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Henry 

Pawling  and 

some  of  his 

descendants 


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HENRY    PAWLING 


AND 


SOME  OF  HIS  DESCENDANTS. 


WRITTEN  BY 


KATHERINE      WALLACE       KITTS, 


Sharon  Hill,  Delaware  County,  Pa., 


J903. 


Gift 

Author 

OCT  ZJ  WM 


N. 


HENRY  PAWLING. 


First  Generation. 


Henry  Pawling  came  to  America  from  England  in  the 
year  1664.  He  evidently  came  from  Padbury,  Buckingham- 
shire, England,  for  William  J.  Buck,  the  historian,  who  ar- 
ranged the  Penn  manuscripts  under  land  grants  or  purchases 
in  Philadelphia  County,  says  he  came  from  Padsbury,  Buck- 
inghamshire, England,  but  upon  investigation  it  is  found 
there  is  no  Padsbury,  but  Padbury,  which  doubtless  was  the 
home  of  Henry  Pawling.  He  came  here  in  the  Duke  of 
York  expedition  in  1664.  under  the  command  of  Colonel 
Richard  Nicolls  and  was  stationed  for  at  least  a  part  of  the 
time  at  Esopus  or  Wiltwyck.  now  Kingston.  The  following 
is  a  true  copy  of  the  commission  he  received  as  Captain  of 
Militia  and  as  the  date  of  this  and  of  his  discharge  (which 
also  follows)  are  the  same  and  all  upon  one  paper,  it  is  evi- 
dent he  was  promoted  to  that  rank  upon  the  disbanding  of 
the  garrison  at  Esopus  at  that  time. 
From  N.  Y.  Colonial  Manuscripts  in  N.  Y.  State  Library, 

vol.  22,  p.  100. 
Francis  Lovelace,  Esqr.,  &c. 

To  Henry  Pawling  Captn. 

By  Vertue  of  ye  Comission  &  authority  unto  mee  given 
by  his  Royall  Highness  I  doe  constitute  &  appoint  you  Hen- 
ry Pawling  &  you  are  hereby  constituted  &  appointed  to  bee 
Captn  of  the  ffoot  Compy  listed  or  to  bee  listed  in  the 
Townes  of  Marbleton  &  Hurly  &  precincts  at  Esopus,  you 
are  to  take  into  yor  Charge  &  Care  the  sd  Compa  as  Captn 
thereof,  &  duely  to  exercise  both  yor  Inferior  officers  & 
souldyers  in  Arms.  &  to  use  yor  Care  skill  &  Endeavor  to 
keepe  them  in  good  order  &  discipline,  hereby  requiring  all 
inferior  officers  &  souldyers  under  yor  Comand  to  obey  you 
as  their  Captain  (and  you  are)  likewise  to  observe  &  follow 
such  orders  &  directions  as  vou  shall  from  time  to  time  re- 


ceive  from  mee  or  other  yor  superior  ofiicers  according  to 
the  disciphne  of  warre. 

Given  under  my  hand  &  seale  this  i8th  da}-  of  April  in 
ve  22th  year  of  his  Maties  Raigne,  Annoque  Domini   1670. 

On  the  back  of  the  above  is  recorded  the  following 
record : 

Whereas  Mr.  Henry  Pawling  came  over  a  Souldyer  in- 
to these  parts  with  my  predecessor  Coll  Richard  Nicolls  in 
his   [one  line  missing]   to  the  which  hee  did  belong  being 

These  are  to  certify  all  whom  it  may  concerne 

that  the  said  Henry  Pawling  behaved  himselfe  well  &  as 
becomes  a  Souldyer  during  the  time  of  his  being  vnder  my 
comand,  &  being  now  a  Time  of  Peace  I  doe  hereby  giue 
him  a  discharge  from  his  Military  emplo3'ment,  so  that  hee 
hath  our  consent  to  follow  his  private  affayres  without  any 
further  Lett  or  interruption.  Given  vnder  my  hand  at  Fort 
James  in  New  Yorke  the  i8th  day  of  April  1670. 

Archivists  Note. — The  words  underscored  in  brackets 
in  I2th  and  13th  lines  above  are  nearly  obliterated,  only 
fragments  of  letters  remaining  and  the  words  are  therefore 
almost  a  conjecture.  The  indicates  a  word,  possi- 
bly "discharged,"  almost  faded  and  worn  out. 

In  1668  when  Governor  Francis  Lovelace  went  to 
Esopus  to  arrange  for  the  discharge  of  the  garrison  he 
offered  inducements  to  the  soldiers  to  remain  and  become 
citizens  by  promising  liberal  grants  of  land  and  instructed 
Henry  Pawling  to  lay  out  lots  further  inland  than  Esopus 
for  the  new  and  additional  settlement. 

In  1669  Henry  Pawling  was  one  of  a  commission  of 
seven  men  ordered  by  Governor  Lovelace  to  go  up  to  Esopus 
to  regulate  the  affairs  of  that  place  and  of  the  "New  Dorp" 
now  Hurley,  a  small  village  to  the  west  of  Esopus.  This 
commission  was  in  session  from  September  17,  1669  to  29th 
of  that  month,  during  which  time  they  passed  a  number  of 
ordinances  in  relation  to  Esopus,  located  sites  for  the  villages 
of  Marbletow'U  (afterwards  the  home  of  Henry  Pawling) 
and  Hurley,  made  arrangements  for  tlie  government  of  that 
locality  and  appointed  officers  for  the  new  villages,  appoint- 
ing Henry  Pawling  officer  over  the  Indians. 

In  the  Spring  of  1670  Henry  Pa^^•ling  was  again  com- 


missioned  by  Governor  Lovelace  together  with  the  Gover- 
nor's brother.  Captain  Dudley  Lovelace,  Jacques  Cortelyou, 
William  Ikekman  and  Christopher  Beresford  to  proceed  to 
Kingston  to  establish  the  boundaries  of  the  new  towns,  and 
lay  out  and  define  the  lots  of  the  new  villages  and  make 
the  necessary  allotments  and  grants  thereof.  This  commis- 
sion met  at  Kingston,  March  30th,  1670,  and  adjourned 
April  nth.  During  the  sessions  they  designated  the  bound- 
ary lines  of  Kingston,  Marbletown  and  Hurley,  divided  the 
lands  in  lots,  distributed  them  among  the  soldiers  and  gave 
the  necessary  grants  therefor. 

In  1676  Henry  Pawding  signs  a  petition  for  a  minister 
able  to  "preache  both  Liglish  and  Duche"  at  Esopus. 

In  1685  he  was  appointed  by  Governor  Thomas  Don- 
gan  High  Sheriff  of  Ulster  County  and  held  that  office  for 
four  years.  He  was  the  second  sheriff'  of  that  county,  and 
received  his  appointment  in  the  second  year  of  the  creation 
of  Ulster  County.  The  oftice  of  Schout  or  High  Sheriff" 
was  one  of  importance  in  those  days.  The  government  of 
Esopus  was  aclministered  by  a  Board  of  Magistrates,  con- 
sisting of  the  Schout  or  High  Sheriff  as  presiding  officer 
and  three  Schepens  or  Aldermen.  They  constituted  a  Court 
before  whom  all  cases  and  (juestions  relating  to  the  police, 
security  and  peace  of  the  inhabitants  and  all  suits  between 
man  and  man  were  to  be  brought,  examined  and  determined. 
Their  judgment  in  cases  involving  fifty  guilders  (about 
twenty-one  dollars)  and  under  was  final.  These  officers  were 
empowered  to  make  orders  respecting  public  roads,  inclos- 
ures  of  lands,  gardens  and  orchards  and  matters  concerning 
the  country  and  agriculture;  also  orders  relative  to  the  build- 
ing of  churches,  schools  and  other  similar  public  works. 
Thus  it  will  be  seen  that  the  office  of  High  Sheriff"  was 
varied  and  important.  There  is  further  mention  of  Henry 
Pawling  in  Documentary  History  of  New  York,  Vol.  II.. 
p.p.  159-162 — which  says  that  "February  13,  1689,  Cap. 
Palin  (Pawling)  came  from  Sopus  with  thirty  men  to  aid 
against  the  French  and  Indians"  and  that  he  attended  "two 
meetings  of  a  convention  held  in  Albany  in  February,  1689." 
As  High  Sheriff  Henry  Pawling  was  a  member  of  the  Gov- 
ernors Council  held  at  Albanv. 


Henry  Pawling  had  a  grant  of  land  from  William 
Penn  of  looo  acres  in  Providence  Township,  Philadelphia 
County,  Pennsylvania,  and  was  about  having  a  patent 
made  out  in  Duchess  County,  New  York,  when  he  died.  It 
was  afterwards  made  out  to  his  wndow  and  was,  perhaps,  the 
only  instance  of  a  patent  conveyed  to  a  woman.  This  tract 
of  land  was  about/i^oo  acres  and  was  known  as  the  Pawling 
Purchase,  a  part  ot  which  is  now  the  village  of  Staatsburgh. 
The  widow  Pawling,  her  son  John  and  daughters  Jane  and 
Wyntie  sold  their  interest  to  Doctor  Samuel  Staats,  of  New 
York,  and  Dirck  Vandenburgh,  of  the  same  place,  for 
£130.  The  other  children  were  not  of  age  so  their 
rights  .were  not  conveyed.  Dirck  Vandenburgh  probably 
soon  conveyed  his  interest  to  Doctor  Staats.  No  doubt 
the  name  Staatsburg  was  suggested  by  the  names  of  the 
two  proprietors.  By  a  division  of  land  after  Doctor 
Staats'  death  lots  i,  3,  9,  10,  13  and  18  fell  to  the  Pawlings. 
These  by  sundry  conveyances  came  finally  into  the  hands 
of  Major  John  Pawling  and  Captain  Petrus  DeWitt,  his 
first  cousin.  Lots  2  and  a  part  of  lot  1 1  of  Pawling's  Pur- 
chase after  passing  through  several  hands  were  finally  sold 
by  Timothy  Doughty  and  John  Cornell,  May  9,  177 —  for 
£1,025  ^o  Margaret  Uhl,  of  Beekman  precinct. 

It  may  be  stated  here  how  Pawling,  a  village  east  of 
Poughkeepsie,  New  York,  received  its  name.  Pawling  was 
originally  a  part  of  the  Beekman  Patent  ojs^^^iage 
and  was  named  after  Catharine  Beekman  Pawling  who  as 
the  widow  of  John  Rutsen,  married  Albert  Pawling,  son  of 
Henry  Pawling. 

In  1720  two  sons  of  Henry  Pawling,  John  and  Henry, 
removed  to  the  Pawling  grant  of  land  in  Pennsylvania,  set- 
tling there  with  their  families  and  W'l'i<»-  are  the  progenitors 
of  many  hundreds  of  the  Pawling  family  who  are  scattered 
throughout  this  country  and  Canada.  The  location  of  this 
tract  may  be  seen  on  the  map  between  the  pages  158  and 
159,  Vol.  II.  of  Fiske's  "The  Dutch  a- id  Quaker  Colonies 
in  America"  where  two  lots  are  marked  "H.  Pawlin." 
Pawlings  Ford  and  Pawling's  Bridge  in  the  Perkiomen  re- 
gion were  named  after  this  family  and  Avere  doubtless  part 
of  this  tract. 


Henry  Pawling  was  married  in  Kingston.  The  Kings- 
ton Register  gives  the  date  as  November,  the  third,  1676. 
Then  adds  that  it  is  uncertain  whether  this  is  the  first  pubh- 
cation  of  the  banns  or  the  marriage.  Pubhcation  of  banns 
according  to  the  Dutch  custom  occurred  three  weeks  before 
the  ceremony  took  place.  He  married  Neeltje  Roosa, 
daughter  of  Albert  Heymans  Roosa  and  Wyntie  Ariens, 
who  are  registered  as  having  sailed  from  Gelderland  in 
April.  1660,  in  the  ship  "The  Spotted  Cow"  with  their  eight 
children.  Albert  Heymans  Roosa  was  a  prominent  man  in 
Esopus  in  his  day  and  was  one  of  the  first  Board  of  Schepens 
or  Aldermen  designated  by  the  Charter  of  Esopus  or  Wilt- 
wyck.  now  Kingston.  He  figures  prominently  in  the  history 
of  that  city. 

The  children  of  Henry  Pa\vling  and  his  wife  Neeltje 
Roosa,  are  as  follows. 

I — Jane,  ni.  Jan  Cok. 

2 — Wyntie,  bap.  July  20,  1679,  m.  Richard  Brodhead. 

3 — John,  bap.  October  2,  1681,  m.  Aagje  DeWitt. 

4 — James,  bap.  November  25,   1683.  died  young.      / 

5 — Albert,  bap.  March  29,  1685,  m.  Catharine  Beek- 
man,  widow  of  John  Rutsen. 

6 — Anna,  bap.  June  19,  1687,  m.  Tjerck  DeWitt. 

7 — Henry,  bo.  about  1689,  m.  Jacomyntie  Kunst. 

8 — Mary,  bap.  October  30,  1692,  (born  after  her 
father's  death),  m.  Thomas  VanKeuren. 

Henry  Pawling  died  in  Marbletown  in  1692,  leaving 
a  widow  and  six  children,  one  other  having  died.  His 
widow  was  living  as  late  as  1745  as  further  provision  is 
made  for  her  maintenance  by  her  son  Albert  in  his  will  dated 
August  27,  1745. 

