Somerset County
Historical Quarterly
EDITOR:
A. VAN DOREN HONEYMAN
PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY
PUBLICATION COMMITTEE:
A. Van Doren Honeyman
Alexander G. Anderson
Joshua Doughty, Jr.
Hon. James J. Bergen
John F. Reger
Mrs. William W. Smalley
Vol. VIII— 1919
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List of Illustrations
Facing Pace
Fisher, Hon. Hendrick, Grave of - i
Pluckemin Old Lutheran Churchyard ------- 10Y
Presbyterian Church, Bound Brook, Former ------ 81
Road Map, New Brunswick to Princeton, 1745 ------ 241
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Contents
LEADING ARTICLES
Pages
Branchburgh Township's Voters, 1866 37
Claeson, Peter. Wyckoffs' Ancestor Jacob IVyckoff - 49
Fisher, Hendrick — the Real German-
American - - - - - A. Van Daren Honeyman - 1
Frelinghuysen, Col., Muster Roll of
1778 - 171
Hillsborough (Millstone) Ch
Baptisms ----- f>,- v . John Neander - - 132,184
Low, Dirck, Public Business - - John J. DeMott â– - 87,175
New Brunswick, Some Early Happen-
ings ------ Mary J. Atkinson - - 23
Pike, Gen. Zebulon M., Somerset-Born William J. Backes 241
Readington Church Baptisms - - Rev. B. V. D. IVyckoff - 65,137
Six-Mile Run Church Baptisms 123,211,264
Somerset Civil List 33.i'9
Solomon's Lodge, No. i, Roll - - Rev. Titus E. Davis - - 165
Somerset County Marriages - 56,193,283
set Early Wills - / - - 62,180
Somerset Innholders, 1778-179,9 - - 277
Somervili.e, Recollections of - - Rev. E. S. Porter, D. D. - 161
Talmage, David T., Father of the
Noted Talmage Clergymen - Robert Swartwout Tali: .251
Talmage, Major Thomas, Family
Narrative ----- Robert Swartwout Talmage i"8,8i
Van Arsdale Family - - - A. Van Dorcn Honeyman - 96
Van Liew, Cornelius, Descendants - "Aunt Betsey" Van Liew - 41,93
on-Henry Family - - - A. Van Dorcn Honeyman - 53
HISTORICAL NOTES AND COMMENTS
Bedminster Church Contributions,
1801-6
Bucks Co. Historical Society - 319
Centenarians, Two Somerset - 318
Commission of 1793 - - -152
Constables in 1788 - - - 150
Early Western Settler - - 150
Lamington Black Saint - - 320
Leslie Tombstone at Pluckemin - 230
Map of 1745 ... . 322
Messier, Dr., Record of Parents - 79
Military Order of 1865 - - 152
Pike, Gen., Article ... 319
Quarterly Discontinued - - 317
Racawachanna, Sale of 232
utionary Beacon at Pluck-
emin - - - - . - 78
Man Making Good - 80
Sermons in Stones ... 153
Talmage Sermon, The - - 319
Somerville Messenger 92 Years
Ago - - - 75
Tuition and Board too Years Ago 149
Union League of Civil War - 231
Whe'-c Were Sumerfelt and Mew
Mil ford? ... 151
DEPARTMENT OF NOTES AND QUERIES
Blackford-Davis - - - .
Bound Brook as "New Milford"
Bound Brook Boulder - - -
Boylan-Hodge -
Boylan-Orton -
Caldwell -
Chapman -
Codrington, Thomas -
Cossart-K ershaw-Coshuh
Cozad-Winans -
Dumont-Gen. Washington
Earl of Stirling's Land
Fisher, Hendrick's Children
Henry
324
Justices of the Quorum
234
McCrea-Ohio Settlers
322
Pcapack Again - . -
325
"Red Stone County." The
324
327
<urer. First, of Somerset
324
Van Arsdale, Abraham's Descend-
32s
ants . . . . -
238
325
Van Dorn-Schenck ...
160
236
Van Dyck, Hendrick, of Neshanic
235
324
Nan Dyke, Col. John
160
327
Van Dyke- Van Vliet - - -
323
160
Voorhees Lawyers, Noted -
237
154
York Road, The Old -
326
327
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SOMERSET COUNTY
HISTORICAL QUARTERLY
Vol. 8. SOMERYILLE, NEW JERSF.V, JANUARY, 1919. No. I
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V HENDRICK FISHER— THE REAL GERMAN-AMERICAN
BY A. VAN DOREN HONEYMAN, PLAINFIELD, N. J.
In these times, when everything and everybody bearing a German
name appear to have a lost reputation, it is pleasant to recall to mind the
fact that the County of Somerset and the State of New Jersey as a whole
were the gainers two centuries ago by a class of Germans who left the
old land of their birth because of its wars and tyrannies, and who settled
down on our soil as free men capable of becoming sincere American
patriots. It is true they came mostly from the Palatinate and not from
northern, which was Prussian, Germany ; and they were brought up,
not so much in the then strict Lutheran faith as in the Reformed faith;
were in every sense reformed in religion, being more truly religious Pro-
gressives than the strict Lutherans. They had suffered much in endeav-
oring to cut clear from all the abnormalities arising from the perverted
Papacy of that day. tnd b cause they belonged to the more advanced
Protestants of the Rl ions and took their faith largely from the
leaders of religious thought in Switzerland, instead of those in North
Germany, those who came from the Palatinate, say from 1700 to 1750,
were more like the Scotch and the Hollanders in their faith than otherwise.
This subject of the religious creed of the early German settlers would
have no place here but for the fact that Hendrick Fisher, as, doubtless, his
father before him, was all his life an intei li tan. It must
have been born in him. And, seemingly, he took no great interest in the
early establishment of German churches in Somerset, but always attended
churches of more pronounced Calvanistic, or Reformed, viev
1: was both the civil wars and the religious tumults in Germany
that caused so many Palatinists to leave their country early in
Eighteenth century and to migrate to a land where thought and speech
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were free, and where oppression and bloodshed were uncommon. Here
they could live as men and not as slaves, either of religion or militarism.
We honor these early Germans for their far-sightedness, their innate
honesty, their true valor of spirit, and especially for the fact that they
made first-class citizens and were progenitors of some of the ablest and
best of those whose blood mingled with that of the Dutch, the Scotch and
the English in the War of the Revolution and in the two great wars since,
including that which has just ended.
It was Hendrick Fisher, Sr., who is said to have come from the Rhine
region to Holland as an exile, and then, about the year 1703, to New Jersey,
He doubtless spelled his name Visscher in his homeland, or at least that
was the true German name. This Hendrick died October 17, 1749, when
certainly over seventy years of age, yet, singularly enough, no record, so
far as I am aware, has been found giving his signature, and not one
important fact relating to him at all, between 1703 and 1749, is known,
although during all that period he is said to have resided along the Rari-
tan River a short distance south of Bound Brook. Dr. Messier and oth-
ers who must have investigated the matter, state that he purchased, in
1703, three hundred acres of land of William Dockwra, a part of a tract
of nine hundred acres that Dockwra had obtained of the Proprietors in
1682. Dockwra, a Scotchman by birth but a London merchant, was an
absentee landlord, possessed by patents from the foreign Proprietors of
thousands of acres along the Raritan and Millstone Rivers, which he
sold chiefly to Hollanders but also to some Germans. Who Hendrick,
Sr.'s wife was ; what other children, if any, he had, except Hendrick, Jr. ;
and, indeed, all other facts about him that we should like to know, are
shrouded in mystery. 1 It is only from his son's character and ability that
we can judge of the metal which must have existed in his father's or
mother's line of ancestry.
Hendrick. Jr., to whom almost exclusively I am now to refer, having
1 born, as we know from his age at death, about the year 1697, and
in the Palatinate as is believed, was, therefore, a boy of only six when he
came from Germany to Somerset County. According to Dr. Messier
and others he, with his father, presumably with other living members of
the family, began living on the 300 acres mentioned, and in a house
"built in 1688 by William Dockwra." The origin of this statement, or
belief, is unknown, but it cannot be all true, for Dockwr 1 came to
-ey. (See Q y, Vol. VI, p. 12, footnote, for references).
Probably the ' 1 by the elder Fisher, himself ; or it may be
the present structure, so long supposed to date from 1688, was con-
Mile Run about 1699,
",:t there are no proofs.
Hendrick Fisher — The Real German-American 3
structed by the younger Hendrick. Proofs are wanting, though without
doubt the house is one of the oldest if not the oldest existing residence in
the County. 2
As to the younger Hendrick it is certain he had no advanced educa-
tion, but must have been entirely self-made. In those days schools were
few and New Jersey had no colleges. He is said to have become a
mechanic as well as farmer.
Hendrick Fisher, when somewhere near his majority, married, but
we only know the Christian name of his wife, Elizabeth. On August II,
1721, he became a member of the Reformed (Dutch) church at New
Brunswick. His residence was about equally distant between the Fre-
linghuysen church near present Somerville and the Frelinghuysen church
in New Brunswick, and he chose to go to Xew Brunswick. The latter
church was at a growing place; the former was just being built (1721)
in the o] n intry. The Pi in congregation (perhaps already
formed) at Bound Brook had no church edifice, and its ministrations were
wholly in the English language. As his wife did not join at New Bruns-
wick in 1 721, it is to be assumed he had not yet married, and this seems
evident also from the fact that his oldest kno^lfi child was not born until
1726. It is to be supposed, therefore, that he married about 1725, when
twenty-eight years of age.
One year after he joined the New Brunswick church (1722) Hen-
drick was made a deacon of that church, and also of its co-church at Six-
Mile Run; and again in 1725; and in 1727 he was chosen elder, and,
with repeated elections, he remained an elder at New Brunswick, if not
also at Six-Mile Run, for certainly nearly fifty years, perhaps to the end of
his life. While his last recorded election at New Brunswick was in 1765,
we know he was an elder serving both New Brunswick and Six-Mile
Run in 1772. ("Ecc. Rec. of N. Y.," p. 4246). He was then as such
elder attending a meeting in New York City to heal the divisions in the
â– ieformed ecclesiastical bodies, and with perfect results.
to Hendrick's religious life, there is not too much to be said of its
fervor, activity and strong influence. He became as his years increased
a pronounced pietist in the best sense of that word; not a rapturous,
tic Pietist, such as those of that name who developed almost into a
sect in the Lutheran Church in Germany at a rather later period, but an
evangelist, a lay preacher of the most burning and impassioned words of
Christ as narrated in the Gospels. Me partook of the temperament of his
religious teacher, Theodoras Jacobus Frelinghuysen, and to such an extent
an illustration of this house as it now appears, see frontispiece to January
Qua] i. Ill C 1914). The current view of its date is there stated as fact,
but the above te: It i> without verification.
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that the latter called him and set him apart as his "helper" in Christian
work and in lay preaching in 1736. Thereafter he is said to have fre-
quently preached in churches (in the absence of the pastor) and catechised
children, and references have been made to sermons published by him,
but, if that be true, the titles and dates I have nowhere discovered.
When Hendrick was elected as a deacon in 1722 there were those at
Six-Mile Run who opposed his appointment "on the ground of unfavorable
reports against his character." But Domine Frelinghuysen espoused
his cause and ordained him. (See Messler's "Mem. Sermon and His-
tory Notes," p. 180). It is to be judged that at this time the "reports,"
probably untruthful, were largely the outcome of his progressive but
strict religious views, which were what got Frelinghuysen himself into his
troubles, although history has proven the latter was right and his views
such as served mightily to build up the church at large in all this sec-
tion of the State. Into the controversy which now began and lasted
bitterly for nearly thirty long y i:h a much longer separation of two
separate bodies in the Reformed Dutch Church, Hendrick Fisher threw
himself with ardor, as may be seen by reading the records sent over to
Holland and published within the last seventeen years. (See "Eccle-
siastical Records of the State of New York" — really both of New York
and New Jersey — secured in Holland by Rev. Edward T. Corwin, and
published by the State of New York in 19 here consult Index).
He is said not only to have spoken, but to have published his sentiments
in pamphlet form. (Ibid, p. 2305).
The Rev. Frelinghuysen, in order to exhibit properly to persons out-
side of his fold his evangelical views as preached by him, published vari-
ous sermons in Dutch as early as 1730. Five of them were "translated"
by Hendrick Fisher into English, and published in that 1
The Coetus party in the Reformed (Dutch) church held many meet-
ings between 1737 and 1754, usually in New York City, and Fisher was
invariably one of the delegates as an Elder, and often served on the most
important committees : frequently as the only Elder on such committees.
In the "Charter of the Five Churches," of New Brunswick, Raritan,
Six-Mile Run, Millstone and North Branch, granted by Governor Belcher
in 1753, he is named as one of the corporators, and of the Board of Trus-
tees of this incorporation he was made President. In fact by this time
he had become the most prominen imingly, the most
responsible of all the elders in the Somerset County Dutch churches,
taking therein much of the leading character which he later sustained in
the civil His name continues in the
"For this controversy, see articles in the Quarteu [II, pp. 173, 241, and
Hendrick Fisher — The Real German- Amerii 5
records as transmitted to Holland in this same chara'. leading
elder) onward until 1772 and, without doubt, he maintained such posi-
tion and preeminence till his death.
While all this religious work, including the controversies that fill
hundreds of pages in the ecclesiastical records, were going on and Fish-
d mind must have been full of it, he was giving attention
to the civil government of the State. As this, however, was but prelim-
inary to the greater project of establishing a free Republic, which unfolded
itself during the War of the Revolution, and in ,vhich he performed so
active and lofty a part, I shall first allude to his interest in the establish-
ment of Queen's (afterward Rutger's) College, and his official standing in
connection with it, as that preceded the Revolution.
The proposition was made by various ministers in the Dutch church
at least as early as 1755 to found a college of learning somewhere in the
general vicinity of New York. '. ing proportions until
1766, when Governor Franklin of New Jersey granted a charter. Its
contents is not precisely known, as it is not on record. The actual charter
used, a new one, was granted by the same Governor in 1770, on Hen-
drick Fisher's petition, for under the first charter a board of trustees
was formed, and of it Hendrick Fisher was made president ; his petition,
therefore, was as President of this Board. It is apparent that he was
active in securing the first charter ( he was already one of the most prom-
inent men in the New Jerse) My), and also that as a business
man, qualified to preside over a body of much more learned men, he stood
out as a leader. He was also made President of the Board of Trustees
under the 1770 charter. I ted to raise money in and about New
Brunswick to aid in the establishment of Queen's and its site was fixed in
that City, in fact in Somerset County, because (among other reasons) he,
with Rev. Dr. Jacob R. Hardenbergh (pastor of the Somerset County Fre-
linghuysen churches, and who later became the 1 ident of the Col-
lege), had secured a large amount of subscriptions in its vicinity. Argu-
ments for a location at Hackensa :k and elsewhere were numerous and
importunate, but it is certain that our rugged old "Samut I of Som-
erset," as Fisher has been called, used more persuasive arguments for the
site of New Brunswick. Unhappily the proceedings running over many
years after the founding of this College are largely unknown, even the
minutes of the early Board or Boards of Trustees having, somehow,
perished 1
*That before Queen's College was proposed Hendrick Fisher was desirous that
the >!e facilities be given for the education of the youth is apparent from
the fact that in 1764 he was one of those to sell tickets for the lottery to raise £3,000
for the College of Xew jersey at Princeton, the Assembly bill for which he himself
had presented. ("N. J. Archives," Vol. XXIV, p. 294).
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Just how long Hendrick Fisher remained a member of the Board of
Trustees seems not to be known, but probably for several years.
I now come to the civil and patriotic career of this German-American
patriot, for such he was to the very marrow.
The part he took in the civil affairs of the State up to the Revolution,
soon after which, from old age, he was obliged to retire to a quieter life,
will never be fully known, for the newspapers of those days reported only
cold facts, and not the personal activities or even speeches in the State
Legislature and Conventions of the people. Resolutions adopted and stat-
utory acts passed were put in print, but the most interesting underlying
facts were forever relegated to silence. We can, however, glean much
that is significant from the plain records.
For example, we know that in 1740, when he was forty-two years
of age, and during the church troubles and activities that so engrossed his
mind, he was called on by his fellow-citizens to go to the Assembly. He
was elected, with John Van Middleswart as associate. But, as he had
only become regularly naturalized in 1739, he was declared ineligible to
hold the office. He stated to the Assembly his reasons for believing he
was eligible, that he "thought the Act in Queen Anne's reign which nat-
uralized others included himself." However, Thomas Leonard took his
place, and Mr. Fisher had to await the lawful time, and then, five years
later (1745), he was again elected and took his seat along with Mr. Van
Middleswart, and so worthily held it that for thirty years afterward he
was still a member of the New Jersey Assembly. That body met some-
times at Perth Amboy, sometimes at Burlington, and in later years at
Trenton. This is a longer consecutive period than anyone in New Jer-
sey, so far as my knowledge goes, has ever occupied a seat in either
one or both branches of our Legislature.
For a year or two, or until 1747, we find no record of special hon-
ors being conferred upon the new member. Then they began to multiply
and he became chairman of this and that important Committee. Some
of these have been noted in the tribute to Mr. Fisher paid by Rev. T. E.
Davis, formerly of Bound Brook, in his address upon Fisher's life and
character before the New Jersey Historical Society in 1899. (''Proceed-
ings of N. J. Historical Society," Third Series, Vol. IV, p. 129). 5
I note many of the matters mentioned by Mr. Davis, but am glad to
be able to add new ones, which probably escaped his attention. In point
of fact, to develop all that Mr. Fisher did in the Assembly, even up to
1765, when the Stamp Act was promulgated, would be to produce a
'This fine tribute by Mr. Davis is the only extended sketch of Mr. Fisher's life
ever published, and the present writer is indebted to it for some facts that otherwise
might have been overlooked.
Hendrick Fisher — The Real German-American 7
volume, for the Minutes of the Assembly and of the Governor's Council
are full of attestations of his activity and zeal for the best interests, not
alone of his County but of the State. As Mr. Davis has well said of his
Assembly labors : "No man was so frequently honored, no man so often
entrusted with important duties, nor so often the chairman of important
Committees. If a message was to be sent to the Governor or the Council,
in nearly every case Hendrick Fisher was the chairman of such Commit-
tee. Changes or revision of existing statutes, or the adoption of new
laws, were submitted to a Committee of which Hendrick Fisher was a
member. If a petition was to be sent to His Majesty, the King, or to
His Excellency, the Governor, the one man selected to prepare and send
or carry such message was the tried and the true Hendrick Fisher."
In i746-'7, when the Expedition to Canada was on foot, in the War
against France, New Jersey sent troops thither, and Hendrick Fisher was
one of the Commissioners appointed by the Legislature to disburse the
State's necessary funds.
In 1748 he was chairman of the Committee to burn cancelled bills
of credit — another most responsible position.
In 1749 there were troubles still unsettled between the Assembly and
the lately deceased Governor, Lewis Morris. Mr. Fisher was placed on
a Committee to settle matters.
In 1750 there was again a Northern Expedition and Fisher was one
of two in charge of fitting- out the forces. In this his young son, Minne,
assisted, as bills for the expenditures show.
In 1754 an Act was passed to issue £50,000 in bills to assist in dis-
possessing the French from lands on the Ohio, and for other measures
of defense, and Mr. Fisher was the second of four inspectors named to
be "inspectors of the press," i. e., to see that the printer properly per-
formed his duty.
In 1755 Colonel Schuyler was sent on an expedition to the North
and Mr. Fisher was the chief of two Commissioners to supply the forces
with guns, tents, ammunition, etc.
In 1759 the Governor appointed him Judge of Somerset County and
also of the Oyer and Terminer.
In 1 761, when the State was raising money by lottery to repay itself
for loans to purchase the claims of Indians to New Jersey for lands still
held by them, Mr. Fisher was one of the managers.
During all these years Mr. Fisher was introducing bills and serving
on very important Committees, but it is unnecessary to occupy space to
name them, as they were such as belong to every Legislature.
He really "came into his own," however, to use a modern phrase,
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â– . a the Ei; rliament passed the St; in 1765. As a result
of the intens ation throughout the Colonies, during which Patrick
Henry in Virginia obtained his first great fame in the immortal "C;esar-
had-his-Brutus" speech, what is known as the First Colonial Congress met
in October of that year in New York City, to which nine States sent dele-
gates. New Jersey's delegation was Robert Ogden, Hendrick Fisher and
Joseph Borden. The thirteen resolutions passed by Congress were, first,
dutiful toward the mother country, but, second, positive as to the rights
of the Colonies. Fisher was the main spokesman there for New Jersey,
and on his return to the Assembly he reported for the Committee. (For
full report see "N. J. Archives," Vol. XXIV, p. 682). He and Mr.
Borden were then specially thanked for their "faithful and judicious dis-
charge of the trust reposed in them." Air. Ogden had not endorsed the
action of the Congress and had not subscribed to it.
In April, 1768, the New Jersey Assembly had resolved to send a
direct petition to the King of England "Praying relief from the Acts
of Parliament imposing a duty [on the Colonies] for the purpose of
raising a revenue." Of the strong committee of six appointed for this
purpose Mr. Fisher was chairman. There is now no means of ascertain-
\', hat hand he had in drawing this petition, but it was most respectful,
even eulogistic of the King (who, we know, was born of German (Han-
ovarian) parents, and, as later appeared so strongly, was a thorough Prus-
sian in his manners and obstinacy), and ppli ited" the clemency of
His Majesty, requesting that he "be graciously pleased to take into con-
sideration our unhappy circumstances, and to afford us such relief as your
Majesty's wisdom shall judge to be most proper." (See full text in "N.
J. Archives," Vol. X, p. 18).
This same year Mr. Fisher, when it came to a reelection, felt that it
was probably the last time he would go to the Assembly. Age was creep-
ing along. He allowed himself to be again elected (on June 21), his
associate now being Justice John Berrien, of Rocky Hill. 8 This election
at Millstone was described in the "New York Gazette" of July 4th as
"carried on with the greatest coolness and good order, no reflecting nor
abusive words heard during the whole election" (referring, no doubt, to
the fact that since 1765 at every polls there were disputations as to the
result of the Stamp Acts). Mr. Fisher made an address to the voters at
the close of the count at the polls, which so clearly shows th< quality,
the character, of the man that I present it in full :
"Dear Friend- and Gentlemen
sed wiili of gratitude for the repeated and dis-
"The associates of Mr. Fisher during his successive terms in the Assembly were
John Van Middleswart, John Hoagland, Justice John Berrien and John Roy.
Hendrick Fisher — The Real German- American 9
tinguishing marks of yon. I the hono you
have conferred on me are very obliging; trusting your delicate and most
tender coi Lgain into my hands is rear I not
only approve of my former, but pledge your honor to my future conduct.
I am at a loss for words on thi: ed occasion to express the grateful
sentiments of my enlarged mind; I must, therefore content myself, return-
ing you my humble, my most hearty thanks, and refer the proof of my
sincerity and this assertion to my future actions. Permit me, neverthe-
, at this tin ngratulate you on the promising appearance of your
numerous and tender offspring, treading in the patriot steps of you, their
d parents; a prospect tl • :ea1 ; patriotism in many
places, at this time, is become a martyr. Very sensible I am of my infe-
rior abilities to many in this county, but as to real satisfaction and sincere
delight in promoting your best interest and preserving your civil and
religious rights I 1 tone.
"Having spent a considerable part of the appointed number of my
days in the public service, I am now arrived to that period which would
haw made it very agreeable to have spent the remainder of my moments
in a more inactive and a retired life. But, on consider sed
ances of the Province, and the repeated solicitations of my
friends, I hav. "led once more to stand your candidate, which, how-
ever, in all probability v\ ill be my last. God grant that it ma; .'our
intere • glory."
The New York â– which makes the report of this address
adds that the people "very thankfully accepted it," and "in testimony
whereof gave three huzzas. After which Mr. Berrien gave a handsome
treat to thos illing to accept of it." It also states that the num-
ber of voter., - 1 768) going to the Somerset polls were "increased to
more than double the number since the first electing of Mr. Fisher in the
year
1760 he was chairman of the Committee of th mblj to con-
fer with the Comi if Council on the subject of the boundary line
betvt - |ei York, a matter not settled until 1772, after
century of strife.
So. ing this we find, on October 12, 1769, that -Mr. Kisher
made a most advanced proposal to the Assembly, it being that therea I
n of public business should be with open instead of closed
doors. All important business theretofore had been conducted in pri-
vate. He believed in the right of the public to know what its public ser-
vants wc and his words are thus reported :
[r. Speaker: Although it has been a custom of long standing for
the House ol this Colony to transact public bt vith
'According to the best information obtainable, Somerset had a population in
1739 of about : t could hardly have been much over 8,500. This,
how. 1 1 ontravene the statement in the text a? to the increased mi
of voters going to the polls.
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the doors of the House shut, yet, as at this time particularly a contrary
practice will be more agreeable both to the custom of Parliament and the
sentiments of the people of this Province, I move that the doors of this
House, agreeably to the practice of the House of Commons, be opened,
that all persons may, if they think proper, be present at any public debate,
under the same rules and regulations observed in the House of Com-
mons."
This motion was unanimously carried, and this order, so obtained, has
remained the custom of the House of Assembly to this day.
Events thus developed slowly but surely between the Colonial Con-
gress in New York of 1765 and the more eventful years of 1774 and
1775, and we know of Mr. Fisher that he stood firm w-ith New Jer-
sey and the other Colonies in every action they took against the acts of
England designed to enslave America, and also against such acts of Gov-
ernor Franklin as laid his loyalty to the State open to the charge that
it was wholly subordinated to loyalty to England.
One of the matters that came up in 1766 was the subject of continu-
ing the barracks at Perth Amboy, Burlington, Trenton, New Brunswick,
and Elizabethtovvn, those having existed in New Jersey from 1758, and
having been kept up for quartering the King's troops. The Assembly
that year voted a refusal longer to continue these barracks, although, sub-
sequently, rescinding it. In 1770 Mr. Fisher was upon the Commission
to keep the barracks in necessary repair with unlimited powers as to
expense ; and we know they were well repaired and furniture placed
therein, so that they served their purpose later for American soldiers
when they were not in the possession of the British forces.
In those trying times men's characters were attacked publicly in the
press with far more venom than to-day, and defended just as vigorously.
If anyone now doubts this he has but to read the personal communica-
tions of this nature in the newspapers of those days. Mr. Fisher was no
exception to the rule, but was occasionally attacked for his outspokenness
and the fact that he was given so many positions of responsibility. One
particular attack was made in some newspaper in 1772. I have been
unable to find this, but the reply, written, doubtless, by some friend,
appeared in the "New York Gazette" of May 25 of that year, and from
it one may assume it was based upon a previous article in the same
journal, as it referred to the fact that seventeen years before Mr. Fisher
was one of the two Commissioners to supply the forces of Col. Schuyler
with guns, etc. The defense uses some language which will bear quotation:
"Your scandalous libel was wrote (sic) with an intent only to blacken
the character of a man who is an honor to the county he represents,
and deserves the highest commendation for his upright and exemplary
Hendrick Fisher — The Real German- American II
behavior during a long series of years, which have been entirely devoted to
the service of his county and the Province in general. . . . Contrary
to your intention as well as inclination you have shown him to be (what
he really is) a man of consequence in the House of Assembly, who can in
a short time bring over a number of honest members (as you call them)
to his opinion, which must have been done entirely by force of argument,
as they could not be bribed ; from which it appears he is really qualified
for the place and trust reposed in him. If you had only perused the Min^
utes [of the House of Assembly] and gone back to the year 1755, when
Mr. Fisher was first appointed a Commissioner, you might have seen that
he, in conjunction with Mr. Spicer, took that burden upon themselves to
reduce the commission from 5 to 2 per cent., by which means they have
saved the Province several hundred pounds. . . .You have opened the
eyes of the people concerning him, and he is now more than ever in their
favor and esteem. And, notwithstanding his old age, and anything he
said to prevent it, they have again elected him their representative, . .
to the utter shame and confusion of his enemies and the entire satisfac-
tion of a very large majority of the freeholders of the county of Somer-
set, as appears by their poll of election." (See letter in full in "N. J.
Archives," Vol. XXVIII, p. 147). 8
Probably the reference to Mr. Fisher's reelection is to his actual last
election subsequent to that of 1768, viz., 1772, of which no particulars
appeared in the newspapers of the day.
In 1773 the Virginia Assembly set the example of Colonial Com-
mittees of Correspondence, and urged other Colonies to follow its exam-
ple. New Jersey answered it by appointing a standing "Committee to
obtain early knowledge of legislation by Parliament affecting the liber-
ties of America and to maintain correspondence with other Colonies."
Of this Committee Fisher was an active member, and in February, 1774,
if not earlier, he was its chairman, thus taking precedence over even such
a learned and strong man on the Committee as Elias Boudinot, who was
President of the United States Congress ten years later. In January,
1775, ten members of the Assembly were appointed a Committee on Griev-
ances, and of this also Mr. Fisher was chairman. This Committee brought
in a petition in which the various grievances of America against England,
as so often detailed in substance by all the Colonies, were clearly set
forth.
Previously, on September 5, 1774, a Continental Congress had
assembled in Philadelphia, and a general Declaration of Rights was
passed. In January, 1775, these proceedings were regularly laid before
the New Jersey Assembly, and then followed the appointment of the
Fisher Committee on Grievances just alluded to.
"In Prof. Edgar J. Fisher's "New Jersey as a Royal Province," (p. 87) he de-
scribes Hendrick Fisher as having "the ability to think independently and act
out considering the popularity of his conduct," which is the highest kind of praise.
12 Somerset County Historical Quarterly
With the new? of the Brittle of Lexington in late April it came .'
Jersey's turn to have : Congress, and it was swiftly called
chairman of the Committee of Correspondence for May
23. I hat Hendrick Fisher was considered a leader and cap t
executive officer again appeared at this Congress, for he was made Pres-
ident of the Con, -,d it also that the honors of being Sec-
retary and Assistant Secretaries also fell to Somerset. Jonathan D. Ser-
geant, of Princeton, became Secretary, and William Paterson, of Raritan,
and Frederick Frelinghuysen, of Millston ants.
Xo greater fame could befall Mr. Fisher than this, for he was now
on toward eighty years of age ; a rugged specimen, I doubt not, of thor-
oughly seasoned manhood, still virile, still magnificent in his untempor-
izing patriot:
ore this Congress met it was necessary for each county to elect
delegates to it, and Somerset County elected its delegates on May nth.
But this was not the first of the Somerset meetings of citizens, called
together each time by Hendrick Fisher, to consider the general state of
tirs. As has been heretofore fully published in the Quarterly (Vol.
V, p. 241 et seq.), there were meetings July 4, 1774, and December 15,
1774, as well his occasion of May n, 1775, at all of which Mr.
Fisher presided, and he was also appointed at the head of the Somerset
Committee of Correspondence. Our readers should consult the proceed-
ings at these Somerset meetings to secure a proper idea of how Mr.
Fisher, with such strong coadjutants as President Witherspoon, of Prince-
ton College, William Paterso; ick Frelinghuysen and others, car-
ried the day for strong resolutions. At the May nth meeting the depu-
ties appointed to attend the State Provincial Congress were : Hendrick
Fisher, John Ro; ick Frelinghuysen. • ter Schenck,
Jon .emit. Nathaniel .Avers, William Paterson and Abraham
Van
To. have been President of this First Provincial Congress in its first
session of eleven days was the highest honor Fisher could obtain, because,
as I take it, his age prevented his having the other, possibly higher but in
many n ior, of being appointed by this Congress a
deputy to the Contin -;tting in Philadelphia. There he
would have been a member only ; here he was presiding officer.
Upon taking the chair as presiding officer of this Congress the min-
• for the '775) S1
of some ink "atriotic members from Som-
erset to the F. :ial Congress ol - sey survived its meetings in 1775.
Hendrick Fisher died in .1778. John Roy in 1780, Frederick Frelinghuyseain 1804,
Enc Schenck (not 1. '"tiathan D. SergMp^n 1793,
William Paterson in 1806. Abraham I in 1780, Nathaniel Ayers in 1806.
drick Fisher — The Real t Imerican 13
"The President opened to the Congress the imporl 1 asion of
their meeting; recommended the utmost deliberation in determining on
the measures to be pursued in defending those inestimable rights and priv-
ileges to which, by our happy Constitution, the inhabitants of this Prov-
are justly entitled; and that due care might be taken to support the
iblished civil authority (so far as might coi i the preservation
of their fundamental liberties) for the maintenance of good order and the
undisturbed administration of justi
Only a mere resume, we doubt not, of what Mr. Fisher said, but truly
exhibiting the right type of common sense. Then and at all times, so far
as I can gather, he was a man of genuine common sense as well as of
integrity.
At the following meetings, begun in October, he surrendered his
office to a younger man, Samuel Tucker, of Hunterdon County, and took
the subordinate and less responsible position of Vice-President. Even,
then, however, he was constrained to serve as chairman of various
extremely responsible Committees and Commissions. For example, he
was at once (October 28, 1775,) named first of four Commissioners for
East Xc-w Jersey to receive of the Colony Treasurer all such moneys as
such Commissioners found it necessary to expend under resolutions to
furnish the inhabitants with ammunition and other military stores and to
put the Colony "into some proper posture of defense." This Commis-
sion was 10 act, in conjunction with a similar West Jersey Commission, in
the purchase of 3,000 stand of arms, 10 tons of gunpowder, 20 tons of
lead, a train of artilli . and in supplying troops with subsistence.
There were to be issued £30,000 in bills, which the Commissioners were
to sign and of which one-eighth was to be distributed to Commissioner
her. On the same day a Committee of Safety was appointed, and, as
Vice-President, Mr. Fisher became a member V Committee to act dur-
ing the recess of the Congress. (He had previoi 411st 17, been
made chairman of a si ommittee to act during ious rece
His service on this matter was short, however. When the final Commit-
tee of Safety that was 1 ortant in the Revolution came to be appointed
in 1777, he had retired to private life, and was undoubtedly too aged to
be thought of foi tring and active duties and the extensive travel-
ing which that Committee had to 1
When in February, 1776, £50,000 in paper money was to be issued,
Mr. Fisher was one of four whose signatures were to be on the bills, and
again was Commissioner to purchase arms, powder, lead, camp equipage,
It is interesting to note that, when this money came to be issued,
some of the bills, which had been signed by two Commissioners, John
Hart, of Hopewell, and Samuel How. of Burlington County, and 1
14 Somerset County Historical Quarterly
been passed over to Mr. Fisher and Azariah Dunham, the two other Com-
missioners, to be signed, "were plundered by the enemy from one of the
persons appointed to sign them before he had put his name to the same."
We do not know from whom the theft was, but the fact appears from an
advertisement in newspapers of February, \J77, therein the public â–
cautioned against taking any bills dated February 20, 1776, "unless they
have three signers' names thereto."
The same month Mr. Fisher reported in the Provincial Congress
from a special Committee of which he was chairman, a draft of a pro-
gram to raise a third Battalion of troops, to consist of eight companies,
and the same was agreed to. This Congress adjourned the second of
March. On July 16, 1776, the incial Congress finally
dissolved, which was twelve days after the Declaration of Independence
by the Continental Congress at Philadelphia, Mr. Fishers name appears
tor the last time on the official records. 10 Therein he is spoken of in his
ition as one of the Commissioners for purchasing anus, etc., who were
now asked to receive and pay for lead for the use of the army, the same
to include ''lead- 1 hts from chimneys and cl id all leaden
weights . stores and mills of one pound weight and upward."
It was during this year, in November, that L01 . e offered amnesty
all American "Rebels" who would return to their allegiance in sixty
days. He excepted, among others. Hendrick Fisher, and also his neigh-
bors, Tobias Van Norden and Abraham Staats, of Round Brook, as being
'arch traitors." In Decembe- British troops raided Fisher's house
and farm, and again in April. 1777, taking 30 head of cattle, £45 in money
and other articles amounting in all to £145.10, but, fortunately, they
did not capture the "Rebel !"
With the United Colonies declared to be "free and independent
Stat' ndrick Fisher ; d t vi office and to retire to his
Somerset farm, for the two remaining years of his life. His full duty
hs a citizen, as a College trustee, as a religious officer and evangelist,
a State official, had now been performed. There is every reason to
believe that in the sunset of his life he thanked God sincerely for what
'"Says Mr. Davis, following a well-known and do irly authentic tradi-
tion in Bound Br< len the Dcclarati' ' can Inde] ce became
a reality, no man '^ed than H Fisher. Securing a copy lie
rode swiftly home, and fiends and round 1 und
Brook, in front of the old he read aloud to his loyal
con 1 that immorl was their
joy and enthusiasm thai <i carried
hin, through the town, while the old bell from Holland in the
Presbyterian Chun 'ill, enlivened the occasion." The
inghuysen hot i of
whii . was a great sign containing a portrait ii eral
Frederick Frelinghu
Hendrick Fisher — The Real German-American 15
he, a plain farmer and mechanic, had been able to do for his county,
State and country, and was content, like Simeon of old, to depart in
peace. At the age approximating four-score-and-one he slept with his
fathers, and was buried on his own farm, near the banks of the Raritan.
On the sandstone slab above his grave we still may read :
- memory of HENDRICK FISHER, who departed this life Au-
gust 16, i779( ?) in the 82d year of his age."
To which is added the verse so often used on tombstones of that
day, beginning, "My flesh shall slumber in the ground," etc.
â– eference to this year-date (1779), which is certainly upon Hen-
drick's tombstone (see reproduction in frontispiece facing page 1 of this
number) and which has always been cited as the year of the death, I
remark that it must be an error for 1778, as his will was probated May
15. 1779, three months before "August 16, 1779." It seems probable
therefore, that he died in 1778 (supposing the "August 16th" is correct).
The discrepancy may be accounted for by the supposition that the stone
was erected some years after 1779 and an erroneous year was given
to the stonecutter, or that the stonecutter made an error : something not
so uncommon as may be supposed.
Hendrick Fis . ill, as it appears of record at Trenton (Book
dated February 1, 1778. On comparing the record with
the original, the singular fact appears that the copyist altered the spelling
of words to make it conform to the English language. In the original
the spelling is very far from correct. For example : "aperle" for
apparel, "Ingeland" for England, etc. In this respect it is much like,
though possibly a slight improvement on the draft of an earlier will (of
1774) now in possession of the New Brunswick Historical Society, as
ilished in "No. l" of its pamphlets, which was issued by that Society
in 1887. I am not clear, however, that Hendrick himself drafted these
wills, and would need to see actual verified specimens of his writings
before coming to a conclusion abot:
Hendrick's final will, as stated, was dated February 1, 1778, and was
probated May 15, 1779. The beginning paragraphs as recorded (being
corrected in the spelling and with present-day capitalizations) reads:
'. I Eternal* m by Thy gra
sfied in the hopes al Life thro' Thy dear Son, our Lord Ji
Christ, for whom I bless Tin >m with Thyself and Holy Com-
forter be ret lionor and glory forever more; 1 as my
appointed tin 1 • , and altho* of a weak constitution yet through
Thy love and goodness arrived to the period of the strong, and being at
sent in health and sound mind, 1 would now. agreeably to Thy com-
â– 1, set mine house in order. Please, O Lord, to direct and assist me
16 . County Historical Q
therein and grant Thy b ith [upon] my effects to my legatees
hereinafter mentioned, and that they may receive them in love and enjoy
them in peace, t nor and glory, Amen. In hopes whereof I do,
in the name of our Lord Lesus Christ, make this my last will and testa-
ment, in form lanner followi
then makes provision for his wife, Elizabeth, of wearing apparel,
bed, etc. ; gives her his negro boy M inck, £ ioo in cash, room in his house,
and board and t which his youngest son Jeremiah is to provide.
To son, Hendrick, negro, Nance, £250, and also a mortgage the father
holds on said Hendrick's "house and lands at Bound Brook, it being for
£253," with certain conditions. To son, John, "the plantation he now
lives on with everything appertaining," but he to pay his (John's) son
Minne £50 when coming of age. To son, Abraham, "the plantation
whereon he now ii\es," with everything thereon, but he to pay to his
brother, Minne, £100. To children of his daughter, Elizabeth, a negro
boy, Ben, and £85 To children of his daughl :r, To
daughter, Margaret, £125, to be paid by Jeremiah. To daughter, Mary
(Maria), £60. To granddaughter, Mary Fulkerson, a negro girl,
Rachel, and s ■.-, children of son, Vulkert, £100. Wearing apparel
and books to his sons. Linen (such as were not given to wife) to daugh-
ters, Mary and M and granddaughi in. Residue
of real and personal estate to Jeremiah. A final paragraph reads :
"And whereas the present struggles with England may in their con-
sequences make some alterations in my estate, my will in thai i hat
the I all be altered in proportion, so as to answer
the true intent and meaning of this my last will and testame
The inventory of the personal estate on file at Trenton show its
value as £4,759.12.6. The witnesses to t : . ere Abraham Staats,
Edward Duff and Andrew Gibb. The executors named were, his son
Jeremiah, and his friends John Schureman and Abraham Staats, but only
Jeremiah qualified.
1 have only mentioned as a fai ' ier was a Judge of the
Somerset Common Pleas and Oyer and Terminer a ch 19, 17;
was reappointed in 1767, 1768, 1769 and 1770. The records of this
Court being burned in 1779 we cannot now ascertain how frequently he
sat on the Somerset Bench, but undoubtedly from r; as known as
"Judge Fisher." reto, 1754-5, he served for one Col-
lector of Bridgewater township. In this last named record he seems to
have bei adrick, Jr.," the oi ch has come
to light to indicate the use of a '
re has been alluded to. So far as appears, he signed his
Hendrick Fisher — The Real German- American ij
surname in earlier days "Visscher," or "Visser," but latterly "Fisher,"
by which name he appears in the Assembly and Provincial Congress rec-
ords.
On July ii, 1748, when he advertised in the "New York Gazette"
a 200-acre farm for sale (across the Raritan River from where he lived),
his name appears in the advertisement as "Visser." ("N. J. Archives,"
Vol. XIII, p. 466). If he personally signed the letter in 1759 sent to
the Classis of Amsterdam (as appearing in "Eccles. Records of N. Y.,
p. 3745), he then wrote his name "Hendrik Visscher." But the following
is his signature to his 1778 will :
In Davis's "First Houses in Bound Brook" (p. 22), it is said that
"Hendrick Fisher" owned a house in that place from "before 1720" to
1765. There is, however, no evidence that either father or son ever lived
in Bound Brook proper, and Hendrick, Jr., certainly never parted with his
farm.
So far as I am aware there has been no complete statement published
of Hendrick Fisher's children, where all resided, whom they married,
etc. He appears to have had, in all, eleven children. Procurable facts
respecting them may be given in the next Quarterly.
One matter more. The memory of so valuable and great a patriot of
Somerset ought not to be allowed to be kept in remembrance by only
the small slab of stone which covers his grave upon his Franklin town-
ship farm. That will not survive the centuries and the overturning plow,
or, if it should, it is wholly inadequate. One of the present patriotic
Somerset Societies should rear a granite monument in its place, either
along the roadside adjoining the farm, or at Bound Brook, or Somerville,
to indicate and emphasize the heroic virtues of
Hendrick Fisher — The True German-American,"
"The only visible memento of this man besides his tombstone in a field is a
tablet placed on the old Queen's College building at New Brunswick in October,
1916, by the Society of Colonial VV:irs, the reading of which may be found in a
previous Quarterly (Vol. VI, p. 77).
18 Somerset County Historical Quarterly
THE MAJOR THOMAS TALMAGE FAMILY NARRATIVE
BY ROBERT SWARTWOUT TALMAGE, NEW YORK CITN
tinned from Vol. VII, Page 263]
"Tidings of Lexington reached us in April, 'J'?, and then the news
that the British had shot down a number of our people at Charlestown,
Mass. 1 This caused great excitement, and Committees of Safety and
Companies of Militia were organized in each county. Lord Stirling,
who had charge of the Somerset troops, was first at the front.
"In the year of 177/" we had left Basking Ridge and removed to
Sussex County (Wantage Township) and I and my wife and babe were
living under my father's roof.
"No great alarm was felt until in the spring of 1778. We then
heard that the Tories and Indians were menacing the people at Mini-
sink. Only the Blue Mountain lay between us and this danger some ten
miles away, and we knew not at what moment we might be attacked, nor
what their malicious disposition might prompt them to do. Several of
this Tory band had lived in the neighborhood, and we feared they would
lead the Indians to our settlement and that a massacre would result.
"My wife being at that time with child it was thought prudent to
remove her to her parents' home at Baskingridge, some sixty miles distant.
We determined to set out that night and go as far as possible. We drove
J "Lord William Campbell, Governor of South Carolina, had formerly been in
the British Navy. Having now, 1775. three men-of-war in the harbor, Captain Tole-
mache, of the Scorpion, and his Lordship proposed an attack upon Fort Johnson, but
Captain Thornbrough, of the Tamar, declined to join in it. This was a great dis-
appointment to che, for he avowed he could have laid the town (Charles-
ton) in ashes. He expected a re-inforcement of two frigates and a bomb vessel
and he declared the town could surely be destroyed. Unable to carry out this pro-
ject, he decided to distress the people who were in active rebellion. On Dec. 6th,
Tolemache seized two ships, on one of which was a sum of money in specie con-
signed to Messrs. Samuel and Benjamin Lagare of Charles Town. The money was
turned over to Lord Campbell. The brothers Legare determined on reprisal and,
with a party of the light infantry company, of which they were members, seized and
carried away Lord William's horses and chariot. The Council repudiated their
conduct and ordered the chariot an returned to Lady Campbell, but she in-
dignantly refused to receive them." ( History of South Carolina, McCrady, p. 98).
J "Last week arrived here the fleet from England under convoy of Hi-
ship, the Experiment, 50 guns, Sir James Wallace, Commander ; the Bristol, 50
guns, J. Reamer, Esq., Commander, and the Zebra, Hon. J. Talmash, Esq., brother
of the Right Honorable, the Earl of Dysart, with Lord Howe and Asten, Ordnance
Transports. There were about three thousand soldiers in the fleet. The evening
after their arrival a duel was fought with swords at Hull's between the Hon.
John Talmash and Capt. Ralph Pennington of the Guards, in which the former was
wounded and expired immediately. Captain Talmash's corpse was decently buried
in Trinity churchyard, [New York City] last Saturday. It is said the duel was oc-
casioned by a 01 -Urn by Pennington, which Talmash took to be a reflection
; t of his lady." (New York Gazette, Sept., 1777).
So far as known, the above are the only persons of our name to have taken an
active part in the measures of the British Government against the revolted Colonies.
The Major Thomas Talmage Family Narrative 19
some thirteen miles and then, feeling secure, put up till the morning. The
evening of the following day we reached her home. Her father, Captain
Goyn 3 McCoy, had just returned from Monmouth battle. They seemed
glad to see us, but I felt I must return at once to my father's farm. Har-
vest and hay time were coming on, which made my being there necessary.
My heart was heavy at leaving my dear wife, and strange forebodings that
I should never again see her sweet face filled my mind, due probably
to. her uncommonly bulky appearance.
"I found upon my return that the militia had been ordered out, as
the trouble at Minisink grew worse. We left for the frontier that night.
I had enlisted in Captain Abram Ten Eyck's Company and was Orderly
Sergeant. We were away about a fortnight. During that time some of
the early harvesting on the flatts was begun and I labored with the others
until we were dismissed to return home. I began, however, to feel very
unwell the last day. Toward evening my Captain (Ten Eyck) sent me
order- that 1 was to set out immediately and summon his men to appear
at a place of rendezvous as the enemy had again become active at Min-
isink. 4 My illness was becoming more acute, but it was my duty to obey
and I delivered most of the messages that night."
fn this connection the following poem by M. H. Burrell may deserve
a place in the Quarterly :
Thomas Talmage's Ride, 1777
The Frontier
ime the orders. "Ride, summon our men
To rally to rendezvous, losing no time,
Th and Injuns are massing again —
Delaying a moment will count as a crime."
ring the note from Captain Ten Ey k
dust-covered runner scarce paused, as he said:
"Ev'ry man with his gun must be on the pike
.urrow at sunrise, there's fighting ahead."
a No doubt a perverted spelling of the Scotch Gawen, or Go\
"A number of raids were made during that and the following year (1777-1778).
The British had allied themselves with the Indians under the Mohawk chief, Brant,
and they urged then .ssacre the settlers — to spare neither age nor sex.
of three families were slaughtered north of the Neversink. A
short time after th returned and carried away a Mr. Patterson and
his two small sons, and killed Mr. Anthony Swartwout and three of his son.-.
"The following week the schoolhouse was attacked and Mr. Vanauken, the
school-master, was slaughtered, and the children would have shared the same fate
had it not been for the appearance of a muscular Indian, who suddenly came into
their midst, at: 1 with a brush dashed some black paint across the aprons of the
little girls, and bade them hold up the mark when they saw an Indian coming and it
uld save them. With the yell of a savage he then plunged into the woods and
disappeared. This was Brant and the little settlers were thus saved; likewise their
brothers, to whose coats they managed to transfer some of th' These and
many other atrocities were committed before the battle of Lackawaxen or Minisink."
(From address by P.. B. Edsall at Si ntenary, 1853).
20 Somerset County Historical Quarterly
Tired, sick'ning acutely, young Talmage obeyed,
And at night-fall set out on his dark, hard ride
To warn ev'ry comrad impending raid
And spread the alarm o'er the wide country-side.
The hours had lagged sorely, for Fever's hot hooks
Were sunk in his vitals, and, faint in the sun,
He had cradled and bound and set into shooks
Grain down on the "Flats" till the long day was done.
But Duty still called him, so up and a\v; !
He's off to next neighbor's, the next, next, and then
Into stretching deep woods, where ambushed might lay.
All ready to spring, lurking beast or bad men.
Papakating stream then, where stood the grist-mill.
"H' ' Tom Talmage ! Alarming! Come out!"
hat news?" cries the miller, with questions a-thrill,
But few words and grave greet his answering shout.
-...-. Li iC
But, declining all rest and refreshment, staid
Onl- a moment, duty-proof to the core.
Spa ' i in th* A "~ a he fe
To the bed whereon day and night were the
Loi! while he wrestled with Death on the rack;
But Talmagi , as do most of the name.
But to resume the Journal:
"Next morning I mounted my horse very early and had notified all
others by noon and then started for my home I lost my way and rode
for hours thro' the wood finding no road. 1 think I was delerious, for I
stopped at a house and asked my way, but of this I had no recollection.
The gentleman afterward told my father he was sure that something was
amiss and that I had a strange look in my eyes. When finally I reached
home I was so far gone I could not get off my horse. This illness con-
fined me to the bed for two months. It was known as the long fever
and my family and friends despaired of my life. My poor wife being
told (she not being able to be with me on account of her own condition)
took leave of me in her mind and sent up my clothes to lay me out in.
"It was difficult in those days to obtain a physician, but one was
brought from a distance and attended me faithfully, applying many blist-
ering plasters and making free use of the barks, but all seemed likely to
prove in vain. Ever)- appearance of dissolution was at hand. One night
my mother, who was alone with me, heard me cry aloud in a strong and
yery audible voice as though well. I told her I had good tidings — that
Homeward turning, at length, he sought brief repose,
But at dawn-light was out, up, off on his steed,
To warn the still unwarned of threatening foes
And the summons to rally with all hot speed.
Spent, lagging, next noon-day he feebly rode back
To the bed whereon day and night were the same
Long weeks while he wrestled with Death on the rack ;
But Talmage won out, as do most of the name.
— M. H. B.
,•>
THOMAS TALMAGE'S RIDE
On the Frontier
1777
"Post haste!" came the orders. "Ride, summon our men
To rally to rendezvous, losing no time.
The Tories and Injuns are massing again —
Delaying a moment will count as a crime."
And, deliv'ring the note from Captain Ten Eyck,
The dust-covered runner scarce paused as he said :
"Ev'ry man with his gun must be on the pike
Tomorrow at sunrise, — there's righting ahead."
Tired, sick'ning acutely, young Talmage obeyed
And at night-fall set out on his dark, hard ride,
To warn ev'ry comrade of th' impending raid
And spread the alarm o'er the wide countryside.
The hours had lagged sorely, for Fever's hot hooks
Were sunk in his vitals, and faint, in the sun,
He had cradled and bound and set into shooks
Grain down on the "Flats" till the long day was done.
But Duty still called him, so up and away ! â–
He's off to next neighbor's, the next, next, and then
Into stretching deep woods, where ambushed might lay
All ready to spring, lurking beast or bad men.
Papakating stream then, where stood the grist-mill,
"Ho, Westbrook ! Tom Talmage ! Alarming ! Come out !"
"What news?" cries the miller, with questions a-thrill,
But few words and grave greet his answering shout.
On, on until midnight, 'neath Blue Mountain's shade
The sick messenger beat on each frontier door;
But, declining all rest and refreshment, staid
Only a moment, duty-proof to the core.
Homeward turning, at length, he sought brief repose,
But at dawn-light was out, up, off on his steed,
To warn the still unwarned of threatening foes
And the summons to rally with all hot speed.
Spent, lagging, next noon-day he feebly rode back
To the bed whereon day and night were the same
Long weeks while he wrestled with Death on the rack ;
But Talmage won out, as do most of the name.
— M. H. B.
Tli: Thomas Talmage Family Narrative 21
my wife had been taken to bed and delivered of a line son. Whereupon
my mother asked me how I knew this. I told her my wife's brother-in-
law, David Lyon, had been there by my bedside. This seemed very extra-
ordinary, so my mother noted the hour. It was just 11 o'clock and the
night of Wednesday. On the following Sunday my wife's father, Capt.
McCoy, and David Lyofi rode over from Baskingridge with the news
that a son had been born to us, and the hour and night were the same as
revealed to me and recorded by my mother.
"From that time on my disorder was broken and I recruited rapidly
and was soon able to leave my bed. Thus, with Job, as the Psalmist says,
did T escape by the skin of my teeth.'
"I believe now, as I did then, and always shall, that I was in my right
mind when the communication came to me about my son. David Lyon's
visage was so impressed on my mind that, although he has been dead 17
years past his face and form are as familiar as though I had seen him yes-
terday. How this manifestation came I know not — all things are easy
with God. Blessed be His great and glorious name !
"In the fall of that same year (1778) there was another display of
Divine Providence. A lecture was to be given one evening by a neighbor-
ing clergyman and my wife and I started out to walk the mile and a-half.
She was a few feet ahead of me, but the night being dark I could only
see her outline. Suddenly she gave a distressing outcry. When I came
close I found her to my horror in the embrace of a large bear. I called
out with great resolution and sprang forward intending to engage him.
"The beast was panic-stricken and, letting go his hold, retired about
a rod and sat down on his butt, growling.
My wife was near fainting, but I concluded it would not do to start
on lest he should renew his attacks and perhaps destroy us. Stooping
down I caught hold of a stone, such as I could manage well, and this I
threw at him with as great violence as I could and struck him in the side.
reupon he got up and moved out of our sight into the wood. Next
day a bear was killed in the neighborhood.
"Thus with David did the Lord deliver us — not from the lion's jaws
but out of a bear's claws.
"Yet another occurrence came into my life which showed in what
strange and unthought of ways God works out His will. This happened
in the winter of 1789 and we were then living at Piscataway.
"My little son, Goyn, 5 was at that time in the eleventh year of his age
'Goyn Talmage (record of in a former Quarterly)
was the father of Thomas G. Talmage and three daughters, one of whom married
Edward Paterson, a lawyer of Philadelphia, whose son was Judge Paterson of New
York City. Thomas G. Talmage was a supporter of Martin Van Buren in 1836
22 Somerset County Historical Quarterly
and we were living about two miles below New Brunswick, having removed
from Sussex, and I was again pursuing my profession of contractor and
builder. 6
"It was bitterly cold, and in order to get my firewood in with dispatch
I had hired it to be cut and stacked. An occasion for hauling soon pre-
senting itself by the fall of a big snow storm, I determined to improve it
and so arose early one morning, tackled my horses to the sled and started
for the wood. After I had gone some way I looked around and saw my
little son perched on the sled behind me. It was exceedingly cold
weather, so I halted and ordered him to return immediately to the house.
He was about to obey me, when I noticed the tears starting from his eyes.
This affected me, and then I observed to him that if he would be so great
a blockhead as to join me on so cold a morning for the sake of a ride he
might go. And this was the means of saving my life.
"The horses I drove were very wild and unruly, and after placing
a load of logs on the sled. I climbed up and with the boy beside me started
for our place. In passing a stony ridge the load became displaced, and
by the jostling of the sled threw me between the forbar and the roller and
fastened me down, one of my legs being caught between two of the logs.
I was pressed to such a degree that I screamed with all my strength and
expected to expire in a few minutes. It was excruciating pain. We were
still some distance from the house, and I bade my son to run to his mother
and tell her of my situation. Without immediate relief I feared I should
soon be in eternity. My wife appeared with one of the servants — a rug-
ged country girl — but they had quite to unload the sled before I could
be extricated. I was carried to the house and surgical aid was brought.
The muscles of my legs were broken loose and thrown on the top of my
and carried on a successful campaign for his election. In 1838 he was appointed a
member of the New York Common Council and, later, was President of the Board
of Aldermen. In 1840 he removed to Brooklyn, and in the year 1845 was elected
Mayor of that city. Later he \va= appointed Judge of the County Court and Loan
Commissioner of the United States Deposit Fund of Kings County.
In the year 1859 Ex-Mayor Talmage was one of a committee chosen to select
ground for a public park and parade ground for the city. Prospect Park was the
outcome of their endeavor and the Talmage estate and that of his father-in-law,
Cornelius Van Brunt, were taken over, much of the land being given to the city.
Mr. Talmage married, Oct. 21, 1801, Dorothy, daughter of David Miller, of Mor-
ris Co., N. J., and had issue: Mary Louise. David* William H. and Tunis Van Pelt.
He married, secondly, July 16, 1835, Sarah Maria, daughter of Cornelius Van Brunt,
and had Thomas A. and Jane Elizabeth, who married the Rev. Henry V. Voorhees,
and who now lives in Somerville. Mr. Talmage married, thirdly, Harriet, daughter
of Judge Tunis Jerolemon; no issue.
'Major Talmage refers to his membership in the First Presbyterian Congrega-
tion at New Brunswick (1794) as follows: "It fell to my lot to be a representative
of our people at the Synod to be held in Newark that year, and I had for my com-
panion a clergyman from a distance who had asked the privilege of a seat in my
chair, which 1 readily granted. We tarried that night at Elizabeth Town, reaching
Newark next day."
Some Happenings in Early New Brunswick 23
skin, and the leg itself was as flat as my hand. I lay for many days but
was finally perfectly restored. Here again I saw the providential care of
God toward me. Had I gone my way alone that morning I would cer-
tainly have perished. All these are the Lord's doings and they are mar-
velous in my eyes.
"Now that I am become weakly and infirm in my constitution and
knowing that 'it is appointed of all men to die,' and realizing that I am
fast approaching the time when I must go the way of all the earth, and
having a number of things in my mind which must go down with me to
the grave unless committed to writing, I have thought it my duty to
recount these experiences.
"Thus have I shown you something of the bright, but little of the
dark side of the picture. I know that God knows all my thoughts and
actions, and the motives from which they arise, and the end toward which
they tend and iat times it frightens me.
"When I look toward His august and holy Throne I conceive some-
thing of His awful and transcendent purity, His hatred of sin, His inflex-
ible justice and His determination to punish all workers of iniquity. It
is then I am filled with awful fear and am ready to cry out, 'Who shall
stand before such an holy God?' Then by precious faith I look again
and see Jesus twixt me and the holy Throne and know him to be 'the end
of the law of righteousness to every one that believeth,' and realize that
His blood 'cleanseth us from all sin.' Then, although I feel w r eak in
myself, yet am I strong.
"And now unto Him that is able to keep us from falling and present
us faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy ; to the
only wise God, our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power
both now and forever. Amen."
[Concluded in Next Number]
fc?* t5* J* *?*
SOME HAPPENINGS IN EARLY NEW BRUNSWICK
BY MARY J. ATKINSON, NEW BRUNSW'ICK, N. J.
As comparatively few readers of the Quarterly have in possession
have closely read, the many valuable volumes of the "New Jersey Arch-
ives," I have taken the trouble to search out from those volumes a few
further matters giving interesting glimpses of early New Brunswick,
as published in the newspapers of the time in New England, New York,
Philadelphia and Trenton, and have also taken facts from a few other
sources. What follows chiefly concerns the period immediately before
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and during the Revolution, although a much earlier item may well serve
to introduce other subjects. 1
The numerous visits of George Whifefield to the English Colonies in
America were seasons of remarkable religious development throughout
our land. Crowds followed the gifted preacher from place to place,
fired by an enthusiasm only equalled by the sainted man's zeal for work.
In his "Journal" of Saturday, April 26, 1740, Whitefield records:
"Set out for Brunswick about eight. Reached thither by four in the
afternoon and preached to about 2,000 hearers in the evening.
"Sunday, April 27. Preached morning and evening to 'near 7 or
8,000 people. And God's power was so much amongst us in the after-
noon sermon that, had I proceeded, the cries and groans of the congrega-
tion, I believe, would have drowned my voice. One woman was struck
down, and a general cry went through the Assembly. W "e collected both
times upwards of £20 sterling f6r my orphans.
"Monday, April 28. Set out about eight in the morning, and reached
Woodbridge by ten, where I preached to about 2,000 people."
From the newspapers of the day we learn further particulars of
missionary tour, for example:
"Philadelphia, April 24. On Monday last the Reverend Mr. White-
field preached at Greenwich and at Gloster. Yesterday he set out for
New York, and was to preach at Neshaminy, this day at Shippack and
Frederick To tomorrow 7 evening at Amwell ; Saturday evening at
i Brunswick ; and on Sunday at the same place, morning and even-
ing ,\vhen collections are to be made for the Orphan House in Georgia,
â– onday he is to preach at Elizabeth Town."
While in the neighborhood of New- Brunswick Whitefield was the
guest of Domine Theodorus J. Frelin^huysen, at Three-Mile Run. That
opinion as to Whitefield's doctrine was divided may be seen from the
treatment he received at the outset of this tour at Newbury, Massachu-
setts. He preached there for the first time in front of the meeting-house
on High street, a few rods south of Federal street. A stone was thrown
at him, which nearly struck the Bible from his hand. Raising the book,
he responded to this unprovoked assault : "I have a warrant from God to
preach. His seal is in my hand and I stand in the King's highway." This
scene is recorded by the Rev. S. P. Williams in an historical discourse.
In the "New- York Mercury" for February 1, 1768, we find an inter-
esting notice of a school at New Brunswick:
"To the Pr.blick : Notice is hereby given that a school is erected at
New Brunswick, in New Jersey, under the inspection of the subscribers, in
which the learned languages and mathematicks are carefully and accu-
: For other matters in the newspapers, concerning early happenings in New
Brunswick, see Quarterly, Vol. Ill, p. 9, and Vol. IV, p. 167.
Some Happenings in Early Nezv Brunswick 25
rately taught, by Caleb Cooper, recommended from Nassau Hall, an able
and well accomplished tutor in these and other branches. The conditions
are 20s. entrance and £4. per annum, for tuition, proclamation money.
1 had in this town, as good and cheap as can be expected,
and to satisfaction, sufficient to accommodate a large school, which, includ-
ing tuition, will not exceed £20 a year.
"This town, besides its pleasant rural situation, has the superior
advantage of a pure and wholesome air, and its concomitant health, to
recommend it, properties evinced from long experience by its inhabitants,
and the suffrage of gentlemen strangers acquainted with ft, of the best
judgment and qb l. It is also surrounded by an extensive and
fertile country, from which it draws constant supplies of every necessary
of life in great variety and plenty; and the sea, in the season, has plenty
of fish, oysters, etc. To which may be added the ready and easy conveyance
of goods, by water or by land, to New York, Philadelphia, and all other
parts, as another peculiar advantage it enjoys. And, in a religious vi
exceeds any other place in the province, having divine worship in the
English Episcopal, the Dutch Reformed, and Presbyterian churches ; and
as to the inhabitants, with regard to their manners and other social vir-
tues, compared with other places, without prejudice, may be said to be
irreproachable. The inspection above proposed is to consist in visiting
the school at least once a quarter ; to enquire into the deportment of all
concerned, and to assist the master and scholars in all necessary regula-
tions with respect to decency and good - order, as well as the advancement
of learning.
1. [GHT,
Jacob G. Hardenbergh,
Johannes M. Van Harlingen,
Abraham Beach,
John Cochran,
William Oake."
An addition to the advertisement reads :
"This school, from the skill and diligence of the tutor, as well as
the uncommon progress which the pupils have made in learning, in less
than six months, gives a pleasing prospect of its increase."
During the agitations brought about by the passage of the Stamp Act
the lawyers of New Jersey discontinued their practice, a proceeding
which complicated a confusion already too trying. The "Pennsylvania
Journal" of February 20, 1766, gives notice of a meeting of lawyers in
New Brunswick to discuss the resumption of practice, discontinued since
the previous No ember first. The assemblage was waited upon by a
deputation of the Sons of Liberty, who expressed their uneasiness at the
suspension of law proceedings. It was determined by a majority of the
lawyers convened :
"That they would resume their practice the first day of April next,
whatever accounts may be received from England, or sooner if earlier
26 Somerset County Historical Quarterly
intelligence arrives of the determination of Parliament respecting the
Stamp Act."
Notices of meetings of the trustees of Queen's College appear with
some regularity in the newspapers from the year 1768, and all read much
like the following from the "New York Journal, or General Advertiser"
of March 31, 1768:
"Publick notice is hereby given that the Trustees of Queen's College
are to meet the Second Tuesday in May next at New Brunswick. David
Marinus, Clerk."
In 1770 there is notice of a meeting to fix the reopening of Queen's
College at New Brunswick. This meeting was presided over by his
Excellency, Governor Franklin. John Laight, Jacob R. Hardenbergh,
and Johannes M. Van Harlingen, together with the Tutor, Frederick Fre-
linghuysen, were to take direction and government of said Institution.
On May 5, 1778, the public was informed that the business of Queen's
College, formerly carried on in the city of New Brunswick, was begun at
North Branch on the Raritan; John Taylor, A. M., Tutor. On Sept.
15, 1778, however, the College commencement is advertised to be held at
New Brunswick.
The "New York Gazette and Weekly Post Boy" of May 29th, 1769,
contains an article which makes the reader realize the efficiency of mod-
ern post-office methods to which we have become so accustomed in con-
trast with pre-Revolutionary ways :
"On Thursday night last, the Post Boy, that rides between New
Brunswick and this city, had his horse stole out of the stable at Bruns-
wick Ferry; and another not being readily to be got, he came off with
the mail on his back, and travelled ten miles on foot, by which means
we have no Philadelphia newspapers this week, he not being able to bring
them along also on his back from New Brunswick. However, they came
to hand last night, but we don't find anything very material in them."
In a New York newspaper of April 10, 1769, is found the regular
advertisement of the meeting of the State Medical Society :
"The Members of the New Jersey Medical Society are desired to
remember that their next stated General Meeting, will be on the first
Tues. in May next, at the House of Mr. Duff in New Brunswick," etc.
"Isaac Smith, Secretary."
The house of Mr. Duff was the old White Hall tavern on Albany
street.
It seems likely that the zeal of the members of the State Medical fra-
ternity waned when the novelty of the society wore off, for, later, Oct.
29, 1770, the customary notice reads:
Some Happenings in Early New Brunszvick 27
"The New Jersey Medical Society meets at the house of Brook
Farmer in New Brunswick 13 November next, at eleven o'clock A. M. (if
a sufficient number of members are arrived).
"Nathaniel Scudder, Secretary."
The general half-yearly meetings are definitely ordered from this
time to be held on the second Tuesdays in November and in May. A
notice of the succeeding May meeting is given to be held at the house of
the Widow Voorhees. This is signed by Samuel Kennedy as Secretary.
Dr. Kennedy was undoubtedly one of the foremost physicians in the State,
a man of great skill and learning, and to this day regarded as an orna-
ment to his profession.
From another New York newspaper of Aug. 9, 1770, we read:
"Last week Mr. Applegate and Mr. Abrahams, of this City, went to
the City of New Brunswick in New Jersey, having with them for sale a
quantity of pine apples, limes, etc. The people of Brunswick find-
ing them subscribers for Importation, treated them so roughly, that
they judged it not safe to appear publicly, and, being unable to sell their
fruit, a great part of it spoil'd upon their hands. They were glad to get
off privately to avoid the effects of the people's resentment, which Mr.
Abrahams was not so lucky to escape at Woodbridge, on his return,
where he was much insulted, ard ducked in a Creek, and was likely to
have been much worse used, if he had not made his escape. We hear that
two merchants of this city, subscribers for Importation, who a few days
ago set out on a journey to Philadelphia, at Woodbridge were both heartily
duck'd, but the particulars we have not heard."
In the same newspaper of the date August 16th, 1770:
"Mr. Applegate denies that he was insulted or obliged to conceal him-
self in Brunswick, and by that means hindered from doing his Business,
as mentioned in our last."
Many of the old stage coach advertisements are curious reading in a
day of automobiles and steam power. Andrew Ramsay, tavern keeper
in New York City, provided a "Stage Waggon" to go from Brunswick
to Trenton, and a "Stage Boat" from Philadelphia to Trenton in 1753. In
1756 the "Pennsylvania Journal" says:
"Philadelphia and Perth Amboy Stages. John Butler, Philadelphia,
Sign of the Death of the Fox, Strawbury Alley, begins his Stage the 9th
inst. from this house to the house of Nathaniel Parker at Trenton Ferry.
Goods and Passengers carried over Ferry to house of George Moschel,
where Francis Holman will meet above John Butler and exchange their
Passengers, etc., and then proceed on Wednesday through Prince Town
and New Brunswick to the house of Obadiah Aires in Perth Amboy,
where will be kept a good Boat with all conveniences necessary ; kept by
John Thompson and William Waller for the reception of passengers, etc.,
who will proceed on Thursday morning without delay for New York,
28 Somerset County Historical Quart
and there land at Whitehall, where said Waller and Thompson will giye
attendance at the house of Abraham Bockeys, until Monday morning fol-
lowing, and then will return to Perth Amboy, where Francis Holman on
Tuesday morning following will attend and return with his Waggon to
Trenton Ferry, to meet John Butler of Philadelphia, and there exchange
their passengers, etc., for New York and Philadelphia.
