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LIBRARY OF THE
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CONTENTS
BERGEN RECORDS (3RD Book): page
The First Settlers of Bergen i
Burials in Bergen 21
Church Members in Bergen 57
Minutes of the Consistory 79
Index 83
ADMINISTRATION:
Constitution 93
By-laws 100
Badges 104
Accessions to Library iii
MEMBERSHIP:
Former Officers 117
List of Members 129
Necrology 159
MEETINGS :
Poughkeepsie 173
Smoker 176
Hudson County Branch 185
Banquet 187
Annual Meeting 230
New Officers, 1915 240
In Memoriam 254
Fress of
F. A. BaUSTTB COMPAITT
SPBIXOnBLD, MAMACBUtrm
ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE
William L. Brower, President — Portrait Frontispiece
Communipaw— Heading Cut i
The First Schoolhouse in Bergen — Initial Letter. . i
Register of Members — First Page 56
Town of Bergen — ^Heading Cut 57
Edward Van Winkle, Recording Secretary — ^Por-
trait 78
Bergen Hill — ^Heading Cut 79
Seward G. Spoor, Corresponding Secretary — Por-
trait 82
Arthur H. Van Brunt, Treasurer — Portrait 92
Badge of the Society 104
Button of the Society no
Isaac Franklin Russell — Portrait 116
Ernest M. Stires, D.D. — Portrait 158
Rear Admiral N. R. Usher — Portrait 172
The Van Vliet Homestead — ^Heading Cut 173
Eagle Tavern 185
William H. Carpenter, LL.D. — Portrait 192
Banquet Menu — "Restless" in Hell Gate 193
Hutspot Pot 194
Souvenir Tray 196
rri/5;^--J^
THE FIRST SETTLERS OF BERGEN
by
Nicholas Garretson Vreeland
CHILE Gemonepan (Communipaw),
the "Village on the Shore," was set-
tled as early as 1630, the formally
recognized Village of Bergen was
not so known until 1660. Both of
these, with other settlements, were
_■ officially incorporated as the Village
of Bergen. What might be called
the Village of Communipaw was, in reality, a row of
houses' facing New York Bay from Mill Creek south-
erly, later outlined by the present Phillips Street, with
scattered houses between the shore and the hill to the
westward.
Jan Evertson Bout was the first known settler in this
section, who in 1634 came there as an official of Michael
Pauw, the Patroon. Six years later, Egbert Wouterson
came into possession of " Jan de Lacher's Hook," later
known as Mill Creek Point, the ancestral home of the
Van Home family. Jacob Walling Van Winkle was a
settler as early as 1641 but removed to Rensselaerswyck,
returning nine years later. Bout sold in 1646 a portion
of his farm to Michael Jansen, the common ancestor of
the Vreeland family, and moved to Breuckelen.
In
* Sm ImmIuis tat.
THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
In 1655, the Indians drove out all of the Communi-
paw people, killing or capturing neariy every white
person. A few families escaped by boat to New Am-
sterdam, among them that of Michael Jansen, who
lived for three years on the corner of what is now Wil-
liam and Stone Streets, and returned to Communipaw
in 1658, where he lived until the year of his death in
1663.
Constable Hook, named for Constable (gunner)
Jacob Jacobsen Roy, was first occupied for residence
in 1646.
To Greenville came Dirck Jansen Dey, Claes Carstens
and others prior to 1659. Other names are mentioned
as among the early owners of land in this section, but
many of these never settled upon the land, being possi-
bly only speculators.
Early in 1660 petitions were sent to the Governor
and Council of New Netherland, for permission to
settle upon the lands on the "Berg" (Hill) back of
Communipaw, but Governor Stuyvesant was so fear-
ful of the safety of the people, owing to the numerous
Indian invasions, that he refused to give the permission
desired. Later in the year, Michael Jansen, as repre-
sentative of the district on the west side of the river in
the council of "Nine Men," made such strong represen-
tations to him, that he gave permission to form a settle-
ment, provided it was protected by a strong palisadoed
fence built around it. This was done, and the tract
inside the fence was divided into thirty-two plots*
facing the six roads which are now known as Bergen
Avenue, Academy Street, Tuers Avenue, Newkirk
Street, Vroom Street, and Van Reypen Street. This map
was made by Jacques Cortelyou, the surveyor of New
Amsterdam; but though the most diligent search has
been prosecuted, no trace of it has been found, nor
has there been discovered any list of the names of the
original patentees. In accordance with Dutch custom,
a church and school were established and service was
conducted by volunteers until 1663, when a peti-
tion to the Council of New Netherland* was signed by
the
^See map in Holland Socibtt
Year Book 1914^ page 3.
' See pages 13-19 of Holland So-
ciETT Ybak Book 1913.
BERGEN RECORDS 3
the Magistrates of Bergen, asking that a clergyman be
formally assigned, and annexing as evidence of the
good faith of the petitioners a subscription list of four
hundred and seventeen guilders, in seawan, as a nucleus
for the support of the proposed institution. The names
of the subscribers give us our earliest clue to the names
of the more prominent earliest settlers of Bergen, which
title then officially covered not only the settlement
inside the palisades but also the districts of Communi-
paw, Greenville, and Bergen Point; actually all of the
present Hudson County reaching from Kill van KuU
on the south to the Bergen woods on the north, with
the exception of the people of Harsimus and Paulus
Hook, who, by reason of propinquity, worshipped in
New Amsterdam. This conclusion is more readily
assured because none of the names of the settlers of
these last named sections appeared on the petition.
We think that we may safely deduce, therefore, that
the names appearing on this list^ covered a great pro-
portion of the First Settlers of Bergen, especially as
we later trace up the future history of each one and his
connection with the future ruling families.
Taking them up in the order written, we find at the
top Tielman Van Vleck, Michael Jansen, Harman
Smeeman and Caspar Steynmets. These were the
Magistrates of Bergen and were given the preference,
which was emphasized by their becoming the largest
contributors.
TRANSPOSITION OF FAMILY NAMES
At the time of the settlement of New Netherland,
surnames were comparatively unknown; many of the
family names now in use were not known in the old
country as such; out of our list only the names Post,
Van Vleck and Steynmets existed as recognized family
names, the others being used for a generation only, to
be replaced optionally by the fathePs name, his occu-
pation, or the name of the old home town. The sons
took for their last names the names of their fathers,
with the syllable ^^sen'' (son) annexed. Thus, Michael
Jansen,
> See complete liit on pages 14 and 15 | of Holland Socibtt Ybak Book 1913.
4 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
Jansen, son of Jan or John; Gerrit Gerritsen, son of
Gerrit; and so on. Sometimes the occupation of the
father was continuedJLin his son's name, thus: Jan
Bleecker; John the Bleacher, and again the home
town was often tacked on to the surname.
In the Vreeland family is found first Michael Jansen,
son of Jan or John van Vreeland; then Michael Jansen
van Schrabbekerke, the last being the familiar name of
the church home town in Zeeland with which he was
connected. Upon landing|here, he first went to Rens-
selaerswyck, opposite Albany, and settled on the " Hooge
Berg" (HighJ,Hill) farm ;| when he left there to come to
New Jersey^he^was put/down as Michael Jansen van
der Burgh. Being'^a plain Dutchman, however, he
dropped all the extra titles and stuck to the plain Jansen
all the rest of his life. His children were all Michelsons,
and it was not until the third generation in this country
that the real and original family name was used by all
of the Vreelands.
While the choice of family patronymics varied, a
method prevailed in the choice of the first name of the
children. The first son was almost always named for
his paternal grandfather, the second after his maternal
grandfather, and after these the uncles were honored.
The girl's maternal grandmother was first honored,
then the paternal grandmother and so on. This makes
it comparatively easy for the genealogist to locate
family lines. Certain names were maintained through
many generations, such as Adrian, among the Posts;
Garret among the Garretsons or Van VVagenens —
primarily the same family; Michael among the de-
scendants of the original Michael Jansen Vreeland;
Walling in the Van Winkle family; Henry among the
BrinkerhoflFs, and so on. In one family we find Elias
Adrian and Adrian Elias alternating with each succeed-
ing generation for a hundred years and more. Some-
times one can tell by the middle name pretty near who
the father was. Thus, John Jacobs was son of Jacob,
and so forth. Adrian has been perpetuated in the
Adriance family; Reyer in the Ryerson; Pieter in the
Petersons; The Dutch Jurriaen, taken for a corruption
of
BERGEN RECORDS 5
of Yurrie, by easy gradations became Yerry, Jerry and
Jeremiah or in other instances Uriah ; Yerry's son would
be called Yearance, and here we have another family
name. Anderson, as a family name, sounds Scotch, but
the original Andersons were sons of Andries Claussen
who married Michael Jansen's daughter Pryntje (Penelo-
pe). Johnson is often thought to be of English stock,
but Rut Jansen, who settled in Somerset County, is gen-
erally credited with being the head of the line. A man
named De Gray prided himself on being a Frenchman
but his grandfather was De Grauw, which is surely
Dutch; Longfield, another English name, was origin-
ally Langeveldt.
DUTCH REFERENCE
As one writer has stated, "The Jersey Dutch were a
God-fearing people, constant in their church going.
These men and women had the strongest kind of faith
in the doctrines of their church. Their piety was
exemplified in their wills."
Here is one of Nicholas Vreeland, filed in 1757:
" I, Nicholas Vreeland, being in health of body and a
perfect mind and memory blessed of God, therefore,
and calling to mind the mortality of my body, and
knowing it is appointed for all men to die, do make
and ordain this my last will and testament:
First : I recommend my immortal spirit in the hands
of my great Creator, trusting in the merits of the
blessed Saviour for pardon and remission of my sins,
and a happy admission to the regions of bliss and
immortality."
Their simple faith was also often inscribed upon
their tombstones:
"When overwhelmed with grief.
My heart within me dies ;
Helpless and far from all on earth,
To Heaven I lift my eyes."
RACE
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6 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
RACE SUICIDE
Symon Jacobs Van Winkle dying in 1732, left twelve
children, and one of these had twenty, of which thirteen
survived their father. A story is told of how he started
to carve their initials on the front door posts, and
running short of space used the stone doorstep to com-
plete his list. There must have been necessitated a
roll call at bed time: Abraham, Johannes, Simeon,
acob, Antje, Feytje, Saertje, Tryntje, Rachel,
annetje, Lena, Margrietje, Gertje and half a dozen
others whose early demise prevented a record of their
names.
Michael Jansen had six sons and two daughters.
The Vreeland Book records the birth of sixty-three
grandchildren among the sons, and it is fair to assume
that the two daughters did their share, which would
indicate that not less than seventy-five grandchildren
perpetuated the memory of the founder of the Vreeland
family in this country.
Of the twenty-seven subscribers to the church estab-
blishment added to the nine others who were evidently
too modest to state an exact sum they would con-
tribute, less than a score seem to have been eligible to
the list of "First Settlers" or heads of families, and of
these I have been enabled to acquire information of
eleven distinct families among the original subscribers
and to these I have added four who were equally promi-
nent and eminent in the good work of building up the
country later on. In preparing the brief family histories
the assistance of representative descendants now living
was invoked for details and data. The families whose
brief records are given were represented on the peti-
tion by: ^Tielman Van Vleck, Michael Jansen
(Vreeland), Caspar Steynmets, Van Winkle, Tallman,
Gerrit Gerritsen (Van Wagenen), Paulus Pietersen
(Newkirk), Adrian Post, Lourens Andries (Van Bus-
kirk), Jan Cornelius (Van Horn), Claes Arentsen
(Sip).
Those
* The original lin appears on page the 191 } Year Book or the Houams
19, and a tranalation on page 14 of | Socibtt.
BERGEN RECORDS 7
Those whose stories are also related, who came upon
the scenes, at subsequent dates, were: Garabrant, Van
Reypen, Winner, BrinkerhofF. This by no means ends
the list of the settlers, but time forbids us going deeper
into the story at this period.
VAN VLECK
TiELMAN Van Vleck was a descendant of a noble
family whose estate, called "Vlieck,'* was located near
the city of Maastricht in the Province of Limburg.
The Tielman Van Vleck of Bergen fame, according
to court records of the city of Amsterdam, dated
February 23, 1635, ^^ described as being twenty-one
years old, and the only child of Tielman Van Vleck and
Maria Moors. He married Magdelena Herlin of
Bremen, in the church of St. Augustine. Eight children
blessed their union. On June 3, 1656, he was enrolled
as a shopkeeper of Bremen. The date of his arrival in
this country is not obtainable, but it is supposed that
he came over on the ship De Vergidde Bever ( The Gilded
Beaver) y which sailed from Amsterdam May 15, 1658,
and arrived at New Amsterdam in July. On July 29,
he was licensed as a Notary of New Netherland. On
December 16, 1658, he purchased from Mighiel Paulis-
sen, the ancestor of the Vandervoort family, a house
and lot on the north side of the Hooge (High) Street,
later Stone Street, near what is now Hanover Square.
Two petitions drawn up by him and headed by his
name were presented to Governor Stuyvesant in 1660,
for the establishment of the Village of Bergen but were
denied because of the fear of Indian attacks. The
third paper, drawn up by Van Vleck and urged in
person by Michael Jansen Vreeland, the New Jersey
representative in the Council, was agreed to upon
promise of having the village surrounded by a strong
palisade. Van Vleck was named as the first " Schout,'*
or President, of the court of Bergen. On May 25, 1668,
Van Vleck appeared before the Magistrates of the
Village of Bergen and declared that he had deeded to
Ide Comelissen, a resident of Harsimus, a parcel of
land
8 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
land lying between those of Hendrick Jansen van
Ostrum and Adrian van Laer. Governor Philip
Carteret in 1670 gave him a deed to a plot of upland
and meadow between Jan Lubbertsen, Frederick
Phillips, Harman Edwards and Thomas Fredericks,
facing on the "Common," the present Van Vorst
Square. This would locate Van Vleck as a resident of
Paulus Hook.
VREELAND
Michael Jansen Vreeland, the common ancestor
of the Vreeland family, came from Holland on the ship
Het Wapen van Norwegen {Arms of Norway) in 1638.
He owned a farm or polder in South Beveland, one of
the islands of the Province of Zeeland, but his church
home was in the village of 'sHeer Abtskerke, three
miles from his farm, the common name of the village
being Schrabbekerke. From here he went to Bergen-
op-Zoom, in Brabant, and took boat to Amsterdam,
from whence he sailed in May, 1638, and arrived in
New Amsterdam on August 4. Arrangements had
previously been made with Patroon Killian van
Rensselaer, who had been granted a large tract of land
surrounding the present site of the city of Albany, on
both sides of the Hudson River. Jansen leased the
farm known as the "Hooge-Berg,'* located on an eleva-
tion immediately opposite the present city. His latent
energy and enterprise were so confined by his work as
a farmer that he branched out into fur trading with
the Indians, and speedily came into conflict with the
parent trust of the hemisphere, the Dutch West India
Company.^ Undismayed, Jansen brought the ques-
tions at issue into court and was later sustained on all
the counts. Adding to the products of his farm the
fish and oysters which were so plentiful in the adjoining
waters, he found market in the city opposite and
speedily acquired a fortune'^as fortunes went in those
days, which he invested in cattle. When the Dutch
colony was settling on the Delaware, Jansen supplied
them with part of their cattle. One year after his
coming
^"Records of New Amsterdam/' I Vol. 3, pages 36-41; Vol. 4, page 46.
BBRGBN RECORDS 9
coming to Communipaw, Governor Peter Stuyvesant
took up the reins of government in New Amsterdam,
and, being anxious to maintain a representative gov-
ernment, appointed nine advisers, Jansen being made
the representative for the west side of the river. He
must have proved to be a good adviser, because in
1656 he was offered the Vice-Governorship at Fort
Orange, later Albany, but he declined the honor, pre-
ferring, evidently, to stay and work for his present
constituency. As in Albany, the reputation of the
fairness of his dealings with the Indians made him
popular in Communipaw; his friendship with the red
men acted in his favor during the awful times of 1655,
when his family was exempted from capture or death.
VAN WINKEL
Jacob Waligh, Walings, Walingen or Walingsen
and his brother Symon were among the very first
farmers to permanently locate in New Netherland.
Symon's untimely death^ cut short this branch of the
Walicks family, who were residents of the Village of
Winkel in North Holland, located about fifteen miles
northwest of Hoorn, as far back as the beginning of the
fourteenth century.* Jacob, the progenitor of the
Van Winkle family in New Netherland, was the occu-
pant of one of the six Company-Bouweries on Man-
hattan Island started by the Dutch West India Com-
pany in 1624' and continued by the Company in May,
1630, under new management. An inventory of
Jacob's possessions on July 2, 163 1, indicates that he
had on his farm six saddle horses, two stallions, six
cows, two bulls and twenty-two sheep, and that he was
successful with his breeding of cattle. He made a trip
to Holland for the purpose of further stocking his farm,
in 1633, in the ship De Souther gh on its return trip,
after bringing the new Governor, Wouter Van Twiller,
to
^ Symon Wallingsen was murdered
by an Indian at Paulis Hook, in
Pavonia, in the spring of 1649.
'See Van Winkle Record, page 21.
* A document giving the inventory
of the Company^s farma on July z.
163 1, showing increase since May,
1630, drawn up by Kiliaen Van Rens-
selaer, was recently discovered by
L. P. de Boer, Historian, among the
documents in the Archives at the
Hague.
10
THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
to New Netherland in April, 1633. While at Hoom he
united with the Dutch Church by certificate on Decem-
ber 18, 1633.* His stay in Hoom was short, for in the
fall of the next year Jacob Walingsen returned to New
Netherland on De Coninck David (King David) cap-
tained by David de Vries, arriving at New Amsterdam
in June, 1635, a little over a year prior to the expira-
tion of his lease of the Company's-Bouwerie No. 5.*
During his absence the bouwerie was managed by
Claes Cornelisz Swits.' After the expiration of his
lease, Jacob Walingsen entered into a contract with
Patroon Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, August 15, 1636, and
settled on a farm at Rensselaerswyck. On October i,
1650, he returned to Manhattan, although oflFered
the choice of several farms if he would remain in the
colony.
August 29, 1641, Jacob Walingsen was appointed a
member of the Board, "The Twelve Men,'* the first
representative official body within the limits of New
York and New Jersey. This Board was advisory to
Governor Kieft and represented the inhabitants of
Manhattan, Brooklyn and Pavonia in the considera-
tion of the general treatment of the Indians.
Prior to 1635, Jacob Walingsen led a movement to
establish a settlement on the Connecticut River,* but,
because of the lack of support of his contemporaries and
failure to obtain permission of the West India Com-
pany, owing to fear of Indian attack, the project was
abandoned. October 23, 1654, he secured a grant of
land at Pavonia, now Jersey City, New Jersey, where
the family has been continuously represented for
eleven generations.
Jacob Walingsen died in the early part of the year
1657, leaving a widow, Trintje Jacobs, and six minor
children, three girls and three boys. Michael Jansen
Vreeland
^ In the records of the Dutch Church
at Hoom appears the following entry,
under that date: "Have come over
with certificate from other Churches
to our congregation — ^Jacob Walingen
of New Netherland."
' For a description of the bouwerie
No. 5, see "Valentine's Manual'* for
i860, Jpages SS7, SS^,-
* Whose murder in 1641 was the
chief cause of the first recorded Indian
War. Holland Society Year Book
1914., page II.
* See Holland Societt Year Book
i9«4» P*ge as.
Bergen records u
Vreeland and Burgomaster Van der Grift* were
appointed guardians of the children.
The Van Winkle line from the first progenitor in New
Netherland to the Recording Secretary of The Holland
Society is as follows: Jacob Walingsen Van Winkle,
one of the Board of Twelve Men, member of the Gen-
eral Court in 1640, and Trintje Jacobs; Jacob Jacobse
Van Winkle and Grietje Hendrickse Hellingh; Hen-
drick Van Winkle and Catrina Waldron; Jacob Van
Winkle, ist Lieutenant in Captain Nicausa Terhune's
Company of Militia in the Precinct of New Barba-
does, 1 775-1 778, deacon of the First Dutch Church in
New Jersey chartered by the Crown and incorporated
under the name of The Ministry Elders and Deacons,
December 20, 1771, and Rachel Cammega; Daniel Van
Winkle and Antje Winne; Jacob D. Van Winkle and
Antje Vreeland; Jacob Van Winkle, who served in
the War of 181 2, and Maria Sip, daughter of Colonel
Garret Sip ; Edward Van Winkle, who served in the Civil
War — Company G — 37th Regiment of New York, and
Mary Jane Wandle; Edward Van Winkle, Recording
Secretary of The Holland Society of New York, and
Sama Le Roy Batdorf.
STEYNMETS
Caspar Steynmets was bom in Holland; it is said
at Schiedam, but the exact time or place has not been
authenticated. He arrived in New Amsterdam in 163 1
and with his brother sailed up the river to Albany, and
there became prominent in trading with the Indians.
His oldest child, named after him, was baptized in 1650;
his wife being Dorothea Arentsen (Van Wagenen). At
her death he married again Jennet je Gerritsen (Van
Wagenen) of Ahasimus. He therefore became con-
nected by marriage with both of the distinct branches
of the Van Wagenen family, that of Esopus and that of
Bergen. Steynmets purchase a plot of land on Winkle
Street, near Fort Amsterdam. In 1652, he removed to
New Jersey and purchased a "Bouwery** in Ahasimus.
Here he combined the two businesses of farming and
trading
^ Burgomaster Van der Grift of Nieuw Amsterdam.
B
12 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
trading and became well-to-do. The Indian troubles
forced him back to New Amsterdam but he returned in
1658 and lived within the Bergen Township limits
until his death in 1702. All of his children were bap-
tized in the old church at the fort. He was organizer
of a company of militia and was commissioned lieuten-
ant and later became captain. He was well educated
and his knowledge of the Indian language made him
valuable as an interpreter in their dealings with the
whites. After the English occupation in 1664, he was
continued in office by Governor Philip Carteret, having
previously been made a judge by Governor Stuyvesant.
In 1671, he was married, for the third time, to the
widow of Michael Tades, and moved to her farm in
Ahasimus. At her death he gave the home farm to his
sons John and Gerrit, but continued to live in the
homestead until his death. He was buried in the old
Bergen cemetery. John Steynmets willed his portion
of the farm to his sister, Joanna Prior, and she in turn
gave it to her son, Jacob Prior.
VAN BUSKIRK
The common ancestor of the Van Buskirk family in
this country was Laurens Andriessen, who came over
in 1655. His name appears as an owner of a lot on
Broad Street, New Amsterdam, June 29, 1656. Shortly
after he purchased land in Minkakwa, later Greenville.
In 1668, he was appointed "Recorder and Marker" for
Minkakwa, and in 1676 was appointed "Marker Gen-
eral" for the Town of Bergen. He was commissioned
a member of the Court of Bergen in 1677 and was made
president of the same in 168 1. He married Jannetje
Jans, widow of Christian Barentsen in 1658. He died
in 1694. His son, Pieter, bom in 1666, married Trintje
Harmanse of Constable Hook, and went there to live
in the house which was torn down only last year. He
was the ancestor of the Van Buskirks of Bergen, later
Hudson County.
TALLMAN
BERGEN RECORDS
13
TALLMAN
The original spelling of this name was TaelmaUy and
occasionally Taltruij which literally translated means a
linguist or an interpreter. The early records of the
Dutch branch of the family in this country are found
under the patronymics of Harmens, Harmense,
Hermzen, Harmenszen, Dowsa, Douwens and
Douwenszen.
The first known American ancestor of this branch
of the family was Douwe Harmense Taelman, who with
his wife and children emigrated from the province of
Friesland, Netherland, in the ship Brownfishy arriving
in New Amsterdam on the 19th of June, 1658. While
in the " Records of New Amsterdam " he is mentioned
as having been in the courts upon different matters in
the years 1658 and 1659, we have reason to believe he
took up his residence at Bergen, now a part of Jersey
City, soon after his arrival in this country. For we
also find in the same records that in the description of a
plot of land he bought on the east side of "Heere
Gracht" (Broad Street), in New Amsterdam, on
August 2, 1662, he is mentioned as being a resident of
Bergen. And in December of the same year he sub-
scribed six florins a year for the support of a minister
at this latter place.*
In an official survey of some plots or tracts of land
"in the new maize lands," made by Jacques Cortelyou,
C.E.,* for Douwe Harmense in November, 1660, lying
in and about the Town of Bergen, preparatory to mak-
ing an application for a patent for the same, the name
of Bergen was first used ; and the patent for such plots
was granted by Governor Philip Carteret for some five
parcels under date of May 12, 1668. This same
patentee later secured a further patent for lands em-
bracing the present village of Nyack, N. Y.
Douwe Harmense Taelman died at Bergen and was
buried on the nineteenth of June, 1687. A declaration
of his will was recorded in the office of the Secretary of
State
^ See X913 Year Book of Tbb Hol-
land SocisTT, page i8.
' See 1914 Ykar Book of The Hol-
land SociBTT, page 3.
14 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
State, at Trenton, N. J.^ All his property was left to
his two sons, Harmen Douwenszen Taelman and
Thunis Douwenszen Taelman, who soon after their
father's death removed to Nyack, N. Y. The older son,
Harmen, died early in life, and previous to April, 8,
1691 ; as on this date his widow was married to Abra-
ham Blauvelt. The younger son, Thunis, finally came
into possession of most of the estate left by his father,
and died at Nyack, N. Y., July 17, 1739. From these
two sons have descended most of the families bearing
the name of Tallman, Talman, or Taulman. And
while in their early history they resided in the vicinity
of New York City, they may now be found in nearly
every section of the United States.
VAN WAGENEN
Wageningen is one of the prominent towns of Hol-
land, located on the banks of the River Rhine, in the
Province of Gelderland, and is noted as a summer
resort. The family in this country has descended from
two distinct pioneers, so far as we know in no way
related. The first was Aert Jacobsen, who came over
about 1648 and settled in Bethlehem, New York, and
later in Esopus. The Van Wagenens of that section
are his descendants.
Gerrit Gerritsen, of Bergen fame, arrived in New
Amsterdam with his wife Annetje Hermans, Decem-
ber 23, 1660, and settled in Communipaw. He soon
took a leading part in public affairs. He brought with
him a certificate which reads as follows :
"We, Burgomasters, schepens, and counsellors of
the city of Wageningen, declare by these presents that
there appeared before us Hendrick Elissen and
Jordiz Speer, citizens of this city, at the request of
Gerrit Gerritsen and Annetje Hermans, his wife.
"They have testified and certified as they do by these
presents that they have good knowledge of the above-
named Gerritsen and Annetje Hermans, his wife, as
to their life and conversation, and that they have
always
* In Liber 3 of Deeds, etc., page 144.
BERGEN RECORDS
IS
always been considered and esteemed as pious and
honest people, and that no complaint of any evil or
disorderly conduct has ever reached their ears ; on the
contrary, they have always led quiet, pious and
honest lives as it becomes pious and honest persons.
They especially testify, that they govern their family
well, and bring up their children in the fear of God
and in all modesty and respectability. As the above-
named persons have resolved to remove and pro-
ceed to New Netherland, in order to find greater con-
venience, they give this attestation, grounded on
their knowledge of them, having known them in-
timately and having been in continual intercourse
with them for many years, living in the same neigh-
borhood.
"In testimony of the truth, we, the burgomasters,
of the city, have caused the private seal of the city
to be hereto affixed.
"Done at Wageningen, 27th of November, 1660.
"By the ordinance of the same,
J. Aquelin."
NEWKIRK
It is not positively known from which of the many
towns in Holland called "Niewekerke" the particular
ancestor of this family came, but it is generally be-
lieved that he was from Nijkerk, or Nieuwekerke, in
Gelderland, from whence also came the Van Rensse-
laers, Van Twillers, and Van Curlers. As an eloquent
writer puts it: "Here, in the midst of tobacco lands,
pretty gardens and grain fields, three-fourths of an
hour's walk from the Zuyder Zee; from this ancient
home came scores of the ancestors of the people of New
Netherland. These hardy sons and daughters of the
Dutch Republic were true argonauts. They sailed
away to cover the soil of New Netherland with a golden
fleece."
Guert Cornelissen Van Nieuwkerke came over in the
ship Moesman from Holland, arriving on April 15, 1659.
Matthew Cornelissen, the common ancestor of the
Bergen families of Newkirks was, according to Dr.
A. B. Newkirk
l6 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
A. B. Newkirk, the family historian, a brother of Guert;
but Thomas J. Newkirk, a worker in the genealogical
field, insists that he was Guert's son. It is reported
that in 1659, Guert came with his wife and a son twelve
years old and a "nursing child/' Matthew marrying
in 1670, is supposed to have been the oldest child,
rather than the brother. He went first to Flatbush,
Long Island, where he bought a farm bordering on
Corlear's Flats. In 1665, he sold this and moved to
Bergen. Five years later he married Anna, daughter
of Jacob Luby, who had served under the West India
Company. His wife died in 1685, and the next year
he married Catherine, daughter of Paulus Pietersen.
His lineal descendants still live on the original house
site, the present building having been erected in 18 10.
POST
Adrian Post was the pioneer of this family, and he
arrived in this country from the Hague, Holland, in
1650, and settled in Communipaw. He was very
prominent in public affairs in Staten Island till 1655
and then settled in New Jersey. He was elected ensign
of the first militia company, under Captain Caspar
Steynmets. His son Adrian married, in 1677,* Catrintje
Gerrits, daughter of Gerrit Gerritsen (Van Wagenen).
The other sons went out to Acquackanonck, and the
numerous families of that name in Bergen and Passaic
Counties are descended from these. The Post home-
stead site on the shores of New York Bay is still occu-
pied as a home, in which, until very recent years,
resided a lineal descendant of one of Bergen's First
Settlers.
VAN HORN
In North Holland the once famous city of Hoom is
situated on the Zuyder Zee, about twenty miles north
of Amsterdam. From this place came Jan Comelissen
to New Amsterdam about 1645. He settled in Hacken-
sack and here raised a family, some of his descendants
continuing
^ See Holland Socibty Ybar Book 1914, page 59, entry 29.
BERGEN RECORDS 17
continuing in the Hackensack section, and others going
to Communipaw, where land is still owned by members
of the family. Cornelissen's son Joris (George) married
Maria Rutgers, and in his turn his oldest son married
a granddaughter of Michael Jansen Vreeland.
SIP
This old Dutch family has been continuously located
in New Jersey, for two and a half centuries, and seven
generations have been born in one house. This house
was built in 1664, and is still occupied by a lineal
descendant of the founder of the family, Adrian
Hendricksen Sip. He came from Breda, Holland, in
1641, and joined the church in Bergen in 1666. The
homes of the period were usually one-story structures,
built of stone or wood, or both. As in the old country,
the gable ends generally were turned to the road. This,
in old country custom, was done to conserve the rain
water supply for washing purposes, and also that the
snow would not fall on the people passing, a considera-
tion not so generally exercised nowadays. Adrian Sip
married, first. Countess Gritje Warnants van Schone-
veldt and second, Geertruje Aurians. Among the
children, Antje married Simon Jacobs Van Winkle.
Jan Arianse, the second son, was an important and
influential personage in the town of Bergen; he served
in the militia, as did his son Ide. Ide's son. Garret,
had a son, Peter, who was a prominent jurist, serving
as Judge in both Bergen and Hudson Counties. He
was one of the earliest supporters of the Republican
party, founded in 1856. His son, Richard, followed in
his father's footsteps in position and politics, and his
son, Richard Garret Sip, now occupies the old home-
stead. Rumor has it that when Light Horse Harry-
Lee came from Hackensack to Bergen he stopped at
the Sip homestead stables, and, by force of arms,
exchanged his womout horse for a fresher and better
one. Three spies were hung on the old willow tree in
front of the house.
GARRABRANT
i8
THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
GARRABRANT
Gerbrand Claussen was a man of much influence
in Bergen and held many official positions. He married
a daughter of Claus Pieterson Cos, whose name will be
found on the original petition. About 1657, Cos pur-
chased a part of the farm of Jan Evertson Bout at
Communipaw. Claussen's children lived on the original
farm for many years, but the original settler in 1689
moved to Dutchess County, New York. Some of his
descendants moved to Pequannock. Two of his sons
and one daughter married Van Ripens, one a Merselis,
one son wed a Prior, one a Van Winkle, and a daughter
married a Van Wagenen, thereby linking up a number
of the old leading families of that day and generation.
VAN REYPEN
JuRLAN ToMASSEN was the common ancestor of the
family which now spells its name in the various forms
of Van Reypen, Van Ripen, and Van Riper, and also
of the Yearance family. He sailed to this country in
the ship De BonU Coe ( The Spotted Cow) from Amster-
dam on April 16, 1663.* There is a place called Rypend
in Friesland and another called De Ryp in North
Holland, and Tomassen came from one of these, and
most likely the latter. After arriving in this country,
Tomassen first went further west and in 1664 he was a
member of a syndicate which secured the Acquacka-
nonck patent in what is now Passaic County. He did
not settle there permanently, but at least one of his
sons, Harman, and other descendants settled there
later. Tomassen came to the settlement of Bergen
between 1664 and 1667 and acquired the plot which has
been continuously occupied by some of his descendants
to the present day, viz., lot 161 in the survey of 1660
of Bergen* and Buyten Tuyn, and which is now known
as 3 1 1 Academy Street, at the intersection of Academy
and Van Reypen Streets. Tomassen was recorded as
^ See Holland Societt Year Book
1903, page 25.
' See map 1914 Year Book of The
Holland dociETY, page 3.
BERGEN RECORDS 19
a member of the Bergen Church in 1667. In addition
to the above plot, he acquired other land, both within
the stockade and among the Out Gardens, under the
will of Guert Coerten, dated 1671. He married Reycke
Hermens, May 25, 1667. They had ten children, five
sons and five daughters. The sons, following the
custom of the time, took as a surname one constructed
from the father's given name. Juriaense, Jurjanse and
Jurijaense are various forms in which it was spelled in
the old church records. With some later descendants
this was gradually changed into Jurrianse, then
Yereance. The line of descent from Juriaen Tomassen
to his descendants who now occupy the old homestead,
is through his second son: Gerrit Juriaense, Jurijaense
or Jurjanse (i 670-1 748). The name is spelled in all
the three ways in the church records. Comelis Gerret-
sen or Jurrianse (1707-1771), fourth son of Gerrit;
Daniel Van Reypen (1736-18 18), second son of Comelis;
Cornelius Van Reypen (i 767-1 842), eldest son of
Daniel; Cornelius C. Van Reypen (18 13-1900), eighth
child and youngest son of Cornelius. Surgeon General
Wm. K. Van Reypen, U. S. N., retired; only surviving
son of C. C. The homestead is now occupied by the
youngest daughter of Cornelius C, Mrs. Anna Van
Reypen Green. In the old records of the Bergen church
the first appearance of this new name is under the date
of October, 1761, when the witnesses to a baptism are
given as "Daniel Van Rype** and his sister, "Beeletje
Van Rype." In February, 1762, Merytye Van Rype
is noted as a witness. In December, 1762, was recorded
the birth and baptism of Catrientye, the eldest child
of Daniel Van Reype and Elisabet Terheun. (Daniel
was the second son of Cornelis.) It appears that the
only ones to use the spelling Van Reypen were those
most closely associated with the Bergen homestead.
Other descendants use some of the many other forms.
Van Riper seems to be the form used by the greatest
number of the present descendants of Juriaen Tomassen,
although Van Ripen would seem to have been the most
logical form.
WINNE
20 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
WINNE
So little is recorded of the early history of this old
Bergen family, that we are only permitted to note that
the founder, Peter Winne, came from Ghent in Flanders
in 1650. His wife's name was Jannetje Adams. His
grandson, Martin, went to Albany to live for a while
but returned to Bergen, and the family then descended,
generation by generation, to Johan, Martin, Martin,
Johan, Martin, John and then John again, who now
lives on what the march of the city's improvement has
left of the old home farm.
BRINKERHOFF
JoRis DiRCKSEN Brinkerhoff, the founder of the
family, came from Drenthe, Holland, about 1638. He
settled in Staten Island, but was driven out by the
Indians, and went to Long Island; his oldest son was
killed by the red men; his second son, Hendrick,
bought land in Bergen in 1667, and his descendants
still live there. Hendrick's son, Cornelius, married
Aegie Vreeland; the next generation brought Hartman;
Hartman's son, Hendrick, married Lea Van Wagenen
and their son, Hartman, married Eleanor Clendenny;
Hartman's son, John, married Hannah Tise, and from
this union came Ex-Senator William Brinkerhoff and
Henry, father of Brigadier-General Henry Brinkerhoff,
a former Vice-President of Thfe Holland Society.
BURIALS
BURIALS IN THE VILLAGE OF BERGEN
IN NEW JERSEY BEGINNING 1666
>. Names of the [Persons] who have died and were buried within
the jurisdiction of Bergen and around New York by me R. Van
Giesen, in my capacity of Undertaker (Aansprekcr).
1 March 4. Bur. MichJel Teunisen at Bergen.
2 May 14. Bur. at Bergen the wife of Jan J , living at Pem-
merepoch.
3 September 20. Bur. the ch. of Beltel Lot, at Bergen.
4 December 26. Bur. the ch. of Douwe Hermensen, at Bergen.
1667
5 October 30, Bur. the ch. of Christiaen Picters at Bergen.
6 January 16. Bur. Lourus Duyts at Bergen.
7 February 27. Bur. the ch, of Jan Evertee Kerseboom, at Bergen.
8 May I. Bur. the ch. of Jan Maurits at Bergen.
9 May 5. Bur. Willem Spenser at Bergen.
10 July 29. Bur. the ch. of Hendrick Reycke at Bergen.
1 1 September 20. Bur. the ch. of Elyaa Magiels Vreeland.
22 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
1668 NO.
12 October 4. Bur. Lysbet Dircks, wi. of Hermen Smeemany at
Bergen.
13 October 12. Bur. Cristiaen Claesen.
14 October 18. Bur. ch. of Arien Van Laer.
15 December 23. Bur. Echtje Jacobs, wi. of Dirck Claesen Braeck,
living at .
1669
16 April 10. Bur. Merritje ^ wi. of Jan Maurits, at Bergen.
17 September 16. Bur. ch. of Jan Evers .
18 October 18. Bur. ch. of Jan Mic .
19 November 6. Bur. ch. of Mr. .
1670
20 January 12. Bur. Jannetje ^ wi. of Casper Steynmets, at
Bergen.
21 March 7. Bur. Is ^yse
22 April 24. Bur. ch. of ich Come .
23 May II. Bur. Getruyt , wi. of Jocob Lub, at Bergen.
24 May 14. Bur. ch. of .
25 June 28. Bur. igge eymets.
26 October 17. ^Anna D.
27 October. Bur. da. of Tomas Teckh at Bergen.
1672?
28 March 24. Bur. ch. of English woman, living with Willem
Dogelis at Pemmerepoch, at Bergen.
29 June i6. Bur. Roelof Comelisse at Bergen.
1673
30 May 6. Bur. ch. of R. Van Giesen at Bergen.
31 September 14. Bur. ch. of Jan Lubberts at Bergen.
BBRGEN RECORDS 2$ ,
HO. 1673
32 October 16. Bur. ch. of Mr. Sa. Edsall at Bergen.
33 October 29. Bur. ch. of Hertman Magiels at Bergen.
34 December 19. Bur. ch. of Lourus Arents Toers at Bergen.
35 December 19. Bur. ch. of Poulus Pietersz at Bergen.
1674
36 January 8. Bur. Arent Louersen Toers at Bergen.
37 August 23. Bur. at Bergen Jan Lubberts, son of Lubbert
Lubberts, of Hackensack.
38 October 16. Bur. son of Douwen Hermesen Talma, at Bergen.
167s
39 April 7. Bur. ch. of Elias Magiels Vreelant at Bergen.
1677
40 January 3. Bur. Q)melis Abrahams, living at Pemmerepoch, at
Bergen.
41 February 18. Bur. Cap. Adriaen Post at Bergen.
42 March 18. Bur. ch. of Matys Mulder at Bergen.
43 May 12. Bur. Treyntje Jacobs, wi. of Casper Steynmets, at
New York.
44 October 13. Bur. ch. of Hartman Magiels at Bergen.
1678
45 January 16. Bur. Engelbert Steenhuys, living at Bergen, and
bur. there, the first wiui the pall.
46 July 20. Bur. da. of Hendrick Tonise, the second with the pall,
at Bergen.
47 December 9. Bur. newly bom infant of Jan Straetmaker, . at
Bergen.
24 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
1679 NO.
48 January 5. Bur. Jannetje Hendricks, wi. of Hermen Eduwaerts,
at Bergen, the third with the pall.
49 May 8. Bur. Gerrit Fransen, son of Geertruyt Gerrits, of
Pemmerpoch, the fourth with the pall, at Bergen.
50 May 12. Bur. son of Maddaleentje Hansen, wid. of Hendrick
Jansen Spier, at Pemmerpoch,
51 June 10. Bur. ch. of Matys Mulder.
1680
52 January 24. Bur. son of Matheus Q)rnelisz, the sixth with the
pall.
53 August I. Bur. , wi. of Pieter Merselisz, seventh with the
pall.
54 October 11. Bur. Geertruy Gerrits Cornelis Abrahams,
having lived at Pemmerepoch, eighth with pall.
55 October 21. Bur. da. of Arien Pietersz Bu , ninth with pall.
168 1
56 March i. Bur. ch. of Sjarel Mackleeyn.
57 March 30. Bur. Feytje Roelofs, wid. of Joost Van der Linden,
has lived at Pemmerepoch, tenth with pall.
58 April 30. Bur. Hermen Eduwaertsz, eleventh with pall.
1682
59 June 28. Bur. da. of Lourens Arense Toers, twelfth with pall.
60 August I. Bur. da. of Enoch Magielsz Vreeland, the second in
the church; thirteenth with pall.
61 September 4. Bur. da. of Hendrick Van Reenen, fourteenth
with pall.
62 September 4. Bur. Pieter Mercelisze, third in the church at
Bergen, fifteenth with pall.
63 September 8. Bur. son of Claes Janse, the fourth in church, six-
teenth with pall.
BERGEN RECORDS 2$
NO. _, 1682
64 October 9. Bur. Anna Qaes, wid. of Arent Louersen Toers,
seventeenth with pall.
65 October 16. Bur. newly born infant of Jurijaan Thomasen, the
fifth in the church.
1683
66 March 8. Bur. newly born infant of Johannes Magielsz Vreeland.
67 June 21. Bur. Maeckje Baltusen, da. of Baltus Barentsen, the
sixth in church; eighteenth with pall; first with bell ringing.
68 August 6. Bur. wi. of Mr. Willem Dougels, nineteenth with pall.
69 October i. Bur. son of Gerrit Van Reenen, twentieth with pall.
70 October 17. Bur. son of Jan Adansen, twenty-first with pall.
71 December 28. Bur. Ide Comelisz Van de Voorst, at New York,
with pall, of Bergen; twenty-second with pall.
1684
72 January 5. Bur. Evert Nolde, seventh in church; 23rd with
pall.
73 January 11. Bur. Carel Carelsz, Y. M., 24th with pall, at
Bergen.
74 May 29. Bur. both newly bom infants of Tonis Roelofs.
75 June 7. Bur. ch. of Comelis Claesz, the eighth in the church.
76 November 16. Bur. two ch. of Sjarel Mackleeyn, 25th with pall.
77 November 29. Bur. ch. of Francoys De Smidt.
78 December 2. Bur. Aertje Gerrits, wi. of Hermen Koerten, 26th
with pall; ninth in the church, at Bergen.
1685
79 January 13. Newly bom infant of Francoys De Smidt.
80 October 17. The son of Gerbrandt Claesz, tenth in church, 27th
with pall.
26 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
l68S NO.
8 1 December 20. Anna Lubi, wi. of Matheus Comelisz, 28th with
pall. (82 deaths.)
1686
82 May 4. Cateleyntje Koetere, wi. of Francoys De Smidt, 29th
with pall.
83 June 22. Son of Leysbeth Jacobs, wid. of Wybrant Abrahamse,
living at New York, 30th with pall.
84 September 23. Gerrit Dirckse Straetmaker, son of Jan Dirckse
Straetmaker, at Bergen; 31st with pall.
85 October I. Thomas Louwersz, son of Louwenis A Toers, at
Bergen, 32nd with pall.
86 October 10. Johannes, son of Lourus Arentse Toers, at Bergen,
33 rd with pall.
87 October 20. Francoys De Smidt at Bergen, 34th with pall.
1687
88 June 19. Douwe Hermense Talma, the eleventh in church, 35th
with pall.
1688
89 April 26. Son of Jan Ariaansen Sip, twelfth in church, 36th
with pall.
90 July 8. Son of Baltus Barents Van Kleeck, named Pieter, at
Bergen, 37th with pall.
91 July 30. Sjarel Mackeleyn's son, at Bergen; 38th with pall.
92 August 14. Da. of Gerrit Steynmets, the 13th in the church;
39th with pall.
93 August 15. Jacob Jansen Kleumpje, Y. M., having lived at
Gemoenepa, with Andries Preyer; 40th with pall.
94 August 30. Pieter Hessels from Bergen, 41st. with pall.
95 October 5. Dierckje Meyers, wi. of Enoch Michiels Vreelant,
the 14th in church; 42nd with pall.
96 November 8. Vroutje Claes, wi. of Gerrit Steynmets, living at
Ahasymes, 43 rd with pall.
BERGEN Records 27
NO. ggg
97 November 9. Son of Jo Michelsz Vreelant, living at Ackquechge.
98 November 24. Da. of Gerrit Steynmets, i6th in the church.
99 November 30. Claes Jansen Kuyper, living at Ahasymus, the
17th in church; 44th with pall.
1689
100 February 2. Da. of Matheus Cornelisen, at Bergen,
loi August 25. Da. of Tonis Roelofs at Tappaen.
102 September ii. Gerritje Comelis Van Nes, wi. of Jacob Lubi,
living at Bergen.
103 October ii. Arien Thomasen, living at Achquechnonk, 46th
with pall; i8th in the church, at Bergen.
104 November 9. Lysbeth Cornells, wid. of Jan Van Rossen, bur. by
the deaconry; 47th with pall.
105 November 26. Hermen Koerten, 19th in the church; 48th with
pall.
106 December 8. Son of Comelis Van Voorst, 20th in the church;
49th with pall.
1690
107 March 31. Newly bom infant of Hertman Michiels Vreelant.
108 May 6. Newly born infant of Johannes Jansen, at Achquech-
nonk.
109 May 9. Son of Thomas Cerven, smith at Bergen,
no May 23. Hans, son of Matys Mulder, 50th with pall.
111 July 22. Mary Karpis, wi. of Michel Diercks, son of Dirck
Tonise and Jannitje Michiels Vreelant, 51st with pall.
112 October 29. The ch. of Abraham Ackerman, at Bergen.
113 October 31. Da. of Catryna Gerrits, wid. of Adriaan Post,
52nd with pall.
114 December 13. Willem Hendricks, son of Sophia Van Ackersloot
(?) at Bergen, 53rd with pall.
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169I NO.
115 January 17. Son of Matheus Cornelisen at Bergen.
116 March 28. Benjamin Steynmetz, Y. M., at Bergen.
117 April 16. Jan Seylder, having lived with Annetje Comelis, wid.
of Claes Jansen, at Ahasymus; 55th with pall.
118 May 15. Jannetje, da. of Matheus Comelisse; 56th with pall.
119 May 17. Neeltje Ariaans Sip, wid. 57th with pall.
120 June 7. Cornelis Matheusse, son of Matheus Comelisse^ at
Bergen, 58th with pall.
(From now on six guilders for an adult; for a ch. one-half as
much.) This refers to the hire for the pall.
121 June II. Jacob Lubi, living at Bergen, widr. of Gerritje Cor-
nelis; 59th with pall.
122 September 29. The da. of Abraham Mes .
123 October 25. Dirck Fransz, who has been wrecked with his boat;
60th with pall.
1692
124 January 15. Mr. Gerrit Gerr van Gilde, at Bergen; 21st
in the church; 61 st with pall.
125 January 15. Michiel Hertmans Vreelant, son of Hertman
Michielsz Vreelant; 62nd with pall.
126 January 28. Dierck Claesen Kuyper, son of the late Qaes
Jansen Kuyper, at Bergen; 22nd in church; 63rd with pall.
127 February 5. Joris Hendricks, son of Hendrick Jorisz; 23rd in
the church; 64th with the pall.
128 April 21. Newly born infant of Jacob Jacobsz.
129 June 2. Aeltje Daniels, wi. of Jacob Jacobs Van Winckel; 65th
with pall.
1693
130 March 26. Dierck Claesz Braeck, has lived at Gemonepa; 24th
in church; 66th with pall.
131 May 1 8. Reynier, son of Isacq Van Giesen.
BERGEN Records 29
NO. 1694
132 January 24. Samuel Hendricks; 67th with pall.
133 February 28. Hendrick Jansen Ralewyn, Y. M., at Bergen;
68th with pall.
134 May 26. Claes Arentse Toers' son, named Arend; 69th with
pall.
169s
135 April II. The ch. of Catryn Jans, da. of Jan Lubbertsz, which
ch. was bom dead in the earlier part of night on Tuesdays,
April 9th.
136 June 2. The da. of Gerrit Steynmets at Bergen; the 2Sth in ch.
137 August 7. Gerrit Pietersen, son of the late Pieter Hesselsen at
Bergen. The 70th with pall.
138 September 12. Juriaan Tomasen. The 26th in the church; the
71st with pall.
1696
139 January 24. The da. of Abraham Ackerman at Bergen.
140 May 16. Cornelia Jans Ralewyn, wi. of Jan Willemsz Gesscher,
at Bergen. 72nd with pall.
141 September 7. Annetje Hermens wi. of Gerrit Gerritsen; 73 rd
with pall. 27th in the church.
142 September 28. Ysbrand Eldersen, widower of Neeltje, 74th
with pall.
143 October 2. Newly bom infant of Loums A. Toers, at Bergen.
1697
144 Febmary 28. Geurt Gerritse, at Bergen, 75th with pall.
145 September 7. Son of Gerbrand Qaesen, named Gerbrand.
76th with pall.
146 September 22. Ariaantje Michielse Vreeland, Y. D. at Bergen.
77th with pall.
147 October 17. Fcytje Hertmans, wid. of Michiel Jansen Vreeland,
at Bergen. 78th with pall.
30 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
1697 NO.
148 October 28. Willcmpje Waernaers at Constable's Hook, wi. of
Hans Hermense. 79th with pall.
149 November 20. Grietje Wessels, 2nd wi. of Enoch M. Vrecland,
at Bergen. 80th with pall.
1698
150 March 2. Hielitje Aerts, wi. of Berte aesen, living at Pem-
merepog. 28th in church. 8i8t with pall.
151 June 9. Aeltje Jacobs, wi. of Poulus Douwesen, at Pemmercpoch,
bur. at Constable's Hook. 82nd with pall.
152 October. Hans Didericks, who died September 30th, Friday-
noon, between 12 and i o'clock, at Bergen. 83rd with pall.
153 October 17. Dierckje Cornelis, wi. of R. Van Giesen, voorleser,
at Bergen. 84th with pall.
154 October 22. Grietje Samuels, wi. of Hendrick Teunisen Hellingh.
85 th with pall.
155 November 16. Andries Preyers. 86th with pall.
156 December 20. Annetje Hansen, wi. of Claes Hertmans Vreeland,
at Constable's Hook. 87th with pall.
157 December 24. Claes, son of Jan Claesen. 29th in the church.
88th with pall.
158 December 26. Son of William Day. Number of deaths 160,
1699
159 March 30. Jerimes , bur. at the expense of Jo. Steynmets.
89th with pall.
160 October 12. Cornelis Meyer, son of the late Jo. Meyer and
Annetje Van Vorst. 30th in the church. 90th with pall.
161 December 26. Da. of Wander Didericks, named Annetje. 9i8t
with pall.
1700
162 February ii. Geesje Gerrits, wi. of Jan Straetmaker. 92nd
with pall.
163 February 12. Newly born infant of Uldrick Brouwer.
BERGEN RECORDS 31
NO.
164 April 3. Son of Abel Reddenhars. 'OO
165 October 26. Hans Hermensen, at Constable's Hook.
166 November 11. Bertel Claesen. 3i8t in the church. 93 rd with
pall.
1 701
167 February 18. Mosis Suxbery, who was killed, February 17th, by
a tree in the cedar swamp; and bur. by order of Jan Gedi.
168 July 22. * Rev. Selyns, at New York in the church, in front of
the space set apart for baptism (doophuisje). He was bur. on
Tuesday afternoon, and died in the Lord on Saturday afternoon,
July 19th.
169 August 17. Guert Koerten; 32nd in church. 94th with pall.
1702
170 March 5. Treyntje Maertens, wi. of Paulus Pietersen. 95th
with pall.
171 May 19. Tomas Fredericksen. 96th with pall.
172 May 25. Arien, son of Frederick Tomasen. 97th with pall.
173 June 7. Catheleyntje, da. of Claes A. Toers. 98th with pall.
174 June 28. Anna Claes, da. of Claes Arentse Toers. 99th with pall.
175 September 18. Joanna Steynmets, wid. of Andries Preyers, died
at New York. looth with pall.
176 December 10. Merritje Ariaense, wid. of Tomas Fredricksen.
loist with pall.
177 December 18. Poulus Pietersen, widower of Tryntje Martens.
102nd with pall.
1703
178 March 26. Reynier, son of Isaac Van Giesen. 103rd with pall.
179 April s. Arien Claesen, Y. M., bro. of Cap. Gerbrant Claesen.
104th with palL
180 April 6. Gerrit Gerritsen, widower of Annetje Hermens. The
33rd m the church. losth with pall.
181 June 19. Cap. Gerbrand Claesen, by his life. Captain of a com-
pany of foot soldiers, at Bergen. io6th with pall.
32 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
1703 NO.
182 October 7. Geertniyt, da. of Robbcrt Sickds. 107th with pall.
183 October 19. Feytje, da. of Abel Riddenhars. lo8th with pall.
184 November 24. Hendrick, son of Abel Riddenhars.
1704
185 January 19. Newly bom son of Gerrit Jurijans. The 34th in the
church.
186 April 17. Jacob Van Giesen, drowned April 13, and fished up
April 15. 109th with pall.
187 August 30. Son of Rutger Van Hooren, living at Pemmerepoch.
I loth with pall.
188 September 21. Qaes Pietersen Cos, living at Gemonepa. 35th
in the church, iiith with pall.
170S
189 January 30. Jacobus Croeger, Y. M. at Constable's Hook, by
order of Mr. Andries Boskerck.
190 February 3. Jan Arentse Van de Bilt at Bergen. 112th with
pall.
191 May 12. Matheus Comelisse Van N. Kerck, at Bergen. 113th
with pall.
192 July 9. Jan Clasen, from Tappaen, * at Ahasymus in his mother's
house. 36th in church. 114th with pall.
193 December 6. Steyntje Jans, wid. of Hendrick Tonisen Hdlingh.
115th with pall.
194 December 18. Hilletje Jans, wid. of Ide van de Voors, from
Ahasymus. Ii6th with pall.
1706
195 April 8. Treyntje Brestede, wi. of Thomas Fransen, lived at
Nlonachje Q> of Ackinsack, and bur. at Old Ackinsack.-
BERGEN RECORDS 33
NO. 1706
196 September 25. Da. of Lea Sickels.
197 October 22. Metje Jans, wi. of Jo Janse Van Blerekom, at
Bergen. 117th with pall.
1707
198 January 18. Hertman Michielsen Vreelant at Bergen. iiSth
with pall.
199 January 18. Gysbert Pyper, Plumber, from Amsterdam, at
Bergen, by order of Abel Reddenhars. 119th with pall.
200 January 24. Lysbeth Gerrits, wid. of Guert Gerritsen, at Bergen,
I20th with pall.
201 May 15. Reynier Bastiaense Van Giesen, Voorlezer of Bergen,
after having held the office for near 42 years. 121st with pall.
202 September 4. The son of Claes Arentse Toers, at Bergen.
203 September 7. Cornelia Hendrick, wi. of Isack Van Giesen
122nd with pall.
1708
204 January 24. Son of Jacob Jacobse Van Winkel.
205 March 12. Rachel Straetemaker, wi. of Daniel Van Winkel
124th with pall.
206 March 23. Da. of Cornelis Claesen, * at Ahasymus, in the house
of Annetje Stoffels. 125th with pall.
207 Aueust 14. Aagtje Vreeland, wi. of Roelof Helmigsen. 126th
with pall.
208 November 16. Ch. of Enoe Machielsen Vreland and Aagtje
Van Hoom. 127th (with pall).
1709
209 March 20. * Johannis Stynmets and was bur. March 22, at
Bergen on the common burial ground. 128th with pall.
210 October 25. * the son of Abel Riddenhars, and bur. October
27th on the common cemetery. 129th with pall.
34 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
1710 NO.
211 January 3. * youngest da. of Gerrit Gerritse by his wi. Nicsje
Pieters, and was buried in the church (being the 36th that lies
bur. in the church) on January 5th. 130th with pall.
212 January 16. * da. of Pieter Van Boskerk, and bur. on his farm.
I3i8t [with pall].