The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  will  of  Henry  Pawling : 
In  the  name  of  God  Amen  the  one  and  twentieth  day  of 
January  in  the  year  of  pur  Lord  1691  Style  votry;  I  Henry 
Pauling  of  Marbletown  in  the  County  of  Ulster  being  sick 
And  weak  in  body  but  of  sound  And  good  memory  praise 
be  Given  to  God  for  the  same  And  Knowing  the  uncertaint}' 
Df  this  transitory  life  And  being  desirous  to  settle  things  in 
order  Do  make  this  my  last  wnll  And  testament  in  manner 
And  form  following  That  is  to  say  first  and  principally  I 


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commend  my  Soul  to  Allmig-hty  God  my  Creatour  assuredly 
believing-  that  I  shall  receive  full  pardon  And  full  Remission 
of  all  my  Sinns  And  be  Saved  by  the  Grevious  death  And 
merit  of  my  blessed  Saviour  And  redeemer  Christ  Jesus 
And  my  body  to  the  Earth  from  whence  it  was  taken  to  be 
buried  in  such  decent  And  christian  manner  as  to  my  Execu- 
tours  hereafter  named  shall  be  thought  wise  and  convenient 
And  its  touching  such  wordly  Estate  as  the  lord  in  mercy 
hath  lent  me  my  will  And  meaning  is  the  same  shall  be  im- 
ployed  And  bestowed  as  hereafter  by  this  my  last  will  And 
testament  is  exprest  And  first  I  do  Revoke  renounce  frus- 
trate And  make  void  all  wills  formerly  by  me  made  And 
I  declare  And  appoint  this  my  Last  will  and  testament  Im- 
primis I  will  that  all  my  just- and  lawfull  debts  Shall  be  fully 
satisfied  out  of  my  Goods  and  chattels  Secondly  I  will  that 
All  my  Estate  of  lands  or  tenements  Goods  or  chattels  what- 
soever or  howsever  belonging  to  me  shall  continue  And  dure 
in  the  trust  off  my  well  beloved  wife  And  for  her  free  dis- 
posing during  her  life  but  in  case  she  should  chance  to  re- 
marry a  true  enventory  to  be  taken  by  her  brother  Arion 
Rose  And  Gilbert  Crum  or  any  faith  full  Cronsman  which 
God  in  his  mercy  shall  then  order  And  when  my  said  wife 
shall  come  to  die  the  whole  estate  or  Lands  Goods  And 
Chattels  to  be  Equally  divided  Amongst  six  children  namely 
Jane,  Wyntie,  John,  Albert,  Ann  And  Henry  Pauling  but  iff 
my  wife  should  be  now  with  child  And  bear  a  seventh  child 
it  shall  have  equal  share  with  the  other  six  of  my  children 
above  named  in  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  sett  my 
hand  And  seal  the  day  And  year  first  Above  written 

Henry  Pawling  (L.   S.) 

Signed  /\.nd  Sealed  in  presence  of 
Gysbert  Brown 
John  Ward 

New  York  the  twenty-fifth  of  ]\Iarch  1695  There  ap- 
peared before  his  Excl  Bn  Fletcher  the  widow  Pawling  took 
the  oath  of  an  Executrix  in  due  form  of  Law  to  Execute  the 
within  Will  &c  &c  the  same  was  proved  by  the  oath  of  John 
Ward 

Qd.  Attestor  Grifffn  Gubernatoris. 
David  Jamison,  D.  Secy. 


CHILDREN  OF  HENRY  PAWLING. 


Second  Generation, 


Of  the  children  of  Henry  PawHng  and  Neeltje  Roosa, 
nothing  further  has  been  found  concerning  Jane  Pawhng 
Cok,  No.   I. 

Wyntie,  No.  2,  was  the  second  wife  of  Ricliard  Brod- 
head,  and  died  in  1703  leaving  the  following  children: 

9 — Henry,  bap.  November  5.  1699. 

10 — William,  bap.  January  18,  1702. 

1 1 — Magdaline,  m.  Jacob  Esseltine. 

12 — Ann.  bap.  September  28,  1707,  m.  Andrew  Oh\er. 

13 — Nellie,  m.  Stephen  Nottingham. 

14 — Elizabeth,  bap.  August  9.  1713,  m.  Christopher 
David. 

15 — John,  bap.  June  28,  1716,  m.  Ann  Notthigham. 

16 — Mary,  bap.  April  26,  1719,  m.  Robert  McGinnis. 

17 — Rachel,  bap.  Fel:)ruary  18,  1722,  m.  Woodl^urman. 

A  few  (^f  the  descendants  of  VV^Titie  PaAvling  and 
Richard  Brodhead  are  living  at  .tlieJJelaware  Water  Gap.- 

John  Pawling.  No.  3,  served  in  the  militia  during  the 
Colonial  period,  holding  the  rank  in  1711  of  Lieutenant,  and 
participated  in  the  expedition  to  Canada.  In  1720  he  re- 
moved to  Pennsylvania  to  lands  granted  his  late  father,  set- 
tling in  Bebber,  afterwards  Perkiomen  township,  Philadel- 
phia County,  where  he  became  owner  of  a  large  tract  of 
land  on  the  Perkiomen  Creek,  mills,  slaves  and  considerable 
personal  property.  Paw'ing's  mill  on  the  Perkiomen  Creek 
at  the  head  of  the  Skippack  road  was  named  after  John 
Pawling.  At  his  death  it  passed  over  to  his  son  Henry  and 
in  1747  was  sold  to  Peter  Pannebacker  who  added  a  fulling 
mill  to  the  grist  mill  and  they  then  became  known  as  Panne- 
packer's  mills  and  under  this  name  have  become  famous  in 
Revolutionary  history  as  the  camp  ground  of  W^ashington's 


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army  before  and  after  the  battle  of  Germantown.  Pawling's 
mill  was  a  land  mark  for  many  years  and  for  many  miles 
around.  John  Pawling  married,  in  Kingston.  August  23, 
1 71 2,  Aagje  DeWitt.  daughter  of  Tjerck  Classen  DeWitt, 
who  emigrated  from  Holland  to  America  and  was  married 
in  New  York  City  April  26,  1656,  to  Barbara  Andriessen,  of 
New  Amsterdam. 

John  Pawling  died  in  June  1733,  leaving  a  widow  and 
seven  children,  whose  names  follow.  He  is  buried  in  the 
family  burying  ground,  still  existing  on  the  east  side  of  the 
creek,  which  he  provided  for  in  his  will : 

18 — Henry,  bap.  November  i,  1713,  in  Kingston. 

ig — Joseph,  bo.  about  1721,  in  Pennsylvania,  m. 
Elizabeth . 

20 — John,  bo.  August  27,  1722,  in  Pennsylvania,  m. 
Elizabeth  DeHaven. 

21 — Ellen. 

22 — Hannah. 

23 — Deborah,  m.  Christopher  Ziegler. 

24 — Rebecca,  m.  Abraham  VanHoven  or  DeHaven. 

A  few  of  the  descendants  of  John  Pawling  are  Major 
George  G.  Groff,  of  Bucknell  University;  John  Pawling 
Twaddell,  shoe  merchant,  of  Philadelphia;  the  late  Doctor 
Twaddell,  of  West  Philadelphia ;  Thaddeus  Lawrence  Van- 
derslice  and  John  Mitchell  Vanderslice,  prominent  lawyers 
in  Philadelphia. 

John  Pawling's  granddaughter,  Ann  Pawling,  married 
Jacob  Pennypacker,  a  member  of  the  well-known  family  of 
that  name  and  of  ^vhom  Governor  Pennypacker  relates  in 
one  of  his  historical  works  that  she  complained  very  bit- 
terly when  her  store  of  clothing  was  taken  by  Revolutionary 
soldiers  who  were  encamped  near  by.  "As  was  the  custom  of 
the  matrons  of  those  days,  she  had  devoted  the  leisure  hours 
of  her  life  to  the  manufacture  of  Cjuilts,  blankets  and  woolen 
goods  which  were  stowed  away  m  chests  for  future  use. 
She  entreated  the  detail  to  leave  a  portion  of  them  and  the 
reply  was  'Madame,  they  are  good  warm  blankets.'  " 

Albert  Pawling,  No.  5,  appears  as  Ensign  in  the  list  of 
military  officers  of  Ulster  County  for  Marbletown,  date 
October    17,  "17 17.      Smith's   History   of   Rhinebeck,    New 


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York,  says:  "Albert  Pawling  witnessed  a  deed  by  Henry 
Beekman,  giving  the  ground  for  the  Dutch  Reformed 
Church  at  Rhinebeck.  Deed  signed  August  26.  1730.  He 
was  a  member  of  Assembly  from  Ulster  County  in  1745." 
Albert  Pawling  married  November  26,  1726,  Catherine 
Beekman,  widow  of  John  Rutsen  and  daughter  of  Henry 
Beekman.  They  had  no  children.  He  was  living  in  1745, 
although  he  probably  died  soon  after.  His  will  l)earing  the 
date  of  that  year  disposes  of  a  large  estate,  including  land, 
buildings,  slaves  and  personal  property.  He  provides  liber- 
ally for  his  wife  and  mother,  leaving  the  residue  of  his 
estate  to  his  nephew  Levi,  son  of  Henry  Pawling  and  Jac- 
omyntie  Kunst. 

Anne  Pawling,  No.  6,  married  January  18.  1708, 
Tjerck  DeWitt,  son  of  Andries  DeWitt  and  Jannetje  Eg- 
bertsen.  They  spent  the  greater  part,  if  not  all.  of  their 
lives  in  Kingston,  New  York.  Anne  Pawling  DeWitt  died 
about  1738,  leaving  the  following  children  : 

25 — Andries.  bap.  May  7,  1710,  died  July  23.  1711. 

26 — Neeltje.  bap.  April  22.  171 1,  ni.  (i)  Wessel 
Jacobse  Ten  Broeck.  (2)  Samuel  Stout. 

2y — Henry,  bap.  January  24.  17 14,  m.  Maria  Ten 
Broeck. 

28 — Johannes,  bap.  August  8.  171 7.  died  ]\lay  }.o. 
1747.  in  Bermuda,  unmarried. 

29 — Petrus.  bap.  July  15,  1722.  m.  Rachel  Radcliffe. 

39 — Andries,  bap.  March  3.  1728.  m.  Rachel  DuBois. 

Their  son  Petrus  was  an  eminent  lawyer  in  Xew  \  ork 
in  the  early  part  of  the  eighteenth  century.  Many  of  their 
descendants  are  men  of  prominence  and  note,  among  whom 
are  Professor  John  DeWitt,  of  Princeton  Seminary:  Colonel 
Calvin  DeWitt,  Assistant  Surgeon  General  in  the  U.  S.  A. : 
William  Walsh,  a  clergyman  in  Xewburgh.  Xew  York; 
Cornelius  De\\'itt.  bankei:.  in  Norfolk.  \'irginia,  and  George 
Gosman  DeWitt,  a  lawyer  irrXew  York  City. 

Henry  Pawling.  No.  7.  lived  in  Ulster  County,  where 
he  was  born,  until  1720.  when  he  and  his  brother  John, 
No.  ^.  removed  to  Pennsvlvania.  Henry  settled  in  Lower 
Providence  township.  Philadelphia  County,  and  lived  in 
1734  on  the  Wetherill  farm  opposite  Valley  Forge,  where 


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he  owned  500  acres  of  land.  This  property  was  then  and 
still  is-oi^e  of  ihe  finest  in  Pennsylvania  lying  at  the  junction 
of  the  Schuylkill  river  and  Perkiomen  creek.  The  Bulls,  the 
Evans',  the  Lanes,  the  Norrisses  and  other  leading  families 
were  his  neighbors. 

On  April  2,  1729,  Henry  Pawling,  yeoman,  and  Jac- 
omyntie,  his  wife,  of  Philadelphia,  in  Pennsylvania,  signed 
a  quit  claim  deed  to  land  in  Duchess  County,  New  York. 
This  was  doubtless  Henry's  share  of  his  father's  grant  of 
land  known  as  Pawling's  Purchase. 

Henry  Pawling  was  a  warden  in  St.  James  Perkiomen 
Church  in  1721.  Many  of  the  Pawling  family  were  promi- 
nently identified  with  this  church  and  served  as  wardens  an^ 
vestrymen.  Local  histories  state  that  the  Pawling  family 
was  a  large  and  influential  one  and  honorably  identified  with 
the  affairs  of  Pennsylvania.  Henry  Pawling  married  in 
Kingston,  New  York,  June  26,  171 3,  Jacomyntie  Kunst, 
daughter  of  Cornelius  Barrentsen  Kunst  and  Jacomyntie 
Slecht  (or  Sleight).  Cornelius  Barrentsen  Kunst  was  no 
doubt  the  son  of  Jacomyntie  Cornelius  and  Jan  Barrentsen 
Kimst  found  in  the  Kingston  register.  Jacomyntie  Slecht 
was  the  daughter  of  Cornelius  Barrentsen  Slecht  and 
Tryntje  Tysse  Boz,  who  were  among  the  very  earliest  resi- 
dents or  settlers  of  Esopus.  The  earliest  mention  of  them  is 
in  1655  when  Tryntje  Tysse  Boz  Slecht  was  duly  licensed 
by  Governor  Peter  Stuyvesant  as  midwife.  The  Slechts  or 
Sleights  figure  most  prominently  in  the  history  of  Kingston 
and  passed  through  many  thrilling  experiences.  The  head 
of  the  family,  Cornelius  Barrentsen  Slecht  was  the  village 
brewer,  was  one  of  the  first  board  of  Schepens.  along  with 
Albert  Heymanse  Roosa,  was  an  ofiicer  of  militia  and  a 
very  prominent  man  in  the  church,  being  one  of  the  first 
communicants  of  the  Dutch  church  in  Kingston.  Much 
could  be  written  of  this  family. 