"It is hoped that as these Stages are attended with considerable
expence, for the better accommodating passengers, that they will merit the
favours of the public, and whoever will be pleased to favour them with
their custom shall be kindly used, and have due attendance given them by
their humble servants, John Butler, Francis Holman, John Thompson,
and William Waller."
In the "New York Gazette" of May 28, 1770, we find another "Wag-
gon" to be used to reach Philadelphia by way of New Brunswick :
"The subscriber, having provided himself with a good neat-covered
Waggon, and horses suitable, purposes to begin a Stage from Powles-
Hook for Philadelphia, on Tuesday, the 5th of June next. He proposes
to get off from Powles-Hook every Tuesday morning, and to go through
Newark, Elizabeth Town, Woodbridge, Brunswick, Princetown, Trenton,
and Bristol, and will go quite through to Philadelphia in two days, at the
price of twenty shillings each passenger, or three pence a mile to any
distance between. He keeps two setts of horses, but drives all the way
himself, and sets out from Philadelphia every Friday, morning, comes to
Powles-Hook on Saturday evening. And in order to go through with
dispatch, he would never chuse to carry above eight passengers at a time,
though there might be room for one or two more on occasion. Goods
will be carried proportionably to their weight and bulk. Those who
incline to take passage with him should be over at Powles-Hook the even-
ing before, as hi ses always to set out early. The Public may
depend on civil usage from thi humble Servant,
"Abraham Skilman."
Although Air. "Skilman" uses the conventional phrases at the end of
his advertisement, no one can fail to notice the independence of his atti-
tude as compared with that of John Butler and Company. The years
between '56 and '70 may have developed freedom between the masses and
classes, but "Skilman" was American-born, whereas Butler was an immi-
grant and assumed the attitude considered becoming in the land of his
birth. Very likely the residents of Somerset County depended upon both
these purveyors of transportation, who skirted if they did not cross a por-
tion of the county.
Dirk Van Veghten's advertisement of a house in New Brunswick in
1779 shows how one of the first-class houses in this city was constructed,
generally of brick:
p de Sold. — A very good house in Albany Street in New Bruns-
wick, two stories high, a brick front, two rooms on the lower floor, with
Some Happenings in Early New Brunswick 29
an entry ; a cellar under the whole ; a good kitchen with an entry adjoin-
ing it. with a linter to the house for a shop fit for any business. The lot
is fifty feet front, and one hundred and fifty feet back, on lease for about
fifty-two years to come, with a ground rent of two pounds, ten shillings
per annum. For terms of sale enquire of the subscriber in New Bruns-
wick. Dirk Van Vegiiten."
The brick front with wooden back is still common on Albany street,
but the ground rents have fallen into abeyance.
From newspaper accounts of Revolutionary events in and about the
city (omitting such as appear in every history) we note these happenings:
"It were wished that the poor people in the neighborhood of Bruns-
wick, who have been plundered by Mr. Commissary Brown, would, before
the day of his trial, furnish the Attorney General with an account of what
they can depose concerning his robberies.""
"Philadelphia, Feb. 7. On Sunday last was brought to town fifteen
British soldiers, taken within one mile of the west side of Brunswick,
where the British army are hemmed in on' all sides. We hear that every
day our army, round Brunswick, take prisoners or receive deserters from
the English army in that town." Again : "On Sunday last six Hessians
were taken on this side Brunswick."
In April, 1778, John Van Kirk, Sheriff of Middlesex County, offers a
reward for the capture of Charles Ford, a soldier of the 13th Battalion,
Pennsylvania troops, who had escaped from the Brunswick jail.
On the same day :
"The Judge Advocate produces General Washington's orders for the
Court to sit. The President, Members, and Judge Advocate, being sworn,
the Judge Advocate prosecuting in the name of the United States of
North America, the Court proceeds to trial of Major General Lee, who
appears before the Court, and the following charges are exhibited against
him," etc.
On July 3, 1778, a letter appears from the accused general Charles
Lee, who had just acted so badly on the field of Monmouth. It is dated
from "Brunswick," and protests bitterly against the attack upon his
character that had appeared in the "New Jersey Gazette."
\fter several adjournments the Court, on August 12th, sentenced
Lee to be suspended for twelve months.
Throughout the year 1778 the various periodicals contain notices for
the Loyalists to present themselves for trial at New Brunswick. It is
said on good authority that far from being mainly Rebel in sentiment, the
inhabitants of the town might be roughly divided into three approxi-
mately equal parts: Loyalists, Moderates, i. e., that class, ever con-
siderable, that waits to see which side will prove most profitable to join,
and, finally, those heartily convinced of the righteousness of rebellion.
30 Somcrs( ' \ Historical Quarterly
( )n July 4, of the same year, there were anniversary celebrations of
American Independence in various parts of the State. That at New
Brunswick was participated in by "the front line of the army" and "A
Gentleman at Cai. describes it:
"The Anniversary of Independence has occasioned another grand day,
far sun i at the old camp, which I formerly described
to you. The orders were not issued till evening yesterday, and then not so
full as to raise great expectations. I have air ribed to you the
situation of my quarters, which commands a view of the bridge and the
opposite shore, so that I could see every man as he passed to the ground.
The front line of the army extended from the redoubt on the height a
little above Brunswick upwards of two miles up the river on the west side;
the second line at some distance in the rc-;:r. not quite so extensive. The
park was placed on the right of the front line at the redoubt, and upwards
of thirty pieces of cannon interspersed at proper distances through the
lines. After his Excellency with his suite had rid (sic) round the lines
and returned to his quarters, on a signal gi rom thence 13 pieces of
cannon were fired at the park, which were followed by a running fire of
musketry and artillery, beginning on the. right of the front, throughout
the whole of both lim ; iis three huzzas to the perpetual and
undisturbed Independence of the rates of America. The same
round was performed a second and third time, and exceedingly well exe-
cuted every time ituation being high and at a convenient distance
in front, afforded me a complel whole, and presented by far
the grandest sight I e\ I id. The running fire of musketry is grand
of itself, but the cannon throwing out their columns of smoke, and adding
their sounds at proper distances, made it magnificent beyond description."
In August, 1779, the inhabitants of North Ward of the city of New-
Brunswick met to consider the depreciated state of Continental money. A
committee to study into the matter was chosen consisting of Colonel
John Neilson, \\ illiam Vanduisen, William Harrison, Henry Guest, Peter
Farmer, Jasper Farmer, and John Piatt, Esq.
In a dispatch from Trenton, Nov. 3, 1779, the "New Jersey Ga-
zette" says, at the end of an account of a British raid for the purpose of
burning boats at Van Veghten's bridge east of Somerville :
r commanding officer, who wa | risoner, is Lieutenant-
Colonel Simcoe, of a new Corps called the Qi. , nerican Rangers.
It is to be observed that Simcoe is one of the enemy's principal partizans,
and that his , have generally been marked with acts of the n
inhuman barbarity. In thrs expedition Captain Peter Voorhees, of the
first Jersey regiment, unfortunately fell into their hands near Bruns-
wick, and was massacred in the most shocking manner. Dr. Ryker and
Mr. John Polhemus were made prisoners by the cov arty, with sev-
eral others."
Dated "Raritan, Oct. 29, 1779," is a notice of Queen's College:
Sow Happenings in Early Nezv Brunswick 31
"Notice is hereby given that the Grammar School at Raritan was
opened last Monday, and that the vacation of Queen's College will end on
Thursday, the 4th of November, when the business of the College will be
carried on at New Brunswick. Boarding may be had at each of the above
places at as low a price as in any part of the state. Parents and guardians
may be assured of the greatest care being taken of the youth, and that
proper attention will be given to every branch of English education. By
order of the Faculty,
"John Taylor, Clerk, pro tern."
In November "Sam. H. Sullivan, late C. B. M. for New Jersey," (a
resident of Readington township, Hunterdon county) advertises that:
"The Deputy Barrackmasters of this State, under the late depart-
ment of the Barrackmaster-General, are desired to meet the subscriber at
the city of New Brunswick, on the 6th day of December next, to settle
their accounts, and receive their money."
From Hillsborough (Millstone), Somerset county, in May, 1780, we
again read of Queen's College :
"The vacation of Queen's College at Hillsborough, in the county of
Somerset, and of the Grammar School in the city of New Brunswick, is
expired ; and the business of each is again commenced. Good lodgings
may be procured ; n both places at as low a rate as any part of the state.
By order of the Faculty,
"John Taylor, Ok. pro tern."
In March, 17S1 —
"At a Court Martial held by the appointment of Brigadier General
Heard, on the 19th of Jannary last, at the house of James Drake in the
city of New Brunswick. Ensign Morford, of the Third Battalion of
Middlesex militia, was tried for parading in arms with the men belonging
to Capt. Perine's company, and marching from their post in mutiny, and
found guilty, and adjudged to be cashiered and rendered incapable of serv-
ing in the militia as an officer during the war."
Says the "New Jersey Gazette" of Aug. 15, 1781 :
"On the 5th instant, Captain Adam Hyler went from New Brunswick
in an armed boat to Long Island, marched three miles and a half into the
country, and made Captain Jeromus Lot, a Lieutenant-Colonel of Militia,
and one John Hankins, a captain of a vessel, prisoners, and brought them
safe to New Brunswick."
The surrender of Lord Cornwallis was celebrated in New Brunswick
on Oct. 26, 1 781, a news letter on this date stating:
"This day arrived here official accounts of the surrender of the Earl
of Cornwallis, and, as might naturally be expected in a place which so
sensibly feels the effects of the present war, occasioned universal joy and
32 Somerset County Historical Quar'
isfaction. In the evening were discharged thirteen cannon, after which
a number of gen £ the city and neighborhood, and several strang-
ers, of whorn were Sir James Ja\ hard Stevens, Esq., convened
vlarriner's tavern, in order to spend an hour together in festivity and
gladness. After supper the company, for the sake of conveniency, with-
drew into another room, and, having appointed .Mr. Kirkp: resi-
dent, the following toasts were pronounced and drank: i. The Congress
and the United Stat ica. 2. His most Christian Majesty, Louis
XVI. 3. The glorious \\ ashin m and the allied army. 4. His Excel-
lency, the Count de Grasse, and the French navy. 5. His Excellency, the
Count de Rochambeau. 6. General Greene and the Southern army. 7.
The friends of American liberty. 8. The memorable 19th of October. 9.
The memory of the brave who have fallen in their country's cause. 10.
May (be present on prove a terror to tyranny throughout the
earth. 11. May the lilies of France and the stripes of America wave in
triumph from shore to shore. 12. Liberty. 13. A speedy and honorable
peace.
"The greatest order and decency was observed throughout the whole.
As in the feast of AhasuerUs the king, the drinking was according to the
law, none did compel, for it was appointed that they should do according
to every man's pleasure. The evening being thus spent, each of the gen-
tlemen drank a good-night to the company in a bumper, and retired."
.;ti New Brunswick, Jan. 16, 1782, a final attack of the British on
the city is recorded, and with it the extracts in this article may well
conclude :
bout four o'clock 1 - orning, near three hundi .
the enemy from New York, consisting of British and refugee troops,
landed at the lower end of the town; our guards discovered their
approaches on the river, by which means the inhabitants were alarmed
about fifteen minutes bef< I I aided. They were attacked by a mall
party whil I landing, in which they lost two men. Reinforcemei;'
thrown in to support this party, but, being overpowered by numbers, and
the enemy ha ned the heights, they were obliged to retire. They
then took possession of the to difficulty, for the darkness of
the morning, and the enemy landing in different places, prevented us from
assembling in force. They had possession of the town more than an hour,
during which time very little opposition was made.
"When the blessed light of morning began ir they retired to
their boats, and a smart skirmishing commenced, which would have been
much more severe had not many of our muskets been rendered useless by
the falling of snow and rain ; during which action no marks of fear were
seen on either side. We killed and only five wounded. Peter
Nefies, (Nevius) a brave soldier, we are fearful is in danger from his
wound ; the other four, who are equally brave, are in a fair way of recov-
ery. Six of the inhabitai made prisoners.
! ie citizens in general with cheerfulness left their families and their
property, and marched forth to oppose the enemy. They assembled with
i, and behaved with spirit ; in short no men in their peculiar sit-
Somerset Civil List, 1688-1799 33
uation could have done better. We cannot ascertain the loss of the
enemy. They left two dead in the town; two more were killed at their
first landing, and they were seen to carry off several. We have reason to
believe they suffered on their return from the well directed fire of different
parties assembled on the shores from Piscatawa) and South River. The
taking of the whale-boats seemed to be their principal object, which they
accomplished. Credit is due them for the execution of a well concerted
plan, and much credit is due them for their humane treatment of the
defenceless part of the community. No burnings or insults were per-
mitted, and only two families were pillaged."
The foregoing report was signed by "John Taylor, Lieut. Colonel,
Commandant 2d Batt. Middlesex Militia."
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SOMERSET CIVIL LIST, 1688-1799
Supplementary to Snell's "Civil List"
There appears in Snell's "History of Hunterdon and Somerset" the only
attempt ever made to gather up a "Civil List" for Somerset County. It
is, as a rule, quite complete and accurate, but fails in Justices of the
Peace and Judges of the Common Pleas; previous to 1766 in the case of
Justices, and previous to 1778 in the case of Judges. The list of Sheriffs
is also incomplete. We are now enabled to supplement this list, includ-
ing occasionally Coroners, etc., from the beginnings of office-holding in
the County ; but it has been thought wise, also, to continue it until the end
of the century (1799), and for convenience of reference, we have made
it alphabetical in the names.
This list will be of value to many who trace their ancestry to the per-
sons named, and for other historical purposes. It is made up in part from
the record of commissions at Trenton, which was not consulted by Mr.
Snell, but also from various other authorities and sources. The exact
month and day of each commission appears on the Trenton records when
such is our authority, but it has been deemed unnecessary to print more
than the year or years of commission.
Until about 1715 it was usual to appoint Justices of the Peace and
Judges for Somerset in connection with Middlesex and, frequently, with
Essex, Hunterdon, etc., and in such cases the office-holders were fre-
quently residents of one of these adjoining counties. This fact will be
noticed in the list in the earlier years.
How long the commissions for Somerset ran in each case cannot be
told from anything in the records, but, until after the Revolution the terms
of Judges and Justices were usually for the years named or, in the case
of Judges, for a term of Court.
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34 Somerset County Historical Quarterly
As to the legal and historical years indicated in the records, we do not
make the distinction in them as they appear in such records. As, for
example, 1714/15 was, according to our present reckoning, 1715, that
year seems sufficient to indicate a true date, and this mode of stating the
year has beenadopted in the following list.
The names are spelled as in the commissions, except when they vary ;
then the method most frequently used is given.
Allwood, Henry, Justice of the Peace, 1764, 1767, 1768; Ditto of the
Quorum, 1768; superceded 1769.
Anderson, John, Justice of the Peace (inc. other counties), 1713, 171 5.
Annan, Joseph, Justice of the Peace, 1786, 1787, 1790, 1792; judge of the
Pleas, 1787.
Arrowsmith, Nicholas, Justice of the Peace, 1795, 1799.
Ayars, David, Justice of the Peace, 1794, 1799.
Ayers, John (see Ears and Eyers).
Ayers, Nathaniel, Justice of the Peace, 1776; Judge Com. Pleas, 1778,
resigning Sept. 28, 1781.
Baker, Matthias, Justice of the Peace and Judge of Com. Pleas, 1784.
Barclay, John, Justice of the Peace ( inc. Middlesex), 1713, 1715; clerk of
Middlesex and Somerset, 171 5.
Bard, Peter, Justice of the Peace (inc. other counties), 1725.
Bass, Jeremiah, Justice of the Peace (inc. other counties), 1705, 1708,
1710.
Beatty, John, Justice of the Peace and Judge Com. Pleas, 1791.
Beavers, Robert, Justice of the Peace and Judge Com. Pleas, 1792.
Beekman, Ma — (Martin?), Justice of the Peace, 1730.
Bergen, Jacob, Justice of the Peace, 1767, 1768, 1776; Ditto of the
Quorum, 1768; Judge Com. Pleas, 1776.
Berrien, John, Justice of the Peace of the Quorum, 1739; Judge Oyer
and Terminer, 1766, 1767, 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771.
Berrv, Thomas, Justice of the Peace, 1774, 1776, 1781 ; Tudge Com.
Pleas, 1781.
Bishop, John, Justice of the Peace (inc. Middlesex), 1710, 1711, 1713,
1 7 1 5 : Judge Com. Pleas, 1715.
Blackford, Benjamin, Justice of the Peace, 1787, 1792.
Blair, Robert, Tustice f the Peace, 1791, 1794; Judge Com. Pleas,
1 79 1, 1794.
Bogart, Jacob, Justice of the Peace, 1775.
Barrow, John, Justice of the Peace (inc. Middlesex), 1713, 1715.
Berry, Thomas, Justice of the Peace, 1773.
Boylan, John of the Peace, 1787, 1792.
Brinson (Brunson), Barefoot, High Sheriff (inc. Middlesex), 1709.
Brittain, Nicholas, Justice of the Peace, 1749, 1752.
Brocaw, John, Justice of the Peace, 1725, 1752, 1767; Ditto of the
Quorum, 1768; Judge Oyer and Terminer, 1767, 1768, 1769, 1770;
superceded at his own request as Justice of the Peace, Oct. 22,
Broughton, John, Justice of the Peace of the Quorum, 1749, 1752.
Somerset Civil List, 1688-1799 35
Bryan, John. Justice of the Peace, 1795, 1799-
%Z£Z2£*2£3£Z£&- Middlesex,, .757; Di«o °<
Byerl,%SSjisS 7 of .he Peace (inc. Cher counties), .714 .7-5.
g3*&1S?5£K2; \% ,768; D.«o of .he Quorum, ,768;
Coch i^aS JSKTSS^ Judge Con,. Picas ,77^
rSnnCaot Thomas "of Racawackhacca on Rantan River Jus-
C ° d Te Coun of Common Right, 1684, 1698 (app. for Mxdto
1S4), (various counties), 1684; Member of Governor s Council,
Coeymarfsamuel, Justice of the Peace, i 7 59 (also earlier, but date not
found).
Cole James. Justice of the Peace, 1795.
Davis, Isaac, justice of the Peace, 178b.
^^&«1£&^%~?> ** i7o9; Judge
of Com pLs (inc. Burlington and Essac), 1709- £ _ • _.
Demond! Pet", Justice of the Peace, i 7 2 5 ; Ass't Judge of. Com. Pleas,
Dennis' 7 Sa 5 muel, Justice of the Peace (inc. Middlesex), 1726.
Drake/John, Justice of the Peace, 1708, 17â„¢, 1713. ^S. Asst Judge
Dubois^ch P o5'j\S'ce of the Peace, 178% 1788, 1794, '799 ; Judge
Com. Pleas, 1787, T 792, 1794, 1799
Dumont, Peter, Sheriff, Wf* }779>}7&>- T d c
Dumont, Peter I., Justice of the Peace, 1781,178°, J 795> J* S
Pleas 1795-
ST^tVWuSi c orrpX, , ^^o'o7Se Q uoâ„¢ D ,
Ewbank? George, Clerk of the Peace and Common Pleas (inc. Middle-
ISSI^^^'^^-SS^'^.7.3, ,,,
F ,e,d, Join,! jSS ^HicS^Ueo^m^eas,
^T^"' j&^^TwS^&U .»* '769, .770.
36 Somerset County Historical Quarterly
Frelinghuysen, Frederick, Member of Congress, 1776; declined reelec-
tion 1779; Clerk of Peace and Common Pleas, 1781 ; Member of
Congress. 1782; Clerk of Pleas and Sessions, 1786, 1791 ; U. S.
Senator, 1792; resigns, 1796; Clerk of Com. Pleas, 1796; resigns,
1799.
Frelinghuysen, John, Clerk of Com. Pleas, 1799.
Gaston, John, Justice of the Peace, 1776.
Gaston, Robert, Justice of the Peace, 1781, 1787; Judge Com. Pleas,
1787.
Gibbs, George, Justice of the Peace, 1725.
Gordon, Thomas, Justice of the Peace (inc. other counties), 1713, 1714.
Griffith, Alexander, Justice of the Peace (inc. Middlesex), 1708, 1713.
Griggs, Daniel, Justice of the Peace, 1730; Ditto of the Quorum, 1739.
Griggs, John, Justice of the Peace, 1725.
Griggs, Samuel, Justice of the Peace, 1731.
Grubb, Thomas, Justice of the Peace (inc. Middlesex), 171 1.
Gulick, Peter, Justice of the Peace, 1730.
Hageman, Andries, Justice of the Peace, 1776, 17S1. •
Hall, William, Justice of the Peace (inc. Middlesex), 1710.
Hamilton, John, Justice of the Peace (inc. Middlesex), 1713, 1715 ; (of
Somerset only), 1725.
Hardenbergh, Jacob, justice of the Peace and Judge Com. Pleas, 1794.
Hardenbergh, John, Justice of the Peace and Judge Com. Pleas, 1790.
Harrison, (?), Coroner, 1730.
Harrison, John, Justice of the Peace (inc. Middlesex), 1705, 171 1, 1713,
1715; Ass't Judge (inc. Middlesex), 171 1, 1715 ; Sheriff, 1715.
Harrison, William, Coroner (inc. Middlesex), 171 1, 17 15.
Hegeman, Joseph, Justice of the Peace, 1739.
Hogeland, Christopher, Justice of the Peace, 1785, 1790.
Hogeland, Christopher, Jr. [probably same as above], Justice of the
Peace, 1776.
Hollingshead, David, Justice of the Peace, 1725; Ass't Judge, 1725.
Hooper, Robert Lettice, Justice of the Peace, 1749, 1752.
Hude, Adam, High Sheriff (inc. Middlesex), 1708; Justice of the Peace,
1711, 1713, 1714 ; Ass't Judge Com. Pleas (inc. Middlesex), 1711,
I7I3-
Hude, James, Justice of the Peace, 1767, 1768; Ditto of the Quorum,
1768; Judge Oyer and Terminer, 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772,
1774; Surrogate, 1768.
Huddy, Hugh, Justice of the Peace (inc. Middlesex, etc.), 1710, 1713,
I7I5-
Hugg, John, Justice of the Peace, 1725.
Hughes, Aaron, Justice of the Peace, 1730.
Jenings, Samuel. Justice of the Peace (inc. Middlesex), 1705.
Jobbs, John, Justice of the Peace, 1730.
Johnson, John, Justice of the Peace, 1776, 1781.
Johnson, Thomas R., Notary Public, 1799.
Kelly, David, Justice of the Peace, 1781, 1786, 1791; Judge Common
Pleas, 1794, 1799.
Kelsey, Enos, Justice of the Peace and Judge Common Pleas, 1776.
Branchburg Township Voters, 1866 yj
Kemble, Peter, Judge Oyer and Terminer, 1770, 1771, 1774.
Kirkpatrick, Alexander, justice of the Peace, 1776.
Kirkpatrick, David, Justice of the Peace, 1776.
Kirkpatrick, James, Justice of the Peace, 1781.
Lane, Gizebert, Justice of the Peace and of the Quorum, 1739.
Leeds, Daniel, Justice of the Peace (inc. Middlesex), 1705, 1708.
Lefferty, Bryan, Justice of the Peace, 1749, 1759, 1767, 1768; Ditto of
the Quorum, 1768; Judge Com. Pleas, 1759; Judge Oyer and
Terminer, 1759, 1767, 1768, 1769.
Lefferty, John, Surrogate, 1768; Justice of the Peace, 1771.
Leigh, Ichabod, Justice of the Peace, 1781, 1786.
Leonard, Thomas, Justice of the Peace (inc. Middlesex), 171 1, 1713,
1 71 5; Ditto of Somerset, 1725, 1730, 1739; Ass't Judge- Com.
Pleas (inc. Middlesex), 171 1 ; Judge Com. Pleas, 1725, 1730, 1749;
Justice of the Peace of the Quorum, 1739, 1752; Judge Oyer and
Terminer, 1752, 1753, 1755, 1756.
Leonard, Thomas, Jr., Justice of the Peace (about 1760; no date given).
Lewis, Edward, Justice of the Peace, 1767, 1768.
Linn, Alexander, Justice of the Peace, 1767, 1768; Ditto of the Quorum,
1768; Judge Com. Pleas and Oyer and Terminer, 1772.
Linn, James, Justice of the Peace and Judge Com. Pleas, 1776.
Livingston, Walter, Justice of the Peace, 1760, 1769; Judge Com. Pleas,
1769, 1772; Judge of Terminer, 1770, 1772, 1774.
Lockhart, Ephraim, Justice of the Peace, 1749, 1752.
Lockhart, Garven, Sheriff (inc. Middlesex), 171 1.
Longfield, Cornelius, Justice of the Peace (inc. Middlesex), 1705, 1708,
1710.
Low, Dirick, Justice of the Peace, 1777.
Lyell, David, Justice of the Peace, 1725.
[Concluded in Next Number]
t^V r£*f ij* tiy* 1
BRANCHBURG TOWNSHIP VOTERS, 1866
A register of the voters of Branchburg township for the year 1866 con-
tains the following names. This list gives the then male residents of that
township, of twenty-one years and upward. After some names there is
an entry of "gone," or ''dead," which indicates that the comment was
made the following year. We print the list as we find it, as it may prove
valuable for future reference.
Amerman, Abraham A. (Dead) Amerman, James
Amerman, Daniel H. Amerman, Abraham
Amerman, Henry Brokaw, Frederick D.
Amerman, Abraham T. Brokaw, William
Auten, A. J. Beekman, John
Amerman, John S. Beekman, John H.
Amerman, William H. Biggs, Abraham
Agans, Peter R. Beekman, Daniel
,*,-
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Brokaw, John W. (Gone)
Bergen, Jasper
Ball, Lewis
Bell, Peter (Gone)
Bryant, Anderson B.
Brokaw, Jacob K.
Ball, Charles M.
Brokaw, Joseph
Beers, Samuel H.
Carkhuff, Henry
Carkhuff, Mahlon
Cose, Henry (Dead)
Clawson, John
Cramer, Peter E.
Corle, Calvin
Carkhuff, Levi
Cavilier, John (Gone)
Corliss, Willoby
Cole, Tunis (Gone)
Conover, James S.
Case, Peter E. (Gone)
Dilts, Asher
Dilts, William J.
Dalley, John Y.
Dumont, Peter
Dugan, Henry, Senior
Dugan, Henry
Dumont, John A.
Disborough, Christopher
Daniels, Philip (Gone)
Dilts, Paul K.
Dilley, David (Gone)
Dumont, C. N.
Dilley, John
Dalley, John
Dilts, Peter P.
Dalley, George
Dalley, John, Jr.
Dumont, Abraham
Deramer, Edward
Emmons, Peter
Emery, William (Gone)
Foster, John R.
Fisher, George B.
Flemming, Andrew
Flemming, George
Field, Jeremiah
Field, Aaron L.
1, Henry
Fleming, John
Gleoser, John C.
Gano, George
Gano, Stephen (Gone)
Gallivan, John
Hoffman, Peter F. (Gone)
Henry, William
Harmer, Daniel
Hill, John T. (Gone)
Hill, Edward L. (Gone)
Hall, Gershom (Gone)
Hull, James
Hull, William H. H.
Huff, Peter
Hall, Edward
Hall, William A. (Gone)
Huff, Jacob P.
Hall, William W.
Huff, Peter P.
Hall, Samuel
Hall, Tunis H.
Hall, Tunis C.
Huff, Isaac B.
Huff, Cornelius C.
Hall, Isaac H., Jr.
Hill, Abraham
Huyler, William (Gone)
Hall, William Wallace
Hall, Robert B.
Hal!, Isaac H.
Hall, Isaac
Hagaman, Abraham P.
Hagaman, Richard F.
Hagaman, Jeremiah
Hagaman, James
Hoagland, John
Hagaman, John (Gone)
Hoagland, Dennis S.
Jacob P.
Hoagland, Peter
ins, William L.
Huff, Jacob, Jr.
Hall, Cornelius V. (Gone)
Hall, Samuel D. (Gone)
Hall, Jacob E.
Hall, Dennis L.
Higgins, !
Higgins, Jacob V.
Vugustus
•ins, William B.
Hoagland, Josiah Q. (Gone)
Branchburg Township -Voters, 1866
39
Hyman, Philip
Hall, Isaac V.
Huff, Elijah G.
Hoagland, William N.
Huff, John W.
Hoagland, Edward B. (Gone)
Huff, Jacob R.
Huff, George P.
Hall, Henry
Hoagland, Harman
Hall, Peter C.
Hill, Benjamin F.
Johnson, Jacob W. (Gone)
Johnson, Richard
Johnson, Henry (Gone)
Johnson, Henry P.
Kershow, Gilbert L.
Kline, Peter K.
Kitchen, Robert (Gone)
Kitchen, John (Gone)
Kinney, Joseph H.
Kiple, Lewis
Kiple, Edward B.
Little, Abraham D.
Lane, Abraham *H.
Little, Samuel B.
Little, John
Little, Garret Q.
Lane, Gilbert C. (Dead)
Lewis, Daniel
Myers, John B. D.
McCarthy, Timothy
Martin, James (Gone)
Manning, Isaac P. (Gone)
Mohony, John
Manning, Samuel H.
Miller, George H.
McWilliams, John
Moulton, Benjamin
Neff, John (Gone)
Neff, Jacob R. (Gone)
Nevius, Garret
Nevius, Zenas L.
Nevius, Cornelius L.
Nevius, Abraham V. D.
Porter, Timothy
Pittinger, George
Pittenger, Isaac L. (Gone)
Parker, James E.
Post, Peter A.
Quick, Garret V.
Quick, John V. H.
Quick, Peter D., Jr.
Quick, Peter D.
Quick, Wyckoff
Robbins, Sylvester
Runk, George W.
Reed, Joseph
Runyon, John
Robbins, Jonas
Ryan, Patrick
Reger, Frederick
Rorer, George W. (Gone)
Sutphen, John G.
Sutphen, John
Schenck, Henry
Smith, William D.
Stephens, Robert
Schomp, Henry P.
Smith, John I.
Schomp, George
Shurts, Garret S.
Stryker, Jacob R.
Stillwell, John V. N.
Smith, John
Smith, Cornelius V. D.
Strvker, John B. (Gone)
Sm'ith, B. B.
Shurts, Garret V.
Schenck, Asher
Schomp, Peter G.
Studdiford, L. V. D.
Studdiford, Peter
Saums, John A. (Gone)
Staats, Abraham
Shepperd, William
Schenck, John G.
Saums, Minna V.
Saums, Cornelius V.
Skillman, Hiram R.
Salter, Franklin
Smith, Oliver H.
Stryker, Garret (Dead)
Smith, Alexander B. R.
Shurts, Andrew K.
Shaw, George H.
Schenck, Israel
Stryker, Christopher
Shepperd, Dennis V. L. (Gone)
Smith, John H.
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Thompson, Joseph
Titus, Randolph
Ten Eyck, Arthur S.
Ten Eyck, Jacob
Ten Eyck, J. A. P. (Gone)
Tunison, James C.
Ten Eyck, Edward W.
Tunison, Abraham K;
Ten Eyck, George
Ten Eyck, Joseph V. M. (Gone)
Tiffany, William H.
Ten Eyck, John
Ten Eyck, James
Ten Eyck, Abraham W.
Tunison, Philip
Tunison, Henry
Thompson, John A. (Gone)
Tunison, Abraham P.
Toms, John
Van Doren, Abraham D.
Van Doren, William
Vosseller,Theodore
Van Derveer, Peter N.
Van Fleet, Adrian
Van Derveer, Henry
Van Fleet, Abraham B.
Vosseller, John
Voorhees, Jacob P.
Van Nest, John C. (Gone)
Van Doren, Asher
Vanderbeek, Benyou D.
Van Dyke, Benjamin
Van Nest, Abraham
Van Cleef, Cornelius S. '
Van Dervoort, Abraham T.
Van Fleet, Abraham B., Sen.
(Gone)
Van Fleet, Abraham (Gone)
Voorhees, Lucas
Van Camp, Tunis
Van Doren, Henry
Van Fleet, James O. (Gone)
Van Camp, John
Van Camp, Peter
Van Fleet, Sylvester S. (Gone)
Van Nest, Thomas
Van Nest, Jacob
Van Fleet, John A.
Voorhees, George L. (Gone)
Voorhees, Jacob W.
Voorhees. Abraham W.
Van Arsdale, Ruliph P.
Voorhees, Peter J.
Voorhees, John P. (Dead)
Vroom, Henry
Van Fleet, Henry
Van Fleet, Peter
Vroom, Peter D.
Voorhees, Henry V.
Voorhees, Samuel G.
Vosseller, Lucas
Vanderveer, James D. (Gone)
Voorhees, Bergen B.
Wood, William B.
Weeks, Charles G.
Wilcox, Robert E.
Wortman, William
Whitlock, William R. (Gone)
Wallace, Thomas
Williamson, Cors. W.
Williamson, Cors. C.
Wyman, John
Williams, John V.
Williams, Philip T.
Young, Ralph S. (Dead)
Young, John J.
Descendants of Cornelius Van Liew, of Three-Mile Run 41
DESCENDANTS OF CORNELIUS VAN LIEW, OF
THREE-MILE RUN
BY THE LATE "AUNT BETSEY" VAN LIEW
[Note by Editor. — The following notes on the descendants of Cornelius Van
Lieu, were written by the same Elizabeth Van Liew, familiarly known as "Aunt
Betsey," whose "Jottings from an Old Journal" was published in the January, 1918,
Quarterly. She died in 1873. The arrangement of names, according to our usual
style of publishing family genealogies has been made, and the dates, etc., in brackets,
furnished by Mr. John J. DeMott, of Metuchen, to whom we are indebted for these
notes. The exactness and quaintness of the matter in many of the details have
been left as "Aunt Betsey" wrote them).
Cornelius Van Liew (i) was b. August 27, 1752. He was m., No-
vember 2, 1775, to Mary (or Maria) Hegeman, by Minister Ferrian. At
the time of hismarriage he lived at Middlebush, while she was from Six-
Mile Run. Cornelius d. January 26, 1798. on Friday evening, after suf-
fering for eighteen months from a lingering consumption. He was buried
the following Sunday. His wife d. August 22, 1827, on Wednesday even-
ing. She was b. October 24, 1756, and was, therefore, 70 years and 10
months old. Dr. Cannon preached her funeral sermon on Friday, his
text being Micah 2:10: "Arise ye and depart, for this is not your rest."
She had a severe stroke of palsy on June 6, 1822. From that date she
was not as active as before, but had fairly good health until the day of
her death, when she passed away in less than one hour after another
stroke of palsy, or apoplexy. 1
Children of Cornelius Van Liew ( 1 ) and Mary Hegeman :
2. Denice (son of Cornelius) was b. June 8, 1776; d. Sept. 13,
1833; m. Oct. 17, 181 1, Mary Hartough, by Minister Livingston, in the
evening. Denice died on Friday morning, of typhus fever. Dr. Sears
'The will of Cornelius Van Liew, recorded at Trenton in Book 38, page 134,
was dated July 11, 1797; probat. Oct. 4, 1798, describes him as of Three-Mile Run,
Somerset County; mentions wife, all children except Helena, who died young; also
brothers Denice and John.
This Cornelius Van Liew, of Three-Mile Run (bapt. at Six-Mile Run Oct. I,
1752), was son of Denice Van Liew, b. Mar. 25, 1729; d. Oct. 17, 1777; m., Dec. 26,
1751, Eida Wyckoff, who was 16 years old at time' of her marriage. She d. Feb. 27,
1775-
Denice Van Liew was son of Frederick Van Liew, b. Apr. 30, 1694; d. Nov. 27,
1756; m., Mar. 9, 1717, Helena Denice, who was b. Mar. 5, 1700, and d. Mar. 6, 1784.
He resided at Middlebush.
Frederick Van Liew was son of Frederick Hendricksen Van Leeuwen, of Ja-
maica, L. I., and his wife Dinah. They emigrated from Utrecht, Holland, with nine
children, before 1670, and he purchased property in Middlesex and Somerset Nov,
17, 1701.
Investigators into the history of the Van Liews should consult "The Van Liew
Family," a brief but good genealogy (so far as it goes) prepared in 1910, by Thomas
L. Van Liew, 933 Morrison Ave., St. Louis, Mo. Copies are in the New York Pub-
lic Library, and the New Jersey Historical Society Library at Newark. The name
comes from Leeuwen in Gelderland. — J. J. D.
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preached his funeral on Saturday, from Job 30:23. Mary Hartough d.
Feb. 2, 1857, at New Brunswick, of consumption.
3. Altie (dau. of Cornelius) was b. Dec. 26, 1778; d. June 27,
1824; m. Nov. 16, 1802, William Van Nostrand, who was b. June 4, 1775,
and died Dec. 22, 1839. They were married by Minister Cannon. Altie
died of a lingering consumption, which she had for fifteen months. Mr.
Pherris preached her funeral the day following her death, from Luke
13:23 and 24. William Van Nostrand went from Three-Mile Run to
Illinois in the fall of 1839. He started Sept. 7 and arrived Oct. 7, intend-
ing to visit his children, see that part of the country and return some-
time the same winter. But he was taken ill with inflammation of the
lungs, which lasted only eight or nine days before causing his death.
He d. at the home of his son-in-law, Thomas Lewis, at Springfield, III.,
at noon on Sunday. His remains were interred there. (For ch., see
infra).
4. Simon (son of Cornelius), was b. Aug. 29, 1782; d. Dec. 24,
1848; m., Dec. 16, 1805, Sceighte Vanderveer, who was b. Nov. 21, 1785,
and d. Jan. 26, 1847. They were married in the evening, by Dr. Can-
non. She died after an illness of only one week from fever. Dr. Sears'
text at her funeral was I Thess. 4:13. Simon died very suddenly on
Sunday, while he was preparing to shave. Dr. Sears preached his funeral
on Dec. 26, from Proverbs 27:1: "Boast not thyself of tomorrow, for
thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." Lived at Six-Mile Run.
(For ch., see infra).
5. Cornelius (son of Cornelius), was b. Aug. 25, 1785; d. Jan. 28,
i860; m., Nov. 23, 1814, Ann Suydam, daughter of Laurence and Abi-
gail Suydam, who was b. Aug. 14, 1793, and died Nov. 23, 1865. They
were married by Dr. Cannon, in the evening. All of their eleven children
were baptized at Six-Mile Run. All except Adaline were born there;
Adaline being born at Neshanic, after the family moved there in the
Spring of 1838. Cornelius was buried at Middlebush, according to his
own request, his funeral sermon being preached by Rev. Gabriel Lud-
low. His wife d. at the home of her son-in-law, Stephen Cromwell, at
Rocky Hill. Rev. Mr. Gesney preached her funeral from Rev. 14:13.
(For ch., see infra).
6. Ida (dau. of Cornelius), was b. Nov. 23, 1787; [died Aug. 4,
1784] ; m., Oct. 8, 1809, Henry Vroom DeMott, who was b. April 20. 1786,
[and d. Feb. 27, 1875]. They were married on Sunday morning by Dr.
J. S. Cannon. They lived and died at Middlebush, where he was a
farmer. For some years he also conducted a butcher business in New
Brunswick, N. J. (For ch., see infra).
Descendants of Cornelius Van Liezv, of Three-Mile Run 43
7. Elizabeth (dau. of Cornelius), was b. Apr. 6, 1790; [died Nov.
24, 1873] ; unmarried. [The author of these notes and faithful recorder
of local happenings. For many years she made her home with Henry
Vroom DeMott, at Middlebush. Though of an unusually religious
nature, she did not become a church member until late in life, when she
made this entry in her journal : "Elizabeth Van Liew made a profession
of faith in Christ April 18, 1862, at Middlebush, Rev. John A. Van Doren,
Pastor, at the age of 72 years and 12 days. Help me O Lord, to conse-
crate my few remaining days to Thy service, and to the good of my fel-
low creatures, in the enjoyment of faith and love and penitence"].
8. Helena (dau. of Cornelius), was b. Sep. 7, 1792; d. Mar. 26,
1793-
9. Frederick (son of Cornelius), was b. Feb. 21, 1795; d. Aug. 22,
1867; m. Feb. 15, 1819, Agnes Pumyea, Avho was b. at Three-Mile Run,
June 25, 1799, and d. Aug. 25, 1857. They were married by Dr. Can-
non. Their first four children were born in New Jersey. On Tuesday
morning, June 5, 1832, they left New Jersey to make a new home in the
"Lake Country" of Central New York. They settled at Lysander, Onon-
daga county, where their last two children were born and the remainder of
their lives were spent. They kept in touch with their New Jersey rela-
tives, and for many years visits were exchanged in both directions. (For
ch., see infra).
Children of William Van Nostrand and Altie Van Liew (3) :
(1). Maria Van Nostrand, b. Sep. 12, 1803, on Sabbath morning.
(2). John Van Nostrand, b. May 22, 1805; d. Feb. 29, 1808, of
whooping cough.
(3). Cornelius Van Nostrand, b. Dec. 3, 1807. Left New Jersey in
June, 1837, for Illinois.
(4). Margaret Ann Van Nostrand, b. Oct. 4, 1810; m. April 4,
1832, Thomas Lewis who was b. July 9, 1808. They were married on
Wednesday evening by Dr. Cannon. Their first two children were born
in New Brunswick, N. J. In June, 1837, they left New Jersey and settled
in Springfield, Illinois. Cornelius Van Nostrand accompanied them on
this migration. Children: (a) Adaline Lewis, b. Sep. 12, 1833;' m.,
Mar. 17, 1858, S. D. Ayers, of Decatur, 111., and had ch. : Annie Lu-
cinda Ayers, b. Apr. 27, 1859, and d. Aug. 25, 1859; William Judson
Ayers, b. Sep. 11, i860; Alletie Ayers, b. Dec. 9, 1861 ; Lewis Clifton
Ayers, b. Nov. 22, 1864. (b) William Thomas Lewis, b. Sep. 25, 1836.
(c) Charles Henry Lewis, b. Aug. 11, 1839, and d. Feb. 6, 1855. (d)
Cornelius V. N. Lewis, b. Dec. 25, 1845, and d. Jan. 23, 1846. (e) Al-
bert Lewis, b. Aug. 1, 1849.
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(5). Isaac Van Nostrand, b. May 29, 181 3.
(6). Frederick Van Nostrand, b. Aug. 9, 1817; m. May 22, 1850,
Margaret Jane Blanden, who was b. Sep. 6, 1827. At the time of their
marriage they were both of Sangamon county, Illinois. Children : (a)
William Van Nostrand, b. Mar. 7, 1851. (b) Maria Van Nostrand, b.
May 31, 1852. (c) Margaret Van Nostrand, b. July 24, 1854. (d)
Adaline Van Nostrand, b. Mar. 7, 1856.
Children of Simon Van Liew (4) and Sceighte Vanderveer:
10. A Son. B. and d. Nov. 12, 1806.
11. Maria, b. Nov. 1, 1807; d. Jan. 26, 1847; m - Sep. 20, 1831,
Benjamin Van Doren Wyckoff, who was b. Apr. 15, 1808, and d. Oct. 23,
1855. They were married on Tuesday evening by Rev. James Romeyn.
Children: (1) Simon Wyckoff, b. Mar. 4, 1833. (2) A daughter, b.
and d. Feb. 27, 1836. (3) Cynthia Wyckoff, b. Feb. 6, 1837. (4) So-
phia Wyckoff, b. Mar. 4, 1840; d. Apr. 30, 1843. (5) A son, b. Apr. 16,
1843; d. Apr. 19, 1843. (6) A daughter, b. and d. Mar. 13, 1844. (7)
son, b. and d. Apr. 6, 1845. (8) Sarah Adaline Wyckoff, b. Mar. 4, 1846.
Maria Van Liew Wyckoff died of a fever from which she suffered only a
week, being confined to her bed but three or. four days and retaining her
reason until the last. Rev. John A. Van Doren preached her funeral from
Job 17:13. Benjamin Van Doren Wyckoff m., second, April 17, 1850,
Lucretia Skillman. He d. Oct. 23, 1855, ar >d was buried on the 25th;
Rev. John A. Van Doren preaching his funeral from Psa. 12:1. He
lived an exemplary life and was afflicted for several months with a pain-
ful disease which he patiently bore. He was taken away in the midst of
usefulness, being a great loss to the .church, Sabbath School and prayer
meeting, from which he was seldom absent.
12. Garret, b. May 24, 1810; m. Nov. 14, 1832, Mary Ann French,
who was b. Apr. 2, 181 3. They were married by Rev. James Romeyn,
on Wednesday evening.
13. Sarah, b. Jan. 28, 1813; m., Jan. 12, 1 831; John S. Garretson,
who was b. Sep. 27, 1809, and d. Sep. 14, 1865. They were married on
Wednesday evening by Rev. James Romeyn. Children : ( 1 ) Gertrude
Elizabeth Garretson, b. Sep. 30, 1839; d. Sep. 20, 1840. (2) Fran-
cynthia Maria Garretson, b. Dec. 20, 1846; d. July 4, 1847. (3) Charles
Alfred Garretson, b. Mar. 26, 1849. O" 1 M av 9> x 86s, Mr. and Mrs.
Garretson and their son Charles started from New Jersey for the West,
expecting to see the country and visit their large circle of relatives and
friends. On Sep. 5, while at Milton, Illinois, he was taken sick with
typhoid fever, dying on Sept. 14. On Saturday, the 16th, at one o'clock,
Mrs. Garretson and her son started East with the body. They arrived in
Descendants of Cornelius Van Liew, of Three-Mile Run 45
Millstone on the evening of the 20th, where the remains were let down
into the grave by the light of lamps. His funeral sermon was preached
the following Sunday afternoon by his pastor, Mr. Corwin, from Rev.
22:12.
14. Cornelius, b. July 6, 1815; m. Oct. 2, 1848, Maria Hulse,
who was b. July 24, 1819. They were married at five o'clock in the after-
noon by Rev. Jacob C. Sears. (For ch., see infra).
15. Simon, of Somerville, N. J., b. Mar. 8, 1820; m. Sep. 25, 1844,
Elizabeth S. Bergen, who was b. Aug. 14, 1819. They were married by
Rev. Dr. Messier, of Somerville. [He was sheriff of Somerset co. in
1878-9]. (For ch., see infra).
16. Peter, b. May 19, 1823 ; d. Aug. 25, 1826. Died of dysentary.
Children of Cornelius Van Liew (5) and Ann Suydam :
17. Denice, b. July 18, 181 5; d. Sep. 8, 1816.
18. Abigail, b. May 18, 1817; m., Nov. 23, 1842, Samuel B. Rob-
bins (this being his second marriage), who was b. Mar. 17, 1801, and d.
Sep. 12, 1 85 1. They were married at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning,
by Rev. Gabriel Ludlow. Mr. Robbins died of palsy. John Robbins, a
son by his first marriage, d. Dec. 24, 1850, aged 22 years. Children : ( 1 )
Cornelius Van Liew Robbins, b. Oct. 1, 1843. ( 2 ) Lemuel Halsey Rob-
bins, b. Jan. 25, 1846. (3) Anna Elizabeth Robbins, b. Aug. 10, 1851 ;
d. Aug. 25, 1851.
19. Cornelius Denice, b. July 6, 1820; died Nov. 12, 1859. Mar-
ried Sep. 21, 1844, Catherine Van Sant, born Feb. 11, 1816. They were
married on Saturday afternoon by Rev. John A. Van Doren. (For ch.,
see infra).
20. Laurence, b. Apr. 29, 1822; d. Jan. 31, i860; m., first, Jan.
26, 1851, Martha Davis, of Ohio, who d. in March, 1852; second, June
I, 1856, Margaret Brokaw, of Middlebush, by Rev. Mr. Demarest, of
Bound Brook, N. J., on Sabbath morning. (For ch., see infra).
21. Maria, b. Oct. 7, 1823 ; m., Sep. 27, 1845, Elijah Huff, who was
b. Sep. 18, 1822. They were married on Saturday morning, at 10 o'clock,
by Rev. Gabriel Ludlow. Children: (1) George Huff, b. Sep. 7, 1846.
(2) Cornelius Huff, b. Mar. 29, 1848. (3) John Huff, b. Sep. 9, 1850.
(4) William Huff, b. June 28, 1852. (5) Henry DeMott Huff, b. Aug.
9, 1855; d. Mar. 6, 1856. (6) Charles Huff, b. Oct. 27, 1857. (7)
Elizabeth Hoagland Huff, b. Aug. 12, i860.
22. Elizabeth, b. Mar. 24, 1826; m. Jan. 20, 1848, Stephen Crom-
well, who was b. Mar. 1, 1817. They were married Thursday evening by
Rev. Gabriel Ludlow. Children : ( 1 ) John Cromwell, b. Dec. 16, 1848 ;
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d. Feb. 9, 1865, of spotted fever. (2) Anna Cromwell, b. Dec. I, 1852;
d. Mar. 1, 1865, °* spotted fever, after an illness of only twelve hours.
23. John C, b. Jan. 11, 1828; m., Jan. 17, 1856, Mary L'olhemus,
who was b. Nov. 10, 1839, (daughter of Daniel and Maria Polhemus, of
Fairview, Illinois). They were married on Thursday evening by Domine
Wilson, of Fairview. (For ch., see infra).
24. William, b. Apr. 1, 1830; m. Mary Elizabeth Young, who was
b. Jan. 18, 1840. (For ch., see infra).
25. Ida Ann, b. Mar. 21, 1833; m., Sep. 27, 1856, Barjoe Van
Ness, who was b. May 3, 181 9. They were married at 10 o'clock Satur-
day morning, by Rev. Merrel, of New ark. Children : ( 1 ) Abraham Mil-
ledge Van Ness, b. Jan. 18, 1859. (2) Cornelius Van Ness, b. Nov. 7,
1859; d. Nov. 17, 1859. (3) Mary Elizabeth Van Ness, b. Mar. 12,
1861.
26. Sarah Ellen, b. Sep. 15. 1836; m., Jan. 28, 1868, Haigh F.
Hillpot. They were married at 10 o'clock in the morning by Rev. Jerola-
mon, at Fairview, 111.
27. Adaline, b. Dec. 23, 1838.
Children 01 11, nr\ Vroom DeMott and Ida Van Liew (6) :
(1) Maria DeMott, b. Oct. 28, 1810; [died July 4, 1877] ; m., June
6, 1843, Peter V. Staats, who was b. Sep. 28, 1810. He was son of Rynear
Staats, of Roycetield. who d. Oct. 16. 1846, and Catharine Voorhees, who
d. Mar. 4. 1866. Maria DeMott and Peter V. Staats were married by
Rev. John Addison Van Doren, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Petei
Staats had previously m., Oct. 2, 1832, Catharine I who was b.
Jan. 1, 1814, and d. Mar. 30, 1840. After her marriage to Peter V.
Staats. Maria DeMott moved to Raritan, N. J. (Sep. 20, 1843) and com-
menced housekeeping. Children: (a) Henry DeMott Staats, b. June
15, 1844; m.. Jan. 11, 1866, Garetta Wyckoff, who was b. Mar. 31, 1847,
(daughter of Sexton Wyckoff). (b) A daughter, b. and d. Mar. 29,
1846. (c) Catherine Maria Staats, b. Mar. 11, 1847; d - Feb. 2 3> l H&-
(d) Gertrude Staats, b. Oct. 24, 1848. (e) Ida Elizabeth Staats, b. Sep.
4, 1850. (f) Peter Davis Staats, b. Sep. 12, 1852. (g) John DeMott
Staats, b. Mar. 12, 1854.
(2) John DeMott, b. July 17, 1812; [died Jan. 1, 1896J ; m., Aug.
13, 1839, Matilda Voorhees, who was born Sept. 8, 1817, [and d. Apr.
29, 1893]. She was daughter of Jaques Voorhees, who was b. May 27,
1792, and d. F 21, 1828, and Anne Van Liew, who was b. Mar. 15,
1795, and d. They were married by Rev. Jacob C. Sears, at 10
o'clock Tin - irning. John DeMott was a farmer, at Middlebush.
He was am f the New Jersey Legislature and was also for a time
Descendants of Cornelius Van Liezv, of Three-Mile Run 47
in the lumber business in New Brunswick. Children: (a) Anna Voor-
hees DeMott, b. Aug. 22, 1840; d. Oct. 4, 1842, of dysentary, after a sick-
ness of a week, (b) Ida DeMott, b. Mar. 1, 1842; d. Oct. 6, 1842, of
dysentary, after an illness of only one day. Rev. Mr. Van Doren preached
the funeral sermons of both these children, who died within two days of
each other, (c) John DeMott, b. Aug. 5, 1843; [ die< i Dec. 28, 1880].
He left New Jersey Jan. 20, 1869, and was a physician at Marseilles, Illi-
nois. He m., Dec. 19, 1872, Jennie Trumbo, who was b. Aug. 31, 1852
[They had children: Ambrose Jay DeMott, b. Feb. 23, 1875; d. Feb. 27
1877, and Harry Vroom DeMott, b. Sep. 23, 1878; died May 19, 1879]
(d) Cornelia Pomeroy DeMott, b. Dec. 16, 1848; d. June 2, 1856, of ty-
phoid fever, (e) Henry Vroom DeMott, b. Oct. 2, 1847; [died Nov
I, 1887; m., Dec. 10, 1873, Margaretta Ford Clark, who was b. May 15
1847]. (0 Jacques Voorhees DeMott, b. Oct. 25, 1852; [d. Dec. 22
1889]. (g) Howard DeMott.
(3) Elizabeth DeMott, b. Sep. 14, 1814; d. June 4, 1847; m., Nov
II, 1835, Garret Garretson, who was b. July 29, 1812, and d. Aug. 7, 1844
They were married on Wednesday evening by Rev. Jacob I. Shultz. In
the spring of 1836 they settled at Weston, near Millstone, N. J. Garret
Garretson was apparently in good health until about 1842. His health
then commenced to fail and continued until his death in 1844. By this
time two of the three children had also died. A vendue was held on
Oct. 3, 1844, after which Elizabeth returned to her father's home at Mid-
dlebush. She appeared almost overcome by her bereavement, and in 1846
began to decline in what proved to be her last illness. Rev. John A.
Van Doren preached both funeral sermons. They are buried in Cedar
Grove Cemetery, Middlebush. Children: (a) John Henry Garretson, b.
Oct. 30, 1838; died Mar. 19, 1842. (b) Maria Louisa Garretson, b. Mar.
19. 1840; d. Oct. 17, 1843. ( c ) Eleanor Augusta Garretson, twin of
Maria Louisa, b. Mar. 19, 1840; m., first, Aug. 31, 1864, Abraham A.
Suydam, who was b. Dec. 23, 1838, and d. May 9, 1865 ; and, second,
May 14, 1868, John V. D. Pumyea, residing at Belle Mead, N. J.
Children of Frederick Van Liew (9) and Agnes Pumyea:
28. Cornelius, b. Jan. 23, 1820; m., Feb. 28, 1853, Nancy Verity,
who was b. Dec. 4, 1824. (For ch., see infra).
29. John Pumyea, b. July 6, 1822; m., Mar. 19, 1856, Rachel
Elizabeth Vanderveer, who was b. Sep. 29, 1836.
30. Maria Elizabeth, b. Aug. 12, 1824; d. Apr. 6, 1846.
31. Jane, b. Aug. 4, 1828; d. Sep. 2, 1864; m., Nov. 16, 1853,
Abraham Baird, of Lysander, Onondaga Co., N. Y. They were married
at 6 o'clock Wednesday evening by Rev. William Bradford. After the
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death of Jane Van Liew, Abraham Baird m., second, Dec. 21, 1865, Mrs.
Robbs, of Montgomery Co., N. V". Child of Jane Van Liew and Abra-
ham Baird: (1) Ida Elizabeth Baird, b. Jan. 12, 1855; d. May 22,
1865.
32. Ida Adalixe, b. Aug. 23, 1835 ; m. Lyman Morley.
33. Agnes, b. Mar. 16. 1839; m., Oct. 28, 1868, William Hull, of
Lysander. They were m. at Syracuse. Children : ( 1 ) Lucy Rosette
Hull, b. Mar. 16, 1868. (2) Van Liew Hull, b. Sep. 12, 1869.
Children of Cornelius Van Liew (14) and Maria Hulse:
34. Maria, b. Sep. 11, 1851.
35. Sarah, b. May 29, 1854.
36. Ella, b. Oct. 28, 1863.
Children of Simon Van Liew (15) and Elizabeth S. Bergen:
37. Frederick, b. Mar. 14, 1849.
38. Joanna, b. Dec. 5, 1850.
Children of Cornelius Denice Van Liew (19) and Catherine Van
Sant:
39. Sarah Louisa, b. Sep. 3, 1845; d. Dec. 17, 1859, of typhoid
fever.
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42
43
44
Cornelius, b. Mar. 17, 1848; m., April, 1870, Rhino.
>'.y DeMott, b. Feb. 27, 1849; d. Feb. 7, 1853.
Hannah Maria, b. May 2, 1851 ; d. Aug. 2, 1859.
Emma, b. Feb. 24, 1854.
Ida Elizabeth, b. Mar. 30, 1855.
Child of Laurence Van Liew (20) and His Second Wife, Margaret
Brokaw :
45. William B., b. May 26, 1859.
Children of John C Van Llew (23) and Mary Polhemus:
46. Daniel H., b. Jan. 4, 1857.
47. Cornelius W., b. Mar. 5, 1859.
48. Maria, b. July 30, 1861.
Children of William Van Liew (24) and Mary Elizabeth Young:
49. John, b. July 18, 1859.
50. Anna, b. Jan. 13, 1862.
51. Ida Caroline, b. June 7, 1864.
Child of Cornei Liew (28) and Nancy Verity:
52. Frederick, b. Apr. 27, 1859.
[Concluded in Next Number]
Family of Peter Claeson 49
FAMILY OF PETER CLAESON, ANCESTOR OF ALL THE
WYCKOFFS
BY JACOB WYCKOFF, NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.
[Note by Editor.— Beginning with the July, 1913, Quarterly, we published in
twelve instalments a large number of the descendants of Peter Claesen, head of the
Wyckoff, Wikoff, etc., family in this country. As that article did not go into full
particulars of Peter and his immediate family, we now give room for such, also for
a statement of Peter's possible ancestry, as found in an interesting address deliv-
ered before the Baird-Wyckoff Association, at the old Tennent church near Free-
hold on August 28th last, by Mr. Jacob Wyckoff, formerly of Middlebush but now
of New Brunswick.
Particular notice should be taken of the fact that through this Peter Claesen
various important Somerset families of other surnames are derived, viz., directly,
those of the Van Arsdale, Romeyn and Kinny families and, collaterally, some lines
of the Montfort, Schenck, etc., families].
Before speaking of the immediate family of Peter Claesen, the common
father of all the Wyckoffs, we will run briefly over his antecedents, espe-
cially for a couple of generations, and his brothers and sister of whom
we know, as this knowledge has a bearing on his own immediate family.
"Peter Claesen" means "Peter, son of Claes," or "Peter, son of Nich-
olas,'" if fully given. So we know his father's name was Claes, or Nicho-
las, and Mr. William F. Wyckoff has found in his researches that the
father's name was "Claes Cornelissen," which in turn means "Claes, son
of Cornelis." So we find the grandfather of Peter Claesen was named
"Cornell -
In these former days there were no family names in Holland, at least
among the common people, and everybody simply went as "John, son of
So-and-So," or "Mary, daughter of So-and-So," and it was not until
records of families began to be kept by the State that the old method
found to be too confusing. The records could give no clue as to
what John, or what Peter, or what Nicholas was indicated, and it was
then that the State ordered the choosing of family names, and, as many
kept the names exactly as they were then known, their descendants have
come down to us as the Johnsons, the Petersons, the Jamesons, the
Ryniersons, etc.
I have heard my father tell that a town-meeting was called at which
everybody was to take a family name, and the same was to be publicly
announced and recorded by the town clerk in a book for that purpose.
One quiet old man came to the meeting and sat all day listening to the
choosing of names, and, whenever the town clerk asked him what name he
chose, he would only shrug his shoulders and say in Dutch, "Oh, well, I'm
not particular." At last the day had passed ; everybody had selected their
names, had them recorded and gone away, and the hour for closing had
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come. The town clerk turned to this man and asked him again somewhat
impatiently what name he wanted, and still received the same answer,
"'Oh, I'm not particular." "Very well," said the clerk, "let it go so,
then." And he wrote him down in the book in Dutch as "Mr. I'm-not-
Particular." My father told me, then a boy, what the name was, as we
now know it in English, but I have long since forgotten. I have asked
Hollanders concerning it, but they told me they have no Dutch words
expressing precisely that thought.
Mr. William F. Wyckoff has traced the ancestral line further back
than I am giving it, back to A. D. 1390 surely, and has a probable guess
reaching back still much further, but not a settled certainty This is on
the male side. It happens, however, that the first of record of whom we
are sure was a man of sufficient parts to marry into the royal line, and
through this marriage we go back through the kings of Denmark and of
Rurik of Russia, to Rurik of Vasangian, of Baltic Sweden, of about A.
D. 825, and through Harold II, Saxon King of England, slain at the bat-
tle of Hastings by William the Conqueror, we go back to Erik of Sweden,
of about A. D. 800. Connecting also with William the Conqueror, who
was a relative of Harold, whom he overthrew, our line of blood flows
downward, with or through the incoming of the different houses of rulers
to the Tudors, and the incoming of the house of Stuart; while in Russia
the Royal line of Rurik continued until it ended with the death of Theo-
dore in 1598, when a descendant of the house of German admixture, by
name Michael Romanoff, came to the throne, and his family remained on
the throne of the Russias until the recently deposed Czar.
Let us now return from this digression to the grandfather of Peter
Claesen, viz :
Cornells, who lived and died in Holland. I have no further record of
this ancestor.
Claes Cornelissen, or "Claes, son of Cornelis," was born in Holland in
! 597 ; married Margaret VanDerGoos, and started for America in Octo-
ber, 1636, on the ship "Rtnsselaer Wyck," but was obliged by storms and
injury to the vessel to stop in England, and did not reach America until
in March, 1637. His wife and one son, Peter Claesen, came with him.
Peter was then a sturdy boy of twelve years, having been born in 1625.
Whether there were other children then we have no record, but we learn
of two born later in America, viz : a son, Gebrant, who later married Mar-
retje Cos, and became the male ancestor of the Garrabrant family ; and a
daughter, Pieterje, who married Symen Jansen Van Arsdalen, and became
the maternal ancestor of the Van Arsdales, the family name being brought
into use at this time, as I have before related to you. Claes Cornelissen
Family of Peter Claeson 51
bought land on Long Island, first where the City Hall of Brooklyn now
stands, and later exchanging it or selling it, and buying other land about
four miles inland from Coney Island, to get better land.
Peter Claesen, although only a hoy of twelve, seems to have been
under contract to work on an estate or large holding at Fort Orange (now
Albany), and proceeded to that point in the same vessel that brought him
across seas, arriving there in April, 1637. He remained there probably
until after his marriage (about 1638) to Gretia, daughter of Hendrick Van
Ness, a member of the council of Rensselaer Wyck. We soon after find
him on Long Island, owning a farm at Flatlands (now within the pre-
cincts of Brooklyn) becoming well to do, and a magistrate of the Town
Court of Flatlands, whence probably the name of Wyckoff originated,
from the union of two words, viz: "W-ijk," a ward or parish, and "hof,"
a court, whence would come Peter Wijkhof, or, translated, "Peter of the
Town Court.'' The "ij" soon became changed into "y", from its close
resemblance to that letter, as old documents seem to indicate.
We will now picture in our minds Peter Claesen and his wife Gretia
by their old-fashioned fireside, and into that home and around the grad-
ually lengthening table children came one by one as follows:
1st. Margaret (sup.) b. in 1647.
2nd. Nicholas, b. in 1648.
3rd. Annatje, bapt. in 1650.
4th. Cornelius, b. in 1651.
5th. Mayken, bapt. in 1653.
6th. Hendrik, b. in 1654.
7th. Geertje, b. in 1656.
8th. Willemptje, b. in 1658.
9th. Martin, b. in 1660.
10th. Garret, b. in 1662.
nth. John, b. in 1665.
These eleven children in all, seem to complete the record, five girls
and six boys, and covering a birth period of eighteen years ; and, as the
father was a man of staunch church principles, and the main support of
the Flatlands church, being one of the wealthiest men on the island, we
cannot doubt that his children were carefully instructed in those things
"that make for righteousness." As the years went by —
Margaret, the eldest child, married Matthias Adamse Brouwer.
Nicholas, the oldest son, married Sara, daughter of Peter Montfort,
and owned a large farm at Flatlands. He had six children, four sons and
two daughters, and his descendants mostly moved later to Somerset and
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Hunterdon counties in New Jersey, and from thence have spread south-
ward and westward throughout our country.
Annatje, the second daughter, married, in 1675, Roelif Martinsen
Schenck, and died about 1693, having lived on Long Island.
Cornelius, the second son, married his cousin, Gertrude Van Arsdale,
daughter of his aunt Pieterje and Symon Van Arsdalen. He bought a
large farm at Flatlands in Long Island, and, like his father, had eleven
children, five girls and six boys. Later two of these sons came into pos-
session of the homestead farm on Long Island, one of them being the
ancestor of our present day historian of the family, William F. WyckotT,
Esq. This land now lies within the precincts of Brooklyn and is almost
entirely built over. The other four sons of Cornelius settled on lands
bought by their father in what is now Franklin township, in Somerset
county, N. J., and stretching across the center of the township, as the
first deeds read: "From a river called Millstone to the Indian Path."
This path is now the county line and a part of the main highway from
New York to Philadelphia. One of these four sons was the ancestor/of
Peter Wyckoff, of Wyckoff's Mills, who married Elizabeth Baird, both
of whom we honor at these Baird-Wyckoff reunions, and was also the
ancestor of myself. Cornelius died in 1746, at the great age of 95.
Mayken, the third daughter of Peter Claesen, married Willem \
lemse, of Gravesend, L. I., and her descendants by her son John bear the
name of Wyckoff, he having heired the estate of his uncle, Hendrick
Wyckoff, by will from that uncle, who had no children, provided he
would take the name of Wyckoff, which he did, and his descendants bear
the name. â–
Hendrick, third son of Peter Claesen, married Helena and
had no children. He died in 1744, aged 90, leaving his farm on Long
Island to his nephew John, son of Mayken Willemse, as stated above.
Geertje, named after her mother, was married, in 1678, to Christoffel
Jans Romeyn, and became the mother of the entire Romeyn family. She
died in 171 1.
Willemptje, the fifth and youngest daughter, married Adrain Kinne,
and became the mother of the Kinne family.
.Martin, the fourth son, married Hannah Williams, of Flatlands, and
had no sons.
Garret, the fifth son, married Catharine Johannes (i. e., Catharine,
daughter of John) Nevius, and farmed on Long Island. He had two
sons and five daughters. One son farmed on Long Island, and one moved
to Monmouth county, New | where his descendants, many of them,
, and are represented here to-day. Rev. John H. Wyckoff, late mis-
sionary to India, deceased, is one of his descendants.
The Wilson-Henry Family 53
John, the last born child of the family, married Neeltje Couwen-
hoven, and, after farming a while on Long Island, removed to Monmouth
county, New Jersey, purchasing a large farm there. He was an officer of
the Brick Church at Marlborough, and assisted in founding this ancient
church at Tennent, in which we are gathered to-day, numerous of his
descendants connecting themselves with it, and later becoming an import-
ant factor in the history of the county during the Revolutionary days.
Many of them are buried in the beautiful burial-grounds surrounding this
church.
We find from this review of the family, the first of the name Wyckoff,
that only four of the sons left children — i. e., left sons — to perpetuate the
name, viz : Nicholas, Cornelius, Garret, John ; except that Hendrick per-
petuated it through his sister's son, John, son of Mayken. So, with this
exception, of which we must of necessity make note, the family naturally
divides itself into four great groups, and, once knowing the group to
which we belong, the work of following up or down our line of descent is
greatly assisted.
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THE WILSON-HENRY FAMILY
FROM NOTES BY THE EDITOR
In the April, 1918, Quarterly ( p. 98, etc.) there appeared "The Henry
Family of Lamington." One of the daughters of David Henry was there
stated to have married a Rev. Peter V. Wilson, but few facts, were given
of his family. Since that appeared a descendant, Mr. Charles Carroll
Wilson, of Belvidere, has forwarded to us some facts, which are herewith
given in a condensed form. Among other things they show that the late
Dr. Joseph Hunt Wilson, of Somerville, belonged to the same Wilson
stock; also, by marriage, Hon. George M. Shipman, of Belvidere.
Peter Wilson, Sr., born prior to 1720, or his father, came over from
Scotland and is said to have settled, first, in Cecil County, Maryland, and
then in Hunterdon County, N. J., in Amwell Township, some five miles
from Lambertville. His wife was Hannah Vanoy (or Van Noy) of the
same township, whose parents had come over from Holland. A Peter
Wilson was an elder in the First Amwell Church in 1737, and there have
been descendants of the Wilson name in East and West Amwell down to
the present day, especially in what was once known as "The Wilson Set-
tlement."
Peter Wilson, Sr., had eleven children: Francis, born 1740; An-
drew, 1742; Haskill. 1746; James, 1748; Rev. Peter V., 1750; Kath-
arine, 1753; John, 1756; Hannah, 1757; Sarah, 1760; Joseph, 1762;
Elizabeth, 1764.
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The Hannah above named married David Davis, and died in 1859,
aged 102. Joseph married Charity Hunt and was the great-grandfather
of the late Dr. Joseph Hunt Wilson, of Somerville, who was born at
Washington, N. J. (See Quarterly, Vol. IV, p. 97). Andrew, born
1742 was a lawyer, but his place of practice is unknown. Two of the
daughters of Peter, St., married persons by the name of Wilson, one a
Mr. Carman and one a Mr. Mershon.
