  families  where  the  Christian  name 
of  the  father  served  as  a  surname  for  the  children. 
A  similar  case  was  that  of  Mattys  Lanen  Van  Pelt, 
known  as  Lanen  Van  Pelt,  who  came  to  America  in 
1663.  From  him  are  descended  the  Lane  family  as 
well  as  the  Van  Pelt.  Another  instance  is  that  of  the 
Vanderbeek  family  whose  ancestor  Rem  Jansen 
Vanderbeek  was  a  descendant  of  the  noble  Vander- 
beek family  of  Germany.  But  when  he  died  the 
Brooklyn  branch  of  the  family  called  themselves 
Remsen,  instead  of  Vanderbeek.  Steven  Coerte  Van 
Voorhees  had  a  son  Lucas  Stevens  Van  Voorhees, 
known  as  Lucas  Stevens,  who  had  a  son  known  as 
Steven  Stevens,  and  his  son  Abraham  Stevenson  had 
a  son  Stephen  Abraham  Stevens.  His  son  Isaac 
Stevens  married  Rachel  Baker  and  had  a  son  John 
B.  Stevens,  1823-1891,  who  married  Lucy  Baldwin 
and  had  children: 

a.  Bertha  Stevens. 

b.  Lucy  Beatrice  Stevens  of  New  York,  an  artist 
and  illustrator  of  books. 

c.  John  Bright  Stevens  of  New  York,  a  lawyer, 
married  Cornelia  AdeHne  Dodge,  great-great- 
granddaughter  of  Major,  afterwards  General 
Samuel  Clark  of  the  Ulster  County  Regiment  in 
the  War  of  the  Revolution.     Their  children  are : 

1.  Marguerite  Dodge  Stevens. 

2.  Lucy  Baldwin  Stevens. 

3.  John  Bayard  Stevens, 
(ix)     Jacob  SkiUman,  bom  in  1768. 

(x)     Cornelius  Skilhnan,  bom  in  1771. 
(xi)     Mary  Skillman,  bom  in  1772. 


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105 


V.     Ann   Beekman,   daughter   of   Gerardus   Christopher 

Beekman  -and  Catharine  Van  Dyke  his  wife,  married 

Garret  Voorhees,  bom  March  15,  1739,  died  November 

16,  1 81 6.     They  resided  at  Harlingen,  N.  J.    Children: 

(A)     Coert  Voorhees,  baptized   October  4,   1761,  died 

in  1 816,  married  Jane  Hogeland.     Children: 

(i)     Garret    Voorhees,    baptized    March    15,    1789, 

married  on  February  4,  1815,  Margaret  Monfort. 

Children : 

(a)  Harriet  Voorhees,  bom  January  24,  18 16, 
married  on  November  12,  1834,  William  Baird. 
Children : 

I.     Margaret  V.  Baird,  bom  May  17,  1836. 
Sarah  Baird,  bom  Febmary  iS,  1842. 
Garret  V.  Baird,  bom  September  19,  1845. 
Anna  Catharine  Baird,  bom  May  27,  1850. 
Harriet   Jane   Baird,   bom  April  23,    1853. 

(b)  Jane  Ann  Voorhees,  bom  Febmary  27,  1818, 
married  December  13,  1837,  Jacob  Dilts.  Chil- 
dren: 

1.  Harriet  Jane  Dilts. 

2.  Mary  Ann  Dilts. 

(c)  Phoebe  Voorhees,  bom  December  2S,  1819, 
married  December  19,  1838,  David  Shurts. 
Children: 

1.  Garret  V.  Shurts,  bom  in  1843. 

2.  Margaretta  Shurts,  bom  in  1852. 

3.  John  K.  Shurts,  bom  in  1857. 

(d)  Maria  Voorhees,  bom  July  6,  1824,  married 
John  W.  Voorhees.     Children: 
I.     Garret  Voorhees,  bom  in  1846. 

Jacob   D.  Voorhees,  bom  January  22,  1848. 
Eleanor  Voorhees,  bom  September  5,  1850. 
Jane  Voorhees,  bora  August  17,  1853. 
Mary  Carrol  Voorhees,  bora  December  26 
1858. 
(2)     Christopher  Voorhees,  baptized  November  22, 
1790,  married  Magdelen  Salter.     Children: 


1 06  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

(a)     Jane  Maria  Voorhees,  bom  February  4,  1817 
-(b)     Ann  Voorhees,  born  September  14,  1820. 

(3)  Abraham  Beekman  Voorhees,  bom  in  1793. 

(4)  Maria  Voorhees,  baptized  August  9,  1795 
married  William  C.  Duryea  of  Blawenburg,  N.  J 
Children: 

(a)  WilHam  C.  Duryea,  bom  December  3,  18 18 

(b)  Coert  Voorhees  Dury-ea,  bom  Febmary  i, 
1822. 

(c)  Theodore  Voorhees  Duryea,  bom  April  18, 
1826. 

(d)  Christopher  V.  Duiyea,  bom  August  3,  1828, 

(e)  Ann  Maria  Dury-ea,  bom  August  3,  1828. 

(5)  John  Voorhees,  bom  January  3,  1798,  married 
Mary  Rynearson  and  removed  to  Warren  County, 
Ohio.     Children: 

1.  Jane  Voorhees,  married  Noah  Cory. 

2.  Eliza  Voorhees,  married  Anthony  L.  Am- 
mons. 

3.  George  Hoagland  Voorhees,  bom  August  14, 
1824. 

4.  Mary  Ann  Voorhees. 

5.  John  Voorhees,  bom  October  2,  1829,  married 
Mary  Canine.     Children: 

(a)  Mary  Jane  Voorhees,  died  young. 

(b)  John  Voorhees,  bom  January  6,  1854,  mar- 
ried February  7,  1878,  x\llgenette  Ryan. 

(c)  Elbert  Voorhees. 

(d)  Lucinda  Voorhees,  died  young. 

(e)  Dora  Voorhees,  married  Samuel  J.  Kent. 

(f)  Frank  C.  Voorhees. 

(g)  Melvin  R.  Voorhees. 
(h)     Frederick  Voorhees. 

6.  Dr.  Sylvanus  R.  Voorhees,  bom  October  31. 
1 83 1,  married,  first,  Jane  E.  Robinson,  second, 
Eliza  E.  Kehan. 

7.  Sylvester  Voorhees. 

8.  Parthenia  Voorhees.  died  young. 


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107 


VI. 


9.  Ellison  Hoagland  Voorhees,  born  April  17, 
1836,  married  Eugenia  Boyd  and  resided  in 
Gamett,  Kansas.     Children: 

(a)  Viola  May  Voorhees,  married  H.  K.  Herbert. 

(b)  Edward  K.  Voorhees,  bom  in  1862. 

(c)  Harry  L.  Voorhees,  bom  in  1865. 

(d)  Mary  Voorhees,  bom  in  1867. 

(e)  Albert  Voorhees,  bom  in  1869. 

(f)  Jessie  Wheeler  Voorhees,  bom  in  1873. 

(g)  Charles  G.  Voorhees,  died  young. 
(h)     Andrew  Voorhees,  bom  in  1877. 

10.  William  Duryea  Voorhees,  bom  April  9,  1838, 
married  Sarah  E.  Dundy. 

11.  Leander  Voorhees,  bom  May  10,  1842. 

(6)  Ann  Voorhees,  bom  October  28,  1800,  married 
Andrew  Van  Deripe.     Children: 

1.  John  Van  Deripe,  bom  March  3,  1822. 

2.  Jane  Van  Deripe,  bom  December  5,  1823. 

3.  Elizabeth  Van  Deripe,  bom  in  1828. 

4.  Margaret  Van  Deripe. 

5.  Magdalena  Van  Deripe. 

6.  Ellen  Van  Deripe. 

7.  Emily  V'an  Deripe. 

8.  Amanda  Van  Deripe. 

(7)  Gerardus  Voorhees,  died  young. 

(8)  Jane  Voorhees,   married  Elbert  S.   Dumont  of 
Farmer's  Village,  Seneca  Co.,  N.  Y.     Children: 

Samuel  K.  Dumont,  married  Dian  Mathews. 
Jane  A.  Dumont,  married  A.  H.  Fowler. 

3.  Cornelia  Dumont,  died  young. 

4.  Mary  Dumont. 
Sarah  Dumont,  married  xMe.xander  Bounell. 
Benjamin  Dumont,  married  Louisa  Dickerson. 
Elbert  Dumont. 

(9)  George  Hoagland  Voorhees,  bom  July  14,  1809, 
died  unmarried. 

Catharine  Beekman,  daughter  of  Gerardus  Christo- 


pher Beelanan,  married,  first.  Joseph  Vanderveer  and 


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had  two  children.  She  married  second,  Jacques  John- 
son and  settled  at  White  Creek,  Washington  County, 
N.  Y. 

VII.  Magdalena  Beekman,  married  John  Van  Dyke. 

VIII.  Cornelia  Beekman,  married  December  9,  1775, 
Abraham  Stryker,  a  descendant  of  Jan  Strycker,  who 
with  his  wife  Lambertje  Suebering,  two  sons,  and  four 
daughters  came  to  America  in  1652  from  Ruinen, 
Holland,  and  in  1654  settled  at  Flatlands,  L.  I. 
Abraham  Stryker,  and  ComeHa  Beekman  his  wife  had 
children : 

(i)  Ida  Stryker,  married  January  12,  1800,  ComeUus 
Skillman,  son  of  Thomas  Skillman.  He  was  bom 
January  I,  1771,  and  died  January  12,  1853. 
She  died  in  January,  1831.  Both  are  buried  in 
Beekman  Cemetery.  They  hved  at  HopeweU,  N.J. 
Children: 

(a)  Abraham  SkiUman,  bom  in  1S02,  married 
March  i,  1827,  Henrietta  Stout,  eldest  child  of 
David  Stout  and  Margaretta  Weart.  Children: 
i.     Charles  Augustus  Skillman,  bom  December 

16,1827. 
ii.     Caroline  Matilda  Skilhnan,  bom  May  2,  1830. 
iii.     Ida  Stryker  Skilhnan. 
iv.     Mary  Emma  Skillman. 

When  General  Lafayette  made  his  last  visit 
to  the  United  States  in  1825,  Abraham  Skih- 
man  was  one  of  his  bodyguard  during  the  jour- 
ney through  New  Jersey. 

(b)  John  Skillman,  bom  August  i,  1805,  removed 
to  Basil,  Ohio. 

(c)  Peter  Skillman,  bom  in  1808. 

(d)  Mary  Skillman,  died  in  infancy. 

(2)  Mary  Stryker,  married  Thomas  Skillman  and 
hved  at  Hopeweh,  N.  J.     They  had  children: 

(a)  Anna  Skilhnan,  bom  in  1804,  married  Er- 
nestus  Schenck. 

(b)  Maria  Skillman,  married  Mortimer  Holcombe. 


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109 


(c)  Cornelia  Skillman,  bom  in  1808,  married  John 
C.  Eisher. 

(d)  Caroline  Skillman,  married  Thomas  Holcombe. 

(e)  Jacob  Skillman,  bom  August  27,  1812,  married 
Ruth  iMcNair. 

(f)  Abraham    Stryker    Skillman,    bora    in    1814, 
married  Sarah  Williamson. 

(g)  Isaac  Skillman,  died  young. 

B.  Adrianus  Beekman,  son  of  Christopher  Beekman 
and  Maria  De  Lanoy,  baptized  November  22,  1713, 
married  Januarys,  1745,  Mary  Bronson  or  Brownson. 

C.  Aaron  Beekman,  died  in  infancy. 

D.  Christopher  Beekman,  of  Middlesex,  who  married 
by  Hcense  dated  November  12,  1741,  Sarah  Cox,  and 
had  children : 

(a)  Catharine  Beekman,  married  John  Skillman, 
son  of  John  SkiUman  bom  in  1696,  and  cousin  of 
Thomas  Skillman.  He  sold  his  farm  which  some- 
time after  came  into  the  possession  of  Peter  and 
Lawrence  Vanderveer,  and  removed  to  Virginia. 
They  had  a  son  Christopher  Skillman,  who  had  a 
daughter: 

Catharine  Skillman,  bom  in  Loudoim  County, 
Virginia,  April  20,  1798,  married  WUHam  Rodgers, 
son  of  Nathaniel  Rodgers,  and  had  children: 
I.  William  Skillman  Rodgers,  bom  September 
13,  1819,  died  October  15,  1895,  who  m.arried 
Henrietta  Parker  and  had  children : 
(i)     James  T.  Rodgers. 

(ii)     Mary  Katharine  Rodgers,   bom  April  11, 
1843,  married  Samuel  Clay,  Jr.,  of  Lexington, 
Kentucky, 
(iii)     Samuel  C.  Rodgers. 
(iv)     Hugh  W\  Rodgers. 
(v)     John  Gano  Rodgers. 
2.     Christopher  C.  Rodgers,  bora  May  15,    1829, 
married  Louisa  Scott. 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

3.     Ann  E.  Rodgers,  bom  November  16,  1832,  mar- 
ried James  M.  Thomas. 

(b)  Christopher  Beekman. 

(c)  William  Beekman. 

(d)  James  Beekman. 

Christopher  Beekman,  son  of  Christopher  Beek- 
man and  Mary  De  Lanoy,  died  in  1764,  and  his  wife, 
Sarah  Cox  Beekman,  in  1766,  married  WiUiam  Allen 
and  with  him  joined  her  daughter  Catharine  Skillman 
in  Virginia,  accompanied  by  five  of  her  Beekman 
children,  one  of  whom,  Christopher  Beekman,  was 
Surveyor-General  of  North  Carolina,  and  afterwards 
lived  in  Princeton,  N.  J.,  and  died  in  New  York. 
The  farm  of  John  Skillman  was  purchased  by  Ruloff 
Van  Dyke  in  1768  (see  Van  Dyke  family). 

E.  Abraham  Beekman  of  Hunterdon,  baptized  May 
23,  1725,  married  June  14,  1745,  Ann  Guest.  He 
died  in  Trenton. 

F.  Cornelia  Beekman,  baptized  March  27,  1709, 
married  Captain  John  Machett. 

G.  Magdalene  Beekman,  baptized  November  14,  171 1, 
married  Isaac  Skillman  (widower  and  father  of 
Thomas  Skillman,  bom  1727),  bom  1706,  who  with 
John  Skillman,  bom  1696,  were  the  first  of  the  name 
in  New  Jersey. 

H.  Maria  Beekman,  married  Gerardus  Beekman,  the 
son  of  Jacobus,  and  her  first  cousin.  They  had  no 
children. 

The  estates  of  the  Beekman  sons  and  daughters  were 
mostly  along  the  Millstone  River,  and  in  the  neighbor- 
hoods of  Griggstown,  Rocky  Hill,  and  HarHngen,  New 
Jersey.  It  is  interesting  to  note  the  names  mentioned  in 
the  Commissioners'  description  of  a  new  road  laid  out 
in  1748:  "From  the  bridge  at  Christopher  Hoagland's 
to  ye  Great  Road.  From  ye  Bridge  to  Gerardus  Beek- 
man's  land  along  ye  road  to  Luke  Voorhees' ;  then  up  on 
ye  top  of  a  bank  to  where  a  road  enters  ye  lowland ;  along 
ye  foot  of  the  Bank  to  Isaac  Skillman's  land;  along  Skill- 


THE  BEEKMA  N  PA  MIL  Y  in 

man's  land  two  rods  upon  ye  upland  to  John  Skillman's, 
along  J.  Skillman's  land  to  Beadow's  brook;  up  ye 
Brook  to  its  Falls;  then  upon  Rulif  Cowenhoven's  land 
to  ye  upland,  then  as  ye  road  runs  to  ye  top  of  ye  bank 
of  a  steep  gtilly  which  enters  into  ye  brook  below  ye 
Fulling  mill;  thence  across  ye  field  above  ye  giolly  to 
ye  line  between  Adrian  Beekman  and  Christopher 
Beekman;  thence  along  ye  line  to  Robert  Lettice 
Hooper's  land,  then  on  ye  road  to  James  Horn's  land; 
thence  across  to  ye  Great  Road." 

lllc.  Dr.  WilUam  Beekman,  son  of  Colonel  Gerardus 
Beekman,  bom  August  8,  1684,  died  April  26,  1770, 
married  Catherine  Peters  De  Lanoy,  bom  September 
20,  1691,  died  December  14,  1765,  a  sister  of  Mary  De 
Lanoy,  wife  of  his  brother  Christopher,  whose  farm  was 
near  his  and  not  far  from  Princeton,  N.  J.  He  was  a 
graduate  of  Princeton  College  and  practised  medicine 
in  New  York  City.     Children: 

(i)  Cornelia  Beekman,  bom  October  4,  1708,  married 
William  Walton.     They  had  no  children. 

(2)  Magdalena  Beekman,  bom  January  5,  171 1,  died 
young. 

(3)  Magdalena  Beekman,  bom  August  30,  1714,  died 
unmarried  in  1784. 

(4)  Catharine  Beekman,  bom  February  28,  171 7,  died 
in  1793,  unmarried. 

(5)  Gerard  WilUam  Beekman,  bom  December  13, 
1718,  died  October  6,  1781,  married  April  11,  1751, 
Mary  Duyckinck,  baptized  in  1729,  died  January  4, 
1 791.  They  lived  in  a  fine  mansion  near  Hanover 
Square,  New  York.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Gerar- 
dus Duyckinck,  a  descendant  of  Evert  Duyckinck, 
who  came  to  America  about  1638  from  Borken, 
Holland.     Children : 

1.  William  Beekman,  bom  January  19,  1752. 

2.  Catharine  Beekman,   bom  December   13,    1754, 
married  February  28,  1780,  Isaac  Cox.     Children: 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

(a)  Isaac  Beekman  Cox,  bom  1780,  died  July  4, 
-    1846,  married  December  14,  1805,  Cornelia  Beek- 
man.    Child; 

Abraham  Beekman  Cox,  married  Levantia  White 
Livingston  and  had  children: 

a.  Abraham   B.  Cox,  married  Augusta   Ten 
Eyck. 

b.  Cornelia  Cox,  married  Rev.  D.  L.  Schwartz. 

c.  Levantia  W.  Cox,  married  Lansdale  Board- 
man. 

(b)  John  F.  Cox,  bom  June  5,  17S4,  died  Decem- 
ber II,  1858,  married  Eliza  Lansdale  and  had 
children : 

a.  Rosina  Cox,  married  WilHam  C.  Boardman. 

b.  ComeHa  Cox. 

c.  P.  Lansdale  Cox,  married  IMrs.  LeRoy. 

(c)  Mary  Cox,  bom  August  26,  1785,  died  Janu- 
ary 9,  1835,  married  December  11,  1813,  Asher 
Marx. 

3.  Joharma  Beekman,  baptized  January  31,  1759, 
married  Abraham  K.  Beekman,  son  of  James 
Beekman. 

4.  Margaretta  Beekman,  bom  May  19,  1762,  mar- 
ried Peter  De  Labigarre.     Children: 

(a)  Maria  Louise  De  Labigarre,  married  Phihp 
N.  Searle. 

(b)  Amarillis  De  Labigarre,  bom  April  5,  1796. 

(c)  Julius  A.  B.  De  Labigarre,  bom  Febmary  25, 
1797. 

Magdalene  Beekman. 
6.     Elizabeth  Beekman,  married  November  27,  1793, 
Peter  W.  Livingston.     Children: 
(a)     EHza   Matilda   Livingston,    married   Colonel 
Joseph  Plympton,  U.  S.  A.     Children: 

a.  Emily  Maria  Plympton,  married  General 
Mansfield  Lovell  and  had  a  son,  Joseph  R. 
Lovell. 

b.  Gilbert  M.  Plympton,  married  Mrs.  Mary 


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113 


A.  (Stevens)  Cowles.     Children: 
Mary  L.  Plympton. 
Gilbert  L.  Plympton. 
c.     Louisa  E.  Plympton,  married  General  John 
Pitman,  U.  S.  A.     Children: 
Richard  Pitman. 
Livingston  Pitman. 

(b)  Emily  Maria  Livingston,  married  James  de 
Peyster.     Children : 

a.  Elizabeth  de  Peyster,  married  Bayard  Clark- 
son. 

b.  Henr>-  A.  de  Peyster. 

c.  Edgar  de  Peyster. 

d.  Beekman  de  Peyster. 

e.  Emily  M.  de  Peyster. 

f.  Wilson  de  Peyster. 

(c)  Gerard  WilHam  Livingston,  married  Cornelia 
de  Peyster.     Children : 

a.  Anna  de  Peyster  Livingston,  married  Charles 
H.  Hunt  and  had  children: 

Livingston  Hunt. 
Charles  H.  Hunt. 
Cornelia  de  Peyster  Hunt. 
Edward  L.  Hunt. 
Beekman  Hunt. 

b.  Cornelia  de  Peyster  Livingston,  married 
John  J.  Petit  of  Bordeaux,  France.  Chil- 
dren; 

(i)     Anna  Livingston  Petit,  married  Edward 
Lyman  Short,   son  of  Prof.   Charles  Short 
of  Columbia  College,  N.  Y.,  and  Arm  Jean 
Lyman  his  wife.     Children: 
Anna  Livingston  Short. 
Livingston  Lj-man  Short. 

(ii)     Emily  Maria  Petit,  married  Robert  R. 
Crosby. 

c.  Emily  Livingston,  married  Edward  Crary 
Lord,  a  descendant  of  Thomas  Lord  the  foun- 


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der  of  the  family  in  America,  who  was  bom  in 
England  about  1585. 

d.  Edward  Livingston. 

e.  William  Howard  Livingston. 

(d)  Horatio  de  L.  Livingston. 

(e)  James    Howard    Livingston,    married    Mary 
Ann  Snowden,  and   had   a   son,  James  H.  Liv- 
ingston. 

(f)  Peter  W.    Livingston,   married  Anna   H.   de 
Peyster. 

7.     Cornelia  Beekman,  baptized  March  12,  1761. 

(6)  Maria  Beekman,  bom  February  7,  1723,  died  un- 
married in  1793. 

(7)  William  Beekman,  bom  April  13,  1725,  died  un- 
married in  1 795 

(8)  Elizabeth  Beekman,  bom  April  16,  1727,  died  May 
3,  1800,  married  Robert  Rutgers,  bom  July  3,  1731, 
died  September  12,  1796,  a  descendant  of  Rutger 
Jacobsen  Van  Schoenderwoerdt  who  came  to  America 
from  Holland  in  1638.     Children: 

1 .  Gerard  Rutgers,  married  Margaret  Sarah  Bayard, 
daughter  of  Nicholas  Bayard. 

2.  Robert  Rutgers  of  Belleville,  N.  J. 

3.  Catharine  Rutgers,  bom  December  11,  1758,  died 
April  26,  1800,  married  Stephanus  Van  Cortlandt, 
bom  August  II,  1750,  died  September  30,  17S9, 
a  descendant  of  Oloflf  Stevense  Van  Cortlandt  who 
came  from  Holland  to  New  Amsterdam  in  1637. 
Their  daughter  Elizabeth  Van  Cortlandt,  bom 
March  23,  1787,  died  July  2,  1868,  married  John 
Van  Rensselaer,  bom  in  1788,  died  in  1870,  son  of 
James  Van  Rensselaer,  bom  in  1746,  died  in  1827, 
and  Elsie  Schuyler  his  wife,  bom  in  1759;  son  of 
Johannes  Van  Rensselaer,  1711-1783,  and  Engeltie 
Livingston,  daughter  of  Robert  Livingston;  son  of 
Hendrick  Van  Rensselaer,  bom  October  23,  1667, 
and  Catharine  Van  Bruggen;  son  of  Jeremias  Van 
Rensselaer   and    Maria   Van   Cortlandt    his   wnfe, 


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the  daughter  of  Olof  Stevense  Van  Cortlandt,  who 
came  to  New  Amsterdam  in  1637  and  whose  son 
Stephanus  Van  Cortlandt  was  proprietor  of  Van 
Cortlandt  Manor,  extending  from  Croton  River 
to  Anthony's  Nose  on  the  Hudson  and  thence 
east  for  twenty-four  miles.  He  married  Gertruyd 
Schuyler,  daughter  of  Philip  Pieterse  Schuyler  who 
married  on  December  12,  1650,  Margarita,  the 
daughter  of  Brant  Van  Slichtenhorst,  the  Director 
of  Rensselaerwyck.  As  there  have  already  been 
mentioned  many  intermarriages  between  this  fam- 
ily and  the  Beekman  family  and  between  their 
descendants,  the  children  of  Philip  Pieterse  Schuy- 
ler and  Margarita  his  wife  are  here  given: 

1.  Gysbert  Schuyler,  bom  July  2,  1652. 

2.  Gertrude  Schuyler,  bom  February  4,  1654, 
died  about  1719,  married  on  September  10, 
1 67 1,  Stephanus  Van  Cortlandt  and  had  chil- 
dren: 

(a)  Johannes  Van  Cortlandt,  married  Anna  Van 
Schaick  and  had  one  child,  Gertrude  Van 
Cortlandt,  who  married  on  April  10,  1718, 
Philip  Verplanck,  bom  in  1695.  Their  son, 
Philip  Verplanck,  married  Aefje  Beekman, 
daughter  of  Gerardus  Beekman  and  Catharine 
Provoost  his  wife.  Their  descendants  are 
stated  later. 

(b)  Margeitje  Van  Cortlandt,  married  Samuel 
Bayard,  son  of  Nicholas  Bayard. 

(c)  Anna  Van  Cortlandt,  married  Stephen  de 
Lancey. 

(d)  Maria  Van  Cortlandt,  married  first  Kiliacn 
Van  Rensselaer,  Lord  of  the  Manor  of  Rens- 
selaerwyck extending  from  the  mouth  of  the 
Mohawk  River  south  along  both  banks  of  the 
Hudson  for  twenty-four  miles  and  containing 
700,000  acres  of  land  which  now  includes  the 
cities  of  Albany  and  Troy.     A  large  part  of 


Ii6  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

this  property  afterwards  came  into  the  posses- 
sion of  his  brother  Hendrick  Van  Rensselaer. 

(e)  Philip  Van  Cortlandt,  married  Catherine  de 
Peyster. 

(f)  Stephen  Van  Cortlandt,  married  Catalina 
Staats,  daughter  of  Dr.  Samuel  Staats,  one  of 
Leisler's  Council. 

(g)  Gertrude  Van  Cortlandt,  married  Colonel 
Henry  Beekman. 

(h)  Elizabeth  Van  Cortlandt,  married  Rev. 
William  Skinner. 

(i)  Catharine  Van  Cortlandt,  married  Andrew- 
Johnson. 

(i)  Cornelia  Van  Cortlandt,  married  her  cousin. 
Colonel  John  Schuyler. 

3.  Alida  Schuyler  married  Robert  Livingston  and 
had  a  son,  Gilbert  Livingston,  who  married 
ComeHa  Beekman  (see  pages  10  and  11).  Their 
daughter,  Margaret  Livingston,  married  Petrus 
Stuyvesant,  and  their  daughter  Comeha  Stuy- 
vesant  married  Dirck  Ten  Broeck,  and  had 
children,  of  whom  four  reached  their  majority: 
Petrus  S.;  Abraham;  Stephen  P.  V.  R.;  and 
A-Iargaret  Stuyvesant  Ten  Broeck,  bom  July  24, 
1790,  died  December  22,  1873,  who  married  on 
June  16,  1818,  Rev.  Robert  Gibson,  1792-1829, 
and  had  a  son,  Robert  Phillips  Gibson,  bom 
April  13,  1819,  died  December  27,  1890.  Mar- 
ried July  I,  1845,  Susan  Moser  and  had  children: 
Robert  Marius,  George  Moser,  Susan  Meta, 
Louis  Stuyvesant,  Henry  Pierson,  John  Brecken- 
ridge,  Comelia  Stujrvresant,  Joseph  Enos,  and 
William  Moser. 

4.  Peter  Schuyler,  bora  September  17,  1657,  died 
Febmary  19,  1724,  married  first,  Engeltie  Van 
Schaick,  who  died  in  1689,  second,  on  September 
14,  1691,  Maria  Van  Rensselaer. 

5.  Brant  Schuyler,  bom  December  18,  1659,  died 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  117 

1702,  married  July  12,  1682,  Cornelia  Van  Cort- 
landt. 

6.  Arent  Schuyler,  bom  June  25,  1662,  died  in 
1 73 1,  married  November  26,  1684,  Jenneke 
Teller. 

7.  Sybella  Schuyler,  died  young. 

8.  Phihp  Schuyler,  bom  February  8,  1666,  died 
May  24,  1 724,  married,  first,  Ehzabeth  de  Meyer, 
second,  Catharine  Scherph,  widow  of  Ritsert 
Brouwer. 

9.  Johannes  Schuyler,  bom  in  1668,  married  Eliza- 
beth Staats. 

10.  Margaret  Schuyler,  bom  January  2,  1672,  died 
May  15,  1748,  married,  first.  Jacobus  Verplanck, 
second,  John  Collins. 

John  Van  Rensselaer  and  Ehzabeth  Van  Cort- 
landt  his  wife,  granddaughter  of  Robert  Rutgers 
and  Ehzabeth  Beekman  his  wife,  had  children: 
(A)     James  Van  Rensselaer,  bom  in  1812,  died  in 
1840,  married  Margaret  Duryea,  bom  May  27, 
1805,  died  September,  1877.     Children: 
I.     James   Van   Rensselaer,    married   Margaret 
Rutgers  Birch.     Children : 
(i)     Ehzabeth  Van  Cortlandt  Van  Rensselaer, 

bom  in  1868,  married  Charles  Boel. 
(ii)     Sarah  Schuyler  Van  Rensselaer,  bom  in 

1870. 
(iii)     James  Henry  Van  Rensselaer,  married 
Florence  N.  Smihe.     Children: 

Florence  Van  Rensselaer,  bom  in  1900. 
Bayard  Van  Rensselaer,  bom  in  1903. 
(iv)     Marie  Antoinette  Van  Rensselaer,  bora 
in  1874,  married  Fritz  C.  H.  Ungar.     Chil- 
dren: 
Margaret  Van  Rensselaer  Ungar,  bom  in 

1900. 
Schuyler  Van  Rensselaer  Ungar,  bom  in 
1902. 


Ii8  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

(v)     Margaret  Rutgers  Van  Rensselaer,  bom 

in  1878,  married  Dr.  Antonie  Voislawsky. 
(vi)     Rebecca  C.  Van  Rensselaer. 

(B)  Stephen  Van  Cortlandt  Van  Rensselaer,  mar- 
ried Sarah  Schuyler  and  had  a  son,  Stephen  Van 
Cortlandt  Van  Rensselaer,  who  died  young. 

(C)  Catharine  Van  Cortlandt  Van  Rensselaer, 
married  her  cousin  Gratz  Van  Rensselaer,  son  of 
Major  James  Van  Rensselaer.     Children : 

1.  Philip  Schuyler  Van  Rensselaer. 

2.  Cortlandt  Schuyler  Van  Rensselaer,  married 
in  1 89 1,  Horace  Macauley,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam Macauley,  and  has  a  son,  Cortlandt  Van 
Rensselaer,  bom  in  1900. 

3.  Elizabeth  Van  Rensselaer,  married  Dr. 
George  L.  Hull  and  has  a  son,  George  L.  Hull, 
Jr. 

4.  Dr.  John  Van  Rensselaer  of  Washington, 
D.  C,  married  Mary  Johnston. 

5.  Margaret  Van  Rensselaer. 

(9)  Abraham  Beekman,  bom  August  4,  1729,  died 
unmarried,  in  1789. 

(10)  Hon.  James  Beekman,  son  of  Dr.  William  Beek- 
man, bom  March  5,  1732,  died  April  6,  1807,  married 
in  1752,  Jane  Keteltas,  bom  October,  1734,  died 
February  7,  181 7,  daughter  of  Abraham  Keteltas, 
bom  January  25,  1673,  died  August  28,  1744,  and 
Jeanne  d'Honneur,  his  wife.  Hon.  James  Beekman 
was  a  member  of  the  Committee  of  One  Hundred  in 
1775,  and  of  the  Provincial  Congress  of  New  York 
from  1775  to  1777.  He  lived  in  the  house  which  he 
built  in  1764  on  a  large  estate  on  Beekman  Hill, 
between  the  "  Kissing  Bridge, "  where  according  to  an 
old  custom,  young  men  and  women  used  to  salute 
in  passing,  and  the  East  River,  in  the  neighborhood 
of  what  is  now  Fifty-first  Street  and  First  Avenue, 
New  York  City.  This  house  was  frequently  occupied 
either  by  the  British  officers  or  the  American  officers 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  119 

in  the  Revolutionary  War.  At  the  time  that  General 
Howe  and  General  Clinton  compelled  General  Wash- 
ington to  retreat,  they  rode  to  the  Murray  Mansion 
on  Murray  HUl  and  were  charmingly  and  lavishly 
entertained  at  hmcheon  by  Mrs.  Murray  in  carrying 
out  her  purpose  so  that  in  the  meantim.e  General 
Putnam  with  four  thousand '  American  soldiers,  not 
half  a  mile  away,  passed  north  and  made  good  their 
escape.  General  Howe  then  on  September  15,  1776, 
made  his  headquarters  at  the  Beekman  Mansion  and 
it  was  there  that  Captain  Nathan  Hale  was  brought 
before  him  as  a  captive  spy,  in  the  service  of  General 
Washington.  He  was  imprisoned  in  the  greenhouse 
near  the  De  Voor  mill  stream,  during  the  night  of 
September  21,  1776,  and  the  next  morning  without 
the  usual  trial  he  was  hanged  on  a  butternut  tree  in 
the  orchard  that  marked  the  fifth  mile  from  White- 
hall. There  is  some  uncertainty  as  to  the  exact 
place  of  the  execution.  It  is  said  by  some  historians 
that  it  was  on  the  old  Turtle  Bay  farm  belonging  to 
the  heirs  of  Sir  Peter  Warren,  just  south  of  the  Beek- 
man Mansion.  Others  say  it  was  at  Forty-fifth 
Street  and  First  Avenue,  and  still  another  statement, 
which  is  very-  unlikely,  is  that  it  was  at  the  Rutgers 
orchard  at  East  Broadway  and  Market  Street.  The 
parting  words  of  this  martyr  to  the  American  cause 
were,  ' '  I  only  regret  that  I  have  but  one  life  to  lose 
for  my  country."  At  the  time  the  British  ofncers 
took  possession  of  the  house  the  Beekman  family,  on 
leaving  hastily,  buried  their  valuable  silver  and  china 
in  the  garden,  but  some  of  Mrs.  Beekman's  gowns 
were  left  hanging  in  her  wardrobe.  These  Lord 
Howe  himself  locked  up  and  handed  the  key  to  a 
servant  who  had  remained.  When  Mrs.  Beekman 
returned  a  few  years  afterward,  she  found  everything 
as  she  had  left  it. 

The  house  was  occupied  by  Generals  Chester  and 
Carleton   as  headquarters   and   by   Baron   Riedesel, 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

the  Hessian  General,  in  1780,  whose  wife  described 
it  as  a  delightful  residence.  Major  Andre  passed  his 
last  night  in  New  York  at  the  Beekraan  Mansion 
before  starting  out  to  meet  the  traitor  Benedict 
Arnold.  The  house  was  demolished  in  1S74  and  the 
drawing-room  mantelpiece  with  blue  Dutch  tiles  is 
now  preserved  in  the  rooms  of  the  New  York  His- 
torical Society.  There  also  is  the  old  Beekman 
coach  which  was  used  by  many  generations  of  the 
family.  It  is  a  stately  affair  and  was  used  drawn  by 
four  cream  white  horses  to  convey  General  George 
Washington  to  his  inauguration  as  the  first  President 
of  the  United  States.  On  Thursday,  April  30,  1789, 
at  about  noon,  the  procession  moved  from  the  house 
of  the  President  at  No.  3  Cherry  Street  on  Franklin 
Square,  owned  by  Samuel  Osgood,  through  Dock 
Street  and  Broad  Street  to  Federal  Hall  at  Wall 
Street  near  where  the  sub-treasury  now  stands.  The 
procession  was  led  by  General  Morgan  Lewis,  who  mar- 
ried Gertrude  Livingston,  a  descendant  of  Wilhelmus 
Beekman,  and  the  oath  of  office  was  administered  by 
the  Hon.  Robert  R.  Livingston,  the  Chancellor,  who 
also  was  a  descendant  of  Wilhelmus  Beekman. 

After  General  Washington  became  President  the 
Beekman  Mansion  was  a  favorite  stopping  place  when 
he  and  Mrs.  Washington  took  "the  fourteen-mile 
drive"  and  Mrs.  Beekman  would  refresh  them  with 
lemonade  made  from  fruit  which  she  gathered  from 
her  famous  lemon  trees. 

Hon.  James  Beekman  and  Jane  Keteltas,  his  wife, 
had  children : 

(a)  William  Beekman,  died  unmarried. 

(b)  Jane  Beekman,  married  Stephen  Van  Cortlandt. 
They  had  no  children. 

(c)  Catharine  Beekman,  married  Ehsha  Boudinot. 
They  had  no  children. 

(dj     Marv-  Beekman,  married  Stephen  N.   Bavard. 
Thev  had  no  children. 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  121 

(e)  Cornelia  Beekman,  married  Isaac  B.  Cox. 

(f)  Elizabeth  Beekman,  died  young. 

(g)  John  Beekman,  died  yoimg. 

(h)     Abraham  Keteltas  Beekman,  married  Johanna 

Beekman,  daughter  of  Gerard  William  Beekman. 

They  had  no  children. 

(i)     John   Beekman,   son  of  James  Beekman,   bom 

April  29,  1768,  died  December  8,  1843,  married  on 

November  3,  1792,  Mary  Elizabeth  Goad  Bedlow, 

bom  August  I,  1 77 1,  died  April 5,  1845.      They  had 

children : 

(i)  Catharine  Bedlow  Beekman,  bom  September 
II,  1798,  died  December  31,  1883,  married 
Abraham  Keteltas  Fish,  bom  in  1786,  died  Octo- 
ber 8,  1828,  son  of  John  Fish,  bom  September  i, 
1749,  died  March  5,  1807,  and  Sarah  Keteltas  his 
wife,  bom  July  3,  1761,  died  February  5,  1829, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Abraham  Keteltas,  bom  Decem- 
ber 26,  1732,  died  September  30,  1798,  and  Sarah 
Smith  his  wife.     Their  daughter  Mary  Elizabeth 

Fish,  bom  February  16,  ,  died  January  20, 

1882,  married  William  Foulke,  bom  May,  1812, 
died  Febmary  2,  1888.     Children: 

a.  William  Foulke,  bom  June  28,  1847. 

b.  Bayard  Fish  Foulke,  bom  Jime  11,  1849. 

c.  Amelia  Foulke. 

(ii)  Mary  Beekman,  bom  in  iSoo,  married  Wil- 
liam Atell  de  Peyster.     Children: 

a.  Cornelia  Beekman  de  Peyster,  died  unmar- 
ried. 

b.  Mary  Bedlow  de  Peyster,  bom  February 
13,  1832,  married  Dr.  Charles  Scott  McKnight, 
bom  January  2,  1827,  died  September  9,  1895. 
Their  daughter  Mary  Beekman  McKnight, 
bom  January  I,  1852,  died  October  31,  1898, 
married  on  April  7,  1874,  Edmund  Smith 
Bailey,  bom  February  i,  1841,  and  had  a  son. 
Dr.  Theodorus  Bailey  of  Pouglikeepsie,  N.  Y. 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

(iii)     John  C.  Beekman. 

(iv)     Jane  Beekman,   married   Dr.  Jacob  Hallett 

Borrowe  and  had  a  son,  Samuel  Borrowe,  bom 

August  8,  1837,  died  May  3,  1896,  who  was  the 

father  of  H.  Alsop  Borrowe. 
(v)     Lydia    Beekman,    married    in    1831,    Joseph 

Foulke. 
(vi)     WilHam    Fenwick   Beekman,    bom   in    1809, 

married  on  June  i,   1841,  Catharine  Alexander 

Neilson.     They   had   children: 

(i)  William  Bedlow  Beekman,  bom  in  1842, 
died  March  8,  1898,  maixied  first,  Alice  Keller. 
They  had  children: 

1.  Charles  Keller  Beekman,  a  distinguished 
lawx'er  of  New  York  City.  He  graduated 
from  Columbia  University  in  1889. 

2.  Catharine   Alexander    Beekman,    married 
John  Wells  Huger  of  Charleston,  S.  C. 
William  Bedlow  Beekman  married,  second, 

on  October  10,  1878,  Katharine  Morris  Ogden 
Parker,  bom  November  28,  1849,  daughter  of 
Hon.  Cortlandt  Parker  of  Perth  Amboy,  N.  J., 
who  was  bom  June  27,  1818,  and  graduated 
from  Rutgers  College  in  1832  in  the  same  class 
with  James  C.  Van  Dyke  who  was  United 
States  District  Attorney  for  Pennsylvania. 
Cortlandt  Parker  was  a  distinguished  lawyer  of 
New  Jersey.  He  was  a  descendant  of  EUsha 
Parker  who  with  other  Puritans  settled  Wood- 
bridge  in  1663.  He  married  on  September  15, 
1847,  Elizabeth  Wolcott  Stites,  of  Morristown, 
N.J. 

William   Bedlow   Beekman  and   Katharine 
Parker  his  wife  had  children: 

3.  Heloise  Beekman,  married  David  Leavitt 
Hough. 

4.  Dr.  Fenwick  Beekman. 

^.     Gertrude  Van  Cortlandt  Beekman. 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  123 

6.  Cortlandt  Beekman. 

7.  Margaret  Beekman. 

(2)  Dr.  John  Neilson  Beekman,  bom  August 
29,  1843,  married  Armie  L.  Dawson. 

(3)  Hon.  Henry  Rutgers  Beekman,  bom  in 
1845,  died  December  17,  1900.  Graduated 
from  Columbia  College  in  1865  and  from  the 
Law  School  in  1867.  He  was  a  distinguished 
lawyer  and  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
New  York.  Ne  married  Isabella  Lawrence. 
Children: 

(a)  Josephine   Lawrence   Beekman. 

(b)  Wilham  F.  Beekman. 

(c)  Mary  EHzabeth  Beekman. 

(d)  Henry  Rutgers  Beekman,  fr. 

(4)  James  Hude  Beekman,  bom  May  24,  184S, 
died  February  22,  1902,  married  Florence 
Delaplaine. 

(5)  Herman  Beekman,  died  August  10,  1897, 
unmarried. 

(6)  Neilson  Beekman,   died  young. 

(7)  Fannie  Neilson  Beekman,  married  Robert 
Adrain  and  had  a  daughter,  Fannie  Neilson 
Beekman  Adrain. 

(j)  Gerard  Beekman,  son  of  James  Beekman  and 
Jane  Keteltas,  bom  December,  1774,  died  July  15, 
1833,  married  in  April,  18 10,  Catharine  Sanders, 
daughter  of  Captain  John  Sanders  and  Deborah 
Sanders  his  wife,  his  first  cousin  of  same  name,  a 
daughter  of  Hon.  Robert  Sanders,  1705-1765, 
Mayor  of  Albany,  1 750-1 754,  and  Elizabeth 
Schuyler,  his  wife,  daughter  of  Colonel  Pieter 
Schuyler,  famiharly  known  as  "Queeder"  Schuyler, 
1 657-1 724,  who  was  commander  of  the  fort  at 
Albany  in  1689  and  a  Delegate  to  the  Councils  of 
Five  Nations,  and  who  led  the  expedition  which 
ended  in  the  capture  of  Fort  La  Prairie,  and  who 
was  in  the  King's  Council  until  1720,  and  acting 


124  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

Governor  of  New  York  in  1 709.  They  had  a  son : 
1.  James  W.  Beekman,  bom  November  22,  1815, 
died  January  15,  1877,  who  married  on  March 
18,  1840,  Abian  S.  MilledoUer,  bom  August  19, 
1820,  died  in  1897,  daughter  of  Rev.  Philip 
MilledoUer,  President  of  Rutgers  College.  Chil- 
dren: 

(1)  Gerard  Beekman,  unmarried,  of  New  York 
City  and  Oyster  Bay,  N.  Y. 

(2)  James  William  Beekman,  died  August  7, 
1908.     Unmarried. 

(3)  Catharine  Beekman,  married  William  W. 
Hoppin,  a  distinguished  lawyer  of  New  York 
City.     Children : 

(a)  William  Warner  Hoppin,  Jr.,  married  on 
March  31,  1902,  Mary  Gallatin,  daughter 
of  Frederic  Gallatin. 

(b)  Catharine  Beekman  Hoppin. 

(c)  Esther  P.  Hoppin,  married  on  April  30, 
1903,  Dr.  Eugene  H.  Pool. 

(d)  Gerard  Beekman  Hoppin. 

(e)  Bayard  C.  Hoppin,  married  Helen  L. 
Alexandre. 

(4)  Comeha  Beekman. 

nid.  Adrian  Beekman,  son  of  Colonel  Gerardus  Beek- 
man, bom  August  22,  1682,  married  Aletta  Lispenard 
in  1 705.  She  died  the  same  year.  He  was  murdered  by 
a  negro  in  the  insurrection  of  negro  slaves  in  New  York 
City.     They  had  no  children. 

IHe.  Gerardus  Beekman,  bom  in  1693,  married  twice. 
His  first  wife,  Aima  Maria  Van  Home,  he  married  on 
October  12,  1718.  He  joined  the  Reformed  Dutch 
Church  in  New  York  City  on  August  19,  1718.  Their 
children  were: 

ci.     Elizabeth    Beekman,  bom    December    14,    1720, 
married  Luke  Van  Rantz.     They  had  a  daughter: 
Maria  Van  Rantz,  married  George  Codwise,  a  ship 


THE  BEEKMA  N  FA  MIL  Y  125 

owner  who  traded  between   New  York  and  Santa 
Cruz.     They  had  a  daughter: 

Maria  Codwise,  sister  of  David  Codwise,  Master 
in  Chancery,  before  mentioned,  who  married  Martha 
Livingston,  married  on  November  2,  1793,  John  Kane, 
eldest  son  of  John  Kane,  a  Royalist  in  the  Revolu- 
tion, whose  property  was  confiscated  on  October  22, 
1779,  by  act  of  attainder.  He  afterwards  received  a 
pension  from  the  British  government.  His  wife  was 
Sybil  Kent,  daughter  of  Rev.  Elisha  Kent. 

John    Kane    and    Maria    Codwise    his    wife    had 
children : 
(i)     Cornelia  Kane,  married  first.  Rev.  Pascal  NeU- 

son  Strong,  D.D.,  of  the  Collegiate  Dutch  Church 

of  New  York,  son  of  Joseph  Strong  of  Setauket, 

Long  Island.     They  had  children: 

a.  Caroline  Strong. 

b.  Pascal   Strong   married    Miss    Hall    and   had 
children : 

1.  Charles  Strong. 

2.  Cora  Strong,  married  Judge  Amasa  J.  Parker 
of  Albany,  son  of  Rev.  Dr.  Parker. 

3.  Joseph  Montgomery  Strong,  married  Eliza- 
beth Ludlow  Livingston,  daughter  of  Van 
Brugh    Livingston.     Children : 

(a)  Joseph  Montgomery  Strong,  Jr. 

(b)  Peter  Van  Brugh  Livingston  Strong. 

(c)  Mary   Livingston   Strong. 

(d)  Philip  Livingston  Strong. 

(e)  Charles  Livingston  Strong. 

(f)  Joseph  Gebhard  Strong. 

4.  Cornelia  Strong,  married  W.  W.  Forsyth  of 
Albany,  N.  Y.     Children: 

(a)  Emily  Forsyth,  married  M.  Bruen. 

(b)  Sarah  Forsyth  married  Ellis. 

(c)  WiUiam  Forsyth. 

(d)  Russell  Forsyth  married  Helena  A.  Craig. 
Mrs.   Cornelia   Kane  Strong  married,   after  the 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

death  of  the  Rev.  Pascal  Strong,  D,D.,  the  Rev. 
.    Mr.  Smythe. 
(ii)     Maria  Antoinette   Kane,    married,   first,   John 

Hone  and  resided  at  40  Warren  Street,  New  York. 

Children : 

1.  John    Hone,    married    Jane    Perry    and    had 
children : 

(a)  Emily  Hone,  married  William  Emmet. 

(b)  John  Hone,  married  Maria  Cadwalader. 

(c)  Calbraith  P.  Hone. 

(d)  Jane  P.  Hone,  married  Charles  E.  Lewis. 
Daughter: 

Jane  Hone  Lewis. 

(e)  Maria  K.  Hone,  married  Charles  King. 

2.  Emily    Hone,    married    November    14,    1844, 
Frederick  Foster.     Children: 

(a)  Frederic  de  Peyster  Foster,  married  Julia 
Marshall  Talbot,  and  had  a  son: 
Richmond  T.  Foster. 

(b)  John  Foster,  married  Miss  Humbert,  and 
had  a  son: 

Frederic  G.  Foster. 

(c)  Giraud  Foster,  married  Jean  Van  Ness,  and 
had  a  son : 

Giraud  Foster,  Jr. 

(d)  Clara  Foster,  married  first,  Mr.  Carey,  and 
second,  Richard  Delafield,  bom  in  1853,  son 
of  Rufus  King  Delafield  and  Eliza  Bard  his 
wife,  great-great-great-grandson  of  Count  De- 
lafield, a  descendant  of  the  Counts  De  La  Feld 
of  Colmar,  Alsace. 

(e)  May  Foster,  married  Frederick  Sherman. 

(f)  Emily  H.  Foster,  married  Charles  de  Rham 
and  had  children: 

1.  Charles  de  Rham,  Jr. 

2.  Giraud  F.  de  Rham. 

3.  Frederic  F.   de  Rham,   married  Nathalie 
M.  Howland. 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  127 

4.     Henry  C.  de  Rham,  married  Frances  A. 
Dana. 
Mrs.  Maria  Kane  Hone  married,  second,  Frederic 
de  Peyster. 
(iii)     Oliver  Grenville  Kane,  married  in  1825,  Eliza 
Come  de  Gironcourt.     Children: 

(a)  John  Grenville  Kane,  bom  October  9,  1826, 
died  July  5.  1877. 

(b)  Pierre  Come  Kane,  married  Edith  Brevoort, 
daughter  of  Henry  Brevoort,  bom  September, 
25,  1782,  and  Laura  Carson  his  wife.  Henry 
Brevoort  inherited  great  wealth  and  was  the 
patron  of  Washington  Irving  and  other  authors 
of  the  time.  The  Brevoort  family  of  New  York 
is  descended  from  Hendrick  Jansen  Brevoort, 
who  came  from  Amersfort,  Holland,  to  America 
in  1646  and  settled  at  IVlaspeth  on  Newtown 
Creek,  now  a  part  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  and  after- 
wards removed  to  Harlem  on  Manhattan  Island. 
His  grandson,  Hendrick  Brevoort,  1670-171S, 
son  of  Jan  Hendrickse  Brevoort,  purdiased  lands 
in  the  neighborhood  of  Tenth  Street  between 
Fourth  and  Sixth  Avenues,  New  York.  He  was 
twice  married.  His  first  wife  was  Mary  Couwen- 
hoven  who  had  two  children:  John  and  Maria. 
He  married,  second,  on  October  5,  1705,  Jaco- 
mejmtje  Boke  and  had  a  son,  Hendrick  Brevoort, 
bora  December  9,  1 7 1 1 ,  who  married  Catharine 
De  la  Mater  of  the  renowned  Huguenot  family. 
Their  son,  Hendrick  Brevoort.  1747-1841,  mar- 
ried Sarah  Wetten,  and  was  the  grandfather  of 
Edith  Brevoort  Kane,  above  mentioned.  An- 
other son  of  Henry  Brevoort  and  Catherine 
De  la  Mater,  John  Brevoort,  married  and  had 
three  daughters  who  inherited  valuable  lands  in 
New  York  City,  but,  as  is  so  often  the  case  with 
the  colonial  famihes,  the  name  Brevoort  has  al- 
most entirely  disappeared  and  the  family  is  now 


128  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

perpetuated  through  the  female  line.  Isabella 
-  Brevoort,  daughter  of  John  Brevoort,  married 
John  Morss,  Jr.,  who  was  a  descendant  of  Robert 
Morse,  who  came  from  England  in  1644  and 
settled  in  Elizabethtown,  N.  J.,  in  1667.  Their 
son  Peter  Morss  married  Julia  Crane  and  had 
three  children.  Their  daughter  Annie  Morss 
married  Francis  W.  Allin  and  has  children: 
Edna  AUin,  who  married  William  J.  Elliott, 
and  Frederic  Brevoort  Allin  of  New  York  City, 
who  graduated  from  Columbia  College  in  the 
class  of  18SS. 

Pierre  Come  Kane  and   Edith   Brevoort  his 
wife  had  children: 

1 .  Grenville  Kane,  married  Margaret  A.  Wolfe 
and  had  children: 

(a)  Margaret  Dorothy  Kane. 

(b)  Edith  Brevoort  Kane,  married  October 
14,  191 1,  George  F.  Baker,  Jr. 

(c)  Anzonella  Kane. 

(d)  Rose  Kane. 

2.  Meta  Kane,  bom  August  15,  1856. 

3.  EUzabeth  D.  Kane,  bom  in  1857,  died  in 
1861. 

4.  Henry  Brevoort  Kane,  married  Florence 
Hartshome.     Children : 

(a)  Henr>'  Brevoort  Kane,  died,  aged  four- 
teen years. 

(b)  John  Grenville  Kane. 

(c)  Florence  Brevoort  Kane. 

5.  William  Carson  Kane  married,  first,  Geral- 
dine  Hoyt.  He  married,  second,  Corinne  P. 
Dickinson.  They  have  a  daughter,  Daphne 
Kane. 

(iv)  Emily  Augusta  Kane,  married  James  Van 
Home  Lawrence,  son  of  William  Lawrence  and 
Margaret  Van  Home,  a  descendant  of  Thomas 
Lawrence,  who  came  to  America  from   Hertford- 


THE  BEEKMA  N  FA  MIL  Y  129 

shire,  England,  and  obtained  a  patent  for  a  tract 
of  land  in  Newtown,  L.  I.,  in  1655.  They  had  one 
child: 

Margaret  Lawrence,  who  died  March  21,  1871. 
She  married  Hon.  William  Wood,  a  descendant 
of  Sir  Andrew  Wood,  High  Admiral  of  Scotland 
in  the  last  part  of  the  fifteenth  century-,  who 
died  October  i,  1894.  She  was  his  second  wife. 
Children: 
(i)     Dennistoun    Wood,    married    on  January  2, 

1875,   Edith  PhilHps,    daughter  of  Howard  C. 

PhilHps.     Children: 

(a)  Dennistoun  Wood,  Jr. 

(b)  Florence  Wood,  married  W.  Everett  Ver- 
planck. 

(c)  Dorothy  Wood. 

(2)  Chalmers  Wood,  married  Ellen  Appleton 
Smith,  daughter  of  Rev.  John  Cotton  Smith, 
D.D.,  Rector  of  the  Church  of  the  Ascension, 
New  York,  son  of  Rev.  Thomas  Mather  Smith, 
D.D.,  President  of  Kenyon  College,  Ohio;  and 
granddaughter  of  General  James  Appleton  of 
Portland,  Maine,  Commander  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Mihtia  in  the  War  of  1812.    Children: 

(a)  John  Cotton  Wood,  died  young. 

(b)  Chalmers  Wood,  Jr. 

(c)  William  L.  Wood. 

(d)  Mary-  A.  Wood. 

(e)  Francis  A.  Wood. 