Henry  Pawling  and  Jacomyntie  Kunst  had  children 
as  follows : 

31 — Henry,  bap.  June  z'j,  1714,  in  Kingston,  m.  Elea- 
nor   ^  4  c  t^flvH  ^-  f^-^'O'-^-*^^ /SZ-^iftrUy^i^  v^6su^ '  ^ , 

32 — Sarah,  bap.  July  8,  1716,  in  Kingston;  nothing 
further. 


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^^ — Elizabeth,  bap.  Marcli  22,  1719.  in  Kingston,  noth-  _  ^ 

ing  f urtlier.  ^U^^  "^UX^  (/24  'c^Ul^ui  ,  ''i-U^'  McUUi  ^  ■ 

3_j. — Levi.  1)().  in  Pennsylvania,  m.  Alagdalena  lUn-hans. 

3-_John.  1)o.  December  2-],  1732.  ni.  (  i  )  Xeeltje  Van- 
Kenren.  (2)  Maria  VanDcusen. 

36 — Rebecca,  bo.  about  1740.  in  [Pennsylvania,  m. 
David  Schry ver.  5^<_.  CtJ-C^dL^  i»^JL  7^}<-'L^»-^<^^  - 

37— Barney,  nothing  further. 

It  is  very  uncertain  whether  or  not  tliese  were  all  the 
children  they'had.  for  tlie  records  of  St.  James  Perkiomen 
Church,  where  their  records  would  l)e  found,  were  all  de- 
stroyed by  fire  in  1820.  Henry  Pawling  died  in  Lower 
Providence.  August  30,  1739,  and  is  buried  in  the  cemetery 
of  St.  James  Perkiomen  Church  at  Evansburg,  Philadelphia, 
now  Alontgomery  County.  The  grave  is  marked  by  a  small 
granite  stone,  bearing  these  words :  "In  memory  of  Henry 
Pawding.  who  died  August  30th.  1739,  Aged  50  Years." 
No  trace  has  as  yet  been  found  of  the  time  or  place  of  death 
and  burial  of  his  wife,  Jacomyntie.  She.  however,  survived 
her  husband,  as  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  letters  of  adminis- 
tration were  granted  her  upon  her  husband's  estate  and  of 
whicli  follows  a  copy:  "To  Jacomyntie  Pawling,  of  the 
County  of  Philadelphia,  and  relict  of  Henry  Pawling,  late  of 
the  County  of  Philadelphia,  yeoman,  deceased,  and  to  Henry 
Pawling  to  be  administrators  of  the  said  Henry  Pawling, 
deceased."  Dated  October  10.  1739.  Letters  of  adminis- 
traion  Vol.  D..  p.  100.  Register  of  Wills  office.  Philadel- 
phia. 

The  following  is  a  verbatim  copy  of  the  original  in 
ventory  of  the  estate : 

To  two  working  Horses £i  i.o.o 

To  a  Working  Horse  and  a  Mare 7.0.0 

To  a  Mare  and  Colt 5-0-0 

To  a  Spring  Colt 2.0.0 

To  old  Stallion 3.0.0 

To  a  Yearling  Chattle 500 

To  4  Cows .' 1 0.0.0 

To  4  Heiffers  and  a  Stor 9.0.0 

To  a  Stear,  4  years  old. 2.15.0 

To  ,2  Cows 5-0.0 


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To  6  Calves 5-0-0 

To  a   Stear i.io.o 

To  a  Bull  and  a  Cow 5-0-0 

To  3  Cows 7- lo.o 

To  31  Sheep 7.10.0 

To  5  Hodgs 3.0.0 

To  a  Sow  and  8  Shoats 2.10.0 

To  a  Waggon lo.o.o 

To  3  Ploghs  and  Irons 1 0.0.0 

To  a  Harrow o.  1 5.0 

To  400  Bushells  of  all  sorts  of  grain  in  and  about 

the  barn 40.0.0 

To  a  Cuting  Box 0.5.0 

To   4    Pichforks 0.5.0 

To  a  Grinding  Stone 0.5.0 

To  40  acres  of  corn  that  is  now  in  the  ground 20.0.0 

To  a  Lume,  6  Reeds  and  six  pare  of  Geers 50.0 

To  4  little  Spinning  Wheels i.o.o 

To  I   Spinning  Wheel 0.5.0 

To  a  Side  Sadie  and  a  Bridle i-5-O 

To  a   Side   Sadie o.  lo.o 

To  a  Man's  Sadie o.  1 5.C 

To  a  Bed  and  Two  old  Blankits 0.15.0 

To  a  Gun o. 1 5.0 

To  6  Sickles 0.0.0 

To  a  Bed  and  Bed  Stead  and  Furniture 7.0.0 

To  Ditto 6.0.0 

To  a  Small  Box  of  Drawes 0-i5-C' 

To  a  old  Caverlead 0.8.0 

To  a  Case  of  Draws 4.0  o 

To   a    Cobbard i-5-O 

To  a  Wallnot  Table 0.15.0 

To  a  Small  Table 0.5.0 

To  12  Plaits 0.15.0 

To  3  Dishes  and  a  Baison i-5-O 

To  18  Spoons • .  0.4.0 

To  6  Iron  Potts ,' 2. 15.0 

To  2  pare  of  Hand  Irons .  .1 1,0.0 

To  a  Pare  of  Tongs,  Ladle  and- Flesh  Fork 0.3.0 

To  a  Sword  and  Pistal o.  lO.r 


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To  a  Pai-sel  of  old  Bcjoks i.o.c 

To  a  Looking  Glass o.^.'. 

To  a  Rroad  Ax,  Aiiijfre,  Chissels  and  Ciimlet o.  lo.o 

To  16  Yards  of  Drnckel 4-^'  "> 

To  2  Axes,  2  Grobing-  Hoes  and  .^  \\'eedin«-  Hoes.  .      i.o.c 

To  4  Barrclls  and  a  half  Barrell o.io.o 

To  Tnbs.  I 'ails  and  other  Lnmher 0.15.0 

To  a  negro  man  named  Jack 25.0.0 

To  a     '"     woman     "     Bess 20.0.0 

To"     "     gerl  ''     Gate 30.0.0 

To  "     "     boy  "     Ollever .370.o 

To"     "     girl  "     Jane 28.0.G 

To  "     "     boy  "     Tom 20.0.0 

To  "     "       "  "     Tim 20.0.0 

To  "     "     gearl        "     Bet 12.0.0 

To  Bills  and  Bonds  and  Books  Debts 37.5.10 

To  Plantation  containing  500  acres  of  land 500.0.0 

This  being  a  true  and  Perfect  Appraisement  of  the 
Afore  sd  Estate  Being  all  that  Came  Before  us  or  to  our 
Knowledge,  whereurito  we  have  set  our  Hands  the  Day  and 
year  above  written. 

Owen  Evans. 

Samuel  Lane. 

Thomas  Bull. 
Inventory  of  tlie  Estate  Late  of  Henry  Pawling.     Ex- 
hibited 10  Nov.  1739. 

Jacomyntie  Pawling,  of  the  County  of  Philadelphia. 
widows  of  Henry  Pawling,  yeoman.  Samuel  Lane,  }eoman, 
and  Samuel  Norris.  merchant,  all  of  the  County  of  Phila- 
del"phia.  gave  bond  unto  Peter  Evans.  Register  General  for 
the  Probate  of  Wills  and  granting  letters  of  administration 
in  and  for  the  Province  of  Pennsylvania  for  the  sum  of  two 
thousand  pounds.  October  10.  1739. 

Mary  Pawling,  No.  8,  married  April  t  r.  1730.  Thomas 
VanKeuren.  of  Marbletown.  N.  ^'.  They  had  one  child, 
at  least,  Neeltje,  No.  T^d^,  who  married  her  first  cousin,  ]\rajor 
John  Pawling,  and  died  between  1764  and  1770,  leaving 
four  children.  Further  account  will  be  given  under  the 
sketch  of  Major  John  Pawling. 


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CHILDREN  OF  HENRY  PAWLING,  SECOND. 


Third  Generation. 


Henry  Pawling,  No.  31,  son  of  Henry  Pawling  and 
Jacomyntie  Kunst,  a  lawyer  by  profession,  was  a  distin- 
guished man,  prominent  in  public  affairs  and  a  leading  spirit 
in  important  enterprises.  He  was  a  Captain  of  Associators 
in  1747  and  a  member  of  Assembly  for  a  number  of  terms. 
On  March  2,  1761,  he  qualified  for  the  ofhce  of  Justice  of 
the  General  Quarter  Sessions  of  the  Peace  and  Gaol  Deliv- 
ery, for  the  County  Court  of  Common  Pleas  for  the  County 
of  Philadelphia. 

When  the  Act  was  passed  in  1784  establishing  ]\'Iont- 
gomery  County,  Henry  Pawling  was  appointed  one  of  the 
commissioners  to  lay  out  the  boundaries  of  Montgomery 
County  and  to  locate  the  public  buildings.  He  was  also  a 
commissioner  on  improving  the  navigation  of  the  Schuyl- 
kill River. 

On  January  20,  1789,  he  was  appointed  a  Justice  of  the 
Peace  of  Montgomery  count}-  and  as  such  was  one  of  the 
Judges  of  the  Court.  In  the  assessment  of  Providence 
Township  for  1776  his  rating  is  thus  stated:  "Henry  Pawl- 
ing, Esquire,  290  acres,  2  negroes,  4  horses,  1 1  cows  and  a 
ferry."  He  owned  an  island  in  the  Schuylkill  River  known 
by  the  name  of  Catfish  Lsland.  Dotterer's  Perkiomen  Reg- 
ion, Vol.  3,  states  that  "one  of  the  married  daughters  died 
March  12,  1777  and  was  buried  the  thirteenth  in  Mr.  ^luh- 
lenberg's  church  yard,  he  officiating.'  Mr.  Muhlenberg  says 
in  his  journal  "Thursday,  jNIarch  13,  1777 — To-day  we  have 
stormy  wind  and  rain.  In  the  afternoon  at  four  o'clock  the 
funeral  procession  arrived  with  the  corpse,  as  they  could  not 
ride  the  Schuylkill,  but  had  to  cross  in  canoes  on  account  of 
the  high  water.  I  preached  a  short  English  sermon  in  Au- 
gustus Church," 


Henry   Pawling's  wife's  first  name  was   Eleanor  ^a«4-   /  c/ ^^«Vj^.,^ 

Ixut  it  is  not  certain  that  it  was  oo.     In  his  will,  dated  ^^     ^^'^^V^.J^ 

vember  i8,  1791,  he  requests  to  be  "buried  near  my  dear  par-^^fe^ /^fttf*^ 

ents  and  my  dear  wife  in  Providence."     After  disposing  of 

the  bulk  of  his  estate  he  bequeathed  £10  "for  the  purpose 

of  walling  in  with  stone  the  graveyard  of  St.  James'  Church. 

in  Providence  Township."     To  his  daughters,  Rachel  and 

Catherine,  he  gave  all  his  plate.     He  remembers  in  his  will 

his  brother  Barney  and  gives  and  devises  to  "Colonel  Henry 

Pawling  of  the   State  of   Kanetuck,   twenty  pounds   as  a 

small  token  of  his  sincere  regard  and  friendship."     He  died 

in  1792  and  his  wife,  Eleanor,  died  June  26,  1778.     They 

had  the  following  children  : 

39 — John,  bo.  May  17,  1744,  m.  Elizabeth  Morgan. 

40 — Henry,  bo.  September  25,  1746,  m.  Rebecca  Bull. 

41 — Benjamin,  m.  Susannah  Bellenger;  they  removed 
to  Canada. 

42 — Nathan,  bo.  1750,  d.  March  27,  1705,  unmar- 
ried; High  Sheriff  of  Montgomery  county. 

43 — Jesse,  m.  Caroline  TenBroeck,  removed  to  Canada. 

44 — William. 

45 — Rachel,  m.  Colonel  Edward  Bartholomew. 

46 — Catherine,  m.  Joseph  Stalmford. 

Of  Sarah,  No.  32,  and  Elizabeth,  No.  33,  daughters 
of  Henry  Pawling  and  Jacomyntie  Kunst,  nothing  further 
has  been  found. 

Levi  Pawling,  No.  34,  born  in  Pennsylvania,  removed 
to  Ulster  County,  New  York,  having  inherited  a  large  estate 
from  his  uncle,  Albert  Pawling.  Here  was  spent  the  rest 
of  his  life.  He  was  a  delegate  from  Marbletown  to  the  Pro- 
vincial Convention  held  in  the  city  of  New  York  April  20, 
1 775'  to  elect  delegates  to  the  second  Continental  Congress 
of  the  Colonies,  and  on  October  25  ,1775,  was  commissioned 
Colonel  of  the  Third  Regiment  of  Ulster  County  Militia, 
which  had  an  excellent  record  in  the  war.  He  was  the  first 
Judge  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas.  He  married  October 
12,  1749'  Magdalena  Burhans,  the  ceremony  being  perform- 
ed by  "Dominie"  Mancius.     They  had  children  : 


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47 — Albert,  m.  (i)  Gerritje  TenEyk;  (2)  Eunice  Por- 
ter Bird. 