Rev. Peter Vanoy Wilson, son of Peter, Sr., was born 1750 in Am-
well Township and died July 24, 1799, at Cincinnati, Ohio. He was
graduated from the College of New Jersey (Princeton) in 1778. Where
or how he was educated for the ministry does not appear, but he was
licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick about 1785. About 1786
he married Catherine Henry, of near Lamington, Somerset County,
daughter of David Henry and Mary Rosbrough. His first pastorate was
over the Presbyterian Churches of Hackettstown and Mansfield, to which
he was called September 27, 1786, at a salary of £110 sterling, doubt-
less through the recommendation of Rev. John Hanna, who had married
into the McCrea family at Lamington and who had preached earlier in
the same year at Hackettstown. Occasionally he acted as missionary
preacher to outlying charges, one as far away as Shawnee, Pa. He
remained at this charge for ten years, when, as seems probable, since his
wife's sister, Mary, then deceased, who had married Col. John C. Syrnmes,
had been living on the "Miami Purchase" near Cincinnati, he went West,
and preached at the latter place, then called Fort Washington, as chaplain.
Capt. William Henry Harrison, afterward the President of the United
States, had married a daughter of Colonel Symmes, and another daugh-
ter had married Major Peyton Short, so that Rev. Mr. Wilson and his
wife were in the midst of influential family connections.
At Fort Washington he had also previously purchased land (in 1795)
from Col. Symmes, embracing 640 acres, the consideration ($426.66)
stated in the deed to be "for debt due [to Wilson] from the United States."
Again, in 1798, he purchased 100 acres from Symmes for "200 Spanish
milled dollars," and at the same time his wife took a deed from Symmes
for 200 acres for $200. As the city of Cincinnati came to be built
later on these real estate holdings, the investments should have proved in
time of immense value to Mr. Wilson's heirs, but comparatively little
was realized from them when a final sale was effected, about the year 1813.
Just what year Mr. Wilson became pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church of Cincinnati is not stated, but probably about 1798; if so he had
charge there only one year, when he died, after a short illness. His wife,
Catherine Henry, died first, six weeks prior to his own decease. Both
The Wilson-Henry Family 55
were buried at the church and tablets to their memory were placed therein.
In the obituary notice of him he is described as a man "mild, generous
and upright ;" "possessed in a high degree of the finer feelings and social
virtues;" "generally beloved," and "an ornament to society."
After his death his small children were cared for at the home of Wil-
liam Henry Harrison, until Col. James Henry, of Lamington, Mr. Wil-
son's brother-in-law, went to Cincinnati and conveyed them to the Som-
erset relatives. They were five in number, from three to eleven years of
age. Col. Henry carried the youngest, Catharine, on a pillow on horse-
back over a bridle path of 350 miles on the journey from Cincinnati to
Lamington, and the others must have also ridden all the distance (about
700 miles) on horseback. One horse was lost and another injured in
the long journey. There were no bridges and stopping-places were from
15 to 20 miles apart. After Mrs. Mary Henry, the grandmother, died in
1809, the children were cared for by their uncles, James Wilson, of near
Trenton, Joseph Wilson, who married Charity Hunt, and Dr. Charles
M. Graham in New York City, who married Ann Henry.
The children of Rev. Peter V. and Catherine Wilson were:
1. Robert Henry, born 1788; died 1839; married Harriet Exeum,
aunt of "Patty" Ransom, wife of Governor Ransom of South Carolina.
He studied medicine with his uncle, Dr. Graham, and died in Florida,
leaving one child, Robert A., who married a McCoy and resided in Balti-
more, Md.
2. Charles Rosebrook, born 1790; unmanned; died 1872. He
resided with his uncle, James Wilson, near Trenton, N. J.
3. Joseph Van Noy, born 1792; died 1856; married May 4, 1815,
Eliza Sherrerd, of Pleasant Valley, Warren County, N. J., (daughter of
Samuel Sherrerd). He resided, first, at Pleasant Valley, and then
removed to Stroudsburg, Pa., where he and his brother Charles kept a
store. In 1838 both removed to Shawnee, Pa., where they had a mill and
store, etc., until their respective deaths. The family resided at Shawnee
until 191 1, when the property passed out of their hands. They had 10
children, one of whom, Richard Duryea Wilson, was the father of Anna
Louisa, wife of Hon. George Marshall Shipman, of Belvidere, of Joseph
Howell Wilson, also a practicing lawyer of Belvidere, and of Charles Car-
roll Wilson, named at the beginning of this article.
In this connection it is of some interest to note that Judge George
M. Shipman's daughter, Mrs. Margaret Wilson (Shipman) Jamison, has
been engaged for several years in philanthropic work in connection with
Settlements in Boston, Mass., and as a member of the Boston Dramatic
Union in Pageantry work ; also assisted in the production of the Newark
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t
Pageant, 250th Anniversary of that City in 191 5; and that Judge Ship-
man's son, Jehiel Gardner Shipman, of the law firm of Fort, Hunt &
Shipman, at Newark, N. J., volunteered his services and is now 1st Lieut,
350 Field Artillery (serving in France), while George Marshall Ship-
man, Jr., is a senior law student' at Harvard, though now engaged in ser-
vice at Fore River Shipping Plant, Mass. Also that J. Stewart Wilson,
who married Lydia H. Bray and is a brother of Joseph Howell Wilson,
has two daughters, Mrs. Margaret Stewart (Wilson) Powers and Mrs.
Mary Howell (Wilson) Cronan, of Boston, Mass., pioneers in the art of
story-telling to children in this country, now engaged at the Boston Pub-
lic Library and Schools in this line of work ; formerly they were Kinder-
garteners and introduced and established Free Kindergartens at Dallas,
Texas.
4. Mary Ann Churchill, born 1794; died 1872; married Richard
Duryee, who resided at New York City, became Captain of the sailing
vessel "Constantine," in which he made long voyages to China, etc., and
was lost overboard at sea one day out from Liverpool in a severe storm,
his wife and a son being passengers on the ship at the time. Their
nephews and foster-son, Richard Duryea, married Susan, dau. of Joseph
V. Wilson (above named), whose son, John Kip Duryee, now resides in
New York City.
5. Catherine Matilda, born 1796; died 1854; married William
Strader of .
6 and 7. Hannah and James, who died in infancy.
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SOMERSET COUNTY MARRIAGES— 1795-1879
[Continuea from Vol. VII, Page 306]
Letter R
Radin, James E. and Eliza ' 1. Oct. 30, 1876 (Boswell).
Rae, James and Angeline Lower, Oct. 14, 1854 (Craven).
RarTerty, Hugh and Patty Finley, Dec. 16, 1807 (DeGroot).
Raino, John and Mary Halsey, May 26, 1817 (Fonde).
Raisierauer, Xavier and Maria Ringner, Oct. 22, 1856 (Messier).
Ralph, Aaron and Mary Venie, July 26, 1834 (Rodgers).
Ralph, Israel and Rodah Drake, Aug. 25, 1836 (Cox).
Ralph, Moses and Elizabeth Ludlow, Sept. 25, 1806 (Anderson).
Ramsay, Alexander and Christiana Clauson, Oct. 11, 1827 (Boggs).
Ramsay, Stephen and Sarah M. Lowe, Feb. 14, 1835 (Ludlow).
Ram iiam Newton and Mary Vliet, Nov. 13, 1856 (Blauvelt).
uill, Erastus and Ellen D. Vanderveer, Dec. 30, 1874 (Doolittle).
Randall, John and Charity Fulkerson, Oct. 24, 1839 (Rodgers).
Randali, William P. and Ann P. Blackwcll, Oct! 21, 1834 (Rice).
Somerset County Marriages — 1795-1879 57
Randolph, Asa Fitz and Rachel Vail, May 4, 1816 (Boggs).
Randolph, As; R and Gertrude Ann Conover, Jan. u, 1843 (Van
Doren).
Randolph, Benjamin and Sarah Granna Totten, Dec. 5, 1843 (Ludlow).
Randolph, David and Sarah Steel, Dec. 5, 1805 (Vredenburgh).
Randolph, Dr. Ephraim F. and Anna I. Scott, Nov. 14, 1815 (Cross).
Randolph, James F. and Elizabeth Pound, July 21, 1821 (Voorhees).
Randolph, Joel F. and Ellen Voorhees, Sept. 13, 1823 (Boggs).
Randolph, John S. and Mariah Boice, May 7, 1835 (Rodgers).
Randolph, Lewis and Mary Compton, May 24. 1828 (Cox).
Randolph. '. and Margaret Ann Smalley, Sept. 24, 1831 (Cox).
Randolph. Win. \V. and Angeline B. Drake, Oct. 18, 1856 (Rodgers).
Rankin, James A. and Rachel Ann Van Doren, Nov. 25, 1851 (Rankin).
Rankin, John and Catharine Van Duyne, Dec. 29, 2816 (Boggs).
Ransom, Stephen B. and Eliza W. Hunt, July 16, 1856 (Snyder).
Rappleye, Cornelius and Sarah Mariah Fisher, Mar. 1, 1827 (Van
Kleek).
Rappleyea, Jacob and Ann Combs. April 27, 1815 (Fonde)..
Rappleyea, Jerome and Jane Voorhees, Dec. 1, 1809 (Vredenburgh).
Rarick. David and Susan A. Cox, Feb. 23, 1859 (Crater).
Rarick, Elias W. and Eliza Flomerfelt, Jan. 7, 1864 (Thompson).
Raulsron, John S. and Jane Van Middlesworth, Dec. 1, 1844 (Messier).
Ray, John and Elizabeth Morse, Nov. 24, 1870 (Rodgers).
Raymond, T. Oscar and Annie L. Smith, May 19, 1870 (Rodgers).
Reading. James N. and Celia Southard, Feb. 10, 1835 (Messier).
Reading, Nicholas G. and Sophia Attwood, Jan. 9, 1813 (Cross).
Reamer, Isaac and Catharine McCord, Oct. 24, 1848 (English).
Redfield, Sidney and Clara Sofield, Aug. 31, 1863 (Searles).
Redford, George and Alice Parkinson, Jan. 8. 1853 (English).
Reed, Andrew and Jane G. Ganse, Jan. 29, 1852 (Romeyn).
Reed, Charles and Mary Ann Skillman, Jan. 16, 1840 (Ludlow).
Reed, David and Hannah Weaver, Aug. 21, 1827 (Labagh).
Reed, Edward L. and Rachel S. Quick, Dec. 14, 1836 (Ludlow).
Reed, James and Catherine Gould, June 14, 1858 (Rodgers).
Reed, John and Mary Burnhart, Jan. 24, 1826 (Ludlow).
Reed, Lanning and Mary Ann Brokaw, Jan. 7, 1847 (Chambers).
Reed, Lew and Sarah M. Nevius, Oct. 15, 1846 (Ludlow i
-Reed, Noah and Mary Goltra, Oct. 7, 1848 (Rodgers).
Reed, William and Catharine W. Polhemus, Jan. 8, 1868 (Mesick).
Reed. William S. and Mary Ann Aller, March 18, 1865 (Mesick).
Reeder, Daniel D. and Lavina Boylan, Jan. 24, 1833 ( Kirkpatrick).
Reemer, Benjamin and Deborah Ward, Aug. 30, 1805 (Schureman).
Reemer, John and Ann Jenkins, Oct. 15, 1826 (Van Kleek).
Reeve, Jonas W. and Hannah W. Johnson, March 22, 1848 (Harris).
Reeve, Walter S. and Elizabeth Hand, April 10, 1849 (Harris).
Regenarvew, Michael and Mary Dewolle, Jan. 4, 1863 (Gardner).
Regar, Elisha Edsall and Mary Elizabeth Quimby, Jan. 14, 18C4 (Thomp-
son).
Reger, George W. and Christina Vanderveer, Feb. 11, 1874 (Doolittle).
Reger, John R. and Elizabeth A. Meyers, Apr. 21, 1870 (Pitcher).
58 Somerset County Historical Quarterly
Reid, Lyman N. and Emma S. Sutphen, Feb. 20, 1878 (Hart).
vRemer, Bryan and Eliza Cane, Sept. 29, 1821 (Boggs).
Remer, Peter and Jane Van Ostran, April 20, 1816 (Galpin).
Remsen, William H. and Henrietta Lane, May 19, 1853 (Rodgers).
Renden, Charles and Lenah Balune, May 19, i860 (Ludlow).
Renliffen, Lawrence and Sarah Van Nest, Oct. 19, 1820 (Zabriskie).
Reumshusetel, Henry and Catharine Geipselhart, Apr. 5, i860 (Neef).
Reivact, Martin and Mary Elizabeth Hagaman, Nov. 27, 1856 (Blauvelt).
Reynolds, Henry and Julia N. Struck, June 13, 1849 (Ballard).
Reynolds, Ira C. and Catharine Dunham, Dec. 2, 1857 (English).
Reynolds, John and Catharine T. Emmons, Sept. 26, i860 (Thompson).
Rhinelander, John R. and Julia Stockton, March 27, 1834 (Rice).
Ribell, Jacob and Esther Moore, March 16, 1816 (Galpin).
Rice, Andrew J. and Cemma Dilley, Oct. 3, 1875 (Parry).
Rich, Edward and Rachel Ann Agen, May 16, 1845 (Cox).
Richard, and Hannah , April 18, 1829 (Van Kleek).
Richard, John and Harriet Brown, March 25, 1826 (Fisher).
Richards, Jeremiah and Mary Caroline Bush, June 25, 1859 (Rodgers).
Richards, John and Elizabeth Clarke, July 18, 1835 (Rodgers).
Richards, Joseph and Elizabeth Bulmer, May 18, 1853 (Rodgers).
Richards, Thomas and Catharine Coddington, Nov. 6, 1830 (Collins).
Richards, William and Elizabeth DeGroot, June 13, 1863 (Rodgers).
Richardson, Daniel and Caroline Smith, Sept. 20, 1828 (Van Kleek).
Richardson, Jonathan Smith and Lydia Ann Auten, Jan. 13, 1856 (Sny-
der).
Richardson, Joseph and Ruth Dennistori, Jan. 23, 1799 (Snowden).
Richardson, Joseph N. and Maggie F. Randolph, Jan. 9, 1869 (Doolittle).
Richardson, William and Eliza Clarkson, Jan. 28, 1846 (Badgley).
Richardson, Nathan B. and Catherine G. Dunham, Nov. 4, 1858 (Lock-
wood).
Richey, James and Cornelia Williamson, Sept. 2, 1845 (Messier).
Richie, John (Col'd) and Caroline Miller (Col'd), Sept. 11, 1875 (Bald-
win).
Rickerley, John and Frances Boach, Nov. 4, 1874 (Messier)
Rickert, Peter and Barbara Shrop, Oct. 5, 1859 (Neef).
Rickey, Israel and Phebe Ayers, June 16, 1818 1 Brownlee).
Rickey, John and Anne Sweezy. Oct. 29, 1795 (Finley).
Rickey, Peter and Lucinda Breese, Feb. 15, 1821 (Brownlee).
Rickley, Charles and Ellen Sharp, Oct. 1, 1874 (Messier).
Riddley, John and Jane Eliza Reasoner, Feb. 2, 1861 (Romeyn).
Ridley, Samuel and Harriet Titus, Oct. 26, 1834 (Rice).
Rieger, John and Louisa Lenner, Jan. 1, 186
Rigger, John and Sarah Tod, Aug. 31, 1805 (Schureman).
Riggs, Stephen and Phebe Roynor, April 23, 1809 (Finley). '
Right, Matthew and Elsie A. Conklin, Aug. 25, i860 (Campfield).
Rightmire, John and Margaret Goltry, March 11, 1824 (Watson).
Rightmire, John and Jane Ann Houghton, Nov. 9, 1859 (Romeyn).
Riley, Richard A. and Emily Galpin, Oct. 16, 1819 (Galpin 1.
Riley, Thomas and Jane Urmston, June 14, 1827 (Martin).
Rinearson, Abraham and Phebe Parish, April 1, 1820 ( Vredenburgh).
Somerset County Marriages — 1795-1879 59
Rineirson, William and M. Cruser, April 23, 1853 (Gardner).
Rinehart, Joseph E. and Louetta Crow, Jan. 12, 1870 (Carter).
Rink, Peter and Rachel Ann Sorter, June 3, 1853 (Romeyn).
Rinkman, William and Margaret Bell, Sept. 24, 1820 (Boggs).
Riser, John A. and Mary Wipert, May 13, 1871 (Rodgers).
Rively, George W. and Ellen Simons, Nov. 14, 1863 (Searles).
Robert, and Dinah , Jan. 12, 1828 (Van Kleek).
Robert, and Sarah E. Whittaker, Dec. 17, 1849 (Gardner).
Roberts, John and Margaret Adams, Dec. 24, 1842 (Beegle).
Roberts, John P. and Caroline Louisa Perrine, Dec. 15, 1866 (Car-
michael).
Roberts, Thomas T. and Alletta Van Ness, April 8, 1840 (Cox).
Robbins, Albert C. and Sarah M. Opie, Nov. 5, 1851 (Gardner).
Robbins, Charles H. and Catharine M. Van Cleef, Oct. 4, 1863 (Gard-
ner).
Robbins, Samuel and Rebecca Sutphin, Dec. 22, 1825 (Ludlow).
Robbins, Samuel B. and Abigail Van Liew, Nov. 23, 1842 (Ludlow).
Robeson, David and Mary Ann Van Dyke, July 2, 1842 (Schenck).
Robins, Shaffer H. and Cornelia Ann Van Doren, Nov. 6, 1865 (Messier).
Robinson, Charles and Catharine Babcock, Sept. 28, 1833 (Rice).
Robinson, J. L. and Sarah Drake, Jan. 27, 1848 (Gardner).
Robinson, James and Susan McCoy, Jan. 18, 1812 (Fink •
Robinson, John and Ann Leigh, June 25, 1800 ( Snowden).
Robinson, John S. and Elizabeth Cavalier, June 15, 1826 (Zabriskie).
Robinson, Samuel (Col'd) and Josephine Davis (Co r d), Aug. 10, 1876
(Pool).
Robinson, Thomas Levis and Louisa Weeks, Dec. 3, 1865 (LeFevre).
â–ºRobinson, William and Mary Christopher, Sept. 4, 1803 ( Vredenburgh).
Robinson, William and Ann Manvood, Aug. 21, 1850 (Gardner).
Robison, Gabriel and Sarah Fulkerson, Jan. 31, 1835 < Shultz).
Robison, John and Mary Jane Dalley, March 2, 1864 (Thompson).
Rockafeller, Christopher and Mary Voseler, Jan. 16, 1813 (Vreden-
burgh ).
Rockafellow, Fred and Arian Powelson, Nov. 3, 1875 (Pool;.
Rockafellow, George and Julia Ann Tunison, Nov. 25, 1840 (Messier).
Rockafellow, George and Cornelia Mollison, Apr. 25, 1872 (Rodgers).
Rockafellow, Goyn G. and Sarah Ann Hodge, Nov. 30, 1843 (Chambers).
Rockafellow, Jacob S. and Margaretta Sergeant. Dec. 20, 1843 (Messier).
Rockafellow, Jacob S. and Huldah C. Dow, Apr. 27, 1865 (Pike).
Rockafellow, John G. and \uten, March 2?, 1852 (Messier).
Rockafellow, Joseph and Walberger Warkle [a] \ 1854 (Craven).
Rockafellow, Joseph C. and Mary Ann Van Patten, Nov. 16, 1833 (Lud-
low).
Rockafellow, Wm. and Hannah Davis, Oct. 19, 1808 (DeGroot).
Rockerfeller, Solomon and Janetta B. Pale , Dec. 3, 1873 (Pitcher). -
Rodenbaugh, John and Ellisa Voorhees, June 5, 1847 (Chamber:- ).
Rodgers, H. H. and Alletta Peterson, Nov. 25, 1868 (LeFevre).
Rodgers, Miller and Elsey Demont, Feb. 28, 1856 (Snyder).
Rodgers, Theodore and Catharine Field, Sept. 12, i860 (Blauvelt).
Rodman, John and Elizabeth Nevius, May 13, 1839 (Messier).
60 Somerset County Historical Quarterly
Roff, Elias P. and Caroline Woods, Nov. 10, 1853 (Rankin).
Roff, Israel and Abigail Smalley, Sept. 9, 1824 (Watson).
Roff, John and Sarah Leestre, Nov. 24, 1846 (Jennings).
Rogers, Andrew J. and Sarah Covert, Sept. 15, i860 (Gardner).
Rogers, James H. B. and Lydia Kline, Dec. 20, 1874 (Mesick).
Rogers, John and Mary Conover, July io, 1851 (Yard).
Rogers, John R. B. and' Hannah Smith. Nov. 29, 1819 ( Vredenburgh).
^Rogers, Norman and Sarah Ann Hall. May 14, 1868 (Mesick).
Rogers, Prince and Dinah Hoagland May 29, 1851 (Campbell).
Rohleder, Frank and Kate Mechel, May 27, 1876 (Schwall, Justice).
Rose, Cornelius and Catharine Crane, Jan. 7, 1819 (Brownlee).
Rose, Charles S. and Mary Ann Sleight, Dec. 9, 1855 (Brush).
Rose, Furman and Cornelia Teatsworth, Oct. 16, 1830 (Ludlow).
Rose, George and Mary Ann Johnson, Sept. 10, 1842 (Chambers).
Rose, George W. and Margaret E. Whitenack, Jan. 12, 1850 (Ludlow).
Rose, Isaac and Ann Teatsworth, Dec. 10, 1825 (Ludlow).
Rose, William and Delia Delance, Sept. 6, 1846 (Chambers).
Rosenkrantz, Charrick and Hetty Cox, Apr. 19, 1810 (Vredenburgh).
Ross, Caleb and Sarah Britton, Oct. 17, 1803 (Finley).
Ross, John K. and Isabella W. Pierce, Nov. 19, 1873 (Mesick).
Ross, Charles A. and Lydia Ann "Vail, Dec. 1, 1840 (English).
Ross, Isaac and Agnes Bird, Dec. 1, 1869 (Doolittle).
Ross, James and Alletta Van Arsdalen, April 19, 1826 (Zabriskie).
Ross, James Patterson and Elizabeth Van Nostrand, May 7, 1840 (Rodg-
ers).
Ross, John and Joanna Sebring, April 1, 1816 (Boggs).
Ross, John and Miss Terrell, Feb. 28, 1847 (English).
Ross, Jonas and Elsey Myrax, Dec. 5, 1832 (Cole).
Ross, Joseph and Phebe Talmage, Oct. 30, 1823 (Horgs).
Ross, Peter and Sarah Smith, Nov. 13, 1828 (Zabriskie).
Ross, William and Elizabeth Winsor, May 13, 1835 (Rodgers).
Ross, William. Jr., and Sarah Ann Cain, June 1, 1847 ( Rodgers).
Rossell, Alfred V. and Sophia A. Tunison, Aug. 20, 1866 (Pitcher).
Roth, Adolph and Henriette Zuttlemayer, May 22, i860 (Neef).
Roth, Richard and Margaret Burke, Nov. 10, 1856 (Van Doren).
Rousenberger, George and Frederick,! Vite, June 8, 1857 (Mesick).
Rousei, Elijah C. and Maria Bergen, July 9, 1844 (Rodgers).
Rouser, Nicholas L. and Sarah S. Voorhees, April 2^, 1855 (Messier).
Rouser, Netson and Mary B. Voorhees, Oct. 22, 1873 (Messier).
Rowan, J Martin and Susie Jane Simonson, June 6, i860 (LeFevre).
Rowe, Philip and Jan -i Jan. 26, 1815 (Galpin).
Rowe, Richard and Lavinia Sutphin. Feb. 9, 1800 (Snowden).
Rower, John and Elizabeth Hayley, Jan. 7, 1798 (Snowden).
Rowland, John Herman and Jin Frys, Aug. 30, 1875 (Rowland).
Rowland, Nelson B. and Carth A. Conav.-. i, 1869 (Thompson).
Rowland, Peter and Sarah Bound, May it, 1822 (Ludlow).
Rowland, Peter F. and Ann Elizabeth Bellis, Oct. 25, 1855 (Mesick).
Rowland, Rynear and Abby Rebecca Abbot, Oct. 22, 1831 (Ludlow).
Ruckman, John and Mary Isabella Bohennan, July 22, j8;j (Messier).
Ruckman, Wm. Henry and Mary 'in. Sept. 2~, 1875 (Rowland).
Somerset County Marriages — ijg^-i8jg 61
Rue, Henry C. and Susie A. Skinner, Dec. 17, 1868 (Dutcher).
Rue, James and Ann Castner, Feb. 4, 1835 (Cox).
Rue, Jonathan and Siche Boice, June 24, 1812 (Vredenburgh).
Rue, Joseph S. and Judith Lane, Feb. 8, 1855 (Brush).
Runk, George W. and Elizabeth S. Brokaw, Oct. 29, 1857 (Rodgers).
Runk, Isaac K. and Harriet S. Force, Sept. 17, 1870 (Mesick).
Runkle, Isaac R. and Ann Bennett, Aug. 14, 1834 (Zabriskie )
Runyon, Abel and Catherine Manning, Feb. 18, 1819 (Dodge).
Runyon, Abraham and Mary Runyon, June 4, 1820 (Brownlee).
-Runyon, Benjamin and Joanna Harriot, Feb. 1, 1823 (Boggs).
Runyon, Benjamin and Jane Runyon, Nov. 17, 1855 (Rodgers).
Runyon, David and Hester Ross, Jan. 28, 1818 (Boggs).
Runyon, David and Lizzie V. Judd, March 24. 1867 (LeFevre).
Runyon, Ephraim and Gertrude Holton, Sept. 11, 1819 (Dodge).
Runyon, Ephraim and Margaret Van Tile, Oct. 30, 1841 (Rodgers).
Runyon, Francis and Margaret Parsells, May 21, 1829 (Cox).
Runyon, Francis and Clarissa Cross, Jan. 21, 1851 (English).
Runyon, Isaac S. and Rachel Stelle, Oct. 25, 1843 (Coxi.
Runyon, Jeptha S. and Ellie V. Field, Sept, 9, 1863 | Rodgers).
Runyon, John and Jemima Jabateau, Dec. 6, 1795 (Ewing).
Runyon, John M. and Catharine Whitenack, Dec. 21, 1843 (Ludlow).
Runyon, Kinson and Leene Berline, March 11, 1816 (Fonde).
Runyon, Lewis and Margaret E. Case, May 1, 185 1 (English).
Runyon, Lilran and Mary Tunison, Dec. 31, 1856 (Ludlow
Runyon, Richard and Catharine Churchwood, Jan. 25, 1812 (Vreden-
burgh).
Runyon, Samuel and Caroline Rittenhouse, Aug. 26, 1854 (Carrell).
Runyon, Thomas and Hannah Steine, Dec. 20, 1801 (Schureman).
Rupert, Frederick and Elizabeth Dix. Jan. 2, 1877 (McWilliam).
Rurhsam, Frederick and Rosine Schmidt. Aug. 26, 1854 (Craven).
Rush, Fernando and Harriet N. Norris, Oct. 28, i860 (Rankin).
Russell, Hall (Col'd) and Anna Mitchell (Col'd), Dec. 26, 1874 (Dutch-
er).
Russell, John R. and Mary Ann Beekman, Jan. 5, 1848 (Ludlow).
Rutman, Joseph and Mary Alward, Nov. 27, 1800 (Finley).
Ryall, Samuel and Jemima Cole, Oct. 16, 1813 (Hardenbergh).
Ryall, William and Margaret Ann Stration, Aug. 7, 1856 (Quimby).
Rynearson, Aaron and Hannah Bowman, Feb. 6, 1806 iThelly).
Rynearson, Barret and Mary Brewer, Jan. 20, 1810 (Studdiford).
Rynearson, Erastus and Ellen M. Winn, Jan. 10, 1866 (Rankin)
Rynearson, John P. and Hannah W. Runyon, March 9, 1853 (Cornell).
Rynearson, William and Ellen Staats, Dec. 27, 1844 (Gardner).
[To be Continued]
62 Somerset Co listorical Quart
EARLY RECORDED WILLS IN SOMERSET— FROM 1804
' V RECORDS IN SURROGATE'S OFFICE
[Continut ' II, Page 300]
Coulthar, Alexander, of Bridgewater twsp. Dated Jan. 22, 1807.
Probat. Jan. 28, 181 1. Name'; wife, Margaret; sons, John, Joseph and
Lafferd Waldron ; dau. Margaret. Executors — sons Joseph and Laf-
ferd Waldron. Witnesses — James, Ellen and Joseph McCain. (A, p.
265).
Bush, ; Bridgewater twsp. Dated May 1, 1801. Probat.
Feb. 16, 181 1 ife Hannah ; sons, Abraham, Peter, Alpheus, Eph-
raiin, Daniel, Cornelius and Isaac (deceased) ; daus., Elizabeth (wife of
Isaac Bilyeu), Hannah (wife of Thomas Hunston) ; grandch., Alpheus
Coon, David Bush, Hannah (wife of Willam Worth). Executors — Dan-
iel Bush and son Abraham. Witnesses — Peter Chandler, Cornelius Se-
bring, Alexander Coulthar. (A, p. 267 ) .
Skillman, Benjamin, of Franklin twsp. (Signed name "Skil-
man"). Dated Apr. 22, 1807. Probat. May 11, 181 1. Names sons,
Abraham (deceased), John, Benjamin, Isaac; Abraham's children, viz.,
Nancy, Gitty, Idah. Executors — son, Thomas, and James Stryker. Wit-
nesses — Cornelius Simonson, Garret Nevius, Jacob Van Doren. (A,
p. 268).
Blaw, Peter, St., of Franklin twsp. Dated Jan. 25, 1810. Probat.
Mar. 21, 181 1. Names sons Hendrick, John, Abraham; daus., Hettie,
Stintye. Executors — son, John, and Frederick Probasco. Witnesses-
Richard Garritson, Peter Van Zandt. (A, p. 270).
Doty, Joseph E Bridgewater twsp. Dated Jan. 10, 181 1. Probat.
Mar. 25, 181 1. Names sons, Tobias Hall, Jonathan and Joseph (all
minors; Jonathan to be sent to college and to "study divinity if it should
please the Lord to give him a heart inclining thereto") ; daus., Ann and
Elizabeth; deceased wife, Elizabeth (evidently dau. of John and Mary_
Allen J ; Richard Allen (brother of John Allen). Executors — Dickin-
son Miller, Samuel Swan, Thomas Talmage. Witnesses — Abel Stewart,
Stephen P. Stryker, Isaac Auten. (A, p. 271).
Nevius, James, of Montgomery twsp. Dated Mar. 11, 1809. Probat.
Mar. 29, 181 1. Names wife, Leal; >ns, Jacob Kershow, Peter
Voorhees, Peter Sutphin, John Sutphin. Executors — wife, Leah, and
Capt. Van Zandt. Witnesses — John Reeve, Abraham Stryker, Jr., Owke
Voorhees, Ann Reeve. (A, p. 274).
Hill, Edward, of Bernards twsp. Dated Feb. 5, 1810. Codicil
dated Mar. 1, 1810. Probat. Apr. '7, 1811 Names brother, John, and
Early Recorded Wills in Somerset — From 1804 63
his son, Edward ; brother Thomas and his sons, Thomas, James and
Edward, and their sister Nancy ; Deborah Alward (wife of Jonathan
Ahvard) ; sister Margaret (wife of James Jerolaman) ; niece, Hannah
Hill ; also mentions Margaret Maloy and Nancy Philips. Executors —
John Annin, Edward Hill, Thomas Teasdale. Witnesses — Samuel Ayers,
Moses Ayers, Matthew Woodward. (A, p. 277).
Appleman, Elisabeth (signed "Appolman"), of Somerset Co. Dated
Apr. 11, 1810. Probat. April 20, 181 1. Names dau. Catherine; grand-
son, Tunis (son of Jacob Hoppock), and sister of Tunis (not named).
Executor — David Kelly, Esq. Witnesses — James Todd, Thomas Neilor.
(A, p. 280).
Harris, Benjamin, of Middle Brook. Dated Oct. 20, 1809. Cod-
icil dated Dec. 5, 1810. Probat. Apr. 24, 181 1. Names Eve Bole (for
services rendered); sons Benjamin and Morris; dau. (not named, but
married) ; wife (not named). Executors — Dr. Samuel Swan, Andrew
Howell, son Morris Witnesses to will — Jon't Ford Morris, John Shep-
hard, Elisha Shepard ; to codicil — Joseph McCain, John Voorhees, Sam'l
Merlett. (A, p. 281).
Ten Eick, Anpries T., of Bridgewater twsp. Dated June 11, 1807.
Probat. May 2~] s 181 1. Names wife, Elizabeth; sons, Cornelius, Mat-
thias, George, Andries; dans., Elizabeth (wife of Henry Cowert), Phebe
(wife of Cornelius Terhune), Margaret, Nelly; grandson, Cornelius
(son of dau., Margaret). Executors — Cornelius Vanderveer, and son
Cornelius Ten Eyck. Witnesses — Richard T. Hall, Benj'n Bullock, Pe-
ter D. Vroom. (A, p. 284).
Kelly. William, of Somerset co. Dated April 29, 181 1. Probat.
May 29, 181 1. Names wife, Mary; sons, Charles and Smith; dans.,
Mary Toms and Susan Ann. Executors — David Kelly, Esq., Zaccheus
Kelly. Witnesses — John A. Auten, Jacob Steel, Hannah Auten. (A,
p. 287).
Van Cleef, John, of Six-Mile Run. Dated June 30, 1808. Probat.
May 30, 1811. Names son, John; daus., Rebecca, Sarah and Johannah.
Executors — sons-in-law, George Wyckoff, John Wyckoff and Abraham
DeHart, and son John Van Cleef. Witnesses — Adrian Hageman, Benja-
min Hageman, Peter Stryker. (A, p. 289).
Coshun, Joseph, of Hillsborough twsp. Dated June 21, 1810.
Probat. June 1. 1811. Names sons, John, Joshua, Peter; daus., Charity,
Anne, Catherine. Executors— sons Joshua and Peter ; sons-in-law, Abram
Whitenack, Daniel Jessep, Rynear Staats. Witnesses — John Vanderipe,
Peter S. Van Derveer, Abram Van Vleet. ' (A, p. 290).
Van Dorn, Guisbert, of Bedminster twsp. Dated July 30, 1807.
Probat. June 24, 181 1. Names wife, Pheby ; children of Benjamin Beach,
64 Somerset County Historical Quarterly
of Mendham. Executors — wife, Pheby, and Benjamin Beach. Wit-
nesses — David Nevius, Robert Herriot, Lucas Messier. (A, p. 293).
Kelsey, Enos, of 1'rinceton. Dated Oct. 8, 1810. Codicils dated
Oct. 8, 1810, and Oct. 29, 1810. Probat. July 1, 181 1. Names wife, Eliz-
abeth; brother-in-law, Rev. John Davenport. Executrix — wife; if de-
ceased, Richard Stockton. Witnesses to will — Richard Stockton, John
Maclean, Phebe Maclean ; to codicils — Rh. Sansbury, Peter Bogart, Polly
Smith, Ann Bogart. (A, p. 294).
Stephens, Joseph, of Bridgewater twsp. Dated May 8. 1806. Probat.
July 10, 181 1. Names sons, Henry and John; daus., Margaret (wife of
Dennis Stryker), Amelia (wife of Abraham Van Vliet), Catherine (wife
of John Pippinger). Executors — sons, Henry and John. Witnesses —
Abraham Willson, Nathaniel Ballard. Nich's Williamson. (A, p. 29 I
Van Dike, Frederick, of City of New Brunswick. Dated April
13, 181 1. Probat. July 18, 1811. Names wife, Lydia ; sons James
C, Augustus and John (latter mentally deranged); daus., Lydia and
Rachel. Executor — son, James C. Witnesses — William Lupp. Jos. Van
Derveer, Rob't Boggs. (A, p. 300).
Condict, Ira, of Middlesex county. No date. Codicils dated June
1, 1811. Probat. July 18, 1 811. Names wife, Sarah ; son, Daniel; daus.,
Abigail, Ruth, Sarah. Executors — wife, Sarah, and her brother, Mathew
Lake Perine. Witnesses to will — David Schureman, Jas. Schureman,
John Schureman; to codicil — John Bray, Chas. Smith, Cornelius E. Ver
Muel. (A, p. 302).
Vandyke, John, of Montgomery twsp. Dated May 31, 181 1. Probat.
Aug. 8, 181 1. Names sons, Rulif and John (deceased) ; daus., Margaret
(wife of Abram Houten), Catherine, Anne. Rebecca, Elizabeth (wife of
^Benjamin Gulick), and Sarah; grandch. (children of son, John), John,
Alexander, James and Rebecca; granddau., Nancy Ann (dau. of dau.
Anne); father, Rulif Van Dike (deceased). Executors— son, Rulif, and
son-in-law, Abner Houten, and Abraham V. Arsdal, Esq. Witnesses —
James Stryker, Martin Voorhees, William Pattison. (A, p. 307).
Vantuyl, Abraham, of Bernards twsp. Dated May 24. 1811. Probat.
Aug. 10, 181 1. Names sisters, Margaret Van Tuyle, Nelly Ilarpending,
Sarah Bolmere, Emm y Go l try ; children of brother Isaac ; children of
sister Mary Sebring, and of sister Elizabeth Grant: children of sister
Catherine Coon, viz., Charity Bird, Margaret Giddis, Thomas, Abraham
and William; brother, Otto Van Tuyle. Executors— bro., Otto Van
Tuyle and friend Oli ver Go ltrv. Witnesses— Hugh McEowen, Esther
Adams, Charles Adams.
Voorhees, Roeloff, of Somerset co. Dated Jan. 3, 1811. Probat.
Aug. 15, 181 1. Names brothers, Garret and Peter, and their sons, Roeloff
Readington Church Baptisms from 1720 65
and Minne ; Emundus and Eloner, ch. of brother Minne ; sister Anne and
her son, Roeloff Voorhees ; sister Eloner ; sister Catiline's sons, Garret
and Abraham Van Doren; Mary Voorhees (dau. of James S. Cannon) ;
Ruloff (son of Isaac Sutphin) ; Abraham (son of Lawrence Suydam).
Executors — brothers, Garret and Peter. Witnesses — David Nevius, John
Garritson, Peter StothofT. (A, p. 311).
Van Doren, Jacob, of Bernards twsp. Dated Sept. 12, 1810. Probat.
Sept. 21, 181 1. Names sons John and Jacob: daus., Aully Logan, Eliza-
beth Annin, Mary and Phebe (widow of Samuel Lewis). Executors —
son, Jacob and son-in-law, John Annin ; if either refuse, then friend,
Andrew Howell. Witnesses — Thomas King, John Parsils, Samuel Ay-
res. (A, p. 314).
Lane, Susanah, of Montgomery twsp. Dated Feb. 24, 1810. Probat.
Sept. 26, 181 1. Names son, Ralph; daus., Anne Schenck, Susanna Col-
lins (dec'd) and Peggy Bogart; grandson, Ralph Lane; grandson, Ralph
Collins (son of William Collins and Susanna) ; granddau., Susannah
Lane. Executors — Peter Updike and Jacob Sartore. Witnesses — Wil-
liam Updike, Jr., John Savidge, Jos. H. Skelton. (A. p. 317).
[To be Continued] 10 , \ 9ft>,
-.?* \3* (J* 'J*
READINGTON CHURCH BAPTISMS FROM 1720
BY THE PASTOR, REV. B. V. D. WYCKOFF
[Continued from Vol. I'll, Page 312]
1819.
Aug. 1. Ten Eycke, Jacob and Jane Middlesworth — Jacob. (B. Mar.
27).
13. and Jane Robbins — William Hogland. (B. Feb. 8).
Sept. 4. Van Nostrand, Clarkson and Charity Ditmass — Catherine. (B.
June 14).
Sutphin, John and Phcbe Fusler [Vosseller]— John. (B. Aug.
25).
Oct. 12. Lattouratte, Stout and Margaret Schamp — Peter. (B. Apr.
28).
18. Biggs, George and Catherine Waldron — Elon. (B. Sept. 2).
Hogland, Harmon and Helena Striker — Harmon. (B. July
18).
Brocaw, William and Lenah Ditmass — William. (B. Sept.
14).
Nov. 7. Van Fleet, William and Agnes Monday — David. (B. Aug.
13)-
14. Clickener, George and Anne Castner — Susan Ann. (B. Apr.
IS)-
5
66 Somerset County Historical Quarterly
[Parents not named] — Aaron Dawes. [Baptismal date uncer-
tain].
Voorhees, Rulif and , Hannah. (B. June 9).
20. Smith, Lydia Stewart (wife of Amos) — John. (B. Apr. 7).
1820.
Jan. 16. Swackhamer, Rulif and Mary Schamp — Rulif. (B. Nov. 2,
1819).
Feb. 6. Van Camp, Tunis and Catharine Smith — Cornelia. (B. Nov.
13, 1819).
Van Deveer, John and Mariah Dayly — Ellen Jane. (B. Nov.
13, 18]
13. Schamp, George D. and Ann Anderson — Henry. (B. Oct.
14, 1816) ; Martha Ann. (B. Sept. 9, 1819).
Schamp, Jacob D. and Sarah Cole — Lenah. (B. Sept. 4,
1819).
Mitchel, Ditmas and Sarah Mattis — Edward. (B. Oct. 2,
1819).
Quimby, Josiah, M. D., and Margaret Dayly — William Dayly.
(B. Nov. 30, 1819).
Ammerman, Henry and Mary Sutphen — Daniel. (B. Dec.
27, 1819).
Vroom, Jacob and Ann Wyckoff — Elizabeth. (B. Jan. 17).
Dally, Hetty Smock (wife of Tunis) — Catharine. (B. Oct.
24', 1819).
Vroom, Peter and Sophia Ditmars — Jacob. (B. Mar. 11).
Post, Henry A. and Matty Anderson — Elizabeth. (B. Feb.
Hall, Henry and Sarah Hall — Elizabeth. (B. June 16, 1819).
Van Camp, Thomas C. and Phebe Van Fleet — William. (B.
Mar. 1).
Shirtes, Henry and Mary Kinney — Sarah Kinney. B. Oct.
15, 1819).
Schamp, David D. and Charity Cutter — Maria. (B. Jan. 8).
June 18. Hogland, Henry and Jane Bowers — Tunis A. Ten Eyck.
Aug. 13. Stout, Abraham P. and Margaret Hudnet — John Wyckoff. (B.
July 6).
20. Ten Eyck, Jacob and Jane Middlesworth — Cornelius. (B.
July 10).
27. Wyckoff, Albert and Hannah Schamp — Margret. (B. Apr.
28).
Sept. 3. Hogland, John and Phebe Simoson — Cornelius Simoson. (B.
; y 15)-
Hall, William W. and Maria Bellis— Peter. (B. May 18).
Van Camp, John and Jane Lane — Jane Maria. (B. May 30).
Ten Eyck, Tunis and Rebecca Hummer — Jacob T. Ten Eyck.
(B. Nov. 29, i8>
Vosler, Jacob and Margaret Van Fleet— John. (B. Aug. 24).
[Baptismal date uncertain].
17. Amerman, Daniel A. and Hannah Van Sickel — Eleanor Su-
dani. (B. Aug. 16).
Mar.
26.
Apr.
9-
May
23-
27.
Readington Church Baptisms from 1720 67
Oct. 8. Cole, Tunis and Margaret Van Sickel — Tunis. (B. July 2).
14. Van Sickel, Mary. (Adult).
Studeford, Rev. Peter and Maria Van Horn — Phebe Eliza.
Stout, Richard and Elizabeth Van Nest — Jane Van Stay. (B.
Aug. 28, 1819).
Saxion, Aaron L. and Jude Thompson — Sarah Ann. (B.
Sept. 8).
Cole, Nicholas and Lavina Cole — Gitty Maria. (B. June 22).
Nov. 19. ^ Ten Eyck, Abraham A. and Mary Schank — Arthur Schank.
(B. Oct. 9).
Johnson, Abraham H. and Elizabeth Sutphin — John Sutphin.
(B. Sept. 26).
Quimby, Josiah and Margaret Dallv — Phebe Ann. (B. May
25)-
Dec. 4. Berger, Jasper and Gitty Wyckoff — Jasper. (B. July 15).
Steevens, John and Rebeckah Mac Kinnev — James Todd. (B.
Oct. 16).
1821.
Feb. 11. Hall, Richard and Catharine Kline — Rachel Maria. B. Nov.
24, 1820).
Apr. 1. Neyieus, Dominicus and Johannah Stoothoff — Abraham Du-
mor.t. (B. Mar. 4).
15. Cole, Josiah and Margaret Low — Josiah. | li. Dec. 21, 1820).
Carkhuff, Catherine Cole (wife of Jacob Q.) — Catharine. (B.
Jan. 23).
Cole, David and Agness Cutter — Ephraigm. (B. Oct. 9, 1820).
22. Van Middlesworth, Garret and Rebecca Van Cleef — Jane Per-
lee. (B. Feb. 20).
Wyckoff, Martin H. and Elizabeth Demott — Phebe. (B. Dec.
5, 1820).
May 27. Ammerman, James and Catharine Schank — Elizabeth. .. (B.
Mar. 10).
Emens, Judy Low (wife of Gilbert L.) — Christopher Stryker.
(B. Mar. 3).
June 2. Dally, Elizabeth Latterat (wife of William) — John. (B. Mar.
24).
Mitchel. John and Catharine Pittenger — Jane Frasure. (B.
Apr. 13).
Luts, Frederic, Jr., md Sarah Cole— Eliza Ann. (B. Aug.
30, 1820).
Van Sickle, Andrew and Elener Melick — Andrew. (B. May
15, 1819) ; John Melick. (B. Dec. 13, 1820).
Breece. Fanny Row (wife of William) — William Van Fleet.
B. Feb. 13).
Kline, John J. and Eve Kinney — Andrew. (B. Feb. 5).
Alpaugh, Moris and Elizabeth Kinney — Elcy. (B. Dec. II,
1820).
Foner, Christeen and , John. (B. July 26, 1820).
Pickles, Henry and Hannah Johnson — Jacob Kline. (B. Apr.
27). [Baptismal date uncertain].
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24. Mattis, John and Martha Demott— Derrick. (B. Nov. 7,
1820).
July 22. Brokaw, Abraham and Catharine Brokaw — Caroline. (B.
Mar. 2).
Aug. 26. Brokaw, John and Elizabeth Lane — Phebe. (B. July 17).
Hagaman, Andrew and Ann Hogland— Sarah. (B. July 13)
Oct. 20. Schamp, Peter and Welempy Voorhees. John. ( B. June 7)
Cole, Abraham and Helena Schamp — Abraham. (B. May 7)
Nov. 4. Mitchel, Ditniars and Sarah Mattis— John Mattis. (B. Oct. 1)
25. Stout, Abraham P. and Margarett Hudnet — Eliza Lane. (B
Sept. 22).
Low, Jacob and Phebe Kershaw — John. (B. Aug. 30).
1822.
Jan. 4. Schamp, George P. and Mary Vusler — Tunis Cole. (B. Aug.
30, 1820).
Neveius, Peter and Maria Stoothoff — Cornelius Stoothoff. (B.
Jan. 9, 1821 ?).
Mar. 17. Emens. Cornelius L. and Ann Dumont — Dorcus Dumont. (B.
Nov. 11, 1820).
31. Vroom, Hendrick D. and Maria Beekman — Peter Quick. (B.
Feb. 26).
Apr. 7. Lattarat, Garret and Hanah Thompson — Hanah Maria. (B.
Jan. 29).
29. Bergin, Simon B. and Margret Dally — Cornelius. (B. Feb.
ro).
Mar. 31. Quimby, Dr. Josiah and Margaret Dally — Catharine. (B.
Nov. 3, 1821).
May 19. Post, Henry A. and Martha Anderson— George Anderson. (B.
Mar. 13).
Voorhees, John and Mary Miler — Sarah Woodrough. (B.
Apr. 6).
25. Hiri, William and Mary Vanallen — Catharine Maria. (B.
Feb. 14).
Shirts, Henry and Mary Kinney — Mary Kinney. (B. Dec. 18,
^ 1821).
Schamp, David D. and Charity Cutter — Susan. (B. Jan. 2).
Vlereabome, George and Margaret Van Fleet — Jane. (B.
Mar. 25).
Brokaw, William and Lenah Ditmars — Charles Sudam. (B.
Feb. 15).'
Schamp, Peter G. and Catharine Kline — George. (B. Feb. 1).
Steavens, Henry and Sarah Van Derbilt — Hebron (or Hex-
eon). (B. Nov. 19, 1821).
Hogland, Harmon and Hellenah Stryker — Peter. (B. Dec.
23, 1821).
June 16. Ten Eyck, Cornelius and Ann Ten Eyck — Sarah Van Devare.
(B. Mar. 18).
rents not named] — Sarah Dawes. (B. June 7). [Bap-
tismal date uncertain].
Readington Church Baptisms from 1720 69
23. Amerman, Abraham and Maria Mattis — Margaret Elen. (B.
May 2).
Vroom, Michael D. and Leah Ten Eyck — Hendrick. (B.
Apr. 23).
July 7. Vroom, Peter and Sophia Ditmars — Catharine. (B. May 13).
21. Lane, Andrew and Margaret Vansicel — Andrew. (B. May 5).
[Parents not named] — Elizabeth Smith. (B. Sept. 9, 1821).
28. Ditmars, William and Mary Brokaw — Peter. (B. Apr. 28).
Aug. 18. Vroom, Jacob and Ann Wyckoff — Jamima. (B. Dec. 15,
1821).
Van Camp, Tunis and Catharin Smith — Isaac Voorhees. (B.
Feb. 26).
Sept. 15. Amerman, Daniel and Hannah Van Sickel — Abraham. (B.
Aug. 9).
Oct. 13. Voorhees, Rulif and Mary Patterson — Mary Ann. (B. July
27).
11. Schamp, John P. and Mary Moorhead — Sarah Moorhead. (B.
Feb. 17, 1818).
19. Biggs, George and Catharine Waldron — Abraham. (B. Sept.
14, 1821).
Clickenger, George and Ann Casner — Charles Sudam. (B.
June 6).
Wyckoff, James and Mary Smith — Elizabeth Wyckoff. (B.
Apr. 28, 1821).
Nov. 10. Van Nostrand, Clarkson and Gitty Ditmars — Easter. (B.
June 6).
Sutphin, John P. and Catharine Vroom — Matthew. (B. July
27).
24. Wyckoff, Cornelius and Elizabeth Van Fleet — Ann Wyckoff.
^ (B. Sept. 11, 1820).
Case, John and Elizabeth Van Fleet — Leah Van Fleet. (B.
Aug. 26).
Dec. 12. Johnson, Abraham H. and Elizabeth Sutphin — Henry. (B.
Oct. 30).
1823.
Feb. 2. Ten Eyck, Abraham A. and Mary Schank — Alette. (B. Dec.
20, 1822).
Amerman, James and Catharine Schank — Auther Schank. (B.
Dec. 28, 1822).
9. Emons, Judy Low (wife of Gilbert L.) — Andrew. (B. Oct.
25, 1822).
Mar. 2. Van Middlesworth, Garrit and Rebecca Van Cleef — Tunis. (B.
Dec. 24, 1822).
16. Berger, Jasper and Gitty Wyckoff — Elizabeth. (B. Nov. 16,
1822).
Apr. 13. Schamp, David P. and Easter Low — Catharine. (B. Sept. 12,
1820) ; Abraham Low. (B. Dec. 5, 1822).
May 4. Swackhamer, Rulif and Mary Schamp — Mary Rulifson. (B.
Mar. 13).
10. Breece, Fany Row (wife of Henry) — Peter. (B. Feb.).
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25. Kline, John J. and Eve Kinney — Peter Kinney. (B. Dec. 23,
1822).
Dally, Elizabeth Latouratte (wife of William) — Thomas Stout
Latourette. (B. Oct. 31, 1822).
Alpaugh, Moris and Elizabeth Kinney — Andrew Kinney. (B.
Apr. 1).
June 22. Van Sickel, Andrew and Elener Melick — Hannah Amerman.
(B. Feb. 23).
July 6. Mesler, John and Ann Bergin — Allette. (B.May 21).
Thompson, John and Sarah Emens — John. (B. June 4).
13. Thompson, Andrew and Susan Lane — Peter. (B. Jan. 10).
Aug. 3. Hall, William and Mary Belis — Rebeccah. (B. Jan. 19).
30. Guild, John D. C. and Jane Mac Kinney — Reubin Dunham.
(B.July 13).
Sept. 28. Cole, Abraham and Hellenah Schamp — Isaac. (B. Apr. 22).
Cole, David and Agnes Cutter — Levi. (B. July 29).
Oct. 24. Schamp, Mary Vusler (wife of George P.) — Henry Post. (B.
Sept. 3).
Smith, Lydia Steward (wife of Amis) — Nancy Maria. (B.
June 28).
Cole, Nicolas and Levinah Cole — Lenah. (B. Oct. 6, 1822).
Nov. 9. Wyckoff, Elizabeth Van Fleet (wife of Cor's) — Cornelius. (B.
Aug. 11).
16. Kline, Peter and Mary Bowman — Elizabeth. (B. Sept. 3, 1820) ;
Cornelius Bowman. (B. Sept. 1, 1822).
30. Mitchel, Ditmars and Sarah Mattis — Peter. (B. Aug. 15).
Dec. 14. Amerman, Henry and Mary Sutphin — John. (B. Sept. 26).
28. Vroom, Hendrick D. and Maria Beekman — Eliza. (B. Nov.
15)-
Cole, Tunis and Margarett Van Sickle — Josiah. (B. Nov.
18).
Bigs, Catharine Waldron (widow of George) — Sarah Mary
Bigs. (B. NoV,jl_
1824.
Mar. 28. Latourett, Garret and Hanah Thompson — Andrew Thompson.
l^B. Dec. 19, 1823).
Apr. 4. Williams, James and- Margaret Van Deventer — Peter Gulic.
(B. Feb. 11).
18. Davis, Bergen and Sarah Schamp— Sarah. (B. Nov. 23,
1823).
Vosler, Jacob and Margarett Van Fleet — Margarett. (B. Jan.
22, 1823). [Baptismal date uncertain].
25. Vroom, Jacob and Ann Wyckoff — Dennis. (B. Jan. 5).
Wyckoff, Tunis and Ann Voslar — Ann Elizer. (B. Mar. 5).
Amerman, William and Elizer Ann Schenck — Catharine Little.
(B. Feb. 3).
Mattis, Garret and Catharine Hixson — Johannah. (B. Feb.
6).
May 2. Hall, Dennis and Mary Van Horn — Eliza.
15. Cicero, Emma (wife of James Spader).
Readington Church Baptisms from 1720 71
Wyckoff, John and Leah Van Fleet — Martin. (B. Mar. 17).
June 13. Emmens, Gilbert L. and Judy Low — Elizabeth Low.
27. Cole, Josiah and Margarett Low — Bengamin Theadore. (B
Mar. 3).
Schamp, David D. and Charity Cutter — Henry. (B. Apr. 15)
July 4. Bergen, Simon and Margarett Dalley — Catharine Ann.
11. Mattis, John and Martha Demott — John. (B. Dec. 14, 1823)
18. Post, Henry A. and Matty Anderson — Peter Quick. (B
June 27).
Aug. 8. Schomp, Peter G. and Catharine Kline — Catharine Ann. (B
Apr. 29).
Hagamin, Andrew and Ann Hogland — Andrew. (B. June 27)
29. Carkhuff, Catharine Cole (wife of Jacob Q. ) — Enoc. (B
May 10).
Brokaw, John and Elizabeth Lane — Cornelius. (B. July 19).
Cole, Henry and Hannah Cole — Sarah Mary. (B. Dec. 3,
1823).
Vroom, Michael D. and Leah Ten Eycke — Catharine Wyckoff.
(B. July 31).
Sept. 19. Wyckoff, Albert and Hannah Schamp — Cornelius. ( B. June
20).
26. Van Camp, Tunis and Catharine Smith — Jane. (B. Mar. 7).
Williamson, Cornelius and Catharine Deats — Matthew. (B.
Mar. 14).
Oct. 2. Vansickle, Aron and Eleanor Orr — Rebecka. (B. Aug. 24).
Brocaw, Abraham and Catharine Brocaw — Jane. (B. July
19)-
Hogland, Harmon and Hellena Stryker — Dennise Stryker. (B.
Dec. 14, 1823). '
Adults: Achsah, wife of Asher Painter; Catura, wife of Ja-
cob Holcomb ; Sophiah Van Doren, wife of John Moorhead.
Kershow, Margarett Brocaw (wife of Jacob) — Catharine.
10. Daley, Aletty Smock (wife of Tunis) — Hannah Maria. (B.
June 21).
31. Corwine, George and Rachel Voslar — Abigail. (B. Sept.
16).
Nov. 7. Cox, Edward and Mariah Tinbrook — Clarissa Swan. (B.
Sept. 10).
1825.
May 1. Ten Eycke, Abraham A. and Mary Schank — Sarah. '
15. Ten Eycke, Cornelius A. and Mary Rhu — Eleanor. (B. Nov.
3, 1824).
29. Voslar, Jacob and Magarett Van Fleet — Sarah. (B. Apr. 26 K
June 11. Hudnet, Sarah Thompson (wife of Elijah) — Josiah Ostin.
(B. Mar. 4).
Morehead, John and Sophiah Vandoren — Sarah Ann. (B.
Nov. 27, 1824).
Ammerman. Henry and Mary Sutphin — Henry. (B. May
12).
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Alpah, Moris and Elizabeth Kinney — Margaret Kinney. (B.
Sept. 14, 1824).
Shirts, Henry and Marian Kinney — John.
Cole, Christopher and Mary Biggs — Sarah. (B. Apr. 24,
1820) ; Alary (born Apr. 23, 1822) ; Ann Gear Heart. (B.
Oct. 24, 1824).
Dalny. Tunis. (Adult). I
Kinney, Hannah Anderson (wife of Albert).
(?). Lane, Gilbert L. and Judith Lane — John G. Emmons. (B.
Oct. 11).
19. Schamp, David P. and Easter Lowe — Jacob. (B. Apr. 4).
26. Swackhammer, John and Ann Ten Eycke — Cornelius Ten
Eycke. (B. Jan. 1).
Amerman, James and Catharine Schenck — Abraham.
July 10. Johnson, Abraham H. and Elizabeth Sutphin — Guilbert Sut-
phin. (B. May 18).
Ammerman, Abraham A. and Mariah Mattis — Catharine Lid-
die. (B. May 21).
Aug. 14. Swackhammer, Rulif and Mary Schamp — Jacob Schamp. (B.
May 20).
28. Thompson, John and Sarah Emmens — Elizabeth. (B. July
17)-
Van Middlesworth, Garret and Rebecka Van Cleef — Peter
Perlee Van Cleef. (B. June 21).
Sept. 9. Pickle, Henry and Hannah Johnson — John MacKinney. (B.
Sept. 17, 1824).
11. Stout, Abraham P. and Margarett Hudnet — Abraham Paul.
(B.Aug. 3).,
25. Emmans, Cornelius L. and Ann Dumont — Catharine Baley.
Groenendicke, Daniel and Mary Tetsworth — Samuel. (B. Apr.
18).
Mav-Spader, Emma Cicero (wife of James V.) — Krosier Ten
Brook. (B. Oct. 18, 1822).
Nov. 27. Low, Jacob and Phebe Kershow — Dennis. (B. Oct. 11).
Brocaw, Peter and Catharine Kershaw — Mariah Ann. (B.
Oct. 16).
Parks, James and Mariah Bergen — States Nelson. (B. Sept.
6, 1824).
Dec. u. Hill, Aaron and Eleanor Freeland — Jacob Monro. (B. Sept.
23, 1817).
18. Lane, Andrew and Margarett Vansickle — Aaron. (B. Mar. 5).
1826.
Jan. 22. Quick, Abraham and Ann Peterson — Cornelius Peterson. (B.
Nov. 15, 1825).
Feb. 26. Nevius, Dominicus and Johannah Stoothoff — Gertrude. (B.
Jan. 25).
19. Schamp, George A. and Catharine Wyckoff — Elizabeth. (B.
Nov. 9, 1825).
Apr. 23. Mesler, John and Ann Bergin — Abraham. (B. Oct. 3, 1825).
Vorehase, John and Mary Miller — Eleanor. (B. Feb. 25).
Readington Church Baptisms from 1720 73
Medler, Evi (Levi Metier) and Emma Baker — Ann Elizabeth.
(B. Jan. 2).
Sutphin, John and Phebe Voslar — Elizabeth. (B. Dec. 4, '
1825).
Wyckoff, Johan and Leah Vanfleet — Catharine. (B. Jan. 1).
Thompson, Andrew and Susanna Lane — William. (B. June
28, 1825).
Mar. 12. Vroom, Peter and Sophiah Ditmars — Peter Dumont. (B. Dec.
27, 1825).
Apr. 23. Lane, Aaron and Catharine Hammer — Cornelius. (B. Feb.
May 14. Van Fleet, Abraham and Sarah Hall — Henry Switezer. (B.
Nov. 11, 1825).
20. Vroom, Jacob and Ann Wyckoff — Jacob. (B. Jan. 5).
Ten Eycke, Cornelius and Ann Ten Evcke — John A. Ten
Eycke. (B. Oct. 11, 1825).
Cole, Abraham and Hellenah Schamp — Isaiah. (B. June 1).
Cole, David O. and Agness Cutter — Susan Ann. (B. Mar. 3).
June 4. Quimby, Josiah and Margarett Daley — Josiah. (B. Feb. 15).
r- Hall, Dennis and Mariah Van Horn — Cornelius Van Horn. B.
Feb. 13).
11. Mitchell, Ditmars and Sarah Mattis— Mary Jane. (B. Mar.
10).
Aug. 20. Medler, William and Elizabeth Voslar — George. (B.May 7).
Sept. 16. Latorett, Garret and Hannah Thompson— Peter. (B. Mar.
16).
Oct. I. Herls, William and Mary Vanaulen — Ephraim Dunham. (B.
Apr. 13).
Groendicke, Daniel and Mary Tetsworth — John. (B. June
25)-
Dec. 22. Carkhuff, Catharine Cole (wife of Jacob Q.) — Jacob. (B.
July 11).
1827.
Apr. 22. Corwine, Richard and Gertrude Stotehuff — Hannah Catharine.
(B. Feb. 12). .
Quick, John and Elizabeth Bellis — William. (B. June 18,
1825) ; Rody Francis. (B. Jan. 27).
May 13. Ammerman, William and Elizer Ann Schenck — Hannah Eliz-
abeth. (B. Feb. 21).
Corwine, George and Rachel Voslar— Mary. (B. Feb. 25).
Dalev, Tunis and Aletty Smock — Cornelius Ammerman. (B.
Mar. 8).
Rose, Isaac and Ann Tetesworth — Abraham. (B. Oct. 29,
1826).
Vanderveere, Michael and Ann Mariah Ten Eyck — Mary
Jane. (B. Feb. 5).
Swackhammer, John and Ann Ten Eycke — Ruliff. (B. Nov.
21, 1826).
Hudnet, Sarah Thompson (wife of Elijah) — Elizabeth
Thompson. (B. Dec. 5, 1826).
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June 10. Morehead, John and Sophia Van Dome — Hetty Maria. (B.
Dec. 3, 1826).
■Ten Eyck, Stephen and Mary Lane— Elizabeth. (B. Aug. 26,
1826).
Hickson, James and Maria B. Tuttle— Catharine Levinyea. (B.
Apr. 17, 1826).
Voorhees, Cortland and Jane Vlerbome — Abraham. (B. Jan.
26, 1826).
Agans, Catharine (wife of Jesse) — Peter Kinney. (B. Sept.
5, 1826).
Kershow, Margaret Broon (wife of Jacob) — Elizabeth.
July 15. Van Nuys, Peter and Catharine Quick — Lucretia. (B. May
28).
Dawes, Janney and Sarah Van Sickle — David. (B. Feb. 25).
Carkhuff, Enoch and Julia Ann Dally — Henry Bartow. (B.
Feb. 2).
Aug. 25. Brokaw, Peter and Cath. Kershow — Jacob Kershow. (B.
July 2).
Sept. 2. Vroom, Michael D. and Leah Ten Eyck — Leah. (B. Aug. 4).
9. Emmons, Gilbert L. and Judith Lowe — Catharine. (B. June
29).
16. Brokaw, John and Elizabeth Lane — Martha Maria. (B. May
18).
Oct. 20. and Jane Wyckoff— Ellen. (B. June 27, 1826).
Spader, James V. and Emma C. Tenbrock — Isaac Voorhees.
(B.Aug. 7).
Van Vleet, Aaron and Anne Lowe — John. (B. Dec. 7, 1826)
Daily, William and Elizabeth Latourette — Ann Hart. (B
Sept. 6, 1826).
Park, James and Maria Berger — Wm. Alexander. (B. Sept
16, 1826).
Nov. 1. Vroom, John and Cornelia Cox — Sarah and Margaret. (B
July 18;.
11. Ammerman, James and Catherine Schenck — Daniel. (B
Aug. 7).
Mettler, William and Eliza Vossler — John Vossler. (B. Sept,
22).
18. Writford, Mrs. (widow) — John Pittenger. (B. Mar. 30,
1819) ; Margaret Van Doren. (B. May *,, 1821) ; Charles.
(B. Jan. 31, 1823).
Dec. 23. Lane, Aaron and Catharine Hummer — Aaron. (B. Nov. 12).
[To be Continued]
Historical Notes and Comments 75
HISTORICAL NOTES AND COMMENTS
BY THE EDITOR
The "Somerville Messenger" Ninety-two Years Ago
In the Quarterly for 191 2 (Vol. I, p. 77), it was stated that in Oc-
tober, 1823, the first newspaper was published in Somerset County by-
James E. Gore, under the name, of the "Political Intelligencer," which
name was soon changed to the "Somerset Messenger and Political Intel-
ligencer," and, about 1828, the latter designation was dropped. One
authority for this was Snell's "Hist, of Hunt, and Som. Counties," (p.
606). It is true that the Rev. Dr. Messier has said in his "Centennial
Hist, of Somerset" (p. 172), that Mr. Gore had published "The Intelli-
gencer, or Political Intelligencer" "about 1814 or '15," but this had been
unobserved by us in preparing the Quarterly note. He also stated that
the "Messenger" was begun "as early as 1822." We have recently seen
a notice of a copy of the "New Jersey Intelligencer," as printed and pub-
lished by John C. Kelley at Somerville, the same bearing date June 8, 181 5.
So it would seem that a "New Jersey Intelligencer," not a "Political Intelli-
gencer,'' must have been published in Somerville in 181 5. But there must
also have come in between 1815 and 1823, when the "Messenger" began,
a newspaper called the "Somerset County Advertiser," a mention of which
we have not seen made. We so judge because there has now come into
our hands a copy of a newspaper entitled "Somerville Messenger, and
Somerset County Advertiser," of the date of Dec. 28, 1826. It is stated
to be "Volume IV" and "No. 168." So it would seem to be an inference
that there was a preceding "Somerset County Advertiser," which was
subsequently merged into and with the "Somerville Messenger;" and it
is certain that the first name of the "Messenger" was "Somerville Messen-
ger" and not "Somerset Messenger." We wish the facts were all clear,
but, as they appear above, it looks as if this were the order of thin
First, Mr. Kelley first started in Somerville a newspaper which he called
the "New Jersey Intelligencer ;" this may have been in 1814 or '15. Sec-
ond, he probably sold it to Mr. Gore. Third, Mr. Gore either changed its
name to the "Somerset County Advertiser," or he started the latter inde-
pendently. Fourth, in October, 1823, Mr. Gore began to print the
"Somerville Messenger, and Somerset County Advertiser." Whether
there was any break in the years between about 18 14 and 1823 we do not
now know. Fifth. About 1828 the subtitle "Somerset County Adver-
tiser" probably disappeared. Just when "Somerville" was changed to
"Somerset" does not appear. There being no known early files of the
above-named newspapers in existence, it may be further or more exact
facts can never be known.
76 Somerset County Historical Quarterly
The 1826 "Somerville Messenger" certainly indicates by its volume
and number that it first appeared under that name in October, 1823, when
it came out as "Volume I" and "No. 1."
This 1826 number is of four pages, each page 13x19 inches, five
columns to the page. The first page is devoted wholly and the third page
about one-half to advertisements ; the rest is reading matter, including
Congressional news, odds and ends of American and State news, miscel-
laneous, and a column of religious matter under the heading "The Mor-
alist." The publisher announces that the publication is "near the
Academy," and we know this was about where the Second National
Bank now stands and quite opposite to the old Academy. The news-
paper was to be "delivered to subscribers in the village, and by private
post, at Two Dollars a year, payable half yearly." That county subscrib-
ers were slow in payments we learn from this notice :
"On Tuesday next the Court of Common Pleas will commence its
January term in this village. We beg leave to jog the memories of those
of our patrons who have left their accounts run for two or three years
without settlement, -and hope they will avail themselves of this opportunity
to call and settle the same."
The Legislative proceedings were of no local interest, except that the
announcement is made of the "appointment in Joint Meeting, Dec. 22" of
Theodore Frelinghuysen as \ssociate Justice of the Supreme Court, of
William Todd as a Judge in Somerset, and of these Somerset "Commis-
sioners:" Samuel Ayres, Arthur V. Sutphin, Elias Brown, W. D. Stew-
art. We have not discovered in it any other Somerset county items
whatever (except marriages and advertisements), but, instead, such
illuminating matters as these, for example:
"Shocking Crime. — At the late Term of Oyer and Terminer in War-
ren county, Mr. Adam Cool was fined $1 and costs, say 20 to 30 dollars,
for wickedly and in violation of the import of his own name, KISSING
Miss Catharine Berry without her consent. O times! — O mannei
"Old Bachelors. — Mr. Reneau introduced a bill into the Legislature
of Tennessee, by which it is made the duty of the Sheriff of each county
to make an annual return of every man who shall have attained the age
of thirty without marrying ; and also of all his property, on which a tax
of twenty-five per cent, is to be laid, and the fund thereby created by the
provisions of the bill is to be divided among such unmarried ladies as
have reached the age of twenty-five. The bill further provides that if any
old bachelor suffers himself to be returned three times, he shall thence-
forth be deemed incorrigible and the tax increased to fifty per cent. The
bill passed with great unanimity the House of Representatives, but the
House [Senate?] ordered it to lie on the table for thirty ye;>-
"The Legislature of Ohio at their last [session] passed a law taxing
lawyers and physicians in a sum not less than live nor more than fifty dol-
lars per head, as the Court of Common Pleas in each county in their own
discretion might levy."