(3)  H.  Dtmcan  Wood,  married  April  24,  1878, 
Ellen  E.  Pulsifer,  daughter  of  William  H.  Pulsifer 
of  St.  Louis,  Mo.     Children: 

(a)  Eleanor  D.  Wood. 

(b)  H.  Duncan  Wood,  Jr. 

(c)  William  Wood. 

(d)  Gertrude  Wood,  married  Hon.  Edward  Bell, 
Secretary  of  the  United  States  Legation  at 
Teheran,  Persia. 


I30  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

(4)     Van  Home  Lawrence  Wood,   bom  in   i860, 

removed  to  Australia. 

After  the  death  of  his  -wife  Margaret  Lawrence, 

William  Wood,  on  December  6,   1883,  married 

Helen  Mason,  daughter  of  Henry  Mason. 
(v)     Georgiana  Kane,  daughter  of  John  Kane  and 
Maria    Codwise,    his    wife,    married    Charles    F. 
Winthrop.     Children : 
(i)     Maria  Winthrop,  married  Henry  D.  Robinson. 

Children: 

(a)  Georgiana  W.  Robinson. 

(b)  Harriet  Duer  Robinson. 

(c)  Gertrude  B.  Robinson. 

(2)  Grenville  Winthrop.  married  Elizabeth  Van  S. 
Oddie.     Children  : 

(a)  Grenville  Bayard  Winthrop,  married  Araze- 
lia  Van  Zandt. 

(b)  May  Winthrop. 

(c)  Isabel  Winthrop. 

(d)  Alice  Winthrop,  married  F.  Norton  God- 
dard. 

(3)  Robert    Winthrop,    married    Katharine    W. 
Taylor,  daughter  of  Moses  Taylor.     Children : 

(a)  Robert  Dudley  Winthrop. 

(b)  Grenville  L.  Winthrop,  married,  June  2, 
1892,  Mary  Tahnadge  Trevor.     Children: 

Emily  L.  Winthrop. 
Kate  Winthrop. 

(c)  Katharine  Winthrop,  married  January  12, 
1888,  Hamilton  Fish  Kean  of  Elizabeth,  N.  J., 
great-great-great-grandson  of  Maria  Beekman, 
daughter  of  Colonel  Gerardus  Beekman.  Chil- 
dren : 

John  Kean. 

Robert  Winthrop  Kean. 

(d)  Frederic  Winthrop,  married  first,  January 
10,  1903,  Dorothy  Amory  and  had  children: 

Robert  Winthrop. 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  131 

Dorothy  Winthrop. 
Frederic  Winthrop,  Jr. 
Frederic  Winthrop  married,   second,   Sallie 
Thayer. 

(e)  Beekman  Winthrop,  married  October  7, 
1 903,  Melza  Riggs  Wood.  He  was  Governor  of 
Porto  Rico  and  is  assistant  Secretary  of  State. 

(f)  Albertina  Winthrop,  married  John  Herman 
Van  Roigen,  of  Zwolle,  Holland,  Minister  of 
the  Netherlands  to  Japan. 

(vi)     Charlotte  Kane,   married  on   March   18,  1835, 

LawTcnce  Heyworth  of  England, 
(vii)     John  Kane, 
(viii)     Caroline  Kane,  married  Philo  L.  Mills,  and 

lived  in  a  house  on  Broadway,  opposite  the  Metro- 

poHtan  Hotel.     Children: 

1.  JuHa  Mills. 

2.  Caroline  Mills,   married  William  H.   Neilson. 
Children: 

a.  Rev.  William  H.  Neilson,  married  Anne  Reed . 

b.  Alfred  Neilson,  married  Annie  F.  Embler. 

c.  Louis  Neilson,  married  Anne  P.  Rogers. 

d.  Frederic  Neilson,  married  Isabel  Gebhard. 

e.  Caroline  K.  Neilson,  married  William  Voss. 

f.  Juha  Neilson,  married  Henry  A.  Hinldey. 

g.  Rosalie  NeiJson,  married  Samuel  Hinckley, 
h.  Emily  Neilson,  married  in  1885,  Middleton 

S.  Burrill,  bom  October  16,  1858,  son  of  John 
Ebenezer  Burrill,  1 822-1 893. 

3.  Sarah  Mills,  married  Dr.  Wilham  May.      Chil- 
dren: 

a.  Dr.  William  May,  married  Amy  W.  Draper. 

b.  Frederick  May. 

c.  Caroline  May,  married  William  Wright. 

d.  Edith  May,  married  Hon.  William  C.  Whit- 
ney, Secretary  of  the  Navy  under  President 
Cleveland. 

e.  Julia  May. 


132  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

f.     Emily  May,  married  J.  Beavor  Webb. 

4.  P.  Lewis  Mills. 

5.  Harriet  Mills,  married  George  Ogston. 

(ix)  Harriet  Amelia  Kane,  married  September  15, 
183c,  William  Wood;  she  died  April  17,  1846. 
Children: 

1.  John  Walter  Wood,  married  Sabina  Redmond, 
eldest  daughter  of  William  Redmond.     Children: 

a.  Sabina  R.  Wood,  married  Robert  Struthers. 

b.  Mary-  R.  Wood,  married  Frank  Martin. 

c.  John  Walter  Wood,   Jr.,   married   Nathalie 
Wilmer. 

d.  Harriet  Wood,  married  Herman  C.  Hoskier. 

2.  Charlotte  Matilda  Wood,  married  Rev.  Edward 
Bell,  Vicar  of  St.  John's,  Wakefield,  Yorkshire, 
England.    Children: 

a.  Catharine  Bell. 

b.  Edward  BeU 

c.  Harry  Bell. 

3.  Elizabeth  Dennistoun  Wood,  married  General 
Thomas  L.  Kane.  He  was  wounded  in  the  battle 
of  Rappahannock  in  the  Civil  War.  He  was  the 
son  of  Judge  John  K.  Kane,  of  the  United  States 
District  Court  of  Pennsylvania,  and  brother  of 
Dr.  Elisha  Kent  Kane,  surgeon  of  the  U.  S.  Navy, 
the  Arctic  explorer.  They  had  a  daughter, 
Harriet  AmeHa  Kane,  and  three  sons:  Elisha 
Kent  Kane,  Evan  Thomas  Kane,  and  Thomas 
L.  Kane,  Jr. 

4.  Harriet  Maria  Wood. 

5.  William  Wood,  Jr.,  died  January  20,  1867. 

6.  Helen  Wood,  married  George  B.  Watts. 
Children : 

a.  Caroline     Watts,     married      Frederick    W. 

Perry. 

b.  George  B.  Watts,  married  Sarah  Holmes. 

c.  James  D.  Watts. 

d.  Helen  Watts,  married  H.  W.  Green. 


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133 


e.  J.  Walter  Watts. 

f.  Julia  de  P.  Watts,  married  F.  Krebs. 

g.  Ethel  Watts, 
h.     Sabina  Watts. 

(x)     John  Archibald  Kane. 
€2.     Cornelius  Beekman,  son  of  Gerardus  Beekman  and 
Anna  Maria  Van  Home,  bom  December  12,   1722, 
married  Catharine  Van  Home.     Children: 

a.  Catharine  Beekman,  married  Captain  John  Law- 
rence. 

b.  Comeha  Beekman,  married,  in  1771,  Charles 
Aitken  of  the  Island  of  St.  Croix.  This  marriage 
is  mentioned  in  the  year  book  of  the  St.  Andrews 
Society  of  New  York,  of  which  he  became  a  mem- 
ber in  1769. 

c.  Gerard  Beekman,  removed  to  England. 
63.     Magdalene  Beekman,  bom  July  27,  1725. 

^4.  Gerard  G.  Beekman,  son  of  Gerardus  Beekman  and 
Anna  Maria  Van  Home,  bom  July  29,  1719,  married 
Anna  Van  Home  and  had  a  son : 

Gerard  G.  Beekman,  married  Comeha  Van  Cort- 
landt,  daughter  of  Governor  Pierre  Van  Cortlandt. 
They  had  one  child,  a  daughter: 

Ann  Beekman,  married  Captain  Frederick  de 
Peyster,  after  the  death  of  his  first  wife,  Helen 
Hake,  the  daughter  of  General  Samuel  Hake  and 
granddaughter  of  Gilbert  Livingston  and  Cornelia 
Beekman.     They  had  children: 

1.  Joanna  Cornelia  de  Peyster,  bom  March  7,  1804, 
died  1867,  married  Richmond  Whitemarsh. 

2.  Ann  Frederick  de  Peyster,  bom  June  9,  1805, 
died  unmarried. 

3.  Margaret  de  Peyster,  bom  April  14,  1809,  died 
unmarried. 

4.  Mary  Elizabeth  de  Peyster. 

5.  Pierre  Van  Cortlandt  de  Peyster,  bora  July  11, 
1814,  in  New  York  City,  died  immarried. 

6.  Catharine     Van     Cortlandt     de     Peyster,     bom 


134  'T^^  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

October   20,    1818,    married   in   New   York  City, 
June  19,  1838,  Benjamin  H.  Field.     Children: 

(a)  Cortlandt  de  Peyster  Field,  married  Virginia 
Hamersley,  daughter  of  John  Hamersley. 

(b)  Florence  Van  Cortlandt  Field,  married,  first, 
David  Wolfe  Bishop.     Children: 

(i)     Cortlandt  Field  Bishop,  married  Amy  Bend. 
(2)     David  Wolfe  Bishop,  died  in  191 1. 

Mrs.  Florence  V.  C.  Bishop  married,  second, 
John  E.  Parsons,  a  distinguished  lavryer  of  New 
York  City. 
llle.  Gerardus  Beekman,  son  of  Colonel  Gerardus 
Beekman,  after  the  death  of  his  wife,  Anna  Maria  Van 
Horn,  married  second,  Catharine  Provoost,  "upon  a 
license  from  his  excellence,"  June  10,  1727,  as  per 
Hackensack  Church  records.  She  was  the  third  child, 
baptized  October  8,  1704,  of  William  Provoost  of  New 
Barbados,  Bergen  County,  N.  J.,  baptized  October  8, 
1679,  died  about  1745  (date  of  his  will),  andAefjeVan 
Exveen.  He  was  the  son  of  David  Provoost,  baptized 
September  30,  1645,  and  Trjmtje  Laurens,  his  wife; 
the  son  of  David  W.  Provoost,  son  of  David  Provoost, 
who  came  from  Holland  in  1639  and  lived  in  Peal 
Street  near  Fulton  Street,  New  York  City,  then  New 
Amsterdam.  He  was  commander  of  Fort  Good  Hope 
from  1642  to  1647. 

Gerardus  Beekman  and  Catharine  Provoost  his  wife 
had  children: 
eS-     William  Beekman,  .bom  April  3,  1728,  removed  to 

Liverpool,  England. 
e6.     David  Beekman,  bom  January   17,    1733,   was  a 

wealthy  sugar  planter  in  St.  Croix,  W.  L 
e-.  Magdalena  Beekman,  bom  March  19,  1735,  mar- 
ried Abraham  Lynks. 
eS.  Gerardus  G.  Beekman  was,  according  to  the  Very 
Rev.  Dr.  Eugene  Hoffman,  in  The  Hoffman  Genealogy, 
a  merchant  in  Liverpool,  England,  and  agent  there 
for  his  brother  David  Beekman. 


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135 


e().     Aefje  or  Eve  Beekman,  bom  February  25,  1737, 

died  Noyember  22,  IJJ5,  and  was  buried  at  Fishkill, 

N.  Y.,  married  Philip  Verplanck,  bom  August  30,  1736, 

son  of  Philip  Ver  Planck,  1 695-1 771,  and  Gertmde 

Van  Cortlandt,  daughter  of  Johannes  Van  Cortlandt 

and   Anna   Maria   Van   Scharck,    grandson  of  Olof 

Stevense  Van  Cortlandt,   whose  family  history  has 

already  been  stated.     Children : 

(i)     Catharine  Verplanck,  bom  April  21,  1765,  died 

May,   1833,  married  on  November  4,   1786,  Har- 

manus  Hoffman,  bom  in  Kingston,  N.  Y.,  January 

3,  1745,  died  September  i,  1S29.     Son  of  Colonel 

Martinus  Hoffman  and  Tryntie  Benson.     She  was 

his  third  wife,  he  having  previously  been  married, 

first,  to  Catharine  Douw,  and  second,  to  Cornelia 

Vredenburgh.     Harman   Hoffman   and   Catharine 

Verplanck  his  wife  had  children: 

(a)  Philip  Verplanck  Hoffman,  bom  1787,  died 
young. 

(b)  Lieut.  Beekman  Verplanck  Hoffman,  bom 
in  1789.  He  was  Lieutenant  on  the  warship 
Constitution  of  the  U.  S.  Navy  in  War  of  1812 
when  she  took  the  Guerriere,  Cyanne,  and  Levant. 

(c)  Philip  Verplanck  Hoffman,  married,  first, 
Mrs.  Mary  (Gould)  Murgatroyd,  second,  Lydia 
Osbom. 

(d)  David  Beekman  Hoffman,  bom  1793. 

(e)  Harman  Laidlie  Hoffman,  bom  1796,  mar- 
ried, first,  Charlotte  M.  Klein  or  Clyne;  married, 
second,  Jane  Geyer. 

(f)  Maria  Gertmde  Hoffman,  bom  1798,  mar- 
ried Commander  John  Downes. 

(g)  Samuel  Verplanck  Hoffman,  bom  1802,  mar- 
ried, 1828,  Glorvina  Rossell  Storm,  daughter  of 
Garret  Storm  and  Susan  Gouvemeur,  his  wife, 
bom  July  21,  1808,  died  Febraary  18,  1888. 
They  had  children: 

(A)     Very  Rev.  Eugene  Augustus  Hoffman,  D.D., 


136  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

bom  1829,  married  Mary  Crooke  Elmendorf, 
daughter  of  Peter  Zabriskie  Elmendorf  and 
Maria  La  Grange  Van  Vechten,  his  wife, 
daughter  of  Michael  Van  Vechten,  the  son  of 
Dirck  Van  Vechten.  He  was  a  noted  Epis- 
copalian minister.  He  graduated  from  Rut- 
gers College  in  1847  and  from  Harvard  in 
1848.  In  1853  he  became  rector  of  Christ 
Church,  Elizabeth,  and  was  ordained  in  St. 
John's  Church,  Elizabeth,  N.  J.  Later  in  life 
he  became  Dean  of  the  General  Theological 
Seminary  in  New  York  City.     Children: 

1.  Susan  Matilda  Hoffman,  bom  in  1853, 
married  Rev.  J.  Henry  Watson,  of  Hartford, 
Conn.     Children: 

a.  Henry  L.  Watson. 

b.  Mary  Elmendorf  Watson. 

c.  Eugene  A.  H.  Watson. 

2.  Mary  Louisa  Hoffman,  bom  in  1855, 
married  Rev.  Thomas  W.  Nickerson,  Jr. 

3.  Samuel  Verplanck  Hoffman,  died  yo\mg. 

4.  Margaret  Hoffman,  married  Charles  L. 
Hackstaff  and  had  children : 

a.  Mai  E.  Hackstaff,  bom  September  17, 
1882. 

b.  Margaret  Hackstaff,  bom  April  3,  1884. 

c.  Caryl   Hackstaff,   bom   September   28, 

1895- 

5.  Eugene  A.  Hoffman,  1863-1891,  died  un- 
married. 

6.  Elizabeth  Hoffman,  died  young. 

7.  Samuel  Verplanck  Hoffman,  bom  1866, 
married  Louisa  Norwood  Smith.     Children: 

a.  Louisa  V.  Hoffman,  bom  May  5,  1896. 

b.  Margaret  Hoffman,  bom  April  5,  1899. 

8.  Effie  Beekman  Hoffman,  bom  December 
7,  1868,  died  young. 

9.  Gertrude  C.  Hoffman,  died  young. 


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137 


(B)  Rev.  Charles  Frederick  Hoffman,  D.D., 
bom  1830,  married  Eleanor  Louisa  Vail.  He 
was  President  of  Hobart  College,  Geneva,  N. 
Y.,  and  Rector  of  All  Angel's  Church,  New 
York  City.     Children: 

1.  Charles  F.  Hoffman,  bom  1856,  married 
Eugenia  L.  Schieffelin,  daughter  of  Edgar 
Schieffelin. 

2.  Laura  Isabel  Hoffman,  bom  1857,  married 
Hon.  J.  Van  Vechten  Olcott,  son  of  Nathan- 
iel Olcott. 

3.  Samuel  Verplanck  Hoffman,  bom  April  22, 
1859,  died  young. 

4.  Glorvina  Hoffman,  died  young. 

5.  William  M.  V.  Hoffman,  bom  1862,  mar- 
ried Irene  Stoddard.     Children: 

a.  Charles  G.  Hoffman,  bora  July  29,  1888. 

b.  Stoddard  O.  Hoffman,  bom  March  26, 
1892. 

c.  William  Stoddard  Hoffman,  bom  April 
20,  1896. 

6.  Eleanor  L.  Hoffman,  bom  1864,  married 
William  McNeil  Rodewald.    Children: 

a.  Eleanor  H.  Rodewald,  bom  September 
13,  1890. 

b.  Marie  L.  Rodewald,  bom  July,  1895. 

c.  William  McN.  Rodewald,  bom  July  13, 
1897. 

(C)  Susan  Matilda  Hoffman,  bom  August  6, 
1832,  died  August  18,  1837. 

(D)  Carroll  Hoffman,  died  young. 

(h)     Margaret  E.  Hoffman,  bom  in  1804. 
(ii)     Gertrude   Verplanck,   daughter  of   Philip   Ver- 
planck, bora  August  27,  1767,  died  in  1848,  married 
August  8,   1789,  Anthony  A.   Hoffman  of  Pough- 
keepsie,  N.  Y.     Children: 

a.     Beekman  Verplanck  Hoffman,  born  in  1789, 
married  Phoebe  W.  Townsend.     Children: 


138  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

1.  Margaret  T.  Hoffman. 

2.  Gertrude  V.  Hoffman,  married  William  C. 
Uhlman. 

3.  Mary  C.  Hoffman. 

b.  Charles  Edward  Hoffman. 

c.  Euphemia  Hoffman  married,  first,  John  Bab- 
cock;  second,  Philip  Verplanck,  grandson  of 
Aefje  Beekman. 

d.  Samuel  A.  D.  Hoffman,  died  unmarried. 

(iii)  Philip  Verplanck,  bom  July  18,  1768,  died  in 
1828,  married  September  27,  1796,  Sally  Arden, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Arden.     Children: 

a.  Philip  Verplanck,  born  November  16,  1797, 
married  Augusta  Maria  DeVeaux,  his  first  cousin. 
He  married,  second,  Euphemia  Hoffman. 

b.  Mary  Arden  Verplanck,  died  young. 

c.  Eliza  Arden  Verplanck,  born  in  1804,  married 
her  first  cousin,  PhiHp  Alexander  V^erplanck,  son 
of  William  Beekman  Verplanck. 

d.  WiUiam  Beekman  Verplanck,  born  in  1806, 
married  Maria  Mercia  McComb. 

e.  Sally  Arden  Verplanck,  born  in  1808,  married 
Christopher  B.  Miller. 

(iv)  William  Beekman  Verplanck,  bom  March  2, 
1770,  died  December  30,  1804,  married  MeHna 
Gordon,  daughter  of  Lieut.  James  Gordon  of  the 
Continental  army  in  the  Revolutionary  War. 
Children: 

1.  Mary  Verplanck,  bom  in  1799,  died  young. 

2.  William  Gordon  Verplanck,  bom  October    12, 
1 801,    died    1879,    married    Mary    E.    Hopkins, 
daughter  of  Samuel  M.  Hopkins.     Children: 
(a)     Samuel  Hopkins  Verplanck,  bom  January 

31,   1827,  married  September  20,  1854,  Mary 
^  G.    Vought,    daughter   of    Abraham    Vought. 

Children : 

(i)     Mary    E.    Verplanck,    bom   August    11, 
18.S.S. 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  139 

(2)  Ruth    L.   Verplanck,   born   December  8, 

1857- 

(3)  Susan    Verplanck,    bom    November    22, 

1859- 

(4)  William  Gordon  Verplanck,  bom  April 
15,  1 86 1,  at  Geneva,  N.  Y.  He  is  a  dis- 
tinguished lawyer  of  New  York  City.  He 
married  Harriet  A.  Clark,  daughter  of  Mar- 
garita S.  Verplanck. 

(5)  Jane  L.  Verplanck,  bom  September  18, 
1863. 

(b)  Melinda  G.  Verplanck,  bom  April  3,  1829, 
died  November  ii,  191 1,  and  was  buried  at 
Geneva,  N.  Y. 

(c)  James  Gordon  Verplanck,  bom  June  24, 
1838,  married  Delphine  E.  Bamum.  Chil- 
dren: 

(i)     James  G.  Verplanck,  bom  in  1863,  died 

young. 
(2)     Maud  Verplanck,  bom  in  1867. 

(d)  Philip  Verplanck,  bom  March  28,  1844, 
married  Julia  W.  L.  Campbell,  daughter  of 
Judge  James  W.  Campbell  of  Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

3.     Phihp  Alexander  Verplanck,  bom  January  22, 

1804,  married  Ehzabeth  Arden  Verplanck,  bom 

July  6,  1804,  daughter  of  Philip  Verplanck  and 

Sally  Arden,  his  wife. 

(v)     Margaret  Verplanck,  bora  September  7,  1771, 

died  November  7,    1852,  married  June   15,   1799, 

Peter  Mesier. 
(vi)     Anna  Maria  Verplanck,  bom  October  19,  1773, 

died  1S16,  married  April  22,  1797,  Col.  Andrew  de 

Veau-x  of  the  British  anny.     Children; 

a.  Jane  De  Veaux,  married  John  Hare  Powell,  of 
Philadelphia,  son  of  Samuel  Powell. 

b.  Augusta  Maria  De  Veaux,  married  PhiUp  Ver- 
planck, son  of  Philip  Verplanck  and  Sally  Arden. 


I40  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

III/.  Catharine  Beekman,  daughter  of  Colonel  Gerardus 
Beekman,  born  May  25,  1689,  at  Flatbush,  N.  Y., 
married  Lieutenant  Charles  Le  Roux,  who  died  January 
30,  1763.  He  was  a  goldsmith  and  jeweUer  of  New 
York  City,  who  carried  on  the  silversmith's  trade  built 
up  by  his  father  Bartholomew  Le  Rou^x,  who  died  in  1 7 1 3. 

A  history  of  the  Le  Roux  family  is  given  in  a  very 
interesting  monograph  entitled  Early  New  York  Silver- 
smiths by  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey,  who  says: 

"The  Leisler  Rebellion  was  one  of  the  most  important 
happenings  in  the  history  of  New  York.  Its  results 
were  the  birth  of  a  popular  party  in  active  opposition 
to  the  government,  a  party  which  worked  for  the 
country  against  the  party  for  the  crown.  A  study 
of  the  records  of  the  Leisler  Rebellion  discloses  the  fact 
that  Bartholomew  Le  Roux,  the  earliest  of  the  famous 
silversmiths  of  that  name  who  worked  in  New  York 
for  over  half  a  century,  took  a  most  important  part 
in  this  opening  struggle  of  the  masses  against  the  classes. 
It  is  not  difficult  to  picture  this  sturdy  Huguenot  silver- 
smith standing  in  the  Fort  on  the  26th  of  February, 
1689,  and  voicing  the  popular  indignation  of  his  fellow- 
soldiers  at  the  unwillingness  of  Leisler  and  his  captains 
to  secure  the  Fort  absolutely  against  the  chreatened 
perils. 

"While  to  a  large  extent  this  interesting  rebellion 
was  caused  by  a  revolt  against  the  aristocratic  faction, 
who  had  held  control  of  the  government  under  James 
II.,  yet  the  intensity  of  feeling  which  made  the  people 
rise  almost  to  a  man  was  aggravated  by  the  fact  that 
New  York  with  its  large  Huguenot  population  was 
constantly  in  fear  of  the  papists  and  French  invasion, 
as  it  was  well  known  that  the  French  King  had  in- 
structed his  commanders  that  in  case  the  capture  of 
New  York  was  effected,  'those  of  the  pretended  Re- 
formed religion  must  be  sent  back  to  France. ' 

"Bartholomew  Le  Roux,  who  spoke  in  justification 
of  his  fellow-citizens'  seizure  of  the  Fort,  lived  on  the 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  141 

west  side  of  Broadway  a  little  south  of  Morris  Street. 
His  activities  in  the  Leisler  Rebellion  in  no  way  caused 
him  to  lose  caste  with  the  party  in  power,  as  he  was 
elected  to  various  positions  of  responsibility — consta- 
ble, assessor,  and  collector,  and  in  1703  assistant  al- 
derman, to  which  office  he  was  elected  annually  for 
the  next  ten  years." 

His  son  Charles  Le  Rou.x,  who  married  Catharine 
Beekman,  "was  long  the  official  silversmith  of  the 
city;  the  records  show  that,  from  1720  to  1743,  to  him 
alone  was  entrusted  the  making  of  the  various  gold 
and  silver  boxes,  which,  engraved  with  the  arms  of  the 
city,  inclosed  the  city  seal,  which  accompanied  the 
engrossed  freedom  of  the  city  granted  by  the  common 
coimcil  for  noteworthy  service  and  to  highly  honored 
visitors." 

lllg.  Cornelia  Beekman,  daughter  of  Colonel  Gerardus 
Beekman,  bom  December  23,  1698,  married  Richard 
Van  Dam,  son  of  Riv  Van  Dam,  bom  in  Albany,  New 
York,  and  Sarah  Vanderspiegle,  his  wife,  whom  he 
married  on  September  14,  16S4. 

Illh.  Henry  Beekman,  bom  December  11,  1701,  died 
September  4,  1743,  unmarried. 

HI;.  Maria  Beekman,  bom  January  10,  1704,  married 
Jacob  Walton.  She  died  at  the  old  Walton  House  on 
Franklin  Square  in  1794.     Children: 

(a)  Jacob  Walton. 

(b)  Vv'illiam  Walton,  a  founder  of  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  died  August,  1796,  married  Maria  de 
Lancey,  daughter  of  Governor  James  de  Lancey  and 
Ann  Heathcote,  his  wife,  who  was  the  daughter  of 
Colonel  Caleb  Heathcote,  proprietor  of  the  Manor 
of  Scarsdale,  and  granddaughter  of  Stephen  de  Lan- 
cey, who  came  from  Normandy  to  America  in  1686, 
and  Ann  Van  Cortlandt,  his  wife.     Children : 

a.  WilHam  Walton. 

b.  James  de  Lancey  Walton. 

c.  Rear-Admiral  Jacob  Walton  of  the  British  navy. 


142  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

who  married  and  had  a  son,  the  Reverend  William 
-    Walton, 
d.     Ann    Walton,    married    Daniel    Commelin   Ver- 

planck,    son    of    Samuel    Verplanck    and    Judith 

Commelin  his  wife.     Children : 

1.  Mary  Ann  Verplanck. 

2.  Louisa  Verplanck. 

3.  EHzabeth  Verplanck. 

4.  Samuel  Verplanck. 

5.  William  Walton  Verplanck. 

6.  James  de  Lancey  Verplanck. 

7.  Anna  Louisa  Verplanck. 

(c)  Mary  Walton,  married  on  September  24,  1749, 
Lewis  Morris,  bom  at  Morrisania,  April  8,  1726.  He 
graduated  from  Yale  College  in  1746.  He  was  one 
of  the  most  prominent  patriots  at  the  time  of  the 
Revolutionary  War.  On  July  4,  1776,  he  signed  the 
Declaration  of  Independence.  He  was  Brigadier- 
General  of  the  Westchester  County  Militia  and 
afterwards  Major-General.  He  was  a  Judge  and  a 
member  of  the  State  Senate  in  1777.  He  died 
January  22,  1798. 

General  Lewis  Morris  and  Mary  Walton  his  wife, 
granddaughter  of    Colonel   Gerardus  Beekman,  had 
children : 
(i)     Lewis  Morris,  bom  in  1752,  died  November  22, 

1824.     Graduated  from  Princeton  College  in  1774. 

He  was  a  Colonel  in  the  Revolutionary  War.     He 

lived    in    Charleston,    S.    C.     He    married   Anne 

Elliot  and  had  children : 

(a)  Jacob  Morris. 

(b)  George  Morris,  married  Maria  Whaley  and 
had  children: 

1.  Lieut.  George  Morris. 

2.  Josephine    IVIorris,    married    Col.    Peter,  A. 
Porter. 

(c)  Sabina  Morris. 

(d)  Louisa  Morris. 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 


143 


(e)  Capt.  William  Morris,  married  Amie  Fish- 
bome-.     Children : 

1.  Emma  Morris,  bom  November  10,  1821. 

2.  Anna  Morris,  bom  January  i,  1821,  married 
Martin  R.  Zborowski,  whose  name  was  Za- 
brislde.  He  bought  an  estate  and  title  in 
Poland  which  had  descended  from  his  ancestor 
Zborowski.     They  had  children: 

a.  John  Zborowski,  died  unmarried. 

b.  Anna  Zborowski,  married  Count  Charles 
de  Montsaulnin  of  Fontenay,  France. 

c.  Ahster  Zborowski,  died  in  1853. 

d.  William  EUiot  Zborowski,  married  Madame 
Margaret  L.  Carey  de  Steuers  and  had  a  son, 
Louis  Zborowski. 

3.  JuHa  Morris,  daughter  of  Captain  Wilham 
Morris,  married  Augustus  Stebbins. 

(f)  Col.  Lewis  Morris,  son  of  Col.  Lewis  Morris 
and  Ann  ElKot  Morris,  bom  in  1785,  at 
Charleston,  S.  C,  died  September  30,  1863; 
married,  first,  Elizabeth  Manigault,  and  had 
issue: 

(i)  GabrieUa  Morris,  married  John  Butler  of 
Philadelphia,  Pa.,  on  January  11,  1827,  and 
had  one  child: 

(a)  Ehzabeth  M.  Butler,  bom  April  13,  1830, 
died  June  29,  1862,  married  May  2,  184S, 
Lieut. -Col.  Julian  McAllister,  U.  S.  A.,  and 
had  children: 

1.  Julia  G.  McAlHster. 

2.  Gabrielle  McAllister,  who  married  Stan- 
ley W.  Dexter. 

3.  Meta  E.  McAllister,  married  John  H. 
Janeway. 

(2)  Margaret  Ann  Morris,  married  John  B. 
Grimball. 

(3)  Lewis  Morris. 

(4)  Ralph  Morris. 


144  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

(5)  Harriet  M.  Morris,  married  George  Edwards. 

-     (6)  Richard  Lewis  Morris. 

(7)  Charles  M.  Morris,  bom  in  1820. 

(8)  Charlotte  M.  Morris,  bom  in  1821. 

Col.  Lewis  Morris  married,  second,  Amarith 
Lowndes. 

(f.)  Richard  Rutherford  Morris,  son  of  Col. 
Lewis  Morris  and  Anne  Elliot,  married  his 
cousin  Helen  Morris,  daughter  of  James  Morris, 
and  had  children: 

1.  Helen  Morris. 

2.  Lewis  Morris. 

3.  Anna  Elliott  Morris,  married   Elias  Van 
der  Horst. 

4.  Mary  Walton  Morris,  married  Gen.  W.  C. 
Wayne. 

5.  Sophia  Morris,  married  Charles  Drayton 
Burrill  and  had  children: 

(a)  Drayton    Burrill,    married    Elizabeth 
Steward. 

(b)  Mary    Burrill,     married     Richard     L. 
Kemble  and  had  children: 

1.  Richard  M.  Kemble. 

2.  WilHam  Kemble. 

(c)  Percy  Burrill. 

(2)  General  Jacob  Morris,  second  son  of  General 
Lewis  Morris,  bom  December  28,  1755,  died  in 
1844,  married  first,  Mary  Cox,  who  died  in  1844. 
They  had  children: 

I.     Lewis  L.  Morris  married,  first,  EUzabeth  Gil- 
bert.    Children: 

1.  Lewis  Morris,  married  Julia  Collier. 

2.  Sarah  Morris,  married  John  A.  Davis,  and 
had  a  daughter,  Martha  Davis,  who  married 
Charles  Burtis.  They  have  a  daughter,  Sarah 
M.  Burtis. 

3.  Mary  C.  Morris,  married  B.  B.  Morris. 

4.  Elizabeth    Ann    Morris,    married    John    A. 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  145 

Collier.      Their   daughter,    Helen   S.    Collier, 
married  Thomas  D.  Wright.     Children: 

(a)  John  A.  C.  Wright. 

(b)  Mary  H.  Wright. 

(c)  Thomas  D.  Wright. 

Lewis  L.  Morris  married,  second,   Hannah 
Winter.     Children ; 

5.  Jacob  Morris,  married  Sarah  Tompkins. 

6.  William  A.  Morris,  married  Jane  Morris. 

7.  Robert  Hunter  Morris,  married  Martha 
Wright. 

8.  John  C.  Morris,  married  Sybilla  Carmatt. 
Children: 

(a)  Anna  Morris. 

(b)  Frederick  Morris. 

(c)  Caroline  P.  Morris. 

(d)  Carmatt  Morris. 

(e)  Mary  Morris. 

9.  Richard  V.  Morris. 

10.  James  Rutherford  Morris. 

11.  Charles  Lee  Morris. 

2.  John  Cox  Morris,  bom  in  Philadelphia. 

3.  Richard  Morris,  married  Frances  Upton. 

4.  Mary  Ann  Morris,  married  Isaac  Cooper  of 
Cooperstown. 

5.  George  Morris. 

6.  Sarah  Morris,  married  first.  Major  Peter 
PhiHp  James  Kean,  bom  in  1788,  died  in  1828, 
the  son  of  John  Kean,  bom  in  1756,  and  Susan 
Livingston,  his  wife,  daughter  of  Peter  Van 
Brugh  Livingston,  and  had  a  son: 

John  Kean,  bom  in  18 14,  married  Lucy 
Halstead  and  resided  at  his  estate, 
"L^rsino,"  in  Elizabeth,  New  Jersey.  They 
had  children: 

(i)     Peter  P.  Kean,  died  young. 
(2)     Caroline    M.     Kean,    married    Geo.    L. 
Rives. 


146  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

(3)  Susan  L.  Kean. 

(4)  John  Kean,  bom  in  1852,  graduated  from 
Yale  in  1876.  He  is  U.  S.  Senator  from 
New  Jersey. 

(5)  Julien  H.  Kean,  bom  in  1854. 

(6)  Christine  Kean,  married  W.  Emlen 
Roosevelt. 

(7)  Elizabeth  Kean. 

(8)  Lucy  Kean. 

(g)  Hamilton  Fish  Kean,  bom  in  1862, 
married  in  1888,  Katharine  T.  Winthrop 
and  has  children: 

(a)  John  Kean. 

(b)  Robert  Winthrop  Kean. 

Mrs.  Sarah   Morris  Kean  after   the  death  of 
Major  Kean  married  Looe  Baker. 

7.  Susan  Morris. 

8.  Jacob  Walton  Morris. 

9.  Catharine  Cox  Morris,  married  John  H. 
Prentiss. 

10.  William  Augustus  Morris. 

1 1 .  James  Morris. 

12.  Charles  Valentine  Morris. 

General    Jacob  Morris   married  second,  Sophia 
Pringle  and  had  a  child. 

13.  William  A.  Pringle  Morris,  who  married 
Harriet  Grannis. 

(3)  Lieut.  William  Walton  Morris,  third  son  of 
General  Lewis  Morris,  bom  in  1760,  died  in  1832, 
married  Sarah  Carpenter  and  had  children: 

1.  Lewis  Morris,  married  Julia  Hayes. 

2.  General  William  Walton  Morris,  bom  August 
31,  1 80 1,  died  December  11,  1865,  married  Mary 
A.  Ritchie  and  had  children: 

a.  William  Gouvemeur  Morris,  bom  December 
24,  1833,  died  January  31,  1883,  married 
Helen  Louise  Games. 

b.  Mary  Alexander  Morris,  died  young. 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  147 

c.  Estelle   Morris,   married   Dr.   John   Murray 
Camochan  and  had  children: 

( 1 )  Harriet  F.  P.  Camochan,  married  Thomas 
W.  Ludlow  of  Yonkers. 

(2)  jVIary     Morris    Camochan,     married    J. 
Lawrence  Aspinwall. 

(3)  William  Camochan,  died  unmarried. 

(4)  Estelle  Camochan,  died  unmarried. 

(5)  Lillian    Camochan,    married    Livingston 
Crosby  and  had  one  child: 

(a)     Estelle  M.  Crosby. 

(6)  Gouvemeur  M.  Camochan,  married  Ma- 
tilda G.  Goodridge.     Children : 

(a)  John  Murray  Camochan. 

(b)  Frederic  G.  Camochan. 

(c)  Gouvemeur  M.  Camochan. 

d.  Gouvemeur    Morris,    bom    in    1841,    died 
December  25,  1865. 

e.  Captain   Arthur   Morris,    married   Adelaide 
Bettner  and  had  a  son : 

(a)     Arthiu-  G.  Morris,  married  Lillian  Brooks. 

f.  Anne  Morris,  married  Col.  Joseph  G.  Ramsay, 
U.  S.  A.,  and  had  children: 

a.  William  G.  Ramsay. 

b.  Dr.  George  D.  Ramsay. 

c.  Joseph  G.  Ramsay,  died  young. 

3.  Lieut.-Col.  Gouvemeur  Morris,  son  of  Lieut. 
W.  W.  Morris  and  Sarah  Carpenter  his  wife, 
married  Anna  Maria  de  Camp. 

4.  James  Morris. 

5.  Sarah  Caroline  Morris,  died  unmarried. 

6.  Maria  F.  Morris,  died  unmarried. 

7.  Frances  Morris,  married,  first,  Captain  David 
Brooks,  U.  S.  A.,  second,  Abraham  Shepard. 
Children: 

a.  Fanny  Brooks,  married  William  Walton. 

b.  Isabella    Brooks,    married    Walter    Ruther- 
ford. 


148  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

8.  Anne  Morris,  died  July  2,  1900,  in  her  95th 
year,  married  Aquila  G.  Stout  and  had  children: 

a.  Sarah  W.  Stout,  married  Baron  AnceHs  de 
Vaugrigneuse. 

b.  Francis  A.  Stout,  married  Emily  M.  Read. 

9.  Arthur  Breese  Morris,  married  Mary  Bard. 
(4)  James  Morris,  fourth  son  of  General  Lewis  Mor- 
ris, bom  in  1764,  died  September  7,  1827,  married 
February  i,  1796,  Helen  Van  Cortlandt,  daughter 
of  Augustus  Van  Cortlandt  and  Helen  Barclay  his 
wife,  and  had  children: 

1.  James  Van  Cortlandt  Morris,  married  Cather- 
ine Post,  daughter  of  James  Wright  Post,  M.D. 

2.  Frederick  Augustus  Morris. 

3.  Catharine  JMorris,  married  Dr.  Alex.  H.  Stevens 
of  New  York  and  had  children: 

a.     Alexa  C.   Stevens,   married  Rev.   James  J. 
Bowden  and  had  children: 
(i)     Constance     Bowden,     married    Herbert 
Washington  and  had  a  son,  Bowden  Wash- 
ington. 

4.  Helen  Morris,  married  her  cousin  Richard 
Rutherford  Morris,   son  of  Col.   Lewis  Morris. 

5.  Mary  Morris,  died  unmarried. 

6.  Ann  Morris,  died  immarried. 

7.  Jane  Morris,  died  unmarried. 

8.  Dr.  Richard  Lewis  Morris,  bom  November  4, 
1805,  died  June  14,  1880,  married  EHzabeth  S. 
Fish,  daughter  of  Col.  Nicholas  Fish,  and  had 
children : 

(a)  James  Morris,  married  Elizabeth  W.  Gray. 

(b)  EHzabeth  S.  Morris,  married  WilHam  St. 
John  Elliot  Marshall  and  had  children: 

(i)     WiUiam  St.  J.  E.  Marshall,  married  Con- 
stance B.  Runcie. 

(2)  Elizabeth  M.  Marshall. 

(3)  Sarah  E.   Marshall,   married  Francis  L. 
Mordaunt  and  had  children: 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  149 

(i)     Elizabeth  M.  Mordaunt. 
-  (2)     jMildred  C.  Mordaunt. 

(c)  Nicholas  F.  Morris,  U.  S.  Navy,  lost  at  sea. 

(d)  Richard  L.  Morris,  died  young. 

(e)  Richard  L.  Morris,  married  Lillian  Monson 
and  had  children: 

(i)     Monson  Morris. 

(2)  Helen  V.  C.  Morris,  married  Nelson 
Burr. 

(f)  Dr.  Stuyvesant  Fish  Morris,  married  Ellen 
J.  Van  Buren,  granddaughter  of  President 
Martin  Van  Buren,  and  had  children: 

(i)  Elizabeth  Morris,  married  October  31, 
1906,  Benjamin  W.  Rogers. 

(2)  Van  Buren  Morris,  died  young. 

(3)  Ellen  Van  Bxrren  Morris,  married  F. 
Livingston  Pell  and  had  children: 

a.  Walden  Pell. 

b.  Stuyvesant  M.  Pell. 

(4)  Stuwesant  Morris,  died  young. 

(5)  Richard  L.  Morris. 

(6)  Stuyvesant  Fish  Morris,  married  Eliza- 
beth H.  Wynkoop  and  had  children: 

a.  Stuj'vesant  F.  Morris. 

b.  Martin  Van  Buren  Morris. 

(7)  Helen  V.  C.  Morris,  married  David  King. 

(8)  Charlotte  L.  Morris,  married  Martin 
Gilbert  Wilkins. 

(9)  Margaret  L.  Morris,  married  Bayard  U. 
Livingston  of  Albany,  N.  Y.,  and  had 
children : 

a.  Louis  Morris  Livingston. 

b.  Bayard  U.  Livingston. 

Robert  Rutherford  Morris,   married    Hannah 
Edgar,  daughter  of  William  Edgar,  and  had  chil- 
dren : 
(a)     Catharine     Morris,      married     Henry     D 

Phelps. 


150  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

(b)  Anne  Morris. 

(c)  William  Edgar  Morris,  died  unmarried. 

(d)  Cornelia  Le  Roy  Morris,  died  unmarried. 

(e)  Helen  Morris,  married  Dr.  Magill  of  U.  S. 
Army. 

10.  Sarah  Louisa  Morris,  married  Edward  Augus- 
tus Le  Roy;  issue: 

(a)     Helen    V.    C.    Le  Roy,    married    William 
Pinckney  Stewart,  and  had  children: 
i.     Louisa    Morris    Stewart,    married    James 

Kent. 
ii.     Helen   Van   Cortlandt    Stewart,    married 

William  Irving  Kent, 
iii.     Edward  Le  Roy  Stewart, 
iv.     Charlotte  P.  Stewart. 

11.  WiUiam  Henry  Morris,  son  of  James  Morris 
and  Helen  Van  Cortlandt  his  wife,  bom  August 
3,  1810,  died  February  12,  1896,  married  first, 
Hannah  C.  Newbold,  who  died  in  1842  leaving 
children : 

a.  James  Staats  Morris,  bom  in  1836. 

b.  Augustus  Newbold  iMorris,  bom  June  3,  1S38; 
died  in  1906,  married  on  December  10,  1862, 
Eleanor  Colford  Jones,  daughter  of  General 
James  L  Jones,  and  had  children: 

i.     Newbold  Morris,    born    in    1868,   married 
Helen  S.  Kingsland  and  has  children: 

(a)  Augustus  Newbold  Morris,  bom  Feb- 
mary  2,  1902. 

(b)  George  Lovett  Kingsland  Morris,  bom 
November  14,  1905. 

ii.     Eva  Van  Cortlandt  Morris. 

William  H.  Morris  married  second,  CaroHne 
Halsted,  and  he  married  third,  in  1850,  Ella  Birk- 
head,  who  had  children : 

c.  Au<nista  McE.  Morris,  married  October  10, 
1 87 1,  Frederic  J.  de  Peyster,  eldest  son  of  Cap- 
tain James  Ferguson  de  Peyster  by  his  second 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  151 

wife,  Frances  Goodhue  Ashton,  and  great-great- 
grandson  of  Cornelia  Beekman.  They  had 
children : 

Helen  Van  Cortlandt  de  Peyster. 
Frederic  Ashton  de  Peyster. 
Frances  Goodhue  de  Peyster. 
Augusta  Morris  de  Peyster. 
V.     Ella  Morris  de  Peyster,  married  December 
II,  1905,  William  Brock  Shoemaker,  who  died 
in  1906. 
d.     Juliet  B.  Morris,  daughter  of  Wilham  Henry 
Morris,  married  in   1890,    PhiHp    Livingston, 
son  of  Livingston  Livingston. 
12.     Charlotte  Morris,  married  Richard  F.  Kemble 
and  had : 
(a)     Mary  W.  Kemble. 

(5)  Staats  Morris,  fifth  son  of  General  Lewis  Morris, 
married  in  1800,  Catalina  Van  Braeme  and  had 
children : 

1.  Frederick  Morris. 

2.  Walton  Morris. 

3.  Lewis   Nelson   Morris,   killed  in  the  Mexican 
War  in  1846. 

4.  Sarah  Morris,  married  Dr.  Leonard. 

5.  Louisa  Morris,  married  Norman  Squires. 

(6)  Captain  Richard  Valentine  Morris,  U.  S.  Navy, 
sLxth  son  of  General  Lewis  Morris,  bom  March  S, 
1768,  married  Ann  W^alton,  daughter  of  Jacob 
Walton,  son  of  Jacob  Walton  and  Maria  Beekman, 
his  cousin.     They  had  children : 

1.  Lewis  Morris,  died  young. 

2.  Gerard  Walton  Morris,  bom  July  1 1 ,  1 799,  mar- 
ried Martha  Pine  and  had  children : 

a.  Gerard  W.  Morris. 

b.  Isabella  Morris. 

c.  Anne  W.  Morris. 

d.  Richard  B.  Morris. 

e.  Captain  John  P.  Morris,  of  U.  S.  Army. 


152  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

f.  Henry  W.  Morris. 

g.  Rev.  Arthiir  Rutherford  Morris. 

h.     Honoria  Morris,  married  Francis  J.  Barretto 
and  had  a  son: 
Gerard  Morris  Barretto. 
i.     Mary    Pine    Morris,   married  Jonathan  Ed- 
wards and  had  a  child : 

Mary  Morris  Edwards,  who  married  Charles 
M.  Ostrander.     Daughter: 
Mary  Morris  Ostrander. 

3.  Richard  Valentine  Morris,  died  unmarried. 

4.  Henry  Lewis  Morris,  who  married  Mary  NataHe 
Spencer  of  Albany,  N.  Y.,  daughter  of  Hon.  John 
C.  Spencer,  Secretary  of  War  and  of  the  Treas- 
ury under  President  Tyler,  and  had  children: 

(a)  Mary  NataHe  Morris,  died  unmarried. 

(b)  Henry  Lewis  Morris,  bom  August  8,  1845, 
married  on  November  5,  1868,  Anna  Ruther- 
ford Russell  and  had  children: 

i.  Eleanor  Russell  Morris,  married  January 
22,  1903,  Robert  H.  McComiick,  Jr.,  of 
Chicago,  Illinois. 

ii.  Lewis  Spencer  Morris,  bom  August  21, 
1884.     Married  Emily  Pell  Coster. 

(7)  Mary  Morris,  daughter  of  General  Lewis  Morris. 

(8)  Catharine  Morris,  died  November  23,  1834,  lear- 
ned August  2,  1778,  Thomas  Lawrence. 

(9)  Sarah  Morris. 

(10)  Helen  Morris,  married  in  1782,  John  Ruther- 
ford. 

lllj.  Jacobus  or  James  Beekman,  M.D.,  son  of  Colonel 
Gerardus  Beekman,  was  a  physician  and  also  a  mer- 
chant in  New  York  City.  He  was  bom  in  1687.  He 
married  Elizabeth  de  Peyster,  bom  in  1692,  daughter  of 
Johannes  de  Peyster,  bom  in  1666,  and  Anna  Banker 
his  wife,  and  granddaughter  of  Johannes  de  Peyster. 
They  had  four  children.  After  his  death,  she  married 
Abraham   Boelen  and    had   eight    children.     The    chil- 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  153 

dren  of  Jacobus  Beekman  and  Elizabeth  de  Peyster  his 

wife  were :    - 

(i)     Anatje  Beekman,  bom  in  17 16. 

(2)  Jacobus  Beekman,  bom  in  1722. 

(3)  Gerardus  Beekman,  bom  in  1718,  married,  first, 
Mary  Beekman,  daughter  of  Christopher  Beekman, 
his  first  cousin.  He  married  second,  Ann  Doren  and 
they  had  children: 

a.  Peter  Beekman. 

b.  Ann  Beekman. 

c.  Gerardus  K.  Beekman. 

(4)  John  Beekman,  son  of  Jacobus  Beekman  and 
Elizabeth  de  Peyster,  bora  in  1720,  married  Elizabeth 
Ellsworth,  daughter  of  Theophilus  Ellsworth  of  New 
YorkCity.  His  will,  dated  August  10,  1774,  probated 
August  29,  1774,  is  recorded  in  Liber  L  of  Wills,  page 
128,  at  Trenton,  N.  J.     Children: 

a.  James  Beekman,  married  Sarah  Lefferts,  daugh- 
ter of  Dirck  Lefferts. 

b.  Gerardus  Beekman,  married  Sarah  Paine. 

c.  John  Beekman,  married  Kisse  Gile. 

d.  Thomas  Beekman,  married  Sarah  Matthews. 

e.  Theophilus  Beekman,  married  EHzabeth  Mat- 
thews.    Children : 

1.  EHzabeth  Beekman,  married  James  Henry. 

2.  Theophilus   Beekman,  who   lived   at  Husdon, 
N.  Y. 

f .  Elizabeth  Beekman,  married  Colonel  Henry  Alex- 
ander Livingston,  bom  August  26,  1776,  died  in 
1849. 

Cornelia  Beeioian 

IV.  Cornelia  Beekman,  baptized  April  II,  1655,  died  in 
April,  1679,  married  on  September  19,  1674,  Isaac  Van 
Vleck,  Captain  of  Militia  and  .\lderman  in  New  York 
City.  They  had  a  daughter,  who  married  Alexander 
Baird,  a  lawyer,  of  Newtown,  L.  I. 


CHAPTER   IV 

JOHANNES  BEEKNIAN 

V.  Johannes  Beekman,  baptized  November  22,  1656, 
third  son  of  Lieut.  Wilhebnus  Beekman,  died  in  Kingston, 
N.  Y.,  Jiily  21,  1 75 1,  married  March  4,  1685,  Aeltje  or 
Aletta  Thomas  Popinja,  daughter  of  Thomas  Laurensen 
Popinga  from  Groeningen  and  Maritje  Jans  his  wife. 
They  lived,  in  1725,  in  a  house  on  North  Pearl  Street,  below- 
Maiden  Lane,  Albany,  N.  Y.,  which  was  afterwards  the 
residence  of  Anthony  Van  der  Heyden,  described  in 
Irving's  Bracebridge  Hall.  The  Irving  house  of  "Sunny- 
side"  was  copied  partly  after  this  house  and  the  iron 
vane  on  one  of  its  gables  was  transferred  to  "Sunnyside" 
when  the  old  Beekman  home  was  pulled  down  in  1833. 
Their  descendants  are  stated  in  Some  Records  of  the 
Beekman  Family,  by  James  R.  Gibson,  Jr.  They  had 
children : 

Va.     Wilhelmus   Beekman,    baptized   August   22,    1686, 
married  Martha  Mott.     They  had  children: 

(a)  Catharine  Beekman,  baptized  February   i,   1716, 
died  young. 

(b)  John  Beekman,  baptized  August  31,  1718. 

(c)  Wilhelmus  Beekman,  baptized  October  5,  1720. 

(d)  Mali  (Maria)  Beekman,  baptized  March  24,  1723. 

(e)  Elizabeth  Beekman,  baptized  April  21,  1725. 

(f)  Jacobus  Beekman,  baptized  May  3,  1730. 

(g)  Catharine  Beekman,  baptized  September  27,  1727. 
(h)     Alida  Beekman,  baptized  October  29,  1732. 

(i)     Christiana  Beekman,  baptized  December  22,  1734. 

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THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  155 

(j)     Henricus  Beekman,  baptized  September  11,  1737. 

(k)  Jacobus"  Beekman,  baptized  September  17,  1740. 
Yb.     Thomas  Beekman,  bom  April  13,  1689,  in  New  York 

City,  died  July  il,  1759,  in  Kingston,  N.  Y.,  married 

January  14,  1715,  Maria  Wynkoop,  baptized  April  23, 

1693,  died  July  7,   1758,  daughter  of  Major  Johannes 

Wynkoop.     They  had  children : 

(i)  Judicke  Beekman,  bom  December  2,  1715,  died 
April  10,  175S,  married  November  10,  1738.  Daniel 
Whittaker,  son  of  James  Whittaker,  and  had  children  ; 

(a)  Thomas  Whittaker,  died  young. 

(b)  James  Whittaker,  baptized  December  25,  1740, 
married  April  14,  1764,  Jannetje  Hoff. 

(c)  Maria  WTiittaker,  baptized  August  i,  1742. 

(d)  Elizabeth    Whittaker,    baptized    February    19, 
1744. 

(e)  Thomas    Whittaker,    baptized   July    28,    1745, 
died  yoimg. 

(f)  Sarah  Whittaker,  baptized  April  12,  1747. 

(g)  Catrina  Whittaker,  baptized  February  12,  1749. 
(h)     John  Whittaker,  baptized  May  19,   1751,  died 

young, 
(i)     Thomas  Whittaker,  baptized  April  26,  1752. 
(j)     Daniel  Whittaker,  baptized  February  16,  1755 
(k)     Johannes  Whittaker,  baptized  April   10,   1757 

(ii)     Alida  Beekman,  bom  March,  1 7 1 7,  died  unmarried. 

(iii)  Catharine  Beekman,  bom  September  11,  1720, 
died  May  10,  1762,  married  December  16,  1759, 
William  Elswaert,  son  of  Theophilus  Elswaert  and 
Johanna  Hardenbrook  his  wife.     No  descendants. 

(iv)  Johannes  Beekman,  bom  June  17,  1723,  died 
November  22,  1792,  married  October  20,  1750, 
Lydia  Van  Keuren,  bom  April  25,  1729,  daughter 
of  Captain  Tjerck  Van  Keuren,  who  commanded  a 
company  in  the  French  and  Indian  War,  and  Marjrtje 
Ten  Eyck  his  wife.  They  had  children: 
(A)  Thomas  Beekman,  bom  October  17,  1751,  died 
young. 


156  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

(B)  Tjerck  Beekman,  bom  December  30,  1754, 
-died  December  25,  1791.  He  was  a  Captain  in 
the  Revolutionary  War.  He  married  Rachel  Du- 
mont,  daughter  of  John  Diunont  and  Gertrude 
Ten  Broeck,  daughter  of  Colonel  Wessel  Ten 
Broeck,  1636-1704,  Ambassador  to  Canada  under 
Governor  Dongan.  Children; 
(i)  Dr.  John  Beekman,  baptized  May  29,  1785, 
died  in  1814,  unmarried. 

(2)  Geertruy  Beekman,  bom  March  25,  1787, 
died  November  22,  1828,  married,  June,  1825, 
Hon.  Charles  H.  Ruggles,  Vice  Chancellor  and 
Judge  of  the  Court  of  Appeals,  N.  Y. 