48— William. 

49 — Margaret,  m.  Deyo. 

50 — Henry. 

51 — Levi. 

Albert  Pawling,  No.  47,  was  a  distinguished  personage. 
He  was  appointed  Brigade  Major  under  Governor  George 
Clinton  and  afterwards  Colonel  and  Aide-de-camp  on  the 
staff  of  General  Washington.  He  took  a  conspicuous  part 
in  the  assault  on  Quebec,  at  the  taking  of  St.  Johns  and  at 
the  battles  of  White  Plains  and  Monmouth.  He  was  the  first 
Sheriff  of  Rensselaer  County  and  first  Mayor  of  Troy. 

John  Pawling,  No.  35,  son  of  Henry  Pawling  and 
Jacomyntie  Kunst,  born  December  2^/,  1732.  in  Providence 
Township.  Philadelphia  County,  Pennsylvania,  removed  at 
an  early  date  to  Duchess  County,  New  York,  where  he  spent 
his  subsequent  life  as  a  farmer  and  a  soldier.  Pie  served  his 
country  in  both  the  Colonial  and  Revolutionary  Wars.  That 
he  held  the  rank  of  Captain  of  Militia  is  evidenced  by  the 
following  copy  of  a  warrant : 

By  the  Honorable  James  De  Lancey,  Esq.  His  Majes- 
ty's Lieutenant  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief,  in  and 
over  the  Province  of  New  York,  and  the  Territories  depend- 
ing thereon,  in  America.  In  Council  the  twenty-sixth  Day 
of  April,  1759. 

Pay  unto  Captain  John  Pawling  or  order,  out  of  the 
monies  in  your  Hands,  appropriated  for  that  Purpose,  the 
Sum  of  One  thousand  seven  hundred  and  sixty  pounds,  be- 
ing the  amount  of  the  Bounty  jMoney.  and  enlisting  jMonev, 
for  one  hundred  &  ten  Voluntiers  inlisted  in  the  Pay  of  this 
Province  as  part  of  the  Quota  of  Dutches  County  the  in- 
listing  Money  being  for  the  use  of  the  Officers  who  inlisted 
the  voluntiers.  And  for  so  doing,  this  shall  be  your  War- 
rant. Given  as  above. 

Bounty  for  no  men f  1 650 .  .  o .  .  o 

Inlisting  money  for  no  men 110..0..0 


£1760. .0. .0 
The  inscription  on  an  old  powder  horn,  no  doubt  made 


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by  him,  indicates  that  he  was  at  Fort  Stanwix,  New  York, 
in  1758.  This  horn  has  recently  been  bequeathed  to  John 
Pawhng  Brown,  of  New  York  City,  a  great,  great,  great 
grandson  of  Major  John  Pawhng.  The  fohowing  is  the 
history,  so  far  as  is  laiown,  and  given  by  Mr.  Wilham  K. 
Brown,  of  Troy,  N.  Y.,  an  uncle  of  the  present  owner :  "The 
horn  was  probably  made  during  the  winter  of  1758,  when 
the  garrison  had  little  to  do.  It  is  a  fine,  large  horn  and 
on  it  is  carved  a  plan  of  the  fort,  a  mermaid  and  several  de- 
vices, also  John  Pawling's  name.  The  horn  was  probably 
never  carried  by  Captain  John  Pawling,  as  he  was  then  an 
officer  and  very  likely  made  it  to  pass  away  the  time.  I 
did  not  know  of  its  whereabouts  until  a  few  years  before  it 
came  into  my  father's  possession.  It  had  been  in  the  Hard- 
enburgh  family,  at  Kingston,  for  some  time  and  later  came 
into  the  possession  of  Everett  Fowler,  a  lawyer  of  the  same 
place.'"  Later  Mr.  Fowler  presented  it  to  Mr.  Brown's 
father,  Peter  Brown,  of  Rhinebeck,  who  willed  the  relic 
to  his  grandson,  John  Pawling  Brown.  Evidently  John 
Pawling  owned  more  than  one  powder  horn,  for  one  of 
the  descendants  of  Major  Pawling,  through  his  son  Cor- 
nelius, writes  of  one  in  their  branch  of  the  family  that  had 
been  prized  as  a  relic  of  John  Pawling,  and  had  been  hand- 
ed down  from  one  to  another  until  it  came  into  the  hands 
of  John  B.  Pawling,  who  had  it  with  him  when  he  was 
lost  in  Lake  Erie  by  the  burning  of  the  steamer  Griffith,  in 
1850.     The  body  was  recovered,  but  not  his  belongings. 

John  Pawling  probably  attained  the  rank  of  Major 
in  his  military  career  notwithstanding  the  New  York  State 
Archives  contain  no  such  record.  It  is  more  than  probable 
that  he  was  promoted  to  that  rank  at  the  close  of  the  War 
as  was  frequently  done  and  of  which  a  record  was  seldom 
ever  kept.  He  was  always  spoken  of  as  Major  Pawling 
and  all  local  historians  give  him  that  title.  Edward  M. 
Smith's  History  of  Rhinebeck,  says :  "Major  John  Pawling 
was  an  officer  in  the  Revolutionary  War  and  was  a  lead- 
ing man  in  his  day."  Another  History  of  Rhinebeck  says: 
"He  took  an  active  part  in  the  Revolution  and  was  person- 
ally acquainted  with  Washington  and  many  of  the  promi- 
nent men  of  the  times.     T?;nc3  H.  Sn.ith's  Historv  of  Duch- 


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ess  County,  New  York,  speaks  of  him  as  "Major  John  Paw- 
Hng,"  and  Burhan's  Genealogy,  p.  320,  says:  "Major  John 
Pawhng.  a  distinguished  officer  of  the  Revokition;"  and  his 
tombstone  is  so  inscribed.  These  references  are  given  be- 
cause there  has  been  much  discussion  concerning  the  mili- 
tary rank  of  John  Pawling.  It  may  be  stated  here  that 
Major  John  Pawling  was  not  one  of  the  captors  of  ]\Iajor 
Andre,  as  has  been  so  often  thought  by  various  members 
of  the  family.  The  captor  of  Major  Andre,  who  has  so 
often  been  confounded  with  Major  Pawling,  was  John 
Paulding,  a  descendant  of  Joost  Pauldinck,  a  Dutchman,  and 
who  lived  near  Tarrytown.  As  has  been  shown,  the  Pawl- 
ings  are  English,  therefore  the  error  is  apparent.  The  mis- 
take evidently  arose  from  the  similarity  of  names,  especially 
so  as  some  of  the  Pawling  family  have  wrongly  written 
their  name  Paulding.  This  has  been  another  point  of  much 
discussion,  but  it  is  a  positive  fact  that  Major  John  Pawling 
was  not  one  of  Andre's  captors  and  there  is  plenty  of  e\a- 
dence  to  bear  this  out. 

In  1 76 1  Major  John  Pawling  built  on  his  estate  on  the 
post  road  at  Staatsburgh,  the  stone  house  that  was  later 
and  for  many  years  known  as  the  Bergh  house.  The  estate 
upon  which  this  house  stood  was  originally  a  part  of  Pawl- 
ing's  Purchase,  now  Staatsburgh,  and  is  a  mostv,  charming 
place,  commanding  a  magnificent  view  of  the  glorious  Hud-  • 
son.  It  was  here  that  Major  Pawling  resided  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  and  it  was  here  he  entertained  General  Wash- 
ing over  one' night.  Mr.  Edward  Braman,  historian  and 
genealogist,  sftyfr"  that  he  has  heard  the  late  Mrs.  Rachel 
Pawling  Hughes  recall  the  incident  and  relate  with  pride 
that  she  as  a  girl  had  dined  with  General  Washington  in 
her  father's  home.  It  is  greatly  to  be  deplored  that  this 
fine  old  place  passed  out  of  the  Pawling  family,  which  it 
did  in  this  wise,  according  tofamily  tradition.  When  lohn  /  ^ 

Pawling  went  away  to  waiTHemade  his  estate  over  to  his  ^    ^  • 
wife  Neeltje,  but  upon  his  return  neglected  to  have  it  trans-  X?^-'**^^-**-^*- 
f erred  to  his  own  name  again.       Upon  the  death  of  his  wife, 
in  the  latter  part  of  the  sixties,  the  greater  part  of  the  prop- 
erty went  to  their  children,  the  same  being  hers  according 
to  law.     Later  the  children  sold  the  estate,  going  west  to 


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Johnstown,  New  York,  and  Major  Pawling  removed  to  a 
smaller  place,  being  in  less  opulent  circumstances.  The 
place  passed  into  the  hands  of  the  Bergh  family.  In  1899 
this  picturesque  old  landmark  was  burned  to  the  ground 
and  the  stone  that  was  over  the  front  entrance  and  bore 
the  inscription  "J.  P.  N.  P.  July  4,  1761,"  was  presented  to 
the  Mahwenawasigh  Chapter,  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution.  The  initials  are  those  of  John  Pawling  and  his 
first  wife,  Neeltje.  The  estate  finally  passed  into  the  hands 
of  Herbert  R.  Plastings,  of  New  York,  who  erected  upon  it 
a  beautiful  and  imposing  colonial  mansion  for  his  summer 
home  and  has  bestowed  upon  it  the  name  of  "Pawling 
Manor." 

Major  John  Pawling  married  first  in  Ulster  county. 
May  23,  1754,  Neeltje  VanKeuren,  his  first  cousin,  daugh- 
ter of  Mary  Pawling  and  Thomas  VanKeuren.  They  had 
the  following  children : 

52 — Henry,  bo.  November  30,  1755,  m.  Elizabeth 


53 — Cornelius,  bo.  January  22,  1758,  m.  Smith. 

54 — John,  bo.  October  24,  1760. 

55 — Mary,  bap.  November  11,  1764. 

In  the  latter  part  of  the  sixties  Major  John  Pawling's 
first  wife  died.  On  April  15,  1770,  he  married,  in  Rhine- 
beck,  Maria  VanDeusen.  The  following  is  a  true  copy  of 
their  marriage  record,  taken  from  the  records  of  the  Dutch 
Reformed  Church,  of  Rhinebeck,  and  below  that  is  given 
a  copy  of  the  baptismal  record  of  Maria  VanDeusen. 

"1770,  April  15,  Jan  Paalling,  widower,  born  in  Penn- 
sylvania; married  Marietje  VanDeusen,  maiden,  born  at 
Rhinebeck." 

"Marietje,  daughter  of  Jacob  VanDeusen  and  Alida 
Ostrander,  bapt.  September  26.  1748.  Witnesses  to  the 
baptism:    Wilhelmus  VanDeusen,  Marietje  VanDeusen." 

John  Pawling  and  Maria  VanDeusen  had  children: 

56 — Levi,  bo.  January  29,  1771.  m.  (i)  Gertrude 
Knickerbocker;  (2)  Hannah  Griffing. 

57 — Eleanor,  bo.  March  11,  1772,  m.  Peter  Brown. 

58 — Rachel,  bo.  February  13,  1774,  m.  Christopher 
Hughes. 

59 — Alida.  bo. ,  m.  Peter  Ostrom. 


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6o — Catherine,  bo.  May  21,  1778,  died  young. 

61 — Jesse,  bo.  IMarch  2,   1780,  m.  Leah  Radchff. 

62 — Jacomyntie,  bo.  May  25,  1782,  m.  Wait  Jaques. 

63 — Ehzabeth,  bo.  August  5,  1784,  m.  WilHam  P. 
Stoutenburgh. 

64 — Rebecca,  bo.  April  4,  1785,  m.  Frederick  Streit 
Uhl. 

65 — Jacob,  bo.  ]\larcii.  4,  1787,  m.  Martha  Russell. 

66 — Catherine,  bo.  December  28,  1789,  m.  (i)  Jacob 
Conklin;  (2)  John  Coyle. 

Major  John  Pawling  died  December  30,  1819.  He  is 
buried  in  the  cemetery  of  the  old  Dutch  Reformed  Church 
at  Rhinebeck,  New  York.  The  tombstone  has  inscribed 
upon  it:  "Major  John  Pawling,  who  departed  this  life  De- 
cember 30,  1 8 19,  aged  87  years,  3  da.  Here  lies  the  honor- 
ed soldier,  the  respected  citizen  and  the  beloved  parent." 

x^fter  his  death  his  widow  lived  with  her  daughter, 
Eleanor  Brown,  at  the  old  Brown  homestead  in  Rhinebeck. 
She  died  November  16,  1832,  and  is  buried  beside  her  hus- 
band. 

Rebecca  Pawling,  No.  ^^y,  daughter  of  Henry  Pawling 
and  Jacomyntie  Kunst  removed  also  from  Pennsylvania  to 
Duchess  County,  New  York.  It  is  said  she  went  to 
Duchess  county  to  keep  house  for  her  brother,  Major  John 
Pawling,  after  the  death  of  his  first  wife,  and  married  their 
neighbor,  David  Schryver,  son  of  Peter  Schryver,  son  of  Al- 
burtus  Schrieber  or  Schryver,  a  Palatine,  and  Eva  Lauer- 
man.  Rebecca  died  April  13,  1832,  and  David  Schryver 
died  May  7,  18 13,  aged  65  years.  They  had  children,  as 
follows : 

67— David  D.,  m.  Hellitje  Radcliff. 

