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THE NEW YORK
Genealogical\nd Biographical
Record.
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF AMERICAN
GENEALOGY AND BIOGRAPHY.
ISSUED QUARTERLY.
VOLUME XXL, 1890.
868;
PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY,
Berkeley Lyceuim, No. 23 West 44TH Street,
NEW YORK CITY.
4125
PUBLICATION COMMITTEE:
Rev. BEVERLEY R. BETTS, Chairman. Dr. SAMUEL S. PURPLE..
Gen. JAS. GRANT WILSON. Mr. THOS. G. EVANS.
Mr. EDWARD F. DE LANCEY. Mr. WILLL\M P. ROBINSON.
Press of J. J. Little & Co., Astor Place, New York.
INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
Albany and New York Records, 170.
Baird, Charles W., Sketch of, 147.
Bidwell, Marshal] S., Memoir of, i.
Brookhaven Epitaphs, 63.
Cleveland, Edmund J. Captain Alexander Forbes and his Descendants, 159.
Crispell Family, 83.
De Lancey, Edward F. Memoir of Marshall S. Bidwell, i.
De Witt Family, 185.
Dyckman Burial Ground, 81.
Edsall, Thomas H. Inscriptions from the Dyckman Burial Ground, 81.
Evans, Thomas G. The Crispell Family, 83.
The De Witt Family, 185.
Fernow, Berlhold. Albany and New York Records, 170
Fishkill and its Ancient Church, 52.
Forbes, Alexander, 159.
Heermans Family, 58.
Herbert and Morgan Records, 40.
Hoes, R. R. The Negro Plot of 1712, 162.
Hopkins, Woolsey R Two Old New York Houses, 168.
Inscriptions from Morgan Manor, N. J. , 112.
John Hart, the Signer, 36.
John Patterson, by William Henry Lee, 99.
Jones, William Alfred. The East in New York, 43.
Kelby, William. Brookhaven Epitaphs, 63.
Kinnjston Church Records, 86.
Kip, Francis M. Fishkill and its Ancient Church, 49.
Lee, William Henry. John Patterson, 99.
Mather, Mrs. De Witt C. Original Records of the Families of Herbert and Mather,
41.
^lenorial of New York Loyalists, iSo.
Morgan Manor, N. J. Inscriptions from, 112.
Ne ;ro Plot of 1712, 162.
N ^es and Queries. — Ackerman, 93 ; Allen, 143 ; American Philosophical Society,
142 ; Arms of De Sille, 46 ; Bayard, 46 ; Bishop Moore, 92 ; Certificates of
Membership, 144 ; Church Family, 93 ; Dey Family Record, 92 ; Drake, 45 ;
Dutch Records, 143 ; Dutch Rulers, 93 ; Eliot, 142 ; Elting, 46 ; Feake,
143 ; Franklin Anniversary, 192 ; Gardiner's Island, 45 ; Gibson, 140 ; Grace
Church, New York, 45 ; Graveyard at Ramapo, 143 ; Hasbrouck, 45, Jen-
ings, 45 ; Letter from Quebec, 190 ; Livingston, 141 ; Longevity, 93 ;
iv Ifidex of Subjecis.
Men's Wives, 191 ; Morgan Manor,, 192 ; Narragansett Register, 93 ; New
York Directory, 18(^0, 143 ; Officers of the Revolution, 91, 140; Pennsylvania
Society of the Sons of the Revolution, 142 ; Portrait of Bishop Moore, 144 ;
Portrait of Gen. Paterson, 144 ; Portraits of the Presidents of the Society, 143 ;
Proceedings of the Society, 45, gi, 140; Rogers, 142; Southampton, L. I.,
143 ; Southold Celebration, 192 ; Statue of Columbus, 93 ; The Bradford
Family, 191 ; Thomson, 143 ; Vanderlyn, 192; Winslow Memorial, 93.
Notes on Books. — Address of Charles B. Moore at Southold, 194 ; Descendants of
Richard Mann, by George S. Mann, 95 ; Descendants of Thomas OIney, by
James H. Olney, 96 ; Diary of William Pynchon, 144 ; Early American
Methodism, by J. B. Wakeley, 95 ; Easthampton Records, 144 ; Gray Geneal-
ogy, by James M. D. Raymond, 47 ; Guilford Celebration, 94 ; History of
Deer Park, by Peter E. Gumaer, 103 ; History of Utah, by H. H. Bancroft,
94 ; Lyon Gardiner, by Curtiss C. Gardiner, 95 ; Matthew Gerardus Clarkson,
193 ; New Brunswick Weather Reports, 194 ; Op Dyck Genealogy, by
Charles W. Opdyke, 95 ; Story of an Old Farm, by Andrew D. Mellick, jr.,
94 ; The Boltons, by Charles R. Bolton, 145 ; The Driver Family, by Har-
riet Ruth Cooke, 49 ; The Eliot Family, by Walter G. Eliot. 145 ; The Fam-
ily of John Stone, by William L. Stone, 47 ; The Family of Joris Dircksen
Brinckerhoff. 48 ; The Keyser Family, by John S. Keyer, 48 ; The Political
Beginnings of Kentucky, by John Mason Brown, 144 ; The Scotch-Irish in
America, 47 ; The Wights of Dedham, 194 ; Whitney Family, 193 ; Winslow
Memorial, vol. ii., by David Parsons Holton and Frances K. Holton, 49.
OVjituaries. — Dwight, 47 ; Gibson, 94.
Pruyn Family, 8, 124, 178.
Raymond, James L. Tyson and Steele Family Records, 40.
Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in the City of New York. Baptisms, 28, 65,
113, 151-
Schureman Family, 61.
Stevenson, John R. John Hart, the Signer, 36.
Strang Family, 130.
The East in New York, 43.
Two Old New York Houses, 168.
Two Quebec Graves, 177.
Tyson and Steele Family Records, 40.
Van Wagenen, Gerrit H. The Heermans Family, 58 ; The Van Wagenen Family,
118. The Vredenburgh Family, 164.
Weddings at St. Mary's, Whitechapel, London, 87.
Wilson, James Grant. Two Quebec Graves, 177.
Wynkoop, Richard Strang, 130 ; Tiie Schuremans of New Rochelle, 61.
THE NEW YORK
Oicttcalogkal aiilr biographical |iccork
Vol. XXI, NEW YORK, JANUARY, 1890. No. i.
MARSHALL S. BIDWELL.
A MEMOIR
HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.
By Edward F. de Lancey.
One of the most venerable and honored members of the Bar of
New York, courtly in manners, profound in learning, pure in life, was
Marshall Spring Bidwell.
Born in the year 1799 at Stockbridge, in that beautiful county of
Berkshire, which has given to Massachusetts so many of her greatest
men, he became a subject of George the Third, and took successively
the oaths of allegiance to George the Fourth, William the Fourth and
Victoria, sovereigns of Great Britain. Driven from their dominions
in the prime of his life, by the iron hand of arbitrary power, and
subsequently besought in vain to return and accept high judicial station,
he lived and died a citizen of New York in 1872.
A memoir of Mr. Bidwell is not only the biography of an indi-
vidual, but a statement of the early history of a new country, — a record
of the sufferings of a neighboring people under arbitrary authority,
and of their struggles to secure a government of law and justice.
Mr. Bidwell was the son of Barnabas Bidwell, a prominent lawyer
of Massachusetts and at one time its Attorney-General, who in 181 1
removed to the province of Ontario, then called Upper Canada. He
was educated there under his father's eye. His legal studies began
in March, 181 6, when he was " articled as a clerk " under the English
system, to Solomon Johns, an attorney of Bath in Upper Canada, and
the next month entered as a student at law by the Law Society of
that Province. In April, 1821, he was called to the degree of Bar-
rister at Law by the same " Law Society of Upper Canada," an in-
stitution somewhat analogous to an English " Inn of Court," and
having somewhat similar powers ; and three years afterwards, in 1824,
he was elected to the Eighth Provincial Parliament as one of the rep-
resentatives of the County of Lennox and Addington.
In order to arrive at a correct understanding of Mr. Bidwell's
peculiar and difficult position during his public life, it will be nec-
essary to glance at the history of the Province.
At the close of the Revolutionary war, the British Government,
it will be recollected, made a scanty provision in her remaining north-
ern colonies for those who by remaining faithful to the Crown had
2 Marshall S. Bidwell. [Jan.,
lost their all. Some went to Nova Scotia, some to New Brunswick,
and others to Canada, where they were given, in compensation for
their losses, grants of wild land, and other encouragement in the way
of petty public offices. These Americans were subsequently distin-
guished by the name of '' U. E. Loyalists " — that is, " United Empire
Loyalists."
A few years after, — in 1791, — an act was passed by the British
Parliament dividing the Canadas into two provinces and conferring on
each a quasi-constitutional government, under the names of " Lower"
and " Upper " Canada.
The ministers of the day seem to have run in the old groove,
and to have learned nothing from American history. Blind to the
palpable fact, which a seven years' war and an inglorious peace
ought to have impressed on their minds, that the Constitutions of the
old American colonies had not only not prevented, but to som.e extent
actually helped to produce, a rebellion, they copied the Canadian
constitution almost literally from that of the colony of New York,
and gave Upper Canada a Governor, a Council possessing Executive
and Legislative powers, and a House of Assembly.
The British Cabinet through the Colonial minister appointed the
Governor, and the members of the Council. The Assembly was elected
by the freeholders. Thus the Canadian legislature consisted osten-
sibly of three branches, but in fact of only two ; for the members
of the Executive Council, who were the advisers of the Governor,
held seats also in the Legislative Council, or Upper House, where
were also to be seen the Chief Justice, the Superintendent of the
Indian Department, the Receiver General, Inspector General of Ac-
counts, and the Surveyor General, who in one chamber made the
laws, and only such as pleased them ; for if the acts interfered with
their interests, they as the Executive Council advised the Governor
to veto them, and he almost invariably complied with their advice.
In this connection it is to be borne in mind that the whole of the
public lands in Canada, the Clergy Reserves excepted, vv'ere at the
disposal of the Executive Council, and thus formed an inexhaustible
fund to bribe and buy up at any time a majority of the House of As-
sembly, which body numbered at first twenty-five, and subsequently
about fifty, members. Add to this that the entire patronage of the
province was in fact in the hands and at the disposal of the Council,
who appointed every officer from Chief Justice down to tide waiters
— Judges, Crown Lawyers, Surrogates, Sheriffs, Magistrates, Officers
of Militia, Returning Officers of Election, Heads and Clerks of the
several departments, — all were named by, and held their offices during
the will and pleasure of, the Executive. Eventually, this class, or the
more influential among them, constituted a ruling oligarchy, who to
concentrate their power and preserve their lucrative places and pat-
ronage formed alliances by intermarriage within their own exclusive
circle, and became known throughout the length and breadth of Can-
ada as "77/^ Family Compact." So great became the power of this
combination, that it absolutely ruled the Lieutenant-Governor for the
time being, controlled every department of the government, and
obeyed or disobeyed the commands of the Colonial Office, as they ac-
corded with the views or conflicted with the interests of the " Family."
1890.] Marshall S. BidweiL ',
Those who opposed misrule, attempted to introduce economy and
reform in the government, or exposed jobbery or misappropriation
of the public money, were marked and hunted down. Alien and
sedition laws were enacted. Though freedom of speech was the parlia-
mentary right of members of assembly, it was imprudent to hint at cor-
ruption, or to assert the truth that members were bribed by large grants
of land. He who was so bold as to make the charge or to demand a
committee of investigation was summarily expelled. In 1816, a sheriff
dared to vote " the opposition ticket " at an election ; he was at once
dismissed. He subsequently established a newspaper; exposed abuses,
was prosecuted, acquitted, became popular, and Avas elected to the
assembly, where having used his " privilege " rather freely, he was
thrust into prison, his paper was seized, and though he served as a
volunteer in the war of 181 2, was ultimately driven from the province.
The case of Robert Gourlay illustrates more clearly the tyranny
of those days. He emigrated from Scotland in 181 7, with a view to
settle in Canada with his family and to promote emigration to that
province. He addressed the landholders for information ; sent circulars
among the people and eventually invited a convention of delegates to
promote his views. The Executive needlessly became alarmed, charged
him with seditious purposes, and ordered his arrest. He was tried and
acquitted ; again accused of treasonable practices, he was re-arrested,
and after spending some time in jail was ordered to quit the province,
and on refusing, was tried for disobeying an ex post facto "Act for pre-
venting seditious meetings in the Province," and forcibly thrust out of
the country ; all because he desired to obtain and publish information
which would encourage emigration to the province.
Such was the government of Upper Canada, when the Honorable
Barnabas Bidwell, father of the subject of this memoir, was returned as
a reformer to the Assembly from the county of Lennox and Addington
in 1 82 1. He was a Presbyterian, a man of considerable ability, eloquent,
and a firm advocate of civil and religious liberty.
Mr. Barnabas Bidwell, though a native of Massachusetts, was a
British subject, having been born before 1776. He remained however
in the United States until 181 1, as already stated. His independence
of action and outspoken condemnation of the abuses that prevailed in
the government evoked a spirit of hostility against him among the
oligarchy, who resolved to get rid of him at all hazards. Consequently
he was expelled by a majority of one vote — seventeen yeas to sixteen
nays, on the ground that he was an alien. This arbitrary proceeding
only aroused a determined spirit of opposition, which thereafter never
succumbed, and which though repeatedly circumvented and defeated,
yet finally buried the oligarchy and the "Family Compact " in a com-
mon ruin :
" For Freedom's battle once begun,
Bequeathed from bleeding sire to son,
Though baffled oft, is ever won."
In this instance "Freedom's battle" was transferred literally from
father to son, for the sturdy yeomanry of Lennox and Addington re-
senting the affront to the father, brought forward the son, Marshall S.
Bidwell, as a candidate for the vacant seat. But the victory was not
to be easily achieved. The returning officer or inspector of elections
A Marsha// S. Bidivell. [Jan.,
counted in the opposing candidate. A protest was entered, and after
an able defence of his rights by Mr. Bidwell, at the bar of the House,
the return was set aside, and a new election ordered. Thereupon the
returning officer refused to receive any votes for Mr. Bidwell, on the
ground of his being an alien as the son of his father. Another protest
followed and the election was again set aside. Finally young Mr.
Bidwell was triumphantly returned to Parliament for the county of
Lennox and Addington in August, 1824, and took his seat in the
Assembly the following January without further opposition.
These rejections of both father and son were caused by mere
partisan feeling, for there was no law on the subject ; and so high did
this feeling run, that after the expulsion of Barnabas Bidwell, an act
was passed making natives of the United States ineligible to seats
in the Upper Canada Legislature. This statute however proved so
injurious to Canadian interests, that it was repealed in 1824, and a pre-
vious residence of seven years was substituted as a qualification for
membership.
In 1825, for the first time since the organization of the province, the
opponents of the high Tory oligarchy had a majority in the House of
Assembly. Mr. Bidwell at once became their leader. The new party
called " The Reformers " aimed at making the government responsible
to the House of Assembly, precisely as it is to the House of Commons
in England, and not to the Governor and Council — the Executive
Authority— as the oligarchy had done.
Mr. Bidwell was, perhaps, the strongest man in his party, during
his entire career in Canada. Calm, cautious, courteous, high principled,
well informed, and ever ready, he had no rival in debate and no supe-
rior as a presiding officer. He was chosen speaker in 1829, again in
1835, ai^d held this office in 1836, when Sir Francis Bond Head
assumed the government of Upper Canada.
During this period he had a large and lucrative practice at the Bar,
won by eminent ability, close application and high moral principle.
He had married happily, had been blessed with children, was
beloved by his friends, respected by all, and enjoyed the confidence of
the public.
Such v/as the position of Mr. Bidwell when Sir Francis Head arrived
at Toronto as governor in 1836. The new governor, though appointed
by the Whig government of Lord Melbourne, proved a bitter Tory. He
was a retired half-pay major who had written two or three gossipy
books of travel, and was a poor law commissioner of his native county
of Kent, the only civil office he had ever held prior to his appointment
to Upper Canada. Of Canada, its history, people, politics, and
resources, he was, to use his own language, ''grossly ignorant:' *
Among the first who called upon him was Mr. Speaker Bidwell, the
acknowledged leader of the reformers. Sir Francis told him plainly
that he was an inexperienced man, but would deal honestly towards the
country, and resolutely correct the grievances of the province, and
taking up the report of those grievances by William Lyon MacKenzie
* See his own " Narrative," published after his return to England. This work,
and the^ " Life of Lord Sydenham" who was subsequently "Governor-General of
Canada," and the official correspondence with the Home authorities contained in
each, give a vivid idea of the state of Canada referred to in this sketch.
1890.] Marshall S. Bidwell. c
— a volume of over five hundred pages — invited Mr. Bidwell to con-
verse freely on the subject. Mr. Bidwell did so, and to the Governor's
great astonishment told him — to use his own words — "that there were
grievances not detailed in that report, which the people had long en-
dured and were still enduring with great patience ; that there was no
desire to rebel, but that a morbid feeling of dissatisfaction was daily in-
creasing ; that increase it would, and that in fact, if it had not been dis-
tinctly stated that the governor was the bearer of new instructions,
those with whom he was associated had come to the determination
never to meet in provincial parliament again." This interview was the
foundation of a political dislike to Mr. Bidwell which in the end
changed his whole life and career. Sir Francis, after a little dallying
with the reformers, threw himself finally into the arms of the old party.
An exciting political contest followed, in which the latter with the aid
of the government triumphed at the next general election, and Mr.
Bidwell, among others, lost his seat in parliament and retired from active
political life.
The Home Government determined on a conciliatory policy, and, in
1837, Lord Glenelg, the British Colonial minister, requested Sir Francis
Head to offer to Mr. Bidwell the appointment of Justice of the Court
of King's Bench, in which two vacancies had occurred.
This the Governor not only declined to do, but actually gave the
appointment to another gentleman. In reporting his action to Lord
Glenelg, Sir Francis, after admitting that Mr. Bidwell's legal acquire-
ments were superior to one of the new appointees, and that his moral
character was above reproach, says : " Anxious as I am to give talent its
due, yet I cannot but feel that the w-elfare and honor of this province
depend on his Majesty never promoting a disloyal many
Lord Glenelg replied that Mr. Bidwell's former political action
should not prevent his professional advancement, and closed by saying :
" If, therefore, as you appear to anticipate, another vacancy should occur
among the judges of the Court of King's Bench, it is the wish of his
Majesty's government that the situation should be offered to Mr. Bidivell,
and they will hear 7vith much pleasure that he has accepted it.''
But Sir Francis Head took the responsibility of positively refusing
to place Mr. Bidwell on the Bench. This was in September, 1837. Sir
Francis Head believed that Mr. Bidwell was a republican at heart, and
leagued with Mr. Papineau and his friends in Lower Canada in their
political action, which was then fast verging towards armed insurrection.
This was an entire mistake, the objects of the opposition in the two
provinces were entirely dissimilar, and no league or combination existed
between them. There was one object however in which both agreed,
and that was, the desire for a government responsible to the legislative,
and not to the executive power.
Finding that the Home Government meant to promote Mr. Bidwell,
Sir Francis Head, fearing the effect upon himself in the province, de-
termined to force Mr. Bidwell to leave the country.
He sent for him and told him that his party was beaten at all points,
which was then the fact; that the armed outbreaks which had just occurred
in both provinces, and especially MacKenzie's attempt on Toronto, had
so embittered the people against him, as he was believed to have cov-
ertly approved them, that all his chances of further political or profes-
6 Marshall S. Bidwell. [Jan.,
sional success were ended ; that the provincial government was opposed
to him in all its branches, and that he would consult his own happiness
and interest by departing from Upper Canada.
About this period Mr. Bidwell received a gross insult and suffered
from a great outrage. His wife had been for some years in delicate
health, so that her vv'inters had been spent either at the South or in the
West Indies. During his absence from home professionally. Sir Fran-
cis Head's government seized his letters in the post-office, and at his
house all his private papers, his wife's letters among them, and read
their contents to try and get evidence of his complicity with the rebel-
lion.
This outrage, as the complicity never existed, of course failed in its
object. But its effect on Mr. Bidvvell was so great, that in connection
with Sir Francis Head's threats before referred to, he ^/V/ leave Upper
Canada with all his family, and came to the city of New York at the
end of the year 1837.
The next year Sir Francis Head was recalled in disgrace, and a new
governor sent out, Sir George Arthur. On the return of the Reform
party to power, which however did not occur for some time, Mr. Bid-
v/ell was not only requested to return to Canada, but was again tendered
a seat in the Court of Queen's Bench. This was in the year 1842. Mr.
Bidwell, however, declined to go back, refused the Judgeship, and
remained in New York.
Sir Francis Head felt that he had acted intemperately in Mr. Bid-
well's case and it is to his credit that he admitted it to Mr. Bidwell.
When Sir Francis came to New York on his return to England in 1838,
he wrote to Mr. Bidwell requesting him to come and see him. The in-
terview took place at the old City Hotel in Broadway, just above Trinity
Church (on the site of which the Boreel Building now stands), where
Sir Francis was staying. Sir Francis told him he regretted the sever-
ity of his action, that he had been led too far by political excitement
and trouble, and urged his return to Canada. Mr. Bidwell heard him
quietly to the end, and then calmly but strongly giving him his own view
most fully of his whole conduct and action from the beginning, ended
by stating that never under any circumstances would he return to a land
where he had been so badly treated, and politely bade him a good after-
noon.
On arriving at New York Mr. Bidwell met with most kind treatment
from the late Chancellor Walworth, and that unrivalled real property
lawyer, the late eminent Mr. George Wood. Both interested them-
selves strenuously in his behalf. He was admitted to the Bar of New
York, on motion, both in the Supreme Court and in the Court of
Chancery, notwithstanding his being a British subject, the courts
taking the then British view, that no man can expatriate himself, and
as Mr. Bidwell had been born in Massachusetts, he was already an
American citizen.
By Mr. Wood he was introduced to the late distinguished Mr.
George Strong, with whom in September, 1838, he formed a professional
partnership which was only terminated by the death of Mr. Strong in
1855, and which was continued with that gentleman's son and nephew,
the surviving members of the firm, till his own decease.
The first important case in which Mr. Bidwell was engaged in New
1890.] Marshall S. Bidwell. j
York, was the great libel case of James Fenimore Cooper against Wil-
liam L. Stone, in which he defended Mr. Stone, then the editor of the
Commercial A dvertiser.
Mr. Cooper argued his own cause with the greatest ability and elo-
quence, as he was by nature gifted with wonderful powers of oratory,
and was as logical as he was brilliant ; and had made himself a most
thorough master of the law of libel.
Stone's libel was so gross that Mr. Bidwell, fearing to go before a
jury, raised the question of its being a privileged publication — the only
possible defence — by a demurrer, thus bringing the question directly
before the court — the first time such a course had ever been adopted in
the annals of jurisprudence. I have been told at different times by
two of the most eminent jurists that this state has known,* both of
whom heard both arguments, that never in their whole experience
had any case been so eloquently, thoroughly, and exhaustively laid
before a court as that was by these two distinguished men. Mr.
Bidwell however failed to succeed, the court deciding in Mr. Coop-
er's favor that the articles were not privileged, the decision closing with
these remarkable words : " It is difficult to read the articles as set
forth in the counts without seeing at once that they are direct and
undisguised attacks upon the moral character of the plaintiff by
name. " f
This case drew public attention to Mr. Bidwell at once, and from
that time his legal career was one continued success. He was en-
gaged in most of the great civil cases of the day from that time
onward.
Mr. Bidwell was deeply read in every department of law, consti-
tutional, commercial, real property, and equity. Perhaps he had be-
stowed most attention upon the law of real estate, of trusts, and upon
the construction of wills, and felt himself more fully at home in their
discussion.
Mr. Bidwell took a warm and lively interest in the New York
Historical Society, and for many years served as a member of its
Executive Committee. He was instrumental in procuring valuable
additions to its collections, especially of portraits for its Gallery of
Art.
There were two points in his character of especial prominence ;
the first was his extraordinary amiability and equanimity of temper.
One of the members of his firm testifies without hesitation, that during
a daily intercourse of a little more than thirty-four years spent amid
the care, worry, and annoyance of active practice, he never heard
from him one syllable of petulance, impatience or irritability.
The other, was the keen enjoyment he took in following a legal
princi];b up to its remotest sources. He has often said " that he found
far more entertainment in tracing some legal point through the reports
of the seventeenth century and still earlier than in reading the best
novel ever written."
*The Hon. Samuel Stevens of Albany, and Judge Samuel A. Foot of the Court
of Appeals.
f Associated as junior counsel with Bidwell in this case was the late Charles P.
Kirkland of New York City, then cf Utica, who also personally confirmed to me the
testimony of the two distinguished jurists, to which reference has been made.
8 Pruyji Family — American Branch. [Jan.,
Mr. Bidwell was a truly conscientious and deeply religious man,
and in his views a rigid and unswerving Presbyterian, but so kind and
tolerant to all men, that when he died in the seventy-third year of his
age, he left behind him warm and deeply attached friends among
Roman Catholics as well as all denominations of Protestants. He was
gentle, kind, and true, the very incarnation of honesty and honor.
" Firm to his purpose, vigilant and bold,
Detesting traitors, and despising gold,
He scorn'd all bribes from Britain's hostile throne,
For all his country's wrongs were thrice his own."
PRUYN FAMILY— AMERICAN BRANCH.
By John V. L. Pruyn.
(Continued from Vol. XVII., July, 1886, page 214, of The Record.)
297.
(297) Charles Lansing Pruyn, son of (199) Robert Hewson Pruyn
and Jane Ann Lansing, m. secondly, October 20, 1886, Sarah Gibson
Talcott^ b. Dec. 25, 1851, dau. of Sebastian Visscher Talcott (b. Nov.
24, 1812 ; d. Nov. 10, 1888,) and Olivia Maria Shearman (b. Oct. 14,
1823 ; d. Jan. 29, 1888) of Albany. (See No. 1818, in the Talcott Pedi-
gree, also No. 352, Bogart, in Talcott's "Notes on New York and New
England Families.")
By this marriage Mr. Pruyn has issue —
334 Casparus Lansing,
b. Sept. 29, 1887.
It was the intention of the Compiler to commence and continue in
regular order the descendants, in the male line, of the sons of (2) Frans
Jansen Pruyn (see Vol. XIII., p. ii, of The Record). Of his sons, (5)
Hendrick, of Kingston, Ulster Co., N. Y., left no issue known, none
being mentioned in the latter's will, proven May 6, 1752, and recorded
in the Surrogate's Office at New York, and none being found upon the
church records. The descendants of (4) Johannis, Assistant Alderman
of Albany 17 10- 11, Alderman i7i8-'2 6. Justice of the Peace for
Albany Co. 1728, and of (9) Samuel, Alderman of Albany, i729-'32,
have already been given in The Recokd. The descendants of (11)
Frans or Francis should come ne.\t, ' but up to date it has been
impossible to gather them together. They settled in the Mohawk
Valley, and have migrated in many directions. To omit them will
not impair the present article, which is intended to include the descend-
ants of Frans Jansen Pruyn's next and youngest son, (13) Arent or Ar-
nold, who moved from Albany to Kinderhook. As this is the first attempt
that has been made to place in permanent form a record of Arent's branch
of the family, omissions and errors doubtless occur, whicli may be due to
the fact that to some of the letters sent out by the compiler, in quest of
information, no replies have been received. In most instances, however.
1890.] Pruyn Family — American Branch. q
the answers have been prompt and satisfactory. Corrections and other
communications relating to the family will be gladly received by the com-
piler at Albany, N. Y.
Arent Pruyn's immediate family is given in The Record for January,
1882, Vol. XIII. , at page 15. For convenience it is repeated here. In
this article it will be observed that the method of notation of descent used
by American genealogists has been adopted with little modification.
ARENT PRUYN AND HIS DESCENDANTS.
The female line is followed wherever information is received.
(13) Arent- or Arnold Pruyn [Frans Jansen^), his father's youngest
son, was baptized at the Dutch Church, Albany, May 24, 168S ((3) Anna
Pruyn, sister).* He m. Nov. 21, 1714, Catharijna Gansevoort, the wed-
ding occurring at the home of the bride, according to the church record :
17 14, Nov. 21, Zijn Arent Pruin en Caiharijna Gansevoort met een Lijcen-
tie van syn Excellencij R. Hunter int bijzijn van J. Roseboo?n en M. Schuijier
ouders, ten huijse van de bruijd in den Houwelilien Staat bevestight.
Although her name does not appear among the baptisms of her
father's children at the Dutch Church, Catharyna Gansevoort, according
to the Gansevoort records in possession of Mrs. Catharine Gansevoort
Lansing, wife of Hon. Abraham Lansing, of Albany, was a daughter of
Harmen Harmense Gansevoort, who was in Beverwyck as early as 1660.
Gansevoort was a man of good position and family. An old silver tank-
ard bearing the Gansevoort arms is still in the possession of a member of
his family, and it is stated that this coat-of-arms was brought to America
by Gansevoort himself. His wife was Maria Leendertse Conyn. Ganse-
voort was a brewer and trader, and his name appears in land transactions
and other public records. Several of his descendants have been persons
of distinction and have held responsible positions.
Arent Pruyn was Fire-Master in lyiG-'iy and Constable in lyiS-'ig
for the Second Ward of Albany. According to the custom of the Dutch
he was taught a manual trade. In his case, as in that of his brother (9)
Samuel, the trade of smith was the one taught. The manual trade was
the basis of Dutch education. Sometimes it was followed for life and often
was a source of wealth, the work in many cases being performed by slaves.
Frequently the trade was cast aside for a mercantile career. The fact that
a man followed a manual trade did not necessarily stamp him as an igfio-
bilis — a person without claims to birth and position. Especially is this
true where he bore a distinct family name such asSchermerhorn, Bleecker,
Groesbeck, Kip, etc. Where the patronymic, or the name of a place
with the prefix Van was used, in the absence of a family name, to designate
persons and where such patronymic or place name had not become the
family name by usage previous to immigration to this country the case
may be different, as among the early Dutch settlers in America the absence
of a distinct family name generally, but not always, indicated peasant
origin.
A blacksmith did all the iron work for his locality, making gun barrels,
tools, nails, farm implements and whatever else was needed that came
within his province. In the early Dutch settlements on the Hudson
river he was often a person of some importance.
* The names of sponsors are placed in parenthesis, the surnames being in Italics.
JO Pruyn Family — American Brajich. [Jan.,
In 1736, Arent Pruyn appears at Kinderhook. His reasons for mov-
ing are not known but his wife may have had something to do with it, as
the Conyns, undoubtedly, her mother's relatives, were living there also.
On May 6, 1736, Arent Pruyn purchased what has since been called the
Pruyn farm, from Cornelis Schermerhoorn, the consideration being one
hundred and fifty pounds current money of the Colony of New York.
The property comprised "all that a certain (Piece of Woodland ?) Orch-
ard Carding House Barn and all other Buildings Now In the
Occupation of him, the said Cornelis Schermerhoorn, scitu-
ate Lying and Being at Kinderhook neer groot Stuck, Beginning at the
foot of the hill By a Smal Brook or Cloof to the Noreth of the said orchard
Running allong the said Small Brook opposite to the Skool Hous By a
Small Bridge lying over said Brook, from thence with a West line Taking
in about the half of the said Skool-hous To the Comon Road, which Leeds
from grootstucktoCoenraet Borgh(art's house ?) then Southerly
unti)Il you Come to the Lo(t of?) us van
Alen jun'. then erly (along ?).... said Lott To
thefootofthe Hill, then Northerly allong Hill to
the place first Begun as also a piece of Low land Scituate Lying and being
at the said Kinderhook on the west side of the Creek Being the half of a
certain Piece of Land Called the Strook the North End thereof The
other half belongs now unto Stephanis van Alen, the South End is
Bounded on the East by the Land of the Heirs of Jan Goes Late of Kin-
derhook, dec'd, on the North by the Land of Jacobus Van Alen, as the
same is now In the possession of said Cornelis Schermerhoorn, Together
with all the whole Right, Title, Interest, Claim and Demand the said Cor-
nells Schermerhoorn has, or ought to have, In the towne Pattent off" Kin-
derhook Granted under the freeholders and Inhabitants of the same By
the Late Co"- Thomas Dongan, the then Governour of the province
of New York, dated the fourteenth Day of March, Annoq. Domini, 1686,
Together with all and singular the Liberties, Benefitts and advantages "
that belonged to the said property and interests. From lack of space
we omit the rest of the Deed. The original deed is not recorded but now
belongs to (374) Mrs. Jane Pruyn Sweet of Kinderhook. Schermerhorn
was probably not then, " the Indian of that name " (see The Record, Vol.
XIII. , page 15). He was a freeholder at Kinderhook and undoubtedly a
member of the well-known family of the name. He, too, appears in the
Deed as blacksmith and just back of the house stood his smithy. The
farm thus sold to Arent Pruyn remained in the family down to his great
grandson (349) John I. Pruyn. After his death it passed into other hands
and the greater part of it, together with the house belongs to Mr, Wm.
Van Schaack Beekman. On Oct. 7, 1889, Mr. and Mrs. Beekman kindly
allowed their kinsman, Dr. P. V. S. Pruyn (son of (367) John Matthias
Pruyn), and the writer to look into the garret of the house for old papers
but none were found.
Of Arent Pruyn's wealth little is known. If he had slaves, and he
probably had at least a few, no record appears of them. His grandson
(333) John seems to have been the richer in worldly goods. In 1736,
Arent en Catharina Pruyn Echte Lieden (married people) were admitted
to church membership at Kinderhook. He is said to have been subse-
quently a Deacon and afterwards an Elder of the church.
Plis and his wife's dates of death and their places of burial are un-
1890.] Pniyn Family — A?jien'can Branch. jj
known. He was alive as late as 1759, ^^ ^^ that year he was a witness
at the baptism of a grandchild (336) Arent, son of (36) Harmen Pruyn.
He had issue, all bp. at the Albany Dutch Church.
31 Alida m. Cornelis van Alen.
32 Maria bp. May 31, 1719 ((9) Samuel /"r/zj^w, uncle; Anna ^z?-
tenaar). She was buried Nov. i, 1726, at Albany. "Arerjt
Pruyn zyn kind begraven " (Dood-Boek).*
■^l Christina bp, Jan. 24, 1722 ( (5) Hendrick Pruyn, uncle, Amelia
Pruyn, wife of (4) Johannis, aunt) ; said to have never mar-
ried; lived at Kinderhook where she and her twin sister Lydia
were admitted church members, March 24, 1745.
34 Lydia, twin to Christina m. Pieter van Buren.
35 Frans m. Christina Goes or Hoes.
36 Harmen m. Jannetje Goes or Hoes.
31-
Cornelis van Alen married (31) Alida^ Pruyn (Aren/,^ Frans Jansen^)
bp. at the Dutch Church, Albany, March 11, 1716, ( (4) Johannis Pruyn,
uncle; Elsie Wmne); church member Feb. 9, 1740 at Kinderhook ; and
had issue found on the records.
Maria bp. at Kinderhook March 23, 1745 (Jacob Stephan van Alen;
{^-^ Christina Pruyn or wife of (35) ).
Christina bp. at Kinderhook Jan. 24, 1746-7, (Frans /^rttjw probably
(35); Hilletje z'a« /?;'C/^).
Stephanus bp. at Ciaverack Jan. 16, 1747-8, ( (36) Harmen Pruyn,
uncle ; Jannetje van Alen).
Alida bp. at Kinderhook Feb. 10, 1749-50, (William van Aalsteyn ;
(34) Lydia Pruyn, aunt).
34.
Pieter van Buren married (34) Lydia^ Pruyn [Areni,'^ Frans Jansen")
bp. at the Dutch Church, Albany, January 24, 1722, (Leendert or Leon-
ard Gansevoort ; Margarita Gajisevoort) and had issue found on the re-
cords.
Catryna bp. at Kinderhook Jan. 5, 1753, ( (13) Arent Pruyn, grand-
father ; {t^'^) Christina Pruyn or wife of (35) ).
Maria bp. at Coxsackie May 15, 1755, (Ephraim V^an Buren; Susanna
Ten Eyck).
Cornelis bp. at Kinderhook Oct. 8, 1757, (Cornelis van Buren, and
wife Maria IMse).
Christina bp. atKinderhook May 24, 1761 ( (35) Frans Pruyn uncle;
Christina Goes his wife).
35-
(35) Frans^ or Francis^ Pruyn {Areni,^ Frans jfansen^), bp. at the
Dutch Church, Albany, Feb. 2, 1724 (Elbert Gerritse ; Catryna Ganse-
* The Dood-Boek, or list of burials from 1722 to 1757, of persons belonging to the
Dutch Churcli at Albany, was kept by Barent Bradt, the voor-lezer of the church. A
translation of it by Gen. S. V. Talcott will be found in Munsell's Annals of Albany,
Vol. I. p. 131, and in Talcott's Notes on New York and New England Families, p.
454.
X2 Pruyn Family — American Branch. [J^^n-,
voori), d. Nov. 26, 1783 ; m. before 1748 Christina Goes or Hoes. She
d. Feb. 16, 1805. Mr. and Mrs. Pruyn are buried in the old family-
burying- ground on the Pruyn farm, now belonging to William Van
Schaack Beekman, at Kinderhook. Their double headstone is still in
position. Their graves and two others are the only ones remaining in
the family burying ground, several bodies having been removed to the
Kinderhook Cemetery, where interments are now made.
Frans Pruyn, like his father, was taught the trade of smith. He
succeeded to the farm and the smithy. He was a man of good standing.
In i758-i76oand in 1766 he was a Deacon of the Kinderhook Dutch
Church, and in 1 774-1 776 was an Elder.
A copy of his will is on file in the Office of the Surrogate of New
York County. It mentions " dearly beloved wife Christina ******
my son John and his wife and children," ***** and appoints "my
said wife Christina, my said John and his wife Catharine " executors. In
substance, it leaves all his property, after his wife's death, to his son John,
and is witnessed by John Quillot, John C. Wynkoop, and Myndert Vos-
burgh. It is dated Nov, 22, 1783, a few days before his death.
He left issue —
335 John, m. Catharine van der Poel.
36.
(36) Harmen^ Pruyn (Aren/,^ Frans Jansen"^, evidently named for
his maternal grandfather, Harme Gansevoort, vas baptized at the Dutch
Church, Albany, Oct. 19, 1727 ((9) Samuel Pruyn, uncle; Anna Du
Arrant). He m. Aug. 20, 1758, at Kinderhook, Jannetje Goes or Hoes.
He was engaged in the grain and freighting business at Stuyvesant,
and, in a deed dated Aug. 30, 1770, recorded in the Albany County
Clerk's Office, Deeds 11 (old Book L), p. 49, he is described as sloop-
master. He is said to have had considerable means for those days. In
1776 we find him on the list of Deacons in the Dutch Church at Kinder-
hook. During the Revolution he took the side of the British, and the
only entry remaining in his Dutch Bible, now in the possession of his
descendant, Mrs. William Ovens, of Wilton, Ontario, reads : " Harme
Pruyn was banished from Kinderhook, 1777." He joined the British on
Long- Island, it is said, and became one of the band of United Empire
Loyalists. His property suffered, to some extent at least, during his ab-
sence, as the story has come down in the family that his store was broken
open by Colonel Hoes, who seized upon the grain and fed it to his (Col.
Hoes') horses. Ten years later, 1787, Harmen Pruyn appears again at
Kinderhook as an Elder in the Dutch Church, but disappears from the
list of Elders in 1792, so it was probably at this time, or at a later period,
that he moved to Canada and joined the colony of United Empire Loy-
alists who settled near Bath, on the shores of Lake Ontario. His son
(337) Matthew had been in Canada as early as 1790. Harmon's name
has not been found in the Canadian land grants before 1802. In the
Register's Office at Napanee there is a minute of a grant to him of land at
Bath, dated May 17, 1802 ; and in the Department of Crown Lands, at
Toronto, there is a grant to Harmon Pruyn, dated Feb. 15, 1808, of lot
13 and west half af lot 14, in 9th Con. of the township of Huntington, in
the county of Hastings. The records at Belleville, the county town, also
1890.] Pruyn Fa?}iily — American Branch. j-
contain a minute of the patent, and it appears that the property was
deeded June 6, iSio, to Richard Cartwriglit. It is barely possible that
Harmon Pruyn, the above grantee, may have been the grandson (354)
Harmon, who, in 1808, would be about 23 years old, and of whom I
have been unable to learn anything, (36) Harmon Pruyn had issue :
;^2,(> Arent m. (342) Christine Pruyn.
337 Matthew m., ist, Martha Thatford ;
2nd, Mary de Forest.
338 Catharine m. Bartholomew Van Valkenburg
339 Frans or Francis m. Catharina Simmon.
340 Maria m. 1st, Stephen Fairfield ;
2nd, Thomas Borland.
341 Helena, bp. at Kinderhook, Oct. 30, 1774 (Mattheus Goes ;
Helena Van Deusen).
335.
(335) John'* Pruyn [Francis,^ Arent,'' Frans Jansen,') born Jane 10,
174S ; under a license from Sir Henry Moore, dated Oct. 27, 1767, he
married at Linlithgo Cluirch, Livingston Manor, Nov. 28 or Dec. 19,1767,
Catharine Van der Poel b. April 10, 1746; d. June 22, 1826, dau. of
John Van der Poel and Annatj^ Staats. (See (23) Van der Poefin Talcott's
Notes on New York and New England Families.)
[Johannes or John Van der Poel, the father of Mrs. Pruyn, married
his wife Annatje Staats May 5, 1743, at the house of her kinswoman,
Madam Schuyler,* "The American Lady," at the Flatts above Albany.
According to tchuyler, in Colonial New York, Vol. H., note 2 foot of page
160, Anna Staats, who was probably Johannes Van der Poel's second wife,
was not a daughter of Dr. Samuel Staats,' the adherent of Leisler, but
doubtless of Abraham Staats, who was Dr. Samuel's nephew. She was,
by the same authority, a niece by marriage of Aunt Schuyler, " The
American Lady " and a second cousin by blood.]
John Piuyn was a resident of Kinderhook, greatly respected. He was
a man of means and owned several slaves. In his generation the slaves
worked the smithy. He is said to have owned as many as thirty slaves f
* For an account of Aunt Schuyler and for a charming picture of the Dutch Col-
onial life at Albany read memoirs of An American Lady by Mrs. Anne Grant of Lag-
gan, edited in J8'6, by James Grant Wilson and published by Munsell, Albany, 1876.
Earlier editions are out of print.
f Pomp, the slave of Mr. John Pruyn, appears on the Dutch Church records at
Kinderhook, where he had the following children baptized, their mother being given
as Naan, a free black :
i. Zoon b. April 24, 1792.")
ii. Jack b. Oct. 8, 1795. l^bp. Aug, 22, 1802.
iii. Tom b. Feb. 5, 1797. J
iv. Elizabeth b. July 9, 1799, bp. Aug. 4, 1799. The mother's name does not
appear on the register, but Elizabeth, slave of J. Van Alen, is witness.
V. Jaap b. Jan. 25, 1802, bp. May 9.
vi. Jin b. Feb. 3, 1804, bp. Feb. 5.
vii. Jacob b. or bp. July 24, 1S06.
viii. Abraham b. June 23, 1810, bp. Sept, 2.
The family slaves often took the name of Pruyn, sometimes corrupted by them to
Pryne and even Prime. In the county records at the Columbia County Clerk's office
at Hudsoil, N. Y., I find Samuel Pruyn, alias Ebo and Sarah Ebo alias Pruyn occur-
ring in Deeds about 1835. In Book V., p. 125 they are described as "free black per
14
Pruyn Family — American Branch. [Jan.,
at one time. Whether this is a fact or an exaggerated tradition the writer
does not know. In John Pruyn's time the old house it is said was
enlarged to its present size. Much of the woodwork is excellent and
the house is one of the few houses remaining that contains a bed-zink.
The bed-zink, however, is not used as a sleeping apartment but as a cup-
board,
John Pruyn and his wife were church members in 1768. His name
appears among the Deacons 1 772-1 774, 1780, 1 787-1 790, and among
the Elders 1 793-1 795, 1798, 1 803-1 805. He also pays for several seats.
He died March 26, 18 15.
His will and codicil are recorded in the Office of the Surrogate at
Hudson, N. Y., in Book D of Wills, at page 262. In his will he leaves
"to my beloved wife Catharine the whole of my real and personal estate
as long as she shall remain my widow." He mentions Maria, widow of
Francis Pruyn ; three grandsons, Abraham, John Tise, and Peter, "chil-
dren of my son Francis, deceased," granddau'^ Catharine and Lucretia,
children of said son Francis. To his son John I. Pruyn he leaves the
homestead, with all land thereto belonging, also land in De Bruyne*
Patent, also "my negro called Sam." To Lucas I. Van Alen and Henry
Van Vleck he leaves one-seventh of the remainder of his estate during a
certain period for the support of "my daughter Margaret and her chil-
dren." The rest and residue he leaves to daughters Tiny (Christine),
wife of Arent Pruyn ; Hannah (Anna), wife of Wm. Barthrop ; Catherine,
wife of Peter Van Vleck ; Maria, wife of Lucas I. Van Alen ; Sarah, wife
of Arent Van Vleck, and Elizabeth, wife of Henry Van Vleck. He men-
tions " Hannah and Tiny having each had a slave." To grandson John
Tise (Matthias) Pruyn he gives ;^50, and to grandson John P. Beekman
one horse. " 12th, I do hereby order that my Negroe Mink shall be at
liberiy to choose with whom of my children he will live — and that the
person with whom he shall choose to live shall pay to my daughters a
fair price for him, together with the blacksmith's tools." The will is dated
Dec. 4, 1810, and he names as the executors his grandson John P. Beek-
man and his (wife's) nephews James van der Poel (afterwards Judge James
van der Poel) and Isaac Van Dyck. In the codicil, dated Jan. 22, 18 13,
he revokes the bequest to Lucretia, dau. of deceased son Francis, she
having died meanwhile. He mentions her sister Catharine. To Affy
sons." Instead of signing their names they invariably make their marks. So do
generally Abraham Prime and invariably Sarah Pryne or Prime, his wife, but whether
these are white or black persons is not quite clear. Among the marriages at the
Kinderhook Dutch Church the following occur:
1844 Oct. 26, Ricliard Pruyn and Mary Ann Ebo, both colored.
1848 Sept. 2, Henry Thompson and Amanda M. Pruyn, colored.
Among the funerals mentioned in the same records is that of Richard Pruyn's
child, colored," Sept. 15, 184S. In the Surrogate's Office at Hudson, Book E of
Letters of Administration, page 180, letters are granted Dec. i860, to " Richard
Pruyme " of Sluyvesant on the estate of " Lucretia Pruyme" and in Records Book
P. p. 364, 365, Dec. 13, i860, "Richard Pruyne " applies for the appointment of
appraisers to appraise the goods, etc., of Lucretia Pruyne," deceased, his wife.
* Jan Hendrickse De Bruyn (Bruyn, De Bruyne, etc.,) received patents for tracts
of land near the present village of Kinderhook previous to 1671. He lived in Albany
and New York. (335) John Pruyn's land in the De Bruyne patent came probably
from purchase as De Bruyn was no relation to the family. Bniyn and Pruyn, as
persons familiar with Dutch genealogy know, are different names, and the two fami-
lies are in no way connected with each other.
1890.] Pruvn Family — American Branch. jr
Claw* he directs that ^25 "be paid by all my children — also to her the
choice of all my cows." To son John land at Eyke Bush. Mentions dau.
Margaret, deceased dau. Maria, dau. Catharine. The shares of Peggy
(Margaret) and Tiny (Christine) are to be paid to their respective trustees.
That part of estate willed to deceased dau. Maria, wife of Lucas I. Van
Alen he gives to her children Christina and John ; that part willed to
Tiny gives to son John I. Pruyn and grandson John P. Beekman in trust
for support of Tiny and her children. Mentions grandson John Tise
(Matthias) Pruyn and grandson Lucas, son of John Pruyn. Makes Lucas
van Alen executor, in place of Isaac van Dyck.
John Pruyn and Catharine van der Poel had issue —
342 Christine m. (336) Arent Pruyn.
343 Anna m., ist, John J. Beekman ;
2nd, William Barthrop.
344 Catharine m. Peter Van Vleck.
345 Margaret m. Daniel Staats.
346 Maria m. Lucas L Van Alen.
347 Francis m. Maria Van Vleck.
348 Sarah m. Arent Van Vleck.
349 John L m,, ist, Jane Van Vleck ;
2nd, Elizabeth Van Valkenburg.
350 Elizabeth m. Henry Van Vleck.
zz^. 342.
(336) Arenf Pruyn {Harvmi,^ Arent,- Frans Jansen^), b. July 17,
1759, bp. at Kinderhook July 22, 1759 (Arent Pruyn, grandfather;
Christyntje Pruyn {'i'^), or wife of (35)), married his cousin (342)
Christines Pruyn {yohn,'' Francis,^ Are?it,- Frans Jansen"^), b. Dec. 12,
bp. Dec. 24, 1"]^^, at Kinderhook (Frans Pruyn and wife Christina
Goes, grandparents).
Arent Pruyn died March 8, 1843, ^^ Greenfield, near Saratoga, N. Y.,
and is buried there. His wife died Feb. 2, 1857, at Amsterdam, N. Y.,
and is buried there (Manny's Corners). By this marriage there was issue —
351. Harmon or Herman m. Gertrude Marcellus.
352. Catharine, b. July 8, 1795, bp. Aug. 2, 1795, at Kinderhook
Dutch Church ((335) John Pruyn and wife Catharine Van der
Poel, maternal grandparents).
353. Jane m. James Wood.
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(337) Matthew* Pruyn {Harmen,^ Arent,'^ Frans yansen^), bp. at
Kinderhook July 18, 1762 (Mattheus Goes, Marytje Van Schaak), lived at
Kinderhook, but subsequently removed to Canada, joining the colony of
United Empire Loyalists, probably about 1790, as on Feb. 4 of that year
he was one of the witnesses to the marriage of Henry MacGuein and
Christina Simmon, at St. John's, Bath (Bath Registers, Liber A. No. 42,
in vault at Kingston). He is said to have been a Captain in the Canadian
* Claw or Clauw was an old Dutch name and AffyClaw was a relative or depend-
ent of the family.
1 6 Pruyn Fa7nily — American Branch. [J3-"m
militia and to have held an important magisterial position. He was a
farmer, and lived in the Township of Marysburgh, Prince Edward County,
U. C. Every U. E. Loyalist was entitled to receive from the Canadian
government a certain number of acres for himself and his children. In
this way Mr. Pruyn became possessed of his farm, which is pleasantly
situated on the shores of the lake, and of which portions are still in the
possession of his daughters' descendants.
Pie married twice, his first wife being Martha Thatford. In the
New York Marriage Licenses their license is given March' 21, 1783, his
name, through a typographical error, appearing as Pruyor, By this mar-
riage he had two sons, Harmen and William. It is stated that his daugh-
ter Martha was named for his first wife but was the child of his second
wife Mary De Forest, whom he married probably in Canada, and who
is the mother of his remaining children. Mary De Forest's name appears
also among the witnesses at the above mentioned MacGuein-Simmon wed-
ding, Feb. 4, 1790.
Matthew Pruyn, although in comfortable circumstances, wasnotaman
of wealth. He died about 1813 and his will dated January 14th of that
year recorded at Kingston, Ontario, mentions his four sons and five
daughters, who in order of birth are as follows :
354 Harmen bp. at Kinderhook, N. V.. June 18, 1785, ( (36) Har-
men Pruyn and wife Jannetje Hoes, grandparents) ; oddly
enough beyond the statement that he lived in Canada there is
as yet no further reliable trace of him.
355 William m. Mary Church.
356 Martha m. ist Edward Wright.
2nd John Byrns.
357 Sarah m. ist John Stevens.
2nd Thomas Wattam.
358 Jane Griffiths m. Samuel Byrns.
359 Simon Ebenezer m. Mary Steel.
360 Catharine m. Thomas Ellison Williamson.
361 Rebecca b. or bp. July 18, 1810,
m. ist Hawley.
2nd Peter Lewis. Said to have had no children by
either marriage.
362 Matthew m. Gurnilda Angeline Tracy.
Mrs. Mary de Forest Pruyn (337) Matthew's widow m. 2nd Thomas or
Henry Moukler and is said to have had at least a dau. Nora.
338.
Bartholomew Van Valkenburg of Kinderhook m. (338) Catharine''
Pruyn {Harmen.^ Arenl,^ Frans Jansen^), bp. at Kinderhook, June
2, 1765 (Cornells van Alen ; Catharine van A!en) and had issue on
record.
Elizabeth m. (349) John I. Pruyn.
Jannetje bp. Dec. 19, 1790 ( (36) Harmen Prujn and wife Jannetje
Hoes, grandparents.)
Bata b. March 17, 1793.
bp. May 12, 1793.
1890.] Pruyn Family — American Branch. i^
Jacob* b. May 28, 1795.
bp. June 21, 1795.
Harmon Pruyn b. Aug. 20, 1797.
m. (365) Catharine Pruyn.
Bartley b. July 12, 1799.
Maria b. April 17, 1801.
bp. May 17, 1801.
Lydia Christine b. November 15, 1807.
William b. Jan. 6, 18 10.
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(339) Francis'' or Frans Pruyn [Harmen,^ Arent^'^ Frans Janscn^) bp.
at Kinderhook Dutch Church May 8, 1768 ( (35) Frans Pruyn, uncle
and wife Jesyntje (Christina) Goes.) lived at Fredericksburgh, Lennox Co.,
Ontario; removed to Wilton, Ernestown, Addington Co., Ontario.
He m. Nov. 20, 1794. at St. John's Church in Ernest-Town, (now in
Bath) Catharina Simmon or Simmons as the name appears in later days.
The marriage was performed by John Langhorn, Episcopal Missionary.
Plis sister, (340) Maria Pruyn, was one of the witnesses. (See Marriages
No. T^j, Liber B. Bath Parish Registers in the vault of the Incorporated
Synod of the Diocese of Ontario at Kingston, Canada. ) He is described in
the register as being a bachelor and Catharina Simmon as spinster. She
was the dau. of Henry Simmon, or Simmons and Margaret Bonesteel.
Col. Henry Simmons, as he was called, belonged to a family that crossed
from the United States into Canada at the time of the American Revolu-
tion and joined the United Empire Loyalists. A price is said to have
been set on Col. Simmon's head by the American authorities. He
settled at Wilton where he erected mills. From the records of the Regis-
ter's office at Belleville, Ont. , it appears that on ]\Iarchi, 1809, a patent
was issued to Catharine, wife of Francis Pruyn, for lots i and 2 Con. 8
Township of Huntingdon, which land was disposed of March 21, 181 1,
to Richard Cartwright.
Francis Pruyn, who was engaged in farming, died at Wilton, June 24,
1 84 1. His will is entered in the Register's office at Napanee in Book G.
of Records of the County of Addington. His wife survived him many
years and died June 11, 1866. They had issue :
363. Jane m. Milton Fisk.
364. Margaret m. Fiancis Harvey Lawrence, at one time of Syracuse,
N. Y. She died at Wilton leaving no issue.
340.
Stephen Fairfield of Ernest town, Ontario, son of William Fairfield
and Abigail Baker m. at Bath, at St. John's Church, (See Marriage "jd
Liber B. of Bath Registers in vault at Kingston. Ontario), March 11,
1799, (340) Maria* Pruyn [Harmen,^ Arent.- Frans fansen^), bp. at
Kinderhook Dutch Church, Nov. 11, 1770, (Mattheus Goes; Flelena
va?i Deusen).
Mr. Fairfield d. Dec. 1820, (bur. Dec. 20), having had issue :
* Father of the late Robert Bruce Van Valkenburg, member N. Y. State Legis-
lature ; U. S. Minister to Japan i866-'69 ; Judge Supreme Court of Florida. See
Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography.
2
1 8 Pruyn Family — American Branch, [Jan.,
Jane b. Jan. i, 1800; d. Aug. 8, 1832, m. 1822 (?) John Dean. He
d. May 25, 1847, at Montreal, Aet. 57. By this marriage there
was issue :
i. Maria, living at Sydenham, bp. at St. John's Bath, June
20, 1824, {^sccva, Fairfield.^
ii. Stephen,
iii. James.
Harmon b. Dec. 19, 1804, m. Dec. 2 or 20, 1826, Alice Badgely
b. Sept. 8, 1804, d. Aug. 19, 1861, and had
i. Andrew Harmon b. Sept. 2, 1827.
ii. Rachel b. June 22, 182^; d. Oct. 24, 1877, unmarried,
iii. Maria b. Oct. 2, 1830, has kindly furnished the informa-
tion relating to her family,
iv. Stephen b. April 16, 1832. m. Sarah Glassop and has
(a.) Henry Montague Feaiherstone b. Sept. 12, 1876.
(b.) Harmon Pruyn, d. young,
(c.) Mary Augusta b. March, 1881.
(d.) Beatrice Alice Magilvira, b. Feb. 28, 1885.
V. James Badgely, b. March 28, 1834, m. Sept. 12, 1883,
Mary Elizabeth Sills and has
(a.) Louise Alice, b. Aug. 19, 1884.
(b.) Mabel Amy, b. March 10, 1887.
vi. Jane Alice, b. Oct. 20, 1836.
vii. Thomas Dorland, b. April 18, 1838, lives at Berthold,
Colorado, m. June 10, 1866, Victoria Preston and has
(a.) Alice Thatford, b. June i, 1867.
(b.) Alexander Preston, b. Oct. 7, 1870 ; d. June,
1879.
(c.) Olive James, b. Dec. 6, 1872.
(d ) William Harmon, b. July 9, 1875.
(e.) Henry Stephen, b. Sept. 1880.
(f.) Kieth Johnson, b. Nov. 1S88.
Mrs. (340) Maria Pruyn Fairfield m. secondly (Liber D. Bath), Dec.
31, 1829, Thomas Dorland, but had no issue by this marriage. He died
at Adolphustown, Ontario, March 5, 1832. Shed. Jan. 9, 1853.
343-
John J. Beekman,* physician, b. at Kingston, N. Y., July 4^ 1761,
son of Johannis Beekman and Lydia Van Keuren ; d. Feb. ii or 21,
1794 or 5, bur. in Kinderhook Cemetery, m. at Kinderhook, January 14,
1787 (343) Annas or Annatje Pruyn {John,'' Francis,'^ Arenl,^ Frans Jan-
sen^), b. March 27, 1771, bp. at Kinderhook Dutch Church, April 7,
177'' (Johannes Van der Poel and wife Anna Siaa/s, grandparents) ;
church members July 9, 1791, and had issue baptized at Kinderhook
Dutch Church.
John Pkuvn, b. March 13, 1788, bp. April 6, 1788, (John Pruvn and
wife Catharine Van der Poel grandparents), d. Oct. 16, 1861. and
is buried in Kinderhook Cemetery. He was a distinguished physi-
cian and one of the prominent men of his day and locality. He
* See Soi7te Records of the Beekman Family {family 15) in The Eecokd, Vol.
xix. No. 2, page 49 ; also Holgate's American Genealogy.
1890.] Priiyn Family — American Branch. jq
resided at Kinderhook ; was State Senator (Third District) 6Sth, 69th
and 70th sessions 1845, 1846, 1847 (N. Y. Civil List). He m.
firstly Aug. 22, 1813, Catharine Van Schaack, dau. of Henry Van
Schaack and Lydia Van Vleck, but had no issue. He m. secondly
May 19, 1821, Eliza Griffith Clark, b. Aug. 28, 1792, at Rahway,
N. J., d. Nov. 17, 1875, bur. in Kinderhook Cemetery, dau. of Dr.
Abraham Clark and Lydia Griffith of Newark, N. J., and had issue:
i. Catharine b. Jan. 3, 1822, bp. May 26, 1822, at Kinder-
hook.
ii. Anna Rosalie b. Dec. 15, 1824, bp. April 10, 1825, at Kinder-
hook.
Thomas bp. at Kinderhook, July 4, 1790, (John Beekman, Lydia Van
Keuren, probably the grandparents), d. Feb. 2, 1870. He lived at
Peterboro, N. Y., for some time and was a member of the 21st Con-
gress i829-'30-'3i. Hem. May 12, 1818, Lydia Van Schaack (dau.
of Peter Van Schaack and Elizabeth Van Alen, his second wife) d.
April 27, 1862. Having no children Mr. Thomas Beekman adopted
a nephew and niece of his wife. The 7iiece Adeline Elizabeth Van
Schaack b. Feb. 28, 1830, dau. of Henry Cruger Van Schaack and
Adeline Ives, m. Aug. 3, 1852, Aaron j. Van der Poel (See 87
Van der Poel in Talcott's Genealogical Notes on New York and New
England Families). The nepheiv, William Hawley Van Schaack b.
Jan. I, 1840, son of Lucas Van Schaack and Sarah L. Hawley, took
the name of Beekman and is known as William Van Schaack Beek-
man. He lives on the old Pruyn farm and m. May 24, 1870,
Sarah Magdalena Ten Eyck dau. of Peter Ten Broeck Ten Eyck.
Mrs. Annatje Pruyn Beekman m. secondly, Dr. William Barthrop b.
in England. He d. Oct. 21, 1S38, aet. 73 and is buried in Kinderhook
Cemetery. She d. Nov. 19, 1848, bur. in Kinderhook Cemetery.
344.
Peter Van Vleck bp. March 17, 1771, at Kinderhook Dutch Church
(Peter Vosburgh and Marytje Van Dyck, his wife) ; m. at Kinderhook,
Feb. 16, 1792, (344); Catharine^ Pruyn {John,'' Francis,^ Arent,^ Frans
fansen") b. April 2, 1773, bp. April, 11, 1773, (Lucas G^o^s ; Margaret
Van der Poel). He d. Jan. 26, 1831. She d. March 20, 1855.
Issue :
Abi^ham b. Dec. i, bp. Dec. 23, 1792, at Kinderhook, (Abraham
Van Vleck, Jannelje Voshirgh, grandparents).
Catryna b. Feb. 3, bp. March 8, 1795, ( (335 John Pruyn, Catharine
Van der Poel, grandparents). She d. Jan. 22, 1829.
John b. Oct. 3, 1797, d. Sept. 3, 1799.
John b. March 3, 1800, (Catherine Van der Poel, grandmother), d.
Nov. 8, 1836.
Jane d. May 12, 1803, aged 7 months 3 days.
Jane b. Jan, 2, 1806 ; d. Nov. 12, 1824.
Maria b. Nov. 11, 1808, bp. Jan. 5, 1809, d. April 18, 1865.
Sarah Ann m. James E. Johnson. No ch. He d. June 14, 1858.
She d. Oct. 1889.
Peter Henry b. Aug. 23, 1816, d. April 7, 1865, m. Magdelen Van
Heusen and left issue.
20 Pruyn Family — American Branch. [Jan.,
Margaret m. Daniel Herrick.
Catharine Maria.
Annie Cook m. Edward Everett Tupper. '
345-
Daniel Staats m. at Kinderhook, April 24, 1796, (345) Margaret^
(Eytje, Peggy) Yvwyn {[ohn,^ Fraficis,^ Arenl, Frans /ansen^) h. April 20,
1775, bp. atKinderhook Dutch Church; Dec. 23, 1775 (Jan Thyse Co^^;
Margarita Van Schaack, wife of Lou rens van Alen).
By this marriage there was issue found on the Kinderhook records,
Ann b. March 22, 1797 (Ann Siaals).
John b. Jan. 6, 1799, bp. Feb. 3, 1799, (John Prujn ; Catharine
Van der /'o^/ grandparents).
Catharine b. April 29, bp. May 3, 1801.
Christina b. Oct. 6, 1803, bp. Dec. 4, 1803.
Barent b. April 20, 1806.
Francis b, July 25, 1808, bp. Sept. 4, i8c8.
Maria b. June 11, 1812.
Peter b. Nov. 25, 18 14.
346.
Lucas L Van Alen of Kinderhook m. March i, 1804, (346) Maria^
Pruyn (John,*^ Francis,^ Arent,- Frans Janseti'^) born Oct. 15, 1777, bp.
Nov. 23, iTTJ, at Claverack Dutch Church Laurents Van Dyck ; Maria
Van der Poet). She was ad^nitted church member at Kinderhook, May
24, 1806.
By this marriage there was issue :
Christina b. or bp. July 6, 1805, (Christina Van Dyck) m. Isaac Oak-
ley, of Orange Co., N. Y.
John b. April 16, bp. May 10, 1812.
347-
(347) Francis^ Pruyn {John,* Francis ^^ Arent,'^ Frans Jansen^) b. Feb.
I, 1780, bp. Feb. 13, 1780 (J(^hn Van Aa/s/eyn a.nd Sarah Van der Poe/,
liis wife) married Maria Van Vleck bp. Feb. 7, 1779 (Lucas van Alen
and his wife Hilletje Vosburgh) dau. of Abraham L Van Vleck (d. Feb.
19, i82i)and Jannetje Vosburgh (b. Dec. i. 1747, d. Sept. 9, 1S25).
Francis Pruyn was a man of high intellectual ability. He was a lawyer of
note and held important local positions. He died Sept. 18, 18 10, in his
thirty-first year, being thus cut off from a useful career that promised dis-
tinction. His widow survived him less than six years. She d. April 11,
i3i6. By this marriage there was issue:
365 Catharine b. May 22, 1803, bp. July 3, 1803, (Catharine l^an
der Pod, grandmother). She m. 1829, Herman Pruyn V.iu
Valkenburg, son of (338) Catharine Pruyn and Bartholomew
L Van Valkenburg.
366 Abraham b. Oct. 24, 1804. He lived at Oswego, N. Y. He
m. Sarah Jenks but d. April 2, 1852, leaving no issue.
367 John Matthias m. Margaret Van Schaack.
368 Peter b. Sept. 30, 1808 ; d. Feb. 28, 1823.
369 Lucretia b. June 17, 1810 ; died young.
1890.] Pruym Family — American Branch, 21
348.
Arent Van Vleck of Kinderhook, bp. Oct. 14, 1783, (Arent Vos-
burgh ; Anna Vosburgh, wife of Jac. Van Alen) son of Abraham I. Van
Vleck and Jannetje Vosburgh ; married Feb. 21, 1809, (348) Sarah^
Pruyn [John,^ Francis,^ Artnt,'^ Frans Jansen,) b. May 11, 1782, bp.
June 2, 17S2, (John Van Aalsteyn, Sarah van der Poel, his wife).
Of this marriage there was issue found on the Dutch Church Records
of Kinderhook:
Abraham b. May 31, 1812, bp. June 28, and d. July 2, 1812.
Maria b. Dec. 29, 1814 ; bp. Feb. 12, 1815. d. Sept. 19, 1873.
Abraham Francis b. March 19, 18 17, bp. April 27, 1817.
Catharine b. April 9, 1819.
Jane Elizabeth b. Feb. 22, 1822 ; bp. April 21, 1822.
William Henry b. July 7, bp. Nov. 7, 1825 ; d. Dec. 14, 1865.
Margaret Ann b. Dec. 25, 1828, bp. July 6, 1829.
349-
(349)"John5 I* Pruyn of Kinderhook, ( John,'^ Francis,'^ Areut,- Frans
Jansen^) born Feb. 11, 1784 bp. at the Kinderhook Dutch Church March
7, 1784 (Isaac van der Poei 3i\)d his wife Moyca Huyck) m. firstly Sept. 8,
1805, Jane Van Vleck ; bp. Oct. 22, 1786 (Meindert Vosburgh, Lydia
Vosburgh, young woman) ; dau. of Abraham I. Van Vleck and Jannetje
Vosburgh of Kinderhook. Mrs. Pruyn died Oct. 5, 1823. Mr. Pruyn
was engaged in farming and lived on the old homestead. After his death
it passed into other hands, its latest transfer being to Mr. William Van
Schaack Beekman mentioned previously. Mr. Pruyn was a man of
prominence at Kinderhook and was a gentleman of the old school. An
excellent oil portrait of him exists and belongs to his daughter-in-law for-
merly Mrs. (371) Abraham Van Vleck Pruyn, now Mrs. Walter Ross of
Picton, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. By his first marriage
Mr. Pruyn had issue :
370 John m. Maria Snyder.
371 Abraham Van Vleck m. Clara Louisa Maria Fairfield.
372 Francis b. June 4, 1810; d. Feb. 14, 1844, unmarried.
373 Lucas m. Cynthia Willsey.
374 Jane m. John Chester Sweet.
375 Isaac m. ist Mary Jane Wilcoxson.
2nd Sarah Elizabeth Wilcoxson.
376 Catharine Maria b. Aug. 8, 1819 ; d. Nov. 23, 1877. She be-
came the second wife ot Hugh Van Alstyne, son of Adam, a
prominent citizen t)f Kinderhook, but had no issue.
377 Anna m. John Wilcoxson. Mr. John I. Pruyn m. secondly
June 7, 1825, Elizabeth Van Valkenburgh, b. Nov. 16, 1788 ; d. Jan. 21,
188 1, dau. of Bartholomew Van Valkenburgh and (338) Catharine Pruyn ;
bp. Jan. 4. 1789 ; ( (336) Arent Pruyn uncle ; (340) Maria Pruyn aunt).
Mr. Pruyn d. Jan. 24, 1856, having had issue by this marriage :
* The letter I or J in John I. merely indicates that he is John the son of John.
This use of the initial letter of the father's first name was quite common among the
Dutch. In full Mr. Pruyn's name would be in Dutch Jan Jansen Pruyn, Pruen,
Proen, etc.
22 Pruyn Fa77iily — American Branch. [Jan.,
378 Bartholomew m. ist Sarah Caroline Thomas.
m, 2nd Judith A. Groat.
379 Sarah Elizabeth b, April 6, 1828 ; d. unmarried May 3 or 4,
1867.
380 Catalina b. April 23, 1S30 ; d. unmarried May 15, 1856.
350-
Henry Van Vleck of Kinderhook, bp. Oct. 21, 1781, (Jacobus va7i
der foe/ and wile Lucretia Van Vleck) ; d. Feb. 20, 1840 ; son of Abra-
ham I. Van Vleck and Janeltje Vosburgh, m. Aug. 4, 1805, (350) Eliza-
beths Pruyn, [John^'' Francis,'^ Artnt, "" Frans Jansen,^) b. March 19, 1787,
bp. April I-, 1787 ; (Arent van Dyck and wife Catharina vati Buren). She
d. Feb. 20, 1858, having had issue by this marriage, found on the church
records.
Abraham b. INIay 15, 1806 ; d. Jan. 24, 18 13.
John Pruyn b. Jan. 14, 1808 ; d. Jan. 20, 1875.
Henry.
Isaac b. Jan. 4, 181 2.
Francis b. Feb. 20, 1814 ; d. March 5, 18 16.
Arent b. Feb. 15, 1816.
William Barthrop b. Nov. 13, 18 18.
351-
(351) Hirmon- or Herman^ Pruyn [Aren// Harmen,'^ Arent,'' Frans
/arisen'') b. Feb. 8, 1792 at Kinderhook, bp. there March 4, 1792.
((36) Harmen Pruyn and wife Jannetje Hoes grandparents) ; married at
Amsterdam, N. Y., July 8, 1833 Gertrude Marcellus b. at Amster-
dam Oct. 24, 1 801 dau. of Nicholas Marcellus or Marcelus and Sarah
Vedder.
Herman Pruyn attended school in Vermont and at Kinderhook. He
became a physician, receiving his medical diploma Jan. 17, 1828 at the
Medical College of the County of Herkimer, N. Y. His son states that
he was also a Minister of the Gospel. During the latter years of his
life, his eyesight having become impaired, he managed the affairs of a
farm. He at one time lived at Manny's Corners near Amsterdam, N. Y.,
where he was an elder in the Presbyterian Church. He held the same
position at Clarinda. Iowa. Dr. Heiman Pruyn died March 25, 1877
at Page Centre, Page Co. Iowa and is buried at Clarinda, Iowa. Mrs.
Pruyn died Sept. 28, 1878 at VVahoo, Nebraska and is buried at Clarinda,
Iowa.
They had issue : .
381 James Wood m. Rebecca Bradshaw Gray.
382 Anna b. March 28, 1838 at Amsterdam, N. Y ; resides at Santa
Ynez, Santa Barbara Co., California ; m. Oct. 18, 1867 J^mes
Wilson M.D. , b. at G]asgol\'^, Scotland Aug. 9, 1837, grad.
Hanover College, Indiana, 1861, son of Andrew and Christina
Wilson.
383 Marcellus b. Feb. i. 1841 at Greenfield, N. Y. ; unmarried;
lives at Santa Ynez where he is engaged in farming.
1890.] Pruyn Family — American Branch. 2%
353-
James Wood b. July 12, 1799 at Greenfield, Saratoga Co. N. Y. ; son
of Jonathan Wood and Susanna Kellogg married Oct. 3, 1826 (353)
Jane^ Pruyn {Arent,^ Harmen,^ Arenl,- Frans Janseri^) b. Sept. 7, 1797
at Kinderhook, N. Y.
Jonathan Wood the father of James came from Westchester Co., N. Y.
and Susanna Kellogg from New Canaan, Conn. Their ancestors were
Puritans. Soon after the Revolution Jonathan purchased a farm at
Greenfield near Saratoga. His brother Joseph owned the adjoining
farm and the two brothers with other settlers organized a Congregational
Church still existing. Jonathan was one of its deacons. He was also
a major of militia,
James Wood studied first at the Milton Academy, then for one sum-
mer at the Ballston, N. Y. Academy and for another summer at the
Lenox, Mass. Academy. In order to obtain money for his education
he taught during the winters at Gloversville, Greenfield, Galway and
Milton. In 1819 he entered Sophomore at Union College and gradu-
ated in 1822 taking the gold medal and being elected on merit a ^, ji, n,
He then studied at the Princeton Theological Seminary at the same time
teaching in the Lawrenceville Classical and Commercial High School
(now the Lawrenceville School on the John C. Green foundation).
He was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Albany in Aug. 1824,
several months before he left the seminary in order to itinerate for two
months in Luzerne Co. Pa. for the Assembly's Board of Missions and
in 1825-6 preached at Wilkesbarre and Kingston, Pa. In Sept. 1826 he
became pastor of Amsterdam and Veddersburg, N. Y. holdifig the posi-
tion until 1833. In the autumn of this year he was appointed agent in
the South and West for the Board of Education of the Presbyterian
Church. In 1839 he was appointed Professor of Biblical Criticism and
Oriental Literature in the Indiana Theological Seminary, then at Hano-
ver, moved in 1S40 to New Albany and again in 1857 to Chicago chang-
ing its name to the Presbyterian Seminary of the North West. In 1841
he received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Marion College, Mis-
souri. In 1847 he was Moderator of the Synod of Indiana. In 1851
he again became an agent of the Board of Education and from i854-'9
was one of its associate secretaries, the Rev. Cortland Van Rensselaer
D.D., and the Rev. William Chester D.D. being the other two. From
1859 to 1866 he was President of Hanover College, Indiana. He was
also President of the Board of Directors of the .above-mentioned Presby-
terian Seminary of the N. W. at Chicago. In 1864 he was Moderator
of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the United States
at Newark, N. J. In 1866 he became principal of the Van Rensselaer
Institr.te at Hightstown, N. J. a school started for the education of the
children of missionaries. After Dr. Wood's death the school did not
go on. Dr. Wood took a high rank- among the clergymen of his denom-
ination. He was a man of s )und judgment, amiable temper, extensive
learning and great energy. He Hvas a writer of note. In addition to
sermons and magazine articles his works comprise "A Treatise on Bap-
tism " (1850); "'The Old and New Theology" (1855) in which he gave
the fullest exhibition of the reasons that led to the disruption of the
Presbyterian Church and its division into the Old and New School, that
2 A Pruyn Famih — Ajnericaii Branch. [J^^n.,
has ever been published ; " Memoir of Sylvester Scovel, D.D. " ; "A Call
to the Sacred Office"; "The Best Lesson and the Best Time to learn
It"; "The Gospel Fountain " ; "Grace and Glory," etc. Dr. Wood d.
Sunday April 7, 1867 at Hightstown, N. J. and is buried at Princeton.
(Authorities consulted; his son and Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American
Biography.)
His widow, Jane Pruyn, survived him ten years. She was a woman
of rarely lovely Christian character and took a deep interest in church and
public matters. She died May 27, 1877, at Princeton, N. J., and is
buried there. By this marriage there was issue :
Edward James b. July 28, 1827, at Amsterdam, N. Y., d. there
Sept. 18, 1828.
Henry b. and d. June 19, 1831, at Amsterdam, N, Y.
Edward Payson b. Aug. 9, 1832, at Amsterdam, N. Y. ; graduate of
College of New Jersey at Princeton and of the Princeton Theologi-
cal Seminary ; clergyman of the Presbyterian Church, now settled
at Mt. Ayr, Iowa : Contributor to the " Princeton Review ; " m.
Oct. 14, 1863, ]\Iary Henderson Green Hamill, dau. of Rev. Sam-
uel McClinlock Hamill, U.D.* and Matilda Marguretta Green of
Lawrenceville, N. J., and has issue :
i. James Edward b. at Hightstown, N. J., Aug. 30, 1867.
ii. Matilda Green b. at Princeton, N. J., April 10, 1872.
iii. Samuel Hamill b. at Princeton, N. J., June 24, 1876.
James Henry b. May i, 1833 at Amsterdam, N. Y., d. there May 20,
1833-
John Rice b. June 18, 1835, at Lexington, Va.; grad. College of New
Jersey at Princeton and of Princeton Theological Seminary ; cler-
gyman of the Presbyterian Church ; d. Sept. 7, i860, at Hanover,
Indiana.
355-
(355) Williams or William Thatford Pruyn {Maithew\ Harmen,^
Arent;-' Frans Jansen"-) b. Api'il 11, 1787, bp. May 6, 1787 at Kinder-
hook Dutch Church (John Thatford ; Mary Thatford, widow) lived in
Fredericksburg, Ontario, was merchant, farmer and lumber dealer and
erected the first lumber mill on the Salmon River, Ontario. He d. Aug.
3, bur. Aug. 4, 1827, at St. Paul's, Fredericksburg.
He m. May 3, 1807 (family Bible) Mary Church, b. Sept. 24, 1786 ;
d. Oct. I, 1853 ; tl^"- <-^'" Oliver Church and Jemima Richie, and had
issue.
384 Martha m. John Finkle.
385 Jemima b. April 20, 1809; d. Oct. 15, 1846; m. Oct. 16,
1835, Henry Finkle,
386 Jane Maria b. Dec. 20, 181 1 - d. Jan. 24, 1829.
387 "Oliver Thatford, m. Eliz.ibcth Rickerson Dorland.
388 Matthew William m. Mary Margaret Kerby.
* For fifty years Dr. Hamill was principal of tlie Lawrence N. J. High School.
He was also President of the New Jersey Historical Society ; Vice-President of the
Princeton Theolo^'ical Seminary ; President of the Board of Directors of the State
Asylum for the Insane at Trenton. He d. Sept. 20, 1S89. A sketch of him was
printed in the New York " Observer," Oct. 3, 1889.
1890,] Priiyn Fam ly — Ainerican Braftch. 2K
389 Elizabeth Margaret b. Oct. 3, 1821, d. April, 1835.
390 Eleanor m. George Ham.
356.
Edward Wright b. 1786, at Marysburgh, Ontario, m. March 15, 1809,
(356) Martha^ Pruyn {Mailhew^'' Harrnen,'^ Arent,'^ Frans Jansen,^) b. Julv
23, 1791. Edward Wright died May 7, 181 1, leaving issue by this mar-
riage
Matthf.w b. Dec. 27, 1809, in Marysburgh.
Edward b. Dec. 8, 181 1, at Marysburgh.
Mrs. Martha Pruyn Wright was m. secondly to John Byrns b. Sept.
23, in the town of Peterboro, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire, d. at
Mentor, Ohio, March 19, 1870. She d. July 10, 1870, having had issue
by this marriage.
Susan C. b. March 10, 1816, in Oswego Co., N. Y. ; d. Sept. 3, 1864.
Caroline, E. b. Feb. 12, 18 18, at Naples, N. Y. ; d. Jan. 28, 1887, at
Mentor, Ohio.
Thatford William, b. Sept. 29, 1820, at Painesville, Ohio, resides
near Fairport Harbor, Ohio, has kindly furnished the information
relating to this family.
Ann M., b. Jan. 9, 1823, at Painesville, Ohio; d. April 3, 1851.
Catherine G., b. Jan. 19, 1826, at Painesville; d. March 15, 1863.
Helen Augusta, b. April 7, 1828, at Painesville ; m. Samuel Owens,
resides at Mentor.
Mary A., b. Nov. 18, 1S30, at Mentor ; m. Samuel Pullman, resides
at Painesville.
Martha A., b. May 19, 1833, at Mentor; m. Charles Willcox ; re-
sides at Painesville.
357-
John Stevens of Marysburg, Ontario, m. (357) Sarah^ Pruyn (J/a/-
thew'', Hartnen^, Arent-, Frans Jansen^) bp, Feb. 12, 1794, at St. John's
Church, Bath, Ont.,' by Rev. John Langhorn, Episcopal Missionary. By
this marriage there was issue
Jane m. William Loney.
Mary died young.
Abigail m. Richard, son of Thomas Wattam,
Rebecca m. Henry Dingman and had
i. Henry, I t • • ^ i\t j
.. rw \ Living at Madoc.
u. Oliver. \ °
Mary Ann deceased.
Mrs. Sarah Pruyn Stevens survived her husband and married secondly
Thomas Wattam, but had no issue by her second marriage.
Mr. Simon Pruyn B^-rns kindly furnished the above information,
358.
Samuel Byrns of North Marysburg, Prince Edward Co., Ontario,
son of John Byrns and Elizabeth White, m. Nov., 1816, (358) Jane
Griffiths^ Pruyn {Matthew,'- Harmen,^ Arentj' Frajis Jansen^).
By this marriage there was issue
Mary, b. Nov. 13, 18 17, still living on the Pruyn farm, Marysburg;
unmarried.
26 Bayard Epitaphs from All Saints Church. [Jan.,
John, b. Aug. 15, 18 19.
