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CONCLUDING REMARKS.
Bergen, are or have been, ministers of the everlasting gospel. They have lived to serve in and bless the Church of their fathers, and several of them have been eminent in their profession, as may be seen by the Table of Ministerial Lineage, at the end of this volume.
Thus their children's children see of the fruit of their labor and godliness, and rejoice in God. Happy in these endearing relations, all stimulating them to imitate and follow them, who are so allied to them, as far as they followed Christ, we see them, with others, in every section of the Church, greeting with Christian courtesy every faithful and deserving am- bassador for Christ who comes among them, in sin- cerity and love, to labor for the salvation of men.
In co-operation with Christians of every name, we find them active in every good word and work. Nor do they suffer their strong denominational attach- ments to interfere with their love for all who love the Lord Jesus Christ. Their liberality aboundeth by Christ.
The onward course of these Churches, under the enlightening and sanctifying power of the truth and Spirit of Christ, will, we trust, be marked with in- creased energy, breaking forth on the right hand and on the left, and their seed inheriting the Gentiles.
Committing them all to the guardian care of him whom God hath given to be Head over all things to the Church, and who has guided, comforted and prospered them, our prayer is that they may all be- come eminent for HOLINESS.
TABLE OF THE CLERICAL LINEAGE OF
THE MINISTERS OF THE CLASSES OF HACKENSACK AND BERGEN.
Fathers.
Sons and Sons-in-law. Grand-sons.
Great Grand-sons.
*Henry Schoonmaker.
Jacob Schoonmaker, D. D. . Richard L. Schoonmaker
*Dirck Romeyn, D. D., S. T. P ..
John B. Romeyn, D. D.
*John Henry Goetschius.
Stephen Goetschius. .Stephen Z. Goetschius
*William Jackson ..
John F. Jackson
*Gerardus A. Kuypers, D. D.
*Warmoldus Kuypers.
ĮWilliam P. Kuypers
¿Zachariah H. Kuypers
) *Peter Leydt
John Leydt.
? * Matthew Leydt
Peter D. Fræligh
Solomon Fræligh, D. D., S. T. P.
§Ralph Westervelt
Theodore F. Romeyn
#James V. C. Romeyn.
.+James Romeyn ..
+Theodore B. Romeyn +William J. R. Taylor +James Romeyn Berry Francis N. Zabriskie
*Peter Labagh, D. D.
Isaac P. Labagh
Herman B. Stryker .. .. Peter Stryker
+Staats Van Santvoord.
Cornelius Van Santvoord, D. D.
John N. Abeel, D. D.
+Gustavus Abeel, D. D.
tJames Romeyn ...
+Theodore B. Romeyn
J +William J. R. Taylor
+Benjamin C. Taylor, D. D.
? §J. Ferguson Harris Cornelius L. Wells +J. Austin Yates, D. D.
tRansford Wells ... Andrew Yates, D. D.
Sam'l A. Van Vranken, D. D., S. T. P.
Nicholas Van Vranken.
.+William V. V. Mabon
+John Demarest ...
John S. Mabon .. James Demarest. . +James Demarest, Jun.
Thomas M. Strong, D. D.
Thomas C. Strong
+J. Paschal Strong +Frederick F. Cornell
John Cornell.
¿ James A. HI. Cornell
* Members of the Classis of Hackensack.
t Members of the Classis of Bergen. # Members of both the Classes. § Sons-in-law.
Thomas Romeyn,
Thomas Romeyn
#Peter Stryker
Index.
A.
Abeel, Rev. G., (see English Neighborhood, Belleville and Newark Histories), pages 286, 310.
Academy, Bergen, Columbia, 102. Accusations, against Rev. Dr. S. Fræligh, 219. C. T. Demarest, 259. Address of Chief-Justice Hornblower, at opening of Hudson County Court House, 88. Articles of Union, 20.
Attention of early colonists to the worship of God, 18.
B
Bags, collection in R. D. C., Bergen, 115. Schraalenbergh, 212. Ball, Stephen, murder of, 73.