68 — Henry,  d.  unmarried. 

69 — Barney,  m.  (i)  Miss  Pels:  (2)  Miss  Mann. 

70 — Peter,  m.  Catherine  Stout  Reading. 

71 — Catherine,  m.  Henry  VanAken. 

72 — Elizabeth,  m.  Henry  Uhl. 

73 — Hannah,  m.  John  Benner. 

74 — Rebecca,  m.  Alatthew  VanEtten. 


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CHILDREN  OF  HENRY  PAWLING. 


Fourth   Generation. 


Major  John  Pawling's  three  sons  by  the  first  wife,  took 
an  active  part  in  the  American  Revolution.     Henry,  No.  52, 
attained  the  rank  of  Captain.     He  died  in  1825  in  Johns- 
town, N.  Y.,  and  both  he  and  his  wife  are  buried  in  the 
Presbyterian  cemetery  there.     His  farm  house  stih  stands 
about  one  mile  south  of  Johnstown.     He  joined  the  Presby- 
terian church  of  that  place  in  1798  and  his  wife  did  so  in 
1795.    He  was  the  secretary  of  the  church.     The  Johnstown 
Historical  Society  has  a  deed  of  a  pew  in  that  church  signed 
by  Captain  Henry  Pawling,  and  witnessed  by  Colonel  James 
Livingston,  of  Revolutionary  fame.     There  is  every  reason   jl       ^ 
to  believe  that  he  is  the  Captain  Henry  Pawling  who  was  ^ ^^^*^*^^ 
captured  at  the  fall  of  Forts  Clinton  and  Montgomery,  was  /lt4X'^f^J 
confined  on  the  prison  ship  Myrtle  during  the  Revolution    / 
and  who  wrote  the  journal,  of  which  the  following  are  ex-  ^^^'^-^'^-^t^TV^ 

"October  5,  1777.  In  the  morning  received  intelligence  i/l  ^  ^  ' 
that  the  British  troops  had  landed  near  King's  Ferry  on  the  Pi'<4^fi'\< 
east  side  of  the  river.  In  the  afternoon,  Major  Logan  was  }n.yA.4^'}//i^^ 
sent  with  a  detachment  consisting  of  about  eighty  men,  to  ^  .. 

observe  the  enemy;  tarried  there  over  night.     In  the  morn-/^^^  /^ 
ing,  about  daylight,  discovered  the  enemies'  boats  crossing   /       - 
the  river  and  landing  on  the  west  side,  at  or  near  King's^*"^^^^^^ 
Ferry.     He  returned  back  about  nine  o'clock  in  the  morning  "^n^^  f^twu. 
to  Forts  Clinton  and  Montgomery  and  bro't  the  aforesaid  o»  /7    ' 

intelligence.  ^'^^  ^C^^^ 

"Monday,  6th.     Soon  after  Alajor  Logan's  return.  Lieu-  fcu*-^uii^ 
tenant  Jackson  was  sent  with  a  small  party,  being  about  ^^^yytlJif  ^j) 
o'clock  in  the  forenoon,  in  order  to  watch  the  motion  of  ^-^'-y^ji 
the  enemy.    About  12  o'clock  a  small  firing  was  heard,  sup-  f^^^^i/yryff^ 
posed  to  be  Lieutenant  Jackson's,  who,  it  was  thought,  had  /^^  /     . 

A,'  fo  V  ^' 


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met  the  enemy ;  the  drums  were  immediately  ordered  to  beat 
to  arms,  the  men  paraded.  Colonel  Brown  sent  off  with  a 
detachment  consisting  of  about  eighty  men,   four  officers, 

among  which  I  was  one,  and  on  our  march  to  Doodle  town 
met  Lieutenant  Jackson,  who  informed  Colonel  Brown  that 
the  enemy  was  at  or  near  June's  in  Doodle-town.  We 
marched  on  as  far  as  Brown's,  the  beginning  of  Doodle- 
town,  where  we  had  a  fair  prospect  of  the  enemy;  seeing  a 
vast  body  of  them.  Col.  Brown  thought  proper  to  draw  back 
some  distance  and  take  advantage  of  the  ground.  About  3 
o'clock  the  enemy  came  within  musket  shot.  We  then  at- 
tacked them,  and  was  obliged  to  retreat  to  prevent  being  sur- 
rounded; and  thus  they  pursued  our  retreat  until  we  came 
to  our  lines,  where  we  made  a  stand  for  a  considerable  time; 
but  being  too  weak,  was  not  able  to  maintain  our  ground, 
and  was  obliged  to  retreat  into  Fort  Clinton;  by  this  time 
we  began  to  play  upon  the  enemy  with  our  cannon  from  the 
forts;  they  soon  came  in  reach  of  musket  shot,  when  the 
noise  of  cannon  and  small  arms  was  heard  on  every  side. 
The  shipping  crowded  all  sails  they  possibly  could  and  fired 
from  their  row  gallies.  His  Excellency,  General  James 
Clinton,  ordered  Colonel  Brown  with  his  detachment  of  con- 
tiental  troops  to  Fort  Montgomery,  in  order  to  reinforce  the 
troops  under  command  of  Governor  George  Clinton,  posted 
in  the  redoubt  on  the  left.  About  five  o'clock  Colonel  Camp- 
bell sent  a  flag  of  truce  in  at  Fort  Montgomery  and  demand- 
ed the  fort;  said  if  the  fort  was  not  given  up  in  five  minutes 
he  would  put  every  man  to  the  sword.  Lieutenant  Colonel 
Livingston,  who  received  the  flag,  sent  word  back  that  he 
might  do  his  worst,  and  be  damned,  that  we  were  deter- 
mined to  hold  it  as  long  as  we  could  make  any  resistance ; but 
if  he  would  lay  down  his  arms  and  march  into  the  fort  he 
should  have  good  quarters.  Some  short  time  after  the  flag 
was  sent  in  Colonel  Campbell  was  shot  through  the  breast 
with  a  musket  ball  and  sent  into  eternity. 

"A  brisk  firing  was  kept  up.  Lieutenant  McArthur, 
who  was  on  my  right,  was  shot  with  a  musket  ball  in  the 
cheek,  his  jaw-lDone  broke  and  the  ball  lodged  down  along- 
side his  throat.  A  very  brisk  fireing  continued;  the  upper 
redoubt  was  stormed  and  carried  by  the  enemy;  they  then 


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gave  three  huzzaz ;  we  answered  it  b\-  huzzaing  three  times 
for  the  Congress.  Showers  of  balls  was  then  poured  among 
us  but  did  no  damage.  About  one  o'clock  we  were  stormed 
and  made  prisoners.  Few  of  our  party  made  their  escape. 
Captain  Godwin  and  myself  were  knocked  down  by  the  side 
of  each  other,  strij^ped  of  hat.  watch  and  buckles  by  Dr. 
.  formerly  an  inhabitant  of  Dutchess  County,  pre- 
cinct of  Rhinebeck,  kept  but  a  short  time  in  the  redoul)t.  re- 
moved to  a  room  in  the  barracks,  where  Captain  Haunt- 
ranch  and  Captain  Johnson  before  had  lodged.  The  officer 
that  had  the  guard  over  us  the  first  night  was  Richard  Van- 
derburgh, a  lieutenant  in  the  new  corps,  who  gave  Lieuten- 
ant Alott  a  blow  aside  the  head  and  knocked  him  almost 
dowai  for  calling  him  by  his  former  familiar  name,  being  in- 
iimately  acquainted  with  him  heretofore. 

"October  7th,  in  the  morning  a  number  of  officers  came 
to  see  us.  Some  spoke  very  pohtely  to  us,  and  others  in- 
sulted us  in  the  grocest  manner.  Some  of  the  British  sent 
us  some  rum  which  greatly  cheered  our  spirits.  W'e  could 
look  out  of  the  window^s  and  see  the  inhabitants  that  lived 
near  about  the  fort  coming  and  taking  protection,  as  we  sup- 
posed, as  we  saw  them  come  from  Headciuarters  with  papers 
in  their  hands;  likewise  we  could  see  the  inhabitants  driving 
in  cattle;  also  we  saw-  the  enemy  carrying  our  dead  cro?'^ 
snaggy  poles,  naked  as  they  were  born,  head  and  heels  hang- 
ing down;  also  saw  the  enemy  walking  about  the  fort  witli 
our  cloths  selling  them  to  each  other;  this  day  passed  very 
tedious. 

"Wednesday  8th.  In  the  morning  they  bro't  us  some 
buisket  and  rum  which  refreshed  us  greatly;  about  10  o'clock 
we  were  paraded,  and  a  shocking  appearance  we  maic, 
scarce  a  hat  among  the  whole,  some  without  coats  and  some 
without  shoes,  not  more  than  two  or  three  had  buckles  in 
their  shoes  and  knees.  We  had  about  two  thousand  spec- 
tators, some  showing  us  the  gallows,  swearing  tliey  would 
be  hangmen  for  us ;  we  were  marched  down  the  river  and 
crowds  of  people  on  every  side  insulting  us  the  whole  way; 
we  embarked  on  board  of  a  row-  boat  and  w^ere  rowed  down 
below  the  Dunderburgh  past  some  shipping  wdiere  we  receiv- 
ed show'Crs  of  insults  from  the  sailors  an  wh s  that  were 


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on  board  the  ships.  We  were  put  on  board  the  ship  Archer, 
commanded  by  Capt.  Wm.  Coats,  and  confined  in  the  hold, 
about  two  hundred  in  number ;  until  night  we  were  allowed 
the  privilege  of  going  one  at  a  time  upon  deck  as  our  neces- 
sary occasions  required,  but  soon  as  it  was  dark  they  let 
down  a  bucket  of  rum,  being  a  gill  and  a  quarter  per  man, 
and  shut  down  the  hatchway,  presenting  two  pieces  of  can- 
non down  upon  us,  not  one  allowed  to  go  up  till  morning, 
though  many  had  the  flux. 

"The  loth,  they  opened  the  hatchway  and  pitched  down 
boiling  hot  chunks  of  pork  amongst  us,  some  catched  in  their 
hats,  some  in  their  fists,  some  fell  on  our  hands -and  some 
under  foot  among  the  filth ;  they  had  been  so  kind  as  to  take 
away  every  knife  and  razor." 

Here  a  portion  of  the  diary  is  lost,  which  evidently  de- 
picted the  arrival  of  the  prisoners  in  New  York  and  their 
incarceration.     The  next  writing  begins  abruptly  thus : 

"storm  and  had  forfeited  our  lives  according  to 

the  laws  of  the  Nation.  The  number  of  Officers  confined  in 
the  room  with  me  was  twelve,  named  as  follows :  Col.  Wm. 
Ellison,  Lieut.  Col.  Livingston,  Bruyn,  McClaughrey,  Ma- 
jors Logan  and  Lush,  Capt.  Godwin,  Capt.  Swartwout, 
Lieut.  Fenno,  Lieut.  Powelson,  myself,  Ensn.  Swartwout, 
A.  D.  O.  M.  Genl.  Glover.  The  room  opposite.  Major  Du- 
Bois,  Capt.  Humphrey,  Gilleland,  Lieut.  Jackson,  Forman, 
Dodge,  Halstead,  Mott  and  Thurston,  Ensns.  Leggett,  Mc- 
Claughrey, G.  M.  Carpenter. 

"The  13th.  Widow  Smith,  living  near  St.  Paul's 
Church,  that  heavenly  and  charitable  woman,  sent  a  fine 
breakfast  to  both  rooms  of  the  officers  taken  at  Forts  Clinton 
and  Montgomery. 

"14th  and  15th.     Nothing  material  occurred. 

"i6th.  Lewis  Pintard,  agent  for  the  American  prison- 
ers, bro't  to  each  of  us  an  blanket  and  shirt. 

"17th.  Two  prisoners  were  bro't  to  this  town  taken 
by  British  troops.  One  was  Mr.  Anthony,  who  formerly 
lived  in  the  town,  the  other  was  Oakley;  both  were  put  in 
the  dungeon.  They  informed  some  of  the  officers  of  our 
corps  that  Major  Danl.  Hammill  came  down  in  the  same 


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vessel  with  them  as  far  as  Fort  Constitution,  a  rascal  we 
some  time  before  suspected  as  a  traitor. 

"i8th.  This  (lay  we  received  some  hope  that  we  shall 
be  enlarged,  that  our  confinement  is  entirely  owing  to  the 
slow-match  being  found  in  the  room  in  which  we  were  con- 
fined (at  Fort  Montgomery),  a  fact  which  however  true,  we 
utterly  deny  having  a  hand  in  and  are  ready  and  willing  to 
clear  up  by  oath  or  any  other  way  in  our  power.  This  day 
received  a  backgammon  table  and  other  pieces  of  amusement ; 
spent  the  day  agreeably  as  could  be  expected. 

"19th.  Sunday.  Passed  the  time  agreeable,  paying 
due  respect  to  the  day. 

"20th.  Nothing  material  happened — only  felt  rough, 
and  by  examing  found  my  body  covered  with  measles,  ui'. - 
expected,  having  no  sickness  w^orse  than  a  bad  cold. 