Michael Herson, b. Dec. 7, 1820, lives at Adams, N. Y. m, about
Jan. 1848 Nancy Abigail Bradford and has had
i. Elizabeth b. about 1850 ; died young,
ii. Mary Elizabeth b. May 9, 1852.
Simon Pruyn b. April 22, 1823, still living on the Pruyn farm, Marys-
burg ; unmarried ; has given information, relating to this family.
Elizabeth b. Aug. 24, 1825.
Elizabeth Ann b. Oct, 20, 1828.
Sarah b. June 22, 1831, m. James Hart of Wawpoos and has had
i. Miranda b. Dec. 20, 1853.
ii. William b. Feb. 27, 1855.
iii. Douglas b. Oct. 7, 1857.
iv. Ellen b. Sept. 13, 1863.
V. James b. June 22, 1867,
vi. Samuel b. IMay 24, 1871.
Subrina b. Jan. 22, 1834, married Benjamin Lear. No ch.
Josephus Andrew b. June 4, 1835, or '7, lives in San Francisco, and
has a family of several (9) children.
Jane b. July 22, 1840, m. William Wright and has had
i. Charles.
ii. Hiram, died young.
iii. William Daniel.
{To be continued.^
BAYARD EPITAPHS FROM ALL SAINTS' CHURCH,
SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND.
Contributed by General Wilson.
Sacred to the Memory of
Eliza Bayard.
also of
Willia?n Bayard, Esq.
Who died 24th December, 1804.
Aged 74.
Also of Calharifte Bayard.
Wife of the said William Bayard,
Who died 26th June, 1814.
Aged 82.
Also o( Jlfary daughter of the
above William & Catharine Bayard
and Wife of Charles Arnold
late of Rushington Hants.
Who died at Westend Hill
July 28th, 1840.
Aged 70 years.
1890.] Bayard Epitaphs from All Saw/s' Church. 2 7
(2.)
Also to the memory of
Robert Bayard
Son of the above Robert & Elizabeth Bayard,
Who died on the 25th May, i860,
and was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery, London.
(3-)
Sacred to the memory of
Robert Bayard, Esq.,
Late of Stubbington House.
In the County of Southampton,
Who departed this life
14th April, 1 819.
Aged 82 years.
Also oi Elizabeth his Wife
Who departed this life
26th of May, 1800.
Aged 60 years.
The remains of each are deposited in the game vault underneath the
Church.
The bright example of their many virtues, their humble resignation
to the Will of God, Christian Liberality and Universal Charity are deeply
impressed on the minds of their sorrowing children, who erect this earthly
tribute of their love and admiration, looking forward with hope to a last-
ing reunion in a blissful eternity through the merits of a Blessecf Re-
deemer.
Children of the above :
William Sherriff Bayard, died i6th March, 1794.
Rebecca Bayard, died at Bath Nov. 25th 1822.
Tryon Bayard, died 13th March, 1805.
Harriet Bayard, died an Infant.
Anne Bayard, died Dec. i8th, 1838.
(4.)
In memory of
John Campbell Bayard
Late Lieut. 96th Regiment
of Gwernydd Thanapo
Who died 3d August, 1883.
Aged 61 years.
Buried in Danlleyan
Churchyard,
Montgomeryshire.
28 Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York. [Jan.,
RECORDS OF THE REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH IN THE
CITY OF NEW YORK.— Baptisms.
(Continued from Vol. XX., p. i68, of The Record.)
A' 1728.
dito
OUDERS.
P i e t e r Brouwer,
Elizabeth Kwaken-
bos.
Isaac Sharduvyn, An-
netje Kaar.
II. Johannes Francis
Kus Walter.
dito 14. Andries Mansfild,
Elizabeth Tamson.
dito. Mattheus Borel, Sara
Smith,
dito. Johannes Van
Gelder, N eel tj e
Oukelbag.
dito. Petriis M o n tan j e,
Jannetje Dyer.
dito. Jan Cannon, Jerusc
Sands.
dito 18. Richard Van Dam,
Cornelia Beekman.
dito 25. Samson Pels, Maria
Bensink.
Assuerus Turk, Hille-
gout Kiiyper.
John Ciire, Gerretje
Cozyn.
Maart i. Teophilis Elsworth,
Hester Roome.
dito 3. Corn e 1 is Tolman,
Maria Wessels.
dito 6. William Glover,
Margrietje IBlom.
Will em Sekkerly,
Antje Bradt.
Jan Smith, Dina
Daly.
dito 13. Dirk Hoppe, Maria
Francis,
dito. J cost Vredenburg,
Helena Brouwer.
KINDERS. GETUYGEN.
Benjamin. Jacob Kwackenbos, Eliza-
beth, s. h. Vroiiw.
Elias. Anthony Caar, Anna
Vallo, h. v., Van Elias
Chard livyn.
Anna Maria. Johannes Wilhelmus,
Anna Maria Igenber-
gen.
Elizabeth. Charles Philips, Maria
Tenbroek, s. h. v^
Jvo. Barnardiis Smith, Anna
Colevelt, s. h. v.
Gerret. GerreT Oukelbag, Aefje
R o o s , h. V. , Van Jo-
hannes Van Gelder,
Sen'.
Ariaentje. Thomas M o n t a n j e ,
Arriaent Montanje.
James. Jan Gaelet, Jannetje
Cannon, s. h. v^
Gerardiis. Gerardus Beekman, Maria
Beekman, h. v.. Van
Jacobus Waiting.
Maria. Samson Bensink, INIaria
Myer, s. h. Vroii.
Catrina. Willem Beek, Sara Turk,
h. v.. Van Jacob Low.
Maria. Martinus Cregier, Rachel
de Graaiiw.
Annaatje. Johannes Roome, Antje
Van Slyk.
Cornelus. John Thorman, Diever
Bratt Wed^
Martha. D a n i e 1 B 1 o m , Hester
Blom, jong dogter.
Cornelia. Harmanus Rutgers, Jiln.,
Elsje Rutgers, jong
dogt.
Isaac. Pieter Van Ranst, Catha-
rina dogter Van Johan-
nes Kip.
Annaatje. Daniel Hennion jong m.
Margrietje s. suster.
Jannetje. Johannes Vredenburg,
Jannetje s. h. vroiiw.
1 8 90.] Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York. 2 0
A° 1728. OUDERS.
dito 20. Adolp Banker,
IVIarytje Bancker.
dito. Evert Pels, Catrina
de Graaiiw.
dito 24. Cornelis Turk, Cat-
rina V : Tilburg.
[482.]
dito 31. Willem Fisjer, Eliza-
beth Smith.
dito. J^o h a n n e s Burger,
Aefje Goelet.
April 3. Gerardiis Beekman,
Catharina Provoost.
dito. Egbert v : Borsom,
Elizabeth Bensink.
dito. Francois Marschalk,
Anneke Lvnse.
dito. Abraham Marschalk,
Maria Sebring.
dito 10. Theiinis de Foer,
Geertje Barhyt.
dito. Abraham Boelen,
Elizabeth de Pyster.
dito. William Ren dell,
Neeltje Van Dyk.
dito. Johannes Van Nor-
den, Ariaentje Web-
bers.
dito 17. Henriciis Beekman,
Geertruyd v. Corl-
lant.
dito 28. John Terp, Apolony
Hermans.
May I. Jan Blom, Rebecca
Korsen.
dito
dito
dito.
dito
15-
Nathaniel Silk, Maria
de Mill.
Abraham Blank,
Maria Laurence.
RoelofVan Mepelen,
Jannetje Lamb.
Cornelis Kwacken-
bos, Cornelia Lema-
ter.
KINDERS. GETUYGEN.
Nathaniel. Nathaniel Broilw, Jozua
Brook, Sytje Brook.
Dorathea. Gerret de Graaiiw, Cor-
nelia de Graauw, h. v.
Van Hendrik Bogert.
Johannes. Johannes de Graaf, Mar-
grietje Bogert, h. v.
Van Claas Bogert.
Catharina. John Welsch, Tryntje
Alting.
Jacobus. Jacobus Goelet, Jannetje
s ; h : vroiiw.
William. William Provoost, Wyntje
Stoiitenbiirg.
Cornelis. Cornelis Low, Margrietje
Van Borsom, syn hilys
vrouw.
Andries. Andries Marschalk, Eliza-
beth Lynsen.
Andries. Fredrik Sebring, INIaria
Marschalk j. d.
Theiinis. Andries Barheit, Arriaent
d e F oe r h. V. Van
Jacobils Montanje.
Elizabeth. Abraham Keteltas, Aeltje
Keteltas, s : dogter.
Hester. Petriis Eiiwoiitse, Pieter-
nel Eiiwoutse, h. v.,
Van Gerret Marten se.
Wessel. Aarnoiit Webbers, Sara
Van Norden jong d'.
Geertruyd. Philip Van Cortlant: Mar-
greta v. Cortlant, h. v.
Van Samuel Bayard.
Margrietje. Harmanils Stymets, Elsje
H e e r m a n s , s. h.
Vroiiw.
Marytje. Jacob Blom, Elizabeth
Vile, h. V. v., Jacob
Korsen.
Maria. Isaac Kip, Anthony de
Mill, Maria de Mill.
Jurian. Jurian Witvelt. Cristina
Lie.
Elizabeth. George Lamb, Elizabeth
Lamb Wed^
Adriaen. Adriaen Kwackenbos,
Metje Kwackenbos,
jong dogter.
■yQ Records of the Re/orftied Dutch Church in Ntw York. [Jar.,
A° 1728. OUDERS. KINDERS.
[483.]
/ duo 19. Jacob Van Deiirsen, Zacharias,
Helena Van Deiir-
sen.
dito. Walter Hyer, Jenneke Coineli?.
V : Vorst.
dito 24. David Provoost, Helena.
Johanna Rynders.
dito. Charles Laroux, Cath- Anna.
arina Beekman.
dito 26. Hendrik Dyer, Anna Ariaentje.
Montanje.
dito 30. Jacob Waltong, Maria Magdalena.
Beekman.
y/
Juny I. Gysbert Uyt den
B o g e r t , Catrina
Honter.
dito 9. A b ra h a m Van der
Heiil, Maria Botind,
d°. Gysbert Van Deiirse,
Annetje ten Broek.
dito, Hendrik Poulse,
Neeltje v. Deiirsen.
dito. C o r n e 1 i s Turk,
Senior, obyt Eliza-
beth V. Schaik.
dito 10. John Lemon tes,
Aaltje V. Norden.
d°.
d°.
dito.
d°.
[484.]
dito 23.
16. Cornells Bogaart,
Cornelia ver Duyn.
dito
d°.
Yuly
23-
30-
3-
Pieter Van Norden,
Antje Willemse.
David Schuyler,
Elizabeth Mar-
schalk.
Joseph Royall, Cath-
arina Jansen.
Johannes Peers,
Helena Brestede.
Jan Van Pelt, Hille-
gont Bokkenhoven.
Petrus Kip, Marga-
reta Blom.
Johannes Peek,
Tryntje H el lake.
Johannes B y r a n k ,
Sara Haveland.
Nicolaas.
Hendricus.
Andries.
Elizabeth.
Klaasje.
Rachel.
Sara.
VVessel.
Maria.
Joseph.
Helena.
Stephanus.
Jacob.
Isaac.
An ton v.
GETUYGEN.
Abraham Van Deursen,
Tryntje Poulse.
Cornelis Van Vorst,
Claasje de Mot., s. h.
Vroiiw.
Henriciis Coens, Geer-
truyd Rynders.
Richard Van Dam, Geer-
truyd Laroux jong d'.
Vincent Montanje, jiinf,
Arriaemje Montanje.
William Beekman, Catha-
rina de L a n o y , syn
buys vrouw.
Johannes de Graaf, Eliza-
beth Honter.
Johannes Van der Heul,
Elizabeth Klock.
Hendrik ten Broek, Lena
Van Deursen.
Mattheiis Van Deursen,
Margrietje Poulse.
Jeronimus Remse, Claasje
Van Schaik, h. v.. Van
Johannis de Graaf.
Wynant Van Zandt, Hen-
drikje v : ten Kyk h. v.
V. Johannes v. Norden.
Johannes de Graaf,
Klaasje Van Schaik,
z. h. V.
Johannes Hoppe, Maria
V. Norden, z. h. v.
Harmaniis Schuyler,
Elsje Rutgers Jong
dogter.
Simon Jansen, Maria
Jansen J", dcgt.
Elias Ellis, Anna Maria
Brestede.
Johannes Poel, Anna
Boekenhoven Wed^
Jacob Blom, Cathalyntje
Kip.
Simon Cregier, Catharina
Boelen Wed^
Antony Byrank, Teuntje
Laan, z. h. v
1890.] Records of {he Reformed Dutch Church tfi A\iv Fork. ji
A" 1728. OUDERS. KINDERS.
dito. Willem Miller, Anna Jan.
Nieuwkerk.
d°. Henriciis Bensing,
CatharinaVan Laar.
dito 7. Samuel Lawrens,
Anna Van Thuyl.
dito 24. Harmanus Simonis,
Anna Geert.
d°. Abraham Boke, Re-
bekka Peers.
' d°. 17. H e n d r i k Brasjer,
Abigaal Parsel.
d". Christoffel Banker,
Elizabeth Hooglant.
d". 20. Pieter Masier, Jan-
netje Wessels.
dito 28. Johannes Blank,
Rachel Andriese.
d°. Pieter Ament, Elisa-
beth Tienhove.
d°. Sam lie IPel, Mar-
rieta Wessels.
Aug : 7. Johannes Groesbeek,
Anna Bajeiix.
d°. II. Cornelis Romme,
Maria Kierstede.
[485.]
Augl' 13. Fredrik V. Cortlandt,
Francyntje Yay.
d°. 14. Abraham V. Wyk,
Catharina Provoost.
d°. Reynier Burger, Dina
V. Gelder.
d". Joseph Roydon
Jam in, Sara Burger.
d°. 18. Daniel Gaiilier, Maria
Bogart.
d°. Jan Bogert, A n t j e
Peek.
d°. PauMs Hoppe, Mar-
ritje Quackenbos.
d°, 23. Johannes Biirger, Jan-
netje Brouwer.
d°. Jan Smith, Barentje
Hellino:.
Gerrit.
Samuel.
Christiaan.
Tanneke.
Isaac.
Dirk.
Jacob.
Rachel.
Liicas.
Johannes.
Stephaniis.
Tr}>ntje.
Aiigijstus.
Catharina.
Harmanus.
Gerrit.
Hillegont.
Annaatje.
Paul lis.
Cornelia.
Thoma?.
GETUYGEN.
Hendrik Kip, Jenneke
Brestede, h. v.. Van
Jan Nieuwkerk.
Herman Bensing, Eliza-
■ beth Bensing.
Gerrit Harsing, Rachel
Lawrens Jo. d'.
Christiaan Stouber, Ver-
onica Crollius.
Isaac Boke, Tanneke
Peers Wed*".
Abraham Parsel, Anna
Smith.
Hannanus Schuyler, Sara
Hooglant.
Samuel Pel, Maria'
Masier, z. h. v.
Hendrik ten Broek,
Marytje Blank, z. h. v.
John Jones, Sara. Hibon,
z. h. V.
John Thormen, Elisabeth
Meyers.
Stephani'is Groesbeek,
Magdalena Bajeu, h. v..
Van Thomas Bajeiix.
Liicas Kierstede, Maria
Van Vlek, h. v., Van
Johannes Kierstede.
Augustus Yay, Margareta
V. Cortlandt, h. v.. Van
Abraham de Peyster.
Abraham Lefferts, Sara
Hooglandt, z. h. v.
Hicktoor Hyer, Jannetje
V. Gelder, z. h. v.
Gerrit Biirger, Sara Mar-
tens, z. h. V.
Willem Bogart, Hillegont
V. Hoorn, z. h. v.
Hendrik Ryken, Cornelia
Bogert jon dr.
Benjamin Quackenbos,
Anna Elisabeth
Broiiwer.
Abraham Brouwer, Cor-
nelia Kaljer, z. h. v.
Francis Childs, Gerritje
Hiele, z. h. v.
■2 2 Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York. [Jan.,
A° 1728. OUDERS.
d°. 25. Thomas Montanje,
Rebekka Biyen.
d°. 28. Jacobus Renaudet,
JBeletje Hooglandt.
d°. Isaac Kip, Cornelia
Lieiawes.
Sept: I. Pair us Rutgers,
Helena Hooglant.
d°. Isaac Brasjer, Jannetje
de Voe.
d°. 4. J a ni e s Sys, Maria
Thomsen.
d°. Abraham De Lanoy,
Jannetje Roome. ■
[486.]
Sept™. II. Thomas Windover,
Elisabeth Elswort.
d°. Caspanis S t y m e t s ,
Maria Hendriks.
d°. John Mek Evers,
CatharinaV. Hoorn.
d°. 17. Marten Brandt, Jen-
neke Buys.
d°. Simon Van Ceis,
Geertriiyd Pel.
d°. Jacob Lamb, Rachel
Lent.
d°. 22. Caspanis Blank, Mar-
retje Andries.
d°. 25. Michael Vadgton,
Catharina Danelson.
d°. David Clarkson,
Anna M a r g r e t a
Freeman.
d°. John Lawrier, Catha-
rina Banke.
d°. Hermaniis Schuyler,
Jannetje Banker.
d°. 29. Abraham Jeats, Hes-
ter Drinkwater.
KINDERS. GETUYGEN.
Petronella. Hendrik Dyer, Apoloni
Uytenbogert.
Johannes. Evert Byvank, Johannes
Jacobus. Byvank, Catharina
2 lingen. Hooglandt, Elizabeth
Brinkerhof.
Elisabeth. Leonard Lieuwes, Elisa-
beth Robbersen j o n
dr.
Hendrikje. Christoffel Bancker, An-
neke Rutgers, h. v., v.
Charles Crook.
Jannetje. GysbertUytenbogart, Jan-
netje Swerver, z. h. v.
Nicolaas. Nicolaas Thomsen^ Jan-
netje, z. h. V.
Pieter. Lawrens Van der Spiegel,
Cornelia Beekman.
Thomas. Johannes Han Vorst,
Elisabeth E 1 s w or t h ,
s. h. V.
Catharina. Jan Hyer, Lena Hen-
driks.
Jacobus. Jan Van Hoorn, Jdnior,
Catharina Myer, h. v..
Van Jan Van Hoorn,
Senior.
Johannes. Johannes Bandt, Willem-
yntje, z. h. v.
Catharina. Samuel Pel, Maria Bly-
denburg.
Alexander. Johannes Lamb, Jannetje
Lamb, z. suster.
Caspanis. Caspanis Blank, Senior,
Auguietje Post, z. h. y.
Maria. Nicolaas Gouverneur,
Hester Lyselaar, h. v.,
Van Barent Rynderts.
Matthew. D° Bernard lis Freeman,
Jift" Margareta, z. h. v.
Christiaan. Johannes Banke, Niesje
Banke, z. moeder.
Hermanus. Hermaniis Rutgers, Anna
Elisabeth. Bankers, Anthony Rut-
2 lingen. gers, Elisabeth Hoog-
landt.
Antje. Hercules Windover, Maria
Pieterse, z. h. v.
1890.] Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York. -3^
A° 1728. OUDERS.
°. P i e t e r Van Ranst,
Sara Kierstede.
°. Johannes Abrams,
Elisabeth Bosch.
[487.]
Octob 2.
Mattheus du B o i s ,
Debora Sinkain.
Thimothiis Filly.
Lysbeth Bdrger.
d°. 6. Hendrik Von Kobut,
Catharina Hes^eman.
d°. 9. Abra ha m F"a t r'o,
Maria Frelant.
Samuel Coiiwenhove,
Sara Drinkwater.
Johannes Vredenbilrg,
Jannetje Woederd.
d°. 13. Johannes Montanje,
Susanna Bussing.
d°, 16. Wessel Wessels, Ra-
chel V. Imburg.
d°. Johannes Myer, Elisa-
beth, Pel.
Johannes Coiiwen-
hove, Rachel Bens-
ing.
d". 23. Francis Childs, Cor-
nelia Vile.
Johannes V : Zandt,
Tryntje Bensing.
John Davids, Kaatje
Denong.
d°. 27. B a r e n t Bos, Aafje
Bruyn.
Nov : 6. Willem Hope, Elisa-
beth V: Norden.
[488.]
Nov : 10.
Pieter Lammersen,
Maria Bennet.
Jacobus R y k m a n ,
Gerritje Arianse.
J a c o b ti s Wessels,
Catharina Pieters.
KINDERS. GETUYGEN.
Sara. Lucas Kierstede, Jacoba
Maria. Lieuwes, Jesse Kier-
2 lingen. stede, Maria Van Vlek.
Annatje. Bernardiis Smith, Annatje
Smith, h. V. , Van
Justus Bosch.
Mattheus. Richard Fiilpot, Tryntje
Thormen.
Timotheus. James Davie, Marytje
Willem. Filly, Marinus Egt,
2 lingen. Aaltje Massing,
z. h. V.
Dallius. Coenraat Ten Eyk, Sara
Van Vorst, z. h. v.
Maria. Johannes Frelant, Catha-
rina Frelant.
Edward. Benjamin Herrin, Mar-
grietje Drinkwater.
Johannes. Lucas Van Vegten, Tan-
neke, z. h. v.
Issac. Isaac Montanje, Sara
Montanje, h. v., Van
James Makkentas.
Marytje. Gysbert Van Jmbiirg,
Senior, Marytje Van
Imburg, Wed. Van
John Ellesson.
Pieter.
Pieter Myer, Margrietje
Wessels.
Benjamin.
Willem.
Pieter Van Deiirsen, Sara
Vile.
Wynant.
Fredrik Sebring, Maria
Provoost, z. h. V.
Willem.
Isaac Kaljo, Isabel Pren-
ten.
Pieter.
Francois Silvester, Eytje
Bos, z. h. v.
Wessel.
Johannes Van Norden,
Ariaantje Webbers,
z. h. v.
Antje. Jan Bennet, Antje Bennet,
z. h. v.
Maria. Jacobiis Kip, Maria Ryk-
man jong dr.
Johannes. • Adriaan B o u w a a r t ,
Teiintje, z. h. v.
T^A Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York. [Jan.
A" 1728. OUDERS.
d°. 13. Pieter Yay, Maria V:
Cortlandt.
d°. Fredrik B e k k e r ,
Catharina Senger.
d°. Samuel Ten Eyk,
Maria Gornne.
d°. Samuel Romyn, Sara
Minthoorn.
d°. 17. G err it Henjon,
Marytje V: Vorst.
d°. G e r r i t V : Gelder,
Antje Qiiik.
d°. Johannes Cregier,
Anna Naxson.
d°. 22. Hendrik v: d: Water,
Anna Skilman.
d°. Johannes de Voor,
Aafje Cortregt.
d". Lucas Cjoerts, Catha-
rina Bensing.
d°. 24. Johannes Daly, Mar-
greta V: Crys.
27
[489.]
Johannes Miller,
Marytje Romme,
. Hcnricus Cavelier,
Helena Burger.
Dec.
Pieter Van Benthuy-
s e n , Margarietje
Olfert.
Jan Hibon, Catharina
Sebring.
Abraham de Peyster,
Margareta V: Cort-
landt.
Cornells Cortregt,
Hester Cannon.
4. Andries Teller, Cath-
arina V. d. Water.
Gerrit Wendel, Cor-
nelia Blank.
Corhelis Van Vorst,
Klaasje du Mot.
KINDERS.
Eva.
Johanna.
Anna.
Nicolaas.
Antje.
Gerrit,
Martinus.
Albertus.
Johannes,
geborenden.
I Octob.
Lucas.
Philippus.
Paiilus.
Engeltje.
John.
Catharina.
Margareta.
Lawrens.
Catharina.
Cornelia.
Cornelis.
GETUYGEN.
Jacobiis V: Cortlandt,
Maria Bayard, h. v..
Van Augustus Yay.
Pieter Senger, Johanna
Senger wed.
Thomas Hamming, Anna
Ten Eyk \ved^
Philip Minthoorn, Catha-
rina Romyn Wed^
Isaac Henjon, Jenneke
Van Vorst, h. v.. Van
Walter Hyer.
Johannes Van Gelder,
Belitje Quik,
Martinus Cregier, Geer-
truyd Naxson.
W i 1 1 e m Vande Water,
Pieternella Vande
Water.
David De Voor, Elisabeth
Hunter.
Jan Roosevelt, Hyla
Sjoerts, z. h. v.
Johannes Van Cys, Cor-
nelia Van Gelder,
h. v., Va n Philip
Daly.
Aarnaut Romme, Susanna
Bradt, z. h. v.
Johannes Burger, Senior,
Helena Turk, z. h. v.
Willem Beek,
Tiddel.
Elisabeth
Jacob Sebring, Maria
Hibon Wed^
Philip Van Cortlandt, An-
na de Peyster jong dr.
Jan Cannon, senior,
Martyje Legran, z. h. v.
OLiver Teller, Anneke
van d. Water jong d.
Jan Cannon, junior,
Marytje Cannon, h. v..
Van Evert Byvank.
Matthys dii Mot, Marga-
rietje, z. h. V.
1890.] Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in NtW Vork. ■jc
A'' 1728. OUDERS.
d°. 8. Cornells Gerbrants,
Jannetje Pier.
Zacharias Sikkels, Ar-
riaantje Vrelant.
d°. II. Thomas Thong,
Calharina Rutgers,
d". 15. Johannes Lesscher,
Eva Binder.
Isaac Calio, Augnietje
Boelje.
d°. 18. Edward Man, Mary tje
V. Deiirsen.
Joseph dii Voe, Sara
Biom.
Richard Norwood,
Maria Kool.
B a r e n t de Foreest,
Elisabeth ver
Diiyn.
d°. 22. Johan Wilhelm Alt-
gelt, Anna INIaria
Emslyn.
[490.]
Dec. 25. Johannes Hoppe,
Maria van Norden.
d°. 26. John Jones, Sara
Hibon.
d°, Johannes Vos, Lena
Catharien.
d". Philip Schuyler, Sara
Folman.
d°. 29. Jan Goelet, Jannetje
Cannon.
Cornells C 1 o p p e r ,
Catharina G r e v -
eraat.
A° 1729.
Jan. 5. Jacobus Roosevelt,
Catharina Harden-
broek.
d°. 8. Thomas Wood, Elisa-
bet Borris.
d°. 15. Gerardiis Diiyklng,
Johanna Van
Briigh.
d°. Glllls Lynsen, Jan-
netje Herris.
KINDERS. GETUYGEN.
Cornells. David Abeel, Maria Duy-
king, z. h. V.
Hartman. Johannes Sikkels, Klaasje,
z. h. V.
Hendrikje. Anthony Rutgers, Maria
Thong jong dr.
Fredrik. Johan Fredrik Jenter,
Catharina Lesscher.
Augnietje. Daniel Lynsen, Eva Egt
jong dogr.
Jenneke. Gerardiis Comfort, Catha-
rina Waldrom, h. v.,
Van Isaac Boelen.
Annetje. Johannes Montanje, An-
netje Blom jong dr.
Johannes. Johannes Brutell, Cor-
nelia Norwood.
Cornelia. Fredrik Willemse, Cor-
nelia Ver Diiyn, h, v.,
Van Cornells Bogert.
. Ad_am . Fred r 1 k A d a m A 1 tge 1 1,
Veronica Corceliciis.
Mattheiis. Willem Hoppe, Elisabeth
van Norden, z. h. v.
Johannes. Cornells van Tienhove,
Geertriiyd Hibon,
z. h. v.
Catharina. Johannes Adolphus Otter-
berg, Anna Maria Les-
walter.
Cathalyntje. Cornells Folman, Maria
Wessels, z. h. v.
Raphael. Philippus Goelet, Bregje
Pels, h. v.. Van
Raphel Goelet.
Catharina. Paul us Richard, Elisabeth
Garlin, z. h. v.
Abraham. Petrus Low, Hyltje Coely,
h. v., Van G e r a r d li s
Hardenbroek.
Annaatje. Narris Hoek, Anna
Borris.
Maria. David Abeel, Maria Diiy-
king, z. h. V.
Catharina. Francois Marschalk, An-
neke Lynse, z. h. v.
•5 6 Joh7i Hart " 77ie Signer." [J'ln.,
JOHN HART "THE SIGNER."
By Dr. John R. .Stevenson.
John Hart lived in Hopewell, a township originally in Burlington
County, New Jersey, which in 1714 was set off to Hunterdon County and
is now in Mercer County. He was elected a member of the Colonial
Legislature in 1761 and continued a member of it until 1772. He was
elected in 1774 as a delegate to the convention, called the Provincial
Congress, that was held at New Brunswick, which in 1776 deposed
Governor Franklin and organized a State government. He was placed on
the Committee of Safety organized by that body. In the same year he
was chosen one of the five delegates to represent New Jersey in the Con-
tinental Congress, and signed the Declaration of Independence in July,
1776. In the same month he was elected to the New Jersey Legislature,
and was made its speaker, a position he held until his death in 1779.
The territory of old Hunterdon was settled prior to 1700 ; most of its
land having been acquired by the West New Jersey Society, a land company
organized in London in 1692, by Dr. Daniel Coxe. The first of their
deeds in this section bear date in 1695, continuing to the period of the
Revolution. The names of purchasers represent emigrants from England,
New England, New York, and Long Island. Among the latter Newtown
was largely represented by such names as Field, Lawrence, Hollitt, Hunt,
Lorrison, Phillips, Reeder, Scudder, Smith, and Stevenson.
The family Bible of John Hart, now in the possession of his descendant,
Mrs. Kate C. Russell of Haddonfield, N. J., is a much-worn book, the
date of its print being lost. In recent times it has been carefully repaired
and substantially rebound. The first page of the record, evidently in-
serted after the death of the owner, states that "Edward Hart and Martha
his wife, and John, Daniel, Edward, and Martha, their children, came to
New Jersey, Hopewell, from Stoningtown, Connecticut." The entrv of
the births of John Hart's children on another page are in his own hand-
writing, a few of the figures of the dates being obliterated. A separate
page gives the family of Isaac Wikoff and Sarah his wife, John Hart's
oldest child.
The time of the arrival of the Hart family in New Jersey is not
definitely known. John Hall, in his History of the Presbyterian Church,
says that John Hart was baptized by the Rev. Frederick Andrews, at Maid-
enhead (now Hopewell), December 21, 1713. In 1698, the West New
Jersey Society had donated one hundred acres of land there for a meeting-
house, a burying-ground, and a school-house. The tradition is that John
Hart was born in 171 1, which, if correct, w^ould fix the date of the
arrival of his family in Hopewell in 1712. The real estate records, which
often fix the time of settlement, are here unavailable. The Society some-
times did not execute a deed for many years after a settler had located or
squatted on their property. We find in this instance that Johi. Coyo,
executor of Dr. Daniel Coxe, made an agreement January 10, 1742, to
sell to " Edward Hart, and John Hart, son of the said Edward Hart,
both of Hopewell in the county of Hunterdon, Yeomen," the planta-
tion whereon "the said Edward Hart now dwells and resides, situate,
lying, and being in Hopewell, New Jersey," at $23 per acre, the quantity
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to be determined by a survey. The receipts on the agreement show that
the tract contained about one hundred and twenty acres, and that Edward
and John Hart paid separately each about one-half the purchase-money
in installments, the final payment being made in 1755.
-2 John Hart married, in 1740, Deborah, daughter of Richard Scudder
of Ewing, Hunterdon Co., N. J. John Hart died May 11, 1779; his
wife Deborah died October, 1776, leaving twenty-two grandchildren.
Their children were : , ,- /'■i u j>
3 i. Sarah, born the 16 of Oct. '-^^^ — /married Jacob WikofF.
4 ii. Jesse, born 19 of September, 1742, married Martha Mattison ;
removed in 1788 to Washington Co., Penn.
Martha, born 10 of April, 1744.
Nathaniel, born 29 of October, 1747 ; married Betsy Stout of
Hunterdon Co. ; removed in 1795 ^'^ Kentucky and died in
1830.
John, born 29 of October, 1748.
Susannah, born 2 of August, 1750 ; married Major John Pol-
hemus. She died Feb. 2, 1832.
Mary, born 7 of April, 1752.
Abigail, born 10 of February, 1754; married Moses Stout of
Hopewell.
11 ix. Edward, born 20 of December, 1755 ; married Nancy Stout of
Hopewell, in 1777, and removed to Beverley, Randolph
,Co., Va., prior to 1794.
12 X. Scudder, born 30 of December, 1759.
13 xi. Daniel, born 13 of August, 1762 ; married INTargaret Burd,
and removed to Beverley, Va., in 1794 ; died in 1846.
14 xii. Deborah, born 21 of August, 1765 ; married Joseph Ott :
Sarah ' Hart"* married Jacob Wikoff, and their children were :
16 i. Mary, born 7 of May, 1762.
Isaac, born 18 of October, 1766.
Sarah, born 3 of September, 1771.
Isaac Wikoff'^ wife Elinor, had children:
i. John Hart Wikoff, born 23 of June, 1800.
Benjamin Wikoff, born 11 of October, 1801.
Sarah Wikoff, born 26 of March, 1803.
Deborah Wikoff, 1804.
Jacob Wikoff, born 11 of July, 1806.
Isaac Wikoff, born 5 of April, 1808.
Mahanay Wikoff, born 11 ot December, 1809.
Jesse Harf*, who married Martha Mattison, removed to Washington
Co., Bonn., and had the following children:
27 i. Deborah, married John Armstrong of Beaver Co., Penn.
28 ii. Martha, married John Cowan.
29 iii. Mattison, married Mrs. Thompson.
30 iv. Scudder, born 1795 : married first, Ann Anderson, of Beaver
Co., Penn. ; second, Willa Maria Eichbaum of Pittsburg,
Penn. He died in 1867.
Nathaniel Hart^ married Betsy Stout, and removed in 1796 to Ken-
tucky; their children were:
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31 i. Zephaniah married Mary Ames, of Ky., and died in Warner
Co., Ohio.
Mary married Stephen Bayles, of Mason Co., Ky.
Cnarles married Elizabeth Houghton, of Mason Co., Ky.
John married, first, Mary Corwin ; second, Hannah Pinneo.
He resided in Lebanon, Ohio, and was Judge of the
Court.
Zebulon married Mary Thomas of Ky.
Nathaniel married L. Marshall, and removed to Boone Co ,
Mo.
John Hart^ had a checkered career. About 1770, before the war, he
went to Ft. Coupee, Louisiana, then under the dominion of Spain.
From there he went to Cuba, where he was successful in business.
Returning to his native place, Hopewell, after the Revolutionary War, he
purchased the old homestead. It is stated that the Tories in that vicinity
were possessed of so much animosity against his family because of the
active part his father had taken in the struggle, that they harassed him
by burning his buildings and killing his cattle, so that he was compelled
to sell out and move away. On January 20, 17S6, he bought of Mary
Howell eleven hundred acres in the pine barrens of Gloucester Co., N. J.,
and seems to have lived there, possibly to get away from the danger of per-
secution. There was quite a romance connected with this spot in the
midst of a wilderness, surrounded by wild beasts and savages, and called
by the latter Squankum. It was located in 1727 by Charles Brockden, an
Englishman of considerable wealth, who fled his country for fear of con-
spirators against the life of the king, who threatened to murder him for
overhearing and reporting their plans. In this lonely spot he built a
palatial residence and changed its name to " Hospitality Ponds," where
he lived in fine style. He bequeathed it to his children, his grand-
daughter selling it to John Hart. John Hart was deceased in 1791, but
the exact date is not known. His children, as far as known, were :
^J i. John died March i, 1S29.
38 ii. Elizabeth, born 1782, married James Boyer of Holmesburg,
Penn., May 26, 1802, and died March 30, 1844.
The children of James and Elizabeth Boyer were :
39 i. Elizabeth Knowles, born Sept. 27, 1804, married, first, William
Shepherd, who died Oct. 4, 1828 ; second, James Allen, June
16, 1834.
40 ii. William, born March i, 1803 ; married Frances Ashburner,
July 31, 1832 ; died Jan. 8, 1877.
41 iii. Mary, born Dec. 7, 1806 ; died Oct. 27, 1825.
42 iv. James, born Feb. 6, 1809; died August 18. 1816.
43 v. Sarah, born Jan. 19, 18 10 ; died Jan. 28. 181 1.
44 vi. Ann, born Dec. 24, 181 1 ; died April 16, 1848.
45 vii. Catherine, born March 22, 181 5 ; died Aug. 2t„ 1849.
Susannah Hart^ married Major John Polhemus, of Hopewell, who
was a descendant of Theodorus Polhemus, whose grandson Hen-
drick settled in Somerset Co., N, J. Major John Polhemus was
born at Hopewell, May 25, 1738. He was a distinguished officer in
the Continental army, and was voted a sword by Congress, for gallant
services, which is still preserved by his great-granddaughter, Mrs. Rus-
1890.] John Hart "The Signer." ->q
sell, to whom I am indebted for the use of the MSS. of her father, the late
Charles La Croix Pascal, from which much of this genealogy is gleaned.
The children of Major John Polhemus and Susannah Hart were :
46 i, Ellen, who married Capt. John Axford.
47 ii. Sallie, who married Capt. Peter Kurtz, of the Continental
army.
48 iii. Hannah, who married Rev. Nor. Miller.
49 iv. Polly, who married West.
50 V. Ann, who married, first, John Finneton ; second, Capt. John
Pascal, a native of Bordeaux, France, on August 2, 181 r.
51 vi. Margaret, who married John Kneass.
52 vii. John, a lieutenant in Gen. St. Clair's army, died 1796.
53 viii, Montgomery, who married Ann Van Zandt.
Abigail Hart" married Moses Stout and had children :
54 i. Deborah, married her cousin, John Hart, of Randolph Co.,
Va.
55 ii. Rachael, married Abraham Quick.
56 iii. Theodella, married John Schenck.
57 iv. Asha, died young.
58 V. Edward, married Brice.
59 vi. Scudder.
60 vii. Simpson, married Abigail Briant.
Edward Hart", married Nancy Stout and had children :
61 i. John, married his cousin, Deborah Stout.
62 ii. Edward, married Catharine Phillips, of Randolph Co., Va.
63 iii. Elijah, married Margaret Hart, of Beverley, Va., his cousin.
64 iv. Joseph, mafried, first, Miss Kittle ; second, Miss Pickens.
Daniel Hart ^^, married Margaret Bura, and removed in 1794 to Bever-
ley, Va. He represented his county in the Virginia Assembly. He died
in 1846 and his wife in 1848. Their children were :
Sarah, married John Arthur Tappan, of N. J.
Margaret, married, first, her cousin, Elijah Hart ; second, Eli
Butcher.
James, married Nellie Cheadwith, of Va.
John, married Jemima Slagle, of Va.
Elmer, born 1695 ; married Parmilia Casprin.
Parmilia, married Thomas Powers.
Hugh, married Elizabeth Lee.
Jerusha, married Daniel Capita.
Elizabeth, married George Buckley.
No picture of John Hart, "the Signer," has been found. A frame for
his portraTt, unfilled, still occupies its niche in Independence Hall, Phila-
delphia, in the gallery appropriated to the immortal Signers of the great
Magna Charta of American liberties. A handsome monument has been
erected to his memory at Hopewell, New Jersey.
Haddonfield. N. J., Oc/. 5, 1S89.
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Tyson and Steele Family Records.
[Jan.,
TYSON AND STEELE FAMILY RECORDS.
Contributed by James Loder Raymond.
The following Records are taken from the Family Bible of Ann
Tyson, of Second River (Belleville), New Jersey. The Bible is of an
edition printed in Philadelphia, October 20, iSoi/br INIathew Carey, No.
118 Market Street. The records are principally those of the Steele (also
spelt Steell) family. Abigail Donington, who married Doc' Thomas
Steele, 1786, was a niece of Ann Tyson, the owner of the Bible from
which the records are copied. The Bible came into the possession of Mr,
Raymond through his mother, who was a descendant of Ann Donning-
ton who married William Stuart, Nov', 1770.
This Bible is the Property of
ANN TYSON.
Bellville,
1802.
FAMILY RECORD.
Marriages.
Thomas Tyson was married to Anne Jones at Elizabeth Town by
the Rev** M'' Chandler, Monday night, Jan'y 17* a.d. 1763.
Ann Donington, on 25* of Nov', 177c, to William Stuart, by the
Rev*^ M' Brown, at Sec*^ River.
Abigail Donington, Ap' 29"", 1786, to D' Thomas Steele, by Rev*^
Uz Ogdon, at Sec River.
Mary Ann Stuart, on 26"" of June, 1793, to Samuel W. Bonsall, by the
Rev** Uz Ogden, at Second River.
Hannah Stuart, on 16 March, a.d. 1797, to William Du Vail, by
Rev*^ Andrew Nicholls, at New York.
Deaths.
Mother Mary Jones, on Feb. 24"", 1769, at Elizabeth Town, in the 72
year of her age.
My husband Thomas Tyson, on Nov' 19, a.d. 1795, aged 68 years.
Sister Sarah Price, at Belleville, on the 29"' of Jan'y, 1808, in the 90*
year of her age.
Ann Stuart, on the 9*'' of June, 1813, in the 59"' year of her age.
Mrs. Ann Tyson, on the 27*^ of December, 1814, in the 80"' year of
her ajje.
1890.] Origi7ial Records of the Families of Herbert and Morgan. a\
Richard Steele died at Patterson, May I2•^ 1814; 14'" May, 18 14, he
would have been 2 1 years.
Tho^ Edw'^ Steele, died 14* Feb'y, 1818, at Belleville, aged 29 f\
iim^ y^^d.
Henry N, Steele died in December, 1820, at Port of Prince.
William Steele perished at sea on the 13 March, 1823.
Ogden Steell, on Aug' f, 1808.
Mary Steell, on Aug' 19, 1804.
John Steell, on the 20 of Feb^ 1805, at Martinique.
Infant, on the 15"* of July, 1805.
Robert Rutgers Steell, on the 6 of Aug' 1805.
'George Steell, on the 13 of Aug', 1805.
Mrs. Abigail Steell, wife of Doct^ Tho= Steell, on the 9"' of Dec^
1806, in the 39 year of her age.
Doct' Thomas Steel, on the 14"" of June, 1813, in the 59 year of
his age. No man ever met the last scene of human greatness with
more firmness & composure. Envy never scowled upon his
life ; may malice never smile upon his grave.
Ann Elizabeth Smith, formerly Ann Elizabeth Steell, died September
2Z^, 1832, in the 34'^ year of her age.
Miscellaneous Memoranda.
Thomas Edward Steell, born March 7'^ 1788.
John Steell, born November 22**, 1789.
William Steell, born August 23^, 1791.
Richard Steell, born May I4'^ 1793.
George Steell, born January 3**, 1795.
Ann Elizabeth Steell, born November 13"', 1797.
Robert Rutgers Steell, born June 30"*, 1799.
Ogden Steell, born April 28'^ 1801.
Henry Newman Steell, born Decembers"", 1802.
Mary Steell, born April 1I'^ 1804.
Infant, born the 29"" of June, 1805.
Sarah Ann Steell, was born September 27'^ 1814.
William Steell, born September h"", 1816.
William Stuart, departed this life December the 24"", 1784.
ORIGINAL RECORDS OF THE FAMILIES OF HERBERT
AND MORGAN.
Contributed by Mrs. De Witt C. Mather.
Francis Harbor took the oath oN^llegiance to the king of England in
Elizabethtcwn and jurisdiction, Feb. 19'^ 1665.
Will, made in 1719, recorded in Liber A of Wills, reserves for burying
ground one acre of land. Leaves wife Hannah (?).
Deed from Sir George Carteret to Frances Harbor, 1677, for 182 acres
of land. Liber i of Deeds, p. 171.
42 Original Records of the Families of Herbert and Morgan. [Jan.,
Warrant to the Surveyor General to lay out for Francis Harbert, within
the bounds of Middletown, 120 acres in the year ij?76 ; ditto, 152 acres,
1679. ^
Francis Harbor pays quitrent upon 142 acres, 1677 ; 120 acres, 1676 ;
142 acres, 1678; 142 acres, 1696. From Quitrent book of E., N. J.
Mentions in his will ; sons, Thomas, Francis, Samuel, Obediah ;
dau. Elizabeth, Bridget, and Mary.
Obediah Herbert, youngest son of Francis Herbert, m. Hannah
Lawrence, dau. of William Lawrence, Jr., of Middletown. Will made
June 19"", 1759, recorded in book of Wills of the city of Perth Amboy,
G., p. 69.
Following list of children copied from Bible in possession of Mary
Whitlock Spader, of Mattawan, N. J. Bible printed in London, 1678.
My son Obediah Herbert was born Sept. 9* day, about twelve of the
clock at night, 1731.
My son John Herbert was born 17* of Jan, on Wed., about one
o'clock in the afternoon, i73f.
My son William Herbert was born Sept. 27"', on Thursda)', about ten
o'clock at night, 1734.
My son Francis Herbert was born the 21" of May, on Friday, about
three o'clock in the afternoon, and died in the year 1736.
Mv son Richard Herbert was born on Friday, Nov. 2"*^ day, at ten
o'clpck in the evening, 1738.
My son Felix Herbert was born on Sat. the 18* of October, about six
o'clock in the evening, 174c.
My son Esek Herbert was born the 18* of October, about nine o'clock
in the evening, 1740.
My daughter Hannah Herbert was born Tuesday, the 12"" of October,
about twelve of the clock at night. 1742.
Esek Herbert, deceased on Tuesday, Mar. 22"'', about twelve of the
clock at noon, i74~|.
My daughter Ruth Herbert was born on Tuesday the 13**' of Mar.,
about eleven o'clock at night, 1746.
Be it remembered that Eleanor Howard, daughter of Thomas &= Mar-
garet Howard, was born on Sunday Aug. 3''*, 1755, about six o'clock in
the afternoon.
Ruth Herbert, daughter of Obediah and Hannah Herbert, died April
17''', 1795, aged forty-eight years and eleven months.
Rulh Whitlock, daughter of Thomas K. and Eleanor Whitlock, was
born April 18'^, 1796.
William Lawrence, his book, 1701, bought of John Bowne, June 10''',
1 70 1 — price £2 35 od.
Be it remembered that William Lawrence, son of John and Anna
Lawrence, was born the 12"" of May, 1721.
Ruth Lawrence, daughter of John and Anna Lawrence, was 24"" of
May, 1722.
Jane Lawrence, daughter of John and Anna Lawrence, was born 2
ofjune, 1729.
Ruth Herbert, her Bible, given by her mother, Hannah Herbert, Oct. ,
24"*, 1789. God give her grace to make a wise improvement of it.
1
1890.] The East in New Fork City. a-i
Obediah Herbert, his Bible, bought of Hugh Games, in New York,
Mar. 2"^^, 1 771.
Be it remembered that Obediah Herbert was born Thursday, Sept. 9"",
about 12 o'clock at night, 1731, and Elizabeth Warne, his wife, was born
on Thursday morning Dec. 14* 1739 — ^"^^ \^qxq. married together Anno
Domini April 16"', 1765.
Obediah Herbert died Oct. 12"", 1777, aged forty-six years, one month
and some days.
Elizabeth Warne Herbert, departed this life .Feb. 2""*, 1822, aged 83
years, i month and 18 days.
Children of Obediah Herbert and Elizabeth Warne Herbert.
John Herbert was born Tuesday Nov. 26"", 176. Hannah was br, on
Tuesday June 14*, 1767. Sarah was br. Sat., Oct. 8* 1768. William
was br. Tuesday, July a 3'''*, 1770.
Elizabeth was br. Sat., April 12"", 1773. Obediah was br. Tuesday,
June I3'^ 1775.
Joshua was br. Oct. 30"*, 1797.
Elizabeth W. Herbert, wife of Obediah Herbert, died Feb. 2""^, 1822,
aged 83 yr. i month, 19 days.
3"* Obediah Herbert was br. Tuesday, June 13"', 1775. May 27'^ 1811,
married Margaret Sophia Van Wickle, dau. Jacob Van Wickle and Sarah
Morgan his wife.
MORGAN OF SOUTH AMBOY, N. J.
'Chas. Morgan = Elizabeth (.?) ; Will made 1719; children of Chas.
and Elizabeth Morgan were, viz. :
"Charles, Thomas, ^ James, Mary, Sarah.
' James -— ]M. Everson ; ch. James, Charles, Stephen, Sarah, Mary,
Susan, Abbey, Margaret.
^Charles Morgan = (?). Will made 1749, recorded 1750 ; ch. Thomas,
Charles, William, Daniel, James, Mary, Abigail, Sarah.
Nicolas Morgan, son of James and M. Everson Morgan, was acting
as a sentry on the shore at Amboy, N. J., in the Revolution. One
evening, after having spent an hour with his family at home, as he
was returning to his post he was shot by the Tories.
Sarah Morgan, dau. of James Morgan and M. Everson his wife,
Jacob Van Wickle ; ch. Margaret, Sophia, Stephen, Nicholas, Jac^b
Charles, Catherine, Amandah, Melvina, Hyacinthe.
THE EAST IN NEW YORK CITY.
Without visiting Asia or Africa or Turkey in Europe, one may
obtain glimpses of Oriental life and manners, art and architecture in
New York City. Our first knowledge of the Orientals [was derived
from the visit of the Imaum of Muscat's vessel, which lay at the foot of
Rector Street, manned by Arabs as we were informed at the time and
which brought some fine thoroughbred Arabians, as a princely gift to
A A The East in New York City. [Jan.,
the President (Jackson or Van Buren). Later we recollect the Chinese
junk, which we boarded at the Battery, tasted some poor tea and rice, saw
the Joss room and inspected the vessel, in company with the mate, an
Englishman. This was the first Celestial vessel that ever visited our
shores before going to London (as we recollect), and on her way to
San Francisco.
The Chinese Museum was first exhibited in Broadway, just above
Spring Street, giving another series of views of Chinese life. It was
afterwards removed to Barnum's, opposite St. Paul's Chapel. Then
followed Dr. Abbott's Egyptian Museum, now in the N. Y. Historical
Society's collections, where also are the Nineveh antiquities.
We assisted, at about this date, at the representation of a Chinese
drama at Niblo's, performed by a company of native actors, on their
arrival from, or en route to, San Francisco. The performance was a
practical burlesque, though doubtless intended as a regular specimen
of the histrionic art, and the accompanying music was correspondingly
absurd, judged by the ordinary standard.
In Broadway, near Bleecker Street, about the same period Mr.
Oscanyan opened a Turkish divan, a cafe and bazaar (if we are not
mistaken), where coffee, pipes, sherbet and confectionery, in the most
improved Oriental style might be procured and enjoyed — all of these
novelties to the western eye and imagination were introduced within a
few years, most of them nearly or quite fifty years since.
In later years came the Japanese ambassadors, who created a great
sensation with the picturesque street procession and ball at Niblo's.
Since that period, we had a Greek (Russian) chapel, we believe aban-
doned ; a distinct Chinese quarter, with a resident Chinese population
of several thousands, equal to that of a good-sized country town, with a
journal of their own and restaurants and "opium joints" and scores, if
not hundreds of laundries, run by male Celestials, with monosyllabic
surnames, especially frequent in the upper business avenues.
Shops, auction rooms, warehouses, devoted to Chinese and Japanese
curiosities, bric-^ brae and wares of all kinds, ingenious, elegant and
elaborate, fascinating to the collector and tourist, meet the eye fre-
quently on Broadway.
In ecclesiastical architecture, several of the newer Jewish synagogues
are costly and magnificent specimens of eastern art, while "the Tombs,"
the city prison, "is probably," as the author of that excellent handbook,
" Appleton's Dictionary of New York," describes it, "the purest speci-
men of Egyptian architecture to be found outside of Egypt itself." From
this most ancient of land.s, too, we have a genuine antique, transporting
the beholder to the early ages of the world, in the Obelisk in Central
Park.
Truly, the city of New York is a cosmopolitan metropolis.
w. A. J.
1890.] Noies and Queries.
NOTES AND QUERIES.
45
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society resumed its usual
semi-monthly meetings in October. An address was made by the President, Gen.
Wilson, upon his recent genealogical and historical investigations in England and
Holland, in the course of which he said that the old deed mentioned in the last
Record, which he had at first believed to be the original Indian deed of Manhattan
Island, turned out, upon further investigation, to be a deed to Kiliaen Van Rens-
selaer, dated 1630, conveying land near Albany, N. Y. We feel that we owe an
apology to Mr. George H. Moore, for having so completely misunderstood him. We
cannot see by what perversity in the editorial mind, we could have contrived to mis-
take his meaning, which appears to have been precisely the reverse of what we
imagined it to be.
On Friday evening, November 8, Prof. Hjalmar H. Boyesen read a paper on
" Our Norse Ancestors " ; and on Friday, November 22. Mr. Edward H. de Lancey
spoke on "The Political Methods and Characteristics of Washington's Administra-
tion." Arrangements are in progress to secure addresses during the coming winter
from several gentlemen prominent in genealogical and historical research.
Since printing my article on the Hasbrouck family, vol. 17, p. 261, of the
Record, the Rev. Evelyn P. Bartow informs me that Jean Hasbrouck and Anna
Deyo had a son Isaac bp. in the Dutch Ch. Brooklyn, April 17, 16S0, and Mr. Louis
Hasbrouck Sahler gives me from the family Bible of Daniel Hasbrouck, (No. 6, p.
262) the record of the birth of his son Josaphat, at New Paltz, March ig, 1739.
G. H. VAN WAGENEN.
The statement was recently made in many American journals and copied in several
English papers, that Mrs. Lydia Drake who died in Rockford, 111., October iS, 1889,
at the great age of ninety-seven was a descendant of Sir Francis Drake, and 1 re-
member to have seen a similar statement made within a few years in behalf of another
person of the same name. As Sir Francis Drake had no children, they were certainly
not his descendants, but may possibly have been those of his younger brother, who
succeeded to the great navigator's title and property after his death in the year 1595.
J. G. w.
The year 1889 completed the two hundred and fiftieth year of the settlement of
Gardiner's Island, Lion Gardiner the commander of Saye-Brooke Fort having pur-
chased it from the Indians and moved there with his wife, son and servants in 1639.
This was the first English settlement in New York. His eldest son David Gardiner,
born at Saye-Brooke Fort 1636, was the first white child born in Connecticut, while
his daughter, Elizabeth, born 1641 on Gardiner's Island (then called the Isle of Wight),
was the first English child born in New York. This Island has descended according
to the law of Primogeniture, the present proprietor or " Lord of the Manor," being
the 1 2th. F. d. t.
Mr. William John Potts, Camden, N. J., sends the following extract from the
"Scientific American," June 26, 1847. Can any one identify the family?
'' One day last week the workmen in digging among the foundations of Grace
Church, at the corner of Broadway and Rector street, which has recently been pulled
down, a coffin, apparently of silver, was discovered about two feet and a-half in length,
containing the body of a female child, with an inscription bearing date 1767. The
cofHn had a glass over the face, and a little further down a looking glass set in the
metal. Near the foot of the coffin was an aperture closed by a glass stopper, which
being opened it appeared that the coffin was filled with spirits of turpentine, in which
the body was preserved, so that the features were seen through the glass."
The following genealogical records of Samuel Jenings' family (the first governor
of West Jersey) are taken from the Friends records of Bucks, England, in London.
Samuel Jenings, of Aylesbury, Bucks, married Ann Olive 7d. iim. 1672.
Elizabeth Jenings (sister of Samuel) of Aylesbury, Bucks married Joseph Hack-
ney, of Hempstead, I7d. 12m. 1675.
Sarah Jenings, of Aylesbury, died isd. 2m. 1674.
William Jennings, son of Samuel and Ann, of Aylesbury, born 8d. 9m. 1675.
Sarah Jenings, daughter of Samuel and Ann, of Ajlesbury, born lod. 2m. 1679.
A^ Notes and Queries. fJ^"*-
The births of the other two daughters of Samuel Jenings, with their genealogies,
were given in an article '■ Thomas Stevenson and some of his descendants," published
in Vol. 13, page 117, 1882. of the Record. JNO. r. stkvenson.
Mr. J. Rutgers Le Roy, 14 Rue Clement Marot, Paris, sends the blazon of
the arms of NiCASius de Sille. (Record, vol. xx. p. igo), as follows :
SILLE, (de)— HOLLANDE. BOIS-le-DUC. De sable au sautoir d'argent
accompagne d'une molette d'or en chef, et de trois etrilles du
second, 2 flancs et i en pointe.
Casque couronnee.
Cimier. — Deux bras armesd'azur, les mains de carnation tenant
chacune une epee, la pointe. en haut, les dites epees en chevron
renverse.
Devise.— SILENTIO ET SPE.
REFERENCE.— "Armorial General,"' by J. B. RIETSTAP.
Vol. II. p. 778. Ed. 1887.
The blazon in English is : Sable a saltire argent between a mullet or and three
curry combs of the second. Crest. On a full faced helmet with bars, out of a coro-
net, two armed arms in pale flexed and reflexed azure, the hands proper, each holding
a sword, point upwards, bendways and bendways sinister. This is not a translation
but an independent blazon.
It will be of interest to many beyond the members of the Bayard family to learn
that in his Holland researches during the past Summer, General WUson was success-
ful in tracing for the first lime the ancestry of Samuel Bayard, who in 1636 married
Anna Stuyvesant, sister of the last of the Dutch runners of T^ew York, to Nicholas
Bayard, an eminent Huguenot clergyman who was in charge of the French church in
Antweip in 1592, and for several years previous to that date. The ancient Dutch deed
which the President saw in Amsterdam, and which was represented as being the deed
for Manhattan Island, proved to be, when translated, the patent or deed of the Van
Rensselaer property at Albany of the year 1630, a most interesting and well-preserved
document on parchment which had been in the possession of the Dutch branch of the
family for more than two and a half centuries. This discovery was a great disap-
pointment to the General, who supposed he had found, as represented, a document
which would have been of the deepest interest not only to the people of this cii\ , but
to the whole country.
In speaking of Cornelis Elting, (Record, vol. 16, p. 29) bp. at Kingston,
Dec. 29, 16S1, I state that I could not find his will on record, or the marriages of
any of his children. The Rev. Roswell-Randall Hoes writes me that he has lately
discovered in the office of Probate in Frederick, Frederick Co. Maryland, the fol-
lowing records, relating to Cornelis Elting and his family:
First Book of Wills, page 65. Will of Cornelius Eltinge of Frederick Co
Farmer. Wife Rebecca gets his dwelling house and tracts of land, called Mill
Burn. Long Acre, Addition, Eltinge's Rest and Derby Island, all in Frederick Co.
Mentions son Isaac A, married daughter, name not given. Son in law John
Hite, son in law Isaac Kite. Will dated April 26, 1751, proved Jan. i, 1754.
In Vol. I, page 72, of another series of volumes, relating to the Settlement of
Estates, the name of Abraham Faree is mentioned, also on p. 74, " Rewlifi' Eltinge
in full of his proportionable part of his Father Abraham Elting's Estate." First
book of Wills p. 87, Will of Rebecca Ellinge of Frederick Co. Widow, speaks of
.Susannah, Widow of Edward Beatty, Daughter, Sarah Hite, Elizabeth Ferree gets
one shilling. Son, Isaac. The Will is dated March 22, 1755, and proved Jan. 12,
1756.
First book of Wills page 96, Will of Isaac Eltinge of Frederick Co., Wife Mary,
son Cornelius. Testator had land called Darby Island, Mill Burn, Fair Island,
Invention, all in Frederick Co. Other tracts are also mentioned by name. Speaks
of his sister Elizabeth Ferrie, and of William, Cornelius, John and Anna, children
of his sister Yaccomintie Thomson, late deceased, his Wife Mary, and Rodolphus
Elting were the Executors. Will dated March 18, 1756, proved Oct. 20, 1756.
G. H. VAN WAGENEN.
1890.] Obituaries. — Book Notices. aj
OBITUARY.
Rev. Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight, Ph.D., LL.D., was born at New Haven
Conn., April 5th, 1816, and died at Clinton, New York, Sept. iSlh, iSSg. He was
the eldest son of Benjamin Woolsey Dwight, M.D., the second son of Rev. Timothy
Dwiglit, D.D., LL.D., long the distinguished President of Yale College. The sub-
ject of this sketch was also descended from Rev. John Pierpont of New Haven, and
from the famous metaphysician, Jonathan Edwards. On the maternal side he had
among his ancestors John Eliot, the "apostle to the Indians," Governor Dudley of
Massachusetts, and the Rev. John Woodbridge, agraduate of 0.xford University, Eng-
land, who came to this country in 1634. There were rine of this family in successive
generations who were educated men and Puritan Ministers.
Dr. Dwight inherited strong literary tastes, and was in various directions a most
earnest and successful student. He entered with his whole heart into all his under-
takings. He was an able writer upon theological topics, a successful sermonizer, a
distinguished author upon Philology, and one of the most accomplished genealogical
writers of our day. His works upon the "Dwight Family" and the "Strong
Family " are marvels of assiduity and thorough research. The " Dwight Family" is
prepared with great literaiy skill and in such a manner as to make it highly readable
and interesting. They are both permanent monuments to his memory. The Record
contains many valuable articles from his busy and facile pen. His crowning excel-
lence was exhibited as an educator. He was not only a thorough student, but possessed
rare gifts of communication and stimulation. Thousands of young men owe their ed-
ucational development and success in life to his advice, training and encouragement.
He pursued his calling as a Christian duty and as a labor of love.
In personal qualities, he was attractive and engaging. Lie was vi^arm in friend-
ship, spotless in character, and open and truthful in his communications with others.
He abhorred deceit in all of its forms, living in every direction a most honorable and
useful life.
BOOK NOTICES.
Gray Genealogy. Being a Genealogical Record and History of the Descend-
ants of John Gray of Beverly, Mass. ; and also including sketches of other Gray
Families. By M. D. Raymond. Tarrytown. N. Y. 1887. 8vo, pp. 316,
The indefatigable editor of the Tarrytown Argus has in this work collected with
much industry material of interest to the Gray tamily. There are numerous por-
traits, and the biographical sketches are full and well written. There is a full index
of allied families — but w° miss one of the Grays. The record of the family during
the Revolutionaiy war seems to have been a most honorable one. j. R. g. jr.
The Scotch-Irish in America, Proceedings of the Scotch-Irish Con-
gress AT Columbia, Tennessee, May ii, iSSg. Published by order of the
Scotch-Irish Society of America. Cincinnati : Robert Clarke & Co., 1889.
This well-printed octavo volume is the first distinctive work on a race which has
given five Presidents to the United States. »In view of the fact that the Scotch-Irish
have been leaders in almost every sphere of American life, it is certainly surjirising
that no history of the race in the New World has hitherto been written or published.
This carefull}' prepared volume is the auspicious beginning of an organized effort to
give the great race" its well-merited prominence in American history. j. g. w.
The Family of John Si one. One of the First Settlers of Guilford, Conn. By
William L. Stone, 2d. Albany : Joel Munsell's Sons, 188S.
To others than members of the Stone family, perhaps the most interesting pages in
this carefully-prepared volume are those devoted to the diary of Stephen Stone. It
is said to be the first Journal of a Minute-Man of the Revolution which has appeared
in print, illustrating in a graphic manner the great difficulty which constantly con-
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Book Notices. [Jan.,
fronted Washington in keeping his most uncertain troops together, A very full
biography of Colonel William L. Stone, the well-known author and editor, is accom-
panied by a fine steel portrait. The founder of the American family, it may be men-
tioned, came to New England in 1639, i" the company of the Rev. Henry Whitefield,
settling in what is now known as Guilford, Conn. J. G. W.
The Keyser Family ; compiled by Charles S. Keyser. Sq. 8vo. Philadelphia,
i88g.
This is mainly a history of the bi-centennial reunion held at Germantown, Pa.,
Oct. lOth, 1S88, of the descendants of Dick Keyser, who emigrated from Holland
with his two sons in i683 and settled at Germantown. Keyser was a silk merchant
of Amsterdam, of the Mennouite faith, who, in his religious zeal, followed Pastorius
to the New World, and the reunion was held in the old Mennonite Church of which
he was one of the founders, and in which he officiated for a time as pastor. The
book, which is a handsome and beautifully printed volume, illustrated with a number
of portraits and fac-similes, contains the addresses delivered on the occasion of the
reunion, all of which are interesting and well written, one of them especially, on
'•The Family History," by Charles S. Keyser, showing a marvellous amount of
.industrious research. The genealogical portion of the book is fragmentary and very
confusing in arrangement, but will serve as a valuable nucleus for the future geneal-
ogist of the family. T. G. E.
The Family of Joris Dircksen Brinckerhoff, 163S. 8vo. pp. 188. New
York. Richard Brinkerhoff.
The origin and purpose of this entertaining book commands at once our interest.
In 1884 upon invitation of Gen. Roeliff Brinkerhoff, of Mansfield, Ohio, some mem-
bers of the Brinckerhoff family met in New York and formed an organization for the
purpose of collecting and preserving the history of this old and honorable Huguenot-
Dutch family. This book is now sent out as an avant-coureur to show what has been
done, to create interest, and induce contributions of data for the future publication of
a complete history. It contains much valuable information in regard to the American
ancestor ; its genealogies are quite full, and the numerous biographical sketches are
well-written and interesting. The illustrations of old homesteads, relics and the
Brinckerhoff coat of arms are excellent. A wholesome spirit and tone pervades this
book. The modern biographies are concise and in good taste, but it is in the records
of past generations that one feels with what sincere and loving interest the descend-
ants have lingered over the stories of their fathers, and how reverently and wisely they
cherish the good names and deeds of their ancestors. j, R. G,, jr.
A History of the Clan MacLean, — From its earliest settlement at Duard
Castle on the Isle of Mull, to the present period, inchiding a genealogical account of
some of the principal families together with their Heraldry, Legends, Superstitions,
etc., by J. P. Macl^ean. Illustrated with maps, portraits, views of battle-fields,
castles, tombs, ruins and armorial bearings, 8vo, pp, 480. Robert Clarke & Co.,
Cincinnati, 1889.
This valuable work, which has evidently been a labor of love with its industrious
and enthusiastic author, is almost wholly confined to the MacLeans of Scotland. It
has been carefully and conscientiously prepared and cannot fail to be of interest to
others than those of the celebrated clan, which for centuries held a conspicuous place
for independence of bearing and disinterested loyalty to their Scottish sovereigns. Sir
Walter Scott said of the clan,
" May the race of Clan-Gillian, the fearless and free,
Remember Glenlivat, Harlow and Dundee."
One of this bold and hardy race, as the writer's father used to relate, in a dispute
with a Campbell as to which was the most ancient clan, said in answer to the latter's
statement that they dated back to the time of the flood, " The Macl-eans are far
older than the flood." " Well," replied the Campbell, " I never heard of any ofyour
clan being on board the Ark," to which came the energetic answer, " D your ark,
the MacLeans always had a boat of their own,"
It is certainly a surprising circumstance that this entertaining and valuable vol-
ume should have been written in Ohio, nearly four thousand miles from the headquar-
ters of the clan, and by an American whose Scottish ancestor came to Virginia as
long ago as the year 1760. To that ancestor, John MacLean and his descendants,
the author devotes the concluding chapter of his comprehensive work,
J. G. w.
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WiNSLOW Memorial. Family Records of Winslows and their Descendants in
America, with the English Ancestry as far as known. Kenelni Winslow. Vol. II.
By David Parsons Holton, A.M., M.D., and his wife, Mrs. Frances K. (Norward)
Holton. New "S'ork, 1888. 8vo, pp. 529-1057. Appendix, pp. 179: Indexes, 72.
Sixteen portraits, besides other illustrations.
This noble volume completes the work upon which our late esteemed (r(?;//;-£vv Dr.
D. P. Holton was engaged during the later years of his life ; and is a monument not
only to his research and industry, but, also, to the wifely loyalty and courage of
Mrs. Holton. Despite ill-health, discouragements and accidents almost overwhelm-
ing, she has persevered with unconquerable courage ; and now has the happiness of
seeing her good husband's life-work fitly completed and rendered useful to hundreds
of the Winslow connection, who ought — if they do not — to "rise up and call her
Blessed !" The two volumes, as they now- stand, possess an interest far wider than
the mere Winslow name. Looking over these pages we seem to be reading an epitome
of New England — yes — even of Ainencan history; and we glean from ihem some
idea of what is meant by the " diffusion of blood " in ancestral lines ; of its varie-
ties, its subtile combinations, its preservative and conservative qualities, its value
in the making of character — and hence, of the importance of guarding the transmis-
sion of the "best blood" in the community, by the formation of a high public moral
sense in regard to the sanctity and purpose of marriage.
The \Vinslow Memorial is especially rich in biographical detail, that element
which gives to genealogical work its truest value ; and lifts it out of its mere " dry-
as-dust " sphere, with that of scientific value and instruction. Genealogies without
biographies, have their mere legal value, as do parchment records and mouldering
gravestones ; but, with biographies^ they become living fountains of wholesome truth,
surrounded by ever-blooming flowers of poesy and romance, which serve to keep the
memory of departed generations ever green. H. R. s.
The Driver Family : A Genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of Robert and
Phebe Driver, of Lynn, Mass. With an Appendix containing Twenty-three Allied
Families. 1592-1887. Compiled by a Descendant, Harriet Ruth (Waters) Cooke, of
New York City. 8vo, pp. 531. Cambridge, Mass., John Wilson & Son, University
Press, 18S9.
This elaborate and beautifully printed volume is, as the author tells us, the results
of three years careful inquiry into all known sources of information relating to the
Driver family. In this undertaking, as well as in tracing the history of the allied
families, Mrs. Cooke had the valuable aid of Mr. Perley Derby, the well-known gene-
alogist of Salem, Mass. One needs only to glance through the book to see that it is
considerably more than a mere collection of names and dates, and that it is full of
matter of interest to the general reader. Wills, deeds, letters, newspaper extracts and
other valuable data, are profusely distributed through the volume, and greatly enliven
the dryer details of family history. The Appendix occupies considerably more than
half the book, and is devoted to an account of twenty-three allied families ; of these,
the histories of fifteen are now published for the first time. They include the names
of Archer, Babbidge, Beckford, Cash, Crowninshield, Daland, Flint, Ives, Luscom'b,
Metcalf, Moses, Palmer, Patterson, Saunders, and Wellman. While the author has
evidently taken great care to secure general accuracy, she will doubtless receive many
valuable additions and corrections from interested readers. An account, for instance,
of the descendants of Mr. Daniel King (1601-1672) and wife Elizabeth, of Lynn,
Mass., would include about all of the name of King to be found in the book. This
statement must except the Hon. Samuel Ward King, Governor of Rhode Island, who,
by the way, was not descended from W^illiam and Dorothy King, of Salem, Mass., as
stated on page 157. Governor King's ancestor was probably Clement King, of whom
an account may be found in "Austin's Biographical Dictionary of the Early Settlers
of Rhode Island."
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THE NEW YORK
§cnfa%ical anb '§i0gra|fjical llccorb.
Vol. XXI. NEW YORK, APRIL, 1890. No. 11.
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF FISHKILL AND ITS ANCIENT
CHURCH.
By the late Rev. Francis M. Kip. D.D.
About the middle of the seventeenth century the Dutch East India
Company sent out an apprentice to the province of New Amsterdam— a
native of Holland, named Francis Rombout.
He appears to have been a youth of considerable ability, and tradi-
tion reports that he gave the highest satisfaction in the conditions of life
in which he was placed.
On the expiration of his apprenticeship he at once engaged in busi-
ness on his own account, becoming associated with Gelyn, or Gulian
Verplank, the ancestor of the well-known family of that name, and of
our late distinguished citizen, Hon. Gulian C. Verplank. This copart-
nership continued for many years.
Francis Rornbout was an Alderman of New York in the years 1^)73,
1676, 1677, ^678; then again in 1686, 1687. He was also twice Mayor
of the city of New York. In September, 1683, he married Mrs. Helena
Van Ball — her maiden name was Seller. Her first husband was a Mr.
Bogardus, her second Mr. Van Ball, her third Francis Rombout ; and
as early in the year 1693 she took an inventory of his effects, it would
appear that she survived her husband.
In February, 1682, the Governor of the Province of New York granted
a license to Francis Rombout and Gulian Verplank for the purchase of a
tract of land from, the Wappinger Indians ; this tract consisted of eighty-
five thousand acres of land. Tradition reports that a committee was sent
from Ulster to examine this land, with a view to settlement ; and this
committee returned declaring that the land was not worth crossing the
river for. Probably they would hold a different opinion now.
In 1685 King James II. gave a royal patent tor this land to Francis
Rombout and Stephen Van Cortlandt, and (Mr. Verplank having died in
the interim) to Jacobus Kip, a wealthy and influential citizen of New
York, who soon after married Mrs. Verplank. About fifty years later the
county of Dutchess was divided into seven precincts ; one of these, includ-
ing all Fishkill and this property we have described, was called the Rom-
bout Precinct. Francis Rombout died in the year 169 1. His only
child was a daughter, seven years of age. By his will he bequeathed to
her the entire Rombout Precinct. At a very early age, less than sixteen,
she married Roger Brett, an Englishman, and they immediately removed
to Fishkill, or the Rombout Precinct, as it was then called. Soon after her
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husband, on his return from New York, was knocked overboard by the
boom of a sloop on which he had taken passage, and drowned, just as the
vessel was entering the mouth of the Fishkill Creek. Madam Brett, as
she was thereafter called, resided on the Rombout Precinct for sixty years,
until her death at the age of eighty.
In 17 14 the whole county of Dutchess only contained four hundred
and forty-six inhabitants, and sixty-seven heads of families. The church
nearest to Fishkill was New Paltz. In 1716, tradition again informs us, that
the Rev. Petrus Vas, a learned and eloquent minister who had been sent
out from Holland to preach the gospel in Kingston, was requested to visit
Poughkeepsie for the purpose of organizing a Reformed Dutch church.
He reported, as the result of his investigations, that it was not worth
while to make the attempt. Poughkeepsie would never amount to any-
thing as a place, or in fact be able to support a church. But the rever-
end gentleman strongly advised the organization of a church at Fishkill,
some fourteen miles below. The country was beautiful, the inhabitants
uncommonly intelligent and appreciative.
Fdcts prove that both the churches of Poughkeepsie and Fishkill were
organized that year, united under the same pastor until 1772.
The church building was not erected at Fishkill until some years
later, although religious services were held as opportunity offered.
Madam Brett most generously gave the land for the old Reformed
Dutch church of Fishkill, and also for the very large graveyard, one of
the oldest in the state (some of the stones dating back to 1727). The
first name of a church member bears date of that year — Sept. 30, 1727.
The first date of a Consistory meeting is April 17, 1730 — elders Abraham
BrinckerhofF, Hendrick Phillips ; deacons Peter Duboys, Abraham Buys.
The first recorded marriage is Oct. 7, 1731.
June 28, 1 73 1, the following petition is sent to His Excellency,
John Montgomerie, Governor of the Province of New York : "That the
inhabitants of Fish Creek, being in daily expectation of a minister from
Holland, have agreed among themselves to erect a church for the public
worship of God, nigh the said Fish Creek."
The church was built of stone ; the roof came up from each side to
the centre of the building, the window-sashes being made of iron, the
panes very small. The church also contained a bell.
The first pastor of the united churches of Poughkeepsie and Fishkill
was the Rev. Cornelius Van Schie. He was educated and ordained in
Holland, and installed over the church of Fishkill Oct. 4, 1731, by
the Rev. Gualterus Dubois, of New York. In 1738 Mr. Van Schie re-
moved to Albany, where he died in 1744.
The second pastor was the Rev. Benjamin Meynema, who was also
educated in Holland. His professorial certificate, still extant, speaks in
the most flattering manner of his attainments and industry. The date of
Mr. Meynema's resignation was 1755. He is buried in the yard of this
church, where the stones of himself and wife (Katrina Rapelye) are still
to be seen.
The third pastor was the Rev. Jacobus Van Nist. Tradition, again,
reports him as a young man of brilliant talents and great learning.
Bright hopes were entertained respecting him, but they were of very short
duration. God took him in the very springtime of life.
He was buried under the pulpit of the church. The stone erected to
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his memory stands against the rear wall of the church, bearing this in-
scription in the Dutch language :
"Jacobus Van Nist.
Preacher of the Holy Gospel in Poughkeepsie and Fishkill.
Died April 10, 1761, in his 27th Year."
And before we go on with the pastorate of this ancient church, we
stop a moment to remark upon two distinguished personages, both members
of this church, who, like their young pastor, were laid in this consecrated
spot within the next four years.
One was Madam Brett, who died in 1764, aged eighty ; whose gener-
ous donation of seven or eight acres and other gifts to this church have
ever kept her name fresh.
The second was a most remarkable character — Englebert Huff. As
his extreme age has excited much attention, I will remark that at, the
beginning of my pastorate, 1836, some few were living who had gome
slight recollection of his death, and his longevity, and very many whose
parents were well acquainted with the patriarch.
My first funeral at Fishkill was of a very aged lady, daughter of an
officer in the colonial army. She was born during the siege of Louis-
burg, and during her life was a living history of wonderful events. Mr.
Huff was a frequent visitor at her house, and her daughter furnished me
with many anecdotes respecting him.
One was that during his third widowhood he became enamored of a
young lady, and one day called upon her to pay his addresses. He found
another young man there on the same errand. And the fair one was
thus favored with the simultaneous attentions of two suitors, but in
whose ages there was a marked difference, the one having attained
twenty-one years, the other one hundred and twenty-one.
This aged man was a tenant of Mr. Verplank, who, to perpetuate his
memor}', gave to both Trinity church and the Reformed Dutch church
solid silver tankards with the following inscription :
" Presented by Samuel Verplanck, Esq., to the first Reformed Dutch
church in the town of Fishkill, to commemorate Mr. Englebert Huff, a
Norwegian by birth, and attached to the Life Guards of William, Prince
of Orange, afterwards William IH. of England. He resided for a num-
ber of years in this country, and died with unblemished reputation at
Fishkill, March 21st, 1765, aged 128 years."
A short time since Mr. James E. Dean received from Robert N.
Verplanck, Esq., a copy of the Gentleman's Magazine, dated July, 1765
(London).
This is the extract :
"Died recently, at Fishkill, near New York, Mr. Englebert Huff, aged
128 years. Formerly attached to the Life Guard of William HL He
distinctly remembered ploughing in a field when the news of the exe-
cution of Charles L of England was brought to him."
Thus in my twenty-seventh year I conversed with one who was inti-
mate with a person who remembered the execution of King Charles L
About the time of Mr. Van Nist's death began the troubles of Coetus
and Conferentia. These troubles lasted for many years. I have not time
to touch upon them; it is a long subject, and would require a paper
tA Historical Sketch of Fishkill and its Ancient Church. [April,
itself. 1 will therefore pass on. After the death of Mr. Van Nist a call
was sent to the Chassis of Amsterdam, Holland, from these united
churches, to be disposed of according to their wisdom. This call they
placed in the hands of the Rev. Isaac Rysdyck, who, after signifying his
acceptance, was ordained in Holland, and installed over these united
churches September, 1765.
In a letter written to the Classis of Amsterdam Oct. 22, 1765 : "The
Rev. Mr. Rysdyck has been received with extreme love and joy. He
gives promise of being a man of great influence in our church, especially
to the congregations, where he labors with so great discretion."
Mr. Rysdyck began and prosecuted his labors in troublous times,
not only from the Coetus and Conferentia difficulties to which we have
alluded, but the colonies were now restive under the denial of their
rights and the weight of the burdens imposed upon them by the English
Government. The dark clouds portending became thicker and heavier,
until they burst upon our land. From 1 776-1 783 the colonists were bat-
tling with a mighty foe for the acquisition of that national independence
they believed God willed them to enjoy.
During the seven years of the war, although no battle was fought in
Fishkill, yet the town is memorable in the history of the times. In this
village was the chief repository for the military and hospital stores of the
northern army. The Convention appointed to prepare a Constitution for
the state, having been driven from New York to Harlem, and thence to
this place, sat in session in 1776 in the Episcopal church in this village ;
and though they subsequently transferred their sessions to and completed
their work in Kingston, it was printed in this place. Says the Hon.
Gulian C. Verplank : " This Constitution was the first as well as the most
important book printed in this state." The people could find but one
press in their domain with which to print the work of their representa-
tives. It was done at Fishkill by Samuel Loudon, who had been a whig
editor and printer in the city of New York, and who had retired with his
press to Fishkill.
During the war a newspaper was published in this village, and accord-
ing to a statement in \ht Historical Documents, Vol. III., page 1195.
while the revolutionary army was at Newburgh the printing was done by
a press at Fishkill, as appears by the printed orders of the army of that
day.
And here it was that the sword of Washington, now in the Patent
Office at the seat of government, was made, still having on it the m.aker's
name: J. Baily, Fishkill. Mr. Baily was a member of this church, and
active in the erection of the edifice we now occupy.
During the war a portion of the army was quartered in this place,
their barracks extending from the Van Wyck place to the foot of the
mountain.
I'he officers' headquarters were in the Isaac Van Wyck place, well
known to the readers of Cooper's Spy as the Wharton House. Near that
residence, by the large black-walnut trees south of the road at the foot
of the mountain, was the burial-place of the soldiers. The Episcopal
church was used as a hospital. In the Reformed Dutch church the tory
and other prisoners were confined, and from a window in this building
Enoch Crosby, arrested and imprisoned as a spy, effected his escape.
General Lafayette had his quarters in what is now the residence of
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Matthew V. B. Brinkerhoff, Esq., and while there had an illness of six
weeks' duration. General Washington was frequently by his side.
During the progress of the war the ladies of the town were so very
diligent in making and preparing linen and clothing for the army, that
whenever there was a pressure for more the State Committee would say
that it was only necessary for them to make their wants known to the
ladies of Fishkill.
To return to the ministry of this church. Mr. Rysdyck is described
as of most commanding personal' appearance, in his manners an old-
timed gentleman.
According to the custom of those days he usually rode on horseback,
wearing a cocked hat and white, flowing wig, with the customary clerical
dress. On Sabbaths he rode up to the church door, where the sexton
stood waiting to take his horse ; dismounting, he would pass into the
church, and, standing on the lowest step of the staircase, would bury his
face in his hat and engage in silent prayer, as was the custom of Dutch
dominies in those days.