213 January 27. Bur. Machiel and Seitje Vreeland, children of
Johannis Michielse Vreeland. 132nd with pall.
214 January 31. Bur. in the church Hillegont, oldest da. of Cor-
nelis Van Vorst and Feytje Gerrits. The 37th in the church.
133rd with pall.
215 May 19. * Esther de Vouw, wi. of Uldrick Brouwer. Bur. May
2 1 St. 134th with pall.
216 August 7. Was drowned and August nth bur. Andries Claas.
Bur. on the Bergen Cemetery. 135th with pall.
217 September 16. Bur. Sofia van Wykensloot, wid. of Jan Nak.
136th with pall.
218 September 30. Bur. in the church Aaltje da. of Gerrit Jurriansen
and Beletje Dircks. 137th with pall.
1711
219 January 3. Bur. son of Matheus Demoth and Margrietje
BlinkerhoflF. 138th [with pall].
220 April 19. Bur. ch. of Harpert Gerrebrantsen and Hillegont
Marselis.
221 April 21. Pryntie Machielsen Vreelant, wi. of Andries Claasen.
139th with pall.
222 September 4. * and Sept. 6 bur. Madelena, wi. of Jan Lubbertsen
Van Blerkum. 140th with pall.
223 September 20. * and Sept. 22 bur. at Constable's Hook, Jen-
neken Van Boskerke Y. Woman.
224 December 15. Bur. on the island Sychakes, old man Eduard
Earle being in his 84th year. X4ist with pall.
BERGEN RECORDS 35
NO. 171a
225 January 1 1. Bur. ch. of Uldrick Brouwer and Adriaantje Pieters.
1713
226 June 26. * and bur. the 29th at Bergen, Johannis Machielsen
Vreeland.
1714
227 Bur. Marretje, wid. of Cap. Gerrebrand Claasen.
1716
228 May 8. * and bur. the nth, Catharina Hopper, wi. of Fredrick
Thomassen.
1724
229 October 10. * and bur. the loth Qaas Arentse Toers.
172s
230 July 12. * and bur. the 14th, Annatje Stoffels, wid. of Claas
Jansen Kuyper.
1724
231 November 20. * and bur. the 22nd, Jacob Jacobsen Van Winkel.
1727? (May be 1717; much blurred)
232 August. Bur. Enoe MachieUe Vreeland. In the month of May
in uie same year, the wife of G>melis Michielse died also.
1728
233 February. Bur. at Bergen Elisabeth Gerrits, wid. of Pieter
Hesselsen.
234 Same year. Bur. Joh. Pouwels.
1729
235 August 12. * and August 14 bur. Capt. Jan Sip.
236 August 14. * and bur. Jan Arensen Toers.
36 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
1729 NO.
237 October 7. * and Oct. 9 bur. Helmig Roelofsen Van Houten.
238 November 13. * and Nov. 15 bur. Nicolaes Arentsen Toers,
Y.M.
239 December 27. * and bur. the 29th Robbert Sickels.
1730
240 January 12. * and bur. the I4thy da. of Johannis and Qaasje
Sickels.
241 April 21. * and bur. the 23rd, son of Casparis Preyer and
Saartje Andriessen.
242 October 29. * and bur. November ist, da. of Pieter Marcelissen
and Jenneke Preyer.
243 November 4. * and bur. the 5th, ch. of Hendrick Vander Oef
and Eva Slot.
244 November 19. * and bur. the 22nd) Gerrit Stymets, having
lived at Ahasymus, and has been bur. on the Bergen Cem^.
24s November 24. * at sunrise, and bur. November 27th, son of
Michiel Comelissen Vreeland and his wife Jen — ?
173 1
246 October 27. * at midnight and bur. the 29th Geertniy Sikkels,
wi. of Hendrik Sikkels; aged 44 years.
247 October 23. bur. newly born infant of Pieter and Jenneken
Marcelis.
248 November 3. bur. son of Pieter Post by his wife Catryntje.
249 November 28. bur. newly born infant of Zacharias Sikkels by
his wife Adriaantje.
250 December 2. * and bur. the 4thy Arjaantje Hartmanse Vreeland,
wi. of Zacharias Sikkels.
1732
251 January 3. Bur. ch. of Jurriaan Gerritsen and Grietje Diederikx.
252 February 7. Bur. ch. of Michiel Hartmansen Vreeland, and
Elisabeth Gerrits.
BERGEN RECORDS 37
NO. 173*
253 February 13. bur. ch. of Margen Smith and Catlyntje Tades.
254 February 15. bur. ch. of A. Toers and Annetje Spier.
25s March 6. * and bur. the 7th, Jacob Enogsen Vreeland.
256 March 30. bur. son of Pieter Post, named Samuel.
257 July 15. bur. at Ojnstable's Hook, ch. of Pieter Macale, and
Marytje Andries.
258 August 13. * and bur. the 15th Wander Diderikx, elder of the
Ret. Church at Bergen.
259 September 20. * and bur. the 22nd the wid. of Jacob Jacobsen
Van Winkel.
260 October 9. * and bur. the nth, Gerrit Gerritsen Van Waagening.
261 October 22. * da. of Dirck and Jannetje Fredricksen Cadmus
at Pemmerepoch, old about 13 months and named Catryntje.
Bur. the 24th at Constables Hook.
262 November 8. * and November loth bur. at the Bergen Cem'^. a
son of Mr. Johannes Cavelier by his wife Cathelyntje.
263 December 26. * and bur. the 27th, the 2nd son of Juriaan Ger-
ritsen by his wife Gerretje Diderikx.
1733
264 April 10. bur. at Constables Hook, A. Boskerck.
265 April 29. * and bur. May 2nd, Johannes Pietersen.
266 May 6. bur. Jan Hendriksen, son-in-law of Casper Preyers.
1734
267 February 3. * and bur. the 5th, Catryntje Beekman, wi. of
Pieter Post.
268 March 13. bur. Johannis Sikkels. * the nth.
269 May 19. * Feytje Gerrits Van Wagening, wi. of Cornelis Van
Vorst. Bur. the 2i8t.
38 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
I73S NO.
270 March 19. Bur. ch. of P. Stuy^esant and Pryntje Preyer.
271 March 23. Bur. ch. of Morgen Smit and Catje Tades.
272 April 8. Bur. Catharina Andriessen, Y. D.
1736
273 May 10. Bur. son of Lourens Van Boskerk and his wife Feytje
Vrecland.
274 June 25. Bur. ch. of Hendrick Sikels and his wife Sara Ackerman.
275 July 17. Bur. ch. of Abraham Dideryck and his wi. Geertruy
Bon.
276 August 22. Bur. Geertruy Van Winkel, wi. of Johannis Die-
deryck.
277 August 26. Bur. Benjamin, son of Enoch Vreelant.
278 November 7. Bur. wi. of Pieter Van Boskerk at Constable's
Hook.
1737
279 July 8. Bur. Marte Winnig.
280 July 15. Bur. Antje Pieterse.
1738
281 June 15. * Neeltje Van Vechten, wi. of Rut Van Horn. Bur.
the 181I1.
282 July 29. * Pieter Van Boskerk. Bur. August ist at Constable's
Hook.
283 August 24. Bur. Gerrit Van Wagenen, son of Johannis Van
Wagenen.
284 September 20. Bur. son of Jons Vrelant and wife Annetje Van
Wagenen.
285 October I. The 2nd son of Jons Vreelant and his wife Annetje
Van Wagenen.
BERGEN RECORDS 39
NO. 1738
286 October 2. Son of Hendrick Vander Hoef and his wife Eva Slot.
287 November 22, Joseph, son of Hendrik Van Winkel, the first on
the new Cem^.
1739
288 July 29. Jurjan Gerritz.
1740
289 September 16. Son of G>rneli8 Juryansen and his wi. Altje Van
Winckel.
290 December 10. Johannes, son of Mathys Demoth. * the 8th.
1741
291 May 17. Rut Van Hoorn. * May isth.
292 July 4. Zara Kuyper, wi. of Johannis Jurrianze. * July 2nd.
293 October 18. Jacob, son of Casparus Preyer. * October iSth.
1742
294 May 10. Barend Spier. * May 8th.
295 December 12. Jacomina Toers. * December loth.
1743
296 February 21. Katje Tades, wi. of Margon Smith — with pall.
297 March 7, Ch. of Hendrick V. der Hoef.
1744
298 April II. Gesie, da. of Mathys Demoth, on the old cem^
299 September. Pietertje Van Vorst, wi. of Marcelis Pieterse.
300 November 13. Winckel, wi. of Jacob Diedericks. * No-
vember II.
40 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
I74S NO.
301 May 21. Belytje Dircks, wi. of Gerrit Jurrianzcn. * May 20th,
302 November 10. Fredrik Cadmus. * November 8th.
1746
303 May 15. Aaltje Jurrianzen. * May 13th.
304 June 16. Jacob Diederikz. * June 14th.
305 July 5. Johannes Spier, at G>nstable'8 Hook. * July 2nd.
306 August 8. Annetje, da. of Pieter Marcelusz. * August 6th.
307 September 19. Rutger Kadmus at Tappan. * September 17th.
308 October i. Johan, son of Derk Kadmus. * September 28th.
309 October 7. Derk, father of Johan Kadmus, aforementioned.
* Oct. s.
310 October 13. (Name obliterated) on the new Cem^. * October
nth.
1747
311 January 18. Catriena Mathewese. * January 16.
312 January 22. Hendrik Vander Hoef. * January 20th.
313 July 20. Helmich Van Wagenen. * July 19th.
314 August 23. David Karmiegel. * August 22nd.
315 October 14. Ch. of Jan De With, on new Cem''.
316 October 26. Marcelis Pieterse, •October 23, aged 91 years
317 November 29. Ch. of Joris Vreland. * November 27th.
1748
318 March 31. Klaasie Vreeland. * March 29th.
319 April 5. Elyas Vreland. * April 2nd.
320 April 9, Rachel Spier. * April 7th.
BERGEN RECORDS
41
NO. 1748
321 April 29. Catiyna Pier. * April 27th.
322 May 8. Johannes De Logransie at Constable's Hook. * May
6th.
323 August 23. Michiel Andriz. * August 22nd.
324 September 5. Gerrit Jurrianzen. * September 4th.
1749
325 August 12. Catlyntje, da. of Jacob V. Wagenen and his wife
Jennetje Van Houte. * August nth.
326 August 23. Son of Abraham Sickkels.
327 September 9. Catiyna, da. of Geertruy Spier. * September 8th.
328 September 10. Belitje, da. of Margrietje Jurrijanse. * Sep-
tember 8.
329 October i. Son of Paulus N. Kerck. * September 29th.
330 October 5. Cornells, son of Helmich Van Wagenen. * October
4th.
331 October 10. Judick, wi. of Gerrit Roos. * October 8th.
332 October 20. Da. of Martje Van Wagenen. * October 19th.
333 November 27. Ch. of Johannis Fryer. * November 26th.
1750
334 January 28. Antje Ziph, wi. of Ide Ziph. * January 25th.
335 May 21. Helena, wi. of Jan Van Hoorn. * May 19th.
1751
336 January 29. Gerrit, son of Joris Vreland. * January 26th.
337 September 14. Catharina, wi. of Gerrit N. Kerk. * September
12 — 1st with new pall.
42 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
1752 NO.
338 March 18. First ch. of Andries Pryer, and wi. Gcertruy Sickels.
* March 17th.
339 October 10. Son of Joris Kadmu8. * October 9th.
340 October 20. Son of Pieter Van Benthuysen, aged 13}^ years.
The second with the new pall. * October i8th.
341 November 17. Ch. of Johannis Pryer. * November 15th.
342 December 15. Louwrens Van Boskerk, bur. at Constable's
Hook. The 3rd with the new pall. * December 13th.
343 December 28. Da. of Thomas Broun, at Constable's Hook.
*Dec. 26th.
I7S3
344 January 13. Frederik Kadmus, Y. M. * January 12th.
345 January 25. Aaltje Diederikx. * January 23rd.
346 January 27. Johannis, son of Johannis Vreland. * January 25th.
347 February 3. Metje, wi. of Johannis De la Grancie. * February
1st.
348 February 5. Cornelis Van Boskerk, at Constable's Hook.
* Feb. 4th.
349 February 17. John Schofield, Y. M. from Connecticut. * Feb.
i6th.
350 April 28. Ch. of Jan York. * April 27th.
351 May 16. Margrietje, da. of Jan Van Hoom. * May 14th.
352 May 20. Son of Levinus Winne. * May 19th.
353 J^^ly ^^' Tryntje, wi. of Myndert Gerbrants. * July 21st.
354 October 22. J. da. of Nicolas Van Dam. * October 20th.*
355 October 30. Son of Nicolas Van Dam. * October 28th.*
356 November 9. Jacob, son of Nicolas Van Dam. * November
7th.i
^Bur. all at Consuble's Hook.
BBRGBN RECORDS
43
NO. I7S4
357 February 15. Geerfruy Sickels. * February 13th.
358 May 4. Samuel Van Winkel. * May 2nd.
3 59 J^'y ^9« K.l*a8 Andriese, on the old cem^. * July 27th.
360 September 20. Margrieta Van Winckel, wi. of Johannis Jurijans.
* September i8th.
361 September 21. Newly bom infant of Joris Vreland. * Sep-
tember 19th.
362 November 25. Johannis, son of Geertruy Spier. * November
24th.
363 December 5. Da. of Hendrick Fielden. * December 4th.
364 December 15. Margrieta Blinkerhoff, wi. of Mathys Demoth.
* December 12th.
365 December 24. Aaltje Van Wagenen, wi. of Wander . * Dec.
22.
^75S
366 February 28. Casper Pryer. * February 26th.
367 August 15. Newly bom infant of Comelis Jurrijansen. • Aug.
14-
368 November 27. Newly bom infant of Johannis Van Wagenen.
* Nov. 25.
1756
369 March 18. Hendrick Cuyper. * March i6th.
370 March 20. Mathys Demoth. * March i8th. Bur. on old
cem'.
371 October 2. Antje Waldron. * September 30th.
372 October 8. Johannis Gerritz Van Wagenen. * October 6th.
373 October 21. Sophia Van Boskerck. * October 19th. Bur. at
Q)nstable Hook.
D
44 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
I7S7 NO.
374 January 4. Newly-born infant of Jan Van Horn. * January
3rd.
375 January 12. Daniel Van Winkel, with the pall. * January loth.
376 March 13. Lea Nieuwkerck, wi. of Comelis van N. Kerck.
*March nth.
377 June 20. Da. of Jacobus Smith. * June 19th.
378 August 25. G>rnelis Kiersted. * August 23rd.
379 October 2. James With? * September 30th.
380 November 24. Ch. of Helmich Van Houten. * November 23rd.
381 December 14. Jan Van Hoorn. * December 12th.
1758
382 January 15. Annetje Jackson, on Sunday in the Church, in the
space set apart for baptisms (doophuisje). * January 13 th about
8 o'clock A. M. on Friday, aged 49 years.
383 March 17. Ch. of Joris Kadmus. * March i6th.
384 September 14. Newly bom infant of Richard Richardson.
* Sept. 13.
I7S9
385 March 13. Rachel Boskerck, wi. of Barent Van Hoorn, at
Constable's Hook. * March nth.
386 April 4. Newly bom infant of Marcelis Marcelisse. * April 2nd.
387 April 24. Geertruy Vliercboom, at Constable's Hook. * April
22nd.
388 September 20. Catrina Van Nukerck, Y. D. * September i8th.
389 September 27. Catlyntje Siph, wi. of Claas Vreeland. * Sept.
2Sth.
1760
390 May 18. Theunis Gerbrantz, Y. M. * May 15th.
391 May 29. Jannetje Kadmus. * May 27th.
392 December 7. Cornells Van Vorst, with pall. * December 5th.
BERGEN RECORDS
NO. 1761
393 February i. Newly born infant of Marcelis Marcelisse. * Jan.
30th,
394 February 4. Jan Rol, at Constable's Hook. * February 2nd.
395 February 23. Aagtje Blinkerhof. * February 20.
396 March 24. Newly bom infant of Helmich Van Houten.
* March 22nd.
397 October 8. Cornells Van Vorst, son of Johannis Van Vorst, at
Bergen. * October 7th.
398 October 17. Da. of Joseph Walderom. * October 15th.
1762
399 February 28. Ide Sip. * February 26th.
400 August 26. Andries Boskerk, at Constable's Hook. * August
2Sth.
401 September 13. Jannetje Winne. * September nth.
1763
402 February 7. Poulus Nieuwkerck. * February 5th.
403 March i. Newly bom infant of Barend Van Hoora, at Const.
Hook. * Febmary 28th.
404 March 7. Johannis, son of Daniel Solder. * March 5th.
405 June 24. Preyntie, wi. of Pieter Stuyiresant. * June 22nd.
406 July 4. Antie, da. of Comelis Sip. * July 3rd.
407 September 12. Son of Harmanis Veeder, named Comelis.
* Sept. loth.
408 September 30. Johannis Preyer. * September 28th.
THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
1764 NO.
409 September 3. Son of Willem Haekki. * September ist.
410 September 4. Son of Cornelia Sip. * September 2nd.
411 September 8. Da. of . * September 6th.
1765
412 October 29. Ide, son of Lavynes Winne. * October 27th.
413 November 30. Newly bom son of Jacob Van Winkel. * Novem-
ber 28.
1766
414 April 8. Machiel Hartmanse Vreeland. * April 6th.
415 September 15. Wid. of Johannis Evers, named Barbara. * Sept.
13-
416 November 14. Jannetje Vreeland, wi. of Joris Cadmus. * Nov.
1 2th.
1767
417 January 5. Jakobus Boskerk, at Constable's Hook. "^ January
3rd.
418 April 26. Son of Dom. Willem Jackson. * April 25th.
419 May 30. Hendrick Van Winckel. * May 28th.
420 June 13. Da. of Joseph Walderon, named Geertruy. ♦ June
nth.
421 July 6. Lourens, son of Tammes Brouyn; at Constable's Hook.
* July 4th.
422 July 18. Dirk, son of Joris Cadmus. * July i6th.
423 July 26. Newly bom child of Marte Dyell. * July 24th.
424 August 14. Comelis, son of Comelis Van Reypen. * August
AUgUi
13th.
425 September 4. Jacob, son of Harmanis Veeder. * September
2nd.
BERGEN RECORDS
47
NO. 1767
426 August 6. Eva, da. of Tammes Daden. * August 5th.
427 ? * Annatie, da. of Dom. Willem Jackson. * September 30th.
428 November 20. Elisabeth, wi. of Machiel H. Vreeland. * Nov.
1 8th.
429 December 18. Catlyntje, wi. of Barend Spier, at Constable's
Hook. * December i6th aged 91 (.?) years.
1768
430 February 14. Newly born infant of Joseph Walderom and
Antie Dideriz (born February loth.)
431 December 20. Johannis Van Houte. * December i8th.
1769
432 April 14. Jannetje Van Winkel. * April 12th.
1770
433 January 8. Abraham Callerd. * January 6th.
434 April 3. Pieter Marscelusse. * April ist.
435 August II. Pieter Stuyvesant. * August loth.
436 September 3. Cornells Blinkerhoff, aged 97 years, 3 m. 24 d.
* September ist.
437 September 28. Son of Pieter Boskerk, at Const. Hook. * Sep-
tember 26th.
1771
438 January 10. Son of Cornells BlinkerhofiF, named Hendrik.
♦ Jan. 8th.
439 January 18. Cornells Van Reype. * January 17th.
440 June 3. Aeltie Diderii, wi. of Johannis Winne. * June 2nd.
441 November 4. Twins (a son and a daughter) of Daniel Van
Winkel by his wife Aeltie Van Reype. * both Nov. 3rd; born
Oct. 28th.
48 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
1771 NO.
442 November 28. Jannetje, wi. of G>meli8 Gerbrantse. * No-
vember 26th.
443 December 8. Polly Ward, wi. of David Cembel. * December
6th.
1772
444 January 18. Ferdinandus Vrielinghuyse, son of Dom. Willem
Jackson. * January 17th.
445 April 3. Jannetje, wid. of Hendrick Kuyper. * April I8t.
446 May 24. Ide, son of Comelis Sip. * May 23 rd.
447 May 26. Marte, son of Robbert Sickels. * May 24th.
448 September 4. Machiel, son of Joris Kadmus. * September 3rd.
449 September 5. Zacharias, son of Andries Pryer. * September
oept
4th.
450 September 17. Newly bom infant of Jacob Van Winkel and his
wife Rachel Kammegaer. * September i6th.
451 September 19. Rachel, wi. of Jacob Van Winkel. * September
1 8th.
452 October 30. Jannetje, wi. of Comelis Gerbrantse. * October
28th.
453 November 2. Poulus, son of Jacob NieuwkerL * November
1st.
454 November 5. Johannis Diderix. * November 3rd.
455 December 1 1 . Comelis, son of Hartman Blinkerhof . * December
9th.
1773
456 July 12. Marregriet, da. of Johannis Diderix. * July nth,
457 October II. Qaasje, da. of Comelis Van Vorst. * October 9th.
1774
458 January 8. Maragrietje Lagrancie; wid. of Jacobus Boskerck;
at Constable^s Hook. * January 6th.
BERGEN RECORDS 49
NO.
459 January 11. Geertniy Boskerk; wi. of Pieter Korsen, at Q>n- 1774
stable's Hook. * January loth.
460 February 15. Jenneke Stuyvesant, wi. of Hendrick Sickels.
* February 13 th.
461 February 23. Cornells Gerbrantse. * February 20th.
462 February 28. Sara, da. of Casparus Stuyvesant. * February
26th.
463 March 17. Helena Vreelant, wid. of Johannis Van Houte.
♦March isth.
464 May 24. Maaike, wi. of Abel De Graw. * May 23 rd.
465 July 31. Aegje, da. of Johannis Dideriz, by his wife Antie Van
Wagene. * July 30th.
466 August 27. Sara, wid. of Casparis Pryer. * August 25th.
467 September 28. Eva, da. of Dom. Willem Jackson by his wife
Annatie Vrielinghuyse. * September 27th.
177s
468 January 28. Joseph, son of Jacob Van Winkel by his wife Rachel
iCammegaer. * January 27th.
469 April 16. Jacob Van Hooren at Constable's Hook. * April 14th.
470 May 7. Daniel Solders . * May 6th.
471 May ID. Annatie, oldest da. of Daniel Solders by his wife
Jacomyntje Toers. * May 9th.
472 May II. Sara, 2nd daughter of Daniel Solders by his wife
Jacomyntje Toers. * May loth.
473 May 15. Pryntje, da. of Egbert Post, by his wife Sara Stuyves-
ant. * May I4tn.
474 June 5* At Constable's Hook, Margrietje, wid. of Andries Bos-
kerck. * June 3rd.
475 . Zacharyas, son of Robbert Sickels, bur. August 20.
* August 1 8th.
50 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
I77S NO.
476 September 25. Jacop Van Wagenen. * September 23 rd.
477 October 2. Gerrit Sip. * October ist.
478 October 19. Ariaantje, da. of Robert Sickels. * October 18.
479 October 28. Catleyntie Van Wagenen, wi. of Gerret Van Reype.
• October 27th.
480 December 8. Q)meli8 Diderix. * December 6th.
481 December 20. Lea, wid. of Jacob Van Wagene. * December
19th.
1776
482 January i. Daniel, son of Johannis Buys. * December 31, 1775.
483 May 4. Lea Slot, wi. of Jacob Brouwer. * May 3rd.
484 July 26. Lena, da. of Jacob Nieuwkerk. * July 25th.
485 July 27. Margrietje, da. of Gerrit Van Reype. * July 26th.
486 July 28. Cornelia, son of John Van Hoom. • July 27th.
487 August 3. Lea, da. of Jacob Van Winkel. * August 2nd.
488 August 4. Neeltie, da. of G>melis Gerbrantse. * August 3rd.
489 August 4. Zacharias, son of Daniel Sickels. * August 3 rd.
490 August I. Marytje, da. of Jacob Nieuker. * August ist.
491 August 12. Aeltie, da. of Seel Marcelus. * August loth.
492 August 14. Zacharias Sickels. * August 13th.
493 August i6. John, son of Jacob Vander Bilt. * August 15th.
494 August 18. Joris, son of Jannetje Jansen. * August 17th.
495 August 25. Johannes Van Reype. * August 24th.
496 August 4. Newly-born infant of Jacob Van Wagenen, and his
wife Aegje Blinkerhof. * August 3rd.
497 August 27. Poulus, son of Jacob Nieukerk. * August 27th.
BERGEN RECORDS 51
NO. 1776
498 August 30. Betsie, da. of Abraham Van Waert. * August
29^1.
1777
499 January 12. Albert, son of Dirk Lesier. * January 10.
500 January 13. Dirk Van Reypc. * January nth.
501 January 22. Hendrik Sickels. * January 20th.
502 March 7. John, son of Pietcr Stuyvesant. * March 6th.
503 September 4. Hendrik, son of Gerrit Vanderhoef. * September
3rd.
504 June 8. Geertruy Bon, wi. of Abraham Dideriz. * June 7th.
505 June 14. Tim Luwis. * June 13th.
506 March 14. Marretje, wi. of Abraham Preyer. * March 12th.
507 June II. Hester, wid. of Johannes Dideriz. * June 9th.
508 August 7. Rachel, da. of Jacob Van Hooren. * August 6th.
509 September 8. Catlyntie, wid. of Johannes Van Wagenen.
•September 6th.
510 December 4. Jannetje, da. of John Van Hoom, by his wi. Beletje
Van Reype. * December 3rd.
1778
511 February 9. Helmig, son of Hendrik Dreemus. * February 7th.
512 March 21. Annatie, da. of Jacob Van Wagene, by his wi. Aegje
Vreeland. * March 20th.
513 June 26. Elisabeth, da. of Walter Kleyndinni. * June 25th.
514 October 28. Willem Broeks. * October 27th.
515 November 8. Lea, da. of Jacobus Brouwer. * November 7th.
516 December 4. John, son of Tomis Swoords. * December 3rd.
517 December 23. Kobis Smith. * December 21st.
52 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
1778 NO.
518 October 3. Rachel, wi. of Zacharias Sickels. * October I8t«
519 October 8. Hester Van Duesen. * October 7th.
1779
520 January 12. Antie, da. of Hendrik Luttye. * January loth.
521 February 9. Aeltie, da. of Johannis Diderix. * February 7th.
522 May 2. Robbert, son of Dom. Willem Jackson. * May ist.
523 September 12. Gerrit Roos. * September loth.
524 September 15. Annatie, wid. of Patrick Jackson. * September
13th.
525 September 19. Arent Toers. *. September 17th.
526 September 19. Catrintie, da. of Gerrit Nieukerk. * Sept. 17th.
527 September 21. Ned, son of Casparus Stuyiresant. * September
20th.
528 September 30. Keetje Bokkenove. * September 29th.
529 October 5. Henri Fielden. * October 3rd.
530 October 5. Jenneke, wid. of Picter Marselus. * October 3rd.
531 October 6. Jannitje, da. of Gerrit Nieukerk. * October 4th.
532 October 15. Joseph Walderon. * October 14th.
533 October 24. Barend Van Hoom, at Constable's Hook. *
October 22nd.
534 November 9. Jacobus Brouer. * November 7th.
535 November 12. Ch. of Barend Nieukerk, named Jannetje.
* November loth.
536 December 5. James, son of James Berret. * December 3rd.
537 November 17. Machiel Demot. * November i6th.
BERGEN RECORDS 53
NO. 1780
538 June 23. Catrientie Stuyvesant, wi. of Jacob Van Hooren.
* June 2i8t.
539 September 20. Antje Diderix, wi. of Johannis Vreeland. * Sep-
tember 19th.
540 October 2. Johannes, son of Gerrit Roos. * September 30th.
541 October 27. Johannis, son of Johannis Everse. * October 26th.
542 November 9. Comelis, son of Egbert Post. * November 8th.
1781
543 March 27. Eva, wid. of Barend Van Hooren. * March 25th.
Bun at the Hook.
544 March 29. Jennie, wi. of Hendrik Sickels at the Hook. * March
28.
545 April 4. Joris Kadmus. * April 2nd^
546 May 6. Meyndert Gerbrantse. * May 5th.
547 May 9. Newly bom infant of Johannes Vreeland, by his wife
Keetje Hoogland. * May 8th.
548 June I. Margrietje, da. of Gerrit Van Reype, by his wife
Catrientj e. • May 3 1 st.
549 July 20. Styntie Eysdstyn, wi. of Johannis Everse. * July 19th.
550 September 7. John Bon. * September 6th.
551 September 8. Annatie, wid. of Arend Toers. * September 7th.
552 September 11. Cornells Nieukerk. * September loth.
553 October 3. Antje, da. of Daniel Dideriz. * October 2nd.
554 November 21. Fredrick Sickels. * November 19th.
1782
555 March 2. Annatie Van Wagenen, wi. of Joris Vreeland. * Feb.
28th.
^ • -^ ^ ^ ^ ^
« « «
54
THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
1782 NO.
556 June 30. Antie Roos, wid. of Cornells Dideriz. * June 29th.
557 November 2. Tammes Brouyn, at N. York. * October 3 ist.
1783
558 January 20. Sara Van Woert. * January i8th.
559 January 29. Jacob Van Wagene. * January 27th.
560 February 13. Johannis Vreeland. * February nth.
561 April 8. Barendy son of Barend Everse. * April 7th.
562 April 23. Sara, 2nd. wi. of Hendrick Sickels. * April 22nd.
563 July 22. Jannetje, wid. of Johannis Van Reype. * July 21st.
564 December 15 th. Geertruy, wi. of Andries Preyer. * December
14th.
1784
565 February 10. Gerrit Vreeland. * February 8th.
566 June 2. Billy Jackson. * May 31st.
567 September 28. Johannes Sickels. * September 26th.
568 October 15. Jannetje, wi. of Gerrit Van Reype. * October 13th.
1785
569 April 25. Gerrit Nieukerk. * April 23rd.
570 December 27, 1783 (?) Petrus Vander Hoef. * December 25th.
1786
571 May 28. Da. of Johannes Everse. * May 26th.
572 February 5. Da. of Abraham Preyer, named Arriaentie. * Feb.
3rd.
573 October 11. John Van Hoom. • October loth.
574 June 24. Elisabeth da. of John Marcelus. * June 23 rd.
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BBRGBN RECORDS
NO. 1786
575 November 8. Joris, son of Gerrit Vreeland. * November 7th.
576 November 15. Annatie, da. of Gerrit Vreeland. * November
14th.
577 November 7. Aeltie, da. of Walter Klyndinni. * November 6th.
578 September 19. Walter, son of Abraham Van Winkel. * Sep-
tember 1 8th.
579 December 21. Katy Baelden, wi. of John Sippe. * December
19th.
580 December 30. Gerrebrand, son of Cornells Gerbrants. * Dec.
29th.
1783 (?)
581 May 6. Blinkerhof, wi. of Koobus BoogerL * May 3rd.
1787
582 March 23. Klaasje Blinkerhof, wid. of Gerrit Kroese. * March
21st.
583 April 25. Susanna Westervelt, wi. of Jacob Van Winkd. *
April 23.
584 June 27. Pieter Roos. • June 26th.
1788
585 March 9. Barend, son of Barend Evers. * March 7th.
586 March 6. Klaasje Demot, wid. of G>melis Van Vorst. * March
4th.
587 April 10. Elisabeth Vreeland, wi. of Cornelis Van Reype.
♦ April 8.
588 October 29. Claesje Winne, wid. of Machiel Demot. * Octo-
ber 27th.
589 September 23. Adriaen Post. * September 22nd.
590 September 9. Andries, son of Hartman Preyer. * December 8th.
591 July 28. Abraham Spier. * July 27th.
592 December 6. Jenneke Sip, wi. of Cornelis Vreeland. * Decem-
ber 5th.
593 December 18. Jacob Van Winkel. * December 17th.
REGISTER OF THE MEMBERS
BELONGING TO THE CHURCH OF BERGEN
A. D. 1664
MALE PERSONS
HO. 1664
594 NicolacB Verleth Deceased
595 Tieleman van Vleck "
596 Adolf Hardenbroeck Dismissed
597 Reynier van C^esen
598 Douwen Hermanszen
599 Engelberth Steenhuyse Deceased
600 Band Loth Dismissed
601 Wggert Reynierszen Deceased
602 Hans Diedericksze
FEMALE PERSONS
603 Anna Stuyvesants Dismissed
604 Magdaleen van Vleck *
60s Marritje Hardenbroeck *
606 Dirckje Comelis
607 Dirckje Theunis
608 Jaonetje Steymits Deceased
609 Anna Claes "
610 Ariaentje WaUngs *
611 Lysbeth Direi *
612 Geertie Hendricx
613 Marritie Adriaens, wife of
614 Thomas Fredrickszen
615 Grietje Jacobs
58
THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
1664 NO.
616
Tryntie Cornelis
Dimissed
617
Lysbeth Cornelis
a
618
Feytie Hertmans
619
Tryntie Jacobs
Deceased
620
Annetje Cornelis
621
Hilletie Jans
A. D. 1665
The I8t of April
622
Pieter Janszen
Dismissed
623
Grietie Jacobs
The I8t of May
•
624
Jan Schouten )
Sara Schouten )
u
625
The 30th of December
626
Jan Dirckszen Straetmaeckcr
627
Geurt Dirckszen
a
628
Elias Michielszen
629
Jan Evertszen Kersenboom
a
630
Annetje Hermans
631
Tryntie Michiels
a
632
Geesje Gerrits
A. D. 1666
The 24th of April
633
Carel Carelszen
Deceased
634
Gerrit Corneliszen
Dismissed
63s
Geertruydt Luby
Deceased
636
Marritje Jacobs
637
Chieltje Cornelis
The 8th of May
Dismissed
638
Balthazar Bayard
«
639
Marritje Loockermans
The 13th of November
a
640
Received by D° S. Megapolensis
641
Thomas Fredrickszen
642
Isaac van Vleck
a
643
Claes Ariaenszen Sip
u
644
Maria Stammer
BERGEN RECORDS
59
NO.
64s
646
647
648
649
650
652
654
6SS
656
657
A, D. 1667
The 1 2th of April
Received by D** John Megapolensis
Jan Willemszen Loosdrecht
Joost Van der Linden
Annetje Hendricks
The 20th of May
Hendrick Van der Water
Grietie Vermeulen
By certificate from D** John Polhemius
Jan Elting )
Tryntie Jane )
The 29th of same
Ide Com Van der Vorst
The 3i8tof July
Received by D® John Megapolensis
Claes Arentszen Toers
Catharina Bayard
1667
The 3rd of November
658 Isaac Matthyszen
659 Ryckje Hermans
660 Arie Andrieszen
661 Elizabeth Gerrits
662 Belitie Hendricks
A. D. 1668
The 8th of July
The 2 1 St of November
Deceased
Dismissed
Deceased
Dismissed
Deceased
Dismissed
663
Anna Luby
None
A« D. 1669
A. D. 1670
The loth of July
Deceased
664
Dirckje Meyers
A. D. 1671
The 24th of April
Deceased
66s
With certificate from D^ Gid. Schaets
666
Jan Timmer
Dismissed
667
Petronella Timmers
«
E
6o
THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
1672 NO.
A. D. 1672
The 19th of February
668
Received by D** Wilh. Nieuwenhuysen
669
Gerrit Gerritszen
The 29th of May
670
Geurt Coerten
671
Annetje Idens Van de Vorst
Dismissed
672
Jan Lubbertszen
•»
673
Enoch Michielszen
674
Ariaentje Michiels
67s
Marritje Claes
676
Catryntje Michiels
677
Hendrickje Aerts
The 27th of September
678
Evert Nolden
Deceased
679
Arent Laurenszen Toers
«
680
Teeuwis Corneliszen
681
Geertruyd Gerrits
tt
682
Gerritje Cornelis
a
683
Lysbeth Cornelis
tt
684
Magdaleentje Jans, wife of
685
Jan Lubbertszen
686
Pieter Marceliszen
tt
687
Lysbeth Aerts
A. D. 1673
The 24th of March
a
688
Received by D° Wilh. Nieuwenhuysen
689
Pieter Hessels
tt
690
Harmtje Hermans
691
Jeuriaen Thomaszen
692
Walyn Jacobszen
693
Cathryn Andries
A. D. 1674
The 27th of March
694
Received by D** Wilh. Nieuwenhuysen
69s
Annetje Etsal
Deceased
696
Gerrit Van Rhenen
u
a
BERGEN RECORDS 6l
NO. 1674
697 Laurens Aertszen — ^Dismissed the 8th of July 1699 to Acquecqc-
nonk
698 Hendrick Joriszen
699 Helmich Roelofzen
A. D. 1675
None
A. D. 1676
The 2nd of October
700 Received by D** Wilh Nieuwenhuysen.
701 Tryntie Pieters, wife of Adriaen Pieters
702 Annetje Jacobs Van Winckel
703 Tryntie Qaes
704 Lubbert Lubbertszen Deceased
705 Geesje Roelofs
706 Comelis Janszen Bogard
707 Geesje Jans
708 Jan Comeliszen Bogard
709 Agnietje Jans
A. D. 1677, June 25th.
710 Received by D° Wilhelm Nieuwenhuysen
711 Adriaen Post
712 Catryntje Gerrits
713 Jacob Jacobszen Van Winckel
714 Aeltie Daniels
715 Johannis Van Gyssen
716 Francyntie Thomas, wife of
717 Laurens Arentz Toers
Later by the same
718 Margrietie Wamarts, wife of
719 Hans Diederickszen
720 Jannetie Pieters, wife of Helmich Roelofszen
721 Johannes Steymits
722 Simon Jacobszen Van Winckel
723 Annelje Ariaens
724 G)melis Roelofsze
725 Magdaleentie Reyniers Van Gyssen
62
THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
1677 NO.
726
727
728
Metje Dircks
Marritje Adriaens
Comelis Lubbertszen
A. D. 1678
The 2nd of April
729
730
731
732
733
Received by D^ Wilh. Nieuwenhuysen
Hessel Wiggertszen
Ariaen Thomaszen
Laurens Ackerman
Marritje Lubberts
The 2 1 St of June
734 Pietertje Van de Vorst
The 7th of October
735 Johannis Michielszen — ^young man
736 Susanna Hendriks — ^young woman
737 Neesie Pieters — ^young woman
738 Qaesje Dircks Braet — ^young woman
739 Annetje Stymmets — ^young woman
Deceased
740
741
742
743
744
745
746
747
748
749
750
751
752
753
These by certificate
David De Mareets
Marie Joorier
Jean De Mareets
Jacomyntie Drywen
David De Mareets — the younger
Rachel Creisson
Samuel De Mareets
Jacob Lareu
A. D. 1679, April 7th
Received by D Wilh. Nieuwenhuysen
Johannes Thomaszen and his wife
Aechtje Jacobs
Nicolaes De Vouw
Maria Du Cie
Jochem Anthony, Negro
Dismissed
Deceased
Dismissed
Deceased
BERGEN RECORDS
63
NO.
7S4
7SS
756
Maria Petilions — young woman
Jannetie Gerrits, young woman
Marritje Jans — ^young woman
The 23 rd of June
757 Dirck Qaeszen Braeck
758 Geertie Egberts, wife of
759 Laurens Ackermans
The 20th of October
760 Lubbert Lubbertszen, Jr.
Dismissed
1679
A. D. 1680
The 29th of March
*
761 Received by D® Wilh. Nieuwenhuysen
762 Hendrick Epcese
The nth of June
763 Maria Druwyn, wife of
764 Samuel De Mareets
Dismissed
76s
766
767
768
769
770
771
772
773
774
The nth of October
Hilletie Paulus, wife of
Lubbert Lubbertszen, Jr.
Machtelt Van de Linden, wife of
Albert Saburasky, but left us after having only once communed,
and returned to the Lutherans, whose faith she had formerly
forsaken — ^which has been put down as a cliff in the sea, that
others seeing this might not be wrecked in their faith.
Dirckje Egberts Dismissed
A. D. 1681
The 2 1 St of June
Received by D^ Casparus Van Zuure
Cornelis Verwy
Abraham Du Tout
Jannetje Bocquet Deceased
Nicolaes Duprie
64 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
1 68 1 NO.
775 Gcrbrant Qaeszen
776 Jan Hendrickszen Van Ostrum, Jr.
777 Jan Joosten Van Linden — ^young man
The 3rd of October
778 Maria Frans, wife of Johannes Spier
779 Hendrickje Jans, wife of Com Verwey.
A. D. 1682
The i8th of April
780 Received by D® Casperus Van Zuuren
781 Barteld Claeszen
782 Hilletje Arents
783 Jan Aertszen Van de Bilt
784 Annetje Gysberts — ^young woman
785 Aeltje Theunis Bogard, wife of
786 Com Qaesze
787 Fredrick Thomaszen
788 Gerrit Gerritszen — ^the younger
789 Marcelis Pieterszen
790 Tades Michielszen
781 Jan Arentszen Toers — ^young man
792 Gerrit Stynmets — young man
793 Johanna Eerie, wife of Eduard Eerie
794 Vrouwtje Claes — ^young woman
795 Johanna Idens Van de Vorst — ^young woman
796 Catharina Thomas — young woman
797 Fytie Gerrits — ^young woman
The 26th of June
798 Roelof Van de Linden — ^young man
The 2nd of October
799 Received by Henricus Selyns
800 Jan Roelofszen Seubering and his wife
801 Adriana Polhemy by certificate from Midwout
802 Herman Michielszen
BERGEN RECORDS 65
NO. 1683
A. D. 1683
The 2nd of April
803 Received by Henricus Selyns
804 Lucas Seubering by certificate from Midwout Dismissed
805 Cornelia Hendricks — ^young woman
806 Aeltje Hendricks — young woman
807 Pieter Janszen, by certificate from the Esopus
The 2nd of July
808 Maertie Jacobs, wife of Pieter Janszen
809 Pieter Janszen
810 Baltes Barents and his wife
811 Tryntiejans
The 1st of October
812 Machtelt Roelofs, wife of Jan Van
813 Oostrum, by certificate from Midwout
A. D. 1684
The 1st of April
814 Abraham Bockque and his wife
815 Tanneken Andries by certificate from St. Anna
816 Aeltje Van Laren, wife of
817 Abraham Ackerman, with certificate from Midwout. Dismissed
October 3-1696 to Hackensack.
The 1 8th of June
818 Menno Johannis and his wife
819 Rensje Feddens, with certificate from Midwout Deceased
820 Sebastian Van Giesen — young man
821 Elizabeth Qaes — ^young woman
822 Urzelina Steenmets
The 6th of October
823 Guilliamme Bartholf and his wife
824 Martyntje Hendricx with certificate from Sluis in Flanders
825 Jacomina Van Neste, wife of Claes
826 Arentsze Tours
66 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
1685 NO.
A. D. 1685
The 6th of April
827 Harmen Douwenszen Talma
The 22nd of June
828 Janneken Stratemaecker — ^young woman
A. D. 1686
The 6th of April
829 Willem Hoppen with certificate from New York
830 Mayken Jacobs with certificate from New Albany
831 Comelis Claeszen on confession
832 Christoffel Steymets *
833 Comelis Van Vorst •
A. D. 1687
The 3rd of October
834 Johannes Hendricxsen On the confession of faith
835 Theunis Janszen ^
836 Frans Post — ^young man *
A. D. 1688
The 2nd of April
837 Abraham Du Toit and his wife
838 Jenne Bocke by certificate from Hackensacq Deceased
839 Adam Carlier and his wife
840 Mary Dorsuson, by certificate from the French Church of N. Y.
Dismissed
A. D. 1689
The 30th of September
841 Hessel Pieterszen
842 Anna Du Toit
843 Abraham Van Giesen — dismissed with certificate to Hackensacq
The 27th of March 1697
844 Isaacq Van Giesen
BERGEN RECORDS (fj
NO. 1690
A. D. 1690
The loth of July, with certificate from N. Albany
845 Thomas Greeven, Smith and his wife
846 Emmetje Isbrants. Dismissed to Gravesend on the Long Island
the 4th of September 1701
847 Sander Egbertszen and his wife
848 Elsje Pieters with certificate from Staten Island
849 Janneken Thomas — ^young woman of Bergen
850 Caulyntje Pieters ^
The 6th of October
851 Ysbrant Elderszen with certificate from New Albanien
852 Jannetje Jacobus, with certificate from New Albanien
853 Pieter Pauluszen and his wife
854 Tryntie Hans Jacobs
855 Thomas Jeuriaenszen — ^young man
856 Jacob Van Giesen — ^young man
857 Aeltie Gerrits — ^young woman
858 Fytie Andries — ^young woman, with certificate to Hackensacq the
27th of March, 1697
859 Christina Paulus — ^young woman
860 Pietertje Claes — ^young woman, dismissed with certificate to
Acequeggenon, September 16-1700
861 Maryken Joris — young woman
A. D. 1697
The 28th of June
862 David Daniels and his wife
863 Annetje Stratenmaecker, dismissed with certificate to Hakkinsak
the 6th of October 1700
864 Gerrit Jeuriaenszen and his wife
865 Belitje Dircx
866 Christyne Jeuriaens
867 Sara Van Nest. Dismissed the 8th of July 1699 to Acqueckenonc
868 Tryntie Buys, wife of
869 Dirck Stratenmaecker. Dismissed to Tappan the 21st of June
1699
870 Metje Pieters
The 4th of October
871 Gerrit Jeuriaenszen
68 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
1698 NO.
A. D. 1698
The 4th of April
872 Jannetje Andries — ^young woman
Here follow now the names of the members who, since the year
873 1700, at which time the services of D° Du Bois took their be-
ginning, were received into the society either on confession of
their faith or by certificate.
A. D. 1700
The 3rd of September
874 Hendrick Qaasz
875 Jan Adriaansz
876 Grietje Straat. Dismissed to Acquiggenonk the 29th of April
1 701
877 Rachel Straat
878 Claarthe Post
879 Aagje Paulusz
880 With certificate, Johannes Mischilsz and his wife
881 Klaasje Dircksz, from Hackkinsack
A. D. 1 701
The 2nd of October
882 Barent Rynders Dismissed with certificate to New York
883 Catharina Walters "
884 Hester Rynders "
88s Maria Smith «
886 Fransyna Luwes "
The 7th of April 1702
887 Tryntje Vreelandt, with certificate from Akkinsak
A. D. 1703
Is there no one received
A. D. 1704
The nth of April
888 Abel Ridden Hars
889 Grietje Hendriksz, wife of
BERGEN RECORDS 69
NO. 1704
890 Jacob Jacobsz Van Winkel
891-892 Annetje Jacobs, wife of Willem Dey
893 Catharina Jans, wife of
894 Abel Ridden Hars
895 Marytje Jurriaans
896 Sara Cornelisz
897 Christyntje Vrederyks
898 Judikje Claasz Tours
A. D. 1707
The 6th of October
899 Margritje Hendriks Blinkerhof, with certificate from Hakkensak
A. D. 1709
The 4th of April
900 Comelis Hendricksz Biinkerhof, with certificate from Hakkinsak
901 Andries Hoppe and ^
902 Abigael Akkermans ^
A. D. 1710
The 3i8t of March
903
Thomas Frederiksz
904
Haremen Jurriaasz
90s
Dirk Helmigsz
906
Aaltje Jurriaansz
907
Marytje Frederiksz
908
Metje Gerbrandz
909
Fytjc Siggelsz
910
Geertruy Frederyks
911
Gerritje Helmigsz
912
Saartje Andries
913
Margrietje Sip
A. D. 1712
The sth of April
914
Antje Thadus, wife of
9IS
Joh Pietersse, with certificate from Akkingsak.
On the confession of their faith:
916
Gysbert Jansse
917
Dirk Philipse
70 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
1712 NO.
918-919 Adriaantje Pieters, wife of Olrig Brouwer
920-921 Aagje Hartmans, wife of Cornells Blinkerhof
922-923 Rachel Andries, wife of Dirk Philipsze
924-925 Helena La Comba, wife of Gysbert Jansse
926 Marritje Pieters
1718
The isth of April
On confession of faith
927 Claas Andriesse
928 Daniel Van Winkel
929 Pieter Marcelisse
930 Casper Pryer
93 1 Hendrik Sikkels
932 Neeltje Van Vegten, wife of
933 Rutgert Van Hoom
934 Saartje Vanderbeek, wife of
935 Qaes Andriesse
936 Jannetje Vreeland, wife of Daniel [or
937 David] Van Winkel
938-939 Elizabeth Gerritze, wife of Mich* Vreelandt
940-941 Janneke Pryers, wife of Pieter Marcellisse
942-943 Geesje Borton, wife of Robbert Berri
944 Jannetje Mattheusse
945 Pietertje Toers
946 Marrytje Sikkelssze
947 Catharina Marcelisse
948 Rutgert Van Home
1726
The nth of April
On confession of faith
949 Jobs Van Houwten
950 Helena Vreelant, wife of Jobs Van Houten
951 Jenneke Van Houwten, wife of
952 Mich' Vreelant
The 14th of June
953 Zach' Schiggelsse
954 Michiel Cbmelisse Vreelandt
955 Dirk Frederikse Kadmis
BERGEN RECORDS 71
NO. 1726
956 Ide Sippe
957 Jacob Van Wageninge
958 Henderik Van Winkel
959 Catdyntje Spier
960 Jannetje Cadmis
961 Adriaantje Siggelsse
962 Lea Van Wageninge
963 Antje Sippe
964-965 Helena Sippe, wife of Jan Van Hoorn
966 Helena Marcelisse
967 Catharina Waldron
968 Elizabeth Siggelsse
969 Claasje De Mott
1730
The 15th of March
On confession of faith
970 Marte Winnen
971 Michiel Hartmansche Vrelant
972 Hermanns Stynmets
973 Pieter Nederman
974 Hendrik Van der Hoef
975 Jurrie Gerritze
976 Jan Van Hoorn
977 Johannes Siggelse
978 Johannes Johannesse Vrelant
979 Cornells Gerritze
980 Jannetie Johannesse Vreelant, wife of
981 Marte Wennen
982 Antje DiderikSy wife of
983 Johannes Johannesse Vrelant
984 Grietie Didericks, wife of
985 Jurrian Gerritze
986 Elsje Heriman, wife of
987 Hermanns Stymets
988 Evertie Slot, wife of Hendrik Van der Hoeven
990 Claasje Brinkerhof, wife of
991 Johannes Siggelsche
992 Aaltje Van Winkel, wife of
993 Cornelis Gerritse
994 Marrytie Brinkerhof — 995 Annatie Spier
996 Antje De Mot
72 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
173 1 NO. 173 1
The 20th of September
With certificate
997-998 John Dideriks and Geertruy Van Winkeles, from Akqueg<
nonk
1737
The 25th of April
On confession of faith
999 Helmig Van Wagenen
1000 Joris Vreland
looi Abraham Sikkels
1002 Abraham Dideriks
1003-1004 Marytje Van Vorst, wife of Gerrit Hennion
1005-1006 Rachel Van Winkel, wife of Zacharias Sikkels
1007-1008 Geertruy Con [or Bon], wife of Abraham Dideriks
1009-1010 Annaatje Van Wagenen, wife of Joris Vreland
loii Annaatje Van Winkele
1012 Saartje Kuyper
1013 Geertruy Kuiper
1014 Janneke Kuiper
1740
The 1st of April
On confession of faith
1015 Hartman Vreland
1016 Marytje Gerbrants, wife of
1017 Hartman Vreland
1018-1019 Aage Brinkerhof, wife of Abraham Siggels
1020 Elizabeth Van Namen
1743
The 28th of March
On confession of faith
102 1 Hendrik Brinkerhof
1022 Jacob Van Wagenen
1023 Robert Siggelsse
1024 Jannetje Van Houwten, wife of
1025 Jacob Van Wagenen
1026 Catharina Siggels, wife of
1027 Cornells Van Wagenen
BERGEN RECORDS 73
NO, 1750 1750
The 2nd of April
On confession of faith
1028 Robert Siggelsse
1029-1030 Antjc Winne, wife of Roberd Siggelsse
103 1 Claasje Winne
1032 Marritje De Mot
1033 Geertruy Siggelsse
1751
The 6th of May
With certificate
1034 Pieter Adolf and
1035 Marritje Aalsze, married people of Akqueggenonck
1036 Here follow now the names of the members who by me, Pieter
De Wint, are received, beginning in the year 1 751 also, too, of
those who are received with certificate.
A. D. 1751
September Sth
1037 Henricus Kuyper
103 8-1039 Catharina Gerrebransen, wife of H. Kuyper
Here follow now the names of the members who, since the year
1757, at which time the services of the Reverend Mr. William
Jackson took their beginning, are received into the congregation
of Bergen either on confession of their faith or with certificate.
A. D. 1758
The 1 8th of June, with certificate from Tappan
1041 Elizabeth Fliereboom, wife of
1042 Marselus Marselus
A. D. 1758
The i8thof June
Are received to membership of the congregation on confession
1043 of faith Anna Frielinghuysen, wife of the Reverend Mr. William
Jackson V. D. M. (Minister of the Word of God)
1044 Abraham Pryer and his wife
1045 Marritye Siggelse
1046 Johannes Pryer and his wife
1047 Geertje Siggelse
74 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
1758 NO.
The 30th of June
1048 Jons Cadmus and his wife
1049 Jannetje Vreeland
The ist of December
1050 Jenneke Pryer and
105 1 Catleyntje Toers
The 29th of December
1052 Pieter Steuversandt and
1053 Jan Roel
1759
The 2nd of June
1054 Cornelus Van Vorst Jun'r and his wife
1055 Anatje Van Hoorn
1056 Marytje Winne
1057 Lavinus Winne and his wife
1058 Anatje Sipp
1059 Machiel De Mot
1060 Nicholas Pryer
1061 Hermanns Veeder and his wife
1062 Antje Hennion
1063 Catharina Nieuwkerck
1064 Jennetje Nieuwkerck
1065 Jacob Van Winkel and his wife
1066 Rachel Camegar
1067-1068 Sytje Spier, wife of Johannes Evers
1069 Paulus Nieuwkerk and his wife
1070 Helena Spier
1071 Helmic Van Houten and his wife
1072 Effitje Vreelandt
1073 Johannes Van Wagenen and his wife
1074 Neestje Van Wagenen
The holy sacrament of the Lord's Supper has been administered
in our congregation at Bergen by its Reverend Pastor and
teacher first on the second day of rest of December 1759 being
the 9th of the month.
Was received to membership in our congregation at Bergen on
June the 6th
BERGEN RECORDS
75
NO, 1760
A. D. 1760
1075 Q}raelu8 Van Vorst — ^the elder
1 761
The 6th of June
The holy sacrament of the Lord's Supper was administered here
in our church on the first Sabbath in June by our Pastor and
1076 guardian Wilhelmus Jackson
Is received to our congregation with certificate from New York
1077 Anna Van der Spiegel, widow of
1078 Mr. Patrick Jackson.
1762 — ^May 2 1 St
1079 Received to church membership Henoch Vreeland
A. D. 1763
The nth of July
1080 Johannes Van Houwten, Jr. and his wife
108 1 Aeltje Siggilse
The 24th of July
1082 Cornelius Gerribrans Jun'r and his wife
1083 Jannetje Van Home
1764
The loth of October
1084 Daniel Van Rypenen and his wife
1085 Elizabeth Terhunen
176s
The 14th of May
1086 Cornelius Gerribransen and his wife
1087 Jannetje Pier
1088 Cornelius Sipp and his wife
1089 Beeltjc Vreeland
1090 Catharina Stuyirersandt
1091 Daniel Van Winkel and his wife
1092 Aaltje Van Rype
F
76 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
1769 NO. 1769
The first Sabbath in April — ^the 2iid
1093-1094 Garrit Sip and his wife Jenneke Mercelius
It is determined by an ecclesiastical resolution to celebrate the
Lord's Supper three times a year — the service being held four
times a year on Staten Island.
Done in our consistory the first Sabbath in March 1769 —
Colleagues agreeing.
1095 Wilhelmus Jackson
Pastor.