Belleville, (or Second River) Church, history of, 294. Early records of, 294. Gifts of Schuyler family to, 296. 297 ; of Mr. and Mrs. Van Cortlandt, 313; of Mr. J. Van Rensselaer, 316. Incorpora- tion of, 304. Injured by a tornado, 306. Contributions of to the Theological Seminary at New Brunswick, 310. Erection of the churches in 1725, 295; in 1807, 307; in 1852, 315. Bergen, township, history of, 45.
Bergen, Church, history of, 109. Early records, 109. Churches erected, viz: the log church in 1662-3, 110; the stone church in 1680, 112; in 1773, 123; in 1841, 146. The Voorlesers of, 167. Services of the pastors of the Church in New York, 111. United with Staten Island Church, 117. That union dissolved, 129. United with English Neighborhood Church, 129. That union dis- solved, 132. Pastors of, viz : Rev. W. Jackson, 119; J. Corneli- son, 129; B. C. Taylor, 141. Revivals in 1818-19, 135 ; in 1841 - 2, 156. Aid to other churches, 166. Grave-yards of, 169.
Bergen Neck Church, history of, 327. Erection of, 327. Dedication of, 331. Organization, 328. Legacy to, 329. Pastors of, Rev. I. C. Boice, 332; J. Romeyn, 335; J. C. Dutcher, 336; A. L. Still- well, 341. Parsonage of, 338. Land given for, 341. Revival in 1842, 333, 340, 341.
470
INDEX.
Bergen Point Church, history of, (see also History of Bergen Neck),
442. Constituted, 443. Erected, 337. Parsonage of, 338. Pas- tor of J. C. Dutcher, 443.
Berry, John, deeds land for the Church in Hackensack, 175.
Bertholf, Guillaume, at Hackensack, Voorleser of the Church, 172. Called as pastor, and sent to Holland, 172. Ordained in Holland, 173. His labors, 176. His death, 176.
Blauvelt, Rev. C., at Schraalenbergh, 245.
Blauw, Rev. C., at Hackensack and Schraalenbergh, 184.
Breese, Rev. R. F., at Clintonville, (now Irvington), 369.
Brown, James, classical letter to, 382.
Burgomasters of the city of Wagenen, certificate from, 70.
C.
Cadmus, Richard, endows a scholarship, 139.
Candidates for the ministry, list of those licensed by Classis of Ber- gen, 37.
Changes, recent in Bergen, 95.
Charter, to township of Bergen in 1668, 54. New one in 1714, 57. Of Church at Bergen, 121; at Hackensack and Schraalenbergh, 181; difficulties, 205.
Churches, difficulties in procuring ministers, 19. Controversy on the subject, 19. Established, 17. In the Classis of Hackensack, 26; Bergen, 29; Passaic, 30.
Classis of Amsterdam, 19, 20.
Classis of Hackensack, history of, 15. Constituted, 25. Action of, respecting the Professorate, 27. Churches, 27. Dissolution of, 28. Classis of Paramus, constituted, 28. Churches of, 29.
Classis of Bergen, constituted, 29. History of, 29.
Classis of Passaic, constituted, 30. Churches of, 30. Classis of Middleburgh, in Holland, 172.
Clintonville, Church of, (now Irvington), history of. 368. Constituted, 369. Erected, 370. Pastors of, J. A. Staats, 369; J. L. Chapman, $70; J. McW. Bruen, 371; A. B. Taylor, 371.
Coens, Rev. H., 176.
Cætus and Conferentie, 19.
Cole, Rev. I. D., at Schraalenbergh, 233.
Commission of Synod to Churches of Hackensack and Schraalen- bergh, 189, 198. Classis of Paramus, 223.
471
INDEX.
Commissioners, to survey and allot lands in Bergen, 62. Their work completed, 64. Field books of, 64. Their historical preamble to their allotments to Bergen Church and Free School, 120. Regard to the rights of the Church, 120.
Contributions to the Professoral funds in Bergen, 133, 134. In En- glish Neighborhood, 287. In Belleville, 310.
Controversy, legal, with A. Kennedy, 93.
Conventions in 1771-72, 20, 25.
