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THEODORE  M.   BANTA, 

President  of  The  Holland  Soeiely  of  New  York,  10OS. 


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YEAR  BOOK 

OF 

THE  HOLLAND  SOCIETY 
OF  NEW  YORK 


1904 


PEEPARED  BY  THE  SECRETARY 
HENRY  L.  BOGERT 


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Copyright,  1904 

BY 

THE  HOLLAND  SOCIETY  OF  NEW  YORK. 


OCT  21  1904 

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CONTENTS. 


List  of  Illustrations 

Illustrations  in  Previous  Volumes.  . 

Officers  and  Trustees 

Albany  Records,  Names  of  Members. 


Marriages 

Baptisms 

Abbreviations 

Index 

An  Unsatisfactory  Historian 

Relief  of  Leyden  Commemorated 

An  Informal  Meeting 

Nineteenth  Annual  Banquet 

Address  of  President  Banta 

Address  of  Rev.  Dr.  Lorimer 

Address  of  Sir  Chentung  Liang  Cheng. 

Address  of  Hon.  James  M.  Beck 

Address  of  Hon.  Wm.  J.  Bryan 

Echoes  of  the  Banquet 

Additions  to  the  Library,  etc 

Nineteenth  Annual  Meeting 

In  Memoriam 

Constitution  and  By-Laws 

Badge  of  the  Society 

List  of  Members 

List  of  Deceased  Members 


PAGE 

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xiii 

I 

II 

21 

31 

84 

85 
107 

115 
118 
121 
129 
138 
151 
155 
169 
182 
197 
201 
232 

274 
287 
294 
319 


ILLUSTRATIONS. 

FACING   PAGE 

President  Banta Frontispiece 

Plan  of  Albany i 

Plan  of  the  Fort i 

Menu 127 

Souvenir 127 

Rev.  Dr.  George  C.  Lorimer 138 

Sir  Chentung  Liang  Cheng 151 

Hon.  James  M.  Beck 155 

Hon.  William  Jennings  Bryan 169 

Secretary  Bogert 201 


ILLUSTRATIONS  IN  PREVIOUS 
VOLUMES. 


FIRST  DINNER-BOOK. 

FACING   PAGE 

Hooper  C.  Van  Vorst lo 

Augustus  Van  Wyck 17 

Chauncey  M.  Depew 26 

Dutch  Woman  Reading  Her  Bible 28 

Henry  J.  Van  Dyke,  Jr ^^ 

Robert  B.  Roosevelt 42 

Wm.  C.  De  Witt 51 

Dining-Room  Decorations 57 

Wynkoop  Coat-of-Arms 60 

Van  Nort  Coat-of-Arms 60 

John  De  Wit,  Pensionary  of  Holland 62 

YEAR  BOOK,  1886-87. 

D.  Van  Nostrand Frontispiece 

Banner  Carried  at  Leyden,  October  3,  1886 10 

Kingston  Relics 29,  30,  31 

Domine  Weeckstein 32 

Col.  Cornelius  D.  Wynkoop ;^^ 

Miss  Cathalina  Post 34 

General  George  H.  Sharpe 35 

The  Tappen  Homestead,  Kingston 52 

The  Old  Dutch  Reformed  Church,  Kingston.  ...  54 

The  Old  Senate  House,  Kingston 58 

The  Dederick  House,  Kingston 60 

The  Hasbrouck  Homestead,  King'^ton 61 

John  C.  F.  Hoes 62 

Augustus  Van  Wyck 75 


ILLUSTRATIONS  IN  PREVIOUS   VOLUMES. 

FACING  PAGE 

George  W.  Van  Siclen 89 

Aaron  J.  Van  der  Poel 90 

Maj.-Gen.  Stewart  Van  Vliet 94 

Rev.  J.  Howard  Suydam 98 

Badge  of  the  Beggars  of  the  Sea 109 

Hooper  C.  Van  Vorst 128 

Martin  Van  Buren 136 

Wm.  Waldorf  Astor 138 

Rev.  Wm.  R.  Duryee,  D.D 140 

Albert  Vander  Veer,  M.D 155 

A.  T.  Clearwater 159 

Tunis  G.  Bergen 164 

John  Rutger  Planten 169 

Near  The  Hague 173 

YEAR  BOOK,   1887-88. 

Chauncey  M.  Depew 17 

Geo.  Wm.  Curtis 25 

Chas.  p.  Daly 39 

Prince  Maurice  of  Nassau 40 

WOUTER  ScHOUTEN 43 

Vondel 56 

John  Van  Voorhis 57 

Warner  Van  Norden 69 

John  Woodhull  Beekman 75 

Hooper  C.  Van  Vorst 82 

Aaron  J.  Vanderpoel 83 

Geo.  M.  Van  Hoesen 84 

Lucas  L.  Van  Allen 85 

Geo.  W.  Van  Slyck 86 

Geo.  W.  Van  Siclen  87 

Badge  of  the  Holland  Society 88 

Barton  W.  Van  Voorhis 97 

YEAR  BOOK,   1888-89. 

Souvenir  of  the  Holland  Excursion..  Frontispiece 

The  Procession  in  Leyden 64 

Van  Der  Werff  Offering  his  Body  as  Food 76 

Princess  Wilhelmina 112 

A  Frisian  Baby 124 

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ILLUSTRATIONS  IN  PREVIOUS    VOLUMES. 

PACING  PAGB 

Burgomaster  of  Leuwarden 128 

Burgomaster  of  Sneek 128 

Water  Gate,  Sneek 133 

Officers  of  Sneek  Yacht  Club 136 

Utrecht  Portrait  of  Washington 141 

Geo.  W.  Van  Siclen 170 

Hooper  C.  Van  Vorst 175 

W.  A.  Ogden  Hegeman 179 

Rev.  Henry  J.  Van  Dyke,  Jr.,  D.D 182 

Wm.  Waldorf  Astor 188 

Thomas  F.  Bayard 191 

T.  Hopkinson  Smith 199 

YEAR  BOOK,   1890-91. 

The  Rapelye  Cradle Frontispiece 

The  Holland  Society  Prize  for  the  Sneek  Yacht 

Club  Races 11 

Robert  B.  Roosevelt 39 

Geo.  G.  De  Witt,  Jr 79 

Gen.  Wm.  S.  Stryker 85 

John  W.  Vrooman 90 

General  Joubert 156 

Gavel  Presented  by  Consul  Planten 179 

Abraham  Lansing 183 

Edward  Elsworth 199 

YEAR  BOOK,  1892-93. 

The  Friesland  Medals 14 

Geo.  M.  Van  Hoesen 45 

Rev.  Wm.  Elliot  Griffis,  D.D 53 

Rev.  Chas.  H.  Hall,  D.D 66 

Augustus  Van  Wyck 114 

Thomas  F.  Bayard 168 

Rev.  Geo.  R.  Vandewater,  D.D 185 

Rev.  Wm.  R.  Duryee,  D.D 200 

Major  Douglas  Campbell 214 

YEAR  BOOK,  1894. 

President  Beekman Frontispiece 

Menu,  "  Van  Speyk"  Dinner  at  the  Waldorf.  .  .  22 

Admiral  Gherardi 32 

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ILLUSTRATIONS  IN  PREVIOUS    VOLUMES. 

FACING    PAGE 

Captain  Arriens 82 

Dr.  Raymond 96 

Bowl  Presented  to  the  "  Van  Speyk" 115 

Gen.  Horace  Porter 147 

Frank  R.  Lawrence 154 

Menu,  Ninth  Annual  Dinner 154 

Rev.  Dr.  Van  Antwerp 169 

Insignia  of  the  Order  of  Orange-Nassau 191 

Secretary  Banta 207 

YEAR  BOOK,  1895. 

President  Van  Norden Frontispiece 

Banner  of  the  Society 23 

Rev.  Dr.  Talmage 44 

Frederick  J.  De  Pevster 60 

YEAR  BOOK,  1896. 

President  Roosa Frontispiece 

Banner  of  the  Society i 

YEAR  BOOK,  1897. 

President  Truax Frontispiece 

Menu,  Twelfth  Annual  Dinner 10 

Geo.  C.  Barrett -^ 

Rev.  Jas.  M.  Buckley,  D.D | 

Rev.  Theo.  L.  Cuyler,  D.D j-  .  . .       16 

Ashbel  p.  Fitch  

Herman  Oelrichs 

YEAR  BOOK,  1898. 

President  Vrooman Frontispiece 

Menu,  Thirteenth  Annual  Dinner 14 

Landscape  with  Windmills 15 

Queen  Wilhelmina 223 

YEAR  BOOK,  1899. 

President  R.  A.  Van  Wyck Frontispiece 

Menu,  Fourteenth  Annual  Dinner 26 

The  Stadt  Huys,  New  Amsterdam 27 

Theodore  Roosevelt 83 


ILLUSTRATIONS  IN  PREVIOUS    VOLUMES. 
YEAR  BOOK,   1900. 


FACING  PAGE 


President  Bergen Frontispiece 

Menu,  Fifteenth  Annual  Dinner 16 

YEAR  BOOK,   1901. 

President  Van  Dyke Frontispiece 

Presidents  Kruger  and  Steyn 16 

The  Fiddler,  by  Van  Ostade 17 

Ex-President  Cleveland 33 

Dr.  Andrew  H.  Smith 38 

Geo.  Lawyer 45 

Charles  W.  Dayton 52 

Address  to  Queen  Wilhelmina 62 

Queen  Wilhelmina  and  the  Prince  Consort 64 

President  Kruger 80 

Badge  of  Beggars  of  the  Sea 109 

YEAR  BOOK,   1902. 

President  Starin Frontispiece 

Menu 40 

New  York,  in  1642 On  Menu 

William  the  Silent "       " 

Grotius "       " 

The  River  and  Dock  Front "       " 

Timothy  L.  Woodruff 52 

Clinton  R.  Woodruff 60 

Robert  B.  Roosevelt 67 

Martin  W.  Littleton 70 

Montagu  White 90 

YEAR  BOOK,   1903. 

President  De  Witt Frontispiece 

Menu 127 

Dean  Van  Amringe 131 

Rev.  Dr.  Burrell 136 

John  R.  Van  Wormer 153 

Wm.  H.  McElroy 165 

The  Society's  Badge 267 


OFFICERS  AND  TRUSTEES. 


OFFICERS. 

Elected  April  6,  1904. 


PRESIDENT. 
ALBERT  VANDER  VEER,  M.D. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS. 

New  York John  L.  Riker 

Kings  County Peter  Wyckoff. 

Que»ns  County John  H.  Prall. 

Westchester  County Joseph  Hasbrouck.  M.D. 

Orange  County    Hiram  Lozier. 

Dutchess  County Edward  Elsworth. 

Ulster  County Hyman  Roosa,  M  D. 

Greene  County Philip  V.  Van  Orden. 

Albany  County Robert  C.  Pruyn. 

Rensselaer  County Charles  E.  Dusenberrv. 

Schenectady  County James  R.  Truax. 

Montgomery  County John  D.  Wendell, 

Onondaga  County Forbes  Heermans. 

Hudson  County,  N.  J John  J.  Voorhees,  Jr. 

Bergen  County.  N.  J\ Andrew  D.  Bogert. 

Passaic  County,  N.J Robert  I    Hopper. 

Essex  County,  N.  J James  Suydam  Polhbmus. 

Monmouth  County,  N.  J Henry  H.  Longstreet. 

Philadelphia,  Pa Louis  Y.  Schermerhorn. 

United  States  Army Gen.  Henry  C.  Hasbrouck. 

L^nited  States  Navy Chaplain  Roswell  R.  Hoes. 


SECRETARY. 
Henry  L.  Bogert. 

TREASURER. 
Arthur  H.  Van  Brunt, 


COMMITTEES. 

TRUSTEES. 
Term  Expires  in  1905.  Term  Expires  in  1906. 

George  G.  De  Witt,  Garret  J.  Garretson, 

John  L.  Riker,  Frank  Hasbrouck, 

Robert  B.  Roosevelt,  Charles  H.  Truax, 

Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Augustus  Van  Wyck, 

Commodore  P.  Vedder.  John  W.  Vrooman. 

Term  Expires  in  1907.  Term  Expires  in  1908. 

Theodore  M.  Banta,  Tunis  G.  Bergen, 

Henry  Van  Dyke,  Samuel  D.  Coykendall, 

George  M.  Van  Hoesen,  D.  B.  St.  John  Roosa, 

Warner  Van  Norden,  John  H.  Starin, 

John  R.  Van  Wormer.  James  B.  Van  Woert. 


COMMITTEES. 


ON  GENEALOGY. 

GEORGE  M.  VAN  HOESEN. 
FRANK  HASBROUCK, 
JOHN  W.  VROOMAN. 


ON  FINANCE. 

WARNER  VAN  NORDEN, 
ROBERT  B.   ROOSEVELT, 

JOHN  H.  STARIN. 


ON  HISTORY  AND  TRADITION. 

HENRY  L.  BOGERT, 
HENRY  VAN  DYKE, 
TUNIS  G.  BERGEN. 


ON  STATUE  TO  WILLIAM  THE  SILENT. 

D.   B.  ST.   JOHN  ROOSA, 
GEORGE  M.  VAN  HOESEN, 
SAMUEL  D.  COYKENDALL, 
ROBERT  B.   ROOSEVELT, 
WARNER  VAN  NORDEN, 
TUNIS  G.  BERGEN, 
JOHN  R.  VAN  WORMER. 


ON  TRI-CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION. 

AUGUSTUS  VAN  WYCK, 
WARNER  VAN  NORDEN, 
THEODORE  M.  BANTA, 
ROBERT  B.  ROOSEVELT, 
HENRY  VAN  DYKE. 


OFFICERS. 
PRESIDENTS. 

ELECTED. 

Hooper  C.  Van  Vorst 1885 

Robert  Barnwell  Roosevelt 1890 

George  M.  Van  Hoesen 1891 

Augustus    Van  Wyck 1 892 

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 1 898 

Tunis  G.  Bergen 1899 

Henry  Van  Dyke 1900 

John  H.  Starin 1901 

George  G.  De  Witt 1902 

Theodore  M.  Banta 190,? 

Albert  Vander  Veer 1904 

VICE-PRESIDENTS. 

FOR  NEW  YORK. 

Robert  Barnwell  Roosevelt 1 8S5 

Maus  Rosa  Vedder 1890 

Charles  H.  Trua.x 1891 

Warner  Van  Norden 1892 

Charles  H.  Trua.x 1894 

Samuel  D.  Coykendall 1896 

Tunis  G.  Bergen 1898 

Lucas  L.  Van  Allen 1 899 

John  L.  Riker 190^ 

FOR  KINGS  COUNTY,  N.  Y. 

Adrian  Van  Sinderen 1 8S5 

Augustus  Van  Wyck 1887 

Tunis  G.  Bergen 1888 

Harmanus  Barkaloo  Hubbard 1890 

Judah  Back  Voorhees 1891 

IDelavan  Bloodgood 1893 

William  C.  De  Witt 1 895 

Delavan  Bloodgood 1896 

Peter  Wyckoff 1897 

FOR  QUEENS  COUNTY,  N.  Y. 

John  E.  Van  Nostrand  (for  Newtown) 1886 

Andrew  J.  Onderdonk  (for  North  Hempstead) 1890 

Henry  A.  Bogert 1 894 

John  H    Prall 1904 

FOR  STATEN  ISLAND,  N.  Y. 

William  Prall 1890 

James  D.  Van  Hoevenberg  (served  three  years) 1891 

xvi 


OFFICERS. 

FOR  WESTCHESTER  COUNTY,  N.  Y. 

ELECTED. 

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 

William  L.  Heermance 1898 

Charles  R.  Dusenberry 19°° 

Peter  J.  Elting 1902 

Joseph  Hasbrouck,  M.D i9'^4 

FOR  ROCKLAND  COUNTY,  N.  Y. 

Garret  Van  Nostrand 1S86 

Cornelius  R.  Blauvelt 1892 

Isaac  C.  Haring  (served  one  year) 1893 

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 i9°i 

Hiram  Lozier i9°3 

FOR  DUTCHESS  COUNTY,  N.  Y. 

Frank  Hasbrouck 1 887 

Edward  Elsworth 1894 

FOR  ULSTER  COUNTY,  N.  Y. 

Alphonso  Trumpbour  Clearwater 1885 

Samuel  Decker  Coykendall 1888 

Augustus  Schoonmaker 1 8gi 

Elijah  DuBois 1894 

Augustus  H.  Bruvn '895 

Charles  Burhans 1898 

Jacob  Le  Fevre i9°i 

Jesse  Elting 1 9°3 

Hyman  Roosa.  M.D 1904 

FOR  COLUMBIA  COUNTY,  N.  Y. 

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  (served  one  year) 1896 

FOR  GREENE  COUNTY,  N.  Y. 

Evert  Van  Slyke 1 886 

Philip  V.  Van  Orden 1898 

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OFFICERS. 

FOR  ALBANY  COUNTY,  N.  Y. 

ELECTED. 

Albert  Vander  Veer,  M.D 1886 

Thomas  J.  Van  Alstyne iqoi 

Robert  C.  Pruyn 1904 

FOR  RENSSELAER  COUNTY,  N.  Y. 

William  Chichester  Groesbeck 1889 

Charles  R.  De  Freest 1894 

Seymour  Van  Santvoord 1897 

Charles  E.  Dusenberry 1903 

FOR  COBLESKILL,  N.  Y. 

John  Van  Schaick  (served  eight  years) 1886 

FOR  SCHENECTADY  COUNTY,  N.  Y. 

James  Albert  Van  Voast 1886 

Giles  Yates  Van  Der  Bogert 1890 

John  Livingston  Swits 1893 

James  A.  Van  Voast 1895 

Thomas  L.  Barhydt 1896 

James  R.  Truax 1901 

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 

FOR  ONONDAGA  COUNTY,  N.  Y. 

John  Van  Duyn igoi 

Forbes  Heermans 1904 

FOR  BUFFALO,   N.  Y. 
Sheldon  Thompson  Viele  (served  five  years) 1889 

FOR  HUDSON  COUNTY,  N.  J. 

Theodore  Romeyn  Varick 1886 

J.  Howard  Suydam 1887 

Henry  M.  T.  Beekman 1888 

Isaac  L  Vander  Beek 1889 

George  Clippinger  Varick 1890 

Henry  Traphagen 1891 

Cornelius  C.  Van  Reypen 1892 

Francis  L  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 

John  Warren  Hardenbergh 1901 

Daniel  Van  Winkle 1902 

John  J.  Voorhees 1903 

John  J.  Voorhees,  Jr 1904 

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OFFICERS. 
FOR  BERGEN  COUNTY,  N.J. 

ELECTED. 

George  Frederick  Schermerhorn i8S6 

John  Quackenbush 1891 

James  M.  Van  Valen 1893 

John  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 

FOR  PASSAIC  COUNTY,  N.  J. 

Martin  John  Ryerson 1886 

John  Hopper i888 

Robert  I.  Hopper 1898 

FOR  ESSEX  COUNTY,  N.  J. 

John  N.  Jansen 1894 

Anson  A.  Voorhees 1896 

Moses  J.  Dewitt 1898 

Carlyle  E.  Sotphen 1899 

John  B.  Van  Wagenen 1901 

Harrison  Van  Duyne 1902 

Benjamin  G.  Demarest 1903 

James  Suydam  Polhemus. 1904 

FOR  MONMOUTH  COUNTY,  N.  J. 

D.  Augustus  Van  Der  Veer 1888 

William  H.  Vredenburg 1894 

Peter  Stryker 1897 

William  E.  Truex 1899 

Henry  E.  Longstreet 1903 

FOR  SOMERSET  COUNTY,  N.  J. 

Lawrence  Van  Der  Veer 1888 

James  J.  Bergen  (served  three  years) 1891 

FOR  MIDDLESEX  COUNTY,  N.  J. 

William  Hoffman  Ten  Eyck 1886 

Charles  H.  Voorhees 1891 

Abraham  V.  Schenck 1894 

William  R.  Duryee  (served  one  year) 1896 

FOR  CAMDEN,  N.  J. 
Peter  L   Voorhees  (served  five  years) 1889 

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 

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TRUSTEES. 

FOR  UNITED  STATES  ARMY. 

ELECTED. 

Major-General  Stewart  Van  Vliet 1890 

Gen.  Henry  C.  Hasbrouck 1901 

FOR  UNITED  STATES  NAVY. 

Delavan  Bloodgood 1890 

Wm.  Knickerbocker  Van  Reypen 1891 

Casper  Schenck 1895 

Edward  S.  Bogert 1896 

Arthur  Burtis 1897 

RoswELL  R.  Hoes 1901 

SECRETARIES. 

George  West  Van  Siclen 1885 

Theodore  Melvin  Banta 1891 

Henry  Lawrence  Bogert 1903 

TREASURERS. 

George  West  Van  Siclen 1885 

Abraham  Van  Santvoord 1S86 

Eugene  Van  Schaick 1890 

Tunis  G.  Bergen 1896 

Arthur  H.  Van  Brunt 1898 

TRUSTEES. 

Hooper  C.  Van  Vorst 1 885 

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 1S85 

George  G.  DeWitt 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.  DePeyster 1887 

Walton  Storm 1 888 

Henry  R.  Beekman 1889 

John  L.  Riker 1889 

William  W.  Van  Voorhis 1889 

William  J.  Van  Arsdale 1890 

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TSUSTEES. 

ELECTED. 

Henry  S.  Van  Beuren 1890 

John  W.  Vrooman 1890 

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-officio 1903 

Albert  Vander  Veer,  ex-ofjicio 1904 


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OF  JESUS  CHRIST  AT  NEW  ALBANY, 
AT  THE  END  OF  THE  YEAR  1683,  AND 
AFTERWARD. 

"  And  because  no  list  has  been  kept  of  them,  the  names 
have  not  been  put  down  in  their  proper  places  and  order 
of  succession,  but  have  been  put  down  promiscuously." 


Juriaen  Teunisz. 
Ariaentje  Teunisz. 
Abraham  Staets. 
Trvntje  Staets. 
Willem  Teller. 
Marretje  Teller. 
Jan  Becker. 
Mari  Becker. 
Aaniout  Cornelisz  Vilen. 
Gerrigje  Vilen. 
Andries  Teller. 
Sephia  Teller. 
Johannes  Provoost. 
Comelis  Van  Dyck. 
Lysbet  Van  Dyck. 
Catryn  Rutgers. 
Annetje  Lieves. 
Jochum  Staats. 
Lysbet  Bancker. 
Margariet  Schuyler. 
Richart  Pritti. 
Lysbet  Pritti. 
Annetje  Staats. 
Jan  Tomesz. 
Geertruyt  Tomesz. 
Jacob  Schemierhoorn. 
Jannetje  Schermerhoorn. 
Meindert  Hermansz. 
Heleen  Hermensz. 


Evert  Wendel,  the  father. 
Marritje  Wendels. 
Johannes  Wendell. 
Lysbet  Wendell,  now  Schuy- 
ler. 
Hendrick  Cuyler. 
Annetje  Cuyler. 
Henderick  Roosenboom. 
Gysbertje  Roosenboom. 
Jan  Ouderkerck. 
Dirck  Wesselse  Ten  Brouck. 
Styntje  Ten  Brouck. 
Marten  Krygier. 
Jannetje  Krygier. 
Adriaan  Gerritsz. 
Jannetje  Gerritsz. 
Gerrit  Swart. 
Antonia  Swart. 
Wouter  Van  den  Uythoff. 
Leendert  Phlipsen. 
Agnietje  Leendertsz. 
Anna  Van  der  Heyden. 
Arien  Van  Elpendam. 
Gerrit  Van  Esch. 
Marietje  Van  Esch. 
Hermen  Tomesz. 
Catelyntje  Tomesz. 
Anna  Ketel. 
Grietje  Gouws,  deceased. 


Taakel  Dirckz. 

Marritje  Taakels. 

Wynand  Gerritsz. 

Trj'iitje  Wynands. 

Pieter  Loockemian. 

Marritje  Lookemians. 

David  Scliuyler. 

Catelyntje  Schuyler. 

Pieter  Meesz  Vrooman. 

Folckje  Vrooman. 

Jacob  Meesz  Vrooman. 

Lysbeth  Vrooman. 

Aalbert  Ryckman. 

Nelletje  Ryckman. 

Sybrant  Van  Schayck. 

Lysbet  Van  Schayck,  now 
Corlaar. 

Jacob  Staats. 

Ryckje  Staats. 

Willem  Percker. 

Maria  Percker. 

Robbert  Levinckston. 

Alida  Levinckston. 

Phlip  Freest. 

Tryntje  Freest. 

Gerrit  Hardenberch. 

Jaapje  Hardenberch. 

Abraham  Van  Tricht. 

Lysbeth  Van  Tricht,  now 
Van  der  Poel. 

Symen  Schermerhoorn. 

Wilmje  Schermerhoorn,  now 
Winnen. 

Johannes  De  Wandelaar. 

Sara  De  Wandelaar. 

Johannes  Van  Sandt. 

Margariet  Van  Sandt. 

Melchert  Wynandtsz  (Van 
der  Poel). 

Ariaantje  Wynandtsz. 

Laurens  Van  Alen. 

Elbertje  Van  Alen. 

Tryntje  Rutten,  now  Rose- 
boom. 

Jan  Jansz  Bleecker. 

Grietjen  Bleecker. 

Jan  Byvang. 

Belie  Byvang. 


Gerrit  Lansing. 

Elsje  Lansing. 

Hendrick  Lansing. 

Lysbet  Lansing. 

Jan  Lansing. 

Geertje  Lansing. 

Jan  Nack. 

Jan  Vinhagel. 

Marretje  Vinhagel. 

Geertje  Bout. 

Willem  Bout. 

Luycas  Gerritsz. 

Antje  Lucasz. 

Isaac  Verplanck. 

Abigael  Verplanck. 

Johannes  Beeckman. 

Nicolaas     Van     Rotterdam 

or  Groesbeek. 
Machtelt  Beeckman. 
Lysbet  Van  Rotterdam. 
Harmen     Bastiaansz     (Vis- 

scher). 
Hester  Bastiaansz. 
Robbert  Sandersz  (Glenn). 
Elsje  Sandersz. 
Jacob  Sandersz  (Glenn). 
Caatje  Sandersz,  now  Douw. 
Nicolaas  Ripsz. 
Marie  Nicolaasz  Ripsz. 
Jacob  Coenraatsz. 
Geertje  Jacobsz. 
Johannes  Roosenboom. 
Margeriet  Roosenboom. 
Jan  Cloet. 
Bata  Cloet. 

Pieter  Davidsz  Schuyler. 
Alida  Schuyler. 
Gysbert  Marselisz. 
Barbar  Marselisz. 
Willem  Claesz  Croesbeeck. 
Geertruyt  Croesbeeck. 
Johannes  Roos. 
Cornelia  Roos. 
Jan  Gilbert. 
Cornelia  Gilbert. 
Evert  Wendel,  the  son. 
Lysbeth  Wendel. 
Cornelis  Scherluvn. 


Geertruyt  Scherluyn. 
Rachel  Retle. 
Jacob  Loockemian. 
Trj'ntje  Loockerman. 
Caatje     Loockennan,     now 

Ten  Broeck. 
Jacob  Abrahamsz. 
Catelyntje  Jacobsz. 
Nicolaes  Van  Elslant. 
Aaltje  Fransz  Pruyn. 
Johannes  Appel. 
Annetje  Appel. 
Johannes  Tomesz  Mingaal. 
Mari  Jansz  Mingaal. 
Jacobus  Turck. 
Caatje  Turck. 
Levinus  Van  Schayck. 
Margeriet  Van  Schayck. 
Henderick  Bries. 
Marie    Bries,    now     Loker- 

mans. 
Reinier  Barents. 
Bastiaan      Harmensz     Vis- 

scher. 
Dirkje  Bastiaansz. 
Maas  Comelisz. 
Jacomyn  Maasz. 
Willem  Gysbertsz. 
Catryn  Willemsz. 
Comelis  Gysbertsz. 
Pieter  Winnen. 
Tanne  Winnen. 
Levinus  Winnen. 
Jan  Salomonsz. 
Caatje  Jansz  Salomonsz. 
Barbar  Salomonsz. 
Dirck  Bensing. 
Tysje  Bensing. 
Lysbet  Herris,  now  Kaer. 
Huybertje  Jeedts. 
Pieter  Schuyler. 
Engeltje  Schuyler. 
Arent  Schuyler. 
Maria  Van  Renselaar. 
Ciliaan  Van  Renselaar. 
Anna  Van  Renselaar. 
Teunis  Van  der  Poel. 
Catryn  Van  der  Poel. 


Anna  Van  der  Poel. 
Hendrick  Van  Esch. 
Annetje  Van  Esch. 
Luycas  Pietersz. 
Ariaantje  Luycasz. 
Adam  Winnen. 
Anna  Winnen,  now  wife  of 

Jacob  Teunisze. 
Marten  Jansz. 
Jannetje  Martensz. 
Marritje  Quakelbosch. 
Douwe  Jelisz,  died  Nov.  24, 

1700. 
Rebecca  Douws. 
Wouter  Quakelbosch. 
Neeltje  Quakelbosch. 
Jan  Quakelbosch. 
Machtelt  Quakelbosch. 
Reinier  Quakelbosch. 
Lysbet  Quakelbosch. 
Folckje  Brabanders. 
Margriet  Ketel. 
Ysbrant  Elders. 
Jan  De  Noorman,  Sr. 
Marretje     Noonnans,     now 

Carbith. 
Jan  Douw. 
Catryn  Douw. 
Aries  Appel. 

Wouter  De  Rademaecken 
Grietje  Woutersz. 
Gerrit  Reyersz. 
Annetje  Reyersz. 
Marretje  Van  Schayck. 
Geertje  Brickers. 
Marretje  Zacharias. 
Robbert  Sickels. 
Comelis  Van  der  Hoeve. 
Metje  Van  der  Hoeven. 
Mercelis  Jansz. 
Annetje  Marselis. 
Pieter  Bogardus. 
Wyntje  Bogardus. 
Marten  Gerritsz. 
Jannetje  Martensz. 
Teunis  Comelisz. 
Hester  Teunisse. 
Geertje  Van  der  Hoeven. 


Jurrien  Coller. 

Lysbeth  Coller. 

Andries  De  Sweed. 

Neeltje  Andriesz. 

Teunis  Slingerlandt. 

Celia  Slingerlant. 

Jan  Hendricksz. 

Maria  Jansz. 

Jan  Van  der  Hoeven. 

Jannetje  Van  Wey. 

Sara  Ketel. 

Sella  Ketel,  now  Rachel  Van 
der  Heyden. 

Antje  Crass. 

Paulyn  Jansz. 

Wyntje  Paulyns. 

Ryck  Michielsz. 

Jannetje  Paulyns. 

Anna  Pietersz  *  Van  Slyk. 

Hendrick  Maesz. 

Lysbeth  Hendricksz. 

Gerrit    Gysbertsz    Van    den 
Berg. 

Teuntje  Gerritez. 

Frerick  De  Drent. 

Jannetje  Vries,     now     Sals- 
berry. 

Hendrick  Marselisz. 

Barent  Pietersz. 

Jacob  Salomonsz. 

Lyntie  Salomonsz. 

Geertruyt  Rinckhout. 

Mattys  Hooghteeling. 

Maria  Hoochteeling. 

Jan    Jacobsz    Van    Oost 
St  rant. 

Agniet  Van  Oostrant. 

Philp  Leendertsz. 

Wyntie  Phlipsz. 

Gerrit  Lambertsz. 

Marie  Jochemsz. 

Dirck  Teunisz  Van  d'  Vech- 
ten. 

Jannetie  Dircksz,  rather  Van 
d'  Vechten. 


Gerrit  Teunisz  Van  d'  Vech- 
ten. 

Grietie  Gerritsz  Van  der 
Vegten. 

Magdaleen  Quakelbosch. 

Andries  Jansz  Witbeek. 

Jan  Bronck. 

Commertje  Bronck. 

Melchei-t  Abramsz. 

Engeltie  Abramsz. 

Hendrick  Abels. 

Sophia  Abels,  now  Nak. 

Johannes  Oothout. 

Hendrick  Oothout. 

Jacobus  Jansz. 

Jannetje  Jacobsz. 

Mayken  Jacobusz. 

Abraham  Van  Breemen. 

Marretje  Van  Breemen. 

Johannes  Jansz  Witbeek. 

Lysbet  Jansz  Witbeek. 

Comelis  Teunisz  Van  Vech- 
ten. 

Annetje  Cornelisz. 

Claes  Van  Petten. 

Itje  Van  Petten. 

Marten  Cornelisz. 

Marretje  Martensz. 

Cornelia  Martensz,  now  Van 
Deuse. 

Engeltje  Andriesz  Witbeek. 

Geertje  Gysbertsz. 

Hendrick  Verwey. 

Teunis  De  IMetselaer. 

Egbertje  Teunisz. 

Wilmje  Teunisz,  now  Bratt. 

Symen  Schouten. 

Eypjen  Schouten. 

Andries  Hansz. 

Gerritje  Andriesz. 

Itje  Hans. 

Jacob  Van  Oostrant. 

Mees  Hogenboom. 

Catryn  Hogenboom. 

Ariaantje  Hoogenboom. 


*  This  Pieter.sz  had  been  crossed  out,  and  Van  Slyk  added  in  a 
different  (but  ancient)  handwriting. 


Antoni  Van  Schayck. 
Marietje  Van  Schayck. 
Roeloff  Gerritsz. 
Geertruyt  Roeloffsz,  wife  of 

Roelof  Gerritse. 
Jan  Gruttersz. 
Herman  Lievensz. 
M  arret  je      Hennensz      Lie- 

vense. 
Jan  Van  Esch. 
Aaltje  Van  Esch. 
Barent  Bratt. 
Susanna  Bratt. 
Geurt  Hendriksz. 
M  arret  je  Geurten. 
Andries  Carstelsz. 
Harman    Jansz     Knickel- 

backer. 
Lysbet  Hannensz. 
Wessel  Ten  Broeck. 
Elsje  Ten  Broeck,  now  Cuy- 

ler. 
Lambert  Van  Valkenborgh. 
AHda    Vinhagel,    now    Vis- 

scher. 
Gysje  Van  der  Heyden,  now 

Geesje  Kip. 
Cornelia  Van  der  Heyden. 
Jan  Teyszen  Hoes. 
Styntje  Hoes. 
Jochum  Lambertsz. 


Eva  Jochumsz. 
Pieter  Vosburgh. 
Jannetje  Pietersz  Vosburg. 
Geertruyt  Vosburgh. 
Mara     Jacobsz,     now     Van 

Vechten. 
Jan  Martensz. 
Dirckje  Jansz. 
Aalbert  Gerdenier. 
Marretje  Aalbertsz. 
Jannetje  Lambertsz. 
Tarn  Greeve  or  Kreeve. 
Immetje  Kreeve. 
Aaltje  Adamsz. 
Teunis  Cool. 
Marretje  Teunisz. 
Ariaantje  Hendricksz. 
Teuwis  Abramsz. 
Helena  Teuwisz. 
Samson  Bensing. 
Tryntje  Samsonsz. 
Johannis  Bensing. 
Mattys  Hoogteeling,  dead. 
Nanning  Harmensz  Visscher. 
Comelis  Stephens. 
Hilletje  Cornelisz. 
Caspar  Leendertsz. 
Aletta  Casparsz. 
Mayken  Martensz. 
Isabella  Dellius. 


These  were  accepted  as  members  at  the  end  of  the  year 
1683,  and  so  on. 


Dorethe  Volkensz. 

Catrynte  Volkensz. 

Maria  Schuvler,  now  Van 
Dyck. 

Mayken  Jacobsz. 

Annigje  Jansz. 

Phlip  Wendel. 

Bastiaan  Harmansz  Vis- 
scher. 

Rebecca  Evertsz,  wife  of 
Jeroon  Hansse. 

Hester  Brickersz,  now  Slin- 
gerland. 


Aaltje  Arentsz. 

Andries  Jansz. 

Barentje  Jansz. 

Jonas  Volkensz  Douw. 

Chiliaan  Winne. 

Thomas  Winne. 

Barentje   WoUewever,   alias 

Schaats. 
Jacob      Teuniszen      Van 

Schoonderwoert. 
Margriet  Van  Dam. 
Hester  Harmensz. 
Willemyntje  Nack. 


Sara    Cuyler,    now    Van 

Brugge. 
Maria   Sanders,  now   Rose- 
boom. 
Gerritje  Costers,  now  Rose- 
boom. 
Alida    Evertsz,   now   Ooth- 

out. 
Paulus  Martenszen  Van  Ben- 

thuysen. 
Wouter     Pietersz     Quakel- 

bosch. 
Pieter  Hendricksz  De  Haes. 

Pieter  Tomesz  Mingaal. 

Helena  Byvang. 

Rebecca    Claesz,   now   Van 
Schaak. 

Catelyntje  Ten  Brouck. 

Martina  ISicker,  now  Hooges. 

Susanna  Wendel. 

Benony  Van  Corlar. 

Jan  Ratlife. 

Antje  Van  Esch,  now  Rid- 
der. 

Martina  Teunisz. 

Cornelia  Ten  Broeck. 

Susanna  Barents. 

Sara  Sandersz,  now  Greven- 
raat. 

Maria  Keteluym,now  Bratt. 

Dirckje  Luykensz. 

Antje  Becker. 

Abraham  Staats,  Jr. 

Elbert  Gerritsz. 

Jan  Huybertsz. 

Johannes  Bleycker,  Jr. 

Antoni  Bries. 

Gerrit  Lansing,  Jr. 

Herbert  JacobszVan  Deuse. 

Hendrick  Rosenboom,  Jr. 

Jan  Abeel. 

Maria  Parckar. 

Catryn  Villeroy. 

Sara  Hardenberch. 

Annetje  Lives. 

Hermen  Rutgersz. 

Abraham  Cuyler. 

Dirck  Barentsz  Bratt. 


Salomon  Fredericks  Booch. 
Elizabeth  Van  Gelder. 
Symon  Van  Esch. 
Catharina  Van  Schayck. 
Debora  Van   Dam,  wife  of 

Hendrick  Hanse. 
Margriet  Jurries. 
Zytje     Marselis,     wife      of 

Joseph  Janse. 
Evert  De  Ridder. 
Comelis  Martensz. 
Jacob  Vosburch. 
Isaac  Vosburch. 
Abraham  Jansz. 
Lambert  Jansz. 
Isaac  Jansz. 
Dorothe  Vosburch. 
Teuntje  Jansz,  now  Winnen. 

Marietje  Vosburch. 

Anna  Vosburch. 

Geertruy  Sickels. 

Evert  Bancker. 

Elizabeth  Bancker. 

David  Christiaansz. 

Abraham  Isaacsz. 

Anna  Sickels. 

Cornelia  Van  Male. 

Johannes  Schuyler. 

Margriet  Schuyler. 

Cornelia  Vroman. 

Lvsbeth      Lansingh,      now 
'Bratt. 

Judick     Marselis,     wife     of 
Lucas  Lucasz. 

Andries  Hansz  Huyck. 

Catryn  Andriesz. 

Cornelia  Tysz. 

Geertruy  Jansz,  now  wife  of 
Barent  Gerritse. 

Marretje   Hendericksz,  now 
Schermerhoom. 

Ariaantje  Gerritsz. 

Lyntje    Winne,    now    Wit- 
beek. 

Lysbeth    Rosenboom,    now 
Van  Deuse. 

Johanna    Bratt,   now   Ket- 
eluvn. 


Henderickje    Van     Sclioon- 

hove,  now  Poppi. 
Ariaantje  Van  Schoonhove. 
Frans  Pietersz  Clauw. 
Elsje  Franse  Clauw. 
Adam  Dingman. 
Geertje  Martensz. 
Geertruy  Ten  Broeck,  now 

Schuyler. 
Anna  De  Peyster. 
Annetje  Gerritsz. 
Eytje  Pietersz. 
Caatje  Bleycker,  now  Cuy- 

ler. 
Eva    Vinhagel,    now    Beek- 

man. 
Willem  Jacobsz  Van  Deuse. 
James  Willet. 
Maria  Wendell. 
Abraham  Kip. 
Henderick  Greefraadt. 
Johannes  Pruyn. 
Jan  Jansz  Post. 
Johannes  Bratt. 
Huybert  Gerritsz. 
Rut  Melcheri;sz. 
Comelis  Gerritsz. 
Anna  Sanders. 
Maria  Van  Rensselaer,  now 

Schuyler. 
Jacomyntje  Vile. 
Mayken    Oothout,    wife    of 

Thomas  Harmensz. 


Caatje  Melchertsz,  now  Wit- 

beek. 
Jannetje  Cobus. 
Rachel  Melchertsz. 
Cornelia  Coljer. 
Catarina  Van  Alen, now  Van 

d  Poel. 
Nelletje  Quakelbosch. 
Francyntje  Hendericks. 
Geertruy  Hogenboom. 
Neeltje  Slingerlandt. 
Engeltje  Lives. 
Geertruy  Jansz. 
Margriet  Brickers. 
Susanna  Lansing. 
Hester  Davids. 
Cornelia  Van  Vreedenburch, 

Van  Yselsteyn. 
Weyntje  Fransen. 
Judick  Van  Houten. 
Henderick  Van  Renselaar. 
Joseph  Jansz. 
Jan  Fondaas. 
Marretje   Van   Petten,  now 

Van  Alen. 
Cateleyntje  Van  Pette,  Van 

Vechten. 
Ariaantje  Van  der  Heyden. 
Margriet    Hansz,  now   Vis- 

scher. 
Henderick  Van  Dyck. 
Abraham  Schuyler. 
Cornelia  Van  Olinde. 


On  July  II,  1690,  the  following  3  proselytes  from  among 
the  heathens  (after  having  been  taught  by  us  the  mysteries 
of  the  faith  and  of  the  doctrines  of  Jesus  Christ,  and  they  had 
made  a  public  confession  of  the  same  in  the  church)  were 
admitted  to  the  communion  of  the  Lord's  holy  and  most 
worthy  Supper,  and  consequently  on  the  13th  participated 
with  the  congregation  in  the  communion. 

Paulus,  dead;  Laurens  (dead)  and  Maria,  married  peo- 
ple. The  first  named  was  baptized  by  us,  Dec.  26,  1689, 
and  the  two  last  mentioned  were  baptized  by  the  Jesuits, 
but  had  been  afterward  instructed  by  us  in  the  Christian 
religion. 


8 


On  October  22,  1691,  the  following  proselytes  from 
among  the  heathens,  after  having  been  instructed  by  us  in 
the  mysteries  of  the  faith  and  of  the  doctrines  of  Jesus 
Christ,  and  after  making  a  public  confession  received  bap- 
tism, were  admitted  to  the  Lord's  Supper,  and  consequently 
on  the  25th  participated  with  the  congregation  in  the 
communion :  David,  dead, — and  Rebecca,  married  people ; 
Lidia.  On  the  same  date  at  the  same  time  with  the  above 
were  accepted: 

Sara  Harmensz.  I  Jannetje  Blyker. 

Marretje  Gerritsz.  |  Marretje  Vinhagel. 

Anna  Coster. 

On  March  24,  1692,  the  following  proselytes  were  ad- 
mitted and  on  the  27th  participated  with  the  congregation 
in  the  Lord's  Supper: 

Isak  (dead)  bapt.  July    n,   I  Rachel,  bapt.  July  11,1690. 
1690.  I  Rebecca.bapt. July  11,1690. 

Eunice,  bapt.  Aug.  6,  1690. 

On  the  same  date  were  admitted: 


Meindert  Schuyler. 

Jacobus  Van  Dyk. 

Johannes  Rykman. 

Willem  Van  Alen. 

Tammus  Noxen. 

Lucas  Jansz  Witbeek. 

An  dries  Douw. 

Pieter  Lucasz  Kooyman. 

Debora  Staats,  now  Rose- 
boom. 

Elsje  Rutgers,  now  Schuy- 
ler. 

Maria  Banker. 

Anna  Gansevoort. 

Christine  Ten  Broek. 

Antje  Van  der  Heyden. 


Marietje  Pruym,  wife  of  El- 
bert Gerritse. 

Rachel  Cuyler,  now  Schuy- 
ler. 

Tryntje  Rykman,  now 
Bries. 

Marritje  Bogardus,now  Van 
Vechten. 

Grietje  Takel. 

Martje  Lookerman,  now 
Fonda. 

Barber  Jansz,  wife  of  Gerrit 
Rykse. 

Elsje  Wendell,  now  Staats. 

Jannetje  Oothout,  Van 
Schaak. 


On  September  17,  1692,  after  confession  of  faith  in  the 
principles  of  the  Christian  religion  was  accepted  as  member 
Canastasji,  who  on  the  i8th  partook  with  the  congregation 
of  the  Lord's  Supper. 

Gerrit  Rosenboom.  Pieter  Verbrugge. 

Stephaanus  Croesbeek. 


On  December  23,  1692,  after  confession  of  faith  in  the 
principles  of  the  Christian  religion  was  accepted  as  member 
Henderik,  who  on  the  asth  partook  with  the  congregation 
of  the  Lord's  Supper. 

On  April  13,  1693,  these  following  persons  were  admitted 
as  members : 


U 


Antoni  Coster. 

Johannes  Gerritsz  Van  Vech- 

ten. 
Marten  Winnen. 
Melchert  Van  der  Poel. 
Elisabeth  Kreigier. 
Tryntie  Wendell,  now   Mil- 

lington. 


NeeltjeSchermerhoom.now 

Ten  Eyk. 
Elisabet    Ten    Broek,  now 

Coster. 
Catrina  Nak. 
Geertruy  Van  Benthuysen, 

now  Becker. 
Maria  Van  der  Poel,  died  at 

Neoboracum. 


At  the  same  time  with  the  abov-e  was  accepted  as  mem- 
ber, after  previous  confession,  Cornells,  a  proselyte,  and 
bapt.  by  us  Feb.  7,  1692. 

Also  admitted  Claas  Jansz. 

On  October  25,  1693,  these  following  persons  were  ac- 
cepted as  members : 


Johannes  Harmensz. 
Moeset,    a    proselyte,     and 
bapt. byusMarch  28,1692. 


Marta.aproselyte,  and  bapt. 
by  us  Aug.  15,  1692. 


On  Dec.  30,  1693,  the  following  proselytes,  after  previous 
confession  of  faith,  were  admitted  as  members: 


Sara,  bapt.  Jan.  i,  1693. 


losine,  bapt.  Aug.  6,  1690. 


On  April  6,  1694,  were  accepted  as  members : 


Pieter  Hoogenboom. 

Johannes  Kip. 

Jacobus  Van  Schoonhoven. 

Geertruy  Van  Schoonhoven. 

Jacomyntje  Van  Schoon- 
hoven, now  Van  Deuse. 

Geertje  Willems. 

Anna  Bogardus. 

Lydia  Ten  Broek. 

Lysbeth  Slingerlant. 

Christine  Pruyn. 

Catelyntje  Schuyler,  now 
Abeel. 


Susanna  Wendell. 

Claartje  Bratt. 

Elsje  Hansz. 

Jannetje  Swart,  now  Van  d' 

Zee. 
Alida    Fondaas,    now  Van 

Vechten. 
Hester  Fondaas,  wife  of  Jan 

Dirckse. 
Lysbeth  Jansz. 
Geertje  Quakkelbosch,  now 

Groesbeek. 


lO 


1694,  July  6,  were  admitted  Gideon  and  Alida.  The  first 
mentioned  was  bapt.  by  us  Oct.  29,  1693.  The  second  was 
bapt.  Aug.  6,  1690. 

Dec.  26  were  accepted  as  members: 


Neeltje   Van 
Douw. 


Bergen,   now 


Dirk  Van  der  Heyden. 
David  Schuyler. 


Also  at  the  same  time  the  following  proselytes : 

Margriet,  bapt.  Dec.  31,  1693. 

Eva,  dead,  bapt.  Apr.  6,  1694. 

Maria,  Elsie,  these  two  were  bapt.  by  the  Jesuits,  but 
were  by  us  instructed  with  the  others  in  the  principles  of 
the  Christian  religion  whereupon  they  made  confession  of 
their  faith  before  the  Rev.  Consistory  of  N.  Albany. 

At  Kinderhook  on  Jan.  20  were  accepted  as  members : 

Ariaantje   Barents,  wife   of  l  Robbert  Teuisz  Van  Deuse. 
Pieter  Martensz.  |  Johannes  Van  Alen. 

1695,  this  2ist  of  March  were  admitted  as  members  after 
a  previous  confession  of  the  principles  of  the  religion: 


Thomas  Harmensz. 

Hendrik  Hansz. 

Tam     Williams    and    wife, 

Agnietje  Gansevoort. 
Frans  Winne. 
Elsje  Gansevoort  Winnen. 
Claas  Sivers. 
Albert  Rykman. 
Gerrit  Ryksz. 
Rachel  Winne,  died   at  Se- 

nechtade. 
Hendrik  Pruym. 


Tryntje   Comelisz,   wife    of 

Pieter  Walderon. 
Sara  Foreest. 
Claartje    Quakelbosch,   wife 

of  Dirk  Takelse. 
Annetje  Hogenboom. 
Rachel  Slingerlant. 
Maria  Wendell. 
Diwertje  Van  Petten. 
Anna   Van   Petten,  wife   of 

Claas  Siwerse. 
Daniel  Bratt. 


1695,  Dec.  26. 
after  confession : 


The  following  proselytes  were  accepted 


Pieter,  dead;  bapt.  Oct.  26, 
1694;  Joseh;  Tierk,  went 
to  Canada  and  turned 
papist. 

Agniet,  the  wife  of  Tjerk, 
was  bapt.  Dec.  31,  1693. 

Lea,  bapt.  Aug.  6,  1690. 

Susanna,  June  23,  1695. 


Comelis  Bogardus. 

Brant,  a  proselyte,  who  was 
bapt.  Dec.  26,  1694. 

Jacob,  He  was  bapt.  by  the 
Jesuits  but  was  by  us  in- 
structed in  the  Christian 
religion. 


1 1 


The  number  of  members,  as  found  at  the  end  of  the  year 
1683,  and  afterward. 

A. 


Adriaan  Gerritsz  Papendorp . 
Abraham  Staats. 
Aamout  Com.  Vielen. 
Andries  Teller. 
Annetje  Van  Schayck. 
Annetje  Staats. 
Annetje  Cuyler. 
Antonia  Swart. 
Anna  Van  der  Heyden. 
Agnietje  Leendertsz. 
Arien  Van  Elpendam. 
Anna  Ketel. 
Aalbert  Ryckman. 
Alida  Levingston. 
Abraham  Van  Tricht. 
Ariaantje     Wynantsz    Van 

der  Peel. 
Antie  Luycasz. 
Abigael  Verplanck. 
Alida  Schuyler. 
Aaltje  Fransz. 
Annetje  Appel. 
Arent  Schuyler. 
Anna  Van  Renselaar. 
Anna  Van  der  Poel. 
Annetje  Van  Esch. 
Ariaantje  Luycasz. 
Adam  Winnen. 
Anna  Winnen. 
Arien  Appel. 
Annetje  Reyersz. 
Annetje  Marselis. 
Andries  De  Sweed. 
Antje  Cross. 
Anna  Pietersz. 
Agniet  Van  Oostrant. 
Andries  Jansz. 
Abraham  Van  Breemen. 
Annetje  Comelisz. 
Andries  Hansz. 
Ariaantje  Hoogeboom. 
Antoni  Van  Schayck. 
Aaltje  Van  Esch. 
Andries  Carstelsz. 


Alida  Vinhagel. 

Aalbert  Gardenier. 

Aaltje  Adams. 

Ariaantje  Hendricksz. 

Annigje  Jansz. 

Aaltje  Arensz. 

Andries  Jansz. 

Antje  Van  Esch. 

Abraham  Staats,  Jr. 

Antoni  Bries. 

Annetje  Lives. 

Abraham  Cuyler. 

Abraham  Jansz. 

Anna  Vosburch. 

Abraham  Isaacksz. 

Anna  Sickels. 

Andries  Hansz  Huyck. 

Ariaantje  Gerritsz. 

AriaantjeVanSchoonhoven. 

Adam  Dingman. 

Anna  De  Peyster. 

Annetje  Gerritsz. 

Anna  Sanders. 

Ariaantje  Van  der  Heyden. 

Abraham  Schuyler. 

Anna  Coster. 

Andries  Douw. 

Anna  Gansevoort. 

Antje  Van  der  Heyden. 

Antoni  Koster. 

Alida.  This  is  one  of  the 
proselytes  and  was  bapt. 
Aug.  6,  1690,  and  was 
accepted  as  a  member, 
on  July  6,  1694,  after  ex- 
amination in  the  Christian 
religion,  and  with  the  con- 
gregation partook  of  the 
Lord's  Supper  on  the  Sth. 

Ariaantje  Barents. 

Agnietje  Gansevoort. 

Albert  Rykman. 

Annetje  Hogenboom. 

Anna  Van  Pette. 


12 


Abram  Lansing. 
Anna  Glenn. 
Annetje  Schaats. 

Belie  Byvang. 
Bata  Cloet. 
Barbar  Marselisz. 
Bastiaan  Harmensz. 
Barber  Salomonsz. 
Barent  Pietersz. 
Barent  Bratt. 
Bastiaan  Harmansz. 
Barentje  Jansz. 

Cornells  Van  Dyck. 
Catryn  Rutgers. 
Catelyntje  Tomesz. 
Catelyntje  Schuyler. 
Caatje  Sandersz. 
Cornelia  Roos. 
Cornelia  Gilbert. 
Cornells  Scherluyn. 
Caatje  Loockerman. 
Catelyntje  Jacobsz. 
Caatje  Turck. 
Catryn  Willemsz. 
Cornells  Gysbertsz. 
Caatje  Jansz  Salomonsz. 
Chyliaan  Van  Renselaar. 
Catryn  Van  der  Poel. 
Catryn  Douw. 
Cornells  Van  der  Hoeve. 
Celia  Slingerlant. 
Commertje  Bronck. 
Cornells  Teunisz. 
Claas  Van  Petten. 
Cornelia  Martensz. 
Catryn  Hogenboom. 
Cornelia  Van  der  Heyden. 
Comelis  Stephensz. 
Caspar  Leendertsz. 
Colette  Casparsz. 
Catryntje  Volkensz. 
Chiliaan  Winne. 
Catelyntje  Ten  Brouck. 
Cornelia  Ten  Brouck. 
Catarina  Villerov. 


Antoni,   a    proselyte,  bapt. 

Oct.  29,  1693. 
Arent,  a  proselyte. 

B. 

Barentje  Schaats. 
Benoni  Van  Corlaar. 
Barber  Jansz. 
Brant,  proselyte,  bapt.  Dec. 

26,  1694.      Member,  Dec. 

26,    1695.    Communicant, 

Dec.  29. 
Barent,      proselyte,     bapt. 

Jan.  I,  1696.     Dead. 


C. 


Catanna  Van  Schayck. 

Cornells  Martensz. 

Cornelia  Van  Male. 

Cornelia  Vroman. 

Cornelia  Tysz. 

Catryn  Andriesz. 

Caatje  Bleycker. 

Cornells  Gerritsz. 

Caatje  Melchertsz. 

Cornelia  Coljer. 

Catarina  Van  Alen. 

Cornelia  Van  Vreedenburch. 

Catelyntje  Van  Petten. 

Cornelia  Van  Olindt. 

Christine  Ten  Broek. 

Canastasji,  heathen  woman, 
accepted  as  member  Sept. 
17,  1692. 

Catrina  Nak. 

Comelis,  heathen,  bapt. 
Sept.  7,  1692,  member 
Apr.  13,  1693,  communi- 
cant Apr.  16. 

Claas  Jansz. 

Claas  Sivers. 

Claartje  Ouakelbosch. 

Comelis  Bogardus. 

Catelyntje  Teuwisz. 

Catrina  Staats. 

Catrina  Van  Schayk. 

Catrine,  a  proselyte. 

Catelina  Wendel. 


r^ 


D. 


Dirck  Wesselsz  Ten  Broeck. 

David  Schuyler. 

Dirck  Bastiaansz. 

Dirck  Bensing. 

Douwe  Jelisz,  died  Nov.  22, 

1700. 
Dirck  Teunisz  or  Teuwisz. 
Dirckje  Jansz. 
Dorete  Volkensz. 
Dirckje  Luyckensz. 
Dirck  Barentsz  Bratt. 
Debora  Van  Dam. 


Evert  Wendell,  Sr. 
Elbertje  Van  Alen. 
Elsje  Lansing. 
Elsje  Sandersz. 
Evert  Wendell,  Jr. 
Engeltje  Abramsz. 
Engeltje  Andriesz. 
Egbertje  Teunisz. 
Eypje  Schouten. 
Engeltje  Schuyler. 
Elsje  Ten  Broeck. 
Eva  Jochumsz. 
Elbert  Gerritsz. 
Elizabeth  Van  Gelder. 
Evert  De  Ridder. 
Evert  Bancker. 
Elizabeth  Bancker. 
Elizabeth  Lansing. 
Elsje  Fransen  Clauw. 


Dorethe  Vosburch. 

David  Christiaansz. 

David,  proselyte,  accepted 
Oct.  22,  1691,  communi- 
cant Oct.  25. 

Debora  Staats. 

Dirk  Van  der  Heyden. 

Daniel  Brat. 

Diwertje  Van  Petten. 

Dorcas,  proselyte,  bapt. 
Dec.  26,  1694. 

Dirkje  Winnen. 


E. 


Eva  Vinhagel. 

Eytje  Pietersz. 

Engeltje  Lives. 

Elsje  Rutgers. 

Elsje  Wendell. 

Eunice,  heathen,  bapt.  Aug. 
6,  1690,  accepted  March 
24,  1692,  communicant 
March  27. 

Elisabeth  Kreigier. 

Elisabeth  Ten  Broek. 

Eva,  bapt.  Apr.  6,  1694,  ac- 
cepted Dec.  26,  1694. 

Elsie,  proselyte,  bapt.  by 
the  Jesuits ;  accepted  Dec. 
26,  1694. 

Elsje  Gansevoort. 

Elisabeth  Lansing. 


Folckje  Vrooman. 
Folckje  Brabanders. 
Frerick  De  Drent. 


Gerrigje  Vilen. 
Geertruyt  Tomesz. 
Gvsbert  Roosenboom. 
Gerrit  Swart. 
Gerrit  Van  Esch. 


Frans  Pietersz  Clauw. 
Francyntje  Hendericksz. 
Frans  Winne. 


G. 


Grietje  Gouws. 
Gerrit  Hardenbergh. 
Grietje  Bleecker. 
Gerrit  Lansing. 
Geertje  Lansing. 


H 


Geertje  Bout. 
Geertje  Jacobsz. 
Gysbert  Marselisz. 
Geertruyt  Croesbeeck. 
Geertruyt  Scherluyn. 
Grietje  Woutersz. 
Gerrit  Reyersz. 
Geertje  Brickers. 
Geertje  Van  der  Hoeven. 
Gerrit  Gysbertsz. 
Geertruyt  Rinckhout. 
Gerrit  Lambertsz. 
Gerrit  Teunisz. 
Grietje  Gerritsz. 
Geertje  Albertsz. 
Geertje  Gysbertsz. 
Gerritje  Andriesz. 
Geertruyt  Roelofsz. 
Gerrit  Hendricksz. 
Gysje  Van  der  Heyden. 
Geertruyt  Vosburgh. 
Gerritje  Costers. 
Gerrit  Lansing,  Jr. 


Geertruy  Sickels. 

Geertruy  Jansz. 

Geertje  Martensz. 

Geertruy  Ten  Broeck. 

Geertruy  Hogenboom. 

Geertruy  Jansz. 

Grietje  Takel. 

Gerrit  Rosenboom. 

Geertniy  Van  Benthuysen. 

Gideon;  this  is  one  of  the 
proselytes,  and  was  bap- 
tized Oct.  29,  1693,  and 
after  a  more  thorough  ex- 
amination intheChristian 
religion  was  accepted  as 
a  member,  July  6,  1694, 
and  partook  of  the  Lord's 
Supper,  Jul}^  8. 

Gerrit  Rycksz. 

Gysbert  Scharp.  In  lead 
pencil  was  added  much 
later:  Andriessen. 


H. 


Heleen  Harmensz. 
Hendrick  Cuyler. 
Hendrick  Roosenboom. 
Harmen  Tomesz. 
Hendrik  Lansing. 
Harmen  Bastiaansz. 
Hendrick  Bries. 
Huybertje  Jeedts. 
Hendrick  Van  Esch. 
Hester  Teunisz,  or  Teuwisz. 
Hendrick  Maesz. 
Hendrick  Marcelisz. 
Hendrick  Abelsz. 
Hendrick  Oothout. 
Hendrick  Verwey. 
Harmen  Lievensz. 
Harmen     Jansz       Knickel- 

backer. 
Helena  Teuwisz. 
Hilletje  Comelisz. 
Hester  Brickersz. 
Hester  Harmensz. 


Helena  Byvang. 

Herbert  Jacobsz. 

Hendrick  Rosenboom,  Jr. 

Hendrickje  Van  Schoon- 
hoven. 

Henderick  Greefraadt. 

Huybert  Gerritsz. 

Hester  Davids. 

Henderick  Van  Renselaar. 

Henderick  Van  Dyck. 

Henderik,  heathen,  bapt. 
July  II,  1690;  accepted 
Dec.  23,  1692;  communi- 
cant Dec.  25. 

Hendrik  Hansz. 

Hendrik  Pruyn. 

Hagar,  proselyte,  bapt. 
Sept.  6,  1696. 

Hendrik  Jansz. 

Hasueros  Marselis. 

Harman  Rykman. 

Helena  Pruvn. 


15 


I  [and  J]. 


Jannetje  Gerritsz  Papen- 
dorp. 

Jurriaan  Teunisz. 

Jan  Becker. 

Johannes  Provoost. 

Jochom  Staats. 

Jan  Tomesz. 

Jacob  Schermerhoorn. 

Jannetje  Schemierhoorn. 

Johannes  Wendell. 

Jan  Ouder  Kerck. 

Jannetje  Krygier. 

Jacob  Meesz  Vrooman. 

Jacob  Staats. 

Jaapje  Hardenbergh. 

Johannes  De  Wandelaar. 

Johannes  Van  Sant. 

Jan  Jansz  Bleecker. 

Jan  Byvang. 

Jan  Lansing. 

Jan  Nack. 

Jan  Vinhagel. 

Isaack  Verplanck. 

Johannes  Beeckman. 

Jacob  Sandersz. 

Jacob  Coenraatsz. 

Johannes  Rosenboom. 

Jan  Cloet. 

Johannes  Roos. 

Jan  Gilbert. 

Jacob  Loockerman. 

Jacob  Abramsz. 

Johannes  Appel. 

Johannes  Tomesz. 

Jacobus  Turck. 

Jacomyn  Maasz. 

Jan  Salomonsz. 

Jannetje  Martensz. 

Jan  Quakelbosch. 

Jan  De  Noorman,  vSr. 

Jan  (Andriesz)  Douw. 

Jannetje  Martensz  Van  Ber- 
gen. 

Jurriaan  Coller. 

Jan  Hendricksz. 

Jan  Van  der  Hoeven; 

Jannetje  Paulyns. 


Jannetje  Vries. 

Jacob  Salomonsz. 

Jan  Jacobsz  Van  Oostrant. 

Jannetje  Dirckz. 

Jan  Bronck. 

Johannes  Oothout. 

Jacobus  Jansz. 

Jannetje  Jacobusz. 

Johannes  Jansz. 

Itje  Van  Petten. 

Jan  Gruttersz. 

Jan  Van  Esch. 

Jan  Tysz. 

Jochum  Lambertsz. 

Jannetje  Pietersz. 

Jan  Martensz. 

Jannetje  Lambertsz. 

Immetje  Kreeve. 

Johannes  Bensing. 

Isabelle  Dellius. 

Iphje  Hans. 

Jacob  Van  Oostrant. 

Jonas  Volkensz. 

Jacob  Teunisz  Van  Schoon- 

derwoert. 
Jan  Rateliff. 
Jan  Huybertsz. 
Johannes  Bleycker,  Jr. 
Jan  Abeel. 
Isaack  Vosburch. 
Isaack  Jansz. 
Jacob  Vosburch. 
Johannes  Schuyler. 
Judick  Marzelis. 
Johanna  Bratt. 
James  Willet. 
Johannes  Pru}^. 
Jan  Jansz  Post. 
Johannes  Bratt. 
Jacomyntje  Vile. 
Jannetje  Cobus. 
Judick  Jansz. 
Joseph  Jansz. 
Jan  Fondaas. 
Jannetje  Blyker. 
Isak,    heathen,    bapt.    July 

II,   1690,  member  March 


i6 


24,  1692,  communicant 
March  27. 

Jacobus  Van  Dyk. 

Johannes  R^-kinan. 

Jannetje  Oothout. 

Johannes  Gerritsz. 

Johannes  Hamiensz. 

losine,  heathen  woman, 
bapt.  Aug.  6,  i6go,  mem- 
ber Dec.  30,  1693,  com- 
municant Dec.  31. 


Johannes  Van  Alen. 

Jacob,  heathen,  bapt.  by  the 
Jesuits  in  Canada.  Mem- 
ber Church  at  N.  Albany, 
Dec.  26,  1695.  Com- 
munion, Dec.  29. 

Jan  Teuwisz. 

Jannetje  Jochumsz. 

Johannes,  proselyte. 

lacomine,  proselyte,  bapt. 
Aug.  6,  1690. 


Lysbeth  Van  Dyck. 
Lysbeth  Bancker. 
Lysbeth  Pritti. 
Lysbeth  Wendell. 
Leendert  Phlipsz. 
Lysbeth  Vrooman. 
Lysbeth  Van  Tricht. 
Lysbeth  Van  Schayck. 
Laurens  Van  Alen. 
Lysbeth  Lansing. 
Luycas  Gerritsz. 
Lysbeth  Van  Rotterdam. 
Levinus  Van  Schayck. 
Levinus  Winne. 
Lysbeth  Herris. 
Luycas  Pietersz. 
Lysbeth  Quakelbosch. 
Lysbeth  Coller. 


Marretje  Teller. 
Marie  Becker. 
Margriet  Schuyler. 
Meindert  Hemiansz. 
Marietje  Wendell. 
Mattys  Hoogteeling. 
Marten  Krygier. 
Marietje  Van  Esch. 
Marietje  Takels. 
Marretje  Loockerman. 
Maria  JPerker. 
Margriet  Van  Sant. 
Melchert  Wynandtsz. 
Marretje  Vinhagel. 


L. 


Lysbeth  Hendriksz. 
Lyntje  Salomonsz. 
Lysbeth  Jansz. 
Lysbeth  Harmensz. 
Lambert  Van  Valkenborgh. 
Lambert  Jansz. 
Lyntje  Winne. 
Lysbeth  Rosenboom. 
Laurens,  a  heathen,  bapt.  by 

the  Jesuits.       Member  at 

N.  Albany,  July  11,  1690. 
Lidia,  bapt.  July   11,   1690. 

Member    Oct.     22,     1691. 

Lord's  Supper,  Oct.  25. 
Lucas  Jansz. 
Laurens  Claasz. 
Lucas  Lucasz. 
Lammertje  Lookerman. 


M. 


Magtelt  Beeckman. 
Marie  Nicolaesz  Ripsen. 
Margriet  Roosenboom. 
Marie  Jansz. 
Margriet  Van  Schayck. 
Marie  Bries. 
Maas  Comelisz. 
Marten  Jansz. 
Marretje  Quakelbosch. 
Magtelt  Quakelbosch. 
Margriet  Ketel. 
Marretje  Noormans. 
Marretje  Van  Schayck. 
Marretje  Zachariasz. 


17 


Metje  Van  der  Hoeven. 
Marselis  Jansz. 
Marten  Gerritsz. 
Maria  Jansz. 
Maria  Hooghteeling. 
Marie  Jochemsz. 
Melchert  Abramsz. 
Magdaleen  Quakelbosch. 
Mayken  Jacobusz. 
Marretje  Van  Breemen. 
Marten  Cornelisz. 
Marretje  Martensz. 
Mees  Hogenboom. 
Marietje  Van  Schayck. 
Marretje  Hamiensz. 
Marretje  Geurten. 
Maria  Jacobsz. 
Marretje  Aalbertsz. 
Marretje    Teunisz    or    Teu- 

wisz. 
Mayken  Martensz. 
Martina  Bekker. 
Maria  Schuyler. 
Mayken  Jacobsz. 
Margriet  Van  Dam. 
Maria  Sandersz. 
Martina  Bicker. 
Martina  Teunisz. 
Maria  Barentsz. 
Maria  Keteluym. 
Maria  Barcker  or  Parcker. 
Margriet  Jurries. 
Marietje  Vosburch. 
Margriet  Schuyler. 
Marretje  Hendricksz. 
Maria  Wendell. 
Maria  Van  Renselaar. 
Mayken  Oothoudt. 
Margriet  Brickers. 
Marretje  Van  Petten. 


Margriet  Hansz. 

Maria,  bapt.  by  the  Jesuits 
July  II  .  .  .  .;  accepted 
as  member  of  R.  D. 
church  July  13. 

Marritje  Gerritsz. 

Marretje  Vinhagel. 

Maria  Banker. 

Marietje  Pruym. 

Marritje  Bogardus. 

Marietje  Lokemian. 

Marten  Winne. 

Melchert  Van  der  Poel. 

Maria  Van  der  Poel. 

Moeset,  heathen  woman,  ba. 
March  28,  1692.  Member 
Oct.  25,  1693. 

Marta,  heathen  woman, 
bapt.  Aug.  15,  1692,  mem- 
ber Oct.  25,  1693. 

Margriet,  heathen  woman, 
bapt.  Dec.  31,  1693,  mem- 
ber Dec.  26,  1694. 

Maria,  heathen  woman, 
bapt.  by  the  Jesuits, 
member  Dec.  26,  1694. 

Maria  Wendell. 

Marritje  Jansz. 

Meindert  Rosenboom. 

Maria  Salisburry. 

Mayke  Van  Esch. 

Margrietje  Pels. 

Margriet  Rycksz. 

Margriet  Schuyler. 

Marritje  Jansz. 

Maas  Ryksz. 

Margriet  Levingston. 

Margriet  Blyker. 

Margriet  Harmansz. 

Marretje  Lokermans. 


NV 


Nelletje  Ryckman. 
Nicolaes  Van  Rotterdam: 
Nicolaes  Ripsen. 
Nicolaes  Van  Elslant. 
Nanning  Harmensz. 
Neeltje  Quakelbosch. 


Nelletje  Quakelbosch. 
Neeltje  Slingerlandt. 
Neeltje  Schermerhoom. 
Neeltje  Van  Bergen. 
Neeltje  Gerrits. 


p. 


Pieter  Loockerman. 
Pieter  Meesz  Vrooman. 
Phlip  Freest. 
Pieter  Davidsz  Schuyler. 
Pieter  Winne. 
Pieter  Schuyler. 
Paulyn  Jansz. 
Phlip  Leendertsz. 
Pieter  Vosburgh. 
Phlip  Wendell. 


Paulus  Martensz  Van  Ben- 
thuysen. 

Pieter  Hendricksz  De  Haas. 

Pieter  Tomesz  Mingaal. 

Paulus,  heathen,  bapt.  Dec. 
26,  1689.  Member  July 
II,  communicant  July  13. 

Pieter  Lucasz  Koeman. 

Pieter  Verbrugge. 


R. 


Richart  Pritti. 
Ryckje  Staats. 
Robbert  Levingston. 
Robbert  Sandersz. 
Rachel  Retle. 
Reinier  Barens. 
Rebecca  Douws. 
Reinier  Quakelbosch. 
Robbert  Sickels. 
Ryck  Michielsz. 
Rebecca  Evertsz. 
Rebecca  Claasz. 
Rut  Melchertsz. 


Rachel  Melchertsz. 

Rebecca,  heathen,  member 
Oct.  22,  1691. 

Rachel  and  Rebecca,  hea- 
thens, bapt.  July  II, 1690. 
Members  March  24,  1692. 
Communicants  March  27. 

Rachel  Cuyler. 

Robbert  Teuisz. 

Rachel  Winne. 

Rachel  Slingerlant. 

Robbert  Levingston,  Jr. 


Sephia  Teller. 
Styntje  Ten  Broeck. 
Sybrant  Van  Schayck. 
Symen  Schermerhoom. 
Sara  De  Wandelaar. 
Sara  Ketel. 
Sella  Ketel. 
Sephia  Abels. 
Symen  Schouten. 
Styntje  Jansz. 
Samson  Bensing. 
Sara  Cuyler. 
Susanna  Wendell. 
Susanna  Barents. 
Sara  Sandersz. 
Sara  Hardenberch. 


Salomon  Fredericksz  Booch. 
Symon  Van  Esch. 
Susanna  Lansing. 
Sara  Harmensz. 
Stephanus  Croesbeek. 
Sara,  proselyte,  bapt.  Jan.  i, 

1693.     Member   Dec.  30. 

Communicant     Dec.     31, 

1693. 
Sara  Foreest. 
Sara  Bratt. 
Sara  Van  Deusen. 
Sara  Van  Alen. 
Sara  Jansz. 
Salomon  Comelisz. 
Sara  Marselis. 


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Tryntje  Staats. 
Tryntje  Wynants. 
Takel  Dirks. 
Tryntje  Freest. 
Tryntje  Rutten. 
Tryntje  Loockemian. 
Tysje  Bensing. 
Teunis  Van  der  Poel. 
Teunis  Comelisz. 
Teunis  Slingerlant. 
Teuntje  Gerritsz. 
Teunis  De  Metselaar. 
Tanne  Winne. 


Tarn  Kreese. 
Teunis  Cool. 
Teunis  Abramsz. 
Tryntje  Samsonsz. 
Thomas  Winne. 
Teuntje  Jansz. 
Tammus  Noxen. 
Tryntje  Rykman. 
Tiyntje  Wendell. 
Thomas  Harmensz: 
Tarn  Williams. 
Tryntje  Comelisz. 


W. 


Willem  Teller. 

Wouter  Van  den  UythofE. 

Weynand  Gerritsz. 

Willempje  Schermerhoom. 

Willem  Bout. 

Willem  Claesz  Croesbeeck. 

Willem  Gysbertsz. 

Wouter  Quakelbosch. 

Wouter   De   Rade   Maecker 

(the  wheelright). 
Weinte  Bogardus. 


Ysbrant  Elders. 


Weintje  Paulyns. 

Weintje  Phlipsz. 

Willempje  Teuwisz  or  Teu- 
nisz. 

Wessel  Ten  Broeck. 

Willemyntje  Nack. 

Wouter  Pietersz  Quakel- 
bosch. 

Willem  Jacobsz. 

Weyntje  Fransz. 

Willem  Van  Alen. 

Z. 

Zytje  Marselis. 


Members  accepted  since  the  year  1696: 


Jan.  22,  Jan  Teuwisz. 

Marietje  Van  Deuse. 

Laurens  Claasz  Van  Schaak. 

Jannetje  Jochumsz,  wife  of 
Isaac  Jansz. 

Catelyntje  Teuwisz. 

April  9.  Meindert  Rosen- 
boom. 

Abram  Lansing. 

Catrina  Staats,  now  Schayk. 

Saartje  Bratt,  wife  of  Rey- 
nier  Meyndertsz. 

Anna  Glenn,  now  Wendel. 

Maria  Salisburry. 


Mavke  Van  Esch,  now  Wen- 
del. 

Saartje  Van  Deusen. 

Margrietje  Pels. 

June  26  the  following  prose- 
lytes were  admitted: 

Antoni,  bapt.  Oct.  29,  1693. 

Dorcas,  bapt.  Dec.  26,  1694. 

Barent,  bapt.  Jan.  i,  1696. 

Catrina,  aged  about  30  yrs., 
was  bapt.  by  the  Jesuits. 

Sept.  18.  Johannes  and 
Arent,  both  bapt.  by  the 
Jesuits. 


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1697,  April  I.  Mayken  Van 
Esch,  now  Ouderkerk. 

Annetje  Schaats. 

Margriet  Ryksz. 

Elisabeth      Lansing,      now 

Groesbeek. 
Susanna       Wendell,       now 

Wyngaard. 
Margriet  Schuyler,  now  Lev- 

ingston. 
Catrina   Van   Schayk,   now 

Quakkenb  osch . 
Dec.  27.     Sara  Van  Alen. 

1698,  Jan.  15.  Gysbert 
Scharp. 

Hendrik  Jansz. 

Sara  Jansz. 

Marretie  Jansz. 

April  21.     Hagar,  proselyte, 

bapt.  Sept.  6,  1696. 
lacomine,    proselyte,    bapt. 

Aug.  6,  1690. 
Luycas  Lucasz. 
Salom  Comelisz  Van  Vech- 

ten. 
Hasueros  Marselis. 
Maas  Ryksz. 
Harme  Rykman. 
Robbert  Levingston,  Jr. 
Margriet  Levingston. 
Margriet  V.  Trigt. 
Margriet  Blyker. 
Margriet  Harmensz. 
Catelina       Wendell,       now 

Schuyler. 
Neeltje  Gerrits. 
Dirkje  Winne. 
Sara  Merselis. 
Marritje  Roelofs-Kidni. 
Helena  Pruyn. 
Lammertje  Lokerman- 

Oothout. 

1699,  Jan.  8.  The  following 
persons  were  admitted  as 
members  at  Kinderhoek: 


Evert  Van  Alen. 
Stephanus  Van  Alen. 
Manuel  V.  Schaak. 
Lysbeth  Arnoutsz  V.  Eli. 
Apr.    6.      These     following 

persons  were  admitted  as 

members: 
Reyer  Gerritsz. 
Jacobus  Schuyler. 
Andries  Nak. 
Hendrik  Douw. 
Jan  Jansz  V.  Aamem. 
Wouter  Quakkelbosch. 
Mathys  Nak. 
Maria  Verplank. 
Geertje     Gerrits    Van     den 

Berg. 
Lysbeth  Gansevoort. 
Margrietje  Rykman. 
Lysbeth    Viele,    died    Neo- 

boracum. 
Helena  Fonda. 
Antje  Quakelbosch. 
Josina  Maasz. 
Hilletje  Gansevoort. 
Maria  Quakelbosch. 
Neeltje  Marinus. 
Rachel  Douw. 
Cornelia  Quakelbosch. 
Anna  Pruyn. 
Canastaji,    proselyte,    aged 

about  36  years. 
Bata,  proselyte,  bapt.  1696. 

1699,  Sept.  By  Rev.  Nu- 
cella:  Jonathan  Braad- 
horst. 

1700,  Jan.  5.  Susanna  Wen- 
dels. 

May  8.     Claes  Fonda. 
Daniel  Winnen. 
Isack  Ouderkerck. 
Lysbet  Wendels. 
Mary  Ingolsbie. 
Rachel  Bogardus. 
Susanna  Trujex. 


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Marriage  Record,  commenced  in  the  year  1683. 
[For  list  of  abbreviations  see  page  in  front  of  index.] 

Were  united  in  marriage  after  3  banns  in  the  church : 

1683,  Nov.  14.  Jonas  Volkersz  Douw,  y.  m.,  and  Magda- 
lena  Pietersz  Quakelbosch,  y.  d.,  both  b.  and  1.  at  N.  A. 

1684,  Feb.  24.  ist  banns.  Gerrit  Lubbertsz,  y.  m.,  of 
N.  Y.,  and  Alida  Everts,  y.  d.,  of  N.  A.     Marr.  March  12. 

Apr.  2.  Wessel  Tenbroek,  y.  m.,  and  Catharina  Looker- 
man,  both  b.  and  L  at  N.  A. 

Apr.  9.  Antoni  SHngerlandt,  widT  of  Engeltie  Albertsz 
Bratt,  and  Geertje  Fondaas,  wid.  of  Jan.  Bicker,  both  1. 
here. 

Apr.  9.  Hieronimus  Hansz,  y.  m.,  of  N.  A.,  and  Rebecka 
Evertsz,  y.  d.,  1.  here. 

Apr.  9.  Pieter  Willemsz,  y.  m.,  and  Johanna  Hansz, 
y.  d.,  both  1.  here. 

Apr.  30.  Henderik  J.  Van  Oothout,  y.  m.,  and  Catarina 
Folkerse  Douw,  both  1.  here. 

Oct.  I.  Johannes  Jansz  Quisthout,  y.  m.,  of  N.  Y.,  and 
Albertje  Barentsz,  y.  d  ,  of  N.  A. 

Nov.  2.  Johannes  Cuyler,  y.  m.,  and  Elsje  Ten  Broek, 
y.  d.,  both  b.  and  1.  at  N.  A. 

Nov.  26.  Arent  Schuyler,  y.  m.,  and  Jenneke  Teller, 
y.  d.,  both  1.  at  N.  A. 

Dec.  17.  Johannes  Bikker,  y.  m.,  and  Anna  Van  der 
Zee,  y.  d.,  both  1.  at  N.  A. 

1685,  Feb.  4.  Douwe  Aukens,  y.  m.,  of  Schenegtade,  and 
Maria  Vile,  wid.  of  Mathys  Vroman,  of  N.  A. 

Feb.  II.  Symon  Jansz,  y.  m.,  and  Jannetje  Paulusz 
y.  d.,  both  1.  here. 

June  28.  Adriaan  Appel,  wid-  of  Maria  Rey verding,  and 
Folkje  Pietersz,  wid.  of  Pieter  Meese  Vroman,  both  1.  here. 

Oct.  14.  Henderik  Fransz,  y.  m.,  and  ComeUa  Andriesz, 
y.  d.,  both  1.  in  the  country  [landschap]  of  N.  A. 

Oct.  21.  Mathys  Jansz,  y.  m.,  and  Cornelia  Mattheusz, 
y.  d.,  both  1.  in  the  neighborhood  [landschap]  of  N.  A. 

Nov.  15.  Pieter  Tomesz  Mingaal,  y.  m.,  and  Margriet 
Roosenboom,  y.  d.,  both  1.  here. 

Dec.  9.  Antoni  Brat,  y.  m.,  and  Willemje  Teunisz, 
y.  d.,  both  1.  here. 

1 686,  Jan.  i.  Salomon  Frederiksz  Boogh,  y.  m.,  and 
Anna  Bratt,  y.  d.,  both  of  N.  A. 

Jan.  6.  Nanning  Harmensz  Visser,  y.  m.,  and  Alida 
Vinhagel,  y.  d.,  both  of  N.  A. 

Jan.  20.  Bartholomeus  Henderiksz  Vroman,  y.  m.,  of 
Sell.,  and  Cornelia  Jansz  Helmer,  y.  d.,  of  N.  A. 


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Jan.  21.  Marte  Gerritsz  Van  Bergen,  wid-  of  Jannetje 
Teunisz,  and  Neeltje  Myndertsz,  y.  d.,  both  1.  at  N.  A. 

Feb.  lo.  Lucas  Lucasz  Van  Hooghkerken,  y.  m.,  and 
Henderikje  Jansz,  y.  d.,  both  of  N.  A. 

Apr.  5.  Robbert  Sikkels,  y.  m.,  and  Geertruy  Ridden- 
haas,  y.  d.,  both  1.  in  the  vicinity  of  N.  A. 

May  4.  Henderik  Greefraad,  y.  m.,  of  N.  Y.,  and  Sara 
Sanders,  y.  d.,  of  N.  A. 

June  2.  Benoni  Van  Corlar,  y.  m.,  and  Elizabeth  Van 
der  Poel,  wid.  of  Sybrant  Van  Schayk,  both  1.  here. 

June  16.  Arie  Tomesz,  y.  m.,  and  Mayke  Jacobsz,  y.  d., 
both  1.  in  the  vicinity  of  N.  A. 

July  2.  Johannes  Van  der  Linde,  y.  m.,  and  Neeltje 
Dirksz,  y.  d.,  both  1.  near  N.  A. 

July  18.  Kiliaan  Van  Renselaar,  y.  m.,  and  Anna  Van 
Renselaar,  y.  d. 

Aug.  I.  First  banns.  Isaac  Vosberge,  y.  m.,  and  An- 
neke  Jans,  both  from  the  vicinity  of  N.  A. 

Aug.  8.  First  banns.  Juriaan  Henderiksz  Bries,  y.  m., 
of  L.  I.,  and  Agnietje  Barents,  y.  d.,  of  N.  A. 

Aug.  18.  Johannes  Teller,  y.  m.,  and  Susanna  Wendell, 
y.  d.,  of  N.  A. 

Sept.  12.  First  banns.  Dirk  Barentsz  Bratt,  y.  m.,  and 
Anna  Teunisz,  both  of  N.  A. 

Sept.  12.  Banns.  Evert  Banker,  y.  m.,  and  Elizabeth 
Abeel,  y.  d.,  both  of  N.  A. 

Oct.  31.  First  banns.  Michiel  Dirksz,  y.  m.,  and  Maria 
Parker,  y.  d.,  of  N.  A. 

Nov.  7.  First  banns.  Dirk  W.  Van  Slyk,  y.  m.,  and 
Anneken  Jans,  y.  d.,  both  1.  near  N.  A. 

1687,  March  9.  Dirk  Van  der  Heyden,  y.  m.,  and 
Rachel  Jochumsz,  y.  d.,  both  of  N.  A. 

March  16.  Barent  Gerritsz,  y.  m.,  and  Geertruy  Jansz, 
y.  d.,  living  in  the  vicinity  of  N.  A. 

July  I.  Gerrit  Marselisz,  y.  m.,  and  Bregtje  Hansz,  y.  d., 
both  of  N.  A. 

Aug.  7.  First  banns.  Dirk  Van  der  Karre,  y.  m.,  and 
Feytje  Claasz,  from  Kinderhook. 

Oct.  16.  D.  Laurentius  Van  den  Bosch  and  Cornelia 
Ten  Broek,  y.  d.,  of  N.  A. 

Oct.  16.  First  banns.  Jacobus  Van  Deurse,  y.  m.,  of 
N.  Y.,  and  Catarina  Borgert,  y.  d.,  of  N.  A. 

Oct.  16.  First  banns.  Abraham  Kip,  y.  m.,  and  Geesje 
Van  der  Heyde,  y.  d.,  both  1.  at  N.  A. 

Dec.  25.  First  banns.  Helmig  Jeralimans,  y.  m.,  and 
Anneke  Lucasz,  wid.  of  Frans  Mennoury,  both  1.  near 
N.  A. 

1688.  Feb.  5.     First  banns.     Pieter  B.  Kool,  wid' of  Hen- 


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derikje  Jansz,  and  Yanneke  Dingmans,  y.  d.,  both  from 
Kinderhook. 

Apr.  I.  First  banns.  Evert  De  Ridder,  y.  m.,  and  Anna 
Van  Esch,  y.  d.,  both  1.  here. 

May  6.  First  banns.  Pieter  Jansz  Bosch,  y.  m.,  of  N. 
Y.,  and  Susanna  Barents,  y.  d.,  of  N.  A. 

June  3.  Franjois  Gaignon,  y.  m.,  and  Ariaantje  Jansz, 
y.  d.,  of  N.  A. 

June  17.  Phlip  Wendell,  y.  m.,  and  Maria  Harmensz, 
y.  d.,  both  from  N.  A. 

June  19.  First  banns.  Karel  Robbertsz,  y.  m.,  and 
Anneke  Jansz,  y.  d.,  both  1.  here. 

July  5.  Willem  Nickols,  y.  m.,  of  N.  Y.,  and  Anna  Van 
Renselaar,  wid.  of  Kiliaan  Van  Renselaar. 

July  5.  First  banns.  Joseph  Jansz,  y.  m.,  and  Seytje 
Marselis,  y.  d.,  of  N.  A. 

Aug.  26.  Jacob  Jacobsz  Van  Oostrant,  y.  m.,  and  Anna 
Croesbeek,  y.  d.,  both  1.  here. 

Aug.  26.  First  banns.  Leendert  Arentsz,  y.  ni.,  of  N. 
Y.,  and  Janneke  Willemsz  Van  Slyk,  y.  d.,  of  N.  A. 

Aug.  26.  First  banns.  Coenraad  Mattysz  Hoogteeling, 
y.  m.,  and  Tryntje  Willemsz  Van  Slyk,  y.  d.,  of  N.  A. 

Sept.  22.  First  banns.  Jacobus  La  Methe  [?],  y.  m.,  of 
N.  Haarlem,  and  Geertie  Martensz,  y.  d.,  of  Sch. 

Sept.  22.  First  banns.  Johannis  Jorisz,  y.  m.,  from 
L.  I.,  and  Aaltje  Kobusz,  y.  d.,  of  N.  A. 

Oct.  7.  Johannes  Legget,  y.  m.,  of  N.  Y.,  and  Catelina 
Ten  Broek,  y.  d.,  of  N.  A. 

Oct.  7.  First  banns.  Henderik  Pydt,  y.  m.,  of  L.  I., 
and  Maria  Verwey,  y.  d.,  of  N.  A. 

Oct.  7.  First  banns.  Arent  Slingerlandt,  y.  m.,  and 
Geertruy  Jacobusz,  y.  d.,  both  of  N.  A. 

Oct.  10.  Johannes  De  Peyster,  y.  m.,  of  N.  Y..  and 
Anna  Banker,  y.  d.,  of  N.  A. 

Nov.  18.  Benjamin  Hygeman,  y.  m.,  of  L.  I.,  and  Ba- 
rentje  Jansz,  y.  d.,  of  N.  A. 

Nov.  iS.  Johannes  Roosenboom,  y.  m.,  and  Gerritje 
Koster,  y.  d.,  both  of  N.  A. 

Nov.  25.  Henderik  Van  Esch,  widr  of  Annetje  Evertsz, 
and  Catarina  Van  Dam,  y.  d.,  of  N.  A. 

1689,  Feb.  3.  Henderik  Van  Dyk,  y.  m.,  and  Maria 
Schuyler,  y.  d.,  both  of  N.  A. 

Apr.  4.  Lucas  Jansz  Van  Sasberge,  y.  m.,  and  Maria 
Evertsz  Van  Wesel,  y.  d.,  of  N.  A. 

May  5.  Johannes  Oothout,  y.  m.,  and  Aaltje  Evertsz, 
wid.  of  Gerrit  Lubbertsz,  both  1.  near  N.  A. 

May  12.  Francois  Winnen,  y.  m.,  and  Elsje  Gansevoort, 
both  of  N.  A. 


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June  3.  Comelis  Teunisz  Van  Vegten,  wid'  of  Annetje 
Leendertsz,  and  Maria  Lucasz,  wid.  of  Jacob  Claasz. 

Sept.  22.  Robbert  Mateuisz,  y.  m.,  and  Cornelia  Mar- 
tensz,  y.  d.,  both  1.  near  N.  A. 

Sept.  22.  Cornelis  Martensz,  y.  m.,  and  Ariaantje 
Gerritsz,  y.  d.,  both  1.  near  N.  A. 

Oct.  13.  First  banns.  Evert  Wilier,  y.  m.,  from  N.  E., 
and  Josyntje  Gardenier,  y.  d.,  from  Kinderhook. 

Oct.  20.  Thomas  Winne,  y.  m.,  and  Tryntje  Jansz,  y.  d., 
both  1.  near  N.  A. 

Oct.  20.  Isaac  Jansz  Van  Alstyn,  y.  m.,  and  Maria 
Abbedis,  y.  d.,  both  1.  under  the  jurisdiction  of  N.  A. 

Nov.  17.  Abraham  Cuyler,  y.  m.,  and  Catarina  Bleyker, 
y.  d.,  both  of  N.  A. 

Nov.  24.  Gerrit  Rosenboom,  y.  m.,  and  Maria  Sanders, 
y.  d.,  both  of  N.  A. 

Dec.  20.  Hillebrant  Lootman,  y.  m.,  and  Anna  Elbur, 
wid.  of  Antoine  Barroa,  both  1.  under  the  jurisdiction  of 
N.  A. 

1690,  Jan.  15.  Adam  Antonisz  Swart,  y.  m.,  of  Sch., 
and  Metje  Willemsz  Van  Slyk,  y.  d.,  of  N.  A. 

Jan.  22.  Willem  Boin  [?],  v.  m.,  and  Seyke  Jansz,  y.  d., 
both  1.  at  N.  A. 

June  26.  Jean  Span,  y.  m.,  of  N.  Y.,  and  Ariaantje 
Hogenboom,  y.  d.,  of  N.  A. 

Aug.  3.  Gerrit  Symonsz,  y.  m.,  and  Catryn  Helmertsz, 
y.  d.,  both  1.  at  N.  A. 

1 69 1,  June  21.  Johannes  Glenn,  wid'  of  Annetje  Peek, 
and  Diwertje  Wendell,  wid.  of  Meindert  Wimp. 

June  28.  Lucas  Jansz,  y.  m.,  and  Catarina  Melchersz, 
y.  d.,  both  of  N.  A. 

Sept.  8.  Jacobus  Verplank,  y.  m.,  of  N.  Y.,  and  Mar- 
gareta  Schuyler,  y.  d.,  of  N.  A. 

Sept.  14.  Piter  Schuyler,  wid'  of  Engeltje  Van  Schayck, 
and  Maria  Van  Renselaar,  y.  d.,  both  1.  at  N.  A. 

Oct.  14.  Wouter  Van  den  Uythofi,  wid'  of  Elizabeth 
Henderiksz,  and  Elizabeth  De  Lint,  wid.  of  Jacob  Meesz 
Vrooman,  both  1.  at  N.  A. 

Oct.  18.  Jacob  Teunisz,  wid'  of  Catryn  Claasz,  and 
Annetje  Lookerman,  wid.  of  Adam  Winne,  both  1.  at  N.  A. 

Oct.  29.  George  BradschafT,  wid'  of  Mary  Warran,  and 
Elizabeth  Beek,  wid.  of  Comelis  Van  Dyk,  f.  at  N.  A. 

Nov.  II.  Abraham  Schuyler,  y.  m.,  and  Geertruy  Ten 
Broek,  y.  d.,  both  1.  at  N.  A'. 

Dec.  10.  Hermannus  Vedder,  y.  m.,  and  Grietje  Cor- 
nelisz,  wid.  of  Andries  Bratt,  both  1.  at  Sch. 

Dec.  23.  Tammus  Noxen,  y.  m.,  and  Geertruy  Hogen- 
boom, y.  d.,  both  1.  at  N.  A. 


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i6g2,  Jan.  13.  Frederik  Harmensz  Vischer,  y.  m.,  and 
Margriet  Hansz,  y.  d.,  both  1.  at  N.  A. 

Jan.  13.  Willem  Jacobsz,  y.  m.,  and  Elizabeth  Rosen- 
boom,  y.  d.,  both  1.  at  N.  A. 

March  9.  Jan  Danielsz,  y.  m.,  and  Jannetje  Paulusz, 
wid.  of  Symen  Jansz  Post,  both  1.  at  N.  A. 

March  25.  Fil  Harrit,  y.  m.,  and  Annetje  Tjerks,  wid. 
of  Frans  Harmensz,  both  1.  at  Sch. 

March  26.  Henderik  Willemsz  Brouwer,  y.  m.,  and 
Marritje  Pietersz  Bosboom,  wid.  of  Teunis  Karstensz,  both 
1.  at  Sch. 

June  29.  Melchert  W.  Van  der  Poel,  wid'  of  Ariaantje 
Verplank,  and  Ehsabeth  Teller,  wid.  of  Abraham  Van 
Trigt,  both  1.  at  N.  A. 

Aug.  7.  Tomas  Willemsz,  y.  m.,  of  N.  Y.,  and  Agnietje 
Gansevoort,  y.  d.,  of  N.  A. 

Aug.  17.  Simon  Westfall,  y.  m.,  of  Kingston,  and  Nel- 
letje  W.  Quakelbosch. 

Aug.  21.  Gerrit  Lansing,  Jr.,  y.  m.,  of  N.  A.,  and  Cat- 
rina  Sandersz  Glenn,  wid.  of  Comelis  Barentsz,  of  Sch. 

Sept.  3.  Wilhem  Hooge,  y.  m.,  of  Bosinylant,  in  Kings 
Co.,  and  Martina  Bekker,  y.  d.,  of  N.  A. 

Sept.  II.  Rut  Melchertsz,  y.  m.,  and  Weyntje  Har- 
mensz, y.  d.,  both  of  N.  A. 

Sept.  20.  Jacobus  De  Warrum,  y.  m.,  of  N.  Y.,  and 
Anna  Gansevoort,  y.  d.,  of  N.  A. 

Sept.  20.  Marte  Beekman,  y.  m.,  of  N.  Y.,  and  Neeltje 
Slingerlant,  y.  d.,  of  N.  A. 

Sept.  21.  Jacobus  Van  der  Spiegel,  y.  m.,  of  N.  Y.,  and 
Anna  Sanders,  y.  d.,  of  N.  A. 

Sept.  21.  Antoni  Bries,  y.  m.,  and  Catarine  Rykman, 
y.  d.,  both  of  N.  A. 

Sept.  21.  Henderik  Hansz,  y.  m.,  and  Debora  Van  Dam, 
y.  d.,  both  of  N.  A. 

Oct.  16.  Geraldus  Kampfoort,  wid'  of  Antje  Raal,  1.  at 
Sch.,  and  Ariaantje  Uldrik,  wid.  of  Gerrit  Claasz,  1.  at 
N.  A. 

Oct.  16.  Benjamin  Van  der  Water,  1.  on  L.  I.,  and  En- 
geltje  Harmensz,  y.  d.,  1.  at  N.  A. 

Oct.  26.  Johannes  Beekman,  wid'  of  Maghtelt  Scher- 
merhoom,  and  Eva  Vinhagel,  y.  d.,  both  of  N.  A. 

Nov.  13.  Andries  Jacobsz  Gardenier,  y.  m.,  and  Eytje 
Ariaansz,  wid.  of  Henderik  Gerritsz  Van  Wyen,  both  1.  near 
N.  A. 

Nov.  20.  Thomas  Hannensz,  y.  m.,  and  Mayken  Jansz 
Oothout,  y.  d.,  both  of  N.  A. 

Nov.  23.  Lucas  Lucasz,  wid'  of  Henderikje  Jansz,  and 
Judik  Marselis,  y.  d.,  of  N.  A. 


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Dec.  6.  Jan  Nak,  wid'  of  Caterina  Roemers,  and  Sophia 
Wykersloot,  wid.  of  Henderik  Abelsz  Riddenhaas. 

1693,  Jan.  15.  Pieter  Martensz,  y.  m.,  and  Ariaantje 
Barents,  y.  d.,  both  1.  near  N.  A. 

Jan.  30.     Jan  Henderiksz  Van  Sasbergen,  wid'  of  Em- 
meke  Lucasz,  and  Janneke  Jansz,  wid.  of  Ryk  Ridderson. 
V     March  28.     Lambert  Jochumsz  Van  Valkenborgh,  y.  m., , 
and  Jannetje  Fransz  Clauw,  y.  d.,  both  1.  at  Kinderhook. 'T 

Apr.  6.  WiUiam  Hilte,  wid^  of  Sara  Ebb,  and  Antje 
Berkhove,  of  N.  Y. 

May  7.  Johannes  Barentsz  Bratt,  y.  m.,  and  Maria 
Ketelheim,  v.  d.,  both  of  N.  A. 

May  7.  Martes  Comehsz,  wid'  of  Marretje  Quakkel- 
bosch,  and  Tanneke  Adams,  wid.  of  Pieter  Winnen. 

June  16.  Teunis  Vile,  y.  m.,  and  Lysbeth  Van  Eps, 
y.  d.,  both  of  Sch. 

June  17.  Gerrit  Jacobsz,  y.  m.,  and  Lysbeth  Aarnoutsz 
Eh,  both  1.  at  Kinderhook. 

June  28.  Coenraadt  Ehnendorfif,  y.  m.,  of  Kingston,  and 
Ariaantje  Gerrits,  wid.  of  Cornehs  Martensz  Van  Bueren, 
1.  near  N.  A. 

July  2.  Elbert  Gerritsz,  y.  m.,  and  Maria  Pruyn,  y.  d., 
both  1.  at  N.  A. 

July  23.  Gerrit  Gysbertsz  *  Van  Brakel,  wid;  of  Reyntje 
Stephens,  and  Elisabeth  Jans,  wid.  of  Jan  Van  Eps,  both 
1.  at  Sch. 

July  24.  Jonathan  Stephens,  y.  m.,  from  N.  E.,  and 
Lea,  wid.  of  Claas  Willemsz,  both  1.  at  Sch. 

Oct.  29.  Capt.  Benjamin  Phips,  wid',  1.  at  N.  A.,  and 
Hanna  Deen,  wid.,  1.  at  N.  Y. 

Oct.  29.  Jacob  Supplisoo,  y.  m.,  and  Eytje  Hendriksz, 
wid.  of  Dirk  Hesseling,  both  1.  at  Sch. 

Oct  29.  Johannes  Bleyker,  Jr.,  y.  m.,  and  Anna  Coster, 
y.  d.,  both  of  N.  A. 

Dec.  13.  Piere  Simon,  wid'  of  Ehsabeth  Du  Peis,  1.  at 
N.  Rochelle,  and  Marie  Everts,  wid.  of  Lucas  Jansz,  1.  at 
N.  A. 

Dec.  13.  Cornells  Claasz,  y.  m.,  and  Susanna  Ouwer- 
kerk,  y.  d.,  both  1.  at  N.  A. 

Dec.  20.  Huybert  Gerritsz,  y.  m.,  and  Maria  Lansing, 
y.  d.,  both  1.  here. 

1694,  Jan.  I.  David  Schuyler,  y.  m.,  and  Elsje  Rutgers 
y.  d.,  both  1.  at  N.  A. 

Jan.  17.  Abram  Jansz  Van  Alsteyn,y.  m.,  and  Marietje. 
Van  Deuse,  y.  d.,  both  1.  near  N.  A. 

*A  note  in  lead  pencil  in  the  original  says:  "This  should  be 
Gysbert  Gerritse  V.  B." 


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Apr.  II.  Johannes  Abeel,  y.  m.,  and  Catelina  Schuyler, 
y.  d.,  both  of  N.  A. 

July  12.  Jean  Kerr,  aged  31  years,  y.  m.,  of  London- 
derry, Ireland,  last  from  Southampton,  and  Elisabeth 
Claassen,  wid.  of  Jean  Harrits,  of  N.  A. 

Oct.  25.  Jacobus  Van  Dyk,  y.  m.,  and  Jacomyntje 
Glenn,  y.  d.,  both  1.  at  Sch. 

Nov.  I.  Hendrik  Rosenboom,  y.  m.,  and  Debora  Staats, 
y.  d.,  both  1.  at  N.  A. 

Nov.  4.  Willem  Van  Alen,  y.  m.,  and  Marietje  Van 
Petten,  y.  d.,  both  1.  at  N.  A. 

Nov.  4.  Gerrit  Luycasz  Wingaart,  y.  m.,  and  Sara  Har- 
mensz  Visscher,  y.  d.,  both  1.  at  N.  A. 

Nov.  25.  Johannes  Andriesz  Scherp,  y.  m.,  and  Geer- 
truy  Rees,  y.  d.,  both  1.  near  N.  A. 

Nov.  28.  Teunis  Dirksz,  y.  m.,  and  Catrina  Van  Petten, 
y.  d.,  both  1.  near  N.  A. 

Dec.  5.  Jan  Fondaal,  y.  m.,  and  Marritje  Lookerman, 
y.  d.,  bothl.  at  N.  A. 

1695,  Jan.  24.  Harbart  Jacobsz,  y.  m.,  and  Marritje 
Gerrits,  y.  d.,  both  1.  at  N.  A. 

March  14.  Jan  Teuwisz  Van  Deussen  and  Marietje  Mar- 
tensz,  y.  d.,  both  1.  near  N.  A. 

March  21.  Cornelis  Schermerhoom,  y.  m.,  and  Marritje 
Hendriksz,  y.  d.,  both  1.  near  N.  A. 

March  31.  David  Kitteluym,  y.  m.,  and  Johanna  Bratt, 
y.  d.,  both  1.  at  N.  A. 

Apr.  13.  Wilham  Haal,  y.  m.,  and  Tryntje  Claasen, 
wid.  of  Elias  Van  Gyseling,  both  1.  at  Sch. 

Apr.  25.  Johannes  Schuyler,  y.  m.,  and  Elisabeth 
Staats,  wid.  of  Johannes  Wendell,  both  1.  at  N.  A. 

Apr.  25.  Johannes  Lucasse  Wingaardt,  y.  m.,  and 
Susanna  Wendell,  y.  d.,  both  1.  at  N.  A. 

May  20.  Johannes  Ouwerkerk,  y.  m.,  and  Neeltje 
Claasz,  wid.  of  Hendrik  Gardenier,  both  1.  at  N.  A. 

July  2.  Wouter  Van  der  Zee,  y.  m.,  and  Jannetje  Swart, 
y.  d.,  both  1.  at  N.  A. 

July  17.  Cornelis  Van  Esch,  y.  m.,  and  Marietje  Van 
den  Bergh,  y.  d.,  both  1.  at  N.  A.' 

Aug.  16.  Daniel  Keteluym,  y.  m.,  1.  at  N.  A.,  and 
Debora  Vile,  y.  d.,  1.  at  Sch. 

Sept.  10.  Henri  Possi,  y.  m.,  b.  in  England  at  Boorton, 
and  Antje  Hogenboom,  y.  d.,  both  1.  at  N.  A. 

Sept.  10.  Jacob  Bastiaansz  De  Wit,  widr  of  Barbar  Gys- 
bertsz,  and  Saartje  Jansz,  wid.  of  Jan  Jacobsz  Gardenier. 

Nov.  21.  Jonathan  Deyer,  y.  m.,  from  Weels  [Wales] 
in  England,  and  Maria  Dirksz,  wid.  of  Harmannus  Hagen- 
doorn,  both  1.  at  Sch. 


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Dec.  5.  Hendrik  Rosenboom,  St.,  wid.  of  Gysbertje 
Lansing,  and  Trynte  Jansz,  wid.  of  Rut  Jacobsz,  both  1.  at 
N.  A. 

Dec.  II.  Jillis  Fondaa,  y.  m.,  and  Rachel  Winne,  y.  d., 
both  1.  at  N.  A. 

1696,  Feb.  5.  Teunis  Willemsz  Van  Slyk,  y.  m.,  and 
Jannetje  Hendriksz,  y.  d..  both  1.  here. 

Feb.  10.  ComeHs  Van  Slyk,  y.  m.,  of  Sch.,  and  Claartje 
Bratt,  y.  d.,  of  N.  A. 

Apr.  15.  Abram  Groot,  y.  m.,  and  Anna  Wimp,  wid.  of 
Sander  Glenn,  both  1.  at  Sch. 

Feb.  23.  Jonathan  Braathorst,  y.  m.,  from  Derington, 
Eng.,  and  Cathrine  Bensing,  wid.  of  Rainier  Schaats,  both 
1.  here. 

Apr.  24.  Jonas  Douw,  wid'  of  Magdalena  Quakelbosch, 
and  Catrina  Van  Witbeek,  wid.  of  Jacob  Sandersz  Glenn. 

May  3.  Isak  Ouderkerk,  y.  rn.,  and  Mayken  Van  Esch, 
y.  d.,  both  1.  here. 

May  17.  Melchert  Van  der  Poel,  Jr.,  y.  m.,  and  Caterina 
Van  Alen,  y.  d.,  both  1.  here. 

June  2.  Marten  Van  Benthuysen,  y.  m.,  and  Feitje 
Bosboom,  y.  d.,  both  1.  here. 

June  4.  Jean  Fein,  y.  m.,  from  Waterfort,  Ireland,  and 
Jopje  Claasz  Van  Slyk,  y.  d.,  from  N.  A. 

June  8.  Warner  Carstens,  y.  m.,  and  Anna  Pruyn,  y.  d., 
both  1.  here. 

June  II.  Daniel  Van  Olinde,  y.  m.,  and  Elisabeth 
Kreigier,  y.  d.,  both  1.  here. 

July  3.  Abraham  Staats,  y.  m.,  and  Elsje  Wendel,  y.  d., 
both  1.  here. 

July  24.  Daniel  Wilkenson,  y.  m.,  and  Anna  Bratt, 
both  1.  here. 

Aug.  21.  Jacob  Lookerman,  wid'  of  Tryntje  Claasen, 
and  Maria  De  Hooghes,  wid.  of  Hendrik  Bries,  both  1.  here. 

Sept.  4.  Teunis  Rappaille,  y.  m.,  from  the  Walebout, 
L.  I.,  and  Sara  Dirksz,  y.  d.,  from  N.  A. 

Sept.  27.  Gerrit  Ryksz,  y.  m.,  and  Barbar  Jansz,  y.  d., 
both  1.  here. 

Oct.  4.  Wouter  Quakkelbosch,  J.,  y.  m.,  and  Cornelia 
Bogaart,  y.  d.,  both  1.  here. 

Oct.  7.  Jacobus  Winne,  y.  m.,  and  Marritje  Bronk, 
y.  d.,  both  1.  here. 

Oct.  14.  Jan  Jansz  Van  Aarnem,  y.  m.,  and  Hester 
Fonda,  y.  d.,  both  1.  here. 

Dec.  14.  Pierre  Benoy,  y.  m.,  from  Rochelle,  and  Hen- 
drikje  Schoonhoven,  both  1.  here. 

1697,  Jan.  I.  Andries  Rees,  y.  m.,  and  Ariaantje  An- 
driesse  Scharp,  y.  d.,  both  1.  near  N.  A. 


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Jan.  7.  Jonatan  Jansz,  y.  m.,  and  Catelyntje  Martensz, 
y.  d.,  both  1.  near  N.  A. 

Jan.  13.  Adam  Vroman,  wid;  of  Grietje  Rykman,  1.  at 
Sch.,  and  Grietje  Takels,  y.  d.,  1.  at  N.  A. 

March  28.  Omi  De  la  Grange,  y.  m.,  and  Elsje  Van 
Loon,  y.  d.,  both  1.  at  N.  A. 

Apr.  18.  Daniel  Bratt,  y.  m.,  and  Elisabeth  Lansing, 
y.  d.,  both  1.  at  N.  A. 

May  2.  Ritchart  Hill,  y.  m.,  from  Sarry  in  O.  Eng.,  and 
Emmetje  Claasz,  wid.  of  Pieter  Bogi,  both  1.  here. 