Historical Notes and Comments 77
"Brutal Excess. — The Herkimer American states that on Monday
week in that village a man upon a banter undertook to eat within an hour
loo round clams. They were to be roasted for him and he was to take
them out of the shells himself. He dispatched a batch of 30 in five
minutes, and proceeded with the others until he had swallowed 77, when
the 78th 'went and came like the old woman's soap.' However, he at
length disposed of that and another, when he gave up the job, having
actually devoured 79."
This character of news must have well pleased our Somerset fore-
bears of that generation, especially when, in addition, there were articles
upon "Singular Effects of Love," "Running in Debt," "African Slave
Trade," "Lockjaw in Horses," etc.
The marriages announced are of Mr. John Van Derveer, merchant,
to Miss Margaret Collyer, both of Bedminster; of Mr. Jacob Vosseller
to Miss Sarah DeForest, both of Bridgewater; of Mr. Stephen Beach, of
Pluckemin, to Miss Hannah Finley, daughter of widow Finley, of Lam-
ington; of Mr. William Lister to Miss Sarah Moffet, both of Millstone;
and, at Readington, of Mr. James Stryker to Miss Deborah, daughter of
Mr. John Baker.
The qnly Somerville advertisers were : A Mr. Hull, "lecturer on
English Grammar," announces a gratuitous lecture of "only 60 minutes"
at "Mr. Torbert's long room." Debtors to the estate of "Dickinson [Dick-
son] Miller, Esq.," may pa)' their bills Thursdays and Fridays. A Mr.
Barcalow "rst name torn out in the newspaper) "intends manufacturing
of chairs," did Samuel J. Brant has a "Spinning wheel and chair manu-
factory at the old stand." D. D. Ryckman has a "Tobacco and segar
manufactory" in the "the shop lately occupied by James Barcalow, near
Torbert's hotel." The newspaper publisher, Mr. Gore, has for sale legal
blanks, school books. Psalms and hymns, Bibles, ink powder ;,nd black-
ing. Samuel Hall offers $5 reward for "a black man, tanner by trade, 39
years of age," who has run away.
There are other county advertisers, viz.: John P. Quick and Israel
Higgins announce they have "commenced fulling, dying [dyeing] and fin-
ishing cloth" at the North-Branch Factory (Cornelius Van Derveer's
Mills), 5 miles from Somerville." Selah Daniels has the "North-Branch
Woolen Factory at the old stand at Runk's Mills at the North-Branch."
William Hoagland, late Sheriff, and John I. Gaston, Sheriff, advertise
lands for sale at these inns : Peter Blair, in Bedminster township, Lewis
Winans in Warren township, Richard Stout at North Branch. Peres
Bonney, John Ross and A. Howell, commissioners to divide the real estate
of Peter Trinity, are to make allotments "at the house late of Jeremiah
Fisher, deceased," at Middlebrook. The administrators of "the late Fred-
erick Frelinghuysen, deceased," offer at public sale hi> farm of about 150
78 Somerset County Historical Quarterly
acres at Millstone. H. Van Derveer, administrator of John Sutphin,
deceased, will sell at public sale a 300-acre homestead farm at North
Branch and a 116-acre farm near by. E. Cownover and G. B. Stryker,
executors of William Covenhoven, will sell a 222-acre-farm in Montgom-
ery township. Gilbert Powelson, surviving executor of Cornelius Pow-
elson, will sell the homestead of 172 acres near Peapack. The executors
of Rev. Peter Studdiford will sell a valuable mill and 80 acres of land
and 40 acres near by (no place stated), and also a 160-acre farm ''near the
junction of the North and South Branches of the Raritan." Jacob
Doren offers "a valuable new grist and saw mills on the Raritan adjoining
the increasing village of Somerville," and it includes "a good miller's
dwelling." John Whitenack and James Taylor, of Somerville, will sell
the 40-acre farm "in Veal-town, formerly owned by Thomas Whitenack,
Esq., and now in the possession of Joseph Boylan." It includes a "cider-
works and distillery, whe shop, duelling," etc., and will be
"at the house of Samuel McMurtry in Veal-tov
Orphans' Court notices relate to the estates of Ebenezer Tingley,
Jacob Vroom, Hannah Ray, William Wyekoff, Adam Broach, Richard
Low, John G. Eberlee, Cornelius C. Nevius and Nelly Van Nuys, all
recently deceased. Besides these are variot Fkunswick advertise-
ments, and this notice of a stage line:
"Old Swiftsure Line. — The subscribers inform the Public that
they have commenced running a Stage between Centreville and Eliza-
bethtown Point, being the continuation of a line through from Philadel-
phia to New- York. Passengers by this line leave Ne\v-\ the
.m-boat Bellona at 6 o'clock a. m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri-
days, and Centreville each following day at 4 o'clock and arrive at
New-York at 2 p. m., passing through Somerville, Bound Brook, Plain-
1, Scotch Plains, Westfkld, &c. They have provided themselves with
good horses and carriages; and for way-passenger: ing to Ni
York this is much the shortest and cheapest route. 1 trom
Philadelphia to New-York, $3. 50 — from Somerville to the latter, 75
cents.
"\\ \ I >ERVEER,
John Edgar."
In other words, it was much cheaper in 1826 to go from Somerville
to New York and return than it is by the steam cars in 191 8. But then
the Federal Government did not control the stage coaches !
The Revolutionary Beacon at Pluckamin
Whi 00k in the Spring of 1779,
a portion of it was also established near Pluckemin. It was on February
18th of that year when the French Alliance was celebrated in that town.
Historical Notes and Comments 79
(See Quarterly, Vol. II, pp. 15, 154). On March 23rd, Washington,
writing from his then "Headquarters," which must have been at the
Wallace House in Somerville, to Brigadier-General Knox, directed that
a beacon be erected "upon the mountain in the rear of Pluckamin." The
following is the letter :
"Headquarters, 23rd March, 1779.
"Brig. Gex. Knox,
Dear Sir: — For the more speedy assembling of the militia upon an
emergency, I have agreed with the field officers in this and the next County
to erect beacons upon the most conspicuous hills, the firing of which shall
be signals for them to repair to their different alarm posts. You will be
pleased to have one erected upon the mountain in the rear of Pluckemin,
upon the place that shall seem most visible from the adjacent County. The
beacons are proposed to be built of logs in the form of a pyramid, 16 or
18 feet square at the base and about 20 feet in height, the inner part to be
filled with brush. Should there be occasion to fire it you shall have
proper notice. ... I am, Dear Sir ;
"Your most Obt. Servant.
"Geo. Washington."
Rev. Dr. Messler's Record of His Parents
The late Rev. Abraham Messier, D. D., pastor for fifty years of the
First Reformed Church at Somerville, left behind him some private
notes of his parents, which have been sent to us, and from them we extract
the following items: "Cornelius Messier, my father, b. Feb. 9, 1759, m.
Maria Stryker, dau. of Dennis Stryker and Lena Hoagland, of South
Branch, N. J. She was b. Jan. 1, 1762 ; bapt. Feb. 21 of that year. They
were m. Nov. 15, 1781, at her father's house, and had eleven children.
They commenced life on the farm northwest of Somerville and resided
there for the space of twelve years, when they removed to the old home-
stead on the Lamington river, where they continued to reside the reminder
of their lives, both dying in the old mansion house. Their remains lie
interred at White House in the ground where the old church stood."
After paying a fine tribute to his parents, and telling of personal
matters concerning the family, and his own preparation for college, he
continues :
"After my sisters had married and left home the superintendence
and work in such a family taxed the energies of my mother to the utmost.
For the last twelve years of her life she was too fleshy to be comfortable,
and she often complained of a difficulty in breathing which impeded her
activity. As my brothers married they were fitted with horses, wagon,
and family utensils in general, and began life in the small house on the
west side of the farm, Cornelius, John and Peter occupying it in succes-
sion. To the daughters in the same way an outset was given. Indeed
that old home as I remember it was a pleasant home. Without any
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serious sickness and without any deaths for years in our family, we
seemed to be guarded from the common ills of life, and at the same time
abundantly favored with its common blessings. It changed in one respect.
The older children married and went out into the world, and the younger
grew up, and at last the time for the great change came. The mother
died, and then the father departed. We sold the old place. Then the old
mansion was burned, — not a trace of it left.
Eter the death of my mother, Oct. 25, 1832, my father continued in
the old home with my youngest brother Isaac. At first they had only
the old colored woman, Nancy, who had nursed my mother in her last
illness, as housekeeper, but in the course of a year Isaac took to himself
a wife and brought her home. Thus the household was reconstructed,
and the time passed away until the death of my father, Nov. 28, 1843.
This farm was rented for one year, and in 1845 Isaac Messier, his son,
bought the homestead."
Dr. Messier closes his notes by adding the following:
"Our old house contained a part of the residence of Rev. James Mc-
Crea, minister once of the Presbyterian church of Lamington, and the
father of Jane McCrea who was murdered by the Indians near Sandy Hill,
N. Y., during the Revolutionary War. The kitchen part was said by my
father to have been I and that it had been moved
from a place nearer the river for an addition to the main building, and
the other part of it formed the family room, and a bedroom behind it, the
mode in which the two had been joined together clearly seen in the gar-
ret. The kitchen stood about ten feet from the main house, and the inter-
vening space was built in and used as a Summer dining-room and com-
mon entrance to house and kitchen."
(For -fuller notes on the Messier ancestry, see Vol. V of the Quar-
terly, p. 263).
Another Somerset Man who "Made Good"
The late Charles C. McBride, born at Pluckemin 71 years ago, was
another instance of a Somerset lad who began life in humble circum-
stances, worked his way up, through the local school and through college,
then taught school in Somerset county, studied law, became a lawyer, then
editor of the able "Daily Journal" in Elizabeth, then one of the editors
of the "Newark Evening He died at his summer home at Ocean
Grove on Oct. 27th last, leaving a host of friends, who admired him as a
Christian man and as an editor who was every whit honest, reliable, high-
minded, clean-minded, just. He conferred honor upon his county and
aided to raise journalism in New Jersey to a higher mark than its ordinary
level.
Photo, by l-'n (l .V. Voorhi < s
FORMER PRESB^ rERIAN CHURCH OF BOUND BROOK
Erected in 1829 on site oi building of [760. I" '851, when struck bj lightning, and
repairs made necessary, a new fronl was added and .1 twelve feel extension
added. This church was entirely destroyed in the fire of 1896.
SOMERSET COUNTY
HISTORICAL QUARTERLY
Vol. 8. SOMERVILLE, NEW JERSEY, APRIL, I9I9. No. 2
THE MAJOR THOMAS TALMAGE FAMILY NARRATIVE
, BY BOBERT SWARTWOUT TALMAGE, NEW YORK CITY
[Concluded from Page 23]
As recorded in the October Quarterly, Thomas Talmage, the father of
Major Talmage, was taken when a youth to live in the home of his Aunt
Eunice, wife of Thomas Riggs, of Basking Ridge. A settlement had been
made there as early as 1700, but it was not until 171 7 that John Harrison,
acting for the Proprietors of East Jersey, purchased the rights from the
Indians of about three thousand acres of land. The country is undulat-
ing and fertile, and it was but natural that the Scotch people, who began
emigrating to America at that time and coming into East Jersey, should
choose a place of this character upon which to make their homes, the less
rugged contours of which reminded them so strongly of the lowlands of
their beloved Scotland.
The earliest names to be found on the records are Pitney, Rolfe,
Ayers, Alexander and Kirkpatrick, all of Scotch origin. In 1733 the
designation Basking Ridge 1 first appears in the ecclesiastical records of
the parish, though the settlement is the oldest in Bernards Township.
During the following decade many others of the same country and faith
arrived and joined the original settlers, and the records are largely made
up of Scottish names, such as Morton, Southard, McCoy, Kemper, Craig,
Kennedy, Whitaker, Ogden, Todd, Lyon, Miller, McEwan, Boylan, Mor-
ris, Riggs and Caldwell.
The Talmage fann!) had up to this time been staunch supporters of
the Church of England for generations, but the early associations of
Thomas Talmage and his marriage to the daughter of a Scotchman seem
'The name is said to have originated from the open plateau or sunny ridge,
upon which wild animals came to bask.
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to have influenced his religious beliefs, and from that time until the pres-
ent the family has been largely communicants of the Presbyterian Church.
We know little of the life of Thomas Talmage. After his marriage
to his cousin, Elizabeth WickJ, at East Hampton, Long Island, he
brought her to Basking Ridge to live, and it was there that their son,
Major Thomas Talmage, and his four sisters were born. In the year
1760 he, with Lord Stirling and Stephen Ogden, were witnesses to a will
of Mr. Stephen Brown, in which money was bequeathed for use as part
payment of the minister's salary.
It is altogether probable that he built or helped to build "The Man-
sions," the manor house of William Alexander, Lord Stirling, at Bask-
ing Ridge, which was completed in 1767, though of this there is no rec-
ord. In the year 1777 both he and his family and Major Talmage and
wife and babe removed to Sussex County and lived in Wantage Town-
ship until the close of the Revolution, when they purchased the planta-
tion at Piscataway. No reason is given for the removal of both families
to northern Sussex, sixty miles away from Basking Ridge, but it is prob-
able that the change was necessitated by the construction of certain
buildings in that part of the Province, and that his eldest son Daniel
and others of the family had already settled there.
In this connection we may suggest that a Somerset relative, Noah
Talmage, enlisting from Sussex, is said to have been born in Elizabeth-
town in 1 761. He was married to Elizabeth Chamberlain and was by
profession a builder. He is said to have erected the Presbyterian Church
at Sparta, dedicated in 1786. In this work he was probably assisted by
his kinsmen, Thomas Talmage, Sr., and Jr., both of the same profession.
Several authorities have asserted that Noah was a brother of Major
Thomas, but this statement must not be allowed to go unchallenged. In
his "Narrative and Diary" Major Thomas Talmage writi : "My
father had but three sons by the first marriage, David, John and Enos,
(who died in infancy), and one by the second marriage, namely myself,
Thomas." Again he writes: "My brothers were both dead (1790).
John died of small-pox and Daniel was killed at Lackaway" (battle of
Minisink, July 22, 1779). In all probability Noah Talmage was the son
of Daniel, a son of Daniel Talmage, Sr., who r settled at Elizabethtown in
1719, a brother of Thomas Talmage, Sr. No issue has ever been accorded
this Daniel, though his name appears on a family chart in possession of
the writer.
Major Talmage writes, in the year 1777: "I had business seventeen
miles away (from Wantage) and at that place my aunt was living." He
then describes his return home over the mountain on a stormy night as
follows: "The night was so black I could see nothing ahead; I lost my
(
The Major Thomas Talmage Family Narrative 83
way and had great difficulty in keeping on my horse's back. I held my
riding-whip aloft to fend off the branches and keep them from striking
me in the face, but what with the limbs of trees and the narrow path, it
was most difficult to get on. Presently I found myself monstrously
entangled, — yet I must make an attempt to go forward. Alas ! I soon
found myself in a terrible morass or bog. I dismounted but sunk in over
my boots. My horse floundered, but, being pretty strengthy, he made
out to follow me. I finally came onto higher ground and trusting myself
to the guidance of the Lord proceeded at a venture and finally reached
home about the breaking of day."
The outbreak of hostilities between Great Britain and the Provinces
found Major Talmage ready to spring to the defense of his native soil.
His brother, Daniel, was a Member of the Association of Whigs of Mor-
ris County, 2 and both he and Thomas were in the battle of Minisink,
where Daniel Talmage was killed. 3
From Wantage Township Major Talmage removed his family in
1786 to Piscataway, and there, with him, his father and mother lived until
their deaths. Referring to his father's death in 1790 he writes : "It was
two years later [after the death of his mother] that my father departed
this life ; being taken very suddenly with a violent plurisie, he was left
speechless and died without making a will. My brothers were both dead,
but had left children who would be entitled by the law to share in the
estate, though my father had given of his substance all that he intended
to give them. This very much disappointed my expectation, as it had
"Association Pledge of 1775: "We, the subscribed Freeholders and inhabitants
of this Township of Pequanock in the County of Morris, Province of New Jersey-
having long viewed with concern the aroused design of the ministry of Great
Britain to raise revenue in America, being duly affected with cruel hostilities already
commenced in Massachusetts Bay for carrying arbitrary designs into execution,
conceive that the Preservation of the Rights and Privileges of America depend
under God on the firm Union of its inhabitants, do with hearts abhorring slavery
and ardently wishing for a reconciliation with the parent State on Constitutional
Principles, solemnly associate and resolve under sacred ties of virtue, honor and
love to our country, that we will personally and as far as our influence extend
endeavor to support and carry into execution whatever measures may be recom-
mended by the Continental and Provisional Congress for defending our Constitu-
tion and preserving the same in viola' e "
'There was erected in 1822 at Goshen a monument to the martyrs who fell at
Minisink. In 1862 it was replaced by a $25,000 shaft. In Charles D. Piatt's "Bal-
lads of New Jersey" is a poem description of the battle, one verse reading:
"Falling 1 falling! their flanks
Are exposed to the blazing muskets.
One by one they drop in their tracks I
Look yonder ! a soldier
Tall and stalwart of frame,
Dan Talmage by name,
Leaps high in the air and falls
Pierced thro' the heart by the flying balls."
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always been understood that I was to inherit the old Mansion and the
principal part of the landed estate."
Although the main occupation of Major Talmage was building, there
can be no doubt about his having managed personally his plantation, con-
sisting of several hundred acres. On the church records are found bap-
tisms of several of his negro slaves, — Harry, France, Victory, Judy and
Tom, for whom the Major stood sponsor. 4
For some years after the death of his father, Major Talmage lived
on at Piscataway, but in 1798 he removed to Somerville where his name is
often found in the church records and he seems to have been active in
the affairs of the town. The same year he purchased a tract of some hun-
dred or more acres in Bridgewater Township and commenced the build-
ing of Mont Verd. This tract, as is well known, was purchased, about
i860, from the estate and long resided on by the late Mr. George H.
Potts. In planning some alterations he was told by his architect not to
change the foundation or superstructure, as it was most solid, and in as
fine condition as when the house was built, the beams showing in the
cellar being two feet wide.
As the name, Mont Verd, indicates, the place is situated on a ridge
at the foot of the mountain, about two miles north of Somerville. Orig-
inally the house was rather low, with a pillared porch crossing the front,
which was toward the mountain. It had a wide hallway running the
depth of the house and some fifteen or more large rooms. The driveway
leading up to the mansion was bordered on either side by cherry trees,
while a circle of huge elms surrounded the house.
When the writer first saw Mont Verd in 1880 he recalls a black and
white marble tiling on the entrance hall. On the west was the drawing-
room, divided by columns ; while on the east side were library and din-
ing-room. Originally there had been a flower garden at the south with
box-bordered gravel walks, but this had been done away with and a ter-
race and driveway had been put in its place.
Standing on the porch and facing the mountain a call or laugh came
back distinctly and it was often startling to the visitor to hear this echo
of laughter repeated a few second later, seeming to come from the air.
At the foot of the lawn a spring of mountain water bubbled up, and
*The writer owns a deed of sale of a negro purchased by Major Talmage living
at Piscataway. It reads as follows :
"For and in consideration of One hundred pounds I her'by acknowledge the
sale of a negro man named Tom to Thomas Talmage of Piscataway and do so
engage to warrant and defend him from all claims of any Person or Persons what-
soever. Witness my hand this seventeenth day of April, 1792.
Witness present: Hezekiah Smith."
John Kilpatrick.
Hannah Lane.
The Major Thomas Talmage Family Narrative 85
Mrs. Potts related the tradition that one who drank of it would never
grow old ! The high spirits usually to be found in those of the name may
thus be accounted for. The Talmages are not a long-lived race, but
they keep young to the end.
Later owners have changed Mont Verd considerably. A mansard
roof and other "improvements'' have been added, and the house has a
modern, up-to-date air, though it first saw light in the Eighteenth Century.
The size of the original estate is not known. From the records it
appears that in the year 1800 Major Talmage and his wife, Mary, con-
veyed unto Dickinson Miller eighty-eight acres, "part of the plantation
whereon I live;'' while in the year 181 1 he and his son, Goyn, added to
the property by purchasing seventy-five acres from Peter Stryker.
It was on the death of this, his eldest son, that Major Talmage
wrote the following letter to his daughter, Sarah, who was visiting in
New York City at the time, and other friends. The post mark on the
outside was then, not Somerville, but "Somerset C. H.," and the date
"April 28."
Monday morning, 8 o'clock,
"Mont Verd,
2J April, 1812.
"My deaf and much esteemed Friends:
"This letter is presented jointly to my dear daughter Sarah, to my
beloved friends. Mr. A. E. Brouwer, and to Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter. I
take this method of addressing you because I have not time to write to
ir, and at the first onset I feel disposed to adopt the
language of holy Job: 'Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O, ye
my friends, for the hand of the Lord hath touched me.' This is, I trust,
not a complaint made against the great God. No, my dear friends, the
cup my Heavenly Father hath given me to drink, shall 1 not drink it?
d be God, he enables me, and I think beyond what I
could have expected, to drink the bitter potion, and in taking the draught
I have found many precious sweets mingled therein.
"Our dear son is indeed no more. He has left this mortal life, this
world of sin and sorrow. He has winged his way to the portals of eternal
day; to the mansions of Eternal Glory.
"Blessed be God for the living testimony he hath left behind and
for the consolation he hath given us. The cage (his dear remains) was
left behind, but the bird hath taken its flight.
"The death of Goyn has caused general sorrow. A friend told me
this morning that he has never known a death in this place so universally
lamented as his. Could prayers and tears, medicine and the best atten-
tion have saved him, he would not have died, but, as he himself said in
the time of his sickness, the decree was pass'd ; his work was done. But
what a loss to his aged parents and his own dear wife and children ! The
prop on which we had learned to lean has been struck from under us ;
the stream at which we so often refreshed is now dried up. We may say
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with good old Jacob, 'Joseph is not and Simeon is not.' 'The Lord hath
indeed made breach upon breach upon us.' About six months since our
son Daniel, who, like Joseph, was separated from his brethren, died in a
foreign land, and now Goyn. our dear son. whose dutiful behaviour to his
parents hath gained so much the affection of their hearts, is no more.
'The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away. Blessed be the name of
the Lord.'
"The circumstances attending his sickness I have already mentioned
to Sarah in my last Thursday night's letter. It was the following even-
ing that he fell asleep in J
"The funeral was attended by a very large and representative con-
course of people on Sabbath morning, and at 10 o'clock the burial took
place, after which all resorted to the church, where the Rev. Mr. Vreden-
bergh gave an appropriate sermon, with the text from Ecclesiastes IX,
Chap. IV, ioth verse : 'Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy
might.' Contrary to his usual custom he referred many times to Goyn's
character, and mentioned the great loss which would be sustained by
society and the church with whom he stood connected.
'You'll all be tired of reading, and therefore I conclude with my
most sincere love and affection, in which my dear wife jo
''Thos. Talmage."
The Somerville Academy was founded in the year 1801 and Dr.
.Messier writes of it as follows: "It came about in this wise: A number
of gentlemen had met to celebrate the Fourth of July and after a service
in the church they repaired to the hotel, where a dinner was served.
Among them were several who had sons to educate and it was decided
at that time to found a classical school where Latin and Greek could be
taught to the young men who proposed to enter college. On the l8tl
July at another meeting a constitution was adopted, which provided for
the erection of a building." The contract for erecting this building was
awarded to Major Thomas Talmage, who was also one of the twenty
Regents appointed by the Committee.
The following year the Somerset built. This
a very fine building for the times and cost £5,884. 1 talmage
awarded the contract for constructing this building and was paid £414
as fee for supervision.
It is unfortunate that Major Talmage in his Diary did not go more
fully into the stirring events of the Revolutionary War, in many battles
of took pan in his native State, but at the time the record was
written, 1800-1814, the War had been over many years and he had set-
tled down to a peacful old age at Mont Verd.
That he was a man deeply imbued with religious sentiment and
believed implicitly in a "Guiding Hand" is shown throughout his writii
Tradition has it that he wished to enter the ministry, but, being an only
son, found that the many duties which came to him early in life prevented
Dirck /.â– ublic Business 87
his studying for that profession. There is little of historic interest or
literary worth in his notes, but, when one considers the very limited
opportunities of education afforded to the country boy of pre-Revolution-
ary days, the papers are not without interest.
An obituary published at the time of his death closed with the fol-
lowing :
"We believe we hazard nothing in saying that Major Talmage was
pre-eminently true to his convictions of right and that there is none to
challenge his perfect rectitude. He had a high sense of honor and
loved everything that comprehended the true and the beautiful. He had
likewise hatred of everything tha "-an and dishonorable. To a
blameless life he united graces of mind, tenderness of heart and unswerv-
ing fealty to what he conceived to be the right."
His indeed was a life worth the living and worthy of its predecessors
and well mav we be proud of him and such as he who were
"Our ancestors, a gallant Christian Race,
Patrons of every virtue, every grace."
J* & â– < Jt
DIRCK LOW'S PUBLIC BUSINESS
BY JOHN J. DE MOTT, METUCHEN, N. J.
Dirck Low, of Neshanic, ( for lineage see Quarterly, Vol. VI, page
205), in addition to his activities in connection with the building of Ne-
shanic church (see Ibid, Vol. VII, pages 171, 263), was also an important
man in the community. He was especially active in the settlement of
estates. The following notes, sifted from his records, contain much of
value in showing family relationships, occupations, current prices, etc.,
in Colonial and Revolutionary days. Owing to the nature of these rec-
ords, the abstracts here given are scattering and make no claim to com-
pleteness.
Estate of Johannis Emans
Names mentioned : 1752, John Vroom, Cornelius Lane ; 1753, Rulf
Van Duine, Richard Pittenger ; 1754, William Post, Andrew Emans, An-
drew Ten Eick, Anthony Legere; 1759, John Van Sickle, Jr., Harmanus
Hoagland; 1763, Samuel Tilton ; (no date). Isaac Van Dyke.
"The above mentioned money belongs to the four children of Jo-
hannis Emans, deceased, namely, Catrintje, Sarah, Abraham and Jacob."
Receipts for money accrued on the above estate were signed by the
following: 1759, 1760, Catherine Low (mark); 1759, 1760, Sarah
Emans (mark); 1766, Abraham Emans; 1767, Jacob Emans.
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Estate of John Van Dyke
"We whose names are here underwritten do hereby acknowledge
that we have received this thirtieth day of March, 1765, .of Derick Low,
the just and full sum of twelve shillings, and three pence and three farth-
ings, being our due for such goods as the said Derick Low has bought on
a vendue held of the goods and chattels of our grandfather, John Van
Dyke, as also such linens as the said Derick Low had in dividing the
sani.
Signed by Andrew Emans, Catherine Low (mark), Sarah Emans
(mark), James Emans, Receiver for John and Jacob Emans. Abram
Emans. Attested by Teunis Middagh.
"Received this 5th day of July. 1767. of Dirck Low, the Sum of
twenty-one pounds, sixteen shillings and seven pence, being money that
the said Dirck Low received of Jacob Van Dyke in behalf of Sarah
"Peter Clover."
Receipts for money accrued on this estate were signed in 1770, 1771
and 1772 by Abraham, Jacob, hn and James Emans, (mark)
Catherine Low, (mark) and Sarah Clover, (mark).
ate of Andrew Emans
"We whose names are hereunder written do hereby acknowledge
that we have received this first day of June, 1770, of Dirck Low, the
sum of six pounds thirteen shillings and four pence, York money, being
[part?] of the sum which the said Dirck Low received on the thirtieth
day of May, 1770, of the Estate of our grandfather, Andrew Emans,
deceased: We say, received the same by us."
Foregoing signed by Peter Clover, Abraham I in behalf of
Jacob Emans, Catherine Low (mark), John Emans, James Emans, An-
drew Emans.
"We whose names are hereunder written do hereby acknowledge that
we have received this fourteenth day of May, 1771, of Dirck Low, the
just and full sum of three pounds, two shillings and seven pence, York
money, being our due of the sum which the said Dirck Low received on
the ninth day of May, 177 1, of Jaques Denice, being money due to us of
the Estate of grandfather, Andrew Emans, deceased : We say, received
by us."
This receipt was signed by John Low, Peter Clover, Jacob Emans,
James Emans, John Emans, Andrew Emans.
Estate of Judith Low
This was Dirck Low's mother (Judith, or Judick, Middagh). She
was bapt. May 21, 1696, being the daughter of Dirck Middagh and Cata-
line Van Neste. She was the widow of Cornelius Low, and is usually
referred to in records as "Judick" Lov.
Names mentioned are — 1784, 1786, 1787, Thomas Hall; 1784, Fol-
Dirck Low's Public Business 89
kert Douw (for tax) ; 1787, Stout Sutphen ; 1 791, Ralph Phillips; 1794,
I 795> J 796, Henry Disbrow ; 1794, 1795, 1796, Anne Van Fleet; 1794,
1796, Mary Bodine, widow; 1794, 1796, John Van Nest; 1795, Fred-
erick Frelinghuysen, attorney in a suit between Gerrit Low and the
Estate of Judick Low, deceased, £12.11.0.
The date of Judith Low's death is apprpximately shown by this
expense entry: "21 June, 1785, to Frederick Frelinghuysen for a letter
of administration, £2.2.6."
Estate of Gertrude Titsort, Widow of Abraham Titsort
This surname is also written Tietsoort, Tietsorth and Titsworth.
Money received; names mentioned being: 1763, Gerrit Low, Anne
Post, John Low, Dirck Low. Abraham Brokaw, Daniel Hunt, Teunis
Middagh; 1764, Abraham Merlet, Joseph Dennis for flax. Jacobus
Emans, Edward Hall, Abraham Briten, John Hall, John Cock, Cornelius
Low, Peter \ an Nest, John Huff, Thomas Hall, Jr., for a hide, David
Sleght; 1765, John Bennet, John Green, Isaac Ginnis, Thomas Van der
Voort, Johannis Schank for wheat; 1766, John Bennit, Mark Merlet,
Isaac Hoff.
Disbursements (some items omitted) include these rather interest-
ing ones:
"1763, Nov. 16. Teunis Middagh, for clerk of the inventory
and vendue - -
Urbanis Karkhoff for weaving - - -
1764, Christopher Preston, for digging grave -
Widow Dely for cider
Edward Hall, for appraising goods
Benjamin Low, for crying at vendue - - - -
Benjamin Low, for rails -
Edward Wilmit, for surveying the wheat field
Cornelius Low, for appraising goods -
Abraham Voorhecs, for smithing
John Hon', for schooling one of the children
Nicholas Miscum, for weaving -
Abraham Titsort, for labor - ...
Thomas Hall, Jr., for shoes -
Lawrence Low for fencing burying ground
David Sleght, for tailoring
George Andrew Verselius, Doctor -
Robert Smiley in behalf of Peter Ten Eick upon Doc-
tor Rue's account -
1765, Carney the lawyer, for a fee -
Abraham Titsort, for clothing one of the children,
namely, William - ...
2 quarters schooling at 7/- per qu. - - -
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English Testament - .... 2. 2
Boarding the schoolmaster - - - 1. o
18 sheets of writing paper - ... 1. 1
Thomas Van der Voort, Doctor - - 4.10. 6
1766, George Andrew Veseleer, Doctor - - - 4-6
Gerrit Low, for half barrel cider ... - 4. o
Christopher Stevens, for a sheet - - - 5- 10
Abraham Brokaw, upon a bond - - - 14. o. o
Alargaret Titsoort, for mending shoes for William - 2. 3
Barnardes Lagrans upon the account of Patrick Royly 6. 9
Wilhelmus Ver Brick - - - 1.10. 2"
"Received the third day of January, 1767, by us, Abraham Tietsoort
and Peter Tietsoort, of the County of Somerset, of Derick Low of the
same place, as a guardian instituted by Gertrude Tietsoort, widow of Abra-
ham Tietsoort, deceased, the sum of nine pounds, five shillings and five
pence of current money of New Jersey, being money which the said Ger-
trude left as legacies to her children in the hands of said Deriek Low, of
which said sum and all other debts, duties, sum and sums of money and
demands whatsoever upon account of said guardianship of said Derick
Low we the said Abraham and Peter Tietsoorl quit and fully dis-
charge the said Derick Low, his heirs, executors, administrators and every
of them forever by these presents. In witness whereof we have hereunto
set our hands the date first above written."
Signed by Abraham Tietsoort, Peter Tietsoort, and attested by
Teunis Middagh.
A release identical with the above, for the same amount, was exe-
cuted Feb. 5, 1770, by Isaac Tietsoort (signed by mark) and John Tiet-
soort. This was also witnessed by Teunis Middagh.
A further identical release, for the same amount, was executed May
1, 1774, by William Tietsorth. This was witnessed by Abraham Tiet-
soort.
Estate of Adrian Schomp
"The two children of Adrian Schomp, deceased, are to be at Samuel
Waldron's for a year, the oldest, named Samuel, for fourteen pounds,
the youngest, named Nicholas, for fifteen poun<i i I money passed in
the year 1774, for which sums the said Samuel Waldron is to find said
children all necc -, both victualing and clothing, which said
children were taken the 14 Da; ch, 1780.
"Jeronimus Waldron took Tsaac for fourteen pounds per year as
abov im on 21 Day of March, 1780.
"Dirck Low took the girl, named Stintje, but not agreed upon what
terms, and took her on the [Da; ch, 1780.
"The said Stintje was taken away the 28 day of July, 1780, by
Michael Kinney."
"This is to certify whom it may concern that on the 19 day of March,
1787, the Executors of Adrian Schomp, deceased, did request of Jost
Dirck Low's Public Business 91
Schonip, brother of said Adrian, to release the land according to the
word brought in by the administrators, which he refused before."
Signed by Jeromis Waldron, Harman Van Deripe, John Low.
"Paid out of said money May 7, 1788, to Peter Pruner, for the
cost and expenses to take Stintje, daughter of said Schomp, to Cane-
tucke [Kentucky], the Sum of £15.0.0."
"Account of the Money Received by Dirck Low of the goods and
chattels of Adrian Schomp, late of the Township of Hillsborough in the
County of Somerset, deceased."
The names stated are :
1780, Joseph Moorehead, John Low, John Davis, clerk of vendue,
John Willison, John Sutphin, Cornelius I^ow, Peter Cornell, William
Bullis, Michael Blew. Minard Lefevr -, Abraham Titsort, Cornelius Van-
derbilt, Nancy Hance, Jacob Pecker, Georgje Hall (son of Edward), John
Lance, Abraham Hardenbrook, Frances Waldron, Samuel Waldron, John
Pecker, Jacob Flagg, Joseph Corl, Abbe Hanse, John Sutphin (son of Ja-
cob), Abraham Carkhoff, Henry Case, Cornelius Peterson, John Wal-
dron, Benjamin Waldron, William V Iroi John Griggs, Peter Bo-
dine, Peter Clover, Minne Voorhees, Rulf Peterson, William I.
1781, Dirck Middagh, William Cool, Henry Worley, Joseph Van
Dorn, Adam Broach, John Corle, John Sanders, James Clark, Ferdinand
Van Dyke, Bernardus Ver Brike.
1782, Jacob Flagg, for rent of the place.
1783, Lodewicke Hardenbrook, John Stiers, Urbanis Kerkhoff, Stout
Sutphen, Ram Lupardus, James Waldron, Peter Deals, Widow Sheaves.
1784, Jonathan Hill, Jeromus Vanderbilt, Zachariah Sickels, Chris-
topher Row Nathaniel Lowry, Teunis Post, Alexander Johnson, John
Stevense, Cornelius Prall.
1785, Denice Boice, James Mott.
1786, Adam Yeakely, Adam Case, John Jeroloman, William Cham-
berlan, John Lasey.
1787, John Van Houten, Stephen Voorhees, John Flagg, Jacob Flagg,
Thomas Van Fleet, Joseph Van Dorn.
1788, Nicholas Jeroloman, Dirck Sutphen.
1789, Peter Hoff, Minna Voorhees, John Ver Brike.
1793, Enos Lanning, Teunis Post.
1794, Isaac Voorhees, Peter Van Fleet, Joshua Higgins, Peter
Quick.
1795, Henry Moore, Adrian Aten.
1797, John Post, Henry Post, Jeromus Waldron.
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Not only did the settlement of this large Schomp estate involve the
collection of money from many sources, but it also necessitated the pay-
ment of many sums over a period of years. Some of these were :
"1780, William Paterson for proving the will -
Dirck Low for a coffin -------
Harman Van Deripe for 1 gallon and a quart of rum
at 100 dollars a gallon for the funeral -
Ditto to serve as appraiser for 2 days at 30 dollars a
day ---------
Mark Titsort for digging the grave -
Jacobus Hegeman for to serve as appraiser 2 days at
30 dollars and a day for evidence to prove the
will at 55 dollars ------
Samuel Waldron, ditto - - - - -
John Davis to serve as clerk at vendue - - -
Lodewick Hardenbrook for to notify some people to
the burying -
Peter Clover for smithing -
Michael Blew for making shoes
Judedick Tonison for tending Adrian Schomp -
Adrian Aten for a woolen hat -
Joseph Van Dorn for tax - ...
Doctor Jennings for medicines -
John Kline for surveying the wheat -
Teunis Middagh to serve as clerk for taking the in-
ventory --------
Francis Waldron for making shoes - - -
Doctor Abraham Van Buren - - -
Jacob Flagg for crying the vendue
Godfrey Clear for fulling a piece of cloth -
Harman Van Deripe upon the account of Harry Hall,
negro, for 8 yards tow linen - - -
Teunis Middagh for schooling of Stintje, daughter of
of said Schomp - - -
Teunis Middagh for writing indenture for said :
1782, Jacob Flagg for fencing -
Jeromus Waldron for keeping one of the children -
Rynier Staats for smithing - - -
1785, Thomas Reading for cost of a trial between the ex-
ecutors and John Sutphen -----
Cost on said trial -------
John Davis for writing and serving as clerk
Lawyer Smith for a fee - -
Abraham Staats for surveying the land -
1786, To the Arbitrators -------
Dirck Low for a coffin made for a sister of said de-
ceased -------- 15. o
William Ver Brike upon the account of John Davi^
for schooling Isaac ------ 1.14.11
£34. 0.
46.17.
6
46.17.
6
22.10.
n. 5-
43- 2.
43- 2.
6
6
112.10.
9- 7-
4.16.
7S 2.
6
3
6
33-15-
11. 17.
6
13115-
195. 0.
22.10.
22.10.
12.16.
3
260. 0.
150. 0.
52.10.
40- 5-
37.10.
1. 17.
6
2. 0.
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4
2.
6
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s
Descendants of Cornelius Van Liew, of Three-Mile Run 93
Edward Cooper for schooling - - - - - 1.13. 4
Samuel Waldron for keeping the two youngest chil-
dren - - - - - - - - -7.10.
1787, Jeromus Waldron for keeping Isaac - 15.16. 2
1789, Cost of the arbitration between John Ver Brike and the
Executors - ___ 15, 9
1790, Liquidating the certificates - - - - - 1. o
1 791, Writing the indenture of Isaac ----- 3. 9
Frelinghuysen, for a fee of advice - - - - 15. o
1794, Dirck Low for writing indentures of Nicholas
Schomp - - - 3. 6"
The struggles which Dirck Low had with fluctuating money values,
combined with the confusion in changing from sterling to the dollar basis,
are illustrated by a number of complicated entries, of the following, dated
1780, in connection this Schomp estate is typical:
"An account of the money paid out upon the Estate by Said
Dirck Low is, viz. ------ -£1772. 7. 6
In bank notes --------- 2325. o. o
Find in my hands 2600 Continental dollars - 975. o. o
One Note of £293.5.0, which I have in my use and must
make it good to the Estate one hard dollar for forty
with interest -------- 293. 5. o
Find a balance due the Estate in Continental currency which
I must make good to the said Estate at the rate of
one hard dollar for 75 - - - - - 109. 3. o
£5474.15. 6
"An account of the exchange of the above 2600 mentioned dollars is,
viz., 2250 at the rate of 75 for one specie dollar, which makes 30 specie
dollars; 350 at the rate of 175 for one ditto, which makes 2 ditto. In
all 32 specie dollars, which belongs to this account to make it a balance."
[Concluded in Next Number]
i0*t J* ^* t&&
DESCENDANTS OF CORNELIUS VAN LIEW, OF
THREE-MILE RUN
BY THE LATE "AUXT BETSEY" VAN LIEW
[Concluded from Page 48]
In addition to the items previously printed, the following were set down
by "Aunt Betsey" in her notes. Some of these refer to her own
branch of the family, while others concern more distant relatives of the
Van Liew name.
Uncle John D. Van Liew, of Three Mile Run, died Oct. 24, 1823, on
Friday evening, and was buried Sunday afternoon. [Brother of
Cornelius (1). He was born June 24, 1763].
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Aunt Ann, wife of John D., died Oct. 27, iJ
Dorothy Van Liew, their daughter, died Nov. 21, 1833. Suicide. Mr.
Howe preached her funeral on the 23rd from Eccl. 7:2.
Ida Voorhees, daughter of John D. and Ann Van Liew, died Oct. 12,
1863, aged 63 years.
Uncle Denice Van Liew, of Middlebush, died Sept. 9, 181 1, of typhus
fever. [Brother of Cornelius (1). He was born May 10, 1761]-
Aunt Dinah Duryee, wife of Denice Van Liew, died Nov. 8, 1832. [She
was born Feb. 18, 1760].
George Van Liew, son of Denice and Dinah, died in the Spring of 1838,
out West. (Other records say he died Dec. 29, 1839, on board a
steamer at mouth of Cumberland River, Kentucky).
Dinah Van Liew, wife of Peter Studiford Parsell, and daughter of
Denice and Dinah Van Liew, died June 26, 1839, of delirium.
[She was born Aug. 20, 1805; daughter of Denice Van Liew and
1 .h Duryee].
Dennis Van Liew, of Cross Roads, son of Denice and Dinah Duryee,
died the first week in November, 1847, of consumption. [Born
May 19, 1793].
Aunt Dinah Van Liew, wife of Cornelius Conover, died Mar. 18, 1842.
[Sister of Cornelius Van Lie She was born Sept. 2^,
1771].
Uncle Cornelius Conover, of Millstone, died May 8, 1822.
Uncle Frederick- Van Liew died Nov. 28, 1791. [Brother of Cornelius
(1). He was born June 12, 1756J.
Aunt Elizabeth, wife of Frederick Van Liew, died Jan. 25, 1844.
Dennis F. Van "Lif w . son of Frederick and Elizabeth Van Liew, died
July 9, 1837, in New Brunswick.
Maria Messier, wife of Dennis Van Liew, died Aug. 25, 1832, in New
Brunswick, New street.
Frederick Van Liew, son of Frederick and Elizabeth Van Liew, died
Aug. 6, 1837, on Sun- â– iddlebush, of consumption.
Mr. Schultz preached his funeral sermon on the 8th, from John
1 1 123.
Elizabeth Van Liew, daughter of Frederick and Elizabeth Van Liew,
and wife of Joseph Van Doren, died July 19, 1824, of consumption.
Mr. Pherris preached her funeral on the 20th from Luke 2:29, 30.
Old Aunt Jemima V and died April 20, 1852.
Cousin Elizabeth Hegeman died June 11, 1858. aged 72 years.
Cousin Allie Lazalier dii . il 27, 1857, of palsie.
Nicholas Lazalier died May 30, 1858, suddenly, of apoplexy.
Descendants of Cornelias Van Liew, of Three-Mile Run 95
Rev. John Van Liew died October 18, 1869. His funeral took place
October 21, at Readington, N. J.
Daniel Disborough, of Millstone, died Apr. 15, 1849.
Matilda Van Liew, wife of Daniel Disborough, died Jan. 18, 1851.
Henry D. Traphagen died Jan. 31, 1822.
Dorothy Van Liew, wife of H. D. Traphagen, died Nov. 17, 1832. She
was buried on the 19th.
Aunt Ann Van Liew died Oct. 27, 1847, a S e d 84, at Three Mile Run.
Dr. Howe preached her funeral on the 29th from Prov. 14:32.
Catherine Van Liew, a colored woman, died Oct. 28, 1840, of dropsie,
at Aunt Ann's.
Henry Van Liew, son of Dennis and Catherine Van Liew, buried Feb.
9. 1853.
Aunt Elizabeth Van Liew, died Jan. 25, 1844, in her 89th year, at the
home of Peter Van Doren. Mr. Van Doren preached her funeral
on the 27th, from Proverbs 14:32.
Sophia Van Liew, daughter of Garret Van Liew, of George's Road, died
July, 1849, °f cholera.
Sarah Catherine Van Liew married, April 21, 1853, Rev. Kirkpatrick.
John C. Van Liew, of Neshanic, N. J., died Sept. 10, 1862, of palsie.
Ida Van Liew. wife of Abraham Voorhees, of Three Mile Run, died
Oct. 12, 1863, in her 64th year. Consumption.
My cousin, Captain John Van Liew, died in the spring of 1866. [Prob-
ably refers to John, son of Denice Van Liew and Dinah Duryee,
who died Dec. 2, 1865, at Robinson, Brown Co., Kansas].
William Baird died December 3, 1866, at Mr. Hoagland's, at Griggstown.
He had come to spend the winter in Jersey, visiting his friends,-
from Lysander.
Mary Ellen Van Liew, wife of Jerome Wyckoff, was buried July 2,
1850. Mr. Van Doren preached.
Ann, widow of Frederick Van Liew. died July I, 1835, at Middlebush.
Child of Peter Studiford Parsell died July, 1835, aged three months.
Sarah Van Liew, wife of Garret Parsell, died Mar. 23, 1830.
Ralph Van Liew, of Middlebush, died Apr. 5, 1830. Mr. Zabriskie
preached his funeral on the 7th from Gen. 49:18.
John Van Liew died Oct. 18, 1831. Butcher in New Brunswick.
Jeremiah Van Liew, of Middlebush, died Jan. 9, 1832. Mr. Hermance
preached his funeral on the nth from Romans 8:18.
Tiny, wife of Jeremiah Van Liew, died Dec. 16, 1831.
Maria Van Liew, of Middlebush, died Aug. 22, 1833, of dropsie.
Frederick F. Van Liew, of Middlebush, died Aug. 6, 1837, of consump-
tion.
96 Somerset County Historical Quarterly
Aug. 8, 1837, I was at funeral of Frederick Van Liew, of Middlebush.
Mr. Schultz preached from John 11:23.
Mrs. Catherine Van Nostrand, mother of Jacob Van Nostrand, died at
Six Mile Run. in her 93rd year.
Ida Caroline Van L'v LUg. 13. 1839, daughter of G. Van Liew, of
George's Road.
Helena, wife of Garret Van Liew, of George's Road, died .
Mrs. Nelly Van Liew, widow of Jonathan Smith, died Oct. 27, 1858,
aged 72 years. Daughter of Old Honse [Johannes] Van Liew.
Mrs. Catherine Beekman, wife of Abraham Lott Van Liew, died Dec. 5,
1858.
Sarah Catherine Kirkpatrick, daughter of Frederick and Maria Van
Liew, died March, 1859, of consumption.
Dennis C. Van Liew, died Nov. 12, 1859, of typhoid fever.
Cornelius Van Liew, of Neshanic, died Jan. 28, i860, of dropsie.
Denice Van Liew, of Neshanic, died July 9, 1857, in the 94th year of his
age. [Probably son of Johannis Van Liew and Dorothy Lott,
born Apr. 25, 1764].
Garret Van Liew moved from Millstone to Roycefield Apr. 1, 1835.
Sarah Van Liew moved to Sourland March 31, 1831, on Thursday.
March 25, 1832, in the afternoon, Mr. John Cannon Van Liew lectured at
the house of Isaac Williamson, from Rev. 3 :$.
Apr. 7, 1833, in the afternoon, Mr. Howe preached at the house of Fred-
erick Van Liew, at Middlebush, from Romans 5:8.
Oct. 17, 1835, Mr. John Van Liew, of Readington, preached the prepara-
tion sermon at Middlebush, from John 19:14.
November 14, 1838, Elizabeth Van Liew left the home of her youth
and the place of her nativity, and with her goods and chattels re-
moved to Middlebush, to reside under the hospitable roof of Henry
Vroom DeMott till further notice.
(5* *r *** v9*
THE VAN ARSDALE FAMILY— PLUCKEMIN LINE
BY A. VAN DOREN HONEYMAN, PLAINFIELD, N. J.
The Van Arsdale family in this country is an extremely large one,
and in the Eighteenth Century was probably as large as that of any of the
numerous Dutch families in Somerset. To-day it is still large in the
county, though there are fewer of the surname than formerly, many being
scattered throughout the West and elsewhere.
Our notes on this family are too scattering respecting the lines
of certain early Van Arsdales who settled in Franklin, Hillsborough and
The Van Arsdale Family— Pluckemin Line 97
Montgomery townships to put them into shape for this article. As they
are much fuller respecting what may be called the "Pluckemin line," by
which is meant those descending from Philip Van Arsdale (b. 1702; d.
1792), one of the early settlers attending the Readington church, but
who and whose descendants settled in Bridgewater and Bedminster town-
ships near Pluckemin, this article will confine itself to Philip's line,
after stating the facts about his ancestry. 1
It has been stated that an ''Isaac" Van Arsdale was the first immi-
grant, arriving in 1645, anc * ^at he heads the entire line of Van Arsdales
in this country Who discovered his name to have been "Isaac" and
the date of his arrival is a puzzle to the writer. The account which is
possessed by various members of the family in manuscript, reads as fol-
lows, not giving the name of the first American progenitor:
"The Van Arsdale \vi lie ancestor of that family in this coun-
try, arrived at New Netherlands from Holland at an early period in the
ship 'Dynasty,' empowered by the Government, or some Company, in Hol-
land to examine the country about New York to ascertain whether it
was practicable to establish in this country a pottery for the manufacture
of China ware. After fulfilling the object of his mission and with his
baggage on board the vessel awaiting the day to set sail for his native
land, he received a letter from his father stating that a pestilence was
then raging there, and that his wife and two children had departed this
life. This sad news changed his design of returning to Holland, and
he settled at Flatland on Long Island. There he married a Miss Jansen.
His son, his only child as far as ascertained, Simon Jansen Van Arsdalen,
became a man of standing in his native town."
In Ege's "Pioneers of Old Hopewell," the above substantial facts
appear, but there the name of this first ancestor is interpolated as "Isaac."
The fact seems overlooked, however, that as his son was "Symon Jan-
sen," it should prove that, if the story be otherwise correct, the man
who first came over was Jan Van Arsdalen and not "Isaac." Mr Ege
(now deceased) says that "all the family records have been preserved
for a period of two hundred and fifty years," but no clue is given as to
by whom.
Bergen, in his "Early Settlers of King's County" (p. 309), and also
in his later "Bergen Family" (p. 308), states that "Symon Janse Van
Arsdalen" emigrated in 1656 and is "the common ancestor" of the family
in this country. As to his being "the common ancestor," Mr. Bergen is
certainly correct, for even if his father preceded him, nevertheless as he
'There has also been a different line in Bedminster twsp., represented by the
late Daniel Van Arsdale, who d. 1895, aged v 83, and whose wife was Elizabeth R.
Tingley. This line has not been considered, and it is not known to the writer who
its ancestors were, but of course it runs back to Symon, the "common ancestor."
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98 Somerset County Historical Quarterly
is stated to have had but one son, Symon, this would make of Symon a
"common ancestor."
Now the certain fact is that Symon was not a native ; was not born
in this country, but arrived here in the year 1653, as proven by the official
roll of those taking the oath of allegiance at Flatlands between - Sept.
26 and 30, 1687. He is thereon enrolled as —
"Simon Janse Van Aerts Daalen 34 Jeare."
This means that he had been 34 years in this country. All others on the
roll who were born in America are classed as "native." (See "Doc.
Hist, of N. Y„ Vol. I, p. 431).
It is uncertain how old Symon (using his own spelling of his Chris-
tian name) was when he arrived. He may have come with his father,
but it cannot be that his father married in this country and then Simon
was born here. From another entry in the same family manuscript
quoted from above, it is clear Symon must have been at least twenty-one
when he received a deed for land in 1660. This statement is:
"March 27, 1660, he [Symon] received by conveyance from Jacob,
Peter and William Conover [Cowenhoven] a tract of land in Flatlands.
On May 28, 1675, he reo Tact in the same town from Governor
Stuyvesant and Usian Bircan.''
He was also a magistrate in 1661. So we assume Symon was born
about 1638, if not earlier, and in Holland. We consider, therefore,
that he heads the family in America, and believe his father's name was
Jan.
Before taking up Symon's family, it may be well to state what that
careful historian, James Riker, Jr., says in his "Annals of Newto\
(P- 30/):
"The Van Arsdale family derive their origin from Jan Van Arsdale,
a Knight of Holland, who, in 1211, erected the castle (now county
house) Arsdale, and from it took his name. His armorial bearings now
constitute the public arms of the bailiwick of Arsdale. From him
descended Symon Jansen Van Arsdalen, who emigrated to New Amster-
dam in 1653 and located at Flatlands, where he served as a civil magis-
trate and an elder of the Dutch church; and our records prove him to
have been a person of means, education and influence. He died about
1710, leaving sons Cornelius and John, from whom the entire Van Ars-
dale family in this country have sprung."
This, agreeing with Bergen, confirms what we have already said of
ion. According to Bergen he signed his name to documents "Sy-
mon Jansen Van Arsdalen." The spelling of his surname on the alle-
giance roll indicates that it was pronounced Van Ars-doll-an," giving to
The Van Arsdale Family — Pluckemin Line 99
the "a" its broad sound, so that in Dutch the modern name would be
Ars-doll and not Ars-dale.
The reference to the coat-of-arms of the ancient family is that which
Riker states appeared in a bookplate of 1703. In the usual Holland
work containing coats-of-arms it does not appear. However, it is stated
that, some years ago, the wife of ex-Governor Bedle brought from Hol-
land a copy, and a reproduction of it has been made by a Plainfield artist
for some members of the Van Arsdale family. The same has an irreg-
ular shield, with the usual four quarters. The first and fourth quarters
consist of arrow heads upon a silver ground ; the other quarters are plain
red. The crest is a helmet, surmounted by what may be feathers, but
has more the appearance of a tree. There is much other ornamentation
in silver and gold, as was th 1 in earl) Dutch and German ar-
morials.
As in most Dutch families a claim is said to have been made to land
on Manhattan by some Van Arsdales in the early part of last century. It
is thus stated by a descendant, who has writ:en to us from Nebraska:
"The Van Arsdales had a claim on [at] Hell Gate, Manhattan Island;
collected manuscripts and Bibles enough to fill a wagon to prove it;
but the lawyer died, or something happened, and it came to naught. This
was an old tale when my grandfather was young." The story may well
be relegated to oblivion now, as it was probably the attempt of some
attorney to make money.
In relation to the change of name from Van Arsdalen (often writ-
ten Van Aersdalen) to Van Arsdale, it 'came about gradually after the
year 1800. so that in many cases it is uncertain how the older members
of the various families living between 1800 and 1825 or later signed the
surname. The original name in Holland was, as has been stated, Ars-
dale, and not Arsdalen.
The American line then runs as folio*
1. Symon Jansen Van Arsdalen, who may have been b. in 1638;-.
or earlier, in Holland. He was a magistrate of Flatlands, L. I., in 1661
and again in 1686. In 1677 he was a member of the Flatlands church.
In 1687 he took the then-required oath of allegiance to the English
crown. He was on the census list in 1698, and, it has been stated, died
ut 1710," but wc have seen no proof of his name on the records
after 1701. Riker may have had some authority for fixing the "about
1710" date, unless it is a misprint.
Simon Jansen married Pieterje Wyckoff, daughter of Claes Cornelis-
sen Wyckoff, and Margaret Van der GosJSJfehe was born in this coun-
try, but her father emigrated hither in 1636. (See last Quarterly,
P- 5°)-
loo Somerset County Historical Quarterly
Children of Symon J. Van Arsdalen (i) and Pieterje Wyckoff:
(Order unknown)
2. Geertje, b. about 1660; m. Oct. 13, 1678, her cousin, Cor-
nells Pieterse Wyckoff, son of Pieter Claes Wyckoff and Grietje Van
Ness. They resided at New Lotts, and their numerous children are
well known. Four of their sons settled in Somerset in Franklin twsp.,
on 1,200 acres of land which Cornelis purchased. (See Quarterly,
Vol. IV, p. 130 et seq.).
3. Cornelis, of Flatlands, through whom the Somerset lines are
derived, b. (perhaps about) 1662; d. 1745, as his will was probated in
New York City April 19. 1745; m. (1) Tjelletje Rynierse Wizzelpen-
ning; (2), Mar. 16, 1687, Aeltje Kouwenhoven; (3), May 2, 1691,
Marretje Dirkse (parentage unknown). ' It is certain that Cornelius
took the oath of allegiance when his father died (1687), and on the roll
was entered thus: "Cornelis Simonsen Van Aerts daalen, native." Ex-
cept that he had a farm at Flatlands, and one at Gravesend purchased
of his father in 1700, and d. leaving a will of April 25, 1738, probated
Apr. 19, 1745, we have no further knowledge of him than above stated.
As to Cornelis' first wife, a Wizzelpenning, we have no knowledge.
Aeltje Kouwenhoven was b. Dec. 14, 1665 and d. about 1689,
and was the dau. of William Gerretsen Couwenhoven (so signed his
name) and Altie, dau. of Joris Dircksen Brinckerhoff. Marritje Dirckse
may have been an Amerman, the dau. of Derek Jansen Amerman and
Aeltje Paulus Vander Beeck, who emigrated in 1650 and settled in Flat-
lands, but this is uncertain.
While Cornelis, himself, never resided in Franklin twsp. (Somerset
co.), it may be he purchased land there o<: h to settle a son, as in'
1735 a Cornelius was taxed in Franklin on 200 acres of land. Or that
may have been his nephew, son of his brother Jan.
In his will Cornelis made his wife "Maritie," sole executor, and
gave to her all his estate, real and personal, for life; to his eldest son,
Dirck, a silver tankard as his birthright ; then, after his wife's death, the
estate to his ten children, who are named, from which recitation of
names we know their order of birth, except that the sons are all men-
tioned first and then the daughters. As to "Jannetie," whom he stated
was by a "former wife," as she had had her mother's inheritance, she
was not to share in anything further coming from her father's last wife.
4. Jannetje, b. about 1670; m. (1), John ; (2), Apr. 16,
1689, Gysbert Bogaert (son of Teunis, common ancestor of the Bogart
family), a magistrate of Brooklyn. Several ch.
5. Jan, of* Flatlands ; sup. to have had four wives, Jannetje Dor-
lant, Lammetje Probasko, Sarah Van Voorhees and Libertje Newberrie.
The Van Arsdale Family — Pluckemin Line 101
(See Bergen's "Early Settlers," p. 308). He d. in Jamaica, L. I., having
been a leading member of the Flatlands Dutch church. Is said to have
had six sons, John, 2 Christopher, Abraham and Nicholas. The writer
judges Christopher was the Christoffel, who m. Magdalen Reynierson
(see Quarterly, Vol. VI, p. 55) and who was one of the earliest mem-
bers (1717) of the Dutch church at New Brunswick, his sons being John,
Okie, Cornelius (these three had ch. bapt. at Six-Mile Run) and Chris-
toffel, Jr., of near Millstone. In 1735 Christoffel, Sr., lived in Frank-
lin twsp., Somerset co., but was not a land owner. In 1745 he owned 200
acres there. ("Our Home," pp. 343, 406). As before stated, a Cor-
nelis also in 1735 owned 200 acres of land in Franklin twsp. Abraham
and Nicholas, sons of Jan (5) settled in Southampton twsp., Bucks
co., Pa.
6. Marretje; m. Jan Barendse, of Flatlands.
7. Simon (sup.). A John, whose eldest son was Simon, d. at
Jamaica, L. I., in 1756, and we suppose his father to have been a Simon.
8. Matte; m. Evert Van Marklen, of Flatlands.
Child of Cornelis Van Arsdalen (3) and Aeltje Kouwenhoven:
9. Jannetje, b. about 1690; m., Sept. 17, 1709, Dirck Barkeloo,
(son of William, common Barcalow ancestor), who d. 1744. Resided at
Freehold, N. J., after about 1710.
Children of Cornelis Van Arsdalen (3) and Marretje Die
[Order only certain as to sons and daughters]
10. Altie; m., Sept. 19, 1719, Jeronimus Rapalje (son of Teunis
Rapalje and Sarah Van Veghten). They resided at New Brunswick and
had several ch.
11. Dirck. Probably settled near Three-Mile Run, Somerset co.,
N. J. A Dirck was there in 1723, and was deacon in 1734 and 1736 in the
Dutch ch. in New Brunswick. Not further traced.
12. Jan; d. 1750; settled on the Harlingen, N. J., tract, in Somer-
set Co. On May 4, 1741, he and Hendrick Vanderveer jointly purchased
Lot No. 21 of Cornelius Van Duyn, of Brooklyn. (Trenton Deeds, Book
G 2, p. 494). Will shows he had two wives, the second Mary . It
was probated May 26, 1750, and names as ch., Cornelius, Garret, Jo-
hannis, Isaac, Maritie (wife of John Van Nuise), Johanna and
Sara; also an expected child. His executors were his brother Philip IS
and Nicolas Wyckoff. Second wife living but not named. (Trenton
Wills, Book E, p. 350). His ch. Johannis, Jannetje (deceased in 1750)
and Johanna were baptized at Readington 1731 and later, and he was a
'For mention of some New York State descendants of this John, see Riker's
"Newtown," p. 307.
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deacon of that church in 1733, and elder in 1736. It is said that the Rev.
Cornelius C. Van Arsdale, D. D., prominent minister in Philadelphia
(1841-9), who d. in 1856, was Jan's grandson.
13. Simon, hapt. Aug. 16, 1697; m., Oct. 30, 1716, Yannetje Ro-
meyn. He settled in Bucks co., Pa. Had several ch., and was probably
the grandfather of Rev. Simeon Van Artsdalen (he so wrote his name),
pastor of the Readington, N. J.. Ref. Dutch ch.. 1783-86, who was b.
in Bucks co.
14. Maria. No further trace ; living in 1738.
15. Petronella; living in 1738; possibly m. Dirck Van Dyke.
16. Philip, b. at Flatbush, L. I., Feb. 25, 1702; d. June 28, 1796;
m. (1) Apr. 30, 1726, Jane Van Dyke (dau. of Hendrick and Engeltie
Van Dyke, of Red Mills, near Brooklyn. N. Y.), who was b. 1706 and
d. Nov. 23, 1743; and (2) April 13, 1750, (license at Trenton dated Apr.
9) Hannah Macknish (or Magnish), of Middlesex co., who d. Sept. 12,
1776.
It is Philip's descending line which is hereinafter treated. What
follows is by no means a complete line of Philip's descendants, but is
such as has come to the writer's knowledge. Valuable assistance in this
has been given by Mrs. Henrietta Huff and Mr. John A. Powelson, of
Pluckemin, and others.
Philip must have settled in 1728, soon after his first marriage, within
the bounds of the Readington congregation. On May 20, 1728, he re-
ceived a deed from his father-in-law, Hendrick Van Dyke, for 230 acres
of land, adjoining "the brook," Robert Burnett and Dumont.
While the exact location is uncertain it is to be judged it was in present
Branchburg, possibly in present Hillsborough township, as a Philip Van
Arsdale was among the inhabitants of Hillsborough in 175 1 . This land
came afterward into the ownership of John, Philip's son, as in 1793 a
sheriff's deed sold it away from John to Philip, Jr., the deed being re-
corded at Somerville and reciting the earlier deed from Hendrick Van
Dyke. (Somerset Deeds, Book A, p. 296). As on Jan. 16, 1783, Philip
(presumed to be Philip, Sr.) sold 240 acres of land near Pluckemin to
his son Hendrick, it may be Philip spent his later Jays on this Pluckemin
farm. In fact a deed to Johannes Powelson, oi near Pluckemin, May I,
1767, stated it was along the line of Philip Van 1 lalen. The fact that
Philip's wife, Jane, joined the ; - luirch in 1733, and he in 1741,
makes it certain, we think, that he originally lived nearer Readington than
to either Pluckemin or Somerville, hut it is also probable that, before 1767,
he had gone to near Pluckemin.
Philip's will of Oct. 23, 1787, was probated Aug. 10, 1796 (Tren-
ton Wills, Book 35, p. 405), but only mentions his four living sons,. Hen-
The Fan Arsdale Family — Pluckemin Line 103
drick, Philip, John and Jacob. As noted below, some of Philip's chil-
dren were bapt. at Readington (i72C;-'34) and one at Somerville (1738) ;
but subsequent baptisms have not been discovered. (For ch., see infra).
17. Abraham; d. 1753; m. Maria (perhaps Stryker). He set-
tled near Harlingen. Whether he is the same Abraham who (in such
case with an earlier wife) had a wife Catreytje, when a son, Wilhelmus,
was bapt. at Somerville in 1737 is not known, but the Abraham of Har-
lingen left a will of Apr. 4, 1753, probated May 7, 1753 (Trenton Wills,
Book F, p. 119) which shows his ch. were Isaac, William, Catherine,
Cornelius, Abraham/ and an expected child.
18. Jacobus; m. Alida Hoagland (dau. of Harmanus Hoagland
and Adriana Stoothoff, of Flatbush), who was b. Mar. 19, 1710, and had
previously been married. They resided near Harlingen, N. J., and prob-
ably had ch., but not traced.
Children of Philip Van Arsdalen (16) and Jane Van Dyke:
19. Cornelius, b. Apr. 22, 1727, (prob. baptized at Flatlands) ; d.
July 1, 1749.
20. Hendrick, b. May 10, 1729 (bapt. at Readington) ; d. Jan. 21,
1811; m. (1) Jane Ditmars, who was b. 1735 and d. 1782; (2) 1788,
Mary Terhune Cortelyou (widow of James). Marriage contract with
second wife was recorded Apr. 18, 1808, but date was Aug. 12, 1788
(Som. Deeds, Book B, p. 160). Hendrick lived in Bridge water twsp.,
Somerset co., along the road from Somerville to Pluckemin, it being the
farm directly north of and adjoining that of (at present) John A. Pow-
elson. It contained 240 acres (see under Philip, 16). He also owned
the "jail lot" in Somerville, selling it in 1800. The 240-acre farm (or
236 acres of it) he deeded to his son Philip, May 1, 1806. (Som. Deeds,
Book E, p. 8). The present owner of this farm is Warren Smith. By
1806, or earlier, Hendrick had removed to Franklin twsp., where he died
— probably near or at New Brunswick, where his younger son, Henry H,
'He may or may not be the Colonel Abraham, of the Revolution. The
recurrence of the names Abraham, Cornell b n the early Harlingen, Mill-
stone, Somerville, Readington, Neshanic and New Brunswick records are too
puzzling for a disentanglement of relationships in those branches of the Van
Arsdale line except after a longer study of records than the present writer has the
time to give. In this connection it should be stated that from the vicinity of Har-
lingen, Neshanic, etc., many of the family left Somerset before the Revolution and
settled at Conewago, Pa., the names of such being Abraham, Cornelius, Garret,
Isaac, Luke, Simon, etc., the most of them probably being nephews, or grand-
nephews, of Philip (16). They went, later to the West. The Abraham of the
text (son of Abraham, 17), is probably an Abraham who remained in Somerset
and married Margaret Kennedy. Some notes on him will be published in our next
issue, as such have been furnished by a Western descendant,
brothers Simon and Jacobus, and friend John Stryker.
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resided. Hendrick is buried in the First Reformed churchyard at New
Brunswick. (For ch., see infra).
21. Maria, b. Dec. 4, 1731 (bapt. at Readington) ; d. about 1738.
22. Isaac, of near Pluckemin, b. Mar. 20, 1734 (bapt. at Reading-
ton) ; d. July 2y, 1776; m. Margaret Stryker (dau. of Abraham Stry-
ker). His will of July 23, 1770. was probat. Aug. 18, 1776. (Trenton
Wills, Book 17, p. 381). He seems to have been called "Captain Isaac."*
For ch., see infra.
23. Philip, b. May 31, 1738 (bapt. at Somerville) ; d. 1803; m.
Alche Stryker. He came into the ownership of 230 acres in 1793 (as
stated under his father, Philip, (16), the land being, probably, in present
Hillsborough twsp.). His will of June 13, 1803, was probat. Aug. 19, 1803.
(Trenton Wills, Book 40, p. 445). I judge this Philip was the "Captain
Philip," who was Captain in the First Battalion, Somerset Militia in the
Revolution, and whose loss of property by the British was £35 (as per
Quarterly, Vol. I, p. 285). (For ch., see infra).
24. John, b. Oct. 9, 1740; d. Oct. 20, 1809; m. Jane Davis. Have
not located him. (For ch., see infra).
25. Rev. Jacob, b. Feb. 3 (or 8), 1745; d. Oct. 24, 1803; m. Mary
Sutphen (dau. of Dirck Sutphen and Mary Covvenhoven, of Freehold),
who was b. 1744 and d. July 1, 1826. He was graduated from Princeton
College in 1765; ordained by the Presby. of New Brunswick June 19,
1 77 1 ; ministered at the Presby. ch. of Kingston, Somerset co., N. J.,
1771-1774, and was pastor at Springfield, Essex (now Union) co., 1774-
1801. Is buried in the Springfield churchyard. This Springfield church
was burned by the British during his pastorate, but he labored on and had
a new one built and completed, though it took many years of effort. He
wrote his surname "Van Artsdalen." (For ch., see infra).
26. Abraham, b. Sept. 25, 1747; d. Dec. 23, 1747.
[One of the sons of Philip Van Arsdalen and Jane Van Dyke was
the father of Dr. Peter Wilson, of New York city, but which son the
writer does not know].
Children of Hendrick Van Arsdalen (20) and Jane Ditmars:
27. Dowe, b. Apr. 18, 1758; d. 1776. Said to have been killed
(or died from disease) in the Revolutionary War.
28. ' Aletta, b. Dec. 4, 1760. No further trace.
29. Philip H., farmer of near Pluckemin, b. Dec. 16, 1762; d, Aug.
'The Battle of Princeton occurred Jan. 3, 1877. I" Snell's "Hunt, and Som.,"
p. 701, is an account (tradition) taken from the Magill Newark "Journal" articles
of about 1870, which speaks of "Captain Isaac" as living during a raid on Plucke-
min by the British "just before the Battle of Princeton." But Isaac had died the
previous July; hence, if the story be true, it must have been some time before
that Kattle.