Conveyances, viz : by the Indians, to Gov. Stuyvesant, 46. By Gov. Stuyvesant to the inhabitants of Bergen, 50. By the Crown of Great Britain to the Duke of York, 52. By the Duke of York to Lords Berkley and Carteret, 52.
Cornelison, Rev. J., (see Bergen Church), 129.
County of Bergen, erected, 35. Hudson, erected, 65.
Court, the first established, 51.
Court House of Hudson County, location of, 81. Erection of, 82. Opening of, 82. Address of Chief-Justice Hownblower, 88.
Curtenius, Rev. A., at Hackensack and Schraalenbergh, 179. His removal to Flatbush, L. I., 180. His death, 180.
Customs and Usages, 77, 78, 79, 80.
Cypress Wreath, Memorial of Rev. G. Williamson, 397.
D.
Dedication of Church, at Bergen, 158. Bergen Neck, 331. Belle- ville in 1807, 307; in 1853, 316. First Church at Newark, 360. Second Church at Newark, 396. North Hoboken, Ger- man, 431.
Demarest, Rev. C. T., (see English Neighborhood), 256.
Demarest, Rev. J., Jun., (sec Hackensack Second Church), 451.
Difficulties, respecting appropriations of common lands in Bergen township. 58. At Hackensack and Schraalenbergh, 183; adjusted, 189, 190, 191; renewed, 194. Bergen Neck and Bergen Point, ad- justed, 340. Schraalenbergh, adjusted, 244.
Dissensions at Hackensack and Schraalenbergh, 183.
Dissolutions of connection between Churches, viz: Bergen and Staten Island, 129. Bergen and English Neighborhood, 132. Hacken- sack and Acquackanonck, 176. Hackensack and Schraalenbergh, 236. Discipline, in the Church at Bergen, 137. Sehraalenbergh, 243. Belleville, 314.
472
INDEX.
Dubois, Rev. G., his services at Bergen, 113; at Hackensack, 178. His death, 114.
Duncan, Messrs. John, Sebastian, and Robert, 446.
Duryee, Rev. Dr. P., (see English Neighborhood), 288.
Dutcher, Rev. J. C., at Bergen Neck, 336. At Bergen Point, 338.
E.
Education of men for the Gospel ministry, provision for, 20.
English Neighborhood Church, history of, 249. Early records of, 249, 250. First church erected 1768, 250. Determination to keep out of the dispute between Cœtus and Conferentie, 250. Rev. G. Leydekker, pastorate, 251. Suffering in the Revolution, 252. Union with Bergen Church, 252. New church erected in 1793, 253. Secession from, 259. Lawsuit, 260, 261. Cemetery, 291. Church repaired, 292. Parsonages, 292, 293. Bell given to, 293.
Errickson, Rev. R., at Hackensack and Schraalenbergh, 176, 177. Removal to Schenectady, 178.
F.
Ferry at Communipau in 1661-62, 72.
Franklin, labors of pastors of Belleville at, 445. Manufactures estab- lished, 446, Preaching services, 446. Labors of Rev. J. A. Liddle, 447 ; J. Wiseman, 447; P. R. Talmage, 447.
Franklin Church, history of, 445.
Fræligh, Dr. Solomon, (see Hackensack and Schraalenbergh), 189. His dream, 196. His secession, 215. His case before the General Synod of R. D. C., 217. Removal from his Professorship, 221. Suspension from the Ministry, 221. Irregular reception of mem- bers of other Churches, 213.
G.
Garretson, Rev. J., (see history of Schraalenbergh and Belleville), 242, 312. His settlement at Schraalenbergh, 243; at Belleville, 312. Corresponding Secretary of the Board of Domestic Mis- sions, 314.
Garretson, Stephen, erects a tabernacle at Jersey City for Third Church, 424.
473
INDEX.
General Synod, action of, respecting Hackensack and Schraalenbergh in 1800, 206; in 1823, 217.
German Church, at New Durham and North Hoboken, 428. At Newark, 399. At Hoboken, 453. At Jersey City, 453.
German Villages, increase of, in Hudson County, 428. Labors of Rev. L. Mohn in them, 429.
Gerritse, or Van Wagenen family, their character, 70.