May  4.  Patrik  Magrigari,  y.  m.,  from  Scotland,  and 
Zytje  Hooghteeling,  wid.  of  Frank  Marrits. 

May  23.  Willem  Jansz,  y.  m.,  and  Feytje  Dirksz,  y.  d., 
both  1.  in  N.  A.  county. 

May  23.  Abraham  Van  Deurse,  y.  m.,  and  Jacomyntje 
Van  Schoonhoven,  y.  d.,  both  1.  in  the  city  and  county 
of  A. 

June  24.  Andries  Douw,  y.  m.,  and  Elsje  Hansz,  y.  d., 
both  1.  here. 

July  3.  Johannes  Van  Alen,  y.  m.,  and  Sara  Dingman, 
y.  d.,  both  1.  at  Kinderhook. 

July  21.  Moses  De  Puis,  y.  m.,  from  Canada,  and  An- 
netje  Christiaansz,  y.  d.,  both  1.  here. 

Aug.  26.  Robbert  Levingston,  Jr.,  y.  m.,  and  Margareta 
Schuyler,  y.  d.,  both  1.  here. 

Sept.  2.  Lambert  Andriessen,  y.  m.,  from  L.  L,  and 
Lea  Harmensz,  y.  d.,  both  1.  here. 

Oct.  3.  Hendrik  Douw,  y.  m.,  and  Neeltje  Meynderts, 
wid.  of  Marten  G.  Van  Bergen,  both  1.  here. 

Nov.  I.  Jan  Evertsz,  y.  m.,  and  Martine  Simonsz,  y.  d., 
1.  here. 

Nov.  12.  Coenraadt  Borgaart,  y.  m.,  and  Geesje  Van 
Wye,  y.  d.,  both  1.  at  Kinderhook. 

Nov.  19.  Johannes  Simonsz,  y.  m.,  and  Susanna  Wimp, 
y.  d.,  both  1.  at  Sch. 

Dec.  8.  Ahasueros  Marselisz  and  Sara  Heemstraat,  both 
1.  here. 

1698,  Jan.  26.  Pieter  Hogenboom,  y.  m.,  and  Jannetje 
Muller,  y.  d.,  both  1.  here. 

Feb.  20.  Isak  Jansz  Van  Alstyn,  wid'  of  Maritje  Vos- 
burgh,  and  Jannetje  Jochums  Van  Valkenborg,  y.  d.,  both 
1.  at  Kinderhoek. 

Feb.  22.  Arent  Claasz  Van  Schaak,  y.  m.,  and  Maria 
Van  Loon,  y.  d.,  both  1.  here. 

March  16.  Daniel  Winnen,  y.  m.,  and  Dirkje  Van  Esch, 
y.  d.,  both  1.  here. 

Apr.  12.  Abram  Wendell,  y.  m.,  and  Mayken  Van  Esch, 
y.  d.,  both  1  here. 


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May  I.  John  Kidni,  y.  m.,  from  Barbados,  and  Marritje 
Roelofs,  y.  d.,  from  N.  A. 

July  24.  Mathys  Nak,  y.  m.,  and  Susanna  Lansing,  y.  d., 
both  1.  here. 

Aug.  6.  Folkert  Simonsz,  y.  m.,  and  Jannetje  Scher- 
merhoom,  y.  d.,  both  1.  at  Sch. 

Nov.  6.  Hendrik  Jansz  Van  Sasberry,  y.  m.,  and  Cor- 
neha  Claasz  Van  Schaak,  wid.  of  Hans  Jurriaansz,  both  1. 
at  Claverak. 

Nov.  12.  Bartholemy  Pikkart,  y.  m.,  from  Lesterchier 
in  O.  E.,  and  Eechje  Claasz,  y.  d.,  from  Sch. 

Nov.  17.  Gerrit  Hendriksz  Van  Wyen,  y.  m.,  and  Ag- 
nietje  Conyn,  y.  d.,  both  1.  here. 

Dec.  II.  Johannes  Glenn,  y.  m.,  and  Jannetje  Bleyker, 
y.  d.,  both  1.  here. 

Dec.  15.  Antoni  Coster,  y.  m.,  and  Elisabeth  Ten 
Broek,  y.  d.,  both  1.  at  N.  A. 

1699,  Jan.  18.  Adriaan  Quakkelbosch,  y.  m.,  and  Cat- 
rina  Van  Schayk,  y.  d.,  both  1.  at  N.  A. 

Feb.  17.  Dominicus  Van  Schaak,  y.  m.,  and  Rebecca 
Croesbeek,  both  1.  here. 

Feb.  22.  James  Parkar,  y.  m.,  and  Geertruy  Van  Ben- 
thuysen,  y.  d.,  both  1.  at  N.  A. 

March  15.  Manasse  Saksby,  y.  m.,  from  London,  and 
Pietertje  Jansz  Jonker,  y.  d.,  from  Sch.,  both  1.  there. 

March  15.  Benjamin  La  Noy,  y.  m.,  from  Picardie,  and 
Feitje  Jansz  Jonker,  y.  d.,  from  Sch.,  both  1.  there. 

March  19.  Johannes  Van  Vegten,  y.  m.,  and  Maria 
Bogardus,  y.  d.,  both  1.  here. 

June  18.  Barent  Vroman,  y.  m.,  b.  in  Albany  Co.,  1.  at 
Sell.,  and  Tryntje  Taakels  Hemstraat,  y.  d.,  b.  and  1.  at  A. 
Marr.  in  Sch.  by  Joh.  Sandsen  Glen,  Justice. 

June  20.  Levinus  Winne,  wid'  of  Teuntje  Martens,  and 
Willemje  Viele,  wid.  of  Symon  Schermerhoom,  both  1.  here. 
Marr.  in  A.  by  Joh.  Schuyler,  Justice. 

July  9.  Abraam  Groot,  wid',  1.  at  Sch.,  and  Hester 
Hermanse  Visscher,  y.  d.,  1.  here.  Marr.  at  Sch.  by  Joh. 
Sandsen  Glen,  Justice. 

July  16.  Jilles  Van  Vorst,  y.  m.,  1.  here,  and  Elisabeth 
Van  Eps,  wid.  of  Teunis  Viele,  1.  at  Sch.  Marr.  at  Sch.  by 
Joh.  Sanderse  Glen,  Justice. 

July  16.  Stephanus  Groesbeek,  y.  m.,  and  Elisabeth 
Lancing,  y.  d.,  both  b.  and  1.  here.  Marr.  in  A.  by  Peter 
Schuyler,  Justice. 

July  26.  Claes  Siversen,  y.  m.,  b.  in  Denmark,  1.  at  A., 
and  Annetje  Van  Putten,  y.  d.,  b.  and  1.  at  A.  Marr.  at 
A.  by  Dirck  Wesselse  and  Albert  Ryckman,  Justices. 

Aug.  13.     Jan  Fyn,  wid'  of  Jobje  Van  Schaak,  and  Alida 


{M 


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Gardenier,  y.  d.  Marr.  by  Pieter  Vosburg,  Justice,  at 
Kinderhoek. 

Sept.  I.  Sam  Docksje,  y.  m.,  b.  on  L.  I.,  1.  in  Colony 
Rensselaarswyck,  and  Barber  Janss,  y.  d.,  b.  and  1.  at  A. 
Marr.  by  Gerrit  Teunissen,  Justice,  in  Col.  R. 

Sept.  17.  Thomas  Millington,  y.  m.,  b.  in  O.  E.,  and 
Tryntje  Wendels,  b.  at  A.,  both  1.  here.  Marr.  at  A.  by 
Pieter  Schuyler,  Justice. 

Sept.  7.  Reynier  Meynertsen,  y.  m.,  and  Sara  Brat, 
y.  d.,  both  b.  and  1.  at  A. 

Sept.  17.  Maas  Hendricksen  Van  Buuren,  y.  m.,  and 
Ariaantje  Van  Weye,  y.  d.,  both  b.  and  1.  in  R.  Marr.  in 
A.  by  Jan  Vinhagen,  Justice. 

Nov.  10.  Salomon  Van  Vegten,  y.  m.,  and  Alida  Vonda, 
y.  d.,  both  b.  and  1.  in  the  Col.  R.  Marr.  by  Dirrick  Wes- 
selse  and  Albert  Ryckman,  Justices. 

Nov.  13.  Richard  Janssen,  y.  m.,  b.  in  Col.  R.,  and 
Tryntje  Hoogteeling,  y.  d.,  b.  in  A.  Co.,  both  1.  in  A.  Co. 
Marr.  in  the  Colony  by  Gerrit  Teunissen,  Justice. 

Nov.  26.  Eduwart  Carbert,  y.  m.,  b.  in  E.,  and  Maria 
Post,  wid.  of  Jan  Brat,  b.  in  Brazil,  both  1.  at  A.  Marr.  in 
A.  by  Dirrick  Wesselse  and  Albert  Ryckman,  Justices. 

Dec.  19.  Laurens  Van  Schaak,  y.  m..  b.  and  1.  at  Kin- 
derhook,  and  Jannetje  Oothout,  y.  d.,  b.  and  1.  at  A.  Marr. 
in  A.  by  Albert  Rykman,  Justice  of  the  Peace. 

Dec.  10.  Goossen  Van  Schayk,  y.  m.,  and  Catharina 
Staats,  y.  d.,  both  b.  and  1.  at  A.  Marr.  in  A.  by  Peter 
Schuyler,  Justice  of  the  Peace. 

Dec.  17.  Johannes  Claasse  Groesbeek,  y.  m.,  and  Geer- 
truy  Quakkenbosch,  y.  d.,  both  b.  and  1.  in  A.  Co.  Marr. 
in  A.  by  Pieter  Schuyler,  Justice  of  the  Peace. 


Baptismal  Record  of  Albany,  begun  in  the  year 

1683. 

[For  list  of  abbreviations,  see  page  fronting  index.] 

1683 

Aug.  5.  Nicolaes  and  Johannes,  twins,  children  of  Gys- 
bert  Marselis.  Witnesses:  the  father,  Nicolaes  Jacobsz, 
Marcelis  Jansz.  Presented  for  baptism  by  Cathryn  Claasz 
and  Huybertje  Marselis. 

Aug.  12.  Wouter,  of  Gerrit  Lansing.  Wit.:  Evert 
Wendell.     By  Elizabeth  Wendell. 

Aug.  19.  Jannetje,  of  Gabriel  Tomesz  Stridles.  Wit.: 
father,  Richart  Pritty.     By  Jannetje  Martensz. 


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Aug.  26.  Catelyntje,  of  Jacob  Korenbeurs.  Wit.: 
Jacob  Jansz  Koorenbeurs,  Dirk  W.  Ten  Broek.  By  Eliza- 
beth Henderiksz. 

Marretje,  of  Albert  Rykman.  Wit.:  father,  Pieter  Schuy- 
ler.    By  Maria  Van  Esch. 

Sept.  9.  Arien,  of  Gerrit  Arisz.  Wit.:  Comelis  Teu- 
nisz,  Jan  Verbeek.     By  Lysbeth  Van  der  Linden. 

Leendert,  of  Phlip  Leendertsz.  Wit. :  Leendert  Phlipsz, 
Johannes  Jansz.     By  Jannetje  Martensz. 

Sept.  16.  Cornehs,  of  Jan  Van  der  Hoeve.  Wit.:  the 
father,  Jurriaan  Caillardt.     By  Geertruy  Comelisz. 

Sept.  19.  Leendert,  of  Harmen  Gansevoort.  Wit.: 
Leendert  PhHpsz.     By  Annetje  Leendertsz. 

Sept.  23.  Annetje,  of  Jan  Salomonsz.  Wit.:  the 
father,  Salomon  Frederiksz.     By  Anna  Van  Renselaar. 

Isaac,  of  Johannes  Provoost.  Wit. :  the  father,  Johan- 
nes Wendell.     By  Annetje  Staats. 

Sept.  28.  Robbert,  of  Evert  Wendell.  Wit. :  the  father, 
Johannes  Wendell.     By  Elsje  Barents. 

Frans,  of  Frans  Jansz  Pruyn.     By  Bata  Slegtenhorst. 

Comelis,  of  Jacob  Corn  Voss.  Wit.:  Albert  Rykman. 
By  Jannetje  Comelis. 

Oct.  7.  Catarina,  of  Johannes  Roos.  Wit.:  Melchert 
Wynandsz,  Gerrit  Roos.     By  Tryntje  Arensz. 

Oct.  14.  Wynand,  of  Melchert  Wynandsz  Van  der  Poel. 
Wit.:  the  father,  Gerrit  Wynandsz  Van  der  Poel.  By 
Catryn  W.  Van  der  Berch. 

Barent,  of  Gerrit  Reyersz.  Wit. :  the  father.  By  Comeha 
Comelisz. 

Jacob,  of  Jacobus  Turk.     By  Catalyntje  Paulusz. 

Oct.  21.  Magdalena,  of  Abraham  Van  Trigt.  By 
Maria  Van  Esch. 

Oct.  28.  Barendine,  of  Gerrit  Hardenberch.  Wit. : 
father,  Jacob  Sandersz.     By  Styntje  Wessels. 

Oct.  31.  Antoine,of  Antoine  Lepinar.  By  Tryntje  Rutgers. 

Aalbert,  of  Jan  Van  Loon.  Wit. :  Zybrand  Van  Schayk. 
By  Tryntje  Melchertsz. 

Nov.  21.  Helena,  of  Jacob  Sandersz  Glen.  Wit.: 
father,  Robbert  Sandersz.     By  Jannetje  Dongues. 

Dec.  16.  Petrus,  of  Livinus  Winne.  Wit.:  Pieter 
Winne.     By  Mayken  Martensz. 

Dec.  23.  Wynand,  of  Johannes  Van  Sant.  Wit.:  father, 
Wynand  Gerritsz  Van  der  Poel. 

Dec.  25.  Pieter,  of  Comelis  Stephensz  Muller.  Wit.: 
Pieter  Lookerman,  Chiliaan  Van  Renselaar.  By  Anna 
Van  Renselaar. 

Dec.  30.  Bartholomeus,  of  Meuwis  Hogenboom.  Wit.: 
Chiliaan  Van  Renselaar.     By  Anna  Van  Renselaar. 


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Jan.  6.  Anna,  of  Caspar  Leendertsz.  Wit. :  Adam 
Winne.     By  Tanne  Winne. 

Jan.  13.  Johannes,  of  Hieronimus  Wendell.  Wit.: 
Evert  Wendell,  Bastiaan  Hannensz.  By  Geertruy  Har- 
mensz. 

Jan.  23.  Weintje,  of  Johannes  Kleyn.  Wit.:  Jan  Gil- 
bomsz.     By  Cornelia  Gilbornsz. 

Jan.  27.  Johannes,  of  Johannes  Beekman.  Wit.: 
father,  Hendrik  Beekman.     Pres.  by  Metje  Beekman. 

Feb.  3.  Philippina  Johanna,  of  Robbert  Levingston. 
Wit. :  father,  David  Schuyler,  Arent  Schuyler.  By  En- 
geltje  Schuyler. 

Johannes,  of  Jan  Albertsz  Bratt. 


By  Martje  Elbertsz. 


Feb.  6.  Cornelis,  of  Maas  Comelisz.  Wit.:  Albert 
Rykman.     By  Lysbeth  Gardenier. 

Feb.  13.  Rachel,  of  Pieter  Bogardus.  Wit.:  father, 
Dirk  W.  Ten  Broek.     By  Elsje  Ten  Broek. 

Feb.  20.  Hendericus,  of  Johannes  Byvang.  By  Mar- 
grietje  Bleyker. 

Feb.  24.  Richardt.  of  Dirk  Evertsz.  Wit. :  Richard 
Willemsz.     By  Lysbeth  Douwe. 

Thomas,  of  Harmen  Livesz.  Wit.:  Andries  Hansz.  By 
Dirkje  Thomasz. 

March  2.  Johannes,  of  Johannes  Wendell.  Wit.: 
father,  Jacob  Staats,  Johannes  Lansing.  By  Annetje  Staats. 

March  9.  Isaac,  of  Douwe  Jelisz.  Wit. :  Jacob  Salo- 
monsz.     By  Anna  Renselaar. 

March  23.  Jurriaan,  of  Symon  Schouten.  Wit.:  father, 
Johannes  Wendell.     By  Margriet  Schuyler. 

Apr.  I.  Susanna,  of  Phlip  De  Foreest.  Wit.:  father, 
Johannes  Wendell.     By  Elizabeth  Wendell. 

Apr.  6.  Brant,  of  Jacobus  Jansz.  Wit.:  father.  By 
Engeltje  Melchertsz. 

Apr.  13.  Nicolaes,  of  Jacob  Claesz  Egmont.  Wit.: 
father,  Lucas  Van  Hooghkerken.     By  Antje  Lucasz. 

Samson,  of  Samson  Bensing.  Wit. :  Robbert  Martensz. 
By  Weintje  Harmensz. 

Apr.  16.  Christoffel,  of  Joseph  Peth.  Wit.:  Jan  Kar- 
ten,  Christoffel  Cheef.     By  Anneken  Marselis. 

Apr,  20.  Alida,  of  Cornelis  Van  Dyk.  Wit. :  for  the 
father,  Godefridus  Dellius.  Dirk  W.  Ten  Brook.  By 
Isabella  Dellius. 

Apr.  23.  Andries,  of  Andries  Jansz.  Wit.:  Andries 
Jansz.     By  Dorethee  Folkersz. 

Apr.  27.  Christoffel,  of  Joseph  Jedts.  Wit.:  father, 
Jan  Karter.     By  Anneke  Marselis. 

May  7.  Martje,  of  Wouter  Quakelbosch.  Wit.:  father, 
Robbert  Sandersz.     By  Nelletje  Rykman. 


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May  lo.  Geertruy,  of  Johannes  Pietersz  Quakelbosch. 
Wit. :   father,  Reinier  Quakelbosch.     By  Martje  Pietersz. 

Barent,  of  Egbert  Anthonisz.  Wit. :  Barent  Bratt.  By 
Antje  Bratt. 

May  17.  Grietje,  of  Zacharias  Sickels.  Wit.:  Lambert 
Van  Valkenborg,  Robbert  Sickel.     By  Rachel  Lambertsz. 

Hester,  of  Bastiaan  Harmensz.  Wit. :  Tjerk  Harmensz. 
By  Ariaantje  Harmensz. 

June  3.  Nicolaes,  of  Jacob  Teunisz.  Wit.:  Jan  Tho- 
niasz,  Claas  Ripse  Van  Dam.     By  Maria  Claasz. 

June  21.  Jacob,  of  Isaac  Verplank.  Wit.:  father, 
Jacob  Ten  Eyk.     By  Ariaantje  Verplank. 

June  28.  Neeltje,  of  Thomas  Creeve.  Wit. :  Henderik 
Abelsz  Riddenhaas.     By  Jannetje  Laamme. 

July  6.  Dirk,  of  Com.  Scherluyn.  Wit. :  Johannes 
Scherluyn.     By  Hester  Tjerks. 

July  13.  Elsie,  of  Robbert  Sandersz.  Wit.:  father, 
Mvndert  Harmenszen  Van  den  Bogaard,  Arent  Schuyler. 
By  Elizabeth  Wendell. 

July  23.  Johannes,  of  Simon  Jacobsz  Schermerhoorn. 
Wit.:  father,  Jacob  Schermerhoorn,  Jan  Andriesz.  By 
Gerritje  Gertsz  Vyle. 

Aug.  10.  Margriet,  of  Jan  Andriesz  Douw.  Wit.: 
father,  Wilhelm  Appel,  Willem  Gysbertsz.  By  Anna  Van 
Renselaar. 

Aug.  24.  Johannes,  of  Barent  Jansz  Wimp.  Wit.: 
father,  Sweer  Teunisz.     B}^  Janneke  Martens. 

Aug.  31.  Lidia,  of  Adam  Winnen.  Wit.:  father, 
Marten  G.  Van  Berge. 

Sept.  7.  Teunis,  of  Esaias.  Wit.:  father,  Cornells 
Teunisz.     By  Anna  Maria  Comelisz. 

Sept.  10.     Andries,  of  Claes  Van  Petten.     Wit.:   father. 

Sept.  14.  Alida,  of  Jan  Cloet.  Wit.:  father,  Pieter  D. 
Schuyler.     By  Margareta  Schuyler. 

Sept.  21.  Abeltje,  of  Antoine  Lepinar.  By  Tryntje 
Rutten. 

Sept.  28.  Claartje,  of  Christoffel.  Wit. ;  Jacob  Vosburg. 
By  Eva  Vroman. 

Josyntje,  of  Adam  Dingman.  Wit. :  father.  By  Jaco- 
mina  Maasz. 

Thomas,  of  Gabriel  T.  Stridles.  Wit. :  father,  Cornells 
Teunisz.      By  Elizabet  Pritty. 

Oct.  5.  Philippus,  of  Pieter  Schuyler.  Wit. :  father,  Arent 
Schuyler,  Levinus  Van  Schayk.     By  Margaretha  Schuyler. 

Gosen,  of  Anthony  Van  Schayk.  Wit.:  father,  Sybrant 
Van  Schayk.     By  Anna  Van  Schayk. 

Oct.  15.  Anna,  of  Pierre  Villeroy.  Wit.:  father,  Jacob 
Lookerman.     By  Gysje  Van  der  Heyden. 


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Oct.  19.  Jannetje,  of  Lucas  Pietersz.  Wit.:  father, 
Maas  Comelisz.     By  Aaltje  Gardeniers. 

Jacob,  of  Isaac  Caspersz.  Wit. :  Henderik  Lansing.  By 
Lysbeth  Lansing. 

Marietje,  of  Jonas  Folkersz.  Wit. :  father,  Henderik 
Martensz.     By  Dorethe  Folkersz. 

Nov.  2.  Geertniy,  of  Johannes  Lansing.  Wit.:  father, 
Henderik  Lansing.     By  Gysbertje  Roos. 

Henderikje,  of  Jan  Van  Esch.  Wit. :  father,  Henderik 
Oothout.     By  Jannetje  Cobusz. 

Nov.  9.  Jochuni,  of  Willeni  Kitteluym.  Wit.:  father, 
Wouter  Van  den  Uythoft,  Henderik  Roosenboom.  By 
Annetje  Jochumsz. 

Dec.  3.     Saartje,  of  Jan  Spoor.     By  Jacomyntje  Maasz. 

Johannes,  of  Pieter  D.  Schuyler.  Wit.:  father.  Abra- 
ham Schuyler,  Willem  Claesz.     By  Maria  Schuyler. 

Dec.  7.  Jannetje,  of  Takel  Dirksz.  Wit.:  father,  Jan 
Com.  Vyselaar,  Jacob  Lookerman.  By  Tryntje  Looker- 
man. 

Dec.  28.  Rachel,  of  Matthys  Hooghteeling.  Wit. : 
father,  Henderik  Marselis.     By  Weinte  Dirksz. 

Tanne,  of  Caspar  Leendertsz.  Wit. :  father,  Phlip  Leen- 
dertsz.     By  Maria  Leendertsz. 

1685,  Jan.  I.  Jacobus,  of  Jacobus  Turk.  ByCatelyntje 
Paulusz. 

Jan.  4.  Gerrit,  of  Zybrant  Van  Schayk.  Wit.:  father, 
Johannis  Lansing,  Levinus  Van  Schayk.  By  Maria  Van 
Schayk. 

Grietje,  of  Gerrit  Lubbertsz.     By  Rebecca. 

Jan.  7.  Tryntje,  of  Jochum  Staats.  Wit.;  father, 
Levinus  Van  Schayk.     By  Rykje  Staats. 

Jan.  18.  Johannes,  of  Meindert  Harmensz  Van  den 
Bogaard.  Wit. :  father,  Jacob  Sandersz  Glenn,  Johannes 
Wendell.     By  Elsje  Sanders. 

Jan.  21.  Jannetje,  of  Roeloff  Gerritsz.  Wit.:  father, 
Jean  Villette.     By  Lysbeth  Jacobs. 

Jan.  25.  Josyntje,  of  Albert  Jacobsz  Gardenier.  Wit.: 
Jan  Salomonsz,  Jacob  Salomonsz.     By  Syntje  Adams. 

Feb.  I.  Marretje,  of  Marten  Jansz.  Wit.:  Jacob  Ten 
Eyk.     By  Ariaantje. 

Feb.  8.  Johannes,  of  Andries  Hansz.  Wit. :  Johannes 
Bekker.     By  Annetje  Teunisz  [?J,  Anna  Bekker  [':]. 

Feb.  15.  Maria,  of  Lucas  Gerritsz.  Wit.:  father.  By 
Magteltje  Jacobs. 

March  i.  Folkert,  of  Henderik  Jansz  Oothout.  Wit.: 
Johannes  Jansz  Oothout.     By  Dorothee  Folkertsz. 

Marten,  of  Cornelis  Van  der  Hoeven.  By  Susanna 
Barens. 


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March  8.  Magdalena,  of  Jacob  Cornelisz  Van  den  Bo- 
gaard.  Wit. :  father,  Wouter  Pietersz  Quakelbosch.  By 
Antje  Pietersz  Quakelbosch. 

Marretje,  of  Comehs  Gysbertsz.  Wit. :  Willem  Gys- 
bertsz.     By  Margriet  Gysbertsz. 

March  15.  Janneke,  of  Abraham  Jansz.  Wit.:  Jacob 
Jansz.     By  Lysbeth  Jacobsz. 

March  22.  Maria,  of  Evert  Wendell.  Wit.:  father, 
Jeronimus  Wendell.     By  Marretje  Wendell. 

Ulderik,  of  Gerrit  Claesz.  Wit.:  Jan  Vinhagel.  By 
Barentje  Schaats. 

Abraham,  of  Johannes  De  Wandelaar.  Wit.:  father, 
Albert  Rykman.     By  Sara  Cuyler. 

Apr.  17.  Johannes,  of  Jacob  Martensz.  By  Barentje 
Schaats. 

Apr.  19.  Dirk,  of  Phlip  Leendertsz.  Wit.:  Michiel 
Dirksz.     By  Neeltje  Dirks. 

Heyltje,  of  Broer  Jansz.  Wit. :  Jeames  Parkar.  By 
Maria  Parkar. 

Apr.  26.  A  ch.  of  Wessel  Ten  Broek.  Wit.:  father. 
Dirk  W.  Ten  Broek,  Jacob  Lookerman.  By  Tryntje  Look- 
erman. 

Mayken,  of  Jacob  Ten  Eyk.  Wit. :  Johannes  Roos.  By 
Ariaantje  Gardenier. 

May  3.  Anna,  of  Antoine  Barroa.  Wit. :  father,  Albert 
Rykman.     By  Jannetje  Crygier. 

Magdalena,  of  Melchert  Abrahamsz  Van  Deursz.  Wit. : 
father,  Gvsbert  Cornelisz,  Marten  Cornelisz.  By  Caatje 
H.  Oothout. 

May  10.  Johannes,  of  Antoni  Van  Slingerland.  Wit.: 
Douw  Jelisz,  Johannes  Appel.     By  Maria  Jansz. 

May  13.  Magdalena,  of  Albert  Rykrnan.  Wit. :  father, 
Henderik  Beekman,  Jacob  Cornelisz.  By  Lysbeth  Quakel- 
bosch. 

May  17.  Gelyn,  of  Melckert  Wynandsz  Van  der  Poel. 
Wit. :    father,  Pieter  D.  Schuyler.     By  Tryntje  Schuyler. 

May  24.  Maria,  of  Jan  Gilbert.  Wit. :  father,  Evert 
Wendell.     By  Lysbet  Wendell. 

June  3.  Ephraim,  of  Johannes  Wendell.  Wit.:  father, 
Godefridus  Dellius,  Phlip  Wendell.     By  Lysbet  Wendell. 

July  3.  Alida,  of  Henderik  Lansing.  Wit.:  father, 
Wouter  Van  den  Uythoff,  Johannes  Rosenboom.  By 
Hilletje  Kitteluym. 

Julys.  Marretje,  of  Gysbert  Cornelisz.  Wit.:  Marten 
Jansz.     By  Tryntje  Lookerman. 

July  12.  Willem,  of  Willem  Gysbertsze.  Wit.:  Cor- 
nells Gysbertsz,  Johannes  Van  Sandt.  By  Margriet  Wy- 
nandsz. 


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July  26.  Marten,  of  Livinus  Winne.  Wit.:  Marten 
Cornelisz,  Kiliaan  Winnen.     By  Tanne  Winne. 

July  29.  Jochum,  ot  Andries  Hansen.  Wit.:  Lambert 
Van  Valkenborgh.     By  Anna  Sachariasz. 

Aug.  2.  Ariaantje,  of  Willem  Abrahamsz.  Wit.:  Jan 
Verbeek,  Jacob  Meesz.     By  Catelyntje  Jacobsz. 

Aug.  12.  Jacobus,  of  Johannes  Beekman.  Wit. :  father, 
Myndert  H.  Van  den  Bogaard.     By  Antje  Beekman. 

Aug.  16.  Leendert,  of  Johannes  Jansz.  Wit.:  Hen- 
derik  Jansz.     By  Maria  Gansevoort. 

Aug.  26.  Lysbeth,  of  Jan  Salomonsz.  Wit.:  Gerrit 
Van  Esch.     By  Anneken  Adams. 

Sept.  16.  Cornells,  of  Willem  Rees.  Wit.:  Phlip  Leen- 
dertsz.     By  Agnietje  Henderiksz. 

Abigael,  of  Cornells  Swarts.  Wit. :  Melchert  Wynandsz. 
By  Geertruy  Schuyler. 

Sept.  20.  Willem,  of  Pieter  Willemsz.  Wit.:  Willem 
Neefje.     By  Barentje  Neefje. 

Sept.  27.  Margareta,  of  Arent  Schuyler.  Wit.:  An- 
dries Teller.     By  Margareta  Schuyler. 

Oct.  4.  Margriet,  of  Hieronimus  Hansz.  Wit.:  father, 
Wouter  Aartsz. 

Oct.  14.  Jan,  of  Reyer  Jacobsz  Schermerhoom.  Wit.: 
Jacob  Schermerhoom,  Meyndert  H.  Van  den  Bogaardt. 
By  Helena  Van  den  Bogaardt. 

Oct.  i8.  Christina,  of  Adam  Vrooman.  Wit.:  Robbert 
Sandersz.     By  Maria  Sanders. 

Oct.  21.  Cateline,  of  Willem  Groesbeek.  Wit.:  father, 
David  Schuyler,  Pieter  D.  Schuyler.     By  Cateline  Schuyler. 

Oct.  25.  Jeane,  of  Godefridus  Dellius.  Wit.:  Robert 
Levingston,  Levinus  Van  Schayk.     By  Engeltje  Schuyler. 

Oct.  28.  Cornells,  of  Stephen  Mulder.  Wit.:  Gerrit 
Van  Esch.     By  Maria  Van  Esch. 

Nov.  I.  Johannes,  of  Jan  Buys.  Wit.:  father,  Symon 
De  Groot.     By  Lysbeth  Wendell'. 

Nov.  II.  Neeltje,  of  Christiaan  Christiaansz.  Wit.: 
Jan  Vinhagel.     By  Geertruy  Scherluyn. 

Nov.  15.  Sander,  of  Jacobus  Sandersz  Glenn,  deceased. 
Wit. :  Sander  Glen,  Andries  Jansz.  By  Elizabeth  Van 
Trigh. 

Mariken,  of  Johannes  Bekker.  Wit. :  father,  Willem 
Keteluyn.     By  Martina  Bekker. 

Nov.  22.  Marie,  of  Jan  Harris.  Wit.:  Robbert  San- 
dersz.    By  Gerritje  Vile. 

Nov.  29.  Anna,  of  Johannes  Cuyler.  Wit.:  father, 
Henderik  Cuyler,  Dirk  W.  Ten  Broek.     By  Anna  Cuyler. 

Olivier  Stephen,  of  Andries  Teller.  Wit. :  father,  Willem 
Teller,  Arent  Schuyler.     By  Maria  Van  Renselaar. 


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Dec.  6.  Anneken,  of  Gerrit  Gysbertsz.  Wit. :  Pieter 
Schuyler.     By  Engeltje  Schuyler. 

Dec.  9.  Livertje  and  Claas,  twins,  of  Reinier  Quakel- 
bosch.  Wit. ;  Jacob  Vos.  By  Nelletje  Rykman  and 
Janneke  Albertsz. 

Dec.  13.  RoelofT  (bo.  after  his  father's  death),  of  Roelof 
Kersten.  Wit.:  Cornells  Gysbertsz.    By  Anna  Van  Scliayk. 

Dec.  20.  Jan,  of  Maas  Cornelisz.  Wit. :  father,  jan 
Gauw.     By  Ariaentje  Lucasz. 

Dec.  27.  Jacob  (bo.  after  his  father's  death),  of  Jacob 
Claesz.  Wit. :  Jacob  Schermerhoom.  By  Magtelt  Beek- 
man. 

Jacob,  of  Jacob  Schermerhoom,  Jr.  Wit. :  father,  Jacob 
Schermerhoom,  Henderik  Cornelisz.  By  Helena  Van  den 
Bogaard. 

Marretje,  of  Lambert  Jansz.  Wit. :  Jan  Martensz.  By 
Marritje  Wendell. 

1686,  Jan.  I.  Robbert,  of  Samson  Bensing.  Wit.: 
Mathys  Jansz.     By  Cornelia  Martensz. 

Laurens,  of  Harme  Jansz  Van  Bommel.  Wit. :  Antoni 
Van  Schayk.     By  Marietje  Van  Schayk. 

Jan.  10.  Marie,  of  Piere  Bogy.  Wit.:  father,  Tam 
Greeve.     By  Emmetje  Greeve. 

Andries  and  Pieter,  twins,  of  Jan  Albertsz  Bratt.  Wit. : 
Antoni  Bratt.     By  Annetje  Bratt  and  Antje  Cross. 

Anna,  of  Jan  Redly.  Wit. :  Jochum  Lambertsz.  By 
Marretje  Zachariasz. 

Jan.  20.  Feytje,  of  Jacob  Van  der  Slyk.  By  Sara 
Cuyler. 

Rachel,  of  Jan  Van  Rotterdam.  Wit.:  Henderik  Cuy- 
ler.    By  Anna  Bakker. 

Pieter,  of  Jan  Pietersz.  Wit. :  Abraham  Van  Trigt.  By 
Lysbeth  Van  Trigt. 

Jan.  24.     Sander,  of  Phlip  Phlipsz.     By  Catryn  Sanders. 

Gerretje,  of  Benoni  Arentsz.  Wit. :  Jacob  Meesz  Vroo- 
man.     By  Aartje  Arents. 

Jan.  27.  Johannes,  of  Jan  Mangels.  Wit.:  Johannes 
Lansing.     By  Geertruy  Lansing. 

Jan.  31.  Dirk,  of  Gabriel  Tomesz  Stridler.  Wit.:  Dirk 
Teunisz.     By  Anneke  Cornelisz. 

Feb.  3.  Lysbeth,  of  Dirk  Arents  Bratt.  Wit.:  Evert 
Banker.     By  Elizabeth  Banker. 

Evert,  of  Dirk  Evertsz.  Wit.:  Gerrit  Arentsz.  By 
Barentje  Schaats. 

Eva,  of  Dirk  Bensing.  Wit.:  Leendert  Phlipsz.  By 
Lysbeth  Harris. 

Eeb.  10.  Gerrit,  of  Gysbert  Marselis.  Wit.:  father, 
Gerrit  Marselis.     By  Rebecca  Claasz. 


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Feb.  21.  Antje,  of  Jan  Bronk.  Wit.:  father.  By 
Agnietje  Phlipsz. 

March  7.  Susanna,  of  Henderik  Beekman.  Wit.: 
father,  Albert  Rykman.     By  Nelletje  Rykman. 

Gosen,  of  Gerrit  Reyersz.  Wit.:  father.  By  Anna  Van 
Schayk. 

March  10.  Henderik,  of  Henderik  Oothout.  Wit.: 
Henderik  Van  Esch.     By  Mayke  Oothout. 

March  17.  Gerrit,  of  Jan  Byvang.  Wit.:  Harme 
Rutgers.     By  Helena  Byvang. 

Jannetje,  of  Johannes  Van  Sant.  Wit. :  Gerrit  Wy- 
nandsz,  Abraham  Isaacksz.     By  Catarina  Van  Sant. 

Rebecca,  of  Douwe  Jelisz.     By  Aaltje  Everts. 

March  21.  Margriet,  of  Douwe  Aukens.  Wit.:  Aar- 
nout  Vile,  Symon  Schermerhoorn.  By  Willemje  Scher- 
merhoorn. 

March  28.  Benjamin,  of  Egbert  Teunisz.  Wit.:  Dirk 
Barentsz.     By  Anna  Teunisz. 

Apr.  2.  Lea  and  Rachel,  twins,  of  Anthoni  Bratt.  Wit. : 
Barent  Brat,  Egbert  Teunisz.  By  Susanna  Bratt  and 
Egbertje  Teunisz. 

Baatje,  of  Johannes  Klyn.     By  Willemje  Vile. 

Egbertje,  of  Harmen  Livisz.     By  Anna  Van  Schayk. 

Apr.  II.  Jacomyntje,  of  Elias  Van  Gyseling.  Wit.: 
father,  Myndert  Harmensz  Van  den  Bogaardt. 

Henderik,  of  Johannes  Bleyker.  Wit. :  Cornells  Van 
Dyk,  father.     By  Maria  Vinhagel. 

Barentje,  of  Frans  Pruym.     Bv  Antje  Pruym. 

Apr.  14.  Margriet,  of  Gosen  Van  Oort.  Wit.:  Symon 
Schermerhoorn.     By  Willemje  Schermerhoorn. 

Apr.  18.     Jan,  of  Symon  Schouten.     Wit.:  Jan  Cloet. 
By  Maria  Teunisz. 

Apr.  25.  Margriet,  of  Samuel  Arentsz  Bratt.  Wit.: 
father,  Albert  Rykman.     By  Helena  Van  de  Bogaardt. 

Apr.  28.  Catelyntje,  of  Henderik  Lambertsz.  Wit.: 
Henderik  Roosenboom.     By  Willemje  Schermerhoorn. 

Isaac,  of  Omi  De  la  Grange.     By  Tryntje  Rutte. 

May  4.     Johannes,  of  Tam  Creeve.     By  Catryn  Jacobsz. 

May  9.  Lysbeth,  of  Claas  Laurentsz.  Wit.:  Jan  Ver- 
beek,  Jacob  Meesz  Vrooman.     By  Barentje  Schaats. 

Johannes,  of  Jan  Cornelisz  Van  der  Hoeven.  Wit. : 
Jonge  Jan.     By  Maria  Jansz. 

May  23.  Pieter,  of  Jacob  Vosburg.  Wit.:  Lucas  Pie- 
tersz  Coeyman,  father.     By  Marretje  Martensz. 

Willem,  of  Isaak  Tjerks.  Wit.:  Johannes  Wendell.  By 
Elsje  Lansing. 

Marie,  of  Piere  Vileroy.  Wit. :  Albert  Rykman.  By 
Cornelia  Van  der  Heyde. 


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May  30.  Helena,  of  Abraham  Van  Trig^.  Wit. :  father, 
Arent  Schuyler.     By  Jenneken  Schuyler. 

June  20.  Neeltje,  of  Carel  Hansz.  Wit. :  Jacob  Scher- 
merhoorn.     By  Geertruy  Rinkhout. 

Rachel,  of  Harmen  Gansevoort.  Wit.:  Caspar  Leen- 
dertsz.     By  Aaltje  Winne. 

July  2.  Comelis  and  Michiel,  twins,  of  Christoffel 
Crussy.     Wit. :   Mathys  Hooghteeling. 

July  4.  Isaac,  of  Jochum  Van  Valkenborg.  Wit. : 
Jacob  Vosburg.     By  Anna  Jans. 

July  14.  Ludovicus,  of  Jacobus  Peek.  Wit.:  father, 
Ludovicus  Cobes.     By  Catarina  Van  Dam. 

July  25.  Philippus,  of  Robbert  Levingston.  Wit.: 
David  Schuyler,  Phlip  Schuyler.  By  Cornelia  Schuy- 
ler. 

Metje,  of  Phlip  Foreest.  Wit. :  Jesse  Kip.  By  Ariaantje 
Jeremiasz. 

Aug.  15.  Grietje,  of  Gerrit  Lubbertsz.  By  Rebecca 
Hieronimus. 

Hester,  of  Cornells  Van  Scherluyn.  Wit. :  Tjerk  Har- 
mensz.     By  Ariaantje  Harmensz. 

Aug.  18.  Henderik,  of  Henderik  Jacobsz.  Wit.:  Cor- 
nells Van  der  Berg.     By  Cornelia  Roos. 

Jan,  of  Henderik  Gerritsz.     By  Catelyn  Van  Elslandt. 

Aug.  22.  Elizabeth,  of  Cornells  Van  Dyk.  Wit.:  father, 
Johannes  Bleyker.     By  Elizabeth  Wendell. 

Sept.  12.  Frederik,  of  Salomon  Frederiksz.  Wit.: 
father,  Barent  Salomonsz,  Jacob  Salomonsz.  By  Susanna 
Salomonsz. 

Anna,  of  Pieter  Schuyler.  Wit. :  father,  David  Schuy- 
ler, Robbert  Levingston.     By  Margareta  Van  Schayk. 

Sept.  19.  Johanna,  of  Marten  Krygier.  Wit.:  Robbert 
Levingston.     By  Anna  Van  Renselaar. 

Hester,  of  Hieronimus  Wendell.  Wit. :  father.  Evert 
Wendell.     By  Ehzabeth  Wendell. 

Dirkje,  of  Isaac  Verplank.  Wit. :  David  Schuvler.  By 
Geertje  Ten  Eyk. 

Oct.  10.  Catelina,  of  Pieter  D.  Schuyler.  Wit.:  father, 
David  Schuyler.     By  Margareta  Schuyler. 

Johannes,  of  Hans  Jurriaanse.  Wit. :  Jan  Verbeek.  By 
Anne  Marie. 

Maria,  of  Bastiaan  Harmensz.  Wit. :  Cornells  Scher- 
luyn.    By  Marretje  Harmensz. 

Johannes,  of  Jan  Andriesz  Douw.  Wit. :  Johannes 
Appel.     By  Annetje  Appels. 

Oct.  24.     Gerrit,  of  Jacob  Jansz.     By  Aaltje  Jacobsz. 

Oct.  27.  Tobias,  of  Albert  Rykman.  Wit.:  Godefridus 
Dellius.     Bv  Isabella  Dellius. 


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Nov.  7.  Aamout,  of  Symon  Jacobsz  Schermerhoom. 
Wit.:  father,  Myndert  H.  Van  den  Bogaardt.  By  Helena 
Van  den  Bogaardt. 

Johannes,  of  Jan  Van  Esch.  Wit. :  Symon  Van  Esch. 
By  Antje  Van  Esch. 

,  of  Laurens  Van  Alen.     Wit. :  Isaac  Verplank.     By 

Sara  De  Wandelaar. 

Frans,  of  Henderik  Franse  Clauw.  Wit. :  Frans  Pie- 
tersz  Clauw,  Jan  Cornelisz  Van  der  Hoeven.  By  Neeltje 
Van  der  Hoeve. 

Nov.  14.  Jan,  of  Symon  Jansz.  Wit.:  Wouter  Quakel- 
bosch.     By  Rebecca  Douw. 

Johanna,  of  Joseph .     Wit.:   Gysbert  Marselis.     By 

Zytje  Marselis. 

Nov.  21.  Manasse  and  Ephraim,  twins,  of  Dirk  W.  Ten 
Broek.  Wit. :  father,  Wessel  Ten  Broek,  Albert  Rykman. 
By  Catarina  Ten  Broek  and  Catalina  Ten  Broek. 

Lucas,  of  Lucas  Gerritsz.  Wit.:  father.  By  Lysbeth 
Lansing. 

Nov.  24.  Rachel,  of  Adam  Winne.  Wit. :  Kiliaan 
Winne.     Bv  Lyntje  Winne. 

Dec.  5.  'Dirk,  of  Wessel  Ten  Broek.  Wit.:  father, 
Pieter  Lookerman,  Marten  Cornelisz. 

Dec.  15.  Cornells,  of  Meyndert  H.  Van  den  Bogaardt. 
Wit. :   father,  Henderik  Cuyler.     By  Elizabeth  Banker. 

Dec.  25.  Lysbeth,  of  Henricus  Greefraad.  Wit. :  father, 
Robbert  Sanders.     By  Elsje  Sanders. 

1687,  Jan.  12.  Catarina,  of  Roelof  Gerritsz.  Wit.: 
father,  Jacob  Jacobsz  Van  Oostrant.    By  Catryn  Harmensz. 

Jan.  16.  Gerrit,  of  Adam  Dingman.  Wit.:  Teunis 
Cool,  father.     By  Marretje  Teunisz. 

Lucas,  of  Andries  Jansz.  Wit. :  Melchior  Abrahamsz. 
By  Caatje  Folkersz. 

Folkert,  of  Jonas  Folkensz.  Wit. :  Henderik  Oothout. 
By  Lysbet  Pietersz. 

Maria,  of  Jacob  Martensz.     By  Marie  Slingerlandt. 

Jan.  23.  Isaac,  of  Johannes  Wendell.  Wit.:  father, 
Pieter  Schuyler,  Abraham  Staats.     By  Elsje  Lansing. 

Feb.  6.  Agnietje,  of  Phlip  Leendertsz  Wit.:  Gabriel 
Tomesz.     By  Maria  Leendertsz. 

Feb.  13.  Magtelt,  of  Jan  Quakelbosch.  Wit.:  father, 
Myndert  H.  Van  den  Bogaardt.     By  Folkje  Pietersz. 

Helena,  of  Jan  Floddersz.  Wit. :  Jacob  Abrahamsz, 
Maas  Cornelisz.     By  Neeltje  Martensz. 

Feb.  23.  Elsje,  of  Evert  Wendell.  Wit.:  father,  Hen- 
derik Greefraadt.     By  Ariaantje  Wendell. 

Anneke,  of  Lucas  Lucasz.  Wit. :  Jan  Henderiksz.  By 
Anneke  Lucasz. 


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March  9.  Jacobus,  of  Melchert  Wynandsz.  Wit. :  Abra- 
ham Schuyler,  father. 

March  16.  Ehzabeth,  of  Jan  Cloet.  Wit.:  father, 
Frederik  Cloet.     By  Gysberte  Roosenboom. 

March  20.  Leendert,  of  Caspar  Leendertsz  Conyn. 
Wit. :  Leendert  Phlipse  Conyn,  Kiliaan  Winne.  By  Tanne 
Winne. 

March  27.  Lysbeth,  of  Albert  Jacobsz.  Wit.:  Johannes 
Roos,  Lambert  Jansz.     By  Ariaantje  Jacobsz. 

Apr.  3.  Sara,  of  Johannes  De  Wandelaar.  Wit.: 
father,  Godefridus  Dellius,  Abraham  Cuyler.  By  Isabella 
Dellius. 

Apr.  10.  Agniet,  of  Comelis  Tomesz.  Wit.:  Johannes 
Tomesz.     By  Metje  Martensz. 

Apr.  17.  Salomon,  of  Jan  Salomonsz.  Wit.:  father, 
Adam  Winne.     By  Marietje  Van  Esch. 

Geertruy,  of  Claas  Van  Petten.  Wit. :  father,  Jacob 
Staats.     By  Antje  Staats. 

Rutgert,  of  Jacob  Tomisz.  Wit. :  Rutger  Tomisz.  By 
Geertruy  Schuyler. 

Apr.  24.  Jan,  of  Andries  Jansz.  Wit. :  father,  Andries 
Jansz,  Wouter  Van  den  Uythoff.     By  Aaltje  Jansz. 

Marietje,  of  Isaac  Casparsz.  Wit. :  Henderik  Lansing. 
By  Lysbet  Violet. 

May  I.  Jacobus,  of  Jan  Tysz.  Wit.:  father,  Pieter 
Schuyler.     By  Engeltje  Schuyler. 

Johanna,  of  Benoni  Van  Corlar.  Wit.:  father,  Teunis 
Com.  Van  der  Poel,  Adriaan  Gerritsz  Papendorp.  By 
Jannetje  Van  Papendorp. 

May  5.  Susanna,  of  Cornelis  Van  der  Hoeve.  Wit.: 
Johannes  Beekman.     By  Dorethee  Jansz. 

Barent,  of  Antoni  Bratt.  Wit. :  Teunis  Teunisz,  Egbert 
Teunisz.     By  Martina  Teunisse. 

May  8.  Lea,  of  Zacharias  Sikkels.  Wit. :  Lambert  Van 
Valkenborg,  Abraham  Isaaksz.     By  Folkje  Pietersz. 

May  16.  Johannes,  of  Jacobus  Turk.  Wit.:  father, 
Paulus  Martensz.     By  Elsje  Sandersz. 

Willem,  of  Willem  Gysbertsz.  Wit.:  Gerrit  Wynandsz 
By  Catarina  Van  Santen. 

May  22.  Engeltje,  of  Melchert  Abrahamsz.  Wit.: 
father,  Pieter  Tomesz,  Jonas  Folkersz. 

Jan,  of  Abraham  Jansz.  Wit.:  father,  Jean  Violette. 
By  Rebecca  Douwe. 

July  10.  Henderik,  of  Pieter  Barendsz  Cool.  Wit.: 
Adam  Dingman,  Teunis  Barendsz  Cool.  By  Aaltje  Ding- 
man. 

July  17.  Magdalena,  of  Michiel  Cailljer.  Wit.:  Gabriel 
T.  Stridles.     Bv  Cornelia  Cailher. 


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July  24.  Stonn,  of  Willem  Kitteluym.  Wit.:  Hen- 
derik  Lansing.     By  Anna  Van  der  Zee. 

Aug.  7.  Jan,  of  Mattys  Jansz  Goes.  Wit.:  father,  Jan 
Tysz  Goes.     By  Styntje  Goes. 

Nicolaes,  of  Nicolaas  Laurentsz.  Wit. :  Laurens  Van 
Alen.     By  Sophia  Van  Wykersloot. 

Aug.  14.  Ephraim,  of  Pieter  Bogardus.  By  Antje 
Staats. 

Antoni,  of  Antoni  Brockholt.  Wit.:  Arent  Schuyler. 
By  Maria  Teller. 

Aug.  28.  Agniet,  of  Dirk  Van  der  Heyden.  Wit.:  Wil- 
lem Keteluym,  Peter  D.  Schuyler.  By  Anna  Van  der 
Heyden. 

Sept.  4.  Johannes,  of  Johannes  Lansing.  Wit. :  father, 
Levinus  Van  Schayk.     By  Margriet  Van  Schayk. 

Sept.  II.  Gerritje,  of  Antoni  Van  Schayk.  Wit.: 
Adriaan  G.  Papendorp,  Pieter  Schuyler.  By  Geertje 
Lansing. 

Daniel,  of  Libarte.  Wit. :  Jean  Rogier.  By  Lysbeth 
Rogier. 

Bata,  of  Livinus  Winne.  Wit. :  Jacob  Salomonsz.  By 
Anna  Lookerman. 

Philippus,  of  Arent  Schuvler.  Wit. :  Pieter  Schuyler. 
By  Maria  Teller. 

Barent,  of  Jan  Bratt.  Wit.:  Barent  Albertsz  Bratt, 
Egbert  Teunisz.     By  Susanna  Jansz. 

Sept.  18.  Jacob,  of  Jacob  Van  den  Bogaard.  Wit.: 
father,  Isaak  Verplanck.     Bv  Marreti'e  Hendriksz. 

Sept.  25.  Nathaniel,  of  Frerik  Ellis.  By  Tryntje  Mel- 
chertsz. 

Susanna,  of  Johannes  Beekman.  Wit.:  father,  Symon 
Schermerhoorn.     By  Helena  Van  den  Bogaard. 

Christina,  of  Johannes  Cuyler.  Wit. :  father,  Abraham 
Cuyler.     By  Syntje  Ten  Broek. 

Hans,  of  Pieter  Willemsz.  Wit. :  Hieronimus  Hansz. 
By  Rebecca  Everts. 

Oct.  2.  Comelis,  of  Cornells  Gysbertsz.  Wit.:  Wouter 
Pietersz  Quakelbosch.     By  Anna  Van  Schayk. 

Geertje,  of  Marten  Jansz.  Wit.:  Symon  Van  Esch.  By 
Dirkje  Lucasz. 

Oct.  16.  Abraham,  of  Isaac  Vosburg.  Wit.:  Pieter 
Vosburg.     By  Marietje  Vosburg. 

Henderik.  of  Jacob  Schermerhoorn.  Wit. :  father, 
Marte  Cornelisz.     By  Marretje  Martensz. 

Oct.  30.  Willem,  of  Samson  Bensing.  Wit. :  Jacob 
Isaacs.     By  Margriet  Rosenboom. 

Nov.  13.  Elizabeth,  of  Comelis  Swart.  Wit.:  Isaac 
Verplank.     By  Maria  Schuyler. 


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of  Michiel  Dircksz.     Wit. :  father,  Marten  Gerritsz 


Van  Bergen.     By  Engeltje  Schuyler. 

Nov.  27.  Gerrit,  of  Marten  Gerritsz.  Wit.:  Gabriel 
Tomesz.     By  Anna  Van  Renselaar. 

Dec.  4.  Jeremias,  of  Egbert  Teunisz.  Wit. :  Gerrit 
Reyers.     By  Anna  Van  Renselaar. 

Dec.  18.  Adam,  of  Johannes  Van  Sante.  Wit.:  Jacob 
Abrahamsz.     By  Barentje  Schaats. 

Dorethee,  of  Henderik  Oothout.  Wit.:  Gerrit  Van 
Esch.     By  Tryntje  Rutten. 

Dec.  23.  Jeane  Alette,  of  Godefridus  Dellius.  Wit.: 
father,  Pieter  Schuyler. 

1688,  Jan.  8.  Jacob,  of  Cornells  Stephensz.  Wit.: 
father,  Jacob  Lookerman.     By  Marie  Lookerman. 

Willem,  of  Dirk  Willemsz  Van  Slyk.  Wit.:  Jan  Hen- 
deriksz  Van  den  Bergh.     By  Geertje  Willemsz. 

Jan,  of  Symon  Jansz.  Wit. :  Wouter  Quakelbosch.  By 
Neeltje  Wouters. 

Jan.  II.  Margriet,  of  Jan  Jacobsz  Van  Oostrant.  Wit. : 
father,  Jacob  Van  Oostrant.      By  Antje  Van  Oostrant. 

Jan.  15.  Isaac,  of  Joachim  Staats.  Wit.:  father, 
Reinier  Barentz.     By  Elizabeth  Banker. 

Jan.  25.  Arent,  of  Dirk  Evertsz.  Wit.:  father,  Wouter 
Quakelbosch.     By  Lysbeth  Gerritsz. 

Feb.  12.  Gerardus,  of  Evert  Banker.  Wit.:  father, 
Adriaan  G.  Papendorp,  Johannes  Abeel.  By  Elizabeth 
Banker. 

Maria,  of  Jan  Byvang.  Wit. :  Johannes  Hooghlandt. 
By  Eva  Vinhagel. 

Feb.  19.  Jacob,  of  Maas  Cornehsz.  By  Dirkje 
Lucasz. 

March  4.  Rebecca,  of  Gerrit  Lubbertsz.  Wit. :  father, 
Douwe  Jelisz.     By  Jannatje  Martensz. 

March  11.  Maria,  of  Robbert  Sikkels.  Wit.:  father, 
Hendrik  A.  Riddenhaas.     By  Maria  Sikkels. 

Cornells,  of  Andries  Hansz  Huyg.  Wit. :  Lambert  Van 
Valkenborg.     By  Judik  Verwey. 

March  14.  Isaac,  of  Abraham  Isaaksz.  Wit. :  Johannes 
Van  Sante.     By  Marretje  Lambertsz. 

March  18.  Pieter,  of  Wouter  Quakelbosch.  Wit.: 
father,  Douwe  Jelisz.     By  Rebecca  Douwe. 

March  25.  Andries,  of  Jacob  Ten  Eyk.  Wit.:  Andries 
Coeman.     By  Elsje  Cuyler. 

March  29.  Geertruy,  of  Jan  Van  der  Hoeve.  Wit.: 
Johannes  Mingaal.     By  Tryntje  Rykman. 

May  6.  Cornelia,  of  Johannes  Roos.  Wit. :  Jacob  Ten 
Eyk.     By  Maria  Schuyler. 

May  24.     Arent,  of  Frans  Pruyn.     By  Anna  Pruyn. 


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June  4.     Barent,  of  Gerrit  Reyersz.     Wit.:   father.     By 
Anna  Van  Schayk. 

June    10.     Janneke,    of    Dirk    Van    der    Kerre.     Wit.: 
Benoni  Van  Corlar.     By  Lysbeth  Cailjer. 

June    17.     David,   of  Willem   Claasz   Croesbeck.     Wit.: 
David  Schuyler,  Abraham  Schuyler.     By  Catryn  Jacobsz. 
July  8.     Engel,  of  Henderik   Fransen.     Wit.:    Andries 
Hansz.     By  Dorothea  Jansz. 

July     15.     Rykert,    of    Jan    Redly.     Wit.:     Abraham 
Isaaksz.     By  Judik  Verway. 

Gerrit,    of    Gerrit    Gysbertsz.     Wit.:     Wouter    Pietersz 
Quakelbosch.     By  Sara  Henderiksz. 

July  29.  Robfjert,  of  Robbert  Levingston.  Wit.:  Jo- 
hannes Schuyler.     By  Margareta  Schuyler. 

Tileman,  of  Cornells  Scherluyn.  Wit.:  Frederik  Har- 
mensz.     By  Hester  Hannansz. 

Aug.  22.  Ytje,  of  Jacob  Martensz.  Wit.:  father.  By 
Annetje  Vosburg. 

Thomas,  of  Lambert  Jansz.  Wit. :  Pieter  Thomasz 
Mingaal,  father.     By  Dorothea  Jansz. 

Sept.  2.  Comelis,  of  Harmen  Jansz.  Wit. :  father,  Jacob 
Cornelisz.     By  Jannetje  Jacobsz. 

Sept.  30.  Johannes,  of  Roeloff  Gerritsz.  Wit.:  father, 
Harme  Livisz.     By  Lysbeth  Violet. 

Elizabeth,  of  Myndert  Harmensz  Van  den  Bogaardt. 
Wit. :    father.  Evert  Banker.     By  Elizabeth  Pritty. 

Oct.  7.  Anneke,  of  Adam  Winne.  Wit.:  Wessel  Ten 
Broek.     By  Anna  Van  Renselaar. 

Cateline,  of  Johannes  Bensing.  Wit. :  Jacob  De  Cuyper. 
By  Caatje  Melchertsz. 

Oct.  10.  Christina,  of  Omi  De  la  Grange.  Wit.  :  Jo- 
hannes Lansing.     By  Cornelia  Croesvelt. 

Oct.  28.  Jacob,  of  Isaac  Verplank.  Wit. :  Jacob  Ten 
Eyk,  the  father.     By  Ariaante  Van  der  Poel. 

Nov.  II.     Pieter,  of  Jan  Bratt.      Wit. :  Johannes  Appel. 

By Appel. 

Robbert,  of Jedts.     By  Judik  Marselisz. 

Isaac  and  Sara,  twins  of  Johannes  Wendell.  Wit.: 
father,  also  Meyndert  Wimp  and  Abraham  Staats  for  the 
son,  Samuel  Staats  for  the  daughter.  By  Diwertje  Wimp 
and  Jannetje  Staats. 

Nov.  14.  Rachel,  of  Johannes  Bleyker.  Wit. :  father, 
Godefridus  Dellius.     By  Catarina  Bleyker. 

Nov.  18.  Isaac,  of  Abraham  Kip.  Wit.:  father.  Dirk 
Van  der  Heyden.     By  Tryntje  Foreest. 

Dec.  26.  David,  of  Pieter  D.  Schuyler.  Wit.:  father, 
David  Schuyler,  Wouter  Van  den  Uythoff.  By  Catelina 
Schuyler. 


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Dec.  30.  Susanna,  of  Dirk  B.  Bratt.  Wit. :  Egbert 
Teunisz.     By  Marretje  Egbertsz. 

1689,  Jan.  I.  Anna,  of  Dirk  Van  der  Heyden.  Wit.; 
Johannes  Van  der  Heyden,  David  Keteluyn.  By  Cornelia 
Van  der  Heyden. 

Jan.  13.  Helena,  of  Johannes  Beekman.  Wit.:  father, 
Jacob  Schermerhoom.     By  Wilmje  Schermerhoorn. 

Jan.  20.  Elizabeth,  of  Gerrit  Lansing.  Wit. :  father, 
Wouter  Van  den  Uythofi.     By  Gysbertje  Roosenboom. 

Susanna,  of  Egbert  Teunisz.  Wit. :  father,  Gerrit 
Reyersz.     By  Susanna  Bratt. 

Jan.  23.  Harmanus,  of  Nanning  Hannensz  Visser. 
Wit.:  father,  Harmen  Bastiaansz.     By  Marretje  Vinhagel. 

Hilletje,  of  Johannes  Becker.  Wit. :  Wouter  Van  den 
Uythoff.     By  Hilletje  Keteluyn. 

Jan.  27.    Antje,  of  Phlip  Leendertsz.    Wit.:  Pieter  Winn. 

Feb.  6.  Laurens,  of  Laurens  Van  Alen.  Wit.:  father, 
Gerrit  Van  Esch.     By  Catarina  Van  Alen. 

Feb.  17.  Ephraim,  of  Evert  Wendell.  Wit.:  father, 
Phlip  Wendell.     By  Sara  Greefraadt. 

Feb.  20.  Hilletje,  of  Jan  Salomonsz.  Wit.:  father, 
Wessel  Ten  Broek.     By  Tryntje  Lookerman. 

Isaac,  of  Phlip  Foreest.  Wit. :  father,  Frederik  Hansz. 
By  Geesje  Kip. 

Tobias,  of  Dirk  W.  Ten  Broek.  Wit. :  father,  Johannes 
Cu3ier.     By  Catarina  Ten  Broek. 

Feb.  24.  Barent,  of  Salomon  Frederiksz  Bouw.  Wit. : 
Antoni  Bratt.     By  Wilmpje  Tomesz. 

March  3.  Neeltje,  of  Evert  Banker.  Wit.:  father, 
Johannes  Abeel.     By  Annetje  Papendorp. 

Maria,  of  Jan  Van  Esch.  Wit. :  Gerrit  Van  Esch.  By 
Catarina  Van  Esch. 

March  17.  Arent,  of  Dirk  Evertsz.  Wit.:  father, 
Johannes  Paulusz.     By  Jannetje  Paulusz. 

Henderik,  of  Henderik  Gerritsz  Verwey.  B3'  Rykje 
Staats. 

March  24.  Eytje,  of  Pieter  Jansz  Bosch.  Wit. :  father, 
Pieter  Vosburg.     By  Jannetje  Vosburg. 

Magdalena,  of  Albert  Rykman.  Wit. :  father,  Pieter 
Schuyler.     By  Engeltje  Schuyler. 

March  29.  Jacobus,  of  Pierre  Vileroy.  Wit.:  Abraham 
Kip,  Dirk  Van  der  Heyden.     By  Celle  Van  der  Heyden. 

Jacobus,  of  Johannes  Rocs.  Wit. :  Jacob  Ten  Eyk.  By 
Maria  Van  Dyk. 

Apr.  4.  Jacob,  of  Jochum  Lammertsz.  Wit. :  father, 
Jan  Tysz.     By  Styntje  Jansz. 

Geertruy,  of  Isaak  Vosburg.  Wit.:  father,  Pieter  Vos- 
burg.    By  Jannetje  Vosburg. 


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1689 

Apr.  7-  Willem,  of  Jan  Harris.  Wit.:  Hamien  Tomesz. 
By  Catarina  Borger. 

Apr.  14.  Annetje,  of  Evert  De  Ridder.  Wit.:  father, 
Henderik  Van  Esch.     By  Catarina  Van  Esch. 

Apr.  21.  Rachel,  of  Dirk  Bensing.  Wit.:  Jan  Harris. 
By  Weyntje  Harmensz. 

Apr.  28.  Jonas,  of  Jan  Bronk.  Wit. :  father,  Henderik 
Bries.     By  Marretje  Bries. 

Elsje,  of  Hieronimus  Wendell.  Wit. :  father,  Gerrit 
Lansing,  Meyndert  Wimp.     By  Diwer  Wimp. 

May  12.  Elizabeth,  of  Gabriel  T.  Stridley.  Wit.: 
father,  Henderik  Van  Dyk.     By  Elizabeth  Pritty. 

Jan,  of  Jan  Jacobsz  Gardenier.  Wit  :  Maas  Cornelisz. 
By  Rebecca  Jeroons. 

Angenetie,  of  Caspar  Leendertsz  Conyn.  Wit. :  Leen- 
dert  Phlipsz,  Pieter  Winne.     By  Tanne  Winne. 

May  19.  Dorethee,  of  Jurriaan  Cailljer.  Wit.:  Jan 
Corn  Oeff.     By  Cornelia  Cailljer. 

Gysbertje,  of  Leendert  Arentsz  Grauw.  Wit. :  father, 
Pieter  Willemsz  Van  Slyk.    By  Barentje  Willemsz  VanSlyk. 

June  2.  Lidia,  of  Henderik  Beekman.  Wit.:  father, 
Reinier  Quakelbosch.     By  Susanna  Jansz. 

Henderik,  of  Melchert  Wynandsz  Van  der  Poel.  Wit.: 
father,  Gerrit  Wynandsz.     By  Catryn  Van  Santen. 

Elsje,  of  Jan  Andriesz  Douw.  Wit. :  Adriaan  Appel, 
Teunis  Slingerlandt.     By  Catryn  Van  der  Poel. 

June  16.  Alida,  of  Jacobus  Turk.  Wit.:  father.  Mar- 
ten Van  Benthuysen.     By  Maria  Sandersz. 

Johannes,  of  Tam  Creeve.  Wit.:  father,  Isaac  Ver- 
plank.     By  Margriet  Van  Santen. 

Isaac,  of  Jacob  Vosburg.  Wit. :  father,  Marten  Jansz. 
By  Jannetje  Lambertsz. 

June  22.  Geertruy,  of  Maes  Cornelisz.  Wit.:  father, 
Gerrit  Reyersz.     By  Dirkje  Koeman. 

June  30.  Folkje,  of  Frerik  Gerritsz.  Wit. :  father, 
Henderik  Bries.     By  Maria  Bries. 

Annetje,  of  Gysbert  Marselisz.  Wit. :  father,  Jacob 
Teunisz.     By  Geertruy  Croesbeek. 

Evert,  of  Phlip  Wendell.  Wit.:  father.  Evert  Wendell, 
Harme  Bastiaansz. 

Hilletje.  of  Andries  Jansz.  Wit. :  father,  Jan  Andriesz, 
Wouter  Van  den  Uythoff.     By  Aaltje  Jansz. 

Jonathan,  of  Henderik  Reydt.  Wit.:  Henderik  Lan- 
sing.    By  Antje  Verwey. 

July  14.  Abraham,  of  Evert  Jansz.  Wit.:  Melchert 
Wynandsz.     By  Albertje  Van  Alen. 

Abraham,  of  Melchert  Abrahamsz.  Wit.:  father,  Jo- 
hannes Bleyker.     By  Caatje  Bleyker. 


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i689 

Aug.  4.  Henderik,  of  Johannes  Rosenboom.  Wit.  : 
father,  Henderik  Rosenboom.     By  Geertruy  Lansing. 

Gerardus,  of  Jan  Cloet.  Wit.:  Frederik  Cloet.  By 
Alida  Levingston. 

Aug.  II.  Jannetje,  of  Joseph  Jansz.  Wit.:  father, 
Marsehs  Jansz.     By  Jannetje  Marsehs. 

Aug.  17.  Geertruy,  of  Pieter  Schuyler.  Wit.:  father, 
Stephanus  Van  Cortlant,  Livinus  Van  Schayk.  By  Ahda 
Levingston. 

Catarina,  of  Johannes  De  Wandelaar.  Wit.:  father, 
Johannes  Cuyler.     By  Elsje  Cuyler. 

Aug.  25.  Anna,  of  Tomas  Weekfilt.  Wit.,  Jan 
Gilbert. 

Johannes,  of  Comelis  Van  der  Hoeve  (dec").  Wit.:  Jo- 
hannes Van  der  Hoeve.     By  Cornelia  Cailljer. 

Sept.  I.  Dorethee,  of  Jonas  Folkersz.  Wit.:  father, 
Albert  Rykman.     By  Caatje  H.  Oothout. 

Meyndert,  of  Marte  G.  Van  Bergen.  Wit. :  Claas 
Siwers,  the  father.     By  Neeltje  Comelisz. 

Sept.  8.  Jacob,  of  Abraham  Jansz.  Wit.:  father,  Roe- 
loff  Gerritsz.     By  Agniet  Jansz. 

Tryntje,  of  Joachim  Staats.  Wit. :  father,  Jacob  Staats, 
Reinier  Barents.     By  Ehzabeth  Banker. 

Agniet,  of  Francois  Gaignon.  Wit. :  father,  Helmert 
Jansz.     By  Agniet  Jansz. 

Sept.  15.  Claas,  of  Ryn  Pietersz  Quakelbosch.  Wit.: 
father,  Henderik  Beekman.     By  Nelletje  Woutersz. 

Sept.  22.  Comelis,  of  Jacob  Schermerhoom.  Wit.: 
father,  Comelis  Schermerhoom.     By  Marretje  Henderiksz. 

Pieter,  of  Jacob  Van  den  Bogaard.  Wit. :  father,  Hen- 
derik Comelisz.     By  Tryntje  Rykman. 

Oct.  6.  Jan,  of  Barent  Gerritsz.  Wit.:  father,  Huy- 
bert  Gerritsz.     By  Caatje  Sandersz. 

Maria,  of  Arent  Schuyler.  Wit. :  father,  Nicolaes  Beyer. 
By  Judith  Beyer. 

Oct.  13.  Catarina,  of  Willem  Gysbertsz.  Wit.:  Jan 
Van  Sant,  Gerrit  Wynandsz.     By  Catarina  Van  Sant. 

Elizabeth,  of  Samson  Bensing.  Wit.:  Reynier  Schaats, 
Ruth  Melchertsz.     By  Agniet  Leendertsz. 

Geertruy,  of  Andries  Hansz.  Wit. :  Lucas  Jansz.  By 
Grietje  Folkersz. 

Oct.  20.  Christina,  of  Wessel  Ten  Broek.  Wit. :  Jacob 
Lookerman,  Johannes  Cuyler.     By  Styntje  Wessels. 

Oct.  27.  Maria,  of  Lucas  Lucasz.  Wit.:  Helmer  Jansz. 
By  Dorethee  Jansz. 

Nov.  10.  Engeltje,  of  Arent  Slingerlandt.  Wit.:  father, 
Antoni  Van  Slingerlandt,  Jacobus  Gerritsz  Van  Vorst.  By 
Geertruy  Slingerlandt. 


49 

16S9-1690 

Nov.  17.  Henderik,  of  Coenraad  Hoogteeling.  Wit.: 
Henderik  Marselis.     By  Zeytje  Hoogteeling. 

Comelis,  of  Henderik  Van  Dyk.  Wit.:  father,  David 
Schuyler.     By  Catalina  Schuyler. 

Dec.  I.  Folkert,  of  Cornells  Vile.  Wit.:  Aarnout  Vile. 
By  Ariaantje  Wendel. 

Dec.  4.  Christina,  of  Johannes  Cuyler.  Wit.:  father, 
Abraham  Cuyler,  Wessel  Ten  Broek.  By  Caatje  Ten 
Broek. 

Maria,  of  Nanning  Harmensz.  Wit. :  father,  Johannis 
Vinhagel.     By  Hester  Harmensz. 

Margriet,  of  Robbert  Berrit.     Wit.:    Willem .     By 

Anneke  Kros. 

Dec.  15.  Pieter,  by  Harmen  Livisz.  Wit.:  father, 
Pieter  Schuyler.     By  Jannetje  Davids. 

Dec.  27.  Paulus.  After  a  previous  public  confession 
was  baptized  a  certain  heathen  who  had  become  blind  a 
number  of  years  ago,  and  whose  name  among  his  nation 
had  been  Ock-Kweese.  He  is  about  40  years  old,  and  the 
name  Paulus  was  given  to  him.  The  interpreters  of  the 
confession  were  Aarnout  Comelisz  Vile  and  Hilletje  Cor- 
nelisz. 

1690,  Jan.  8.  Barbar,  of  Albert  Gardenier.  Wit.: 
Andries  Gardenier,  Jan  Byvang.     By  Helena  Byvang. 

Ariaantje,  of  Dirk  Van  der  Kerre.  Wit. :  Johannes 
Abeel.     By  Jannetje  Papendorp. 

Jan.  12.  Storm,  of  Jan  Bratt.  Wit.:  father,  Antoni 
Bries.     By  Antje  Becker. 

Jan.  26.  Jonathan,  of  Andries  Rees.  Wit.:  Dirk  Ten 
Broek.     By  Stj^ntje  Ten  Broek. 

Dirk,  of  Michiel  Dirksz  Van  Vegten.  Wit.:  father, 
Jeames  Parker.     B}'  Alida  Levingston. 

Feb.  2.  Anna,  of  Douwe  Jelisz.  Wit.:  father,  Teunis 
Shngerlandt.     By  Hester  Jansz. 

Lysbeth,  of  Pieter  Van  Slyk.  Wit. :  Leendert  Arentsz. 
By  Elizabeth  Pritty. 

Feb.  5.  Lidia,  of  Marte  Jansz.  Wit.:  father,  Jacob 
Vosburg.     By  Marietje  Vosburg. 

Feb.  12.  Catarina,  of  Mathieu  Beaufils.  Wit.:  father. 
Henderik  Lansing.     By  Lysbeth  Lansing. 

Marie,  of  Abraham  Isaacksz.  Wit.:  Gerrit  Wynandsz. 
By  Catryn  Van  Sante. 

Feb.  16.  Marretje,  of  Gerrit  Claasz.  Wit.:  father.  By 
Caatje  Cuyler. 

Teunis,  of  Antoni  Bratt.  Wit. :  father,  Egbert  Teunisz. 
By  Susanna  Bratt. 

Feb.  23.  Claas,  of  Cornelis  Dykman.  Wit.:  father. 
By  Ariaantje  Melchertsz. 


50 

1690 

Feb.  26.     Lucas,  of  Comelis  Teunisz  Van  Vegten.     Wit. : 
father,  Gabriel  T.  Stridles.     By  Anna  Helmertsz. 

March  2.     Isaac,  of  Isaac  Ter  Jeuks.     Wit.:  Hieronimus 
Wendell.     By  Elizabeth  Wendell. 

Jacob,  of  Symon  Schouten.     Wit. :  father,  Jacob  Staats. 
By  Elizabeth  Wendell  [sic]. 

March  5.     Gysbert,  of  Robbert  Levingston.    Wit.  Gode- 
fridus  Dellius,  Livinus  Van  Schayk.    By  Jenneken  Schuyler. 

March     9.     Johannes,     of    Comehs     Stephensz.     Wit. : 
father,  Henderik  Van  Renselaar.     By  Sophia  Teller. 

Matheus,    of   Tys   Jansz.     Wit. :    Thomas   Winne.     By 
Tryntje  Winne. 

March     12.     Marietje,     of     Henderik     Oothout.     Wit.: 
father,  Andries  Volkersz  Douwe.     By  Jannetje  Cobusz. 

March    23.     Abraham,    of    Jan    Pietersz    Quakelbosch. 
Wit.:   father,  Myndert  Hamiensz.     By  Rebecca  Douwe. 

Dirk,  of  Samuel  Gardenier.     Wit. :   Maas  Cornelisz.     By 
Cornelia  Roos. 

Matthys,  of  Cornells  Gysbertsz.     Wit.:    father,  Antoni 
Van  Schayk.     By  Maria  Van  Schayk. 

Apr.    6.     Claas,    of   Claas   Van    Petten.     Wit.:     father, 
Jochum  Staats.     By  Catelyn  Van  Petten. 

Apr.   13.     Jannetje,  of  Jacobus  Isaacsz.     Wit  :    father, 
Jan  Harris,  Abraham  Isaacsz.     By  Lysbeth  Harris. 

Apr.  27.     Nicolaas,  of  Jan  Weyer.     Wit.:    father.     By 
Pietertje  Fransz. 

Marietje,  of  Dirk  Willemsz.     Wit.:    father,  Pieter  Wil- 
lemsz  Slyk.     By  Henderikje  Lucasz. 

Geertruy,    of    Cornells    Swart.     Wit.:     father,    Adam 
Swart.     By  Abigael  Verplank. 

May  4.     Pieter,  of  Frans  Winnen.     Wit. :   father,  Pieter 
Winnen.     By  Agnietje  Leendertsz. 

May  II.     Johannes,  of  Johannes  Dykman.    Wit.:  father. 
By  Folkje  Barentsz. 

Emmetje,  of  Lucas  Jansz.     Wit.:   father,  Comelis  Teu- 
isz.     By  Hilletje  Cornelisz. 

Geraldus,  of  Geraldus  Canfoort.     Wit. :  Leendert  Claasz. 
By  Catryn  Jansz. 

May    16.     Margriette,   of   Christoffel   Brussy.     By   Ari- 
aantje  Wendell. 

Willem,  of  Gosen  Van  Oort.     Wit.:  father,  Johannes  De 
Wandelaar.     By  Marietje  Van  Esch. 

May  18.     Ariaantje,  of  Claas  Laurensz.     Wit.:    father, 
Jacob  M.  Vrooman.     By  Antje  Sanders. 

Pieter,   of   Thomas   Winne.     Wit.:   Pieter   Winne.     By 
Marietje  Van  Esch. 

June  8.     Sander,  of  Jan  Jansz  Van  Rotterdam.     Wit. : 
Sander  Glenn,  Jan  Pirot.     By  Diwer  Wimp. 


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1690 

Jochum,    of   Michiel    Cailjer.     Wit.:     Thomas   Winnen 
By  Judic  Jansz. 

June  22.  Louys,  of  Gerrit  Jansz  Ruyting.  Wit. :  father. 
By  Elsje  Cuyler. 

July  II.  These  following  persons,  after  having  been 
instructed  in  the  Christian  religion  and  having  made,  on 
the  before-mentioned  date,  a  public  confession  in  the 
church  of  N.  A.,  were  ba. : 

A  heathen  called  among  his  people  Swongara,  i.  e..  Little 
Board,  aged  about  40  years,  now  called  David. 

A  heathen  woman,  the  wife  of  Swongara,  now  David, 
called  among  her  people  Kowajatense,  about  30  years  old, 
now  called  Rebecca. 

Tekaniadaroge,  that  means  Division  of  the  wax[?], 
(lack-scheydinge),  old  about  22  years,  now  called  Isac. 

Tejonihokarawa,  i.  e.,  Open  the  door,  about  30  years  old, 
now  called  Henderick. 

A  heathen  woman,  Karanondo,  i.  e..  Lifter  [opligster, 
which  may  also  mean  sharper],  about  50  years  old,  now 
called  Lidia. 

A  ch.  12  years  old,  of  whom  this  Karanondo,  now  Lydia, 
is  the  grandmother,  and  who,  after  the  ch.'s  mother  (her 
daughter)  died,  adopted  him  as  her  own.  The  name  of 
this  ch.  among  its  people  was  Kaadsjihandasa,  i.  e..  Runner 
from  the  fire  (*  vier-uyt  loper),  now  called  Seth. 

A  heathen  woman,  Sion  heja,  i.  e.,  Lively,  about  25 
years  old,  now  called  Rachel. 

Her  husband  was  ba.  by  the  Jesuits  and  called  Joseph, 
but  was  thereafter  instructed  by  us  in  the  faith  of  J.  C. 
His  name  among  his  people  was  Skanjodowanne,  i.  e., 
Eagle's  beak. 

Their  ch.  about  4  years  old  was  also  ba.  and  called 
Manasse. 

Two  chn.  of  Kanastasis.  This  woman -was  thus  called 
at  her  baptism  by  the  Jesuits,  but  thereafter  was  instructed 
by  us  in  the  Christian  religion.  Her  husband  is  dead. 
The  oldest  ch.,  about  8  years  old,  was  called  Jacob,  and  the 
youngest,  about  3  years  old,  was  named  Sara. 

A  ch.,  12  years  old,  called  among  its  people  Sagonorasse, 
i.  e..  Fastener  (Vast-binder),  whose  parents  are  dead.  He 
was  adopted  by  his  relatives,  Laurens  and  Maria  (who  have 
been  admitted  to  the  Lord's  holy  and  high-worthy  Supper) 
and  who  promised  to  have  him  educated  in  the  doctrines 
of  Christ.     He  was  named  Adam. 

July  13.  Johannes,  of  Robbert  Teuisz.  Wit.:  father, 
Marte  Comelisz,  Teuis  Abrahamsz.    By  Marritie  Martensz. 

*  Vier  at  present  is  the  numeral  four  in  Dutch,  but  two  centuries 
ago  meant  also  fire;  at  present  it  is  written  vuur. 


52 

1690 

July  20.  Lidia,  of  Harmen  Gansevoort.  Wit. :  Dirk 
Bensing.     By  Weintje  Phlipsz. 

July  27.  Sophia,  of  Robbert  Sikkels.  Wit.:  father, 
Lambert  Van  Valkenborch.     By  Sophia  Riddenhaas. 

Neeltje,  of  Daniel  Jansz  (sick).  Wit.:  Johannes  Bekker 
in  place  of  father.     By  Ariaantje  Wendell. 

-^■^g-  3-  Johannes,  of  Johannes  Van  Santen  (absent). 
Wit. :  Henderik  Bries,  representing  father.  By  Geertruy 
Ten  Broek. 

Pieter,  of  Isac  Vosburg.  Wit.;  father,  Jan  Tysz.  By 
Styntje  Jansz. 

Tobias,  of  Comelis  Martensz.  Wit. :  father,  Marten 
Comelisz,  Albert  Rykman.     By  Marritje  Martensz. 

Jacobus,  of  Dirk  Van  der  Heyden  (absent).  Wit. :  Abra- 
ham Kip,  for  father.     By  Anna  Keteluym. 

Aug.  6.  Were  ba.  the  following  persons,  after  having 
been  instructed  by  us  in  the  Christian  religion  and  having 
made,  on  the  before-mentioned  date,  a  public  confession  in 
the  church  at  Albany: 

A  widow  from  the  heathen,  about  60  years  old,  named 
among  her  nation  Kwaowarate,  i.  e..  Transition  or  Passage 
(Overgang),  but  now  called  Lea. 

A  widow  from  the  heathen,  about  40  years  old,  named 
among  her  nation  Wanika,  i.  e..  Loaned,  but  now  called 
losine.  She  is  the  sister  of  Lea.  The  dau.  of  this  losine, 
about  9  years  old,  was  also  ba.  and  called  Jakomine.  The 
son  of  Josine,  about  7  years  old,  was  also  ba.  and  called 
Josua. 

A  married  heathen  woman,  whose  husband  was  ba.  on 
the  II  and  called  Isak.  She  is  about  16  years  old  and  the 
dau.  of  Lea.  Among  her  nation  she  was  called  Kareho- 
dongwas,  i.  e.,  a  Plucker  of  trees  (Boomplukster),  but  now 
named  Eunice.  Her  son,  about  9  months  old,  was  now 
likewise  ba.  and  called  Simon. 

A  married  heathen  woman,  about  30  years  old  (but  her 
husband  has  not  yet  been  ba.),  the  dau.  of  Lea,  called 
among  her  nation  Karehojenda — -Fallen  tree, — and  now 
named  Alida. 

The  interpreter  at  the  Confession  was  Hilletje  Comelisz. 

Aug.  10.  Marietje,  of  Symon  Jansz  Post.  Wit.:  father. 
By  Nelletje  Quakelbosch. 

Catarina,  of  Meindert  H.  Van  den  Bogaardt.  Wit.: 
father,  Jacob  Staats.     By  Caatje  Cuyler. 

Aug.  17.  Engeltje,  of  Johannis  Lansing.  Wit.:  father. 
By  Gerritje  Rosenboom. 

December.  Lysbet,  of  Henderik  and  Catarina,  both 
proseh^es  from  among  the  heathen,  and  after  previous 
instruction  and  confession  bapt.  in  the  church  at  A. 


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169 1,  Apr.  30.  Petrus,  of  Pieter  Bogardus  and  Wyntje 
Com.  Bosch.     Wit. :   Catarina  Van  Renselaar. 

May.  Pieter,  of  Jan  Salomonsz  and  Caatje  Lookennan. 
Wit. :    Hendrik  Van  Renselaar,  Maritje  Lookerman. 

May  22.  Willem,  of  Claas  WiUemsz  and  Lea.  Wit.: 
Harme  Vedder,  Divertje  Wimp. 

May  31.  Caspar,  of  Jacob  Casparsz  and  Henderikje 
Dreeper.     Wit. :   Gerrit  Lansing,  Marietje  Lansing. 

June  I.  Maria,  of  Joseph  and  Rachel,  proselytes.  Wit.: 
Laurens  and  Rebecca. 

June  7.  Styntje,  of  Frerik  Gerritsz  and  Lysbeth  Car- 
stersz.     Wit. :   Claes  Teunisz,  Gillis  Gerritsz. 

Annetje,  of  Jan  Wibesz  and  Anne  Marie.  Wit. :  Rebecca 
Douwe. 

Lysbeth,  of  Frans  Merrit  and  Zytje  Mathysz.  Wit.: 
Henderik  Marselis,  Tryntje  Rutgers. 

June  14.  Gerardus,  of  Evert  Banker  and  Elizabeth 
Abeel.  Wit. :  Abraham  De  Peister,  Johannes  De  Peister, 
Elizabeth  Banker. 

June  21.  Engeltje,  of  Arent  Slingerlant  and  Geertruy 
Van  Vorst.  Wit.:  Johannes  Appel,  Teunis  Slingerlant, 
Anna  Appel. 

June  28.  Isaak,  of  Joachim  Staats  and  Antje  Barens. 
Wit. :   Reinier  Barens,  Wyntje  Bogardus. 

Pieter,  of  Caspar  Leendertsz  and  Aletta  Winnen.  Wit.: 
Livinus  Winne,  Lyntje  Winne. 

July  5.  Henry,  of  Laurens  and  Maria,  proselytes.  Gov- 
ernor Henry  Slougter  was  his  godfather. 

July  12.  Geertruy,  of  Tjerk  Harmensz  and  Femmetje 
Jans.     Wit.:  Johannes  Harmensz,  Marietje  Harmensz. 

July  28.  Isaak,  of  Isack  Swits  and  Susanna  Groot.  Wit.: 
Elisabeth  Banker. 

Aug.  4.  Jan,  of  Pieter  Jansz  Bosch  and  Susanna  Barents. 
Wit. :  Jan  P.  Bosch,  Jannetje  Barents. 

Isaac,  of  Claas  Graaf  and  Lysbet  WiUemsz.  Wit.: 
Tjerk  Harmens,  Lysbet  Rinkhout. 

Johannes,  of  Johannes  Bekker  and  Anna  Van  der  Zee. 
Wit. :    Johannes  Bekker,  Martina  Bekker. 

Wouter,  of  Jeronimus  Hansz  and  Rebecca  Evertsz. 
Wit. :   Douwe  Jelisz,  Aaltje  Evertsz. 

Aug.  II.  Daniel,  of  Carel  Hansz  and  Lysbeth  Rinkhout. 
Wit. :   Gysbert  Merselis,  Caatje  Cuyler. 

Willem,  of  Willem  Barent  and  Lysbet  Sikkels.  Wit.: 
Anna  Sikkels. 

Jacobus,  of  Johannes  Wendell  and  Elizabeth  Staats. 
Wit. :   Reinier  Barent,  Susanna  Teller. 

Aug.  17.  Johannes,  of  Lambert  Jansz  and  Jannatje 
Mingal.     Wit. :   Johannes  T.  Mingal,  Jannetje  Mingal. 


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Gerrit,  of  Evert  Ridder  and  Anna  Van  Esch.  Wit.: 
Gerrit  Van  Esch,  Aaltje  Van  Esch. 

Aug.  24.  Meindert,  of  Barent  Wimp  and  Folkje  Sy- 
mensz.     Wit.:   Johannes  Wendell,  Caatje  Sandersz. 

Sept.  6.  Lambert  and  Margerite,  twins  of  Jean  Ratli 
and  Rachel  Van  Valkenbork.  Wit.:  Jean  Gilbert,  Abr. 
Isaaksz,  Anna  Abramsz,  Judik  Verwey. 

Willem,  of  Jean  Harris  and  Lysbeth  Claasz.  Wit.:  M' 
Kint,  Benoni  Van  Corlar,  Lysbeth  Van  der  Poel. 

Emmetje,  of  Piere  Bogi  and  Emmetje  Claasz.  Wit.: 
Abraham  Schuyler,  Tryntje  Rykman. 

Sept.  13.  Marretje,  of  Wouter  Quakelbosch  and  Neeltje 
Gysbertsz.     Wit. :    Elbert  Gerritsz  and  Annetje  Gerritsz. 

Sept.  20.  Phlip,  of  Jan  Bronk  and  Commertje  Leen- 
dertsz.     Wit. :   Dirk  Teunisz,  Anna  Gansevoort. 

Catelyntje,  of  Melchert  Abrahamsz  and  Engeltje  Rut- 
gertsz.     Wit.:   Herbert  Abrahamsz,  Jannetje  Blyker. 

Oct.  II.  Cornelia,  of  Jan  Gardenier  and  Sara  Van 
Bremen.     Wit. :  Jacob  Ten  Eyk,  Aaltje  Oothout. 

Wynand,  of  Gerrit  Wynandsz  Van  der  Poel  and  Catryn 
Van  Sant.  Wit.:  Wynand  Gertsz,  Johannes  Van  Sant, 
Margriet  Van  Sant. 

Oct.  18.  Gerrit,  of  Barent  Gerritsz  and  Geertruy  Jansz. 
Wit.:   Comelis  Gerritsz  and  Ariaantje  Gerritsz. 

Johannes,  of  Cornells  Stephensz  and  Hilletje  Looker- 
man.     Wit. :   Henderik  V.  Renselaar,  Sophia  Teller. 

Oct.  23.  Jacobus,  of  Laurens  Van  Alen  and  Elbertje 
Evertsz.  Wit.:  Johannes  Van  Alen,  Catrina  Van 
Alen. 

Oct.  25.  Rebecca,  of  Arent  Vedder,  and  Sara  Groot. 
Wit. :   Phlip  Foreest,  Rebecca  Groot. 

Meindert,  of  Elias  Van  Gyseling  and  Tryntje  Claasz. 
Wit. :  Johannes  Beekman,  Symen  Schermerhoom,  Helena 
Van  den  Bogaardt. 

Anna,  a  heathen  woman,  was  bapt.  after  previous  in- 
struction in  the  mysteries  of  the  faith  and  after  a  public 
confession.  She  is  about  21  years  old,  and  was  named 
among  her  own  nation  Skonwakwani. 

Nov.  I.  Mattheus,  of  Robbert  Teuwisz  and  Cornelia 
Martensz.     Wit.:   Pieter  Martensz,  Catelyntje  Jacobsz. 

Dec.  6.  Gerretje,  of  Egbert  Teunisz  and  Marritje  Bar- 
entsz.     Wit. :   Harmen  Livisz,  Martyn  Teunisz. 

Dec.  13.  Tymen,  of  Comelis  Tymesz  and  Marretje 
Ysbrants.     Wit. :  Geertje  Lansing. 

Dec.  16.  Sara,  of  Esias  Teunisz  Swart  and  Eva  Teunisz. 
Wit. :   Wouter  Van  den  Uythof,  Mari  Van  Dam. 

Dec.  20.  Anna,  of  Abraham  Kip  and  Geesje  Van  der 
Heyden.     Wit. :   Phlip  Foreest,  Anna  Van  der  Heyden. 


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Geertje,  of  Cornells  Gysbertsz  and  Cornelia  Wynandsz. 
Wit.:  Ariaantje  Comelisz. 

Dec.  26.  Jan,  of  Henderik  Jansz  and  Lyntje  Winnen. 
Wit. :   Live  Winnen  and  Geertruy  Jansz. 

Dec.  27.  Marie,  of  Christoffel  Brussi  and  Christine 
Claasz.     Wit.:   Comelis  Scherluyn,  Ariaantje  Wendell. 

1692,  Jan.  I.  Catarine,  of  Henderik  V.  Renselaar  and 
Catarine  Verbrugge.  Wit.:  Pieter  Verbrugge,  Maria 
Schuyler. 

Jacobus,  of  Johannes  Sandersz  and  Diwer  Wendell. 
Wit. :   Gerrit  Lansing,  Marritje  Wendell. 

Andries,  of  Andries  Jansz,  and  Engeltje  Folkersz.  Wit. : 
Jonas  Folkersz,  Tryntje  Rutger. 

Elisabeth,  of  Roelof  Gerritsz  and  Geertruy  Jacobsz. 
Wit.:   Jan  Jacobsz,  Lysbeth  Regi. 

Jan.  3.  Machtelt,  of  Jacob  Schermerhoorn  and  Geertje 
Henderiksz.  Wit. :  Johannes  Beekman,  Jannetje  Scher- 
merhoorn. 

Lidia,  of  Brechje.     Wit.,  Eytje  Pietersz. 

Jan.  6.  Comelis,  of  Harmen  Jansz  and  Lysbet  Jansz. 
Wit.:   Takel  Dirksz,  Aaltje  Van  Esch. 

Jan.  10.  Henderik,  of  Johannes  Cuyler  and  Elsje  Ten 
Broek.     Wit. :   Abraham  Schuyler,  Sara  Verbrugge. 

Sacharias,  of  Abraham  Isaksz  and  Anna  Sikkel.  Wit.: 
Isak  Isaksz,  Catelyntje  Abramsz. 

Reinier,  of  Folkert  Van  Hoesen  and  Marietje  Bensing. 
Wit. :   Gerrit  Teunisz,  Tryntje  Schaats. 

Jan.  13.  Rachel,  of  Harmen  Livesz  and  Marretje  Teun- 
isz.    Wit. :   Engeltje  Harmensz. 

Jesse,  of  Phlip  Foreest  and  Tryntje  Kip.  Wit.:  Johan- 
nes Kip,  Elsje  Lansing. 

Jan.  17.  Willem,  of  Coenraadt  Hooghteling  and  Tryntje 
Van  Slyk.     Wit. :   Pieter  V.  Slyk,  Metje  V.  Slyk. 

Gerrigje,  of  Franc  Hardig  and  Catrine  jansz.  Wit.: 
Gerrit  Lucasz,  Claas  Lucasz,  Lucas  Gertsz. 

Jan.  20.  Gysbert,  of  Jan  Van  der  Hoeven  and  Dorethe 
Jansz.     Wit. :   Antoni  Bries,  Maria  Mingaal. 

Jan.  31.  Lysbeth,  of  Gysbert  Marselis,  Barber  Claasz. 
Wit. :   Marselis  Jansz,  Rebecca  Claasz. 

Feb.  7.  Anna,  of  Johannes  De  Wandelaar  and  Sara 
Schepmoes.     Wit. :   Pieter  Verbrugge,  Caatje  Cuyler. 

Maria,  of  Johannes  Bleyker,  S',  and  Margriet  Rutsz. 
Wit. :  Abraham  Cuyler,  Sara  Verbrugge. 

Feb.  7.     The  following  pros,  were  ba. : 

Rebecca,  among  the  heathens  Jokeyha,  i.  e.,  She  who 
shells  (Uytdopster),  aged  20  years. 

Eunice,  among  the  heathen  Honiskoo,  i.  e.,  Paralysed  in 
the  back,  aged  14  years. 


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Sara,  a  ch.  3  or  4  months  old. 

Cornells,  among  the  heathen  Aanasjadago,  i.  e.,  Plucker 
of  feathers,  22  years  old. 

Jan,  among  the  heathen  Onodaka,  i.  e.,  Koddens  [game- 
keeper ?],  16  years  old. 

Daniel,  among  the  heathen  Sognihoa,  i.  e.,  Sprig,  15 
years  old. 

Abraham,  among  the  heathen  Hojadio,  i.  e..  Own  body, 
10  years  old. 

Jan,  among  the  heathen  Etsje  ni  ser,  i.  e.,  Sleeper  on 
branches,  12  years  old. 

Elias,  a  child,  one  year  old. 

Feb.  14.  William,'  of  William  Nobel  and  Marritje  Pie- 
tersz.  Wit.:  Andries  Teller,  William  Schaats  [?],  Jaco- 
meintje  Sanders. 

Feb.  18.  Abraham,  of  Jacob  Van  den  Bogaardt  and 
Jannetje  Quakelbosch.  Wit.:  Albert  Rykman,  Tryntje 
Rykman. 

Feb.  28.  Jacob,  of  Wessel  Ten  Broek  and  Caatje  Look- 
erman.  Wit.:  Jacob  Lookerman,  Johannes  Cuyler, 
Styntje  Ten  Broek. 

March  6.  Geertruy,  of  Lucas  Jansz  and  Catrine  Mel- 
chertsz.     Wit.:   Melchert  Abrahamsz,  Caatje  Sandersz. 

March  13.  Henderik,  of  Isak  Casparsz  and  Dorethee 
Bosch.     Wit. :   Albert  Rykman,  Lysbet  Lansing. 

Judik,  of  Arent  Schuyler  and  Jenneken  Teller.  Wit.: 
Wilhem  Teller,  Johannes'  Schuyler,  Elisabeth  Van  Trigt. 

March  20.  Willem,  of  Robbert  Levingston  and  Alida 
Schuyler.  Wit. :  Pieter  Schuyler,  Kiliaan  Van  Renselaar, 
Maria  Schuyler. 

Agniet,  of  Pieter  De  Germeau  and  Caatje  Van  der  Hey- 
den.  Wit.:  Dirk  Van  der  Heyden,  Abraham  Kip,  Antje 
Van  der  Heyden. 

March  25.  Tammus,  of  Robbert  Barrit  and  Wyntje 
Jansz.     Wit.:  Jan  Gilbert,  Elisabeth  Tymesz. 

March  27.  Margriet,  of  Jacobus  Peek  and  Elisabeth 
Teunisz.     Wit.:   Jacob  Teunisz,  Grietje  Bleeker. 

Antje,  of  Harmanus  Vedder,  Jr.,  and  Margriet  Jacobsz. 
Wit. :   Dirk  W.  Ten  Broek,  Tryntje  Rykman. 

March  28.  Marten,  of  Marten  Gerritsz  Van  Bergen  and 
Neeltje  Meyndertsz.  Wit. :  Kiliaan  Van  Renselaar,  Maria 
Schuyler. 

The  following  pros,  were  ba. : 

Eva,  called  among  the  heathen  Jawaandasse,  i.  e..  Who 
has  not  any  too  much  to  eat,  aged  35  years,  mother  of  the 
following  3  chn. ,  who  were  also  ba.  at  the  time : 

Catarina,  among  the  heathen  Tokwanaharonne,  i.  e., 
Who  stands  in  the  midst  of  the  people,  18  years  old. 


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Noach,  among  the  heathen  Tetsjohoniodaon,  i.  e., 
Erected  poles,  9  years  old. 

Anna,  among  the  heathen  Tiosseroage,  i.  e.,  Who  clings 
to  a  dress. 

Moeset,  called  among  the  heathen  Tsudtakkwe,  i.  e., 
Repulsed,  30  years  old,  mother  of  the  following  3  chn., 
who  were  ba.  at  the  same  time : 

Magdalene,  among  the  heathen  Koanadakkarrie,  i.  e., 
Who  has  left — or  run  away  from — her  castle,  11  years 
old. 

Debora,  among  the  heatheia  Tsionesse,  i.  e..  Lowered 
again,  8  years  old. 

Christine,  among  the  heathen  Skanjadaradi,  i.  e..  Across 
the  river,  4  years  old. 

Grietje,  among  the  heathen  Shohwason,  i.  e..  One  who 
always  covers  herself,  aged  20  years. 

Martyn,  among  the  heathen  Sinonda,  i.  e.,  A  small 
mountain,  13  years  old. 

Dorkas,  among  the  heathen  Tionaktiago,  i.  e..  One  who 
breaks  her  sleeping  place,  13  years  old. 

Rut,  among  the  heathen  Hoa,  i.  e.,  Owl,  12  years  old. 

Henderik,  among  the  heathen  Waams  or  [Waanis],  i.  e., 
Long  bow,  I  year  old. 

Cornelia,  the  ch.  of  Canastasji,  6  weeks  old. 

Apr.  6.  Johannes,  of  David  Willemsz  and  Rachel  Hansz. 
Wit. :   Jacobus  Peek,  Jannetje  Jacobsz. 

Maria,  of  Henderik  Van  Esch  and  Catryn  Van  Dam. 
Wit. :  Claas  R.  V.  Dam,  Maria  Van  Dam. 

Apr.    16.     Jacob,    of   Gardenier   and    Lena   . 

Wit. :    Pieter  Koeman  and  Geertje  Koeman. 

Apr.  23.  Johannes,  of  Johannes  Rosenboom  and  Ger- 
ritje  Coster.  Wit. :  Gerrit  Rosenboom  and  Gysbertje 
Rosenboom. 

Elisabeth,  of  Henderik  Van  Dyk  and  Maria  Schuyler. 
Wit. :   Jacob  Staats,  Cateline  Schuyler. 

David,  of  Willem  C.  Croesbeek,  Geertruy  Schuyler. 
Wit. :   Abraham  Schuyler,  Catelina  Schuyler. 

Jacob,  of  Dirk  Van  der  Heyden  and  Rachel  Jochumsz. 
Wit. :   Anna  V.  d.  Heyden. 

Jacob,  of  Omi  De  la  Grange  and  Annetje  De  Vries.  Wit. : 
Tryntje  Rutten. 

May  8.  Johannes,  of  Mathys  Jansz  and  Cornelia  Teuisz. 
Wit. :   Marritje  Wendell,  Johannes  T.  Mingaal. 

Maria,  of  Pieter  Schuyler  and  Maria  Van  Renselaar. 
Wit. :  Arent  Schuyler,  Henderik  Van  Renselaar,  Margareta 
Schuyler. 

Pieter,  of  Jonas  Folkertsz  and  Magdalena  Quakelbosch. 
Wit.:   Andries  Folkertsz,  Nelletje  Rykman. 


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May  15.  Egbertje,  of  Dirk  Bratt  and  Anna  Teunisz. 
Wit. :    Egbert  Teunisz,  Barent  A.  Bratt,  Susanna  Bratt. 

June  5.  Henderik,  of  Henderik  Beekman  and  Annetje 
Quakelbosch.     Wit.:    Marten  Beekman,  Tryntje  Rykman. 

Reyer  and  Franjois,  twins  of  Meyndert  H.  V.  Bogaart 
and  Helena  Schermerhoorn.  Wit.:  Johannes  De  Wande- 
laar,  Jacob  Staats,  Elisabeth  Wendell,  Sara  Cuyler. 

Jochum,  of  Jochum  Lambertsz  and  Eva  Henderiksz 
Vroman.     Wit.:   Pieter  Martensz,  Ariaantje  Barens. 

Hanna,  of  Samuel  Bratt  and  Susanna  J.  Van  Slyk. 
Wit.:   Pieter  Schuyler  and  Elsje  Rutgersz. 

June  12.  Wilhelmus,  of  Willem  Gysbertsz  and  Catryn 
V.  d.  Poel.  Wit. :  Johannes  V.  Santen,  Margriet  Van 
Santen. 

June  19.  Dirk,  of  Harmannus  Hagen  and  Margriet 
Dirksz.     Wit. :   Johannes  Appell,  Jannetje  Bleyker. 

July  3.  Leendert,  of  Johannes  Jansz  and  Lysbeth  Leen- 
dertsz.     Wit.:    Frans  Winnen,  Elsje  Winnen. 

Rebecca,  of  Symon  Groot  and  Geertruy  Rinkhout. 
Wit.:    Phlip  Wendell,  Susanna  Groot. 

Johannes,  of  Samson  Bensing  and  Tryntje  Matheusz. 
Wit. :   Johannes  Teller,  Collette  Caspersz. 

Lysbeth,  of  Isak  Trujeks  and  Maria  Willemsz.  Wit.: 
Phlip  Foreest,  Ariaantje  Wendell. 

Aug.  14.  Antje,  of  Gosen  Van  Oort  and  Maria  Peek. 
Wit. :  Jacobus  Peek,  Catryntje  Glenn. 

Aug.  15.  Marta,  a  heathen  woman,  about  48  years  old, 
called  among  her  nation  Teianjeharre,  i.  c.  Two  heights. 

Alette,  her  dau.,  about  10  years  old,  called  among  her 
nation  Quaktendiatha,  i.  e..  One  who  is  being  driven. 

Catarine,  a  widow,  about  33  years  old,  called  among  her 
nation  Sadiogwa,  i.  e.,  She  has  as  much,  or  An  equal 
share. 

Aug.  21.     Elsje,  of  Jan  Albertsz  and  Geesje  Jansz.     Wit. 
Antje  Staats. 

Hester,  of  Nanning  Harmensz  and  Alida  Vinhagel.   Wit. 
Eva  Vinhagel,  Tjerk  Harmensz. 

Aug.  28.     Jan,  of  Isak  Vosburg  and  Anna  Jansz.     Wit. 
Judic  Jansz,  Johannes  Lucasz. 

Geertruy,   of   Claas   Frederiksz  and  Ifje  Arents.     Wit. 
Antje  Staats. 

Sept.  4.  Jacob,  of  Willem  Jacobsz  and  Elisabeth  Rosen- 
boom.     Wit.:   Harbart  Jacobsz,  Gj'sbertje  Rosenboom. 

Sept.  7.  Phlip,  of  Jan  Bronk  and  Commertje  Leen- 
dertsz.  Wit. :  Caspar  Leendertsz,  Jonas  Volkertsz,  Wyntie 
Phlipz. 

Sep.  II.  Jan,  of  Evert  Wiler  and  Josine  Jansen.  Wit.: 
Maas  Comelisz,  Sara  Jansz. 


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Sep.  16.  Maria,  of  Thomas  Willemsz  and  Agnietje 
Gansevoort.     Wit.:   Frans  Winne,  Antje  Gansevoort. 

Sep.  18.  Styntje,  of  Thomas  Winne  and  Teuntje  Jans. 
Wit. :   Jan  Tysz,  Judik  Jansz. 

Oct.  23.  Maria,  of  Franc  Harris  and  Zytje  Matthysz. 
Wit.:   Henderik  Harris  [?],  Hilletje  Corn. 

Folkert,  of  Henderik  Oothout  and  Caatje  Folkertsz. 
Wit. :   Andries  Folkertsz,  Jannetje  Oothout. 

Pieter,  of  Jacob  Teunisz  and  Anna  Lookerman.  Wit.: 
Henderik  Hansz,  Catrina  Renselaar. 

Folkje,  of  Hichiel  Coljer  and  Titje  Jurriaans.  Wit.: 
Claas  Lucasz,  Lysbeth  Lansing. 

Maria,  of  Frans  Winnen  and  Elsje  Gansevoort.  Wit.: 
Leendert  PhUpsz,  Tanne  Winne. 

Oct.  30.  Grietje,  of  Abraham  Cuyler  and  Caatje  Bley- 
ker.  Wit. :  Jan  Jansz  Bleyker,  Johannes  Cuyler,  Grietje 
Bleyker. 

Nov.  20.  Teunis,  of  Pieter  Willemsz  Van  Slyk  and  Jo- 
hanna Hansz.     Wit. :   Jan  Hansz,  Elsje  Rutgersz. 

Maria,  of  Evert  Kidder  and  Anna  Van  Esch.  Wit. :  Jan 
Van  Esch,  Maria  Van  Esch. 

Nov.  27.  Alida,  of  Jacob  Turk  and  Catrina  Van  Ben- 
thuvsen.  Wit.:  Harten  Van  Benthuysen,  Elisabeth  Wen- 
dell'. 

Caterina,  of  Johannes  Van  Santen  and  Hargriet  Van  der 
Poel.  Wit.:  Isac  Isaksz,  Willem  Gysbertsz,  Catrine  Van 
der  Poel. 

Nov.  30.  David,  of  Abraham  Schuyler  and  Geertruy 
Ten  Broek.     Wit. :   Dirk  W.  Ten  Broek,  Cateline  Schuyler. 

Dec.  4.  Jacob,  of  Marten  Jansz  and  Jannetje  Conielisz. 
Wit.:   Phlip  Foreest,  Tryntje  Foreest. 

Dec.  18.  Rachel,  of  Albert  Rykman  and  Nelletje  Quak- 
elbosch.     Wit. :    Henderik  Bries,  Catryn  Rutgers. 

Dec.  23.  Antoni,  of  Antoni  Bratt  and  Wilmje  Teunisz. 
Wit.:  Johannis  Bratt,  Johanna  Bratt. 

Dec.  25.  Rebecca,  of  Daniel  Jansz  Van  Antwerpen  and 
Marietje  Groot.  Wit.:  Johannes  Sandersz,  Elisabeth  Wen- 
dell. 

Dec.  26.  Anna,  of  Comelis  Teunisz  Van  Veghten  and 
Mara  Lucasz.  Wit. :  Henderik  V.  Renselaar,  Elisabeth 
Wendell. 

1693,  Jan.  I.  Arent,  of  Reyer  J.  Schermerhoorn  and 
Ariaantje  Arentsz.  Wit. :  Jacob  Staats,  Elisabeth  Wen- 
dell. 

Sara,  Dekajagentha,  i.  e..  Who  leaves  by  two  doors, 
about  40  years  old. 

Abraham,  son  of  the  above,  formerly  Wagwagton,  i.  e., 
Pushed  over,  about  17  years  old. 


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Isak,  also  a  son  of  the  above,  formerly  Sirware,  i.  e.,  Puts 
the  cloth  in  the  water,  about  4  years  old. 

Jacob,  of  Isack  and  Eunice,  married  proselytes. 

Jan.  15.  Feytje,  of  Phlip  Leendertsz  and  Weyntje 
Dirksz.     Wit.:    Frans  Winnen,  Agniet  Thomasz. 