Mr. Rysdyck was a man of great and diversified attainments. He
was considered the most learned theologian of the Reformed Dutch
Church. He wrote both in Greek and Latin with as much facility as in
his native Dutch. In the University of Groningen he was made as famil-
iar with the Hebrew as with his mother-tongue, and, great as were his at-
tainments in the sacred and profane classics, his theological reading and
attainments were no less extensive and accurate. His sermons were
specimens of the analytical form of discussion. The body of these ser-
mons were judicious and masterly dissertations, and the applications were
practical and full of aff"ectionate consolations, warnings and reprovings.
At an early period of his ministry Mr. Rysdyck opened an academy
which soon became important, and even famous. In 1772 the Synod of
the Reformed Dutch Church, after expressing regret that it was necessary
to postpone action with regard to the professorate, passed this resolution :
"If in the interim any students should be desirous of being prepared for
the holy ministry, they shall resort to one of the following places, as best
calculated to secure a learned education, viz. : New York, Albany, Fish-
kill, Raritan, Hackensack."
Among many men of note who received their education under Mr.
Rysdyck, I mention Rev. John H. Livingston, D. D., and Rev. Elias Van
Benschoten.
At the session of the General Synod in 1772, Poughkeepsie withdrew
from the associated churches and became independent, and Mr. Rys-
dyck presented to the Synod for their approval a call made unto him by
the church of Fishkill, in addition to his former call, to preach to them
alternately in the Dutch and English languages, for hitherto he had only
preached in Dutch.
Mr. Rysdyck died Nov. 20, 1790, and was buried under the pulpit
of the church at New Hackensack.
At the date of my settlement here, in 1836, very many remained (and
in fact for several years later) who well remembered this learned and elo-
quent man.
The Rev. Isaac Blauvelt filled an interim of a few years.
On the 23d of November, 1791, the Rev. Nicholas Van Vranken was
ordained pastor of the united churches of Fishkill, Hopewell and New
c6 Historical Sketch of Fishkill and its Ancient Church. [Aprii,
Hackensack. Mr. Van Vranken was born in Schenectady, May 24, 1762.
After he had finished his own studies he established and taught an
academy in his native city. This academy was the germ of Union Col-
lege. Mr, Van Vranken was a man of fine attainments, both literary and
theological ; a fervent and eloquent speaker, a devoted servant of God.
During his pastorate preaching in the Dutch language was entirely
relinquished by the associated churches ; but so great were Mr. Van
Vranken's linguistic abilities and tact, that when, according to the old
Dutch custom, the communicants stood around the pulpit to receive the
sacred elements from the hands of their pastor — who, as he administered,
would address words to each communicant as their circumstances seemed
to require — Mr. Van Vranken's quick eye in a moment took in indi-
vidual peculiarities, addressing himself with great rapidity in Dutch or
English, as it was the language best understood of the one he addressed.
We have not time here to repeat the many interesting reminiscences of
this beloved and admired clergyman. One person remarked to him :
"Dominie, I hear that a great woe has been pronounced against you ;
a woe upon the very highest authority. It is from the Bible : ' Woe unto
the man of whom all speak well.'"
This anecdote may serve to show the estimation in which he was held.
Mr. Van Vranken died, after a brief but violent illness, May 20, 1804,
in the forty-second year of his age. He was buried in the graveyard
of the church, and this is the inscription on his stone :
" Glory to God alone. Sacred to the memory of the Reverend Nicho-
las Van Vranken, Minister of Jehovah Jesus, and Pastor of the Dutch
Reformed Congregations of Fishkill, Hopewell, and New-Hackensack.
This excellent man lived tenderly beloved, and died deeply-lamented by
the people of his charge.
"He was born May 24, 1762, and departed in peace May 20th, 1804,
aged 41 years, 11 mos. and 27 days.
"The Lord gave — And the Lord hath taken away. Blessed be the
name of the Lord."
In October, 1 805, the Classis of Poughkeepsie dissolved the connection
between Fishkill, Hopewell and New Hackensack, making Fishkill a
separate charge.
The Rev. Dr. Cornelius D. Westbrook was the next pastor, ordained
in 1805. He was the son of General Westbrook, an officer in the revolu-
tion ; a tutor in Union College. He was ordained in Fishkill March
9, 1806.
Dr. Westbrook was a man of learning and abilitv, most genial man-
ners, and a disposition of such uncommon benevolence as to cause him
to be beloved by all.
In July, 1830, he resigned his pastoral charge to edit the Christian In-
telligencer, the first number of which was issued at the commencement of
the next month. At the same time he was principal of a large school
in Harlem. In 1833 he was appointed rector of the grammar school in
New Brunswick, N. J., transferred his residence to that city, remain-
ing there until 1837, when he resumed the active duties of the min-
istry, taking the pastoral care of the Reformed Dutch church at Peek-
skill. In 1850 he resigned his pastoral charge and removed to Kingston,
at which place he died in 1858.
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Rev. George H. Fisher, D. D. , so long settled in the Reformed Dutch
church of Broome Street, New York, succeeded Dr. Westbrook and was
the incumbent from 1830-1835.
In August, 1836, the writer of this article became pastor of this church;
was installed November 8th of that same year, remaining pastor until
May, 1870, a period of nearly 34 years.
As we have before noticed, the churches of Poughkeepsie and Fishkill
were organized in 1716 ; and they were the only churches of any re-
ligious denomination whatever in Dutchess County until 1747.
Now, to look at the immense numbers of flourishing churches of
various denominations in our county and in this town : there are seven
large, wealthy and self-sustaining Reformed Dutch churches, formed from
these two old mother churches ; and they are strong, healthy and
vigorous in this their great age.
I will close this paper by some extracts from the records of the
church.
In the year 1784 the church was much altered ; in fact nearly re-
built, although a portion of the old church yet remains.
October 27, 1790. The pews of the church were offered for sale.
June 25, 1793. The tall spire of the church was erected, one hun-
dred and twenty-five feet high. In 1854 this spire was examined with
regard to its safety. It was upheld by solid beams from the ground
upward, untouched by time, sufficient in quantity to build a modern
church.
December 25, 1795. The gilded spindle-ball and Dutch rooster
were placed on the top of the steeple.
December, 1790. Mr. Powers, of Poughkeepsie, wrote to the church
of Fishkill that books were rare and difficult to obtain, and requesting
from the church of Fishkill the loan of a number of catechisms, Heidel-
burg, in Dutch. The Consistory ordered the loan of thirteen catechisms to
be made to the church at Poughkeepsie. At this same meeting of Con-
sistory two resolutions were passed which might excite some surprise at
the present day :
Resolution Fi?-st. — That a petition be drawn and signed by this Consistory, pray-
ing leave from that iionorable body, the Legislature of this state, to make a lottery
for the purpose of raising the sum of ^1,000 for the use of this corporation.
Kesohttion Second.- — That the treasurer of this Corporation shall, out of moneys in
his hand belonging to this Corporation, purchase a ticket in the New York lottery.
The price of the ticket, ^2, and the number, 2,671, were duly re-
corded.
The church owns a copy of the bond given in the year 1736 by
Abraham Brinkerhoff to the representatives of the church, which proves
that he had, with money advanced by the congregation, made heavy pur-
chases of property for the church and parsonage. The deed (in the name
of said Abraham Brinkerhoff") he bound himself, under penalty of ;^8oo,
current money of the Province of New York, to convey to the church as
soon as its incorporation should be obtained.
While this ancient church has been made comfortable bv the appliance
of modern improvements, its antique character has been carefully preserved ;
it remains as our fathers left it.
Abraham Brinkerhoff and Pieter Du Boys (or Peter Dubois) were both
among the founders of this church, and their descendant, Abram Dubois,
58 The Heermans Family of Ulster Co., N. Y. rApril,
M.D.. of New York, with pious reverence has had their tombstones (in
the Dutch language) removed from the church-yard, properly cleaned,
and, with great taste, set in handsome tablets on the walls of this ancient
church, which their piety founded and their liberality endowed. This is
their true and best monument — from generation to generation of the
church on earth, and through an eternity of bliss in heaven, as they meet
the large numbers who, gathered from the fold of this church on earth,
have joined the Great Assembly and Church of God in Heaven.
Note. — Since the removal of Dr. Kip the changes in the pastorate of this
church have been frequent. The account of his subsequent career, together with a
full sketch of his life, will be found in the Record for January, 1889.
EARLY SETTLERS OF ULSTER CO., N. Y. THE HEERMANS
FAMILY.
By Gerrit H. Van Wagenen.
Jan Focken, called in the tax-lists of Kingston, 171 1, Jan Focken
Heermans, and in the lists of the following year, Jan Heermans, came
from Riiynen, in the province of Dreuthe, in Holland. He married, in
the Dutch church, New York, Aug. 23, 1676, Engeltje Breestede (New
York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. VH., p. 28), bp. in
New York, Nov. 29, 1654, daughter of Jan Jansen Breestede and Marritje
Andries. (Record, Vol. VH., p. 117.)
At the baptisms of all his children, except the last one in 1696, his
name appears as Jan Focken. After 1696 he calls himself Jan Heer-
mans, and his children all took the name of Heermans. He married, 2"^
about 1692, Elizabeth Blanshan, daughter of Matthew Blanshan and
widow of Pieier Cornells Low. (Riker's ZTar/^z?/, p. 203.)
The will of "Jan Heermans, Van Kingston," dated Oct. 20, 1724,
and recorded in New York March i, 1725, in liber 10, p. 39 of Wills,
mentions his only daughter Margarieta, his sons, Andries and Hendricus,
and the three children of his deceased son, Jan, viz.: Jacob, Jan and En-
geltje, wife of Cornelius Elmendorf. His children were :
2. Jan, bp. in N. Y., Nov. 3, 1677 ; sponsors, Egbert Focken and
Marritje Jans ; married, about 1697, Annatje, daughter of Jacob
Aartsen (Van Wagenen) and Sara Pels, born at Kingston, Sept.
10, 1678. Jan Heermans was deceased in 1724.
3. FocKE, bp. at Kingston, July 20, 1679 ; sponsors, Joachim Hen-
dricks and Barbara Andries.
4. Hendrick, bp. in N. Y., Sept. 3, 1681 ; sponsors, Wouter
Breestede and Grietje Van Bossem ; he married, about 1708,
Annatie, daughter of Gerrit Aartsen (Van Wagenen) and Clara
Pels, bp. at Kingston, Sept. 7, 1684. His will is dated March
23, 1750. (E. M. ^m\\ki% History of Rhinebeck.)
5. Grietje. bp. at Kingston, April 6, 1683 ; sponsors, Lucas An-
dries Hendricks and Jannetje Breestede.
6. .Andries, bp. at Kingston, April 12, 1685 ; sponsors, Wessel Ten
1890.] The Heermans Family of Ulster Co., N. F.
59
Broeck and Elsje Breestede ; married Neeltje, daughter of Gerrit
Aartsen (Van VVagenen) and Clara Pels, bp. at Kingston, April
17, 1692. The will of "Andreas Heermans, " of Rhinebeck,
dated March 4, 1766, was recorded in N. Y, April 19, 1769, in
liber 27, p. 15 of Wills ; he gives to Jan Heermans, junior,
eldest son of his deceased eldest son, Jan, twenty shillings for
his birthright. To the five children of his deceased son, Jan,
viz.: Jan, Abraham, Goze, Jacob and Jacomynte, he gives land
on "Wappaensche 'Creek," in Dutchess Co. He mentions his
sons, Jacob, Gerrit, Petrus, Hendricus, Wilhelmus, Nicolas
and Philip, and his daughters, Clara and Catharina, and his
grandson, Philip, son of his daughter, Jannetje, deceased.
The witnesses were Cornelius and Aarent Feynhout, and Chris-
tian Schultz.
7. Phillipus, bp. at Kingston, Jan. i, 1687; sponsors, Philip
Schuyler and Gertrude Breestede.
8. PiETER, bp. at Kingston, Dec. 30, 1688 ; sponsors, Jacob and
Marritje Rutse.
Children o/"Jan Heermans a?id his second wife, Elizabeth Blanshan.
9. Wilhelmus, bp. in N, Y., May 7, 1693 ; sponsors, Andries Bree-
stede and Annatje Breestede.
10. Grietje, bp. at Kingston, Aug. 30, 1696 ; sponsors, Tymen and
Grietje Van Bossem ; married at Kingston, April 21, 1727,
Jan Maklien, bp. at Kingston, March 7, 1703, son of Jan
Maklien and Marritje De Wit.
Children o/" Jan Heermans (2) arid A?inatje Van JVagenen.
11. Engeltje, bp. at Kingston, Sept. 11, 1698; sponsors, Jan and
Elizabeth Heermans; died Sept. 22, 1788 {Ch. Burial Record) /
married, at Kingston, Dec. 16, 1720, Cornells, son of Conrad
Elmendorf and Arriantje Gerritse (Vanden Berg). (New York
Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. XX., p, 104.)
12. Jacob, bp. at Kingston, Feb. 2, 1701; sponsors, Jacob Aartse
and Sara Pels; married, at Kingston, April 28, 1725, Mariije,
daughter of Jan Crispell and Geertje Roosa, bp. at Kingston,
March 15, 1702 ; she married, 2°'', Jan. 24, 1730, Dirck, son of
Dirck Van Vliet and Annalja Andriesse.
13. Jan, bp. at Kingston, Aug. 8, 1703; sponsors, Hendrick Heer-
mans and Rebecca Van Wagenen ; married, at Kingston, April
24, 1 73 1, Jacomyntje, daughter of Adam Swart and Metje Van
Slyck, bp. at Kingston, March 23, 1701.
Children of Hendricus Heermans (4) and Annatje Van Wagenen.
14. Engeltje, bp. at Kingston, Oct. 10, 1710; sponsors, Jan
Heermans and Elizabeth Blanshan. Not mentioned in her
father's will.
15. Hendricus, bp. at Kingston, June 7, 1713 ; sponsors, Andries
Heermans and Neeltje Van Wagenen, his wife ; married, at
Rhinebeck, Oct. 16, 1736, Sara, daughter of Evert Van Wag-
5o The Heerrnans Family of Ulster Co., N. Y. [April,
enen and Marytje Van Heyningen, bp. at Kingston, Jan. 8,
17 1 6.
16. Margriet, bp. at Kingston, Dec. 25, 1715 ; sponsors, Barent
Von Wagenen and Lea Schepmoes ; married, at Rliinebeck,
Sept. 29, 1739, jacobus, son of Arent Ostrander and Gertrude
Van Bloemendaal, bp. at Kingston, Nov. 18, 1716.
17. Phillipus, bp. at Kingston, March 16, 1718 ; sponsors, Evert
Van Wngenen and Marytje Van Heyningen ; married, at Riiine-
beck, Nov. 29, 1740, Clara, daughter of Andries Heermans
and Neeltje Van Wagenen.
18. WiLHELMUs, bp. at Kingston, May i, 1720; sponsors, Simon
Van Wagenen and Margriet Heermans ; married, at Rhine-
beck, Oct. 5. 1746, Janneke, daughter of Andries Heermans
and Neeltje Van Wagenen.
19. Jannetje, bp. at Kingston, Jan. 24, 1725 ; sponsors, Gosen
Van Wagenen and Gertrude Swart, his wife ; married, at Rhine-
beck, Nov. 29, 1744, Cornelius, son of Arent Ostrander and
Gertrude Maasen (Van Bloemendaal), bp. at Kingston, April
16, 1721.
20. Andries, bp. at Kingston, Dec. i, 1728 ; sponsor, Gerrit Barents
Van Wagenen ; married, at Rhinebeck, Nov. 23, 1750, Rachel,
daughter of Johannes Van Etten and Rebecca Ostrander, bp.
at Kingston, Sept. 30, 1728.
Children 0/ Andries Heermans (6) ayid Neeltje Van Wagenen.
21. Jan, bp. at Kingston, Aug. 19, 171 1; sponsors, Jan Heermans
and Grietje Van Bossen ; probably married Jannetje Newkirk,
bp. at Kingston, Oct. 12, 171 2, daughter of Gerret Newkirk
and Grietje Ten Eyck.
22. Engei.tje, bp. at Kingston, May 9, 1714; sponsors, Hendrick
Heermans and Annatje Van Wagenen. Not mentioned in her
father's will.
23. Jacob, bp. at Kingston, Sept. 23. 1716 ; sponsors, Barent Van
Benthuysen and Jannetje Van Wagenen, his wife ; married, at
Rhinebeck, Dec. 30, 1747, Cattarina Vosburg. The will of
"Jacob Heremanse, of Red Hook, Dutchess Co., N. Y.," is dated
March 9, 1784, and recorded in N. Y., Sept. 26, 1785. He men-
tions his eldest son, Andrew, and his other sons, John, Jacob
and Martin ; his daughters, Cornelia, wife of David Van Ness,
Neeltje, wife of Peter Cantine, Annetje, wife of Isaac Stouten-
burgh, Jr., and Dorothea.
24. Annetje, bp. at Kingston, Jan. i, 1718; sponsors, Barent Van
Benthuysen and Jannetje Van Wagenen, his wife. She is not
mentioned in her father's will, but appears to have married at
Rhinebeck, July 26, 1741, Barent Holls, of Kinderhook.
25. Clara, bp. at Kingston, March 22, 1719 ; sponsors, Barent Van
Wagenen and Lea Schepmoes ; married, at Kingston, Nov. 29,
1740, Philippus, son of Hendricus Heermans and Annatje Van
Wagenen.
26. Gerr't, bp. at Kingston, Nov. 18, 1722 ; sponsors. Evert Van
Wagenen and Marytje Van Heyningen, his wife ; married, at
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Rhinebeck, Nov. 4, 1748, Gerritje Schermerhorn, daughter of
Ryer Schermerhorn and Geertje Ten Eyck, bp. at Albany,
April 2, 1727.
27. Jannekk, bp. at Kingston, Jan. 8, 1721 ; sponsors, Simon Van
Wagenen and Marytje Schepmoes. his wife ; married, at Rhine-
beck, Oct. 5, 1746, Wilhelmus Heermans, son of Hendricus
Heermans and Annatje Van Wagenen.
28. Petrus, bp. at Kingston, Sept. 6, 1724; sponsors, Gerrit Van
Wagenen and Theuntje Vandenberg, his wife ; married, at
Rhinebeck, May. i, 1747, Elizabeth Knickerbocker; probably
married. 2°'*, at Rhinebeck, Nov. 11, 1752, Maria, daughter of
Simon Van Wagenen and Maria Schepmoes, bp. at Kingston,
Feb. 20, 1732.
29. Hendricus, bp. at Kingston, May 19, 1726; sponsors, GosenVan
Wagenen and Gertrude Swart, his wife ; married, May 26,
1 72 1, by license, Annetje Stoutenburgh.
30. Catrina, bp. at Kingston, April 14, 1728; sponsors, Gerrit and
Clara Van Benthuysen ; married, at Rhinebeck, June 25, 1757,
John Baptist Kip, son of Roelof Kip and Sara Drummond, bp.
at Kingston, Feb. 28, 1725. (Rfxord, Vol. XII., p. 30.)
31. Wilhelmus, bp. at Kingston, Feb. i, 1730 ; sponsors, Cornelius
Elmendorf and Engeltje Heermans, his wife ; married, at
Rhinebeck, Nov. 10, 1756, Neeltje Hoogland, of Oyster Bay,
Long Island.
3-2. Nicholas, bp. at Kingston, March 5, 1732 ; sponsors, Aart
Everts and Claartje Everts Van Wagenen ; married, at Rhine-
beck, April 18, 1 76 1, Jenneke, daughter of Jacob Kip and
Clara Van Wagenen, bp. at Rhinebeck, Jan. 13, 174 1.
33. Philippus, bp. at Rhinebeck, March 17, 1734 ; sponsors, Hen-
drick and Margaret Heermans ; married, at Rhinebeck, Oct.
13, 1759, Jannetje Schermerhorn.
34. Abraham, bp. at Rhinebeck, Aug. 7, 1737; sponsors, Abraham
Van Benthuysen and Anna Heermans. Not mentioned in his
father's will.
THE SCHUREMANS, OF NEW ROCHELLE.
By Richard Wynkoop, of Brooklyn, N. Y.
. These Schuremans are descendants of Frederick Schureman and his
wife, Mary , who settled at New Rochelle near the end of the seven-
teenth century, or the beginning of the eighteenth. They are, so far as
this country is concerned, a line independent of that of New Brunswick,
New Jersey, who are descended from Jacobus Schuurman and Antje Ter-
hune. The name was, no doubt, spelled the same way originally, although
in the N. R. line it appears in print as Scurman. Perhaps they had lost
the correct spelling through their affiliation, by marriage and domestica-
tion, with the French Huguenots. But the descendants of each line now
spell the name Schureman.
62 The Schuremans, of New Rochelle. - [April,
There is a long break in the chain of the N. R. Schuremans, and the
old records of the French church at New Rochelle, which ought to give
light, are lost ; so that the only source of information remaining would
be old family records, in Bibles, or elsewhere. To evoke information
from such sources in aid of this family, and of Huguenot families also,
is the main purpose of this sketch.
Frederick Scurman, aged 80, and Mary Scurman, aged 70, assumed to
be his wife, appear as settled at New Rochelle, in a list of inhabitants,
December 9, 1710. Also Frederick Scurman, aged 43, and Judy Scur-
man, aged '},'], probably his wife ; and Jacob Scurman, aged 40, and Altia
Scurman, aged 38, probably his wife. [Doc. Hist. N. Y., Vol. III., pp.
946, 947-)
But Frederick Schorman, no doubt the son, and Jacob Scurman,_ the
other son. appear as freeholders at New Rochelle in 1708, two years
earlier. [Hist, of the Towns of Westchester Co., Boston, 1881, Vol. I., p.
599.) Frederick Scurman was one of the freeholders who made a grant
of land, April 17, 1724, for the erection of a mill. (Same.)
To a petition, dated June i, 1743, addressed to the Episcopal Propaga-
his
tion Society, for a return of their minister, is affixed Frederick X Schur-
man. (Same, p. 643.) ^^^^k.
In the list of 1710, following the names of Frederick Scurman and
Mary Scurman, is that of Marget Scurman, aged 50 ; she was probably
their daughter. They may also have been parents of the young Schiiurman
women, named below, whose records are in New York City ; but it is pos-
sible that those women were of an independent New York City line.
In the same New Rochelle list, following the names of " ffrederick "
Scurman and Judy Scurman, are the names of children : Marget Scurman,
aged 18 ; Susanna Scurman, aged 15 ; Elizabeth Scurman, aged 13 ;
Isabell Scurman, aged 4.
And in the same list, following the names of Jacob Scurman and Altia
Scurman, are children : Jacob Scurman, Junr., aged 11 ; Miles Scurman.
aged 6 ; Alexander Scurman, aged 3 ; Anne Scurman, aged 10 ; Sarah
Scurman, aged 5. It is possible that this Jacob had a second wife,
Annetje Jeffers.
In the records of the Collegiate Dutch church, New York, appears the
following : " Baptized June 5, 1713, Sophia, child of Jacob Schiiurmans
and Annetje Jeffers; witnesses, Denys Doohage and Rachel his wife."
It appears elsewhere that Schuurmanwas the family name of Rachel.
In the same church records appears the marriage of Jacob Schurman
and Jane Parker, March 4, 1736. It is probable that he was the ''Jacob,
Junr.," of the list of 1710, and the person, with Jane Pareseite for wife,
whose child, Jane, was born Jan. 13, 1737, at New Rochelle, d. Dec. 4,
18 13, at Scarsdale, wife of John Bonnet, b. April 9, 1738, at New Rochelle,
d. Aug. 21, 1795, at the same place, (Record kept in a Schureman-
Huguenot family.)
There is a tradition that one (or more) of the New Rochelle Schure-
mans adhered to the Crown, and w^as obliged to leave the country. The
descendants are living at St. John, N. B. At a meeting held at White
Plains, April 13, 1775, Jacob Schurman joined with others in a declara-
tion of loyalty to the Crown. {Hist, of Towns of West., Vol. II., pp. 558,
559.) It may have been this Jacob.
1890.] The Schuremans, of New Rochelle. 5^
There is a tradition that, about the time of the revolutionary war,
there were three brothers and three sisters living at New Rochelle, the
brothers separately, and the sisters together, until they, the sisters, died,
unmarried, aged about 80 years each. One was Frederick, whose son
Frederick was known as " Old Master" — perhaps a schoolmaster ; another
was Jacob, perhaps the one who was a royalist. The descendants of Fred-
erick and of Jacob are not traceable. The third was Jeremiah, born
about 1725, shot in his own doorway by the royalists in 1777. He mar-
ried Magdalene de Veaux, January, 1761, b. Sept. 17, 1728, d. June 19,
1817.
The children of Jeremiah, and Magdalene were : Esther, b. Feb. 23,
1762, m. to Ezekiel Halsted ; children, Samuel and Schureman. (2)
Jeremiah, b. Sept. 11 or 14, 1763, d. Aug. 7, 1823 ; m., 1795, Susannah
Bailey, b. March 4, 1775, cousin of Bishop Bayley. He removed to
Pelham, thence to New York City, where he kept the Westchester House,
on the Bowery, and a wholesale and retail grocery store further down town.
His widow m. Judge Goetchius, a farmer of Haverstraw, N. Y. , by whom
she had no children. (3) Ann, b. Feb. 25, 1765; m. Peter Underbill.
(4) John, b. March 13, 1766, d. April 18, 1853 ; m. (i) Deborah Cornell,
no issue ; (2) Martha Carpenter, Nov. 21, 1806. (5) Frederick, b. April
17, 1768, d. Oct. 23, 1836; m. Cornelia Ann Bogert, b. May 11, 1770, d.
Feb. 21, 1819.
From this point onward there is no break. Descendants of Jeremiah
(2) are : Albert Jeremiah, Samuel Oscar, and Charles Augustus, at Newark,
N. J., and Erastus Ross, at Ballston Spa, N. Y. John (4) has a descend-
ant, John David, at New Rochelle. Descendants of Frederick (5) are :
Magdalene, widow of William Soulice Hunt, and Alphonso Bogert Schure-
man, of Concord, Mass.
But there are other Schuremans, certainly or possibly of the family,
who have eluded classification — namely :
Jacob Sheerman or Scheerman (?), and Neeltje Metker or Messeker,
had children baptized at New York City: Thomas, Sept. 26, 1733;
Uzziet, Sept. 14, i739-
Jacob Schurman and Magdalen Parent. Marriage Bond May i,
1760.
Sarah Schurman and Dennis Dunscomb, M. B. Jan. 18, '1762.
Jacob Shareman (?) and Jeanne Calls, child, Jacob, bap. Oct. 7, 1764.
(Records Church Du Saint Esprit, N. Y. )
William Schuieman and Jane Bonnet, M. B. Nov. 17, 1768.
John Shurmur (?) and Catharine Makdonald, m. Sept. 38, 1763.
(Records Collegiate church.)
Daniel Schureman was admitted freeman of N. Y. City in 1745-
{Hist. N. r., Valentine, p. 389.)
The names of Conrad Schawerman, or Schuyrman, and of Peter A.
and Johannis Showerman, appear in Livingston Manor, 171 1, 1715, i793-
{Doc. Hist. N. v., Vol. HI., pp. 674, 704, 840.)
And there were Schuremans in New York City earlier than at New
Rochelle or New Brunswick. There seems to be no chance of tracing
them into the New Jersey line, but they may be of that of New Rochelle,
as suggested above.
Geesje (Cornelia ?) Schuurman m. Bruyn Hage (elsewhere called
Hager), young man from the Esopus, Dec. 10, 1681. (Records Coll.
54 The Schuremans, of New Rochelle. [April,
Dutch church.) In 1686 she was a widow, living on King St., N. Y.
{Hist. N. v., Valentine, p. 340.) Nov. 7, 1688, she m. Herman Jans-
zen, "widower of Brechtie Elsewaert." (Coll. records.) Children bap-
tized: Dirckje, July 28, 1689; Jeremias, Jan. 4, 1691. (Same.)
Elizabeth Schuurmans, admitted to church membership Dec. 3, 1681,
m., Dec. 14, 1687, to Caspar Pieterszen Neby (Meby), young man of N. Y.,
and living there ; she is described as from Santfort ; children baptized :
Pieter, Dec. 26, 1689 ; Frederick, Sept. i, 1695 ; Jeremias, June 25,
1699; Abraham, Nov. 18, 1705; father's name Mevi, Mebie, Maebie.
(Same.)
Rachel Schuurmans, young maiden from Standfort, and Denys Janszen,
young man from Vlissingen, both living in N. Y., had banns published
Oct. 13, 1696, but they were withdrawn under protest from Harlem.
However, they were married subsequently, for "Rachel Scheurmans, wife
of Denys Janse," was a witness, Jan. 19, 1701, and Denys Doohage and
Rachel, his wife, were witnesses, June 5, 17 13. Baptism, July 21, 1706,
Christina, child of Denys Doolhage and Rachel Schuurmans. (Records
Coll. church.)
There appears another Schureman, who has descendants in Pennsyl-
vania and Missouri, whose parentage has eluded search. Gerrit Schuer-
man and Wyntje (Lavinia ?) Van der Hoef, m., March 4, 1754, with
certificate from the Presbyterian church, Feb. 17, 1754. They had chil-
dren : Daniel, bap. March 12, 1755, witnesses, Antony Ecclay and Annatje
Schuurman, his wife; Lea, Jan. 26, 1757; Johannis, C)ct. 10, 1759.
(Records Coll. church.) Daniel seems to have died young. Lea and
Johannis "were left orphans, and were brought up by their aunt, Mrs.
Steele." I\Iarriage Bond, Catharine Schureman and Stephen Steel, was
given April 12, 1759.
Johannis, above named, was married three times : (i) a Miss Valentine
or Miss Day; (2) Miss Leonard; (3) Catharine Scott, d. about 1824.
By his second wife he had many descendants, who are in Pennsylvania,
New Jersey and Missouri. His third marriage was late in life, and he had
but one child, Rachel Rebecca, now Mrs. Cyrus La Wall, of Easton, Pa.
The names of Garret Schureman and Willemtje, his wife, occur in
the New Jersey records ; but the reference baffles present recall.
In the list of members of the Collegiate Church, July 15, 1668, ap-
pears the name of Willem Van der Schiiuren. But this may be of a
different family.
A Schurman or Shuerman, about the close of the last ceutur\', m.
Elizabeth, 3*^ child of John Purcell or Pearsall. (Gen. Record, Vol.
XX., pp. 78, 79.)
A Miss Rhinelander was m. to Schureman. [Hisl. of Towns
of Westchester, Vol. II., p. 757.)
Note. — S, at the end of the name, properly sz, of which z is tlie initial of ze or
zoon, indicates a patronymic. The Netherlander? used a possessive case, writing it
without an apostrophe, although it seems to be outside of the frame of their grammar;
and Sewel, in 1726, sanctions such usage. Ze means she or her ; zoon signifies son ;
Schuurmansz would signify Schuurman's son, or Schuurman's daughter.
1890.] Records of the Re/onned Dutch Church in Ntw York. 6 c
RECORDS OF THE REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH IN THE
CITY OF NEW YORK.— Baptisms.
(Continued from Vol. XXL, p. 35, of The Record.)
19
22
OUDERS. KINDERS.
Evert Byvank, Maria Johannes.
Cannon.
Hendrik Ryke, Elisa- Elisabeth.
beth Peek.
Theunis V. Woert, Theiinis.
A g n i e t j e v. Dr
Spiegel.
Abraham V. Deiirsen, Susanna.
Annetje Coek.
Jacob K o n i n g h , Maria.
Maayke V. Roen.
Charles Crook, Anthony.
Anneke Rutgers.
26. Johannes Hofinan, Catharina.
Margariet Anhiiys.
5. Jan Brestede, Anna Helena.
Maria Br. Elsworth,
[491.]
Febr : 5. Willem R o o m e , Frans.
Anna Wessels.
d°. 9. David Abeel, Maria Gerard us.
Duyking.
Gysbert Gerrits, Mar- Jacob,
gariet Lesser.
12, Jacobus Jacobs, Thomas.
Maria Zwaan.
Gerrit Martens, Johannes.
Pieternel Ewoiits.
Hendrik Anthony, Fredrik.
EvaJFisjer.
16, Hendricus Smith, AaQe.
Rachel Sammons.
21. Joris Elsworth, Jiidith.
Jannitje Miserol.
Jacob S a m m o n , Benjamin.
Catlyntje Bensen. Liena.
2 lingen.
23. John King, Maria Benjamin.
Pascaiin.
GETUYGEN.
Jan Cannon, junior, Maria
Cannon, z. moeder.
Arie Koningh, Rachel
Peek, z. h. v.
Pieter Hansen, Catha-
rina Rutgers, h. v. v.,
Thomas Thong.
Dirk Coek, Susanna
Bording, z. h. v.
Jacob Ten Eyk, Neeltje
Hardenberg, z. h. v.
Anthony Rutgers.
Christiaan Hessel, Catha-
rina Snyder.
Gerardiis Hardenbroek,
Anna Maria Breeste,
j. d.
Lawrens Gerbrants, Elisa-
beth Gerbrants.
Wilhelmiis Bee k man,
Johanna Van Brugh,
h. V. v., Gerardus Diiy-
king.
Jacob Bos, Tiyntje Bos.
Richard Zwaan, Hen-
drikje Sikkels.
Petrus E w o u t s , Sara
Smith, h. V. v., Henry
Filkens.
Liicas Braesjer, Susanna
Anthony.
Jacob Sammons, Grietje
Sammons, h. v. v. ,
Elias Brevoort.
Gerardus Stiiyvesant,
Judith Bayard, z. h. v.
Isaac Van Hoek, Neeltje
Van Schaik, Hendricus
Smith, Aafje Sammons,
jong d"".
Daniel Revo, Jannetje
Martyn.
56 Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York. [April,
A° 1729. OUDERS. KINDERS.
d°. 26. Willem Gilbert, Johanna.
Maria V. Zandt.
d°. JanSchouten, Johannes.
Agnietje Bennet.
Maart 5. Jan Langedyk (obit), Jan.
Antje d. Graaf.
d°. Jan Man, Elisabeth William.
V. Deuisen.
d°. 9. Fredrik Sebring, Elisabeih.
Maria Provoost.
d°. 12. D'aniel Lynsen,
Catlyntje Egt.
[492.]
d°. Pieter Bant, ]n\,
Cathalyntje Myer,
d°. Jurian Blaw, Hester
Emmet.
d°. 16. Johannis Hendrix,
Sara Masier.
d°. 23. H e n d r i k Bogaart,
Cornelia D .
Graaw.
d°. Dirk Dykman, Wil-
mina Bas.
d°. 26. Philip Jong, Eva
Thysen.
d°. 30. Cornelius V. Hoorn,
Johanna Liven-
ston.
April 3. Jan VVillemse, Jan-
netje V. D. Water.
d°. 7. Johannes V. Solinge,
Antje Marselis.
d°. 13. Johannes Roorbag,
Sophia Graaw.
d°. Joseph Makepees,
Gerrilje Viely.
d°. 16. William Hamersly,
Liicretia Greven-
raat.
d°. Lawrens Lammers,
J a n n e t j e Mag-
daniel.
Willem.
Ann.
Coenradiis.
GETUYGEN.
Johannes Van Zandt,
Catharina Bensen,
z. h. V.
Jacob Pardon, Maria
Vlieceboom, z. h. v.
Jeronimus Remse, Anna
Peek, h. V. V. , Jan
Bogaart.
Jan Herris, junior,
Catharina Smith, wed*.
Abraham Marschalk,
Elisabeth Provoost,
h. V. v., Johannes
Beekman, ju^
Marinus Egt, Marritje
Egt, ^ved^
Petrus.
Pieter Bant, Senior,
Martinus.
Marcy White, z. h. v..
2 lingen.
Leena.
Martinus Myer, Em-
metje V. Dyk, z. h. v.
Fredrik Blaw, Lena,
z. h. V.
Sara.
Coenraat Ten Eyk, Elisa-
beth Masier.
Gerrit.
Walter De Graaw, Catha-
rina De Graaw.
Joris.
Joris Dykman, Catlina
Ydese, z. h. v.
Petrus.
Petrus Snyer, Christina
Robert.
Thysen.
Robert Livingston, Mar-
gareta Vetch.
Fredrik.
Fredrik Willemse, Maria
W^aldron, z. h. v.
Petrus.
Joost Lynsen.
Catharina.
Johannes Kip, Catharina
Catharina.
Ogelbe.
Gerrit Viely, Liicretia
B oga rd u s, h. v. v.,
Abraham Van Deursen.
Abraham Gouverneur,
Helena De Kay.
Lawrens Law,
Lammers.
Neeltje
1S90.] Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Fork. 57
1729.
20.
23-
?o.
[493-]
10.
15-
25-
26.
4.
d°.
OUDERS.
Jacob Kwackenbos,
Anna Elisabeth
Brouwer.
Johannes Symonse,
Ziister Corsen.
Pieter de Groof, Re-
becca Goederus.
Liicas Braasjer, Ju-
dith Gaasjeri.
H e n d r i k Ciiyler,
Maria Jacobs.
Samuel Beekman,
Catharina Rol.
Samuel Shiefield,
Helena De Kay*.
Petrus Low, Rachel
Rosevelt.
Fredrik Blom,
Apolony Vreden-
biirg.
Coinelis Van Hoek,
Janneke Bos.
Joris Walgraaf, Mag-
dalena Lesjer.
Jacob Sherman,
Neeltje Masker.
Abel Hardenbroek,
Annetje Elswort.
Jacob Walton, Maria
Beekman.
Elbert Haring, Catha-
rina Lent.
Abraham Filkens,
Pryntje Tieboiit.
D° Henriciis B o e 1 ,
Elisabeth V.
Home.
Johannes V. Deurse,
Geertje Minthorn.
Samuel Harve, An-
naatje Elswort.
Pieter 6nyer, Anna
Catrina Corsile.
6
KINDERS.
GETUYGEN.
Klaasje.
Pieter Brouwer, Elisabeth
Quackenbos, z. h. v.
Mar^nje.
Jan Blom, Rebecca
Korsen.
Marica.
Egbert Van B u r s ti m ,
Marica de Groof.
Elisabeth.
Jan Schoute Braasjer, Eva
Fisjer, h. v. v., Hen-
drik Anthony.
Helena. Joseph Royal, Anna
Cruger.
Annaatje. Philip Minthorn, J'.,
Annaatje Rol, z. h. v.
Samuel. Paiilus Richard, Helena
De Kay.
Jannetje. Johannes Vander Heiil,
Hyla Sjoert, h. v. v.,
Jan Rosevelt.
Mayke. Jan Blom, Maria Vreden-
burg.
Margarietje. Johannes Symonse,
Geesje Vander Schuur.
Susanna. Gysbert Gerretse, Sii-
sanna Moor.
Jacob. Jacob Prys, Eva Prys.
Willem. Willem Elsworth, Pieter-
nel Romme, z. h. v.
Catharina. Richard Van Dam, Cor-
nelia Beekman, z. h. v.
Catharina. Elbert Livensen, Catha-
rina Bogert, z. h. v.
Elisabeth. Hendrik Filkens, Aafje
Magdalena. Tiebout, Cornells
Tieboiit, Catharina
Filkens.
Wynant Van Zandt, Cath-
31 arina Ten Eyk.
Henricus
geboren
May
gestorven May
1730-
Catharina
Joseph.
Willem.
Johannes V. Gelder,
Elisabeth Man.
Asuerus Elsworth, Sara
Ver Dtiyn, h. v. v.,
Teophiliis Elsworth.
Willem Corsilius, Veron-
ica Corsilius.
58 Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York. [April,
A" 1729. OUDERS.
d°. M i c h i e 1 Cornelisse,
Elisabeth dil Voor.
[494.]
d°. 15. John Thomson,
Anna Cannon.
d°. Pieter V. Dyk, Cor-
nelia Vark.
d°. Stephen Bayard,
Alida Vetch.
d°. 18. Asuerus Elsvvorth,
Maria V" Gelder.
d°. 22. Hendriciis Bresteed,
Geertje Wessels.
d°. 29. Abraham Kip, Maria
V.d" Berg.
d°. Isaac Bokee, Bregje
Romme.
d". Anthony Leuwis,
Miljora Norwood.
Jdly 2. Jan Pieter Senger,
Catharina Maiilin.
d°. David Van Gelder,
Elisabeth v. Beek.
d°. Isaac H e n j o n ,
Helena Stymets.
d°. 9. AUart Anthony, Su-
sanna La wrier.
d°. Hendricus Bensin,
Catharina V." Laar.
d°. 20. Mattheiis Clarkson,
Cornelia de Pey-
ster.
d". 23. Andris Myer, Geertje
Wessels.
d°. Cornells F 1 a m e n ,
Aaltje Gerbrants.
d°. Gerardus Harden-
broek, Hyla
Koelv.
[495-]
July 27.
d°.
30.
Cornells V : Thien-
hove, Geertruyd
Hibon.
James Stevens,
Claasje Bensing.
KINDERS. GETUYGEN.
Michiel. Thomas*Cox, Geertje Bar-
heit.
Maria. Abraham Cannon, Maria
Cannon, z, h. v.
Petrus. Jacobus Van Dyk, Rachel
Van Dyk.
William. Nicolaas Bayard, Mar-
gareta Vetch.
Sara. Sam del Harvy, Annaatje
Van Gelder.
Geertje. John Thorman, Dievertje
Bratt.
jsaac. Isaac Kip, senior, Maria
Lansing, h. v. v., Hiiy-
bert Van den Berg.
Annetje. Abraham Bokee, Geer-
truyd Romme.
Thomas. John Holt, Cornelia Nor-
wood.
Elisabeth. Johannes Senger, Catha-
rina Ruypel.
Catlyntje. Jo^iannes Van Gelder,
Catlyntje Vander Beek.
David. Gerrit Hennion, Maria
Van Vorst.
Susanna. Nicolaas Anthony, Anna
De Peyster.
Simson. Herman Bensen, Aaltje
Gerrit. Bikkers, z. h. v.,
2 lingen. Egbert Van Borsum,
Elisabeth Radly.
Mattheus. William De Peyster,
Maria De Peyster.
Jacobus. Andries Myer, junior,
Jannetje Wessels, jong
dog.
Elisabeth. L a w r e n s Gerbrants,
NeeltjeTen Eyk,Wed^
Gerardus. Jan Bresteed, Catharina
Roosevelt.
Catharina. Andries Barheyt, Re-
becca Makginne.
Herman. Jan Lake, Catharina
Bensing, z. h. v.
1890.] Records of ihe Reformed Dutch Church in Nnv York. 5q
A' 1729.
Aiig. 3-
dito.
dito
OUDERS.
A n d r i e s Barhyt,
Rachel Hoist.
Jan Van B u r e n ,
Maria Myer.
dito.
d°
, Samuel Jan sen,
Marytje v. Pelt.
Albertus T i e b o u t ,
Cornelia Bogert.
dito 13. Wilhelmus Beek-
m a n , Catharina
Lanoy.
17. P i e t e r Marschalk,
Catlyntje Kip.
Johannes V. Gelder,
Sara Van Deurse.
d°. 20. Will em Krollii'is,
Veronica Korsilius.
d°. Nicolaas Anthony,
Rebecca Pieters.
d°. Wynant V. Zandt,
Catharina Ten
Eyk.
d°. Olivier Teller, Cor-
nelia De Peyster.
7-
[496.]
10.
14.
17.
21.
Isaac Chardevyn,
Annetje Caar.
Nicolaas Gouverneur,
Geertruyd R y n -
ders.
Johannes Montanje,
Susanna Bussing.
Sjoert Olferts, Mar-
grietje v. Diiyn.
Hendrik ten Broek,
Marytje Blank.
James Fokker,
"Mar y t j e Woer-
tendyk,
Martinus Eygenberg,
Anna Maria
Doom.
Joris B r i n k e r h o f,
Elisabeth Byvank.
Gysbert v, Deursen,
Annetje Ten
Broek.
KINDERS. . GETUYGEN.
Cornells. Theunis Du Forr, Geertje
Barhyt, z. h. v.
Jacobus. Jacobus Livingston,
Christina. Maria K i e rs te e d e ,
2 lingen. z. h. v., [an Van
Buren, jiin'., Theuntje
Van Buren.
Elisabeth. Henry Frencis, Catharina
Beekman.
Margrietje. Theunis Tieboiit, Mar-
grietje Bogert.
Abraham. Gerardiis Beekman.
Sara, Jacob Kip, Elisabeth
Marschalk.
Johannes. Ficktoor Hyer, Dina Van
Gelder.
Anna Catha- Pieter Corsilius, Anna
rina. Corsilius.
Engeltje. Jan Pieters, Harmpje
Coek, z. h. V.
Johanna. Pieter Pra Van Zandt,
Margarietje Van Zandt.
Sophia. Isaac De Peyster, Andries
Teller, Maria De Pey-
ster.
Anthony. J e r e m i a s Chardevyn,
Annetje Caar.
Hester. Abraham Gouverneur,
Hester Lyslaer, h. v. v..
Parent Rynderts.
Isaac. Isaac Bussing, Annetje
Biissing, jong dog'.
Margarietje. Cornells Clopper, Catha-
rina Grevenraat.
Caspariis. Jiirian Blank, Angenietje
Blank, Wed^
JacobiJS. Cornells Woertendyk,
Jenneke Peers, z. h. v.
Christiaan. Christiaan Stoilber, Geer-
trey Simonis.
Dirk. Dirk Brinkerhof, Aaltje
Coilwenhove, z. h. v.
Lyntje. Johannes Ten Broek,
Neeltje Van Deiirsen.
70
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1729.
23-
d°.
Octob. I.
d".
d°.
d°.
d°.
d".
dito.
[497-]
d".
d°.
19.
22.
d°. 29.
Nov.
d°.
d°.
d".
d°.
d°.
16,
OUDERS.
Philip Minthorn, An-
naatje Roll.
Mattheus Aalstyn,
Catharina Kerfbyl.
Burger Sipkens, Re-
becca Onkelbag.
Walter De Graaw,
Maria La Maar.
David Kermer, De-
bora Berry.
Adrian Hooglant,
Engeltje v. d.
Water,
Joseph Houward.
Henry Filkens, Elis-
abet Smith.
Dirk V. der Haan,
Geertje Dykman.
Abraham v. Gelder,
Catalina v. d. Beek.
Abraham v. Arnem,
Maria v. Hyn-
ingen,
Philip Melsbag,
Catharina C 1 o u -
wryn.
Adrian Banker, Elis-
abeth V. Taarl.
Adolph Myer, Catha-
rina Haring.
William Bradford,
Sytje Santfort.
Willem Laton, Mar-
grietje Ketelhiiyn.
Frans Walter, Maiia
Liefhaan.
, Dirk Hoppe, Maria
Francis.
Caspariis Pryer, Sara
Andriesse.
Hendrik V. der
Hoef, Eva Slot.
. James Livingston,
Maria Kierstede.
Symon Cregier, Anna
Van Oort.
Johannes Blank,
Rachel Andriesse
KINDERS.
GETUYGEN.
Hillegout.
Johannes Minthoorn,
Catharina Roll.
Johannes
Jan Van Aalstyn, Maria
Kerfbyl.
Staats, z. h, v.
Burger.
Johannes Van Gelder,
2 lingen.
Elsje Sipkens, Gerrit
Onkelbag.
Onkelbag, Elisabeth
Brestede.
Susanna.
Evert Pels & Catharina
De Graaw, z. h. v.
Abraham.
Gilbert Michelveen, Hyla
Clopper, jong dogt.
Engeltje.
Benjamin Van d. Water,
en zyn hiiys vrouw.
Maria.
Catharina.
Dirk. R i ch ard Rhee, E Isj e
Sanders, z. h. v.
Abraham. David Van Gelder, Sara
Vander Beek.
jsaac. Jan Van Aarnem, Maria
Ellis, jong dogter.
Maria. Johannes Roorbag,
Maria Clowryn.
Elisabeth. Floris Van Taarl, Jan-
netje Schuyler.
Petrus. Pieter Haringh, Grietje
Bogert, z. h. v.
Cornells. Gerrit van Hoorn, Elsa-
beth Provoost, z. h. v.
Johanna. Jan Laton, Johanna
Turk.
Eva. Willem Crollius, Eva
Tysen.
Mattheiis. Mattheus, H oppe. Lea
Steger.
Jenneke. Machiel Vrelandt, Jen-
neke Van Hoiiten.
Petrus. Zacharias Sikkels, Lea
Slot.
Jacobus. Hendricus Beekman,
Margareta Vetch.
Catharina. Jan B o g a a r t , Elisabeth
Ryke.
Johannes. Adriaan Hooglant, Caatje
Blank.
1890.] Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New YorJi.
71
A° 1729. OUDERS.
d°. 19. Samuel Pell, Su-
sanna Riifje.
d°. 23. Johannes Man, Jo-
hanna Burger.
Nicolaas V. Taarling,
Elisabeth Richard.
[498.]
d°.
dito.
d°.
28.
30.
Dec.
d°.
d°.
d°.
d°.
d".
d°.
d°.
d°.
10.
14.
17-
[499-]
Joris Lamb, Hen-
drikje Myer,
Johannes Marschalk,
Johanna Turk.
Pieter Masier, Jan-
netje Wessels.
Jacob Pitt, Aaltje
Abrams.
Isaac V. Hoek, Naatje
V. Schaik.
Richard V. Dam,
Cornelia Beekman.
Pieter Post, Catha-
rina Beekman.
Hendricus Beekman,
Geertruyd V. Cort-
lant.
Cornells F o 1 m a n ,
Maria Wessels.
W i 1 1 e m Fischjer,
Elisabeth Smith,
Hendrik Dyer, Jo-
hanna Montanje,
Isaac Callio, Agnietje
Bolje.
Cornells Wvnkoop,
Elisabeth 'V. d^
Spiegel.
Johannes Schuyler,
Cornelia V. Cort-
landt.
Fredrik Willemse,
Maria Waldron.
W i 1 1 e m du Voir,
Cherritie Kanklin.
Abraham Marschalk,
Maria Sebring.
KINDERS. GETUYGEN.
Susanna. Willem Beek, Hester
RiiQe.
Sara. Joseph Ryden, Jamine,
Sara Burger, z. h. v.
Maria. F 1 o r i s Van Taarling,
Catharina Richard,
h. V. v., Robert Crook.
Elisabeth. Pieter Bandt, junior,
Catlyntje Myer, z. h. v.
Johanna. Francois Marschalk,
Teuntje Marschalk.
Elisabeth. Hendricus Breeste,
Geertje Wessels.
Nicolaas. Pieter Snyder, Catharina,
z. h. V.
Jannetje. Cornells Van Hoek,
Neeltje Van Schaik.
Richard. Isaac Van Dam, Jsabella
Jacobus. Pintard, Hendriciis
2 lingen. Beekman, Elisabeth De
Peyster.
Annaatje. Steven Bayard, Alida
Vetch, z. h. v.- —
Henriciis. Philip Van Cortlant,
Albert Pawling, Anna
Van Cortlant.
Maria. Hendricus Breested, Sara
Folman.
Catharina. John Welsch, Catharina
Alting.
Jonathan. Petrus Montanje, Pieter-
nella Montanje.
Agnietje. Gideon Lynsen, Agnietje
Lynsen.
Benjamin. Benjamin Wynkoop,
Cornells. Catharina Wynkoop,
jong d., Lawrens V.
der Spiegel, Elsje
Vauder Spiegel, we d.
Stephaniis. Philip Schuyler, Mar-
gareta Schuyler, zyn
hiiys vroiiw.
Annaatje. Jan Willemse, Sara
Willemse, jong dog'.
Jan. Jan Canklin, Liiyda
Canklin.
Elisabeth. David Schuyler, Elisabeth
Marschalk.
7 2 Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York. [April,
A'
Jan.
Feb.
d".
dilo
d°.
d°.
14.
d°.
1730, OUDERS.
7. Abraham Andriesse,
Elisabeth Buys.
Johannes R o o m e ,
Susanna Le Savalje.
Joseph Royal], Catha-
rina Jansen.
Jacob Van Deiirsen,
Helena Van Deiir-
sen.
Lucas Van Vegten,
Tanneke Woeders.
Cornel is Filkens,
Margrietje P r o -
voost.
Simson Pels, Maria
Bensin.
Johannes Van Wyk,
Johanna Bedaii.
Hendrik Bras, Mar-
grietje Helling.
Albartel Miller,
Catharina Linchs.
Abraham Ten Eyk,
Jezy^ntje Barkelo.
Hendrik Brasjer,
Abigael Persel.
Abraham B o e 1 e n ,
Elisabeth De Pey-
ster.
Mattheus Borell, Sara
Smith.
William R e n d e 1 ,
Neeltje V. Dyk.
T h e u n i s Tiebout,
Margrietje Drink-
water.
Hendrik La b a g h ,
Elisabeth Lesser.
James Seys, Marytje
Thomas.
John Hiitton, Elisa-
beth V. Dyk.
Johannes Myer,
Elisabeth Pell.
Hendrik Tiebout,
Elisabeth Burger.
II.
29.
25-
[500.]
KINDERS.
Elias.
Susanna.
Catharina.
Annaatje.
Cornells.
Alette.
Catlyntje.
Theodorus.
Maria.
Hendiik.
Dirk.
Maria.
Henricus.
Maria.
Elisabeth,
Antje.
Jacob.
Robert.
George.
Cornelia.
Elisabeth.
Maart i. Johannes Poulse, Jacob.
Tryntje V. Deiir-
sen.
GETUYGEN.
Pieter Andriessen,
Francyntje Andriessen.
Pieter De Lays, Maria
Le Savalje.
Johannes Jansen, Lena
Jansen, z. dogter.
Isaac Van Deiirsen, Maria
Man.
J o h a n n i s Vredenburg,
Jannetje Vredenburg.
Gerrit Roos, Alette Roos,
wedu^
Samuel Bensen, Maria
Bensen.
Thomas de Whith,
Catlyntje Bediiw.
Gerrit Roos, Orseltje
Arents, z. h. v.
Johannes Senger, Sophia
Roorbag.
Andries ten Eyk, Neeltje
ten Eyk^ wed^
Bernardus Smith, Mar-
grieta Vredenburg.
Matthew Clarkson, Anna
Keteltas.
W i 1 1 e m Barens, Mar-
gareta Barens.
Benjamin Jarvis, Maria
Coningh, z. h. v.
Theiinis Tiebout, Senior,
Sara Drinkwater.
Jacob Bos, Magdalena
Bos, z. h. V.
Abraham Aalsteyn, Jan-
netje Thomas.
Ickabod Loiittit, Elisa-
beth V. Dyk, z. h. V.
Anthony Ham, Cornelia
Lensleth.
J o h a n n e.s Man, Sara
Tiebout, weduw® Van
Eiiwout Eiiwouts.
Johannes Poulse, sene'.,
Aaltje Van Deiirsen,
wed.
1890.] Brookhaven (Z. /. ) Epitaphs. 7^
BROOKHAVEN (L. I.) EPITAPHS.
Contributed by William Kelby, New York.
Inscriptions in the Burying-Ground of the Congregational Church
AT New Village.
I know that my Redeemer liveth
John Gamage
born at Weedonbeck Northamptonshire
England
Sept. 22d 1787 and died
at Selden, L. I. July 8, 1855.
A lineal descendant of | Sir Thomas Gamage, Kt. | Lord of the City
of Glanmorgan | Wales and allied to the Howards | Pembrokes and
the Sidneys, | some of the most ancient and | noble families of Eng-
land. I He was a man of plain republican | habits and one of natures |
truest noblemen. | The Glory of Children are their \ fathers. — Prov. xvii. 6.
[John Gamage lived for some years at Waverly, L. I., before his
removal to Selden. He followed the humble occupation of stone mason.
His death was the result of an accident. He left three children, James
who followed his father's trade, a daughter Emily and a son who
entered the ministry and was known to the residents of New Village as
"Priest Gamage." The latter no doubt wrote the epitaph printed
above. ]
In Memory of | Robert Hubbard who died | Feb. ii, 1848 N.
28 years | Native of Holden, Suffolk, England.
Thomas Kendall, late of | Nettleton Lincolnshire England | Died
Aug. 7, 1849 ^o^^ I 69 years.
Charles G. Purck born July 29 | 1802. Died April 29, 1869.
Sarah wife of Rev. Otis | Holmes died Aug. 9, 1878 | yE 73 years
8 mos.
Albert Holmes Libbey died | Aug. 25 1869 aged 9 mos.
Eliza widow of Ariel Thomas | died Jan. 25, 1886. | M. 89 years
I mo.
Dr. Abijah Ingraham | died Aug. 9, 1862. N.. \ 55 years 4 mos,
13 days.
Maranda | wife of Dr. Abijah Ingraham | died Dec. 12, 1873. N..
I 73 years 7 mos. & 28 days [Their daughter Maranda married Charles
Reeves and secondly Henry Murray.]
Warren Murray died | Jan. 16, i860 in his | 60th year | Betsey
wife of Warren Murray | died Nov 30, 1857 aged 55 | years & 10
days.
Merandy wife of Henry Murray | born Oct 15, 1834 died Sept. 24,
1880.
Ida F. Wicks | In care of Rev. M. La Cost | Died March 10 1856
aged 2 years | i mo 8 days [An adopted child]
>nA Brookhaven (Z. /.) Epitaphs. [April,
Elizabeth wife of | Harrison Davis, born Aug. 12, 1823 | Died
March 26 1877. [Maiden name Tooker]
Sarah wife of Joseph Black | died Nov. 21, 1872. ^ 33 yrs. 3
mos. I Edwin Allen | son of Joseph & Sarah Black | died Feb. 11,
1873 /E 6 mos. I Emma Jane | died Sept. 5, 1864 aged 5 years 7
days [Joseph Black married Sarah Dufifield]
Susie died Feb. 16, 1862 aged 3 years 9 mos | Sadie M. died May
23, 1863 aged I year 3 mos. | 9 days. | Children of Charles & Mary
Overton.
Jane wife of George Davies | Died Dec. 16, 1878, aged 42 years
5 mos. I Walter W. | son of the above. Died Dec. 2, 1881 aged | 4
years & 28 days.
Mary & George | infant children of | George & Mary Campbell |
., i860.
^ John A. Hawkins [ died March 22 1855 | aged 31 years 6 mos. 9
.^ days.
-^ Phebe wife of Richard Hawkins [ Died Aug. 26, 1826 | aged 26
years 7 mos 22 days
Phebe & Sarah | twin daughters of Richard & Phebe Hawkins died,
the former Sept. 20, 1826 | the latter Sept. 22, aged 2 mos. 8 days.
Daniel Terry | died Sept. 20, 1846 in his 8ist year. | Lydia (
widow of Daniel Terry died | Jan 15, 1851 aged 75 years 5 mos. 10 days.
Elijah Terry | died Sept. 26, 1850 aged 63 years | 7 mos. 12 days. |
Caroline, widow of Elijah Terry died Jan 4, 1881 | aged 78 yrs. 7 mos.
6 days.
Sarah E. | daughter of Elijah & Caroline Terry | died March 3, 1846
aged 3 years j 2 mos. & 3 days.
Caroline | daughter of Moubray W, & Ann Terry | died May 28
1859 & 6 mos. 15 days. [Mother's maiden name Jackson]
Lydia | daughter of Joseph D & Rachel Terry | died April 28 1840
aged I year | i mo. 4 days.
Richard | son of Thomas & Phebe R. Terry | died June 18 1869'
aged 4 years | i mo. 3 days.
Miami | wife of John Mott, born May 13, 1820 | died Sept. 10,
1858, I Samuel | their son died July 30 1845 aged | i year i mo. 9
days.
Ruth Amanda | daughter of Christopher & Julianer Tooker | died
March 15 1841 aged 22 years | 3 mos. & 11 days.
Julianer | wife of Christopher Tooker died July 31, 1854 j aged 68
years.
Henry J and Elmira L. | Children of Harrison & Margaret E. Davis |
died March 3 1851 aged i mo. 10 days.
James Howell | died June 30 1853 aged 50 years | 11 mos & 21
days.
1890.] Brookhaven (Z. /.) Epitaphs. ~r
Hannah | Daughter of Youngs & Mary Howell | died Feb 12, 1848
aged 1 2 years 3 mos.
Sarah L. | daughter of Youngs & Mary Howell | died Aug 14, 1831,
aged I year 2 mos
Alden | son of Youngs & Mary Howell | died Oct. 28 182 1, /E 8
mos.
Mary Ann | daughter of Youngs & Mary Howell | died Oct. 26,
1821 N. 2 years.
Thomas D. Tooker [ died May 14 1868 M. 86 years
Phebe | wife of Thomas D. Tooker [ died June 8, 1868, N. 'id
years
William H. Olmsted, | born April 7, 1834 died Nov. 8, 1871.
William Olmsted | passed away Jan 26, 1885 N. 72. [Father of
William H Olmsted]
Margaretta | wife of Thomas D. Tooker | died March 17 1833 /E
65 years.
In Memory of Henry M. Tooker | died Oct. 15, 1846 aged 25 years
4 mos II days, j Also Phebe Ann his daughter died Dec 15 1840 |
aged 10 mos 7 days
Welcome V. R. Arnold, | born Aug. 2 1807 died Jan, 2, 1871 |
Lavinia wife of | Welcome V. R. Arnold | born Oct. 11, 1818, died
[blank for date] [Daughter of Thomas Tooker she married Henry
Tooker and secondly Welcome V. R. Arnold and was living 1889.]
Welcome Washington Acker | born Feb. 22 1865 di^^^ Nov. 10
1876.
Welcome V. R. | son of Daniel Webster & S. J. Arnold | died Feb.
II, 1874 N. 4 mos. 22 days [Mother was a Foster] *
Richard Hawkins | died Jan 29, 1867 I^ 71 years 8 mos.
Charlotte | wife of Richard Hawkins died | Feb 22, 1877 N. 66 years
3 mos 8 days [Maiden name Terry]
Eliza I daughter of James & Caty Howell | died Feb. 14 1826 N.
16 years.
D. Brown Howell | died April 14, 1852 aged 45 years | 3 mos. 15
days.
Caroline | wife of Daniel Brown Howell | born Nov. 11, 1803 died
Nov 4, 1876. [Maiden name Macy]|
Charles | son of D. B & Caroline Howell — died Oct. 3, 1840 N. 8
years 4 mos
Frances E. | daughter of D. B. & Caroline Howell | died June 8, 1857
N. \\ years 3 mos. 4 days
Shepherd Reeves Howell | died July 8, 1824 & 26 years 10 mos. |
13 days.
Ca'ty I wife of James Howell died March 24 1820 | aged 42
76 Brookhaven (Z. /.) Epilaphs. [April,
James Howell [ died Sept. 23 1848 aged 77 years
Elizabeth | wife of James Howell died Oct 13 1875 I ^o^d 92 years
10 mos.
Josiah I Son of Reeves & Phebe Howell | died Nov. 25 1836 aged 7
mos 7 days.
Deacon Isaac N. Gould | died March 25 1858 in his 70th year.
Nancy | wife of Isaac N. Gould died March 26 1874 ] in the 87th
year of her age. [Maiden name Barnaby]
Isaac Sidney Gould | died at Sacramento City | Feb 12, 1850 N. 25
years.
Sarah Ann | daughter of Isaac & Nancy Gould | died April 4, 181 9
aged 10 mos.
Charlotte | wife of Piatt Gould | died March 4 1822 aged 19 years
Sarah T. | daughter of William Ira & Sarah Gould | died May 20
1837 aged 8 mos. 20 days
William Ira Gould | died April 20 1875 aged 77 years 6 mos. [Son
of Titus Gould he married Sarah Hawkins]
Titus Gould I died March 18, 1853 yE 92 years 2 mos 2 days
Martha | widow of Titus Gould died July 18, 1859 | aged 92 years 3
mos 6 days [Daughter of Isaac Newton]
Albert M. | son of Daniel & Nancy Terry | died June 25 1839 aged
8 mos 19 days
Margrette | daughter of Daniel & Nancy Terry | died, June 17 1839
aged 3 years 2 mos.
Elezer Tillottson | died Aug. 10, 1848, aged 53 years ] 2 mos. 17 days.
Brewster Terry | died Sept. 13, 1826 in his 31st year.
Nancy D. wife of | William Edward Gould | born Sept. i, 181 1 | died
June 19, 1887. [Maiden name Davis]
Alida I wife of Gilbert P. Williamson | died Sept. 21, 1882 aged 27
years 9 mos [Maiden name Loder]
William E. C. Howell | born June 23, 1853 | died April 28 1883.
Cora I daughter of William E. C Howell | born Nov 7, 1877 | died
May 21, 1879.
Addie M. ] Wife of Judson L'Hommedieu | died July 9, 1883 M. 24
years. [Maiden name Ruland]
Isabel I wife of Charles M. Marshall | died June 9 1881, N. 28 years
[Maiden name Ruland]
Mary E. | daughter of H. W. & E. H. Ruland | died Dec 13, 1879
M, 23. [Horace W Ruland married Elizabeth A Hammond]
George C. Marshall | born July 16, 18 13 died Sept 4, 1887
Ellen I Wife of George C. Marshall | died Oct. 28, 1873 M 59. [Pa-
rents of Charles M. Marshall.]
1890.] Brookhaven (Z, /.) Epitaphs,
77
Children of Manly & Mary Ruland | Jennet died Sept. 9, 1822 ^ 3
years | Gilson S. died Sept. 11, 1822 M i year | Amanda died March 31,
1826, aged I 2 years 10 mos 19 days | Mary E. died Jan 12, 1838, aged |
I year 11 mos 25 days. [Manly Ruland married Mary sister to Israel
Smith]
Edith & Clarence Hawkins | died Oct. 1859. i Children of Edward
& Susan Hawkins. [Susan daughter of Israel Smith married Capt.
Edward Hawkins]
Children of Israel & Mary Smith, | Washington H. died May 16,
1850 I aged 5 years 5 mos. | Henry K. died Oct. 28 1833 | in his 2d
year. [Israel Smith married Mary daughter of Smith Ketcham]
Catharine | daughter of Isaac & Susan Ketcham | died Aug. 28, 1834
in her | 29th year. [Sister to Israel Smith]
Edward K. Gould | died at Charleston June 3, 1851 | aged 22 years
II mos. 19 days [Son of William Ira Gould]
Mary E. | daughter of Ambrose L & Elizabeth Mills | died Feb. 25,
1851, aged 12 years | 3 mos. 20 days. [Mother's name Smith]
Phebe Ann | Wife of Echabod Blydenburgh | died Oct. 22, 1856 M
42 years | 3 mos 2 days. [He married secohdly Esther Overton]
Harriett P. | daughter of Nathan & Pruella Yarrington | died May 23
1836 JE 21 years 2 mos | & 21 days.
Nathan Yarrington | died Aug. 23. 1845 in his | 73d year.
Pruella | Wife of Nathan Yarrington died | Feb 21. 1868 aged 95 years
9 mos. [Maiden name Woolsey]
Rachel | daughter of Jonathan & Sarah Yarrington | died June 10 1856
aged 86 years
Sarah Sophronia | daughter of Samuel L. & Laura L Hawkins | died
Nov 20. 1849 aged 6 years | 2 mos. 20 days. [Mother's name Yarrington]
Martha Ann | daughter of Charles A & Celia A Hawkins I died Nov.
12. 1868. aged 2 years 2 mos | & 29 days. [Mother's name Miles]
Emma Florence | daughter of Charles A & Celia A Hawkins | died Jan.
8. 1868. JE 9 years 2 mos. 12 days
Eliza I wife of Samuel A. Hawkins | died Aug. 14. 1847 aged 45 years,
8 mos. [Maiden name Hammond]
Deacon Samuel A. Hawkins | died March 10 1865 M 65 years | 5 mos.
& 20 days.
Mary | wife of Azariah Hawkins | died Nov 7, 1842 JE 78 years ]
mos. 16 days.
Azariah Hawkins | died June 9. 1845 aged 84 years | 6 mos & 7 days.
Almira R. i daughter of S. D & S. A. Hawkins | died July 5. 1865. M
6 years.
Florence C. died Aug. 20. 1855 | ^ i year i mo. 11 days | Simeon
Decatur, died Oct. 21. 1858 ] M i year 10 mos. | Children of S. D. &
S. A. Hawkins
yg Brookhaven (Z. /.) Epitaphs. [April,
John L. Bennett | died Feb. 3. 1853 ^ 34 years | 10 mos. & 2 days.
Maria A. | widow of John Bennett, afterward | wife of John L. Bennett,
died Feb 27 | 1848 aged 30 years 3 mos. & 27 days.
John Bennett | was born Feb. 10. 18 17, died June 4. 184 1 | in the 25th
year of his age.
Clarissas. | daughter of John & Mary [Maria A.] Bennett | died April
18. 1 84 1, aged 5 mos & 5 days.
John W. I infantson of Maria & John L. Bennett | died March i. 1848
aged 6 days.
Lewis G. I son of John L & Maria Bennett | died Nov. 11. 1851. aged
6 years 3 mos. 4 days
J. Wickham Ruland | died Dec. 15 1856 M 26 years 6 mos & 2 days.
Charity | wife of Wickham Ruland | died March 8. 1864 ^ 70 years &
15 days.
Wickham Ruland | died June 10 1856 M, 63 years | 2 mos & 20 days.
Charles R. | son of Mills & Jane Hawkins | died April 15. 1831. M 3
mos & 18 days [Mother's name Rose]
John Merwin | son of Mills & Jane Hawkins died March | 10 1852 aged
2 years 11 mos. 14 days.
Mary E. | daughter of George W& Sarah Thorn | died Jan 3 1851 M
3 years & 24 days. [Mother's name Hawkins]
Elizabeth | wife of Zopher Hawkins died Oct. 11 1873 | M 80 years &
4 mos. [Maiden name Blydenburgh]
Zopher Hawkins | died Feb 26. 1874 ^92 years & 2 mos.
Elenor | wife of Zophar Hawkins died Nov 27. 1828 | M 37 years 9
mos. 7 days
Ida F. born April 3. 1885 | died March 12 1888 | Mabel F. born
March 3. 1884 I died Aug. 29. 1884 | Children of J. F. & M. A.Til-
lottson [Mary A. Wilson married Samuel Foster Newton and secondly
J. Foster TiHottson]
Hannah M j daughter of Moubray S. & Laura Hammond | died Nov 23
1826. M, 2 years i mo [Laura daughter of Zophar Hallock married
Moubry S. Hammond. They had nine children]
Charlotte Almira | daughter of Moubray S & Laura Hammond | died
Sept. 19. 1836 J^ I year 4 mos.
John Merwin | son of Moubray S & Laura Hammond | died June 28.
1840 aged 10 mos.
Grace Moubray | infant daughter of Rev. Samuel M. & | Fannie A.
Hammond died April | 9. 1862 M, 18 days. [Son of Moubray S and
Fannie A. Howell]
Frank Wesley | infant son of Charles W. & Eliza A. Carpenter | died
Aug. 20. 1863 yE 7 mos. 24 days [Mother Eliza Ann daughter of
Moubray S. Hammond]
1890.] Brookhaven (Z. /. ) Epitaphs. yq
Nancy Hammond | wife of Jason Hammond died March 14 | 1848
aged 47 years [Daughter of Zophar Hallock. The brothers Jason and
Moubray S. Hammond married sisters]
Sheldon | son of Jason & Nancy Hammond | died April ist 1822 aged
2 years. 4 mos.
Our Father | Samuel Hammond [ died Nov. 7. 1841. aged 68 years |
Deacon of the Baptist Church in Coram.
Our Mother j Sally Hammond | died June i. 1841. aged 69.
Harriet Elmira | daughter of Isaac A, & Mary E. L'Hommedieu | died
Sept. 20 1843 AL II mos. [Mary Eliza daughter of Zophar Hallock
married Isaac Albert L'Hommedieu]
Deborah V. | wife of Samuel Hammond | born Feb. 22 1817 died May
17. 1S81 [Maiden name WheelefJ
Hannah Maria | daughter of Samuel & Deborah V. Hammond | died
Sept. 15. 1852 AL 5 years 8 mos 25 days
Lillie Grace died Feb 18. 1865 JE 3 years 4 mos. | Leonard Grant
died Nov. 27. 1865 AL 2 mos 22 days. | Children of P. A. & S. E. Marsh
Rev. Leonard Grant Marsh | died Dec 16. 1856 ^^ 64 years
Anna Maria Marsh | died Jan 3. 1879 ^ 74 years | Farewell dear
Parents [Maiden name Hammond]
Elliott died Jan. 24 1882 aged 7 years 8 mos | & 9 days | Vernon died
Jan 26. 1882 aged 12 years | & i day | Children of Paul A. & S. Nellie
Marsh. [Maiden name of Mother, Hammond]
S. Nellie | wife of Paul A. Marsh died May 29. 1865 | AL 43 years,
26 days
Sarah Ann Hammond | wife of James Davis Hammond | died July
9. 1862 ^35 years 2 mos 6 days [Maiden name Hawkins]
Elizabeth | relict of William Hawkins Sen- | died June 28. 1837 7E
79 years 3 mos. 3 days
William Hawkins SenJ | died Sept. 29 1804 JE 44- years 7 mos 14
days
In Memory of | Sarah | wife of George Hawkins | who died Dec 30.
1859 ^ 69. years 2 mos | 6 days.
George Hawkins | died Jan. 21. 1855 ^ 70 years 6 mos | 10 days.
Olivia I wife of Ansil A. Reeve died Aug. 14. | 1870 A^ 69 years 5 mos
10 days [Maiden name Lane]
Ansil A. Reeve | died Aug. 11. 1864 JE 64 years 2 mos 27 days
Charles A. Reeve | died April 25, i860 ^31. years 5 mos | 27 days.
Josephine ] daughter of Charles A & Maranda Reeve ] died Sept. 18.
1856 JE 4 mos II days
Charles A. | son of Charles A. & Maranlher Reeve | died May 22,
1855 JE. I year 5 mos | 11 days [Maranda Ingraham married Charles A.
Reeve and secondly Henry Murray]
8o Brookhaven [L. I.) Epitaphs. [April,
Sacred to the Memory of | Lydia L. Davis | who died Nov. 8. 1846 in
the I 83d year of her age.
Lydia A. [ daughter of Ansil A & Olivia Reeve | died June 18. 1854
^23 years 25 days.
Mary Lane | Born Dec 29. 1790 | Died May 23 1875.
William J. Hawkins | Born Nov 25. 1817 | Died April 27. 1884.
In Memory of | Clara Estella | daughter of James Nelson & Clara A
Gould I who died Sept. 4 1841. JE 7 mos 27 days
Mary Elizabeth | daughter of George & Sarah Hawkins | died Feb. 17,
1 82 1. JE 9 mos 20 days
John Franklin j son of John & Angeline Hawkins | died Feb. 10. 1855
JE I year 21 days [Maiden name Newton]
Mary Augustine | daughter of John & Angeline Hawkins | departed
this life Sept. 16. 1857 ^ 4 years | 9 mos, 21 days
Lizzie May | daughter of John & Angeline Hawkins | died Feb. 12.
t868. JE I year. 3 mos 16 days
Edith M. I died Dec 24 1879 JE 3 years 3 mos [Daug;hter of Chris-
topher & Mary Hammond. Name of mother, Rolston]
In Memory of I Jemima | wife of Deacon Jeremiah Wheeler | who died
April 18. 1850 I ^ 90 years 25 days
In memory of I Deacon Jeremiah Wheeler | who died July 17, 1854 |
JE 93. years. 9 mos, 27 days
Egbert E. | son of Evander & Nancy Wheeler | died Oct 24. 1867. JE
23 years 8 mos
Nancy | wife of Evander Wheeler | died Feb 29. 1872. yE 69 years 4
mos. [Daughter of Jonas Newton, her mother was a Hawkins]
In Memory of | Evander Wheelei | Born Aug. 29, 1797 | Died Nov.
6. 1877
Jennie | daughter of Edward W. & H. Emeline Ruland | died Feb 8.
1870 JE. 2 years 5 mos 24 days
Georgie | daughter of E. W. & H. E. Ruland | died Jan 17. 1863. JE
7 mos 6 days [Name of mother, Lee]
Oscar W, | son of Jeremiah P& Nancy W. Lee | died Sept. 22. 1855.
JE I year 9 mos 5 days [Name of mother, Ruland]
Mary | wife of Deacon David Overton | died May 17. 1883 JE 70 years
4 mos 19 days
Deacon David Overton | died May 11. 1857. JE 57 years 7 mos 20
days
Rev. Floyd Overton | died at 111. Aug. 22. 1855 | JE 32 years 9 mos.
16 days
Emma J. | daughter of Deacon David & Mary A. Overton | died at
Hudson River Institute, Claverack, N. Y. | Dec 17. 1859 JE 16 years 10
months
1890.] Inscripiiotis from the Dyckman Burial Ground. gj
Daniel T. Overton [ Died April 7. 1865 ^ 39 years 11 mos 20 days
Eliza Jane | wife of Ezra K. Williamson | died April 8. 1866 M 39
years 11 mos 17 days [Maiden name Hawkins]
Freddie | son of S. M. & C. A. Darling | died Aug. 28. 1865 ^ 24
days [Samuel M. Darling married Cordelia A. Overton]
George F. Jodry | Died July 30. 1883. M 93 years
Susan I wife of George F. Jodry j died Dec 12. 1865 ^ 88 years.
Died Sept 4 1856 | Henry Wellington Alexander | a native of England
yE 42 years
Joshua O. Hawkins | died Feb. 14. 1881. M 32 years 3 mos 24 days
INSCRIPTIONS FROM THE DYCKMAN BURIAL GROUND.
Contributed by Thomas H. Edsai.l.
An old burial ground on the Dyckman property near the north end
of Manhattan Island which I examined in March, 1881, afforded the
following mortuary data, which seem worthy of preservation in the
Record, The plot contained about one acre, on the crown of a gently
sloping knoll east of the Kings Bridge road arid about two hundred
yards west of the "Century House" on the bank of the Harlem River.
The inscriptions on the more ancient head stones were not decipher-
able, and it required the scraping away of moss to read several which
are given,
Peter Come Dyckman, only son of States Morris and Eliza Dyckman,
d. April 20, 1824, aet 27 years.
Staats Morris Dyckman, d. Aug. 14, 1806, aet 51 years, " His man-
ners were polite, his taste refined, his conjugal love was pure, his par-
ental strong. His hospitality sprang from benevolence, his charity from
feeling and a sense of duty. Highly esteemed in life he was sincerely
lamented in death."
Also, Letitia Catalina — daughter — died July 29, 1800, aet 13 months.
Eliza Come Dyckman, relict of Staats Moriis Dyckman, d. June 20,
1823, aet 47 years.
Mar}', wife of Thomas Armstrong, d. Jan, 4, 1852, aet 27 y. ii m.
JohnSowerby, S',, b. May 20, 1792, d, April 26, 1869.
Jane Vermilya, d. May 5, 1855, aet 61 y. 5 m, 23 d.
Jane Rebecca Vermilye, wife of William D. Smith d. Aug. 9, 1855,
aet 45 y. 10 m, 8 d.
George William Smith, b. in N. Y. April 17, 1817, d. Oct. 27, 1876.
Henry Townsend, son of George W. and Elizabeth L. Smith, d. Dec.
9, 1867, aet. 4 y. 16 d.
Rosalie and Florence, twin daughters of Charles L. and Emily Beau-
mont, b. Nov. 21, 1871, d. June 19, and July 5, 1872,
Joanna \'ermilye, wife of George B. Smith, d. July 30, 1873, ^^^
84 y. 3 m.
§2 Inscriptions from the Dychnan Burial Ground. [April,
George B. Smith, d. May ii, 1857, aet 76 y, i m.
Mary Montgomery, wife of William W. Vermilye, b. June 16, 1782,
d. Aug. 7, 1847.
William W. Vermilye, b. Dec. 24, 1780, d. Nov. 14, 1849.
Mary Ann, dau. W". W. and Mary M. Vermilye, b. April 19, 181 5,
d. Oct. I, 1838.
William Erskine, son of Charles G. and Sarah Rockwood, d. July 25,
1842, aet I y. 2 m. 4 d.
Joanna, wife of Gardner A. Sage and dau. of Geo. B. and Joanna
Smith, d. Mar. 26, 1843, aet. 22 y. 11 m,
Emily, wife of William H. Sage, and dau. of Geo. B. and Joanna
Smith, d. Mar. 29, 1844, aet 29 y. 7 m.
Rebecca, wife of John Vermilya, d. Feb. 27, 1850, aet 77 y. 9 m.
18 d.
John Vermilye, d. Oct. 15, 1825, aet 53 y. 9 m. 3 d.
Elida Austin, d. Jan. 25, 1835, aet 79 y. 2 m. i d.
Grandus Vermilye, d. Aug. 3, 1823, aet 52 y. 2 m.
Joseph Clement, d. Mar. 2, 1814, aet 30 y. 2 m. 26 d.
Jemima, wife Joseph Clement, d. June 10, 1831, aet 43 y. 7 ni.
Eve Riker, d. Feb. 18, 1845, ^^^ 62 y. 3 m. 18 d.
Frederick, son of Jacobus and Hannah Dyckman, d. Oct. 20, 1809,
aet 32 y. 10 m.
Maria, dau. of same, d. Jan. 10, 18 16, aet 24 y. 15 d.
Jacobus Dyckman, d. Aug. 20, 1832, aet 83 y. 11 m. 13 d.
Hannah, wife of same, d. Aug. 20, 18 14, aet 50 y.
Jacob, son of same, d. Dec. 8, 1822, aet 23 y. 8 m. 29 d.
Michael Djckman, d. Nov. 24, 1854.
Isaac Dyckman, d. Jan. 6, 1868.
Maria Dyckman, d. Feby 28, 1863.
Mary Vermilye, d. April 14, 1835, ^^^ 81 y.
Jacob Vermilye, d. Jan 31, 1814, aet 74 y.
William Vermilye, d. Mar. 8, 1822, aet 73 y. 11 m.
Mary Vermilya. d. Jan. 23, 1826, aet 78 y.
Rebecca Vermilya, d. Oct. 6, 1828, aet 34 }'.
William Vermily<7, d. Jan. 7, 1822, aet 46 y.
William Dyckman, son of Jacob and Hannah, d. Aug 31, 1803, aet
28 y.