1751
May 6th. Elected as consistory
1096 Elder — ^Michiel Vreland
1097-1098 Deacons: Joris Vreland; Robbert Siggelse Zachariaszoon
1099-1100 Churchmasters: Hendrik Van Winkel; Hendrik Brinkeriiof
1785 March 28th.
1101-1102 Elders: Joannes Van Wagenen; Helmich Van Houte
Deacons:
1 103 John Winne
1 104 Daniel Diedricks
1 105 Nicolas Toers
1 106 Matheus Nieuwkerck
1786 April i6th
1107-1108 Elders: Helmich Van Hou ten; Joannes Van Wagenen
1109-1110 Deacons: Daniel Diedericks; Nicolas Toers
1111-1112 Churchmasters: Cornelis Van Vorst; Matheus Gerritse
Nieuwkerck
1788 March
1113-1114 Elders: James CoUerd; Gerrebrand Gerbrands
1115-1116 Deacons: Joannes Winne; Sickels
1117-1118 Churchmasters: Joseph Waldron; Hendrick Sickels
1 1 19 Elders and deacons who signed the call to Rev. W. Jackson
(done in the year 1753)
Elders:
1 1 20 Zacharias Sickels
1 1 2 1 Michiel Vreeland
1 1 22 Johannes Diedericks
1 1 23 Hendrik Van Winkel
BERGEN RECORDS 77
NO. 1788
Elders — Continued
1 124
Zacharias Sickels
1 125
Joris Vrelandt
1 126
Jacob Van Wagenen
1 127
Abraham Sickels
1 128
Machiel C. Vreeland
1 129
Hendrik Van Winkd
II30
Hendrick Siggelse
II3I
Jacob Van Wagenen
113*
Abraham Diedericks
"33
Zacharias Sickels
"34
Gerrit Van Nieuwkerk
"35
Lavinus Winne, and
1136
Robert Siggelse
Deacons:
"37
Joris Vrelandt
"38
John Van Horn
"39
Robbert Sickels
1 140
Ide Sip
1 141
Jacob Van Wagenen
1 142
Gerrit Nieuwkerk
"43
Abraham Sickels
"44
Abraham Diedericks
"45
Hendericus Kuyper
1 146
Joris Cadmus
"47
Helmigh Vanhoute
1 148
Johannis Van Wagenen
"49
Pieter Stuyvesandt
1150
Lavinus Winne
"SI
Hendricus Kuyper
"52
Abraham Preyer
"53
Joris Cadmus
"54
Johannis Van Wagenen
"55
Nicolaes Pryer
1156
Daniel Van Winckel
MINUTES OF THE CONSISTORY,
BURIALS AND LIST OF MEMBERS
of the
REFORMED PROTESTANT DUTCH CHURCH
OF BERGEN IN NEW JERSEY,
Founded in 1660.
BERGEN, May 14-1716
Meeting of the consistory and resolved after calling
upon the Lord's Name:
to remove some inconveniences in regard to the
seatings. And it was further resolved; in order to
prevent dissensions in the future, and that the church-
masters may know how to deal without any (fear of)
opposition, in several cases; to lay before the male
members of the church certain salutary (heilzame)
propositions made by the consistory, in order to decide
upon them by a majority of votes. (For that purpose
the congregation will be requested from the pulpit, in
the forenoon, to come together in the bam belonging
to Helmig Roelofse.)
This having been done, on the date and at the place
aforesaid, all male members of the congregation who
met
80 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
met there with the churchmasters and the consistory,
resolved that in the future the following five articles
shall be observed by the churchmasters and that every-
body, whom they concern, shall have to submit to
them, without opposition. Viz. :
I Members of the Church, who are in the possession
of seats, by purchase, or by other lawful manner,
shall remain in the peaceful possession of them,
either till their death or until their departure or
leave-taking from the congregation.
II All those who do not belong to the village of Bergen,
or to this church and who do not contribute for the
church, the school or the religious services, shall
pay for every seat (either for man or woman) six
shillings current money per annum, to the church-
masters or to one, authorized by them.
III The seats of those who die, shall revert to the
church; but under condition that the church-
masters shall sell those seats for two shillings to the
next heir of the deceased, if that individual applies
for them, within one year, and if he or she belongs
to the church, as described in the iind Art. and
under condition that such seat be one come down
from the original builders of the church.
IV Those, possessing no seats in the church, and desir-
ing to have one, shall apply to the churchmasters
for the purchase of one and shall make arrange-
ments with them.
V Those belonging to the congregation, as mentioned
in Art. ii, and having no seats, shall apply to the
churchmasters,* who will, for this first time, in a
very reasonable manner, make arrangements about
their sea tings.
*die met haar over hare adt
pUatten by deze eerste reize op eene
zeer civile wyze wel zullen accord -
eeren.
EXPLANATION
Bergen records 8i
EXPLANATION OF ABBREVIATIONS
ch.
means
child
wi.
u
wife
wid.
u
widow
da.
u
a
daughter
died
Bur.
a
buried
Y. M.
Y. D.
a
a
young man
maiden
(The pall was owned by the Church, and those able
to pay for its use could have their relatives or friends
carried to the grave with it on the coffin.)
INDEX OF BURIAL REGISTER AND
LIST OF MEMBERS
of the
REFORMED PROTESTANT DUTCH CHURCH
OF BERGEN
Prepared and Arranged by
DINGMAN FERSTEEG
Aalsze, Marritje, 1035.
Abrahams, Abrahamse, Comelis,
40 54.
Wybrant, 83.
Ackennan, Ackermans, Akkennans,
Abigad, 902.
Abraham, 112, 139, 817.
Laurens, 732, 759.
Sara, 274.
Adansen, Jan, 70.
Adolf, Heter, 1034.
Adriaens, Adriaansz, Ariaense,
Ariaens, Annetje, 723.
Tan, 875.
Merritje, Marritie, Marritje,
176, 613, 727.
Aerts, Arents, Aertszen, Hendrickje,
677.
HieUtje, Hilletje, 150, 782.
Laurens, 697.
Lysbeth, 687.
Andneszen, Andriessen, Andries,
Andriese, Andriesse, Andriz,
Arie, 660.
Catharina, Cathryn, 272, 693.
Pytie, 858.
Jannetje, 872.
Klaas, Claas, Claes, 359, 927,
935.
Marytje, 257.
Michiel, 323.
Rachel, 922.
Saartje, 241, 912.
Tanneken, 815.
Anthony, Jochem, 753.
Baelden, Katy, 579.
Baltusen, Maeckje, 67.
Barentsen, Barents, Baltus, Baltes,
67, 810.
Bartholf, Guilliamme, 823.
Bayard, Balthazar, 638.
Catharina, 657.
Beekman, Catr3mtje, 267.
Berret, James, 536.
Berri, Robbert, 943.
Bockque, Bocquet, Bocke, Abra-
ham, 814.
Jannetje, Jenne, 773, 838.
Bogard, Boogert, Adtje Theunis,
785.
Comelis Janszen, 706.
Jan Comeliszen, 708.
Koobus, 581.
Bokkenove, Keetje, 528.
Bon, Geertruy, 275, 504, 1007.
John, 550.
Borton, Geesje, 942.
Braeck, Braet, Claesje Dircks, 738.
Dirck Claesen, Dierc^ Claesz,
Dirck Claeszen, 15, 130, 757.
Brestede, Treyntje, 195.
Brinkerhof , Blinkerhoff, Blinkerhof ,
581.
Aagtjie, A^'e, Aage, 395, 496,
Comelis', 436, 438, 455, 900, 921.
Hartman, 455.
Hendrik, 438, 1021, 1100.
Klaasje, Claasje, 582, 990.
Margrietje, Margrieta, Mar-
gritje, 219, 364, 899.
Marrytie, 994.
Broeks, Willem, 514.
Brown, Brouyn, Lourens, 421.
Thomas, Tammes, 343, 421, 557.
Brouwer, Brouer, Jacob, 483.
Jacobus, 515, 534.
Lea, 515.
Uldrick, Olrig, 163, 215, 225,
919.
Bu , Arien Pietersz, 55.
Buys, Daniel, 482.
Johannis, 482.
Tryntie, 868.
Cadmus, Kadmus, Kadmis, Cad-
mis, Catr^tje, 261.
Dirck, Derk, Dirk, 261, 308, 309,
422,955.
Piedrik, Prederik, 302, 344.
Jannetje, 261, 391, 960.
Johan, 308, 309.
Joris, 339. 383, 416, 422, 448,
545, 1048, 1146, 1153.
Machiel, 448.
Rutger, 307.
84
THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
Camegar, Kanunegaer, Rachel, 450,
468,1006.
Cardsz, Carelszen, Carel, 73, 633.
earlier, Adam, 839.
Cavelier, Cathelyntje, 262.
Johannes, 262.
Cembel, David, 443.
Cerven, Thomas, 109.
Claas, Claasen, Qaes, Qaesen,
Qaeszen, Claesz, Qaesze,
Clasen, Claasen, Andries,
216, 221.
Anna, 64, 609.
Arien, 179.
Bertel, Barteld, 166, 781.
Claes, 157.
Comelis, Com, 75, 206, 786, 831.
Cristiaen, 13.
Elizabeth, 821.
Gerbrandt, Gerbrand, Gerbrant,
80, 145. 179, 181, 227, 775.
Hendrick, 874.
Tan, 157, 192.
Marietje, Marritje, 227, 675.
Pietertje, 860.
Tryntie, 703.
Vroutie, Vrouwtie, 96, 794.
Coerten, Koerten, Guert, 169, 670.
Hermen, 78, 105.
Collerd, Callerd, Abraham, 433.
James, 1113.
Con, Geertruy, 1007.
Come — , — iai, 22.
Comelis, Comeliszen, Comelisse,
Comelisz, Comelissen, Cor-
nelisen, Annetje, 117, 620.
Chieltje, 637.
Dierckje, Dirckje, 153, 606.
Gerrit, 634.
Gerritje, 121, 682.
Jannetje, 118.
Lysbeth, 104, 617, 683.
Matheus, Teeuwis, 52, 81, 100,
115, 118, 120, 680.
Roelof , 29.
Sara, 896.
Tryntie, 616.
Cos, Claes Pietersen, 188.
Creisson, Rachel, 745.
Croeger,J[acobus, 189.
Daden, Eva, 426.
Tammes, 426.
Daniels, Aeltje, Aeltjie, 129, 714.
David, 862.
De Grau, Abel, 464.
Maaike, 464.
De la Grande, De Logransie,
Lagrande, Johannes, 322,
347.
Maragrietje, 458.
Metje, 347.
De Mareets, David, 740, 744.
Jean, 742.
Samuel, 746, 764.
De Mot, De Mott, Demoth, Demot,
Antje, 996.
Qaasje, Klaasje, 586, 969.
Gesie, 298.
Johannes, 290.
Machiel, 537, 588, 1059.
Marritje, 1032.
Matheus, Mathys, 219, 290, 298,
364, 370.
De Smidt, Prangoys, 77, 79, 82, 87.
De Vouw, Esther, 215.
Nicolaes, 751.
De Wint, Pieter, 1036.
De With, Jan, 315.
Dey, Day, Willem, William, 158,
892.
Diederikx, Diederix, Dideryck,
Diderix, Dideriks, Dieder-
icks, Didericks, Diedricks,
Diderikx, Diederyck, Die-
dericksze. Diederickszen,
Aaltje, Aeltie, 345, 440, 521.
Abraham, 275, 504, 1002, 1008,
1132, 1144.
A^e, 465.
Annetje, Antie, Antje, 161, 430,
539, 553, 982.
Comelis, 480, 556.
Daniel, 553, 1104, 1109.
Gerretje, 263.
Grietje, Grietie, 251, 984.
Hester, 507.
Jacob, 300, 304.
Johannis, Hans, John, 152, 276,
454, 456, 465, 507, 521, 602,
719, 997, 1122.
Marregriet, 456.
Wander, 161, 258.
Dircks, Dircx, Dirckszen, Dircksz,
Diercks, Bdetje, Bdytje,
Bditje, 218, 301, 865.
Geurt, 627.
Klaasje, 881.
Lysbet, Lysbeth, 12, 611.
Metje, 726.
Michd, 111.
Dorsuson, Mary, 840.
Dougds, Dogehs, Willem, 28, 68.
Douwesen, Potdus, 151.
Dreemus, Helmig, 511.
Hendrik, 511.
Dmwyn, Maria, 763.
Drywen, Jacomyntie, 743.
Du Bois, Do, 873.
Du Cie, Maria, 752.
Duprie, Nicolaes, 774.
Du Tout, Du Toit, Abraham, 772,
837.
Anna, 842.
Duyts, Lourus, 6.
Dyell, Marte, 423.
Earle, Eerie, Eduard, 224, 793.
Johanna, 793.
BERGEN RECORDS
85
Edsall, Etsal, Annetje, 695.
Sa, 32.
Eduwaerts, Eduwaertsz, Hennen,
48,58.
Egberts, Egbertszen, Dirckje, 769.
Geertie, 758.
Sander, 847.
Eldersen, Elderszen, Ysbrand, 142,
851.
Elting, Jan, 652.
Epcese, Hendrick, 762.
Evers, Everse, Barbara, 415.
Barend, 561, 585.
Jan, Johannes, Johannis, 17,
415, 541, 549, 571, 1068.
Eyselstyn, Styntie, 549.
Feddens, Rensje, 819.
Pielden, Hendrick, Henri, 363, 529.
Fliereboom, Elizabeth, 1041.
Pransz, Fransen, Frans, Dirck, 123.
Gerrit, 49.
Maria, 778.
Thomas, 195.
Prederyks, Frederiksz, Frederick-
sen, Fredricksen, Fredricks-
zen, Geertruy, 910.
Marytje, 907.
Tomas, Thomas, 171, 176, 614,
641,903.
Oedi, Jan, 167.
Gerbrants, Gerrebransen, Ger-
brantse, Gerribrans, Gerri-
bransen, Gerbrands, Gerre-
brantsen, Gerbrandz, Ger-
brantz, Catbarina, Tryntje,
353,1038.
Comelis, Cornelius, 442, 452,
461, 488, 580, 1082, 1086.
Gerrebrand, 580, 1114.
Harpert, 220.
Jannetie, 442, 452.
Marytje, 1016.
Metje, 908.
Myndert, Meyndert, 353, 546.
Neeltie, 488.
Theunis, 390.
Gerrits, Gerritse, Gerritze, Gerrit-
sen, Gtiitszen, Gerrritz, Adtie,
857.
Aertje, 78.
Catryna, Catryntje, 113, 712.
Comelis, 979, 993.
Elisabeth, Elizabeth, 233, 252,
661,938.
Feytje, Fytie, 214, 797.
Geertruyt, Geertruy, Geertruyd,
49, 54, 681.
Geesje, 162, 632.
Gerrit, 141, 180, 211, 669, 788.
Geurt, 144, 200.
Jannetie, 755.
Jurrian, Jurjan, Juriaan, Jurrie,
Jurriaan, 251, 263, 288, 975,
&85.
Lysbeth, 200.
Gesscher, Jan Willemsz, 140.
Greeven, Thomas, 845.
Gysberts, Annetje, 784.
Haekki, Willem, 409.
Hansen, Annetje, 156.
Maddaleentje, 50.
Hardenbroeck, Adolf, 596.
Marritje, 605.
Hartmans, Hertmans, Aagje, 920.
Feytje, Feytie, 147, 618.
Hellingh, Hendrick Tonisen,
(Teunissen), 154, 193.
Hdmigsz, Helmigsen, Dirk, 905.
Gearritie, 911.
Roelof , 207.
Hendricks, Hendrick, Hendricx,
Hendriksz, Hendriksen, Hen-
dricxsen, Aeltje, 806.
Annetje, 648.
Belitie, 662.
Cornelia, 203, 805.
Geertie, 612.
Grietje, 889.
Tan, Johannes, 266, 834.
Jannetje, 48.
Toris, 127.
Martyntje, 824.
Samuel, 132.
Susanna, 736.
Willem, 114.
Hennion, Antje, 1062.
Gerrit, 1004.
Heriman, Elsje, 986.
Hermens, Hermans, Hermensen,
Hermanszen, Annetje, 141,
180,630.
Douwe, Douwen, 4, 88, 598.
Hans, 148, 165.
Harmtje, 690.
Ryckje, 659.
Hessels, Hesselsen, Pieter, 94, 137,
233, 689.
Hoogland, Keetje, 547.
Hoppe, Hoppen, Hopper, Andries,
901.
Catharina, 228.
Willem, 829.
Isbrants, Emmetje, 846.
J , Jan, 2.
Jackson, Annetje, Annatie, 382,
427, 524.
Eva, 467.
Patrick, 524, 1078.
Robbert, 522.
Willem, Wilhelmus, William,
W., Billy, 418, 427, 444, 467,
522, 566, 1040, 1043, 1076,
1095, 1119.
Jacobs, Jacobsz, Aechtje, Echtje,
16, 750.
86
THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
Aeltje, 151.
Annetje, 891.
Grietje, Grietie, 615, 623.
Jacob, 128.
Leysbeth, 83.
Marritje, Maertie, 636, 808.
Mayken, 830.
Treyntjc, Tryntie, 43, 619,
854.
Walyn, 692.
Jacobus, Jannetje, 852.
Jans, Janse, Jansen, Jansse, Janszen,
Agnietje, 709.
Catryn, Tryntie, Catharina, 135,
653, 811, 893.
Claes, 63, 117.
Geesje, 707.
Gysbert, 916, 925.
Hendrickie, 779.
HiUetje, Hmetie, 194, 621.
Jannetje, 494.
^ bhannes, 108.
' oris, 494.
! vlagdaleentje, 684.
Marritje, 756.
Metje, 197.
Pieter, 622, 807, 808, 809.
Steyntje, 193.
Theums, 835.
Johannis, Menno, 818.
' oorier, Marie, 741.
Jorisz, Joriszen, Joris, Hendrick,
127, 698.
Maryken, 861.
Juriansen, Jurrianzen, Jurriaansz,
Jurryanse, Juryansen, Jur-
ryansen, Jeuriaens, Juryans,
Jurriansen, Jeunaenszen,
Jurriaasz, Jurrianze, Jur-
riaans, Aaftje, 218, 303,
906.
Belitje, 328.
Christyne, 866.
Cornells, 289, 367.
Gerrit, 185, 218, 301, 324, 864,
871.
Haremen, 904.
Johannis, 292, 360.
Margrietje, 328.
Marytje, 895.
Thomas, 855.
Kaimiegely David, 314.
Karpis, Mary, 111.
Kerseboom, Kersenboom, Jan
Evertse, (Evertssen), 7,
629.
Kiersted, Comelis, 378.
Eleumpje, Jacob Jansen, 93.
Elyndumi, Kleyndinni, Aeltie, 577.
Elisabeth, 513.
Walter, 513, 577.
Koetere, Cateleyntje, 82.
Korsen, Pieter, 459.
Kxoese, Gerrit, 582.
Kuyper, Kuiper, Cuyper, Claes
Jansen, 99, 126, 230.
Dierck Claesen, 126.
Geertruy, 1013.
H., 1039.
Hendridc, Henricus, Hendericus,
Hendricus, 369, 445, 1037,
1145, 1151.
Jannetje, Janneke, 445, 1014.
Zara, Saartie, 292, 1012.
La Comba, Helena, 924.
Lareu, Jacob, 747.
Lesier, Albert, 499.
Dirk, 499.
Loockermans, Marritje, 639.
Loosdrecht, Jan Willemszen, 646.
Lot, Loth, Beltel, Bartel, 3, 600.
Louwersz, Thomas, 85.
Lub, Jocob, 23.
Lubbertszen, Lubberts, Lubbertsz,
Comelis, 728.
Tan, 31, 37, 135, 672, 685.
Lubbert, 37, 704, 760, 766.
Marritje, 733.
Lubi, Luby, Anna, 81, 663.
Geertruydt, 635.
Jacob, 102, 121.
Luttye, Antie, 520.
Hendrik, 520.
Luwes, Luwis, Pransyna, 886.
Tim, 505.
Macale, Pieter, 257.
Mackleeyn, Mackeleyn, Sjarel, 56,
76, 91.
Martens, Maertens, Treyntje,
Tryntie, 170, 177.
Mathewese, Matheuse, Matthysen,
Mattheusse, Catriena, 311.
Comelis, 120.
Isaac, 658.
Jannetje, 944.
Maurits, Jan, 8, 16.
Megapolensis, John, 645, 655.
S., 640.
Mercelis, Marcelus, Marcelusz,
Marcelisse, Marselis, Mar-
selus, Mercelius, Merseliz,
Mercelisze, Marcelissen,
Marcelis, Marsoelusse, Mar-
celiszen, Marcdlisse, Aeltie,
491.
Annetje, 306.
Catharina, 947.
Elisabeth, 574.
Helena, 966.
Hillegont, 220.
Jenn&en, Jenneke, 247, 530,
1094.
John, 574.
Marcelis, Marsdus, 386, 393,
1042.
Pieter, 53, 62, 242, 247, 306, 434,
530, 686, 929, 941.
Seel, 491.
BERGEN RECORDS
87
Mes, Abraham, 122.
Meyer, Meyers, Cornells, 160.
Dierckje, Dirckje, 95, 664.
Jo., 160.
Mic — , Jan, 18.
Michiels, Michidsz, Michielse, Mic-
hielszen, Magiels, Mischilsz,
Anaentje, 674.
Catryntje, Tryntie, 631, 676.
Comelis, 232.
Elias, 628.
Enoch, 673.
Hertman, Hartman, Herman,
33, 44, 802.
Johannis, Johannes, 735, 880.
Tades, 790.
Mulder, Hans, 110.
Matys, 42, 51, 110.
Nak, Jan, 217.
Nederman, Pieter, 973.
Nieuwenhuyzen, Nieuwenhuysen,
Wilh, 668, 688, 694, 700, 710,
729, 748, 761.
Nieuwkerk, N. Kerk, Van Nukerck,
Nieuwkerck, Van N. Kerck,
Nieukerk, Van Nieuwkerk,
Nieuker, Barend, 535.
Catharina, Catrina, Catrintie,
337, 388, 526, 1063.
Comelis, 376, 552.
Gerrit, 337, 526, 531, 569, 1134,
1142.
Jacob, 453, 484, 490, 497.
Jannitje, Jannetje, 531, 535,
1064.
Lea, 376.
Lena, 484.
Marytje, 490.
Ma^eus, 191, 1106, 1112.
Paulus, Poulus, 329, 402, 453,
497 1069.
Nolde, Noiden, Evert, 72, 678.
Paulus, Paulusz, Pauluszen, Pou-
wels, Aagje, 879.
Christina, 859.
Hilletie, 765.
Joh, 234.
Pieter, 853.
Petilions, Maria, 754.
PhiHpse, PhiHpsze. Dirk, 917, 923.
Pier, Catrina, 321.
Jannetje, 1087.
Pieters, Pieterse, Pietersen, Pie-
terszen, Pietersse, Pietersz,
Adriaantje, 225, 918.
Adriaen, 701.
Antje, 280.
Catal^rntje, 850.
Christiaen, 5.
Elsje, 848.
Gerrit, 137.
Hessel, 841.
Jannetie, 720.
ohannes, 265, 915.
Marcelis, 299, 316, 789.
Marritje, 926.
Metje, 870.
Niesje, Neesie, 211, 737.
Poulus, 35, 170, 177.
Tryntie, 701.
Polhemy, Polhemius, Adriana, 801.
John, 651.
Post, Adriaen, 41, 113, 589, 711.
Catryntje, 248.
Claartje, 878.
Comelis, 542.
Egbert, 473, 542.
Frans, 836.
Pieter, 248, 256. 267.
Pryntje, 473.
Samuel, 256.
Preyer, Pryer, Preyers, Pryers,
Abraham, 506, 572, 1044,
1152.
Andries, 93, 155, 175, 338, 449,
564, 590.
Arriaentie, 572.
Casparis, Caspams, Casper, 241,
266, 293, 366, 466, 930.
Geertruy, 564.
Hartman, 590.
^ acob, 293.
' enneke, Janneke, 242, 940, 1050.
Johannis, Johannes, 333, 341,
408,1046.
Marretje, 506.
Nicholas, Nicolaes, 1060, 1155.
Pryntje, 270.
Sara, 466.
Zacharias, 449.
Pyper, Gysbert, 199.
Raiewyn, Comelia Jfans, 140.
Hendrick Tansen, 133.
Reycke, Hendrick, 10.
Reynierszen, Wiggert, 601.
Richardson, Richard, 384.
Riddenhars, Reddenhars, Ridden
Hars, Abel, 164, 183, 184,
199, 210, 888, 894.
Peytje, 183.
Hendrick, 184.
Roelofsze, Roelofs, Roelofzen, Roe-
lofszen, Comelis, 724.
Peytje, 57.
Geesje, 705.
Hehnich, 699, 720.
Machtelt, 812.
Tonis, 74, 101.
Rol, Rod, Jan, 394, 1053.
Roos, Antie, 556.
Gerrit, 331, 523, 540.
Johannes, 540.
Judick, 331.
Pieter, 584.
Rynders, Barent, 882.
Hester, 884.
Saburasky, Albert, 768.
Samuels, Urietje, 154.
88
THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
Schaets, Gid., 665.
Schofield, John, 349.
Schouten, Jan, 624.
Sara, 625.
Sdyns, Henricus, 700, 803.
Rev., 168.
Seubering, Jan Roelofszen, 800.
Lucas, 804.
Seylder, Jan, 117.
Sickels, Sickkels, Sikkels, Siggels,
Siggilse, Siggelsse, Siggelsz,
Siggdse, Sikels, Siggelsche,
Si^els^, Schlggelsse, ,
1116.
Abraham, 326, 1001, 1010, 1127,
1143.
Adriaantje, Ariaantje, 240, 478,
061.
Aeltje,'l081.
Catharina, 1026.
Claasje, 240.
Daniel, 480.
Elizabeth, 068.
Fredrick, 554.
Pytje, 000.
Geertruyt, Geertruy, Geertje,
182, 246, 338, 357, 1033,
1047.
Hendrik, Hendrick, 246, 274,
460, 501, 544, 562, 031, 1118,
1130.
Jennie, 544.
ohannis, Johannes, 240, 268,
567, 077, 001.
Lea, 106.
Marrytje, Marritye, 046, 1045.
Marte, 447.
Rachel, 518.
Robbert, Robert, 182, 230, 447,
475, 478, 1023, 1028, 1030,
1008, 1136, 1130.
Sara, 562.
Zacharias, Zacharyas, Zachs,
240, 250, 475, 480, 402, 518,
053, 1006, 1120, 1124, 1133.
Sip, Ziph, Sippe, Sipp, Siph, Antje,
Antie, Anatje, 334, 406, 063,
1058.
Catlyntje, 380.
Qaes Ariaenszen, 643.
Comelis, Cornelius, 406, 410,
446 1088.
Gerrit,'Garrit, 477, 1003.
Helena, 064.
Ide, 334, 300, 446, 056, 1140.
Tan, John, 80, 235, 570.
Tenneke, 502.
Margrietje, 013.
Neeltje Ariaans, 110.
Slot, Eva, Evertie, 243, 286, 088.
Lea, 483.
Smeeman, Hermen, 12.
Smith, Smit, Jacobus, Kobis, 377,
617.
Maria, 885.
Margen, Maigon, Morgen, 253,
271,206.
Solders, Solder, Annatie, 471.
Daniel, 404, 470, 471, 472.
Johannis, 404.
Sara, 472.
Spenser, Willem, 0.
Spier, Abraham, 501.
Annatie, Annetje, 254, 005.
Barend, 204, 420.
Catlyna, Catlyntie, Catelyntje,
327, 420, 050.
Geertruy, 327, 362.
Helena, 1070.
Hendrick Jansen, 50.
Johannes, Johannis, 305, 362,
778.
Rachel, 320.
Sytje, 1067.
Stammer, Maria, 644.
Steenhuys, Steenhuyse, Engelbert,
Engelberth, 45, 500.
Stoffels, Annetje, Annatje, 206, 230.
Straat, Grietie, 876.
Rachel, 877.
Stratenmaecker, Straetmaker,
Straetmaecker, Stratemaec-
ker, Straetemaker, Annetje,
863.
Dirck,860.
Gerrit Dirckse, 84.
Tan, 47, 84, 162, 626.
Janneken, 828.
Rachel, 205.
Stuyvesant, Stuyvesants, Stuyver-
sandt, Steuversandt, Stuy-
vesandt, Anna, 603.
Casparus, 462, 527.
Catharina, Catrientie, 538, 1000.
Tenneke, 460.
John, 502.
Ned, 527.
P., 270.
Pieter, 405, 435, 502, 1052, 1140.
Preyntie, ^.
Sara, 462, 473.
Stymmets, Ste3mmetz, Steynmets,
Steymets, Stymets, Styn-
mets, Steymits, Steenmets,
Annetje, 730.
Benjamin, 116.
Casper, 20, 43.
Christoffel, 832.
Gerrit, 02, 06, 08, 136, 244, 702.
Hermanns, 072, 087.
Tannetje, 20, 608.
[o., 150.
[oanna, 175.
[ohannis, Joannes, 200, 721.
Trzelina, 822.
Suxbery, Mosis, 167.
Swoords, John, 516.
Tomis, 516.
BERGEN RECORDS
89
Tades, Thadus, Antje, 914.
Catl3mtje, Catje, Katje, 253,
271, 296.
Talma, Douwen Hennesen, Dotiwe
Hennense, 4, 38, 88, 598.
Harmen Douwenszen, 827.
Teckh, Tomas, 27.
Terhunen, Elizabeth, 1085.
Theunis, Tonise, Teunisen, Dirck,
111.
Dirckje, 607.
Hendrick, 46.
Michiel, 1.
Thomas, Thomassen, Tomasen,
Thomaszen, Thomasen,
Tomassen, Alien, Ariaen,
103, 172, 731.
Cathaiina, 796.
Francyntie, 716.
Frederick, Fredrick, 172, 228,
787.
Jamieken, 849.
Johamies, 749.
Juryaan, Juriaan, Jeuriaen, 65,
138, 691.
Timmer, Timmers, Jan, 666.
Petronella, 667.
Toers, Tours, A., 254.
Anna, Acmatic, 174, 551.
Arent, Arend, 36, 64, 134, 525,
551, 679.
Catheleyntje, Catleyntje, 173,
1051.
Qaes, Claas, Nicolaes, Nicolas,
134, 173, 174, 202, 229, 238,
656, 826. 1105, 1110.
Jacomina, Jacomyntje, 295, 471,
472.
Tan, 236, 791.
Johannes, 86.
Judikje Qaasz, 898.
Lotirus, Lourens, Louwerus,
Laurens, 34, 59, 85, 86, 143,
717.
Pietertje, 945.
Van Ackersloot, Soi)hia, 114.
Van Benthuysen, Pieter, 340.
Van Blerkum, Van Blerekom, Jan
Lubbertsen, 222.
To., Janse, 197.
Madelena, 222.
Van Boskerck, Boskerk, Van Bos-
kerk. Van Boskerke, Bos-
kerck, A., 264.
Andries, 189, 400, 474.
Comelis, 348.
Geertruy, 459.
Jakobus, Jacobus, 417, 458.
Jenneken, 223.
Lourens, 273, 342.
Margrietje, 474.
Pieter, 212, 278, 282, 437.
Rachel, 385.
Sophia, 373.
Van Dam, Jacob, 356.
Nicolas, 354, 355, 356.
Vanderbeek, Saartje, 934.
Van der Bilt, Van de Bilt, Jacob,
493.
Jan Arentse, Jan Aertssen, John,
190, 493, 783.
Vanderhoef , Van der Oef , Van der
Hoef, V. der Hoef, Van der
Hoeven, Gerrit, 503.
Hendrick, Hendrik, 243, 286,
297, 312, 503, 974, 989.
Petrus, 570.
Vander Linden, Van de Linden,
Van Linden, Jan Joosten,
777.
Toost, 57, 647.
Machtelt, 767.
Roelof , 798.
Van der Spinel, Anna, 1077.
Van der Water, Hendrick, 649.
Van Duesen, Hester, 519.
Van Giesen, Van Gyssen, Abraham,
843.
Isack, Isacq, Isaac, Isaacq, 131,
178, 203, 844.
Jacob, 186, 856.
Tohannis, 715.
Magdaleentie Reyniers, 725.
R., 30, 153.
Reynier, 131, 178, 201, 597.
• Sebastian, 820.
Van Glide, Gerrit Gerr., 124.
Van Hoom, Van Hooren, Van Horn,
Van Home, Aagtje, 208.
Anatje, 1055.
Barent, Barend, 385, 403, 533,
543.
Comelis, 486.
Eva, 543.
Helena, 335.
Jacob, 469, 508, 538.
Jan, John, 335, 351, 374, 381,
486, 510, 573, 965, 976, 1138.
Tannetje, 510, 1083.
Margrietje, 351.
Rachel, 508.
Rutger, Rutgert, Rut, 187, 281,
291, 933, 948.
Van Houten, Van Houte, Vanhoute,
Van Houwten, Helmig, Hel-
mich, Hehnic, Helmigh, 237,
380, 396, 1071, 1102, 1107,
1147.
Jannetje, Jenneke, 325, 951,
1024.
Johannis, Johannes, Johs, 431,
463, 949, 950, 1080.
Van Kleedc, Baltus Barents, 90.
Pieter, 90.
Van Laer, Van Laren, Aeltje, 816.
Arien, 14.
Van Namen, Elizabeth, 1020.
90
THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
Van Nes, Van Nest, Van Neste,
G^nitje ComeUs, 102.
Jacomina, 825.
Sara, 867.
Van Oostrum, Van Ostrum, Jan,
776, 813.
Van Reype, Van Rype, Van Reypen,
Van Rypenen, Aeltie, Aaltje,
441, 1092.
Beletje, 510.
Catrientje, 548.
Cornells, 424, 439, 587.
Daniel, 1084.
Dirk, 500.
Gerret, Gerrit. 479, 485, 548,
568.
Tannetje, 563, 568.
tohannes, Johannis, 495, 563.
Margrietje, 548, 485.
Van Rhenen, Van Reenen, Gerrit,
69, 696.
Hendrick, 61.
Van Rossen, Jan, 104.
Van Vechten, Van Vegten, Neeltje,
281, 932.
Van Vleck, Isaac, 642.
M a^daleen, 604.
Tieleman, 595.
Van Vorst, Van de Vorst, Van
Voorst, Van de Voorst, Van
de Voors, Van der Vorst,
Annetje, 160, 671.
Claasje, 457.
Cornells, Comelus, 106, 214,
269, 392, 397, 457, 586, 833,
1054, 1075, 1111.
Hillegont, 214.
Ide, 71, 194, 654.
Johanna Idens, 795.
Johannis, 397.
Marytje, 1003.
Pietertje, 299, 734.
Van Waert, Abraham, 498.
Betsie, 498.
Van Wagenen, Van W^ene, V.
Wagenen, Van Wagening,
Van Waagening, Van
Wageninge, Aaltje, 365.
Antie, Annatie, Annaatje,
Annetje, 284, 285, 465, 512,
555, 1009.
Catlyntje, Catleyntie, Catlyn-
tie, 325, 479, 509.
Comelis, 330, 1027.
PeytjcGem'ts 269.
Gerrit, 260, 283.
Helmich, Hehnig, 313, 330, 999.
Jacob, Jacop, 325, 476, 481, 496,
512, 559, 957, 1022, 1025,
1126, 1131, 1141.
Johannis, Johannes, 283, 368,
372, 509, 1073, 1101, 1108,
1148, 1154.
Lea, 481, 962.
Martje, 332.
Neestje, 1074.
Van Windcel, Van Winkel, Van
Winkele, Van Winkdes,
Aaltje, Altje, 289, 992.
Abraham, 578.
Annetje, Annatje, 702, 1011.
Daniel, 205, 375, 441, 928, 937,
1091, 1156.
Geertruy, 276, 998.
Hendrik, Hendrick, Henderik,
287, 419, 958, 1099, 1123,
1129.
Jacob, 129, 204, 231, 259, 413,
450, 451, 468, 487, 583, 593,
713, 890, 1065.
Tannetje, 432.
Joseph, 287, 468.
Lea, 487.
Margrieta, 360.
Rachel, 451, 1005.
Samuel, 358.
Simon Jacobszen, 722.
Walter, 578.
Van Woert, Sara, 558.
Van Wykensloot, Sofia, 217.
Van Zuure, Van Zuuren, Casparus,
Casperus, 770, 780.
Veeder, Comelis, 407.
Harmanis, Hermanns, 407, 425,
1061.
Jacob, 425.
Verleth, Nicolaes, 594.
Vermeulen, Grietie, 650.
Verwey, Verwy, Cornelis, Corn, 771,
779.
Vliereboom, Geertruy, 387.
Vrederyks, Christyntje, 897.
Vreeland, Vrelant, Vreelant, Vree-
landt, Vreland, Aagtje,
Aegje, 207, 512.
Annatie, 576.
Ariaantje, Arjaantje, 146, 250.
Beeltje, 1089.
Benjamin, 277.
Claes, 156, 389.
Comelis, 592.
Effitje, 1072.
Elisabeth, 428, 587.
Elyas, Elias, 11, 39, 319.
Enoch, Enog, Henoch, 60, 95,
149, 208, 232, 277, 1079.
Gerrit, 336, 565, 575, 576.
Helena, 463, 950.
Hertman, Hartman, 107, 125,
198, 1015, 1017.
Jacob Enogsen, 255.
Jannitje, Jannetje, 111, 416, 936,
980, 1049.
Johannes, Johannis, Jo., 66, 97,
213, 226, 346, 539, 547, 560,
978, 983.
BERGEN RECORDS
91
Joris, 284, 286, 317, 330, 361,
655, 575, 1000, 1010, 1097,
1125, 1137.
Klaasie, 318.
Michiel, Machiel, Michl., 126,
147. 213, 245, 252, 414, 428,
939, 962, 964, 971, 1096,
1121, 1128.
Piyntie Machielsen, 221.
Seitje, Feytje, (both a modifica-
tion of Sophia), 213, 273.
Tryntje, 887.
Vrielinghuyse, Aimatie, 467.
Ferdinandua, 444.
Waldron, Walderon, Walderom,
Antie, 371.
Cathanna, 967.
Geertruy, 420.
Joseph, 398, 420, 430, 632, 1117.
Wrings, Ariaentje, 610.
Walters, Catharina, 883.
Ward, Polly, 443.
Wamarts, Waemaers, MarKrietie,
718.
Willempie, 148.
Wessds, Gnetje, 149.
Westervelt, Susanna, 683.
Wiggertazen, Hessel, 730.
Winckel, , 300.
Winae, Winnig, Winnen, Wennen,
Antje, 1029.
Claesje, Claasie, 588, 1031.
Ide, 412.
Jannetje, 401.
ohannis, Joan;
1103, 1115.
L«vinus, Lavynus, Laviaus, 3J
412. 1057, 1136, 1160.
Marte, 279, 970, 981.
Marytje, 1058.
With, James, 379.
York, Jan, 350.
, Jdin, 440,
• proof of thoiB rvoordi
J^r/^y4^(l.
CONSTirUT ION
Adopted April jo, i88s^
As Amended April d, igii.
Article I.
Name.
Section i. This organization shall be called
THE HOLLAND SOCIETY OF NEW YORK.
Article H.
Object.
The object of the Society shall be:
First. To collect and preserve information respect-
ing the early history and settlement of the City and
State of New York by the Dutch, and to discover,
collect, and preserve all still existing documents, etc.,
relating to their genealogy and history.
Second. To perpetuate the memory and foster
and promote the principles and virtues of the Dutch
ancestors of its members, and to promote social inter-
course among the latter.
Third. To gather by degrees a library for the use
of the Society, composed of all obtainable books, mono-
graphs, pamphlets, manuscripts, etc., relating to the
Dutch in America.
Fourth. To cause statedly to be prepared and
read before the Society, papers, essays, etc., on ques-
tions in the history or genealogy of the Dutch in
America.
Fifth. To cause to be prepared and published
when the requisite materials have been discovered and
procured, collections for a memorial history of the
Dutch
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Dutch in America, wherein shall be particulariy set
forth the part belonging to that element in the
growth and development of American character, in-
stitutions, and progress.
Article III.
Members.
Section I. No one shall be eligible as a member
unless he be of full age, of respectable standing in
society, of good moral character, and the descendant
in the direct male line of a Dutchman who was a native
or resident of New York or of the American colonies
prior to the year 1675. This shall include those of
other former nationalities who found in Holland a
refuge or a home, and whose descendants in the male
line came to this country as Dutch settlers, speaking
Dutch as their native tongue. This shall also include
descendants in the male line of Dutch settlers who were
born within the limits of Dutch settlements, and the
descendants in the male line of persons who possessed
the right of Dutch citizenship within Dutch settle-
ments in America, prior to the year 1675; ^Iso of any
descendant in the direct male line of a Dutchman, one
of whose descendants became a member of this Society
prior to June 16, 1886.
So long as there are one thousand members of the
Society no further elections to membership shall be
held, but candidates for admission shall be placed in
order upon a waiting list; provided^ however, that this
restriction shall not prevent the immediate election
of any candidate who is the descendant of a present
or former member of the Society.
Article IV.
Officers.
Section i. A President, Vice-Presidents as pro-
vided in the By-Laws, a Recording Secretary, a Cor-
responding Secretary and a Treasurer shall be chosen
at each annual meeting and shall hold office for one
year
CONSTITUTION 95
year and until their successors are elected. There shall
also be chosen from its members twenty Trustees.
Those elected at the first election shall divide them-
selves into four classes of five each; one class to hold
office one year, the second class for two years, the third
class for three years, and the fourth class for four years,
next thereafter. At each annual meeting thereafter
there shall be chosen five Trustees to fill the place of
the class whose term will then expire. The offices of
Secretary and Treasurer may be filled by one person.
If one who is not a Trustee should be elected Presi-
dent, Recording Secretary or Treasurer, he shall be
ex-officio a member of the Board of Trustees during
his term of office.
Section 2. All elections shall be by ballot, under
the direction of inspectors, to be appointed by the
President, and a plurality of votes shall elect.
Article V.
Powers and Duties of Officers.
Section i. The President of the Society, and in
his absence the Vice-President for New York County,
shall authorize the call for all meetings of the Trustees,
and of the Society, and appoint the place of each meet-
ing, and shall exercise the usual functions of a presiding
officer.
Vice-Presidents shall, as far as possible, keep in
touch with the members resident in their several
counties and stimulate their interest in the affairs of
the Society. On the occasion of the death of any mem-
ber, the Vice-President for the county in which such
member has resided shall represent the Society and
procure the necessary material for an appropriate
memorial sketch to be inserted in the Year Book.
Section 2. The Recording Secretary shall make
and keep a true record of all meetings of the Trustees,
and of the Society, and of all Standing Committees;
he shall also act as Librarian and Curator and shall
have the custody of the Constitution and By-Laws, the
Corporate
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Corporate Seal, and all books, pamphlets, manuscripts
and personal articles belonging to the Society.
The Corresponding Secretary shall notify each
Trustee of all meetings of the Trustees, and each mem-
ber of all meetings of the Society; issue all other
authorized notices to members, distribute all books,
pamphlets, souvenirs and other matter, authorized by
the Trustees, and conduct the correspondence of the
Society.
Section 3. The Treasurer shall collect, and under
the direction of the Trustees disburse, the funds of the
Society, and shall keep regular accounts thereof, which
shall be subject to the examination of the President
and Trustees. He shall submit a statement thereof
to the Trustees at each regular meeting.
Section 4. The Trustees shall have general charge
of the affairs, funds, and property of the Society. It
shall be their duty to carry out the objects and pur-
poses thereof; and to this end may exercise all the
powers of the Society, subject to the Constitution, and
to such action as the Society may take at its special
or stated meetings.
Section 5. The Trustees shall have power to fill
any vacancy which may occur from death or resigna-
tion among the officers of the Society, for the unexpired
term of office vacated. Absence from three consecu-
tive stated meetings of the trustees, without satis-
factory explanation or excuse, shall be deemed equiv-
alent to resignation and may be acted upon accordingly.
Section 6. The Trustees shall cause to be prepared
annually a detailed statement of the financial condi-
tion of the Society, showing its receipts and expendi-
tures for the current year, the number of members,
and other matters of general interest to the Society, and
a statement thereof shall be printed and a copy sent
to each member ten days previous to the annual
meeting.
Section 7. The Trustees shall, from time to time,
make by-laws, rules and regulations, and appoint
standing
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Standing committees and sub-committees on matters
not herein determined.
Article VI.
Membership.
Section i. Candidates for admission must be pro-
posed by one member and seconded by another, and
the member proposing a candidate shall state in writ-
ing the name of the person proposed, his occupation,
place of residence, and his qualifications for member-
ship.
Section 2. The name of every candidate, with
those of his proposers, shall be sent to the Correspond-
ing Secretary at least fifteen days, and by him sent to
each Trustee at least ten days, before he is balloted
for. Members shall be chosen by the Trustees, and
no candidate for membership shall be elected unless
he receive an aflirmative vote of four-fifths of the
Trustees present, and in every instance two blackballs
shall exclude.
Section 3 . Any Trustee may, at the same meeting,
move the reconsideration of a vote, either of admission
or exclusion; but after an adjoumment no rejected
candidate shall be eligible for six months thereafter.
Section 4. The admission fee shall be five dollars.
The annual dues shall be five dollars, payable in ad-
vance on the first day of February in each year, or, in
the case of newly elected members, upon notice of elec-
tion. By the payment of ninety-five dollars at one
time a member not in arrears may exempt himself from
further payment of annual dues. The Trustees shall
have power to increase each of said amounts from time
to time, but not to a sum greater than one hundred
dollars for the admission fee, and ten dollars for the
annual subscription.
Section 5. Every person elected to membership,
as a condition thereof, shall, within thirty days after
being notified, pay to the Treasurer the amount of the
admission
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admission fee and sign the Constitution; the Trustees
may extend the time for the latter in special cases.
Section 6. Should any member neglect to pay
his annual subscription within six months of the time
when it is due, his name shall be dropped from the roll
of the Society, unless for any good and sufficient excuse
the Trustees shall vote to remit or suspend such penalty.
Section 7. The Trustees shall have power, by a
vote of a majority of its members, to suspend or forfeit
the membership of any member of the Society for con-
duct on his part likely, in the opinion of the Trustees,
to endanger the welfare, interest, or character of the
Society, an opportunity being first given such member
to be heard before the Trustees in his defence.
Section 8. Any person who shall cease to be a
member of the Society shall forfeit all right or interest
in the property of the Society.
Article VII.
Meetings.
Section i. The annual meeting of the Society
shall be held on April 6th, the anniversary of the day
when, in a.d. 1566, the Dutch combined against
tyranny and adopted the badge which is now the badge
of this Society. Should such date fall on Saturday or
Sunday, the annual meeting shall be held on the Mon-
day following.
Section 2. No special meeting of the Society shall
be called at any time except by order of the President,
with the approval of three Trustees, or by the Corre-
sponding Secretary whenever the President shall be
thereunto requested in writing by twelve members,
setting forth the purpose of such meeting. At any
such special meeting no business other than that speci-
fied in the call shall be considered, except by unanimous
consent. At least ten days' notice shall be given to the
members of all meetings of the Society.
Section
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Section 3. The Trastees shall hold four regular
meetings each year at such times as may be provided
in the By-Laws.
Article VIII.
Notices.
Section i. All notices shall be sent to such address
as shall be left with the Corresponding Secretary. If
no address be so given, such notices shall be sufHcient
if addressed to the member at his last known place of
residence.
Article IX.
Amendments to the Constitution.
Section i. To amend the Constitution, an affirma-
tive vote of two-thirds of the members present at a
general or special meeting shall be requisite, but no
amendment shall be made except upon the recommenda-
tion of the Board of Trustees, or upon the written
request of at least fifteen members of the Society, and
after the mailing to each member notice of any pro-
posed amendment at least ten days before the meeting
at which it is intended to be acted upon.
BY-LAWS
BY-LAWS OF THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
As Amended March 12, 1914.
I. Order of Business.
At all meetings of the Society, the order of business
shall be as follows:
1. Reading the minutes of the previous meeting.
2. Reports of officers.
3. Election of officers.
4. Reports of committees.
5. Miscellaneous business.
6. Adjournment.
2. Meetings of Trustees.
The Trustees shall hold stated meetings on the second
Thursday of each March, June, October and December.
Special meetings of the Trustees may be called by
order of the President, or, in his absence, by the Vice-
President for New York County.
3. Proof of Descent.
Before being voted upon for membership, each
candidate shall furnish satisfactory proof of his pedigree
to the Committee on Genealogy, who shall report
thereon to the Board of Trustees.
4. Annual Meeting.
The annual meeting of the Society shall be held on
the day specified in the Constitution (at such place
and hour as the President shall appoint), and at least
ten days' notice of the same shall be sent to each mem-
ber by the Corresponding Secretary.
5. Nominating Committee.
The Trustees shall, at least sixty days before any
annual meeting, elect a committee who shall nominate
a ticket
BY-'LAWS lOI
a ticket to be voted for at the annual election, and a list
of the nominations shall be sent to each member of the
Society at least ten days before the annual meeting.
The Vice-Presidents shall be promptly notified of the
election of the Nominating Committee and requested
to obtain suggestions of the names, desired by the
members of each locality for nomination as Vice-
Presidents, and to forward same to the Recording
Secretary.
6. Committees and Appointment.
All standing committees and sub-committees shall
be appointed by the President or other chairman of the
meeting, unless specially named in the resolution creat-
ing the committee, and the gentleman first named shall
be Chairman of each committee. The standing com-
mittees shall be on Finance, on Genealogy, and on
History and Tradition.
7. Committee on Finance.
The Committee on Finance shall consist of three
members, and shall, at least once in each year, and
oftener if they choose, audit the accounts and vouchers
of the Treasurer of this Society and report upon the
same at the annual meeting of the Society, and oftener
to the Board of Trustees as they may see fit, or as the
latter may order.
8. Committee on Genealogy.
It shall be the duty of the Committee on Genealogy
to report to the Trustees upon the genealogy of candi-
dates that may be submitted to them, and to collect
and preserve, in accordance with the Constitution of
this Society, information and documents relating to
the genealogy of the members of this Society and of
the Dutch settlers of New York and of the American
colonies, and said committee ma]r expend the funds
of this Society for that purpose. But not to exceed a
total amount of twenty-five dollars in any one quarter
of a year, unless especially authorized by the Trustees.
Said committee shall consist of three members.
9. Committee
i02 the holland society
9. Committee on History and Tradition.
It shall be the duty of the Committee on History
and Tradition to collect and preserve, in accordance
with the Constitution of this Society, information,
documents, books, and monuments relating to the
history and tradition of the ancestry of the members of
this Society, and of the Dutch settlers of New York
and of the American colonies, and to print and publish
the same, and papers and essays relating to the same,
copyrighting original publications for the benefit of
this Society; and said committee may expend the
funds of this Society for that purpose, but not to exceed
a total amount of one hundred dollars in any one quarter
of a year, unless especially authorized by the Trustees.
Said committee shall consist of three members.
10. Special Appropriation of Funds.
A. All initiation fees received for this Society,
together with ten per cent, of the amounts annually
received for dues of this Society, shall be, and they
hereby are, appropriated for a special fund, which,
with such gifts and additions as may be made thereto,
is hereby set apart as the building fund, to be applied
to the erection of a suitable, and if possible a self-
supporting building, as the future home of this
Society; but such fund, or parts thereof may, from time
to time, be otherwise appropriated by the Board of
Trustees.
B. Ten per cent, of the amount annually received
for dues of this Society shall be, and they hereby are,
appropriated to a special fund, which, with such gifts
and additions as may be made thereto, is hereby set
apart as a fund to be applied to the publication, in
accordance with the Constitution of this Society, of a
memorial history of the Dutch in America, such history
to be copyrighted for the benefit of this Society, and
to be prepared and published under the direction of
the Committee on History and Tradition; but such
fund, or parts thereof, may, from time to time, be
otherwise appropriated by the Board of Trustees.
II. Centers
II. Centers Entitled to a Vice-President.
Any county in which there may be ten resident
members of the Society shall be entitled to a Vice-
President in the Society. There may be also a Vice-
President for the United States Army and one for the
United States Navy. The Trustees may elect tempo-
rary Vice-Presidents for other localities, appropriately
delimited and containing ten members or more, and
may recommend the election of regular Vice-Presidents
for these localities at the next annual meeting.
12. ' Amendment.
These By-Laws can be altered, amended, or abro-
gated only at a stated meeting of the Trustees, or at
a meeting specially called for that purpose, and upon
a notice of ten days to each Trustee by the Corre-
sponding Secretary, informing him of the proposed
alteration, amendment, or abrogation, and then only
upon the affirmative vote of a majority of members
present. Provided, however, that each meeting may
regulate and control its order of business.
BADGE
BJDGE OF
THE HOLLAND SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
ADOPTED MARCH 30, zSSj
The most significant medal, from an historical point
of view, which was ever struck in Holland, is the so-
called "Beggars* Medal." It is the memorial of the
very first steps of that march toward civil and religious
liberty in which the men of the Netherlands, after
heroic struggles, finally led the world. And, therefore,
it is a most appropriate token for us to wear, who have
received in largest measure, in this New Republic, the
benefits of the noble conflict of our Dutch forefathers.
In Bizot's Medallic History of the Republic of Holland,
published at Amsterdam in 1690, the place of honor is
given to this famous "Geuzenpenning." The following
description of its origin is translated from that work,
with a few additions from the accounts given by Prof.
J.W.Kitchin,ofOxford.
"In the year 1565, immediately after the decrees of
the Council of Trent were promulgated, Philip 11.
determined to put them in force throughout his do-
minions. Accordingly, he now made a more vehement
attack
BADGE OF THE SOCIETY 105
attack upon the reformers; and then it was, in 1566,
that the Netherland nobles, led by Count Brederode,
signed the famous * Compromise/ with which the open
rebellion of the provinces begins. Margaret of Parma
was Philip's regent in the Low Countries. Before her
Brederode appeared with the Protest against the
Inquisition and other innovations which the King pro-
posed to introduce into Holland. He was accompanied
by three hundred noblemen, who had bound themselves
together for the preservation of the Liberties of the
Provinces. The Duchess of Parma appeared to be
much disturbed at the sight of such a multitude of
noble remonstrants, but the Count of Barlemont, who
stood beside her, begged her not to be alarmed, *For,'
said he, in French, *they are only beggars.'
"The next day, the 6th of April, 1566, as the con-
federates were sitting together at dinner, and talking
of a name for their new party, they remembered
Barlemont's sneer, and cried out, * Vivent Us GueuxP —
* Hurrah for the Beggars!' When dinner was over,
Brederode, having hung a beggar's wallet around his
neck, filled a wooden bowl with wine and drank the
health of the company, declaring that, for his part, he
was ready to sacrifice life, property, everything, in
defence of his country's freedom. The room rang with
applause, — * Hurrah for the Beggars 1' The cup was
passed from hand to hand. Every man drank the
same toast and made the same pledge of devotion.
And thus it was that the name of the GueuXy or Beggars,
which has become famous throughout Europe, had its
origin at a social feast; for it often happens that the
most important and serious affairs begin amid jests
and laughter.
" Soon afterward the men of the new Party appeared
at Brussels, dressed in coarse gray cloth, with wooden
cups attached to their belts, and with this medal
HANGING ABOUT THEIR NECKS."
One of these medals was worn by William of Orange
at the time of his assassination.
The following is the description, translated by the
first Secretary of the Society, Mr. Geo. W. Van Siclen,
from Van Loon's Nederlandsche Penningen.
"The
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"The nobles assembled several times in different
places to find methods to protect the liberties of their
country from the perils which menaced them from all
sides. Those who showed themselves most zealous
and most ardent upon these occasions were Henry of
Brederode; Louis of Nassau, brother of the Prince of
Orange; Florent of Pallant, Count of Culemburg;
and William, Count of Bergen. They pushed the aflFair
so far that meetings were held, first at Breda, and
afterward at Hoogstraten.
"At the latter place several discontented nobles pro-
jected an alliance, which, going from hand to hand,
was in a short time accepted and signed by more than
four hundred persons, all of whom promised to be in
Brussels on a certain day. To give greater eclat to this
league, Henry of Brederode, as chief of the confederates,
found it convenient to make his entry into that city
on the 3d of April, a. d. 1566, accompanied by Count
Louis of Nassau and many nobles, followed by a great
number of servants. The fourth day of that month
was employed in preparations and in awaiting the
Counts of Bergen and of Culemburg. Although on the
following day these lords had not yet arrived, the con-
federates did not delay in demanding an audience.
It was granted to them, and the Princess-Regent
appointed the hour of noon to avoid the tumultuous
concourse of the populace.
"The time named being near, Brederode and Count
Louis were seen to leave the residence of Culemburg
and to walk with a decent gravity toward the court,
preceded by more than three hundred gentlemen, of
whom they themselves formed the last rank. When
they arrived before the Duchess, Brederode spoke for
all, and, having finished his harangue, he presented to
Her Highness a petition signed in the name of all that
illustrious troop. In this petition, after having repre-
sented their obedience and their fidelity to the King,
they declared that, notwithstanding the hatred that
their procedure would very likely draw upon them,
they would risk, in the service of the King, showing to
Her Highness the dangerous condition of affairs, and
warning her, if the protection of the Inquisition were
continued,
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107
continued, of the terrible consequences which they
foresaw would shake the State to its foundations. They
demanded, secondly, that the edict of the King relat-
ing to the Inquisition, and relating to religion in gen-
eral, be reformed by the Assembly of the States-
General, and that, while awaiting this, the execution of
this edict should be suspended, as a protection against
the sad evils of which it was already, and of which it
would be more and more, the fertile source.
"The Regent, hiding as well as possible the uneasi-
ness and indignation which this affair caused her,
received the petition, and replied to the supplicants
that she would examine into their demands with the
Lords of the Council, and that in a short time she would
let them know her decision. With this response, the
confederate lords returned to Culemburg's residence
in the same order and with the same gravity with
which they had left it.
"After the Regent had deliberated on the petition
of the nobles, that Princess replied the following day
in writing that she would represent to the King their
first demand in the most favorable manner possible,
but that she was obliged to refuse absolutely the second,
because the matter was not in her power.