Jan.  18.  Engeltje,  of  Jan  Vroman  and  Geesje  Symonsz. 
Wit.:  Johannes  Appell,  Tryntje  Schaats. 

Jan.  21.  Alida,  of  Pieter  D.  Schuyler  and  Alida  Sleg- 
tenhorst.     Wit. :   Pieter  Schuyler,  Geertruy  Groesbeek. 

Feb.  I.  Jan,  of  Antje  Jansz  Bratt.  Wit.:  Claartje 
Jansz  Bratt. 

Matheuis,  of  Johannes  Bensing  and  Lysbeth  Matheuisz. 
Wit.:   Johannis  Tomesz,  Marretje  Mattheuisz. 

Feb.  12.  Ariaantje,  of  Claas  Laurentsz  and  Marietje 
Swart.     Wit.:   Wouter  V.  Uythoff,  Jannetje  Swart. 

Johannes,  of  Henderik  Brouwer  and  Marritje  Pietersz. 
Wit. :   Gysbert  Marselis,  Rebecca  Claasz. 

Antje,  of  Gerrit  Jansz  and  Marritje  Lowysz.  Wit. : 
Pieter  Mingall,  Cornelia  V.  Olinda. 

Feb.  19.  Isak,  of  Jan  Quakelbosch  and  Magtelt  Jansz. 
Wit. :   Tryntje  Rykman. 

Margareta,  of  Johannes  Teller  and  Susanna  Wendell. 
Wit. :   Gerrit  Lansing,  Lysbet  Teller. 

March  i.  Maria,  of  Wilhem  Peeren  and  Lysbeth  Sik- 
kell.     Wit. :   Abram  Lsaksz,  Rachel  Rattelis. 

March  5.  Lucretia,  of  Lucas  Jansz  Van  Sasberge  *  and 
Marietjen  Evertsen.     Wit.:  Jan  Lansing,  Elsje  Rutgers. 

March  19.  Wilhelm,  of  Melchert  W.  Van  der  Poel  and 
Elisabeth  Van  Trigt.  Wit.:  Arent  Schuyler,  Jenneken 
Schuyler. 

March  26.  Anna,  of  Simon  Van  Esch  and  Rachel  Mel- 
chertsz.     Wit. :    Henderik  Van  Esch,  Catryn  Van  Esch. 

Apr.  2.  Abraham,  of  Evert  Wendell,  J',  and  Elisabeth 
Sanders.     Wit. :    Gerrit  Lansing.  Maria  Roseboom. 

Apr.  9.  Jeuriaan,  of  William  Hooge  and  Martina  Bek- 
ker.  Wit.:  Jan  Bekker,  S',  Joh.  Bekker,  J',  EUsabeth 
Wendell. 

Sara,  of  William  Hilten  and  Anna  Berkhoven.  Wit. : 
Jan  Visscher,  Sara  Visscher. 

Apr.  16.  Annetje,  of  Jan  Pietersz  Mebi  and  Antje  P. 
Bosboom.  Wit. :  Jan  Hendriksz  Vrooman,  Cornelia  Pie- 
tersz Van  Olinda. 

Apr.  17.  Tietje,  of  Johannes  Oothout  and  Aaltje 
Evertsz.     Wit. :   Gerrit  Van  Esch,  Jannetje  Van  Es. 

May  7.  Sella,  of  Joseph  Jets  and  Huybertje  Marselis. 
Wit.:    Haseverus  Marselis,  Antje  Huybertsz. 

*  Note  in  the  record:  "The  father  was  killed,  Feb.  17,  in  an  en- 
counter with  his  enemv." 


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May  4.  Anna,  of  Joseph  Jansz  and  Seitje  Merselis. 
Wit. :   Hasueros  Merselis,  Judik  Merselis. 

May  14.  Catelyntje,  of  Rut  Melchertsz  and  Wyntje 
Harmensz.     Wit.:    Harmen  Tomesz,  Engeltje  Abrahamsz. 

Comelis,  of  Pieter  Martensz  and  Ariaantje  Barents.  Wit. : 
Cornelis  Hendriksz,  Marte  Martensz,  Ariaantje  Gerrits. 

May  21.  Robbert,  of  Gerrit  Rosenboom  and  Maria  San- 
ders.    Wit. :    Robbert  Sanders. 

May  25.  Jannetje,  of  Hendrik  Fransz  and  Cornelia 
Andriesz.     Wit.:   Jan  Cornelisz,  Marietje  Jansz. 

June  II.  Johannes,  of  Cornelis  Van  Scherluyn  and 
Geertje  Hamiensz.  Wit.:  Johannes  V.  Scherluyn,  Johan- 
nes Harmensz,  Sara  Harmensz. 

Eytje,  of  Pieter  Vosburg  and  Jannetje  Barents.  Wit.: 
Isak  Vosburg,  Anna  Jansz. 

June  18.  Gelyna,  of  Isak  Verplank  and  Abigail  Uyten- 
bogaart.     Wit.:    Hendrik  Van  Dyke,  Geertruy  Kroesbeck. 

July  2.  Elisabeth,  of  Christiaan  Christiaansz  and  Mar- 
ritje  Elders.     Wit. :   Jacob  Coenraad,  Catelyntje  Jacobsz. 

Maria,  of  Benoni  Van  Corlar  and  Elisabeth  Van  der  Poel. 
Wit.:   Jan  Abeel,  Maria  Van  Schayk. 

Harmannus,  of  Phlip  Wendell  and  Maria  Visscher.  Wit. : 
Nanning  Harmensz,  Evert  Wendell,  J',  Elsje  Lansing. 

Margareta,  of  Jan  Cloet  and  Bata  Slogtenhorst.  Wit.: 
Henrik  Rosenboom,  Alida  Schuyler. 

July  9.  Rebecca,  of  Harme  Gansevoort  and  Marietje 
Leendertsz.     Wit. :   Leendert  Phlipsz,  Agnietje  Leendertsz. 

Geertruy,  of  Marten  Krvgier  and  Jannetje  Hendrix. 
Wit.:   Elisabeth  Banker,  Dirk  W.  T.  Broek. 

July  23.  Eva,  of  Frerik  Harmensz  and  Margriet  Hansz. 
Wit. :    Hendrik  Hansz,  Hester  Hansz. 

Aug.  20.  Elisabeth,  of  Everard  Banker,  Elisabeth 
Abeel.     Wit. :   Johannes  Abeel,  Catrina  Van  der  Poel. 

Jacob,  of  Roelof  Gerritsz  and  Geertruy  Jacobsz.  Wit.: 
Jean  Rogi,  Lysbet  Rogi. 

Jenneken,  of  Jacob  Ten  Eyk,  and  Geertje  Koeyman. 
Wit. :  Johannes  Cuyler,  Caatje  Cuyler. 

Debora,  of  Hendrik  Hansz  and  Debora  Van  Dam.  Wit. : 
Claas  R.  V.  Dam,  Maria  Van  Dam. 

Geertruy,  of  Bastiaan  Harmensz  and  Dirke  Teunisz. 
Wit. :    Nanning  Harmensz,  Evert  Teunisz,  Hester  Tjerks. 

Henderikje,  of  Lucas  Lucasz  and  Judik  Marselis.  Wit.: 
Gysbert  Marselis,  Annetje  Marselis. 

Gerrit,  of  Gerrit  Lansing,  J',  and  Catryntje  Sanders. 
Wit.:   Gerrit  Lansing,  Sr,  Elsje  Lansing. 

Aug.  25.  Maria,  of  Antoni  Bries,  Catrine  Rykman. 
Wit. :    Harme  Rutgersz,  Albert  Rykman,  Maria  Bries. 

Aug.  27.  Jan,  of  Dirk  Arentsz  and  Marietje  Van  Eps. 
Wit.:   Jan  Abeel,  Lysbeth  Teunisz. 


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Engeltje,    of   Gerrit   Symonsz   and   Tryntje    Helmertsz. 
Wit. ;   Jan  H.  Vrooman,  Ariaantje  Barents. 

Antje,   of  Claas  Grave  and  Lysbeth  Rinkhout.     Wit.: 
Geertruy  De  Groot,  J- 

Jacob,  of  Phlip  Phlipsz  and  Lysbeth  Gansevoort.     Wit.: 
Isak  Swits,  Diwer  Sanders. 

Sep.    3.     Marietje,   of  Jacob   Jansz   and  Judik   Fransz. 
Wit. :   Jacob  Staats,  Antje  Staats. 

Elsje,  of  Lambert  Jochumsz  Van  Valkenborgh  and  Jan-  / 
netje  Klauw.     Wit. :   Mathys  Nak,  Catryntje  Lucasz. 

Catelyntje,  of  Thomas  Harmensz  and  Mayke  Oothout. 
Wit. :   Harmen  Thomasz,  Jannetje  Oothout. 

Sep.  10.     Jacob,  of  Jan  Salomonsz  and  Caatje  Looker- 
man.     Wit. :  Jacob  Teunisz,  Maria  Schuyler. 

Hilletje,  of  Johannes  Bekker,  Jf,  and  Anna  Van  der  Zee. 
Wit. :  Willem  Hooge,  Hilletje  Van  der  Zee. 

Sept.  24.     Christyntje,  of  Gillis  De  la  Grange  and  Jen- 
neke  Adriaans.     Wit. :   Johannes  Appell,  Annetje  Appell. 

Oct.   I.     Anna,  of  Hendrik  Van  Renselaar  and  Catrina 
Verbrugge.     Wit. :    Pieter  Schuyler,  Sara  Verbrugge. 

Oct.   15.     Barent,  of  Andries  Hansz  and  Grietje  Gys- 
bertsz.     Wit.:   Wouter  Quakelbosch,  Johanna  Pietersz. 

Oct.    22.     Andries,    of    Andries    Gardenier    and    Eytje 
Ariaansz.     Wit. :   Jan  Hendriksz,  Jacomyntje  Maasz. 

Sara,  of  Johannes  Cuyler  and  Elsje  Ten  Broek.     Wit.: 
Dirk  W.  Ten  Broek,  Pieter  Verbrugge,  Styntje  Ten  Broek. 

Oct.    29.     Engeltje,   of   Barent   Wimp   and   Folkje   Sy- 
monsz.    Wit.:   Jacobus  Peek,  Maratje  Mingal. 

Jacob,  of  Isak  Swits  and  Susanna  Groot.     Wit.:    Evert 
Banker,  Elisabeth  Banker. 

The  following  pros,  were  ba. : 

Tonidoge,  i.  e.,  Split  Moon,  now  called  Gideon,  about  23 
years  old. 

Akerrijehe,  i.  e..  One  who  continually  turns  something 
around,  now  Antoni,  about  15  years  old. 

Thomas.ach.of  Rebecca,  who  was  ba. by  us,  Sept.  7, 1692. 

Anna,  of  Joseph  and  Jacomine,  marr.  people  among  the 
pros. 

Nov.  19.     Pieter,  of  Johannes  De  Wandelaar  and  Sara 
Schepmoes.     Wit. :   Pieter  Verbrugge,  Sara  Cuyler. 

Christoffel,  of  Comelis  Stephensz  and  Hilletje  Looker- 
man.     Wit. :   Pieter  Schuyler,  Catrina  Van  Renselaar. 

Johannes,  of  Lucas  Jansz  and  Catryn  Melchertsz.     Wit. : 
Jan  Andriesz,  Margriet  Bleyker. 

Nov.  26.     David,  of  Hendrik  Van  Dyk  and  Maria  Schuy- 
ler.    Wit.:   David  Schuyler,  Rykje  Staats. 

Dec.  3.     Susanna,  of  Johannes  Bratt  and  Maria  Kete- 
luyn.     Wit. :  Willem  Keteluyn,  Susanna  Bratt. 


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Dec.  20.  Thomas,  of  Robbert  Broun  and  Maria  Hujes. 
Wit.:  Thomas  Charp,  Betti  Perens. 

Dec.  24.  Tanneke,  of  Hendrik  Jansz  and  Lyntje  Win- 
nen.     Wit. :   Marten  Cornehsz,  Tanneke  Martensz. 

Dec.  31.  Josina,  of  Samuel  Gardenier  and  Helena 
Dirksz.     Wit. :   Maes  Comelisz,  Aaltje  Gardenier. 

Sara,  of  Jacob  Teunisz  and  Anna  Lookerman.  Wit.: 
Hendrik  V.  Renselaar,  Marritje  Lookerman. 

Casparus,  of  Casparus  Leendertsz  and  Alette  Winnen. 
Wit.:   Frans  Winne,  Eva  Winne. 

Andries,  of  Andries  Huyk  and  Catryn  Valkenborg.  Wit.: 
Wilhem  Peer,  Lysbet  Sikkels. 

Dirk,  of  Jacob  Vosburg  and  Dorethe  Jansz.  Wit.: 
Marte  Comelisz,  Abigael  Verplank. 

Agniet,  formerly  known  as  Kajaidahje,  about  40  years 
old,  wife  of  Tjerk. 

Susanna,  her  ch.,  2  months  old. 

Margriet,  formerly  Kviethentha,  17  years  old. 

1694,  Jan.  7.  Dirck,  of  Dirk  Van  der  Heyden  and 
Rachel  Keteluym.  Wit.:  Johannes  Te  Neur,  David 
Schuyler,  Maria  Van  Dyk. 

Jan.  14.  Geertruy,  of  Christoffel  Brussi  and  Styntje 
Niclaasz.     Wit. :  Claas  Rust,  Hester  Harmensz. 

Jan.  17.  Annetje,  of  Andries  Albertsz  Bratt  and  Cor- 
nelia Teunisz  Verwey.  Wit.:  Dirk  Bratt,  Barent  Bratt, 
Maria  Bries. 

Johanna,  of  Jacob  Casparsz  and  Hendrikje  Hansz.  Wit. : 
Huybert  Gertsz,  Maria  Lansing. 

Roeloff ,  of  Jan  Albertsz  and  Geesje  Jansz.  Wit. :  Antje 
Cross. 

Geertruy,  of  Isak  Vosburg  and  Annetje  Jansz.  Wit.: 
Tys  Jansz,  Elisabeth  Beek. 

Jan.  21.  Marietje,  of  Barent  Gerritsz  and  Geertruy 
Jansz.     Wit. :   Comelis  Claasz,  Geertje  Gerritsz. 

Jan.  28.  Pieter,  of  Teunis  Pietersz  and  Margriet  Lau- 
rentsz.     Wit.:   Helmert  Jansz,  Antje  Laurents. 

Feb.  7.  Benjamin,  of  Wilhelm  Rees  and  Catryn  Jansz. 
Wit. :    Robbert  Levingston,  Alida  Levingston. 

N.  B. — The  parents  belonging  to  the  Lutheran  Church, 
the  witnesses  promised  to  educate  the  child  in  the  confes- 
sion of  our  church. 

Feb.  II.  Agnietje,  of  Arent  Vedder  and  Sara  Groot. 
Wit.:   Gerrit  Lansing,  S',  Susanna  Lansing. 

Geertruy,  of  Pieter  Schuyler  and  Maria  Renselaar. 
Wit. :  Robbert  Levingston,  Richart  Engelsby,  Catrina 
Renselaar. 

Feb.  14.  Helena,  of  Samson  Bensing  and  Tryntje  Ma- 
theusz.     Wit. :    Thomas  Harmensz,  Engeltje  Melcherts. 


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Feb.  18.  Jacob,  of  Abram  Isaksz  and  Anna  Sikkels. 
Wit.:   Herbert  Jacobsz,  Tryntje  Wendell. 

Feb.  21.  Pieter,  of  Marten  G.  V.  Bergen  and  Neeltje 
Meyndertsz.     Wit. :  Gerrit  Teunisz,  Catrina  Van  Renselaar. 

Marten,  of  Robbert  Teuwisz  and  Cornelia  Martensz. 
Wit.:    Rut  Melcheltsz,  Catelyntje  Martensz. 

March  11.  Hendrik,  of  Hendrik  Gardenier  and  Neeltje 
Claasz.  Wit. :  Willem  Gysbertsz,  Cornells  Claasz  Van  den 
Berch,  Susanna  Ouwerkerk. 

March  18.  Teunis,  of  Arent  Slingerlant  and  Geertruy 
Van  Vosch.  Wit. :  Teunis  Slingerland,  Johannes  T.  Min- 
gal,  Maria  Mingal. 

Apr.  I.  Alida,  of  Tammus  Noxen  and  Geertruy  Hogen- 
boom.  Wit. :  Meuis  Hogenboom,  Hendrik  V.  Renselaar, 
Antje  Hogenboom. 

Apr.  6.  Johannes,  of  Piere  De  Germeau  and  Catrina 
Van  der  Heyde.  Wit. :  Wessel  Ten  Broek,  Catrine  Ten 
Broek. 

Apr.  II.  The  following  pros,  were  ba.  after  previous 
confession : 

Eva,  49  years  old,  called  among  the  heathen  Sowasthoa, 
i.  e.,  Little  one. 

Seli,  Eva's  adopted  dau.,  9  years  old,  called  among  the 
heathen  Tejononnaron. 

Anna;  her  heathen  name  was  Sajogerenha,  i.  e.,  Little 
chaser  (opdryvertje) ;  about  26  years  old. 

Gerrit,  Anna's  little  ch. 

Moses,  ch.  of  Gideon  (the  mo.  is  not  yet  ba.). 

Helena  and  Hester,  twins  of  Joseph  and  Rachel. 

Dorothe,  of  Grietje,  who  was  ba.  March  28,  1692. 

Apr.  15.  Thomas,  of  Johannes  Jansz  and  Lysbeth  Leen- 
dertsz.     Wit. :   Caspar  Leendertsz,  Alette  Pietersz. 

Marietje,  of  Coenraat  Hooghteeling  and  Tryntje  Wil- 
lemsz.     Wit. :   Wouter  Van  den  Uythoff,  Jannetje  Swart. 

Apr.  22.  Rebecca,  of  Jan  Wibusz  and  Anne  Marie 
Hansz.     Wit. :   Maas  Comelisz,  Rebecca  Evertsz. 

Apr.  29.  Johannes,  of  Johannes  Rosenboom  and  Ger- 
ritje  Coster.     Wit. :   Johannis  Lansing,  Margriet  Mingal. 

Gosen,  of  Antoni  Van  Schayk  and  Maria  Van  der  Poel. 
Wit. :   Johannes  Abeel,  Elisabeth  Corlar. 

Mathys,  of  Mathys  Hooghteeling  and  Maria  Hendriksz. 
Wit. :  Annetje  Harmensz,  Marte  Gerritsz. 

May  6.  Claas,  of  Dirk  Van  der  Karre  and  Feytje  Van 
Schaak.     Wit. :   Johannes  Abeel,  Catryntje  Van  der  Poel. 

Claas,  of  Hansz  Jurriaansz  and  Cornelia  Claasz.  Wit. : 
Hendrik  Lansing,  Catryntje  Van  Alen. 

Anna,  of  Elbert  Gerritsz  and  Maria  Pruyn.  Wit.:  Jo- 
hannes Pruyn,  Jannetje  Gerritsz. 


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Jannetje,  of  Jacob  Schermerhoorn  and  Gerritje  Hen- 
driksz.  Wit. :  Dirk  W.  Ten  Broek,  Johannes  Cuyler,  Neeltje 
Schermerhoorn. 

May  20.  Johannes,  of  Johannes  Beekman  and  Eva  Vin- 
hagell.     Wit.:   Jan  Vinhagell,  Ahda  Vinhagell. 

May  27.  Sara,  of  Evert  Wile  and  Josine  Jacobsz.  Wit.: 
Jacob  Winnen,  Eva  Winnen. 

June  17.  Anna,  of  Abraham  Kip  and  Geesje  Van  der 
Heyden.     Wit.:  Johannes  Kip,  Anna  Van  der  Heyden. 

Maria,  of  Robbert  Barrit  and  Wyntje  Jansz.  Wit.: 
Ritchart  Weyt,  EHsabeth  Jansz. 

Christine,  of  Wessel  Ten  Broek  and  Catrina  Lookerman. 
Wit. :   Johannes  Cuyler,  Christina  Ten  Broek. 

June  24.  Wynand,  of  Cornells  Gysbertsz  and  Cornelia 
Wynandsz.     Wit. :  Willem  Gysbertsz,  Maria  Melchertsz. 

July  1.  Claas,  of  Cornells  Claasz  and  Susanna  Ouwer- 
kerk.     Wit. :   Jan  Ouwerkerk,  Neeltje  Claasz. 

July  8.     Helena,  of  a  proselyte. 

July  29.  Phlip,  of  Phlip  Leendertsz  and  Weyntje  Dirksz. 
Wit.:  Teunis  Dirksz,  Caspar  Leendertsz,  Feytje  Dirksz. 

Lysbeth,  of  Huybert  Gerritsz  and  Maria  Lansing.  Wit.: 
Cornells  Gerritsz,  Lysbeth  Lansing. 

Johannes,  of  Jan  Casparsz  and  Rachel  Willemsz.  Wit. : 
Hendrik  Lansing,  Lysbeth  Verwey. 

Aug.  19.  Johannes,  of  Jan  Redly  and  Rachel  Lambertsz. 
Wit. :   Johannes  Rosenbooni,  Gerritje  Rosenboom. 

Aug.  26.  Johannes,  of  Abram  Jansz  and  Marritje  Van 
Deusen.     Wit. :   Jacob  Van  Deusen,  Catelyn  Bensing. 

Johannes,  of  Johannes  Blyker,  Jf,  and  Anna  Koster. 
Wit. :   Johannes  Blyker,  Geertje  Lansing. 

Sept.  II.  Anna,  of  Jean  Gilbert  and  Cornelia  Van  den 
Bergh.     Wit. :   Abraham  Cuyler,  Gerritje  Rosenboom. 

Hermannus,  of  Nanning  Harmansz  and  Alida  Vinhagel. 
Wit. :  Johannes  Vinhagel,  Johannes  Harmensz,  Maria  Vin- 
hagel. 

Oct.  21.  Jannaatje,  of  Frans  Winne  and  Elsje  Ganse- 
voort.     Wit.:   Jacob  Winne,  Eva  Winne. 

Oct.  28.  Phlip,  of  Pieter  D.  Schuyler,  Alida  Slechten- 
horst.     Wit. :   Johannes  Abeell,  Bata  Slegtenhorst. 

Nov.  4.  Hermannus,  of  Thomas  Willemsz  and  Agnietje 
Gansevoort.     Wit. :   Leendert  Phlipsen,  Tryntje  Schaats. 

Nov.  25.  Catrina,  of  Phlip  Foreest  and  Tryntje  Kip. 
Wit.:   Phlip  Wendell,  Margrietje  Harmensz. 

Catrina,  of  David  Schuyler  and  Elsje  Rutgers.  Wit.; 
Hamie  Rutgers,  Abram  Schuyler,  Catrina  Rutgers. 

Dec.  g.  Isak  and  Jacob,  twins  of  Jan  Van  der  Hoeve 
and  Dorethe  Jansz.  Wit. :  Lucas  Lucasz,  Marietje  Bries, 
Albert  Rykman,  Marietje  Jansz. 


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Dec.  14.  Anna,  of  Hendrik  Van  Esch  and  Catrina  Van 
Dam.     Wit. :    Evert  Ridders,  Debora  Van  Dam. 

Dec.  16.  Johanna,  of  Robbert  Levingston  and  Alida 
Schuyler.  Wit. :  Piter  Schuyler,  Richart  Engelsby,  Isa- 
bella Dellius. 

Dec.  26.  Geertruy,  of  Andries  Jansz  and  Engeltje  Vol- 
kertsz.     Wit. ;   Andries  Douw,  Caatje  Melchertsz. 

The  following  pros,  were  ba. : 

Pieter,  formerly  Kanarongwe,  i.  e.,  Drawer  out  of  arrows, 
about  20  years  old. 

Sander,  formerly  Anoniachtha  i.  e.,  Dancer,  about  20 
years  old. 

Brant,  formerly  Thowariage,  i.  e..  One  whose  fence  has 
been  broken,  about  21  years  old. 

Dorcas,  formerly  Sakkoherriho,  i.  e..  One  who  re-enters 
the  bushes,  about  23  years  old. 

Christine,  formerly  Tsike,  i.  e.,  Seer,  about  iS  years  old. 

Amirant,  formerly  Kanianaundon,  i.  e.,  One  who  lifts 
cones  (Kegel  steenen),  about  20  year?  old. 

1695,  Jan.  6.  Gerrit,  of  Evert  Ridders  and  Antje  Van 
Esch.     Wit. :   Kiliaan  Van  Renselaar,  Maria  Schuyler. 

Jan.  9.  Marietje.  of  Hendrik  Beekman  and  Antje  Quak- 
kelbosch.     Wit.  •   Johannes  Beekman,  Eva  Vinhagel. 

Jan.  20.  Breechje,  of  Mathys  Jansz  and  Cornelia  Teuisz. 
Wit. :   Jan  Tysz,  Lena  Teuisz. 

Abraham,  of  Pieter  Vosburgh  and  Jannetje  Barents. 
Wit. :   Ariaantje  Barens. 

Barent,  of  Pieter  Martensz  and  Ariaantje  Barents.  Wit. : 
Pieter  Vosburg,  Jannetje  Barents. 

Abigael,  of  Marte  Jansz  and  Jannetje  Cornells.  Wit.: 
Abraham  Jansz,  Doretje  Jansz. 

Jochum,  of  Lambert  Valkenborch  and  Jannetje  Fransz. 
Wit. :   Bartel  Valkenborg,  Catryn  Van  Alen. 

Abigael,  of  Gerrit  Jacobsz  and  Elisabeth.  Wit.:  An- 
dries Scharp,  Aaltje  Jansz. 

Jan.  23.  Anna,  of  William  Hilten  and  Anna  Berkhove. 
Wit. :   Jean  Kint,  Catrine  Wendell. 

Isak,  of  Jacob  Vosch  and  Jannetje  Quakelbosch.  Wit.: 
Isak  Vosburgh,  Geertje  Quakelbosch. 

Feb.  20.  Jacob,  of  Jacob  Aartsz  and  Sara  Pels.  Wit. : 
Pieter  Schuyler,  Maria  Schuyler. 

Feb.  24.  Pieter,  of  Hendrik  Jansz  and  Lyntje  Winnen. 
Wit. :  Jan  Andriesz,  Catrina  Sanders. 

March  10.  Daniel,  of  William  Hooge  and  Martina  Bek- 
ker.     Wit. :   John  Visscher,  Elsje  Wendell. 

Johannes,  of  Gerrit  Lansing,  J',  and  Catrina  Glenn. 
Wit.:   Johannes  Glenn,  Diwer  Wendell. 

March  17.  Nelletje,  of  Antoni  Bries  and  Catrina  Ryk- 
man.  Wit. :  Jan  Rykman,  David  Schuyler,  Nelletje  Rykman. 


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Joseph,  of  Joseph  Jets  and  Huybertje  Marselisz.  Wit.: 
Antje  Bekker. 

Hester,  of  Phhp  Wendell  and  Marietje  Visser.  Wit.: 
Johannes  Visser,  Ariaantje  Wendell. 

Maria,  of  Kanastasi,  a  proselyte. 

March  31.  Catelyntje,  of  Jan  Salomonsz  and  Catelyntje 
Lookerman.     Wit.:   Jan  Fonda,  Catrina  Ten  Broek. 

Dirck,  of  Antoni  Bratt  and  Willemje  Teunisz.  Wit.: 
Dirck  Bratt,  Anna  Bratt. 

Apr.  7.  Sara,  of  Jacobus  Turk  and  Catrina  Van  Ben- 
thuysen.  Wit. :  Gerrit  Roosenboom,  Catelyntje  Van  Ben- 
thuysen. 

Jan,  of  Hendrik  Oothout  and  Caatje  Volkerts.  Wit. : 
Jan  Van  Esch,  Grietje  Bleyker. 

Apr.  14.  Neeltje,  of  Johannes  Abeell  and  Catalina 
Schuyler.     Wit. :    Everard  Banker,  Catelina  Schuyler. 

Anna,  of  Abraham  Cuyler,  Catarina  Bleyker.  Wit. :  Jo- 
hannes Cuyler,  Johannes  Bleyker,  Sara  Verbrugge. 

David,  of  Isak  Verplank  and  Abagael  Uytenbogaardt. 
Wit. :   Meindert  Schuyler,  Margriet  Verplank. 

Margriet,  of  Wilhem  Jacobsz  and  Elisabeth  Rosenbooni. 
Wit.:    Hendrik  Rosenboom,  Cataline  Jansz  [?]. 

Apr.  28.  Lucas,  of  Johannes  Lucasz  Wyngaart  and 
Susanna  Wendell.     Wit. :    Nicolaas  Lucasz,  Anna  Lucasz. 

Helena,  of  Jan  Bronk  and  Commertje  Leendertsz.  Wit. : 
Leendert  Phlipsz,  Tomas  Harmensz,  Elsje  Winne. 

May  2.  Hasueros,  of  Everard  Wendell,  J',  and  Elisa- 
beth Sanders.  Wit.:  Catelyntje  Van  Benthuysen,  Gerrit 
Rosenboom. 

May  16.  Jacob,  of  Andries  Jacobsz  and  Eytje  Ariesz. 
Wit. :   Jacob  Staats,  Geertje  Ten  Eyk. 

May  19.  David,  of  Dirk  Van  der  Heyden  and  Rachel 
Keteluym.     Wit. :   Daniel  Keteluym,  Alida  Levingston. 

May  26.  Johannes,  of  Gysbert  Marselis  and  Barbar 
Groesbeek.     Wit. :   Willem  Groesbeek,  Judik  Marselis. 

Dirkje,  of  Lambert  Jansz  and  Jannetje  Mingaal.  Wit. : 
Johannes  Teller,  Tryntje  Wendell. 

Jurriaan,  of  Michiel  Coljer  and  Tite  Jurriaansz.  Wit.: 
Hu)'bert  Gerritsz,  Maria  Lansing. 

Johanna,  of  Pieter  W.  Van  Slyk  and  Johanna  Hansz. 
Wit.:    Hendrik  Van  Dyk,  Jannetje  Swart. 

Teuntje,  of  Barent  Gerritsz  and  Gertruy  Lansing.  Wit. : 
Wouter  P.  Quakelbosch,  Marritje  Gerritsz. 

June  16.  Helena,  of  Tjerk  Harmensz  and  Emmetje 
Jansz.     Wit.:   Cornelis  Van  Scherluyn,  Sara  Harmensz. 

Pieter,  of  Isak  Jansz  Alestyn  and  Marietje  Abbedis. 
Wit. :   Isak  Verplank,  Alida  Van  Wey. 

Jeremias,  of  Jacob  Teunisz  and  Anna  Lookerman.  Wit. : 
Gerrit  Van  Esch,  Hilletje  Lookerman. 


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June  21.  Marietje,  of  Willem  Van  Alen  and  Marietje 
Van  Petten.     Wit. :    Gerrit  Van  Esch,  Marietje  Van  Esch. 

June  23.  Lysbeth,  of  Isak  Casparsz  and  Dorethe  Bosch. 
Wit. :   Jean  Rogi,  Maria  Lansing. 

Susanna,  formerly  Nikajada,  i.  e.,  Thin  waist,  about  30 
years  old. 

Jonas,  3  years  old,  Diwer,  5  months  old,  chn.  of  Susanna. 

Dirk,  formerly  Rode,  i.  e..  Stupid,  about  80  years  old. 

June  30.  Hans,  of  Hendrik  Hansz  and  Debora  Van 
Dam.     Wit.:  Johannes  Hansz,  Elsje  Hansz. 

July  7.  Neeltje,  of  Karel  Hansz  and  Lysbeth  Rink- 
hout.     Wit. :    Johannes  Beekman,  Neeltje  Schermerhoom. 

July  14.  Jacob,  of  Henderik  Rosenboom  and  Debora 
Staats.     Wit.:   Jacob  Staats,  Margriet  Mingaal. 

July  21.  Christine,  of  Abraham  Schuyler  and  Geertruy 
Ten  Broek.  Wit.:  Pieter  D.  Schuyler,  Wessel  Ten  Broek, 
Styntje  Ten  Broek. 

Cornelia,  of  Cornelis  Van  Scherluyn  and  Geertruy  Har- 
mensz.     Wit.:   Phlip  Wendell,  Alida  Vinhagel. 

Cornelia,  of  Harmen  Knikkelbacker  and  Lysbeth  Bo- 
gart.     Wit.:    Evert  Van  Esch,  Cornelia  Bogart. 

Aug.  4.  Jochum,  of  Johannes  Bratt  and  Maria  Kete- 
luym.     Wit.:   Barent  Bratt,  Rachel  Van  der  Heyden. 

Aug.  18.  Harmannus,  of  Frerik  Harmansz  and  Mar- 
griet Hansz.     Wit. :  Tjerk  Harmensz,  Ariaantje  Harmensz. 

Aug.  25.  Elsje,  of  Johannes  Cuyler  and  Elsje  Ten 
Broek.     Wit.:   Meindert  Schuyler,  Cornelia  Ten  Broek. 

Sep.  8.  Jannetje,  of  Johannes  Andriesz  Schaap  and 
Geertruy  Rees.     Wit. :  Jan  Salomonsz,  Neeltje  Schaap. 

Marten,  of  Johannes  Beekman  and  Eva  Vinhagell.  Wit. : 
Claas  Rust,  Marietje  Vinhagell. 

Sep.  15.  Catrina,  of  Johannes  Bensing  and  Lysbeth 
Teuwisz.     Wit. :   Thomas  Hannensz,  Cornelia  Robberts. 

Elsje,  of  Gerrit  Rosenboom  and  Maria  Sanders.  Wit.: 
Johannes  Rosenboom,  Margriet  Mingal. 

Sept.  29.  Dirk,  of  Teunis  Dirksz  and  Caatje  Van  Petten. 
Wit. :  Dirk  Teunisz,  Marten  G.  Van  Bergen,  Hendrik 
Oothout,  Marritje  Van  Alen. 

Oct.  4.  Gerrit,  of  Joseph  Jansz  and  Zytje  Marselis. 
Wit. :    Gysbertje  Marselis. 

Wllhem,  of  Johannes  Teller  and  Susanna  Wendell.  Wit. : 
Johannes  Tomesz,  Elisabeth  Schuyler. 

Johannes,  of  Marten  G.  V.  Bergen  and  Neeltje  Meinders. 
Wit.:   Dirk  Teunisz,  Weintje  Bogardus. 

Oct.  6.  Elisabeth,  of  Jelis  De  la  Grange  and  Jenneke 
Adriaansz.     W^it. :   Johannes  Tomesz,  Marietje  Mingal. 

Catelina,  of  Henderik  Van  Dyk  and  Maria  Schuyler. 
Wit.:   Abraham  Schuyler,  Geertruy  Croesbeek. 


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Oct.  13.  Johannes,  of  Johannes  Tomesz  and  Mayken 
Oothout.     Wit. :   Johannes  Oothout,  Wyntje  Tomesz. 

Rebecca,  of  Ariaantje  Van  der  Heyden.  Wit.:  Marietje 
Egberts. 

Nov.  17.  Jacob,  of  Jan  Quakelbosch  and  Machtelt  Post. 
Wit. :   Abram  Schuyler,  Geertruy  Schuyler. 

Christoflel,  of  Everard  Banker  and  Elisabeth  Abeel. 
Wit. :   Wilhelni  Banker,  Marte  Kreigier,  Catelyntje  Abeel. 

Rebecca,  of  Johannes  Oothout  and  Aaltje  Everts.  Wit. : 
Jan  Hansz,  Alida  Fondaas. 

Ariaantje,  of  Melchert  W.  Van  der  Poel  and  Elisabeth 
Teller.     Wit. :   Gerrit  Van  Esch,  Marietje  Van  Esch. 

Jannetje,  of  Abram  Isaksz  and  Anna  Sikkels.  Wit.: 
Melchert  Abramsz,  Rachel  Van  Valkenborch.  ■/' 

Nov.  24.  Engeltje  of  Jochum  Lambertsz  and  Eva  Vro- 
man.     Wit. :   Abram  Isaks,  Jacomyn  Nak. 

Dec.  I.  Anna,  of  Gerrit  Lucasz  and  Sara  Harmensz 
Visser.     Wit.:    Lucas  Gerritsz,  Ariaantje  Wendell. 

Dec.  4.  Annetje,  of  Lucas  Lucasz  and  Judic  Marselis. 
Wit. :   Marcelis  Jansz,  Huybertje  Marselis. 

Dec.  8.  Anna,  of  David  Keteluyn  and  Johanna  Bratt. 
Wit. :  Barent  Bratt,  Dirk  Van  der  Heyden,  Rachel  Van  der 
Heyden. 

Dec.  18.  Alida,  of  Johannes  De  Wandelaar  and  Sara 
Schepmoes.     Wit. :    Meindert  Schuyler,  Rachel  Schuyler. 

Dec.  25.  Philp,  of  Johannes  Schuyler  and  Elisabeth 
Staats.  Wit.:  Alida  Levingston,  Pieter  Schuyler,  Jacob 
Staats. 

i6g6,  Jan.  i.  Marietje,  of  Caspar  Konyn  and  Alette 
Winnen.     Wit. :   Jacob  Winnen,  Elsje  Winnen. 

The  following  pros,  were  also  ba. : 

Zacharias,  a  little  ch.  of  Joseph  and  Kanastasi,  both 
previously  ba.  in  Canada. 

Lucas,  about  21  years  old,  son  of  Eva,  50  years  old.  His 
name  among  the  heathen  was  Sondagerakwe,  i.  e.,  Who 
digs  up  the  soil. 

Barent,  19  years  old.  His  former  name  was  Tarogia- 
getho,  i.  e..  Who  scrapes  the  air. 

Isak,  17  years  old,  formerly  Sognaondje,  i.  e..  Who  de- 
feats the  skeleton. 

Jacob,  22  years  old,  formerly  Kajingwirago,  i.  e..  Large 
arrow. 

Hester,  35  years  old,  formerly  Toaddoni,  i.  e..  One  who 
cradles. 

Debora,  13  years  old,  dau.  of  Hester,  formerly  Kahusje, 
i.  e.,  Long  wooden  shaft. 

Frans,  6  years  old,  son  of  Hester. 

Gerrit,  also  a  little  ch.  of  Hester. 


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Agniet,  50  years  old,  fonnerly  Katerakse,  i.  e.,  Root- 
eater. 

Abraham,  17  years  old,  son  of  Agniet,  formerly  Sadig- 
niadode,  i.  e.,  They  are  alike. 

Marie,  a  small  child  of  Brant  and  Margriet,  both  pros. 

Celie,  30  years  old,  her  name  among  the  heathen  Waka- 
jesha,  i.  e..  In  vain. 

Seth,  a  little  child  of  Celie. 

Jan.  12.  Catrine,  of  Henri  Possi  and  Antje  Hogen- 
boom.     Wit.:   Hendrik  V.  Renselaar,  Aaltje  Oothout. 

Alida,  of  Elbert  Gerritsz  and  Maria  Pruyn.  Wit. :  Jo- 
hannes Gerritsz,  Alida  Pruyn. 

Jan.  15.  Philippus,  of  Pieter  Schuyler  and  Maria  Van 
Renselaar.  Wit. ;  Johannes  Schuyler,  Kiliaan  V.  Rense- 
laar, Elisabeth  Dellius. 

Jan.  19.  Storm,  of  Johannes  Bekker  and  x\nna  Van 
der  Zee.  Wit. :  Gerrit  Lansing,  Wouter  Van  der  Zee, 
Catrine  Rutgers. 

Matheus,  of  Jan  Teuwisz  Van  Deursen,  Marretje  Mar- 
tensz.     Wit.:   Albert  Rykman,  Nelletje  Rykman. 

Jan.  22.  Margriet,  of  Jan  Albertsz  and  Geesje  Dirksz. 
Wit. :   Andries  Scharp,  Neeltje  Scharp. 

Philippus,  of  Johannes  Tomesz  and  Lysbeth  Conyn. 
Wit. :   Abraham  Jansz,  Marritje  Teuisz. 

Hendrik,  of  Samuel  Gardenier,  Helena  Dirksz.  Wit.: 
Evert  Wieler,  Josyne  Gardenier. 

Feb.  2.  Anna,  of  Hendrik  Van  Renselaar  and  Catrine 
Verbrugge.  Wit.:  Kiliaan  V.  Renselaar,  Wyntje  Bogar- 
dus. 

Feb.  5.  Maria,  of  Samson  Bensing  and  Tryntje  Ma- 
theuisz.     Wit. :   Johannis  Bensing,  Agnietje  Schaats. 

Feb.  12.  Elsje,  of  Jacob  Van  Hoese  and  Judik  Fransz. 
Wit. :  Johannes  Schuyler,  Abraham  Staats,  Elsje  Wendell. 

Margriet,  of  Comelis  Van  Slyk  and  Claartje  Bratt.  Wit. : 
Albert  Rykman,  Antoni  Bries,  Elsje  Rutgers. 

Feb.  16.  Gosen,  of  Antoni  Van  Schayk  and  Maria  Van 
der  Poel.     Wit. :   Johannes  Abeell,  Elisabeth  Corlar. 

Hendrik,  of  Willem  Rees  and  Catrina  Jansz.  Wit.: 
Jacob  Staats,  Elsje  Cuyler. 

Feb.  18.  Coenraat,  of  Hans  Juriaansz  and  Cornelia 
Claasz.  Wit. :  Laurens  Claasz,  Dirk  Van  der  Kerre,  Lysbet 
Lansing. 

March  8.  Geertruy  and  Alida,  twins  of  Nanning  Visser 
and  Alida  Vinhagel.  Wit. :  Bastiaan  Visser,  Johannes 
Beekman,  Geertruy  Scharluyn,  Marietje  Vinhagel. 

Marritje,  of  Pieter  Martensz  and  Ariaantje  Barents. 
Wit.:  Marte  Comelisz,  Albert  Rykman,  Catelyntje  Mar- 
tens. 


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March  1 1 .  Abraham,  of  Isak  Vosburgh  and  Anna  Jan- 
sen.     Wit.:    Hendrik  Hanse,  Debora  Van  Dam. 

March  22.  Engeltje,  of  Rut  Melchertsz  and  Weintje 
Harmensz.     Wit. :   Jan  Jansz  Bleyker,  Tryntje  Schaats. 

Apr.  5.  Storm,  of  Wouter  Van  der  Zee  and  Jannetje 
Swart.  Wit.:  Johannes  Bekker,  Adriaan  Bratt,  Margriet 
Schuyler. 

Apr.  13.  Willem,  of  Mathys  Warmond  and  Susanna 
Heghs.  Wit.:  WiUiam  Hyde,  Hendrikje  Van  Schoon- 
hoven. 

Moeset,  about  20  years  old,  kept  her  original 'name. 

Neeltie,  about  24  years  old,  formerly  Kawachkerat,  i.  e., 
One  who  is  whitish. 

Catrina,  about  2  years  old,  Neeltie's  child. 

Sara,  about  15  years  old,  formerly  Sukkorio,  i.  e..  One 
who  has  beautiful  hair. 

Jan,  about  22  years  old,  formerly  Juthori,  i.  e..  Cold. 

Elias,  of  Joseph  and  Jacomoni,  bapt.  pros.  Wit. :  David, 
Gideon,  and  Josine. 

Apr.  19.  Arent,  of  Benoni  V.  Corlar  and  Elisabeth  Van 
der  Poel.  Wit. :  Antoni  V.  Schayk,  Egbert  Teunisz, 
Elisabeth  Banker. 

Apr.  26.  Anna,  of  Bastiaan  Harmensz  and  Dirkje 
Teunisz.     Wit.:   Johannes  Harmensz,  Hester  Harmensz. 

May  10.  Breechje,  of  Evert  Wiler  and  Josina  Gardenier. 
Wit. :   Johannes  Oothout,  Hendrik  Hansz,  Hester  Fonda. 

Johannes,  of  Jan  Casparsz  and  Rachel  Willemsz.  Wit.: 
Teunis  Dirksz,  Catrine  Van  Petten. 

Rebecca,  of  Johannes  Fonda  and  Marritje  Lookerman. 
Wit. :    Douwe  Fonda,  Rebecca  Fonda. 

May  17.  Jeremie,  of  Jacob  Teunisz  and  Anna  Looker- 
man.     Wit. :   Kiliaan  Van  Renselaar,  Marietje  Van  Es. 

June  I.  Mathieu,  of  Piere  De  Garmeau  and  Catrina 
Van  der  Heyden.  Wit.:  Abram  Kip,  Phlip  Foreest, 
Christine  Ten  Broek. 

June  7.  Breechje  and  Evert,  twins  of  Evert  Pels  and 
Grietje  Van  Deusen.  Wit.:  Melchert  Abramsz,  Symon 
Van  Esch,  Wyntje  Van  Deuse,  Antje  Ridders. 

June  14.  Mathys,  of  Coenraat  Hooghteeling  and  Trynt- 
je W.  Van  Slyk.  Wit. :  Claas  Siwersz,  Tryntje  Hoogh- 
teling. 

Matheus,  of  Abraham  Jansz  and  Marietje  Van  Deuse. 
Wit. :    Hendrik  Hansz,  Marritje  Harbarts. 

June  21.  Maria,  of  Johannes  Ouderkerk  and  Neeltje 
Claassen.     Wit. :    Egbert  Teunisz,  Mayke  Van  Esch. 

June  28.  Andries,  of  Hendrik  Fransen  and  Cornelia 
Andriesz.  Wit.:  Melchert  Van  der  Poel,  Catrina  Van  der 
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Meesje,  of  Gerrit  Jacobsz  and  Lysbet  Eli.  Wit. :  Barent 
Brat,  Susanna  Brats. 

Salomon,  of  Dirk  Van  der  Kerre  and  Feitje  Claasz.  Wit. : 
Antoni  Van  Schayk,  Johannes  Abeel,  Elisabet  Banker. 

The  following  from  among  the  pros,  were  ba. : 

Thomas,  5  years  old,  ch.  of  Gideon  and  Catrina. 
Antonette,  2  years  old,  ch.  of  Gideon  and  Catrina. 

Johannes,  about  26  years  old,  Owajadatferrio,  i.  e.,  He 
has  been  found. 

Judik,  a  ch.  of  Anne. 

Blandine,  about  37  years  old,  formerly  Koatkitsquanni. 

Agnis,  about  15  years  old;  Clara,  about  12  years  old; 
Jephta,  about  10  years  old;  Isai,  about  6  years  old,  chn. 
of  Blandine. 

July  12.  Caspar,  of  Jan  Bronk  and  Commertje  Leen- 
derts.     Wit. :   Caspar  Leenderts,  Feitje  Dirks. 

July  19.  Ariaantje,  of  Cornells  Stephensen  and  Hilletje 
Lookerman.     Wit.:  Wessel  Ten  Broek,  Catrina  Ten  Broek. 

Johannes,  of  Albert  Slingerlandt  and  Hester  Brikkers. 
Wit.:  Antoni  Slingerlant,  Arent  Slingerlant,  Geertje  Brik- 
kers. 

Aug.  2.  Anna,  of  Dirk  Bratt  and  Anna  Teunisz.  Wit.: 
Daniel  Bratt,  Martyn  Teunisz. 

Aug.  9.  Pieter,  of  Pieter  D.  Schuyler  and  Alida  Slegten- 
horst.  Wit. :  David  Schuyler,  Myndert  Schuyler,  Geer- 
truy  Schuyler. 

Tryntje,  of  Harbert  Jacobsz  and  Marritje  Gerrits.  Wit.: 
Elbert  Gerrits,  Catelyntje  Jacobs. 

Aug.  16.  Tobias,  of  Robbert  Teuwisz  and  Cornelia 
Martensz.     Wit.:   Antoni  Bries,  Tryntje  Bries. 

Aug.  23.  Douwe,  of  Jelis  Fonda  and  Rachel  Winnen. 
Wit. :   Douwe  Fonda,  Rebecca  Fonda. 

Elisabeth,  of  Wessel  Ten  Broek  and  Catrina  Lookerman. 
Wit. :  Abram  Schuyler,  Maria  Lookerman. 

Sep.  6.  Elisabeth,  of  Simon  Jongs  and  Anna  Ro.  Wit. : 
William  Held,  Elisabeth  Fletscher. 

Anna,  of  Johannes  Harmensz  Visser  and  Elisabet  Not- 
tingam.     Wit. :   Tjerk  Hannensz  Visser,  Hester  Visser. 

Sep.  13.  Anna,  of  Daniel  Keteluyn  and  Debora  Vile. 
Wit.:  Johannes  Bratt,  Maria  Bratt. 

Sep.  20.     The  following  pros,  were  ba. : 

Jonatan,  about  20  years  old,  formerly  Takaradi. 

Bata,  about  36  years  old,  formerly  Tejoderondat. 

Hagar,  about  17  years  old,  formerly  Dekarogwendats. 

Sara,  the  ch.  of  Rut  and  Hester,  both  pros. 

Natan,  the  ch.  of  Gideon  and  Dorcas,  both  pros. 

Sep.  27.  Hester,  of  Frerik  Harmensz  and  Margriet 
Hansz.     Wit. :   Tjerk  Harmensz,  Elsje  Hansz. 


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Hendrik,  of  Harme  Gansevoort  and  Marie  Leenderts. 
Wit. :   Jan  Bronk,  Caspar  Leenderts,  Kommertje  Bronk. 

Oct.  4.  Jacob,  of  Cornelis  Schermerhoorn  and  Marritje 
Hendriks.  Wit.:  Cornelis  Hendriks,  Jan  Rykman,  Neeltje 
Schermerhoorn. 

Nov.  8.  Pieter,  of  Daniel  Van  Olinda  and  Lysbeth 
Kreigier.     Wit. :   Marten  Kreigier,  Susanna  Bratt. 

Nov.  II.  Marretje,  of  Andries  Hansz  and  Catrina  Lam- 
bertsz.     Wit.:   Cornelis  Scherluyn,  Lysbeth  Wendell. 

Pieter,  of  Lambert  Jochumsz  and  Jannetje  Fransz.  Wit. : 
Wouter  Storm,  Jannetje  Woutersz. 

Nov.  15.  Beertje,  of  Teunis  Willemsz  and  Jannetje  Hen- 
driks.    Wit. :   Gerrit  Hendriks,  Aaltje  Hendriks. 

Geertruy,  of  Johannes  Bleyker,  J',  and  Anna  Coster. 
Wit. :   Jan  Lansing,  Grietje  Bleyker. 

Nov.  26.  Sara,  of  Robbert  Barrit  and  Wyntje  Jansz. 
Wit. :  Judik  Lucasz. 

Nov.  30.  Elsje,  of  Frans  Winne  and  Elsje  Gansevoort. 
Wit.:   Tam  Williams,  Agniet  Gansevoort. 

Dec.  10.  Elisabeth,  of  William  Hilten  and  Antje  Berk- 
hoven.     Wit. :   Wouter  Van  der  Zee,  Sara  Melchertsen. 

Matheus,  of  Jean  Van  Loon  and  Maria  Albertsz.  Wit. : 
Maria  Gansevoort. 

Dec.  16.  Johannes,  of  Isak  Terjeks  and  Maria  Willemsz. 
Wit. :  Gerrit  Lansing,  Elisabeth  Schuyler. 

Dec.  27.  Geertruy,  of  Barent  Gerritsz  and  Geertruy 
Jansz.     Wit. :   Cornelis  Van  Esch,  Geertruy  Jansz. 

Jean  Baptiste,  of  Moyse  Depuis  and  Anna.  Wit. :  Abi- 
gael  Verplank. 

Johannes,  of  Moeset.     Wit. :    Hilletje  Olinda. 

[These  last  2  chn.  are  illegitimate.  The  first  of  a  semi- 
black  mother  and  a  Christian  father;  the  other  of  a  pros, 
from  among  the  heathen  and  a  Christian  father.] 

Debora,  of  Jacob,  ba.  Jan.  i,  1696.  The  mother  not  yet 
ba.,  but  receives  instruction. 

Willem,  after  confession.  Formerly  Toadakje,  One  who 
is  being  led. 

1697,  Jan.  3.  Pieter,  of  Pieter  and  Canastasji,  pros. 
Wit.:  Rebecca.  The  father  was  killed  a  few  months 
ago. 

Jan.  6.  Aaltje,  of  Cornelis  Van  Es  and  Marritje  Gerrits. 
wit. :   Isak  Overkerk,  Aaltje  Van  Es. 

Jan.  10.  Catelyntje,  of  Jan  Salomonsz  and  Caatje 
Lookemian.     Wit.:   Jan  Fonda,  Catrine  Ten  Broek. 

Mathys,  of  Dirk  Van  der  Heyden  and  Rachel  Kitteluyn. 
Wit. :  Pieter  Schuyler,  Maria  Schuyler. 

Jan.  17.  Hendrik,  of  Evert  Ridders  and  Anna  Van  Esch. 
Wit. :   Hendrik  Van  Renslaar,  Mayke  Van  Es. 


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Jan.  31.  Rachel,  of  Jan  Wibesz  and  Anna  Hansz. 
Wit.:   Caspar  Liendertsz,  Gate  .  .  .   Winne. 

Martin,  of  Jacob  Vosburgh  and  Dorethe  Jansz.  Wit. : 
Dirk  W.  Ten  Broek,  Christine  Ten  Broek. 

Feb.  3.  Elbertje,  of  Melchert  Van  der  Poel,  J',  and 
Catrine  Van  Alen.  Wit. ;  Laurens  Van  Alen,  Catelyntje 
Schuyler. 

Feb.  17.  Gerrit,  of  Johannes  Rosenboom  and  Gerritje 
Coster.     Wit. :   Pieter  Mmgall,  Antje  Blyker. 

Anna,  of  Tammus  Williams  and  Agnietje  Gansevoort. 
Wit. :  Jonatan  Bradhorst,  Elsje  Winne. 

Feb.  21.  Barent,  of  David  Keteluyn  and  Johanna  Bratt. 
Wit.:   Willem  Keteluyn,  Antoni  Brat,  Marretje  Egberts. 

Feb.  28.  Anna,  of  Meindert  Schuyler  and  Rachel  Cuy- 
ler.     Wit. :   Abram  Cuyler,  Cateline  Schuyler. 

March  14.  Hester,  of  Gerrit  Lucasz  and  Sara  Harmensz. 
Wit. :   Tjerk  Harmensz,  Hester  Tjerk. 

March  21.  Susanna,  of  Simon  Groot  and  Geertruy 
Rinkhout.     Wit.:    Gerrit  Lansing,  Ariaantje  Wendell. 

Apr.  2.  Maria,  of  Johannes  Beekman  and  Eva  Vin- 
hagel.     Wit. :   Nanning  Visser,  Alida  Visser. 

Apr.  4.  Geertruy,  of  Hendrik  Jansz  and  Lyntje  Winnen. 
Wit. :   Jelis  Fonda,  Rachel  Fonda. 

The  following  chn.  of  pros,  were  ba. : 

Daniel,  aged  7  years;  Adam,  aged  6  weeks,  chn.  of 
Neeltje,  ba.  Apr.  13,  1696. 

Christine,  4  weeks  old,  ch.  of  Johannes  and  Rebecca. 

Brant,  2  months  old,  ch.  of  Marie,  ba.  in  Canada,  for- 
merly Senehanawith,  i.  e..  Who  boils  maize. 

Jacob,  2  months  old,  ch.  of  Christine,  ba.  Dec.  26,  1694. 
Her  husband  has  not  yet  been  ba. 

Jan,  4  weeks  old,  ch.  of  Jan  and  Maria.  She  was  ba.  in 
Canada,  and  he  at  A.,  Apr.  13,  1696. 

Apr.  5.  Johannes,  of  Isak  Ouwerkerk  and  Mayke  Van 
Esch.     Wit. :   Jan  Van  Esch,  Aaltje  Van  Esch. 

Apr.  II.  David,  of  David  Schuyler  and  Elsje  Rut- 
gers. Wit.:  Abram  Schuyler,  Pieter  Schuyler,  Cateline 
Schuyler. 

Daniel,  of  Christiaan  Christiaansz  and  Maria  Isbrantsz. 
Wit. :  Johannes  Mingal,  Nelletje  Rykman. 

Evert,  of  Phlip  Wendell  and  Maria  Visser.  Wit.:  Bas- 
tiaan  Visser,  Hester  Visser. 

Apr.  18.  Maria,  of  Hendrik  Hansz  and  Debora  Van 
Dam.     Wit. :   Frerik  Harmens,  Margriet  V.  Dam. 

May  2.  Henderikje,  of  Hendrik  Oothout  and  Caatje 
Volkers.     Wit. :  Jonas  Volkers,  Maria  Schuyler. 

Gerrit,  of  Arent  Slingerlant  and  Geertruy  Cobes.  Wit.: 
Albert  Slingerlant,  Hester  Brikkers. 


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May  9.  Catryntje,  of  Andries  Rees  and  Ariaantje  An- 
driesz.     Wit.:   Gysbert  Merselis,  Caatje  Jansz. 

May  13.     Reinier,  of  Tjerk  and  Agniet,  both  pros. 

May  16.  Dirk,  of  Tys  Jansz  and  Cornelia  Teuisz.  Wit. : 
Claas  Lucasz,  Catelyntje  Teuisz. 

May  23.  Maria,  of  Comelis  Van  Slvk  and  Clara  Bratt. 
Wit.:  Jan  Bratt,  Dirk  W.  T.  Broek,  Geertruy  Van  Slyk. 

Isak.  of  Jacob  Casparsz  and  Hendrikje  Hansz.  Wit.: 
Benoni  V.  Corlar,  Ariaantje  Wendell. 

May  30.  Johannes,  of  Adam  Vroman  and  Grietje 
Takels.  Wit. :  Lucas  Gerritsz,  Take!  Dirksz,  Margriet 
Levingston. 

Abraham,  of  Abraham  Staats  and  Elsje  Wendell.  Wit.: 
Gerrit  Lansing,  Johannes  Schuyler,  Elisabeth  Schuyler. 

June  6.  Elisabeth,  of  Hendrik  Rosenboom,  J',  and  Deb- 
ora  Staats.    Wit. :  Hendrik  Rosenboom,  S',  Rykje  Staats. 

Maria,  of  William  Hooge  and  Martine  Bekker.  Wit. : 
Dirk  W.  Ten  Broek,  Christine  Ten  Broek. 

July  4.  Susanna,  of  Johannes  Bratt  and  Maria  Keteluyn. 
Wit.:  Antoni  Bratt,  Alida  Levingston. 

July  25.   Tryntje,  of  Patrik  Magrigari  and  Zytje  Hoogh 
teeling.     Wit. :   Hendrik  Marselis,  Tryntje  Hooghteling. 

Pieter,  of  Hendrik  Beekman  and  Antje  Quakelbosch. 
Wit. :  Jacob  Bogaart,  Lysbeth  Quakelbosch. 

Aug.  I.  Marretje,  of  Andries  Bratt  and  Cornelia  Ver- 
wey.     Wit. :   Antoni  Bratt,  Marritje  Teunisz. 

Arent,  of  Jan  Gilbert  and  Cornelia  V.  der  bergh.     Wit 
Abram  Schuyler,  Elsje  Cuyler. 

Casparus,    of    Warnar    Casparsz,    Anna    Pruyn.     Wit 
Johannes  Pruyn,  Helena  Pruyn. 

Sara,    of   Jacob    Teunisz    and   Anna   Lokerman.     Wit 
Jan  Fonda,  Debora  V.  Dam. 

Aug.  8.  Catelyntje,  of  i\.braham  Kip  and  Geesje  Van 
der  Hej'de.  Wit. :  Hendrik  Hansz,  Cornelia  V.  der  Hey- 
den. 

Aug.  15.  Cornells,  of  Evert  Wendell  and  Elisabeth 
Sanders.     Wit. :   Abraham  Wendell,  Elsje  Staats. 

Sara,  of  Jan  Jansz  Van  Haarlem  and  Hester  Fonda. 
Wit. :  Douwe  Fonda,  Rebecca  Fonda. 

Aug.  22.  Tryntje,  of  Harbart  Jacobsz  and  Marritje  Ger- 
ritsz.    Wit. :   Willem  Jacobsz.  Annetje  Gerritsz. 

Neeltje,  of  Wouter  Quakkelbosch  and  Cornelia  Lauw. 
Wit.:  Wouter  Quakkelbosch.  Neeltje  Quakkelbosch. 

Sep.  12.  Johannes,  of  Phlip  Foreest  and  Tryntje  Kipp. 
Wit. :   Gerrit  Lansing,  Elsje  Hansz. 

Sep.  19.  Piere,  of  Piere  Benoy  and  Hendrikje  Van 
Schoonhoven.  Wit.:  Jacobus  Van  Schoonhoven,  Geertruy 
Van  Schoonhoven. 


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Sep.  25.  Johannes,  of  Johannes  Lucasz  and  Susanna 
Wendell.     Wit.:    Phlip  Wendell,  Ariaantje  Wendell. 

Oct.  31.  Johannes,  of  Johannes  Schuyler  and  EHsabeth 
Staats.  Wit.:  Robbert  Levingston,  Jacob  Staats,  Maria 
Schuyler. 

Susanna,  of  Daniel  Bratt  and  Elisabeth  Lansing.  Wit.: 
Barent  Bratt,  Susanna  Bratt. 

Hendrik,  of  Antoni  Bries  and  Catrine  Rykman.  Wit.: 
Jacob  Lookerman,  Pieter  Rykman,  Elsje  Schuyler. 

Nov.  7.  Pieter,  of  Hendrik  Van  Dyk  and  Maria  Schuy- 
ler. Wit. :  Jacobus  Van  Dyk,  Meyndert  Schuyler,  Geertruy 
Schuyler. 

Styntje,  of  Isak  Vosburgh  and  Annetje  Jansz.  Wit.: 
Evert  Wendell,  Elisabeth  Wendell. 

Eva,  of  Willem  V.  Alen  and  Maria  V.  Petten.  Wit.: 
Claas  V.  Petten,  Teunis  V.  Vechten,  Catrina  V.  Petten. 

Tobias,  of  Pieter  Martensz  and  Ariaantje  Barents.  Wit. : 
Wessel  Ten  Broek,  Catrina  Ten  Broek. 

Barent,  of  Pieter  Vosburgh  and  Jannetje  Barents.  Wit. : 
Jacobus  Turk,  Catrina  Turk. 

Pieter,  of  Jan  Fondaa  and  Marritje  Lokerman.  Wit.: 
Jacob  Lookerman,  Maria  Lookerman. 

Nov.  14.  Ahasueros,  of  Jacobus  Turk  and  Catrine  Ben- 
thuysen.     Wit. :   Geertruy  Benthuysen. 

Rachel,  of  Willem  Jansz  and  Feitje  Dirksz.  Wit.: 
Teunis  Dirksz,  Caatje  Teunisz. 

Tryntje,  of  Pieter  Van  Slyk  and  Johanna  Jansz.  Wit.: 
David  Schuyler,  Elsje  Staats. 

Nov.  21.  Catelyntje,  of  Willem  Jacobsz  and  Elisabeth 
Rosenboom.  Wit. :  Johannes  Rosenboom,  Margriet  Min- 
gal. 

Nov.  24.  Jochum,  of  Jan  Ratelief  and  Rachel  Jochumsz. 
Wit.:  William  Hilton,  Maria  Rosenboom. 

Harmen,  of  Thomas  Harmensz  and  Mayken  Oothout. 
Wit.:  Hendrik  Oothout,  Trynte  Braades. 

Dec.  5.  Johannes,  of  Jonathan  Jansz  and  Caatje  Mar- 
tensz.    Wit. :   Dirk  Wessels,  Styntje  Wessels. 

Dec.  12.  Rykart,  of  Gerrit  Rykertsz  and  Barbar  Jansz. 
Wit.:  Maas  Rykartsz,  Grietje  Rykartsz. 

Dec.  15.  Gysbert,  of  Gerrit  Rosenboom  and  Maria 
Sanders.  Wit.:  Pieter  Mingal,  Barent  Sanders,  Elisabeth 
Wendell. 

Dec.  25.  Lysbeth,  of  Caspar  Conyn  and  Aletta  Winnen. 
Wit.:  Pieter  Bronk,  Wyntje  Dirksz. 

Amos,  formerly  Harogiechta,  i.  e..  One  who  descended 
dead  from  heaven,  40  years  old. 

Asa,  formerly  Onasiadikha,  i.  e.,  Pasture  burner,  about 
35  years  old. 


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1698,  Jan.  I.  Dorethe,  of  Andries  Witbeek  and  Engeltje 
Volkertsz.     Wit.:    Hendrik  Douwe,  Elsje  Douwe. 

Harmen,  of  Harmanus  Vedder  and  Grietje  V.  Slyk.  Wit. : 
Albert  Rykman,  J',  Maria  Vinhagel. 

Jan.  2.  Maria,  of  Joseph  Jansz  and  Zytje  Marselis. 
Wit.:  Hasueros  Marselis,  Sara  Marselis. 

Jan.  12.  Jeremias  and  Pieter,  twins  of  Pieter  Schuyler 
and  Maria  V.  Renselaar.  Wit. :  Kiliaan  Van  Renselaar, 
Godefridus  Dellius,  Elisabeth  Schuyler,  Alida  Livingston. 

Jan.  16.  Antje,  of  Lambert  Jansz  and  Jannetje  Min- 
gall.     Wit.:   Abram  Van  Alstyn,  Maritje  Van  Alstyn. 

Arent,  of  Hans  Bekker  and  Cornelia  Schayk.  Wit.: 
Laurens  Van  Schayk,  Cornelia  Van  Schayk,  Zytje  Van  der 
Karre. 

Pieter,  of  Jan  Albertsz.  Wit. :  Pieter  Vosburg,  Jan- 
netje Vosburgh. 

Jan.  19.  Catelyntje,  of  Isak  Verplank  and  Abigail 
Uytenbogaart.     Wit. :  David  Schuyler,  Geertruy  Schuyler. 

Feb.  6.  Rachel,  of  Isak  Casparts  and  Dorethe  Bosch. 
Wit. :   Daniel  Bratt,  Marritje  Van  Alen. 

Feb.  13.  Jannetje,  of  Cornelis  V.  Vegte  and  Mara 
Lucasz.  Wit.:  Salomon  V.  Vegte,  Hendrik  Douw,  Catrina 
V.  Renselaar. 

Willem,  of  Jhon  Fine  and  Jopje  Claasz.  Wit. :  William 
Hoge,  Jan  Van  der  Kerre,  Martina  Hoges. 

Feb.  16.  Gerrit,  of  Gysbert  Marselis  and  Barbar  Croes- 
beek.     Wit.:   Steph  Croesbeek,  Huybertje  Jouets  [?]. 

Feb.  20.  Wilhelm,  of  Cornelis  V.  Scherluyne  and  Geer- 
truy Harmensz.     Wit. :   Gerrit  Lucasz,  Lysbet  Nottingam. 

Feb.  27.  Maritje,  of  Coenraadt  Burgaart  and  Geesje 
Van  Wyen.     Wit.:    Gerrit  Lucasz,  Ariaantje  Van  Wye. 

March  6.  Pieter,  of  Jacob  Winne  and  Marretje  Bronk. 
Wit. :   Pieter  Bronk,  Catrina  Staats. 

Sara,  of  Joseph  Yets  and  Huybertje  Marselis.  Wit.: 
Hasueros  Merselis,  Sara  Merselis. 

March  9.  Benjamin,  of  Jacob  Vos  and  Jannetje  Quakel- 
bosch.     Wit. :   Harme  Van  Bommell,  Lysbeth  Bogart. 

Tanneke,  of  Jelis  Fonda  and  Rachel  Winne.  Wit.: 
Levinus  Winne,  Elsje  Winne. 

March  16.  Grietje,  of  Daniel  Keteluym  and  Debora  Vile. 
Wit.:  Douwe  Aukens,  Margriet  Levingston. 

Apr.  3.  Benjamin,  of  Johannes  Jansz  and  Lysbeth 
Leendertsz.  Wit.:  Andries  Jansz,  Tamus  Williams, 
Tryntje  Bradis. 

Apr.  10.  Geertje,  of  Willem  Gysbertsz  and  Catryn  Wyn- 
andsz.     Wit. :   Wouter  Quakelbosch,  Geertruy  Gysbertsz. 

Apr.  25.  Jacob,  2  months  old,  of  Brant  and  Margriet, 
pros.     Wit.:  Canastasji.     ' 


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Neeltje,  about  10  weeks  old,  of  Nadikansha  and  Catrine, 
pros.     Wit.:  Dorcas. 

Marcus,  about  4  months  old,  adopted  by  Josina.  Wit. ; 
Martha. 

May  I.  Benjamin,  of  Antoni  Bratt  and  Willemje  Teu- 
nisz.     Wit.:   Elbert  Harmensz,  Sara  Bratt. 

May  8.  Elisabeth,  of  Hendrik  V.  Renselaar  and  Catrina 
Verbrugge.  Wit. :  P.  Schuyler,  G.  Dellius,  Isabella 
Dellius. 

Simon,  of  Carel  Hansz  and  Lysbet  Rinkhout.  Wit. : 
Willem  Claasz,  Rebecca  Claasz. 

June  26.  Johannes,  of  Abraham  Cuyler  and  Catrina 
Blyker.     Wit.:   Meyndert  Schuyler,  Jannetje  Blyker. 

Johannes,  of  Hasueros  Marselis  and  Sara  Heemstraat. 
Wit. :  Takel  Heemstraat,  Tryntje  Marselis. 

Folkert,  of  Hendrik  Douwe  and  Neeltje  M3mdertsz. 
Wit. :  Andris  Douw,  Grietje  Gertsz. 

Marietje,  of  Eduward  Wieler  and  Josyntje  Gardenier. 
Wit. :  Jan  Fondaas,  Marretje  Fondaas. 

Maria,  of  Wessel  Ten  Broek  and  Catrine  Lokerman. 
Wit. :  Samuel  Ten  Broek,  Geertruy  Schuyler. 

July  10.  Elisabeth,  of  Wouter  V.  d.  Zee  and  Jannetje 
Swart.     Wit.:   Albert  V.  d.  Zee,  Hilletje  Keteluyn. 

Maria,  of  Lucas  Lucasz  and  Judic  Marselis.  Wit.:  Wil- 
lem Croesbeek,  Sytje  Marselis. 

Engeltje,  of  Albert  Slingerlant  and  Hester  Brikker. 
Wit. :  Johannes  Appell,  Annetje  Appell. 

Willem,  of  Willem  Scharp  and  Geertruy  Rees.  Wit. : 
Hasueros  Marselis,  Sara  Heemstraat. 

Maria,  of  Hendrik  Clauw  and  Cornelia  Scharp.  Wit.: 
Antoni  Bratt,  Wilmje  Bratt. 

July  15.  Jacobus,  of  Johannes  Teller  and  Susanna  Wen- 
dell.    Wit.:  Johannes  V.  Alen,  Tryntje  Wendell. 

July  16.  Elisabeth,  adopted  by  Rebecca,  pros.  Wit.: 
Marie,  pros. 

July  17.  Engeltje,  of  Robbert  Levingston,  J',  and 
Margareta  Schuyler.     Wit. :  Maria  Schuyler. 

Saartje,  of  Phlip  Leendertsz  and  Wyntje  Dirks.  Wit.: 
Tam  Williams,  Elsje  Winne. 

Catrine,  of  Robbert  Levingston  and  Alida  Schuyler. 
Wit. :  Brant  Schuyler,  Abram  De  Peyster,  Catrine,  Countess 
of  Bellomont. 

Abram,  of  Marten  Jansz  and  Jannetje  Cornelisz.  Wit. : 
Abram  Verplank,  Maritje  Verplank. 

Aug.  14.  Arie,  of  Andries  Gardenier  and  Eytje  Ariesz. 
Wit.:   Samuel  Gardenier,  Aaltje  Gardenier. 

Evert,  of  Abram  Wendell  and  Mayken  Van  Esch.  Wit. : 
Hendrik  Van  Esch,  Marritje  Wendell. 


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Johannis,  of  Nanning  Visser  and  Alida  Vinhagel.  Wit.: 
Frerik  Visser,  Maria  Vinhagel. 

Eduward,  of  Mettys  Warmond  and  Susan  Hiks.  Wit.: 
Eduward  Reems,  Annetje  Reyers. 

Aug.  28.  Comelis,  of  Jacobus  Van  Dyk  and  Jacomine 
Glenn.     Wit. :    Hendrik  Van  Dyk,  Catrine  Staats. 

Elisabeth,  of  Jacob  Schennerhoorn  and  Gerritje  Hen- 
driks.     Wit.:   Albert  Rykman,  Margriet  Levingston. 

Sep.  4.  Alida,  of  Isak  Hendriksz  and  Judikjansz.  Wit.: 
Jan  Goes,  Claas  Lucasz,  Sara  Gerritsz. 

Sep.  25.  Nicolaas,  of  Hendrik  Hansz  and  Debora  Van 
Dam.  Wit.:  Claas  R.  Van  Dam,  Hendrik  Van  Esch, 
Catrina  Van  Esch. 

Oct.  2.  Dirk,  of  Piere  Villeroy  and  Catrine  Van  der 
Heyde.     Wit. :   Catrine  Ten  Broek,  Robbt  Levingston,  J' 

Oct.  9.  Pieter,  of  Coenraad  Hooghteeling  and  Tryntje 
Van  Slyk.     Wit. :  Jan  Bronk,  Elsje  Winne. 

Gerrit,  of  Johannes  Bekker  and  Anna  Van  der  Zee. 
Wit.:  Johannes  Mingall,  Maria  Mingall. 

Oct.  23.  Willem,  of  Teunis  Willemsz  and  Jannetje  Hen- 
driks.     Wit. :  Evert  Banker,  Elisabeth  Banker. 

Maria,  of  Abraham  Staats  and  Elsje  Wendell.  Wit. : 
Jacob  Staats,  Marietje  Wendell. 

Oct.  30.  Annetje,  of  Johannes  Ouwerkerk,  and  Neeltje 
Claasz.     Wit. :  Johannes  Schuyler,  Elysebeth  Wendell. 

Jacob,  of  Jacob  Teunisz,  or  Tainisz,  and  Anna  Lokerman. 
Wit. :  Hendrik  Van  Esch,  Catrina  Van  Esch. 

Nov.  6.  Mauris,  of  Johannes  Van  Alen  and  Sara  Ding- 
man.     Wit. :  Melchert  Wynandsz,  Catryn  V.  Alen. 

Nov.  20.  Johanna,  of  Johannes  Beekman  and  Eva 
Vinhagel.     Wit. :   Jan  Vinhagel,  Ariaantje  Wendell. 

Mary,  of  William  Hilten  and  Antje  Berkhoven.  Wit. : 
Jan  Ratly,  Judik  Marselis. 

Nov.  27.  Harmannus,  of  Johannes  Visscher  and  Elisa- 
beth Nottingham.  Wit. :  Bastiaan  Visser,  Ariaantje  Wen- 
dell. 

Nov.  30.  Marie,  of  Piere  Benoye  and  Hendrikje  V. 
Schoonhoven.  Wit. :  Abram  V.  Deurse,  Jacomyntje  V. 
Deursen. 

Dec.  4.  Dirkje,  of  Abram  Alstyn  and  Marietje  V. 
Deusen.     Wit.:   Jacob  Vosburgh,  Helena  V.  Deusen. 

Dec.  18.  Harmannus,  of  Tjerk  Harmansz  and  Fem- 
metje  Jansz.     Wit. :  Gerrit  Lucasz,  Ariaantje  Wendell. 

Dec.  25.  Arent  and  Laurens,  twins  of  Dirk  Van  der 
Karre  and  Feitje  Claasz.  Wit. :  Antoni  Van  Schayk,  Evert 
Banker,  Anna  V.  Stryen,  Catrine  V.  Schayk. 

Claas,  of  Arent  V.  Schaak  and  Marietje  V.  Loon.  Wit.: 
Hendrik  Sasberry,  Cornelia  V.  Schaak. 


8o 

1699 

1699,  Jan.  I.  Pieter,  of  Daniel  Winnen  and  Dirk  V. 
Esch.     Wit. :   Livinus  Winne,  Rachel  Winne. 

Jan.  4.  Elisabeth,  of  Willem  Croesbeek  and  Geertruy 
Schuyler.     Wit. :   Steph.  Croesbeek,  Rebecca  Croesbeek. 

Jan.  8.  Jochum,  of  Isak  V.  Alstyn  and  Jannetje  V. 
Valkenborgh.  Wit. :  Jochum  V.  Valkenborgh,  Maritje  V. 
Valkenborgh. 

Comelis,  of  Gerrit  Jacobsz  and  Lysbeth  Aamoutse  Eli. 
Wit. :  Lambert  Staringh,  Lena  Fonda. 

Jacob,  of  Johannes  V.  Hoesen,  Jannetje  Comelisz.  Wit. : 
Jan  Tysz,  Geesje  Coenraadt. 

Jan.  18.  William,  of  Robbert  Barrith  and  Wyntje 
Jansz.     Wit.:   William  Hilten,  Cornelia  Gilberts. 

Feb.  19.  Eva,  of  Lambert  Jochumsz  and  Jannetje 
Fransen.     Wit. :  Melchert  Melchertsz,  Geertruy  Harmensz. 

Johannes,  of  Johannes  Cuyler  and  Elsje  Ten  Broek. 
Wit. :  Antoni  Coster,  Geertruy  Schuyler. 

Johannes  and  Gerrit,  twins  of  Mathys  Nak  and  Su- 
sanna Lansing.  Wit. :  Gerrit  Lansing,  Elsje  Lansing,  Sofia 
Nak. 

Feb.  22.  Johannes,  of  Jan  Salomonsz  and  Catelyn 
Lokerman.  Wit. :  Kiliaan  Van  Renselaar,  Catrine  Van 
Renselaar. 

Feb.  26.  Lucas,  of  Gerrit  Lucasz  and  Sara  Harmansz. 
Wit. :  Lucas  Gerritsz,  Geertruy  Scherluyn. 

March  19.  Catrine,  of  Evert  Ridder  and  Anna  Van 
Esch.     Wit.:   Hendrik  Oothout,  Jannetje  Oothout. 

March  26.  Anna,  of  Dirk  Van  der  Heyden  and  Rachel 
Keteluyn.     Wit.:   Abraham  Kip,  Margriet  Levingston. 

Ariaantje,  of  Barent  Gerritsz  and  Geertruy  Jansz.  Wit. : 
Johannes  Gerritsz,  Neeltje  Gerritsz. 

Apr.  9.  Andries,  of  Andries  Rees  and  Ariaantje  Scherp. 
W"it. :  Tomas  Harmensz,  Mayjen  Oothout. 

Johannes,  of  Michiel  Calljer  and  Titje  Van  Hoesen. 
Wit.:  Daniel  Bratt,  Maria  Van  Housen. 

Sep.  3.     The    following   chn.  were   ba.    by   P.  Nucella: 

Elsje,  of  Frederik  Hemienssen  and  Margrietje  Hanssen. 
Wit. :   Joannes  Hanssen,  Hester  Tjercks. 

Eduwart,  of  Thomas  Willemsse  and  Agnitje  Gansenvoos. 
Wit.:  Thomas  Hermensse,  Elisabet  Gansevoos. 

Hendrick,  of  Antoni  Coster  and  Elisabet  Ten  Broeck. 
Wit. :   Jan  Lancing,  Christina  Ten  Broeck. 

Marytje,  of  Hendrick  Janssen  and  Lyntje  Winnen. 
Wit.:   Joannes  Galen,  Antje  Galen. 

Cathryntje,  of  Pieter  Hoogeboom  and  Jannetje  Mullers. 
Wit. :  Meeuwis  Hoogeboom,  Hilletje  Mullers. 

Alida,  of  Gerrit  Rycks  and  Barber  Janss.  Wit. :  Thomas 
Jansse,  Lena  Pruym. 


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1699-1700 

Saartje,  of  Samuel  Gardenier  and_Helena  Hendrickse. 
Wit. :  Wessel  Dirriks,  Sara  Dmgemans. 

Evart,  of  Hermen  Jansse  and  Lysbet  Boogert.  Wit. ; 
Evart  Ridder,  Antje  Ridders. 

Jacob,  of  Isack  Vosburg  and  Annetje  Goes.  Wit.;  jan 
Goes,  Teuntje  Goes. 

Volckert,  of  Hendrick  Douw  and  Neeltje  Meynerts. 
Wit.:  Andries  Douw,  Grietje  Teunisse. 

Isack,  of  Jan  Fort  and  Margriet  Rinckhout.  Wit. : 
Maas  Rykse,  Geertruy  Groot. 

Cornelis,  of  Isack  Ouderkerck  and  Mayke  Van  Es.  Wit.  : 
Gerrit  Van  Es,  Jannetje  Oothout. 

Hendrickje,  of  Hendrick  Oothout  and  Caatje  Douw. 
Wit. :  Jonas  Douw,  Margriet  Schuyler. 

Ariaantje,  of  Melcher  Van  der  Peel  and  Catharina  Van 
Alen.  Wit.:  Melchert  Wynantse  Van  der  Poelen,  Abigail 
Van  den  Vos. 

Elisabat,  of  Daniel  Brat  and  Elisabet  Lancing.  Wit. : 
Hendrick  Lancing,  Lysbet  Casperse. 

Cornelia,  of  Wouter  Quackelebosch  and  Cornelia  Boogert. 
Wit.:  Albert  Rykman,  J',  Antje  Quackelebosch. 

Joannes,  of  Daniel  Van  der  Linde  and  Lysbeth  Crugier. 
Wit. :  Marten  Crugier,  Jannetje  Crugier. 

Sep.  8.  Hendrick,  of  Johannes  Bleecker  and  Anna 
Coster.     Wit. :   Antony  Coster,  Cathryna  Cuyler. 

Catharina,  of  Johannes  Glen  and  Jannetje  Bleyckers. 
Wit. :  Jan  Jansse  Bleyker,  Grietje  Bleycker. 

Mary,  of  Matthys  Bofie  and  Cathryn  Barroa.  Wit. : 
Bennoni  Corlaer,  Marta. 

Sep.  10.  Margriet,  of  Asag  and  Maria,  pros.  Wit.: 
Arent,  Eva. 

Dirrick,  of  Willem  Janssen  and  Feytje  Van  Vegten. 
Wit.:  Daniel  Brat,  Santje  [?]  Brat. 

1700,  Jan.  5.  Arent,  of  Hendrick  Van  Dyck  and 
Maria  Schuylers.  Wit. :  Willem  Groesbeek,  Rachel  Schuy- 
lers. 

Thomas,  of  Eduwart  Whiler  and  Josyna  Jacobsen.  Wit. : 
Jaen  Fyn,  Alida  Fyn. 

Geertruy,  of  Gerrit  Roelofsen  and  Marytje  Jans.  Wit. : 
Roelof  Gerritsen,  Geertruy  Roelofsen. 

Lysbet,  of  Francoys  Winnen  and  Elsje  Gansevoort. 
Wit.:  Leving  Winnen,  Willemje  Winnen. 

Lysbet,  of  Jan  Van  Strey  and  Annaatje  Van  d.  Poele. 
Wit. :  Antony  Van  Schayck,  Lysbet  Correlaar. 

Dirrick,  of  Ahasueros  Marseelis  and  Sara  Heemstraat. 
Wit. :  Gysbert  Marseelis,  Barber  Marseelis. 

Annaatje,  of  Johannes  Van  Vegten  and  Maria  Bogardus. 
Wit. :  Pieter  Bogardus,  Margrietje  Van  Vegten. 


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1700 

Abraam,  of  Jacob  and  Jacomyn,  pros.  Wit. ;  Elisabet 
Wendels. 

Willeni,  of  Evert  Banckert  and  Elisabeth  Abeel.  Wit.: 
Pieter  Schuyler,  Antoni  Van  Scliayck,  Sibilla  Bankerts. 

Hennatius,  of  Bastiaan  Hermanse  and  Dirrickje  Teunisse. 
Wit. :  Frederik  Hennesse,  Hester  Hermesse. 

Gerrit,  of  Herbert  Jacobsen  and  Marritje  Gerrits.  Wit. : 
Jan  Gerritse,  Catalyntje  Van  Elsland. 

Catharina,  of  Anthoni  Bries  and  Catharina  Rykmans. 
Wit.  :  Albert  Rykman,  J',  Antoni  Rutgers,  Catharina 
Rutgers. 

Jan.  7.  Roelof,  of  Jan  Cittene  and  Marritje  Roelofse. 
Wit.;  Roelof  Gerritsen,  Geertruy  Roelofsen. 

Annaatje,  of  Jacob  Bastiaanse  De  Wit  and  Saartje  Jans. 
Wit. :  Pieter  Schuyler,  Maria  Van  Renselaar. 

Lena,  of  Mathys  Hoes  and  Cornelia  Van  Deusen.  Wit. : 
Abraam  Janssen,  Marritje  Van  Deusen. 

Margrietje,  of  Andries  Hansen  Huyk  and  Cathryn  Lam- 
mertsen.  Wit. :  Robbert  Levingston,  J',  Margrietje  Lev- 
ingston. 

Bemardus,  of  Johannes  Brat  and  Maria  Keetel.  Wit. : 
David  Keetel,  Robbert  Levingston,  Marritje  Brat. 

Jannetje,  of  Dominicus  Van  Schayck  and  Rebecca  Groes- 
beek.     Wit.:  Johannes  Groesbeek,  Geertruy  Groesbeek. 

Adam,  of  Jacob  Dingemans  and  Eva  Swartwoud.     Wit. 
Adam  Dingemans,  Aaltje  Dingemans. 

Maria,  of  Jan  Fonda  and  Marritje  Loockermans.     Wit. 
Jillis  Fonda,  Landje  Loockermans. 

Eytje,  of  Pieter  Martissen  and  Ariaantje  Barens.     Wit. 
Marten  Martisse,  Judickje  Barens. 

Magtel,  of  Adriaan  Quackelbosch  and  Catharina  Van 
Schayck.     Wit. :   Jan  Quackelbosch,  Magtel  Quackelbosch. 

Hendrick,  of  Maas  Van  Beuningen  and  Ariaantje  Van 
Weye.     Wit.:   Jacob  Schermerhoom,  Marritje  Hendriks. 

Anna,  of  Abraam  Wendell  and  Mayke  Van  Es.  Wit. : 
Evert  Wendel,  Marritje  Wendel. 

Elsje,  of  Philip  Wendel  and  Marytje  Visscher.  Wit. : 
Gerrit  Lancing.  Geertruy  Van  Schaluynen. 

Ifje,  of  Andries  Brat  and  Cornelia  Verwey.  Wit. :  An- 
toni Bries,  Elsje  Schuylers. 

Jan,  of  Johannes  Oothout  and  Aaltje  Evertse.  Wit.: 
Evert  Ridder.  Antje  Ridders. 

Apr.  28.  Elisabeth,  of  Johannes  Rooseboom  and  Ger- 
ritje  Costers.     Wit.:   Antoni  Coster,  Elisabet  Rooseboom. 

Maria,  of  Leving  Winnen  and  Willemje  Viele.  Wit.: 
Johannes  Beekman,  Margrietje  Levingston. 

Catharina,  of  Stephanus  Groesbeek  and  Elisabet  Lancing. 
Wit. :  Claes  Jacobse  Groesbeeck,  Geertje  Lancing. 

Ahasueros,  of  Gerrit  Rooseboom  and  Maria  Sanders. 


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Sara,  of  Abraam  Cuyler  and  Catharina  Bleyckers.  Wit.  : 
Pieter  Van  Brugg,  Antje  Blykers. 

Sara,  of  Johannes  Groenendyck  and  Delia  Cuyler.  Wit. : 
Abraam  Cuyler,  Sara  Van  Brugg. 

Pieter,  of  Pieter  Van  Slyck  and  Johanna  Hanssen.  Wit. : 
Comelis  Van  Nes,  Marritje  Van  Nes. 

Alida,  of  Gerrit  Van  Wey  and  Agnitje  Casperssen.  Wit. : 
Marten  Dell,  Cathryn  Van  Wey. 

Abraam,  of  Jan  Jansse  Van  Aamheym  and  Hester 
Fonda.     Wit. :  Claes  Fonda,  Helena  Fonda. 

Meynert,  of  Reynier  Meynertsen  and  Saartje  Brat.  Wit. : 
Antoni  Brat,  Neeltje  Douw. 

Mary  eke,  of  Thomas  Willinton  and  Tryntje  Wendels. 
Wit.:  Johann  Mingael,  Elsje  Lancing. 

Willem,  of  Pieter  Walderen  and  Tryntje  Van  den  Berg. 
Wit. :  Jacob  Lancing,  Cornelia  Van  den  Berg. 

Thomas,  of  Samuel  Daxie  and  Barbar  Janss.  Wit. :  Jan 
Fonda,  Marritje  Fonda. 

Pieter,  of  Hendrick  Hanssen  and  Debora  Van  Dam. 
Wit. :  Claes  Ripse  Van  Dam,  Andries  Douw,  Elsje  Hen- 
dricksen. 

May  9.  Margriet,  of  Patrick  Magrickerie  and  Sije  Hoog- 
teelen.     Wit. :  Hendrick  Van  Dyk,  Tryntje  Wandelaar. 

May  12.  Adam,  of  Arent  and  Agniet,  pros.  Wit.:  Re- 
becca. 

Johannes,  of  Johannes  Cloet  and  Baata  Van  Slegtenaats. 
Wit.:   Robbert  Levingston,  J',  Lysbet  Schuyler. 

Sybrand,  of  Anthoni  Van  Schayck  and  Marytje  Van  dr 
Poel.     Wit.:   Evert  Bancker,  Grietje  Van  Schayk. 

Gerrit,  of  Isack  Casperssen  and  Dorothe  Bos.  Wit.: 
Jacobus  Lancing,  Maritje  Van  Hoese. 

Eva,  of  Teunis  Dirricksen  and  Cathalina  Van  Petten. 
Wit. :  Willem  V.  Haalen,  Grietje  Volkets. 

Jan,  of  Hendrick  Janssen  and  Cornelia  Claessen.  Wit. ; 
Willem  Groesbeek,  Jan  Fyn,  Jannetje  Oothout. 

Hendrick,  of  Coenraad  Hendriksen  and  Geesje  Hendrick- 
sen.     Wit.:   Maas  Hendriksen,  Ariaantje  Hendriksen. 

Maria,  of  Richard  Janssen  and  Tryntje  Hoogteelen. 
Wit. :  Hendrick  Douw,  Neeltje  Douw. 

Kommertje,  of  Caspar  Conyn  and  Alettico  Winnen. 
Wit. :  Tam  Willemse,  Sara  Van  Brugg. 

Johannes,  of  Dirrick  Janssen  Goes  and  Lybetje  Luy- 
cassen  Wyngart.  Wit. :  Claes  Luycassen  Wyngart,  Mayke 
Jansse  Goes. 

Rachel,  of  Isack  Verplancke  and  Abigail  Uj^  den  Boo- 
gert.  Wit. :  Abraam  Schuyler,  Melchert  Van  der  Poel,  J:, 
Racheltje  Schuyler. 

Kiliaan,  of  Comelis  Stevissen  and  Hilletje  Loockermans. 
Wit. :   Pieter  Van  Brugg,  Marritje  Schuylers. 


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LIST  OF  ABBREVIATIONS. 


A.,  Albany  (same  as  N.  A.). 

A.  Co.,  Albany  Coxmty. 

b.,  bom. 

bapt.,  ba.,  baptized. 

ch.,  child;  chn.,  children. 

Col.  R.,  Colony  Rensselaerswyck. 

dau.,  daughter. 

dec"!,  deceased. 

E.,  Eng.,  England. 

J.  C,  Jesus  Christ. 

1.,  living. 

L.  I.,  Long  Island. 

marr.,  married. 

mo.,  mother. 

N.  Albany,  N.  A.,  New  Albany. 

N.  E.,  New  England. 

N.  Haarlem,  New  Haarlem. 

N.  Rochelle,  New  Rochelle. 

N.  Y.,  New  York. 

O.  E.,  O.  Eng.,  Old  England. 

pros.,  proselyte,  proselytes. 

R.,  Rensselaerswyck. 

Sch.,  Schenectady 

wid.,  widow. 

wid',  widower. 

wit.,  witness,  witnesses. 

y.  d.,  unmarried  woman. 

y.  m.,  tinmarried  man. 

Wouter,  of  Gerrit  Lansing,  means  Wouter,  chUd  of  Gerrit  Lansing. 
By  Elizabeth  Wendell  means  presented  for  baptism  by  Elizabeth 
Wendell,  etc.,  etc. 


85 
INDEX. 


There  was  some  question  as  to  the  best  mode  of  preparing  this 
index,  inasmuch  as  there  are  so  many  variations  in  speUing  the 
cognomens  as  well  as  the  baptismal  names  in  these  records.  Those 
entering  the  names  in  the  records  appear  to  have  exercised  their 
own  judgment  as  to  orthography,  and  frequently  varied  it  without 
apparent  reason.  If  all  the  names  were  indexed  separately,  just 
as  they  appear  in  the  records  with  the  original  spelling,  it  is  evident 
that  the  work  of  tracing  family  lineages  by  the  imskilled  searcher 
would  be  greatly  increased.  It  was  concluded  therefore  that  it 
would  facilitate  reference  by  embracing  under  one  heading  all  names 
evidently  belonging  to  one  family,  and  indexing  them,  as  far  as 
practicable,  under  that  form  which  now  seems  to  be  in  most  com- 
mon tise. 

It  is  also  to  be  observed  that  most  of  the  early  Dutch  families 
were  not  regularly  entered  under  their  family  name  until  many  years 
later.  They  were  mostly  known  by  their  patronymic.  For  in- 
stance the  Heemstraats  will  have  to  be  looked  for,  sometimes,  under 
Dirks  or  Takels,  the  Groesbeeks  under  Claasze,  the  Van  der  Poels 
under  Wynandtsz,  the  Van  Deusens  under  Teuisz,  the  Van  Betirens 
and  Vroomans  under  Meesz  or  Maas,  the  Van  Bergens  under  Gerrits, 
etc.,  etc. 

Appended  will  be  found  a  list  of  the  most  numerous  variations  in 
the  surnames  that  appear  in  these  records; 

Barens,  Barents,  Barentsz,  Barent. 

Bleecker,  Blyker,  Blykers,  Bleycker,  Bleyker,  Bleyckers. 
Borgert,  Borger,  Borgaart,  Burgaart. 
Brickers,  Brikkers,  Brickersz,  Brikker. 
Carstens,  Carstelsz,  Carstersz,  Karstensz. 
Casperssen,  Casparsz,  Caspersz,  Casparts,  Casperse. 
Claasz,  Claasen,  Claessen,  Claassen,  Claesz. 
Cobes,  Cobus,  Kobusz,  Cobusz. 

Coeman,  Koeman,  Koeyman,  Coeyman,  Kooyman. 
Coljer,  Cailler,  Cailljer,  Coller,  Caillardt,  Cailjer,  Calljer. 
Creeve,  Kreeve,  Greeve,  Kreese. 
Crygier,  Kreigier,  Crugier,  Krygier, 
De  Ridder,  Ridders,  Ridder,  Riddert. 
Dirksz,  Dirks,  Dirckse,  Dirricksen,  Dirriks. 
Evertsz,  Everts,  Evertsen,  Evertse. 
Fonda,  Fondaas,  Vonda,  Fondaal,  Fondaa. 
Gerritsz,  Gerrits,  Gerritse,  Gertsz,  Gerritsen. 
Groesbeek,  Croesbeek,  Croesbeeck,  Kroesbeck,  Croesbeck.     [Also 
Van  Rotterdam.] 


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Harmensz,  Harmansz,  Hermanse,  Harmens,  Hemienssen,  Her- 
messe,  Hermensz,  Hermensse. 

Harrits,  Harris,  Herris,  Harrit. 

Hendriks,  Henderiksz,  Hendricksz.  Hendriksen,  Hendriksz,  Hen- 
dricksen,  Hendericks,  Hendrickse,  Hendrix. 

Hoogteeling,  Hooghteling,  Hoogteelen,  Hooghteeling,  Hooch- 
teeling. 

Isaacksz,  Isaaksz,  Isaacsz,  Isaksz. 

Jansz,  Janssen,  Jans,  Jansen,  Janss,  Jansse,  Janse. 

Jurriaans,  Jurriaanse,  Jurriaansz,  Jurries,  Juriaansz. 

Keteluym,  Keteluyn,  Kitteluym,  Ketelheim,  Kitteluyn. 

Lieves,  Lives,  Lievensz,  Livesz,  Livisz,  Lievense. 

Lookerman,  Lokerman,  Loockerman,  Loockermans. 

Lucasz,  Luycasz,  Luykensz,  Luyckensz 

Maesz,  Mees,  Maasz,  Meesz. 

Marselis,  Marselisz,  Merselis,  Marseelis,  Marcelisz,  Marzelis. 

Mattheusz,  Matheuisz,  Mateuisz,  Matheusz,   Mathysz,   Matthysz. 

Mingal,  Mingaal,  Mingall,  Mingael. 

Myndertsz,  Meyndertsz,  Meynderts,  Meinders,  Meynerts,  Meynert- 
sen. 

Ouderkerk,  Ouderkerck,  Overkerk,  Ouwerkerk. 

Parkar,  Parker,  Percker,  Parckar,  Perker,  Parcker. 

Quakkenbosch,  Quakelbosch,  Quakkelbosch,  Quackelebosch. 

Ratlife,  RatelifE,  Redly,  Ratli,  Ratelief,  Ratly,  Retle,  Rattelis. 

Roelofsz,  Roeloflsz,  Roelofsen,  Roelofs,  Roelofse. 

Rutgers,  Rutgersz,  Rutger,  Rutgertsz. 

Rykse,  Ryksz,  Rycksz,  Rykertsz,  Rycks,  Rykartsz. 

Sickels,  Sikkels,  Sikkel,  Sikkell,  Sickel. 

Simonsz,  Symensz,  Symonsz,  Symens. 

Sivers,  Siwerse,  Siversen,  Siwers,  Siwersz. 

Slegtenhorst,  Slechtenhorst,  Slogtenhorst,  Van  Slegtenaats. 

Stephens,  Stevens,  Stephensen,  Stevissen. 

Ten  Broek,  Ten  Brouck,  Ten  Broeck.  Ten  Brook,  T.  Broek,  Ten- 
broek. 

Trujeks,  Ter  Jeuks.  Terjeks,  Trujex. 

Van  Alsteyn,  Van  Alstyn,  Alstyn,  Alestyn,  V.  Alstyn. 

Van  Corlar,  Van  Corlaar,  V.  Corlar,  Corlaer,  Corlar,  Correlaar. 

Van  den  Bergh,  Van  der  Berch,  Van  den  Berg,  V.  der  Bergh,  Van 
den  Berch,  Van  Bergen,  V.  Bergen. 

Van  den  Bogaardt,  Bogaart,  Bogart,  Boogert,  Van  den  Bogaard, 
Van  de  Bogaardt,  Van  den  Boogaardt,  Van  den  Boogaard,  V. 
Bogaart. 

Van  Deurse,  Van  Deusen,  V.  Deusen,  V.  Deuxsen,  Van  Deurssn, 
Van  Devtrsz,  Van  Deuse. 

Van  Hoesen,  Van  Hoese,  V.  Hoesen,  Van  Housen. 

Van  Olinde,  Van  Olindt,  V.  Olinda,  Van  der  Linde,  Van  der 
Linden. 

Van  Renselaar,  Renselaar,  V.  Renselaar,  Van  Rensselaer. 


87 


Van  Sant,  Van  Santen,  Van  Sante,  Van  Sandt,  V.  Santen. 

Van  Sasbergen,  Sasberry,  Van  Sasberge,  Van  Sasberry. 

Van  Schayck,  Van  Schayk,  V.  Schayk,  Van  Schaak,  V.  Schaak, 
Schayk. 

Van  Scherluyn,  Scherluyn.  V.  Scherluyne,  Scharluyn,  Van  Scha- 
luynen,  V.  Scherluyn. 

Van  Schoonhove,  Van  Schoonhoven,  V.  Schoonhoven.  Schoon- 
hoven. 

Van  Slyk,  V.  Slyk.  Van  der  Slyk,  Van  Slyck,  Slyk. 

Van  Tricht,  Van  Trigt,  Van  Trigh,  V.  Trigt. 

Van  Valkenborgh,  Valkenborg,  Van  Valkenborg,  V.  Valkenborgh, 
Van  Valkenborch,  Valkenborch,  Van  Valkenbork. 

Van  Vechten.Van  Veg^en,  Van  Veghten,  V.  Vegte.  Van  d'  Vechten. 

Van  Wey,  Verwey,  Van  Weye,  Van  Wye,  Van  Wj'en.  Verway. 

Viele,  Vilen,  Vile,  Vyle,  V.  EH. 

Volkerts,  Folkertsz,  Folkersz,  Volkers,  Volkensz,  Volkets,  Vol- 
kertsz. 

Vos,  Van  den  Vos,  Van  Vosch,  Voss. 

Vosburg,  Vosbxirch,  Vosburgh,  Vosberge. 

Wieler,  Whiler,  Wilier,  Wiler,  Wile. 

Willemsz,  Willems,  Willemsse,  Willemse. 

Wynandtsz,  Wynands,  Wynants,  Wynandsz. 

Wyngart,  Wingaart,  Wingaardt,  Wyngaart,  Wyngaard. 


Abbedis,  Maria,  Marietje,  24,  67. 
Abeel,  Abeell,  Catelyntje,  6q. 

Elizabeth,  22,  53,  61,  69,  82. 

Jan,  6,  15,  61. 

Johannes,  27,  44,  46,  49,  61, 
64,  65,  67,  70,  72. 
Abels,  Abelsz,  Hendrick,  4,  14. 

Sophia,  Sephia,  4,  18. 
Abramsz,  Abrahamsz,  Anna,  54. 

Catelyntje,  55. 

Engeltie,  4,  13,  61. 

Herbert,  54. 

Jacob,  3,  15,  41,  44. 

Melchert,  Melchior,  4,  17,  41, 

42.  47.  54,  56,  69.  71- 

Teunis,  ig. 

Teuwis,  Tei 

Willem,  37. 
Adamsz,  Adams,  Aaltje,  5,  11. 

Anneken,  37. 

Syntje,  35. 

Tanneke,  26. 
Albertsz,  Aalbertsz,  Geertje,  14. 

Jan,  58,  63,  70,  77. 

Janneke,  38. 

Maria,  Marretje,  5,  17,  73. 
Andriesz,  Andriessen,  Ariaantje, 

75- 
Catryn,  6,  12. 
Cornelia,  21,  61,  71. 


Engeltje,  13. 

Gerritje,  4,  14. 

Jan,  34,  47,  62,  66. 

Lambert,  29. 

Neeltje,  4. 
Anthonisz,  Egbert,  34. 
Appel,    Appels,    Appell,    Anna, 
Annetje,  3,  11,  40,  53,  62, 
78. 

Aries,  Adriaan,  Arien,  3,  11, 

21.  47- 
Johannes,  3,  15,  36,  40,  45, 

53,  58,  60,  62,  78. 
Wilheim,  34. 
Arensz,  Arentsz,  Aartsz,  Aaltje, 

5.  "• 

Aartje,  Ariaantje,  38,  59. 

Benoni,  38. 

Dirk,  61. 

Gerrit,  38. 

I£je,  58. 

Jacob,  66. 

Leendert,  23,  49. 

Tryntje,  32. 

Wouter,  37. 
Ariaansz,       Adriaans,       Ariesz, 
Arisz,  Eytje,  25,  62,  67,  78. 

Gerrit,  32. 

Jenneke,  62,  68. 
Aukens,  Douwe,  21,  39,  77. 


88 


Bakker,  Anna,  38. 
Bancker,     Banker,      Banckerts, 
Anna,  23. 
Elisabeth,  Lysbet,   i,  6,   13, 
16,  38,  41,  44,  48,  53,  61, 
62,  71,  72,  79. 
Evert,  Everard,  6,  13,  22,  38, 
44,  45.  46,   53,   61,   62,   67, 
69,  79,  82,  83. 
Maria,  8,  17. 
Sibilla,  82. 
Wilhelm,  69. 
Barentsz,  etc.,  Agnietje,  22. 
Albertje,  21. 
Antje,  53. 
Ariaantje,  10,  11,  26,  58,  61, 

62,  66,  70,  76. 
Comelis,  25. 
Dirk,  39. 
Elsje,  32. 
Folkje,  50. 

Jannetje.  53,  61,  66,  76. 
Judickje,  82. 
Maria,  Marritje,  17,  54. 
Reinier,  3.  18,  44,  48,  53. 
Susanna,  6,  18,  23,  35,  53. 
Willem,  53. 
Barrit,  Barrith,  Berrit,  Robbert, 

49.  56,  65,  73,  80. 
Barroa,  Antoine,  24,  36. 

Cathryn,  81. 
Bastiaansz,  Dirck,  13. 
Dirkje,  3. 

Harmen,  14,  46,  47. 
Hester,  2. 
Beaufils,    Bofie,    Mathieu,    Mat- 

thys,  49,  81. 
Becker,  Bekker,  Antje,  Anna,  6, 

,  35.  49.  67. 
Jan,  1,15,  60. 

Johannes.    Joh.,    Hans,    35, 
37,  46,  52,  53,  60,  62,  70, 

71.  77.  79- 
Mari,  Marie,  1,16. 
Martina,  17,   25,  37,  53.  60, 

66,  75. 
Beek,  Elizabeth,  24,  63. 
Beekman,  Beeckman,  Antje,  37. 
Hendrik,  3^,  36,  39,  47,  48, 

58,  66,  75. 
Johannes.  2,   15,  25,  33,  37, 

42,  43.  46,  54.  55.  65,  66, 

68,  70.  74.  79.  82. 
Machtelt,     Magtelt,     2.     16, 

38- 
Marten,  25,  58. 
Metje,  33. 
BeUomont,  Catrine,  Countess  of, 

^        78.. 

Benoy,  Pierre,  28,  75,  79. 


Bensing,  Catelyn,  65. 
Cathrine,  28. 
Dirck,  3,  13,  38,  47,  52. 
Johannis,  5,   15,  45,  60,  68, 

7°; 
Marietje,  55. 

Samson,  5,  18,  33,  38,  43,  48, 

58.  63,  70. 

„     Tysje,  3,  19. 

Berkhoven,  Anna,  Antje,  26,  60, 

66,  73,  79. 
Beyer,  Judith,  48. 

Nicolaes,  48. 
Bicker,  Bikker,  Jan,  21. 

Johannes,  21. 

Martina,  6,  17. 
Bleecker,  Blyker,  etc.,  Antje,  74, 

83-. 
Caatje  [see  Catarina],  7,   12, 

47.  .59- 
Catarina  [see  Caatje],  24,  45, 

67,  78.  83. 

Jan,  2,  15,  59,  71,  81. 
Jannetje,  8,   15,  30,   54,   58, 

78,  81. 
Johannes,  6,   15,  26,  39,  40, 

45.  47.  55.  65,  67,  73.  81. 
Margriet,  Grietjen,  2,  13,  17, 

2°.  33'  56,  59.  62,  67,  73, 

81. 
Bogardus,  Anna,  9. 
Comelis,  10.  12. 
Maria,  Marritje,  8,  17,  30,  81. 
Pieter,  3,  33,  43,  53,  81. 
Rachel,  20. 
Wyntje,   Weinte,   3,    19,   53, 

68,  70. 

Bogy,  Bogi,  Pieter,  Piere,  29,  38, 

54- 
Boin,  WiUem,  24. 
Booch,  Boogh,  Bouw,  Solomon, 

6,    18,    21,  46. 

Boogert.     See  Van  den  Bogert. 
Borgert,  etc.,  Catarina,  22,  47. 

Coenraadt,  29,  77. 
Bosboom,  Antje,  60. 

Feitje,  28. 

Marritje,  25. 
Bosch,  Bos,  Dorethee,  56,  68,  77, 

83- 

an.  53. 

^leter.  23,  46,  53. 
Wyntje,  53. 
Bout,  Geertje,  2,  14. 

Willem,  2,  19. 
Braathorst,     Bradhorst,     Jona- 
than, 20,  28,  74. 
Brabanders,  Folckje,  3,  13. 
Bradis,   Braades,  Trynte,  Tryn- 
tje,  76,  77. 


t 

Pi< 


89 


Bradschaff,  George,  24. 
Bratt,  Brat,  Brats,  Adriaan,  71. 
Andries,  24,  63.  75.  82. 
Anna,    Antje,    Annetje,    21, 

28,  34,  38,  60,  67. 
Antoni,  21,  38,  39,  42,  46,  49, 

59.  67.  74.  75.  78.  83- 
Barent,  5,  12,  34,  39,  43.  58. 

63,  68,  69,  72,  76. 
Clara,  Claartje,  9,  28,  60,  70, 

75- 
Daniel,  10,  13,  29,  72,  76,  77, 

80.  81. 
Dirck,  6,  13,  22,  38,  46,  58, 

63,  67,  72. 
Engeltie,  21. 
Jan,   31,  33,  38.  43,  45.  49. 

75- 
Johanna,   6,    15,   27,   59,   69, 

74- 
Johannes,  7,   15.   26,  59,  62, 

68,  72,  75.  82. 
Maria,  Marritje,  72,  82. 
Samuel,  39,  58. 
Sara,  Saartje.  18,  19,  31,  78, 

83- 
Susanna,   Santje,   5,   39.   46, 

49.  58,  62,  72,  73.  76,  81. 
Wilmje,  78. 

Brickers,   Brickersz,  etc.,  Geer- 
tje,  3,  14,  72. 
Hester,  5,  14,  72.  74,  78. 
Margriet,  7,  17. 
Bries,  Antoni,  6,  11,  25,  49,  55, 
61,  66,  70,  72,  76,  82. 
Henderick,  3,  14,  28,  47,  52, 

59- 
Juriaan,  22. 
Maria,    Marie,    Marretje,    3, 

16,  47,  61,  63,  65. 
Tryntje,  72. 
Brockholt,  Antoni,  43. 
Bronck,     Bronk,     Commertje, 
Kommertje,  4,  12,  73. 
Jan,  4,  15,  39.  47,  54,  58,  67, 

72.  73.  79- 

Marritje,  28,  77. 

Pieter,  76,  77. 
Broun,  Robbert,  63. 
Brouwer,  Henderik,  25,  60. 
Brussi,    Crussy.    Christoflfel,    40, 

50.  55.  63. 
Buys,  Jan,  37. 
Byvang,  Belie,  2,  12. 