, Elizabeth Hadley, d. Sept. 25, 1825, aet 88 y. 3 m. 5 d.
William Hadley, Esq'^, d. Nov. 22, 1801, aet 69 y. 9 m. 22 d.
Mary Vermilyea, d. Feby 18, 1802, aet. 50 y. 5 m.
William Hadley, d. Aug. 29, 1825, aet 63 y. i m.
Evander Childs, b. May 16. 1761, d. Jan. i, 1851.
Garrett Dyckman, d. May 7, 18 16, aet 60 y. 2 m. 21 d.
Hannah Dyckman, wid. Garrett, d» April 12, 1832, aet 77 y. 3 m.
16 d.
Catalina Hale, wid. Daniel Hale and dau. Jacob and Catalina Dyck-
man, b. Jan. 13, 1769, d. Mar. 24, 1829.
Isaac W. Hadley, d. Feby 19, 1841, aet 69 y.
Charles Hadley, d. July 21, 1840, aet ']'] y.
Mary Ann, w. of same, d. Sept. 3, 1827, aet 56 y.
Rosanna Davis, b. Feb. 4, 1801, d. Occ. 29, 1874, aet ']i y. 8 m.
22 d-
1890.] The Crispell Fatiiily of Ulster Couttly, N. F. g-i
Henry Ryer, d. Oct. 9, 1846, aet 72 y.
Catherine M. Williams, d. Feb. 26, 1856, aet 67 y.
Samuel Ryer, d. Aug.. 21, 1852, aet 78 y. 11 m. 21 d.
Christianna, w. of same, d. July 28, 1850, aet. 66 y. i m. 16 d.
Tunis Ryer, d. Apr. 13, 1858, aet 53 y.
William C. Ryer, d. Feby 19, 1858, aet 43 y.
INIargaret Odell, wid. of late Benjamin Odell, d. Jan. 6, 1852, aet
51 }'•
Susan M. Holstead, d. Nov. 21, 1864, aet 64 y. 11 d.
Euphemia, wife of Aaron Warner, d. Apr. 12, 1841, in 69"' year.
E. Jones * * *
These are nearly all names of old families resident from earliest times
in Harlem (of which the old burial plot was once a part), "the Yonkers, "
across the "Wading Place" to the north, or Fordham Manor, across
Harlem river to the east. It is noticeable that half a dozen were born
n the first half of the eighteenth century, and nearly twenty survived
hree score and ten.
THE CRISPELL FAMILY OF ULSTER COUNTY, N. Y.
By Thomas G. Evans.
Artois, an ancient province of France, now comprising a portion of
the Department of Pas de Calais, lies in the extreme northern part of the
country, near the borders of Belgium. It is a fertile and well-watered
tract, producing grain and hops and has much rich pasture land. In the
middle of the 17* century it was greatly harassed by the long and
devastating wars of the Fronde, and many of its inhabitants, chiefly small
farmers, were forced to emigrate. The majority of these went to Mannheim,
in the Lower Palatinate, among them being a stalwart young farmer,
Antoine Crepel, or, as the name is now spelled, Anthony Crispell. In
Mannheim Crispell married Marie, daughter of Mathew Blanshan, another
refugee from France, and soon afterward — April 2 7lh, i66c — set sail with
his young wife and his father-in-law, for the New World, in the ship
'•Gilded Otter." On arriving at New Amsterdam they proceeded
immediately to the little village of Esopus, then just struggling into
renewed existence after the Indian war and massacre of 1659. Here they
settled and took up land. On the 2d of May 1661, after the village had
been enlarged by Stuyvesant, Crispell was allotted No. 12 of the new lots
into which the added part was laid out, though he did not build there,
but removed to the New Village — afterward called Hurley — a short distance
south-west of Esopus. On the 7th of June, 1663, when the Indians
destroyed the New Village and nearly succeeded in surprising and mas-
sacring the inhabitants of Esopus, the wife and infant daughter of Cris-
pell were carried into captivity, but were soon after rescued.
June 17th, 1666, Crispell was granted a parcel of land "near unto
the Ngw Village." In 1670 he was granted 16 acres in Hurley.
April 5th, 1670, he was one of the Hurley soldiers appointed to be pres-
ent at the rendezvous at Marbletown, a village then recently laid out some
7
g^ The Crispell Family of Ulster Cotmiy, N. Y. [April,
distance beyond Hurley. In 1677 Crispell, Abram Hasbrouck, Hugo
Freer, and other French Huguenots to the number of twelve, wei:;e
granted a large and fertile tract of land lying some miles south of Esopus
to which they gave the name of New Paltz, in honor of the Pfalz or Pala-
tinate, the hospitable region which had given them shelter in time of need.
Crispell, however, seems never to have lived in the new settlement, but
remained at Hurley, on his farm. His wife, Maria Deyo, having died,
he married, about 1680, Petronella La Man or De Mon (the name is
spelled both ways in the records).
Her, too, he survived, and after her death, having divided most of his
property among his children, he spent the remainder of his days with his
daughter Maria Magdalene, the wife of Mattys Slecht.
His will, dated Nov. 6th, 1707, and probated June loth, 1708 (thus
showing that he died between those two dates), was written in Dutch and
is recorded in the Ulster County Clerk's Office in Book AA, page 425.
Children 0/ Ajithony Crispell and Maria Blanshan.
2 i. Mary Magdalena,^ bapt. Feb. 12, 1662 ; m. Mattys Slecht
(Sleight), son of Cornelius Barentsen Slecht and Tryntje
Tyssen Bos. [Family 2.]
3 ii. PiETER,^ bapt. Dec. 21, 1664 ; m. Neeltje Gerritse Newkirk,
dau. of Gerrit Cornelissen Newkirk and Hendrickje Paulus.
He died in 1695 or '96, and his widow m. Feb. 18, 1697,
Johannes Schepmoes, bapt, April 7, 1672, son of Dirck
Janse Schepmoes and Maria Willems. [Family 3.]
Lysbet,'' bapt, Oct. 3, 1666 ; d. young.
Lysbet,'' bapt. Oct. 15, 1668; m. Elias Fan. [Family 4.]
Sara,^ bapt. June 18, 1671 ; m. Huybert Suvlandt. [Fam-
iiy 5-]
7 vi. John,- bapt, July 21, 1674 ; m. May 25, 1701, Geertje Janse
Roosa, probably dau. of Jan Roosa and Hillegond Van
Buren, [Family 6.]
Children by his second wife, Petronella.
8 vii, Jannetje,'' bapt. June 4, 1682 ; d. young.
9 viii. Jean,'' bapt. Oct. 12, 1684 ; d. young.
10 ix. Jannetje,^ bapt. Feb. 7, 1686; m. Dec. 30, 1704, Nicholas
Hoffman, son of Martinus Hoffman and . Emmerentje De
Witt. [Family 7.]
Family 2.
Children of Mary Magdalcna- Crispell (2) and Malays Sleight.
Maria Magdalena, 3 bapt. Aug. 28, 1681.
Tryntje,' bapt. Jan. 27, 1684 ; m. March 5, 1704, Mattys
Mattyssen Van Keuren, bapt. April 24, 1681, son of Mattys
Mattyssen Van Keuren and Taatje De Witt.
Mattys,^ bapt. June 13, 1686 ; m. Catalyntje Kip, dau. of
Hendrick Kip and Anna Janse Van Patten.
CoRNELis,^ bapt. Sept. 7, 1688 ; d. young.
4
in.
5
iv.
6
V.
1 1
1,
12
ii
13
iii
H
iv.
1890.] The Crispell Family of Ulster County, N. Y. gc
15 V, Antony,3 bapt. May 25, 1690; m. Nov. i, 1715, Neellje
Bogaard, bapt. Jan. 9, 1695, dau. of Hendrick Bogaard and
jannetje Martens,
16 vi. Jan,3 bapt. Nov. II, 1694 ; m. Aug. 6, 1 716, Elizabeth Smedes,
bapt, Nov. I, 1696, dau. of Benjamin Smedes and Magda-
lena Louw.
17 vii. CoRNELis,3 bapt. Oct. 10, 1697.
18 viii. Petrus,3 bapt. Sept. 21, 1701.
19 ix. Hendricus,^ bapt. Dec. 22, 1706 ; m. Jan. 3, 1736, Sara
Kierstede, bapt. Sept. 8, 1704, dau. of Hans Kierstede
and Ariaantje Tappan.
Family 3.
Children of Pieter- Crispell (j) and Neeltje Gerritse A\'wkirk.
20 i. Anthony,^ bapt. April 17, 1692; m. Sept. 11, 1719, Lea
Roosa, bapt. Sept. 11, 1698, dau. of Hyman Aldertse
Roosa and Anna Margaret Rosevelt.
2 1 ii. Ariantje,^ bipt. June 3, 1694.
22 iii. Johannes,^ bapt. Oct. 27, 1695 ; m. Dec. 15, 1725, Anna
Margaret Roosa, bapt. Dec. 22, 1706, dau. of Aldert Roosa
and Aagje Krom. One of his descendants was the late Dr.
Peter Crispell, for many years a well-known physician of
Ulster County.
Family 4.
Childreft of Lyshet- Crispell (5) and Elias Ean.
23 i. Mary,3 bapt. Aug. 8, 1697.
24 ii. Jan, 3 bapt. Feb. 18, 1700; m. Feb. 9, 1735, Geertje Roosa,
of Marbletown.
25 iii. Mary Magdalena,^ bapt. April 5, 1702.
26 iv. Elizabeth,^ bapt. April 15, 1705 ; m. Sept. 19, 1731,
Marinus Van Aken.
27 V. Sara, 3 bapt. Feb. 11, 1709.
Family 5.
Children of Sara" Crispell and Huyhert Suylajidt.
28 i. Marie,3 bapt. Sept. 18, 1692.
29 ii. Cathryntje,3 bapt. April 5, 1696.
30 iii. Lena,3 bapt. Aug. 14, 1698.
31 iv. Johannes, bapt. July 20, 1701 ; m. Eva Van Vegten.
32 v, Elizabeth, bapt. May 7, 1710.
Family 6.
Children of fohn^ Crispell (7) and Geertje fanse Roosa.
2,1 i. Marytje,3 bapt. March 15, 1702 ; m. (i) April 28, 1725,
Jacob Heermans, bapt. Feb. 2, 1701, son of Jan Heermans
and Annatje Van Wagenen ; m. (2) Dirck Van Vliet, ba-pt.
Jan. I, 1 70 1, son of Dirck Van Vliet and Annatje An-
driesse.
g5 Kingston Church Records. [April,
34 ii. HiLLEGOND,^ born April 17, 1704, d. Feb. 22, 1774 ; m.
Feb. 26, 1726, Abraham Van Wagenen, born Feb. 5,
1699, d. June 7, 1787, son of Jacob Aertsen Van Wagenen
and Sara Pels.
35 iii. Rebecca/ bapt. March 17, 1706 ; d. young.
36 iv. Antonie/ bapt. Oct. 12, 1707 ; m. CatrinaVan Benthuysen.
37 V. Helena,^ bapt. May 7, 1710 ; m. April 4, 1731, Tewnis Van
Steenberg, bapt. April 17, 1702, son of Mattys Jansen Van
Steenberg and Marritje Tewnisse Ellison.
38 vi. Jan, 3 bapt. Sept. 21, 1712 ; m. (i) Dec. 10, 1736, Sara Jan-
sen, of Marbletown, dau. of Thomas Jansen and Maylce
Bogaard ; m. (2) Dec. 29, 1753, Dorothea Maria Kraft, born
in Germany, living in Shandaken. Jan Crispell settled in
Shokan about 1747-
39 vii. Rebecca,^ bapt. April 7, 171 7.
40 viii. Petrus,^ bapt. Jan. 24, 1720.
41 ix. Sara, 3 bapt. Nov. 26, 1721.'
Family 7.
Children of Jannetje' Crispell {10) and Nicholas Hoffman.
42 i. Martinus,3 bapt. March 17, 1706; m. 1733, Tryntje
Benson, dau, of Robert Benson and Cornelia Roos.
Antje,5 bapt. Feb. 11. 1709.
Anthony, 3 bapt. March 18, 171 1 ; m. Jan. 6. 1738, Catrina
Van Gaasbeck.
Zacharias,^ bapt. Dec. 6, 1713.
Petrus,3 bapt. Dec. 22, 1716.
Hendricus,3 bapt. June 7, 1719.
Annatjen,3 bapt. Dec. 3, 1721.
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48
vn.
KINGSTON CHURCH RECORDS.
It is an encouraging sign to those of genealogical and antiquarian
tastes that so general an interest has lately arisen in the accumulation and
preservation of material relating to early local and family history. The
recent publication of the town records of some of the old settlements in
New England and on Long Island, and the constantly increasing num-
ber of family genealogies that are being compiled and printed, show that
th'e people of our country are coming to realization of the truth of
Edmund Burke's saying, that "Those who do not treasure up the mem-
ory of their ancestors do not deserve to be remembered by posterity." Of
all the aids to genealogical research, none are so valuable as church
records of baptisms and marriages, and the preservation of these are of
great importance. For some years the records of the Collegiate Dutch
Church of New York City, commencing in 1639, ^^^^^ been in course o
publication in the pages of this magazine, and now, thiough the faithful,
conscientious, and laborious efforts of Chaplain Roswell Randall Hoes,
1890.] Weddings at St. Mary, Whitechapel, Lojjdon. gy
U. S. N., there will soon appear in print the records of the First Reformed
Church of Kingston, Ulster County, N. Y. This church, one of the
earliest of the Dutch Reformed denomination in this country, was
founded in 1660, under the ministration of Dominie Blom, and its rec-
ords of baptisms and marriages begin at that date. The original vol-
umes— small octavo blank-books bound in old calf — are still in existence
(unlike the records of the New York church, which, previous to 1685,
are copies made in that year by Dominie Selyns) ; and the entries therein,
made in the Dutch language in a small crabbed hand-writing, are very
difficult to decipher.
Chaplain Hoes has spent several years in making a complete and accu-
rate copy of these records, having gone over the entries, for the purpose
of comparing his copy, four separate times, not only word by word, but
letter by letter. The volume, which will be issued from the De Vinne
press in the course of a few months, will be a large royal octavo, printed
on heavy water-lined paper, uncut, and containing, with the indices,
about one thousand pages. It will give the marriages and baptisms from
1660 to 1810 — 2,267^ of the former and over 10,000 of the latter. The
price will be $10.00 per copy, and subscriptions may now be sent to
Chaplain Hoes, 11 15 Seventeenth Street, Washington, D, C.
It is needless to speak of the value of this book to those interested in
tracing their descent from those exponents of liberty and freedom of con-
science, the Dutch pioneers of the New Netherlands. t. g. e.
WEDDINGS AT ST. MARY, WHITECHAPEL, LONDON,
FROM A.D. 1606 TO 1625.
Communicated by John V. L. Pruyn.
(Continued from Vol. XX., p. 189, of The Record.)
November 1614.
3, Henry Cadwallader c^ Margret Mullford.
6, John Gaunt & Margret Bread.
8, Paul De Cooke & Alice Coe.
10, Tho : Stanton & Jane Crookes.
13, Tho : Mathews & Eliz : Stokes.
20, Henry Ginne & IMargery Gardner.
22, John Addison & Alice Diues.
24, John Cowley & Sarah Roue.
December 1614.
I, John Warvvicke & Mary Taylor.
I, Henry Pokinhorne & Mary Post.
12, Walter Barton & Jone Willson.
12, William Hudson & Margery Bromfeild.
15, James Higgins & Thomazen Dransfeild.
27, ffrancis Teyton & Jone Wagget.
2o[5?cJ, Daniel May & Jone fflacknell.
!8 Weddings at St. Mary, Whitechapel, London. [April,
January 1614.
1, ffrancis Simons & Betterise Cross.
2, Tho : ifayrcliffe & Eliz : Goodwin.
3, Roger Selby & Katherin Jones.
8, John Atkinson & Eliza : Guessy.
9, William Barker & Jone Allen.
12, Gilbert Burton & Mary Adcock.
17, Tho : Cowen & Judith Smith.
21, Gyles Knowels & Eliz: ffuller.
22, Edmund Bukby & Alice Richardson.
23, Bartholomew Dale & Mary Chandler.
30, Tho : Cocke & Margery Stephens.
31, Tho : Brevvry & Eliz : Carpenter.
31, ffrancis Mors & Margery Lyllam.
February 16 14.
2, William Clifford et Eliz : Crookson.
4, John Hallywell et Marv Jones.'
6, Stephen Willcocks & Mary Russell.
7, Henry Elsmore & Jone Champion. ^
8, John Simon & Mary Wallworth.
12, Rob : Bayley & Eliz : Payne.
17, Henry Cannon & Kathe: Hammerton.
19, Henry Figgis & Sarah Clay.
19, Emanuell Grove A Margaret Crosman.
19, Henry Purman/^ Rebecca Crask.
19, Tho: Stinton'S: Eliz : Ashley.
20, William Baxter & Agnes Turner.
21, Will : Cobb & Ann ffainford. .
21, Roger Apletarttt Alice Brooke.
March [16 15].
25, John White & Eliza : Pri
27, John Knowels & Dorithy Hide.
April 1615.
10, Tho : Gale & Hester How.
10, Will : Champion. & Katherin Atkinson.
13, James Turner & Sarah Brewry.
16, James Creez & Sarah Newman.
17, Tho: Bennet & Judith Racy.
17, John Tyllsey & Agnes Elam.
21, R.ich : Owen & Mary Stanhopee.
25, Henry Ward & Eliz : Harris.
25, John Turner & Eliz: Abell.
30, Tho : Orley & Ann Wing.
May 161 5.
I, Will: Homes & Alice Willson.
1, John Stokes & Issabell Wood.
2, John Hartford & Ann Staples.
2, Mathew Stephenson & Eliz: Broune.
3, John Allen & Margaret Bunn.
8, John Morry [? Morris] & Barbery Sturt.
14, Tho: Stockley & Jone Jones.
19, Tho: Allsopp & Agnes King.
1890.] Weddings at St. Mary, Whifechapel, Lofidon. 89
22, John Osburne & Jone Bateman.
22, Roger Smith & Mary Walker.
29, John Griffen & Eliz: Rock.
29, Raph Gunnell & Grace Johnson.
30, John More & Margery Rewborow.
30, William Postle & Margery Parry.
June 1615
1, James How & Katherin Smith.
1 1, John Bawnier &. Christian Gilbert.
29, Tho: Beeton & Susanna Beely.
July 1 61 5.
2, Rob: Low & Margaret Cabbet.
2, Rob: Nichollson & Jone Thornton.
2, Tho: White & Dorithy Sanders.
6, Tho: Roby & Jone Woodshaw.
9, Tho: Hullingden & Alice Mathewes.
II, Rob: Allaway & Jone Hickok,
13, Tho: Linford & Margaret Good.
14, Rob: Marrit & ftaith Wright.
16, Christopher Cotty& Alice Saunders.
17, John Morrys & Eliz: Smith.
25, Henry Allcocok [5/c] & Margery More.
25, John Bell & Prissilla Cotwyn.
29, Rob: Davis & Rachell Lee.
^-^o, Tho: Woodcock & Christian Oadby.
30, James Beale & Agnes Man.
August 1615.
5, Will: Bunduke & Eliz: Smith.
6, Will: Marshall & Margery Harvy.
6, James Goodson & C^race Hayet.
7, Anthony Cor & Margaret Pallmer.
7, Paule Woodward & Jone Davis.
20, Zacheus Mast & Silvestra Page.
22, Tho. Rivers & Ann Clare.
27, Rob: Day & Alice Gray.
31, John ftVizell & Eliz: Batle.
September 161 5.
7, John fFreeman & Margery Roberts,
17, Edward Mathewes & Julian Barker.
iS, John Gierke & Sarah Crutchington.
18, Hammond Johnson & Jane Cuthbert.
October 161 5.
I, Anthony Bazy & Eliz: Batrum.
8, Peter Davis & Em \sic\ Avery.
9, John Holbuck & Eliza: Jordan.
9, Edward Simmes [&] Ellen Euster.
10, John Sarris & Ann Megges. Lie [ence].
1 1, Rich: Woodley & Mary Hooper.
12, Edward Cherry & Katherin Robinson.
15, Will: Porcher & Jone Champion,
17, Nicholas Eve & Judith Adrin.
19, John Reynolds & Katherine Law.
22, Rich: Baskerfeild & Grase Rose, Lie [ence].
go Weddings at St. Mary, Whitechapel, Lo?idon. [April,
November 1615.
Bartholomew Peirce & Eliz: Ashford.
Rob: Hanch & Susanna Hayes.
Rich: Sanders & Eliza: Greene.
Edward fface & Katharine Clerk.
Beniamin fFeildar & Rebecca Alloms.
Evan Williams & Katherin Parry.
Jacob Arnold & Alice Hammond.
[2]6, Peerce Nante & Margaret Gibbes, Lic[ence]..
Henry Salter & Eliz: Davis.
December 16 15.
John Castell & Agnes Banes.
Edward Ould & ifaith Warcupp.
Will: Reeue & Susanna Hall.
Daniell Cotes & Prissilla Johnson.
Rob: Hardun & Eliz: Hollax.
Rob: Hoy & 'Em[sic^ Whaly.
George Costerne & Katherin Sterley.
John Mason & Agnes Abell.
Michael 1 Richards & EUinor Hellen. Lic[ence].
John Eldred & Ann Chapman. Lic[ence].
Januarie 1615.
Richard Charsley & Mariana Cherry.
John Clerk & Eliz: Pitcher.
John Peggler & Alice Day.
Will: Wellman & Alice Shilson.
John North, curate then of this place, & Mary Williams were
married vppon the xviijth day of this month: a°: 161 5.
George Skingley & Ann Hudson. Lic[ence].
Tho: Silvester & Judith Robson.
John Smart & Sarah Vercolge. Lic[ence].
John Birdall & Jone Bettany.
Tho: Smith & Jane Bedford.
Februarie, 1615.
Tho: Wilkinson & Agnes Wright.
Rich: Ward & Jone Clerk.
Triamor Enion & Mary Pilkington.
Tobias Mario & Martha Kirb_y.
Roger Pratt «& Barbery Roberts.
Will: ffeild & Ann Linford.
Edward Anderson & Julian Bushell.
Christopher Torren & Mary Paces. *
Manages, 1616.
March.
Manages none.
Aprill 1616.
I, Mathew Anderson et Alice Randall.
1, William Smith & Margaret Stephenson.
2, Samuell Ayton et Jone Nash.
2, John Vinson et Mary Harison.
10, Mathew Hammond et Rachell Pullman.
( To be continued^
27
3
4
4
6
7
10
15
18
18
28
I
7
14
15
18,
21
22
23
28
28
3
4
II
II
12
12
12
12
1890.] Noks and Queftes. q^
NOTES AND QUERIES.
Proceedings ok the Society. — At the meeting held on Jan. 8th, 1890, after
the usual routine business and the election of several new members, the society pro-
ceeded to vote for trustees, this being the annual meeting for that purpose. Mr.
Charles B. Moore/ Mr. Samuel Burlians, Jr., and Mr. Edmund Abdy Hurry were
unanimously re-elected, their terms having expired. Chaplain Hoes, U. S. N.; then
made some remarks upon the old Kingston Church and its records, stating the very
interesting fact that they were the oldest original church records" in this country, run-
ning back to i56o, the records of the Collegiate Church of New York from 1639
(when they begin) to 16S5, being copies made by Dominie Selyns in the latter year
from originals which are now lost. At a meeting of the Board of Trustees held Jan.
14th, officers were elected for the ensuing year. Their names are given elsewhere.
On Jan. 17th a special meeting was held for the purpose of listening to an address
by Henry F. Waters, Esq., of Salem, Mass., on "American Genealogical Researches
in England." Mr. Waters has spent a number of years in genealogical study in Eng-
land, and has made many discoveries of great interest and importance. The meet-
ings of Jan. 24th and Feb. 28th were addressed respectively by Prof. Henry Copp^e,
LL.D., of I^ehigh University, on "Doubtful Questions Connected with the Dis-
covery of America," and by Col. William C. Church on "John Ericsson and Engi-
neering Progress during the Nineteenth Century." At the March meeting, held on
the evening of the 14th, Major-Gen. O. O. Howard, U. S. A., gave a very interest-
ing address on " Gen. Grant and the Battle of Chattanooga." The second regular
meeting of the month, on the 28th, was devoted to miscellaneous business and conver-
sation. A large number of new members have recently been added to the society.
The names and addresses of the eldest male posterity, if any, of the following
Officers of the Revoh^tign would be gladly received by John Schuyler, Sec-
retary of the New York State Society of the Cincinnati, 63 William Street, New
York City :
Peter Annspach, I^ieutenant 2d Artillerj'.
Aaron Aarson, Captain 1st N. Y.
Josiah Bagley, Lieutenant 1st N. Y.
Jacob Bradford, a brother of James Bradford, Lieutenant and Adjutant of the
2d Artillery.
/ Caleb Brewster, Lieutenant 2d Artillery.
; James Brewster, Lieutenant 2d Artillery.
Dr. Joseph Brown, Surgeon 7th Pennsylvania Regiment.
John Cape, Lieutenant ist N. J.
Nehemiah Carpenter, Ensign 2d N. Y.
Robert Cochran, Lieutenant-Colonel 2d N. Y.
William Colbrath, I^ieutenant 2d N. Y.
Michael Connolly, Lieutenant 2d N. Y.
Samuel Cooper, Lieutenant 3d Regiment of Artillery, from Mass.
Dr. Andrew Craigie, Apothecary-General ; died in 18 19 at Cambridge, Mass.
John Dutton Crimsheir, Lieutenant and Paymaster 2d Artillery.
Henry Cunningham, Lieutenant 2d Artillery.
Dr. James Davidson, Commissary-General, Hospital.
Henry Demler, Lieutenant 2d Artillery.
Daniel Deniston, Lieutenant 2d N. Y. ; died in 1824.
George J. Den'niston, Lieutenant 3d N. Y.; died 1812.
Pierre Regnier De Roussy, Lieutenant-Colonel 2d N. Y., on Steuben's staff.
Samuel Dodge, Ensign 2d N. Y.
Henry Du Bois, Captain 2d N. Y. ; died 1794.
Dr. John Elliott, Surgeon's Mate, ist N. Y.
Andrew Englis, Lieutenant ist Mass.
George Fleming, Captain 2d Artillery ; died 1822.
Joseph Foot, Lieutenant 1st Mass.; died 1807.
Joseph Frilick, Lieutenant 2d N. Y.
John Furman, Lieutenant ist N. Y.
Daniel Gano, Lieutenant 2d Artillery.
Rev. John Gano, Chaplain N. Y. Brigade ; died 1804.
92
Notes and Qjien'es. [April,
Benjamin Gilbert, Lieutenant 1st N. Y.
James Giles, Lieutenant 2d Artillery ; died 1825.
John Gorham, Major 1st N. Y.
Dr. Stephen Gorham, Surgeon's Male, Hospital.
John Green, Captain U. S. Navy.
James Gregg, Captain 1st N. Y.
Isaac Guion, Lieutenant 2d Artillery.
Hoysted Hacker, Captain U. S. Navy ; died 1814.
Dr. Mordecai Hale. Surgeon's Mate ; died 1832.
Jonathan Hallett, Captain 2d N. Y.
Luther Halsey, Lieutenant 2d N. J.; died 1830.
John Francis Hamtramck, Captain 2d N. Y. ; died 1803.
Francis Hanmor, Lieutenant 5th N. Y.
Joseph Hardy, Captain of Marines, U. S. Navy.
Nathaniel Henry, Lieutenant 2d N. Y.
Benjamin Herring, Ensign 1st N. Y. ; died 1809.
Abel Holden, Captain 6th Mass.; died i8i3.
Baxter Howe, Lieutenant 2d Artillery.
Isaac Hubbell, Paymaster 2d Artillery.
Ephraim Hunt, Lieutenant 4th Mass.; died 1805.
Thomas Hunt, Lieutenant 4th N. Y. ; died 1796.
Abraham Hyatt, Lieutenant 4th N. Y.
Cornelius T. Jansen, Captain i st N. Y., Ulster Co., N. Y.
We have the pleasure of presenting the readers of the Record with a portrait of
Dr. Benjamin Moore, second bishop of New York and third president of Columbia
College, from a picture in the possession of his grandson, Clement C. Moore. This
portrait bears a striking likeness to the one in the library of Columbia College. There
is in the General Theological Seminary, Chelsea Square, a portrait of the bishop,
attributed to Jarvis. This represents him as a much older man. There is, or was,
also a painting of the bishop, sitting in his robes. This has been engraved several
times. The large engraving, made in the early part of the present century, has be-
come very rare, but the smaller one, made about the same time, is not infrequently
met with. We have been informed that Huntington made himself familiar with these
engravings before he painted the excellent portrait of the bishop in the vestry-room of
Trinity chapel. A modern engraving, copied apparently from these older ones, is
in Mr. Onderdonk's " History of Grace Church, Jamaica." The life of Bishop Moore
has been written so often and so well that it is not worth while to repeat it in the
Record. It will be sufficient to give a brief bibliography. Accounts of the bishop's
career and character will be found in Anderson's " History of the Colonial Church,"
Berrian's " History of Trinity Church," Riker's " History of Newtown," Onder-
donk's " History of Grace Church, Jamaica," McVickar's " Life of Hobart," Wilber-
force's " American Church," and Bishop Hobart's celebrated " Funeral Sermon and
Appendix," a copy of the first edition of which is in the library of Columbia College,
and which was reprinted by Stanford and Swords in 1847, under the title of " Hobart
on the State of the Departed." Appleton's " Gyclopredia of Biography" contains a
-short sketch of the bishop, and a fuller one, by the Rev. Cornelius B. Smith, is in the
"Centennial History of the Diocese of New York." There is a copy of " Bishop
Moore's Sermons" at Columbia College. Sabin, in his ''Loyalists," gives an
account of the bishop which is a model of brevity, but which is at the same time
even ludicrously inaccurate.
Record taken from a Dutch Bible, in possession of Warren S. Dey, of N. Y.
City :
In the year of our Lord (date erased), August ist, was Adrian Man, born, in New
York.
1730, March 17th, Adrian Man died.
Adrian Man was married to Anthe Oothout, Jan. 2S, 1691, in New York.
My wife Anthe Oothout was born March 29, i66g, in Albany.
1691, Nov. g, is born my first daughter Geerthe in New York.
1693, Dec. 16, my first son Johannes is born.
1701, Aug. 10, I married Hester Bordyn in New York.
1667, Dec 5, is born my wife Hester. (Record, Vol. VII., p. 125.)
1890.] Notes and Queries.
93
1690, July II, is born my wife's son, named Samuel. (Record, Vol. XL, p. 141.)
lyoiz, Nov. II, is our first daughter Geerthe, born.
1704, Feb 5, is our son Nicolas born.
1705 May 2g, is our son Nicolas born.
1707, Sept 10, is our son Nicolas born.
1710 July 15, is our daughter liester, born.
1731, Sept I, Geerthe died.
1749 Sept II, Johannes, died.
Note. — Adrian Man had a son, Adriaan, bp. in N. Y., Sept. 11, 1698, not men-
tioned in the Bible record. (Record, Vol. XIV., p. 86.) g. h. v. w.
Among others who have subscribed to the Columbus statue to be erected ii^ the
Central Park, in October, 1892, under the auspices of our Society are Henry G. Mar-
quand, W. W. Corcoran, Russell Sage, Jay Gould, Clarence W. Bowen, Benjamin H.
Field, George W. Childs, Joseph W. Drexel, D. Willis James, Jas. Grant Wilson,
J. Meredith Read, S. P. Dewey, Jose F. Navarro, Mrs. Jose F. de Navarro, Alfonso
de Navarro, Antonio F. de Navarro, John Jacob Astor, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Egbert
L. Velie, Mrs. Robert L. Stuart, Mrs. Russell Sage, William Waldorf Astor, Ros-
well P. Flower, William H. Appleton, George W. Quintard, and John D. Crimmins.
It is proposed that 150 ladies and gentlemen shall subscribe $100 to meet the cost of
the bronze statue and marble pedestal. Subscriptions may be sent to the treas-
urer, Dr. George H. Butler, Berkeley Lyceum, 23 West Forty-fourth Street, New
York. A representation of the beautiful statue appeared in the Record for July, 18S8.
Old Gabriel, the Mission Indian, who was reputed to have reached the great age
of 151 years, died in Salinas, Monterey County, California, i6th March, 1890. He
had no malady except the gradual breaking up of his system. Old Gabriel had rec-
ords to prove his years. He could remember Fath'er Junipero Sarra, who founded
Carmel Mission, near Monterey, and until within two or three j'ears his mind was still
active. His skin looked like parchment, but he could walk about, and seemed as
young as most men of four score at the anniversary of his supposed 150th birthday
during the summer of last year. Another remarkable case of longevity that seems to
be authentic is that of Aunt Matilda Ruley, who has recently died at the age of 123
years, in Raywick, Kentucky, her mother having, it is said, reached an even greater
age. A Bible is quoted as the unquestioned authority for their extraordinary ages.
J. G. w.
James N. Ai'sNold, editor of the N'arraganseit Historical Regiskr, of Providence,
R. I., has nearly completed the largest genealogical work yet undertaken in America.
His work will show every birth, marriage, death, will or inventory recorded on the
public records of the various towns and cities of the state of Rhode Island, from the
settlement, in 1636, to the year 1850, when the present registration law was passed.
A work of this character is indeed a work of great labor, and, when published in its
entirety, as a work of reference for genealogical students must be of great value.
In our notice of the Winslow Memorial, in January number of the Record,
several typographical errors crept in — such as Kenclmi for " Kenelm"; Norwardiox
' ' Forward " ; bleszed for ' ' blessed " ; and the number of Index pages should have been
128, instead of 72. In addition we desire to say that the work is published by Mrs.
Frances K. Holton, 23 Day Ave, IVestfield, A/ass. H, R. s.
R. T. Church, of Turin, Lewis Co., N. Y., is compiling a history of the Church
family, the manuscript of which, when completed, he intends depositing in the archives
of this Society. It is requested that any one having material bearing upon the sub-
ject will communicate with Mr. Church, at the above address.
A VERY annoying typographical error occurred in a paragraph on page 46 of our
January number. The writer alluded to the last of the Dutch governors of New
York, which by an extraordinary oversight of editor and proof-reader appeared as the
last of the Dutch runners of New York.
AcKERMAN. [Record, Vol. XX., p. 68.] After " In memory of William Acker-
man," in place of stars, should read : " wlio departed this life Oct. 4, 1808, in the 82d
year of his age." T. H. E,
QA Book Notices. [April,
BOOK NOTICES.
PROCEEniNGS OF THE CELEBRATION OF THE TwO HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH ANNI-
VERSARY OF THE Settlement of Guilford, Conn., September 8, g and lo, 1889.
New Haven, i88g. pp. 289.
The Guilford committee acted wisely in preserving the record of their pleasant
celebi-ation in this well-printed hrochure, which is, however, disfigured with numerous
errata, the result either of very great haste or carelessness. To one of these causes
must also be attributed the many errors to be met with in Professor Johnson's address
on Fitz Greene Halleck, in many respects an admirable performance. Witii General
Wilson's biography before him, and from which he has drawn freely without acknowl-
edgment, the ProfessSr frequently blunders. A few of these are as follows : He
says the modest annuity left to the poet was commuted by Mr. Aslor's heirs, which
is not true ; nor is it true, as stated, that Halleck's closing years were chilled by pov-
erty and neglect. He misspells Ballantyne and Bozzaris, and says that "Fanny"
appeared in 1820. It was published the year previous. He speaks of a monument
in the Central Park. There is a monument over the poet's grave at Guilford, and a
statue in the park. The professor makes the surprising statement that " Marco Boz-
zaris " was not written in 184S, when Lowell's "Table for the Critics" appeared,
whereas it was published in the N'e-wYo}k Review in June, 1825 ! The spirited poem
was composed soon after the death of its subject, in 1823. It is a curious circum-
stance that in this volume the name of Halleck's biographer, to whom Guilford is
indebted for the noble granite obelisk that marks the grave of her most distinguished
son, is not once mentioned.
The Story of an Old Farm; or, Life in New Jersey in the Eighteenth
Century. By Andrew D. Mel'lick, Jr. With a Genealogical Appendix. 8vo,
cioth, pp. 743, Somerville, New Jersey. Price, $5.
The text of this handsome and portly volume, written and published by Mr. Mel-
lick, of Plain field, is based to a large extent on manuscripts and records not before
printed. Much that is new is told of early German emigration to the American col-
onies, and of the founding of the Lutheran Church in this country. The author has
successfully defended the character and conduct of the so-called " Hessian" regi-
ments, and he has rendered justice to the New Jersey loyalists, many of whom were
among her best citizens. Many charming pictures are given of New Jersey colonial
life, and of the revolutionary period. The genealogy contains a very full record of
the Moelich — Malick — Melick — Mellick — family, following five ancestral streams,
flowing from five different German emigrants, Moelich. While the posterity of these
five different emigrants are lo be found mainly in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, rep-
resentatives of the different lines are distributed in almost all the United States and
Territories. Care has been taken to obtain and give in this genealogical record the
Post-Office address of each living descendant bearing the family name ; also those
emanating from daughters who lost their names by marriage. Thus have been intro-
duced and traced, in each instance for at least three generations, numerous other and
important family lines. The value of this volume, which should be in the library of
every Jerseyman, is enhanced by a carefully prepared and complete index of nearly
three thousand titles. j. g. w.
Hlstory of Utah. By Herbert Howe Bancroft. 1540-1887. San Francisco :
The History Company. 8vo, pp. xlvii -1- 808.
The history of Utah is mainly a history of Mormonism. It is this fact that gives
point to the surprising declaration of the author of this portly volume, in the preface,
that " the story of Mormonism, therefore, beginning with chapter iii., as told in the
text, is from the Mormon standpoint, and based entirely on Mormon authorities ;
while in the notes, and running side by side with the subject matter in the text, I give
in full all anti-Mormon arguments and counter-statements." In defence of this
method Mr. Bancroft adds : "In following this plan I only apply to the history of
Utah the same principles employed in all my historical efforts, namely, to give all the
facts on every side pertinent to the subject." Notwithstanding this plan the author
appears to have adopted the position of a Mormon who makes the best defence possi-
ble for his associates, and praises their leaders as saints and martyrs. The work may
be commended for its maps, its admirable bibliography, and its exhaustive index, but
certainly not as a fair and impartial history of Mormonism. j. G. w.
1890.] Book Notices. gi^
Lion Gardiner and His Descendants ; with illustrations. Edited with notes
critical and illustrative by Curtiss C. Gardiner. St. Louis : A. Whipple, 8vo, pp.
XXV + 170.
This exceedingly handsome volume covers a period of three hundred years — 1599-
1900 — and consibts of two parts, biographical and genealogical. Its compilation has
evidently been a labor of love, as was the author's previous work concerning his
famous ancestor, which appeared some years ago, entitled " The Papers and Biog-
raphy of Lion Gardiner," and which was limited to one hundred copies. The value
of this beautifully illustrated volume is greatly enhanced by a full and exhaustive
index, and should commend itself to a wide circle of readers beyond those related to
" The brave and gallant Gardiner." There are in addition to numerous illustrations
of his arms, signature, seal, monument, etc., interesting fac-similes of letters to Gov.
John Winihrop, Jr., and of the original draft of the Indian deed of Gardiner's Island.
J. G. w.
Genealogy of the Descendants of Richard Mann, of Scituate, Mass.
Preceded by English Family Records and an account of the Wrentham, Roheboth,
Boston, Lexington, Virginia, and other branches of the Manns who settled in this
country. By George S. Mann. 8vo, pp. 251. Boston : David Clapp & Son, 1884.
This is a very satisfactory and well-executed genealogy of a family of whom per-
haps the most important member was Horace Mann, with whose life, published in
1865, from the pen of his widow, many readers of the Record are doubtle.ss familiar.
The value of the volume is enhanced by a number of excellent steel portraits, includ-
ing one of the author, and a good index. When last in England the writer of this
notice saw a quaint and interesting memorial on brass of Edward Man, erected in
1622 by his widow, Eleanor :
'■ This marchant Man purchast a Jewell rare
When to gain Christ (God and Man) he took care."
J. G, W.
The Op Dyck Genealogy. — Containing the Opdyck, Opdycke, Opdyke, Up-
dike, American Descendants of the Wesel and Holland Families. By Charles
Wilson Opdyke. With an investigation into their Op Dyck Ancestors in Europe,
by Leonard Eckstein Opdycke, pp. xl, 499. Albany : Weed, Parsons & Co., 1889.
This handsome and sumptuously illustrated octavo volume, printed at the ex-
pense of three members of the family, comes to us beautifully bound in half morocco.
It contains numerous family charts, maps, fac-similes of signatures, seals, and wills,
views of towns, churches, and tombstones, and more than one hundred and sixty-four
well-executed portraits, including one of General Emerson Opdyke, a gallant soldier
of the late war. The volume also includes a very full and exhaustive index. From
the brief examination that we have had leisure to give the Op Dyck Genealogy, it
appears to be most carefully cftmpiled, and the mechanical part of the volume to
be a model for similar family histories. J- '^- ^^ •
James G. Birney and His Times.— The Genesis of the Republican Party, with
some account of Abolition movements in the South before 1828, by William Birney,
ex-brevet Major-General United States Volunteers. i2mo, pages xii, 443- New
York, Appleton & Co., 1890. . • 1 • r
This is a well-written work containing much exceedingly valuable historical infor-
mation which cannot fail to be of service to the student who is studying the anti-
slavery period of American history, which it covers from about 1825 to i857-^ The
biographical portion of the volume, although from the pen of the patriot Birney s sec-
ond son, seems to be fairly and impartially set forth, and contains much nevy matter
now appearing for the first time. Like all of the Appletons' publications, "James
G. Birney and his Times'" can be commended for its clear type, good paper, and
attractive binding. J- ^* ^^ •
Lost Chapters Recovered from the Early History of American Meth-
odism. By J. B. Wakeley, D.D. New York: Wilbur B. Ketcham. 8vo, pp.
viii + 635.
This is a republication of a work which first appeared in 1858, and any extended
notice is consequently unnecessary. It is somewhat enlarged, and contains a very in-
teresting memoir of 'the author by Rev. William E. Ketcham. It is based upon an
old and'long-lost record of the earlv history of the John Street Methodist church, in this
city, and is written in the naive and earnest style of Dr. Wakeley, who was one ot the
q5 Donations to the Library. [April,
lights of Methodism in this country. It should be in the library of every follower of
that sect of the Christian religion.
Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Olney. By James H. Olney.
8vo, pp. 293. Providence, 1889.
This is another valuable contribution to the genealogical record of New England
families. It is a handsome octavo volume of 293 pages, illustrated with portraits and
fac-simile signatures, giving, apparently very fully and completely, the descendants of
Thomas Olney, one of the original proprietors of Providence, R. I., who came from
England in 1635.
DONATIONS TO THE LIBRARY.
Gen. Jas. Grant Wilson. Journals of the Convention Diocese of New York, for
1885-87 — Addresses Delivered on the Death of Philip l,indsley. Nashville, Tenn.,
1855 — To the Memory of Hon. William Willis, LL.D., by Charles Henry Hart.
Philadelphia, 1870 — 'Ihe Causes of the American Revolution, by Hampton L.
Carson. Philadelphia, 18S6 — Memoir of Ralph Haskins, by David G. Haskins,
Jr. Cambridge, Mass., 1S81 — Biographical Sketch of Rev. S. H. McCoUester —
Memoir of Hon. Charles A. Mann, of Utica. Boston, 1884 — Memofr of Hon.
Amasa Walker, LL.D., by Francis A. Walker. Boston, 1888 — Sketch of Hamil-
ton Harris, by L. B. Procter. Albany, 1886 — Memorial of Joseph Plumb, by
Sylvester Cowles. Boston, 1888 — Life and Services of Rev. Henry P. Tappan,
D.D., LL.D., by Prof. Henry S. Frieze, LL.D. 1882 — Inaugural ion of Rev.
Wm. C. Roberts, D.D., LL.D., as President of Lake Forest University. Chi-
cago, 1887 — Life and Services of Gen. Otho H. Williams, by Osmond Tiffany.
Baltimore, 1851 — Sketch of the Worthington and Plaskitt Families. Baltimore,
1886 — Memorial of the late Wm. A. Stearns, by Prof Wm. S. Tyler. Spring-
field, Mass., 1877 — United States Year Book, 1885. New York, 1885 — Memorial
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the Ward Family. Rochester, N. Y., 1886 — Year Books of St. James' Church, for
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Samuel M. Haskins, D.D. New York, 1878.
Frederick H. Betts. Thomas Betts and His Descendants, by C. Wyllys Betts.
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Brymner, Archivist. Ottawa, 1S90.
OBITUARY.
James Renwick Gibson, Jr., one of the most active members of the New York
Genealogical and Biographical .Society, died at his residence in this city on Tuesday
evening, March 4th, i8go, and was buried the following Thursday in the Sleepy Hol-
low Cemetery, at Tarrytown. He was born at No. 4 Albion Place, New York, on the
22d of October, 1833, and was, therefore, at the time of his death in the fifty-seventh
year of his age. His grandfather, James Gibson, was a native of .Scotland, and mar-
ried Jean Morrison, of Orange County, N. Y., who was connected with the Dennis-
tons, and through them related to Gov. George Clinton, with whom he was also
connected through his mother's family. He was the son of James Renwick Gibson, a
volunteer of the war of 1812, a native of this city, who died March 26th, i8go. at the
age of g8 years. His mother was Catharine Van Keuren, also born in this city, and
a direct descendant of the Van Bommels, Delamaters, Ten Eycks, and DeWitts.
Matthys Jansen Van Keulen (now Van Keuren), her proto-ancestor in this country,
held a patent for about lOO acres near Kingsbridge, on the upper end of Manhattan
Island, in 1646. He subsequently resided at Albany, and forfeited the land through
non-residency. It was confirmed to his heirs, however, in 1700, and was afterwards
revoked and became the property of the Dyckmans.
Mr. Gibson, after finishing his education in this city, engaged in business with
his father, the senior member of the firm of Gibson & Case, on Front street. After
remaining here for a time, he travelled abroad in company with Mr. Hastings Grant,
then librarian of the Mercantile Library, of New York, and, for a short period.
Comptroller under Mayor Edson. " He visited most of the great libraries of the Old
World, and cultivated a naturally keen literary taste, the exercise of which was a
source of great pleasure to him in after years." In the early period of his life Mr.
Gibson became interested in early English literature, especially the productions of
the poets, dramatists, essayists, and some of the quaint religious writers, among whom
he was especially fond of Jeremy Taylor, who with Herbert and old Isaac Walton
were favorites who could not be displaced even by the exacting requirements of gene-
alogical research, which became the object of such an absorbing enthusiasm in his
later life. He first became interested in genealogical studies about 1881, in connec-
tion with the completion and publication of the genealogy of the Lathrop family, of
which Mrs. Gibson was a member. In his search for facts for this work he visited old
Barnstable, Mass., and there became a member of the Cape Cod Historical Society,
which at that time {1882) was in its infancy. After the publication of the Lathrop
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[April, 1890.
genealogy Mr. Gibson commenced to collect material for a complete genealogy of his
mother's Vamily, the Jansen-Van Keuren. and at the time of his death this work was
nearly completed. He also had in preparation a valuable genealogical paper on that
branch of the Tappen family from which the wife of Gov. George Clinton was de-
scended. Among his manuscripts are also full memoranda of the various branches of
the Van Steenburg family, all of which are descended from a daughter of his first
maternal ancestor in this country, Matthys Jansen Van Keulen (Van Keuren). For
many years Mr. Gibson has contributed valuable genealogical and historical matter to
the public press, much of which, owing to its anonymous character, it is now impossi-
ble to identify. After the "Journals of Officers in Sullivan's Expedition against the
Indians" had been published by the State, several years ago. Mr. Gibson discovered
another relating to that movement — that of Capt. Tjerck Beekman, a cousin of his
mother. It was in poor condition, and required much labor to decipher and copy ac-
curately. He accomplished this work, however, and it was published in the Maga-
zine OF American History. He also annotated and published in the Record the
old " Mess Account " of the same officer, as well as a valuable paper on " Some Rec-
ords of the Beekman Family." He spent much time in studying the original records
of some of our older churches, and transcribed several of them with his own hand —
namely, those of Ueerpark, Cortlandtown, Goodwill (Orange Co.), New Hamburgh,
and Fishkill.
Mr. Gibson became a member of the New York Genealogical and Biographical
Society in 1886, and from that time until his death, in both an official and private
capacity, labored for the promotion of its interests. He was also a Corresponding
Member of the " Minisink Valley Historical Society," and a member of the " Sons of
ihe Revolution." In 1868 he began ihe real-estate business at 77 Cedar street, and
remained a tenant of that building until the time of his death, one of his early office
associates there being Robert Maclay, now President of the Knickerbocker Ice Com-
pany. On the 26th of September, i860, he married Mary C. daughter of the late
Dwight Lathrop, junior member of the dry-goods house of F. S. & D. Lathrop, a
well-lvnown firm of this city forty years ago. Mr. Gibson left one son, Robert Ren-
wick Gibson, of this city.
OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES FOR 1890.
President, . . . .
First Vice-President, .
Second Vice-President,
Recording Secretary,
Corresponding Secretary,
Treasurer,
Librarian, . . . .
Registrar of Pedigrees,
Gen. JAS. GRANT WILSON.
Dr. ELLSWORTH ELIOT.
Dr. SAMUELS. PURPLE.
Mr. THOMAS G. EVANS.
Rev. ROSWELL RANDALL HOES
Dr. GEORGE H. BUTLER.
Mr. GERRITT H. VAN WAGENEN
Rev. ARTHUR W. H. EATON.
Executive Cotnmittce.
Dr. Ellsworth Eliot. Mr. Edward Trenchard.
Mr. Gerritt H. Van Wagenen. Mr. William P. Ketcham.
Public a tion Com m it tee.
Rev. Beverley R. Betts. Mr. Edv^'ard F. De Lancey.
Dr. Samuel S. Purple. Mr. William P. Robinson.
Mr. Thomas G. Evans.
Covimittce on Biographical Bibliography.
Mr. Charles B. Moore. Mr. Theophylact B. Bleecker, Jr.
Mr. Henry T. Drowne.
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THE NEW YORK
Vol. XXI. NEW YORK, JULY, 1890. No. 3.
AN ADDRESS ON THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF MAJOR-
GENERAL JOHN PATERSON, OF THE REVOLUTIONARY
ARMY, AND THE PATERSON FAMILY TO WHICH HE
BELONGED, DELIVERED BEFORE THE NEW YORK
GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, APRIL
II, 1890.*
By William Henry Lee.
To do full justice to the memory of men, of even the past century,
although distinguished and honored in their day, is often a work of
much difficulty and sometimes an impossibility. The student of
American history, in Revolutionary times, is often disappointed at the few
and imperfect materials he is able to find^ when searching for details in
the life of some of the foremost patriots and bravest soldiers of those
days. To search official army records is ordinarily in vain, for these
consist, almost exclusively, of what the necessities of the service require,
and rarely concern themselves in the events of individual history. The
few public journals then published, with their comparatively insignificant
means of securing intelligence of passing events, seem to have regarded
brevity, in giving even the meagre news they were able to collect, as a
capital virtue, and they chronicled, in the fewest words possible, their
accounts, both of men and events — so' that, with the exception of private
letters, which by chance may have been preserved — a few diaries of
officers, who were considerate enough to keep them and which are acces-
sible, and here and there a few vague, floating traditions, scarcely any
sources of information exist which afford materials for reliable biogra-
phies of some of the worthiest and most heroic actors in the scenes of
our Revolutionary War. The author has never so fully realized these diffi-
culties as he has in attempting to present, in chronological order, a
biography of Major-General John Paterson, of the Revolutionary Army.
Some time since there fell into the hands of the writer a package of old
manuscripts and family letters, chiefly of the last century ; and on ex-
amination, they were found to contain just enough relating to the life
and character of this eminent citizen and soldier to create an earnest
desire, and inspire a strong purpose to know more, if possible, of one
who, from the opening to the close of the war, seemed to have acted a
* The author takes pleasure in making acknowledgments to Messrs. E. B. Andrews,
David N. Camp, D. W. Patterson, and to General J. G. Wilson for valuable sug-
gestions contributed to this address.
lOO Address on the Life of Major-General John Paierson. [Jul}',
patriotic, brave, and noble part, and who, in time of peace, had also
filled with honor positions of high responsibility in the State. Very
little appeared to be known of him by the living, and records of his life,
both written and printed, were meagre and unsatisfactory ; and it is only
after long, laborious, and often discouraging inquiries and researches,
that he is able to present this imperfect sketch which he now has the
honor to offer to this Society.
General John Paterson was born, a.d. 1743, in the town of Farming-
ton, Connecticut. The particular locality of his birth was in that part
of the original Farmington which is now the city of New Britain. His
parents were John and Ruth (Bird) Paterson, and his grandparents
were James and Mary (Talcott) Paterson, of Wethersfield. Mrs, Mary
Talcott was the widow of a cousin of Joseph Talcott, governor of the
colony. James is the first of the name of Paterson found in the annals
of the town. He was of Scotch parentage, and emigrated to America
during the latter part of the seventeenth century. The place and precise
date of his birth, the reasons that impelled him to emigrate, and who were
his associate emigrants, if he had any, are to us unknown ; but, in the
absence of anything authentic as to his reasons for leaving his native land,
it may, perhaps, be fairly inferred, as his emigration was during or
in close connection with that eventful period of history, the Rebellion of
1685-88, when so many of that people found refuge in the Con-
necticut and other American colonies from the cruel wars and des-
potism ot James H.', that it was to escape the oppressions of that time,
James Paterson left his native land to find a home in New England,
rhe Patersons, both of Ireland and of England, were of Scotch de-
scent, and were noted for their thrift and enterprise, their probity and
honor in all the relations of life, and were a family of much consider-
ation in the seventeenth century.
One of the name, William Paterson, born in 1658 in Dumfries-
shire, Scotland, a contemporary of James, the first settler of the name,
who, like James, was bred in the faith of the Covenanters, fled to America
to escape the persecutions of Charles H. in the religious wars of that
period, and their emigration must have been about the same time ; to
wit, the latter part of the seventeenth century. This William was the
prime mover in what was then known as "The Darien Scheme," and, re-
turning to England, settled in London and became a prosperous mer-
chant and one of the active founders and first directors of the Bank of
England. We note the particulars of this emigrant in the body of our
narrative, without claiming him as one of the family of James, for there
can be nothing accepted in genealogy as final not susceptible of proof.
Future developments may solve the query as to whether they have the
same family origin.
In religious faith the family were Calvinists, and were well established
in the tenets of the Scotch Presbyterian Church. About the year 1740
two brothers, William and Edward Paterson, with a sister Anna, came
from the Province of Ulster and joined James in this colony. They may
have been, and probably were, collateral relatives of the first settler ; they,
at all events, were all known in the settlement as of one family : William
had his home, and owned a farm on the same street, in what is now New
Britain, with Major John Paterson, the father of General John Paterson
— the special subject of this sketch — who was a grandson of James, the
1890.] Address on ike Life of Major-General foJm Paierson. jqi
first of the Paterson colonists. These brothers brought with them the
knowledge of a trade which proved a practical industry of great impor-
tance to the material interests of the State and of the country. After
the death of King George I., in 1727, the wise counsels of William Pitt
the elder, and prime minister, prevailed, and great encouragement was
given to new inventions in machinery and to labor-saving methods of
production ; and, as a result, the resources and commercial prosperity
of the kingdom were rapidly developed and advanced. Among the
inventions and imiprovements in machinery at that time, none proved
more useful in giving prosperity, both domestic and commercial, to the
United Kingdom, than the process of rolling metal, especially iron, into
sheets or plates of any thickness desired, thereby superseding the com-
paratively slow, tedious, and costly process of flattening metal into plates
by the tilt-hammer. The product of this new rolling process soon
became an important article of export and a large source of revenue to
the British Government. These plates of iron, both in their natural
state and when coated with tin from the mines of Cornwall, were manu-
factured into useful wares of various forms and for various purposes, and
had come to be regarded as essential requisites of household economy
throughout the kingdom. This manufacture had never been introduced
into the American colonies. The established policy of England toward
these colonies forbade it. That policy was, to discourage all manu-
factures that could by any probability come into competition with their
manufacturing interests at home, and to encourage those industries only
which should contribute to her carrying trade and her shipping interests,
and increase the market for those products of her home manufactures.
Among the Acts of Parliament passed for this purpose, some of
which were of a very stringent and oppressive character, was one enacted
in 1750 forbidding the erection, in any of the British-American colonies,
of mills or engines for the slitting or rolling of iron and other metals
into sheets or plates ; also forbidding the erection of forges to work the
"tilt-hammer," for the flattening of metals into sheets. Prior to the
enactment of this law, the Patersons had commenced in Berlin, now
New Britain, the importation of these tin plates, on a small scale, and
the manufacture of them into tin-wares of various kinds. This was
an entirely 7iew industry in America, first introduced by members of the
Paterson family — small in its beginning, but destined to grow into an
importance and usefulness that can scarcely be estimated. The impor-
tation of tin sheets by the Patersons was at first through the port of
Boston, as were nearly all imports for the Eastern colonies. From Boston
the sheets were brought in saddle-bags, on horses, to this colony, and
manufactured by the Patersons, at first into small articles, as pepper-
boxes, cups of various sizes, dippers, small plates, etc., and after-
ward into larger articles valuable for dairy and other uses, as tin
pans, pails, wash-pans, tin ovens, and a hundred other articles which
soon came to be regarded as necessities in every household that could
afford to substitute the bright, shining utensils for the coarse iron
and pewter articles and wooden-wares that had been in general use
among the people from the earliest settlement of these colonies. This
manufacture of tin, for a time carried on exclusively by the Patersons,
was afterward extended to other towns in the vicinity of New Britain
and throughout the State, and to other States, until it has become one
I02 Address on the Life of Major-General fohn Paterson. [July,
of the most widely extended and useful branches of American indsutry
and trade,
Mrs. Emma Willard, the well-known author and teacher, was a
native of Berlin, and in a poetic tale of New England's middle age thus
refers to the first introduction of tin :
" When cake went round, and other matters,
Handed on well scoured pewter platters.
Well shone his laughing teeth on black
The Ensign's Negro, good old Jack,
Borrowed at need — the only waiter,
Save Norton's Tom — who brought forth — platter !
Oh, what's that lordly dish so rare,
That glitters forth in splendor's glare?
Tell us, Miss Norton, is it silver?
Is it from China, or Brazil, or —
Thus all together on they ran ;
Quoth the good dame — ' Tis a Tin Pan,
The first made in the Colony,
The maker Paterson's just by.
From Ireland in the last ship o'er.
You all can buy, for he'll make more."'
The establishment of this new manufacture by the Patersons, it is
believed, was the first effort at the systematic fabrication of metals in this
colony, and gave the first impulse in a line of enterprise which has
resulted in the successful prosecution of those wonderful industries that
have made New Britain, Meriden, and Waterbury, and a score of other
towns so prosperous, in the production of almost everything which
human ingenuity and skill can furnish for the comfort and convenience
of man. With the new inventions of machinery and the successive im-
provements in methods of production, Connecticut has become one of
the great manufacturing centres of the world — and the co7nmencement of
its remarkable career in this line may be found, we think, in the intro-
duction by the Patersons, in New Britain, of the manufacture of tin-ware.
Whether they were at all interfered with in this interest, by the enforce-
ment of the English law against manufacturing in the American colonies,
we have no knowledge ; but when the war for our national independende
was inaugurated, and embargoes were laid on our foreign commerce, we
know that their business was for a time in a good measure paralyzed ;
but with the restoration of peace it was resumed, with increased capital
and enlarged facilities, and the family became highly prosperous and of
honorable consideration in the State, The name is entitled to honorable
remembrance by every son of Connecticut, as identified with the com-
mencement of a class of industries, within the limits of the State, which
has given it a material prosperity almost unprecedented.
We will now resume the history of that branch of the Paterson family
to which General John Paterson, the special subject of this sketch,
immediately belonged. The father of General Paterson was Major
John Paterson, the son of James Paterson, of Wethersfield, and he
was born a.d. 1708. He was liberally educated for the time, and
was regarded as a young man of fine powers and excellent character.
Having evinced a disposition for military life, he was permitted to follow
his inclinations, and early received a subaltern's commission in the
5th company of the trained band of Farmington, and subsequently a
lieutenant's commission with the 2d company of Kensington. His fine.
1890.] Address on the Life of Major-General John Pater son. iq-i
soldierly qualities were so apparent that, when the French and Indian
War was imminent, he was given a captain's commission, and commanded
in the British Army of the Colonies, under General Wolfe, and rendered
brave and valuable service in resisting the encroachments of the enemy
on our northern boundary. From 1746 to 1762 he was active in the
military service of the crown, in full sympathy with the loyalty of his
colony, in maintaining its supremacy in the American provinces, and
distinguished, personally, for his bravery, his high sense of honor, his
superior knowledge of military tactics, and his skill in commanding men.
The conquest of Canada, and its submission to the British Government
in 1760, did not restore peace between the English and French nations ;
war still raged between them with unabated rigor, and in 1761 an army,
consisting of most of the British regulars that were on this continent,
with a body of provincial troops, embarked for the conquest of Mar-
tinique and all the French islands in the Caribbean Sea. The rela-
tions of Spain and England being at that time hostile, the English,
having taken the French Wiest Indian islands, resolved to strike a blow
at the Spanish West Indian possessions, and the British army, under
Lord Albemarle, was joined by a body of armed provincial troops,
consisting of 500 men from New Jersey, 300 from New York, and 1,000
from Connecticut — all under command of Major-General Lyman.
Captain John Paterson, soon after major, was ordered on this expedition,
and commanded 100 picked men, mostly from Farmington and Wethers-
field. The first and principal place of attack was Havana, on the
Island of Cuba. The expedition was successful, and Havana, with all
its shipping and military stores, was reduced to the dominion of the
British Crown ; but to a large proportion of the provincial troops the
climate proved sadly fatal. Of the 1,000 brave men who sailed from
Connecticut, and aided in this conquest, not one-half ever returned to
lay their bones in their native soil. Major Paterson, with half of his
command, fell victims to the yellow fever. On the 5th of September,
1762, he died, honorably serving the government to which he owed
allegiance. Thus ended the memorable French War, extending over a
period of eight years of suffering for the people of Connecticut, and
some of the other colonies, which will never be fully recorded. No
colony, in proportion to its numbers, had furnished so many men for the
king's service as Connecticut ; and out of her own treasury she had paid
a sum far surpassing, according to her wealth, that of any other
American colony.
At the time of the sad death of Major Paterson in the West Indies,
his only son and namesake, John, was just completing his studies at Yale
College, at the age of nineteen. Being the only son of the family, grave
responsibilities were now to devolve upon him, which contributed no
doubt to the earlier and fuller development of those traits of character
which distinguished him in subsequent life, and made him the thought-
ful man, the wise counsellor, the faithful father and the true and honored
soldier. He commenced his active and responsible life by teaching
school and at the same time pursuing the study of law to prepare himself
for the profession of his choice. In due time he was admitted to the bar
of Connecticut, and entered on the practice of his profession, with bright
hopes and an honorable ambition, his friends predicting for him a success-
ful career. On the 2d of June, 1766, he was married to Elizabeth, the
I04 Address on the Life of Major-General Johfi Paferson. [July,
only child of Deacon Josiah Lee, of one of the oldest and most prominent
families of the town, and an intimate friend of the Paterson family.
According to distinct and unquestioned traditions, the bride was a lady
of superior mental endowments, and adorned with attractive personal
charms, and in all respects was admirably fitted to stimulate and give
success to the noble ambition of the young barrister. This intermarriage
between these two families, was a social event of much interest. It was
solemnized by the Reverend John Smalley, D.D., in the presence of a
large and distinguished company of guests assembled at the residence of
the bride's father, one of the substantial and spacious mansions of the
time, still standing in the eastern part of New Britain. Mr. Paterson
continued his residence and his legal practice in that town, until 1774,
when he removed with his family and father-in-law, to Lenox, Berkshire
County, Massachusetts, believing that a wider and more promising field
was there open for his professional efforts and advancement. Very soon
after his settlement in Lenox, he was appointed an Assessor of the town,
and one of its Selectmen, and through the entire period of his residence
in Massachusetts, commanded the highest confidence of his fellow citizens,
and was kept by them continually in positions of important trust and
responsibility. But new scenes were now opening before him, and graver
responsibilities were soon to rest upon him. Already, when he removed
to Massachusetts, the hour of the American Revolution was rapidly,
though to many, unconsciously approaching. The Act of Parliament,
imposing a tax on all teas imported into the American Colonies — the
throwing overboard of the three cargoes of tea in Boston harbor — the
passage of the "Boston Port Bill," and the Act " Regulating the Province
of the Bay of Massachusetts, " which had abrogated the laws and changed
th^ charter of the Province without its consent — these Acts and events
had all transpired, and had brought the people of the Province and the
provi-ncial authorities into bitter hostility towards the English throne.
This feeling was becoming general and was rapidly deepening. The other
colonies had declared their sympathy with Massachusetts and their purpose
to sustain her, in resisting the usurpations of the throne and the injustice
of Parliament. Nowhere was this feeling and purpose more generally or
emphatically declared, than in Berkshire County and throughout western
Massachusetts. As early as July, of the first year of Mr. Paterson's
residence in Lenox, he was sent as one of the delegates from that town to
a convention of deputies from the several towns of the county, held in
Stockbridge in the same county, for the purpose of consultation regarding
public affairs, and to take such action concerning them as wisdom and
patriotism should dictate. " The Solemn League and Covenant" which
had been already adopted in Boston and in other towns of the colony and
in other colonies, and which was designed to prevent the consumption
by the colonists of articles imported from Great Britain, was here
presented, discussed, and adopted, and measures taken to secure to it the
signatures of citizens throughout the county. All the proceedings of this
convention were of a most decided and patriotic character, and showed
even at that early day, a determined purpose to resist, at all hazards and
by every means in their power, all illegal, unjust acts of the British Crown
and Parliament towards the American Colonies. * On the ist of September
* The solemn league and covenant adopted (by the Berkshire Convention, July 6,
1774) was signed by one hundred and ten citizens of Lenox, July 14, 1774. The
1890.] Address on the Life of MaJor-Gc7teral John Pater son. \o^
of the same year, 1774, the royal Governor Gage, of the "Massachusetts
Bay Colony," issued his precept to the several towns of the colony, to send
their representatives to "The General Court," to be convened at Salem,
on the 5th of October, but before October came in, the Governor, incensed
at the instructions given by the people of Boston and of many other towns
in the colony, to representatives they had chosen to the " General Court, "
issued a revocation of his precept calling together that body. This act of
the Governor, was in direct violation of the rights and established custom
of the colony under its charter, and was interpreted as a menace to the
people, and greatly intensified the bitter feeling already existing against
the Governor and the throne he represented; it also brought large
accessions to the ranks of those who were in favor of firm resistance to the
further exercise of the royal power in derogation of the privileges and
prerogatives of the colony. Already the towns had elected their representa-
tives to the " General Court," and, in accordance with the recommendation
of the Governor in his precept, had elected some of "the best and ablest
of the colony." The towns decided that their chosen representatives
should repair to Salem notwithstanding the Governor's revocation. John
Paterson had been elected as the representative of Lenox, to the "General
Court," a remarkable proof of the high estimation in which he was held,
after a residence in the town of only a few months. Instructions were
given him by the town, "that if the Governor, whose presence in the
'General Court ^ was necessary to its legal organization, should refuse to
appear, then the representatives should proceed in their deliberations, and
find if possible, remedies for the disordered and unhappy state of the
Province.'" Similar instructions were by other towns of the colony given
to their representatives. The representatives assembled, the Governor
refused to meet them and organize the Court. After waiting two days for
his appearance, they organized sufficiently to adopt certain resolutions
which they sent to the Governor. These resolutions were strongly con-
demnatory of his course, and a declaration of their right to organize them-
selves into an assembly, and to adopt immediate and rigorous measures
for preserving the freedom and constitution of the colony. They then
organized themselves into a "Provincial Congress." After a little time,
they sent to the Governor by a delegation of twenty-one of their number,
a detailed account of what they had done. The Governor replied by
advising them "not to forget, that by their assembling, they were subvert-
ing their charter, and were acting in direct violation of their own
constitution " — telling them indirectly, that their acts were of a treasonable
character, and in direct defiance of their royally appointed Governor.
The people of the colony were now practically a democracy, and through
their chosen representatives, exercised all the powers of an independent
State. That the young representative from Lenox, as a member of this
Congress met this grave emergency with wisdom and patriotic firmness,
and commanded the respect and confidence of his fellow members in a
very high degree, is evident from the fact that he was appointed on ten
of its committees, and some of them, of the very highest importance ; and
from the position he had taken and the zeal he had displayed from the
resolutions of this Convention and the league and covenant comprised the great prin-
ciples of the Revolution, made them familiar to the people, and they were familiar as
household words to the men and women of that generation. Rockwell's Bistoiical
Address, Lenox, 1876, page 22.
Io6 Address on the Life of Alajor-Ge^ieral foh7i Paterson. [July,
first, against the royal usurpations and parliamentary injustice under
which the colony was suffering, we know that he was among the foremost
and most influential for the adoption of measures of stern resistance to
further encroachments by the British Government. This first Provincial
Congress was dissolved on the loth of December, 1774, and one of its
last acts was to recommend to the towns of the colony, forthwith to elect
members to a new Congress, assigning as a reason for a new election,
that the members of a body called upon to exercise so great powers and under
circumstances so extraordinary, should come fresh from the people and be
prepared to express indisputably their views and purposes — a most
remarkable recognition to be made by men educated in the shadows of
a throne, of the great truth, that, under God, in the people is vested the
supreme power of the State, and that the people are capable of governing
themselves. On the 30th of January, 1775, John Paterson was elected
delegate to the 2d Provincial Congress, to assemble at Cambridge, on the
I St of February following. The royal Governor refused all recognition
of this body, which exercised supreme governmental powers, as had the
first Congress. It continued its sessions, with brief intervals, until the
29th of May following. During the interval between the two sessions of
the Provincial Congress, Mr. Paterson visited various parts of the District
he represented, addressing the people, explaining the critical relations of
the colony to the Home Government and Parliament, making known
the unpublished views of the members of the ist Congress, as to the
probability of open hostility with the Home Government, portraying the
wrongs already inflicted upon the colony, and the necessit}', if they
would maintain their charter rights, and honor their manhood, of prepar-
ing themselves for the struggle which he believed was near at hand. His
efforts had influence with the people, and a determination to resist at all
hazards, further assaults on their rights and privileges as colonists, was
more openly, boldly and universally declared. Mr. Paterson, proving
his own belief in the representations he had made, during this time began
efforts to raise a regiment of "Minute Men," for the defence of the
colony. Lenox and other towns, following his advice, made provision
for the purchase of arms and ammunition for the companies that were
raised in those towns respectively. While Mr. Paterson was attending the
sessions of the second Provincial Congress, under the arrangements he
had made, the recruiting for his regiment went on, and in the May
following, its numbers were sufficient to entitle it to complete organiza-
tion. The regiment chose unanimously John Paterson as its colonel,
who was commissioned by the "Colonial Committee of Safety," May
27th 1775. The regiment was composed of 5 companies from Berk-
shire, 4 from other parts of Massachusetts and one from the State of New
York. It was fully equipped, well drilled and brought into a fine state
of discipline for active service, so that when the news of the assault at
Lexington by the British troops, and the brief, but bloody encounter at
the bridge of Concord reached the hills of Berkshire, this regiment of
minute men, in eighteen hours, had assembled and were on the march
for Cambridge and with almost incredible promptness reached that
appointed rendezvous for colonial troops. Here the regiment was
transferred into the continental service ; the Second Continental Congress
having just adopted all the troops, besieging the British in Boston, who
were willing, into its army. Col. Paterson^s Regiment enlisted into the
1890.] Address on the Life of Major-General fohn Paterson. 107
continental service for a period of eight months and before the expiration
of that time, most of the men had enlisted for a longer term. This
regiment, the 15th in the continental infantry service was stationed near
Boston, and erected the first fort for the siege of that city, and by the
express orders of General Ward, then the commanding general, thev
manned and defended it against an attack in the rear by British troops
during the progress of the battle of Bunker Hill.
Ward's, Putnam's and Paterson's regiments were declared to be the
flower of the continental army, then at Boston. The conduct of the
15th Infantry, Col. John Paterson, on the 9th of November, 1775, in a
successful encounter with a British force at " Lechmere's Point," (the
regiment wading through the water neck deep in order to make the
attack) was mentioned by General Washington in terms of very high com-
mendation, in the General's orders of the next day.
After the evacuation of Boston by the British troops, March 17th
1776, Colonel Paterson was ordered with his command to New York and
was stationed on Staten Island for the defence of that city. Soon after-
wards the regiment was ordered to Canada to reinforce Generals Mont-
gomery and Arnold, in their campaign for the capture of Quebec.
Colonel Paterson's Regiment then numbered over 600 men and was in
splendid condition for this laborious and hazardous campaign ; but be-
fore it reached the scene of conflict, General Montgomery had fallen at
Quebec, and Arnold under repeated disasters, had been forced to fall
back to Montreal and soon to abandon Canada entirely. In the battle
of ''The Cedars," fought after Col. Paterson arrived in Canada, his regi-
ment, although it showed great valor and soldiership, lost heavily in killed
and wounded, with seventy-nine taken prisoners.* The retreat was by
way of Crown Point and Fort Ticonderoga. Mt. Independence, an ele-
vation opposite Ft. Ticonderoga, was then occupied by Col. Paterson
and his command, and strongly fortified. They remained here till the
following November, when they joined the army of General Washington
in Pennsylvania. Although this Canada campaign by Col. Paterson and
his command has been described by us in a few sentences, and did not
result as was hoped, yet the regiment in its long and difficult marches
through forests and in fording rivers and contending with northern winter
storms, often with an empty commissariat and, after a time, but poorly
clad, displayed unsurpassed powers of endurance, and an unquenchable
zeal in the cause in which it had enlisted, and demonstrated its fitness for
the mighty contest that was yet before it. After joining General Wash-
ington, it was with him in his perilous crossing of the Delaware, and in
the important battles of Trenton and Princeton. The magnificent gen-
eralship of Washington, and the splendid valor of his troops in these
engagements so surprised Lord Cornwallis, that he abandoned the purpose
he had just before announced, to go in person to England and assure the
Government that the colonies were substantially subdued and the rebellion
suppressed. It was shortly after these battles also, that Frederick the
Great sent an elegant sword to General Washington, with this address —
"From the oldest soldier in Europe to the first General of the world."
We have no details of the service rendered by Col. Paterson and his com-
mand through these eventful scenes, but we have assurance that his
* Hollister''s History of Ct., Vol. 2cl. page 225.
f Frothingham on the Siege of Boston, page 268.
Io8 Address on the Life of Major-General John Pater son. [July,
bravery and soldiership were distinguished ; for almost immediately after
these victories, he was honored with the rank of brigadier-general, and
assigned to the northern Department of the Army. Genl. Paterson was
stationed for a time at Morristown, N. J., and from there was ordered
to West Point on the Hudson, then deemed the most important military
post of the American army. Later in the month of September, he was
engaged with his command in the battle of Saratoga, under General
Gates, which resulted in the defeat and surrender of General Burgoyne.
The brigade of General Paterson, in the history of this battle, is
spoken of as acting with distinguished bravery, and doing terri-
ble execution against the enemy, when with another brigade. General
Grover's, it was commanded by Major General Arnold in his irregular but
heroic conduct in this battle. In 1778, General Paterson took part in
the battle of Monmouth, N. J., with his usual bravery and success —
indeed without further detail, from the beginning to the end of that
immortal conflict of eight years, General Paterson was engaged in all its
most important battles — and while written history mentions but few of
the details of his military career, it is evident from the records we have
and from undisputed tradition, that his soldierly qualities were of a very
high order, and united with his glowing patriotism, superior intelligence,
and great practical wisdom, he commanded to a very high degree, the
admiration of the army. In 1780, the army and the country were
astounded by the revelation of the treason of Benedict Arnold, a major-
General of the American Army, commanding at West Point, and regarded
as one of the bravest and most successful otficeri? in the service. At his
own request, he had been appointed to this important command by
Washington, who reposed in him unbounded confidence. During the
absence of the Commanding General to meet at Wethersfield, Connecticut,
Count Rochambeau, the Commanding General of the French troops
then at Newport, R. I., and Chevalier Duportail the admiral of the
French fleet, for consultation concerning their future joint movements in
the war, the treasonable designs of Arnold were discovered by the arrest
of Major Andre within our lines, and by the papers that were found on
his person by his captors. Arnold escaped. Andre was held as a spy,
and a General Court Martial was summoned by Washington for his trial.
The most powerful influences were brought to bear upon Washington,
both from American and English sources, to induce him to hold Andre
as a prisoner of war and not to subject him to military trial as a spy.
But although deeply moved in behalf of the young, brave and accom-
plished British officer, Washington remained inflexible in his purpose, to
honor the clear and positive demands of military law, and have the
distinguished prisoner tried on the charge of being a spy. The Court was
constituted with the highest regard to the fitness of its members for so
grave a judicial responsibility. The Court was composed of six generals
and eight colonels, embracing, as the historian Lossing says, "the very
flower of the American Army. " I need not give the names of all the
members of this Court. Among them we find Generals Green, Lafayette,
Baron Steuben, and General Paterson, the last ; the youngest member of
the Court except the Marquis de Lafayette. General Paterson was selected
undoubtedly, not only on account of his rank and character as a soldier,
but because of his superior knowledge of law, and his ability to apply
correctly its principles in questions of evidence and other legal questions
1890.] Address on the Life of Major-General John Paterson. joq
that should arise on the trial. His selection as a member of this tribunal,
where proceedings would not only be watched with great interest in our
own land, but severely scrutinized and strongly judged by all civilized
governments, was another signal proof of the high estimation in which he
was held by the commander-in-chief of the American army. General
Paterson, from his genial disposition and agreeable manners, had inti-
macies and friendships with some of the most renowned generals of the
army, which were lasting as life. One of these was Kosciusko, the
Polish patriot and accomplished soldier. These two officers made the
Canada campaign together and their headquarters were in close proximity
to each other at West Point, and there grew up between them a strong
and enduring friendship. General Paterson had a negro servant, called
"Grippy," who was a great favorite not only with his master whom he
had faithfully served through the war, but with Kosciusko, who had long
observed his great fidelity and usefulness. " Grip" claimed descent
from an African prince, and held himself superior to others of his race,
always bearing himself with a calm and dignified air, befitting his alleged
royal lineage. When Kosciusko was about to return to Europe, General
Paterson offered him "Grip" as a body servant, and "Grip" had con-
sented, but when the day arrived for the General to leave, " Grip" could
nowhere be found, and Kosciusko was forced, with deep regret, to sail
without him, when "Grip" returned to the service and the master he
loved. At or near the close of the war, Brigadier-General Paterson, was
made major-general, an honor justly deserved, although he was one of
the youngest raised to that rank, another evidence of the exalted position
he held in the confidence and esteem of his commander-in chief, at whose
recommendation. Congress conferred this highest rank in the army. In
May 1783, before the disbandment of the army, and after the prelimi-
naries of peace had been duly signed and officially announced, and while
the officers were still at their cantonments on the Hudson, they assembled
at the headquarters of Baron Steuben, on the east bank of that river (a
place still pointed out as one of great historic interest), and organized
"The Society of the Cincinnati." The Revolution having been accom-
plished, this society was instituted as a monument of the memorable
occasion, — and also to cherish and perpetuate the mutual feelings of
patriotism, benevolence, and brotherly friendship created by a common
experience of the hardships and perils encountered in achieving the
freedom of their country, and establishing its rank among the nations of
the earth. In the original organization of this society, and as long as he
lived, Major-General Paterson took an active and influential part in its
affairs. Among the original signatures to the declaration of the prin-
ciples and purposes of "The Society of the Cincinnati," the name of John
Paterson stands second on the list to that of George Washington.
At the close of the war. General Paterson returned to his home at
Lenox, Massachusetts. He was greatly honored by the people of that
State as one of the foremost patriots of the Revolution, was invested with
high civil office by his fellow citizens, distinguished for his public spirit
and hospitality and admired by all, for his urbanity of manners and his
noble qualities as a Christian gentleman. His home was a centre of pure
and elevating social influences, where intelligence and refinement found
strong and charming attractions in intercourse with the noble patriot and
his accomplished wife, who presided over its elegant hospitalities with a
I JO Address on the Life of Major-General Jolui Peterson. [July,
grace and charm which tradition has transmitted to the present day. In
1786, General Paterson, at the request and by the authority of the Governor
of Massachusetts, took command of the Berkshire Co. militia, in a brief
campaign to suppress Shay's Rebellion, a popular outbreak against cer-
tain taxation laws, which for a time seriously threatened the peace of the
State.
About the year 1790, General Paterson, with a number of other
citizens of Massachusetts, purchased a tract of 230,000 acres of land, in
the new counties of Broome and Tioga, in the State of New York, which
was known as "The Free Township." In the same year, the General
removed with his family to "Lisle," in Broome County, now known as
"Whitney's Point," and continued his residence there till his death, July
19th, 1808. Scarcely was he settled in his new home before he was called
into public life. In addition to several local offices which he filled, he
was for four years elected a member of the New York General Assembly,
and was a member of the New York Constitutional Convention in the
year 1801, and was prominent and influential in its deliberations. He
was also elected for two terms, a member of the 8th U. S. Congress, from
the Southern District of New York.
When the new judicial system of the State, established by the revised
constitution in 1801, was fully organized in Broome County, General
Paterson was appointed Chief-Justice of the County, and held the position
until his death. He was buried in the cemetery at Lisle, where his re-
mains still lie. Not a monument of any kind, save a small headstone
marks the place of his burial. Such is an outline of the life of Major-
General Paterson. Very shortly after his death, his dwelling-house and
office with all their contents were burned. He was a man of superior
education and of thoughtful, systematic habits, and without doubt, had
among his voluminous papers, records and memoranda of his eventful
life, ample for a biography full of intense interest. But all were destroyed
and could not be replaced by any of the living, and as his residence in
each of the three States, among which the time of his life was divided,
was comparatively brief, in neither of them, could memory and tradition
be expected to supply, in any considerable degree, the place of lost recoids.