"While this affair was thus treated at the palace of
the Princess, the populace insulted the confederate
nobles by the opprobrious epithet of Gueux^ which
those who understood French badly changed into
Geuzerij which afterward became very common as the
name of a party or sect. Others say that the author
of the sobriquet was the Baron of Barlemont, who,
seeing the Regent surprised at the sight of so many
nobles, tried to encourage her by saying, ^Ce ne sont
que des gueux.^ However that may be, this name was
received by the nobles as a precious epithet, and soon
became the most honorable title of that illustrious
league.
"The 6th of April, Brederode, being at dinner with
other lords of his party at Culemburg's, put around his
neck a wallet, and filling with wine a wooden cup, like
that worn by the beggars, made all the guests follow
his example. He declared to them at the same time
that,
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that, while always remaining faithful to his King, not
only would he risk everything in defence of the liberties
of the country, although he might be reduced to carry-
ing a wallet, but he was even ready to give up his life
in so good a cause. All those who were at the feast,
having in turn taken the wallet and the cup, made the
same declaration one after the other, in the midst of a
continual cry of * Vivent les GueiixP
"Several of these nobles appeared the next day in
the streets dressed in gray frieze, and carrying at the
girdle, as a badge of honor, a small wallet and a little
wooden cup or calabash.
"Then (a.d. 1566), as now (a.d. 1732), the wooden
bowl was in Brabant, like the wallet, a distinctive mark,
and, so to speak, a livery of beggars. Furnished with
this necessary utensil of their profession, they went
certain days of the week to the cloisters, where, after
having taken part in the catechising, they each re-
ceived, according as he had answered well or badly, a
portion of soup left over by the monks.
"It was by this low and despised method that the
Professor, Thomas Stapleton, was able to reach the
highest degree of erudition, notwithstanding his poverty
and low birth. Sure, thanks to his porringer, of victuals
which were absolutely necessary to him, he applied
himself first to the languages, and afterwards to the
higher sciences, with such success that he was honored
with the most distinguished professorship in the Uni-
versity of Louvain. He never forgot his porringer. In
the feasts which they gave when he was elevated to
this important charge, not only did he then cause the
first toast to be drunk in that cup, then ornamented
with a foot of silver, but he desired that after his death
it should be added to the rich ornaments of his marble
tomb, as an example and as a beacon for other distin-
guished men of genius, the meanness of whose extrac-
tion might seem to condemn them to darkness.
"The reader must pardon me this digression, which
I would not have made but from the same motive
which caused this great man to parade his beggar's
bowl.
"The gourd or bottle had its origin from the usage
made
BADGE OF THE SOCIETY
109
made of it by the pilgrims — ^that class of people who,
to perform a penance or to fulfil certain vows, under-
take a journey to the distant shrine of some saint, like
that of St. James in Spain or of Loretto in Italy. They
are obliged to go there begging by the way, and they
carry this bottle-gourd, or calabash, attached to the
girdle, for the purpose of carrying water for their use
when they have to traverse dry and arid parts of the
country. For this reason these allied nobles made use
both of the porringer and the wallet as an emblem of
poverty, and to turn into pleasantry the name of
beggars, which had been given to them with so much
indignity. This is not all. These lords, wishing to
engrave on each other's memory the vow which each
had made to defend the privileges of the country, even
to carry the wallet, took pride in wearing on the breast
certain medals attached to ribbons, and very often
joined with a porringer and a gourd."
The form adopted by The Holland Society is a fac-
simile of the one to which are attached two such por-
ringers and a gourd or bottle, and shows on its face the
armed bust of Philip II. of Spain, with the first half
of the motto, " en tout fidelles au roy," and on the
reverse two wallets, between the straps of which are
two hands joined, with the remainder of the motto,
"jusQUES A PORTER LA BESACE," together with the
date, 1566, the figures of which are, however, separated,
one in each comer formed by the crossed hands and
wallets.
Plaster casts of originals of various sizes, in the
Musuem of Antiquities in Amsterdam, were kindly
presented to the Society by Dr. T. H. Blom Coster,
physician to the Queen of the Netherlands.
The die, which has been cut by TiflFany & Co., is the
property of the Society. The medals, including the
cups, the flagon, the orange ribbon, and the pin, can
be furnished in silver for six dollars ($6) each. They
can also be supplied in gold for twenty-eight dollars
($28) each. Members can obtain orders from the
Secretary and therewith be furnished with the Badge
by addressing Tiffany & Co.
THE
no THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
THE SOCIETY BUTTON
At the annual meeting of the society, April 6, 1897,
the society adopted a button, to be worn on occa-
sions when the wearing of the other insignia might
be deemed inappropriate.
This consists of a shield of gold one-half inch high
bearing the Lion of Holland in red enamel. Members
can obtain them of the Bailey, Banks & Biddle Co.,
comer of Chestnut and 12th Streets, Philadelphia,
Pa., in silver gilt at one dollar each, or in 14 k. gold
at two dollars and seventy-five cents each.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE AND LIBRARY OF THE SOCIETY,
90 West Street, Room 1311, New York City.
Phone 4139 Rector.
ADDITIONS
ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY AND COL-
LECTIONS
To February i, 1915
BOOKS BY GIFT AND EXCHANGE
From the American Historical Association :
Annual Report for Year 1912.
From Benjamin Myer Brink:
Olde Ulster, Volume X, 1914.
From The John Crerar Library:
Nineteenth Annual Report, 1913.
From Louis P. de Boer:
Catalogus van Boeken in Noord-Nederland
verschenen van den vroegsten tyd tot op heden.
M. Nyhoff, 191 1.
From Emily J. de Forest:
"A Walloon Family in America."
From De Kamer van Koophandel & Fabrieken te
Rotterdam:
Jaarverslag, 1913.
112 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
From Empire State Society, Sons of the American
Revolution :
Year Book, 1914-
From Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio:
Quarterly Publication, 1914.
From The Historical Society of Pennsylvania :
The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biog-
raphy, 19 14.
From Interstate Commerce Commission:
Twenty-seventh Annual Report, 1913.
From Captain Cleveland Coxe Lansing:
Deed to Property in Amsterdam, Republic of Batavia
dated July 18, 1806. William Willink to Nathan
Norton.
Mortgage dated August 26, 181 1. Property in New
York. Jacob Halsey and Ann, his wife, to William
Post and Gerardus Post.
From Maatschappij tot nut van't Algemeen :
Mededeelingen der Maatschappy tot Nut van't
Algemeen. 1914-1915. No. i.
From the Mattatuck Historical Society:
Handbook Number One, 1914.
The President's Annual Address.
From New Hampshire Historical Society:
Reverend John Tucke, 1 702-1 773.
Manual, 1914.
ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY II3
From New Haven Colony Historical Society :
Papers, Volume VHI.
From New Jersey Historical Society :
Proceedings, 1913-1914.
From New York Genealogical and Biographical Society :
The Record, Volume XLV, 1914.
From The New York Historical Society :
Collections, 1910-1911; N. Y. Tax Lists, Vols. I
and n.
Collections, 1912-1913.
The Treaty of Ghent, by W. M. Sloane, LL.D.
From the New York Society Library:
List of Shareholders and Officers, 1914.
From New York State Historical Association :
Volume Xn, Proceedings.
From The Pennsylvania Society :
Year Book, 19 14.
The Sixteenth Annual Dinner, 1914.
From Rutgers College:
The John Bogart Letters, 1 776-1 782.
From St. Nicholas Society:
Portraits of Presidents of the Society, 183 5-1 9 14.
From St. Nicholas Society of Nassau Island :
Biographies and Sketches, 1914.
114 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
From Society of Colonial Wars :
Year Book, 1913-1914.
From The Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick:
One Hundred and Thirtieth Anniversary, 1914.
From Society of Mayflower Descendants :
The First Book of the Society, 1896.
The Second Book of the Society, 1900.
The General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1901.
Constitution and By-Laws, Officers and Members.
Bulletin No. 2, 1906.
Bulletin No. 3, 1907.
From the Society of Pennsylvania Women in New York :
Manual, 1914.
From State Historical Society of Iowa :
One Hundred Topics in Iowa History.
Iowa Journal of History and Politics, 1914.
From James Noyes States :
Genealogy of the States Family.
From Union Club:
Year Book, 19 14.
From The Union League Club :
Year Book, 19 14.
From The University Club :
Annual, 19 14.
ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY IIS
From The University of Tennessee:
Register, 1913-1914.
Announcement, 1914-1915.
From The Western Reserve Historical Society:
Catalog of Charles C. King Collection of Books on
Costume, Tract No. 93.
GIFTS TO THE MUSEUM
From Nicholas Garretson Vreeland: Six wax impres-
sions from the original seals of the town of Bergen
op. Zoom, and one wax impression from the original
seal of the town of 'sHeerabtskerke, C. A.
^^'^i^hcuP^tU-^J^L.^.t^^
FORMER OFFICERS II7
PRESIDENTS
ELECTED
Hooper C. Van Vorst 1885
Robert Barnwell Roosevelt 1890
George M. Van Hoesen 1891
Augustus Van Wyck 1892
James William Beekman 1893
Warner Van Norden 1894
D. B, St. John Roosa 1895
Charles H. Truax 1896
John W. Vrooman 1897
Robert A. Van Wyck 1898
Tunis G. Bergen 1899
Henry Van Dyke 1900
John H. Starin 1901
George G. De Witt 1902
Theodore M. Banta 1903
Albert Vander Veer 1904
Garret J. Garretson 1905
John R. Van Wormer 1906
Frank Hasbrouck 1907
Evert Jansen Wendell 1908
Henry S. Van Duzer 1909
Alphonso T. Clearwater 1910
Samuel Verplanck Hoffman 1911
Henry Lawrence Bogert 1912
WiLLDiM Leverich Brower 1913
ACTIVE COUNTIES
VICE-PRESIDENTS
for new york
Robert Barnwell Roosevelt 1885
Maus Rosa Vedder 1890
Charles H. Truax 1891
Warner Van Norden 1892
Charles H. Truax 1894
Samuel D. Coykendall 1896
Tunis G. Bergen 1898
Lucas L. Van Allen 1899
John L. Riker 1901
Samuel Verplanck Hoffman 1906
Il8 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
ELECTED
William Leverich Brower 1911
Gerard Beekman 1913
for kings county, n. y.
Adrian Van Sinderen 1885
Augustus Van Wyck 1887
Tunis G. Bergen 1888
Harmanus Barkaloo Hubbard 1890
JuDAH Back Voorhees 1891
Delavan Bloodgood 1893
William C. De Witt 1895
Delavan Bloodgood 1896
Peter Wyckoff 1897
Silas B. Dutcher 1906
Edward J. Bergen 1909
Albert Van Brunt Voorhees, Jr 191 1
ohn Lott Nostrand 1913
OHN Van Vorst Booraem 1914
FOR QUEENS COUNTY, N. Y.
John E. Van Nostrand (for Newtown) 1886
Andrew J. Onderdonk (for North Hempstead) . . 1890
Henry A. Bogert 1894
John H. Prall 1904
WiLLDiM F. Wyckoff 1909
James Cornell Van Siclen 1913
for westchester county, n. y.
Charles Knapp Clearwater 1886
William L, Heermance 1889
EzEKiEL Jan Elting 1891
William L. Heermance 1892
Charles H. Roosevelt 1892
David Cole 1893
Harris E. Adriance 1894
John R. Hegeman 1896
WihJAAM L. Heermance 1898
Charles R. Dusenberry 1900
Peter J. Elting 1902
Joseph Hasbrouck, M.D 1904
FORMER OFFICERS II9
ELECTED
Eugene Elsworth 1906
John B. Koxjwenhoven 1909
Charles Dusenberry, Jr 1911
Elias Warner Dusenberry 1913
for dutchess county, n. y.
Frank Hasbrouck 1887
Edward Elsworth 1894
Rev. a. p. Van Gieson '. 1905
Irving Elting 1907
Martin Heermance 1909
J. Wilson Poucher 191 1
I. Reynolds Adriance 1913
for ulster county, n. y.
Alphonso Trumpbour Clearwater 1885
Samuel Decker Coykendall 1888
Augustus Schoonmaker 1891
Elijah Du Bois 1894
Augustus H. Bruyn 1895
Charles Burhans 1898
acob Le Fevre 1901
ESSE Elting 1903
Hyman Roosa, M.D 1904
Charles C. Ten Broeck 1906
Alphonso Trumpbour Clearwater 1908
Philip Elting 1909
De Witt Roosa 1910
Gilbert D. B. Hasbrouck 1913
for albany county, n. y.
Albert Vander Veer, M.D 1886
Thomas J. Van Alstyne 1901
Robert C. Pruyn 1904
J. TowNSEND Lansing 1906
William B. Elmendorf 1907
Edmund Niles Huyck 1912
Charles Visscher Winne 1913
James N. Vander Veer 1914
I20
THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
FOR SCHENECTADY COUNTY, N. Y.
ELECTED
James Albert Van Voast 1886
Giles Yates Van Der Bogert 1890
OHN Livingston Swits 1893
AMES Albert Van Voast 1895
Thomas L. Barhydt 1896
James R. Truax 1901
Charles C. Duryee 1907
Horace Silliman Van Voast 1912
central new YORK*
Formerly Onondaga County, N. Y, — 1901 to 1913
William H. Blauvelt 1913
Edward J. Wynkoop 1914
FOR RICHMOND COUNTY, N. Y.
Formerly "Staten Island" — 1890 to 1894
Reestablished in 1906
Calvin D. Van Name 1906
David Barcalow Van Name 191 1
for hudson county, n. j.
Theodore Romeyn Varick 1886
J. Howard Suydam 1887
Henry M. T. Beekman 1888
Isaac I. Vander Beek 1889
George Clippinger Varick 1890
Henry Traphagen 1891
Cornelius C. Van Reypen 1892
Francis I. Vander Beek 1893
Garret Daniel Van Reipen 1894
Charles Henry Voorhis 1895
Isaac Paulis Vander Beek 1896
Isaac Romaine 1897
William Brinkerhoff 1898
Frank I. Vander Beek, Jr 1899
Henry H. Brinkerhoff, Jr 1900
* Embracing Cayuga, Cortland,
Chenango, Herkimer, Madison, Onei-
da, Onondaga, Ontario, OiwegOy
Otaego, Seneca, Schuyler, Tompkins,
Wajme and Yates.
FORMER OFFICERS 121
ELECTED
John Warren Hardenbergh 1901
Daniel Van Winkle 1902
ohn j. voorhees i903
OHN J. VoORHEES, Jr I904
Everest B. Kiersted 1905
ReYNIER J. WORTENDYKE I906
Marshall Van Winkle 1907
Thomas E. Van Winkle 1909
acob r. wortendyke i9io
AMES S. NeWKIRK 191 1
Hamilton Vreeland •. 1912
De Witt Van Buskirk 1913
Richard Garrett Sip 1914
for bergen county, n. j.
George Frederick Schermerhorn 1886
ohn quackenbush i89i
AMES M. Van Valen 1893
OHN Paul Paulison 1894
Elbert A. Brinckerhoff 1895
Andrew D. Bogert 1896
Peter Bogert 1897
James M. Van Valen 1898
Edward Stagg 1901
Morse Burtis 1903
Andrew D. Bogert 1904
Milton Demarest 1905
Arthur Ward Van Winkle 1906
John Baldwin Lozier 1907
Frank O. Van Winkle 1908
William M. Johnson 1909
Walter Bogert 1910
Albert Reuben Bogert 191 1
Isaac I. Demarest 1912
William H. Zabriskie 1913
Byron G. Van Horne 1914
for passaic county, n. j,
Martin John Ryerson 1886
John Hopper 1888
Robert I. Hopper 1898
Frank Van Cleve 1910
122 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
FOR ESSEX COUNTY, N, J.
ELECTED
John N. Jansen 1894
Anson A. Voorhees 1896
Moses J. De Witt 1898
Carlyle E. Sutphen 1899
John B. Van Wagenen 1901
Harrison Van Duyne 1902
Benjamin G. Demarest 1903
James Suydam Polhemus 1904
Frank R. Van Nest 1905
Neilson Abeel 1906
Moses J. De Witt 1908
Herbert S. Sutphen 1909
Theron Y, Sutphen 1910
James S. Polhemus 1912
Henry Van Arsdale 1913
Jacob T. B. Bogardus 1914
for union county, n. j,
Harry Vander Veer De Hart 1910
Thomas McE. Debevoise 1912
Philip Van R. Van Wyck 1914
for monmouth county, n. j.
D. Augustus Van Der Veer 1888
WilllAlM H. Vredenburg 1894
Peter Stryker 1897
William E. Truex 1899
Henry H. Longstreet 1903
David V. Perrine 1909
William Van Dorn 1910
David V. Perrine 191 1
William H. Hendrickson 1914
for morris county, n. j.
Charles Edward Surdam 1912
Harry Abraham Van Gilder 1914
for suffolk county, n. y.
Frederick Van Wyck 1913
Robert Lefferts 1914
FORMER OFFICERS
123
FOR PACIFIC COAST*
ELECTED
Henry L. Van Winkle 1913
FOR NEW ENGLANDf
William Harman Van Allen 1913
for united states army.
Major-General Stewart Van Vliet 1890
General Henry C. Hasbrouck 1901
Colonel Charles K. Winne 1908
Colonel Adelbert Cronkhite 1913
for united states navy.
Delavan Bloodgood 1890
Wm. Knickerbocker Van Reypen 1891
Casper Schenck 1895
Edward S. Bogert 1896
Arthur Burtis 1897
Chaplain Roswell R. Hoes 1901
Com. Lewis Sayre Van Duzer 191 1
Com. Warren J. Terhune 1912
SECRETARIES
George West Van Siclen 1885
Theodore Melvin Banta 1891
Henry Lawrence Bogert 1903
Dttoontintted in 191 1
RECORDING SECRETARIES
Henry Lawrence Bogert 191 1
Edward Van Winkle 1912
CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES
Edward Van Winkle 1911
John T. Conover 1912
Seward G. Spoor 1914
* Comprising all of the Pacific
Slope.
t Comprising the New England
Sutes.
124 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
TREASURERS
ELECTED
George West Van Siclen 1885
Abraham Van Santvoord 1886
Eugene Van Schaick 1890
Tunis G. Bergen 1896
Arthur H, Van Brunt 1898
TRUSTEES
Hooper C. Van Vorst 1885
William M. Hoes 1885
WiLHELMUS MyNDERSE 1885
Abraham Van Santvoord 1885
George W. Van Slyck 1885
David Van Nostrand 1885
Henry Van Dyke 1885
George M. Van Hoesen 1885
Philip Van Volkenburgh, Jr 1885
Edgar B. Van Winkle 1885
W. A. Ogden Hegeman 1885
Herman W. Vander Poel 1885
George W. Van Siclen 1885
Benjamin F. Vosburgh 1885
Jacob Wendell 1885
George G. De Witt 1885
Robert Barnwell Roosevelt 1885
Lucas L. Van Allen 1885
Aaron J. Vanderpoel 1885
Henry S- Van Duzer 1885
Alexander T. Van Nest 1886
•Augustus Van Wyck 1887
Theodore M. Banta 1887
Chauncey M. Depew 1887
Frederick J. De Peyster 1887
Walton Storm 1888
Henry R. Beekman 1889
John L. Riker 1889
William W. Van Voorhis 1889
William J. Van Arsdale 1890
Henry S. Van Beuren 1890
*JoHN W. Vrooman 1890
^ Now in office.
FORMER OFFICERS 125
Trustees — Continued
ELECTED
William D. Garrison 1890
Eugene Van Schaick 1891
James William Beekman 1892
Abraham Van Santvoord 1892
•Tunis G. Bergen 1892
D, B. St. John Roosa 1892
Charles H. Truax 1892
Robert A. Van Wyck 1893
Alexander T. Van Nest 1893
*Frank Hasbrouck 1894
Abraham Lansing 1894
Warner Van Norden 1895
John H. Starin 1896
James B. Van Woert 1896
Egbert L. Viele 1899
John R. Van Wormer 1899
Samuel D. Coykendall 1900
Commodore P. Vedder 1901
William L. Heermance 1902
•Garret J. Garretson 1903
Arthur H. Van Brunt, ex-officio 1903
Henry L. Bogert, ex-oficio 1903
Albert Vander Veer, ex-oficio 1904
Foster M, Voorhees 1905
•WiLLLAM LeVERICH BrOWER I906
•Samuel V. Hoffman 1908
•David D. Zabriskie 1908
•Frank I. Vander Beer, Jr 1909
•Alphonso T. Clearwater 1909
•Evert Jansen Wendell 1909
Arthur H. Masten 1910
HfiNRY S. Van Duzer 1910
•Gerard Beekman 1911
•E. Covert Hulst 1911
•J. Maus Schermerhorn 1911
•Arthur H. Van Brunt 1911
Samuel Oakley Vander Poel 191 1
* Now in office.
126 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
ELECTED
•John Everitt Van Nostrand 1912
•Edward Van Winkle, ex-o^cio 1912
•Henry L. Bogert 1913
•John Leonard Varick 1913
•Seymour Van Santvoord 1914
•Edward DeWitt 1914
Centers formerly represented by a Vice-President
but not now represented. See Article 1 1 of the By-Laws.
FOR COLUMBIA COUNTY, N. Y.
ELECTED
Augustus W. Wynkoop 1885
Aaron J. Vanderpoel 1886
Peter Van Schaick Pruyn 1887
Pierre Van Buren Hoes 1891
Charles King Van Vleck 1894
John C DuBois 1896
Discontinued in 1907
for montgomery county, n. y.
Walter L. Van Denbergh 1886
Alfred De Graaf 1893
John H. Starin 1894
Martin Van Buren 1896
John D. Wendell 1898
Discontinued in 1906
for greene county, n. y.
Evert Van Slyke 1886
Philip V. Van Orden 1898
Discontinued in 1906
FOR MIDDLESEX COUNTY, N. J.
WiLLLAM Hoffman Ten Eyck 1886
Charles H. Voorhees 1891
Abraham V. Schenck 1894
William R. Duryee 1896
Discontinued in 1897
for cobleskill, n. y.
John Van Schaick 1886
Discontinued in 1895
*Now in office.
FORMER OFFICERS 127
ELECTED
for rockland county, n. y.
Garret Van Nostrand 1886
Cornelius R. Blauvelt 1892
Isaac C. Raring 1893
Discontinued in 1894
for orange county, n. y.
Amos Van Etten, Jr 1888
Charles F. Van Inwegen 1893
Seymour De Witt 1894
Selah R. Van Duzer 1896
Charles H. Snedeker 1897
John Schoonmaker 1898
John D, Van Buren 1899
Charles F. Van Inwegen 1901
Hiram Lozier 1903
Rev. Wm. Wyckoff Schomp 1905
Discontinued in 1906
for somerset county, n. j.
Lawrence Van Der Veer 1888
James J. Bergen 1891
Discontinued in 1894
for buffalo, n. y.
Sheldon Thompson Viele 1889
Discontinued in 1894
Reestablished in 1906 as Erie County
for erie county, n. y.
Tracy C. Becker 1906
Discontinued in 1909
for camden, n. j.
Peter L. Voorhees 1889
Discontinued in 1894
for philadelphia, pa.
Eugene Van Loan 1889
Samuel S. Stryker 1893
Eugene Van Loan 1895
Samuel S. Stryker 1897
Theodore Voorhees 1898
Louis Y. Schermerhorn 1903
Discontinued in 1907
128 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
FOR STATEN ISLAND, N. T.
ELECTED
William Prall 1890
James D. Van Hoevenberg 1891
DUoontinaed in 1894
RelstabUsked in 1906 as Richmond County
for rensselaer county, n. y.
William Chichester Groesbeck 1889
Charles R. De Freest 1894
Seymour Van Santvoord 1897
Charles E. Dusenberry 1903
John Knickerbacker 1905
Seymour Van Santvoord 1906
Thomas A. Knickerbacker 1908
William M. Swartwout 1910
DiKontinued in 191 3
for onondaga county, n. y.
John Van Duyn 1901
Forbes Heermans 1904
Francis Hendricks 1905
John Marsellus 1906
Rasselas a. Bonta 1908
William H. Blauvelt 1910
IMicontiDued in 1913
Rtetteblisked in 1913 as Cmiral Ntm York
LIST OF MEMBERS, FEBRUARY j, iqis
A
Naue Address Admitted
Abed, John Howard New York City
Ackerman, Albert Ammerman San Diego, Cal
Ackerman, George H Passaic, N. J
Ackerman, John Edmund Passaic, N. J
Ackerman, J. Walter Auburn, N. Y
Ackerman, William Sickles Paterson, N.J
Ackerson, Garret G Hackensack, N. J. . .
Ackerson, James B Passaic, N. J
Adriance, Harris Ely Englewood, N. J. . .
Adriance, Henry Benson New York City
Adriance, I. Reynolds Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Adriance, John Erskine Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Adriance, Peter Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Adriance, William A Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
AUerton, Walter Scott Mt. Vernon, N. Y. . .
Amerman, Frederick Herbert Montclair, N. J
Amerman, James Lansing Passaic, N. J
Amerman, William Henry Houghton . . . Garden City, N. Y. .
Amerman, William HenryHoughton, Jr. Garden City, N. Y. .
Amerman, William Libbey New York City. . . .
Anthony, Richard A New York City
Aten, William Henry Brooklyn, N. Y
Auten, Harry Fish Trenton, N. J
904
907
907
907
907
907
908
908
887
896
887
887
896
887
914
889
894
888
907
889
888
909
901
B
Baker, Willard Sharon, Ct 1911
Banta, Albert Zabriskie Richmond Hill, N.Y. 1914
Banta, Edward WoodruflF New York City 1900
1896
1899
1907
1908
1906
1904
1885
1886
Banta, Walter Augustus Brooklyn, N. Y
Barhydt, Thomas Low Schenectady, N. Y.
Bates, Lindon Wallace New York City. . .
Bayles, William Harrison New York City . . .
Baylis, Robert N Bloomfield, N. J. . .
Beekman, Alston Red Bank, N. J. . .
Beekman, Gerard New York City. . .
Beekman, Henry M. T New York City. . .
I30
THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
Name
Address
Admitted
Benson, Arthur Davis New York City 1911
Bergen, A. Beekman Tarrytown, N. Y. . . 1909
Bergen, Francis H Summit, N. J 1890
Bergen, James J Somerville, N. J. . . . 1888
Bergen, John Brooklyn, N. Y 1912
Bergen, Tunis G Brooklyn, N. Y. . . . 1885
Bergen, Teunis J Brooklyn, N. Y. . . . 1914
Bergen, Van Brunt Brooklyn, N. Y. . . . 1886
Berry, John F Brooklyn, N. Y 1890
Blauvelt, Elmer Oradell, N. J 1902
Blauvelt, Ernest E Paterson, N. J 1911
Blauvelt, James Gillmor Paterson, N. J 1908
Blauvelt, Martin Post Chicago, 111 1910
Blauvelt, William D Paterson, N. J 1910
Blauvelt, William Hutton Syracuse, N. Y 1898
Blauvelt, William V. A Hackensack, N. J.. . 1906
Bleecker, Anthony James New York City 1907
Bleecker, Theophylact Bache Cold Spring Harbor,
L. L 1889
Bloodgopd, Francis Milwaukee, Wis..,. . 1889
Bloodgood, Hildreth K New York City 1889
Bloodgood, Joseph F Flushing, N. Y 1889
Bloomingdale, James Saratoga Springs,
N. Y. 190+
Bogardus, Jacob T. B East Orange, N. J. 1900
Bogart, John New York City 1885
Bogart, John Benjamin New York City 1910
Bogart, J. Bion Brooklyn, N. Y. . . . 1896
Bogart, Joseph H. Roslyn, N. Y 1887
Bogert, Albert Reuben Oradell, N. J 1901
Bogert, Andrew Demarest Englewood, N. J.. .. 1889
Bogert, Charles Albert Englewood, N. J . . . 1903
Bogert, Charles Jacob Brooklyn, N. Y. . . . 1900
Bogert, Daniel Gilliam Englewood, N. J... . 1903
Bogert, Frederick H Ridgewood, N. J. . . 1904
Bogert, Henry L Flushing, N. Y 1889
Bogert, John Jacob New York City 1908
Bogert, Matthew J Demarest, N. J 1905
Bogert, Walter Tenafly, N. J 1903
Bogert, William Jesse Westfield, N. J 1910
Bogert, William Russell New Brighton, N. Y. 1899
Bonta, Edwin W Syracuse, N. Y 1912
LIST OF MEMBERS I3I
914
914
886
899
913
891
907
9CX)
907
887
888
912
90s
90s
Name Address Admittbd
Bonta, Frank Manley Syracuse, N. Y
Bonta, RoUin Adelbert Syracuse, N. Y
Booraem, John Van Vorst Brooklyn, N. Y
Bradt, Aaron John Schenectady, N. Y..
Bradt, Herbert Schuyler Dongan Hills, N. Y.
Bradt, S. Vedder Schenectady, N. Y. .
Bradt, Warren Lansing Albany, N. Y
Bradt, William H Schenectady, N. Y. .
Brevoort, Edward Renwick New York City
Brevoort, James Renwick Yonkers, N. Y
Brinckerhoff, Alexander Gordon Brooklyn, N. Y
Brinckerhoff, Charles Fuller, Jr New York City
Brinckerhoff, Gurdon Grant New York City
Brinckerhoff, Gurdon Grant, Jr New York City
Brinckerhoff, Henry Gordon Newton Centre,
Mass. 1913
Brink, Benjamin Myer Saugerties, N. Y 1906
Brink, Jacob Louis Bogota, N. J 1906
Brink, Theodore Lake Katrine, N. Y. 1906
Brinkerhoff, George Alyea Hackensack, N. J. . . 1897
Brinkerhoff, Henry H Jersey City, N. J. . . 1893
Brinkerhoff, Roelif Coe Riverside, Cal 1905
Brinkerhoff, William Jersey City, N. J. . . . 1896
Brodhead, Robert Packer Kingston, Pa 1906
Brokaw, George Tuttle New York City 1906
Brower, Abraham T. H Chicago, 111 1886
Brower, Charles De H New York City 1886
Brower, David Brooklyn, N. Y 1891
Brower, Ward New York City 1898
Brower, William Leverich New York City 1885
Brown, James Hudson, Jr. Stamford, Ct 1896
Bush, Irving T New York City 1909
Christiancy, Cornelius Port Orange, Fla. . . . 191 1
Qearwater, Alphonso T Kingston, N. Y 1885
Clearwater, Ralph Davis Kingston, N. Y 1906
Clute, Jesse H New York City 1911
Cole, Cornelius A Hackensack, N. J.. . 1908
Conover, Charles Tallmadge Seattle, Wash 1897
Conover, Frank B Long Branch, N. J.. 1887
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Conovcr, Frank E New York City 1888
Conovcr, Frederic King Madison, Wis 1891
Conover, Warren A New York City 1891
Cortelyou, George Bruce New York City 1904
Coykendall, John Newark, N. J 1909
Cronkhite, Adelbert Willetts Point, L. I. . 1906
Crum, Frederick Henry New York City 1914
Cruser, Matthias Van Dyke Brooklyn, N. Y 1890
Cuyler, Thomas De Witt Haverford, Pa 1887
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De Bevoise, Charles Richmond, Jr Newark, N. J 1914
De Bevoise, Cornelius S Brooklyn, N. Y 1898
Debevoise, George New York City 1895
Debcvoise, George W New York City 1888
Debevoise, Paul Elizabeth, N. J 1910
Debevoise, Thomas M Summit, N. J 1904
De Forest, Howard Baltimore, Md 1898
De Forest, Louis E New York City 1913
De GraflF, Alfred Fonda, N. Y 1887
De Groff, Arthur Lewis Newark, N. J 1898
de Kay, Sidney Gilder New York City 1914
de la Montanye, James New York City 1894
Demarest, Benjamin G Montclair, N. J 1899
Demarest, Cornelius B Hackensack, N. J.. . 1905
Demarest, Henry Samuel Brooklyn, N. Y 1907
Demarest, John G Oradell, N. J 1902
Demarest, Milton Hackensack, N. J.. . 1902
Demarest, Samuel S Bergenfield, N. J.. . . 1909
Demarest, William H. S New Brunswick,
N.J. 1898
Demorest, William Curtis New York City 1914
Denise, David D Freehold, N. J 1888
Denise, Edwin Stanton Baltimore, Md 1898
Depew, Chauncey M New York City 1885
De Pew, Pierre H Nyack, N. Y 1911
De Pew, Ralph Huyler Nyack, N. Y 1914
de Peyster, Frederic Ashton New York City 1909
De Witt, Andrew Heermance Maplewood, N. J.. . 1906
LIST OF MEMBERS
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De Witt, Edward Englewood, N. J. . . . 1902
Dc Witt, J. Walter Newark, N. J 1904
Dc Witt, Jerome Binghamton, N. Y.. 1888
De Witt, Jerome Pennington Newark, N. J 1908
De Witt, Moses J Newark, N. J 1888
De Witt, Peter New York City 1885
De Witt, Sutherland Elmira, N. Y 1890
De Witt, Theodore New York City 1902
De Witt, Thomas May Cleveland, 1891
De Witt, William Cantine Kingston, N. Y 1914
De Witt, William G New York City 1 885
Dey, Morris Fort Hunter, N. Y.. 1913
Dey, Richard V San Francisco, Cal.. 1892
Deyo, Andrew Yonkers, N. Y 1892
Deyo, Emery Highwood, N. J 1905
Deyo, Norman LeRoy Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 1911
Deyo, Perry New Paltz, N. Y. . . . 1907
Deyo, Solomon Le Fevre New York City 1892
Deyoi Walter Christian Hoboken, N. J 1905
Dillenbeck, Morris H .* New York City 1885
Ditmars, Edward W New York City 1886
Ditmars, Harold Edward Brooklyn, N. Y. . . . 1914
Ditmars, Isaac Edward Brooklyn, N. Y 1888
Ditmars, John Brooklyn, N. Y 1900
Ditmars, Townsend Van Pelt Brooklyn, N. Y 1906
Dolson, Josiah W New York City 191 1
Doison, William Hamilton New York City 1910
Douw, Charles G Scotia, N. Y 1887
Du Bois, Abraham B New Paltz, N. Y.. . . 1909
Du Bois, Charles A New York City 1904
Du Bois, Cornelius New York City 1889
Du Bois, Philip H New Paltz, N. Y.. . . 1909
Du Bois, William E New Paltz, N. Y 1904
Dumont, John Eignace Rochester, N. Y.. . . 1906
Duryea, Chester Bumell Brooklyn, N. Y, 1898
Duryea, Harry H New York City 1898
Duryec, Gustavus Abeel Pelham Manor, N.Y. 1889
Duryee, Harvey Hoag Los Angeles, Cal 1898
Duryee, Jacob Eugene Los Angeles, Cal. . . . 1891
Duryee, Joseph R New York City 1885
Duryee, Peter Stanford Englewood, N. J. . . . 1899
Dusenberry, Charles, Jr Tuckahoe, N. Y. . . . 1898
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Dusenberry, Charles R Yonkers, N. Y
Dusenberry, Elias Warner Bronxville, N. Y.. . .
Dusenberry, James Dudley New York City
Dusenbury, Edwin Coles Lake Mahopac,N.Y.
Dusenbury, Henry Genet, Jr Cedar Grove, N. J..
Dutcher, Charles Mason Montclair, N. J
Dutcher, De Witt P Brooklyn, N. Y
Dutcher, Frank J Hopedale, Mass.. . .
Dutcher, Malcolm B Westfield, N. J
Dutcher, Robert R Brooklyn, N. Y
Dutcher, William A Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
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Earl, Edward Montclair, N. J 1911
Earle, Arthur Winthrop New Haven, Ct 1914
Earle, Frank Hasbrouck Newark, N. J 1908
Earle, Thornton New York City 1914
Edsall, Clarence Colorado Springs,
Colo. 1894
Edsall, Frederick D Brooklyn, N. Y 1906
Edsall, William Henry Wallingford, Ct 1906
Elmendorf, Dwight L New York City 1888
Elmendorf, John B New York City 1888
Elmendorf, William Burgess Albany, N. Y 1892
Elmendorf, William Stark Albany, N. Y 1907
Elsworth, Edward Wead Watertown, N. Y. . . 1887
Elsworth, Eugene Irvington, N. Y 1897
Elting, Irving Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 1887
Elting, Jacob Clintondale, N. Y.. . 1890
Elting, Jesse New Paltz, N. Y 1890
Elting, Philip Kingston, N. Y 1892
Eltinge, Henry Loyd, N. Y 1904
Esselstyn, Everett James New York City. . . . 1889
Everson, Charles B Syracuse, N. Y 1903
Fosburgh, J. B. A New York City 1913
Freer, Alfred Maurice, Jr New York City 1906
Fryer, Robert L BuflFalo, N. Y 1886
LIST OF MEMBERS I3S
Name Address Admitted
Garretson, Garret J Elmhurst, N. Y 1887
Garretson, James Elmhurst, N. Y 1911
Garretson, Mitchell P New York City 1909
Goelet, Robert Newport, R. 1 1901
Goelet, Robert Walton Newport, R. 1 1901
Groat, Louis William New York City 1908
Groat, William Avery Syracuse, N. Y 1914
Groesbeck, Edward Anson Albany, N. Y 1887
Groesbeck, Herman John Cincinnati, 1887
Groesbeck, Telford Cincinnati, 1899
Groesbeck, William Gerard Philadelphia, Pa 1899
Gulick, Alexander Reading Princeton, N. J 1890
Gulick, Charlton Reading New York City 1890
Gulick, John C New York City. . . . 1888
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Hance, John Atkinson New York City. . .
Hanson, Arthur Taber Mt. Vernon, N. Y..
Hardenbergh, John Warren Jersey City, N. J.. .
Hardenbergh, Thomas Eddy New York City. . .
Haring, James Smith Crafton, Pa
Haring, Teunis A Hackensack, N. J..
Hasbrouck, Alfred Washington, D. C.
Hasbrouck, Bruyn New Paltz, N. Y.. .
Hasbrouck, Cornelius Van Dyke Rosendale, N. Y.. .
Hasbrouck, Frank Poughkeepsie, N. Y
Hasbrouck, Garrett Roosa Dobbs Ferry, N. Y.
Hasbrouck, Gilbert D, B Kingston, N. Y.. . .
Hasbrouck, Howard New York City. . .
Hasbrouck, Isaac E Brooklyn, N. Y.. . .
Hasbrouck, James Foster Larchmont Manor,
N. Y
Hasbrouck, J. Roswell Larchmont Park,
N. Y
Hasbrouck, Joseph E Modena, N. Y
Hasbrouck, Levi Ogdensburg, N. Y..
Hasbrouck, Louis Bevier New York City. . .
Hasbrouck, Louis Philip Poughkeepsie, N. Y
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Hasbrouck, Oscar Wingdale, N. Y. . . . 1890
Hasbrouck, Oscar Hudson, N. Y 1906
Hasbrouck, Sayer Hamilton, Bermuda 1887
Hasbrouck, William Fitch Yonkers, N. Y 1906
Heermance, Martin Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 1887
Heermance, Radcliffe Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 1906
Heermans, Forbes Syracuse, N. Y 1890
Hegeman, Adrian Augustus Black Mountain,
N.C. 1895
Hegeman, Alanson Kerr New York City 1914
Hegeman, Albert Clarence New York City 1903
Hegeman, Charles New York City 1908
Hegeman, Daniel Andrew Brooklyn, N. Y 1904
Hegeman, Daniel Van Brunt Brooklyn, N. Y 1901
Hegeman, John Rogers Mamaroneck, N. Y. 1892
Hegeman, Joseph P Pittsburgh, Pa 1885
Hendricks, Clarence P Kingston, N. Y 1906
Hendricks, Francis Syracuse, N. Y 1904
Hendricks, Howard Kingston, N. Y 1907
Hendrickson, George Davis Jersey City 1914
Hendrickson, Hubbard Bayside, N. Y 1909
Hendrickson, James P Red Bank, N. J 1898
Hendrickson, William Henry, Red Bank, N. J 1898
Hoagland, Henry Williamson Colorado Springs,
Colo. 1909
Hoagland, Ira Gould Brooklyn, N. Y 1913
Hoagland, Mahlon L Rockaway, N. J 191 1
Hoagland, Thomas Gordon Rockaway, N. J 191 1
Hoagland, Thomas Hudson Rockaway, N. J 1910
Hoes, Ernest Peter Yonkers, N. Y 1904
Hoes, Roswell Randall Washington, D. C. . 1887
Hoes, William Myers New York City 1885
Hoffman, Charles Frederick New York City 1910
Hoffman, Charles Gouverneur Oxford, Eng 1912
Hoffman, Samuel Verplanck Morristown, N. J. . . 1904
Hoffman, William M. V New York City 1910
Hogeboom, Francklyn New York City 1898
Holdrum, Garret Samuel Milton Westwood, N. J 1903
Hopper, Abram B South Orange, N. J.. 191 1
Hopper, John Jacob Waldwick, N. J 1911
Hopper, Raymond Gould East Orange, N. J.. . 1912
Hopper, Robert Imlay Paterson, N. J 1886
LIST OF Members
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Name Address Admitted
Hopper, Roland Inslee Newark, N. J 1910
Hopper, Stanley H Newark, N. J 1910
Hornbeck, Frederick Augustus Kansas City, Mo. . . 1898
Hotaling, George P New York City 1898
Hubbard, H. Barkuloo Bayshore, N. Y 1887
Hubbard, Timothy I Babylon, N. Y 1889
Hubbs, Charles Francis West Islip, N. Y.. . . 191 1
Hulst, E. Covert Flushing, N. Y 1897
Huyck, Edmund Niles Albany, N. Y 1890
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Jacobus, Arthur Middleton New York City . .
Jacobus, David Schenck Jersey City, N. J..
Jacobus, John W New York City. .
Jacobus, Melancthon Williams Hartford, Ct
Johnson, William Colet Boston, Mass
Johnson, William Mindred Hackensack, N. J.
Johnston, Charles Edward Syracuse, N. Y. . .
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Keator, Frederic Rose New York City 1909
Keator, Harry Mayham New York City 1909
Keator, William Chauncey Wayne, Pa 1910
Kiersted, Everest B New York City 1896
Kiersted, Henry S Burlingame, Cal 1907
Kip, Charles A Morristown, N. J. . . 1893
Kip, Clarence V. S New York City. . . . 1885
Kip, Elbert S Morristown, N. J. . . 1902
Kip, Frederic Ellsworth Montclair, N. J 1907
Kip, George G Morristown, N. J. . . 1885
Kip, Ira A., Jr South Orange, N. J.. 1895
Kip, Irving De Forest Passaic, N. J 1896
Kipp, Reuben E Passaic, N. J 1909
Knickerbacker, John Troy, N. Y 1887
Knickerbacker, Thomas Adams Troy, N. Y 1889
Kouwenhoven, Gerrit Brooklyn, N. Y 1888
Kouwenhoven, John Bennem Yonkers, N. Y 1904
Kouwenhoven, Peter Brooklyn, N. Y 1892
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Kouwenhoven, William Henry Brooklyn, N. Y 1910
Kuykendall, George Benson Pomeroy, Wash. . . . 1914
Lansing, Charles E New York City
Lansing, Charles Treadway Tenafly, N. J
Lansing, Cleveland Coxe War Dept., U. S. A. .
Lansing, Egbert Peake Cohoes, N. Y
Lansing, George Dow Providence, R. L. . .
Lansing, Gerrit Yates Albany, N. Y
Lansing, Gulian ver Planck Chicago, 111
Lansing, Hugh Henry Watervliet, N. Y.. . .
Lansing, Isaac De F Albany, N. Y
Lansing, James Albert Scranton, Pa
Lansing, James B. W Tenafly, N. J
Lansing, John Townsend Albany, N. Y
Lansing, Robert Watertown, N. Y. . .
Lansing, Sanford Green Tenafly, N. J
Lansing, Willard Irving Providence, R. L. . .
Lashar, Thomas Benton Bridgeport, Ct
Le Fever, Henry B New Paltz, N. Y.. . .
Lefevre, Abram Philip New Paltz, N. Y.. . .
Lefevre, Albert A New Paltz, N. Y.. . .
Lefevre, Arthur N Albany, N. Y
Le Fevre, Edward Young Fallsburgh, N. Y. . .
Le Fevre, Frank Jacob New Paltz, N. Y.. .
Lefferts, Robert East Moriches, N.Y.
Leggett, Edward Henry Albany, N. Y
Longstreet, Henry H Matawan, N. J. . . .
Lott, Henry Ditmas Brooklyn, N. Y
Lott, Jerome Brooklyn, N. Y
Lowe, Charles H Dayton, O
Lowe, John Gilbert II Dayton, O
Lozier, Hiram Newburgh, N. Y —
Lozier, John Baldwin Oradell, N. J
Lozier, Lemuel Hackensack, N. J.. .
Lozier, Theodore F New York City
Luyster, Samuel Britton, Jr Brooklyn, N. Y
Lydecker, Charles E New York City
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LIST OF MEMBERS I39
Naub Address Admitted
Lydecker, Ralph D Englewood, N. J.. . . 1912
Lydecker^ Robert Colfax Honolulu, Hawaii . . . 1914
Lydecker, Thomas William Englewood, N. J.. . . 1905
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Marsellus, John Syracuse, N. Y 1887
Masten, Arthur Haynsworth New York City 1896
Mead, Isaac Franklin Caldwell, N. J 1893
Merselis, Abram Jacobus New York City 1907
Meserole, Qinton V Englewood, N. J 1904
Meserole, Walter Monfort Brooklyn, N. Y 1890
Messier, Benjamin Edmund Montclair, N. J 1909
Messier, Robert Ayres Trenton, N. J 1906
Miller, George Congdon Buffalo, N. Y 1910
Morris, John J New York City 1896
Mott, Alexander Hosack New York City 1906
Mott, Hopper Striker New York City 1889
Myer, Albert James Pemaquid, Me 1889
Myers, Edward White Plains, N. Y.. 1909
Myers, John Hays White Plains, N. Y.. 1895
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Neafie, John New York City. .
Nevius, David New York City. .
Nevius, Theodore Mellick Glen Ridge, N. J..
Newkirk, Arthur P Jersey City, N. J. .
Newkirk, Charles Allison Jersey City, N. J. .
Newkirk, Clarence Garfield Mahwah, N. J
Newkirk, Eugene Jersey City, N. J..
Newkirk, George Albert Jersey City, N. J..
Newkirk, Halsey Vreeland Jersey City, N. J..
Newkirk, Harry Meeker Glen Rock, N. J. .
Newkirk, James Stewart Jersey City, N. J..
Newkirk, Lewis Henry Jersey City, N. J..
Nostrand, George Englebert Brooklyn, N. Y.. .
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Onderdonk, Andrew J Manhasset, N. Y. . . 1885
Onderdonk, Andrew J., Jr. New York City 1910
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I40 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
Name Address Admitted
Onderdonk, Thomas W Brooklyn, N. Y.. . . . 1888
Opdyke, Charles P Jersey City, N. J.. . . 1913
Opdyke, George H New York City 1913
Opdyke, Levings A Jersey City, N. J.. . . 1913
Opdyke, William Stryker Alpine, N. J 1892
Osterhoudt, Jeremiah P Schenectady, N. Y.. 1909
Ostrander, Alson B New York City 1902
Ostrander, Charles F New York City 1908
Ostrander, John Edwin Amherst, Mass 1907
Ostrom, Frederic Posthof Paris, France 1899
Outwater, Edwin Riverdale on Hudson,
N. Y. 1910
Outwater, Samuel Riverside, Cal 1906
Palen, Frank A New York City 1901
Perrine, David Vanderveer Freehold, N. J 1889
Poillon, Arthur Monterey, Cal 1912
Polhemus, Abraham Newton Centre,
Mass. 1887
Polhemus, George Weeks New York City 1912
Polhemus, Henry Martin Englewood, N. J 1912
Polhemus, James Suydam Newark, N. J 1887
Polhemus, John Arthur New York City 1905
Post, James S Philadelphia, Pa.. . . 1910
Post, Livingston S Paterson, N. J 1909
Post, Walter Passaic, N. J 1909
Post, William H Paterson, N. J 1910
Poucher, J. Wilson Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 1890
Prall, John H Elmhurst, N. Y 1889
Prall, William Princeton, N. J 1887
Prall, William Russell Boonton, N. J 1910
Provost, Andrew Jackson Brooklyn, N. Y 1904
Provost, Andrew Jackson, Jr Richmond Hill, N.Y. 1894
Pruyn, Foster Albany, N. Y 1911
Pruyn, Robert C Albany, N. Y 1886
Quackenbos, Henry Forrest New York City 1894
Quackenbos, John Duncan New York City 1912
LIST OF MEMBERS I4I
Name Address Admitted
Quackenbush, Abraham C New York City. .
Quackenbushy Qaire C Aberdeen, Wash..
Quackenbush, Edward Sherwood, Oregon.
Quackenbush, Schuyler New York City. .
Quinby, Frank Haviland Brooklyn, N. Y. .
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1906
1911
1897
1912
Rapelje, Charles Vanderveer Elmhurst,
Long Island 1912
Rapelje, Jacob George Paris, France 1897
Rapelje, Peter Brooklyn, N. Y 1913
Rapelje, Peter Ditmars Brooklyn, N. Y 1912
Rapelje, Walter Suydam Brooklyn, N. Y 1913
Rapelye, John A Elmhurst, N. Y 191 1
Remsen, Phcsnix Babylon, N. Y 1894
Riker, Henry IngersoU New York City 1895
Riker, John J New York City 1886
Romaine, De Witt Clinton New York City 1889
Romeyn, James A Hackensack, N. J.. . 1904
Roosa, De Witt Kingston, N. Y 1887
Roosa, Frederick Rowland New York City 1907
Roosa, Jay Hardenburgh Kingston, N. Y 1907
Roosa, Philip G Albany, N. Y 1911
Roosa, Tracy Louis New York City 1908
Roosa, William Minard New York City 1906
Roosevelt, Franklin D Hyde Park, N. Y. . . 1910
Roosevelt, Frederick New York City 1885
Roosevelt, Robert B New York City 1885
Roosevelt, Theodore Oyster Bay, N. Y. . . 1885
Ryer, Thomas Albert Jersey City, N. J. . . . 1914
Ryerson, Jacob V Jamaica, L. 1 1913
Sanders, William N. S Albany, N. Y 1890
Sayres, Gilbert Barker Richmond Hill, N.Y. 1907
Schenck, Charles De Bevoise Englewood, N. J.. . . 1898
Schenck, Charles Lott Brooklyn, N. Y 1901
Schenck, Douglas S Jersey City, N. J.. . . 1908
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Schenck, Edward Felton New York City 1911
Schencky Henry De Bevoise Ridgefield, Ct 1892
Schenck, Mervin Ryerson Wyoming, N. J 1903
Schenck, Robert P Jersey City, N. J 1908
Schenck, Vincent R Jersey City, N. J.. . . 1908
Schermerhorn, Arthur Frederic New York City 1909
Schermerhom, E. Gibert New York City 1909
Schermerhorn, J. Maus New York City 1886
Schermerhom, Julian H Jersey City, N. J.. . . 1902
Schermerhom, Nicholas Irving Schenectady, N. Y.. 1898
Schermerhom, William George Schenectady, N. Y.. 1898
Schomp, William WyckoflF Beacon-on-Hudson,
N. Y. 1893
Schoonmaker, Adrian'Onderdonk Montclair, N. J 1886
Schoonmaker, Frederick W Montclair, N. J 1885
Schoonmaker, James M. Pittsburgh, Pa 1889
Schoonmaker, Nathaniel Roos Nyack, N. Y 1904
Schoonmaker, Samuel V Newburgh, N. Y.. . . 1909
Schoonmaker, Sylvanus Lothrop New York City 1889
Schurman, George Wellington New York City 1895
Schurman, Jacob Gould Ithaca, N. Y 1892
Schuyler, Charles Edward Dobbs Ferry, N. Y.. 1889
Schuyler, Clarence R Newark, N. J 1912
Schuyler, Hamilton Trenton, N. J 1897
Schuyler, Montgomery Roosevelt Nyack, N. Y 1885
Schuyler, Philip Van Rensselaer New York City 1907
Schuyler, Sidney SchiefFelin Plainfield, N. J 1907
Schuyler, Stephen Albany, N. Y 1889
Schuyler, Van Rensselaer New York City 1910
Shockley, William Penn Dover, Del 1910
Simonson, Charles Edgar West New Brighton,
N.Y. 1909
Simonson, William Abram New York City 1908
Sip, Richard Garrett Jersey City, N. J.. . . 1908
Skaats, David Schuyler New York City 1899
Skillman, Joseph H Flushing, N. Y. 1892
Sleght, B. Has Brouck Newark, N. J 1904
Sleight, Peter R Arlington, N. Y 1908
Slingerland, George Oscar Mechanicsville,N.Y. 1910
Slingerland, William Harris Saratoga Springs,
N. Y. 1892
Sloat, Benjamin C Patterson, N. Y.. . . 1910
LIST OF MEMBERS
143
Namb Address Admitted
Sloat, Edson S Patterson, N. Y 1911
Sloat, Orson Wright Patterson, N. Y. . . . 1910
Smidt, A. Campbell Lee New York City 1909
Smidt, Frank B New York City. . . . 1888
Snedeker, Alfred Melvine New York City 1904
Snedeker, Charles Dippolt Perth Amboy, N. J. 1908
Spoor, Seward Goetschius Brooklyn, N. Y 1912
Springsteen, Azariah M Forest Hills, N. Y.. . 1913
Springsteen, David Forest Hills, N. Y.. . 191 3
Staats, E. Pomeroy New York City 1911
Staats, John Henry New York City 1907
Staats, Robert Parker New York City 1914
Stagg, Edward Leonia, N. J 1892
Stagg, Peter Westervelt Hackensack, N. J.. . 1905
Starin, James Henry Homer, N. Y 1904
Starin, Stephen Holt Syracuse, N. Y 1913
Stevens, John Bright W. New Brighton,
N.Y. 1888
Stillwell, John E New York City 1901
Stockton, Elias Boudinot East Orange, N. J.. 1909
Storm, Clarence New York City 1894
Storm, Irving G Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 1902
Stoutenburgh, Abram Sheffield Culver, Ind 1912
Stoutenburgh, John Hall New York City 1905
Stryker, John Edwards St. Paul, Minn 1893
Stryker, Samuel Stanhope Philadelphia, Pa.. . . 1890
Stymus, William Pierre, Jr Port Chester, N. Y.. 1903
Suits, Peter Langrave Tribes Hill, N. Y 1914
Surdam, Charles Edw Morristown, N. J. . . 1896
Sutphen, C. Edgar Newark, N. J 1892
Sutphen, Carlyle E., Jr Newark, N. J 1904
Sutphen, Duncan Dunbar New York City 1897
Sutphen, Henry R New York City 1912
Sutphen, Herbert Sands Newark, N. J 1892
Sutphen, John Schureman New York City. . . . 1890
Sutphen, Theron Y Newark, N. J 1892
Sutphen, William Potter Bloomfield, N. J. . . . 1904
Suydam, Bernardus Elmhurst, N. Y 1908
Suydam^ Evert Brooklyn, N. Y 1899
Suydam, Frederick Dorflinger Amherst, Mass 1914
Suydam, Lambert New York City 1885
Suydam, Lambert, Jr New York City 1900
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Suydam, Walter Lispenard Blue Point, N. Y 1905
Suydam, William F Montclair, N. J 1888
Swart, Roland B Glen Ridge, N. J.. . . 1908
Swartwout, John Benjamin Richmond, Va 1909
Swartwout, William Merrill Troy, N. Y 1905
Tallman, Francis John Newton Brooklyn, N. Y 1914
Tappen, James Macfarlane New York City 1898
Tappen, Richard Kingston, N. Y 1904
Teller, George Gregg Cranford, N. J 1906
Teller, Myron Kingston, N. Y 1896
Ten Broeck, Charles Cornwall Kingston, N. Y 1899
Ten Broeck, Rensselaer Hillsdale, N. Y 1907
Ten Broeck, William Edward Milwaukee, Wis 1901
Ten Eyck, Mills Albany, N. Y 1911
Ten Eyck, Peter G Albany, N. Y 1911
Terhune, J. Edwin Albany, N. Y 1910
Terhune, John Irving Paterson, N. J 1905
Terhune, Nicholas New York City 1908
Terhune, P. Christie Hackensack, N. J.. . 1906
Terhune, Peter P New York City 1912
Terhune, Walter Hackensack, N. J.. . 1905
Terhune, Warren Jay U. S. Navy 1906
Terwilliger, Edward N EUenvUle, N. Y 191 1
Traphagen, Henry Jersey City, N. J.. . . 1890
Truax, Arthur Dickinson New York City 1895
Truax, James R Schenectady, N. Y.. 1889
Truex, William E Freehold, N. J 1890
Turner, Charles Henry Black Waycross, Ga 1904
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Underbill, Francis Jay New York City 1907
VAN A
Van Alen, Benjamin Taylor Jersey City, N. J.. . . 1913
Van Allen, Harry John Utica, N. Y 1906
Van Allen, John Delbert Clinton, la 1908
Van Allen, William Harman Boston, Mass 1890
LIST OF MEMBERS I45
Name Address Admitted
Van Alstine, Philip Spring Valley, N. Y. 1898
Van Alstyne, Lawrence Sharon, Ct 1893
Van Alstyne, Percy W Plainfield, N. J 1905
Van Alstyne, William Becker Plainfield, N. J 1904
Van Antwerp, Dudley Strickland Montclair, N. J 1909
Van Antwerp, Elmer Howard Denver, Colo 1910
Van Antwerp, Frederick G Montclair, N. J 1909
Van Antwerp, Thomas Irwin Albany, N. Y 1889
Van Antwerp, William C New York City 1892
Van Arsdale, George D Douglas, Ariz 1910
Van Arsdale, Henry Newark, N. J 1892
Van Arsdale, Henry, Jr Newark, N. J 1914
Van Auken, David H Cohoes, N. Y 1887
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Van Benschoten, Earle New Haven, Ct.. .