(3)  Sarah  Beekman,  baptized  October  10,  1790, 
died  in  1874,  married  January  26,  1819,  Rev. 
Cornelius  D.  Westbrook,  D.D.,  bom  May  8, 
1782,  and  had  children: 

(a)  J.  Beekman  Westbrook,  married  Harriet 
B.  Biggs. 

(b)  Judge  Theodoric  R.  Westbrook,  married 
JuHa  A.  Vail,  daughter  of  Hon.  Da"vid  W. 
Vail  of  New  Brunswick,  N.  J. 

(c)  Cornelius  D.  Westbrook. 

(d)  Gertrude  Westbrook. 

(e)  Charles  Ruggles  Westbrook. 

(f)  Mary  Westbrook,  married  James  Lansing 
Van  Deuren. 

(g)  Hannah  Westbrook,  married  Charles  W. 
Barret. 

(C)  Dr.  John  J.  Beekman,  son  of  John  Beekman, 
married  Anna  Pruyn  and  had  children: 

a.  Dr.  John  P.  Beekman,  married,  first,  Catharine 
Van  Schaack,  second,  Eliza  Clarke. 

b.  Thomas  Beekman,  married  Lydia  Van 
Schaack. 

(D)  Benjamin  Beekman,  born  February  23,   1763, 
married  on  January  2,  1785.  Rebecca  Thomson. 

(E)  Cornehus  Beekman,  married  Margaret  Burhans. 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  157 

(v)     Maria  Beekman,  died  in  infancy. 

(vi)  Elizabeth  Beekman,  bom  Januar>'  2S,  1728,  died 
October  10,  1784,  married  November  i,  1747,  Teunis 
Hoogteling,  son  of  Wilhelmus  Hoogteling  and  Marj'tje 
Tappen  his  wife,  and  had  children: 

(a)  Wilhelmus  Hoogteling,  died  young. 

(b)  Thomas  Hoogteling,  baptized  October  i,  1749, 
died  April  22,  1817,  married  October  12,  1777, 
Elizabeth  Van  Sternberg. 

(c)  William  Hoogteling.  bom  October  6,  1751, 
married  Marietje  Roosa. 

(d)  Johannes  Hoogteling,  bom  November  25,  1753, 
married  Anna  Margaritta  Roosa. 

(e)  >.Lilli  Hoogteling,  born  October  12,  1755,  mar- 
ried September  8,  1782,  Arie  Van  Vliet  of  Dutchess 
County. 

(f)  ComeUus  Hoogtehng,  bom  April  3,  1757. 

(g)  Annatje  Hoogteling,  bom  January  28,  1759, 
married  Dirk  Van  Steenberg,  son  of  Abraham  Van 
Steenberg. 

(h)     Elizabeth  Hoogtehng,  bom  May  23,  1762,  mar- 
ried August  17,  1783,  John  J.  Roosa. 
(i)     Thomas  Hoogteling,  bom  in  1764. 
(j)     Hezekiah  Hoogteling,  bom  in  1769. 
(vii)     Malh  Beekman,  bom  October  14,  1730,  married 
October  4,   1751,   Comehus  Swart.      They  lived  at 
Rhinebeck,  N.  Y.     Children: 

(a)  Alaretje  Swart,  baptized  September  16,  1753, 
married  Rejer  Hermanse  Schermerhom. . 

(b)  Antje  Swart,  baptized  July  11,  1756,  married 
Philip  H.  Bacus. 

(c)  Johannes  Swart,  died  young. 

(d)  Catrina  Swart,  baptized  July  20,  1760,  married 
June  II,  1780,  John  Elmendort". 

(e)  Thomas  Swart,  bom  in  1763,  married  Phoebe 
Bedford. 

(f)  Tobias  Swart,  bom  in  1766. 

(g)  Elizabeth  Swart,  married  John  H.  Hermanse. 


[58  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

(h)     Cornelius  Swart,  baptized    December  30,  1770, 

married  Rebecca  Latham. 
(i)     Alida  Swart,  baptized  July  3,  1774. 
(viii)     Cornelius   Beekman,   bom   September  3,    1733, 
married  July  17,  1757,  Catrina  Schoonmaker,  daugh- 
ter of  Hendrick  Schoonmaker  and  had  children: 

(A)  Maritje  Beekman,  bom  January  16,  1758,  died 
May  3,  1836,  married  September  30,  1784,  Hon. 
Jacob  G.  Klock,  member  of  the  State  Legislature, 
and  had  children : 

(i)     John  Klock,  married  Josephine  Klock. 

(ii)     Cornelius  Klock,  married  Elizabeth  Fox. 

(iii)     William  Klock,  died  yoimg. 

(iv)     Benjamin  Klock,  married  M.  Howes. 

(v)     Katy  Klock,  married  Ashbel  Loomis. 

(vi)     Elizabeth  Klock,  married  George  Putnam. 

(vii)     Polly    Klock,    married    first,   Devoe, 

second  Klock,  third  March. 

(B)  Trentje  Catharine  Beekman,  bom  December  3, 
1759,  died  March  28,  1828,  married  January  26, 
1783,  John  Van  Gaasbeck,  Jr.,  son  of  John  Van 
Gaasbeck  and  Antje  Low  his  wife,  and  had  children: 
(i)     Catharine   Van   Gaasbeck,    bom   August   24, 

1784,  married  Moses  Dubois. 

(ii)  Abraham  Van  Gaasbeck,  bom  in  1786,  mar- 
ried Maria  Osterhout. 

(iii)  ComeHus  Van  Gaasbeck,  bom  February  14, 
1789,  married  Nov.  21,  1816,  Mar}'  Burhans  of 
Saiigerties,  N.  Y.,  daughter  of  Tjerck  Burhans. 

(iv)     Antje  Van  Gaasbeck,  bom  in  1791. 

(v)  Thomas  Beekman  Van  Gaasbeck,  bom  August 
22,  1793,  died  in  1847,  married  Margaret  Van 
Elten. 

(vi)     Joseph  Van  Gaasbeck,  bom  in  1795. 

(vii)  Annetje  Van  Gaasbeck,  bom  December  4, 
1797,  died  May  30,  1855. 

(viii)     Maria  Van  Gaasbeck.  died  young. 

(ix)     Sarah  Van  Gaasbeck.  bora  July  16,  1803. 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  159 

(C)  Thomas  Beekman,  son  of  Cornelius  Beekman 
and  grandson  of  Thomas  Beekman,  bom  April  26, 
1761,  died  October  27,  1814,  married  January  20, 
1788,  Catharine  Masten,  daughter  of  Cornelius 
Masten,  and  had  children: 

(i)  ComeHus  Beekman,  married  Anna  M.  Black- 
well.     Children: 

(a)  Thomas  Beekman,  bom  in  1822,  married 
September  25,  1853,  Nellie  Catharine  Van 
Keuren. 

(b)  Julia  Beekman,  bom  March  6,  1S27,  mar- 
ried James  A.  Decker. 

(c)  Laura  Beekman,  born  November  21,  1829, 
married  Thomas  W.  Jansen. 

(d)  Anne  Beekman,  bom  March  2,  1833,  died 
young. 

(e)  Mary  Beekman,  bom  July  29,  1836,  died 
August  16,  1861. 

(2)  Catharine  Beekman,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Beekman  and  Catharine  Masten  his  wife,  bom 
July  22,  1 79 1,  married  Abraham  J.  Van  Gaasbeck 
and  had  children: 

(a)  Beekman  Van  Gaasbeck,  died  young. 

(b)  Lawrence  Van  Gaasbeck,  bom  July  10, 
1 815,  married  Mrs.  Mary  Carr,  daughter  of 
George  Galloway. 

(c)  Edgar  Van  Gaasbeck,  bom  in  1818,  married 
Ruby  A.  Smith. 

(d)  Wilham  H.  Van  Gaasbeck,  bom  1820. 

(e)  James  B.  Van  Gaasbeck,  bom  in  1823. 

(f)  Elizabeth  Van  Gaasbeck,  died  yoimg. 

(g)  Elizabeth  Van  Gaasbeck,  bom  in  1826. 
(h)  Catharine  Van  Gaasbeck,  died  young. 
(i)  Mary  Alida  Van  Gaasbeck,  died  young. 
(j)  Debora  Van  Gaasbeck,  died  young. 

(k)     Abraham  B.  Van  Gaasbeck,  died  young. 
(3)     Alida  Beekman,  daughter  of  Thomas  Beek- 
man, bom  in  1794,  died  young. 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

(4)  Elizabeth  Beekman,  bom  in  1797,  married 
Jacob  Burhans. 

(5)  Alida  Beekman,  died  young. 

(6)  Thomas  Beekman,  died  young. 

(D)  ComeHus  Beekman,  son  of  ComeHus  Beekman 
and  Catharine  Schoonmaker  his  wife,  bom  in 
January,  1765,  married  Catharine  Walrath,  bom 
September  17,  1768,  died  Febmar^-,  1854,  and  had 
children : 

(a)  Elizabeth  Beekman,  bom  September  16,  1787, 
died  March,  181 7,  married  Cornelius  Swartwout 
and  had  children: 

(i)     Eugene  Swartwout. 

(ii)     Catharine   Swartwout,  married   Moses  T. 

Meeker, 
(iii)     Aletta  Swartwout. 
(iv)     EHzabeth  Swartwout. 

(b)  Catharine  Beekman,  borrj  August  16,  1789, 
died  unmarried. 

(c)  Dorothy  Beekman,  born  May  10,  1791, 
married  Noah  W.  Kiniston. 

(d)  Comehus  W.   Beekman,  bom  in   1793,  died 
January  15,  1866,  married  in  1S22,  Sarah  Storms, 
daughter  of  Peter  Storms,  and  had  children: 
(i)     Mary  Ann  Beekman,  bom  May  10,  1824. 
(ii)     Peter  Beekman,  died  unmarried. 

(iii)     Elizabeth  Beekman. 

(iv)     Celestia  E.  Beekman. 

(v)     Nancy  Beekman. 

(vi)     WiUiam  ComeUus  Beekman,  bom  March 
I,  183S,  married  Deha  Hoffman,  daughter  of 
Charles  Hoffman,  and  had  a  son: 
a.     Charles  Beekman. 

(vii)     Sarah  Beekman,  born  July  4,  1840. 

(e)  Eveline  Beekman,  bom  October  10,  1795, 
died  in  1862,  married  John  Reese  and  had  chil- 
dren: 

(!)     James  Reese,  of  Missouri. 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  i6i 

(ii)     Stephen  Reese. 
(iii)     Dorothy  Reese. 
(iv)     Mary  Reese. 

(f)  Anthony  Beekman,  bom  February  25,  1798, 
died  in  1864,  married  Margaret  Groff  and  had 
children: 

(i)     Noah   W.    Beelcman,   bom   October,    1826, 

married  June  15,  1862,  Maria  Van  Deuren. 
(ii)     Catharine  Beekman,  bom  in  1829,  married 

Robert  Van  Deuren. 
(iii)     John  Groff  Beekman,  married  Sarah  Groff. 
(iv)     Reuben  Beekman,  died  in  1865,  unmarried, 
(v)     Benjamin  Beekman. 
(vi)     Loami   Beekman,   bom  in   1839,   married 

Sarah  Hoffman,  daughter  of  Jerome  Hoffman, 
(vii)     Margaret   Beekman,   bom  in   1842,   died 

young. 

(g)  Mary  Beekman,  bora  June  4,  1800,  died  in 
1868,  married  George  Bellinger  and  had  a  daugh- 
ter: 

(i)     Eliza  Bellinger. 

(h)     John  Beekman,  bom  in  1802,  died  unmarried. 

(i)     Nancy  Beekman,  died  young 

(j)     Magdalene  Beekman,  bom  May,   18C7,  mar- 
ried Gilman  Towle  and  had  two  sons: 
Charles  Towle  of  Indiana. 
Henry  Towle  of  Chicago,  Illinois. 

(k)  Margaret  Beekman,  bom  in  18 10,  married 
Moses  T.  Meeker.  His  first  wife  was  her  niece 
Catharine  Swartwout. 

(E)  Alida  Beekman,  daughter  of  ComeHus  Beek- 
man. 

(F)  Elizabeth  Beekman,  bom  in  1770,  died  young. 

(G)  John  Beekman,  bom  December  16,  1771,  died 
in  1857,  married  Catharine  Kierstede,  daughter  of 
Nicholas  Kierstede,  and  had  children: 

(a)  Anna  M.  Beekman,  bom  in  1809,  died  young. 

(b)  Henry  Beekman,  died  in  1854,  unmarrieyl. 


l62  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

(c)  Jane   Beekman,   bom  in   1813,  married  Asa 
Stebbins  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

(d)  James  Beekman,  married  Sarah  A.  Hamilton. 

(e)  Maria  K.  Beekman,  died  young. 

(f)  John  K.  Beekman,  died  immarried. 

(g)  Walter  K.  Beekman,  died  unmarried. 
(H)     Ehzabeth  Beekman,  bom  in  1774. 

(I)  Lidea  Beekman_  died  young. 
Vc.  Malh  (or  Mary)  Beekman,  third  child  of  Johannes 
Beekman,  son  of  Wilhelmus  Beekman,  baptized  June 
23,  1692,  married  Aemout  Schermerhom,  baptized 
November  7,  1686,  died  December  2,  1749,  son  of  Symon 
Jacobse  Schermerhom,  1 658-1 696,  who,  at  the  time  of 
the  destruction  of  Schenectady  by  the  French  and 
Indians  on  February  8,  1690,  although  wounded,  rode 
to  Albany  to  give  the  alarm.  They  had  a  residence  on 
the  south  side  of  Queen  Street,  now  Pearl,  near  Fulton 
Street,  New  York  City.     Children: 

(a)  Catharine  Schermerhom,  baptized  May  10,  171 1. 

(b)  Willemyntje  Schermerhom,  baptized  October  14, 
1 7 13,  married  March  6,  1732,  Petrus  Cannon,  son  of 
Jan  Caimon  and  Maria  Le  Grand. 

(c)  Johannes  Schermerhom,  baptized  July  13,  1715, 
married  Jime  10,  1741,  Sarah  Cannon,  sister  of  Petrus 
Cannon  and  daughter  of  John  Cannon,  a  refugee 
from  Rochelle,  France,  at  the  time  of  the  Huguenot 
persecution.  Their  children,  all  bom  in  New  York 
City,  were: 

(i)     Amout  Schermerhom,  bom  March  12,  1742. 

(ii)     Mary   Schermerhom,    baptized    December   21, 
1743- 

(iii)     John  Schermerhom,  baptized  January  15,  1746. 

(iv)     Simon    Schermerhom,    baptized    January    20, 
1748,  married  Jane  Bussing. 

(v)     Peter  Schermerhom,  baptized  October  i,  1749, 
died  January  28,  1826,  married  EHzabeth  Bussing 
on  September  11,  1 77 1 ,  and  had  children : 
(i)     John  P.  Schermerhom,  bom  June   13,    1775, 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  163 

married  Rebecca  Stevens,  daughter  of   General 

Ebenezer  Stevens,  and  had  a  son: 

(a)     George  Stevens  Schermerhom,  bom  January 

18,  1807,  died  August  i,  1885,  married  Maria 

Isabella  Grim,  bom  November  3,  1808.    They 

had  a  son : 

George  Stevens  Schermerhom,  Jr.,  bom  May 
3,  1S35,  married  Juha  Magdalene  Gibert. 
Children : 

Amy  E.  Schermerhom. 
Edward  G.  Schermerhom. 
Arthur    Frederick    Schermerhom,    married 

Frances  S.  Levick. 
Philip  G.  Schermerhom. 
(2)     Peter   Schermerhom,    bom   April    22,    1781, 
married  Sarah  Jones.     Children: 

1.  Peter  H.  Schermerhom,  bom  March  27, 
1805,  died  yoimg. 

2.  John  Jones  Schermerhom,  baptized  August 
17,  1806,  died  September  23,  1876,  married 
Mary  S.  Hone,  daughter  of  Philip  Hone. 

3.  Peter  Augustus  Schermerhom,  bom  Janu- 
ary 13,  181 1,  married  Adeline  E.  Coster. 

4.  Edmund  H.  Schermerhom,  bom  December 
5,1815. 

5.  James  J.  Schermerhom,  bom  September 
25,  1818. 

6.  WilHam  C.  Schermerhom,  bom  June  22. 
1 82 1,  died  January  i,  1903,  at  the  old  Scher- 
merhom residence,  49  West  23d  Street,  New 
York  City. 

(3)  Abraham  Schermerhom,  bom  April  9,  1783, 
married  Helen  White,  bom  November  12,  1792, 
daughter  of  Henry  White  and  Ann  Van  Cortlandt 
his  wife,  daughter  of  Augustus  Van  Cortlandt. 
They  had  children: 

I.  Anne  White  Schermerhom,  bom  February 
15,     181S,    married    Charles    Suydam,    bom 


1 64  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

December   3,    1818,  died  December  31,  1882. 
Children: 

(a)  Charles  S.  Suydam. 

(b)  Augustus  Van  Cortlandt  Suydam. 

(c)  Helen  Suydam. 

(d)  Walter  Lispenard  Suydam,  bom  May  20, 
1854,  '^ho  married  his  cousin,  Jane  Alesier 
Suydam,  daughter  of  John  R.  Suydam. 
They  have  a  son: 

Walter  L.  Suydam,  bom  in  1884. 

2.  CaroHne  Webster  Schermerhom,  married 
WilHam  Astor,  bom  July  12,  1829,  died  April 
25,  1892,  son  of  William  B.  Astor  and  Margaret 
R.  Armstrong  his  wife,  granddaughter  of  Mar- 
garet Beekman  Livingston  and  great-grand- 
daughter of  Colonel  Henry  Beekman  the  son  of 
Wilhelmus  Beekman  the  Founder.  Their  de- 
scendants have  been  stated  on  page  50. 

3.     Schermerhom,   married   Bayard, 

daughter  of  James  A.  Bayard  of  Delaware. 

4.  Captain  Frederick  Augustus  Schermerhom, 
bom  November  i,  1844. 

(4)  George  Schermerhom,  bom  May  16,  1785. 

(5)  EHzabeth  Schermerhom,  bom  June  15,  1787, 
married  Rev.  William  Creighton. 

(6)  Jane  Schermerhom,  bom  March  25,  1792. 
(vi)     Sarah    Schermerhom,    daughter    of    Johannes 

Schermerhom,    bom    October    3,     1751,    married 
James  A.  Stewart, 
(vii)     Catharine  Schermerhom,  bom  November  28, 

1753- 
(viii)     Abraham  Schermerhom,  bom  March  27,  1755. 
(i.\)     Comehus   Schermerhom,    bom    December    10, 

1756. 
(x)     Catharine  Schermerhom,  bom  March  21,  1759. 
(xi)     Hester  Schermerhom,  died  young. 

(d)  Aeltje  Schermerhom,  bom  in  171 7. 

(e)  Jannetje  Schemierhom,  bom  in  17 19. 


THE  SEEK  MAN  FAMILY  165 

(f)     Simon  Schermerhom,  bom  in  1721. 
Yd.     Johannes    Beekman,    son    of    Johannes    Beekman, 
baptized   July   21,    1695,    married   January    15,    171 9, 
Elizabeth   Provoost,    daughter   of   Jonathan   Provoost 
and  Catharine  Van  de  Veen,  and  had  children: 

(a)  Catharine  Beekman,  died  young. 

(b)  Johannes  Beekman,  bom  in  1720. 

(c)  Catharine  Beekman,  bom  in  1 723,  married  Novem- 
ber 26,  1743,  Jacob  Arden,  and  had  children: 

(i)  Abya  Arden,  baptized  April  3,  1745,  married 
George  Wilt. 

(ii)  EHzabeth  Arden,  baptized  July  26,  1747,  mar- 
ried George  Leaycraft. 

(iii)     Catharine  Arden. 

(iv)     Jacob  Arden. 

(v)     Aeltje  Arden,  died  young. 

(d)  Aeltje  Beekman. 

(e)  Wilhelmus  Beekman,  baptized  December  18,  1726, 
married  April  5,  1750,  Maria  Elsworth,  daughter  of 
Joris  Elsworth,  and  had  children: 

(i)     Johannes  Beekman,  bora  in   1751. 
(ii)     Jannetje  Beekman,  bom  in  1753. 
(iii)     Jacob  Beekman,  bom  in  1755. 
(iv)     Joris  Beekman,  bom  in  1756. 
(v)     EHzabeth  Beekman,  bom  in  1759. 
(vi)     Wilhelmus  Beekman,  bom  in  1761. 
Ye.     Catharine  Beekman,  daughter  of  Johannes  Beekman, 

baptized  July  17,  1698. 
V/.     Hendricus  Beekman,  baptized  April  6,  1701. 
Yg.     Gerardus  Beekman,  born  in  1704. 
Yh.     Rachel  Beekman,  baptized  July  18,    1708,  married 
October  17,  1728,  John  Denmark,  son  of  John  Denmark, 
and  had  children; 

(i)     Aeltje  Denmark,  bom  in  1730. 
(ii)     Maria  Denmark,  baptized  October  18,  1732. 
(iii)     Johannes  Denmark,  bom  in  1735. 
(iv)     Hendricus  Denmark,  bom  in  1739. 
(v)     Rachel  Denmark,  bom  in  1742. 


i66  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

VI.  Jacobus  Beekman  (also  called  James),  sixth  child  of 
Wilheknus  Beekman,  baptized  August  21,  1658,  died  in 
1679. 

VII.  Wilhelmus  Beekman,  seventh  child,  bom  July  20, 
1664,  died  in  1702,  unmarried. 

VIII.  Martinus  Beekman,  born  in  1665. 

IX.  Catharine  Beekman,  married  Gerardus  Duycldnck  of 
New  York.  Holgate,  and  other  genealogists,  mention 
this  daughter  of  Wilhelmus  Beekman.  Gibson,  and  some 
other  authorities,  dispute  it.  There  is  no  record  of  any 
descendants. 


CHAPTER  V 

THE  BEEKAIAN  CEMETERY 

On  the  old  Beekman  estate  on  the  Millstone  River  near 
Griggstown,  N.  J.,  there  is  a  private  burying-ground.  This 
farm  was  part  of  the  original  purchase  of  Colonel  Gerardus 
Beekman  in  1702.  It  was  afterward  subdivided  and  parts 
of  it  sold. 

On  April  22,  1814,  Gerardus  Christopher  Beekman  con- 
veyed the  farm  surrounding  the  cemetery  to  Abraham  Van 
Derveer  by  deed  of  conveyance  which  was  recorded  on  Oc- 
tober 21,  1 8 14,  in  the  clerk's  ofhce  at  Somerville  in  Liber  H 
of  deeds  at  page  538.  The  consideration  expressed  therein 
was  $5941 .50.  The  farm  was  described  as  being  in  the  town- 
ship of  Montgomery,  county  of  Somerset,  N.  J.  Begin- 
ning at  a  stake  standing  on  the  west  side  of  Millstone 
River,  on  the  edge  of  the  bank,  being  the  northwesterly 
comer  of  land  formerly  belonging  to  Gerardus  Beekman,  Sr., 
and  thence  north  36  degrees  30  minutes  west  16  chains  18 
links  to  a  stake  standing  in  the  edge  of  the  upland;  thence 
along  the  same  two  courses  thereof  northwardly  6  chains 
80  links  to  a  stake  for  a  comer,  thence  north  46  degrees  and 
4  minutes  west  64  chains  60  links,  more  or  less,  to  a  sapling 
marked  standing  on  the  brink  of  Dead  Tree  Brook  on  the 
northeastwardly  side  of  the  same;  thence  along  the  same 
south  33  degrees  15  minutes  west  4  chains  80  links,  to  a 
stake  standing  on  the  Hne  of  the  said  Gerardus  Beekman,  Sr., 
deceased ;  thence  along  said  Hne  north  46  degrees  4  minutes 
west  25  chains  8  links,  to  a  stone  planted  for  a  comer, 
thence  south  16  degrees  west  3  chains  to  John  Van  Dyke's 
167 


1 68  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

mill;  thence  south  8  degrees  west  6  chains  to  a  stake;  thence 
south  46  degrees  east  29  chains  30  hnks  to  a  sassafras  tree 
standing  on  the  brink  of  the  Millstone  River,  thence  down 
the  said  river  with  the  courses  thereof  6  chains  20  Hnks 
to  the  place  of  beginning;  containing  128  acres  and  tt,  of 
an  acre;  excepting  and  reserving  therefrom  yV  of  an  acre  sold 
to  Jacob  Van  Dyke;  also  ].i  of  an  acre  for  the  use  of  a 
burying-ground  where  the  present  graveyard  now  is;  also 
i¥o  of  an  acre  sold  to  Thos.  Vanderveer,  be  the  same  more 
or  less. 

Thus  was  the  land  of  Beekman  Cemetery-  reserved  for  a 
burying-ground.  It  has  been  kept  in  order  and  the  iron 
fence  around  it  repaired  by  money  received  from  contri- 
butions by  the  family,  but  in  order  to  insure  a  perpetual 
supervision  over  it,  so  that  it  may  not  be  neglected,  it  was 
deemed  best  to  legally  incorporate  it  into  a  cemeterv'  under 
the  "Act  to  authorize  the  incorporation  of  rural  cemetery 
associations  and  regulate  cemeteries"  (April  9,  1875)  and  the 
several  supplements  thereto.  Accordingly  a  meeting  was 
held  on  September  26,  1908,  at  the  old  Beekman  Homestead 
now  the  residence  of  Dr.  Abraham  Beekman  Mosher,  who 
acted  as  Chairman  of  the  meeting,  which  was  also  attended 
by  the  following  gentlemen:  George  W.  Campbell,  Lewis 
Mosher,  Theodore  B.  Hoagland,  Schuyler  C.  Staats,  Joseph 
A.  Skillman,  A.  S.  Hoagland,  and  William  B.  Aitken. 

The  Beekman  Cemetery  Association  was  incorporated 
under  the  trusteeship  of  George  W.  Campbell,  President, 
Wniiam  B.  Aitken,  Treasurer,  and  Dr.  Abraham  Beekman 
Mosher,  Secretarv'.  The  certificate  of  incorporation  was 
received  in  the  office  of  the  clerk  of  the  county  of  Somerset, 
at  Somerville,  N.  J.,  on  September  28,  1908,  and  recorded 
in  Book  3  of  Copartnerships  and  Corporations  at  page  28, 
etc. 

The  descendants  of  Gerardus  Beekman  and  of  all  persons 
having  an  interest  in  said  cemetery  are  entitled  to  the  right 
of  burial  therein,  and  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  this 
intention,  and  under  the  act  of  New  Jersey  of  March  12, 
1890,  "to  enable  the  owners  of  land  used  for  private  bmy^ng- 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  169 

grounds  in  any  of  the  townships  of  this  State  to  provide 
for  the  improvement,  protection,  and  preservation  of  the 
same,"  they  have  conveyed  to  the  Beekman  Cemetery  Asso- 
ciation the  unoccupied  portions  of  the  burying-ground,  to- 
gether with  its  control,  subject  to  their  rights  of  burial  therein. 
The  list  of  burials  in  the  Beekman  Cemetery  is  not  com- 
plete. The  following  are  the  inscriptions  on  the  monuments 
and  gravestones: 

Gerardus  Beekman,  d.  Alch.  19,  1822,  aged  86.  0.  27. 
"0  may  my  himible  spirit  stand  among  those  clothed 

in  white. 
The  meanest  place  at  thy  right  hand  is  infinite  delight. " 

Jane,  wife  of  Gerardus  Beekman,  d.  July  13,  1841,  in 
the  86th  year  of  her  age. 

John  A.  Beekman,  d.  September  21,  1829,  in  the  47th  year 
of  his  age. 

Alletta  Rappleye,  relict  of  John  A.  Beekman,  d.  Jime  i, 
1 87 1,  in  the  86th  year  of  her  age. 

"There  remaineth  therefore  a  rest  to  the  people  of  God. " 

Margaret  H.,  daughter  of  Abraham  C.  and  Elizabeth  H. 
Beekman,  d.  Aug.  29,  1836,  aged  14  years  5  months  and  22 
days. 

Garret  Beekman,  d.  Jan.  11,  1848,  aged  79  years  10  mos. 
and  14  days. 

Abraham  Beekman,  d.  Sep.  3,  181 8,  in  the  80th 
his  age. 

Ann,  wife  of  Abraham  Beekman  and  dau.  of  Garret  and 
Nelly  Voorhees,  d.  May  25,  1S17,  in  the  65th  year  of  her  age. 
"In  Christ  alone  I  hope  and  trust 
To  rise  in  judgment  with  the  just." 


170  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

Christopher  Beekman,  son  of  Garret  Beekman,  d.  Feb.  i8, 
1816,  in  "the  20th  year  of  his  age. 

Margaret  Beekman,  wife  of  Garret  and  dau.  of  Jacobus 
Quick,  d.  Mch.  12,  1816,  aged  41  yrs.  6  mos.  and  15  days. 
"Dear  husband,  now  the  time  is  come. 
Farewell,  the  Saviour  calls  me  home 
To  leave  all  earthly  love; 
Remember  your  Creator  here, 
Farewell,  we  meet  above." 

Christopher  Beekman,  d.  Nov.  16,  1829,  in  the  96th  year 
of  his  age. 

Maria  Beekman,  wife  of  Garret  Beekman  and  daughter 
of  Demenicus  Stryker,  died  April  15,  1794,  aged  22  years 
2  mos.  and  2C  days. 

Anne,  wife  of  Benjamin  Skillman,  d.  Mch.  3,  1795,  in  the 
60th  year  of  her  age. 

"In  Christ  alone  I  hope  and  trust 
To  rise  in  judgment  with  the  just." 

Abraham  B.  Skillman,  d.  March  21,  1807,  by  hngering 
illness  of  3  years,  in  the  41st  year  of  his  age. 

"In  Christ  alone  we  hope  and  trust 
To  rise  in  judgment  with  the  just. " 

Gitty,  daughter  of  Abraham  B.  Skillman,  d.  Nov.  15,  1807, 
in  the year  of  her  age. 

An  old  rough  Beekman  stone  with  name  and  dates  oblit- 
erated. 

Gerardus,  son  of  Abraham  and  Anne  Beekman,  d.  1805  in 
the  27th  year  of  his  age. 

Rebecca  Van  Dyke,  wife  of  Garret  Beekman,  d.  Nov.  14, 
1847,  aged  78  years  3  m.  and  7  d. 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  jji 

Cornelia,   daughter   of   Garrit   Beekman   and    Margaret 
Quick,  d.  Sep.  9,  1834,  aged  34  yrs.  3  mos.  and  23  days. 

Demenicus  Stryker,  son  of  Garrit  Beekman,  d.  Dec.  30, 
1804,  in  the  loth  year  of  his  age. 

Joanna,  wife  of  John  A.  Beekman  and  daughter  of  Peter 
and  Jane  Nevius,  d.  May  6,  18 14,  in  the  30th  year  of  her  age. 

Martha  Beekman,  wife  of  Christopher  Beekman,  d.  Oct. 
30,  181 7,  in  the  76th  year  of  her  age. 

"Here  Hes  the  saint,  the  mother,  friend,  and  wife. 
She  filled  her  days  with  works  of  righteousness, 
And  now  beyond  the  regions  of  sky 
Her  spirit  mingles  with  the  saints  on  high." 

Thomas  Skillman,  d.  Dec.  — ,  1809,  in  the  82d  year  of  his 
age. 

"Afflictions  sore  long  time  I  bore, 
My  body  racked  with  pain. 
Now  death  is  come  and  called  me  home. 
I  shall  with  Jesus  reign. " 

Mar>^  Beekman,  wife  of  Thomas  Skillman,  d.  June,  1 81 9, 
in  the  86th  year  of  her  age. 

"Father,  I  give  my  spirit  up 
And  trust  it  in  thy  hand. 
My  djdng  flesh  shall  rest  in  hope 
And  rise  at  thy  command." 

Christopher  Beekman,  d.  Feb.  26,  1S60,  aged  86  years  i 
mo.  and  15  days. 

"  Look  on  dear  friends  as  you  pass  by, 
Remember  you  are  bound  to  die. 
Sorrow  and  health  will  soon  be  past 
And  bring  you  to  the  grave  at  last." 

Abraham  C.  Beekman,  d.  Feb.  24,  1877,  aged  89.     [In- 
scribed on  a  large  monument.] 


172  THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY 

Elizabeth  Houghton,  wife  of  Abraham  C.  Beekman,  d. 
Aug.  2:  1S64,  aged  73. 

Mary  Van  Dyke,  wife  of  Christopher  Beekman,  d.  Feb. 
II,  1859,  aged  80  yrs.  3  mos.  and  5  days. 

"  Dearest  parent,  thou  hast  left  us, 
Here  thy  loss  we  deeply  feel, 
But  't  is  God  who  hath  bereft  us. 
He  can  all  our  sorrows  heal. " 

Abram  Beekman,  son  of  Wm.  B.  and  Catharine  Aitken,  d. 
Mch.  30,  1S62,  aged  2  years  6  months  and  2  days. 
[Monument  eight  feet  in  height.] 

Lewis  H.  Alosher,  b.  Nov.  17,  1822,  d.  Mch.  29,  1882. 
[Large  monument.] 

Matilda  Beekman  his  wife,  b.  Dec.  2,  1S24,  d.  Mch.  30,  1901, 

Lizzie  B.  Voorhees,  wife  of  George  W.  Campbell,  born 
March  4,  1854,  died  August  31,  1888.      [Large  monimient.] 

Florence  Campbell,  1 881-1895,  daughter  of  George  W. 
Campbell  and  Lizzie  B.  Voorhees. 

Peter  Van  derveer,  bom  July  i,  1797,  died  Dec.  29,  1882. 
[Large  monument.] 

Penelope  Ketcham,  wife  of  Peter  Van  der  Veer,  bom 
August  28,  1800,  died  December  13,  1881. 

Emma  A.  Vanderveer — Luke  Vanderveer — Anne  Vander- 
veer — Abraham  and  Phcebe  Vanderveer. 

Dr.  John  Reeve,  died  June  23,  1834,  aged  69  years. 
Ann,  wife  of  John  Reeve,  died  Feb.,  1877,  aged  52  years 
6  mos. 

Emma,  daughter  of  Peter  L.  and  Penelope  \'an  Derveer, 
and  wife  of  William  N.  Vail,  died  Oct.  31,  1857,  in  the  24th 
year  of  her  age. 

Ann,  daughter  of  Abraham  and  Phcebe  Van  Derveer. 
Died  May  21,  ,  age  8  yrs.  2  mos.  and  19  days. 


THE  BEEKMAN  FAMILY  173 

Mary,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  Newton,  died  Sep. 
I,  1827,  aged  13-years. 

Cornelius  Skillman,  bom  January  I,  1 771,  died  January  12, 
1853.     [Large  monument.] 

Ida  S.  Skillman,  wife  of  Cornelius  Skillman,  bom  January 
25,  1778,  died  January  20,  1831. 


The  Van  Dyke  Family 


CHAPTER  VI 

JAN  THOMASSE  VAN  DYKE,  THE  FOUNDER 

"AN  THOMASSE  VAN  DYKE, 
the  son  of  Thomas  Van  Dyke, 
was  the  founder  of  the  Van 
Dyke  family  in  America.  He 
came  to  New  Amsterdam  from 
Amsterdam,  Holland,  in  the  year 
1652  with  his  wife  Tryntje  Achias 
or  Haegen  and  seven  children. 
It  is  said  that  she  was  his 
second  wife  and  that  his  first 
wife  was  the  mother  of  four  of 
'AMDrKEHOHE-Ni;roF^ff  his  children.  He  died  in  1673. 
He  was  one  of  the  founders  in  1657  of  New  Utrecht,  where 
Director-General  Peter  Stuyvesant  had  permitted  the  estab- 
lishment of  a  town  comprising  about  one  thousand  acres 
divided  into  farms  of  fifty  acres  each.  The  early  settlers  in 
America  could  not  purchase  land  from  the  Indians  without 
permission  of  the  government  and  when  a  purchase  was 
arranged  it  was  followed  by  a  special  grant  allowing  the 
formation  of  a  settlement  or  town.  This  is  in  accordance 
with  the  "Law  of  Nations"  expressed  in  Wheaton.  Jan 
Thomasse  Van  Dyke  owned  one  of  these  farms  and  in 
1659  added  to  it  a  tract  of  meadow  land  extending  toward 
what  is  now  called  Coney  Island. 

The  founders  of  New  Utrecht  were  granted  patents  by 


THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY  175 

the  Governor  and  Council  at  Fort  Amsterdam  on  January 
16,  1657.  The}:  were  Jacques  Cortelyou;  the  Lord  Coim- 
sellor  and  Fiscal  Nicasius  de  SiHe ;  Peter  Buys ;  Johan  Zeelen ; 
Albert  Albertsen  (Terhune) ;  WiUem  WiUemse  (Van  Engen) ; 
Jacob  HelHckers  (alias  Swart);  Pieter  Jansen;  Huybert 
Hoock;  Jan  Jacobson;  Yimker  (or  Squire)  Jacobus  Corlear; 
Jan  Thomasse  Van  Dyke;  Jacobus  Backer;  Rutgert  Joosten 
(Van  Brunt);  Jacob  Pietersen;  Pieter  Roeloffse;  Claes 
Claessen  (Smith) ;  Comelis  Beeckman  and  Teunis  Joosten. 

There  were  then  in  New  Netherlands  besides  Jan  Thom- 
asse Van  Dyke  two  other  representatives  of  Van  Dyke 
families  of  Holland :  Franz  Classen  Van  Dyke  or  Dyck,  and 
Hendrick  Van  Dyke,  who  was  "Fiscall"  or  State's  Attorney 
under  Governor  Peter  Stuyvesant,  and  who  came  to  New 
Amsterdam  in  1640.  He  is  the  one  who  raised  a  disturbance 
on  Broadway  which  nearly  caused  the  early  finish  of  New 
Amsterdam.  He  had  a  house  and  orchard  just  south  of 
where  Trinity  Church  now  stands.  In  1655  he  shot  and 
kiUed  an  Indian  who  was  stealing  fruit  from  his  orchard. 
This  hasty  action  led  to  much  trouble  with  the  Indians  and 
many  settlers  were  killed.  He  died  in  1688,  leaving  a  son 
Cornelius  who  was  the  ancestor  of  the  Albany  Van  D}-kes 
and  a  son  Rodolphus  Van  Dyke  who  married  Elizabeth 
Oudenade  and  had  a  son  Rev.  Henry  Van  Dyke,  bom  in 
1740  in  Nassau  Street,  New  York  City,  died  in  i8n,  who 
married  Hulda  Lewis  of  Stratford.  An  account  of  this  Van 
Dyke  family  may  be  found  in  Rev.  G.  Morgan  HiU's  History 
of  the  Church  in  Burlington,  N.  J. 

Tunis  G.  Bergen,  in  a  footnote  to  his  History  of  the  Bergen 
Family,  says  that  the  father  of  Jan  Thomasse  Van  Dyke  was 
Thomas  Janse  Van  Dyke  of  Amsterdam,  who  married  Sytie 
Dirks,  and  that  they  had  two  other  sons,  Nicholas  Thomasse 
Van  Dyke  and  Hendrick  Van  Dyke. 

Jan  Thomasse  Van  Dyke  was  active  in  the  affairs  of  the 
colony  from  the  beginning  and  soon  received  honors  and 
appointments  under  its  government.  He  inherited  the 
qualities  of  energy  and  ability  from  his  ancestors  of  Holland, 
a  family  which  had  long  been  considered  one  of  the  best 


176  THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY 

of  the  burgher  families.  His  coat  of  arms  is  described  in 
Rietstap^  Armorial  General  of  France,  as  follows:  "D'arg. 
a  line  digue  de  sin.,  touchant  les  flancs  de  I'ecu,  mouv.  d'une 
eau  au  nat.,  et  surm.  de  trois  etoiles  d'or,  rangees  en  chef. 
Crest:  une  etoile  d'or." 

The  Director- General  and  Coundl  at  Fort  Amsterdam  on 
October  2,  1659,  made  the  following  proclamation:  "The 
Director- General  and  Coundl  notify  the  inhabitants  of  the 
Town  of  New  Utrecht  to  keep  good  watch  and  for  the  purpose 
of  keeping  good  order  they  have  appointed  and  set  as  in 
other  cases  the  person  Jan  Thomassen  to  the  office  of  Ser- 
geant, they  therefore  order  the  inhabitance  of  the  Town  of 
New  Utrecht  to  obey  and  acknowledge  as  Sergeant  the 
above  named  Jan  Thomassen."  This  was  the  commission 
of  Sergeant  Jan  Thomasse  Van  Dyke. 

It  was  often  the  custom  of  the  Dutch  to  refer  to  a  person 
by  mentioning  his  first  name  and  the  first  name  of  his  father. 
Jan  Thomasse  would  mean  John  the  son  of  Thomas,  and  Jan 
Janse,  John  the  son  of  John.  To  this  would  be  added  the 
name  which  indicated  generally  the  place  from  which  he 
came; thus  Beekman  was  "the  man  of  the  brook,"  Van  Dyke 
was  the  man  of  the  dyke.  The  name  was  spelled  in  many 
ways,  often  in  the  same  family.  It  was  spelled  Van  Dyke, 
Van  Duyk,  Van  Dike,  Vandike,  Van  Dyk,  Van  Duyck,  and 
Van  Dyck.  The  correct  way  of  spelling  the  name  of  the 
family  founded  by  Jan  Thomasse  Van  Dyke  is  Van  Dyke. 
Dutch  parents  in  naming  their  children  would  generally 
give  to  the  oldest  son  the  name  of  his  paternal  grandfather, 
and  to  the  second  son  the  name  of  his  maternal  grandfather. 
The  two  oldest  daughters  would  receive  the  names  of  their 
grandmothers  in  the  same  order.  According  to  the  Register 
of  New  Nethcrland  Jan  Thomasse  Van  Dyke  was  for  many 
years  a  Magistrate  of  Fort  Orange  and  New  Utrecht. 

Jan  Thomasse  Van  Dyke  was  appointed  by  Governor 
Colve,  August  18,  1673,  one  of  the  Schepens.  He  must  have 
died  soon  after  for  under  date  October  16,  1673,  we  find  in 
Documentary  History  of  New  York,  vol.  ii.,  577  and  659, 
the  following  entry: 


THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY  177 

"  The  Governor  hath,  from  the  nomination  made  by  the 
Magistrates  of  the  town  of  Utrecht  selected  Jan  Gysbertse 
Van  Meteren  as  a  Magistrate  in  place  of  Jan  Thomassen  now 
lately  deceased." 

In  Bergen's  Early  Settlers  of  King's  County,  it  is  stated  that 
in  1675  his  heirs  sold  his  old  farm  in  New  Utrecht  to  Rut. 
Joosten  for  2500  guilders;  his  new  farm  to  Bryn  Janse  for 
2000  guilders,  and  his  two  lots  in  the  village  to  his  son 
Hendrick  Janse  Van  Dyke  for  750  gtulders.  His  widow 
Tryntje  Haegen  married  on  August  11,  1678,  Tileman 
Jacobsz  Van  der  Hard,  who  came  to  America  from  Kamerik, 
Utrecht,  Holland. 

Jan  Thomasse  Van  Dyke  and  Tryntje  Haegen  his  wife  had 
children : 

(A)  Thomas  Janse  Van  Dyke. 

(B)  Derrick  Van  Dyke. 

(C)  Card  Van  Dyke. 

(D)  Captain  Jan  Janse  Van  Dyke. 

(E)  Achias  Van  Dyke. 

(F)  Peter  Van  Dyke. 

(G)  Lambert  Van  Dyke. 

(H)  Hendrick  Janse  Van  Dyke. 

(I)  Antje  Janse  Van  Dyke. 

(J)  Angenietje  Van  Dyke. 

(K)  Tryn1.je  Van  Dyke. 


CHAPTER  VII 

THOMAS  JANSE  VAN  DYKE;  DERRICK  VAN  DYKE  AND  CAREL 
VAN  DYKE. 

(A)  Thomas  Janse  Van  Dyke,  son  of  Jan  Thomasse 
Van  Dyke,  bom  about  1632,  was  the  oldest  son  and  had  just 
about  reached  his  majority  when  he  sailed  with  his  father  from 
Amsterdam,  Holland,  to  New  Amsterdam  in  the  early  part 
of  the  year  1652.  He  owned  a  farm  of  about  fifty  acres  in 
New  Utrecht  where  he  resided  until  1677.  In  1673  he  was 
a  magistrate  of  New  Utrecht.  In  1677  he  sold  his  farm 
there  to  Rutgert  Joosten  Van  Brunt  and  moved  to  a  farm 
in  Brooklyn  which  he  sold  in  1695  to  Woughter  Van  Pelt. 
He  married  Maritje  Andriessen.  Their  children  were: 
al.     Jan  Van  Dyke  of  Middlesex,  N.  J.,  married  Geesje 

DeGroot. 
all.     Andries   Van    Dyke,    baptized    August    11,    1675. 

Removed  to  Newcastle  County,  Delaware. 
cIII.  Nicholas  Van  Dyke,  married  on  April  i,  1689, 
Tryntje  Rinerse  Amds,  daughter  of  Rinier  Amds  of 
Flatbush,  Long  Island.  They  had  a  daughter  Tryntje 
Van  Dyke,  baptized  August  4,  1690.  In  Stiles'  History 
of  Brooklyn  at  page  203  is  given  a  copy  of  the  charter 
to  the  inhabitants  of  Breucklen  by  Governor  Dongan 
bearing  date  May  3,  1686,  and  among  the  names  of  the 
inhabitants  with  a  statement  of  the  number  of  years 
each  had  lived  in  the  country  are  found;  Hendrick 
Veghten,  27  years;  Claes  Arentse  Veghten,  27  years; 
Claes  (Nicholas)  Thomas  Van  Dyke,  native,  and 
Achias    Janse    Van   Dyke,   36    years.     He  married  2d 


THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY  179 

Fransyntie  Hendricks  of  Flatbush  and  lived  on  a  farm 
which  he  owned  at  Gowanus,  Brooklyn,  until  about  the 
year  1703,  when  he  moved  to  Somerset  County,  New 
Jersey,  where  he  attended  the  Dutch  Church  at  Six 
Mile  Run.  He  is  supposed  to  have  returned  to  his 
farm  in  Brooklyn  for  in  171 5  he  was  a  private  in  Cap- 
tain Aersins'  company  of  King's  County  militia.  In 
a  petition  for  lands  for  the  Dutch  chiu-ches  at  Flatlands 
and  Flatbush  bearing  date  August  8,  171 1,  appear  the 
names  Nicholas  Van  Dyke,  deacon,  and  Lucas  Stevense, 
elder,  and  the  request  for  two  lots  in  Flatbush  describes 
them  as  on  the  north  side  of  lands  of  Colonel  Gerardus 
Beekman,  Jacob  Hendrickse,  and  Roelof  Van  Kerk  on 
the  south  side  of  the  lane  leading  to  Gowanus.  In 
1724  he  sold  his  Brooklyn  farm  of  200  acres  to  Joseph 
Hagemon  and  removed  to  Newcastle  County,  Dela- 
ware. Their  children  were : 
(i)     Thomas  Van  Dyke,  bom  April  11,  1693. 

(2)  Geesje  Van  Dyke,  bom  October  4,  1694. 

(3)  Maria  Van  Dyke,  bom  July  3,  1696,  married 
Joseph  Golden. 

(4)  Henricus  Van  Dyke,  bom  May  3,  1698. 

(5)  Johannes  Van  Dyke,  bom  March  22,  1700. 

(6)  Antje  Van  Dyke,  born  July  5,  1704. 

(7)  Abraham  Van  Dyke,  who  had  a  farm  at  YcUow 
Hook,  now  Bay  Ridge,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

(8)  Nicholas  Van  Dyke,  baptized  April  5,  1708,  mar- 
ried Lytic  Dirks  and  had  a  son  Hon.  Nicholas 
Van  Dyke,  bom  September  25,  1738,  died  in  1789. 
He  was  Major  of  militia  in  Newcastle  County, 
Delaware,  during  the  Revolutionary  War.  In  1774 
he  was  a  member  of  the  Committee  of  Correspondence 
and  in  1776  Deputy  to  the  Convention;  he  was  a 
member  of  the  Continental  Congress  from  1777  to 
Feb.  I,  1783,  when  he  became  Governor  of  the  Colony 
of  Delaware,  and  administered  the  office  until  his 
death  in  1 789,  the  year  that  the  Colony  became  a 
State  of  the  Confederation.     His  son,  Hon.  Nicholas 


i8o  THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY 

Van  Dyke,  was  bom  December  20,  1769;  died  March 
21,  1826;  graduated  from  Princeton  College  in  1788; 
admitted  to  the  Bar  of  Delaware  in  1792;  elected  to 
the  Legislature  in  1799;  member  of  the  United  States 
Congress  from  1807  to  1811 ;  member  of  the  Delaware 
Senate  in  1815.  He  was  United  States  Senator  from 
Delaware  from  181 7  to  1826.  He  married  Mary 
Johns,  daughter  of  Kensy  Johns  and  Susannah 
Galloway  his  wife.     Children: 

a.  Dorcas  Van  Dyke,  married  October  6,  1824, 
Charles  Irenee  Dupont,  bom  in  Charleston,  South 
CaroHna,  March  29,  1797,  eldest  son  of  Victor 
Marie  du  Pont  de  Nemours,  bom  October  i,  1767, 
died  January  30,  1827,  who  came  to  America  as  a 
French  diplomat  to  the  United  States.  He  returned 
to  France  to  be  Aide-de-Camp  to  General  Lafayette, 
when  the  latter  was  in  command  of  the  French 
National  Guard.  In  1800  he  made  his  home  in 
America  and  went  into  the  business  of  manufacturing 
gunpowder  with  his  father  and  brothers  at  Wilming- 
ton, Delaware.  His  father  was  Pierre  Samuel  Du 
Pont  de  Nemours  of  Paris,  France,  bom  in  1739, 
died  in  18 17,  who  married  Nicole  Charlotte  Maria 
Louise  Le  Dee  de  Rencourt  and  had  sons: 

1.  Victor  M.  du  Pont  de  Nemours,  above 
mentioned. 

2.  Elethere  Irenee  du  Pont  de  Nemours,  bom  in 
Paris,  France,  married  in  Paris  in  1791,  Sophie 
Madeline  Dalmas  who  died  in  1829.  They  had 
three  children: 

a.  Alfred  Victor  Dupont. 

b.  Alexis  Irenee  Dupont. 

c.  General  Henry  Dupont,  born  in  Delaware, 
August  8,  18 12;  died  August  8,  1889;  graduated 
from  West  Point  Military  Academy  and  was 
Adjutant-General  of  Delaware.  He  married  in 
1837  Louisa  Gerhard.  His  son.  Col.  Henry 
Algernon  Dupont,  born  in  Wilmington,  Dela- 


THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY  i8i 

ware,  July  30,  1838,  graduated  from  West  Point 
i^Iilitary  Academy  and  served  through  the  War 
of  the  Rebelhon,  retiring  with  the  rank  of  Lieut. - 
Colonel. 
Anne  H.  Walton,  in  Salons,  Colonial  and  Repub- 
lican, says  that  the  wedding  of  Dorcas  Montgomery 
Van  Dyke  and  Charles  Irenee  Dupont  was  one  of 
the  greatest  events   that  the  town  of  Newcastle, 
Delaware,  has  ever  seen.     General  Lafayette  wit- 
nessed the  ceremony  and  at  its  conclusion  kissed  the 
bride.     They  had  children ; 

(a)  Mary  Van  Dyke  Dupont,  baptized  April  19, 
1826. 

(b)  Victor  I.  Dupont,  bom  August  5,  1830,  died 
January  7,  1873,  married  February  26,  1862, 
iMary  Sophia  Dupont  and  had  children : 

a.  Victorine  A.  Dupont. 

b.  Charles  Francis  Dupont,  died  young. 

(c)  Amelia  Josephine  Dupont,  died  young. 

(d)  Nicholas  Van  Dyke  Dupont,  died  yoimg. 

(9)  Margrietje  Van  Dyke,  bom  January  11,  171 1, 

(10)  Daniel  Van  Dyke,  bora  November  13,  1713. 

(2)  Geesje  Van  Dyke,  daughter  of  Nicholas  Van  Dyke, 
baptized  November  14,  1694,  married  Nicholas  Van 
Bnmt,  son  of  Coraehus  Rutgers  Van  Brunt.     Children : 

(i)     Major  Hendrick  Van  Brunt,  married  Nelly . 

He  was  a  Alajor  in  the  American  army  in  the  Revo- 
lutionary War.  In  1 780,  he  was  captured  and  made  a 
prisoner  in  the  Sugar  House  in  New  York  City.  They 
lived  near  Shrewsbury,  N.  J.     They  had  no  children. 

(2)  Nicholas  Van  Bnint,  married  and  Uved  at  Shrews- 
bury, N.  J.,  and  had  children: 

(i)     Nicholas  Van  Brunt, 
(ii)     Hendrick  Van  Brunt. 

(3)  Comehus    Van    Brunt,    married    Elleanor    . 

They  had  children : 

(i)     Geesje  Van  Brunt, 
(ii)     Joseph  Van  Brunt. 


B2  THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY 

(iii)  Nicholas  Van  Bnmt. 
(iv)  Cornelius  Van  Brunt, 
(v)     Hendrick  Van  Brunt. 

(4)  Catharine  Van  Brunt,  died  unmarried. 

(5)  Jannetje  Van  Brunt,  died  unmarried. 

(6)  Anne  Van  Brunt,  married  Cornelius  Wincant. 

(7)  Agnes  Van  Bnmt,  bom  in  1734. 

(8)  Geesje  Van  Brunt,  bom  in  1737. 

a  IV.     Hendrick  or  Tierck  Van   Dyke,   son  of  Thomas 
Janse  Van  Dyke,   married  Pietemella  .     He 

resided  at  Yellow  Hook  now  Bay  Ridge  on  New  York 
Bay;  children: 

I .     Thomas  Van  Dyke,  married  Jannetje  Suydam. 
2      Peter  Van  Dyke. 
3.     Hendrick  Van  Dyke,  married  Engeltie. 

He  died  in  1751.  His  will  dated  March  i,  1751,  and 
recorded  October  30,  1751  in  Liber  18  of  Will  p.  31, 
in  the  Surrogate's  Office,  New  York,  mentions  his 
wife  Engeltie  and  provides  her  with  a  home  and  an 
annuity  and  mentions  his  son  "Hendrick  Van  Dyck 
of  the  Raritan  in  New  Jersey"  and  his  son  John  Van 
Dyck  to  whom  he  gives  his  farm  in  Kings  County, 
and  his  "Great  Dutch  Bible."  He  mentions  and 
makes  bequests  to  his  other  descendants;  children: 

a.  Hendrick  Van  Dyke  of  the  Raritan,  New  Jersey, 
bom  February  10,  1709,  married  Margritje  Ter- 
hune. 

b.  Peter  Van  Dyke. 

c.  John  Van  Dyke. 

d.  Gerritje  Van  Dyke,  married  James  Robinson. 

e.  Jannetje  Van  Dyke,  married  Philip  Van  Ars- 
dalen,  son  of  ComeHs  Simonse  Van  Arsdalen  and 
Mary  Dirckse  his  wife,  and  grandson  of  Symon 
Janse  Van  Arsdalen  and  Pieterje  Cornelia  Wyckoff, 
daughter  of  Peter  Claesen  Wyckoff,  who  came 
from  Holland  in  1636,  and  married  about  1649 
Gretie  Van  Ness,  daughter  of  Hendrick  Van  Ness. 
Isaac  Van  Arsdalen,  son  of  Philip  Van  Arsdalen, 


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married  Margaret  Strycker,  and  had  a  son,  Abra- 
ham Isaac  Van  Arsdalen,  who  married  Mary  Eoff, 
and  their  son,  Isaac  Abraham  Van  Arsdalen,  mar- 
ried Maria  Van  Doren,  who  was  also  descended 
from  Jan  Thomasse  Van  Dyke  through  his  daughter, 
Annietje  Jans  Van  Dyke,  who  married  Adriaen 
Willemse  Bermet.  They  had  a  daughter,  Margaret 
Strycker  Vanarsdale,  who  married  Nathaniel  Al- 
ward  and  had  a  daughter,  Mary  Alward  who  mar- 
ried William  Johnson  Taylor  and  had  children : 
(i)  Margaret  Alward  Taylor,  married  Edward 
Henry  Eamshaw;  children: 

(a)  Marjory  Eamshaw. 

