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Hendrick, the fifth child of Hendrick Hendrickson, and Neeltje Schenck, his wife, was born April 23, baptized June 5, 1737, and died October 11, 1811, ac- cording to his tombstone in family yard on homestead farm. He married first, according to license granted, March 7, 1757, Lydia, daughter of Ensign Elias Couwenhoven and Williamsee Wall, his wife. (born March 11, 1738; died March 16, 1805) married second, Helena Long- street, October 18, 1806, according to marriage records in Monmouth clerk's office. I think she was a widow, and the daughter of Joseph Covenhoven and Hannah, his wife. She was horn Nov- ember 28, 1754, died October 3, 1820. Both wives are buried by him in home- stead yard at Holland. By his first wife he had the following children, but none by his second wife.
Hendrick, born November 13, 1758. baptized February 18, 1759; died unmar- ried, November 8, 1803. He served in light horse company during Revolution and was also the schipper or boss of a crew of whaleboatmen, whose boats lay concealed in the ravines near Matawan
creek and swamps near Waycake creek.
Williampe, born February 2, 1761; married first, November 9, 1778, Aaron Longstreet; second, Dr. Pitney, and died October 21, 1837.
Elias, baptized September 29, 1765: married Gitty, who died May 10, 1805. when only nineteen years old. accord- ing to headstone in homestead yard. He died childless July 28. 1805, aged 40 years, and is buried by her. He also served during the Revolution in light horse company.
Hendrick Hendrickson, the father of these three children, served as one of our county judges many years, and part of the time was presiding judge of the Monmouth courts; see Nos. 7. 8 and 9 of court minutes of Monmouth county. Denise Denise, Garret I. Cov- enhoven, John Covenhoven, Peter Schenck and Peter Wyckoff were asso- ciate judges with him part of this time. As a judge he was fair and impartial. with strong common sense. In addi- tion to lands he inherited from his father, he got 200 acres under will of his brother Daniel. He also purchased of John Covenhoven 130 acres, and some years later 150 acres more, adja- cent to his farm in Pleasant Valley. He also bought 37 acres of adjacent land from Garret Schenck, and so be- came the owner of some 600 acres of as good land as there was in Pleasant Valley. As his sons died childless, this large and valuable farm passed out of the Hendrickson name under his will dated July 12, 1811, proved November 28, 1811, recorded at Freehold in Book A of Wills, page 457, etc. He devised all his real estate to his grandson, John Longstreet, subject to the comfortable maintenance of his widow for life. This devise passed into the Longstreet fam- ily one of the finest and most produc- tive farms in Pleasant Valley. He gives to his daughter, Williampe Pit- ney, interest on £342, then in hands of Aaron Pitney. He gives Anne Seabrook and Lydia Smock £600 each. To his grandson, Hendrick Longstreet. £5, to Aaron Schenck, son of Obadiah Schenck and Nelly Longstreet, £500. Hendrick Longstreet, his grandson, and friend Denise Hendrickson, are appointed ex- ecutors.
The sixth child of Hendrick Hen- drickson and Neeltje Schenck, his wife, was Mary, born December 6, 1740, mar- ried January 13, 1767, Cornelius (b. Feb. 11, 1746. d. Oct. 10, 1806), son of William Cornelise Couwenhoven and Annetje Hendrickson. his second wife. She died January 3, 1806, and is buried
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by her husband in Schanck-Couwen- hoven cemetery.
Tryntje, (Catharine) bap. September 30, 1740; died young.
Neeltje, bap. September 30, 1740, mar- ried 1756, Jacob VanMeter (b. March 3. 1732, d. April 20. 1775), already men- tioned in VanMater records.
Antje, bap. October 7, 1744, married David Hansen VanNostrandt, who was bap. September 18, 1737.
William, bap. December 18, 1748, died young.