The Van Arsdale Family — Pluckemin Line 105
23, 1836; m. (1) Sarah Wortman (dau. of John and Sarah Wortman),
who was b. Aug. 9, 1764, d. July 17, 1799; and (2) Mary W. Annin,
who was b. Sept. 25, 1760. (As to land received from his father in 1806,
see under Hendrick, 20). He was one of the Commissioners appointed
to sell the old Lutheran church property at Pluckemin in 1819. Prob-
ably he is the Philip who was Collector of Bridgewater twsp. from 1787-
1797 and in 1800. (For ch.. see infra).
30. Mary, b. Mar. 31, 1766. No further trace.
31. Williampe, b. June 13, 1768; d. July 28, 1858; m. George
Vroom, farmer, of near Pluckemin, who was b. Nov. 7, 1758, and d. Sept.
10, 1852. Ch. : Philip, who m. Deborah Tunison, and was father of
the late Peter Vroom, of Somerville, long a hardware merchant there,
whose son, William, is now President of the Somerville Merchant's Asso-
ciation ; Jane V., who m. Shepherd McCoy ; Henry, who m. Catharine
Voorhees ; Ai rta, who m. Philip Tunison; Charity, unm. ; and Peter,
who m. Janet Rowland.
32. Henry H., of New Brunswick, b. June 11, 1770: d. Aug. 31,
1852; m. (1) Zilpha Allen (dau. of John Allen and Mary Reed), who
was b. June 11, 1781, and d. Nov. 25, 1841 ; and (2), Feb. 1843, Maria
Van Liew, of Middlebush (dau. of Denice Van Liew and Dinah Duryea),
who lived to be over 90 years of age. He was a merchant and is buried
in the churchyard of the First Ref. ch. at New Brunswick. (For ch., see
infra).
33. Sycke, b. July 21, 1772; m. Jacob Snyder.
34. Mar ;aret, b. Aug. 7, 1779: m. Uriah DeHart, of (perhaps)
near Rocky Hill. Ch. : Henry, who m. Cordelia Newton ; Jane, who m.
Garret Voorhees ; Sycke, who m. Isaac Gulick ; John, who m. Catherine
Berrien.
Children of Isaac Van Arsdalen (22) and Margaret Stryker:
35. Philip I., farmer, of near Pluckemin, b. Mar. 16, 1760; d.
Oct. 3, 1804; m. Margaret Wortman (dau. of Peter Wortman and Sarah
Van Nest), who was b. June 10, 1761, and d. Mar. 13, 1848. After
Philip I.'s death Mrs. Van Arsdale m., Dec. 11, 1816, Bergnn Van
Doren, his second wife (as to whom, see "The Van Doom Family," p.
170). Philip I. died intestate, and his lands (about 175 neres, now owned
by Bernard Bruckner, florist), were divided by partition among his chil-
dren in 1817. (For ch., see infra).
36. Ida, b. about 1763; m., Mar. 1, 1781, Joseph Gaston (son of
John Gaston and Elizabeth Ker). Resided at Pluckemin. (See
further, and as to ch., Quarterly, Vol. V, p. 127).
2j. Abraham I., b. about 1765(F); d. 1849; m - Mary Eoff. He
106 Somerset County Historical Quarterly
owned Kline's Mills near Pluckemin. He served in Capt. Jacob Ten
Eyck's Co. as private, and as sergeant in Capt. Vroom's Co., Somerset
Militia, and after the Revolution was probably a Captain of militia. 3 (For
ch. and other particulars of Isaac's ch., see the large work on "The Van
Doom Family," p. 433).
38. Isaac. No further trace.
Children of Philip Van- Arsdalen (23) and Alche Stryker:
39. Jane; m. Jds^ph Ten Eyck. â– tefi\<^i>~~ %JL
40. Abraham, bapt. Jan. 26, 1778, at Somerville; m. Elizabeth
Clarkson. Was living in 1803 on land owned by his father, on which he
had built a house (as per his father's will), in the vicinity of Plucke-
min. Not further traced.
Children of John Van Arsdalen (24) and Jane Davis:
41. Peter; m. Wilhelmina Benson.
42. John; m., Apr. 5, 1801, Mary Spader. A ch., Philip, was
bapt. at Somerville May 9, 1802.
43. Isaac; m. (sup.) Elizabeth R. Van Arsdale (dau. of Rev. Ja-
cob; see Elizabeth R., 51).
44. Hannah.
45. Jane; m. Elias Scudder, (probably son of William Scudder, of
Kingston, Somerset Co.).
46. JtTDA.
47. George.
48. Philip; m. Ann Peterson. (Foregoing families not located).
Children of Rev. Jacob Van Artsdalen (25) and Mary Sutphen:
49. Mary, b. Aug. 11, 1767; d. Feb. 12, 1827; m., Aug. 8, 1793,
Grover Coe (son of Capt. Benjamin Coe and Phebe Grover, of New-
town, L. I.), who was b. July 2, 1764, and d. Sept. 14, 1813. He was a
merchant at Springfield, N. J. 9 ch.
50. Jane; m. Stewart, of Elizabethtown.
51. Elizabeth Ryerson; m. Isaac Van Arsdale (sup. 43).
52. Elias, of Newark, b. Dec. 13, 1770, at Freehold, N. J. ; d. Mar.
"In this connection attention is called to an error in the Quarterly, Vol. VII,
p. 291 and Vol. VI, p. 104, where this Abraham I. Van Arsdale is stated to have m.
Mar}' Magdalene, dau. of the first Jacob Eoff, and to have d. 181 1, after which his
widow, Mary, m. Capt. Samuel Boylan. We based this in part on Snell's "Hunt.
and Som.," p. 702, and other publications. Since we suppose that Abraham was b.
about 1765. perhaps full twenty years after Mary M. Eoff, this of itself would sug-
gest an improbability. Rut, in addition, we find Abraham I. to have been living
in 1814 and later; and his descendant, Mrs. Taylor, writes us that he did not di«
until Aug., 1849, at Summer Hill, Cayuga co., N. Y., to which place he had removed.
This being the case, Mary Eoff, his wife, must have been a granddau. of Jacob
Eoff; and it must have been still another Mary Eoff (if that name be correct)
who m. Capt. Samuel Boylan.
The Van Arsdale Family— Pluckemin Line 107
19, 1846; m. Margaret Johnston (dau. of Robert, of Dutchess co., N.
Y.). He grad. from Princeton College in 1791 ; studied law under
Judge Elisha Boudinot, of Newark ; was admitted to N. J. Bar in 1795
and always practiced there. Became President of State Bank of Newark
in 181 2, but continued practice and was eminent in his profession. De-
gree of LL. D. by Princeton just before his death. (For ch.,- see infra).
Children of Philip H. Van Arsdalen (29) and Sarah Wortman :
53. Henry P., shoemaker, of Pluckemin, b. Feb. 17. 1788; d. May
8, 1874; m., Dec. 30, 1812. Ida Van fVrsdale I dau. of Philip I., 35), who
was b. Oct. 24. 1795, and d. Dec. 17, 1855. (For ch., see infra).
54. Sarah Tennis, b. Feb. 17, 1790; m., Dec. 20, 1810, Richard
Van Nostrand. Resided at New Brunswick.
55. Jane 'Ditmaus, b. June 9, 1792; m., Mar. 15, 1810, Isaac V.
A. Gaston (son of Joseph Gaston and Ida Van Arsdalen, 36), who was
b. Sept. 9, 1784, and d. Feb. 11, 181 1. He was a farmer and saddler at
Pluckemin. One ch., Philip, who was accidentally killed by a gun when
a boy.
56. Elizabeth, b. July 12, 1794; d July 26, 1875; m., Oct. 15,
1812, Peter Van Arsdale (76; whom see).
57. John, b. Sept. 14, 1796; m. Eliza Booraem, of New Brunswick,
and resided there. They had a dau., Sarah Augusta, b. 1834, said to
have m., 1857, Rev. John H. Suydam, D. D., pastor at Philadelphia, Jer-
sey City, etc.
58. Philip, of North Branch, b. July 5, 1799; m., Jan. 12, 1831,
ii ile. Ch. : Sarah Jane, who m., Jan. 4, 1855, Bergun D. Van-
derbeek, of North Branch ; Mary Bell, unm.
Children of Philip H. Van Arsdalen (29) and Mary W. Annin:
Vnn, b. Mar. 19, 1807 ; unm.
60. Cornelia H., b. Dec. 23, 1809; m. Rev. Charles Ford (his sec-
ond wife), of Williamstown, Gloucester co., N. J.
Aletta Voorhees, b. July 16, 1812; m., Oct. 30, 1833, James
Kirkpatrick, of Newark, N. J.
62. Catharine Gaston, b. Jan. 31, 1816; m., July 23, 1834, An-
drew B. Van Deren, of Hackettstown, N. J.
63. Frances Di June 6, 1818; m., Feb. 3, 1846, Richard
Dennis Cook, of Somerville, N. J.
:>ren of Henry H. Van Arsdale (32) and Zilpha Allen :
64. John, b. May 1, 1800; m., Nov. 10, 1838, Eliza Gilpin, who
ay 23, 1864, in New York City.
65. Jane Ditmars, b. Oct. 27, 1803; d. June 15, 1877; m -> ' >
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7, 1883, Nicholas W. Parsell, who was b. Nov. 23, 1797, and d. 1879.
Resided at New Brunswick. Ch. : (1) Mary, b. 1824; d. 1917; m.
F. M. Schneeweiss, who had ch. : Henry; Oliver; Rev. Frank M. W.
(2) Sarah Ross, b. 1826; d. 1874; unm. (3) John N. A., b. 1829; d.
1899 ; m. Fannie Price. Ch. : Mary, wife of Rev. Wm. M. Legget, of
Chatham. N. Y. (4) Jane Elizabeth, b. 1831 ; living; m. William R.
Hill. Ch.: George; Frederick; Max; William. (5) Henry V. A.,
b. 1833; d- I 9° I ; m - Hannah H. Peters. Ch. : Henry V. A., Jr. Fore-
going all of New Brunswick, except Henry V. A., who resided in New
York City.
66. Mary, b. July 7, 1808; m., June 30, 1835, John J. Brown. Ch. :
Mary R. ; Chichester, who m. Ellen White ; Catherine.
67. Henry, b. Jan. 10, 1809; d. June 12, 1810.
68. Richard Allen, b. May 11, 181 1 ; d. 1892; m., 1834, Jane Van
Doren. Resided at New Brunswick. Ch. : John; Anne (who m.
Hervey McDonald) ; Letitia; Robert V. (who m. Emma Bristol).
69. Henry (second), of New York City, b. Jan. 25, 1814; m.,
May 6, 1845, Anna Hillman. Ch. : William H., of Chicago, b. 1846;
John, b. 1848 and d. 1873; Catherine, b. 1851 ; d. 1874; m., June 13,
1872, George Chambers.
70. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 15, 1818; d. Jan. 9, 1821.
71. Margaret, b. June 3, 1820; d. Feb. 17, 1826.
Children of Philtp I. Van Arsdalex (35) and Margaret Wokt-
man:
72. Isaac P., farmer, of Pluckemin, b. Sept. 23, 1782; d. Oct. 12,
1851 ; m., Nov. 3, 1808, Laura Lane (dau. of Matthew Lane and Maria
Johnson), who was b. Oct. 20, 1787, and d. Jan. 1858. His farm, which
was his father's, is now owned by Bernard Bruckner, florist, being the
second farm north of that of present John A. Powelson. Presumably he
purchased his brothers' and sisters' shares in this farm. (See Philip I.,
35). (For ch., see infra).
73. Sarah, b. June 17, 1785; m. (1) Tunis Van Derveer, farmer,
of North Branch (son of John Van Derveer and Jane Van Pelt), who
was b. about 1782 and d. 1822; and (2) Garret Stryker, of Flatlands,
N. Y. Ch.: 1. John T., of North Branch, b. 1806; d. 1867; m., 1833,
Margaret Field, of Lamington, who d. 1883, and had ch. : Tunis; Sarah
Elizabeth ; Richard ; James ; Samuel ; William ; John ; Mary. 2. Philip,
of Readington, b. 1808; d. 1887; m., 1832, Aletta Van Nest (dau. of
Abraham Van Nest and Christiana Wortman), and had ch. : Abram;
Sarah; Jane; Christiana; Tunis; Caroline; Ella; Margaret; Jerome.
3. Dr. James, of North Branch, physician, b. 1810; d. Mar. 4, 1865;
The Fan Arsdale Family — Pluckemin Line 109
m., 1835, Margaret Van Nest (sister of Aletta above), who d. Aug. 17,
1904, and had ch.: Henry; Margaret; Christiana; Garreta; Mary;
Jane; James; Louisa (Mrs. Henry B. Van Nest). 4. Jane Maria, of
Trenton, b. 1815; m. Samuel B. Gaston (for whom see Quarterly,
Vol. V., pp. 130, 199).
74. Margaret, b. July 15, 1787; d. Sept. 27, 1843 (or 1845) ; m.,
Dec. 28, 1809, Abraham Van Doren (son of Bergun Van Doren and
Neltje Voorhees), who was b. Aug. 7, 1786, and d. Apr. 21, 1856. He
removed to Farmer Village, N. Y., and had 8 ch. (See "The Van Doom
Family," pp. 99, 100).
75. Catharine, b. July 25, 1789; d. Aug. 23, 1888, at Absaraka,
No. Dakota; m., Jan. 9, 1812, John C. Powelson (son of Cornelius Pow-
elson and Catherine Sutphen), who resided in N. Y. City after his mar-
riage until 1818, then near Rochester, N. Y., and later removed from
Lockport, N. Y., to Galesburg, Michigan. Ch. : 1. Margaret, of Lowell,
Mich., b. 1812; m. Cuykendall. 2. Cornelius, b. 1813; d. in in-
fancy. 3. Abraham V., of Edmore, Mich., b. 1817; m. . 4. Cor-
nelius (2nd), of Galesburg, Mich., b. 1819 ; m, Margaret Howland. 5.
Isaac V., of Absaraka, N. Dak., b. 1822; d. 1888; m. Sarah Elizabeth
Allen. 6. Joseph Stoll, of Plainfield, N. J., b. near Rochester, N. Y.,
Sept. 14, 1824; d. Dec. 21, 1901 ; m., 1854, Sarah Van Arsdale (100,
whom see). He spelled his name Powlison, as do his descendants. Ch. :
John Augustus, of North Plainfield, recently of Powlison and Jones, fur-
niture dealers; Martha, of North Plainfield, who m. Anthony C. La-
boyteaux; Charles Ford, of Lakehurst, who m. Harriet West; has been
active in Y. M. C. A. work ; is now Secretary of the New York Childs
Welfare Society. 7. Gilbert, of Traverse City, Mich., b. 1826; he m.
. 8. Philip E. ; d. in infancy. 9. John V., of Durand, Mich., b.
1831 ; m. . 10. Martha E., of Galesburg, Mich. ; deceased ; unm.
76. Peter, of near Pluckemin, b. Oct. 16, 1791; d. Jan. 24, 1880;
m., Oct. 15, 1812, Elizabeth Van Arsdale (dau. of Philip H., 29), who
was b. July 12, 1794, and d. July 26, 1875. (For ch., see infra).
77. Abraham P., b. Sept. 7, 1793; d. Sept. 15, 1817; unmarried.
78. Ida, b. Oct. 24, 1795; d. Dec. 17, 1855; m -> Dec - 3°. r 8i2,
Henry P. Van Arsdale (53, whom see).
79. Maria, b. Sept. 21, 1798; d. Oct. 9, 1747; m. Andrew Van
Pelt, farmer, of North Branch (son of Ruliff Van Pelt and Catherine
Ten Eyck), who was b. 1798, and d. Apr. 4, 1854. Ch. : 1. Ralph, b.
Feb. 14, 1820; m. Mary Hall. 2. Catherine Aletta, b. 1824; m., 1842,
Jacob Van Doren Powelson (son of John A. Powelson and Alche Van
Doren), who was b. 1818 and d. 1889. He was long a ruling elder in
the Pluckemin Presby. church. 3. Sarah V. D., b. Apr. 21, 1829; m.
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James Barkman, of New York. 4. Margaret, b. June 28, 1831 ; m. Chris-
topher Stryker, of North Branch. 5. James V. D., b. Jan. 4, 1842; unm. ;
was a member of the wholesale dry goods firm of Cornell, Amerman &
Van Pelt, of New York. 6. Jane Eliza, b. Dec. 15, 1843; m - Stephen
Beach, Jr., of Pluckemin, and is the only member of the foregoing family
living; resides at Natick, Mass.
80. Dinah, b. Oct. 2, 1800; m. Nathaniel Hixson, and removed to
Lockport, N. Y. Ch. : Arvilla ; Mary ; Cornelia ; Almeda ; Nathan ;
Philip and others.
81. Elias Brown, b. Apr. 3, 1803; d. Feb. 11, 1852; m., Dec.
6, 1823, Sarah N. Layton (probably dan. of Anthony Layton and Mary
Lane), who was b. July 24, 1802, and d. Dec. 25, 1886. They resided
at Bound Brook, and later in life at Pluckemin. He was one of the
organizing members and first officials of the Reformed church at South
Bound Brook in 1848. He also, before going to Bound Brook, taught
school near Pluckemin. ( For ch., see infra).
Children of Abraham I. Van Arsdale (37) and Mary Eoff:
81a. Abraham B., b. and d. 1790.
82. Isaac, b. June 13, 1791 ; d. Sept. 28, 1844; m. Oct. 12, 1809,
Maria Van Doren (dau. of Jacob Van Doren and Maria Melick), who
was b. June 20, 1791, and d. Aug. 10, 1849. Mr. Van Arsdale first re-
sided in West Va., but later at Fleming, N.Y. | For ch., see infra).
Children of Elias Van Arsdale (52) and Margaret Johnston:
82a. Elias, Jr., of Newark, b. 1801 ; d. 1854; unm.
He gradu. from Princeton College, 1819; was adm. to New Jersey Bar,
1822; was Clerk of Essex co., i827-'39, and succeeded his father in 1846
as President of the State Bank of Newark.
82b. William, of New York City, b. Sept. 30, 1802; d. May 22,
1885 ; unm.
82c. Eliza Matilda, b. May 19, 1804; d. Nov. 6, 1806.
82d. Margaret Adeline, b. Aug. 26, 1805; d. May 1, 1806.
82c Robert, of Newark, b. 1807; d. Dec. 24, 1873; unm.
He also grad. from Princeton, 1826; was adm. to the N. J. Bar, :.
82f. Edward, of Newark, b. Mar. 31, 1813; d. Mar. 4, 1849; unm -
82g. Jacob, of Newark, b. Sept. 3, 1815; d. Mar. 23, 1864; m.
Julia C. Gumming (dau. of Rev. Hooper Gumming, of Newark). He
also grad. from Princeton, 1835, and was adm. to N. J. Bar, 1838; was
Prosecutor of the Pleas of Essex co. 1852-7.
82h. Henry, physician, of Morristown, b. Si 1819; d. Jan.
25, 1864; m., Dec. 11, 1849, Hester Ann Wetmore (dau. of Charles
J. Wetmore, of Morristown). (For ch., see infra).
The Van Arsdale Family — Pluckemin Line ill
Children of Henry P. Van Arsdale (53) and Ida Van Arsdale:
83. Sarah, b. Nov. 29, 181 3 ; d. Apr. 4, 1853 ; m., Mar. 14, 1832, James
Low, of North Branch, who d. Aug. 31, 1881, at Fairview, 111., to which
place he removed after Sarah's death. Ch. : Ida Maria ; Margaret
Ten Brook; John; Henry Van Arsdale ; George; Isaac Fisher; James
Beekman ; Frederick.
84. Zilpha, b. Mar. 21, 1816; d. July 26, 1869; unm -
85. Mary, b. Oct. 19,-1818; d. Nov. 8, 1910; m. Rev. Abram D.
Wilson (his second wife), who was b. at Amwell, N. J., Nov. 15, 1789,
and d. July 21, 1876, at Fairview, 111., where he was called the "father of
Western missions" of the Reformed church. (See Corwin's "Manual,"
4th Ed., p. 914). Mary returned to New Jersey after Mr. Wilson's death.
86. Philip, salesman, b. June 30, 1821 ; d. Oct. 14, i860; m. Phebe
L. Voorhees. Resided at Somerville and Washington, D. C. (For ch.,
see infra).
87. Isaac, of Zion, Cecil co., Maryland, farmer, b. Nov. 29, 1823 ;
d. July 4, 1910; m. (1) Mary P. Smock, and (2) Marion Larzelier.
Ch.: Gertrude, b. May 21, 1851 ; Mary, b. Oct. 25, 1856.
88. Jane Eliza, b. Nov. 19, 1832; d. Jan. 7, 1863; unm.
89. Margaret, b. May 16, 1830; d. Dec. 31, 1912; m. (1) May
7, 1857, Abner R. Smith, of Zion, Md., and (2) Thomas Minor, of Vir-
den, 111. Ch. (by A. R. Smith): Ida, b. 1858; Kate, b. i860; Lizzie,
b. i860; Stephen Alfred, b. 1861 ; Mary Nunn, b. 1863. (By T. M.) :
Charlotte ; Harriet ; Zilpha.
90. Peter, b. Dec. 18, 1835; d. Aug. 9, 1836.
91. Henrietta, of Pluckemin, b. Apr. 15, 1843; living; m., Jan.
6, 1864, David L. R. Hoff. farmer, who was b. Mar. 13. 1838, and d. Dec.
31, 1815. Mrs. Hoff resides at Pluckemin in Summer, and at Roselle in
Winter, and has given the writer much information used in this article.
Ch. : 1. Ida Larue. 2. Charlotte Melick. 3. Elizabeth Dockson, who
m., Oct. 10, 1894, Isaac Van Cleef, and has ch. : Edgar Milton, private
in U. S. Army, who m., June 30, 1918, Nettie I. Cook; Margaret Fra-
ser; Arthur Abram. 4. Margaret, who m., Oct. 12, 1899, Caleb Douglas
Fraser, and has ch. : Mary Douglas ; Margaret ; Margaret Melick. 5.
Charles Henry, who m., Oct. 12, 1904, Lillie May Amerman. 6. Mary
Van Arsdale, who d. Oct. 19, 1896.
Children of Isaac P. Van Arsdale (72) and Laura Lane:
92. Philip I., farmer, of Pluckemin, b. Aug. 29, 1809; d. Mar. 13,
1885; m., Nov. 3, 1859, Ann N. Hardenbergh (dau. of Garret B. Har-
denbergh and Catherine Hill, and granddau. of Rev. Charles Harden-
bergh, pastor at Bedminster 1802-20), who was b. Mar. 22, 1834, and is
living. (For ch., see infra).
112 Somerset County Historical Quar,
93. Rev. Jacob R., b. Sept. 13, 181 1 ; d. 1871 ; m. Martha Dawes,
of Stanton, Hunterdon co., X. J. He grad. from Rutgers College in 1830,
and from the New Brunswick Seminary in 1833, and was pastor of Re-
formed churches at Berne, N. Y., (2nd church; 1834-5; Mt. Pleasant
(Stanton), N. J., i835-'5o; Tyre, N. Y., i8so-'64; without charge,
1864-';!. (For ch., see infra).
94. Maria, b. Nov. 2, 1813; m. Peter Van Nest, of Millstone,
N.J.
95. Margaret, b. June 4, 1822; m., Dec. 5, i860, Ruliff Voorhees,
farmer, of Pluckemin. Has dau., Mary, living, unm.
Children of Peu.:< Van Arsdale (76) and Elizabeth Van Arsdale:
96. Margaret, b. Oct. 20, 1813; d. 1878; m., Oct. 3, 1843,
Abraham Vroom, farmer, of Pluckemin (son of Philip Vroom and De-
borah Tunison), who was b. Mar. 12, 1818, and d. Apr. 3, 1878. Ch. :
1. Peter, of Pluckemin; living; m. (1) Louise M. Lane (deceased),
and (2) Elizabeth Herman. Six ch. 2. Philip A., of Plainfield; living.
Philip P., b. May 16, 1816; d. 1900; m. (1) Nov. 21, 1838,
Ann Kirkpatrick, who was b. Nov. 21, 1838, and d. Jan. 25, 1878; and
, 1880, Mary Emma Cook, artist, (dau. of Thomas Cook and Mary
C. Cook, of Newark, N. J.), who is living at 301 E. Front St., Plainfield,
(. Philip P. was a music teacher, and famous as a leader of music
classes and of Sunday School singing. He resided in various places —
Pluckemin at first; then at Newark, New York, Pluckemin; then
had charge of music in Lafayette College and opened a music store in
Easton ; ten years later went to Jersey City to take charge of the music
in the Reformed Dutch church there, and taught classes in music in the
Y. M. C. A. From Jersey City he went to Plainfield (about 1879) an( ^
lived a retired life until his death. He was also the author of some Sun-
day School hymns and music. One who remembered Philip P. well
seventy-five years ago says of him: "My memory runs back to my
boyhood in the '40's, when this gentleman taught in successive Winters a
public singing-school in my village. He was then accounted a 'sweet
singer in Israel,' and very distinctly do I recall his appearance on the
platform as, with elevated arm, he struck the first high notes of 'J ov >
joy to the World !' Young couples marched arm in arm to and from that
school on cold Winter nights who are now gray-haired great-grandpar-
ents." (For ch., see infra).
98. Jane Ditmars, b. Sept. 1, 1818; m., Nov. 18, 1841, Brogan
Covert Amerman, a wheelwright and undertaker of Pluckemin, who was
b. 1817 and d. 1902. Ch. : Martha Covert, who m., Jan. 13, 1876, John
Dolliver, and resides in North Plainfield, N. J., and had one son, John
Covert, b. June 1, 1881. and d. Aug. 29, 1894.
The Van Arsdale Family — Pluckcmin Line 113
99. Tunis Van Derveer, farmer, of Pluckemin, b. Apr. 29, 1821 ;
d. Jan., 1885 ; m. (1) Sept. 29, 1842, Sarah DeMott (dau. of John De
Mott and Lydia Kirkpatrick), who was b. Nov. 9, 1822, and d. Jan. 27,
1848; and (2), Apr. 24, 1850, Magdalen Vosseller (dau. of Jacob Vos-
seller and Sarah Deforest), who was b. Jan. 23, 1829, and d. Sept. 16,
191 3. The Van Derveer farm was due west of the farm of Philip H.
Van Arsdalen (29), on the road from Pluckemin to North Branch. (For
ch., see infra).
100. Sarah, b. Aug. 10, 1823; d. Aug. 21, 1916; m., May 18,
1854, Joseph Stoll Powlison (son of John C. Powelson and Catherine
Van Arsdalen, 75), who was b. near Rochester, N. Y., Sept. 14, 1824,
and d. Dec. 21, 1901. He was a sash and blind manufacturer and under-
taker at Pluckemin and Bound Brook, and, finally, kept a furniture store
at Plainfield. (For ch., see under Catherine, 75).
101. Bergun Van Doren, farmer, of Peapack, N. J., b. Mar. 29,
1826; d. Mar., 1867; m., Sept. 1848, Susan Jemima Crater, who was
b. Jan. 7, 1832, and d. July 3, 1895. (For ch., see infra).
102. Ida Maria, b. Jan. 21, 1829; d. Aug. 8, 1830.
103. Eliza Si.oan, b. June 22, 1831 ; d. Sept. 11, 1833.
104. Mary Ann, b. May 8, 1834; d. 1881 ; m., June 11, 1873,
Stewart Brown, mercfiant, of Pluckemin, who was b. 1839, in Antrim
co., Ireland, came to America in 185 1 and d. 191 5. No ch. Mr. Brown,
later, married Lydia Van Arsdale McMurtry (see Lydia, 141).
Children of Elias B. Van Arsdale (81) and Sarah N. Layton :
105. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 22, 1824; d. Mar. 29, 1842, at Bound
Brook, N. J.
106. Margaret, b. Feb. 17, 1826; d. at Philadelphia, Nov. 20, 1882;
m., Oct. 1, 1849, Dennis S. Messier, of Pluckemin, who d. at Philadel-
phia about 190 1. Ch. : Laura; Edward; Anna, who m. (1) John Hess,
and (2) Ira Van Arsdale, of Plainfield (son Peter in).
107. Abraham, farmer of Pluckemin, b. Dec. 14, 1827 ; d. Aug. 29,
1891 ; in., Nov. 8, 1854, Jane Van Nest, who was b. 1826 and d. May 10,
1911. (For ch., see infra).
108. Laura Maria, b. Feb. 20, 1830; d. Nov. 2, 1904; m., Oct.
1, 185 1, Rev. Henry William Felton Jones, who was b. at Antiqua, W. I.,
June 9, 1829, and d. Sept., 191 5. He was pastor of the Bergen Point
Ref. ch. i86o-'84, and of the First Presby. ch. there 1884-1901, when he
retired. Ch. : Walter ; Addison ; John Polhemus ; Frederick Van
Liew, of Plainfield, who m. Anna Talliaferro; Rev. Henry Titus, of
Coeymans, N. Y., who m. Mabel Large, of Whitehouse, N. J.; Marianne,
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of Cranford, N. J., who m. Elmer E. Bigoney ; Charles Stephen, unm. ;
Laura Anna.
109. Anthony Layton, b. Jan. 10, 1832; d. Apr. 28, 1833.
no. Philip, farmer, of Batavia, 111., b. Dec. 16, 1833; d. Aug. 1,
1901 ; m. (1) Oct. 8, 1856, Elsie Voorhees, of Middlebush, N. J., who d.
1868; and (2) Sophia Van Liew, of Batavia. (No ch. by S. V. L.).
(For ch. by E. V., see infra).
in. Peter E., farmer, of Plainfield, N. J., b. Feb. 7, 1836; d. Aug.
14, 1900; m., Oct. 24, 1861, Sarah Elizabeth Vroom, of Pluckemin, who
was b. July 5, 1840, and d. Jan. 2, 191 1. (For ch., see infra).
112. Rev. Nathaniel Hixson, D. D., of 76 DeMott Ave., Clifton,
N. J., b. Apr. 6, 1838; living; m., Sept. 1, 1868, Harriet Walton Has-
brouck, of High Falls, N. Y., who is living. Dr. Van Arsdale was b. at
Bound Brook, N. J., where his parents resided until they removed to
Pluckemin ; graduated from Rutgers College 1862, and from the New
Brunswick Seminary 1867; had Reformed ch. pastorates at Clove, N.
Y., 1867-74; Chatham, N. Y., 1874-80; Paterson (Broadway ch.), 1881-
95 ; Greenwood Heights, Brooklyn, 1899-1901 ; Athenia, N. J., 1901-09.
He became Associate Editor of the "Christian Intelligencer" in Jan.,
1883, and Editor-in-Chief Apr. 1, 1909, retiring July 1, 1917, although
still (1919) a contributing Editor. Degree by Rutgers in 1889. (For
ch., see infra).
113. Ann DeGroote, of Paterson, N. J., b. Dec. 25, 1843; d. Jan.
3, 1888; m. Warren L. Sell.
Children of Isaac Van Arsdale (82) and Maria Van Doren:
114. Abraham Isaac, of Castile, N. Y. ; m. Maria Noxen.
115. Mary Van Doren, of Auburn, N. Y. ; m. (1) James Mc-
Murren; (2) Dr. Frank H. Hamilton.
116. Jacob Van Doren, of Castile, N. Y. ; m. Eliza M. Noxen.
117. Andrew Mellick, of Baltimore, Md. ; m. (1) Rachel Ann
Dillon; (2) Mary E. Wolfe.
118. Mar(;akj:t Stryker, of Bound Brook, N. J.; m. Nathaniel
Alward. (Mrs. William J. Taylor, now of Orange, formerly of Bound
Brook, a dau).
119. Katherine Kearney; unm.
120. John Quincy Adams, of Colton, Cal. ; m. Jane Coalter
Brown.
121. William Kearney, of Saratoga, N. Y. ; m. Elizabeth Wilber.
122. Elizabeth Voorhees, of Bound Brook; unm.
123. Henry Vanderveer, of Auburn, N. Y. ; m. Harriet Janette
Perry.
The Van Arsdale Family — Pluckemin Line 115
(Full dates of above, and ch., may be found in "The Van Doom
Family" (1909), p. 433).
Children of Dr. Henry Van Arsdale (8211) and Hester A. Wet-
more :
123a. Henry, of 44 Avon Ave., Newark, N. J., b. Dec. 26, 1851 ;
living; m. Alice H. White. Ch. : 1. Hester Anne, b. May 20, 1887;
unm. 2. Henry, Jr., b. Feb. 1, 1889; unm. ; resides at 25 W. 44th
St., New York City. 3. Alice Maude, b. Jan. 12, 1893; unm.
123b. William Waldo, of New York City. b. Nov. 17, 1855; d.
Mar. 17, 1899; m. Edith K. White.
Children of Philip Van Arsdale (86) and Piiebe L. Voorhees:
124. Ira, b. Nov. 21, 1844; d. young.
125. John, b. Oct. 22, 1846; d. young.
126. Isaac, b. Feb. 1, 1848; d. young.
127. Annie H., b. Jan. 25, 1850; deceased; m. Thomas Songster.
Ch. : Thomas.
128. Joseph S., of "Imperial," Columbia Road, Washington, D. C,
b. Dec. 26, 1851 ; living ; m. Anna P. Green. He has been for some
forty years in an important position in the Treasury Department at
Washington. Ch. : Joseph, of Hartford, Conn. ; Alice, of Seattle,
Wash.; George, of Boston, Mass.; Emily, of Washington (the first
three married).
William W., b. Nov. 4, 1853; deceased; m. Annie V. Rob-
erts, who resides in Baltimore.
130. Charles Elston, b. Oct. 29, 1855; deceased; m. Mary Knox.
Ch. : Nina, m. and living at Chevy Chase, Md.
131. Ida, b. Jan. 30, 1858; living at 1759 Columbia Road, Wash-
ington ; unm.
132. T lip, b. Jan. 30, i860; living; unm.
Children of Philip I. Van Arsdale (92) and Ann N. Hardenbergh :
133. Laura, b. Dec. 10, i860: m., May 31, 1882, John Kugler;
resides Three Bridges, N. J.
134. Sarah, b. Aug. 25, 1865; m., Sept. 5, 1885, Abram Harden-
bergh ; resides Neshanic, N. J.
135. Elmer, b. June 24, i860; m., Aug. 1, 1888, Annie Able; re-
sides Bernardsville, N. J. Ch. : Raymond, b. Mar. 5, 1889; m., Sept.
14, : rgaret Kutz, of Tunkhannock, Pa.
136. Ada, b. Nov. 24, 1872; unm. ; resides Pluckemin.
Children of Rev. Jacob Van Arsdale (93) and Marti \ Dawes:
Mary ; m. Jacob Nearpass. Ch. : Annie, Frank, Isabel, Jacob,
Isaac, Carrie.
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Laura ; living ; m. Oscar G. Smith. Ch. : Norwood, Martha, Emma,
Laura, Rhoda, Oscar, Mabel.
Jane; living; m. William Mills. Ch. : Fanny, George, Maud,
Charles, Jesse.
James; m. Hannah Avery. Ch. : William, Arthur.
Amy; m. Albert Haney. Ch. : Victor, Laura, Albert.
Isaac; d. young.
George; d. young.
Margaret ; d. young.
Ellen ; m. Frederick Teller. Ch. : Guy, James.
Annie; m. James Goodell. Ch. : Judson, Grover, Edwin, Ger-
trude, Rowland, Mattie.
Louisa; living; unm.
John; living; m. Mary . Ch. : Mary.
[All the foregoing ch. of Rev. Jacob are deceased, except those
stated as living. Names received too late for consecutive numbering].
Children of Philip P. Van Arsdale (97) and Ann Kirkpatrick:
137. Peter, b. Mar. 6, 1841 ; d. July 3, 1843.
138. John Kirkpatrick, of Plainfield,, b. Dec. 2$, 1844; d. 1894;
m. Sarah Elliott, who resides in North Plainfield, N. J. He entered
Lafayette College, but grad. from Rutgers, 1864. He was long con-
nected with the Chatham National Bank of New York City. Ch. : An-
nie; Josephine; Bessie; Elliot.
139. Elizabeth, b. Apr. 14, 1847 ; d. 1885 ; m. Henry Carpenter,
of Plainfield, who is deceased. Ch. : Raymond Van Arsdale.
Child of Philip P. Van Arsdale (97) and Mary Emma Cook:
140. Philip, of Milford, N. J., teacher and farmer, b. Sept. 24,
1884; living; m., 1908, Rachel Oatman. Is said to have studied at
Rutgers, and then grad. from Brown University, afterward attending the
New York Univ. Law School. Ch. : Wilhelmina, b. 1910.
Children of Tunis V. D. Van Arsdale (99) and Sarah DeMott:
141. Lydia, b. July 15, 1843; living; m. (1) Feb. 7, 1865, James
McMurtry, of Bernardsville, who was b. July 29, 1823, and d. Nov. 6,
1875; and (2) Stewart Brown, of Pluckemin. (See under 104). Ch.
(by i -V M ) : Minnie, who m. James Woods; Harvey, who m. Mary
Van Duyn.
142. Eliza, b. July 18, 1846; d. May 4, 1916; m. (1) Sept. 21
1865, William Henry Nicholas, of Marengo, la., who d. 1867; and (2)
Dec. 3, 1873, William Ker Gaston, of Somerville, N. J. Ch. (by W. H.
The Van Arsdale Family — Pluckemin Line 117
N.) : Rev. Vanderveer V. A. Nicholas, of Midland, Mich. (For ch. by
W. K. G., see Quarterly, Vol. V, p. 207).
Children of Tunis V. D. Van Arsdale (99) and Magdalen Vossel-
ler:
143. Jacob, farmer, of Whitehouse Sta., N. J.; b. Sept. 27, 1852;
ng; m. (1) Sarah Van Nest (dau. of George Van Nest and Margaret
enport, of North Branch) ; and (2) Elizabeth Van Derbeek (dau.
of William V T an Derbeek and Elizabeth Cole, of Lamington). Ch: Ed-
ward, who m. Sarah Hockenbury and d. 1918; Frank, who m. Carrie
Dalley and d. 191 7.
144. Peter, of Pluckemin, b. Feb. 23, 1855 ; living ; m. Elizabeth
Whitlock (dau. of Israel Whitlock and Caroline MundyJ, who was b.
6, 1855. (For ch., see infra). ,
;. Emma T., of Pluckemin; living; m. James Vanderveer Ten
Eyck. Ch. : Harold; Magdalin.
Children of Bergun V. D. Van Arsdale (101) and Susan J. Crater:
146. George Schenck, b. Jan. 8, 1851 ; living, at Peapack, N. J.;
m. Sarah Potter (dau. of Sering Potter, Sr., and Elizabeth Smith, of
Potter sville). No ch.
Sarah Louise, b. Apr. 15, 1855: living; m. (1) Marcus P.
Wyker, of Newton, N. J., who deceased; and (2) J. E. Richie, of Lima,
Ohio. Resides at Cleveland, Ohio. Ch. : Lillian Wyker.
148. Morris Crater, merchant, of North Plainfield, N. J., b. Sept.
30, 1862; living; m. Minnie Elizabeth Chapin, who was b. Dec. 13, 1867.
Mr. Van Arsdale has long been one of the prominent and successful busi-
ness men of Plainfield, active in the Board of Trade and Congregational
church, Bank director, etc. (For ch., see infra).
149. Almeda, who d. in infancy.
Children of Abraham Van Arsdale (107) and Jane Van Nest:
150. Isabella, b. Feb. 6, 1856; d. May 28, 1915; m., Feb. 6,
1878, Jacob Kline, of Somerville, who was b. June 19, 1853, and d. Feb.
14, 191 1. Ch. : Chauncey Field, deceased; Elizabeth, deceased; Jen-
nie Van Arsdale.
150a. Sarah, b. Oct. 8, 1858; d. Jan. 7, 1861.
151. William, of 1004 W. Third St., Plainfield; living; m. Annie
Van Fleet. Ch. : Augustus ; Charles, deceased ; Ida ; Horace ; Ella ;
George.
152. Georgiana, who d. May 26, 1916.
Children of Philip Van Arsdale (ho) and Elsie Voorhees:
153. Arvilla; m. Bert Thompson, of Aurora, 111. Ch. : Elsie;
Mabel.
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154. Anna; m. Thomas Laird, of Batavia, 111. Ch. : Philip;
Eva.
155. Nathaniel Hixson, of Batavia, 111.; m. Jean Laird.
156. Sarah, of Kaneville, 111. ; m. .
Children of Peter E. Van Arsdale (hi) and Sarah E .Vroom
157. George, of 546 Walnut St., Elizabeth, N. J.; m., Oct. 22,
1890, Flora McCulley. Ch. : Harold.
158. Ira, of Plainfield, N. J.; living; m., Nov. 24, 1897, Anna V.
A. Hess. Ch. : Florence Elizabeth, b. Aug. 23, 1898; d. Mar. 13,
1899.
Children of Rev. Nathaniel H. Van Arsdale (112) and Harriet
W. Hasbrouck :
159. Rev. Elias Brown, of 91 Third Ave., Hawthorne, N. J., b. at
High Falls, N. Y., Aug. 2, 1869; living; m. Agnes Royle. He grad.
from Rutgers College 1890, and from the New Brunswick Seminary
1893; was licensed by the Classis of Paramus ; pastor of the Ref. ch.
at Farmer (now Interlaken), N. Y., 1893-1916; First Ref. ch. of North
Paterson, Hawthorne, N. J., 1916 to present. From July. 1916, to July,
1917, was also Assistant Editor of the "Christian Intelligencer." Ch. :
John Rovle ; Lyle Hasbrouck.
160. Cressida, of Athenia, N. J.; living; m. Arthur Livingstone
Helmes. Ch. : Chester Van Arsdale ; Walter Livingstone ; Harold Hix-
son.
161. Russel, of Savannah, Ga. ; deceased; m. Phebe Trumps.
Ch. ; Joan ; Hixson ; Walter S. : Phebe.
162. Louisa Wright, of Brattleboro, Vt. ; deceased; m. Christie
Crowell.
163. Charles Frederick, of Woodcliff, N. |. ; living; m. Alice
Hardenbrook. Ch. : Allen Hill; John
164. Walter Hasbrouck, of Clifton, N. J.; living; m. Lavina
Van Dillen.
of Peter Van Arsdale (144) and Elizabeth Whitlock:
165. Cora M., of North Plainfield ; m., Dec. 30, 1897, Charle
Harden. Ch. : Mildred A., Charlotte
166. Geor' Vorth Plainfield; m., Jan., 1900, Walter
Conover. Ch. : Norman; Grace; Walter; Ruth; Alice; Robert;
Roger ; Herbert ; Elizabeth ; Helen.
167. Isaac Vanderveer, of Hoboken ; m., Oct., 1904, Ellen Quig-
ley.
168. Jacob Vosseller, of Plainfield; tn. (1) Mary Fitzsimnions,
who d. 1909, and (2), July, 191 1, Elizabeth Hall.
Somerset Civil List, 1688-1799 119
169. Joseph S., of New York City; deceased; m., 1902, Elizabeth
Benson. Ch. : Elizabeth.
170. Carrie E., of Plainfield; m., July 27, 1909, Walter Hand.
Ch. : Frances ; Irvin ; Carol, deceased ; Vanderveer ; Donald.
Children of Morris C. Van Arsdale (148) and Minnie E. Chapin:
171. Arthur Crater, of 92 Fairview Ave., North Plainfield, b.
May 2i, 1888; living; m., June 15, 191 1, Maud Emmons (dau. of John
P. Emmons, of North Plainfield). Ch. : Bergun Emmons; Myra.
172. Malcolm Guekin, of Maplewood, N. J., b. April 3, 1890; liv-
ing-; m., Mar. 27, 1913, Alma Hutchinson, of Trenton. Ch. : Mal-
colm Guerin, Jr.
[Note. — In compiling the foregoing the writer has not undertaken to state just
which of the males who were of age to take part in the Revolutionary War did
so. A large number of Van Arsdales were in the Revolutionary army, but the
duplicates in names and the fact that certainly many were of what we choose to
call the Harlingen, Neshanic and Franklin twso. lines, make it now impossible to
designate the actual soldiers, except in an instance or two. There were also some
in the Whiskey Insurrection War, War of 1812, the War of the Rebellion and the
late European War].
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SOMERSET CIVIL LIST, 1688-1799
Sui . : 1 ' rARY to Snell's "Civil List"
[Co, om Page 37]
McEowen, Alexander, Coroner, 17
McEowen, Daniel, Justice of the Peace, 1749, 1752.
McEowen, William, Justice of the Peace, 1794, 1799.
McDonald, Georg itary Public, 1709.
McDonald, William, Sheriff, 1761. 1762, 1771 ; Justice of the Peace,
1767, 1708; Justice of the Quorum, 1768.'
Manning, John, Justice of the Peace, 1781, 1786.
Mattison, Aaron, Justice of the Peace, 1785, 1790.
Mercer, Archibald", Judge of Common Pleas and Justice of the Peace,
1790.
Miller, Paul, Ju^iice of the Peace, 1730, 1739, 1759; Justice of the Peace
of the Quorum, 1739, 1752; Judge Oyer and Terminer, 1753,
I7S5. 1/56, 1759; Judge Common Pleas, 1749, 1759.
Mompesson, Roger, Justice of the Peace, 1 inc. Middlesex), 1708, 1713.
, John, Justice of the Peace, (inc. Middlesex), 1715.
Morgan, Benjamin, Justice of the Peace, 1768.
Morns, Lewis, Justice 0! the Peace (inc. Middlesex), 1713, 1715, 1725.
Morris, Robert Hunter, Judge Oyer and Terminer, 1755, 1756.
Neal, Henry, Justice of the Peace and Ass't Judge of Common Pleas,
!7 2 5-
Nevill, Samuel, Judge Oyer and Terminer, 1752, 1753, 1755, 1756.
Nevius, David, justice of the Peace, 1800.
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Nowec, John, High Sheriff (inc. Middlesex), 1707.
Ogden, David, Judge Oyer and Terminer, 1770, 1771, 1772, 1774.
Ogden, Robert, Judge Oyer and Terminer, 1770, 1771 .
Parker, Elisha, Justice of 1! liddlesex), 1711, 1713, 1715.
Parker, James, Judge Oyer and Terminer, 1770, 1771, 1774.
Parker, John. Justice of the Peace, 1725.
Perine, Peter, Coroner, 1752; Justice o"f the Peace, 1767, 1768, 1776.
Pike, John, Justice of the Peace (inc. Middlesex), 1711, 1713.
Pike, Thomas, Justice of the Peace (inc. Middlesex), 1715.
Pinhorne, William, Justice of the Peace (inc. Middlesex), 1708, 1710.
Powers, Richard, Justice of the Peace, 1730; Ass't Judge Common
Pleas, 1730.
Probasco, John, Justice of the Peace, 1795
Quarry, Robert, Justice of the Peace (inc. Middlesex), 171b.
.braham. Justice of the Peace, 1777.
Ralph, Joseph, Justice of the Peace (inc. Middlesex), 1705, 1708.
Rapelier, George, Justice of the Peace,
Read, Charles, Judge Oyer and Terminer, 1752, 1753, 1766, 1767, 1768,
1769, 1770, 17/1/17,
Reading, John (inc. Middlesex), Justice of the Peace, 1713, 171 5, 1725.
Reamer, George, Sheriff, 1762. 1764.
Revell, Thomas, Justice of the Peace (inc. Middlesex), 1708.
Rickey, Jacob, Justice of the Peace, 1782. 1787, 1;
Rolph (Rolfe), Henry, Justice of the Peace (inc. Middlesex), 1715.
Rolph. Moses, Justice of the Peace (inc. Middlesex), 1713, 1715.
nry, Justice of the Peace, 1725.
Roy. John, Justice of the Peace, 1752, I754( ?), 1767, 1768; Judge Oyer
and Terminer, 1767, 1768, 1769, 1770. 1772; Justice of the Quor-
um, 1768; Judge Common Pleas, 1769, 1772.
Royce, John, Justice of the Peace (inc. Middlesex), 1705; Highway
Commissioner, 1694.
Saltar, Richard, Judge Oyer and Terminer, 1756.
Schenck. ice of the Peace, 1767; Justice of the Quorum,
1768: Judge Common Pleas, 1768, 1770, 1772, 1776; Judge Oyer
and Terminer, 1770, 1771, 1772, 1774, 1776.
Scott, Moses, Justice of the Peace, 1781, 1786; Judge Common Pleas,
1782, 1787.
Sebring, John, Justice of the Peace, 1782, 1787, 1792.
Sebring, Roeloff, Justice of the Peace, 1776, 1781 ; Judge Common
Pleas, 1 78 1.
Sergeant, Jonathan Dickinson, Surrogate, 1769.
Shepherd, Samuel, Justice of the Peace (inc. Middlesex), 1705, 1708.
Skelton, J [ustice of the Peace, 1773.
Skinner, Stephen, Judge Oyer and Terminer, 1770, 1771, 1774.
Slater, Edward, Sheriff (inc. Essex), 1692.
Smith, James, Justice of the Peace, 1725.
Smyth, Frederic, Judge Oyer and Terminer, 1766, 1767, 1768, 1769, 1770,
1 77 1, 1772.' 1774.
Sonmans, Peter, Justice of the Peace (inc. Middlesex), 1708, 1709; Judge
Court Common Pleas (inc. Middlesex), 1708.
Somerset Civil List, 1688-1799 121
Southard, Henry, Justice of the Peace, 1787, 17112.
Staats, Abraham, Justice of the Peace, 1781.
Stevens, John, Justice of the Peace, 1730: \ss't Judge Common Pleas,
1730; Judge Oyer and Terminer, 1770, 1771, 1774- (Father and
son of same name).
Steward, William, Coroner, 1752.
Stirling, William Alexander (Lord), Judge Oyer and Terminer, 1766,
1767, 1768, 1769, 1770, 1 77 1. 1772, 1774.
Stockton, Job, Sheriff, 1758, 1759, 1765; Justice of the Peace, 1769;
Judge Common Pleas, 1759; Judge Oyer and Terminer, 1770,
1771, 1774.
Stockton, John, Justice of the Peace of the Quorum, 1752; Judge Com-
mon Pleas-, 1749; Judge Oyer and Terminer, 1752, 1753, 1755,
1756.
Stockton, Richard (2nd), Justice of the Peace (inc. Middlesex), 1705.
Stockton, Richard, High Sheriff, 17*18, 1774, 1770: Justice of the Peace,
1765, 1767, 1772; Justice of the Quorum, 1768; Judge Oyer and
Terminer, 1767. 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772;" Judge Common
Pleas, 1772, 1781, 1785. 1792, 1794, 1798. (Two of same name;
we cannot distinguish term! ach).
Stockton, Samuel, lusiice of the Peace, 1730; Ass't Judge Common Pleas,
1730.
Stothoof, Elbert, Justice of the Peace, 1730.
Stout, Zebulon, Justice of the Peace, 1730, 1739.
Striker, John, Justice of the Peace, 1788, 1794: Judge Common Pleas,
1794.
Striker, Peter I., Justice of the Peace, 1792, 1800.
Sutphen, Guisbert, Justice of the Peace, 1769, 1776, 1787.
Sutton, Daniel, Justice of the Peace, 1730.
tzey, Joshua, Justice of the Peace, 1792.
Taylor, John, Judge Over and Terminer, 1767, 1768, 1769, 1770; Jus-
tice of the Peace, 1786 (resigned 1788).
Ten Eyck, Abraham, Sr., Justice of the Peace, 1794.
Ten Eyck, Jacob, Sr., Justice of the Peace, i~j<
Terhune, Garret, Justice of the Peace, 1788, 1794.
Terrill, Thomas, Justice cf the Peace, 1770.
Thomson, Benjamin, justice of the Quorum, 1749; Justice of the Peace,
I75 2 - l 759', Judge Oyer and Terminer, 1752, 1753, 1755, T756,
1759, 1766, 1767, 1768. 176c;; Judge Common Pleas, 1759, 1765.
Tingley, Ebenezer, justice of the Peace, 1776.
Tompkins, Ichabod, Justice of the Peace, 1752.
Townsley, Richard, Justice of the Peace (inc. Middlesex), 1708, 1710.
Tunison" John, War Tax Assessor, 1692; Highway Commissioner, 1694;
Justice of the Peace (inc. Middlesex), 1708, 1710.
Van Arsdalen, Garret, Justice of the Peace, 1776.
Van Brunt, Nicholas, justice of the Peace, 1794.
Van der Veer, John, Justice of the Peace, 1767, 1768, 1769.
Van der Veer, Jacob, Justice of the Peace, 1739; Justice of the Quorum,
1749, 1752, 1768; Judge Oyer and Terminer, 1766, 1767, 1768,
1769, 1770, 1771, 1774; Judge Common Pleas, 1768.
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Vanderveer, John, Justice of the Peace, 1769.
Van der Veer, Lawrence, Justice of the Peace, 1781.
Van Dike, Hendrick (Henry), Coroner, 1773; Justice of the Peace,
1776.
Van Dorn, Abraham, Sheriff, 1753. (See at end of this article).
Van Duyn, James, Justice of the Peace, 1794, 1799.
Van Ess, Peter, Highway Commissioner, 1694.
Van Est, Abraham, Justice of the Peace, 1761, 1768; Justice ot the
Quorum, 1768.
Vanhorne, John, Justice of the Quorum, 1768.
Vanhorne, Philip, Judge Common Pleas, 1759, 1765, 1768; Justice of the
Quorum, 1768.
Van Middlesworth, John, Justice of the Peace and of the Quorum, 1739;
Judge Common Pleas, 1749.
Van Orden, Tobias, Justice of the Peace, 1749.
Van Orstrant, Jacob, Justice of the Peace, 1761, 1768.
Verbryck, William, Justice of the Peace, 1773.
Vroom, John, Justice of the Peace, 1756.
Wahlen, William, Justice of the Peace, 1749.
White, Anthony, Justice of the Quorum, 1768.
It must not be overlooked that the dates named for the foregoing
officials are only extended to the year 1799; beyond that see Snell's "Hist,
of Hunt, and Somerset," (pp. 643-647).
In addition to the foregoing, which, as a rule, indicates the years
when each official named was commissioned, we have found from other
records some sheriffs of Somerset acting in these years :
1740. d, William.
1745. Branson, Barefoot.
i/4<5(?) Riddell, John.
1751. Hollingshead, Francis.
1754. Van Dorn, Abraham.
The John Riddell nai i ive took office h qualifying, and a
most interesting invi 1 crning his running away while in debt
and during his term of office is to be found in "N. J. Archives," Vol.
XII (pp. 212-225). It is there stated that Riddell succeeded Barefoot
Brunson.
From the lists above given it is possible to approximately (not cer-
tainly or fully) determine who were sheriffs of Somerset County up to
the close of the Revolution, to which period the list in Snell's work is
fragmentary and incorrect. The names and dates, then, so far as we can
gather, are somewhat as follows :
Eari â– iffs of Somerset
Edward Slater, i692-i707( ?).
John Nowec, 1707- 1708.
Six-Mile Run Church Baptisms, 1743-1805 123
Adam Hude, 1 708-1709.
Barefoot Brunson, 1709-1711.
Garvin Lockhart, 1711 (?).
Barefoot Brunson, ( ?) ( ?). [Probably appointed again
and holding office for a long term].
John Piatt, i732-i74o( ?).
William Hollingshead, 1740 — ( ?).
Barefoot Brunson, (?)-i745(?).
John Riddell, I745(?)-i 74 6(?).
Francis Hollingshead, 17461 ?)-i/52( ?).
Abraham Van Dorn, I752(?)-I758(?).
Job Stockton, 1 758-1 761.
William McDonald, 1761-1762.
George Reamer, 1762- 1765.
Job Stockton, 1765-1768.
Richard Stockton, 1768-1771.
William McDonald, 1771-1774.
Richard Stockton, 1774-1778.
Peter Dumont, 1778-1781.
Peter D. Vroom, 1781-1783.
As there is no certainty just when the terms of any sheriff ended,
except in a few instances (they held office at the pleasure of the Gov-
ernor), we have had to surm dates of the expiration of many
of the terms.
It has been repeated in many published work \braham Van
Dorn was appointed "in J 750" and held office for at least twenty years.
But so far as appears in our list (which may be imperfect) his first
commission d I 1753, (Feb. 27), and certainly Job Stockton was
commissioned in 1758, and other persor. ter as named above. The
published Van Dorn item, therefore, must have been based upon an unre-
liable tradition. It is pos Abraham did become sheriff "in 1750,"
and that such commission did not become entered on the minutes of
appointments; in fact he was sheriff in Dec, 1752 it he conducted the
burning of the negro who murdered A. Van Neste, as has often been
printed; but, if so, there are allowed only at most eight years for his
service. This Abraham was a brother to Christian, of Middlebush,
who wrote his surname as it is now general' 1 â– !, "Van Doren."
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SIX-MILE RUN CHURCH BAPTISMS, 1743-1805
FROM THE RECORDS
The Six-Mile Rcn Dutch Reformed church, in Franklin township,
Somerset county, was organized Nov. 15, 17 10, but no baptismal records
of it are known to exist prior to 1743, except about a dozen baptisms by
the organizer, Paulus Van Vlecq. For that year and then for i749-'53 a
124 Somerset County Historical Quarterly
few loose leaves exist; otherwise the original baptismal book, deposited in
1894 in the Sage Library, at New Brunswick, continues the entries until
1804. From a careful copy of these entries the following baptisms
have been transcribed by the Editor of the Quarterly. Spellings have
been preserved as written. In a few cases we have transposed the
names so as to make the dates consecutive. Some breaks in years will
be noticed.
The pastors of the church during the period named were Theodorus
J. Frelinghuysen, i72o-'47; Johannes Arondeus, acting at times, 1747-
'54; Johannes Leydt, 1748- '83; John M. Van Harlingen, 1787-95; James
S. Cannon, 1797- 1826. The present pastor is the Rev. Eugene H. Keator,
to whom and to the Consistory of the Church we are indebted for the
loan of the record o'f which we now commence publication.
The Baptismal Records
1743-
July 13. Van Voorhees, Court and Nelle — Femetia. Witnesses: Isaac
gamen and Pryn.
Cornel, Corneleus and Annecke Van Voorhees — Petrus. Wit-
. ness : Rynear Merill.
Van Doren, Christian and Alche — Jos<
Schenck, Peter — Maria. Witnesses: Garret Veghten and
Elizabet.
Symese, Isaac and Nellie — Aris.
Van Dyke, Hendrick and ie — Cornelius ; Helena. •
Van Voorhc [o< bus and Maria — Abraham.
Ne\ 1 nd Rebecca — Petrus.
Van Arsdalen, Aris and Sarah — Antie.
Stryker, Jacobus and Gertie — [Child's name not given].
Van Arsdalen, Cornelius and Mary — [Child's name not given].
Douty, Jeremias and Armya — [Child's name not given].
rt ?] ,— odoris and Altie [Child's name not
given I .
Oct. 1. Van Liew, Frederick and Maricke — Jaques.
, John and Joenkie — William.
Van Arsdalen, Jurrie and Altie— Johannes.
22. Gulick, Jochem and Cornelia — A
Nov. 5. Stothoff, Elbert and Ida— Anecke.
Tunison, Cornelus and Jenneke — Con: I
Stryker, Johannes and Cornelia -Jacobus.
( ( ?). Frederick and Grietie
Dec. 4. Wik, Jakobus and Maritie us(?).
Van Voorhei —Antie.
Polen, Martin and Sarah — Peti
Vonk, Johanes and Geertie — Catrinche.
Van n, John and Debora — Christoffel.
Six-Mile Rich Church Baptisms, 1743-1805 125
1749.
Jan. 29. Davids, Christian and Debora — Antie.
Hagamen, Nys and Mayke — Sara.
Fyn, John and Antie — Jacob.
Feb. 26. Stothoff, Cornelius and Maria — Maria.
Van Doren, Abm. and Maria — Femmetje.
Oct. 23. Failor, Benjamin and Marriche— Benjamin.
Van Arsdalen, Christoffel and Neltie — -Helena.
Voorhees, Martynus and Lebeche — [Child's name not given].
Veghten, Nicholas and Neltje — Nuys.
Vliet, Daniel and Geertie — Jan.
Nov. 6. Polen, Samuel and Jacamintie — Eva.
Schenk, Albert and Catelyntie — Maria.
Williamson, Dirck and Sara — Petrus.
Sitfin, John and Neeltje— Catrena.
23. Schenk, Hendrick and Lena — Maria.
Dec. 10. Suydam, Engelty — Joseph.
Jan. 1. Bennet, Johannes and Geertye — Jannitye,
Fulkerson, Joseph and Altie — Johannes.
Emans, Benjamin and Antje — Andrias.
knegt, Johannis and Neeltje— Petrus.
21. Boerum, Niclaes and Antje — Catrinche.
lliamson, Niclaes and Ragel — Willem.
Feb. 19. Dorlant, Lammert and Styntje — Gerrit.
Mar. 4. Poulse, Johannis and Harmje — Jannetje.
Cornel, Willem and Greitje — Eliesabet. Witnesses: Adriaen
Cornel and Eliesabet Van Enden.
Hegeman, Nys and Aaltje — Jakobus.
18. Van Aersdfalen], Jan and Lena — Abraham.
Apr. 1. Vechten, Gerrit and Eliesabet — Petrus.
Van Arsdaflen], Cornelius and Femmitje — Maritje.
Jansen, Nicklaes — Antje.
15. Van Zant, Pieter Pra and Marytje — Jakobus.
Pryn, Jeems and Neeltje — Neeltje.
29. Hegeman, Andreas and Marya — Andreas.
Vonk, Johannis and Geertje — Dallius.
Lott, Abraham and Jannitje— Sara.
May 13. Broka, Bregon and Jannitje — Abraham.
Broka, Abraham and Eliesabet tje( ?) .
June 1. Van Houten, Cornelus and Maytje — Johannis.
3. Van Nest, Pieter and Eliesabet — Maria.
24. Hogelant, Martynis and Femmitje — Cornelus.
July 1. Walderom [Waldron], Leffert and Ida — Saertje.
Van Pelt, Johannis and Catryna — Christoffel.
Sperling, Jan and Geertje rtje(?).
29. Pouwelse, Cornelus and Marytje — Jannetje.
Sept. 2. Gerritse, Rem and Catryntje— Barbera.
Hogelant, Dirck and Maria— Dirck. (Witness: Anaetje
Hogelant).
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Oct. 6. Hout, Jonetan and Jannitje — Anaetje.
Vanderveer, Jan and Sytjc— Gerrit ; Cornelus.
Nov. 4. Folkersc, Folkert and Maria— Folkert.
18. Van Voorhees, Lucas and Neeltje — Jannitje.
Stoothoff, Johannis and Sara — Johanna.
Hagewouwt, Isack and Catlyntje — Petrus.
Riemer, Abraham and Jannitje — Catriena.
Dec. 2. Leek, Jakobus and Styntje — Dyna.
Speerling, Petrus and Maria — J01
Polen, Samuel and Jakemyntje — Samuel.
16. Snedeker, Isack and Catriena — Gerrit.
kobus and Catalvntje — Willemje.
I75I-
Feb. 14. Bennet, Jan and Annaetje — Isack.
Feb. — . Wyckoff, Cornelius and Martentje — Willimje. [Bapt. by
Johannis Frelinghuysen].
Mar. 3. Corteljou, Hendr-ick and Catriena — Len 1.
Berrieen, Pieter and Annaetje — Johannis.
Pommieeje [Pumyea], Pieter and Mallie — Bettie.
Herresen. Hen — and Nensie — Johannis.
Van Tilburgh, Willeni and Kesya — Johannis.
17. Nevius, Petrus and Johanna — Martynus.
Voorhees, Petrus and Sefya — Jakobus.
Apr. 7. Voorhees, Jan and Eliesabet — Koert.
Leydt, Domene Johannis and Tryntje — Catlyntje.
21. Derje [Duryea?], Joost and Maria — Helena.
Van 1 and Debora — Magdel
June 2. Veghten. itie — Lucas.
15. Willemse, Jakobus and Mar; a — Jann.
July 28. Van Kleef, Jurryas and Ida — Eliesabet.
Bueren, Mychiel and Jannitje — M
Beert, Alksander and Eli lannitje.
Aug. 18. Voorhees. Jan and Maitje — Lucas.
25. Simson, Abraham and Maragrietje — Jan.
Terheunen, Jan and Neeltje — Jan.
Sept. 21. Van Pelt, Jan and Sarah — Aris.
Dec. 8. Hogelant. / id Anaetje— Sara.
Bergen, Jacop and Grietje — Frederik.
< and Neeltje — Deborah.
Sara — Abraham.
Fyn, Jan and Antje — Marya.
Oct. 6. Van Leeuv Marytje — Dyna.
erikus and Marregrietje— Albert.
Pouwelse, Johannis and Harmje — Catrynje.
Nov. 3. Van Dyk, Jan and Gerritje — Frederick.
Dell [Mail ritje.
Dec. 15. Veghte, Gerrit and Eliesabet — Marya.
Henderikse, Daniel and Ida — Johannis.
Gerritse, Samuel and Jannetje — Gerrit.
Dannelson, William and Doeritie — Eester.
Six-Mile Run Church Baptisms, 1743-1805 127
1752.
Jan. 12. Hegeman, Nys and Mayke — Gerrit.
Cornel, Jakobes and Jannitje — Annaatje.
26. Van Aarsdalen, Christofiel and Neeltje — Grietje
Feb. 9. Van Dyke, Matys and Neeltie — Matius.
Gulick, Geertje — Dana Barkelo.
23. Van Aersdalen, Jurrie and Aaltje — Roeloff.
Mar. 22. Williemse, Jacobis and Maria — WilJyem.
Bennet, Joannis and Gertye — Jacob Detvvede (the second).
Apr. 5. Willemse, Jakobes and Liedea — Geertje.
Vandervoortd, Jakobes and Metje — Helena.
19. Kinne, Syme and Margrietje — Geertje.
Gulick, Jochem and Corneliea — Willem.
May 3. Stoothofl Ida, vvid. of Elbert— Elbert. Witness: Elbert
Stoothoff.
Gerritse, Rem and Catryntje — Gerrit.
Menlie, Jan and Geertje — Eliesabet.
Van Hengelen, Cornelus and Maria- — Arenout.
Boerem, Nicklaes and Antje — Neeltje.
14. Schenck, Pieter and Maria — Johannis.
Groenendyk, Johannis and Sara — Mayke.
June 14. Van Pelt, Pieter and Maria — Tennis.
Van Aersdalen and Sara — Chrisstoffel.
July 26. Gulick, Jochem and Rebecka — Antje. Witnesses: Benjemen
Emans and wife Antje.
Gulick. Jakobus ria — Jakobus.
Aug. 9. Beert, Alksander and Eliesabet — Elsje.
Vliet, Geertje, wife of Daniel Vliet — Daniel.
Oct. 1. Van Leuwe. Nys and Ida— Cornelus.
15. Van der Veer, Jan and Sytje — Jan.
Wykhoff, Jakobus and Catlyntje — Evaetje.
29. [ogela icrick and Marya — Henderik.
Brouwer, Josip and Antje — Eliesabet.
Snedeker, Isack and Catriena — Catrina.
Cornel, Josip and Jannitje — Josip.
Van Kleef, Jurryas and Ida — Gerrit.
Nov.
Dec.
26.
TO.
24.
1753-
Jan. 1.
Feb.
Mar.
14.
IS-
25-
Van Voorhees, Lucas . iltje — Neeltje.
Stryker, Pieter and Marya — Barent.
Corteljou, Henderick and Catriena — Maria.
Hogelant, Johannis and Matje — Tui
Hogelant, Chrisstoffel and Sara — Catlyna.
Folkerse, Folkert and Marya — Flippus.
Apr. 8. Voorh Abraham and Marya — Minne.
Van Dyke, Symon and Anna — Hendrick.
Van Buren, Machil and Yannethe — Magdelena.
22. Leek, Jakobus and Styntje — Gerrit Stryker.
Herreson, Henry and Antje — Antje.
Polen, Samuel and Lena— Sara.
Jansen, Marten and Marya — Marten.
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May 6. Van Dyk, Jan and Gerritje — Abraham.
20. Denelse, Wilem and Dorite — Johannis.
June 8. Pauluse, Johannes and Harmje — Antje.
Voorhees, Abraham and Geertje — Luykas : Abraham.
10. Provost, Jonathan and Ariantje — Marya. Witness: Catje
Provost.
17. Jurcks, Pieter and Anaetje — Catriena.
July 1. — Willemse, Wilhelmus and Antje — Antjcr'
Aug. 10. Emans, Benjenien and Evaatje — Benjamen.
Coevert, Johannis and Marta — Bregon.
Sept. 23. Snedeker, Isack and Catriena — Gerrit.
Vandervoort, Magiel and Marya — Anna.
Oct. 7. Hegeman, Dallius and Catryntje ! — derick.
21. Aarsdalen, Jan and Helena — Helena.
Van Dyk, Mattys and Neeltje — Anna.
Nov 4. Beept. Alexander and Lybe — William.
Dec. — . Stoethoff, Johannis and Sara — Jenneke.
Dehart, Cornells and Maeik — Willem.
30. Hegeman, Syme and Aeltje — Geertje.
Willemse, Jakobus and Maria — Luekresie.
1754-
Jan. 20. Schuermai dus and Neeltje — Anna.
Kinne, Syme and Margrietje — Eva.
Gulick, Jochem and Rebecke — Jackmyntje.
Mar. 31. Berrien, Pieter and Anna — Sara.
Van Nist, Henderik and Henne — Eliesabet.
Foord, Tomas and Catryntje — Sara.
Van Kleef, Johannis and Grietje — Rebekka.
\'an Aarsdalen, lurry and Aaltje — Antje.
Hegeman, Jakobus and Eliesabet — Adrieaan.
Van Lein md Ida — Helena.
Van Pelt, Pieter and Maria — Jannitje.
■..el, Willem and Grietje — Willem
Voorhees, Ian and Anna — Antje.