Gifts of S. Van Cortland, 313. Mrs. S. Van Cortland, 313. Mr. J. Zabriskie, 329. Mr. J. Berry, 175. Mr. A. M. Zabriskie, 337. A H. Berry's heirs,451. Miss A Traphagen, 423. Mr. J. Van Rensselaer, 341. Mr. J. C. Van Buskirk, 341. Mr. C. Van Vorst, 389. A. and J. Schuyler and family, 297. Mr. J. Brown, 381, 384, 433. Mr. D. Van Reypen, 441.
Goetschius, Rev. J. H., (see Hackensack and Schraalenbergh), 180. His death, 185.
Grave-yards at Bergen, 121, 169. At Hackensack, 240, 241. At Belleville, 318.
Gregory, Rev. T. B., at Hoboken, 412.
Grove Church at New Durham, 381, 383.
H.
Hackensack and Schraalenbergh Churches, history of, 170. Consti- tuted, 170. Erected in 1696, 174. Re-built in 1728, 178. Re- built in 1791, 191. Enlarged in 1847, 239. Dissensions of, 183. Rent asunder, 183. Re-united, 190. Rent again, 194. Charter difficulties, 205. Inscription stone of the former broken, 198. Dis- solution of union between them, 236.
Hackensack as a distinct Church, 238. History of, 238. Pastors of,
Rev. J. V. C. Romeyn, 237; Rev. J. Romeyn, 238; Rev. A. H. Warner, 239.
Hackensack Second Church, history, 450. Constituted, 450. Corner-
stone laid, 452. Erected, 453. Rev. J. Demarest, Jun., pastor, 451. Haughoort, Rev. G., at Belleville, 298.
History of the early settlements or plantations, 32. Of Churches, 17, 18.
History of the Classis of Hackensack, 26. Of Bergen, 29.
History of the township of Bergen, 45.
Hoboken, township, 67. City, 67, 99. Increase of population, 67. Labors there, 409, 410, 411, 412, 416, 434.
474
INDEX.
Hoboken, First Church, history of, 409. Constituted, 412. Wor- ship in Town Hall, 412. Corner-stone laid, 414. Lecture room built, 414. New site for the church, 418. Erected, 418. Dedica- tion, 418. Pastor, C. Parker, 416.
Hoboken, German Evangelical Church, history of, 453. Classical action respecting, 453, 454. The Church constituted, 454. Wor ship in Presbyterian Church, 454. Rev. L. Mohn, pastor of, 454.
Hudson City, 435. Church, history of, 435. Labors of pastors of Bergen Church there, 436; of Rev. A. Lloyd, 438; of Rev. F. L. King, 440. Site for church given by Mr. D. Van Reypen, 441.
I.
Improvements in township of Bergen, 95 to 99.
Indians, deed from, 46 to 49.
Instructions in the Dutch language in schools, 101.
J.
Jackson, Rev. W., (see History of Bergen Church), 109. Goes to Holland, 118. His installation at Bergen, 119.
Jackson, Rev. J. F., 107.
Jersey City, city charter, 65. Limits enlarged, 65. Banks, 98. Jersey City First Church, history of, 343. The Presbyterian Church at resolves to become a Dutch Church, 344. First R. D. Church constituted, 344. Pastors of, 344 to 352. New church erected, 348. Jersey City Second Church, (see History of Van Vorst Church), 386. Jersey City Third Church, history of, 420. Constituted, 421. Tab- ernacle for, 424. Pastors of, 422 to 427.
Jersey City Evangelical Mission Church, 456. Efforts of Rev. L. Mohn, 456 ; C. Dæpenschmidt, 457. Services in Franklin Hall, 457. Church constituted, 457.
K.
King, Rev. F. L., at Hudson City, 440.
L.
Lafayette, welcome to, 75. Cane presented to, 75. Address to, by Rev. J. Cornelison, 75.
475
INDEX.
Lands allotted to Bergen Church, 120. To Free School in Bergen, 102. Sales of, by trustees of Bergen Columbia Academy, 103. Sales confirmed, 104.
Letters respecting Dr. S. Fræligh, 227, 228.