Helena,  6,  14,  39,  49. 
Jan,  2,  IS,  39,  44.  49- 
Johannes,  33. 
Canfoort,  Kampfoort,  Geraldus, 

Carbert,  Eduwart,  31. 


Carstens,    Karstensz,    etc.,    An- 
dries, 5,  II. 

Lysbeth,  53. 

Teunis,  25. 

Warner,  28. 
Casperssen,   Casparts,   etc.,   Ag- 
nitje,  83. 

Aletta,  5. 

Colette,  12.  58. 

Isaac,   Isak.   35,   42,    ^6,   68, 

77.  83. 

Jacob,  53,  63,  75. 

Jan,  65,  71. 

Lysbet,  81. 

Wamar,  75. 
Charp,  Thomas,  63. 
Cheef,  Christoffel,  i^. 
Christiaansz,  Annetje,  29. 

Christiaan.  37,  61,  74. 

David,  6,  13. 
Cittene,  Jan,  82. 
Claasz,   Claessen,   etc.    [see   also 

Niclaasz],  Barber,  55. 

Catryn,  Tryntje,   24,  27,  28, 

31.  54- 
Christine,  55. 
Cornelia,  64,  70,  S3. 
Cornells,  26,  63,  65. 
Eechje,  30. 

Elisabeth,  Lysbeth,  27,  54. 
Emmetje,  29,  54. 
Feytje,  Feitje,  22,  72,  79. 
Gernt,  25,  36,  49. 
Jacob,  24,  38. 

Jopje.  77- 

Laurens,  16,  70. 

Leendert,  50. 

Maria,  34. 

Neeltje,  27,  64,  65,  71,  79. 

Rebecca,    6,    18,   38,  55,  60, 
78. 

Willem,  35,  78. 
Clauw,  Klauw,  Elsje,  7,  13. 

Frans,  7,  13,  41. 

Henderik,  41,  78. 

Jannetje,  26,  62. 
Cloet,  Bata,  2,  12. 

Frederik,  42,  48. 

Jan,  Johannes,  2,  15,  34,  39, 
42,  48.  61,  83. 
Cobes,  Kobusz,  etc.,  Aaltje,  23. 

Geertruy,  74. 

Jannetje,  7,  15,  35,  50. 

Ludovicus,  40. 
Coeman,     Kooyman     etc.,    An- 
dries. 44. 

Dirkje,  47. 

Geertje,  57,  61. 

Lucas,  39. 

Pieter,  8,  18,  57. 


90 


Coenraadt,    Coenraatsz,    Geesje, 
80. 
Jacob,  2,  15,  61. 
Coljer,  Cailler,  etc.,  Cornelia,  7, 
12,  42,  47,  48. 
Jurrien,  Jumaan,  4,  15,  32, 

47- 

Lysbeth,  4,  16,  45. 

Michiel.  42,  51,  59,  67,  80. 
Conyn,  Konyn,  Agnietje,  30. 

Caspar,  42,  47,  69,  76,  83. 

Leendert,  42. 

Lysbeth,  70. 
Cool,  Kool,  Pieter,  22,  42. 

Teunis,  5,  19,  41,  42. 
Comelisz,  Comelis,  Com.,  Anna 
Maria,  34. 

Annetje,  Anneke,  4,  11,  38. 

Ariaantje,  55. 

Cornelia,  32. 

Geertruy,  32. 

Grietje,  24. 

Gysbert,  36. 

Henderik,  38,  48. 

Hilletje,  5,  14,  49,  50,  52,  59. 

Jacob,  36,  45. 

Jan,  61. 

Jannetje,  32,  59,  66,  78,  80. 

Maas,  Maes,  3,  16,  33,  35,  38, 
41.  44.  47.  5°.  58,  63,  64. 

Marten,  Martes,  Marte,  4,  17, 
26,  36,  37,  41,  43,  51,  52, 

63.  70- 
Neeltje,  48. 
Salomon,  18. 
Teunis,  3,  19. 
Tryntje,  10,  19. 
Coster,    Koster,   Costers,  Anna, 

8,  II,  26,  65,  73,  81. 
Antoni,  Antony,   9,   u,   30, 

80,  81,  82. 
Gerritje,  6,  14,  23,  57,  64,  74, 

82. 
Creeve,   Greeve,   etc.,   Immetje, 

Emmetje,  5,  15,  38. 
Tarn,  Thomas,  5,  19,  34,  38, 

39.  47- 
Croesvelt,  Cornelia,  45. 
Cross,   Kros,   Crass,  Antje,  An- 
neke, 4,  II,  38,  49,  63. 
Crygier,  Crugier,  Elisabeth.  Lys- 
beth, 9,  13,  28,  73,  81. 
Jannetje,  i,  15,  36,  81. 
Marten,  i,  16,  40,  61,  69,  73, 
81. 
Cuyler,  Abraham,  Abram,  6,11, 
24,  42,  43.  49.  55,  59.  65, 
67,  74,  78,  83. 
Annetje,  Anna,  i,  11,  37. 
Caatje,  49,  52,  53,  55,  61. 


Cathrvna,  81. 

Delia,'  83. 

Elsje,  44,  48,  51,  70,  75. 

Hendrick,  i,  14,  37,  38,  41. 

Johannes,  21,  37,  43,  46,  48, 

49,  55.  S6,  59.  61,  62,  65, 
67,  68,  80. 

Rachel,  8,  18,  74. 

Sara,  6,  18,  36,  38,  58,  62. 
Danielsz,  Jan,  25. 
Davids,  Hester,  7,  14. 

Jannetje,  49. 
De  Cuyper.  Jacob,  45. 
De  Drent,  Frerick,  4,  13. 
Deen,  Hanna,  26. 
De  Germeau,  De  Ganneau,   Pie- 
ter, Piere,  56,  64,  71. 
De  Groot,  Geertruy,  62. 

Symon,  37. 
De  Haes,  Pieter,  6,  18. 
De  Hooghes,  Maria,  28. 
De  la  Grange,  Gillis,  Jelis,  62,  68. 

Omi,  29,  39,  45,  57. 
De  Lint,  Elizabeth,  24. 
Dell,  Marten,  83. 
Dellius,  Elisabeth,  70. 

G.  78. 

Godefridus,   33,   36,   37,   40, 
42,  44,  45,  50,  77. 

Isabella,  5,  15,  ^^,  40,  42,  66, 
78. 
De  Metselaer,  Teunis,  4,  19. 
De  Noorman,  Jan,  3,  15. 
De   Peyster,   De   Peister,   Abra- 
ham, Abram,  53,  78. 

Anna,  7,  1 1. 

Johannes,  23,  53. 
Depuis,  Moses,  Moyse,  29,  73. 
De  Rade  Maecker,   Wouter,   3, 

19. 
De  Ridder,  Ridders,  Antje,  71,81, 
82. 

Evert,  Evart,  6,  13,  23,  47, 
54.  59.  66,  73,  80,  81,  82. 
De  Sweed,  Andries,  4,  11. 
De  Vries,  Annetje,  57. 
De  Wandelaar,  Wandelaar,  Jo- 
hannes,  2,   15,  36,  42,  48, 

50.  S5.  58,  62,  69. 
Sara,  2,  18,  41. 
Tryntje,  83. 

De  Warrum,  Jacobus,  25. 
De  Wit,  Jacob,  27,  82. 
Deyer,  Jonathan,  27. 
Dingman,     Dingemans,    Aaltje, 
42,  82. 

Adam,  7,  11,  34,  41,  42,  82. 

Jacob,  82. 

Sara,  29,  79,  81. 

Yanneke,  23. 


91 


Dirksz,     Dirriks,     etc.,     Feitje, 
Feytje,  29,  65,  72,  76. 

Geesje,  70. 

Helena,  63,  70. 

Jan,  9. 

Jannetie,  4,  15. 

Margriet,  58. 

Maria,  27. 

Micliiel,  22,  36,  44. 

Neeltje,  22,  36. 

Sara,  28. 

Taakel,  2,  19,  35,  55,  75. 

Teunis,  27,  65,  68,  71,  76,  83. 

Weinte,  Weyntje,  35,  60,  65, 
76,  78. 

Wessel,  81. 
Docksje,  Daxie,  Sam.,   Samuel, 

31.  83. 
Dongues,  Jannetje,  32. 
Douw,  Douwe,  Douws,  Andries, 
Andris,  8,   11,   29,   50,   66, 
78,  81,  83. 

Caatje,  81. 

Catarina,  Catryn,  3,  12,  21, 

Elsje,  77. 

Hendrik,  20,  29,  77,  78,  81, 
83. 

Jan,  3,  15,  34,  40,  47. 

Jonas,  5,  21,  28,  Si. 

Lysbeth,  33. 

Neeltje,  83. 

Rachel,  20. 

Rebecca,  3,   18,  41,  42,  44, 

5°.  53- 
Dreeper,  Henderikje,  53. 
Du  Peis,  Elisabeth,  26. 
Dykman,  Cornells,  49. 

Johannes,  50. 
Ebb,  Sara,  26. 
Egbertsz,      Egberts,      Marretje, 

Marietje,  46,  69,  74. 
Egmont,  Jacob,  33. 
Elbertsz,  Martje,  ^^. 
Elbtir,  Anna,  24. 
Elders,  Marritje,  61. 

Ysbrant,  3,  19. 
Eli  [see  also  Viel^],  Lysbeth,  26, 

72,  80. 
Ellis,  Frerik,  43, 
Elmendorff,  Coenraadt,  26. 
Evertsz,  Evertse,  Alida,  Aaltje, 
6,  21,  23,  39,  53,  60,  69,  82. 

Annetje,  23. 

Dirk,  33,  38,  44,  46. 

Elbert je,  54. 

Jan,  29. 

Marie,  Marietjen,  26,  60. 

Rebecca,  5,  18,  21,  43,  53,  64. 
Fletscher,  Elisabeth,  72. 
Floddersz,  Jan,  41. 


Fonda,  Vonda,  Alida,  0,  31,  69. 

Claes,  20,  83. 

Douwe,  71,  72,  75. 

Geertje,  21. 

Helena,  Lena,  20,  80,  83. 

Hester,  9,  28,  71,  75,  83. 

Jan,  7,  15,  27,  67,  73,  75,  76, 
.78,  82.  83. 

Jillis,  Jelis,  28,  72,  74,  77,  82. 

Johannes,  71. 

Marretje,  78,  83. 

Rachel,  74. 

Rebecca,  71,  72,  75. 
Foreest,     Freest,     De     Foreest, 
Phlip,  2,  18,  33,  40,  46,  54, 
55,  58,  59,  65,  71,  75. 

Sara,  10,  18. 

Tryntje,  2,  19,  45,  59. 
Fort,  Jan,  81. 
Fransz,  Fransen,  Aaltje,  11. 

Henderik,  21,  45,  61,  71, 

Jannetje,  66,  73,  80. 

Judik,  62,  70. 

Pietertje,  50. 

Weyntje,  7,  19. 
Frederiksz,  Claas,  58. 

Salomon.  32,  40. 
Fyn,  Fein,  Fine,  Alida,  81. 

Jan,  Jhon,  Jean,  28.  30,  77, 
81,  83. 
Gaignon,  Francois,  23,  48. 
Galen,  Antje,  80. 

Joannes,  80. 
Gansevoort,  Gansevoos,  Agniet, 
Agnietje,  10,  11,  25,  59,  65, 
73.  74.  80. 

Anna,  Antje,  8,   11,   25,   54, 

59- 

Elisabet,  Lysbeth,  20,  62,  80. 

Elsje,  10,  13,  23,  59,  65.  73, 
81. 

Harmen,  32,  40,  52,  61,  73. 

Hilletje,  20. 

Maria,  37,  73. 
Gardenier,  Gardeniers,  Gerden- 
ier,  57. 

Aalbert,  5,  11,  35,  49. 

Alida,  Aaltje,  31,  35,  63,  78. 

Andries,  25,  49,  62,  78. 

Ariaantje,  36. 

Hendrik,  27,  64. 

Jan,  27,  47,  54. 

Josyntje,  Josyne,  Josina,  24, 
70,  71,  78. 

Lysbeth,  2;^. 

Samuel,  50,  63,  70,  78,  81. 
Gauw,  Gouws,  Jan,  38. 

Grietje,  i,  13. 
Gerritsz,  Gertsz,  Adriaan,  i. 

Annetje,  7,  11,  54,  75. 


92 


Gerritsz  (Continued) 

Ariaantje,  6,   ii,  24,  26,  54, 

61. 
Barent,  6,  22,  48,  54,  63,  67, 

73.  8o- 
Comohs,  7,  12,  54,  65. 
Elbert,  6,  8,  13,  26,  54,  64, 

70.  72. 
Frenk,  47.  53. 
Geertje,  63. 
GiUis,  53. 
Grietje,  14,  78. 
Henderik,  40. 
Huybert,   7,   14,   26,  48,  63, 

65,  67. 
Jan,  82. 
J^netje,  i.  64. 

iqhannes,  16,  70,  80. 
.uycas,  Lucas,  2,  16,  35,  41, 

55.  69.  75.  8°- 
Lysbeth,  44. 

Marretje,  8,   17,   27,   67,   72, 
73.  75.  82. 

Marten,  3,  17,  44,  64. 

Neeltje,  i  7,  20,  80. 

Reyer,  20. 

Roelof,  5,  35,  41,  45,  48,  55, 
61,  81,  82. 

Sara,  79. 

Teuntje.  4,  19. 

Wynand.  2,  19,  54. 
Cf^urten,  Marretje,  5,  17. 
Gilbert.  Cornelia,  2,  12,  80. 

Jan,  Jean,  2,  15,  36,  48,  54, 

56.  65,  75. 
Gilbomsz,  Cornelia,  33. 

Jan,  33. 
Glenn  [see  Sanders],  Anna,    12, 

19. 
Catnna,   Catryntje,    25,    58, 

66. 
Jacob,  28,  32,  35. 
Jacobus,  37. 
Jacomyntje,    Jacomine,    27, 

79- 
Johannes,  Joh..  24,  30,  66, 81. 
Sander,  28,  37,  50. 
Goes  [see  Hoes]. 
Graaf,  Grave,  Claas,  53,  62. 
Grauw,  Leendert,  47. 
Greefraadt,     Henricus,     Hende- 
rick,  7,  14,  22,  41. 
Sara,  46. 
Groenendyck,  Johannes,  83. 
Groesbeek,  Croesbeek  [see   Van 
Rotterdam],  Anna,  23. 
Barbar,  67,  77. 
Claes,  82. 

Geertruyt,  Geertruy,   2,   14, 
47,  60,  61,  68,  82. 


Johannes,  31,  82. 
Rebecca,  30,  80,  82. 
Stephanas.  Steph.,  8,  18,  30, 

77,  80,  82. 

Willem,  2,  19,  37,  45,  57,  67, 

78,  80.  81,  83. 
Groot,  Abram,  28,  30. 

Geertruy,  81. 

Marietje,  59. 

Rebecca,  54. 

Sara,  54,  63. 

Susanna,  53,  58.  62. 

Symon,  58.  74. 
Gruttersz,  Jan.  5,  15. 
Gysbertsz,  Barbar,  27. 

Cornells,  3,  12,  36,  38,  43,  50, 

55.  65. 
Geertje,  Geertruy,  4,  14.  77. 
Gerrit,  14,  38,  45. 
Margriet,  Grietje,  36,  62. 
Neeltje,  54. 

Willem,  3,  19,  34,  36,  42,  48 
58,  59.  64.  65,  77. 
Haal,  William,  27. 
Hagen,  Harmannus,  58. 
Hagendoom,  Harmannus,  27. 
Hansz,  Hanse,  Hansen,  Andries, 
4.  II.  3i-  35.  37.  45.  48.  62, 
73- 
Anne,  64,  74. 
Bregtje,  22. 

Carel,  Karel,  40,  53,  68,  78. 
Elsje,  9,  29,  68,  72,  75. 
Frederik,  46. 
Hendrick,  6,  10,  14,  25,  59, 

61,  68,  71,  74,  75,  79,  83. 
Hendrikje,  63,  75. 
Hester,  61. 
Hieronimus,  Jeroon,  Jeroni- 

mus,  5,  21,  37,  43,  53. 
Itje,  Iphje.  4.  15. 
Jan.  59.  69. 

Johanna.  21,  59.  67,  83. 
Johannes,  Joannes,  68,  80. 
Margriet,   Margrietje,   7,   17, 

25,  61,  68,  72,  80. 
Rachel,  57. 
Harbarts.  Marritje,  71. 
Hardenberch,      Hardenbergh, 
Gerrit,  2,  13,  32. 
Jaapje,  2,  15. 
Sara,  6,  18. 
Hardig,  Franc,  55. 
Harmensz,    Hermesse,  Annetje, 

^4- 
Ariaantje,  34,  40,  68. 
Bastiaan.  12,  33,  34,  40,  61, 

71,  82. 
Catryn,  41. 
Elbert,  78. 


93 


Harmensz  {Continued) 
Engeltje,  25,  55. 
Frans,  25. 
Frederik,  45,  61,  68,  72,  74, 

80.  82. 
Geertruv,    Geertje,    33,    61, 

68,  77'  80. 
Heleen,  1,  14. 
Hester,  5,  14,  45,  49,  63,  71, 

82. 
Johannes,  9,  16,  53,  61,  65,  71. 
Lea,  29. 
Lysbet,  5,  16. 
Margriet,  Margrietje,  17,  20, 

65- 
Marretje,  Maria,  Marietje,i7, 

23.  40,  53. 

Meindert,  Myndert,  i,  16,  50. 

Nanning,  17,  49,  58,  61,  65. 

Sara,  8,  18,  61,  67,  74,  80. 

Thomas,  Tomas,   7,   10,   19, 
25.  62,  63,  67,  68,  76,  80. 

Tjerk,  34,  40,  53,  58,  67,  68, 
72.  74,  79- 

Wyntje,   Weintje,   Weyntje, 
25,  33,  47,  61.  71. 
Harrits,   Herns,   Fil,    25. 

Jan.  Jean,  27,  37,  47,  50,  54. 

Lysbet,  3,  16,  38,  50. 
Heemstraat,    Hemstraat,    Sara, 
2Q,  78,  81. 

Takel.  78. 

Tryntje,  30. 
Heghs,  Susanna,  71. 
Helmertsz,  Helmer,  Anna,  50. 

Catryn,  Tryntje,  24,  62. 

Cornelia,  21. 
Hendriks,  Aaltje,  73. 

Agnietje,  37. 

Ariaantje,  5,11,  83. 

Coenraad,  83. 

Comelis,  61,  73. 

Ehzabeth,    Lysbeth,    4,    16, 

24,  32- 
Elsje,  83. 
Eytje,  26. 
Francyntje.  7,  13. 
Geertje,  55. 
Geesje,  83. 
Gerrit,  14,  73. 
Gerritje,  65,  79. 
Geurt,  5. 
Helena,  81. 
Isak,  79. 

Jan,  4,  15,  41,  62. 
Jannetje,  28,  61,  73,  79. 
Maas,  83. 
Maria,   Marretje,    6,    17,    27, 

43.  48,  64,  73,  82. 
Sara,  45. 


Hesseling,  Dirk.  26. 

Hieronimus,  Rebecca,  40. 

Hiks.  Susan.  79. 

Hill.  Ritchart,  29. 

Hilte,   Hilten,   Hilton,   William, 

26,  60,  66,  73,  76,  79,  80. 
Hoes,  Goes,  Annetje,  81. 

Dirrick,  83. 

Jan,  5.  43,  79,  81. 

Mattys,  43,  82. 

Mayke,  83. 

Styntje,  5.  43. 

Teuntje.  81. 
Hoge,   Hoges,   Hooge,   Martina, 

77- 
Wilhem.  William,  25.  60,  62, 

66,  75,  77- 
Hogenboom,    Hoogeboom.    An- 
netje, Antje,  10,  II,  27,  64, 
70. 
Ariaantje,  4,  11,  24. 
Catryn,  4,  12. 
Geertruy,  7,  14,  24,  64. 
Mees,  Meuwis,  Meuis,  4,  17, 

32,  64,  80. 
Pieter,  9.  29.  80. 
Hooghlandt,  Johannes.  44. 
Hoogteeling,  etc.,  Coenraad,  23, 

4q,  SS.  64,  71-  79- 
Maria,  4,  i  7. 
Mattys,  Mathys,  4,  5,  16,  35, 

40,  64. 
Trj'ntje,  31,  71,  75,  83. 
Zytje.   Zevtje,   Sije,    29,   49, 
75.  83.   ' 
Hujes,  Maria,  63. 
Huybertsz,  Antje,  60. 

Jan,  6,  15. 
Huyck,  Huyg,  Hiiyk,  Andries,  6, 

II,  44.  63,  82. 
Hyde,  Heid.  William,  71,  72. 
Hygeman.  Benjamin.  23. 
Ingolsbie,  Engelsby,  Mary,  20. 

Richart.  63.  66. 
Isaacsz,  Isaksz.  etc.,  Abraham, 
Abr.,  Abram,  6,  11,  39,  42, 

44,  45.  49.  S°,  54.  55.  60, 

64,  69. 
Isak,  55,  59. 
Jacob,  43. 
Jacobus,  50. 
Isbrantsz  [see  Ysbrants].  Maria, 

74- 
Jacobs,  Jacobsen,  Jacobsz,  Aal- 
tje, 40. 

Albert,  42. 

Andries.  67. 

Ariaantje.  42. 

Catelyntje,  3,  12,  37,  54,  61, 
72. 


94 


Jacobs  (Continued) 
Catryn,  39,  45- 
Geertje,  2,  14. 
Geertruy,  55,  61. 
Gerrit,  26,  66,  72,  80. 
Henderik,  40. 
Herbert,  Harbart,  14,  27,  58, 

64,  72,  75.  82- 
Jan,  55. 

Jannetje,  4,  45,  57. 
Josine,  Josyna,  65,  81. 
Lysbeth,  35,  36. 
Magteltje,  35. 
Mara,  Maria,  5,  17. 
Margriet,  56. 
Mayken,  5,  17,  22. 
Nicolaes,  31. 
Rut,  28. 
Willem,  Wilhem,  19,  25,  58, 

67.  75.  76. 
Jacobusz,  Geertruy,  23. 
Jannetje,  15. 
Mayken,  4,  17. 
Jan,  Jonge,  39. 
Jansz,  Jans,  Jansen,  Aaltje,  47, 

66. 
Abraham,  Abraam,  6,  11,  36, 

42,  48,  65,  66,  70,  71,  82. 
Agniet,  48. 
Andries,  5,  11,  33,  37,  41,  42. 

47.  55.  66,  77. 
Anna,     Anneken,     Annetje, 

Annigje,  5,  11,  22,  23,  40, 

58,  61,  63,  71,  76. 
Ariaantje,  23. 
Barber,  8,  12,  28,  31,  76,  80, 

83- 
Barentje,  5,  12,  23. 
Broer,  36. 
Caatje,  75. 
Cataline,  67. 
Catrina,  Catryn,  Tryntje,  24, 

28,  50,  55,  63,  70. 
Claas,  9,  12. 
Daniel,  52. 
Dirckje,  5,  13. 
Dorothea,     Doretje,     Dore- 

thee,  42,  45,  48,  55,  63,  65, 

66,  74. 
Elisabeth,    Lysbeth,    9,    16, 

26,  55,  65. 
Emmetje,  67. 
Evert,  47. 
Femmetje,  53,  79. 
Geertruy,  6,  7,  14,  22,  34,  55, 

63,  73,  80. 
Geesje,  58,  63. 
Gemt,  60. 

Harmen,  Hermen,  45,  55,  81. 
Helmer,  Helmert,  48,  63. 


Hendrik,  14,  20,  37,  55,  63, 

66,  74,  80,  83. 
Hendrikje,  22,  23.  25. 
Hester,  49. 
Isaac,  6,  15,  19. 
Jacob,  36,  40,  62. 
Jacobus,  4.  15.  33- 
Janneke,  26. 
Johanna,  76. 
Johannes,  15,  32,  37,  58,  64, 

77- 

Jonathan,  29,  76. 

Joseph,  6,  7,  15,  23,  4$,  61, 

68,  77. 
Josine,  58. 

Judick,  15,  51,  58,  59,  79. 
Lambert,  6,  16,  38,  42,  45, 

53.  67,  77. 
Lucas,  16,  24,  26,  48,  50,  56, 

62. 
Magtelt,  60. 
Maria,     Marietje,     Marritje, 

Marretie,    Marytje,    4,    16, 

17,  20.  36,  39,  61,  65,  81. 
Marselis,  Mercelis,  3,  17,  31, 

48,  55,  69. 

Marten,  3,  16,  35,  36,  43,  47. 

49,  59,  66,  78. 

Mathys,  Tys,   21,  38,  50,  57, 
63.  66,  75. 

Paulyn,  4,  18. 

Richard,  31,  83. 

Sara,  Saartje,  18,  20,  27,  58, 
82. 

Sevke,  24. 

Styntje,  18,  46,  52. 

Susanna,  43,  47. 

Symon,  21,  41,  44. 

Teuntje,  6,  19,  59. 

Thomas,  80. 

Willem,  29,  76,  81. 

WjTitje,  56,  65,  73,  80. 
Jedts,  Jeedts,  Yets, ,  45- 

Huybertje,  3,  14. 

Joseph,  33,  60,  67,  77. 
Jelisz,  Douw,  Douwe,  3,  13,  a, 

36,  39.  44.  49.  53- 
Jeralimans,  Helmig,  22. 
Jeremiasz,  Ariaantje,  40. 
Jeroons,  Rebecca,  47. 
Jochumsz,  Jochems,  Annetje,  35. 

Eva,  5,  13. 

Jannetje,  16,  19. 

Lambert,  73,  80. 

Marie,  4,  17. 

Rachel,  22,  57,  76. 
Tongs,  Simon,  72. 
Jonker,  Feitje,  30. 

Pietertje,  30. 
Jorisz,  Johannis,  23. 


95 


Jouets,  Huybertje,  77. 
Jiirriaans,    Jurries,    etc.,    Fitje, 
Tite,  59,  67. 

Hans,  30,  40,  64,  70. 

Margriet,  6,  17. 
Karten,  Jan,  33. 
Karter,  Jan,  33. 
Kerr,  Jean,  27. 
Kersten,  Roelof,  38. 
Ketel,  Keetel,  Anna,  i,  11. 

David,  82. 

Margriet,  3,  16. 

Maria,  82. 

Sara,  4,  18. 

Sella,  4,  18. 
Keteluym,  Anna,  52. 

Daniel,  27,  67,  72,  77. 

David.  27,  46,  69,  74. 

Hilletje,  36,  46,  78. 

Maria,     6,     17,     26,    62,    68, 

75- 
Rachel,  63,  67,  73,  80. 
Willem,  35,  37,  43,  62,  74. 
Kidni,  John,  30. 
Marritje,  20. 
Kint,  Jean,  66. 

Mr.,  54. 
Kip,  Kipp,  Abraham,  Abram,  7, 
22,  45,  46,  52.  54,  56,  65, 
71.  75.  80. 
Geesje,  5,  46. 
Jesse,  40. 

Johannes,  9,  55,  65. 
Tryntje,  55,  65,  75. 
Kleyn,  Klyn,  Johannes.  33,  39. 
Knikkelbacker,   Harmen,   5,   14, 

68. 
Korenbeurs,  Jacob,  32. 
Laamme,  Jannetje,  34. 
Lambertsz,    Lammertsz,    Lam- 
mertsen,  Catrina,  Catryn, 
73.82. 
Gerrit,  4,  14. 
Henderik,  39. 
Jannetje,  5,  15,  47. 
Jochum,    5,    15,    38,  46,   58, 

69. 
Marretje,  44. 
Rachel,  34,  65. 
La  Methe,  Jacobus,  23. 
La  Noy,  Benjamin,  30. 
Lansing,      Lansingh,      Lancing, 
Abram,  12,  19. 
Elizabeth,  Lysbet,  2,  6,  13, 
i6,  20,  29,  30.  35,  4!,  49, 
56,  59.  65,  70,  76,  81,  82. 
Elsje,  2,  13,  39,41,  55,  61,80, 

83- 
Geertruy,  Geertje.  2,  13,  38, 
43,  48,  54,  65,  67,  82. 


Gerrit,  2,  6,  13,  14,  25,  31, 
46,  47.  53.  55.  60,  61,  63, 
66,  70,  73,  74,  75,  80, 
82. 

Gysbertje,  28. 

Hendrick,  2,  14,  35,  36,  42. 
43.  47.  49.  64.  65,  81. 

Jacob,  83. 

Jacobus,  83. 

Jan,  2,  15,  60,  73,  80. 

Johannes,  Johannis,  j^,  35, 

38.  43.  45;  52.  64. 
Maria.  Marietje,   26,   53,  63, 

65,  67,  68. 
Susanna,  7,  18,  30,  63,  80. 
Laurensz,   Laurents,  Laurentsz, 
Antje,  63. 
Margriet,  63. 

Nicolaas,  Claas,   39,   43,   50, 
60. 
Lauw,  Cornelia,  75. 
Leendertsz,    Leenderts,    Agniet, 
Agnietje,  i,  11,  48,  50,  61. 
Annetje,  24,  32. 
Caspar,  Casparus,  5,  12,  33, 

35,  40,  53,  58,  63,  64,  65, 

72.  73.  74- 
Commertje,  54,  58,  67,  72. 
Lysbeth,  58,  64,  77. 
Maria,  Marietje,  35,  41,  61, 

73- 
Philp,   Phhp,   4,    18,   32,   35, 

36,  37.  41,  46,  60,  65,  78. 
Legget,  Johannes,  23. 
Lepinar,  Antoine,  32,  34. 
Lieves,   Lievens,   etc.,    Annetje, 

I,  6,  II. 
Engeltje,  7,  13. 
Harmen,  Herman,  5,  14,  33, 

39.  45.  49.  54,  55" 
Marretje,  5. 

Livingston,    Levinckston,    Lev- 
ingston,   Alida,    2,    11,   48, 
49.  63,  67,  69,  75,  77. 
Margriet,  Margrietje,  17,  20, 

75.  77-  79,  80,  82. 
Robbert,   2,   18,    20,    29,   33, 

37,  40,  45,  50.   56,  63,  66, 

76,  78,  79,  82,  83. 
Lookerman,  Anna,  Annetje,  24, 

43,  59,  63,  67,  71,  75,  79. 
Caatje     [see     also    Catelyn] 

3.  12,  53,  56,  62,  73. 
Catelyntje,  Catelyn,  67,  80. 
Catharina,  Tryntje.  3,  19,  21, 

35,  36,  46,  65,  72,  78. 
Hilletje,  54,  62,  67,  72,  83. 
Jacob,  3,  15,  28,  34,  35,  36, 

44.  48,  56,  76. 
Lammertje,  16,  20. 


<Ata 


96 


Lookerman  (Continued) 
Landje,  82. 

Maria,  Marritje,  Martje,  2,  8, 
16,  17,  27,  44,  53,  63,  71, 
72,  76,  82. 
Pieter,  2,  18,  32,  41. 
Lootman.  Hillebrant,  24. 
Lowysz,  Marritje,  60. 
Lubbertsz,  Gerrit,  21,  23,  35,  40, 

44- 
Lucasz,  Luykens,  Anneke,  Anna, 
2,  II.  22,  3^.  41,  67. 
Ariaantje,  3,  11,  38. 
Catryntje,  62. 
Dirckje,  6,  13,  43,  44. 
Emmeke,  26. 
Gerrit,   55,    69,    74,    77,    79, 

80. 
Henderikje,  50. 
Johannes,  58,  76. 
Judik,  73.  ■ 
Lucas,  Luycas,  6,  16,  20,  25, 

41,  48,  61,  65,  6g,  78. 
Maria,  Mara,  24,  59,  77. 
Nicolaas,  Claas,   55,   59,   67, 

75.  79- 
Maesz,  Maes,  etc.,  Hendrick,  4, 

14. 
Jacob,  37. 
Jacomina,   Jacomyn,    3,    15, 

34.  35.  62. 
Josina,  20. 
Magrigari,  Magrickerie,  Patrick, 

29,  75,  83. 
Mangels,  Jan.  38. 
Marinus,  Neeltje.  20. 
Marrits,   Merrit,    Marris,    Frans, 
Franc,  29,  53,  59. 
Henderik,  59. 
Marselis,   Ahasueros,    Hasueros, 
14,  20,  29,  60,  61,  77,  78, 
81. 
Anneken,  Annetje,  3,  11,  33, 

61. 
Barbar,  2,  12,  81. 
Gerrit,  22,  38. 

Gysbert,  2,  14,  31,  38.  41.  47, 
53,  55,  60,  61,  67.  75,  77, 
81. 
Gysbertje,  68. 
Hendrick,  4,  14,  35,  49,  53, 

75- 
Huybertje.  31,  60,  67,  69.  77. 
Jannetje,  48. 
Judick,  6,  15,  25,  45,  61,  67, 

69,  78,  79. 
Sara,  18,  20,  77. 
Seytje,  Zytje,  6,   19,  23,  41, 

61.  68,  77,  78. 
Tryntje,  78. 


Martens,      Martensz,      Martisse, 
Caatje,  76. 
Catelyntje,  29,  64,  70. 
Cornelia,  4,  12,  24,  38,  54,  64, 

Cornells,  6.  12,  24,  52. 

Geertje.  7,  14,  23. 

Henderik,  35. 

Jacob,  36.  41,  45. 

Jan,  5,  15,  38. 

Jannetje,  Janneke,  3,  15,  31, 

32,  34.  44- 
Marretje,   4,   17,   27,   39,  43, 

51.  52.  7°- 

Marten,  61,  82. 

Mayken,  5,  17,  32. 

Metje.  42. 

Neeltje,  41. 

Paulus,  42. 

Pieter,  10,  26,  54,  58,  61,  66, 
70,  76,  82. 

Robbert,  ^i. 

Tanneke,  63. 

Teuntje,  30.  ia, 

Mattheusz,   Matthysz,   Cornel 
21. 

Lysbeth,  60. 

Marretje,  60. 

Robbert,  24. 

Tryntje,  58,  63,  70. 

Zytje,  53,  59. 
Mebi,  Jan,  60. 

Melchertsz,     Melchertsen,     Ari- 
aantje, 49. 

Caatje,  7,  12,  45,  66. 

Catarina,    Tryntje,    Catryn, 
24.  32,  43.  56,  62. 

Engeltje,  33,  63. 

Maria.  65. 

Melchert,  80. 

Rachel.  7,  18,  60. 

Rut,  Ruth,  7,  18,  25,  48,  61, 

64.  71- 
Sara,  73. 
Mennoury,  Frans,  22. 
Michielsz,  Ryck.  4,  18. 
Millington        [see        Willinton], 

Thomas,  31. 
Mingal,  Jannatje,  53,  67,  77. 
Johannes,  Johan,  3,  44,  53, 

57,  64,  74,  79,  83. 
Margriet,  64,  68,  76. 
Maria,  Maratje,  3.  55,  62,  64, 

68,  79. 
Pieter,  6,  18,  21,  45, 60,  74,76. 
Muller.  Mullers,  Mulder,  Corne- 
lis.  32. 
Hilletje,  80. 
Jannetje,  29,  80. 
Stephen,  37. 


Myndertsz.  Meynderts,  Neeltje, 
22,  2Q,  56,  64.  68,  78,  81. 

Reynier,  ig,  31,  83. 
ITack,  Nak,  Andries,  20. 

Catrina,  9,  12. 

JacomjTL,  69. 

Jan,  2,  15-,  26. 

Mathys,  20,  30,  62,  80. 

Sofia,  80. 

Willemyntje.  5,  ig, 
Neefje,  Barentje,  37. 

Willem,  37. 
Nickols,  Willem,  23. 
Niclaasz,  Styntje,  63. 
Nobel,  William,  56. 
Noormans,  Marretje,  3,  16. 
Nottingam,  Nottingham,   Elisa- 

bet,  Lysbet,  72,  77,  79. 
Noxen,  Tamnius,  8,  ig,  24,  64. 

Nucella,  -,  20,  80. 

Oeff,  Jan  Com.,  47. 

Oothout,  Van  Oothoitt,  Aaltje, 

54,.  7°- 
Caatje,  36,  48. 
Hendrick,   Henderik,   4,    14, 

21,  35.  39.  41,  44,   50.   59. 

67,  68,  74,  76,  So,  81. 
Jannetje,   8,   16,   31,   59,   62, 

80,  Si,  83. 
Johannes.  4,  i5-  -3.  35.  60, 

69,  71,  82. 
Mayken,  Mayjen,   7,   17,  25, 

39,  62,  69,  76,  80. 
Ouderkerck,     Overkerk,     Isack, 

20,  28,  73,  74,  81. 
Jan,  I,  i5,.65. 
Johannes,  27,  71,  79. 
Susanna,  26,  64,  65. 
Papendorp,     Van      Papendorp, 

Adriaan,  11,  42,  43,  44. 
Annetje,  46. 
Jannetje,  15,  42,  49. 
Parkar,     Percker,    etc.,    James, 

30,  36,  49. 
Maria,  2,  6,  16,  17,  22,  36. 
Willem,  2. 
Paulusz,     Paulyns,     Catalontje, 

32.  35- 

Jannetje,  4,  15,  21,  25,  46. 

Johannes,  46. 

Wyntje,  Weintje,  4,  19. 
Peek,  Annetje,  24. 

Jacobus,  40,  56,  57,  58,  62. 

Maria,  58. 
Pels,  Evert,  71. 

Margrietje,  17,  19. 

Sara,  66. 
Perens,  Peeren,  Peer,  Betti,  63. 

Wilhem,  60,  63. 
Peth,  Joseph,  ^^. 

7 


Phips,  Benjamin,  26. 

Phlipsz,  Phlipsen,  Agnietje,  39. 

Leendert,   i,   16,  32,  38,  47, 
59,  61,  65.  67. 

Phhp,  38,  62. 

Wyntie,  4,  19,  52,  58. 
Pietersz,  Alette,  64. 

Anna,  1 1 . 

Barent,  4,  12. 

Eytje,  7,  13,  55. 

Folkje,  21,  41,  42. 

Jan,  38. 

Jannetje,  15. 

Johanna,  62. 

Luycas,  Lucas,  3,  16,  35. 

Lysbet,  41. 

Martje,  Maritje,  34,  56,  60. 

Teunis,  63. 
Pikkart,  Bartholemy,  30. 
Pirot,  Jan,  50. 
Possi,  Henri,  27,  70. 
Post,  Jan,  7,  I  5. 

Machtelt.  6g. 

Maria,  31. 

Symen,  25.  52. 
Pritti',  Pritty.^EHzabeth,  Lysbet, 
I,  16,  34,  45,  47,  49. 

Richart,  i,  iS.  31. 
Provoost,  Johannes,  i,  15,  32. 
Pruyn,  Pruym,  Aaltje,  Alida,  3, 
70. 

Anna,  Antje.  20,  28,  39,  44, 

75-   . 
Christine,  9. 

Frans,  32,  39,  44, 

Helena,  14,  20,  75. 

Hendrik,  10,  14. 

Johannes,  7,  15,  64,  75. 

Lena,  80. 

Maria,   Marietje,    8,    17,    26, 

64,  7°- 
Pydt,  Henderik.  23. 
Quakkelbosch,  Quakkenbosch, 

Adriaan,  30,  82. 
Antje,    20,    36,    5S,    66,    75, 

81. 
Claartje,  lo,  12. 
Cornelia,  20, 

Geertruy,  Geertje,  9,  31,  66. 
Jan,    3,   15,   41.   50,   60,    69, 

82. 
Jannetje,  56,  66,  77. 
Johannes,  34. 
Lysbet.  3,  16,  36,  75. 
Machtelt,  Magtel,  3,  16,  82. 
Magdalena,     Magdaleen,     4, 

17,  21,  28,  57. 
Maria,  Marritje,  3,  16,  20.  26. 
Nelletje,  Neeltje,  3,  7,  17,  25, 

52,  59.  75- 


98 


m 


*v 


Quakkelbosch  (Continued) 

Reinier,  Ryn,  3,   18,  34,  38, 

47.  48- 
Wouter,  3,  6,  19,  20,  28,  33, 
36,  41,  43,  44,  45,  54,  62, 

67.  75.  77.  8i- 
Quisthout,  Johannes,  21. 
Raal,  Antje,  25. 
Rappaille,  Teunis,  28. 
Ratlife,  Redly,  etc.,  Jan,  Jean,  6, 

15.    38,    45.    54,    65,     76, 

„79- 

Rachel,  3.  18,  60. 
Reems,  Eduward,  79. 
Rees,  Andries,  28,  49,  75,  80. 

Geertruy,  27,  68,  78. 

Wilhelm,    Willem,     37,     63, 
70. 
Reydt,  Henderik,  47. 
Reyersz,  Reyers,  Annetje,  3,  11, 

^  79-. 

Gemt,  3,  14,  32,  39,  44,  45, 
46,  47- 
Reyverding,  Maria,  21. 
Riddenhaas,  Geertruy,  22. 

Henderik,  26,  34,  44. 

Sophia,  52. 
Ridderson,  Ryk,  26. 
Rinckhout,  Geertruvt,  4,  14.  40, 
58,  74- 

Lysbeth,  53,  62,  68,  78. 

Margriet,  81. 
Ripsz,  Ripsen,  Marie,  2,  16. 

Nicolaas,  2,  17. 
Ro,  Anna,  72. 

Robberts,    Robbertsz,   Cornelia, 
68. 

Karel,  23. 
Roelofsz,  Roelofsen,  Geertruyt, 
5,  14,  81,  82. 

G«rrit,  8i. 

Marritje,  30,  82. 
Roemers,  Caterina,  26. 
Rogier,  Rogi,  Regi,  Jean,  43,  61, 
68. 

Lysbeth,  43,  55,  61. 
Rocs,  Cornelia,  2,  12,  40,  50. 

Gerrit,  32. 

Gysbertje,  35. 

Johannes,  2,   15,  32,  36,  42, 

44.  46- 
Rooseboom,  Rosenboom,  Eliza- 
beth,  Lysbeth,   6,   16,   25, 
58,  67,  76,  82. 
Gerrit,  8,  14,  24,  57,  61,  67, 

68,  76,  82. 
Gerritje,  52,  65. 
Gysbert,  13. 

Gysbertie,   Gysberte,    r,  42, 
46,  57.  58. 


Henderick,  Henrik,  i,  6,  14, 

27.  28,  35,  39,  48,  61,  67, 
68,  75. 

Johannes,  2,  15,  23,  36,  48, 

57,  64,  65,  68,  74,  76,  82. 
Margeriet,  2,  16,  21,  43. 
Maria,  60,  76. 
Meindert,  17,  19. 
Rust,  Claas,  63,  68. 
Rutgers,  Rutgersz,  Antoni,  82. 
Cathrina,    Catryn,    Tryntje, 
I,  12,  32,  53,  55,  59,  65,  70, 
82. 
Elsje,  8,  13,  26,  58,   59,  60, 

65.  70,  74- 
Engeltje,  54. 

Hermen,  Harme,   6,   39,   61, 

65- 
Rutten,  Rutsz,  Rutte,  Margnet, 

55- 
Tryntje,  2,  19,  34,  39,  44,  57. 
Rm'ting,  Gerrit,  51. 
Ryckman,  Rykman,  Rykmans, 
Albert,   2,   10,   11,  30,  31, 

32.  33.  36,  39.  40,  41.  46, 
48,  52,  56,  59,  61,  65,  70, 
77,  79,  81,  82. 
Catarina,  Tryntje,  8,  19,  25, 
44.  48,  54,  56,  58.  60,  61, 

66,  76,  82. 
Harman,  Harme,  14,  20. 
Jan,  66,  73. 
Johannes,  8,  16. 
Margrietje,  Grietje,  20,  29. 
Nelletje,  2,  17,  i^,  38,  39,  57, 

66,  70,  74. 
Pieter,  76. 
Rykse,  Ryksz,  Gerrit,  8,  10,  14, 

28,  76,  80. 

Maas,  17,  20,  76,  81. 

Margriet,  Grietje,  17,  20,  76. 
Sachariasz,  Zachariasz,  Anna,  37. 

Marretje,  3,  16,  38. 
Saksby,  Manasse,  30. 
Salisburry,  Maria,  17,  19. 
Salomonsz,  Barbar,  3,  12. 

Barent,  40. 

Caatje,  3,  12. 

Jacob,  4,  15,  33,  35,  40,  43. 

Jan,  3,  15,  32,  35,  37,  42,  46, 
53,  62,  67,  68,  73,  80. 

Lyntie,  Lyntje,  4,  16. 

Susanna,  40. 
Samsonsz,  Tryntje,  5,  19. 
Sanders,   Sandersz  [see   Glenn], 
Anna,  Antje,  7,  11,  25,  50. 

Barent,  76. 

Caatje,  2,  12,  48,  54,  56. 

Catrina,   Catryntje,    38,    61, 
66. 


99 


Sanders  {Conttnued) 
Diwer,  62. 

Elisabeth,  60,  67,  75. 
Elsje,  2,  13,  3S,  41,  42. 
Jacob,  2,  15,  32. 
Jacomeintje,  56. 
Johannes,  55,  59. 
Maria,  6,  17,  24,  37,  47,  61, 

68,  76,  82. 

Robbert,  2,  18,  32,  33,  34, 
37.  41,  61. 

Sara,  6,  18,  22. 
Schaap  [see  Scharp],  Johannes, 
68. 

Neeltje,  68. 
Schaats,  Agnietje,  70. 

Annetje,  12,  20. 

Barentje,  12,  36,  38,  39,  44. 

Reinier,  Reynier,  28,  48. 

Trj'ritje,  55,  60,  65,  71. 

William,  56. 
Scharp,   Scherp     [see     Schaap], 
Andries,  66,  70. 

Ariaantje,  28,  80. 

Cornelia,  78. 

Gysbert,  14,  20. 

Johannes,  27. 

Neeltje,  70. 

Willem.  78. 
Schepmoes,  Sara,  55,  62,  69. 
Schermerhoom,  Comelis,  27,  48, 

73- 
Helena,  58. 
Jacob,  I,  15,  34,  37,  38,  40, 

43,  46,  48,  55,  65,  79,  82. 
Jannetje,  i,  15,  30,  55. 
Maghtelt,  25. 
Neeltje,  9,  17,  65,  68,  73. 
Reyer,  37,  59. 
Simon,  Symen,  2,  18,  30,  34, 

39,  41. .43.  54- 
Willempje,    Wilmje,    2,    19, 

39.  46. 

Schoonhoven  [see  Van  Schoon- 

hoven]. 
Schouten,  Eypje,  4,  13. 

Symen,  Symon,  4,  18,  n,  39, 

5°- 
Schuyler,    Schuylers,   Abraham, 
Abram,   7,   n,   24,  35,  42, 

45.  54.  55.  57.  59.  65,  68, 

69,  72,  74,  75,  83. 
Ahda,  2,  II,  56,  61,  66,  78. 
Arent,  3,  11,  21,  33,  34,  37, 

40,  43,  48,  56,  57,  60. 
Brant,  78. 

Catelina,  Catelyntje,  2,  9,  12, 
27.  37.  45.  49.  57.  59.  67, 
74. 

Cornelia,  40. 


David,  2,  10,  13,  26,  ii,  37, 
40,  45,  49,  62,  63,  65,  66, 
72,  74.  76,  77. 

Elisabeth,    Lysbet,    68,    73, 

75.  77.  83- 
Elsje,  76,  82. 

Engeltje,  3,   13,   33,   37,  38, 

42,  44.  46. 

Geertruy,  37,  42,  57,  69,  72, 

76,  77,  78.  80. 
Jacobus,  20. 
Jenneken,  40,  50,  60. 
Johannes,  Job.,  6,  15,  27,  30, 

43.  56.  69.  70.  75.  76,  79- 
Margareta,   Margariet,    i,   6, 

16,  17,  20,  24,  29,  33,  34, 

37,  40,  45.  57.  71.  78,  81. 

Maria,  Marritje,  5,  17,  23,  35, 
43,  44.  55.  56.  57.  62,  66, 
68,  73,  74,  76,  78,81,83. 

Meindert,  8,  67,  68,  69,  72, 

74.  76.  78- 
P.,  78. 
Peter,  Pieter,  Piter,  2,  3,  18, 

24,  3°.  31.  32,  34,  35.  36, 
37,  38,  40,  41,  42,  43,  44. 
45.  46,  48,  49.  56,  57.  58. 
60,  62,  63,  65,  66,  68,  69, 
1°,  72.  73.  74.  77.  82. 

Phlip,  40. 

Rachel,  69,  81,  83. 

Tryntje,  36. 
Sickels,  Anna,  6,  11,  53,  55,  64,  69. 

Geertruy,  6,  14. 

Lysbet,  53,  60,  63. 

Maria,  44. 

Robbert,  3,  18,  22,  34,  44,  52. 

Zacharias,  34.  42. 
Simon,  Piere.  26. 
Simonsz,  Symens,  Folkert,  30. 

Folkje,  54,  62. 

Geesje,  60. 

Gerrit,  24,  62. 

Johannes,  29. 

Martine,  29. 
Sivers,    Siwersz,   Claas,    10,    12, 

30.  48,  71. 
Slegtenhorst,  Alida,  60,  65,  72. 

Bata,  32,  61,  65,  83. 
Slingerlandt,    Van    Slingerland, 
Albert,  72,  74,  78. 

Antoni,  21,  36,  48,  72. 

Arent,  23,  48,  53,  64,  72,  74- 

Celia,  4,  12. 

Geertruy,  48. 

Lysbeth,  9. 

Marie,  41. 

Neeltje,  7.  17,  25. 

Rachel,  10,  18. 

Teunis,  4,  19,  47,  49,  53,  64. 


lOO 


Slougter,  Henry,  53. 
Slyk  [see  Van  Slyk]. 
Span,  Jean,  24. 
Spoor,  Jan,  35. 

Staets,  Staats,  Abraham,  1,6,11, 
28,  41,  45,  70,  75,  79. 
Antje,  Annetje,  i,  11,  32,  33, 

42,  43,  58,  62. 
Catharina,  Catrina.  Tryntje, 

I,  12,  19,  31,  77,  79. 
Debora,  8,  13,  27,  68,  75. 
Elisabeth,  27,  53,  69,  76. 
Elsje,  75,  76. 

Jacob,  2,  15,  33,  42,  48,  50, 
52,  57,  58,  59,  62,  67,  68, 
69,  70,  76,  79, 
Jannetje,  45. 
Joachim,  Jochum,  i,  15,  35, 

44.  48,  50,  53. 
Ryckje,  2,  18,  35,  46,  62,  75. 
Samuel,  45. 
Staringh,  Lambert,  80. 
Stephens,   Stevens,   Comelis.    5, 
12,  44,  50.  54,  62,  72,  83. 
Jonathan,  26. 
Reyntje,  26. 
Storm,  Wouter,  73. 
Stridles,   Stridler,    Stridley   [see 
Thomasz],  Gabriel.  31,  34, 
38,  42,  47,  50. 
Supplisoo,  Jacob,  26. 
Swart,  Swarts,  Adam,  24,  50. 
Antonia,  i,  11. 
Cornelis,  37,  43,  50. 
Esias,  54. 
Gerrit,  i,  13. 
Jannetje,  9,   27,  60,   64,   67, 

71,  78. 
Marietje,  60. 
Swartwoud,  Eva,  82. 
Swits,  Isack,  53,  62. 
Takelse,    Takel,     Taakels     [see 
Heemstraat],  Dirk,  10. 
Grietje,  8.  14,  29,  75. 
Marritje,  Marietje,  2,  16. 
Teller,  Andries,  i,  11,  37,  56. 
Elisabeth,  Lysbet,  25,  60,  69 
Jenneke,  21,  56. 
Johannes,  22,  58,  60,  67,  68 

78. 
Marretje.  1,16,  43. 
Sephia,  Sophia,  i,  18,  50,  54 
Susanna,  53. 
Willem,  Wilhem,   1,   19,  37 

56- 
Ten  Broek,  etc.,  Caatje,  49. 
Catalina,   Catelyntje,   6,   12 

23.  41. 
Catanna,  41,  46,  64,  67,  72 

73.  76,  79- 


Christina,  Styntje,   i,  8,  12, 

18,  49,  56,  62,  65,  68,  71, 
74,  75,  80. 

Cornelia,  6,  12,  22,  68. 

Dirck,  I,  13,  32,  33,  36,  37, 

41,  46,  49,  56,  59,  61,  62, 

^S.  74,  75- 
Elisabet,  9,  13,  30,  80. 
Elsje,  5,   13,  21,  33,  55,  62, 

68,  80. 
Geertruy,   7,   14,   24,   52,  59, 

68. 
Lydia,  9. 
Samuel,  78. 
Syntje.  43. 
Wessel,  5,  19,  21,  36,  41,  45, 

46,  48,  49,   56,  64,  65,  68, 

72.  76,  78. 
Te  Neur,  Johannes,  63. 
Ten  Eyk,  Geertje,  40,  67. 

Jacob,  34,  35,  36,  44,  45,  46, 

54.  61. 
Ter  Jeuks,   Trujex,   etc.,   Isaac, 

5°,  S&,  73- 
Susanna,  20. 
Teunisz,   Teunissen,  Anna,  An- 
rietje,  22,  35,  39,  58,  72. 
Ariaentje,  i. 
Caatje,  76. 
Claes,  53. 

Comelis,  12,  32,  34. 
Dirck,  13,  38,  54,  68. 
Dirke,  Dirkje,  61,  71,  82. 
Egbert,  39,  42,  43,  44,  46,  49, 

54,  58,  71- 
Egbertje,  4,  13,  39. 
Elisabeth,  Lysbeth,  56,  61. 
Eva,  54. 
Evert,  61. 

Gerrit,  14,  31,  55,  64. 
Grietje,  81. 
Hester,  3,  14. 
Jacob.  3,  24,  34,  47,  56,  59, 

62,  63,  67,  71,  75,  79. 
Jannetje,  22. 
Juriaen.  Jurriaan,  1,15. 
Maria,   Marretje,    5,    17,   39, 

41.. 55,  75- 
Martina,  6,  17,  42. 
Mart)Ti,  54,  72. 
Sweer,  34. 
Teunis,  42. 
Wilmje,  Willemje,  4,  19,  21, 

59,  67,  78. 
Teuwisz,  Teuisz,  Catelyntje,  12, 

19,  75- 
Cornelia,  57,  66,  75. 
Comelis,  50. 

Helena,  Lena,  5,  14,  66. 
Jan,  16,  19. 


lOI 


Teuwisz  (Continued) 
Lysbeth,  68. 
Marritje.  17,  70. 
Robbert,  iS,  51,  54,  64,  72. 
Willempje,  19. 
Thomasz,  Tomesz,  Tomisz,  Ag- 
niet,  60. 
Arie.  22. 

Catelyntje,  1,12. 
Comelis,  42. 
Dirkje,  33. 

Gabriel  [see  Stridles],  41,  44. 
Geertruyt,  i,  13. 
Hermen,  Harmen,  i,  14,  47, 

61,  62. 
Jacob,  42. 
Jan.  I,  15.  34. 
Johannes,  15,  42,  60,  68,  69, 

70. 
Pieter,  42. 
Rutger,  42. 
Wilmpje,  46. 
Wyntje,  69. 
Tjerks.  Tjerk,  Annetje,  25. 
Hester,  34,  61,  74,  80. 
Isaak,  39. 
Turck,  Turk,  Caatje,  3,  12. 
Catrina,  76. 
Jacob,  59. 

Jacobus,  3,  15,  32,  35,  42,  47, 
67,  76. 
Tymesz,  Comelis,  54. 

Elisabeth,  56. 
Tysz,  Cornelia.  6,  12. 

Jan,  15,  42,  46,  52,  59,  66,  80. 
Uldrik,  Ariaantje,  25, 
Uyt     den     Boogert,     Uytenbo- 
gaart.  Uytenbogaard,  Abi- 
gail. 61.  67.  77,  83. 
Van  Aarnheym,  V.  Aamem,  Jan, 

20,  28,  83. 
Van  Alen,  V.  Alen,  V.    Haalen, 
Catarina,   Catryntje,    etc., 
7,  12,  28,  46,  54,  64,  66,  74, 
79,  81. 
Elbertje,  Albertje,  2,  13,  47. 
Evert,  20. 
Johannes,  10,  16,  29,  54,  78, 

79- 
Laurens,  2,  16,  41,  43,  46,  54, 

74- 
Marntje,  68,  77. 
Sara,  18,  20. 
Stephanus,  20. 
Willem,  8,  19,  27,  68,  76,  83. 
Van  Alsteyn,   etc.,   Abrani,    26, 

77.  79- 
Isaap,  24,  29,  67,  80. 
Mantje,  77. 
Van  Antwerpen,  Daniel,  59. 


Van    Benthuysen,    Benthuysen, 
Catelyntje,  67. 
Catrina,  59,  67,  76. 
Geertruy,  9,  14,  30,  76. 
Marten,  28,  47,  S9- 
Paulus,  6.  1 8. 
Van  Betmingen  [this  should  be 

Van  Bueren],  Maas,  82. 
Van  Bommel,  Harme,  38,  77. 
Van  Brakel,  Gerrit,  26. 
Van     Breemen.     Van     Bremen, 
Abraham,  4.  11. 
Marretje,  4,  17. 
Sara,  54. 
Van  Bueren,  Van  Buuren,  Cor- 
nelis,  26. 
Maas  [see  Van    Beuningen], 

31- 
Van  Corlar.  Benony,  Bennoni,  6, 
12,   22,  42,  45,   ^4,  61,  71, 
75.81. 
Elisabeth,  Lysbet,  64,  70,  81. 
Van  Cortlant,  Stephanus,  48. 
Van  Dam,  V.  Dani,  Catarina,  23, 
40,  57,  66. 
Claas,  34,  57.  61,  79.  83- 
Debora,  6,  13,  25,  61,  66,  68, 

71.  74,  75.  79.  83. 
Margriet,  5,  17,  74. 
Maria,  Mari,   54,  57,  61. 
Van  den  Bergh,  V.  Bergen.  Van 

Bergen,  etc.,  Catryn,  Tryn- 

tje,  32,  83. 
Cornelia,  65,  75,  83. 
Cornells,  40,  64. 
Geertje,  20. 
Gerrit,  4. 
Jan,  44. 
Jannetje,  15. 
Marietje,  27. 
Marten,   22,    29,   34,   44,   48, 

56,  64,  68. 
Neeltje,  10,  17. 
Van  den  Bogaardt, Boogert,  etc., 

Cornelia,  28,  68,  Si. 
Helena,  37,  38,  39,  41,  43.  54- 
Jacob,  36,  43,  48,  56,  75. 
Lysbeth,  Lysbet,  68,  77,  81. 
Myndert,    Meindert,    Meyn- 

dert,  34,  35.  37,  39,  41,  45. 

52.  58. 
Van  den  Bosch,  Laurentius,  22. 
Van  den   Uythoff,   V.    U>thofE, 

Wouter,  I,  19,  24,  35,  36, 

42,  45,  46,  47,  54,  60,  64. 
Van  der  Heyden,  V.  d.  Heyden, 

Anna,  Antje.  i,  8,   11,  43, 

54,  56;  57.  65- 
Ariaantje,  7,  11,  69. 
Caatje,  56. 


I02 


Van  der  Heyden,  (Continued) 
Catrina,  64,  71,  79. 
Celle,  46. 

Cornelia,  5,  12,  39,  46,  75. 
Dirk,  10,  13,  22,  43,  45,  46, 

52,  56,  57,  63,  67,  69,  73, 

80. 
Gysje,  Geesje,  5,  14,  22,  34, 
^  54,  65,  75. 
Johannes,  46. 
Rachel,  4.  68,  69. 
Van  der  Hoeve,  etc.,  Comelis,  3, 

12,  35,  42,  48. 
Geertje,  3,  14. 
Jan,  4,  15,  32,  39,  41,  44,  55, 

65- 
Johannes,  48. 
Metje,  3,  17. 
Neeltje,  41. 
Van  der  Karre,  Van  der  Kerre, 

Dirk,  22,  45,  49,  64,  70,  72, 

79- 
Jan,  77. 
Zytje.  77. 
Van  der  Linde  [see  Van  Olinda]. 
Van    der    Peel,    Van    d.    Poele, 

Anna,  Anuaatje,  3,  11,  81. 
Ariaantje.  Ariaanle,  11,  45. 
Catrina,   Catryn,   Catryntje, 

3,  12,  47,  58,  59,  61,  64,  71. 
Elizabeth,  Lysbeth,   22,   54, 

61,  71. 
Gerrit,  32,  54. 
Margriet,  59. 
Maria,  Marytje,  9,  17,  64,  70, 

83- 
Melchert,  Melcher,  2,  9,  17, 
25,  28,  32,  36,  47,  60,  69, 
71,  74,  81,  83. 
Tennis,  3,  19,  42. 
Wynand,  32, 
Van  der  Spiegel,  Jacobus,  25. 
Van  der  Water,  Benjamin.  25. 
Van  der  Zee,  V.  d.  Zee,  Albert, 
78. 
Anna,  21,  43,  53,  62,  70,  79. 
Hilletje,  62. 

Wouter,  27,  70,  71,  73,  78. 
Van  Deurse,  Abram,  Abraham, 

^29.  79- 
Comelia,  82. 
Grietje,  71. 
Helena,  79. 
Herbert,  6. 
Jacob,  65. 
Jacobus,  22. 
Jacomyntje,  79. 
Jan,  27,  70. 

Marietje,    Marritje,    19,    26, 
65,  71,  79,  82. 


Melchert,  36. 
Robbert,  10. 
Sara,  Saartje,  iS,  19. 
Willem,  7. 
Wyntje,  71. 
Van  Dyck.  Van  Dyk,  Van  Dyke, 

Comelis,  i,  12,  24,  33,  39, 

40. 
Henderick,  7,  14,  23,  47,  49, 

57,  61,  62,  67,  68,  76,  79, 

81,83. 
Jacobus,  8,  16,  27,  76,  79. 
Lysbet,  i,  16. 
Maria,  46,  63. 
Van  Elpendam,  Arien,  i,  11. 
Van  Elsland.  Catelyn,  Catalyn- 

tje,  40,  82. 
Nicolaes,  3,  17. 
Van   Eps,    Elisabeth,    Lysbeth, 

26,  30. 
Jan,  26. 
Marietje,  61. 
Van  Esch,   Van   Es,   Van   Nes, 

Aaltje,  5,  11,  54,  55,  73,  74. 
Anna,  Annetje,  Antje,  3,  6, 

II,  23,  41,  54,  59,  66,  73, 

80. 
Catarina,  Catryn,  46,  47,  60, 

79- 
Comelis.  27,  73,  83. 
Dirk,  80. 
Dirkje,  29. 
Evert,  68. 
Gerrit,  i,  13,  37,  44,  46,  54, 

60.  67,  68,  69,  8i. 
Hendrick,  3,  14,  23,  39,  47, 

57,  60,  66,  78,  79. 
Jan,  5,  15,  35,  41,  46,  59,  67, 

74- 
Jannetje,  60. 
Maria,    Marietje,    i,    16,   32, 

37.  42.  5°.  59.  68,  69,  71, 

83- 
Mayke,  17,  19,  20.  28,  29,  71, 

73,  74,  78,  81,  82. 
Svmon,  6,  18,  41,  43,  60,  71. 
Van  fielder,  Elizabeth,  6,  13. 
Van  Gyseling,  Elias,  27,  39,  54. 
Van  Haarlem,  Jan,  75. 
Van  Hoesen,  Folkert,  35. 
Jacob,  70. 
Johannes,  80. 
Maria,  Maritje,  80,  83. 
Titje,  80. 
Van    Hooghkerken,    Lucas,    22, 

33- 
Van  Houten,  Judick,  7. 
Van  Loon,  Elsje,  29. 

Jan,  Jean,  32,  73. 

Maria,  Manetje,  29,  79. 


Van  Male,  Cornelia,  6,  12. 
Van  Olinda,  etc.,  Cornelia,  7,  12, 
60. 

Daniel,  28,  73,  81. 

Johannes,  22. 

Lysbeth,  32. 
Van  Oort,  Gosen,  39,  50.  58. 
Van  Oostrant,  Van  Oost  Strant, 
Agniet,  4,  1 1. 

Antje,  44. 

Jacob,  4,  15.  2},  41,  44. 

Jan,  4.  15,  44- 
Van  Petten.  Van  Putten,  Anna, 
Annetje,  10,  11,  30. 

Caatje,  68. 

Cathalina,     Cateleyntje,     7, 

12,  5°.  83- 
Catrina,  27,  71,  76. 
Claas,  Claes,  4,  12,  34,  42,  so, 

76. 
Diwertje,  10,  13. 
Itje,  4,  15. 
Maria,  Marietje,  Marretje,  7, 

17,  27,  68,  76. 
Van  Renselaar,  Anna,  3,  11,  22, 

23,  32.  33.  34,  40.  44.  45- 
Catarina,  53,  59,  62,  63,  64, 

77,  80. 
Hendnck,  7,  14,  50,  53,  54, 
55.  57.  59.  62,  63,  64,  70, 

73.  78- 
Kiliaan,  Chyliaan,  Ciliaan,  3, 
12,  22,  23,  32,  56.  66,  70, 
71.  77.  80. 
Maria,  3,  7.  17,  24,  37,  57,  63, 
70,  77,  82. 
Van  Rotterdam  [see  Groesbeek], 
Jan,  38,  50. 
Lysbet,  2,  16. 
Nicolaas,  2,  17. 
Van  Sant,  Catarina,  Catryn,  39, 

42,  47,  48,  49,  54. 
Jan,  48. 

Johannes,  2,  15,  32,  36,  39, 

44.  5?.  54.  58,  59- 
Margariet,  2,  16,  47,  54,  58. 
Van  Sasbergen,  Sasberry,  Hen- 
drik,  30,  79. 
Jan,  26. 
Lucas,  23,  60. 
Van  Schayck,  Van  Schayk,  An- 
na, Annetje,  II,  34,  38,  39, 

43.  45- 

Anthony,  Antoni,  5,  11,  34, 

38.  43.  50.  64.  7°.  71.  72. 

79,  81,  82,  83. 
Arent,  29,  79. 
Catharine,  Catrine.  6.  12,  20, 

30.  79.  82. 
Cornelia,  30,  77,  79. 


Dominicus,  30,  82. 

Engeltje,  24. 

Feytje,  64. 

Goossen,  31. 

Jobjc.  30. 

Laurens,  19,  31,  77. 

Levinus,  3,  16,  34,  35,  37,  43. 

48,  50. 
Lysbet,  2,  16. 
Manuel,  20. 
Margareta,  Margeriet,  Griet- 

je,  3,  16,  40,  43,  83. 
Maria,  Marretje,  Marietje,  3, 

5-  16,  17,  35,  38,  50,  61. 
Sybrant,  Zybrand,  2,  18,  22, 

3-'.  34.  35- „  ,      , 
Van  Scherluyn,  Scherluyn,  Cor- 
nelis.  Com.,  2,  12,  34,  40, 
45,     55,    61,    67,     68,     73, 

77- 
Geertruyt,  3,  14,  37,  70,  80, 

82. 
Johannes,  34,  01. 
Van  Schoonderwoert,  Jacob,   5, 

15- 
Van   Schoonhoven,    V.    Schoon- 

hoven,   etc.,  Ariaantje,   7. 

1 1. 
Geertruy,  g,  75. 
Henderickje,    7,    14,    28,   71, 

75.  79- 
Jacobus,  9.  75. 
Jacomyntje,  9,  29. 

Van  Slyk,  Anna,  4. 
Barentje,  47. 
Cornelis,  28,  70,  75. 
Dirk,  22,  44. 
Geertruy,  75. 
Grietje,  77. 
Jacob,  38. 
Janneke,  23. 
Jopje,  28. 
Metje,  24,  55. 
Pieter,  47,  49.  5°.  55.  59.  67, 

76.  83. 
Susanna.  58. 
Teruiis,  28'. 
Tryntje,  23,  55,  71.  79. 

Van  Strey,  V.  Strven,  Anna,  79. 

Jan,  81. 
Van  Tricht,  Abraham.  2,  11,  25, 
32,  38,  40. 
Elizabeth.    Lysbeth,    2,    16, 

37.  38.  56.  60. 
Margriet,  20. 
Van   Valkenborgh,   Valkenborg, 
Bartel,  66., 
Catryn,  63.', 
Jannetje,  29,  80. »' 
Jochum.  40,  80.,^ 


I04 


/      / 

Van  Valkenborgh,  {Continued)./ 
Lambert,   5,   16,   26,'  34,  37, 

42,  44,  $2.  62',  66.' 
Maritje,  So.v 
Rachel,  -^4,  69./ 

Van  Vechten,  Cornells,  4,  24.  50, 

59.  77- 

Dirck,  4. 

Fej'tje,  81. 

Gerrit,  4. 

Johannes,  9,  30,  81. 

Margrietje,  Grietie,  4,  81. 

Michiel,  49. 

Salomon,  Salom,  20,  31,  77. 

Teunis,  76. 
Van  Vorst,  Geertruy,  53. 

Jacobus,  48. 

Jilles,  30. 
Van  Vreedenburch,  Cornelia,  7, 

12. 
Van  Wesel,  Maria,  23. 
Van  Wey,  Verwey,  Alida,  67. 

Antje,  47. 

Ariaantje,  31,  77,  82. 

Cathr\-n,  83. 

Cornelia,  63,  75,  82. 

Geesje,  29.  77. 

Gerrit.  30,  83. 

Hendrick,  4,  14,  25,  46. 

Jannetje,  4. 

Judik,  44,  45,  54. 

Lysbeth,  65. 

Maria,  23. 
Van     Wykersloot    [see    Wyker- 

sloot],  Sophia,  43. 
Vedder,  Arent,  54,  63. 

Hennannus,  Harme,  24,  53, 
56.  77- 
Verbeek,  Jan,  32,  37,  39,  40. 
Verbrugge,  Van  Brug,  Catarine, 
55,  62,  70,  78. 

Pieter,  8,  18,  55.  62,  83. 

Sara,  55,  62,  67,  83. 
Verplanck,  Verplancke,  Abigael, 

2.  II,  so,  63,  73- 
Abram,  78. 
Ariaantje,  25,  34. 
Isaac,  2,  15,  34,  40,  41,  43, 

4S,  47.  61,  67,  77,  83. 
Jacobus,  24. 
Margriet,  67. 
Maria,  Maritie,  20,  78. 
Viele,  Vilen,  V.  Eli,  Aamout,  i, 

II.  39.  49- 
Cornells,  49. 
Debora,  27,  72,  77. 
Gerrigje,  Gerritje,  i,  13,  34, 

^37- 

Jacomyntje,  7,  15. 
Lysbeth,  20. 


Maria,  21. 

Teunis,  26,  30. 

Willemje.  30,  39,  82. 
Villeroy,  Catarina,  Catryn,  6,  12. 

Pierre,  Piere,  34,  39,  46,  J9. 
Villette,   Violette,   Violet,  Jean, 
35.  42. 

Lysbet,  42,  45. 
Vinhagel,  Vinhagen,  Alida,  5,  n, 
21,  58,  65,  68,  70,  79. 

Eva,  7,  13,  25,  44,  58,  65,  66, 
68,  74,  79. 

Jan,  2,  15,  31,  36,  37,  65,  79. 

Johannis,  49,  65. 

Maria,  Marretje,  2,  8,  16,  17, 
39,  46,  65,  68.  70,  77,  79. 
Visscher,  Visser,  Alida,  74. 

Bastiaan,  3,  5,  70,  74,  79, 

Frederik,  Frerik,  25,  79. 

Harmen,  2. 

Hester,  30,  72,  74. 

Jan,  John,  60,  66. 

Joannes,   Johannes,    67,    72, 

79- 
Maria,  Marietje,  61,  67,   74, 

82. 
Nanning,   5,   21,   46,   70,   74, 

79- 
Sara,  27,  60,  69. 
Tjerk,  72. 
Volkerts,  Folkertsz.  Andries,  57, 

59-. 
Caatje,  41,  59,  67,  74. 
Catrynte,  Catryntje,  5,  12. 
Dorethe,  5.  13,'  3;^.  35. 
Engeltje, '55,  66,  77. 
Grietje,  48,  83. 
Jonas,  15,  35,  41,  42,  48,  55, 

57.  58.  74- 

Vos,  Van  den  Vos,  etc.,  Abigail, 
81. 
Geertruy,  64. 
Jacob,  32,  38,  66,  77. 
Vosburg,   Vosbtu-ch,  Anna,  An- 
netje,  6,  11,  45. 
Dorothe,  6,  13. 
Geertruyt,  5,  14. 
Isaac,  6,   15,  22,  43,  46,  52, 

58,  61,  63,  66,  71,  76,  81. 
Jacob,  6,  IS,  34,  39,  40,  47, 

49.  63,  74.  79- 

Jannetje,  5,  46,  77. 

Marietje,  6,  17,  29,  43,  49. 

Pieter,  5,  18,  31,  43,  46,  61, 
66,  76,  77. 
Vries,  Jannetje,  4.  15. 
Vroman,  Adam,  29.  37,  75. 

Barent,  30. 

Bartholomeus,  21. 

Cornelia,  6,  12. 


lO: 


Vroman,  {Continued) 

Eva,  34,  58,  69. 

Folckje,  2,  13. 

Jacob,  2,  15,  24,  38,  39,  50. 

Jan,  60.  62. 

Lysbeth,  2.  16. 

M'athys,  21. 

Pieter,  2,  iS,  21. 
Vyselaar,  Jan,  35. 
■Walderon,  Walderen,  Pieter,  10, 

S3- 
Warmond,  Mathys,  Mettys,   71, 

79- 
Warran,  Marv,  24. 
Weekfilt,  Tomas.  4S. 
Wendel.    Wendels,    Wendell, 

Abram,    Abraam,    29,    75, 

78,  82. 
Ariaantje,  41,  49,  50,  52,  55, 

58,  67,  69,  74,  75,  76,  79. 
Catelina,  12,  20. 
Catrine,  Trvntie,   0,    19,   31, 

64,  66,  67'  78,  83. 
Diwer,  Diwertje.  24,  55,  66. 
Elizabeth,    Elysebeth,    Lys- 

bet,  1,  2,  16,  20,  31,  zi.  34, 

36,  37.  40,  50,  58,  59,  60, 

73,  76,  79,82. 
Elsje,  8,   13,  28,  66,   70,  75, 

79- 
Evert,  Everard,  i,  2,  13,  31, 

32.  33.  36,  40.  41.  46.  47. 

60,  61,  67,  75,  76,  82. 
Hieronimus,  Jeronimus,   33. 

36,  40,  47,  50. 
Johannes,  i,  15,  27,  32,  33, 

35.  36.  39.  .41.  45.  53.  54. 
Maria,   Marritje,   etc..    i,    7, 

10,   16,   17,  36,  38,  55,  57, 

78,  79,  82. 
Phlip,  5,  18,  23,  36,  46.  47, 

58,61,65,67,68,  74,  76,  82. 
Susanna,  6,  9,  18,  20.  22,  27, 

60,  67,  68,  76,  78. 
Wessels,  Wesselse,  Dirck,  30,  31, 

Styntje,  32,  48,  76. 
Westfall,  Simon,  25. 
Weyer,  Jan,  50. 
Weyt,  Ritchart,  65. 
Wibesz,  Wibusz.  Jan,  53,  64,  74. 
Wieler,  Wilier,  Whiler,  Eduward, 
78,  81. 

Evert,  24,  58.  65,  70,  71. 
Wilkenson,  Daniel,  28. 

Catr>Ti,  Tryntje,  3.  12,  64. 
Willemsz   [see  Williams],  Claas, 

26.  53- 
David,  57. 


Geertje,  9,  44. 

Lysbet,  53. 

Maria,  58,  73. 

Pieter,  21,  37,  43. 

Rachel,  65,  71. 

Richard,  ^^i- 

Teunis,  73,  79. 

Tomas,  Tarn,   25,  59,  65,  80, 

.      83. 
WiUet,  James,  7,  15. 
Williams    [see  Willemsz],    Tam, 
Tammus,    10,    19,    73,    74, 

.  77.  7S. 
Willinton,  Thomas,  S3. 
Wimp,  Anna,  28. 

Barent,  34,  54,  62. 

Diwertje,  Diwer,  45,  47,  50, 

5.3- 
Meindert,  Meyndert,  24,  45, 

47- 
Susanna,  29. 
Winne,   Winnen,   Winn,   Aaltje, 

40. 
Adam.  3,  11,  24,  33,  34,  41, 

42.  45- 
Aletta,  Alettico,   53,  63,  69, 
.  76,  83. 
Anna,  3,  11. 
Cate,  74. 

Daniel,  20,  29,  80. 
Dirkje,  13,  20. 
Elsje,  10,  J8,  67,  69,  74,  77, 

78.  79- 
Eva,  63,  65. 
Frans,  Franfois,   10,   13,  23, 

50,  58,  59,  60,  63,  65,  73, 

81. 
Jacob,  65,  69,  77. 
Jacobus,  28. 
Kiliaan,  Chiliaan,  5,   12,  37, 

4^  42- 
Levinus,     Live,     Leving,    3, 

16,  30,  32,  37,  43,  53,  55, 

77,  80,  81,  82. 
Lyntje,  6,  16,  41,  53,  55,  63, 

66,  74,  80. 
Marten,  9,  17. 
Pieter,  3,  18,  26,  32,  46.  47, 

5°- 
Rachel,    10,    18,   28,   72,    77, 

So. 
Tanne,  3,  19,  3^.  37.  42,  47. 

59- 
Thomas,  5,  19,  24,  50,  51,  59. 
Tryntje,  50. 
Willemje,  81. 
Witbeek,  Van  Witbeek,  Andries, 

4,  77- 
Catrina,  28. 
Engeltje,  4. 


io6 


Witbeek,  {Continued) 

Johannes,  4. 

Lucas,  8. 

Lysbet,  4. 
Wollewever,  Barentje,  5. 
Woutersz,  Grietje,  3,  14. 

Jannetje,  73. 

Neeltje,  Ne'lletje,  44,  48. 
Wykersloot    [see    Van    Wyker- 

sloot],  Sophia,  26. 
Wynandtsz,  Anaantje,  2. 

Catryn,  Tryntje,  2,  19,  77. 


Cornelia,  55,  65. 

Gerrit,  39,  42,  47,  48,  49. 

Margriet,  36. 

Melchert,  16,  32,  37,  42,  47, 

79- 
Wyngart,  etc.,  Claes,  83. 

Gerrit,  27. 

Johannes,  27,  67. 

Lybetje,  83. 

Susanna,  20. 
Ysbrants   [see    Isbrantsz],    Mar- 

retje,  54. 


AN  UNSATISFACTORY  HISTORIAN 

N  May  7,  1903,  Hon.  Seth  Low,  Mayor  of 
the  City  of  New  York,  made  public  proc- 
lamation that  the  Two  Hundred  and 
Fiftieth  Anniversary  of  the  Establishment  of 
Municipal  Government  on  Manhattan  Island  was 
at  hand,  and  that  the  occasion  would  be  celebrated 
by  appropriate  ceremonies  throughout  the  city, 
urging  all  citizens  to  take  part  and  join  in  render- 
ing the  occasion  notable.  The  newspaper  press 
was  requested  to  lend  its  aid  and  promote  the  end 
in  view. 

In  an  editorial  of  The  New  York  Times,  May  19, 
1903,  that  newspaper  spoke  as  follows: 

"Complying  with  the  request  of  Mayor  Low  that  the 
newspaper  press  should  seek  'to  bring  home  to  the  people 
a  sense  of  New  York's  long  history,'  and  as  an  appropriate 
observance  of  the  two  hundred  and  fiftieth  anniversary  of 
the  founding  of  a  Municipal  Government  on  this  island, 
The  Times  offers  a  series  of  prizes  for  essays  to  be  written 
by  pupils  of  the  High  Schools  and  Grammar  Schools  of 
the  city  upon  subjects  connected  with  the  history  of  New 
York," 


This  was  propounded  as  a  good  way  to  waken 
curiosity  and  stimulate  desire  to  study  the  story 
of  the  city,  and  it  was  explained  that  the  first  ap- 
peal was  made  to  the  scholars,  with  their  receptive 


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young  minds,  having  the  benefit  of  guidance  by 
their  teachers,  in  the  hope  thus  to  interest  their 
parents  also.  The  Times  further  proposed  to  pub- 
lish the  material  for  the  suggested  essays  in  a 
series  of  seven  articles  by  Thomas  A.  Janvier,  be- 
ginning May  25th,  referring  to  him  as  "a  writer  of 
distinction  and  recognized  authority  in  the  field 
of  local  history,  whose  recent  contribvitions  to  the 
history  of  New  York  have  by  their  learning  and 
charm  added  to  an  already  established  reputa- 
tion." The  articles  were  to  bear  the  following 
titles : 

I.  The  Planting  of  the  City. 

II.  The  Dutch  West  India  Company. 

III.  The  Dutch  Rule  of  New  Netherland. 

IV.  How  New  Netherland  Became  New  Yoik. 

V.  Our  First  Reform  Governor. 

VI.  New  York  imder  English  Rule. 

VII.  The  Lesson  of  Three  Hundred  Years. 
Circulars  containing  full  particulars  were  sent 
out  to  teachers  and  pupils,  and  $20,  $10,  $5, 
souvenir  medals,  and  subscriptions  to  the  Saturday 
Supplement  of  The  New  York  Times,  were  offered  as 
prizes  in  large  number.  A  letter  from  William 
H.  Maxwell,  City  Superintendent  of  Schools,  to 
the  publisher  of  The  Times  is  quoted  as  express- 
ing great  interest  and  satisfaction  with  the  plan, 
hoping  that  the  students  would  enter  the  com- 
petition and  principals  and  teachers  cooperate, 
particularly  commending  the  idea  that  the  essays 
were  to  be  founded  on  Janvier's  articles,  and 
closing  with  thanks  for  this  "munificent  offer." 
The  editorial  closed  with  a  recommendation  that 
people  not  regularly  receiving  The  Times  should 
leave  early  orders  for  these  issues  of  the  paper  with 


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their  dealers.  On  May  20th  the  Mayor's  ap- 
proval of  the  plan  was  quoted,  mentioning  Janvier 
as  "an  eminent  authority  on  all  matters  pertaining 
to  the  city's  history,"  and  an  approving  letter 
from  H.  A.  Rogers,  President  of  the  Board  of  Edu- 
cation, was  printed  in  the  same  issue.  On  May 
23d  a  similar  letter  from  Charles  R.  Skinner,  State 
Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  was  printed. 

The  celebration  proclaimed  by  the  Mayor  was 
held  in  the  City  Hall  on  May  26th,  and  an  address 
was  delivered  by  the  Mayor,  followed  by  an  ora- 
tion by  Gen.  James  Grant  Wilson,  combined  with 
a  reception  to  distinguished  guests.  Fireworks 
were  displayed  in  the  evening  at  many  places  in 
the  city. 

The  articles  by  Mr.  Janvier  appeared  in  the 
seven  issues  of  The  Times  as  proposed,  the  issue  of 
May  31st  containing  the  first  six  as  well  as  the  last. 

Commenting  upon  the  selection  of  Mr.  Janvier, 
the  President  of  the  Holland  Society,  Mr.  Theodore 
M.  Banta,  wrote  the  following  protest,  which  was 
printed  in  the  Brooklyn  Daily  Standard  Union  of 
May  22,  1903,  and  here  follows  in  full: 

The  Holland  Society  of  New  York, 
Theodore  M.  Banta,  President. 

New  York,  May  19,  1903. 
William  H.  Maxwell,  LL.D., 

City  Superintendent  of  Schools: 
Sir, — I  protest  against  the  public  schools  of  this  city 
being  made  use  of  to  advertise  one  of  the  newspapers  of 
the  city.  One  of  our  journals  contains  a  letter  purporting 
to  be  signed  by  you,  which  states  that  you  "  should  be 
pleased  to  see  the  principals  of  all  grammar  schools  and 
high  schools  comply  with  the  request  of  [the  paper  in 
question]  to  bring  this    matter  to  the  attention  of  both 


I  lO 


teachers  and  scholars,"  the  "  matter"  being  a  series  of  arti- 
cles to  be  contributed  to  the  paper,  upon  which  the  scholars 
are  to  be  asked  by  their  teachers  to  write  essays  of  whose 
merits  the  teachers  are  to  be  the  judges,  and  for  which  the 
paper  proposes  to  distribute  certain  prizes.  I  would  pro- 
test against  any  scheme  by  which  our  public-school  system 
shoiild  be  used  to  advertise  any  of  our  newspapers,  but  I 
protest  especially  against  this  proposed  act  because  it  evi- 
dently would  be  the  means  of  disseminating  error  in  the 
guise  of  history  among  the  scholars  of  our  schools.  You 
give,  in  advance  of  seeing  the  articles  which  are  so  especially 
commended  to  our  schools,  your  endorsement  of  them  as 
historically  correct,  and  j-our  endorsement  will  naturally 
lead  the  young  people  in  the  schools  to  accept  them  as  in 
every  way  worthy  of  credence.  The  author  of  these  articles 
is  not  known  as  an  historian.  He  is  known  as  a  magazine 
writer,  a  novelist,  and  a  sensational  journalist,  as  is  evi- 
denced by  his  style.  The  only  way  we  can  judge  of  his 
qualifications  as  the  historian  of  the  early  days  of  New 
Amsterdam  is  by  the  series  of  articles  he  has  published  in 
one  of  our  magazines  for  the  last  three  months  on  "  The 
Dutch  Founding  of  New  York."  As  an  abusive  assault  on 
the  founders  of  the  city  and  the  ancestors  of  multitudes 
of  the  best  people  in  it,  it  has  no  equal,  even  in  the  volumes 
with  which  New  England  writers  formerly  delighted  to 
occupy  themselves  in  vilifying  New  Yorkers. 

I  shall  cull  from  these  articles  a  few  statements,  and 
ask  you  in  all  seriousness  if  you  think  their  author  indicates 
that  he  possesses  the  qualities  of  an  historian,  and  especially 
of  a  work  to  be  submitted  to  the  immature  minds  of  children 
with  the  indorsement  of  the  Superintendent  of  Schools? 

He  refers  to  the  dealings  of  the  Dutch  with  the  Indians, 
and  says  that  they  did  not  give  value  for  value,  but  got  a 
shipload  of  furs  for  a  few  hatchets  and  beads,  and  con- 
tinues: "It  is  but  just  to  the  Netherlanders  to  add  that 
they  have  lost  nothing  in  the  passing  of  the  centuries  of 
their  acuteness  in  such  matters,  as  is  evidenced  by  their 
ability  to  get  and  to  keep  the  weather-gage  of  the  unlucky 
savages  of  the  Congo  Protectorate  to-day."  Here  is  a  de- 
liberate attempt  to  prejudice  his  readers  against  the  Dutch, 
by  making  them  believe  that  the  Belgians,  whose  alleged 


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atrocities  in  the  Congo  Valley  have  aroused  indignation,  are 
of  the  same  people  as  those  who  settled  New  Amsterdam. 
He  gives  an  account  of  the  granting  of  the  charter  of 
the  Dutch  West  India  Company  (or  of  the  New  Netherland 
Company,  for  he  is  rather  hazy  about  it,)  in  which  no  in- 
considerable part  is  taken  from  the  work  of  Mr.  Asher, 
without  acknowledging  his  indebtedness  to  him  and  omit- 
ting quotation  points,  and  then  states  that  though  the 
Assembly  did  not  usually  act  precipitately,  the  charter 
was  "railroaded"  through  in  a  week,  "  as  the  result,  we 
reasonably  may  assume,  of  ver>'  lively  lobbying  on  the  part 
of  a  delegation  sent  to  The  Hague  from  Amsterdam."  He 
admits  there  are  no  records  upon  which  he  can  draw  for 
proofs  of  this  statement,  but  goes  on  to  say  that  "it  is  not 
too  much  to  assert  that  the  precedent  then  was  established 
of  sending  lobby  delegations  from  New  York  to  Albany, 
and  I  see  no  reason  for  doubting  that  The  Hague  lobby 
was  run  then  very  much  as  the  Albany  lobby  is  run  now." 
Still  later  he  gives  an  account  of  the  granting  of  the  charter 
of  the  West  India  Company,  and  says:  "  Ver\^  interesting 
would  be  the  record — if  it  existed  and  if  we  could  get  at  it — 
of  what  happened  that  day  at  The  Hague  after  the  morning 
session  stood  adjourned.  Having  no  record  to  go  by,  we 
can  only  make  guesses,  being  guided  a  little  in  our  guessing 
by  knowledge  of  what  has  happened  at  Albany,  between 
two  sessions  of  another  Assembly,  in  later  times."  This  is 
not  the  spirit  of  an  historian,  but  that  of  a  sensational 
scribe  who  allows  his  imagination  to  drive  the  romancer's 
pen.  Having  no  facts,  he  "  assumes"  and  "  guesses,"  and 
always  against  the  honor  and  integrity  of  the  people  whose 
history  he  professes  to  be  writing.  Further  on  he  mentions 
that  Broadhead  states  that  the  name  New  Netherland  was 
used  for  the  first  time  in  1614,  and  that  he  had  declared  that 
the  name  continued  for  half  a  century,  "until  in  the  fullness 
of  time  right  gave  way  to  power,  and  the  Dutch  colony  of 
New  Netherland  became  the  English  province  of  New 
York."  Then  our  author  continues :  "The  question  of  title 
that  Mr.  Broadhead  has  raised  in  this  loose  statement  of 
fact  is  too  large  a  question  to  be  dealt  with  here.  But  it 
is  only  fair  to  add  that  his  hot  contention  that  the  Dutch 
had  a  just  title  to  their  North  American  holdings  is  denied 


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with  equal  heat  by  a  Dutch  authority,"  and  then  gives 
half  a  column  from  Mr.  Asher,  who  was  not  a  Dutchman, 
but  the  son  of  a  Berlin  bookseller  and  connected  with  the 
German  University  of  Heidelberg,  and  who  wrote  the  book 
to  which  the  greatest  attention  is  given  by  this  author, 
while  he  was  yet  a  student. 

Of  course  he  vituperates  every  Dutch  Governor  the 
colony  had,  and  especially  Stuyvesant,  owing  to  whom,  he 
claims,  the  community  "degenerated  into  a  nest  of  pirates 
and  smugglers  during  the  first  thirty  years  of  English 
rule."  He  further  declares  that  "  in  a  way  the  state  of 
affairs  in  North  America  in  1661  was  very  like  the  state 
of  affairs  in  the  Transvaal  just  before  the  Jameson  raid,"  and 
caps  the  climax  of  his  vilification  of  the  early  settlers  of 
New  York  with  this  statement  :  "  That  the  morals  of  New 
Amsterdam  did  not  improve  under  English  rule  is  not  sur- 
prising, because  New  Amsterdam  had  no  morals.  On  the 
other  hand,  its  immorals — of  which  its  supply  was  excessive 
— developed  vigorously  in  sympathy  with  its  vigorously 
developing  commercial  life.  In  the  last  decade  of  the 
seventeenth  century,  what  with  our  pirates  and  our  slavers 
and  the  general  disposition  of  our  leading  citizens  to  ride  a 
hurdle  race  over  all  known  laws,  including  the  Ten  Com- 
mandments, New  York  certainly  was  as  vicious  a  little 
seafaring  city  as  was  to  be  found  just  then  in  all  Christen- 
dom." 

He  finds  nothing  to  commend  either  in  the  Nether- 
lands or  in  New  Amsterdam.  It  was  to  be  expected  that 
in  the  settlement  of  a  new  community  three  hundred  years 
ago  by  ordinary  farmers,  tradesmen,  merchants,  and  labor- 
ers, something  would  be  found  not  of  the  very  highest  type, 
tut  this  author  has  found  everything  to  condemn  and 
nothing  to  commend.  One  might  have  supposed  that  he 
should  have  learned  what  the  Dutch  founders  of  New 
York  did  for  the  education  of  the  common  people,  but 
one  looks  in  vain  for  a  single  reference  thereto.  Rev.  Dr. 
William  Elliot  Griffis  says:  "Through  the  wonderful  activity 
of  the  fraternity  of  teachers,  begun  about  1360,  called  the 
Brethren  of  the  Common  Life,  the  Netherlands  had  the 
first  system  of  common  schools  in  Europe.  These  schools 
flourished  in  every  large  town  and  almost  in  every  village, 


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so  that  popular  education  was  the  rule.  The  Netherlands, 
as  soon  as  they  became  a  republic,  insured  their  spiritual 
independence  by  immediately  establishing  institutions  of 
education.  They  founded  universities  in  Ley  den,  Frane- 
ker,  Groningen,  Utrecht,  and  Harderwyck." 

Prof.  Andrew  S.  Draper,  New  York  State  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Instruction,  in  a  paper  published  in  the 
Educational  Review,  April,  1892,  conclusively  shows  that 
New  York,  under  the  Dutch  settlers,  was  the  pioneer  in 
public-school  instruction  and  far  in  advance  of  Massachu- 
setts. He  makes  one  significant  statement:  "  With  the 
dominance  of  the  English  government  came  the  English 
educational  theories  and  policy — high  schools  for  the  few, 
no  schools  for  the  people.  There  is  no  space  here  to  treat 
of  facts  in  detail.  With  only  a  temporary  interruption, 
the  English  government  exercised  control  over  this  terri- 
tory from  1664  down  to  the  Revolution.  No  one  can  show 
any  act  or  any  disposition  on  the  part  of  that  government, 
during  that  century,  to  promote  popular  education  in  New 
York.  The  Dutch  continued  in  their  local  schools  so  far 
as  they  could,  in  the  absence  of  help  from,  and  even  against 
the  opposition  of,  the  government." 

I  might  continue  indefinitely  and  quote  scores  of  other 
calumnies  and  misrepresentations  with  which  these  articles 
teem,  for  the  whole  forty  pages  breathe  only  the  spirit  of 
defamation,  and  show  the  evident  purpose  to  besmirch  the 
character  of  the  Dutch  settlers  of  New  York,  but  I  have 
said  enough,  I  think,  to  evidence  that  I  am  justified,  at 
least,  on  behalf  of  our  citizens  of  Dutch  descent,  in  indig- 
nantly protesting  against  our  public-school  system  being 
used  to  give  standing  to  this  slanderer  of  our  city  on  this 
quarter-millennial  anniversary  of  its  charter. 

I  must  assume  that  you  had  not  read  these  articles  on 
which  I  have  commented,  and  that  when  you  do  so  you 
will  recognize  that  its  author  is  not  a  proper  person  to 
teach  the  history  of  the  city's  foundation  to  the  children 
of  the  city,  and  that  you  will  withdraw  your  official  en- 
dorsement of  this  calumniator. 

Yours  truly, 
(Signed)  Theodore  M.  Banta. 


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This  letter  was  noticed  by  the  World  and  the 
Tribune,  the  latter  of  which  joined  in  criticising 
the  City  Superintendent  of  Schools  because  he 
"very  indiscreetly  gave  his  indorsement  in  ad- 
vance," etc. 

The  City  Superintendent's  reply  expressed  thanks 
to  Mr.  Banta  for  calling  his  attention  to  the 
matters  contained  in  his  letter. 

Letters  approving  the  President's  course  came 
in  from  fellow  trustees,  vice-presidents  and  mem- 
bers of  the  Society.  One  trustee  characterized 
the  articles  in  Harper's  Magazine  as  "extra- 
ordinary" and  "atrocious,"  another  as  "utterly 
superficial  and  common- place, "  a  third  regrets 
that  education  in  this  city  shoiild  be  entrusted  to 
"namby-pamby  mediocrity."  One  vice-presi- 
dent is  pleased  at  this  "exposure  of  such  mis- 
representations and  falsifications  of  history," 
and  another  thinks  it  "  a  shame  and  an  outrage 
to  parade  the  effusions  of  Janvier  as  'history.'" 
A  former  vice-president  writes  that  he  has  been 
"at  once  amused  and  disgusted"  at  these  articles, 
"  which  are  amazingly  inaccurate." 

From  the  foregoing  it  appears  most  unmis- 
takably that  a  strong,  sensitive  and  jealous 
Dutch  patriotism  sltombers  just  below  the  sur- 
face of  the  Holland  Society,  and  needs  but  the 
right  impulse  to  start  into  vigorous  action. 


THE  RELIEF  OF  LEYDEN  COMMEMORATED 
AT  THE  POUGHKEEPSIE  DINNER 

HE  Dutchess  County  members  of  the  Hol- 
land Society  have  established  an  excel- 
lent custom  in  the  celebration  of  that 
most  worthy  and  glorious  historical  event,  the 
relief  of  beleaguered  Leyden  on  the  3d  of  October, 
1754.  They  assemble  year  by  year  on  October  3d, 
and  with  "  Haring  en  Witbrood"  and  "  Hutspot" 
bring  back  the  memories  of  that  grand  test  of 
patriotic  endxirance  and  steadfastness;  and  anon 
with  sweetbreads  and  ices,  not  to  mention  sundry 
sparkling  beverages,  they  charm  away  the  starv- 
ing past  in  the  sight  of  the  bounteous  present. 
The  President,  Treasurer,  and  Secretary  of  the 
Society  are  occasionally  favored  with  invitations 
to  this  opening  observance  of  the  season,  and 
right  hospitable  is  the  welcome  of  Dutchess 
County's  members. 

The  new  dining-room  of  the  Nelson  House  at 
Poughkeepsie  is  the  chosen  spot,  and  its  capacity 
is  taxed  to  the  utmost  by  the  enthusiastic  Hol- 
landers, who  keep  step  with  history  and  tradition, 
and  incidentally  strengthen  the  bonds  which  bind 
them  and  the  Society  together.  October  3d,  1903, 
was  Saturday,  and  therefore  Monday,  the  fifth, 
was  selected  for  the  Fourteenth  Annual  Dinner. 


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Hon.  Edward  Elsworth,  Vice-President  for  Dutch- 
ess County,  presided,  and  on  his  right  sat  Presi- 
dent Theodore  M.  Banta  and  Rev.  A.  P.  Van 
Gieson;  while  on  his  left  were  Treasurer  Arthur 
H.  Van  Brunt  and  Secretary  Henry  L.  Bogert. 
There  were  also  present  Messrs.  John  E.  Adriance, 
William  A.  Adriance,  Henry  Bevier,  Jacob  Deyo, 
Charles  G.  Douw,  Irving  Elting,  Jacob  Elting, 
Jesse  Elting,  Frank  Hasbrouck,  Joseph  E.  Has- 
brouck,  Louis  P.  Hasbrouck,  Maurice  P.  Has- 
brouck, Oscar  Hasbrouck,  Frederick  Heermance, 
Martin  Heermance,  Edward  T.  Hulst,  Henry  B. 
Le  Fever,  Jacob  Le  Fevre,  Dr.  J.  Wilson  Poucher, 
Irving  G.  Storm,  Henry  H.  Van  Cleef,  George  S. 
Van  Vliet,  David  Barnes  Van  Wyck,  Henry  M. 
Van  Wyck,  and  Joseph  Van  Wyck. 

A  blessing  was  asked  by  Rev.  A.  P.  Van  Gieson, 
and  then  an  earnest  and  unanimous  attack  was 
made  upon  the  following  menu: 

"  Haring  en  witbrood 
Leiden  heejt  geen  nood." 

Caviar 

Oyster  Cocktails  Vin  de  Graves 

Consomm^  Printaniere  Amontillado 

Baked  Whitefish,  i  la  Dutch 
Duchess  Potatoes 

HUTSPOT  PonUt  Canet 

Filet  Mignons,  d  la  Bearaaise 

Julienne  Potatoes  French  Peas 

HOLLAND  PUNCH 

Breast  of  Broad-Bill  Duck  Mumm's  Extra  Dry 

Green  Peppers  Farcis  Hominy 
Chicory  Salad 

Tortoni  Fancy  Cake 
Crackers                     Cheese 

Cofifee  Cigars 


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After  the  coffee,  Vice-President  Elsworth  called 
the  assemblage  to  order  and,  making  a  short  ad- 
dress of  welcome,  introduced,  as  informal  speakers, 
Rev.  A.  P.  Van  Gieson,  and  successively  Messrs. 
Banta,  Poucher,  Bogert,  Irving  Elting,  (who  gave 
an  account  of  his  travels,)  Van  Brunt,  Heermance 
(who  spoke  of  Dr.  J.  Howard  Suydam's  absence 
from  his  usual  place  at  the  feast  and  his  retreat  to 
the  care  of  physicians  at  Philadelphia,)  and  Frank 
Hasbrouck,  who  read  a  recent  letter  from  Dr. 
Suydam.  After  some  further  encomium  upon  Dr. 
Suydam,  the  chairman  called  again  upon  Mr. 
Hasbrouck  to  give  an  account  of  his  trip  to  Hol- 
land and  elsewhere,  to  which  an  interesting  and 
satisfactory  response  was  given  and  rounded  out 
the  proceedings  to  a  fitting  close  about  11.15  p.m. 


AN  INFORMAL  MEETING. 

HE  Trustees  have  long  felt  that  there 
should  be  more  frequent  occasions  for 
the  members  of  the  Holland  Society  to 
come  together  and  enjoy  each  other's  company, 
and  they  have  discussed  the  matter  more  than 
once  without  reaching  a  satisfactory  determination. 
At  the  last  October  meeting  of  the  Trustees,  the 
President,  the  Treasurer,  and  the  Secretary  were 
made  a  committee  to  arrange  for  an  informal 
meeting,  or  reception,  to  be  held  in  the  early  part 
of  December,  to  include  some  interesting  central 
attraction,  and  to  provide  a  collation  and  a  good 
opportunity  for  members  to  meet  and  invite 
their  friends.     The  following  notice  was  sent  out: 

December  i,  1903. 

Dear  Sir: 

The  Holland  Society  will  meet  informally  at 
the  Waldorf-Astoria,  Fifth  Avenue  and  Thirty- 
fourth  Street,  at  eight  o'clock,  Tuesday  evening, 
December  fifteenth,  1903. 

Each  member  has  the  privilege  of  inviting 
one  guest,  preferably  some  one  who  is  eligible  to 
membership. 

Prof.  D.  L.  Elmendorf  will  deliver  an  illustrated 
discourse  upon  "Picturesque  Holland,"  includ- 
ing some  new  moving  pictures,  specially  prepared 

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for  this  occasion,  in  one  of  which  the  young  Queen 
appears.  A  collation  will  be  served  about  half- 
past  ten  o'clock. 

Kindly  notify  the  Treasurer,  by  means  of  the 
enclosed  postal  card,  if  you  expect  to  attend  and 
bring  a  guest,  so  that  proper  preparations  may 
be  made.  If  this  meeting  proves  successful  and 
wins  the  approval  of  the  Society,  the  Trustees 
will  feel  authorized  to  repeat  the  experiment. 
Very  respectfully, 

Henry  L.   Bogert, 

Secretary. 

Success  smiled  upon  the  plan,  and  above  four 
hundred  members  and  their  guests  comfortably 
filled  the  grand  ball-room  of  the  Waldorf-Astoria. 
About  nine  o'clock,  the  lecturer  of  the  evening 
was  introduced  by  President  Banta,  and  for 
about  an  hotir  and  a  charter  Prof.  Elmendorf 
held  the  rapt  attention  of  his  audience.  Among 
the  special  features  of  the  lecture  were  some 
very  successful  moving  pictures.  The  first  one 
took  the  spectators  away  on  the  outward-bound 
steamer  and  showed  them  the  passengers,  their 
amusements  and  occupations;  then  the  ocean, 
with  a  companion  steamer  gradually  dropping 
toward  the  rear;  and  finally  a  great  wave,  which 
rose  up  out  of  the  deep  and,  with  a  rush  of  water 
and  foam,  dashed  over  everything  in  sight,  in- 
cluding the  bridge  and  its  occupants  and  the 
camera,  which  kept  on  faithfully  recording  even 
this  astonishing  onslaught.  The  effect  was  life- 
like and  startling,  and  caused  a  momentary 
catching  of  the  breath  by  the  spectators,  followed 
by  a  well-deserved  salvo  of  applause. 


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More  pictures  followed,  with  appropriate  and 
highly  interesting  descriptions,  illustrating  scenes 
of  various  kinds,  showing  the  ways  of  doing  various 
things  in  Holland,  the  loading  of  hay  and  other 
produce  upon  boats  in  the  canals;  the  street 
scenes  showing  particularly  the  difficulties  which 
accompanied  the  travelling  camera  artist  where- 
ever  he  was  recognized.  He  showed  also  the 
young  Queen  Wilhelmina  in  her  balcony,  curtsy- 
ing her  acknowledgment  of  the  plaudits  of  the 
crowd,  etc.  Another  highly  interesting  and  un- 
usual moving  picture,  obtained  at  very  close  range, 
showed  a  colony  of  bees  in  their  various  opera- 
tions, making  the  comb,  falling  the  cells  with 
honey,  arriving  and  departing  continually. 

The  time  passed  so  quickly  that  a  second  look  at 
the  watch  was  needed  to  convince  one  of  its  flight. 

The  collation  was  made  up  with  the  following 
menu: 

The  Waldorf-Astoria 

THE  HOLLAND  SOCIETY  OF  NEW  YORK 

December  15,  1903 

Meeting  and  Collation,  8  p.m. 

Grand  Ball-Room 

Menu 

Oysters,  Poulette 

Sweetbread  Croquettes  with  Peas 

Chicken  Salad 

Fancy  Ices 

Cakes 

Coffee 

Claret  Punch  Scotch  and  Rye  ApoULnaris 

Cigars  and  Cigarettes 


Nineteenth  Annual  Banquet. 


HE  Nineteenth  Annual  Banquet  of  the 
Society  took  place  at  the  Waldorf- 
Astoria,  on  Thursday,  January  21,  1904, 
the  third  Thursday  in  January  having  established 
itself  as  the  most  satisfactoiy  date  for  the  purpose. 
The  walls  of  the  grand  ball-room  were  draped  by 
the  Society's  banner  and  other  flags  in  an  effec- 
tive and  characteristic  manner,  and  the  whole  of 
the  spacious  floor  was  needed  to  accommodate  the 
diners  and  their  ten  long  tables.  Later  in  the 
evening  the  boxes  and  their  charming  occupants 
added  the  final  touch  to  the  festal  scene. 

Over  four  hundred  members  and  guests  assem- 
bled in  the  spacious  Astoria  Galler}-',  and  waited 
there  for  the  signal  to  march  into  the  dining-room. 
The  procession  formed,  and  soon  emptied  the 
place  of  meeting  and  filled  the  place  of  dining. 
President  Banta  and  the  specially  invited  guests 
brought  up  the  rear  and  filled  the  places  at  the 
guests'  table  on  the  dais.  This  was  arranged  so 
as  to  place  Hon.  William  Jennings  Bryan  on  the 
right  of  the  President,  and  Sir  Chentung  Liang 
Cheng,  the  Chinese  Minister,  on  his  left.  Next  to 
Mr.  Bryan  were  the  seats  of  Robert  Frater  Munro, 
of  St.  Andrew's  Society;  Hon.  Thomas  L.  James, 
of  St.  David's  Society;    Robert  H.  Tvirle,  of  St. 


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George's  Society;  Hon.  Robert  A.  VanWyck;  J. 
William  Beekman,  of  the  Society  of  Colonial  Wars ; 
Rev.  Dr.  George  C.  Lorimer;  Morris  Patterson 
Ferris,  of  the  Sons  of  the  Revolution;  Hon. 
George  M.  Van  Hoesen,  and  Hon.  Tunis  G.  Bergen; 
and  on  the  Chinese  Minister's  side  were  the  places 
of  George  G.  De  Witt,  of  St.  Nicholas'  Society; 
Hon.  John  R.  Planten,  Consul-General  of  the 
Netherlands;  Frederic  J.  De  Peyster,  of  the 
Huguenot  Society;  Hon.  Augustus  Van  Wyck, 
Hon.  James  M.  Beck;  Hon.  James  Fitzgerald, 
of  the  Friendly  Sons  of  St.  Patrick;  Walter  S. 
Logan,  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution; 
and  Warner  Van  Norden.  The  other  nine  tables 
were  arranged  as  follows,  Table  A  being  farthest 
to  the  right. 

At  Table  A:    F.   Hogeboom,   Charles  L.   Coe, 
Frank  J.  Dutcher,  Dr.  R.  Van  Santvoord,  Thomas 

B.  Lashar,  George  C.  Edwards,  Edward  Stagg, 
Willard  M.  Spear,  Edwin  C.  Van  Brunt,  Milton 
Demarest,  Howard  D.  Terhune,  John  R.  Voorhis, 
Hon.  Thomas  C.  Dunham,  Alson  B.  Ostrander, 
Willard  H.  Olmsted,  Robert  B.  Brinkerhoff, 
Walter  Bogert,  Andrew  J.  Onderdonk,  Andrew 
Deyo,  G.  C.  Van  Deusen,  Herbert  A.  Norton, 
H.  R.  McChesney,  Peter  Van  Voorhees  and 
guest.  Rev.  A.  A.  Zabriskie,  I.  I.  Demarest, 
James  A.  Romeyn,  Rev.  S.  M.  Purdy,  Peter  Bo- 
gert, Jr.,  Abram  De  Baun,  C.  B.  Demarest,  William 
L.  Brower,  Rev.  John  G.  Fagg,  WilHam  S.  Pfender, 

C.  E.  Witbeck,  M.D.,  D.  H.  Van  Auken,  J.  H.  De 
Ridder,  J.  H.  De  Ridder,  Jr.,  George  Smith,  George 
P.  Roosa,  Jr. 

At  Table  B:    Hon.  Charles  H.  Truax,   David 


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Thompson,  Ernest  Staples,  Jasper  Van  Wormer, 
William  H.  Van  Wormer,  Thomas  Van  Loan,  C. 