Van Benschoten, Elias T Poughkeepsie, N. Y
Van Benschoten, John Poughkeepsie, N. Y
Van Benschoten, Richard Palmer New Haven, Conn.
Van Benschoten, William A Washington, D. C.
Van Benschoten, William Henry West Park, N. Y.. .
Van Benschoten, William Henry New York City. . .
Van Benthuysen, Walter New Orleans, La.. .
Van Beuren, Frederick T New York City . . .
Van Blarcom, Wessels Paterson, N.J
Van Blaricom, George W Jersey City, N. J.. .
Van Brunt, Arthur Hoffman New York City. . .
Van Brunt, Cornelius Bergen Brooklyn, N. Y —
Van Brunt, Edmund Cluett Leonia, N. J
Van Brunt, Jaques Brooklyn, N. Y.. . .
Van Brunt, Jeremiah Rutger Brooklyn, N. Y —
Van Brunt, John Lott West Wood, N. J. .
Van Brunt, Mervin Schenck Brooklyn, N. Y.. . .
Van Buren, Charles Henry Englewood, N. J...
Van Buren, John Craig Amsterdam, N. Y..
Van Buren, John Dash New Brighton, N. Y
Van Buren, Martin Enders Amsterdam, N. Y..
Van Buskirk, Arthur Hackensack, N. J..
Van Buskirk, Charles John Hackensack, N. J..
Van Buskirk, De Witt Bayonne, N. J
Van Buskirk, William Jersey City, N. J. . .
910
908
908
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THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
VAN C
Name Address Admitted
Van Cleaf, John C Montclair, N. J. . . . 1885
Van Cleave, Brenton G St. Louis, Mo 191 1
Van Cleef, Henry Howell Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 1895
Van Cleef, James H New Brunswick, N.J. 1887
Van Cleve, Frank Paterson, N. J 1909
Van Qeve, Garret Clifton, N. J 1909
Van Cortlandt, James Stevenson Croton, N. Y 1906
Van Cott, Lincoln Pequannock, N. J.. . 1887
Van Cott, Pierrepont Brooklyn, N. Y 1909
Van Cott, Waldemar Salt Lake City, Utah 1907
VAN D
Van Demark, John W New York City. .
Vander Beek, Francis Isaac New York City. .
Vandergrift, Jos. B New York City. .
Vanderhoef, Frank Fellows New York City. .
Vanderhoef, George Wyckoff New York City. .
Vanderhoef, Harman Blauvelt New York City. .
Vanderhoef, Nathaniel Wyckoff New York City. .
Vanderhoof, Charles A Locust Point, N. J
Vanderhoof, William M Bronxville, N. Y..
Van der Poel, John New York City. . .
Vander Poel, S. Oakley, Jr New York City. .
Vanderpoel, Waldron B New York City. .
Vander Poel, W. Halsted New York City. .
Vanderpool, Wynant Davis Morristown, N. J.
Vander Veer, Albert Albany, N. Y.. . . .
Vander Veer, Albert, Jr New York City. .
Vanderveer, Charles Brooklyn, N. Y.. .
Vander Veer, Edgar Albert Albany, N. Y
Vanderveer, Edward Bennett Brooklyn, N. Y.. .
Vander Veer, Francis S Somerville, N. J..
Vanderveer, Henry Boerum Brooklyn, N. Y.. .
Vanderveer, James Hempstead, N. Y,
Vander Veer, James Newell Albany, N. Y
Vanderveer, John West Islip, N. Y..
Vanderveer, John H Elmhurst, N. Y.. .
906
891
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899
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885
906
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911
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913
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LIST OF MEMBERS I47
Name Address Admitted
Vandcrvccr, John Lott Brooklyn, N. Y. . . . 1912
Van Dcrvecr, John Reeve Yonkers, N. Y 1885
Vander Veer, Seeley New York City 1906
Vander Voort, Frederick Ten Eyck. . . .Pater8on,N. J 1914
Vander Voort, John Coe Paterson, N. J 1914
Van Derwerken, Alfred Brooklyn, N. Y 1901
Van Deusen, Albert H Washington, D. C. . 1906
Van Deusen, Frank Montague Sylacauga, Ala 1892
Van Deusen, George Clark Albany, N. Y 1897
Van Deusen, Walter M Newark, N. J 1913
Vandevanter, Charles Oscar Baltimore, Md 1897
Van Deventer, Christopher Chicago, 111 1897
Van Deventer, George Mather Brooklyn, N. Y 1887
Van Deventer, William Edward Chicago, 111 1914
Van De Water, George Roe New York City 1886
Van Doren, J. I Ilion,N.Y 1914
Van Doren, Louis O New York City 1887
Van Doren, Nathaniel Goodwin Newark, N. J 1907
Van Dusen, Frank L Mohawk, N. Y 1909
Van Duyn, Edward S Syracuse, N. Y 1901
Van Duyn, John Syracuse, N. Y 1887
Van Duzer, Adelbert Hcrvey New York City. . . . 1912
Van Duzer, Frank A Albany, N. Y 1911
Van Duzer, Henry S New York City 1885
Van Duzer, Lewis S U. S. Navy 1910
Van Dyke, Henry The Hague : 1885
Van Dyke, Henry Seward Los Angeles, Cal 1904
Van Dyke, Herbert New York City 1888
Van Dyke, Robert L New York City 1913
Van Dyke, Theodore A., Jr Philadelphia, Pa 1906
Van Dyke, William Detroit, Mich 1908
VAN E
Van Emburgh, Wesley Ridgewood, N. J.. . . 1904
Van Epps, Robert Johnson Schenectady, N. Y. . 1914
Van Etten, Amos Kingston, N. Y 1886
Van Etten, Edgar New York City 1887
Van Etten, John De Camp Tuckahoe, N. Y. . . . 1909
Van Etten, Nathan Bristol New York City 1898
148 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
VAN F
Name Address Admitted
Van Fleet, Frank Scarsdale, N. Y 1894
VAN G
Van Gaasbeek, Amos C Chester, N. J
Van Gaasbeek, Harvey David Sussex, N. J
Van Gaasbeek, Louis Wheat Brooklyn, N. Y. . .
Van Gieson, John Banta Hackensack, N. J.
Van Gilder, Charles Gage Morristown, N. J.
Van Gilder, Harry Abraham Morristown, N. J.
Van Gilder, Harry Pruden Morristown, N. J.
Van Guysling, George Edmund Los Angeles, Cal..
1892
1896
1914
1907
1912
1912
1912
1904
VAN H
Van Heusen, Charles Manning Albany, N. Y 1896
Van Hoesen, David Wadsworth Cortland, N. Y 1903
Van Hoesen, Henry Bartlett Truxton, N. Y 1907
Van Horn, Frank Milton Murray Hill, N. J.. . 1905
Van Home, Byron G Englewood, N. J.. . . 1901
Van Home, John G New York City 1889
Van Home, John Russell New York City 1905
Van Houten, George Dexter Richmond Hill, N.Y. 1906
Van Houten, Isaac Paterson, N. J 1900
Van Houten, Zabriskie A Passaic, N. J 1906
VAN I
Van Inwegen, Charles F Port Jervis, N. Y. . . 1888
Van Inwegen, Cornelius Brooklyn, N. Y 1908
VAN K
Van Keuren, Charles A Jersey City, N. J.. . . 1909
Van Keuren, Qarence E Jersey City, N. J.. . . 1912
Van Keuren, Fred C Newark, N. J 1909
LIST OF MEMBERS I49
Name Address Admitted
Van Keuren, George Englewood, N. J.. . . 1909
Van Keuren, Graham Jersey City, N. J.. . . 1909
Van Keuren, William Jersey City, N. J.. . . 1909
Van Kleecky Charles Mayer New York City 1902
Van Kleeck, Frank Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 1887
Van KJeeck, Theodore Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 1889
Van Kleeck, William H New York City. . . . 1888
VAN L
Van Liew, Alfred B Bloomfield, N. J.
Van Liew, Henry A New York City.
Van Loan, Andrew B New York City.
Van Loan, Frederick W Flushing, N. Y. .
Van Loan, James C. P New York City.
Van Loan, Joseph T New York City . .
Van Loan, Morton Albany, N. Y.. . .
Van Loan, Thomas Brooklyn, N. Y..
Van Loan, William Thomas Athens, N. Y —
Van Loan, Zelah New York City.
1909
1897
1891
1893
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1907
1904
1890
1912
1893
VAN M
Van Mater, George G Peru, Indiana 1897
Van Mater, Gilbert Taylor Keyport, N.J 1905
VAN N
Van Name, Calvin Decker Mariner's Harbor,
N.Y. 1888
Van Ness, Frederick L Orange, N. J 1899
Van Ness, Melville C Paterson, N. J 1909
Van Ness, Schuyler Waldron Newark, N. J 1904
Van Ness, Wallace Newark, N. J 1903
Van Ness, Wallace M Paterson, N. J 1909
Van Nest, Frank Roe Upper Montclair,
N.J. 1888
I50 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
Name Address Admitted
Van Norden, Ottomer Hoghland New York City 1904
Van Nostrand, Benjamin T Brooklyn, N. Y 1910
Van Nostrand, Charles B New York City 1889
Van Nostrand, Frank D New York City 1897
Van Nostrand, Harold Townsend Orange, N. J 1912
Van Nostrand, John E Evergreen, N. Y 1885
VAN O
Van Olinda, Edgar Sim Albany, N. Y 1913
Van Olinda, James E Brooklyn, N. Y 1889
Van Olinda, Walter King Brooklyn, N. Y 1909
Van Orden, Albert Randell Montclair, N. J 1905
Van Orden, William CatskiU, N. Y i886
VAN P
Van Pelt, Henry Trenor New York City. .
Van Pelt, John Jacob Brooklyn, N. Y.. .
Van Pelt, John Vredenburgh New York City. .
Van Pelt, Walter G Los Angeles, Cal..
Van Pelt, William Johnson New York City. .
1909
1909
1904
1899
1909
VAN R
Van Reypen, William
Knickerbocker Washington, D. C. . . 1887
Van Riper, Abram Zeek Paterson, N. J 1907
Van Riper, Alfred Jacob Paterson, N. J 1908
Van Riper, Anthony Bowden Paterson, N, J 1909
Van Riper, Arthur Ward Passaic, N. J 1906
Van Riper, Cornelius Passaic, N, J 1886
Van Riper, John Terhune Passaic, N. J 1904
Van Riper, Julius Fernando Westfield, N. J 1897
LIST or MEMBERS I5I
VAN S
Name Address Admitted
Van Santvoordy George Troy, N. Y 1913
Van Santvoord, Seymour Troy, N. Y 1887
Van Schaick, Eugene New York City 1888
Van Schaick, John Cobleskill, N. Y. . . . 1885
Van Sickle, John Auburn, N. Y 1908
Van Siclen, Abraham L Jamaica, N. Y 1912
Van Siclen, Andrew James Jamaica, N. Y 1912
Van Siclen, G. Elmer Hollis, N. Y 1912
Van Siclen, Garrett M Jamaica, N. Y. 1913
Van Siclen, G. Schenck Brooklyn, N. Y 1909
Van Siclen, James Cornell Jamaica, N. Y 191 2
Van Siclen, John Remsen Jamaica, N. Y 1912
Van Siclen, Peter Nostrand Jamaica, N. Y 1912
Van Siclen, Wyckoff Jamaica, N. Y 1912
Van Sinderen, Howard New York City 1885
Van Size, Hebbard Kimball Utica, N. Y 1897
Van Slyck, Cyrus M Providence, R. L. . . 1892
Van Slyck, George W New York City. . . . 1885
Van Slyke, Geo. W Albany, N. Y 1907
Van Slyke, Warren Clark New York City. . . . 1895
Van Slyke, William Hoag Kingston, N. Y 1907
Van Syckel, Bennet Trenton, N. J 1885
Van Syckel, Charles S Trenton, N. J 1892
Van Syckel, Lamar Plainfield, N. J 1908
VAN T
Van Tassell, Frank L Passaic, N. J 1908
Van Tassell, Richard L Passaic, N. J 1909
VAN V
Van Valen, Charles B Newark, N. J 1912
Van Valen, Garret A Woodcliff Lake,
N.J. 191 1
Van Valen, James A Hackensack, N. J. . . 1906
Van Valkenburgh, John Bradford Albany, N. Y 1910
15^
THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
Name Address
Van Valkenburghy John L Albany, N. Y
Van Valkenburgh, Ralph D Hudson, N. Y
Van Valkenburgh, Raymond H Schenectady, N. Y..
Van Vechten, Arthur Livingston Elizabeth, N. J
Van Vechten, Charles D Cedar Rapids, la. . .
Van Vechten, Eugene Montgomery Elizabeth, N. J
Van Vechten, Henry Gerard West New Brighton,
N.Y.
Van Vechten, Ralph Chicago, 111
Van Vechten, Robert C Elizabeth, N. J
Van Vleck, Abraham Kip New York City
Van Vleck, Charles King Hudson, N. Y
Van Vleck, William David Montclair, N.J
Van Vliet, Dense Mairs Plainfield, N. J
Van Vliet, Frederick Christiaan Shrewsbury, N. J. . .
Van Vliet, Frederick Christiaan, Jr Shrewsbury, N. J.. .
Van Vliet, Frederick Gilbert New York City
Van Vliet, George S Staatsburg, N. Y. . .
Van Vliet, William Downs Goshen, N. Y
Van Voast, Horace S Schenectady, N. Y..
Van Voast, James Cincinnati, O
Van Voast, James A Schenectady, N. Y..
Van Voast, Rufus A Cincinnati, O
Van Volkenburgh, Thomas S New York City. . . .
Van Voorhis, Eugene Irondequoit, N. Y...
Van Vorhis, Harry Stephen New York City
Van Vorst, Frederick B Hackensack, N. J.. .
Van Vredenburgh, Geo. Ward New Brighton, N. Y.
ADlCriTED
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VAN W
Van Wagenen, Bleecker South Orange, N. J.
Van Wagenen, Easton New Paltz, N. Y.. .
Van Wagenen, Edward W Newark, N. J
Van Wagenen, Henry William Morristown, N. J. .
Van Wagenen, John Brouwer West Orange, N. J.
Van Wagenen, John Richard Oxford, N. Y.. ; . . .
Van Wagner, Ernest Lyon Tottenville, N. Y. .
1886
1907
1912
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1893
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1907
LIST OF MEMBERS
153
Name
Address
Admitted
Van Wagner, Roy Webb Waterbury, Ct.. .
Van Wagoner, Jacob Ridgewood, N. J.
Van Winkle, Abraham Newark, N. J
Van Winkle, Arthur A Jersey City, N. J.
Van Winkle, Arthur W Rutherford, N. J,
Van Winkle, Charles A Rutherford, N. J.
Van Winkle, Daniel Jersey City, N. J.
Van Winkle, Edgar Beach New York City.
Van Winkle, Edward Brooklyn, N. Y..
Van Winkle, Frank O Ridgewood, N. J.
Van Winkle, Henry L San Francisco, Cal
Van Winkle, J. Albert Paterson, N. J.. .
Van Winkle, Marshall Jersey City, N. J.
Van Winkle, Thomas Earle Jersey City, N. J.
Van Winkle, Waling W Parkersburg, W. Va
Van Woert, James Burtis Greig, N. Y
Van Woert, William Montclair, N. J..
Van Wyck, Albert Brooklyn, N. Y..
Van Wyck, Augustus Brooklyn, N. Y..
Van Wyck, David B Arlington, N. Y..
Van Wyck, E. Hawley New York City.
Van Wyck, Edward W Huntington, N. Y
Van Wyck, Frederick West Islip, N. Y.
Van Wyck, Jacob S Brooklyn, N. Y..
Van Wyck, Joseph H Arlington, N. Y..
Van Wyck, Philip V. R., Jr Summit, N. J.. . .
Van Wyck, Robert A New York City.
Van Wyck, Robert W New York City. .
Van Wyck, Walter Babylon, N. Y. . .
Van Wyck, William Brooklyn, N. Y..
Van Wyck, William New York City . .
Van Wyck, William E New York City.
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Varick, J. Leonard New York City
Varick, Theodore Romeyn Yonkers, N. Y..
i88s
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Name Address ADMrrrsD
Varick, Theodore Romeyn III East Orange, N. J. . . 1907
Varick, Uzal C Glen Ridge, N. J.. . . 1911
Vedder, Charles Stuart Charleston, S. C. . . . 1889
Vedder, Harmon A New York City 1891
Vedder, Wentworth Darcy Wellsboro, Pa 1892
Vedder, William H .Pasadena, Cal 1911
Veeder, Eugene W., Jr Schenectady, N. Y.. 1908
Veeder, Herman Greig Pittsburgh, Pa 1894
Veeder, Ten Eyck De Witt Washington, D. C . 1888
Veeder, Van Vechten Brooklyn, N. Y 1901
Vermeule, Cornelius C East Orange, N. J.. . 1889
Vermeule, John D New York City 1885
Vermilye, Herbert Noble New York City 1914
Ver Planck, William G New York City. . . . 1885
Viele, Charles Lewis Bronxville, N. Y.. . . 191 1
Viele,JohnJ Valhalla, N. Y 1890
Viele, Maurice A New York City 1889
Viele, Sheldon Thompson Buffalo, N. Y 1886
Visscher, Edward Willett Albany, N. Y 1891
Visscher, William Lcversee Albany, N. Y 1909
Voorhees, Albert V. B Brooklyn, N. Y 1898
Voorhees, Anson A Upper Montclair,
N.J. 1887
Voorhees, Charles C. V Brooklyn, N. Y 1891
Voorhees, Edwin Strange Rocky Hill, N. J.. . . 1904
Voorhees, Foster M Elizabeth, N. J 1900
Voorhees, Harvey McLean Trenton, N. J 1908
Voorhees, H. Russell Plainfield, N. J 1910
Voorhees, John A Brooklyn, N. Y 1898
Voorhees, John Jacob Jersey City, N. J.. . . 1889
Voorhees, John Jay, Jr Jersey City, N. J.. . . 1902
Voorhees, John Stanley Cranford, N. J 1907
Voorhees, Judah Back Brooklyn, N. Y 1887
Voorhees, J. Edgar Upper Montclair,
N.J. 191 1
Voorhees, Stephen F Nyack, N. Y 1904
Voorhees, Theodore Philadelphia, Pa. . . . 1886
Voorhis, Augustus M Nyack, N. Y 1887
Voorhis, Casper J Riveredge, N.J 1914
Voorhis, Jacob Greenwich, Ct 1889
Voorhis, John R New York City 1886
LIST OF MEMBERS 155
Name Address Admitted
Voorhis, William L Staten Island, N. Y. 191 2
Vosburgh, Royden Woodward New Brighton, N. Y. 1899
Vosburgh, Theodore Buffalo, N. Y 1899
Vredenburgh, Edward L Bayonne, N. J 1889
Vredenburgh, La Rue Somerville, N. J. . . . 1894
Vredenburgh, William H Freehold, N. J 1887
Vreeland, Charles M Jersey City, N. J.. . . 1909
Vreeland, Clarence L Pompton Lake, N. J. 1912
Vreeland, Frederick King Montclair, N. J 1912
Vreeland, Hamilton Jersey City, N. J 1909
Vreeland, Harold Van Pelt Charlotte, N. C 191 1
Vreeland, Herbert Harold New York City 1902
Vreeland, Howard Romine Jersey City, N. J.. . . 1912
Vreeland, Joseph Warren Jersey City, N. J 1909
Vreeland, Louis Beach Charlotte, N. C 1910
Vreeland, Nehemiah Paterson, N. J 1909
Vreeland, Nicholas Garretson Jersey City, N. J.. . . 1913
Vroom, Peter Dumont New York City 1886
Vrooman, Isaac H., Jr Albany, N. Y 1909
Vrooman, John Wright Herkimer, N. Y. . . . 1886
W
Waldron, Frederick Arden Plainfield, N. J
Waldron, Frederick Rice Ann Arbor, Mich. . .
Waldron, Herbert M New Brunswick, NJ,
Waldron, William Gunsaul Amsterdam, N. Y.. .
Wandell, Francis L New York City
Wendell, Evert Jansen New York City
Wendell, Willis Amsterdam, N. Y.. .
Westervelt, Francis Iradell Paterson, N. J
Westervelt, John C New York City
Westervelt, Josiah Arnold New York City. . . .
Westervelt, Vincent Ralph Schenectady, N. Y..
Westervelt, Walter Englewood, N. J.. . .
Westervelt, William Young New York City
Whitbeck, Andrew J Boston, Mass
Wicoff, John Van Buren Trenton, N. J
K
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156 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
Name Address ADicnrED
Williamson, George D Wyoming, N. J 1904
Williamson, Henry Christie New York City 1910
Williamson, Royden New Rochelle, N. Y. 1901
Wilsey, Walter W Ridgewood, N. J 1910
Wiltsie, Charles Hastings Rochester, N. Y 1914
Winne, Alonzo E Kingston, N. Y. 1904
Winne, Charles K • Albany, N. Y 1892
Winne, Charles Visscher Albany, N. Y 1889
Winne, Ogden Fremont Kingston, N. Y 1903
Winner, John Jersey City, N. J.. . . 1907
Witbeck, Charles Lansing Cohoes, N. Y 1914
Witbeck, Clark Schenecudy, N. Y.. 1890
Woolsey, Clarence Hood West Hartford, Ct. . 1906
Wortendyke, Jacob Rynier Jersey City, N. J.. . . 1905
Wortendyke, Nicholas Doremus Jersey City, N. J.. . • 1904
Wortendyke, Rynier Jacob Jersey City, N. J.. . . 1899
Wyckoff, Charles Rapelyea Hartsdale, N. Y.. . . 1909
Wyckoff, Charles Steriing Walton, N. Y 1909
Wyckoff, Clarence Johnson White Plains, N. Y.. 1905
Wyckoff, Edwin M Rochester, N. Y.. . . 1908
Wyckoff, Garrett Red Bank, N. J 1913
Wyckoff, Joseph Lewis Holyoke, Mass 1899
Wyckoff, Peter B New York City 1890
Wyckoff, Richard Tuttle Springfield, Mass. . . 1908
Wyckoff, William F Jamaica, L. 1 1887
Wynkoop, Asa Albany, N. Y 1911
Wynkoop, Edward J Syracuse, N. Y 1896
Wynkoop, Hubert Schuurman Brooklyn, N. Y 1914
Yereance, James New York City 1904
LIST OP liEUBERS
Naue Address Adi
Zabriskie, Albert Paterson, N.J
Zabriskie, Albert A Bloomington, N. Y.
Zabriskie, Andrew C Barrytxiwn, N. Y...
Zabriskie, C. Brevoort Port Jefferson, L. I.
Zabriskie, David Demarest Ridgewood, N. J.. .
Zabriskie, Edgar Maplewood, N. J..
Zabriskie, Edward Graham New York City. . .
Zabriskie, Everett Law Ridgewood, N. J...
Zabriskie, Frederick Cooklio Hackensack, N, J..
Zabriskie, George Albert New York City . . .
Zabriskie, Simeon Templetoo New York City . . .
Zabriskie, William Hastings Oradell, N.J
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LIST OF DECEASED MEMBERS
Datb of Datb or
ELicnoN. Death.
Mar. 14, i83s.. Theodore Romeyii Weitbrook.. Kingston, N. Y.....Oct. 6, iBSj
June 35, iSSj.. Stephen Melinctbon Ottraoder. Brooklyn, N. Y.....Nov. 19, 1885
Mm. 14, i88s..JohnD. V«nBuren Newburgb, N. Y....Dee. 1, 1885
Dec. aj, iSSs-Jame* We«terveltQuackeDbuth.Hackeiiuck,N. J...Mar. 6, 1886
Mar. 14, i88s..Auguitu»W.Wrakoop Kindertook, N. Y..Aprai8, 1886
Mar. 14, 1S85.. David Van Nottraod New York June 14, tS86
Mar. 14, 1885. John Thurmao Van Wyek New York Nov.jj. 1886
Dee. ij, 1885. .John Van Vont Jeraey Qtjr.N. J.. ..Feb. 4,1887
June 15, i88s.. Bartow White Van Vooriua New York April 27, 1887
Mar. 14, 1885. .William Van Wyck New York May j8, 1887
June as. 1885. . Oarence R. Van Benthuyien. ..New York July 18, 1887
June as, l8Ss..Aaroa J. Vanderpoel New York Aug. ai, 1887
April 30, l88s..Comeliu> V. S. Rooievelt South Orange, N.J. Sept. 30, 1887
Dec M, t8S6..BareQtAreatMyndene Schenectady, N. Y.. Oct. a, 1887
Mar. 14, 1885. .Theodore RomeynVarick Jeney Qty, N. J....Nov. 13, 1887
Oct. a?, i8B7..Henry Jame»TenEyck Albany, N. Y. Nor. 19, 1887
Mar. 14, i88s..HenryH. Van Dyke New York Jan. aj. 1888
Oct. a7, i887..David D. Acker. New York Mar. 13, 1888
Dec. 30, i886..George Waahington Schuyler.... Ithaca, N.Y. Mar.a9, 1888
Dec 3J, iSSj. .Benjamin Steven* Van Wyck. .New York Ang. 31, 1888
Mar. 39, 1888. .Henry R. Low Middleto¥m, N. Y..Dec i. 18H
April 3<% 1885..W. A. OgdenHegeman New York Dec. 14, 18S8
Dec 7, 18S8. .John J. Van Noitrand Brooklyn, N. V Jan. 7, 1889
Dec a3, 18S5.. Abraham Lott Brooklyn, N. Y Jan. 13,1889
June 15, i885..John Voorheei VanWoert New York Jan. 14, 1889
June IS, i88s. .Gardiner Baker Van Vonc New York Feb. 5, 1889
l6o THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
Datb or Datx or
Elbction. Death.
Oct. 35, 1886. .Edward Y. Lansing Albany, N. Y Mar. 8, 1889
Oct. 25, 1886.. Cornelius M. Schooomaker Kingston, N. Y Mar. 15, 1889
May 19, 1887. .Theodore C. Vermilsre Suten Island, N. Y. Mar. 31, 1889
April 30, 1885. .Garret Lansing Schuyler New York April 20, 1889
Mar. 28, 1889. .James Riker Waverly, N. Y July 3, 1889
April 6, 1886. .Martin John Ryerson Bloomingdale, N. J.July 30, 1889
Oct. 25, 1886. .Augustus A. Hardenbergh Jersey City, N. J. . .Oct. 5, 1889
June 20, 1885. .Hooper Cumming Van Vorst New York Oct. 26, 1889
Mar. 30, 1887. .John Waling Van WTinkle Passaic, N. J Nov. 2, 1889
Oct. 27, 1887. .John Enders Voorhees Amsterdam, N. Y...Nov. 26, 1889
June 25, 1885. . Abram.Bovee Van Dusen New York Dec. 19, 1889
April 30, 1885. .Henry Jacob Schenck New York Dec. 30, 1889
April 6, 1886. .WiUiam Voorhis Nyack, N. Y Jan. 4, 1890
Dec. 22, 1887. .Louis V. D. Hardenbergh Brooklyn, N. Y Jan. 4, 1890
Dec 22, i887..John H. Suydam New York Jan. 8, 1890
Dec. 22, 1887. .John Schermerhom Schenectady, N. Y.. Jan. 27, 1890
Dec. 8, i888..William Brass Chicago, 111 Jan. 28, 1890
Mar. 30, 1887. .John Barent Visscher Albany, N. Y Jan. 31, 1890
Mar. 28, 1889. .Edgar Van Benthuysen New Orieans, La.. . .Mar. 21, 1890
Dec. 23, 1885. .Henry Everett Roosevelt New York April 29, 1890
May 19, 1887. .Thomas Storm New York May i, 1890
Mar. 30, 1887. .Sidney De Ray Staten Island, N. Y. Aug. 30, 1890
Dec 8, 1888. .George W. Van Vlack Palatine B'dge, N.Y. Sept. 7, 1890
Jan. 30, 1890.. Edward Van Rleeck Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Nov. 13, 1890
June 25, 1885. .Jacob W. Hoysradt Hudson, N. Y Nov. 15, 1890
May 19, 1887. .Cornelius Rapelye Astoria, N. Y. Nov. 20, 1890
Mar. 28, 1889. .Nicoll Floyd Elmendorf New York Nov. 25, 1890
Oct. 25, 1886.. Charles B. Lansing Albany, N. Y Dec i, 1890
Oct. 27, i887..Coert Du Bois New York Jan. i, 1891
Dec. 7, 1888. .Charles E. Conover Middletown, N. J. . Jan. 9, 1891
Dec 20, 1886. .Leonard G. Hun Albany, N. Y Mar. 11, 1891
April 6, 1886. .George G. De Witt Nyack, N. Y April 22, 1891
Mar. 29, 1888. .Hugh B. Van Deventer New York April 27, 1891
Oct. 25, 1886.. Peter Van Schaick Pruyn Kinderhook, N. Y...May 2, 1891
Nov. 17, 1885. .Henry Jackson Van Dyke Brooldyn^ N. Y May 25, 1891
Dec 7, 1888. .Charies Livingston Acker New York May 26, 1891
Mar. 29, 1888. .John Baker Stevens New York June 10^ 1891
April 6, 1886. .Garret Van Nostrand Nyack, N. Y June 15, 1891
Dec 22, 1887. .John Peter Adriance Poughkeepsie, N. Y. June 18, 1891
Mar. 30, 1887.. Eugene Du Bois Suten Island, N. Y. June 26, 1891
DECEASED MEMBERS
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Datb or
Elbctiov.
Oct. 27, 1887.
Oct. 25, 1886.
Dec. 7, 1888.
Oct. 22, 1890.
Dec 23» 1885.
Dec. 7» 1888.
April 30, 1885.
Mar. 28, 1889.
Mar. 26, 1 891
Datb op
Dbath.
June 15,
April 6,
Dec. 23,
June 15,
886.
886.
1885.
886.
Mar. 14, 1885.
Nov. 30, 1890.
Oct. 29, 1891.
June 25, 1885.
Mar. 28, 1889.
Oct. 25, 1886.
Jan. 30, 1890.
Mar. 29, 1888.
Dec. 23, 1885.
April 6,1886.
Dec. 22, 1887.
Oct. 25, 1886.
Dec. 20, 1886.
.Henry W. Teller Pompton Prn», N.J. July 2, 1891
.George Washington Van Slyke. .Albany, N. Y Aug. 11, 1891
.Jacob Glen Sanders Albany, N. Y Sept. 28, 1891
.Anthony G. Van Schatck Chicago, 111 Oct. 13, 1891
.William Harrison Van Wyck New York Nov. 15, 1891
.Peter Van Vranken Fort Albany, N. Y Dec. 13, 1891
.Jacob Dyckman Vermilye New York Jan. 2, 1892
.John Nelson Van Wagner Troy, N. Y Feb. 7, 1892
.Junius Schenck Brooklyn, N. Y Feb. 15, 1892
.Van Wyck Brinkerhoff New York Feb. 25, 1892
.Nicholas Van Slyck Providence, R. I Mar. 3, 1892
.Samuel Van Benschoten Brooklyn, N. Y Mar. 12, 1892
.Henry Lienau Booraem New Br'swick, N. J. April 9, 1892
.Edward Electus Van Auken New York April 29, 1892
.Samuel Bowne Duryea Brcx>klyn, N. Y June 7, 1892
.William Brownlee Voorhees Blauwenburgh, N.J. June 13, 1892
.Elias William Van Voorhees New York Sept. 21, 1892
.Alfred Vredenburgh Bayonne, N. J Oct. 11, 1892
.Giles Yates Vander Bogert Schenectady, N. Y. . Nov. 4, 1892
.Thomas Beekman Heermans Syracuse, N. Y Dec. i, 1892
.William Dominick Garrison New York Dec 2, 1892
.Nicholas Latrobe Roosevelt New York Dec 13, 1892
.Isaac I. Vander Beek Jersey Gty, N. J.. . . Feb. 8, 1893
.Charles Henry Voorhees New York Mar. 9, 1893
.Peter Labagh Vander Veer SanU Fe, N. M Mar. 16, 1893
.Gerrit Hubert Van Wagenen. . . . Rye, N. Y Mar. 29, 1893
Mar. 27, 1890.
Oct. 21, 1889.
Jan. 30, 1890.
June 15, 1886.
April 30, 1885.
Oct. 25, 1886.
Oct. 22, 1890.
April 6, 1886.
Dec 7, 1888.
June 15, 1886.
Mar. 26, 1891.
Mar. 30, 1893.
Mar. 30, 1887.
May 27, 1890.
April 6, 1886.
.John Lefferts Flatbush, N. Y April 18, 1893
.George Titus Haring Allendale, N. J May 7, 1893
.George Pine De Bevoise Denver, Col May 20, 1893
.Theodore V. Van Heusen Albany, N. Y June 15, 1893
.Lawrence Van der Veer Rocky Hill, N. J.. . .June 21, 1893
.Stephen W. Van Winkle Patenon, N. J June 28, 1893
.William Vandever Venturia, Cal July 23, 1893
.John Banta New York July 26, 1893
.Thomas Doremus Messier Pittsburgh, Pa Aug. 11, 1893
.John Evert De Witt Portland, Me Aug. 30, 1893
. Wsmford Van Gaasbeek New York Sept. 5, 1893
.Richard Amerman Flatbush, N. Y Oct. 6, 1893
.Willard Charies Marselius Albany, N. Y Dec 24, 1893
.Gardiner Van Nostrand Newburgh, N. Y.. . .Jan. i, 1894
.John Hancock Riker New York Jan. 26, 1894
Dec 23, 1 885.. Augustus Schoonmaker Kingston, N. Y April 10, 1894
Oct. 27, 1 887. . Abram Jansen Hardenbergfa Spring House, N. Y. May 7, 1 894
Mar. 30^ 1887. .Abraham Van Vechten Albany, N. Y May 7, 1894
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Elbctiom. Dbatb.
Dec. 7, 1888. Jasper Van Vleck New York June 4, 1894
Mar. 29, 1894. .Francis Salmon Quackenbos Hartford, Conn July i, 1894
Mar. 29, 1888. .Solomon Van Etten Port Jervis, N. Y. . .July 7, 1894
Oct. 24, 1886. .Walter L. Van Denbergh Amsterdam, N. Y.. .Aug. 5, 1894
April 6, 1886. .George Van Campen Olean, N. Y Aug. 12, 1894
Mar. 29, 1888.. James Scott Conover New York Sept. 18, 1894
I>ec. 22, 1887. .Richard Van Voorhis Rochester Oct. 21, 1894
Nov. 9, 1893 . .Hooper Cumming Van Vorst Bath-on-Hudson Oct. 26, 1894
Jan. 30^ 1890. .James A. Van Auken New York Nov. 5, 1894
Mar. 26, 1891 . .Thomas Lenox Van Deventer . . . Knoxville, Tenn Nov. 5, 1894
Mar. 28, 1889. .George Washington Rosevelt Stamford, Conn Nov. 7, 1894
Dec. 7, 1888.. David Buel Knickerbocker Indianapolis, Ind.. .Dec. 31, 1894
Dec. 23, 1885. .John Fine Suydam New York Jan. 3, 1895
June 29, 1893 . .Moses Bedell Suydam Allegheny, Pa Jan. 14, 1895
Oct. 25, 1886.. Elijah Dubois Kingston, N. Y Feb. 7, 189$
Mar. 29, 1894. .Frank Roosevelt New York Feb. 7, 1895
Mar. 30, 1887.. Henry Ditmas Polhemus Brooklyn, N. Y Feb. 14, 1895
Mar. 28, 1889. .Francis Latu Du Bois Bridgeton, N. J Feb. 24, 1895
Nov. 17, 1885. .Albert Van Wagner Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Mar. 28, 1895
Oct. 25, 1886.. Charles H. Van Benthuysen Albany, N. Y. April 15, 1895
Oct. 24, 1889. .James Dumond Van Hoeven-
berg New Brighton, N.YJ^y 9, 1895
Mar. 31, 1892. .Cornelius S. Cooper Schraalenbui:gh,N.J.May 12, 1895
Nov. 17, 1885. .John Paul Paulison Tenafly, N. J May 30, 1895
Oct. 25, 1886. .John Jacob Morris Paterson, N. J June 9, 1895
Dec 20, 1886. .Hiram Edward Sickds Albany, N. Y. July 4, 1895
Oct. 27, 1887. . Josiah Pierson Vreeland Paterson, N. J July 19, 1895
May 19, 1887. .Fletcher Vosburgh Albany, N. Y July 30, 1895
May 19, 1887. .Theodore Miller Hudson, N. Y. Aug. 18, 1895
Jan. 7, 1892. .John Ryer Lydecker BogoU, N. J Oct. 4, 1895
Mar. 27, 1890. .Frederick William Nostrand Glen Ridge, N. J Oct. 27, 1895
Mar. 28, 1 889.. Johnston Niven Hegeman New York Nov. 12, 1895
Dec. 22, 1887. .Peter L. Voorhees Camden, N. J Nov. 29, 1895
June 15, 1886.. Edward Schenck New York Dec. 18, 1895
Oct. 25, 1886. .William Henry MonUnye New York Dec. 23, 1895
Jan. 30, 1890. .John Waddell Van Sickle Springfield, Dec. 26, 1895
Oct. 25, 1886.. Stephen Van Rensselaer Bogert.. New Brighton, N.Y.Jan. 10^ 1896
Oct. 24, 1889.. Joseph Woodard Duryee New York Jan. 25, 1896
Dec. 22, 1887. . John Brower New York Feb. 28, 1896
Oct. 24, i889..Damel Berten Van Houten New York Mar. 27, 1896
Oct. 22, 1890. .David Demaree Banta Bloomlngton, Ind.. . April 9, 1896
Mar. 31, 1892. .Charles Henry Voorhis Jersey Gty, N. J... .April 1$, 1896
Oct. 22, 1890. .Cornelius Tunis Williamson Newark, N. J May 7, 1896
April 6^ 1886. .Henry Ketdtas New York May 23, 1896
DECEASED MEMBERS 163
Datb of Date of
Election. Death.
Mar. 30, 1887. .George Henry Wyckoff Montdair, N. J June ao, 1896
Dec. 20, 1886. .Thomas Hun Albany, N. Y June 23, 1896
April 30, 1 885.. Henry Peek De Graaf Oscawana, N. Y July 11, 1896
Dec. 29, 1892. .Richard Riker New York Aug. 2, 1896
Oct. 2Sf 1 886.. Lawrence Van Voorhees Cortel-
you Brooklyn, N. Y Aug. 5, 1896
June 25, 1 885.. Alexander Thompson Van Nest.. New York Aug. 10, 1896
Mar. 30, 1887.. Ransom Hollenback Veddcr Cha'm Center, N.Y. Aug. 12, 1896
April 30, 1885. .Joshua Marsden Van Cott New York Aug. 13, 1896
April 30, 1885. .Eugene Van Benschoten New York Oct. 26, 1896
Oct. 24, 1889. .George Aaron Banta Brooklyn, N. Y Nov. 2, 1896
Dec. 32, 1887. .William Dilworth Voorhees Bergen Point, N. J. Nov. 11, 1896
Dec. 22, 1887.. Stacy Prickett G>nover Wickatunk, N. J... .Nov. 17, 1896
Jan. 30, 1890. .Jerome Vemet Deyo Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Dec. 28, 1896
Mar. 30, 1 893.. Williamson Rapalje Brooklyn, N. Y Dec. 28, 1896
Jan. 30^ 1890. .John Newton Voorhees Flemington, N. J... .Jan. 7, 1897
Dec. 22, 1887. .Jacob Charles Van Cleef NewBrunswick,N.J.Jan. 11, 1897
May 19, 1887.. William Rankin Duryee NewBrunswick,N.J. Jan. 20, 1897
Sept. 29, i892..Abram Winfred Bergen Cornwall, N. Y Jan. 21, 1897
April 30, 1885. .William Henry Van Slyck Valatie, N. Y Mar. 3, 1897
June 25, 1885.. John William Somarindyck Glen Cove, N. Y April 12, 1896
Dec. 23, 1885. .John Holmes Van Brunt Fort Hamilton,N.Y. Sept. 26, 1896
Oct. 25, 1886.. Stephen Van Wyck Brooklyn April 25, 1897
April 6, 1886. .William James Van Arsdale New York April 30, 1897
Jan. 7» 1892. .David Provoost Van Deventer. .Matawan, N. J June 30^ 1897
Oct. 22, 1890. .Charles BanU New York Aug. 15, 1897
April 6, i886..0gdenGoelet New York Aug. 27, 1897
Dec. 20^ 1886. .John Hopper Paterson, N. J Oct. 21, 1897
Nov. 9, 1893. .Thomas Henry Edsall Colorado Springs,
Col. Oct. 26, 1897
Mar. 27, 1890. .James C. Cooper River Edge, N. J.. . .Dec. 5, 1897
Oct. 27, 1887. .Lewis Foster Montanye Atlantic Highlands,
N.J.Dec. 8,1897
Oct. 27, i887..Albert Hoysradt Hudson, N. Y I>ec. 8, 1897
Oct. 29, i89i..John Wesley Vandevort Pasadena, Cal Dec. 16, 1897
Dec. 23, 1885. .Jeremiah Johnson, Jr Brooklyn Feb. 14, 1898
Oct. 2 1886. .Jacob Hendriks Ten Eyck Albany, N. Y Mar. 24, 1898
Mar. 30, 1893. .John Gregory Truaz New York Feb. i, 1898
Oct. 24, 1889. . John Demarest Newark, N.J May 20, 1898
Mar. 14, 1885. .Jacob Wendell New York May 21, 1898
Jan. 30, 1890. .Francis Skillman Roslyn, N. Y Sept. 5, 1898
Dec. 20, 1886.. Samuel McCutcheon Van Sant-
voord Albany, N. Y Sept. 19, 1898
Nov. I7» 1885. .Thomas Francis Bayard Wilmington, Del.. . .Oct. 7, 1898
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Nfar. 29, 1888. .Zaccheus Bergen New York Oct. 11, 1898
Mar. 29, i888..DanieiPolhemtt8 VanDom Freehold, N.J Nov.23, 1898
Mar. 28, i889..Eyert Peek Van Eppt Schenecudy, N. Y.Jan. 7» 1899
Oct. 25, 1886. John Nathaniel Jansen Newark, N. J Jan. 13, 1899
Oct. 25, 1889.. Samuel Mount Schanck Higfautown, N. J.. Jan. 15, 1899
Mar. 14, 1895. .William Manning Van Heusen. .New York Feb. 3, 1899
April 6, i886..Abram Douwe Ditmart Brooklyn, N. Y Feb. 19, 1899
Oct. 22, 1890. John Butler Adrianoe .New Haven, Conn.. April 5, 1899
April 6, 1886.. Robert Goelet New York April 27, 1899
Oct. 24, 1889. Joseph S. Schoonmaker Plainfield, N. J May 8, 1899
Mar. 30, 1887. .Seymour Van Nostrand Elizabeth, N. J July 16, 1899
Mar. 29, 1894. .Charles De La Montanye Port Ewen, N. Y.. . .July 23, 1899
Dec. 7, 1888. .Garret Daniel Van Reipen Jersey Qty, N. J — Aug. i, 1899
Oct. 24, 1889. .Tunis Schenck Brooklyn, N. Y Aug. 15, 1899
Oct. 25, 1886. .Abraham Lansing Albany, N. Y Oct. 4, 1899
Nov. 17, i885..AlfredDe Witt Staatsburgh,N.Y...Oct. 11, 1899
June 8, 1899. .George Piatt Van Vliet Salt Point, N. Y.. . .Oct. 29, 1899
Oct. 25, 1886. .Abraham A. Van Vorst Schenecudy, N. Y. . Dec 2, 1899
June 30, i892..Joseph C. Hoagland New York Dec 8, 1899
Dec 20, 1886.. Howard Osterhoudt Kingston, N. Y Dec. 25, 1899
Mar. 30, 1887. .John Walker Van De Water New York Dec. 28, 1899
Oct. 24, 1885. .Augustus Rapelye Elmhurst, N. Y Feb. 7, 1900
Oct. 25, 1886. .Maunsell Van Rensselaer New York Feb. 17, 1900
Mar. 31, 1892.. Benjamin Alexander Van
Schaick .... Philadelphia Mar. 5, 1900
Oct.- 22, 1890. .Dr. Peter Stryker Asbury Park, N. J.. .Mar. 25, 1900
Oct. 27, 1887. .Eugene Van Ness Baltimore, Md Mar. 3 1, 1900
Oct. 24, 1889. .Samuel Burhans, Jr. New York April 2, 1900
Mar. 29, 1888. .John Augustus Elmendorf New York April 5, 1900
Mar. 27, 1890. .Isaac Cornelius Haring West Nyack, N. Y.. April 16, 1900
Oct. 24, 1889.. Charles Holbert Voorhees NewBrun8wick,N.J.May 13, 1900
Jan. 30, 1890. .Ebenezer Lane Cooper New York May 27, 1900
Dec. 29, 1892. .Peter Le Fevre Van Wagenen. . . Poughkeepsie, N. Y. June 10, 1900
Oct. 27, 1897. .Cornelius C. Van Reypen Jersey City, N. J.. . .June 17, 1900
Oct. 25, 1886. .Harman Wortman Veeder Schenecudy, N. Y..Oct. 15, 1900
June 15, 1886. .William Scudder Stryker Trenton, N. J Oct. 29, 1900
Dec. 20^ x886. .George Duryee Hulst Brooklyn, N. Y Nov. 5, 1900
Mar. 27, 1890. .John Schureman Sutphen New York Nov. 17, 1900
Mar. 28, 1889. .Henry Veight Williamson New York Nov. 18, 1900
Dec. 20, 1886. .William Henry Harrison Stryker. Paterson, N. J Nov. 26, 1900
Oct. 27, 1887. .James Roosevelt Hyde Park, N. Y.. . .Dec 8, 1900
Dec 23, 1885. .Henry Rutger Beekman New York Dec 17, 1900
Dec 7, i888..Peter Cantine Saugerties, N. Y.. . .Dec 24, 1900
April 6, i886..WilliamLedyardVanDerVoort. New York Dec. 31, 1900
June 8, 1899. .Ralph Sazton Lansing New York Jan. 5, 1901
DBCBJSED MEMBERS
i6s
Datbof
£l«BCnON.
June 2$, 1885.
June 14, 1900.
Oct, 27, 1887.
Dec. 23, 1885.
June 25, 1885.
Dec. 7, 1888.
Dec. 20, 1893.
Oct. 22, 1890.
Mar. 29, 1894.
Oct. 25, 1886.
May 19, 1887.
June 10, 1897.
Oct. 25, 1886.
Mar. 10, 1898.
Dec. 7, 1888.
Oct. 25, 1886.
June 25, 1885.
April 30, 1885.
June 30, 1892.
Mar. 29, 1888.
Datbof
Dbatr.
.John Voorhees Van Woert New York Jan. 7, 1901
.Christopher Yates Wemple New York Jan. 25, 1901
.Isaac C. De Bevoise Brooklyn, N. Y Feb. 20, 1901
.Charles Henry Roosevelt PelhamManor,N.Y.Mar. 24, 1901
.Stewart Van Vliet Washington, D. C. .Mar. 28, 1901
.Watson Van Benthuysen New Orleans, La.. . .Mar. 30, 1901
.William Moore Stilwell New York April 1 1, 1901
.Charles Rutger De Freest Brooklyn, N. Y May 10, 1901
.Isaac Romaine Jersey City, N. J June 22, 1901
.John Cornelius Hasbrouck New York July 5, 1901
. Simon J. Schermerhom Schenectady, N. Y. . July 21, 1901
.William Mabie Peekskill, N. Y Aug. 14, 1901
.Richard Varick De Witt Albany, N. Y Aug. 21, 1901
.John Hopper Hackensack, N. J. . .Aug. 3 1, 1901
.John Gillespie Myers Albany, N. Y Dec. i, 1901
.John Barnes Varick Manchester, N. H.. .Feb. 8, 1902
.Sandford RoweTen Eyck Waterloo, N. Y Feb. 17, 1902
.Frederick D. Tappen New York Feb. 28, 1902
.Frederick Pentz Voorhees New York Mar. 19, 1902
.Delavan Bloodgood Brookl3m, N. Y April 4, 1902
Dec 7,
1888.
Oct. 27,
1887.
Mar. 28,
1889.
Mar. 14,
1885.
Dec 7,
1888.
Mar. 30,
1887.
Mar. 29,
1894.
Jan. 7,
1892.
Dec 9,
1897.
Dec. 8,
1898.
Dec 7,
1888.
Oct. 22,
1890.
Oct. II,
1900.
Mar. 14,
1885.
Dec. 7,
1888.
Dec 29,
1892.
Mar. 29,
1888.
Dec 7,
1888.
Mar. 29,
1888.
Oct. 25,
1886.
Dec. 22,
1887.
Oct. 16,
1894-
Mar. 29,
1888.
Dec. 20,
1886.
.Egbert Ludovicus \^ele : New York Apr. 22, 1902
.Abraham Voorhees Schenck. . . .New Brunswick,
N. J. April 28, 1902
.Menzo Edgar WendeU Saratoga Springs,
N. Y. June 3, 1902
.Abraham Van Santvoord New York June 15, 1902
.Caspar Schenck Annapolis, Md June 21, 1902
.Purdy Van Vliet New York June 25, 1902
.Paul Vandervoort Omaha, Neb July 29, 1902
.Isaac Myer New York Aug. 2, 1902
.Robert Cumming Schenck Da3rton, Ohio Oct. 15, 1902
.Nathaniel S. W. Vanderhoef New York Oct. 28, 1902
.John Cowenhoven Brooklyn, N. Y Oct. 29, 1902
.Joseph Walworth Sutphen Brooklyn, N. Y Nov. 2, 1902
.Washington A. H. Bogardus New York Nov. 7, 1902
.Lucas L. Van Allen New York Dec. 26, 1902
.Charles Wessell New York Dec 30, 1902
.Peter Phillips Burtis Buffalo, N. Y Jan. 7, 1903
.John Henry Brinckerhoff Jamaica, N. Y Jan. 16, 1903
.William K. Van Alen San Francisco, Cal.. Jan. 19, 1903
.Adam Tunis Van Vranken Watervliet, N. Y.. . .Jan. 19, 1903
.Maurice Edward Viele Albany, N. Y Feb. 19, 1903
.David De Peyster Acker Los Angeles, Cal. . . . Feb. 19, 1903
.John Butler Brevoort Johnsonburg, Pa.. . . Feb. 21, 1903
.William Laing Heermance Yonkers, N. Y Feb. 25, 1903
.Albert Gilliam Bogert Nyack, N. Y Mar. 24, 1903
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Datb op
Election.
Oct. 25, 1886.
Mar. 14, 1885.
Oct. 22, 1890.
Oct. 24, 1889.
Oct. 24,1889.
Mar. 28, 1889.
May 19, 1887.
Oct. 10, 1895.
Mar. 14, 1885.
Oct. 25, 1886.
Mar. 10, 1898.
April 6, 1886.
June 25, 1885.
Mar. 27, 1890.
June 12, 1902.
June 25, 1885.
June 8, 1899.
Mar. 14, 1885.
Mar. 30, 1887.
Dec. 7,1888.
Oct. 12, 1899.
June II, 1903.
Dec. 9, 1897.
June 13, 1901.
Mar. 27, 1890.
Datb of
Death.
.William Meadon Van Antwerp. .Albany, N. Y April 9, 1903
.George West Van Siclen Cornwall^ N. Y April 19, 1903
.Alfred Hasbrouck Poughkeepsie, N. Y. May 9, 1903
. De Witt Chauncey Le Fevre Buffalo, N. Y May 24, 1903
.Johnston Livingston De Peyster.TivoIi, N. Y May 27, 1903
.Eugene Vanderpool Newark, N. J ^ July 12, 1903
.Miles Woodward Vosburgh Albany, N. Y Aug. 30, 1903
.Zaremba W. Waldron Jackson, Mich Oct. i, 1903
.Cornelius Van Brunt New York Oct. i, 1903
.David Cole Yonkers, N. Y Oct. 20, 1903
.Thomas J. Van Alstyne Albany, N. Y Oct. 26, 1903
.John Henry Van Antwerp Albany, N. Y Dec. 14, 1903
.Selah Reeve Van Duzer Newburgh, N. Y — Dec. 27, 1903
.John Schoonmaker Newburgh, N. Y.. . .Jan. i, 1904
.George L. Becker St. Paul, Minn Jan. 6, 1904
.Peter Q. Eckerson New York Jan. 10, 1904
.James Lansing Troy, N. Y Jan. 21, 1904
.George Van Wagenen New York Jan. 29, 1904
.Pierre Van Buren Hoes Yonkers, N. Y Feb. 5, 1904
.John Van Der Bilt Van Pelt. . . Brooklyn, N. Y Feb. 17, 1904
.Dominicus Snedeker Brooklyn, N. Y. . . .Mar. x8, 1904
.Vedder Van Dyck Bayonne, N. J Mar. 24, 1904
.Evert Sheldon Van Slyke New York Mar. 24, 1904
.Caleb Coles Dusenbury New York Mar. 24, 1904
.George Howard Vander Beek. .Allentown, N. J Mar. 31, 1904
Mar. 26, 1892. .George A. Zabriskie Bloomfield, N. J April 14, 1904
Oct. 25, 1886. .James Monroe Van Valen Hackensack, N. J.. .May 19, 1904
June 25, 1885. .James Davis Wynkoop New York June i, 1904
Oct. 25, 1885. .Isaac Pruyn Catskill, N. Y June 2, 1904
Jan. 30, 1890. .Jacob Deyo New Paltz, N. Y June 8, 1904
Mar. 26, i89i..Alvah Deyo Hasbrouck Wilmington, Del July 5, 1904
Mar. 20, 1886. .Ferdinand Hasbrouck New York Aug. 7, 1904
Oct. 24, 1885. .Sylvester Daley Boorom Horseheads, N. Y. . . Sept. 20, 1904
Dec. 23, 1885. .John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn. New York Sept. 22, 1904
Oct. 25, 1 886.. Augustus Hasbrouck Bruyn Kingston, N. Y Oct. 23, 1904
Dec. 12, i90i..Teunis Whitbeck Van Hoesen. . .Philadelphia, Pa Nov. 18, 1904
May 19, 1887. .Edgar Knickerbocker New York Nov. 20, 1904
May 19, 1887.. Charles Hageman Voorhees Brooklyn, N. Y. Dec. 11, 1904
June II, 1903.. Leander Mortimer De La Mater. Elizabeth, N. J Dec. X2, 1904
Nov. 17, 1885. .Menzo Van Voorhis Rochester, N. Y. . . .Jan. 18, 1905
Mar. 30, 1887. .Cornelius J. Dumond New York Jan. 21, 1905
Dec. 29, 1892. .John Abraham Lott, Jr.: Brooklyn, N. Y Feb. 2, 1905
Mar. 28, 1889. .Remsen Varick Messier Pituburgh, Pa Feb. 2, 1905
Oct. 22, 1890. .Jacob Lefever New Paltz, N. Y.. . . Feb. 4, 1905
Dec. 7, i888..John G. Bogert New York Feb. 14, 1905
Dec 9, 1897.. William Rea Bronk New York Mar. 30^ 1905
DECEASED MEMBERS
167
Datb of
Elsction.
Oct. 27, 1887.
June 10, 1897.
Dec. 7, 1888.
June 30, 1890.
Dec. 23, 1885.
Mar. 14, 1885.
Mar. 27, 1890.
Oct. 24, 1889.
Mar. 29, 1894.
Oct. 24, 1889.
Dec. 22, 1887.
April 6, 1886.
Mar. lOy 1904.
June 25, 1885.
Dec. 22, 1887.
Mar. 12, 1903.
Nov. 7, 190 1.
Mar. 14, 1885.
Dec. 22, 1887.
Mar. 9, 1905.
.De Witt Heermance Poughkeepsie, N .Y.
John William Cooper Brooklyn, N. Y
.Benson Van Vlict Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
.Joseph Warren Scott Dey New York City
. Frederick J. De Peyster New York City
.Charles Henry Van Deventer. . .New York City
.John Lefferts, Jr Brooklyn, N. Y
.William Fargo Kip New York City
.Frederick Cruser Bayles Houston, Miss
.Henry Augustine Bogert Flushing, N. Y
.Clarkson Crosby Schuyler Plattsburgh, N. Y.. .