(b)  Gertrude  Eamshaw. 

(c)  Elizabeth  Lawrence  Eamshaw. 

(d)  Edward  Henry  Eamshaw,  Jr. 

(2)  Helen  Hamilton  Taylor. 

(3)  Knox  Taylor,  married  Lucy  J.  Miller. 

(4)  Alward    Taylor,    married    Sarah    Corcoran, 
child :  Mary  Alward  Taylor. 

f.  Teuntje  Van  Dyke,  married  Teunis  Denyse. 

g.  Maria  Van  Dyke,  married  first  Johannes  Rapalje ; 
second  Gerett  Boerum. 

h.     Pietemella  Van  Dyke. 

4.  Gerrit  Van  Dyke. 

5.  Ariantje  Van  Dyke. 

6.  Engeltie  Van  Dyke. 

aV.     Isaac    Van    Dyke    of    Middlesex    County,    N.    J., 

baptized  September  11,   1681,  married  Barbara  , 

and  settled  in  New  Brunswick,  N.  J.,  in  1703.  He  died 
about  1727  as  his  will  was  filed  at  Trenton,  N.  J.,  March 
31,  1727.  The  papers  show  that  he  was  then  47  years 
old.  In  the  will  he  mentions  his  wife  Barbara  and  his 
three  children.  The  last  two  were  then  under  age.  He 
mentions  his  farm  in  Newcastle  County,  Delaware. 
John  Van  Dyke  of  Middlesex  County,  N.  J.,  and  Andries 
Van  Dyke  of  Newcastle  County,  Delaware,  his  brothers, 
were  the  executors.     The  witnesses  were  Teunis  Omck, 


I84  THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY 

Cornelius  Williamson,  and  Thomas  Yates.     The  will  was 
proved  May  15,  1727.     Children: 

(a)  Thomas  Van  Dyke. 

(b)  Mary  Van  Dyke. 

(c)  Isaac  Van  Dyke. 

aVI.  Engeltie  Van  Dyke,  married  at  (New  Utrecht, 
Gregory  Storm,  bom  in  Holland  in  1656,  son  of  Dirk 
Storm  who  came  from  Brabant,  Holland,  to  America  in 
1662  and  Maria  Pieters  his  wife.     Children: 

(a)  Marietje  Storm,  married  on  May  15,  1714,  Her- 
man Gurckzen. 

(b)  Dirk    Storm,    bom    in    1695,    married    Elizabeth 
Meyer. 

(c)  Thomas  Storm,  married  Anneke  Aleyer.     Children : 

1.  Thomas  Storm. 

2.  Jacob  Storm. 

3.  Garrit  Storm,  married  Maria  Sickels  and  had  a 
son  Thomas  Storm  who  married  Elizabeth  Graham 
of  Fishkill,  N.  Y.,  and  had  children: 

(i)     Garrit  Storm,  died  young. 

(ii)  Garrit  Storm  married,  Susan  Gouvemeur,  and 
had  a  daughter  Glovina  Rossell  Storm  who 
married  Samuel  Verplank  Hoffman.  Their  de- 
scendants have  already  been  stated  in  the  Beek- 
man  genealogy. 

(iii)     Elizabeth  Stonn,  married  James  Manning. 

(iv)     Mary  Storm. 

(v)     Anne  Storm. 

(vi)     Hester  G.  Storm,  married  Charles  F.  Bunner. 

(vii)     Catharine  Storm,  married  Ruggles  Hubbard. 

(viii)     John  Storm,  died  unmarried. 

(Lx)     Thomas  Storm,  died  unmarried. 

(x)     Captain  Stephen  Storm,   bom   December   7, 
1788,  married  Jane  Maria  Graham,  daughter  of 
Theodorus  Van  Wyck  Graham.    Children: 
(i)     Thomas  Storm,  died  young. 

(2)  Theodora  Van  Dyke  Storm,  died  young. 

(3)  Stephen  Storm,  died  young. 


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(4)  John  Storm,  died  young. 

(5)  -  Julia  Storm,  died  young. 

(6)  John  Graham  Storm,  married  Guardine 
Walton. 

(7)  Theodore  Storm. 

(8)  Thomas  Storm,  bom  October  4,  1826,  died 
Alay  I,  1890,  married  Sarah  Matilda  Boyd. 
Children: 

a.  Clarence  Storm,  bom  Februan,'  2,  1872. 

b.  Edna  Graham   Storm,   married   Malcolm 
Stuart. 

c.  Mabel  Louisa  Storm,  married,  Joseph  Fer- 
ris Simmons,  son  of  J.  Edward  Simmons. 

4.  Joris  Storm,  son  of  Thomas  Storm  and  Anneke 
Meyer. 

5.  Abraham  Storm,  married  Catherine  Bussing. 

6.  John  Storm. 

7.  Isaac  Storm. 

(d)  Aeltje  Storm,  married  Frederick  Bancke. 

(e)  Jan   Storm,    bom   in    1704,    married   Raghel    De 
Revier. 

(f)  Elizabeth  Storm,  bom  November  6,  1711,  married 
Hendrick  Lent. 

(B)  Derrick  Van  Dyke,  second  son  of  Jan  Thomasse  Van 
Dyke,  came  to  America  with  his  father  in  1652.  He  married 
in  New  Amsterdam  on  April  25,  1674,  Urseltie  Jans.  They 
had  one  child. 

(C)  Carel  Janse  Van  Dyke,  third  son  of  Jan  Thomasse 
Van  Dyke,  came  to  America  with  his  father  in  1652;  died  in 
1734;  married  on  January  27,  1680,  Lysbeth  Ards  Van  der 
Hard  and  settled  in  New  Utrecht  where  he  was  a  magistrate. 
He  removed  to  Monmouth  County,  New  Jersey,  where  he 
died.  His  will  w^as  recorded  in  December,  1732,  in  Liber 
C  at  page  12  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  State  at  Tren- 
ton, N.  J.     They  had  children: 

(i)     Geatje  Van  Dyke,  baptized  May  8,   1681,  married 
first  Jan  Romeyn  of  New  Jersey,  second  Jan  Bennem. 
(2)     Jan  Van  Dyke,  baptized  November  19,  1682. 


1 86  THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY 

(3)  Engeltie    Van    Dyke,    baptized    August    17,    1684, 
married  Hendrick  Verwie. 

(4)  Aert  Van  Dyke,  baptized  May  6,  1688,  died  in  1730. 

(5)  Thomas  Van  Dike,  married  Mayke  Wyckoff. 

(6)  Pieter  Van  Dyke,  married  Adriaentje  Neefus. 

(7)  Elizabeth  Van  Dyke,  married  Thomas  Heyer. 


CHAPTER  VIII 

CAPTAIN  JAN  JANSE  VAN  DYKE 

(D)  Captain  Jan  Janse  Van  Dyke,  son  of  Jan  Thomasse 
Van  Dyke,  bom  not  long  before  the  year  1652,  died  in  1736; 
married  May  9,  1673,  in  New  York  City,  Teuntje  or  Tryntje 
Thyssen  Lanen  Van  Pelt,  daughter  of  Matthais  Van  Pelt, 
also  known  as  Thys  Lanse  Van  Pelt  and  as  Matthys  Lancz 
Van  Pelt  Lanen,  a  Walloon  who  emigrated  from  Liege  in 
1663,  and  settled  in  New  Utrecht.  A.  D.  Mellick,  in  the 
Story  of  an  Old  Farm,  says  that  in  some  instances  the  Chris- 
tian name  of  the  father  served  as  a  surname  for  the  children, 
and  that  the  Lane  and  Van  Pelt  families  of  Somerset  and 
Hudson  Counties,  N.  J.,  originated  in  Mattys  Lanez  Van 
Pelt  Lanen.  Matthais  Van  Pelt  was  undoubtedly  of  the 
same  family  and  probably  a  brother  of  Woughter  or  Wouter 
Teimisz  Lanen  Van  Pelt  who  in  1695  purchased  a  farm  of 
Thomas  Janse  Van  Dyke  and  who  with  Ort  Van  Pelt  pur- 
chased in  1 717  part  of  the  Harlingen  Tract  in  Somerset 
County,  N.  J.  Wouter  Van  Pelt  married  Jannetje  Schaus  of 
Gowanus.  His  will,  dated  May  20,  1728,  recorded  in  New 
York  County,  names  his  children:  Teunis;  Alexander;  Peter; 
Johannis;  Mary;  EUzabeth;  and  Jacomyntie  and  grand- 
daughter Margaret  Bennet. 

Captain  Jan  Janse  Van  Dyke  resided  in  New  Utrecht, 
where  he  was  a  magistrate  in  1679.  Governor  Leisler  by 
commission  which  is  recorded  in  the  Documentary  History 
of  New  York,  vol.  xxxvi.,  at  page  142,  commissioned  him 
in  December,  1689,  a  Lieutenant  in  Jan  Hanse's  company 
of   New   Utrecht  militia,   of  which  Joost  Van  Brunt  was 


1 88  THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY 

Ensign  of  Foot.  In  1700,  he  was  commissioned  Captain  by 
Richard  (Coote)  Earl  of  Bellomont.  In  September,  1726, 
he  sold  for  £1676  to  his  son-in-law,  Capt.  Rutgent  Van 
Brimt,  who  had  married  his  daughter  Jannetji,  his  home- 
stead in  New  Utrecht  with  sixty  acres  of  land  and  also  a 
large  tract  of  land  at  Canarsie,  N.  Y. 

He  died  in  1736,  leaving  a  last  will  and  testament  bearing 
date  May  16,  1735,  which  was  admitted  to  probate  in  New 
York  County,  November  9,  1736,  and  is  recorded  in  the 
Svirrogate's  office  in  Liber  13  of  Wills,  page  35.  The  witnesses 
to  the  will  were  ComeHus  Van  Bnmt,  Joost  Van  Brunt, 
Theodore  Elsworth,  and  Christopher  Codwise.  The  pre- 
amble to  the  will  is  as  follows : 

"  In  the  Name  of  God,  Amen.  I,  John  Van  Dyck  of  New 
Utrecht,  in  Kings  County,  on  the  Island  Nassau,  in  ye 
Province  of  New  York,  Yeoman,  being  of  perfect  health,  both 
in  body  and  mind,  and  knowing  the  certainty  of  death  and 
uncertainty  of  the  time  of  its  approach.  Do  make  this  my 
Last  Will  and  Testament  in  manner  and  form  following 
First  I  bequeath  my  soul  to  God  who  gave  it,  my  body  to  the 
earth  from  whence  it  came  to  be  decently  interred  at  the 
discretion  of  my  executors  hereafter  named,  in  certain  hopes 
of  Resurrection  and  the  Union  of  my  body  and  soul  at  the 
last  day  and  of  Eternal  Life  through  the  sole  merits  of  my 
blessed  Saviour  Jesus  Christ  and  as  to  what  wordly  estate 
God  hath  pleased  to  Bestow  upon  me  and  that  shall  belong 
to  me  at  the  time  of  my  Dec'se  after  my  just  debts  and 
funeral  expenses  are  paid  and  satisfied,  I  give,  devise  and 
bequeath  of  the  same  in  manner  and  form  following. " 

By  his  wiU  he  gave  to  his  children  "John  Van  Dyck,  Mattys 
Van  Dyck,  Catherine,  widow  of  Daniel  Hendrickson,  Jannetji, 
wife  to  Capt.  Rutgers  Van  Bnmt,  Angennetj,  wife  to  Simon 
De  Hart"  all  his  personal  estate  after  paying  legacies;  to  his 
grandson  John  Stephens,  five  shilhngs;  to  his  granddaughter, 
Teuntji,  widow  of  John  Sleigh,  £25;  to  his  grandchildren 
"the  children  of  my  daughter  Catleyntje  deceased  which 
was  the  wife  of  Garret  Ketteltas  in  niunber  3  sons  and  3 
daughters  each  5  shillings";  to  his  "great  grandson  John  Van 


THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY  189 

Buren,  son  of  my  granddaughter  Teuntji  Richon  deceased 
which  was  wife  of  Dr.  John  Van  Buren,  Jr.,  £25,  to  be  paid 
when  he  comes  of  age."  He  appointed  as  executors  his 
"sons  John  Van  Dyke,  Mattys  Van  Dyke,  Rutgers  Van 
Brunt,  and  Simon  De  Hart." 

The  children  of  Captain  Jan  Janse  Van  Dyke  and  Teuntje 
Thyssen  Lanen  Van  Pelt  his  wife  were : 

dl.     Catharine  Van  Dyke,  married  Daniel  Hendrickson. 
Children: 

(i)  Hendrick  Hendrickson,  bom  in  1700,  married  in 
1725  Neeltje  Schenck,  daughter  of  Garret  Schenck 
and  Neeltje  Voorhees  his  wife;  children: 

1 .  Tryntje  Hendrickson,  died  yoimg. 

2.  Daniel  Hendrickson,  bom  in  1727,  married  Mary 
Schenck. 

3.  Neeltje  Hendrickson,  died  young. 

4.  Garret  Hendrickson,  bom  in  1734,  <^isd  in  1801. 
He  was  a  Lieutenant  in  Captain  WilHam  Schenck's 
company  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution.  He 
married,  first,  Catharine  Hendrickson  and  had  a 
son  Henry  Denise  Hendrickson.  He  married,  sec- 
ond, Lena  Van  Lieu. 

5.  Judge  Hendrick  Hendrickson,  1751-1811,  mar- 
ried, first,  Lydia  Couwenhoven;  second,  Helena 
Longstreet. 

6.  Mary  Hendrickson,  married  Cornelius  Couwen- 
hoven. 

7.  Antje,  bom  October  7,  1744,  married  David  H. 
Van  Nostrandt. 

(2)  Catharine  Hendrickson,  married  Henry  Dusen- 
berry  and  had  children: 

a.  Antje  Dusenberry,  bom  in  1736. 

b.  Anne  Dusenberry,  bom  in  1738. 

c.  William  Dusenberry,  bom  in  1743. 

(3)  Maykije  (Micha)  Hendrickson,  married  Geysbert 
Van  Mater. 

(4)  Anne  Hendrickson,  baptized  December  30,  171 1, 
married  William  Couwenhoven;  children: 


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a.     Sarah  Couwenhoven,  married  Jacob  Van  Dom. 
b^     Daniel  Couwenhoven,  bom  March  30,  1 737,  mar- 
ried Helena  Taylor. 

(5)  John  Hendrickson,  bom  1702,  married  Annetje 
Couwenhoven  and  had  children : 

a.  Daniel  Hendrickson,  bom  July  3,  1735,  married 
in  1758  Eleanor  Van  Mater. 

b.  Jacob  Hendrickson,  died  young. 

(6)  Francyntje  (Frances),  married  1731,  Teunis Cortel- 
you;  she  was  his  second  wife,  his  first  being  Catharine 
Van  Dyke,  daughter  of  Hendrick  Van  Dyke,  by  whom 
he  had  one  child:  Helen  Cortelyou,  bom  March  14, 
172S,  who  married  Samuel  Forman. 

(7)  Daniel  Hendrickson,  bom  January  5,  1723,  mar- 
ried Catharine  Couwenhoven,  daughter  of  ComeHus 
Couwenhoven,  and  had  children: 

(a)  Daniel  D.  Hendrickson,  bom  October  29,  1744, 
married  Ehzabeth  Stephenson,  daughter  of  Daniel 
Stephenson,  and  had  children: 

1.  Wilham  D.  Hendrickson,  married  Sarah  Loy- 
ster. 

2.  Capt.  Daniel  Hendrickson,  bom  April  22,  1787, 
married  Catharine  Bedle.  He  was  a  Captain  of 
Monmouth  County  militia  in  the  War  of  1812. 
They  had  children : 

a.  Henrietta  Hendrickson,  married  Daniel  Wil- 
son. 

b.  Daniel  B.  Hendrickson,  married  and  had  a 
son,  Joseph  A.  Hendrickson. 

c.  Wilham  B.  Hendrickson,  bom  February  10, 
1830,  married  Catharine  Applegate. 

(b)  Comelius  Hendrickson,  bom  August  28,  1747. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolutionary  War.  He 
married  Lydia  Vanderbilt,  daughter  of  Comelius 
Vanderbilt  and  Margaretta  Lambertson  his  wife; 
children : 

I.  Daniel  C.  Hendrickson,  bom  June  11.  1785, 
married  Deborah  Tilton. 


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191 


2.  Alargaret  Hendrickson,  married  Daniel  Her- 
bert. 

3.  Catherine  Hendrickson,  married  Murphy  Tin- 
ton. 

(c)     Catharine  Hendrickson,  bom  August  8,  1753. 
(8)     Wilham  Hendrickson,  baptized  November  6,  1709, 
married,  1731,  Maria  Longstreet,  daughter  of  Stoffel 
Longstreet,  and  had  children: 

a.  Catharine  Hendrickson,  bom  in  1732,  married 
Jacob  Remsen,  son  of  Rem  Remsen  of  Brooklyn,  N. 
Y.,  and  had  one  child: 

I.     William  Remsen,  baptized  May  6,  1750. 

b.  Colonel  Daniel  Hendrickson,  baptized  December 
25,  1736,  married  in  1756,  Catharine  Van  Brunt, 
daughter  of  Rutgers  Van  Brunt  and  EHzabeth 
Voorhees  his  wife  of  New  Utrecht,  L.  I.  He  was 
Colonel  of  3d  Regiment  of  Monmouth  County 
militia  in  the  Revolutionary  War.  They  had 
children : 

1.  William  Hendrickson,  baptized  July  31,  1757, 
died  young. 

2.  Elizabeth  Hendrickson,  baptized  July  16,  1758, 
married  Captain  Richard  McKnight  of  Mon- 
mouth County  mihtia  in  the  Revolutionary  War. 

3.  Daniel  Hendrickson,  baptized  1763,  married 
EHzabeth  Grover  of  Freehold,  N.  J.,  and  had 
children : 

(a)  WiUiam  Hendrickson,  bom  Jime  2,  1782. 

(b)  Barzillai  Hendrickson,  bom  Feb.  19,  1784, 
married  Elizabeth  Horsefull. 

(c)  Daniel  Hendrickson,  bom  May  19,  1786. 

(d)  Joseph  Hendrickson,  bom  March  14,  178S. 

(e)  James  G.  Hendrickson,  bom  Febmary  19, 
1 79 1,  married  Hannah  Morris. 

(f)  Theodosia  Hendrickson,  bom  November  2, 
1795,  married  Forman  Mount. 

(g)  Richard  H.  Hendrickson,  bom  November 
2,  1795,  married  Lyde  Perrine. 


192  THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY 

(h)     Katharine    Hendrickson,    bom     in     1797, 

married  Peter  Imlay. 
(i)     John  B.  Hendrickson,  bom  in  1799,  married 

Parmella  Grover. 
(j)     Enoch   Hendrickson,    born   April    7,    1802, 

married  Ashsah  Parker. 
(k)     Pierson  Hendrickson,  born  July  31,   1803, 

married  Sarah  Van  Dom. 
(1)     Samuel   Hendrickson,   born    1793,    married 

Phoebe  Mount. 

4.  Mary  Hendrickson. 

5.  Sarah  Hendrickson,  bom  March  9,  1767,  mar- 
ried John  S.  Holmes,  bom  November  29,  1762, 
died  August  15,  1821,  son  of  Samuel  Holmes  and 
Mary  Stout. 

Colonel  Daniel  Hendrickson,  father  of  the  above- 
mentioned  children,  represented  Shrewsbury  Town- 
ship, Monmouth  County,  N.  J.,  in  the  Provincial 
Congress  of  New  Jersey  in  1775,  and  on  the  Com- 
mittee of  Safety,   1 775-1 776,  and  after  the  Revo- 
lutionary War  in  the  General  Assembly,  where  he 
was  Speaker  of  the  House  in  1784. 
(9)     Ghesye   (Geesie)    Hendrickson,   bom   October   9, 
1696,  married  Roelof  Schenck,  son  of  John  Schenck; 
she  died  September  20,  1747.     They  had  children: 

a.  Sarah  Schenck,  bom  May  22,  1715,  married 
December  i,  1734,  Joseph  Van  Mater. 

b.  Catharine  Schenck,  bom  December  21,  1718, 
married  first  Simon  De  Hart,  second  Peter  Cowen- 
hoven. 

c.  John  L.  Schenck,  bom  1720,  married,  1741, 
Jacomyntje  Couwenhoven. 

d.  Daniel  Schenck,  baptized  in  1723,  died  in  1747. 

e.  Eleanor  Schenck,  married  Garret  Couwenhoven. 

f.  Hendrick  Schenck,  married  Catharine  Holmes. 

g.  Engeltje  Schenck,  bom  1732,  died  young. 

h.  Teuntje  (Antonia)  Schenck,  married  Jonathan 
Holmes. 


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(10)  Teimtje  Hendrickson,  married  Jonathan  Holmes 
and  had  children : 

a.  Obadiah  Hohnes,  died  unmarried. 

b.  Joseph  Holmes,  married  Sarah  Mott. 

c.  Daniel  Holmes,  bom  in  1 721,  married  Leah  New- 
bold. 

d.  Jonathan  Holmes,  bom  in  1722,  married  Sarah 
Potter. 

e.  John  Holmes,  married  in  1764  Catharine  Brown. 

f.  Alice  Holmes,  bom  in  1730,  married  John  Van 
Brakle. 

g.  Catharine  Holmes,  bom  in  1731,  married  Hen- 
drick  Schenck. 

h.  JMary  Holmes, 
i.  James  Holmes, 
j.     William  Holmes. 

(11)  Jana>^ye  (Jannetje  or  Jane)  Hendrickson,  mar- 
ried Roelef  Couwenhoven,  bom  March  i,  1712,  son  of 
Jacob  Couwenhoven,  by  marriage  license  bearing  date 
August  12,  1741.  Signed  by  Governor  Lewis  Morris 
of  New  Jersey.     They  had  children : 

a.  Sarah  Couwenhoven,  baptized  August  12,  1742, 
married  in  1763  Benjamin  Van  Cleaf. 

b.  Daniel  Couwenhoven,  baptized  January  15,  1744. 

c.  Catrina   Couwenhoven,    baptized    February    16, 
1746;  married  David  Vanderveer  and  had  a  son: 

I.  Timis  Vanderveer,  who  married  Margaret  Du 
Bois,  daughter  of  Rev.  Benjamin  Du  Bois. 

After  the  death  of  Roelof  or  Ruliph  Couwenhoven, 
Jannetje  Hendrickson  Couwenhoven  married 
in  1747  Peter  Couwenhoven,  widower,  whose 
first  wife  was  Jannetje  Van  Nostrandt,  and  had 
children : 

d.  Roelof  Couwenhoven,  bom  December  27,  1748. 

e.  Jannetje  Couwenhoven,  bom  June  i,  1751,  mar- 
ried John  Walter. 

f.  Antje    Couwenhoven,    baptized    September    30, 
1753,  married  Garret  J.  Couwenhoven. 


194  THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY 

g.     Leah  Couwenhoven,  married  John  Van  Cleaf ,  son 
-     of  Benjamin  Van  Cleaf. 
h.     Francyntje    Couwenhoven,    baptized    March    7, 

1762,  married  William  Nicholas, 
i.     Neeltje  Couwenhoven,  baptized  June  17,  1759. 
dll.     Mayke  Van  Dyke,  married  April  21,  1694,  Johannes 
Daniels  Richon.     They  had  a  daughter: 
(i)     Teuntji  Richon,  who  married  Dr.  John  Van  Biu-en, 
Jr.     They  had  a  son,  John  Van  Buren. 
dYll.     Jan  Van  Dyke,  bom  about  1680,  died  December  8, 
1764,  married  on  Jime  6,  1706,  Anna  Verkerk,  daughter 
of  Roelof  VerKerk  or  Van  Kerk.     Their  descendants 
are  stated  in  Chapter  IX. 
dW.     Captain  Mattys  Van  Dyke,  baptized  November  4, 
1683,  died  May  4,  1749.     In  1708  he  bought  from  the 
heirs  of  Achais  Van  Dyke  a  farm,  and  on  May  23,  1712, 
he  bought  from  the  heirs  of  Col.  Van  Cortlandt,  land  at 
Red  Hook,  Brooklyn,  where  he  lived  in  a  fine  stone 
mansion.     This  property  was  on  Gowanus  Bay  opposite 
Governor's  Island.     According   to   Stiles's   History   of 
Brooklyn,  at  page  61,  Mattys  Van  Dyke  conveyed  this 
Red  Hook  estate  to  his  son  John,  who  is  mentioned  as 
one  of  his  father's  Executors  in  his  will  proved  April 

10,  1749.  His  son  John  also  received  his  silver  hilted 
Sword.  When  John  Van  Dyke  died,  he  devised  this 
estate  to  his  sons  Nicholas  and  Matthias,  who  in  1784 
divided  it  between  them.  In  Yovce  s  American  Archives, 
Vol.  V,  p.  480,  is  an  interesting  letter,  bearing  date  June 

11,  1776,  written  by  Major  Samuel  Shaw  of  the  Revolu- 
tionary army  to  his  family,  in  which  he  states  that  he  is 
stationed  at  Red  Hook  in  a  fort  named  Defiance  and 
says:   "There  are  two  famihes  here  Mr.  Van  Dyke  and 

his  son  ,  good  staunch  \\'higs,  and  very  clever 

folks,  between  whom  and  our  people  a  very  pleasant 
intercourse  subsists.  I  rode  out  with  the  young  man 
about  a  week  ago  to  a  place  called  Flushing,  sixteen  miles 
off,  where,  and  in  most  of  the  country  towns  about,  the 
Tories  from  the  citv  have  taken  shelter — scarce  a  house 


THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY  195 

we  rode  by,  but  Mr.  Van  Dyke  would  say  'There  lives 
a  rascally  "Tory."'  He  is  on  the  "Roll  of  the  military 
officers  of  King's  County  March  25,  1728;  Captains: 
Rutgert  Van  Brunt,  Jan  Amerman,  Mattys  Van  Dyke," 
as  recorded  in  the  Historical  Documents  of  the  State  of 
New  York,  vol.  Ixviii.,  page  62.     He  married  Angenietje 

,  and  had  children: 

(Ai)     John  Van   Dyke,  married   Margaretta   Folkers. 
Children: 

(a)  Matthias  Van  Dyke. 

(b)  Nicholas  Van  Dyke,  married  in  July,  1769 
Ehzabeth  Van  Brtmt,  bom  September  9,  1747, 
daughter  of  Albert  Van  Brunt.     Children: 

Albert  Van  Dyke  of  Red  Hook,  bom  August  25,  1774, 
married  December  8,  1803,  Jane  Wyckoff,  bom  May  3, 
17S1;  children: 
(i)     Nicholas  Van  Dyke,  bom  July  29,  1805,  married, 

first  Margaret  Emmans  on  February  7,  1829.    They 

had  no  children.     He  married  second  on  November 

4,  1833,  Sarah  Eldert;  children: 

(i)     Albert  N.  Van  Dyke,  bom  September  18,  1834. 

(ii)     Henry  Eldert  Van  Dyke,  bom  June  9,  1836. 

(iii)  Jane  Wyckoff  Van  Dyke,  bom  July  16,  1838, 
married  D.  Lott  Suydam;  children: 

(a)  Sarah  Eldert  Suydam  married  Stephen  Voor- 
hees;  children:  Jacobus,  Jennie  and  Stephen. 

(b)  Nicholas  Van  Dyke  Suydam. 

(c)  Jerome  Suydam. 

(d)  Harriet  Suydam,  married  Rev.  Frederick 
Pollard  of  Valley  Stream,  L.  I.;  children;  Wini- 
fred, Florence,  Frederick  and  Edwin. 

(iv)  Sarah  Maria  Van  Dyke,  bom  September  17, 
1840,  married  Lewis  Harvey  Smith;  children: 

(a)  Lewis  Harvey  Smith,  married  Harriet  Bergen 
of  Flushing,  L.  I,;  children:  Mabel  and 
Sadie. 

(b)  Sarah  Elizabeth  Smith,  married  Walter  D. 
Strang  and  removed  to  Pennsylvania;   children: 


196  THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY 

a.  Ada  Strang,  married  Walter  Jones  of  Hun- 
tington, L.  I. 

b.  George  Strang. 

c.  Walter  Strang. 

(c)  Cornelia  Van  Dyke  Smith,  married  Samuel 
Bennett  of  Gravesend,  L.  I. ;  son:  Gerald  Bennett. 

(d)  Harry  Van  Dyke  Smith,  married  Hannah 
Simonson  of  Springfield,  L.  I.;  children;  Harry, 
Sarah  and  Evelyn. 

(e)  Samuel  Smith,  married  Florence  McMongall. 

(f)  Grace  May  Van  Dyke  Smith. 

(v)  Peter  Wyckofif  Van  Dyke,  married  Mary 
Brouwer.  Their  son  Albert  Van  Dyke,  married 
Harriet  Carr  of  Huntington,  L.  I.,  and  have 
children:     Esther  and  AJice. 

(vi)  Cornelia  Eldert  Van  Dyke,  bom  April  i8,  1848, 
married  in  1870  Henry  Buffett;  children: 

(a)  Alfred  Buffett,  bom  July  14,  1875,  died  young. 

(b)  Eliphaz  BufTett,  bom  November  9,  1879, 
married  February  2,  1910,  Phebe  L.  Williamson. 

(c)  Lillian  E.  Buffett  bom  July  28,  1885,  died 
young. 

(d)  Van  Dyke  Buffett,  bom  April  11,  1892. 

(2)  Ryme  Van  Dyke,  bom  September  19,  1807,  mar- 
ried Samuel  Lott  on  September  20,  1826;  children: 
(i)     Albert  Van  Dyke  Lott,  bom  September  2,  1827. 
(ii)     Joanna  H.  Lott,  bom  October  20,  1829. 

(iii)     John  Lott,  bom  September  29,  1833. 

(3)  Peter  Van  Dyke,  bom  October  17,  1809,  married 
January  24,  1833,  Ruth  Hendrickson;  children: 

(i)     Catharine  Van  Dyke,  bom  September  9,  1S33. 
(ii)     Jane    Wyckoff    Van  Dyke,   bom    Febmary   7, 

1835- 

2.  Agnes  Van  Dyke,  married  John  Thorn  Carpenter. 

3.  Ehzabeth  Van  Dyke,  married  Joseph  Mead. 

4.  Jane  Van  Dyke,  married  John  Griswold. 

5.  Ellen  Van  Dyke,  married  John  Reade  or  Reed;  no 
children. 


THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY  197 

6.  Margaret  Van  Dyke,  bom  April  5,  1780,  died  unmar- 
ried. 

7.  John  Van  Dyke. 

(A2)     Catharine   Van    Dyke,   married   Hendrick   Van 

Barre. 
(A3)     Teuntje  Van  Dyke,  married  Folkert  Van  Hosen. 
(A4)     Jannetje  Van  Dyke. 

(A5)     jMaria  Van  Dyke,  married  WilHam  Bermet. 
(A6)     Mayke  Van  Dyke. 
(A7)     Engeltie  Van  Dyke. 
(A8)     Margrietje  Van  Dyke. 
d\.   Angennetj  Van  Dyke,  baptized  April  29,  1686,  mar- 
ried Seymon  or  Simon  De  Hart  and  had  a  son:   Simon 
Van   Dyke    De   Hart,   married    Tryntje  or  Catharine 
Schenck,  daughter  of  Roelof  Schenck  and  Geesie  Hen- 
drickson  his  wife,  daughter  of  Daniel  Hendrickson  and 
Catharine  Van  Dyke  his  wife  before  mentioned  in  this 
book.     Their  children  were: 

a.  Simon  De  Hart,  died  in  1 769. 

b.  Geesie  De  Hart,  bom  Febmary  4,   1744,  married 
Simon  Bergen,  son  of  Johannes  Bergen. 
Catharine  Schenck  De  Hart  married  second  in  July, 
1749,  Peter  Couwenhoven,  also  called  Conover. 

dVI.     Jennetje  Van  Dyke,  married  Captain  Rutgers  Van 
Brunt,  and  had  children; 
(i)     John  Van  Bmnt,  married  January  19,  1745,  Sarah 

Bergen,  daughter  of  Jacob  Bergen  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y., 

and  had  children : 

(i)     Rutgert  Van  Brunt. 

(ii)     Jacob  Van  Brunt. 
\2)     Aeltje  Van  Brunt,  baptized  April  22,   1712,  died 

October  i,  1776,  married  December  22,  1733,  Nicholas 

Stillwell  of  Gravesend   (near  Coney  Island),  N.  Y. ; 

children : 

(i)     Richard  Stillwell,  baptized  September  22,  1734. 

(ii)     Jannetje  Stillwell,  baptized  March  19,  1738. 

(iii)     Ida  StillweU,  baptized  March  19,  1738. 

(iv)     Joost  StillweU,  baptized  December  23,  1742. 


198  THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY 

(v)     Nicholas  Stillwell,  baptized  January  3,  1745. 

(vi)     Rutgert  Stillwell,  baptized  June  11,  1747. 

(vii)     Catharine  Stillwell,  baptized  June  7,  1751. 
(,3)     Teuntje  Van  Brunt,  married  May  18,  1743,  Dennis 

Denyse  of  New  Utrecht,  N.  Y. ;  children: 

(i)     Rutgent  Denyse,  died  young. 

(ii)     Jacques  Denyse. 

(iii)     Garret  Denyse. 

(iv)  Rime  Denyse,  born  in  1749,  married  James 
Stewart. 

(v)     Jane  Denyse,  bom  in  1762,  married  Hugh  Smith. 
(,4)     Tryntje    Van    Brunt,    married   John    Rapalje,    a 

RoyaHst  in  the  Revolution. 
(5)     Maria  Van  Bnint,  married  April,  1737,  Joris  Lett. 

Children : 

(i)     John  Lott,  bom  in  1738,  married  Aeltje  Rapalje. 

(2)  Jeannett  Lott,  married  September  24,  1763, 
Nicholas  Cowenhoven. 
dYll.  Catleyntje  Van  Dyke,  married  Garret  Keteltas, 
baptized  August  27,  1680,  son  of  Jan  Evertson  Keteltas 
and  Aeltje  Schepmors  his  wife.  They  had  according  to 
the  N.  Y.  Gen.  and  Bio.  Record,  vol.  36,  the  following 
children : 
(i)     John  Keteltas,  baptized  Febmary  3,  1712. 

(2)  Aeltje  Keteltas,  baptized  July  18,  1714. 

(3)  Catharina  Keteltas,  baptized  October  24,  1717, 
married  on  March  15,  1749,  ComeHus  Clopper. 

(4)  Abraham  Keteltas,  baptized  March  11,  1719. 

(5)  Pieter  Keteltas,  baptized  August  3,  1721. 

(6)  Jannetje  Keteltas,  baptized  February  i,  1727. 

(7)  Margareta  Keteltas,  baptized  January  22,  1724, 
married  on  April  17,  1753,  Hendricus  Clopper  and 
had  children : 

(i)  Annetje  Clopper,  baptized  February  6,  1754, 
married  John  Copp  on  March  27,  1772. 

(ii)     Hendricus  Clopper,  bom  in  1755,  died  young. 

(iii)  Margareta  Clopper,  bom  February  25,  1761, 
married  Lawrence  Proudfoot. 


THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY  199 

(iv)  Garret  Clopper,  baptized  October  6,  1756,  mar- 
ried Penelope  Miller,  daughter  of  Colonel  Stephen 
Miller,  a  Loyalist  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  and 
Hannah  Dyer  his  wife  of  Plymouth,  Mass.,  a  de- 
scendant of  John  Rowland,  a  passenger  on  the 
Mayflower.  They  had  children,  all  bom  at  Fred- 
erickton,  Province  of  New  Brunswick,  as  follows: 

(a)  Henr>'  G.  Clopper,  bom  April  25,  1792,  mar- 
ried Mary  Ann  Ketchum,  daughter  of  Richard 
Ketchum,  a  Loyalist  of  Long  Island,  N.  Y.  They 
had  children : 

(i)     Margaret  EHzabeth  Clopper,  married  G.  P. 

Peters, 
(ii)     Frances   M.   Clopper,   baptized   December 

20,  1827. 
(iii)     George  Botsford  Clopper. 

(b)  Sarah  Hails  Clopper,  bom  in  1795. 

(c)  Margaret  Ann  Clopper,  bom  in  1798. 

(d)  Garret  Williams  Clopper,  bom  in  1800,  died 
in  a  duel  in  Washington,  D.  C. 

(e)  Penelope  Clopper,  died  young. 

(f)  Lucy  Ann  Clopper,  married  on  July  31,  1824, 
Hon.  Charles  Simonds. 

dVlll.  Eva  Van  Dyke,  according  to  Bergen's  Early 
Settlers  of  Kvig's  County,  married  Steven  Coerte  Voor- 
hees,  and  had  sons  John  and  Coerte  and  five  daughters. 


CHAPTER  IX 


JAN  VAN  DYKE. 


VANDYKE  HOMESTEAD —PRlnnTOH 


'AN  VAN  DYKE,  son  of  Jan  Janse 

Van  Dyke,  born  about  1680,  died 

December  8, 1764,  married  on  June 

6,  1706,  Anna  Verkerk,  daughter  of 

Roelof  Jansen  Verkerk,  who  was 

bom  June  6,   1654,  in   Buren   in 

Gelderland  and  came  to  America 

in  1663,  in  the  ship  Rosetree  from 

Buren,  with  his  father  Jan  Janse 

Verkerk  or  Verkerken  (son  of  John  Verkerk),  who  was  a 

magistrate  from  1679  to  1684.     Jan  Janse  Verkerk  married 

Mayke  Gisberts;  their  children  were: 

(i)     Roelof  Jansen  Verkerk,  who  married  August  7,  1681, 
Catharine  Simons. 

(ii)     Jan  Janse  Verkerk,  Jr.,  who  married  Gertie . 

(iii)     Aert  Verkerk,  married  Gratiose . 

(iv)     Barent  Verkerk,  married  in   1689  Rachel  Van  de 

Grift. 
(v)     Geertie  Verkerk,   married   November  2,    1683,   Jan 

Dircksz  Van  VHet. 
(vi)     Baronje  Verkerk. 

Roelof  Jansen  Verkerk  and  Catharine  Simons  his  wife 
occupied  a  large  stone  house  on  the  main  road  of  New 
Utrecht. 

In  1700  he  was  Lieutenant  "of  the  Troop  of  Horse  in  ye 
said  Regiment  (Kings  County  New  York  280  men)  Dan 
PoDiemus  Captain;  Roelof  Verkerk  Lieut;  Jerominus  Remse, 


THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY  201 

Garnet,  Gysbert  Bayard,  Quartermaster,"  as  shown  in  N.  Y. 

State  Historian's  Report  for  1896.     They  had  children: 

(i)     Annetje  Verkerk,  bom  October  29,  1682,  died  young. 

(ii)     Annetje  or  Anna  Verkerk,  baptized  January  20,  1684, 

died  June  27,  1 754,  married  June  6,  1 706,  Jan  Van  Dyke. 

(iii)     Sybrech  Verkerk,  baptized  May  4,   1695,  married 

William  Van  Duyn  of  Somerville,  N.  J. 
(iv)     Mayke  or   Mary  Verkerk,  married,  first,  Nicholas 
Van  Brunt,  son  of  Nicholas  Rutgers  Van  Brunt,  and  had 
children:  Nicholas,  Roelof,  and  Jacques.     She  married, 
second,  Samuel  Groenendyck. 
(v)     Jannetje  Verkerk,  married  Hendrick  C.  Kuypers. 
(vi)     Sarah  Verkerk,  married  Hendrick  Emans. 

(vii)     Jan  Roelof s  Verkerk,  married,   first,  Elsje  ; 

second,  Annetje ,  who  had  a  daughter  Lea  Verkerk, 

baptized  in  New  Utrecht  in   1741,  married  Cornelius 
Van  Der  Veer,  who  was  bom  December  5,  1 731,  son  of 
Cornelius  Van  Der  Veer  and  a  descendant  of  Cornelius 
Janse  Vanderveer  who  came  from  Holland  to  America 
in  1659. 
Jan  Van  Dyke  and  Anna  Verkerk  his  wfe  resided  at 
Maplestown,  about  three  miles  from  Spotswood,  Middlesex 
Coimty,  N.  J.,  where  he  owned  2135  acres  of  land  as  shown 
by  his  will  which  was  recorded  in  the  office  of  the  Sec- 
retary of  State  at  Trenton,  N.  J.,  on  June  28,  1765.     In 
a    "List    of    the    militia    under    the    command    of    Coll. 
Thos:   Harmar  in  the  year   1715   New  Jersey,"   recorded 
in  Colonial  Records,  vol.  Lx.,  page  72,  in   Sixth  Company, 
Peter  Demont,  Captain,  are  found  the  names  of  privates 
Abra.  Van  Veghte  and  Derick  Van  Veghte,  and  in  Fifth 
Company  of  same  regiment  is  found  the  name  of  our  ancestor, 
"private  Jno.  Vandike."     When  New  Bnmswick,  N.  J.,  was 
first  settled  in  1681  it  was  called  "Prigmore's  Swamp."     It 
increased  in  size  and  importance  and  was  incorporated  as  a 
city  on  December  30,  1730,  by  charter  of  King  George  II. 
Its  first  Mayor  was  Thomas  Farmer  and  John  Van  Dyke  was 
one  of  the  first  Aldermen. 

In  his  win  he  mentions  his  wife  Ann  and  appoints  her 


202  THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY 

executrix  and  all  his  "sons  named  John,  Ruloef,  Mathias, 
Simon,  Isaac  and  Jacob  Executors."  He  gives  a  farm  to 
his  eldest  son  John  and  also  his  "  silver  tankard  which  is 
marked  with  the  first  letters  of  my  name  in  a  cipher. "  He 
then  gives  a  farm  to  each  of  his  sons  Ruloef,  Mathias,  Simon, 
and  Isaac  and  makes  bequests  of  money  to  each  of  his  three 
daughters  Tuentje,  Catharine  and  Ann.  Some  pieces  of 
the  family  silver  and  the  family  Bible  are  in  the  possession  of 
the  family  of  Rev.  J.  Addison  Henry,  D.D.,  of  Philadelphia. 
The  old  Dutch  Bible  came  into  the  possession  of  Rev.  Dr. 
Henry  from  his  father  who  obtained  it  in  the  following  fortu- 
nate way.  Upon  the  death  of  Mrs.  Catharine  Rue,  widow  of 
WnHam  M.  Rue,  an  old  Dutchman  bought  the  Bible  at  an 
auction  sale  of  property  of  the  estate  for  three  dollars  and 
upon  discovering  the  family  record  in  it  spoke  to  Mr.  Henry 
to  whom  he  offered  to  sell  it  for  the  amount  he  had  paid  for 
it.  It  is  a  beautiful  old  book  bound  in  brown  leather  with 
heavy  silver  clasps  and  comers. 

Mr.  Robert  Bayles,  brother  of  W.  Harrison  Bayles  some 
years  ago  searched  for  and  found  the  burial  place  of  this 
branch  of  the  Van  Dyke  family  in  an  old  cemetery  near  Ten 
Mile  Run  not  far  from  Rocky  Hill,  N.  J.,  and  said  that  "after 
crossing  the  MiUstone  River  at  Griggstown  you  climb  a 
steep  hill  from  the  top  of  which  you  get  a  fine  view  of  the 
valley  with  the  Neshanic  and  Blawenberg  Mountains  in  the 
distance.  The  cemetery  is  on  the  left  going  to  Ten  Mile 
Run  and  is  on  or  near  the  land  which  Jan  Van  Dyke  left  by 
his  will  to  his  son  Jacob  Van  Dyke  and  where  both  he  and 
his  son  and  their  wives  are  buried. "  Captain  Jacob  Van 
Dyke  died  in  1808. 

The  children  of  Jan  Van  Dyke  and  Anna  Verkerk  his  wife 
were: 

I.  Teuntji  Van  Dyke,  bom  April  18,  1707,  married,  first, 
Johannes  Emans,  son  of  Andries  Emans,  Jr.  and 
Rebecca  Van  Cleef,  bom  at  Gravesend,  L.  I.  about  1700, 
died  March  24,  1752.  In  1729  John  Emans  inherited 
from  his  father,  according  to  his  will  recorded  in  L.  10, 
page  34  in  N.  Y.  County,  six  hundred  acres  of  land  in 


THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY  203 

Readington,  Hunterdon  County,  New  Jersey,  and 
removed  there  with  his  family.  His  will  probated  May 
18,  1752,  is  recorded  in  Liber  7.  of  Wills  at  Trenton, N.  J. 
The  children  of  Jan.  Emans  and  Teuntji  Van  Dyke  his 
wife  were: 

(i)  Andries  Emans,  1 728-1 786,  married  in  1752  Sarah 
Van  Duyn,  daughter  of  William  Van  Duyn  and 
Sybrech  Ver  Kerk,  daughter  of  Roelof  Ver  Kerk  and 
Catharine  Simons  and  sister  of  Anna  Ver  Kerk,  wife 
of  Jan  Van  Dyke.     They  had  children : 

(a)  Anna  Emans  baptized  September  16,  1753. 

(b)  Catharine  Emans,  bom  January  25,  1756,1  and 
baptized  at  the  Reformed  Church  at  Readington, 
N.  J.,  married  October  8,  1772,  Abraham  Smalley, 
1 748-1 809,  of  Harris  Lane,  Piscataway,  N.  J.,  son 
of  Andrew  Smalley  and  Agnes  Couill,  bom  May  2, 
1748,  died  October  20,  1809.  In  her  will  bearing 
date  January  13,  1830,  recorded  with  Middlesex 
wills  at  Trenton,  N.  J.,  Catharine  Emans  Smalley 
left  her  Family  Bible  to  her  oldest  daughter  Sarah, 
wife  of  Richard  CouiU,  and  her  portrait  to  her 
youngest  daughter  Margaret,  wife  of  Enos  L. 
Blue.  The  Bible  is  now  in  possession  of  Abner 
Smalley  Couill  of  New  Market,  N.  J.,  yovmgest  son 
of  Sarah  Couill,  and  the  portrait  is  in  the  possession 
of  Franklin  Langstaff,  grandson  of  Margaret  Blue. 
Abraham  Smalley  and  Catharine  Emans  his  wife 
had  children: 

(i)  Sarah  Smalley,  born  April  8,  1774,  married, 
Richard  Couill,  son  of  Abraham  Couill  and 
Esther  Heth;  children: 

(a)  Ira  Smalley  Couill,  bom  January'  24,  1799; 
died  March  12,  1864;  married  June  15,  1820, 
Jane  Manning  Boice,  daughter  of  David  Boice 
and  Elizabeth  Covert  and  granddaughter  of 
Cornelius  Boice  and  Jane  Couill.  Their  daugh- 
ter Eliza  Boice  Couill,  bom  May  16,  1831, 
died  April  19,   1900,  married  March  5,    1853, 


204  THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY 

John  Finney,  son  of  John  Finney  of  Fairfield 
County,  Conn. ;  children : 

1.  Emma  Delia  Finney,  bom  May  27,  1855, 
at  Middlebush,  N.  J.,  married  January  i, 
1878,  Ashbel  Welch,  Jr.,  son  of  Ashbel 
Welch  and  Mary  Hannah  Seabrook,  bom  in 
Lambertville,  N.  J.,  February  5^1854;  son: 
Ashbel  Russell  Welch,  bom  July  17,  1879; 
Graduated  from  Yale  in  1901 ;  married  April 
7,  1906,  Hedelind  Elsa  Beck,  daughter  of 
Capt.  Louis  Constantine  Beck  and  Caroline 
Storrs  Hopkins,  bom  at  Stuttgart,  Germany, 
January  22,  1882.  Their  daughter  Hede- 
lind Elizabeth  Welch  was  bom  at  Harworth, 
Bergen  County,  N.  J.,  on  December  21, 
1909. 

2.  AmeHa  Adelaide  Finney,  married  June 
17,  1886,  Albert  Duy  Anderson,  son  of 
John  A.  Anderson  and  Cornelia  Cors'ell ; 
children:  John  Anderson,  bora  January  21, 
1S88. 

Albert  Duy  Anderson,  Jr.,  bom  April    17, 
1890. 

3.  Ida  May  Finney,  died  unmarried. 

4.  Sarah  ZeHa  Finney. 

5.  Louise  Clark  Finney,  married  April  13, 
1 893,  Frank  Anderson  Merrick  of  New  Hope, 
Pa.,  son  of  Stephen  Merrick  and  Mary 
Walton.     Children. 

John  Finney  Merrick,  bom   December  ;})'C^, 
1894. 

Lester  Finney  Merrick,  bom  April  4,  i89v5. 
Sara   Finney    Merrick,    bom    February    14, 
1898. 
(b)     Deborah  Couill,  bom  Febmary  25,  1801,  married 
John  Stanford. 


THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY  205 

(c)  Catharine  Smalley  Couill,  bom  March  11, 
1805,  married  William  B.  Fisher  of  lUinois. 

(d)  Richard  R.  Couill,  bom  December  i,  1808, 
married  first  Margaret  Eliot,  second  Sarah 
Peterson. 

(e)  Abraham  Smalley  Couill,  1811-1830. 

(f)  Sarah  Ann  Couill,  bom  October  12,  1814. 

(g)  Andrew  Smalley  Couill,  bom  October  8, 
1815,  married  Mary  Job.  ^ 

(h)  Abner  Smalley  Couill,  bom  November  1 1 , 
1820,  married  first,  Margaret  Giles,  second, 
Catharine  Blue. 

(2)  Abner  Smalley,  bom  November  4,  1775. 

(3)  EHzabeth    Smalley,    bom    August    2,    1777, 
married  Jacob  Sebring. 

(4)  Andrew  Smalley,  bom  Febmary  7,  1779,  died 
young. 

(5)  John  Smalley,  bom  October  15,  1780,  married 
Mary  Smock. 

(6)  Isaac  Smalley,  bom  August  7,  1782,  married 
Margaret  Stetle. 

(7)  Mary  SmaUey,  bom  March  25,  1784,  married 
Dr.  Isaac  CouiU. 

(8)  Rachel  SmaUey,  bom  November  7,  1785,  died 
young. 

(9)  David  Smalley,  bom  September  5,  1787,  mar- 
ried EHzabeth  Vermule. 

(ic)     Abraham  Smalley,  bom  June  15,  1789. 

(11)  Anna   Smalley,    bom    December   11,    1790, 
married  Ephraim  F.  Randolph. 

(12)  Susanna  Smalley,  bora  July   13,   1793,  died 
young. 

(13)  Andrew  Smalley,  bora  May  22,  1795. 

(14)  Abner  Smalley,  bom  June  24,  1797. 

(15)  Margaret  Smalley,  bom  January  24,   1800, 
married  Enos  L.  Blue. 

(c)     Andrew  Emans,  son  of  Andrew  Emans,   born 
October  24,  1786. 


206  THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY 

(d)     William  Emans. 
(ii)     Rebecca   Emans,    daughter   of   Jan    Emans   and 

Teuntje  Van  Dyke,  married  Dyck  Low. 
(iii)     Jan  Emans,  baptized  January  31,  1731,  at  Read- 

ington  Dutch  Reformed  Church, 
(iv)     Anna  Emans,  baptized  January  7,  1733. 
(v)     Jacobus  Emans,  bom  October  26,  1735. 
(vi)     Sarah  Emans,  baptized  June  4,  1 741. 
(vii)     Abraham  Emans  baptized  January  29,  1743. 
(viii)     Jacob  Emans,  baptized  March  23,  1746. 

II.  Catrinaor  Catharine  Van  Dyke,  bom  April  12,  1708, 
married  Gerardus  Christophe  Beekman,  baptized 
August  6,  1707,  son  of  Christopher  Beekman  and  Mary 
De  Lanoy  already  mentioned  on  page  55.  They  had 
children : 

(i)  Christopher  Beekman,  bom  in  1 730,  died  November 
16,  1829,  married  Martha  Veghte,  daughter  of  Cap- 
tain Garret  Veghte. 

(ii)  Gerardus  Beekman,  bom  in  1735,  died  in  1821, 
married  Aeltje  Griggs. 

(iii)  Abraham  Beekman,  bom  July  27,  1739,  died 
March  25,  1817,  married  May  3,  1776,  Ann  Voorhees. 

(iv)  Mary  Beekman,  bom  in  1733,  died  in  1809,  mar- 
ried Thomas  Skillman. 

(v)     Ann  Beekman,  married  Garret  Voorhees. 

(vi)  Catharine  Beekman,  married,  first,  Joseph  Van- 
derveer;  second,  Jacques  Johnson. 

(vii)     Magdalena  Beekman,  married  John  Van  Dyke. 

(viii)     ComeHa   Beekman,    married   on    December   9, 
1775,  Abraham  Stryker. 
The  descendants  of  Gerardus  Christopher  Beekman 

and  Catharine  Van  Dyke  have  already  been  stated  in 

Chapter  III. 

III.  Jan  Van  Dyke,  bom  November  5,  1709,  at  New 
Utrecht,  L.  I.  He  lived  in  New  Bmnswick,  N.  J.; 
died  June  28,  1778,  in  the  battle  of  Monmouth  in  the 
War  of  the  Revolution  in  which  he  was  a  private  in 
Captain    Peter    D.    Vroom's    company,    2d    Battalion, 


THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY  207 

Somerset  County,  New  Jersey,  militia,  under  Colonel 
Abraham- Quick.  He  married,  first,  on  January  25, 
1732,  Margaretta  Barcolo  or  Barcalow,  who  died  July 
5,  1749.     They  had  children: 

1 .  Anna  Van  Dyke. 

2.  Charity  Van  Dyke. 

3.  Col.  John  Van  Dyke,  bom  April  17,  1747. 

;OHN  VAN  DYKE,  bom  April  17,  1747, 
married  Rebecca  Van  Dyke,  his  first 
cousin,  daughter  of  Roelof  Van  Dyke  and 
Catharine  Emans  his  wife.  They  lived 
in  the  old  Van  Dyke  homestead  at 
Harlingen,  N.  J.,  built  about  1758  by 
Roelof  Van  Dyke.  Colonel  John  Van  Dyke  was  a  Colonel 
in  the  British  army  at  the  time  of  the  Revolution  and 
remained  true  to  his  colors  although  all  the  members  of  his 
family  were  on  the  American  side.  It  is  said  that  when  the 
Americans  were  piirsuing  the  redcoats,  British  troops  were 
concealed  in  the  cellar  of  his  house  and  that  Colonel  Ragley 
met  a  tragic  death  there  and  that  the  house  has  the  distinc- 
tion of  being  haunted  by  his  ghost  and,  although  he  has  not 
been  seen  by  mortal  eyes,  one  may  hear  on  certain  nights 
creaky  sounds  as  he  walks  with  a  clanking  military  tread. 
The  house  sets  back  from  the  highway  according  to  the 
Dutch  custom  and  it  is  a  large  substantial  stmcture.  In  its 
stately  rooms  and  before  its  large  open  fireplaces  hospitality 
has  been  dispensed  by  several  generations  of  the  Van  Dyke 
family  and  since  1857  by  the  Manners  family,  to  one  of 
whom,  Edwin  Manners,  a  distinguished  lawyer  of  Jersey 
City,  the  author  is  indebted  for  the  foregoing  interesting 
story. 