Garret and Hendrick Hendrickson owned some of the best farming lands which could be found in Monmouth county. They were well stocked with cattle, sheep and swine. The hams and bacon made by them were of the best. In the fall an abundant supply of smoked meats, salted provisions, and other things to eat and drink, were laid away in cellar, smoke house and garret. This is the reason why so many raids were made through Pleasant Valley. The last of these expeditions occurred February 8. 1782. Forty refu- gees from Sandy Hook under command of a Lieutenant Steelman who belonged down in Cape May county, came up during the night and surrounded Garret Hendrickson and his brother Hendrick's houses before daylight. This was directly after a heavy snowstorm and I suppose these men on the Hook were in a state of starvation and ready for any desperate adventure to get provis- ions. They succeeded in taking Hen- drick Hendrickson and his two sons, Hendrick and Elias, with all women folks and negro slaves, and Garret Hendrickson with his people, and John Covenhoven, his family and servants on adjacent farms, prisoners and placed them under close guard. A young man named William Thompson at Garret Hendrickson's house, managed in some way to escape undiscovered and hur- ried off to Captain John Schanck's home where he gave the alarm. They seized five woodsleds on these different farms. On two they fastened hay shelvings with boards nailed against the sides and on the bottom. On the other three they placed the bodies of farm wagons. Then they hitched two teams or four horses to each sled, for the snow lay deep and the roads were unbroken in many places. They put two barrels of apple whisky in one end of the hay shelvings and barrels of pork in the other, and between five live sheep. Barrels of flour, corn meal, potatoes. and all the poultry they could kill was placed on the other shelving. The other
sleds were loaded with bacon, smoked meats, hams, corned beef, butter, and all other kinds of provisions they could lay their hands on. They also took clothing, blankets, and cooking utensils. Mrs. Garret Hendrickson's silk dress was taken and used to wrap up hams. After loading up with all kinds of plunder they started back for the Hook. In the meantime Captain Schalck was gathering his men and succeeded in getting thirty mounted men ready in about an hour after the Refugees had started. The deep snow and unbroken roads with the heavy loads made the progress of the Refugees slow. They were overtaken and a lively skirmish ensued in which three of them were wounded and twelve taken prisoners. The rest escaped. One of them cut n horse loose from among the teams and rode off. All the plunder was retaken. Our people lost one man killed. This was young Thompson who had given the alarm. On their return they were attacked unexpectedly by a detached party of Refugees consisting of sixteen men under command of Shore Steven- son. Captain Schanck at once ordered a charge before they could reload their guns. They at once threw down their arms and asked for quarter. In the confusion, however eight of the first prisoners got away, leaving only four who with Stevenson and his sixteen men made 21 prisoners.
Lieutenant Garret Hendrickson by Catharine Denise, his first wife, had the following children:
Hendrick, baptized March 20, 1757. died young.
Francyntje, baptized March 18, 1758: married William Forman. Both buried in yard of Old Tennent church. She died June 19, 1815, and her husband January 31, 1823, aged 71 years, 5 months, 5 days.
Denise, born November 12, 1761, died March 7, 1839. He married December 28, 1786, Anne, (born Nov. 15, 1766; died Aug. 6, 1858) daughter of John Schenck and Nelly Bennett, his wife, of Pleasant Valley. Both are buried on homestead farm at Holland.
Hendrick, born July 19, 1764; married January 20, 1791, Phoebe VanMater: died June 6, 1837. Both are buried on homestead farm at Holland. Names of their children have been heretofore given in VanMater genealogy.
Neeltje, baptized August 10, 1766; married John, son of Hendrick Brower and Abigeltje Hunt, his wife.
Catharine, born April 8, 1768; married September 18, 1794, Peter, son of Hen-
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drick Brower and wife aforesaid. She died August 8, 1822, and is buried in homestead yard.
By his second wife, Helena VanLieu, he had the following children:
Ida, baptized March 19, 1775; married September 10, 1794, Joseph K. Van- Mater, already mentioned in VanMater records.
Daniel G., baptized June 1, 1776; mar- ried December 21, 1797, Sarah, daughter of Cornelius Albertse Conwenhoven and Mary Logan, his wife They removed to some other part of New Jersey.
Mary, baptized May 2, 1779; married December 24, 1797, William VanMater, whose children have been already named in VanMater articles.
Lydia, born October 9, 1781; married Stephen Crane and died May 4, 1851. aged 69 years, 6 months, 25 days, ac- cording to her headstone in homestead burying ground at Holland. Her hus- band is not buried by her; 1 do not know where he was.
Anne, baptized December 7, 1783; married October 3, 1799, Garret Terhune. Denise Hendrickson and Anne Schenck, his wife, named above, had the following children:
Garret D., born July 7, 1787; died October 12, 1861. He married March 23, 1808, Jane, daughter of Capt. Hendrick Hendrickson and Francinke Covenhoven his wife. One of their daughters, Cath- arine, born April 20, 1815, married the late William Henry Sickles of Red Bank. Another daughter, Adaline, mar- ried John Vanderveer Carson, now (1900) residing in Freehold, and the parents of the Carson Brothers, who have so long carried on the butcher's business here.