Wykhoff, Jakobus and Catlyntje — Antje.
Williamse, Jacobus and Marytje — Hendrick.
Simson, Abraham and Marregrietje — Catriena.
Vechte, Gerrit and Eliesabet — Joha
Gulick, Jochem and Corneliea — Johannis.
Groenendyk, Job. id Sara — Chrii
Gulick, Fernandus and Neeltje — Neeltje.
Nevius, Jakobus and Eegje— Annitje.
Vanderveer. Jan and Sytje — Jakobus.
Miserol, Pieter and Femmitje — Marya
Slover, Lucas and Neeltje — Jakobus.
Boerom, Nicklaes and Antje — Jannitje.
Pouwelse, Pouwell and Lena — Paulus.
Willemse, Abraham and Hendrikje — Neeltje.
26. Vliet, Geertje, wife of Daniel Vliet — Margrietje.
Blauw, Frederik and Marya — Neeltje.
Apr.
14.
28.
May
12.
23-
June
2.
July
9-
7-
21.
Sept.
Oct.
8.
6.
Six-Mile Run Chun rms, 1743-1805 129
Nov. 3. Van Aersdalen, Jan and Debora — Marleentje.
Hogelant, Martynus and Femmetje — Abraham.
Moor, Henderik and Ida — Johannis.
Gulick, Jakobus and Maria — Johannis.
17. Van Carlaer, Arent and Marya — Marya.
Gerritse, Rem and Catryntje — -Barbera.
Van Aersdalen, Jakobus and Alieda — Jacop.
Dehart, Gysbert and Jannitje — Jan.
Van Aersdalen, Cornelus and Sara — Margrietje.
Dec. 1. Schenk, Henderik and Helena — Catyna.
15. Van Dc Abraham and Maria — Geertje.
29. Kroese, Dirck and Liesabet — Isack.
I7S5-
Jan. — . Van Dyk, Roeloff and Catryna — Jan.
Hegeman, Dallius and Catryntje — Geertje.
Van Doom, Jan and Marytje — Aeltje.
Jan. 9. Hogelant, Henderik and Maria — Antje.
26. Blauw, Pieter and Maria — Aaltje.
Van Dyk. Jan and Gerritje — Jacop.
Feb. 23. Van Kleef, Jurryas and Ida — Isack.
Hegeman, Simon and Adriaen.
Mar. 15. Voorhees, Cornelus and Lena — Marya.
30. Van Voorhees, Lucas and Neu!tj p — Abraham.
Van Pelt, Henderik and Sara — Jan.
Apr. 20. Van Leuwe, Frederick and Marytje — Geertje.
Terheunen, Jan and Neeltje — Magdelena.
Stryker, Abraham and Catriena — Ida.
Quick, Teunis and Helena — Petrus.
Van Voorhees, Jan and Jannitje — Abraham.
Nevius, Johannis and Catriena — Gerrit.
May 4. Hogelant, Christoffel and Sara — Ida.
Pouvvelse, Johannis and Harmje — Abraham.
Bennet, Johannis and Geertje — Annaetje. Witnesses: Ja-
kobus Van Duyn and wife Annaetje
18. Stout, Annaetje, wife of Samuel Stout — Abraham Leek, Jan
and Margrietje — Chrisstoffcl.
June 13. Perbesko, Jan and Dyna — 1;
Van Aersdalen, Ouke and Maria — Chrisstofrel.
29. Beerd, Willem and Elsje — Johannis.
Sutten, Catriena. wife of Hu Sutten — Jacop.
'ic Jan and Geertje — Marya.
Willemse, Wilhemus and Antje — Lena.
Voorhees, Agyas and Marya — Johannis.
July 13. Ten Broeck, Cornelias and Maregrieta — Eliesabet.
Kehaert, Tomas and Marya— Tomas.
27. Stryker, Pieter and Marya — Eliesabet.
Broka, Jan and Antje — Abraham.
Aug. 17. Vanderbilt, Nys and Sara — Saertje.
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Leek, Jakobus and Styntje — Grietja.
Voorhees, Ouke and Neeltje — Jakobus.
Wykhof, Jakobus and Catalyna — Janathe.
Voorhees, Abraham and Gerthe — Isack.
Oct. 19. Gulick, Samuel and \Maria— Tuenis.
Willemse, Jakobus and Maria — Ida.
Janse, Marten and Maria-Sara.
Kinne, Syme and Maria — Jakobus.
Schuerman, Fernandus and Neeltje — Neeltje.
Nov. 2. Van Dyk, Mattys and Neeltje — Neeltje.
Foord, Tomas and Catriena — Henderik.
17. Kertener, John Jurri and Maria — Hanna. Witnesses: Hen-
derick Deetloff, Bi -ver.
Voorhees, Aron and Maria— Ouke. Witness: Jan Voor-
hees.
Herreson, Henneri and Antje — Cornelus.
Dec. 25. Van Pelt, Aert and Sara — Jacop.
1756.
Jan. 11. Merrell, Roger and Sara — Sara.
25. Dehart, Cornelus and Mayke — Sara.
Coevert, Johannis and Maria — back.
Feb. 8. Skilman, Johannis and Antje — Jacop.
22. Speerling, Jan and Catryntje — Johannis Magiel.
Jansen, Pieter and Rebecka — Willem.
Van Sant, Wynant and Ragel — Sara.
Mar. 14. Van Kleek, Johannis and Grietje — Marya.
Van Deventer, Jacoubus and Elizabet — Jan.
Apr. 25. Ditmarse, Rem and Helena — Marritje.
Bennit, Jan and Annaetje — Johannis.
Hegeman, Jakobus and Eliesabet — Geertje.
Van I'.uren, Machiel and Jannitje — Ida. Witnesses: Daniel
Henderikse and wife Ida.
May 9. Bergen, Joris and Marya — Metje.
Willemse, Vbraham and Engelje— Dirck.
July 4. Van Leuwe, Nys and Ida — Frederick.
Bries, Jurrie and Catriena — Henderik.
Kror lerik and Eliesabet — Cornelus.
Kevins, Petrus and Marya — Cattelyntje.
Aug. 1. Bergen, Jacop and Grietje — Jacop.
15. Kroese, Dirck and Lybetje — Catriena.
Van 1'dt, 1'ieter and Marya — Neeltje.
Cortejou, Albert and Lena — Antje.
Terhuenen, Stefanus and Margrieta — Gerrit.
29. Corteljou, Henderick and Catriena — Johanna.
Tamsen, Aetsebel and Coba — Anna.
Van Noortwyk, Marten and Pieternel — Alksander.
Feler, Frederick and An Mari — Frederik.
Sept. 12. Wykhoff, Jacop and An: â– >nsyntje.
Stoothoff, Johannis and Sara — Sara.
Dehart, Gysbert and Jannetje — Wynant.
Nov.
28.
21.
Dec.
5-
i9-
1757-
Tan. 16.
Six-Mili' Run Church Baptisms, 1743-1805 131
Fyn, Jan and Antje — Antje.
26. Gulick, Jakobus and Marytje — Abraham.
Van Deventer, Abraham and Marya — Ferrenton.
Oct. 10. Groenendyke, Johannis and Sara — Johannis.
Gulick, Jochem and Cornelia — Jannitje.
24. Van Aersdalen, Ouke and Marya — Louwerens.
Van Aersdalen, Henderick — Henderick. Witness: Eliesa-
bet Delie.
Willemse, Jakobus and Marya — Marya.
Vander Veer, Jan and Sytje — Petrus.
Van Hengelen, Ouke and Elsje — Barent.
Schenk, Henderik and Helena — Aeltje.
■thoff, Jakus and Catlyna — Cornelus.
Blauw, Frederik and Marya — Marya.
Blauw, Willem and Margrietje — Marya.
Gulick, Joghorn and Rebekca — Eliesabet.
Hooms, Obadya and Marya — Johan
Hegeman, Sirnon and Aeltje — Maria.
Sitfen. /Vert and Jannitje — Jakobus.
Van Leuwe, Frederick and Marytje — Johannis.
Hogelant, Martynus and Femmitje — Ariejaentje.
Voorhees, Albert and Neeltje — Albert.
1 duwer, Josip and Antje — Pieter.
30. Voorhees, Jan and Anna — Rem.
Gerritse, Gerrit and Sara— Gerrit.
Van Cleef, Juryas and Ida — Juryas.
Feb. 20. Astursens( ?), Jakobus and Margrietje — Johannis.
Apr. — . Kinne, Syme and Grietje — Petrus.
Hegeman, Benjamin and Geertie — Arijaen.
Snedeker, Isack and Catriena — Marya.
Brown, And'w and Hannah — Hannah.
n Doom, Jan and Marya — Jan.
Jurcks, Pieter and Annaltje — Jannitje.
Quick, Tuenis and Lena — Femmitje.
May 1. Gulick, Samuel and Marin — Jochem.
15. Boerem, Nicklaes and Antje — Antje.
Stihvil, Josip and Peesjens — Neeltje.
30. Van de Water, Henderick and Eliesabet — Henderik.
June 30. Wykoff, Jakobus and Catlytje — ' iornelieus.
July 3. Polen, Samuel and Jackemyntje — Eliesabet.
Van Aersdalen, Gerrit anc : I -Helena.
Wykhoff, Symon and Aeltje — Eliesabet.
Van Waglom, Jan and Eliesabet — Marya.
Blau, Jan and Eliesabet — Dyna.
17. Van Arsdalen, Jurrie and Aeltje— Maregrietje.
mson, Abraham and Margriteje — Abraham,
lis, Pieter and Eliesabet — Marytie.
Aug. 21. Van Voorhees, Lucas and Neeltje — Anna.
Hagelant, Chrisstoffel and Sara— Jannetje.
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Van Aersdalen, Cornelieus and Catlyntje — Cornelus.
Sept. 4. Terhunen, Albert and Maria — Jan.
Foordt, Tomas and Catriena — Tomas.
Oct. 1. Van Aarsdalen, Gerrit and Ariaenje — Lena.
23. Gerritse, Samuel and jannetje— Johannis ; Lucas.
Voorhees, Koert — Jan.
Hikbie, Eliesa and Catriena — Obadia. Witness: Henderik
Stols.
Nov. 6. Hogelent, Dirck and Marta — Willem.
2o(?). Sedam, Petrus and Femmitje — Ryk.
Terhunen, Steven and Margrietje — Willem.
Quick, Abraham and Matje — Jackmyntje.
Van Dyk, Jan and Gerritje — Jannitje.
Dec. 4. Voorhees, Isaac and Helena Barkelow — David.
Vandorn, Willem and Catlintje — Christean.
Golder, Nicholas and Maria — Abraham.
\\ illemsen, Willem and Angenietye — Willem.
Broca, Jafi and Magdalena — Jan.
Grigs, Barent and Jackemmtye — Ferdenandus.
18. Voorhees, Abraham and Geertje — Nellje.
[To be Continued]
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HILLSBOROUGH (MILLSTONE) REFORMED CHURCH
BAPTISMS
BY THE PASTOR, REV. JOHN NEANDER
[Continued from :'ol. VII, />. 309]
1807.
Nov. 29. Cornell, Albert and Allie Van Arsdale — Barent, b. Oct. 7.
Dec. 6. Van Buren, Peter and Elsie — Elizabeth, b. Aug. 19.
1808.
Jan. 10. Wichoff, Garret S. and Rachel Croxson — Jacob Bevier, b.
Nov. 26, 1807.
24. Garetson, Stephen and Nellie Van Nuys — James, b. Dec. 15,
1807.
Feb. 28. Schuremen, John and Julia Ann Conover — Loisa Mercer, b.
Dec. 4, 1807.
Staats, Frederick and Elizabeth Schenk — Mary Ann, b. Feb.
13-
Mar. 6. Sutphen, John and Altie Terhune — Roolif Terhune, b. Jan. 15.
13. Brokaw, Isaac and Polly Field — Phoebe Field, b. Dec. 29,
J 807.
27. Cornell, Joseph and Jane Van Nuys — Peter, b. Feb. 21.
Apr. 3. Hagamin, James and Ann Van Cleff — Garret Van Cleff, b.
25.
Van Nuys, and Lucy Brokaw — Peter, b. Feb. 7.
May 8. Schenk, Martin and Henrieta Van Linderen — Ulpian Van
Linderen, b. Mar. 14.
Hillsborough (Millstone) Reformed Church Baptisms 133
Dittnars, Abraham and Cornellia Stryker — Cornellia, b. Apt. 3.
Thompson, Peter and Polly Bevier — Ezekial Allison, b. Apr. 8.
<~*Aug. 12. Williamson, Peter and Mariah Nevius — Phoebe^ b. July 3.
Oct. 2. Vroom, George and Williampe Arsdalen — Peter, b. Aug. 19.
Broach, John and Gertrude Lott — Henrieta, b. Sept. 1.
16. Auten, John and Mariah Probasco — Elizabeth Auten, b. Oct.
1809.
Jan. 22. Voorhees, Abraham D. and Sarah— Jacob Van Nest, b. Dec.
13, 1808.
Feb. 12. Lewis, Peter and Elizabeth Latourette — William, b. Sept. 20,
1799; David, b. March 21 , 1802; John, b. Oct. 27, 1804;
:1 Lat( unite, b. Jan. 21, 1807; Frederick Freling-
huysen, b. Nov. 8. 1808.
Apr. 16. Wyckorf and Catherine — Mariah Van Duyn, b. Jan. 22.
Flagg, Jacob and Catherine — Henry, b. Feb. 22.
Cornell. Albert and Aullie Van Arsdale — Peter Cortelyou, b.
Feb. — .
Smith, Adam and Katherme Van Zant — Benjamin, b. Feb. 4.
Merrill, William and Mary— Ann Frelinghuysen, b. Mar. 4.
30. Nevius, John and Judith Verbruyck— John, b. Mar. 21.
June Voorhees, Gerardus and Mary Quick — James, b. May .13.
July Garreison, Albert and Margret Conover — Garrit.
Sedam, Ryke and Fianah Smith — Isaac, b. June 6.
Bennet, John and Ida Waldron — Mariah, b. Aug. 28, 1808.
Smith. Peter and Rebecca Flagg — (Child's name not given).
Polhemus, Abraham and Elizabeth Stryker — Peter Stryker, b.
. ug. 19, 1808.
Garretson, Peter and Polhemus — John Schuremen.
Dec. 3. Hagamin, James and Ann Van Cleft" — Jane Ann, b. Nov. 1.
koff, (No further entry).
Bro ' tac and Phebe Field — Henry Cornell, b. Oct. 2.
â–
Jan. 21. Ditmars, Abraham and Cornelia Stryker— Cornelius, b. Nov.
17, 1809.
Feb. 18. Auten, John and Cornelia Probasco — [Child's name not
given].
Mar. 11. Williamson, Peter and Mariah Nevius — Jor Bainbridge, b.
1 i 18.
Blau, John and Catherine Van Zant — Peter.
May 13. Van Nostrand, John and Mariah Brokaw — Cornellis Stryker,
b. Feb. 23.
Staats, Peter and Altie Cornell — Lamachie, b. Nov. 2, 1809.
Talmadge, David — Sarah, b. Mar. 12.
Thompson, Peter and ier — Rebecca, b. Feb. 22.
Van Cleft. William and Mary Wortman — Peter Wortman, b.-
Apr.
Van Nostrand, Christopher and Elezabeth French— John, b.
Feb. 6.
Hoagland, Luke and Sophia Auten — Isaac Voorhees, b. Mar.
10.
July
i.
Aug.
5-
12.
Sept.
2.
Nov.
4-
Dec.
24.
181
I.
May
9-
19-
26.
134 Somerset County Historical Quarterly
Van I Albert an. h Wyckoff — Hannah Margaret,
b. May 8.
Barcklow, Feranton and Hannah Benton Hannah, b. June 6.
Van Nuys, John and Loisa 1'rokaw— Jacob, b. Apr. 20.
Cooper, William and Jane Baird — Thoi i -r, b. Aug. 9.
Cornell, Joseph and Jane Van Nuys — Ellen, b. Oct. 3.
Staals, Henricke and Elizabeth Schenk — Peter Staats, b. Oct.
27.
Nevius, John J. and Judith Van Bryck — Cornellius Lane, b
Mar. [6.
Prawl, Aaron and Jane Van Sa\ — Winchy, b. Feb. 10.
LeRoe, Cornelius D and Phoebe Lott — Mary Eliza, b. May 9.
Hoagland, William and Jane Van Derveer — Margaret Van
DerVeer, b. Apr. 5.
Sutphen, lohn and Ulatta Terhr.ne — Margaret Adline, b. Mar.
29.
June 16. Vreedenburg, Peter and Mariah Van Dorn — Sarah Van
Doren, b. Apr. 15.
Staats, John and Mary Veghte — Mary, b. Feb. 23.
July 7. Hagamen, James and Ann — Wilmine, b. June 9.
Terhune, Rulyph and Sarah — Dinah, b. May 22.
Sept. 22. Wyckoff, John M. and Mena Voorhees — James Veghte, b.
Aug. 23.
Oct. 15. Wyckoff, Garret and Rachel — Rachel, b. Sept. 3.
Garretson, Court and Peggy Covenhoven — (Child's name not
entered), b. Sept. 3.
22. Sedam, Ryke and Sarah Waldron — John Waldron, b. May 20.
Dec. 22. Mend, William and Mary — John Van Ars Dalen, b. Nov. 25.
Strvkcr, Peter and Hannah Van Dvne — Isaac, b. Nov. 27.
1812.
Jan. 5. Staats, Peter, Jr., and Catherine — Jan , hees.
12. Williamson, William and Sarah Dun — Ann, b. Dec. 2, 181 1.
26. Ditmars, William and Cornellia Strvker — John, b. Dec. 12,
1811.
Auten, John and Cornellia Probazco — Frederick, b. Nov. 2,
1811.
Feb. ' — . Bainbridge, Nicklos and Anna Cornell — John, b. Dec. 5,
1811.
Mar. 22. Stryker, Peter — Cyrannus Thompson, b. Jan. 20.
—— Williamson. Peter and Nevius — William, b. Feb. 13.
29. Van Zant, John ami Elizabeth Smith -John. b. Jan. 2.
Apr. 3. Thompson, James and Mariah Stryker — Peter, b. Jan. 17.
Van Nostrand, John and Sail rh — John, b. Jan. 16.
May 24. Van Nuys, John and Lucy lirokaw — Ellen, b. Aug. 23, 1811.
Garretson, Peter and Elizabeth Polhemus— Magdalen, b. May
27.
Voorhc<\s, William and Sarah Flagg — Sarah Ann, b. Feb. 23.
June 28. Blau, John and Catherine Van Nest — John, b. Apr. 19.
Van Dorn, William and Dorcas Stryker — Catherine, b. Apr. 4.
Hillsborough (Millstone) Reformed Church Baptisms 135
July 3. Broack, John and Tilly Broach— John, b. Apr. 23.
26. Staats, John and Elizabeth Schenk — Mariah, b. June 10.
Oct. 10. Hoagland, William and Catherine Smith— Elizabeth, b. Sept.
10.
Genoa, Isreal and Jimimy Hoagland — John S. ; Sarah Ann
(twins), b. Aug. 4.
iac, William D. and Margaret Ditmars — William Mc.
DeVale, b. Aug. 23.
17. Cornell. Albert and Aully Van Arsdale — Catherine Ellen, b.
Aug. 21.
Nov. 22. Brokaw, William and Mariah Stryker — Isaac, b. Sept. 10.
Dec. 20. Barcklow, Farrington and Hannah Benton — Mariah, b. Nov.
19-
1813.
Feb. Voorhees, Gerardus and Mariah Quick — Ann Mariah, b. Dec.
j. 1812.
Hoagland, Cornellius and Mary Brokaw — John Van Dorn, b.
6, 1812.
Apr. 4. Hart, James and Mariah D!t[mars?] — Mariah Ann, b. June
12, 1812.
11. Wyckoff, Garret and Rachel Covenhoven — Gerrit, b. Dec.
17, 1812.
18. Cornell, Ralph and Jane Van Nuys — Lety, b. March 18.
Baird, Abraham S. and Sarah Maxum— William, b. May 28,
1810; John, b. June 5, 1811 ; Margaret Ursula, b. Dec.
25, 1812.
May 17. Brokaw, Henry and Sarah Van Muellen — Henrietta, b. Feb. 9.
24. Bennett, John and i nith — Henry, b. March 16, 1811.
Van Nostrand, Christopher and Elizabeth French — Mary Ann,
b. Apr. 6.
Stryker, John and Caty Smith — John, b. March 30.
Hoagland, William F.
lerveer, Laura — Laura Voorhees, b. Apr. 6.
Vreedenburg, Peter and Mariah Van Doren — Ralph Van
Doren. b. May 17.
Terhune, Rulyph and Sarah Van Doren — Anna, b. July 6.
Frelinghuisen, Fred and Jane Dumont — Susan, b. June 16.
Hagamen, James and Ann Van Cleff — Henry, b. May 27.
Thompson, Genet.
Auten. John and Cornellia Probasco — Sophia Ann, b. May 19.
Philips, Nathienal and Mary Bainbridge — John L. Zabriskie,
b. Sept. 4.
Cornell, Peter and Elizebeth Van Doren — Catherine Ann, b.
Sept. 26.
Staats, John and Mary Veghten — Peter, b. Sept. 4.
Wyckoff. John M. and Mariah Voorhees — Mary Ann, b. Nov.
5-
Disborough, John and Sarah Van Mater — Gilbert, b. Sept. 24.
Thompson, Cyrennus, and Mary Christopher — John, b. July
27, 1813.
July
23-
Aug.
8.
Sept.
5-
Oct.
26.
16.
23-
Nov.
Dec.
2.
18.
26.
1814.
Jan. 22.
13^ Somerset County Historical Quarterly
Van Der Veer, John and Magdalen Staats — Abraham Staats,
b. Oct. 4, 1813.
Staats, Peter and Catherine Voorhees — John, b. Nov. 19, 181 3.
29. Nuis, Christopher and Sarah Stryker — Mina, b. Nov. 27, 1813.
and Mariah Stryker — Eliza Mariah, b. Sept. 27, 1813.
Cornell, William and Lydia Stryker — Barent, b. Dec. 2, 1813.
""-Feb. 27. Williamson, Peter and Mariah Nevius — Peter Staats, b.
' Jan. 3.
Apr. 23. Munson, Abraham and Agey Hoagland— Matilda, b. Feb. 6.
May 1. Ditmars, John and Margaret Curshon — John, b. Feb. 27.
Bainbridge, Nichlos and Amy Cornell — Sarah Ann, b. Feb. — .
22. Disborough, Daniel and Matilda Van Liew — Matilda, b.
Apr. 6.
Hatagh [Hartough], John and Laura Van Dine — John, b.
Feb. 11.
29. Van Clief , Unius and Elizabeth Roberts — Mary, b. Apr. 5.
Henryson, Peter and Polly Brewer — Matilda, b. July 29.
Van Clief, Franc and Mary Van Clief — John, b. Apr. 6.
June 5. Voorhees, William and Auliche Van Dorn— Ellen, b. Sept. 12,
1813.
Blau, John and Catherine Van Zandt — Abraham, b. Oct. 12,
1813.
Bennet, John and Elizebeth Cavalier — Abigail Jackson, b.
Dec. 17, 1812; Mary Ann, b. Sept. 11, 1810.
July — . Ditmars, John and Betty Staats — Peter, b. May 25.
_— - - Van Clief. Lawrence and Mary Smith — Abraham, b. Feb. 8,
181 1 ; Mary Smith, b. June 8, 1814.
Aug. 7. Van Nostrand, John ah Van Arsdale — Catherine, b.
May 25.
14. Smith, Peter and Rebecca Flagg — Jael-Hery (?), b. May 15.
21. Davis, Abraham and Lea Holinshead — Thomas, b. July 20.
Sept. 2. Brant, Christopher and Rachel Drake — Elizabeth, b. July 5.
12. Van Clief, Elias and jane Wilson— Margaret Wilson, b. Feb.
II.
Oct. 22. Hoagland, Lucius and Sophia Auten — Mariah.
29. Freylinghuisen, Frederick and Jane Dumond — Gertrude Ann,
b. Sept. 20.
Baker, Matthew and Eliezebeth Van Dyne — William, b. June
26.
Nov. 6. Ditmars, Abraham .aid Cornelia Stryker — Gerrit, b. Sept. 13.
«. Dec. 18. Staats, John and Mary Vechten — Pheby, b. Nov. 3.
Christopher, Cornellius and Mary Marshall — Letty Mariah, b.
Aug, 24.
Staats, Abraham and Mariah Bergen — Abraham, b. Nov. 4.
1815.
Apr. 2. Hoagland, Cornellius and Mary Brokaw — Grace Brokaw, b.
Feb. 24, 181 5.
16. Stryker, Lyman and Mary Van Deventer — Henry Benniger
Veghten, b. June 18.
Van Zandt, John and Elizebeth Smith — Ammy Sels, b. Jan. 12.
Reading ton Church Baptisms from 1/20 137
Garretson, Garret and Getty Wyckoff — Magdalen, b. March 9.
Hageman, James A. and Ann Van Clief — Uriah Van Clief,
b. March 5.
Mechisch, William and Ann Van Clief — Peter Ditmars, b.
Nov. 27, 1 814.
Hoagland, William and Catherine Smith — Magdalen Voor-
hees, b. Feb. 10.
Apr. 23. Stryker, John and Ann Brokaw — John, b. Mar. 24.
Thomas, Samuel and Mariah Brokaw — Gertrude, b. Mar. 9.
Merril, William and Maria Van Arsdalen — Maria, b. Mar. 19.
May 21. Vreedenburgh, Peter and Mariah Van Doren — Margaret
Schurmen, b. Mar. 8.
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READINGTON CHURCH BAPTISMS FROM 1720
BY THE PASTOR, REV. B. V. D. WYCKOFF
[Concluded from Page 74]
1828.
Jan. 6. Guilds, John and Jane McKinney — John MacKinney.
13. Low, Jacob and Phebe Kershow— Eliza Ann. (B. Oct. 9,
1827).
23. Cole, Abraham and Elenah Schamp — Mary Ann. (B. Sept.
22, 1827).
Emmons, Abraham and Elenah Cole — Sarah Ann. (B. Mar.
31, 1827).
Van Sickle, Peter and Margaret Hope — John. (B. Feb, 26,
1827).
Feb. 17. Wyckoff, John and Leah Van Vleet— Gitty Maria. (B. Oct.
28, 1827).
Nevius, Minne and Maria. (B. Dec. 13, 1827).
Apr. 6. Thompson, John and Sarah Emmons — Andrew. (B. Mar.
5)-
13. Swackhammer, Ruliff and Mary Schamp — Ann Wyckoff. (B.
Dec. 7, 1827).
Van Derveer, John and Maria Dafly — John. (B. Aug. 6,
1827).
Van Sickle, Aaron and Eleanor Orr — Jane. (B. Aug. 29).
Van Vleet, John and Ann Emmons — Peter. (B. Nov. 13,
1827).
12. Schamp, George A. and Catharine Wyckoff — Peter. (B. Feb.
20, 1827).
2"j. Tenbroeck, Peter and Catharine Emmons — Sarah. (B. Nov.
io, 1826).
May 18. Schamp, David P. and Esther Lowe — Margaret. (B. Dec.
4, 1827).
Schenck, Israel and Catherine Guhck — Elenor. (B. Jan.
29).
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Thompson, Andrew and Susanna Lane — Andrew. (B. Aug.
29, 1827).
June 1. Van Camp, Thomas and Phebe Van Vleet — John. (B. Sept.
20, 1827).
15. Hageman, Andrew and Anne Hoagland — John. (B. Mar.
24).
Stout, Thomas and Eliza Lane — John Wyckoff. (B. Apr. 27).
July 6. Hixon, James and Mary Tuttle — George. (B. May 19).
Schomp, Peter G. and Catharine Kline — Elizabeth. (B. Dec.
10, 1827).
20. Hall, Dennis and Maria Van Horn — William. (B. Jan. 2j).
Mattis, Garret and Catharine Dafly — John. (B. May 21).
Rose. Isaac and Ann Deatsworth — John. (B. May 15).
Aug. 3. Mitchel, Ditmars and Sarah Mattis — Martha Anne. (B. Jan.
30-
Voorhees, Cortland and Jane Phk-reboam — Rebecca. (B. Feb.
17)-
17. Coruine, Richard and Gertrude Stotehoff — Samuel. (B. May
26).
Sept. 7. Vroom, Peter and Sophia Ditmars — Martha. (B. June 4).
14. Pumyea, Peter and Catharine S. Strvker — Luther. (B. June
K
Cox, Edward and Mary Tenbroeck — Arthur Sutphin. (B.
Feb. 12).
Kinney, Peter and Margaret Hoppock — Andrew. (B. Nov.
24, 1827).
Mettler, Levi and Amy Baker — Isaac Voorhees. (B. Apr.
28).
Oct. 5. Vossler, Jacob and Margaret Van Fleet — Elias. (B. Sept. 3).
11. Shirts, Henry and Mary Kinney — Elizabeth. (B. June 18,
1827).
Carkhuff, Jacob Q. and Catharine Cole — Elizabeth. (B. June
19)-
Ten Eycke, Stephen and Mary Lane — Catharine Maria. (B.
July'i5)-
Cole, David and Agnes Cutter — David. (B. May 14).
Corzine, Cornelius and Sarah Wyckoff — Mary Elizabeth. (B.
ig. 28).
Jenning, William and Gertrude Wyckoff — Henry Wyckoff.
(B. Apr. -).
Nov. 30. Voorhees, John and Mary S. Miller — -Addison. (B. Aug. 26).
merman, Henry and Mary Sutphin— Mary Elizabeth. (B.
Sept. 231.
Dec. 7. Wyckoff, Albert and Hannah Schamp — Peter Schamp. (B.
Aug. 26).
14. Clickenger, Abraham and Margaret Bertron — Margaret Ma-
ria. (B. Jan. 12).
Morehead, John, Jr., and Sophia Van Doren — Joanna. (B.
Apr. 21 I .
Readington Church Baptisms from 1720 139
21. Latourette, Garret and Hannah Thompson — John. (B. June
20).
25. Van Liew, John and Ann M. Woodruff — Cornelius. (B.
^ Aug. 18).
Hall, Isaac and Eliza Ann Hagerman — John. (B. Oct. 10).
Sutphin, John and Phebe Vossler — Phebe Maria. (B. Oct.
1829.
Apr. 5. Schamp, David and Eliza Ditmars — Sarah Jane.
12. Davis, George and Sarah Cole — Emily Ann. (B. Sept. 23,
1828).
Van Doren, Jacob and Martha Lane — Catharine. (B. Nov.
8, 1828).
May - — . Van Doren, Joseph and Ellen Van Vleet — Abraham. (B.
Aug. 28, 1828).
Brokavv, Bergun and Ann Van Vleet — Maria. (B. Feb. 16).
Wyckoff, Dennis, Jr., and Martha Dow — Mary Low. (B. July
^ 2, 1828).
hammer, John and Ann Ten Eyck — Mary Elizabeth.
( B. Jan. 24)..
Ten Eyck, John and Margaret Risler — Mary Elizabeth. (B.
:r. 28).
Lane, Aaron and Margaret Hammer — Sarah Maria. (B.
Mar. 5).
17. Cole, David and Jane Hall — John. (B. Mar. 25).
24. Lane. John and Mary Ann Hageman — Cornelius. (B. 1828).
June 14. Kinney, Peter and Marg. Hoppock — John Hoppock. (B. Mar.
8).
Lane, Andrew and Ellen Emmons — Gilbert. (B. Nov. 29,
•8).
19. Cole, Christopher and Mary Biggs — Charlotte. (B. Oct. 4,
1828).
July 12. Wyckoff, Tunis and Ann Vossler — Luke Vossler. (B. Mar.
23).
Cox, Henry and Sophia Ditmars — John. ( B. Mar. 11).
Van Nuys, Peter and Catharine Quick — Catharine. (B. May
23)-
Quimby, josiah and Margaret Dally — -Margaret. (B. Mar.
5)-
Brokaw, Peter and Catharine Kershow — Rachel. (B. May
18).
Aug. 2. Dally, George and Mary Ann Carkuff— Catharine Jane. (B.
May 22).
Carkuff, Enoch and Julia Ann Dafly — John Dally. (B. Nov.
26, 1828).
16. Johnson. Abram and Elizabeth Sutphin — Alary Ellen. (B,
May 2 |.
23. Burnhart. Henry and Maria D. Smock — Abraham. (B. Oct.
17, 1828).
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Van Derveer, Michael and Ann Maria Ten Eycke — Cornelius.
(B. June 21 ).
Alpaugh, Morris and , — Peter. (B. June 13).
Oct. 4. Vroom, Richard and Eleanor Van Vleet — Henry. (B. June
9)-
Dec. 14. Ammerman, James and Catharine Schenck — John Schenck.
(B. Oct. 6).
Wyckoff, John M. and Leah Van Vleet— John Van Vleet. (B.
Oct. 30).
1830.
Jan. 3. Mattis, Garret and Catharine Dally — Martha Dally. (B.Nov.
5, 1829).
Thompson, John and Sarah Emmons — Peter. (B. Sept. 2,
1829).
10. Emmons, Gilbert L. and Tudith Lowe — Abratn. (B. June 23,
1829).
Dally, Tunis. (Adult?).
Mar. 7. Lowe, Jacob and Phebe Kershow — Rachel Maria. (B. Sept.
2j, 1829).
Van Vleet. Aaron. (Adult?).
Apr. 8. Brokaw, John and Elizabeth Lane — John. (B. Dec. 31, 1829).
Wyckoff, Jacob W. and Elizabeth Huffman — Mary. (B. Sept.
30. 1829).
May 1. Hudnut, Elijah and Sarah Thompson — Abram Stout. (B.
Apr. 23).
July 4. Orr, Jacob and Margaret Hall — Elizabeth. (B. Jan. 31).
Swackhammer, Ruliff and Mary Schamp — Eliza. (B. Mar.
23)-
Rose, Isaac and , — Mary Ellen. (B. Feb. 21).
Corzine, Cornelius and Wyckoff — Henry Wyckoff.
(B. May 12).
Powelson, Peter and Juletta Gray — Mary. (B. June 15).
Vroom, Peter and Sophia Ditmars — George. (B. June 9).
Van Sickle, Margaret Hope (widow of Peter) — Peter. (B.
Jan. 3).
Hall, Isaac and , — William Henry. (B. Apr. 2).
" Hall, John D. and Gertrude M. Carkhuff— David. (B. Dec.
2i, 1829).
Shirts. Henry and , — Peter Bennet. (B. Sept. II,
1829).
Oct. 3. Lane, Aaron and Catharine Hammer — John. (B. July 26).
Hall, Dennis and Maria Van Horn — Ellen. (B. Aug. 4).
Bunn. Leonard and Catharine Hall — Ann F.liza. _(B. July 18).
rtland and Jane Vlerebome — Emmeline. (B. Feb.
13)-
Lowe, Peter B. and Harriet Van Horn — Phebe Elizabeth. (B.
May 27
Dally, John and Elizabeth Hall — William Henry. (B. Aug.
16).
Cole, Ezekiel I. and Gitty Berger — Peter. (B. Apr. 12).
Readington Church Baptisms from. 1720 141
Ammerman, Henry and Marv Sutphen — Mary Elizabeth. (B.
â– ^r- 17)-
Schamp, George A. and Catharine Wyekoff — Margaret Eletta.
(B. June 23).
Van Vleet, Aaron and Lannen — Sarah Ann.
10. Mattis, Eliza Dafly (wife of John).
Newel, Margaret. (Adult).
31. Kevins, Minne and , — Frederick Stoothoff. (B. Sept.
Nov. 7. \ an Sickle, Aaron and Ellen Orr — Mary. (B. Aug. 31).
Brokaw, William and Eleanor Ditmars — Jane. (B. Aug. 9).
Thompson, Andrew and Susannah Lane — Eleanor. V B. Mar.
30).
Dec. 5. Vossler, Jacob and Margaret Van Fleet— Henry Van Fleet.
(B. Oct. 13).
S] ace, Conrad and Maria Teneyck — Eliza. ( B. July 24).
1831.
Mar. 13. Van Camp, Thomas and Phebe — Jane Maria. (B. Feb. 20,
(30)-
Thompson, Joseph and Ann Post — John. (B. Oct. 14, 1830).
John D. and Jane Van Cleef — Margaret. (B. Jan. 21).
Apr. 3. Pumyea, Peter and Catharine S. Stryker— Theodore. ( B.
Nov. 27, 18
Lattourrette, Garret and Hannah Thompson — Sarah Moor-
head. (B. Dec. 2, 1830).
Groenendyck. Daniel and , — Mary Ann.
May I. Lane, Andrew C. and Elenor Emmons — Elizabeth. (B.
Jan. 9).
Tenbroeck, Peter and Catharine Emmons — Margaretta. (B.
Nov. 13, 1830).
Cox, Henry and Sophia Ditmars †” Cornelius Tunison. (B.
v. 2, 1830).
14. Van Liew, John and Ann M. Woodruff — Maria Louisa. (B.
Jan. 31).
Mettler, Levi and Amy Baker — Levi Byron. ( B. Aug. 24,
1830).
Schamp, David and Esther Lowe — John. (B. Dec. 28, 1830).
June 5. Dilley, Jacob J. and Eliza Sullivan — Peter. (B. Mar. 29).
Wyekoff, Albert and Hannah Schamp — Eliza Ann. (B. Feb.
16).
Alpaugh, Morris and Elizabeth Kinney — Phillip. (B. June
16, 1830).
Carkhuff, Enoch and Julia Ann Daily— Phillip. (B. Mar. 7).
Dally, George and Mary Ann Carkhuff — Ann Maria. (B.
Jan. 15).
Cole, David A. and Jane Hall— Catharine Hellenah. (B. Feb.
23)-
Kinney, Peter and Margaret Hoppock — Peter. (B. Jan. 21).
j u ]y — . Van Fleet, John and Mary Ann Emmons — Catharine. (B.
Nov. 27, 1830).
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Carkhuri', Jacob Q. and Catharine Cole — Sarah Jane. (B. Apr.
12).
Mattis, Garrit and Catharine Daily — William. (B. Mar. 13).
Hagens, Jasper and Catharine Mattis — Maria Mattis. (B.
Dec. ) 4, [830).
Burnhart, Henrj and Maria Smock- — Catharine. (B. Feb. 25,
1830) .
Sept. 4. Schenck, Israel and Catharine Gulick — -Henry. (B. Jan. 2).
Emmon ilbert L. and Judah Lowe — Mary Ann. (B. June
11).
Schamp, Peter G. and Catharine Kline — Caroline. ( B. Mar.
Cole, David O. and Agnes Cutter — Margetty Jane. (B. Nov.i
18, 1830).
Oct. 3. Hear), William and Mary Vanaulen — William. I B. May 9).
WyckofF, Tunis and Ann Vossler — Sarah Ellen. (B. May
29).
Guild, John and Jane — Susan Elizabeth. (B. June 16).
Mattis, John and Eliza Dally — Catharine. (B. May 13).
nhart, John S. and Ann Smock — Ellen Bennet. (B. May
18).
8. Swackhammer, John and Ann Teneyck — Ellen Louisa. (B.
July 3)-
Van Doren, Judy Ann. (Adull I
Van Doren, Margetty. (Adult).
Prosi. Sarah Dally (wife of Richar
Garrabrant, and Newel — Cornelius.
Nov. 6. Johnson, Abraham H. and Eliz,-' bin — Elizabeth Ann.
(B.July 9).
:koff, Jacob W. and Elizabeth Huffman — Ann Elizabeth.
(B. Sept. 16).
Dally, William and Elizabeth Dally — Cornelius. (B. May 29).
1832.
Mar. 4. Dills, Daniel and Catharine Van Camp — Aletta. (B. Oct. 3,
: 'lied Oct. 22, 18
Thompson, Joseph and 1st — Henry Post. (B. Nov. 30,
1831).
Lowe, Jacob and Phebe Kershow — Catharine. (B. Sept. 20,
1831)-
1 eneyck. Stephen and , — Abraham
Apr. 1 Lane, John C. and Mary Ann Hageman — Andrew. (B. Dec.
5. i8. ;
Davis, George and Sarah Cole — Sarah Jane. (B. Oct. 30,
1831).
Lane, Aaron, Jr., and Catherine Hammer — Henry. (B. Dec.
14, 1831).
and , — Cornelius Nevius. (B. Dec. 2, 1831).
May 6. Kershow, Jacob and Elizabeth Demoot — Margaret. (B. Mar.
Daflv, Nicholas and Catharine Demoot — Sarah. (B. Nov. 6,
1831)-
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Readington Church Baptisms from 1720 143
Spader, James V. and Emma — William Vanderveer. (B. Nov.
21, 1831).
June 3. Cole, Ezekiel T. and Gitty Berger— George. (B. Mar. 26).
and , —Magdalen Van Horn. (B. Feb. 22).
and , —Jacob Witlock. (B. Apr. 9).
and , — Catharine Elizabeth Robbins. (B. Aug.
4, 183U.
Aug. 14. Bergetv^***®^ and Margaret Daily— Jacob.
Sept. — . Kershow, Jacob and Margaret Brokaw— Abraham Stout. (B.
Apr. 29).
Burnhart, Henry and Maria Smock — Cornelius Smock. (B.
Apr. 14).
Hall, John D. and Gertrude M. Carkhutf— Asher Bartin. (B.
Dec. 10, 1831).
' Hall, Isaac and Eliza Ann Hageman — Isaac Hageman. (B.
June 15).
Oct. 7. Van Derveer, Michael and Anna Maria Teneyck — Sarah Re-
becca. ( B. July 5).
Berkaw, Peter and Catharine Kershow — John WyckofT. (B.
July 27).
Davis, Bergen and Ann Messier — Abraham. (P.. June n).
Berkaw, Bergen and Ann Van Vleet — Susan. (B. Oct. 9,
1830).
ut, Thomas and Eliza Lane — Abraham Praul. (B. Aug.
5)
14. Hoagland, John S. (Adult).
Van Vleet, Ann Lowe (wife of Aaron •
Van Horn, Mary Thompson (wife of James).
Dec. 2. Groenendyck, Daniel and , — Sarah Nevius.
and , — John. (B. Oct. 4).
1833-
Jan. 6. Post, John D. and Jane Van Cleef— Henry. (B. Oct. 31,
1832).
Kinney, Peter and Margaret Hoppock — Harriet. (B. Oct.
14, 1832).
Shirts, Henry and Mary Kinney — Aletta. (B. Aug. 10, 1832).
Voorhees, John P. and Magdalen Garretson — Samuel.
Feb. 3. Van Nuys, Peter and Catharine Quick — Garret. (B. Nov.
14, 1832).
Alpaugh, Morris and Elizabeth Kinney — Mary Shirts. (B.
May 12, 1832).
Apr. 7. v Hall, Jacob and Judy Hoagland — Hellenah Maria. (B. Jan.
7)-
Pumvea, Peter and Catharine S. — Sarah Ellen. (B. Nov. 22,
1832).
Schomp, George A. and Catharine — Ann. (B. Jan. 4).
Mettler, Levi and , — Caroline. (B. Dec. 24, 1832).
Cox, Henry and , — Gertrude Ann. (B. Feb. 6).
Dally, John. (Adult).
Dally, Maria. (Adult).
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May 5. Ammerman, Henry and Maria Sutphin— William Henry. (B.
Jan. 12).
Voorhees, John H. and Maria Kershaw — Peter Nevius. (B.
Feb. 8).*
June 2. Van Sickle, Aaron and Elen Orr — Sarah. (B. Oct. 17, 1832).
Lane, Andrew C. and Elen Emmons — Judy. (B. Jan. 10).
July 14. s Cole, David S. and Jane Hall — Abraham. (B. May 10).
Dallcy, George and Mary Ann CarkuiT — Jacob. (B. Feb. 27).
Yauger, and Huyler— John.
Lutes, Fred and Sarah Cole— Mary. (B. Sept. 21, 1823);
William. (B. Jan. 2, 1828).
Aug. 4. Dilley, Jacob and Eliza — Rebecca Johnson. (B. Apr. 5).
Johnston, John J. and Eli- k — Washington Scott. (B.
Jan. 9).
Swackhammer, John and Ann Teneyck — Angelina. (B. Apr.
27).
Sept. !. Burnhart, Stryker and Ann Smock— Peter. (B. Sept. 18,
1832).
Hageman. Andrew and Ann Hoagland — Elsey Elizabeth. (B.
Prost, Richard and Sarah Dalley — Ellen Van Sickle. (B. May
30).
Cole. David O. and Agnes Cutter — Elijah. (B. Feb. 14).
Oct. 6. Dalley, William and Elizabeth Latourette — Henry. (B. July
Dilts, Daniel and Catharine "Van Camp — Cornelius Van Camp.
B. July 24).
Johi br'm H. and Elizabeth Sutphin — Phebe Sutphin.
(B. Aug. 22).
Newman, Jonathan (grandson of Elizabeth Post). (B. June
25, 1829).
Thompson, John and Sarah Emmons — Gilbert Emmons. (B.
June is).
1834.
Jan. — . Lutes, Frederick and Cole — John Housel. (B. Nov.
19, 1833).
Dally, Hannah Merlatt (wife of W. Dally).
Feb. 2. Stryker. Christopher and Gitty Maria Hoagland — Dennis. (B.
.. 1833)-
Hammer, John and Catharine P. Stryker — David Vail.
Emmons, Gilbert L. and Judy Lowe — Jane Quick. (B. Oct.
25. 1833).
Teneyck, Joseph S. and Marv Lane — Sarah Ann. (B. Aug.
26, 1833).
Mar. — . Voorhees, Cortland (wife, Jane Vlerebome, dec'd)— Jane. (B.
833)-
Lane, Aaron and Catharine Hammer — Peter. (B. Dec. 20,
1833)-
Apr. 6. Thompson, Joseph and Ann Post — Abraham (B. Dec. 30,
i833)-
Readington Church Baptisms from 1720 145
Vrooni, Richard and Eleanor Van Vleet — Susannah Ann. (B.
Jan. 30).
Dalley, Nicholas and Catharine Demoot — Julius.
May 5. Brokaw, John and Elizabeth Lane— Jane." (B. Dec. 24, 1833)
Schenck, Israel and Catharine Gulick — Margaret. (B. Jan
11).
Kershow, Jacob and Elizabeth Wyckoff — Gilbert Lane. (B
P"eb. 9).
— - Orr, Jacob and Margaret Hall— Ellen Wyckoff. (B. Nov
14. 1833).
Carkhuff, Jacob Q. and Catharine Cole — Philip. (B. Jan. 2)
and , — Simon Wyckoff. (B. Feb. 1).
June 7. Van Liew, John and Ann M. Woodruff— John Newton. (B
Jan. 30).
Teneyck, John C. and Margaret Risler — Peter. (B. Nov. 5,
1833)-
ssler, Jacob and Margaret Van Vleet — Jacob Theodore. (B.
Feb. 25).
Nimaster, Henry and Hannah Dillev — Catharine Maria. ( B.
Dec. 8, 1833).
Wyckoff, Peter C. and Maria Lowe — Tohn Newton. (B. Dec.
"16, 1833).
Hall, Isaac and Eliza Ann Hageman — Dennis. (B. Mar. 29).
Hoppock, Amy. (Adult).
Job- [ari Pi ' widow of Thomas).
Van Horn, Gertrude Teneyck 1 wife of Thomas) •
July 6. Johnson, facob H. and Lydia M. Wyckoff — Aaron. (B. Dec.
24. 1833).
Lane, John C. and Mary Ann Hageman — Martha Ann. (B.
Apr. 17).
:koff, Tunis and Ann Vossler — Mary.
Aug. — . Post, John D. and Jane Van Cleef — Cornelius Van Cleef. (B.
May 26).
Sept. — Mattis, John and Eliza Dalley — Garret. (B. Sept. 15, 1833).
Schamp. Joseph and Maria Williams — Mary Ann. (B
18).
and Margaret Blackwell — Mary Elizabeth Kline. (B.
June 20).
Van Nuys, Peter and Catharine Quick — Cornelius. (B. Aug.
7)-
Hall, John D. and Gertrude Carkhuff — John Kline. (B. Tan.
19
Davis, Bergun and , — Jane. (B. Dec. 28, 1833).
Stout, Abraham P. and , —Mary Ellen Teneyck. (B.
Aug. 10).
Van Vleet, Andrew. (Adult?).
Voorhees, Jaquish. (Adult?).
Nov. — . Groenendyck, Daniel and Adrian Nevius— David Nevius. (B.
Aug. 7).
10
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Dec. 7. Thompson, Andrew and Susan Lane — Susan. (B.July 11;.
Wvckoff, Jacob and Elizabeth Huffman — Martin. (B. Oct.
18).
Post, Catharine Dallev (wife of Peter) — Catharine. (B. Feb.
6).
Dallev, John and , — Sarah Maria. (B. Aug. 24).
I835-
Feb. 1. Cox, Henry and Sophia Ditmars — Teneyck Wvckoff. (B.
Nov. 29, 1834).
Mar. — . Corzine, Cornelius and Sarah Wyckoff .
Ammerman, Abraham and Eliza Ann Nailor — Theodore. (B.
Nov. 27, 1834).
Apr. 12. Thompson, John and Sarah Emmons — Aaron Saxon. (B.
Dec. 17, 1834).
Voorhees, John and Mary Kershow— Rulif Seburn. (B. Sept.
23> 1834).
Carkhuff, Enoch and Tulia Ann Dally— Mahlon. (B. Oct. 8,
1834)-
May 10. Johnson, Jacob H. and Lydia M. W vckoff — Ann Elizabeth
Wyckoff. (B. Mar. 13).
Berger, John and Sarah Van Vleet — David Van Vleet. (B.
Jan. 16).
Lowe, Jacob C. and Phebe Kershow — Peter. (B. Feb. 27).
23. Davis, George and Sarah Cole— Peter. (B. Feb. 4).
Dally, Tunis and Smock — Jacob Van Derveer. (B.
Sept. 26, 1834).
Bougner, Sarah Case (wife of Win.).
Staats (colored man of Cortland Voorhees).
31. Garrabrant, John and Rachel Newel — John Newel. (B. May
11, 1834).
June 7. Reger, John and Charity Van Houten — Henry Weaver. (B.
Sept. 19, 1834).
Kinney, Peter and Margaret Hoppock— Mary Hoppock. (B.
Dec. 29, 1834).
Alpaugh, Morris and Elizabeth Kinney — Harriet. (B. Dec.
12, 1834).
Shirts, Henry and Kinney— Henry Theodore. (B.
Feb. 14). - t
Bergen, Simon and IKV^VA / Dalley — Mary Jane.
Tuly 5. Stryker, Christopher and Gitty Maria Hoagland — Cornelius.
(B. Jan. I).
Dilis, Daniel and Catharine Van Camp — John Voorhees. (B.
f- 30, 1834).
Mettler, Levi and Amy Baker — William. (B. July 15).
Sept. 6. Boyle, James H. and Mary Ann Wyckoff — John Henry. (B.
June 20).
Lane, Aaron and Catharine Hammer — David. (B. July 20).
Oct. — . Dalley, George and Mary Ann Carkhuff — Sillenda. (B. June
Schomp, Harriet Wrifford (wife of Peter I.).
Readington Church Baptisms from 1J20 147
Lane, Aaron, Jr. (Adult?).
Nov. 1. Van Derveer, Michael and Ann Maria Teneyck — Andrew
Teneyck. (B. Aug. 12).
Mattis, Garret and Catharine Dalley — Richard Prost. (B.
May 24).
Stryker, Jeremiah and Sarah Spader . (B. Sept. 9).
— Cole, David S. and Jane Hall — Martha Ann. (B. Sept. 6).
Lane, Andrew C. and Ellen Emmons — Sarah Maria. (B.
Vug. 10).
Schamp, George A. and Catharine Wyckoff — David. (B.
Aug. 15).
Rockafellow, Peter D. and Maria Ramsey — Hannah Eliza-
beth. (B. July 5).
1836.
Jan. 3. Cole, David O. and Agness Cutter — Sarah Elizabeth. (B. Aug.
2, 1835).
Tohnson, John J. and Elizabeth Ten Eyck — Ellen Rebeccah.
(B. Sept. 13, 1834).
Apr. — . Pumyea, Peter and Cath. S. — Lydia Ann. (B. Jan. 2).
May — . Van Sickle, Aaron and Orr — Margaret Elizabeth. (B.
Dec. 31, 1835).
Thompson, Joseph and Ann Post — William. (B. Jan. 19;
died Jan. 27, 1837).
Hammer, John and Catharine Strvker — Abraham Stryker. (B
Mar. 8).
July 3. Mattis, John and Elizabeth Dalley — Eletta Ann Hiler. (B
Feb. 26, 1835).
Nimaster, Henry and Hanna -Hannah Dalley. 1 B
Feb. 7).
Dalley, William and Hannah Merlatt— William. (B. Mar
n).
Gambler, Cor. C. and Jane Lane — Margaret Ann. (B. Dec
18, 1835).
^ lenry and Van Vleet — Garret. (B. Jan. 31)
Aug. 7. Hall, Isaac and Hageman — Augustus. (B. May 30)
Dally, Isaac and Eliza Kline — John Jacob Kline
Sept. — . Vroom, Michael D. and Leah Ten Eyck— Michael. (B. luly
14).
Lane, Cornelius C. and Gitty Hageman- -John. (B. May 22).
Oct. 2. Reger, John and Gitty Van Houten — Mary Catharine. (B.
Apr. 12).
Connet, Samuel and Hannah Thompson — Stephen.
Nov. 6. Lane, John C. and Mary A. Hageman— John. (B. Sept. 15).
Van Fleet, Abram and Matty Berger— Gitty Maria. (B. July
11).
Johnson, Abr. H. and Elizabeth Sutphm — Tunis Dalley. (B.
July 5)-
Van Nuys, Peter and Catharine Quick — Peter Quick. (B.
Sept. 16).
- Orr, Jacob and Margaret Hall — Jane. (B. Aug. 19).
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and , —Margaret Lucinda. (B. Aug. 5).
and , —Levi. (B. Sept. 17)
Hudnut, Elijah and Sarah Thompson— Margaret Stout. (B.
May 24, 1832). Peter Thompson. (B. Sept. 28, 1834).
Dec. — . Van Fleet, Andrew and Jane Ann Kershow— Margaret Ann.
CB. Sept. 8. 1835).
Dalley, Nicholas and Catharine Demott— Tohn.L(B. July 31).
Emmons, Gilbert S. and , —Garret Stryker. (B. Mar.
6)-
Johnston, John J. and Elizabeth Teneyck— Levi. (B. June
12).
I X 1 7
j an . _. Voorhees, John H. and Maria Kershow— Mary Jane. (B. Oct.
t, 1836).
sler, Jacob and Margaret Van Fleet— Elias. (B. Oct. 2,
18 V
Corzine, Cornelius and Sarah Wyckoff— John Dacker. (B.
iv. 20, 1836).
Feb. — . Kinney, Peter and Margaret Hoppock— Margaret. (B. Oct.
[5, 1836).
Alpaugh. Morris and Elizabeth Kinney— John. (B. Nov. 8,
1836).
Apr. — . Ammerman, Abr. and Eliza Naylor— Elizabeth. (B. Dec.
16,1836).
— ■Stryker, Thompson and Hall— William Henry. (B.
Oct. 30.1836).
Johnson, William and , —David Shirts. (B. Aug. 18,
1836).
May — . Mattis, Garret and Catharine Dalley— Mariah Dalley. (B.
Mar. 10 j.
14. Cox, Henry and Sophia Ditmars— Lucretia. (B. Jan. 9).
•h, Jacob S. and - Demott— John Demott. (B.
Mar. 4).
1 nd Catharine Kershow— Gilbert Lane. (B.
c. 9, 1836).
Gar. >hn S. and Eliza Ann Howell— Henry Howell.
Baird, John and Sarah Brokaw — Sarah Elizabeth. (B. Nov.
13. l8 3*'
June 3. Brokaw, John and Elizabeth Lane— Gilbert. (B. Jan. 28).
i igland, Christopher C. and Gertrude M. Labagh — Anna
ria. (B. Mar. 1 ).
saac and Sarah , —John Bergen.
phin, Gilbert i â– Caroline Horn I ry Ann. (B.
Jan
Dilley, Jacob and Eliza— Levi.
July 2. Rockafellow, Peter D. and Maria Ramsey — Anna Maria Van
Ue\ ' \pr. 30).
Rockafellow, foseph and Mary Ann Patten — Sarah Caroline.
(B. Mar. 13).
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Latourette, Peter and Agnes Johnson— Rebecca Elizabeth.
(B. Apr. 4).
Morehead, John, Jr., and Sophia Van Doren — John. (B.
Mar. 26).
Dalley, George and Mary Ann Carkhuff — Matilda. (B. Apr.
24)-
July 2. Space, Conrad and Mariah Teneyck — Rebecca Ann. (B.
Feb. 26).
Kershow, Jacob and Elizabeth — Phebe Elizabeth. (B. May
2).
Sept. — . and — — , — Ebenezer K. Smock. (B. July 2).
and , — Henry Teatsworth.
Oct. — . Van Fleet. David and Maria Dolliver— -William Henry. (B.
July 19).
Hall, Peter D. and Rachel E. Huff— Gertrude Jane. (B. May
15)-
Brees, and — — Van Fleet — Elizabeth Ann. (B.
Aug. 12).
Nov. — . Carkhuff, Enoch and Julia Ann Dalley — Rhoda Maria. (B.
Sept. 1).
[Concluded]
igb 4^fr *J* (^»
HISTORICAL NOTES AND COMMENTS
BY THE EDITOR
Tuition and Board 100 Years Ago
Almost one hundred years ago there was a famous boarding school
for young ladies in Princeton kept by a Miss Hanna. The building in
which the school pt was a double house, with dormer windows
and a semi-circular portico in front. Later it was owned by Col. Beatty,
a distinguished Revolutionary officer, and it still remains intact, we
believe although on another side of the That the school was
first-class in its day has often been stated by those who remembered it.
There now lies before us a bill for tuition in that school, and it may inter-
est some of our readers who are sending daughters to some distant board-
ing-school to contrast the expenses per term of then and now. We are
not privileged to print the name of the family concerned, but, otherwise,
the full bill reads :
"Dr. Mr. r- to E. Hanna.
To tuition of his daughter one session - $9.00
Fuel for session - - - - - .62 J4
:ning, lining, varnishing, etc, a map - 1.00
$10,621/2
The young lady who went to this school boarded with a family in Prince-
ton, and this is a copy of the bill for board, etc. :
150 Somerset County Historical Quarterly
To , J Jr.
To 43 weeks board for daughter @ [.25 - $53-75
To grf er. bonnet - - - 2.45
To sundries - - - 100
$57.20
The first bill is for one qti :ond for the full school year.
It will not take much calculation to show that the entire cost of board and
tuition (not to add the trifling extras) for forty-three weeks (if four ses-
sions) was about $89.75.
Constables in 1788
A slip of paper found recently loosely laid in the early "Court
Minutes'' of Somerset gives the following list of the constables in the
county on Jan. 1, 1788: George Rowland, Isaac Underdonk, Peter Har-
pending, Abram Hall, Isaac Voorhees, Philip Harder, Isaac Striker,
Daniel Sleight, Thomas Skillman, Garret Garritse, James Lowe, Wil-
liam Todd, Jonathan Pennington, Anthony Cozart.
An Early Western Settler
From time to time, as many must have noticed, the Quarterly
names in its genealogical or other articles persons who Ief1 this county
prior to the year 1800 and settled in another, and usually Western State.
West New York Si.-: e and Western Pennsylvania were considered "in
the West," but the great Ohio country and Kentucky were the "real"
t. We are always glad to print particulars of these migrations, but
few facts are really know r forebears of that early day did not
keep extended journals, or even diaries, of happenings, for the incidents
of a Western journey were considered a matter of course. They little
knew how such matters would now interest their descendants.
One of our recent finds is a statement to the son of a migrant to
Ohio. It was sent to the Editor of the Quarterly about ten years ago,
in answer to an inquiry, but has never been published, and has just reap-
peared in our little manuscript "barrel," for, like ministers, Editors
must have a place of deposit for that which may some day prove of use.
Garret Voorhees was the son of Abraham Voorhees, of Neshanic,
Somerset co. Abraham was b. Sept. 16, 1730. His wife was Mary Van
Doren, dau. of Sheriff Abraham Van Dorn, of Middlebush, (the daughter
not adhering to her father's spelling). Garret was b. June <> 1763. On
Jan. 15, 1790, he m. Cornelia Parsell, presumably of Somerset co., and
then at once determined on seeking a home in another State. So the
same year he started, with his wife, going to what was known as "the
Red Stone" part of Pennsylvania. We judge this was York county,
where red sandstone was plentiful and to which place many Somerset
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families had gone. But that year found few of the Somerset residents
remaining there ; they had trecked off to New York State and Kentucky.
The very next year, therefore, Garret started out again, and, says his
son:
"In the Fall of 1791 Garret emigrated to Hamilton co., Ohio. He
went down the river in a flat hoat, and on the road th< of Gen.
Harmer's defeat by the Indians, and would have turn . but the
boat would not float up stream. They landed at the fort at Columl
just above Cincinnati, and had to stay there until General Wayne de-
feated the India , 94, when he and all his father's family moved
on Section 33 ( ?) in a station house, and in the fall of the same year
Garret Voorhees moved on the farm in sa m where his youngest
son, Harvey, now lives."
This Harvey was the writer of the foregoing, but has since deceased,
in his 80th year. He was one of the most respected and useful men in his
part of the county.
This settlement in Ohio by Garret antedated by two years the actual
Miami Tract purchase of Judge Symmes, and we doubt if many other
Jerseymen had gone to that State . as 1792. Evidently he was
a real pioneer. But his father, also, got the Ohio fever, and in 1794
he, too, with nine children (Garret, the fifth child, making ten in all)
followed the same long trail across the mountains of Pennsylvania, and
settled down in Hamilton county, Ohio. There at least seven of the chil-
dren married, and to-day their descendants are numbered by the hun-
dred
Wl joing statement is a reminder of what many of our Som-
erset readers do not realize, that thousands, yes tens of thousands of
persons of various surname? throughout the West can trace back their
ancestry to this "Garden" of New Jersey. If a few of these thousands
only knew of the existence and value of the past si ilumes of the
Quarterly we should not need for subscribers to continue it indefinitely.
Where Were These Two Early Places?
On June 17, 1716, there was baptised at Nine-Mile Run, which was
a mile northeast of Ten-Mile Run in Franklin tws] county, children
of Daniel Schoemaker, who (the children) were recorded as born "at
Sumerfelt on the Raritans." Sumerfelt is but a German name for
Summerfield, not so far a remove from Summerville, or Somerville, as
may be supposed. But certainly it was not Somerville. We have not
heretofore seen any reference to such a place in the county, and the
query is, where was it?
In a will, recorded at Trenton in 1745, made by Benjamin Hall, of
Piscataway, he mentions his "cousin, Daniel Blackford, Jr., of New Mil-
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ford, Somerset county." This Daniel, Jr., resided, as we think, in
Bound Brook. Was there an attempt at this time to change the name of
Bound Brook to New Milford? If not, where was New Milford?
Military Order of 1865 and Commission of 1793
The present generation hardly know of the local military events of
the War of the Rebellion, by which we mean the formation and practice
of local companies which never went to the War and so did not obtain the
publication of their members' names in the official rolls of the nation. In
fact the history of these companies, formed in every county, perhaps
chiefly for self-defense, has never been written, and probably never will
be. It is even now too late to secure the facts. We are reminded of
these home companies, however, by the following order which has come
into our / hands. Our readers will readily recognize who ''Captain"
Corle, and "Brigadier-General" Voorhees were — both now deceased :
Hi erset Brigade,
September 4th, 1865.
To Calvin Corle
You are hereby authorized and directed to take into your charge for
drill exercise and improvement Company Number Twelve of this Bri-
gade, until superseded by lawful authoi 1 ompany is directed to
obey you accordingly. This is your warrant.
Witness my hand • J. V. Voorhees,
Acting Brigadier General.
Quite similar to the home defense guards of 1865 were the militia-
men of the years succeeding the Revolution. They, too, did not expect to
be called out to actual warfare but were to be prepared for it. Some of
them were used to suppress the Whisky Insurrection in 1794, and others,
much later, found the real War of 181 2 on their hands, but, as a rule, the
State militia did not get into any actual fighting and only came together
on "training days." The following paper of 1793 shows how an officer
was then commissioned:
The State of New-Jersey,
"To David Nevius, Gentleman:
"Whereas the Commissioner of the County of Somerset hath certified
to the Commander in Chief of this State the completion of a Company
called the Second Company in the Fifth Battalion in the Third Regiment
of the Militia in the said County, and that you luly chosen by the
said Company to be Lieutenant of the said Company: You are therefore
to take the said Company into your charge and care as Lieutenant there-
of, and duly both Officers and Soldiers of tl any
in Arms; an hey are hen you as their Lieuten-
you are likewise to obey and f<* h Orders and Directions,
from time to time as you shall receive from superior Officer or Officers;
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and for your so doing this shall be your Commission. In Testimony
whereof the great Seal of the said State is hereunto affixed.
"Wi Richard Howell Esquire, Governor, Captain-General and
Commander in Chief in and over the State of New Jersey and Territories
thereunto belonging, Chancellor and Ordinary in the. same, at Trenton,
the fifth day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hun-
dred and ninety-three. R'd. Howell.
"By the Governor,
Bowes Reed, Sec y."
"Sermons in Stones"
A fine old gentleman, himself a writer of history, hut now deceased,
wrote out the following in 1900 concerning some gravestones in the Lam-
ington churchyard, adding to it what he termed a "pasquinade."
"In the old Lamington churchyard may be found what is perhaps the
most appropriate poetic stanza that was ever engraved on a sepulchral
stone. A certain tall, coarse, gaunt dark-featured and wealthy farmer of
the neighborhood, having A thunder, kept his meek and patient
wife in terror of his explosions all her days. Even in his moments of so-
called 'good humor' his general aspect of sternness and hoarse rumbling
tones were sufficiently fear-inspiring to all the members of his household.
At, last the g ntle consort died, and the bereaved husband, feeling the
extent of his personal loss, and wishing perhaps to mark dais appreciation
of her always submissive temper and placid Christian character, caused
these metrical lines to be inscribed on the tombstone erected above her
grave.
Friends no more my sufferings mourn,
view my relics with concern,
.•ase to drop the pitying tear,
v, passed beyond the reach of fear."
'The exquisite appropriateness of this borrowed stanza at once com-
mended itself to all il 0] of the 11 iiood who were acquainted
with the domestic life of the ill-mated pair.
"In the same old yard on an ancient stone, was once inscribed the
following :
" 'And his kind soul has took its flight
To reilms of endless night!'
''The n in 'night' was afterwards cut out and / substituted therefor,
and in this an °nded form it remains to the present day.
1 1 (T;g may be cited as a good example of a self-inflicted
pasquinade \ farmer not so many miles from Lamington shamefully
despoiled a burying-ground upon his place, by carting off the enclosing
stone fence, cutting down several shade trees, and exposing the naked
graves to impling feet of horses and cattle that roved at will over
the farm. CI > e by the desecrated spot he has affixed to a tree a board on
which is scratched : 'All trespassing on these premises forbidden under
penalty of the law.' "
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DEPARTMENT OF NOTES AND QUERIES
[187]. Hendrick Fisher's Children. — In our last Quarterly it
was stated that no complete si had been published of the children
of Hendrick Fisher. A partial statement only is given in Chamber's
"Early Germans" (p. 362), wlrere seven are named, with no facts beyond
baptismal dates except in one instance. This Revolutionary patriot was
such an honor to Somerset that it seems as if more facts should be
known, at least about his immediate family. Efforts to learn full partic-
ulars have, thus far, proven failures, except as below stated. Further
information will be welcomed.
;"ore referring specifically to his children we note the interesting
fact that we think we can state the full name of Hendrick's wife. No
one thus far, to our knowledge, has given even a clue to the family to
which she belonged. But we find, on the records of the First Reformed
Church of New Brunswick, on May 27, 1757, the following entry:
"Lebytje Bries, wife of Hendrick Fisher," As Hendrick was a
deacon of the same church in 1722, and an elder in 1727, it would be
natural to suppose that "Lebytje," joining the church so late, was the wife
of Hendrick's son Hendrick ; but, as the baptisms below show, the first
Hendrick, Jr., died before 1744 and the second Hendrick, Jr.. was not
baptised until that year. Hence it must have been the elder Hendrick's
wife. Beside; this, curiously enough, we find her name as "Elisabit
Bries" on the earlier ( 1 7 1 7 ) membership list of the New Brunswick
church, then called the "Church of the River and Lawrence Brook."
Why she joined the same church twice is a problem we cannot solve.
"Lebetje" was one of the Dutch forms of Elizabeth. It frequently ap-
pears in that form in the baptismal record of Hendrick and "Lebetje"
Fisher's children, though also as "Lisabet" and even "En
Then who was Elizabeth Bries? Evidently the daughter of Volkert
Hendrickse Bries and Neeltje Jans, who, before her marriage to Bries,
had been the wife of Gerret Dirckse Croegier. This perfectly coincides
with the natural naming of Hendrick's children. After naming the first
son Hendrick and the first daughter Elizabeth (after himself and wife),
he names the next son Volkert and the next daughter Neeltje.
We only know of Voekert II. Bries that he was a farmer of Brook-
lyn; married Neeltje (Janse) Croegier, April 1, 1680; after her death
he married an Elizabeth Poulis. A Hendrick Bries seemed to have set-
tled about 1699, at Three-Mile Run near New 7 Brunswick. In \j\7-2\
he was a deacon at New Brunswick. So both Hendrick Bries (no doubt
Volkert's son) and Hendrick Fisher were co-officials, at nearly the same
Department of Notes and Queries 155
time, in the same church ; and we believe they became brothers-in-law.
Hendrick Bries married Antje — (perhaps Powelson, as Cornelis and
Antje Powelson arc witnesses to a baptism of a child, Hendrick, Jr., on
the Somerville records in 1719).