Mrs.  Edwards  Hall,  bom  Margaret  M.  Chambers,  gives 
the  following  very  interesting  description  of  the  old  home- 
stead: "The  house  stood  back  from  the  road,  doubly 
approached  by  a  circular  driveway.  A  broad  foot  path 
bordered  by  boxwood  shmbs  and  great  trees  led  from  the 
road  to  the  entrance.     A  broad  hall  ran  through  the  house  at 


2o8  THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY 

front  and  back.  Heavy  swinging  doors  divided  the  cross- 
ways.  -  At  the  right  as  one  enters  is  the  dining-room  in  which 
were  built  two  large  handsomely  carved  cupboards.  At  the 
left  is  the  parlor.  One  of  the  dozen  chairs  of  the  furnishings 
of  that  sunny  parlor  came  to  me  by  inheritance  and  to  my 
daughter  Charlotte  after  me  by  the  will  of  Mrs.  Rebecca  Van 
Dyke  Lane  of  Princeton,  N.  J.,  who  was  a  daughter  of  John 
Van  Dyke  youngest  child  of  Colonel  John  Van  Dyke.  After 
her  father's  early  death  she  was  taken  by  her  aunts  Kate  and 
Sally  Ann  and  brought  up  in  this  historic  house.  In  each  of 
these  rooms  were  large  open  fireplaces  and  high  chimney 
shelves. 

"Grandmother  Margaret  Van  Dyke  Houghton  told  me 
some  of  the  stories  that  her  father  Col.  John  Van  Dyke  used 
to  tell  her.  He  was  at  Fort  Duquesne  (now  Pittsburgh)  and 
at  Fort  Ticonderoga.  When  first  he  saw  the  French  and 
the  Indians  in  war  paint  coming,  his  knees  knocked  and  he 
trembled  in  every  limb — but  the  instant  the  first  bullet 
whizzed  by  he  rushed  fearlessly  at  the  enemy. 

"When  the  storm  of  Revolution  finally  broke,  it  cast  its 
awful,  its  double  gloom  on  this  happy  homestead.  'Col. 
John'  had  a  moral  battle  to  face.  Had  he  not  sworn  his 
allegiance  to  the  crown  of  England  in  the  Colonial  war?  Here 
was  his  countr\',  kindred,  friends,  his  home,  his  devoted  wife 
and  their  Httle  ones.  Did  he  not  owe  them  allegiance.'' 
These  tore  at  his  heart-strings,  but  that  solemn  oath  which 
his  inflexible  conscience  forbade  him  to  violate  triumphed. 
In  vain  all  who  loved  him,  zealous  patriots  aU,  pleaded.  They 
were  bound  by  no  oath.  For  him  he  could  see  his  duty  in  no 
other  way.  'Well  John,'  said  his  father  sadly,  'if  you  must 
go  to  the  British  deed  back  this  place  to  me.'  'Yes, 
father,'  said  the  son,  'on  condition  you  will  deed  it  to  my 
wife  and  children,  if  I  never  come  back.'  Col.  John  Van 
Dyke  although  he  kept  his  oath  served  in  the  naval  service 
in  preference  to  duty  on  land.  Once  he  came  to  the  New 
Jersey  coast.  Grandmother  told  me  of  the  excitement  in 
the  home,  when  his  message  came  to  meet  him  on  the  coast. 
Jack  a  faithful  slave  soon  had  the  covered  carnage  at  the 


THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY  209 

doer.  She  went  too  on  that  long  drive  across  New  Jersey  to 
meet  her  father.  -  He  brought  them  beautiful  things  from 
England;  delicacies  that  could  not  be  bought  then  in  this 
country  and  for  her  he  brought  a  red  French  calico  dress. 
On  the  drive  back  to  Harlingen  they  were  halted  at  an 
American  outpost.  It  was  known  that  it  was  Col.  John 
Van  Dyke's  team.  The  goods  were  seized  and  put  up  at 
auction.  It  was  a  very  interested  little  girl  who  watched 
the  proceedings,  heard  her  mother  bid  them  back,  then  pay 
the  money  and  say ;  '  Jack,  drive  on ! '  At  the  next  outpost 
they  passed  the  same  experience  was  repeated,  except  that 
no  red  French  calico  was  captured.  Grandmother  laughed 
merrily  as  she  recalled  how  she  made  sure  of  that,  and  kept 
it  covered  imder  her  arm. 

"As  Somerset  County  lay  in  the  path  of  the  contending 
armies  it  suffered  greatly.  Grandmother  remembered  how 
terror-stricken  they  were  at  the  news:  'The  British  are 
coming.'  They  saw  the  ominous  smoke  from  the  burning 
homes  of  their  neighbors.  Her  mother  had  had  the  Van 
Dyke  silver  buried.  My  own  nurse,  Susan,  knew  the  very 
spot  where  grandfather  Jack  had  buried  it.  Grandmother 
said  that  her  mother  ordered  one  of  the  slaves  to  drive  a  pair 
of  the  colonel's  favorite  horses  into  the  thicket  of  a  near-by 
woods  until  the  British  army  had  passed;  but  neither  man  nor 
horses  were  ever  seen  again.  The  British  came.  The  house 
swarmed  with  them.  Grandmother  Houghton  said,  '  Mother 
was  a  dignified,  handsome  woman,  I  can  see  her  now  as  she 
stood  in  front  of  the  house,  we  children  clinging  to  her,  the 
terrified  slaves  behind  her,  saying  "  I  wish  to  see  the  command- 
ing officer!"  ■  He  dashed  up  on  a  spirited  horse.  I  thought 
his  gorgeous  trappings  of  red  and  gold  were  wondert'ul.  "Sir, " 
she  said,  "  my  husband  Col.  Van  Dyke  is  in  the  British  service. 
I  demand  your  protection ! "  The  officer  thundered  an  awfiil 
oath,  commanding  every  Hessian  to  come  out  or  he  would  run 
him  through  with  his  sword.  Instantly  they  scrambled  out 
of  every  door  and  window.  Then  she  said,  "  Now  sir,  you  and 
your  officers  come  in.  When  my  servants  have  served  you 
they  will  give  what  is  left  to  your  men." ' 


210  THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY 

"Colonel  John  Van  Dyke  was  taken  prisoner  by  the 
Americans  and  confined  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.  His  faithful 
wife  never  rested  until  she  had  him  exchanged  for  an  Ameri- 
can officer  who  was  in  prison  at  New  Brunswick.  I  have  seen 
her  clear  strong  signature  '  Rebecca  Van  Dyke '  in  connection 
with  this  successful  appeal  for  the  freedom  of  her  husband. 
The  papers  are  in  the  State  House  at  Trenton,  N.  J. 

"Grandmother  told  me  she  was  busy  at  her  spinet  that 
awful  twenty-eighth  of  June  1778.  The  heat  was  intense. 
She  heard  the  dreadful  boom,  boom  of  the  cannon  from  the 
battle  of  Monmouth.  A  Whig  paper  of  that  time  described 
it  as  'the  severest  cannonade,  it  is  thought,  ever  happened 
in  America. ' 

"Grandmother  said  it  seemed  to  her  as  if  the  very  earth 
trembled.  Her  grandfather  that  Godly  patriot  'John  Van 
Dyke,  Jr.,  of  New  Jersey,'  gave  his  hfe  that  day  for  his 
country  on  that  bloody  battlefield. 

"After  the  war.  Col.  John  Van  Dyke  remained  sometime 
in  England.  He  was  entertained  by  the  nobility  especially 
by  Lord  Chatham,  Wilham  Pitt  the  younger.  He  resided 
for  a  while  in  Nova  Scotia  and  then  returned  to  his  home  in 
Harlingen.  It  was  spring  time.  His  daughter  Margaret 
had  married,  Major  Abner  Houghton  of  Mount  Rose, 
Hunterdon  County,  N.  J.  She  took  her  Httle  daughter 
Catherine,  my  mother,  with  her  and  drove  over  to  welcome 
her  father  home. 

"That  Col.  Van  Dyke  loved  the  little  children  was  proved 
by  his  gift  of  about  five  acres  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  road 
from  the  Harlingen  Church  for  a  school  and  play-ground  and 
by  the  terms  of  the  deed  prohibited  forever  its  use  for  any  other 
purpose.  He  was  actively  interested  in  education.  His  pub- 
he-spirited  benevolent  life  did  much  to  Hve  down  the  appro- 
brium  of  '  Tory  John,'  and  to  prove  that  he  was  loyalist,  from 
no  lack  of  love  to  his  country  and  kindred,  but  because  he  could 
not  violate  his  oath  of  allegiance  to  the  King  of  England. " 

Col.  John  Van  Dyke,  and  Rebecca  his  wife  had  children 

(Ai)  Margaret  Van  Dyke,  bom  January  17,  1763,  died 
January    19,    1S3S,    married    Major  Abner   Houghton, 


THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY 


bom  October  21,  1754,  died  October  22,  181 7,  son  of 
John  Hough- /H,  whose  family  has  been  mentioned  in 
Chapter  III.  They  are  both  buried  in  the  churchyard 
of  the  Presbyterian  Church  at  Pennington,  N.  J.  The 
following  inscriptions  are  on  their  moniiment  "Abner 
Houghton,  died  October  22,  181 7  aged  63.  "  "Margaret 
Van  Dyke,  widow  of  Abner  Houghton  died  at  Trenton, 
N.  J.,  January-  19,  1838  aged  75  years." 

HE:ABNER  HOUGHTON  home- 
stead at  Mount  Rose  is  described 
by  Margaret  Chambers  Hall  as 
situated  on  high  ground  a  few 
miles  south  of  Hopewell  and 
Northwest  of  Pennington,  N.  J. 
Her  description  as  transcribed  by 
her  daughter  Charlotte  C.  Hall  is 
as  follows : 

"It  was  a  spacious  house  with 
a  wide  center  hall  running  through 
it.  A  private  roadway  led  from 
the  main  road  to  the  house.  I  re- 
member that  there  were  fine  ap- 
ple orchards  on  either  side  of  the  house  while  on  the  right 
side  under  tall  trees  was  a  copious  bubbling  spring  of  clear 
water.  On  each  side  of  the  gate  opening  from  the  road  were 
great  Ulac  bushes,  one  purple  and  one  white.  Roses  climbed 
the  porch,  bordered  the  walks  and  bloomed  in  the  garden. 
I  remember  them,  when  as  a  child  I  visited  Grandma  whose 
namesake  I  was,  great  red  velvet  roses  and  exquisite  pink 
ones.  Mr.  Stansberry,  taught  in  the  old  stone  school  house, 
still  standing  on  the  Hopewell  road.  One  day,  when  Mr. 
Stansberry  called  he  said :  '  Mrs  Houghton  this  place  should 
be  called  Mount  Rose,'  Mount  Rose  it  is  still,  for  a  Httle 
village  with  its  post-office  has  grown  up  around  the  old  home- 
stead. Mother  was  fond  of  fine  horses  and  always  had  them. 
Silver-plated  hubs  came  into  vogue,  so  Major  Abner  Hough- 
ton drove  to  Newark  to  order  a  gig  with  the  new  style  hubs 
for  his  daughters." 


212  THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY 

Major  Abner  Houghton  and  Margaret  Van  Dyke,  his  wife, 
had  children: 

(i)  Catharine  Houghton,  bom  April  2,  1786,  died 
July  5,  i860,  married  Robert  Chambers  of  Trenton, 
N.  J.,  the  son  of  Robert  Chambers  and  Francina 
Reeder  his  wife,  daughter  of  John  Reeder  and  Hannah 
Marchand  his  wife,  a  descendant  of  John  Chambers 
the  Covenanter  who  came  from  Leith,  Scotland,  to 
Perth  Amboy  in  August,  1685.     Children: 

(a)  Abner  Reeder  Chambers,  bom  November  13, 
1822 ;  died  January  23,  1908,  married  Margaret  Ann 
Waydell  of  New  York  City,  bom  April  27,  1826; 
died  April  I,  1906.     Children: 

1.  Catharine  Houghton  Chambers. 

2.  Robert  Chambers,  married  Josephine  Singer. 
Son:   Robert  Augustus  Chambers. 

3.  Margaret  Waydell  Chambers. 

4.  Sarah  Frances  Chambers. 

5.  Abner  Reeder  Chambers,  Jr.,  married  Elinor 
Grier  Patterson,  daughter  of  Rev.  Isaac  M. 
Patterson. 

6.  Elizabeth  Chambers,  married  Robert  OHphant. 
Children: 

a.  Abner  Chambers  Oliphant. 

b.  Sarah  Frances  Oliphant. 

c.  Emma  Coulter  Oliphant. 

d.  Fidelio  Oliphant. 

e.  Roberta  Ohphant. 

f.  Margaret  C.  Oliphant.  y 

7.  Josephine  Chambers. 

(b)  Margaret  M.  Chambers,  married  Dr.  Edwards 
Hall  of  New  York  City,  son  of  Nathaniel  Hall  and 
Hannah  Emerson  his  wife,  daughter  of  Daniel  Emer- 
son and  Amy  Fletcher  his  wife,  and  a  descendant  of 
Sir  Ralph  Emerson,  Knighted  in  1535.     Children: 

1.  Charlotte  Chambers  Hall. 

2.  Sara  Frances  Hall,  married  Dr.  A.  Eugene 
Austin  of  New  York  City. 


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(ii)  Elizabeth  Houghton,  bom  April  13,  1791,  died 
August  4,-1864,  married  Abraham  Christopher  Beek- 
man,  bom  September  29,  1789,  died  February  24, 
1871,  son  of  Christopher  Beekman  and  Martha 
Veghte  his  wife  and  grandson  of  Gerardus  Christopher 
Beekman  and  Catharine  Van  Dyke  his  wife,  daughter 
of  Jan  Van  Dyke  and  Anna  Verkerk  mentioned  in 
Chapter  III.     Children: 

1.  Margaret  Beekman,  died  August  29,  1835. 

2.  Eliza  Beekman,  bom  June  24,  1823,  married 
Frederick  Van  Liew  Voorhees,  son  of  Jacques  Voor- 
hees  also  a  descendant  of  Jan  Thomasse  Van  Dyke, 
through  his  daughter  Angenietje  Van  Dyke. 

3.  Matilda  Beekman,  bom  December  2,  1824,  died 
March  30,   1901,  married  Dr.  Lewis  H.   Mosher. 

4.  Catharine  Beekman,  bom  May  8,  1826,  married 
Hon.  William  B.  Aitken. 

5.  Mary  Scott  Beekman,  bom  January  24,  1830, 
married  May  18,  1853,  Major  Benjamin  T.  Biggs. 

6.  Caroline  Beekman,  bom  March  2,  1832,  died 
July  I,  1900,  married  May  i,  1854,  Hon.  Sewell  C. 
Biggs. 

The  descendants  of  the  children  of  Abraham  C. 
Beekman  have  been  stated  in  Chapter  III. 
(A2)     Henry  Van  Dyke,  married  Ellen  M.  Nevius  of 

Kingston,  N.  J.,  daughter  of  David  Nevius,  and  had 

children : 

(a)  John  Gordon  Van  Dyke  of  Florida. 

(b)  David  Van  Dyke  of  Cahfomia. 

(c)  Maria  Van  Dyke. 

(d)  Ellen  Van  Dyke. 

(e)  Anna  V'an  Dyke. 

III.  Jan  Van  Dyke,  son  of  Jan  Van  Dyke  and  Anna 
Verkerk  his  wife,  married,  after  the  death  of  his  wife 
Margaretta  Barcolo,  second,  on  July  24,  1750,  Garrette 
Bergen,  baptized  April  29,  1722,  died  July  19,  1777, 
daughter  of  Lieutenant  Frederick  Jacobse  Bergen,  1681- 
1760,  and  Gerretje  Veghte  his  wife,  daughter  of  Gerrit 


214  THE   VAN  DYKE  FAMILY 

Veghte.     The  Veghte  family  history  has  already  been 

stated  in  Chapter  III.     Children: 

(i)  Frederick  Van  Dyke,  of  New  Brunswick,  N.  J., 
baptized  November  3,  1751,  married  and  had  a  son: 
(a)  Frederick  Augustus  Van  Dyke,  M.D.,  of  Phila- 
delphia, Pa.,  married  Eliza  Anderson  and  had  a  son : 

1.  Rev.  Henry  Jackson  Van  Dyke,  D.D.,  bom 
at  Abington,  Permsylvania,  March  2,  1822,  and 
lived  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  who  married  Henrietta 
Ashmead  of  Philadelphia,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Ashmead  and  Elizabeth  Lehman,  his  wife.  He 
graduated  from  University  of  Pennsylvania  in 
1843  and  was  a  Professor  in  Union  Theological 
Seminary.     They  had  a  son: 

Rev.  Henry  Van  Dyke,  D.D.,  bom  in  Ger- 
mantown,  Pa.,  November  10,  1852,  married 
December  13,  1881,  Ellen  Reid,  daughter  of 
Andrew  Reid  and  Farmie  Brooke  his  wife  of 
Baltimore,  Md.    Children: 

a.  Fanny  Brooke  Van  Dyke,  bom  January 
25,  1883,  married  Hamilton  Gibson:  child- 
ren: 

William  Hamilton  Gibson. 
Ellen  Van  Dyke  Gibson. 

b.  Rodger  Van  Dyke,  died  young. 

c.  Tertius  Van  Dyke,  bom  January  18,  1886. 

d.  Bemard  Van  Dyke,  bom  August  25,  1887; 
died  March  29,  1897. 

e.  Dorothea  Van  Dyke,  bom  December  18, 
1888,  died  February  24,  1912;  married  Guy 
Richards  McLane. 

f.  Elaine  Van  Dyke,  bom  October  26,  1892. 

g.  Paula  Van  Dyke,  bom  January  3,  1899. 
h.     Anthony  Van  Dyke,  died  young. 

i.  Katrina  Trask  Van  Dyke,  bom  October  i , 
1904 

2.  Rush  Van  Dyke. 

3.  Frederick  Augustus  Van  Dyke,  Jr. 


THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY  215 

4.  Thomas  Van  Dyke. 

5.  James  C.  Van  Dyk^\ 

6.  Mary  Van  Dyke. 

(H)  Abraham  Van  Dyke  of  Lamington,  N.  J.,  baptized 
May  6,  1753,  died  March  7,  1804.  He  was  a  soldier 
in  the  war  of  the  American  Revolution.  He  married 
Ida  Stryker.     They  had  a  son; 

(a)  Abraham  Van  Dyke,  bom  March  23,  1776,  died 
April  21,  1854,  married  Sarah  Honey  man,  who 
died  in  1845  at  the  age  of  65  years,  daughter  of 
John  Honeyman  of  Griggstown,*  N.  J.,  who  died 
August  18,  1822,  at  the  age  of  93  years.  John 
Honeyman  was  a  distinguished  character  in  the 
war  of  the  Revolution.  It  was  said  at  the  time 
that  he  was  a  Tory  and  LoyaHst  and  the  "Spy  of 
Washington"  in  the  service  of  the  British  army. 
Much  has  been  said  for  him  and  against  him.  The 
feehng  against  him  was  very  strong  especially 
amongst  his  own  neighbors  who  accused  him  of 
driving  off  their  cattle  and  selling  them  to  the 
British.  A  jury  was  formed  to  consider  the 
charges  and  made  their  decision  in  an  inquisition 
against  him  bearing  date.  State  of  New  Jersey, 
Somerset  County,  June  9,  1778,  charging  him  with 
"comforting  the  enemy."  It  is  on  file  in  the  office 
of  the  Secretary  of  State  at  Trenton  and  it  is  inter- 
esting to  note  the  number  of  ancestors  mentioned 
in  this  work  who  signed  the  inquisition;  am^ong 
them  were  Hendrick  Stryker,  Thomas  Sldllman, 
Reynier  Veghte,  Peter  Stryker,  Joseph  Hageman, 
Gerardus  Beekman,  John  Voorhees,  Abraham 
Voorhees,  Abraham  Ditmars,  Abraham  Beekman, 
Christopher  Beekman  (great-grandfather  of  the 
author  of  this  book  whose  great,  great,  great,  grand- 
father Ruloff  Van  Dyke,  then  an  old  man,  was  a 
member  of  the  Committee  of  Safety  that  ordered 
the  investigation),  Garret  Voorhees,  and  Martin 
Nevius.     John  Honeyman  was  captured  a  niunber 


2l6  THE   VAN  DYKE  FAMILY 

of  times  but  always  escaped  and  it  was  a  curious 
thing  that  each  time  he  was  taken  before  General 
Washington  and  was  in  secret  conference  with  him 
for  an  hour  or  so  and  always  escaped  in  the  night. 
This  is  explained  by  Judge  Van  Dyke,  one  of  his 
descendants,  as  being  because  he  was  really  work- 
ing for  the  American  army  and  while  appearing  to 
be  a  spy  for  the  British,  he  gave  valuable  informa- 
tion to  General  Washington. 

Abraham  Van  Dyke  and  Sarah  Honeyman  his 
wife  had  children: 

(a)  Mary  Van  Dyke,  bom  in  1803,  died  Novem- 
ber 24,  1869,  married  Stephen  S.  Hunt. 

(b)  Ida  Van  Dyke,  bom  April  17,  1805,  died 
October  14,  1866,  married  Richard  S.  \Tiet. 

(c)  Isaac  Van  Dyke,  died  young. 

(d)  Hon.  John  Van  Dyke,  bom  at  Lamington, 
New  Jersey,  April  3,  1807,  died  in  New  Bruns- 
wick, December  24,  1878,  married  on  October  7, 
1841,  Mary  Dix  Strong,  daughter  of  Prof. 
Theodore  Strong,  LL.D.,  of  Rutgers  College,  N. 
J.,  and  Lucy  Dix  his  wife.  John  Van  Dyke  was 
a  Representative  in  Congress,  Mayor  of  New 
Brunswick,  and  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
the  State  of  New  Jersey.     Children: 

1.  Theodore  Strong  Van  Dyke  of  Daggett, 
California,  married  Lois  A.  Funk. 

2.  Frederick  W.  Van  Dyke,  M.D.,  of  Grant's 
Pass,  Oregon,  bom  January  12,  1852,  married 
on  April  12,  1878,  Minnie  E.  Comstock. 

3.  Robert  Van  Dyke,  bom  in  1854,  died  1885, 
married  Mary  Westphal  and  had  one  child: 
Mary  Van  Dyke. 

4.  John  Charles  Van  Dyke,  L.H.D.,  of  New 
Brunswick,  N.  J.,  bom  April  2,  1856,  was 
admitted  to  the  Bar  of  New  York  and  is 
Librarian  in  charge  of  Sage  Library  at  New 
Bmnswick,   N.  J.     He  is   the   author  of  Art 


THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY 


217 


for  Art's  Sake,  Nature  for  Its  Own  Sake,  and 

other  works. 

5.     Woodbridge  Strong  Van  Dyke,  bom  in  1863, 

died  in  1889  unmarried. 

(iii)     Jacob  Van  Dyke,  son  of  John  Van  Dyke,  Jr.,  and 

Gerritie  Bergen  his  wife,  baptized  January  25,  1755. 

(iv)     Jannetje  or  Jane  Van  Dyke,  baptized  November 

20,  1757,  married  in  1780  Gerardus  Skillman,  a  light 

horse   trooper   in    the    Revolutionary   War,    son   of 

Thomas  SkiUman,  bom  at  HarHngen,  September  20, 

1754,  named  for  his  grandfather  Gerardus  Beekman, 

who  was  the  grandson  of  Colonel  Gerardus  Beekman 

of  Flatbush.     Their  children  have  been  stated  on 

page  99. 

(v)     Teuntje  Van  Dyke,  baptized  July  15,  1759,  died 

January  25,  1826,  married  Jacob  Bergen.     They  lived 

on  a  farm  at  Rocky  HiU,  N.  J.,  and  attended  the 

Dutch  Reformed  Church  at  Six  Mile  Run.    Children: 

a.     Aaron    Bergen,    bom    October    12,    1777,    died 

January   27,    1847,    married   November    11,  1801, 

Eliza  King  of  Lenington,  N.  J.,  bom  October  21, 

1 78 1.     Children: 

(a)  Eliza  Bergen,  died  yoimg. 

(b)  Maria  Bergen,  bom  April  6,  1804. 

(c)  EHza  Bergen,  bom  March  16,  1806,  married 
Ralph  GuHck  of  Princeton,  N.  J.     Children: 

1.  Peter  GuHck,  bom  May  11,  1828. 

2.  Jane  A.  Gulick,  bom  November  3c,  1830. 

3.  Elizabeth  Gulick,  bom  February  15,  1833, 
died  May  3,  1853,  married  Thomas  Davis. 

4.  Mary  Gulick,  bom  August  23,  1835. 

5.  Jacob  Van  Dyke  Gulick,  bom  August  7, 
1838,  married  Julia  Downing  and  resided  at 
Princeton,  N.  J. 

6.  William  Henry  Gulick,  bom  January  i,  1840. 

7.  Addison  Alexander  Gulick,  bom  September 
24,  1843,  resided  at  Princeton,  N.  J. 

(d)  Jacob  Van  Dyke  Bergen,  born  September  14, 


2i8  THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY 

1807,  died  October  28,  1853,  married,  first,  Betsey 
Downey,  no  children ;  second,  Mary  Ann  Black- 
well.     Children : 

1.  Matthew  Bergen,  bom  November  15,  1850. 

2.  Mary  Bergen,  bom  January  25,  1853. 

(e)  Jane  Bergen,  bom  December  6,  1809,  married 
Vincent  GuHck  of  New  Bninswick.    Children : 

1.  Ann  Eliza  Guhck. 

2.  Augustus  Guhck. 

3.  Mary  Gulick,  died  young. 

4.  Emma  GuHck,  died  young. 

5.  Mary  Gulick,  bom  June  30,  1850. 

(f)  Henry  Bergen,  bom  April  13,  1812,  married 
Harriet  O.  Norton.     Children: 

1.  Henry  B.  Bergen,  bom  October  18,  1848. 

2.  Mary  Jane  Bergen,  bom  September  19,  1851 . 

3.  George  Matthew  Bergen,  bom  November  2 1 , 

1854. 

4.  John  Albert  Bergen,  bom  December  11,  185S. 

5.  Edward  M.  Bergen,  bom  October  26,  1861. 

(g)  Matthew  B.  Bergen,  bom  March  24,  1814, 
married  Martha  Stevens  of  Hannibal,  Missouri. 

b.  Matthew  Bergen,  bom  October  2,  1779,  died 
October  16,  1843,  married  Rebecca  Monfort. 

c.  Margaret  Bergen,  bom  July  31,  1781,  married  in 
1806,  Andrew  Gaddis  of  North  Branch,  N.  J. 
Children: 

1.  Ann  Gaddis,  bom  August  7,  1807,  died  young. 

2.  Jacob  Bergen  Gaddis,  bom  November  9,  1810, 
married  March  8,  1831,  EHza  C.  Oalcatt  of  New 
Brunswick,  N.  J. 

3.  James  Bergen  Gaddis,  bom  in  181 1. 

4.  David  A.  Gaddis,  bom  April  7,  18 17. 

5.  Dr.  John  Van  Dyke  Gaddis,  bom  August  26, 
1 8 16,  married  Julia  Wilson. 

6.  Catharine  Ann  Gaddis,  bom  October  31,  18 18, 
married  Samuel  Sloan. 

7.  Matthew  Bergen.  Gaddis,  died  young. 


THE   VAN  DYKE  FAMILY  219 

(vi)     Elsie  Van  Dyke,  daughter  of  John  Van  Dyke  and 

Garrette  Bergen  his  wife,  baptized  July  5,  1760,  married 

Martin  Voorhees. 

(vii)     Roelof  Van  Dyke,  baptized  April  2,  1763. 

(viii)  Cateyney  Van  Dyke,  baptized  February  3,  1765, 
married  C.  Van  der  Veer.  Their  son  Isaac  Van  der 
Veer,  married  Mary  Skillman ;  children : 

(a)  Margaret  Van  der  Veer,  bom  November  21, 
1846,  married  in  1868,  Judge  John  Bartine;  child- 
ren: 

1.  Edwin  Bartine,  bom  Febmary  19,  1869. 

2.  Mary   Bartine,   bom    May   6,    1879,   married 
September  25,  1901,  Thomas  H.  Dyer. 

(b)  George  Van  Dyke  Van  der  Veer,  married  Adele 
Peters;  children:  Karel,  Roelof,  and  Schuyler  Van 
der  Veer. 

(c)  Augustus  Van  der  Veer,  married  Evelyn  Gaston ; 
children : 

1.  Hugh  Van  der  Veer. 

2.  Elizabeth  Van  der  Veer. 

(ix)  Sara  Van  Dyke,  baptized  October  25,  1767,  mar- 
ried John  Van  Cleef  of  Six  Mile  Run,  N.  J. 

IV.  Roelof  Van  Dyke,  son  of  Jan  Van  Dyke  and  Anna 
Verkerk,  his  wife,  bom  May  18,  171 1,  married  Catharine 
Emans.  The  records  of  the  Reformed  Dutch  Church  at 
Harlingen,  commenced  in  Dutch  in  1727  by  the  Reverend 
Coens,  show  the  following  records  among  others  of  persons 
admitted  to  the  congregation:  "1766,  Adriaan  Hegeman, 
Roelef  Van  Dyke  and  Catharine  Emans,  Gerrit  Voorhees 
and  Hannaatje  Beekman,  Maria  Probasco  (wife  of  Joris 
Bergen)  Catharine  Snedeker  (wife  of  Jochim  Quick),"  and 
under  "  1769,  Elizabeth  Van  Deursen  (wife  of  Dr.  J.  M.  Van 
Harlingen),  Christophel  Beekman  and  Martha  Veghte. " 

The  first  town  meeting  of  Montgomery  township  was  held 
on  March  10,  1772,  and  there  were  present  with  others  Henry 
Van  Dyke,  Town  Clerk,  Christopher  Hoagland,  Jr.,  and 
John  Van  Dyke. 

The    petition    to    Governor   Franklin    and    the   General 


220  THE   VAN  DYKE  FAMILY 

Assembly  for  the  creation  of  the  township  was  signed  among 
others  by  "Peter  Vanderveer,  Gerardus  Beekman,  Gerardus 
Beekman,  Jr.,  Thomas  Quick,  Thomas  Skillman,  John  Van 
Dike,  Roelof  Van  Dike,  Aaron  Hageman,  Henry  Vandike, 
Peter  Wikeoff,  and  John  Voorhees.  " 

Roelof  Van  Dyke  was  elected  to  the  Committee  of  Cor- 
respondence of  the  Revolutionary  War  by  the  Freeholders 
of  the  County  of  Somerset,  held  at  the  Court-house  on 
Friday  the  28th  of  July,  1775,  to  hold  office  until  the  first 
Monday  of  May,  1777. 

In  the  hst  of  Deputies  who  attended  the  Provincial  Con- 
gress of  New  Jersey  held  at  Trenton  in  October,  1775,  appears 
the  name  Ruloffe  Van  Dyke  and  on  October  28,  1775,  he  was 
appointed  by  the  Congress  on  the  Committee  of  Safety  by 
the  following  resolution  : 

"Resolved  that  the  following  gentlemen  be,  and  they 
hereby  are  appointed  a  Committee  of  Safety  to  act  for  the 
pubHc  welfare  of  the  Colony  in  the  recess  of  this  Congress, 
to  wit:  Mr.  President  Tucker,  Mr.  Vice-President  Fisher; 
John  Hart,  Abraham  Clark,  Lewis  Ogden,  Joseph  Holmes, 
John  Mehelm,  Isaac  Pearson,  John  Pope,  Azariah  Dunham, 
John  Dennis,  Augustine  Stevenson,'  Ruloff  Van  Dyke." 

Ruloff  Van  Dyke  attended  the  sittings  of  Congress  and 
the  Committee  of  Safety  at  New  Brunswick  from  January  31 , 
1776,  to  March  2,  1776.  The  Committee  of  Safety  met  at 
Princeton,  January  9,  1776. 

A  meeting  of  Freeholders  held  at  New  Brunswick,  N.  J., 
January  3,  1775,  for  Middlesex  County,  appointed  on  the 
Committee  of  Observation  for  South  New  Brunswick, 
Isaac  Van  Dyke  and  Jacob  Van  Dyke.  The  above  records 
are  taken  from  the  minutes  of  the  Provincial  Congress  at 
Trenton,  printed  by  Naar,  Day  &  Naar  in  1879. 

At  the  1778  session  of  the  Council  or  Committee  of  Safety 
at  Princeton  it  was  voted  "That  there  be  paid  to  John  Van 
Dyke  for  his  expenses  in  attending  the  Governor  and  Council 
of  Safety  as  a  Light  Horseman  from  the  nth  of  May  to  the 
2ist  of  June,  1778,  the  sum  of  £16.8." 

To  Jacob  Van  Dyke  a  like  amount  for  the  same  services. 


THE   VAN  DYKE  FAMILY  221 

Roelof  Van   Dyke  and  Catharine  Emans  his   wife  had 
children : 

(i)  Rebecca  Van  Dyke,  married  Col.  John  Van  Dyke, 
bom  April  17,  1747,  who  was  her  first  cousin  and  the 
son  of  John  Van  Dyke  and  Margaret  Barcalo  his  wife. 
Their  descendants  have  been  stated, 
(ii)  Hendrick  Van  Dyke.  Colonel  of  the  Second  Bat- 
talion,   N.   J.,   in   the   Revolutionary   War,   married 

Margaret ,  and  had  a  son: 

(a)     Roelof  Van  Dyke,  who  married  Charity . 

Their  son: 

( I )     Roelof  Van  Dyke,  married  Maria  V.  C. , 

and  had  a  daughter: 

i.  Margaret  J.  Van  Dyke,  married  Leroy  H. 
Anderson, 
(iii)  John  Van  Dyke  married  Sarah  MacCaraher  and 
had  a  son,  John  Van  Dyke,  who  married  Martha  Beek- 
man.  Their  daughter  Catharine  Sarah  Van  Dyke,  bom 
March  21,  1825,  died  October  7,  1856,  married  Novem- 
ber 7,  1850,  Jacob  Rutsen  Hardenberg,  bom  July  11, 
1824,  at  New  Brunswick,  N.  J.,  died  January  25,  1892, 
son  of  Cornelius  L.  Hardenberg  and  Helen  Mary 
Crooke,  grandson  of  Jacob  Rutsen  Hardenberg  and 
Mary  Low,  and  great-grandson  of  Jacob  Rutsen 
Hardenberg  and  Dinah  Van  Borg.  They  had  chil- 
dren: 

1.  Catharine  L.  Hardenberg,  bom  May   17,   1852. 

2.  Mary  Comelia  Hardenberg,  bom  November  20, 
1854,  married  April  14,  1892,  Henry  Schneeweiss 
and  had: 

(a)  Catherine  Hardenberg  Schneeweiss,  bom  Oc- 
tober 5,  1893. 
V.  Matthias  Van  Dyke,  son  of  Jan  Van  Dyke  and 
brother  of  Roelof  Van  Dyke,  bom  at  New  Brunswick,  August 
17,  1714,  died  in  1784.  married  June  12,  1746,  under  Middle- 
sex license  dated  May  14,  1746,  Noltys,  Nelly  or  Elleanor 
Lane  or  Laen  of  Middletown,  ^./lonmouth  County,  N.  J. 
They  resided  in  a  large  stone  house  at  Mapleton  near  Prince- 


222  THE   VAN  DYKE  FAMILY 

ton  and  attended  the  Reformed  Dutch  Church  at  Six  Mile 
Run,  NrJ.  In  Honeyman's  Joannes  Nevius  and  his  Descend- 
ants the  following  interesting  incident  is  narrated  as  occurring 
at  their  house  at  the  time  of  the  Revolutionary  War.  "Just 
before  the  battle  of  Princeton  the  old  mansion  was  occupied 
by  several  British  officers,  and  a  dinner  ordered  by  them 
when  they  should  return  '  after  routing  the  rebels  under  Mr. 
Washington'  was  eaten  by  the  Americans." 

Matthias  Van  Dyke  and  Nelly  Lane  his  wife  had  children : 
(i)     Matthew  Van  Dyke,  bom  January  8,  1752,  died 
September  18,  1832;  was  a  private  in  the  Revolution- 
ary War.     He  married  January  25,  1774,  Lydia  Long- 
street,  who  died  October  18,  1843.    They  had  children : 
(la)     Mary  Van  Dyke,  married  Rev.  James  Camahan, 
D.D.,   President   of    the    College   of    New  Jersey 
( Princeton) .     Children  : 

a.  Hannah  Camahan,  married  William  K.  Mac 
Donald  of  Newark,  N.  J. 

b.  Lydia  Camahan,  married  Rev.  Luther  H.  Van 
Doren. 

(lb)     Elizabeth  Van  Dyke,  born  December  23,  1782, 

married  Rev.  William  Neil,  D.D. 
(ic)     Isaac  Van  Dyke,  bom  July  20,  1787,  married 
and  had  children : 
(i)     Matthew  Van  Dyke. 

(ii)     EHzabeth  Van  Dyke,  married  Black- 

well. 
(iii)     Catharine  Van  Dyke,  married  Bayles. 

( I  d)     Lydia  Van  Dyke,  bom  September  10,1 789,  died 
July  12,  1865,  at  the  residence  of  her  son  Henry 
V.  D.  Nevius.     She  married  John  Nevius  and  had 
children : 
(i)     William  James  Nevius,  bom  in  18 10,  died  in 

1874. 
(ii)     John  Schureman  Nevius,  bom  in  1812,  died 

in  1888. 
(iii)     Henry  Van  Dyke  Nevius,  born  in  1S15,  died 
in  1893. 


THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY  223 

(iv)     Archibald  A.  Nevius,  bom  in  1826,  of  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. 
( I  e)     Gertrude  Van  Dyke,  bom  May  29, 1 793,  married 

Rev.  Henry  M.  Rice,  D.D. 
(if)     William  Van  Dyke,  bom  September  27,  1795, 

died  October  27,  1865,  married  in  1823,  Margaret 

Nevius  of  Mapleton  near  Kingston,  N.  J.,  daughter 

of  David  Nevius,  bom  April  3,  1799.  died  September 

7,1862.     They  had  children : 

(i)  Margaret  Van  Dyke,  bom  October  4,  1824, 
married  September  18,  1844,  Rev.  Thomas  S. 
Malcolm,  son  of  Rev.  Howard  Malcolm  of  Phila- 
delphia, Pa.     They  had  children: 

(a)  Alice  Malcolm,  died  young. 

(b)  Lydia  Malcolm. 

(c)  Elizabeth  Malcolm,  married  Col.  Wardell  P. 
Bowman. 

(d)  Meta  Malcolm,  married Wood. 

(e)  Mary  Malcolm,  married  Dr.  Dallas  Peltz. 

(f)  George  Malcolm,  died  young. 

(g)  Helen  Malcolm,  married  Frank  McLough- 
ton. 

(h)     Cornelia  Malcolm. 

(i)     Anna  Malcolm. 

(j)     Frank  Malcobn,  died  May  27,  1895. 
(ii)     James  Van  Dyke,  bom  December  21,  1825, 

died  in  1863   in  the   Confederate  army  at  the 

battle  of  Shiloh. 
(iii)     Elizabeth   Van   Dyke,   bom   October,    1827, 

died  in  1881,  married  Rev.  Joseph  K.  Wight  of 

New  Hamburg,  N.  Y. 
(iv)     Augustus    Van     Dyke,     lived     at     Eureka, 

Nevada, 
(v)     Dr.  Edward  Bogart  Van  Dyke,  bora  March 

4,  1832,  married  April  14,  1859,  Mary  Stewart 

Dingee,    daughter   of    John    Henry    Dingee    of 

Philadelphia,  Pa.     He  graduated  from  Princeton 

College  in  1853  and  from  the  Medical  College  of 


224  THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY 

the  University  in  1856.     Surgeon  in  U.  S.  Army 
-     in  1862.     They  had  children: 

(a)  LilHe  Van  Dyke. 

(b)  Anna  Van  Dyke. 

(vi)  William  Neil  Van  Dyke,  bom  August  14, 
1835,  died  August  15,  1875,  married  Harriet 
Wales;  no  children. 

(vii)  Henry  Lefler  Rice  Van  Dyke  of  Metuchen, 
N.  J.,  bom  July  24,  1837,  married  in  1868  Julia 
Willets,  daughter  of  Henry  Willets  and  Nancy 
his  wife  of  New  York  City.  Graduated  from 
Princeton  College  in  1858.     They  had  children: 

(a)  Cortlandt  Van  Rensselaer  Van  Dyke. 

(b)  Edward  Bogart  Van  Dyke. 

(c)  James  Rutherford  Van  D>'ke. 

(d)  Hendrick  A  Men  Van  Dyke. 

(viii)  Anna  W.  Van  Dyke,  bom  September  10, 
1840,  married  Dr.  Oliver  S.  Belden  of  Princeton, 
N.  J.     They  had  children: 

(a)  Margaret  Belden. 

(b)  WilHam  Belden. 

(2)  Anna  Van  Dyke,  daughter  of  Matthias  Van  Dyke 
and  Nelly  Lane,  bom  September  11,  1753,  married 
Capt.  Aaron  Longstreet,  son  of  Richard  Longstreet. 
Their  daughter  Eleanor  Longstreet,  married  Major 
Cornelius  Cruser. 

(3)  Neeltje,  Noltys,  or  EUen  Van  Dyke,  bom  Septem- 
ber 22,  1755,  married  John  Berrien.  He  was  one  of 
the  signers  of  the  resolution  passed  at  a  meeting  in 
Princeton  on  June  26,  1783,  declaring  loyalty  to  and 
confidence  in  the  Congress  of  the  new  United  States. 

(4)  Teuntje  Van  Dyke,  bom  March  11,  175S,  died 
January  26,  1825,  married  first,  Jacob  Bergen,  bom 
July  7,  1756;  died  September  2,  1782;  second,  John 
Bayles,  who  owTied  the  mill  at  North  Branch  on  the 
Raritan. 

(5)  Margaret  Van  Dyke,  bom  February  2,  1761,  died 
May    3,     1825,    married    under    Middlesex    license 


THE   VAN  DYKE  FAMILY  225 

November  10,  1780,  Major  John  Gulick,  who  owned 
the  mill' at  Kingston  on  the  Millstone  River,  N.  J. 
Their  daughter,  Rebecca  Guhck,  married  in  1801, 
Robert  Bayles,  their  son  William  Guhck  Bayles, 
married  Sarah  Cruser,  daughter  of  Judge  Frederick 
Cruser  and  Catharine  Van  Dyke;  Their  son  W.  Harri- 
son Bayles  in  an  interesting  article  in  the  Journal  of 
American  History,  vol.  5,  no.  3  entitled  "  Postal  Ser- 
vice in  the  Thirteen  Colonies"  in  speaking  of  mails 
between  New  York  and  Philadelphia  says:  "Kings- 
ton, on  the  old  Dutch  road,  at  the  crossing  of  the 
Millstone  was  the  half-way  station  at  which  the 
riders  met,  each  rider  dehvering  to  the  other  the  mail 
he  had  carried  out  and  returning  with  that  which  he 
had  received."  William  Guhck  Bayles  and  Sarah 
Cruser  his  wife  had  children : 

1.  Robert  Bayles,  bom  September  3,  1828,  died 
October  21,  1906;  married  November  28,  1865, 
Martha  N.  Smith.     Children: 

(a)  Robert  W.  Bayles,  bom  March  16,  1867. 

(b)  Chester  Bayles,  bom  October  9,  1870,  married 
Evelyn  Hoagland. 

(c)  EUa  H.  Bayles,  bora  Jan.  31,  1872,  married 
Mahlon  L.  Hoagland. 

(d)  William  Bayles,  bora  October  11,  1874. 

(e)  Mary  Louise  Bayles,  bom  May  9,  1879. 

2.  Martha  Bayles,  bom  October  23,  1830. 

3.  George  A.  Bayles,  bom  June  2,  1833,  died  Febra- 
ary  10,  1905,  married  Sarah  W.  Bayles  daughter  of 
Robert  J.  Bayles;  children:  Walter  and  Frederick. 

4.  Frederick  C.  Bayles,  bora  April  16,  1838,  died 
July  10,  1905. 

5.  WiUiam  Harrison  Bayles,  bom  June  26,  1841, 
married  Chariotte  Isabel  Peck,  daughter  of  Henry 
W.  Peck,  bom  January  2,  1850,  died  December  15, 
1 90 1.     Children: 

a.  Sarah  Josephine  Bayles. 

b.  Madge  Isabel  Bayles. 


226  THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY 

(6)  Catharine  Van  Dyke,  bom  June  24,  1763,  died 
September  18,  1845,  married  Judge  Frederick  Cruser, 
who  owned  the  mill  at  Rocky  Hill  on  the  Millstone. 
They  had  a  daughter: 

(i)  Catharine  Cruser,  married  WiUiam  Blackwell, 
the  owner  of  the  mill  at  Blackwell's  Mills  on  the 
Millstone  River,  N.  J. 

(2)     Sarah  Cruser,  married  William  Gulick  Bayles. 

(7)  Sarah  Van  Dyke,  married  Colonel  William 
Scudder  of  Huntington,  L.  I.,  and  had  a  son: 

(i)     William  Scudder,  who  owned  the  mill  at  Scud- 
der's  Mills  on  the  Millstone,  Middlesex  County, 
New  Jersey,  who  married  Elleanor  Craig,  daughter 
of  James  Craig  of  Monmouth,  N.  J.     Their  son: 
(a)     James  Craig  Scudder,  married  Ann  Morris, 
daughter    of    George    Morris,    son    of    Reuben 
Morris,   bom   July    10,    1773,  died  January   4, 
1856,  who  married  December  7,  1796,  Elleanor 
Couenhoven.  ^ 

Sarah   Van    Dyke   Scudder,    married   second    Perez 
Rowley,  and  had  a  daughter  Catharine  Rowley,  who 
married  Symmes  Cleves  Henry.     Their  son,  J.  Addi- 
son Henry,  married  Mary  Servis  Steen. 
VI.     Abraham  Van  Dyke,  son  of  Jan  Van  Dyke  and  Anna 

Verkerk,  his  wife,  bom  October  8,  1716,  died  young. 
Vn.     Simon  Van  Dyke,  bom  October  12,  1718. 
Vni.     Abraham  Van  Dyke,  bom  in  1719,  was  Lieutenant 
of  the  Grenadiers  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution. 

IX.  Isaac   Van   Dyke,   bom  July   28,    1721,    lived    at 
Mapleton,  N.  J. 

X.  Jacob  Van  Dyke,  bom  November  12,  1723,  Hved  at 
Rocky  Hill,  N.  J. 

XI.  Anna  Van  Dyke,  bom  January  16,   1728,  married 
Albert  Voorhees. 


CHAPTER  X 

ACHIAS  VAN  DYKE,  PETER  VAN  DYKE,  LAMBERT  V.AN  DYKE, 
HENDRICK  TANSE  VAN  DYKE,  ANTJE  TANSE  V.\N  DYKE, 
ANGENIETJE  VAN  DYKE,  AND  TRYNTJE  TANSE  VAN  DYKE 

(E)  Achias  or  Agyas  Van  Dyke,  son  of  Jan  Thomasse  Van 
Dyke,  came  with  his  father  to  America  in  1652 ;  died  about 
1707.  He  married  first,  Jamietji  Lamberts.  They  had 
children : 

(i)  Lambert  Van  Dyke,  baptized  September  16,  1677, 
married  Alayke  Hooglandt.  In  17 12  they  lived  near 
Six  Mile  Run,  N.  J.,  and  attended  the  Reformed  Dutch 
church  there ;  children : 

1.  Janneke  Van  Dyke,  baptized  December  16,  1705. 

2.  Dirk  Van  Dyke,  baptized  October  i,  1707.  / 

3.  Achias  Van  Dyke,  baptized  October  26,  1709. 

4.  Janneke  Van  Dyke,  baptized  October  24,  1711. 

5.  Adrian  Van  Dyke,  baptized  November  18,  1713. 

6.  Achias  Van   Dyke,   baptized   September   7,    1715; 
married  Ann  Andrewart. 

7.  Johannes   Van   Dyke,   baptized  January   8,    171 8, 
died  young. 

8.  Johannes  Van  Dyke,  baptized  March  4,  1719. 

9.  Hendricus  Van  Dyke,  baptized  June  11,  1721. 
10.     Ehzabeth  Van  Dyke,  bom  in  1723. 

(2)  Tryntje  Van  Dyke,  baptized  October  17,  1680,  mar- 
ried Hendrick  Hendrickson. 

(3)  Barbara  Van  Dyke,  baptized  December  20,  1682, 
died  April  18,  1743,  married  on  November  19,  1703, 
Johannes  Coerte  Van  Voorhees,  bom  April  20,  1683, 
died  October  10,  1757,  son  of  Coert  Stevense  Van  Voor- 
hees of  Flatlands,  Long  Island,  bom  in  Holland  in  1637, 
who  maixied  in  1663  Marretje  Gerritje  Van  Couwen- 
hoven.     He  was  a  member  of  the  Provincial  Assembly 


THE   VAN  DYKE  FAMILY 

of  New  York  in  1664.  He  was  the  son  of  Steven 
Coerte  Van  Voorhees,  who  came  from  Holland  in  1660. 
Johannes  Coerte  Van  Voorhees  and  Barbara  Van  Dyke 
his  wife  had  children : 

1.  Jannetje  Van  Voorhees,  bom  September  15,  1704, 
married  Colonel  John  BrinkerhofT  of  Fishkill,  N.  Y. 
Children: 

(a)  Johannes  BrinkerhofT,  bom  in  1727,  married 
Antie  Martense.     Children: 

John  Brinkerhoflf. 
drian  BrinkerhofT. 

(b)  Altje  BrinkerhofT,  bom  in  1732,  married  Dr. 
Theodorus  Van  Wyck. 

(c)  Barbara  BrinkerhofT. 

(d)  Diena  BrinkerhofT. 

(e)  Dirck  BrinkerhofT. 

2.  Coert  Van  Voorhees,  married  Catherine  Filkin. 
Children: 

(a)  Catharine  Van  Voorhees,  married  Hendrick  Van 
Buren. 

(b)  Barbara  Van  Voorhees,  married  Richard  Van 
Wyck. 

(c)  Jannetji  Van  Voorhees,  married  Joseph  Horton. 

(d)  Henry  Van  Voorhees. 

(e)  Johannes  Van  Voorhees,  married  Johanna 
Rowe. 

(f)  Mary  Van  Voorhees,  bom  April  27,  1740,  mar- 
ried, first,  on  November  11,  1760,  Peter  J.  Du  Bois; 
married,  second.  Dr.  Theodorus  Van  Wyck,  who 
was  first  married  to  Altje  BrinkerhofT. 

(g)  Cornelia  Van  Voorhees,  died  tmmarried. 

(h)     Magdalena  Van  Voorhees,  married  Christian  Du 

Bois. 
(i)     Sarah    Van    Voorhees,    married,    first,    Francis 

Brett;  second,  Capt.  Daniel  Van  Voorhees. 
(j)     Zachariah  Van  Voorhees,  bom  March  25,  1748, 

married  Anna  Lawrence. 

3.  Johannes   Van    Voorhees,    bom   August    6,    1708, 


THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY  229 

married  Gerritje,  daughter  of  Elias  Van  Benschouten 
of  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.     Children: 

(a)  Sarah  Van  Voorhees,  died  young. 

(b)  Barbara  Van  Voorhees,  bom  in  1733,  married 
Roelof  PhiUips. 

(c)  Katrena  Van  Voorhees. 

(d)  John  Van  Voorhees,  married,  first,  Hannah  Roe 
of  Fishkill,  N.  Y.;  second,  Ranche  Nostrand. 

(e)  Sarah  Van  Voorhees,  married  Daniel  Southard. 

(f)  Elias  Van  Voorhees,  married  Ehzabeth  Roe. 

(g)  Jannetje  Van  Voorhees,  married  Zebulon  South- 
ard. 

4.  Zacharias  Van  Voorhees,  bom  December  16,  1710, 
died  immarried. 

5.  Gerrit  Van  Voorhees,  bora  March  13,  1713,  died 
immarried 

6.  Maria  Van  Voorhees,  bom  September  16,  1716, 
married  Elias  Du  Bois. 

7.  Hendrick  Van  Voorhees,  bom  March  20,  171 9, 
died  urmiarried. 

8.  Jacob  Van  Voorhees,  bom  October  14,  1723,  mar- 
ried, first,  Catherine  Mesier  of  New  York  City; 
married,  second,  Trocy  Myer.     Children: 

(a)  Jacob  Van  Voorhees,  married  Martha  Haight. 

(b)  John    Van    Voorhees,     married,     first,     Mary 
McKnight;  second,  Catharine  Fine. 

(c)  Susannah    Van    Voorhees,    bom    January    28, 
1759- 

(d)  Katherine  Van  Voorhees. 

(e)  Jane  Van   Voorhees,   bom   December  9,    1764, 
married  General  Samuel  Haight. 

(4)  Barent  Van  Dyke,  baptized  May  20,  1685. 

(5)  Thomas  Van  Dyke,  baptized  April  17,  1687,  married 
Aimetje ,  and  had  one  child: 

Jannetje  Van  Dyke,  baptized  March  5,  1732. 

(6)  Jacobus  Van  Dyke,  baptized  1685,  married  Cath- 
arine Van  Brunt  and  settled  in  the  Harlingen  Tract  in 
1 710.     Children: 


230  THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY 

1.  Catharine  Van  Dyke,  baptized  February  8,   1721, 
.died  young. 

2.  Catharine  Van  Dyke,  baptized  February  20,  1730. 

3.  Zacheus  Van  Dyke,  baptized  June  16,  1732. 
(7)     Jenneke  Van  Dyke. 

Achais  Van  Dyke  married,  second,  in  December,  i^iQ^, 
Magdalena  Henderse,  widow  of  Minne  Johannes.  The  farm 
at  Bay  Ridge  which  he  occupied  at  the  time  of  his  death  was 
sold  in  1708  by  his  heirs  to  Hendrick  Hendrickson. 

(F)  Peter  Van  Dyke,  son  of  Jan  Thomasse  Van  Dyke,  was 
bom  in  New  Utrecht,  and  died  there  about  1722.  He 
married  Aimetji  Janse.     Their  children  were: 

(i)     Agneta  Van  Dyke,  baptized  July  2^.  1680. 

(2)  Isaac  Van  Dyke,  baptized  June  30,  1682;  settled 
on  Staten  Island  and  afterwards  in  Somerset  County, 
New  Jersey. 

(3)  Jacob  Van  Dyke,  baptized  October  4,  1685. 

(G)  Lambert  Van  Dyke,  son  of  Jan  Thomasse  Van  Dyke, 
married  Fytje  Barents  and  had  children : 

(i)  Ida  Van  Dyke,  baptized  December  25,  1677. 

(2)  Styntje  Van  Dyke,  baptized  February  12,  1682. 

(3)  Barent  Van  Dyke,  baptized  November  12,  1683. 