.Cornelius Vreeland Banta Roselle, N. J
.Edwin Ruthven Dusinbery Liberty, N. Y
.John Van Voorhis Rochester, N. Y.. . .
.Philip Verplandk Yonkers, N. Y
.Maurice Penniman HasBrouck. .New Paltz, N. Y.. . .
.Walter Van Dyke Oakland, Cal
.John Henry Van Wyck New York City
.Peter Van Voorhees Camden, N. J
.Ernest Graves Bergen New York City
Datb of
Dbatb.
April 16, 1905
April 23, 1905
April 30, 1905
May 4, 190S
May 10, 1905
May 25, 1905
May 28, 1905
July s, 1905
July 10, 1905
July 12, 1905
Aug. 16, 1905
Sept. s, 190S
Oct. 17, 1905
Oct. 20^ 1905
Nov. 10, Z905
Nov. 25, 1905
Dec. 25, 1905
Jan. 29, 1906
Feb. 25, 1906
Mar. 6, 1906
Oct. 27, 1887. .Robert Sickels
Oct. 27, 1887. .Acmon Pulaski Van Gieson
Mar. 28, 1889. .Richard J. Berry
June 13, 1895. .Paul Richard Brown
Oct. 25, 1886. .Hyman Roosa
Mar. 14, 1885. .Robert Barnwell Roosevelt
Dec. 22, 1887. .John Egmont Schermerhom. . . .
Oct. 22, 1890. .Charles Adolphus De Witt
Mar. 28, 1889. .Charles Lansing Pruyn
June 8, 1899. .Samuel Brinkerhoff
April 6, 1886. .Chauncey Schaffer Truax
Mar. 14, 1901 . . Frederick Hasbrouck
Mar. 28, 1889. .Abraham Van Wyck Van
Vechten . . . .
Mar. 14, 1885. .Gilbert Sutphen Van Pelt
Dec. II, 1902. .William Ide Van Benscoter
Mar. 9, 1 899.. Edward Augustus Van Wagenen.
Oct. 29, 1891. .Samuel C. Bradt
Dec 29, 1892. .Tunis Henry Bergen
Mar. 29, 1894. .Robert Bayles
Mar. 14, 1885. .Wilhelmus Mynderse
April 30, 1885. .Henry Spingler Van Beuren
Mar. 28, 1 889.. Benjamin Lander Amerman. . . .
Mar. 29, 1 888.. Stephen Gilliam Bogert
New York City April 1 1, 1906
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. April 19, 1906
Brooklyn, N. Y May 26, 1906
Tulsa, Ind. Ter. May 3 1, 1906
Kingston, N. Y June 8, 1906
New York City June 14, 1906
New York Qty June 21, 1906
Jersey City, N. J June 27, 1906
Albany, N. Y July 7, 1906
Fremont, O Aug. 5, 1906
New York City Aug. 9, 1906
New York City Aug. 28, 1906
New York City Aug. 28, 1906
New York Qty Sept. 1 1, 1906
Detroit, Mich Sept. 23, 1906
Newark, N. J Sept. 28, 1906
Albany, N. Y Oct. 14, 1906
Brooklyn, N. Y Oct. 17, 1906
Englewood, N. J Oct. 21, 1906
Brooklyn, N. Y Nov. 15, 1906
New York City Nov. 29, 1906
New York City Feb. i, 1907
New York City Feb. 10, 1907
l68 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
Datb or Date of
Elbctiom. Death.
Mar. 9, 1905. John Goldsmith Prall. Elmhuret, N. Y April 22, 1907
April 6, 1886. John Watts de Peyster Tivoli, N. Y May 4, 1907
Mar. 3 1, 1892. . Robert Bentley Brinkerhoff Pelham Manor,N.Y. May 9, 1907
Mar. 9, 1905. .Neilson Abeel Newark, N. J May 18, 1907
April 6, 1886. .William John Fryer New York City June 2, 1907
Mar. 26, 1891 . Jacob L. Van Pelt Bensonhurst, N. Y. . June 8, 1907
Jan. 30, 1890. .Francis Conklin Huyck Albany, N. Y July 4, 1907
Dec. 20, 1886. .John Lansing Watertown, N. Y.. .July 4, 1907
Mar. 28, 1889. .John Henry Sutphen Jamaica, N. Y July 21, 1907
Mar. 29, 1888. .John Hunn Voorhees North Bend, Oct. 14, 1907
May 19, 1887.. Henry Martin Polhemus Astoria, N. Y Oct. 23, 1907
Oct. 25, 1886. .Jasper Van Wormer Albany, N. Y Nov. 4, 1907
Mar. 26, i89i..JosephDwightVan
Valkenburgh . . . .Greene, N. Y Nov. 4, 1907
Dec. 22, 1887. . Abram Giles Brower Utica, N. Y Nov. 8, 1907
Oct. 25, 1886. .Hubert Van Wagenen New York City Jan. 12, 1908
Dec. 22, 1887. .John Hayden Visscher Brooklyn, N. Y Feb. i, 1908
Oct. 25, 1886.. Douw Henry Fonda Albany, N. Y Feb. 23, 1908
April 30, 1885. .John William Van Hoesen Nyack, N. Y Feb. 26, 1908
Mar. 28, 1889.. Peter Deyo Albany, N. Y Mar. 8, 1908
Dec. 23, 1 885 . . Daniel Bennett St. John Roosa . . New York City Mar. 8, 1908
Dec. 23, 1885. .William Hoffman Ten Eyck Astoria, N. Y April 25, 1908
Mar. 28, 1889.. James Van Der Bilt Lott Brooklyn, N. Y May 28, 1908
Dec. 28, 1893. .Harmon Van Woert Athens, N. Y May 31, 1908
Oct. 24, 1889. .Townsend Wandell New York City June 28, 1908
Dec. 22, 1887. .Joachim Elmendorf Saratoga Springs,
N. Y. July 19, 1908
Dec. 23, 1885.. James William Beekman New York City Aug. 7, 1908
Dec. 20, 1886. .George Ohlen Van der Bogert. . . Schenectady, N. Y. Aug. 20, 1908
Mar. 30, 1887. .Jacob Craig Van Blarcom St. Louis, Mo Aug. 24, 1908
Mar. 14, 1885. .Henry De Witt Van Orden Brooklyn, N. Y Oct. 6, 1908
Mar. 28, 1889. .Frank Vredenburgh Bayonne, N. J Oct. 7, 1908
Nov. 17, 1885.. John Howard Suydam Philadelphia, Pa.. . .Oct. 17, 1908
Mar. 30, 1893. .Arthur Burtis Buffalo, N. Y Oct. 22, 1908
Mar. 29, 1888. . Alonzo Edward Conover New York City Oct. 23, 1908
Dec. 7, 1888. .John Bullock Van Petten Cazenovia, N. Y.. . .Oct. 3 1, 1908
June 25, 1885. .James Burtis Van Woert New York City Nov. 21, 1908
Mar. 14, 1895. .Peter Bogart, Jr. Bogota, N. J Jan. 6, 1909
June 15, 1886. .Garret Adam Van Allen Albany, N. Y Jan. 28, 1909
April 30, 1885. .William Leslie Van Sinderen. . . .Washington, Conn.. Feb. 3, 1909
Dec. 1 1, 1902. .Silas Belden Dutcher Brooklyn, N. Y Feb. 10, 1909
Mar. 14, 1907. .Theodore Sheldon Winans New York City Mar. 8, 1909
April 6, 1886. .Evert Van Slyke Riverdale, N. Y Mar. 10, 1909
Dec. II, 1902.. Mark Vernon Slingerland Ithaca, N. Y Mar. 11, 1909
May 19, 1887. .John Henry Starin New York City Mar. 22, 1909
Mar. 13, 1902. .Abram Cornelius Holdrum Westwood, N. J Mar. 24, 1909
Mar. 10, 1904. .John L4iwrence Riker, II Woodmere, N. Y.. . .Mar. 25, 1909
DECEASED MEMBERS
169
Date or
Elbctioi?.
Mar. 14, 1885.
Oct. 21, 1897.
Dec. 8, 1904.
Mar. 14, 1885.
April 6, 1886.
Mar. 26, 1 891.
Oct. 24, 1889.
Mar. 30, 1887.
June 5, 1885.
Oct. 25, 1886.
June 30, 1890.
Oct. 24, 1889.
Mar. 29, 1894.
Oct. 25, 1886.
Oct. 25, 1886.
April 30, 1885.
Mar. 8, 1906.
June lOy 1909.
Mar. II, 1909.
June 15, 1886.
Dec. 10, 1896.
Oct. 27, 1887.
Oct. 24, 1885.
April 6, 1886.
Mar. 9, 1899.
Mar. 24,
Oct. 27,
Mar. II,
Mar. 31
Dec.
Mar. 12
Dec.
June
June
Dec.
Dec.
Oct,
Jan.
Jan.
Oct.
Nov.
Mar.
June
Oct.
8,
a,
20,
25,
15,
8,
7,
*7,
7,
30,
24»
9>
30.
as,
a3,
r. 30^
Oct. 27,
Mar.
Dec
Mar.
Datb or
Death.
.George M. Van Hoesen Nyack, N. Y April 18, 1909
.Charles Edward Witbeck Cohoes, N. Y May 13, 1909
.Cornelius I. Zabriskie Hackensack, N. J. . .May 13, 1909
.Gerardus Hilles Wynkoop New York City May 16, 1909
.John Lawrence Riker Cedarhurst, N. Y. . .July 6, 1909
.Seymour De Witt Middletown, N. Y.. July 12, 1909
.Richard Henry Van Alstyne Troy, N. Y July 28, 1909
.Cornelius Cuyler Cuyler New York Qty July 30, 1909
.Thomas Dunkin De Witt New York City Aug. 13, 1909
.Abraham Quackenbush New York Qty Aug. 26, 1909
.Charles Winegar Crispell Rondout, N. Y. Aug. 30, 1909
.Henry Waller Brinckerhoff Brooklyn, N. Y Sept. 7, 1909
.John Cornell Schenck Brooklyn, N. Y Sept. 29, 1909
.Charles Burhans Kingston, N. Y Oct. 15, 1909
.Francis Isaac Vander Beek Jersey Qty, N. J. . .Oct. 23, 1909
.John Rufus Van Wormer New York Qty Oct. 27, 1909
.William H. Van Schoonhoven. . .Troy, N. Y Nov. 2, 1909
.Albert Waling Van Winkle New York City Dec. 16, 1909
.John Newton Van Ness Newark, N. J Dec. 28, 1909
.Charles H. Truaz New York City Jan. 14, 1910
.Edward Langdon Bogert New Brighton, N.Y. Jan. 19, 1910
.Gordon Wendell New York City Jan. 3 1, 1910
.Peter WyckofF Brooklyn, N. Y Feb. 9, 1910
.Louis Bevier Van Gaasbeek Kingston, N. Y Feb. 16, 19 10
.John Perdval Roosa Monticello, N. Y.. . .Feb. 23, 1910
910. . Abram Van Arsdale
887. .Daniel Lewis Van Antwerp . .
897. .Andrew Jackson Kiersted
892.. William Henry Slingerland. . .
904. .James Wallace Van Qeave. . .
896. .Edwafd Boyce Adriance
886..James Ten Eyck
885. .Hiram Schoonmaker
886. .Theodore Melvin Banta
888. .James Thayer Van Deventer
888..Townsend Cortelyou Van Pelt. .
887. . Samuel Van Wyck
892. . Josiah H. Zabriskie
890. .Philip Vernon Van Orden
885. .John Gamsey Van Slyke
893. .Henry Cornelius Hasbrouck
887. .Commodore Perry Vedder
902.. Ferdinand Lott Wyckoff
886. .Isaac Paulis Vander Beek
901 . .Henry Mesier Van Wyck
885. .James Suydam
887. .Edward Elsworth
887.. Edward Strong Bogert
Newark, N. J April
Loudonville, N. Y... April
Philadelphia, Pa.. . .May
Slingerlands, N. Y..May
St. Louis, Mo May
New York City July
Albany, N.Y July
New York City Aug.
Brooklyn, N. Y Sept.
Knoxville, Tenn. . . . Sept.
Brooklyn, N.Y Oct.
Brooklyn, N.Y Oct.
Brooklyn, N.Y Nov.
Catskill,N.Y Dec
Kingston, N. Y Dec.
Newburgh, N. Y.. . . Dec
Ellicottville, N. Y.. .Dec
Brooklyn, N.Y Dec.
Jersey City, N. J.. . .Jan.
New Hamburg, N.Y.Jan.
Philadelphia, Pa.. . .Jan.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Feb.
New Yorit City Feb.
7,
16,
10,
13,
22,
28,
17,
18,
16,
18.
i>
13.
15.
17.
30.
10,
27.
28,
2,
16,
910
910
910
910
910
910
910
910
910
910
910
910
910
910
910
910
910
910
911
911
911
911
911
170 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
Date op Date of
Elbction. Death.
June 25, 1885. .Peter J. Stuyvesant New York City Mar. 3, 1911
Oct. 22, 1890.. James Pilling Rappelyea Brooklyn, N. Y Mar. 8, 191 1
Jan. 30, 1 890.. Washington Lafayette Cooper. .New York City Mar. 10, 191 1
Jan. II, 1909.. George Washington
Schoonmaker Jamaica, N. Y Mar. 10, 191 1
Dec. 28, 1893.. Arthur Peter Sutphen Somerville, N. J.. . .Mar. 14, 191 1
Mar. 29, 1888.. John Brower BIydenburgh Hudson, N. Y Mar. 18, 1911
Mar. 30, 1887. .Charles Francis Van Horn Newport, R. I April 4, 1911
Dec. 9, 1909. .Franklin David Putnam Auburn, N. Y April 5, 191 1
Oct. 27, 1887. .Jacob Winne Clute Schenectady, N. Y.. April 12, 191
Oct. 24, 1889. .Leonard Harvey Groesbeck Syracuse, N. Y April 17, 191
Dec. 20, 1886. .David Augustus Vander Veer. . . Freehold, N. J April 26, 191
Oct. 24, 1889. .John Henry Hopper Paterson, N. J May 7, 191
Oct. 25, 1886. .Theophilus Anthony Brouwer. . . New York City June 15, 191
Nov. 9, 1893.. John Jeremiah Van Rensselaer. .Dongan Hills, S. L. .June 18, 191
May 19, 1887. .Stephen Van Alcn Van Home. . .New York City July ii, 191
June 13, 1901. .Peter A. Dey Iowa City, Iowa July 11, 191
Oct. 29, 1 891. .Edward Jacob Bergen Brooklyn, N. Y July 14, 191
Dec. 7, 1888. .Peter Jacobus Elting Yonkers, N. Y Aug. 10, 191
Mar. 10, 1904. .Cornelius Bloomingdale New York City Aug. 22, 191
Mar. 9, 1905. .Cornelius Ditmars Flatbush, N. Y Sept. 20, 191
Oct. 24, 1885.. Charles Crooke Suydam Elizabeth, N. J Nov. 9, 191
Dec. 17, 1908.. William White Hance Palenville, N. Y Nov. 14, 191
Dec. 17, 1908. .David Springsteen Elmhurst, N. Y Dec. 14, 191
June IS, 1886. .Bloomfield Brower New York City Jan. 5, 191 2
Mar. 14, 1885. .George Gosman De Witt New York City Jan. 12, 1912
Dec. 7, 1888. .Francis D. Kouwenhoven Steinway, N. Y Jan. 20, 19 12
Mar. 31, 1892.. John Henry Dingman Brooklyn, N. Y Jan. 27, 1912
June 9, 1904. .Abraham Zabriskie Van Houten. Passaic, N. J Feb. 24, 1912
Oct. 27, 1887. .Albert Van Brunt Voorhees Brooklyn, N. Y Mar. 8, 191 2
June 25, 1885. .Eugene Van Loan Athens, N. Y Mar. 10, 1912
Dec. 20, 1886. .Samuel Oakley Vander Poel. . .New York April 22, 191 2
Oct. 22, 1890. .Edward Tompkins Hulst Poughkeepsie, N. Y.. April 23, 1912
Mar. 31, 1890. . Amatt Reading Gulick New York April 24, 1912
June 25, 1885. .Richard Mentor Jacobus Maplewood, N. J.. . .April 30, 191 2
Mar. 10, 1898. .Charles Eagles Dusenberry Troy, N. Y June 25, 1912
Mar. 12, 1908. .Charles Freeman Cantine Kingston, N. Y July 14, 1912
Mar. 12, 1903. .Harry Van der Veer De Hart. .Elizabeth, N. J July 16, 191 2
Mar. 29, 1894. .Sherman Esselstyn Brooklyn, N. Y Sept. 22, 191 2
Mar. 30, 1893. .Joseph Hasbrouck Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. .Oct. 2, 191 2
June 1 1, 1908. .Willis Alvin Winne Albany, N. Y Oct. 2, 1912
June 30, 1891. .Anthony Dey New York Oct. 11, 1912
Mar. 10, 1898. .William Wallace Brower New York Oct. 15, 191 2
Mar. 29, 1894. . Wellington Vrooman Parkersburg, W. Va. . Oct. 26, 1912
Mar. 9, 1899. .John Monroe Van Vleck Middletown, Conn. . . Nov. 4, 1912
DECEASED MEMBERS
171
Date of Date of
Elections. Death.
Dec, 12, 1901 . .P. A. V. Van Doren Princeton, N. J Nov. 4, 1912
Dec. 10, 1903 . . Isaac I. Demarest Hackensack, N. J. . . .Dec. 2, 1912
Mar. 31, 1892. .Andrew James Hageman Somerville, N. J Dec. 3, 1912
June 8, 1899. .William Van Dorn Freehold, N. J Jan. i, 1913
Oct. 25, 1886. .Andrew Tniax Veeder Pittsburg, Penn Jan. 4, 1913
Nov. 30, 1892. .Emestus Schenck Gulick New York Jan. 6, 1913
Mar. 10, 1904. .Henry Benjamin Van Winkle . Paterson, N. J Jan. 7, 191 3
June 15, 1886. .Samuel Decker Coykendall. . .Rondout, N. Y Jan. 14, 1913
June 17, 1910. .Wessel Ten Brocck Van Orden. New Baltimore, N.Y.Jan. 28, 1913
April 30, 1885 . .William Van Alstyne Plainfield, N. J Jan. 30, 1913
June 15, 1886. .David Harrison Houghtaling. .New York Feb. 14, 1913
Mar. 8, 1900. .Rasselas A. Bonta Syracuse, N. Y Mar. i, 1913
Oct. 27, 1887. .Elbert Adrian Brinckerhoff . . .Englewood, N. J Mar. 23, 1913
June 25, 1885 . .Alfred De Groot Port Richmond, N.Y.Mar. 31, 1913
Dec. 12, 191 2. .Charles Norton Van Buren. . .Elizabeth, N. J Mar. 30, 1913
June 14, 1894. .William R. P. Van Pelt Brooklyn, N. Y April 19, 191 3
Mar. 29, 1888. .Frederick Brett Schenck Englewood, N. J May 21, 1913
Dec. 2, 1895. .Charles Harold Montanye Scarsdale, N. Y June 26, 1913
Mar. 9, 1899. .Theodore Wells Barhydt Pasadena, Cal July 16, 19 13
Oct. 25, 1886. .John Lott Nostrand Brooklyn, N. Y Aug. 3, 1913
Mar. 14, 1885 . .Dr. Richard Van Santvoord. . .New York, N. Y Sept. 10, 1913
Mar. 28, 1889. .James C. Gulick New York, N. Y Sept. 23, 1913
Dec. 13, 1894. .Adrian Meserole Brooklyn, N. Y Sept. 26, 1913
Oct. 24, 1889. .Cornelius De Witt Norfolk, Va Sept. 28, 1913
Dec. 7, 1888 . . Ezekiel J. Elting Yonkers, N. Y Oct. 26, 1913
June 10, 1897. .Thomas C. Van Antwerp Cincinnati, Ohio Nov. 20, 19 13
Dec. 14, 1899. .Richard Lansing Albany, N. Y Dec. 2, 1913
April 6, 1886 . .William C. De Witt Brooklyn, N. Y Dec. 4, 1913
Dec. 12, 1912 . . Effingham Marsh Van Buren . . Flatbush, N. Y Dec. 8, 1913
Mar. 14, 1885 . .Warner Van Norden New York, N. Y Jan. i, 1914
Dec. 23, 1885 . .John R. Van Buskirk Brooklyn, N. Y Jan. i, 1914
Mar. 12, 1908 . .William H. Van Wormer Albany, N. Y Jan. 29, 1914
Ed. Note: Deceased Members re-
corded to February i, 1915, will be
found under '*InMemoriam"on last
pages of this volume.
THE TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL DINNER OF
THE POUGHKEEPSIE MEMBERS
N Saturday evening, October 3, 1914,
the Twenty-fifth Annual Dinner of
the Poughkeepsie District Members
of The Holland Society, in com-
Imemoration of the Relief of the
Siege of Leyden, was held as usual
at the Nelson House.
*l The members who gathered around
the table were: John E. Adriance, Peter Adriance,
Wm. A. Adriance, Hon. Frank Hasbrouck, Martin
Heermance, Dr. J. W. Poucher, Jesse Elting, Jacob
Elting, A. B. Du Bois, E. Covert Hulst, David B.
Sleight, Peter R. Sleight and I. Reynolds Adriance, the
Vice President for Dutchess County, who presided.
Recording Secretary Van Winkle and Corresponding
Secretary Spoor came up from New York especially for
the occasion and were present as the guests of the
evening.
Letters of regret were read from President Brower
and Treasurer Van Brunt, and a telegram from Irving
Elting, former Vice President, conveying greetings and
regrets at his inability to be present.
The dinner was enjoyed by all and the Hutspot was
pronounced most excellent. In fact, so heartily was it
partaken of by the majority of the party that a decided
inability wag developed to assimilate the Dutchess
County
174 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
County Chicken, a part of the remainder of the viands
on the Menu.
After the cigars were lighted the attention of the
members was called to the fact that the nominations
for Vice President of The Holland Society of New York
from Dutchess County were in order, and upon motion
of Judge Hasbrouck, which was duly seconded and
carried, the present incumbent, I. Reynolds Adriance,
was named for another term, and the Recording Secre-
tary was requested to so advise the Nominating
Committee.
Mr. Van Winkle and Mr. Spoor were then called on
in turn for remarks which were listened to with much
interest. The delayed Year Books were a part of Mr.
Van Winkle's text, it being a subject on which he spoke
feelingly. His discourse caused considerable comment
by the speakers following, especially Judge Hasbrouck.
Judge Hasbrouck, Dr. Poucher, Martin Heermance,
E. Covert Hulst and John E. Adriance were also called
upon; Mr. Adriance read a letter from a German
friend, giving the German point of view of the war,
which proved to be very interesting.
Judge Hasbrouck in his remarks called attention to
the fact that The Enterprise^ a local evening paper,
made a practice of publishing each day the events
which happened ten, fifteen and twenty-five years ago,
and that on this evening the fact was recorded that the
local Holland Society held its Tenth Annual Dinner
fifteen years ago, mentioning prominent members who
have gone from us.
The menu was as follows :
^^Haring en witbrood
Leiden heeft geen nood.
99
MENU
AMONTILLADO
Little Neck Clams
Celery Salted Nuts
VIN DE GRAVES
Bisque of Tomato — Croutons
Olives
POVGHKEEPSIB CELEBRATION 1/5
Olives Radishes
Crab Flake a la Diable
PONTET CANET
Hutspot
CIGARETTES
Holland Punch
mumm's extra dry
Dutchess County Chicken
en Casserole
Creamed Lima Beans
Sweet Potato Glace
Romaine Salad
Meringue Glace Cake
CIGARS
Camembert Crackers
Coffee
THE
THE ELEVENTH INFORMAL MEETING
LL Work and No Play Makes Jack
A Dull Boy" is a maxim the truth-
fulness of which has long been
established. In 1903, the Trustees
came to realize this fact and voted
to hold the first informal meeting
of the Society on December fifteenth
of that year. This, happily, took
the form of a Smoker and has been celebrated annually
thereafter on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. The
Smoker has become so popular that in a short space of
time the Society has outgrown two meeting rooms and,
unless something is done to regulate the inviting of
guests, larger quarters will have to be sought.
In a few, well-chosen words the Honorable Frank
Hasbrouck, Past President of the Society, introduced
Dr. William Eliot Griffis, Author of "Belgium, The
Land of Art," who gave a short talk — illustrated with
lantern slides — on "The Walloons in the Netherlands
and in America." On account of the present hostile
activities now going on in that country, the lecture was
particularly interesting. Dr. Griffis said in part:
"In this time of sympathy with the Belgium of
1914, the martyred nation, now in desolation, the
hearts and purses of the American people have
responded generously to the calls of the needy.
Holland
THE ELEVENTH INFORMAL MEETING I77
Holland, also, is repeating the experiences of 1567,
when hundreds of thousands of refugees from the
southern or Belgic Netheriands sought shelter, food,
and succor, on her welcoming soil.
"Our obligation to the Belgians is not one of
humanity only. It is rather in the nature of a debt.
It was the Walloons, or French-speaking people of
the region south of Brussels, who first settled, that
is, made homes, with women and children, in the
central or empire region of the Atlantic coast in
North America — ^New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl-
vania, and Delaware. Moreover, while the new land
discovered by the men of the Half Moon was, as a
geographical entity, named New Netherland, as being
territory acquired beyond sea, in America, the
province, when made a colony and inhabited and
recognized as a political organism, was called New
Belgic Land. On the original seal of the province
(Sigillum Novi Belgii),^ on the incised granite of the
new Hall of Records, on Manhattan, and in the
official documents, one sees the arms of New Amster-
dam beneath the beaver and three silver crosses and
reads "Sigillum Amstelodamensis in Novo Belgio."
Thus the ancient Belgic name lives on our soil.
"How splendidly shines in history the first mention
of the people of Belgic Land, in whom Caesar found
foemen worthy of his steel! ^Omnium horum Belgii
fortissimi sunt' (The bravest of all these are the
Belgii), wrote the author of the immortal * Com-
mentaries.' We may well be proud that such men of
principle and conscience, Bible readers and lovers
of liberty, with experiences of persecution, hardships
bravely faced and cheerfully borne, and whose story
is as romantic as that of the Pilgrim Fathers, or the
Huguenots, settled our central region.
"Draw a line east and west across Belgium at
Brussels and, roughly speaking, all south of this line
are Walloons, whose speech is French. Economically,
for the most part, this southern country is a foundry,
mine or factory. All north of Brussels is, roughly
speaking, inhabited by Flemings, who speak Dutch
— ^not
^ See Seal on page 186 of Year Book, 1914.
178 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
— not the polished, modern speech of Leyden, but of
an older form. This region is mostly a farm or garden
area. Thus Belgium is manufacturing in the south
and agricultural and maritime in the north.
"Phonetics help to explain the origin of the name
Walloons. North of the Alps, W and G change easily.
Compare Welf and Guelph, Guilliaume and William,
besides scores of other similar transmutations, which
show us why the Gaul-loon becomes Walloon and the
person so-called speaks French.
"Our ancestors of white cuticle were once savages
like the tinted folk, knowing nothing of trousers,
woven clothing or the refinements of civilized life.
The Romans conquered our forbears with superior
weapons and discipline, but it was the foreign mis-
sionaries from the south who won the Belgii to
Christian faith, hope, and love. He who opposes or
is indifferent to Christian propaganda, or foreign
missions, is disloyal to all history, since no people
were ever made a Christian nation, except by foreign
missionaries. The saints which Belgian churches
recall in their names or make effigies of in statuary
are to us unknown by name and are otherwise ob-
scure in America, but are locally household words,
because the names or images recall the story of those
devoted men and women who, long centuries ago,
labored in the gospel on the soil.
"After Roman dominion fell, Charlemagne tried
to reform all northern Europe, according to the only
model he knew. Thus grew up the Holy Roman
Empire. The fleeing remnants of the Teutonic
tribes, driven by the great Charles out of the German
forests, settled in the sandy levels of northern Belgic
land and became the Fleemings or Flemings. Charle-
magne was crowned at Rome on Christmas Day A.
D. 800, and left one son. In 843 A. D., his three
grandsons took the oath of peace and divided
their grandfather's estate. The western part became
France, the eastern Germany, while between, was a
long strip from the Tiber to the English channel, in
which lay Belgic land. Thus, set like a wedge
between
THE ELEVENTH INFORMAL MEETING 179
between the eternal rivals, France and Germany, the
Belgic territory was destined to be a battlefield of
contending nations.
"After the crusades, an amazing era of industry
made the Netherlands the richest portion of Europe.
Charles V. could not understand the ideas of the
Reformation and their meaning, but thousands of
the southern Netherlands could and did, for they
were the pioneers of a new world of thought. Philip II
perceived the animus and bent of the new move-
ments of mind, seeing that these meant prolonged
opposition to absolutism in government and the
enjoyment of religion apart from monopoly. When
from Madrid the orders went forth for the threefold
coercion of the Netherlanders into conformity, the
establishment of the Inquisition and the laying of
taxes without consent, the Walloons first, and then
the Flemings and Dutch, revolted.
"Philip II listened to the war-makers and con-
tractors, clerical and lay, who saw rich spoil ahead.
In 1 567, he sent Alva with his invincible army to the
boggy and sandy land which human industry had
made a garden and a mint. The Walloon country is
not militarily defensible in any case and the Flemings
were unprepared. The Eighty Years War and the
^Troubles' began. The result was that under a suc-
cession of able Spanish generals, the Opacification ' of
the southern or Belgic Netherlands was completed
by Parma. Then the country was placed under the
rule of Philip's daughter, the Infanta of Spain, while
the Dutch Republic continued on its victorious
career.
"When the seventeenth century opened there were
arrayed, in startling contrast, the northern and the
southern, or the Dutch and the Spanish Netherlands.
The one nation represented the new world of print-
ing presses, public schools, freedom in religion,
economic reform and was the pioneer of what our
civilization in the twentieth century holds most
precious. The other was allied to ^the China of
Europe,' reactionary Spain.
'Meanwhile,
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"Meanwhile, a million people, Walloons and
Flemings, mostly persons of ability or skilled artisans,
fled to the four countries in the British Isles, to
Germany, to Scandinavia, to Denmark; but, in
overwhelming majority, into the Dutch Republic.
Brave Little Holland, with but 800,000 inhabitants
and four thousand square miles of dry land, was made
great. Usselinx pumped out ponds and made new
polders. Brains and wealth entered with the Wal-
loons. Amsterdam rose on the ruins of Antwerp.
Some of the finest regiments under the flag of twenty-
one stripes — ^the orange, white and blue seven times
repeated — were Walloons. The League of Seven
States prospered mightily because of Walloon Im-
migration. England was transformed from a poor,
agricultural to a rich, manufacturing country, be-
cause of the transfer of industry from continent to
island. Spain steadily sunk toward sunset.
"These Walloons were Bible readers. They cared
more for conscience and freedom than for comfort
or pelf. One phase of the story of their struggle is
told in Rev. D. F. Poujol's fascinating volume,*
which tells of the strangers happy in their new home.
At Leyden, at the Bibliotheque Wallonne, in the
Pilgrim Father Alley, Klock Steeg, opposite St.
Peter's mighty church, Americans descended from
Walloons and seeking ancestral records, will find
rich stores of knowledge. Card catalogues, giving
clues or telling the story of these refugees for con-
science sake — many of them settlers in New Nether-
land — ^with abundance of literary and illustrative
accessories, may be found.
"It was in Leyden that Jesse de Forest,* from
Avesnes in Hainault (but now in France), who may
be called the real founder of the city on Manhattan,
enrolled emigrants for settlement in the new Belgic
land beyond the Atlantic. Perhaps it was in com-
pliment, as it was in historic justice, to these Wal-
loon
^Histoire et Influence des Eglises
Wallonnes, dans les Pay Bas, par
D. F. Poujol, pasteur. Paris Libraire
Fiachbacher, 1902.
' See pages 20-22 Year Books of
The Holland Society of New York,
1888-1889, also 1895, page 119.
TEE ELEVENTH INFORMAL MEETING l8l
loon pioneers, that the new province was named that
of the Novi Belgii, or New Belgium. Not till the
truce ( 1 609-1 621) expired could the States-General,
in good faith to Spain, allow a colony on the conti-
nent of America, claimed by Philip II as his private
property; but in 1623 the West India Company had
ready a new, bright, clean ship, the New Netherlands
of 260 tons burthen. Captain Comelis Jacobsen May,
commander. On this vessel were embarked thirty
families, nearly all Walloons, bound for America.
On board were the officers of religion and the church
lay-preachers, called comforters of the sick. On
Manhattan; at the Walloon's bight, or bocht, now
the Wallabout in Brooklyn; on the site of Albany
on the upper Hudson; these Walloon pioneers of
our Middle States were settled. Four couples were
married in the ship. These brides and grooms, em-
barking on a yacht from Manhattan sailed into the
Delaware and made their home on the Jersey shore,
not far from the site of the later Philadelphia. Thus
the first home-makers in the four Middle States were
Walloons and the first white child born in this empire
region bore a Walloon name. To-day, thousands
of our best citizens are, whether or not conscious of
the fact, descended from these Walloons.
"In all probability, it was these Walloons of 1623
(for many more came later) who first brought over
their favorite flower, the Marguerite daisy. What
more appropriate state flower could be chosen for
New York by the people of our Empire Com-
monwealth, than this beautiful blossom of the
meadows ?
" So numerous were these French-speaking settlers
of New Netherland and so insistent upon their church
privileges that all the first domines, or Dutch pastors,
sent over by the West India Company, were expected
and obliged to preach in French, as well as Dutch.
If not as comfortably fluent in the speech of southern
Belgic land as was most agreeable to speakers and
hearers, they had recourse to the pen and wrote out
their sermons.
"Some
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" Some of the most prominent and honored of the
early New Netherlanders were Walloons — not from
France, bpt from the southern Netherlands — such as
Peter Minuit, first governor, who had been also an
elder in the Walloon church at Wesel, Germany; and
Secretary de Rasieres, who visited Plymouth and the
Pilgrims. Probably most of the New Netherlanders
with the names bearing the prefix de or /a, were
of Walloon origin. Hundreds more from ancestral
seats in the provinces of Hainault, Brabant, Namur,
Liege, and Luxemburg alternated or translated their
names into Dutch when in alien lands, yet they were
from the Netherlands, not from France. No great
immigration of French people to America took place
until after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in
1683. Many Americans of Walloon ancestry imagine
themselves of Huguenot descent. Yet the records of
honor are equal in both strains of blood.
"The Walloons in America, as in Holland, were
soon merged into the body social and politic, of
which they were at first a notable part. In Holland,
to-day, a few congregations of Walloons still worship
God after the manner and speech of their fathers,
but most of the older churches, as seen by the dates
in Poujol's conspectus, have become extinct. In the
large cities of Queen Wilhelmina's dominions, one
may count up probably as many as fifteen Walloon
churches still living and active.
"Of the gifts and graces of the Walloons, there is
not here space to speak. Unless the writer, for
twenty-five years a member and nine years a domine,
or pastor, in the Reformed Church (at Schenectady,
N. Y.) be mistaken in his impressions, the Walloons
added a distinct and valuable element to the Ameri-
can composite. Merged and forgotten they may
have been, but though invisible their contribution is
none the less potent in our national life. Rather,
like the flavor that distils aroma and adds piquancy,
the Walloon sweetened the Dutch mass and to-day
makes richer our national inheritance. The Holland
Society of New York, among whose members are so
many
THE ELEVENTH INFORMAL MEETING 183
many of Belgic descent, should, with discrimination
and appreciation, keep alive the memory of the
Walloons."
In the absence of Evert Jansen Wendell, the Chair-
man of the Committee in charge of the Smoker pro-
gram, the Recording Secretary acted as Master of
Ceremonies and introduced the following artists:
Rose Sampter, Soprano; Lawrence Sharkey, Story
Teller; Haley & Bond, Musical Comedians; Wm. F.
Caesar, Accompanist.
As no meeting of the Society is complete without a
word from our President, William Leverich Brower was
called to the platform and responded in an informal
manner, tendering his greetings to all the members
present and expressing the Society's obligation to
Dr. Griffis for his interesting and informing lecture on
the Walloons and the Belgian country. He also brought
the greetings to the Society of our Minister to the
Netherlands, Henry Van Dyke, who had just ar-
rived in America. The President stated that although
a number of kindred societies were omitting their
festivities on account of the sympathy with the deso-
lation in Europe, the Trustees of The Holland Society,
after giving full consideration to the matter, had de-
cided that it would be better not to break the con-
tinuity, and therefore voted in favor of the Annual
Dinner which is to be held on January 21st, 1915.
The President made an appeal for the stricken
Belgian population and he stated that if any contribu-
tions were made through him, or any of the other
Officers or Trustees, they would be sent to our Minister
to the Netherlands, Henry Van Dyke, to be used at
his personal discretion.
At the conclusion of his remarks President Brower
read the following telegram from H. L. Van Winkle,
Vice-President of the Pacific Coast:
"Edward Van Winkle, Recording Secretary
The Holland Society of New York
Hotel Astor, N. Y.
"Your invitation to the Annual Smoker received.
Am with you in spirit if not in person. If present and
called
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called upon to respond to the toast *The Panama Pacific
Exposition at San Francisco, Nineteen-Fifteen I
should tell you that the Exposition officials send greet-
ings, inviting every member of The Holland Society,
their families and friends to visit San Francisco between
February twentieth, opening day, and December fourth,
closing day and see what fifty million dollars expended
for their pleasure has to offer. Every accommodation
has been arranged for their comfort and we extend a
cordial invitation to the hospitality of San Francisco.
H. L. Van Winkle."
The prepared program being concluded, the members
were invited to entertain themselves for the rest of the
evening; aided by the waiters, who served the follow-
ing collation:
Buffet Collation
SERVICE chaud:
Bouillon en tasses
Oysters a la Poulette
Petites Bouchees of Sweetbreads a la Reine
SERVICE froid:
Mayonnaise of Lobster
or
Mayonnaise of Chicken
Assorted Sandwiches
(Foie Gras, Tongue, Ham, Caviar, etc.)
Buttered Finger Rolls
Tartines Beurrees
Fancy Ices
(Chocolate & Orange)
Assorted Cakes
Cafe Noir
THE
THE THIRD ANNUAL DINNER OF THE
HUDSON COUNTY MEMBERS
E Third Annual Banquet of the
ludson County Branch of The
loUand Society was held at the
ersey City Club, Jersey City,
)ecember, 8, 1914. A meeting
ras called to order by the Presi-
ent, Richard G. Sip. Reports
rere received from the different
Committees. Three new members were elected. The
election for President for the ensuing year being in
order, it was announced that, according to the By-
Laws of the Association, the election of President
carried with it the nomination for Vice-President of the
Parent Society. Nominations for that office were
called for and the name of William Van Keuren was
unanimously submitted. The Secretary being directed
to cast the ballot, Mr. Van Keuren was declared to be
elected President of the Association for the coming
year. He accepted the office with thanks, and with
appropriate remarks pledged himself to the loyal
support of the Association and furtherance of its
objects. Mr. Clarence G. Newkirk was unanimously
reelected Secretary and Treasurer. The meeting then
adjourned and thirty-eight members were ushered
into the Dining Hall, which had been handsomely and
appropriately decorated under the direction of the
very efficient Dinner Committee, by Brig. Gen. H. H.
Biinkerhoff,
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BrinkerhofF, James S. Newkirk and Chas. M. Vreeland.
A most appetizing Menu was presented which was
greatly enjoyed. Excellent "post prandial" speeches
were made by Hon. Wm. H. Speer and Hon. Robert
Carey, both of the Hudson County Judiciary, who were
happily introduced by General Brinkerhoff as Toast-
master. At the close, a standing vote of thanks was
given to the Banquet Committee for their untiring
and successful efforts for the entertainment of the
Association. After the singing of "Old Lang Syne"
the meeting adjourned filled anew with good old Dutch
loyalty and enthusiasm. Among those present were:
Gen. H. H. Brinkerhoff, Wm. Van Keuren, Graham
Van Keuren, Daniel Van Winkle, Thomas E. Van
Winkle, Charles M. Vreeland, Dr. Hamilton Vreeland,
J. S. Newkirk, A. P. Newkirk, Harry M. Newkirk,
Clarence G. Newkirk, Halsey V. Newkirk, J. Warren
Vreeland, Nicholas G. Vreeland, Howard Vreeland,
John Winner, Thomas A. Ryer, Nicholas D. Worten-
dyke. Dr. H. S. Bogardus, Geo. Van Blaricom, Richard
J. Vreeland, Richard H. Brinkerhoff, Dr. C. P. Opdyke,
Hon. Wm. H. Speer, Hon. Robert Carey and George
C. Warrin, Jr.
THIRTIETH
Note. — The heading cut used with
this artide shows the old Eagle tav-
ern which was purchased by Peter
StttTvesant in 1787, and is where the
Hudson County Dinner would proba-
bly have been held if celebrated that
year.
THIRTIETH ANNUAL DINNER
HE Thirtieth Annual Dinner of The
Holland Society was held in the
Waldorf-Astoria on Thursday even-
ing, January 21, 1915. The mem-
bers and guests assembled in the
Astor Gallery, where an informal
reception took place and escorts
were assigned to the representa-
tives of the Societies invited as honorary guests. At
the sound of the bugle the doors of the dining-room
were thrown open to welcome those participating in
this gay festival.
For the first time in years all of the boxes in the first
balcony were occupied by the ladies, and representa-
tives were present from The Society of Daughters of
Holland Dames, Descendants of the Ancient and
Honorable Families of New Netherland, and the
Daughters of the Revolution — Bergen Chapter and
Paulus Hook Chapter — both representative of the old
town of Bergen, the history of which is chronicled in
the Year Books 1913, 1914 and 1915.
Reverend Dr. Ernest M. Stires, Rector of St.
Thomas's Church, New York, pronounced the blesjing,
as follows:
"God of our fathers, accept our heartfelt thanks for
all our blessings; help us to have an increasing sense
of our responsibilities and an increasing sense of thank-
fulness for all thy goodness to us."
The
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l88 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
The honored guests of the Society were grouped
about the President, William Leverich Brower: Rev.
Dr. Ernest M. Stires, Rector of St. Thomas's Church;
Professor William H. Carpenter, Provost of Columbia
University; Honorable Isaac Franklin Russell, Chief
Justice, Court of Special Sessions of the City of New
York; Rear Admiral N. R. Usher, Commandant of
the Brooklyn Navy Yard; Mr. De Lancey NicoU,
Vice-President of the St. Nicholas Society; A. van de
Sande Bakhuyzen, Consul General of der Nederlanden ;
Mr. Louis Annin Ames, President of the Empire State
Sons of the American Revolution; Mr. Robert
Olyphant, President of the Sons of the Revolution ; Mr.
Charles W. Bowring, President of St. George's Society;
Rev. John Williams, President of St. David's Society;
Major Henry Gansevoort Sanford, Governor of the
Society of Colonial Wars; Mr. William Sloane, Presi-
dent of St. Andrew's Society; Frederick C. Seabury,
Governor of Society of Mayflower Decendants: Wil-
liam J. Clarke, Recording Secretary of the Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; William Mitchell, Vice President
of the Huguenot Society.
In front of the dais the following members and guests
were seated at the tables:
Table A, — ^John J. Bogert, J. Bion Bogart, Arthur
H. Bogart, Judah B. Voorhecs, Anson A. Voorhees, J.
Edgar Voorhees, W. M. Van Deusen; table B, — Byron
G. Van Home, Wm. Van Buskirk, Bert S. Heintzelman,
Alfred Melvine Snedeker, James Wilson, H. W. Van
Wagenen, Geo. L. Turton, Francis J. N. Tallman,
Peter Westervelt Stagg; table C, — Edward Van Win-
kle, Seward Goetschius Spoor, Frederick A. Waldron,
Jesse M. Smith, F. A. Muschenheim, David Nevius,
Wm. H. Van Kleeck, John W. Vrooman; table D, —
John E. Van Nostrand, Seymour Van Santvoord, J.
Maus Schermerhorn, Henry G. Bugbee, Gerard Beek-
man, John Leonard Varick, Fred W. Klein, Thomas J.
Conners, Edward C. Van Glahn; table E, — ^Rutger
Van Woert, A. H. Gsdler, A. P. 2^mansky, Wm. Van
Woert, Howell Foster, Henry S. Livingston, George
F. Girard, J. V. Z. Dedricksen, Morgan Van Woert;
table
THIRTIETH ANNUAL DINNER 189
table F, — ^John H. Prall, L. A. Sussdorff, Caspar J.
Voorhis, John W. Bogert, H. T. Van Nostrand, H. T.
Van Nostrand, Jr., Walter M. Meserole, Frederick P.
Tuthill, Geo. A. Graham, M. R. Howe; table G, — ^Alex
G. BrinkerhofF, Owen Brainard, T. H. Hoagland, John
MuUegan, H. G. Hoghland, Chester Baytes, Sheldon
Franklin, George Gerard; table H, — Frank Hasbrouck,
Chas. C. Ten Broeck, A. B. Du Bois, Jesse Elting,
Laurence A. Osterhoudt, Alonzo E. Winne, Frank I.
Vanderbeek, Frank I. Vanderbeek, Jr., A. J. Stone,
B. P. Craig; table I, — ^Augustus Van Wyck, Henry S.
Van Duzer, Garret J. Garretson, William W. Gillen,
Charles K. Clearwater, Eugene W. Denton, James
Garretson, Tunis G. Bergen; table J, — E. Covert
Hulst, William W. Vaughn, Alex S. Williams, Gerrit
Kouwenhoven, John B. Kouwenhoven, Richmond De
Bevoise, Jacob Elting, Jacob Elting, Jr.; table K, —
Thos. Van Loan, C. B. Zabriskie, A. A. Zabriskie, Wm.
M. Swartwout, Arthur J. Weise, Edward Dewitt, John
V. Bouvier, Jr., Frederic L Lockman, Steven J. Mc-
Garrigle, John Q. Lockman, Edward F. Lindsay;
table L, — Lindon W. Bates, Bernard Suydam, Geo.
D. Van Houten, Richard H. Harding, Jr., James C.
Van Siclen, J. T. B. Bogardus, D. D. Zabriskie; table
M, — G. Danforth Williamson, Teunis J. Bergen, Jerome
Lott, W. V. A. Blauvelt, Benjamin T. Van Nostrand,
£• Hawley Van Wyck, Daniel Van Winkle, James S.
Newkirk; table N, — ^Wm. J. Bogert, W. H. Vander
Poel, John C. Gulick, Harold C. BuUard, Horace
Secor, Jr., A. H. Van Duzer; table O, — George M.
Van Deventer, Charles T. Wessels, G. Wm. Wessels,
Frank R. Van Nest, Henry Van Arsdale, Henry Van
Arsdale, Jr., Moses J. De Witt, B. H'B. Sleght, J. S.
R,ippel; table P, — Frank H. Quimby, Hubert Dunning,
Charles P. Tolman, Haywood P. Cavarly, A. Vander-
laan, Frederick H. Crum, Charles B. Van Valen,
Charles B. Van Valen, Jr., Samuel A. Vanderwater;
table Q, — C- A. Van Winkle, F. S. Dickinson, F. C.
Decker, Winant Van Winkle, A. W. Van Winkle, J.
Wilson Poucher, Chas. W. Pilgrim; table R, — Geo.
Van Keuren, Benj. L Ward, Fred C. Van Keuren,
James
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J&me$ G. Shaw, Wm. Van Keuren, C. A. Conover,
Graham Van Keuren, George E. Blakeslee; table S,-^
John G. Van Home, Charles H. Keefer, John R. Van
Home, Walter F. Murray, S. L. F. Deyo, Charles
Warren Hunt, J. Odell Whitenack, John H. Myers;
table Tj — ^John Bergen, John L. Vanderveer, Henry
F. Quackenbos, John D. Quackenbos, Wm. L.
Bradley, Wallace B. House, William Crawford, L.
Leland Pierce; table U, — Isaac Van Houten, Peter
P. Tcrhune, Albert D. Terhune, George H. Ackerman,
John E. Ackerman; table V, — ^James N. Vander Veer,
A. Vander Veer, Jr., F. A. Van Duzer, B. M. Cros-
thwaite, F. A. Slingerland, G. O. Slingerland ; table W,
-^William D. Blauvelt, Ernest D. Blauvelt, Wessels
Van Blarcom, Nehemiah Vreeland, Jaques Van Bmnt,
Cornelius Bergen Van Brant, Dewitt Parcefor Dutcher,
Frank J. Dutcher; table X, — Gilbert T. Van Mater,
Harry W. Disbrau, Fred BrinkerhofF, Ruben T. Kipp,
John L. Swan, L. R. Thurlon; table Y,-^A. J. Van
Riper, Wm. Fletcher, A. Haldane, Garret Van Cleve,
F. Van Cleve, Irving D. Kip, Ronald Taylor, Myles
Murray; table Z, — G. Elmer Van Siclen, E. P. Allyn,
George L. Hobart, Guy Maine, Chas. Ryder, Jacob V.
Ryerson, Garett M. Van Siclen, Robert K. Wick,
Andrew J. Van Siclen, Ernest J. Habighorst; table i,-^
R. L. Van Dyke, F. H. Roby, C. E. Barlow, F. E.
Kaley, J. W. Jacobus, G. W. Randall; table 2, — ^Me^
ville C. Van Ness, Wilson T. M. Beale, A. Zabriskie,
M. L. Hoagland, Morris R. Sherrerd, J. H. Bacheller,
J. Irving Terhune, N. D. Wortendyke; table 3, —
Frederick A. Keator, Louis E. de Forest, Theodore
Brink, T. R. Varick, W. N. Bassett; table 4,— J. E.
Ditmars, A. B. Barr, Du Bois Beale, Harold E. Ditmars,
Arthur L. DeGrofF; table 5, — ^Andrew J. Onderdonk,
Charles H. Kelby, Joseph P. Brennan, Samuel H.
Andrews, Egbert P. Lansing, Robert Van Epps, Jamed
S. Polhemus, Thornton Earle; table 6, — Daniel G.
Bogert, Morrell Bertwhistle, Harold E. Tiemey, Douglas
G. Thomson, Thomas Bertwhistle, Robert W. Van
Wyck, H. O. W. Melech, Carl E, Sutphen, Jr. ; table 7,—
D. D. Sutphen, Chester A. Braman, John Tannor,
John
TBIRTIETE ANNUAL DINNER I9I
John V. B. Wicoff, Robert A. Messier, Harvey M.
■Voorhees, Henry R. Sutphen, Henry Sutphen. When
full justice had been done to the excellent dinner pro-
vided, and cigars had been lighted, the President arose
and said: —
THE DINNER TICKET
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**A citizen of no mean city"
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**0 Holland, model to thy inward greatness
Like little body with a mighty heart"
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P&OFE880& WM. H. CARPENTER, LmJ>,
"Yet are many of us further obliged by the good
and courteous treatment which we found in your
country, for which we and our children after us
are bound to be thankful to your nation"
—^kv. Bradford to PfUr Aftnuit in 1627.
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Rbv. Dr. ERNEST M. STIRES
"Truth from the lips prevailed with double sway"
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Hon. ISAAC FRANKLIN RUSSELL, Crist JtJsncB
'*rhe qualitv of mercy is not strained; it droppeth
as the gentle rain from Heaven; it blesseth him
that gives, and him that takes"
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Music~/^/ m Long Way to Tipptrary
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RsAJL Admiral N. R. USHER, U. S. N.
'• Tis Rigla not 'Port,' Tis Left not 'Surboard' "
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ADDRESS OF WELCOME
By William Leverich Brower*
It is with the greatest pleasure that we welcome to
our Thirtieth Annual Dinner the members of The Hol-
land Society and their friends; our honored guests
and the ladies.
The Society is to be congratulated on the completion
of another successful year. The record indicates that
we now have nine hundred and eighty-four members.
We lost by death twenty-three members, among them
the revered Henry Van Schaick, a charter member
who passed away just after he had entered his ninetieth
year.
The Annual Smoker of The Society was held at the
Hotel Astor on the evening of November 24th with
three hundred and twenty persons present. It was a
very successful affair, the main feature being an illus-
trated lecture by Dr. Wm. Elliot Griffis on the "Wal-
loons." The Walloons were Netherlanders, living in
the southern provinces, driven out by the Spanish
Invasion of 1567. Hundreds of our families have
descended from the Walloons. Let us recall the fact,
too, that the territory in which we now live was not at
first termed New Netherlands, but Novum Belgica, that
is New Belgium, and that the Walloons have as beauti-
ful a story as the Huguenots. When we realize that
these Walloons were French-speaking Netherlanders
living in the country south of Brussels and were an
industrious Bible-reading people and, defenceless, had
to fly as exiles into Holland; that they brought the
first women and children into this country, and that
the first babies here were born of those Walloon people,
we should honor and preserve their name in memory.
Peter Minuit, himself, who arrived in 1626, was born,
baptized and became an officer in the Walloon or
French Church. He was the first Colonial Governor
and first Elder of the Dutch Reformed Church, which
was organized on this Island in 1628.
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198 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
It will be of interest to you to learn that your Presi-
dent, a few weeks ago, enjoyed a visit to Madame
Vandervelde, who is in this country soliciting aid for
the Belgian people, and at that time tendered her an
invitation to speak at this Dinner. We would be
enjoying her gracious presence to-night, save for the
fact that she is in the western part of our country
engaged in her holy mission.
Our distinguished fellow-member. The Hon. Henry
van Dyke, U. S. Minister to The Netherlands, was also
invited to this Dinner. Had he been able to be here
to-night we should have heard his wonderful story of
the part he has been taking in helping to relieve the
misery and woe of the " strangers within the gates " of
Holland. This is his letter sent from the Legation of
The United States of America at The Hague, dated
January 8th, 1915:
it
Dear Mr. Brower:
Your letter of December 12th has just been for-
warded to me from Princeton and I am very sorry
indeed that it will be impossible for me to be in America
on January 21st, as I am busier than ever here. Give
my cordial regards to all my fellow members of the
Holland Society, and tell them that we have good
reason for increasing pride in the country from which
our ancestors came.
Very sincerely yours,
(Signed) Henry van Dyke."
The library of our Society is a very interesting insti-
tution, and is prepared to verify references, furnish
abstracts, copies of reports and translations. It will
furnish partial or complete genealogies covering the
Dutch period of New Netherland, and where the
original sources are not available to the client, furnish
either the original, abstracts, copies or translations, as
may be necessary.
As reported at the Annual Meeting in April, arrange-
ments had been completed for the casting of the statue
of William the Silent. The contracts for this work were
drawn
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drawn and were signed by your President a few dayft
before the Outbreak of the hostilities in Europe; on
that account the contracts were not forwarded and
still remain in the hands of your Committee; further
progress in the matter is, of course, at present stayed.
A word about the Hutspot,* which we have enjoyed
at this Dinner, and the relation it sustains to our Ameri-
can Thanksgiving Day, may be interesting and in-
structive. It is the inspiration for the American
Thanksgiving. After the siege of Leyden in 1575, the
inhabitants found the Hutspot in the abandoned camps
of the Spanish soldiers. They appointed October 3rd
of each year as their Thanksgiving Day to celebrate
the raising of the siege, and Hutspot crowned their
feasts. The Puritans, during their stay in Holland
before coming to this country, witnessed many of these
October 3 rd celebrations, and decided, when they came
here, to give thanks in the same way, but as they had
no beef to cut up, or iron pots in which to cook the
Hutspot, the wild turkeys were an appetizing substi-
tute. The iron pots,* which you have as souvenirs at
this Dinner, are the exact reproduction in miniature
of the old Spanish pots in which the Hutspot was found.
This winter, owing to the depression caused by the
appalling wars, which are being enacted on European
soil, some of our kindred societies have omitted their
usual functions. The Holland Society, while main-
taining and expressing their profoundest sympathy for
the world's woe, thinks it not inconsistent to continue
to exercise the grace of hospitality, and so we are here
to-night. ORANJE BOVEN.
(Applause.)
President Brower: Our first toast is "Our Country
and Its President." I will read this interesting letter,
dated at the White House, Washington, December 26^
1914.
"My dear Mr. Brower:
May I not express to you, and, through you, to my
friends of the Holland Society, my very warm thanks
fbt
* Receipt, page 176 of 1914 Year
fiddk of t&e Hofland Sodetjr.
* Illuitrated on page 194.
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for the very cordial invitation which you extend in
your letter of December 24th. As I am in mourning
I am not able to send you my acceptance, but I hope
you will believe that I appreciate your kindness.
With best wishes for the success of your dinner, I am
Sincerely yours,
WooDRow Wilson."
Gentlemen, fill your glasses and we will drink to the
health and prosperity of our country and its President.
(The toast was drunk standing.)
President Brower: It is always customary at
these dinners to remember our own beloved State; and
the next toast is "The Empire State and the Governor."
This letter was received from Governor-Elect Whitman,
dated December 24, 1914, addressed to the President
of The Holland Society :
"Dear Sir:
Governor-Elect Whitman has your kind invitation
to attend the Thirtieth Annual Dinner of The Holland
Society, to be held at the Waldorf-Astoria on Janu-
ary 2 1 St.
While Mr. Whitman greatly appreciates your courtesy,
he directs me to say that, owing to the press of public
business, it will be impossible for him to accept any
invitations for the next three months."