The first thirty-one years of his life, were spent in his native State of Con-
necticut ; the following fifteen years, including the period of the revolu-
tion in Massachusetts, and the last eighteen years of his life, in the State
of New York. Ex-Lt.-Gov. Julius Rockwell, of Massachusetts, in a his-
torical address, delivered at Lenox in that State, at the Centennial Cele-
bration, July 4th 1876, in speaking of General Paterson and his residence
at Lenox during the Revolutionary war, says, "it was unfortunate that
he ever changed his residence as he did, afterwards residing in the west-
ern part of the State of New York. If he had died here, it would have
been resolved that he was deserving of a public monument. And that
subject is worthy of consideration now. He was among the very fore-
most of the Revolutionary patriots and soldiers of Massachusetts." * The
same distinguished statesman, in a letter to a gentleman to whom he
sent a copy of his centennial oration, says, "in preparing my oration
and examining as far as possible into the life of General Paterson, I be-
came impressed, that he had been a most important aid and adviser to
Washington, and was every way qualified to take the place of his chief
*(See Minot's History — Shay's Rebellion, page 141.)
i8go.'\ Address on the Life of Major-General John Paierson. jjj
in case of emergency." This is very strong language, but coming delib-
erately from so thoughtful a man, so sound and learned a jurist, and so
able a statesman as Judge Rockwell, himself a son of Connecticut and of
Yale, it is entitled to the highest consideration. In this connection, it is
proper to state that Prof. Thomas Egleston of Columbia College, a grand-
son of Gen. Paterson, has recently erected to his memory an appropriate
and beautiful Mural Tablet in Trinity Church, Lenox. Mr. Alfred Andrews,
in his "^ Genealogy and Ecclesiastical History of New Britain," says, "We
should judge from the number and variety of the offices and trusts bestowed
on General John Paterson through his life, that he was in these respects,
the most distinguished man ever raised in New Britain. His removing
from the place so early in life is the reason probably why our oldest people
know so little of his history. Thomas J. Paterson, a grandson of General
Paterson, died in Rochester, N. Y., 12th February, 1886, at nearly 80
years of age. The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle speaking editorially
of the high character of the deceased, and of his ancestry said, " His ances-
tors, on both the paternal and maternal lines, were distinguished and
among the most patriotic and best people of their generation. His grand-
father, Major-General John Paterson, was one of the most distinguished
and effective officers of the Revolutionary army and one of the most inti-
mate and most trusted friends of Washington to the end of the war, and
till death severed their friendship."
It is a cause of deep regret that, so far as known, no portrait, or like-
ness of General Paterson in any form exists. It is, however, known that
a portrait was painted when he was tilling the office of Chief-Justice of
Broome County, N. Y. , but it is supposed that this was destroyed when
the dwelling and office with their contents were burned.
The State ot New Jersey aided by the U. S. Government has erected
at Freehold a stately granite monument in commemoration of the
battle of Monmouth, in that State. 'J his battle opened in the park of
Freehold, and the monument is appropriately lucated there. Surrounding
the base are five bronze tablets representing in bas-relief the prominent
events or scenes in the progress of the battle. Among these is one
representing the Council of War held by Washington with his general
officers at Hopewell just before the battle commenced. Thirteen general
officers, with the adjutant of the chief, constitute the group ; General
Paterson is represented by the artist seated by the table with his hand
resting upon a scroll having the position of the contending forces mapped
out before him, earnestly listening to Lafayette standing and addressing
the Council.* Tjiis monument was unveiled Nov. 15, 1884.
In conclusion I beg leave to add that I have long hoped that one
more accustomed to literary work than myself would accept of the frag-
mentary materials which after years of research I have gathered relating to
the life and character of General Paterson, and write out as worthy a
biography of the distinguished soldier and statesman as these materials
would enable him to do, but failing to realize this hope and believing
that I had in my possession more ot the facts which reveal and illustrate
his life and character than any one else, I have accepted your invitation
and prepared the compilation which I now submit. Our society can fulfil
one of the great ends of its organization only by preserving with ceaseless
* No portrait of General Paterson is known to be in existence. Tfiis is therefore
merely an ideal picture being a likeness of the general's grandson.
112
Inscriptmis in fhe Graveyard at Morgan Manor. [Jul}',
care and vigilance the memory of the useful and distinguished sons of our
own and other States. In permanent records and by appropriate and
enduring monuments their names and their virtues should be kept fresh
in the minds of successive generations, and thus the richest treasures
of the State continually accumulate.
COPY OF INSCRIPTIONS IN THE GRAVEYARD AT MORGAN
MANOR, SOUTH AMBOY, NEW JERSEY.
Contributed by Mrs. DeWitt Clinton Mather.
Lieu. Nicholas Morgan died Dec 9th 1782 in the 27th year of his age.
By refugees he lost his life.
Nicholas Everson, Died March 17th 1783 Aged 85 years.
In memory of Capt. James Morgan who died Feb. 26th 1784 in the
50th year of his age.
In memory of Margaret Morgan Wife of Capt James Morgan who
departed this life June 8th 1827 aged 96 years 9 months and 21 days.
Maj. Gen. James Morgan Who departed this life Nov 14th 1822 Aged
65 years, 10 months & 15 days. An old and respected officer of the
Revolution and late Member of Congress.
Catherine* wife of Colonel James Morgan died Jan 27th 1802 in the
37th year of her age.
Stephen son of General James & Catherine Morgan who departed this
life Dec. 12th 181 2, aged 26 years, i month & 12 days.
Five children of Colonel James & Catherine Morgan John, James,
Nicholas, Catherine, Abel.
Alice Daughter of General James & Catherine Morgan Died Juae
28th 1853 Aged 67 years 10 months and 21 days.
(2nd wife) Ann S. Van Wickle Wife of Gen. James Morgan Died
Aug. 13th 1869 Aged 85 years 2 months 28 days.
Charles Morgan Born Jan 13th 1808 Died Sept. ist 1852.
Mary D. Morgan Beloved wife of Edwin R. Hanks Born Jan i8th
18 14 Died May r5th 1855.
Emeline Wife of F. F. Hardenburgh Daughter of Gen. James and
Ann Morgan Died Oct. 12th 1845 Aged 34 years, 9 months & 14 days.
Elizabeth Blackwell Rockwell, Widow of Charles Morgan Born May
31st 1813 Died Feb 24th 1885.
(Sons of Chas. & Elizabeth Morgan.) Charles Morgan Born Nov
loth 1837 Died, Sep 21, 1888. Theodore Blackwell Morgan Born March
28th 1843 Died May i8th 1888.
Medora Daughter of Theodore & Sophronia Morgan Born March
30th 1875 Died April 30th 1875.
Fredeiic C. Tanner Born Sept. 29th 18 10 Died Jan 31st 1850.
Charles Tanner Born Feb 13th 1847 Died April 14th 1880.
Ann Elizabeth daughter of Edwin R. & Mary D. Hanks Born Oct.
2ist 1834 Died June 25th 1838.
Olivia.
Helen Rebecca daughter of Edwin & Mary D. Hanks Born Nov. 23rd
1844. Died Feb. loth 1845.
*This woman was Catherine Van Cortlandt, of New York. Her portrait is in
possession of one of her descendants.
1890.] Records of the R( formed Dutch Church hi Ktw York. i j -1
RECORDS OF THE REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH IN THE
CITY OF NEW YORK.— Baptisms.
A' 1730.
Maart i.
d°, 4.
d°.
II.
d°. 15.
d°. 18.
[501.J
d°.
d°.
22,
d°.
29,
d°.
30.
April
5.
d°. 8.
(Continued from Vol. XXI., p. 72, of The Record.)
OUDERS.
Abraham Raiding,
Marytje Cozyns.
David W. Provoost,
A n n e k e V, D.
Water.
Alixander Fi sh si t,
Marytje Selover.
Casparus Blank,
Marritje Andrisse.
Willem Vredenburg,
Willemyntje Nak.
Lowrens Low, Jan-
netje V. Vlekker.
Jan Karstang, P^lsje
Grietman.
Jesse De Foreest,
Teuntje Tietsoort.
Gabriel Moor,
Annetje Andries.
Jan Hver, Margrietje
Bolje.
Jan Sjoet, Margareta
D. Riemer.
P e t r u s De Mill,
Femmetje Valen-
tyn.
John Galoway, Anna
Lan^b.
Ryer Hansen, IMar-
griet D'Voor.
Fredrik V. Cortlant,
Francyntje Jay.
Harmen Rutgers,
Elisabeth Bensen.
Pieter B r o li w e r ,
Elisabeth Quack-
enbos.
Willem R o o m e ,
Annetje Wessels.
Abraham D. Peyster,
Margareta V: Cort-
lant.
Joris Elsworth, Jan-
netje Miserol.
KINDERS. GETUYGEN.
Catharina. Joost Raiding, Elisabeth
Welsch.
Wilhelmijs. Willem Provoost, Wyntje
Byvank.
Jacob.
Jacob Selover, Sara Bus-
Lambert. Lambert Andriessen, Lea
Andriesse, z. h. v.
Johannes. Matthys Nack, Janna
Vredenburgh.
Dina. Marynus Roelfse, Dina
Idesen, z. h. v.
Catharina. Gideon Karstang, Catha-
rina Karstang.
David. Johannes Dow, Rebecca
Anthony.
Annetje. Jan Ariansen, G r i e t j e
Andriessen.
Catharina. Johannes Hardenbroek,
Annetje Bos^ z. h. v.
Isaac. Steenw\>k De Riemer,
Margrietje Egberts.
Obadia. Joost De Mill, Judith
Van Seys, VVedu.
John. R o e 1 o f Van Mepelen,
Elisabeth Lam.
Elisabeth. Isaac Braasjer, Lysbeth
de Voor.
Fredrik. Pieter Jay, Judith Jay
Jong dog^
Harmanus. Harmanus Rutgers,
Catharina Myers,
z. h. V.
Annaatje. Johannes V. Norden, Lea
Qiickenbos, jong dog"".
Jan. Frans Gerbrants, Maria
Roome, Wedu^.
Pierre. Pierre De Peyster,
Francynt Jay.
Charles. Johannes Elsworth, Maria
Van Gelder.
11^ Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York, [July,
A"
1730
OUDERS.
KINDERS.
Alixander P h en i x,
Anna.
Elisabeth Burger.
Hendricus Cavelier,
Lena.
Lena Burger.
d°.
15-
Abraham Skinna,
Martha Ladony.
Abraham.
Jacob Loring, Maria
Fredrik.
V. D. Grist.
Evert Pels, Catharina
Cathalyntje.
d Graail.
Rynier Burger, Dina
Harmanus.
Van Gelder.
d°.
19.
Philip Bemper, Cilia
Jansen.
Jac9biis.
[5
02.]
Gerrit Coz}>n, Mar-
Gerrit.
grietje Jansen.
d°.
29.
Lewis Thebou, Maria
Vile.
Gerrit.
Johannes Denemark,
Aaltje.
Rachel Beekman.
Jacob lis INIontanje,
Abraham.
Maria Pell.
Evert Byvank, Maria
Maria.
Cannon.
John Tarp, Apolony
Dirk.
uit bogert.
May
3.
Wilhelmvis Beekman,
Martha Moth.
Jacobus.
Pieter Vliereboom,
Geertruyd.
Jannetje de Voort.
Ahasuerus Turk,
Aaltje.
Hillegont Kiiyper.
Johannes Hyer,
Walter.
Antje De Hart.
Thomas Montanje,
Benjamin.
Rebekka Briiyn.
d°.
7-
Jan Ten B r 0 e k ,
Maria Koning.
Andries.
d°.
17-
Isaac Van Dam.
Rip,
Jacobus Kip, Catha-
Catharina.
rina Kip.
B a r e n t Bos, Aafje
Maria.
Bruyn.
Willem Waldron,
Tanneke.
Aagje Sammons.
GETUYGEN.
Pieter Burger, . Catharina
Van Vlek.
Johannes Burger, Lena
Tiirk, z. h. v.
Benjamin de Harjette,
Anna Outman,
z. h. V.
John Bertell, Elisabeth
Filkins.
Simson Pels, Elisabeth
Van Bursum.
Vicktoor Hyer, Jannetje
Van Gelder, z. h. v.
Johan Jacob Bemper,
Sabina Bemper, z. h.
V.
Philip Boils, Catharina
Boils, z. h. V.
Gerrit Vile, Jannetje Van
Veiirde, z. h. v.
Johannes Beekman,
Maria Schermerhoorn.
Abraham Montanje,
Maria Van der Poel.
Jan Van Pelt, Aaltje
Hooglant, z. h. v.
Gysbert u i 1 1 e n Bogert,
Lysbeth Ekkeson.
Doctor Wilhelmiis Beek-
m a n , Catharina De
Lanoy, z. h. v.
S e r V a a s Vliereboom
Marritje Ferdon.
Johannes Turk, Aaltje
Turk j. dogter.
Walter Hyer, Elsje Van
de Water, z. h. v.
Johannes Montanje, Antje
Blom j. dogter.
Elk Hoop, Annetje Van
Deursen.
Rip Van Dam, Cornelia
Beekman.
Samuel Kip, Margareta
Rykman.
Gerrit Briiyn, Maria De
Voe.
Johannes Bensen, Tan-
neke Waldron.
1890.] Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York. jjr
A' 1730. OUDERS. HINDERS.
H e n d r i k Poiilse, Jacob.
Neeltje Van
Deurse.
[503-]
May 17. Jan Van Deventer, Catharina.
Elisabeth Laker-
man.
d°. 18. Pieter V. Norden, Magdalena.
Antje Remmersen.
d°. 29. Jacob Ryke, Catha- Samiiel.
rina Pomeryn.
Yuny 7. Johannes De Voor, Aafje.
Aafje Cortregt.
d°. Johannes Burger, Helena.
Jannetje Brouwer.
d°. David S c h li y 1 e r , Catlyntje.
Elizabeth Mar-
schalk.
John Jacobs, Harmpje Pieter.
Coek.
10. Johannes Abramse, Elisabeth.
Elisabeth Bosch.
14. Petrus Rutgers, Petriis.
Helena Hooglant.
21. Johannes Biirger, Jannetje.
Aafje Goelet.
28. Alixander Allair, Hester.
Hester Clatwordy.
5. Barent Barheit, Re- Johannes.
becca Oothout.
8. John Thurman, Elis- John.
abeth Wessels. 2 lingen.
Frans.
d°.
d°.
d°.
d°.
d°.
July
d°. Abraham V. Wyck, Susanna.
Catharina Pro-
voost.
d°. 19. Harmaniis Simonis, Willem.
Angeert Sheldrin.
d°. Hendricus Boelen, Catryntje.
Jannetje Waldron.
[504.]
d°. 22. Albartus Tie boiit, Grietje.
Cornelia Bogert.
d°. 26. Jan !piom, Rebecca Elisabeth,
Korsen.
GETUYGEN.
Johannes Poiilse, Aaltje
Van Deurse.
Johannes Tiebout,
Marytje Deventer, z.
h. V.
Johannes Van Norden,
Arriaantje Webbers, z.
h. V.
Thomas Lince, Mar-
grietje Ryke, z. h. v.
Johannes Montanje,
Rachel Montanje.
Jan Reyn, Helena
Brouwer, z. h. v.
Andries Marschalk,
Teuntje Romme,
z. h. V.
Henry Bosch, Gerritje
Bosch, h. V. V. Wil-
liam Smith.
Harmaniis Riitgers,
Beletje Renaiidet.
Jacob Goelet, Johanna
Burger, h. v, v.,
Johannes Man.
Tawet Bayly, Hester
""'Baly, z. h. V.
Johannes Man, Annaatje
Burger, z. h. v.
Jan Ten B r o e k , Maria
Ten B r o e k jong d^,
Isaac Bratt, Susanna
Bratt.
Cornells Zantvoort,
Geertje de Haart, z.
h. V.
Willem Corsilius, Anna
Maria Thys.
Hendrik V. Winkelen,
Catharina Waldron, Z.
Teiinis Tiebout, Grietje
Bogert Wediiw^
Jacob C o r s e n & Mar-
grietje Blom, z. h. v.
Petrus Kip,
Il5 Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York. [July,
A°
1730-
OUDERS.
KINDERS.
d''.
29.
N i c 0 1 a a s Bayard,
Elisabeth Rynders.
Hester.
Aug.
2.
Marten Bandt, Jen-
neke Buys.
Petriis.
d°.
12.
George Fielding,
Catharina R 0 s e -
boom.
Hendrik.
d°.
Jacobiis Montanje,
Elisabeth.
Arriaantje du Foir.
2 lingen
Arriaantje.
d°.
16.
Jacob S a m m 0 n ,
Catlyntje Bensing.
Rachel.
d°.
Johannes Van Zandt,
Tryntje Bensing.
Pieter Pra.
d°.
CornelisTiirk, Catha-
Elisabet.
-
rina Van Tilburg.
d°.
23-
P i e t e r Marschalk,
Catalyntje Kip.
Elisabet.
Sept.
2.
Jan Voeshee, Catha-
rina Waldron.
Parent.
d°.
16.
Tan de Wit Pieterson,
Pieter.
20.
23-
30.
d°.
d°.
d°.
d°.
d°.
d°.
d°
[505.]
Octob. 7.
do.
d°.
Anna Van Home.
John Mak E v e r s ,
Ca t h ar i n a Van
Home.
Jan Vos, Willemyntje
Broiiwer.
Pieter Snyder, Anna
Catrien Corselius.
Jan Cannon, Jerusa
Sands.
David Abeel, Maria
Diiyking.
Cornel is Bogaard,
Cornelia Verdiiyn.
John Coo, Jannetje
Van Zandt.
Theophilus Elsworth,
Hester Roome.
Francis Childe, Cor-
nelia Fiele.
Willem Vredenburg,
Catharina Scott.
William.
Anna.
Anna Maria
Andro.
David.
Nicolaas.
Richard.
Adriaantje.
Cornelia.
Christina.
GETUYGEN.
Samuel Bayard, Hester
Reyndertz.
Willem Bandt, Mar-
g r i e t j e V. d. Water,
z. h. V.
Hendrik Roseboom,
Debora Staats, h. v.
van Hendrik Rose-
boom.
Jesse Montanje, Rachel
Montanje, Teunis dii
Foir, Geertje du Foir.
Abraham Lameter, Catha-
rientje Bensing,
Pieter Pra, Maiia Pra,
syn h. V,
Johannes Turk, Belitje
Turk jonge d''.
Jacob Kip, Elisabet Mar-
schalk, h. v. v., David
Schiiyler,
Jan Ariaanse, Tanneke
Waldron syn h. v.
Willem De Witt, Elsje
Provoost, H. V. Van
Gerrit Van Home.
Abraham Van Home,
Catharina Rutgers, s.
h. V.
Albert Van Lint, Marritje
Van 'I'issel.
Philip Jong, Anna Maria
Hofman.
Cornells Cortregt, Hester
Cannon syn h. v.
Jan Stoiitenburg, Hen-
drica Duyking, s. h.
V.
Jan Bogaart, Elisabeth
Verduyn, h. v. van
Barent de
Pieter Pra
Jannetje
dos:ter.
Foreest.
Van Zandt,
Fyn jonge
Thomas W i n d o v e r ,
Jelyntje Caar, Wed^
Aarnout Fiele, Catha-
rina Fiele.
Johannes Vredenburg,
Judith Van Seys Wed^
1890.] Records of /he Reformed Dutch Church in Nav York. \\>-j
A° I/30. OUDERS.
d°. Johannes Daly, Mar-
grietje Van Seys.
d°. II. Edward Man, Maria
Van Deursen.
d°. 14. Christoffel Bancker,
Elisabeth H oog -
lant.
d°. Hermanns Schuyler,
Jannetje Bancker.
d°. Hendrik Kermer,
Jacomyntje G e r -
rits.
d°. Pieter Lammerse,
Maria Bennet.
d°. Theophilus W. Els-
worth, Annaatje
Hardenbroek.
d°. 21, Ahasueriis Elsworth,
Maria Van Gelder.
d°. 28. John Le Montes,
Aaltje Van Norden.
d°. Abraham Blank,
Maria Laurens.
d°. Christofifel VVambsly,
Jannetje Hen-
drikse.
Nov, 8, James Livingston,
Maria Kierstede.
d°. Johannes Montagne,
Susanna Bussing.
d°. II. Frans Gerbrants
Ju',, Neeltje Kor-
sen.
d°. Evert Diiyking, Aafje
Hardenbroek.
d°. Gabriel Crooke,
Marica H ard e n -
broek.
d°. Dirk Hoppe, Maria
Frencis.
d°. 22. T h e u n i s de Noir,
Geertje Barhett.
d°. Nicolaas Gouver-
n e u r , Geertruyd
Reynders.
d°. Richard Van Dam,
Cornelia Beekman.
KINDERS. GETUYGEN.
Cornelia. Joris Daly, Anneke Daly.
Edward. Benjamin Moor, Lena
Van Deursen, h. v.
van Jacob Van Deur-
sen.
Elisabet. Gerardus Bancker,
Helena Hooglant, h.
v. van Petrus Rutgers.
Christoffel. Christoffel Bancker,
Elisabet van Taarling,
h. V. van Ad"' Bancker.
Catharina. J a cob lis Turk, Maria
Meyer syn h. v.
Hilletje. Laurens Lammerse,
Hilletje Lammerse.
Jenneke. Gabriel Crook.
Sara. Joris Elsworth, Annatje
Van Gelder.
Johannes. Archibald Campble,
Mary Cooper.
Paulus. Isaak Blank, Lidia syn,
h. V.
Daniel. Daniel Hendrikse, Antje
Hendriksen.
Jennet. John Sc h d y 1 e r, Jiin'.,
Margareta Livingston.
Johannes. Isaak Biissing, Annaatje
Bussing, jong d.
Antje. Wessel Wessels, Susanna
Bradt.
Evert. Ide Meyer, Sara Harden-
broek, Wed*.
Annetje. Johannes Hardenbroek,
Annetje Bos syn, h. v.
Maria. Jill is Mandeviel, Rachel
Hoppe.
Jannetje. MichielCornelisz,
Rachel Hoist.
Abraham. Barent Reynders, Maria
Leysleer, h. v. van
Abr. Gouverneiir.
Richard. Jacob Walton, Catharina
Provoost.
Il8 The Van Wagenen Family of Ulster Co., N. Y. [July,
A°
1730.
OUDERS.
KINDERS.
[506.]
d°.
Harmen Van de
Water, Marytje
Caljer.
Benjamin.
d°.
Robert Provoost,
Ariaantje Ponlse.
Johannes.
d°.
Johannes V r e d e n -
burg, J a n n e t j e
Woedard.
Christina.
d".
27.
Nicolaas Sopman,
Willemtje Buys.
Stephanus.
Dec.
2.
Th omas Wood,
Elisabet Borris.
Susanna.
d°.
6.
Thomas Chilton,
obeit, Christina
Van Dalen.
Thomas.
d°.
9-
John Anthony, Maria
Bordsjer.
Anna.
d°.
16.
Jacobus Wessels,
Catharina Pieter-
sen.
Catharina.
d°.
Daniel G a u t i e li ,
Elisabet.
Marytje Bogert.
den 7 d° ge
boren.
d°.
25.
Jacobus Roosevelt,
Catharina Harden-
broek.
Sara.
d°.
Abraham De Lanoy,
Jannetje Roome.
Jannetje.
d°.
27.
Wessel Wessels,
Rachel Van Im-
biirg.
Elisabet.
GETUYGEN.
Benjamin Van de Water,
Engeltje Lievens syn
V. h.
Johannes Poiilse, Antje
Van Seys Wed^
Joost de Milt, Jannetje
Van der Beek.
Abraham Anderson,
Hilletje Buys.
William Brown, Anna
Borris.
Arent Van Hoek, Isaak
Hoek, Anna Lisman.
Cornelis Van O r 1 a n d ,
Anna Kuyler.
Hendrik Wessels, Elisa-
bet Brestee Jonge doch-
ter.
Willem Boge r t, Jiin'.,
- Teuntje Bogert.
Evert Duyking, Sara Kip,
U. V. Van Joh : Van
der Heul.
Elias Ellis, Cornelia De
Lanoy.
Laurens Wessels, Jan-
netje Wessels, jonge
doch't.
EARLY SETTLERS OF ULSTER CO., N. Y.— THE VAN
WAGENEN FAMILY.
By Gerrit H. Van Wagenen.
c
(Continued from Vol. lo, p. 87, of the Record.) '
Children o/" Jacob Aartsen Van Wagenen (4) and Sara Pels.
(All bp. at Kingston except Jacob.)
17. Annatje, born Sept. 10, 1678, bp. Sept. 15 ; married Jan Heer-
mans. (Record, Vol. XXL, p. 58.)
18. Aart, born Oct. 15, bp. Oct. 26, 1679; died June 10, 1740;
married at Kingston Oct. 14, 1705, Marytje, daughter of Pieter
Low and Lysbet Blanshan, born Dec. 18, 1685, bp. Jan. i,
1686; died June 20, 1733.
1890.] The Van Wagenen Family of Ulster Co., N. V. i jg
19. Evert, born April 12, bp. April 24, 1681; married, about 1709,
Hillegond, daughter of Claes Jansen Van Heyningen and Jan-
neken Kiersen, bp. in N. Y. Nov. 14, 1686. (Record, Vol.
X., p. 117.) Evert removed to Dutchess Co., N. Y., at an
early date and settled near Poughkeepsie, where many of his
descendants are to be found.
20. Gerrit, born Nov. 2, bp. Nov. 12, 1682 ; died young.
21. Rebecka, born April 11, bp. April 12, 1685 ; married Jan Freer
about 1706.
22. Geertje, born Sept. i, 1686, bp. Sept. 5 ; married at Kingston
Sept, 17, 1709, Jacob Gerritse Decker, bp. at Kingston Feb.
24, 1684, son of Gerrit Janse Decker and Magdalena Schut.
23. Jannetje, born April 4, bp. April 8, 1688 ; died young.
24. Jannetje, born April 10, bp. April 14, 1689 ; married at Kings-
ton Oct. 7, 171 1, Johannis Turk, son of Jacobus Turk and
Catryntje Van Benthuysen, bp. at Kingston, May 16, 1687.
25. Gerrit, born Feb. 5. bp. May 26, 1691 ; died Nov. 17, 1709.
26. SvMON, born Nov. 19, 1692, bp. April 23, 1693 ; married at
Kingston Nov. 17, 1720, Sara, daughter of Solomon Dubois
and Tryntje Gerrits, born Dec. 23, 1699, died Jan. 27, 1759.
27. Jacob Aartse, born Jan. 5, bp. at Albany, Feb. 20, 1695.
("Pearson's Albany Settlers," p. 13.)
28. Benjamin, born Dec. 28, 1696, bp. Jan. i, 1697 ; married at
Kingston, May 28, 1726, Elizabeth, daughter of Gysbert Van-
den Berg and Diewertje Masten.
29. Abraham, born Feb. 5, bp. Feb. 12, 1699 ; married at Kingston
Feb. 26, 1726, Hillegond Crispell, born April 17. 1704, died
Feb. 22, 1774; Abraham died June 7, 1787. (Record, Vol.
XXL, p. 86.)
30. Sara, born Dec. i, bp. Dec. 21, 1701 ; married at Kingston
April 7, 1721, Solomon, son of Abraham Hasbrouck and
Maria Deyo, born at New Paltz Oct. 17, 1686. (Record,
Vol. XVII., p. 262.)
31. Isaac, born Aug. 14, bp. Aug. 22, 1703 ; married at Kingston
March 10, 1723, Catrina Freer.
Children of Annatje Van Wagenen (17) and fan Heermans funior.
(N. Y. Gen. and Biog. Record, Vol. XXL, p. 59.)
Children of Aart Van Wagenen (18) and Mary tje Louw.
(All bp. at Kingston.)
474. Jacob, bp. Aug. 18, 1706 ; sponsors, Jacob Aartse and Sara Pels.
475. Jacob Aartse, born Oct. 29, 1707, bp. Nov. 2 ; died Dec. 6,
1775; married at Kingston, April 10, 1730, Sara Freer, of
Wagendal, daughter of Jan Freer and Rebecca Van Wagenen,
born Sept. 20, 1708, died Nov. 10, 1778. (Bible record.)
476. Petrus, bp. May 7, 1710 ; sponsors, Jan Heermans and Eliza-
beth Blanshan.
477. Gerrit, bp. April 6, 1712 ; sponsors, Evert Van Wagenen and
Annetje Louw; married at Kingston Jan. 31, 1736, Marytje,
daughter of Jan Freer and Rebecca Van Wagenen, bp. at
Kingston Sept. 2^, i^iG.
I20 "^^^ ^^^ Wagenen Family of Ulster Co., N. V. [July,
478. Johannes, bp. Nov. 21, 1714 ; sponsors, Johannes Louw and
Christina Vas ; died Jan. 10, 1790 ; married at Kingston Dec.
16, 1737, Elizabeth, bp. April 12, 1718, daughter of Hugo
Freer and Maria Le Roy.
479. Benjamin, bp. May 26, 1717; sponsors, Johannes Turk and
Jannetje Van Wagenen.
480. Aart, born Aug. 20, 1719, bp . Aug. 23; sponsors, Simon
and Sara Van Wagenen ; died June 11, 1803; married at
Kingston Feb. 13, 1748, Rebecca, daughter of Jan Freer and
Rebecca Van Wagenen, born Dec. 13, 1725, died Jan. 19, 1809.
481. Petrus, bp. Dec. 31, 1721 ; sponsors, Jan Freer and Rebecca
Van Wagenen.
482. Petrus, bp. Jan. 23, 1726 ; sponsors, Philippus Viele and Antje
Louw; married at Kingston June 15, 1760, Sara Low, of
New Paltz, probably the daughter of Petrus Low and Catrina
Dubois, bp. at Kingston Aug. 4, 1734.
Children of Evert Van Wagenen (19) and Hillegond Van Heyningen.
483. Jacob, bp. at Kingston, Oct. 10, 1710 ; sponsors, Jacob Aartse
and Sara Pels; probably married, about 1739, Helena, daughter
of Franz Van de Bogaard and Annatje Parmentier, bp. at Pough-
keepsie April 17, 1723.
484. Nicholas, bp. in N. Y. April 5, 1713 ; married at Pough-
keepsie Sept. 6, 1735, Hester, daughter of Jan De Graff
and Maria Peacock, bp. at Kingston Oct. 12, 1710. The
will of Nicholas Van Wagenen of Charlotte Precinct, Dutchess
Co., N. Y., dated Nov. 6, 1769, passed Dec. 11, 1772, at
Fort George, N. Y. , is recorded in N. Y., Liber 28 of wills,
p. 337. Mentions wife Hester; sons Evert, John and
Nicholas ; daughters Hellegontie, wife of Johannis Bush ;
Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Hagaman ; Sarah, wife of Johannis
Van Enden, and Janneke ; also his grandchildren John
Hester and Elizabeth Allen, children of his daughter Maria,
deceased.
485. Sara, bp. at Kingston April 18, 1715 ; married Teunis, son of
Gerret Van Vliet and Petronella Swart, bp. at Kingston June
14, 1702.
486. Gerrit, bp. at Poughkeepsie April 3, 171 7; married Sara, daughter
of Jan De Graff and Maria Peacock, bp. at Kingston
May 6, 171 6.
487. Janneken, bp. at Poughkeepsie Feb. 12, 1719.
488. Marretjen, bp. at Poughkeepsie Nov. 24, 1723 ; married
Abraham De Graff, son of Jan De Graff and Maria Peacock,
bp. in N. Y. May 15, 171 8.
Children 0/* Rebeck a Van Wagenen (21) a7id Ja?i Freer.
(All baptized at Kingston.)
489. Sara, born Sept. 20, 1708, at Wagendal, bp. Oct. 24; died Nov.
10, 1778; married at Kingston April 10, 1730, Jacob Aartse
(No. 475), son of Aart Van Wagenen (18) and Marytje Louw,
born Oct, 29, 1707, died Dec. 6, 1775.
1890.] The Van Wagenen Family of Ulster Co., N. F. 121
490. Jannetje, bp. May 7, 1710; died young.
491. Gerrit, bp. Sept. 23, 171 1; married at Kingston Nov. i, 1735,
Elizabeth, daughter of Ariaan Van Vliet and Grietjen Hasten,
bp. at Kingston Aug. 9, 1713. (Record, Vol. XX., p. 174.)
492. Jannetje, bp. Aug. i, 17 14; married at Kingston Oct. 20, 1737,
Heyman, son of Aldert Roosa and Agatha Krom, bp. at
Kingston Feb. 11, 1709.
493. Marytjen, bp. Sept. 23, 1716; married at Kingston Jan. 31,
1736, Gerrit Aartse Van Wagenen (477).
494. Jacob, born atWagendal, bp. May 17, 1719 ; married at Kings-
ton Sept. 20, 1754, Anna, daughter of Jan Van Aken and
Margaret De Gratf, bp. at Kii-gston Aug. 31, 1735.
495. Rebecca, born at Wagendal Dec. 13, 1725, bp. Jan. 2, 1726;
died Jan. 29, 1809; married at Kingston Feb. 13, 1748,
Aart Van Wagenen (480), born at Kingston, living at Wagen-
dal.
Children ^Geertje Van Wagenen (22) and Jacob Gerrilse Decker.
(All baptized at Kingston.)
496. Sara, bp. May 7, 17 10.
497. Gerrit, bp. Dec. 23, 171 1.
498. William, bp. Aug. 30, 1713.
499. Jacob, bp. Dec. 18, 171 5.
500. Abraham, bp. Jan. i, 1718.
501. Isaac, bp. Feb. 14, 1720.
502. Benjamin, bp. Dec. 24, 1721. >
503. Ephraim, bp. Feb. 9, 1724.
504. Jonathan, bp. Dec. 15, 1728.
Children of Jannetje Van Wagenen (24) and Johannes Turk.
(All baptized at Kingston.)
505. Catryntje, bp. July 27, 1712; sponsors, Jacob Aartse, Sara Pels ;
married at Kingston Aug. 31, 1734, Cornelius Persen.
506. Sara, bp. Feb. 14, 1714 ; married at Kingston Oct. 8, 1737,
Paulus Peeling.
507. Anna, bp. June 24, 1716 ; married at Kingston Sept. 18, 1736,
Gerret Van Slyck.
508. Jacob, bp. Aug. 30, 171 9; married at Kingston Aug. 15,
1744, Sara Ploeg.
509. Johannes, bp. Oct. 29, 1721 ; married at Kingston Nov. i,
1746, Geertjen Swart.
510. Benjamin, bp. Dec. i, 1723 ; married Ida Van Wie.
511. Abraham, bp. Oct. 3, 1725; married at Kingston Oct. 13,
1750, Catherine Slecht.
512. Augustinus, bp. Nov. 17^ 1728.
Children of Symon Van Wagenen (26) and Sara Dubois.
(All baptized at Kingston.)
513. Solomon, born April 12, 1722, bp. May 6 ; married at Kings-
ton Nov. 2, 1749, Annatje (Hanna), daughter of Jacobus
122 The Van Wagenen Family of Ulster Co., N. Y. [July,
Bruyn and Tryntje Schoonmaker, bp. at Kingston Dec. 27,
1724. (Record, Vol. XIX., p. 24.)
514. Sara, born Nov. 10, 1723, bp. Dec. 15; married at Kingston
April 22, 1752, Jacobus Depuy, bp. at Kingston Nov. 6,
1726, son of Jacobus Depuy and Sara Schoonmaker, who
were married at Kingston Aug. 26, 1725.
515. Tryntje, born May 29, 1725, bp. June 27; died Julv 15, 1746.
516. Jacobus, born Feb. 16, 1729, bp. April 6; died May 3, 1790;
married at Kingston May 9, 1758, Rathel, daughter of
Wessel Brodhead and Catharine Dubois, born July 13, 1734,
died Jan. 13, 1804.
517. Helena, born Aug. 29, 1733, bp. Sept. 9 ; married at Roches-
ter, Ulster Co., N. Y., Sept. 28, 1760, Thomas D., son of
Daniel Schoonmaker and Helena Jansen, bp. at Kingston
Nov. 17, 1734.
518. Annatje, born Nov. 12, 1736 (Bible record) ; married at Kings-
ton Nov. 14, 1765, John Depuy.
519. Elizabeth, born Nov. i, 1739, bp. Dec. 3.
520. Jacomynte, born July 23, 1745 ; married at New Paltz Jan. 19,
1766, Jacob DeWitt Schoonmaker, son of Jochem Hendrickse
Schoonmaker and Sara Depuy.
The dates of birth of the children of Symon Van Wagenen and Sara
Dubois are taken from Bible record. I do not find any baptismal record
of Annatje or Jacomynte.
Children 0/ Benjamin Van Wagenen (28) and Elizabeth Van den Berg,
(All baptized at Kingston except Catharina.)
521. Sara, bp. Jan. 4, 1730; sponsors, Gysbert Van den Berg and
Diewertje Masten ; married at Rochester, Ulster Co., N. Y.,
Oct. 10, 1758, Deyrk Hoornbeek, of Rochester.
522. Diewertje, bp. Feb. 6, 1732; married at Rochester Feb. 23,
1755. Jacobus, son of Solomon Hasbrouck and Sara Van
Wagenen (30), bp. at Kingston Jan. i, 1727.
523. Benjamin, bp. Jan. 26, 1735 ; sponsors, Cornelia Catharine Van-
denberg, Jacob Van Wagening; married at Rochester Jan.
2, ^111, Lydia Depuy, probably daughter of Ephraim Depuy
and Annetje Schoonmaker, bp. at Rochester May 20, 1753.
524. Cornelius, bp. April i, 1739 ; married at Rochester June 2, 1776,
Sara Depuy, probably daughter of Ephraim Depuy and
Annetje Schoonmaker, bp. May 18, 1760.
525. Elizabeth, bp. Jan 23, 1743 ; probably married Adam Hofman,
bp. at Kingston April 15, 1739, son of Adam Hofman and
Dina Delange.
526. Catharina, bp. at Marbletown Nov. 4, 1746.
Children of Abraham Van Wagenen (29) and Hillegond Crispell.
(All baptized at Kingston.)
527. Sara, bp. March 12, 1727; probably married at Kingston Nov. .
20, 1756, Johannes, son of Hendrick Deyo and Margaret
Wamboom, bp. at Kingston Nov. 6, 1726.
1890.] The Van Wagenen Family of Ulster Co., N. Y. \2'X
528. Jacob, bom March 26, 1729, bp. March 30; died July 7, 1791.
529. Jan, born March 13, 1731; died Feb. 25, 1732.
530. Geertjen, born Dec. 27, 1732, bp. Dec. 31 ; died Nov. 9, 1740 ;
sponsors. Dirk Van Vliet, Marytje Crispel.
531. Jan, born May 15, 1735, bp. May 18; died Oct. 31, 1740;
sponsors, Jan Freer, Rebecca Van Wagening.
532. Abraham, born Nov. 23, 1737, bp. Dec. 4 ; died Oct. 8, 1743 ;
sponsors, Isaac Van Wagening, Catrina Freer.
533. Simon, born July 23, 1740, bp. July 27; died Oct. 16, 1743.
534. Geertjen, born at Wagendal June 20, 1743, bp. June 26 ; pro-
. bably married at Kingston May 20, 1769, Jonathan Low,
widower of Lena Agtmoodie, living at New Paltz.
535. Maria, born April 15, 1747, bp. April 17.
536. Abraham, born May 23, 1749, bp. May 28 ; died Feb. 22, 1827 ;
married at Marbletown,N. Y., June 16, 1799, Mary, daughter
of Robert Masters and Mary Parker, born April 17, 1773, bp.
at New Paltz, May 9, died Nov. 26, 1822.
These records of births and deaths are taken from the family Bible of
Abraham Van Wagenen at Creek Locks (formerly Wagendal), Ulster
Co., N. Y.
Children of Sara Van Wagenen (30) and Solomon Hashrouck.
(Record, Vol. XVIL, p. 263.)
537. Abraham, bp. at Kingston March 11, 1722 ; married at Kings-
ton Jan. 28, 1749, Rachel, daughter of Jan Slecht and
Elizabeth Smedes, bp. at Kingston Nov. 17, 1728.
538. Jacobus, bp. Jan. 3, 1725, at Kingston.
539. Jacobus, bp. at Kingston Jan. i, 1727 ; married at Rochester,
Ulster Co., N. Y., March 19. 175;, Diewertje (living at
Kyserike), daughter of Benjamin Van Wagenen (28) and Eliza-
beth Van den Berg.
540. Jan, bp. at Kingston, Feb. i, 1730; married at Kingston Dec.
24, 1763, Rachel (of Wagendal), daughter of Johannes Van
Wagenen and Elizabeth Freer, bp. May 13, 1741. Rachel
married, 2"'', Petrus Schoonmaker.
541. Daniel, bp. at New Paltz Oct. 18, 1732.
542. Simon, bp. at Kingston Dec. 25, 1735.
543. Petrus, bp. at Kingston Aug. 20, 1738 ; married at New Paltz
Oct. 26, 1765, Sara, daughter of Abram Bevier and Margaret
Elting, bp. at Kingston June 24, 1744.
544. Elias, bp. June 21, 1741 ; married Elizabeth Slecht.
Children 0/" Isaac Van Wagenen (31) and Catrina Freer.
(All baptized at Kingston.)
545. Maria, bp. Dec. 25. 1723; died 1783; married at Kingston
Sept. 16, 1752, Petrus Dumond.
546. Sara, bp. Feb. 6, 1726; married at Kingston Feb. 10, 1759,
Hendrick Schmit, of Marbletown, son of Willem Schmit and
Eva Miller, bp. at New Paltz Feb. n, 1733.
J 24 Pruyn Family — American Branch. l^^^Y'
547. Isaac, bp. May 4, 1729; married Sara, daughter of Hendricus
and Margaret Deyo, bp. at New Paltz Sept. 16, 1733.
548. Catrina, bp. Oct. 14, 1733 ; married at Kingston April 6, 1754,
Isaiah Robertson, son of James Robertson and Weyntje
Klaarwater, bp. at Kingston March 23, 1729.
PRUYN FAMILY— AMERICAN BRANCH.
By John V. L. Pruyn.
(Continued from Vol. XXI., January, 1890, page 26.)
359-
(359) Simon Ebenezer^ Pruyn [Mafihew,^ Harmen^ Arent,"^ Frans
yansen^), b. Feb. 9, 1802, in Marysburgh Township, Prince Edward
Co., Ontario, Canada, bp. at Fredericksburg by the Rev. Robert Mc-
Dowall ; * studied in the common schools ; learned the trade of ship car-
penter ; moved from Canada about 1837 ; lived for some time near Gi-
braltar, Wayne Co., Michigan, his and his wife's names appearing in land
transfers ; now lives at Erie^ Pennsylvania. He married at Marysburgh,
Sept. 18, 1824, Mary Steel, b. June 17, 1805 ; d. Aug. 11, 1887, at
Erie, dau. of Abraham Steel and Elizabeth Wright, of Marysburgh,
Prince Edward County, Ontario, and had issue eight children in the
following order :
391. Mary Margaret, b. in Marysburgh, Aug. 22, 1825 ; married
three times :
I St, Orrin C. Bradford.
2d, Edward Durand.
3d, Peter C. Taggart, of Manistee, Michigan.
392. Abraham Steel, m. Harriet M. Nowland.
393. Jane Ann, b. April 19, 1830 in Marysburgh; d. there Aug. 2,
1831.
394. Matthew, m. Angeline Bondy.
395. Lucy Ann, b. Feb. 11, 1835, in Marysburgh; m. Eli Whitney
Parsons. She was living in 1889 at Port Huron, Michigan.
396. Sarah Jane, b. June 27, 1838, at Marysburgh ; married De-
Witt Clinton Smith, of Savanna, Illinois.
397. DeForest, m. Mary M. Yeakel.
* Rev. Robert McDowall, a prominent Presbyterian minister, was born at Balls-
ton, Saratoga Co., N.Y. , and studied at Williams College, Mass. Licensed to preach,
at Albany, he moved to Canada, where he ministered to the United Empire Loyal-
ists. The list of marriages, baptisms, etc., that he performed exists in manuscript
in book form, and is entitled : " A Register of the Marriages in the Province of
Upper Canada, celebrated by the Rev. Robert McDowall, minister of the united con-
gregations of Ernestown, Fredericksburgh and Adolphustown." This valuable record
belongs to his grandson, Mr. R. J. McDowall, of Princess Street, Kingston, Ontario,
who very kindly allowed me to examine it during a visit to Kingston in August, 1889.
J. V. L. P.
1890.] Prtiyn Family — American Branch. j2[r
39S. Catharine Granger, b. July 15, 1843, at Fairport, Ohio ; d.
there Nov. 10, 1845.
360.
Thomas Ellison Williamson, b. probably about June 22, 1797, went
from Albany to Canada. His children apparently know nothing of his
antecedents. He was evidently named for the Rev. Thomas Ellison,*
Rector of St. Peter's Church, Albany. He married, July 8, 1824, in
Marysburgh, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada (360), Catharine^
Pruyn [Matthew j^ Harmen,^Arent,'^ Fra?ts Jansen^), b. Sept. 2, 1808, bp.
by the Rev. Robert McDowall. She d. May 23, 1879, ^^ Pierrepont
Manor, Jefferson Co., N. Y. He was first postmaster of Pierrepont
Manor and a member of the Episcopal Church. He died there, June 26,
1855, aet. 58 years, 4 days, having by this marriage had issue :
John, b. June 8, 1825, in 1889 living in California; m., firstly, 1846,
Fanny Kirkland, and had issue :
i. died young. f
ii. Albert J., b. Oct. 19, 1847 ; m. Emma Perkins and lives
(1889) at Ottawa, Illinois.
He married, secondly, and had a son :
iii. Frank.
Mary, b. June 24, 1827, bp. June 29, 1828, by Rev. Job Deacon at
Marysburgh, Ontario. She d. Dec. 13, 1834.
Charles Hill, b. Oct. 3, 1829 ; m. July 3, 1850, Elizabeth Kirkland
b. April 25, 1828, d. April 16, 1889, dau. of Thomas Kirkland
and Mary Deacon. He resides at Whitesboro, N. Y., and has had
issue :
i. Alonzo b. at Cohoes, Jan. 3, 1852 ; d. at Whitesboro, Jan.
5, 1876 ; m. Mary Lynch,
ii. Arthur, b. at Oriskany, N. Y., May 18, 1854 ; m. Anna
Kirk,
iii. George, b. at Whitesboro, March 22, 1857; m. Lucy Smith,
iv. Edward, b. April 3, 1 861, at Whitesboro.
V. Thomas, b. June 15, 1862 ; d. May 26, 1868.
vi. Frank, b. Oct. 3, 1863, at Whitesboro.
vii. Charles, b. April i, 1867, ^t Whitesboro.
Stephen Decatur, b. Oct. 6, 1831 ; d. Oct. 18, 1853.
Josephine, b. May 23, 1834, at Woodville, N. Y, ; in 1889 living at
Adams, N. Y. ; m. at Pierrepont Manor July 3, 1S51, Thomas Gil-
bert Pease, b. at Rome, N. Y., July 23, 1825, d. in the U. S.
Army Sept. 29, 1864, son of Willis Francis Pease and Mary Gil-
bert (daughter of Thomas) of Rome ; and has had issue :
i. Willis Francis Pease, b. March, 1853; in 1889 living at St.
Paul, Minnesota ; m. Alice Haight, and has had
* The Rev. Thomas Ellison, D.D., an Oxford or Cambridge University man,
ordained Deacon July 7, 1782, by William, Lord Bishop of York, ordained Priest,
Sept. 19, 1784, by John, Lord Bishop of Durham (St. Peter's Church records, Albany),
was Rector of St. Peter's from 1787 to 1802. " Dominie Ellison," as he was usually
called, was greatly beloved by all who knew him.
■j- The compiler is not responsible for errors and omissions. The records of the
various families are sent to him. and he has to take them as they come. Sometimes
no replies are received to letters sent out by him in search of information.
I 26 Pruyn Family — American Branch. [J^ily.
(a) Frank Pease.
(b) Melvin Pease ; died young.
(c) Mary Josephine Pease.
ii. Charles Pease, b. Dec. 16, 1854; d. Sept. 11, 1855.
iii. James Pease, b. Oct. 16, 1857, living in 1889 at Toledo,
Ohio ; m., ist, Hattie Bailey, and has
(a) Murray Pease.
He m., 2d, Emma Sibley, and has had
(b) Leon Mark Pease ; died young.
(c) Sibley Gilbert Pease.
iv. Minnie Pease, b. Oct. 15, 1859 ; d. Aug. 4, 1862.
V. Emily Andrus Pease, called Lillie, b. May i, 1861 ; m. May
I, 1878, Wilford Albert Washburne, of Adams, N. Y., and
has had issue :
(a) Carrie Agnes Washburne, b. Feb. 18, 1879.
(b) Catharine Washburne, b. Dec. 4, 1883.
(c) Wilford Albert Washburne, b. Feb. 3, 1885.
vi. Katherine Pease, b. Sept. 20, 1864.
Eleonora, b. Sept. 29, 1836 ; d. May 6, 1852.
Henrietta, b. July 6, 1839; m., March i or 3, 1857, at Pierrepont
Manor, Isaiah Melvin Baieman, b. there Dec. 10, 1829, son of
Isaiah Bateman and Lucy Carpenter, who moved from Herkimer
to Adams, N. Y. Mr. Bateman has been a trustee of a School Dis-
trict and a vestryman of Zion Church, Pierrepont Manor. In 1878
he moved to Adams, N. Y., where he has been Street Commissioner,
• and Vestryman of Emanuel Church. By this marriage he has had
issue, two daughters :
i. Eugenia Bateman, b. April 16, 1863.
ii. Grant Bateman, b. July 27, 1865 ; m. Oct. 7, 1885, Horace
Hiram Norton, of Adams, N. Y., and has had
(a) a son, b. and d. April 25, 1887.
Theodore, b. March 26, 1842 ; d. in the U. S. Army about June,
1862.
Emily, b. Feb. 27, 1845 ; m, Nov. 7, 1872, Warren Buckley Stedman,
and has had
i. Melvin Grant Stedman, b. Aug. 23, 1873.
ii. Mary Catherine Stedman, b. and d. Aug. 24, 1874.
Cornelia, b. Nov. 16, 1847, i^i 1889 living at Pierrepont Manor ; m.
Morris Russell, and has had
i. Catherine Angeline Russell, b. June, 1875.
ii. Francis Theodore Russell, b. April 12, 1877.
362.
(362) Matthew^ Pruyn {Alatthew,'^ Harmen,'^ Arenl,'' Frans Jansen''),
b. Jan. 13, 18 1 3, at Marysburgh, Prince Edward Co., Ontario ; m. in
EUisburgh, Jefferson Co., N. Y., Feb. 20, 1834, Gurnilda Angeline Tracy,
b. in EUisburgh, Jan. 15, 18 15, dau. of Caleb Tracy and Susan Colvin.
She died, May 9, 1888, at Winneconne, Wisconsin, and is buried there.
Mr. Pruyn has lived in Canada, in New York State, in Wisconsin, etc.,
and now resides at Davis City, Iowa.
On June 30, 1869, he was baptized by William Savage in the Re-
1 890. J Pruyn Family — American Branch. J27
orgajiized Church of Latter- Day Saints. This religious body is not polyg-
amous, regarding polygamy as a heresy and sin. By his marriage with
Miss Tracy Mr, Pruyn has had issue :
399 Anna Alzina, b. March 13, 1835, in Marysburgh, Ontario ;
m. I St. Ira Ault.
" 2d. DeForest (?) Cutler.
" 3d. Hiram Pemis.
" 4th. Thomas Merrifield.
400 Caleb Ensign, b. March 18, 1836 ; unable to obtain accurate in-
formation in regard to him. He has been married twice, his
first wife, it is said, being Mary Sturtevant, by whom, it is said,
he had no issue. By his second wife, Pearlette (?) Pickle, he
is said to have had a daughter, Isabella Eliza, and a son,
Sherman.
401 William Francis, m. Amelia Bushey.
402 Susan Rebecca, b. Oct. 7, 1838 ; m. Jan. 17, 1855, Melvin James
Melkft, farmer, of Pierrepont Manor, Jefferson Co., N. Y. ,
b. June 13, 1836 ; son of Emory Mellen and Abigail Tower,
who are said to have come from New Hampshire to Ellis-
burgh, Jefferson Co., N. Y., about 1822 ; and has had issue :
i. Melvin Willis Mellen, b. June 26, 1858; d. Nov. 18, 1861.
ii. Theodore Henry Mellen, b. June 9, i860,
iii. Frederick Wilbur Mellen, b. Nov. 9, 1866.
iv. Ella Nora Mellen, b. Nov. 29, 1872,
403 Abram Matthew, b. Feb. 26, 1840, in Clayton, N. Y. ; m. Mal-
vina Fillmore. She d. He d. March, 1887, at Salem, N. Y.;
no issue.
404 Theodore Franklin, m. Mariette Pickle.
405 Isabella Almira, b. May 11, 1844, in town of Clayton, Jefferson
Co., N. Y. ; d., unmarried, in Wisconsin.
363-
Milton Fisk, b. April 14, 1791, at Cumberland, Rhode Island, U. S.
A., son of Darius Fisk and Martha Darling; d. May 2, 1856, at Wilton,
Addington Co., Ontario.
He m. Dec. 31, 181 5 (363) Jane^ Pruyn [I'rancis, * Harmen,^ Areni,"^
Frans Jansen,^) b. Aug. 23, 1796; d. Aug. 24, 1867, at Wilton.
By this marriage there was issue :
Catherine or Katharine, b. April 4, 1817, at Wilton ; d. Sept. 11,
1848, at her residence, five miles west of Wilton ; m. Aug. 18,
1843, Crawford Rainey, but had no issue.
Martha, b. Oct. 18, 1819 ; d. May 24, 1878, at Centreville ; m. Nov.
17, 1844, James No X on Lapum, member of the Dominion Parlia-
ment at the time of the Confederation, merchant, of Centreville, Co.
Addington, Ontario, where he d. July 26, 1879. By this marriage
there was issue :
i. Martha Eliza Lapum, b. Aug. 15, 1847, at Centreville; m.
June 9, 1880, Thomas Johnston, merchant, of Centreville,
son of John Johnston "(son of Peter Johnston, of Falkirk,
Scotland) and Christina Learmonth, and has issue, Florence
Christina Johnston, b. at Centreville, March 23, 1881; bp.
Jan. 30, 1882, at Newburgh, by the Rev. J. J. Leishman.
128 Pruyn Family — American Branch. [Jiily>
ii. Mary Jane Lapum, b. Dec. 13, 1849, at Centreville ; d. there
May 9, 1866.
iii. James Robert Lapum, b. Sept. 13, 1852, at Centreville ; d.
there June 23, 1870.
iv. Albert Milton Lapum, b. April 13, 1855, at Centreville ; d.
there June 21, 1855.
V, Alfred Nelson Lapum, b. April 3, 1856.
vi. Florence Christina Lapum, b. Oct. 18, 1859.
Margaret, b. Feb. 24, 1822, at Wilton ; d. Sept. 23, 1828.
Eliza Jane, b. June 26, 1824 ; m. Dec. 24, 1850, William Ovens,
now living at Wilton, b. Dec. 4, 1813, at Greenlaw, Roxburghshire,
Scotland ; and has had issue :
i. Agnes Jane Ovens, b. March 14, 1852 ; d. at Wilton, July 20,
1867.
ii. John Milton Ovens, b. Feb. 23, 1854, at. Wilton ; m. Oct.
19, 188 1, at Murvale, Ontario, Emma Ann Van Luven,
dau. of Miles Van Luven and Eleanor Cloakey, and has
issue (a) William Miles Ovens, b. Jan. i, 1884; (b) John
Milton Fisk Ovens, b. Dec. 28, 1884; (c) George Rufus
Ovens, b. Jan. 12, 1886.
iii. Frances Pruyn Ovens, b. July 16, 1856, at Wilton ; d. March
30, 1859 or i860.
iv. Rufus Kemp Ovens, b. April 24, 1859, at Wilton, where he
resides.
v. Catherine Eliza Ovens, b. April 17, 1861, at Wilton ; d. Sept.
17, 1882.
vi. William Gilchrist Ovens, b. Dec. 11, 1863, at Wilton; d.
Oct. 19, 1867.
Rufus, b. May 9, 1826 ; d. Nov. 8, 1850, at Wilton.
Margaret Eleanor, b. March 29, 1830, at Wilton ; d. there June 16.
1887.
George Francis, b. May 3, 1832 ; d. Sept. 23, 1873, at San Jose,
California ; m. Lavina Lapum, and had
i. Rufus Fisk, m. Emma Barnes.
Milton Darius, b. Oct. 26, 1834 ; d. July 29, 1867, at Iroquois,
Ontario, where he resided ; m. Feb. 6, 1854, at her father's resi-
dence, Camden, Ontario, Lydia Ann Williams, and had issue :
i. Katharine Isabella Fisk, b. Oct. 20, 1854, at Wilton ; d. Aug.
1 1, 1867, ^t Iroquois.
tn r ii. John Milton Williams Fisk, b. Feb. 6, 1857, at Wilton.
•g \ iii. Anna Lily Bailey Fisk, b. Feb. 6, 1857, at Wilton ; d. Aug.
H ( 19, 1867, at Iroquois.
iv. Thomas Grange Williams Fisk, b. Sept. 2, 1859, at Iroquois.
Maria Christina or Christianna, b. Dec. 18, 1837 ; d. Sept. 29, 1882,
at Wilton ; m. April 25, 1864, Wesley Farrott, and had issue
i. Mary Ethel Parrott, b. at Wilton, June 27, 1865 ; m. March
7, 1886, Orange Coleman Storms, and has issue Harold
Storms, b. July 29, 1887.
ii. Milton Fisk Parrott, b. Sept. 2, 1867, at Wilton,
iii. Francis Pruyn Parrott, b. May 13, 1869, at Wilton; d. there
Feb. 2 1, 1879.
1890.] Pruyn Family — American Branch. j2q
iv. Laura Jane Parrott, ) ^ • •> r\ . o o . Mtr-,
V. Lillian Parrott, \ ^'"''''' ^- ^^^^ ^' '^^2, at Wilton,
vi. Olive Fairfield Parrott, b. at Wilton, May 18, 1875.
367.
(367) John Matthias® Pruyn {Francis^ John^ Francis", Arent,'' Frans
Jansen^), mentioned in his grandfather (335) John's will as John Tise,
Tise being an abbreviation of Matthias, was born at Kinderhook, Oct,
25, 1806. He studied at the Kinderhook Academy and the Lenox
(Mass.) Academy, and entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons,
New York, from which he graduated, receiving the degree of Doctor of
Medicine. He resided at Kinderhook, and was one of the leading phy-
sicians of his locality. He was a trustee of the Kinderhook Academy
and of the village of Kinderhook, and was a director in the National
Union Bank at Kinderhook. He was a member of the State Medical
Society, and took a deep interest in its proceedings. He d. Feb. 12,
1866, and is bur. in Kinderhook Cemetery. He married at Oswego,
May 24, 1837, Margaret Van Schaack, b. at Kinderhook, June 9, 1807;
d. there, Nov. 9, 1845 (bur. in Kinderhook Cemetery), dau. of Peter Van
Schaack and Elizabeth Van Alen (m. April 27, 1789), his second wife.
[Peter Van Schaack, the father of Mrs. Pruyn, b. March, 1747, at
Kinderhook; d. there Sept. 17, 1832, son of Cornelius Van Schaack, was
an eminent lawyer and one of the most distinguished men of his
time. He grad. at King's, now Columbia, College, N. Y., in 1768,
studied law under William Smith the elder, and at twenty-six years of
age was appointed sole reviser of the colonial statutes. He was conscien-
tiously opposed to the American Revolution, and, notwithstanding his
personal popularity and his intimacy with the most eminent men of the
country, was summoned before the Committee on Conspiracies at Albany
in June, 1777, and required to take the oath of allegiance to the Conti-
nental Congress. He refused, was ordered to Boston within ten days
and constantly restrained, the authorities refusing even to allow him to
take his dying wife to New York, In October, 1778, he was banished,
and went to England, where he remained until 1785. During his stay
there he met many of the most distinguished scholars and statesmen of
England. Upon his return to the United States he was warmly welcomed
by his old associates and by people of all parties. He resumed his pro-
fession and was very successful. From constant study his eyesight became
impaired, and he was totally blind during his later years. One of the
features of his career was the number of students that were educated
under his teaching for the bar. They numbered more than one hundred,
and at the age of eighty-two he had two students under him. He was a
man of general information, well versed in polite literature as well as
legal lore, a fine classical scholar, and a brilliant conversationalist. His
residence at Kinderhook was the resort of many eminent persons both of
England and of this country. The record of its gracious hospitality has
been well preserved in the Magazine of Americatt History for September,
1878 (Vol. H., p. 513), by an article entitled, "An Old Kinderhook
Mansion," written by Mr. Van Schaack's son, Henry Cruger Van
Schaack.
i^To be continued.)
f
1 30 sprang. [July,
STRANG.
By Richard Wynkoop, of Brooklyn, N. Y.
The descendants of Daniel "Streing," are numerous and interesting,
and he and they are worthy to have their history written. The purpose of
this article is to clear away the rubbish, and lay a foundation upon which
some one of the Strang blood may build. The late Rev. Dr. Charles W.
Baird, of Rye, whose wife was of the Strang family, led the present writer
to authentic sources of information.
The name was originally spelled Streing. It so appears, on the Con-
tinent, in England, and in these United States ; and the progenitor of the
family, in this country, so wrote it. But, in English, the spelling Strang,
represented very nearly the French sound, and supplanted the French
form.
An old manuscript, imputed to John Strang, of Peekskil, a lawyer,
was communicated to the Record, in 1871, by Dr. Baird, and was
published in Vol. II, pp. 179-186. It gives with fulness the history of
the immigrant, and of his immediate descendants ; but it is inaccurate
at some points, and it seems to blend conjecture with tradition, as if all
were tradition. It assumes that " I'estrange" was the proper spelling,
although the immigrant did not use that form : and it states that he, and
his wife, ''had been educated in their religious tenets in the Episcopal
faith," although the French Huguenots were Presbyterians and Calvinists,
and hated prelacy, under any name.^ The family name of his wife is there
given as Hubert, and she is said to have been daughter of Francis Hubert
and Levina his wife, citizens of Paris. This could not have been so,
unless she was a widow when Streing married her ; for, in the records
of the church " Du Saint Esprit," New York, her name appears as Le
Mestre.
An other old manuscript, with the initials " F. N.," found at Peeks-
kil, has the name spelled " d'Estrange, " throughout, and its second
paragraph is as follows : "It has by some been understood that the name
is de la Strange, but no name of that kind by the letters or spelling is to
be ascertained ; but there are recent instances of the name of d'Estrange
in France; the French pronunciation of both in the English are so
very similar that it is rather uncertain which it be ; the English is Strang,
by the French pronunciation." This manuscript is shorter than the other,
but, so far as it goes — and it omits only the statement as to the source of
information — it is very nearly identical with the other, even in language ;
it is evident that the two had a common origin. The " F. N." us. is
probably the junior one. Perhaps the writer had in view the D'Estaing
family, which furnished a Count, who commanded a French fleet, auxilliary
to our Patriot forces.
It is probable that the Immigrant Daniel Streing, was of Orleans,
France. In the catalogue of the students in the Academic of Geneva, in
1672, appears the name of Daniel String, Genabensis :^ i. e., of Genabum,
the Latm name ofOrleans. The Le Mestre family were from that place.''
The Thibou family, with which that of Streing was intimately connected,
* Hist. Tozvns of WestcJiestci', Bolton, 1S81, Vol. I, at p. 636, and elsewhere.
^ Rev. Dr. Charles W. Baird.
1890.] Slrang.
I ".I
is known to have been from Orleans.^ The Le Maistre family were very
decidedly Huguenots. They were probably of Orleans. ■=
Daniel invariably signed his name Streing. He must have been born
about 1661 ; for his name appears as Daniel Streing, aged 37, in a "List
of Inhabitants of New Rochelle, Sept. 5, 1698.'* His wife must have
been born about 1668 ; for she is mentioned, in the same List, as Charlotte,
aged 30, wife of Daniel Streing. *" He died about 1707, His Will was
dated Dec. 16, 1706, proven Feb. 11, 1707;'' recorded Vol. 7, p. 288."^
His wife died at Rye, Westchester Co., N. Y., about the year 1722.^ Her
Will is of record in New York City.''
Tradition says that he was brought up in mercantile bj.isiness, which
he began at the age of twenty-two years ; and that he married at about
that time ; and that his wife's parents were then citizens of Paris. It is
further said that, soon after that time, he engaged in mercantile business
in company with Gabriel Hubert. Then, in 1685, the protective Edict
of Nantes was repealed, and Streing and Hubert escaped to London, where
the former procured a Lieutenancy in the Guards of James H, and the latter
engaged in mercantile business. (King James was no friend to the exiles,
nor to the Reformation ; but he dissembled his purpose of compelling his
kingdom to conform to Papal prelacy.) They left property in France, and
it was confiscated, and Mrs. Streing was reduced to distress. Failing to
get relief, or to escape in any other way, she made a pretext to go beyond
the gate, for wood, or some other necessary thing, and deposited her son,
aged about two years, as a pledge for her return. So she escaped, and
rejoined her husband in England. (About the year 1740, a person, who
represented himself to be this unfortunate son, made his appearance in
this country, and claimed relationship ; but his identity was questioned,
and he declared his purpose to return to France, and obtain evidences ;
but he is not known to have come again to this country.) About the
year 1688, Streing sold his commission in the Guards, and with his
family, and other Protestant refugees, embarked for America, and arrived
at New York City, and proceeded thence to New Rochelle, where they
settled themselves. Streing obtained a lot in the village, and lived upon
the same ; he also had a farm, and became a farmer and grazier. This
business, which was new to him, was not successful ; so, without aban-
doning it, he engaged in mercantile business also, for a few years. Then
he removed to Rye, where he became innkeeper as well as storekeeper,
and farmer; and there he died. He had land also at The White Plains. '^
[Quaere — named from some plant.?]
In a letter of March 21, 16S8, of James II, addressed to the Attorney-
General or Solicitor-General, authorizing the issuing of warrants of
denization, to French exiles, appear the names of "Daniel Streing, Char-
lotte, wife, Peter, Matthew, Mary, and Anne, children."^ None of these
children have been identified in this country ; and there was a Mary
Prudence, born subsequently. Perhaps the Mary was an adopted daughter,
who became Mrs. "Gilliot. '"* The other children may have been left be-
i^Rev. Dr. Charles W. Baird.
"^French Prot. Exiles, Agnew, Vol. II, p. 180.
^ Hist. Toivns of Westchester Co. Vol. II, page 6^3 — Slrang chart.
^ N. V. Gen. and Biog. Record, Vol. II, p. 183.
N. Y. Gen. and Biog. Record, Vol. II, pp. 179, iSo, 181, 184, 1S5.
^French Protestant Exiles, Agnew, Vol. VI, p. 60.
^ N. Y. Gen. and Biog. Record, Vol. 11, p. 1S3.
10
132
Strang. [J^lyj
hind with relations ; although that is not probable, for tradition would
have preserved the fact. Or there may have been a confusion of parentage.
There was another line of Streings in London, of which was David, who
was an Elder of one of the French churches in London, in 1699,
and later.''
Daniel Streing was a member of the Reformed French Church [at
New Rochelle], and in his later years a Ruling Elder. He was a Justice
of the Peace, and a lieutenant of infantry, while in New Rochelle. The
writing and style of two or three documents, from his pen, indicate
superior intelligence and culture.'' When " the principals of this new
colony "of New Rochelle, in 1690, were required to nominate two can-
didates for tiie vacant office of Justice of the Peace, they named *' Mr.
Straing, " as the only one, who met the required qualificaiionof a knowl-
edge of the English Tongue.'
In 1693, as hlder of the Church at New Rochelle, he signed his name
Daniel Streing.-* But on the 13'^ of April 1705, as a witness to an in-
strument, his name appears, at Rye, as Daniel Strang.'' Either he had
then accepted the Anglicising of his name, or the print does not produce
his name with literal accuracy. He removed to Rye in 1697 ; accordmg
to Bolton.
He had great antipathy to the Catholics, so that, upon recounting, or
calling to mind, the cruelties, hardships and sufferings, which he had him-
self experienced from them, or had seen inflicted upon other Protestants,
in France, he would be aroused almost to phrensy, and would be scarcely
able to restrain his passion, and refrain from violence when any of them
was in company with him.'
Children of Daniel Streing, and of Charlotte Le Mestre.
[Note. — The children mentioned as denizened abroad, are omitted
at this point, because no trace of them has been discovered in this
country. ]
2. Louison, (Louisa) — called Lucy, in the tradition. She is called
'^ eldest daughter," in the Will of her mother. She must have been older
than Daniel, for she had a child baptized in 1702, when Daniel was only
ten years old.''
Her husband was Jean David, The record of baptism of two of their
children, is in the church " Du Saint Esprit," New York City : Jer.n, b.
Dec. 23, 1702, and Daniel, b. Dec. 10, 1704. These grandchildren are
not mentioned in the Will of Charlotte Streing ; but that Will does
mention Louison and Charlotte, David, "the children of my eldest
daughter Louison Fargee." The name, Fargee, suggests a second mar-
riage.''
The name of Jean David is given in a list of the inhabitants of the
Island of Saint Christopher, probably in 1671. He represented one of the
best families of La Rochelle ; a family not less distinguished by reason of
b Rev. Dr. Charles W. Baird.
'^ Hist, of Toivns of Westchester Co., Vol. II, p. 304.
^ Hist, of the 7^07uns of Westchester Co., Vol. I, pp. 606, 607.
^ Hist, of the Towns of Westchester Co., Vol. II, p. 143.
^ N. V. Gen. and Biog. Record, Vol. II, p. 182.
1890.] Straftg.
133
the positions which its members have filled, than eminent for the services
it had rendered. He came to New York after the revocation of the Edict
of Nantes.""
Louison went with her husband to one of the West India islands, and
they settled there. Some of her descendants subsequently resided in
the City of Philadelphia, and were very opulent." Louison is not men-
tioned in the " List of Inhabitants of New Rochelle, Sept. 5, 1698 ; but
she may then have been already married, and have ceased to be a mem-
ber of Daniel Streing's household.^
3. Penelope, b. about 1687 ; for in the List of 1698, above men-
tioned, her age is given as eleven years, and she is there called Clorean,
i. e., Clorinda.''
She was married to Samuel Purdy, of White Plains, third son of
Francis Purdy, who died, at Fairfield, Conn., in 1658.°
4. Daniel, b. about 1692 ; for he is mentioned as aged six in the
List of 1698, above cited." He married Phebe Purdy, dau. of
Purdy, of Rye Neck [perhaps, her father was Joseph, s. of Samuel,
above named]. The wife died in 1761.
Daniel removed to White Plains, upon a farm acquired by his father,
as one of the patentees. About the year 1744, he settled in the Manor of
Courtlandt. He procured three farms — indeed it is said that he had one
for each of his children, but this may mean sons — from Col. Philip Ver-
planck. The "Half farm" he occupied him.self. He settled his son
Daniel upon the "Saw Mill farm," who occupied it for a time, and then
sold it. The third farm was upon a ridge, north of his own, and was
once possessed by Benjamin Field. Upon this he settled his son Fran-
cis.' He also procured a farm upon Stony Street, where Caleb Morgan
subsequently lived. This he intended for his son Gabriel ; but he died
before settling him upon it.^ [Perhaps it was the death of Gabriel which
prevented the settlement.]
5. Charlotte, b. about 1693 ; mentioned as aged five in the List of
1698. She was second wife of Roger Park, whose first wife was
Vowles. He was living at Harrison's Purchase in 1729.''
6. Gabriel, b. May 7, bap. May 17, 1696, Church Du Saint Esprit ;
mentioned as aged two in the List of 1698 ; '^ m. in England and had a
son, William ; married again after the death of his first wife.
About the year 1720 the Regent of France made proclamation that,
upon the personal application of the refugees, or of their personal repre- ,
sentatives, their confiscated estates would be restored to them. Mrs. y'
Streing, then a widow, aided by Mr. Simpson, a Hebrew merchant of New
York, sent her son Gabriel to make the application. He was reported to
have secured a considerable part of the estate ; but his remittances were
small. He settled himself with Gabriel Hubert, said to be his uncle, in
London.
About the year 1754 his son William, a lieutenant in the British
navy, came to America, and spent much time with his relatives here.
He was stationed at New York. Pie had had a liberal education, and
b Rev. Dr. Charles W. Baird.
"" The Huguenot Emigration to America, Baird, Vol. I, pp. 211, note; 283, 288.
"yV. V. Gen. and Bio g. Record, Vol. II, p. 183.
° Hist, of Towns of VVestchestrr Co., Vol. II, pp. 754, 755-
P A^. Y. Gen. aud Biog. Record, Vol. II, pp. 183, 185 : Bolton's Hist. pp. 155,
754: " F. A^."ms.
134 Strang. [Jul}',
was esteemed a man of good abilities ; but he had a great propensity for
liquor, which had occasioned the abandonment of the purpose of prepar-
ing him for the Christian ministry. After his return to England he cor-
responded with his relatives here. Subsequently he was stationed in the
East India Seas.''
7. Mary Prudence, b. at New Rochelle. Her mother's Will men-
tions her as "Mary Prudence, youngest daughter."'' She was wife of
John Budd, of Rye Neck, and before that, of Southold, Long Island ; s.
of Joseph Budd and of Sarah . They lived first at Rye ; afterward,
at Roxboro, Morris Co., N. J.'
8. Henry, mentioned in the Will of his mother, as youngest son. "^ The
homestead, at Rye, was left to him, by his mother. His wife was Elizabeth
Kissam of Nassau [meaning Long] Island.
His wife's Will, dated May 6, 1744, proven May 3, 1764, Albany,
mentions their children as follows : Daniel ; Elizabeth, wife of Richard
Van Dyck, of New York ; Hannah ; and Levina.''
Third Generation.
Children 0/ Jean David, and of Louison (2).
9. Jean, born Dec. 23, 1702 ; bp. Church Du Saint Esprit, New
York City. He is not mentioned in the Will of his grandmother
Streing.''
10. Daniel, born Dec. 10, 1704 ; baptism recorded in the same
church. His grandmother's Will does not mention him.""
lo''. Petrus, bp. Apl. 23, 1707, Dutch Ch. N; Y., parents, Jan
David, Lowise Streng. (N. Y. Gen. Rec. XVI, 34.) His grand-
mother's Will does not name him.
11. Louison (Louisa). Her grandmother's Will mentions her as
"Louison David, child of my eldest daughter, Louison Fargee.'"'
12. Charlotte. She is mentioned in her grandmother's Will, as
"Charlotte David, child of my eldest daughter Louison Fargee."''
Children of Samuel Pur dy, and of Penelope (3).
13. Samuel, m. Wineford Griffin.
14- Henry, m. Mary Foster.
15. Gabriel, m, Eliza Miller.
16. Josiah, m. Charity Wetmore, dau. of Rev. James Wetmore ; d.
about 1755.
17. Caleb, m. Hannah Brown, dau. of Samuel Brown.
18. Cnarlotte, m. to Samuel Fowler.
19. Clara, m. to George Merritt.
20. Elizabeth, m. to Josiah Fowler.
(All of the above are from the History of Rye, p. 439.)
Children of Daniel (4), and of Phebe Purdy. ,
21. Daniel, m. Elizabeth Galpin, dau. of Joseph Galpin, of King
Street, upon the line of Connecticut.^
^ Rev. Dr. Charles W. Baird.
'^ N. V. Gen. and Biog. Record, Vol. II, pp. 182-184.
^Bolton's Hist., Vol. II, pp. 150, 155, 715 : Uist. of Rye, pp. 405, etc.
s '' F. iV.'' MS.
1890.] . Slratig. j->r
22. Francis, m. Elizabeth Hyatt, dau. of John Hyatt, of the Manor
of Courtlandt, d. at Yorktown, 1816, upward of 90 years of age. ^
23. Joseph, b. Feb. 27, 1725; d. Aug. 2, 1794; m. (i), April 16,
1750, Jemima Budd, daughter of Joseph Budd, of the Manor of Court-
landt. b. Jan. 26, 1732, d. March 6, 1760; (2), May 18, 1763, Anna
Haight, dau. of Jonathan Haight, of the same Manor, b. Dec. 12,
1734, d, June 30, 1796.
He was in the Provincial Service of the King of Great Britain, in the
Old French War, of 1757, as lieutenant, under Capt. John Ver Plank,
and went to the northern frontiers. He returned home, dangerously ill,
so that he could not make a second campaign.^
24. John. He died about the year 1749, while prosecuting studies at
Newark, N. J., with a view to the ministry.^
25. Gabriel, m. Hannah Clements, dau. of Johannes Clements, of
the Manor of Courtlandt, afterward of the Clove, in the County of""^
Dutchess.
He also went into the Provincial Service, in the war of 1757, as lieu-
tenant it seems, under the same Captain, and, at the close of the cam-
paign returned home, dangerously ill, and did not recover. He died at the
homestead, the home of his mother.^
26. Phebe, m. to Abraham Purdy, of the same Manor.^ Their grand-
son James H. m. Martha Strang.
27. Elizabeth, m. to Joseph Sackett, s. of Rev. Samuel Sackett, Pres-
bvterian minister of Krompond (Crooked pond), now called Yorktown,
Westchester Co.^ Her husband's tombstone, in the Yorktown graveyard,
has the inscription : "Born April 18, 1733, and departed this life Dec.
I757-"
28. Henry, m, Margaret Hazard, dau. of Thomas Hazard, of the
Island of Nassau,* May 11, 1761. Henry was born in 1739; d. July
22, 1802, aged 63, or 1832, aged 93.
He settled at Yorktown, where he engaged in farming, grazing, butcher-
ing, tanning, and shoemaking. He was a Captain of the militia.
During the Revolutionary War, Captain Henry suffered much. He was
obliged to plow with his gun on his shoulder, while Joseph Sackett, his
nephew [brother-in-law.?], assisted him, being armed also. One day a
spy, named Palmer, took him into the woods, pricked him with a bayonet,
and threatened him with death, if caught again ; but the captor was
frightened otf. Strang gathered his men, surrounded the wood, cap-
tured Palmer, and turned him over to the law, and he was hung on Gal-
lows Hill, as a spy.
Children of Roger Park, and 0/ Charlotte (5).
29. Roger, m. Sarah Disbrow, d. Jan. 6, 181 1, aged 80.
30. Mary, m. to Joshua Purdy.
31. Sophia, m. to Nehemiah Brown.
32. Thomas, b. March 8, 1720; m. Jan. i, 1747, Martha Carpenter,
b. May 21, 1729, daughter of Thomas Carpenter.
33. Lucy, m. to Moses Husted.
34. Charlotte, m. to Benjamin Haviland.
(All from the History of Rye, pp. 431, 432.)
s"7^. n:' MS.
tiV. Y. Gen. and Biog. Record, Vol. II, p. 186.
I
136 Strang. [July.
Children of John Budd, and of Mary Prudence (7).
35. Daniel, m. Purdy.
36. Elijah, m. Ursula Sine,
'i,']. Hannah, m. to Hachaliah Puidy.
38. Mary, m. to Caleb Horton.
39. Joseph, m. Budd.
40. John.
41. Underhill, d. unmarried.
42. Sally, m. to Thomas Sawyer.
43. Gilbert, d. Oct. 14, 1805, aged 85, Surgeon in the British Navy,
44. Abigail.
{All from the History of Rye, p. 405.)
Children of Henry (8), and of Elizabeth Kissam.
45. Daniel, d. aged q6, m. Mary Hubbs, d. aged 88.
46. Eliza, m. to Richard Van Dyck.
47. Hannah, d. Sept. 19, 1784, m. to Gabriel Carman.
48. Levina, m. to John Woods.
Fourth Generation.
Childreyi of fosiah Purdy (16), and of Charity Wetmore.
49. Seth, m. Phebe Ketchum, of Long Island.
50. Alethea, m. (i) to Joseph Purdy ; (2) to William Purdy.
51. Esther, m. to Henry Purdy, of King Street.
52. Hannah, m. to Josiah Merrit.
{^History of Rye p. 439-)
Children of Caleb Purdy (17), and of Ha?t7iah Brown
53. Caleb, m. Ruth Peck.
54. Samuel, m. Glorianna Fowler.
55. Josiah, m. U. Knapp.
56. Andrew, m. Phebe Merrit.
57. Nehemiah, m. Elizabeth Burchum.
58. Sylvanus.
59. Elias, m. Rachel Merrit.
60. Caroline.
61. Hannah.
62. Lavinia.
63. Anne.
{History of Rye, p. 439.)
Children of Daniel {2 \), and of Ebzabcth Galpm.
64. Daniel.
65. Joseph.
66. Gabriel.
67. Solomon, m. Elizabeth Cove, of Long Island.
68. Gerard, m. Lena Briggs.
69. Mary, m. to Jacob Silleck.
1890.] Siratig. j->y
70. Eliza, m. to John Ward.
71. Hester.
(All from Strang chart, Bolton s Hist. Vol. II, p. 673.)
Children of Francis (22), and of Elizabeth Hyatt ^
72. John, m. Drusilla Oakley.
73 Sylvanus.
74. Joshua, m. Rebecca Sherwood, March 22, 1792."
75. Daniel, m. Keziah Chapman, Oct. 27, 1789."
76. Gabriel.
77. Phebe, m. to Caleb Barton. (Bartow?)
78. Sally, m. to Jeremiah Mabee.
79. Hannah, m. to Gilbert Post.
80. Betsey, m. to Daniel Lane,
81. Jerusha, m. to Henry Dillingham.
82. Frances.
83. Mary.
Children of foseph (23), andoffemima Budd.