(4)  Feytje  or  Feyteye  Van  Dyke,  baptized  June  15, 
1685. 

(5)  Jacob  Van  Dyke,  baptized  March  24,  1687. 

(6)  Jan  Van  Dyke,  baptized  April  21,  1689. 

(H)  Hendrick  Janse  Van  Dyke,  son  of  Jan  Thomasse 
Van  Dyke,  baptized  July  2,  1653,  married  February  29, 
1680,  Jannetje  Hermanse  Van  Borkuloo,  daughter  of 
Herman  Janse  Van  Borkviloo  or  Van  Borkulow  and 
Willemtje  Eldringh  his  wife,  and  lived  in  New  Utrecht 
until  1677,  when  he  moved  to  Staten  Island,  where  he 
resided  until  after  1701,  when  he  removed  to  Bucks  Co., 
Pennsylvania.  The  children  of  Hendrick  Van  Dyke  and 
Jannetje  Van  Borkulow  his  wife  were: 
(i)     Willemtje  Van  Dyke,  baptized  July  8,  1681,  married 

Christian  Van  Hoom  of  Bensalem,  Pa.. 
(2)     Dredrick  Van  Dyke. 


THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY  231 

(3)  Annetji   Van   Dyke,    baptized   in    1698   on   Staten 
Island,  N.  Y.,  married  Jan  Van  Vleck. 

(4)  Jacob  Van  Dyke,  baptized  at  Six  Mile  Run,  N.  J. 
(I)     Antje    Janse    Van    Dyke,    married    Pieter   Staats    of 

Brooklyn. 
(J)  Angenietje  Van  Dyke,  married  on  December  3,  1662, 
according  to  Bergen's  Early  Settlers  of  King's  County, 
Adriaen  Willemse  Bennet,  son  of  Willem  Adriaensz 
Bennet  of  England,  bom  in  1637.  They  lived  at  Yellow 
Hook,  now  Bay  Ridge,  Brooklyn,  until  1681  when  he  sold 
his  farm  to  Carl  Janse  Van  Dyke  and  removed  to  Gowanus, 
Brooklyn.     Children: 

(i)     Jan   Adriaense   Bennet,    married   January   6,    1696, 
Femmetje  Rapalie,  daughter  of  Jeromus  Rapalie.    Hi&- 
will  is  recorded  in  N.  Y.  Surrogate's  office  in  L.  14  of 
Wills,  page  30.     Children: 

(a)  Ariaen  Bennet,  baptized  June  7,  1697,  married 
Maria  Van  Pelt,  daughter  of  Tunis  Lanen  Van  Pelt. 

(b)  Joris  Bennet,  baptized  August  28,  1698. 

(c)  Jeromus  Bermet,  baptized  April  i,  1700. 

(d)  Annetje  Bennet. 

(e)  Phoebe  Bennet. 

(f)  Johannes  Bennet,  married  Sarah  Luyster. 

(g)  Catharine  Bennet. 

(h)     Angenietje  Bennet,  married  April  22,  1737,  Rem 
Vanderbeek. 
(ii)     Tryntje  Adriaense   Bennet,  bom   in    1664,  married 

November  12,  1685,  Comelis  Rutgers  Van  Bnmt. 
(iii)     Arie  Adriaense  Bennet,  married  Barbara  Van  der 

Donk  and  settled  at  Six  Mile  Run,  N.  J.     Children: 

(a)  Geertruy  Bennet,  married  Teunis  Van  Pelt. 

(b)  Angenietje  Bennet,  baptized  Oct.  i,  1704;  died 
in  1760,  married  Stephen  Thompson  and  had  a 
daughter,  Agnes  Thompson,  married  Richard  Bates. 
Their  daughter  Agnes  Bates,  baptized  May,  1757, 
married  Lewis  Dey,  bom  March  21,  1758,  of  the 
famous  Dey  family  of  New  York  and  New  Jersey 
from  whom  Dev  Street,  New  York,  is  named.     The 


232  THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY 

Rev.  Geo.  W.  Labaw,  in  a  History  of  Preakness,  says 
Colonel  Thennis  Dey  and  his  family  lived  in  Lower 
Preakness,  N.  J.,  in  the  old  mansion  which  is  illus- 
trated in  his  book.  It  was  General  Washington's 
Headquarters  from  July  i,  to  July  29,  and  from 
October  8,  to  November  27,  17S0.  "Washington 
occupied  four  rooms  in  this  house,  most  likely  two 
on  each  floor.  The  present  southeast  room,  now  used 
as  a  dining-room,  is  pointed  out  as  his  office. " 

Lewis  Dey  and  Agnes  Bates  his  wife  had  a  son: 
WilHam  Bates  Dey  of  Shrewsbury,  N.  J.,  bom  in 
April,  1780,  married  April  9,  1809  Susan  Spruthy, 
bom  March  15,  1790.  Their  son  Wilham  Dey,  bom 
December  22,  1809,  married  in  December,  1832, 
Margaret  Catherine  Walters  of  Marj-land,  bom  July 
19,  1814.  Children: 
(i)     George  Walters  Dey. 

(2)  Mary  Frances  Dey,  married  Charles  E.  Northam 
of  Richmond,  Virginia. 

(3)  James  B.  Dey  of  Norfolk,  Va. 

(4)  Emma  Dey,  married  Col.  C.  A.  Nash. 

(5)  William  Tiberius  Dey. 
(6      Walter  Howell  Dey. 

(7)  WilHam  Bates  Dey. 

(8)  Margaret   W.    Dey,   married   Capt.    Nathaniel 
BiuTuss  of  Norfolk,  Va.     Children: 

a.  WilHam  C.  Burruss,  married  Nell  Orr,  grand- 
daughter of  Governor  Orr  of  South  CaroHna. 

b.  AdeHta  Burruss,  married   Captain   Harry    B. 
Jordan  of  U.  S.  Army. 

c.  Marguerite  Burruss,  married  Lieut.  John  H. 
Read,  Jr.,  of  U.  S.  Army. 

d.  Chester   Burruss,    married   Eleanor   Rellis   of 
Saginaw,  Michigan. 

e.  Eugene  Lansing  Burruss,  married  Nellie  Wise 
Oldfleld. 

f.  Albert  Edward  Burruss  of  Norfolk,  Va. 

g.  Edwin  E.  Burruss  died  vouns;. 


THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY  233 

(c)  John  Bennet,  married  Eyke  Van  Mater. 

(d)  Comelis  Bennet. 

(e)  Metalynke  Bennet. 

(f)  Katrina  Bennet. 

(g)  Isaac  Bennet. 

(iv)  Jacob  Adriaense  Bennet,  married  Barbara  Ferdon, 
and  had  a  daughter  Angenietje  Bennet,  baptized  Sep- 
tember 8,  1 700;  married  Jan  Scouten. 

(v)     Comelis  Adriaense  Beimet. 

(vi)     Isaac  Adriaense  Bennet. 

(vii)  Abram  Adriaense  Bennet,  baptized  March  20,  1680, 
married  December  25,  1702,  Jannetje  Folkers  and 
resided  in  Six  Mile  Run,  N.  J.     Children: 

(a)  Adrian  Bennet,  baptized  October  7,  1703,  married 
Sophia  Bro^Tiswell. 

(b)  Folkert  Bennet,  baptized  August  7,  1705. 

(c)  Abram  Bennet,  baptized  August  17,  1707,  married 
Jannetje  Suydam. 

(d)  Sarah  Bennet,  baptized  October  23,  171 1,  married 
John  Wagenaar. 

(viii)  Antje  Adriaense  Bennet,  married  Jacob  Sutphen  of 
Freehold,  N.  J. 

(ix)  Maria  Adriaense  Bennet,  married  Jacob  Van  Dom 
of  Freehold,  N.  J.,  and  their  son  Christian  Van  Dom  or 
Doren,  married  Altje  or  Alice  Schenck,  bom  May  25, 
1705,  and  had  a  son  Jacob  Van  Doren  who  married 
Phoebe  Vander  Veer,  and  a  daughter  Altje  Van  Doren, 
bom  May  15,  1737,  died  August  12,  1796,  who  married 
Jacques  Voorhees  of  Middlebush,  N.  J.,  bom  December 
18,  1733,  died  March  24,  1792.  Their  son  Jacques 
Voorhees,  2d,  bom  December  4,  1763,  died  October  9, 
1802,  married  Dinah  Strvxker,  bom  September  6,  1767, 
died  May  10,  1S31,  and  had  a  son  Jacques  Voorhees,  3d, 
bom  May  27,  1792,  died  September  21,  1828,  married 
February  2,  1814,  Ann  Van  Liew,  bom  March  15,  1795, 
died  May  15,  1870  and  had  a  son  Abram  Voorhees,  bom 
April  7,  1826,  died  March  9,  1883,  who  married  on 
November  17,  1S47,  Sarah  Bnmson,  bom  November  7, 


234  THE  VAN  DYKE  FAMILY 

1824,  died  March  29,  1901.  Their  daughter  Sarah 
Bnanson  Voorhees,  bom  September  8,  1848,  married  on 
October  29,  1873,  John  S.  Clark.  Captain  Jacob  Van 
Doren  son  of  Jacob  Van  Doren  and  Phoebe  Van  der 
Veer,  married  Maria  Mellick  and  had  a  daughter  Maris 
Van  Doren  who  married  Abraham  Vanarsdale. 

(x)     Agnietje  Adriaense  Bennet,  baptized  September  3, 
1862  in  Brooklyn. 

(xi)     Engel  Adriaense  Bennet,  baptized  July  26,  1685,  in 
New  York. 
(K)     Tryntje  Janse  Van  Dyke. 


INDEX 


Abeel,  Magdalena,  53 
Abeel,  Stoffel  Janse,  53 
Achias,  Tryntje,  174 
Ackerly,  Catharine,  12 
Adams,  Capt.  Charles  James, 
Adams,  Rebecca  Horatia,  32 
Adams,  Walter,  89 
Adrain,  Fannie  N.  B.,  123 
Adrain,  Robert,  123 
Aitken,  Abram  Beekman,  77, 
Aitken,  Andrew,  73,  74 
Aitken,  Beekman,  78 
Aitken,  Charles,  133 
Aitken,  Edith  Colfax,  78,  84 
Aitken,  Elizabeth  Houghton, 
Aitken,  Elizabeth  L.,  76 
Aitken,  Henry,  74 
Aitken,  James,  74 
Aitken,  Jeremiah  B.,  76 
Aitken,  John,  74,  76 
Aitken,  Lydia  Anna,  77 
Aitken,  Lydia  Bennett,  75 
Aitken,  May,  76 
Aitken,  Nora  Coote,  39,  78 
Aitken,  Thomas,  74 
Aitken,  William  B.,  39,  73,  74, 

172,  213 
Aitken,  William  Benford,  39, 
Alden,  John,  71 
Alden,  Rev.  Joseph,  25 
Alden,  William,  25 
Alderson,  Ida,  88 
Aldrich,  Richard,  50 
Alexandre,  Helen  L.,  124 
AUin,  Edna,  128 
Allin,  Francis  W.,  128 
AUin,  Frederic  B.,  128 
Alvord,  Lucy  A.,  66 
Alward,  Mary,  183 
Alward,  Nathaniel,  1S3 
Amerman,  Jan,  195 
Ammerman,  Elizabeth,  63 
Ammons,  Anthony  L.,  106 
Amory,  Dorothy,  130 
Anderson,  Adna,  15 
Anderson,  Albert  Day,  204 
Anderson,  Eliza,  15.  214 


,77,84, 
7« 


Anderson,  John  A.,  204 

Anderson,  Leroy  H.,  221 

Anderson,  Martha,  91 

Anderson,  Mary,  15 

Anderson,  Philip  V.  W.,  15 

Anderson,  Sarah,  15 

Andriessen,  Maritje,  178 

Anthon,  Marion  G.,  14 

Applegate,  Catherine,  190 

Appleton,  Harriette,  28 

Appleton,  Gen'l  James,  129 

Arden,  Abya,  165 

Arden,  Aeltje,  165 

Arden,  Catherine,  165 

Arden,  Elizabeth,  165 

Arden,  Jacob,  165 

Arden,  Sally,  138 

Arden,  Thomas,  138 

Armour,  Mary  D.,  24 

Armstrong,  Gen'l  John,  49 

Armstrong,  Margaret,  R.,  49,  164 

Amds,  Rinier,  178 

Arnds,  Tryntje  R.,  178 

Arnold,  Susan  M.,  25 

Arthur,  Marie,  43 

Anindel,  Earl  of,  38 

Ashmead,  Henrietta,  214 

Ashton,  Frances  Goodhue,  19,  151 

Ashton,  William,  19 

Aspinwall,  J.  Lawrence,  147 

Astor,  Ava  A.  Muriel,  50 

Astor,  Caroline,  51 

Astor,  Charlotte  A.,  51 

Astor,  Errdly,  49,  50 

Astor,  Helen,  50 

Astor,  Col.  John  J.,  50 

Astor,  Laura,  50 

Astor,  Malvina,  D.,  51 

Astor,  Mary  Alida,  50 

Astor,  Sarah,  51 

Astor,  William  B.,  49,  164 

Astor,  William  V.,  50 

Astor,  WiUiam  Waldorf,  50 

Atherton,  Catharine,  26,  37 

Atherton,  Major  Gen'l  Humphrey,  36 

Austin,  Dr.  A.  Eugene,  212 

Avery,  Christopher,  81 

Avery,  Ebenezer,  80 

Avery,  James,  8i 


236 

Avery,  Lucy,  80 

\  '         ^ 

Babcock,  John,  138 

Bache,  Sarah,  45 

Backer,  Jacobus,  175 

Bacus,  Phihp  H.,  157 

Bailey,  Alson,  90 

Bailey,  Daniel  Carey,  90 

Bailey,  Edmund  S.,'121 

Bailey,  John,  90 

Bailey,  Nellie,  90 

Bailey,  Dr.  Theodorus,  121 
■«  Baird,  Alexander,  153 

Baird,  Anna  C,  105 

Baird,  Caroline  V.,  90 

Baird,  Comehus  Barkalow,  90 

Baird,  Garret  V.,  105 

Baird,  Harriet  J.,  105 

Baird,  Irma,  90 

Baird,  John,  90 

Baird,  Louise,  90 

Baird,  Margaret  V.,  105 

Baird,  Mary,  148 

Baird,  Sarah,  105 

Baird,  William,  105 

Baker,  George  F.,  Jr.,  128 

Baker,  Haihe,  85 

Baker,  Looe,  146 

Baker,  Rachel,  104 

Baker,  VVilham,  v 

Baldwin,  Austin,  30 

Baldwin,  Lucy,  104 

Baldwin,  Radchffe,  30 

Ballantine,  Arthur  L.,  91 

Ballantine,  Berkeley,  91 

Ballantine,  Daniel,  91 

Ballantine,  Frank  A.,  91 

Ballantine,  James  E.,  91 
Bancke,  Frederick,  1S5 
Barcalo,  Althea,  85 
Barcalo,  Margaret,  90,  221 
Barclay,  Eliza,  43 
Barclay,  Helen,  148 
Barclay,  Susan,  14 
Barclay,  Col.  Thomas,  43 
Barcolo,  Margaretta,  207,  213 
Barcolow,  William  T.,  93 
Bard,  Ehza,  126 
Barents,  Fytje,  230 
Barkalow,  Ann,  89 
Barkalow,  Carohne,  89 
Barkalow,  Christopher,  87,  90 
Barkalow,  Daniel,  87,  89 
Barkalow,  Ehza,  87 
Barkalow,  Esther,  89 
Barkalow,  Frederic  S.,  90 
Barkalow,  Israel,  90 
Barkalow,  lohn  S.,  89 
Barkalow,  'Martha,  88 
Barkalow,  Mary,  88,  qo 


INDEX 


Barkalow,  Sidney,  89 
Barkalow,  Susan,  91 
Barkalow,  Virginia,  90 

Barkelo,  Wm.  Janse,  87 

Barret,  Charles  W.,  156 

Barretto,  Francis  J.,  152 

Barretto,  Gerard  M.,  152 

Bartine,  Edwin,  219 

Bartine,  Judge  John,  219 

Bartine,  Mary,  219 

Barton,  Thomas  P.,  52 

Bates,  Agnes,  232 

BatteU,  Hattie,  89 

Baudertius,  Mary,  2 

Baudertius,  Rev.  Wm.,  2 

Bayard,  Balthazar,  10 

Bayard,  Gysbert,  201 

Bayard,  James  A.,  164 

Bayard,  Judith,  10 

Bayard,  Margaret  S.,  114 

Bayard,  Nicholas,  114,  116 

Bayard,  Samuel,  116 

Bayard,  Stephen  N.,  120 

Bavles,  Chester,  225 

Bayles,  EUa  H.,  225 

Bayles,  Frederick,  225 

Bayles,  George  A.,  225 

Bayles,  John,  224 

Bayles,  Madge  Isabel,  225 

Bayles,  Martha,  225 

Bayles,  Mary  Louise,  225 

Bavles,  Robert,  202,  225 

Bayles,  Ruth,  48 

Bayles,  Sarah  Josephine,  225 

Bayles,  Sarah  W.,  225 

Bayles,  Walter,  225 

Bayles,  William  Gulick,  225,  226 

Bayles,  WiUiam  Harrison,  202,  225 

Bayhs,  Cora,  92 

Beacraft,  EHzabeth,  77 

Bearding,  Nathaniel,  36 

Bearding,  Sarah,  36 

Beardslee,  Rachael  Ann,  97 

Beasley,  Margaretta  Stockton,  44 

Beasley,  Mercer,  44 

Beck,  HedeUnd  E.,  204 

Beck,  Louis  C,  204 

Bedford,  Phoebe,  157 

Bedle,  Catherine,  190 

Bedlow,  Mary  E.  G.,  121 

Bedlow,  WiUiam,  17 

Beeckman,  Gilbert  L.,  25 

Beeckman,  Helen,  25 

Beeckman,  Henry,  26 

Beeckman,  Martha,  25 

Beeckman,  Martin,  25 

Beekman,  Aaron,  39,  62,  109 

Beekman,  Abraham,  v,  93,   97,    no, 

112.  118,  121,  206 
Beekman,   Abraham    C,  63,  64,   68, 

70,  73,  169,  171,  213 
Beekman,  Abraham  1.,  96 


INDEX 


237 


Beekman,  Abraham  R.,  98 

Beekman,  Adrianus,  109,  124 

Beekman,  Aefje,  113- 

Beekman,  Aeltje,  165 

Beekman,  Albert,  63 

Beekman,  Alida,  154,   155,  159,   160, 

l6i 
Beekman,  Alma,  97 
Beekman,  Anatje,  153 
Beekman,  Andrew,  3 
Beekman,  Ann,  21,  99,  105,  133,  153, 

159,  206 
Beekman,  Anna  M.,  161 
Beekman,  Annatie,  v 
Beekman,  Anthony,  161 
Beekman,  Benjamm,  156 
Beekman,  Caroline,  73,  99,  213 
Beekman,  Catharine,  v,  2,  25,  39,  73, 

97,  99,  107,  109,  III,  120,  121,  122, 

124,  140,  141,  154,  155,  159.  160, 

161,  165,  166,  213 
Beekman,  Catryntie,  7 
Beekman,  Celestia,  160 
Beekman  Cemetery,  167 
Beekman,  Charles,  63,  160 
Beekman,  Charles  K.,  122 
Beekman,  Christiana,  154 
Beekman,  Christopher,  iv,  39,  55,  56, 

57,  58,  61,  62,  109,  no,   170,  171, 

172,  206,  215,  219 
Beekman,  Cornelia,  v,  7,  10,  22,  29, 

30,62,97,108,  no.  III,  112,114, 

116,  121,  124,  133,  141,  151.  153. 

171,  206 
Beekman,  Cornelius,  I,  133,  156,  15S, 

159,  160,  175 
Beekman,  Cortlandt,  123 
Beekman,  David,  134 
Beekman,  Dorothy,  160 
Beekman,  EUza,  69,  213 
Beekman,  Elizabeth,  iv,  v,  16,  17,  85, 

112,  114,  117,  124,  153,  154,  157. 

160,  162,  165 
Beekman,  Elizabeth  H.,  169 
Beekman,  Ellen,  94,  98 
Beekman,  Emma,  63 
Beekman,  Engelbert,  i 
Beekman,  Eve,  135 
Beekman,  EveUne,  160 
Beekman,  Fannie  N'eilson,  123 
Beekman,  Fenwick,  122 
Beekman,  Florence,  63 
Beekman,  Frances  M.,  98 
Beekman,  Garret,  62,  169,  170 
Beekman,  Geertruy,  156 
Beekman,  Gerald,  98 
Beekman,  Gerard,  i,  2,  123,  124,  133 
Beekman,  Gerard  G.,  21,  133 
Beekman,  Gerard  WiUiam,  1 1 1 
Beekman,  Col.  Gerardus,  53,  54.  "i- 

140,  141,  167,  217 

,  Gerardus,  56,  93,  94,  116, 


168,  169, 
56,     58, 


164 


133,  134,  142,  153,  165, 
170,  179,  215,  217,  220 

Beekman,  Gerardus  C,  39, 
105,  107,  167,  206 

Beekman,  Gerardus  K.,  153 

Beekman,  Gertrude,  63 

Beekman,  Gertrude  Van  C,  i; 

Beekman,  Grotius,  61,  63 

Beekman,  Hannaatje,  219 

Beekman,  Harmon,  2 

Beekman,  Heloise,  122 

Beekman,  Henr\',  25,  26,  141, 

Beekman,  Col.  Henry,  40,  116 

Beekman,  Henry  R.,  123 

Beekman,  Hendrick,  2,  7 

Beekman,  Hendricus,  155,  165 

Beekman,  Herman,  123 
]   Beekman,  Isaac,  63,  99 

Beekman,  Jacob,  v,  98,  165 

Beekman,  Jacobus,  16,  152,  153,  154, 
15s.  166 

Beekman,  James,  16,    98,    no,    112, 
118,  120,  121,  123,  124,  152,  153, 
'        162 
I   Beekman,  James  Hude,  123 

Beekman,  James  W.,  124 

Beekman,  Jesse  H.,  63 
I   Beekman,  Jane,  63,  120, 
\   Beekman,  Jannetje,  165 
]   Beekman,  Jochim,  iv 

Beekman,  Johanna,  96,  98,  112,  121, 
154.  171 
;   Beekman,  Johannes,  v,  155,  162,  165 

Beekman,  John,  iv,  v,  3,  26,  62,  99, 
'        121,  153,  154 
;   Beekman,  Dr.  John,  156 
1   Beekman,  Rev.  John,  2 
:   Beekman,  John  A.,  96,  169,  171 
,   Beekman,  John  C,  122 
;   Beekman,  John  Groff,  161 
j   Beekman,  John  K.,  162 

Beekman,  John  N.,  123 

Beekman,  Josephine  L.,  123 

Beekman,  Judicke,  155 

Beekman,  Julia,  62,  159 
j   Beekman,  Julia  Ann,  62 
!   Beekman,  Laura,  159 
j   Beekman,  Lidea,  162 

Beekman,  Loami,  161 
I   Beekman,  Louisa,  63 
;   Beekman,  Lydia.  122 
I   Beekman,  Mabel,  63 
I   Beekman,  Magdalena,  85,   107,    no, 
in,  112,  133,  134,  161,  206 
Beekman,  Malli,  157 
i    Beekman,  Margaret,  v,  9,  25,  40,  41, 
!       69,  123,  161,  169,  170,  213 
t   Beekman,  Margaretta,  2,  112 
j   Beekman,  Maria,  3,  6,  no,  114,  130, 

141,151,154,157,170 
I  Beekman,  Maria  K.,  162 
'   Beekman,  Maritje,  158 


162,  169 


INDEX 


Beekman,  Martha,  62,  63,  67,  84,  171, 

Beekman,  Martin,  iv,  3 
Beekman,  Martinns,  166 
Beekman,  Mary,  71,  87,  99,  100,  120, 

121,  123,  153,  159,  160,  161,  162, 

171,  206 
Beekman,  Marv  Scott,  72,  213 
Beekman,  Matilda,  71,  98,  172,  213 
Beekman,  Nancy,  160 
Beekman,  Neilson,  123 
Beekman,  Noah  W.,  161 
Beekman,  Peter,  iv,  v,  63,  97,   153, 

160 
Beekman,  Phoebe,  98 
Beekman,  Rachel,  165 
Beekman,  Ralph,  v,  98 
Beekman,  Reuben,  161 
Beekman,  Richard  M.,  63 
Beekman,  R.  Livingston,  25 
Beekman,  Samuel,  iv,  v 
Beekman,  Sarah,  98,  no,  156 
Beekman,  Thomas,  153,  155,  156,  159 
Beekman,  Theophilus,  153 
Beekman,  Tjerck,  156 
Beekman,  Trentje  C,  158 
Beekman,  Walter  K.,  162 
Beekman,  Wilhelmus,   i,   6,    11,   25, 

154,  164,  165,  166 
Beekman,  WilUam,  7,  no,   114,  120, 

'34 
Beekman,  William  Bedlow,  122 
Beekman,  William,  Dr.,  55,  56,  in, 

Beekman,  William  F.,  122,  123 
Belden,  Oliver  S.,  224 
Belden,  William,  224 
Bell,  Catharine,  132 
Bell,  Diana,  72 
BeU,  Rev.  Edward,  132 
Bell,  Edward,  129 
Bell,  Harry,  132 
BeUinger,  Eliza,  161 
Bellinger,  George,  161 
BeUomont,  Earl  of,  34 
Benjamin,  Hamilton  Fish,  14 
Benjamin,  Col.  Samuel  N.,  14 
Benjamin,  William  M.,  14 
Bennem,  Jan,  185 
Bennet,  Abram  A.,  233 
Bennet,  Adrian,  183,  231,  233 
Bennet,  Agnietje  A.,  234 
Bennet,  Angenietje,  233 
Bennet,  Annetje,  231 
Bennet,  Antje  A.,  233 
Bennet,  Cornelis,  233 
Bennet,  Engel  A.,  234 
Bennet,  Folkert,  233 
Bennet,  Gerard,  196 
Bennet,  Isaac,  233 
Bennet,  Jacob  .\.,  233 
Bennet,  Jan  Adriaense,  231 


Bennet,  Jeromus,  231 
Bennet,  Joris,  231 
Bennet,  Margaret,  187 
Bennet,  Maria  A.,  233 
Bennet,  Metalynke,  233 
Bennet,  Phoebe,  231 
Bennet,  Samuel,  196 
Bennet,  Sarah,  233 
Bennet,  WUlem  A.,  231 
Bennett,  Jeremiah,  75 
Bennett,  Sir  John,  75 
Bennett,  John,  233 
Bennett,  Lydia,  75 
Bennett,  William,  197 
Bensel,  Edward  B.,  76 
Bensel,  William  A.,  76 
Benson,  Tryntie,  135 
Bentick,  George  Cavendish,  48 
Bergen,  Aaron,  217 
Bergen,  Abraham  Beekman,  96 
Bergen,  Charity,  94 
Bergen,  Cornelia  V.,  12 
Bergen,  Edward  M.,  218 
Bergen,  Eliza,  217 
Bergen,  Frederick  J.,  59,  213 
Bergen,  Garrette,  213,  219 
Bergen,  George  M.,  218 
Bergen,  Gerritie,  217 
Bergen,  Gertrude,  96 
Bergen,  Henry,  195,  218 
Bergen,  Henry  B.,  218 
Bergen,  Jacob,  96,  197,  217,  224 
Bergen,  Jane,  218 
Bergen,  Johannes,  197 
Bergen,  John  A.,  218 
Bergen,  Joris,  219 
Bergen,  Margaret,  218 
Bergen;  Maria,  217 
Bergen,  Mary,  21S 
Bergen,  Mary  Jane,  218 
Bergen,  Matthew,  218 
Bergen,  Sarah,  197 
Bergen,  Simon,  197 
Bergen,  Tunis  G.,  175 
Berrian,  John,  224 
Bettner,  Adelaide,  147 
Biggs,  Abraham,  73 
Biggs,  Benjamin  T.,  72,  213 
Biggs,  Harriets.,  156 
Biggs,  Helen,  73 
Biggs,  John,  72 
Biggs,  J.  Frank,  72 
Biggs,  Mary  B.,  72,73 
Biggs,  Rachel  M.,  72 
Biggs,  Sewell  C,  73,  213 
Biggs,  Willard  B.,  73 
Birch,  Margaret  Rutgers,  n? 
Birkhead,  EUa,  20,  150 
Bishop,  Cortlandt  F.,  134 
Bishop,  David  Wolfe,  134 
Bishop,  Florence  V.  C,  134 
Blackwell,  Anna  M.,  159 


INDEX 


239 


Blackwell,  Mary  Ann,  218 
BlackweU,  William,  226 
Blauvelt,  Gertrude,  86 
Blauvelt,  Dr.  W.  W.,  86 
Bleyck,  Ariaentje,  69 
Bloomfield,  Phoebe,  iv 
Blue,  Catharine,  205 
Blue,  Enos  L.,  203,  205 
Blue,  Margaret,  203 
Boardman,  Lansdale,  112 
Boardman,  William  C,  112 
Boel,  Charles,  117 
Boerum,  Jerett,  183 
Boice,  Archibald,  61 
Boice,  Cornelius,  203 
Boice,  David,  203 
Boice,  Edgar,  61 
Boice,  Harvey,  61 
Boice,  Jane  M.,  203 
Boice,  John  DeWitt,  61 
Boker,  Josephine,  95 
Bolden,  Gertrude  L'Estrange,  29 
BonneU,  Alexander,  107 
Borrowe,  H.  Alsop,  122 
Borrowe,  Dr.  Jacob  Hallett,  122 
Borrowe,  Samuel,  122 
Boudinot,  Elisha,  120 
Bowden,  Constance,  148 
Bowden,  Rev.  James  J.,  148 
Bowman,  WardeU  P.,  223 
Bowne,  Katherine  M.,  15 
Boyd,  Eugenia,  107 
Boyd,  George,  18 
Boyd,  Sarah  Matilda,  185 
Bradley,  Lucretia,  83 
Bragin,  Frances,  iv 
Breese,  Elizabeth  Ann,  24 
Brett,  Francis,  228 
Brevoort,  Edith,  127,  128 
Brevoort,  Hendrick  Jansen,  127 
Brevoort,  Henry,  127 
Brevoort,  Isabella,  12S 
Brevoort,  Jan  Hendrickse,  127 
Brevoort,  John,  128 
Brewer,  Catharine,  17,  18 
Brewster,  "Dame"  Mary, 
Brewster, 
Brewster, 

Brewster,  WUliam,  82 
Brewster,  Wrasling,  83 
Brinkerhoflf,  Adrian,  228 
Brinkerhoff,  Altje,  228 
Brinkerhoff,  Barbara,  22S 
Brinkerhoff,  Dirck,  228 
Brinkerhoff,  John,  228 
Brissac,  M.,  22 
Bronson,  Mary,  109 
Brooke,  Fannie,  214 
Brooks,  Catherine,  85 
Brooks,  Capt.  David,  147 
Brooks,  Fanny,  147 
Brooks,  Isabella,  147 


Jonathan,  83 
Love,  83 


Brooks,  Lillian,  147 
Brouwer,  Alida,  3 
Brouwer,  Mary,  196 
Brouwer,  Ritsert,  117 
Brown,  Andrew,  96 
Brown,  Annie  Mellona,  96 
Brown,  Ellen  Q.,  96 
Brown,  Capt.  Lowndes,  46 
Brown,  Matthew,  96 
Browning,  Jane  A.,  13 
BrownsweU,  Sophia,  233 
Bruen,  M.,  125 
Branson,  Sarah,  233 
Bryce,  Clemence  S.,  14 
Buchanan,  James  A.,  12 
Buchanan,  Laura  W.,  12 
Buffet,  Alfred,  196 
Buffett,  Eliphaz,  196 
BuJJett,  Henry,  196 
Buffett,  Lilian,  196 
Buffett,  Van  Dyke,  196 
Bull,  Catharine  V.  D.,  78 
Bull,  Charles  Beekman,  78 
Bull,  Charles  H.,  77,  78 
Bull,  CUfton  B.,  77 
Bull,  Harold  Aitken,  78 
Bull,  Henry,  77 
Bull,  Captain  Thomas,  38 
Bunce,  Sarah,  38 
Bunce,  Thomas,  38 
Bunner,  Charles  F.,  184 
j   Burden,  Henry,  31,  32 
Burr,  Nelson,  149 
Burhans,  Jacob,  160 
Burhans,  Margaret,  156 
BurteU,  Rev.  David  J.,  84 
BurreU,  Ebenezer,  24 
Burtell,  Elizabeth  T.,  24 
BurteU,  Norman  M.,  84 
Burrill,  Charles  Drayton,  i. 
Burrill,  Drayton,  144 
Burrill,  John  E.,  131 
Burrill,  Mary,  144 
Burrill,  Middleton  S.,  131 
Burrill,  Percy,  144 
Burrass,  Adelita,  232 
Burruss,  Albert  E.,  232 
Burruss,  Chester,  232 
Burrass,  Edwin  E.,  232 
Burrass,  Eugene  L.,  232 
Burrass,  Marguerite,  232 
Burrass,  Nathaniel,  232 
Burrass,  William  C,  232 
Burtis,  Charles,  144 
Burtis,  Sarah  M.,  144 
Bussing,  Catherine,  185 
Bussing,  Elizabeth,  162 
Bussing,  Jane,  162 
Butler,  EUzabeth,  145 
Butler,  Frances  R.,  12 
Butler,  John,  143 
Buys,  Peter,  175 


240 


INDEX 


CadwaladerT  Maria,  126 
Cady,  John  Watts,  18 
Campbell,  Florence,  172 
CampbeU,  George  W.,  168,  172 
Campbell,  James  W.,  139 
Campbell,  Julia  W.  L.,  139 
Cannon,  Jan,  162 
Cannon,  John,  162 
Carey,  Arthur  Astor,  50 
Carey,  Henry,  50 
Carey,  John,  Jr.,  50 
Carey,  Margaret  L.,  50 
Carmatt,  Sybella,  145 
Carmen,  Phoebe,  15 
Carnahan,  Hannah,  222 
Carnahan,  Rev.  James,  222 
Carnahan,  Lydia,  222 
Carnes,  Helen  L.,  146 
Camochan,  Estelle,  147 
Camochan,  Frederick  G.,  147 
Camochan,  Gouvemeur  M.,  147 
Camochan,  Harriet  F.  P.,  147 
Camochan,  John  Murray,  147 
Camochan,  LiUian,  147 
Camochan,  Mary  Morris,  147 
Camochan,  William,  147 
Carpenter,  Elizabeth,  v 
Carpenter,  John  T.,  196 
Carpenter,  Sarah,  146,  147 
Carr,  Harriet,  196 
Carr,  Mary,  159 
Carson,  Laura,  127 
Catlin,  Catharine  L.,  13 
CatUn,  Charles  M.,  13 
Catlin,  Cora,  13 
Catlin,  John  M.,  13 
Catlin,  Lynde,  13 
Catlin,  Nicholas  W.  S.,  13 
Chamberlain,  AUce,  50 
Chamberlain,  Julia  R.,  49 
Chambers,  Abner  Reeder,  212 
Chambers,  Catherine  H.,  212 
Chambers,  Elizabeth,  212 
Chambers,  John,  212 
Chambers,  Josephine,  212 
Chambers,  Margaret  N.,  207 
Chambers,  Robert,  67,  212 
Chambers,  Robert  Augustus,  212 
Chambers,  Sarah  F.,  212 
Chandler,  John,  82 
Chandler,  Mehitable,  82 
Chandler,  W^iUiam,  82 
Chanler,  Alida,  50 
Chanler,  John  A.,  49 
Chanler,  John  Winthrop,  49 
Chanler,  Lewis  Stuyvesant,  50 
Chanler,  Margaret  L.,  50 
Chanler,  Robert  W.,  49 
Chapman,  John  J.,  49 
Chatham.  Lord,  210 


Chedister,  Guy  M.,  88 

Chedister,  Marv  L.,  88 

Chedister,  Sarah  M.,  88 

Cheeseborough,  Catharine  A.,  11 

Chesboro,  William,  39 

Chesborough,  Abagail,  39 

Chesborough,  Samuel,  39 

Chesborough,  William,  39  , 

Christie,  Sara,  24  \ 

Christophers,  Grace,  82 

Christophers,  Richard,  82 

Church,  Angelica  Schuyler,  15 

Church,  Benjamin  S.,  15 

Church,  Mary,  31,  38 

Church,  Richard,  38- 

Clark,  Alvah,  86 

Clark,  Eugene,  87 

Clark,  Harriet  A.,  139 

Clark,  John  S.,  234 

Clark,  Katharine,  86 

Clark,  Madeline,  86 

Clark,  Gen'l  Samuel,  104 

Clarke,  Eliza,  156 

Clarkson,  Bayard,  113 

Clarkson,  David  A.,  42 

Clarkson,  Harriet  Ashton,  17 

Clarkson,  Levinus,  43 

Clarkson,  Mathew,  19 

Clarkson,  Susan  Maria,  19 

Clarkson,  Thomas  S.,  21 

Clarkson,  William  B.,  43 

Clay,  Samuel.  Jr.,  109 

Clemmons,  Edith,  88 

Cleramons,  Evelyn,  88 

Clemmons,  Gregory,  88 

Clemmons,  J.  Ola,  88 

Clemmons,  Lynn,  88 

Clopper.  Annetje,  198 

Clopper,  Cornelius,  198 

Clopper,  Frances  \l.,  199 

Clopper,  Garret,  199 

Clopper,  George  B.,  199 

Clopper,  Hendricus,  198 

Clopper,  Henry  G.,  199 

Clopper,  Lucy  Ann,  199 

Clopper,  Margareta,  198 

Clopper,  Margaret  E.,  199 

Clopper.  Penelope.  199 

Clopper,  Sarah  H.,  199 

Cnoetz,  Rev.  N.  N.,  2 

Codwise,  David,  25,  125 

Codwise,  George,  124 

Codwise,  Maria.  125,  130 

Coens,  Rev.  219 

Coit,  John,  82 

Coit,  Joseph,  82 

Coit,  Lydia,  82 

Coit,  Samuel.  82 

Colden.  Gov.  Cadwallader,  2 1 

Colden,  Ehzabeth,  21 

Coleman,  Harriet,  43 

Col£a.x,  Albert  E.,  78,  84 


INDEX 


241 


Colfax,  Ebenezer,  80 

Colfax,  Edith  Whitman,  78-84 

Colfax,  George,  80 

Colfax,  Jonathan,  78 

Colfax,  Natalie,  84 

Colfax,  Schuyler,  79 

Colfax,  William,  78 

Colfax,  Gen'l  William,  79 

Collier,  Helen  S.,  145 

Collier,  John  A.,  145 

Collier,  Juha,  144 

Collins,  Louisa,  85 

Comstock,  Minnie  E.,  216 

Concklin,  John,  15 

ConckUn,  Susan,  15 

Cone,  Conant,  67 

Cone,  Spencer  H.,  67 

Conklin,  John,  16 

ConJklin,  Susan,  16 

Corcoran,  Sarah,  183 

Constable,  Anna,  25 

Constable,  Augustus,  25 

Constable,  David  C,  25 

Constable,  Gilbert,  25 

Constable,  John  V.  R.,  25 

Constable,  William  B.,  25 

Cooper,  Isaac,  145 

Coopemail,  Catharine,  22 

Coote,  Albert  Eyre,  39,  40 

Coote,  Baron  of  Coloony,  34 

Coote,  Capt.  Charles  W.  M.,  32,  78 

Coote,  Sir  Charles,  23 

Coote,  Chidley,  33,  34 

Coote,  Rev.  Chidley,  D.D.,  34 

Coote,  Francis,  33 

Coote,  Sir  John,  32 

Coote,  John  Maxwell,  39 

Coote,  Julia  RadcliSe,  39 

Coote,  Maria  Spencer,  36 

Coote,  Mary  Spencer,  39 

Coote,  Sir  Nicholas,  33 

Coote,  Nora  Hamilton,  39,  78 

Coote,  Richard,  33,  34 

Coote,   Richard  Earl  of  Bellomont, 

32,  54 
Coote,  Spencer  Eyre,  39 
Coote,  Major  Thomas,  32 
Coote,  Victoria  Rebecca,  39 
Copp,  John,  198 
Corlaer,  Jacob,  4,  175 
Cortelyou,  Helen,  62,  190 
Cortelyou,  Henry  P.,  62 
Cortelyou,  Jacques,  63,  1 75 
Cortelyou,  Peter,  62 
Cortelyou,  Teunis,  190 
Cortlandt,  Stephen,  Colonel,  54 
Corwine,  Aaron,  67 
Corwine,  Amos,  66 
Corwine,  Clarissa,  67 
Corwine,  Joab  H.,  66 
Corwine,  Richard,  66 
Corwine,  WiUiam,  66 


Cory,  Noah,  106 
Coryell,  Cornelia,  204 
Coster,  Adeline  E.,  163 
Coster,  ^lily  Pell,  152 
Couill,  AB^r  S.,  203,  205 
Couill,  Abraham  S.,  205 
Couill,  Agnes,  203 
Couill,  Andrew  S.,  203 
Couill  Catharine  S.,  205 
CouilC  Deborah,  204 
Couill,  Eliza  B.,  203 
CouiU,  Ira  S.,  203 
Couill,  Isaac,  205 
Couill,  Jane,  203 
Couill,  Richard,  203,  205 
Couill,  Sarah,  203,  205 
Couwenhoven,>\nnetje,  190 
Couwenhoven,  Antje,  193 
Couwenhoven,  Catrina,  190,  193 
Couwenhoven,  Cornelius,  189,  190 
Couwenhoven,  Daniel,  190,  193 
Couwenhoven,  Elleanor,  226 
Couwenhoven,  Francyntje,  194 
Couwenhoven,  Garret,  192,  193 
Couwenhoven,  Jacob,  193 
Couwenhoven,  Jacomyntje,  192 
Couwenhoven,  John,  127 
Couwenhoven,  Leah,  194 
Couwenhoven,  Lydia,  1S9 
Couwenhoven,  Mar>-,  127 
Couwenhoven,  Neeltje,  194 
Couwenhoven,  Nicholas,  198 
Couwenhoven,  Peter,  192,  197 
Couwenhoven,  Roelof,  193 
Couwenhoven,  Sarah,  190,  193 
Couwenhoven,  William,  189 
Covert,  Elizabeth,  203 
Cowles,  Mary  Stevens,  113 
Cox,  Abraham  Beekman,  112 
Cox,  Cornelia,  H2 
Cox,  Ella,  loi 
Cox,  Isaac,  in,  112 
Cox,  James,  93,  loi 
Cox,  John  F.,  112 
Cox,  Levantia  W.,  112 
Cox,  Luther,  loi 

I   Cox,  Mary,  loi,  112,  144 
Cox,  P.  Lansdale,  112 

I   Cox,  Rosina,  1 12 

I   Cox,  Russell  v.,  93 
Cox,  Sarah,  109 

I   Cox,  Wilham  H.,  loi 
Craig,  Elleanor,  226 
Craig,  Helena  A.,  125 
Craig,  James,  226 
CrandeU,  Catharine,  18 
Crane,  JuUa,  128 

I   Crawford,  Ahce  T.,  12 

'   Crawford,  Cora,  93 
Crawford,  David,  12 
Crawford,  EUzabeth,  93 
Crawford,  James  B.,  93 


242 


INDEX 


Crawford,  Jennie,  93 

Crawford,  Robert,  93 

Cregar,  Erlgar  I.,  63 

Cregar,  Harriette  B.,  63 

Cregar,  Hazel,  63 

Cregar,  Raymond  DeW.,  63 

Cregar,  Sarah  M.  B.,  63 

Creighton,  Rev.  William,  164 

Crocheron,  Jannetie,  57 

Crogan,  Col.  George,  46 

Crooke,  John,  22 

Croon,  Neeltje  Janse,  53 

Crosby,  Edward  H.,  17 

Crosby,  Estelle  M.,  147 

Crosby,  Livingston,  17,  147 

Crosby,  Robert  R.,  113 

Crosby,  Robert  Ralston,  17 

Crosby,  William  Bedlow,  17 

Cross,  Abraham  L.,  89 

Cross,  Carl,  89 

Cross,  Christopher  B.,  89 

Cross,  Helen,  89  > 

Cross,  Mary  A.,  89 

Croter,  Margaret  E.,  91 

Cruser,  Catherine,  226 

Cruser,  Cornelius,  224 

Cruser,  Judge  Frederick,  225,  226 

Cruser,  Rachel,  63 

Cruser,  Sarah,  225,  226 

Cuffe,  Dorothea,  33 

Cuffe,  Hugh,  33 

D 

Dalmas,  Sophie,  180 

Dana,  Frances  A.,  127 

Davenport,  Abraham,  27 

Davenport,  John,  27 

Davidson,  Joris,  7 

Davis,  Charles,  89 

Davis,  Ella,  88 

Davis,  John  A.,  144 

Davis,  Martha,  144 

Davis,  Thomas,  217 

Dawson,  Annie  L.,  123 

Dayton,  Elsie  L.,  91 

Dayton,  Harold  V.  D.,  91 

Dayton,  Margaret  E.,  91 

Dayton,  Samuel,  91 

D'Avezac,  Louise,  52 

De  Beyer,  Elizabeth,  I 

De  Bois,  Maria,  3 

De  Boogh,  Catharine,  6 

De  Camp,  Anna  M.,  147 

De  Gironcourt,  Eliza  Come,  127 

De  Groot,  Geesje,  178 

De  Hart,  Catharine  S.,  197 

De  Hart,  Simon,  18S,  189,  192,  197 

D'  Honneur,  Jeanne,  118 

De  Labigarre,  Amarillis,  112 

De  Labigarre,  Julius  A.  B.,  112 

De  Labigarre,  Maria  Louise,  112 


De  Labigarre,  Peter,  112 
DelaFeld,  Count,  126 
Delafield,  Edward  Coleman,  44 
Delafield,  Emily,  47 
Delafield,  Eugene  Livingston,  44 
Delafield,  Frederic  Prime,  47 
Delafield,  John  Ross,  44 
Delafield,  John  White  R.,  44 
Delafield,  Joseph,  44,  47,  48 
Delafield,  JuHa,  40,  44 
Delafield,  Lewis  Livingston,  47 
Delafield,  Margaretta  Stockton,  44 
^Delafield,  Maturin  Livingston,  43,  44 

47 
Delafield,  Richard,  126 
Delafield,  Robert  Hare,  47 
Delafield.  Rufus  King,  126 
De  la  Mater,  Catharine,  127 
De  Lancey,  James,  141 
De  Lancey,  Jane,  20 
De  Lancey,  Maria,  141 
De  Lancey,  Peter,  20 
De  Lancey,  Stephen,  20,  116,  141 
De  Lannoy,  Gysbert,  55 
Delano,  Franklin  H.,  50 
De  Lanoy,  Abraham,  55 
De  Lanoy,  Catharine  Peters,  1 1 1 
De  Lanoy,  Mary,  55,  109,  in,  206 
Delaplaine,  Florence,  123 
De  Loper,  Joanna,  7 
De  Montsaulnin,  Count  Charles,  143 
De  Nemours,  E.  L  du  P.,  180 
De  Nemours,  Pierre  S.,  180 
De  Nemours,  Victor  du  P.,  180 
De  Nemours,  Victor  M.,  180 
De  Peyster,  Abraham,  21,  34 
De  Peyster,  Ann  F.,  22,  133 
De  Peyster,  Anna  H.,  114 
De  Peyster,  Augusta  Morris,  20,  151 
De  Peyster,  Beekman,  1 13 
De  Peyster,  Catherine,   17,  22,   116, 

133 
De  Peyster,  Cornelia,  113,  12 1 
De  Peyster,  Edgar,  113 
De  Peyster,  Elizabeth,  16,  113,  152 
De  Peyster,  Ella  Morris,  20,  151 
De  Peyster,  Emily  M.,  113 
De  Peyster,  Estelle  E.,  21 
De  Peyster,  Francis  Goodhue,  20 
De  Peyster,  Frederic,  19,  20,  21,  32, 

92,  127,  133,  150,  151 
De  Peyster,  Helen  Van  C,  20,  151 
De  Peyster,  Henry  A.,  113 
De  Peyster,  J.  Ash  ton,  20 
De  Peyster,  James,  113 
De  Peyster,  James  A.,  19 
De  Peyster,  James  F.,  19,  150 
De  Peyster,  Joanna  C,  21,  133 
De  Peyster,  Johannes,  17,  152 
De  Peyster,  John  Watts,  21,  34,  49 
De  Peyster,  Johnston  L.,  21 
De  Peyster,  Margaret,  22,  133 


INDEX 


243 


De  Peyster,  Mary  Bedlow,  121 

De  Peyster,  Mary  E.,  21,  22,  133 

De  Peyster,  Pierre  Van  C,  22,  133 

De  Peyster,  Robert  G.  L.,  20 

De  Peyster,  Samuel  Hoke,  2 1 

De  Peyster,  Susan,  19 

De  Peyster,  Susan  Maria,  42 

De  Peyster,  Walton,  20 

De  Peyster,  William  A.,  121 

De  Peyster,  Wilson,  113 

De  Radclyffe,  Richard,  30 

De  Rapalle,  Gaspard,  92 

De  Rapalle,  Joris,  92 

De  Rapalle,  Marrotie,  92 

De  Rencourt,  N.  C.  M.  L.  Le,  180 

De  Rham,  Charles,  126 

De  Rham,  Frederic  F.,  126 

De  Rham,  Giraud  F.,  126 

De  Rham,  Henry  C,  127 

De  Rieraer,  Martha,  22 

De  Sille,  Fiscal  Nicasius,  175 

De  Steuers,  Margaret  L.  Carey,  143 

De  Steurs,  Alphonse,  50 

de  TuberviUe,  Paymus,  82 

De  Veaux,  Col.  Andrew,  139 

De  Veaux,  Augusta  M.,  138,  139 

De  Veaux,  Jane,  139 

Decker,  James  A.,  159 

Denis,  Teunis,  61 

Denmark,  Aeltje,  165 

Denmark,  Hendricus,  165 

Denmark,  Johannes,  165 

Denmark,  John,  165 

Denmark,  Maria,  165 

Denmark,  Rachel,  165 

Denyse,  Dennis,  198 

Denyse,  Garret,  198 

Denyse,  Jacques,  198 

Denyse,  Jane,  198 

Denyse,  Rime,  198 

Denyse,  Rutgert,  198 

Derwentwater,  Earl  of,  31 

Dewey,  Frederick,  89 

Dexter,  Stanley  W.,  143 

Dey,  Emma,  232 

Dey,  George  Waters,  232 

Dey,  James  B.,  232 

Dey,  Lewis,  232 

Dey,  Margaret  W.,  232 

Dey,  Mary  Frances,  232 

Dey,  Theunis,  232 

Dey,  Walter  H.,  232 

Dey,  William,  232 

Dick,  Evans  Rogers,  Jr.,  29 

Dickerson,  Louisa,  107 

Dickey,  Esther  E.,  89 

Dickinson,  Corinne  P.,  128 

Diehl,  Carrie,  63 

Dilts,  Harriet  Jane,  105 

Dilts,  Jacob,  105 

Dilts,  Mary  A.,  105 

Dinehart,  Malvina,  51 


,92 


Dingee,  John  H.,  223 
Dingee,  Mary  S.,  223 
Dirckse,  Mary,  182 
Dirks,  Lytic,  175,  179 
Dix,  Lucy,  216 
Dodge,  Cornelia  A.,  104 
Dongan,  Governor,  178 
Doren,  Ann,  153 
Dorrell,  Joy,  18,  19 
Douw,  Catharine,  135 
Dowden,  Ada  L,  92 
Dowden,  Arnold  W.,  92 
Dowden,  Charles,  91 
Dowden,  Dawson,  92 
Dowden,  Elsie,  92 
Dowden,  Florence  A.,  91 
Dowden,  George  A.,  91 
Dowden,  George  E.,j92 
Dowden,  Harold  V. 
Dowden,  Helen,  92 
Dowden,  Henrietta,  92 
Dowden,  Maud  M.,  92 
Dowden,  Selina  A.,  91 
Dowden,  Willis  G.,  92 
Downes,  John,  135 
Downey,  Betsey,  218 
Downing,  Julia,  217 
Draper,  Amy  W.,  131 
Drayton,  Caroline,  51 
Drayton,  Henry  C,  51 
Drayton,  J.  Coleman,  51 
Drayton,  William  B.  A.,  51 
Du  Bois,  Rev.  Benjamin,  193 
Du  Bois,  Christian,  228 
Du  Bois,  Elias,  229 
Du  Bois,  Margaret,  193 
Dubois,  Moses,  158 
Du  Bois,  Peter  J.,  228 
Dudley,  Henry,  13 
Dudley,  Nicholas  W.  S.,  13 
Dumont,  Abraham  J.,  v 
Duraont,  Benjamin,  107 
Dumont,  Cornelia,  107 
Dumont,  Elbert,  107 
Dumont,  Jane  A.,  107 
Dumont,  John,  156 
Dumont,  Mary,  107 
Duraont,  Rachel,  156 
Dumont,  Samuel  K.,  107 
Dumont,  Sarah,  107 
Dunbar,  Louisa,  85 
Dundy,  Sarah  E.,  107 
Dunham,  Charles,  63 
Dupont,  Alexis  I.,  180 
Du  Pont,  AHred  V.,  180 
Dupont,  Amelia  J.,  1 80,  181 
Dupont,  Charles  Francis,  181 
Dupont,  Charles  J.,  181 
Dupont,  Gen.  Henry,  180 
Dupont,  Col.  Henry  A.,  180 
Dupont,  Mary  Sophia,  181 
Dupont,  Mary  Van  Dyke,  181 


244 


INDEX 


Dupont,  Nicholas  V.  D.,  i8l 
Dupont,  Victor  I.,  i8i 
Dupont,  Victorine  A.,  i8l 
Duryea,  Arm  Maria,  io6 
Duryea,  Christopher  V.,  io6 
Duryea,  Coert  V.,  io6 
Duryea,  Margaret,  117 
Duryea,  Theodore  V.,  106 
Duryea,  William  C,  106 
Duryee,  Ami  Elizabeth,  97 
Duryee,  Col.  Henry,  97 
Dusenberry,  Anne,  189 
Dusenberry,  Antje,  189 
Dusenberry,  Henry,  189 
Dusenberry,  William,  189 
Duyckinck,  Evert,  1 1 1 
Duyckinck,  Gerardus,  15,  in 
Duyckinck,  Mary,  1 1 1 
Dyer,  Hannah,  199 
Dyer,  Thomas  H.,  219 