"21st.     This  morning  received  the  agreeable  intelligence 

from  Mr.   L 1  of  the  capture  of  Genl.   Burgoyne  and 

total  defeat  of  his  army,  reviving  news  indeed,  great  rejoic- 
ing in  the  prison." 

The  next  six  days  w^ere  uneventful.  Then  occurs  the 
following  entry : 

*'28th.  All  the  officers  taken  at  Forts  Clinton  and 
Montgomery  signed  a  certificate  that  we  know  nothing  of 
any  slow  match  or  candle  left  burning  in  the  room  in  which 
w^e  w^ere  confined  at  Fort  Montgomery.  Mr.  Winslow,  De- 
puty Commissioner  of  prisoners,  tells  us  as  we  have  signed 
a  certificate  that  we  know  nothing  of  any  slow  match  or 
candle  being  left  in  the  room  at  Fort  INIontgomery  we  should 
have  the  privilege  of  our  paroles  on  condition  that  w'e  pay 
two  dollars  pr.  week  each  for  our  board,  to  be  paid  weekly, 
which  we  unanimously  agreed  to  though  not  capable  of  rais- 
ing one  farthing,  but  feeling  confident  that  the  cause  1n 
which  we  fought  was  just,  and  the  God  who  we  adore 
through  his  providence  would  support  us. 

"A  true  copy  of  the  parole  signed :  *We  Avhose  names 
are  hereunder  written  do  pledge  our  faith  and  honor  to  his 
Excellency  Sir  William  Howe  that  we  will  not  depart  from 
the  house  we  are  placed  in  by  the  Commissary  for  prisoners 
or  go  beyond  the  bound  prescribed  by  him,  and  further,  that 
we  will  not  do  nor  say  anything  contrary  to  the  interest  of 


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his  Majesty  or  his  government.  New  York  31st,  October, 
1777.'  " 

As  may  be  imagined,  the  latter  clause  of  the  parole  was 
not  strictly  kept,  as  will  be  seen  by  the  toasts  surreptitiously 
drunk  on  November  30th,  and  the  more  or  less  outspoken  re- 
joicing over  news  of  American  victories.  After  signing  the 
parole,  the  prisoners  were  taken  by  the  provost  guard  to 
New  Bedford.  L.  I.,  and  billeted  upon  various  residents.  On 
November  2d  Captain  Pawling  went  out  for  a  walk.  "Saw 
many  of  our  brother  officers,  drank  some  punch  together 
and  returned;  spent  the  day  very  agreeably;  likewise  heard 
the  agreeable  news  from  the  southward  that  the  brave  Gen- 
eral Washington  had  taken  1,500  Hessians  and  300  British 
troops  near  Red  Bank,  also  blown  up  two  64  gun  ships  and 
one  of  smaller  size." 

The  news  from  Red  Bank  was  not  strictly  accurate,  but 
sufficiently  so  to  have  warranted  the  prisoners'  feeling  of 
elation.  On  October  22,  1777,  the  little  garrison  of  400 
Americans  at  Fort  Mercer  had  defeated  2.000  Hessians,  in- 
flicting a  loss  of  about  400  killed  and  wounded,  and  sustain- 
ing a  loss  of  only  about  40;  and  the  following  day  had  de- 
stroyed the  enemy's  vessels  Augusta,  and  Merlin. 

During  the  next  two  weeks,  the  news  of  other  outside 
happenings  filtered  in  to  the  prisoners.     On  November  15th, 
Captain  Pawling  records  an  account  of  "the  prisoners  taken 
at  the  Northward : 
"The  great  General  Burgoyne  and  staff  officers,  among 

which  are  six  members  of  parliament 12 

British  officers  taken  by  capitulation 2,142 

Foreigners  taken  at  same  time 2,998 

Canadian  forces 1,100 

Sick 598 

\Vounded 528 

Prisoners  of  war  before  capitulation 100 

Deserters  alone 300 

Lost  at  Bennington 1,220 

Killed  between  ist  September  and  i8th  October 6':;o 

Taken  at  Ticonderoga 113 

Killed  at  Herkimer's  battle  at  Fort  Schuyler 300 

IO,OTl 


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"T^y  brass  cannon  Royal  mortars  with  implements.  21  of 
which  are  24  pounders,  5,000  stand  of  arms  and  400  set  of 
harness,  a  considerable  number  of  ammunition  waggons  aiM 
harness,  6  pieces  taken  at  Bennington  2d  and  four  Roy.'i'  3l 
Ft.  Schuyler." 

On  Nov.  19th.  Capt.  Pawling  heard  again  of  the  treach- 
erous Hammill.  He  was  informed  on  good  authority  that 
Hammill  had  piloted  the  enemy  up  the  river  through  the 
clicvaux  dc  frisc  for  the  reward  of  20  pounds  in  dollars.  On 
the  2 1  St  Pawling  had  the  melancholy  pleasure  of  seeing  "my 
hat  and  watch  at  Mrs.  Bloom's  tavern  in  possession  of  <tne 

Mr.  D p."     On  the  28th,  "all  the  officers,  prisoners  <  n 

the  Island,  except  the  sick  and  some  that  had  their  wi>cs  ■ 
the  Island,  were  put  on  board  ship,"  Captain  Pawling  and 
100  others  being  assigned  to  the  prison  ship  Myrtle.  A 
couple  of  days  later,  having  received  by  the  hand  of  Col. 
Wm.  Ellison  £3.16.3,  sent  by  Governor  Clinton,  he  "sent  to 
New  York  and  purchased  a  gallon  of  spirits.  Toasts  drank  ; 
I  St,  The  Honorable  Continental  Congress.  2d,  His  Excel- 
lency Genl.  Washington.  3d,  His  Excellency  Go\  j  noi 
George  Clinton.  4th,  To  All  Absent  Friends.  5th.  Success 
to  the  arms  of  America."  The  list  of  toasts  is  concluded 
with  this  indication  of  the  joviality  of  the  occasion :  "this 
ended  in  high  spirts."  The  next  few  entries  afTord  some 
idea  of  the  prisoners"  diet : 

"Dec.  1st.  Allowed  no  meat,  but  some  oat-meal  buis- 
kets  and  butter. 

"Dec.  2d.  Were  allowed  some  buiskets,  flower,  raisons 
&  meat. 

"Dec.  T,d.  Allowed  some  oat-meal,  butter,  buiskets 
and  beans.  In  the  evening  Col.  Livingston,  Col.  Rohn  and 
Major  Stewart  made  their  escape." 

In  the  next  few  days  there  were  several  interesting  and 
picturesque  occurrences.  On  December  4th.  Captain  Vin- 
cent and  Lieutenant  Priestly  had  a  violent  dispute  and  de- 
cided to  settle  it  on  deck  with  pistols.  Priestly  fired  without 
doing  any  damage  and  Vincent  missed  fire,  and  then  they 
made  up.  On  the  7th  the  officer-prisoners  on  the  Myrtle 
contributed  six  dollars  for  the  privates  "to  purchase  some 
rum  to  cheer  up  their  spirits."     On  the  8th,  "orders  were 


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given  on  board  onr  ship  by  an  insignificant  fellow  command- 
ing a  Bum  ship  that  no  prisoners  should  be  allowed  upon 
deck  after  night  unless  upon  necessary  occasions.  The  Gen- 
tlemen officers  who  were  prisoners  one  and  all  determined 
not  to  be  kept  between  decks.  After  the  Capt.  of  the  ship 
and  the  guard  heard  our  determination  they  tho't  best  not 
to  put  the  order  into  execution." 

On  the  loth  the  prisoners  were  landed  again  on  Long 
Island,  and  on  the  15th  we  find  an  allusion  to  a  mysterious 
beverage  in  the  entry :  "Passed  the  time  away  visiting  each 
other  taking  the  Union  drink  at  Headquarters."  The  recipe 
for  the  "Union  drink"  is  not  given,  unfortunately.  On  the 
1 6th  they  heard  of  the  capture  of  Col.  Samuel  Blachly  Weftb 
and  others  who  were  sent  to  the  island  on  parole.  This  Col- 
onel Webb  was  the  ancestor  of  Gen.  Alexander  S.  Webb,  Dr. 
William  Seward  Webb,  and  others  of  New  York  City. 

Passing  over  several  quaint  entries,  such  as  "Jan.  ist, 
J  778.  Received  of  Mr.  Pintard  by  the  hands  of  Mr.  Thos. 
Gardiner  cloth  for  coat,  jacket  and  britches,"  of  little  in- 
terest to  the  general  reader,  but  of  no  small  importance  to 
the  writer  of  the  diary,  we  will  make  only  two  more  quo- 
tations, as  they  give  in  few  words  striking  pictures  of  life 
in  those  days. 

"Jan.  5th.  A  provincial  prisoner  swam  ashore  from 
one  of  the  prison  ships  in  the  Wallabaugh  and  went  in  a 
house  to  warm  himself,  being  almost  perished;  w^as  taken 
by  four  men  with  two  muskets :  as  they  were  taking  him  to 
confinement,  getting  near  the  river,  he  slipt  out  of  their 
hands,  and  jumped  into  the  marsh,  wallowed  and  swam 
about  half  a  mile  before  he  could  get  to  the  land  on  the 
other  side  of  the  creek.  The  men  that  had  him  in  custody 
did  not  choose  to  follow  him  in  the  water,  but  ran  and  alarm- 
ed the  whole  neig'hborhood ;  the  neighbors  went  in  pursuit 
of  the  prisoner,  but  could  not  find  him."  Many  another  un- 
fortunate was  not  as  lucky  as  this  one. 

On  January  9th  is  described  one  of  the  most  extraordi- 
nary "frolicks"  on  record.  In  order  not  to  rob  it  of  any  of 
its  quaint  originality  and  humor,  it  is  quoted  verbatim. 
"Capt.  Godwin,  Capt.  Gilliland,  Lt.  Dodge,  Ensn,  Swart- 
wout,  Q.  M.  Carpenter  and  myself  undertook  to  kill  the  itch 


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with  hog  fat.  fire  and  l^rimstone;  in  the  afternoon  a  dispatch 
was  sent  off  a  mile  and  a  half  for  spirits;  they  returned  about 
sunset  with  a  jug  and  two  bottles  full  of  good  old  spirits. 
Mrs.  Ransom,  that  motherl}-  soul,  supplied  us  \vith  a  kitchen 
tub.  pot  and  soap  to  clean  up  and  a  negro  to  wait  on  us; 
we  convened  about  8  o'clock  with  each  a  blanket,  and  pro- 
ceeded on  (HU-  dirty  frolick ;  about  lo  o'clock  in  high  spirits; 
about  I  I  some  began  to  be  unruly  and  about  half  past  eleven 
one  was  void  of  strength  :  the  kind  company  plunged  him  in 
a  tub  of  water,  was  well  cleaned,  his  clothes  put  on,  and  laid 
aside;  about  12  another  kicked  up.  was  washed,  his  clothes 
put  on  and  laid  aside;  about  half  past  12  another  gave  up 
the  ghost,  he  was  washed  and  taken  care  of ;  the  last  was  full 
of  fight;  Providence  who  always  favored  us.  ordered  three 
of  the  company  to  take  care  of  the  other  three;  about  i 
o'clock  the  frolick  broke  up.  the  room  cleaned  up,  new  straw 
brought,  the  blankets  spread  down,  we  lay  until  morning, 
when  we  all  repaired  to  our  quarters  except  one  who  yet  re- 
mained stupid ;  the  affection  we  had  for  the  one  left  called 
us  back  again  to  see  whether  he  was  dead  or  alive;  about  10 
o'clock  we  went  in  to  see  him ;  he  was  called  upon  and  he 
lifted  up  his  eyes  like  the  wicked  man  in  torment  and  cry'd 
out  for  a  little  water  to  cool  his  tongue;  the  spirits  not  being 
all  drank  a  stiff  grog  was  made  and  given  him ;  he  was  left 
until  the  afternoon  to  reco\-er  his  senses  which  took  him 
until  night." 

These  extracts  were  pubhshed  for  the  first  time  in  "The 
Spirit  of  '76."  a  New  York  periodical,  the  manuscript  be- 
ing loaned  by  Sutherland  DeWitt.  Esquire,  ex-president  of 
the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution  of  New  York  State. 
The  portion  of  the  original  manuscript  has  been  preserved 
up  to  February  22,  1788  only,  at  which  time  Captain  Paw- 
ling was  hoping  for  exchange.  The  archives  of  the  State  of 
New  York  show  that  Captain  Pawling  eventually  rejoined 
his  regiment  and  was  mustered  to  1782. 

Cornelius  Pawling.  No.  53,  son  of  Major  John  Pawling 
and  Neeltje  VanKeuren,  served  in  the  Revolutionary  War 
also.  One  of  his  descendants  is  living  in  Avoca,  N.  Y. :  Doc- 
tor Thomas  H.  Pawling. 

John  Pawling,  No.  54,  served  in  the  Revolution,  but 


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nothing   further   has   been    found   concerning   him,    nor   of 
Mary  Pawhng,  No.  55. 