B.  Zabriskie,  E.  D.  Miner,  Guy  D.  Hiscox,  J.  B. 
Van  Wagenen,  H.  W.  Van  Wagenen,  Thomas  Bell, 
John  B.  Lozier,  R.  R.  Moore,  Garrett  S.  Holdrum, 
Dr.  Byron  G.  Van  Home,  Frank  T.  Cornell,  Dr.  G. 
H.  Wynkoop,  Dr.  D.  W.  Wynkoop,  Francis  C.  Van 
Horn,  S.  D.  Coykendall,  A.  T.  Clearwater,  John  R. 
Van  Wormer,  Edward  M.  Burghard,  Louis  Ott- 
mann,  De  Witt  Van  Buskirk  and  guest,  C.  V. 
Banta,  Benjamin  G.  Demarest,  Moses  J.  De  Witt, 
Elmer  Blauvelt,  John  W.  Bellis,  Abram  C.  Hol- 
ditun,  John  C.  Van  Cleaf,  Arthur  Horton,  A.  P. 
Morison,  E.  S.  Denise,  D.  D.  Denise,  William  Van 
Wyck  and  guest. 

At  Table  C :  Hon.  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  Charles 
W.  Morse,  Harry  W.  Walker,  John  W.  Cox,  Jacob 
W.  Clute,  Dr.  J.  Bion  Bogart,  Dr.  Arthur  H.  Bo- 
gart,  E.  T.  Hulst,  San:iuel  Schaffer,  Francis  D. 
Kouwenhoven,  Jesse  Elting,  A.  T.  Lefever,  Henry 
Elting,  Jacob  Deyo,  Easton  Van  Wagenen,  Mau- 
rice P.  HasBrot:ck,  H.  H.  Brinkerhoff,  Charles  W. 
Parker,  George  T.  Vickers,  John  L.  Riker  and 
three  guests,  John  F.  Carroll,  John  C.  Hertle, 
Walter  M.  Meserole  and  guest,  Adrian  Meserole, 
Townsend  Wandell,  Francis  L.  Wandell,  E.  Covert 
Hulst,  George  P.  Hall,  David  H.  Pierson,  Charles 

C.  Ten  Broeck,  O.  F.  Winne,  Abram  Hasbrouck, 
Hon.  Charles  W.  Dayton,  Hon.  Charles  M.  Preston, 
Jacob  Elting,  Dr.  B.  H.  Sleght,  W.  H.  Vreden- 
burgh,  Henry  H.  Longstreet. 

At  Table  D:  Hon.  John  H.  Starin,  Hon.  Warner 
Miller,  William  Barclay  Parsons,  Dr.  Arpah  G. 
Gerster,  William  W.  Cook,  Genl.  Warren  M. 
Healey,  Lambert  Suydam,  Jed  Frey,  Charles  E. 


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Bogert,  James  V.  Lott,  A.  W.  Van  Winkle,  Isaac 
Van  Houten,  Judah  B.  Voorhees,  Charles  A.  Wil- 
liams, William  R.  Bronk,  William  F.  Deming, 
Louis  O.  Van  Doren,  Antonio  C.  Astarita,  William 
H.  Harris,  T.  R.  Beal,  John  B.  Elmendorf,  John  B. 
McDonald,  Genl.  Howard  Carroll,  Charles  R. 
Miller,  George  C.  Clausen,  Walter  J.  Peck,  Dr.  D. 
B.  St.  John  Roosa,  Lambert  Suydam,  Jr.,  A.  C. 
Quackenbush,  F.  M.  Hardenbrook,  Henry  A. 
Bogert,  George  M.  Van  Deventer  and  guest,  Anson 

A.  Voorhees,  James  H.  Eaton,  Edward  B.  Adri- 
ance,  Dr.  William  D.  Moore,  E.  J.  Elting,  Peter  J. 
Elting,  Howard  HasBrouck,  Henry  H.  Van  Cleef, 
William  T.  Ferris. 

At  Table  E:  Col.  John  W.  Vrooman,  Genl.  A.  C. 
Mills,  H.  C.  Du  Val,  F.  Roosevelt,  Hon.  J.  A. 
Sleicher,  Hon.  E.  L.  Scofield,  E.  M.  F.  Miller,  Louis 
Wiley,  Edgar  Van  Etten,  Daniel  O'Day,  G.  D.  B. 
Hasbrouck  and  guest,  John  D.  Schoonmaker,  Dr. 
Egbert  Lefever,  A.  H.  Curtis,  Robert  Scott,  George 
Deyo,  F.  M.  Van  Deusen,  Cebra  Quackenbush, 
William  H.  Hyde,  Dr.  T.  Y.  Sutphen,  Col.  E.  S. 
Dudley,  Genl.  Thomas  J.  Shryock,  Edward  W. 
Scott,  Hon.  P.  C.  Lounsbury,  H.  L.  Stoddard,  F. 
P.  Morris,  Chester  S.  Lord,  Donald  McLean,  Robert 
I.  Hopper,  William  S.  Ackerman,  Hon.  Garret  J. 
Garretson,  William  W.  Gillen,  Oliver  H.  Perry,  C. 
Edgar  Sutphen,  Edward  L.  Tripler,  F.  A.  Palen 
and  two  guests,  M.  Fowler,  Hyman  Roosa,  James 
de  la  Montanye. 

At  Table  F:  Hon.  John  A.  McCall,  Hon.  Charles 
S.  Fairchild,  George  A.  Morrison,  J.  Leonard 
Varick  and  guest,  H.  H.  Vreeland,  Arthur  H.  Van 
Brunt,  D.  L.  Elmendorf,  Henry  L.  Bogert,  Silas 

B.  Dutcher  and  two  guests,  Malcolm  B.  Dutcher, 


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G.  W.  Van  Vredenburgh,  J.  Elderkin,  F.  T.  Van 
Beuren  and  two  guests,  James  D.  McKinley, 
Egbert  Benson,  A.  A.  Hanks,  Charles  H.  Voor- 
hees,  Hon.  E.  E.  McCall,  Hon.  H.  S.  Thompson, 
John  C.  Whitney,  Warner  M.  Van  Norden,  Ottomar 
H.  Van  Norden,  Rev.  Dr.  WilHam  H.  Ten  Eyck, 
J.  Albert  Van  Winkle,  Frederick  J.  Ball,  Henry 
Van  Winkle,  De  Witt  P.  Dutcher,  Frank  R.  \'an 
Nest,  Neilson  Abeel,  Gustavus  A.  Duryee,  M.  M. 
Van  Betiren,  Dr.  F.  T.  Van  Beuren,  Jr.,  John  F. 
Berry,  Robert  Davis,  Jr.,  John  R.  Stine,  Frai:icis 
C.  Huyck,  Zelah  Van  Loan. 

At  Table  G:  Hon.  C.  P.  Vedder,  C.  E.  Dusen- 
berry,  Charles  H.  Mason,  James  W.  Osborne,  P.  F. 
Lozier,  Peter  Wyckoff,  M.  B.  Streeter,  E.  B.  Tuttle, 
C.  W.  Wilson,  Alfred  Hodges,  W.  F.  Suydam,  P. 
N.  Turner,  Townsend  C.  Van  Pelt,  Rev.  A.  H. 
Brush,  D.D.,  Ward  Brower,  John  Brower,  J.  Ward 
Grammon,  Charles  W.  Hunt,  Stephen  Van  Allen 
Van  Home,  S.  L.  F.  Deyo,  William  D.  Murphy, 
George  G.  De  Witt  and  guest,  J.  Maus  Schermer- 
hom,  John  W.  Aitken,  John  E.  Van  Nostrand, 
Rodney  Fiske,  Bernard  Gallagher,  William  F. 
Burns,  Thomas  W.  Kiley,  Francis  I.  Ketcham, 
Rev.  I.  R.  Atkinson,  W.  R.  Leamerd,  Cornelius 
Ditmars,  M.  Stewart  Hegeman,  Frank  H.  Earle, 
Alexander  De  Witt,  John  G.  Van  Home,  John  R. 
Van  Home,  John  H.  Myers,  Robert  Sickles,  P.  A. 
V.  van  Dor  en. 

At  Table  H:  J.  B.  Van  Woert,  R.  D.  A.  Parrott, 
E.  H.  H.  Simons,  C.  A.  Comstock,  Isaac  E.  Dit- 
mars, A.  G.  Thomson,  Francis  I.  Vanderbeek, 
Judge  Jonathan  Dixon,  Dr.  B.  P.  Craig,  Dr.  D.  Le 
Roy  Culver,  Edward  Barnes,  Isaac  V.  Pearson, 
John  Ditmars,  Charles  T.  Young,  F.  L.  Wyckoff, 


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John  W.  Cooper,  William  W.  Buttle,  Charles  De 
Hart  Brower,  John  R.  Van  Derveer,  Edo  Van 
Winkle,  Harry  B.  Van  Winkle,  William  Scott  Pyle, 
J.  Tolman  Pyle,  William  Van  Woert,  John  H. 
Robinson,  H.  C.  Dilworth,  James  W.  Cunningham, 
Isaac  B.  Vanderbeek,  William  A.  Lewis,  J.  Albert 
Van  Horn,  Francis  I.  Vander  Beek,  Jr.,  Edgar  L. 
Marsten,  Hugh  R.  Mackenzie,  Daniel  G.  Bogert, 
Jr.,  Gilliam  D.  Bogert,  Charles  A.  Bogert,  Dr.  A. 
R.  Gulick,  Dr.  C.  R.  Gulick,  Ernestus  Gulick,  M. 
G.  Palliser,  Garrett  R.  Hasbrouck,  Joseph  Has- 
brouck. 

At  Table  I:  C.  H.  Montanye,  Judge  Samuel  Sea- 
bury,  Simon  Schermerhorn  and  guest,  Hon.  John 
D.  Campbell,  J.  W.  Hardenbergh,  Frederick  W. 
Anness,  Albert  I.  Drayton,  E.  S.  Bogert,  Arthur 
G.  Sherwood,  Marvin  R.  Schenck,  John  H.  Prall, 
John  G.  Prall,  Russell  Van  Ness,  Ernest  Bunge, 
J.  R.  Van  Wagenen,  William  H.  Doty,  Hubert 
Van  Wagenen,  L.  D.  Bement,  F.  L.  Van  Ness, 
William  M.  Hoes,  Charles  B.  Everson,  William  P. 
Stymus,  Jr.,  C.  E.  Kellogg,  A.  O.  Schoonmaker, 
R.  T.  B.  Easton,  James  L.  Amerman,  William  P. 
Sutphen,  O.  Hasbrouck,  Albert  R.  Bogert,  Dr.  J. 
F.  Bloodgood,  Dr.  C.  B.  Stor>^  James  A.  Renwick, 
Charles  R.  Dusenberry,  Elias  W.  Dusenberry,  Van 
Vechten  Veeder,  Stephen  G.  Bogert,  T.  H.  Bergen, 
John  G.  Demarest. 

After  grace  had  been  said,  the  multitude  took 
seats  with  an  impressive  and  suggestive  em- 
phasis, betokening  determination  to  treat  sum- 
marily and  conclusively  all  matters  which  might 
be  placed  before  them,  and  awaited  with  firm- 
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The  Holland  Society  of  New  York 

Theodore  M.  Banta  Arthur  H.  Van  Brunt  Henry  L.  Bogert 

President  Treasurer  Secretary 


A  fac-simile  of  the  second  medal  described  in  the  letter 
of  Mr.  Thayer  below,  being  that  struck  off  by  the  Nether- 
lands in  1782,  in  commemoration  of  the  recognition  of  the 
Independence  of  the  United  States,  has  been  prepared  for 
distribution  as  a  Souvenir  at  our  Ninteenth  Annual  Ban- 
quet, January  21,  1904,  and  will  be  found  herewith. 

At  the  October,  1891,  meeting  of  the  Trustees,  the 
President,  Judge  Van  Hoesen,  read  the  following  letter 
from  the  Assistant  Secretary  of  State,  Washington,  D.  C, 
with  the  accompanying  correspondence,  and  presented  the 
medals  referred  to  therein,  which  are  now  preserved  among 
the  treasures  of  the  Society. 


DEPARTMENT  OF  STATE.  WASHINGTON. 

October  27,  1891, 
The  President  of  The  Holland  Society,  New  York  City. 
Sir: 

Referring  to  the  enclosed  copy  of  a  despatch  from  the 
American  Minister  at  The  Hague,  I  have  the  honor  to 
transmit  three  commemorative  medals  furnished  by  the 
Netherlands  Government,  for  The  Holland  Society  of  New 
York  City. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be.  Sir, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

William  F.  Wharton, 

Assistant  Secretary. 
Enclosure: 

1.  From  the  American  Minister  at  The  Hague,  No.  257, 

August  31,  1891.     Copy. 

2.  Three  Medals. 


No.  2S7.     LEGATION  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES,  THE 

HAGUE. 

August  31,  1 89 1. 
To  the  Honorable  James  G.  Blaine,  Secretary  of  State, 

Washington,  D.  C. 
Sir: 

I  have  the  honor  to  state  that,  on  a  recent  occasion, 
while  paying  a  visit  to  the  Royal  Museum  at  The  Hague, 
I  discovered  three  medals,  which  by  reason  of  their  rela- 
tion to  prominent  events  in  our  early  history,  and  other 
considerations  hereafter  alluded  to,  render  it  proper  that  I 
should  bring  them  to  the  notice  of  the  Department. 

The  first  medal  in  the  series  referred  to  was  designed  to 
commemorate  the  recognition  of  American  Independence 
by  the  Province  of  Friesland,  on  the  26th  of  February, 
1 782,  a  description  of  which  is  as  follows: 

On  the  obverse  side  is  a  male  figure  personating  a  Frisian 
in  ancient  costume,  joining  right  hands  with  an  American, 
represented  by  a  maiden  in  aboriginal  dress,  standing  on 
a  scepter,  with  her  left  hand  resting  on  a  shield  bearing 
the  inscription:  "The  United  States  of  North  America"; 
while  with  his  left  hand  the  Frisian  signals  his  rejection  of 
an  olive  branch  offered  by  a  Briton,  represented  by  a 
maiden  accompanied  by  a  tiger,  the  left  hand  of  the  maiden 
resting  on  a  shield  having  the  inscription :  "Great  Britain." 

On  the  reverse  side  is  the  figure  of  an  arm  projecting 
from  the  clouds,  holding  the  Coat  of  Arms  of  the  Province 
of  Friesland,  under  which  is  the  inscription:  "To  the 
State  of  Friesland  in  grateful  recognition  of  the  Acts  of 
the  Assemblies  in  February  and  April,  1782,  by  the  Burgh- 
er's Club  of  Leeuwarden,  'Liberty  and  Zeal.'" 

The  second  medal  in  this  series  was  struck  off  by  order 
of  the  States-General  in  commemoration  of  its  recognition 
of  the  Independence  of  the  United  States. 

On  the  obverse  side  of  the  medal  will  be  found  the 
United  States  and  the  Netherlands  represented  by  two 
maidens  equipped  for  war,  with  right  hands  joined  over  a 
burning  altar.  The  Dutch  maiden  is  placing  an  emblem 
of  freedom  on  the  head  of  the  American,  whose  right  foot, 
attached  to  a  broken  chain,  rests  on  England,  represented 
bv  a  tiger.  In  the  field  of  the  medal  are  the  words:  "  LI- 
BERA   SOROR.     SOLEMNI    DECR.    AGN.,    19    APR. 


MDCCLXXXII."      (A   Free  Sister.     Recognized  by  Sol- 
emn Decree,  April  19,  1782.) 

On  the  reverse  side  is  the  figure  of  a  unicorn  lying  pros- 
trate before  a  steep  rock,  against  which  he  has  broken 
his  horn;  over  the  figure  are  the  words:  "TYRANNIS 
VIRTUTE  REPULSA,"  and  underneath  the  same  the 
words:  "SUB  GALLIAE  AUSPICIIS."  (Tyranny  de- 
feated by  Valor.     Under  French  Auspices.) 

The  third  medal  in  the  series  was  made  to  commemorate 
the  Treaty  of  Commerce  and  Navigation  entered  into 
between  the  United  States  and  the  Netherlands  the  7th 
of  October,  1782. 

On  its  obverse  side  stands  in  relief  a  monumental  needle 
bearing  the  Amsterdam  Coat  of  Arms,  upon  which  a 
wreath  is  being  placed  by  a  figure  representing  Mercury; 
underneath  the  Coat  of  Arms  is  a  parchment  bearing  the 
inscription:  "PRO.  DRO.  MVS."  France,  symboHzed  by 
a  crowing  cock,  stands  beside  the  needle,  pointing  with  a 
conjurer's  wand  to  a  horn  of  plenty  and  an  anchor.  Over 
all  are  the  words:  "JUSTITIAM  ET  NON  TEMNERE 
DIVOS." 

On  the  reverse  side  is  an  image  of  Fame  riding  on  a 
cloud,  and  carrying  the  Arms  of  the  Netherlands  and  the 
United  States,  surmounted  by  a  naval  crown.  The  figures 
are  covered  by  the  followmg  words  "  FAUSTISSIMO  FOE- 
DERE  JUNCTAE,  DIE  VII.  OCTOB.  MDCCLXXXII." 

It  will  be  remembered  that  John  Adams,  while  discharg- 
ing his  duties  at  Paris  as  Commissioner  in  arranging  a 
Treaty  of  Peace  and  Commerce  with  Great  Britain,  was, 
in  the  year  1780,  appointed  Minister  to  the  Netherlands; 
also  that  political  complications  between  Holland  and 
England  delayed  his  reception  by  the  Government  for 
more  than  two  years  after  he  first  offered  his  credentials. 

The  States-General,  oppressed  by  the  magnitude  of  the 
responsibility,  refused  to  pass  upon  the  question  until  it 
had  been  submitted  to  each  of  the  Provinces  for  individual 
action. 

Friesland,  impelled  by  the  Germanic  love  of  freedom 
which  had  long  characterized  its  people,  took  the  initiative 
in  the  movement  for  recognition;  passing  an  Act  to  that 
effect  on  the  26th  of  February,  a.d.  1782.     Soon  thereafter 


the  remaining  Provinces  followed  her  example,  and  on  the 
19th  of  April,  1782,  the  States-General,  in  deference  to  the 
wishes  of  the  Provinces,  received  Mr.  Adams's  credentials. 

It  will  also  be  borne  in  mind  that  while  a  Dutch  man-of- 
war  first  saluted  the  American  flag,  Holland  stands  second 
in  the  roll  of  foreign  nations  which  formally  recognized 
our  independence,  and  the  second  with  whom  we  made  a 
Treaty  of  Commerce  and  Navigation. 

The  medals  in  question  possess  interest  in  that  they 
furnish  the  best  exadence  extant  of  the  current  of  opinion 
and  sentiment  at  that  time  in  the  Netherlands  concerning 
England  and  the  United  States;  and  are,  moreover,  worthy 
of  special  mention,  inasmuch  as  I  do  not  find  them  referred 
to  in  Mr.  Adams's  public  correspondence,  or  in  any  book 
published  in  our  language. 

Through  the  courtesy  of  the  Government,  I  have  been 
permitted  to  procure  five  copies  of  each  of  these  medals, 
and  take  pleasure  in  transmitting  them  to  the  Department 
through  the  agency  of  the  American  Despatch  Agent, 
London. 

One  set  is  designed  for  the  Department  of  State;  one 
for  the  New  York  Historical  Society;  one  for  the  Massa- 
chusetts Historical  Society;  one  for  the  Minnesota  State 
Historical  Society;  and  one  for  The  Holland  Society  of 
New  York. 

Should  the  Department  approve,  the  four  last  mentioned 
sets  may  be  forwarded  to  each  of  the  above  named  so- 
cieties, with  a  copy  of  this  despatch. 

There  can  be  no  more  interesting  or  profitable  study  for 
the  citizen  of  the  United  States  than  the  process  of  reason- 
ing which  led  to  our  separate  National  existence,  and  the 
adoption  of  the  present  form  of  Government,  or  the  mo- 
tives which  influenced  the  people  of  other  lands  to  welcome 
our  advent  into  the  family  of  nations. 
I  have  the  honor  to  be,  Sir, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

Samuel  R.  Thayer. 

(After  the  banquet  it  was  learned  that  Mr.  Thayer  had 
procured  these  medals  for  presentation  at  liis  own  expense.) 


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armed  with  the  first  ammunition  of  the  gustatory- 
campaign. 

As  they  sat,  they  found  that  their  long-tried 
friend,  Hon.  John  Rutger  Planten,  Consul-General 
of  the  Netherlands,  had  provided  two  very  attrac- 
tive water-color  pictures  of  Dutch  scenes  for  each 
guest,  and  an  unspoken  but  unanimous  vote  of 
thanks  was  immediately  registered  with  the  other 
feelings  of  pleasure  and  satisfaction  that  pos- 
sessed them. 

The  menu,  with  its  bright  colors  and  promises 
of  good  things  to  come,  both  material  and  intel- 
lectual, and  its  contrast  of  old  and  new  water- 
front of  the  city,  came  in  for  a  share  of  appreciation, 
but  the  souvenir  medal  and  its  description,  so 
replete  with  historical  association  and  typical  of 
things  dear  to  Dutchmen  and  their  kinsfolk  across 
the  sea,  carried  off  the  palm  without  question. 

As  the  banquet  progressed  and  the  boxes  began 
to  fill  with  the  ladies,  whose  smiles  and  approving 
glances  were  to  evoke  the  highest  flights  of  post- 
prandial eloquence,  the  waiters  began  to  invade 
those  sacred  realms,  and  soon  made  it  plain  that, 
in  eating  and  drinking,  as  well  as  in  listening  to 
the  speeches,  the  Hollanders  and  their  guests — 
the  ' '  fair  women  and  brave  men ' '  of  the  Presi- 
dent's address — were  all  to  take  part  and  all  to 
enjoy  the  occasion  to  the  limit. 

And  when  the  sounds  of  knife  and  fork  had 
ceased,  and  fragrant  clouds  from  many  places  rose, 
and  expectation  sat  with  every  one,  the  President 
stood  up,  and,  when  applause  allowed,  said,  think- 
ing of  the  years  that  had  passed  while  he  had 
labored  so  diligently  and  effectively  for  the 
Society  and  its  welfare:    "The  present  President 


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of  this  Society  is  more  accustomed  to  the  role  of 
a  Secretary  than  that  of  a  President.  The  duty 
of  a  Secretary  is  to  read;  most  Presidents  are 
called  upon  to  make  speeches,  but,  as  this  present 
President  cannot  make  a  speech,  he  will  try  to 
read."  And  then  he  read  his  opening  address,  as 
follows : 


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INTRODUCTORY  REMARKS  BY 
PRESIDENT  THEODORE  M.  BANTA. 

Fair  Women  and  Brave  Men: 

HE  Holland  Society  warmly  welcomes  you 
at  our  Nineteenth  Annual  gathering. 
We  are  happy  to  have  you  meet  with  us, 
share  our  bread  and  salt,  and  drink  of  the  sparkling 
stream  that  flows  over  Croton  Dam,  reminding  us 
of  the  frugal  fare  and  significant  nomenclature  of 
the  land  of  our  sires. 

We  greet  separately  and  particularly  the  rep- 
resentatives of  our  sister  societies  whose  existence 
evidences  the  need  of  their  several  missions,  in 
setting  forth  important  objects,  and  incidentally 
fostering  fellowship  by  eating  an  annual  dinner 
at  Delmonico's  or  the  Waldorf-Astoria. 

We  lift  our  cap  first  to  venerable  St.  Andrew's, 
father  and  forerunner  of  them  all,  who  for  an 
hundred  and  forty-seven  years  has  sounded  the 
pibroch,  repeated  the  story  of  Bruce  and  Ban- 
nockbum,  insisted  upon  it  that  a  man's  a  man 
for  a'  that,  and  blessed  with  princely  benefactions 
the  needy  Highlander  and  Lowlander,  making  a 
home  across  the  sea,  far  from  ' '  Scotia,  stern  and 
wild." 

One  hundred  thousand  welcomes  to  the  ever 
Friendly    Sons  ;     though    fate    decrees    that  the 

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I^O 


Harp  that  hung  on  Tara's  walls  shall  no  longer 
show  its  pristine  splendor  among  the  standards  of 
the  world,  the  centuries  yet  attest  the  patriotism 
of  the  Irish  heart.  Whatever  other  feasts  may- 
lack  as  guests,  of  Presidents,  Governors,  Mayors, 
and  other  dignitaries,  St.  Patrick  has  never  failed 
for  a  hundred  and  twenty  years  to  gather  in  of  the 
highest  on  the  seventeenth  of  March.  I  am  in- 
clined to  think,  however,  that  if  Campbell  had 
met  with  them  at  Delmonico's  he  never  would 
have  sung: 

"  There  came  to  New  York  a  poor  exile  of  Erin, 
The  dew  on  his  thin  robe  was  heavy  and  chill, 
For  his  country  he  sighed,  when  at  twilight  repairing 
To  wander  alone  by  the  wind-beaten  hill." 

Some  of  you  may  recall  one  part  that  Ireland 
had  in  saving  Holland.  You  have  heard  of  the 
ever  memorable  affair  at  Leyden,  when  William 
of  Orange  raised  the  siege  by  cutting  the  dikes, 
sailed  his  ships  over  the  land,  and  brought  de- 
liverance to  the  starving  city.  You  recall  that 
the  invaders  fled,  leaving  their  breakfast  of  savory 
Hudspot  for  the  starving  people.  Well!  the  art  of 
preparing  Hudspot  had  been  learned  by  Castilians 
shipwrecked  on  the  coast  of  Ireland,  and,  as  we 
know,  it  was  the  genuine  Irish  Stew,  and  you  can 
readily  understand  that  if  these  Spaniards  had 
not  learned  how  to  make  Irish  Stew,  and  had 
prepared  their  breakfast  on  that  eventful  Octo- 
ber third  of  Spanish  olives,  the  famine-stricken 
Netherlanders  would  have  starved  to  death! 

Our  Dutchess  County  members  who  celebrate 
the  raising  of  the  siege  every  Third  October,  make 
the  Hudspot  the  dish  af  honor  as  unfailingly  as  do 


our  friends  of  St.  Andrew's  dignify  the  Haggis. 
We  would  have  made  it  the  glory  of  this  occasion, 
but  Oscar  declared  his  chef  declined  to  put  it  on 
the  menu!     (Applause.) 

We  clasp  fraternal  hands  with  St.  George,  with 
its  one  hundred  and  eighteen  years,  only  less 
ancient  than  St.  Andrew's  and  St.  Patrick's, 
though  we  are  not  always  quite  sure  where  we  are 
at  when  we  are  with  Englishmen!  We  strike  up 
our  National  Anthem,  but  while  our  voices  rise, 
singing.  My  Country,  't  is  of  Thee!  they  shout  in 
the  same  tune,  God  Save  the  King!  and  with  that 
pernicious  acquisitiveness  that  leads  them  to 
claim  everything  in  sight,  they  appear  to  think 
the  hymn  belonged  to  them  before  we  had  any 
country  at  all! 

And  see  how  they  mix  us  up  in  studying  Eng- 
lish histor}-!  Was  King  Egbert  a  Saxon  or  an 
Englishman?  Was  Canute,  when  the  sea  obeyed 
him  (or  did  he  only  give  the  order?)  an  English- 
man or  a  Dane?  Was  William  the  Conqueror  an 
Englishman  or  a  Frenchman?  Was  William  the 
Third  an  Englishman  or  a  Dutchman?  And  is 
St.  George,  after  all,  only  a  branch  of  the 
Holland  Society?  We  of  the  Holland  Society 
have  a  special  grievance  against  St.  George  for 
seeking  to  deteriorate  Dutch  blood!  The  distin- 
guishing provision  of  our  constitution  is  that  we 
trace  our  eligibility  as  members  back  through  the 
male  line  to  the  Dutchman  of  1675.  But  these 
Englishmen — and  the  New  Englanders  were  the 
worst  of  the  lot — laid  traps  for  our  fathers  and 
grandfathers  and  great-grandfathers,  and  in- 
veigled them  into  marrying  British  maids  and 
Yankee  girls,  and  even  widows,  and  as  a  conse- 


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quence  it  is  almost  impossible  to  find  a  full- 
blooded  Dutchman  among  us  to-day  even  in  the 
Holland  Society!     (Applause.) 

We  give  the  right  hand  of  fellowship  to  St. 
David,  with  its  threescore  years  and  ten  of  hon- 
ored life,  but  whose  bards  have  sung  the  Cymri 
lays  back  to  ages  so  remote  that  the  memory  of 
man,  even  a  Welshman,  runneth  not  to  the  con- 
trary. "Taffy  was  a  Welshman,"  it  is  declared, 
but  I  refuse  to  asperse  St.  David  by  repeating 
the  usual  addendum!  I  had  serious  thoughts  of 
addressing  you  a  few  words  in  the  mellifluent 
speech  of  Wales,  but  the  first  word  that  came  to 
my  tongue, — Ffyddfrawd — (I  '11  not  pronounce  it 
for  obvious  reasons)  the  reporters  told  me  had  cast 
a  strange  spell  over  them,  and  their  pencils  refused 
to  record  it ! 

We  smoke  long  pipes  with  St.  Nicholas,  our 
nearest  of  kin,  Dutch  in  name,  Knickerbocker  in 
spirit,  and  Metropolitan  in  pride.  Other  soci- 
eties may  fling  wide  open  their  membership  to 
natives  of  Boston  or  Kalamazoo,  but  a  St.  Nicholas 
must  trace  his  lineage  to  a  New  Yorker  who  was 
a  citizen  when  it  first  became  an  American  town 
on  Evacuation  Day. 

We  salute  the  Huguenots.  Some  of  these 
white-souled  heroes  of  France  came  hither  direct 
from  the  land  of  their  birth,  and  others  after 
an  asyliim  in  the  Netherlands  or  elsewhere,  but 
when  we  go  over  the  roster  on  which  appear  the 
names  of  Bayard,  Depew,  Truax,  Rapalye,  De- 
marest,  De  la  Montagne,  and  others,  who  can  tell 
whether  we  are  calling  the  roll  of  the  Huguenot  or 
of  the  Holland  Society? 

We  acclaim  the  Society  of  Colonial  Wars  whose 


ancestors  were  mingled  with  our  own  of  the 
Holland  Society,  as  together  they  first  fought  for 
home  and  countr}'  in  pioneer  days,  and  braved 
the  battle  on  the  banks  of  the  Mohawk  as  on  the 
Connecticut  and  on  Massachusetts  Bay. 

Of  course,  we  never  can  forget  to  honor  the  Re- 
volutionary descendants,  the  Sons  of  the  Revolu- 
tion, the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution,  the 
Daughters  of  the  Revolution,  the  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution,  and  if  our  banquet  could 
have  been  postponed  a  week  or  two  later,  the  Sons 
and  Daughters  of  the  Panama  Revolution! 

And  finally,  last  and  best  of  all,  the  Society  of 
the  Daughters  of  Holland,  the  only  really,  truly, 
sure-enough,  sister  society — we  throw  our  arms 
around  and  embrace  them  all!     {Great  applause.) 

The  great  event  of  the  year  to  us  Dutchmen  in 
New  York  was  the  celebration  of  the  250th  Anni- 
versary of  the  granting  of  our  city  charter  by 
Peter  Stuy^'^esant,  and  the  great  event  of  the  cele- 
bration was  the  discovery  of  a  new  historian  of 
the  Dutch!  Fifty  years  ago  Dr.  Motley,  a  New 
Englander,  wrote  his  Rise  of  the  Dutch  Republic, 
and  the  series  succeeding  it,  and  some  people's 
hearts  were  stirred  with  his  descriptions  of  what 
had  been  wrought  on  that  handbreadth  of  sand 
dunes  about  the  Zuyder  Zee.  Thirty  years  later 
Douglas  Campbell  of  this  State, ' '  without  a  drop  of 
Dutch  blood  in  his  veins,"  as  he  declared,  published 
The  Puritan  in  Holland,  England,  and  America, 
and  attempted  to  prove  that  for  many  of  the  best 
things  that  have  benefited  the  world,  we  are  in- 
debted to  those  Netherlanders  who  plucked  a 
territory  from  the  sea  and  a  people  from  bondage. 
This  new  historian  who  has  now  appeared  has 


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torn  away  the  mask  with  which  Motley  and  Camp- 
bell had  hidden  the  real  Dutchman,  and  has 
shown  him  up  in  his  true  light  as  a  pirate  and  as 
the  originator  of  the  Albany  lobby!  It  was  such 
a  simple  method  that  the  Historian  employed  that 
it  awakens  our  admiration. 

Our  city  authorities  concluded  that  they  would 
publish  the  early  Dutch  records  that  had  been 
stored  in  the  City  Library  for  two  hundred  and 
fifty  years.  Instead  of  employing  some  one  who 
had  knowledge  of  the  Dutch  language  and  knew 
all  the  documents  that  had  been  preserved,  who 
had  the  training  of  an  historian  and  was  com- 
petent for  the  purpose,  the  city  authorities  pur- 
sued their  usual  course  in  dealing  with  the  Dutch 
period  and  appointed  a  Committee,  not  one  of 
whom  understood  Dutch,  and  not  one  of  whom 
had  adequate  knowledge  of  the  records  that  were 
in  existence  or  of  the  relative  importance  of  any 
of  them.  Forthwith,  at  an  expense  to  the  city  of 
several  thousand  dollars,  seven  volumes  were  pub- 
lished under  the  misleading  title  of  Records  of  New 
Amsterdam.  These  records  are  mainly  similar  to 
the  proceedings  of  Jefferson  Market  Police  Court 
or  of  the  District  Magistrates'  Courts.  Appar- 
ently the  Committee  was  not  aware  that  there 
were  any  other  "Records  of  New  Amsterdam"  in 
existence.  Our  new  historian,  writing  "  The  Stand- 
ard History  of  the  City  of  New  York,"  prepared 
himself  for  his  work  by  spending  several  days  in 
reading  some  such  important  items  as  that  Wyntje 
Van  Twiller  had  been  tried  by  the  Burgomaster 
and  Schepens  for  stealing  seven  olekocks  (or 
cookies),  and  that  Anneke  Jans,  the  wife  of 
Domine  Bogardus,  while  passing  the  blacksmith 


shop  on  a  muddy  day,  had  raised  her  skirts  nearly 
two  inches  from  the  ground,  and  was  duly  tried 
for  the  crime!  The  historian  thus  became  ab- 
solutely competent  to  deal  with  all  such  niatters 
as  public  education,  laws  and  ordinances,  streets, 
docks,  the  Orphans'  Court,  religious  affairs,  and 
other  things  of  such  minor  importance! 

The  great  value,  however,  of  the  work  of  this 
distinguished  historian — I  regret  I  cannot  give  his 
name — is  that  he  has  shown  the  utter  unreliability 
of  the  Knickerbocker  History  of  New  York.  There 
were  multitudes  of  persons  who  had  been  imposed 
upon  by  the  chaiTning  humor  of  Washington  Irv- 
ing, and  had  read  its  pages  with  delight.  They 
will  read  no  more.  Our  new  City  Historian  has 
demonstrated  that  the  statements  of  Knicker- 
bocker are  not  founded  upon  fact.  He  can  prove 
that  the  ancestor  of  the  Ten  Broecks  did  not  wear 
either  tin  breeches  or  ten  breeches,  and  can  dis- 
prove Knickerbocker's  allegation  that  the  way  of 
sweetening  tea  at  the  early  period  in  New  Am- 
sterdam was  by  suspending  a  large  lumi)  of  sugar 
over  the  table  and  sending  it  from  mouth  to  mouth ! 

Our  new  Dutch  Historian  had  well  qualified 
himself  for  putting  down  the  pretensions  of  Irving. 
He  is  thought  to  have  been  the  same  person  who 
demonstrated  that  Mark  Twain  was  unworthy  of 
belief  in  his  Innocents  Abroad,  and  showed,  as  an 
example,  that  his  statement  that  he  had  wept  over 
the  grave  of  Adam  could  not  be  true  because 
Twain  had  no  knowledge  of  the  language  in  which 
the  inscription  on  his  ancestor's  tombstone  had 
been  written,  and  therefore  could  not  possibly 
have  identified  the  grave  when  he  is  alleged  to 
have  discovered  it! 


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It  is  gratifying  to  know  how  highly  this  new 
historian  is  regarded  by  our  City  Superintendent 
of  Schools.  By  his  cooperation  all  the  public 
schools  of  the  city  were  brought  into  activity  to 
make  the  work  known  and  to  have  it  circulated 
not  only  through  the  schools  but  through  the 
homes  of  all  the  teachers  and  scholars. 

Fortunately,  wicked  Tammany  was  no  longer  in 
power,  so  that  no  suspicion  of  graft  could  attach 
to  anybody  connected  with  this  use  of  our  public 
schools  for  private  gain ! 

Let  me  conclude  by  saying  that  one  clause  of 
our  constitution  contemplates  the  publication  by 
this  Society,  when  the  materials  have  been  gath- 
ered, of  a  Memorial  History  of  the  Dutch  in  Amer- 
ica, wherein  will  be  "  set  forth  the  part  belonging 
to  that  element  in  the  growth  and  development  of 
American  character,  institutions,  and  progress." 
(Applause.) 

The  President:  Let  us  rise  and  drink  the 
first  regular  toast  of  the  evening,  which  is: 

The  President  of  the  United  States, — ■ 
Our  Fellow  Member. 

■'For  us,  the  best  is  not  too  good." 

{Loud  applause.) 

The  President:  The  Chairman  of  our  Dinner 
Committee  will  read  a  letter  he  has  received. 

[Here  Col.  John  W.  Vrooman  read  a  letter  from 
the  President  of  the  United  States,  as  follows:] 


"  White  House, 
"  Washington,  Dec.  30,  1903. 
'.'  My  dear  Mr.  Vrooman: 

"I  wish  I  could  be  present  at  the  dinner  of  the  Holland 
Society.  Naturally,  I  take  a  particular  interest  in  it;  but 
it  simply  is  not  possible  for  me  to  make  another  engage- 
ment of  any  kind  this  winter. 

"With  hearty  good  wishes,  and  expressing  my  regret 
that  I  am  not  with  my  '  Fellow-Dutchmen '  of  New  York  on 
this  occasion,  I  am  faithfully  yours, 

"Theodore  Roosevelt." 

Mr.  Vrooman:  I  propose  three  old-fashioned 
American  cheers  for  the  splendid,  soldierly,  strenu- 
ous American  citizen,  of  Holland  ancestry,  the 
President  of  the  United  States,  Theodore  Roose- 
velt.    Are  you  ready? 

[Three  long,  loud  cheers  were  here  given  for 
President  Roosevelt.] 

President:  When  I  was  a  boy  the  history  of 
Holland  had  not  been  written  in  English,  and  I 
knew  little  of  the  land  of  my  forefathers.  The 
heroes  of  my  youth  were  Scotland's  William 
Wallace  and  others  of  that  ilk,  and  the  Scotch 
people  have  been  very  near  to  my  heart  ever 
since.  I  am  very  glad  that  we  have,  as  our  first 
speaker  to-night,  a  Scotchman  by  birth,  although 
he  has  been  here  so  long  that  perhaps  he  has 
forgotten  that  he  was  ever  anything  else  than 
an  American.  (Laughter.)  I  have  very  great 
pleasure  in  introducing  to  you  the  Reverend 
Doctor  George  C.  Lorimer,  who  will  respond  to 
the  toast: 

Holland — Our  Ally  in  the  Revolution. 

"A  little  country  with  a  great  heart." 
(Long  applause.) 


ADDRESS    OF     REV.     GEORGE     C. 
LORIMER,   D.D. 


YNHEER  VAN  BANTA,  Schout,  Schepen, 
Bvirgomaster,  or  whatever  other  title 
appropriately  befits  your  "Mightiness," 
— Ladies, — and  descendants,  remnants,  and  relics 
of  our  ancient  Dutch-American  civilization — I 
salute  you.  But  sitting  here  and  enjoying  your 
hospitality  I  have  been  wondering  what  real  con- 
nection there  can  be  between  this  festive  pageant 
and  the  simple  customs  of  old  New  Amsterdam. 
This  magnificent  banquet  hall  was  not  fore- 
shadowed by  the  venerable  Harberg  or  tavern — 
which  was  converted  into  the  Stadt  Huys — 
though  world-renowned  politicians  may  gather 
here  to-night,  and  we  have  no  desire  to  promote 
nominations  or  discuss  state  and  national  affairs, 
nor  to  nominate  any  one  for  the  presidency  of  the 
United  States.  (Applause.)  Perhaps  we  might 
do  it  as  intelligently  as  the  great  conventions 
which  will  meet  by  and  by ;  (laughter)  still,  it  is 
not  our  specific  function.  "Mine  host,"  Philip 
Gerritsen,  who  opened  many  a  kan  of  brandy  and 
anker  of  wine,  seems  to  have  belonged  to  an  entirely 
different  species  of  landlord  from  the  remarkable 
raen  of  affairs  who  manage  the  complicated  details 
of  a  modem  caravansary.  Neither  can  I  detect  any 
resemblance  between  that  doughty  director  with 

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his  wooden  leg  and  fierce  countenance,  the  im- 
mortal Peter  Stuyvesant,  and  our  accomplished 
chairman  who  knows  how  to  win  with  his  smile 
and  delight  with  his  banter.  And  the  tmlinkable 
distance  between  the  past  and  the  present  is  ac- 
centuated by  the  speech  of  this  goodly  company. 
Not  a  word  of  Dutch  have  I  heard,  save  in  the 
anteroom,  where  a  gentleman  approached  our 
honorable  and  honored  guest  and  said  to  him, 
"  I  am  glad  to  see  you,  Mr.  Van  Bryan,"  and  Mr. 
Bryan  took  it,  with  the  smile  that  so  becomes 
him,  and  appropriated  it,  feeling  that,  possibly, 
he  had  met,  indeed,  a  long-lost  friend.  {Laughter 
and  applause.)  And  how  is  it  possible  for  me  to 
deliver  a  eulogy  in  Dutch  when  you  would  not 
understand  the  tongue? — and  I  would  not  under- 
stand it  either.     (Applause.) 

It  is  one  of  America's  most  cherished  memories 
that  in  her  struggle  for  independence  she  enlisted 
the  sympathy  and  often  the  personal  support  of 
the  noblest  spirits  of  the  age.  This  was  to  some 
extent  due  to  the  hostility  felt  against  England. 
The  expansion  of  Great  Britain  that  was  then 
taking  place,  leading  to  commercial  as  well  as 
political  antagonisms,  and  the  usurpations  of  the 
kingly  power,  had  stimulated  enmity  on  the  con- 
tinent of  Europe.  But  this  was  not  all.  Friends 
of  the  American  cause  were  not  exclusively  the 
produce  of  hate — the  hatred  of  British  tyranny — 
they  were  also  the  product  of  love — the  love  of 
freedom  ever)rwhere.  The  times  were  times  of 
restlessness,  of  aspirations,  of  theories  concerning 
the  rights  of  man  and  of  the  possible  emancipation 
of  humanity.  France  was  seething  with  excite- 
ment.    Rumbling  and  ominous  noises  could  be 


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heard  betokening  a  revolution  following  our  own, 
and  which  was  destined  to  burst  on  the  world  with 
something  like  the  bewildering  eruption  of  Mont 
Pelee  in  Martinique. 

England  herself  was  agitated.  Constitutional 
freedom  was  being  imperilled  by  a  Tory  royalty, 
and  had  not  events  called  forth  a  Washington  in 
America  they  would  assuredly  have  raised  up  a 
new  Cromwell  in  Britain,  or  Saxon  liberty  would 
have  perished.  (Applause.)  And  even  in  Holland 
at  the  time  a  contest  was  raging  between  the 
Stadtholder's  government  and  the  patriots,  the 
latter  determined  to  deliver  the  United  Provinces 
from  the  lordly  influence  of  England  and  from 
internal  restrictions  on  the  rights  of  the  citizen. 
This  movement  in  the  direction  of  freedom,  this 
impatience  of  the  time-spirit  with  the  gags,  the 
chains,  and  barbarities  of  the  past  explain  why 
so  many  manly,  generous  souls  flamed  into  elo- 
quent speech  and  eloquent  deeds  on  behalf  of  the 
struggling  colonies.     (Applause.) 

And  these  heroic  allies  of  various  nationalities 
deserve  to  be  held  in  honor  by  Americans.  There 
was  the  Welshman,  Charles  Lee,  credited  by  some 
persons  with  the  authorship  of  the  Junius  Letters ; 
there  was  the  Englishman,  General  Gates,  who 
received  the  sword  of  Burgoyne;  there  were  the 
Scotchmen,  Hugh  Mercer  and  Arthur  St.  Clair, 
and  Paul  Jones,  the  first  of  our  naval  heroes, 
who  is  reputed  to  have  been  the  first  to  hoist  Old 
Glory  on  an  American  ship;  there  were,  also,  the 
Irishmen,  Commodore  Barry  and  Major-General 
Richard  Montgomery — the  second  of  whom  had 
fought  under  Wolfe  at  Quebec;  there  was  the 
Prussian,   Baron  Steuben,  who  was  with  Wash- 


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ington  at  Valley  Forge;  there  was  the  Polish 
patriot,  Kosciusko,  who  at  last  fell  when  stiug- 
gling  against  the  tyranny  of  Russia : 

"  Hope  for  a  season  bade  the  world  farewell, 
And  freedom  shrieked  as  Kosciusko  fell." 

And  there  were  the  Frenchmen,  Baron  de  Kalb, 
who  lost  his  life  at  the  battle  of  Camden  for  "  the 
rights  of  the  people,"  and  La  Fayette,  "the  hero 
of  two  worlds  "  and  the  Bayard  of  Liberty.  {Great 
applause.) 

But  these  were  men  of  war — and  not  less  de- 
serving of  renown  than  the  men  of  peace  who 
labored  with  their  governments  that  the  Amer- 
ican cause  might  triumph.  There  were  leaders  in 
England,  of  whom  Burke  may  be  taken  as  a  lofty 
example,  who  championed  the  principles  under- 
lying the  Revolution.  How  inspiring  his  declara- 
tion :  "To  govern  according  to  the  sense  and 
agreeably  to  the  interests  of  the  people  is  a  great 
and  glorious  object  of  government," — a  sentiment 
that  may  have  to  be  learned  anew  on  this  side  of 
the  Atlantic.  Also  immortal  the  saying:  "  Our 
constitution  stands  on  a  nice  equipoise  with  steep 
precipices  and  deep  waters  upon  all  sides  of  it.  In 
removing  it  from  a  dangerous  leaning  towards  one 
side  there  may  be  risk  of  oversetting  it  on  the 
other."  But  while  similar  friends  may  be  found 
in  France  and  Prussia,  it  was  in  Holland — the 
country  we  are  concerned  with — where  they  were 
most  numerous  and  where  their  services  wei"e  most 
vital  to  the  cause  of  freedom.     (Applause.) 

Among  these  men  who  stretched  out  their  hands 
across  the  sea  were  Noodt,  Van  der  Kessel,  Van 
der    Kemp,   John   Luzac,    and    Baron    Van    der 


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Capellen — ' '  a  democrat  who  sought  to  keep  clean 
hands."  From  the  letters  of  John  Adams,  Trum- 
bull, and  Livingston  we  gain  an  insight  into  the 
sympathetic  spirit  of  these  and  other  allies.  Six 
months  before  the  Declaration  of  Independence 
the  ' '  lending  of  the  Scotch  Brigade  to  the  King  of 
England  for  service  in  America  as  a  mark  of 
friendship ' '  was  opposed.  If  the  Brigade  crossed 
the  Channel,  it  was  not  to  undertake  foreign  duty. 
And  the  identity  of  the  Dutch  patriots  with  the 
colonists  is  seen  in  Capellen 's  arraignment  of 
William  V.,  where  he  threatens:  "Let  all  be 
ready,  every  man  with  his  musket,  .  .  .  and 
let  them  follow  the  example  of  America  where  not 
a  drop  of  blood  was  shed  till  the  English  struck 
the  first  blow,  and  Jehovah  will  support  our 
righteous  cause."     {Great  applause.) 

Adams  reached  Amsterdam  in  August,  1780, — 
"a  forlorn  pilgrim," — to  negotiate  a  loan.  John 
Luzac  and  Capellen,  with  a  few  other ' '  mad ' '  men, 
aided  him.  A  memorial  had  been  addressed  to 
the  States-General  (1780)  demanding  recognition, 
and  the  Stadtholder  received  Adams  as  Envoy. 
Recognition  of  the  United  States  followed.  The 
financial  mission  succeeded,  and  five  millions  of 
guilders  were  sent  to  Ainerica  when  the  credit  of 
the  country  was  in  peril.  Concerning  these  events 
Capellen  wrote:  "The  Dutch  really  desei^e  the 
affection,  even  the  gratitude  of  America,  as  it  is 
here  the  people  who  have  forced  the  government 
to  declare  her  independence  and  conclude  the 
alliance."  Mr.  Adams  declared  that  this  treaty 
was  the  event  which  turned  the  scale  of  the 
Revolutionary^  War  and  produced  the  peace  of 
1783.     Well  might  our  representative  rejoice  that 


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he  had  been  enabled  to  plant  the  standard  of  the 
United  States  at  The  Hague,  and  well  might  he 
hope  that  the  value  of  the  service  rendered  by 
Holland,  already  discounted  in  his  day,  might 
come  to  be  recognized  and  appreciated;  and  well 
may  we  on  this  festive  night  acknowledge  our  in- 
debtedness to  a  race  who  not  only  laid  the  founda- 
tions of  New  Amsterdam,  but  who  added  the 
capstone  to  our  tem.ple  of  liberty.     (Applattsc.) 

' '  A  little  country  with  a  great  heart ' '  iiins  the 
toast.  Tmly;  only  a  speck  of  land,  with  much 
of  it  water ;  and  yet  a  land  that  shares  with  the 
smaller  nations,  such  as  Greece  and  Britain,  in 
shaping  and  influencing  the  progress  of  mankind. 
A  great  heart  seen  in  her  ceaseless  conflict  with  the 
sea,  whose  inroads  she  has  not  only  checked,  but 
on  whose  proud  domain  she  has  gained.  What 
Canute  the  King  could  not  do  with  his  royalty, 
the  Dutch  have  accomplished  by  their  honest 
work.  A  great  heart;  yes — seen  in  her  resistance 
of  her  tyrannical  Burgundian  Dukes,  in  her  heroic 
devotion  to  the  Batavian  Republic,  in  her  prompt 
assistance  rendered  England  when  the  Spanish 
Armada  threatened  Elizabeth,  by  blockading 
Parma  and  his  invading  army ;  great  in  her  strug- 
gle for  religious  liberty  against  the  coercive  power 
of  Spain,  in  which  she  won  a  victory,  not  only  for 
Protestants,  but  for  Catholics  as  well;  for  had 
Holland  failed,  the  Roman  Church  might  not 
have  enjoyed  the  freedom  she  now  enjoys  in  the 
United  States ;  and  great  in  her  heroes,  in  her  John 
of  Bameveldt,  in  her  William  of  Orange,  who  was 
assassinated  in  1584,  described  as  an  earlier  Wash- 
ington, (applause)  and  in  that  other  William,  the 
husband  of  Mary  of  the  Stuart  lineage,  and  painted 


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by  Macaulay  as  the  most  distinguished  representa- 
tive of  his  race.  Great  also  in  her  conquering 
energy  and  commercial  ambition,  reaching  out  to 
the  East  Indies  and  the  West,  gaining  a  foothold 
on  Manhattan,  and  ready  to  dominate  the  con- 
tinent, and  planting  her  feet  in  South  Africa  and 
daring  to  risk  indepeiidence  and  empire  in  a 
conflict  with  Britain ;  and  England  sings : 

"  You  can  never  be  sure  of  your  kopje, 
But  of  this  be  you  blooming  well  sure, 
That  a  kopje  is  always  a  kopje, 
And  a  Boojer  is  always  a  Boor." 

Let  US  here  hope  that  the  Dutch  who  fought  side 
by  side  with  England  at  Zutphen,  when  brave  Sir 
Philip  Sydney  fell,  may  now  in  the  ambitions  of 
peace  toil  side  by  side  with  England  in  reclaiming 
the  wasted  veldt,  and  in  causing  the  African 
wilderness  to  blossom  as  the  rose. 

Alas !  for  the  tragical  features  of  this  programme 
of  expansion,  this  territorial  enlargement,  this 
commercial  imperialism.  I  sometimes  wonder 
whether  the  light  is  worth  the  candle.  Only 
some  three  hundred  years  ago  the  Dutch  traders 
were  bartering  with  the  Indians  and  purchasing 
Manhattan  for  a  few  paltry  articles.  The  brief 
centuries  have  swept  on,  and  these  Indians — 
whose  spiritual  condition  aroused  the  solicitude  of 
Isabella  of  Castile  and  afterwards  excited  the 
pious  Puritans  to  send  the  Gospel  to  these  parts 
— ^have  wasted  away,  and  only  a  few  ghosts  of 
the  great  tribes  stand  gloomily  in  the  light  of  the 
setting  svm,  ready  to  be  engulfed  with  it  in  the 
friendly  oblivion  of  the  Pacific.  What  a  comment 
this  on  our  smug  hypocrisy  about  ' '  benevolent 


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assimilation"  and  "the  white  man's  burden"! 
There  is  more  benevolence  in  a  straightforward 
commercial  treaty  with  China,  more  honesty  and 
civilization  than  in  all  the  schemes  which  look  to 
"spheres  of  influence,"  and  which  can  have  only 
one  final  result — partition  and  spoliation.  ' '  The 
white  man's  burden,"  indeed!  When  did  he  ever 
assume  it  unless  he  thought  it  would  pay?  Better 
by  far,  more  benevolent  and  just,  that  we  should 
help  the  dark-skin  races  to  bear  their  own  burden 
than  that  we  should  step  in  and  take  their  lands 
and  leave  them  without  any  burden  at  all.  (Ap- 
plause.) 

When  we  think  of  Holland  as  our  ally,  we  must 
remember  that  she  has  aided  us  in  developing  the 
country  as  well  as  in  securing  its  freedom.  She 
has  mingled  in  our  population  a  genuine  Dutch 
strain,  and  the  descendants  of  the  earlier  settlers, 
many  of  whom  are  present,  have  done  much 
toward  making  this  city  the  greatest  in  the  world, 
and  only  second  to  the  New  Jerusalem.  Then 
Holland  has  given  us  a  worthy  Dutch  President, 
(applause)  at  times  as  strenuous  as  the  famous 
Peter  Stuyvesant,  whom  he  resembles  in  his  blunt, 
trenchant  ways  and  speech;  and  as  the  puissant 
Peter  was  needed  in  those  far-off  times  to  build 
a  wall  for  Wall  Street  to  keep  out  the  Indians, 
so  now  Wall  Street  ought  to  hold  on  to  his  suc- 
cessor if  it  has  any  special  desire  to  keep  out  the 
Democrats.     (Applause.) 

The  old  Hollanders  were  city  builders,  and  their 
offspring  have  maintained  the  traditions  of  the 
race.  These  municipalities  in  their  native  land 
were  centres  of  freedom.  When  a  question  had 
to  be  decided,  the  bell  rang  and  the  citizens  came 


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out  from  their  homes  and  voted.  Even  in  the 
fourteenth  century  the  imperial  authority  was 
only  nominal.  It  would  seem  from  their  annals 
that  they  were  chiefly  employed  in  building  towns 
and  navies.  Their  children,  and  those  whom 
their  children  have  influenced,  are  very  much  like 
them.  Some  of  the  peculiarities  of  New  Am- 
sterdam have  survived  in  New  York.  In  the 
times  of  Stuyvesant  many  worthy  burghers  were 
averse  to  paying  taxes — and  it  is  so  still — and  de- 
licious controversies  were  carried  on  as  to  how  the 
town  could  be  run  without  some  of  them  bearing 
their  part.  In  one  debate  with  certain  citizens 
regarding  Christmas  obsei^^ances,  the  stalwart 
director  suggested  the  dubious  morality  of  ' '  look- 
ing through  one's  fingers,"  a  habit  successive  New 
York  officials  have  had  when  their  fingers  were 
not  more  profitably  employed.  {Laughter  and  ap- 
plause.) It  is  also  recorded  that  fines  were  imposed 
on  the  Schepens  for  late  attendance  on  the  public 
councils ;  but,  unfortunately,  these  penalties  failed 
to  cure  the  habit,  and  hence  to-day  the  average 
New  Yorker  is  never  on  time — unless  it  is  for 
an  office.  {Laughter.)  But  in  this  he  is  equalled 
if  not  surpassed  by  the  Ohioan.  {Laughter  and 
applause.)  The  first  revenue  for  the  Dutch  mu- 
nicipality was  derived  from  the  liquor  traffic,  and 
excise  questions  have  continued  to  torment  our 
citizens  ever  since.     {Applause.)' 

These  Hollanders  were  great  traders,  and,  ac- 
cording to  their  light,  were  restrictive  commer- 
cialists.  Their  coolness  toward  England  was 
engendered  largely  by  revenue  differences;  they 
objected  to  the  Scotch  having  access  along  the 
Hudson  for  the  purpose  of  traffic  with  the  interior ; 


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and  they  lost  Belgitun  in  1830,  for  the  operation 
of  the  Dutch  tariff  was  onerous  to  the  Belgians. 
The  Powers  declined  to  interfere ;  for  they  thought 
it  wiser  that  the  new  state  should  be  recognized 
than  that  war  should  devastate  the  land. 

Thus  in  our  day  the  intensity  of  the  business 
spirit  may  carry-  us  too  far,  and  in  our  anxiety  to 
develop  national  riches  and  attain  to  unrivalled 
commercial  supremacy  may  lead  us  to  adopt 
methods  and  policies  which  ultimately  may  react 
against  us  and  may  impair  our  prosperity  at  home 
and  our  prestige  abroad.  For  the  sake  of  any 
conceivable  gain  to  take  advantage  of  our  own 
citizens  or  to  ignore  the  rights  of  the  weakest 
friendly  nation,  is  at  once  indefensible  and  peril- 
ous. Adam  Smith  inquires  "whether  a  trading 
government  is  not  the  worst  of  all?"  I  am  not 
sure  that  it  is,  and  I  am  sure  that  it  is  not  as 
bad  as  military  or  even  ecclesiastical  rule.  But, 
nevertheless,  it  needs  to  be  constantly  watched 
and  preserved  from  excesses.  Trade  is  jealous  of 
its  sovereignty,  is  sensitive  to  criticism,  and  in  the 
consciousness  of  its  value  to  society  is  in  danger 
of  ignoring  all  other  values. 

When  manhood  protests  against  this  recurring 
indifference,  it  is  often  criticised  as  stupid  and  as 
blind  to  the  importance  of  material  prosperity. 
But  the  criticism  misses  the  point  of  the  protest. 
It  is  not  a  protest  against  money  honestly  accu- 
mulated, or  against  industry-  reasonably  and 
equitably  fostered  by  the  state,  or  against  com- 
merce honorably  extended.  It  is  only  an  appeal 
from  Philip  drunk  to  Philip  sober,  a  remon- 
strance that  the  trade-spirit  is  not  superior  to 
all  laws  human  and  divine — and  that  to  insure  its 


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triumph  it  is  not  at  liberty  to  disregard  the 
sanctity  of  the  Sabbath  and  rob  the  people  of  their 
day  of  rest,  or  free  by  speculative  schemes  to  ex- 
ploit the  mass  for  the  benefit  of  the  few,  or  by 
means  which  entail  moral  degradation  and  promote 
lawlessness  and  the  excesses  of  working  men's 
tmions  to  create  a  condition  of  things  as  danger- 
ous to  wealth  as  to  virtue.     (Applause.) 

It  is  well  at  such  a  time  as  this  to  recall  the 
Revolution  era.  The  contrast  between  those  days 
and  our  own  is  impressive.  There  is  no  reason  to 
assvime  that  refinement,  culture,  and  splendor  are 
fatal  to  the  vigor  and  perpetuity  of  freedom.  In 
the  course  of  human  affairs  changes  in  many  re- 
spects are  unavoidable.  Customs,  fashions,  modes 
of  administration  may  change,  and  liberty  sur- 
vive and  flourish.  For  she  is  no  hot-house  plant, 
no  weak  exotic  ready  to  perish  when  the  seasons 
blow  hot  or  cold.  '  The  eternal  years  of  God  are 
hers."  Bent  by  the  blast  she  may  be,  scorched 
by  the  heat  of  excessive  prosperity — but  when  all 
the  little  actors  of  the  hour  have  passed  on  she  will 
renew  her  youth.  Still,  we  should  remember 
that  her  perpetuity  is  grounded  in  the  ethical. 
For  as  I  study  the  past  I  am  convinced  that  there 
is  no  liberty  without  justice  and  no  real  justice 
apart  from  liberty.  How  can  justice  be  expected 
at  the  bar  of  tyranny,  and  how  can  liberty  endure 
if  the  sceptre  of  justice  fails  to  enforce  equal  law 
and  equal  right?  Here  justice  has  reared  its  de- 
fences around  liberty.  Barriers  sufficiently  strong 
to  guard  her  against  destructive  inroads  have  been 
reared  by  constitutional  law.  We  need  no  new 
government  and  hardly  any  new  safeguards.  We 
have  enough,  if  they  are  only  respected,  and  if, 


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when  they  are  threatened,  they  are  only  at  once 
maintained.  Eternal  vigilance  is  as  needfvd  now 
as  in  the  past.  Our  chief  peril  is  undue  confidence 
and  neglectfulness. 

Rudyard  Kipling  draws  a  picture  of  this  kind. 
He  portrays  the  people  of  Holland  as  failing  to 
care  for  and  strengthen  the  dykes  that  keep  out 
the  sea.  They  go  on  in  this  folly  until  a  storm 
arises,  and  the  galloping  breakers  stride  and  dash 
through  the  decaying  embankments.  Devasta- 
tion and  death  are  everywhere,  and  the  retreating 
citizens  take  up  the  wail: 

"Now  we  can  only  wait  till  the  day,  wait  and  apportion 

our  shame! 
These  are  the  dykes  our  fathers  left,  but  we  would  not 

look  to  the  same. 
Time  and  again  were  we  warned  of  the  dykes,  time  and 

again  we  delayed: 
Now,  it  may  fall,  we  have  slain  our  sons  as  our  fathers  we 

have  betrayed!" 

No  Hollander  in  Holland  would  act  as  guiltily 
toward  his  country  and  jeopardize  life  and  prop- 
erty; and  surely  the  descendants  of  Holland  in 
America  will  guard  the  dykes  for  ' '  their  great 
profit  and  care"  reared  to  defend  liberty  and  free 
institutions.  And  instead  of  this  lament,  they 
and  their  children  shall  sing: 

"  For  the  peace  is  not  gone,  nor  the  profit  gone,  nor  the  old 
sure  day  withdrawn; 
And  we  will  keep  the  dykes  as  firm  and  strong  as  they 
were  at  the  break  of  dawn." 

The  President:  We  are  highly  honored  by 
having  with  us  to-night  the  representative  at 
Washington  from  the  Flowery  Kingdom,  the  Envoy 


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from  China,  Sir  Chentung  Liang  Cheng.  He  was 
educated  in  this  country  and  studied  for  eight 
years  in  Phillips  Academy  and  Amherst  College, 
Massachusetts.  He  was  Secretary  to  the  Envoy 
at  the  Court  of  St.  James  at  the  time  of  the 
coronation  of  King  Edward.  For  the  special  bene- 
fit of  some  of  the  newspapers,  it  may  be  well  to 
mention  that  the  presence  of  the  Chinese  Minister 
here  to-night  has  no  significance  as  to  the  attitude 
of  the  Holland  Society  on  the  Eastern  Question! 
{Laughter.)  I  know  you  will  be  delighted  to  hear 
from  Sir  Chentung  Liang  Cheng,  who  will  respond 
to  the  toast : 

The  Friendly  Relations  of  the  Dutch  with 
Other  Nations. 

"War  is  a  game  which,  were  their  subjects  wise, 
Kings  would  not  play  at." 


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ADDRESS  OF  SIR  CHENTUNG  LIANG 
CHENG. 

Mr.  President,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen  of  the  Holland 
Society: 


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HAVE  always  thought  that  respect  for 
ancestors  was  a  peculiar  trait  of  the  Chi- 
nese character.  It  is  the  result  of  the 
teaching  of  Confucius.  For  this  reason,  ancestral 
temples,  with  their  stately  halls  and  spacious 
courts,  are  as  conspicuous  buildings  in  a  Chinese 
city  as  churches,  with  their  sky-piercing  spires,  in 
an  American  one.  Every  family  of  any  conse- 
quence has  one  or  more  temples  of  this  character, 
where  its  members  can  gather  together  at  stated 
intervals,  and  pay  honor  to  their  departed  pro- 
genitors. Respect  for  ancestors  may  be  regarded 
as  one  of  the  mainsprings  of  Chinese  society. 
(Applause). 

But  who  would  expect  such  a  sentiment  to 
prevail  to  any  extent  in  a  country  like  America? 
(Laughter.)  This  is  a  land  for  self-made  men,  who, 
as  a  rule,  regard  ancestry  as  a  matter  of  secondary 
consideration.  Still  less  would  one  expect  to  find 
in  bustling  and  hustling  New  York  a  body  of  men 
who  have  time  enough  to  give  a  passing  thought 
to  their  distant  origin.  (Laughter  and  applause.) 
The   Holland   Society,    therefore,   does  a  good 

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work  in  that  it  tries  to  lead  men  back  to  the  first 
principles.  I  need  hardly  add  that  I  heartily 
sympathize  with  its  purposes.  It  affords  me 
pectiliar  pleasure  this  evening  to  be  in  the  com- 
pany of  men  who  hold  the  memory  of  their  an- 
cestors in  gratitude  and  reverence. 

Macaulay  has  well  said  that  a  people  which 
takes  no  pride  in  the  noble  achievements  of  remote 
ancestors  will  never  achieve  anything  worthy  to 
be  remembered  with  pride  by  remote  descendants. 
The  rise  of  the  Dutch  Republic  is  a  period  in  the 
world's  history  fraught  with  momentous  signifi- 
cance. The  gigantic  figures  of  William  the  Silent, 
Maurice  of  Nassau,  DeWitt,  Von  Tromp,  and  De 
Ruyter,  to  this  day  loom  up  grand  and  majestic. 
(Applause.) 

The  achievements  of  the  Dutch  in  the  cause  of 
political  freedom  and  religious  toleration,  in  com- 
merce, in  science,  and  in  art,  have  been  various 
and  splendid.  Indeed,  any  nation  might  well  be 
proud  of  such  a  long  succession  of  great  soldiers, 
statesmen,  natural  philosophers,  and  painters  as 
the  Dutch  have  given  to  the  world.     (Applause.) 

But  the  people  that  succeeded  in  reclaiming 
land  from  the  sea — the  people  that,  in  the  defence 
of  their  country',  dared  to  cut  the  dykes  which 
held  back  the  waters  of  the  ocean — were  not  made 
of  common  stuff.  The  narrow  limits  of  their 
cotmtry  could  not  confine  their  activities.  They 
had  to  expand;  the  result  is  history.  (Applause.) 
They  set  a  king  upon  the  throne  of  England ;  they 
planted  colonies  in  the  wilds  of  Africa;  they 
founded  cities  and  settlements  in  the  New  World; 
they  spread  their  dominion  over  the  islands  of  the 
East  Indies. 


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In  their  East  India  Company  they  had  a  power- 
ful agency  for  bringing  the  nations  of  the  East  and 
West  into  closer  relations.  It  had  trading  posts 
along  the  coast  of  Asia  from  India  to  Japan.  The 
cargoes  of  spices  which  its  ships  brought  back  from 
the  East  made  their  owners  rich  and  Amsterdam 
the  most  wealthy  city  in  Europe.  Prosperity 
followed  in  the  wake  of  commerce.  It  was  the 
beginning  of  an  era  of  commercial  expansion, 
which  occupies  so  much  of  the  attention  of  the 
world  at  the  present  day.  It  is  a  satisfactory  sign 
of  the  times  that  the  importance  of  commerce  to 
the  life  and  growth  of  a  nation  is  being  more  and 
more  appreciated  every  day.  (Applause.)  In  so 
far  as  commerce  stimulates  the  production  of 
wealth,  it  makes  for  general  peace  and  discoim- 
tenances  war. 

Fortunately  for  the  present  day  and  generation, 
the  world  has  advanced  so  far  in  enlightenment 
and  civilization  as  to  have  other  means  of  settling 
international  disputes  than  a  resort  to  arms.  Men 
have  grown  wiser.  At  the  same  time,  the  nations 
of  the  earth  have  been  drawn  closer  together. 
Steam  and  electricity  have  made  it  possible  for 
events  taking  place  in  the  remotest  comers  of  the 
earth,  not  only  to  become  knowii  in  the  newspaper 
offices  throughout  Europe  and  America,  but  in- 
stantly to  be  felt  on  the  Stock  Exchanges  of  Lon- 
don and  New  York. 

War  at  the  present  day  not  only  involves  the 
parties  directly  concerned,  but  also  affects  the  in- 
terests of  other  nations.  The  extension  of  com- 
merce has  brought  about  all  this.  The  Czar  of 
Russia  only  gave  concrete  expression  to  what  all 
mankind  felt  some  years  ago  when  he  issued  a 


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general  call  for  a  Peace  Congress.  Consequently 
he  met  with  a  ready  response  from  every  Govern- 
ment. It  is  fortunate  that  the  deliberations  of 
the  Congress  resulted  in  something  tangible — the 
creation  of  an  International  Tribunal  of  Arbitra- 
tion at  The  Hague. 

This  is  a  long  step  toward  the  ultimate  abolition 
of  war.  Now  that  there  is  a  high  court  of  justice 
which  offers  to  every  nation  a  way  out  of  every 
difficulty  with  another  without  sacrifice  of  dignity 
or  honor,  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  time  is  not  far 
distant  when  war  between  nations  will  be  only  a 
painful  memory  of  the  barbarous  past.  {Loud 
applause.) 

The  President  :  A  Philadelphia  lawyer  is  sup- 
posed to  stand  at  the  top  of  the  heap.  He  can 
only  get  higher  by  moving  to  New  York.  I  have 
very  great  pleasure  in  introducing  to  you  to-night 
the  Honorable  James  M.  Beck,  formerly  Assistant 
Attorney-General  of  the  Eastern  District  of  Penn- 
sylvania, and  now  of  New  York.  He  will  talk  to 
you  about 

Our  Hero  Ancestors. 

"  They  never  fail  who  die  in  a  great  cause." 


fLtAAU.^      ^^-^ 


ADDRESS  OF  THE  HONORABLE 
JAMES  M.  BECK. 

Air.  President,  Gentlemen  of  the  Holland  Society, 
Ladies  and  Gentlemen: 


of 


T  is  a  very  great  pleasure  for  me  to  be  with 
you  to-night  and  take  part  in  this  high 
festal  occasion.     I  came  with  a  feeling 
great  interest,   because  the  Chairman  of  the 


m 


Committee  on  Entertainment,  in  telling  me  what 
the  Holland  Society  was,  stated  that  every  one  of 
its  members  had  been  born  prior  to  1675;  (laughter) 
and  while  there  are  some  of  you  who  look  it,  there 
are  others  that  lead  me  to  doubt  the  absolute  ac- 
curacy of  the  statement.  Where  outside  of  Hol- 
land can  the  virtues  and  fortitude  of  the  Dutch 
ancestry  be  more  fittingly  celebrated  than  in  this 
city  of  New  York?  At  the  present  moment,  with 
this  meagre  dinner  finished,  its  members  strikingly 
remind  me  of  the  starving  Burghers  of  Leyden. 
(Great  laughter.)  It  is  true  that  there  is  little 
evidence  at  this  banquet  board  of  that  water  with 
which  Holland  is  so  surrounded  and  intersected, 
but  even  water  is  suggested  to  us  by  the  presence 
of  some  of  the  distinguished  financiers  of  Wall 
Street,  who  caught  from  their  Holland  ancestry 
the  desire  to  water  plentifully  every  business  ven- 
ture.   (Laughter.)     Joking  apart,  the    virtues    of 

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156 

Holland  can  be  most  fittingly  celebrated  in  the 
city  of  New  York,  because  it  is  the  true  child  of 
Amsterdam,  and  inherits  from  its  mother  city 
those  qualities  of  cosmopolitanism  and  commer- 
cialism which  have  made  it  so  surpassingly  great. 
I  feel  some  embarrassment  in  attempting  to 
justify  in  any  manner  to-night  the  very  great  com- 
pliment of  your  invitation.  In  the  first  place.  Dr. 
Lorimer's  scholarly  address  has  already  so  elo- 
quently sounded  the  praises  of  your  Dutch 
ancestry  that  little  remains  to  be  said.  I  am 
further  embarrassed  because  to-night  I  am  meta- 
phorically between  Scylla  and  Charybdis,  or  shall  I 
say  the  Orient  and  the  Occident?  To  follow  the 
Minister  of  China  is  difficult.  To  precede  the  dis- 
tinguished Nebraskan,  impossible.  (Applause.)  In 
this  feast  of  reason  and  flow  of  sotil,  therefore,  I  oc- 
cupy the  place  to  which,  in  the  play  of  the  Ad- 
mirable Crichton,  is  given  the  suggestive  name  of 
Twenie,for  I  speak  when  your  minds  are  still  linger- 
ing with  pleasure  upon  the  thoughtful  sentiments 
of  the  Chinese  Minister  or  are  about  turning  with 
pleasurable  anticipation  to  those  about  to  be  ut- 
tered by  the  most  eloquent  of  living  Americans. 
Like  his  distinguished  predecessor,  the  Chinese 
Minister  has,  with  his  American  education,  become 
Americanized.  Indeed,  I  might  define  him  as 
an  accidental  Occidental  Oriental.  And  so  I  feel, 
to  quote  the  immortal  poet: 

"  As  when  a  well  graced  actor  leaves  the  stage, 
All  eyes  are  idly  bent  on  him  who  enters  next." 

But  my  embarrassment  is  the  greater  in  the 
thought  that  in  every  minute  that  I  am  occupied 
with  your  indulgence,  I  am  unreasonably  postpon- 


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ing  the  pleasure  which  we  all  anticipate  in  listening 
to  one  who  has  proved,  in  his  remarkable  career, 
that  the  age  of  the  printing  press  has  no  more  de- 
stroyed the  age  of  oratory  than  the  chromo  has 
supplanted  the  oil  painting.     (Applause.) 

I  hope  that  my  speech,  in  its  poverty  of  thought 
and  wit,  will  be  but  an  appetizer  to  the  feast  of 
eloquence  to  which  we  will  soon  be  treated,  and 
therefore  I  simply  say  to  Mr.  Bryan,  in  the  words 
of  the  courteous  Prince  of  Denmark  to  Laertes,  at 
the  beginning  of  the  fatal  combat : 

"  I  '11  be  your  foil,  Laertes:   in  mine  ignorance 
Your  skill  shall,  like  a  star  i'  the  darkest  night. 
Stick  fiery  ofE  indeed."     (Applause.) 

Indeed,  I  should  under  the  circumstances  hesi- 
tate to  speak  at  all,  but  the  Chairman  of  the 
Committee  has  assigned  to  me  a  place  on  the  pro- 
gramme, and  I  am  very  much  in  the  position  of  a 
phlegmatic  Pennsylvania  Dutch  soldier  of  whom 
I  once  heard,  who  fought  on  the  Union  side  in  the 
Civil  War.  In  the  course  of  one  of  the  battles  he 
was  captured  by  the  Confederates.  While  they 
were  taking  him  to  the  rear,  he  said,  in  a  perfectly 
placid  and  unconcerned  way,  ' '  Vat  you  going  to 
do  with  me  ? ' '  They  replied,  jokingly,  " Why,we  're 

going  to  hang  you ,  y ou  d d  Yankee . "   "  Veil , ' ' 

he  said  calmly,  "vatever  is  the  rule."  (Great 
laughter.)  It  may  be  that  in  all  these  apologetic 
remarks  I  am  unnecessarily  borrowing  trouble, 
but  I  have  always  found  that  with  the  Dutch 
trouble  is  the  only  thing  you  can  borrow  unless 
you  have  got  good  security.     (Laughter.) 

You  have  been  kind  enough  to  assign  to  me  a 
toast  which  is  specially  pertinent  to  the  occasion, 


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namely,  "Our  Hero  Ancestry."  I  must,  how- 
ever, in  the  first  place,  in  the  spirit  of  kindred, 
disclaim  the  soft  impeachment  which  the  pronoun 
indicates.  So  far  as  I  have  any  knowledge,  I  am 
so  unfortunate  as  to  have  no  Dutch  blood  in  my 
veins,  and  therefore  I  will  modify  the  toast  to  be 
"  Your  Hero  Ancestry."  To  commemorate  it  is 
the  very  purpose  of  your  Association.  You  are 
held  together  by  that  ancient  injunction,  that  we 
should  "  Remember  the  days  of  old  and  consider 
the  knights  of  many  generations."  The  pride  of 
ancestry  has  always  been  a  Dutch  trait.  I  like 
that  story  of  the  old  Frisian  chief,  Rabod,  of 
whom  Motley  tells  us.  He  was  about  to  be  bap- 
tized into  Christianity,  by  Bishop  Wolf  ran,  and 
had  one  of  his  sturdy  legs  immersed  in  the  bap- 
tismal stream,  when  suddenly  he  paused,  and 
turning  to  the  Bishop,  sternly  asked  where  his 
pagan  ancestors  were  now  gathered.  The  Bishop, 
in  the  uncompromising  adherence  to  belief  which 
marked  that  time  and  which  so  little  marks  ours, 
replied:  "In  hell  with  other  unbelievers. "  The 
Frisian  started  back,  and  shaking  his  clenched 
fist  in  the  Bishop's  face,  replied:  "  I  would  rather 
feast  with  my  fathers  in  the  halls  of  Woden  than 
feast  with  your  shaveling  band  of  Christians  in 
heaven.' '  (Applause.)  You  may  well  be  proud  of 
your  ancestry.  In  all  the  annals  of  the  world, 
there  are  none  more  lustrous  with  achievement 
than  those  which  your  ancestors  have  written 
upon  the  page  of  history  with  their  very  blood. 
(Applause.) 

It  is  indubitably  true  that  scant  justice  has 
been  done  to  the  part  that  Holland  has  played  in 
the  great  struggle  for  human  freedom.     To  quote 


159 

Horace,  as  there  were  brave  men  before  Agamem- 
non, similarh'  there  were  martyrs  to  liberty  be- 
fore the  Mayflower  appeared  in  Massachusetts 
Bay.  Holland's  struggle  of  eighty  years'  dura- 
tion against  the  mightiest  power  of  that  time,  un- 
questionably made  possible  modern  democracy. 
It  lit  a  train  of  human  revolt,  which  has  slowly 
and  increasingly  blasted  a  pathway  of  freedom 
for  humanity  through  the  granite  rocks  of  Csesar- 
ism  and  feudalism.  To  the  masses  of  men  in 
every  part  of  the  world,  struggling  to  escape  from 
the  house  of  bondage  and  into  the  promised  land, 
it  has  ever  been  as  a  pillar  of  cloud  by  day  and  a 
pillar  of  fire  by  night.  (Applause.)  This  memora- 
ble valor  speaks  to  us  to-night  out  of  the  past, 
reminding  us,  with  an  eloquence  imattainable  by 
mortal  man,  of  our  debt  to  the  dead  and  our  duty 
to  the  unborn.  Alkmaar,  Haarlem,  and  Ley  den 
— how  supremely  glorious  in  the  annals  of  history ! 
Could  their  walls  repeat  the  dreadful  sounds  and 
sights  which  they  have  witnessed,  what  a  tale  of 
immeastirable  sorrow  would  they  not  tell!  Mar- 
tyrdom hallows,  and  wherever  a  man  has  con- 
sciously laid  down  his  life  for  a  country  that  he 
loved  or  a  cause  in  which  he  believed,  that  spot 
must  be  forever  sacred,  for  it  is  a  true  Calvary, 
and  there  is  again  repeated  the  infinite  tragedy  of 
the  Cross.  (Applause.)  Thorvaldsen  has  imperish- 
ably  chiselled  both  the  pathos  and  the  grandeur 
of  this  truth  in  his  Dying  Lion,  at  Luzerne:  the 
head,  so  expressive  of  ability,  the  infinite  pathos 
of  the  eye,  and  the  thought  of  fidelity  in  the  paw 
which  tightly  presses  the  shield  of  the  Bourbons — 
all  attest,  in  imperishable  rock,  the  same  imperish- 
able truth.     The  streets  of  Alkmaar,  where  the 


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very  children  fought  with  the  undying  courage  of 
their  parents,  were  they  not  a  true  via  dolorosa? 
That   market-place   at  Haarlem,   where,  after  a 
seven  months'  siege,  the  defenders  were  butchered, 
without  respect  to  age  or  sex,  is  it  not  a  golgotha, 
or  place  of  skulls  ?     The  spirit  of  the  ' '  Beggars  of 
the   Sea"   was   well   expressed   in   those   defiant 
words,  hurled  from  the  battlements  of  Ley  den  to 
the  remorseless  foe :   ' '  You  call  us  rat-eaters  and 
dog-eaters,  and  it  is  true.     So  long,  then,  as  ye 
hear  dog  bark  or  cat  mew,  ye  may  know  the  city 
will  hold  out,  and  when  all  has  perished  but  our- 
selves, be  sure  that  we  will  each  devoiu"  our  left 
arms,  retaining  our  right,  to  defend  our  women, 
our  religion,  and  our  liberty.     When  the  last  hour 
has  come,  we  will  set  fire  to  the  city  and  perish, 
men,  women,  and  children,  in  the  flames,  rather 
than  suffer  our  homes  to  be  dishonored  and  our 
liberties  crushed."     {Great   applause.)    That  this 
boast  was  not  an  empty  one  was  well  shown  by 
that    old    Dutch    admiral,    who,    having    fought 
against  overwhelming  odds  for  forty-eight  hours, 
called  his  men  about  him  when  his  ship  was  a  dis- 
masted hulk,  and,  with  their  permission,  applied 
the  match  to  the  powder  magazine  and  blew  them 
all   into   eternity   rather  than    surrender  to  the 
foe.     (Applause.) 

It  is  not  my  purpose,  however,  to  recount  this 
bead-roll  of  unclouded  heroism.  The  world  knows, 
or  ought  to  know,  it  by  heart.  But  I  wish  to  call 
yotir  attention  to  the  fact  that  this  heroism  was 
that  of  an  essentially  commercial  and  peaceful 
race.  For  some  centuries  prior  to  the  struggle  for 
independence,  Holland  had  been  the  most  com- 
mercial, and  therefore  the  most  civilized,  coimtry 


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of  the  world.  They  were  the  first  manufacturing, 
agricioltural,  and  commercial  people.  This  was 
the  more  astounding  because,  apart  from  the 
poverty  of  their  country's  natural  resources,  they 
were  obliged  to  create  the  very  land  upon  which 
they  lived.  The  immemorial  folly  of  Canute,  who 
had  vainly  told  the  waves  of  the  ocean  to  stand 
back,  was  with  them  an  inspired  reality,  for  at 
their  sublime  determination,  the  waves  of  the  all- 
conquering  ocean  did  recede  and  left  this  little 
alluvial  strip  of  territory,  which,  like  Palestine 
and  little  Greece,  was  so  memorable  in  the  annals 
of  human  progress.  Having  thus  conquered  the 
sea,  it  was  not  unnatural  that  they  early  made  it 
their  obedient  vassal.  They  became  the  best 
sailors  and  the  greatest  merchants  of  the  world. 
Their  manufactures  of  wool,  silk,  linen,  and  lace 
were  the  first  in  Europe,  and  did  much  to  lift  the 
European  peoples  from  their  condition  of  squalor 
and  poverty.  Their  sails  whitened  every  sea  and 
brought  drugs  and  spices  from  the  East,  wines 
from  France,  furs  from  Russia,  in  exchange  for 
which  they  gave  not  merely  the  products  of  the 
soil,  but  the  wonderful  resiilts  of  their  artisan  in- 
genuity. Their  manvifacturing  enterprise  can  be 
measured  by  the  fact  that  as  early  as  1340  there 
were  in  Ghent  40,000  woollen  weavers,  while  a 
few  years  later  the  goldsmiths  of  Bruges  were  so 
numerous  as  to  form  an  entire  division  of  the  na- 
tional army.  In  the  wake  of  commerce  followed 
art,  learning,  and  science,  and,  best  of  all,  those 
free  institutions  upon  which  the  early  colonists  of 
America  built  to  such  manifest  advantage.  Com- 
merce was  so  much  the  very  life-blood  of  the 
Dutch   people,   that   even   during  their  life-and- 


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death  struggle  with  Spain,  they  in  some  manner 
maintained  it.  In  1595  they  had  rounded  the 
Cape  of  Good  Hope,  and  in  1598  sailed  through  the 
Straits  of  Magellan.  They  came,  not  as  pirates 
and  freebooters,  but  as  merchants,  who  sought 
nothing  more  than  an  exchange  of  products. 
When  the  seventeenth  century  was  in  its  infancy, 
there  came  into  existence  the  two  great  trading 
companies  of  the  Dutch  East  Indies  and  the 
Dutch  West  Indies,  and  to  the  latter  we  owe  the 
discovery  of  our  noble  river  and  the  founding  of 
New  York.  (Applause.)  It  has  been  well  said  that 
New  York  is  the  true  child  of  Amsterdam,  and  it 
inherits  from  Amsterdam  the  two  things  which 
have  made  it  greatest — its  cosmopolitanism  and 
its  commercialism. 

I  have  mentioned  this  because  the  brave  Hol- 
landers have  proved  beyond  possibility  of  con- 
tradiction that  the  noblest  spirit  of  self-sacrifice 
and  the  most  enduring  courage  were  possible  with 
an  essentially  commercial  people.  In  our  time 
there  are  not  wanting  Jeremiahs,  who  declaim 
against  the  spirit  of  our  time,  and  who  affect  to 
feel  that  men,  inspired  by  the  lust  of  gold,  are 
rushing  down  to  an  abyss  of  dishonor  with  the 
insensate  fury  of  the  Gadarene  swine.  If  I  shall, 
in  passing,  say  a  word  with  reference  to  this  mat- 
ter I  trust  that  I  shall  be  acquitted  of  any  dis- 
respect to  Mr.  Bryan.  In  common  with  many 
Americans,  I  have  very  great  personal  respect  for 
him.  You  will  remember  that  when,  in  Twelfth 
Night,  Malvolio  was  imprisoned,  as  a  supposed 
madman,  and  when  the  curate  and  his  mischievous 
followers  were  mocking  him,  they  asked  him  what 
was  his  opinion  of  the  doctrine  of  Pythagoras,  and 


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Malvolio,  who  in  no  way  suspected  the  cruel  joke 
which  was  being  played  upon  him,  replied :  "I 
think  nobly  of  the  soul,  but  in  nowise  approve  of 
his  opinion."  And  so  there  are  many  Americans 
who  think  nobly  of  Mr.  Bryan,  but  in  no  respect 
share  his  political  views.  With  this  disclaimer  of 
personal  disrespect,  let  me  say  that  I  noticed  that 
last  week  he  said  the  coming  struggle  was  to  be  be- 
tween man  and  Mammon,  between  the  plain  people 
and  organized  wealth,  and  he  especially  condemned 
the  spirit  of  commercialism,  by  which  we  under- 
stand the  spirit  of  colonization.  He  could  have  pre- 
ferred the  same  indictment  against  the  Hollanders, 
for  with  them  commerce  was  the  passion  of  their 
lives,  and,  as  an  incident  to  commercial  enter- 
prise, they  were,  in  their  time,  the  greatest  col- 
onizers of  the  world.  They  wrested  from  Spain 
many  of  her  wealthiest  possessions  in  two  hemi- 
spheres, and  even  to-day  this  little  kingdom, 
hardly  13,000  square  miles  in  area,  governs  colo- 
nies which  are  766,000  square  miles,  or  nearly  sixty 
times  greater,  while  this  little  country,  whose 
population  is  less  than  that  of  either  New  York, 
Pennsylvania,  or  Illinois,  governs  wisely  and  justly 
in  two  hemispheres  colonies  whose  population  is 
32,000,000  of  souls.  (Applause.)  Holland  paved 
the  way,  for  both  England  and  America,  for  com- 
merce and  colonization.  We  are  but  following  in 
her  footsteps,  and  if  we  are  wrong  to-day,  Holland 
has  been  wrong  throughout  her  histoiy;  for  her 
Eighty  Years'  War,  which  commenced  as  a  purely 
religious  struggle,  soon  became  a  death  struggle 
between  Spain  and  Holland  for  the  commercial 
supremacy  of  the  world.  Was  this  spirit  of  com- 
mercialism,  in    her    case,    inconsistent  with  the 


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growth  of  learning?  Let  Erasmus,  the  learned 
scholar,  Grotius,  the  father  of  international  law, 
and  whose  inspired  utterances  are  to-day  the  very 
conscience  of  mankind,  reply.  Was  it  inconsistent 
with  the  growth  of  art?  Let  Rembrandt,  Franz 
Holbein,  Ruysdael,  Van  Dyck,  Jan  Steen  and  in- 
numerable others  witness.  Was  it  inconsistent 
with  self-sacrificing  valor?  Let  the  "Beggars  of 
the  Sea  "  and  their  intrepid  leader,  William  the 
Silent,  in  many  ways  the  noblest  figure  in  all 
history,  make  reply.  (Great  applause.)  I  some- 
times think  that  Father  William,  as  he  was  lov- 
ingly called  by  his  people,  was  reincarnated  in  ovir 
own  Lincoln,  who  was  known  as  Father  Abraham. 
Both  fell  under  the  hand  of  a  base  assassin,  and  of 
both  it  could  be  truly  said,  as  was  said  of  the  death 
of  the  elder :  "As  long  as  he  lived  he  was  the 
guiding  star  of  a  brave  nation,  and  when  he  died 
the  little  children  cried  in  the  streets."  {Great  ap- 
plause.) Holland  proved  by  her  struggle  of  a  cen- 
tury that  heroism  was  not  incompatible  with  the 
commercial  spirit.  And  our  own  country  illus- 
trated the  same  truth  when,  a  generation  ago,  a 
million  of  men  sprang  to  arms  and  freely  offered 
the  sacrifice  of  their  lives  for  the  perpetuity  of 
their  government.  (Applause.)  Alkmaar,  Haarlem 
and  Ley  den  were,  in  undying  courage,  paralleled 
by  Cold  Harbor,  Petersburg  and  the  Wilderness, 
when  countless  thousands  of  brave  Americans, 
from  the  shop,  counting-room  and  the  farm, 
showed  that  the  age  of  chivalry  was  not  passed, 
and  that  we  were  of  one  equal  temper  of  heroic 
hearts  with  the  brave  men  who  founded  the 
Dutch  Repubhc.     (Applause.) 

If  I  do  not  misread  history,  the  prosperity  of 


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the  Dutch  people  was  founded  upon  two  princi- 
ples, which  are  essential  to  the  progress  and  hap- 
piness of  any  people.  One  was  the  inalienable 
right  of  every  man  to  work  for  whom  he  pleased, 
and  at  what  wage  he  pleased,  and  enjoy  freely  the 
fruit  of  his  toil;  (great  applause)  and  the  other 
was  the  sanctity  of  property.  To  me,  these  prin- 
ciples are  in  some  need  of  vindication  in  this 
country  and  at  this  hour. 

Man  was  brought  into  this  world  to  work.  It 
is  not  only  his  burden,  it  is  his  right,  and  any  form 
of  social  tyranny  which  contravenes  this  right  is 
infinitely  mischievous.  In  vain  are  written  con- 
stitutions, with  their  written  guarantees  of  life, 
liberty  and  the  pursuit  of  happiness,  if  the  right 
of  the  humblest  citizen  to  earn  his  bread  in  the 
sweat  of  his  brow  is  thus  denied.  (Applause.)  In- 
deed, this  form  of  slavery  is  little  better  than 
murder,  for  in  a  large  sense  Shylock  spoke  the 
truth  when  he  said :  ' '  You  take  my  life  when  you 
do  take  from  me  the  means  whereby  I  live."  (Ap- 
platise.)  The  right  of  Labor  to  combine  for  its 
elevation  and  improvement  is  fairly  conceded,  but 
when  a  labor  organization,  with  a  membership  of 
less  than  one  tenth  of  the  manual  workmen  of 
America,  seeks  to  create  a  labor  oligarchy  and  to 
compel  every  laboring  man  to  join  this  organiza- 
tion, under  the  penalty  of  a  denial  of  the  right  to 
labor,  the  time  has  come  to  call  a  halt.  (Great 
applause.)  The  Dutch  people  had  their  labor 
guilds,  and  they  fittingly  emphasized  the  dignity 
of  labor.  They  served  to  upraise  the  different 
crafts,  or,  as  they  were  called,  "mysteries,"  to 
which  each  guild  was  devoted;  but  if  any  labor 
guild  in  Holland  should  have  attempted  to  pre- 


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scribe,  as  a  condition  of  the  right  to  labor,  fealty 
to  it  as  an  organization,  the  workmen  of  Holland 
would  have  risen  as  much  against  this  offensive 
foiTn  of  tyranny  as  against  that  of  the  Duke  of 
Alva.  {Great  applause.)  The  barbarity  of  the  boy- 
cott in  its  tyrannous  attempt  to  club  the  free  labor 
of  our  land  into  submission  to  a  labor  oligarchy 
has  been  strongly  illustrated  within  a  few  months 
in  the  city  of  Chicago,  where  its  citizens  were  not 
even  given  permission  to  bury  their  dead  unless 
they  employed  a  union  driver  for  the  hearse.  One 
citizen  of  Chicago  showed  he  had  somewhat  of  the 
old  Dutch  hatred  of  tyranny,  for,  with  his  dead 
child  in  a  carriage,  he  sat  upon  the  driver's  seat 
with  a  rifle  across  his  lap,  and  vowed  that  he  would 
kill  the  first  man  who  stopped  his  free  progress  to 
his  dead  child's  grave.     {Great  applause.) 

The  other  Dutch  trait  to  which  I  refer  has  also  its 
salutary  lesson  for  us  to-day.  It  is  the  sanctity  of 
property.  There  seems  to  be  little  disposition  on 
the  part  of  our  leaders  of  public  opinion  to  assail 
this  right  of  property  when  it  is  small  and  in- 
considerable in  value,  but  when  property,  in  its 
amount,  is  called  wealth,  it  seems  to  lose  some  of 
its  sanctity.  Upon  what  ethical  principle  does  the 
sanctity  of  property  depend  ?  Upon  its  amount? 
I  cannot  but  think  that  the  commercial  prosperity 
of  Holland  was  due  in  large  measure  to  the  good 
feeling  between  the  rich  and  the  poor.  {Applause.) 
Its  people  did  divide  on  religious  and  political 
questions,  but  rarely  on  the  principle  of  meum  et 
tuum.  To-day,  however,  we  are  told,  on  eminent 
authority,  that  the  coming  political  campaign  is 
to  be  one  between  the  plain  people  and  organized 
wealth,  and,  if  this  means  anything,  it  means  that 


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the  contest  will  be  between  those  who  have  not 
and  those  who  have.  With  very  great  respect  to 
those  who  thus  view  the  coming  contest,  and  in  no 
way  questioning  their  sincerity  or  high  motives,  I 
yet  venture  to  assert  that  this  line  of  cleavage 
between  the  classes  is  as  mischievous  as  it  is  lack- 
ing in  justification.  As  we  value  our  industrial 
progress,  as  we  value  that  which  is  even  higher — 
our  social  happiness — let  us  so  far  imitate  the  wise, 
thrifty  and  industrious  people  of  Holland  as  to 
feel  that  life  is  a  great  symphony,  in  which  each 
man  is  given  an  instiiiment  suited  to  his  aptitude, 
but  to  the  complete  harmony  of  which  the  loyalty 
of  each  player  is  indispensably  necessary.  The 
Composer  of  that  symphony  intended  it  to  be  one 
of  harmony  and  not  of  discord,  and  woe  be  to  us, 
His  creatures,  whether  we  play  the  first  violin  or 
only  the  cymbals,  if  we  mar  the  haraiony  of  that 
composition  by  that  discord  of  class  hatred  which, 
since  the  world  began,  has  been  the  baleful  evil  of 
communities  and  nations.      (Applause.) 

The  distinguished  speaker  who  is  to  follow  me, 
and  whom  I  have  already  unduly  postponed,  is  to 
speak  on  peace,  and  I  have  no  thought  of  tres- 
passing either  on  his  time  or  his  subject.  But  let 
me  say  simply  this  about  peace.  I  suppose  he  will 
refer  to  pacific  relations  between  our  nation  and 
other  nations,  or  between  nation  and  nation,  and 
in  that  respect  it  is  a  beautiful  theme  upon  which 
so  eloquent  an  orator  is  to  speak;  but  if  there  be 
one  nation  that  is  little  concerned  with  peace  of 
this  class  it  is  our  countiy ;  for  the  time  is  now,  or 
in  any  event  will  be  soon,  that  it  will  be  so  great 
that  no  nation  will  ever  dare  to  menace  the  peace 
of  the  United  States.     (Applause.)    And  my  only 


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concern  is  that  we  are  so  sure,  by  reason  of  our 
strength  and  power,  to  be  immune  from  touch 
that  we  may  some  day  be  unjust  by  reason  of  that 
very  immunity.  But  the  peace  which  is  the  vital 
question  of  the  hour,  and  which  you  descendants 
of  a  brave  ancestry,  and  all  of  us  who  are  here 
assembled,  must  fight  out  unless  free  institutions 
are  to  be  a  failure  in  this  country,  is  peace  within, 
peace  between  class  and  class,  peace  between  em- 
ployer and  employee,  peace  that  will  recognize 
not  only  justice,  but  recognize,  as  an  incident  to 
justice,  the  right  that  every  Dutchman  claimed, 
the  right,  as  I  have  stated,  to  work  for  whom  he 
pleased,  for  what  wage  he  pleased,  and  on  exactly 
what  conditions  he  pleased.     (Loud  applause.) 

The  President  :  Our  next  speaker  has  recently 
appeared  in  a  new  role.  He  has  crossed  the  briny 
deep,  travelled  into  distant  countries,  and  inter- 
viewed all  foreign  potentates.  At  one  time  some 
of  us  thought  he  might  be  adopted  by  the  Czar  of 
Russia  or  by  some  other  distinguished  ruler  on 
the  other  side,  and  it  was  a  great  joy  to  us  to  know 
that   'he  remains  American." 

"  He  might  have  been  a  Rooshan, 
A  Turk,  or  French,  or  Prooshan, 

Or  perhaps  Eye-tal-i-an, — 
But  in  spite  of  all  temptations 
To  belong  to  other  nations, 
He  remains  American." 

And  he  comes  back  to  us  as  American  as  ever.  I 
have  very  great  pleasure  in  introducing  the  Hon- 
orable William  Jennings  Bryan,  who  will  talk  on 

Peace. 
"  Peace  hath  her  victories  no  less  renowned  than  war.'' 


ADDRESS   OF  HONORABLE  WILLIAM 
JENNINGS   BRYAN. 

Mr.   President,   Members  of  the  Holland  Society, 
Ladies  and  Gentlemen: 


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ESTEEM  it  a  great  privilege  to  be  here. 
I  received  this  invitation  while  I  was  in 
Europe,  and  your  President  sent  me  a 
book  telling  what  had  been  done  by  the  Society 
and  reproducing  some  of  the  speeches  that  had 
been  made.  He  also  gave  me  the  names  of  some 
of  the  distinguished  men  who,  in  times  past,  have 
appeared  before  this  Society.  It  is  a  great  array  of 
distinguished  names,  and  as  I  looked  over  them 
and  saw  how  they  represented  different  elements 
of  our  national  life  and  recalled  different  character- 
istics of  the  early  settlers,  I  wondered  if  in  the 
selection  you  had  not  tried  to  find  men  living  to- 
day who  in  some  way  would  remind  you  of  the 
great  men  among  the  Dutch.  For  instance,  I  see 
that  Senator  Depew  of  New  York  has  spoken  here, 
and  I  feel  sure  that  he  was  invited  because  he  can 
make  as  good  a  bargain  as  Peter  Minuit  who 
bought  the  island  from  the  Indians.  (Laughter.) 
And  then  I  see  that  the  President  has  been  here. 
It  has  been  suggested  that  he  was  selected  be- 
cause he  recalled  the  strenuousness  of  Peter  Stuy- 

vesant.     I  do  not  know  why  I  was  invited,  unless 

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my  reticence  might  have  suggested  WilHam  the 
Silent.      (Applause  and  great  laughter.) 

I  accepted  your  invitation  gladly,  because  I 
know  by  observation  that  one  can  learn  much 
more  by  seeing  things  than  by  reading  about  them. 
I  had  read  of  the  way  the  early  Dutch  lived  here, 
and  I  wanted  to  come  in  order  that  I  might  have 
an  object-lesson,  for,  of  covu-se,  your  banquet  here 
is  made  as  much  as  possible  like  the  dinners  that 
they  had  upon  Manhattan  in  the  early  days.  I 
can  almost  see  those  Dutch  now,  and  I  can  hear 
them,  or  I  thought  I  heard  them  when  I  heard  the 
rattle  of  your  wooden  shoes  upon  the  floor.  (Laugh- 
ter.) But,  do  you  know,  I  have  been  wondering 
since  I  came  if  a  part  of  the  history  of  these  early 
settlers  had  not  been  left  untold.  We  all  know 
that  the  English  came  one  time  and  took  posses- 
sion. Now,  I  have  been  among  the  English  lately, 
and  I  cannot  believe  that  they  would  do  anything 
so  impolite,  at  least  those  whom  I  met  were  not, 
I  am  sure,  responsible  for  anything  very  bad. 
And  this  is  the  way  I  explain  it:  The  Dutch  were 
eating  then,  as  you  are  eating  now;  they  had  a 
sumptuous  repast,  and  the  English,  learning  of  it, 
were  simply  unable  to  withstand  the  temptation 
to  take  possession  of  the  tables.  And  if  the  Dutch 
who  were  at  the  tables  felt  as  little  like  fighting  as 
I  do  now,  they  did  not  make  a  very  vigorous  re- 
sistance. (Laughter.)  But  as  soon  as  they  had  time 
to  digest  their  food  and  rest  a  little,  they  went 
and  took  back  the  tables  from  the  English.  I 
am  satisfied  that  that  accounts  for  the  temporary 
cession  of  Manhattan  Island.  (Applause.)  I  am 
glad  to  be  here,  glad  to  see  you,  and  to  learn  just 
how  they  did  in  those  days,  for  I  think  I  under- 


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stand  the  Dutch  better  now  than  I  did  when  I 
simply  read  about  them. 

I  have  enjoyed  the  speeches  made,  only  I  am  a 
little  embarrassed  by  the  compliments  paid  by 
my  good  friend,  (Mr.  Beck,)  and  I  think  I  under- 
stand now  why  he  apologized  for  what  he  was 
going  to  say.  He  knew  he  was  going  to  speak  so 
well  that  he  would  have  to  apologize  for  it,  or  it 
would  seem  unfair  to  me.  (LaugJiter.)  As  I  lis- 
tened to  him,  I  could  not  help  thinking  of  the 
excuse  that  a  Chinese  editor  once  gave  for  reject- 
ing a  manuscript  that  some  one  sent  in — it  was 
probably  from  ' '  Pro  Bono  Publico,"  or  ' '  Constant 
Reader,"  or  "Veritas."  The  editor  sent  it  back, 
saying  that  he  was  unwilling  to  publish  it  because 
it  was  of  so  high  an  order  of  merit  that  it  would  set 
a  standard  of  excellence  that  no  one  else  could 
approach,  and  that  it  would,  therefore,  cause  a 
good  deal  of  dissatisfaction  in  the  country.  (Laugh- 
ter.) I  am  afraid  that  Mr.  Beck  has  set  such  a 
high  standard  of  oratory  here  that  it  will  be  very 
difficult  for  myself  and  for  the  speakers  at  future 
Holland  Society  dinners  to  rise  to  his  standard. 
Another  thing,  I  am  embarrassed  by  the  fact  that 
both  he  and  my  friend  Dr.  Lorimer  over  here 
touched  on  politics.  I  do  not  like  to  have  any- 
body touch  on  politics  when  I  come  last.  (Ap- 
plause.) I  do  not  know  how  I  am  going  to 
withstand  the  temptation  to  talk  politics  unless  I 
retaliate  on  Brother  Lorimer;  as  he,  a  preacher, 
made  a  political  speech,  I,  somewhat  in  politics, 
may  preach  a  sermon.  (Cries  of  "Bravo!"  and 
applause.) 

My  subject  is  Peace,  and  I  have  been  thinking 
about  it,  especially  since  the  trip  that  I  made  to 


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the  Netherlands.  I  am  not  going  to  speak  here 
of  the  wonderful  bravery  of  those  people,  a  bra  very- 
exemplified  all  through  their  history,  a  bravery  of 
which  we  had  a  recent  illustration,  when  a  handful 
of  them  down  in  South  Africa  made  such  a  heroic 
fight  for  their  existence.  While  they  failed  there, 
they  brought  blessings  to  liberty-loving  people 
everywhere,  for  they  made  a  war  of  conquest  so 
expensive  that  no  nation  in  the  near  future  will 
attempt  to  take  independence  from  a  republic, 
however  small.     (Applause.) 

I  have  been  thinking  of  the  progress  made  by 
the  inhabitants  of  the  Netherlands,  how  they  have 
rescued  their  lands  from  the  seas  and  won  their 
victory  over  Neptune.  I  was  interested  in  the 
quaint  cities  there,  with  their  hundreds  of  canals 
and  their  leaning  buildings.  I  was  interested  in 
all  that  I  saw,  but  I  was  impressed  most  by  the 
fact  that  the  Netherlands  is  to  furnish  the  site  for 
the  Temple  of  Peace  soon  to  be  erected ;  (applause) 
that,  on  that  soil,  reddened  by  the  blood  of  an 
Eighty  Years'  War,  will  rise  the  permanent  home 
of  the  Arbitration  Court.  At  The  Hague  I  re- 
called the  long  struggle  for  freedom  of  conscience, 
for  freedom  of  speech,  and  for  constitutional  gov- 
ernment, and  rejoiced  that  at  last  the  fragrant 
flower  of  peace  had  appeared  upon  the  thorny 
stalk  of  war.  I  am  glad  that  an  American  citizen 
has  contributed  the  money  that  makes  it  possible 
for  this  building  to  be  erected  in  a  place  so  well 
fitted  for  it.  (Applause.)  And  as  I  thought  of  little 
Holland — little  among  the  nations  and  yet  great  in 
contests  where  mind  and  heart  control — I  recalled 
the  words  of  the  Prophet  of  old,  who  foretold  an 
era  of  peace  so  universal  and  so  profound  that  to 


^73 

emphasize  it  he  pictured  it  as  extending  even  to  the 
animals,  and  said  that  the  wolf  would  dwell  with 
the  lamb,  that  the  leopard  would  lie  down  with 
the  kid,  that  the  calf,  the  lion,  and  the  fatling 
would  keep  company  together,  and  that  a  little 
child  should  lead  them.  Are  our  eyes  to  witness 
the  fulfilment  of  this  prophecy? 

In  a  forum  where  right  prevails  and  where  dis- 
putes are  settled,  not  by  armed  force  but  by 
reason,  a  little  nation  like  the  Netherlands  can 
enter  into  an  honorable  rivalry  with  her  more 
populous  neighbors.  But  this  has  not  come  all  at 
once.  It  has  been  of  gradual  growth,  as  all  things 
are  that  are  strong  and  lasting.  The  trees  that  are 
able  to  withstand  the  storms  mature  slowly,  and 
so  do  great  movements. 

"Heaven  is  not  gained  by  a  single  bound; 
We  build  the  ladder  by  which  we  rise 
From  the  lowly  earth  to  the  vaulted  skies, 
And  mount  to  its  summit  round  by  round." 

So  with  reforms;  it  takes  time  to  work  them 
out.  We  need  not  expect  that  the  nations  will 
disband  their  armies  at  once;  we  need  not  ex- 
pect that  all  difficulties  will  be  taken  before  the 
Court  of  Arbitration;  but  we  have  reason  to  be- 
lieve that  the  light  of  a  better  day  is  dawning,  and 
that  we  are  about  to  enter  upon  an  era  in  which 
conscience  will  assert  its  supremacy  over  brute 
force,  and  the  crown  of  victory  be  awarded,  not  to 
the  nation  that  has  the  largest  army  or  the  strong- 
est navy,  but  to  the  nation  that  sets  the  best  ex- 
ample and  contributes  most  to  the  welfare  of  the 
world.      {Applause.) 


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Sometimes  when  we  see  the  war-spirit  rampant, 
we  are  tempted  to  quote  from  the  poet, 

"  Right  forever  on  the  scaffold, 
Wrong  forever  on  the  throne," 

but  in  such  hours  we  can  draw  inspiration  and  en- 
couragement from  Holy  Writ.  When  Ehjah  was 
fleeing  from  the  wrath  of  wicked  Jezebel  and  be- 
lieved all  the  prophets  to  have  been  slain,  the  Lord 
commanded  him  to  stand  upon  the  mountain,  and, 
as  he  stood  there,  a  mighty  wind  swept  by  him 
and  rent  the  rocks  asunder,  but  God  was  not  in 
the  wind ;  and  after  the  wind  came  an  earthquake, 
but  God  was  not  in  the  earthquake ;  and  after  the 
earthquake,  a  fire,  but  God  was  not  in  the  fire; 
and  after  the  fire,  a  still,  small  voice,  and  it  was 
the  voice  of  God.  And  so,  to-day,  throughout  the 
world  an  increasing  nvimber,  standing  upon  the 
heights,  are  coming  to  believe  that  God  is  not  in 
the  ironclads  that  sweep  the  ocean  with  their 
guns,  that  God  is  not  in  the  armies  that  shake 
the  earth  with  their  tread,  that  God  is  not  in 
the  fire  of  musketry,  but  in  the  still,  small  voice 
of  justice  that  issues  from  tribunals  like  that  in- 
stituted at  The  Hague.  (Applause.)  There  have 
been  times  when  bravery  upon  the  battlefield  was 
considered  the  highest  form  of  virtue.  There 
have  been  times  when  intellectual  supremacy 
and  intellectual  independence  were  considered 
all-sufficient,  but  the  time  is  coming  when  heart 
characteristics  will  receive  the  attention  they  de- 
serve; the  time  is  coming  when  we  shall  not  de- 
fine civilization  as  Buckle  defined  it,  "  as  measured 
by  the  mastery  of  the  human  mind  over  the  forces 
of  nature, ' '  but  shall  define  it  as  the  harmonious  de- 


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velopment  of  the  human  race,  physically,  mentally 
and  morally.  The  time  is  coming  when  physical 
perfection  alone  will  not  satisfy,  when  intellectual 
training  alone  will  not  be  stifficient,  but  when  the 
spiritual  man  will  be  considered  and  his  welfare 
guarded.  I  believe  that  we  are  to  build  this  per- 
manent peace,  this  permanent  arbitration,  not 
upon  a  plutocracy  of  wealth  or  upon  an  aristocracy 
of  learning,  but  upon  the  democracy  of  the  heart. 
We  shall  then  arraign  every  evil  at  the  bar  of  the 
public  conscience,  for  the  most  potent  force  of 
which  man  has  personal  knowledge  is  the  con- 
science. That  conscience  can  be  awakened,  and, 
when  awakened,  its  gentle  promptings  are  more 
imperative  than  statute  laws,  and  the  invisible 
barriers  which  it  builds  around  us  are  stronger 
than  prison  walls.     (Applause.) 