Earnshaw,  Edward  Henry,  183 

Eamshaw,  Elizabeth  L.,  183 

Earnshaw,  Gertrude,  183 

Earnshaw,  Marjory,  183 

Edgar,  Hannah,  149 

Edgar,  Thomas,  61 

Edgar,  William,  149 

Edwards,  Mary  Morris,  132 

Eldert,  Sarah,  195 

Eldridge,  Walter  iXorman,  1 1 

Eldringh,  Wiliemtie,  230 

EUiot,  Anne,  142,  144 

Eliot,  Margaret,  205 

Elkins,  Elizabeth  Wolcott,  29 

Elkins,  George  W,,  3rd,  29 

Elkins,  William  M.,  29 

Ellsworth,  Elizabeth,  153 

Ellsworth,  Theophilus,  16 

Elmendorf,  John,  157 

Elmendorf,  Mary  C,  136 

Elmendorf,  Peter  Z.,  136 

Elswaert,  Theophulus,  155 

Elswaert,  WiUiam,  155 

Els  worth,  Joris,  165 

Elsworth,  Maria,  165 

Eraan,  Hendrick,  201 

Emans,  Abraham,  206 

Emans,  Andrew,  205 

Emans,  Andries,  202 

Emans,  Anna,  203 

Emans,  Catharine,  203,  207,  219, 

Emans,  Jacob,  206 

Emans,  Jacobus,  206 

Emans,  Jan,  206 

Emans,  John,  202,  203 

Emans,  Mary,  75 

Emans,  Rebecca,  206 

Emans,  Sarah,  206 

Emans,  William,  206 


Emerson,  Daniel,  212 
Emerson,  Hannah,  212 
Emerson,  Sir  Ralph,  212 
Emmans,  Margaret,  195 
Emmet,  William,  126 
Emmons,  Mary,  75 
Ensign,  James,  27 
Ensign,  Mary,  27,  36 
Eotr,  Mary,  183 
Evans,  Carl  B.,  95 
Evans,  Gertrude,  95 
E\  '.ns,  Warren,  95 
Evens,  Evelyn,  91 
Evertson,  Jacob,  26 
Evertson,  Admiral  Jan,  29 
Evertson,  Margaret,  26,  29 
Exveen,  Cornelius,  7 


Farris,  George  S.,  93 
Farris,  Robert,  93 
Ferdon,  Barbara,  233 
Field,  Benjamin  H.,  22-134 
Field,  Cortlandt,  de  P.,  134 
Field,  Florence  V.  C,  134 
Field,  Robert,  22 
FiUdn,  Catharine,  228 
Fine,  Catharine,  229 
Finlay,  Louisa  B.,  16,  17 
Finney,  Amelia  A.,  204 
Finney,  Emma  D.,  204 
Finney,  Ida  May,  204 
Finney,  John,  204 
Finney,  Louise  C,  204 
Finney,  Sarah  Z.,  204 
Fish,  Airaham  Keteltas,  121 
Fish,  Edith  Li\-ingston,  14 
Fish,  Elizabeth,  14,  148 
Fish,  Hamilton,  13,  14 
Fish,  John,  121 
Fish,  Julia  Kean,  14 
Fish,  Marion,  14 
Fish,  Mary  Elizabeth,  14,  121 
Fish,  Col.  Nicholas,  13,  14,  148 
Fish,  Sarah  Morris,  14 
Fish,  Sidney  Webster,  14 
Fish,  Stuyvesant,  14 
Fish,  Susan  Leroy,  14 
Fishbome,  Anne,  143 
Fisher,  John  C,  109 
Fisher,  William  B.,  205 
Fisk,  Rev.  Edward  W.,  88 
Fletcher,  Amy,  212 
Floyd,  Gelston,  45 
Floyd,  Dr.  RoLfe,  47 
Folkers,  Jannetje,  233 
Folkers,  Margaretta,  195 
Fonten,  Mabel,  93 
Forbes,  .'\rthur  H.,  43 
Ford,  Mildred  N.,  12 
Forman,  Samuel,  190 


INDEX 


245 


Forsyth,  Emily,  125 
Forsyth,  RusscU,  125 
Forsyth,  Sarah,  125- 
Forsyth,  William,  125 
Forsyth,  W.  W.,  125 
Fortescue,  Sir  John,  ii 
Fortune,  Charles,  88 
Fortune,  Cynthia,  88 
Fortune,  George,  88 
Foster,  Ann  Jane,  32 
Foster,  Clara,  126 
Foster,  Emily  H.,  126 
Foster,  Frederic'de  P.,  126 
Foster,  Giraud,  126 
Foster,  John,  126 
Foster,  Margaret,  25 
Foster,  Mary,  126 
Foster,  Richard  T.,  126 
Foulke,  Amelia,  121 
Foulke,  Bayard  Fish,  121 
Foulke,  Joseph,  122 
Foulke,  WilUam,  121 
Fowler,  A.  K.,  107 
Fox,  Ehzabeth,  158 
Franklin,  Gov.,  219 
Freeman,  Ellen  A.,  31 
Funk,  Lois  A.,  216 


Gaddis,  Ann,  218 
Gaddis,  Andrew,  218 
Gaddis,  Catherine  Ann,  218 
Gaddis,  David  A.,  218 
Gaddis,  Jacob  Bergen,  218 
Gaddis,  Dr.  John  Van  Dyke,  218 
Gaddis,  Matthew  Bergen,  218 
Gallatin,  Frederick,  124 
Gallatin,  Mary,  124 
Gallop,  Caistobel,  38 
Gallop,  Capt.  John,  38 
Gallop,  William,  39 
Galloway,  Susannah,  180 
Gallup,  Temperance,  30,  39 
Gammers,  Mary,  82 
Garrabrant,  Adele,  90 
Garrabrant,  Andrew,  91 
Garrabrant,  Robert  B.,  90,  91 
Garretson,  Abrara  Quick,  95 
Garretson,  Annie  B-,  95 
Garretson,  Catharine  E.,  95 
Garretson,  Charles  B.,  95 
Garretson,  Ella  Brown,  95 
Garretson,  Rev.  Freeborn,  46 
Garretson,  Helen,  96 
Garretson,  Herbert,  95 
Garretson,  Jacob,  99 
Garretson,  Jane  E.,  98 
Garretson,  John  F.,  95 
Garretson,  John  Martin,  95 
Garretson,  Joseph,  96 
Garretson,  Leland,  96 


Garretson,  Martin  S.,  95 
Garretson,  Mary  R.,  46 
Garretson,  Peter  G.,  98 
Garretson,  Ruth,  95 
Garretson,  Watts  Livingston,  46 
Gaston,  Evelyn,  219 
Geary,  Mary  Helen,  90 
Gebhard,  Isabel,  131 
Geer,  Robert  Qinton,  29 
Gerhard,  Louisa,  180 
Gerrv,  Angelica  L.,  48 
Gerry,  Elbridge  T.,  48 
Gerry,  Mabel,  48 
Gerry,  Peter  G.,  48 
Gerry,  Robert  L.,  48 
Gerry,  Thomas,  48 
Geyer,  Jane,  135 
Gibbes,  Augusta,  56 
Gibert,  Julia  Magdalene,  163 
Gibson,  Cornelia  S.,  116 
Gibson,  Ellen  V.  D.,  214 
Gibson,  Fanny  J.,  12 
Gibson,  George  Moser,  116 
Gibson,  Hamilton,  214 
Gibson,  Henry  Pierson,  116 
Gibson,  James  R.,  12,  154 
Gibson,  John  B.,  116 
Gibson,  Joseph  Enos,  116 
Gibson,  Louis  Stu>'vesant,  116 
Gibson,  Rev.  Robert,  116 
Gibson,  Robert  Marius,  116 
Gibson,  Susan  Meta,  116 
Gibson,  William  H.,  214 
Gibson,  William  M.,  116 
Gilbert,  Ehzabeth,  144 
Giles,  Margaret,  205 
Goddard,  F.  Norton,  130 
Goelet,  Hannah,  48 
Golden,  Joseph,  179 
Gomensbach,  Gertryd,  2 
Goodridge,  Matilda,  147 
Goodhue,  Frances,  43 
Goodsell,  Dr  Thomas,  18 
Gordon,  James,  138 
Gordon,  Melina,  138 
Gouvemeur,  Susan,  135,  1 84 
Graham,  Beeckman,  26 
Graham,  Ehzabeth,  184 
Graham,  Helen,  26 
Graham,  Jane  Maria,  184 
Graham,  John,  26 
Graham,  Theodorus,  V.  W.,  184 
Graham,  Wallace,  26 
Granard,  Earl  of,  48 
Grant,  Major  Alexander,  23 
Grannis,  Harriet,  146 
Graves,  Mahitable,  38 
Graves,  Thomas,  38 
Gray,  Ehzabeth  W.,  148 
Greene,  Anna  T.,  16,  17 
Green,  H.  W.,  132 
Grccnsladc,  Johanna,  81 


246 


INDEX 


Griggs,  Aeltje,  93,  206 
Grim,  Maria  Isabella,  163 
Grimball,  Joh'n  B.,  143 
Groff,  Margaret,  161 
Groff,  Sarah,  161 
Griswold,  John,  196 
Griswold,  Mary,  80 
Griswold,  Matthew,  80 
G rover,  Elizabeth,  191 
G  rover,  Parmella,  192 
Guest,  Ann,  1 10 
Gulick,  Addison  A.,  217 
Gulick,  Ann  Eliza,  218 
Gulick,  Augustus,  218 
Gulick,  Emma,  218 
Gulick,  Elizabeth,  217 
Gulick,  Jacob  Van  Dyke,  217 
Gulick,  Jane  A.,  217 
Gulick,  Major  John,  225 
Gulick,  Mary,  217,  2i8 
Gulick,  Peter,  217 
GuUck,  Pyramus  H.,  92 
Gulick,  Ralph,  217 
Gulick,  Rebecca,  225 
Gulick,  Vincent,  218 
GuUck,  William  H.,  217 
Gumey,  Abram  Gifford,  18 
Gumey,  Jennie,  18 
Gurckzen,  Herman,  184 

H 

Hackstaff,  Carvl,  136 
Hackstaff,  Charles  L.,  136 
Hackstaff,  Mai  E.,  136 
Haejen,  Tryntje,  174,  177 
Hagaman,  Abraham,  84 
Hagaman,  Rev.  Abraham,  85 
Hagaman,  Callie,  85 
Hagaman,  Christopher,  85 
Hagaman,  Dennis,  84 
Hagaman,  Francis  V.  D.,  84 
Hagaman,  John,  85 
Hagaman,  Louisa  A.,  85 
Hagaman,  Martha,  85 
Hagaman,  Mary,  62,  84,  103, 
Hagaman,  Robert,  85 
Hageman,  Aaron,  220 
Hageman,  Emma,  85,  95 
Hagemon,  Adrian,  103 
Hagemon,  Joseph,  179,  215 
Haight,  Martha,  229 
Haight,  Samuel,  229 
Hake,  Helen,  19,  133 
Hake,  Samuel,  19 
Hall,  Alfred,  76 
Hall,  Charlotte  Chambers,  21 1 
Hall,  Clarence  L.,  76 
Hall,  Edwards,  207,  212 
Hall,  Grace  L.,  76 
Hall,  John  Henrv,  76 
Hall,  .\athaniel,'2i2 


Hall,  Sara  Frances,  212 

Hall,  Valentine  G.,  Jr.,  42 

Halsey,  R.  T.  Haines,  140 

Halstead,  Lucy,  145 

Halsted,  Caroline,  150     -- 

Hamersley,  John,  134 

Hamersley,  Virginia,  134 

Hamilton,  Alexanii^r,  48 

Hamilton,  Sarah  A.,  162 

Hardenberg,  Catharine,  221 

Hardenberg,  Cornelius,  221 

Hardenberg,  Jacob  R.,  221 

Hardenbrook,  Johanna,  155 

Hardenburgh,  Rutsen,  63 

Hare,  Lydia,  47 

Hare,  Dr.  Robert,  47 

Harris,  Martha,  82 

Hart,  Amelia  Howard,  31 

Hart,  Chariotte,  66 

Hart,  Donald  G.  M.,  31 

Hart,  George  D.  C,  31 

Hart,  Joseph,  66 

Hart,  Julia  Radcliffe,  31,  32 

Hart,  Maria  T.,  31 

Hart,  Rebecca  Motte,  31 

Hart,  Richard  P.,  31 

Hart,  Walter  T.,  31 

Hart,  WiUiam  Howard,  31 

Hartshome,  Florence,  128 

Hayes,  Julia,  146 

Hayward,  Emma  P.,  39 

Heathcote,  Ann,  141 

Heathcote,  Caleb,  141 

Hegeman,  Adrian,  219 

Hemstead,  Joshua,  80 

Hemstead,  Lucretia,  80 

Hendersg,  Magdalena,  230 

Hendricks,  Fransyntie,  179 

Hendricks,  Margaret,  iv 

Hendrickse,  Jacop,  179 

Hendrickson,  Anna,  189 

Hendrickson,  BarziUai,  191 

Hendrickson,    Catharine,    189,     191, 

192 
Hendrickson,  Cornelius,  190 
Hendrickson,  Daniel,  188,  189,   190, 

191,  192,  197 
Hendrickson,  EUzabeth,  191 
Hendrickson,  Enoch,  192 
Hendrickson,  Garret,  189 
Hendrickson,  Geesie,  197 
Hendrickson,  Ghesye,  192 
Hendrickson,  Hendrick,  189,  227 
Hendrickson,  Henrietta,  190 
Hendrickson,  Henry  D.,  189 
Hendrickson,  Jane,  193 
Hendrickson,  Jacop,  190,  192 
Hendrickson,  James  G.,  191 
Hendrickson,  John,  190 
Hendrickson,  Joseph,  190,  191 
Hendrickson,  Margaret,  191 
Hendrickson,  Mary,  189,  192 


INDEX 


247 


Hendrickson,  Micha,  189 

Hendrickson,  Neeltje,  189 

Hendrickson,  Piersou,  192 

Hendrickson,  Richard  H.,  191 

Hendrickson,  Ruth,  196 

Hendrickson,  Samuel,  192 

Hendrickson,  Sarah,  192 

Hendrickson,  Teyntje,  189,  193 

Hendrickson,  Theodosia,  190 

Hendrickson,  WilUam,  191 

Henry,  Rev.  J.  Addison,  202,  226 

Henry,  James,  153 

Henry,  Symmcs  C,  226 

Herbert,  Daniel,  191 

Hermanse,  John  H.,  157 

Heth,  Esther,  203 

Heyworth,  Lawrence,  131 

Hill,  Rev.  G.  Morgan,  175 

Hilton,  George  A.,  98 

Hilton,  Laura  C,  88 

Hinkley,  Henry  A.,  131 

Hoagland,  Christopher,  61,  no,  219 

Hoagland,  Evelyn,  225 

Hoagland,  John  N.,  61 

Hoagland,  Lucas  V.,  61 

Hoagland,  Mahlon  L.,  225 

Hoffe,  Rev.  Brogan,  16 

Hoffman,  Ann,  43 

Hoffman,  Beekman  V.,  1^5 

Hoffman,  Carroll,  137 
Hoffman,  Charics  Edward,  137,  138 
Hoffman,  Rev.  Charles  F.,  137 
Hoffman,  David  Beekman,  135 
Hoffman,  Delia,  160 
Hoffman,  Effie  Beekman,  136 
Hoffman,  Eleanor  L.,  137 
Hoffman,  EUzabeth,  136 
Hoffman,  Rev.  Eugene  A.,  135 
Hoffman,  Euphemia,  138 
Hoffman,  Gertrude  C.,  135,  136 
Hoffman,  Harman  L.,  135, 
Hoffman,  Jerome,  161 
Hoffman,  Laura  Isabel,  137 
Hoffman,  Louisa  V.,  136 
Hoffman,  Margaret,  136 
Hoffman,  Martinus,  135 
Hoffman,  Mary  L.,  136 
Hoffman,  Philip  V.,  135 
Hoffman,  Samuel,  135,  136 
Hoffman,  Samuel  A.D.,  138 
Hoffman,  Samuel  Verplank,  184 
Hoffman,  Sarah,  i6l 
Hoffman,  Susan  M.,  136,  137 
Hoffman,  William  M.  V.,  1  37 
Hogeland,  Jane,  105 
Holcomb,  Bessie,  91 
Holcombe,  Alexander,  59 
Holcombe,  Charles  O.,  59 
Holcombe,  Eleanor,  59 
Holcombe,  Isaacs,  59 
Holcombe,  John  E.,  59 
Holcombe,  Mary  E.,  59 


Holcombe,  Mortimer,  108 
n  Holcombe,  Theodore,  59 
I*  Holcombe,  Thomas,  109 
Holcombe,  William,  59  _ 

Holgate,  Jerome  B.,  7 
HolUngshead,  Rachel,  99 
Hollins,  George  G.,  39 
Holmes,  Catharine,  192,  193 
Holmes,  Daniel,  193 
Holmes,  James,  193 
Holmes,  John,  192,  193 
Holmes,  Jonathan,  192,  193 
Holmes,  Joseph,  193 
Holmes,  Obadiai,  193 
Holmes,  Samuel,  192 
Holmes,  Sarah,  132 
Holthuysen,  Joannah,  17,  18 
Hone,  Calbraith  P.,  126 
Hone,  Emily,  126 
Hone,  John,  126 
Hone,  Maria  A.  Kane,  21 
Hone,  Maria  Kane,  126,  127 
Hone,  Mary  S.,  163 
Hone,  Philip,  163 
Honeyraan,  John,  215 
Honeyman,  Sarah,  215 
Hoock,  Huybert,  175 
Hooglandt,  Mayke,  227 
Hoogteling,  Annatie,  157 
Hoogteling,  Comeiius,  157 
Hoogteling,  Elizabeth,  157 
Hoogteling,  Hezekiah,  157 
Hoogtehng,  Johannes,  157 
Hoogtehng,  Malli,  157 
Hoogteling,  Teunis,  157 
Hoogteling,  Thomas,  157 
Hoogtehng,  William,  157 
Hopkins,  Caroline  S.,  20J, 
Hopkins,  Mary  E.,  138 
Hopk-ins,  Samuel  M.,  138 
Hoppin,  Bayard  C,  124 
Hoppin,  Catharine  B.,  124 
Hoppin,  Esther  P.,  124 
Hoppin,  Gerard  B..  124 
Hoppin,  William  W.,  124 
Hoppock,  Caroline,  1 1 
Horsefull,  Ehzabeth,  191 
Horton,  Joseph,  228 
Hoskier,  Herman  C,  132 
Hough,  David  Leavitt,  122 
Houghton,  Aaron,  66 
Houghton,  Major  Abner,  63,  68,  210, 

Houghton,  Alice,  67 

Houghton,  Catharine,  67,  212 

Houghton,  EUjah,  66 

Houghton,  Elizabeth,  63,  56,  67,  73, 

17^,  213 
Houghton,  Eve,  67 
Houghton,  Col.  Joab,  65 
Houghton,  John,  65,  67,  212 
H'lughton,  Margaret  V.  D.,  208 


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248 


INDEX 


Houghton,  Nancy,  67 
Houghton,  Sir  Ralph,  64 
Houghton,  Sir  Richard,  64 
Houghton,  Sarah,  66,  67 
Houghton,  Thomas,  67 
Hougliton,  William,  66 
Howerden,  Margaret,  9,  40 
Howland,  John,  199 
Rowland,  Nathalie  M.,  126 
Hoyt,  Gerald  L. 
Hoyt,  Geraldine,  12S 
Hoyt,  Hemy  S.,  49 
Hoyt,  Lydig 
Hubbard,  Ruggles,  184 
Hufi,  Brogun  T.,  90 
Huff,  Mary  T.,  90 
Huger,  John  Wells,  122 
Hull,  George  L.,  118 
Hunt,  Beekman,  113 
Hunt,  Charles  Haven,  8,  113 
Hunt,  ComeUa  de  Peystcr,  11;; 
Hunt,  Edward  L.,  113 
Hunt,  Livingston,  113 
Hunt,  Stephen  S.,  216 
Hutchings,  Mary,  32 
Huxley,  Mary,  27,  36 
Huxley,  Sergeant  Thomas,  36 
Huyck,  Col.  John  V.  H.,  30 
Huyck,  Julia  Clarissa,  30 
Huygens,  Christiana,  i 


Iddesleigh,  Earl  of,  1 
Irving,  Washington, 


Jacobson,  Jan,  175 
James,  Edward  K.,  16,  17 
Janeway,  John  H.,  143 
Jans,  iVIagdalena,  57 
Jans,  Maitje,  154 
Jans,  Urseltie,  185 
Janse,  Annetji,  230 
Janse,  Bryn,  177 
Jansen,  Pieter,  175 
Jansen,  Thomas  W.,  159 
Johns,  Keney,  180 
Johns,  Mary,  180 
Johnson,  Andrew,  116 
Johnson,  Eleanor,  24 
Johnson,  Fannie,  89 
Johnson,  Jacques,  206 
Johnston,  Mary,  n8 
Jones,  Eleanor  Colford,  1 50 
Jones,  Gen.  James  I.,  150 
Jones,  Sarah,  163 
Joosten,  Teunis,  174 
Joosten,  Rut,  177 
Jordan,  Harry  B.,  232 
Jorise,  Arien,  92 


Kane,  AnzoneUa,  128 

Kane,  Caroline,  131       — 

Kane,  Charlotte,  131 

Kane,  Cornelia,  125 

Kane,  Daphne,  128 

Kane,  Edith  B.,  128 

Kane,  Dr.  Ehsha  K.,  132 

Kane,  Elizabeth  D.,  128 

Kane,  Emily  A.,  128 

Kane,  Evan  Thomas,  132 

Kane,  Florence  B.,  128 

Kane,  Georgiana,  130 

Kane,  Grenville,  128 

Kane,  Harriet  A.,  132 

Kane,  Henry  Brevoort,  128 

Kane,  John,  21,  22,  125,  130,  131,  1 

Kane,  John  A.,  133 

Kane,  John  Grenville,  127 

Kane,  Margaret  D.,  128 

Kane,  Maria  A.,  126 

Kane,  Martha,  22,  29 

Kane,  Meta,  128 

Kane,  OHver  Grenville,  127 

Kane,  Pierre  Come,  127,  128 

Kane,  Rose,  12S 

Kane,  Sybil  Adeline,  1 3 

Kane,  Gen'l  Thomas  L.,  132 

Kane,  William  Carson,  128 

Kean,  Caroline  M.,  145 

Kean,  Christian,  146 

Kean,  EHzabeth,  146 

Kean,  Hamilton  Fish,  130,  146 

Kean,  John,  130,  145,  146 

Kean,  Juha,  13 

Kean,  Julian  H.,  146 

Kean,  Lucy,  146 

Kean,  Peter  P.,  145 

Kean,  Major  Peter  Philip  J.,  145 

Kean,  Robert  Winthrop,  130,  146 

Kean,  Sarah  Morris,  146 

Kean,  Susan  L.,  146 

Keller,  Alice,  122 

Kembie,  Mary  W.,  151 

Kemble,  Richard  F.,  151 

Kembie,  Richard  L.,  144 

Kemble,  Richard  M.,  144 

Kembie,  William,  144 

KendaU,  EHzabeth  Ten  Eyck  B.,  i 

Kent,  Elisha,  125 

Kent,  Rev.  Elisha,  23,  125 

Kent,  James,  23,  150 

Kent,  Mary,  23 

Kent,  Moss,  23 

Kent,  Samuel  J.,  106 

Kent,  Sarah,  23 

Kent,  Sybil,  125 

Kent,  Thomas,  23 

Kent,  William  Irving,  150 

Kershaw,  Matilda,  103 

Ketcham,  Penelope,  172 


INDEX 


249 


Ketchum,  Mary  Ann,  199 
Ketchum,  Richard,  199. 
Keteltas,  Abraham,  118,  198 
Keteltas,  Rev.  Abraham,  121 
Keteltas,  Aeltje,  198 
Keteltas,  Catharina,  198 
Keteltas,  Garret,  188,  198 
Keteltas,  Jane,  118,  120,  198 
Keteltas,  Jannetie,  198 
Keteltas,  John,  198 
Keteltas,  Margareta,  198 
Keteltas,  Pieter,  198 
Keteltas,  Sarah,  121 
Kierstede,  Catharine,  161 
Kierstede,  Nicholas,  161 
King,  Charles,  126 
King,  David,  149 
King,  Ehza,  217 
Kingsland,  Helen  S.,  150 
Kiniston,  Noah  W.,  160 
Kirmicutt,  Dorothy  May,  29 
Kinnicutt,  Francis  P.,  29 
Kinnicutt,  G.  Hermann,  29 
Kirshaw,  Janet,  103 
Klein,  Charlotte  M.,  135 
Klock,  Benjamin,  158 
Klock,  Cornelius,  158 
Klock,  Jacob  G.,  158 
Klock,  John,  158 
Klock,  PoUv,  158 
Klock,  William,  158 
Knight,  Elizabeth,  8 
Krebs,  F.,  133 
Kuypers,  Hendrick  C,  201 


Labaw,  George  \V.,  71,  232 
Lachman,  Abraham,  57 
Laen,  Elleanor,  221 
Lafayette,  Gen.,  180 
Lake,  Hannah,  38 
Lake,  John,  38 

Lambertson,  Margaretta,  190 
Landon,  Charlotte,  23 
Lane,  Lillian,  90 
Lane,  Nellv,  221 
Lane,  Rebecca  V.  D.,  208 
Langdon,  Sophia,  2,  45 
Langdon,  Woodbury  G.,  45 
Langstaff,  Franklin,  203 
Lanning,  Wallace,  101 
Lansdale,  Eliza,  112 
Largelio,  Elsie  A.,  85 
Latham,  Jonathan,  80 
Latham,  Lucy,  80 
Laurens,  Trentje,  134 
Lawrence,  Anna,  228 
Lawrence,  Isabella^  123 
Lawrence,  James  V.  H.,  128 
Lawrence,  Capt.  John,  133 
Lawrence,  Margaret,  129 


Lawrence,  Thomas,  128,  152 

Lawyer,  Edith,  24 

Leaycraft,  George,  165 

Lefferts,  Dirck,  153 

Lefferts,  Sarah,  153 

Le  Grand.  Maria,  162 

Lehman,  Ehzabeth,  214 

Leman,  Sir  John,  74 

Le  Mestre,  Charlotte,  29 

Lent,  Hendrick,  185 

Le  Roux,  Bartholomew,  140 

Le  Roux,  Charles,  140,  141 

Le  Roy,  Edward  Augustus,  1 50 

Le  Roy,  Helen  V.  C,  150 

Le  Roy,  Mary,  43 

L'Estrange,  Lieut.  Daniel,  29 

Levick,  Frances  S^  163 

Lewis,  Arthur,  91 

Lewis,  Charles,  126 

Lewis,  Francis,  46 

Lewis,  Hulda,  175 

Lewis,  Jane,  126 

Lewis,  Margaret,  47 

Lewis,  Gen'l  Morgan,  46,  120 

Linlithgow,  Earl  of,  8 

Lispenard,  Aletta,  124 

Li-vingston,  Abraham  H.,  16,  17 

Livingston,  Adelaide,  43,  44 

Livingston,  Alfred,  48 

Livingston,  Rev.  Alexander,  8 

Livingston,  Sir  Alexander,  8 

Livingston,  Adelaide,  43,  44 

Livingston,  Alida,  15,  49 

Livingston,  Angelica,  46,  48 

Livingston,  Anna  de  Peyster,  113 

Livingston,  Anthony,  43 

Livingston,  Augustus  L.,  17 

Livingston,  Bayard  U.,  149 

Livingston,  Brockholst,  9 

Livingston,  Catharine,  15,  17,  19,  22, 
24,  25,  42,  43 

Livingston,  Chancellor,  41 

Livingston,  Charles,  17,  46 

Livingston,  Charles,  18 

Livingston,  Charles  Edward,  51 

Livingston,  Charlotte,  24 

Livingston,  Christiana  T.  B.,  17 

Livingston,  Coralie,  52 

Livingston,  Comeha,  18,  22,  42,  43, 

113 

Livingston,  Cornelius,  19 
Livingston,  DorreU,  18,  19 
Livingston,  Edward,  8,  19,  42,  46,  51 , 

114 
Livingston,  Edward  de  P.,  19,  42 
Livingston,  Edwin,  17,  18 
Livingston,  Eliza,  18,  46,  112 
Livingston,  Elizabeth,  42,  45 
Livingston,  Elizabeth  L.,  125 
Livingston,  Elizabeth  Stevens,  42 
Livingston,  Ellen,  43 
Livingston,  Emily,  113 


250 


INDEX 


Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 

43 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 

29 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 

16 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 

.45.46.  II 
Livingston, 

45.  164 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 
Livingston, 


Emily  Maria,  1 13 

Engeltie,  114 

Estelle,  21,  49 

Eugene,  43 

Frederika  C,  17 

George  H.,  18 

Comd'r  George  Barclay, 

Geraldine,  49 
Gerard  William,  113 
Gertrude,  46,  48,  120 
Gilbert,  7,  10,  116 
Goodhue,  19,  43 
GuilbertR.,  15,22,24,25, 

Helen,  16,  18,  22,26,  29 
Helena,  189 
Henrietta  U.,  17 
Henry,  15,  I7.  45.  48 
Col.  Henry  A..   17,   153. 

Henry  Philip,  17 
Henry  G.,  22 
Horatio  de  L.,  114 
James  H.,  114 
James  Kane,  23 
Jane,  17,  18 
Janet,  40,  41 
Johanna,  15,  16,  49 
Col.  John,  8,  18 
John,  8,  9,  16 
John  Henry,  42,  43 
John  R.,  45 
John  S.,  21,  49 
Julia,  25,  47,  51 
Katharine  Beekman,  24 
Katherine  McCall,  45 
Levantia  White,  112 
Lewis,  51 
Livingston,  151 
Lord,  8 

Louisa  M.,  16,  17,  48 
Louis  Morris,  149 
Margaret,  10,  22,  42,  43, 
6 
Margaret  Beekman,  40, 

Margaret  M.,  43 
Maria,  18,  43 
Martha,  25,  125 
Mary,  42,  43,  49 
Mary  Coleman,  43,  47 
Matilda,  43,  45 
Maturin,  47,  48 
Montgomery,  45 
Morgan  Lewis,  47  ^ 

Mortimer,  47,  48 
Peter  R.,  42,  49 
Peter  W.,  114 
Peter  Van  Brugh,  145 
Philip,  9,  lb,  18,  151 
Philip  P.,  4-^ 


Livingston,     Richard     Montgomery 

Callender,  45 
Livingston,  Robert,  8,  9,  10,  40,  43, 

46,  47,  114 
Livingston,  Robert  D.,  24 
Livingston,  Robert  Edward,  19,  42 
Livingston,  Robert  Gilbert,  9,  22,  24 
Livingston,  Robert  J.,  48 
Livingston,  Robert  L.,  43,  45 
Livingston,  Robert  Montgomery,  45 
Livingston,  Robert  R.,  40,  41,  42,  43, 

47,  49,  120 

Livingston,  Robert  Young,  42 
Livingston,  Russell,  16,  17 
Livingston,  Sarah,  16 
Livingston,  Schuyler,  43 
Livingston,  Serena,  46 
Livingston,  Sidney,  18 
Livingston,  Susan,  16,  18,  25,  145 
Livingston,  Sylvia,  47 
Livingston,  Walter,  43,  45,  93 
Livingston,  Warren,  48 
Livingston,  WiUiam,  9,  18 
Livingston,  William  Howard,  114 
Lloyd,  Anne  Shepard,  47 
Lloyd,  George  Francis,  47 
Loines,  Anna  Ross,  76 
Loines,  Elizabeth  C.,  76 
Loines,  Richard,  76 
Loines,  Sarah  Garrett,  76 
Loines,  WiUiam  H.,  76 
Longfellow,  EUzabeth  Delafield,  44 
Longfellow,  Frederick,  44 
Longfellow,  Juliette  L.,  44 
Longstreet,  Aaron,  85,  224 
Longstreet,  Anna,  87 
Longstreet,  Catharine,  85,  86 
Longstreet,  Eleanor,  224 
Longstreet,  Eliza,  87 
Longstreet,  James,  87 
Longstreet,  Lydia,  222 
Longstreet,  ^Iagdalena,  87 
Longstreet,  Maria,  191 
Longstreet,  Richard,  224 
Longstreet,  Stoffel,  191 
Loockermans,  Maria,  10 
Loomis,  Ashbel,  158 
Lopers,  Johanna,  7 
Lopers,  Capt.  Luyt,  7 
Lord,  Edward  Crary,  113 
Lord,  Thomas,  113 
Lorillard,  Louis,  25 
Lott,  Albert  V.  D  .,  196 
Lott,  Joanna  H.,  196 
Lott,  John,  196,  198 
Lott,  Joris,  198 
Lott,  Samuel,  196 
Lovell,  Joseph  R.,  112 
Lovell,  Gen'l  Mansfield,  112 
Low,  Antje,  158 
Low,  Dyck,  206 
Lowndes,  .Amarith,  144 


INDEX 


Lowndes,  Rawlins,  48 
Lowndes,  William  P.,  48 
Loyster,  Sarah,  190 
Lucas,  Gen'l  Samuel,  66 
Ludlow,  Edward  Hunter,  42 
Ludlow,  Mary  Livingston,  42 
Ludlow,  Thomas  W.,  147 
Lydall,  Emma,  63 
Lyman,  Arm  Jean,  113 
Lyman,  William  P.,  25 
Lynch,  Edward  L.,  45 
Lynch,  Judge  James,  45 
Lynch,  Margaret  A.,  45 
Lynks,  Abraham,  134 

M 

MacCaraher,  Sarah,  221 
Macauley ,  Horace,  1 1 8 
Macauley,  William,  118 
MacClymont,  WiUiam  E.,  63 
MacDonald,  William  K.,  222 
Machett,  Capt.  John,  no 
Magie,  David,  8q 
Magill,  Dr.,  150 
Malcolm,  Alice,  223 
Malcolm,  Cornelia,  223 
Malcolm,  Elizabeth,  223 
Malcolm,  Frank,  223 
Malcolm,  Helen,  223 
Malcolm,  Rev.  Howard,  223 
Malcolm,  Lydia,  223 
Malcolm,  Meta,  223 
Malcolm,  Rev.  Thomas  S.,  223 
Manigault,  Elizabeth,  143 
Manley,  Sarah  E.,  63 
Marm,  Emily  M.,  14 
Manners,  Edwin,  207 
Manning,  Catharine,  47 
Manning,  James,  184 
Manning,  Lewis,  87 
Marchand,  Hannah,  212 
Marshall,  Elizabeth  M.,  148 
Marshall,  Sarah  E.,  148 
Marshall,  WilUam  St.  J.  E.,  148 
Martense,  Antje,  228 
Martin,  Benjamin,  v 
Martin,  Frank,  132 
Martin,  Julia,  1 1 
Mars,  Asher,  112 
Mason,  Helen,  130 
Mason,  Henry,  130 
Massey,  George  V.,  72 
Massey,  Rachel  V.,  72 
Massonneau,  Claudius  G.,  22 
Masten,  Catharine,  159 
Masten,  Cornelius,  159 
Mather,  Atherton,  26 
Mather,  Cotton,  26 
Mather,  Increase,  26 
Mather,  Rev.  Dr.  Increase,  37 
Mather,  Jerusha,  26,  37 


Mather,  John,  36 
Mather,  Rev.  Richard,  36 
Mather,  Thomas,  36 
Mather,  Timothy,  26,  37 
Mathews,  Dian,  107 
Matthews,  EUzabeth,  153 
Matthews,  Sarah,  153 
Mav,  Caroline,  131 
May,  Edith,  131 
May,  Emily,  132 
May,  Frederick,  131 
Mav,  Julia,  131 
Mav,  Dr.  WiUiam,  131 
McAllister,  GabrieUe,  143 
McAllister,  Julia  G.,  143 
McAlUster,  Lieut.  Col.  Julian,  143 
McAllister,  Meta  E.,  143 
McCaraher,  Alexander,  lOi 
McCaraher,  Mary  A.,  loi 
McComb,  Maria  M.,  138 
McCormick,  Robert  H.,  Jr.,  152 
McCracken,  Charles  Dowden,  91 
McCracken,  F.  Beekman,  91 
McCracken,  John  H.,  91 
McCracken,  Mary  E.,  91 
McEvers,  Charles,  46 
McEvers,  Eliza,  45 
McEvers,  Mary,  46,  51 
McKissack,  Dr.  P.  D.,  70 
McKnight,  Charles  Scott,  121 
McKnight,  Mary,  121,  229 
McKnight,  Capt.  Richard,  191 
McLane,  Guy  Richards,  214 
McLoughton,  Frank,  223 
McMongall,  Florence,  196 
McNair,  Ruth,  109 
McPhaedus,  Catherine,  19 
Mead,  Joseph,  196 
Meeker,  Moses  T.,  160,  161 
Mellick,  Maria,  234 
Merrick,  Frank  A.,  204 
Merrick,  John  F.,  204 
Merrick,  Lester  F.,  204 
Merrick,  Sara  F.,  204 
Merrick,  Stephen,  204 
Mesier,  Catharine,  229 
Mesier,  Peter,  139 
Meyer,  Anneke,  184,  185 
Meyer,  Elizabeth,  184 
Middleberger,  Margaret  A.,  13 
MilledoUer,  Abian  S.,  124 
MilledoUer,  Rev.  Philip,  124 
Miller,  Alvah,  95 
Miller,  Christopher  B.,  138 
Miller,  Lucy  J.,  183 
Miller,  Marjorie,  95 
Miller,  Penelope,  199 
Miller,  Stephen,  199 
Mills,  Beatrice,  48 
Mills,  Caroline,  131 
Mills,  Darius  O.,  48 
Mills,  Julia,  131 


252 


INDEX 


MiUs,  Ogden,  48 
Mills,  Philo  L.,  131 
MiUs,  K  Lewis,  132 
Mills,  Sarah,  131 
MitcheU,  Donald  G.,  31 
Mitchell,  Rebecca  M.,  31 
Monfort,  Margaret,  105 
Monfort,  Rebecca,  218 
Monson,  Lillian,  149 
Montague,  Kate,  13 
Montgomery,  Janet  Tillotson,  45 
Montgomery,  Rev.  Henry  E.,  45 
Montgomery,  General  Richard,  41 
Montgomery,  Sophia  E.,  45 
Montrath,  Earl  of,  2,^ 
Moore,  Frances,  77 
Moore,  George  Gelston,  77 
Mordaunt,  Elizabeth  M.,  149 
Mordaunt,  Francis  L.,  148 
Mordaunt,  Mildred  C,  149 
Morehouse,  Betty,  69 
Morehouse,  Harrv,  69 
MorreU,  Sally  W^ace,  67 
Morris,  Anna  Elliott,  143,  144 
Morris,  Anne,  143,  145,  I47,  148,  150, 

151.  226 
Morris,  Capt.  Arthur,  147 
Morris,  Arthur  Breese,  148 
Morris,  Arthur  G.,  147 
Morris,  Rev.  Arthur  R.,  152 
Morris,  Augusta  McE.,  20,  150 
Morris,  Augustus  Newbold,  150 
Morris,  B.  B.,  144 
Morris,  Carmatt,  145 
Morris,  Carolme  P.,  145 
Morris,  Catherine,  146,  148,  149 
Morris,  Charles  Lee,  145 
Morris,  Charles  N.,  144 
Morris,  Charles  Valentine,  146 
Morris,  Chariotte,  144,  149,  151 
Morris,  Cornelia  LeRoy,  150 
Morris,  Eleanor  R.,  152 
Morris,  Ehzabeth,  148,  149 
Morris,  Ehzabeth  Ann,  144 
Morris,  Ellen  Van  Buren,  149 
Morris,  Emma,  143 
Morris,  Estelle,  147 
A-Iorris,  Eva  Van  Cortlandt,  150 
Morris,  Frances,  147 
Morris,  Frederick,  145,  151 
Morris,  Frederick  Augustus,  148 
Morris,  GabrieUa,  143, 
Morris,  George,  142,  145,  150,  226 
Morris,  Gerard  W.,  151 
Morris,  Gouvemeur,  147 
Morris,  Hannah,  191 
Morris,  HaTy  M.,  144,  148 
Morris,  Helen,  144,    148,     149,     150, 

Ivlorris,  Henry  Lewis,  152 
Morris,  Henry  W.,  152 
Morris,  Honoria,  152 


Morris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 

150 
Morris, 
^-lorris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 

148,: 
Morris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 

152 
Morris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 

152 
Morris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 
M  orris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 
Morris, 
M 


Isabella,  151 

Jacob,  142,  144,  145,  146 

Jacob  Walton,  146 

James,  144,  145,  146,  147,  148 

James  Hunter,  145 
James  Rutherford,  145 
James  Staats,  150 
James  Van  Cortlandt,  148 
Jane,  145,  148 
John  C,  145 
John  P.,  151 
Josephine,  142 
Julia,  143 
JuHet  B.,  151 

Lewis,  142,    143,     145,     146 
[51.  172 
Col.  Lewis,  143 
Lewis  Nelson,  151 
Lewis  Spencer,  152 
Louisa,  151 
Margret  Ann,  143 
Margret  L.,  149 
Maria  F.,  147 
Martin  Van  Buren,  149 
Mary,  144,  145,  148,  132 
Mary  Alexander,  146 
Mary  Natalie,  152 
Mary  Pine,  152 
Mary  Walton,  144 
Monson,  149 
Nicholas  F.,  149 
Newbold,  150 
Ralph,  143 
Reuben,  226 
Richard,  145,  151 
Richard  Lewis,  144,  148,  149 
Richard  Rutherford,  144,  148 
Richard  Valentine,  145,  151, 

Robert  Rutherford,  149 
Sabina,  24,  142 
Sarah,    144,    145,    150,    151, 

Sarah  Caroline,  147 
Sophia,  144 
Staats,  151 
Stuyvesant,  149 
Stuyvesant  Fish,  149 
Susan,  146 
Walton,  151 
Lieut.  W.  W.,  147 
Capt.  William,  143 
WiUiam  A.,  145 
WiUiara  Augustus,  145,  146 
William  A.  Pringle,  146 
WiUiam  Edgar,  1 50 
WiUiam  Gouvemeur,  146 
Wm.  H.,  20,  150,  151 
Gen.  WiUiam  Walton,  146 
Van  Buren,  149 
Malcolm,  23 


INDEX 


253 


Morse,  Anthony,  24 
Morse,  Rev.  Jedediah,_24 
Morse,  Robert,  24 
Morse,  Samuel  F.  B.,  24 
Morse,  Sidney  E.,  24 
Morss,  Annie,  128 
Morss  family,  24 
Morss,  John,  Jr.,  128 
Morss,  Peter,  128 
Moser,  Susan,  116 
Mosher,  Dr.  A.  Beekman,  72 
Mosher,  Dr.  Abraham  B.,  168 
Mosher,  Catherine  Beekman,  7 
Mosher,  Lewis,  71 
Mosher,  Lewis  H.,  213 
Mosher,  Dr.  Lewis  H.,  71 
Mosher,  Mary  G.,  71 
Moss,  Abigail,  23 
Mott,  Martha,  154 
Mount,  Abrara  V.,  61 
Mount,  Forman,  191 
Mount,  John,  61 
Mount,  Phoebe,  192 
MuUins,  Priscilla,  70 
Murgatroyd,  Mary  G.,  135 
Myer,  Trocy,  229 

N 

Neeff,  Rev.  Joannes,  79 
Neil,  Anna  de  Lancey,  11 
Neil,  Catharine  L.,  11 
NeQ,  Edward  ^L,  11 
Neil,  Rev.  WiUiam,  222 
Neilson,  Alfred,  131 
Neilson,  Caroline  K.,  131 
Neilson,  Catharine  A.,  122 
Neilson,  Emily,  131 
Neilson,  Frederic,  131 
Neilson,  Julia,  131 
Neilson,  Louis,  131 
Neilson,  Rosalie,  131 
Neilson,  William  H.,  131 
Nevius,  Anna,  70 
Nevius,  Archibald  A.,  223 
Nevius,  Ariaentie,  70 
Nevius,  Catharine,  101 
Nevius,  David,  223 
Nevius,  Eliza  Ann,  loi 
Nevius,  Ellen  M.,  213 
Nevius,  Gertrude,  60 
Nevius,  Gertrude  Van  Pelt,  70 
Nevius,  Henry  V.  D.,  222 
Nevius,  Jane,  171 
Nevius,  Joannes,  70 
Nevius,  Johanna,  96,  loi,  102 
Nevius,  John,  60,  222 
Nevius,  John  M.,  loi 
Nevius,  John  S.,  222 
Nevius,  Margaret,  223 
Nevius,  Martin,  215 
Nevius,  Martinus,  102 


I   Nevius,  Mary,  loi 

Nevius,  MatUda,  97 

Nevius,  Nelly,  94 
j   Nevius,  Peter,  171 
[   Nevius,  Peter  Eugene,  69,  70,  71 
j   Nevius,  Peter  L.,  97 
I   Nevius,  Sarah,  loi 

Nevius,  William  J.,  222 

Newbold,  Hannah  C,  150 

Newbold,  Leah,  193 

Newell,  William,  91 

Newell,  WilUam  WeUs,  91 
\   Newton,  Mary,  173 
i   Newton,  Sarah,  173 
I   Newton,  Thomas,  173 

Nicholas,  William,  194 
I    Nickerson,  Rev.  Thomas  W.,  136 

Niemeyer,  Edna,  63 

Niemeyer,  George,  63 

Niemeyer,  Sarah,  63 

North,  Edward  P.,  29 

North,  Dr.  Milo  L.,  29 

North,  Thomas  M.,  29 

Northam,  Charles  E.,  232 

Northcote,  Cicely  M.  J.,  14 

Northcote,  Hugh  H.,  14 

Northcote,  Hugh  Ohver,  14 

Norton,  Harriet  O.,  218 

Nostrand,  Ranche,  229 


Oalcatt,  Eliza  C,  218 
O'Cahane,  O'Cahan,  23 
O'Donnell,  Judith,  23 
O'Donnell,  Manus,  23 
Ogston,  George,  132 
O'Kane,  Bernard,  23 
O'Kane,  Sir  Donal,  23 
O'Kane,  Evanue,  23 
Olcott,  J.  Van  Vechten,  137 
Olcott,  Nathaniel,  137 
Ohphant,  Abner  Chambers,  21 
Oliphant,  Emma  Coulter,  212 
Oliphant,  FideUo,  212 
Oliphant,  Margaret  C,  212 
Oliphant,  Robert,  212 
Oliphant,  Robena,  212 
Oliphant,  Sarah  Frances,  212 
Onderdonk,  Beniamin  A.,  11 
O'Neil,  Earl  of  Tyrone,  33 
O'Neil,  General  Hugh,  23 
O'Neil,  James  D.,  91 
O'Neil,  Lady  Una,  23 
Orr,  Nell,  232 
Osterhout,  Maria,  158 
Ostrander,  Charles  M.,  152 
Ostrander,  Mary  Morris,  152 
Otis,  Margaret,  28 
Ottenbeek,  Alida,  2 
Oudenade,  Elizabeth,  175 


254 


INDEX 


Page,  Capt.  Benjamin,  46 
Paine,  Sarah,  153 
Panchen,  Jane  Tucker,  77 
Parker,  Amasa  J.,  125 
Parker,  Ashsah,  192 
Parker,  Cortlandt,  122 
Parker,  Henrietta,  log 
Parker,  Jane,  77 
Parker,  John  Taylor,  77 
Parker,  Katharine  M.  O.,  122 
Parsons,  John  E.,  134 
Patterson,  Ehnor  Grier,  212 
Patterson,  Rev.  Isaac  M.,  212 
Patterson,  Jane,  17 
Paul,  Mary  D.,  50 
Pawling,  Albert,  7 
Peck,  Charlotte  Isabel,  225 
Peck,  Henry  W.,  225 
Pell,  F.  Livingston,  149 
Pell,  Stuyvesant  M.,  149 
PeU,  Walden,  149 
Peltz,  Dallas,  223 
Perrine,  Lyde,  191 
Perry,  Frederic  W.,  132 
Perry,  Jane,  126 
Perry,  Rt.  Rev.  Wm.  Stevens, 
Peters,  Adele,  219 
Peterson,  Sarah,  205 
Petit,  Anna  Livingston,  1 13 
Petit,  Emily  Maria,  113 
Petit,  John  J.,  113 
PhilUps,  Edith,  129 
Phillips,  Henrv  D.,  149 
Phillips,  Howard  C,  129 
Phillips,  Roelof,  229 
Pierrepont,  John,  77 
Pieters,  Maria,  184 
Pietersen,  Jacob,  175 
Pillot,  Arestede.  1 1 
Pillot,  Stuyvesant,  1 1 
Pine,  Martha,  151 
Pitman,  Gen'l  John,  113 
Pitman,  Livingston,  113 
Pitman,  Richard,  113 
Pitt,  William,  210 
Piatt,  Judge  Jonas,  16 
Piatt,  Zephaniah,  16 
Plautius,  Joanna,  3 
Plvmpton,  Emily  Maria,  112 
Plympton,  Gilbert  L.,  113 
Plympton,  Gilbert  M.,  112 
Plymptom,  Col.  Joseph,  112 
Plympton,  Louisa  E.,  113 
Plympton,  Mary  L.,  113 
Polhemus,  Dan,  200 
Pollard,  Florence,  195 
Pollard,  Frederick,  195 
Pollard,  Edwin,  195 
Pool,  Eugene  H.,  124 
Popinia,  Aletta  Thomis,  154 


Popinja,  Thomas  L.,  154 
Porter,  Col.  Peter  A.,  142 
Post,  Catherine,  148 
Post,  George  B.,  Jr.,  29 
Post,  James  Wright,  M.D.,  148 
Potter,  Joshua,  82 
Powell,  John  Hare,  139 
Potter,  Lvdia,  82 
Potter,  VViUiam  S.,  86 
Powell,  Samuel,  139 
Prentiss,  John  H.,  146 
Price,  Palmer,  66 
Prime,  Frederick,  47 
Pringle,  Sophia,  146 
Probasco,  Maria,  219 
Proudfoot,  Lawrence,  198 
Provoost,  Catharine,  116,  134 
Provoost,  Elizabeth,  165 
Provoost,  David,  134 
Provoost,  Jonathan,  165 
Provoost,  William,  134 
Pruyn,  Anna,  156 
Pulsifer,  Ellen  E.,  129 
Pulsifer,  William  H.,  129 
Purayea,  Mary  W.,  62 


Quick, 
Quick, 
Quick, 
Quick, 
Quick, 
Quick, 
Quick, 
Quick, 
Quick, 
Quiet, 
Quick, 
Quick, 
Quick, 


Col.  Abraham,  94 
Abraham,  207 
Ann,  95 
Catharine,  96 
Cornelia,  102 
Garetta,  96 
Jacob,  94 
Jacobus,  170 
Jochim,  219 
Margaret,  62,  171 
Petrus,  102 
Teunis,  183 
Thomas,  220 

R 


Radcliffe,  Clara,  30 
Radcliffe,  Jacob,  29 
Radcliffe,  Julia,  31 
RadcHffe,  Maria,  31 
Radcliffe,  Peter  W.,  30 
Radcliffe,  Gen'l  WiUiam,  30 
Ramsey,  Dr.  George  D.,  147 
Ramsey,  Joseph  G.,  147 
Ramsey,  William  G.,  147 
Randolph,  Epraim  F.,  205 
Rapale,  Joris  Jansen,  86 
Rapalie,  Femmetje,  231 
Rapalje,  Arm,  16 
Rapalje,  Johannes,  183 
Rapalje,  John,  16,  198 
Rapalje,  John,  16 
Rapalje,  Joris,  16 
Rapelye,  Alctta,  97,  169 


INDEX 


255 


Rapelye,  Jerome,  61,  97 
Rappleyea,  Ann,  68 
Rawles,  Aaron,  98 
Rawles,  Henry,  99 
Rawles,  Gen'l  Jacob  B.,  99 
Raymond,  Julia,  25 
Read,  Emily  M.,  148 
Reade,  Catharine  L.,  11 
Reade,  John,  196,  232 
Reade,  Robert,  22 
Redmond,  Sabina,  132 
Redmond,  William,  132 
Reed,  Anne,  131 
Reeder,  Francina,  212 
Reeder,  John,  212 
Reese,  Dorothy,  161 
Reese,  James,  160 
Reese,  Mary,  161 
Reese,  Stephen,  161 
Reeve,  John,  160,  172 
Reeve,  Dr.  John,  172 
Reid,  Andrew,  214 
Reid,  EUen,  214 
Reid,  Hon.  Whitelaw,  48 
RelUs,  Eleanor,  232 
Remse,  Jerominus,  200 
Remsen,  Jacop,  191 
Remsen,  Rem,  191 
Remsen,  WilUam,  191 
Remsin,  Aletta,  45 
Rice,  Rev.  Henry  M.,  223 
Richards,  Elizabeth,  82 
Richardson,  Arme,  28 
Richardson,  Leonard  W.S.,  27 
Richardson,  Perry,  28 
Richardson,  Putnam,  28 
Richon,  Johannes  D.,  194 
Richon,  Tewntji,  189,  194 
Ridgley,  Charles  G.,  43 
Ritchie,  Mary  A.,  146 
Rives,  Geo.  L.,  145 
Robb,  Louisa,  43 
Robinett,  Anna,  89 
Robinett,  Ida,  89 
Robinett,  Robert,  89 
Robinson,  Henry  D.,  130 
Robinson,  James,  182 
Rodewald,  Eleanor  H.,  137 
Rodewald,  Marie  L.,  137 
Rodewald,  William  McN.,  137 
Rodgers,  Anne  E.,  no 
Rodgers,  Christopher  C,  109 
Rodgers,  Hugh  W.,  109 
Rodgers,  James  T.,  109 
Rodgers,  John  G.,  109 
Rodgers,  Mary  K.,  109 
Rodgers,  Samuel  C,  109 
Rodgers,  William,  14,  109 
Rodgers,  William  S.,  109 
Roe,  Hannah,  229 
Roeloffse,  Pieter,  175 
Rogers,  Benjamin  W.,  149 


Rogers,  Julia,  1 1 
Rogers,  Raymond  P.,  11 
Romeyn,  Jan,  185 
Roosa,  Anna  Margaritta,  157 
Roosa,  John  J.,  157 
Roosa,  Marietje,  157 
Roosevelt,  Helen,  51 
Roosevelt,  James,  50,  51 
Roosevelt,  W.  Emien,  146 
Ross,  Alva,  88 
Ross,  Charlotte,  88 
Ross,  Susan,  13 
Rossiter,  Joseph  P.,  18 
Rowley,  Catherine,  226 
Rowley,  Perez,  226 
Rue,  Catharine,  202 
Rue,  WilHam  M.,  202 
Ruckelhaus,  Elsie,  92 
Ruggles,  Charles  H.,  156 
Runcie,  Constance  B.,  148 
Runk,  Elizabeth  C,  76 
Runk,  Wilham  M.,  76 
Runyon,  Catharine,  64 
Russell,  AnnaR.,  152 
Rutgers,  Catharine  ,17,  114 
Rutgers,  Gerard  Rutgers,  114 
Rutgers,  Rev.  Dr.  John,  9 
Rutgers,  Robert,  114,  117 
Rutherford,  .\rthur  EUiot,  24 
Rutherford,  Helen,  24 
Rutherford,  Helen  Sarah,  14 
Rutherford,  John,  24,  152 
Rutherford,  Livingston,  24 
Rutherford,  Lewis,  48 
Ruthert'ord,  Margaret,  48 
Rutherford,  Morris,  24 
Rutherford,  Robert  Walter,  2.j 
Rutherford,  Stuyvesant,  15   , 
Rutherford,  Walter,  147 
Rutsen,  Catharine,  15 
Rutsen,  Jacob,  15 
Rutsen,  Capt.  John,  7 
Rutsen,  Rutger  Jacobse,  15 
Ryerson,  Abram  A.,  93 
Ryerson,  Arthur,  93 
Ryerson,  Cornelius,  93 
Ryerson,  Da\'id  E.,  93 
Ryerson,  Edna  P.,  93 
Ryerson,  Elizabeth,  93 
Rynearson,  Marv,  106 


Salter,  Edwin,  87 
Salter,  Eliza,  87 
Salter,  Magdelen,  105 
Sanders,  Catharine,  123 
Sanders,  Deborah,  123 
Sanders,  Everett,  90 
Sanders,  Capt.  John,  123 
Sanders,  Robert,  123 
Sanders,  Victor,  90 


256 


INDEX 


197 


193 


Sands,  Charles  E.,  44 
Sands,  Lettice,  44 
Sanford,  Robert,  12 
Savers,  Frederic  C,  17 
Schaus,  Jannetje,  187 
Schenck,  Altje,  233 
Schenck,  Catharine,  192 
Schenck,  Daniel,  192 
Schenck,  Eleanor,  192 
Schenck,  Engeltje,  192 
Schenck,  Emestus,  108 
Schenck,  Garret,  189 
Schenck,  Hendrick,  192, 
Schenck,  John,  192 
Schenck,  Mary,  189 
Schenck,  Neeltje,  189 
Schenck,  Paul,  15 
Schenck,  Roelof,  192,  197 
Schenck,  Sarah,  192 
Schenck,  Teuntje,  192 
Schepmors,  Aeltje,  198 
Schermerhom,  Abraham,  164 
Schermerhom,  Aeltje,  164 
Schermerhom,  Aemout,  162 
Schermerhom,  Amy  E.,  163 
Schermerhom,  Anne  White,  163 
Schermerhom,  Amout,  162 
Schermerhom,  Arthur  P.,  163 
Schermerhom,  Caroline  W.,  50,  164 
Schermerhom,  Catherine,  162,  164 
Schermerhom,  Cornelius,  164 
Schermerhom,  Edward  G.,  163 
Schermerhom,  Elizabeth,  164 
Schermerhom,  Capt.  F.  A.,  164 
Schermerhom,  George  S.,  163,  164 
Schermerhom,  Hester,  164 
Schermerhom,  James  J.,  163 
Schermerhom,  Jane,  164 
Schermerhom,  Jannetje,  164 
Schermerhom,  Johannes,  164 
Schermerhom,  John.  162,  163 
Schermerhom,  .\[ar\',  162 
Schermerhom,  Peter,  162,  163 
Schermerhom,  Phihp  G.,  163 
Schermerhom,  Rejer  H.,  157 
Schermerhom,  Sarah,  loi,  164 
Schermerhom,  Simon,  162,  165 
Schermerhom,  Symon  J.,  162 
Schermerhom,  Willemyntjee,  162 
Schermerhom,  William  C,  163 
Scherph,  Catharine,  117 
Schieffelin,  Edgar,  137 
Schieffelin,  Eugenia  L.,  137 
Schneeweiss,  Catharine  H.,  221 
Schneeweiss,  Henry,  221 
Schoonmaker,  Catharine  B.,  96 
Schoonmaker,  Catrina,  158 
Schoonmaker,  Hendrick,  158 
Schoonmaker,  James,  96 
Schuchardt,  Anna,  I2 
Schultz,  Anna,  72 
Schultz,  W.  Guhck,  72 


Schuyler,  Alida,  8,  40,  116 

Schuyler,  Rev.  Anthony,  24 

Schuyler,  Arent,  117 

Schuyler,  Casparus,  79 

Schuyler,  Cornelia.  43 

Schuyler,  Elizabeth,  123 

Schuyler,  Elsie,  114 

Schuyler,  General,  41 

Schuyler,  Gertmde,  115 

Schuyler,  Gysbert,  115 

Schuyler,  Hettv,  79 

Schuyler,  Isabella  L.,  25 

Schuyler,  Jasper,  79 

Schuyler,  Johannes,  117 

Schuyler,  Col.  John,  116 

Schuyler,  Margaret,  117 

Schuyler,  Montgomery,  24 

Schuyler,  Peter,  43 

Schuyler,  Philip,  8,  115,  117 

Schuyler,  Col.  Pieter,  40,  123 

Schuyler,  Robert  L.,  24 

Schuyler,  Sarah,  iiS 

Schuyler,  Sybella,  117 

Schwartz,  Rev.  D.  L.,  112 

Scott,  Louisa,  no 

Scudder,  James  Craig,  226 

Scudder,  Sarah  V.  D.,  226 

Scudder,  William,  226 

Seabrook,  Mary  H.,  204 

Seaman,  Clara,  92  - 

Searle,  Philip  N.,  112 
I   Sebring,  Jacob,  205 
I   Sexton,  Margaret,  66 
j   Sheafer,  Margaret,  45 

Shepard,  Abraham,  147 

Sherman,  Frederick,  126 
j   Shippan,  Anna  Hom,  45 

Shoemaker,  William  B.,  151 

Short,  Arma  Livingston,  113 

Short,  Prof.  Charles,  113 

Short,  Edward  Lyman,  113 

Short,  Livingston  Lyman,  113 

Shurts,  David,  105 

Shurts,  Garret  V.,  105 

Shurts,  John  K.,  105 

Shurts,  Margaretta,  105 

Sickels,  Maria.  184 

Simmons,  J.  Edward,  185 

Simmons,  Joseph  Ferris,  185 

Simonds,  Charles,  199 

Simons,  Catharine,  200 

Simonson,  Hannah,  196 

Singer,  Josephine,  212 

Skillman,  Abraham,  59,  102,  108 

Skillman,  Abraham  B.,  63,  170 

Skillman,  Abraham  V.  A.,  99,  100 

Skillman,  Anna,  59,  102 

Skillman,  Anne,  170 

Skillman,  Benjamin,  170 

Skillman,  Cassie,  62 

Skillman,  Caroline,  108,  109 

Skillman,  Catharine,  100,  103,  109 


INDEX 


257 


Skillman,  Charity,  100 

Skillman,  Charles  A.,  108 

Skillman,  Cornelia,  109 

Skillman,  Cornelius,  63,  104,  108,  173 

Skillman,  Elizabeth,  59,  lOi,  102 

SkiUman,  Gerardus.  99,  100,  217 

Skillman,  Gitty,  170 

Skillman,  Henr\-.  62 

Skillman,  Hendrick,  loi 

Skillman,  Ida,  108,  173 

Skillman.  Isaac,  59,  99,  102,  103,  109, 

no 
Skillman,  Jacob,  62,  103,  104,  109 
Skillman,  James,  63,  lOr,  102 
Skillman,  John,  58,  59,  62,  64,  99,  lOi 

102,  loS,  109 
Skillman.  Joseph,  99,  168 
Skillman.  Margaretta,  loi 
Skillman,  Martin,  103 
Skillman,  Mary,  58,  99.  100,  loi.  104, 

108.  119 
Skillman,  Peter.  64.  100,  108 
Skillman,  Rachel  Adah.  64 
Skillman.  Theodore.  62 
Skillman.  Thomas.  59.  99.   100.   loi. 