Catharine, born October 8, 1801; mar- ried December 24, 1821, Peter R. Smock, and died September 9, 1890. Both are buried in Smock burying ground near Holmdel village on the farm where Peter R. Smock lived and died. They are the parents of ex-Sheriff Ruliff P. Smock, now a resident of Freehold.
John Schenck, born May 9, 1807, mar- ried Ellen Hyres.
John, the second son and fourth child of Daniel Hendrickson, the pioneer settler, was born about 1702; married about 1734, Annetje, (born in February 1708) daughter of Jacob Couwenhoven and Saartje Schenck, his wife. The parental homestead of these young people in a direct line over the meadows and hills were less than a mile apart. They had know each other from their earliest childhood. After his marriage John settled on a farm in county of Middlesex, which his father had pur-
chased of Stephen Warne and which he had given to him by will, Here the following children were born:
Daniel, born July 3, 1735; married in 1758 Eleanor VanMater (b. Ang. 4, 1735, d. Feb. 12, 1828). He died Nov- ember 17, 1809, and is buried in family yard on farm of late George Crawford Hendrickson, his great grandson, at east end of Middletown village and still owned by this family. Names of his children have already been published in history of the VanMater family.
Jacob, baptised February 12, 1738; no other information. John Hendrickson died in 1740, and letters of administra- tion of his estate were granted October 11, 1740, to his eldest brother Hendrick, to his brother-in-law William Couwen- hoven, and Henry Disbrow, see Book C of Wills, page 335, secretary of state's office, Trenton, N. J. I do not know whether his widow survived him or not. She would have right of administration, but as she is not named, it would seem that she had died prior to her husband.
Maijke (Micha) the fifth child, mar- ried Geysbert VanMater (b. Feb. 24, 1694). Names of their children have been heretofore published in genealogy of the VanMaters.
Tryntje (Catharine) sixth child, is the only one who married and removed from this county and the only one of the seven daughters who did not join the church in this county. She married one Henry Dusberry or Dusenberry and removed to some other part of New Jersey or some other colony. She, how- ever, while visiting her parents in Mon- mouth, had three of her children bap- tized in the Dutch church, viz:
Antje, baptised December 19, 1736. Her brother John Hendrickson and his wife, Annetje Couwenhoven, appear as sponsore on church records.
Anne, baptized Decemher 24, 1738. Her brother, Hendrick Hendrickson and his wife, Neeltje Schenck, are sponsors.
William Hendrickson, baptised Octo- ber 12, 1743. Her brother, William Hendrickson, and his wife, Mary Long- street are sponsors. This is all the re- cords given us of Catharine, where she lived and when and where she died is unknown.
William the third son of Daniel Hen- drickson and Catharine VanDyke, was baptized, November 6, 1709, married about 1731, Mary or Maria (bapt. May 6, 1702) daughter of Stoffle Langstraat and Maicken or Moyka Laen his wife. His wife's name appears as a communi- cant on records of Dutch church in 1741 as "Maria Langstraet, wife of Wilm Hindrickson." They had the following
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children :
Catharine, baptized August 8, 1732, maried Jacob, son of Rem Remsen of Brooklyn, N. Y. He was born in 1719. died 1784. Their marriage license in Secretary of State office at Trenton was granted, August 11, 1747. "Catharine Hendrickson of Monmouth County to Jacob Remsen, Sr., of New York." They have one child baptized in our church May 6, 1750, and named William His maternal grandparents were put down as sponsors.
Daniel, baptized December 25, 1736, married in 1756, Catharine (b. Jan'y 29, 1738.) daughter of Rutgers VanBrunt and Elizabeth Voorhes, his wife, of New Utrecht, L. I. This Daniel Hen- drickson was a land surveyor and was very prominent during the war for independence as Colonel of the 3rd Reg- iment of the Monmouth militia. These two children are the only onesWilliam Hendrickson and Maria Longstreet, his
wife had. William Hendrickson died intestate in 1783, and the records in the Secretary of State's office show that letters of administration were granted to their son Daniel, October 27, 1783. I do not know where he or his wife are buried but would not be surprised if it was somewhere in the vicinity of Tin- ton Falls, as his son Daniel, then re- sided there. Colonel Daniel Hendrick- son by Catharine VanBrunt, his wife,' had the following children:
William, baptized July 31, 1757, died young.
Elizabeth, baptized July 16, 1758. married Richard MeKnight, Captain of Monmonth militia during Revolution.
William, baptized Jannary 11, 1761. died young.