Instead of seven children. Hendrick Fisher had ft
some being baptised I 'irst Reformed Church at New Brunswick
and some at the Firsv Reformed Chun merville. lev. Theo-
doras J. Frelinghuysen wa of both churches until 1747. this may
be accounted for by supposing that Mr. and Mrs. Fisher went, when
"baptismal day" came, to whichever church Mr. Frelinghuysi n (Fi her's
bosom friend as well as pastor) was serving on that Sunday. : isher
lived almosl equidistant between the two congregation-.
iOw correct the supposition in the Quarterly article
for January (p. 3), that Hendrick was probably married "about 1726."
We had not then a knowledge of the dates in the New Brunswick :
tismal record. He must have been married in 1721 or 1;
The following, then, appear to have been Hendrick's children:
1. Hendrick. bapt. May 8, 1823, at New Brunswick: entered as
"Henderick ;"' d. before 1744 ( :cond of nai it.)
2. Elisabeth, bapt. Nov. 15, 1824, at New Brunswick; d. before
1750 (when second of name bapt.); m. (license dated) May 4, 1744,
John Field, of Middlesex co., who was living in 1774, when mentioned in
first draft of Hendrick Fisher's will.
3. Volkert, bapt. Dec. 11, 1726, at Somerville (then Raritan) : d.
before 1774; m. (license dated) June 7, 1763, Elizabeth Ion-
mouth co. !n the early ( 1774) draft of his father's will Volkert's widow,
Elizabeth, is named and these children: Hendrick: George; Elizabeth;
Jane: Margaret. He probably lived near Bound Brook, on a place on
which his brother John lived after his death. (See draft of Hendrick
Fisher's will of Jan. 31, 1774, in "N. Bruns. Hist. ( lub Publications."
No. 1, p. 35). No further trace of the children.
[aria, bapl , 1729, at Son
second of name bapl ). We think she in. Jacob Fulkersi 'ded
in Bedminster twsp. on one of the Johnston farms. (See 1
Vol. II, p. 187, where, in 1753, Fulkerson is referred to in the "Journals
of Andrew^ Jonhston" as "Mr. Fisher's son-in-law," and as having "the
character of an idle fellow"). In her father's will of 1778 her daughter,
try Fulkerson," is spoken of by name.
5. . . bapt. Oct. 24, 1731, at Somerville; m. (license dated)
June 1, 1751, Hendrick Suvdam, of Somerset co. She probably d. before
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1778, as only her "children" (unnamed) and her husband are mentioned
in her father's last will. This Suydam we have not yet identified.
6. John, b. Feb. 17, 1734 ( bapt. Mar. 24 at New Brunswick) ; d.
May 18, 1814; m., Nov. 27, 1758, Margaret McCrea, who was b. Apr.
17, 1737, and d. June 14, 1819. Probably she was closely related to James
McCrea, the hatter, who resided in Bound Brook in 1769. (See Quar-
terly, Vol. VII, p. 97, footnote). In 1778 he was living on a farm
owned by his father, and doubtless always lived near Bound Brook. He
also served in the Revolutionary War as a private, but we do not know
his full record.
As to John's children, we at present only know of two. One, Min-
ne, is mentioned in his grandfather's (Hendrick'.s) will. He may be the
Minne Fisher who m. (license dated) Jan. 19, 1787, Mary Blaine, but
what became of him seems to be unknown. The other known son was
Hendrick, who m. Mary Brokaw ; no date yet obtained. Nor do we
know who Hendrick's children were, except one, Eliza Ellen, who was
b. Feb. 8, 1810; d. Aug. 16, 1892; m., Jan. 5, 1831, Sylvanus Avers, of
Bound Brook, who was b. May 7, 1807, and d. Mar. 28, 1885. His ch.
were (order unknown to the writer) : Sylvanus Ayers, Jr., who m.
Emma Lilly Coryell; William Henry Avers, who m. Anna D. Staats;
Eugene Ayers, who m. R. Annie Baldwin; Julia Ayers, who m. Peres
Bonney, Jr. ; Theresa S. Ayers, who m. Abraham V. Nelson ; Robert
Ayers; and Jane Agnes Ayers, who m. Ferdinand V. Rockafellow, of
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
7. Minne, bapt. Aug. 15, 1736, Brunswick; d. in infancy.
8. (second), bapt. Mar. 20, 1738, at New Brunswick.
Mentioned as assisting his father in procuring guns, ammunition, etc., in
the Northern Expedition of the Colonial forces in 1750 (see last Quar-
terly, p. 7). There was a " '"isher" in i'l-ter co., N. Y., as per
census of 1790, who may have been he; had, apparently, a wife and five
children.
9. Abraham, bapt. Sept. 21, 1740, at Somerv :i wtioned in his
father's will in 1778, as residing on a farm owned by his father, which
an earlier will states was "at Lamington." No further hough
spm s in Bedminster twsp. about 1825 mi <â– b> Uis children.
10. Margaret, . 1743. at Somerville ; m. Dr. Austin
Craig, of "near Pluckemin" (one record says "of Lamington"), who was
b. 1748 and d. Aug. 31, 1/85. Margaret survived him, but no further
trace; she is mentioned in her father's will of 1778.
11 Hendrick (second), bapt. Dec. 9, 1744, at Somerville: d. Jan.,
1780; m. (license dated) June 7, 1764, Elizabeth Fordun. On Apr. 26,
1765, doubtless directly after his marriage, he purchased 4^ acres of
Department of Notes and Queries 157
land at Bound Brook of William Haddon, schoolmaster (Trenton
Deeds, Book B 3, p. 245), and he still owned this land in 1778 (as per
his father's will). He survived his father only about two years. A
picture supposed to be of Hendrick's wife is now in the possession of Mrs.
J. G. Drake, of near Flagtown, a descendant of Hendrick's brother, Jere-
miah. His will of Dec. 3, 1779, probat. Jan. 24, 1780 (Trenton Wills,
Book 11, p 311 ), names his wife, "Affey," and a son Hendrick; a grand-
son, "Thomas Fordun ;" also his "brother-in-law," Dr. Aaron Craig. The
son Hendrick, Dr. Craig and Col. William McDonald were his executors.
Possibly this son Hendrick m. (license dated) Oct. 12, 1783, Elizabeth
Blair, and he may be the "Henry Fisher" who d. intestate in 1826 (as per
Somerset Surrogate records). A "Henry Fisher" served in Capt. Jacob
Ten Eyck's co. of militia in the Revolution >r>s probably Hendrick
(n). No further traces of this family.
12. Jeremiah, of Bound Brook, I pt. 1, 1746, at Somerville;
d. Jan. 9, 1807; m. (license dated) Dec. 9, 1769, Catherine Brokaw, who
was b. Oct. 28, 1749, and d. Jan. 6, 1832. Both are buried in the Hen-
drick Fisher farm burial-ground. Jeremiah was the acting executor of
his father's estate and the heir to his farm, and he doubtless lived upon
it. He sold the farm in 1796 to Capt. Creighton McCrea, and then (if we
are correctly informed) built the house, still standing, a little nearer
Bound Brook than his father's homestead, but on the opposite side of the
road. Whether this be so or not, he certainly owned and operated the
Middlebrook Hotel, as early references to it show ; a bouse erected before
the Revolution. His will of 1805 was probat. Feb. 27, 1807 ( Som. Wills,
Book A, p. 116). According. to his will his children der un-
known) :
- Jeremiah, Jr., b. Oct. 7, 1770; d. Nov. 30, 1826; m. Maria
Fulkerson, who was b. Apr. 1, 1775, and d. May 12, 1846. They are
also buried in the Hendrick Fisher farm burial-ground. A descendant
thinks this Jeremiah, and not his father, built the house alluded to under
:miah 1 12) above. He conducted during his lifetime the Middlebrook
hotel, in which his children were born. Ch. : ( 1) Jeremiah, Jr., b. 1800;
d. Mar. 16. 1819. (2) Philip E., b. 1802; m., Feb. 7. 1822, Nancy La
Tourette, who d. May 30. 1861. Their ch. were Jeremiah, John L , Peter
L. (all three d. young), Theodore, James, Julia, Voorhees, John L.
(second), who m. Maria Merrill and was father of Frank Fisher, of
South Bound Brook. (3) Sarah M., b. 1805; m., Mar. 1, 1827, Cor-
nelius Rappelye, and had ch. : George, Sarah Louise, Flenry (of Illi-
nois). (4) Isaac J., b. 1809; d. 1876; m., Jan. 13, 1842, Elizabeth Linn.
He also conducted the Middlebrook Hotel for a long series of years, and
had ch. : Savilla M., who m. Israel Coddington, father of ex-Judge Wil-
158 Somerset County Historical Quarterly
liam A. Coddington, of Plaintield ; John L. D., who m. Irene M. Van
Syckle ; Sarah Louise, who succeeded her father in keeping the Middle-
brook Hotel and is still living; and Jeremiah. ( 5 ) James Van Duyn, of
South Bound Brook, b. Sept. 6, 181 1 ; d. Jan. 13, 1891 ; m., Jan. 21, 1846,
Sarah Ann Eldert, who d. 1910; and had ch. : George N., who m.
Josephine Merlette ; Ann Maria, who in. William H. Schomp, of Hope-
well; Sarah Louise, who m. J. S. Doyle; John Ditmars, unm. ; Henry,
who m. Minnie Brokaw ; and Elizabeth, who m. Jacob G. Drake, of near
Flagtown, N. J., and who has gathered many traditions of her ancestral
line, (among others that when Hendrick Fisher, the patriot, had his house
entered by the British and his cattle taken away, he took refuge in the
mountain.- where his friend- took him food secretly).
(b) Elizabeth, b. about 1776; d. Feb. 21, 1796.
( c ) Ann, who m. a Staats.
(d) Catherine, who in. an Abraham Fisher.
(e) Maria.
(f) Isaac, a clergyman, whom we have not further traced.
(g) Hendrick (perhaps the Hendrick Fisher, b. 1782, who d. Dec,
1809, as per tombstone in the family burial-ground before referred to).
h) John,
(i) Sarah, b. about 1790; d. Mar. 27, 1807. (The dates of Sarah,
as of her sister Elizabeth, are gathered from tombstones in the Fisher
burial-ground).
13. Elizabeth (second), bapt. June 16, 1750, at New Brunswick.
From her father's wills we know she had married and had children, but
probably died between 1774 and 1778. Whom she married is unknown.
14. Maria (second), bapt. June 7, 1755, at Somerville. No further
trace.
In Hendrick's draft of a will in 1774; as published by the New
Brunswick Hist. Society, a daughter "Mille" is spoken of, probably a
misreading for "Nelle," for in the same draft he distinctly states he has
"four daughters," and these must have been Neltje, Margaret, Elizabeth
(second), and Maria (second).
The late Rev. Jacob Frazee, of Knoxville, Tenn., was a descendant of
Hendrick Fisher, but we have not learned in what line.
One curious matter concerning Hendrick Fisher we !i;> . . sred
since the article in the January Quarterly, that not only is his name in-
cluded in a list of the freeholders of Piscataway twsp., Middlesex county,
of 1748, but that in the will of Rev. John Cross, of Basking Ridge, dated
1739, probated in 1748, one of his executors was "Hendrick Fisher, of
Piscataway." It would thus seem as if, while a freeholder in Piscata-
way (though non-resident) in 1748, he had actually resided there in
Department of Notes and Queries 159
1739 and previously. This is not improbable, as his father was, doubt-
less, on the homestead across the Raritan.
A deed on record at Trenton, dated July 29, 1767, from Martin
Ryerson, of Readington, to "Henry Fisher, Esq.," and Peter Schenk, Esq.,
of Somerset co., conveying two tracts of land, consisting of 169 acres, in
Roxbury twsp., Morris CO., adjoining the "Falls of Alamintong" (Lam-
ington), is the only deed we have found of record conveying land to or
from Hendrick Fisher. It may be one of the sons of Hendrick located on
this land, but this is conjectural only. No son died in Morris co., so far
as the records show.
In the article upon Hendrick in the last Quarterly (footnote, p. 14),
it was inadvertently stated that the "Frelinghuysen Hotel" was the same
in its day as the "Middlebrook Hotel." It should have been said that
the former hotel was the "Harpending House," in late years owned by
Dr. B. B. Matthews, later called the "Frelinghuysen House," but not until
some years after the event noted in the footnote referred to.
The Editor of the Quarterly recently visited the old farm burial-
ground of Hendrick Fisher, and found the tombstone of Hendrick in a
crumbling condition. ' Only a portion of his name appears, as the red
sandstone is rapidly' disintegrating. The following are the burials in
this ground so far as they can be read. Several stones are wholly illegible,
some of which may or may not originally have had inscriptions :
Fisher, Catherine (wife of Jeremiah) d. Jan. 6, 1832, aged 82 yrs., 2
mos., 8 dys.
Fisher, Caty Ann (dau. of Isaac and Mary Fisher), d. May 6, 1813, aged
8 yrs., 1 mos., 6 dys.
Fisher, Elizabeth (dau. of Jeremiah and Catherine Fisher), d. Feb. 21,
1796, in 2 1st yr.
Fisher, Hendrick, d. Aug. 14, 1779 [error for 1778], in 82nd yr.
Fisher, Hendrick, d. Dec, 1809, in 28th yr.
Fisher, Jeremiah, d. Jan. 9, 1807, in 61 st yr.
Fisher, Jeremiah (son of Jeremiah and Maria), d. Mar. 16, 1816, aged 19
yrs., 9 dys.
Fisher, Jeremiah, d. Nov. 30, 1826, aged 56 yrs., 1 mo., 23 dys.
Fisher, Jeremiah (son of Philip and Nancy), d. Mar. 10, 1824.
Fisher, John Latourette (son of Philip and Nancy), d. Sept. 10, 1829,
1 3 mos., 11
Fisher, Maria, d. Oct. 24, 1810, in 19th yr.
Fisher, Maria (wife of Jeremiah), d. May 12, 1846, aged 71 yrs., 1 mo.,
11 dys.
Fisher, Peter La Tourette (son of Philip and Nancy), d. July 20, 1827,
aged 4 mos., 3 dys.
Fisher, Sarah (dau. of Jeremiah and Catherine), d. Mar. 27, 1805, aged
17 yrs., 2 mos., 10 dys.
Van Nortwick, Margaret Maria (dau. of Simeon and Eleanor), d. Mar.
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23, 1809, aged 2 yrs., 6 mos., 6 dys. [Relationship of this family
to the Fisher family unknown],
[undecipherable], d., aged 56 yrs., 23 dys.
[188]. Va.\ Dorn — Sciienck. — 'Aaron Van Dorn, of Peapack,
Somerset co., m. Ghacy ( Gesha) Schenck, dau. of Jan Schenck and Jaco-
mintje Couwenhoven. Who were Jan. Schenck's ancesto
(L. D. K., Collins, Iowa).
[Jan Schenck was b. Jan. 22, 1721, and d. Jan. 2j, 1749, when only
twenty-eight. He m. Jacomintje Nov. 26, 1741. He was the son of
Roeliff Schenck and Geeje Hendrickson ; grandson of Jan. Schenck and
Sarah Couwenhoven ; great-grandson of Roeloff Martense Schenck, the
immigrant and Neeltje Van Couwenhoven. Dates of all these are easily
procurable. — Editor] .
[189]. Earl of Stirling's Land. — Inquiries are made from time to
time as to the amount of land owned in fersey by the Earl of Stirl-
ing. We are not yet prepared lo answer the question. The quantity-
was very large. Somewhere we have seen it stated that in Hunterdon
county he had title to 15,305 acres. One of his tracts near Potterstown
contained 1,457 acres; another in these townships (Lebanon, Kingwood
and Alexandria) contained 4,516 acres; the rest remain to be looked up
in the records. As Jame ier. the Karl's father, was owner of an
immense quantity of real -.state in N y, including the land at
Basking Ridge, this county, much of which his son inherited, it is doubt-
ful if the Earl's full ownership can be discovered. Most of it, as is well
known, was sold by Commissioners during the Revolution.
[190]. Col. John Van Dyke. — "Information wanted of Col. John
Van Dyke, of Somerset, Loyalist in the Revolution."
(E. B., London, Eng.).
[Col. John Van Dyke le only Son of the Van Dyke
name, so far as our information goes, and certainly the only one of his
immediate family. His father was John Van Dyke and his mother
Annatje , of Harlingen. Col. John, the eldest son, w as b. April
17, 1747; d. at Harlingen, June 23, 1811; m., Nov. 17, 1 761, 'Rebecca
Van Dyke (dau. of Roeloff Van Dyke and Catherine Enians), his first
cousin. Rebecca d. Feb. 21, 1807. They had these ch. : Margaret, who
m. Major Abner He Rulif; Catherine; Ann; Rebecca, who m.
Garret Beekman ; Elizabeth, who m. Benjamin Gulick ; Sarah, and
John, Jr. Col. Van Dyke was a Colonel in i ish army before the
Revolution, which is said ount for his loyalty to Great Britain, or,
as a descendant states it, his loyalty to his oath of allegiance. After
,Var he ngland ; then resided in Nova Scotia, but finally re-
turned to his Harlingen home and d. there- '
Photo, by F. X. Voorheei
OLD LUTHERAN CHURCHYARD AT PLUCKEMIN
Capl Leslie's Stone in Foreground
SOMERSET COUNTY
HISTORICAL QUARTERLY
Vol. 8. Somerville, New Jersey, July, 1919. No. 3
N RECOLLECTIONS OF SOMERVILLE, CIRCA 1835-'42
BY THE LATE REV. ELBERT S. l'ORTER, D. D., LAV] K, K. V.
[Note by Emtor. — The author of the following letter, now reprinted from an
old issue of the "Christian Intelligencer" of New York City, was born near Mill-
stone in 1820 and died Feb. 26, 1888. He graduated from Princeton College in 1839
and was licensed to preach in 1842. The following Reminiscences, therefore, have
reference to the period between about 1835 and 1842].
Somerville, New Jersey, is the capital of Somerset County. Like all
other places in the Middle States, it has so taken on the face and fashion
of the recent age, that one seeing it now, with its enlargements, embel-
lishments and throbbing activities, would find scanty material for any
picture of the village as it lies in my memoi
From its beginnings it was and is beautiful for situation. The
Valley of the Raritan was among the first of the fairest and most fertile
regions in New Jersey to be taken and held for agricultural uses. Its
north and south branches run through landscapes of wonderful charm,
and meet to make the river which waters and drains with its tributaries
parts, of the counties of Warren, Hunterdon, Some [iddlesex and
Mercer. Though many years have gone since, with the warm enthusi-
asm of youth, I walked or loitered, or read or wrote, in "sequestered sol-
itude," or with congenial companion.-hip, beside the softly flowing waters
of the Raritan, still it is the one river that will ever run with brightest
lustre before my remembered visions of the past.
Mr. William J. Thompson was at the head of the Somerville Academy
when I was placed under his care and instruction. He was a full and
exact scholar. He had the art of inciting his pupils to study. Reared
in the church of Readington and graduated at Rutgers College, he had
enjoyed very ample opportunities for broadening the foundations of his
knowledge. With a warm heart, capacious and active brain, and an
innate nobility of spirit, he could never be settled into my cast iron
(i
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groove of cold, pulseless surrender to a formal and perfunctory discharge
of routine duties. Firm and authoritative, indeed sometimes to the
verge of severity, still he was magnanimous, self-sacrificing, with not a
bit of the pedant or pedagogue in his composition. Blond, blue-eyed,
ruddy, of nervo-sanguineous temperament, he had a most attractive
face — though not handsome — and a right princely bearing, which asserted
the regnant force of the great soul within him. He was a born teacher.
He knew how to translate crabbed mathematical problems into a species
of epic eloquence, to make Latin and Greek texts disclose the honeyed
sweetness of Hymettus, while Plato's bees seemed to repose as at home
upon his lips, when, with his fervent and never flagging enthusiasm, he
commended to his pupils some striking beauties in the pages of classic
writers. The boys who loved books and hard study found in Mr. Thomp-
son a friend and benefactor, who aroused them to diligence in their stud-
ies, not by promising them that they were to be Presidents, Governors or
Senators, but by awakening in them a hunger and thirst for the higher
orders of knowledge.
I confess my own debt of gratitude to this rare and genuine teacher.
For seven years I had been in a variety of schools, private and public, in
town and country. At the age of a little less than fourteen years I was
placed under the moulding and controlling influence of this, to me most
suitable instructor. There was flogging in the British Navy and flogging
in the United States Navy and flogging everywhere in the schools. Head
and heart and palm and back were supposed to lie so closely and vitally
conjoined, that a good whipping was the one short and easy method of
mending morals and manners. At that day the whipping-post had but
recently been abolished. Indeed, I remember to have seen "colored
boys" receive that sort of persuasive, or dissuasive. The spectacle was
horrid, cruel, inhumane, and degraded victims and oppressors alike.
Being an only son I never did anything wrong at home, of course,
and but once remember to have seriously displeased my parents, and that
was by breaking the Sabbath by making a social call after church service.
In school it had been otherwise, and my experience had not been very
pleasant and certainly not profitable. Neither the rattan, nor birch-
whip, nor long ferule ever softened my temper, nor broke my will, nor
taught me to love a teacher when a tyrant. These little personal inci-
dents would not be worth mentioning, did they not throw some sidelight
on the changes in public sentiment respecting the universal value of indis-
criminate punishment.
Mr. Thompson boarded and lodged at the residence of Mr. and Mrs.
Frederick Cocks, who had also three or four students in their keeping
Recollections of Som-erville, circa 1835-42 163
This juxtaposition enabled me to derive very special advantages there-
from. Scarcely an evening in term time passed but that I was in Mr.
Thompson's room, and either talking over the lessons or else reading from
histories, ancient or modern. Through his kindness I was introduced
to the English classics, the Spectator, Rambler, Pope's and Milton's
works, and many more of substantial value. He also encouraged me in
the art of composition, reading and correcting my crude essays with pa-
tient care. Indeed, to so high a pitch did he raise my ambition to become
a writer, that I invented the "Legend of Chimney Rock," and having
rewritten it over and over again, carried it to Mr. Baldwin, editor and
proprietor of the "Somerset Whig," who printed it on the first page of his
paper. The "Legend" has, of course, long since drifted down into the
abyss that swallows up all inane and useless trash. But Mr. Baldwin
inoculated or vaccinated me with the virus of an ambition that has not
yet quite run out. It took so well in my young, green boyhood that even
now it remains to make the labor of composition a pleasure.
There cannot be many among my readers who have personal recol-
lections of Frederick Cocks. His wife was a tall, good-faced, bright-
eyed woman, with a tracery of care above her brows, and the bearing of a
veteran who had done her part in the battle of life. Her husband be-
longed to the class of well-to-do, comfortable husbands who attend in
subordinate capacity upon their wives, but take slight share in the man-
agement or government of affairs. Mr. Cocks, therefore, devoted him-
self to a consideration of national politics and the general welfare of
society. He knew what his neighbors ought to do. Especially acute
in all theological matters, he was swift to detect the flaws in an argu-
ment, whatever the side on which it appeared. His mind was judicial.
He was happy among "flaws," proved to be such by the laws of his
logical understanding. The boys liked and listened to him when, in his
oracular moods, he condescended to expose the intellectual weaknesses
of others than himself. In a day before newspapers had become plentiful
and the world was for the most part in a cupboard with appropriate
shelves, and its contents easily arranged thereon according to size and
value, local politics afforded our talkative patriot and publicist the most
attractive field for mental exercitation. And so he passed his days in
persistent pleasure, derived from the exhibition of his forecasting wis-
dom respecting the larger and lesser concerns which attracted his expert
sagacity.
Such characters are rare. Happy is the village that has one of them.
A gentleman having leisure for limitless gossip is worth more than the
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daily journal, or the post-office, or the telegraph, to all those who are eager
to get news of things about to happen or that never will happen.
Dear, delightful old man ! Full of life without purpose, of zeal with-
out an object, of earnestness without an aim; troubled with many thoughts
concentrated on the transient and the trivial — I leave here my passing
tribute of praise for all you were to us youngsters, who were amused by
your foibles and enriched by your kindness !
In those days Somerville had a plaza extending from the residence
of Thomas A. Hartwell, Esq., on the west, to that of Judge William B.
Gaston on the east. North of this open space stood the plain old brick
Academy, and near it the long narrow lecture room of the First Church,
the new brick edifice in which Rev. Abraham Messier had but recently
been installed as pastor of the large congregation to whom he ministered
so long and so well. That law and gospel might not be far apart, the
courthouse and jail came next in the series of public buildings. But
there was ample room and verge enough left for the boys to engage in
athletic sports, base ball, foot ball, quoits, contests in jumping, running
and boxing. These games or sports were of great value to those who
participated in them. What the Isthmean or Nemean games of old re-
nown were on a grander scale, these were on a smaller.
But the whole fashion of the plaza has disappeared. The Academy
has fallen, and been replaced on another site. No longer do the youth
gather there, to witness with daily and unsatisfied wonder the arrival
and departure of the stage coaches, laden with the mail-bags and impet-
uous travellers. The skill of the drivers in wielding four horses, lashed
to a spirited gallop under a ponderous whip, as though they were as one
— that skill was to us a study, though it now is nearly a lost art.
Strangely does the present recall the past. It was among the Eng-
lish Lakes on the top of an English coach that I recalled as before my
eyes the very horses and stages that had once disturbed the daily quietude
of the rural streets of old Somerville.
Roll Somerset (Solomon's) Lodge, No. i, F. and A.M., 1787-1829 165
ROLL OF SOMERSET (SOLOMON'S) LODGE, NO. 1, F. AND
A. M., 1787-1829
BY REV. T. E. DAVIS, WASHINGTON, D. C.
[Note by Editor. — By permission of the author we reproduce below the roll of
Somerset (Solomon's) Lodge, No. 1, F. and A. M., as made out by him about thirty
years ago from the original records, and given in an address at Bound Brook be-
fore Solomon's Lodge, No. 46. The preliminary portion of the address dealt with
the origin of Masonry in Somerset. Basking Ridge was granted a Lodge, No. 10, in
1767, and it was through its influence that the Grand Lodge of New Jersey was
formed in 1786. Nine members of the Basking Ridge Lodge affiliated with the Som-
erset Lodge when formed, which was by permission of the Grand Lodge at New
Brunswick Dec. 18, 1786; warrant for same issued July 3, 1787. The name given
was Somerset Lodge, No. 1, altered July 1, 1789, to Solomon's Lodge, No. 1. The
location of the Lodge, originally, was at Pluckemin, where meetings were held from
1787 to 1794, and doubtless later. From i8o2-'5 it met in Somerville ; also from 1809-
'15, and then varied between Somerville, Bound Brook and Middlebrook. The
last recorded meeting was Oct. 8, 1829, when, the membership being greatly re-
duced, arrangements were made to surrender the warrant].
Members of Somerset (Solomon's) Lodge No. i
On the old records are the names of 213 members, with the occupation
of many, and the date (usually) of their first connection with the Lodge.
The first 16 members were the charter members. The complete roll
follows :
William ' '< i ack, physician. Bristol Lodge 25, No. 10.
James Linn, lawyer, Lodge, No. 10.
James Henry, farmer, Lodge No. 10.
Nathaniel Taylor, farmer.
Ezekiel Blue, farmer; demiued to Lodge No. 15 in 1798.
Joseph Crane, innkeeper.
John Porter, farmer.
George McDonald, lawyer.
Elisha Taylor, Lodge No. 10.
Col. John Taylor, farmer, Lodge No. 10.
Oliver Barnett, physician, J^odge No. 10.
Robert R. Henry, physician, Lodge No. 10.
Joseph Henry.
John Armstrong, farmer, Lodge No. 10.
William Linn.
John Brittin, farmer, Lodge No. 10.
James Anderson, physician, March 1, 1792.
John Taylor, joiner, March 1, 1792.
Jonathan Woolverton, May 7, 1792.
John Beatty, physician, Sept. 9, 1792.
Matthias Lane, Sept. 9, 1792.
Cochran, Sept. 9, 1792.
Col. William McDonald, farmer, Sept. 9, 1792.
John H. Schenck, physician, Sept. 9, 1792.
Abraham I. Voorhees, farmer, Nov. 29, 1792.
Burrowes Smith, cabinet-maker, Nov. 29, 1792.
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Andrew Howell, gentleman, Apr. 4, 1793.
Jacob C. Ten Eyck, farmer, May 3, 1793.
William Dumont, farmer.
Richard Cruser, physician, June 6, 1793.
Joseph Stull, smith, June 6, ^793-
James Alexander, merchant, Sept. 5, 1793.
Nicholas A. Smith, (petition).
Caleb Brokaw, farmer, Sept. 5, 1793.
John Henry, physician, Nov. 7, 1793.
John Hardenbergh, farmer, Dec. 3, 1793.
Abraham Van Duyck, farmer, Dec. 3, 1793.
Peter D. Stryker, physician, Feb. 12, 1793.
Jacob Ten Eyck, Jr., farmer, Feb. 12, 1793.
James Tunison, farmer, Feb. 12, 1793.
Jacob Ten Eyck, Sr., farmer.
Timothy Brush.
Nicholas Perrine, farmer.
^Christian EofT, innkeeper, 1794.
Edward Howell, farmer.
John V. K. Taylor, joiner.
Daniel Jones, cordwainer, 1794
John Anderson, farmer, Aug. 7, 1794.
Christopher Rockefellow, farmer, Aug. 7, 1794.
John Stevenson, miller, Aug. 7, 1794.
John Finley, innkeeper, Aug. 7, 1794.
Benjamin Hardenbergh, physician, Oct. 2, 1794.
Jacob I. Johnson, farmer, Oct. 2, 1794.
F. W. Montgomery, petition dated Sept. 18, 1894.
Thomas F. Montgomery, physician, Jan. 8, 1795.
Nathaniel Price, farmer, May 7, 1795.
Joseph Taylor, miller, June 4, 1795.
Jonas Chatburn, (petition, no date).
James Chatburn, innkeeper, Aug. 6, 1795.
John Meldrum, innkeeper.
John Smith, farmer.
John Taylor, (petition dated Sept. 3, 1795).
Aaron Boylan, lawyer.
James M. Carter, merchant.
George T. Tennery, 1800.
John Powers, innkeeper, July 2, 1801.
Samuel Bayles, farmer, March 4, 1803.
is Kinnan, farmer, July 3, 1806.
Peter Roy, farmer, Aug. 6, 1806.
John T. Arrowsmith, Cap. U. S. Army.
Peter Coriell, farmer, Feb. 5, 1807.
Henry Drake, physician, June 4, 1807.
John Hill, merchant, July 2, 1807.
Jonathan Ford Morris, physician, Oct. 1, 1807.
William Teller, merchant, Nov. 5, 1807.
Israel Runyon, saddler, July 28, 1808.
Roll Somerset (Solomon's) Lodge, No. i, F. and A.M., 1787-1829 167
Samuel Teller, innkeeper, March, 1808.
William Low, blacksmith, August, 1808.
James Henry, farmer, November, 1808.
Tunis Ten Eyck (petition dated Feb. 4, 1808).
Andrew Wallace.
Stephen McCoy (petition dated, June 2, 1808).
John H. Hurton, merchant, April 6, 1809.
Andrew Gaddis, stonemason, Sept. 28, 1809.
William S. Harris, blacksmith, Sept. 28, 1809.
Ephraim F. Ogden, hatter, Nov. 2, 1809.
George Flomerfelt, innkeeper, Dec. 7, 1809.
William D. Sherwood, farmer, Dec. 7, 1809.
Francis Vactor (petition dated Jan. 4, 1810).
Aaron Allen, farmer, Feb. 1, 1810.
Thomas D. Jenkins, teacher, March 5, 1810.
William Barnett, physician, Sept. 13, 1810.
David M. Kline, merchant, Nov. 8, 1810.
Henry Suydam, farmer, March 7, 181 1.
Conrad Hardy, farmer, Aug. 1, 181 1.
John I. Castner, innkeeper, Aug. 29, 181 1.
William Willet, farmer, Sept. 26, 181 1.
Alpheus Freeman 1, Sept. 26, 181 1.
John Outcalt, tailor, Sept. 26, 181 1.
John Anderson, weaver, Sept. 26, 181 1.
Peter W. Tilley (petition dated Feb. 7, 1811).
William Skillman, Jan. 23, 1812.
Samuel Perry, innkeeper, Jan. 23, 1812.
Peter Smiley, merchant, Dec. 17, 1812.
F.dward Hill, merchant, Dec. 17, 1812.
John L. Thompson, merchant, Oct. 14, 1813.
John Mcintosh, teacher, Oct. 28, 1813.
Joshua Farlee, Jan. 6, 1814.
Eliphalet Copp, physician, Feb. 23, 1815.
John Allen Feb. 23, 181 5.
Alexander Campbell, farmer, Jan. 16, 1809.
David E. Morris, May 18, 1815.
William Stewart, farmer, May 18, 1815.
Albert T. Cox, farmer, May 18. 1815.
Stephen P. Stryker, March 7, 1816.
A. C. Mcintosh (petition dated Sept. 9, 1813).
Daniel Sargeant, innkeeper, May 9, 1816.
James Herring, portrait painter, June 16, 1816.
Frederick Cock, July 4, 1816.
Jonathan Doty, lawyer, July 20, 1816.
Nathan Stinson, Sept. 5, 1816.
Lyman Walbridge, teacher, Sept. 5, 1816.
"Jacob Eoff, merchant, Sept. 5, 1816.
Peter Van Doren, merchant, Sept. 5, 1816.
Joseph Brown, farmer, Sept. 5, 1816.
Henry Gatzmer, miller, Oct. 31, 1816.
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Peter B. Davis, merchant, Oct. 31, 1816.
John S. Duryee, miller, Oct. 31, 1816.
James Wells, fuller, Dec. 19, 1816.
James Stewart, couchmaker, Feb. 27, 1817.
Cornelius H. EoiT, merchant, March 27, 1817.
John Cox, merchant, March 27, 1817.
John Van Liew, farmer, March 27, 181 7.
Israel H. Covert, teacher, March 27, 1817.
James Jenkins, merchant, March 27, 1817.
John I. Voorhees, farmer, May 1. 181 7.
John Tumy, innkeeper. May 1, 1817.
Jacob Lazalier, hatter, May 1, 181 7.
William Williamson, blacksmith, May 1, 1817.
Robert Watts, hatter, Oct. 9, 1817.
Ralph Glover, teacher, Oct. 9, 1817.
Joseph LaTourette, merchant, Oct. 9, 181 7.
Samuel Cruser, Nov. 20. 181 7.
Morris Welsh (petition dated June 6, 1816).
William R. Barnett (petition dated Aug. 21, 1817).
John Yatman, Dec. 18, 1817.
Peter Polhemus, farmer, Dec. 18, 1817.
Samuel D. Honeyman (petition dated Dec. 21, 1817).
Nicholas Arrowsmith, Apr. 16, 1818.
John Ryan, teacher, Apr. 16, 1818.
Peter Lott, Sept. 24, 1818.
Philip Myers, miller, Oct. 8, 1818.
John Harris, stonemason, Oct. 8, 1818.
Nathaniel Seely, Oct. 8, 1818.
Samuel Colthar (petition dated Oct. 8, 1818).
Jerome C. Rappelyea, Nov. 12, 1818.
Timothy Crane, innkeeper, Dec. 11, 1818. â–
Stephen Alward (petition dated April 1, 1819).
Benjamin De Camp, farmer, April 8, 1819.
James Bennet, April 8, 1819.
James A. Baldwin, April 8, [J
Abner Smalley, farmer, April 8, 1819.
John II. Kline, tailor, April 19, 1819.
William C. Morris, lawye 6, 1819.
Absalom Martin, farmer, June 19, 1819.
John Staats, carpenter, Aug. 5, 1819.
Isaac Staats (petition dated Aug. 5, 1819).
Samuel Perry, Jr., Aug. 5, 1819.
E. D. Van Allen, Aug. 5, 1819.
Jacob Burtt, June 22, 1820.
Elkanah Ketcham, saddler, June 22, 1820.
William Van Arsdale, innkeeper, Sept. 21, 1820.
Benjamin Thomas, toll gate keeper, Sept. 21, 1820.
William O. H. Thomas, fanner, Sept. 21, 1820.
Alexander C. Mcintosh, March 15, 1821.
Alpheus Coon, June 25, 1821.
Roll Somerset (Solomon's) Lodge. No. i, F. and A.M., 1787-1829 169
Cornelius Anderson, July 12, 1821.
Tobias Boudinot, July 22, 1821.
Joseph G. Scofield, July 22, 1821.
William K. Post, Aug. 9, 1821.
John Waters, Aug. 9, 182 1.
John Willian 9, 1821,
Daniel F. Reynolds, Sept. 6, 1821
[srael Ward, Nov. 8, 1821.
Edward Ferguson. Nov. 8, 1821.
Ralph Buck. Dec. 31, 1821.
Richard Jones, April 3, 1822.
William P. Morris, April 22, 1822.
James Cough, Aug. 8, 1822.
Morris M. Read, Oct. 30, 1822
James Webster, merchant, Nov. 27, 1822.
John George Eberle, Nov. 27, 1822.
• ses Hetfield, tinsmith, Nov. 27, 1822.
Benjamin Rush Barnett, Dec. 25, 1822.
' ' , wheelwright, June 26, 1823.
Robert T. Houdinot, saddler, Aug. 21, 1823.
Charles Toms, merchant, July 8, 1824.
Ezekiel Blue, Dec. 30, 1824.
James Finley, March 31, 1825.
Joseph Doty, innkeeper, Sept. 22, 1825.
Abraham Schuyler, teacher, Sept. 26, 1825.
William B. Prall, farmer, Oct. 20, 1825.
John S. Prall, farmer, Oct. 20, 1825.
Charles Wyckoff, deputy sheriff, Feb. 16, 1826.
holas Ludi, miner, Feb. 16, 1826.
1 S. Ott, farmer, March 23, 1826.
James Fisher, farmer, March 23, 1826.
Richard R. Hall, farmer, March 23, 1826.
Daniel Osborn, hatter, Dec. 14, 1826.
William Barcalow, innkeeper, Dec. 14, 1826.
Garret N. Williamson (petition, no date).
John T. McCormick (petition, no date).
Andrew Ten Eick (petition, no date).
Members of Solomon's Lodge No. 1. who served in the War of the
Revolution were:
Gen. John Beatty, Lieut. -Col. in 1775; prisoner in 1776; Col. and
Commissary Gen. of Prisoners in 1779.
William McKissack, Assistant Surgeon, Capt. in Penn. Co.
Col. John Taylor, Colonel of Regiments in Burlington and Hunter-
don ; Col. 4th Regt., Hunterdon Militia, 1777; Col. of State troops, 1779.
Elisha Taylor, private, Hunterdon Militia.
John Armstrong, private, Capt. Conway's Co., 1st Batt., 1st Est.;
private, Capt. Maxwell's Co., 2d Regt., Hunterdon.
John Brittin, private, 2d Regt., Sergeant Spencer's Regt., 1777.
Oliver Barnett, M. D., Surgeon, 4th Regt., Hunterdon Militia, 1776.
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Col. James Linn, 1st Major, 1st Batt., Somerset Militia, 1776.
George McDonald, Quarter-Master's Sergeant, 2d Batt., 2d Est. Al-
so 2d Regt.
James Henry, private, Somerset.
Jacob Ten Eyck, Lieut, and Capt. 1st Batt., Somerset.
Robert R. Henry, M. D., Surgeon's Mate in Gen. Hospital, Cont.
Army, 1777.
Abraham Voorhees, Sergeant in Capt. Ten Eyck's Co., 1st Batt.,
Somerset.
Col. William McDonald, 2d Lieut., 2d Co., 3d Batt., 1st Est.
John V. R. Taylor, private, Militia.
James Anderson, Lieut. Hazen's Regt., Cont. Army.
John Taylor, private, Eastern Batt., Morris ; also State troops.
Burrovves Smith, private, Hunterdon Militia.
John H. Schenck, private, Capt. Ten Eyck's Co., 2d Batt., Somerset ;
also Sergeant of same Company.
* James Tunison, private, Somerset Militia.
Joseph Stull, private, Capt. Ten Eyck's Co., 1st Batt., Somerset.
Daniel Jones, private, 1st Batt., 2d Est., Cont. Army; also Capt.
Scott's Co., 2d Batt., Somerset, also State troops.
Joseph Crane, private, Baldwin's Regt., Artificers, Cont. Army.
Christopher Rockafellow, private Capt. Phillips Co., 3d Regt., Hun-
terdon.
John Finley, private, 2d Batt., 2d Est. ; Corporal, Capt. Ballard's Co.,
3d Regt.
Nicholas Perrine, private, Somerset Militia.
John Smith, private, Capt. Anderson's Co., 4th Batt., 2d Est. ; also
Militia.
Jacob I. Johnson, private, Militia.
John Anderson, 1st Lieut., 6th Co., 3d Batt., 1st Est.; Capt. 4th
Batt., 2d Est. ; also Capt., Militia.
Joseph Taylor, private, Lee's Legion, Cont. Army ; Bombardier, Capt.
Neil's Co., Artillery.
Edward Howell, private, Capt. Polhemus' Co., 1st Batt., 1st Est;
Sergeant, 1st Regt.; wounded at Springfield, 1783.
Aaron Boylan, private, Capt. Piatt's Co., 1st Batt., 2d Est.; Corporal,
Capt. Parker's Co., 1st Batt., Militia.
John Power , private, Cont. Army; also Capt. Militia.
Samuel Bailey, private, Cont. Army.
Samuel Bayles, private, Capt. Morgan's Co., 2d Regt., Middlesex.
Jonathan Ford Morris, Surgeon's Mate, Gen. Hospital ; Lieut.,
Proctor's Regt., Artillery; Surgeon, Militia.
John Hill, private, 3d Batt., 1st Est.; also Capt. Dickerson's Co., 3d
Batt., 2d Est.
Alexander Campbell, private, Capt. Jacob Ten Eyck's Co., 1st Batt.,
Somerset.
Henry Smdam, Corp., Con. Army; Ensign, Capt. Cabele's Troop
Light Horse.
Samuel Perry, private, Militia.
Aaron Allen, private, 3d Batt., 2d Est.
Colonel Frelinghuysen's Muster Roll of 1778 171
William M. Barnett, M. D., Surgeon, 1st Batt., 1st Est.; also 1st
Regt.
Peter Van Doren, private, Somerset.
"^Cornelius Eoff, private, Somerset.
Robert Watts, Corp., Capt. Helen's Co., 2d Regt.
John Tumy, private, 1st Batt., 2d Est.; also 3d Regt.
John Cox, private, Cont. Army, Lieut. Berger's Co., Somerset Mi-
litia.
John Harris, private, Capt. Bond's Co., 4th Batt., 2d Est. ; also in
Capt. Ten Eyck's Co., 1st Batt., Somerset.
James Jenkins, private, 1st Batt., 2d Est.; also 1st Regt
David Morris, private, Capt. Cox's Co., 1st Regt.
John Ryan, private, Hazen's Regt. (2d Canadian), Cont. Army.
William Williamson, Capt., 2d Regt., Middlesex; Capt., Col. Neil-
son's Regt., State Troops.
John Staats, Sergeant, Minute Men; Wagonmaster ; Dept. Quar-
termaster General.
William Van Arsdale, private, Somerset.
John Henry, Samuel Hayes, Abram Schuyler, John Voorhees, Ja-
cob Johnson and William Post were also connected with the Army of the
Revolution.
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COLONEL FRELINGHUYSEN'S MUSTER ROLL OF 1778
Sometime ago we learned that there was preserved in the Library of
Congress a Somerset muster roll of 1778, of certain members of Colonel
Frederick Frelinghuysen's Regiment, but the information did not give
further particulars. On application to United States Senator Joseph S.
Frelinghuysen to ascertain if a copy of the same could be procured, the
answer promptly came in a photographic reproduction of the manuscript,
which was obtained at his solicitation and sent to us by his courtesy with-
out expense.
We find the document most interesting in several re While it
contains the names of only thirty-seven soldiers and from only three
townships, Bridgewater, Bedminster and Bernards, it gives certain par-
ticulars of those soldiers which some of their descendants will prize.
Colonel Frelinghuysen, at the time named, (1778) was in command
of the Fifth Battalion of the Somerset County Militia, and these thirty-
seven volunteered from that Battalion to join the Continental troops for
a nine months' service. The Fifth Battalion was then, we assume, at
Valley Forge, where Washington's army had passed the hard Winter
of i777-'8, and which did not break up there until June. The men named
in the muster roll as "new levies" for the Continental Line were receipted
for there, as appears from the official receipt on the back of the roll, and
which is quoted below (at the end of the list).
J7 2 Somerset County Historical Quarterly
The endorsement on the outside of the roll is: "Muster Roll of
Coll. Fred'k Frelinghuysen Recruits.'' Within, the roll is headed as
follows :
"Muster Roll of the Recruits received from the 5th Battalion of
Somerset County Melitia in State of N. Jersey Cor/i'd by Col. Fred'k
Frelinghuysen who are to serve in the Continent'l Army 9 months from
the date hereof."
The roll that follows is in a tabular form of eleven columns, which
we cannot well reproduce ; so we have made up the record in the shape
given below, which furnishes all the particulars of the table. The number
after each name indicates the place the name occupies on the roll, and
probably represents the order of enlistment, as in the roll the names are
not alphabetical. We have arranged the names alphabetically for con-
venience of reference, and added in brackets a few comments:
The Muster Roll List
Boiji f„ Nathan (28), of Bernards Twsp. ; from Parker's Com-
pany; brown hair; age 20 years; 5 ft.. 4 in. high; enlisted May 4th;
joined Capt. Bellard's Co., 3rd Regiment, on May 21st. [Correct name
Nathan Bodley].
Boylan, Aaron (22), of Bernards Twsp.; from Parker's Com-
pany ; black hair and eyes ; age 29 years ; 5 ft. 6 in. high ; enlisted May
8th; joined Capt. Peatt's Co., 1st Regiment, on May 21st.
Britain, Jeremiah (5), of Bridgewater Twsp.; from 7th Com-
pany; black hair and eyes; age 21 years; 5 ft., 6 in. high; enlisted May
4; joined Capt. Peatt's Co., 1st Regiment, on May 21st. [He later be-
came Sergeant].
Brown, Adam (15) of Bedminster Twsp.; from Porter's Company;
brown hair and eyes; age iy years; 5 ft. 7 in. high; enlisted May 4th;
joined Capt. Peatt's Co., 1st Regiment, on May 21st.
Campbell, McDon'd (30), of Bernards Twsp.; from Corey's Com-
pany; light hair; age 19 years; 5 ft., 5 in. high; enlisted May 4th; joined
Capt. Forman's Co., 4th Regiment, on May 21st.
Cobb, Matth's (27), of Bernar.i from Parker's Company;
brown hair; age 18 years; 5 ft., 4 in. high; enlisted May 4th; joined
Capt. Cox's Co., 3rd Regiment, 011 May 21st. [He later became Ser-
geant].
Cook, George (10), of Bridgewater Twsp.; from 5th Company;
brown hair; age 33 years; 5 ft., 8 in. high; enlisted May nth; joined
Capt. Peatt's Co., 1st Regiment, on May 2:
Coon, Dan'l (13), of Bernards Twsp.; from Corey's Company;
black hair and eyes; age 20 years; 5 ft., 8 in. high; enlisted May I J :
joined Capt. Forman's Co., 4th Regiment, on May _
Crane, Asa (36), of Bernards Twsp.; from 10th Company; brown
hair and eyes ; age 16 years ; 5 ft., 1 in. high ; enlisted May 4th ; joined
Capt. Peatt's Company, 1st Regiment, on May 21st.
Dickson. Wm. (21 ), of Bernards Twsp. ; from 2d Company; brown
Colonel Frelinghuysen's Muster Roll of 1778 173
hair and eyes ; age 49 years ; 5 ft., 6 in. high ; enlisted May 4th ; joined
Capt. Forman's Co., 4th Regiment, on May 21st.
Doty, Peter (37), of Bernards Tvvsp. ; from 10th Company; brown
hair and eyes; age 16 years; 5 ft., 3 in. high; enlisted May 18th; joined
Capt. Peatt's Company, 1st Regiment, on May 21st .
Dow, Fulkerd (12), of Bridgewater Twsp. ; from 7th Company;
brown hair, grey eyes; age 21 years; 6 ft. high; enlisted May 4; joined
Capt. Peatt's Co., 1st Regiment, on May 21st.
Duykink, Gerardus (i), of Bridgewater Twsp.; from 5th Com-
pany; black hair and eyes; age 29 years; 5 ft. 7 in high; enlisted May
17. [Correct name, Duyckinckj.
Haines, Sam'l (31), of Bernards Twsp.; from Corey's Co.; brown
hair; age 22 years; 5 ft., 6 in. high; enlisted May 4th; joined Capt.
Forman's Co., 4th Regiment, on May 21st.
Johnston, Jno. (26), of Bernards Twsp.; from Parker's Com-
pany; brown hair; age 32 years; 5 ft, 10 in. high; enlisted May 4th;
joined Capt. Bellard's Co., 3rd Regiment, on May .
Lane, William (4), of Bridgewater Twsp.; from 7th Company;
black hair, grey eyes ; age 36 years ; 5 ft., 9 in high ; enlisted May 4 ;
joined Capt. Forman's Co., 4th Regiment, on May 21st.
Lee, Thom's (20), of Bedminster Twsp.; from 3rd Company;
black hair, grey eyes; age 27 years; 5 ft., 9 in. high; enlisted May 4th.
Mexcow, Conrod (24), of Bernards Tvvsp; from 2nd Company;
brown hair; age 20 years; 5 ft., 2 in. high; enlisted May nth; joined
Capt. Peatt's Co., 1st Regiment, on May 21st. [Name entered by Stry-
ker as Medio].
McGill, James (14), of Bedminster Twsp.; from Porter's Com-
pany; brown hair and eyes; age 28 years; 5 ft., 5 in. high; enlisted
May 4th; joined Capt. Peatt's Co., 1st Regiment, on May 21st.
McGill, Jno. (16), of Bedminster Twsp. ; from Porter's Company ;
dark brown hair; age 22 years; 5 ft, 4 in high; enlisted May 4th; joined
Capt. Peatt's Co., 1st Regiment, on May 21st.
McKinny, Joseph (32), of Bernards Twsp.; from Corey's Co;
brown hair; age 17 years: 5 ft., 11 in. high; enlisted May 15th; joined
Capt. Peatt's Co < iment, on May 21st.
McLeary, Dan'l (18), of Bedminster Twsp.; from Porter's Com-
pany ; black hair, grey eyes ; age 26 years ; 5 ft., 5 in. high ; enlisted
4th; joined Capt Co., 1st Regiment, on May 21st. [Entered by
Stryker as "Leary," not McLeary].
Netter, Jno. V. (2), of Bridgewater Twsp.; from 1st Company;
brown hair and eyes; age 19 years; 5 ft., 10 in. high; enlisted May 4;
joined Capt. Peatt's Co., 1st Regiment, on May 21st
O'Lefferty, Henry (25), of Bernards Twsp.; from Parker's Com-
pany; brown hair; age 22 years; 5 ft, 7 in. high; enlisted May 7th:
joined Capt. Bellard's Co., 3rd Regiment, on May 21st.
Perkins, Alex'r (33), of Bernards Twsp.; from Corey's Com-
pany ; black complexion ; age 32 years ; 5 ft, 8 in. high ; enlisted May
9th ; joined Capt. Peatt's Co.
Rickey, Cornel's (29), of Bernards Twsp.; from Parker's Co.;
brown hair; age 18 years; 5 ft, 4 in. high; enlisted May 4th; joined
Capt. Bellard's Co., 3rd Regiment, on May 21st.
174 Somerset County Historical Quarterly
Rolph, Rich'd (35), of Bernard? Twsp. ; from Corey's Company;
brown hair and eyes; age 42 years; 6 ft. high; enlisted May 9th. [En-
tered as joining Capt. Peatt's Company, 1 Regiment, on May 21st, but
evidently erased, as per certificate belt;
Saunders, Timothy (19), of Bedminster Twsp.; from 3rd Com-
pany ; brown hair, grey eyes ; age 25 years ; 5 ft, 6 in. high ; enlisted
May 4th; joined Capt. Peatt's Co., 1st Regiment, on May 2
Seers, Sam'l (34), of Bernards Twsp.; from Corey's Company;
dark hair and eyes; age 47 years; 5 ft., 9 in. high; enlisted May 9th;
joined Capt. Forman's Company, 41I1 Regiment, on May 21st. [Correct
name, Sears].
Simonson, Sam'l (9), of Bridgewater Twsp.; from 5th Company;
negro, slender and tall; age 21 years; 5 ft., 8 in. high; enlisted May
4th; joined Capt. Anderson's Co., 4th Regiment, on May 2ist.
Stewart, Jno. (il), of Bridgewater Twsp.; from 7th Company;
brown hair and eyes ; age 28 ( ?) years ; 5 ft., 8 in. high ; enlisted May
4th; joined Capt. Peatt's Co., 1st Regiment, on May 21st.
Storm, Jno. (7), of Bridgewater Twsp.; from 7th Company;
brown hair and eyes; age 46 years; 5 ft., 9 in. high; enlisted May 18th.
[Correct name, Storms].
Stuart, David (23), of Bernards Twsp.; from Corey's Company;
brown hair; age 20 years; 5 ft., 9 in. high; enlisted May 6th; joined
Capt. Forman's Co., 4th Regiment, on May 21st. [Correct name Stew-
art].
Stull, Joseph (3), of vater Twsp.; from 7th Company;
brown hair, grey eyes ; age 21 years ; 5 ft.. 9 in. high ; enlisted May 4 ;
joined Capt. Peatt's Co , 1st Regiment, on May 21st. [Entered by Stry-
ker as Stoll].
V.Arsdall, Jno. (8), of Bri< 1 Twsp.; from 7th Company;
brown hair; age 16 years; 5 ft., 8 in. high; enlisted May 4th; joined
Capt. Peatt's Co., 1st Regiment, on May 21st.
V.De Bergh, Peter (6), of Bridgewater Twsp.; from 7th Com-
pany; brown hair and eyes; age 18 years; 5 ft., 5 in. high;, enlisted
May 4; joined Capt. Peatt's Co., 1st Regiment, on May 21st
Voorhes, Abram V. (17), of Bedminster Twsp.; from 3rd Com-
pany; brown hair, grey eyes; age 22 years; 5 ft., 10 in. high; enlisted
May 4th; joined Capt. Peatt's Co., 1st Regiment, on May 21st. [Cor-
rect name, Abraham Voorhees].
The receipt for these men is thus endorsed on the outside of the roll:
"Camp Valley Forge, May 21st, 1778.
"Received of Lt. Joseph Casterline the within mentioned New Levies
except the underwritten Persons who have not yet joined :
"Class 1. ' Gerardus Burgher.
7. Jno. Storm.
20. Thorn's
33. Alexand. Pickins.
35. Rich'd Rolph."
It is evident from the above list of volunteers that height or age was
Dirck Low's Public Business 175
not considered important ; no modern requirements ruled out the brave
lads and men who fought for independence. Heights ran from five feet
one inch to six feet, and ages from sixteen to forty-nine. One was a col-
ored man, for there was then no color line in the army : even slaves
could enlist, with the consent of their masters.
Of the Continental Troop Captains named, Captain "Peatt" was
Jacob Piatt; Captain Forman was Thomas M. Forman; Captain "Bel-
lard" was Jeremiah Ballard. There were, however, three Captain An-
dersons in the Continental Army, and we cannot distinguish which is
meant as commanding the company to which the "negro" went. As to
the Captains in the militia, from whose Companies the men came, Cap-
tain Corey was Benjamin Corey; Captain Porter was Nathaniel Porter;
Captain Parker was John Parker, all three being Somerset men.
Five of the men in the roll of enlistments are not found in the Stry-
ker "Official Register," viz., McDonald Campbell, Gerardus Duyckinck,
Samuel Haines, John V. Netter and Alexander Perkins
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DIRCK LOW'S PUBLIC BUSINESS
BY JOHN J. DE MOTT, METUCHEN, N. J.
[Concluded from Page 93]
Affairs of Cornelius Low, Brother of Dirck
Cornelius Low left his home in the neighborhood of Neshanic in Octo-
ber, 1773, giving his business affairs into the hands of his eldest brother,
Dirck. There is no indication of Cornelius' destination, nor his reason
for leaving. He was still absent in 1778. On the Census List of North-
umberland co., Pa., in 1790, a Cornelius Low, Sr., and a Cornelius Low
and wife are given, with children ; it may be the Cornelius above named
went thither.
The account is opened by a payment of £20. made by Cornelius to
Dirck, on Oct. 13, (1773. Following that are various receipts, evidently
the result of business dealings which Cornelius had pending, up to May,
1777. The disbursements begin with a payment on Oct. 13, 1773, to
Annatje, wife of Cornelius, of £1.3.4. On November 1, 1773, £9. was
paid to "Cornelius Low, his son." A few of the other payments are :
1773. Lambert Kidwalner (Cadwallader?)
Wentje Vanderveer.
1774. Jonathan Sargent, Junior, Esq.
1774. Joseph Mattenson.
1775. William Hanna.
Catalintje Voorhees.
176 Somerset County Historical Quarterly
1776. Jacob Flagg.
1777. Isaac Hoff.
Hugh Hicks.
Andrew Van Fleet, in behalf of Gerrit Van Fleet, deceased.
The last payment rendered for the account of Cornelius is to Jacob
Mattenson, on April 20, 1778.
By far the most interesting record in this connection is a draft of a
letter which Dirck Low wrote to Cornelius. It is undated, but from the
context it may be placed in October, 1776:
"Brother Corneuus.
"Sir: Received yours the second day of this instant, October, by
which I understand that you are all in good health, which is one of the
greatest blessings, next to Grace, that we can enjoy in this world. It is
a thing that I can't write to you of my family, for I had both lameness and
sickness in my family since harvest and is still like to continue.
"The matter between and is not brought to issue yet
at law, so that matters now lay neutral. No quarrels nor debates of late.
As for the matter between us and , this is as usual, and how long
it will be so I cannot say, for this unhappy dispute between the mother
country and the colonies causes a great trouble upon me, and the trouble
and cost in my own family is so large, that I can't do as I would but must
do as I can. . . .
"I don't choose to write to you of circumstances in our place, but
this, that the people are much alarm'd. In New York they do expect to
be besieged every day and great preparation is made for the engagement
and much people move out the city. The Barracks in Brunswick rue full
already, and more other places, and, if so, we expect to be alarmed in
our place to assist, especially those that are enlisted in the American
service under Capt. Peter ten Eick, and many others."
- sdue of Mark Titsort
Dirck Low acted as custodian of the cash received as the result of a
vendue held November 28, 1766, of the property of Mark Titsort (also
written Tietsoort, Titsworth, etc.). The collection of this money ex-
tended until December, 1767. It was disbursed for various purposes over
the same period. The total amount involved was £27.9.6. Mark Tits-
sort appears to have been living at that time. Among the names men-
tioned are: Christopher Preston, Elihu Smith, Michael Hammer, Esh-
forbee Cock, Dirck Middagh, Wilhelmus Ver Brick.
Estate of Cornelius Low, Father of Dirck
Cornelius Low, father of Dirck, died in 1763. In a few years it de-
veloped that there were irregularities in the title of lands which Cor-
nelius had owned. These dated back to 1727 and 1728. Considerable
manceuvering was necessary in order to adjust everything. Philip Kear-
Dirck Low's Public Business 177
ney, of Amboy, was employed as counsel. Following shows what was
done:
"A copy of the agreement between the devisees of James Alexander
and the Executors of Joseph Murrey, deceased, of the one part, and the
heirs of Cornelius Low, deceased, John Titsort and the heirs of Abraham
Titsort, deceased, of the other part, concerning a tract of land situated
and lying on the north side of the South Branch of Raritan River in
Somerset County, is as viz :
James Alexander, Joseph Murrey. Daniel Hol-
lenshead and Alexander MacDowell sold
to Thomas Hall by deed dated Novem-
ber 14, 1728. . v 230 acres for £100.0.0 proc.
The same persons sold to
John Biggs by deed dated June 20, 1727 200 acres for £130.0.0 proc.
430 acres £230.0.0
It now appears this land is within prior survey to John
Alford, John Person and Thomas Lambert.
The above mentioned grantors gave warrantees each for
himself and not one for the other ; therefore the executors of
Mr. Murrey and the devisees of Mr. Alexander have only
one-half to make good, which they are willing to do in the fol-
lowing manner, to pay the representatives of John Alford ac-
cording to valuation made by Jonathan Sergant and Azarijah
Dunham for 134^ acres is £465. 0.0
22 acres deducted for what the tract over runs what it was
sold for is 74. 1.4
£390.18.8
To be paid by Alexander and Murrey £105.9.4
To pay John Person and Thomas Lambert for 158J4
acres the proportion the quantity bears to the
whole 230 acres sold to Thomas Hall, which
is £84.16.7
Interest thereof for 10 years at 8% is 67.16.8
Interest for 28 years and 5 months at 7% is. . . 168. 14.5
£321. 7.8
Cornelius Low, who now claims the land, says he
purchased of John Person a year ago and pays
interest for the money and therefore requires in-
terest for the above sum of £321.7.8, which is
thought reasonable and therefore allowed and
added £22.9.10
£343.17. 6
In all, proc £539.6.10
12
178 Somerset County Historical Quarterly
Executors of Joseph Murrey to pay . £269.13.5
Devisees of Alexander to pay 269.13.5
Paid for land taken by John Person £248.17.6
Paid for the land taken by Lambert 650. 0.0
In all, proc £898.17.6
"An account of the money recovered of the land which was taken away by
John Alford, John Person and the heirs of Thomas Lambert, de-
ceased Every party's part is as viz. :
For the heirs of Cornelius Low, deceased £50. o. o
Principle sum.
Interest of said 50 pounds for 10 years at 8 per cent, is 40. o. o
Interest of said 50 pounds for 28 years and 5 months at 7 per
cent, is 99. 8. 2
Interest of £321.7.8 for 1 year at 7 per cent 22. 9.10
Proc £211.18. o
For the heirs of Abraham Titsort deceased. Principal sum. . . £28. 8.9
Interest of said £28.8.9 Ior 10 years at 8 per cent, is 22.15.0
Interest of said £28.8.9 f° r 2 ^ years and 5 months at 7 per
cent, is 56. 9.6
For 6 acres and 1 quarter at valuation of £3.9.6 per acre is. . . . 21. 14.4
£129. y.y
For John Titsort for 50 acres according to valuation of
£3.9.6 per acre is £173.15.0
Memorandum of the money received by Dirck Low as Executor for
the heirs of Cornelius Low, deceased, and for the heirs of Abraham Tit-
fort, deceased, being money which was recovered for a tract of land lying
on the South Branch of Raritan River, which was taken away by a prior
right of John Person and the heirs of Thomas Lambert.
1767, July 10. Of John Stevense £269.13. 5
1771, October 16.- Of Thomas Jones by the hand of Philip
Kearney, Esq 1 19.14. 4
October 17. Of Thomas Jones 92.11. 11
1774, October 13. Of Thomas Jones by the hand of Philip
Kearney, Esq * 57. 7. 2
Proc £539. 6.10
"Memorandum of the money paid out by the said Dirck Low :
1767 July 21. To Cornelius Low £12. 5. 1
July 24. To James Olden for John Person. 216. o. 8
1769 Aug. 25. To John Titsort 86.17. 6
1770 Feb. 5. To the heirs of Abraham Titsort 64.13. 6
1771 Oct.. 28. To John Titsort 71. o. o
To the heirs of Titsort 48. 8. 6
1774 Oct. 13. To Philip Kearney for cost 7-7-2
Dirck Lozv's Public Business 179
Nov. 9. To the heirs of Titsort 16. 5. 6
To Isaac Hoff in behalf of John Titsort. . . . 15.17. 6
To my self for my trouble 11. 5
Proc £539. 6.10
"Know ye whom it may concern that we whose names are hereunder
written do hereby acknowledge that we have received on the twenty-fifth
day of August, 1769, of John Titsort by the hands of Dirck Low the sum
of Eighty-six pounds seventeen shillings and six pence, proclamation
money, and on the twenty-eighth day of October, 1771. the sum of Sev-
enty-one pounds of like money, and on the ninth d;iy of November, 1774,
the sum of Fifteen pounds n shillings and six pence, being money
which was recovered for land taken away by prior survey by John Al-
ford, being our full due of such money so recovered, and we do hereby
acquit and discharge the said John Titsort and Dirck Low their heirs,
executors and administrators forever, as witness our hands and seals this
ninth day of November, 1774.
Test: #saac Hoff [Seal]
Peter Clo\ [Seal ] .
''Know ye whom it may concern that we whose names are hereunder
written do hereby acknowledge that we have received of Dirck Low
on the fifth Day of February, 1770, the sum of Ten thousand pounds
fifteen shillings and seven pence, proclamation money, each of us, and on
the fourth day of November, 1 771, the sum of ei^ht pounds one shilling and
five pence of like money, each of us, and on the ninth day of Novem-
ber, 1774, the sum of Two pounds fourteen shillings and three pence,
each of us, like money as above said, being money which was recovered
this ninth day of November, 1774
Test, Abraham Teits [Seal].
Peter Clover. Peter Tietsoort [Seal].
Isaac X Tn. [Seal].
(by mark)
John T [Seal |.
Isaac Hoff
In behalf of
Margrit Titsort [Seal].
"Know ye whom it may concern that I, William have received
on the seventeenth day of October, 1776, the sum of Twenty one pounds
eleven shillings and three pence proclamation r ing money which
was recovered this seventeenth day of October, 177
Test. William Tietsoorth [Seal]
Abraham Teitsoorth
"Received this 17 Day of October, 1776, the sum of Two pounds
nine shillings and eleven pence proc, being money for interest for said
sum in the above receipt mentioned : I say received by me.
William Tietsoorth
180 Somerset County Historical Quarterly
'Whereas Cornelius Low, late of the Township of Reading, de-
ceased, hath in his last will and testament appointed that the land should
be divided among his four sons, namely, Dirck Low, Cornelius Low,
John Low and Gerrit Low, and if any of said divided land or lands
of said sons should be taken away by any right or rights, claim or claims,
that then all the heirs of said deceased should bear an equal loss in pro-
portion according to their legacies so bequeathed to them by said de-
ceased: It now appears that the land of said Cornelius is taken away
by a prior right of John Person and the heirs of Thomas Lambert, de-
ceased, for which I have received this sixth day of June, 1771, the just
and full sum of one hundred and eleven pounds proc, being my full
demand of said Dirck Low for said rights, as witness my hand the day
and date above written.
Test. Cornelius Low.
Abraham Emans
Jacob Emens
"Whereas there is an unequal division of the lands of Cornelius Low,
late of the Township of Reading, deceased, made ; and whereas Dirck
Low has some of said land more than the other sons of said deceased,
this therefore to acknowledge that we, the subscribers, of these presents,
have received on the sixth day of June, 1771, the just and full sum of
Twelve pounds sixteen shillings and three pence of said Dirck Low,
being our full dues for the said parcel or quantity of lands as he has more
or above us ; as witness our hands the day and date above written
Cornelius Low
Garrit Low
Test. John Low."
Jacob Emens.
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EARLY RECORDED WILLS IN SOMERSET— FROM 1804
EARLY RECORDS IN SURROGATE'S OFFICE
[Continued from Page 65]
McGakvin, Sarah, of Bernards twsp. Dated Sept. 23, 181 1. Probat.
Oct. 7, 1811. Names ch. : Margaret (wife of Cornelius Vermule) ;
Rebekah (wife of Christopher Blazer) ; John. Executor — Thomas Lewis.
Witnesses — Thomas McCoy, James M. Lewis, John Lewis. (A, p. 319)-
Perrine, Nicholas, of Bridgewater twsp. Dated Oct. 2, 181 1.
Probat. Oct. 17, 181 1. Names ch. : Peter, John, Stephen, James, Nich-
olas, Henry, Catherine ; also housekeeper, Anne Perrine. Executors —
sons Peter, John and Stephen. Witnesses — John I. Castner, John Van
Nostrand, Isaac Van Nostrand. (A, p. 321).
Kelly, David, of Somerset co. Dated Aug. 21, 181 1. Probat. Oct.
23, 181 1. Names wife, Sarah; daus., Hannah Coon and Mary; gr. dau.,
Mary Morrison (dau. of my dau. Sarah Murphey; probably wife of
Early Recorded Wills in Somerset — From 1804 181
Thomas Murphey, living in "the Lake country") ; grandson William
(son of my son David, deceased) ; granddau. Anna Worth (dau. of
my dau., Hannah Auton) ; sons, Charles, Benjamin; dau., Mary. Exec-
utors — son-in-law, Aaron Coon and Lefferd Waldron. Witnesses —
Charles Toms, Martha Harris, Fenny Spencer. (A, p. 323).
Navius (Nevius), Peter D., of Franklin twsp. Dated Oct. 4,
181 1. Probat. Oct. 24, 181 1. Names wife, Jane; sons David, Garret,
Peter, John and Elbert. Executors — sons, David, Garret and Elbert.
Witnesses — Elbert Dumont, Elbert Stothoff, Jaques Voorhees. (A, p.
325)-
Vanliew, Denice, of Middlebush. Dated Aug. 31, 181 1. Probat.
Nov. 5, 181 1. Names wife, Dinah; children of his sons, George, Dinah,
Denice and Condit ; daus., Ida, Mary, Dinah. Executors — brother, John
Vanliew ; son, John, and Peter Voorhees. Witness — Garret Voorhees,
: ^tchell, John Mitchell, Jr. (A, p. 32J). _, r -
Coo\, Benjamin, of Warren twsp. Dated Jan. 29, 1807. Probat, X^
Nov. 25, 181 1. Names wife, Elizabeth; her daus., Rebecca and Ann;
sons, Levi, Benjamin, Nathan; daus., Mary (wife of.Arch'd Corrington)/
Esther (wife of Thomas Auton), Elizabeth (wife of William Coon),
Rachel (wife of ! oor) ; Levi's son, Benjamin; Thomas Auton's
son, John. Executors — son, Levi, and A bram Van Tyle ; failing which, vV
Arch'd Corrington and Isaac Auton. Witnesses — John Jennings, Thomas « \Jr'
Terrill, William Wo- 33o). >> $
,l, Hannah, at the Rariton." Dated June 11,
1810. Probat. Dec. 23, 181 1. Names niece, Mrs. Hannah Rattoone
(dau. of my half brother, Rev. Dr. Abraham Beach, of New York City) ; ,V'"
Elizabeth and Cornelia Bull (daus. of my bro., Jonathan Bull, Esq., of
Hartford, Conn.). Executors— Hannah Rattoone, Isaac L awre nce, Cor- W\
nelius Lawrence. Witnesses — John L. Voorhees, John 1 . . icholas ,\T
Wyckoff. (A, p. 333
Williamson, Ann (widow of Court Williamson), of Montgomery
twsp. Dated Nov. 28, 4805. Probat. Jan. 14. 1812. Names dau., Lu-
cretia \\ ill' mson. Executors— brother, Peter Stryker, son-in-law, Jere- V*
miah Williamson. Witnesses — John Reeve, Garret Van Zant, Ann Reeve.