171,  206.  215.  217.  220 
Skillman,  William.  62,  102.  103 
Skinner,  Rev.  William.  116 
Sloan,  Samuel,  218 
Sloane,  Marv-  Renwick.  44 
Sloane,  William  M..  44 
Smake,  Matys.  54 
SmaUey,  Abner,  205 
Smalley,  Abraham.  203 
Smalley,  Andrew,  203,  205 
Smalley,  Anna,  205 
Smalley,  Catharine  E..  203 
Smalley,  David,  205 
Smalley,  Elizabeth.  205 
Smalley.  Isaac,  205 
Smalley,  Margaret,  205 
Smalley,  Mary,  205 
Smalley,  Rachel.  205 
Smalley,  Susanna,  205 
SmiUe,  Florence  N.,  117 
Smith,  Annie  Osgood.  29 
Smith,  Benjamin,  63 
Smith,  Catharine,  98 
Smith,  Caroline,  71 
Smith,  Claes  C.  175 
Smith,  Rev.  Cotton  Mather,  26,  27, 

36 
Smith,  Rev.  Daniel,  27 
Smith,  Elizabeth,  27 
Smith,  Ellen  Appleton.  28.  129 
Smith,  Fuller  Appleton,  28 
Smith,  Gertrude  Bolden,  29 
Smith,  Gilbert  Livingston,  29 
Smith,  Grace  May  V.  D.,  196 
Smith,  Harriette  A.,  29 
Smith,  Harry  V.  D.,  196 
Smith,  Helen  Evertson,  29 


Smith,  Rev.  Henry,  27,  36 
Smith,  Icabod,  26,  36 
Smith,  Governor  John  Cotton,  26, 
Smith,  Rev.  John  Cotton,  D.D.,  : 

129 
Smith,  Julia,  29 
Smith,  Juliana,  29,  30 
Smith,  Lewis  Harvey.  195 
Smith,  Louisa  N.,  136 
Smith,  Lucretia,  29 
Smith,  Mabel,  195 
Smith,  Margaret  S.,  28 
Smith,  Martha,  225 
Smith,  Mary,  27,  28 
Smith,  Robert  Worthington,  29 
Smith,  Rev.  Roland  Cotton.  D.D., 
Smith,  Ruby  A.,  159 
Smith,  Sadie,  195 
Smith,  Samuel,  27,  36 
Smith,  Sarah,  28,  121,  195 
Smith,  Susan,  47 
Smith,  Thomas,  27 
Smith,  Rev.  Thomas  Mather,  27,  i 
Smith,  Hon.  William.  47 
Smith,  William  Mather,    25,  26, 
Smock,  Mary,  205 
Snedeker,  Catherine,  219 
Snowden,  Caroline,  12 
Snowden,  Mary  Ann,  1 14 
Southard,  Zebulon,  229 
Spellmeyer,  Grace  M.,  46 
Spencer,  John  C,  152 
Spencer,  John  Cotton  S.,  32 
Spencer,  John  H.,  32 
Spencer,  Capt.  Johri  S.,  31 
Spencer,  Maria,  32 
Spencer,  Mary  Apthorp,  32 
Spencer,  Mary  Natalie,  152 
Spencer,  Minnie  Knox,  32 
Spencer,  Roberta,  32 
Spencer,  Sarah,  36 
Spencer,  Thomas,  36 
Sprouls,  Kate,  1 1 
Sprouls,  Susan,  232 
Squires,  Norman,  151 
Staats,  Catalina,  116 
Staats,  Cornelia,  58 
Staats,  Elizabeth,  117 
Staats,  Peter,  231 
Staats,  Phebe,  63 
Staats,  Dr.  Samuel,  116 
Stanford,  John,  204 
Stebbins,  Asa,  162 
Stebbins,  Augustus,  143 
Steen,  Mary  S.,  226 
St.  George,  Mary,  34 
Stephens,  John,  1 88 
Stephenson,  Elizabeth,  190 
Stephenson,  Daniel,  190 
Sterling,  Deborah,  81 
SterUng,  Edward,  81 
Stetle,  .Margaret,  205 


258 


INDEX 


Stevens,  Dr.  Alex.  H.,  148 

Stevens,  Bertha,  104 

Stevens,  Ebenezer,  163 

Stevens,  John,  42 

Stevens,  John  Bayard,  104 

Stevens,  John  Bright,  104 

Stevens,  Lucas,  104,  179 

Stevens,  Lucy  Beatrice,  104 

Stevens,  Luther,  102 

Stevens,  Marguerite  D.,  104 

Stevens,  Martha,  218 

Stevens,  Mary,  42,  112 

Stevens,  Rebecca,  163 

Stevens,  Stephen  A.,  104 

Stevens,  Steven,  104 

Stevenson,  Abraham,  104 

Stevenson,  Ann,  39 

Steward,  Campbell,  25 

Steward,  Ehzabeth,  144 

Steward,  Harriet  Le  R.,  13 

Stewart,  Charlotte  P.,  150 

Stewart,  Edward  Le  Roy,  150 

Stewart,  Helen  Van  Cortlandt,  150 

Stewart,  James,  164,  198 

Stewart,  Louisa  Morris,  150 

Stewart,  William  Pinckney,  150 

Stillwell,  Catharine,  198 

Stillwell,  Ida,  197 

Stillwell,  Jannetje,  197 

Stillwell,  Joost,  197 

StiUweU,  Nicholas,  197,  198 

Stillwell,  Richard,  197 

Stillwell,  Rutgert,  19S 

Stites,  Elizabeth  W.,  122 

Stoddard,  Irene,  137 

Storm,  Abraham,  185 

Storm,  Aeltje,  185 

Storm,  Anne,  184 

Storm,  Catherine,  184 

Storm,  Clarence,  185 

Storm,  Dirk,  184 

Storm,  Edna  Graham,  185 

Storm,  Elizabeth,  1S4 

Storm,  Garret,  135,  184 

Storm,  Glorvina  R.,  135,  184 

Storm,  Gregory,  184 

Storm,  Hester  G.,  184 

Storm,  Isaac,  185 

Storm,  Jacob,  184 

Storm,  Jan,  185 

Storm,  John,  184,  185 

Storm,  Joris,  185 

Storm,  Juha,  185 

Storm,  Louisa,  48 

Storm,  Mabel  Louisa,  1 85 

Storm,  Marietje,  184 

Storm,  Mary,  184 

Storm,  Theodore,  184,  185 

Storm,  Thomas,  184,  185 

Storm,  Stephen,  184 

Storms,  Peter,  160 

Storms,  Sarah,  160 


Stoughton,  Lieut.  Thomas,  37 
Stoughton,  Rebecca,  37 
Stout,  Aquila  G.,  148 
Strong,  Cornelia,  125 
Stout,  David,  108 
Stout,  Francis,  14S 
Stout,  Henrietta,  108 
Stout,  John,  loi 
Stout,  Mary,  192 
Stout,  Sarah,  101,  148 
Strang,  Ada,  196 
Strang,  George'  196 
Strang,  Walter,  195,  196 
Strong,  Caroline,  125 
Strong,  Charles,  125 
Strong,  Cora,  125 
Strong,  Ehzabeth,  45 
Strong,  James,  45 
Strong,  Joseph,  125 
Strong,  Mary,  125,  216 
Strong,  Pascal,  125 
Strong,  Peter  V.  B.  L.,  125 
Strong,  Phihp  L.,  125 
Strong,  Theodore,  216 
Struthers,  Robert,  132 
Strycker,  Dinah,  233 
Strycker,  Hannah,  79 
Strycker,  Jacob  Gerrite,  79 
Strycker,  Jan,  108 
Strycker,  Margaret,  183 
Stryckler,  Gratz,  88 
Stryker,  Abraham,  108,  206 
Stryker,  Demenicus,  170 
Stryker^  EUzabeth,  100 
Stryker,  Hendrick,  100,  215 
Stryker,  Ida,  108,  215 
Stryker," John,  58,  62,  87,  88 
Stryker,  Josiah,  87 
Stryker,  Maria,  62 
Stryker,  Mary,  87,  108 
Stryker,  Peter,  loi,  215 
Stuart,  Malcolm,  185 
Stunning,  Agnes,  i 
Stuyvesant,  Anne  W.,  13 
SUiyvesant,  Augustus  Van  Home, 

Stuyvesant,  Catharine,  11,  12,  13 
Stuyvesant,  Cornelia,  11,  116 
Stuyvesant,  Elizabeth,  12,  13 
Stuyvesant,  Frederic  S.,  12 
Stuyvesant,  Gerard,  12 
Stuyvesant,  Gerardus,  10 
Stuyvesant,  Gertrude,  1 1 
Stuyvesint,  Helen,  13 
Stuyvesant,  Helen  M.  Hooker,  12 
Stuyvesant,  Heiuy,  1 1 
Stuyvesant,  John  Reade,  12 
Stuyvesant,  Joseph  Reade,  13 
Stuyvesant,  Judith,  11 
Stuyvesant,  Julia,  1 1 
Stuyvesant,  Margaret  L.,  12,  13 
Stuyvesant,  Nicholas  W.,  6,  11,  12 


INDEX 


259 


Stuyvesant,  Peter,  174,  175 
Stuyvesant,  Peter  Geranl,  14 
Stuyvesant,  Petrus,'B,  11 
Stuyvesant,  Robert,  12,  13 
Stuyvesant,  Rosalie,  1 1 
Stuyvesant,  Rutherford,  15 
Stuyvesant,  Van  Rensselaer,  1 1 
Suckley,  George,  15,  46 
Suckley,  Robert  Bowne,  15 
Suckley,  Thomas  H.,  15 
Suebering,  Lambertje,  108 
Sutphen,  Jacob,  233 
Suydam,  Agnes  T.,  62 
Suydam,  Augustus  V.  C,  164 
Suydam,  Charles,  163,  164 
Suydam,  D.  Lott,  195 
Suydam,  Eliza,  69 
Suydam,  Harriet,  195 
Suydam.  Helen,  64 
Suydam,  Jane  M.,  164 
Suydam,  Jannetje,  182,  233 
Suydam,  Jerome,  195 
Suydam,  John  R.,  164 
Suydam,  Sarah  E.,  195 
Suydam,  Walter  L.,  164 
Swart,  Alida,  158 
Swart,  Antie,  157 
Swart,  Catrina,  157 
Swart,  Cornelius,  157,  158 
Swart,  Elizabeth,  157 
Swart,  Jacob  H.,  175 
Swart,  Johannes,  157 
Swart,  Maretje,  157 
Swart,  Tobias,  157 
Swartwout,  Aletta,  160 
Swartwout,  Catharine,  160,  161 
Swartwout,  Cornelius,  160 
Swartwout,  Elizabeth,  160 
Swartwout,  Eugene,  160 
Swartwout,  Henrietta,  89 
Swartwout,  Mary,  45 
Swartwout,  Samuel,  45 


Tailer,  Edward  X.,  42 
Tailer,  Mary,  42 
Talbot,  Julia  M.,  126 
Talmage,  Anna  L.,  97 
Talmage,  Cornelia,  97 
Talmage,  Col.  Daniel,  97 
Talmage,  Rev.  Govn,  97 
Talmage,  IsabeUa  V.  S.,  97 
Talmage,  John  B.,  97 
Talmage,  Mary  C,  97 
Talmage,  Robert  S.,  97 
Talmage,  T.  De  Witt,  D.D.,  97 
Tappan,  Catharine,  18 
Tappan,  Dr.  Peter  V.  C,  18 
Taylor,  Alice,  77 
Taylor,  Alward,  183 
Taylor,  Helena,  190 


Taylor,  Helen  Hamilton,  183 
Taylor,  Katharine  W.,  130 
Taylor,  Knox,  183 
Taylor,  Margaret,  98 
Taylor,  Margaret  Alward,  183 
Taylor,  Mary  Alward,  183 
Taylor,  Moses,  130 
Tavlor,  Dr.  Sewell,  98 
Taylor,  WiUiam  J.,  183 
Teller,  Jenneke,  117 
Ten  Broeck,  Christiana,  9,  16 
Ten  Broeck,  Dirck,  11,  116 
Ten  Broeck,  Eleanor,  103 
Ten  Broeck,  EHzabeth  H.,  98 
Ten  Broeck,  Florida,  76 
Ten  Broeck,  Gertrude,  156 
Ten  Broeck,  Margaret  S.,  116 
Ten  Broeck,  Richard,  i6 
Ten  Broeck,  Wessel,  103,  156 
Ten  Eick,  CatHntie,  60 
Ten  Eyck,  Arthur  S.,  86 
Ten  Eyck,  Augusta,  112 
Ten  Eyck,  Marytje,  155 
Terhune,  Charles,  76 
Terhune,  Ten  Broeck  M.,  76 
Terhune,  Ten  Broeck  V.  R.,  76 
Terry,  Margaret,  49 
Thayer,  Sallie,  131 
Thomas,  Eleanor  N.,  25 
Thomas,  James  M.,  no 
Thomas,  Samuel,  25 
Thomas,  Rev.  William,  17,  18 
Thomassen,  Jan,  176,  177 
Thompson,  Grace  M.,  39 
Thompson,  Maria,  21 
Thompson,  Judge  Smith,  17,  18 
Thomson,  Rebecca,  156 
Thorn,  Thomas,  15 
Tillman,  Lewis,  31 
Tillman,  Maria  Davis,  31 
Tillman,  Walter  P.,  31 
Tilietesn,  John  C,  43 
TiUotson,  Dr.  Thomas,  45 
Tilton,  Deborah,  igo 
Tunton,  Murphy,  191 
Todd,  Adam,  49 
Todd,  Sarah,  49 
ToU,  Comeha  Jacobse,  55 
Tompkins,  Sarah,  145 
Tong,  Marv,  43 
Towie,  Cha'ries,  161 
Towie,  Giknan,  161 
Towle,  Henry,  161 
Townsend,  Madeline,  26 
Townsend,  Phoebe  W.,  137 
Trevor,  Mary  Talmadge,  130 
Trico,  Catalyutie,  86,  92 
Tronson,  Jeremiah,  22 
Tuckerman,  Bayard,  29 
Tuckerman,  Elizabeth  W.,  29 
Tuckerman,  May  Appleton,  29 
Tuckerman,  John  Cotton,  28 


260 


INDEX 


Tunis,  William  L.,  89 
Turner,  Grace,  82 
Turner,  John,  82 
Tyrconnel,-Lord  of,  23 
Tyrone,  Earl  of,  23 

U 

Uhlman,  William  C,  138 
Umbach,  Anna,  93 
Ungar,  Fritz  C.  H.,  117 
Ungar,  Margaret  V.  R.,  117 
Ungar,  Schuyler  V.  R.,  117 
Upton,  Frances,  145 


Vail, 
Vail, 
Vail, 
Vail, 
Van, 
Vail, 
Vail, 
Vail, 
Vail, 
Van, 
Vail, 
Vail, 
Van, 
Vail, 
Vail, 
Vail, 
Van 
Van 
Van 
Van 
Van 
Van 
Van 
Van 
Van 
Van 
Van 
Van 
Van 
Van 
Van 
Van 
Van 
Van 
Van 
Van 
Van 
Van 
Van 
Van 
Van 
Van 
Van 
Van 


137 


Anna  Maria,  88 
Catharine,  63 
Clarence,  88 
Clinton,  63 
Christopher  B.,  i 
Daniel,  88 
David  W.,  156 
Eleanor  Louisa, 
Dr.  Israel,  88 
Julia  A.,  156 
Jonathan,  63 
Malinda,  89 
Martha,  88 
Nelson  S.,  88 
Oscar,  88 
William  N.,  172 
Alen,  James  J.,  50 
Alen,  Lawrence,  50 
AJen,  Mary,  50 
Alen,  Sarah,  50 
Arsdale,  Abraham,  67 
Arsdalen  Abraham,  183 
Arsdalen,  Comelis  S.,  182 
Arsdalen,  Isaac,  182,  183 
Arsdalen,  Margaret  S.,  183 
Arsdalen,  Philip,  182 
Arsdalen,  Syinon  J.,  182 
Barre,  Hendrick,  197 
Benschouten,  EUas,  229 
Borg,  Dinah,  221 
Borkuloo,  Jannetje,  230 
Borkuloo,  Herman  J.,  230 
Borkulow,  Herman  J.,  230 
Braerae,  Catalina,  151 
Brake,  John,  193 
Breestede,  Tryntie,  15 
Bruggen,  Catharine,  114 
Brugh,  Catharine,  9 
Brunt,  Aeltje,  197 
Brunt,  Agnes,  182 
Brunt,  Albert,  195 
Bnuit,  Anne,  182 
Brunt,  Catharine,  182,  191, 
Brunt,  Cornelius,  54,   181, 
8,231 


Van  Brunt,  Elizabeth,  195 

Van  Brunt,  Geesje,  181,  182 

Van  Brunt,  Hendrick,  181,  182 

Van  Brunt,  Jacob,  197 

Van  Brunt,  Jannetje,  182 

Van  Brunt,  John,  197 

Van  Bnint,  Joost,  54,  187,  188 

Van  Brunt,  Joseph,  181 

Van  Brunt,  Maria,  198 

Van  Brunt,  Nicholas,  181,  182,  201 

Van  Brunt,  Rutgers,   188,  189,   191, 

197 
Van  Brunt,  Rutgers,    175,    178,    188, 

195.  197 
Van  Bnmt,  Teuntie,  198 
Van  Brunt,  Tryntje,  198 
Van  Buren,  Daniel,  90 
Van  Buren,  Caroline,  90 
Van  Buren,  Ellen  J.,  149 
Van  Buren,  Hendrick,  228 
Van  Buren,  John,  188,  189 
Van  Buren,  Dr.  John,  194 
Van  Buren,  Martin,  149 
Van  Buren,  Mary,  89 
Van  Buren,  Robert  T.,  90 
Van  Buren,  WilUam,  90 
Van  Buren,  William  T.,  89 
Van  Cleaf,  Benjamin,  194 
Van  Cleaf,  John,  194,  219 
Van  Cleaf,  Rebecca,  202 
Van  Cortlandt,  Ann,  20,  141,  163 
Van  Cortlandt,  Anna,  116 
Van  Cortlandt,  Augustus,  148,  163 
Van  Cortlandt,  Catharine,  116 
Van  Cortlandt,  Cornelia,  21,  116,  117, 

133' 
Van  Cortlandt,  Elizabeth,  114,  116, 

Van  Cortlandt,   Gertrude,    40,    115, 

116. 135 
Van  Cortlandt,  Helen,  148,  150 
Van  Cortlandt,  Johannes,  115,  135 
Van"enrMandt,  Margeitje,  115 
Van  Cortlandt,  Maria,  114 
Van  Cortlandt,  Olofl,  S.,  114,  115,  135 
Van  Cortlandt,  Philip,  15,  116 
Van  Cortlandt,  Pierre,  15,  21,  133 
Van  Cortlandt,  Stephen,     114,     115, 

116,  120 
Van  Couwenhoven,  Peter  W.,  4 
Van  Dam,  Richard,  54,  141 
Van  Dam,  Rip,  55,  141 
Van  de  Grift,  Rachel,  200 
Vanderbeek,  Andrew,  85 
Vanderbeek,  Frank  H.,  86 
Vanderbeek,  Horace  A.,  86 
Vanderbeek,  J.  Newton,  86 
Vanderbeek,  John  B.,  85,  86 
Vanderbeek,  Laura,  86 
Vanderbeek,  Paulus,  85 
Vanderbeek,  Rem  J.,  85,  104,  231 
Vanderbeek,  WiUiam  W.,  86 


INDEX 


261 


Vanderbilt,  Cornelius,  190 

Van  Dom,  Jersey  B.,  91 
Van  Dorn,  Salina  Adelaide,  91 

Vanderbilt,  Lydia,  190 

Van  der  Donk,  Barbara,  231 

Van  Dora,  Sarah,  192 

Van  Deripe,  Amanda,  107 

Van  Duyn,  Jacomyntie,  59 

Van  Deripe,  Andrew,  107 

Van  Duyn,  Sarah,  203 

Van  Deripe,  Ellen,  107 

Van  Duyn,  William,  201 

Van  Deripe,  Emily,  107 

Van  Dyke,  Abraham,  100,  179,  215, 

Van  Deripe,  Jane,  107 

216,  226 

Van  Deripe,  John,  107 

Van  Dyke,  Achias,  177,  178,  194,  227, 

Van  Deripe,  Magdalene,  107 

230 

Van  Deripe,  Margaret,  107 

Van  Dvke,  Adrian,  227 

Van  Elten,  Margaret,  158 

Van  Dyke,  Aert,  186 

Van  Engen,  William  W.,  175 

Van  Dyke,  Agnes,  196 

Van  Exveen,  Aetie,  134 

Van  Dyke,  Agneta,  230 

Van  der  Hard,  Lvsbeth  A.,  185 

Van  Dyke,  Albert,  195,  196 

Van  der  Hard,  Tileman  J.,  177 

Van  Dyke,  Albert  N.,  195 

Van  der  Heyden,  Anthony,  154 

Van  Dvke,  Alice,  196 

Van  der  Horst,  Elias,  144 

Van  Dyke,  Andries,  178,  183 

Van  der  Spiegle,  Sarah,  141 

Van  Dyke,  Angennetj,  177,  188,  197, 

Vande  Veen,  Catharine,  165,  219 

-31 

Vanderveer,  Abraham,  167 

Van  Dyke,  Anna,  99,   100,  207,  213, 

Vander\-eer,  .Anne.  72, 

224 

Vanderveer,  Augustus,  219 

Van  Dyke,  Annetji,  183,  231 

Vanderveer,  Cornelius,  201 

Van  Dyke,  Anthony,  214 

Vanderveer,  David,  193 

Van  Dyke,  Antje,  177,  179,  231 

Vander^-eer,  EHza,  v 

Van  Dyke,  Ariantje,  183 

Vanderveer,  Elizabeth,  219 

Van  Dyke,  Augustus,  223 

Vanderveer,  Emma,  172 

Van  Dyke,  Barbara,  227 

Vanderveer,  Geo.  V.  D.,  219 

Van  Dvke,  Barent,  229,  230 

Vanderveer,  Hugh,  219 

Van  Dyke,  Bernard,  214 

Vanderveer,  Isaac,  loi,  219 

Van  Dyke,  Caree,  177,  178,  185,  231 

Vanderveer,  Joseph,  107,  206 

Van  Dvke,  Catevney,  219 

Vanderveer,  Karel,  219 

Van  Dyke,  Catharine,  56,     63,     105, 

Vanderveer,  Lawrence,  109 

105,  188,  289,  190,  196,  197,  206, 

Vanderveer,  Luke,  172 

221,222,  225,  226,  230 

Vanderveer,  Peter,  109,  172,  220 

Van  Dyke,  Catleyntje,  198 

Vanderveer,  Phoebe,  172,  233 

Van  Dyke,  Charity,  207 

Vanderveer,  Roloef,  219 

Van  Dyke,  Claes  T.,  178 

Vanderveer,  Schuyler,  219 

Van  Dyke,  Cornelia  E.,  196 

Vanderveer,  Tunis,  193 

Van  Dyke,  Cortlasdt  V.  R.,  224 

Vanderveer,  Thomas,  168 

Van  Dyke,  Daniel,  181 

Van  Dervoort,  Abraham,  92,  93 

Van  Dyke,  David,  213 

Van  Dervoort,  Beatrice  E.,  93 

Van  Dyke,  Derrick,  177,  178,  185 

Van  Dervoort,  Catherine,  93 

Van  Dyke,  Dorcas,  180,  181 

Van  Dervoort,  Christopher  B.,  93 

Van  Dyke,  Dorothea,  214 

Van  Dervoort,  Clarence,  93 

Van  Dvke,  Dredrick,  230 

Van  Dervoort,  Elizabeth,  93 

Van  Dyke,  Edward  B.,  223 

Van  Dervoort,  Ellen  R.,  93 

Van  Dyke,  Elaine,  214 

Van  Dervoort,  Jennie,  93 

Van  Dyke,  Elizabeth,  88,  186,  '196, 

Van  Dervoort,  John  \.,  93 
Van  Dervoort,  Mary,  93 

222,  223,  227 

Van  Dyke,  EUen,  196,  213 

Van  Dervoort,  Michael  P.,  92 

Van  Dvke,  Elsie,  219 

Van  Doren,  Altje,  233 

Van  Dyke,  Engeltie,  183,  184,   186, 

Van  Deuren,  James  L.,  156 

■97 

Van  Deuren,  Maria,  161 

Van  Dvke,  Esther,  196 

Van  Deursen,  Elizabeth,  219 

Van  Dyke,  Eva,  199 

Van  Doren,  Jacob,  233 

Van  Dyke,  Fanny  B.,  214 

Van  Doren,  Rev.  Luther  H.,  222 

Van  Dvke,  Fnms  C,  175 

Van  Doren,  Maria,  183 

Van  D^ke,  Frederick,  214 

Van  Dom,  Christian,  233 

Van  Dyke,  Frederick  A.,  214 

Van  Dom,  Ferdinand,  91 

Van  Dyke,  Frederick  W.,  216 

Van  Dom,  Jacob,  233,  234 

Van  Dyke,  Geesje,  179,  181 

262 


INDEX 


Van  Dyke,  Gerrit,  183 
Van  Dyke,  Gertrude,  223 
Van  Dyke.-Greatie,  185 
Van  Dyke,  Hendrick,  175,   182, 

221 
Van  Dyke,  Hendrick  A.,  224 
Van    Dyke,    Hendrick    Janse, 

230 
Van  Dyke,  Hendricus,  179,  227 
Van  Dyke,  Henry,  loi,  175,  195, 

219,  224 

Van  Dyke,  Rev.  Henry,  214 

Van  Dyke,  Ida,  216,  230 

Van  Dyke,  Isaac,  183,  184,  202, 

220,  222,  226,  230 

Van  Dyke,  Jacob,  168,  190,  202, 

220,  226,  230,  231 
Van  Dyke,  Jacobus,  229 
Van  Dyke,  James,  63,  223 
Van  Dyke,  James  C,  122,  215 
Van  Dyke,  James  R.,  224 
Van  Dyke,  Jan,  99,    17S,    1S5, 

200,  201,  202,  213,  219 
Van  Dyke,  Jan  Janse,  56,    175, 

1S7,  189 
Van  Dyke,  Jan  Thomasse,  39,56, 

176,  178,  183,  185,230 
Van  Dyke,  Jane,  99,  195,  196,  21 
Van  Dyke,  Jane  W.,  195,  196 
Van  Dyke,  Janneke,  227 
Van  Dyke,  Jarmetje,  182,  1S8,  ic 
Van  Dyke,  Johannes,  179,  227 
Van  Dyke,  John,  54,  56,  63,  88, 

167,   182,  183,  188,  189,  194, 

197,   205,   207,   209,   210,    216, 
219,  220,  221 

Van  Dyke,  Col.  John,  67,  207, 

209,  210 

Van  Dyke,  John  B.,  100 
Van  Dyke,  John  C.,  216 
Van  Dyke,  John  G.,  213 
Van  Dyke,  Katrina  T.,  214 
Van  Dyke,  Lambert,  227,  230 
Van  Dyke,  Lambert,  177 
Van  Dyke,  Lillie,  224 
Van  Dyke,  Lucretia,  100 
Van  Dyke,  Lydia,  88,  222 
Van  Dyke,  Margrie,  181 
Van  Dyke,  Margrietje,  197 
Van   Dyke,  Margaret,   63,    67, 

210,  211,  212,  219,  223,  224 
Van  Dyke,  Margaret  J.,  221 
Van  Dyke,  Maria,  179,  197,  213 
Van  Dyke,  Martha,  88,  102 
Van  Dyke,  Mary,  61,    88,    172, 

215,216,222 
Van  Dyke,  Matthew,  222 
Van  Dyke,  Matthias,   195,  202, 

222 
Van  Dyke,  Matty  S.,  188,  189, 

195 
Van  Dyke,  Mayke,  194,  197 


Van  Dyke,  Nicholas,    175,   : 

180,  194,  195 
Van  Dyke,  Paula,  214 
Van  Dyke,  Peter,  100,  177, 

196,  230 
Van  Dyke,  Peter  W.,  196 
Van  Dyke,  Pietermella,  183 
Van  Dyke,  Ralph  Roelef,  ic 
Van  Dyke,  Rebecca,  63,  67, 

210,  221 
Van  Dyke,  Robert,  161,  216 
Van  Dyke,  Rodger,  214 
Van  Dyke,  Rodolphus,  175 
Van  Dyke,  Roelof,  202,  207, 


226 


Van  Dyke,  Rush,  214 

Van  Dyke,  Ryme,  196 

Van  Dyke,  Sara,  219 

Van  Dyke,  Sarah,  226 

Van  Dyke,  Sarah  M.,  195 

Van  Dyke,  Simon,  88,  202, 

Van  Dyke,  Tertius,  214 

Van  Dyke,   Teuntje,    183,    197, 

206,  217,  224 
Van  Dyke,  Theodore  S.,  216 
Van  Dyke,   Thomas,  179,    182, 

186,  215,  229 
Van  Dyke,  Thomas  Janse,  175, 

178,  182,  187 
Van  liyke,  Tryntje,  177,  178,  227 
Van  Dyke,  WiUemtje,  230 
Van  Dyke,  William,  100,  223 
Van  Dyke,  WilUara  N.,  224 
Van  Dyke,  Woodbridge  Strong, 
Van  Dyke,  Zaccheus,  230 
Van  Gaasbeck,  Abraham,  158 
Van  Gaasb^k,  Annetje,  158 
Van  GaasbeSik,  Antje,  158 
Van  Gaasbeclc,  Beekman,  159 
Van  Gaasbeck,  ComeUus,  158 
Van  Gaasbeck,  Debora,  159 
Van  Gaasbeck,  Edgar,  159 
Van  Gaasbeck,  EUzabeth,  159 
Van  Gaasbeck,  James  B.,  159 
Van  Gaasbeck,  Lawrence,  159 
Van  Gaasbeck,  Maria,  158 
Van  Gaasbeck,  Mary  A.,  159 
Van  Gaasbeck,  Jolin,  158 
Van  Gaasbeck,  Sarah,  158 
Van  Gaasbeck,  Thomas  B.,  158 
Van  Gaasbeck,  WiUiam  H.,  159 
Van  HarUngen,  Dr.  J.  M.,  219 
Van  Hoom,  Christian,  230 
Van  Home,  Anna,  124,  133 
Van  Home,  Augustus,  12 
Van  Home,  Catharine,  133 
Van  Home,  Margaret,  128 
Van  Home,  Susan  Rivington,  \2 
Van  Hosen,  Folkert,  197 
Van  Keuren,  Lydia,  155 
Van  Keuren,  Nellie  C,  159 
Van  Keuren,  Tjerck,  155 


INDEX 


263 


Van  KJeeck,  Myndant,  16 

Van  Lieu,  Lena,  189 

Van  Liew,  Ann,  233- 

Van  Liew,  Frederick,  68 

Van  Mater,  Geysbert,  189 

Van  Mater,  Eleanor,  190 

Van  Mater,  Joseph,  192 

Van  Meterren,  Jan  G.,  177 

Van  Middleswart,  Pietemellitie,  60 

Van  Ness,  Gretie,  182 

Van  Ness,  Hendrick,  182 

Van  Ness,  Jean,  126 

Van  Nest,  Susanna,  97 

Van  Neste,  Peter  W.,  69 

Van  Neste,  Sarah  W.,  70 

Van  Nostrandt,  David  H.,  189 

Van  Nostrandt,  Jannetje,  193 

Van  Pelt,  Abraham,  102 

Van  Pelt,  Anna,  loi 

Van  Pelt,  Gertrude,  70 

Van  Pelt,  Johannes,  102 

Van  Pelt,  Matthias,  187 

Van  Pelt,  Mattys  L.,  104 

Van  Pelt,  Ort,  187 

Van  Pelt,  Teunis,  231 

Van  Pelt,  Teunis  Lanen,  102 

Van  Pelt,  Teuntie  T.,  102,  187 

Van  Pelt,  Teuntje  T.  L.,  189 

Van  Pelt,  WiUiam,  63 

Van  Pelt,  Woughty,  178,  187 

Van  Rantz,  Lake,  124 

Van  Rantz,  Maria,  124 

Van  Rensselaer,  Bayard,  1 1 7 

Van  Rensselaer,  Catharine,  118 

Van  Rensselaer,  Cortlandt  S.,  118 

Van  Rensselaer,  Elizabeth,  117,  118 

Van  Rensselaer,  Florence,  1 1 7 

Van  Rensselaer,  Gratz,  118 

Van  Rensselaer,  Hendrick,  114,  116 

Van  Rensselaer,  James,  114,  117,  118 

Van  Rensselaer,  James  Henry,  1 1 7 

Van  Rensselaer,  Jeremias,  13,  114 

Van  Rensselaer,  Johannes,  114 

Van  Rensselaer,  John,  117,  118 

Van  Rensselaer,  Margaret,  118 

Van  Rensselaer,  Marie  A.,  117 

Van   Rensselaer,   Rev.  [Nicholas,    8, 

10 
Van  Rensselaer,  Philip  Schuyler,  1 1 8 
Van  Rensselaer,  Rebecca  C,  118 
Van  Rensselaer,  Robert,  13 
Van  Rensselaer,  Sarah  Schuvler,  1 1 7 
Van  Rensselaer,  Stephen  V.'C,  118 
Van  Roigen,  John  H.,  131 
Van  Rysoort,  Catharine,  3 
Van  Schaack,  Catharine,  1 56 
Van  Schaack,  Lydia,  156 
Van  Schaick,  Anna,  1 1 5 
Van  Schoederwoerdt,  Rutger  J.,  114 
Van  Sickle,  Frank,  63 
Van  Sickle,  Isabella,  63 
Van  Slichtenhorst,  Brant,  115 


Van  SHchtenhorst,  Brant  Arentse,  10 

Van  Slichtenhorst,  Elizabeth,  10 

Van  SHchtenhorst,  Margaret,  10 

Van  Slichtenhorst,  Margarita,  115 

Van  Steenberg,  Abraham,  1 57 

Van  Vechten,  Dirck,  136 

Van  Vechten,  Maria  La  G.,  136 

Van  Vechten,  Michael,  136 

Van  Vleck,  Isaac,  153 

Van  Vleck,  Jan,  231 

Van  VHet,  Arie,  157 

Van  Vhet,  Jan  D.,  200 

Van  Voorhees,  Barbara,  228 

Van  Voorhees,  Coert  Alberts,  103 

Van  Voorhees,  Coert  S.,  227 

Van  Voorhees,  Cornelia,  228 

Van  Voorhees,  Daniel,  228 

Van  Voorhees,  Jacob,  229 

Van  Voorhees,  Jan  Steven,  103 

Van  Voorhees,  Jannetje,  228 

Van  Voorhees,  Johannes,  227,  228 

Van  Voorhees,  Katharine,  229 

Van  Voorhees,  Magdalena,  228 

V^an  Voorhees,  Mary,  22S 

Van  Voorhees,  Saraii,  228 

Van  Voorhees,  Steven  Coerte,  68,  103, 

104,  228 
Van  Voorhees,  Zachariah,  228 
Van  W'agenen,  Catharine,  60 
Van  Wyck,  Richard,  228 
Van  Wyck,  Theodoras,  228 
Van  Zandt,  Arazeha,  130 
Van  Zandt,  Augustus,  62 
Van  Zandtj^Eugenia,  62 
Van  Zah'd^rHubert,  62 
Van  Zandt,  Irene,  62 
Van  Zandt,  James,  lOi 
Van  Zandt,  Russell,  62 
Vaugrigneuse,  Baron  Ancelis  de,  148 
Veghte,  Abram,  60 
Veghte,  Altge,  60 
Veghte,  Ann,  61 
Veghte,  Benjamin  T.,  60 
Veghte,  Catharine,  60 
Veghten,  Claes  A.,  178 
Veghte,  Claes  Arentse  Van,  57 
Veghte,  Elizabeth,  57 
Veghte,  Garret,  206 
Veghte,  Gerretje,  59,  213 
Veghte,  Gerrit  Classen,  57 
Veghte,  Capt.  Garret,  57 
Veghte,  Hendrick  Classen,  59 
Veghte,  Henrick,  58,  17S 
Veghte,  Henry,  58 
Veghte,  Hilletye,  61 
Veghte,  Jacomyntie,  60 
Veghte,  Jan,  58 
Veghte,  Klaes  Arents,  57 
Veghte,  Lammetje,  57 
Veghte,  Magdalene,  69 
Vethge,  Maghtel,  60 
Veghte,  Maria,  61 


264 


INDEX 


Veghte,  Martha,  57,  58,  61,  84,  206, 

213,  219 
Veghte,  Mary,  58 
Veghte,  Nicholas,  v,  59,  60 
Veghte,  Phoebe,  6i 
Veghte,  Pieternellitie,  60 
Veghte,  Reynier,  59,  60,  215 
Veghte,  Sarah,  60,  61 
Verkerk,  Aert,  200 
Verkerk,  Anna,   194,  200,  201,  213, 

219,  226 
Verker,  Annetje,  201 
Verkerk,  Barent,  200 
Verkerk,  Baronie,  200 
Verkerk,  Geertje,  200 
Verkerk,  Jan  Janse,  200 
Verkerk,  Lea,  201 
Verkerk,  Mary,  2or 
Verkerk,  Roelof,  179,  194,    200,    203 
Verkerk,  Sarah,  201 
Verkerk,  Sybrech,  201,  203 
Vennule,  Ehzabeth,  205 
Verplanck,  Anna  Louisa,  142 
Verplanck,  Anna  M.,  139 
Verplanck,  Catharine,  135 
Verplanck,  Elizabeth  A.,  139 
Verplanck,  Jacobus,  117 
Verplanck,  James  de  Lancey,  142 
Verplanck,  James  G.,  139 
Verplanck,  Jane  L.,  139 
Verplanck,  Margaret,  139 
Verplanck,  Mary,  138 
Verplanck,  Mary  A.,  1 38 
Verplanck,  Maud,  139 
Verplanck,  Melinda  G.,  139 
Verplanck,  Pliilip,  115,  135,  138,  139 
Verplanck,  Philip  A.,  139 
Verplanck,  Ruth  L.,  139 
Verplanck,  Sally  A.,  138 
Verplanck,  Samuel  H.,  138 
Verplanck,  Susan,  139 
Verplanck,  W.  Everett,  129 
Verplanck,  William  B.,  138 
Verplanck,  William  G.,  138,  139 
VTiet,  Richard  S.,  216 
Voislawsky,  Dr.  Antonie,  Ii3 
Von  Dom,  Ehzabeth,  91 
Von  Dom,  Eugene,  90 
Von  Dom,  Ferdinand,  91 
Von  Dom,  Hannah,  91 
Von  Dom,  Janette  L.,  91 
Von  Dom,  Margaret,  91 
Von  Dorn,  Mary  B.,  90 
Von  Dom,  SeUna  A.,  91 
Von  Dora,  William  D.,  91 
Von  Kienbusch,  Anna,  30 
Von  Kienbusch,  F.  Kretzmar,  30 
Von  Kienbusch,  Herman,  31 
Von  Kienbusch,  Otto,  30 
Voorhees,  Abraham,  69,  106,  215,  233 
Voorhees,  Albert,  107,  226 
Voorhees,  Andrews,  107 


Voorhees,  Ann,  94,  97,  106 
Voorhees,  Anna,  62,  71 
Voorhees,  Christopher,  103,  105 
Voorhees,  C.  Beekman,  70 
Voorhees,  Coert,  105 
Voorhees,  Edward,  95,  107 
Voorhees,  Eleanor,  105 
Voorhees,  Eliza,  106 
Voorhees,  Elizabeth,  191 
Voorhees,  Ehzabeth  Houghton,  69,  70 
Voorhees,  Ellison  H.,  107 
Voorhees,  Eva  Suydam,  69 
Voorhees,  Frank  C.,  106 
Voorhees,  Frederick,  71,  106 
Voorhees,  Frederick  V.  L.,69, 106,213 
Voorhees,  Garret,  94,   105,  215,  219 
Voorhees,  George  H.,  107 
Voorhees,  George  H.,  106 
Voorhees,  Harriet,  105 
Voorhees,  Harry  L,  107 
Voorhees,  Isaac,  103 
Voorhees,  Jacob  D.,  105 
Voorhees,  Jacques,  68,  69,  233 
Voorhees,  Jane,  105,  106,  107 
Voorhees,  Jane  M.,  106 
Voorhees,  Jessie  VV.,  107 
Voorhees,  John,  106,  215,  220 
Voorhees,  John  W.,  105 
Voorhees,  Kathryn  Beekman,  95 
Voorhees,  Kenneth,  95 
Voorhees,  Leah,  103 
Voorh^gs,  Leander,  107 
VoorheeS;  Lizzie  B.,  172 
Voorhees,  Luke,  1 10 
Voorhees,  Maria,  105,  lo6 
Voorhees,  Marion,  95 
Voorhees,  Martha  B.,  103 
Voorhees,  Martin,  219 
Voorhees,  Mary,  105,  107 
Voorhees,  Mary  A.,  107 
Voorhees,  Melvin  R.,  106 
Voorhees,  Neeltje,  189 
Voorhees,  Nelly,  169 
Voorhees,  Parthenia,  106 
Voorhees,  Peter,  103 
Voorhees,  Phoebe,  105 
Voorhees,  Romeyn,  95 
Voorhees,  Sarah  B.,  234 
Voorhees,  Steven  C,  199 
Voorhees,  Viola  May,  107 
Voorhees,  William  D.,  107 
Voorhees,  Dr.  Sylvanus  R.,  106 
Voorhees,  Sylvester,  106 
Voss,  William,  131 
Vought,  Abraham,  138 
Vought,  Mary  G.,  138 
Vroom,  John  P.,  60 
Vroom,  Peter,  63 


Wadsworth,  Hon.  William,  37 


INDEX 


265 


Wagenaar,  John,  233 
Wainwright,  J.  Howard,  12 
Wainwright,  J.  Mayhew,  12 
Wainwright,  Richard  T.,  12 
Wainwright,  Stuyvesant,  12 
Waldron,  EUzabeth,  iv 
Waldron,  John,  v 
Waldron,  Samuel,  v 
Wales,  Harriet,  224 
Walker,  Catharine  Esther,  12 
Walrath,  Catharine,  160 
Walters,  Margaret  C.,  232 
Walton,  Ann,  151,  181 
Walton,  Guardine,  185 
Walton,  Jacob,  141,  151 
Walton,  James  de  Lancey,  141 
Walton,  Mary,  142,  204 
Walton,  William,  in,  141,  147 
Ward,  Margaret  Astor,  49 
Ward,  Samuel,  Jr.,  49 
Washington,  Bowden,  148 
Washington,  Herbert,  148 
Washington,  Dr.  James  A.,  25 
Watson,  Eugene  A.  H.,  136 
Watson,  Henry  L.,  136 
Watson,  Rev.  J.  Henry,  136 
Watson,  Mary  E.,  136 
Watts,  CaroUne,  132 
Watts,  Ethel,  133 
Watts,  George  B.,  132 
Watts.  J.  Walter,  133 
Watts,  James  D.,  132 
Watts,  John,  Jr.,  20 
Watts,  Julia  de  P.,  133 
Watts,  Mary  J.,  20,  21 
Watts,  Sabina,  133 
Way  dell,  Margaret  Ann,  212 
Wayland,  Mary,  29 
Wayne,  Gen.  W.  C,  144 
Weart,  Margaretta,  108 
Webb,  J.  Beavor,  132 
Welch,  Ashbel,  204 
Welch,  Hedelind  E.,  204 
Wells,  Benjamin,  17 
WeDs,  Sarah,  17 
Wescott,  Kate  L.,  29 
Westbrook,  Charies  R.,  156 
Westbrook,  Comehus  D.,  156 
Westbrook,  Gertrude,  156 
Westbrook,  Hannah,  156 
Westbrook,  J.  Beekman,  1 56 
Westbrook,  Mary,  156 
Westbrook,  Theodore  R.,  156 
Westphal,  Mary,  216 
Wetmore,  Dorothy  Murray,  43 
Wetmore,  Jessie  L.,  43 
Wetmore,  Livingston,  43 
Wetmore,  Robert  Carrvi,  43 
Wetmore,  Theodore  Russell,  43 
Whaley,  Maria,  142 
Wheeler,  Annie  Lorraine,  25 
Wheeler,  Everett  P.,  25 


■^Tiite,  Helen,  163 
White,  Henry,  163 
White,  John  J.,  44 
White,  Violetta  S.,  44 
Whitemarsh,  Mary  de  P.,  22 
Whitemarsh,  Richard,  21 
Whitemarsh,  Richmond,  133 
Whitemarsh,  Wallace  R.,  22 
Whitemarsh,  Wiiham  R.,  22 
Whitenack,  Cornelius,  102 
Whiteside,  Agnes,  50 
Whiting,  Maria,  76 
Whitney,  William  C,  131 
Whittaker,  Catrina,  155 
WTiittaker,  Daniel,  155 
Whittaker,  Elizabeth,  155 
"Whittaker,  James,  155 
Whittaker,  John,  155 
Whittaker,  Maria,  155 
Whittaker,  Thomas,  155 
■UTivckoff,  Jane,  195 
Wight,  Rev.  Joseph  K.,  223 
Wikeoff,  Peter,  220 
Wilkins,  Martin  Gilbert,  149 
Willets,  Henry,  224 
WilJets,  Juha,  224 
William,  Anna  M.,  88 
Williamson,  Arthur  J.,  71 
Williamson,  Cornelius,  184 
Williamson,  Phebe  L.,  196 
Williamson,  Reuben  E.,  71 
Williamson,  Sarah,  109 
WiUing,  Ava  L.,  50 
Willing,  Edward  S.,  50 
Wikner,  Nathalie,  132        - 
Wilson,  Daniel,  190 
Wilson,  Elmer,  98 
Wilson,  FerfTinand  S.,  98 
Wilson,  Florence  M.,  76 
Wilson,  Grace  J.,  76 
Wilson,  Harold  Aitken,  76 
Wilson,  John  C,  76 
Wilson,  Julia,  218 
Wilson,  Marshall  Orme,  51 
Wilson,  Peter  B.  S.,  98 
Wilson,  Richard  T.,  51 
Wilson,  Sewell,  98 
Wilson,  WLUiam  George,  76 
Wilt,  George,  165 
Wincant,  Cornelius,  182 
Winni.x,  Leonard,  3 
Winter,  Hannah,  145 
Winterhoff,  Julia,  1 1 
Winterhoff,  Rudolph  C,  11 
Winthrop,  Albertina,  131 
Winthrop,  Alice,  130 
Winthrop,  Beekman,  131 
Winthrop,  Benjamin,  1 1 
Winthrop,  Charles  F.,  139 
Winthrop,  Dorothy,  131 
Winthrop,  Emily  L.,  130 
Winthrop,  Frederic,  130 


266 


INDEX 


Winthrop,  Georgiana,  130 
Winthrop,  Grenville,  130 
Winthrop,  Harriet  D.,  130 
Winthrop,  Isabel,  130 
Winthrop,  Gov.  John,  1 1 
Winthrop,  Katharine,  130,  146 
Winthrop,  Maria,  130 
Winthrop,  Mary,  8 
Winthrop,  May,  130 
Winthrop,  Robert,  130 
Wizzelpenning,  Gerritge  G.  R.,  59 
Wolfe,  Margaret  A.,  128 
Wood,  Sir  Andrew,  129 
Wood,  Chalmers,  29,  129 
Wood,  Charlotte  M.,  132 
Wood,  Dennistown,  129 
Wood,  Dorothy,  129 
Wood,  Eleanor  D.,  129 
Wood,  Elizabeth  D.,  132 
Wood,  Florence,  129 
Wood,  Gertrude,  129 
Wood,  Harriet  M.,  132 
Wood,  H.  Duncan,  129 
Wood,  Helen,  132 
Wood,  John  Cotton,  129 
Wood,  John  Walter,  132 
Wood,  Mar>-  A.,  129 
Wood,  Mar>-  R.,  132 
Wood,  Melza  Riggs,  131 
Wood,  Sabina  R.,  132 
Wood,  William  129,  132 
Wood,  Van  Home  L.,  130 


WoodhuU,  John  S.,  44 
WoodhuU,  Margaret,  44 
Woolsey,  Melancthon  L.,  16 
Worthington,  Sir  Nicholas,  30 
Worthington,  Nicholas,  38 
Worthington,  Temperance,  30 
Worthington,  Rev.  William,  26,  30 
Wright,  John  A.  C,  145 
Wright,  Martha,  145 
Wright,  Mary  H.,  145 
Wright,  Thomas  D.,  145 
Wright,  WiUiam,  131 
Wyckoff,  Peter,  60,  182 
Wyeth,  Charlotte  H.,  47 
Wyokoop,  Elizabeth  H.,  149 
Wynkoop,  Johannes,  155 
Wynkoop,  Maria,  155 


Yates,  Mary  Austin, 
Yates,  Thomas,  184 


Zborowski,  Alister,  143 
Zborowski,  Anna,  143 
Zborowski,  John,  143 
Zborowski,  Louis,  143 
Zborowski,  Martin  R.,  143 
Zborowski,  WiUiam  Elliot,  50,  143 
Zeelen,  Johan,  175 


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