It  is  to  this  conscience  that  nations  to-day 
appeal  when  they  appear  before  The  Hague  tri- 
bunal. One  of  the  members  of  that  tribunal  told 
me  that  he  was  interested  to  note  that  the  great 
nations  that  are  represented  there  by  counsel 
spend  their  time,  not  in  discussing  their  pe- 
cuniary loss  or  gain,  but  in  defending  their 
honor. 

It  is  impossible  to  overestimate  the  influence 
of  this  appeal  to  conscience.  As  has  been  well 
said  to-night  by  China's  distinguished  Ambas- 
sador, the  suggestion  of  this  Peace  Conference 
presented  by  the  Emperor  of  Russia  was  not  a 
new  discovery;  it  simply  gave  expression  to  a 
sentiment  that  had  been  growing  in  the  hearts  of 
people  all  over  the  world.  And  this  appeal  to 
conscience  must  be  made  in  this  country  as  well 
as  in  our  international  relations.     We  complain  not 


176 

at  the  great  development  of  the  last  century ;  we 
complain  rather  that  the  moral  sense  has  not  kept 
pace  with  industrial  expansion.  We  are,  as  it 
were,  trying  to  guide  a  great  ship  with  the  appa- 
ratus that  was  scarcely  sufificient  for  a  smaller  one. 
It  is  like  equipping  the  Celtic  with  the  rudder  made 
for  the  Half-Moon.  It  is  necessary  that  the  moral 
sense  shall  be  addressed;  and  when  my  friend 
here  (Mr.  Beck)  mentions  the  Labor  Organization 
as  a  menace,  I  feel  like  suggesting  another  danger, 
more  menacing,  I  think,  than  any  organization  of 
men  who  are  earning  their  bread  in  the  sweat  of  the 
brow. 

I  refer  to  the  conscienceless  organizations  of 
capital  that  plunder  stockholders  and  patrons, 
and  defy  the  law.  (Applause.)  More  dangerous, 
too,  than  any  labor  organization  is  the  use  of 
money  in  elections;  money  that  has  debauched 
our  politics  and  made  the  purchase  of  votes  com- 
mon upon  the  street.  Men  sell  franchises  and 
legislate  for  the  great  corporation.  (Applause.) 
The  use  of  money  in  elections  is,  to  my  mind,  a 
far  greater  menace  to  this  cotmtry  than  anything 
that  comes  from  the  organization  of  laboring  men. 
(Applause.)  And  what  is  the  remedy  for  labor 
troubles?  The  same  remedy  that  we  are  to  em- 
ploy in  international  politics.  It  is  not  to  fight 
among  ourselves;  it  is  not  to  abuse  each  other; 
it  is  to  appeal  to  the  conscience  of  the  people — the 
most  potent  force,  I  repeat,  of  which  we  have 
knowledge.     (Applause.) 

I  saw  at  Rome  the  great  Colosseum,  and  I  re- 
called the  time  when  the  Christian  martyrs  were 
dragged  into  the  arena  and  devoured  by  the  wild 
beasts.     We  are  told  that,  when  they  entered  the 


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arena,  they  assembled  in  the  centre,  raised  their 
hands  to  heaven,  and  prayed  and  sang  until  life 
was  extinct.  How  helpless  they  appeared!  How 
irresistible  seemed  the  forces  arrayed  against  them ! 
And  yet  those  people,  upon  their  bended  knees,  in- 
voked a  power  stronger  than  the  legions  of  Rome, 
and  it  was  only  a  few  decades  before  their  prayers 
were  answered,  and  their  doctrine  of  love  over- 
whelmed the  doctrine  of  force  that  had  con- 
signed them  to  their  death.  (Long  and  loud 
applause.) 

I  found  in  Russia  a  peasant  philosopher  preach- 
ing the  gospel  of  love.  He  lives  in  a  land  where 
they  have  almost  a  million  soldiers.  They  do  not 
allow  some  of  his  articles  to  be  published;  they 
will  banish  people  for  circulating  them ;  they  stop 
at  the  border  those  who  attempt  to  carry  them 
printed  into  the  country;  and  yet  the  doctrine  of 
that  apostle  of  love  has  so  touched  the  hearts  of 
the  people  of  the  world  that,  while  they  may 
punish  the  people  who  circulate  what  he  says,  they 
do  not  lay  their  hands  upon  the  man  himself. 
What  does  it  mean?  It  means  just  what  has  been 
said  by  Carlyle,  that  thought  is  stronger  than 
artillery  parks,  and  that  back  of  every  great 
thought  is  love.  I  believe  that  this  movement  to 
substitute  reason  for  force  in  the  settlement  of 
differences  between  nations  rests  upon  love,  upon 
an  all-pervading  love,  upon  a  love  that  must  in 
the  end  triumph.  If  we  build  in  this  country,  we 
must  build  upon  that  foundation.  If  you  ask  me 
if  there  is  any  doctrine  that  will  bring  peace  in 
this  coimtry,  I  reply  that  it  is  the  doctrine,  "  Thou 
shalt  love  thy  neighbor  as  thyself,"  and  that  that 
is  the   only  peace-bringing  doctrine.     {Great  ap- 


178 

plause.)  Can  you  bring  peace  by  attacking  la- 
borers' organizations?  See  what  they  have  done; 
give  credit  for  what  they  have  accompHshed.  Do 
not  simply  blame  them  for  their  errors ;  give  them 
credit  for  their  achievements.  They  have  given 
us  the  Australian  ballot,  that  allows  an  American 
citizen  to  vote  according  to  the  dictates  of  his 
own  conscience  and  relieves  him  from  the  fear  of 
being  driven  to  the  polls  by  his  employer.  (Ap- 
plause.) Give  them  credit  for  thus  maintaining 
the  dignity  of  American  citizenship.  Give  them 
credit  for  having  decreased  the  hours  of  labor. 
Do  you  think  it  is  unjust  that  the  hours  of  labor 
should  be  decreased?  We  try  to  take  care  of 
our  own  children, — try  to  take  care  of  them  well. 
When  we  look  after  ourselves  we  try  to  do  it  well. 
If  we  drive  the  laboring  man  from  his  bed  to  his 
work,  and  then  drive  him  back  from  his  work  to 
his  bed,  what  time  is  he  going  to  have  for  the  cul- 
tivation of  his  mind  and  the  development  of  his 
heart?  (Applause.)  These  men  are  American  citi- 
zens. In  time  of  war  we  need  them,  and  a  man 
who  is  fit  to  die  for  his  cotmtry  ought  to  be  per- 
mitted to  live  for  it  and  to  enjoy  life  in  it.  (Great 
applause.)  These  are  the  people  who  produce  the 
wealth  of  this  nation.  These  are  the  people  upon 
whom  our  nation  rests  both  in  peace  and  in  war. 
Why  not  give  them  justice?  Why  not  deal  with 
them  as  you  would  deal  with  brothers?  Go  into 
the  factories  and  see  the  children  at  work,  bent 
beneath  their  cares,  and  when  you  remember  that 
you  permit  this  dwarfing  of  their  minds  and 
dwarfing  of  their  bodies,  this  destroying  of  their 
chances  for  life,  ask  yourself  if  you  would  permit 
it  in  the  case  of  your  own  children;   and,  if  not, 


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remember  that  these  children  are  made  in  the 
image  of  God  as  your  children  are,  and  that  you 
must  love  them  as  you  love  your  own  children. 
(Applause.) 

I  came  here  to  speak  of  peace,  international 
peace,  the  peace  that  will  bring  together  the  na- 
tions of  the  earth,  a  peace  that  will  give  us  the 
substitution  of  reason  and  right  for  force  and 
might.  But  I  am  willing  to  apply  that  doctrine 
to  my  own  country,  and  I  am  willing  to  apply  it  to 
every  question.  You,  who  boast  of  your  descent 
from  the  brave  Dutch;  you,  who  boast  that  in 
your  veins  is  the  blood  of  a  noble  ancestry ;  I  ap- 
peal to  you  to  meet  these  questions  with  the 
heroism  that  your  ancestors  displayed.  If  they 
were  willing  to  die  for  their  rights,  are  you  not  will- 
ing to  respect  the  rights  of  others  as  well  as  to 
defend  your  rights?  There  is  something  that  is 
greater  than  dying  for  one's  own  rights.  That  is 
great,  but  I  am  looking  for  the  time  when  there 
will  be  something  greater  yet,  a  civilization  be- 
yond any  that  we  have  yet  seen,  a  civilization  in 
which  the  greatest  citizen  will  be  not  the  man  who 
will  die  in  defence  of  his  own  rights,  but  the  man 
who  will  die  rather  than  trespass  upon  the  rights 
of  another.     (Great  applause.) 

Upon  this  foundation  only  can  we  build  peace, 
peace  among  citizens  and  peace  among  nations. 
Peace  must  rest  on  love,  and  every  question  that 
affects  us  must  be  decided  not  by  the  way  it  af- 
fects the  pocketbook,  but  as  it  is  determined  by 
the  conscience — that  prompter  which  we  all  have 
with  us  if  we  will  but  listen  to  it. 

I  am  very  grateful,  my  friends,  for  this  opportu- 
nity to  speak  to  you.    (Cries  of  "Go  on!  Go  on!  ") 


i8o 


I  did  not  have  much  chance  to  speak  to  you 
during  the  campaign.  You  thought  that  those  who 
talked  as  I  talked  were  enemies  of  yours ;  we  were 
not.  You  thought  we  wanted  to  injure  you;  we 
did  not.  You  thought  that  we  were  radical;  we 
were  not ;  we  were  conservative ;  we  were  not  ad- 
vocating retaliation;  we  were  simply  asking  that 
our  institutions  be  built  on  justice.  Beware  of 
those  who  come  afterward — of  the  radicals  who 
will  not  be  content  to  stop  a  wrong,  but  will  want 
to  go  back  and  get  revenge  for  what  has  been  done. 
I  appeal  to  you  to  meet  these  questions,  and  if  you 
love  peace,  do  not  love  it  in  Holland  only ;  love  it 
in  America.  If  you  love  peace,  seek  the  foundation 
upon  which  it  rests.  You  will  find  that  when  the 
Nazarene's  coming  was  announced  to  the  Shep- 
herds who  kept  their  flocks  by  night,  it  was  "  Peace 
on  earth,  good  will  to  men."  How  can  you  have 
peace  without  good  will  toward  men?  I  appeal 
to  you  to  consider  the  true  foundation  for  peace, 
here  and  everywhere,  and  you  will  find  in  the 
recognition  of  the  rights  of  your  fellows  a  higher 
happiness  and  a  greater  satisfaction  than  can  be 
found  in  a  shortsighted  selfishness  that  trespasses 
upon  the  rights  of  another,  whether  that  other 
person  be  a  merchant  or  a  laboring  man.  (Long, 
loud  applause.) 

At  the  close  of  Mr.  Bryan's  speech  and  when 
the  applause  had  finally  ceased,  the  President  de- 
clared the  meeting  adjourned  and  bade  the  mul- 
titude good-night  and  good-by  until  the  Annual 
Meeting  in  April,  and  expressed  the  appreciation 
of  the  Holland  Society  for  the  eloquence  and  in- 
spiration contributed  to  the  entertainment  by  the 


i8i 


speakers.  The  members  and  their  guests  took  oc- 
casion to  express  similar  sentiments  to  the  orators 
in  person  and  many  of  them  congratvdated  the 
Committee  on  ' '  The  best  dinner  and  the  best 
speeches  we  have  ever  had ! ' ' 


ECHOES  OF  THE  BANOUET. 


m 


HE  presence  of  Mr.  Bryan  as  the  last 
speaker  at  the  banquet,  and  the  apparent 
responsiveness  of  part  of  his  speech  to 
certain  pungent  remarks  made  by  Mr.  Beck,  who 
immediately  preceded  him,  afforded  cause  or  op- 
portunity for  comment  by  many  of  the  newspapers 
of  the  neighborhood  and  by  one  from  far-off 
Batavia,  here  quoted  in  the  original  Dutch. 
The  New  York  Tribune  writes: 


BRYAN  AND  BECK  CLASH — FORGETS  PEACE  TEXT. 

Holland  Society  Hails  Roosevelt  as  Second  Stuy- 
vesant. 

William  J.  Bryan  cut  loose  from  his  set  speech 
on  '  Peace ' '  last  night  at  the  Holland  Society  din- 
ner at  the  Waldorf-Astoria,  and  in  reply  to  a  vig- 
orous attack  made  by  ex-Assistant  Attorney 
General  James  M.  Beck,  of  Philadelphia,  against 
the  menacing  and  dangerous  attitude  of  labor 
leaders  and  labor  organizations,  replied  in  a  most 
dramatic  and  sensational  manner,  denouncing  the 
heads  of  stock-watering  concerns  and  men  who 
use  money  in  elections  to  corrupt  the  voters. 

It  all  came  at  the  last  of  the  speaking,  after  Mr. 
Bryan  had  devoted  himself  for  half  an  hour  to 
peace  principles  as  exemplified  by  the  establish- 
ment of  the  Peace  Tribunal  at  The  Hague.  Then, 
as  his  hearers  began  to  wonder  if  he  would  let  Mr. 
Beck's  challenge  go  unnoticed,  Mr.  Bryan  turned 

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to  Mr.  Beck,  and  raising  his  voice  to  a  pitch  that 
swept  it  through  the  ball-room  like  the  breeze 
before  a  stomi,  he  said: 

' '  When  my  friend  here  suggests  a  danger  from 
labor  organizations  I  wish  to  call  attention  to 
other  and  greater  dangers.  Greater  than  any 
danger  that  can  come  from  organized  labor  is  the 
stock-jobbing  and  stock-watered  organizations 
that  plunder  the  people  and  defy  the  laws  of  the 
land.     (Applause.) 

"We  cannot  bring  peace  by  attacking  labor 
organizations.  Give  labor  organizations  credit  for 
what  they  have  done  for  America  and  American 
citizenship.    They  have  elevated  that  citizenship. 

Raising  his  voice  to  its  maximum  of  vibrancy, 
the  speaker  turned  to  the  specially  invited  guests 
and  said: 

' '  A  man  who  is  fit  to  die  for  his  country  ought 
to  be  permitted  to  live  for  it." 

Instantly  there  was  a  thunder  of  applause  by 
men  who  sprang  to  their  feet  and  cheered  and 
waved  handkerchiefs.  Not  every  one  got  up. 
There  were  many  who  sat  with  closely  shut  jaws 
and  red  faces,  and  who  looked  defiance  at  the 
speaker,  just  as  if  they  would  like  to  have  a  chance 
to  say  something  themselves. 

' '  Why  not  give  these  men  the  protection  that 
justice  demands?"  continued  Mr.  Bryan.  "Why 
not  deal  with  them  as  brethren  ?  Go  and  see  their 
children  in  the  factories.  Children  dwarfed  in 
mind  and  soul.  And  yet  these  children  are  made 
in  the  image  of  God,  just  as  your  children  are, 
and  you  must  love  them,  just  as  you  love  your 
own  children."  (Great  applause,  and  cries  of 
"That's  right!") 

Here  Mr.  Bryan  paused  and  made  as  if  about 
to  stop  speaking.  Immediately  there  were  cries 
for  him  to  go  on. 


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"  I  did  n't  have  much  chance  to  see  you  in  the 
last  campaign,"  said  he.  "You  thought  we  were 
radical.  We  were  not.  We  simply  asked  for  that 
which  we  thought  to  be  right.  Beware  the  radi- 
cals who  come  after  us — the  men  who  will  not  be 
content  to  stop  the  wrong,  but  who  will  demand 
that  you  go  back  and  restore  the  wrong." 

This  ended  Mr.  Bryan's  apparently  unpremedi- 
tated outburst — an  outburst  doubtless  prompted 
by  Mr.  Beck's  brilliant  arraignment  of  what  he 
deemed  to  be  an  overreaching  and  wicked  spirit 
of  organized  labor. 

But  for  Mr.  Beck's  positiveness  and  for  Mr. 
Bryan's  rhetorical  pugnacity,  the  palm  of  adding 
the  greatest  degree  of  spice  to  the  speaking  pro- 
gramme would  have  rested  with  the  Rev.  Dr. 
George  C.  Lorimer,  of  the  Fifth  Avenue  Baptist 
Church,  whose  toast  was  ' '  Holland — Our  Ally  in 
the  Revolution." 

The  clergyman  gave  the  descendants  of  the 
dike-builders  a  shaking-up  by  eulogizing  Presi- 
dent Roosevelt, — a  second  Peter  Stuyvesant,  he 
called  him, — and  warning  Wall  Street  to  be  wise  in 
their  day  and  generation  and  stop  the  warfare  on 
him.  It  was  all  said  in  a  good-fellowship  vein  and 
with  consideration  for  the  amenities,  but,  after  all, 
it  was  a  significant  and  daring  admonition. 

It  comments  editorially  as  follows : 

TWO   PROPHETS. 

Mr.  Bryan  and  Mr.  Beck  both  spoke  the  truth  at 
the  Holland  Society  dinner,  and  both  spoke  it  im- 
pressively. Each  dealt  with  one  side  of  a  great  evil 
threatening  the  perpetuity  of  American  institutions. 
The  apparent  antagonism  between  them  is  only  the 
antagonism  of  emphasis. 


i85 

We  arc  glad  that  Mr.  Beck  made  his  eloquent  plea 
for  free  labor  and  individual  liberty  against  the  labor 
oligarchy  which  will  not  let  even  the  dead  be  buried 
without  the  union  label.  We  have  frequently  spoken 
of  the  tyranny  of  the  boycott  and  the  closed  shop, 
which  ought  to  be  utterly  unendurable  to  free,  self- 
respecting  American  citizens.  We  are  glad,  too, 
that  Mr.  Bryan  spoke  of  the  corresponding  tyranny 
of  the  great  corporations  that  plunder  the  people, 
corrupt  the  citizenship,  and  defy  the  laws  of  the  land. 

It  is  especially  worth  while  for  such  an  audience 
to  hear  this,  for  the  abuses  of  trusts  do  more  to  make 
honest  wage-earners  tolerant  of  the  abuses  of  labor 
unions  than  all  the  walking  delegates  and  dema- 
gogues under  heaven. 

It  ivould  be  well  likewise  if  those  who  focus  their 
attention  so  exclusively  on  the  abuses  of  trusts  could 
hear  with  their  spiritual  ears  the  truths  which  Mr. 
Beck  declared.  If  each  could  listen  to  the  other  side 
with  open  mind,  thousands  who  are  now  bound  by 
prejudices  of  occupation  and  condition  might  be 
brought  to  co-operate  for  the  preservation  of  true, 
historic  American  liberty. 

The  New  York  American,  formerly  the  New  York 
Journal,  says: 

Labor  Assailed  at  Banquet  by  J.  M.  Beck — Former 
Assistant  U.  S.  Attorney-General  Sneers  at 
Unions  and  Talks  of  Slavishness  to  "  Labor's 
Oligarchy." 

More  than  usually  distinguished  was  the  assem- 
blage last  night  at  the  annual  dinner  of  the  Hol- 
land Society,   held   in   the   Astor   Gallerj^  of  the 


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Waldorf-Astoria  Hotel.  The  eloquence  of  the  ora- 
tory at  the  function,  moreover,  attained  a  rare 
standard  of  brilliancy. 

Last  and  principal  orator  of  the  banquet  was 
William  Jennings  Bryan,  whose  subject  was 
"Peace . "  On  entering  the  magnificent  dining  salon 
the  Nebraskan  was  given  a  cordial  reception.  No 
more  spontaneous  or  louder  storm  of  plaudits,  no 
more  enthusiastic  waving  of  handkerchiefs  and 
napkins  were  ever  heard  or  seen  in  the  big  room 
where  so  many  great  dinners  have  been  held. 

But  the  sensational  speech  of  the  evening  was 
supplied  by  James  M.  Beck,  formerly  Assistant 
Attorney-General  of  the  United  States,  and  now 
prominent  at  the  bar  as  an  attorney  for  the  trusts. 
Speaking  under  the  title  of  "  Our  Hero  Ances- 
tors," Mr.  Beck  so  developed  the  address  that  it 
turned  into  an  attack  on  labor.  While  deploring 
the  thought  that  there  had  come  a  time  of  struggle 
between  the  " plain  people  and  organized  wealth," 
the  trust  lawyer  scored  labor  organizations  and 
denounced  what  he  termed  the  ' '  tyranny  of  the 
boycott."     . 

The  New  York  Herald  prints  the  following,  ac- 
companied by  a  sketch  of  Mr.  Bryan  speaking 
from  his  place  at  the  guests'  table: 

Hollanders  Fly  Dove  of  Peace — Society,  at  Annual 
Dinner,  Hears  Orators  in  Pleas  for  an  End  of 
Wars  in  All  the  Earth — Chinese  Minister  and 
Bryan  Speak — Former  Eulogizes  Tsar  and 
Latter  would  Listen  to  "Still  Small  Voice" 
— President's  Regrets — Wishes  He  could  Join 
His  "  Fellow  Dutchmen  "—Orators  All  Talk  on 
One  Theme. 

Peace,  here,  elsewhere,  and  for  all  time  was  the 
dominant  note  of  half-a-dozen  well-known  speakers 
at  the  Nineteenth  Annual  Dinner  of  the  Holland 


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Society  of  New  York,  given  at  the  Waldorf- 
Astoria  last  night. 

William  Jennings  Bryan  talked  of  universal  love 
and  hannony,  the  Chinese  Minister  eulogized  the 
Tsar  of  Russia  for  inaugurating  the  great  move- 
ment for  international  peace,  and  the  other  orators 
proclaimed  against  further  slaughter  by  warring 
nations. 

President  Roosevelt,  a  member  of  the  Society, 
sent  a  letter  expressive  of  his  regret  that  he  could 
not  be  with  his  "  fellow  Dutchmen ' ' ;  and  in  nearly 
every  speech  Mr.  Roosevelt  was  referred  to  as  a 
magnificent  specimen  of  the  sturdy  Holland  fibre 
that  made  New  York  and  had  not  weakened  with 
the  coming  of  wealth  and  prosperity. 

MRS.     BRYAN    THERE. 

The  large  banquet  room  was  crowded,  with  a 
good  attendance  of  women  in  the  boxes.  Mr. 
Bryan  was  the  chief  figure  at  the  principal  table ; 
and  Mrs.  Bryan,  with  a  group  of  friends,  occupied 
the  large  box  directly  opposite  her  husband.  With 
her  were  Mrs.  Augustus  Van  Wyck,  Mrs.  Charles 
A.  Towne,  Mrs.  James  W.  Osborne  and  Miss  Os- 
borne, Mrs.  John  W.  Cox,  Mrs.  O.  J.  Smith,  and 
Mrs.  John  H.  Girdner.     .     .     . 

The  Insurance  Press  calls  special  attention  to 
the  new  Dutch  historian  (?)  mentioned  in  the 
address  of  President  Banta. 

The  Commercial  Advertiser  says  in  an  editorial: 

The  present  is  clearly  Mr.  Bryan's  "hour  of 
glorious  life."  He  has  the  centre  of  the  Demo- 
cratic political  stage,  and  the  public  must  concen- 
trate its  attention  upon  him  whether  it  wishes  to 
or  not.  Something  happens  daily  to  hold  him  in 
the  centre  of  interest,  and  it  is  quite  amusing  to 


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see  the  panting  efforts  of  the  eastern  Democratic 
editors  to  keep  up  with  the  procession  of  rapidly 
succeeding  developments.  Yesterday  was  a  par- 
ticularly active  day,  ending  with  a  great  stroke  of 
luck  for  him  in  the  evening,  when  a  careless  speaker 
at  the  Holland  Society  banquet  gave  him  an 
opening  for  precisely  the  sort  of  exhibition  that 
is  dearest  to  him — that  is,  of  passionate  devotion 
to  the  cause  of  labor.  His  outburst  was  eminently 
characteristic,  in  the  tone  and  form  of  his  famous 
"cross  of  gold"  speech.     .     .     . 

That  his  peculiar  style  of  oratory  has  power 
over  the  minds  of  his  hearers  was  shown  last 
evening,  when  an  audience  of  more  or  less  stolid 
Dutch  descendants,  hard-headed  citizens  of  the 
city  of  New  York,  went  off  their  heads  in  a  whirl- 
wind of  cheers  over  the  following  utterance:  "A 
man  who  is  fit  to  die  for  his  country  ought  to  be 
permitted  to  live  for  it!"  Why  should  anybody 
in  full  possession  of  normal  mental  faculties  rise 
and  yell  over  that  sentiment  ?  Who  ' '  deniges  of 
it?"  as  Sairey  Gamp  would  say.  Mr.  Bryan  said 
it  in  connection  with  the  ' '  oppression  of  labor, ' ' 
but  it  would  have  had  far  more  pertinency  had  he 
said  it  of  the  conduct  of  his  party  toward  the  nine 
millions  of  negro  citizens  of  the  republic.  They 
are  the-  only  men  in  this  coimtry  to  whom  it 
applies. 

The  Brooklyn  Eagle's  editorial  contains  this: 

Ex-Assistant  Attorney-General  Beck  made  an 
address  before  the  Holland  Society  in  New  York 
last  night,  in  which  he  said  not  one  word  against 
the  right  of  men  to  organize  their  labor  interests. 


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but  insisted  that  the  recognition  of  their  rights 
need  not  and  does  not  justify  them  in  resisting  or 
resenting  the  equal  rights  of  other  men  who  may 
prefer  independently  to  contract  for  their  own 
labor  on  their  own  terms.  Nothing  which  Mr. 
Beck  said  made  against  the  legal  rights  of  union- 
ism, but  something  which  he  said  did  favor  the 
legal  rights  of  workingmen  who  prefer  to  be  inde- 
pendent of  organizations. 

Mr.  Bryan  was  there,  and  he  added  to  his  pre- 
pared speech  an  impromptu  outbreak  against 
things  which  Mr.  Beck  did  not  say,  but  which  Mr. 
Bryan  mistmderstood. 


We  have  no  criticism — though  others  may  have 
— to  make  of  Mr.  Theodore  M.  Banta  for  inviting 
Mr.  Br^^an  to  speak  at  the  dinner.  .  .  .  Mr. 
Banta  has  done  a  public  service  which  he  possibly 
did  not  intend.     .     .     . 

The  Boston  Herald  also  quotes  the  latter  part  of 
the  Eagle's  opinion  as  valuable. 

The  Philadelphia  Press  gives  nearly  two  col- 
umns to  the  report  and  comments  of  its  regular 
correspondent,  with  head-lines  and  extracts  as 
follow : 

Br>'an's  Reception  Not  Enthusiastic — New  Yorkers 
Studied  Him  Closely  at  the  Banquet  of  the 
Holland  Society,  but  were  Disappointed — 
First  Appearance  before  Representative  Men 
— Society  Represents  Best  and  Most  Influ- 
ential Class  in  New  York,  but  They  do  Not 
Find  Bryan  a  Deeply  Intellectual  Man — Mr. 
Beck's  Masterly  Address  in  Startling  Contrast 


I  go 

to  Mr.  Bryan,  Who  Disputes  Point  That  was 
not  Made  by  Former  in  His  Challenge. 

Colonel  Bryan's  appearance  at  this  feast,  the 
reception  given  to  him,  half  timid,  although  wholly 
courteous,  distant  and  yet  kindly,  and  his  pre- 
pared speech  with  the  interpolated  paragraphs 
were  in  one  sense  the  important  feature  of  the 
occasion. 

For  the  first  time  a  considerable  number  of  New 
York  citizens  who  are  fairly  representative  of  in- 
tellectual, commercial,  financial,  industrial  and 
artistic  activities  of  New  York,  in  fact,  all  that 
makes  this  community  what  it  is,  found  them- 
selves face  to  face  with  the  distinguished  citizen 
whom  the  Democratic  party  has  twice  nominated 
for  the  presidency. 

But  it  has  never  happened  that  Colonel  Bryan 
has  been  invited,  or,  if  invited,  has  been  able  to 
accept  the  invitation,  to  address  such  a  gathering 
as  that  of  last  night,  peculiarly  identified  with  the 
growth  of  New  York  City,  since  the  Holland  So- 
ciety is  composed  of  the  descendants  of  the  Dutch, 
who  were  the  first  to  open  up  Manhattan  and 
whose  authority  at  one  time  reached  far  beyond 
the  Hudson,  even  to  the  centre  of  the  State. 

HOW    HE   WAS    RECEIVED. 

Colonel  Bryan  himself  seemed  to  feel  the  some- 
what strange  atmosphere;  to  know  that  he  was 
under  critical  scrutiny;  that  he  was  watched  by 
men  whose  capacity  to  judge  and  analyze  intvii- 
tively  and  therefore  swiftly  has  been  often  well 
demonstrated;  and  that  many  of  these  were  men 
incapable  of  being  deceived  by  intellectual  sophis- 
try or  over-persuaded  by  what  the  rhetoricians 
call  the  skilful  argumentum  ad  hominem.     More- 


igi 

over,  a  majority  of  these  citizens  have  achieved 
their  own  fortune.  They  have  illustrated  the 
Dutch  power  of  thrift,  caution  combined  with 
courage,  and  to  their  inspiration  we  of  New  York 
City  to-day  owe  much  of  what  is  best  in  it. 

Colonel  Bryan  must  have  observed  that  there 
was  no  pressure  to  meet  hinn,  that  men  did  not 
gather  impetuously  around  him,  and  that  there 
were  none  of  those  formal  tributes  to  leadership 
and  authority  of  which  he  has  had  so  inany  when 
appearing  publicly  and  in  a  political  relation. 

In  fact,  the  President  of  the  Society,  Mr.  Banta, 
seemed  called  upon  to  urge  one  or  another  of  the 
more  distinguished  members  of  this  Society  to 
come  and  be  presented  to  Colonel  Biyan.  Of  all 
that  were  present,  a  majority  probably  did  not 
meet  him  personally,  and  there  may  have  been,  in 
fact,  no  purpose  on  the  part  of  the  trustees  of  the 
Society  that  there  should  be  anything  like  a 
reception. 

With  no  little  cunning,  those  who  arranged  the 
programme  for  this  feast  placed  Colonel  Bryan's 
name  at  the  end  of  the  list  of  speakers,  thereby 
making  it  certain  that  not  any  would  leave  the 
banquet  hall,  no  matter  how  prolix  those  who 
preceded  him  in  responding  to  toasts  were,  until 
the  end.     .     .     . 

Mr.  Beck's  address  was  brief,  but  was,  in  a  cer- 
tain indefinable  but  yet  very  impressive  distinc- 
tion, probably  the  best  that  he  has  made  since  he 
retired  from  the  office  of  Assistant  Attorney-Gen- 
eral at  Washington  and  came  to  New  York  to 
practise  law. 

Judge  Van  Wyck,  once  the  Democracy's  candi- 
date for  Governor,  was  so  charmed  by  it,  perhaps 
more  by  the  manner,  the  elocution,  the  rhetoric, 
than  by  the  thought,  although  that  pleased  the 
Judge  greatly,  that  he  spoke  with  enthusiasm  of 
the  address  afterward.  It  seemed  to  be  the  fine 
flower  of  cultivated  eloquence,  and  the  Dutch  and 


192 

their  descendants  were  always  lovers  of  the  spoken 
word  when  well  spoken. 

Furthermore,  Mr.  Beck  seemed  to  be  wholly  at 
home  in  that  company,  to  be  so  sure  for  himself 
that  it  was  not  necessary  to  assume  any  attitudes 
or  any  self-conscious  mannerisms  that  he  might 
persuade  others  that  he  was  properly  in  that  place. 

Whether  he  deliberately  purposed  tempting 
Colonel  Bryan,  or  whether  the  challenge  that  he 
gave  was  a  sudden  inspiration,  the  effect  of  it  and 
the  manner  in  which  it  was  done  were  very  im- 
pressive and  led  to  most  interesting  results.  If  it 
were  a  challenge  to  Colonel  Bryan  the  challenge 
was  accepted.  Colonel  Bryan  had  prepared,  evi- 
dently with  some  care,  a  wholly  non-partisan 
address,  based  chiefly  upon  some  thoughts  that 
seemed  to  have  been  inspired  by  his  visit  to 
Europe. 

Mr.  Beck  had  said  no  more  than  this,  that  if 
there  is  to  be  peace  it  must  be  no  divided  or  par- 
tial peace,  but  must  include  all  elements  of  so- 
ciety, and  that  at  present  the  chief  disturbing 
factor,  since  it  imperils  the  very  liberty  which  is 
synonymous,  or  should  be,  with  the  American  form 
of  government,  is  the  dogma  of  many  of  the  labor 
unions,  that  no  man  has  a  right  to  work  at  any 
trade  unless  he  is  a  member  of  the  union. 

The  sentiment  was  applauded.  Many  of  those 
who  heard  it  are  citizens  of  New  York  who  have 
done  more  for  those  who  work  for  wages  in  this 
city  than  all  who  have  theorized  or  made  public 
addresses  agitating  the  wrongs  of  the  workingman. 

It  was  with  his  conventional  and  much  reputed 
manner  that  Colonel  Bryan  interpolated  a  reply 
to  this  comment  of  Mr.  Beck.  He  seemed  to  take 
issue  with  him.  There  was  the  same  intellectual 
trickery,  so  apparent  in  much  that  Mr.  Bryan 
says  when  he  is  controversial.  It  can  be  simi- 
marized  into  two  words — ' '  you  're  another. "     It  is 


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the  art  more  perfectly  possessed  by  Colonel  Bryan 
than  by  any  other  in  public  life  now  of  begging 
the  question. 

Mr.  Beck  had  made  no  assertion  that  there  was 
no  over-capitalization  of  securities ;  that  there  was 
no  use  of  money  in  election;  that  there  was  no 
legislation  for  the  classes.  His  own  record  was 
sufficient  to  show  where  he  stood,  for  it  was  Mr. 
Beck's  argument  in  the  lottery  cases  and  in  the 
trust  cases  a  year  ago  at  St.  Louis  which  enabled 
the  courts  to  define  rigidly  the  power  of  legislation 
to  suppress  injustice  of  this  kind. 

Colonel  Bryan,  however,  became  the  Colonel 
Bryan  of  the  political  arena.  He  answered  a  ques- 
tion or  an  accusation  that  had  not  been  put,  and 
did  it  with  one  of  those  plausible  and  persuading 
generalizations  of  which  he  is  the  master. 

Then  the  members  of  the  Holland  Society  saw 
Colonel  Bryan  as  the  great  body  of  voters  to  whom 
he  appealed  have  seen  him,  but  these  Holland 
Society  members,  clear-headed,  possessing  much 
of  the  Dutch  imperturbability,  saw  farther  than 
many  of  those  who  have  supported  Bryan  were 
able  to  see. 

Colonel  Bryan  undoubtedly  was  pleased  at  the 
invitation  to  appear  before  the  Holland  Society, 
for,  as  he  said,  he  had  never  before  had  any  oppor- 
tunity to  speak  to  a  representative  body  in  New 
York  of  that  kind.  He  could  not  have  been  rea- 
sonably disappointed  at  his  reception.  It  was  all 
courteous,  all  kindly,  but  it  was  also  thoroughly 
discriminating. 

The  Newark  News  gave  up  a  column  of  space  to 
what  is  described  in  its  head-lines  as : 

Bryan  in  Tilt  with  J.  M.  Beck — Nebraskan  Stirs 
Holland  Society  Diners  by  Impromptu  De- 
fence of  Labor — The  Hague  Peace  Movement. 

It  also  reported  that ' '  Mr.  Bryan  furnished  the 
surprise  of  the  dinner  when  he  took  up  the  chal- 


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lenge  of  James  M.  Beck,  the  young  Wall  Street 
lawyer,  and  treated  the  guests  to  a  sensational 
speech  on  the  labor  question. 

"  Mr.  Bryan  had  prepared  an  academic  speech 
on  the  effect  of  The  Hague's  Peace  Tribunal,  but 
Mr.  Beck,  who  immediately  preceded  him,  by  a 
sharp  attack  on  the  methods  of  labor  organizations, 
aroused  him,  and,  digressing  from  the  line  of  his 
speech,  he  made  an  impassioned  defence  of  the 
laboring  man,  coupled  with  an  attack  on  the 
trusts."     . 

The  Providence  Bulletin  gave  a  coliimn  to  its 
account  of  the  affair,  emphasizing  the  ' '  Mirth  and 
Good  Cheer"  and  the  "Jovial  Time,"  and  par- 
ticularly noting  the  presence  of  Colonel  Bryan  and 
the  Chinese  Minister  among  the  speakers. 

The  St.  Paul  Dispatch  gives  half  a  column, 
and  sees  greatest  importance  in  the  presence  and 
the  eloquent  address  of  the  Chinese  Minister. 

The  Augusta  (Me.)  Journal  devotes  nearly  a 
column  to  the  account,  and  makes  the  cordial  re- 
ception of  the  Chinese  Minister  its  leading  feature, 
saying  that  "  W.  J.  Bryan,  Dr.  G.  C.  Lorimer,  and 
others  speak." 

The  Scranton  Times  and  the  Altoona  Times,  each 
in  a  half  column,  and  the  Nashville  Banner  in  a 
quarter  or  less,  give  the  most  prominence  to  Mr. 
Bryan's  address. 

The  Batavian  News  takes  its  account  from  the 
New  York  Sun,  as  follows: 

Extract  from  Bataviaasch  Nieuwsblad,  Vrijdag, 
4  Maart,  1904.     Batavia,  Nederlandsch  Indie: 

Holland  in  Amerika. — Een  vriendelijke  hand 
zond  ons  uit  New- York  The  Sun  van  22  Januari, 


195 

waarin  een  beschrijving  voorkomt  van  het  negen- 
tiende  jaarlijksche  gastmaal  (het  blad  schrijft: 
negcn  tiende  jaarliksch  Gastmaal)  van  de  Holland 
Soceity  of  New-York,  den  dag  te  voren  gehouden 
in  de  groote  danszaal  van  het  Waldorf-Astoria 
Hotel. 

De  loges  waren  door  toekijkende  en  luisterende 
dames  bezet,  de  heeren  zaten  in  de  reusachtige 
zaal  aan  grootere  en  kleinere  versierde  tafels 
gezellig  bijeen.  Toast-meester  was  de  president 
van  de  vereeniging,  de  heer  M.  Banta. 

Onder  de  gasten  der  vereeniging  waren  ook 
Bryan  en  de  chineesche  gezant.  President  Roose- 
velt was  afwezig,  ik  betreur  het  zeer  had  hij 
geschreven  dat  ik  van  avond  niet  met  mijn  fellow 
Dutchmen  te  New- York  kan  zijn. 

Bryan  sprak  over  de  apostel  der  liefde,  over 
Tolstoi,  die  door  zijn  machtig  woord  het  volk  van 
Rusland  tot  leven  en  handelen  bracht ;  dr.  Lorimer 
bracht  een  heildronk  uit  op:  Holland — Our  Ally 
in  the  Revolution  en  de  gezant  van  China  gaf  in 
uitstekend  Engelsch,  een  overzicht  van  wat  Hol- 
land op  het  gebied  der  vrijheid  en  verdraagzaam- 
heid  van  handel,  wetenschap  en  kunsten  heeft  tot 
stand  gebracht.  Holland  had  nederzettingen  over 
gansch  de  wereld,  Holland  bracht  Noord  en  Zuid, 
Osst  en  West  nader  bijeen.  Een  ander  spreker, 
de  heer  Beck,  advocaat  te  Philadelphia,  had 
het  over  "  de  helden  die  ons  zijn  voorgegaan," 
over  den  moed  der  Hollanders  van  den  ouden 
tijd.  Daama  kwam  Bryan  nog  eens  aan  het 
woord. 

Sinds  mijn  bezoek  aan  Nederland,  zeide  deze 
staatsman  laat  ik  mijn  gedachten  dikwijls  gaan 
over  de  belangrijke  rol  voor  dit  kleine  volk  weg- 
gelegd  als  voorgangster  in  de  beweging  die  ten 
doel  heeft  de  rede  te  stellen  boven  de  macht. 
Geen  volk  heeft  meer  voor  de  vrijheid  van  geweten 
over  gehad  dan  de  Hollanders,  voor  de  vrijheid 
van  het  voord,  voor  staatkundige  rechten.     De 


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Tempel  des  Vredes  zal  verrijzen  op  den  grond 
geheiligd  door  een  krijg  voor  de  vrijheid  die  tach- 
tig  jaren  heeft  gewoed. 

De  spijskaart,  a  chapter  of  Mysteries,  zegt  the 
Sun,  was  als  volgt: 

SPIJSKAART. 

(Here  follows  the  menu  used  at  the  banquet.) 


ADDITIONS  TO  THE  LIBRARY  AND  COLLECTIONS 
FOR  1903-1904. 

From  Barr  Ferree,  Secretary: 

Year-Book  of  the  Penna.  Society  for  1903. 
From  Chas.  E.  Lydecker: 

Six  Maps  of  Netherland,  by  E.  Olivier  and  P.  H.  Wit- 

kamp,  1878. 
From  State  Historian,  Albany,  N.  Y.: 

War  of  the  Revolution  Series,  vol.  vi.  and  duplicate. 

Military  Minutes  of  the  Council  of  Appointment  of  the 

State  of  New  York,  1783-1821,  4  vols,  and  duplicates. 

State  Library  Report,  1902,  85  (i),  (85)  2. 

New  York  State  Library  Bulletin,  42,  81,  and  84. 
From  State  Historical  Society  of  Iowa,  Iowa  City: 

The  Messages  and  Proclamations  of  the  Governors  of 

Iowa,  by  Prof.  Benjamin  F.  Shambaugh. 

The  Messages  and  Proclamations  of  the  Governors  of 

Iowa,  vol.  iii.,  by  Prof.  Benjamin  F.  Shambaugh. 

The  Iowa  Journal  of  History  and  Politics,  July,  1903. 

The  Iowa  Journal  of  History  and  Politics,  October, 

1903- 

The  Messages  and  Proclamations  of  the  Governors  of 

Iowa,  vol.  iv.,  by  Prof.  Benjamin  F.  Shambaugh. 

The  Iowa  Journal  of  History  and   Politics,  January, 

1904. 
From  Sterling  Potter: 

MS.  copy  Marriages  Collegiate  R.  D.  Church,  Fulton 

Street,  N.  Y.  City,  1802  to  Dec.  28,  1850. 
From  Colorado  College,  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.: 

Colorado  College  Studies,  vol.  x. 
From  New  York  Society  Library : 

Annual  Report,  April  i,  1903. 
197 


1 98 

From  Maatschappij  tot  Nut  van't  algemeen: 

Amsterdam  in  i6'j2,  by  G.  Polvliet. 
From  St.  Nicholas  Society,  New  York  City: 

Medal  of  the  Society  commemorating  230th  Anniversary 

of  the  granting  of  Municipal  Government  to  New  Am- 
sterdam, Feb.  2,  1653. 
From  University  Club,  New  York  City: 

Annual,  39th  year,  1 903-1 904. 
From  Calumet  Club,  New  York  City : 

The    Constitution,    Rules,   Officers    and   Members    for 

1903. 
From  the  University  Tenn.  Press,  Knoxville,  Tenn.: 

University  of  Tennessee  Register  for  1902-3,  vol.  vi., 

No.  3. 

University  of  Tennessee  Record,  April,    1903,  vol.  vi., 

No.  4- 
From  Hardware  Club  of  New  York  City : 

Officers,  Board  of  Governors,  Committees,  etc.,  for  1903. 
From  the  Minister  of  Colonies,  The  Hague,  Holland: 

Catalogus  van  de  Boeken  en  Kaarten    uitmakende  de 

Bibliotheek  van  het  Departement  van  Kolonien. 
From  J.  H.  De  Bussy,  Amsterdam,  Holland: 

De  Nederlanders  op  de  West  Indische  Eilanden,  door 

J.  H.  J.  Hamelberg. 

Documenten,  behoorende  bij  "  De  Nederlanders  op  de 

West     Indische    Eilanden,"  II.    St.   Eustatius,  Saba, 

St.  Martin. 

Zesde  Jaarverslag  van  het  Geschied-Taal-Land-  en  Vol- 

kenkundig  Genootschap  te  Willemstad,  Curagao. 
From  Rev.  Matthew  Cantine  Julien : 

A  Preliminary  Statement  of  Cantine  Genealogy. 
From  the  Huguenot  Society  of  London,  England: 

Vol.  XVII.  of  its  Publications:  Register  of  the  French 

Church  at  Thorney,  Cambridgeshire,  edited  by  Henry 

Peet,  F.S.A. 

Proceedings,  May  12,  1896,  to  April  13,  1902,  vol.  iii., 

part  ii.,  July,  1903. 

Proceedings  of  the  Huguenot  Society  of  London,  vol.  vii., 

No.  I. 

By-Laws  and  List  of  Fellows,  1903. 


199 

From  Carnegie  Library,  Pittsburg,  Pa.: 

Seventh  Annual  Report  to  the  Board  of  Trustees  for  the 

Year  ending  January  ji ,  IQOJ. 
From  Kamer  van  Koophandel  en  Fabrieken  : 

Jaarverslag  van  de  Kamer  van  Koophandel  en  Fabrieken 

te  Rotterdam  over  igo2. 
From  Mr.  Edward  Myers,  White  Plains,  N.  Y. : 

Poverty  and  Patriotism  of  the  Neutral  Grounds,  by  J.  C. 

L.  Hamilton,  1900. 

Some  of  the  Beginnings  of  Westchester  County  History, 

by  ex-Governor  Alonzo  B.  Cornell,  1890. 
From  Netherlands  Society  of  Philadelphia: 

Twelfth  Annual  Banquet,  YioteX  Belle vue,  January  23, 

1903- 

From  Mr.  Louis  Y.  Schermerhom,  Philadelphia,  Pa.: 

Genealogy  of  a  Part  of  the  Third  Branch  of  the  Schermer- 
hom Family  in  the  United  States.  Compiled  by  Louis 
Y.  Schermerhom,  1903.  (2  copies,  one  bound  and 
one  tmbound.) 

From  Mr.  Theo.  M.  Banta,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.: 

Levensberichten  der  Afgestorven  Medeleden  van  de 
Maatschappij  der  N ederlandsche  Letterkunde  te  Leiden, 

1903- 

Handclingen  en  Mededeelingen  van  de  Maatschappij  der 
N ederlandsche  Letterkunde  te  Leiden,  1903. 
Ninety-eighth  Anniversary  Celebration  of  the  New  Eng- 
land Society,  December  22,  1903. 

From  the  New  Jersey  Historical  Society : 

Vol.  XXIL,  Marriage  Records,  1665-1800,  of  the  State 
of  New  Jersey,  by  William  Nelson . 

By  Purchase: 

A  Documentary  History  of  the  Dutch  Congregation  of 
Oyster  Bay,  N.  Y.,  by  H.  A.  Stoutenburgh.  Pam- 
phlets No.  3  and  4. 

Amstels  Kerkelijk  leven  van  de  eerste  zestig  ^aren  der 
Vrijheid.  Gedenkboek,  door  Dr.  G.  J.  Vos  Az.  Amster- 
dam, G.  D.  Bom,  H.  Gz.,  1903. 

History  of  New  Paliz,  N.  Y.,  attd  Its  Old  Families. 
(From  1678  to  1820.)  Including  the  Huguenot  Pio- 
neers and  others  who  settled  in  New  Paltz  previous  to 


200 


the    Revolution.     By    Ralph   Le   Fevre.     Illustrated, 

1903. 

The  Sea  Beggars — Liberators  of  Holland  from  the  Yoke 

of  Spain.     Versteeg. 
From  the  Union  Club,  of  New  York  City: 

Officers,  Members,  Constitution  and  Rules  for  IQOJ. 
From  Hiram  Lozier,  Newburgh,  N.  Y.; 

Historical  Papers,  No.  x — Historical  Society  of   New- 
burgh and  the  Highlands,  1903. 
From  Bibliotheek  der  Universiteit,  Amsterdam,  Holland: 

Catalogus  der  H andschriften  III.       Schenking  Diede- 

richs.     Franschc  Afdeeling. 
From  Maatschappij  der  Ned.  Letterkunde,  Leyden: 

Handelingen  en  Mededeelingen,  1902-3. 

Levensberichten  der  Afgestorven  Medeleden ,  1902-3. 

Tijdschrift  voor  Ned.  Taal  en  Letterkunde:  21  ste  deal, 

3  and  4;   22  ste  deel,  i  and  2. 
From  Mr.  H.  L.  Bogert;   also  one  from  the  Club: 

The  National  Arts  Club,  New  York,  1904. 
From  The  Virginians : 

Constitution,  etc.,  and  List  of  Members,  igoj-4. 
From  the  Century  Association : 

Reports,  Constitution,  By-Laws  and    List  of  Members 

for  1903. 
From  the  Ohio  Society  of  New  York: 

Constitution  and  By-Laws,  Officers  and  Members  for 

1904. 
From  New  York  Historical  Society : 

The  Genius  of  the  Cosmopolitan  City,  by  H.  W.  Mabie, 

1903- 
From  Mr.  J.  Oscar  Voute,  Montclair,  N.  J.: 

Yellowstone  Park  and  Alaska,  by  Chas.  J.  Gillis. 
From  Mr.  Richard  Wynkoop,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.: 

Wynkoop  Genealogy  in^tlte  United  States  of  America,  by 

Richard  Wynkoop,  3d  edit.,  1904. 
From  Mme.  Andrei: 

Silver  coin  of  fifty  stivers ,  1808.  Obverse — L.  Napoleon; 

reverse — Arms  of  Holland  and  France. 


Nineteenth  Annual  Meeting. 

HE    Nineteenth    Annual    Meeting  of    The 
Holland  Society  of  New  York  was  held 
at  Delmonico's  on  Wednesday,  April  6, 
1904,  pursuant  to  the  following  notice: 

New  York.  March  ig,  1904. 

My  Dear  Sir: 

The  Nineteenth  Annual  meeting  of  The  Holland 
Society  of  New  York  will  be  held  at  Delmonico's, 
Fifth  Avenue  and  44th  Street,  on  April  6th,  at  8  p.m.* 

Twenty-four  of  our  members  have  died,  whose 
names  are  given  on  the  next  page.  There  may  be 
others  of  whose  death  the  Secretary  has  not  learned, 
and  he  will  be  grateful  for  information  of  such  omis- 
sions and  for  corrections  of  eiTors  in  the  spelling  of 
names  or  residences  in  the  list  or  in  the  Year  Book. 


The  membership  at  last  report  was. 

Elected  during  the  year 

Reinstated 


851 
48 


900 

Died 24 

Resigned 4 

Dropped 32     60 

Present  membership 840 

On  May  ist,  1904,  the  office  of  the  Society  and 
its  Libi'ary  will  be  removed  to  Room  819,  on  the 
eighth  floor  of  the  Bennett  Building,  No.  99 
Nassau  St.,  N.  Y.  City. 

The  annual  report  of  the  Treasurer  will  be  found 


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herewith;    also  the   report  of  the  Committee  on 
Nominations  for  the  ensuing  year. 

Please  notify  the  Secretary  if  you  intend  to  be 
present,  so  that  preparation  may  be  made. 
Yours  very  truly, 

Henry  L.  Bogert,  Secretary. 

*  April  6  is  Wednesday. 

IN  MEMORIAM. 

ELECTED.  DIED. 

Caspar  Schenck,  Annapolis,  Md Dec.  7,  1888.     June  21,  1902 

William   K.   Van  Alen,   San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal Dec.  7,  1888.     Jan.  19,  1903 

John   Butler   Brevoort,  Johnson- 
burg,  Pa Oct.  16,  1894.      Feb.  21,  1903 

Albert    Gilliam    Bogert,    Nyack, 

N.  Y Dec.  20,  1886.     Mar.  24,  1903 

William    Meadon    Van    Antwerp, 

Albany.  N.  Y Oct.  25,  1886.     Apr.    9,    1903 

George   West   Van   Siclen,    Corn- 
wall, N.  Y Mar.  14,  1885.     Apr.  19,  1903 

Alfred  Hasbrouck,   Poughkeepsie, 

N.  Y Oct.  22,  1890.     May   9,    1903 

De    Witt    Chauncey     Le    Fevre, 

Buffalo,  N.  Y Oct.  24,  1889.     May  24,  1903 

Johnston  Livingston  De  Peyster, 

Tivoli,  N.  Y Oct.  24,  1889.     May  27,  1903 

Eugene  Vanderpool,  Newark,  N.J.  .Mar.  28,  1889.     July  12,  1903 

Miles    Woodward    Vosburgh,    Al- 
bany, N.  Y May  19,  1887.     Aug.  30,  1903 

ZAREMBAW.WALDRON.Jackson, Mich. .Oct.  10,  1895.     Oct.    I,    1903 

Cornelius  Van  Brunt.  New  York.  .Mar.  14,  1885.     Oct.    i,    1903 

David  Cole,  Yonkers,  N.  Y Oct.  25,  1886.     Oct.  20,  1903 

Thomas  J.    Van   Alstyne,   Albany, 

N.  Y Mar.  10,  1898.     Oct.  26,  1903. 

John    Henry    Van    Antwerp,    Al- 
bany. N.  Y Apr.  6,  1886.     Dec.  14,  1903. 

Selah    Reeve    Van    Duzer,    New- 
burgh,  N.  Y June  25,  1885.      Dec.  27.  1903. 

John ScHOONMAKER.Newburgh.N.Y. Mar.  27,  1890.     Jan.    1,    1904. 

George  L.  Becker.  St.  Paul,  Minn. .June  12,  1902.     Jan.    6,    1904. 

Peter  Q.  Eckerson,  New  York. .  .  .June  25,  1885.     Jan.  10,  1904. 

James  Lansing,  Troy,  N.  Y June  8,    1899.     Jan.  21,  1904. 

George  Van  Wagenen,  New  York.  Mar.  14.  1885.     Jan.  29,  1904. 

Pierre  Van  Buren  Hoes,  Yonkers, 

N.  Y Mar.  30,  1887.     Feb.    5,   1904. 

John    Van    Der    Bilt    Van    Pelt, 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y Dec.  7,  1888.     Feb.  17,  1904. 

♦DoMiNicus  Snedeker,   Brooklyn, 

N.  Y '  .  .  .Oct.  12,  1899.     Mar.  18,  1904. 

♦Vedder  Van  Dyck,  Bayonne,  N.  J.June  11,  1903.     Mar.  24,  1904. 

♦Evert  Sheldon  Van  Slyke,  New 

York Dec.  9,  1897.     Mar.  24,  1904. 

♦Caleb    Coles     Dusenbury,     New 

York June  13,  1901.     Mar.  24,  1904. 

♦George    Howard   Vander    Beek, 

Allentown,  N.  J Mar.  27,  1890.      Mar.  31,  1904. 

*  Supplementing  notice  as  issued. 


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The  following  members  had  notified  the  Sec- 
retary that  they  would  be  present,  and  it  was 
estimated  that  about  two  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  attended,  some  of  whom  do  not  appear  upon 
this  list. 

Edward  B.  Adriance,  James  Lansing  Amerman, 
W.  H.  H.  Amerman,  Richard  Allard  Anthony, 
Theodore  M.  Banta,  Walter  Augustus  Banta, 
Tunis  G.  Bergen,  T.  H.  Bergen,  John  F.  Berry, 
Alonzo  Blauvelt,  Elmer  Blauvelt,  Theo.  B. 
Bleecker,  Cornelius  Bloomingdale,  James  Bloom- 
ingdale,  J.  T.  B.  Bogardus,  Joseph  H.  Bogart, 
Andrew  D.  Bogert,  Charles  Albert  Bogert,  Charles 
Edmvmd  Bogert,  Daniel  G.  Bogert,  Edward 
Langdon  Bogert,  Edward  S.  Bogert,  Henry  A. 
Bogert,  Henry  L.  Bogert,  John  G.  Bogert,  Walter 
Bogert,  William  Russell  Bogert,  Samuel  C.  Bradt, 
Alexander  Gordon  Brinckerhoff,  Henry  Waller 
Brinckerhoff,  R.  B.  Brinkerhoff,  Bloomfield 
Brower,  John  Brower,  Ward  Brower,  Charles 
Burhans,  Morse  Burtis,  A.  T.  Clearwater,  John  H. 
Cooper,  John  W.  Cooper,  Washington  L.  Cooper, 
Matthias  Van  Dyke  Cruser,  Geo.  W.  Debevoise, 
Howard  de  Forest,  Henry  Van  der  Veer  De  Hart, 
James  de  la  Montanye,  Benjamin  G.  Demarest, 
E.  W.  Demarest,  Isaac  I.  Demarest,  Edwin  Stan- 
ton Denise,  John  Henry  De  Ridder,  J.  Walter  De 
Witt,  Jerome  De  Witt,  Moses  J.  De  Witt,  S.  L.  F. 
Deyo,  Edward  W.  Ditmars,  John  Ditmars,  C.  A. 
Du  Bois,  Cornelius  J.  Dumond,  Gustavus  Abeel 
Duryee,  Jacob  Eugene  Duryee,  Charles  Dusen- 
berry,  Jr.,  C.  E.  Dusenberry,  Charles  R.  Dusen- 
berry,  Elias  W.  Dusenberry,  Edwin  R.  Dusinbery, 
Edward  Elsworth,  J.  Elmendorf,  Wm.  Burgess 
Elmendorf,  E.  J.    Elting,  Jesse  Elting,   Peter   J. 


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El  ting,  Everett  J.  Esselstyn,  Garret  J.  Garretson, 
Alexander  Reading  Gulick,  Arnatt  Reading  Gu- 
lick,  Charlton  R.  Gulick,  Ernestus  Schenck  Gulick, 
John  C.  Gulick,  Frank  M.  Hardenbrook,  Abra- 
ham Hasbrouck,  Frank  Hasbrouck,  Garret  Roosa 
Hasbrouck,  Howard  Has  Brouck,  James  F.  Has- 
brouck, Joseph  Hasbrouck,  William  M.  Hoes, 
Franklyn  Hogeboom,  Abram  C.  Holdrum,  Garret 
S.  M.  Holdrum,  Robert  I.  Hopper,  David  Harrison 
Houghtaling,  E.  Covert  Hulst,  Edward  Tompkins 
Hulst,  Arthur  Middleton  Jacobus,  Andrew  Jack- 
son Kiersted,  Clarence  V.  Kip,  Richard  Lansing, 
Jacob  Lefever,  H.  H.  Longstreet,  Henry  D.  Lott, 
James  V.  D.  B.  Lott,  Hiram  Lozier,  John  Baldwin 
Lozier,  C.  E.  Ly decker.  Max  de  Motte  Marsellus, 
Walter  M.  Meserole,  Charles  Harold  Montanye, 
Hopper  Striker  Mott,  L.  H.  Newkirk,  Andrew  J. 
Onderdonk,  Thomas  W.  Onderdonk,  Alson  B. 
Ostrander,  Frederic  Posthof  Ostrum,  Hiram 
Roosevelt  Ostrum,  F.  A.  Palen,  James  S.  Polhe- 
mus,  Andrew  J.  Provost,  Jr.,  John  V.  L.  Pruyn, 
Abraham  C.  Quackenbush,  John  Lawrence  Riker, 
De  Witt  C.  Romaine,  D.  B.  St.  John  Roosa, 
Hyman  Roosa,  Robert  B.  Roosevelt,  Charles  Lott 
Schenck,  Mervin  R.  Schenck,  Geo.  F.  Scher- 
merhorn,  J.  Maus  Schermerhorn,  A.  O.  Schoon- 
maker,  Robert  Sickels,  Allan  Lee  Smidt,  Alfred 
Melvine  Snedeker,  Edward  Stagg,  John  H.  Starin, 
Clarence  Storm,  Peter  J.  Stuyvesant,  G.  Edgar 
Sutphen,  Herbert  Sands  Sutphen,  J.  Howard 
Suydam,  Lambert  Suydam,  Chas.  C.  Ten  Broeck, 
S.  V.  Ten  Eyck,  William  Hoffman  Ten  Eyck, 
Henry  Traphagen,  C.  H.  B.  Turner,  Frederick  T. 
van  Beuren,  Arthur  Hoffman  Van  Brunt,  E.  C. 
Van  Brunt,  J.   R.  Van  Buskirk,  Henry  H.  Van 


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Cleef,  Lincoln  Van  Cott,  Francis  Isaac  Van  der 
Beek,  David  Augustus  Van  der  Veer,  John  R. 
Vanderveer,  Alfred  Van  Derwerken,  G.  C.  Van 
Deusen,  George  M.  Van  Deventer,  Harrison  Van 
Duyne,  Wesley  Van  Emburgh,  N.  B.  Van  Etten, 
Louis  Bevier  Van  Gaasbeek,  George  M.  Van 
Hoesen,  Tunis  Whitbeck  Van  Hoesen,  Francis  C. 
Van  Horn,  Byron  G.  Van  Home,  John  G.  Van 
Home,  Stephen  Van  Alen  Van  Home,  Isaac  Van 
Houten,  Charles  F.  Van  Inwegen,  William  H. 
Van  Kleeck,  F.  W.  Van  Loan,  Thos.  Van  Loan, 
Geo.  G.  Van  Mater,  Calvin  Decker  Van  Name, 
David  B.  Van  Name,  F.  L.  Van  Ness,  Russell  Van 
Ness,  Wallace  Van  Ness,  Frank  Roe  Van  Nest, 
Ottomar  H.  Van  Norden,  W.  Van  Norden,  Abram 
Z.  Van  Riper,  J.  F.  Van  Riper,  R.  Van  Santvoord, 
Warren  C.  Van  Slyke,  A.  V.  W.  Van  Vechten, 
Abraham  Kip  Van  Vleck,  Wm.  T.  Van  Vreden- 
burgh,  Hubert  Van  Wagenen,  H.  W.  Van 
Wagenen,  Arthur  W.  Van  Winkle,  Daniel  Van 
Winkle,  Edo  Van  Winkle,  Edward  Van  Winkle, 
I.  Albert  Van  Winkle,  Deuse  M.  Van  Vliet,  J.  B. 
Van  Woert,  Augustus  Van  Wyck,  John  H.  Van 
Wyck,  Robert  A.  Van  Wyck,  William  Van  Wyck, 
Wm.  E.  Van  Wyck,  Milton  B.  Van  Zandt,  J. 
Leonard  Varick,  Theodore  Romeyn  Varick,  C.  P. 
Vedder,  Van  Vechten  Veeder,  John  Hayden 
Visscher,  Charles  Hageman  Voorhees,  Edwin 
Strange  Voorhees,  Judah  B.  Voorhees,  Willard  P. 
Voorhees,  Stephen  Francis  Voorhees,  Ernest  Voor- 
his,  Alfred  Purdy  Vredenburgh,  E.  L.  Vreden- 
burgh,  Samuel  H.  Wandell,  Townsend  Wandell, 
Josiah  Arnold  Westervelt,  G.  Danforth  William- 
son, Ogden  F.  Winne,  Nicholas  Doremus  Worten- 
dyke,    Reynier    J.    Wortendyke,    Ferdinand    L. 


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Wyckoff,  Albert  A.  Zabriskie,  Geo.  A.  Zabriskie, 
Josiah  H.  Zabriskie. 

President  Banta,  in  calling  the  meeting  to  order, 
congratulated  the  members  on  the  fact  that  the 
past  year  had  been  in  some  respects  the  most 
successful  for  the  Society;  that  it  had  received 
an  unusually  large  number  of  new  members ;  that 
$2,000  had  been  added  to  its  invested  funds;  and 
that  the  special  meeting  had  brought  in  a  num- 
ber of  new  members  and  made  the  Society  better 
known  to  the  older  members. 

The  minutes  of  the  last  annual  meeting  having 
been  printed  in  the  Year  Book,  it  was  unani- 
mously voted  that  reading  them  be  dispensed 
with. 

The  Secretary  presented  the  following  report, 
which  was  on  motion  received  and  ordered  to  be 
inserted  in  the  Year  Book. 

REPORT  OF  THE  SECRETARY. 

The  statement  sent  out  with  the  notice  of  the 
annual  meeting  showed  that  a  year  ago  the  mem- 
bership was  eight  hundred  and  fifty-one.  We 
have  elected  during  the  year  forty-eight  new  mem- 
bers and  reinstated  one,  making  the  total  upon 
our  rolls  nine  hundred.  From  that  nimiber  we 
have  dropped  for  non-payment  of  dues  thirty-two. 
Those  who  have  resigned  number  four.  Those 
who  have  died  are  twenty-four,  making  the  mem- 
bership at  the  date  of  the  statement  eight  hundred 
and  forty.  Since  that  date  five  other  members 
have  died,  still  further  reducing  our  ranks,  and 


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it  was  remarkable  that  three  of  that  number  died 
upon  one  day. 

Our  necrology  for  the  past  year  includes  three 
of  the  founders  of  the  Society,  Cornelius  Van 
Brunt,  George  Van  Wagenen  and  George  West 
Van  Siclen,  our  first  Secretary,  than  whom  no 
one  was  more  enthusiastically  devoted  to  the  pro- 
gress of  the  Society.  Two  others  on  the  list  of 
the  dead  were  among  those  elected  at  the  second 
regular  meeting  which  followed  the  foundation 
of  the  Society  in  Jime,  1885,  Selah  Reeve  Van 
Duzer  and  Peter  Q.  Eckerson.  Albany  con- 
tributed four  to  this  mortuary  roll  and  is  the 
largest  sufferer,  among  her  dead  being  Thomas 
J.  Van  Alstyne,  who  was  Vice-President  for  that 
county  at  the  time  of  his  death. 

The  report  of  the  Treasurer,  which  also  accom- 
panied the  notice  of  this  meeting,  showed  that 
our  receipts  from  all  sources,  including  our  balance 
at  the  beginning  of  the  year,  made  a  total  of 

$7,374.34- 

Our  disbursements  took  all  of  this  amount 
except  the  sum  of  $387.26,  which  was  carried 
over  to  the  new  year. 

Among  our  large  expenditures  will  be  noticed 
the  purchase  of  two  bonds  for  $2,080,  and  the 
expense  of  an  additional  meeting  to  which  our 
friends  were  invited  and  which  cost  us  $838.10. 
This  meeting  took  place  December  15,  1903,  and 
was  attended  by  about  four  hundred  members  and 
guests,  who  were  entertained  with  an  illustrated 
lecture  by  our  gifted  fellow  member,  Prof.  Dwight 
L.  Elmendorf,  depicting  a  trip  through  Holland. 
This  was  followed  by  a  collation,  which  seemed  to 
impress  our  guests  very  favorably,  and  the  res\ilt 


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of  the  meeting  was  manifest  in  the  nixmber  of 
applications  which  came  up  for  action  at  the 
last  meeting  of  the  Trustees,  when  thirty-two  new 
members  were  elected.  Another  unusual  dis- 
bursement was  for  souvenirs  at  the  time  of  the 
annual  dinner  in  January,  on  which  occasion  it 
was  determined  to  send  souvenirs  to  those  mem- 
bers who  could  not  attend  as  well  as  to  those 
who  participated  in  that  celebration.  The  ad- 
ditional expense  was  about  $400,  and,  if  one  may 
judge  from  the  sentiments  expressed  by  those 
absent  members  who  thus  profited  by  the  innova- 
tion, the  Society  has  been  strengthened  and  more 
firmly  intrenched  in  the  regard  of  its  members 
than  ever  before.  The  die  from  which  our  badge 
is  struck  required  repairs,  which  cost  $78.75,  and 
before  distributing  the  type  from  which  the  Year 
Book  was  printed,  a  number  of  smaller  books, 
containing  merely  the  By-laws  and  list  of  members, 
were  printed  for  distribution  among  those  who 
were  not  entitled  to  receive  the  Year  Book,  and 
for  purposes  of  exchange  with  similar  societies,  at 
an  expense  of  $84. 

Otir  Year  Book,  as  heretofore,  is  a  large  item  in 
our  expense  account,  but  most  deservedly  so, 
since  it  wins  golden  opinions  everywhere  and  is 
more  and  more  sought  by  libraries  and  other 
institutions  for  the  valuable  collections  of  genea- 
logical matter  which  it  publishes  and  makes 
accessible,  and  because  of  the  attractive  and 
aristocratic  appearance  which  it  presents. 

The  Nineteenth  Anniversary  Dinner  was  the 
largest  ever  given  by  the  Society,  and  some  say 
that  it  was  the  most  successful.  It  may  be  con- 
fidently asserted  that  every  member  stayed  until 


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the  last  word  was  said  and  appeared  to  wish  that 
the  function  might  continue  longer. 

Here  are  some  of  the  opinions,  evoked  by  the 
Year  Book  and  the  souvenir,  which  have  been 
mentioned  above. 

A  typical  letter  concerning  the  souvenir: 

North  Bend.  Ohio.  Feby.  8,  1904. 

Henry  L.  Bogert,  Esq., 

Secretary  Holland  Society. 
Dear  Sir  : 

It  gives  me  great  pleasure  to  acknowledge  the 
rect.  of  the  fac  simile  of  the  medal  struck  off  by 
the  order  of  the  States  General  of  the  Netherlands, 
April  19,  1782,  in  Commemoration  of  the  Inde- 
pendence of  the  United  States, — and  more  espe- 
cially do  I  regret  my  inability  to  be  present  at  the 
Anniversary^  Banquet  of  the  Society  last  month — 
of  which  the  medal  and  its  associations  formed 
so  interesting  a  feature.  On  each  of  these  annual 
recurring  Reunions  of  the  Sons  of  Old  Holland  it 
has  been  my  misfortune  to  be  with  you  only  in 
spirit — tho  a  bodily  presence  wovild  have  added 
to  my  enjoyment. 

Very  Truly  Yrs. 

Jno.  Hunn  Voorhees. 

The  New  Hampshire  State  Librar}^  having 
written  to  request  a  donation  of  several  Year 
Books,  which  the  Secretary  did  not  feel  authorized 
to  send  as  a  gift,  the  following  letter  shows  the 
estimate  in  which  they  are  held. 

New  Hampshire  State  Library, 

Concord,  19     o     03 

Holland  Society  of  New  York. 
Gentlemen: 
I  am  very  sorry  that  you  cannot  send  us  the 
year  books  as  a  gift.     We  feel  we  must  keep  the 
set   complete   and   therefore   ask   that  you  send 


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them  to  us  with  a  bill  for  the  same.     We  wish  for 
the  years  1901,  1902  and  1903. 

Yours  very  truly, 

Arthur  H.  Chase, 

Librarian. 

The  Hon.  James  M.  Beck,  having  received  a 
copy  of  the  Year  Book  for  1903  at  the  time  of  his 
selection  to  be  one  of  the  speakers  at  the  Anni- 
versary Banquet  in  January,  1904,  referred  to 
the  Year  Book  as  follows : 

December  24,  1903. 

Mr.  Henry  L.  Bogert, 

Secretary  Holland  Society, 
New  York. 
My  Dear  Sir: 

*  *  *  Thank  you  for  your  very  handsome 
Year  Book.  I  thought  the  New  England  Society 
of  Pennsylvania,  of  which  I  was  President,  had 
one  of  the  best  Year  Books,  but  it  does  not  compare 
with  yours,  which  is  the  handsomest  I  have  yet 
seen  of  any  similar  Society. 

With  the  Compliments  of  the  season,  I  am 
Yours  very  truly, 

Jas.  M.  Beck. 

Our  friends  in  South  Africa  included  J.  H.  Hof- 
meyr,  W.  F.  Hertzog  and  others,  and  therefore  parts 
of  the  following  correspondence  may  be  of  interest. 

9  Camp  St.,  Cape  Town, 
5  September,  1903. 

Mr.  Theodore  M.  Banta, 

Secretary  Holland  Society 
of  New  York, 

Brooklyn,  N.Y.,U.  S.  A. 
Dear  Sir: 

I  have  to  cordially  thank  you  for  sending  me  your 
Society's  Year  Books  for  1902  and  1903.     The  former 


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reached  me  some  fifteen  months  after  being  mailed 
in  America,  having  evidently  been  detained  by  our 
governmental  authorities  for  abstruse  reasons  of 
their  own.  The  Year  Book  for  1901  has  not  yet 
come  to  hand,  having  probably  been  confiscated  by 
the  military  during  the  period  of  martial  law.  As 
your  publications  are  highly  appreciated,  not  only 
by  me,  but  by  many  of  our  Dutch  friends,  to  whom 
I  show  them  from  time  to  time,  I  would  be  glad  if 
the  missing  volume  could  be  remailed  to  me. 

Mr.  Montagu  White  (whose  portrait  and  able 
address  appear  in  the  book  for  1902)  was  with  me 
when  the  above  mentioned  two  volumes  came  to 
hand  and  asked  to  be  kindly  remembered  to  you. 

Thanking  you  and  your  Society  for  the  charitable 
help  you  have  rendered  to  oxir  stiffering  compatriots 
in  the  former  South  African  republics, 

I  remain 

Yours  Sincerely, 

J.  H.  HOFMEYR. 

P.  S.  I  regret  that  I  could  not  find  your  full 
address.  I  hope  that  this  letter  will  reach  you  all 
the  same. 

In  reply  to  the  foregoing  letter,  the  Year  Book  for 
1 90 1  was  immediately  sent  to  Mr.  Hofmeyr,  with 
an  inquir\-  concerning  Mr.  Hertzog,  which  brought 
forth  the  following  acknowledgment. 

9  Camp  Street,  Cape  Town, 
12  Nov.,  1903. 

Mr.  Henry  L.  Bogert, 

New  York. 
Dear  Sir : 

Your  favor  of  8  Oct.  has  duly  come  to  hand 
together  with  the  year  book  of  1901,  for  which  I 
beg  to  tender  your  Society  and  yourself  my  cordial 
thanks. 

I  regret  to  have  to  say  that  the  Mr.  W.  F.  Hertzog, 
to  whom  you  refer  (and  who  was  an  appreciated 
friend  of  mine)  died  on  the  3rd  Sept.  of  last  year  at 


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Hamburg,   only  two  days  after  his  landing  there 
from  the  Cape. 

I  remain, 

with  kindest  regards 
Yours  very  truly 

J.  HOFMEYR. 

At  the  last  annual  meeting  of  the  Society  a 
resolution  was  offered  to  express  our  appreciation 
of  the  services  rendered  by  our  retiring  President, 
Mr.  George  G.  De  Witt.  This  was  engrossed  and 
sent  to  him,  and  the  following  letter  acknowledges 
its  receipt. 

March  28th,  1904 

My  dear  Mr.  Bogert. 

I  am  in  receipt  of  the  beautifully  engrossed  copy 
of  the  resolution  adopted  by  The  Holland  Society  on 
my  retirement  as  President  of  the  Society.  It  is 
indeed  a  work  of  art.  Please  convey  to  the  Society 
my  high  appreciation  of  the  compliment. 
I  am. 

Very  sincerely  yours, 

Geo.  G.  De  Witt. 

To 

Mr.  Henry  L.  Bogert, 
Secretary. 

Through  our  system  of  exchanges  with  other  so- 
cieties and  institutions,  our  Library  has  profited  by 
the  following  accessions  during  the  past  year. 

The  Clinton  Papers,  6th  Vol.,  War  of  the  Revolu- 
tion Series;  The  Military  Minutes  of  the  Council  of 
Appointment,  4.  vols.;  Amsterdam  in  i6y2,^  by 
Polvliet;  various  pamphlets  from  the  Huguenot 
Society  of  London ;  a  MS.  Copy  of  Marriages  in  (Col- 
legiate) Reformed  Dutch  Church  of  Fulton  Street, 
1802  to  1850;  Marriage  Records  of  State  of  New 
Jersey,  1665  to  1800;  Register  of  the  French 
Church  at  Thoniey,  England;  and  many  other 
valuable  and  interesting  items.     The  St.  Nicholas 


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Society  sent  a  copy  of  its  medal  commemorating 
the  250th  Anniversary  of  the  Founding  of  Municipal 
Government  iii  the  City  of  New  York,  and  Mme. 
Andrei  presented  at  the  last  meeting  of  the  Trustees 
a  very  interesting  silver  coin  of  fifty  stivers,  dated 
1808,  from  the  Marie  Collection. 

The  following  invitation  was  received  from  the 
Society  of  the   Daughters  of  the  HoUand  Dames, 
with  cards  for  a  dozen  seats,  which  were  sent  to 
representative  members  of  the  Society : 
[seal] 

"  The  Society  of  the  Daughters  of  the  Holland 
Dames,  Descendants  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable 
Families  of  the  State  of  New  York,"  and  the  Rector, 
Wardens,  and  Vestrymen  of  St.  Mark's  Church, 
cordially  invite  you  to  the  service  for  the  dedication  of 
the  window  presented  by  the  Society  in  memory 
of  Director-General  Petrus  Stu>^esant. 

The  service  will  be  at  St.  Mark's  Church,  Tenth 
Street  and  Second  Avenue,  All  Saints'  Day,  Novem- 
ber First,  at  a  quarter  past  three  precisely. 

The  lease  of  the  room  at  348  Broadway,  in  which 
the  Society  has  kept  its  Library  and  maintained 
its  office,  win  expire  May  i,  1904,  and  with  the 
concurrence  of  the  Trustees  the  Secretary  has  taken 
a  lease  of  Room  819,  on  the  eighth  floor  of  the 
Bennett  Building,  99  Nassau  Street,  for  the  year 
beginning  May  i,  1904,  where  it  is  hoped  that  the 
members  of  the  Society  may  take  every  opportunity 
to  consult  and  examine  its  collections  and  make 
up  for  its  deficiencies  by  liberal  donations  of  books, 
pamphlets,  manuscripts  and  articles  of  historic 
interest. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

Henry  L.  Bogert, 

Secretary. 


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The  Committee  on  Finance  having  reported  that 
they  had  examined  and  audited  the  Treasurer's 
Annual  Report,  and  had  found  the  same  con-ect  and 
the  securities  on  hand  as  reported,  the  report  was  on 
motion  received  and  ordered  on  file. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Nominations 
being  called  for,  was  presented  by  Justice  GaiTetson 
as  follows : 

Justice  Garretson  : — I  presume  it  will  be  hardly 
necessary  to  read  this  report,  because  a  copy  of  it 
has  been  sent  to  you  by  Secretaiy  Bogert.  How- 
ever, in  order  that  the  customs,  which  I  understand 
have  been  established  here,  may  prevail  in  all  other 
things  as  well  as  in  the  making  of  the  report  of  the 
Committee  on  Nominations,  I  will  read  the  rejiort. 

During  the  past  week,  and  after  this  report  had 
been  transmitted  by  the  Secretary  to  the  members 
of  the  Society  by  mail,  the  Committee  learned  with 
regret  that  Mr.  Coykendall  would  be  unable  to  accept 
his  nomination.  I  know  that  considerable  influence 
was  brought  to  bear  upon  the  gentleman  to  reconsider 
the  detemiination  which  he  had  announced  not  to 
accept  the  nomination,  but  he  stated  that  it  was 
irrevocable  and  that  he  could  not  reconsider  it. 
Thereupon  and  at  a  very  late  day  it  became  necessary 
for  the  Committee  to  come  together  and  endeavor 
to  make  another  nomination  in  place  of  Mr.  Coyken- 
dall. That  meeting  of  the  Committee  was  held  on 
Saturday  evening,  because  the  final  detennination 
of  Mr.  Coykendall  came  to  the  Committee  late  in 
the  week.  Thereupon  the  Committee  selected  the 
name  of  Dr.  Vander  Veer,  of  Albany  County,  for 
the  position  of  President  in  place  of  Samuel  D. 
Coykendall,  and  the  Doctor  signified  his  willingness 
to  accept  the  nomination.  The  Doctor  had  already 
been  named  by  the  Committee  as  the  Vice-President 
from  Albany  County,  and  in  this  connection  let  me 
say,  as  far  as  the  selection  of  these  gentlemen  as 


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Vice-Presidents  is  concerned,  that  the  Committee 
acted  upon  all  of  the  information  which  came  to  its 
hands  from  the  different  localities,  expressive  of  the 
preferences  of  the  members  of  those  locahties;  and 
where  there  has  been  a  change,  it  has  been  made 
because  the  Committee  had  before  it  in  writing  an 
expression  by  the  gentlemen  from  the  particular 
locality  in  favor  of  substituting  the  name  in  place  of 
that  of  the  gentleman  who  had  previously  been  the 
Vice-President  of  the  Society  for  that  particiilar 
locaHty  or  county.  Where  the  name  remains  the 
same,  it  remains  so  because  there  was  no  com- 
mimication  received  from  any  of  the  gentlemen  of 
the  particiilar  localities  or  counties.  Dr.  Vander 
Veer's  name,  I  think,  was  sent  in  from  Albany 
County  as  the  gentleman  to  be  named  by  the  Com- 
mittee as  Vice-President  from  Albany  Cotinty. 
No  other  communication  that  I  recall  was  received 
from  that  coimty.  Having  selected  Dr.  Vander 
Veer  for  President,  the  Committee,  acting  upon  Dr. 
Vander  Veer's  suggestion  and  nomination,  has  pre- 
sented the  name  of  Robert  C.  Pruyn  as  Vice-Presi- 
dent for  Albany  County. 

To  the  Holland  Society  of  New  York: 

The  Committee  elected  to  make  nominations  for  the 
offices  to  be  filled  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Society  on 
April  6,  1904,  respectfully  reports  as  follows,  the  result  of 
its  first  meeting: 

President: 
Samuel  D.  Coykendall  * 
Vice-Presidents  : 

John  L.  Riker 

Peter  Wyckoff 

John  H.  Prall 

Joseph  Hasbrouck,  M.D. 

Hira.m  Lozier 

Edward  Elsworth 

Hyman  Roosa,  M.D. 

Philip  V.  Van  Orden 

Albert  Vander  Veer,  M.D.* 


New  York 
Kings  County  . 
Queens  County 
Westchester  County 
Orange  County 
Dutchess  County 
Ulster  County  . 
Greene  County  . 
Albany  County 


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Rensselaer  County 
Sclienectady  County    . 
Montgomery  County  . 
Onondaga  County 
Hudson  County,  N.  J . 
Bergen  County,  N.  J. 
Passaic  County,  N.J. 
Essex  County,  N.  J.  . 
Monmouth  County,  N.  J. 
Philadelphia,  Pa.  .     . 
United  States  Army  . 
United  States  Navy    . 


Charles  E.  Dusenberry 
James  R.  Truax 
John  D.  Wendell 
Forbes  Heermans 
John  J.  Voorhees  f 
Andrew  D.  Bogert 
Robert  I.  Hopper 
James  Suydam  Polhemus 
Henry  H.  Longstreet 
Louis  Y.  Schermerhorn 
Gen.  Henry  C.  Hasbrouck 
Chaplain  Roswell  R.  Hoes 


Secretary: 
Henry  L.  Bogert 

Treasurer: 
Arthur  H.  Van  Brunt 

Trustees — Class  of  1908 
Tunis  G.  Bergen  Samuel  D.  Coykendall 

D.  B.  St.  John  Roosa,  M.D.       John  H.  Starin 

James  B.  Van  Woert 
Dated,  January  25,  1904. 

Garret  J.  Garretson,^  of 

Jno.  H.  Starin,  I    Committee 

A.  K.  Van  Vleck,  [  on 

RoBT.  B.  Roosevelt,     I    Nominations. 


*  The  Committee  further  reports  that,  having  recently  learned 
with  regret  that  Mr.  Coykendall  would  not  be  able  to  serve  as 
President  at  this  time,  it  thereupon  reconvened  and  agreed  to 
substitute  as  nominee  for  President,  Albert  Vander  Veer,  M.D., 
and  for  Vice-President  of  Albany  County,  Robert  C.  Pruyn. 
Dated,  April  2,  1904. 

Garret  J,  Garretson, 
A.  K.  Van  Vleck, 
Jno.  H.  Starin, 
of  Committee  on  Nominations, 
t  See  correction  in  minutes  to  John  J.  Voorhees,  Jr. 


As  Justice  Garretson  finished  reading  the  report, 
a  member  of  the  Hudson  County  delegation  called 
the  attention  of  the  meeting  to  an  oversight,  by 


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which  the  name  of  John  J.  Voorhees  was  given  as 
the  nominee  for  Vice-President  of  that  county  to 
succeed  himself,  whereas  it  had  been  intended  to 
name  his  son,  John  J.  Voorhees,  Jr.,  for  the  office. 
There  being  no  objection,  the  name  of  John  J. 
Voorhees,  Jr.,  was,  on  motion,  substituted  for  that 
of  his  father  upon  the  ballot  reported,  and  the 
report  of  the  Nominating  Committee  was  received 
and  the  Committee  discharged  with  thanks. 

The  President  then  appointed  as  tellers  Messrs. 
Clarence  StoiTn  and  Charles  H.  Montanye  and  the 
meeting  prepared  to  vote  upon  the  candidates  for 
the  various  offices  to  be  filled  for  the  ensviing  year; 
but,  as  it  appeared  that  there  was  no  contesting 
candidate  for  any  office,  upon  motion,  Col.  Vrooman 
was  unanimously  designated  to  cast  one  ballot  for 
the  candidates  named  in  the  report  of  the  Nominat- 
ing Committee,  as  amended.  The  ballot  was  cast 
and  the  tellers  reported  the  imanimous  election  of 
these  candidates. 

The  President:  You  have  heard  the  report 
of  the  tellers,  and  I  declare  that  the  ticket,  as 
voted  for,  has  been  unanimously  elected.  I  regret 
that  Dr.  Vander  Veer  has  not  come  down  from 
Albany,  that  I  might  gladly  transfer  to  him  this 
position  and  the  badge  of  office  which  I  have 
worn  with  so  much  pride  during  this  last  year. 
If  our  Vice-President  for  New  York,  Mr.  John  L. 
Riker,  will  kindly  step  to  the  table  I  will  hand  to 
him  the  gavel. 

Mr.  Riker  (after  a  few  words  with  Mr.  Banta) : 
Owing  to  my  being  rather  hard  of  hearing,  I  have 
persuaded  our  old  President  to  occupy  the  chair 
this  evening,  if  it  is  your  pleasure. 

It  was  moved  and  seconded  that  the  retiring 


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President  occupy  the  chair  during  the  remainder 
of  the  meeting. 

Mr.  Riker  thereupon  put  the  motion  and  it  was 
unanimously  carried. 

The  President:  The  Secretary  has  a  letter 
from  Dr.  Vander  Veer,  which  he  will  now  read. 

The  Secretary  then  read  the  following  letter: 

28  Eagle  Street.  Albany,  N.  Y. 
April  5,  1904. 

My  dear  Mr.  Bogert: 

I  am  not  quite  sure  who  of  the  Albany  members 
will  be  down  to  attend  the  annual  meeting  on 
Wednesday  the  6th  inst.  Regret  it  will  not  be 
possible  for  me  to  attend  because  of  the  meeting 
of  our  new  board  of  regents  on  Thursday  morning. 
I  trust  the  suggestion  of  the  name  of  Mr.  Robert 
C.  Pruyn  for  Vice-President  of  Albany  will  meet 
with  your  approval.  Should  you  carry  out  your 
intention,  as  indicated  by  Sunday's  telephone 
message,  I  will  guarantee  a  large  attendance  from 
Albany,  the  Mohawk  and  Schoharie  Valleys, 
Kinderhook,  Saratoga,  and  all  the  adjoining 
Dutch  towns,  for  the  annual  dinner  in  1905.  I 
am  certain  all  the  members  in  this  part  of  the 
State  will  appreciate  the  recognition  and  respond 
loyally.     *     *     * 

With  kindest  regards,  believe  me, 

Sincerely  yours, 
A.  Vander  Veer. 

The  President:  The  Secretary  has  just 
handed  to  me  —  which  I  did  not  read  until  this 
moment — the  "  Order  of  Business."  I  find  that, 
after  this  letter,  which  he  has  read,  he  has  "Ad- 
dress of  the  Retiring  President."  I  do  not  think 
we  have  had  very  much  of  a  retiring  President 
here  to-night.  I  did  not  intend  to  make  any 
remarks,   except  in   reference  to  two  gentlemen 


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whose  names  have  been  mentioned  to-night. 
Those  of  you  who  have  been  members  from  the 
beginning  know  something  about  Mr.  Coykendall 
and  the  princely  entertainment  he  gave  the  So- 
ciety in  September,  1886.  In  that  year  it  had 
been  decided  to  celebrate  the  anniversary  of  the 
raising  of  the  siege  of  Leyden  by  a  meeting  in  the 
old  Dutch  Church  of  Kingston.  Mr.  Coykendall 
suggested  that,  if  we  wotild  have  the  3d  October 
come  earlier  that  year,  he  would  be  pleased  to 
have  us  as  his  guests  on  that  occasion.  Accord- 
ingly, about  two  hundred  of  us  went  to  Kingston, 
on  September  14th,  where  we  held  a  meeting  in 
the  old  Dutch  Church,  with  eloquent  addresses 
and  an  exhibit  of  souvenirs  from  the  remotest 
Dutch  antiquity.  Then  we  had  a  special  train, 
which  took  us  through  the  Catskills  by  the  way 
of  Stony  Clove  up  to  the  Kaaterskill,  a  magnifi- 
cent hotel,  which  it  was  necessary  to  keep  open 
for  two  or  three  days  at  extra  expense,  because 
their  season  had  ended,  and  we  had  a  very  grand 
dinner  there.  The  next  morning,  by  special 
train,  we  were  brought  down.  (Laughter.) — Why 
this  mirth  ?  If  I  had  said  we  were  "  called  down ' ' 
I  could  understand  the  uproarious  applause. — All 
this  was  at  an  expense  of  several  thousand  dollars, 
and  Mr.  Coykendall  paid  the  bill.  Read  the 
Year  Book  iov  1886-7  ^.nd  you  'U  find  all  about  it. 
Shortly  afterwards,  he  paid  the  expense  of  printing 
the  records  of  the  old  Dutch  Church  at  Kingston, 
which  had  been  prepared  for  publication  by  our 
fellow  member,  Chaplain  Hoes,  and  it  is  one  of 
the  finest  volumes  of  Church  records  which  has 
ever  been  published.  If  any  of  you  have  seen  it, 
you  know  what  a  magnificent  affair  it  is.     Mr. 


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Coykendall  expended  thousands  of  dollars  upon 
it.  Very  few  know  that,  for  with  the  modesty 
and  diffidence  which  characterize  him  he  did  not 
proclaim  it  from  the  housetops,  and,  in  fact,  I 
think  it  was  never  before  publicly  acknowledged. 

Dr.  Vander  Veer,  our  honored  incoming  Presi- 
dent, has  presided  at  two  of  the  noted  banquets 
of  the  Holland  Society, — the  Albany  branch  of  it. 
When  the  Dutch  ship  Van  Speyk  was  here  in 
1893,  you  recall,  we  gave  the  officers  a  banquet 
at  the  Waldorf;  and  then  our  Albany  members 
invited  them  to  come  up  to  Albany,  and  they 
went,  and  the  Albany  men  gave  them  a  fine  dinner 
at  the  Fort  Orange  Club,  at  which  Dr.  Vander  Veer 
presided.  The  Queen  of  Holland  made  the  Doctor 
(as  she  also  made  President  Beekman)  a  Knight  of 
the  Order  of  Nassau,  and  he  wears  the  badge 
to-day  in  honor  of  this  gracious  recognition. 
Then,  three  or  four  years  ago,  when  Theodore 
Roosevelt  was  Governor  of  this  State,  our  Albany 
members  gave  a  dinner  to  the  Governor,  our 
fellow  member,  and  Dr.  Vander  Veer  presided  at 
that  banquet.  So  he  knows  how  to  do  it,  and  I 
am  sure  you  will  all  reap  the  benefit  of  his  ex- 
perience, knowledge  and  eloquence,  in  this  year 
that  is  before  us. 

Mr.  Hasbrouck:  Mr.  Vice-President,  will  you 
please  resume  the  chair  for  two  or  three  minutes, 
while  I  offer  a  resolution  ? 

(Mr.  Riker  assumes  the  chair  while  Mr.  Has- 
brouck reads:) 

Whereas,  The  Holland  Society  of  New  York  has  for  many 
years  profited  by  the  diligent  and  effective  services  of  its 
fellow  member,  Theodore  Melvin  Banta,  as  its  Secretary, 


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and  has  for  the  past  year  continued  its  successful  career 
under  his  administration  as  President,  now,  therefore,  be  it 

Resolved,  That  The  Holland  Society  of  New  York  desires 
to  express  its  appreciation  of  the  services  which,  first  as 
Secretary  and  later  as  President,  have  been  rendered  in 
such  a  conspicuously  able  and  satisfactory  manner  by  Mr. 
Banta,  and  the  gratification  which  the  Society's  continued 
progress  and  prosperity  have  inspired  among  the  members ; 
and  further 

Resolved,  That  the  Secretary  enter  this  resolution  upon 
the  records  and  forward  a  suitably  engrossed  copy  to  the 
retiring  official. 

Mr.  Warner  Van  Norden  :  In  seconding  this 
motion,  I  feel  that  I  ought  to  say  more  than  a 
single  word.  It  is  usual  in  organizations  of  this 
character,  and  it  has  also  been  so  with  us,  to  offer 
a  resolution  of  this  kind  to  the  retiring  Presi- 
dent, and  it  is  perfectly  proper  and  courteous 
to  do  so;  but  it  is  something  more  than  a  per- 
functory expression  in  this  case.  I  think  we  will 
all  agree  that  there  has  been  no  man  in  office  in 
the  Holland  Society  that  has  so  faithfully  served  it 
as  has  Mr.  Banta.  {Applause.)  No  one  could 
possibly  have  given  the  time  that  he  has  to  the 
affairs  of  the  Society,  or,  if  he  had  the  time  he 
might  not  have  had  the  order  of  talent  which  has 
enabled  him  to  serve  the  Society  so  successfully; 
and,  even  if  we  had  the  time  and  the  order  of 
talent,  very  few  of  us  have  the  tact  which  would 
enable  us  to  go  through  a  career  of  many  years 
as  Secretary  and  finally  President  and  yet  be  the 
most  popular  man  in  the  Society.  {Applause.) 
It  is,  therefore,  with  very  great  pleasure  that  I 
second  this  motion,  and  I  am  sure  that  every 
word  I  have  said  finds  a  ready  echo  in  the  heart 
of  all  present.     {Prolonged  applause.) 


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The  resolution  was  then  put  by  Vice-President 
Riker  and  was  unanimously  carried  by  a  rising 
vote. 

Mr.  Hoes  :  I  see  by  the  notice  of  this  meeting 
that  the  library  is  now,  or  is  to  be,  located  in 
Nassau  Street.  I  may  be  misinformed  in  regard 
to  the  proceedings  of  the  Society,  but  I  would  like 
to  inquire  about  that  a  little;  possibly  other 
members  here  don't  know  that  we  have  a  valuable 
library,  and  the  whereabouts  of  it,  except  by 
having  seen  the  memorandum  on  the  printed 
notice. 

The  President:  The  office  of  the  Society 
has  hitherto  been  at  348  Broadway,  in  order  that 
it  might  be  near  at  hand  to  the  former  Secretary. 
We  have  now  elected  Mr.  Henry  L.  Bogert,  whose 
office  is  at  No.  99  Nassau  Street.  His  office  will 
be  the  office  of  the  Society,  and  the  library  will 
be  removed  after  the  first  of  May  to  No.  99 
Nassau  Street,  in  the  Bennett  Building. 

Perhaps  I  may  be  permitted  to  add  one  word — I 
wish  I  could  more  fittingly  tell  you  how  much  I 
appreciate  the  kind  words  which  have  been  spoken 
by  Mr.  Hasbrouck  in  the  resolution  which  he  has 
presented,  and  by  Mr.  Van  Norden.  My  work  in 
the  Holland  Society  has  been  a  labor  of  love. 
From  the  very  beginning  I  have  taken  the  very 
greatest  interest  in  it,  and  there  was  nothing  I  could 
do  that  I  was  not  delighted  to  do  for  the  Society. 
It  has  done  more  for  me,  I  may  say,  than  I  have 
done  for  it  in  the  joy  that  has  come  to  my  own 
heart  in  seeing  the  Society  grow,  and  in  seeing 
certain  work  which  it  has  done  accomplished,  and 
I  want  to  say  to  you  that,  from  the  bottom  of  my 
heart,  I  appreciate  these  kindly  words  which  you 


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have  expressed  this  evening.     (Applause.)     Are 
there  any  other  Committees  to  report? 

Dr.  Roosa:  The  Committee  on  the  Statue  of 
Wilham  the  Silent  has  to  report.  There  is  one 
very  great  advantage  in  being  on  this  Committee, 
you  are  sure  to  come  before  the  Society  every 
year,  and  I  have  some  very  interesting  news  for 
you  now,  whatever  may  be  that  of  the  future.  It 
is  a  short  message  and  I  hope  you  will  be  ready 
to  adopt  what  the  Committee  proposes  at  the 
end.  When  I  tell  you  that  $2,500  of  the  uncol- 
lected money  is  the  contribution  of  the  gentleman 
who  has  already  given  so  much  to  the  Society, 
Mr.  Coykendall,  I  am  sure  that  it  is  a  good  asset. 

The  Holl.\nd  Society  of  New  York. 
committee  on  statue  to  william  the  silent: 

Dr.  D.  B.  St.  John  Roosa,  Chairman,  20  East  30th  Street. 

George  M.  Van  Hoesen,  45  Broadway. 

Samuel  D   Coykendall,  Kingston,  N.  Y. 

Robert  B.  Roosevelt,  57  Fifth  Avenue. 

Tunis  G.  Bergen.  55  Liberty  Street. 

John  R.  Van  Wormer,  32  East  42d  Street. 

Warner  Van  Norden,  751  Fifth  Avenue,  Treasurer. 

April  4,  1904. 

To  the  Members  of  the  Holland  Society. 

Gentlemen: 

The  Committee  on  Statue  to  William  the  Silent 
would  respectfully  report  that  the  amotmt  now 
in  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer,  Warner  Van  Nor- 
den, Esq.,  is  $5,753.41.  There  remain  $5,690.00 
uncollected.  The  Committee  have  made  efforts 
in  every  manner  that  was  thought  feasible  to 
them,— by  appeals  to  the  Presidents  of  the  various 
District  Societies,  and  to  individual  members,  for 
further  subscriptions,  but  their  efforts  have  not 


been  attended  with  such  success  as  to  warrant 
holding  out  the  hope  of  an  early  date  for  beginning 
the  work  of  a  memorial  to  the  people  who  first 
settled  the  State  of  New  York.  Twelve  hundred 
and  fifty  dollars  in  subscriptions  have  turned  out 
to  be  uncollectable,  since  those  making  the  sub- 
scriptions have  died,  and  their  executors  do  not 
consider  themselves  under  obligations,  or,  for 
other  reasons,  do  not  feel  disposed  to  pay  them. 
The  Committee  has  appealed,  on  this  groimd, 
to  some  of  the  large  subscribers  to  pay  in  their 
subscriptions  at  this  time.  If  this  were  done, 
$5,690.00  would  be  added  to  the  sum  now  on  hand, 
making  an  aggregate  of  $11,443.41.  This  would 
make  nearly  one-third  of  what  may  be  considered 
a  conservative  estimate  of  the  sum  needed  to  secure 
a  proper  statue.  The  present  outlook  is  not  en- 
tirely favorable  for  raising  $40,000  for  a  statue  to 
the  man  who,  above  all  other  men,  led  the  Dutch 
in  their  ideas  of  religious  and  political  toleration, 
which  are  gradually  being  accepted  by  the  world. 
It  is  the  unwavering  belief  of  your  Committee  that 
there  could  be  no  more  fitting  commemoration 
of  the  establishment  of  this  colony  than  with 
such  a  statue.  American  writers  of  renown  and 
general  acceptation  have  done  much  to  give 
William  the  Silent  his  proper  place  in  the  world's 
history.  It  would  be  fitting  indeed  if  here,  on 
the  banks  of  the  river  which  floats  the  ships  of 
the  people  whom  he  made  free  and  independent 
and  for  whom  he  died,  an  American  sculptor 
should  recall  his  great  presence  to  the  millions  who 
in  this  land  above  all  others,  see  the  fruits  of  his 
labors  in  a  Government  founded  on  the  principles 
of  religious  and  political  freedom. 

The  Committee  recommend  that  a  continued 
effort  be  made  to  secure  this  end. 

A    list    of    paid    and    unpaid    subscriptions    is 
appended. 

D.  B.  St.  John  Roosa. 


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Unpaid  Subscriptions  to  the  Statue  to  William 
the  Silent: 

S.  D.  Coykendall $2,500 

W.  Van  Norden i  ,000 

D.  P.  Houghtaling 250 

G.  M   Van  Hoesen 250 

J.  A.  Van  Woert 23° 

Joseph  C   Hoagland 250 

J.  W.  Vrooman 250 

R.  B.  Roosevelt 250 

Edward  Elsworth 100 

Peter  Wyckoff 100 

E.  Van  Schaick 100 

W.  L.  Cooper 100 

C.  R.  Lydecker loo 

J.  W.  Van  Woert 25 

G.  A.  Van  Ness 25 

L.  Schermerhom 25 

Walter  Van  Dyke 25 

Thos.  Van  Loan 25 

G.  S.  Van  Pelt 25 

W.  P.  Van  Pelt 10 

Max  de  M.  Marsellus 10 

Wm.  Van  Woert 10 

L.  Van  Alstync 5 

C.  B.  Zabriskie 5 


$5,690 

Amount  of  Subscriptions  actually  paid  in  to 
date: 


John  L.  Riker $1 ,000 

Theo.  M.  Banta 500 

Geo.  G.  DeWitt 500 

Robert  A.  Van  Wyck. ...    i  ,000 

A.  J.  Kiersted 20 

Geo.  W.  Van  Slyck 25 

W.  F.  Suydam 5 

C.  D.  Van  Vechten 5 

A.  Van  Winkle 10 

W.  L.  Brower 10 

Rev.    Geo.     R.     Van    de 

Water 5 

Check  by  W.  Van  Norden 
for  three  amounts  re- 
ceived in   1899: 

Jan.  17 $25 

"    20 2 


April  4 $40 

$  67 

T.  J.  Rapalje 50 

Townsend  Wandell 100 

Peter  Wyckoff 100 

Philip  V.  R.  Van  Wyck .  .  5 

Wm.  Waldorf  Astor 1,000 

E.  B.  Kiersted 10 

H.  C.  Hasbrouck 10 

E.  A.  Brinckerhoff loo 

A.  C.  Rhoades 25 

W.  W.  Schomp 5 

Wm.  Prall 5 

John  H.  Starin 1,000 


5S.SS7 


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Now,  Mr.  President,  before  I  sit  down,  I  want 
to  say  that  I  had  an  interv'iew  with  Mr.  Shrady 
this  morning,  who  has  been  selected  by  this  So- 
ciety to  make  the  statue  when  the  money  shall  be 
secured.  Mr.  Shrady  is  entirely  willing  to  go  on 
with  this  work,  first  making  the  models  and 
finally  the  pedestal,  which  is  a  great  thing,  and 
take  the  chances  for  the  ultimate  erection  of  the 
statue.  Perhaps  we  are  not  willing  to  take  the 
chances,  and  therefore,  until  we  get  more  money, 
we  will  not;  but  there  are  several  things  which 
have  been  held  out  to  us  which  for  the  present 
have  succeeded,  and  I  am  not  at  all  sure  but  that 
the  Committee  appointed  by  the  new  President 
will  succeed  where  we  have  failed.  For  example, 
we  believe  that  the  ladies  of  New  York  and  the 
Dutch  women  and  the  descendants  of  Dutch  men 
and  women  in  New  York  and  Kings  County  may 
organize  for  the  securing  of  the  money.  You 
will  all  remember  how  many  years  it  was  that 
the  Grant  statue  was  in  the  air  and  not  on  the 
earth,  and  it  is  not  yet  entirel}'  finished,  but  we 
got  it.  I  never  knew  that  it  was  characteristic  of  a 
Dutch  Committee  to  give  up  anything  while  they 
were  living,  and  I  do  not  propose  to  ask  the  next 
Committee, — I  hope  I  may  be  excused  from  these 
annual  appearances, — but  I  don't  propose  to  ask 
the  next  Committee  to  give  it  up,  but  I  do  propose 
to  ask  that  a  resolution  be  passed  to-night  adopt- 
ing the  suggestion  of  his  Honor  Mayor  Van  Wyck, 
which  will  enable  us  to  get  the  rest  of  this  money. 

Now,  Mr.  Shrady  would  be  very  glad  to  make  a 
model  of  his  statue — a  small  model — at  an  expense 
of  about  $200,  and  let  that  be  exhibited  to  the 
Trustees  and  the  Committee,  and  then,  if  satis- 


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factory,  a  larger  one  to  the  Society.  I  don't 
think  we  shotild  give  up  the  idea  of  having  this 
statue.  I  regret  very  much  that  our  distinguished 
fellow  member  of  the  Committee,  Robert  B. 
Roosevelt,  is  not  here  to-night,  because  I  think 
he  is  going  to  oppose  this  idea  which  I  think  is 
desired  by  a  majority  of  the  Committee.  I  cannot 
think  that  any  memorial  will  be  very  Dutch,  and, 
although  William  the  Silent  was  not  a  Dutchman 
any  more  than  Abraham  a  Jew,  still  he  led  the 
Dutch  to  this  country,  and,  tinder  the  circimi- 
stances,  I  think,  as  a  Society, — and  I  hope  you 
think  as  I  do, — we  ought  to  stand  up  and  have 
the  statue  of  William  the  Silent;  and  I  ask  that 
some  gentleman  not  a  member  of  the  Committee, 
if  he  sees  fit,  move  that  we  authorize  an  expendi- 
ture of  not  to  exceed  $200  to  secure  a  model  of 
what  Mr.  Shrady  believes  will  be  satisfactory  to 
the  Society.  You  don't  all  know  about  Mr. 
Shrady  and  you  don't  all  know  about  his  work, 
but,  when  I  tell  you  that  his  figure  of  Washington 
at  Valley  Forge  was  so  infinitely  superior  to  any 
other  which  was  presented  of  that  General  that  it 
won  in  a  very  vigorous  competition,  you  will 
know  something  of  Mr.  Shrady.  And  you  know 
that  in  Washington  is  to  be  erected  that  great 
group  of  statues  from  his  hand,  which  he  is  now 
working  at  in  his  study  at  Dobbs  Ferry.  It  will 
not  do  to  put  up  anything  for  the  Holland  Society 
that  is  not  worthy  of  the  man  who  founded  this 
colony,  therefore  it  may  be  better  to  wait  until 
the  members  of  this  Committee  shall  have  passed 
away.  What  we  want  is  a  statue  that  none  of  our 
grandchildren  will  blush  to  look  at,  something 
which  they  would  not  ask  to  be  hidden  under  the 


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trees  by  the  roadside  or  removed  from  the  public 
gaze;  therefore  I  ask  you  to  give  up  the  idea  of 
any  other  kind  of  statue,  but  to  work  on  for  this 
one  of  William  the  Silent. 

Mr.  Elsworth:  I  move  you,  sir,  that  the 
Trustees  of  the  Society  be  authorized  to  expend 
not  to  exceed  $200  of  the  Society's  funds  for  the 
composition  of  a  model  of  the  statue  of  William 
the  Silent. 

The  motion  was  seconded  and  carried  unani- 
mously. 

Dr.  Roosa:  Let  me  thank  the  Society  in  be- 
half of  the  Committee.  Such  faith  and  such  pluck 
are  worthy  of  the  Dutch. 

The  President:  I  don't  think  it  requires  any 
word  from  the  Chairman  to  thank  the  Society. 
The  Doctor  has  already  expressed  himself  on  that 
subject. 

A  Member:  Some  of  you  may  have  seen  over 
in  the  comer  a  picture.  Let  me  say,  in  reference 
to  that,  that  it  was  sent  here  by  a  Committee  of 
the  Hudson  Tri-Centennial  Association.  In  June 
of  1 901,  the  Holland  Society,  by  its  Trustees,  ap- 
pointed a  Committee  to  have  a  tri -centennial 
celebration  of  the  discovery  of  the  Hudson  River 
by  Hendrick  Hudson.  It  is  a  little  curious;  we 
talk  of  putting  up  a  statue  of  William  the  Silent 
who  was  not  a  Dutchman,  and  here  is  Hendrick 
Hudson  who  was  an  Englishman.  But  we  ap- 
pointed a  Committee,  composed  of  Mr.  Robert 
Roosevelt  and  Mr.  Van  Norden,  and  others,  to 
arouse  interest  in  the  question.  I  think  the 
Committee  did  nothing  special  with  reference 
to  it.  In  a  little  while,  another  Committee  was 
appointed   called  the  Hudson  Tri-Centennial  As- 


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sociation,  the  President  being  Congressman  Fow- 
ler, President  of  the  Ontario  &  Western  Railway 
Co.,  Mr.  J.  Pierpont  Morgan,  James  Stillman  and  J. 
Edward  Simmons,  Vice-Presidents,  and  George  A. 
White,  Secretary,  and  they  have  been  at  work 
and  have  perfected  a  scheme  which  they  have 
brought  before  the  city  authorities.  They  pro- 
pose to  have  the  city  extend  the  Riverside  Drive 
up  over  Lafayette  Boulevard  and  Dyckman 
Street  and  then  over  the  wooded  heights  on  the 
upper  end  of  the  city.  I  think  they  propose  to 
bridge  Spuyten  Duyvil  Creek  with  a  magnificent 
bridge,  and  in  the  centre  of  this  bridge,  where 
it  wotild  be  seen  from  the  Hudson  River  and  by 
everybody  passing  up  and  down,  to  have  some 
magnificent  affair  to  Hendrick  Hudson.  They 
call  it  the  gateway  of  the  Hudson.  They  want 
to  have  all  the  various  Societies  engage  in  carry- 
ing out  this  work.  This  has  already  been  brought 
before  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment, 
and  they  have  taken  it  into  consideration,  and 
they  are  hopeful  that  the  present  administration 
of  the  city  will  carry  it  forward  to  success,  so  that 
in  igog  we  hope  to  have  there  a  fitting  monument 
to  Hendrick  Hudson.  I  don't  know  that  we  need 
to  take  any  action,  and  I  wish  simply  to  make 
this  statement  on  behalf  of  the  Committee  who 
have  it  in  charge,  and  who  have  called  on  me  and 
asked  me  to  make  this  statement. 