Leydekker, Rev. G., (see History of English Neighborhood Church), 251. Leydt, Rev. M., at Belleville, 303.
Licensure of J. S. Cannon, 27. Of P. Labagh, 27.
Linn, Rev. Dr. W., his sermon at Hackensack, 199
List of candidates licensed by the Classis of Bergen, 37
Livingston, Rev. Dr. J. H., sermon at dedication of Belleville Church, 307.
Lloyd, Rev. A., at Hudson City, 438.
Lusk, Rev. M., at Jersey City, 345.
M.
Mancius, Rev. G. W., at Schraalenbergh and Paramus, 179.
Manners of the Dutch inhabitants, 77 to 80.
Middleburgh, Classis of, 172.
Milledoler, Rev. Dr. P., his sermon before the Commission of Synod and Classis of Paramus, 224.
Monuments in grave-yards at Hackensack, 240, 241
N.
Newark, First Church, history of, 354. Services in Union Academy, 355. Constituted, 358. Labors of Rev. R. Wells, 359. Corner- stone laid, 359. Dedication, 360. Revival in, 361. Pastors of, 360 to 363. Aided by Collegiate Church in New York, 363, 365. Newark, Second Church, history of, 394. Rev. G. Williamson, mis- sionary, 394. Erection of the church, 396. Rev. Dr. G. Abeel, pastor, 397.
Newark, Third Church, (German), 399. Reception of by Classis, 401. Rev. F. N. Serenbetz, 402 to 405. Rev. F. L. Lehlback, 407.
Newark, North Church, history of, 459. Services in Oraton Hall, 461. Constituted, 462. Rev. Dr. A. Polhemus called and installed, 463.
New Durham Church, action of Classis, 376; of Consistory of Ber- gen, 375; of Consistory of English Neighborhood, 376. Consti- tuted, 377, Pastors, 379, 380. Liberality of J. Brown, Esq., to, 380, 881.
476
INDEX.
New Durham, German population at, 385. Efforts of Mr. Mabon for, 385. Church established, 430.
O.
Observations, general, respecting the territory occupied by the Churches of the Classis, 32.
Ordinations, of Rev. G. Bertholf, 173. W. Jackson, 118. P. Labagh, 27. J. Schuyler, 183. J. Cornelison, 130. C. J. Blauvelt, 245. J. L. Chapman, 370. G. Leydekker, 251. M. Leydt, 303. S. Van Santvoord, 309. J. A. Staats, 369. G. Abeel, 286. W. J. R. Taylor, 377. W. V. V. Mabon, 377. A. L. Stilwell, 341. F. L. King. 440. J. S. Joralemon, 39. J. D. W. Talmage, 317. F. M. Serenbetz, 404.
Organization of R. D. Churches in the United States, 17.
Osborne, Rev. M., at Schraalenbergh, 244.
P.
Parker, Rev. C., (see Hoboken), 416.
Plan of union of Churches of Hackensack and Schraalenbergh, 201, 202. Of building church at Hackensack, 191; North Church at Schraalenbergh, 209; at English Neighborhood, 253.
Plantations, 32.
Polhemus, Rev. H., at English Neighborhood, 255, 256.
Polhemus, Rev. Dr. A., called to North Church, Newark, 463.
Population, increase in the plantations, 36. Of Hudson County and its increase, 67.
R.
Reindeer, steamboat, explosion of, 397. Death by, Rev. G. William son, 397 ; of his wife and child, 397.
Religion, of Ref. D. Church, the established religion until 1664, 18. Of Protestant Episcopal Church from 1664 to the Revolution, 18. Remarks respecting the Classis of Bergen, 40; the five old Churches, 320. Concluding, 465.
Rents, quit, enforced, and liquidated, 53.
Revolutionary war, 73, 75.
Riddle, Rev. Dr. D. H., called to First Church, Jersey City, 350. Romeyn, Rev. Dr. Dirck, 185, 186. J. V. C., 206. James, 244.
477
INDEX.
S.
Schools, in Bergen, under the control of the Consistory, 99. In Jer- sey City, 98.