(Signed by his confidential secretary.)
So, we will drink to the continued prosperity of the
Empire State, with our very best wishes for our
Governor.
(The toast was drunk standing.)
President Brower: The next toast in order is
"New Amsterdam and the Mayor." It has always
been our custom to invite the Mayor of the City to our
dinners, and he was so invited this time, and this is his
reply:
"The Mayor has delayed writing you in the hope
that he may so arrange his engagements as to permit
him to accept the kind invitation of The Holland
Society
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Society to attend its Thirtieth Annual Dinner at the
Waldorf-Astoria on January 2ist; but he regrets that
he has been unable to do so. He has another engage-
ment for that evening which he cannot postpone, and
therefore it will be impossible for him to be present at
the Dinner of the Society. He asks me to tell you how
sorry he is to be compelled to decline your invitation,
and assures you of his appreciation of your courtesy."
(Signed by the Executive Secretary.)
Gentlemen, we will drink to the continued prosperity
of our City and its efficient Mayor.
(The toast was drunk standing.)
President Brower: We miss here to-night the
genial presence of the Minister from the Netherlands.
No dinner of The Holland Society seems quite complete
without his presence. I will read his letter:
"Replying to your kind note of November 13th,
inviting me to be a guest of The Holland Society of
New York at your Thirtieth Annual Dinner which will
be held on Thursday, January 21st, I beg to inform
you that, after the pleasant experience of last year, it
would have given me much pleasure to be again with
you on this occasion, were it not that I have decided
that on account of the terrible war raging quite so near
our borders and indirectly affecting so much also my
country, not to assist this year at any official or semi-
official function.
I hope and trust you will understand and appreciate
this reason of my abstaining, and accept with my best
wishes for the illustrious Holland Society and its
respected President the assurance of my best regards
and high esteem."
(Signed by the Chevalier van Rappard.)
So, gentlemen, we will fill our glasses and drink to
Her Gracious Majesty, (Jueen Wilhelmina and her
beautiful country.
(The toast was drunk standing.)
Mr. John W. Vrooman: Mr. President, I suggest
to the members of the Society and to the ladies present
that
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that we give Her Gracious Majesty, Queen Wilhelmina,
the Chautauqua salute — handkerchiefs out,
(The Chautauqua salute was given.)
President Brower: We have with us this evening
as one of our honored guests, the Provost of that ancient
seat of learning of which every New Yorker is proud,
Columbia University.
To-night, in order to get it in its historical perspec-
tive, I will call it by its ancient name, "King's College."
One hundred and fifty years ago there was a prospect
that the Dutch in New Vork would unite with King's
College, but events did not turn out that way. They
finally JFounded a seat of learning at New Brunswick,
New Jersey, and called it Queen's College. That is
now Rutgers College.
Our friend who is to address us has a fruitful theme
in responding to the toast of "Holland, the Ofttimev
Refuge of the Oppressed," since Holland has been the
common refuge of the persecuted in all Europe. The
Huguenots, Waldenses, Covenanters and Puritans,
found a safe asylum on her hospitable shores. Listen
to this tribute to the Dutch people; it appeared a few
weeks ago in one of the large New York dailies; this
is it, — ^mark well these words :
"Nothing finer has developed since the war began
than the categorical refusal of Holland to accept aid
for the Belgian refugees within her territory. The
spirit behind the refusal is magnificent and revives a
faith in modern civilization that is sadly battered.
"No less than one million Belgians have streamed
across the border into Holland, most of them alto-
gether indigent. The strain of taking care of them has
been severe. Yet food and shelter have been found,
and Holland's pride will not permit American wealth
to help bear the burden of caring for the strangers
within her gates. Elsewhere Christianity has broken
down. In Holland it flourishes. If nations are judged
on the day of final assessment, Holland surely has no
reason to fear the finding.
"The Dutch are not rated a sentimental people.
They are not given to verbal display. Their hearts
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are not on their sleeves. Visitors to their country
sometimes complain- of lack of social warmth. But
behind a barrier of phlegm course streams of kindness.
Who would not be proud to be a Dutchman, — a mem-
ber of a people who have shown it is possible to possess
military virtues and yet to avoid the sin of aggression, —
who have faced the duty of opening their homes to the
Belgians with the same calmness they displayed in
opening their dikes to a foreign oppression.'* The
beauty of the Dutch behavior is not lessened by the fact
that the Dutch have not concealed in times past their
general disapproval of Belgians and of Belgian ways."
This toast will be responded to by one who officially
represented Columbia University on the 300th anni-
versary of the old University of Groningen last July,
at which time the Queen of the Netherlands received
an honorary degree. I introduce to you Professor
William H. Carpenter of Columbia University:
(Applause.)
ADDRESS BY DR. WILLIAM H. CARPENTER^
PROVOST OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY,
CITY OF NEW YORK
Dr, Carpenter: Mr. Chairman, members of The
Holland Society, and Ladies : I find my text is, in part
at least, contained on the program, although I had
naturally no part in placing it there. It says: "Yet
are many of us further obliged by the good and courte-
ous treatment which we found in your country, for
which we and our children after us are bound to be
thankful to your nation." The Chairman has already
made a part of my speech. But that, of course, in con-
sidering the characteristics of Holland, was a natural
thing to do, because, when one thinks of Holland there
comes into the mind, foremost of all, the supreme part
that she has played in this matter of hospitality.
Holland, from the very earliest times, has been, more
than almost any other nation of Europe, a refuge for
the
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the oppressed. It has come about in all periods of her
national history. There are times, I suppose, in the
earliest history of Holland, when she, like every other
country on the map of Europe, had her times of oppres-
sion and of ignorance and of intolerance, both in politics
and in religion; but, after the declaration of inde-
pendence of Holland, after the dark time of the Spanish
Succession had passed by and Holland really came out
into the sun as a nation, it has been true of her that her
doors have been open and her heart has been open to
the oppressed of the nations of the earth. This has
not happened at all for any reasons of self interest or
of ultimate profit. It has occurred all the way down
through her history because it has been a part of the
nature of the Hollanders to open their hearts to those
who have come to her borders, to warm them at her
firesides, to feed them when they have been hungry
and to clothe them when they have been naked. She
has never picked or chosen; Jews and Gentiles, Catho-
lics and Protestants, French and Germans have all
knocked at her door in this way, and never in vain.
Holland was the first country in Europe to give a
safe refuge to the Jews, those traditional children of
persecution. And by and by she welcomed the French
Catholics, the Jansenists and the Quietists, and took
them in so that later on they played an important part
in her national history. And, when that wave of per-
secution rolled over France, after the revocation of the
Edict of Nantes, and the Puritan Huguenots were
driven out, it was in Holland that they found a home
where they settled down and became a part of the
community, as they did in no other part of the world;
and later on still, when religious persecution drove out
the Protestant Savoyards from France, and the Salz-
burg Catholics from Germany, these refugees from the
intolerance of their own countries were welcomed in
Holland and given a place, among her own people, in
safety and freedom.
And now to-day, even at this very time, there is a
louder knocking than ever before at Holland's door
for hospitality. For over her borders have come a
horde
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horde of despairing men and wild-eyed women and
helpless children, driven out by the horrors of war, —
driven out by fire and sword and the tramp of armed
men from a country that is laid waste and devastated
and bare, fleeing across her borders and only asking to
live! And Holland, as never before, has opened her
heart and her homes and her firesides to these refugees.
(Applause.) All this has taxed her resources to the
utmost. At the present moment Holland is almost
submerged by this human wreckage of the flotsam and
jetsam of war.
I have had many personal letters from Holland in
these last days and weeks, and I have been able, I think,
to understand partly the burden that has come upon
Holland: a burden, however, which she is bearing
without a question as to her attitude, without any
thought whatsoever of a bounden duty, but merely
taking it as a matter of course that when a stranger in
need or in despair knocks at her gate, he shall be ad-
mitted and clothed and fed to the best of her ability.
From private letters received only a few days ago
I was told that in a little Dutch town in the south of
Holland of five thousand inhabitants, there are at this
time fifty thousand of these refugees of war, who are
sheltered as best they can be in houses and barns and
sheds, and many of them are unsheltered in the open
air. And so it goes; houses and public buildings all
over Holland have been thrown open in this way.
A letter from the editor of one of the most prominent
papers in Amsterdam says that in his own house at
this time there are twenty-six men who have been taken
in out of the ranks of the refugees; and other private
houses in Amsterdam and all of the other cities of
Holland have been filled full in this hospitable way by
these wrecks of war. And "wreck" is the proper term
to apply. For these people have come from all parts
of a devastated land; from wrecked Louvain; from the
cities and villages and the countryside of that devas-
tated, despoiled, ravaged and lost country, they have
come to the open arms of Holland, and Holland has
responded, as she has always responded, heartily,
warmly,
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warmly, and as she will always respond, I am sure, to
the end of her history. (Applause.)
These are hard times for Holland. She is placed in
such a predicament as she has never been placed in
before, for she, as all of us, has learned a lesson that
neutrality is not a thing to be kept unless it can be
enforced by arms. What will happen to Holland, of
course, in this great cataclysm that has come over
the world, we do not know. God grant that she may
still live, however, to be the Holland of history, the
Holland of the old-fashioned virtues, the Holland of
peace and prosperity. (Applause.)
Inadvertently, I just said "old-fashioned." And it
has always seemed to me that Holland is one of the
most old-fashioned of the nations of Europe. I do not
use this word in an invidious sense, because to be old-
fashioned is by no manner of means either a personal
or a national crime. I read a few days ago that modem
progress is but an acceleration, and if we but stop to
think, I am sure it will come to all of us that there is a
great deal of truth in that definition, because, after
all, with our great pace at the present time, we ulti-
mately land in the end in most instances at the same
old results. Holland is not unprogressive; she is in
fact one of the most progressive of the nations, but she
has taken her time to do it. As my experience with
Dutchmen goes — and I have known a great many of
them — I think that by and large and as a general
proposition it is utterly impossible to accelerate the
pace of a Dutchman. (Laughter and applause.)
I have been in Holland a great many times. I was
there again this last summer, and I know Holland, I
think, in almost every part, from Zeeland in the south
to Friesland in the north, from the sand dunes on the
western shore to those modest Dutch mountains in the
region on the east that is sometimes jocosely spoken
of as the Dutch Switzerland.
It is pleasant to recall the Dutch landscape — ^your
Chairman has put the idea into my mind — the green
"polders" that often stretch away to the horizon, with
the comfortable Dutch cows grazing upon them; a
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line of trees along the dike and clustered about the
little hamlets, and here and there a windmill and some-
times a group of them; and if you come nearer to the
villages you will often see little summer houses and
you will be able to read on the front of some of them
what appears to be an extremely unfortunate acknowl-
edgment of prevalent conditions, because, to an English-
speaking person, it seems to say " Lust and Rust." Of
course a Dutchman knows that "Lust" has no immoral
significance whatever in this usage, and that "Rust"
does not mean what a late President of the United
States once called "innocuous desuetude." "Lust en
Rust" is good Dutch and really only means "pleasure
and rest."
And then most characteristic of all in that Dutch
landscape that comes to my mind is the full-sailed ship
coming along across the meadows — apparently across
the meadows, but on an unseen waterway. I have
journeyed in Holland on steamboats that progressed
slowly; I have sailed on the Zuyder Zee, on what was
called a "Snel Zeilende Botter," and that was actually
much slower than the steamboats. I say all this merely
to recall to you the conditions that are at hand in
Holland. It seemed to me last summer, as I traveled
over the country, that I had never seen Holland so
prosperous, so peaceful and so happy. That is the
whole characteristic of Holland, peace, prosperity and
happiness. At Groningen, to which your Chairman
has referred, where I was a delegate from my own
University in America to the 300th celebration of
the University of Groningen, when I saw that gracious
young Queen — young she seems to me because I have
seen her grow up from girlhood — standing before that
great gathering of men from all the universities of
Europe and of the world, and with an exquisite modesty
respond to the honorary degree that had been conferred
upon her, it seemed to me how happy was that people
that had such a queen to love, and how happy must be
the queen to have such people love her. (Applause.)
Times have changed, and we do not at this time
know what may befall Holland. God grant that she
may
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may come out of the difficulties that beset her, because
they are very real ones, still the Holland that we love,
the Holland of history, the Holland of our heart's
desire. (Applause.)
Holland, gentlemen, has taught the world some of
its most important lessons, but I think it has taught
the nations of the earth no lesson so satisfactory, so
deep in its significance and so lasting in its effects as
the old-fashioned virtue of hospitality jj^ and of care for
the oppressed.
The device on an ancient Coat-of-Arms of Holland
is a lion battling with the waves. May she always
subdue them! And may that other symbol of her
nationality, the orange of her flag, which is the orange
of your Society, never glow less brightly than it does
to-day and here to-night! (Great applause.)
President Brower: Our next toast will be "The
Netherlands — Our Exemplar of Religious Liberty.
The Uplift of Humanity." ^
As the founder of religious toleration which largely
through the influence of Holland has developed into
religious liberty, the peculiar glory of our own coun-
try, every American should revere the memory of
William of Orange.
Listen to these reminiscences of early religious tolera-
tion and friendship on this Island of Manhattan ; they
are very curious and well worthy of your atten-
tion.
A letter of Domine Selyns, who was the minister of
the Dutch Reformed Church in New York, dated
October 28, 1682, says: "We and the English inhabi-
tants use the same church. They perform their services
at the conclusion of ours, by reading the Common
Prayer." Again, under date of September 30th, 1696,
he says: "For the two English churches in this city,
which have been formed since our new church was
built — one of our churches being in the fort and the
other in the city — there are two Episcopal clergymen
who, by arrangement, preach in our church after my
morning and evening service, and live with us in all
friendship."
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The Rev. William Vesey, the first Rector of Trinity-
Church, was inducted into office on Christmas Day,
1697, in the Dutch Church in Garden Street; the Rev.
Henricus Selyns, the minister of that Church, and the
Rev. Johannes Petrus Nucella, minister of the Dutch
Church at Kingston, New York, ofiiciating on the
occasion, having been requested to do so by the English
Governor, Fletcher. The Rev. Mr. Vesey continued
to oflSciate in the Garden Street Church, the Dutch
and English congregations meeting at different hours,
until the ensuing March, when the building of Trinity
Church was completed.
In 1714, Trinity Church was entered, plundered and
desecrated by some evil-disposed persons, "The
Vestry offered a reward of thirty pounds for their de-
tection. An immediate meeting of the Consistory of
the Dutch church was held, and the spontaneous
offer made by them of an additional reward of fifteen
pounds for the like purpose."
This toast will be responded to by one who graces
the ministry of that church which is a lineal descendant
of the Church of England, and who has the blood of the
Van Rensselaers running in his veins. I introduce to
you the Rev. Ernest M. Stires, the Rector of St.
Thomas's Church. (Applause.)
ADDRESS BY THE REVEREND DOCTOR
ERNEST M. STIRES,' RECTOR OF
ST. THOMAS'S CHURCH IN NEW YORK
Dr. Stires: Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen:
I can quite understand the reverence with which many
people speak of those who are described as "our old
Dutch New York families." I feel, despite my proud
claim to some Dutch ancestry, a degree of modesty,
because my blood is not entirely Dutch, and my
humility is altogether appropriate to such an occasion
and to such a presence as this. I can understand, being
bom a Virginian, why Virginians are often accused,
and
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and perhaps with some justice, of being inordinately
proud of being Virginians. You know, when there is
something which you would like to be and cannot be
completely, you have to blow your trumpet very
loudly and enthusiastically for that which you are not
able to claim altogether. And I am sure that this must
explain the enthusiasm of Virginia societies and Ohio
societies and various other societies which meet in this
now historic room, an enthusiasm which doubtless is
to some extent sincere, but is doubtless, to a great
extent, intended to impress The Holland Society of
New York City. Of course, it does not greatly impress it,
and we know that you look with a good deal of generous
amusement upon those who are doing the best they
can under the circumstances.
I remember, some years ago, a certain college pro-
fessor, at a dinner of the Mayflower Society in this city,
to which I had the privilege of being invited — a certain
college professor, in addressing that very distinguished
gathering, confessed feelings such as I find myself
experiencing at this moment. They say he is still a
modest man, that college professor, in spite of the
fact that he is now President of the United States.
But, in the presence of the Mayflower Society, he
spoke in low tones, with a due appreciation of the
august lineage of those into whose important presence
he had been invited. I happen to remember at this
moment a story — and I have recalled it only at this
moment, because I am understanding his feelings on
that occasion — a story he told to the ladies and gentle-
men of that society there assembled, as explaining his
feelings. He said : " I remember once out in the country
there came a circus, and in a sideshow of the circus,
where all the people went after the regular performance
was over, there was a most extraordinary man, who
was accredited with such an amazing power of vision
that he was able to read a newspaper placed behind a
solid two-inch oak plank. Well, old John, a farmer,
and his wife, could not credit any such statement, being
mentally, at least, from Missouri. John determined to
investigate, and, drawing his pocket knife, he stabbed
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the oak plank very vigorously, and discovering that it
was exceedingly solid, he awaited developments. John
produced a newspaper, stealthily examined its head-
lines, carefully held it close to the back of the board,
when to his amazement, the man seemed able to read
it without the slightest difficulty. Whereupon Maria,
his wife, grabbed him by the arm and said, * Now, John,
you take me right home; this is no place for me with
these thin things on.'" (Laughter and applause.)
Now, that is not my story, but at this moment, at
any rate, I am able to appeal to good and sufficient
authority for it. I sympathized with the President's
feelings on that occasion; and my feelings on this
occasion are markedly similar.
Now, having assured you, my friends, of the proper
degree of modesty and appreciation of that which is
fitting in such a presence, may I undertake just a little
bit to answer a question which the eloquent and inform-
ing speaker who sat down a moment ago raised. He
said times are changing and we cannot tell what changes
may come to Holland in the near future. I am no
prophet, but, if the independence and integrity of
Holland are seriously threatened in the near future,
the bravery of Belgium and the indignation of the world
will be more completely surpassed by the courage of
Holland and the fury of the world than anybody at
this time could venture to believe possible.
It is said that once upon a time in Scotland two
tramps attacked a Scotchman, and, after a few minutes
the Scotchman, a small, wiry man, laid out these two
huge, burly ruffians on the ground unconscious. He
gazed at them with a suggestion of humor until finally
they began to recover their senses; and the Scotchman
said: "Don't ye think you took a lot of trouble for
thripence? It was all I had." Whereupon one of the
tramps said to the other: "Jack, if he had had a six-
pence, he would have killed us." (Laughter and
applause.)
We may not be prophets, but we can give disturbers
good advice in a few words : they had better let Holland
alone, not only because of Holland, but because of what
Holland
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Holland means to the rest of the world, and because
of what Holland means to Protestant Christianity the
world over. (Great applause.)
I am glad to be able to have the time to say this, and
I have the time because the last speaker quite properly
revenged himself on the President having stolen his
speech, by making use freely of mine, and if Judge
Russell had arrived a little earlier I should, if possible,
have retaliated by taking his.
May I say to you, however, what in my judgment is
an inspiration which comes to me from Holland for
what she has done for religious liberty, for what she
has done as an uplifting and inspiring power in the
world and in the development of human character.
The explanation seems to me extremely simple: her
people have, first of all, been people of intense religious
faith. I think of Holland, centuries old as she is, as a
nation forever young. No one can really think of
Holland as old; she has always been young and she
always will be. She seems to have so much of the spirit
of the young Jacob, who, on the very threshold of life,
and of the opportunities of that larger life into which
he was going, when he was fleeing from the anger of his
brother, conscious of the powers within himself, which
he desired to develop in that larger life into which he
was going, lay down at night to rest, with all his ambi-
tions and all his longings surging within his mind and
heart. And he dreamed, under those conditions, a
natural dream, of angels ascending and descending —
mark the order — not descending and ascending — the
angels were here, and they came back here — his good
angels, his higher ambitions, his larger longings for
development and usefulness, and they were ascending,
first, into the presence of the Most High, to ask God's
blessing on his ambitions, to ask God to cleanse and
purify his desires, that in all things he might be a good
and helpful man in the larger life into which he was
going. There is something so simple and rugged, so
direct and effective, so intensely real in the faith of the
Hollanders throughout all the generations of the past
they have accepted so completely the authority of God,
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that the authority of any narrow, ecclesiastical body
has had mighty little influence upon them. They have
feared God so completely that they have never feared
man at all. (Applause.)
And there I find the second quality; after their
faith, that which is always inevitable in a man with
real faith, — courage. They have wrested their country
from King Neptune himself; they have taken it from
the sea and have built up mighty barriers against the
ocean, and they are there under conditions that men
would, in an a priori way, think almost impossible.
What have they not developed, both in their land and
in human lives the world over? You can, in the history
of no other nation, no other land, no other people, find
anything which in any degree is comparable with that
achievement. (Applause.)
Now, sir, — these other characteristics — after their
faith and their courage, their virtue and their character
— they see that that which is true and beautiful and
good is in the last analysis identical. I think that is
extremely true of the Hollander. He is so intensely
true to himself that his nature rings true. There is no
suggestion of deception, evasion or exaggeration in his
words; he is a plain, straightforward, frank, candid-
speaking man; he is a man of truth.
I suggested beauty. Why, people forget how much
of beauty Holland has contributed to the world. When
we think of Rubens, Van Dyck, and Rembrandt — Rem-
brandt, probably the greatest portrait painter who ever
lived — ^when we realize what all the Dutch artists have
given to the world, what visions of beauty they have
beheld in earth and sea and sky and have revealed for
generations to come, — some of the greatest painters,
some of the greatest apostles in the temple of beauty
the world has ever known Holland has given us.
And then what flowers ! Why, there are no gardeners
in the world like the Dutch gardeners. When you
consider what they have contributed not only in these
two branches of art but in nearly all the arts, it seems
to me this claim for them is amply proved : they excel
in truth and beauty and goodness.
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And see where Holland stands to-day. That country
and that people never made a more profound appeal
to the world's admiration for faith, for courage, for
character and for greatness of mind, heart and soul
than they make to-day. It is a mistake to underesti-
mate a quiet people. Even nations who make many
diplomatic mistakes at times are not apt to repeat them
in the case of brave little Holland. (Great applause.)
I remember, sir, some years ago, a patent medicine
proprietor received this testimonial from a grateful
patron. He said: "Dear Sir: I write to you with a
thankful heart. My mother-in-law was at death's
door; one bottle of your wonderful remedy pulled her
through." (Laughter.) Now, personally, I think the
mother-in-law joke is no longer wit, and I think that the
mother-in-law has been the most abused person perhaps
in all of our modern literature; but the point of the
story lies in this : each speaker to-night has had assigned
to him an impossible task. We cannot do justice to
Holland. To take time to attempt it adequately might
be to pull ourselves and you through that same door.
Gentlemen of The Holland Society, decendants of
the bravest, truest, most dependable souls to be found
in any nation on this earth, one cannot but wonder at
times if you realize your great privileges and your great
responsibilities. One cannot but wonder when you
speak with reverent acknowledgment of what your
forefathers meant to this country and have meant in
its life, whether you realize to-day the character of the
dangers that threaten our peace in the city, that
threaten religion, that threaten at times the govern-
ment, and that threaten at times the quality of our
homes, and whether you realize how bravely and effec-
tively in the past Holland has stood for God and for
country and for home, and whether, in the spirit of
your forefathers, you are thinking to-day, not so much
with pride in being their descendants, as with the
determination of being yourselves the ancestors of a
still greater race of Hollanders here in this new world.
The city has a right to expect it of you, brave sons of
brave sires and mothers; and I am perfectly sure you
will
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will not fail; and it is because I am rich in having
flowing in my veins some Dutch blood, that I may
claim for a moment a common privilege with you in
suggesting the appropriateness at this time of some lines
that may apply to Holland.
"The bridegroom may forget the bride
Was made his wedded wife yestreen;
The monarch may forget the crown
That on his head an hour hath been;
The mother may forget the child
That smiles so sweetly at her knee,
But Vl\ remember thee, dear land
And all that thou hast done for me."
(Great applause.)
President Brower: The next toast in order is
"Dutch Justice Tempered with Mercy." We have
listened to messages from the University and the
Clergy, and we are now to enjoy one from the Bench.
This toast will be responded to by the illustrious Chief
Justice of the Court of Special Sessions, the Hon.
Isaac Franklin Russell.
ADDRESS BY THE HONORABLE ISAAC
FRANKLIN RUSSELL,^ CHIEF JUSTICE,
COURT OF SPECIAL SESSIONS OF THE
CITY OF NEW YORK
Judge Russell: Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle-
men: You can tell by looking at me that this is the
proudest moment of my life. For some thirty odd
years it has been an ambition which I have long cher-
ished, to be invited to be a guest at the annual dinner
of ... . Speaker pauses, refers to the Menu and
reads .... The Holland Society of New York
(laughter); and now the dream of my life is realized;
and I may say that my first thought is that I am glad
to see so many out. Last Sunday I was at the New
York
^Portrait faces page Ii6
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York County Penitentiary, and I was making some few
observations of a religious character, and the first
thing I said was, " I am glad to see so many out to-day."
(Laughter.) But I couldn't get a rise out of that crowd.
I have done my share for one-fifteenth of my court in
the filling up of the vacant rooms at that penitentiary.
One privilege of the judiciary is in concurring, and I
want to say to you in advance, lest you might think I
did not contribute to the instruction of the evening,
that I concur in all these good things that have been
said about Holland, and I am very glad that my an-
cestors got away from that place. (Laughter.)
Of course, there is more fog there than there is in
New York. I think New York has about the finest
weather these later days, from September on, of any
place in the whole world.
But I showed my courage by marrying into a Holland
Dutch family, a regular descendant of old Van Dam,
who not only had many virtues and went regularly to
Sunday School, but had one of the best gin distilleries
in the County of Kings. He maintained all of these
ideas about lofty religious liberty about which much
has been said, but not too much; and I want to say
with as much enthusiasm as I can (for fear I will
forget it) that, so far as Holland's influence goes,
I can say the same thing for law, as my friend. Dr.
Stires, has said about religion. International law a
year ago was regarded as the greatest product of
the human mind, based on the brotherhood of man
and the fatherhood of God. It was the hope of the
nations, and one of the greatest messages of the
prophets that ever was delivered. It came from
old Hugo de Groot, who, with his successors, many of
them from the Low Countries, laid the broad founda-
tions of that noble structure of world-wide ethical
jurisdiction. If I have been a fair student of constitu-
tional liberty in this and other countries, and have
explored with any success the foundations of American
liberty in the United States, to ascertain where the
great principles that we find in the "Declaration of
Independence" originated, and in the historic document
called
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called the "Reasons for Taking up Arms," where these
came from, — I say that they came from those old
Dutchmen in Holland, who loved political liberty and
civil liberty as much as they did the right to say their
prayers. They wanted to pay the right amount of taxes
and they wanted the protection of the court and the law
as much as they wished to enjoy their other privileges
of religious liberty.
But I don't think a man can live forever on his
ancestry. Napoleon said a man had to be his own
ancestor. I tried to live on my ancestry fcfr a while;
I tried to borrow money on it, but I couldn't get it
from the Jews; I couldn't get them to believe that I
was any better on account of this ancestry.
I am really a professor; and, to tell the truth, I have
been at it for a long while; and I say it to the glory of
a large number of my students that they have survived
my instruction. I stumbled across a United States
Senator in Washington a month ago and a Governor,
too, at Albany; — and when I see Whitman and
O'Gorman and other such men who sat at my feet as
students I feel that I have added at least a cubit to
my stature.
I got on the job of educator very early. I left New
Haven in 1880, and went to Queens County, Long
Island, where I lived for several years and where I
knew Garret J. Garretson, a Justice of the Supreme
Court now at this dinner, who was then very distin-
guished as a lawyer. My father was a poor Methodist
preacher at Rockaway, where they gave him $400 a
year and all the clams he could dig; and, of course, I
had, to a certain extent, to support myself.
I saw a sign out in a school district to the effect that
they wanted a new teacher, and I went and presented
my credentials; they were to pay ^600 a year. That
seemed to me a fortune. They asked me "What are
your qualifications?" I said, "My name is Russell;
I am a man of distinction; we are descended from
Edward the Third, King of England, and we have three
peerages in the House of Lords; my mother was the
daughter of a Dutch farmer here who went to Congress
from
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from this county; I am a man of family, and of pedi-
gree and am worth the money." I never can forget his
reply. The old squire said: "See here, young man,
we don't care nothing about your family we don't care
nothing about your pedigree, and one thing more, we
want you to understand distinctly, we don't want you
in this here town for breeding purposes." (Great
laughter and applause.)
I think no greater distinction can come to anybody
than to be a professor of law, a professor of constitu-
tional law, or whatever remains of the Constitution in
these days after the courts have gotten through with
it, and after Delancey NicoU and other great advocates
have had the rights of their clients adjudicated.
(Laughter.)
Mention can be made in this connection of our dis-
tinguished and most illustrious citizen, and at the same
time servant of all and the chief of all our servants, the
man in the White House, a man I honor and who
honors us and my profession by being a professor of
law.
Then, too, there is my last surviving professor,
Baldwin of Yale, who was for four years Governor of
Connecticut; and Hughes, the one supreme model of
the perfect Governor, the great statesman who was
put out of business by Billy Barnes and who found a
refuge on an island, according to Mr. Roosevelt; and
then, do you know there is Cleveland, and Harrison.
I tell you it is one of the toughest problems yet to know
what to do with our ex-presidents. Don't think we
are through with them because we are not. Cleveland
went to Princeton and lectured on the Constitution,
and Harrison lectured on the Constitution at Leland
Stanford. I remember reading these lectures myself;
they were printed in serial form in The Ladies^ Home
Journal. I used to love to read The Ladies^ Home
Journal. I was fond of what Ruth Ashmore used to
say about how to eat a club sandwich at the Waldorf,
and whether it was right for a girl who was out alone
with a man to take his arm on a Sunday night when they
were walking through a little bit of woods. She said
that
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that it would be all right so long as you keep on walk-
ing. Finally it was all published in book form. (Great
laughter.)
And then there is Bill Taft; I call him that because
there is one link that shall bind us ever. Years ago we
were schoolmates at old Yale — ^that is why I call him
"Big Bill." He has added glory to ancestral fame by
becoming Professor of Constitutional Law and ex-
pounding the institutions of liberty and free govern-
ment at a great university where he and his father had
already accumulated many honors. He is one of the
biggest professors we have, a very cultivated gentle-
man and a man of perfect manners. I spent a week at
New Haven at the last commencement and I met him,
I don't know how often, and always with great pride
on my part. I was riding with him on a trolley car
once, and an Italian girl came in with a baby, and I
jumped up and gave her my seat; whereupon Professor
Taft, not to be beaten by a man coming from such a
section as New York, jumped up and gave his seat to
three girls. (Laughter.)
Of course, it is a good thing to be a judge in New
York. A Bishop can punish a man by binding him in
the chains of anathema, but that begins at the day of
judgment. That is quite different from the judge's
way. When the judge says "One year in the peniten-
tiary and ^500 fine," that is business. (Laughter.)
Wherever you are lined up, at any place of great
hospitality, some fellow will slap you on the back and
say, "Have one on me. Judge." Of course, we hate
to be reminded of our unfinished tasks and the briefs
we haven't read or looked into and the cases on appeal
full of interesting matter that we are supposed to study.
No judge likes to be addressed in any formal way in
the evening, because the bar closes at five o'clock, and
the members of the Bench go home.
I was in to see our Mayor of sainted memory, now
with God, just a little before he died, — Gaynor. I
asked for more money to run my court. I had just got
the heels of my shoes straightened up, and it was a
little slippery on the City Hall steps, and my two feet
went
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went out from under me; and I fell, coming down
those five steps of the City Hall, thump, thump, thump,
thump. A kind friend picked me up, and what do you
suppose he said to me? He said to me: "Is your
Honor hurt?" "Why — " says I — "no, my honor,
thank God, is secure, only my back bone is badly
bruised." (Laughter.)
Now, it is surely a nice thing to be a judge like Judge
Garretson, the gentleman I see directly in front of me;
the only difference between me and the judge there is
that he gets ^7,500 a year more than I do, and he
deserves it.
But it is great to be Chief Justice, particularly if
you know what splendid fellows there are in the court.
But there is one place where all this doesn't amount to
anything, and that is at 422 Greene avenue, Brooklyn,
where I live. I have found that Mrs. Russell's juris-
diction was in no way disturbed by the advent of this
great Chief Justice. If I get home a little late and say,
" I have been out with Dr. Stires, that man of God, and
with Delancey NicoU, that man of forensic distinction,"
I will have to produce one of these little menus and
prove my alibi and show cause just as in the long ago:
that is because she knows.
But it is just the same with those fellows who don't
know. I am under oath to visit about seventy different
institutions where are secluded the insane and feeble-
minded, the flotsam and jetsam of this great metropo-
lis. We have at Ward's Island about eighteen hundred
patients; and there is Letchworth Village, where you
taxpayers have got to put up several million dollars
when this cruel war is over, to carry all the insane and
feeble-minded people up there — I happened to be out
there last Monday at five o'clock, and I knocked at the
door, and a fellow came out with a big chain around his
neck; he looked as if he was one of the chief waiters at
the Waldorf Astoria; and he says, "Come Tuesday;
I said, "I came from Brooklyn and it is a long way off;
he answered, "Them are the rules;" (he wasn't a
graduate of any of these great colleges where Dr.
Stires and these other learned men come from). I said,
**What?"
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"What?** I was angry and my wrath rose, and I said,
"You don't know whom you are talking to; I can
visit this institution for the insane and feeble-minded
any day I see fit; I am the Chief Justice of the Court
of Special Sessions of the City of New York;" and I
got this answer: "Chief Justice, are you, g'wan, man,
youVe foolish; I have got five of them in here now."
(Laughter.)
Now, I thank you for bearing with me so long; but
I do want to say a few words about the law, about shop,
about the atmosphere in which I live, and to pay my
tribute in a few humble words to that profession which
has done so much for us all.
Now, I think that in America we reverence the law,
and our hope is in reverence for the law, for courts, for
the temples of justice, for the altars and the ministers
and priests in those great temples. If you say, "No,"
then you will have to go back to militarism.
Within the last few years I have been in every great
city of Europe. I have a boy who was at Oxford, and
he came back with three diplomas and four gold medals,
and with him I have wandered through most of these
places from the mountains of Norway to the cataracts
of the Nile. I have been in such places as Munich —
and that I think is the prettiest city in the world and
the nicest place to live in, if you can't live in New York.
There I saw women doing the work that is done here
by Bill Edwards' White Wings, sweeping up the refuse
on the street; there I saw a woman, gray haired — she
looked like my sainted mother, bent over, sixty-five
years of age — acting as a porter in a public place, carry-
ing a big box of dry goods, which, if it had been carried
on a one-horse truck in this city, would have condemned
the driver to a term on Blackwell's Island for cruelty
to animals. I saw no steam threshers in the fields; I
saw women working just as I worked forty years ago,
or nearly fifty years ago, when I was a farmer on Long
Island, with the simplest and rudest agricultural im-
plements. Will we stand for a thing like that, while we
husbands and sons of these women are out drinking
beer or dangling swords ? I tell you Nay.
I have
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I have four boys; they are not here; I love them as
you love yours; they are over twenty-one and they
weigh eight hundred pounds all together. Now, if
they were in Germany, they would be spending about
three years each in the army, carrying a gun and look-
ing for the enemy. We will never stand for it in
America. I glory in the small amount of militarism
that we have here. (Laughter and applause.)
We have the transcendent genius, if the occasion
arises, as it has arisen, to revolutionize warfare when it
needs to be revolutionized, naval warfare and land
warfare. I say our reliance is in the law; I say our
chief reliance is in reverence for the law; not that our
legislature is omnipotent — I don't think it is and I am
very glad it isn't; it has too much to do now. Perhaps
it is dangerous to have the legislature deal so largely
as it does with paternalism, with questions of hours of
labor and things of that kind. I don't think we can
arrive at the millennium and regulate such things as
late hours and all the other details of human society
by a single act of the legislature, any more than we can
create by act of the legislature one dollar or one cent
or any infinitesimal amount of wealth. The law has
its frontier; there is a sphere into which it cannot enter
without peril to human liberty.
So, the chiefest of all the good things in this world
is justice. I think it was John G. Holland who said of
justice, " It is the whitest worth, that shines in Heaven,
or lives upon the earth, — ^pure as the dewdrop that
bedecks the sod, and strong as pillars of the throne of
God." If anybody tells you that judges have their
price and that judgments of the courts can be bought or
sold like sheep in the shambles, like securities in the
market, you tell that man that he lies. (Applause.)
Now, two great principles, law and force, arms and
reason, are competing for the obedience of the world.
Rome gave us both of these principles. The earliest
leader of humanity was the strong man with a sword.
A few generations ago these leaders carried the sword
as part of their equipment; the sword was a necessary
part of the equipment of a gentleman of Japan; and,
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in the House of Parliament a man always wore his
sword as Prince Bismarck used to do.
A Roman pageant was the most gorgeous of all the
barbaric pageants. It was Caesar who first pushed
civilization beyond the borders of the Mediterranean,
into Helvetia, Gallia, Hispania, Germania, Britannia
and Belgium. Three times did C^sar triumph; kings
were drawn at his chariot wheel; and a slave whispered
in his ear, "Remember thou art but a man." In the
crisis of the procession, as it swept up the Capitoline
Hill, the mad crowd yelled, ^^Goj triumphed That was
an exhibition of the lust of conquest, of the love of
dominion over one's fellow men a principle ever active
in the Eternal City and which never rested until the
world was at her feet. While Caesar was in his triumphal
car, another man, old, bald-headed and perhaps gray,
sat in his toga upon the judgment seat, and the rule
of right reason which he announced has prevailed over
the shock of arms. Roman law conquered where the
legions were overthrown, crossed great oceans and
subdued continents beyond distant seas.
Rome ruled by her reason long after she ceased to rule
by her authority. That is the empire that knows no
decline and fall, the rule of right reason that overcame
the very Goths and barbarians that sacked the Seven-
hilled City.
Last summer I spent two nights in Rome and I
visited every hill in the City. I had to go down two
flights of stairs to get to one hill, but I got there all
right. I found the forum deserted, the Caesars were
handfuls of dust; but the Roman praetor is to be found
on the judgment seat of all civilized communities. He
is found to-day in Washington in the person of Edward
Douglas White, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
of the United States. He is found in the High Court
of Justice of England, in the Court of Cassation in
Paris, and wherever there is civilization, wherever there
is a bank or a railroad or any of the institutions of
commerce.
There is a Dutchman that I know — ^there are those
who don't like him, but forget that — ^because I do want
to
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to say there is a Dutchman that I know who illustrates
just this same thing, — ^Mr. Roosevelt of Nassau County,
Long Island. I love to see his picture, whether with a
fine Prince Albert coat, as a representative of the
strenuous life, or in a khaki uniform that cost $4.50 —
I always love to see him. They say he shot a man at
Santiago. There is a fellow over in Brooklyn who con-
tradicts that, and says he never shot a man and never
was at the battle of San Juan Hill. But, listen to me —
I tell you to go to Gettysburg. There is a big long
field there, and, when you get there (borrow the money
from your wife or do anything that is necessary to get
to that splendid battlefield) you can see how it was
with Roosevelt. Many of the brave generals whose
names live in history were never actually in the little
village of Gettysburg. And so with Roosevelt at San
Juan, when the order came to take a hill in the wide
field that we now call San Juan, he didn't stop to ask
its name. He simply drew his sword, rallied the
Rough Riders at his command, stormed the citadel,
and drove the Spaniards from the heights. What a
spectacle was the gallant Roosevelt then, a belted
knight, and hound of war; I can almost see his teeth.
But, do you know, I don't like to remember him that
way. I remember years ago, during the Japanese
War how sick I felt in looking over the newspapers in
the morning, when in far off Manchuria two armies of
a million men each were lined up in murderous duel
fighting to the death for the empire of the East. The
chancelleries of Europe took up the task of pacifica-
tion and the reverend clergy took it up; and they all
failed; they stopped praying even and lost hope.
Everybody lost hope save one man, and he didn't
lose hope. But he persevered until he brought out of
the darkness and gloom that had fallen on Manchuria
the glorious light of the Peace of Portsmouth. I love
to think of Roosevelt, not as a warrior, killing a man,
but as a white-winged angel of peace walking majesti-
cally between angry armies, holding in check the
victorious sons of Nippon and waving back where they
belonged the barbarian hordes of Russia. (Long and
continuous applause.)
I stand
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I Stand for law. General Grant said many things
worth remembering: "I have been trained as a soldier,"
said Grant, "I have been in many engagements, but
I know of no cause of controversy, international or
otherwise, that might not well be submitted to the
arbitrament of reason." All questions, even those
involving national honor, may be so submitted; and,
speaking, as I do to-night, to men of English speech
and tongue, let me say that for one hundred years we
have lived at peace with England, and yet we have had
a controversy over every foot of our northern boundary
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and not one drop of
blood has been spilled, and no forts have disputed the
peaceful passage of merchants and others across the
border line.
Now, I have faith and hope — ^where it comes from I
do not know — ^from the prayers perhaps of my mother
or from the long §ermons of my father, through which
I often used to sleep, but the memory of his life is
always with me. In spite of the waste of anarchy in
Europe to-night and the awful hurricane of death, still
must we trust God that with his divine blessing we
may save the fruits of civilization, of which the greatest
is civil liberty, justice and righteousness among the
sons of men; and that international law and civil
liberty, for which Holland has done so much to make
the world her debtor, will not be lost forever and perish
from the earth; for if this should happen then, indeed
would mankind be left stripped of her heritage of
civilization and lie naked and shivering at the gates of
anarchy. I believe that a world state can result from
this war; and if in God's Providence, Europe is dis-
armed, and the Kaiser, the Hapsburgs and the Hohen-
zoUems and every son of privilege be rolled off his lofty
perch of noble birth and compelled to work for a living,
like the President of this Society, then it may perhaps
be that this war will be worth all it costs, and we may
live to see the time — I may not but your children may —
when the vision and prophecy of Tennyson in his song
in Locksley Hall, will be fulfilled, where "The war
drum throbs no longer, and the battle-flag is furled
in
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in the Parliament of man, the Federation of the
world."
I hope this may come, and if in the future we have
any trouble with the Italians, those fellows called the
Mafia, or with Canadians over their fish bait, or with
the Emperor of Japan with reference to the public
school systems in Denver or San Francisco, instead of
the old barbaric cry "To arms! To arms!" the children
of that generation will rather hear the summons of a
world-tribunal, "To the Hague, To the Hague!"
(Great applause.)
President Brower: It is a matter of great regret
that Major General Wood, who was invited to respond
to the toast of "The Army," is unable to be present
to-night. We will therefore drink to the well-being of
that body on which we rely for our defence, and, if
need be, for our oifence, the United States Army.
(Applause.)
(The toast was drunk standing.)
It is very pleasant to be able to announce the presence
of a Rear Admiral of the Navy, who will speak to us
on the interesting organization of which he is the head.
I introduce to you Rear Admiral N. R. Usher,, of the
Navy. (Applause.)
ADDRESS OF REAR ADMIRAL N. R. USHERS
OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY
Rear Admiral Usher: Mr. President, Members of
The Holland Society, and Honored Guests and Ladies :
I take pleasure in being present as a guest of The Hol-
land Society, and in saying for the Navy how much it
appreciates the farsightedness and acumen of your
Hollander forbears in selecting the banks of the Hudson
as the site of their settlements. They had no White
Way to beckon them on to this locality, as many of our
fellow citizens have who so joyfully travel this way.
The Navy, my friends, is not heard from in speeches
— ^by its deeds shall ye know it. Our Navy, it is claimed
by
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by 8ome, antedates even the Army. The Continental
Congress, before the Declaration of Independence, and
in the spring of 1775, commissioned General Washing-
ton, Commander in Chief of its Army, and Esek Hop-
kins, Commander in Chief of its Navy, which was yet
to be found. The Continental Congress appointed a
naval committee of three to select ships and officers
and to find men to make a navy. They chose under-
standingly the term "Commander in Chief of the
Navy" and intended that Captain Hopkins should
have the same rank as General Washington. The
officers of those days were selected from our merchant
ships, and, from our merchant ships came volunteers
who formed our enlisted force. From that day to this
our navy has been manned by volunteers. It is a far
cry from those days of wooden walls to great armor
clads, cruisers, destroyers, submarines and aeroplanes
of to-day; but there is no greater change in the ships
and the guns than there is in the men in our service.
In those days those volunteers spoke half the languages
of the world and represented as many nationalities.
To-day over ninety-four per cent of our men are
Americans, native bom (applause); and the balance
are naturalized citizens. There are no aliens. There
is no ship that flies the pennant to-day wherein one is
not likely to find more Americans fore and aft than can
be found in any city, town, hamlet or village in our
broad land. (Applause.)
And with the changing of the nationality there has
come another change; the marlin spike seaman of old
has passed indeed, and, in the multitudinous detail
of the modern ship we are demanding technical skill
in every department, and that has called into being a
new class of seafaring men, who, volunteers as before,
represent every part of our land. Owing to our later
legislation we no longer get the seafaring men of the
coast; it is now required that every recruit shall pre-
sent, not only recommendations, but evidence of his
age to establish legality of enlistment, also that his
parents or guardians consent to his enlistment under
the flag. Seafaring men do not carry parents and
guardians
228 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
guardians handy, and hence, most of our men come
from the interior and from such localities as can pro-
duce the required evidence. Our young men, gradu-
ates of grammar schools or high schools for the most
part — I speak advisedly when I say young men — our
crews are young. I have lately, for the last four or
five years, served in the Atlantic Fleet, and the average
age of our men is about twenty-two years; and it is
the leaven of older men which brings it up to that.
Under the laws of our country we are allowed fifty-two
thousand five hundred enlisted men. Our allowance
is complete; we have a waiting list. (Applause.) No
longer do the parents object. On the contrary, they
are proud to get their sons in. For every man we take,
many are rejected, not only for physical reasons but
for other reasons. Men are obliged nowadays to bring
recommendations to get into the Navy.
There are in our broad land, if figures may be trusted,
nigh upon a hundred million people. There are in the
Navy of the United States, the first line of our defense
from foreign trouble, less than three thousand officers
and fifty-two thousand five hundred enlisted men.
To them are added about four hundred officers and
nine thousand nine hundred men in the marine corps.
This forms our first line. We have in every State of
our Union, militia; there is no naval militia, there is
no naval reserve. We have, it is true, within the con-
fines of our coasts, a large and prosperous sea trade
employing many men, but, from the broad seas our
flag has disappeared. When these men of whom I
speak are gone, there is no reserve.
These serious questions have not been suddenly
brought to light; it is perfectly well known. I only
mention it because just now in the public prints and
elsewhere there is much and unusual discussion con-
cerning preparation for the future.
In building our ships we are second to none. Ship
for ship, gun for gun, no better float. There are larger
navies, but, unit for unit, ours are as good if not better
than those of others. (Applause.)
The subject of the national defense is not a new one;
it
THIRTIETH ANNUAL DINNER
229
it is as old as our flag. This sudden interest, however,
as we may all understand, has been brought home to
all of us as we behold across seas what is happening.
In times past, and I hope it will always be so in the
future, whenever and wherever our navy is called upon,
we may depend upon it to do its duty and to accom-
plish its purpose. (Applause.)
President Brower: This speech will conclude our
Thirtieth Annual Dinner.
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THE THIRTIETH ANNUAL MEETING
HE Thirtieth Annual Meeting of
The Holland Society of New York
was held in the Hotel Astor, Broad-
way and Forty-fourth Street, New
York City, on Tuesday, April 6,
1915. The Annual Meetings are
always held on this date in com-
memoration of the VERBOND
DER EDELEN— Confederation of
the Nobles — when in 1 566, A. D., the Dutch combined
against tyranny and adopted the badge which is now
the badge of our Society.' President William Leverich
Brower took the chair and called the meeting to order.
The minutes of the Twenty-Ninth Annual Meeting
were, on motion, approved as printed in Year Book for
1914, pages 239 to 262.
President William Leverich Brower then submitted
his annual report, as follows : —
The President reports, with great pleasure, the com-
pletion of another successful year of our honored
Society. The Trustees have held all the stated meet-
ings and the business of the Society has been transacted
in due form. Your President wishes to acknowledge
the efficient services of all the standing committees and
of
■See deKription, page* 104-109.
THIRTIETH ANNUAL MEETING 23I
of the two Secretaries, all of which has contributed so
largely to make this a successful year. The Annual
Smoker was held, as usual, at the Hotel Astor, on
November 24, 1914, with 320 persons present. The
main feature of the evening was an illustrated lecture
by Dr. William Elliot Griffis on "The Walloons.'; Our
Thirtieth Annual Dinner was a successful affair and
was held at the Waldorf-Astoria on the evening of
January 21st. The library of our Society is an interest-
ing institution, and is open especially to the members
and also to others interested in genealogical and re-
search matters. The matter of a statue to "William
the Silent," arrangement for which has been entirely
completed, was arrested by the outbreak of hostilities
in Europe, and still remains in statu quo. The Society
was represented on April 4, 1914, at the Jubilee Feast
of the Netherland Society by our Recording Secretary,
who also was specially requested by the President to
represent the Society at the 250th Anniversary of the
founding of the City of Elizabeth, N. J., which exer-
cises were held on October 25, 27 and 28, 1914. The
interchange of courtesies between our sister societies
has been maintained, although, owing to the appalling
wars which are being enacted on European soil, some of
the societies have omitted their usual functions. The
President accepted an invitation to represent the
Society at the 131st Annual Dinner of the Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick, which was held on March 17, 191 5.
He attended the dinner in person and enjoyed the
evening very much indeed.
An invitation was received last May from the Lower
Wall Street Business Men's Association for the appoint-
ment of a committee to participate in the dedication
of a tablet to be erected at the southeast corner of Wall
and Water Streets, May 23, 1914, to commemorate the
140th Anniversary of the Merchants' Coffee House,
which formerly stood on the site. The President
appointed a committee of five, and attended this dedica-
tion personally. An Historical Convention, under the
auspices of the same Association, was held at the
Fraunces' Tavern on Saturday, October 31, 1914, with
the
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the cooperation of the Ter-Centenary Commission, and
the Recording Secretary attended the same, represent-
ing the Society at the request of the President. The
aldermen of the City of New York proposed to change
the name of Varick Street to Seventh Avenue South.
This happened between Trustees' meetings, and the
Trustees could not very well take action upon it, so
your President took the responsibility of requesting
the Recording Secretary to represent the Society at this
meeting, which he did at a public hearing on the ques-
tion, which was held in the aldermanic chambers on
February 25, 191 5, in order to protest against any
change of name of Varick Street. In this protest many
patriotic and historical societies joined, and the protest
was successful, so that we shall not have the name of
Seventh Avenue South instead of Varick Street. It
only remains for me to say that in relinquishing the
office of President, to which you have exalted me for
the past two years, which I shall do in a few minutes, I
wish to record my profound appreciation of the con-
fidence and good will of the members of our beloved
Society. It has certainly been one of the greatest
honors of my life to oflScially represent such a notable
Society. I congratulate the Society upon the selection
of so worthy a successor, Mr. Gerard Beekman; he
is not yet President, but I presume he will be shortly.
I remember when I was quite a boy, my father, who
was associated with Mr. Beekman's father in a position
of trust in New York, used to quote to me some of the
sayings of James W. Beekman, the father of our Gerard
Beekman. He said that one day Mr. Beekman told
three good rules for public speaking, and I have remem-
bered them till this day. Mr. Beekman said that if
you want to be a good public speaker there are three
rules to govern you: i, stand up straight; 2, speak out
loud and 3, shut up quick. (Laughter.) Mr. James W.
Beekman was President of the St. Nicholas Society
about fifty years ago; it was 1868 and 1869, and, surely,
if he had been living, he would have been President of
The Holland Society. Another thing that draws me to
Mr. Beekman is the fact that I myself have been doing
business
THIRTIETH ANNUAL MEETING 233
business for about two generations on a street in this
city that was named after his father, Beekman Street.
I congratulate the Society on the nomination of so
suitable a person as Mr. Beekman, and I do not think
that there is any fitter person than he who could be
called upon to represent this honorable Society.
(Applause.)
Recording Secretary Van Winkle took the chair and
put the motion, which was then made, seconded and
carried, to adopt the report and print the same in the
Year Book.
Treasurer Van Brunt offered the following report
which had been previously mailed to the membership in
the notice calling the Annual Meeting.
Treasurer Van Brunt: You have all had the
printed report of the Treasurer, and the figures speak
for themselves. I only want to say that the cash bal-
ance is only $676.38, which is unusually small. Last
year we printed, not only the regular Year Book for
1914 but also the 1907 Year Book. Incidentally, I also
wish to say that the Trustees insisted on taking all my
surplus funds for investment in bonds, which, as you
will find, they have borrowed for their investments,
thus reducing the cash reserves. I have opposed this
plan of over-investment without avail.
The formal printed report follows :
ARTHUR H. VAN BRUNT, Treasurer,
in account with
THE HOLLAND SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
RECEIPTS
Dr.
Balance on hand March 11, 1914 $3,422.68
Initiation Fees 200.00
Annual Dues 4,927.60
Interest on Investments 825.00
Certificates of Membership 56.00
Interest on Daily Balances 92.82
Gift in Memoriam of " S. G. B." 50.00
Souvenirs and Collections Sold 28.75
$9,602.85
DISBURSEMENTS
234 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
DISBURSEMENTS
Cr.
Rent on Society Rooms $800.00
Annual Meeting 288.30
Current Year Books 1,811.67
Belated Year Books 2,069.73
Library Account 750.00
Recording Secretary 832.06
Corresponding Secretary 9^.57
Treasurer 166.70
Annual Dinner 776-55
Smoker 7S5-8i
Souvenirs for Society Distribution 151*63
Engrossing 12.40
Interest on Loan 170.00
Cash in Hands of Recording Secretary 250.00
Cash in Hands of Corresponding Secretary 36.22
Balance on Hand 676.38
$9,646.02
Less Amount Paid by Recording Secretary
from Cash in His Hands 43«I7
$9,602.85
INFESTMENTS
PAR VALUE COST
4 West Shore R. R. ist Mortgage 4% Bonds . $4,000.00 $3,915.00
I St. Paul & No. Pacific Ry. 6% Bond 1,000.00 1,230.00
I Northern Pacific Ry. Prior Lien and Land
Grant 4% Bond 1,000.00 1,037.50
1 New York, Lackawanna & Western Ry. ist
Mortgage 6% Bond 1,000.00 1,345.00
2 Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ry. General
Mortgage 4% Bonds 2,000.00 2,080.00
2 United States Steel Sinking Fund 5% Bonds 2,000.00 2,027.08
2 Providence Securities Co. 4% Bonds 2,000.00 1,807.94
Participation Certificate in Bond & Mortgage,
cor. Lewis & Stanton Sts., New York City. 1,000.00 1,000.00
I New York State 4% Canal Improvement
Bond, Due 1961 1,000.00 1,019.00
I New York City 4^% Rapid Transit Bond,
Due September, i960 1,000.00 1,024.67
1 New York City 4J^% Rapid Transit Bond,
Due 1962 1,000.00 1,016.69
2 New York City 4^^% Water Supply Bonds,
Due i960 2,000.00 1,963.13
$19,000.00 $19,466.01
Arthur H. Van Brunt,
Treasurer.
On
THIRTIETH ANNUAL MEETING
5^35
On motion duly made, seconded and carried the
report was received, and referred to the Committee on
Finance.
Recording Secretary Edward Van Winkle then
presented his Annual Report as follows :
To the Members of The Holland Society of New York^
MijNE Heeren: —
The total number of members reported in the notice
for the Annual Meeting was nine hundred and eighty-
nine, with a loss by death since then of five and by
resignation two, making the present membership nine
hundred and eighty-one.
During the year we have lost by death the following
members :
Elected
Oct. 24,
'89
, une 30,
'92
June 15,
'86
June 13,
'07
June II,
'08
Dec. 13,
'94
Dec. 17,
'08
Mar. 14,
'95
June 9,
'98
May 19,
'87
Oct. II,
'00
Apr. 30,
'85
June 9,
'04
Oct. 14,
'09
Dec. 8,
'88
Oct. 21,
'97
Dec. 22,
'87
June 9,
'04
June 12,
'02
Mar. 14,
'85
Dec. 7,
'88
Dec. 8,
'98
Mar. 29,
'88
Dec. 20,
'10
Nov. 17,
'85
Mar. 28,
'89
Oct. 24,
'89
June 14,
'94
Member
Cebra Quackenbush, Hoosick, N. Y.
Henry Moore Teller, Denver, Colo.
Garret D. W. Vroom, Trenton, N. J.
Nicholas Vreeland, Jersey City, N. J.
Egbert Le Fevre, New York, hi. Y.
Aaron J. Zabriskie, Newark, N. J.
Eugene W. Veeder, Schenectady, N.Y.
Harrison Van Duyne, Newark, N. J.
Hiram Duryea, Brooklyn, N. Y.
W. P. VooRHEES, New Brunswick, N. J.
D.B. Van Name, Mariners Harbor, N. i .