The  following  circular  was  distributed : 

Hudson  Tri-CextennialAssociation,  New  York. 

The  1 2th  of  September,  1909,  marks  the  three- 
hundredth  anniversary  of  the  discovery  of  the 
Hudson  River  by  Hendrick  Hudson. 

Worthily  to  commemorate  an  historic  event  of 


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such  importance,  the  Hudson  Tri-Centennial  As- 
sociation has  recommended  to  the  Authorities  of 
the  City  of  New  York,  the  construction  of  an 
artistic  bridge  across  the  Spuyten  Duyvil  at 
Inwood  Heights.  This  bridge  would,  in  conjunc- 
tion with  the  Riverside  Drive  and  Bovdevard 
Lafayette,  be  a  connecting  link  in  extending  the 
superb  boulevard  of  the  Hudson  tothe  Yonkers  line, 
constituting  a  driveway  unmatched  in  the  world. 

If  this  structure  be  built  by  the  City,  our  public- 
spirited  citizens  may  be  relied  upon  to  provide 
the  sculpture  and  decorative  features  necessary 
for  its  commemorative  character. 

The  Tri-Centennial  Association  bespeaks  the 
hearty  interest  and  cordial  co-operation  of  aU 
citizens  in  furthering  the  project  of  a  "  Hudson 
Memorial  Bridge,"  with  a  view  to  its  completion 
for  an  appropriate  celebration  of  that  eventful 
day  of  September,  1609,  when  Hudson  on  the 
Half  Moon  first  sailed  up  the  noble  river  now  bear- 
ing his  name,  and  laid  the  foundation  for  the 
Imperial  City  of  New  York. 

The  Hudson  Tri-Centennial  Association. 

The  following  amendment  to  the  Constitution 
was  proposed  by  Mr.  Clarence  Storm: 

Art.  VI.,  Sec.  4  of  Constitution.  After  the 
words,  "  The  annual  subscription  fee,  five  dollars, 
payable  in  advance  on  the  first  day  of  February  in 
each  year,"  add,  "  The  payment  at  one  time  of  One 
hundred  Dollars  shall  henceforth  exempt  the  mem- 
bers so  paying  from  the  payment  of  annual  dues." 

This  was,  on  motion,  referred  to  the  Trustees 
for  their  consideration  and  such  recommendation 
with  regard  to  the  same  as  they  may  think 
necessary. 

On  motion,  the  meeting  then  adjourned. 

Henry  L.  Bogert, 

Secretary. 


IN  MEMORIAM. 


Caspar  Schenck,  a  Pay  Director  in  the  United 
States  Nav3^  residing  at  San  Francisco,  was  elected 
to  membership  in  the  Holland  Society,  December 
7,  1888,  and  died  in  the  service  at  the  TJ.  S.  Naval 
Home  in  Philadelphia,  on  June  21,  1902.  He  was 
born  at  Nissequague,  Smithtown,  L.  I.,  September 
26,  183s,  and  married  Mary  Seawell,  at  San  Fran- 
cisco, November  17,  1868.  He  was  elected  Vice- 
President  of  the  Holland  Society  for  the  United 
States  Navy  in  1895.  His  father  was  Rear- Ad- 
miral James  F.  Schenck,  who  married  Dorothea 
Smith,  at  Smithtown,  July  27,  1829,  and  died  at 
Dayton,  Ohio,  in  1882. 

The  earliest  ancestor  in  this  country'  was  Martin 
Schenck,  who  probably  came  here  from  the  Nether- 
lands with  his  children  in  Die  Valckner,  reaching 
New  Amsterdam  Jtme  28,  1650.  A  son,  Roelof, 
bom  at  Amersfoort,  Holland,  in  16 19,  resided  for 
a  time  in  Breukelen  and,  in  1660,  married  Neeltje 
Geretsen  van  Cowenhoven  and  settled  at  Flat- 
lands,  then  called  Amersfoort.  On  February  21, 
1664,  he  was  one  of  the  magistrates  of  the  "  Five 
Dutch  Towns"  on  Nassau  (Long)  Island,  who 
joined  in  a  request  to  the  Director-General  to  call 
a  meeting  of  delegates  from  the  towns,  because  of 
the  English  outrages,  and  in  order  to  send  a  depu- 
tation to  Holland.  The  meeting  was  held  at  Mid- 
wout  on  February  26,  1664,  and  a  remonstrance 
voted,  detailing  the  outrages  committed  under 
the  English  Captain  Scott,  of  which  they  had  been 
eye-witnesses.     The    Schenck    family   moved    to 

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Pleasant  Valley,  N.  J.,  about  one  hundred  and 
seventy  years  ago  and  from  thence  to  Ohio  in  the 
early  part  of  the  last  century. 

Pay  Director  Schenck's  term  of  service  was  long 
and  meritorious,  beginning  in  his  seventeenth  year 
as  Secretary  of  Legation  at  Rio  Janeiro,  where  his 
uncle,  the  late  Robert  C.  Schenck,  was  United 
States  Minister.  At  the  beginning  of  the  Civil 
War  he  enlisted  in  the  army,  and  after  three 
months'  service  was  appointed  Acting  Assistant- 
Paymaster  in  the  navy,  receiving  a  regular  com- 
mission subsequently.  During  this  war,  while 
on  the  Juniata  as  Assistant-Paymaster,  he  volun- 
teered for  duty  on  deck  in  charge  of  a  gun  while 
attacking  Fort  Fisher.  In  the  action  he  was 
severely  wounded  and  was  afterwards  advanced 
twelve  numbers  for  gallantry.  While  on  the  re- 
tired list  he  twice  volunteered  and  was  assigned  to 
active  duty,  once  at  the  beginning  of  the  Spanish 
War  and  again  in  1902.  He  was  still  on  active 
duty  when  he  died.  The  date  of  his  retirement 
was  1897.     His  widow  survives  him. 

William  Knickerbacker  Van  Alen  was  bom 
at  Defreestville,  Rensselaer  County,  New  York, 
January  20,  18 18.  His  father,  Evert  Van  Alen, 
was  a  surveyor  and  large  landholder  in  the  county. 
His  mother  was  Deischa  Knickerbacker,  a  daughter 
of  Colonel  John  Knickerbacker,  of  Schaghticoke. 

In  early  life  he  engaged  in  mercantile  enter- 
prises in  New  York,  and  in  1849  joined  the  army 
of  gold  seekers  and  landed  in  San  Francisco  with 
a  cargo  of  merchandise  adapted  to  the  wants  of  the 
pioneers.  For  the  remainder  of  his  life  he  resided 
in  San  Francisco  and  was  identified  with  its  growth 
and  prosperity.  After  he  retired  from  active  busi- 
ness his  time  was  fully  occupied  in  the  manage- 
ment of  estates,  and  in  positions  of  trtist  for  which 
he  was  selected  by  virtue  of  his  business  capacity, 
his  sterling  integrity  and  his  unblemished  honor. 

On  December  7,   1888,  being  at   that    time   a 


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general  agent  of  the  New  York  Life  Insurance 
Company ,  he  was  elected  to  membership  in  the  Hol- 
land Society,  and  continued  an  active  member  un- 
til his  death  in  San  Francisco,  January  19,  1903. 

His  body  was  interred  in  the  family  burial  plot 
at  FishkiU,  N.  Y. 

His  wife  and  daughter  had  died  before  him,  but 
his  last  days  were  comforted  by  the  kind  ministra- 
tions of  relatives  and  friends.  Dr.  W.  Knicker- 
backer  Van  Reypen,  of  Washington,  is  his  nephew. 

John  Butler  Brevoort  was  a  descendant  of 
Hendrick  Jansen  Van  Brevoort,  who  came  to  this 
countr}^  from  Holland  about  1646,  having  been 
bom  about  1630  in  Bredevoort,  Guelderland, 
Holland. 

He  was  boni  at  Poughkeepsie,  October  14,  187 1, 
and  on  arriving  at  manhood  studied  for  the  bar, 
and  practised  his  profession  in  New  York  City, 
residing  at  225  West  135th  Street. 

The  Holland  Society  elected  him  to  membership 
on  October  16,  1894. 

Some  time  before  his  death  he  was  a  resident  of 
Johnsonburgh,  Pa.,  from  whence  he  moved  to  57 
Clinton  Place,  Hackensack,  N.  J.  He  died  at 
Johnsonburgh,  Febi-uary  21,  1903,  leaving  a  wife, 
Susette  T.  Brevoort,  and  one  infant  daughter. 
His  home  life  was  exemplary  and  his  death  left 
many  sad  hearts. 

William  Meadon  Van  Antwerp,  a  member  of 
the  Holland  Society  since  October  25,  1886,  and 
one  of  Albany's  representative  men,  died  at  his 
home,  162  W^ashington  Avenue,  Albany,  April  9, 
1903.  He  was  bom  in  that  city  January  i,  1825. 
He  attended  a  private  school  until  the  death  of 
his  father  necessitated  his  withdrawal,  and  so 
began  his  business  career  at  eleven  years  of  age, 
as  errand  boy  with  the  firm  of  Lasdell  &  Fassett. 
He  was  next  associated  with  John  Schuyler  in  the 
grocer}'   business    and  on   Mr.   Schuyler's  death 


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formed  a  partnership  with  the  late  Thomas  D. 
Hawkins  in  1852  in  the  wholesale  provision  busi- 
ness under  the  name  of  Hawkins  &  Van  Antwerp. 
In  1866  Mr.  Hawkins  withdrew  and  the  house  of 
Van  Antwerp  &  Bridge  was  established.  This 
firm  was  later  Van  Antwerp,  Bridge  &  Co.  until 
1873,  when  Mr.  Van  Antwerp  retired  from  active 
business.  Always  a  staunch  Republican,  he  served 
as  alderman-at-large  and  was  nominated  for  mem- 
ber of  Assembly  in  1876,  but  failed  of  election. 
He  was  devoted  to  advancing  the  cause  of  the 
Baptist  denomination,  and  was  a  strong  member 
of  the  Calvary  Baptist  Church.  For  a  number 
of  years  he  served  as  director  of  the  New  York 
State  National  Bank,  withdrawing  from  the  board 
shortly  after  retiring  from  business.  He  was  a 
trustee  of  the  Albany  Savings  Bank,  a  director 
of  the  Commerce  Insurance  Company  and  one 
of  the  original  members  of  the  Committee  of 
Thirteen.  His  ancestors  came  to  this  country 
in  162 1  and  settled  in  Schenectady.  Very  soon 
thereafter  his  branch  of  the  family  came  to  Albany, 
and  soon  the  name  of  Van  Antwerp  became  prom- 
inent in  social  and  financial  circles.  His  wife, 
who  was  Susanna  Irwin,  died  about  four  years 
ago.  He  is  survived  by  his  only  son,  Thomas  I. 
Van  Antwerp,  who  is  vice-president  and  treasurer 
of  the  Union  Trust  Company,  and  seven  daugh- 
ters, Mrs.  James  Martin,  Mrs.  Theodore  Water- 
man, Mrs.  Edmund  Huyck,  Mrs.  Clarence  Stevens, 
Miss  Gertrude  Van  Antwerp,  and  Miss  Elsa  Van 
Antwerp,  all  of  Albany,  and  Mrs.  Mercelis,  of 
Brooklyn.  John  H.  Van  Antwerp  and  Daniel  L. 
Van  Antwerp,  his  two  brothers,  also  survived  him. 
The  following  memorials  were  published  in  his 
honor : 

"  IN    MEMORIAM. 

"  The  trustees  of  the  Young  Mens  Christian  Association 
record  with  deep  regret  the  death  of  their  friend  and  fellow 
member,  William  M.  Van  Antwerp. 

"  His  passing  to  his  rest,   full  of  years,   and  with  the 


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esteem  of  those  who  were  his  associates,  brings  sadness  in 
the  thought  that  we  shall  no  longer  see  him  here.  In  the 
closing  of  his  life  passed  among  us  in  integrity,  in  the 
generous  sharing  of  the  responsibility  for  the  conduct  of 
charitable  and  religious  work  in  the  community — we  have 
lost  a  good  citizen,  and  a  trusted  and  helpful  counsellor. 
God  has  taken  him,  and  we  reverently  bow  to  His  will. 

"  To  the  son  and  daughters  deprived  of  a  loving  father, 
we  express  our  sympathy ;  but  we  rejoice  in  the  heritage 
of  honor  which  is  theirs  in  his  good  name  and  loving 
memor)^ 

"  J.  TowNSEND  Lansing, 

"Jasper  Van  Wormer, 

"  E.  A.  Groesbeck, 

"  Edgar  C.  Leonard, 


'Committee." 


"  The  trustees  of  the  Albany  Savings  bank  enter  upon 
its  record  this  memorial  of  William  M.  Van  Antwerp,  who 
for  twentj'-two  years  has  been  a  trustee  of  this  bank. 

"  The  death  of  William  M.  Van  Antwerp  takes  from 
among  us  a  long-time,  loyal  and  greatly  esteemed  friend 
and  associate.  Cautious,  conservative  and  conscientious 
in  character,  inflexible  in  integrity  and  honesty  of  purpose, 
outspoken  in  the  courage  of  his  convictions,  he  inspired 
confidence  in  all  with  whom  he  came  in  contact,  and  cre- 
ated in  the  public  mind  a  like  respect  for  every  organiza- 
tion which  came  within  his  care  and  control. 

"  In  commercial  affairs  he  raised  himself  to  influence  and 
affluence,  and  impressed  upon  the  business  with  which  he 
was  connected,  a  spirit  of  fair  dealing  and  honest  trade — a 
saving  and  salutary  example  to  his  associates. 

"  In  civic  duties — in  the  work  of  the  Committee  of  Thir- 
teen, for  the  regeneration  of  a  debased  political  sj^stem  and 
the  protection  of  our  people  from  the  moral  and  material 
burdens  which  it  imposed — no  one  gave  time  and  attention 
more  earnestly  and  unostentatiously  than  he. 

"  In  Christian  effort  and  endeavor — the  support  of  his 
church,  the  suppression  of  vice,  the  sustaining  of  works  of 
charity,  and  the  succor  of  the  needy  and  the  sick — his 
helpful  hands  were  ever  engaged. 

"  He  leaves  with  us  pleasant  memories  of  a  long  and 
useful  and  upright  life. 

"  Friend,  and  foe,  position,  power,  possessions — all  are 
left  behind.  Alone  is  each  man  bom,  alone  he  dies.  Alone 
he  receives  the  commendation  for  the  good,  alone  the  con- 
demnation for  the  wrong,  which  he  has  done.  Virtues 
alone  accompany  the  soul.  Of  whom  shall  it  be  said  that 
their  virtues  attest  lives  better  consecrated  to  that  which 


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'the  Lord  (doth)  require  of  thee,  to  do  justly  and  to  love 
mercy  and  to  walk  humbly  with  thy  God.'" 

"  In  Memoriam. 

"  At  a  meeting  of  the  directors  of  the  Commerce  Insur- 
ance Company,  held  April  loth,  1903,  the  death  of  Mr. 
Van  Antwerp  was  announced  by  the  president,  and  the 
following  tribute  of  respect  was  adopted: 

"  The  death  of  Mr.  Van  Antwerp  removes  another  of  the 
very  few  remaining  original  stockholders  who  in  the  year 
1859  as  public  spirited  and  progressive  citizens  sub- 
scribed the  incorporating  papers  that  were  requisite  for  the 
organization  of  the  company. 

"  For  the  past  thirteen  years  he  has  served  as  a  director, 
and  was  always  a  most  reliable  member  of  this  board  in 
attendance  at  meetings  or  committee  work. 

"  He  had  withdrawn  from  active  business  many  years 
ago,  but  his  connection  with  several  enterprises  and  his 
temperament  caused  him  to  keep  interested  in  public 
afifairs,  and  he  was  ever  ready  with  good  deeds  to  help 
humanity  and  better  its  condition. 

"  We   sympathize   very    sincerely   with   his   children   in 
their  bereavement  and  direct  that  the  customary  mourn- 
ing emblems  be  placed  in  our  rooms,  and  that  the  office  be 
closed  at  the  time  of  funeral:    also  that  this  minute  be 
entered  in  full  on  the  records  and  a  copy  published. 
"  G.  A.  Van  Allen. 
"  s.  w.  rosendale, 
"  Wm.  p.  Adams, 
"  Frank  Van  Benthuysen, 
"  Wm.  McEwan, 

Attest:  E.  D.  Jenison,  Vice-President." 


Executive 
Committee. 


From  The  Landmarks  of  Albany  County  are 
taken  the  following  items  concerning  his  ancestr}^ : 

"  The  paternal  immigrant,  Daniel  Janse  Van  Antwerp, 
of  Holland,  married  a  daughter  of  Simon  Groot  and  settled 
in  Beverw}^ck  in  1661.  He  was  a  proprietory  settler  of 
Schenectady,  where  several  of  his  children  were  killed  or 
taken  as  prisoners  to  Montreal,  when  that  town  was  burned 
by  the  French  and  Indians.  He  was  a  fur  trader,  and  a 
member  of  the  Dutch  Reformed  Church,  giving  on  June 
23,  17  15,  the  land  on  which  the  Reformed  Church  of  Sche- 
nectady now  stands. 

"Mr.  Van  Antwerp's  grandfather,  Daniel  Lewis  Van 
Antwerp,  (17 71-183 2,)  of  Schenectady,  later  of  Albany, 


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was  a  member  of  the  Constitutional  Convention  of  1801,  a 
member  of  the  legislature  for  Saratoga  in  1808-18 10,  and 
District  Attorney  for  the  counties  of  Albany,  Schenectady, 
Saratoga,  Montgomery  and  Schoharie,  being  appointed 
March  9,  1811,  by  Gov.  Daniel  D.  Tompkins. 

"When  Albany  was  erected  into  a  separate  district,  April 
21,  i8i8,he  was  reappointed  by  Gov.  De Witt  Clinton,  his 
commission  in  each  case  being  unlimited,  but  continuous 
during  the  pleasure  of  the  Governor  and  Council.  He  was 
Brigade  Quartermaster  in  the  War  of  181 2,  a  member  of 
the  legislature  for  Schenectady  in  18 18,  and  was  Judge  of 
the  Court  of  Justices  in  1820. 

"His  son,  William  Van  Antwerp,  1 799-1829,  was  a 
prominent  lawyer  in  Albany,  married  Sarah  Meadon  and 
had  four  children,  John  Henry,  William  Meadon,  Daniel 
Lewis,  and  a  daughter,  deceased." 

A  friend,  since  deceased,  writes  as  follows: 

"All  of  these  three  brothers  were  members  of  the  Hol- 
land Society,  and  John  Henn,^  and  Daniel  Lewis  still 
survive. 

"These  boys  developed  into  industrious,  capable  and 
successful  business  men,  truthful,  honest  and  exemplars 
of  good  citizenship,  each  being  an  active  and  earnest 
worker  in  all  the  enterprises  of  the  church  of  which  he  was 
a  member; — John  Henry,  as  a  Unitarian,  William  Meadon 
and  Daniel  Lewis  as  Baptists.  William  Meadon's  regard 
for  the  sacredness  of  the  Sabbath  and  its  proper  observ- 
ance, restricting  all  secular  occupations,  pursuits,  games 
and  parades,  was  intense;  and  the  sorrow  of  his  later  years 
was  the  evident  trend  in  thought  and  conduct  of  the 
people,  as  a  whole,  in  the  reverse  direction;  opening  wide 
the  gates  to  frivolous  and  boisterous  pastimes,  the  legiti- 
mate issue  of  what  he  esteemed  such  wanton  disregard  of 
God's  Day. 

"The  Calvarv'  Baptist  Church  of  Albany,  in  the  death  of 
Bro.  Van  Antwerp,  have  sustained  a  most  serious  loss,  a 
loss  that  will  not  be  compensated  in  many  years  by  new 
admissions  to  its  membership." 

George  West  Van  Siclen,  to  whose  tireless 
energy,  unfaltering  enthusiasm  and  effective 
labors  the  Holland  Society  owes  its  existence  and 
success,  far  more  than  to  any  other,  died  at  his 
home,  Comwall-on-the-Hudson,  on  Sunday,  April 
19,  1903,  in  his  sixty-third  year.     He  had  been  in 


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poor  health  all  through  the  winter,  attending  to 
the  most  pressing  business  only.  He  retired 
Saturday  evening  apparently  as  well  as  usual,  but 
shortly  before  midnight  called  for  his  son.  Be- 
fore the  son  could  reach  the  bedside  his  father 
was  dead.  He  had  lived  an  active  life  in  his 
chosen  profession,  the  law,  and  his  term  of  prac- 
tice covered  thirty-six  years.  His  views  were 
broad  and  his  mind  open,  and  it  was  no  obstacle 
to  him  that  a  precedent  was  lacking.  He  was 
one  of  those  who  organized  the  Title  Guarantee 
and  Trust  Company  of  New  York  and  took  a  lead- 
ing part  in  founding  the  Holland  Society,  of  which 
he  was  secretary  and  treasurer  for  the  first  year 
of  its  existence.  The  duties  of  a  fiscal  officer  were 
separated  and  placed  elsewhere,  when  the  growth 
of  the  Society  had  made  them  too  arduous  to  be 
retained  by  him,  but  he  continued  to  act  as  secre- 
tary until  May  19,  189 1,  and  was  a  trustee  until 
April  6,  1892.  The  Year  Book  took  form  and 
achieved  success  under  his  care  and  diligence, 
and  those  issued  before  1892  form  his  monument 
in  the  libraries  of  all  early  members.  The  trip 
of  the  Society  to  Holland  is  still  the  subject  of 
agreeable  reminiscence  among  those  who  par- 
ticipated and  excites  the  envy  of  those  who  were 
unable  to  adopt  Mr.  Van  Siclen's  suggestion  and 
visit  the  Fatherland.  During  the  English-Boer 
war  he  collected  thousands  of  dollars  for  the  Boers, 
and  he  suffered  no  opportunity  to  escape,  during 
that  tr}4ng  period,  in  which  he  might,  by  voice 
and  pen,  set  forth  the  righteousness  of  the  Boer 
cause.  Many  other  suggestions  for  the  upbuild- 
ing of  the  Society  and  the  promotion  of  its  ob- 
jects, fostering  the  pride  and  enthusiasm  of  its 
members,  continually  emanated  from  his  fertile 
brain.  At  the  annual  meeting  in  May,  1891, 
the  Holland  Society  learned  that  his  work  for  it 
had  come  to  an  end  and  his  successor  must  be 
chosen;  whereupon  Mr.  Martin  Heermance,  of 
Rhinebeck,   offered  the  following  preamble  and 


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resolution,  which  were  tmanimously  adopted,  and 
the  secretary  was  instructed  to  send  a  copy,  prop- 
erly engrossed,  to  Mr.  Van  Siclen: 

"Whereas,  Mr.  George  W.  Van  Siclen  has  been  the 
Secretary  of  The  Holland  Society  of  New  York  from  its 
foundation,  and  has  served  it  with  ardent  enthusiasm,  con- 
stant devotion,  and  great  labor,  seeking  to  promote  its 
interests,  enlarge  its  membership,  and  advance  its  pros- 
perity ; 

And,  "  Whereas,  He  now  finds  himself  compelled,  by  pres- 
sure of  other  and  more  sacred  duties  in  his  own  household, 
to  retire  from  this  position,  to  which  so  much  of  his  time 
and  strength  have  been  given  for  six  years ;  therefore  be  it 

"Resolved,  That  The  Holland  Society  of  New  York 
recognizes  with  gratitude  the  great  value  of  Mr.  Van  Sic- 
len's  unstinted  labors; — praises  the  Dutch  constancy  and 
courage  with  which  he  has  proved  his  faith  in  the  future 
of  this  Society  I — regrets  the  circumstances  which  have  so 
added  to  his  private  cares  that  he  is  obliged  to  limit  his 
public  duties; — wishes  him  all  prosperity  and  continual 
welfare  at  home  and  abroad ;  and  writes  with  honor  on  its 
roll  the  name  of  its  first  Secretary,  George  W.  Van  Siclen." 

These  resolutions,  having  been  handsomely 
engrossed,  were  bound  in  Turkey  morocco  and 
orange  silk  and  sent  to  Mr.  Van  Siclen. 

Mr.  Van  Siclen  was  for  many  years  a  prominent 
resident  of  New  York,  but  about  1901  moved  to 
Cornwall,  where  he  purchased  a  stock  farm.  He 
was  an  active  Republican  in  politics,  but  had  much 
independence  in  his  political  views.  He  left  two 
sons,  Arthur,  a  lawyer,  residing  at  Whitestone 
but  practising  principally  in  Manhattan,  and  Mat- 
thew, recently  graduated  from  Amherst.  Mr. 
Van  Siclen  was  also  a  member  of  the  New  England 
Society,  The  American  Geographical  Society, 
the  TwiHght  Club  and  the  Sons  of  the  American 
Revolution. 

Dr.  Alfred  Hasbrouck  was  elected  to  mem- 
bership in  the  Holland  Society  on  October  22,  1890. 
He  died  at  his  home  on  Cannon  Street,  Pough- 
keepsie,  May  9,  1903,  aged  eighty-three  years.     A 


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vigorous  constitution  enabled  him  to  enjoy  ex- 
cellent health  almost  to  the  very  end  of  his  long 
life,  his  last  illness  being  little  over  a  week.  Al- 
though not  frequently  in  the  public  eye,  Dr.  Has- 
brouck  exhibited  those  qualities  which  are  typical 
of  the  best  American  citizenship,  practising  his 
profession  with  skill  and  fidelity  for  many  years 
in  Poughkeepsie  and  keeping  his  obligations  with 
scrupulous  exactitude.  Quiet  and  unassuming 
in  his  manner,  he  possessed  a  generous  nature 
and  was  tenacious  of  his  convictions  and  firm  in 
upholding  what  he  believed  to  be  the  right.  In 
appearance  he  was  tall  and  dignified,  his  figure 
being  remarkable  for  its  erectness.  He  was  bom 
July  17,  1820,  on  the  banks  of  the  Wallkill,  in  the 
town  of  Gardiner,  Ulster  County,  N.  Y.,  on  lands 
of  the  Guilford  patent  that  had  been  in  his  family 
since  the  beginning  of  the  eighteenth  century. 

His  father  was  the  great-grandson  of  Abraham 
Hasbrouck,  and  his  mother  was  the  great-great- 
granddaughter  of  Jan  Hasbrouck,  two  brothers, 
who  came  to  America  in  1675  and  1672,  respec- 
tively, and  were  among  the  twelve  patentees  and 
original  settlers  of  New  Paltz  in  1677.  They  were 
also  among  the  Huguenots  who  fled  from  relig- 
ious intolerance  and  persecution  in  France.  Dr. 
Hasbrouck 's  ancestors  were  men  of  wealth  and 
prominence,  holding  many  offices  of  public  trust, 
both  civil  and  military,  in  Colonial  times  and  the 
Revolutionary  period.  He  was  the  fourth  of  a 
family  of  eight  children.  After  his  preparatory 
studies  were  finished  at  the  Kingston  Academy, 
a  noted  classical  school,  he  fitted  for  Yale  College, 
from  whence  he  graduated  and  received  the  degree 
of  Bachelor  of  Arts  with  the  class  of  1844.  He 
came  to  Poughkeepsie  to  study  medicine  with 
Dr.  John  Barnes,  attending  also  the  course  of 
medical  lectures  at  the  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons,  New  York,  from  which  institution  he 
received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine  in  1848. 
He  then   settled   at   Poughkeepsie  and   engaged 


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actively  in  practice,  which  he  continued  until  his 
retirement  a  few  years  ago,  the  leader  of  the  pro- 
fession in  Dutchess  County.  For  many  years 
he  had  been  Alms  House  physician,  for  several 
terms  health  officer  of  the  city,  and  for  a  long  time 
after  the  War  of  the  Rebellion  he  was  medical 
examiner  under  the  United  States  Pension  Bureau. 
He  was  one  of  the  medical  staff  of  St.  Barnabas' 
Hospital  and  for  a  number  of  years  was  vice- 
president  of  the  medical  board  of  Vassar  Hospital. 
In  politics  he  was  a  consistent  and  mivarying 
Republican,  having  voted  for  John  C.  Fremont, 
and  remained  loyal  to  this  party  through  all  his 
life.  He  was  a  strong  partisan,  although  he  never 
sought  or  held  political  office. 

In  1848  he  married  Margaret  Anne  Manning,  a 
descendant  of  Hugo  Freer,  one  of  the  twelve  New 
Paltz  patentees,  and  of  Baltus  Van  Kleeck,  the 
original  settler  of  Poughkeepsie.  She  died  in  1889. 
Dr.  Hasbrouck  left  seven  children :  ex-Postmaster 
Frank  Hasbrouck,  Captain  Alfred  Hasbrouck,  Jr., 
U.S.A.,  Manning  Hasbrouck,  Louiis  T.  Hasbrouck, 
Mrs.  Jane  H.  Mandeville,  Mrs.  Peter  Huhne  and 
Mrs.  David  K.  Jackman.  A  daughter,  Laura, 
died  several  years  ago. 

DeWitt  Chauncey  Le  Fevre  became  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Holland  Society  October  24,  1889.  He 
died  May  24,  1903.  He  was  a  merchant  of  Btiffalo, 
being  a  partner  in  C.  V.  D.  Barse  &  Co.,  dealers 
in  general  hardware  and  oil-well  supplies,  and  re- 
sided at  374  Delaware  Avenue.  He  claimed  de- 
scent from  Simon  Le  Fevre,  the  Huguenot  who 
was  in  1660  one  of  the  settlers  of  Kingston,  then 
called  Wittwyck,  and  was  one  of  the  twelve 
patentees  of  New  Paltz.  A  life-long  friend  recom- 
mended him  for  membership  in  the  Society,  as  a 
"  gentleman  of  refinement,  probity,  and  high  char- 
acter, who  should  by  all  means  be  elected  to  mem- 
bership," and  his  associates  in  the  Society  were 
quick  to  appreciate  the  truth  of  this  description. 


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Col.  Johnston  Livingston  De  Peyster  united 
with  the  Holland  Society  October  24,  1889.  He 
died  at  his  home  May  27,  1903,  after  an  illness 
lasting  for  several  years.  He  was  bom  at  Rose 
Hill,  Tivoli,  in  1846,  his  father  being  Gen.  J.Watts 
De  Peyster,  his  mother  Estelle  Livingston,  both 
descended  from  families  distinguished  in  the  early 
history  of  the  country.  He  was  still  a  youth  when 
the  Civil  War  broke  out,  and  at  the  age  of  eighteen 
organized  a  company  for  the  128th  Regiment. 
Failing  to  obtain  the  expected  commission,  he 
secured  an  appointment  on  the  staff  of  Gen.  Wet- 
zel, and  was  with  him  when  the  Union  troops 
entered  Richmond,  April  3,  1865,  and  distinguished 
himself  by  hoisting  a  large  American  flag  over  the 
Confederate  capitol.  For  this  he  was  bre vetted 
Lieutenant-Colonel  and  subsequently  Colonel. 
His  two  brothers,  John  and  Frederick,  both  served 
with  distinction  in  the  same  war.  Col.  De  Peyster 
was  the  sole  survivor  of  five  children.  His  elder 
sister,  Estelle,  married  James  B.  Toler;  the 
younger,  Maria,  died  when  a  child.  He  was  a 
Republican  in  politics,  was  treasurer  of  the  Re- 
pubhcan  League  of  the  State  in  189 1,  and  repre- 
sented the  second  Dutchess  County  district  at 
Albany  for  several  terms.  He  also  took  a  deep 
interest  in  his  home  village  and  at  the  time  of  his 
death  was  President  of  the  Corporation,  member 
of  the  Board  of  Education  and  member  of  the 
J.  L.  De  Peyster  Hose  Company,  which  he  organ- 
ized. Until  his  health  failed  he  was  a  frequent 
visitor  at  Poughkeepsie,  where  he  had  many 
friends.  Three  weeks  before  his  death  he  was 
presented  with  a  gold  medal  of  friendship  and 
appreciation  of  his  services  at  Richmond.  He  was 
also  a  member  of  the  Knickerbocker  Club  of  New 
York;  of  Monumental  Lodge,  F.  &  A.  M.,  of 
Tivoh;  J.  R.  Tappan  Post,  G.  A.  R.,  of  Sauger- 
ties,  and  the  128th  Regimental  Association. 

The  funeral  was  held  at  St.  Paul's  Church, 
Tivoli,  and  the  whole  country-side  thronged  to 


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the  village,  friends  also  being  present  from  New 
York,  Philadelphia  and  Washington.  The  ser- 
vices were  conducted  by  Rev.  Lawrence  T.  Cole, 
D.D.,  Warden  of  St.  Stephen's  College.  His  re- 
mains were  placed  in  the  vault  of  Johnston 
Livingston,  an  uncle  of  the  deceased,  adjoining 
the  De  Peyster  vault.  Business  was  suspended 
in  Tivoli  during  the  time  of  the  funeral.  The 
members  of  the  G.  A.  R.  Post  and  of  the  Hose 
Company  were  present  in  a  body. 

He  is  survived  by  his  wife,  Mrs.  Annie  Toler 
De  Peyster,  and  three  daughters,  Mrs.  Garret 
Bergh  Kipp,  Estelle  and  Justine  De  Peyster. 

Eugene  Vanderpool  was  elected  to  the  Hol- 
land Society  March  28,  1889.  His  death  occurred 
at  his  home  in  Washington  Place,  Newark,  July 
12,  1903,  after  an  operation  for  appendicitis.  He 
was  bom  in  Newark  in  1844,  was  a  graduate  of 
Princeton  College  in  the  class  of  1864,  and  of  the 
Troy  Polytechnic  School,  being  for  years  one  of 
the  best  known  gas  engineering  experts  in  the 
country.  He  was  president  of  the  Howard  Sav- 
ings Bank  of  Newark,  a  director  in  the  Mutual 
Benefit  Life  Insurance  Company  of  Newark,  the 
National  Newark  Bank,  and  other  institutions, 
and  was  also  president  of  the  International  Gas 
Light  Association  and  the  American  Gas  Light 
Association. 

Miles  Woodward  Vosburgh  was  elected  May 
19,  1887,  and  after  an  active  and  honorable  career 
died  suddenly,  August  30,  1903. 

Of  a  peculiarly  energetic  disposition,  he  engaged 
with  great  zeal  in  everything  that  he  undertook; 
and  with  untiring  effort,  frequently  at  much  per- 
sonal sacrifice,  he  devoted  himself  to  each  enter- 
prise in  which  he  engaged.  Particularly  was 
this  energy,  devotion  and  sacrifice  displayed  in 
the  formation  of  the  Albany  branch  of  the  Holland 


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Society,  of  which  organization  Mr.  Vosburgh  was 
secretary  and  treasurer.  Many  will  recall  the 
great  activity  put  fonvard  by  Mr.  Vosburgh  in 
awakening  interest  and  bringing  the  scheme  to 
a  successful  issue.  In  the  preparation  for  each 
meeting  Mr.  Vosburgh  gave  most  valuable  aid, 
and  it  was  largely  due  to  his  efforts  that  the  ban- 
quets were  so  uniformly  successful. 

Of  a  naturally  genial  temperament,  he  had 
many  friends.  While  very  outspoken  in  denun- 
ciation of  everything  which  appeared  insincere 
or  hypocritical,  5xt  he  was  unswervingly  loyal  to 
those  whom  he  deemed  honorable  and  true,  re- 
gardless of  station  or  wealth. 

A  prominent  member  writes:  "He  was  pecu- 
liarly near  to  me  in  many  ways,  for  he  was  a  noble 
fellow,  thoroughly  reliable,  interested  in  his  work 
and  always  kept  his  promises." 

Mr.  Vosburgh  had  lived  in  Albany  all  his  life, 
his  father  and  mother,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Isaac  W.  Vos- 
burgh, being  among  that  city's  oldest  residents. 
He  was  educated  at  the  Boys'  Academy  and  grad- 
uated in  the  class  of  '76,  receiving  one  of  the 
medals  for  proficiency  in  class  work,  and  entered 
the  class  of  1880  in  Union  College.  Shortly  after 
graduation  he  went  into  business  with  his  brother, 
Fletcher  Vosburgh,  as  agents  of  the  various  steam- 
ship companies,  succeeding  John  E.  McElroy. 
Upon  the  death  of  his  brother,  Mr.  Vosburgh 
carried  on  the  business  successfully  until  impaired 
health  compelled  him  to  retire  about  two  years 
ago. 

Mr.  Vosburgh  was  also  a  member  of  the  Country 
Club  and  of  the  Fort  Orange  Club,  of  which  he  was 
secretar}^  He  was  a  member  of  the  First  Re- 
formed Church.  In  the  social  life  of  Albany  Mr. 
Vosburgh  was  prominent.  He  had  travelled  ex- 
tensively, not  only  throughout  the  United  States 
and  Canada,  but  also  throughout  Europe.  He 
was  particularly  familiar  with  and  interested  in 
Holland,  the  land  of  his  forefathers,  and  was  in- 


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teresting  in  the  description  of  his  joumeyings  and 
incidents  attending  them.  Mr.  Vosburgh  died 
unmarried. 

Dr.  Zaremba  W.  Waldron,  a  member  of  the 
Society  since  October  10,  1895,  died  in  Jackson, 
Mich.,  October  i,  1903.  He  was  a  descendant  of 
Wilham  W.  Waldron,  who  was  bom  in  Holland, 
1647,  ai^d  came  to  this  country  between  that  date 
and  1675,  for  on  the  latter  date  we  find  his  son, 
Pieter,  bom  at  Harlem.  After  this  the  family 
moved  to  Albany,  where  they  remained  about 
three-quarters  of  a  century,  when  they  emigrated 
to  Half  Moon,  Saratoga  County,  and  from  there 
Dr.  Waldron  moved  to  Jackson,  Mich.,  where  he 
achieved  an  enviable  reputation. 

Cornelius  Van  Brunt  (christened  Cornelius 
Rutgers,  but  never  using  the  middle  name),  was 
one  of  the  original  members  of  the  Holland  So- 
ciety, March  14,  1885. 

He  died  at  his  residence  in  New  York  City,  319 
East  57th  Street,  October  i,  1903,  after  a  painful 
illness  of  nine  weeks,  nearly  seventy-six  years  old. 

He  was  sixth  in  a  line  of  direct  descent  from  the 
first  Comelis  Rutgerz,  a  son  of  the  common  an- 
cestor of  the  family,  Rutgert  Joosten,  who  was  an 
emigrant  from  the  Netherlands  and  settled  on 
Long  Island  in  1653.  The  family  later  owned 
large  tracts  of  land  at  New  Utrecht,  Gowanus, 
Gravesend,  etc.,  and  were  mostly  agriculturists. 

His  father,  Comelis,  (bom  March  18,  1795,  died 
September  3,  1828,)  entered  mercantile  life  in  New 
York  City  with  a  well-known  shipping  firm  of  that 
day,  and  not  long  after  his  marriage  in  1826  to  a 
distant  cousin,  (Sarah,  daughter  of  Theodorus  Van 
Norden  and  AUetta  Langdon,)  the  young  husband 
was  obliged  by  his  firm  to  sail  as  supercargo  to 
Lima.  This  was  not  his  first  visit  to  South  Amer- 
ica, but  proved  to  be  his  last,  as  he  contracted  a 
fever  which  clung  to  him,  and  of  which  he  died 


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shortly  after  reaching  his  home,  September  3, 
1828,  and  before  his  only  child,  born  October  5, 
1827,  during  his  absence,  at  his  grandfather  Van 
Norden's  house  in  Leonard  Street,  had  completed 
his  first  year. 

A  few  years  later  the  widow  removed  with  her 
son  to  Fishkill  village,  where  in  1835  she  married 
Judge  Joseph  I.  Jackson,  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
Dutchess  County,  and  here  at  the  village  school, 
and  later  with  some  private  tuition,  Mr.  Van  Brunt 
received  his  education  and  prepared  to  enter  Union 
College.  He  passed  the  examinations,  but  at  this 
juncture  his  step-father  decided  against  college 
training  for  him  and  apprenticed  the  lad  to  the 
Matteawan  Machine  Works.  This  event  seems 
to  have  been  the  single  bitter  recollection  of  a  very 
happy  childhood  and  early  youth. 

He  was  veiy  ingenious  and  inventive,  with  a 
natural  capacity  for  mechanics,  and  soon  out- 
stripped his  fellow-apprentices,  being  allowed  by 
the  management  to  take  individual  contracts  long 
before  he  had  attained  his  majority.  One  of  these 
was  a  portion  of  the  iron  work — the  columns — of 
the  old  Ciystal  Palace  of  New  York  City.  In  this 
way  he  had  earned  quite  a  neat  sum  of  money  be- 
fore he  had  served  his  apprenticeship. 

In  1853,  he  and  several  others  established  the 
Fishkill  Landing  Machine  Works  at  Fishkill-on-the 
Hudson,  and  it  was  largely  owing  to  his  tact  and 
management  that  this  business  was  run  success- 
fully and  uninterruptedly,  even  during  the  Civil 
War,  and  that  in  1869!^  when  Mr.  Van  Brunt 
retired  from  it,  he  had  made  a  comfortable 
fortune. 

From  that  time  until  1876  he  lived  at  Pough- 
keepsie,  and,  having  no  regular  business,  was  en- 
abled to  turn  his  attention  to  those  scientific 
pursuits  which  always  lay  nearest  his  heart.  Dur- 
ing this  period  of  seven  years  he  was  president 
of  the  Poughkeepsie  Academy  of  Sciences,  and 
lectured     frequently  before    that    body,   Vassar 


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College  and  Institute,  and  other  learned  institu- 
tions on  various  natural  science  subjects. 

He  perfected  the  Holtz  Electrical  Machine, 
building  one  for  Vassar  College  and  one  for  Stevens 
Institute.  But,  although  very  inventive,  he  never 
would  allow  his  contrivances  to  be  patented. 

He  visited  Florida  and  made  large  collections 
of  the  birds  of  that  State,  (then  very  much  more 
abundant  than  now,)  and  also  secured  a  number 
of  fine  skeletons  and  skins  of  alligators,  all  of  which 
he  presented  to  Vassar  College.  He  often  spoke 
of  the  pleasure  this  collecting  trip  gave  him,  and 
was  very  proud  of  the  fact  that  of  the  several  hun- 
dred bird-skins — many  of  them  very  minute — 
not  one  had  been  mutilated  by  careless  shooting. 

In  1876  he  was  induced  to  enter  the  business 
world  again  to  assist  a  friend — a  fellow-apprentice 
at  Matteawan — and  furnished  a  large  part  of  the 
capital  of  a  machinery  company  in  New  York  City. 
This  reinvestment  of  his  capital  marked  a  turning 
point  in  his  hitherto  successful  financial  career,  and 
when  he  finally  retired  from  business  in  1894  he  had 
lost  the  bulk  of  his  fortune. 

During  all  of  this  busy  life  in  the  machine  works 
of  Matteawan,  Fishkill  Landing  and  New  York 
City  he  had  always  found  time  for  nature  study. 
He  was  an  enthusiastic  and  expert  microscopist, 
and  an  authority  on  some  of  the  lower  orders  of 
plant  life,  especially  the  diatomaceae. 

He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  American 
Microscopical  Society,  which  was  the  first  society 
of  its  kind  in  this  country,  and  served  as  its 
treasurer  tmtil  his  death.  He  was  also  for  a 
considerable  time  the  president  of  the  New  York 
Microscopical  Society. 

In  late  years,  beginning  about  1886,  he  became 
interested  in  photography  and  was  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  first  amateur  photographic  society 
in  New  York,  the  Camera  Club.  General  pho- 
tography soon  gave  place  to  special  work,  and, 
his    tastes    always    turning    towards    botany,    it 


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naturally  followed  that  floral  photography  became 
his  specialty,  and  to  him  belongs  the  honor  of  the 
finest  work  ever  done  in  this  line  as  well  as  that 
of  being  its  originator. 

His  deep  interest  in  the  successful  establish- 
ment of  the  New  York  Botanical  Garden,  which 
at  that  time  existed  mostly  in  the  hopes  of  botan- 
ists, was  the  impelling  cause  of  his  first  lecture  on 
"  The  Wild  Flowers  in  and  about  New  York  City, " 
given  early  in  the  nineties  before  the  Torrey 
Botanical  Club,  for  he  very  truly  surmised  that 
the  interest  of  the  New  York  public  would  be 
aroused  by  seeing  its  own  wild  flowers,  growing 
within  its  own  city  limits,  thrown  upon  the  screen 
in  all  the  beauty  of  natural  colors  and  often  lovely 
environment,  as  in  Bronx  Park,  the  longed-for 
abode  of  the  Botanical  Garden. 

From  that  time  until  the  close  of  the  last  season 
— June,  1 903, — he  lectured  frequentlyin  New  York, 
Brooklyn  and  elsewhere,  though  he  was  averse 
to  accepting  out-of-town  invitations,  partly  be- 
cause of  the  additional  exertion,  but  principally 
because  his  interests  all  lay  in  his  native  city. 

Thus  floral  photography  came  to  be  the  latest 
branch  of  scientific  work  that  he  followed ;  and  it 
was  followed  to  the  last — even  after  the  beginning 
of  his  last  illness — with  an  enthusiasm,  a  zeal,  and 
a  persevering  industry  almost  incredible  in  a  man 
of  his  years. 

The  results  were  of  steadily  increasing  excel- 
lence,— some  of  the  latest  work  being  the  best  he 
had  ever  done.  His  love  of  microscopic  effects 
led  him  to  photograph  his  floral  subjects,  when 
possible,  in  detail,  and  some  of  the  recent  en- 
largements of  the  minute  parts  or  organs  of  plants 
are  beautiful  and  instructive. 

He  rarely  strayed  from  the  floral  field,  but  in 
1898-9  he  made  some  wonderful  enlargements  of 
the  silk  worm  and  other  moths,  as  well  as  a  series 
of  about  one  hundred  negatives  showing  the  life 
history  of  our  common  milk-weed  butterfly.     This 


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he  called  "The  Birth  of  a  Butterfly,"  and  in  it 
every  phase  from  the  egg  to  the  worm,  through  the 
several  transformations  of  larva  and  pupa  to  the 
fully  expanded  butterfly,  was  beautifully  shown. 

Mr.  Van  Brunt  was  an  enthusiastic  sportsman, 
and  until  the  summer  of  1902  he  had  never  failed 
to  have  at  least  one  week  of  trout  fishing  in  the 
Upper  Beaver  kill  for  more  than  fifty  years. 

He  was  the  founder  and  first  president  of  a  beau- 
tiful fishing  preserve  in  the  Ulster  County  Catskills, 
known  as  the  Balsam  Lake  Club.  For  many  years 
he  had  owned  Balsam  Lake  and  much  of  the  land 
surrounding  it;  but,  finding  it  impossible  to  pro- 
tect the  property  and  preserve  the  wild  beauty  of 
the  woods  and  stream,  he  organized  the  club  above 
mentioned. 

He  was  a  zealous  champion  for  the  preservation 
of  our  forests,  and  watched  the  trees  of  the  club 
and  state  preserves  with  a  most  jealous  eye,  never 
losing  an  opportunity  to  inveigh  against  the  man 
who  ruthlessly  or  ignorantly  cut  one  down. 

He  was  also  a  member  of  the  New  York  Acad- 
emy of  Sciences,  New  York  Botanical  Garden,  (of 
which  he  was  Honorary  Floral  Photographer,) 
New  York  Microscopical  Society,  New  York  Hor- 
ticultural Society,  Torrey  Botanical  Club,  Amer- 
ican Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Science, 
American  Museum  of  Natural  History,  American 
Institute,  Brooklyn  Institute,  Forestry  Associa- 
tion, Camera  Club,  Holland  Society,  American 
Geographical  Society,  Union  League  Club,  and 
several  foreign  organizations. 

Of  a  genial,  kindly  disposition,  always  look- 
ing on  the  bright  side  of  things,  possessing  a  fund 
of  delightful  anecdote  and  information  on  natural 
history  and  allied  subjects,  he  made  a  charming 
companion;  but  he  was  too  much  absorbed  in 
his  own  pursuits  to  have  a  liking  for  social  inter- 
course in  the  usual  sense  of  the  word.  He  was 
a  loyal  friend,  a  most  devoted  son,  and  a  model 
husband. 


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His  funeral  was  at  the  Madison  Avenue  Re- 
formed Church  and  his  remains  were  interred  in 
the  family  plot  at  Fishkill.  Sketches  of  his  life, 
with  his  portrait,  appeared  in  Torreya,  Vol.  III., 
No.  12,  for  December,  1903,  and  in  The  Photo- 
graphic Times  Bulletin,  December,  1903. 

He  leaves  a  widow  but  no  children. 

Rev.  David  Cole,  D.D.,  of  Yonkers,  was  one 
of  the  earliest  members  of  the  Holland  Society, 
being  elected  October  25,  1886.  He  died  October 
20,  1903,  in  the  eighty-second  year  of  his  age. 
He  was  born  in  1822  and  attended  Rutgers  Col- 
lege, from  which  he  gradtiated  in  1842,  returning 
in  1863  to  occupy  the  chair  of  Greek  until  1866. 
A  call  to  be  the  fifth  pastor  of  the  First  Reformed 
Church  in  Yonkers  was  accepted  and  he  was 
installed  November  9,  1866.  Here  he  remained 
for  thirty  years,  until  his  resignation,  six  years 
before  his  death.  Although  he  had  intended  to 
spend  the  rest  of  his  life  in  retirement,  he  con- 
tinued active  labors  in  his  chosen  profession,  act- 
ing as  substitute  for  almost  every  Protestant 
minister  in  Yonkers  and  its  neighborhood  and 
filling  their  pulpits  with  marked  acceptability. 
On  the  Sunday  before  his  death,  when  eighty-one 
years  of  age,  he  preached  at  both  morning  and 
evening  services  in  the  Westminster  Presbyterian 
Church,  officiated  at  a  funeral  in  the  afternoon, 
and  took  part  in  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  services  the  same 
day.  At  the  bicentennial  in  1882  he  was  chosen 
to  be  the  orator  of  the  day,  and  gave  an  elaborate 
history  of  Yonkers  in  his  address.  He  published 
many  works,  including  a  translation  of  the  Sleepy 
Hollow  records,  and  wrote  a  number  of  articles 
for  the  new  history  of  Westchester  County.  His 
history  of  Rockland  County  contained  the  baptis- 
mal records  of  the  Tappan  Church  and  the  other 
churches  of  that  neighborhood,  and  he  likewise 
made  a  copy  of  all  the  ancient  records  of  mar- 
riages in  the  county  and  an  alphabetical  index  to 


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the  births  and  gave  it  to  the  Holland  Society. 
His  interest  in  the  Society  was  recognized  in 
1893-4,  when  he  was  made  its  Vice-President  for 
Westchester  County.  Rev.  Isaac  D.  Cole,  D.D., 
was  his  father,  so  it  seemed  the  most  natural 
thing  for  him  to  pursue  the  clerical  life,  and  he 
became  a  leading  light  of  the  Reformed  Church 
and  was  President  of  the  General  Synod  in  1886. 

The  Cole  family  claimed  to  be  the  oldest  family 
of  Holland  descent  in  New  York.  The  first  an- 
cestor in  this  country  was  Barent  Jacobsen  Kool, 
who  was  born  in  Holland  before  16 10  and  came 
out  with  Minuit  in  1625  as  an  officer  in  the  West 
India  Company.  From  that  time  to  the  present 
his  family  always  had  a  representative  in  New 
York.  His  name  appeared  in  a  "  Condition  and 
Agreement"  between  Jacob  Van  Curler  and  the 
Indians  on  June  8,  1633,  and  he  retained  his  con- 
nection with  the  government  until  1664,  when  he 
settled  in  Kingston. 

Dr.  Cole  made  his  home  at  68  Buena  Vista 
Avenue,  Yonkers,  and  the  funeral  services  were 
held  at  his  own  church  on  Friday,  October  23, 
1903.     One  daughter  and  four  sons  survived  him, 

Hon.  Thomas  Jefferson  Van  Alstyne,  late 
Mayor  of  Albany,  died  at  his  home,  289  State 
Street,  in  that  city,  October  26,  1903,  after  a  lin- 
gering illness.  He  was  bom  in  Richmondville, 
Schoharie  County,  July  25,  1827,  his  parents  be- 
ing Dr.  Thomas  B.  Van  Alstyne  and  Eliza  Gile. 
On  both  sides  he  traced  ancestral  citizenship  in 
America  back  to  1636,  Jan  Martense  Van  Alstein 
having  come  here  from  Holland  and  being  a  free- 
holder in  Fort  Orange  before  1657,  and  Samuel 
Gile,  on  the  maternal  side  being  a  freeman  and 
free-holder  in  Haverhill,  Mass.,  early  in  1640. 
His  great-grandfather,  William  Van  Alstyne,  was 
a  captain  in  the  Revolution,  and  his  maternal 
great-grandfather,  Moses  Gile,  was  a  member  of 
the    Standing   Committee   of  Correspondence   of 


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Charlotte  County,  Vermont,  and  at  fifty-eight 
had  done  service  in  the  field  in  Col.  Marsh's  regi- 
ment. Judge  Van  Alstyne,  although  over  seventy- 
six  years  of  age,  retained  the  robustness  and 
activity  of  early  life.  His  complexion  was  that 
of  ruddy  health,  his  eyes  were  bright,  and  his 
step  elastic.  Until  his  last  illness  he  was  actively 
engaged  in  the  legal  profession  and  was  known 
throughout  the  state  for  his  legal  attainments. 
At  the  age  of  thirteen  he  determined  to  acquire 
an  advanced  education  and  became  a  student  in 
the  academy  at  Moravia.  After  a  year  in  this 
academy  and  a  further  period  at  a  select  classical 
school  he  entered  the  Hartwick  Seminary  and 
completed  his  preparation  for  Hamilton  College, 
from  which  he  graduated  in  1848  with  the  degree 
of  Bachelor  of  Arts,  receiving  the  Master's  degree 
in  185 1.  His  standing  in  college  was  good,  es- 
pecially in  mathematics,  and,  in  addition  to  the 
regular  course,  with  a  few  others  he  took  a  private 
course  in  law  under  Theodore  W.  Dwight,  sub- 
sequently the  eminent  head  of  the  Columbia  Law 
School.  In  1848  he  entered  the  office  of  Harris 
&  Van  Vorst  and  before  the  close  of  the  year  his 
diligence  enabled  him  to  pass  a  satisfactory  and 
successful  examination  for  admission  to  the  bar 
of  the  state.  Until  1850  he  continued  as  a  student, 
after  which  he  opened  an  office  for  himself,  where 
he  continued  until  1853,  when  he  became  a  partner 
of  Matthew  McMahon,  with  whom  he  was  asso- 
ciated for  four  years.  In  the  spring  of  1858  he 
formed  his  association  with  Winfield  S.  Hevenor, 
which  continued  until  broken  by  his  death.  In 
politics  Judge  Van  Alstyne  had  always  been  a 
staunch  Democrat.  In  187 1  he  was  elected 
County  Judge  by  a  majority  which  eclipsed  his 
fellows  on  the  same  ticket.  He  held  the  office  until 
1882,  introducing  many  reforms  in  local  methods 
of  procedure.  In  that  year  he  was  elected  to 
Congress,  where  he  served  on  the  Committees  on 
Claims  and  on  Expenditures  of  the  Department 


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of  Justice.  In  1898  and  1899  he  was  Mayor  of 
Albany.  He  was  elected  to  membership  in  the 
Holland  Society  March  10,  1898,  and  at  the  an- 
nual meeting  in  1901  was  made  Vice-President 
for  Albany  County,  which  office  he  held  at  the 
time  of  his  death.  He  was  also  a  prominent 
Free  Mason,  having  been  Master  of  Mt.  Vernon 
Lodge,  No.  3,  F.  &  A.  M.,  in  1858,  and  a  member 
of  the  Albany  Institute,  Fort  Orange  Club,  Philip 
Livingston  Chapter,  Sons  of  the  Revolution,  a 
life  member  of  the  Y.  M,  C.  A.,  and  prominent 
in  the  Emanuel  Baptist  Church.  Judge  Van 
Alstyne  had  been  three  times  married.  His  first 
wife  was  Sarah,  daughter  of  R.  Clapp;  his  second 
wife  was  N.  Louisa,  daughter  of  Samuel  S.  Peck; 
his  third  wife,  Laura  Louisa,  daughter  of  William 
Wurdemann.  He  leaves  two  sons,  Thomas  Butler 
Van  Alstyne,  a  CaUfornia  frmt-grower,  and  WilHam 
T.  Van  Alstyne,  sixteen  years  of  age,  a  son  by  his 
last  wife,  who  also  survived  him. 

The  mayor  of  Albany  ordered  that  flags  on  the 
public  buildings  be  placed  at  half-mast  and  the 
city  hall  bell  tolled  the  years  of  his  life.  The 
mayor  and  heads  of  various  departments  attended 
the  funeral,  after  adopting  the  following  resolu- 
tions : 

"  In  the  death  of  Thomas  Jefferson  Van  Alstyne  the  city 
of  Albany  loses  a  worthy  Christian  citizen.  His  life  was  a 
busy  one,  fraught  with  many  public  and  philanthropic 
activities.  In  public  office,  as  county  judge,  representa- 
tive in  Congress  and  mayor,  he  discharged  his  obligations 
to  the  body  politic  in  a  painstaking  and  conscientious 
manner. 

"We,  the  mayor  and  heads  of  municipal  departments, 
meet  to  acknowledge  the  worth  of  Thomas  Jefferson  Van 
Alstyne's  citizenship,  and  do  hereby  resolve  to  attend  his 
funeral  in  a  body. 

"It  is  further  resolved  that  this  memorial  be  spread 
upon  the  record  of  the  meetings  of  heads  of  departments." 

The  members  of  the  Albany  County  Bar  Asso- 
ciation   assembled   in  the  Supreme  Court  room 


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and  paid  their  last  tribute  to  his  memory,  after 
the  meeting  had  been  called  to  order  by  William 
P.  Rudd,  as  president,  who  spoke  feelingly  of 
the  sorrowful  task  in  hand,  dwelling  at  length  on 
the  able  manner  in  which  Judge  Van  Alstyne  had 
discharged  his  responsible  public  positions.  Jus- 
tice  Herrick  was  made  chairman  of  the  meeting 
and  spoke  as  follows : 

ft 

"It  seems  to  me  that  in  the  death  of  Thomas  J.  Van 
Alstyne  the  strongest  personahty  of  the  Albany  County 
Bar  Association  has  been  removed.  My  acquaintance  with 
him  dates  back  to  the  time  when,  after  I  began  the  prac- 
tice of  law,  I  became  located  in  an  adjoining  office  where  I 
had  excellent  opportunities  to  study  his  remarkable  per- 
sonality, and  up  to  the  hour  of  his  death  our  relations  were 
always  close  and  sometimes  intimate.  Strong  mentally, 
strong  morally  and  strong  physically,  there  was  no  hypoc- 
risy in  his  nature  and  as  time  rolled  on  and  I  grew  to 
understand  him  better  I  liked  him  more.  A  peculiarity  in 
his  nature  which  no  doubt  many  of  you  have  observed 
when  we  were  assembled  here  on  such  sad  occasions  as 
these,  was  the  tenderness  with  which  he  spoke  in  memory 
of  those  with  whom  he  had  had  many  conflicts  in  life.  Of 
late  years  he  has  not  been  active  in  the  practice  of  law, 
but  his  excellent  record  as  a  lawyer  and  judge  are  well 
known  to  all  of  us.  He  was  warm  in  his  friendships  and 
would  go  far  to  serve  them,  as  those  who  knew  him  best 
can  testify.  He  was  one  of  the  few  remaining  practitioners 
who  were  here  when  I  began  my  legal  labors  and  it  is  with 
an  infinite  feeling  of  sadness  that  I  pay  this  impromptu 
tribute  to  his  memory." 

The  meeting  then  adopted  the  following  reso- 
lutions : 

"We,  as  members  of  the  Albany  county  bar,  have  again 
assembled  to  mourn  the  loss  of  one  of  our  number.  With 
profound  sorrow  we  have  heard  the  announcement  of  the 
death  of  Thomas  J.  Van  Alstyne  and  it  is  fitting  that  we 
should  pause  amid  the  absorbing  cares  of  daily  life  to  pay 
a  tribute  of  respect  to  his  memory. 

"For  more  than  half  a  century  Judge  Van  Alstyne  was 
a  prominent  and  respected  citizen  of  this  city.  During  all 
that  time  he  was  either  actively  engaged  in  the  practice  of 
his  profession,  or  in  the  administration  of  justice  in  his 


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judicial  capacity.  But  eminence  in  his  profession  did  not 
fill  the  measure  of  his  honorable  ambition.  He  represented 
his  home  constituency  in  the  legislative  halls  of  the  nation 
and,  as  the  crowning  event  of  his  political  career,  rendered 
efficient  service  to  his  fellow-citizens  as  their  chief  magis- 
trate. 

"Honest  and  faithful  in  the  discharge  of  every  trust, 
public  or  private,  attentive  and  conscientious  in  the  per- 
formance of  every  duty,  official  or  self-imposed,  his  integ- 
rity was  manifest  at  all  times  and  places  and  on  every 
occasion. 

"  In  private  life  a  man  of  domestic  habits,  literary  tastes 
and  scholarly  attainments,  a  student  of  books  and  a  lover 
of  nature,  in  his  conversation  and  public  utterances  he  was 
frank  and  candid,  adopting  the  honest  and  forcible  manner 
of  stating  plain  truths  rather  than  the  methods  of  polite 
insincerity.  He  was  a  good  citizen  and  neighbor,  an  affec- 
tionate husband  and  parent  and  a  true  friend. 

"Although  possessed  of  a  vigorous  constitution,  which 
seemed  to  afford  an  assurance  of  many  years  of  a  useful 
and  happy  life  yet  to  come,  he  nevertheless  faced  death  with 
a  spirit  of  calm  submission.  He  has  crossed  the  turbulent 
river  at  the  end  of  life's  journey  and  passed  beyond  human 
vision  into  'the  undiscovered  country  from  whose  bourn 
no  traveler  returns.' 

"Resolved,  That  in  the  death  of  Thomas  J.  Van  Alstyne 
the  bar  of  Albany  county  has  been  bereaved  of  one  of  its 
honored  and  most  distinguished  members;  that  a  minute 
of  this  resolution  be  presented  to  the  Supreme  Court  for 
inscription  on  its  records,  and  that  a  copy  thereof  be  trans- 
mitted to  the  family  of  our  deceased  associate." 

The  Sons  of  the  Revolution  adopted  the  follow- 
ing preamble  and  resolution : 

"Philip  Livingston  Chapter,  S.  R. 

"Thomas  Jefferson  Van  Alstyne,  a  resident  of  this  city 
for  upwards  of  fifty-five  years,  a  member  and  former  officer 
of  the  Philip  Livingston  Chapter  of  the  Sons  of  the  Revolu- 
tion, died  at  his  home  on  Monday,  the  26th  inst. 

"Judge  Van  Alstyne  had  filled  public  stations  with 
credit  to  himself  and  to  the  advantage  of  the  public,  and 
he  had  fully  met  the  demands  even  greater  and  more  try- 
ing, in  the  exemplification  of  good  citizenship.  He  was  a 
man  of  broad  and  liberal  learning,  and  was  all  his  life  a 
student.  He  was  a  lover  of  books,  and  the  refinement 
which  came  from  their  use  was  manifested  in  his  conversa- 
tion and  in  his  public  addresses.     He  took  honest  and  just 


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pride  in  his  ancestry,  and  it  had  been  to  him  an  incentive 
to  good  Uving. 

"His  public  life  called  him  to  administer  the  high  office 
of  judge,  to  fill  the  honorable  position  of  representative  in 
Congress,  and  to  execute  the  laws  and  carry  out  the  wishes 
of  the  people  in  the  chief  magistracy  of  our  city. 

"In  these  varied  works  he  was  faithful,  honest  and  dis- 
interested. He  enjoyed  the  society  of  younger  people, 
was  scrupulous  in  doing  the  work  which  fell  to  his  lot  in 
any  association  with  which  he  was  connected,  and  he  was 
helpful,  considerate,  and  full  of  suggestion  in  the  work  for 
which  this  chapter  is  organized.  He  was  one  of  our  oldest 
members  and  most  respected. 

"We  sincerely  regret  his  death,  which  was  by  reason  of 
his  active  and  vigorous  personality  entirely  unexpected. 
Let  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  be  sent  to  the  members  of 
his  family  and  spread  in  full  upon  our  record. 

"William  P.  Rudd,    ) 

"Albert  E.  Hoyt,       >  Committee." 

"Albert  N.  Husted,  ) 

The  local  members  of  the  Holland  Society  were 
summoned  by  their  former  Vice-President,  Dr. 
Albert  Vander  Veer,  and  on  October  28th  adopted 
the  following  resolutions: 

"Judge  Van  Alstyne  was  a  typical  Dutchman  in  appear- 
ance, manner,  disposition  and  habits  of  life,  all  of  which 
contributed  to  his  successful  and  popular  performance  of 
the  varying  duties  of  the  different  public  offices  held  by 
him. 

"  He  was  judicial  in  the  constitution  of  his  mind,  keenly 
and  almost  spontaneously  discriminating  between  the  true 
and  the  false,  but  a  man  of  broad  and  tender  sympathies  and 
loyal  in  his  friendships. 

"He  was  an  honest  man  in  its  most  comprehensive 
sense  and  not  only  in  his  money  dealings  with  his  fellow 
men. 

"He  took  a  deep  and  abiding  interest  in  all  his  associa- 
tions, and  when  he  became  a  member  of  this  society,  he 
showed  the  ancestral  pride  thus  stimulated  and  was  at 
once  recognized  as  a  leader  by  his  associates  and  speedily 
chosen  Vice-President  for  Albany,  by  the  society  at  large. 

"He  has  been  taken  from  us  so  suddenly,  that  we  have 
not  fully  realized  our  great  loss,  but  shall  miss  his  genial 
companionship  as  time  rolls  by. 


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"We  mourn  with  his  family  in  this  great  bereavement, 
and  tender  to  them  this  expression  of  our  sincere  and 
heartfelt  sympathy. 

"Albert  Vander  Veer, 

"  Chairman. 
"A.  V.  Bensen, 
"Secretary. 

"G.  A.  Van  Allen,         ) 

"Jasper  Van  Wormer,  >  Committee." 

"William  Prall,  ) 

The  funeral  services  were  conducted  at  the 
family  residence  and  the  Emmanuel  Baptist 
Church  by  Rev.  Thomas  D.  Anderson.  The  floral 
tributes  were  profuse  and  hid  the  casket  from 
view.  The  remains  were  taken  to  the  Rural  Ceme- 
tery for  interment. 

John  Henry  Van  Antwerp,  one  of  the  early 
members  of  the  Holland  Society,  died  at  his  home. 
No.  270  State  Street,  Albany,  on  Monday,  Decem- 
ber 14,  1903,  in  the  eighty-first  year  of  his  age. 
He  was  a  descendant  of  Daniel  Janse  Van  Ant- 
werpen,  who  was  born  in  1635  and  came  to  Bever- 
wyck  in  1656.  At  the  settlement  of  Schenectady, 
he  became  one  of  the  "  Proprietors  "  and  owned 
the  "  Third  Flat "  and  a  house  or  village  lot  inside 
the  stockade. 

He  was  a  prominent  citizen  and  a  banker,  having 
been  one  of  the  founders  and  for  many  years  pres- 
ident of  the  National  Savings  Bank,  and  a  direc- 
tor and  vice-president  of  the  New  York  State 
National  Bank.  He  was  born  at  Albany,  October 
12,  1823,  was  educated  at  private  schools  and 
entered  into  business  as  a  clerk,  from  whence  he 
made  his  way  upward  with  unwavering  diligence 
and  success.  For  eighteen  years  he  served  with- 
out compensation  as  a  member  of  the  State  Board 
of  Charities,  and  was  one  of  the  first  to  call  the 
attention  of  the  government  to  the  dangers  and 
evils  of  unrestricted  and  unsupervised  immigra- 
tion.    He    became    a    member    of    the    Holland 


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Society  April  6,  1886,  and  remained  an  enthus- 
iastic member  until  the  time  of  his  death.  He 
was  also  a  member  of  the  Fort  Orange  Club  at 
Albany,  and  of  the  St.  Nicholas  and  Manhattan 
Clubs  in  New  York  City,  and  was  a  Fellow  of  the 
American  Geographical  Society  and  one  of  the 
Sons  of  the  Revolution. 

His  funeral  took  place  at  St.  Paul's  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church,  Lancaster  Street,  Albany,  on 
Wednesday,  December  16,  1903. 

Two  daughters  survive  him:  Henrietta  W., 
widow  of  Major  J.  W.  MacMurray,  of  the  United 
States  Army,  and  Kate  Josephine,  wife  of  Pay- 
Inspector  (retired)  J.  R.  Stanton,  of  the  United 
States  Navy.  His  brother,  William  Meadon  Van 
Antwerp,  died  April  9,  1903.  (See  his  obituary 
sketch,  p.  234). 

Selah  Reeve  Van  Duzer  was  elected  at  the 
regular  meeting  of  the  Holland  Society's  trustees 
on  June  25,  1885,  shortly  following  its  organiza- 
tion, and  after  a  membership  of  more  than  eighteen 
years  he  died  at  his  residence  in  Newburgh,  N.  Y., 
December  27,  1903.  He  had  been  Vice-President 
of  the  Holland  Society  for  Orange  County  in  the 
fiscal  year  1896-7.  Mr.  Van  Duzer  was  a  son  of 
Selah  Van  Duzer,  at  one  time  president  of  the 
New  York  National  Exchange  Bank,  and  grand- 
son of  Christopher  Van  Duzer,  of  Orange  County. 
His  mother  was  Margaret  Van  Alstyn,  of  New 
Jersey.  He  was  born  at  the  corner  of  Dey 
and  Church  Streets,  New  York  City,  December 
9,  1823.  At  eighteen  he  became  clerk  with  the 
drug  firm  of  Bush  &  Hillier.  Later  he  formed  a 
co-partnership  with  S.  W.  Cummings  as  Cum- 
mings  &  Van  Duzer.  After  the  dissolution  of 
this  firm,  Mr.  Van  Duzer  conducted  an  extensive 
wholesale  drug  business  until  fifteen  years  ago, 
when  he  retired.  On  May  15,  1850,  he  married 
Miss  Catharine  M.  Sayre,  of  Horseheads,  Chemung 
County,  after  which  they  went  to  New  York  City 


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to  reside,  Mr.  Van  Duzer's  business  being  at  Nos. 
198  and  200  Greenwich  Street.     After  residing  in 
that  city  and  on  Staten  Island  for  three  years, 
they  purchased  their  present  residence  in  New- 
burgh,  which  has  always  remained  their  home, 
although  they  had  a  winter  residence  at  Thomas- 
ville,  Ga.,  and  resided  in  the  midsummer  at  "  Stony 
Crest,"  an  island  in  Alexandria  Bay.     On  May  15, 
1900,   they  celebrated  their   golden  wedding  at 
Newburgh.     Mr.  Van  Duzer  had  four  children: 
the   eldest,   Selah  Van  Duzer,  who  died  July  5, 
1892;  Henry  S.  Van  Duzer,  a  lawyer  in  the  firm 
of  Van  Duzer  &  Taylor,  of  New  York  City ;  Katha- 
rine S.,  wife  of  Frank  V.  Burton,  of  Balmville-on- 
Hudson,  and  Frederick  C.  Van  Duzer,  of  London, 
England,  a  member  of  S.  R.  Van  Duzer  &  Son, 
and  at  one  time  president  of  the  American  Society 
in  that  city,  and  also  Past  Assistant-Director  of 
Ceremonies  of  the  Masonic  Grand  Lodge  of  Eng- 
land. 

The  funeral  took  place  at  Mr.  Van  Duzer's  late 
residence,  Rozenhof,  the  services  being  conducted 
by  Rev.  J.  Searle,  Pastor  of  Calvary  Church,  as- 
sisted by  Rev.  Dr.  Longacre,  formerly  of  Trinity 
Church.  The  interment  was  at  Greenwood  Cem- 
etery in  the  family  lot. 

(The  widow  of  Mr.  Van  Duzer  soon  followed  her 
late  husband  and  died  at  Thomasville,  Ga.,  on 
April  25,  1904.) 

John  ScHOONMAKER  was  born  January  25,  1830, 
in  the  town  of  Gardiner,  Ulster  County,  N.  Y.,  the 
youngest  of  ten  children.  When  old  enough,  he 
began  work  upon  his  father's  farm  and  continued 
until  he  was  twenty-two,  teaching  school  at  Gar- 
diner for  the  last  winter  that  he  remained  at  home. 
In  March,  1852,  with  his  brother  Jacob,  he  opened 
a  general  store  at  Tuttletown.  Soon  afterward 
his  brother  lost  his  life  in  the  Henry  Clay  disaster 
on  the  Hudson,  and  in  a  short  time  the  Tuttletown 
store  was  sold,  Mr.  Schoonmaker  moving  to  New- 


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burgh  in  the  fall  of  1853.  His  first  employment 
was  with  Stephen  Hayt,  on  Water  Street,  for  his 
board.  In  three  months  he  took  a  clerkship  with 
Isaac  Wood,  Jr.,  for  three  years,  after  which  he 
had  a  position  for  a  year  with  Mr.  Parmalee,  and 
again  returned  to  the  store  of  Isaac  Wood,  where, 
under  Mr.  Wood's  guidance,  he  received  instruc- 
tion and  acquired  experience  that  was  invaluable 
to  him  in  later  years.  In  1863  Mr.  Schoonmaker, 
with  Samuel  C.  Mills  and  A.  A.  Weller,  purchased 
the  dry-goods  business  of  Col.  Woods  at  the  north- 
east comer  of  Water  and  3d  Streets.  Business 
at  that  time  was  conducted  on  a  very  different 
scale  from  the  present.  Nearly  even^'thing  could 
be  purchased  at  the  same  store.  Half  a  dozen 
lines  of  boats  between  New  York  and  Newburgh 
and  market- wagons  from  the  surroimding  country 
made  Newburgh  an  active  business  centre,  where 
stores  were  open  as  early  as  five  o'clock  in  the 
morning  and  frequently  as  late  as  eleven  o'clock 
at  night.  In  1878  the  firm  occupied  its  newly 
completed  building  at  Nos.  94  and  96  Water 
Street.  This  was  considered  a  notable  improve- 
ment and  the  firm  even  then  had  the  largest  dry- 
goods  store  in  the  city.  Although  at  first  only 
part  of  the  building  was  occupied,  in  a  few  years 
increased  business  made  it  necessary  to  occupy 
the  whole.  Mr.  Mills  retired  in  1885  and  Mr. 
Weller  Januaiy  i,  1898.  Mr.  Schoonmaker's  son, 
Samuel,  purchased  Mr.  Weller's  interest,  and  the 
firm  became  John  Schoonmaker  &  Son.  Now 
the  firm  purchased  the  adjoining  building  on  the 
north,  still  further  increasing  the  capacity  for 
business.  Mr.  Schoonmaker  took  an  active  in- 
terest in  the  affairs  of  the  firm  until  his  sudden 
illness  in  the  latter  part  of  1902,  and  after  a  pro- 
tracted period  of  hope  and  fear  he  died  on  the  ist 
of  January,  1904,  at  his  home,  No.  135  Grand 
Street.  Mr.  Schoonmaker  had  thus  been  for  many 
years  the  head  of  Newburgh 's  dry-goods  trade.  His 
business  acquaintance  was  very  extensive  and  few 


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men  enjoyed  such  a  reputation  for  honor,  integ- 
rity and  probity,  his  friends  and  acquaintances 
placing  impHcit  confidence  in  him,  which,  through- 
out his  career,  was  never  violated.  He  was  a 
public-spirited  citizen,  always  interested  in  the 
welfare  and  progress  of  Newburgh  and  contributed 
generously  to  projects  which  promised  well  for  its 
advancement,  yet  he  never  sought  public  office  or 
cared  to  appear  prominently  in  public.  His  in- 
creasing business  prevented  him  from  entering 
politics,  although  he  was  a  member  of  the  Board 
of  Health  from  1885  to  1888,  in  which  he  rendered 
conscientious  service.  He  was  one  of  the  organ- 
izers of  the  old  Newburgh  Board  of  Trade  and  of 
its  successor,  the  Newburgh  Business  Men's  Asso- 
ciation, of  which  his  son  was  president.  For 
thirty-seven  years  he  was  a  trustee  of  the  New- 
burgh Savings  Bank  and  for  a  number  of  years  its 
second  vice-president.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church,  in  which  he  was  active 
and  efficient,  serving  for  many  terms  as  trustee 
and  elder.  He  was  also  deeply  interested  in  the 
Bethel  Mission  and  Chapel,  serving  as  Superin- 
tendent of  the  Chapel  while  health  permitted. 

The  funeral  was  held  at  Mr.  Schoonmaker's  late 
residence,  on  Monday,  January  4th,  and  the  in- 
terment was  made  at  Cedar  Hill  Cemetery.  Mr. 
Schoonmaker  was  elected  to  membership  in  the 
Holland  Society  March  27,  1890.  In  April,  1898, 
he  was  elected  Vice-President  for  Orange  Cotinty 
at  the  annual  meeting.  He  leaves  three  chil- 
dren; his  son  and  partner,  Samuel  V.  Schoon- 
maker, Mrs.  W.  Clement  Scott,  and  Miss  Elizabeth 
Schoonmaker. 

Gen.  George  Loomis  Becker  was  elected  to 
membership  in  the  Holland  Society  June  12,  1902, 
and  died  January  6,  1904.  He  had  been  for  hah  a 
century  a  prominent  figure  in  the  state  of  Minne- 
sota, and,  with  his  wide  public  experience,  his 
public  and  private  activity  in  the  various  posi- 


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tions  to  which  his  busy  hfe  called  him,  leaves  a 
large  place  in  the  memory  of  his  friends  and 
acquaintances.  He  was  born  in  Locke,  Cayuga 
County,  N.  Y.,  February  4,  1829.  His  father 
was  Hiram  Becker  and  his  mother  Sophia  Millard, 
the  latter  being  of  Huguenot  descent.  The 
Beckers  had  settled  in  New  York  early  in  the 
seventeenth  century,  the  first  ancestor  being  Jan 
Juriensen  Becker,  of  Amsterdam,  the  immigrant 
of  1655  or  1656.  The  earliest  home  of  the  family 
was  Albany  or  New  York,  from  which  the  family 
moved  to  Schoharie  about  1733.  General  Becker's 
early  school  days  began  in  his  native  town  and 
continued  at  Moravia,  from  which  at  the  age  of 
twelve  he  was  sent  to  Western  Reserve  College 
at  Hudson,  Ohio.  The  family  then  removed  to 
Auburn,  N.  Y.,  where  he  finished  his  preparation 
for  college.  In  1841  the  home  was  again  changed 
to  Ann  Arbor,  and  he  became  a  student  at  the 
University  of  Michigan,  graduating  in  1846  at  the 
age  of  seventeen,  the  youngest  member  of  a  large 
class.  Having  selected  the  law  as  his  career,  he 
began  to  study  in  the  office  of  George  Sedgwick, 
at  Ann  Arbor.  In  October,  1849,  ^^^  removed  to 
Minnesota,  and  in  1850  he  was  admitted  to  the 
bar,  although  less  than  twenty-one  years  of  age. 
He  formed  a  partnership  with  Edmund  Rice  and 
Ellis  G.  Whitall,  which  was  early  successful,  and 
with  slight  changes  the  firm  continued  imtil  1856, 
when  it  was  dissolved.  General  Becker  about  this 
time  had  concluded  to  abandon  the  practice  of 
the  law.  In  1862  he  became  Land  Commissioner 
of  the  St.  Paid  &  Pacific  Railroad,  and  in  1864 
was  elected  president  of  the  first  division  of  that 
road,  holding  the  position  twelve  years  and  work- 
ing as  hard  as  any  employee.  The  knowledge  and 
experience  gained  during  this  period  made  him  a 
valuable  member  of  the  State  Railway  and  Ware- 
house Commission  and  dictated  his  appointment 
to  a  large  extent.  He  took  an  active  interest  in 
local  affairs  from  the  beginning  of  his  residence  in 


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St.  Paul.  At  the  first  municipal  election  in  1854 
he  was  elected  an  alderman,  which  position  he 
held  for  two  years,  after  which  he  was  elected 
Mayor.  In  1857  he  was  a  delegate  from  Ramsey 
County  to  the  famous  Constitutional  Convention, 
going  with  the  Democratic  wing  on  the  division. 
In  October,  before  the  state  was  formally  admitted, 
he  was  elected  a  member  of  Congress  with  two 
others,  since  it  was  supposed  that  the  state  would 
be  entitled  to  three  members.  The  determination 
being  that  the  state  should  have  but  two  repre- 
sentatives. Gen.  Becker  drew  the  blank.  In 
1859  he  '^^"s.s  nominated  for  governor  by  the  Demo- 
crats, but  was  defeated,  although  he  made  a  not- 
able canvass.  In  i860  he  was  a  delegate  to  the 
National  Democratic  Convention  at  Charleston, 
S.  C,  and  supported  the  Breckenridge  ticket.  In 
1867  he  was  elected  to  the  state  senate,  and 
re-elected  in  1869,  his  service  being  of  distinguished 
ability.  In  1872  he  was  nominated  for  Congress, 
but  was  vinsuccessful.  In  March,  1885,  he  was 
appointed  upon  the  State  Board  of  Railway  and 
Warehouse  Commissioners,  being  re-appointed 
by  three  following  administrations  and  serving 
until  1 90 1.  In  1894  he  was  again  the  Demo- 
cratic candidate  for  governor.  In  1873  he  was 
president  of  the  Old  Settlers'  Association  and 
the  following  year  president  of  the  State  His- 
torical Society.  He  was  twice  married,  his  first 
wife  living  but  a  few  months,  his  second  wife 
being  Susanna  Ismond,  whom  he  married  in 
1855.  He  left  four  sons,  Edwin,  Charles,  George, 
and  William. 

The  funeral  was  held  at  the  family  residence, 
601  Summit  Avenue,  St.  Paul,  the  services  being 
conducted  by  Rev.  W.  C.  Pope,  of  the  Church  of 
the  Good  Shepherd,  the  interment  being  at  Oak- 
land Cemeter}^  In  an  editorial  of  the  St.  Paul 
Despatch,  attention  is  called  to  his  candidacy  for 
governor  and  the  self-denial  which  induced  him 
to  make  the  run,  as  well  as  the  party  treachery 


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which  made  it  a  failure,  and  closed  with  a  eulo- 
gistic reference  to  "  the  memory  of  one  of  the  most 
upright  men  that  ever  graced  Minnesota  citizen- 
ship." 

Peter  Quick  Eckerson  was  one  of  the  earliest 
elected  members  of  the  Holland  Society,  having 
been  a  member  since  Jiuie  25,  1885.  He  was  bom 
in  Clarkstown,  New  York,  November  19,  1839, 
and  always  spent  his  summers  in  the  old  home- 
stead at  Spring  Valley.  He  made  his  permanent 
home  in  New  York  City,  where  he  died  January 
10,  1904. 

He  was  a  direct  descendant  from  Thomas  Ec- 
kerson, one  of  the  original  settlers  of  Rockland 
County;  his  great-grandfather  was  Major  John 
Smith,  a  major  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  who 
was  granted  his  commission  by  Governor  Clinton. 

After  graduation  from  Hamilton  College  in 
1863,  Mr.  Eckerson  began  the  study  of  law  in  the 
ofhce  of  A.  P.  Lanning,  of  Buffalo,  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  1865,  continuing  in  active 
practice  until  his  death.  He  met  with  marked 
success  in  his  profession,  and  his  sterling  qualities 
made  him  beloved  and  respected  by  both  personal 
and  business  associates.  He  was  the  attorney 
for  many  prominent  firms  and  estates  and  was  the 
oldest  tenant  in  the  Bennett  Building.  He  was 
also  an  enthusiastic  student  of  genealogical  and 
historical  works  relating  to  New  Amsterdam.  He 
was  first  married  in  1866  and  in  1868  his  son, 
Frank  L.  Eckerson,  was  bom.  In  1877,  after  the 
death  of  his  first  wife,  Mr.  Eckerson  married 
Pauline  A.  Smith.  Four  children  were  bom  to 
them.  His  widow  and  two  children,  Pauline 
Mae  and  William  De  Wint,  survive  him. 

Mr.  Eckerson  was  a  member  of  the  Second 
Collegiate  Reformed  Church  of  Harlem.  The 
funeral  services  were  held  at  his  late  residence, 
117  West  123d  Street,  and  also  at  the  Reformed 
Dutch  Church  at  Spring  Valley,  New  York. 


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Hon.  James  Lansing,  one  of  Troy's  most  fa- 
mous lawyers  and  citizens,  was  elected  to  mem- 
bership June  8,  1899,  ^^d  died  January  21,  1904. 
He  was  a  counsellor  of  high  standing,  in  active 
practice  for  nearly  forty  years,  including  a  term 
of  six  years  as  Surrogate  of  Rensselaer  County. 
He  was  born  in  Decatur,  May  9,  1834.  Just  before 
reaching  twenty-one  he  went  to  North  Moimt 
Pleasant,  Miss.,  and  soon  afterward  began 
teaching  school  at  Macon,  Tenn.,  continuing  for 
eight  years.  About  this  time  he  married  Miss 
Sarah  A.  Richardson,  of  PotLltne}^  Vt.  While 
teaching,  he  prepared  for  his  legal  career,  taking 
up  his  law  books  at  the  close  of  school  hours. 
When  his  teaching  came  to  an  end,  he  went  to 
the  Albany  Law  School,  graduating  in  1864. 
After  graduation  he  came  to  Troy  and  began  to 
practise  in  the  law  ofifice  of  Warren  &  Banker, 
soon  afterwards  being  appointed  clerk  in  the  Sur- 
rogate's oflfice.  In  1867  he  formed  a  partnership 
with  the  late  Robert  McClellan,  which  lasted  for 
fourteen  years.  He  then  practised  alone  for  a 
number  of  years  imtil  he  formed  a  partnership 
with  William  P.  Cantwell,  Jr.,  which  continued 
until  Mr.  Cantwell's  death.  Thereupon  Mr.  Lan- 
sing went  into  a  partnership  with  John  B.  Holmes, 
which  was  but  recently  dissolved.  He  was  a 
Democrat  and  ready  to  do  everything  for  the  suc- 
cess of  his  party.  In  1889  was  his  successful 
candidacy  for  the  Surrogate's  office,  but  he  was 
defeated  for  a  re-election  in  1895.  He  was  always 
accurate  and  took  great  care  in  the  preparation 
of  his  cases,  which  may  well  account  for  his  success 
and  his  large  practice.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Memorial  Presbyterian  Church,  of  which  he  had 
been  trustee  for  twenty-two  years  and  president 
of  the  trustees  for  sixteen  years.  He  was  active 
in  church  work  and  liberal  in  his  contributions. 
His  earliest  ancestor  in  this  country  was  Gerrit 
Lansing  from  Hassel,  near  Zwolle,  in  Overyssel, 
1675,  his  father  being  a  native  of  Schodack  and 


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his  earlier  ancestors  natives  of  Albany.  He  leaves 
a  son,  Prof.  Hugh  Lansing,  of  Troy  High  School, 
and  fotir  daughters,  Luella,  Caroline  M.,  Jean- 
nette,  and  Mary  J. 

George  Van  Wagenen  was  one  of  the  founders 
of  the  Holland  Society,  March  14,  1885.  He  died 
January  29,  1904,  from  heart  disease,  at  his  late 
residence,  No.  171  West  97th  Street,  in  his  seven- 
tieth year.  He  was  born  at  Rhinebeck  and  came 
to  New  York  as  a  boy,  later  taking  up  the  pro- 
fession of  engineering,  and  at  one  time  being 
closely  associated  with  Ericsson  in  the  building 
of  the  Monitor  and  superintending  the  installation 
of  all  the  engines  in  that  vessel.  He  was  also  a 
ship  chandler  at  No.  212,  and  subsequently  at  No. 
233  West  Street,  a  business  which  he  continued  for 
about  forty  years.  His  home  life  was  exemplary 
and  he  leaves  a  wide  circle  of  sorrowing  friends 
and  relatives.  He  is  survived  by  a  widow,  a 
son,  and  a  daughter. 

Pierre  Van  Buren  Hoes  was  elected  March 
30,  1887,  3^i^d  was  Vice-President  of  the  Holland 
Society  for  Kinderhook,  1892,  1893,  and  1894. 
He  died  at  his  home  in  Kinderhook,  N.  Y.,  on 
February  5,  1904,  in  his  sixtieth  year.  He  was  an 
occasional  writer  for  the  daily  papers  and  current 
publications,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  was 
engaged  in  writing  and  had  nearly  completed  a 
History  of  Kinderhook,  from  the  time  of  the  original 
patent  to  Jan  Tyse  Goes  (one  of  his  ancestors)  and 
others.  He  had  been  for  years  an  active  worker 
in  the  Dutch  Reformed  Church  at  his  home  and 
in  its  Sunday-school,  where  his  loss  will  be  felt 
most  keenly.  His  pastor  inserted  the  following 
notice  and  eulogy: 

.     .    .     .     "'Father,  I  thank  Thee:   this  is  good  news.' 
"These  were  the  words  of  this  suffering  child  of  God, 
when,  a  week  before  his  death,  in  answer  to  questions  that 


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could  not  be  evaded,  he  was  told  that  his  condition  was 
'very  serious.'  Days  and  nights  of  excruciating  anguish 
had  preceded  and  others  were  to  follow.  But  although 
momentary  shadows  now  and  then  dimmed  his  vision  of  his 
Saviour  he  was  humbly  trustful  and  submissive  through- 
out; and  a  few  moments  before  the  end  exclaimed  thrice, 
with  loud  triumphant  voice,  '  I  die  a  Christian.' 

"  His  departure  is  a  sore  loss  not  only  to  his  family  and 
kindred  and  to  a  large  circle  of  sincere  friends,  but  also  to 
the  Church  he  dearly  loved,  and  to  his  pastor  who  had  in 
him  a  devoted  and  loyal  friend  and  helper.  '  I  have  loved 
you,  I  have  loved  you,'  were  among  the  words  the  pastor 
will  not  soon  forget. 

"  For  the  last  two  years  nearly  he  was  the  superintendent 
of  the  Sunday  School,  and  was  thoroughly  devoted  to  its 
every  interest. 

"He  had  a  large,  warm  heart,  full  of  kindness  and  gen- 
tleness, and  most  generous  in  its  impulses. 

"A  valuable  pastor's  library  of  three  hundred  and  fifty 
volumes  belonging  to  the  Church  is  one  of  many  memorials 
of  his  wise  and  large  beneficence. 

"  Everything  pertaining  to  the  welfare  of  the  Church  and 
the  world-wide  progress  of  the  kingdom  had  in  him  a 
sympathetic  friend,  and  often  a  liberal  helper. 

"  He  united  with  the  Kinderhook  Church  when  he  was  a 
youth  of  eighteen,  and  though  during  absence  for  a  few 
years  he  was  a  member  and  an  official  of  the  Yonkers 
Presbyterian  Church,  his  heart  was  here,  and  hither  he 
returned  with  a  great  content. 

"  He  was  uniformly  in  his  place,  when  circumstances  per- 
mitted, in  the  Church  service,  the  Sunday  School  and  the 
teachers'  and  prayer  meetings.  Pain  and  breathlessness 
that  made  his  steps  slow  and  required  rest  by  the  way,  did 
not  keep  him  from  the  Lord's  house.  And  now  he  '  dwells 
in  the  house  of  the  Lord  forever.'  We  miss  him  sorely. 
May  God  help  us  that  we  murmur  not. 

"His  Bereaved  Pastor." 

In  Yonkers,  where  he  lived  for  some  years,  he 
was  active  in  philanthropic  work,  and  was  also 
Secretary  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution, 
and  a  member  of  the  Yonkers  Historical  Society. 
At  one  of  the  meetings  of  the  latter  he  read  a  care- 
fully prepared  paper  on  "  Reminiscences  of  Martin 
Van  Buren  and  Old  Kinderhook,"  which  was  read 
again  at  the  home  of  Mr.  William  Allen  Butler  at 
a  social  gathering,  by  Mr.  Butler's  special  request. 


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The  friendly  relations  between  Mr.  Butler  and  Mr. 
Hoes  recall  the  long  family  friendship  which  had 
existed  from  the  time  when  Benjamin  F.  Butler, 
uncle  of  William  Allen  Butler,  was  Attorney- 
General  in  the  cabinet  of  President  Martin  Van 
Buren,  grand-uncle  of  Mr.  Hoes.  Mr.  Hoes  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  of  New  York  City  after  grad- 
uation from  the  New  York  University  Law  School, 
but  never  practised  actively,  preferring  to  give 
his  attention  to  real  estate,  his  office  being  69  Wall 
Street,  New  York.  He  leaves  a  wife,  who  was 
Miss  Anna  Miller,  of  Albany,  and  a  son,  Ernest  P. 
Hoes,  a  practising  lawyer  in  New  York  City.  The 
interment  was  in  the  family  plot  in  the  cemetery 
at  Kinderhook. 

John  Van  Der  Bilt  Van  Pelt  was  bom  in 
Van  Pelt  Manor,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  on  March  7, 
1847,  ^^d  in  this  locality  his  entire  life  was  spent. 
He  was  educated  at  Erasmus  Hall  Academy,  Flat- 
bush,  and  at  Br^^-ant  &  Stratton's  Commercial 
College. 

He  was  of  Holland  descent  upon  both  sides,  the 
families  being  among  the  early  settlers  of  this  part 
of  Long  Island  and  identified  with  its  important 
histor}'.  His  first  resident  ancestor  was  Aert 
Tetmisz  Van  Pelt,  who  came  here  from  Luick, 
Holland,  in  1663. 

Mr.  Van  Pelt  was  a  true  and  earnest  Christian. 
Early  in  life  he  united  with  the  New  Utrecht  Re- 
formed Church,  and  at  once  became  a  willing  par- 
ticipant in  its  activities ;  all  its  interests  were  ever 
near  to  his  heart  and  constantly  received  his  effi- 
cient aid.  In  this  Church  of  his  ancestors,  which 
held  so  strongly  his  affectionate  regard,  he  served 
in  many  positions,  and  ever  unselfishly,  modestly, 
and  with  great  acceptability.  At  the  time  of  his 
death  he  was  a  ruling  elder,  which  office  he  honored 
by  his  faith  and  good  works.  He  was  also  the 
church  treasurer,  serving  in  this  capacity  most 
judiciously  for  a  number  of  years.     He  was  also 


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for  many  years  superintendent  of  the  Sunday- 
school. 

Mr.  Van  Pelt,  though  largely  interested  in  the 
development  of  his  real  estate,  took  an  active  in- 
terest in  politics,  having  been  the  last  supervisor 
of  the  former  town  of  New  Utrecht.  He  was  a 
prominent  Mason,  a  member  of  the  Royal  Arca- 
num, St.  Nicholas  Society,  and  Holland  Society, 
being  elected  to  the  last-named  December  7,  1888. 

Mr.  Van  Pelt  married  Josephine  G.  Miller, 
September  17,  1868.  He  died  suddenly  of  acute 
gastritis,  Febi-uar>'  17,  1904,  leaving  a  widow, 
two  daughters,  and  one  son. 

DoMiNicus  Snedeker  was  elected  October  12, 
1899,  ^^d  ^i^d  March  18,  1904.  He  was  bom 
near  Jamaica,  N.  Y.,  on  April  24,  1829,  and  at  an 
early  period  became  a  resident  of  Brooklyn.  He 
was  for  forty-six  years  a  Master-Mason  and  a  mem- 
ber of  Amity  Lodge,  New  York,  Orient  Chapter, 
Brooklyn,  also  of  the  Masonic  Veterans  Associa- 
tion of  Brooklyn.  He  retired  from  active  business 
life  about  1885,  but  subsequently  associated  him- 
self with  his  two  sons  in  the  dry -goods  commission 
business  about  1890,  and  was  a  member  of  Snede- 
ker &  Company,  116  and  118  Franklin  Street, 
N.  Y.,  until  his  death.  A  widow  and  two  sons 
survive  him. 

Vedder  Van  Dyck,  the  son  of  Peter  Van  Dyck, 
was  bom  at  Schenectady,  January-  22,  1842.  He 
was  educated  at  the  public  schools  in  Schenectady, 
entering  Union  College  in  1861,  where  he  became 
a  member  of  the  Chi  Psi  Society.  His  patriotism 
would  not  permit  him  to  remain  inactive,  and  he 
soon  left  college  and  enlisted  as  a  private  in  Com- 
pany A,  177th  New  York  Volunteers,  October 
20,  1862.  While  in  camp  at  Bonnet  Carre,  Louis- 
iana, on  January  29,  1863,  he  was  detached  from 
the  regiment  for  duty  in  the  Pay  Department  at 
New  Orleans  at  the  instance  of   Major  Nicholas 


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Vedder,  Paymaster.  On  August  26th,  of  the 
same  year,  the  regiment  having  returned  to  Al- 
bany, he  was  discharged  for  expiration  of  term 
by  a  special  order  of  the  general  commanding  the 
Department  of  the  Gulf,  continuing  in  the  Pay 
Department  until  April,  1866,  when  he  returned 
to  Schenectady.  On  April  30th  he  entered  the 
Cambridge  Law  School,  leaving  it  on  July  12, 
1867,  to  enter  the  law  office  of  Alexander  &  Thom- 
son, Schenectady.  The  following  October  he  was 
examined  before  the  general  term  at  Canton,  St. 
Lawrence  County,  and  was  admitted  to  the  New 
York  bar  as  attorney  and  counsellor-at-law.  The 
next  month  found  him  in  New  York  City,  where 
he  soon  entered  the  office  of  Alexander  &  Green, 
and  from  that  time  remained  in  active  practice  in 
this  city,  his  office  being  at  1 5  Wall  Street. 

In  July,  1877,  he  married  Emily  Adams,  at  New 
York,  moving  to  Bayonne  in  April,  1885,  his  resi- 
dence being  at  67  West  44th  vStreet.  In  April, 
1887,  he  was  elected  to  the  Board  of  Education 
of  Bayonne  for  three  years.  In  November,  1894, 
he  was  appointed  Health  Commissioner  from  the 
Third  Ward  by  Mayor  Farr,  and  in  September, 
1898,  was  reappointed  by  Mayor  Seymour  for  a 
further  term  of  four  years. 

He  was  elected  to  the  Holland  Society  June  1 1 , 

1903,  and  died  at  his  home  in  Bayonne  March  24, 

1904,  his  term  of  membership  in  the  Society  being 
less  than  one  year. 

His  family  was  identified  with  Schenectady 
from  the  earliest  times,  the  first  ancestor  being 
Hendrick  Van  Dyck,  bom  at  Utrecht,  Holland, 
who  came  to  this  country  about  1638,  settling  in 
or  near  Albany. 

Mr.  Van  Dyck  left  a  widow  and  three  children, 
Eleanor,  wife  of  John  F.  Gribbon;  Omon  Law- 
rence, and  Vedder,  Jr. 

Evert  Sheldon  Van  Slyke,  only  son  of  Rev. 
Evert  Van  Slvke,  D.D.,  was  elected  to  member- 


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ship  in  the  Holland  Society  December  9,  1897,  and 
died  suddenly,  March  24,  1904,  in  his  thirty-first 
year.  His  death  was  caused  by  double  pneu- 
monia and  heart  failure. 

Claiming  descent  from  William  Peterse  Van 
Slyke,  who  emigrated  to  this  country  from  Am- 
sterdam in  1655,  Mr.  Van  Slyke  was  a  worthy 
scion  of  that  substantial  stock  which  lends  so  large 
a  part  to  the  strength  of  the  metropolis  and  was 
ver}'  loyal  to  his  good  old  Dutch  traditions.  He 
had  travelled  rather  widely  in  Europe  and  was 
an  interested  and  intelligent  observer.  In  1899 
he  married  Adelaide  D.  Plume,  of  Newark,  New 
Jersey,  and  resided  at  79  South  Maple  Avenue, 
East  Orange. 

He  first  embarked  in  the  real  estate  business  in 
the  firm  of  Hopkins  &  Van  Slyke,  having  offices 
at  70  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City,  Subse- 
quently he  became  secretary'  and  treasurer  of  the 
Paul  System  Company,  heating,  in  which  he  was 
largely  interested,  but  had  given  up  this  position 
and  had  prepared  to  travel  for  his  health  when  the 
end  came. 

He  was  also  a  member  of  the  St.  Nicholas  So- 
ciety and,  by  his  attractive  personality,  had  won 
many  friends  to  mourn  his  early  decease. 

Caleb  Coles  Dusenbury  was  elected  to  mem- 
bership June  13,  1 90 1,  and  died  March  24,  1904. 
He  was  a  wholesale  woollen  merchant  of  the  old 
school,  and  was  the  senior  member  of  C.  Coles 
Dusenbury  &  Son,  the  largest  importers  of  carriage 
linings  and  trimmings  in  the  United  States.  Mr. 
Dusenbury  was  born  in  New  York  City,  February 
16,  1830.  In  1849  he  entered  the  store  of  Stephen 
A.  Martine,  in  which  he  later  became  a  partner, 
following  out  the  same  business  in  1863,  when  he 
established  the  firm  of  Dusenbury  &  Ackerman, 
to  which  the  present  firm  is  successor.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Carriage  Builders'  National  Asso- 
ciation, National  Association  of  Manvifacturers  of 


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the  United  States,  National  Association  of  Auto- 
mobile Manufacturers  and  Merchants'  Association 
of  New  York  City.  He  had  always  been  active  in 
religious  and  charitable  work,  and,  at  the  time 
of  his  death,  was  an  elder,  as  well  as  treasurer  and 
trustee  of  the  Mahopac  Falls  Presbyterian  Church. 
He  had  a  residence  at  Lake  Mahopac  and  another 
at  I  West  8ist  Street,  this  city.  The  family  was 
early  identified  with  Westchester  County  and 
Long  Island,  being  descended  from  Hendrick 
Hendrickson  Van  Doesburg,  who  was  born  in 
Holland  and  came  to  this  country  before  1661. 
He  leaves  a  widow,  three  sons,  Edwin  Coles, 
Louis,  and  Arthur  Newcomb,  and  a  daughter, 
Elizabeth  Newcomb,  wife  of  Joseph  S.  Whiteside. 

George  Howard  Vander  Beek  was  elected 
March  27,  1890,  and  died  Maj-ch  31,  1904,  at  his 
home  in  Allentown,  N.  J.,  in  his  seventy -fourth 
year.  For  niost  of  his  life  he  had  been  a  farmer, 
and  for  nearly  eighteen  years  he  had  been 
president  of  the  Farmers'  National  Bank  at  Allen- 
town,  to  which  he  was  elected  upon  its  organiza- 
tion. His  family  was  of  good  old  Holland  Dutch 
stock,  his  first  ancestor  in  this  countr}^  being 
Remsen  Jansen  Vander  Beek,  registered  in  Albany 
in  1632  and  subsequently  living  in  New  York. 
In  later  years  the  family  also  spelled  the  name 
Vander  Beck.  Mr.  Vander  Beek  was  stricken 
with  apoplexy  a  few  years  ago  and  the  attack  was 
very  severe,  so  that  he  lay  unconscious  for  weeks, 
hovering  between  life  and  death.  Although  he 
finally  recovered  and  rode  daily  to  the  bank  with 
the  same  cheerful  and  undisturbed  appearance, 
he  was  never  the  same  as  before.  The  funeral 
was  held  from  his  late  home  and  the  interment 
was  in  the  Presbyterian  Cemetery.  George  How- 
ard Vander  Beck,  of  Philadelphia,  is  a  first  cousin 
of  his  deceased  namesake. 


Constitution. 

Adopted  April  30,   1885. 
As  Amended  April  6,   1903. 

Article  I. 

Name. 

Section   i.      This  organization  shall  be  called 

THE     HOLLAND    SOCIETY    OF     NEW    YORK. 

Article   IL 

Object. 

The  object  of  the  Society  shall  be  : 

First.  To  collect  and  preserve  information  re- 
specting 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  docu- 
ments, 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 
intercourse  among  the  latter. 

Third.  To  gather  by  degrees  a  library  for  the 
use  of  the  Societ)',  composed  of  all  obtainable 
books,  monographs,  pamphlets,  manuscripts,  etc., 
relating  to  the  Dutch  in  America. 

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Fourth.  To  cause  statedly  to  be  prepared  and 
read  before  the  Society,  papers,  essays,  etc.,  on 
questions  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  in  America,  wherein  shall  be  particularly 
set  forth  the  part  belonging  to  that  element  in  the 
growth  and  development  of  American  character, 
institutions,  and  progress. 

Article  III. 
Menibers. 

Section  i.  No  one  shall  be  eligible  as  a  mem- 
ber unless  he  be  of  full  age,  of  respectable  standing 
in  society,  of  good  moral  character,  and  the  descend- 
ant 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  descend- 
ants 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  rights  of 
Dutch  citizenship  within  Dutch  settlements  in 
America,  prior  to  the  year  1675  ;  also  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. 


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Article  IV. 
Officers. 

Section  i.  A  President,  a  Vice-President  for 
each  original  Dutch  Center  or  Settlement  in  Amer- 
ica, a  Secretary  and  a  Treasurer,  shall  be  chosen  at 
each  annual  meeting,  and  shall  hold  office  for  one 
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  themselves  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. 

In  the  event  of  the  election  of  a  member  who  is 
not  a  Trustee  to  be  President,  Secretary,  or  Treas- 
urer, he  shall  become  ex-officio  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees,  and  so  continue  during  his  term 
of  office. 

Section  2.  All  elections  shall  be  by  ballot,  un- 
der the  direction  of  inspectors,  to  be  appointed  by 
the  President,  and  a  plurality  of  votes  shall  elect. 

Article  V. 

Powers  and  Diities  of  Officers. 

Section  i.  The  President  of  the  Society,  and 
in  his  absence  the  Vice-President  for  New  York 
City,  shall  authorize  the  call  for  all  meetings  of  the 


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Trustees,  and  of  the  Society,  and  appoint  the  place 
of  each  meeting,  and  shall  exercise  the  usual  func- 
tions of  a  presiding  officer. 

Section  2.  The  Secretary  of  the  Society  shall 
notify  each  Trustee  of  all  meetings  of  the  Trustees, 
and  each  member  of  the  Society  of  every  meeting 
of  the  Society  ;  Issue  all  other  authorized  notices  to 
members  ;  make  and  keep  a  true  record  of  all  meet- 
ings of  the  Trustees  and  Society,  and  of  all  Stand- 
ing Committees;  have  custody  of  Its  Constitution, 
By-Laws,  and  Corporate  Seal,  and  conduct  Its  cor- 
respondence ;  he  shall  also  act  as  Librarian  and 
Curator,  and  have  the  keeping  of  all  books,  pam- 
phlets, manuscripts,  and  personal  articles  pertaining 
to  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  ob- 
jects and  purposes  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 


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resignation  among  the  officers  of  the  Society,  for 
the  unexpired  term  of  office  vacated. 

Section  6.  The  Trustees  shall  cause  to  be  pre- 
pared annually  a  detailed  statement  of  the  financial 
condition  of  the  Society,  showing  its  receipts  and 
expenditures  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  ap- 
point standing  committees  and  sub-committees  on 
matters  not  herein  determined. 

Article  VI. 
Membership. 

Section  i.  Candidates  for  admission  must  be 
proposed  by  one  member  and  seconded  by  another, 
and  the  member  proposing  a  candidate  shall  state 
in  writing  the  name  of  the  person  proposed,  his 
occupation,  place  of  residence,  and  his  qualifications 
for  membership. 

Section  2.  The  name  of  every  candidate,  with 
those  of  his  proposers,  shall  be  sent  to  the  Secre- 
tary 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  affirmative  vote  of  four-fifths  of  the 
Trustees  present,  and  in  every  instance  two  black- 
balls shall  exclude. 

Section    3.     Any    Trustee    may,    at    the    same 


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meeting,  move  the  reconsideration  of  a  vote,  either 
of  admission  or  exclusion  ;  but  after  an  adjourn- 
ment no  rejected  candidate  shall  be  eligible  for  six 
months  thereafter. 

Section  4.  The  admission  fee  shall  be  five  dol- 
lars. The  annual  subscription  fee  five  dollars,  pay- 
able in  advance  on  the  first  day  of  February  in 
each  year.  The  Trustees  shall  have  power  to  in- 
crease 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  member- 
ship, as  a  condition  thereof,  shall,  within  thirty  days 
after  being  notified,  pay  to  the  Treasurer  the 
amount  of  the  admission  fee  and  sign  the  Constitu- 
tion ;  the  Trustees  may  extend  the  time  for  the  lat- 
ter 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  sufificient  excuse  the  Trustees  shall  vote  to  re- 
mit 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  So- 
ciety for  conduct  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  Trus- 
tees in  his  defence. 

Section  8.  Any  person  who  shall  cease  to  be  a 
member  of  the  Society  shall  forfeit  all  right  or  in- 
terest in  the  property  of  the  Society. 