84. John, b. June 25, 1751, d. Oct. 15, 1829. He was a lawyer, at
Peekskil. It seems that he was, at one time, a clerk in the office of John
Jay. The authorship of the " L'Estrange" manuscript is imputed to him,
by William Nathan I3elcher, M. D., Brooklyn, 1879, by Dr. Baird, and by
others. (The author of the "F. N." ms. is unknown.)
85. Gilbert, b. July 5, 1753, d- J^"- 3> ^^25, m. Feb. 5, 1779,'' Esther
Haviland, daughter of Gilbert.
86. Underbill, b. April 24, 1756, d, April 19, 181 5, m. March 27,
1783, Sarah Fowler, daughter of Reuben.
87. Jemima.
Children of foseph (23), and of Amia Haight.
88. Sarah, b. Feb. 17, 1764, m. Samuel (or Scudder) Waring, son of
Jonathan Waring, of Stannage, Conn.
89. Deborah, b. Aug. 20, 1765 ; d. Aug. 10, 1787.
90. Jemima, b. May 3, 1767 ; d. Oct. 13, 1848 ; m. July 27, 1800, to
Stephen Brown, b. Feb. 23, 1767, d. May 2, 1831, at the house of James
Burling, at Harrison's Purchase, while attending a quarterly meeting of
the Friends. He was son of Nathaniel, by a second wife.
Mrs. Brown was a firm Presbyterian, and a woman of rare spiritual
and intellectual gifts. For many years she was physically unable to move
about the house, and it was a pleasure to the present writer, and to
others, to sit beside the quiet easy chair, and listen to her conversation.
91. Samuel, physician at Peekskil, b. Nov. 18, 1768 ; d. Jan. i, 1832 ;
m. Dec. 31, 1795 (or 1796), Catharine White, b. May 30, 1778, d. Dec.
30, 1832, daughter of Ebenezer White, physician, and of Helena Bartow.
The tombstones of Samuel and his wife are in the graveyard of the First
Presbyterian Church, Peekskil.
" Constant's diary, per Dr. Baird.
138 Strang. [July,
Their oldest child, Joseph White Strang (commonly known as
" White Strang," to distinguish him from another Joseph, who had a dark
complexion), m. Elizabeth Alorgan Belcher ; and their fourth child,
Lydia> Belcher, is the wife of the present writer.
Margaret Eliza, eldest child of Theodosius, ninth child of Samuel, is
the widow of Rev. Dr. Charles W. Baird.
Children 0/ Gabriel (25) and 0/ Hannah Clements.
92. Gabriel.
93. William.
Children of Henry (28) ajid of Margaret Hazard.
94. Thomas, b. April 2, 1763 ; d. July 29, 1851 ; m. (i) Elizabeth
Sammis ; (2) Abby Brown. He was commonly known as "Squire
Strang, " and nearly as often as "Uncle Tommy." The whole popu-
lation of Yorktown was so intermixed by marriages that the old men were
called "Uncle," even by persons not related to them, who adopted
almost unconsciously the appellative which was in their ears constantly.
The " Squire " was a good man, full of dogmatism, which was offset
with piety, good nature, and strong common sense. He was respected
and influential, and he only could influence his brothers, who were not
easily impressible.
95. Ann ("Nancy"), b. Sept. 30, 1764; d. Aug. 30, 1834; m.
Aug. 16, 1785, to Daniel Horton, of Rye, b. Feb. 22, 1766.
96. Elizabeth ("Betsey"), b. Sept. 3 or 13, 1766 ; d. Dec. 6, 1857,
or Nov. 6, 1858; m. Nov. 17, 1792, to Seth Whitney.
97. Sarah ("Sally"), b. Aug. 7, 1768 ; d. March 11, i860 or 1866.
Unmarried.
98. Ebenezer, b. March 11, 1770; d. Nov. 5 or 9, 1865 ; m. (i)
Nov. 10, 1795, Jemima Conklin ; (2) Hannah, her sister.
99. Daniel, b. May 18, 1772 ; d. May 2, 1869 ; m. (i) March 13,
1796, Sarah Rider ; (2) Sarah Hutchins.
100. Nathaniel, b. July 18, 1774 ; d. Nov. 6, 1864 ; m. Sarah Lent,
b, Dec. 25, 1780, d. July 29, 1855.
loi. Phebe, b. Dec. 28, 1776 ; d. Jan. 9, 1856 ; m. Dec. 13, 1802,
to Ammi Keeler.
102. Hannah, b. March 13, 1778 ; d. March 13, 1865 ; m. Jan. 8,
1801, to Daniel Baldwin, d. Jan. 24, 1842.
103. Henry, b. Sept. 3, 1781 ; d. Nov. 26, i860; m., 181 8, Catharine
Adriance, d. 1854, daughter of Rem Adriance, of Fishkil, and of Cath-
arine .
104. Margaret, b. Dec, 6, 1783 ; d. July 22, 1822 ; m. May 10, 1808,
to Ebenezer Wood.
105. John Hazard, b. June 7, 1785 ; died Sept. 20, 1878 ; m. Sept.
20, 1812, Elizabeth Ann Purdy, b. June 23, 1792, d. July 4, 1843,
daughter of Alvan Purdy, and of Lydia Hunt.
He was commonly known as "Uncle Hazard." He was a man of
strong feelings, and of indissoluble friendships, a firm friend of the present
writer, and of his father, who was " Uncle Hazard's " pastor.
106. Martha, b. March 26, 1787 ; d. Aug. 15, 1879 ; m. May 8,
1 8 10, to James H. Purdy, d. July, 1874, son of Lydia Hunt, and of
1890.] Strang, j ^n
Alvan Purdy, who was son of Abraham Purdy, and of Phebe (26). See
an article in the N'ew York Observer, Sept. 11, 1879, entitled " A Re-
markable Family," signed " H.," commendatory of this Purdy, and of
his brother, and of his wife and her family.
Children of Roger Park (29) and of Sarah Disbrow.
107. Jesse or Justus, m. Phebe Sawyer.
108. Disbrow. No issue.
109. Anna, m. to Lemuel Jagger.
-no. John. No. issue.
111. Sarah, m. to Thomas McCollum.
112. Lavinia, m. to Bilha Theall.
{History of Rye, p. 432.)
Children of Thomas Park (30) and of Martha Carpenter.
113. Thomas, b. Dec. 11, 1747; died young.
114. Joseph, b. Oct. 10, 1750 ; m. .
115. Mary, m. Nehemiah Purdy; b. Aug. 24, 1752.
116. Roger, b. July 11, 1754; m. (1) Elizabeth Lyon; (2) Sarah
Lyon.
117. Hannah, b. March 18, 1756. Unmarried.
118. Daniel, b. Nov. 27, 1758 ; m. Emma Knapp.
119. Stephen, b. Aug. 17, 1761. Unmarried.
120. Thomas, b. Aug. 17, 1761, twin ; m. Nancy Lyon.
121. Timothy, b. April 27, 1766; m. (i) Anna Sniflfin ; (2) Arna
Hubby.
[History of Rye, p. 432.)
Children of Joseph Budd (39) arid of Budd.
122. Shubael. No issue.
123. John, m. ; d. 1869, aged 77.
124. Mary, m. Joseph Budd.
{History of Rye, p. 405.)
Children of Daniel (45) and of Mary Hubbs,
125. Daniel, of New York, m. Eliza Taylor.
126. Joseph, m. Anne Theall.
127. John, of New York, m. Sarah Gedfield.
128. Henry, of Rye, m. Eliza Reynolds.
129. William, of Rye, m. Mary Barton. [Bartow?]
130. Elizabeth ("Betsey"), m. to Gilbert Brown.
131. Levina, m. to Benjamin Crocker.
(Strang chart, in Bolton's History.)
Here the work is left for amendment, amplification and extension
by some other hand.
I AQ A^o/es and Queries. [July,
NOTES AND QUERIES.
Proceedings of the Society. — At the meeting held April nth an address, on
"Gen. John Paterson," written by Mr. William H. Lee, was read by Prof. Thomas
Egleston, of Columbia College. Gen. Paterson, who was an ancestor of Prof. Egles-
ton, was an important figure in the Revolution, a close personal friend of Washing-
ton and a member of his staff. Although comparatively little known to us now, he
deserves to be well remembered of posterity, and this paper, which is published in
the Record, will serve to establish his fame. After Prof. Egleston had concluded,
the Society had the pleasure of listening to some very interesting remarks from
Rev. Dr. Newland Maynard.
May gth. Col. Woolsey Rogers Hopkins, in an address entitled " Two Old New
York Houses," wove a chapter of history and romance about two old colonial resi-
dences in State Street, Nos. 6 and 7. This will also appear in the Record.
On June 13th, the last meeting of the Society for the season, Mr. Thomas C.
Cornell, of Yonkers, read a paper on " Capt. Thomas Willett, First Mayor of New
York City." This paper showed a vast deal of historical and genealogical research,
and is a valuable contribution to the story of the beginnings of our municipality.
At these several meetings, the following were elected members of the Society:
Gerald N. Stanton, James H. Smith, William B. Ogden, AUston Gerry, Maj.-Gen.
O. O. Howard, Prof. Henry Coppee, John Schuyler, Killaen Van Rensselaer, Miss
Ann E. Hasbrook, J. Levitt Pike, J. D. Flower, Hamilton R. Fairfax, George A.
Hearn, and Josiah C. Pumpelly.
The first meeting in the autumn will be held on the evening of Friday, October
loth, at which an address will be delivered by Mr. I. C. Pumpelly.
At a meeting of the Executive Committee, held on Friday, March 2S, 1890, the
chairman announced the death of James R. Gibson, Jr., sometime a member of the
Executive Committee, and its secretary; and he offered the following resolutions,
which were unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That this Committee have heard with sorrow of the death of their late
associate, Mr. James R. Gibson, Jr.
Resolved, That they desire to place on their records their testimony of the great
value of his services in their Committee and in the Society.
Resolved, That they will hold in high estimation, his ability and enthusiasm as a
genealogist, and the honesty and thoroughness with whicli he pursued his investiga-
tions.
Resolved, That a copy of this minute be sent to Mrs. Gibson, and to the Record
for publication.
The names and addresses of the eldest male posterity, if any, of the following
Officers of the Revolution would be gladly received by John Schuyler, Sec-
retary of the New York State Society of the Cincinnati, 63 William Street, New
York City :
Thomas F. Jackson, Lieutenant 2d Light Dragoons, Aide to Lord Stirling.
James Johnston, Lieutenant 2d N. Y. Regiment.
Nathaniel Lawrence, Lieutenant 2d North Carolina Regiment.
George Leaycraft, Lieutenant N. Y. Artillery ; died 1811,
Henry Emanuel Lutterloh, Colonel, Deputy Quartermaster-General.
Daniel McLane, Lieutenant Massachusetts Artillery.
Peter Magee, Lieutenant 1st N. Y.
Samuel Mansfield, Captain N. Y. Artillery ; died 1810.
John Marsh, Ensign ist N. Y. ; died 1798.
Elihu Marshall, Captain 2d N. Y.; died 1806.
Daniel Menema, Surgeon 2d N. Y.
Andrew Moodie, Captain 2d N. Y.; died 17S7.
Joseph Morrell, Ensign ist N. Y.
Peter Nesteli, Captain N. Y. Artillery; died 1817.
Nathaniel Norton, Captain 4lh N. Y. ; died 1837.
Henry Pawling, Captain 2d N. Y.; died 1825.
Robert Pemberton, Captain Spencer's Regiment ; died 1821.
William Peters, Ensign 2d N. Y.
Richard Piatt, Major, Aide to McDougall ; died 1830. _
1890.] Notes and Queries. 1^1
William Price, Lieutenant 3d Massachusetts Artillery ; died 1790.
Abner Prior, Surgeon's Mate 2d N. Y.
Thomas Randall, Captain 3d Massachusetts Artillery ; died 1811.
Wilhelmus Ryckman, Lieutenant ist N. Y.
Israel Smith, Captain 2d N. Y. ; died at Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Isaac Smith, Lieutenant N. Y. Artillery.
John Stake, Lieutenant (Van Heer's) Light Dragoons.
James Stewart, Captain 5th N. Y.
Wm, Strachan, Lieutenant N. Y. Artillery.
Bernadus Swartwout, Ensign 2d N. Y. ; died 1824.
Cornelius Swartwout, Captain-lieutenant N. Y. Artillery.
George Sytez, Captain 1st N. Y.; died 1819.
Samuel Tallmadge, Lieutenant 2d N. Y.
Adam Ten Broeck, Ensign 1st N. Y.
Henry Tiebout, Captain ist N. Y. ; died 1826.
John Trumbull, Colonel, Adjutant-General N. D. ; died 1843.
Cornelius Van Dyck, Lieutenant-Colonel 1st N. Y., of Albany, N. Y.
Bartholomew Vanderburgh, Ensign 2d N. Y.
Rudolphs Van Hoevenbargh, Lieutenant 2d N.Y. ; died 1826 at Kinderhook, N.Y.
Tunis Van Wagenen, Lieutenant 2d N. Y.
Peter Vosburough, Captain 4th N. Y.; resided in Ulster Co., N. Y.
Benjamin Walker, Captain 2d N. Y. ; died 1818 at Utica, N. Y.
James Watson, Captain 3d Connecticut.
Charles Frederick Weissenfels, Lieutenant 2d N. Y.
Michael Wetzell, Lieutenant 2d N.Y.
Andrew White, Lieutenant 2d N. Y.; died 1805.
Jacob Wright, Captain 2d N. Y., of Jamaica, L. I.
Ephraim Woodruff, Lieutenant 2d N. Y., of New Jersey; died 1820.
In the May No. of the Magazine of Ametica7i Histoy there was an engi-aved
portrait of Philip Livingston, the Signer, which is stated by the writer of the
accompanying descriptive sketch as "from a valuable painting in the possession of
Col. S. Van Rensselaer Cruger, and is said to be the only correct likeness of the
sagacious patriot after he had passed middle life." This Mr. Wm. Alfred Jones,
now residing at Norwich, Connecticut, a great-grandson of the Signer through the
maternal line, conceived to be an error, and wrote to Mrs. Lamb a detailed account
of the reasons for his correction of the mistake. Colonel Cruger is doubtless
fully impressed with the authenticity of his portrait of the Signer as an original, but
whether the original seems open to a question.
In justice to his brother's memory, Mr. Jones submitted a statement of which we
give the essential points, and which appeared called for to correct the mistake occur-
ring in a periodical of the authoritative character of the Magazine of American His-
tory.
Dr. Philip Livingston Jones, of Brooklyn, L. I., presented to the Long Island
Historical Society, a year or two before his death (1SS3), a portrait of Philip
Livingston, his maternal great-grandfather, which came to him by inheritance from
his uncle, J. T. Jones. From this portrait an engraving was made to illustrate the
biographical sketch in " Sanderson's Lives of the Signers," 1820. It is there stated as
"from an original painting in the possession of J. T. Jones, Esq., of New York."
Seventy years have passed, and this original has been considered the counterfeit
presentment of this distinguished patriot. It has little value as a work of art com-
pared with the masterly portraits of Copley and Stuart, but presumably a good like-
ness. A copy of this (a crayon drawing) was given by Mr. W. A. Jones to the library
of our society, as well as a miniature of Edward Livingston, supposed to be from
the pencil of Vanderlyn.
In 1876 Mr. Jones was present as an invited guest in Philadelphia to the Centen-
nial, and for the first time saw a portrait of the Signer which was claimed to be the
original. Could this have been sent by Colonel Cruger, or was it a third portrait ?
As a probable explanation of this confusion of claims to authenticity, we learn
from Mr. Jones that the late Mrs. Gould, of Albany, suggested to him that pcssibly
three portraits of Philip Livingston had been painted for his three daughters, but that
this formerly owned by J. T. Jones was the original, from which copies were made
or three distinct portraits were painted.
No one who knew the late Dr. Philip Livingston Jones would imagine for a mo-
1^2 Notes and Queries. [J^lyj
ment that he could knowingly palm off a copy for an original. Neither is it to be
imagined that Colonel Cruger would assert this to be the authentic original portrait,
if he knew of the existence of the picture now owned by the Long Island Historical
Society, and from which the engraving was made seventy years ago.
Mrs. Lamb has condensed with judgment and impartiality the statement of Mr.
Jones, which we believe to be accurate and fully supported by facts.
John Rogers, of this city, the sculptor of the well-known statuette groups, has
recently completed a full-length plaster cast of John Eliot. It represents the
apostle preaching to the Massachusetts Indians, and is alike admirable in sentiment,
expression, and execution. Figures of an Indian warrior and a young woman are also
introduced, which tend to indicate and emphasize the significance of Eliot's noble
work among the red men. His figure is nine feet in height, arrayed in the Baxter
gown of 1690 over the tunic, with one hand pointing to heaven, while in the other he
holds the Indian Bible, which is erroneously represented with clasps. Among the
hundred or more known copies of the Eliot Bible are many in the original binding,
but none of these, so far as I am aware, has rnetal clasps, as represented by Mr.
Rogers. These can of course be easily removed before the statue is copied in marble
or cast in bronze. The petition of John Radcliff to the commissioners met at
Hartford in 1664, that the price paid for binding the Indian Bible be increased from
2s. 6d. : " as under to 3s. 4d. or 6d, p. booke I can not binde them to live comfortably
upon it, one Bible being as much as I can compleat in one day and out of it find Thred,
Glew, Pasteboard and Leather Claps, and all which I cannot suply my selfe for one
shilling in this Country." These claps were probably narrow strips or thongs of
leather which were tied, preventing the book opening. It is, I think, obvious that
one shilling would not pay for metal clasps in addition to the leather and other
material used in binding the Bible. j. G. w,
April 20th, the Sunday following the anniversary of the Battle of Lexington, the
Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution had their first annual sermon
in old Christ Church, Philadelphia, perhaps one of the most historic churches in the
country. The Rev. Geo. Woolsey Hodge, a member of the Society, preached an elo-
quent sermon from the text, ist Kings, 8th chapter, 57th verse : " The Lord our God
be with us as he was with our fathers." Five clergymen took part in the services —
the Rector, the Rev. Dr. Foggo, Rev. Dr. Buchannan, Rev. Alfred Langdon Elwyn,
and the Rev. Dr. Joseph F. Garrison, The members of the Society of the Cincin-
nati, the Loyal Legion, and the City Troop, in their brilliant uniform, attended. The
procession was led by the president. Major William Wayne, who is also president
of the Cincinnati, and Mr. Frederick S. Tallmadge, president of the New York
Society of Sons of the Revolution. These gentlemen sat in Washington's pew.
All the members of the societies, including two of the clergymen, Mr. Hodge and
Mr. Elwyn, wore their decorations. The church was beautifully draped with flags
and the tricolor. It was a memorable and historic occasion. The choir began the
services with the hymn, '•Onward! Christian soldiers!" and closed with "My
country, 'tis of thee," during which the military and the various societies left the
building.
The American Philosophical Society, the most ancient society of men of
science, letters, and useful knowledge in the United States, founded by Benjamin
Franklin in 1743, commemorated the one-hundredth anniversary of the death of its
" Illustrious Founder and First President" on April 17th at Philadelphia. The fol-
lowing committee of arrangements was appointed for this commemoration: Dr.
Charles A. Oliver, chairman; Henry Phillips, Jr., Arthur Biddle, William John
Potts, Dr. William H. Greene. The five addresses delivered on the occasion by
eminent speakers from different parts of the country are an interesting contribution
to Franklin literature, showing the estimation of the character of the most typical
American of the eighteenth century in the light of the nineteenth. A sketch of
Franklin's biography was given by Prof. John Bach McMaster, of the University of
Pennsylvania ; his association with the Society, by the venerable President Frederick
Fraley, now in his eighty-seventh year ; his literary labors, by Prof. G. Brown tioode,
of the Smithsonian Institution ; as a scientific man, by Prof. John W. Holland, of
the Jefferson University, Philadelphia ; as a diplomat, by Prof. Henry M, Baird, of
the University of the City of New York. These interesting additions to the most
popular American biography it is proposed to publish in a memorial volume.
1890.] Noles and Queries.
143
Between the Battery and the Harlem River, according to the newly-published
New York City Directory for 1S90, there are now living such a large collection of
literary lights as even Boston has never dared hope to possess. Here are some of the
members of this colony : John Milton, Joseph Addison, Francis Bacon, Robert Burns,
William Cowper, Charles Lamb, Thomas Moore, Alexander Pope, Matthew Arnold,
Jane Austen, Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Lindley
Murray, Walter Scott, John W^esley, James F. Cooper, Charles Dickens, George
Eliot, J. T. Headley, Margaret Fuller, William E. Gladstone, Edwin Arnold, George
Bancroft, William C. Bryant, and J. G. Holland. New York seems to be even more
conspicuous as a place of abode for ex-Presidents. Among the residents of the
city are to be found George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James
Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren,
William H. Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan,
A. Lincoln, U. S. Grant, Grover Cleveland, and Benjamin Harrison.
On June 12, 1640, eight hardy young Englishmen landed upon the shores of Long
Island where now the village of Southampton stands. They had emigrated from
England a year or two before to Lynn, Mass., and, being desirous of escaping the
too strict government of the Massachusetts Puritans, set sail in a sloop in search of
new fields. ■ The names of these earliest white sealers of Eastern Long Island were
Howell, Farrington, Halsey, Howe, Sayre, Cooper, Needham, and Walton. Shortly
afterward the land comprising the present town of Southampton was deeded to the
eight sectlers by the Shinnecock Indians for sixty bushels of corn and forty coats. On
Thursday, June 12, the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of this event was appro-
priately celebrated at Southampton. Among the many visitors were a {^w remaining
Indians of the Shinnecock tribe that originally owned the land upon which the town
stands. j. G. W.
Notes from a graveyard, five minutes' walk from the Erie railway station at Ramapo,
N. Y., Rockland Co. — Zebedee Wood, b. June 23, 1775 d. Jan. 17, 1857 " He
rests from his labors." Solomon S. Humphrey d. Mar. 24, 1837, se 44. his wife
Martha Hill Humphrey d. Jan. 19, 1829 in her 29 year. Pierson and Colt are
common names in this burial place. The village is owned principally by a Mr.
Pierson,
T. M. Bancroft,
P. O. Box 382, N. Y.
The following-named persons have already subscribed for the first volume of the
Records of the Dutch Church of New York, announced elsewhere for early publica-
tion, price ten dollars : Jas. Grant Wilson, Samuel Burhans Jr., Gerritt H. Van
Wagenen, Thomas C. Cornell, Samuel S. Purple, William P. Robinson, Edward F.
de Lancey, Edmund A. Hu^ry, and Thomas G. Evans. Subscribers' names will be
entered on the list in the order in which they are received by the Secretary of the
society.
A COMPLETE set of portraits of the Presidents of the Society, viz., Dr. Stiles
Gen. Greene, Mr. Drowne, Mr. De Lancey, and Gen. Wilson, handsomely framed,
has been given to the society by the last-named gentleman. Arrangements have
been made to open the library for consultation daily from ten o'clock to five, except
during the month of August, when it will be closed.
Of the original fourteen incorporators of the Buffalo Historical Society, founded
in 1862 by Millard Fillmore (its first president), the last survivor, Lewis F. Allen,
died recently in that city, where he had lived for more than half a century, aged
ninety years. He was the first vice-president of the society, in which he always dis-
played a deep interest. J. G. w.
Thomson or Thompson, Archibald, m, Jacoba Schuurman. Can any one state his
parentage? He was of Scotch descent, and probably of the Perth Amboy line. He
was admitted to the church at New Brunswick, N. J., on confession, Aug. 10, 1741,
and his wife, Nov. g, 1750.
61 Quincy St., Brooklyn. Richard Wynkoop.
Robert Feake, the artist, of Newport, R. I., married Eleanor Cozzens, daughter
of Leonard and Margaret (Taylor) Cozzens, of Newport, R. I., September 23, 1743.
It is said that he went to Bermuda for his health, and died there, at the age of forty-
five years. In what year did he die ? J- J- L.
j^j^ Book Notices. [Julyj
For permission to copy the portrait of Gen. John Paterson which accompanies the
address of William H. I>ee, delivered before the society April ii, 1890, the Publica-
tion Committee are indebted to the publishers of ^///d'/tJw'j- CyclopiTdia of American
Biography.
We have been informed that the portrait of Bishop Moore, now in the posses-
sion of his great-grandson, Clement C. Moore, is a drawing in water-colors and is
doubtless a copy of the fine painting in the library of Columbia College.
New Certificates of Membership have been prepared and will be sent to hon-
orary and corresponding members of the society. Other members can procure them
by applying to the secretary.
I
BOOK NOTICES.
The Political Beginnings of Kentucky. By John Mason Brown. With
a portrait of the author. Filson Club Publication, No, 6. John P. Morton & Com-
pany, Louisville, iSgo.
But a short time before his recent and deeply-regretted death, the author of this
noble quarto volume placed the manuscript in the hands of the printers to the Filson
Club. It therefore appears just as he left it, and in accordance with his own tasteful
directions. Colonel Brown's work will greatly change the commonly received polit-
ical history of Kentucky in more than one important direction, for he thoroughly
investiigated the British, French, and Spanish intrigues in the West. To accomplish
this end, he not only examined original printed and manuscript authorities m this
country, but also secured from foreign archives copies of numerous documents and
official despatches sent by agents to their governments relating to the formative
period of Kentucky history. The author left no field unexplored where the glean-
ings of truth could be obtained, and he has given us a book which will hereafter be
an authority on the subject so judiciously treated. It may be mentioned that the
derivation and signification of the word " Kentucky,' so long supposed to mean the
dark and bloody ground, is really derived from an Iroquois word which means the
meadow land. Several of the Filson Club publications have been reviewed in these
columns, and this, the latest of the series, is commended to our readers as the most
valuable of them all. Its only blemish is the lack of an index. J. G. w.
Records of the Town of Easthampton, Long Island, Suffolk Co., N. Y.,
WITH other Ancient Documents of Historic Value. 4 vols. 8vo. Sag Harbor:
John H. Hunt, printer. 1887-1889.
These volumes contain the records of this energetic community from 1635 to 1849, to-
gether with historical and statistical introductions by the Hon. Henry P. Hedges, for
many years county judge and surrogate, now a venerable and respected citizen of
Sufiblk County. This ancient town retained its isolation and its primitive appearance
and manners for full two centuries, though of late years, in common with its neighbor-
ing towns in the soutliern and eastern parts of the island, it has attracted much
attention from nomadic New Yorkers. It was originally a Puritan settlement of the
strictest sort, and indeed lias ciianged but little in that respect. The records, which
appear to be singularly full and complete, contain much curious and interesting read-
ing. It may be worth mentioning that Easthampton lays claim to the honor of having
asserted the principle, in 1685, whicii afterward became the watchword of the Revo-
lution, of no taxation without representation.
The Diary of William Pvnchon, of Salem. Edited by Fitch Edward
Oliver. 8vo. Boston : Houghton, Mifilin & Co. 1890.
William Pynchon, b. 1723. d. 1789, was a native of Springfield, Mass. In 1751,
two years after graduating at Harvard College, he settled at Salem, where he became
a lawyer of standing and repute. His diary begins Jan. i, 1776, and ends March 2, 1789,
twelve days before his death, covers the whole period (with the exception of the year
1779 and four months of 1780) of the Revolutionary \\'ar, and gives the impressions
of an intelligent man, who, though his sympathies were, upon the whole, with the
Loyalists, yet can by no means be regarded as a violent partisan. The diary contains
many matters of interest not to be found elsewhere, and its value is increased by
1890.] Donations to the Library. ^A'
the editor's notes. A characteristic and courteous letter from Nathaniel Hawthorne,
written in 1851, explains the accident of his having borrowed an honored name for his
" fictitious purposes in the ' House of the Seven Gables.' " Of course he was wholly
unaware that the Pynchons had been residents of Salem.
The Boltons in Old and Nfav England, with a Genealogy of the
Descendants of William Bolton, of Reading, Mass., 1720. By Charles
Knowles Bolton. Small 4to, pp. 85. Albany : Joel Munsell's Sons. 1889.
The author of this handsome book deserves credit for his diligence and modesty ;
for the one, by reason of the great care with which he has wori<ed out the details, leav-
ing no unseemly blanks in names or dates, and indulging in no conjecture ; for the
other, because he begins his book honestly at the beginning, with his known ances-
tor. A very well written introduction gives an account of the several families of Bol-
ton in America, as well as of many persons of the name in England. It is easy to see
that his brief introduction is the result of much careful reading. The arms, as they
are borne by the New York family, will be found engraved and blasoned in the
Record, Vol. IX., page i.
A Skf.tch of the Eliot Family. By Walter Graeme Eliot. New York: Press
of Livingston Middleditch, 26 Cortlandt Street. 18S7. Crown octavo, flexible covers,
pp. 157. Press supplement. No. 3, pp. 20. Press supplement, No. i, pp. (2). Illus-
trated with two pages of portraits in groups, and other illustrations. Two charts.
Andrew Eliott (so he wrote his surname) left England probably soon after 166S, as
his name last appears in his native parish of East Coker, Somersetshire, in that year,
and he was in Beverly, Mass., in 1670. Here he founded a family which has furnished
many noted men and women. Charles William Eliot, LL.D., President of Harvard
University, is the most distinguished descendant in our day. The author has pro-
duced such an excellent work that we read with regret of his determination to retire
from the field of genealogical research. It is to be hoped that he will soon resume
his studies, which must hsve been to him a labor of love.
History and Proceedings of the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association,
1870-1879. Vol. I. Deerfield, Mass. 1890.
The original purpose of this society was to collect relics and memorials of the
early settlers of Deerfield, especially of those who perished in the Indian wars, and to
build a Memorial Hall. From the list of members and the contents of the book itself,
one may infer not only that this purpose has been carried out, but that it has
interested many citizens of Massachusetts besides those who lived in the immediate
neighborhood. The book is made up of orations, addresses, historical papers, and
poems by many writers, together with ancient documents ; by this arrangement a vast
deal of curious and interesting information is broua;ht together.
DONATIONS TO THE LIBRARY.
From Rufus King. Watertown Epitaphs, by W. T. Harris, LL.B. Boston, 1869 —
Descendants of Capt. Thomas Brattle, by E. D. Harris. Boston, 1867 — Miscel-
lanea Genealogicaet Heraldica. Vol. III. J. J. Howard, LL.D., Editor. London,
1878 — American Genealogical Queries. Newport, 1887 — Report of the Fail fax
County Historical Society, 1889. Bridgeport — Tanner's Travelling Map of Penn-
sylvania and New Jersey — Visitors' Guide to Mount Vernon. Washington, 1876 —
Catalogue of the Psi Upsilon Society. New York, 1864 — Long Island of To-day.
1884 — Boyd's Westchester County Directory, 1884-85. Passaic, N. J., 1885 —
Thompson and Fowler's Yonkers City Directory for 1S85-86, 1886-S7. Newburgh —
Boyd's Yonkers City Directory for 1887-88. Newburgh — Historical Biography of
the United States. New York, 18S5 — N. Y. Central and Hudson River Railroad
Business Directory, 1S84-85. Newburgh, 1885.
From Gerritt H. Van Wagenen, History of Ulster County, N. Y., by Nathaniel
B. Sylvester. Philadelphia, 1880 — History of Orange County, N. Y., by P2. M.
Ruttenber and L. H. Clark. Philadelphia, 1881 — Installation of Seth Low, LL.D.,
as President of Columbia College. New York, i8go — Columbia College Bac-
calaureate Sermon for 1889, by Rt. Rev. H. C. Potter, D.D., LL.D. New
York, 1889 — Annual Dinner of the Alumni Association of Columbia College.
46
Do7tatw?ts to the Library. [July, 1890.
New York, 1S90 — Centennial Discourse before the Alumni Association of Colum-
bia College, by Hon. John Jay. New York, 1876 — Inauguration of F. A. P.
Barnard, LL. D., as President of Columbia College. New York, 1S65 — Sketch
of the Life and Writings of Sidney Lanier, by Charles N. West, M.A. Savannah,
Ga., 1888 — Sermon at the Burial of Mrs. Sarah Davis, by Rev. Samuel Buel.
New York, 1858.
Gen. Jas. Grant Wilson. Reunion of the Sons and Daughters of Newport, R. I,,
August 23, 1859, by George C. Mason, Newport, 1S59. Life of Sir Isaac Newton,
V by David Brewster, LL.D., New York, 1840. A memorial of the life and character
of John W. Francis, Jr., by Henry T. Tuckerman, New York, 1855. Biography
J. S. T. Stranahan, New York, 1887. Trow's New York City Directory for 18S9.
From Edmund J. Cleveland. Cleveland Genealogy, 3 copies, by H. G. Cleveland.
Chicago, 1879 — Sketch of Gen. Moses Cleveland, 4 copies, by H. G. Cleveland.
Cleveland, 1885 — The Clevelands of Leicestershire, England, 4 copies, by H. G.
Cleveland.
From Thomas G. Evans. In Memory of Charles O'Conor. New York, 1884 —
Memorial of Chief-Justice Waite. New York, 1890 — A Discourse in Commem-
oration of Gardner A. Sage, by William Ormiston, D.D. New York, 1883.
From Henry T. Drowne. Wallabout Prison — Ship Series No. i — by Henry R.
Stiles, M.D. New York, 1865 — The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island,
by John O. Austin. Albany, 1887 — Engraving of Stephen Whitney Phoenix.
From Ellsworth Eliot, M.D. Centennial Anniversary of the Presbyterian
Church at Sparta, N. J., by Rev. Theodore F. Chambers. New York, 18S7 —
St. Augustine, Florida, with view. New York, 1869.
From Bureau of Education. Honorary Degrees conferred in American Colleges,
by C. F. Smith, A.M. Washington, 1890 — Rules for a Dictionary Catalogue, by
Charles A. Cutter. Washington, 1890 — History of Federal and State Aid to
Higher Education in the U. S., by F. W. Blackmore. Washington, 1890.
From The Smithsonian Institution. Reports of the Smithsonian Institutior
Parts I and II, 1886 ; Parts I and II, 1887.
From Laura Marie Marston. The Marston Genealogy, by Nathan W. Marstor.
Lubec, Me., 1888.
From Converse Cleaves, Publisher. Some Remarkable Passages in the Life of
Dr. George De Benneville, by Rev. Elhanan Winchester. Germantown, 189O.
From The Huguenot Society. Catalogue of the Huguenot Society Library, by
Elizabeth G. Baldwin. New York. 1890.
From R. A. Brock, Secretary Va. Historical Society. Virginia Historical
Collections. Vols. V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, by the donor. Richmond, Va.
From Eugene Devereaux. Chronicles of the Plumsted Family, by the donor.
Philadelphia, 1887.
From James M. Montgomery. Society of the Sons of the Revolution, Constitu-
tion, By-laws, and Membership. New York, 1890.
From Arthur W. PI. Eaton. Arcadian Legends and Lyrics, by the donor. New
York, 18S9.
From Maurice Tripet. Fragments Historiques, by Max Diacon et M. Tripet.
Neuchatel, 1890.
From Andrew H. Green. The 150th Anniversary of the Greenville Baptist
Church, Leicester, Mass. Worcester, 1889.
From American Bar Association. Reports of the American Bar Association.
Vol. XII, 1889. Philadelphia.
From William' M. Meigs. Life of Josiah Meigs, by the donor. Philadelphia, 1887.
From W^ B. Clarke & Co., Publishers. Records of the Town of Plymouth. Vol.
I, 1636-1705. Plymouth, 1889.
From Trustees of the Newberry Library. Proceedings of the Trustees of the
Newberry Library. Chicago, iSgo.
From Mrs. Julia E. Thatcher. The 250th Anniversary of Old Yarmouth, Mass.
Yarmouth, 1S89.
From Mrs. Catherine B. Baetjer. History of the Four Gospels, by Laurence
Clark.
From James Gayler, Assistant Postmaster. New York Post OfTice Guide, by
the donor. New York, 1890.
From Richard Wynkoop. The Schureman Genealogy, by the donor. New York.
1889.
From Miss Elizabeth C. Jay. ms. Genealogy of David Provoost, 1572-1785.
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THE NEW YORK
Vol. XXI. NEW YORK, OCTOBER, 1890. No. 4.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF REV. DR. CHARLES WASH-
INGTON BAIRD.
( IViih a Sted Portrait.)
By R. W.
The subject of this sketch was a friend to the New York Genealogical
and Biographical Society, and a historian of original research, and it is
fitting that some account of him should be given in the Record, to which
he made valuable contributions.
Dr. Baird, born August 28, 1828, d. February 10, 1887, was the
second son of Rev. Dr. Robert Baird and Firmine D. Boisson, the latter
of French Huguenot blood. He married, July 2, 1861, Miss Margaret
Eliza Strang, eldest child of a New York merchant, Theodosius Strang,
and of Eliza Jane Mitchill. His wife, a daughter, Eliza Strang, and
a son, Robert, survived him. He was graduated at the University
of the City of New York in 1848, and at Union Theological Seminary
in 1852 ; was licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick in the same
year, and was by them ordained an Evangelist during his summer vaca-
tion in the year following. He was chaplain of the American Chapel in
the City of Rome from September, 1852, until 1854, when he returned to
these United States, intending to enter upon the pastoral office, but a
painful affliction of the nerves of the eye kept him from his purpose for
five years. From 1859 to 1861 he was pastor of a Reformed Dutch
church, of Bergen Hill, in South Brooklyn, a new organization, where he
won the affections of the people, as he was accustomed to do wherever he
lived. In May, 1861, he was installed pastor .of the Presbyterian church
at Rye, Westchester County, N. Y., and here he labored until his death.
His Alma Mater conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity in
1876. His .names, Charles and Washington, were derived from two
maternal uncles.
Dr. Baird was born at Princeton, N. J., and his home was there, or at
Philadelphia, for seven years. His father was a clergyman of the Presby-
terian Church, who became widely known through his labors to convert
Roman Catholic countries, and received evidences of affection and honor
from men in positions of power and influence in Europe as well as
America. Six years' residence in Paris and two in Geneva, with the
attendant acquisition of foreign languages, gave the young Charles a prep-
aration for the literary research in which he was to engage at a later
period, and probably enlisted his interest in the subject. He had never
been indifferent to the Holy Scriptures, nor insensible to his obligations
1^8 Biographical Sketch of Rev. Dr. C. W. Baird. [Oct.,
as a moral being, but in 1841 inflammatory rheumatism of a severe type,
occasioned by his lying upon the grass at St. Denis, followed by an affec-
tion of the heart, which threatened life itself and continued its influence
while he lived, brought about a distinctive spiritual-mindedness which
manifested itself throughout his subsequent years. He became an evan-
gelist among his acquaintances, and made a public confession of his
faith in the Sixth Street Presbyterian Church, Rev. Dr. Horace Eaton, in
1844.
He had dedicated himself to the Christian ministry, but feeble health
forbade close study, and he employed his time in reading general liter-
ature, and in assisting his father by translating French treatises. He
found some relaxation in the use of a poetic pen which descended to him
from his mother, and his contribution to the Commencement exercises
was a poem on " Labor."
While he was in charge of the chapel at Rome, his gentle manners,
courteous bearing, and freedom from sectarianism enabled him to hold
the American and English residents and visitors in entire contentment
with the exercises of his chapel.
During the period when the condition of his eyes precluded him
from pastoral work, he published, in 1S55, his " Eutaxia ; or, The
Presbyterian Liturgies : Historical Sketches by a Minister of the Presby-
terian Church " ; and in the year following, '* A Book of Public Prayer,
Compiled from the Authorized Formularies of Worship of the Pres-
byterian Church, as Prepared by the Reformers Calvin, Knox, and
Others." The author withheld his name from the title-pages, no doubt
because of his innate modesty. He was an advocate for the voluntary
use of liturgies, and especially for the approval of some one or more,
which could be accessible, conveniently. The present writer has heard
Dr. Baird talk earnestly on this subject.
In his youth Dr. Baird had been familiar with the places conspicu-
ously identified with the slaughter of the Huguenots by Charles IX. and
his mother, and when fourteen years old he wrote a historical poem
called "The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve." While he was settled
at Rye, amid much which recalled the gallantry', fidelity, and sufferings
of the Huguenots, he preached a Thanksgiving sermon, in 1865, set-
ting forth the grounds upon which the people should be grateful. A
call was made upon him for the publication of his discourse, and the
result was that, after six years' of preparation, his sermon was expanded
into "The Chronicle of a Border Town : A History of Rye, 1660-1876."
New York, 1871. After about twelve more years of preparation he gave
to the public the "History of the Huguenot Emigration to America."
New York, 1885, This work was to have been followed by an account
of the distribution of the French Huguenot immigrants in the INIiddle
and Southern States, and their formative influence upon our people and
our institutions. No doubt a work of equal interest and value would
have been produced, but his death intervened. In the preparation for
his History, correspondents explored for him various archives, and he
himself made researches in London in 1877 on a special visit for that
purpose.
He was Chairman of the Committee on Church Extension, and the
historian of the Presbytery of Westchester, by appointment ; also the au-
thor of the " History of Bedford Church " (New York, 1882), into which a
1890.] Biographical Sketch of Rev. Dr. C. W. Baird. j^g
discourse grew which had been delivered at the two-hundredth anniver-
sary of the founding of the Presbyterian Church in the town of Bedford,
Westchester County. He wrote also a monograph on Pierre Daille ;
also the "Civil Status of the Presbyterians in the Province of New York ; "
and prepared other important papers. The present writer found him
efficient and obliging in directing to authentic sources of information,
and in contributing information direct. On the 14th of June, 1886, he
delivered an oration on "The Scholar's Duty and Opportunity," before
the New York Beta, of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, in the University of
the City of New York. His last public service, outside of his own pulpit,
was on the 27th of January, 1887, when he preached the customary ser-
mon of the Da}^ of Prayer for Colleges before the students of the University
of the City of New York, by appointment of the Faculty of Arts and
Science, upon the text: "Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst
after righteousness ; for they shall be filled." He was the author of
" Lays of the Cross," which appeared in magazines, and from 1848 to
1 85 1 an editor of the Christian Union and Religious Memorial, a
monthly publication. In connection with Rev. Dr. Benjamin N. Martin
he wrote the greater part of " The Christian Retrospect and Register,"
1851.
Dr. Baird was a member of many historical societies, including those
of New York, Long Island, and Virginia ; and he was one of ihe two
American authors chosen to honorary fellowships by the Huguenot
Society of London, founded in 1S85 ; his brother, the Rev. Dr. Henry
M. Baird, was the other American.
On Saturday, the 5th of February, 1887, he was stricken with cerebral
apoplexy while employed in the preparation of a sermon for the morrow,
and afier a few hours became unconscious and so continued for five days,
and at length he fell into a peaceful sleep — and so he passed over the river.
The burial was in Greenwood Cemetery, February 15th. In the begin-
ning of his sickness, in view of his possible decease, he said to his wife :
" You know that I am ready."
[The material of the foregoing is derived from a biographical sketch
by his brother, prefixed to "Memorials of the Rev. Charles W. Baird,
D.D.," etc., 1888.]
The memorial utterances at his funeral were such as are rarely
heard. Said the Rev. Dr. Roswell D. Hitchcock: "We commemorate
to-day a rounded life, as well as a finished life. We commemorate a
man, husband, father, citizen. We commemorate to-day a Christian
scholar, whose written and printed records survive him, and will long
survive to link his name and his memory with the heroic age in our
Protestant histor}', irradiated by that Huguenot heroism which has never
been surpassed. We commemorate to-day a Christian man, of gentle
blood, of happy birth, of rare opportunities, of careful culture. Even the
most casual acquaintances, having the slightest intercourse with him, would
say, ' How gracious.' We commemorate to-day a Christian minister, who
was a bishop of the Apostolic type ; a bishop to all — not to his own
parish only. Our friend realized, as few clergymen have done, in his own
experience, and to the satisfaction of all his neighbors, that however many
parishes there might be within this municipality, he was a bishop of them
— of you all."
Rev. Horace G. Hinsdale said of him : "He might not, as some,
I CQ Biographical Sketch of Rev, Dr. C. W. Baird. [Oct.,
dazzle a casual acquaintance, but no one could be long- with him without
recognizing a singularly harmonious and beautiful combination of many
excellent qualities — mental, moral, and spiritual. Our dear brother pos-
sessed a clear, well-balanced, and highly cultivated intellect. His educa-
tional advantages were thoroughly improved. He wielded a ready pen,
and his written style, in its precision, elegance, and transparency, indicated
both the breadth and the depth of his culture. His histories show his
remarkable aptness for historical composition, his painstaking conscien-
tiousness of research, his resolute determination to secure minute accuracy,
and the ease and grace of style which characterize all his literary work.
Personally and socially. Dr. Baird was remarkably attractive. Some men
are good without being winning. Some are frank and honest, and
yet are rude and repellent ; but he was winning, and at the same
lime transparently honest. His courtesy was knightly ; nay, better, it
was Christian. He was a gentleman, not merely by virtue of familiar
acquaintance with the usages of the best society, but likewise by virtue of
his genuine benevolence in little things as well as great. Young and old
alike were drawn to him by his magnetic kindliness ; the ignorant no less
than the cultivated could be at ease in his society."
The Rev. Dr. Wilson Phraner bore testimony to the beauty of Dr.
Baird's character, and to his usefulness in the work of the Presbytery of
Westchester. Rev. John Reid spoke chiefly of the loss sustained by the
church, community, and ministerial brethren, in his withdrawal from
earth, and of his helpfulness, consistency, and child-like simplicity and
purity. Rev. George E. Stillman, of the Methodist Church, pronounced
the benediction.
Memorial exercises were held by the Presbytery at Peekskill on
April 20th, and addresses were made by Rev. Dr. J. Aspinwall Hodge,
Rev. John Reid, and Rev. Dr. R. P. H. Vail. Dr. Hodge called him
"our best-beloved brother," and spoke of the roundness of his character,
his fraternal helpfulness, and the success of his ministry in the ingather-
ing of souls. He also spoke of the sturdiness derived from the Scotch
blood of his father, and the gentleness and courtesy inherited with the
French blood of his mother. Mr. Reid reviewed his literary life and
work. Dr. Vail spoke briefly of Dr. Baird's gracious spirit and manners.
Rev. Dr. Dwight M. Seward preached the memorial sermon in the
church at Rye, March 27, 1887, and gave a handsome tribute not onlyto
the deceased but also to his father and mother.
Tributes were paid in the periodical press also : in the New York
Evingelist of April 14th, b^' Rev. Dr. Rollin A. Sawyer; in the Charles-
ton News and Courier, by Rev. Dr. C. S. Vedder ; in the Yonkers States-
man of February nth, by Rev. Charles. E. Allison; in the Portchester
Journal, by J. M. Ives ; and by various ecclesiastical bodies and educa-
tional and historical institutions. The Vestry of Christ Church, Rye,
passed resolutions, expressive of their sense of loss to the Christian com-
munity.
1890.] Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York. \c\
RECORDS OF THE REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH IN THE
CITY OF NEW YORK.— Baptisms.
(Continued from Vol. XXL, p. 118, of The Record.)
A" I73I. OUDERS. KINDERS.
Jan. I. Gerrit Hollaar Maas, Aainoiit.
Elisabct Domskin.
d°. 3. Cornells Kortregt, John.
Hester Cannon,
d". 10. Matthew Clarkson, David.
Cornelia De Pey- den 5 dito
ster. gebooren.
d°. Johannes Lesjer, Eva Jacob.
Binder.
d°. Johannes Van Nor- Margrietje.
den, A r ri aan tj e
Webbers.
d°.
Abraham Van Deur-
sen, Antje Coek.
Susanna.
d°.
Frederik B e k k e r ,
Catharina Zenger.
Elisabet.
d°.
17. Samuel Ten Eyck,
Marytje Gorne.
Marytje.
d°.
20. Julius Eno, Jannetje
Lendrids.
Isaak.
d°.
Cornells Arland,
Francyntje
Bordsges.
Samuel.
d°.
M a 1 1 h e u s Nobel,
Susanna.
Margareta.
[507-]
d°. 24. Nicolaas Van Taar- Elisabet.
ling, Elisabet
Richard,
d". 31. Pleter Van Ranst, Jacobus.
Sara Kierstede.
d°. Willem Gilbert, Cornelia.
Maria Van Zandt.
d°. Abraham Boke, Re- Margrietje.
becca Peers.
d°. Philippus Goelet, Jannetje.
Catharina Boelen.
GETUYGEN.
Aarnout Maas, Helena
Donskom Wed^
Jan Cannon, Ju^, Jerusa
Sands, syn h. v.
David Clarkson, Anna
Margreta Freeman, s.
h. v.
Joris Walgraaf, Marga-
reta Lesjer, h. v. Van
G}'sbert Gerritse.
Willem Hoppen, Elisa-
bet Van Norden, s. b.
V.
Dirk Koek, S li s a n n a
Cregier, s. h. v.
Joh^ Jacob Signer jong m,
Elisabet Bekker, jonge
dochter.
Edward Tittel, Marytje
Hook, Wed<".
Isaak Stoutenburg,
A p o 1 o n i e Uytten-
bogard,
John Anthony, Maria.
Johannes Nobel, An-
naatje Hyert.
Paillus Richard, Chris-
tina Van Taarling.
Cornells Romme, Blan-
dina Kip, jonge docht^
Adam V a n d e n Berg,
Maria Spoor, syn h. v.
Cornells Woertendyk,
Janneke Peers, syn h.
V.
Jacobus Goelet de oiide
Jannetje Coesaart, syn
h. V.
i
I c 2 Records of the Reformed Dulch Church in New York. [Oct. ,
A° I73I. OUDERS.
d". Liicas Braisjer, Jii-
dith Gaserie.
d°. P i e t e r Van Dyk,
Cornelia Varik.
d°. Johannes Roorbag,
Sophia Graii.
Febr : 7. Barent de Foreest,
Elisabet Verduyn.
Johannes Ten Eyck,
Antje Drinkwater.
T i m o t h e li s Lero,
Maria Moor.
Johannes Peek,
Tryntje H el lake.
d°. 14. Pet r lis Montagne,
Jannetje Dyer.
Johannes R o m m e ,
Elisabet Ten Eyck.
Michiel Cornelis, z.
Elisabet Dii Foir.
Abraham Kip, Maria
Van den Berg.
David Van Gelder,
Elisabet Va n d e r
Beek.
Philip Jong, Evan
Thysen.
F r e d e r i k Sebring,
Marytje Provoost.
Jan S c h o li t e n
T h o m a s , z. Ag-
nietje Ben net.
Isaak Braisjer, Jan-
netje Dii Foiir.
d°. 17. Jan Persell, Lea Van
Alst.
d°. 26. Daniel Bonnet,
Pieternel Van De
Water.
[508.]
d°. 26. JanBogert, Antje
Peek.
Nicokias Antony,
Rebecca Jacobse.
KINDERS.
Susanna.
Maria.
Abraham.
Cornelis.
Herciilius.
Maria.
Abraham,
Vincent.
Cornelis.
Theiinis.
Isaak.
Aafje.
Catharina.
Frederik.
Femmetje.
Isaak.
Annaatje.
Jannetje.
Rachel.
Johannes.
GETUYGEN.
Allert Anthony, Su-
sanna Laiirier, syn
h. V.
Richard Kip, Rachel Van
Dyk.
Johannes Sebring, Rachel
Hibon, syn h. v.
Hendrik Bogard, Teuntje
Tietsoort, h. v. Van
Jesse de Foreest.
Hendrik Ten Evck, jong
m", Wyntje Ten Eyck,
VVed^
Arie Coning, Rachel
Peek, syn h. v.
Jacob Goelet, Catharina
Boelen, syn h. v.
Geurt Benneway, Pieter-
nella Montagne, s. h.
V.
Cornelis Romme, Maria
Kierstede, syn h. v.
John Wels, Dina Wels,
syn h. V.
Isaak Kip, Senior, Maria
Vanden Berg, Wed^
Johannes Van Gelder,
Catharina Van Gelder,
h. V. , Van James
Boesy.
Christiaan Stauber, Catha-
rina Lesler.
Jacob Sobering, Rachel
Sobering.
Wilhelmns Ben net, Fem-
metje Ben net.
Gysbert Bogert, Elisabet
De Voor.
John de Vine, Annaatje
Persell, syn h. v.
James Quik, Jeane Terjay.
Arie Coning, Cornelia
Verduyn, h. v. Van
Corii Bogert.
Jan Jacobse, Harmpje
Coek, syn h. v.
1890.] Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in A'lw Fork. j c
A" I73I. OUDERS.
d°. 28. Abraham P i e t r o ,
Marytje Vreelant.
Maart 5. Stephen Ba5'ard,
Alida Vetch.
KINDERS.
Martha.
Stephen.
d°.
d°.
d°.
d".
d°.
14.
17-
20.
D° Henricus
E Iseb e t
Home.
Boel,
Van
Jacob Goelet, Catha-
rina Boelen.
Cornells C 1 o p p e r ,
Catharina Greven-
raat.
Elbert H a e r i ng ,
Catharina Lent.
Elisabeth.
1 73 I geboren
den 16 Febr :
gestorven den
3 Octob : N.
St. int Jaar
1752.
Abraham.
GETUYGEN.
Martinus Cregier, An-
naatje Cregier, h v.
Van Victor Bikker.
Philip Livingston, Robert
Livingston, Judith Van
Dam.
Cornells Van Home
Gerrits, z. , Catharina
Van Home, h . v.
Van D^ Archibald
Fisher.
Cornelia.
Margrietje.
Johannes Hofman, Johannes.
Margrietje Anhuyse.
Henry Foeler, Sara Debora.
Bosch.
Johan W i 1 h e 1 m Jacobus.
Altgeldt, Anna -
Maria Ernstyn.
Charl e s Le Roux, Charles.
Catharina B e e k -
man.
Jan Pieter Zenger, Evert.
Catharina Moulin.
Petrus Low, Rachel Cornells.
Roosevelt.
Jan Van Pelt, Hille- Johanna.
gond Bo ek e n -
hoven.
Nicolaas Burger,
Debora Vlyden-
burg.
David de Voor, Jan-
netje Montagne.
Pieter Pra Van Zandt,
Sara Willemse.
Jannetje.
Wynand.
28. Henricus Bresteede,
Geertje Wessels.
Henricus.
Jan Goelet, Catharina
Boelen, h. v. Van
Philip Goelet.
William Hamersly, Elisa-
bet Schuyler, Wed^.
Johannes Qiiakkenbosch,
Margrietje Bogert, syn
h. v.
Johannes Snoek, Catha-
rina Manderbag.
Nicolaas Roosevelt, Elsje
Bosch, jonge dochter.
Jacobus Pieter Snyder,
Maria Elisabet Haning.
John Spratt, Geertruyd
Le Roux, jonge docht.
Johannes Roorbag, Sophia
Graii, syn h. v.
Cornells Low, senior,
Margrietje Van Bus-
sen, s. h. V.
Johannes P o e 1 , Tietje
Van Pelt, syn moeder.
Nicolaas. James Mundiin.
Jacobus Montange, Maria
Pell, syn h. v.
Wynand Van Zandt,
Catharina Ten Eyck,
syn h. V.
Pieter Masier, Debora
Bresteede, h. v. Van
And' Bresteede.
I tr^ Records of the Reforined Dutch Church in New York. [Oct.,
d°.
A° I73I. OUDERS.
April 4. Johannes C r egi e r,
Anna Naxsen.
Laurens Lammers,
J an n e t j e Mak-
danel.
[509-]
d*. 7. Roelof "Van Mepelen,
Jannetje Lamb.
1 1. Jan Goelet, Jannetje
Cannon,
Andries Ba r h e i t ,
Rachel Hoist.
Johannes Van Deur-
sen, Geeitje Mint-
horn.
14. Gerrit Hennion,
Marytje Van Vorst.
Jacob Brouwer, Lea
Slott.
Jacobus Rykman,
Geertje Ariaanse.
Burgon C o e v e r s ,
Anna Selover.
I sa a k Chardovin,
Anna Caar.
* Aldert Antony.
18. Johannes Hendriks,
z., Sara Masier.
* Cornelius G. Van
Home, Joanna
Livincfston.
d°.
d°.
d°.
19.
Abraham De Peyster,
Margareta Van
Cortland.
Gerrit Hassin, En-
geltje Bulger.
Gerrit Van Gelder,
Anna Quik.
KINDERS.
Thomas.
Johannes.
Alexander.
Jannetje.
Geertje.
Hillegond.
Cornells.
Johannes.
Jacobus.
Daniel.
Anna.
Johannes.
Abraham.
Corneliis.
Frederik.
Johannes.
Jacobus.
Mav
Gerrit de Fo r ee St , Gerrit.
Cornelia V\'aldron.
Paul us Hoppe, Jacob.
Marritje Quakken-
bosch.
William De Peyster, Johannes.
Margareta Roose-
velt.
GETUYGEN.
Pieter Naxsen, Jenneke
Cregier, jonge docht.
Johannes Symonse, Jan-
netje Makdanel.
John Galloway, Annaatje
Lamb, syn h. v.
Johannes Burger, Catha-
rina Cannon.
Simon Cregier, Antje
Van Oort, syn h. v.
Philip Min'thorn, An-
naatje Roll, syn- h. v.
Cornells Van Vorst,
J^in^, Claasje de Mott.
Johannes Pietersen, Antje
Tad is.
Samuel Kip, Senior,
Margarietje Rykman,
s. h. V.
Isaak Van Deiirsen, Anna
Van Deursen, s. h. v.
Willem Caar, E 1 i s ab e t
Caar, jonge dochter.
Nicolaas Antony, Re-
becca, syn h. V.
Pieter Masier, Maria
Masier, h. v. Van
Sam : Pell.
D^ Archibald Fisher,
Philip Livingston,
Catharina Van Home,
h. V. Van D^ Fisher.
Pieter Jay, Francina Jay,
h. V. Van Fr : Van
Cortland.
Mariniis Echt, Aaltje
Hassin, syn h. v.
David Van Gelder,
Neelije Onkelbag, h.
v. Van Joh^ Van
Gelder.
Jan Waldron, Rachel
Lefferts, syn h. v.
Jacob Coning, Klaasje
Coning, syn h. v.
Jan Roosevelt, Anna de
Peyster, \^'ed^
1S90. ] Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York. \cr
A I73I. OUDERS,
d°. 5. T i m o th eii s Tilly,
Elisabet Burger,
Q°. 12. Pieter Van Benthuy-
sen, M a r g r i e t j e
Olferts.
Cornells Van Hoek,
Jenneke Bos.
[510.]
d°. 16. Thomas Dwait,
Cathalyntje Beddii.
Johannes Tevo,
Bregje Pels.
d°.
d°.
d°.
^Z-
27.
Samuel Johnson ,
Marytje Van Pelt.
Laurens Elbertse,
Christina Persel.
Vincent Bodyn,
Hyla Smith.
juny
d°.
d°.
30. Wynand Van Zandt,
Ca t h a r i n a Ten
Eyck.
4. Thomas T o n g ,
Catharina Rutgers.
Pieter Bondt, Junior,
CatalyniJL' Meyer.
13. Gysbert Van Deiir-
stn, Annetje Ten
Broek.
23. Hendrik B o g e r t ,
Cornelia De
Graauw.
d°. 27. H e n d r ik Antony,
Eva Fishjer.
Alexander B li Is i n ,
Aafje Wood.
Jan _Man, Elisabet
V^an Deurssen.
Marten Bogert,
Aaltje Persel.
4. Jacobus Davie, Maria
Filly.
Harmanus Rutgers,
Jn^, Elisabet Ben-
sen.
July
KINDERS. GETUYGEN.
Timotheiis. Jacobiis Davie, Maria
Tilly, syn !■. v.
Petriis. Jacobus I'lirk, Maria
Meyer, syn h, v.
Hendrikje. Isaak Van Hoek, Liister
G o r s e n , h. v. Van
Joh^ Symonsen.
Dina. Jan Ellen, Cornelia
Beddii, syn h. v.
Johannes. Abraham Ten Eyck,
Marytje Deblett, h. v.
Van J oh* Tevo, senior.
Antje. David Provoost, Chris-
tina Pra, syn h. v.
Aaltje. Gerrit Hyer, Sara Bos,
syn h. v.
Cornells. Jacobus Quik, junior,
Catalyntje Stevens, h.
v. Van Jonas Right.
Wynand. John Lemontes, Sara
Willemse, h. v. Van
Pieter Pra Van Zandt.
Antony. Pieter Rutgers, Helena
Hoogeland, s. h. v.
Marcy, Pieter Bond, Marcy
Bond, syn h. v.
Aaltje. Mattheus Van Deurssen,
Aaltje Van Deurssen,
Wed^
Gerrit. Waller de Graauw,
Marytje Hyer, h. v.
Van Arent Van Hoek.
Hendrica. Abraham Aalstyn,
Marritjc Aalstvn, s.
h. V.
Helena. Hendrik B li 1 s i n , Hyla
Clopper, jonge
dochter.
Sara. Jan Van Deurssen,
Lybetje Burger, h. v.
Van Alexander Phenix.
Belitje. Henry Braisser, Abigael
Persel.
Maria. Josiia Davie, Maria
Davie, h. v. Van
Pieter Hibon.
Robert. Antony Rutgers, Cornelia
Roos, syn h. v.
I
J ::5 Records of the Reformed Dtilch Church in New York. [Oct,,
A° I'/ 31- OUDERS.
H e n d r i k Van de
Water, Anna
Schilman.
d°. 7. Matthevis Du Bois,
Debora Sinkam.
d°. 1 1 . Jan Roosevelt,
Heyllje Sjoerts.
G e r a i"d u s Harden-
broek, H e y 1 1 j e
Coely.
F r e d e r i k Blom,
Apolonia Vieden-
burg.
14. John Elner, Apolo-
nie Van Aarnhem.
18. Nicolaas Matthyssen,
Maria Lakerman.
d°.
d°.
d°."
d°.
d°.
[5II-]
Jacob Lory, Maiia
Van der Grist.
25. Benjamin Jarvis,
Maria Coning.
28. Abraham Van
Gel der, Catalyna
Vander Beek.
Willem Smith,
Gerritje Bosch.
Aiig : I. Abraham Van Vlek,
Maria Kip.
d°. 8. H e n d r i k Van
Winkel, Catharina
Waldron.
Willem Roome, Sara
Tiirk.
Johannes B o e k e n -
hoven E 1 i s a b e t
Van Gelder.
Johannes Webbers,
Anna Van Nor-
den.
d°. II. Johannes Laiirier,
Catharina Bancker.
d°. 1 5. S a m li e 1 Lawrence,
A n n a a t j e Van
Ti'iyl.
d°. 22. Abel Hardenbroek,
Annetje Elsworth.
KINDERS. GETUYGEN.
Thomas. Daniel Bonnet, Petro-
nella Van de Water.
David. Johannes Ten Broek,
Maria Ten B r o e k ,
jonge dochter.
Cornells. Nicolaas Roosevelt,
H i 1 le t j e Roosevelt,
jonge docht.
Gerardiis. Theodoriis Hardenbroek,
Maria Hardenbroek.
Frederik. Jan Blom, Marytje Vre-
denburg.
Abraham. Jan Van Aarnem, Sara
Van Aarnem.
Benjamin. Nicolaas M a tt h ysse n,
Barbara Bogardiis.
Jacob. Jan Abramse.
Arie. Arie Coning, Rachel
Peek, syn h. v.
Catalyna. Gerret Van Gelder, Elisa-
bet Van Gelder.
Anneke. Johannes Abrahamse,
Elisabeth Bosch, syn
h. V.
Cornelia. Johannes Vander Heiil,
Catlyntje de Hart, h.
V. Van Jacobus Qiiik.
Joseph. Joseph Waldron, Jannetje
Waldron, h. v. Van
Hendr : Boelen.
Jacob. Johannes INIarschalk,
Maria Meyer.
Stephanus. Cornells Van Gelder,
Anna Boekenhoven.
Olferl. Wolfert Webbers, Grietje,
syn h. v.
Jannetje. Johannes Bandt, Geertje
Vander Haan.
Catharina. John Crieger, Rachel
Lawrens, jonge docht.
Nelletje. Theophilus Elsworth,
Johanna Hardenbroek,
s. h. v.
1890.] Records of the Reformed Dutch Chtirch in New .Vor/^. j cy
A° I73I. OUDERS.
d°. 27. Francis Warne, Eva
Egt.
Willem Takker,
Maria Brouwer.
d°. 29. Willem Persman,
Justina Lie.
Sept: 3. John Lake, Calha-
rina Bensen.
Johannes Groesbeek,
Anna Bajeux.
d°. 5. Philip Melsbag:,
Catharina Clouryn.
d°. 12. Gerardiis Duyking,
Johanna Van
Brugh.
Antony Waldorf,
Maria Kil.
Lsaak Boke, Bregje
Romme.
d°, 15. Jan Jacobs, Harmpje
Koek,
Richard Norwood,
]\Iaria Cool.
1512.]
d". 19. Henriciis Cavelier,
Helena Burger.
Johannes Dii Bois,
Helena Bayard.
KINDERS.
Willem.
Willem.
Wil helm lis.
Johannes.
Elisabet.
Philippiis.
Vanbrugh.
Johannes.
Johannes.
Dirk.
Andrew.
Jannetje.
Petrus.
An dries Breestede,
Pieter.
Debora Wessels.
26.
Willem Crolliiis,
Veronica Corse-
lius.
Willem.
Adam Vanden Berg,
Cornells.
Maria Spoor.
Thomas Windover,
Johannes.
Elisabet Elze-
worth.
29.
Abraham F i 1 k e n s ,
Pryntje Tiebout.
IMagdalena
3-
Isaac Hennion,
Lena Stymets.
Catharina.
Pieter Ament, Elisa-
Johannes.
Oct
Pi
bet Tienhoven.
GETUYGEN.
Abraham Egt, Marriije
Egt, Wed^
Mansfield Takker, Maria
Fokke, syn h. v.
Victor Bikker, Justina
Witvelt, h. V. Van
James Lie.
Henricus Bensen, Claasje
Bensen.
Benjamin D'Harriette,
Maria Bajeu.x, jonge
docht'.
Philip Jong, Anna Maria
Stoiiert.
David Van Brugh, Catha-
rina Van Brugh, h. v.
Van John Noble.
Johannes Hofman, Geer-
truyd Sols.
A a r n o li t Romme, Ja-
comyntje Harsink.
Dirk Koek, Susanna, syn
h. V.
Miljora Norwood, h. v.
Van Antony Luiirs.
Johannnes Burger, Jan-
netje Brcuwer, syn
h. V.
D° GQaltheriis Du Bois,
Rachel Van Balen, h.
V. Van Henry Wille-
man.
Pieter Wessels, Anna
Wessels, jong docht.
Willem Corselius, Anna
Maria Altgelt.
Willem Gilbert, Fem-
metje Remsen.
Hercules Windover,
Maria Pietersen, svn
h. V.
Cornelis Qiiakkenbosch,
Cornelia Lametre, syn
h. V.
Gerardus Comfort, Catha-
rina Hennion, s. h. v.
Andries Barheit, Rachel
Hoist, syn h. v.
1 58 Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in Ntw Vorft. [Oct.,
A' I73I. OUDERS.
6. John INIaishal], Elsje
Rutgers.
Johannes Van Wyk,
Johanna Bed u e ,
obeit.
G e u r t Bennewee,
Pieternel M o n -
tagne.
17. Laurens Lammerse,
Lea Bras.
Evert Bvvank, Maria
Cannon.
24. Gideon Lynsen, Jan-
netje Hern's.
Willem Leaton, ^lar-
grietje Ketelhu\^n.
27. William Broune,
Hanna Bours.
Nov : 3. Xicolaas Dykman,
Anneke Seven-
hove.
7. Jan Willemse, Jan-
netje Vandewater.
J oris Brinckerhof,
Elisabet Bvvank.
10. David W'"". Pro-
voost, Anneke
Vandewater.
Johannes Van So-
1 i n g e n Annaatje
Marcelisse.
KINDERS. GETUVGEN.
Anna Maria. Harmaniis Rutgers,
Anna Maria Burck.
Johanna. Jan Ellin, Cornelia Bedue.
[513-]
17-
Josiia Sledel, Elisa-
bet Jansen.
David Schuyler,
Elisabet Mar-
schalk.
Jacobus Kip, Catha-
rina Kip.
Andrew Mansfiel,
Elisabet Thomsen.
Isaak Van H o e k ,
Aafje Van Schaik.
26. J il 1 e s Mandeviel,
Rachel Hoppe.
28. Jan de Wit Pietersen,
Anna Van Horn.
Petriis.
Simeon.
Johannes
]\Iaria.
David.
Maria.
nietge doopt.
Anneke.
Frederik.
Eiisabet.
Willem.
Marcelis.
Jan.
Catalyntje.
Samuel.
Johannes.
Johanna.
Maria.
Pieter.
Petriis INIontagne, Anna
Moor.
Pieter Lammerse, Marytje,
s\'n h. V.
Joris Brinckerhof, Jan-
netje Cannon, h. v.
Van Jan Goelet.
Jan Herris, junior, Elisa-
bet Herris, Jong d"".
Jan Leaton, Elisabet Lea-
ton.
Edward Anderson, Elisa-
bet Wood.
Dirk Vander Haan,
Geerlje Dykman, syn
h. V.
Frederik Willemse,
Maria Waldron, syn
h. V.
Abraham Lefferts, Sara
Hoogland, syn h. v.
Willem Provoost, Cor-
nelia Provoost, jong d'.
Elisabet Wanshaar, Jo-
hannes Wanshaar.
Jan Jansen, ]Marytje Jan-
sen.
Igenas DuMont, Teuntje
Marschalk.
Abraham Van Vlek,
j\Iaria Kip, s. h. v.
Pieter H i b o n , Maria
Davie, syn h. v.
Benjamin Herrin, Jen-
neke Bosch, h. v. Van
Cornells Van Hoek.
David Mandeviel, Marritje
Van Hoesen, s. h. v.
Cornelis G. Van Home,
Johanna Livingston,
s. h. v.
1890.] Capt. Alexander Forbes and his Descendants. j -q
CAPT. ALEXANDER FORBES AND HIS DESCENDANTS.
Bv Edmund Janes Cleveland, of Hae.tford. Conn.
Sir Alexander Forbes, of Pitslign, Co. Aberdeen, Scoi.-^r.r. fourth
Lord Forbes, b. 1668, d. 1742 (the original of "'Baron Bradwardine, " a
brave and gallant, but pedantic character in Scof/'s Waver/ey). ancestor of
George-Arthur-Hastings-Foibes, Earl of Granard and a Baronet of Neva
Scotia.
Arms : Azure, three bears' heads couped argent, muzzled gules.
Crest : A stag's head attired proper. Supporters : Two greyhounds
argent, collared gules. Motto : Grace me guide.
Sir Alexander Forbes was ancestor also of Capt. Alexander Forbes and
of John Forbes, of Deskrie, Scotland, whose son John, of St. Augustine,
Fia., was father of Ralph B. Forbes, b. in Milton, Mass., June 11, 1773,
of New York City. The family originated from the family of Dauch, and
was of the familv of Newe and Eding lassie.
Capt. Alexander Forbes, b. about 1720, of Scotland, an officer of
the British Army, came to Long Island, where he m. Abigail Lawrence,*
daughter of William Lawrence, of Newtown, L. I., N. Y., and had issue :
2 Alexander.
Capt. Alexander Forbes, son of i Capt. Alexander Forbes and Abi-
gail Lawrence, of England, also an officer of the British Army. He was
aided in promotion by his friend General Cleveland, t of the British Army.
* Her brother Joseph Lawrence m. Mar\- Townley, of Elizabethtown, Essex Co.
(now Elizabeth, tnion Co.), X. J., one of the heirs to the celebrated Townley
estate in England. Sir Robert Laurens, or Lawrence, of Ashton Hall, Co. Lan-
caster, Eng. , accompanied Richard CcEur de Lion to Palestine, II91, his son m.
Mar)% daughter of Ranulphus Trafford, of Lancashire.
Arms: Ar. a cross raguly gu. Crest: A denii-turbot ar. tail upwards, blotto: —
Quxro invenio.
The arms appear on plate, and on the seals of wills now on file in New York
City, and it is therefore evident that he is ancestor of John, William, and Thomas
Lawrence, brothers, settlers of Newtown, L. I., 1644-56. Sz:s Rikc-r's \c'ctozcn, 2S1.
+ Was this Lieut. -Col. Samuel Cleveland, Fourth Batt. Royal Artil.? He was
entitled to 5.000 acres in X. Y. by virtue of His Majesty's proclamaiion of Oct. 7.
1763 — OJiie of Sccrctan' of Stale of X. Y., Vol. XX JI., 259: and was he the Cien.
Cleveland who figured in the historj* of the Battle of Bunker Hill. June 7. 1775? Ac-
cording to the following account in Everett's Li fe of Joseph Warren in Sparks^ Ameriean
Biog. X. 153 : Immediately after they [the British] had landed [at Morton's Point] it
was discovered that most of the cannon balls which had been brought over were too
lafge for the pieces, and that it was necessary to obtain a fresh supply. "This
wretched blunder of oversized balls," says a British writer of the day, "arose from
the dotage of an officer of high rank, who spends all his time with the schoolmaster's
daughters." It seems that Gen. Cleveland, " who,"' as the same author says,
" though no Sampson, must have his Delilah." was enamored of the beautiful daugh-
ter of Master Lovell, and. in order to win favor with the damsel, had given her young
brother an appointment in the ordnance department, for which he was not qualified.
The accident, to whatever cause it may have been owing, created delay, and some-
what diminished the British fire during the first two attacks.
l6o Capt. Alexa?ider Forbes and his Descendajits. [Oct.,
and in courtesy named his first son in honor of the general ; rn. Miss
Susannah Gifford, of Newark, N. J. By this marriage there was issue :
3 Cleaveland Alexander.
4 Thomas, settled in Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., N. J.
5 Joseph, settled at Perth Amboy, N. J.
6 Maria Susannah.
7 Sarah, d. ; m. Daniel Okie, of Leeds, Yorkshire, Eng., and had
issue: (i. ) William, of New York City; (ii. ) Daniel; (iii.)
Alexander; (iv. ) Augustus; (v.) John; (vi.) Maria; (vii.)
Sarah; (viii. ) Elizabeth.
Capt. Cleaveland Alexander Forbes, son of (2) Capt. Alexander
Forbes and Susannah Gifford, became a captain in the American mercan-
tile marine, and settled in Perth Amboy, N. J. ; m. Susan Foster, of
Piscataway, N. J., and had issue :
Mary, d. in infancy.
8 Susan, d. intestate.
9 Maria, unm.
10 Sarah, d. intestate.
11 Alexander, d. intestate; settled in Perth Amboy.
12 Kate, ni. John Morris, and has had issue : (i.) John ; (ii. ) Su-
sannah ; (iii.) Thomas; (iv.) Catherine; (v.) Mary.
13 Anna, m. James Parker, Jr., now Judge Parker, residing in Cin-
cinnati, O., son of James Parker, Sr. , of Perth Amboy, and
brother of Hon. Cortlandt Parker, of Newark. By this mar-
riage there was issue : (i.) James ; (ii.) Cleveland Alexander ;
(iii.) Cortlandt Forbes; (iv. ) Penelope; (v.) Gifford; (vi.)
Anna P'orbes ; m. in Bay Ridge, L. I., N. Y., April 8, 1868,
(see 49) Cleveland Forbes Dunderdale ; (vii.) Louise ; (viii.)
Susan ; (ix.) Sarah ; (x.) Margaret.
14 Louise, d. ; m., and was the first wife of W. H. Benton, and had
issue: (i.) Louise; (ii.) William.
15 Elizabeth, m., and was the second wife of W. H. Benton, and
had issue: (i.) Cleaveland Forbes ; (ii.) Susannah.
16 Cleaveland.
17 John, d. intestate.
18 Thomas, m., and resided in Perth Amboy, N. J.
19 Joseph Dunderdale.
20 Gifford.
2 1 Andrew Bell.
Joseph Dunderdale, b. in Leeds, Yorkshire, Eng., resided and d.
there ; m. in Yorkshire, Eng., (6) Maria Susannah Forbes, daughter of
(2) Capt. Alexander Forbes and Susannah Gifford, and had issue, all b.
in Leeds, Yorkshire :
22 John, b. 1805.
23 Sarah, d. intestate.
24 Mary, m. John Robinson, of England, and is now a widow.
25 Joseph, d. intestate.
26 Forbes, m. Elizabeth Booth, of Connecticut, and has had issue :
(i.) Mary; (ii.) Forbes; (iii.) Maria.
1890.] Capt. Alexander Forbes and his Descendants. l5l
27 Cleavelaxd Alexander, d. intestate.
28 Susannah Bell, m. Benjamin C. Townsend, and has had issue :
(i. ) Forbes; (ii.) Charlotte; (iii.) William; (iv. ) Lawrence.
16.
Cleaveland Forbes, son of {3) Capt. Cleaveland Alexander Forbes
and Susan Foster ; m. Mary MacKinney of England, and has had issue :
29 Cleaveland Alexander.
30 Charles Seymour.
31 Louise Benton.
32 William Aspinwall.
19.
Joseph Dunderdale Forbes, son of (3) Capt. Cleaveland Alexander
Forbes and Susan Foster; resided at Perth Amboy, N. J.; in. and has
had issue :
33 Reginald.
34 William.
35 Jl^'LIA.
36 Florence.
37 Henry.
20.
GiFFORD Forbes, son of (3) Capt. Cleaveland Alexander Forbes and
Susan Foster ; m. and had issue :
38 Edward, d. prior to 1881.
39 GiFFORD, d. prior to 1881.
21.
Andrew Bell Forbes, son of (3) Capt. Cleaveland Alexander Forbes
and Susan Foster; m. Catharine Thompson, of Bordentown, Burlington
County, N. J., and has had issue :
40 Stanley.
41 Cleaveland Alexander.
42 Florence.
43 Catherine.
44 Angeline.
22.
John Dunderdale, b. in Leeds, Yorkshire, Eng., 1805 ; d. in Brook-
lyn, N. Y., 1872, son of Joseph Dunderdale and (4) Maria Susannah
Forbes ; came to America at the age of 21 years ; m. in New York city,
1833, Emily Hewitt, b. at Thorpe Hall, Chester (near Liverpool), Eng.,
1807 ; daughter of Thomas Hewitt, of Thorpe Hall and New York city,
and who is buried in Philadelphia, Pa. By this marriage there was
issue :
John, b. in New York city, d. in infancy.
45 Emily, b. in New York city ; unm.
46 Rosalie, b. in New York city ; m. Owen A. Gill and has issue :
(i.) Rosalie.
47 Frederick, b. in New York city, 1837 ; ir- Emma Gill and has
issue : (i. ) Frederick.
1 62 The Negro Phi of 171 2. [Oct.,
48 TosEPKiNE, b. in New York cil}' ; d. there ; m. Duncan McGregor
and had issue : (i.) Duncan ; (ii.) Robert Roy.
49 Cleaveland Forbes, b. in Richmond, Va., Sept. 14, 1842, Mr.
Cleaveland F. Dunderdale, civil and mechanical engineer, is
general manager and secretary of the Dunderdale Portland
Cement Company of New York city resides in Brooklyn, N. Y. ;
m. in Bay Ridge, Kings Co., N. Y., April 8, 1868, .■\nna Forbes
Parker, daughter of Judge James Parker, Jr., and (13) Anna
Forbes. By this marriage there has been issue : (i. ) Cleaveland
Forbes, b. in Brooklyn, Dec. 24, 1869 ; (ii.) Anna, b. in Brook-
lyn, 1871 ; (iii.) Philip, b. in Brooklyn, 1873 5 (^^O Grace, b.
in Brooklyn, 1875 ! (^0 Beatrice, b. in Kingston, N. Y,, 1879.
50 Robinson, b. in Richmond, Va., 1844 ; was lost at sea in a storm
many years ago.
THE NEGRO PLOT OF 171 2.
Communicated by Chaplain Roswell Randall Hoes, U.S.N.
It has always been a source of regret to the local historians and anti-
quaries of New York that so little original material exists relating to the
"Negro Plot of 1712." The details of the Negro Plot of 1741 have
come down to us in the publication of the original trial of the conspira-
tors, prepared by Daniel Horsmanden, one of the presiding judges, and
printed in 1744 and again in 18 10, but the history of the bloody plot of
1 71 2 and its incidents has never been fully written. Tlie following
extract from a contemporary letter furnishes many curious and interesting
facts never before published. The letter is dated the 23d of June, 171 2,
and was written by the Rev. John Sharpe, chaplain of the English garri-
son in New York, to the secretary of the venerable "Society for the
Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts," from whose archives in
London it was copied by the subscriber in January, 1887.
Mr. Neau, to whom repeated reference is made, will be recognized as
the persecuted Huguenot galley-slave of the days of Louis XIV., and
subsequently the devoted catechist of Trinity Church, whose well-known
school for negroes and Indians forms one of the most prominent features
of the ecclesiastical history of New York in those early days.