Levi  Pawhng,  No.  56.  son  of  Major  John  Pawhng  and 
Maria  VanDeusen,  hved  always  at  Staatsburgh,  Duchess 
County,  N.  Y.,  and  spent  the  greater  part  of  his  hfe  in  the 
house  in  which  his  daughter  Gertrude  Pawhng  Wallace, 
still  lives.  This  old  homestead  has  been  in  the  family  for 
much  over  a  hundred  years  and  has  been  a  rendezvous  for 
five  generations  of  Pawlings  and  has  had  often,  at  one  time, 
four  generations  within  its  hospitable  walls.  Levi  Pawling 
lived  here  with  his  first  wife  Gertrude  Knickerbocker  and 
later  with  his  second  wife  Hannah  Griffing.  Here  he  car- 
ried on  his  weaving  business,  manufacturing  many  beautiful 
blankets  and  coverlets,  a  number  of  which  are  in  the  pos- 
session of  different  members  of  the  family  and  are  hig'hly 
prized  as  heirlooms.  There  are  many  points  of  interest  in 
connection  with  this  old  homestead  several  of  which,  are  its 
"dark  garret,"  the  old  well  that  has  never  been  known  to  be- 
come dry  and  to  which,  in  dry  seasons,  people  have  come 
from  five  and  six  miles  around  for  water,  and  the  living- 
room  which  is  extremely  quaint  with  its  small  paned  win-y  - 
dows,  heavy  beams  overhead,  its  "cufel^y  hole"  and  quaint tftCAl/^Cy 
stair  door  with  "red  riding  hood"  latch.  The  large  old  fire  / 
place  is  still  there  but  is  boarded  up.  we  regret  to  record. 
One  becomes  inspired  w'ith  the  thought  of  how  it  must  have 
looked  long  ago  with  its  great  crackling  fire,  steaming  kettle 
suspended  above,  its  sanded  floors,  perhaps,  and  tallow  dips, 
its  spinning  wheels  and  quaint  dames.  From  their  "spooky" 
aspect  the  "Tory  Hole"  and  the  "Santa  Glaus"  or  "Whip- 
poor-Will  Holes'  are  of  especial  interest  to  the  younger  vis- 
itors and  members  of  the  family.  The  former  is  a  hole  or 
cave  in  the  rocks  in  the  woods  close  by,  where  the  British 
soldiers  are  said  to  have  secreted  themselves  during  the 
Revolutionary  War.  The  "Santa  Glaus"  or  "Whip-poor- 
Will  Holes"  are  two  large  oval  holes  in  the  rocks  in  another 
strip  of  woods  a  short  distance  from  the  house,  where 
Santa  Glaus  is  supposed  to  be  domiciled.  Levi  Pawling 
married  ( i )  Gertrude  Knickerbocker,  daughter  of  Harman 
Jansen  Knickerbocker  and  Susannah  Barsoon.  They  had  the 
following  children : 


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75 — Margaret,  bo.  Feb.  6,  i8oo,  m.  John  Ellsworth. 

76 — Maria,  bo.  Nov.  2,  1801,  m.  i,  Reuben  Reed;  2, 
Calvin  Serl ;  3,  Alex.  Reed. 

yy — John,  bo.-  Mch.  12,  1805,  d.  about  1833,  unmar- 
ried. 

78 — Lavinia.  bo.  Nov.  16,  1807,  d.  May  i,  1823,  un- 
married. 

79 — Harriet,  bo.  Mch.  29,  1814,  m.  Jacob  T.  Sleight. 

Levi  Pawling' s  first  wife,  Gertrude  Knickerbocker,  died 
October  12,  18 14.  On  May  18,  181 6,  he  married  Hannah 
Grifiing,  born  March  18,  1790,  daughter  of  Stephen  Griffing 
and  Elizabeth  Uhl.  daughter  of  John  Uhl,  a  Palatine,  the 
ceremony  being  performed  by  the  Reverend  William  Mc- 
Murray,  of  the  Dutch  Reformed  Church,  of  Rhinebeck,  at 
the  home  of  her  grandfather,  John  Uhl  at  the  place  now 
owned  by  the  Dinsmore  family,  "The  Locusts."  It  was 
while  on  a  visit  to  her  grandfather  that  Hannah  Griffing  be- 
came acquainted  with  Levi  Pawling,  who  immediately  fell 
in  love  with  her  and  proposed  marriage  to  her. 

The  following  is  a  record  of  their  children : 

80 — Stephen,  bo.  April  2,  181 7,  m.  Euphemia  Baily. 

81 — Jacob,  bo.  Nov.  23,  1818,  d.  Sept.  1819. 

82 — Elizabeth,  bo.  Dec.  3,  1820,  m.  Frederick  Sleight. 

83 — Gertrude,  bo.  April  25,  1822,  m.  David  Wallace. 

84 — William,  bo.  Nov.  10,  1826,  m.  i,  Margaret  Coyle; 
2,  Elizabeth  Hill ;  3,  Sarah  Ann  Pollock. 

85 — Samuel  Hughes,  bo.  Jan.  21,  1828,  m.  Mary  Rus- 
sell. 

86 — Julia  Ann,  bo.  Mch.  29,  1830,  m.  i,  Jesse  Howell; 
2,  Nathaniel  Holmes. 

87 — Levi,  bo.  Mch  28.  1832,  d.  i860,  unmarried. 

Levi  Pawling  died  February  12,  1858  at  Staatsburgh, 
N.  Y.,  and  his  wife  Hannah,  died  March  24.  1884.  at  the 
same  place  and  both  are  buried  at  Rhinebeck,  N.  Y. 

Eleanor  Pawling,  No.  57,  daughter  of  Major  John 
Pawling  and  Maria  VanDeusen,  married  Captain  Peter 
Brown,  son  of  Bastian  Brown  and  IMargaret  Schultz  and 
had  the  following  children  : 

88 — Sebastian,  bo.  April  10.  1795.  m.  Eliza  Bard. 

89 — Margaret,  ho.  1799,  m.  Aaron  Camp. 


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90 — William,  bo.  1803.  d.  Nov.  25,   185 1,  unmarried. 

91 — Edwin,  bo.  Jan.  8,  1806,  d.  Oct.  11,  1883,  unmar- 
ried. 

92 — Abigal,  bo.  Jan.  8,  1808,  m.  James  Clearman. 

93 — John,  bo.  181 7,  d.  May  21,  1852,  unmarried. 

Eleanor  Pawling  Brown  died  September  11,  1862,  and 
is  buried  in  the  cemetery  of  the  Dutch  Reformed  Church, 
of  Rhinebeck,  as  is  her  husband,  Peter  Brown.  The  Brown 
family  have  lived  in  Rhinebeck  since  about  1730,  being 
among  the  first  residents  there.  They  came  from  Holland, 
but  are  said  to  have  been  originally  English. 

Rachel  Pawling,  No.  58,  daughter  of  Major  John  Paw- 
ling and  Maria  VanDeusen,  married  Christopher  Hughes, 
son  of  Captain  Christopher  Hughes,  and  had  the  following 
children : 

94 — Abigal.  bo.  Nov.  29,  1795,  d.  Mch.  25,  1798. 

95 — Harriet,  bo.  Apr.  9,  1797,  m.  John  Uhl. 

96 — Samuel  Hughes,  bo.  Dec.  24,  1799,  m.  Susan 
Wilkes. 

97 — Elizabeth,  bo.  Jan.  3,  1801,  m.  James  Wade,  M.  D. 

98 — Miles,  bo.  Feb.  22,  1803,  m.  Elizabeth  Galloway. 

99 — Christopher,  bo.  July  31,  1805,  m.  Sarah  Lamoree. 

100 — Miriam  Maria,  bo.  Aug.  7,  1809,  m.  Zopher  R. 
Skidmore. 

loi — Brooks,  bo.  Aug.  9,  181 1,  m.  Abbie  Budd. 

102 — Lucinda,  bo.  Feb.  12,  181 5,  m.  Hercules  Reed. 

Rachel  Pawling  Hughes  died  November  2}^,  1850,  and 
her  husband,  Christopher  Hughes,  died  May  30,  1856. 

Alida  Pawling,  No.  59,  daughter  of  Major  John  Paw- 
ling and  Maria  VanDeusen.  married  Peter  Ostrom  and  had 
at  least  the  following  children  : 

103 — John.  bo.  Oct.  2t^,  i797- 

104 — Barnard  Hiram,  bo.  18 — 

105 — Jessie  Ada,  bo.  April  14,  1807. 

106 — Peter  Christopher,  bo.  Dec.  28,  181 1. 

Jesse  Pawling,  No.  61,  son  of  Major  John  Pawling 
and  Maria  VanDeusen,  married  October  14,  1804,  Leah 
Radcliffe.     They  had  at  least  the  following  children  : 

107 — Albert. 

108 — Henrv. 


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Jacomyntie  Pawling,  No.  62,  daughter  of  Major  John 
Pawhng  and  Maria  VanDeiisen,  married  December  18. 
1803.  Wait  Jaques,  born  April  27,  1762,  in  Groton,  Conn. 
The  following  is  the  record  of  their  children  : 

109 — William,  bo.  Dec.  4,  1804,  m.  i,  Elizabeth  Mil- 
ler; 2,  Sarah  M.  Bonghton. 

no — Edward,  bo.  Dec.  12.  1809,  d.  Nov.  4,  181 1. 

Ill — Edw^ard,  bo.  June  12,  1813,  m.  Emily  Lewis. 

112 — Janet  Montgomery,  bo.  Nov.  9,  181 7. 

The  Jaques  family  are  descended  from  the  Hugenots. 

Elizabeth  Pawling,  No.  63,  daughter  of  Major  John 
Pawling  and  Maria  VanDeusen,  married  June  5,  1803.  Wil- 
liam P.  Stoutenburgh,  born  Nov.  19,  1778,  and  had  children 
as  follows : 

113 — Julia  A.,  bo.  Feb.  28,  1804. 

114 — Alfred,  bo.  Apr.  27,  1806. 

Elizabeth  Pawling  Stoutenburgh  died  Sept.  27,  1872; 
William  P.  Stoutenburgh,  her  husband,  died  Sept.  10,  1852. 

Rebecca  Pawding,  No.  64,  daughter  of  Alajor  John 
Pawling  and  Maria  VanDeusen,  married  Frederick  Streit 
Uhl  and  had  the  following  children : 

115 — Sarah,  m.  Jacob  Smith. 

116 — Frederick  S.,  m.  Helen  Lapeous. 

117 — John,  bo.  Nov.  25,  1826,  m.  Elizabeth  Striebie. 

Rebecca  Pawling  Uhl  died  June  13.  1832.  and  her  hus- 
hand,  Frederick  Streit  Uhl,  died  Feb.  25,  1833.  Their  two 
sons  are  still  living — Frederick  in  Green  Island,  Albany 
County,  N.  Y.,  and  John  in  Augusta,  Georgia. 

Jacob  Pawling,  No.  65,  son  of  Major  John  Pawling 
and  Maria  Van  Deusen,  married  February  27,  1822,  Martha 
Russell,  daughter  of  Captain  Isaac  Russell  and  Hannah 
Fairbanks  and  had  the  following  children  : 

118 — John,  bo.  April  28,  1823,  m.  Eveline  Melvina 
Smith. 

119 — Hannah  Elizabeth,  bo.  March  8,  1825,  m.  John 
Rockwell. 

120 — Julian,  bo.  Sept.  2,  1827,  d.  Aug.  18,  1828. 

121 — Isaac  Russel,  bo.  April  22,  1830,  d.  Nov.  3,  1830. 

Jacob  Pawling  died  in  \Vatertown.  N.  Y.,  March  23, 


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i877)  and  his  wife  Martha  Russell  Pawling,  died  in  the 
same  town  in  1872. 

Catherine  Pawling,  No.  66,  daughter  of  Major  John 
Pawling  and  Maria  VanDeusen,  married,  first,  Jacob  Conk- 
lin  and  had  at  least  two  children.     She  married  second,  John 

Coyle,  son  of Coyle  and  Mary  McCabe.     They  had 

no  children.  ^ 


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CHILDREN  OF  LEVI  PAWLING. 


Fifth  Generation. 


Margaret  Pawling,  No.  75,  daughter  of  Levi  Pawling 
and  Gertrude  Knickerbocker,  married  Sept.  18.  1829.  John 
Ellsworth.    They  had  the  following  children  : 

122 — William  Henry,  m.   Xancy  Voorhess. 

123 — Levi,  m.  Mary  M.  Moshier. 

124 — John,  m.  Lydia  demons. 

125 — Harriet,  m.  Asa  D.  Pratt. 

126 — Mary  C,  m.  Silas  B.  Moshier. 

127 — Margaret,  m.  Decker. 

Margaret  Pawling  Ellsworth  died  March  12,  1863,  and 
her  husband,  John  Ellsworth,  died  February  10.  1861. 

Maria  Pawling,  No.  76,  daughter  of  Levi  Pawling  and 
Gertrude  Knickerbocker,  married,  first,  April  6,  1819,  Reu- 
ben Reed.  They  lived  in  New  York  City  until  1836,  then 
went  to  Crystal  Lake,  111.  Reuben  Reed  died  June  21,  1842. 
Maria  Pawling  married,  second,  Calvin  Serl  and  they  re- 
moved to  Darien,  Wisconsin  in  1852.  He  died  May,  1865. 
Maria  Pawling  married,  third,  September  18,  1866,  Alex- 
ander Reed,  who  died  October  21,  1869.  Maria  Pawling 
Reed  died  a  few  years  ago  past  ninety  years  of  age.  She 
had  no  children. 