(A, p. 33
Anderson, James, of Somerset Co. Dated Dec. 5, 181 1. Codicil dated ^JlTo.^
Jan. 4, 181 2. Probat. Jan 21, 1812. Names wife, Phebe; children, Mary
Thompson, Betsy Todd, George, James, Jacob and Hannah. Executors ^\,
— son, George, and Abraham Barkover. Witnesses — Hugh McEowen,
Stephen Conkling, John Collyer, Charles Stewart. (A, p. 336).
Schenk, Ann, of Hillsborough twsp. Dated May 19, 1809. Probat. \W .
0'
/
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182 Somerset County Historical Quart*
Feb. 15. Names son, John J. ; daus., Nancy and Margaret ; gr.dau.,
Ann Van Der Spiegel Schenk. Executors — son, John J., and son-in-law,
William Lawson. Witnesses — Peter Dumont Vroom, Willet Taylor, Pe-
ter D. Vroom. (A, p. 340).
Elston, Samuel, of Bernards twsp. Dated Jan. 25, 1812. Probat.
Feb. 19, 1812. Names wife, Charity ; children, Mary, Caleb, Joseph,
Eunice and Thomas. Executor— Thomas Whitenack. Witnesses — Sam-
uel Lang, Uriah Gunn ( ?), Lott Southard. (A, p. 343)
Cortelyou, William, of Hillsborough twsp. Dated Jan. 18, 1806.
Probat. Mar. 28, 1812. Names wife, Eve; also Stephen Terhune, Altie
Sutphin (wife of John Sutphin), heirs of Garret Terhune, deceased,
Mary Van Arsdalen, William Cortelyou (son of Albin) ; brothers, Har-
man and Hendrick. Executors — John Sutphin and cousin Harman Cor-
telyou. Witnesses — Jacobus Garritson, John Nevius, Peter Garritson.
(A, p. 345)-
Van Cleef, Dorcus, widow, of Hillsborough twsp. Dated Mar. 27,
1812. Probat. Apr. 7, 1812. Names sons, Peter, Isaac, Jacob, Abraham,
John, Cornelius and Van Marter ; daus., Polly Stryker and Jane Dumont;
granddaus., Dorcus Van Doren and Dorcus Dumont. Executor — Martin
Schenck. Witnesses — Garret Ditmars, Peter Hulick, Anne Garritson.
P- 346).
D11 is, of Hillsborough twsp. Dated May 7, 1810. Probat.
Apr. 23, 1812. Names wife, Mary; sons, Daniel, Morris, Jacob; daus.,
Anne (wife of Herbert Rodanbock), Christian (wife of John Bowman),
tei Bowman), Catherine (wife of William Martial),
Elizabeth (wife of John Low), Charity (wife of Tobias Hall), Rebekah,
Sarah (wife of John Olloger). Executor — Jacob Williamson, miller. (A,
148)-
lge, Goyn, of Bridgewater twsp. Dated April 15, 1812.
Probat. April 29. 1812. Names father, Thomas Talmage; brothers,
Jehiel Talmage; friend. Andrew Howell igdalane; son, Thom-
as; daus., Catherine, Mary, Martina (all minors). Executors — first
three above named. Witnesses— David Lyon, Dickinson Miller, Mary
Talmage. (A, p. 351).
Steel, William, of Bernards twsp. Dated Apr. 16, 1812. Probat.
i 2, 1812. Names wife, Charity; wife's niece, Elizabeth Bell; Con-
gregation of Baskingridge ; Congregation of Bedminster ; Maria L.
Compton (dau. of Job Compton, Jr.); nephew, Francis Lawrence, Jr.;
wife's sister, Catherine Bell, "and her children, excepting her dau. Eliza-
hildren of said Franc rence, Jr., viz., Aaron, Eunice, Wil-
liam. Executors — Henry Southard and Lott Southard. Witnesses —
Nath'l Whitaker, Nathan Benjamin, Job Compton, Jun'r. (A, p. 354).
Early Recorded Wills in Somerset — From 1804 183
Babcock, Simeon, of Warren twsp. Dated Feb. 26, 1812. Probat.
May 5, 1812. Names wife, Jane; Gideon Wooden, pastor of the "Seven
day church" in Piscataway. Executors — wife (Jane), Abraham Dun-
ham, Lewis Titsworth (of Piscataway). Witnesses — Lewis Terrill,
Squier Terrill, Thomas Terrill. (A, p. 356).
Rappleye, Jane, of Franklin twsp. ; will made "by special agree-
ment between me and my present husband, Jeromus Rapelye, previous to
our marriage." Dated Apr. 22, 181 1. Probat. May 11. 1812. Names
"daus. of my brothers John and Jacobus Bergen," viz., Maria (wife of
Matthew Edgerton), Jane (wife of Simon Hillyer), Seytie (wife of
Jacob Bergen), Maria (wife of Abraham Staats), and Jane Bergen;
"children of my brother John Bergen," viz., Evert, Cornelius, Maria, Jane
and Seytie ; and "children of my brother Jacobus Bergen," viz., Evert,
John, Zachariah, Maria, Jane and James, Executors — Matthew Edgerton
and Abraham I. Staats. Witnesses — James Bergen, Zacheus Bergen, Pe-
ter D. Vroom. (A, p. 359).
Dehart, Cornelius, of Franklin twsp. Dated Oct. 1, 1801. Probat.
May 23, 1812. Names wife, Maria; son, Cornelius; grandson, Hen-
derick Cortelyou (minor). Executors — wife and son, Cornelius. Wit-
nesses — Cornelius Gulick, Samuel Gulick, Nicholas Veghte. (A, p. 361).
Voorhees, Gerardus, of Hillsborough twsp. Dated May 18, 1812.
Probat. July 6, 1812. Names wife, Maria; sons Garret, John, Peter,
Kourt, James (all minors) ; dau., Margaret. Executors — brother, Koert
G. Voorhees, and brother-in-law, Peter Quick. Witnesses — James Stry-
ker, Peter P. Voorhees, John Sutphin. (A, p. 364).
Worth, John, of Bernards twsp. Dated Mar. 13, 1806. Probat.
July 13, 1812. Names wife, Anna.; sons, John, William, Joseph; father,
William Worth, deceased ; Joseph Pound ; Isaac Stewart ; brother, Ben-
jamin ; daus., Sarah and Mary Worth. Executors — sons, William, Jo-
seph and John, and friend David Smalley, Sr. Witnesses — David Smal-
ley, Elias Smalley, Mahlon Smalley. (A, p. 367).
Ten Eick, Nelly, widow, of Somerset co. Dated Dec. 20, 1809.
Probat. July 15, 1812. Names daus., Arrianty, Nelly, Joanna, Jane,
Phebe and Sarah (wife of Garret Tunison) ; grandsons, Cornelius and
Ferdinand Vanderveer ; granddau., Cornelia Ten Eick (wife of Cornelius
Vanhorn; late husband, Matthew Ten Eick, dec'd; son, Andrew; grand-
son, Henry Vanderveer. Witnesses — John Whitenack, Mary M. How-
ell, Gertrud Whitenack. (A, p. 370).
[To be Continued
x 84 Somerset County Historical Quarterly
HILLSBOROUGH (MILLSTONE) REFORMED CHURCH
BAPTISMS
BY THE PASTOR, REV. JOHN' N ZANDER
[Continued from Page 137]
1815.
Mar. 8. Cornell, Alvert and Auly Van Asdulen [Arsdalen] — Mag-
dalen, b. Feb. 24.
Brokaw, Abraham and Mariah Stryker— Henry, b. Dec. 10,
1814.
Gano, Jacob and Jimimy Hoagland — Lucy, b. Apr. 18, 1814.
July — . Phillips. Nathaniel and Polly Bainbridge— Caty Ann, b.
June 21.
Aug. 20. Garretson, Peter and Elizebeth Polhemus — Cornellia Ann,
b. July 15.
Oct. — . Wyckoff, William and Caterine Voorhees — Jimimy Vechte,
b. Sept. 2.
Disborough, J. H., and Sarah Van Mater— Catherine, b.
June 20.
Prawl, Win. Geo., and Polly Van Asdalem — Auvin, b.
Aug. 4.
17. Williamson, Peter and Maria Nevius — Nichlos Nevius, b.
31. Terhune, Rulyph and Sarah Van Doren — John, b. Oct. 22.
Van Norstrand, Christopher and Elizebeth French — Jane,
b. Sept. 30.
1816.
Feb. 4. Eno, C, and Letty Van Doren — Catherine, b. Nov. 4, 1815.
25. Staats, Henry and Elizebeth Schenk — Elizebeth, b. Dec.
31. 1815.
Mar. 3. Root, Milo and Marv French — Dennis Field, b. Jan. 22.
Apr. 7. Van Pelt, James and Sarah Todd— William Todd, b. Nov.
27, 1815.
Blen, James and Ellenor Smith — Henrv Stryker, b. Sept. 16,
1815.
17. Frelinhuisen, Fred, and Jane Dumont — Peter Dumont, b.
Feb. 8.
May 11 Voorhees, William and Auslike Van Doren — Catherine '
Ann, b. Nov 6, 1815.
Cornell, Peter and Elizebeth Van Doren — William Van
Doren, b. Mar. 26.
July — . Disborough, Daniel and Matilda Van Liew — Sarah, b.
May 27.
Aug. 26. Cornell, S., and Jane Van Nuys — John, b. July 2.
Sept. 29. Smith, Abraham and Abigal Mitchell — Elihu, b. March — .
Oct. 6. Munsort, Abraham and Asey Hoagland — Mary, b. July 4.
Oct. 20. Van Clief, Van Mater, and Pheby Hoagland — J awl' Van
Doren, b. July 18.
Nov. 2. Christopher, Joseph and Clemons Shepherd — Aellti, b.
Sept. 8.
Hillsborough (Millstone) Reformed Church Baptisms 185
Danes, Abraham and Lea Hollinshed — Samuel, b. Sept. 19.
Hoagland, Abraham and Jane Van Doren — Abraham Van
Doren, b. July 9.
Beekman, John and Jane Van Dervier — John Beekman, b.
Sept. 2.
9. Ditmars, John and Laura Broach — Rulif Terhune, b.
Oct. 20.
Dec. 22. Wyckoff, John M., and Maria Voorhees — Sarah, b. Sept. 30.
1817.
Feb. 2. Baird, Abraham and Sarah Morgan — Elizebeth, b. Nov. 30,
181 6.
Mar. 2. Zabriskie, John L. and Sarah Bannock — Catherine Shuyler,
b. Jan. 22.
9. Van Huis, Cornellius and Eliza Merrill — Catherine, b.
Jan. 2.
Van Der Veer, John and Magdalen Staats — Mariah Quick,
I . Jan. 5.
Staats, Abraham and Jane Tison — John, b. Dec. 2, 1816.
30. Van Nostrand, John and Sarah Van Asdalen — John, b.
Nov. 2, 1816.
Apr. 20. Prawl, William P., and Mary Van Asdalen— Phillip Van
Asdalem, b. Mar. 22.
Der Vier, Cornellius and Mariah Eldit — Samuel Eldit,
\ b. Mar. 22.
June 20. Staats, Henry and Elizebeth Schenk — Phcebe, b. Apr. 16.
27. , William M., and Margaret Ditmars — Thorns Eu-
gene, b. Apr. 19.
Garretson, Garret and Gertrude Wyckoff — Rachel Ann, b.
May 6.
Thompson, Peter and Mary B rower— Lucy Van Kupp, b.
Dec. 2i, 1816.
Cornell, William and Lydia Stryker— Mariah Van Nos-
trand, b. May 6.
Wychoff, Abraham and Catherine Voorhees — Ann, b.
May 11.
Hoagland, William and Catherine Smith— Jonathan Smith,
b. Mar. 6.
July 6. Brokaw, Abraham and Mariah Stryker— Peter Stryker, b.
Mar. 3.
Flagg, Sarah.
Voorhees, Abraham and Sarah Flagg— [Child's name not
given].
•1 Zandt, Peter and Maggy Stryker— Peter, b. June 17.
Aug. — . Van Nuys, and Gertrude, b. May 26.
.gland, John and Mary Fisher— Sarah Manah, b.
Mar. 29.
Disborough, John and Henry.
Sept. — . Thomas, Samuel and Mariah Broach— Asa, b. July 22.
Hendrickson, and Elizebeth Willimson— William
Schenk, b. May 23.
i86 Somerset County Historical Quarterly
Stryker, Henry and Elizebeth Van Alts — Catherine Bro-
kaw, b. July 22.
21. Frelinhuisen, Fred, and Jane Dumont — Frederick, b. Aug. 4.
Bergen, Jacob and Ellen Barnum — Cornellius Barnum, b.
Aug. 10.
Oct. 19. Hoagland, Cornellius and Mary Brokaw — Tunis, b. Aug. 27.
Staats, William and Mariah Bergen — Eroit Bergen, b.
Sept. 3.
Oct. 10. Ditmars, John and Gertrude Staats — Maria, b. Sept. 5.
Williams, Bradley and Martha Voorhees — Eliza Ann, b.
Sept. 7.
Nov. 16. Stryker, Isaac and Getty Voorhees — Isaac Voorhees, b.
Aug. 30.
Gulick, Daniel and Aulida Van Arsdale — Ann Schonnoch,
b. Oct. 17.
30. Probrisco, Jul. and Sarah Van Liew — Sarah, b. July 21.
Skillman, Jacob and Elizebeth Prawl — Peter Voorhees, b.
Oct. 17.
Dec. 22. Van Chef, James and Mary Van Clief — James Hagamen, b.
Oct. 28.
1818.
Jan. 2. Stryker, Henry and Loretta Thompson — Peter, b. Nov. 22,
1817.
Mar. 5. Elmendorf, James and Elizebeth Frelinghuisen — James
Yar, b. Sept. 9, 1817.
May 3. 1 Broot, Milo and Mary Auven, b. Mar. 14.
10. ., Covenhoven, Cornellius and Ann Schenk — Dinah, b. Feb. 3.
Aug. 18. Bergen, Everet and Jane Stryker — Phebe, b. June 24.
Staats, John and Mary Veghte — Elizabeth, b. July 18.
Oct. 2. Nevius, David, Jr., and Margaret Schureman — Margaret, b.
;'• 2.
17. Voorhees, Joseph and Dianah Van Doren — Adline, b.
Sept. 7.
25. Baird, William and Sarah Morgan — Alice, b. Sept. 14.
Nov. — . Van Nostrand, Christopher and Elizebeth Elize-
beth, b. July 14.
Dec. 13. Blackwell, William and Elizebeth Courser — John, b.
Aug. 19.
20. Van Nuys, James and Sarah Staats — Catherine Jane, b.
Nov. 18.
27. Wilson, William and Jane Bergan — Mynard, b. Nov. 10.
1819.
Jan. 17. Van Der Veer, Cornellius and Mariah Eldut — Elizebeth, b.
Nov. 30, 1818.
Wychoff, John and Mariah Voorhees — Peter Voorhees, b.
Nov. 29, 181 8.
31. Van Zandt, John and Elizebeth Smith — Rachel, b. Dec. 17,
1818.
Hillsborough (Millstone) Reformed Church Baptisms 187
Mar. 7. Hoagland, John and Mariah Fisher— William, b. Dec. 19,
1818.
Praal, William George and Mary Van Asdalem — William
George, b. Jan. 12.
Dumount, Peter and Anny Stryker — Rebecca, b. Jan. 31.
14. Van Nuys, Cornellius and Eliza Merrill — Mary Ann, b.
Jan. 18.
May 23. Hertog, John and Mary Dunyen— William, b. Dec. 14, 1818.
30. Voorhees, William and Aulicke Van Doren — Aulicke, b.
Apr. 17.
July 4. Frelinghuisen, Fred, and Jane Dumount — Mariah Louisa, b.
Mar. 21.
Stryker, S. and Sarah Catherine Van Doen, b.
May 5.
11. Van Clief, Jacob and Elizebeth Gray — Cornelius Suydam,
b. May 17.
Van Nostrand, John and Sarah Van Asdalen — Cornelius
Van Asdalen, b. Apr. 20.
Stryeker, llenery and Elizebeth Van Alsts — Magdalen Bo-
gart, b. June 22.
18. Wilson, John and Hannah Wychoff — Henry, b. Apr. 16.
C Williamson. Peter and Mariah Nevius — William, b. May 31.
25. Van~Clief, Van Mater and Phebe Hoagland — Dorcas, b.
June 14.
Aug. 15. Stryker, William and Polly Schenk — Jane Smith, b. Sept.
16, 1818.
22. Disborough, John and Sarah Van Mater — Elizabeth.
Elmendorf, James and Elizabeth Frelinghuisen — Sarah
Frelinghuisen, b. May 15.
Sept. 26. Hoagland, Cornelius and Mary Brokaw — Mary Adline, b.
. Aug. 26.
Davis, .William and Gertrude Schenk — Josiah Schenk, b.
July 3i-
Oct. jo. Hulds, James and Mary Hoagland — Mariah, b. July 24.
Nov. 19. Van Nuys, John and Lucy Brokaw — Henry Van Harlin-
gen, b. Oct. 14.
Dec. 26. Garretson. Court and Pegg\ Covenhoven — Nichlos Cov-
hoven, b. Oct. 30.
1820.
Jan. 9. Heinz, Frederick and Abigal Lenis — Sophia Lenis, b. Oct.
13, 1819.
16. Van Clief, Unius and Elizabeth Roberts — Jacob A., b. Nov.
19, 1819.
— Feb. 13. Christopher, Joseph and Clemons Sherpheard — John, b.
Dec. 8, 1819.
Mar. 12. Thomas, Samuel and Maria Broach — John.
Wilson, William and Jane Bergan — Martha Voorhees.
19. Root, Milo M. and Mary French — William Suydam, b.
Mar. 2.
188 Somerset County Historical Quarterly
26. Mahisch, William and Margaret Ditmars — Theodore, b.
Nov. 20, 1 819.
Baird, Abraham and Sarah Morgan — Mandred Morgan, b.
Feb. 17.
Broach, Cornellius and Lucy Gertrude, b. Jan. 22.
Apr. 2. Covenhoven, Cornellius and Ann Schenk — Letty, b.
Nov. 19.
16. Gulick, Daniel and Auchlide Van Asdalem — John Van
Asdalem.
23. ^Van Clief, Abraham and Mariah Wortman — Ann Field, b.
Mar. — .
Brokaw, William and Mariah Stryker — William Cornell, b.
Jan. 16.
May 15. Van Zandt, and Maggy Stryker — Mariah Stryker,
b. Apr. 11.
22. Garretson, Peter and Elizebeth Polhemus — Sarah, b. Apr. 2.
Genoa [Gano], Jacob and Jimimy Hoagland — Susannah, b.
Apr. 7.
June 27. Waters, John and Ann Baker — William, b. May 17.
Aug. 27. Stryker, John and Ann Brokaw — Jasper, b. July 10.
Sept. 24. Staats, John and Mary Veghte — Abraham, b. July 12.
Oct. 8. Voorhees, Joseph and Dinah Van Doren — Dinah, b. Sept. 2.
22. Munsort, William and Osey Hoagland — John V. Doren, b.
May 14.
Voorhees, Lucas and Mariah Cornell — Cornelius, b. July 22.
Nov. 19. Cornell, Peter and Elizebeth Van Doren — Sarah Ogden, b.
Sept. 26.
Dec. 24. Staats, Peter and Catherine Voorhees — William, b. Oct. 10.
1821.
Jan. 23. Sutphen, John and Letty Staats — John, b. Dec. 14, 1820.
Staats, Rynier and Catherine Voorhees — John, b. Dec. 2,
1820.
Feb. 11. Stryker, Henry and Elizebeth Alts— Aletta Allen, b. Dec.
31, 1820.
Mar. 23. Blackwell, William and Catherine Couser — Fred. Couser,
b. Dec. 19, 1820.
Locke, Peter and Polly Van Dyne — Ann Mariah, b. Nov.
12, 1820.
Apr. 11. Earnhardt, Gershum and Nelly Lott — James Elmendorf, b.
Mar. 15.
Nevius, Schurman and Catherine Polhemus — Hanry, bj
Feb. 18.
21. Hoagland, John and Mary Fisher — Catherine, b. Mar. 1.
Davis, William and Gertrude Schenck — Catherine Leah, b.
Dec. 5, 1820.
28. Probasco, Jacob and Sarah Van Liue — Dinah Ann, b. Oct.
21, 1820.
June 3. Stryker, Jeremith and Sarah Mary, b. Mar. 12.
Stryker, John and Caty Smith — John, b. Apr. 4.
Hillsborough (Millstone) Reformed Church Baptisms 189
June 31 (?) Fine, Jacob and Mariah Stryker — Henry Stryker, b.
Apr. 22.
July 8. Broach, Cornellius and Lucy Garthardt — Sophia, b. May 4.
Phillips, Nathaniel and Mary Bainbridge — Hannah, b.
Apr. 12.
21. McKisach, William and Margaret Ditmars — Daniel Pol-
hemus, b. May 19.
/Williamson, Peter and Mariah Nevius — Ann Maria, b.
^--May 2.
Danifer [Denison], John and Mary Finley — Helen Con-
nack; b. May n.
Aug. 12. Van Clief, Jacob S., and Elizebeth Gray — John Gray, b.
June 10.
Sept. 17. Smith, William and Abigal Mitchell — Eleazer, b. Apr. 30.
Oct. 7. Hoagland, William and Catherine Smith — Mariah, b.
__ July 25.
"" Van Clief, John and Jane Ann Duryea — Paul Duryea, b.
July 31.
20. Prawl, W illiam George and Mary Van Asdalem — Jacob V.
Nostrand, b. Mar. 3.
Netnick [Van Nortwick], Simeon and Caty Van Doren —
John Van Doren, b. Aug. 19.
Dec. 16. Van Zandt, John and Elizebeth Miller — Elizebeth Ann, b.
Oct. 21.
Van Zandt, Peter and Magdalen Stryker — Catherine Ann,
b. Sept. 24.
1822.
Jan. 13. Jipson, John and Hannah Wychoff — Catty Ann, b. Nov. 23,
1821.
20. Elmendorf, James and Elizebeth Y. Frelinhuisen — John
Sohishi [Zabriskie], b. Oct. 25, 1821.
Feb. 10. Hoagland, Cornelius and Mary Brokaw — Catherine, b. Dec.
4, 1821.
Stryker, Henry and Leilla Thompson — Edward V. Harlin-
gen, b. Jan. 3.
Mar. 10. Voorhees, John and Magdalen Garretson — Peter, b. Dec.
19, 1821.
Locke, Peter and Mary Van Dyne— Ellen, b. Oct. 13, 1821.
Apr. 17. Hultz, James and Mary Hoagland — James, b. Jan. 16.
Wilson, William and Jane Bergan — [Child's name not
given].
Root, Milo and Mary French — Sarah Brice, b. Feb. 8.
13. Smith, Jacob and Mariah Van Nostrand — Jonothan, b.
Feb. 26.
20. Garretson, Garret and Johannah Sutphen — James, b.
Feb. 22.
Smith, Adam and Catherine Van Zandt — Elizebeth, b.
Feb. 20.
June 2. Merrill, Banj. and Jane Wilson— Peter Quick, b. Mar. 17.
^ Sutphen, Peter and Elsha Christopher— Daniel, b. Mar. 26.
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Fine, John V. and Cornellia Stryker — Mary Ann Van Veer,
b. Apr. 25.
Voorhees, Joseph and Dinah Van Doren — Isaac, b. Mar. 4.
July 7. Wychoff, John and Mariah Voorhees — Isaac Newton, b.
Mar. 29.
Cornell, Joseph and Mariah Van Nuys — James Van Nuys,
b. Apr. 19.
14. Waters, John and Ann Baker — Ann Maria Baker, b. Apr. 4.
Aug. 7. Cornell, Albert and Auly Van Asdalem — Roeliff V. Asda-
lem, b. Sept. 2, 1821.
Sept. 1. Van Zandt, Winant and Rachel Smith — Mariah Ann, b.
^ July 5
8. Davis, William and Gertrude Schenk — Adline Sutphen, b.
May 25.
Denison, John and Mary Finley— Harriet Finley.
22. Wychoff, John V. D., and Ann Walker — Catherine Maria,
b. July 9.
Oct. 6. Gulick, Daniel and Aulida Van Asdlem — Catherine Maria,
b. July 20.
27. Staats, Peter and Catherine Voorhees — James Voorhees, b.
Aug. 29.
Nov. 3. Hoagland, Lucas V. and Sarah S. Nevius — John Nevius,
b. Sept. 22.
17. " Covenhoven, Cornelius and Ann Schenk — Cornellia Rap-
pelyea, b. Sept. 29.
24. Wychoff, John W. and Elizebeth Autem — William, b.
Aug. 3.
Van Nuys, and Lucy Brokaw — Lawrence Van Der
Veer, b. Aug. 3.
Dec. 1. Genoa [Gano], Jacob and Jimimy Hoagland — Elizebeth
Hoagland, b. Sept. 6.
15. Stryker, Henry and Elizebeth Aultz — Peter, b. Oct. 10.
1823.
Jan. 12. Voorhees, Lucas C. and Mariah Cornell — Joseph Cornell,
b. Oct. 5, 1822.
Feb. 10. " Staats, Henry and Elizebeth Schenk — Elizebeth, b. Oct. 30,
1822.
24. Cornell, William and Lydia Stryker — Catherine Storthoff,
b. Dec. 29, 1822.
Apr. 6. Voorhees, John and Magdalen Garretson — Henry, b.
Feb. 21.
Van Doren, Isaac and Nelly Smock — Catherine Gulick, b.
Feb. 23.
27. Van Zandt, Peter and Maggy Stryker — Cornellia, b. Feb. 6.
June 1. Van Nostrand, John and Sarah Van Asdalem — Jacob, b.
Feb. 22.
15. Bennet, Joseph A. and Sarah Stryker — Ann Stryker, b.
Feb. 14.
Wychoff, Samuel and Abigail Bainbridge — John Bain-
bridge, b. Apr. 25.
Hillsborough (Millstone) Reformed Church Baptisms 191
22. Staats, Cornellius and Magdalen Garretson — Peter Staats,
b. May 19.
29. Stryker, John and Ann Brokaw — Jane Maria, b. May 12.
July — . Phillips, Nathaniel and Polly Bainbridge — Andrew, b. May
29.
Aug. 3. Broach, Cornellius and Lucy Garthart — John Christopher,
b. June 24.
~— Schenck, Jacob and Ann Brokaw — Magdalen, b. May 19.
-Van Cleef, John and Jane Ann Duryea — John Van Harlin-
gen, b. May 2.
10. Fine, Jacob and Maria Stryker — Catherine Veghte, b.
Mar. 20.
17. Munsford, Abraham and Osey Hoagland — Peter, b. June 26.
Sept. 14. Thomas, Samuel and Mariah Broach — Mary Ann, b.
July 14.
21. Van Liew, Sela(?) and Jacob, b. July 28.
Bucknell, William and Catherine Couser — William, b.
July 23.
28. Elemendorf, James and Elizebeth Freylinhuisien — Freder-
ick Frelinghuisen, b. Aug. 10.
Voorhees, Joseph and Dinah Van Doren — Gertrude Quick,
b. July 30.
Oct. 18. Wan Cleef, Mai tin and Phcebe Hoagland — Richard, b.
Aug. 30.
v Van Cleef. Abraham and Mary Wortman — Peter Dumont,
b. Sept. 24.
, Stryker, Peter and Eliz. Christopher — Thomas Christopher,
b. Sept. 26.
Stryker, Jeremiah and Sarah Sperder — Simon, b. Aug. 16.
Locke, Peter and Polly Van Tyne — Sarah, b. Sept. 11.
Nov. 2. Merrill, Benj. and Jane Wilson — Ann" Margaret Wilson, b.
Sept. 26.
Garretson, Stephen and Nelly Van Nuys — Martha, b.
Aug. 2.
9. Barnhart, G and Nelly Lott — Ann Lott, b. Sept. 2.
Dec. 7. Conover, Nichlos and Rachel Aut — Cornellius, b. Oct. 10.
1824.
Jan. 4. Van Doren, and Elizebeth Harris — Catherine Ma-
riah, b. May 9, 1823.
18. Hoagland, John and Mariah Fisher — John Riche, b. Nov.
11, 1823.
Feb. 10. Prawl, John V. N. and Sarah Ann Ellertson — John Ellert-
son, b. Oct. 17, 1823.
24. Hoaglend, William and Catherine Smith — Peter Smith, b.
Nov. 29, 1823.
Wullnidge(?), Lyman and Ann Du Bois Smith — Ann
Elizebeth, b. Dec. 2, 1823.
Mar. 14. Van Pelt, Stephen and Elizebeth Vliet — Cornellius Wyc-
hoff, b. Oct. 22, 1823.
19 2 Somerset County Historical Quarterly
Wilson, William and Jane Bergen — James Bergen, b.
Feb. 14.
Apr. 17. Disbrough, Daniel and Matilda Van Liew — Frederick Van
Lievv, b. Feb. 15.
Smith, William and Jane Ann Voorhees — John, b. Jan. 23.
May 23. Van Tyne, Abraham and Jamina Vliet — Catherine Wychoff,
b. Oct. 5, 1823.
June 27. McKissock, William and Margaret Ditmars — Thomas Eu-
geune.
^ Van Cleef, Jacob and Elizebeth Gerret, b. Apr. 22.
Wilson, John and Hannah Wychoff — Lydia, b. Apr. 25.
July 4. Stryker, Henry and Elizebeth Aultz — Sarah Van Aultz, b.
May 26.
Iloagland, Lucas V. and Sarah Nevius — Amelia, b. May 3.
25. Hultz, James and Mary Hoagland — Sarah, b. May 19.
-— -Cotfenhoven, Cornellius and Ann Schenck — Getty Ann, b.
May 24.
Aug. 22. Root, Milo and Mary French — William French, b. July 13.
Sept. 19. Collins, Devid and Rachel Munday — Cornelia Edgar, b.
A I ay 29.
Oct. 3. John Waters and Ann Brokaw — [Child's name not given].
17. Selling, Peter E., and Catherine Van Nest — Abraham, b."
Aug. 21.
Eick, John and Mariah Wyckoff — John Van Cleff.
Cornell, Albert and Auly Van Asdalem— Mary Skillman, b.
Feb. 22.
31. Stryker, Henry and Louisa Thompson — Ellen Mariah, b.
Sept. 4.
Nov. 21. Fine, John and Cornelia Stryker — Elizebeth Archer, b.
Oct. 11.
Dec. 12. Staats, Peter and Catherine Voorhees — Susan Middle-
secth(?), b. Oct. 16.
1825.
Jan. 8. Stryker, John and Caty Smith — Catherine Smith, b. Sept.
24, 1824.
Feb. 12. Stryker, Isaac and Gertrude Voorhees — Henry Van Der
Veer, b. Sept. 24, 1824.
Davidson, John R. and Mary John, b, Sept. 3,
1824.
Mar. 5. Wychoff, John and Mariah Voorhees — Helen, b. Jan. 1.
26. Fine, Jacob and Mariah Stryker — Jacob, b. Jan. 23.
Connet, John and Margaret Buckalieu — Abigal Denton, b.
Feb. 12, 1823; Jane, b. Oct. 4, 1824.
Schenck, Jacob and Ann Brokaw — Sofiah, b. Feb. 4.
May 29. Gulick, Daniel and Aulida Van Ausdalen — Peter, b.
Feb. — .
Van Doren, Abraham and Dorcus Stryker — [Peter] As-
dalen.
- Van Cleef, John and Jane Ann Duryea — Isaac, b. Feb. 23.
Somerset County Marriages — 1J95-1879 193
June 19. Gulick, James and Leah V. Fleet — Amelia Van Fleet, b.
Mar. 2.
July 3. Voorhees, Joseph and Dinah Van Dine — Benjamin, b. June
27.
31. Van Doren, Peter and Elizabeth Harris — John, b. Mar. 21.
Sept. 11. Van Doren, William and Mariah Wyckoff — Cornellius
Wyckoff, b. Apr. 19.
Nevius, Cornellius and Mariah Van Doren — Matilda, b.
Mar. 30.
Oct. 2. Wyckoff, John W. and Elizabeth Autem — Elsher Ann, b.
June 12.
ac (?),-Rulyh and Elizebeth Van Cleef— Lawrence Van
Cleef, b. June 19. ,
Van Liew, Dennis and Sarah Auten — Elizabeth, b. July 1.
16. Voorhees, Abraham and Mariah DeHart — Jaquish, b. Aug.
21.
23. Elemendorf, James and Elizabeth Frelinghuisen — Freder-
ick Frelinghuisen, b. July 31.
[To be Continued]
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SOMERSET COUNTY MARRIAGES— 1795-1879
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Letter S
Sadar, Lawrence and Catherine Barnar, Sept. 10. 1869 (Doolittle).
Sadler, George R. and Harriet Baker, Feb. 19, 1867 (Meyi
Salter, Henry and Margaret Martin, Jan. 1, 1866 (Andrews
Salter, Jacob and Margaret V. A. Smith, Apr. 30, 1825 (Ludlow).
Salters, Henry (col'd) and Mary Sakers (col'd), Aug. 19, 1869 (Row-
land).
Sammis, Moses and Jemima Manly, Mar. 16, 187,1 (Doolittle).
Samuel — and Jane , April 1. 1829 (Van Kleel I
Samuel and Dinah Staats, Dec. 26, [835 sler).
Sanborn, George \V. and Alary B, DeWitt. Oct. 15. 1873 (Messier).
Sanderson, Warren and Ann Brokaw, Dec. 1, 1864 (Searles).
Sanders, Ainadee M. and Elizabeth E. Woodward. Jan. 7, 1857 (Ran-
kin).
Sanders, Austin J. and Elizabeth Rush, Mar ' lompson).
Sanders, Beniah and Harriet Norris, Nov 27, 1823 (Brownlee).
Sanders, Daniel and Mar) Young, May 1. 18
Sanders, Ezra and Lydia Reed, February [2, 1824 (Bi
Sanders, Frances and Margaret Whitlock. Nov. 3, 1 S 15 (Gardner).
Sanders, John and Jane Grogan, March 7, 1858 (Cor::
Sanders, Lewis and Barbara Rush, Aug. 5, 1824 (Brownlee).
Sanders, Lewis B. and Fanny M. Fritts, Jul\- 6. [873 (LeFevre).
Sanders, William and Nancy Brees, Nov. 25, 1 1 Hardenbergh).
Sanders, William P. and Catharine A. Quick, Jan. 20. 1838 (Engl
Sandoes, William T. and Julia j. Tunison, Mar. 27, 1 upheld).
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194 Somerset County Historical Quarterly
Sanford, James M. and Rachel M. Gundre, Feb. 10, 1870 (Doolittle).
Sargeant, Edmund L. and Mariah Voorhees, Oct. 21, 1834 (Messier).
Sarles, George Washington and Elizabeth Mirax, Mar. 27, 1837
(Cole).
Saums, Albert and Lucretia Bishop, Feb. n, 1841 (Ludltr.
Saums, Cornelius V. and Susan Ann Regar, Sept. 29, 1864 (Pitcher)'.
Saums, Henry H. and Mary Ann Shepperd, June 21, 1844 (Ludlow).
Saums, Henry J. and Catharine Emmons, Dec. 25, i860 (Ludlow).
Saums, Hiram and Mariah Auten. May 16, 1833 (Zabriskie).
Saums, Isaac W. and Gertrude M. Packer, Jan. 28, i860 (Ludlow).
Saums, James Q. and Elizabeth Doty, Sept. 12, 1829 (Van Kleek).
Saums, John A. and Jane Caroline Case, Sept. 17, 1853 (Messier).
Saums, John H. and Aletta Amerman, Jan. 17, 1828 (Ludlow).
Saums, John H. and Agnes Durling, Nov. 14, 1853 (Ludlow).
Saums, John R. and Mary B. Whitenack, Oct. 2, 1873 (Pitcher).
Saums, Minna V. and Alletta Ann Packer, Mar. 21, 1829 (Ludlow).
Saums, Ralph Voorhees and Sarah Henrietta Jones, June 22, 1870
(Rowland).
Saums. Theodore and Margaretta Vlerbone, Aug. — . 1870 (McWil-
liam).
Saunders, Daniel and Sarah Lewis. Aug. 6, 1823 (Watson).
Saunders, Stephen and Eliza Savige, Nov. 17, 1812 (Finley).
Saurger, Horatio and Sophia Harrison, Oct. 1, 1834 (Messier).
Savige, Rueben and Jane Clauson, Aug. 14, 1810 (Finley).
Savidge, William and Margaret Smith, Feb. 19, 1824 (Brownlee).
Sawey, James and Mariah Waldron, Sept. 29, 1823 (Ludlow).
Sayre, James H. and Hannah Williams, Sept. 27, 1830 (Blauvelt).
Sayre, William Y. and Hannah W. Johnson, Mar. 19, 1848 (Harris).
Sayward, John IT. and Sarah Jane M< ug. 24. 1851 (Rodgers).
Scamp, David and Phebe Ann Todd, Feb. 25, 1841 (Schenck).
Scanlin, Benjamin F. and Ma > monds, Dec. 23, 874 , Dutcher).
Schamp, George and Catharine Ann Schenck, Feb. 25. 1838 (Zabris-
kie).
Schamp, John G. and Evelina Layton, Dec. 5, 1835 (Fisher).
Schamp, Peter D. and Mary Ann Kelley. Jan. 18, 1840 (Ludlow
Scheller, Casper and Anna Smith, Jan. 6, 1855 ( Messier).
Schenck, Aaron and Leah Staats, Sept. 20, 1828 (Ludlow).
Schenck, Aaron and Eve Werts, Dec. 18, 1834 (Ludlow).
Schenck, Abraham and Margaret Ann Derven, Feb. 14, 1856 (Gard-
iner).
Schenck, Abraham C. and Ann W. Hall, Sept. 24, 1833 (Ludlow).
Schenck, Abraham C. and Hannah S. Moon, Dec. 31, 1851 (Craven).
Schenck, Abram V. and Rebecca Orr, Aug. 18, i860 (Campiield).
Sch â– I'd) and Phebe Thompson (col'd), Nov. 7, 1868
[esick).
Schenck, Alexander and Jane Schenck, July n, 1847 (Campbell).
Schenck, Anthony and Mary Jane Dickens, Feb. II, 1852 (Cammann).
Schenck, Anthony and Elizabeth Brokaw, Jan. 2, 1855 (Messier).
Schenck, Daniel Disborough and Sarah_ Elizabeth Veghte, Oct. 20,
1875 (Messier).
Somerset County Marriages — 1795- 1879 195
Schenck, David and Nancy Van Court, Sept. 28, 1808 (Vredenburgh).
Schenck, Dennis V. L. and Mary E. Corle, Jan. 19, 1859 (Ludlow).
Schenck, Elias and Adaline Harris, Sept. 16, 1866 (Mesick).
Schenck. Dr. Ferdinand and Lea Voorhees, Dec. 19, 1816 (Labagh).
Schenck, Garret and Sarah Ann Brown, Oct. 16, 1838 (Sears).
Schenck, Garret and Catharine M. Quick, Sept. 23, 1851 (Gardiner).
Schenck, George and Louisa Coe Vander Voort, War. 13, 1872 (Blau-
velt).
Schenck, George V. N. and Alletta Ann Stevens, Oct. 5, 1837 (Lud-
low).
Schenck, Gordon J. and Catherine W. Garretson, Feb. 12, 1857 (Cor-
nell).
Schenck, Harry and Lucy Van Liew, May 24, 1823 (Ludlow).
Schenck, Henry and Rachel Harriot, Nov. 9, 1815 (Boggs).
s Schenck, Henry (col'd) and Anna Colbert (col'd), June 5. 1874 (Oli-
ver).
Schenck, Henry H. and Elizabeth Tidd Williamson, Mar. 25, 1866
(Mesick).
Schenck, Jack and Sally Gifford, Jan. 29, 1809 (Bent).
^Schenck, James (col'd) and Mary Ellen Field, Sept. 15, 1869 (Me-
sick).
Schenck, James and Diana Swaine, Jan. 2, 1873 (Ludlow).
Schenck, Jacob and Ann Brokaw, Aug. 29, 1822 (Zabriski
Schenck, Jacob and Jane Hagaman, Jan. 31, 1824 (Ludlow).
Schenck, Jacob E. and Martha S. Van Liew, Jan. 8, 1861 (Ludlow).
Schenck, Jacob R. and Anna M. Duryee, Feb. 16, 1851 (Romeyn).
Schenck. Jacob Wyckoff an A Martha Ann Gerry, Sept. ir, 1830
(Ludlow ).
Schenck, John and Elizabeth Vrpom, Nov. 8, 1800 (Vredenburgh).
Schenck, John and Julia Ann M'cKinstry, Aug. 26, 1840 (Messier).
Schenck, John and Rebecca Skillman, Sept. 8, i860 (1 tmp Id).
Schenck, John A. and Jane Ten Eyck, May 5, 1832 (Wilson).
Schenck, John (i. and Sarah Huff, Jan. 5, 1853 (Ludlow).
Schenck, John 11. and Caroline Kipp, Sept. 12, 1822 (Ludlow).
^Schenck, John H. (col'd) and Judith Ann Rodgers. Apr. 2^, 1874 1
sick).
Schenck, John J. and Sarah Van Neste, Mar. 22, 1815 (Vredenburgh).
Schenck, Josiah, Jr., and Sarah Van Mid'dleswort, 6, 1821 (Vre-
denburgh ) .
Schenck, Lewis and Effie Brokaw, Dec. 25, i86r (Rodgers).
Schenck. Moses and Mary I. Wyckoff, March 30, 1863 (Ludlow).
Schenck, Peter C. and Rebecca Harris, August 20, 1833 (Wilson).
Schenck, Robert H. and Eliza Jane Brokaw, July 23, 1854 (Craven).
Schenck, Samuel and Ellen J. Craig, June 20, 1875 (Roberts).
Schenck, Sefiah and Catharine Stryker, Oct. 28, 1845 (Zabfiskie).
Schenck, Simon and Julia Anna Field, Oct. 16, 1823 (Boggs).
Schenck, Thomas and Hannah Smith, Dec. 25. 1825 (Ludlow).
Schenck, William and Catharine B'. Hall, July 4, 1837 (Ludlow).
Schenck, William and Mary Winsor, May 20, 1846 (Rodgers).
Schenck, William F. and Sally Gano, Oct. 9, 1847 (Campl
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Schick, Frederick and Louisa Bender, May 13, 1858 (Mesick).
Schickter, Heuman and Mary Ann Whyte, April 4, 1843 (Bond).
Schmidt, Francis and Maria Blum, Sept. 19, 1858 (Neef).
Schmidt, Henry and Margaret Ann Baker, Feb. 22, 1855 (Rankin).
Schmidt, John and Jemina Smith, June 3, 1856 (Snyder;.
Schneider, Adam and Lydia Gaddis, Sept. 13, 1853 (Messier).
Schnider, Lewis A. and Mary Burke, July 5, 1862 (Daniels).
Schnider, Valentine and Catherine Schmidt, Apr. 3, 1870 (LeFevre).
Schomp, David G. and Mary Winser, July 12, i860 (Messier).
Schomp, Dennis and Carrie Ganno, Sept. 12, 1872 (Pool).
Schomp, George and Elizabeth Anderson, Dec. 20, 1797 (Studdiford).
Schomp, George C. and Catharine DolHver, Nov. 18, 1858 (Messier).
Schomp, John and Mary Morehead, Feb. 3, 1801 (Studdiford).
Schomp, John G. and Elizabeth Van Liew, Nov. 14, 1848 (English).
Schomp, Peter G. and Lucretia Ann Griggs, Dec. 28, 1864 (Ludlow).
Schomp, Theodore and Hannah M. Van Fleet, Sept. 16, 1875 (Hart).
Schomp, Winfield and Arabel Vanderveer, Feb. 2, 1871 (Pitcher).
Schultz, Jacob Livingston and Margaretta Voorhees, Jan. 20, 1841
(Messier).
Schultz, James T. and Lizzie Koehler, Mar. 14, 1872 (Dutcher).
Schuyler, Isaac S. and Catharine Bumheats, Mar. 14, 1853 (Gardiner).
Schwartze, William and Rosina Schmidt, Oct. 30, 1853 (Craven).
Scoby, Timothy and Chloe Gnep, Nov. 14, 1810 (Bent).
Scoffield, Joseph and Sarah Perrine, Jan. 15, 1845 (English).
Scoffield, Joseph E. and Emma Ann Hutchinson, Jan. 10, 1850 (Rodg-
ers).
Scofield, Walter P. and Minnie McDaniels, June 22, 1874 (Scofield).
Scott, George W. and Minerva S. Paiste, Nov. 16, 1839 (Messier).
Scott, Jacob and Elizabeth Cox, Oct. 5, 1828 (Fisher).
Scott, Job Ashley and Wilmina Carkhuff, June 18, 1874 (Pitcher).
Scott, Samuel W. and Ann Voorhees, Sept. 19, 1816 (Fonda).
Scudder, Jeremiah (col'd) and Mary Ellen Field, Sept. 9, 1869 (Me-
sick).
Scudder, John and Anna Sutphen, Nov. 25, 1868 (Carter).
Scudder, Peter and Laura Henry, Mar. 25, 1875 (Blauvelt).
Scudder, Samuel and Sarah M. Jackson, Mar. 3, i860 (Campfield).
Scudder, Thomas and Rebecca Auten, Dec. 8, 181 1 (Riggs).
Scudder, Titus and Caroline Chamberlain, Oct. 15, 1846 (Rodgers).
Scudder, Titus and Sarah Ann Boice, Sept. 22, 1870 (Rodgers).
Scully, Michael W. and Mary F. Robbins, Nov. 3, 1864 (Walton).
Scureman, Jonathan and Kesiah Seller, Oct. 31, 1837 (Cox).
Seabring, David and Jane Doty, January 7, 1858 (Mesick).
Sead, Levi and Parmelia Stout, Jan. 4, 1S19 (Banghart).
Seal, Philip and Mary Angleman, Dec. 19, 1823 (Fisher).
Seaman, Benjamin M. and Jane M. Leason, Sept. 1, 1843 (Cox).
Seaman, Thomas L. and Hannah Townley, May 14, 1836 (Cox).
Sears, William and Clara Perrine, Oct. 2, 1849 (Messier).
Sebring, Abraham and Margaret M. Fulkevson, Dec. 24, 1846 (Rodg-
ers).
Sebring, Abraham H. and Eliza Runyon, Aug. 31,1841 (Chambers).
Somerset County Marriages — 1795-1879 197
Sebring, Cornelius and Hester Waldron, July 3, 1819 (Boggs).
Sebring, David H. and Malissa E. Hall, Mar. 2, 1871 (Messier).
Sebring, Harrison and Rachel Smock, Aug. 24, 1822 (Boggs).
Sebring, Isaac and Mariah Van Nuyse, Sept. 10, 1829 (Van Kleek).
Sebring, James and Eliza Ann Doty, Oct. 20, 1849 (English).
Sebring, John and Elizabeth Craig, May 27, 1807 (Vredenburgh).
Sebring, John IT. and Henrietta C. Martin, Dec. 9, 1852 (Rodgers).
Sebring, John W. and Mary Elizabeth Deming, Aug. 16, 1865 (Rodg-
ers).
Sebring, Theodore F. and Susan Rockafellow, Jan. 1, 1862 (Rodgers).
Sebring, William and Matilda Hutching, Dec. 2, 1820 (Boggs).
Sebring, William and Catharine Brokaw, June 13, 1842 (Rodgers).
Sebring, Williamson and Sarah C. Conklin, Sept. 12. 1850 (Rodgers).
See, Peter E. and Nancy Smalley, Mar. 16, 1845 (Cox).
Seidell, Jacob and Mary Ann Voorhees, July 16, 1828 (Boggs).
Sellerk, Sandy and Sarah Layton, Jan. 10, 1827 (Fisher).
Serat, Charles I. and Sarah W. Adams, Oct. 27, 1832 (Rodgers).
Sergeant, Albert and Sarah Eliza Gaston, May 3, 1831 (Rodgers).
Sergeant, Daniel and Anne Case, May 22, 1813 (Hardenbergh).
Serven, Isaac A. and Sophia Goodheart, June 30, 1844 (Harris).
Service, Philip and Mary R. Stout, Nov. 21, 1806 (Stout).
Service, Samuel and Ann Dorens, May 6, 1817 (Galpin).
Servis. Henry R. V. and Phillis , Oct. II, 1829 (Van Kleek).
Servis, Isaac B. and Sarah Ann Quick, Nov. 12, 1851 (Messier).
Servis, Joshua and Susan Conover, Nov. 17, 1869 (Gardner).
Servis, Peter and Ann Stryker, April 3, 1828 (Labagh).
Shad, John and Mary Kline, Jan. 19, 181 1 (Studdiford).
Shafer, George Wilhelm and Margaret Humann. Aug. 25, 1861
(Neef).
Shann, Charles and Susan Cox, February 11, 1832 (Ludlow).
Shann, John and Caroline Brokaw, July 26, 1846 (Rodgers).
Shann, Levi and Rocelia Root, Jan. 11, 1858 (Lockwood).
Sharp, Ferman (col'd) and Eliza Burley, Nov. 11, 1873 (Clarke).
Sharp, Jacob F. and Aletta Dunn, Nov. 14, 1849 (Messier).
Sharp, Jacob R. and Susan Mumford (col'd), let. 6, 1873 (Mesick).
Sharp, John and Rachel Smith, July 13, 1795 (Studdiford).
Sharp, Joshua and Susanna Greenwood, Nov. 22, 1870 (Rowland).
Sharp, Peter and Violet Craig, Nov. 4, 1843 (Blauvelt).
Sharp, William B. and Gertrude B. Stout, Mar. 16, i8~r (LeFevre).
Sharpe. Morris and Dorthy Low, Dec. 4, 1819 (Galpin).
Shaver, Henry and Louisa Hill, Apr. 20, 1848 (Cox).
Shaw, Aaron and Ellen Barcalow, Sept. 22, 1824 (Zabriskie).
Shan, Joshua and Hannah Riggs, June 3, 1820 (Brownlee).
Sheets, William and Mary Diltz, Dec. 18, 1864 (Voorhees).
Sheick, Antone and Bridget Numan, Feb. 20, 1855 (English).
Sheldon, David and Mary Coddington, Oct. 31, 1849 (Palmer).
Shellman, Isaac and Pamelia Stryker, Jan. 15, 1825 (Ludlow).
Sheppan, T. J. and Rhoda H. Stout, Apr. 11, 1847 (Black).
Sheppard, Henry and Ellen Van Fleet, June 14, 1851 (Ludlow).
Sheppard, William and Jane V. Schenck, Dec. 26, 1838 (Ludlow).
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Sherman, Samuel and Elizabeth Tumbull, Sept. 5, 1830 (Fisher).
Sherwin, George E. and S. Annie Van Dorn, Nov. 27, 1872 (Mesick).
Shenvood, M. B. and Sarah C. Stout, July 16, 1874 (Gardner).
Sherwood, William and Margaretta Sergeant, June 18, 1833 (Messier).
Shickter, Harman and Mary Ann Whyte, Apr. 4, 1843 (Bond).
Shipman, David and Ann Putney, Nov. 9, 1823 (Watsoi
Shipps, George W. and Susan Struck, Aug. 24, 1867 (Crane).
Shoemaker, Anthony and Appelone Reger, Tan. 19, 1855 (Messier).
Shoemaker, Benjamin T. and Ellen Fein: Mai 1, 1863 (Mesick).
Short, Patrick and Margaret Egan, Feb. 19, 1851 (Rodgers).
Shotwell, Eli P. and Paraelia Boice, Oct. 22, 1840 (Bond
Shurt, David and Pin rhees, Dec. 19, 1838 (i
Shurts, Garret S. and M. L. Need, October 7, 1863 er).
Shurts, Jacob and M 1 Pai ell, Dec. 14, 1842 (Rod <
Shurts, John and Rebecca Van Dyke, Feb. 11, 1852 (Dater).
Shurts, P. B. and A. M. Hall, Dec. 14, 1863 (Pitcher).
Shutes, Simon P. and Mary Van Derveer, Feb. 26, 1857 (Rodgers).
Shwangbach, and Frederica Shuc 1 :S6o (Neef).
Silcock, Jo ! : 5. and Elizabeth Munshine, Mar. 9, 1815 (Fonde).
Sillcocks, Gabriel and Mary Kelly, June 5, 1814 (Hardenbergh).
Silk aac and Pluseny Runyon, July 24, 1834 (Zabriskie).
n 1 tianna G. Allen, Dec. 17, 1867 (Crane).
Silvester, Gilbert and Eliza M. Van Nostrand, Aug. 4, 1858 (Van
Doren).
Silzer, Theodore and Christine Zimmerman, April 28, 1861 (Neef).
Simmins, Frederick and Rhoda Giddis, Apr. 7 1805 (Shelly).
Simmons, Edmund 1!. and Sarah Cray, M , 1861 (Romi
Simms, George A. am Vnn Bergen, Sept. 6, 1845 (Ludlow).
Simonson, Garret and Martha Dunham, Tan. 10, 1846 ( Blauvel
Simonson, John H. and Jennie A. Garretson, Jan. 8, 1863 (Mesick).
Simpson, Benjamin and Mary Garretson, Ian. 30, -
Simpson, Isaac L. an.' Breese, Mar. 10,* 1864 (Rankin).
Simpson, John and Peggy Kline, Jan. 11, 1798 (Finley).
Simpson, John and Mary Cross, Mar. 18, 1809 (Finlej
Simpson, John and Rosanna Soper, Aug. 30, 182- .• ).
Sinquist, John A. and Julia L. Young, Sept.'id, 1875 (Mesick). [Prob-
1
Skellinger, Elias H. and Maggie S. , 1870 (Doo-
little ).
Skillman, and Cornelia Quick, Dec. 31, 1795 (Studdiford).
Skillman, Abraham and Catharine Voorhees, May 25, 1791 (Har-
lingen).
Skillman, Abraham V. A. and Doretha L. Schenck, Mar. 14, 18*8
(Doolittle).
Skillman. Abram M. and Susan Bergen, Oct. i, 1856 (Gardner).
Skillman, George A. and Ann B. Lattourette, June 4, 1840 (Ludlow).
Skillman, Hiram and Catharine Huff, Jan. 25, 1845 (Gardn
Skillman, Jra and Abigal Hulfish, Mar. 4, 1835 (Rice).
Skillman, Isaac and Ann Johnson, May 4, 1800 (Studdiford).
Skillman. Isaac and Deborah Voorhees, Jan. 24, 1835 (Rice).
Somerset Comity Marriages — 1795-1879 199
Skillman, Jacob and Jane Covenhoven, Feb. 25, 1797 (Snowden).
Skillman, Jacob and Jane Davis, April 18, 1861 (Ludlow).
Skillrnan, James and Eliza Wood, Mar. 4, 1841 (Ludlow).
Skillman, James I. and Ann Stryker, Nov. 16, 1823 (Labagh).
Skillman, Jeremiah W. and Mary Andrews, Nov. II, 1840 (Talmage).
Skillman, John R. and Ellen Huff, Apr. 16, 1842 (Chambers).
Skillman, Joseph and Alice Van Aartsdalen, Nov. 25, 1797 (Harlin-
gen).
Skillman, Joseph and Mariah Stryker, Nov. 30, 1816 (Labagh).
Skillman, Joseph Palma and Mary Elizabeth Spaddle, May 14, 1856
(Skillman).
Skillman, Martin N. and Matilda Kershow, Apr. 26, 1827 (Labagh).
Skillman, Peter and Sarah Gano, Nov. 15, 1854 (Ludlow)
Skillman, Samuel and Rebecca Robinson, Jan. 29, 1800 (Snowden).
Skillman, Stephen S. and Harriet Whitlock, Dec. 24, 1857 (Gardner).
Skillman, Thomas and Ann Skillman, Dec. 8, 1816 (Labagh).
Skillman, Thomas and Emily Schomp, Dec. 19, 1866 (Gardner).
Skillman, William and Laurie C. Hardie, Nov. 30, 1870 (Voorhees).
Skinner, Abraham and Mary Thomas, Oct. — , 1826 (Blauvelt).
Skinner, George and Margaret V. N. Field, Mar. 30, 1870 (Rodgers).
Skinner, Jeremiah and Catharine Todd, July 4, 1842 (Schenck).
Slack, / : .au C. Harris, Nov. 14, 1872 (Messier).
Slack, Elnathan and Betsey Sutton, Jan. 11, 1823 (Galpin).
Slaght, Cornelius and Mary Hall, Dec. 23, 1822 (Ludlow).
Sloan, Andrew A. G. and Mary Elizabeth Van Dervort, Jan. 25, 1866
(Blauvelt).
Sloan, John and Catharine Gaddis, Oct. I, 1839 (Campbell).
Sloan, Matthias and Margaret Suydam, Dec. 18, 1841 (Schenck).
Sloan, Peter and Tammy Van Derbeek, Dec. 2^, 1798 (Snowden).
Sloan, Samuel and Eliza Boylan, Oct. 23, 181 1 (Bent).
Sloat, loseph J. and Susan E 1874 (LeFevre).
Slocum, Joshua G. and Mary Smith, Sept. 8, 1855 (Mathis).
Slover, Peter and Ellen Slover, Feb. 7. 1819 (Terhune).
Smack, Cornelius and Mary Williams, Feb. 8, 1797 (Harlingen)
Smalley, Abraham and Mary lane Brokaw, Apr. 28, lodgers).
Smalley, Alfred I. and Myra D. Outcalt, Sept. 27, 1876 (Baldwin).
Smalley, Ambrose and Louisa Sebring, Mar. 13, 1861 (Rodgers).
Smalley, Charles S. and Margaret Stelle, Nov. 1, 1837 (Cox).
Smalley, David and Sophia Alexander, March 3, 1860 (Rodgers).
Smalley, David ! nnah Bush, April 22, 1833 (Cox).
Smalley, Enos B. and Sarah. J. Stryker, Jan. 12, 1848 (Gardiner).
Smalley, George and Frances Wadsworth, Mar. 19, 1867 (Mesick).
Smalley, Henry D. and Ellenor F. Con ar. 30, 1861 (Camp-
field).
Smalley, Isaac J. and Jane Pope, Apr. 17, 1846 (Utter).
Smalley, Jacob and Mariah Bullman, Jan. 9, 1819 (Brownl<
Smalley, Jacob and Elizabeth Lollar, Sept. 19, 1835 (Cox).
Smalley, John and Mary Smock, Mar. 4, 1807 (Vredenburgh).
Smalley, John and Elizabeth Winsor, Tan. 16, 1850 (Rodgers).
Smalley, John S. and Clara M. Curry. Mar. 18, 1868 (Messli r
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Smalley, John S. and Eliza Ann Mundy, Aug. 9, 1838 (Rodgers).
Smalley, Joseph and Phebe Stites, July 19, 1821 (Watson).
Smalley, Nathan and Anna Shipman, Mar. 18, 1822 (Watson).
Smalley, Nehemiah V. and Elizabeth Pennington, Oct. 20, 1846
(Cox).
Smalley, Silas and Mary Terrell, April 18, 1840 (English).
Smalley, William and Phebe J. Levine, Nov. 19, 1845 (English).
Smalley, William S. and Kate Brokaw, June 8, 1861 (Doolittle).
Smellgar, E. K. and Phebe C. Miller, October 22, 1863 (Morse).
Smith, and Jane DeHart, Oct. 13, 1822 (Fisher).
Smith, Abner R. and Margaret Van Arsdale. May 7, 1857 (Brush).
Smith, Abraham and Abbey Mitchell, Sept. 14, 1815 (Zabriskie).
Smith, Abraham and Ann Maria Smith, Oct. 1, 1857 (Rodgers >.
Smith, Adain and Hannah Harris, Dec. 22, 1814 (Vredenburgh).
Smith, Alexander and Elizabeth French, Sept. 26, 1868 (Ludlow).
Smith, Alex. B. R. and Arietta F. Packer, Aug. 13, 1876 (Pool).
Smith, A. W. and Sarah A. Hill, June 8, 1858 (Cammann).
Smith, Benjamin and Jane Sutphin, March 8, 1798 (Harlingen).
Smith, Benjamin and Ann Vosler, Nov. 12, 1825 (Fisher).
Smith, Benjamin and Helena GarretMni, Sept. 17, 1851 (Van Doren).
Smith, Benjamin, Jr., and Ann Brokaw, Feb. 9, 1815 (Vredenburgh).
Smith, Benjamin II. and Lucy Van Nuys, Oct. 21, 1835 (Whitehead).
Smith, Benjamin I. and Lucy Elbertson, Jan v> (Sears).
Smith, Bergen B. and Rachel Van Zant, Oct. 4, 1838 (Zabriskie).
Smith, Charles and Mary Whale, Dec. 24, 1840 (Birch).
Smith, Charles and Elizabeth Johnson, Sept. 22, 1868 1 Ludlow).
Smith, Cornelius and Sarah Pennington, Mar. 16. [823 (Watson).
Smith, Cornelius and Mercy Coddington, Mar. n, 1845 (Cox).
Smith, Elihu M. and Eliza B. Covert, Oct. 5, 1837 (Ludlow).
Smith, Elijah and Mary Compton. Sept. 23, 1823 (Watson).
Smith, Elijah K. and Harriet C. Squier, June 14, 1852 (Messier).
Smith, Garret P. and Ida E. Brown. Nov. 1, 1876 (Clark).
Smith, George and Mary Webster, Jan. 26, 1833 (Lo
Smith, George and Elizabeth Hall, Oct. 27, 1866 (Ludlow).
Smith, George W. and Rachel Ann Smith, June 12, 1834 (Messier).
Smith, Henry !l. and Mary Plunkel, Sept. 19, l868( Messier).
Smith, Hulet and Klizabeth C. Brow \ 27, 1857 (Rodgers).
Smith, Isaac and Ann Smith, Aug. 15, 1805 (Vredenburgh).
Smith, Isaac and Ann Ten Eyck, Mar. 21, 181 1 (Studdiford).
Smith, Isaac N. and Lydia Huffma 1 1865 (Blauvelt).
Smith, Isaiah and Eli; Ulen, Dec. 5, 1862 (Thompson).
Smith, Israel and Sarah Jane Johnson, July 3, 1856 (Carrell).
Smith, Jacob and Catharine Van Voorhees, Oct. 9, 1808 (Studdiford).
Smith, Jacob riah Van Nostrand, Dec. 20, 1831 (Zabriskie).
Smith, Jacob Hurt, Aug. 20, 1825 (Brownlee).
Smith, Jacob F. and Sarah WyckotT, Nov. 3, 1836 (Zabriskie).
Smith, Jacob \ 1). and Esther D. Field, Oct. 26, 1865 (Rodgers).
Smith, Jacob V. N. and Sarah Elizabeth Van Nostrand, Jan. 2Q, 1863
(Cole).
Smit s and Ellen Mundy. June 14, 1848 (Rodgers).
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James and Lydia Philhower, Dec. 31, 1856 (Craig),
and Barbara Irving, July 26, 1877 (Pool).
James D. and Harriet E. ' ts, Dec. 24, 1868 (Rodgers).
James T. and Hattie D. Smith, Sept. 22, 1874 ( Mesick).
James V. and Myra Cole, Sept. 2, 1868 (Doolittle).
Jared and Elizabeth Covenhoven, Oct. 15, 1806 (Stout).
J. Rush and Amanda Drake, Jan. 20, 1867 (Thompson).
John and Mary Brokaw, Aug. 24, 1803 (Vredenburgh).
John and Sarah Margaret Vandervoort, Dec. 10, 1828 (Van
Kleek).
John and Sarah Auten, Oct. 28, 1830 ' Zabriskie).
John and Ann Suydam, Oct. 2J, 1831 (Zabriskii I
John and Sarah Ann Van Arsdalen, Oct. 23, 1839 ( Messier).
John and Magdalen Stryker, Dec. 17, 1840 (Zabriskie).
John and Sophia Broach, July 1, 1846 (Zabriskie).
John and Mariah Burgen, Sept. 15, [849 (Campbell).
John and Elizabeth Van Zandt, Aug. 3, 1858 (Romeyn).
John A. and Martha Maddis, July 3, 1847 (Messier).
John Dayton and Deina C. Young, Jan. 15, 1S71 | Thompson).
John H. and Margaret Gulick, Jan. 20, 1863 (Messier).
John I. and Elizabeth Van Zandt, Oct. 8, 1840 (Zabriskie).
John V. and Mary Huff, Sept. 27, 1853 (Gardiner).
ithan and Catharine Cooper, July 4, 181 5 < Vredenburgh).
Joseph and Catharine Whalon, Oct. 19, 1816 (Hardenbergh).
Joseph B. and Mary E. Voorhees, Sept. 11, 1862 (Doolittle).
ph H. and Fannie Elizabeth Cole, Dec. 10, 1862 (Magie).
Josiah S. and Lydia Voorhees, Feb. 9, 1859 (Van Doren).
Lemuel and Anna Squier, Feb. 9, 1858 (Messier).
Peter and Rebecca Flagg, Dec. 21, 1805 (Vredenburgh).
Peter and Catharine Stryker, Nov. 15, 181 2 (Stout).
Peter and Ann Smock, Oct. 22, 1835 (Messier).
Peter and Harriet Lawler, Dec. 4, 1861 (Clark).
Peter I. and Magdalene Garretson, Jan. II, 1837 (Zabriskie).
Peter J. C. and Eli ibe h Williamson, June 24. 1847 (Gardiner).
Peter S. and Mary Ellis Whitenack, Jan. 8, 1846 (Chambers).
Richmond and Catharine Jackson, Feb. 18, 1869 (Carmichael).
Robert S. (Dr.). and Nancy Van Dyke, Aug. 7, 1821 ( Labagh).
Samuel and Nancy Roberts, Jan. 14, 1835 (Messier).
Spencer F. and Sarah Jane Van Middlesworth, Apr. — , 1865 (Le
Fevre).
Thomas and Ann Hogg, Oct. 30, 1819 (Boggs).
Thomas and Mary Polhemus, Nov. 3, 1835 (Messier).
Thomas Burt and Catharine Teeter, Nov. 5, 1863 (Romaine).
Wallace and Martha A. Mitchell, Dec. ?, 1849 (Campbell).
Wellington II. and Maggie C. Wooden, Sept. 28, 1870 (Row-
land l.
William and Elizabeth Whallon, June 18, 1808 (Hardenbergh).
William and Harriet Coddington, Oct. 15, 1829 (Cox).
William and Pamelia Sebring, May 9, 1846 (Rodgers).
William and Aletta Jane Van Arsdale, Oct. 21, 1846 ( Messier).
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Smith, William and Hannah Maria Van Doren, Oct. 25. 184Q (Camp-
bell).
Smith, William D. and Jane Dumont, Oct. 8, 1856 (Doolittle).
Smith, William H. and Rachel G. Hagerman, Nov. 29, 1859 (Camp-
field).
Smith, William H. and Ann E. Richards, Feb. 8, 1871 (McWilliam).
Smith, William, M. D., and Allcttee M. Van Arsdale, Sept. 21, 1856
(Messier).
Smith, William P. and Margaret Annin, Dec. 17, 1845 (Zabriskie).
Smith, William S. and Sarah C. Griggs, Jan. i, 1868 (Messier).
Smith, William Z. and Eliza Ann Van Nest, Oct. 9, 1834 (Fisher).
Smith, Zachariah and Rachel Flomerfelt, May 30, 1867* (Thompson).
Smock, Abraham and Jane Van Camp, Apr. 10, 1796 (Studdiford).
Smock, Garret and Mary Ann Van Deventer, Jan. 15, 1834 (Rodgers)
Smock, Henry and Susan Harris, Oct. 24, 1822 (Boggs).
Smock, John and Jane Mundy, May 23, 1824 (Zabriskie).
Smock, Lewis and Susan Johnson, May 29, 1841 *(Ro ; r-
Smock, Luther C. and Susan Ann Durlan, Feb. 4, 187 1 1 Pitchgr).
Smock, William H. and Mary E. L. Brown, May 20, 1875 (Baldwin).
Smyth, William M. and Phebe C. Paradise, Oct. 4, 1873 (Mesick).
Sneddiker, Caesar and Celia Staats, Sept. 10, 1841 (Zabriskie).
Snedicker, William and Jane Griggs, Dec. 11, 1797 (Snowden).
Sneider, Peter and Elizabeth Abbot, Nov. 10, 1813 ( Vredenburgh).
Snoden, Charles W. and Joanna Hoagland, Dec. 23, 1868 (Pitchei
Snook, Charles and Sarah Kintner, Mar. 28, 1857 (Ludlow }.
Snook, Jacol; 1 mcina Tidd, Sept. 19, 1863 (Romeyri
Snook, Joseph and Cornelia Gordon, Dec. 24, 1874 (Mesick).
Snooke, Andrew and Ann Wan Bath, Apr. 15, 1818 (Sto;
Snowden, William N. and Susan A. Flagg, Sept. 30, 1857 (Gardiner).
Suydam, Abraham and Betsy White, Sept. 25, 1807 (Finley).
Suydam, Abram W. and Julia D. Waldron, Oct. 23, 1872 (Oliver).
Suydam, Andrew B. and Margaret S. Van Deventer, Jan. 6, 1836
(Shultz).
Suydam, Caesar and Dinah Field, Oct. 14, 1833 (Fisher).
Suydam, Charles and Abigail Tuni.son, Aug. 24, 1833 (Wilson).
Suydam, Charles and Elizabeth Moore, Jan. 5. 1837 (S 