R. R. H.
" By the Clergys Address you will see what new Obstacles are in y^ way
of converting the Heathen, and tho' it has given y^ greatest offence, I
hope it may be at least for y^ advancement of v" good work. Some
Negro Slaves here of y® Nations of Carmantee & Pappa plotted to destroy
all the White [s] in order to obtain their freedom and kept their Conspir-
acy [so] Secret that there was not the least Suspicion of it, (as formerly
there had often been) till it come to the Execution. It was agreed to on
New Years Day the Conspirators tying themselves to Secrecy by Sucking
y* blood of each Others hands, and to make them invulnerable as they
believed a free negroe who pretends Sorcery gave them a powder to rub on
their Cloths which made them so confident that on Sunday night Apr. i
1890.] The Negro Plot of \']\2. j5
J
ab' 3 a Clock about the going down of the Moon they Set fire to a house
which allarming the town they stood in the Streets and Shot down &
Stabbed as many as they could, till a great Gun from the Fort called up
the Inhabitants in arms who soon Scatter'd them they murdered about 8
and wounded about 12 more who are since recovered some of them in
their flight shot themselves, one shot first his wife and then himself and
some who had hid themselves in Town when they went to Apprehend
them Cut their own throats many were Convicted and ab' 18 have Suff'er'd
death, this barbarous Conspiracy of the Negros w'^^ was first thought to
be general open'^ the mouths of many ag' Negroes being made Christians
M' Neau durst hardly appear his School was blaimed as y" main Occation
of it, and a Petition had like to have been presented if y^ Govern"' had not
Stood to his Cause. Amongst all those that Sufterd there were but two,
that had been of his School one of w*"'' only was baptized and he was
Condemned on Slender Evidence in )^ heat of y* Peoples resentment I
saw him Suffer and heard him declare his Innocency w* his dying breath,
and then but too late for him he was pitied and proclaimed Innocent by
y^ Generality of y^ People. I'he other of the Catachumens was Slave to
an Eminent Merch' one Hendrich Hooghlandt who was murdered, he
had for two Years Solicited his master for leave to be baptized but could
not obtain it, he was certainly in y* Conspiracy but was hanged in Chains
for the murder of his Master, after his hanging three days I went to him
and exhorted him to Confession, he said he knew of y*' Conspiracy but was
not guilty of any bloodshed in the tumult. The cry ag' Catechising ye
negros continued till upon Conviction they were found to be such as
never frequented M'' Neau's School, and what is very observable the
Persons whose Negroes have been found guilty are such as are declared
opposers of Christianizing Negroes. The Spanish Indians were at first
most Suspected as having most understanding to carry on a plot and
being Christians There was no evidence against any but two and that
was presumptive, however they were Condemned I visited them in Prison
and went with them to the Gallows where after they were tyed up they
declared their Innocency of what was laid to their Charge and behaved
themselves as became Christians, while I was at prayers with them Inter-
est was made with the Governour for their Reprieve. Upon the Whole
as )^ Christian Religion has been much Blasphemed, and the Society's
pious design has been much obstructed, by this bloody Attempt of y^
Negroes. I am hopefull that both shall be promoted since it appears on
iryall that those are Innocent, who have been Seasoned with Principles of
Religion and there are but a Small Number that come to School in Com-
parison of the many hundreds that are in this place. I believe not above
v^ tentii.
164 The Vredenhurgh Family of Ulster Co., N. Y. [Oct.,
EARLY SETTLERS OF ULSTER CO., N. Y.— THE VREDEN-
BURGIi FAMILY— TWO GENERATIONS.
By Gerrit H. Van Wagenen.
(Compiled from the Church Records of New York, Kingston, and Rhinebeck.)
WillemIsaacszen Vredenburg or Van Vredenburgh, from the Hague,
arrived in New Amsterdam, May, 1658, in ship Gilded Beaver (Recorp,
Vol. XV,, p. 75). He was a soldier in the service of the Dutch West India
Co., as shown by a petition, June 16, 1661, of William Van Vredenburg
and Cornelis Andriessen Hoogland, discharged soldiers, for a remission of
the prices of their passage money to this country (Col. Dutch MSS. p.
225). Oct. 19, 1664, " Willem Isaacszen Vredenburg," Uytten Hage
(From the Hague), and Apollonia Barents, Uyt. N. Nederlandt, were
married in the Dutch Ch., New Amsterdam. She was bp. in New Am-
sterdam Jan. 29, 1645, ^'^d was the daughter of Barent Jacobszen (Cool)
and Marritie Leenderts.
We learn from the Colonial Documents that in 1673 William Van
Vredenburg was living under the walls of Fort William Hendrick and the
new fortifications of New Orange. It having become necessary to remove
the houses so situated, the owners were ordered to remove and promised
satisfaction for their loss. The surveyor was ordered to set oflf lot No. i
on the west side of Broadway, in what was formerly the garden of the
West India Co., to William Van Vredenburg (Doc. Col. Hist., Vol. II.,
pp. 629, 630, 635, 716).
This lot he sold in 1678 to David Ackerman (N. Y. Deeds). About the
year 1677 he moved to the Esopus, where three of his children were bp.
I find no record of bp. of any of his children between the years 1677
and 1682. His will, if it could be found, would show whether there .
were any between those dates. His descendants as recorded in thechurch
books of New York, Kingston, and Rhinebeck were as follows :
2. Isaacg, bp. in N. Y. Oct. 4, 1665 ; married there March 7, 1694,
Janneken Joosten, widow of John Pell, bp. N. Y. Nov. 16,
1664, daughter of Joost Carelszen and Styntie Jans (Record
Vol. VII., p. 21). Janneken Joosten, widow of Isaacg Vreden-
burg, m. Aug. 19, 1 7 10, in N. Y. Pieter Van Velsen, widower.
3. Cornelia, bp. in N. Y. Dec. 14, 1-667 ; m. at Kingston Feb.
23, 1685, Cornelis Martense Esselsteyn (Van Esselsteyn —
Ysselsteyn) of Claverack, son of Marten Cornelise, born in the
city of Ysselstein, and Mayke Cornelise, born in Barrevelt, both
living in Claverack (Pearson's Albany Settlers, p. 46).
4. Maria, bp. in N. Y. Nov. 3, 1669 ; m. at Kingston Nov. 3, 1700,
Jan Hendricksen of Harlem, born 1674, son of Hendrick Jan-
sen Van Beest (Van Kortright) and Catharine Hansen
(Riker's Harlem, p. 289).
5. Johannes, bp. in N. Y. Oct. 21, 1671 ; died May 8, 1721 ; m.
at N. Y. Sept. 12, 1696, Johanna de La Montagne, bp. in N.
Y. April 16, 1673, daughter of Jean de La IVIontagne and
Maria Vernelje (Record, Vol. VIII., p. 29). She died, July
3, 1734.
1890.] The Vredenhurgh Family of Ulster Co., N. Y. \(^c
6. Annatie, bp. in N. Y. Dec. 8, 1673 ; m. at Kingston Jan. 3,
1697, Hendrick Rosenkrans, bp. in N. Y. April 28, 1674,
r son of Harman Hendricks and Magdalena Dircks, Hendrick
Rosenkrans, widower of Annatie Vredenburgli, m.at Kingston,
Oct. 26, 1721, Antje DelaVal, widow of Garret Van Ben-
schoten.
7. Ariaentie, bp. in N. Y. Dec. 8, 1675.
8. WiLLEM, bp. in N. Y. Dec. 22, 1677; m. at Kingston Nov. 12,
1699, Heyltje Van Etten, bp. at Kingston April 21, 1679,
daughter of Jacob Jansen Van Etten and Annelje Adriantie
(Krom).
9. Abraham, bp. at Kingston Jan. 27, 1682 ; m. at N. Y. Jan. 17,
1706, Isabella Paersil ; she was deceased at the time of the bp.
of her son Abraham, Sept. 2, 171 1. Abraham married 2nd
Dorethea Coljer, bp. at Albany May 19, 1689, daughter of Juri-
aan Collier of Kinderhook, and Lysbeth (Pearson's
Albany Settlers, p. 33).
10. Jannetje, bp. at Kingston April 16, 1684 ; m. at Kingston
June II, 1704, Albert Van Garden, son of Gysbert Albertse
and Rachel Rosekrans.
11. Rachel, bp. at Kingston Nov. 6, 1687.
Children of Isaacj Vredenburgh (2) and Janneken Joosten.
12. Willem, bp. in N. Y. Dec. 23, 1694.
13. Willem, bp. in N. Y. Oct. 4, 1696 ; m. at N. Y. April 22,
1717, Catharina Schott, bp. at Kingston Sept. i, 1695, daugh-
ter of Patrick Schott (Scott) and Margery Wilding.
14. JoosT, bp. in N. Y. Jan. i, 1699 ; m. in N. Y. June 26, 1725,
Magdalena Brouwer, bp. in N. Y. March 8, 1704, daughter
of Jacob Brouwer and Annetie Bogardus (Record, Vol. XV.,
p. 114).
15. Johannes, bp. in N. Y. July 23, 1701 ; m. in N. \. June 22,
1723, Jannetje Woodaard, bp. in N. Y. July 7, 1700, daughter
of Jan Woodaard and Eva Winne.
16. Isaac, bp. in N. Y, Oct. 3, 1703.
17. Kristina, bp. in N. Y. Mar. 10, 1706.
Children o/* Cornelia Vredenburgh (3) and Cornells Marlense Esselsteyn.
iS.'Bartaak, bp. at Kingston, Aug. 7, 1687 ; m. at Albany Oct. 9,
1706, Isaac Vandeusen (Pearson's Albany, p. 124).
19. Tobias, bp. at Albany Aug. 3, 1690.
20. Willem, bp. i693(?)
21. Isaac, bp. at Kingston Jan. i, 1696; m. there Nov. 26, 1725,
Rachel Bogaard.
22. Jacobus, bp. at Kingston Nov. 6, 1698 ; m. there May 18, 1724,
Magdalena Brodhead.
23. Johannes, bp. at Kingston May 26, 1701 ; m. Maria Vreden-
burgh (32).
24. Abraham, bp. at Albany Jan. 8, 1704.
25. David, bp. at Albany Oct. i'^ 1705,
1 56 The Vredenhurgh Family of Ulster Co., N. K [Oct.,
Children o/* Maria Vredenburgh (4) and Jan Hendricksen.
(All baptized at Kingston.)
26. WiLLEM, bp. Aug. 4, 1 701.
27. Hendrik, bp. July i, 1704; m. at Kingston Oct, 11, 1730,
GarretiVan Benschoten.
V 28. Appolon*ia, bp. Aug. 11, 1706 ; m. Johannes Westfall.
29. Arjen, bp. Feb. 11, 1709 ; m. Elizabeth Cool.
Children 0/" Johannes Vredenburgh (5) and Johanna de La Montague.
(All baptized in New York.)
30. Johannes, bp. July 4, 1697 ; m. in N. Y. July 9, 1722, Sarah
Waldron, bp, in N. Y. Mar. 9, 1701, daughter of Joseph
Waldron and Annatie Woodard.
31. Appolonia, bp, Dec. 24, 1699 ; m. in N. Y. Mar. 26, 1722, Fred-
rik Blom, bp. in N. Y. Mar. 27, 169S, son of Jacob Blom
and Mayke Bosch.
32. Maria, bp. April 5, 1702 ; m. Johannes Esselsteyn (23).
33. WiLLEM, bp. Dec. I, 1704 ; died May 18, 1783 ; m. in N. Y.
May 25, 1729, Willemyntie Nack, born Mar. 5, 1710 ; died
April 18, 1776, daughter of Matthias Nack and Anyenietje
Schaats.
34. Annatje, bp. Aug. 31, 1707 ; m. in N. Y. March 9, 1742,
William Caar, son of Antony Caar and Annetje Huyke.
35. Elizabeth, bp. June 18, 17 10.
36. Elizabeth, bp. Aug. 26, 1711 ; m. in N. Y. May 4, 1735, Will-
iam Corselius.
IJ. Cornelia, bp. Dec. 8, 1714.
Children 0/" Annatie Vredenburgh (6) and Hendrick Rosenkrans.
(All baptized at Kingston.)
38. Appolonia, bp. Oct. 31, 1697 ; m. at Kingston Nov. 8, 1725,
Arian Oosterhout.
39. Herman, bp. Oct. 29, 1699.
40. WiLLEM, bp. Dec. 22, 1700; m.Jannetje Hofman Sept. i, 1731.
41. Herman, bp. Apr. 19, 1702.
42. Herman, bp. Sept. 3, 1704 ; m. Antje Schoonmaker.
43. Hendricus, bp. Oct. 20, 1706 ; m. Maria Depuy Dec. 16, 1728,
at Kingston.
\ 44. Johannes, bp. Feb. 18, 1709.
45. Ysaak, bp. Aug. 10, 171 2.
46. Alexander, bp. Aug. 10, 171 2.
Children o/"Willem Vredenburgh and Heyltje Van Etten.
(All baptized at Kingston.)
47. WiLLEM, bp. June 30, 1700; m. Catalyntje Kip, daughter of
Jacob Kip and Rachel Swartwout, bp. at Kingston Feb. 18,
1705.
1890.] The Vredenburgh Family of Ulster Co., N. F. 167
48. Annatje, bp. Dec. 21, 1701.
49. Jacobus, bp. Oct. 31, 1703; m. at Kingston June 18, 1726,
Clara, daughter of Barent Van Wagenen and Lea Schepmoes,
bp. at Kingston, Mar. 17, 1706,
50. Appolonia, bp. Jan. 13, 1706; m. Hendrick Kip, son of Jan
- Kip and Elizabeth Van Kleeck, bp. at Kingston, Sept. 3,
1704.
51. Ariaantje, bp. Jan. 12, 1707 ; m. at Rhinebeck Sept. 26, 1731,
Abraham Oosterhout.
52. Ary, bp. 1709 (?) ; m. Sara Rosekrans, bp. at Kingston Feb.
4' 171 1, daughter of Dirk Rosekrans and Wynlje Kierstede.
53. Petronella, bp. June 11, 1711 ; m. at Rhinebeck June 2, 1735,
David De Duytscher.
54 Isaac, bp. Jan. 11, 1713 ; n^- at Rhinebeck Feb. 23, 1734,
Geesjen Pier, bp. at Kingston Feb. 7, 1714, daughter of
Teunis Pier and Grietje Defoe.
55. Johannes, bp. Oct. 10, 1714; m. at Rhinebeck July 8, 1736,,
Marytjen Oosterhout.
k6. Abraham, bp. Sept. 23, 1716 ; m. at Rhinebeck Apr. 16, 1736,
Catrina, daughter of Theunis Pier and Grietje Defoe, bp. at
Kingston Sept. 30, 1 716.
157 Petrus, bp. May 11, 1718 ; m. at Rhinebeck May h, 1755,
Lydia, daughter of Johannes De Duitscher and Catharina
Bogardus, bp. at Kingston Dec. i, 1728.
58. Benjamin, bp. March 13, 1720 ; m. at Rhinebeck May 3, 1740,
Catharina Kraft (De Graaff).
59. Matthew, bp. Apr. 22, 1722; m. at Rhinebeck June 17, 1749,
Margriet Westfael.
Children 0/ Abraham Vredenburgh (9) and Isabella Paersil.
(All baptized in New York.)
60. Aplonia, bp. Oct. 2, 1706; m. James Boys (Byers) June 30,
1736 (N. Y. Marriage Licences).
61. Abraham, bp. June 20, 1708.
62. Margrietje, bp. Sept. 18, 1709 ; m. Richard Caker.
63. Abraham, bp. Sept. 2, 171 1.
Children 0/ Abraham Vredenburgh (9) and Dorelhea Coljer his 2nd wife.
(All baptized in New York.)
64. Elizabeth, bp. April 3, 171 5.
65. Abraham, bp. Sept. 23, 1716.
66. Elizabeth, bp. Jan. i, 1719 ; m. Benjamm Dealing Aug. 11,
1738 (N. Y. Marriage Lxences).
67. WiLLEM, bp. Jan. II, 1721.
68. Cornelia, bp. Apr. 28, 1723.
69. Annatje, bp. July 29, 1725.
70. Jannetje, bp. Nov. 18, 1727,
1 58 Two Old New York Houses. [Oct.,
Children <?/"Jannetje Vredenburgh (io) and Albert Van Garden.
(All baptized at Kingston.)
71. Rachel, bp. Mar. 17, 1706; m. at Kingston Feb. 12, 1727,
Lambert Brink.
72. WiLLEM, bp. Sept. 28, 1707; m. Annetje Vredenburgh.
qi. Gysbert, bp. Feb. 18, 1709 ; m. Maria Cool.
74. Appolonia, bp. Jan. 6, 1712 ; m. Derrick Quick.
75. Johannes, bp. Dec. 19, 1714 ; m. Margaret Quick.
TWO OLD NEW YORK HOUSES.
By Woolsey Rogers Hopkins.
I HAVE chosen for a lecture this evening ! How old } About a century
old. To a citizen of London this would seem ludicrous, but to this
recent city it is a long period. One hundred years ago with us is equiv-
alent to a thousand years in London. We go back to Washington, the
English to William the Conqueror ! These houses are No. 6 and No.
7 State Street. Many ladies present will ask where is State Street.''
State Street is that pretty crescent bordering the Battery which seventy
years ago was the court end of New York ; the fine houses with their
stables, their equipages, their service, belonging to the aristocracy of our
Metropolis. In No. 6 lived James Watson, a gentleman as well known
in the city as is Chauncey M. Depew at this time. And yet who knows
of James Watson now.? He was a genial gentleman, in easy circum-
stances, and a liberal man ; who kept open house for all whose company
was worth .having, being our first representative in Congress after the
formation of the Federal Constitution ; and his name appears in the
records of the City charities. I passed this house but five years since,
and saw the doors and windows open, and dust flying from them.
Rushing in to see what desecration was enacting there, I found the
interior was being torn out ; the wainscoting, the ceiling, the exquisite
staircase, the curious mantels were all being forced from their places ; but
what interested me most of all was the fireplace. On the bricks of this
was the accumulated soot deposited by wood cut on the lands of James
Bayard, or perhaps on Kip's Bay. This wood had been cut to open a
road on the west side to the Bloomingdale Road, and on the East side
to form a connection with the Boston Road. We still have No. 7 State
Street as it was when it was built, in the first part of this century. It
has about double the frontage of an ordinary house, and being in a cres-
cent, the piazza and balconies are spherical triangular in shape ; three
stately wooden pillars are intended to give it the look of an Italian pal-
ace. Double steps lead up to the landing, and there you observe the
window sash starting from the floor of the rooms, giving to the whole a
rural appearance. And this was the character of the house ; the guests
from the dining-room threw up this sash and moved their chairs to this
quiet front, where before them lay the beautiful grounds of the little park,
1890.] Two Old New York Houses. i^q
the waters of the bay, the distant Staten Island, the near Governor's
Island, the wooded shores of New Jerse\-, and the steep heights of Long
Island, soon to be the City of Brooklyn. A few white houses timidly
glanced through their surrounding foliage. All was rural at the front,
while from the rear of this No. 7 was seen the closely built little City of
New York. James Watson had interested me from my earliest childhood,
for he was the friend of my father, Samuel Miles Hopkins. Mr.
Watson took a fancy to this tall, broad-shouldered young countryman,
and, as John Bunyan would say, had him to his mansion. Young Hop-
kins soon made his way, and asked his kind host to sit to their mutual
friend, Col. Trumbull, for his portrait. This was in 1798, and the
painting is one of Trumbull's best. Before me now is the handsome
face of my father's early friend ; there is the bright eye, the ruddy cheek ;
there the speaking lips, as when painted a hundred years ago. This,
sir, is as near as we shall ever come to quaffing from the spring of per-
petual youth. Wishing to know more of this James Watson, I sent a
note of inquiry to Gen. James Walson Webb, and received a cordial
reply with an invitation to call on him, which I accepted. Ushered into
his library, I saw before me a handsome old gentleman with a complex-
ion so fair that a girl of sweet sixteen might have envied it. In contrast
was his hair, as white as snow, a tinge of red, with a blue vein through it,
marked his cheeks. He was suffering from gout, but this did not pre-
vent his entering at once on a history that interested me deeply.
He began in this way: "You were right in supposing that my
father Col, Samuel Webb, of Gen. Washington's staff", was the friend
of James Watson. They had been neighbors when boys, and their
friendship was kept up during life. I will give you an incident in the
life of Mr. Watson, as my father gave it to me : On a cold winter's day
Mr. Watson stepped down from his hospitable mansion and walked to
the post-office, then located at the corner of Wall Street and Broadway.
On his return he entered No. 69 Broadway, then Bunker's Tavern. The
host said to him : ' I have a guest here whom you will be glad to know,
Mr. Genet, the first accredited minister from France to our country.'
Mr. Watson sent his card, and the Frenchman appeared. After some
conversation Mr. Watson said : ' I shall be happy to see you at my house,
to meet some of our citizens.' The day and hour were given, and the
company assembled, one other guest being mentioned, Noah Webster,
of New Haven. He had come to New York in a sloop, for journeying by
land in the winter season was considered dangerous. He was then estab-
lishing the Book Concern which, it is asserted by his historian, came to
be, under his energetic management, the largest in the world ; and was
busy buying materials for this same 'book factory.' From that hand-press
came forth thousands of that invaluable little book called ' Webster's
Spelling Book,' the smallest of its kind ; and years after came from the
same press the largest book that had ever been bound, ' Webster's Dic-
tionary.' A/acy might have patterned after him, for he was editor,
publisher, printer, and book-binder ; he was captain, mate, and all hands,
in a literary way. You may suppose that one so employed would have
printer's-ink under his nails, and a soiled ruffle at the front, and his
cue unbraided. Not at all ! There were dandies in those days, and
he was one of them. But the dinner was a failure ; Mr. Genet proved
a marplot, who had been pampered and feasted as the representative of
I yO From Albany County and Neiv York City Records. [Oct.,
our friends the French, and he was a spoiled frog ! His remarks on
our government and our President were not just, and all were relieved
when the dinner was over and the guests had departed. Then Mr.
Watson and his friend Mr. Webster drew their chairs to the open fire,
' warming their feet while their backs were freezing.' This was the
only way in which our ancestors of that period essayed to be comfortable
in the long cold winters we seem to have grown out of. Then Mr.
Watson, smarting under the mortification of his dinner-paity, said to Mr.
Webster : ' If you will come to New York and edit a paper in support of
Gen. Washington's administration, I will furnish the means : the ene-
mies of Gen. Washington are increasing and this Frenchman will give
them his support.' Mr. Webster accepted the offer, and it was soon
announced that a journal would appear every day of the week (except
Sunday) at 4 p.m., if the mails served. This paper was named The New
York Minerva. A very notable article appeared in the first number,
headed, 'Can Slave Labor under any Circumstances Compete with Free
Labor } ' At the same time a Philadelphian was writing to his corre-
spondent in South Carolina to this effect : 'Friend, thou hast no right to
keep thy fellow-man in bondage.' Thus a century ago commenced
that discussion, at first friendly, then violent, then with the pistol and gun,
which ended at last in, 'Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war.' The
Minerva had its day of usefulness, and then was sold to a company who
changed its name to The New York Com7?iercial Advertiser ."
[Colonel Hopkins continued his address by further anecdotes of
Col. Samuel Webb and his friend Major Livingston, and their life in New
York after the Revolution, but as this is only incidental to the subject of
the Two Houses, he sends us nothing further.]
GENEALOGICAL DATA GATHERED FROM ALBANY COUNTY
AND NEW YORK CITY RECORDS.
By B. Fernow.
ALBANY. — Thomas Powell, signature, is called in the instrument
Poulus, Septbr. 1664.
Jan Vinhagen calls himself a native of the Diocese of Muenster, Ger-
many, July, 1668.
Cornells Teunisse Van Slyck, native of Breuckelen, Diocese of
Utrecht.
Gerrit Lansing, native of Hasselt, Holland.
Pieter Pietersen Lassingh, in the deed, signs Lassen.
Wm. van Dyck, resident of Utrecht, Holland.
Daniel Rinckhout, native of Pommerania.
Thos. Powell of Hartford has been a sergeant in Capt. Claudio
Messee's Company in Brazil.
Cornells Hendrick van Nes, living at Havendyck, near Yianen, Hol-
land, in 1625.
1890.] From Albany County and Neio Fork City Records. jyj
Marten Cornelissen, born at Ysselstein near Utrecht, ancestor of the
van Ysselstein famil)'.
Peter Winne, native of Ghent, Flanders.
Bastian de Winter, native of Middelborgh.
Gerrlt Hardenbergh, native of Maerssen near Utrecht.
Reynier Cuyler, brother of Hendr. Cuyler of Albany, lives at Amster-
dam, 1675.
Adam Dingemans, native of Haerlem, Holland.
Jacob Gerritsen van Laer, born in the Manor of Ruynen, near Ghent.
Hans Vosch, native of Luinenburgh, Hanover.
Nicolas Gregary Hillebrant, born at Prague.
Mary Ryverdingh, from Dantzig.
Jan Cloet (Clute) has brothers and sisters living at Nieuen Roy int
Land van der Marken.
Honnoire, de Honneur, an old Albany name, has it become Honor6 (?)
Jan de Vries, from Hamburg.
David Maries (Marius?) in Albany, 1664.
Martin Mouris, Mouwerensen, one of the witnesses to the purchase
of Schenectady, July 27, 1661.
Jan Pieterse van Woggelom, born at Amsterdam.
Pieter Jacobse Marius at New York, 1685.
Frederick Claese, born at Wester (?) in Drent, has mother and sister
living at Staphorst.
Rutger Arentsen, born in the Twert te Denekamp, Overyssel.
Aert Jacobse van Achtienhoven, village in Holland.
Wm. Jansen Schut has relatives at Amsterdam, Holland, in 1668
(Eytie Meyndersen).
" Mother of Claes van Elslant 2d, whose father was Claes van Elslant in
New York, was Willemtie Harpers van der Linde, niece of Domine Har-
manns Antonides van der Linde at Naerden.
Paulus Jansen, born at Gurkum.
Jan Eeraerts van Wesel.
Pieter Janse of Stockholm.
Lourens Janse, born at Hoesem.
Herman Koster, born at Burckelve.
Jean de la Rose, Frenchman, lives at Albany, 1671.
Nicolas Maison (Mason ?) do., 1672.
Robert Story at Albany, 1680.
Capt. Anthony Brockholst marries Susanna Schrick, 1680.
Anthd. Barwa, a Frenchman, with wife Anna Lielte and six children,
come from Canada, 1683.
Wm. Rees in Albany since 1672.
Arent van Corlear of Schankhyck, Albany Co., in 1765.
NEW YORK.— Cornelius Comegys lives on land of Pieter van der
Linde, Septbr. 1658.
Resolved and Joseph Waldron are brothers.
English names among the residents of New York before 1675.
Joan Woudberry, Atkan Atkins, John Kulpeper, Maria Jongbloet, Jan
Bally, Raimond Staplefort, Robert Watson, Jan Deudly, Wm. Carver, De-
liverance Lamberton, Benedict Aarnel (Arnold ?), Thos. Macky ; Jan
Jampingh, Priscilla, children of George Homes ; Nathl. Zeeman, Nichs.
Prett, James Caps ; Phil. Asban, Asborne (Osborne?) ; David Anderson,
J 72 Pruyn Family — Ajney-ican Branch. [Oct.,
Joost Goderis (Godridge?), Phil. Galpyn ; Jacob Haey, Hay, Hays; Jan
Mahu, Maihew, Samuel Mehu ; George Woolsey, Charles Morgan ;
Thomas, Nathl. , Hassarot and their father; Thos. Appelgate, Anthy.
Tooker, Rendel Huwit, Wm. Hallet, Saml. Scarlet, Jan Hutsen (Hudson),
Joshua Atwater, Henry Jackson, Jan Hackins ; Jacob Huges, surgeon ;
T. P. Tempel, Thos. Marshal, Wm. Pamer, Herry Hoskes, Wm. Heycks ;
Roger, Andru, Kilfort, Kilvert ; Witlock, Thos. Verdon ; John
Crabtree, born in Yorkshire^ Jonas Ranson (either Ransom or Rantzau) ;
Wm. Doeckles (Douglas.?) and wife Anneke Ryzen, w. of.Sol. La Chair,
Sept. 1664 ; Walter Salter; Eving Soelsberry, Englishman, 35 yrs. old,
Decbr. 1664; Jan Craffoort, Anty. Warton, Die Charleton ; Wm. New-
man of County Foy, Cornwall, 38 yrs. old, Mar. 1665 ; Moses Dorham
James Webb, Andr. 'Rees, John Hinsman, Knollum Winslow, Caleb
Burton, James Bullaine ; John Gurland, Garlant ; and Gerrit Trevor.
Wm. Thorne, born in Dorsetshire, England, 42 yrs. old, April 7,
1674, has wife and child in Boston.
Elizabeth Kay, his sister-in-law, 37 yrs. old, has husband, a barber,
in Boston.
Pieter Jansen van Langestraat is Pieter Jansen Romeyn in June, 1657,
widower of Dirckje Jansen, da. of Jan Rutgersen Moreau, by whom he
had son Jan Pietersen, 6 yrs. old, who died in 1658 (dead Dec. 11).
Marries again Maritie Juryaens van Copehague (?).
Thos. Verdon has son Jacobus, 3 yrs. old, June 19, 1659, wife Bar-
bara Imbroeck dead.
PRUYN FAMILY— AMERICAN BRANCH.
By John V. L. Pruyn.
(Continued from Vol. XXI., July, 1890, page 129.)
Mr. Van Schaack published "Laws of the Colony of New York"
(2 vols.. New York, 1773), ^^^ "Conductor Generalis, or The Duty
and Authority of Justices, Sheriffs, Constables, etc.. Revised and Adapted
to the United States" (1788). See his "Life, Journal, Diary and Let-
ters," edited by his son, Henry C. Van Schaack; also, "Appleton's Cy-
clopaedia of American Biography.''
[Peter Van Schaack was twice married, his first wife being Elizabeth,
dau. of Henry Cruger, of New York; his second, Elizabeth Van Alen,
of Kinderhook.]
By his marriage with Miss Van Schaack, Dr. John Matthias Pruyn
had issue :
406 Catharine, b. June 12, 1838.
407 Francis, b, March 26, 1840; d. Sept. 25, 1842.
408 Peter Van Schaack, m. Mary Barnard Tobey.
409 Maria, b. Oct. 29, 1842; bp. Oct. 12, 1844.
410 Margaret, b. May i, 1845; bp. Nov. 11, 1845; m., Oct. 8, 1872.
as his second wife, Peter Edward Van Alstyne, son of Adam
W
1890.] Pruyn Family — American Branch. l'7'K
Van Alstyne and Maria Bain, b. Oct. i, 183c, at Stuyvesant,
d. there May 5, 1876, Supervisor, Member of Assembly, Col-
lector of Internal Revenue. By this marriage there was issue,
Harriet Van Alstyne, b. Dec. 19, 1875.
370.
(370) John* Pruyn {"John /.s, y 0)171'', Francis^, Arenf, Frans Jansen^),
b. at Kinderhook, May 22, 1806 ; bp. there, June 20, 1806; m. there,
Feb. 7, 1828, Maria Snyder, b. March 30, 1805, at Shawangunk, Ulster
Co., N. v., dau. of Henry Snyder and Maria Decker. John Pruyn died
Oct. 29, 1843, at Kinderhook, and is buried in the Kinderhook Ceme-
tery. He had issue :
411 Henry, m. Margaret Anna Harder.
412 John Francis, b. Feb. 20, 1832, at Kinderhook, vvhere he resides;
grad. at Kinderhook Academy; is engaged in farming.
413 Mary Jane, b. Nov. 23, 1840, at Kinderhook ; d. there May 22,
1878
(371) Abraham Van Vleck* Pruyn {John I.^, John'^, Francis,^ Areni,'^
Frans Jansen^), was born at Kinderhook, Jan. 22, 1807, bp. by Rev.
Jacob Sickles ; studied at the Kinderhook Academy ; studied medicine
at Kinderhook with Dr. William Barthrop, and in New York at the Col-
lege of Physicians and Surgeons. He settled at Oswego, N. Y., but
moved to Picton, Prince Edward Co., Canada. Under the Canadian
laws it was necessary for him to pass an examination by the Board of
Medical Examiners at Toronto before he could be allowed to practise his
profession. The roads leading to Toronto were in very bad condition.
He had gone not half-way when his horse became exhausted, and he was
unable to procure another. To him this mishap was not an obstacle.
He proceeded on foot and reached Toronto during the session of the
board, passed the examination, and received his license. Dr. Pruyn
was an able physician and was greatly beloved. He was a member of the
Church of England, and resided at Picton, where he died, July li, 1856,
and is buried there in Glenwood Cemetery. He married at Picton, June
24, 1845, Clara Louisa Maria Fairfield, b. at Bath, Ont., Feb. 23, 1818;
bp. at St. John's, Bath, March 23, 1818 (Marshall '^^x\x\% Bidwcll ; * Clara
Wilcox Bidwell, his wife), dau. of Benjamin Fairfield and Abigail Lock-
wood (d. April 22, 1853, ^t. 79), of Bath.
Mr. and Mrs. Pruyn f had issue :
* An interesting sketch of Mr. Bidwell, from the able pen of Mr. Edward F. De
Lancey, is found in the Record of January, 1890.
f Mrs. Pruyn was married, Sept. 14, 1861, at St. Mary Magdalene, Picton (376),
Catharine Maria Pruyn witness, by Rev. Wm. Macaulay, to Walter Ross. This was
the second marriage of each. He was b. Dec. 25, 1S17, in the Parish of Fearn, Ross-
shire, Scotland, and was the son of WaUer Ross and Christina McCulloch of the
Parish of Tain, Ross-shire. He was educated in Scotland, and came to Canada,
where he was extensively engaged in business for forty years as a merchant. He
resided at Picton, and was a member of the Presbyterian Church. At the general
election in 1863 he was elected to Parliament in the Reform movement. At the first
general election after the Confederation in 1867 he was elected to the Dominion Par-
liament, was reelected in 1872, and in 1874, a change of government necessitating
174 Pruyn Fajnily — American Branch. [Oct.,
414 David John, m. Georgina Ellen Ann Pope.
415 Emily Jane, b. Sept. 12, 1849, at Picton, bp. Nov. 25 at
the church of St. Mary Magdalene (David Lockwood Fairfield;
Emily Spencer Fairfield ; Helen Mary Fairfield) ; d. there
Sept. 16, 1866, unmarried.
416 Anna Mary Louisa, b. Aug. 31, 1853, at Picton, bp. Feb. 5,
1854, at St. Mary Magdalene (Gideon Bowerman ; Helen
Mary Fairfield ; Louisa Ann Atkinson Hope) ; d. there Oct.
31. 1854.
Ill-
(373) Lucas ^ Pruyn, physician {John /. ■>, Johii^, Francis^, Arenf't
Frans Jansen^), b. June 14, 1812, at Kinderhook, N. Y,, bp. July 19.
18 1 2, at Kinderhook Dutch Church ; was married at Schodack Landing,
Oct. 25, 1836, by Rev. John Gray to Cynthia Willsey, b. Jan. 15 or 16,
181 6, bp. by Rev. P. van Buren, dau. of Cornelius Willsey and Geretta
Schermerhorn at that time of Schodack Landing, afterward, 1843, of
Kinderhook. Dr. Lucas Pruyn was a student at the Kinderhook Acad-
emy ; studied medicine with Dr. John Pruyn Beekman at Kinderhook,
also at New York, where he attended lectures given by the famous medi-
cal men of the day. About 1835 he was authorized to practise, and in
the spring of that year settled at Schodack Landing. In 1836 he moved
to Kinderhook but returned to Schodack in 1837. He finally settled
at Kinderhook in 1843, where he followed his profession the rest of his life.
He was interested in banking and joined the Dutch Reformed Church at
Kinderhook, Jan. 31, 1874. He died April 18, 1882, and is buried in
Kinderhook Cemetery. He had no issue. His widow resides at Kin-
derhook.
374.
John Chester Sweet, merchant, of Kinderhook, b. Aug. 9, 1822, at
Coeymans, Albany Co., N. Y., son of Joshua Sweet and Eleanor Will-
sey, formerly of Westerlo, Albany Co., N. Y. ; m. Oct. 21, 1846 (374)
Jane* Pruyn {John I.^,John^, Francis^, Arent^, Frans Jansen '), b. Oct. 16,
18 14. Mrs. Sweet is the owner of an old Dutch Pruyn family Bible and
of the original deed of the farm conveyed by Cornells Schermerhoorn to
(13) Arent Pruyn. (See The Record, Vol. XXL, No. i, page 10.)
another election, he was again reelected. In 1878 he declined to be a candidate
again, having represented the county for over fifteen years. He was for six years
Mayor of Picton ; was colonel of the l6lh Battalion from 1863 to 1883, in which
latter year he sent in his resignation to the government. Upon his retirement
his officers presented him a very handsome piece of plate.
His first wife, whom he married December i, 1845, was Miss Elizabeth Thorp,
by whom he had five children, as follows :
i. Walter Thorp Ross, b. at Picton. Jan. 22, 1S47, m. Calista Olivia
Bockus, and is Collector of Customs at Picton.
ii. Henry Thomas Ross, b. at Picton, Oct. 12, 1849.
iii. Mary Emma, b. at Picton, Oct. 31, 1851, m. George Simpson, Govern-
ment Land Commissioner at Brandon, Manitoba.
iv. Flora Elizabeth Ross, b. Nov. 8, 1853, at Picton; m. Wm. Aiken
Gilmore, Chicago, 111.
v. Frederick Henry Ross, b. at Picton, Jan. 27, 1857, lives in Chicago.
Colonel Ross had by his second wife (Mrs. Pruyn) an only child, Clara Kate
Mackenzie Ross, b. at Picton, Dec. 17, 1862, d. there. May 4, 18S5, unmarried.
Colonel Ross died at Picton, Nov. 12, 1888, and is buried in Glenwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Ross resides at Picton.
1890.] Pruyn Family — American Branch. j^r
By this marriage there has been issue :
John Pruyn Sweet, b. Nov, 17, 184S, bp. March 7, 1849; d. un-
married.
Ella Garetta Sweet, b. Oct. 31, 185 1, bp. Aug. 5, 1853 ; is the second
wife of Gerrit Sager Collier, lawyer at Kinderhook.
Lucas Pruyn Sweet, b. Dec. 17, 1855, bp. Jan. 3,1863; died young.
375-
(375) Isaac* Pruyn {John I }, John^, Francis^ ,Arent-, Fransjansen^),
lawyer and banker, b. at Kinderhook, N. Y., Nov. 25, 1816 ; bp. there
by Rev. Jacob Sickles, Jan. 3, 181 7; m. firstly at Kinderhook, Oct. 2,
1844, Mary Jane Wilcoxson, b. at Kinderhook, Mav 16, 1820, d, Nov.
5, 1853, bur. at Kinderhook, dau. of Judge Julius Wilcoxson and Maria
Hoes (m. July 17, 1819), who was a niece of President Martin Van
Buren.
Mr. Pruyn studied at the Kinderhook Academy ; was admitted to the
bar in 1838, and at one time practised law in New York. He has resided
for many years in Catskill, where he has held various positions of trust and
has been interested in railroad and other enterprises. In 1872 he
became president of the Catskill National Bank and still holds the posi-
tion. He is also a prominent member of the Dutch Church. By his
first marriage he has had issue :
417 Julius, b. at Kinderhook, Julv 14, 1845 ; d. at Catskill, July 28,
1867.
418 Mary Angelica, b. at Catskill, Dec. 3, 1846; d. there Aug. 30,
1873.
419 Elizabeth, b. Sept. 25, 1848, at Catskill; d. there ]\Iarch 26,
1851.
420 Anna, b. May 7, 1850, at Catskill ; d. there March 23, 1S51.
421 Sarah Louisa, b. at Catskill Nov. i, 1853.
Mr. Pruyn m., secondly, at Catskill, July 17, 1872, his deceased wife's
sister, Sarah Ann Wilcoxson, b. at Kinderhook, Aug. 16, 1827. There
is no issue by this marriage.
377-
John Wilcoxson, of Kinderhook, b. March 13, 1825, bp. May 29, 1825
at Kinderhook Dutch Church ; son of Julius Wilcoxson and Maria Hoes ;
married, July 27, 1853, (377) Anna* Pruyn {John /.\ John*, Francis^,
Areni', Frans Jafisen^), b. Oct. ii, 1821 ; grad. Albany Female Acad-
emy; d. July 26, 1887; bur. in Kinderhook Cemetery. There was issue
by this marriage :
Anna Harder Wilcoxson, b. June 13, 1854, bp. Feb. 7, 1855, at
Kinderhook Dutch Church.
Charles Wilcoxson, b. Feb. 16, 1857, bp. Oct. 31, 1857, d. March i,
1859.
Pruyn Wilcoxson, b. July i, 1858, bp. Feb. 5, 1859, d. May 25, 1879,
at Stuyvesant.
(378) Bartholomew Van Valkenburgh* Pruyn {John /.^ John*,
Francis^, Arent^, Frans Jansen^), b. at Kinderhook, June 30, 1826;
J ^5 Pruytt Faviily — American Branch. [Oct.,
entered Kinderhook Academy in 1838, completing his course in 1842 ;
fought in the Civil War, enlisting April 10, 1861 ; was commissioned
July 4, 1 86 1, ranking from May 14, captain of K Company, 30th Regi-
ment New York State Infantry ; discharged Oct. 3, 1862 ; was com-
missioned April 7, 1865, ranking from March 6, captain of D Company,
I92d Regiment, New York State Infantry ; mustered out August 28,
1865; has been town assessor at Kinderhook, where he resides; is a
member of the Dutch Reformed Church ; married, firstly, May 27, 1851,
at Kinderhook, Sarah Caroline Thomas, b. at Hudson, N. Y., May 10,
1833, d. at Claverack, Jan. 14, 1864, dau. of Robert Thomas and Sarah
Parks, of Kinderhook ; and has had issue :
422 Robert Thomas, m. Helen Joseph.
423 John Isaac, m. Mary Scott.
424 Sarah Elizabeth, b. at Kinderhook, March 30, 1856 ; m. at Chat-
ham, N. Y., March 19, 1879, Edward Van Alsiyne, b. March
16, 1858, at Sunnyside Farm, Stuyvesant, Columbia Co., N.
Y., son of Peter Edward Van Alstyne and Harriet Van Vran-
ken Mynderse his first wife, grad. Union Classical Institute,
Schenectady, 1875, is a farmer, owns and resides at Sunnyside
Farm, which has been in his family for several generations,
possesses family records back to 1734, is a deacon in the
Kinderhook Dutch Church, president of the Columbia County
Creamery Association, director of the Kinderhook and Stuy-
vesant Mutual Insurance Co., and trustee of School District
No. 6, of Stuyvesant ; and has issue by this marriage :
i, James Edward Van Altsyne, b. at Sunnvside, Jan. 31,
1880.
ii. Elizabeth Pruyn Van Alstyne, b. at Sunnyside, Nov. 2,
i88r.
iii. Annie Mynderse Van Alstyne, b. at Sunnyside, June 6,
18S4.
iv. Jean Pruyn Van Alstyne, b. at Sunnyside, Oct. 18, 1888.
425 Mary Kate, b. at Kinderhook, March 15, 1858; m. at Stuy-
vesant, N. Y., Nov. 5, 1879, Henry Allen Best, Jr., b. at
Stuyvesant, April 20, 1848, son of Henry Allen Best and
Elizabeth Philips Cutter of Stuyvesant ; and has had issue :
i. Pruyn Best, b. July 27, 1880, at Stuyvesant; d. there
Oct. 14, 1881.
ii. Henry Allen Best, b. May 27, 1884, at Stuyvesant;
d. there Jan 15, 1886.
iii. Abigail Lee Best, b. April 4, 1887, at Stuyvesant.
426 Edward Staats, b. Oct. 24, 1859, at Chatham ; d. there May 26,
1861.
427 Lucas W., b. at Claverack, Jan. 7, 1864 ; d. at Kinderhook, Aug.
10, 1864.
Bartholomew Van Valkenburgh Pruyn, married, secondly, Jan. 27,
1869, Judith Ann Groat, b. July 28, 1828, dau. of Martin Groat and
Sarah Crocker, of Kinderhook ; no issue.
381.
(381) James Wood ® Pruyn (Zrerz«fl«^ Arenf^, Harmen^, Arenf, Frans
1 890. J Two Quebec Graves. I 77
Jansen^), b. Oct, 18, 1834, in New York State ; m. Sept., 1866, at Page
Centre, Iowa, Rebecca Bradshaw Gray, b. April 17, 1846, dau. of
Richard Gray, M.D., and Sarah Watt, of Wahoo, Nebraska. Mr. Pruyn
was educated at the public schools, and at the Academies of Princeton
and Amsterdam, N. Y. He served three years in the 23d Iowa Infantry
as private, corporal and sergeant, and has been an elder in the Presby-
terian Church since 1866. He resides at Otis, Colorado, where he is a
real-estate dealer and banker, being President of the First Bank of Otis.
He has issue :
428 Albert Vedder, b. Aug. 6, 1867, at Page Centre, Iowa; is cashier
of the First Bank of Otis.
429 Mabel, b. Dec. 29, 1868, at Page Centre, Iowa.
430 Leonard L.,b. Aug. 9, 1870, at Page Centre, Iowa.
384.
John Finkle, of Fredericksburgh, Ontario, married (Liber D. Bath
Registers in vault at Kingston) Sept. 9, 1828 ; (384) Martha^ Pruyn
[William^, Matthew^, Harmeti^, Arent', Fraris Jansen"-), b. Jan. 14, 1808,
bp. March 21 at Fredericksburgh ; d. July 4, 1846 ; and had issue :
Mary Jane Finkle, bp. at Bath, Jan. 31, 1830; m. E. R. O'Brien;
now a widow.
Jacob Henry Finkle. bp. March 4, 1832, by Rev. John Stoughton,
at St. Paul's, Fredericksburgh (Duncan McKenzie ; INIary Pruyn).*
Jemima Finkle, m. W. I. Willson.
Alexander Finkle, b. at Woodstock, Ontario, where he now resides ;
is a barrister and Judge of the County of Oxford, Ontario.
Martha Finkle, b. at Woodstock ; unmarried.
{To be continued.)
TWO QUEBEC GRAVES.
By Gen. Jas. Grant Wilson.
At the south end of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, as you enter the
gate leading to the burial ground, situated on the principal street of the
ancient capital of Canada, may be seen the grave of Sir Walter Scott's
favorite brother, a man of infinite humor and excellent parts, to whom
was attributed for a time the authorship of the Waverley novels. This,
of course, was before they were acknowledged by Sir Walter. He
was several years younger than his highly gifted brother, and pursued for a
few years his father's profession, but he was unfortunate from engaging in
speculations respecting farms, and other matters out of the line of his
legal business. Through the aid of influential friends, he afterwards
* The parish registers of the Church of England in the Diocese of Ontario are
kept in the vault of the Synod of the Diocese at Kingston. For access to them I
am indebted to James Shannon, Esq., Postmaster at Kingston, and Registrar of
the Diocese of Ontario. J- *• •'— "•
1*^8 '^'^0 Quebec Graves. [Oct.,
became paymaster of the 70th regiment, serving for many years in
Kingston and Quebec, where he died early in 1823, and was buried by
the side of his youngest daughter. Several venerable Canadians, who
still survive at nearly four-score and ten, remember Major Scott as a tall,
handsome man of martial figure, fond of society, and, like Sir Walter, an
excellent story-teller ; but, unlike his gifted brother, able to sing a good
Scotch song, which he frequently did at the regimental dinners, as well as
at his own fireside. He married Elizabeth, a daughter of the family of
MacCulloch, of Ardwell, an ancient Galwegian stock, by whom he left
three daughters and a son, Walter Scott, who, at the time of his father's
death, was a lieutenant of engineers in the East India Company's service.
In Lockhart's Memoir of Scott, there are several letters addressed to the
Major by Sir Walter, from one of which, written in 1817, "^^^ following
extract is taken: "Should you remain in Canada, you must consider
your family as settling in that State ; and as I cannot believe it will remain
very long separated from America, [the United States, Sir Walter should
have said] I should always think this equal to depriving them of the
advantage of British subjects — at least of those which they might derive
from their respectable connections in this country." The poet said of
the paymaster that he " knew of no person who possessed more power of
humor or perception of the ridiculous." After the Major's death, his
family returned to Scotland, and were for a time Sir Walter's guests at
Abbotsford.
The granite stone which marks the Major's grave is in excellent con-
dition, and bears the following inscription : —
Sacred
To the memory of
Thomas Scott, Esquire,
Late Paymaster
Of the 70th Regiment,
Who departed this life
4th February, 1823.
And his daughter,
Barbara Scott,
Who died
On the 5th October, 1821,
In the eighth year of her age.
John Wilson, perhaps the best singer of Scottish songs of his own
age, or of any age, and in the judgment of Dr. Robert Chambers, of
Edinburgh, unsurpassed in the beauty and taste with which he rendered
the music of his native Caledonia, visited the United States and Canada
in 1849, accompanied by his daughter, who assisted him in the very
successful series of entertainments which he gave, consisting of Scottish
songs and recitations. He had given several concerts in St. George's
Hall, Quebec, and was announced for " A nicht wi' Burns," before his
departure. On Saturday, July 7, while fishing in Lake St. Joseph, he
was taken ill, it was supposed from exposure to the excessive heat, and
died at an early hour on the following Monday morning, one of the first
victims to the cholera, which was so fatal in Canada during that summer.
1890.] Two Quebec Graves.
179
He was burled in Mount Hermon cemetery, on the banks of the beauti-
ful St. Lawrence, some three miles south of the Plains of Abraham, where
Wolfe won the immortal victory which changed the destiny of Canada.
A few years ago David Kennedy, another Scottish singer, intrusted to
Dr. George Stewart, of Quebec, the sum of;^io to be devoted to forever
caring for the grave of the gifted and amiable John Wilson, His last
letter, addressed to his poet friend, William Wilson, of Poughkeepsie,
whose rendering of Jacobite songs and ballads almost equalled the pro-
fessional singer's, is now in the writer's possession. It is dated July 7,
and announces his anticipated meeting with his correspondent within a
few weeks. Three years after Wilson's greatly regretted death, a number
of his countrymen of Quebec erected over his grave a noble column,
surmounted by an urn, with appropriate drapery. The monument bears
the following inscription :
Sacred to the memory of
John Wilson,
The Scottish Vocalist,
Celebrated for the excellent taste,
Feeling, and execution,
With which he sang the airs •
Of his native Caledonia.
He was an amiable and unassuming man.
Died at Quebec, July, 1849.
Erected by some of his friends and
Admirers in Canada, 1852.
Shelley, whose ashes lie under Italian skies, near those of Keats,
said : "That it would almost make one in love with death to be buried
in so sweet a spot." The same could be said of Wilson's Canadian
resting-place ; and as we gathered from his grave a few scarlet autumn
leaves, a feathered songster was singing from the topmost branch of a
brilliant maple, with a music sweeter than his own silvery tenor. Although
far away from his dearly-loved "North Countrie, " he is surrounded by
men of his own race, on whose tomb-stones may be seen Mackenzie and
Macdougall, Campbell and Grant, Fraser and Forsyth, Ross, Turnbull,
and other ancient Scottish names, many, if not most of them, the sons and
grandsons of the six hundred and sixty-two gallant fellows of Fraser's
Seventy-eighth Highlanders, who followed Wolfe up the steep and narrow
escalade to the field where his untimely fate and that of his chivalric foe
Montcalm, one hundred and thirty-one years ago this very day, so well
illustrated Gray's familiar line that,
" The paths of glory lead but to the grave."
Quebec, September 13, 1S90.
i
l8o Memorial of New York Loyalists. [Oct.,
MEMORIAL OF NEW YORK LOYALISTS.
The following Loyalist memorial I have lately found in the Nova
Scotia archives. So far as I know, it has never hitherto been printed.
I am sorry to say that I can find no date for it, but I presume it was
offered some time in 1782.
Benjamin Rand.
Sept. 26, 1890, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
To his Excellency Sir Guy Carleton, Knight of the most honorable Order
of the Bath, General and Commander in Chief, &c,, &c., &c.
The Memorial of the Subscribers
Humbly Sheweth
That your memorialists having been deprived of very valuable Landed
Estates and considerable Personal Propertys without the Lines and being
also obliged to abandon their possessions in this City on Account of their
Loyalty to their Sovereign and Attachment to the British Constitution
and seeing no prospect of their being reinstated had determined to
remove with their Families and settle in His Majesty's Province of Nova
Scotia on the Terms which they understood were held out equally to all
his Majesty's persecuted Subjects.
That your Memorialists are much alarmed at an application which
they are informed Fifty Five Persons have joined in to your Excellency
solliciting a recommendation for Tracts of Land in that Province amount-
ing together to Two Hundred and Seventy Five Thousand Acres and
that they have dispatched forward Agents to survey the unlocated lands
and select the most fertile Spots and desirable situations.
That chagrined as your Memorialists are at the manner in which the
late Contest has been terminated and disappointed as they find themselves
in being left to the lenity of their Enemys on the dubious recommenda-
tion of their Leaders they yet hoped to find an Asylum under British
Protection little suspecting there could be found among their Fellow
sufferers Persons ungenerous enough to attempt ingrossing to themselves
so disproportionate a Share of what Government has allotted for their
common benefit and so different from the original proposals.
That your memorialists apprehend sorne misrepresentations have been
used to procure such extraordinary recommendations the applications
for which have been most studiously concealed until now that they boast
its being too late to prevent the effect. — Nor does it lessen your Memori-
alists surprise to observe that the persons concerned (several of whom are
said to be going to Britain) are most of them in easy Circumstances and
with some exceptions more distinguished by the repealed favors of
Goverument than by either the greatness of their sufferings or the impor-
tance gI their services.
Tha' your memorialists cannot but regard the Grants in Question if
carried into eflfect as amounting nearly to a fotal excluoion of themselves
and I^imilys '."ho i*^ they become Settlers must cither content themselves
with barren or remote Lands Or.submit to be Tenants to -those most of
whom they coni<ider as their superiors ia nothing but deeper Art and
keener Policy — thus circuuisiauced
1890.
Meynorial of New York Loyalists.
181
Your Memorialists humbly implore redress from your Excellency and
that enquiry may he made into their respective Losses Services Situations
and Sufferino;s and If your Memorialists shall be found equally intitled
to the favor and protection of Government with the former applicants —
that they may all be put on equal footing — But should those who first
applyed be found on a fair and candid inquiry more deserving than your
Memorialists — then your Memorialists humbly request that the locating
these extensive Grants may at least be postponed untill your Memorialists
have taken up such small Portions as may be allotted to them.
And your Memorialists as in Dutybound shall ever pray &c.
Christopher Bemon
Thos Farrer
Lancelot Farrer
George Davies
Rich^ Horton
Charles McDonald
Robert Cleghorn
John Watson
Peter SuUock
Quinton Robinson
Isaac Bonnet
John Johnston
Lewis Grant
John Hutchings
Williams Devenport
Thos Curren
Ja^ Bruningham
Dennis Murphy
Israel Goull
Humphrey Wady
Christopher Putts
William Lewis
*Bilwry Ward
Jn° McQueen
Robert McGargor
Joseph Hains
Peter Nauthorn
W™ Block
Joseph Wist
Thompson J Reid
Abraham Vantassell,
David Wilson
Jos Vaughan
James Stewart
John Hilsop
James Scott
Ralph Brankoton
Andre Eastman
John Curril
And'^ Watson
John Kerr
Scott L Clark
Stephen Hayden
J A Coope
Danl Ketcham
*Jas Ketcham
Peter Gyre
Andrew Bennett
John Harrison
James Rogers
Daniel James Brooke
Hugh Kelly B. Master,
Brooklyn
John Dayz
John Haggoford
Jacob Crorffn
Robert Bell
Henry Graham
George Wilson
*James Wean 1
Alexander Boyer
James Wilmot
Michael Schooley
Christopher Hennegar
Adam Hannegar
Michael Henegar
Edward Mooney
William Mooney
John Mooney
Jacob Hoffman
Saml Pell
Samuel Still well
David Braymer
Charles Kingsland
John Jordan
John Van Embnrgh
John Davis
Philip Elev
Caleb White
John Barron
Benjamin Graves ^^
James Pillot
William Peters
John Yeamons
*Malark Thorn
Samuel Peters
Moses Veal
*Daniel Rue
Gilbert Forbes
Quintin Miller
Hugh Miller
Lockart Backster
Solomon Baxter
P^noch Mulnix
Gideon Baxter
John Baker
Jarvis Coles
Charles Vickerman
William Swisebaugh
James Clabb
John Booth
Andrew Duran
Isaac Redman
Timoth}' Cain
Lawrence Fegan
Richard Chambers
Benj'' He^d
Josiah Davis
Joseph Pax ton
Hugh Dreake
Fred''* Wisem
*Andrew Lintnow
John Bond
'I'homas Potts
John Anderson
William Hodges
Benjamin Brown
John Wiggins
Alexander Simpson
Amos Dillon
Sign, ture ?,omewhat illegible — B. R.
182
Memorial of New York Loyalists.
[Oct.
Edw'' Johnston
Thomas Flewelling
Thomas Ireland
Hugh Ellis
*\Villiam Brinter
Abraham Lockwood
Joseph Fluell
Alex Cowon
Arthur B Nugent
W" Hyle
Thos Chadwick
Thomas Bird
John Warnock
Mich' Hutchinson
John Fitzpatrick
Lukes Bird
Hugh IMcDonald
Joseph Thomas
Joseph Botner
Sam' Strut
John Gomez
John Marsh
Samuel Aiken
Owen Hughes
*Cornelius Hittny
Amos Rooke
Rouillin McQuillin
John Jones
Frederick Bender
Eenj° Harrison
William Bethell
John Burns
Abraham Bassey
W"" Williams
George Ensor
John Groff
*Daniel Hugumen
James Nicholls
James GofF
James Cuthbert
W"> Molleneaux
David Haltridge
Lovl" McLean
Mikel McDonald
James Maine
John Bain
Thos Cotton
Thos Treadwell Smith
Albert Norstrand
Stephen Baxter
Samuel Baker
*S
Philip Lenze
John Clark
W"" Muckelvain
George Conoly
Elijah Sandford
John Terrel
John Lawson
Nathaniel Loofbourron
Arch<* Kerby
W" Far re r
Thomas Clapp
Diony= O'Reily
Joshua Pell
Jonathan Pell
James Mitchell
*Jas Stivens
W" Bathgall
Patrakin L Way
Geo bhaw
Rob' M^Ginnis
Geo Dinkleter
John Humey
David Mallows, jr
David H Mallows
Samuel Magkee
Christopher Hanigar
John Maghu
Adam Hangegar
Jacob Mallows
W™ Russeli -
John Huggeford
Jacob Jirokman
John Bicker
W"' Caldwell
Adam Graves ,
Nich* Andrewes
Jn° Geo Graves
Amory OlThover
Christian Weynan
Conrad Andrews
Geo Ryme
Jacob Shaw
Rob" Robertson
John Collin
Robert Teuton
Rich M^Ginnis
Jacob Likeson
Charles Anno
John Slone
Ab"" Rhyharr.
John Forrister
ignature somewhat illcgiblt. —
John IM^Ginnis
Alex" Hakkett
John Patterson
James Smith
John Holmes
Henry Humphrey
Alex McGrangham
Henry Dawson
Elijah Fowler
John Dougherty
James McNeil
Thomas Henning
Jas Dickinson
*James Trindek
*J Laagedney
Ezekiel Braman
Willamgkeen
John Robinson
Thomas Housten
Samuel Barns
Benjamin Birdsill
*Isaac Davenport
*Thomas Davenport
Andres Bohaker
Andres Bohaker jr.
W" Caldwell
W" Mussuls Pillots
John Henderson
Robert Beenatt
Thos Edwards
S Waterbury
*John Oman Sctoh
I'hos De Sokow
Anthony Classon
Christian Brenan
Samuel Strut
Jasper Drake
John Kennedy
John Cottrell
William Johnson
John Monall
Thomas Bowden
Mic''' Nugent
John Mortal
Jacob Brower
Thomas Semple
Sam' Washburn
Thomas Spragg
Reuben Finch
Daniel Odell
Andrew Camdilje
B. R.
tSgo.]
Memorial of New York Loyalists.
183
John Baxter
Joseph Dowers
*Ichuncler Hill
*Daniel Dresser
*Seeton Dencosel
Johannes Mejer
Gilbert Purdy
Thomas Purdy
Lancelot Smith
Richard Debney
John Bates
Jeremiah Gaus
John Faulkner
George Woolf
William Woderspoon
James M'^Lean
Robart Hill
Jeremiah Rushton
William Totten
Thos Barker
Thomas Wntton
John Pilmith
Samuel Totten
Aaron Fowler
Joseph Prichard
John Howell
*Peter Trarah
Jonah Worden
Cornelius Steger
John Burns
Abr" Cunard
Amos Lockwood
Edward Pryor
John Houseman
Thomas Bowker
Eben' Street
Thomas Goudge
Dennis Crowin
Henry Gower
Abraham Golding
Josiah Fowler
Abraham Tilley
James Barron
Peter Wood
Edward Dowkins
*William Murs
John Clark
Peter Totten
Matthew Mangan
Saml Marshall
Andrew Brown
Thos Cunningham
Thos Lowrie
Patrick M<^Cov
John M""Coy'
John Mackay
Joseph M4vell
Thomas Merrill
Abraham Iredell
J"° Hackett
Isaac Atken
Andrew Snodgrass
Ezekiel Youmans
James Ramsey
James Hamilton
John Ritchie
Joseph Galbneath
John Hardwick
David Peterkin
David Smith
Alex Munro
James Rose
John McQueen
John Url
John Allen
John Parker
*John Ryan Yunior
*John Ryan Seynor.
Thomas Homnune
Abraham Florantine
Nathl Dowdney
James Gergus
Gilbert Bush
*Zephniah Tubbs
Joseph Tubbs
John Martin
*John Himes
Thos Robblee
Jeremiah Mabee
Andrew Fowler
*Benjn Hunt, Col. ofthe
Mil.
*Will Branthwaite
Jn° Cameron
*George Jackoon
David Hammili
Titus Babb
John A Hardenbrook
Alexander Carskadon
Thomas Carskadon
John Driver
Michl McDonnell
* Signature somewhat illegible. — B
Abel Hardenbrook
Rob' Cannell
Eduard Lockwood
*Thomas H Wagstoffe
James V Bureu
George Davis
Robert Fenton Jr
John Smith
Jacob Brill
Robert Thorn
Thomas Pearsall —
Abel Southard
Eben"^ Spiser
Charles Cann
Henry Pearsall _-
Jonathan Mott
Elias Glover
Daniel Baldwin
Wm King
Richard Bonsall
Nehemiah Clarke
Nicholas A Harden-
brook
Peter Roome
Rob' Wood
Gideon Palmer
James Mullennex
Jeremiah Fowler
Jeremiah Fowler, Jr
Amory Fowler
Abijah Miller
Isaac Baxter
]\Iillington Lockwood
Ambrose Haight
VVilet Carpenter
Gales Carpenter
Daniel Lyon
Henry Watkeys
Joseph Robinson
Jonathan Fowler
*Junis D'Fergen
Weder Fowler
Matthew Buckley
Stephen Embree
James Irwin
Thomas Seaman
*Joseph Vradd
|on" Haines
Jotham VVillson
Nathaniel Taylor
Jeremiah Andeson
. R.
1 84
Memorial of New York Loyalists.
[Oct.,
Daniel Suttle
.James Seacord
Joseph Prescott
John Miller
James Chadwick
Eph™ San ford
Joseph Smith
Fossam Rab
Joseph Smith
W" Burnese
Abraham Bageley
Isaac Hammon
John Shoemaker
"W" Williams
Edmund Ward
Joshua T De St Croix
John Blair
Henry Ackerman
James Toiten
W™ Maxey
John Wil Irons
Benjn Daggett
Percy Gilbert
Ambrose Cleavland
Robt Colefax
Isaac Livesay
Hezekiah Smith
Robt Henley
Solomon Hains
Barney Waldrom
Cornelius Ackerman
James Rankin
W" White
John Stevenson
Duncan Ferguson
Christ' Carter
Frederick Davoue
*Jacob Muff
Simon Bantal
Jere'' Hickey
John Deforest
*Thomas Cunter
James Morehouse
Noah Morehouse
Hezekiah Smith
Henry Dusinberry
Fitch Rogers
Jared Bell
Henry Wool ley
Stephen Thome
John P^gan
*Si
Alex Murray, Pilot
Hugh Hamilton
John Cameron
James Blaike
*Philip Phmde
Benj Lewis
John Evins
Joseph Burchell
Jarvis Roebuck
Uriah Pearsall •
*James Brebuch
W"" Gordon
W- Cook
Robert Moore
Jacob Stamon
Jacob Senbeck
Jesse Evans
Robert Samson
Thomas Gillespie
Danl Eraser
Samuel Kake
Daniel Wright
*John HenshuU
Samuel Jarvis
Abel Hardenbrook jr
Rob' Leonard
J Leonard
Danl Leonard
Lawrence Hardwick
John Casey
Daniel Duncomb
Abram Watson
*Fe' Conihane
Samuel Deveport
James Robertson
Mamon Jarvis
Isaac Bell
David Roberts
Thomas Hanford
Joseph Thome
John MT<ill
Samuel Dickinson
John Miller
John Hahan
Samuel Clark
John M'^Mahon
John Perrot
John Welsh
Thos Berry
Wn, Holmes
David Wright
gnature somewhat ilJegible.-
*Mons Smith
W Thorn
Rogers Shannon
Thomas Nickeson
Archelaus Carpenter
Wj^ Cunningham
Thomas North
Richard Mathews
Daniel Campbell
W"" Snyder
Lawrence Van Buskirk
John Crabb
Richard Collier
John Reeves
James Wall
Thompson Harwood
Matthew Bartelour
Thos WooUey
Jas Leonard
Benj Archard
Caleb Morgan
James Inglis
Stephen Marchant
James Hearn
*Geo Bennison
John G Van Norden
*Thue ]31auvelt
James Beasley
James Jordan
*Nicholas Conehein
W"! Dumayne
John Hockenhull
Jos R'* DePeyster
W"' Doty
*Jes LeBunnels
Israel Rogers
Ellas Botner
W" Biisard
John M^Gil
Isaac Keed
Edward Arvin
Jacob Philips
James Carskadon
W'" Carskadon
Benjn Brooks
Robert Barber
Robert Mills
Edwd Agar
Joseph Corvan
John Wallace
John Smith
-B. R.
1890.]
Vie De Wilt Family of Ulster Co., N. V.
185
J^^ Jeremiah Rice
John Samcary
H>' Nahan
John Eagles
James Van Emburgh
George Fisher
Joijn Tolley
Richard Ackerman
Adonak Van Emburgh
Jer Connor
George Fardo
W™ Gil las
Danl ElHot
John Bridgron
Isaac Swayze
Alex McDonald
Joseph Fox
John Burkes
Nath' Taylor
*Leonar(l Tarrant
Edward Taylor
Joseph Devoe
Benjn Farrar
Thos Mounsey
John Brecken
Jas SprouU
W" Sproull
John Sproull
Jehiel Bartelow
Francis King
Thos Austin
Will Plant
*James Wariif
Leggett Lawrence
David Harper
Luke Owens
James Banner
Andrew Murray
Alex"^ Watson
Thomas Lawrence
*Jereume Re
Daniel Southick
Jameson Cox
♦W-" McKechnie
John Van law
John Hornor
Andrew Lane
Thomas King
*Edward Jones
THE DE WITT FAMILY OF ULSTER COUNTY, NEW
YORK.
By Thomas G. Evans.
(Continued from Vol. XVIII , p. 21, of The Record).
Family 35.
Children 0/ Henry* DeWitt (90) and Maria Ten Broek.
235 i. Elizabeth* b. Dec. 2, 1739; m. May, 1769, Edward
Whittaker (bp. Sept. 27, 1741), son of Edward Whittaker
and Hilletje Whittaker. They had one son Edward
(b. May 12, 1770; d. Nov. 22, 1848), who married
Catharine Conklin.
336. ii. TjERCK Claes* b. Sept. 9, 1741 ; d. Oct. 7, 181 2 ; m. Sept.
28, 1773, Jannetje Eltinge (bp. April 10, 1743), daughter
of Jacobus Eltinge and Elizabeth Hall. They had one
daughter, Elizabeth (bp. Aug. 13, 1780), who died un-
married at Kingston, N. Y., April 25, 1847,
2'^']. iii. Jacob' b. Nov. 21, 1743 ; d. at Norwich, Conn., Sept. 16,
1814 ; m.Nov., 1768, Martha Dean (b. at Norwich, Conn.,
Jan. 27, 1748, d. Feb. 1838), daughter of Jabez Dean.
He settled at Norwich in 1765, where he became promi-
nent in mercantile and political life. Was first post-
master of Norwich (1803-1809), in which office he was
succeeded by his son John (i 809-1 823), who married a
daughter of Gen. Jedediah Huntington.
238. iv. John* b. Oct. 11, 1745.
* Signature somewhat illegible. — B. R.
-1 86 The De Witt Family of Ulster Co., N. Y. [Oct.,
239. V. Ann* bp. March 13, 1748; m, Sept. 24, 1775, Peter
Bogardus, son of Petrus Bogardus and Rebecca Dubois.
240. vi. Henry* b. Sept. 8, 1750, d. 1827, at Montreal, Canada ; m.
May 10, 1772, at Norwich, Conn., Hannah, daughter of
Jabez Dean. One of his sons, Jacob* (b. at Wyndham,
Conn., Sept. 17, 1785, d. March 23, 1859), settled in
Montreal, Canada.
Family 36.
Children of Petrus^ De Witt (92) and Rachel Raddiff.
241. i. John* b. Feb. 24, 1752 ; d. April 28, 1808 ; m. April, 1773,
Catharine Van Vliet (b. Sept. 15, 1755 ; d. Sept. 29,
1804), daughter of Dirck Van Vliet and Helen Weaver.
Resided at Rhinebeck and Po'keepsie. Served in the
Revolution, and was afterwards Sheriff of Dutchess
County.
^42. ii. HiLLiTjE* b. Dec. 31, 1753; ^- ^^ Rochester, Ulster County,
N. Y., Sept. 6, 1807, unmarried.
243. iii. Ann' b. Oct. 26, 1762 ; m. Dec. 22, 1782, Philip Dubois
Bevier (bp. Jan. i, 1752), son of Louis Bevier and Ester
Dubois.
Family 37.
Children of Andries* DeWitt (109) and fannetje Vernooy.
zi,i\. i. Anna^ bp. May 23, 1749; d. Jan. 20, 1819 ; m. April 5,
1778, Hugo Freer of New Paltz (b. July 26, 1749 ; d.
Oct. 13 1808), son of Gerret Freer and Maria Freer.
245. ii. Egbert' b. Oct. 2, 1750; d. March 25, 1816; m. Eliza-
beth Smith (bp. Dec. 18, 1755), daughter of Hendrich
Smith and Sarah Keator.
246. iii. Maria' b. April 28, 1750.
246^^. iv. John A.® bp. Nov. 15, 1753 ; d. Oct. 4, 1818 ; m. (i) April
19, 1776, Rachel Bevier (b. Aug, 31, 1750; d. Oct. 11,
1 781), daughter of Samuel Bevier and Sara Lefever ;
m. (2) 1783, Magdalena Bevier (d. Aug. 8, 1797, at Ithaca,
N. Y.) daughter of Philip Bevier; m. (3) Jan. 11, 1801,
• Maria Vernooy (b. Jan 2, 1776; d. March 7, 1859),
daughter of Nathan Vernooy and Jenneke Hoornbeck.
247. V. CoRNELis' bp. July 21, 1775.
248. vi. Simeon* bp.. Dec. 26, 1756 ; d. Dec. 3, 1834 ; m. (i) Oct.
12, 1786, Elizabeth Lynott (b. Jan. 3, 1767 ; d. Dec. 13,
1793) ; m (2)Janneke Varick (b. May 18, 1780; d. April
10, 1808), daughter of John Varick and Jane Dey, and
widow of Abraham Hardenberg; m (3) Oct. 29, 1810,
Susan Linn (b. Oct. 30, 1778 ; d. May 5, 1824), daugh-
ter of Rev. William Linn and Rebecca Blair. Served,
during the Revolutionary War as geographer to the Con-
. tinental Army and as Chief of Topographical Engineers.
Surveyor-General of New York 1 784-1 834. In this capac-
ity he surveyed the public lands of the State and superin-
251.
X,
252.
xi.
253-
xii.
254.
xiii
255-
xiv.
1890.] The De Witt Family of Ulster Co., N. F. 187
tended the laying out of the Erie Canal. Was Regent of
the University from 1798 until his death, serving from
1829 as Chancellor. Was also one of the Commissioners
to locate the boundary line between New York and
Pennsylvania. Member of the Society of the Cincinnati.
249. vii. William^ b. Dec. 17, 1758.
249I. viii. Janneke* b. 1760; m. John C. Hardenberg, of Hurley (bp.
Feb. 22, 1756 : d. 1833), son of Charles Hardenberg and
Catharine Smedes.
250. ix. Catharine^ bp. Sept. 20, 1762 ; died Aug. 24, 1850 ; m.
Nathaniel Bevier (bp. April 17, 1756), son of Johannes
Bevier and Magdalena Lefever,
Andries a.® bp. Jan. 20, 1766 ; d. March 10, 1851.
Sarah' bp. Feb. 2, 1767.
Elizabeth'^ b, June 24, 1769 ; m. Dec.22, 1801, Henry
Guest.
LEVi*b. Oct. 7, 1 77 1.
Benjamin* b. Dec. 26, 1775 ; d. Sept. 10, 18 19, at New
York City ; m. Sept. 27, 1800, Eve Bloodgood (b. at
Albany, N. Y., March 27, 1777 ; d. May 21, 1832),
daughter of James Bloodgood and Lydia Van Valkenburg.
Was a physician. Served for some time as Health Officer
at the Port of New York.
Family 38,
Children 0/ Jacob Rutsen^ De Witt (no) and Jenneke Depuy.
256. i. Mary* b. 1756 ; m. William Rose of Little Britain.
257. ii. Margaret^ b. 1757 ; m. Petrus Cuddeback (bp. Nov. 25,
1763), son of Abraham Cuddeback and Ester Swartwout,
Removed to Western New York, near Skeneateles.
258. iii. Elizabeth^
259. iv. Hannah* m. Jacobus Ennes, son of Daniel Ennes of New
Jersey.
260. v. Janneke* m. Abram Cuddeback (bp. April 22, 1760), son
of Abram Cuddeback and Ester Swartwont. Removed
to Western New York.
261. vi. Rachel* b. 1762; d. June \, 1830; m. June 9, 1784,
Robert Burnet (b. Feb. 22, 1762, in Orange Co., N. Y. ;
d. Nov. 24, 1854), son of James Burnet. Robert Burnet
served with distinction in the Revolutionary War. He
was the last survivor of the original members of the
Society of the Cincinnati.
262. vii. Esther*' m. James Depuy, son of Benjamin Depuy, of
Peenpack. Removed to Onondaga, N. Y.
263. viii. MosEs' b. Oct. 15, 1766; d. Aug. 15, 1794, unmarried.
He was by profession a surveyor, and assisted in running
the line between New York and Pennsylvania, and in
laying out the militar}' lands of New York State. He
was also County Judge and Surrogate of Herkimer and
Onondaga Counties.
264. ix. Egbert* b. April 26, 1768 ; d. May 30, 1793, unmarried.
l88 The De Wiit Family of Lister Co., N. V. [Oct.,
265. X. Jacob Rutsen* b. April 12, 1776; d, Dec. 18, 1821 ; m.
Sept. I, 1799, Rachel Hardenberg (b. May 11, 1775 ! d-
Oct. 2, 1861), daughter of Philip Hardenburg and Maria
Elmendorf.
Family 39.
Children 0/ William^ De Witt ( 1 1 1 ) and Susannah Chambers.
266. i. Reuben^ bp. April 25, 1763.
267. ii. Egbert' bp. Feb 11, 1766.
268. iii. Ben'jamin* bp. Nov. 29, 1767.
269. iv. William** b. April 3, 1769.
270. V. Jacobus' b. Nov. 6, 1770.
271. vi. Maria' b. July 9, 1774.
272. vii. Stephen' bp. June 30, 1776 ; m. Anne Newkerk (bp. Feb.
2, 1780), daughter of Benjamin Newkerk and Margaret
Brodhead.
273. viii. Dinah' b. March 19, 1778.
274. ix. David' b. Feb. 23, 1782. ^
275. X. Jesse' b. Sept. 13, 1784.
276. xi. Elizabeth' b. Aug. 7, 1786.
277. xii. Adam' b. Oct. 17, 1789.
Family 40.
Children of John E.* De Witt (112) -tind Catharine Newkerk.
278. i. Neeltje' bp. Oct. 16, 1766.
279. ii. Margaret^ b. May 6, 1768.
280. iii. Mary' b. Aug 8, 1769.
281. iv. Leah' b.
282. V. Jannetje' b. 1 77 1 ; d. young.
Family 41.
Children of Stephen^ De Witt (113) and Wyntje Brodhead.
283. i. John' b. Aug. 21, 1771 ; d. May 11, 1845; m. June 6,
18 13, Sarah Hoornbeck (bp. Aug. 25, 1776 ; d. April 14,
1850), daughter of Johannes Hoornbeck and Maria Ver-
nooy. Resided at Warwarsing, Ulster Co., N. Y. Had
one son, Stephen Egbert*, b. June 6, 181 5 ; d. Sept. 28,
1834.
284. ii. Mary' b. Sept. 18, 1774 ; d. Feb. 7, 1S41, unmarried.
285. iii. Anna' b. May 16, 1777 ; d. Aug. 27, 1826, unmarried.
286. iv. Egbert' b. April 15, 1780 ; d. Jan. 13, 1813, unmarried.
287. V. Rachel' b. Sept. 26, 1785 ; d. Sept. 24, 1871, unmarried.
Family 42.
Children of Mary* DeWitt (i 14) and James Clinton.
288. i. Alexander' b. 1765 ; d. March 15, 17S7, unmarried. Ap-
pointed Ensign ist Regiment Continental Line, Sept. 29,
1780; Lieut. 2d Artillery — Col. Lamb's — June 29, 1781.
291.
IV
292.
V.
293-
vi
294.
vii
1890.] The De Witt Family of Ulster Co., N. F. 189
Private Secretary of his uncle, Gov. George Clinton,
Member of the Cincinnati Society. Was drowned while
crossing the Hudson River at Bulls Ferry
2S9 ii, Charles^ b. Feb. 18, 1767 ; m. Elizabeth Mulliner.
290. iii. DeWitt' b. March 2, 1769 ; d. while Governor of the State
of New York, Feb. 11, 1828 ; m. (i) Maria Franklin ;
m. (2) Catharine Jones, Was Mayor of New York City,
United States Senator, and twice Governor of the State,
George^ b. June 6, 1771 ; m. Hannah Franklin.
Mary^ J). June 20, 1773 ; m. (i) R. B. Norton, (2)
Spencer.
Elizabeth^ b. Jan. 15, 1776; m. William Stuart.
Catharine^ b. Sept. 24, 1778; m. (i) S. Norton, (2) A.
Spencer.
Family 43.
Children of Thof?ias^ De Witt (116) and Elsie Hashrcuck.
295. i. Mary^ b. May 3, 1783 ; d. April 12, 1833 ; m. June 28,
1814, David W, Thorp (b. Mav2i, 1784; d. Feb. 14,
1816). ■**''"^
296. ii. Jacob Hasbrouck* b. Oct. 2, 1784 : d. Jan, 30, 1857 ; m. (i)
Feb, 20, 1816, Mary Ann Myer (b, July 11, 1797 ; d. July
13, 18 16) daughter of Hendricus Myer and Maria Per-
sen ; m, (2) May i, 1822, Sarah Ann Sleight (b. March
17, 1801 ; d. May 22, 1872), daughter of John A, Sleight
and Alletta Swartwout. Resided at Kingston, N. Y.
Served as Adjutant in the War of 181 2, and afterward re-
ceived a commission as Colonel of the State Militia.
Member of Congress 1819-21, Member of Assembly, N.
Y,, 1839 and 1847.
297. iii. Reuben^ b. July 29, 1787 ; d. Aug. 7, 1859, unmarried.
298. iv. Joseph* b. Dec. 31, 1788 ; d. April 29, 1814, unmarried.
299. V. Thomas* b. Sept. 13, 1791 ; d. May 18, 1874 ; m. Oct. 16,
1826, Eliza Ann W^aterman (b. d, Oct. 5, 1873),
daughter of jedediah Waterman and Julia Piummer ;
graduated from Union College in 1808, and from the New
Brunswick Theological Seminary in 1812. Dr. De Witt
was one of the most learned and able theologians of his
time, and was for many years senior pastor of the Collegiate
Church (Dutch Reformed) of New York City. Was Presi-
dent of the New York Historical Society. A sketch of
him will be found in vol. v., p. 161 of the Record.
Family 44.
Children of Reiihen^ De Witt (118) and Elizabeth Deptiy.
300. i. Maria" b. Jan. 25, 1773 ; m. Abram Vernooy (bp. April
26, 1763), son of Cornelius Vernooy and Maria Bevier ;
m. (2) Roeloff Hasbrouck (b. Sept. 26, 1766), son of
Petrus Hasbrouck and Sarah Bevier,
301. ii. Margaret^ bp. Oct, 27, 1775; m, Jan. 10, 1799, Garrett
Mandeville.
I go Notes and Queries. [Oct.,
^2. iii. IMosEs Depuv' b. July io, 1778; d. March 9, 1830; m.
Jane Hosack.
303. iv. Elizabeth^ bp. Nov, 17, 1781 ; m. Benjamin I. Leggat.
304. V. CATRYNTjE'bJan. 16, 1784; d. Nov. 18, 1847; m. Cornelius
I. Hornbeck (b. Sept. 15, 1780 ; d. Aug. 21, 1820), son
of Johannes Hornbeck and Maria Vernooy.
305. vi. James Clinton^ b. July 18, 1786 ; d. i83i;'m. Elizabeth
Depuy (b. March 2, 1789 ; d. Sept. 17, 1850), daughter
of Cornelius Depuy and Sarah Vernooy.
306. vii. Sarah* b. Dec. 19, 1789 ; d. March 25, 1848 ; m. Tjerck
Bevier, son of Benjamin Bevier and Leah Roosa.
307. viii. Egbert'' b. Sept 22, 1792 ; m. Aug. 20, 18 14, Maria
Bruyn (bp. Jan. 13, 1782), daughter of Benjamin Bruyn
and Sarah Depuy.
308. ix. John* b. Nov. 2, 1795.
( To be continued.^
NOTES AND QUERIES.
General Wilson, who has been spending the summer with his family among the
Thousand Islands and in Canada, writes from Quebec, under dale 12th Sept.,
1890: "There is much interest displayed in genealogy in the Province of Quebec,
and more particularly among the old French families. At the present time a large
and expensive work on this subject is in course of publication, of which four volumes
have already appeared. The ancient capital of Canada possesses two excellent
libraries, each containing above one hundred thousand volumes — the collection in
l.aval University and the Parliament Library. In the latter noble building, recently
completed at a cost of about one and a half million of dollars, may be seen in ex-
cellent condition, all, or nearly all, the original archives of New France before the
Conquest by Great Britain in 1760. Many of the most important of these, which I
had the privilege of examining yesterday, are to be printed by the Province of Quebec.