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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  Monday  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  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 
specified  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  3.  The  Trustees  shall  hold  four  regu- 
lar 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  Secretary.  If  no 
address  be  so  given,  such  notices  shall  be  sufficient 
if  addressed  to  the  member  at  his  last  known  place 
of  residence. 


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Article  IX. 

Amendments  to  the  Constitution. 

Section  i.  To  amend  the  Constitution,  an 
affirmative  vote  of  two-thirds  of  the  members  pres- 
ent at  a  general  or  special  meeting  shall  be  requi- 
site, but  no  amendment  shall  be  made  except  upon 
the  recommendation  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  or 
upon  the  written  request  of  at  least  fifteen  mem- 
bers of  the  Society,  and  after  the  mailing  to  each 
member  notice  of  any  proposed  amendment  at  least 
ten  days  before  the  meeting  at  which  it  is  intended 
to  be  acted  upon. 


B\>-Xa\v5  of  tbc  Ibollanb  Society. 

As  Amended  April  6,   1894. 

I.  Order  of  Business. 

At  all  meetings  of  the  Society,  the  order  of  busi- 
ness shall  be  as  follows  : 

1.  Reading  the  minutes  of  the  previous  meet- 

ing. 

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  City. 

3.   Proof  of  Descent. 

Before  being  voted  upon  for  membership,  each 
candidate  shall  furnish  satisfactory  proof  of  his  pedi- 
gree to  the  Committee  on  Genealogy,  who  shall 
report  thereon  to  the  Board  of  Trustees. 

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4-  Annual  TvIeeting. 

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  member  by  the  Secretary.  The  Trustees 
shall,  at  least  sixty  days  before  any  annual  meet- 
ing, elect  a  committee  who  shall  nominate  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.' 

5.  Committees  and  Appointment. 

All  standing  committees  and  sub-committees 
shall  be  appointed  by  the  President  or  other  chair- 
man of  the  meeting,  unless  specially  named  in  the 
resolution  creating  the  committee,  and  the  gentle- 
man  first  named  shall  be  Chairman  of  each  com- 
mittee. The  standinof  committees  shall  be  on 
Finance,  on  Genealogy,  and  on  History  and 
Tradition. 

6.   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 

'  At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Society  held  May  27,  1890,  the  follow- 
ing resolution  was  adopted  ; 

"  Upon  the  appointment  by  the  Trustees  of  a  Nominating  Committee, 
the  Secretary  of  the  Society  shall  notify  the  Vice-Presidents  of  each  locality 
of  the  appointment  of  the  Committee,  and  request  that  suggestions  be 
made  from  each  locality  of  the  member  who  is  desired  for  nomination  as 
Vice-President  for  such  locality." 


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the  Society,  and  oftener  to  the  Board  of  Trustees 
as  they  may  see  fit,  or  as  the  latter  may  order. 

7.  Committee  on  Genealogy. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Committee  on  Gene- 
alogy to  report  to  the  Trustees  upon  the  genealogy 
of  candidates  that  may  be  submitted  to  them,  and 
to  collect  and  preserve,  in  accordance  with  the  Con- 
stitution 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  may 
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. 

8.  Committee  on   History  and  Tradition. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Committee  on  History 
and  Tradition  to  collect  and  preserve,  in  accord- 
ance with  the  Constitution  of  this  Society,  informa- 
tion, 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  publi- 
cations 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  twenty-five  dollars  in  any  one  quarter  of  a  year, 
unless  especially  authorized  by  the  Trustees.  Said 
committee  shall  consist  of  three  members. 


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g.  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  pos- 
sible 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  re- 
ceived 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  ap- 
plied to  the  publication,  in  accordance  with  the  Con- 
stitution of  this  Society,  of  a  memorial  history  of 
the  Dutch  in  America,  such  history  to  be  copy- 
righted 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. 


lo.   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. 


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II.     Amendment. 

These  By-Laws  can  be  altered,  amended,  or 
abrogated  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  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  of 
The  Holland   Society  of  New  York. 

ADOPTED  MARCH   30th,    1SS7 


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  towards  civil  and  religious  liberty  in 
which  the  men  of  the  Netherlands,  after  heroic  struggles, 
finally  led  the  world.  And,  therefore,  it  is  a  most  appro- 
priate 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  Mcdallic  History  of  the  Republic  of  Holland, 
published  at  Amsterdam  in  1690,  the  place  of  honor  is 
given   to   this   famous   "Geuzenpenning."     The   following 

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description  of  its  origin  is  translated  from  that  work,  with 
a  few  additions  from  the  accounts  given  by  Prof.  J.  W. 
Kitchin,  of  Oxford. 

"In  the  year  1565,  immediately  after  the  decrees  of  the 
Council  of  Trent  were  promulgated,  Philip  II.  determined  to 
put  them  in  force  throughout  his  dominions.  Accordingly, 
he  now  made  a  more  vehement  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  PhiHp's  regent  in  the  Low  Countries. 
Before  her  Brederode  appeared  with  the  Protest  against  the 
Inquisition  and  other  innovations  which  the  King  proposed 
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  confeder- 
ates were  sitting  together  at  dinner,  and  talking  of  a  name 
for  their  new  Party,  they  remembered  Barlemont's  sneer, 
and  cried  out,  '  Vivciit  les  Guetix!' — 'Hurrah  for  the  Beg- 
gars!' 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,  every- 
thing, in  defence  of  his  country's  freedom.  The  room  rang 
with  applause, — 'Hurrah  for  the  Beggars!'  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  Giieux,  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  at- 
tached to  their  belts,  and  with  this  medal  hanging  about 

THEIR  NECKS." 


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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  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  Pal- 
lant.  Count  of  Culemburg;  and  William,  Count  of  Bergen. 
They  pushed  the  affair  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  hun- 
dred 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.  Al- 
though on  the  following  day  these  lords  had  not  yet  arrived, 
the  confederates  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  represented  their  obedience  and  their  fidelity 
to  the  King,  they  declared  that,  notwithstanding  the  hatred 
that  their  procedure  would  very  likely  draw  upon  them, 


290 

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,  of 
the  terrible  consequences  which  they  foresaw  would  shake 
the  State  to  its  foundations.  They  demanded,  secondly, 
that  the  edict  of  the  King  relating  to  the  Inquisition,  and 
relating  to  religion  in  general,  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  uneasiness 
and  indignation  which  this  affair  caused  her,  received  the 
petition,  and  replied  to  the  supplicants  that  she  would  ex- 
amine 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  re- 
turned 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  Giieiix,  which  those  who  under- 
stood French  badly  changed  into  Geuzen,  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  filhng  with  wine  a  wooden  cup,  like  that  worn 
by  the  beggars,  made  all  the  guests  follow  his  example. 


291 

He  declared  to  them  at  the  same  time  that,  while  always 
remaining  faithful  to  his  King,  not  only  would  he  risk  every- 
thing in  defence  of  the  liberties  of  the  coiuitry,  although  he 
might  be  reduced  to  carrying  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  Giieiix  !' 

"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  neces- 
sary utensil  of  their  profession,  they  went  certain  days  of 
the  week  to  the  cloisters,  where,  after  having  taken  part 
in  the  catechising,  they  each  received,  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  Pro- 
fessor, 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  distin- 
guished professorship  in  the  University  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 
distinguished  men  of  genius,  the  meanness  of  whose  ex- 
traction 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 
of  it  by  the  pilgrims — that  class  of  people  who,  to  perform 


292 

a  penance  or  to  fulfil  certain  vows,  undertake  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  carry- 
ing 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  porringers 
and  a  gourd  or  bottle,  and  shows  on  its  face  the  armed 
bust  of  Phihp  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  Museum 
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  Tiffany  &  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  sup- 
plied in  gold  for  twenty-eight  dollars  ($28)  each.  Mem- 
bers can  obtain  orders  from  the  Secretary  and  therewith 
be  furnished  with  the  Badge  by  addressing  Tiffany  &  Co. 


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THE   ROSETTE   OR   BUTTON 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  society,  April  6, 
1897,  the  society  adopted  a  rosette  or  button,  to  be 
worn  on  occasions  when  the  wearing  of  the  other 
insignia  might  be  deemed  inappropriate. 

This  consists  of  a  shield  of  gold  bearing  the  Lion 
of  Holland  in  red  enamel.  Members  can  obtain 
them  of  the  Bailey,  Banks  &  Biddle  Co.,  corner  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. 


LIST  OF  MEMBERS,  APRIL  6,  1904. 

Mar.    28,  1889.  .Franklin  Acker New  York, 

Mar.   12,  1896.  .Edward  Boyce  Adriance " 

Dec.    22,  1887  .  .Harris  Ely  Adriance " 

June  II,  1896.  .Heniy  Benson  Adriance " 

Oct.    27,  1887.  .Isaac  Reynolds  Adriance, 

Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y 
Oct.    27,  1887  .  .John  Erskin  Adriance.  "  " 

June   II,  1896.  .Peter  Adriance "  " 

Dec.    22,  1887.  .William  Allen  Adriance  "  " 

Mar.   28,  1889.  .Benjamin  Lander  Amerman.  .  .NewJYork 
Mar.    28,  1889.  .Frederick  Herbert  Amerman, 

Montclair,  N.  J 
June  14,  1894.  .James  Lansing  Amerman,  Bloomfield,  N.  J 
Dec.      7,  1888.  .William  Henry  Houghton  Amerman, 

Arverne-by-the-Sea,  N.  Y 

Mar.   28,  1889.  .William  Libbey  Amerman New  York 

Mar.   29,  1888.  .Richard  Allard  Anthony, 

New^Brighton,  N.  Y 
Nov.     7,  1901 .  .Frederick  Probasco  Auten,  Trenton,  N.  J 

Nov.     7,  1 90 1.  .Harry  Fish  Auten "  " 

April    6,  1886.  .Cornelius  Vreeland  Banta.  .  .Roselle,  N.  J 

Dec.    13,  1900.  .  Edward  WoodrufE  Banta New  York 

June   15,  1886.  .Theodore  Melvin  Banta..  .Brooklyn,  N.  Y, 
Dec.    10,  1896.  .Walter  Augustus  Banta...         " 
Mar.     9,  1899.  .Theodore  Wells  Barhydt, 

Burlington,  Iowa, 
Dec.  7,  1888.  .Thomas  Low  Barhydt.. Schenectady,  N.  Y, 
Mar.   29,  1894.  .Frederick  Cruser  Bayles.  .  .Houston,  Miss, 

Mar.   29,  1894.  .Robert  Bayles Englewood,  N.  J. 

June     8,  1899.  .Alfred  Le  Roy  Becker Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

June     8,  1899.  .Tracy  Chatfield  Becker 

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Dec. 

22, 

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Oct. 

29. 

1891 

Jan. 

30, 

1890 

Mar. 

29, 

1888 

Dec. 

7. 

1888 

Mar. 

26, 

1891 

Dec. 

23. 

1885 

Dec. 

29. 

1892 

Oct. 

2.S> 

1886 

Oct. 

22, 

1890 

Mar. 

28, 

1889 

June 

12, 

1902 

Jan. 

30. 

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Mar. 

13, 

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June 

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Mar. 

28, 

1889 

Mar. 

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Mar. 

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Oct. 

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June 

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Oct. 

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June 

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Dec. 

10, 

1896 

.  .  Gerard  Beekman New  York. 

.Henry  M.  T.  Beekman 

.James  William  Beekman. .....  " 

.Albert  Van  Voast  Bensen.  .Albany,  N.  Y. 

.Edward  Jacob  Bergen. ..  .Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

.Francis  Henry  Bergen, 

New  Brighton,  N.  Y. 

.Herman  Suydam  Bergen, "  "         " 

.James  J.  Bergen Somerville,  N.  J. 

.John  W.  H.  Bergen Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

.Tunis  G.  Bergen 

.Tunis  Henr)'  Bergen "  " 

.Van  Brunt  Bergen "  " 

.John  F.  Berry 

.Richard  J.  Berry "  " 

.  Henry  B.  Bevier Modena,  N.  Y. 

.  Alonzo  Blauvelt New  York. 

.Elmer  Blauvelt Oradell,  N.  J. 

.William  Hutton  Blauvelt .  .  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

.Theophylact  Bache  Bleecker.  ..New  York. 

.Francis  Bloodgood Milwaukee,  Wis. 

.Hildreth  Kennedy  Bloodgood.. New  York. 

.Joseph  Francis  Bloodgood,  Flushing,  N.  Y. 
.  .  Cornelius  Bloomingdale New  York. 

.James  Bloomingdale " 

.  John  Brower  Blydenburgh " 

.Jacob  Ten  Broeck  Bogardus, 

Jersey  City,  N.  J 

.John  Bogart Cooperstown,  N.  Y 

.  John  Bion  Bogart Brooklyn,  N.  Y 

.Joseph  Hegeman  Bogart..  .  .Roslyn,  N.  Y 

.Peter  Bogart,  Jr Bogota,  N.  J 

.  Albert  Reuben  Bogert Oradell,  N.  J 

.  Andrew  Demarest  Bogert,  Englewood,  N.  J 

.Charles  Albert  Bogert.  .  . 

.  Charles  Edmund  Bogert New  York 

.Charles  Jacob  Bogert Brooklyn,  N.  Y 

.Daniel  Gilliam  Bogert,  Jr., 

Englewood,  N.  J 

.Edward  Langdon  Bogert, 

New  Brighton,  N.  Y 


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Oct.    27,  1887  .  .  Edward  Strong  Bogert New  York. 

Oct.    24,  1889.  .Henry  Augustine  Bogert.  .Flushing,  N.  Y 
Oct.    24,  1889.  .Henry  Lawrence  Bogert.  . 

Dec.     7,  1888.  .John  G.  Bogert New  York. 

Mar.    29,  1888.  .Stephen  Gilliam  Bogert " 

June  II,  1903.  .Walter  Bogert •  -...Tenafly,  N.  J. 

Mar.     9,  1899.  .William  Russell  Bogert, 

New  Brighton,  N.  Y. 

Sept.  29,  1892.  .Frank  Manley  Bonta Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Mar.     8,  1900.  . Rasselas  Adelbert  Bonta .  .Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
June  15,  1886.  .John  Van  Vorst  Booraem,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Dec.    23,  1885.  .Louis  Vacher  Booraem New  York. 

Oct.    24,  1885.  .Sylvester  Daley  Boorom,  Horseheads,N.Y. 
Oct.    12,  1899.  .Aaron  John  Bradt.  .  .  .Schenectady,  N.  Y. 

Oct.    29,  1891.  .Samuel  C.  Bradt Albany,  N.  Y. 

Dec.      9,  1897.  .Simon  Vedder  Bradt.  .Schenectady,  N.  Y. 
Mar.     8,  1900.  .William  Harmon  Bradt,         "  " 

Mar.   30,  1887.  .James  Renwick  Brevoort.  .Yonkers,  N.  Y. 
Dec.      7,  1888.  .Alexander  Gordon  BrinckerhofE, 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Oct.    27,  1887.  .Elbert  Adrian  Brinckerhoff, 

Englewood,  N.  J. 
Oct.    24,  1889.  .Henry  Waller  Brinckerhoff, 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
June   10,  1897.  .George  Alyea  Brinkerhoff, 

Hackensack,  N.  J. 
Mar.   30,  1893.  .Henry  H.  Brinkerhoff,  Jr., 

Jersey  City,  N.  J. 
Mar.   31,  1892.  .Robert  Bentley  Brinkerhoff, 

Pelham  Manor,  N.  Y. 

June     8,  1899.  .Samuel  Brinkerhoff Fremont,  Ohio. 

Mar.    12,  1896.  .William  Brinkerhoff Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

Dec.     9,  1897.  .William  Rea  Bronk New  York. 

Oct.    25,  1886.  .Theophilus  Anthony  Brouwer. . 
Oct.    25,  1886.  .Abraham  Thew  Hunter  Brower, 

Chicago,  111. 

Dec.   22,  1887  .  .  Abram  Giles  Brower Utica,  N.  Y. 

June  15,  1886.  .Bloomfield  Brower New  York. 

Oct.    25,  1886.  .Charles  De  Hart  Brower 

Mar.   26,  1891 .  .David  Brower Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Mar.   10,  1S98.  .John  Brower New  York. 


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Mar.  lo,  1898.  .Ward  Brower New  York. 

Dec.  23,  1885  .  .William  Leverich  Brower " 

Mar.  10,  1898.  .William  Wallace  Brower " 

June   II,  1896.  .James  Hudson  Brown,  Jr " 

June  13,  1895.  .Paul  Richard  Brown Guthrie,  Okla. 

Oct.    25,  1886.  .Augustus  Hasbrouck  Bruyn, 

Kingston,  N.  Y. 

Oct.    25,  1886.  .Charles  Burhans "  " 

Mar.   30,  1893  .  .Arthur  Burtis Boston,  Mass. 

Mar.  30,  1893.  .Morse  Burtis Englewood,  N.  J. 

April  30,  1885.  .Alphonso  Trumpbour  Clearwater, 

Kingston,  N.  Y. 
Oct.    27,  1887  .  .Jacob  Winne  Clute.  .  .Schenectady,  N.  Y. 

Mar.   29,  1888.  .Alonzo  Edward  Conover New  York. 

Oct.  21,  1897.  .Charles  Tallmadge  Conover. .Seattle,  Wash. 
Mar.   19,  1887.  .Frank  Bruen  Conover. .Long  Branch,  N.  J. 

Mar.   29,  1888.  .Frank  Edgar  Conover New  York. 

Oct.    29,  1891 .  .Frederick  King  Conover. . .  .Madison,  Wis. 

Mar.   II,  1897.  .Harvey  Conover DcLjton,  Ohio. 

Mar.  30,  1887.  .John  Barriclo  Conover.  . .  .Freehold,  N.  J. 

Nov.     7 ,  1 901 .  .  John  Thompson  Conover New  York. 

Mar.   26,  1891 .  .Warren  Archer  Conover " 

Mar.   26,  1891 .  .John  Henry  Cooper " 

June  10,  1897.  .John  William  Cooper Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Jan.  30,  1890.  .Washington  Lafayette  Cooper.  .New  York. 
June  15,  1886.  .Samuel  Decker  Coykendall, Rondout,  N.Y. 
Mar.   28,  1889.  .Thomas  Cornell  Coykendall,         "  " 

June  30,  1890.  .Charles  Winegar  Crispell.  .  "  " 

Jan.  7,  1892.  .Aaron  Hale  Cronkhite,  Jr.. .  .Denver,  Col. 
Jan.    30,  1890 .  .  Mathias  Van  Dyke  Cruser,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Mar.   30,  1887  .  .Cornelius  Cuyler  Cuyler New  York. 

Mar.  30,  1887.  .Thomas  DeWitt  Cuyler.  . .  .Haverford,  Pa. 

Mar.   10,  1898.  .Charles  L  De  Bevoise Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Mar.   10,  1898.  .Cornelius  SchenckDe  Bevoise,    "  " 

June  13,  1895 .  .George   Debevoise New  York. 

Dec.      7,  1888.  .George  W.  Debevoise 

Mar.  10,  1904.  .Thomas  McElrath  Debevoise, 

Summit,  N.  J. 

Oct.    13,  1898 .  .  Howard  De  Forest New  York. 

Mar.  30,  1887  .  .Alfred  De  Graff Fonda,  N.  Y. 

Oct.    13,  1898.  .Arthur  Lewis  De  GrofI Newark,  N.  J. 


298 

June  25,  1885.  .Alfred  De  Groot.  .  .  Port  Richmond,  N.  Y. 
Mar.    12,  1903.  .Harry  Vander  Veer  De  Hart, 

Elizabeth,  N.  J. 
June  II,  1903 .  .Leander  Mortimer  De  La  Mater, 

Elizabeth,  N.  J. 

Mar.   29,  1894.  .James  De  La  Montanye New  York. 

Dec.    29,  1892.  .William  Ray  De  Lano 

June     8,  1899.  .Benjamin  Garrison  Demarest, 

Montclair,  N.  J. 
Mar.   10,  1904.  .Elmer  Wilson  Demarest.  ..Bayonne,  N.  J. 

Dec.   10,  1903.  .Isaac  I.  Demarest Hackensack,  N.  J. 

Mar.   13,  1902.  .John  Garret  Demarest Oradell,  N.  J. 

Dec.    II,  1902.  .Milton  Demarest Hackensack,  N.  J. 

Dec.     8,  1898.  .William  Henry  Steele  Demarest, 

New  Bninswick,  N.  J. 
Mar.  29,  1888.  .David  Demarest  Denise.. . -Freehold,  N.  J. 
Dec.     8,  1898.  .Edwin  Stanton  Denise.  . .  .Bayonne,  N.  J. 

April  30,  1885  .  .Chauncey  Mitchell  Depew New  York. 

Dec.    23,  1885.  .Frederick  J.  De  Pej^ster 

April    6,  1886.  .John  Watts  De  Peyster Tivoli,  N.  Y. 

Mar.    29,  1894.  .John  Henry  De  Ridder, 

Saratoga  Springs,  N.  Y. 
Oct.    25,  1886 .  .Abraham  Van  Dyck  De  Witt, 

Albany,  N.  Y. 
Oct.    22,  1890.  .Charles  Adolphus  De  Witt, 

Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

Oct.    24,  1889.  .Cornelius  De  Witt Norfolk,  Va. 

June  12,  1902.  .Edward  De  Witt Englewood,  N.  J. 

Mar.   14,  1885.  .George  G.  De  Witt New  York. 

June  25,  1885.  .Henry  Clinton  De  Witt 

Mar.   10,  1904.  .Jacob  Walter  De  Witt Newark,  N.  J. 

Dec.    23,  1885.  .Jerome  De  Witt Binghamton,  N.  Y. 

Mar.    29,  1888.  .Moses  J.  De  Witt Newark,  N.  J. 

April  30,  1885 .  .Peter  De  Witt New  York. 

Mar.   26,  1891 .  .Seymour  De  Witt Middletown,  N.  Y. 

Mar.    27,  1890.  .Sutherland  De  Witt Elmira,  N.  Y. 

June  12,  1902.  .Theodore  De  Witt New  York. 

June     5,  1885 .  .Thomas  Dunkin  De  Witt 

Mar.  26,  1891 .  .Thomas  May  De  Witt.  .  .  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
April  6,  1886.  .William  Cantine  De  Witt. .Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
April  30,  1885.  .William  G.  De  Witt New  York. 


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7. 

1892. 

Jan. 

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1890. 

Mar. 

28, 

1889. 

Dec. 

29. 

1892. 

Oct. 

24, 

1885. 

Mar. 

31. 

1892. 

April 

6, 

1886. 

Mar. 

29, 

1888. 

June 

14. 

1900, 

Mar. 

30, 

1887 

Mar. 

10, 

1904 

Mar. 

28, 

1889, 

Mar. 

30. 

1887, 

June 

9. 

1898, 

June 

9. 

1898. 

June 

9. 

1898, 

June 

8, 

1899, 

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28, 

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June 

9. 

1898 

Oct. 

29. 

1891 

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17. 

1885 

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13. 

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Mar. 

10. 

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1898 

June 

13. 

1901 

Mar 

10, 

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Dec. 

II. 

1902 

Dec. 

1 1> 

1902 

Mar. 

29- 

1894 

.  Anthony  Dey New  York. 

.  Herman  Dey Detroit,  Mich. 

.Joseph  Warren  Scott  Dey New  York. 

.Peter  A.  Dey Iowa  City,  Iowa. 

.Richard  Varick  Dey.  .  .San  Francisco,  Cal. 

.Andrew  Deyo Yonkers,  N.  Y. 

.  Jacob  Deyo New  Paltz,  N.  Y. 

.  Peter  Deyo Albany,  N.  Y. 

.  Solomon  Le  Fevre  Deyo New  York. 

.Morris  H.  Dillenbeck 

.John  Henry  Dingman.  .  .  .Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
.Edward  Wilson  Ditmars. .         " 

.Isaac  Edward  Ditmars 

.John  Ditmars 

.Charles  Gibbons  Douw, 

Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 

.Charles  A.  Du  Bois New  York. 

.Cornelius  Du  Bois 

.Cornelius  J.  Dumond " 

.Chester  Burwell  Duryea " 

.  Harry  Hendrick  Duryea " 

.  Hiram  Duryea 

.Charles  Chauncey  Duryee, 

Schenectady,  N.  Y. 
.Gustavus  Abeel  Duryee, 

Pelham  Manor,  N.  Y. 
.  Harvey  Hoag  Duryee .  . .  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

.Jacob  Eugene  Duryee New  York. 

.Joseph  Rankin  Duryee 

.Peter  Stanford  Duryee..  .Englewood,  N.  J. 
.William  Budington  Duryee,  Freehold,  N.J. 
.Charles  Dusenberry,  Jr..  .Tuckahoe,  N.  Y. 
.Charles  Eagles  Dusenberry.  .  .Troy,  N.  Y. 
.Charles  Richard  Dusenberry, 

Yonkers,  N.  Y. 
.  Elias  Warner  Dusenberry,  Bronxville.N.  Y. 

,  .  Edwin  Coles  Dusenbury New  York. 

.  .Edwin  Ruthven  Dusinbery. . Liberty,  N.  Y. 
.Frank  Jerome  Dutcher. .  .Hopedale,  Mass. 

.Silas  Belden  Dutcher Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

.  .Clarence  Edsall. . .  .Colorado  Springs,  Col. 


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Mar. 

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1887 

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29, 

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Mar. 

12, 

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1886 

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April 

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27, 

1887 

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30- 

1887 

Dec. 

22, 

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24, 

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31. 

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Mar. 

10, 

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Mar. 

26, 

1891 

.D wight  Lathrop  Elmendorf. . ,  .New  York. 

.  Joachim  Elmendorf " 

.John  Barker  Elmendorf " 

.William  Burgess  Elmendorf,  Albany,  N.  Y. 
.Edward  Elsworth. . .  . Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 
.Edward  Wead  Elsworth,  Watertown,  N.Y. 

.Eugene  Elsworth Irvington,  N.  Y. 

.Ezekiel  Jan  Elting Yonkers,  N.  Y. 

.Irving  Elting Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 

.Jacob  Elting Clintondale,  N.  Y. 

.Jesse  Elting New  Paltz,  N.  Y. 

.Peter  Jacobus  Elting Yonkers,  N.  Y. 

.Philip  Elting Kingston,  N.  Y. 

.Henry  Eltinge Loyd,  N.  Y. 

.Everett  James  Esselstyn New  York. 

.Sherman  Esselstyn Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

.Charles  Brown  Everson.  .  .S>Tacuse,  N.  Y. 

.Douw  Henry  Fonda Albany,  N.  Y. 

.Robert  Livingston  Fryer.  .  .Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

.William  John  Fryer,  Jr New  York. 

.Garret  James  Garretson.  .Elmhurst,  N.  Y. 

.Robert  Goelet Newport,  R.  I. 

.  Robert  Walton  Goelet 

.Edward  Anson  Groesbeck.  .Albany,  N.  Y. 
.Herman  John  Groesbeck.  .  .Cincinnati,  O. 
.  Leonard  Harvey  Groesbeck,  Syracuse, N.Y. 

.Telford  Groesbeck Cincinnati,  O. 

.William  Chichester  Groesbeck,  Troy,  N.Y. 
.William  Gerard  Groesbeck.  ..Boston,  Mass. 

.  Alexander  Reading  Gulick New  York. 

.Arnatt  Reading  Gulick " 

.Charlton  Reading  Gulick " 

.Ernestus  Schenck  Gulick,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

.  James  Callbreath  Gulick New  York. 

.John  Callbreath  Gulick 

.Andrew  James  Hageman,  Roycefield,  N.  J. 
.John  Warren  Hardenbergh, 

Jersey  City,  N.  J. 
.  .Frank  Michell  Hardenbrook. .  .New  York. 

.James  Smith  Haring Crafton,  Pa. 

.Abraham  Hasbrouck Rondout,  N.  Y. 


30I 

Mar.  27,  1890.  .Alfred  Hasbrouck,  Jr.,  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 
Mar.  26,  1891.  .Alvah  Deyo  Hasbrouck. .Wilmington,  Del. 
Dec.    10,  1903.  .Cornelius  Van  Dyke  Hasbrouck, 

Rosendale,  N.  Y, 

Dec.    20,  1886 .  .  Ferdinand  Hasbrouck New  York. 

Dec.    20,  1886.  .Frank  Hasbrouck...  .Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 

Mar.    14,  1901 .  .Frederick  Hasbrouck New  York. 

June  14,  1900.  .Garrett  Roosa  Hasbrouck, 

Dobbs  Ferry,  N.  Y. 
Oct.  22,  1890.  .Gilbert  D.  B.  Hasbrouck. Kingston,  N.  Y. 
Nov.     9,  1893.  .Henry  Cornelius  Hasbrouck, 

Newburgh,  N.  Y. 

Jan.      7,  1892.  .Howard  Has  Brouck New  York. 

Mar.   28,  1889.  .Isaac  Edgar  Hasbrouck..  .Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Dec.    13,  1894.  .James  Foster  Hasbrouck New  York. 

June  12,  1902  .  .John  Roswell  Hasbrouck " 

Mar.  30,  1893  .  .Joseph  Hasbrouck Dobbs  Ferry,  N.  Y. 

Jan.    30,  1890.  .Joseph  Edwin  Hasbrouck.  .Modena,  N.  Y. 

Mar.  31,  1892  .  .Levi  Hasbrouck Ogdensburg,  N.  Y. 

Oct.    12,  1899 .  .  Louis  Bevier  Hasbrouck New  York. 

Nov.     9,  1893.  .Louis  Philip  Hasbrouck, 

Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 
Mar.   29,  1894.  .Manning  Hasbrouck.  .  "  " 

Mar.    12,  1903.  .Maurice  Penniman  Has  Brouck, 

New  Paltz,  N.  Y. 

Mar.   27,  1890.  .Oscar  Hasbrouck Wing  Station,  N.  Y. 

June  30,  1892.  .Raymond  De  Lancey  Hasbrouck, 

Washington,  D.  C. 

Oct.    27,  1887.  .Sayer  Hasbrouck Providence,  R.  L 

Dec.    II,  1902.  .Lefferd  Merle  Alexander  Haughwout, 

Patton,  Pa. 
Oct.  27,  1887  .  .De  Witt  Heemiance.  .Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 
Mar.     8,  1900.  .Frederick  Heermance.  "  " 

Oct.    27,  1887  .  .Martin  Heermance.  .  .  " 

Jan.    30,  1890.  .Forbes  Heermans Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

June  13,  1895.  .Adrian  Augustus  Hegeman, 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Mar.   12,  1903.  .Albert  Clarence  Hegeman, 

Yonkers,  N.  Y. 
Mar.   14,  1901.  .Daniel  Van  Brunt  Hegeman, 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


302 

Mar.   31,  1892.  .John  Rogers  Hegeman,  Mamaroneck,  N.Y 
Dec.    23,  1885.  .Joseph  Perot  Hegeman, 

Washington,  D.  C 
Dec.      8,  1898.  .Daniel  Tilton  Hendrickson, 

Middletown,  N.  J 
June  10,  1898.  .Eugene  Moulton  Hendrickson 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y 
Dec.     8,  1898.  .James  Patterson  Hendrickson, 

Red  Bank,  N.  J 
Mar.    12,  1896.  .William  Henry  Hendrickson,  Jr., 

Red  Bank,  N.  J 
May    19,  1887  .  .Roswell  Randall  Hoes.  .Washington,  D.  C 

Mar.    14,  1885  .  .William  Mj-ers  Hoes New  York 

Dec.      8,  1898.  .Francklyn  Hogeboom 

Mar.    13,  1902.  .Abram  Cornelius  Holdnim,Westwood,N.J 
Mar.    12,  1903.  .Garret  Samuel  Milton  Holdrum, 

Westwood,  N.  J 

Oct.    24,  1889.  .John  Henry  Hopper Paterson,  N.  J 

Dec.    20,  1886.  .Robert  Imlay  Hopper 

Oct.    13,  1898.  .Frederick  Augustus  Hornbeck, 

Kansas  City,  Mo 

Oct.    13,  1898.  .George  Preston  Hotaling New  York 

June  15,  1886.  .David  Harrison  Houghtaling. . . 
Mar.   30,  1887.  .Harmanus  Barkaloo  Hubbard, 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y 
Mar.   28,  1889.  .Timothy  Ingraham  Hubbard,      "  " 

Oct.    21,  1897  .  .Edward  Covert  Hulst Flushing,  N.  Y 

Oct.    22,  1890.  .Edward  Tompkins  Hulst, 

Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y 

Mar.   27,  1890.  .Edmund  Niles  Huyck Albany,  N.  Y 

Jan.    30,  1890.  .Francis  Conklin  Huyck 

Mar.   14,  1885 .  .Arthur  Middleton  Jacobus New  York 

Mar.   26,  1891 .  .David  Schenck  Jacobus..  .Hoboken,  N.  J 

Dec.    22,  1887.  .John  Wesley  Jacobus New  York 

Oct.    29,  1891 .  .Melanchthon  Williams  Jacobus, 

Hartford,  Conn 
June  25,  1885.  .Richard  Mentor  Jacobus,  East  Orange, N.J 
Mar.  10,  1904 .  .William  Colet  Johnson .  . .  .Flushing,  N.  Y 
Oct.  9,  1902  .  .Charles  Edward  Johnston,  Kingston,  N.  Y 
Mar.    II,  1897.  .Andrew  Jackson  Kiersted, 

Philadelphia,  Pa 


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.Everest  B.  Kiersted Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

.Charles  Augustus  Kip..  .Morristown,  N.  J. 
.Clarence  Van  Steenbergh  Kip:. New  York. 

.Elbert  S.  Kip Morristown,  N.  J. 

.George  Goelet  Kip "  " 

.  Ira  Andruss  Kip New  York. 

.Ira  Andruss  Kip,  Jr. .  .South  Orange,  N.  J. 

.Irving  De  Forest  Kip Passaic,  N.  J. 

.William  Fargo  Kip New  York. 

.John  Knickerbacker Troy,  N.  Y. 

.  Thomas  Adams  Knickerbacker      "         " 

.  Edgar  Knickerbocker New  York. 

.  Francis  Duryee  Kouwenhoven, 

Stein  way,  N.  Y. 

.  Peter  Kouwenhoven Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

.Cleveland  Coxe  Lansing, 

Ft.  Leavenworth,  Kansas. 

.Gerrit  Yates  Lansing Albany,  N.  Y. 

.  Hugh  Henry  Lansing Troy,  N.  Y. 

.Isaac  De  Freest  Lansing. ..  .Albany,  N.  Y. 
.James  Burnsides  Wands  Lansing, 

Tenafly, N.  J. 

.John  Lansing Watertown,  N.  Y. 

.John  Townsend  Lansing.  ...Albany,  N.  Y. 

.Richard  Lansing "  " 

.Thomas  Benton  Lashar,  Bridgeport,  Conn. 
.Henry  Bowman  Le  Fever.  .Modena,  N.  Y. 

.Jacob  Lefever New  Paltz,  N.  Y. 

■ -Abram  Philip  Lefevre . .  "  " 

.John  Lefferts Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

.Robert  Lefferts 

.  Edward  Henry  Leggett Albany,  N.  Y. 

.Henry  H.  Longstreet Matawan,  N.  J. 

.Henry  Ditmas  Lott Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

.James  Van  Der  Bilt  Lott. . 
.John  Abraham  Lott,  Jr..  . 

.Charles  Harries  Lowe Dayton,  Ohio. 

.  Hiram  Lozier Newburgh,  N.  Y. 

.John  Baldwin  Lozier Oradell,  N.  J. 

.  Charles  Edward  Lydecker New  York. 

.Garret  J.  Lydecker Detroit,  Mich. 


304 

Mar.    12,  1896.  .Frederic  B.  Mandeville Newark,  N.  J 

Mar.   II,  1897 .  .Frank  Alburtus  Marsellus. .  .Passaic,  N.  J 

Mar.  30,  1887.  .John  Marsellus Syracuse,  N.  Y 

Dec.  7,  1888.  .Max  De  Motte  Marsellus . Essex  Fells,  N.  J 
Mar.    12,  1896.  .Arthur  Haynsworth  Masten.  ...New  York 

Dec.    12,  1901.  .Howard  Franklin  Mead 

Dec.    28,  1893  .  .Isaac  Franklin  Mead 

Dec.    13,  1894.  .Adrian  Meserole Brooklyn,  N.  Y, 

Mar.   27,  1890.  .Walter  Montfort  Meserole,  " 

Mar.    28,  1889.  .Remsen  Varick  Messier Pittsburg,  Pa 

Dec.      2,  1895  .  . Charles  Harold  Montanye New  York 

Oct.    27,  1887.  .George  Edward  Montanye 

June  II,  1896.  .John  Jacob  Morris 

Oct.    24,  1889.  .Hopper  Stryker  Mott 

Mar.   28,  1889.  .Albert  James  Myer Lake  View,  N.  Y. 

Oct.    10,  1895  .  .John  Hays  Myers,  Jr New  York. 

Mar.   14,  1885 .  .  Wilhelmus  Mynderse Brooklyn,  N.  Y, 

Dec.    II,  1902.  .Eugene  Newkirk Jersey  City,  N.  J 

Mar.   12,  1896.  .Louis  Hasbrouck  Newkirk New  York 

Oct.    24,  1889.  .George  Englebert  Nostrand, 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y 

Oct.    25,  1886.  .John  Lott  Nostrand 

Oct.    24,  1885.  .Andrew  Joseph  Onderdonk,      " 

Dec.     7,  1888.  .Thomas  William  Onderdonk. .  .New  York 

Sept.  29,  1892.  .William  Stryker  Opdyke Alpine,  N.  J 

June  12,  1902.  .Alson  Bowles  Ostrander New  York 

Oct.    12,  1899.  .Frederic  Posthof  Ostrom 

Oct.    12,  1899.  .Hiram  Roosevelt  Ostrom " 

Dec.  12,  1901 . . Frank  Archibald  Palen . . .  Kingston,  N.  Y 
Mar.  28,  1889.  .David  Van  Der  Veer  Perrine. Freehold,  N.J 
Mar.   30,  1887.  .Abraham  Polhemus, 

Newton  Centre,  Mass 

May    19,  1887.  .Henry  Martin  Polhemus New  York 

Mar.  30,  1887.  .James  Suydam  Polhemus.  ..Newark,  N.  J 
Mar.   27,  1890.  .Johannes  Wilson  Poucher, 

Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y 

Oct.    24,  1889  .  .John  Howard  Prall Elmhurst,  N.  Y 

Oct.    27,  1887 .  .William  Prall Albany,  N.  Y 

June  15,  1886.  .John  Moffat  Provoost Buffalo,  N.  Y 

Oct.    16,  1894.  .Andrew  Jackson  Provost,  Jr., 

Flushing,  N.  Y 


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1890. 

Mar. 

14. 

1895- 

April 

6, 

1886. 

April 

6, 

1886. 

Mar. 

10, 

1904. 

Oct. 

24, 

1889. 

Dec. 

23. 

1885. 

Oct. 

27. 

1887. 

Dec. 

8, 

1898. 

Oct. 

25. 

1886. 

Mar. 

9. 

1899. 

April 

30, 

1885. 

Mar. 

14, 

1885. 

May 

18, 

1887. 

April 

30. 

1885. 

Oct. 

22, 

1890. 

Mar. 

10, 

1898. 

Mar. 

14. 

1901 . 

Mar. 

29 

1888. 

Jan. 

7. 

1892. 

Mar. 

29 

1894. 

Dec. 

10 

1903- 

305 

1889.  .Charles  Lansing  Pruyn Albany,  N.  Y. 

.  Isaac  Pruyn Catskill,  N.    Y . 

.John  Van  Schaick  Lansing  Pruyn, 

Albany,  N.  Y. 

.Robert  Clarence  Pruyn "  " 

.Henry  Forrest  Quackenbos.  .  .  .New  York. 

.  Abraham  Quackenbush 

.Abraham  C.  Quackenbush " 

.Cebra  Quackenbush Hoosick,  N.  Y. 

.Schuyler  Quackenbush New  York. 

.Jacob  George  Rapelje Paris,  France. 

.James  P.  Rappelye Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

.  Phoenix  Remsen West  Islip,  N.  Y. 

.Abraham  Edgar  Riker New  York. 

.Charles  Edgar  Riker " 

.  Henry  Ingersoll  Riker.  .Bowery  Bay,  N.  Y. 

.John  Jackson  Riker New  York. 

.John  Lawrence  Riker " 

.John  Lawrence  Riker,  II, 

Woodmere,  N.  Y. 

.  DeWitt  Clinton  Romaine New  York. 

.  Daniel  Bennett  St.  John  Roosa,  " 

.  De  Witt  Roosa Kingston,  N.  Y. 

.George  Anderson  Roosa, 

Saratoga  Springs,  N.  Y. 

.Hyman  Roosa Kingston,  N.  Y. 

.John  Percival  Roosa,  Jr.,  Monticello,  N.  Y. 

.  Frederick  Roosevelt New  York. 

.  Robert  Barnwell  Roosevelt .... 
.Robert  Barnwell  Roosevelt,  Jr. 
1885.  .Theodore  Roosevelt, 

Oyster  Bay,  L.  I.,  or  Washington,  D.  C 

William  Nicoll  Sill  Sanders.  .Albany,  N.  Y 

Charles  De  Bevoise  Schenck, 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y 

Charles  Lott  Schenck " 

Frederick  Brett  Schenck,  Englewood,  N.J 

Henry  De  Bevoise  Schenck, 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y 

John  Cornell  Schenck "  " 

Mervin  Ryerson  Schenck,  Wyoming,  N.  J 


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Dec.      9,  1897  .  .Robert  Gumming  Schenck.  .Dayton,  Ohio. 
June  12,  1902.  .Charles  Augustus  Schermerhorn, 

New  York. 
Oct.    21,  1897.  .Frank  Earle  Schermerhorn, 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Dec.   23,  1885 .  .George  F.  Schermerhorn,  Rutherford,  N.  J. 

Dec.   20,  1886.  .J.  Maus  Schermerhorn New  York. 

Dec.    22,  1887.  .John  Egmont  Schermerhorn. .  . 
June  12,  1902.  .Julian  Hiram  Schermerhorn, 

Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y. 
Mar.    26,  1891 .  .Loiiis  Younglove  Schermerhorn, 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Mar.  13,  1902 .  .Myron  Schermerhorn... New  Haven,  Conn. 
Mar.   10,  1898.  .Nicholas  Irving  Schermerhorn, 

Schenectady,  N.  Y. 
June   10,  1897  .  .Simon  Schermerhorn.  .  "  " 

Mar.  10,  1898.  .William  George  Schermerhorn, 

Schenectady,  N.  Y. 
Nov.  9,  1893.  .William  Wyckoff  Schomp.  .Walden,  N.  Y. 
Oct.    25,  1886.  .Adrian  Onderdonk  Schoonmaker, 

Montclair,  N.  J. 
Oct.    24,  1885.  .Frederick  William  Schoonmaker,  "        " 

June  25,  1885 .  .Hiram  Schoonmaker New  York. 

Oct.    24,  1889.  .James  Martinus  Schoonmaker, 

Pittsburg,  Pa. 
Oct.    24,  1889.  .Sylvanus  Lothrop  Schoonmaker, 

New  York 
June  13,  1895  .  .George  Wellington  Schurman...         " 

June  30,  1892.  .  Jacob  Gould  Schurman Ithaca, N.Y. 

Oct.    24,  1889 .  .Charles  Edward  Schuyler New  York. 

Dec.   22,  1887.  .Clarkson  Crosby  Schuyler, 

Plattsburgh,  N.  Y. 

June  10,  1897 .  .Hamilton  Schuyler Trenton,  N.  J. 

April  30,  1885.  .Montgomery  Roosevelt  Schuyler, 

New  York. 

Mar.   28,  1889.  .Stephen  Schuyler West  Troy,  N.  Y. 

Oct.    22,  1890.  .Walter  Grinnell  Schuyler New  York. 

Dec.     7 ,  1888 . .  David  Banks  Sickels 

Oct.    27,  1887.  .Robert  Sickels N.  Hempstead,  N.  Y. 

Mar.     9,  1899 .  .  David  Schuyler  Skaats New  York. 

June  30,  1892 .  .Joseph  Hegeman  Skillman,  Flushing,  N.  Y. 


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Mar.   26,  1891 .  .George  Wayne  Slingerland New  York. 

Dec.  II,  1902 .  .Mark  Vernon  Slingerland.  .  ..Ithaca,  N.  Y. 
Mar.   31,  1892.  .William  Harris  Slingerland, 

Saratoga  Springs,  N.  Y. 
Mar.   31,  1892.  .William  Henry  Slingerland, 

Slingerlands,  N.  Y. 

Mar.   31,  1892.  .Henry  Lowery  Slote Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

June  25,  1885  .  .Allen  Lee  Smidt New  York. 

Mar.    29,  1888 .  .  Frank  Bishop  Smidt 

Mar.   10,  1904.  .Alfred  Melvine  Snedeker " 

Mar.   10,  1904.  .Isaac  Snedeker Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Jan.      7,  1892  .  .Edward  Stagg Leonia,  N.  J. 

May    19,  1887.  .John  Henry  Starin New  York. 

Mar.    29,  1888  .  .John  Bright  Stevens 

Mar.    14,  1901 .  .John  Edwin  Stillwell 

June  14,  1894.  .Clarence  Storm " 

June  12,  1902.  .Irving  Graham  Storm,  Poughkeepsie,  N.Y. 
Nov.  9,  1893.  .John  Edwards  Stryker.  .  .  .St.  Paul,  Minn. 
Oct.    22,  1890.  .SamuelStanhope  Stryker, Philadelphia, Pa. 

June  25,  1885.  .Peter  J.  Stuyvesant New  York. 

Mar.    12,  1903  .  .William  Pierre  Stymus,  Jr " 

Mar.  12,  1896.  .Charles  Edward  Surdam,  Morristown,  N.  J. 
Dec.    28,  1893  .  .Arthur  Peter  Sutphen .  . .  .Somerville,  N.  J. 

Sept.  29,  1892.  .Carlyle  Edgar  Sutphen Newark,  N.  J. 

Oct .    21,1897..  Duncan  Dunbar  Sutphen New  York. 

Dec.    29,  1892.  .Herbert  Sands  Sutphen Newark,  N.  J. 

Mar.   27,  1890.  .John  Schureman  Sutphen New  York. 

Dec.   29,  1892.  .Theron  Yeomans  Sutphen.  .Newark,  N.  J. 

Mar.   28,  1889.  .John  Henry  Sutphin Jamaica,  N.  Y. 

Oct.    24,  1885.  .Charles  Crooke  Suydam.  ..Elizabeth,  N.  J. 

Dec.    14,  1899.  .Evert  Suydam Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Dec.   23,  1885.  .James  Suydam New  York. 

Nov.  17,  1885.  .John  Howard  Suydam.  .Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Nov.  17,  1885.  .Lambert  Suydam New  York. 

Dec.    13,  1900.  .Lambert  Suydam,  Jr 

Dec.     7,  1888.  .William  Farrington  Suydam, 

Honesdale,  Pa. 
Dec.  12,  1901 .  .Charles  Brown  Swartwood.  .Elmira,  N.  Y. 
Oct.    25,  1886.  .John  Livingston  Swits,  Schenectady,  N.  Y. 

Mar.   10,  1898.  .James  Macfarlane  Tappen New  York. 

June  30,  1892.  .Henry  Moore  Teller Denver,  Col. 


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Mar.   12,  1896.  -Myron  Teller Kingston,  N.  Y. 

Dec.    14,  1899.  .Charles  Cornwall  Ten  Broeck,     "  " 

Nov.     7,  1901 .  .William  Edward  Ten  Broeck, 

Milwaukee,  Wis. 

Dec.   20,  1886.  .James  Ten  Eyck Albany,  N.  Y. 

Dec.    23,  1885.  .Stephen  Vedder  Ten  Eyck New  York. 

Dec.   23,  1885 .  .William  Hoffman  Ten  Eyck .... 

Mar.   27,  1890.  .Henry  Traphagen Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

Mar.     9,  1899.  .Henry  Mackeness  Traphagen,    "  " 

Dec.    12,  1895.  .Arthur  Dickinson  Truax New  York. 

June   15,  1886.  .Charles  Henry  Truax " 

April    6,  1886.  .Chauncey  Schaffer  Truax 

Oct.  24,  1889.  .James  Reagles  Truax.. Schenectady,  N.  Y. 
Oct.  22,  1890.  .William  Ellsworth  Truex.  .Freehold,  N.  J. 
Mar.  10,  1904  ■  -Charles  Henry  Black  Turner.  .Lewes,  Del. 
June  15,  1886.  .Garret  Adam  Van  Allen. .  .  .Albany,  N.  Y. 
Oct.  22,  1890.  .William  Harman  Van  Allen.  Boston,  Mass. 
Jtrne     9,  1898.  .Philip  Van  Alstine ...  Spring  Valley,  N.  Y. 

Nov.     9,  1893.  .Lawrence  Van  Alstyne Sharon,  Conn. 

Oct.    24,  1889.  .Richard  Henry  Van  Alstyne.  .Troy,  N.  Y. 

April  30,  1885.  .William  Van  Alstyne Plainfield,  N.  J. 

Mar.   28,  1889.  .William  Charles  Van  Alstyne, 

Albany,  N.  Y. 
Mar.  30,  1887.  .Cornelius  Henry  Van  Antwerp,    "         " 
Oct.    27,  1887.  .Daniel  Lewis  Van  Antwerp, 

Loudon ville,  N.  Y. 
June  10,  1897.  .Thomas  Cleneay  Van  Antwerp, 

Cincinnati,  Ohio. 
Mar.  28,  1889.  .Thomas  Irwin  Van  Antwerp,  Albany,  N.  Y. 
June  30,  1892.  .William  Clarkson  Van  Antwerp, 

New  York. 

Dec.   29,  1892.  .Henry  Van  Arsdale Newark,  N.  J. 

Oct.    II,  1900.  .John  Arthur  Van  Arsdale.  .Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Dec.   22,  1887.  .David  H.  Van  Auken Cohoes,  N.  Y. 

Mar.   13,  1902.  .William  Henry  Van  Benschoten, 

West  Park,  N.  Y. 
Mar.   10,  1904.  .William  Annin  Van  Benscoter, 

Detroit,  Mich. 
Dec.    II,  1902.  .William  Ide  Van  Benscoter. .     "  " 

Jan.  7,  1892 .  .Walter  Van  Benthuysen,  New  Orleans,  La. 
April  30,  1885.  .Frederick  T.  Van  Beuren New  York. 


309 

April  30,  1885.  .Henry  Spingler  Van  Beuren — New  York. 
April  6,  1886.  .George  Green  Van  Blarcom,  Paterson,  N.  J. 
Mar.  30,  1887.  .Jacob  Craig  Van  Blarcom.  .St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Nov.  17,  1885.  .Arthur  Hoffman  Van  Brunt.  .  .New  York. 

Oct.    24,  1889.  .Charles  Van  Brunt Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Mar.   27,  1891 .  .Cornelius  Bergen  Van  Brunt, 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Mar.  10,  1904.  .Edmund  Cluett  Van  Brunt.  .Leonia,  N.  J. 
Sept.  28,  1892.  .Ralph  Albert  Van  Brunt, 

Schenectad3%  N.  Y. 
April  30,  1887.  .John  Dash  Van  Buren, 

New  Brighton,  N.  Y. 

Mar.   28,  1889.  .De  Witt  Van  Buskirk Bayonne,  N.  J. 

Dec.    23,  1885.  .John  R.  Van  Buskirk New  York. 

Dec.    23,  1885  ,  .John  Couwenhoven  Van  Cleat", 

Montclair,  N.  J. 
Mar.    14,  1895  .  .Henry  Howell  Van  Cleef, 

Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 
Oct.    27,  1887.  .James  Henry  Van  Cleef, 

New  Brunswick,  N.  J. 

Mar.   30,  1887.  .Lincoln  Van  Cott Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Oct.    29,  1891.  .George  Howard  Vander  Beck, 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Oct.    25,  1886.  .Francis  Isaac  Vander  Beek, 

Jersey  City,  N.  J. 
Mar.  31,  1892.  .Frank  Isaac  Vander  Beek,  Jr., 

Jersey  City,  N.  J. 
Oct.    25,  1886.  .Isaac  Paulis  Vander  Beek, 
Dec.   20,  1886.  .George  Ohlen  Van  der  Bogert, 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Mar.     9,  1899 .  .  Frank  Fellows  Vanderhoef New  York. 

Dec.     8,  1898.  .Harman  Blauvelt  Vanderhoef. .  " 

Mar.     9,  1899.  .Nathaniel  Wyckoff  Vanderhoef,         " 

Dec.    23,  1885.  .Charles  Albert  Vanderhoof 

Mar.  14,  1885 .  .Augustus  H.  Vanderpoel.  . .  .Orange,  N.  J. 
Dec.  20,  1886.  .Samuel  Oakley  Vander  Poel.  .  .New  York. 
Nov.  17,  1885  .  .  Waldron  Burritt  Vander  Poel.  . 

Oct.    24,  1885.  .Albert  Vander  Veer Albany,  N.  Y. 

Dec.    20,  1886,  .David  Augustus  Vander  Veer, 

Freehold,  N.  J. 
Dec.    12,  1895.  .Edgar  Albert  Vander  Veer.  .Albany,  N.  Y. 


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Mar.    lo,  1898.  .Henry  Boorum  Vander  Veer, 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Mar.   14,  1885 .  .John  Reeve  Vander  Veer New  York. 

Mar.   29,  1894.  .James  Wilkerson  Vandervoort, 

Harveysburg,  O. 
Mar.  14,  1901 .  .Alfred  Van  Derwerken — Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Jan.      7,  1892.  .Frank  Montague  Van  Deusen, 

Rondout,  N.  Y. 
June  10,  1897.  .George  Clark  Van  Deusen.  .Albany,  N.  Y. 
Mar.   II,  1897.  .Charles  Oscar  Van  Devanter, 

Baltimore,  Md. 
Mar.  14,  1885.  .Charles  Henry  Van  Deventer. .  .New  York. 
Oct.  21,  1897.  .Christopher  Van  Deventer.  .Cincinnati,  0. 
Oct.    27,  1887.  .George  Mather  Van  Deventer, 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Mar.  8,  1900.  .Horace  Van  Deventer.  .  .Knoxville,  Tenn. 
Dec.     8,  1888.  .James  Thayer  Van  Deventer,     " 

Oct.    27,  1887 .  .Ely  Van  De  Warker Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Dec.   20,  1886.  .George  Roe  Van  De  Water New  York. 

Mar.   10,  1904.  .John  Carpenter  Van  De  Water, 

Flushing,  N.  Y. 

Dec.   22,  1887..  Louis  Otis  Van  Doren New  York. 

Dec.   12,  1901.  .P.  A.  V.  Van  Doren Princeton,  N.  J. 

June     8,  1899 .  .William  Van  Dorn Freehold,  N.J. 

Mar.   14,  1 901 . .  Edward  Seguin  Van  Duyn,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Oct.    27,  1887.  .John  Van  Duyn 

Mar.   14,  1895.  .Harrison  Van  Duyne Newark,  N.  J. 

Mar.    14,  1885.  .Henry  Sayre  Van  Duzer New  York. 

*June  11,1903  .  .Vedder  Van  Dyck Bayonne,  N.  J. 

June  25,  1885.  .Henry  Van  Dyke Princeton,  N.  J. 

Dec.     7,  188S.  .Herbert  Van  Dyke New  York. 

April    6,  1886.  .Thomas  Kittera  Van  Dyke, 

Harrisburg,  Pa. 

Nov.     7,  1901 .  .Walter  Van  Dyke Oakland,  Cal. 

Mar.   10,  1904.  .Wesley  Van  Emburgh Paterson,  N.  J. 

Oct.    25,  1886.  .Amos  Van  Etten Rondout,  N.  Y. 

Mar.   30,  1887  .  .  Edgar  Van  Etten Brookline,  Mass. 

Mar.   10,  1898.  .Nathan  Bristol  Van  Etten New  York. 

Mar.   29,  1894 .  .  Frank  Van  Fleet 

Jan.      7,  1892 .  .Amos  Corwin  Van  Gaasbeek,  Orange,  N.  J. 

*  Died  March  24,  1904. 


311 

Dec.  10,  1896 . .  Harvey  David  Van  Gaasbeek.  .Sussex,  N.  J. 
April  6,  1886 .  . Louis  Bevier  Van  Gaasbeek. . . .  New  York. 
Oct.    27,  1S87.  .Acnion  Pulaski  Van  Gieson, 

Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 

Nov.     9,  1893.  .Austin  Van  Gieson Montclair,  N.  J. 

Mar.   10,  1904.  .George  Edmund  Van  Guysling, 

Boston,  Mass. 
Oct.      8,  1896.  .Charles  Manning  Van  Heusen, 

Albany,  N.  Y. 
Dec.    10,  1903.  .David  Wadsworth  Van  Hoesen, 

Cortland,  N.Y. 
Mar.    26,  1891 .  .Edmund  French  Van  Hoesen, 

BuEFalo,  N.Y. 

Mar.   14,  1885  .  .George  M.  Van  Hoesen New  York 

April  30,  1885  .  .John  William  Van  Hoesen 

Dec.    12,  1901.  .Teunis  Whitbeck  Van  Hoesen, 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Jan.    30,  1890.  .Charles  French  Van  Horn, 
Mar.   30,  1887  .  .  Francis  Charles  Van  Horn.  .Newport,  R.  I. 
Nov.     7,  1901.  .Byron  G.  Van  Home. ..  .Englewood,  N.  J. 

Oct.    24,  1889.  .John  Garret  Van  Home New  York. 

May    19,  1887  .  .Stephen  Van  Alen  Van  Home. . 

Oct.    II,  1900.  .Isaac  Van  Houten Paterson,  N.  J. 

Dec.     7,  1888.  .Charles  Francis  Van  Inwegen, 

Port  Jervis,  N.  Y. 
Dec.    II,  1902  .  .Charles  Mayer  Van  Kleeck,  Flushing,  N.  Y. 
Oct.    27,  1887  .  .  Frank  Van  Kleeck. . .  .Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 
Oct.    24,  1889.  .Theodore  Van  Kleeck, 
Mar.   29,  1888.  .William  Henry  Van  Kleeck.  ...New  York. 

Oct.    21,  1897.  .Henry  Augustus  Van  Liew 

Mar.    26,  1891 .  .Andrew  B.  Van  Loan 

Mar.    29,  1894.  .Charles  Leffingwell  Van  Loan, 

Catskill,  N.  Y. 

June  25,  1885.  .Eugene  Van  Loan Athens,  N.  Y. 

Dec.   28,  1893 .  .  Frederick  William  Van  Loan. . .  New  York. 

Oct.    22,  1890.  .Thomas  Van  Loan Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Nov.     9,  1893  .  .  Zelah  Van  Loan New  York. 

June  10,  1897  .  .George  Gomez  Van  Mater,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Oct.  29,  1891.  .Jacob  Rapelye  Van  Mater.  .Passaic,  N.  J. 
Dec.     7,  1888.  .Calvin  Decker  Van  Name, 

Mariner's  Harbor,  N.  Y. 


312 

Oct.    II,  1900.  .David  Barcalow  Van  Name, 

Mariner's  Harbor,  N.  Y. 

June     8,  1899 .  .Frederick  Lattan  Van  Ness. .Orange,  N.  J. 

Mar.    14,  1885  .  .  Russell  Van  Ness New  York. 

Dec.   10,  1903 .  .Wallace  Van  Ness Newark,  N.  J. 

Dec.     7,  1888.  .Frank  Roe  Van  Nest.  .  .Glen  Ridge,  N.  J. 

Mar.   14,  1885  .  .George  Willett  Van  Nest New  York. 

Mar.   10,  1904.  .Ottomar  Hoghland  Van  Norden,       " 

Mar.   10,  1904.  .Theodore  Langdon  Van  Norden, 

South  Salem,  N.  Y. 

Mar.   14,  1885.  .Warner  Van  Norden New  York. 

Mar.   10,  1904.  .Warner  Montagnie  Van  Norden,         " 

June  13,  1 90 1.  .Augustus  Todd  Van  Nostrand, 

Romulus,  N.  Y. 

Mar.   28,  1889 .  . Charles  Belden  Van  Nostrand . .  New  York. 

Oct.    21,  1897.  .Frank  Daniel  Van  Nostrand.  .  .  " 

June  25,  1885.  .John  Everitt  Van  Nostrand, 

Evergreen,  N.  Y. 

Mar.  28,  1889.  .James  Edgar  Van  Olinda,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Dec.   22,  1887.  .Charles  Hopkins  Van  Orden, 

Catskill,  N.  Y. 

Mar.    14,  1885.. Henry  De  Witt  Van  Orden, 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Jan.    30,  1890.  .Philip  Vernon  Van  Orden.  .  Catskill,  N.  Y. 

Oct.    25,  1886.  .William  Van  Orden 

Mar.   14,  1885.  .Gilbert  Sutphen  Van  Pelt New  York. 

Mar.   26,  1891.  .Jacob  L.  Van  Pelt Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Dec.      7,  1888.  .Townsend  Cortelyou  Van  Pelt,   " 

Dec.    14,  1899.  .Walter  Graham  Van  Pelt,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

June  14,  1894.  .William  Robinson  Powell  Van  Pelt, 

New  York. 

Dec.     7,  1888.  .John  Bullock  Van  Petten, 

Alexandria  Bay,  N.  Y. 

Nov.     9,  1893.  .John  Jeremiah  Van  Rensselaer, 

New  Brighton,  N.  Y. 

Mar.   1 1 ,  1897 .  .  Lyndsay  Van  Rensselaer Kob^,  Japan. 

Oct.    27,  1887  .  .William  Knickerbocker  Van  Reypen, 

Washington,  D.  C. 

Dec.    20,  1886. .  Cornelius  Van  Riper Passaic,  N.  J. 

Oct.    21,  1897  .  .Julius  Fernando  Van  Riper New  York. 

Mar.   14,  1885  .  .Richard  Van  Santvoord " 


313 

Oct.    27,  1887.  .Seymour  Van  Santvoord Troy,  N.  Y. 

Dec.      7,  1888.  .Eugene  Van  Schaick New  York. 

Mar.    14,  1885.  .Henry  Van  Schaick 

Dec.    23,  1885.  .John  Van  Schaick Cobleskill,  N.  Y. 

April  30,  1885.  .Alvan  Howard  Van  Sinderen... New  York. 
April  30,  1885.  .William  Leslie  Van  Sinderen, 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Mar.   II,  1897.  .Hebbard  Kimball  Van  Size, 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Mar.   31,  1892.  .Cyrus  Manchester  Van  Slyck, 

Providence,  R.  I. 

June  10,  1897 .  .George  Finch  Van  Slyck New  York. 

Mar.   14,  1885 .  .  George  Whitfield  Van  Slyck. ... 

April    6,  1886.  .Evert  Van  Sly ke 

Oct.    24,  1885.  .John  Gamsey  Van  Sly  ke..  Kingston,  N.  Y. 

Dec.    12,  1895.  .Warren  Clark  Van  Slyke New  York. 

Dec.    23,  1885.  .Bennet  Van  Syckel Trenton,  N.  J. 

Mar.  31,  1892.  .Charles  Sloan  Van  Syckel.  .         "  " 

Oct.    25,  1886.  .James  Monroe  Van  Valen, 

Hackensack, N.  J. 
Jan.    30,  1890.  .John  Loucks  Van  Valkenburgh, 

Albany,  N.  Y. 
Mar.   26,  1891.  .Joseph  Dwight  Van  Valkenburgh, 

Greene,  N.  Y. 
Oct.    13,  1898.  .Ralph  D.  Van  Valkenburgh, 

Hudson,  N.  Y. 
Oct.    12,  1899.  .Raymond  Hubert  Van  Valkenburgh, 

Greene,  N.  Y. 
Mar.   28,  1889.  .Abraham  Van  Wyck  Van  Vechten, 

New  York. 
Sept.  29,  1892.  .Charles  Duane  Van  Vechten, 

Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa. 
Sept.  29,  1892.  .Ralph  Van  Vechten..     "  "  " 

Mar.  14,  1885 . .  Abram  Kip  Van  Vleck.  .Morristown,  N.  J. 
Mar.  30,  1887.  .Charles  King  Van  Vleck.  .  .Hudson,  N.  Y. 
Mar.     9,  1899.  .John  Monroe  Van  Vleck, 

Middletown,  Conn. 
Oct.  27,  1887  .  .William  David  Van  Vleck,  Montclair,  N.  J. 
Oct.  8,  1896.  .William  HenryVanVleck,  Red  Bank,  N.J. 
Dec.  7,  1888.  .Benson  VanVliet.  .  .  .Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 
April  30,  1885.  .Deuse  Mairs  Van  Vliet.  .  .Plainfield,  N.  J. 


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June  IS,  1886. .  Frederick  Christian  Van  Vliet,  New  York. 
Dec.   20,  1886 . . Frederick  Gilbert  Van  Vliet. ... 
Dec.     9,  1897 .  .George  Stockwell  Van  Vliet, 

Pleasant  Plains,  N.  Y. 
Oct.    27,  1887 .  .William  Downs  Van  Vliet.  .Goshen,  N.  Y. 

Dec.     7,  1888.  .James  Van  Voast Cincinnati,  0. 

Dec.    23,  1885.  .James  Albert  Van  Voast, 

Schenectady,  N.  Y. 

Mar.   14,  1885 . .  Philip  Van  Volkenburgh New  York. 

Mar.   14,  1885.  .Thomas  Sedgwick  Van  Volkenburgh, 

New  York. 
Jan.      7,  1892.  .Eugene  Van  Voorhis.  .Ironduquoit,  N.  Y. 

June  25,  1885.  .John  Van  Voorhis Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Nov.  17,  1885.  .Menzo  Van  Voorhis " 

Mar.  9,  1899 .  .  Alexander  Holland  Van  Vorst,  Utica,  N.  Y. 
April  30,  1885.  .Frederick  Boyd  Van  Vorst.  .Nyack,  N.  Y. 
Dec.  7,  1888.  .Josiah  Van  Vranken.  .Schenectady,  N.  Y. 
June  II,  1903.  .George  Ward  Van  Vredenburgh.. New  York. 
Dec.    22,  1887  .  .William  Townsend  Van  Vredenburgh, 

New  Brighton,  N.  Y. 
Dec.   20,  1886.  .Bleecker  Van  Wagenen, 

South  Orange,  N.  J. 
Mar.  9,  1899.  .Edward  A.  Van  Wagenen.  .Newark,  N.  J. 
Dec.     7,  1888.  .Henry  William  Van  Wagenen, 

Morristown,  N.  J. 

Oct.    25,  1886.  .Hubert  Van  Wagenen New  York. 

June  29,  1893.  .John  Brower  Van  Wagenen, 

West  Orange,  N.J. 
Dec.   20,  1886.  .JohnRichard  Van  Wagenen,  Oxford,  N.  Y. 

Oct.      9,  1902 .  .Abraham  Van  Winkle Newark,  N.  J. 

June  II,  1903.  .Arthur  Ward  Van  Winkle, 

Rutherford,  N.  J. 
Oct.  22,  1890.  .Charles  Van  Winkle,West Philadelphia, Pa. 
Mar.   10,  1898.  .Daniel  Van  Winkle, 

Jersey  City  Heights,  N.  J. 

Mar.   14,  1885.  .Edgar  Beach  Van  Winkle New  York. 

Mar.   10,  1904.  .Edo  Van  Winkle Paterson,  N.  J. 

Mar.   10,  1904.  .Edward  Van  Winkle Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

Oct.  24,  1889 .  .  Frank  Oldis  Van  Winkle,  Ridgewood,  N.  J. 
Mar.   10,  1904.  .Henry  Benjamin  Van  Winkle, 

Paterson,  N.  J. 


315 

Oct.  25,  1886.  John  Albert  Van  Winkle.  .Paterson,  N.  J 
Mar.  29,  1894.  .Marshall  Van  Winkle...  .Jersey  City,  N.  J 
Sept.  29,  1892.  .Waling  Walingson  Van  Winkle, 

Parkersburg,  W.  Va 

Dec.   28,  1893.  .Harmon  Van  Woert Athens,  N.  Y 

Dec.     8,  1898.  .Jacob  Van  Woert Greig,  N.  Y 

June  25,  1885.  .James  Burtis  Van  Woert New  York 

Dec.   II,  1902.  .James  Burtis  Van  Woert,  Jr. .  . 

Dec.     8,  1898.  .William  Van  Woert Montclair,  N.  J 

Oct.    25,  1886.  .Jasper  Van  Wormer Albany,  N.  Y 

April  30,  1885  .  .John  Rufus  Van  Wormer New  York 

Dec.   28,  1893 .  .Albert  Van  Wyck Brooklyn,  N.  Y 

Dec.   23,  1885.  .Augustus  Van  Wyck 

June  12,  1902.    David  Barnes  Van  Wyck, 

Manchester  Bridge,  N.  Y. 
Mar.   14,  1901 .  .Henry  Mesier  Van  Wyck, 

New  Hamburg,  N.  Y. 
Dec.    22,  1887 .  .Jacob  Southart  Van  Wyck,  Brooklyn,  N.Y. 

Mar.   14,  1885.  .John  H.  Van  Wyck New  York. 

Oct.    12,  1 899.. Joseph  Van  Wyck, 

Manchester  Bridge,  N.  Y. 
Mar.  30,  1893 .  .Philip  Van  Rensselaer  Van  Wyck,  Jr., 

Plainfield,  N.  J. 
Oct.    25,  i885.  .Robert  Anderson  Van  Wyck ...  New  York. 

Oct.    27,  1887.  .Samuel  Van  Wyck Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

June  30,  1892.  .William  Van  Wyck 

Aptil  30,  1885 .  .William  Edward  Van  Wyck . . .  .New  York. 

Dec.      7,  1888 .  . Milton  Burns  Van  Zandt 

June  25,  1885.  .John  Leonard  Varick 

April  30,  1885.  .Theodore  Romeyn  Varick,  Yonkers,  N.  Y. 

Oct.      8,  1896.  .Arthur  Groff  Vedder Fort  Plain,  N.  Y. 

Mar.   28,  1889.  .Charles  Stuart  Vedder.  .  .Charleston,  S.  C. 
Mar.  30,  1887.  .Commodore  Perry  Vedder, 

Ellicottville,  N.  Y. 

Mar.  26,  1 89 1.  .Harmon  Albert  Vedder New  York. 

April  30,  1885.  .Maus  Rosa  Vedder 

Sept.  29,  1892.  .Wentworth  Darcy  Vedder.  ...Arcadia,  Pa. 

Oct.    25,  1886.  .Andrew  Truax  Veeder Pittsburg,  Pa. 

Oct.    16,  1894.  .Herman  Greig  Veeder "  " 

Mar.   29,  1888.  .Ten  Eyck  De  Witt  Veeder,  Greenwich,  Va. 
June  13,  1901.  .Van  Vechten  Veeder New  York. 


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Oct.    24,  1889.   Cornelius  Clarkson  Vermeule, 

East  Orange,  N.  J. 

June  25,  1885  .  .  John  D.  Vermeule New  York. 

Dec.    22,  1887  .  .Philip  Verplanck Yonkers,  N.  Y. 

Mar.    14,  1 90 1.  .Samuel  Verplanck, 

Fishkill-on-Hudson,  N.  Y. 

April  30,  1885.  .William  Gordon  Ver  Planck New  York. 

Jan.    30,  1890.  .John  Jay  Viele Bronxville,  N.  Y. 

Oct.    24,  1889.  .Maurice  A.  Viele Schenectady,  N.  Y. 

April    6,  1886 . .  Sheldon  Thompson  Viele ....  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Mar.  26,  1891 . .  Edward  Willett  Visscher Albany,  N.  Y. 

Dec.    22,  1887.  .John  Hayden  Visscher. ..  .Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Oct.    27,  1887.  .Albert  Van  Brunt  Voorhees,       "  " 

Mar.   10,  1898.  .Albert  Van  Brunt  Voorhees,  Jr.,  " 

Dec.    22,  1887.  .Anson  Augustus  Voorhees, 

Upper  Montclair,  N.  J. 

Mar.   26,  1891 .  .Charles  C.  V.  Voorhees. .  .Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

May    19,  1887  .  .Charles  Hageman  Voorhees,      "  " 

Mar.   10,  1904.  .Edwin  Strange  Voorhees,  Rocky  Hill,  N.J. 

Mar.     8,  1900.  .Foster  Mac  Gowan  Voorhees, 

Elizabeth,  N.  J. 

Dec.   II,  1902.  .Frank  Duryea  Voorhees, 

Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

Mar.   10,  1898.  .John  A.  Voorhees Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Mar.   29,  1888.  .John  Hunn  Voorhees.  .North  Bend,  Ohio. 

Mar.   28,  1889 .  .John  Jacob  Voorhees. . .  .Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

Des.    II,  1902.  .John  Jay  Voorhees,  Jr...        "       "        " 

Mar.  30,  1887.  .Judah  Back  Voorhees.  .  .  .Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Dec.   22,  1887  .  .Peter  Van  Voorhees Camden,  N.  J. 

Dec.   12,  1901 .  .Sherman  Voorhees Elmira,  N.  Y. 

Mar.   10,  1904.  .Stephen  Francis  Voorhees, 

Washington,  D.  C. 

April    6,  1886.  .Theodore  Voorhees Philadelphia,  Pa. 

May    19,  1887.  .Willard  Penfield  Voorhees, 

New  Brunswick,  N.  J. 

Dec.    13,  1894.  .Arthur  Voorhis New  York. 

Mar.  30,  1887  .  .Augustus  Marvin  Voorhis.  ...Nyack,  N.  Y. 

Mar.   12,  1896.  .Charles  Howard  Voorhis,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

Mar.   10,  1904.  .Ernest  Voorhis New  York. 

Oct.    24,  1889 .  .Jacob  Voorhis Greenwich,  Conn. 

Dec.     7,  1888.  .John  Voorhis 


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April    6,  1886 .  .John  R.  Voorhis New  York 

Mar.    14,  1885.  .Benjamin  Fredenburgh  Vosburgh,     " 
Oct.    12,  1899.  .Royden  Woodward  Vosburgh, 

New  Brighton,  N.  Y 

Dec.    14,  1889 .  . Theodore  Vosburgh Buffalo,  N.  Y 

Mar.   28,  1889.  .Alfred   Purdy  Vredenburgh, 

Bayonne,  N.  J 
Mar.   28,  1889.  .Edward  Lawrence  Vredenburgh, 

Bayonne,  N.  J 

Mar.   28,  1889.  .Frank  Vredenburgh 

Mar.  29,  1894.  .La  Rue  Vredenburgh.  . .  .Somerville,  N.  J 
Mar.  30,  1887.  .William  H.  Vredenbiirgh .  .Freehold,  N.  J 
Jan.      7,  1892.  .Cornelius  Delos  Vreeland, 

Chicago  Heights,  111 

June  12,  1902.  .Herbert  Harold  Vreeland New  York 

June  15,  1886.  .Garret  Dorset  Wall  Vroom.  .Trenton,  N.  J 

June  15,  1886.  .Peter  Dumont  Vroom "  " 

Dec.  20,  1886.  .John  Wright  Vrooman. .  .Herkimer,  N.  Y 
Mar.  29,  1894.  .Wellington  Vrooman,  Parkersburg,  W.  Va 
Sept.  29,  1892.  .Cornelius  Augustus  Waldron, 

Waterford,  N.  Y 
June  10,  1903 .  .Frederick  Rice  Waldron,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich 
Dec.   28,  1893.  .William  Gunsaul  Waldron, 

Amsterdam,  N.  Y 

Jan.      7,  1892  .  .  Samuel  Henry  Wandell New  York 

Oct.    24,  1889.  .Townsend  Wandell 

Dec.    10,  1903.  .Edward  Lansing  Wemple " 

Oct.    24,  1885.  .Evert  Jansen  Wendell 

Oct.    27,  1887.  .Gordon  Wendell 

Dec.     7,  1888.  .John  Dunlap  Wendell ...  Fort  Plain,  N.  Y. 

Mar.   28,  1889.  .Willis  Wendell Amsterdam,  N.  Y. 

Mar.   26,  1891 .  .Charles  Alonzo  Wessell New  York 

April  30,  1885 .  .John  Calvin  Westervelt " 

Oct.    12,  1899.  .Josiah  Arnold  Westervelt " 

Mar.   10,  1904.  .Edwin  B.  Williamson Newark,  N.  J, 

Mar.   10,  1904.  .George  Danforth  Williamson, 

Wyoming,  N.  J, 
Nov.  7,  1901 .  .Royden  Williamson.  .  .San  Francisco,  Cal 
Sept.  29,  1892.  .Charles  Knickerbocker  Winne, 

Albany,  N.  Y 
Oct.    24,  1889.  .Charles  Visscher  Winne "  " 


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Dec.    lo,  1903 .  .Ogden  Fremont  Winne .  .  .Kingston,  N.  Y. 

Oct.    24,  1889.  .Andrew  J.  Witbeck Boston,  Mass. 

Oct.    21,  1897 .  .Charles  Edward  Witbeck.  .  .Cohoes,  N.  Y. 

Mar.   27,  1890.  .Clark  Witbeck Schenectady,  N.  Y. 

Mar.   10,  1904.  .Nicholas  Dofemus  Wortendyke, 

Jersey  City,  N.  J. 
Mar.     9,  1899.  .Reynier  Jacob  Wortendyke, 

Jersey  City,  N.J. 
June  12,  1902.  .Ferdinand  Lott  Wyckoff.. Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Oct.    12,  1899.  .Joseph  Lewis  Wyckoff Holyoke,  Mass. 

Oct.    24,  1885  .  .  Peter  Wyckoff Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Oct.    22,  1890.  .Peter  B.  Wyckoff New  York. 

Mar.  30,  1887 .  .William  Forman  Wyckoff.  .Jamaica,  N.  Y. 
June  1 1 ,  1896 .  .  Edward  Judson  Wynkoop,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Mar.   14,  1885.  .Gerardus  Hilles  Wynkoop New  York. 

June  25,  1885.  .James  Davis  Wynkoop " 

Mar.   12,  1903.  .William  Augustus  Wynkoop, 

Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Dec.    13,  1894.  .Aaron  J.  Zabriskie Newark,  N.  J. 

*Jtme  11,1903.  .Albert  A.  Zabriskie Catskill,  N.  Y. 

Oct.    27,  1887 .  .Andrew  Christian  Zabriskie. . .  .  New  York. 
Mar.   10,  1898.  .Christian  Brevoort  Zabriskie...  " 

Mar.   26,  1892.  .George  A.  Zabriskie Bloomfield,  N.  J. 

Jan.      7,  1892.  .Josiah  H.  Zabriskie,  Mount  Vernon,  N.  Y. 
June  11,  1896.  .Simeon  Templeton  Zabriskie ...  New  York. 

*  Reelected. 


LIST  OF  DECEASED  MEMBERS. 


Date  of 
Election. 


Date  of 
Death. 


Mar.  14,  1S85.  .Theodore  RomeynWestbrook.  .Kingston,  N.  Y Oct.    6,  iSSj 

June  25,  1885.  .Stephen  Melancthon  Ostrander. Brooklyn,  N.  Y. . .  .Nov.  ig,  1SS5 

Mar.  14,  1SS5.  .John  D.  Van  Buren.    Newburgh,  N.  Y. .  .Dec.     I,  1SS5 

Dec.  23,  1SS5.  .James  WesterveltQuackenbush.Hackensack,  N.  J.. Mar.   6,  i386 


Mar.  14,  1885.  .Augustus  W.  Wynkoop Kinderhook,  N.  Y..ApriliS,  1SS6 

Mar.  14,  1885.  .David  Van  Nostrand New  York June  14,  1SS6 

Mar.  14,  18S5.  .John  Thurman  Van  Wyck New  York Nov.  23,  1886 

Dec.  23,  1885.  .John  Van  Vorst Jersey  City,  N.  J.  ..Feb.    4,  1S87 


June  25,  1885.  .Bartow  White  Van  Voorhis. . .  .New  York April27,  1SS7 

Mar.  14,  1885.  .William  Van   Wyck New  York May  28,  1887 

June  25,  1885.  .Clarence  R.  Van  Benthuysen..  .New  York July  18,  1887 

June  25,  1SS5.  .Aaron  J.  Vanderpoel New  York Aug.  22,  1887 

April 30,  1885.  .Cornelius  V.  S.  Roosevelt -South  Orange,  N.  J. Sept.  30,  1S87 

Dec.  20,  1886.  .Barent  Arent  Mynderse Schenectady,   N.  Y.Oct.     2,  18S7 

Mar.  14,  1885.  .Theodore  Romeyn  Varick Jersey  City,  N.  J. .  .Nov.  23,  1S87 

Oct.  27,  1887.  .Henry  James  Ten  Eyck Albany,  N.  Y Nov.  2g,  18S7 

Mar.  14,  1885..  Henry  H.  Van  Dyke New  York Jan.  23,  1888 

Oct.  27,  1887..  David   D.  Acker New  York Mar.  23,  18S8 

Dec.  20,  1886.  .George  Washington  Schuyler.  .Ithaca,  N.  Y Mar.  29,  1888 


Dec.  23,  1885.  .Benjamin  Stevens  Van  Wyck.  .New  York Aug.  31,  1888 

Mar.  2g,  1888..  Henry  R.  Low Middletown,  N.  Y.  .Dec.    i,  188S 

April 30,  1885.  .W.  A.  Ogden  Hegeman New  York Dec. 

Dec.     7,  1888.  .John  J.  Van  Nostrand Brooklyn,  N.  Y....Jan. 

Dec.  23,  1S85.. Abraham  Lott Brooklyn,  N.  Y Jan.  13,  1889 

June  25,  1885.  .John  Voorhees  Van  Woert New  York Jan.  24,  i88g 

June  25,  1885.  .Gardiner  Baker  Van  Vorst New  York Feb. 

Oct.   25,  1886.  .Edward  Y.  Lansing Albany,  N.  Y Mar. 

319 


24,  1S88 
7,  1889 


5,  1889 
8,  1889 


320 

Oct.  25,  18S6.  .Cornelius  M.  Schoonmaker.  ..  .Kingston,  N.  Y. . .  .Mar.  15,  1889 
May  19,  1887.  .Theodore  C.  Vermilye Staten  Island,  N.  Y.Mar.  31,  1S89 


April30,  1885.  .Garret  Lansing  Schuyler New  York April20,  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.  HarJenbergh Jersey  City,  N.  J. .  .Oct.    5,  1889 

June  20,  1S85.  .Hooper  Curaming  Van  Vorst. .  .New  York Oct.  26,  i88g 

Mar.  30,  18S7.  .John  Waling  Van  Winkle 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,  1S85.  .Henry  Jacob  Schenck New  York Dec.  30,  1889 

April  6,  1S86.  .William  Voorhis Nyack,  N.  Y Jan.     4,  i8go 

Dec.  22,  1887.  .Louis  V.  D.  Hardenbergh Brooklyn,  N.  Y. . .  .Jan.     4,  1890 

Dec.  22,  1887.  .John  H.  Suydam New  York Jan.     8,  1890 

Dec.  22,  1887.  .John  Schermerhorn Schenectady,  N.  Y.  .Jan.  27,  1890 

Dec.    8,  1888.  .William  Bross Chicago,  III Jan.  28,  1890 

Mar.  30,  1887.  .John  Barent  Visscher Albany,  N.  Y Jan.  31,  1890 

Mar.  28,  1889.  .Edgar  Van  Benthuysen New  Orleans,  La. . .  Mar.  21,  1890 


Dec.  23,  1885.  .Henry  Everett  Roosevelt New  York April 29,  iSgo 

May  19,  1S87.  .Thomas  Storm New  York May     i,  iSgo 

Mar.  30,  1S87.  .Sidney  De  Kay Staten  Island,  N.  Y.Aug.  30,  1890 

Dec.    8,  1888.  .George  W.  Van  Vlack Palatine  B'dge,  N.Y. Sept.   7,  i8go 

Jan.  30,  i8go.  .Edward  Van  Kleeck Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.Nov.  13,  i8go 

June  25,  1885.  .Jacob  W.  Hoysradt Hudson,  N.  Y Nov.  15,  i8go 

May  19,  1887.  .Cornelius  Rapelye Astoria,  N.  Y Nov.  20,  iSgo 

Mar.  28,  i88g.  .Nicoll  Floyd  Elmendorf New  York Nov.  25,  1890 

Oct.  25,  1886.  .Charles  B.  Lansing Albany,  N.  Y Dec.     1,  1890 

Oct.  27,  1S87.  .Coert  Du  Bois New  York Jan.     I,  l8gi 

Dec.    7,  1 888.  .Charles  E.  Conover Middletown,  N.  J..Jan.     9,  1891 

Dec.  20,  1886.  .Leonard  G.  Hun Albany,  N.  Y Mar.  11,  1891 


April  6,  1 886.. George G.  DeWitt Nyack,  N.  Y April22,  189 

Mar.  29,  1888.  .Hugh  B.  Van  Deventer New  York April 27,  189 

Oct.   25,  18S6.  .Peter  Van  Schaick  Pruyn Kinderhook,  N.  Y..May     2,  iSg 

Nov.  17,  1885.  .Henry  Jackson  Van  Dyke Brooklyn,  N.  Y. . .  .May  25,  l8g 

Dec.     7,  1888.  .Charles  Livingston  Acker New  York May  26,  i8g 

Mar.  29,  1888.  .John  Baker  Stevens New  York June  10,  iSg 

April  6,  1886.  .Garret  Van  Nostrand Nyack,   N.  Y June  15,  l8g 

Dec.  22,  1887.  .John  Peter  Adriance Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.June  18,  i8g 

Mar.  30,  1887.  .Eugene  Du  Bois Staten  Island,  N.  Y.June  26,  i8g 

Oct.  27,  1887..  Henry  W.  Teller Pompton  Pl'ns,  N.J.July     2,  i8g 

Oct.  25,  1886.  .George  Washington  Van  Slyke. Albany,  N.  Y Aug.  11,  i8g 

Dec.    7,  1888.  .Jacob  Glen  Sanders Albany,  N.  Y Sept.  28,  i8g 


Oct.  22,  l8go.  .Anthony  G.  Van  Sctiaick Chicago,  III Oct.  13,  iSgt 

Dec.  23,  1885.  .William  Harrison  Van  Wyck.  .New  York   Nov.15,  1S91 

Dec.    7,  18S8.. Peter  Van  Vranken  Fort Albany,  N.  Y Dec.  13,  1S91 

April 30,  1885 .  .Jacob  Dyckman  Vermilye New  York Jan.     2,  1892 

Mar.  28,  1889.. John  Nelson  Van  Wagner Troy,  N.  Y Feb.    7,  1892 

Mar.  26,  1891.. Junius  Schenck Brooklyn,  N.  Y Feb.  15,  1892 

June  15,  1886..  Van  Wyck   Brinkerhoff New  York Feb.  25,  1892 

April   6,  1886.  .Nicholas  Van  Slyck Providence,  R.I... Mar.    3,1892 

Dec.  23,  1885..  Samuel  Van  Benschoten Brooklyn,  N.  Y Mar.  12,  1892 


June  15,  1886.  .Henry  Lienau  Booraem New  Br'swick,  N.  J.April    9,  1S92 

Mar.  14,  1885.  .Edward  Electus  Van  Auken.  .  .New  York April  29,  1892 

Nov.  30,  1890.  .Samuel  Bowne  Duryea Brooklyn,  N.  Y....June    7,  1892 

Oct.   29,  1891.  .William  Brownlee  Voorhees. .  .Blauwenburgh,  N.J.June  13,  lSg2 

June  25,  1885.  .Elias  William  Van  Voorhees. .  .New  York Sept.  21,  1892 

Mar.  28,  1S89.  .Alfred  Vredenburgh Bayonne,  N.  J Oct.    11,  1892 

Oct.   25,  1886.  .Giles  Yates  Vander  Bogert Schenectady,  N.  Y..Nov.    4,  i8g2 

Jan.  30,  1890.  .Thomas  Beekman  Heermans. .  .Syracuse,  N.  Y Dec.     i,  1892 

Mar.  29,  18S8.  .William  Dominick  Garrison. .  .New  York Dec.    2,  1892 

Dec.  23,  1885.  .Nicholas  Latrobe  Roosevelt. ..  .New  York Dec.  13,  1892 

April   6,  1886.  .Isaac  I.  Vander  Beek Jersey  City,  N.  J.  .  .Feb.    8,  1893 

Dec.  22,  1887.  .Charles  Henry  Voorhees New  York Mar.    9,  1893 

Oct.  25,  1886.  .Peter  Labagh  Vander  Veer Santa  Fe,  N.  M Mar.  16,  1S93 

Dec.  20,  1S86.  .Gerrit  Hubert  Van  Wagenen. .  .Rye,  N.  Y Mar.  29,  1893 


Mar.  27,  1890.  .John  Lefferts Flatbush,  N.  Y April  iS,  1893 

Oct.   21,  l88g.  .George  Titus  Haring Allendale,  N.  J May    7,1893 

Jan.  30,  1890.  .George  Pine  DeBevoise Denver,  Col May  20,  1893 

June  15,  1886.  .Theodore  V.  Van  Heusen Albany,  N.  Y June  15,  1893 

April  30,  1885.  .Lawrence  Van  der  Veer Rocky  Hill,  N.  J..  .June  21,  1893 

Oct.   25,  1886.  .Stephen  W.  Van  Winkle Paterson,  N.  J June  28,  1S93 

Oct.   22,  1890.  .William  Vandever Venturia,  Cal July  23,  1893 

April   6,  1886.  .John  Banta New  York July  26,  1893 

Dec.    7,  1888.  .Thomas  Doremus  Messier Pittsburgh,    Pa Aug.  11,  1S93 

June  15,  1886.  .John  Evert  De  Witt Portland,   Me Aug.  30,  1893 

Mar.  26,  1891.  .Wynford  Van  Gaasbeek New  York Sept.    5,  1893 

Mar.  30,  1893.  .Richard  Amerman Flatbush,  N.  Y Oct.     6,  1893 

Mar.  30,  1887.  .Willard  Charles  Marselius Albany,  N.  Y Dec.  24,  1893 

May  27,  1890.  .Gardiner  Van  Nostrand Newburgli.  N.  Y. .  .Jan.     i,  1894 

April   6,  1886.  .John  Hancock  Riker New  York Jan.  26,  1S94 


Dec.  23,  1885.  .Augustus  Schoonmaker Kingston,  N.  Y. . .  .April  10,  1894 

Oct.   27,  1887.  .Abram  Jansen  Hardenbergh.  .  .Spring  House,  N.Y.May    7,  1894 
Mar.  30,  1887.  .Abraham  Van  Vechten Albany,  N.  Y May    7,  1894 


Dee.    7,  iSSS.  .Jasper  Van  Vleck New  York June    4,  1S94 

Mar.  29,  1S94.  .Francis  Salmon  Quackenbos. .  .Hartford,  Conn. . .  .July     i,  1894 

Mar.  29,  18S8.  .Solomon  Van  Etten Port  Jervis,  N.  Y. .  .July    7,  1S94 

Oct.   24,  1886.  .Walter  L.  Van  Denbergh Amsterdam,  N.  Y.  .Aug.    5,  1894 

April   6,  1S86.  .George  Van  Campen Olean,  N.  Y Aug.  12,  1S94 

Mar.  29,  1 888.  .James  Scott  Conover New  York Sept.  18,  1894 

Dec.  22,  1887.  .Richard  Van  Voorhis Rochester Oct.  21,  1S94 

Nov.    9,  1893.  .Hooper  Gumming  Van  Vorst. .  .Bath-on-Hudson.  ...Oct.  26,  1894 

Jan.    30,  1S90.  .James  A.  Van  Auken New  York Nov.    5,  1894 

Mar.  2(1,  1891.  .Thomas  Lenox  Van  Deventer.  .Knoxville,   Tenn...Nov.    5,  1894 

Mar.  28,  1 8S9.  .George  Washington  Rosevelt..  .Stamford,  Conn Nov.    7,  1S94 

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,  1S95 

Oct.   25,  1 886.  .Elijah  Dubois Kingston,  N.  Y.  ...Feb.    7,1895 

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  Latta  Du  Hois Bridgeton,  N.J Feb.  24,  1895 

Nov.  17,  18S5.  .Albert  Van  Wagner Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.Mar.  28,  1895 


Oct.   25,  18S6.  .Charles  H.  Van  Benthuysen. .  .Albany,  N.  Y April  15,  1S95 

Oct.   24,  i88g.. James   Dumond   Van   Hoeven- 

berg New  Brighton,  N.Y.May    9,  1895 

Mar.  31,  1892.  .Cornelius  S.Cooper Schraalenburgh,  N.J.May  12,  1895 

Nov.  17,  1885.  .John  Paul  Paulison Tenafly,  N.  J May  30,  1S95 

Oct.    25,  1SS6.  .John  Jacob  Morris Paterson,  N.  J June    9,  1895 

Dec.  20,  1886.  .Hiram  Edward  Sickels .\lbany,  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  ig,  1887.  .Theodore  Miller Hudson,  N.  Y Aug.  18,  1895 

Jan.     7,  1S92.  .John  Ryer  Lydecker Bogota,  N.  J Oct.    4,  1S95 

Mar.  27,  1890.  .Frederick  William  Nostrand. .  .Glen  Ridge,  N.  J..  .Oct.  27,  1S95 

Mar.  28,  1S89  .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,  1S86.  .William  Henry  Montanye New  York Dec.  23,  1S95 

Jan.    30,  1S90.  .John  Waddell  Van  Sickle Springfield,  O Dec.  26,  1895 

Oct.  25,  1S86.  .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  Hrower New  York Feb.  28,  1896 

Oct.  24,  1889.  .Daniel  Berten  Van  Houten. ..  .New  York Mar.  27,  1896 


Oct.   22,  1890.  .David  Demaree  Banta Bloominglon,  Ind. .  .April    9,  1S96 

Mar.  31,  1892.  .Charles  Henry  Voorhis Jersey  City,  N.  J . .  .April  15,  1896 

Oct.   22,  1S90.  .Cornelius  Tunis  Williamson.. .  .Newark.  N.  J May     7,  1896 

April   6,  1886.  .Henry  Keteltas New  York May  23,  l8g6 


une  20,  1896 
une  23,  1896 
uly  II,  iSg6 


Mar.  30,  1887..  George  Henry  Wyckofl Montclair,  N.J. 

Dec.  20,  1S86.  .Thomas  Ilun Albany,  N.  Y. . . 

April 30,  1S85.  .Henry  Peek  De  Graaf Oscawana,  N.  Y. 

Dec.  2g,  1892.  .Richard  Riker New  York Aug.    2,  iSq6 

Oct.  25,  l886.  .Lawrence  Van  Voorhees  Cortel- 

you Brooklyn,  N.  Y Aug.    5,  1S96 

June  25.  1S85.  .Alexander  Thompson  Van  Nest.  New  York Aug.  10,  1896 

Mar.  30,  18S7.  .Ransom  ITolIenback  Vedder. .  .Cha'm  Center,  N.  Y.Aug.  12,  1S96 

April  30,  18S5.  .Joshua  Marsden  Van  Cott New  York Aug.  13,  1896 

April 30,  1885.  .Eugene  Van  Benschoten New  York Oct.  26,  1896 

Oct.   24,  18S9.  .George  Aaron  Banta Brooklyn,  N.  Y. . .  .Nov.    2,  1S96 

Dec.  22,  1887.  .William  Dihvorth  Voorhees.. .  .Bergen  Point,  N.  J.Nov.  11,  1896 

Dec.  22,  1887.  .Stacy  Prickett  Conover Wickatunk,  N.  J. .  .Nov.  17,  iSg6 

Jan.  30,  i8go.  .Jerome  Vemet  Deyo Poughkeepsie.  N.  Y.Dec.  28,  1S96 

Mar.  30,  1893.  .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 New  Brunswick,  N.J.Jan.  11,  1897 

May  19,  1887.  .William  Rankin  Duryee New  Brunswick,  N.J.Jan.  20,  i8g7 

Sept.  2g,  l8g2.  .Abram  Winfred  Bergen Cornwall,   N.  Y. . .  .Jan.  21,  iSg7 

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,  i8g6 

Dec.  23,  1885.  .John  Holmes  Van  Brunt Fort  Hamilton,  N.V.Sept.  26,  1896 

Oct.   25,  1886.  .Stephen  Van  Wyck Brooklyn April  25,  i8g7 

April   6,  1886.  .William  James  Van  Arsdale.  . .  .New  York April  30.  i8g7 

Jan.     7,  lSg2.  .David  Provoost  Van  Deventer.  .Matawan,  N.  J.. .  .June    30,  i8g7 

Oct.   22,  l8go.  .Charles  Banta New  York Aug.    15,  1897 

April  6,  1886.  .Ogden   Goelet New  York Aug.    27,  1897 

Dec.  20,  1886.  .John  Hopper Paterson,  N.  J. . .  .Oct.     21,  1897 

Nov.    g,  i8g3.  .Thomas  Henry  Edsall Colorado  Springs,  Col. Oct.  26,  1897 

Mar.  27,  i8go.  .James  C.  Cooper River  Edge,  N.  J.. Dec.      5,  i8g7 

Oct.  27,  1887.  .Lewis  Foster  Montanye. .  .Atlantic  Highlands,  N.  J.Dec.  8,  1897 

Oct.  27,  1887.  .Albert  Hcysradt Hudson,  N.  Y Dec.      8,  i8g7 

Oct.  29,  i8gl..John  Wesley  Vandevort Pasadena,  Cal Dec.    16,  1S97 

Dec.  23,  1885.  .Jeremiah  Johnson,  Jr Brooklyn Feb.    14,  1898 

Oct.   25,  1886.  .Jacob  Hendriks  Ten  Eyck Albany,  N.  Y Mar.   24,  iSg8 


Mar.  30,  1893.  .John  Gregory  Truax New  York Feb.    i,  iSg8 

Oct.  24,  l88g.  .John  Demarest Newark,  N.  J May  20,  189S 

Mar.  14,  1885.  .Jacob  Wendell.    New  York May  21,  i8gS 

Jan.   30,  l8go.  .Francis  Skillman Roslyn,  N.  Y Sept.    5,  iSgS 

Dec.  20,  1886.. Samuel  McCutcheon  Van  Sant- 

voord Albany,  N.  Y Sept.  19,  iSg8 

Nov.  17,  1885.  .Thomas  Francis  Bayard Wilmington,   Del. ..Oct.     7,  l8yS 

Mar.  2g,  1888.  .Zaccheus  Bergen New  York Oct.  11,  1898 

Mar.  29,  1888. .Daniel  Polhemus  Van  Dorn.. .  .Freehold,  N.J Nov.  23,  1S98 

Mar.  28.  1889. .  Evert  Peek  Van  Epps Schenectady,  N.  Y.  .Jan.     7,  iSyg 


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Oct.  25,  1886.  .John  Nathaniel  Jansen Newark,  N.  J Jan.     13,  iSgg 

Oct.  25,  1889.  .Samuel  Mount  Schanck Hightstown,  N.  J.  .Jan.     15,  1S99 

Mar.  14,  1895.  .William  Manning  Van  Heusen.New  York Feb.      3,  1899 

April  6,  lS86..Abram  Douwe  Ditmars Brooklyn,  N.  Y....Feb.    ig,  1899 

Oct.  22,  1890..  John  Butler  Adriance 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,  18S7.  .Seymour  Van  Nostrand Elizabeth,  N.  J.. ..July    16,  1899 

Mar.  2g,  1894.  .Charles  De  La  Montanye Port  Ewen,  N.  Y..July    23,  1S99 

Dec.    7,  1888. .Garret  Daniel  Van  Reipen. ..  .Jersey  City,  N.  J. ..Aug.     i,  iSgg 

Oct.  24,  1889.  .Tunis  Schenck Brooklyn,  N.  Y. . .  .Aug.   15,  1S99 

Oct.  25,  1886.  .Abraham  Lansing Albany,  N.  Y Oct.      4,  1S99 

Nov.  17,  1885.. Alfred  De  Witt Staatsburgh,  N.Y.,  Oct.     11,  1S99 

June   8,  1899.  .George  Piatt  Van  Vliet Salt  Point,  N.  Y...Oct.     2g,  1S99 

Oct.  25,  1886.  .Abraham  A.  Van  Vorst Schenectady,  N.Y.,  Dec.     2,  1899 

June  30,  iSg2.  .Joseph  C.  Hoagland New  Y'ork 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,  iSgg 

Oct.  24,    1885.  .Augustus  Rapelye Elmhurst,  N.  Y. . .  .Feb.      7,  1900 

Oct.  25,  1886.  .Maunsell  Van  Rensselaer New  York Feb.    17,  1900 

Mar.  31,  iSg2.  .Benjamin  Alexander  Van  Schaick,  Philadelphia. ..  .Mar.     5,  igoo 

Oct.  22,  1890.  .Dr.  Peter  Stryker Asbury  Park,  N.  J.  .Mar.   25,  igoo 

Oct.  27,  1887.  .Eugene  Van  Ness Baltimore,  Md Mar.    31,  igoo 

Oct.  24,  18S9.  .Samuel  IJurhans,  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  ifi,  1900 

Oct.  24,  1889.  .Charles  Holbert  Voorhees NewBrunswick,N.J.May  13,  1900 

Jan.  30,  i8go.  .Ebenezer  Lane  Cooper New  York  May  27,  igoo 

Dec.  29,  1892.. Peter  Le  Fevre  Van  Wagenen.Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.June  10,  igoo 

Oct.  27,  i8g7.  .Cornelius  C.  Van  Reypen Jersey  City,  N.  J. .  .June  17,  igoo 

Oct.  25,  l886..Harman  Wortman  Veeder Schenectady,  N.  Y.Oct.  15,  igoo 

June  15,  1886.  .William  Scudder  Stryker Trenton, N.J Oct.  29,  igoo 

Dec.  20,  18S6.  .George  Duryee  Hulst Brooklyn,  N.  Y. . .  .Nov.  5,  1900 

Mar.  27,  1890..  John  Schureman  Sutphen New  York Nov.  17,  1900 

Mar.  28,  l88g.  .Henry  Veight  Williamson New  York Nov.  18,  1900 

Dec.  20,  1886.  .William  Henry  Harrison  Stryker.  Paterson,  N.  J. . .  .Nov.  26,  igoo 

Oct.  27,  1887.  .James  Roosevelt Hyde  Park,  N.  Y.  .Dec.  8,  igoo 

Dec.  23,  1885.  .Henry  Rutger  Beekman New  York Dec.  17,  igoo 

Dec.     7,  1888.  .Peter  Cantine Saugerties,  N.Y Dec.  24,  lyoo 

April  6,  1 886.  .William  Ledyard  Van  Der  Voort  New  York Dec.  31,  1900 

June    8,  iSgg.  .Ralph  Saxton  Lansing New  York Jan.  5,  1901 

June  25,  1885.  .John  Voorhees  Van  Woert New  York Jan.  7,  Igor 

June  14,  Igoo.  .Christopher  Yates  Wemple New  York Jan.  25,  1901 

Oct.  27,  1887.  .Isaac  C.  De  Bevoise Brooklyn,  N.  Y. . .  .Feb.  20,  igoi 

Dec.  23,  18S5 .  .Charles  Henry  Roosevelt. . .  .Pelham  Manor,  N.Y. .  Mar.  24,   1901 

June  25,  1885.  .Stewart  Van  Vliet Washington,  D.C.  .Mar.  28,   igoi 

Dec.    7,  1888.  .Watsou  Vaa  Benthuysen New  Orleans,  La. .. Mar.  30,  1901 


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Dec.  20,  I S93.  .William  Moore  Stihvell New  York Apr.  11,  1901 

Oct.  22,  iSgo.  .Charles  Rutger  DeFreest Brooklyn,  N.  Y May  10,  igoi 

Mar.  2g,  1894.  .Isaac  Romaine Jersey  City,  N.  J. .  .June  22,  igoi 

Oct.  25,  1SS6.  .John  Cornelius   Hasbrouck. . .  .New  York July     5,  igoi 

May  19,  1S87.. Simon  J.  Schermerhorn Schenectady,  N.  Y..July  21,  igoi 

June  10,  i897..WiUiam  Mabie Peekskill,  N.  Y Aug.  14,  igoi 

Oct.  25,  1886.  .Richard  Varick  DeWitt Albany,  N.Y Aug.  21,  igoi 

Mar.  10,  1898.  .John   Hopper Hackensack,  N.  J..Aug.3i,  1901 

Dec.    7,  1888.. John  Gillespie  Myers Albany,  N.  Y Dec.     I,  igoi 

Oct.  25,  1886.  .John  Barnes  Varick Manchester,  N.  H..Feb.     8,  1902 

June  25,  1885.  .Sandford  Rowe  Ten  Eyck Waterloo,   N.  Y....Feb.  17,  1902 

Apr.  30,  1885.  .Frederick  D.  Tappen New  York Feb.  28,  1902 

June  30,  1892.  .Frederick  Pentz  Voorhees New  York Mar.  19,  1902 

Mar.  29,  1888.  .Delavan  Bloodgood Brooklyn,    N.  Y....Apr.    4,  1902 


Dec.    7,  1388.  .Egbert  Ludovicus  Viele New  York Apr.  22,  1902 

Oct.  27,  1S87.  .Abraham  Voorhees  Schenck.New  Brunswick,  N.J.Apr.  28,  1902 

Mar.  28,  l88g.    Menzo  Edgar  Wendell Saratoga  Springs,N. Y.June    3,  ig02 

Mar.  14,  1885  .  .Abraham  Van  Santvoord New  York June  15,  ig02 

Dec.    7,  18S8.  .Caspar  Schenck Annapolis,  Md June  21,  Ig02 

Mar.  30,  18S7.  .Purdy  Van  Vliet New  York June  25,  1902 

Mar.  29,  1894.  .Paul  Vandervoort Omaha,  Neb July  29,  1902 

Jan.     7,  1S92.  .Isaac  Myer New  York Aug.    2,  I902 

Dec.    8,  1898.  .Nathaniel  S.  W.  Vanderhoef. .  .New  York Oct.  28,  1902 

Dec.    7,  1888.. John  Cowenhoven Brooklyn,   N.  Y....Oct.   29,  1902 

Oct.  22,  1890.  .Joseph  Walworth  Sutphen Brooklyn.   N.  Y. . .  .Nov.    2,  1902 

Oct.   II,  1900.  .Washington  A.  H.  Bogardus. .  .New  York Nov.    7,  1902 

Mar.  14,  1885.  .Lucas  L.  Van   Allen New  York Dec.  26,  ig02 

Dec.    7,  1888.  .Charles  Wessell New  York Dec.  30,  ig02 

Dec.  29,  1892.  .Peter  Phillips  Burtis Buffalo,  N.  Y Jan.     7,  1903 

Mar.  29,  i88S..John  Henry  Brinckerhoff Jamaica,  N.  Y Jan.   16,  1903 

Dec.    7,  1888.  .William  K.  Van  Alen San  Francisco,  Cal.. Jan.  19,  1903 

Mar.  29,  1888.  .Adam   Tunis  Van  Vranken Watervliet,  N.  Y. .  .Jan.   19,  1903 

Oct.  25,  1S86.  .Maurice  Edward  Viele Albany,  N.  Y Feb.  19,  1903 

Dec.  22,  1887. .David  DePeyster  Acker Los  Angeles,  Cal. ..Feb.  ig,  igo3 

Oct.   16,  iSg4.  .John  Butler  Brevoort Johnsonburg,  Pa. ..Feb.  21,  ig03 

Mar.  2g,  18SS.  .William  Laing   Heermance. . .  .Yonkers,  N.  Y Feb.  25,  1903 

Dec.  20,  1886.  .Albert  Gilliam  Bogert Nyack,  N.  Y Mar.  24,  1903 


Oct.  25,  1886.  .William  Meadon  Van  Antwerp. Albany,  N.  V Apr.    9,  1903 

Mar.  14,  1885.  .George  West  Van  Siclen Cornwall,  N.Y Apr.  19,  1903 

Oct.  22,  1890.  .Alfred  Hasbrouck Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.May    9,  1903 

Oct.  24,  1889.  .De  Witt  Chauncey  Le  Fevre.  ..Buffalo,  N.  Y May  24,  1903 

Oct.  24,  1889.  .Johnston  Livingston  De  Peyster.Tivoli,  N.  Y May  27,  1903 

Mar.  28,  l88g.  .Eugene  Vanderpool Newark,  N.  J July  12,  igo3 

May  19,  1887 . .  Miles  Woodward  Vosburgh. . . .  Albany,  N.Y Aug.  30,  1903 


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Oct.  10,  i8g5.  .Zaremba  W.  Waldron Jackson,  Mich Oct.     i,  1903 

Mar.  14,  1S85.  .Cornelius  Van  Brunt New  York Oct.     i,  1903 

Oct.  25,  1886.  .David  Cole Yonkers,  N.  Y Oct.  20,  1903 

Mar.  10,  1898.  .Thomas  J.  Van  Alstyne Albany,  N.  Y Oct.  26,  1903 

April    6,  l886.  .John  Henry  Van  Antwerp Albany,  N.  Y Dec.  14,  1903 

June  25,  1885.  .Selah  Reeve  Van  Duzer Newburgh,  N.  Y. .  .Dec.  27,  1903 

Mar.  27,  1890.  .John  Schoonmaker Newburgh,  N.  Y. .  .Jan.     I,  1904 

June  12,  1902.  .George   L.  Becker. St.  Paul,  Minn Jan.     6,  1904 

June  25,  18S5.  .Peter  Q.  Eckerson New  York Jan.   10,  1904 

June    8,  1899.  .James  Lansing Troy,  N.  Y Jan.   21,  1904 

Mar.  14,  1885.  .George  Van  Wagenen New  York Jan.  29,  1904 

Mar.  30,  1887.  .Pierre  Van  Buren   Hoes Vonkers,  N.  Y Feb.     5,  1904 

Dec.    7,  i8S8..John  Van  Der  Bilt  Van  Pelt. .  .Brooklyn,   N.  Y Feb.  17,  1904 

Oct.   12,  1899.  .Dominicus  Snedeker Brooklyn,  N.  Y. . .  .Mar.  i8,  1904 

June  II,  1903.  .Vedder  Van  Dyck Bayonne,  N.  J Mar.  24,  1904 

Dec.    9,  I S97.  .Evert  Sheldon  Van  Slyke New  York Mar.  24,  1904 

June  13,  1901.  .Caleb  Coles   Dusenbury New  York Mar.  24,  1904 

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