School-house in Bergen, (see Bergen Columbia Academy), 102. New one to be erected, 106.
Schoonmaker, Rev. H., at Belleville, 304.
Schraalenbergh, Church at, history of, 238. North Church, its erec- tion, 209. Separation from Hackensack, 236.
Schuyler, Rev. John, (see History of Hackensack and Schraalenbergh),
83. Aarent, John, and family, their gifts, 297. Right of patron- age granted to, 297.
Sea-want, or Indian money, 114.
Secession, 215, 218, 259. Action of General Synod of R. D. C. re- pecting, 221.
Second River or Belleville Church, history of. 294.
Selyus, Rev. H., services at Bergen, 113. Extract from a letter of his, 18.
Services of pastors of Church in New York, at Bergen, 116. Of Rev. G. Dubois, at Hackensack, 178. Preaching Dutch and English at Bergen, 130; at English Neighborhood, 130, 253; at Belleville, 305.
Statistical table, 43.
Steeples, of Church at Bergen, struck with lightning, 131. At Belle- ville, destroyed by a tornado, 306. At Hackensack, injured, 198. Stone House Plains Church, constituted, 306. Labors of Rev. P. Stryker there, 306, 308.
Storm, terrific, at Hackensack, 198. Allusion of Dr. Wm. Linn to it, in his sermon, 200.
T.
Table, statistical, 43.
Tablet, commemorative of Rev. J. Cornelison, 141. Of Rev. P. Duryee, D. D., 291.
Tabular view of ministers of the Classis of Bergen, 38.
Talmage, Rev. P. R., labors at Franklin, 447. J. R., at Jersey City, 345. T. De Witt, at Belleville, 317.
Taylor, Rev. B. C., labors at Bergen, 142. W. J. R., at New Dur- ham, 379; at Van Vorst, 388; in Third Church, Jersey City, 422. A. B., at Clintonville, 371; at English Neighborhood, 292.
478
INDEX.
Tasschemaker, Rev. P., labors at Hackensack, 170, 171. Murdered by Indians, 171.
Teachers of Schools, appointed by the Consistories, 99.
Tornado at Belleville, 306.
Townships, ancient, of Bergen, history of, 45; present of, 95. Of Ho- boken, 67. Of North Bergen, 67. Of Lodi, 65. Of Vau Vorst, 67. Of Harrison, 67. Constituting the county of Hudson, 67. Schools, 108.
Troubles in the Revolution, 73, 80.
V.
Van Benthuysen, Voorleser, in Bergen Church, 168. Teacher in Bergen school, 101. Scene between two of his pupils, 101.
Van Brunt, Rev. R., his labors in Newark, 398.
Van Buskirk, J. C., his gift of land, 341.
Van Cortland, Mr. Stephen, his bequest, 313. Mrs. S., her bequest, 313.
Van Rensselaer, Mr. J., his liberality, 316.
Van Reypen, Mr. D., his gift of land, 441.
Van Santvoord, Rev. C., at Belleville, 296. Rev. S., at Belleville, 309.
Van Vorst Church, history of, 386.
Van Vorst, Mr. Cornelius, his gifts, 389. His death, 392.
Van Vorst, township, 67.
Visitation of God at Hackensack, 198.
Vreeland, Elder John, at Hoboken, 413.
Voorlesers, of the Churches of Bergen, 167. Of Hackensack, 172. Of Belleville, 303.
W.
Warner, Rev. A. H., at Hackensack, 239.
Watchfulness of pastors of the Church in New York, over the Church at Bergen, 113, 114. At Hackensack, 178.
Weather, severely cold in 1779, 76.
Wells, Rev. R., at Newark, 359. Financial Secretary of General Synod, 362.
Williamson, Rev. G., at Newark, 394. Removal from, 397. His death, 897. Cypress Wreath, a memorial of, 397.
479
INDEX. Y.
Yates, Dr. John A., at Jersey City, 346. His sudden death, 346. Funeral sermon by Rev. W. J. R. Taylor, 347.
Z.
Zabriskie, Mr. Jasper, his legacy, 329. His death, 329. Albert M, his gift of land, 337. .
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