Five quarto volumes of these most valuable records, covering the period from 1663 to
I70g, each containing about fifteen hundred pages, I have obtained, with some other
works concerning Canadian biography and history, for addition to our Society's col-
lections. Tiie archives relating to this country since its acquisition by England are
complete, and very carefully preserved in the large and excellent library at Ottawa.
A portion of these have also been printed by the Dominion Government.
" I have been so fortunate as to find a valuable unpublished contemporary account
of the Canadian campaign of 1759, ^^'^^ authorship of which is uncertain, but it is
believed to be from the pen of James Thompson, so far as known the last survivor of
Wolfe's army, which achieved the conquest of Canada. He died in 1830, in his
ninety-ninth year. The document, of sixty quarto pages, is in the form of a diary,
beginning April 8th and concluding September i8th, the day of the signing of the capit-
ulation of the city of Quebec, and is entitled, ' A Short Account of the Expedition
against Quebec, Commanded by Major-General James Wolfe in 1759, ^X ^ Volunteer
upon that Expedition.'
" There are in Quebec two excellent societies which are doing a great deal to pre-
serve the biography, genealogy, and history of the Province — the Canadian His-
torical Association, and the Literary and Historical Society. Of the latter, J. M.
Lemoine, the well-known author of many valuable contributions to the history of
Lower Canada, was lately the President, and was succeeded in 1884 by George
Stewart, Jr., D.C.L., the accomplished editor of the Quebec Chronicle, and contributor
to the current literature of Canada.
1890.] Noies and Queries.
191
"The proceedings of the Ninth Annual Meeting of the American Forestry As-
sociation, which was held in the historic city of Quebec during the first week of Sep-
tember, were of the greatest interest to the people of the Dominion of Canada and
the United States. The wholesale destruction of tiie forests in our country and
Canada, is one of the most deplorable facts connected with the settlement of the
American Continent. ' To get rid of the timber,' was the answer sent from the
State of Arkansas ten years ago to the Michigan State Forestry Commission when
inquiring about that State's policy respecting its timber. The criminal wastefulness
with which the magnificent forest lands have been devastated would be incredible,
if we had not before us the statistics presented in the many valuable papers prepared
for, and read to, the members of the Association at the Quebec meeting, and which
will speedily be published in pamphlet form.
" Two interesting incidents of the most successful meeting of the Association ever
held, was a visit of the venerable chief of the once powerful Hurons, and the
planting in the new Parliament grounds of two hickory trees sent from The Hermit-
age, Gen. Andrew Jackson's old home in Tennessee, The chief Sioni, who was
accompanied by his son, both in full Indian dress, addressed in French the members
of the Association, as follows :
" 'We are the children of the forest, come to welcome the friends of the forest.
I wish you for my people joy and success in your good work. When I was a child
I lived in the forest ; 1 wish to die there. We are few in number ; we are passing
away with our forest homes. Protect us, and you will have the prayers of the Hurons,
and the gratitude of their hearts. Farewell !' "
" The small steep-roofed house in the ancient fortressed city of Canada where the
body of the gallant General Richard Montgomery was carried the morning after his
death, on the last day of the year 1775, has just been taken down to make way for a
modern building. It was for more than a century an object of the deepest interest to
all American tourists. W'hen the writer first saw it, a dozen years ago, he inquired
of the custodian if many persons visited the old French house, to which, not recog-
nizing the nationality of the speaker and his companion, he made answer : " There's
lots of ihem Yankees come to see it." The building almost directly opposite, known
as No. 81 St. Louis Street, where the historian William Smith died, and where Gen-
eral Winfield Scott resided when . prisoner of war for several months in 1812-13, is
now being converted into a club-house."
One of the few manorial families of New England is the Bradford family ;
although it is not generally known, Governor Bradford of the Plymouth Colony
was, about 1630, offered manorial privileges by the Council for New England, whose
President was the Earl of Warwick ; the patent ran to William Bradford and his
heirs forever, who were given the right to hold the present counties of Barnstable
and Plymouth as a Manor, and the other colonists as their tenants and subordinates.
This patent is still preserved among the Plymouth registry of deeds. Governor
Bradford would have been well fitted to have become Lord of the Manor, had he so
chosen, for, although poor, he came of an ancient and good family. The Bradfords
of England were settled there before William the Conqueror was heard of, and the
Yorkshire branch from which the Governor sprang bore many titled and valiant
sons ; the Governor's direct ancestor, his grandfather, was a county squire of promi-
nence, and his father a man of cultivation, if not distinction ; dying young, he left
his son to the care of relatives, but young William fled to Holland to escape the per-
secution which threatened all Puritans, and, a'fter he became of age, sold his paternal
estate and entered into trade, the first of his race who had done so. In 1620 Brad-
ford came to America on the " Mayflower," and made a name for himself and his pos-
terity by becoming the Governor of the famous Plymouth Colony. Many of his
descendants now reside in New England and a few in New York City, among whom
may be mentioned Mrs. Schuyler Crowninshield, Mrs. Lindsay Fairfax, William PI.
Bradford, and others.
Who were the wives of the following men ?
Rev. Stephen Batchelder, of Lynn, 1637.
Lieut. -Gov. James Bishop, of New Haven, 1670.
Humphry Brown, whose daughter Content married John Rathbone, 1751.
Tristram Dodge, of Kingston, R. I., 1663.
Thomas Ford, of Dorchester, 1643.
IQ2 Notes and Queries. [Oct.,
Thomas Hopkins, of Providence, 1640.
Richard Smith, of Narragansett Co., R. I, 1637.
Richard Strong, fatiier of John Strong, of Dorchester, 1635.
David Sutherland, of Bangali, N. Y., 1760.
Anthony Tlionipson, of New Haven, 1632.
William Wood, of Dartmouth, whose daughter, Anstis, was born 7th September,
1823.
Who were the parents of Ichabod Hopkins, of Oyster Bay, born 1669, died 1730?
Who were the parents of Thomas Merritt, of Rye, N, Y., 1680-1717 ?
Who were the parents of George Wightman, of Kingston, R.I., died January, 1722?
Douglas Merritt,
Leacote, Rhinebeck, N. Y.
John Vanderlyn, the distinguished American painter, was born in Kingston,
N. Y., in 1776, and died there in 1852. The leading events of his life, as given
by Dunlap and Tuckerman, are loo well known to require repetition 'here. His
fame as an artist is chiefly based upon his portraits of many men prominent in politi-
cal and literary life, and upon his " Marius Seated upon the Ruins of Carthage,"
for which Napoleon awarded the artist a gold medal in 180S, his " Ariadne," and
his " Landing of Columbus," which for neaily forty-five years has graced the rotunda
of the Capitol at Washington. For several years, in odd moments of leisure, I ha-.j
been collecting material for Vanderlyn's life and a catalogue of his portraits and otb.er
paintings, and in the further prosecution of this work I desire to crave the coopera-
tion of the readers of the Record. I shall be grateful for copies of any original
letters of Vanderlyn, for facts and incidents relating to his life and character, for
personal recollections concerning him, for references to him in out-of-the-way books,
pamphlets, and newspapers, and for any information that will lead to the discovery or
identification of his paintings, portraits or others, whether in public collections or
private hands. Information bearing on any of these points, however apparently
unimportant, will be cordially appreciated.
RoswELL Randall Hoes. Chaplain U. S.N.,
Care of Navy Dep't, Washington, D. C.
I DESIRE to correct two errors in the " Inscriptions in the Graveyard at
Morgan Manor, South Amboy, N. J." The first correction should be the inser-
tion of the letter / in Everson ; the name is Evertson, although in many instances
the t has been left out, but should like to have it corrected, Nicholas Evertson. The
second correction : Catherine, wife of Col. James Morgan, was Catherine Van
Broekel, not Catherine Van Cortlandt ; the second wife (Ann) of Colonel Morgan
was Ann Van Wickle, daughter of Simon Van Wickle and Ann Van Cortlandt.
In the January number of the Record, in " Records of Morgan of South Amboy,
N. J.," " James Morgan married Margaret Evertson" not M. Everson. In the
eighth line of the article make it read " son of James and Margaret Evertson
Morgan."
Margaret Herbert Mather.
The celebration of the semi-bi-centennial of the ancient town of Southold, Long
Island, was very well attended on the 27th August. An eloquent address was de-
livered in the morning by the Rev. Dr. Richard H. Storrs, of Brooklyn, which was
published in the Brooklyn Eagle and also in a religious review. Open-air exercises
were held later in the day, each of the old towns having its representative, and being
offered an opportunity of speaking its view. In the afternoon our associate, Mr.
Charles B. ^ioore, delivered an historical address, of which brief mention is made in
another column.
An account of the Centennial Anniversary (a somewhat peculiar way of describ-
ing a commemoration — anniversaries come oftener than once in a hundred years) of
the decease of Benjamin Franklin is given in the proceedingsof the American Philo-
sophical Society, Vol. XXVIIL, No. 133, dated April 17, 1890.
1890.] Book Notices.
193
The first address of the season of 1890-91, it is expected, will be delivered at the
Society's hall, 23 West 44th Street, on Friday evening, October loth, by Mr. Josiah
C. Pumpelly, of Morristown, New Jersey. Addresses will be delivered by prominent
speakers on the second Friday evening of each month during the winter and spring.
BOOK NOTICES.
Memoirs of Matthew Clarkson, of Philadelphia, 1735-1800, by his great-
grandson, John Hall ; and of his brother, Gerardus Clarkson, j 737-1790, by his
great-grandson, Samuel Clarkson. Svo, pp. 260. Philadelphia. Thomson Print-
ing Co. 1890.
This elegant book contains the lives of two distinguished citizens of Philadelphia,
members of a branch of a family which has been long honored and respected in New
York. The common ancestor, Matthew Clarkson, was Secretary of tne Province of
New York in the time of William and Mary. The following particulars may be
added to the account which is given of him by Mr. Hall : During one of the periods
of yellow fever which, in those days, frequently ravaged New York, Secretary Clarkson
retired to the village of Jamaica, I.. I., which was at that time a favorite resort of the
better class of New Yorkers. He died there in 1702 of the very disease from whicli
he had hoped to escape. He is believed to have been burjed in the old stone church,
a historical building, for the possession of which a long and bitter controversy raged
between Lord Cornbury and the Churchinen on one side and the Puritan population
Oil the other. There is no record of his burial and no trace of his grave. The
bodies in the old church were removed when it was pulled down about 1821, but
little or no pains seem to have been taken to preserve their identity. Careful
searches in the parish church-yard and the older burial ground of the Dutch and
Presbyterian congregations have given no information. Mr. Hall is to be congratu-
lated upon the mental vigor which he displays at the age of eighty-five.
Some of the Descendants of John and Elinor W^hitney, who Settled in
Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635. Compiled by William L. Whitney,
loi pp., Svo, cloth. Potlsville, Pa. 1890.
The name Whitney is of Saxon origin, and there is a Parish of Whitney in Oxford-
shire. In early days of English history the family seat was in Herefordshire, and
they were Lords of the Manor of Whitney. In the Church of St. Giles, Cripplegate,
the writer saw last year, when visiting the graves of Milton and John Fox, a massive
monument, with her effigy, to Constance Whitney, a granddaughter of Sir Thomas
Lucy, of Charlcote, who prosecuted his townsman, Shakespeare, for shooting deer.
The Whitney family of the United States is very numerous, and many of them are
the descendants of John and Elinor Whitney, of Watertown. As yet no relationship
has been traced between the Massachusetts family and Henry Whitney of Norwalk,
Conn., a genealogy of whose descendants, in three quarto volumes, was compiled by
Stephen Whitney, Phoenix, in 1878. Both of these valuable works were privately
printed, and they each contain carefully prepared indexes. As the title of the
volume under notice indicates, it does not purport to be a complete genealogy of the
descendants of John and Elinor Whitney. J. G. W.
A History of Deerpark in Orange County, N. Y., by Peter E. Gumaer.
i2mo, pp. 204. Port Jervis, 1890.
The Minnisink region, lying chiefly in the south-western part of Orange County,
N. Y., is full of interest to students of the early history of this Stale. It was
settled about 1690 by pioneers from Kingston, among whom were Pierre Guimard,
Jacques Candebec, and the three sons of Roeloff Swartwout, the first sheriff of
Ulster County. During the Revolution it was the theatre of numerous Indian
depredations under Brandt and other savage leaders, and it was there that the battle
of Minnisink was fought in 1779. The Minnisink Valley Historical Society has re-
IQ/j. Book Notices. [Oct., 1890.
cently puhlished, under the above title, an account of this region and its people, by
the late Peter E. Gumaer, a descendant of one of the original settlers. Mr. Gumaer
who died in 1869, at the great age of gS years, had, in his early days, gathered a great
store of historical anecdote and personal reminiscence from the lips of the then
"oldest inhabitants ;" and this volume, the manuscript of which was found among his
papers after his death, contains much valuable and curious information about the
habits and customs in that region a century and a half ago. The Minnisink Valley
Historical Society is to be congratulated upon the publication of this important
contribution to our knowledge of those early days.
The Wights : A Record of Thomas Wight, of Dedham and Medfield,
AND of His Descendants, 1635-1890. By William Ward White, one of the descend-
ants, 357pp. .quarto. Milwaukee, \\"is., iSgo.
This is a carefully prepared genealogy of ten generations of the American Wights,
and the beautifully printed volume also contains a chapter on the Wights not con-
nected or unconnectable with Tiiomas, of wliose arrival in New England no certain
information is obtainable. Four indexes greatly enhance the value of the volume.
They are as follows : Of Christian Names, of Intermarriages, of Pedigrees of Inter-
marrying Families, and of Places, It also includes an exceedingly valuable list of
authoriiics, extending to upward of three hundred titles, and wmva^xova facsimiles
of the signatures cf early members of the Wight family of the United .States. Taken
altogether, this work appears to be as complete and thorough as could be desired by
any member of the very numerous family of which it treats, while the paper, excellent
typography, and handsome half-morocco binding, reflect great credit upon the Wis-
consin publishers. j. o. w.
The Hawley Record. By Eiias S. Hawley. Folio, pp. 592. Buffalo, N. Y.
E. H. Hutchinson & Co. 1890.
The author of this sumptuous volume h^s given the genealogy of the Massachu-
setts and Connecticut line of Hawleys, together with unconnected families and names,
genealogical notes, and a full index. The volume is illustrated with maps, steel
and wood engravings, coats of arms of the English Hawleys, and fac-siniiles of
giavestones, manuscripts, and autographs. But three hundred copies of the work
were printed, on heavy calendered paper, with a view to the insertion of entries in
the body of tlie book, where blanks are left for that purpose. The size of Mr. Haw-
ley's admirable volume is loi X 16 inches, and we take pleasure in commending its
purchase to those who may be interested in the genealogy and history of tlie Hawley
family, J. G. \v.
Weather Record for New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1847-1S90. By P. Van-
derbilt Spader. 8vo, pp. 413. Somerville, New Jersey, 1890.
For nearly half a century Mr. P. V. Spader, a gentleman of leisure, preserved a
careful reconl of the weather of his native town, and only ceased recording his obser-
vatiors owing to failing sight. These weather records have been privately printed,
and will be continued by a young friend who takes a great interest in the subject, and
to whom the author of this volume presented his instruments. It contains Mr. Spa-
der's portrait and a view of the house where the record was kept, and in which he
was born in 1829. j. G. w.
Historical Address of Charles B. Moore, of New York, before a Meeting
of the Town and Church of Southold, L. I., in Augu.st, 1890. 8vo, pp. 81.
Perhaps the most interesting and valuable feature of the recent Centennial Cele-
bration at Southold, Long Island, was the historical address prepared by our hon-
ored fellow-member, Mr. Charles B. Moore, a copy of which, printed in large and
clear type, has been received by the Record, but at too late a date to permit of more
than the briefest mention. The address is enriched by an appendix and numerous
biographical notes. J. c. w.
NDEX OF NAMES IN VOLUME XXi.
Aalsteyn, 72
Aalstyn, 70, 155
Aarnel, 171
Aarson, 91
Aartse, 119, 120, 121
Aartsen, 58, 59
Abbott, 44
Abeel, 35, 65, 116
Abell, 88, 90
Abrahamse, 156
Abrams, 33, 71
Abramse, 115, 156
Acker, 75
Ackerman, 93, 164, 184,
185
Adams, 143
Adcock, 88
Addison, 87, 143
Adriance, 138
Adrin, 89
Agar, 184
Agtmoodie, 123
Aiken, 182
Alexander, 81
Allair, J15
AUaway, 89
Allcocok, 89
.Allen. 38, 88, 143, 183
Allison, 150
vT.iloms, 90
Allsop, 88
Altgeldt, 153
Altgelt, 35, 157
Alting, 29, 71
Ament, 31, 157
Ames, 38
Anderson, 37, 90, 92,
118, 158, 171, 181,
'83
Andre, io8
Andrewes, 182
Andrews, 36, 99, in,
182
Andries, 32, 58, 113
^Andriese, 31
.^ndriesse, 59, 70, 72, 85,
"3
Andriessen, 113
Anhuys, 65
Anhuyse, 153
Anno, 182
Annspach, 91
Anthony, 65, 67, 68, 6( ,
113, 118, iji
Antony, 132, 154, 155
Apletart, 88
Appelgate, 172
Appleton, 92, 93, 95
Archard, 184
Archer, 49
Arents, 72
Arentsen, 171
Ariaanse, n6
Arianse, 33, 154
Ariansen, 113
Arland. 151
Armstrong, 37, 81
Arnold, 26, 75, 90, 93,
107, 108, 143, 171
Arvin, 1S4 (
Asban, 171
Asborne, 171
Ashburner, 38
Ashford, 90
Ashley, 88
Astor, 93
Atken, 183
Atkins, 171
Atkinson, ?8
Atwater, 172
Auet, 127
Austen, 143
Austin, 49, 82, 146, 185
Avery, 89
Axford, 39
Ay ton, 90
Babb, 183
Babbidge, 49
Backster, 181
Bacon. 143
Badgly, 18
Baetjer, 97, 146
Bageley, 184
Bagley, gi
Bailey, 63, 126
Baily, 54
Bain, 173, 182
Baird, 130, 131, 132, 133,
134. 137, 138, 142,
147—150
Baieux, 31, 157
Baker, 17, 181, 182
BalclL, 97
Baldwin, 138, 146, 183
Bally, 171
Baly. 115
Bancker, 29, 32, 117, 156
Bancroft, 94, 143
Bandt, 71, 116, 156
Banes, go
Banke, 32
Banker. 29, 31, 32, 70
Banner, 1S5
Bant, 66
Bantal, 184
Barber, 184
Barens, 72
Barents, 164
Barht.*, 29, 68, 115, 154,
Barhett, 117
Barheyt, 68
Barhyt, 29, 69
BarkeJo, 72
Barker, 88, 89, 183
Barnaby, 76
Barnarr ,146
Barnes, 128
Barns, 182
Barnum, 44
Barron. 181, 183
Bartelour, 184
BarteK)w, 185
Barthrop 15, 173
Barton, 87, 137, J39
Bartow, 45
Barwa, 171
Bas. 66
Labkerfr.ild. «'>
Bassey, li. .
Batchelder, 191
Bateman, 89, 126
Bates, 183
Bath gall, 182
Batle, 89
Batrum, 89
Bawmer, 8g
Baxter, 88, 181, 182, 183
Bayard, 26, 27, 2g, 34,
46, 65, 68, 71, 116,
153- 157
Bayles, 38
Bayley. 63, 88
Bayly, 115
Bazy, 8g
Beale, 89
Beasley, 184
Beatty, 46
Beaumont, 8t
Beckford, 49
Bedair, 72
Beddu, 155
Bed for'', ic
Bedue, 158
Beduw, 72
Beek. 28, 34, 71
Beekman, 10, 14, 15, 18,
21, 28, 29, 30, 32, 65,
66, 67, 69, 70, 71, 98,
114. 117, 153, 174
Beely, 89
Beenatt, 182
Beeton, 89
Bekker, 34, 151
Belcher, 137, 138
Bell, 89, 181, 184
Bemis, 127
Bemon, 181
Bemper, 114
Bender, 182
Bennet, 33, 66, 88, 117^
Bennett, 78, 131
'Bensen, 65, 66, 68, 72,
113. "4> '57
Benneway, 152
Bennewee, 158
Bennisi^n. 184
■Bensin. 68, 72
"Sensing, 31, 33, 34, 68,
116
^Bensink, 28, 29
"Tienson, 86
Benton, 160
Berrian, 92
Berry, 70, 184
Bertell. 114
Best, 176
Bethell, 182
Bettany, 90
Betts, 96, 98
Bevier, 123, 186, 187,
189, igo
Bicker, 182
Biddle, 142
Bidwell, 1-8, 173
Bikker, 153, 157
Bikkers, 68
Binder, 35, 151
Bird, 100, 182 -^
Birdall, 90
Birdsill, 182
Birney, 95
Bishop, 191
Black, 74
Blackmore, 146
Blackwell, 112
Blaike, 184
Blair, 184, 186
Blank, 29, 31, 32, 34, 69,
113, 117
Blanshan, 58, 59, 83, 84,
n8
Blauvelt, 55, 184
Blaw, 66
Bleecker, 9, 90
Block, 181
Blom, 28, 20, 3J, 35, 67,
87, 114, 156, i6'j
Bloodgood, 187
Blydenburg, 32, 77, 78
Bodyn, 155
Boeickenhoven, 30, 153,
156
Boel, 67, 153
Boelen, 29, 30, 35, 72,
115, 151, 152, ij6
Boeljc, 35
Boesy, 152
Bogaard, 85, 86, 116, 165
Bogaart, 30, 66, 70, 152
Bogard, 152
Bogardus, 66, 81, 156,
165, 167
Bogart, 8, 31
Bogert, 29, 31, 35, 63, 67,
69, 70, 115, 118, 152,
i53i 155
Bohaker, 182
Boils, 114
Boisson, 147
Boke, 31, 151, 157
Bokee, 68
Bokkenhoven, 30
Bolje, 71, 113
Bolton, 139, 145
Bond. i8i
Bondt, 155
Bondy, 124
Bonesteel, 17
Bonnet. 62, 152, 156, 181
Bonsall, 183
Booth, 160, 181
Bording, 65
Bordsges, 151
Bordsjer, 118
Bordyn, 92
Borel, 28
Borell, 72
Borris, 35, 118
Bos, 33, 65, 67, 71, 84,
113. "4. 1171 '55
Bosch, 33, 115, 153, 156,
158, 166
Botner, 182, 184
Bound, 30
Bours, 158
Bouwaart, 33
Bowden, 182
Bo wen, 93, 96
Bowerman, 174
Bowker, 183
Boyd, 145
196
Index of Names in Volume XXI.
Boyer, 38. 181
Boyesen, 45
Boys, 167
Braasjer, 67, 113
< Bradford, 26, 70,91, 124,
191
Bradt, 11, 28, 34, 117
Braesjer, 65, 152
Braisser, 155
Braman, 182
Brandt, 32, 193
Branketon. iSt
Branthwaite, 183
Bras, 72. 158
Brasjer, 31, 32, 72
Bratt. 28, 68, 115
Brattle, 145
Braymer, 181
Bread, 87
Brebuch, 184
Bracken, 185
Breeste, 65, 71
Breested, 71
- Breestede, 58, 59, 157
Brenan, 182
• Brestede, 30, 31, 65, 70
-Brestee. 118
Bresteed, 68
Bresteedc, 153
Brett, 51, 52, '53
Brevoort, 65
Brewry. 88
\ Brewster, 91, 146
Bridgron, 185
Briffgs, 1^6
Brill, 183
Brinckerhr>'. . ^s
Bvinckerhfiff, 48, 52
Brink, 168
Brinkerhof, 69
Brinkerhoff, 32, 55, 57
Brinter, 182
Brock, 146
• Brockden, 38
Bruckholsl. 171
^ Brodhead, 122, 165, 188
• Bromfield, 87
Brook. 29
BroDke 88, 181
Brooks, 184
Brouni:, 88, 158
Brouw, 20
Hrouver, 28, 31, 113,
115,116, 154,157.165
Brower, 67, 182
Brown, 40, 91, 97, 134,
137. 139, 144, 181,
i8^ igi
BruninErham, iSi
Brutell, 35
Bruyn, 15, 33, 114, 122,
190
Bryant, 143
Bryen. 32
Brymner, 97
Buchanan, 143
Buchannan, 142
Buckley, 39, 183
Budd, 134, 135, 136, 137,
139
Buel, 146
Bukby, 88
Bullaine. 172
Bulsin. 151;
Bunduke, 89
Bunker, \6u
Bunn. 88
Bunyan, 169
Burcham, 136
y. Rurchill, 184
Burd, 37, 39
Burger, 29. 31, 33, 34,
71, 72, 114, 115, JS3-
154- i55> 157
Burhans, gi, 143
Burke. 86, 143, "185
Burling, 137
Burnese, 184
Burnet, 187
Burns, 143, 182, 183 \
Burton, 88, 172
Bush. 120, 183
Bushel 1, 90
Bushey, 127
Bussing, 33, 69, 113,
117
Butcher. 39
Butler, 93, 98
Buys, 32, 52, 72, 116,
118
Byers, 1(17
Byrns, 16, 24
Byvank, 30, 34, 65, 6g,
113, 114, 158
Caar, 28, 69, 116, 154,
166
Cabbet. 8g
Cadwallader. 87
Cain. 181
Caker, 167
Caldwell, 182
Calio, 35
Caljer.'iiS
Callio. 71
Calls, 63
Camble. 117
Camdilje, 182
Cameron, 183, 184
Ca"'p. 09
' Campbell, 48, 74. 179,
184
Canklin, 71
Cann, 183
Cannell, 183
Caiinon, 28, 34, 35. 65,
68, 88, 114, 151 , 154
Cape, 91
Capita, 39
Caps. 171
Car^'szen 164
Care \ 40
Carleton, 180
Carman, ^■^fi
Clabb, 181
Claese, 171
Clapp. 95, 96, 182
Clare, 89,
Clark, 19, 14S, 181, 182,
183. 184
vClarke, 47, 48, 146, 183
Clarkson, 32, 68. 72, 151,
IQ3
Classon, 182
Clauw. 15
Claw, 15
Clay, 88
Cleaves, 176
Cleavland, 184
Cleghorn, 181
Clement, 82
Clements, 135, 138
Clerk, 90
Clerke, 80, 90
Cleveland, 143, 146, 159,
160
Clifford. 88
Clinton. 97, 98, 188, 189
Cloet, 171
Clopper. 35, 70, 153,1:5
Clatworthy, 115
Clouryn, 157
Clouwryn, 70
Clowryn, 70
Clute, 171
Cobb, 88
Cochran. 91
Cocke, 88
Coe. 87
Coek, , - 69. 115, i!;i,
152
Loely, 35, 156
Coens, 30
Coesaart. 151
Coevers. 154
Colbrath, 91
Colefa.x. 184
Coles. 181
|V:olevelt. 28
Coljer, 165, 167
Collier. 165. 174, 184
Collin, 182
Colt. 143
Colvii-.. 126
Comegy.s, 171
Carpenter, 63, 78, 8.^, 91, I Comfort, 35 157
126, 135, 139. 183. 184 I Conchein, 1S4
Carpentier, 96
Carskadon, 183, i?
Carson, 96
Carter, 184
Carteret. 40
Cartwright, 13, 17
Carver, 171
Casey, 184
Cash. 49
Casprin, 39
Castell, 90
Catharien, 35
Coni^-ane, 184
I Conintr, 152. 154, 156
Coni:. h, 72
Conklin 138, 185
■ Connolly. 91
I Connor, 185
I Conoly. 182
Coo. 116
I Cook, 184
I Cooke, 49
; Cool, 157. 164, 166, 168
■JrCoope. 181
Cavclier, 34, 114, 157 *^Cooper, 7, 54, 91,97, 117.
Chadwick, 182. 184"
Chambers, 96. i8i, i£
j Champion, 88, 89
I Chandler, 40
Chapman, 90. 137
Chardevyn, 69
Charduvyn. 28
Chardovin, 154
Charlet jn, 172
Char.sley. 90
Cheadwith, 39
Cherry. 89, 90
Chester. 23
Childe, 116
Childs. 31, 33, 82, 93
Chilton, 118
Church, 16, 24. 91, 93
Cjoerts, 34
^ H3
Copp^e. 91. 140
Cor, 8g
Corcelicus, 35
Corcoran. 93
Cornbury, 193
Cornelise, 164
Cornelisse, 68
Cornelissen, 171
Cornelisz. 117
Cornell, 63. 140, 143, 152
Cornells, 152
Comwaliis, 107
Corselius, 116, 157, 166
Corsen, 67, 155
Corsile, 67
Corsilius. ;. 69, 115,
Cortregt, 34, 1:5, 116
y
Corvan, 184
Corwin, 38
Costerne, 90
Cotes, 90
Cotton. 182
Cottrell, 182
Cotty. 89
Cotwyn, 89
Couwenhove, 33, 69
Cove, 136
Cowan, 37
Co wen, 88
Cowles, 96
Cowley, 87
Cowon. 182
C'owper, 143
Cox, 68, 185
Coxe, 36
Cozzens, 143'
Cozyn, 28, 114
Cozyns, 113
Crabb, 184
Crabtree, 172
Craffoort, 172
Craigie, 91
Crask, 88
Creez. 88
Cregier, 28, 30, 34, 70,
^ 151- 153, 154
Cngier. 156
Crimmins, 93
Crimsheir. 91
Crispell. 59, 83-86, 119.
122, 123
C.oi kei', 139, 179
Croinus, 157
Crollius, 31. 70
( rook 32, 65. 71, 117
C;Ooke, 117
Cri. ikes, 87
Crorlun. 181
Crosby, 54
Crosman, 88
Cross. 88
Crowin, 183
Crowinshield, 49, loi
Cruger, 67, i4r, 142, 172
Li atchington, 89
Cuddeback. 187
Cunard, 1S5
Cunningham 91, i-',3,
184
Cunter, 184
Cure, 28
Curren. t8i
Curril. i8t
Cuthbert 0. 182
Cutler, -2
Cutter, 146, 176
Cuyler, 67, 171
Daegett, 184
Daille, 149
Dal and, 49
Daly, 28. 34, 117
Danelst n. 32
Darlinr . 81, 96, 3:27
D.-' >-enpurt, 182
D&vid. 132, 134
Dc vids, 33
Dc jdson, 91
Davi... 33, 155, 158
Davies, 74, 181
Davis, 74. 76, 80, 82, 89,
90. 146, 181, 183
Davone. 184
Dawson, 182
Day, 64, 89, 90
Dayz, 181
Deacon, 125
Dt jting, 167
D.Tin, 18, 5j, 186
Dt BenneviUe, 146
D. blett, 155
Index of Nc.vies ifi Volume XXI.
197
Debney, 1S3
De Bruyn. 14
Decker, no, 121, 173
De Cooke. 87
De Duytscher. 167
D'Fergen, 183
Defoe, 167
De Foer, 29
De Foreest, 35, 113, 116,
152- 154
De Forest, 13, 16. 96,
184
De Graaf, 20, 30, 167
De Graau. 114
De Grauw, 29, 155
Degraaw, 28, 66, 70
De Graff. 120
De Groff. 67
De Haart, 115
De Harjette, 114
D'Harriette, 157
De Hart, 114, 156
De Hcnneur, 171
De Kay, 66, 67
Delamater, 97
De la Montagne, 164,
165
De Lancey. 1,45, 9?, 143
Delang, 122
De Lanoy, 30, 32 114,
118
De la Rose, 171
Delabal, 165
De -.ays, 72
De Mill, 29. 113
De Milt, 118
Demler, 91
De Mot, 30
De Mott, 154
Dencosel, 183
Denemark, 114
Deniston, 91
Denniston, 91
De Noir, 117
Denong, 33
Depew. 168
De Peyster, 31, 34, 68,
6g, 71. 72, H3, 151,
IS4, -84
Depuy, 122, 166, 187, 1S9,
iqo
De Pyster, 29
Derby, 49
De Riemer, 113
De Roussy, 91
De Sille. 46
De Sokch, 182
D'Estaing, 130
D'Estrange, -.30
De St Croix, 184
Deudly, 171
De Veau.x, 63
Devenport, 181
Deventer, 115
Deveport, 184
Devereaux, 146
De Vine, 152
De Voe, 32, 114, 185
De Voor, 34, 113, 115,
152. 153
De Voort, 114
De Vries, 171
Dewey, 03
De Whit'h, 72
De Winter, 171
De Wit, S9, 84, 97
De Witt, 185, 190
Dey, 92, 186
Deyo, 45, 119, 122, 124
Dickens, 143
Dickinson, 182, 184
Dillingham, 137
Dillon, 181
Dingemans, 171
I Ellin. 158
Elliot, 185
! Elliott, 91
Ellis, 30, 70, ii8, 182
Ellison, 86, 125
' Elmendort, 58, 59, 61,
I 188
Elner, 156
Elsmore, 88
Elsewaert, 64
Elseworth, 157
I Elswort, 32, §7
>'j Elsworth, 28, 32, 6s, 67,
I 68, 113, no, 117, 156
Elting, 46, 123
I Eltinge, 185
Elwyn, 142
Embree, 183
Emmet. 66
Englis, 91
Enion, 90
Ennes, 187
Eno. 151
Ensor, 182
Ericsson, 91
Erristyn, 35, 153
i Esselsteyn, 164, 165,
I 166, 169
Euster, 89
Euwoutse. 29
Evans, 83, 97, 98, 143,
,^ 14b, 184, 185
,»f Eve, 89
Everett, 159
Evers. 32, 116
Everson, 43
Everts, 61
Evertson, 192
Evins. 184
Ewouts, 65, 72
Eygenberg, 69
Face, go
Fainford, 88
Fairfax, 140, n.'.
Fairfield, 13, 17. 18, 21,
173^ 174
Fardo, 185
Fargee, 1 ,2, 134
Farrer, 181, 182, 185
Farrington, 143
Faulkner, 183
FayrcliflEe, 88
Feake, 143
1 Dingman, 25
i Dinkleter, 182
Dircks, 165
Disbrow, 13s, 139
Dives, 87
Dodge, 91, 191
Doeckles. 172
Domskin, 151
Donington, 40
Donskom, 151
Doohage. 62, 64
Doolhage, 64
Doom, 69
Dorland, 13, 18, 24
Doty, 184
Dougherty, 182
Douglas, 172
Dow, 113
Dowdney, 183
Dowers, 183
Dowkins, 183
Drake, 45, 182
Dransfield, 87
Dreake. 181
Dresser. 183
Drexel, 93
Drinkwater, 32, 33, 72
152
Driver, 49, 183
Drowne. 98, 143, 146
Drummond, 66
Du Bois, 33, 52, 57, 91
iig, 120, 121, 122
156, 157, 186
Duboys, 52. 57
Dudley. 47
Duffield, 74
Du Foir, 69, 116, 152
Du Four. 152
Dumayn, 184
Dumond, 123
Du Mont, 158
i)u Mot, 34
Duncomb, 184
Dunderdale, 162
Du 'ap, 192
Dunbcomb, 63
Duportail, 108
Duran, 181
Durand, 124
Dusinberry, 184
Du Voe, 35
Du Voir. 71
Du Voor, 68
Duyking, 35, 65, 116,117, 1 Featherstone, 18
118, 157
Dwait, 155
Dwight, 47
Dyckman, 81. 82, 97
Dyer, 28, 30, 32. 71, 152
Dykman, 66. 70
Eager, 97
Eagles. 185
Ean, 84, 85
j Eastman. 181
I Eaton, 98, 146, 148
I Echt, 154
Edsall, 81
Edson, 97
Edwards, 47. 182
; Eeraerts, 171
, Egberts, 113
I Egleston. 140
Egt, 33, 35, 36, 157
Eichbaum, 37
Ekkeson, 114
Elam, 88
I Elbertse, 155
Eldred, 90
1 Eley, 181
Eliot, 96, 98, 142, 145,
146
i Ellesson, 33
Fe^an, 181, li
Feildar, 90
Fenton, 183
Ferdon, 114
Ferguson, 184
Fernow, 170
Ferree, 46
Ferrie, 46
Ferris, 97
Feynhoul, 59
Field, 36. 40, 93, 133
Fielding, 116
Fiele, 116
Filkens, 65, 67, 70, 72,
157
Filkins. 114
Fillmon , 127, 143
Filly, 33, 155
Filson, 144
Finch, 182
Finkle, 24, 177
Finneton, 39
Fischjer, 71
Fisher, -.7, 153. 154, 185
Fishjer, s5
Fishsit, 113
Fisjer, 29, 65, 67
Fisk, 1251
Fitzpatrick, 182
Flacknell. 87
Flamen, 68
Fleming. 91
Flewelhng, 182
Flint, 49
Florantine, 183
Flower, 93, 140
Fluell, 182
Focken, 58
Foeler, 153
Foggo, 142
Fokke, 157
Fokker, 69
Folman, 35, 71
Foot, 7, 91
Forbes, 159, 162, 181 "
Ford, igi
Forrister, 182
Forsyth, 179
Forward, 93
Foster, 75, 134, 161
Fowler, 134, 136, 137,
145, 182, 183
I Fox, 1^5, 193
I Fraley, 142
Francis, 28, 70, 146
1 Franklin, 142, 143, 189,
192
Eraser, 179, 184
Freeman, 32, 89, 151
I Freer, 84, ng, 120, 123,
] 186
Frelant, 33
Frencis, 6g, 117
Frieze, 96
Frilick, 91
Fnzell, 89
Frothingham, 107
Fuller, 88
Fulpot, 33
Furman, 91
Fyn, u6
Gaasjeri, 67
Gabriel, 93
I Gaelet, 28
I Gage, 105
.Galbneath, 183
JGale, 88
Gilliot, 131
Galloway, 154
Galoway, 113
Galpin. 134, 136
Galpyn, 172
Gamage, 73
Gano, 91
Gans, 183
Gansevoort, g, ii, 12
Gardiner, 45, 95
Gardner, S7
Garlant, 172
Garlin, 35
Garrison. 142
Gaserie, 152
Gates, 108
Gaunt, 87
Gautier, 31
Gautieu, 118
Gayler, 146
Gedfield, 139
Geert, 31
Genet, 169
Gerbrants, 35, 65, 68,
113, 117
Gergus, 183
Gerretse, 67
Gerrils, 65, 117, 119
Gerritse, 151
Gerry, 140
Gibbes, 90
Gibson, 97, 98, 140
Gilbert, 66, 89, 92, 125,
151, 157, 184
Giles, 92
198
Index of N'a?nes in Volume XXL
Gil!, 161
Gillas, 185
Gillespie, 184
Ginnie, 87
Glassop, 18
Glenelg, 5
Glover, 28, 183
Goderis, 172
Godrid^e, 172
Goederes, 67
Goelet, 29, 35, 115, i5i\
152, 154, 155
Goes, II, 12, 13, 15, 17,
19, zo
Goetchius, 63
Golding, 183
Gomez, 182
Good, 89
Goode, 142
Goodson, 89
Goodwin, 88
Gordon, 184
Gorham, 92
Gorne, 151
Gornne, 34
Goudgfe. 183
Gould, 76, 77, 80, 93,
141
GouU. 181
Gourlay, 32
Gouverneur, 32, 66, 69,
117
Gower, 183
Graaf, 66
Graaw, 66
Graham, 181
Grant, 13, 97, 143, 179,
181
Grau. 152, 153
Graves. 181, 182
Gray, 22, 47, 89, 171,
I74. 177
Green. 23, 24, 92, 146
Greene, 90, 108, 142, 143
Gregs:, 92
Grevenraat, 66, 153
Greveraat, 35
Grietman, 115
Griflfen, 89
Griffin, 114
Griffith, 19
Groat, 22. 176
Groesbeck, 9, 31, 157
Groff, 182
Grove, 88
Grover, 108
Guf'S' 187
Gucssy, 88
Guion, 92
Gumaer, 193, 194
Gunnell, 89
Gurland, 172
Gyre, 18 1
Hacker, 92
Hackett, 183
Hackins, 172
Hackney, 45
Hadley, 82
Haering, 153
Haey, 172
Hagaman, 120
Hage, 63
Hager, 63
Haggoford, 181
Hahan, 184
Haight, 125, 135, 137,
.83
Haines. 183
Hains, 181, 184
Hakkett, 182
Hale, 82, 92
Hall. 36, 90, 96, 185,
193
Hal leek, 94
Hallet, 172
Halliwell, 88
Hallock, 78, 79
Halsey, 92, 97, 143
Halsted, 63
Haltridge, 182
Ham, 25, 72
Hammersly, 66, 153
Hamill. 24
Hamilton. 143, 183, 184
Hammerton. 88
Hammill, 1S3
Hamming, 34
Hammon, 184
Hammond, 76, 77, 78,
79, 80, 90
Hamtramcic, 92
Hanch, 90
Hanegar, 181
Hanford, 184
Hangegar, 182
Haning, 153
Hanks. 112
Hanmor, 92
Hansen, 65, 113, 164
Harbert, 41
Harbor. 40, 41
Hardenberg, 65, 186,
187, 188
Hardenbergh, 171
Hardenbroeck, 35, 65,
67. 156
Hardenbroek, 67, 68,
113, 117, ii8
Hardenbroek, 183, 184
Hardenburgh, 112
Harder, 173
Hardun. 90
Hardwick, 184
Hardwicke, 183
Hardy, 92
Haring, 67, 70
Harison, 00
Harper, 185
Harris, 88, 96, 145
Harrison, 143, i3i, 182
Harsing, 31
Harsink, 157
Hart. 26. 36-39, 96
• Jiartford, 88
Harve, 67
Harvy. 63, 89
Harwood, 184
Hasbrook. 140
Hasbrouck, 45, 84, 119.
123, i8g
Haskins, 96 .
Hassarot, 172
Hassin, 154
Hassind, 33
Haveland, 30
Haviland, 135, 137
■ Hawkins, 74, 75, 76, 77,
78. 79, 80, 81
Hawley, 16, 19, 193
I Hawthorne, 145
Hay, 172
Hayden, 181
Hayes, 90
Hayet, 89
Hays, 172
Hazard, 135, 136, 138
Head, 4, 5, 6, 181
Hearn, 140, 184
Hedges, 96, 144
Heermans, 29, 58, 59,
60, 61, 85, 116, 119
Hegeman, 33
Hellake, 30
Helleke, 152
Hellen, 90
Helling, 31, 72
Henderson, 182
Hendricks, 58, 165
Hendricksen, 166, 184
Hendriks, 32, 154
Hendnkse, 117
Hendriksen, 117
Hendrix, 66
Henigar, 181
Henion, 34, 68
Henley, 184
Hennegar, 181
Henning. 182
Hennion, 28, 68, 154,
157
Henry, 92
Henshull, 184
Herbert, 40, 41, 43
Hermans, 29
Herrick, 20
Herrin. 33, 158
Herring, 92
Herris, 35, 66, 158
Hessel, 65
Hewitt, 161
Heyeks, 172
Hibon, 31, 35, 68, 152,
155' 158
Hickey, 184
Hickok, 89
Hide, 88
Hiele, 31
Higgins, 87
Hill, 183
Hillebrant, 171
Hilsop, 181
Himes, 183
Hinsdale, 149
Hinsman. 172
Hitchcock, 149
Hite. 46
Hitney, 182
Hobart, 92
Hockenhull, 184
Hodge, 142, 150
Hodges. 181
Hoek, 35
Hoes, II. 12, 16, 22. 46,
86, 87, 91, 98, 162,
175. 192
Hoffman, 84, 86, 181
Hofman, 65, n6, 122,
153. 157, 166
HolbuGk, 89
Holden, 92
Holland, 142, 143
HoUax, 90
' Hollister, 107
Hollitt, 36
Holls, 60
Holmes, 73, 182, 184
Hoist. 69, 117, 154, 157
HoLstead, 83
Holt, 68
Holton, 40, 93
Homes, 88, 171
Homnune, 183
Honnoire, 171
Honore, 171
Honter, 30
Hoogeland, 155
Hoogland, 31, 6i, 158
Hooglandt, 31, 32
Hooglant, 32, 70, 114,
IIS, "7
Hook, 151
Hooker, 97
Hooper, 89, 114
Hoornbeek, 122
Hope, 33, 174
Hopkins, 140, i68, 169,
170, 192
Hoppe, 28, 30, 31, 35,
70, 117, 154, 184
Hoppen, 151
Hoornbeek, 186, 188, 190
Hornor, 185
Horsmanden, 162
Horton, 136. 138, 181
Hosack, 190
Hoskes, 172
Houghton, 3S
Houseman, 183
Houston. 182
Houward. 70
How. 88, 89
Howard, 42, 91, 140, 145
Howe. 92, 143
Howell, ^8, 74, 75, 76,
78, q6, 143, 183
Hoy, 90
Hubbard, 73
Hubbell, 9:-.
Hubbs, 136, 139
Hubby, 139
Hubert, 130, 131, 133
Hudson, 87, 90, 172
Huff, 53
Huges. 172
Huggeford, 182
Hughes, 182
Hugumen, 182
Hullingden, 89
Humey, 182
Humphrey, 143, 182
Hunt, 36, 63, 92, 138,
144, 183
H'.inter, 9, 34
Huntington, 92, 96, 185
Hurry, 91, 143
Hnsted. 135
Hatchings, 18:
llutchins, 138
H'.itchinson, i8z
Hutsen, 17*
l^utton, 72
Huwitt, 172
Huyck, 21
Huvke. 166
Hyatt, 92, 135, I37
Hyer, 30, 31, 32, 34, 69,
113, 114, 15s
Idesen. 113
Igenbergen, 28
Imbroeck, 172
Inglis, 184
Ingraham, 73, 79
Iredell, 183
Ireland, 182
Irwin, 183
Ives, 19, 49, 150
Jackson, 44, 74, 97, 140,
143, 172, 183, 191
Jacobs, 65, 67, 115, 157
Tacobse, 152
jagger, 139
James, 93
Jamin, 31
Jampingh, 171
Jans, 58, 64, 164
Janse. 171
Jansen, 30, 69, 72, 92,
114, 122, 158, 171,
172
Janszen, 64
Jarvis, 72, 92, 156, 184
Jay, 11^, 146, 154
Jeats, 32
Jeffers, 62
Jefferson. 143
Jenings, 45. 46
Jenks, 20
Jenter, 35
Jirokman, 182
Jodry, 81
Johns, I
John.son, i'^, 19, 90, 94,
y6, 155, 182
Index of Najnes m Voliwie XXI.
199
Johnston. 127, 181, 182
Johnstone, 140
Jones. 31, 35, 40, 82, 88,
141, 142, 182, 185
Jong, 66, 116, 152, 157
Jongbloet, 171
Jordan, 89, 181, 184
Juryaens, 172
Kaar, 28
Kake, 184
Kaljer, 31
Kaljo, 33
Kanklin, 71
Karstang, 113
Kay, 172
Keator, 186
Keeler, 138
Kelby, 73
KeHogg, 23
Kelly 181
Kendjall, 73
Kennedy, 179, 182
Kerby, 24, 182
Kerfbyl. 70
Kermer, 70, 117
Ken 181
Ketchani, 77, 95, 08, 181
Ketchum, 136
Ketelhuyn, 70
Keteltas. 29, 158
Keyser. 48
Kierstede, 31, 33, 70,
84, 117, 151, 152,
167
Kiersteede, 69
Kil. 157
^Kilfort, 172
^ilvert, 172
King, 49, 65, 88, 96. 145,
183. 185
Kingsland, 181
Kip, 9, 28, 29. 30, 31,
32, 33, 51, 58, 61, 66,
68. 69, 84, 114, "8,
119, 151, 152, 154,
156, 158, 166, 167
Kirby, 90
Kirk. 125
Kirkland, 7, 125
Kissam, 134, 136
Kittenaar, 11
Kittle, 39
Klaarwater, 124
Klock, 30
Knapp, 136, 139
Kneass. 39
Knickerbocker, 61
Knight, 96
Kowwels, 88
Kock, 157
Koek, 151
Koely. 68
Konnig, 114
Konnigh, 65
Kool, 35
Korsen, 29, iis, 117
Korsilius, 69
Kortregt, 151
Kosciusko, 109
Koster, 171
Kraft. 86, 167
Krollius. 69
Krom. 85, 121, 165
Kulpeper, 171
Kurtz. 39
Kuyler, 118
Kuyper, 28, 114
Kwackenbos, 29, 67
Kwakenbos, 28
Laagedney, 182
Laan, 30
Labagh, 72
La Chair, 172
La Cost, 73
Ladony, 114
Lafayette, 54, 108
Lake, 157
Lakerman", 115, 156
Latn, 113
La Maar, 70
Lamb, 29, 32, 71, 141,
142, 143, 154
Lamberton. 171
Lametre, 157
Lammers, 66, 154
Latnmerse, 158
Lammersen, 33
Lane, 79, 137, 185
Langedyk, 66
Langhorn, 17, 25
Lanier, 146
Lanoy, 69
Lansing, 8, 9, 68, 170
Lapum, 127, 128
Larou.x, 30
Lassen. 170
Lassingh, 170
Lathrop, 97, 98
Laton, 70'
Lammerse, 117
Laurence, 29
Laurens, 117, 159
Laurier, 152, 156
Law, 66. 89
La Wall, 64
Lawrence, 17, 36, ^
140, 156, 159, 185
Lawrens, 31, 156
Lawrier, 32, 68
Lawson, 182
Lear. 26
Learmonth, 127
Leaton. 158
Leaycraft, 140
Le Bunnels, 184
Lee, 39, 80, 89, 99, 104,
140. 144
Lefever, 187
Leflferts, 31, 154, 158
Leggat, 190
Legran, 34
Leishman, 127
Leisler. 13
Lemater. 29
Le Mestre, 130
Lemoine, 190
Lemontes, 30, 117, 155
Lendrids, 151
Lensleth, 72
Lent, 32, 67, 138, 153
Lenze. 182
Leonard, 64, 184
Lero, 152
Le Roux, 153
Le Roy, 46, 120
Le Savalje, 72
Lesier, 67, 151
Lesler, 152
Lesscher, 35
Lesser, 65, 72
Leswalter. 35
Leuwis, 68, 181, 184
Lew^is, 16
L'HoTDtnedieu, 76, 79
Libbey, 73
Lie. 29. 157
Liefhaan, 70
Lielte, 171
Lievens, 118
Liewes, 33
Lieu wis, 32
Likeson, 182
Lince, 115
Linchs, 72
Lincoln, 143
Listnan, 118
Litse. II
Livensen, 67
Livenston. 66
Livesay, 184
Livingston, 55, 66, 6g,
70, 117, 141, 153,
154. 158, 170
Lindsley, 96
Linford, 89, 90
Linn, 186
Lintnow, 181
Lockhart, 179
Lockwood. 173, 182,
183
Loder, 76
Loney, 25
Loring, 114
Lorrison, 36
Lory, 156
Loudon, 54
Loufbourron, 182
Louttit, 72
Louw, 85, 119, 120
Lovcll, 159
Low. 28, 29, 35, 38, 67,
89, 113. 118. 120,
123, 14s, 153
Loweli, 94
Lowrie, 183
Lucy, 193
Luscomb. 49
Lutterloh, 140
Luurs. 157
Lyllam, 88
Lyman. 103
Lyricii, 125
Lynott. 185
Lynse, 29, -> =
Lynsen, 35,66, 71, 158
Lyon, 139, 183
Lyselaar, 32
Lyslaer, 69
Maas, 151, 183
Mabee, 137
Macaulay, 173
Ma-'dougal 179
MacCulloch, 179
Mackay. 183
MacKenzie, 4, 5, 179
Mac Lean, 48
Macky. 171
Maclay. 98
Macquien, 16
Macy, 75
Madison, 143
Magdaniel, 66
Magee, 140
Maghu, 182
Magivira. 18
Magkee, 1P2
Mahu, 177
Maihew, 172
Maine. 182
Maison, 171
Makdanel, 154
Makepees, 66
Makginne. 63
Makkentas, 33
Maklien. 50
Mallows. 182
Man, 35, 66, 67, 71, 72,
89, 92, 93, 95, 115,
117. 155
Manderbag, 153
Mandeviel, 117
Mandeville. 189
Mangan, 183
Mann, 95, 96
Mansfiel, 158
Mansfield, 140
I Manstild. 28
I Marc6lisse, 158
' Marcellus, 15, 22
Marchant, 184
Maries, 171
Mariu^. 171
Mario, go
Marquand, 93
Marrit, 89
Marschalk, 29, 30, 35,
66. 69, 71, 115, 116,
156, 158
Marselis, 66
Marsh, 79. 140, 182
Marshall. 38. 76, 89, 140,
146, 158, 172
Martens, 31, 65,85
Martense, 29
Martin, 149, 183
Martyn, 65
Masier, 31, 66, 71, 153
Masker, 67
Mason, 90, 146, 171
Mast, 89
Masten. 119, 121, 122
Masters, 123
Mather, 40, 87, 112, 192
Mathewes, 89
Mathews, 184
Matthyssen, 156
Mattison, 37
Maulin, 68
Maxey, 184
May. 87
Maynard, 140
McCoUester, 96
McCoUum. 139
McCoy, 1S3
McCulloch, 173
McDonald. 181, 182, 185,
McDonnell, 183
McDowall, 124, 125
McGargor, 181
McGil, 184
McGinnis, 182
McGrangham, 182
McGregor. 162
McKechnie, 185
McKell, 183
McKill, 184
McLane, 140
McLean, 182
McMahon, 184
McMaster, 142
McNeil, 182
McQueen, 181, 183
McQuillin, 182
McVickar. 92
Meby, 64
Megges. 89
Mehu, 172
Meigs, 146
Meier, 183
Mellen, 127
Mellick, 94
Melsbag, 70, 157
Menema, 140
Merrifield, 127
Merrill, 183, 192
Merritt, 134, 136
Messee, 170
Messcker, 63
Metcalf, 49
Metker, 63
Meyer, 117, 155, 156
Meyers, 31
Meyndersen, 171
Meynema, 52
Michel veen, 70
Middleditch, 145
Miller. 31, 34, 39, 72,.
123, 134, 154, 181,.
183. 184
Mills, 184
Milton, 143, 193
Minot, no
Minthoorn, 34
200
Index of Names in Volmne XXI.
Minthorn, 67, 70
Miscrol, 6=;, 113
Mitchell, i"82
Mitchill, 147
Mollenaux, 182
Monall, 182
Montague, 117, 152, 153,
158
Montanje, 28, 29, 30,
32,33. 35.69. 71. "4,
115, ii6
Monroe, 193
Montcalm, 179
Montgomerie, 52
Montgomery, 107, 113,
146, IQI
Moodie, 149
Mooney, 181
Moor C7, 152, 11,8
Moore, 13, 45, 91, 92,
98, 143, 144, 184, 192,
HI '53
More, 89
Moreau, 172
Morehouse, 184
Morgan, 40, 43, 96, 112
., '33; '72, 184, 192
Mcrrell, i,)o
Morris, 88
Morrison, 97
Morry, 88
Morrys, 89
Mors, 88
Mortal, 182
Morton, 144
Moses, 49
Moth. 114 ^____>
Mott. 74, 183
Moukler, 16
Moulin, 153
Mounsey, 185
Mouris, 171
Mouvverensen, 171
Muckelvain, 182
Muff, 184
Mullennex. 183
Mullford, 87
Mulliner, i8g
Mulnix, 181
Mundun, 153
Munro, 183
Munsell, 13
Murphy, 181
Murray, 73, 79, 143, 184,
j Noble, 157
North, 90, 184
Norton, 102, 126, 140
Pels, 28, 29, 58, 59, 70,
72, 86, 114, itS, iig.
Murs, 183
Myer, 28, 32, 33, 66, 6£
„ 69, 70, 71, 72, 189
Myers, 113
Mynder.se, 176
Nack, 113, 166
Nahan, 185
Nak, 113
Nante, 90
Nash, 90
Nauthom, 181
Navarro, 93
Naxon, 34
Naxscn, 154
Neau, 162, 161
Neby, 64
Needham, 143
Nestell. 140
Newkerk, 188
Newkirk. 60, 84, 85
Newman, 88, 172
Newton, 76, 78, 80, 146
Niblo, 44
Nicholls, 40, 182
Nichollson, 89
Nickeson, 184
Niewkerk, 31
Nobel, 151
Norwood, 35, 68, 157
Ncstrand, 182
Nowland, 124
Nugent, 182
Oadby, 8g
Oakley, 20, 137
Odell, 83, 1S2
Offhover, 182
Ogden, 40, 140
Ogelbe, 06
Okie, 160
Olfert, 34
Olferts, 69. 155
Oliver, 142, 144
Olmsted, 75
Olney, 96
Onderdonk, 92
Onkelbag, 28. 70, 154
Oosterhout, 166, 167
Oothout, 92, 115
Op Dyck, 95
O'Reily, 182
Orley, 88
Osborne. 171
Osburne, 89
Oscanyan, 44
Ostrander, 60
Otlerberg, 35
Ould, 90
Outman, 114
Ovens, 12, 128
Overton, 74, 77, 80, 81
Owen, 88
Owens, 185
Paces, 90
Paersil, 165, 167 —
Page, 89
Palding, 113
Palmer, 49, i
183
Papineau, 5
Pardon, 66
Parent, 63
Pareseite. 62
Park, 135, 139
Parker, 62, 123, 160, 162,
• 135, 172,
Parks, 176
Parmentier, 120
Parrott, 128
Parry, 89, 90
Parsel, 31
Parsons, 124
1 Pascal. 39
I Pascarin, 65
Pastorius, 48
Patcrson, 99-1 11, 140
Patterson, 49, 99, 144,
Patto, 33
Paulus, 84
Pawling, 71, 140
Paxton, 181
Payne, 88
Peacock, 120
Pearsall, 64, 183, 184 -
Pearson, 119, 164, 165
Pease, 121;, 126
Peek, 30, 31, 65, 66, 136,
152, 156
Peeling, 121
Peers, 30, 31, 69, 151
Peggler, 90
Peirce, 90
Pel, 31, 32, 33, 71, 72,
"4, 153, 154, 181,
182
Pelmith, 183
)/Pembcrton, 140
Perkins, 125
Perrot, 184 '
, Persel, 72, 152. 155 -.
[ Persen, 121, 189
. Persman, 157
! Peterkin, 183
j Peters, .40, 181
Phenix, 114, 155
Philips, 28, 184
Phillips, 36, 39, 52, [42
Pliinde, 184
Phoemy, 146, 193
Phraner, 150
Pickens, j^
Pickle, 127
Pier, 35, 167
Pierce, 143
Pierpont, 47
Pierson, 143
Pieters, 33, 69
Pieterse, 32
Pietersen, 118, 154, 157
158, 172
Pieterson, 116
Pietro, 153
Piggis, «8
Pike, 140
Pilkington, 90
Pillot, 181
Pillots, 182
Pinneo, 38
Pintard, 71
Pitcher, c-
Pitt, 71, loi
Plant, 185
Plaskitt, 96
Piatt, 140
Ploeg, 121
Plumb, 96
Plummer, 189
Plumsted, 146
Poel, 30, 153
Pokinhorne, 87
Polhemus, 37, 38, 39
Pomeryn, 115
Pope, 143, 174
Porcher, 89
Post, 32, 71. 87, 137
Postle, 89
Potter, 145
Potts, 45, 142, i8i
Poulse, 30, 72, 115, 118
Poulus, 170
I Powell, 170
Powers, 39, 57
Pra, 116, 155
I Pratt. 90
Prenten, 33
Prescott, 184
Preston, 18
Prett, 171
Price, 40, 141
Prichard, 183 '
Prior, 141
Prime, 14
Procter, 96
Provoost, 29, 30, 31, 33,
66, 70, 72, 113, 115,
116, 117, 118, 146,
„ 152, :ss, "58
Pruyn,8-26, 87, 124-129,
172-177 .
Pruyme, 14 ^
Pryer, 70
Pryne, 14
Pryor, 183
Prys, 67
Pullman, 25, 90
Pumpelly, 140, 193
Purcell, 64
Purck, 73
Purdy. 133, 135, ,36,
138, 139, 183
Purman, 88
Purple, 00, 143
Putts, 181
Putnam, 107
Pynchon, 144
Quackenbos, 31, 67, 113
Quakkenbosch, 153, 154,
^ '57
Quick, 168
Quik. 34, ir2, 15^, ,55^
156
Quillot, 12
Quintard, 93
Rab, 184
Rdcy. 88
Radcliflf, 142, 186
Radly, 68
Rainey, 127
Ramsey, 183
Rand, 180
Randall, 90. 141
Pankin, 184
Ransom, 172
Ransim, 172 ,
Rantzan, 172
I Rapelye, 52
j Raymond, 40, 47
! Re, ,85
Read, 93
Recue, 90
Redman, 181
Reed, 184
Reeder, 36
Rees, 171. 172
Ree^e, 79, 80
Reeves, 73, 184
Reid, 150, 181
Remmersen, 115
Remse, 30, 66
Remsen. 157
Renaudet, 32, 115
Rendel, 72
Rendell, 29
Revo, 65
Rewborow, 89
Reyn, 115
Reynders, 117
Reyndertz, 116
Reynolds, 89
Rhee. 70
Rhinelander, 64
j Rhyhart, 182
Rice, 185
Richard, 35, 67. 71, 157
Richards, 9, 97
Richardson, 88
Richie, 24
Rider, 138
Riemer, 113
Rietstap, 46
Right, 155
Riker. 92
Rinckhout, 159, if- 170
Ritchie, 183
Rivers, 89
Robberson. 32
Robblee, 183
Roberts. 89, 90, 96, 184
Robertson, 124, 182, 184
Robinson, 89, 98, 143,
160, 181, 182, 183
Robson, 90
Roby, 89
Rochambeau, to8
Rock, 89
Rockwell, 105, no. III,
1 12
Rockwood, 82
Roebuck, 184
Index of Names in J'o/unic XX /.
20I
H .elfse, T13 I
Rogers, 142, 181, 184
Rol, 67
K.0II. 70, 154
Rolston. 80
Rombout, 51
Romeyn, 172 ]
Romme, 31, 34, 67, 68,
115. 151, 152, 157
Rorayn. 34
Rooke, 182
Roome, 28, 32, 65, 72, 1
113, n6, 118, 156, i
183 I
Roorbag, 66, 70, 72, 152,
153
Roos, 28, 72, 86, 15s
Roosa, 59, 84, 85, 124,
190
Roosevelt, 34, 35. 68,
153. 154' 156
Rose, 89
Roseboom, 9, 116
Rosecrans, 167
."iosekrans, 11 5, 166
Rosevelt, 67, 85, 118
Ross, 21, 173, 179. 183
Roue, 87
Royal, 67
Roy all, 30, 72
Rue, 181"
Ruland, 76, 77, 78, 80
Rulev. q;
Rusht'in. 183
Rusjf, 71
Russell, 36, 38, 88, 126,
182
Rutgers, 28, 30, 32, 35,
65, 113, 115, 116, 117,
155, t58
Rutse, 59
Rutsen. t88
Rutter.L^^, 145
Ryckman. 141
Ryden, 71
Ryer, 83
Ryke, 65, 70, 115
Ryken, 31
Ryknian. ^(3, 114, 154
Ryme. 1S2'"
Rynders. 69. 116
Rynderts, 32, 69
Rysdyck. 54, 55
Ryverdingh, 171
Ryzen. 172
Sackett, 135
Sage, 82, Q3
Sahlcr. 45
Sailer, 90, 172
Samcary, 185
Sammis, 138
Sammon. 116
Sammons, 03, 114
Samson. T84
Sanders. 70. 89, go
Sanderson, 141
San ford. 182
Sands. 28. 116, 151
Sanford, 184
Santfort, 70
Sarra. 9?
Sarris, 8q
Saunders. 49. '
Savage, 126
Sawyer, 136, 139, 150
Say re, 143
Scarlet. 172
Schaats, 166
Schepmoes. 60, 61, 84,
167
Schermerhoorn, 10. 114
Schermerhorn 9, 10,61,
■74
Schilman, 156
Schmit. 123
Schooley, 181
Schoonmaker, 122, 123,
166
Schorman, 62
Schott, 165.
Schouten, 66
Schrick, 171
Schuijler. g
Schultz, 59 ^
Schureman. 61, 62, 63,
64
Schut, 171
Schuurman, 62, 143, 144
Schut. 119
Schuyler, ij, 30, 31, 32,
35i 59- 7"^. 7' gi-
ns, 116, 117, 140,
155- 158
Scott. 48. 64, 116, 165,
177, 181
Scovel, 24
Scudder, 36, 37
Scurman, 62
Seaman, 183
Sebering, 152
Sebring, 29, 33, 34, 66,
;i' 152
.Seacord, 184
Sesrrier, 151
Sekkerly. 28
Selby, 88
Seller, ^r
Selover, 11^, 154
Selyns, 91
Sample. 182
Senbech, 184
Senger, 34. 68, 72
1 Setuh 1R2
I Sevenhove, 158
! Seward, 150
j Seynor, 183
Seys. 72
Shannon, 177, 178, 179,
184
Sharduvyn. 28
Sharpe. 162
Shaw. 182
Shay, no
Sheldrin, 115
! Shelley. 179.
■ Shepherd. 38
Sherman, 67, 127
Sherwood. 137
Shielield. 6-
Shilson. 90
I Shoemaker. 184
Showerman, 63
Sibley, 126
.Sickles, 175,
, Siedsl, 158
I Sikkels, 35, 65, 70
Silk. 29
illeck. 136
Sills. iS
j Silvester, 33, 90
I Simmes, 89
Simmon, 13, 16, 17
I Simiin_, 88
Simnnis. 31, 6g, ri5
Simons. 88
Simpson, 133, 174, 181
Sme. 13^
Sinkam, 3, 156
j Sipkens, 70
I Sjoert, 67
Sjocrts, 34
' Si'iet, 113
Skilman. 34
Skingley, 90
Skinna. 114
Slagle. 39
Slecht. 84. i?i, 123
Sleight, 84, 189
Slone, 182
Slot. 70
Slott. 154
Smalley, 104
Smart. 90
Smedes. 85, 187
Smith, 28, 29, 31, 33, 36,
58, 65, 66, 70, 71, 72,
77, 81, 82, 88, 89, 90,
92. 97, 115, 124, 125,
129, 140, 141, 146,
155. 182. 183, 184,
186, 191, 192
Sniffin, 139
Snod grass, 183
Snoek, 153
Snyder, 21, 65, 71, 116,
153, 173, 184
Snyer. 66. 67
Soelsberry, 172
Sols. 157
Sopman. 118
Southard, 183
Southick, 185
Sowerby. 81
Spader. 42, 193
Sparks, 159
Spencer, _§}
Spiser, 183
Spoor. 151, 157
Spragg, 182
Spratt. 153
Sproull, 183
Staats. 13, 15, 18. 70, 116
Stake. 141
Siamon, 184
Stanford, 9^
Stanhopee. 88
I Stanton, 87, 140
Staplefort, 171
Staples, 88
Stauber, 152
St. Clair. 39
Stearns, 96
Stedman. 126
Steel, 16. 64, 124
■■!>teele, 40, 64
Steell. 40, 41
Steger, 70, 183
Stephens, 88 "
Stephenson, 88, 90
Sterley. 90
Steuben, 108
Stevens. 7. 16,25, 68,1155
Stevenson. 36, 46, 184
Stewart, 141, 179, 181,
I go
Stiles. 143, 146
Stillman, 150
Stilhvell, 181
Stinton. 88
Stivens. 1S2
Stockley. 88
Stokes, 87, 88
.Stone. 7. 47. 48
Stoncrt. 157
Storms, 128
Storrs. 102
Story, 171
'^touher, 31, 69
.Stout, 37, 39
.Stoutenburg, 116, 151
Stoutenburgh, 61
Strachan, 141 .
Stranahan, 146
Strang. 130-139, 147
Street. 183
Slrcing, 130, 131
Stren<;, 134
Siring. 130
Strong, 6, 192
Strut . 182
Stuart, 40, 93, i8g
Sturt, 88
Sturtevant, 127
Stuyvesant, 65, 83, 97
Stymets, 29, 32. 68, 157
Sullock. i8i
Sutherland, ig2
Suttle, 184
Suylandt, 84, 85
Swan, g6
Swart, 59, 60, 61, 120,
121
Swartwout, 141, 166,
187, 189, 193
Swayze, 185
Sweet, 10, 21, 174, 175
Swerver, 32
Swisebaugh. 181
Swords, u2
Sydenham, 4
Sylvester, 145
Symonse. 67, 154
Symonsen, T55
Sys, 32
Sytez, 141
Tadis, 154
Taggart, 124
Takker, 137
Ta!cott,8, II, 100
Tallmadge, 141, 142
Tamson, 28
Tanner. 112, 155
Tappan,3g
Tarp, 114
Taylor, 87, g7, i3g, 143,
1S3. 185
Teller, 34, 6g
Tempel, 172
Tenbroeck, 28, 58, 85,
q6, g8, 141, 155, 156,
185
Ten Broek, 30, 114, 115
Ten Eyck, ii, 19, 30,
33, fo, 61, 66, 69, 97,
151, 152,153,155,176
Ten Eyk, 34, 65, 67, 68,
72, 182, 190, 192
Terhune, 61
Terjay, 152
Terp, 29
Terrel, 182
Terry, 74, 75, 76, g6
Tevo, 155
Teyton. 87
Thatcher, 146
Thatford, 13, 16, 24
Theall, 139
Thebou, 114
Thomas, 22, 72, 73, 182
^Thompson, 37, 143, 145,
■"■ 161 ' _.
Thomsen, 32
Thomson, 46, 68, 143
Thons, 35- 65
Thorman 28, 68 ^//'
Thf)rmen, 31, 33
Thorn. 78, 181, 183
Tliorne. 172. 184
Thornton, 89
Thorp. 174. 189
Thurman, 115
Thys, 1 15
Thysen, 66, 152
Tiddel. 34
Tiebout, 67, 69, 72, 115,
141. 157
Tienhove, 31
Tienhoven, 157
Tietsoort, 113, 152
Tiffany, 96
Tilley. 183
Tillottson, 76, 78
Tilly. 155
Tittel, 151
2o:
Index of Navies in Volume XXI.
Tobey, 172
Tolley, 185
Tolman, 28
Tong, 15s
Tooker, 74, 75, 172
Torren, 90
Totten, 183
Tower, 127
Townlee, 159
Townsend, 161
- Tracy, 16, 126, 127
Trafford, 159
Trarah, 183
Trenchard, 98
Trevor, 172
Trindek, 182
Tripet, 97, 146
Trow, 1^6
Trumbull, 141, 169
Tubbs, 183
Tuckerman, 97, 146,
192
Tupper. 20
Turk, 28, 29, 30, 34, 70,
71, 114, it6, 117, 119,
120, 155, 156
Turnbull, 179
Turner. 88
Tyler, 96, 143
Tyllsey, 88
Tysen, 70
Tyson, 40, 41
Uit Bogert, 114
Uitten Bogert, 114
Underbill, 63
Url, 183
Ursern, 181
Uytden B >gert, 30, 32
Uytenboj ert. 32
Uyttenbcgard, 151
Vail, 150
Valentine, 63, 64
Valentyn, 113
Van Aalsteyn, 11
Van A ilstyn, 70
Van Aarnem, 156
Van Aken, 85, 120
Van Alen, 11. 13, 14, 15,
19, 20, 129, 172
Van Alst, 152
Van Alslyne, 21, 172,
173, 176
Van Arnem, 70
Van Balen, 157
Van Ball, 51
Van Beest, 164
Van Benschoten, 55,
165, 166
Van Benthuysen, 34,
61, 86, 119, 155
Van Bloemendall, 60
Van Bomrael, 97
Van Borsom, 20, 68
Van Bossem, 59
Van Bossen, 60
Van Broekel, 192
Van Brugh, 35, 65, 157
Van Buren, u, 44, 69,
84, 143, 174, 17s, 183
Van Bursum, 67, 114
VaTi Buskirk, 184
Vail Bussen, 153
Van Ceis, 32
Van Corlaer. 171
Van Cortland, 154
Van Cortlandt, 31, 34,
51, 71, 112, 192
Van Cortlant, 29, 71,
"3
Van Crys, 34
Van Cys, 34
Van Daleri, 118
Van Dam, 2S, 67, 71,
114, 117, 153
Van de Bogaard, 120
Van den Berg, 59, 61, 68,
119, 122, 123, 151,
1521 157
Van der Beck, 68, 70,
118, 152, 156
Vanderbilt, 93
Vanderburgh, 141
Van der Grist, 114, 156
Van der Haan, 70, 156, i Van Solingen, 158
158 I Van Steenberg, 86,
Van der Heul, 30, 67, Van Taarl, 70
Van Roen, 65
Van Schaack, 15, 19, 20,
129, 172
Van Schaick, 30, 65, 71,
158
Van Schie, 52
Van Seys, 113, 116, 117,
118
Van Slyck. 59. 121, 170
Van Slyk, 28
Van Solinge, 66
118, 156
Van der Hoef, 70
Van der Linde, 171
Vanderlyn, 192
Van der PoeK 12, 13, 14,
15, 18. 19, 20, 114
Van der Schuur, 67
Van der Schuuren, 64
Van der Spiegel, 32, 65,
71
Van Taarling, 71,
Vantassel, 181
Van Thienhove, 6i
Van Thuyl, 31
Van Tienhove, 35
Van Tilberg, 116
Van Tilburg, 29
Van Tissel, 116
Van Tuyl, 156
Van Deurse, 30, 67, 69, 1 Van Valkenberg, i
"5
Van Valkenburg, 16, 17,
Van, Valkenburgh, 13,
Van Vegten, 33, 72, 85
Van Velsen, 164
Van Vleck, 14, 15, 19,
33.
Van Deursen, 30, 35, 65,
66, 69, 72, 114, 117,
i^i, 154. 155
Van Deusen, 13, 17, 165
Van Deventer, 115
Vande Water, 34, 66,
70, 113, 114, 116, 118,
152, is6, 158
Van Dyck, 11, 134, 136,
154. 170
Van Dyk, 29, 66, 68, 72,
152
Van Dyke, 141
Van Elslant, 171
Van Emburgh, 181, 185 Van Vranken. 55, 56
Van Etten, 60, 165, 166 Van Wagenen, 45, 46,
V'ln Gaasbeck, 86 58, 59, 60, 61, 85, 86,
Van Vlek, 22, 31
114, 156, 158
Van Vlekker. 113
Van Vliet, 59, 85, 120,
i?i, 123, t86
van Vorst, 30, 32, 33,
Van Garden, 165, 168
Van Gelder, 28, 31, 34,
67, 68, 69, 70, 113,
114, 117, 152, 154,
156
Van Heusen, 19
Van Heyningen. 60,119,
i?o
Van Hoek, 65. 67, ;ij
11&, 155, 58 ;■
Van Hoevenbargh, 141
Van Hoorn, 31, 32, 66,
70
Van Horn, 158
Van Home, 67, 116, 153,
Van Houten, 70
Van Hyniugen, 70
Van Irnburg, 118
Van Keulen, 97, 98
Van Keuren, 18, 84, 97,
97, 98, 118-124, 141,
143, 145, 164, 167
Van Wickle, 112, 192
Van Wie, 121
Van Winkel, 156
Van Winkelen, 115
Van Woert. 65
Van Woggelom, 171
Van Wyck, 54, 115
Van Wyk, 31, 72, 158
Van Ysselstein, 171
Van Zandt, 30, 33, 39,
66, 67, 69, 116, isii
153. '55
Varick, 185
Varik, 152
Vark, 68
Vas, 52, 120
Vaughan, 181
Vaugton, 32
Veal. 181
Vedder, 22, 150
Vercolge, 90
lyerdon, 172
""iVer Duyii,
Van Kleeck, 167
Van Kortright, 164
Van Laar, 31. 68 r"^ Ver Duyn, 30, 35, 67,
Van Laer, 171 ., 69. 116, 152, 164
Van Langestraat, 17, * Vermilya, 8r, 82
Vaniaw, 185 , Vermilye, 81, 82, 66
Van Lint, 116 ' Vemilyea, 82
Van Mepelen, 29, 113, I Vernooy, 186, 188,
•54
Van Nes, 170
Van Nist, 52, 53
Van Oort, 70, 154
Van Orland, 118
Van Patten, 84
Van Pelt, 30, 69, 114,
153, JS5
Van Ranst, 28, 33, 151
Van Rensselaer, 23, 45,
46, 140
100
Verplatick, 53, 133, 135
Verplank. 51, 53, "54, 68,
70. 71
Vetch, 66, is3
Veurde, 114
Vickerman, 181
Viele, 93
Viely, 66
Vile, 29, 33, 114
Vinhagen, 170
Vinson, 90
Vliereboom, 66, 114
Vlydenberg, 153
Voeshee, 116
Von Kobut, 33
Vosch, 171
Vos, 35, 116
Vosburg, to
Vosburgh, 12, 19, 20, 21,
22
Vosburough, 141
Vradd, 183
Vredenburg, 28, 33, 67,
I 72, 113, 116. u8, 156,
164, 168
' Vrelandt, 70
Vrclant, 35, 153
Wady, 181
Wagget, 87
Wagstoffe, 183
Wakeley, 95
Waldorf, 157
Waldrom, 35, 66, 71,
114, 1x5, 116, 154,
156, 158, 166, 171,
184
Walgraaf, 67, 151
Walker, 89, 96. 141
Wall, 184
Wallace, 184
Wallworth, 88
Walmsly, 117
Walter, 28, 70
Waiting, 28
Walton, 67, 97, 117, 143
Waltong, 30
Walworth, 6
Wamboom, 122
Wanshaar, 158
Warcupp, 90
Ward, 88, 90. 96, 107,
137, 181, 184
Wariff, 185
Waring, 137
Warne, 43, 157
Warner, 83
Warnock, 182
Warren, 159
Warton, 172
Warwicke, 87
Washburn, 182
Washburne, 126,
Washington, 45, 48, 55,
96, 107, 108, HI, 142,
,„ 143, 169
Waterbury, 182
W^aters. ji
Watkeys, 183
Watson. 168, 169, 170,
171, 181, 184, 185,
189
Watt, 177
Wattam, 16. 25
Way, 182
Wean, 181
Weaver, 186
Wc-bb, 169, 170, 172
Webbers, 29, 115, 133,
151. 156
Webster, i6q. 170
Weissenfels, 141
Wellman, 49, 90
Wels. 152
Welsch, 29, 71, 113
Welsh, 184,
Wendel, 34
Wesley, 143
Wesscls, 28, 31, 33, 35,
65, 68, 71, 113, 115,
117, 118, 153, 157
West, 39, 146
Weslbrook, 56, ^^
Westfael, 167
Index of Names in Volume XXI.
203
Westfall, 166
AVetmore, 134, 136
Wet/.el, 141
We y man 182
W'naly, go
Wharton, 54
VYheeler, yg, 8j
^vVhipplc, 95
White, 66, 88, 89, 96. q?.
137, 141, 181. ,03'
Whitefield, i« ^
Whitlock. 42
^Vhitney, 138, 193
A'hittaker, 185
Whittemore, 97
Wicks, 73
Wiggins, i8i
Wightman, 192
Wikoff. 36, 37
Wilberforce, 92
Wilcoxson, 21, 175
Wilding, 165
Wilhelmus, 28
Wilkinson, 90
Willard, 102
Willcocks, 88
Willcox, 25
Willeman. 157
Willems, 84
Willemse, 30, 35, 66, 71,
153, ii;i;. !■-?
Willet,,^/" ■''
Willett, 140
Williams, 83, 90, 96, 128,
182, 184
Williamson, 16, 81, 125
Willis, 96
Willsey, 21, 174
Willson, 87, 88, 177, 183,
184
Wilson, 13, 22, 45, 46,
49, 78, 93i 96, 98,
143, 146, 177, 178,
179, 181, 190
Winchester, 146
Windover, 32, 116, 157
Wing, 88
Winne, 11, 165, 171
Winslow, 49, 93. 172
Winthrop, 95
Wist, 181
Witlock. 172
Witmot, 18,
». itvelt, 29, 157
Woderspoon, 183
Woederd, 33
Woeders, 72 •
Woertendyk. 69, 151
Wolf, 183
Wolfe, 103, 190
Wood, 6, 15, 23, 35,
118, 143, 155, I
183, 192
Woodaard, 165, 166
Woodard, 118
Woodcock, 89
WoodhuU, 96
Woodley. 89
Woodruff, 141
Woods. 136
Woodshaw, 89
Woodward, 89
Woolley, 184
Woolsey, 77, 172
Worden, 183
«i ^hmgtoi.
Wotton, 183
Woudberry, 171
Wright, 16, 26, 89, 90,
96, 124, 141, 184, 193
Wynk >op, 12, 61, 71,
143. '46
Yarrington, 77
Yay, 31, 34
Ydese, 66
Yeakel, 124
Yeamons, 181
Youmans, 183
Yunior, 183
Zantfoort, 115
Zeeman, 171
Zenfcr, 151, 153
Zwa.'.p, 65
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1. Marshall S. Bidwell. A Memoir. By Edward F. de Lancey, . . . i
2. The Pruyn Family. American Branch. By John V. L. Pruyn. (Continued) 8
3. Bayard Epitaphs from All Sal\ts' Church, Southampton, England, . 26
4. Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in the City of New York.
(Continued), ............ 28
5. John Hart, the Signer. By Dr. John R. Stevenson, . . . .36
6. Tyson and Steele Family Records, 40
7. Original Records of the Families of Herbert and Morgan, . . 41
8. The East in New York City. By William Alfred Jones, . . . .43
g. Notes and Queries.— Proceedings of the Society— Hasbrouck— Drake— Gar-
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Bayard — Elting, . . . . . . . . . . . .45
10. Obituary. — Benjamin W. Dwight, .... .... 46
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The Driver Family, ........... 47
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2. Inscriptions in the Graveyard at Morgan Manor, South Amboy,
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6. Strang. By Richard Wynkoop, ......... 130
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Cleveland, ............. 150
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Franklin Anniversary, .......... 190
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