Harriet  Pawling,  No.  79,  daughter  of  Levi  Pawling 
and  Gertrude  Knickerbocker,  married  August  25,  1833, 
Jacob  T.  Sleight,  son  of  Jacob  Sleight  and  Lydia  VanVliet 
and  had  the  following  children  : 

128 — Agnes,  m.  James  M.  Friss. 

129 — Edwin,  m.  Catharine  Reynous. 

130 — Emeline,  d.  Sept.  24,  1839. 

131 — Lydia,  m..  Stephen  B.  Almy. 

132 — Almyra,  d.  March  17,  1849. 


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133 — Helen  Caroline,  m.  ist.  Alfred  Daniel  Smith;  26, 
William  Hanford  White,  M.  D. 

134 — Charles  Henry,  m.  Emma  Hasbrouck. 

135 — Gertrude,  d.  Dec.  24,  1849. 

136 — Julia  Augusta,  d.  Aug.  27,  1850. 

Harriet  Pawling  Sleight  died  April  13,  1850,  and  is 
buried  in  Hyde  Park,  N.  Y.  Jacob  T.  Sleight,  her  husband, 
died  March  26.  1893,  and  is  buried  in  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 

Stephen  Pawling,  No.  80,  son  of  Levi  Pawling  and 
Hannah  Griffing,  married  August  20,  1848,  Euphemia 
Baily,  daughter  of  Robert  Mclntyre  and  Ann  Andarisse. 
They  had  one  child  : 

137 — John  Oscar,  m.  ist,  Louise  F.  Hahn;  2d,  Kathryn 
Avery. 

Stephen  Pawling  died  August  25,  1869,  and  his  wife 
Euphemia  Baily,  died  December  i,  1888. 

Elizabeth  Pawling,  No.  82,  daughter  of  Levi  Pawling 
and  Hannah  Griffing,  married  September  6,  1838,  Frederick 
Sleight,  son  of  Jacob  D.  Sleight,  of  Hyde  Park,  and  Eliza- 
beth Wallace,  of  Pleasant  Plains.  They  had  children  as 
follows : 

138 — Stephen  Henry,  m.  Ophelia  Cleaveland. 

139 — Mary  Elizabeth,  m.  ist,  John  Black;  2,  Marshall 
VanZile;  3,  Francis  Jerome  Edwards. 

140 — James  Duane,  m.  Louisa  Elvira  Reed. 

141 — Walter  Frederick,  m.  Lida  Ann  Barnard. 

142 — John  Angelo,  m.  Mary  Rhenbottom. 

143 — Charles  Paulding,  m.  Nettie  Rhenbottom. 

144 — Levi  Jacob,  m.  Katherine  Caroline  Buehler. 

145 — Samuel  William,  m.  Louise  Barnard. 

146 — Nelson  Theophilus,  m.  Sophia  Farnell. 

Elizabeth  Pawling  and  Frederick  Sleight  went  to  Mich- 
igan in  1866  and  lived  the  remainder  of  their  lives  there. 
Elizabeth  died  October  21,  1903.  Her  husband,  Freder- 
ick Sleight,  died  August  6,  1895. 

Gertrude  Pawling,  No.  83,  daughter  of  Levi  Pawling 
and  Hannah  Griffing,  married  Noveml^er  7,  1839,  David 
Wallace,  of  Hyde  Park,  N.  Y.,  born  November  3,  181 1,  son 
of  John  Wallace  and  Mary  Berger.  The  ceremony  was  per- 
formed by  the  Reverend  Augustus  Theodosius  Geissenhain- 


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er,  of  the  Evangelical  Lutheran  Church,  called  St.  Paul's  in 
Wurtemburg-,  Duchess  County,  New  York.  The  marriage 
was  witnessed  by  Levi  Pawling,  father  of  the  bride,  and 
Frederick  Sleight,  both  residing  in  the  town  of  Hyde  Park, 
New  York.     They  had  children  as  follows. 

147 — Mary  Caroline,  m.  John  Baker  Roach. 

148 — John  Alva,  m.  Emeline  Coyle. 

149 — Sarah  Elizabeth,  m.  Norman  Westervelt. 

150 — Archibald,  died  in  infancy. 

151 — Lovenia,  resides  at  the  old  homestead  with  her 
mother. 

152 — George  Washington,  died  in  infancy. 

Gertrude  Pawling  Wallace  is  living  in  the  same  house 
to  which  her  father  took  his  first  wife,  as  has  been  stated. 
Her  husband,  David  Wallace,  died  December  30.  1896,  and 
is  buried  in  the  cemetery  at  Wurtemburgh,  Duchess  County, 
New^  York. 

William  Pawding,  No.  84.  son  of  Levi  Pawling  and 
Hannah  Griffing.  married,  first.  December  19,  1850,  ]\Iar- 
garet  Coyle,  daughter  of  John  Coyle  and  Gertrude  Barnhart. 
They  had  children : 

153 — Augusta  Francena,  m.  Frank  Barringer  Lown. 

154 — Ida  Tuthill.  m.   Abram   VanVoorhis   Haight. 

155 — William,  m.  Kate  Whalen. 

156 — Adelaide,  m.  Charles  Wixon  Rhynus. 

157 — Angelina  Theresa,  d.  Feb.  11,  1884. 

158— Wakeley,  d.  May  28,  1863. 

Margaret  Coyle  Pawling  died  in  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.. 
June  22,  1863.  William  Pawling  married  again  June  14, 
1865,  Elizabeth  Hill,  daughter  of  Henry  Hill  and  Jane 
Coyle,  of  Rhinebeck.     They  had  the  following  children : 

159 — Emma  Gertrude. 

160 — Irving  Griffin. 

161 — Jennie  Hill,  d.  Oct.  5,  1877. 

Elizabeth  Hill  Pawling  died  in  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y., 
August  I,  1874. 

William  Pawling  married,  third,  on  February  22,  1882. 
Sarah  Ann  Pollock,  daughter  of  Abram  S.  Pollock  and 
Sarah  L.  Osborn. 

William  Pawling  lived  in  Poughkeepsie  where  he  car- 


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ried  on  an  extensive  cooperage  business.     He  died  in  that 
city  a  few  years  ago. 

Samuel  Hughes  PawHng,  No.  85.  son  of  Levi  Pawling 
and  Hannah  Griffing,  married  September  24,  1851,  Mary 
Russell,  daughter  of  Isaac  Fairbanks  Russell  and  Catharine 
VanSteenburg.     They  had  children  : 

162 — Isaac  Russell,  d.  July  1854. 

163 — John  Linden,  m.  Mary  Kinsey. 

164 — Charles  Henry,  m.  Mary  Weber. 

Samuel  Hughes  Pawling  is  living  in  New  York  City, 
where  he,  also,  is  engaged  in  the  cooperage  business. 

Julia  Ann  Pawling,  No.  86,  daughter  of  Levi  Pawling, 
and  Hannah  Griffing,  married,  first,  March  2,  1855,  Jesse 
Howell,  born  in  Norfolk,  Va.    They  had  children : 

165 — Robert  Dack,  m.  Eva  Gardner. 

166 — Jesse,  m.  Nellie  Agnes  Kemp. 
'  167 — Daniel  William,  m.  Anna  Mary  Wilkenson. 

Julia  Ann  Pawling's  husband,  Jesse  Howell,  died  July 
20,  1867,  and  she  married,  second,  Nathaniel  Holmes,  of 
Pleasant  Valley,  N.  Y.,  who  died  in  that  place  May  24,  1894. 


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CHILDREN  OF  GERTRUDE  PAWLING. 


Sixth  Generation. 


Mary  Caroline  Wallace,  Xo.  147.  daughter  of  Gertriule 
Pawling-  and  David  Wallace,  married  Dec.  12,  1861,  John 
Baker  Roach,  son  of  John  Roach  and  Emmeline  Johnson, 
and  are  living  in  Chester,  Penna.  They  had  children  as 
follows : 

168 — William  Berrien,  d.  Sept.  12,  1864. 

169 — Sarah  Elizabeth,  m.  Charles  Edward  Schuyler. 

170 — Carrie,  d.  Nov.  20,  1867. 

171 — Carrie,  d.  June  4,  1870. 

172 — John  Wallace,  d,  July  21,  1871. 

173 — James  Edmond,  d.  July  18,   1872. 

174 — Emmeline  Wallace,  m.  William  Cameron  Sproul. 

175 — >\Lary  Garretta,  m.  Fred'k  Farwell  Long,  M.  D. 

176 — John.  m.  J.  Hortense  IMoller. 

177 — William  jMacPherson. 

178 — Carrie  For  wood,  d.  Jan.  15,  1882. 

John  Alva  Wallace,  No.  148,  son  of  Gertrude  Pawling 
and  David  Wallace,  married  ]\Iay  20,  1864,  Emeline  Coyle, 
daughter  of  Cornelius  Coyle  and  Ann  Butler  and  are  living 
in  Chester,  Penna.    They  had  children  as  follov;s  : 

179 — \\'illiam,  d.  Jan.  3,  1885. 

180 — Frank  Coyle,  m.  first,  Anna  E.  Mooney;  second, 
Anna  R.  Erskine. 

181 — Katherine,  m.  John  Franklin  Kitts. 

182 — Sarah  Gertrude. 

183 — Alva  Augustus,  d.  Jan.  28,  1879. 

184 — Robert  IMercer. 

185 — Mary  Caroh'ne.  d.  July  10,  1883. 

1 86- — Emma.  d.  April  2,  1887. 

187 — Anna  Augusta. 

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trucle  Pawling  and  David  Wallace,  married.  May  i,  1865, 
Norman  Westervelt,  son  of  William  Westervelt  and  Mar- 
garet Cox.  Norman  Westervelt  died  in  New  York  City, 
Dec.  14,  1903.    They  had  children  : 

188 — Carrie  Emma,  d.  Oct.  18,  1866. 

189 — James  Edward,  m.  Clara  Morgan, 

190 — Sarah  Elizabeth,  m.  Albert  Martin  Newkirk. 

191 — Mary  Caroline,  d.  Jan.  20,  1902. 


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CHILDREN OF  GERTRUDE  PAWLING. 


Seventh  and  Eighth  Generations. 


Sarah  Elizabeth  Roach.  No.  169,  daughter  of  Mary 
CaroHne  Wallace  and  John  Baker  Roach,  married  Jan.  21, 
1885,  Charles  Edward  Schuyler,  son  of  Garret  Lansing 
Schuyler  and  Mary  Elizabeth  Miller.     They  had  one  child. 

192 — Lansing  Roach,  died  aged  2  years.  7  months. 

Sarah  Elizabeth  Roach  Schuyler  died  in  New  York 
City,  where  she  resided,  December  22,  1893. 

Emmeline  Wallace  Roach,  No.  174,  daughter  of  Mary 
Caroline  Wallace  and  John  Baker  Roach,  married  January 
21.  1892,  William  Cameron  Sproul,  son  of  William  Hail 
Sproul  and  Deborah  Dickinson  Slocum.  and  are  residents  of 
Chester.  Pa.     They  have  children  : 

193 — Dorothy  Wallace. 

194 — John  Roach. 

Mary  Garretta  Roach.  No.  175.  daughter  of  ^*Iary 
Caroline  ^^'allace  and  John  Baker  Roach,  married  January 
21,  1893.  Frederick  Farwell  Long.  M.  D..  son  of  Jesse 
Green  Long  and  Caroline  Ramsay  and  are  residents  of  Ches- 
ter.    They  have  children  : 

195 — Sara  Schuyler. 

196 — Frederick  Farwell. 

John  Roach,  No.  176,  son  of  Mary  Caroline  Wallace 
and  John  Baker  Roach,  married  April  19.  1899.  J-  Hortense 
Moller.  daughter  of  Charles  August  Moller  and  Pauline 
Espenschutz  and  are  living  in  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Frank  Coyle  Wallace.  No.  180,  son  of  John  Alva  Wal- 
lace and  Emeline  Coyle.  married,  first,  October  3.  1893. 
Anna  E.  Mooney,  daughter  of  Edward  Mooney  and  Cath- 
erine Robinson.  Anna  Mooney  Wallace  died  August  16, 
1894.     Frank  Coyle  Wallace  married  second.  Sept.  2,  1897, 


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Anna  Reid  Erskine,  daughter  of  John  Warren  Erskine  ctn^' 
Anne  Reid  and  are  residents  of  Washington,  D.  C. 

Katherine  Wallace.  No.  i8i,  daughter  of  John  Alva 
Wallace  and  Emeline  Coyle,  married  January  6,  1892,  John 
Franklin  Kitts,  son  of  Thomas  Jefferson  Kitts  and  Elizabeth 
Buffington  Thomas,  and  have  children : 

197 — John  Wallace. 

198 — Edward  Buffington. 

James  Edward  Westervelt,  No.  189.  son  of  Sarah 
Elizabeth  W^allace  and  Norman  Westervelt.  married  March 
15,  1892,  Clara  Morgan,  daughter  of  James  Morgan  and 
Mary  Wilson,  and  is  a  resident  of  New  York  City.  Clara 
Morgan  Westervelt  died  November  24,  1894. 

Sarah  Elizabeth  Westervelt,  No.  190,  daughter  of 
Sarah  Elizabeth  Wallace  and  Norman  Westervelt,  married 
December  12,  1897,  Albert  Martin  Newkirk,  son  of  Albert 
Newkirk  and  Julia  Green  and  are  residents  of  New  York 
City.     They  have  one  child  : 

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