Maus Rosa Vedder, New York, N. Y.
Jacob Storm Varick, Susquehanna, Pa.
Charles R. De Bevoise, Newark, N. J.
Milton B. Van Zandt, New York, N.Y.
Garrett J. Lydecker, Detroit, Mich.
Albert V. Bensen, Albany, N. Y.
L. A. PowELSON, Brooklyn, N. Y.
C. A. ScHERMERHORN, New York, N. Y.
Henry Van Schaick, New York, N. Y.
J. Van Vranken, Potsdam, N. Y.
Jacob Van Woert, Greig, N. Y.
Herman S. Bergen, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Van Rensselaer Schuyler, New York,
N.Y.
W. B. Vanderpoel, New York, N. Y.
J. F. Bloodgood, Flushing, N. Y.
J. R. Truax, Schenectady, N. Y.
Clarence Storm, New York, N. Y.
Died
Feb. 16,
Feb. 23,
Mar. 4,
Mar. 29,
Mar. 30,
April IS,
April 18,
May 3,
May s,
May 31,
une II,
une 13,
une 16,
uly 5>
uly 6,
uly 9,
uly IS,
Sept.,
Oct. 2,
Nov. 14,
an. 20,
an. 26,
an. 31,
Feb. 17, 'is
Mar. 9, *IS
Mar. 12, 'is
Mar. 17, 'is
Mar. 24, *is
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Trustees* Meetings: The Trustees have met, upon
the invitation of the President, as follows: June 11,
1914; Octobers, 1914; December 10, 1914; March 11,
191 5. All of these meetings were held at Delmonico's,
Fifth Avenue and Forty-fourth Street, New York City.
Society^ s Meetings: On November 24, 19 14, the
Annual Smoker was held in the Hotel Astor, Broadway
and Forty-fourth Street, New York City.^ On Janu-
ary 21,1915, the Thirtieth Annual Dinner was held in the
Waldorf-Astoria, Fifth Avenue and Thirty-fourth
Street, New York City.* This year the souvenir took
the form of a tray* containing the seal and a view of
Old Amsterdam, depicting "Schreyers Toren," the
tower where relatives and friends of the emigrants to
Nieuw Netherland would congregate and wave a last
farewell to the departing ships as they started on, what
was then, a perilous journey. A number of plaques,
2^^ X 33^", similar in size to those distributed at previous
dinners, have been struck from the die and may be pur-
chased at the Society's office by those wishing to com-
plete their sets of historical medals and plaques issued
by the Society. A number of complete sets of these
plaques are on hand and are available for sale. On
April 6, 1915, the Annual Meeting was held in the
Hotel Astor.*
Branch or County Meetings: The Poughkeepsie Dis-
trict members celebrated their Twenty-fifth Annual
Dinner in commemoration of the Siege of Leiden at the
Nelson House, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., October 3, I9I4.'
The Hudson County members celebrated their Third
Annual Banquet in the Jersey City Club, Jersey City,
N. J., December 8, I9I4..«
Accessions: The list of accessions and purchases for
the Library and Archives, during the year, will be
found detailed in the 191 5 Year Book.^
The Recording Secretary oflficially represented the
Society at the following functions :
(i) The Jubileum Feest 50 jarig Stichtingsfeest
der
^See page 176.
« « « 187.
^S" ^ ^H' »D size; for illustration,
see page 196.
• See page 230.
• « « 173.
• « « 185.
» « « III.
THIRTIETH ANNUAL MEETING 237
der Nederlandsche Vereeniging on Saturday evening,
April II, 1914. Ambassador Ridder Van Rappard and
Consul Bakhuyzen were also present. After the dinner
there was informal dancing.
(2) The Lower Wall Street Business Men's Asso-
ciation convened on May 23, 1914, to unveil a tablet
on "The Merchants' Coffee House." A luncheon was
served at Fraunces' Tavern to delegates from the
historical societies immediately preceding the
ceremonies.
(3) The October Third Dinner of the Poughkeepsie
members in the Nelson House, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
This was the Twenty-fifth Annual Dinner of this branch
and is celebrated in commemoration of the Seige of
Leiden.
(4) The Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of
the Founding of the City of Elizabeth on Municipal
Day, October 27, 19 14. A civic meeting was held in
The Old First Church, after which a reception was
tendered Governor Fielder in the rotunda of the Union
County Court House, with luncheon to the Governor
and special guests of the city in the Cateret Arms. In
the afternoon the dedication of the tablet at St. John's
Church, which was presented to the city by the Society
of Colonial Wars, commemorating the Two Hundred
and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Founding of the City,
with parade and band concerts.
(5) The Historical Convention, under the auspices
of the Lower Wall Street Business Men's Association,
with the cooperation of the Ter-centenary Commission,
on Saturday, October 31, 1914. Luncheon was served
to the delegates from thirty historical and genealogical
societies at Fraunces' Tavern, after which they removed
to the board room of the Coffee Exchange where an
Historical Meeting was held, for the purpose of con-
sidering plans for the correction of many errors of
history, and emphasizing the historical facts hereto-
fore omitted by historians. A committee was appointed
to encourage the writing of a correct history of New
York and monographs upon special subjects.
(6) A public hearing in the aldermanic chambers
was held on Thursday, February 25, 191 5, in reference
to
238 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
to the change of name of Varick Street to Seventh
Avenue South. About fifty patriotic and historical
societies protested against the resolution before the
board of aldermen, and there were only three owners of
property in the Ninth Ward who spoke for the change
of name. The aldermen rejected the proposed resolu-
tion unanimously, and Varick Street will continue in
the street directory of New York.
Library Improvements: It has been the desire of the
Recording Secretary to make the Library primarily
more useful to the membership. It is manifestly im-
possible for any genealogist to collect, preserve, and
digest for himself the voluminous literature of his pro-
fession. He must depend upon the work of others —
reviewers, indexers, abstractors and librarians. Until
a recent date a library considered its duty accomplished
when it had acquired, preserved, cataloged and indexed
the literature of the subjects covered. A reader was
forced to visit the library to get the information. But
the up-to-date librarian is adopting a new policy which
makes complete service possible to students at a
distance.
To be specific : The Library of our Society is prepared
to render the following service:
(i) It will verify references, furnish abstracts, copies
of records, and translations.
(2) It will furnish partial or complete genealogies,
covering the Dutch period of New Netherland, and
where the original sources are not available to the
client, furnish either copies, abstracts, or translations
as may be necessary or desirable.
Arrangements have been made for accurate, technical
translation of Dutch and photographic copies of docu-
ments. A nominal charge is made for this service to
cover cost — ^for research, seventy-five cents per hour;
for translation, thirty-five cents for one hundred words;
photographs, 11" x 14*^, for seventy-five cents.
Domine Selyns^ Diary: The Society is particularly
fortunate in having the opportunity to publish the
Diary of Domine Selyns both in the original Dutch and
in the translation, which has been acquired through the
generosity of our President, William L. Brower. At
the
THIRTIETH ANNUAL MEETING 239
the meeting of the Trustees on December loth a Com-
mittee was appointed to take active steps for the pub-
lication of this Diary as part of the Society's collec-
tions. It will appear during the coming year as Vol-
ume V and will not be gratuitously distributed to the
membership but will be sold.
During the year the Library of the Society has been
consulted to a considerable extent by genealogists and
municipalities on historical matters pertaining to the
Dutch period in New Netherland, and the new seal for
the Borough of Pompton Lakes was designed by the
office. We have been able to be of assistance in this
manner to a number of students of history; but we
have not been considered by our City Fathers during
their preliminary studies, resulting in the adoption of
the present official flag of the City of New York. This
blue, white and orange flag, in vertical stripes, which is
now the official flag of the City of New York, was
offered for adoption by the Art Commission Associates,
whose report was presented to the Trustees at the
March meeting with a request for their endorsement.
Year Book 1914: On April 27, 1914, the current Year
Book of the Society was sent by express to each member
in good standing and about two hundred libraries and
genealogical and historical societies on the approved
exchange list. Following the custom of last year, two
hundred and fifty sets of loose leaves, containing the
Bergen Records, have been printed and reserved for
binding, together with the records of the same Church
appearing in the 1913 and 1915 Year Books. These
records are to be bound this coming month as Vol-
ume IV of the Society's Collections, and are to be sold
to libraries and students of genealogy at six dollars per
volume.
Year Book 1915: This Year Book will be delivered to
the members on or before May i, 1915. The entire
book is finished; printed signatures are herewith sub-
mitted complete, with the exception of the signature
which is to contain the Minutes of this meeting.
(Applause.)
AH of which is respectfully submitted by the Record-
ing Secretary.
Edward Van Winkle,
Upon
240 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
Upon motion the report was accepted, approved and
ordered printed in the Year Book.
In the absence of Corresponding Secretary Spoor, no
report was submitted.
Frank Hasbrouck, Chairman of the Committee on
Nominations^ made the following report:
To The Holland Society of New York:
The Committee elected to make nominations for officers of the
Society respectfully reports the following names as its recom-
mendation for offices to be filled at the ensuing annual election,
to be held April 6, 1915.
President:
Gerard Beekman.
Vice-Presidents :
New York County J. Maus Schermerhorn
Kings County Albert Van Brunt Voorhees, Jr.
Queens County Hon. James Cornell Van Siclen
Westchester County William M. Vanderhoof
Dutchess County I. Reynolds Adriance
Ulster County Frank J. Le Fevre
Albany County Dr. James N. Vander Veer
Schenectady County Wm. G. Schermerhorn
Central New York Dr. John Van Duyn
SuflFolk County Robert Lefferts
Hudson County, N. J Wm. Van Keuren
Bergen County, N. J.-. Elmer Blauvelt
Passaic County, N. J J. Albert Van Winkle
Essex County, N. J Andrew H. De Witt
Monmouth County, N. J Wm. H. Hendrickson
Union County, N. J Frederick Arden Waldron
Morris County, N. J H. A. Van Gilder
New England Rev. Dr. William Harman Van Allen
Pacific Coast H. L. Van Winkle
United States Army Col. Adelbert Cronkhite
United States Navy. Com. Warren J. Terhune
Treasurer: Recording Secretary:
Arthur H. Van Brunt. Edward Van Winkle
Corresponding Secretary:
Seward G. Spoor
Trustee — Class of 1916.
William Brinkerhoff
Trastees
THIRTIETH ANNUAL MEETING 24I
Trustees — Class of 1919:
Gerard Beekh^an, E. Covert Hulst,
Henry L. Bogert, Arthur H. Van Brunt,
Seymour Van Santvoord.
Dated, New York, February 10, 1915.
THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE:
Frank Hasbrouck, Chairman^
Tunis G. Bergen,
Garret J. Garretson,
James S. Newkirk,
Edward Van Winkle, Secretary,
The President: Gentlemen, you have heard the
report of the Nominating Committee; what is your
pleasure? The election is by ballot, and the Secretary
will distribute the ballots.
Mr. Arthur H. Van Brunt: I move that the Re-
cording Secretary be authorized to cast one ballot for
the nominees named by the Nominating Committee.
Mr. Frederick A. Waldron: I second the motion.
The President: There being no objections the
motion is in order. All in favor of the motion will
signify by saying aye. Contrary, no. It is carried.
The President: The Recording Secretary will cast
a ballot for the proposed officers.
Recording Secretary Van Winkle then cast the official
ballot.
The President: The Recording Secretary has cast
the official ballot, and announces the result to be as
reported by the Chairman of the Nominating Com-
mittee.
Judge Frank Hasbrouck was then invited to take
the chair, the new President being absent, and the
meeting proceeded with the regular order of business.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
Mr. E. Covert Hulst presented the formal report of
the Committee on Finance as follows:
April 6, 1915.
William L. Brower, Esq.,
President of The Holland Society.
Dear Sir: —
This is to certify that I have examined accounts, and
vouchers
242 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
vouchers appertaining thereto, of Arthur H. Van Brunt,
Treasurer of the Society, for the year ending March i,
191 5, and have found the same correct.
I have also examined the securities constituting the
investments as set forth in the Annual Report of such
Treasurer, and have found the same correctly set forth
therein.
Yours very truly,
E. Covert Hulst,
Chairman of Finance Committee.
Upon motion the report was accepted and ordered
printed in the Year Book, and upon further motion
the report of the Treasurer was received and ordered
placed on file.
Mr. Tunis G. Bergen, Chairman of the Committee on
Statue to William the Silent^ then presented the following
report :
Mr. Bergen: Since the last report, a year ago, I
have to report that contracts for the casting of a replica
of the statue of William the Silent, at The Hague, were
all agreed upon and put in form and were actually
signed and sealed by the Society's officers, under the
authority given last July. The correspondence had
reachejl the point when we were ready to transfer the
contracts to Holland, with the first payment under the
agreement. The cast was to be made by the National
Foundry Company in Brussels. Within twenty-four
hours the war in Europe was declared, and I held back
the contracts. Correspondence indicates that probably
nothing can be done during the war, and therefore the
contracts will not be delivered. I afterwards made
inquiry as to what had become of the plaster model of
the statue, which was made by the sculptor, from the
original in the Museum at Delft: the reply came that
the model had been already shipped to Brussels, but
they did not know whether it would ever reach that
ill-fated city. A further letter to the effect that they
had heard from the National Foundry in Brussels that
the plaster model had arrived intact and had been
deposited in the subterranean vaults of the Foundry,
undisturbed. About a month or so ago I received
another
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another letter from one of the gentlemen in The Hague
who had this casting in mind, to the effect that they
had heard from one of the managers of the National
Foundry Company of Brussels that he had returned
from the war and was incapacitated, but that he would
soon be able to resume work. In the meantime, no
work of that kind was going on in Brussels. So, the
plaster cast, gentlemen, I suppose, is intact in the sub-
terranean vaults of the Foundry. The men who are
left after the war, even though wounded, may be able
to go on again with the work; but I have to report that
I have not delivered the contracts, under the discretion
and power given me by the Society, and that I have
been obliged, because of the war, to hold up the whole
matter for the present.
Which, upon motion duly made, seconded and
carried, was adopted as a progress report.
Henry L. Bogert, Chairman of the Committee on
History and Tradition^ then presented the following
report:
Mr. Bogert: Mr. Chairman and gentlemen: I have
a report which is in three sections, and you may call it
in the past, the present and the future. With regard to
the past, I have taken the liberty on behalf of the Com-
mittee, of reporting concerning what has been known as
the New York Commercial Ter-centenary, and I trust
that I may be indulged in putting this before the Society
as something worthy of note.
In December, 191 2, Mayor Gaynor appointed a
committee of citizens to consider the subject of cele-
brating the 300th Anniversary of the Settlement of
Manhattan Island. The Committee met at the City
Hall January 8, 1913, and it was questioned how far
the settlement of Manhattan Island could be authorita-
tively identified with 1613, as had been suggested.
The advocates of the year 1626, as the date of settle-
ment, were emphatic and insistent with their arguments,
and a controversy appeared imminent, when the sug-
gestion was made that the first charter, granted in 1614
by the States General of the United Netherlands, for
trading to New Netherland, afforded a date and an
occasion worthy of whatever historical and commercial
prominence
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prominence could be given to a Ter-centenary Celebra-
tion. The New York Commercial Tercentenary Com-
mission was thereupon incorporated in April, 191 3,
with the expressed object of commemorating the 300th
anniversary of the beginning of the regularly chartered
commerce of what is now the State of New York under
the auspices of the States General of the United Nether-
lands in the year Sixteen hundred and fourteen. The
President of The Holland Society, who was in office
when the act of incorporation was introduced, was
named as one of the Trustees of the Commission and
remained with them until the celebration had been
completed. The preliminaries and the organized prepa-
ration for celebrating this notable event, in the Dutch
Colonial history of our City and State, followed the
usual course of such enterprises, except that the busi-
ness depression of recent years had produced such
exhaustion in financial and commercial circles, and had
so materially depleted the reserve funds of many
citizens who would have ordinarily contributed with
enthusiasm toward the success of the project, that the
suggestions and even the earnest efforts of the Ter-
centenary Commission towards obtaining appropria-
tions from the state and from the city met with de-
termined opposition. A minimum grant was made
at Albany and even smaller comfort was vouchsafed
in New York City, with the natural result of bringing
the celebration down to lowest possible terms. The
elaborate program was cut down, and, with the break-
ing out of the great European war, it was resolved to
carry through only such portions of the celebration as
had been entered upon and in which too great progress
had been made to permit abandonment without serious
loss. Field sports, public school music festivals, an
automobile parade and a commercial pageant, followed
by two weeks' exhibition of the contrasted commerce
of early days and the achievements of 1914, were the
salient features of the commemoration by this imperial
city of the simple charter of 1614 granted by the States
General. With all its disappointments, it is worthy to
be chronicled as an important item in history, which
should not be ignored by the Holland Society or by its
Committee on History and Tradition.
An
THIRTIETH ANNUAL MEETING 245
An interesting item in the record of the Commission
describes the adoption of its flag, as follows :
The flag consists of three equal vertical bars, Nassau
blue, white and Nassau orange, the blue bar at the
staflF. In the centre of the white bar, the coat-of-arms.
The description of the Coat-of-arms is as follows:
Charge: Upon a shield argent a marine view; in base
a Dutch merchant vessel under sail on a body of water
all proper; sky argent and azure. Crest: On a wreath
azure and argent a Dutch windmill proper. Supporters:
Dexter: A Dutch merchantman proper. Sinister: A
North American Indian proper.
Motto: Below the shield on a scroll argent, azure and
or, "1614-1914."
The Chairman of the Flag Committee, Col. Louis
Annin Ames, explained that the vertical arrangement of
flag colors was first adopted by the City of Amsterdam
in 1602 when the colors were red, black and red.
The Committee on History and Tradition further
reports to The Holland Society that, at the meeting of
Trustees held in March, there was submitted a report
by a Committee of the Art Commission Associates on
the Adoption of a Flag by the City of New York and
the Restoration of the Ancient Corporate Seal, together
with some correspondence between Mr. John B. Pine,
of the Art Commission Associates, and The Recording
Secretary.
The printed report of the Art Commission Associates,
a copy of which is presented with this report, contained
a representation in colors of the proposed flag and a
photograph of the restored seal. It mentioned that the
Art Commission of the City of New York had received
the report of the Associates, and, after approving the
recommendations and ordering that the report be
printed, concluded by adopting the following in a reso-
lution, recommending
" I . The adoption by the City as its oflftcial flag, and
as a substitute for the flag now in use, a flag containing
the colors orange, white and blue arranged in per-
pendicular bars of equal dimensions (the blue being
nearest to the flag-staff), bearing the seal of the City in
blue upon the middle or white bar, the colors to conform
as
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as nearly as possible to those of the flag of the United
Netherlands in use in 1626.
"2. The adoption by the City of the model of the
corporate seal of the City herewith submitted, as the
ofl[icial design of such seal, the same to be cast in bronze
or other permanent form and kept in the safe in the
Mayor's office, and the adoption of proper ordinances
or other regulations requiring that hereafter all repre-
sentations of the seal whether impressed or printed on
City documents or publications or carved on City
buildings shall be in exact conformity with such official
design."
The Associates reported, concerning the City flag
now in use, that it had no official sanction nor could it
be determined how long it had been in use, and the
Committee expressed the opinion that the City might
properly adopt a design with historical associations and
artistic merit and one readily distinguishable from
other flags in general use.
The report proceeded to set forth that the colors
which first floated over the Island of Manhattan were
"the orange, white and blue of the Dutch West India
Company, which were also the colors of the United
Provinces of the Netherlands in 1609 when Henry
Hudson discovered the river named after him and when
in 1626 New Amsterdam was settled by the Dutch."
A quotation concerning the origin of the Dutch flag,
from a history published at Amsterdam in 1831, was
given in a translation. (Oorsprong der Nederlandsche
Vlag — ^J. C. De Jonge.) This set forth that in 1582 the
Netherlands possessed their own flag, the insignia or
livery of William the Silent, orange, white and blue,
with orange at the top, as commemorated by the cry
"Oranje boven." These colors were set forth in the
commands of the Admiralty of Zeeland, published in
1587.
The report quotes from another work on the flag,
published in 1900 (De Nederlandsche Vlag — C. De
Waard, Groningen), stating that all flags used by the
Dutch before 1630 were orange, white and blue, in
which the blue was dark rather than light. I may
interject at this time, Mr. Chairman, that one of the
members
THIRTIETH ANNUAL MEETING 247
members of our Committee, Mr. Bergen, has made a
special study of the matter of flags and colors of the
Netherlands, and he informs me that the real color of
the early days was red rather than orange.
The Committee obtained information from Prof.
Alexander Smith, of the Chemistry Department at
Columbia University, concerning the blue of that date,
which indicated pure indigo as the proper color; the
shade of orange was referred to as unquestioned in its
authenticity; and thereupon the Committee recom-
mended the proposed form of flag, as worthy of adoption
by the city, because of historical associations, extending
to the beginnings of New Amsterdam, artistic and deco-
rative quality, and originality sufiicient to distinguish
it from flags in use by other cities or countries.
As a further recommendation, the report stated that
it was desirable and in accordance with usage that the
colors should be in perpendicular bars, the blue nearest
the flag-staff, and the seal of the city upon the middle
white bar.
The Trustees at first entertained the impression that
it was intended to adopt the original Dutch flag of those
early days, and that the use of vertical bars instead of
horizontal stripes would be a misrepresentation, and
should be condemned in the interest of historical
accuracy, together with the suggestion that the date
of settling New Amsterdam was 1626, as above noted.
There arose the question of the order in which the colors
of a tri-color flag should be read, and this was productive
of considerable divergence of opinion. The statement
of a leading manufacturer and dealer in flags was to
the effect that general usage was to read the flags from
the outermost color (or fly) towards the staff;* stating
also that the instructions from nations who had such
flags gave the colors in that order. On the other hand,
all of the authorities consulted by the Recording
Secretary indicate that the important or most honorable
place
*Note by Recording Secretary:
This flag manufacturer cites as his
authoritative reference the "French
flag," red, white and blue, and reads
from the fly to the staff. In this he
is in erxor; the colors of the French
flag are "Blue, white and red with
blue in the honor point next the staff."
See French decree of March 5, 1848;
also Les Couleurs de la France 1879
by R. Quarre de Vemeuil, page 85
and print 63, plate 8.
248 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
place was next to the staff (referred to in some quarters
as the "honor point"), and the outermost color as the
fly; referring further to the heraldic practice of tearing
off the outermost section of a flag or banner, upon the
field of battle, when the owner of the flag had distin-
guished himself and become entitled to a standard of
two colors instead of banner of three. With the usages
and authorities of heraldry and the question of pre-
cedence, in reading the colors of a vertically atriped or
barred tri-colored flag, the Committee on History and
Tradition deems that it is not necessarily concerned
at this time, since it is admitted that the flag of New
York City is not to be regarded as the Dutch flag of
1626 or that general period, but is to be regarded as
eloquently and emphatically reminiscent of that early
flag, adopting its original colors, arranged differently;
also, that the city seal will be placed upon the middle
bar as a further note of distinction. Your Committee
believes that no one should be misled into an erroneous
conception of the original Dutch flag, nor that the
newly adopted flag should be regarded as an exact
counterpart of the old flag. In addition your Commit-
tee entertains the view that the glorious record of the
old flag should entitle it to an undisturbed place in
history, and that New York should not adopt nor
appropriate that old flag, when by the plan proposed
by the Art Commission Associates so excellent results
may be achieved with equal deference to historical
accuracy.
With reference to the statement that 1626 was the
date of settling New Amsterdam, your Committee
desires to enter its protest, and believes that further
research and investigation are necessary to establish
the proper date convincingly.
Referring to the seal of the city, although not
specifically within the province of your Committee, in
so far as the present seal was officially adopted after
New Amsterdam had become New York, and the most
recent change had been made after New York had be-
come part of the new nation, the United States, yet
the subject may be appropriately mentioned in this
report. The design submitted by the Art Commission
Associates
THIRTIETH ANNUAL MEETING 249
Associates was artistic and excellent in all respects, in
your Committee's opinion, except, perhaps, with
reference to the date, which is given as 1664. Since
the resolution of the Common Council in 1784 ordered
that the royal crown upon the seal be defaced and that
a soaring eagle upon a half globe should be substituted,
as the crest upon the New York coat-of-arms, it appears
to your Committee that the date of the seal could be
no earlier than 1784; but that, in view of the earlier
elements which remain, the other dates of significance,
such as 1664 and 1686, and possibly other dates, might
be included in less prominent positions. The seal of a
corporation is its solemn signature, as would be the
sign manual of an individual, and, with this exception,
the seal recommended by the Art Commission Asso-
ciates can be commended by The Holland Society; and
the action of the aldermen, in adopting both flag and
seal, can be commended as a notable advance in recog-
nizing the importance of the Dutch of early days and
their preeminent part in the foundation of our great
city.
Your Committee has permitted me also to make a
further supplementary report, which may deal with
the future:
The "visiting list" or "parish book" of Domine
Selyns, sometimes called "the first New York Direc-
tory," is a matter of such great interest and importance
to the early history and to The Holland Society of
New York that it must receive most complete atten-
tion during the coming year, when it is contemplated
that it may be published under the auspices of the
Society. It is essential that this work should receive
most careful and studious supervision, and that in its
final shape it shall reflect appropriate credit upon the
outgoing President of The Holland Society, whose
liberality has made it possible to bring this interesting
work into definitive and authoritative form, and also
in appreciation of its unique place in the history and
literature of New York City.
In closing the report, Mr. Chairman, I would like
to offer this resolution :
Whereas the Art Commission Associates of the City
of
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of New York have devoted much time and study to the
designing and recommending of an appropriate flag for
the City of New York and to the restoration and
authentication of its corporate seal in harmony with
the available records, and have presented a report
which reflects credit upon their diligence and care
(although their conclusion that Manhattan was settled
in 1626 cannot be accepted nor adopted by us), be it
Resolved that The Holland Society of New York
appreciates and applauds what has been so well and
attractively prepared for acceptance by our city
authorities and recognizes with much satisfaction the
adoption and embodiment of the old colors of New
Amsterdam, so strikingly set forth and so eloquently
reminiscent of the old flag, upon whose glorious history
it does not trespass, but bears filial and hearty tribute.
Upon motion, duly made, seconded and carried, the
report was accepted and ordered printed in the Year
Book, and upon further motion the resolution recom-
mended by the Committee was unanimously adopted.
Tunis G. Bergen, Chairman of the Special Committee
on Year Books in Arrears j reported as follows :
The Committee on Year Books in Arrears have the
honor to report that the 1908 Year Book is now in the
press and is being printed and will be out in a very
short time. I dare not state again how soon it will be
before the Year Book for 1909 comes out, but it ought
not to be a very long time.
Upon motion the report was accepted as a progress
report.
Tunis G. Bergen, Chairman of a Special Committee
on Publication of Diary of Domine SelynSy reported as
follows :
The Diary of Domine Selyns in. the original is owned
by our Ex-President, Mr. William L. Brower. He has
kindly presented to the Society for the purpose of
publication, both the Dutch original and an English
translation, so that it may be reproduced by the Society
as Volume V of our collection edited and published
under the auspices of The Holland Society of New York.
This gift of Mr. Brower affords us an opportunity to
publish this invaluable historic record of one of the
first
THIRTIETH ANNUAL MEETING 25I
first Domines of New Amsterdam; and the thanks of
the Society are due to our Ex-President for this very
interesting and very gracious gift in honor of the
Society. A committee of three has been appointed to
take charge of the publication which should issue during
the year.
Upon motion the report was accepted as a progress
report.
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS
Tunis G. Bergen then oifered the following resolution :
Whereas, William Leverich Brower, President
of The Holland Society of New York from April 7, 191 3,
to April 6, 1915, this day retires from the oifice which
he has held with eminent success for two terms, during
which the Society has prospered, now be it
Resolved, That we, his fellow-members, in Annual
Meeting assembled, express to him our appreciation of
his loyal devotion to the Society, of his enthusiastic
interest in its welfare, of his conscientious performance
of his official duties, and of his generosity in permitting
the Society to publish the original diary of Domine
Selyns, one of the earliest records of Nieuw Amsterdam;
and we assure Mr. Brower of the esteem and affection,
won by his course and conduct as our President, in
which he is held by us all, and which we shall cherish
and preserve in all our future associations with him.
Henry L. Bogert: I would like to have the honor of
seconding this resolution; and I think it ought to be
brought to the notice of our associates here that Mr.
Brower is the first of those who have been elected to
the Presidency of The Holland Society to occupy that
chair for more than one term, since the death of our
first President, Judge Van Vorst. Judge Van Vorst
occupied the chair for five terms, and therefore no one
was reelected until our well beloved William Leverich
Brower became our candidate the second time. I think
that distinction is one which has been well deserved
and one which we were proud to give him, and we
second the adoption of the resolution which has been
offered, I think, with such unanimity and cordiality as
shall leave no doubt in his mind or any doubt in the
minds of any of his associates. (Applause.)
Chairman
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Chairman Hasbrouck: It gives me great pleasure,
gentlemen, to present this resolution for your adoption.
As an Ex-President of the Society, I know that it was the
unwritten law for many years that no President should
be reelected. Mr. Brower has broken that law, that is,
we were pleased to break the law in behalf of Mr.
Brower, and we are all glad that we did it. All in favor
of the resolution will please signify by saying aye.
(Great chorus of ayes.)
The motion is unanimously carried. (Applause.)
Recording Secretary Van Winkle then read the
following letter received from our Vice-President from
New England.
March 25, 1915.
Recording Secretary.
My dear Sir: —
I have the notice of the annual meeting of The Hol-
land Society and regret very much that Church duties
in connection with Easter week will make it impossible
for me to accept. That is one of the disadvantages
(very few they are) of living in Boston that one has to
miss so many Holland Society gatherings. My heart
is always with my Dutch brethren, however.
I wish that the Holland Society itself might in some
official and collective way, do something to show its
sympathy for the Belgians. We are one people, of
course, historically considered. While doubtless in-
dividual members have all done their part toward
Belgian relief, it seems to me that something official
by way of tribute to King Albert, or to the little
Princess Marie Jose, would serve to stimulate the
imagination. Believe me.
Yours very sincerely,
William Harman van Allen.
Chairman Hasbrouck: Gentlemen, you have heard
the communication from our New England Vice-
President; will you take any action upon it?
Tunis G. Bergen: As to the resolution favoring
King Albert, suggested by the Vice-President from
New England, no doubt it is a pleasant thing to con-
template in view of the heroic virtues of that young
King; nevertheless, Holland is a neutral country and
we
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we are a neutral country. Heroism has been displayed
by so many of the nations involved in the war, though
I have not heard from the Turks lately — perhaps I am
misinformed — that I should hesitate, for one, to go on
record, being neither pro-British nor pro-Prussian
myself, but pro-American, and I should hesitate to
adopt at this time a special resolution singling out any
one of the leaders of the various nations involved in
the war. Those are my personal sentiments. (Ap-
plause.)
Chairman Hasbrouck: There is no doubt where
the personal feeling and sympathy of the members of
this Society is, and where their admiration goes. I
agree with Mr. Bergen that perhaps it would not be
wise or appropriate to take any action to-night as a
Society on this matter. Is there any further business ?
Arthur Van Brunt: I would suggest that that
communication ought to be acknowledged, and I move
that it be acknowledged and referred to the Trustees
for such action as they may think proper.
The motion was duly seconded and carried.
The business being concluded the meeting adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Recording Secretary.
In i^emortam
WARNER VAN NORDEN*
Bom — ^July 2, 1841
Died — ^January i, 1914
Warner Van Norden was one of the most devoted,
loyal and enthusiastic members The Holland Society
ever had. While not one of the original founders, he
was one of the earliest members, having joined the
Society on March 14, 1885, its Constitution not having
been finally adopted until April 30, 1885. During the
whole long period of his membership, he was actively
and earnestly interested in the welfare of the Society
and was almost invariably present at all the meetings,
gatherings and public occasions where the Society could
be profitably represented, and he was always ready to
take his part in whatever work was to be done for the
furtherance and promotion of Holland Society objects.
He was jealous of the good name of the Society and its
standards, had well considered and definite views on all
subjects and the ability to advocate these views. He
also had the sometimes lacking characteristic of loyally
abiding
■Uoleti otherwiae ipecificiUy noted,
thetc memorial uoticei were prepared
b accordaace with Artide V, Section
I of the Conititution; collected and
edited by the Corretponding Secte-
uiy.
■Prepared by Committee on Memo-
rial!, and adopted byTnuteet at the
meeting of December lo, I9I4. See
Year Book 1914, p. 175.
IN MEMORIAM 255
abiding by the will of the majority, even when it was
not in accord with his own personal views; and all his
associations with his fellow-members and fellow-officers
of the Society were marked with a distinguished
courtesy, affability and kindness, which were charac-
teristic of him. He was elected President of the Society
in the year 1894, and the Society flourished under his
administration, and he was one of our most useful
Presidents. He became a Trustee of the Society in the
year 1895, and continued to be a Trustee continuously
to the time of his death, ably serving for many years
as Chairman of the Finance Committee, on the Com-
mittee on the Statue of William the Silent, and on other
Committees. He was Treasurer of the fund raised for
the erection of the statue of William the Silent. The
frequent addresses made by him at annual meetings of
the Society were interesting and often showed much
historical research and knowledge; and on several
occasions he responded eloquently to toasts at our
annual banquets. In the year 1908, before the time of
the Hudson-Fulton celebration, he gave a compli-
mentary dinner at the Metropolitan Club to Baron van
Asbeck, Captain of The Netherland ship, Gelderland,
which was then visiting New York, and to the officers
of his ship, which dinner was attended by the Trustees
and officers of The Holland Society as guests of Mr.
Van Norden. In 1909, he took an active part in behalf
of the Society, representing it on various occasions in
receiving The Netherland Commission to the Hudson-
Fulton celebration. Warner Van Norden's interest and
pride in his Holland bl9od and ancestry were great, and
justly so, for the name of Van Norden has been promi-
nent in the history of New Netherland and the State
of New York. He was well known as a man of great
enterprise in the business life of New York and else-
where, and for many years he was President of the Bank
of North America. He was a man of strong religious
convictions and a prominent member of the Presby-
terian Church, and was for many years intimately and
actively connected with the management of the busi-
ness and affairs of the churches of that denomination.
His
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His death left a vacancy in the Board of Trustees which
it will be difficult to fill. His tall, stately figure and
benignant face were long familiar to the members of
the Society and its Trustees and officers; his kindly
presence will be missed, and his memory will be honored
by them all.
CEBRA QUACKENBUSH
Bom — September 7, 1838
Died — February 16, 1914
Cebra Quackenbush, the son of Peter Quackenbush
and Mary Cebra Breese, was bom in Hoosick, N. Y.
The family was pure Dutch stock, his ancestors having
intermarried solely among people of that nationality,
and resided in Hoosick for the past 150 years. They
originally came from Leyden, Holland. Early in 1865,
while residing in Pittsfield, Mr. Quackenbush was
elected Major of a Massachusetts regiment of vol-
unteers. He was a delegate from Massachusetts to the
national Democratic convention in 1876. He was a
member of The Holland Society of New York since
October 24, 1889, of the Sons of the American Revolu-
tion and of the Masonic Lodge of Hoosick. He was a
member of All Saints' Church in Hoosick, and a trustee
of the Hoosick School. In 1859, Mr. Quackenbush
married Mary Annette Gillette of Long Island, who
died in 1891. He later married Minna Wilkinson Mil-
lard of North Adams. Surviving are the widow and
three daughters, Mrs. F. St. George McLean, Mrs.
Annette McCandliss, Mrs. Collins M. Graves.
HENRY MOORE TELLER
Born — ^May 23, 1830
Died — February 23, 1914
Henry Moore Teller, was born at Granger, Alle-
gany County, N. Y. He was educated at Rushford
Academy
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Academy and Alfred University, after which he taught
school for several years, at the same time studying law.
He was admitted to the Bar at Binghamton, N. Y.
In 1858, he moved to Illinois and three years later went
by ox team to Colorado. In 1876, he was selected by
the Colorado legislature for the United States Senate.
He resigned in 1882 to enter the cabinet of President
Arthur as Secretary of the Interior. He remained in the
cabinet until 1885, when he was reelected to the Senate,
where he remained until his retirement in 1909. In the
latter part of the sixties he was made Major-General
of the State militia. He was a member of The Holland
Society from June 30, 1892. He was a thirty-third
degree Mason, and President of the Colorado Central
Railway. Senator Teller was married on June 7, 1862,
to Harriet M. Bruce, of Allegany County, N. Y. Two
sons and a daughter survive him.
GARRET DORSETT WALL VROOM
Born — December 17, 1843
Died — ^March 4, 1914
Garret Dorsett Wall Vroom was a son of the late
Governor Peter Dumont Vroom and a grandson of
U. S. Senator Garret D. Wall, and was born in the City
of Trenton, N. J. He received his education at the
French Gymnasia, Berlin, the old Trenton Academy
and Rutgers College, from which latter institution he
was graduated in 1862, and at the time of his death was
a trustee of that college. He studied law with his father,
was admitted to the bar in 1865. In 1866, he was
elected city solicitor, and again elected to that office in
1873 . He was at one time Mayor of the City of Trenton,
and President of the Board of Public Works. He was
a Democrat politically. During the year 1901 he was
appointed Judge of the Court of Errors and Appeals.
He was President of the Commission for the Revision
of the Statutes for many years; a member of the Board
of Pardons; member of the New Jersey Historical
Association
258 THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
Association; President and Manager of the Trenton
Saving Fund Society; President of the Board of the
Trenton School of Industrial Arts; a member of The
Holland Society of New York, joining June 15, 1886;
member of the American Bar and State Bar Associations
and of the Mercer County Bar Association, and Presi-
dent of the Board of Managers of the New Jersey State
Hospital for the Insane. He was a prominent factor
in the founding of the Society of the Sons of the Revolu-
tion in New Jersey. Besides his widow, he leaves one
daughter, Miss Gertrude G. Vroom, and one brother,
Brigadier-General Peter D. Vroom.
NICHOLAS VREELAND
Bom — ^June 18, 1884
Died — ^March 29, 1914
Nicholas Vreeland, twenty-nine years old, died at
his home of pneumonia. He was bom in Jersey City,
and received his education at Hasbrouck Institute and
Rutgers College. After graduation he studied law and
was admitted to the Hudson County Bar, and there-
after practiced in Jersey City. Mr. Vreeland was a
member of the Lodge of the Temple, No. no, F. &
A. M., a member of The Holland Society of New York,
joining on June 13, 1907, a member of the Jersey City
Club and of the Hudson County Historical Society. On
October 6, 1909, he married Miss Gertrude Puster,
daughter of former Judge Puster. His widow survives
him, also his mother, Mrs. Sarah Vreeland.
EGBERT LE FEVRE
Born — October 29, 1858
Died — ^March 30, 1914
Egbert Le Fevre, M.D., SC.D., LL.D., died at his
home in New York City after a brief illness. He was
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the son of James Le Fevre, D.D., and Cornelia Has-
brouck Le Fevre. He was graduated from Rutgers
College in 1880 and later received the degree of A.M.
In 1883 he was graduated from the University Medical
College of New York as a prize student. During his
professional life of thirty-one years he was consulting
physician to six institutions and served upon the staff
of many dispensaries and hospitals. He was also pro-
fessor of thereapeutics in the University and Bellevue
Medical College and was made Dean of that Institute
in 1898. He was a member of the American Medical
Association, State Medical Society, New York Academy
of Medicine and County Medical Society. He was
admitted to The Holland Society on June 11, 1908.
AARON J. ZABRISKIE
Born — December 17, 1854
Died — ^April 15, 1914
Aaron J. Zabriskie, civil engineer and railway
builder, died at his home in Jersey City, aged sixty
years. He was graduated at the Polytechnic Institute,
Albany, in the class of 1876, and was engaged in con-
struction work. In 1888, he was appointed secretary
of the New York Monument Commission, which posi-
tion he had since held, during which he had designed
the base of every monument erected for New York
soldiers on southern battlefields, and supervised the
construction of the work. Mr. Zabriskie was a member
of The Holland Society, joining on December 13, 1894,
and the American Society of Civil Engineers, and a
director in the Fourteenth Ward Building and Loan
Association of Newark, N. J. He is survived by his
wife, who was Miss Mary E. De Clark, three sons,
George E., Cornelius, Allan J., and a daughter. Miss
Gertrude Zabriskie.
EUGENE
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EUGENE WOOD VEEDER
Born — ^April 7, 1861
Died — ^April 18, 19 14
Eugene W. Veeder was bom in the Town of Rotter-
dam, Schenectady County, N. Y., being of the seventh
generation in the direct line from Simon Volkertse
Veeder, who sailed on the ship Prince Maurice to New
Amsterdam in 1644. There he bought a lot, sold it in
1654 for thirty beaver skins and went to Beverwyck and
thence to Schenectady in 1662. After receiving his
education, Mr. Veeder was employed by a large dry
goods firm of Schenectady, later becoming a member of
the firm. He retired from the dry goods trade and for
about twenty years prior to his death had been engaged
in the coal business. Mr. Veeder became a member of
The Holland Society on December 17, 1909. He was
also member of various Masonic bodies, and an attend-
ant of the Second Reformed Church. Mr. Veeder is
survived by his widow and one son, Eugene W. Veeder,
Jr., two brothers and two sisters.
HARRISON VAN DUYNE
Born — ^December 25, 1845
Died — ^May 3, 1914
Harrison Van Duyne, of Newark, died at his home
after an illness of eleven days. He was the son of John
R. and Sarah Doremus Van Duyne. His grandfather,
Martin Van Duyne, bought land and settled in Morris
County in 1730, and it was in this old homestead that
he was born. Mr. Van Duyne was head of the firm of
Harrison, Van Duyne & Son, surveyors. In 1879, he
was elected a member of the Assembly and also served
the following two years. He was speaker of the House
in 1 88 1. He was at one time a member of the Board of
Works. He was a Mason, a Knight Templar, and a
member of The Holland Society of New York, joining
on
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on March 14, 1895. He was also a member of the
Eighth Ward Building and Loan Association, of the
Newark Board of Trade, and a Director of the Fire-
men's Insurance Company. Mr. Van Duyne married
Miss Elizabeth Frederica Ricord in 1871, and is sur-
vived by her and four sons and a daughter. They are
Dr. Sarah Elizabeth Van Duyne, Harrison R. Van
Duyne, Captain Frederick W. Van Duyne of the Fourth
U. S. Infantry, J. Ralph Van Duyne and Philip R.
Van Duyne.
HIRAM DURYEA
Born — ^April 12, 1834
Died — ^May 5, 19 14
Hiram Duryea, manufacturer, was bom at Man-
hasset, L. I., where he received his education both in the
public schools and privately. In 1855, he joined the
48th regiment of the Militia. In 1861, he was made
Captain of the Fifth Regiment of Infantry, serving
later as Major, Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel. On
March 13, 1865, he was breveted Brigadier-General of
the N. Y. Volunteers for distinguished conduct at
Gaines Mill, Va. He married Laura D. Burnell in 1868.
He was President of the Glen Cove Starch Manufactur-
ing Company until it was absorbed in 1890 by the
National Starch Company, of which he was President
for eighteen months. Later he became Vice-President
of the American Wood-Working Machinery Company
at 90 West Street, where he remained until his death.
He joined The Holland Society of New York June 9,
1898.
WILLARD PENFIELD VOORHEES
Born — ^July 28, 1851
Died — ^May 31, 1914
WiLLARD Penfield, SOU of Abraham and Jane
Voorhees, was born in New Brunswick, N. J. He re-
ceived
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ceived his early education in the schools of that com-
munity and was graduated from Rutgers College in
1 87 1. After qualifying for the legal profession he was
admitted to practice, and was elevated to the Supreme
Court Bench of New Jersey thirty-four years later,
January, 1908. Justice Voorhees was a Trustee of
Rutgers College, a member of The Holland Society of
New York, a member of the New York Athletic Club
and the Union Club of New Brunswick, a Director of
the New Brunswick Trust Company, a Trustee of the
Francis E. Parker Memorial Home, a member of the
Delta Kappa Epsilon and Phi Beta Kappa fraternities.
He married Sarah Rutgers in New Brunswick, March 15,
1877. Mr. Voorhees joined the Society, May 19, 1887.
DAVID BARCALOW VAN NAME
Bom — October i, 1856
Died — ^June 9, 19 14
David Barcalow Van Name was born at Mariners
Harbor. His father was Daniel Van Name; his grand-
father, Cornelius Van Name, was a soldier in the war of
181 2. The name Van Name was Van Namen. Jochem
Engelbert Van Namen of Heusden, Holland, came to
New Amsterdam in the ship Hope, which sailed from
Amsterdam April 8, 1662, and Mr. Van Name was
descended from him in the direct male line. He has
been a membef of The Holland Society since October 1 1,
1900, and at the time of his death was Vice-President
for Richmond County. For years he was a newspaper
writer, and later and up to his death was the editor of
the Staten Island News-Independent. He was at one
time a member of the Town Board of the Town of
Northfield in his county, and was also a Justice of the
Peace. He was active as a member and trustee of his
church and a member of the Masonic Fraternity. He
married Annie E. Kinsey on November 3, 1881, and
she survives him; also two brothers, Frederick N.
Van Name and George W. Van Name. Hon. Calvin D.
Van
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Van Name, also a member of The Holland Society and
a former Vice-President for Richmond County, is a
first cousin of Mr. Van Name.
MAUS ROSA VEDDER
Bom — ^March 19, 1835
Died — ^June 13, 19 14
Dr. Maus Rosa Vedder was born in Schenectady,
N. Y., the seventh son of Nicholas A. Vedder and
Nancy Marselis. His ancestor, Harmon Albertse
Vedder, came to this country from Holland about 1635,
and was one of the early settlers of Schenectady. Dr.
Vedder attended Union College, and was graduated
from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York,
in 1 861. He was appointed Assistant Surgeon in the
United States Army, which position he resigned to
become connected with his brother. Dr. Joseph H.
Vedder, of Flushing, L. I. In 1870, he moved to New
York, where he practiced until 1910, when his advancing
years compelled him to retire. He was a member of
The Holland Society, having been elected April 30,
1885, and was its Vice-President for New York in 1890.
He was also a member of the Union League Club,
Manhattan Club, Transportation Club, the St. Nicholas
Society, the Chi Psi Society, the Academy of Medicine
and the New York County Medical Society. He was
a Royal Arch Mason and a member of Kane Lodge; a
member of the Grand Army of the Republic and the
Sons of the Revolution. In 1863, he married Miss
Sarah Augusta Cutwater, who survives him with five
children, Mrs. RoUin M. Morgan, Mrs. Frank L. Van
Benschoten, Mrs. Frederick P. Collins, Dr. Harmon A.
Vedder and Maus |L Vedder, Jr. His death occurred
at his summer residence in Caldwell, N. J., after a
period of gradually failing health due to his advanced
years.
JACOB
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JACOB STORM VARICK
Bom — ^November 20, 1843
Died — ^June 16, 1914
Jacob Storm VAUicfc, died at his home in Susque-
hanna, Pa. He was born in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., the
son of John Remsen Varick and Susan Storm, and was
a descendant of the old Varick family of New York for
whom Varick Street was named. He served in the isth
Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry during the Civil War.
After the war he entered business in New York City,
later going to Morristown, N. J. In 1878, he became
connected with the Erie Railroad Company, and was
identified with that company until he retired from
business in 1900. Mr. Varick was active in Church and
Masonic circles. In 1869, he married Georgianna
Condit, who died in 1899. Later he married Mrs.
Louise Swenson of Buffalo, N. Y., who survives him.
He is also survived by a son by his first wife, U. C.
Varick of Glen Ridge, N. J., who is also a member of
The Holland Society.
CHARLES RICHMOND DE BEVOISE
Bom — ^June 23, 1863
Died— July 5, 1914
Charles Richmond De Bevoise died at his home in
Newark, N. J., after a brief illness which began with
pneumonia and developed into heart trouble. He was
bom at Astoria, L. L, and was a direct descendant of
Carel de Beauvois, who left Leyden, Holland, in 1659
to settle in Breuckelen, where he became the first
schoolmaster. Mr. De Bevoise conducted his business
in Flushing, L. I., in 1890, and in 1900 he moved his
business and residence to Newark, N. J. He was a
member of the Newark Board of Trade, and joined The
Holland Society on October 14, 1909. He helped found
the Young Men's Christian Association branch in
Mt.
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Mt. Vemon, N. Y., and was an elder in the Dutch
Reformed Church of Flushing and later of the North
Reformed Church of Newark. In 1888, Mr. De
Bevoise married Jennie Rapelye of Flushing. He is
survived by his widow and two sons, Charles Richmond
and Herbert Rapelye.
MILTON B. VAN ZANDT
Bom — ^March 4, 1849
Died — ^July 6, 1914
Milton B. Van Zandt was bom at Great Neck,
L. I., and died at the age of sixty-six at his home in New
York City, from a stroke of paralysis, after an illness
of two weeks. He was descended from a distinguished
Dutch family, and has been a member of The Holland
Society since 1888. He was also a Free Mason and a
member of the Royal Arcanum, and at the time of his
death was Treasurer and Assistant Secretary of the
Chicago and Northwestern Railway. In his early life
he held a confidential position in the firm of Wetherbee,
Watson & Company, Brokers. His wife and his son.
Dr. W. M. Van Zandt, survive him.
GARRET J. LYDECKER
Born — ^November 15, 1843
Died — ^July 9, 1914
Garret J. Lydecker, was born at Englewood, N. J.,
the son of John R. and Elizabeth Ward Lydecker. His
earliest paternal American ancestor was Rick Lydecker,
who came from Holland in 1656 and settled at New
Amsterdam. Garret J. Lydecker received his pre-
liminary education in the public schools of New York
City and the Free Academy of the City of New York,
and was appointed to the U. S. Military Academy at
West Point, from which he was graduated in 1864, and
commissioned
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commissioned First Lieutenant, Corps of Engineers.
He served in that capacity on General Meade's staff
during the closing years of the Civil War, receiving the
brevet rank of Captain for distinguished gallantry at
the siege of Petersburg. He was commissioned Captain
in 1866, Major in 1880, Lieutenant-Colonel in 1891 and
Colonel in 1901, and advanced to Brigadier-General,
and retired by operation of law in 1907. For some years
following the Civil War he served on various important
engineering works, and was assistant professor of
Engineering at the U. S. M. A., West Point, and during
1 872-1 874 served as Chief Engineer on the staffs of
General Schofield and of General Sheridan. He also
participated in the Modoc Indian War in 1873. He was
a member of The Holland Society of New York, being
elected October 21, 1897, the Army and Navy Clubs of
New York and Washington, the Metropolitan Club,
Washington, D. C, and several clubs in Detroit. He
was married in Detroit, Mich., September 21, 1869, to
Delia Witherell Buel, daughter of Alexander W. Buel,
who survives him with one child, Alice Buel Lydecker.
ALBERT VAN VOAST BENSEN
Born — ^August 16, 1842
Died— July 15, 1914
Albert Van Voast Bensen was born in Schenec-
tady, N. Y., the son of Richard Van Vranken Benson.
His grandfather, Gerrit Bensen, lived at Tappan, N. Y.,
and as a lad witnessed the execution of Major Andre .
He was a lineal descendant of Dirck Bensen, who came
originally from Groningen in 1648, having resided for a
short time in Amsterdam, Holland. Mr. Benson's
early education was received in the Union School at
Schenectady. After graduation he worked in Albany
until 1864, when he established a wholesale and retail
tea and coffee house and for forty-five years continued
that business. Mr. Benson was one of the founders of
the Albany County Savings Bank, of the Chamber of
Commerce
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Commerce and of the Albany Club, an organizer and
President of the Diamond Paste Co., a Director of the
Albany Mutual Fire Insurance Company, a Trustee
and Vice-President of the Homeopathic Hospital, a
member of Mt. Vernon Lodge F. & A. M., a charter
member of the Fort Orange Club, a member of the
Albany Country Club. His membership in The Hol-
land Society dated from 1887. He was an attendant of
St. Peter's P. E. Church; in politics, a Republican. In
February, 1878, Mr. Bensen married Harriet Louise
Allen, of Albany, N. Y., who survives him, together
with three children, Albert Van Voast Bensen, Jr.,
William Wendell Bensen, and Louisa Allen Bensen.
LEWIS APPLEGATE POWELSON
Bom — September 7, 1844
Died — September 19 14
Lewis Applegate Powelson was bom at New
Brunswick, N. J. He joined the Society on June 9,
1904, and at the time of his joining was Assistant Gen-
eral Agent of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Com-
pany with offices at 143 Liberty Street, New York City.
His first known American ancestor was Comelis
Pauluszen, who was bom at Albany, N. Y., prior to
1673, and who subsequently went to New York, where
on October 11, 1696, he married Jannetje Andries.
They subsequently removed to New Jersey, where most
of the family remained and flourished.
CHARLES AUGUSTUS SCHERMERHORN
Bom — ^January i, 1839
Died — October 2, 1914
Charles Augustus Schermerhorn was bom in New
York City, and received his education at private
schools. He was a member of the Seventh Regiment
and
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and made the campaigns of. 1 862-1 863 with the Regi-
ment, and afterwards engaged in business in the West.
Mr. Schermerhorn was particularly identified with the
Dutch Societies of St. Nicholas and Holland. He be-
came a member of The Holland Society on June 12,
1902. He was a member of the Sons of the Revolution;
of the Society of the War of 18 12; Post Lafayette,
Grand Army of the Republic; the Society of Colonial
Wars, and of the Seventh Regiment Veteran Associa-
tion. He was a Trustee and Secretary of the House of
Mercy and of the Society for the Relief of the Destitute
Blind, and a Trustee of St. Luke's Home. He was also
connected with the Church Club, and held the office
of Vestryman in Trinity Church. He married Miss
Schermerhorn, daughter of John P. Schermerhorn,
M.D., in 1880.
HENRY VAN SCHAICK
Born — November 10, 1825
Died — November 14, 19 14
Henry Van Schaick was born in New York and
came from distinguished Albany ancestry. His grand-
father. General Gozen Van Schaick, fought in the
Revolutionary War and received the thanks of Congress
for his valorous actions. His great-grandfather, Sybrant
Van Schaick, Mayor of Albany, was distinguished for
the many reforms he introduced. Mr. Van Schaick
was a charter member of The Holland Society of New
York, his membership running back to March 14, 1885.
He was born in New York, and was graduated from the
University of New York, of which his father, Myndert
Van Schaick, was one of the founders, in 1843. He was
thereafter admitted to the Bar and practiced law until
his retirement in 1887. He was one of the organizers
of the Third Avenue Railroad, Manhattan Life Insur-
ance Company and Manhattan Savings Bank. He is
survived by one daughter and two sons, one of whom,
Eugene Van Schaick, was Treasurer of The Holland
Society from 1890 to 1896.
JOSIAH
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JOSIAH VAN VRANKEN
Bom — 1842
Died — ^January 20, 191 5
JosiAH Van Vranken died at his home in Market
Street, Potsdam, N. Y. Wednesday evening, January 20,
1915. Mr. Van Vranken's death was due to heart
trouble with which he had been a sufferer for some time.
He was seized with an attack while entertaining a party
of friends and although it was known that his condition
was serious, it was not thought it would result fatally.
Mr. Van Vranken was bom in Montgomery County,
and the greater portion of his life was spent in Schenec-
tady. He was a descendant of one of the early Dutch
families who came from Holland and located in the
Mohawk Valley. Mr Van Vranken was a Democrat
and was active in the local counsels of his party. He
represented one of the wards of the city of Schenectady
on the Board of Supervisors for some time. He was an
expert accountant and had a good working knowledge
of banking business. President Cleveland appointed
him a bank examiner for the federal government. He
served for many years, his territory embracing all of
Northern New York. Mr. Van Vranken was a great
admirer of Potsdam and took a keen interest in the
town's welfare. He was very fond of children and there
are a large number who can testify to his quiet un-
heralded generosity. The children of the Market Street
School were entertained by him last Christmas and all
were sent away with a substantial remembrance. The
funeral services were held from his late home Friday
afternoon. Rev. F. B. Cowan officiating. The body was
taken to Schenectady and services were held there
Saturday morning. Rev. James Meengs, of the Second
Reformed Church, officiating. Interment was in Vale
Cemetery in Schenectady. Mr. Van Vranken leaves no
near relatives. He was seventy-three years of age; he
joined the Society, June 26, 1888.
JACOB
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JACOB VAN WOERT
Born — ^July 11, 1845
Died — ^January 26, 191 5
Jacob Van Woert, a descendant of one of the old
Dutch families of this State, died at his home Valley-
view, at Greig, Lewis County, N. Y., in his seventy-
ninth year. Mr. Van Woert's family came to this
country in 1635 and settled at Schenectady. He was a
member of The Holland Society, having been elected
December 8, 1898, is survived by a son, James Burtis
Van Woert.
HERMANN S. BERGEN
Bom — September 25, 1848
Died — ^January 31, 1915
Hermann S. Bergen, a retired woolen merchant of
Manhattan, died at his home in Bedford, N. Y., in his
sixty-seventh year. Mr. Bergen was for many years a
resident of Brooklyn. He became a member of The
Holland Society in the year 1888. A widow, a son and
a daughter survive him.
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