Daniel, born 1763, married Elizabeth, daughter of Barzillai Grover and Theo- dosia, his wife, of Upper Freehold.
Mary, baptized March 17, 1765.
Sarah, born March 9, 1767, married John S. Holmes, (b. Nov. 29, 1762, d. Aug. 15, 1821) son of Samuel Holmes and Mary Stout, his wife.
Daniel Hendrickson and Nicholas VanBrunt represented Shrewsbury township in the Provincial Congress of New Jersey, in 1775. In minutes of Provincial Congress and of the Com- mittee of Safety of New Jersey, for years 1775-6, his name is frequently mentioned. After the Revolution he represented Monmouth county four years in the General Assembly and in 1784 was Speaker of the House. I can- not find out where he is buried or date of his death. Like Captain Joshua Huddy, Captain Chadwick, and some others that served the people faithfully.
the Republic has forgotten their graves.
In Book M of Deeds, pages 161-165 in Monmouth County Clerk's office is rec- ord of two deeds from Daniel Hendrick- son of Shrewsbury township. Both deeds are dated April 30, 1791. One conveys to Cornelius Luyster of Middle- town, ten acres of land, being part of the lands which William Hendrickson, late of the township of Middletown, died seized of and which said Daniel Hendrickson claims title in part as an heir-at-law of his father, William Hen- drickson, aforesaid, and in part by a quit claim deed from Catharine Hen- drickson, (Remsen) daughter of said William Hendrickson deceased, as one of his heirs at law. The ten acre tract is described as beginning at a maple tree on the west side of Mahoras brook, adjoining Luyster's land and the north- east corner of Daniel Hendrickson's cleared land.
The second deed conveys to Peter Luyster a tract of woodland containing 20 acres, which William Hendrickson died seized of, and goes on to set out Daniel's title as in first deed. This land is described as beginning at the corner of the ten acre tract conveyed to Cornelius Luyster, and runs along line of this lot to Mahoras brook, and along said brook, etc.
In Book L of Deeds, p. 97, etc., Mon- mouth county clerk's office, is record of a deed dated April 4, 1797, from Colonel Daniel Hendrickson of Shrewsbury township to Daniel Hendrickson, Jr., t of Upper Freehold, and John S. Holmes of Middletown, in which it is set out that said Daniel Hendrickson, Sr., be- ing justly indebted to several persons in the sum of £1,720 ($8,600), and the said Daniel Hendrickson, Jr., (his son) and John S. Holmes, (his son-in-law) being engaged jointly with him, said
tIn Book M of Deeds, page 473, etc., Mon- mouth county clerk's office is record of a deed from Jacob Hendrickson and John Polhemus, executors of John Polhemus, deceased, to Gar- ret Wyckoff of Upper Freehold, dated March 18, 1794, which sets out that John Polhemus, late of Upper Freehold, deceased, was seized of 213 68-100 acres in Upper Freehold, by deed from James Holmes dated May 1, 1732, and that said John Polhemns, by his will dated June 7, 1788, authorized and directed his ex- ecutors to sell the land generally described as bounded westward by Daniel I endrickson's land in part and in part by Joel Clayton, Timothy Hankins, and Amos Miller ; easterly by said Garret Wyckoff's land, and northerly by John Britton's mill pond and brook below said pond. This deed is witnessed by Daniel Hendrickson, Jr., and Samuel Imlay, and it shows where Daniel Hendrickson, Jr., lived in Upper Freehold.
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Daniel Hendrickson, Sr., for the pay- ment of said sum, he thereby sells and conveys all his real estate to them to secure them for these liabilities, etc. In same Book L of Deeds, p. 100, etc .. is record of another deed from Daniel Hendrickson, Sr., of Shrewsbury town- ship, to Daniel Hendrickson, Jr., of Upper Freehold, John S. Holmes and John Holmes of Middletown township, Catharine Remsen, widow of Jacob Remsen of New York city, and Rutgers VanBrunt of Kings county, L. I. This deed dated April 5, 1797, sets out that Daniel Hendrickson, Sr., grantor, being justly indebted to Daniel Hendrickson, Jr., of Upper Freehold, *John S. Holmes and John Holmes of Middletown, Cath- arine Remsen and Rutgers VanBrunt of New York, does sell and convey them in settlement of said indebtedness all his real estate, consisting of several tracts of land at and near Tinton Falls in Shrewsbury township. Then follows description of these lands and state- ment: That the first two tracts at Tinton Falls, on which grist and saw mill stands, he claims title under a deed from Tunis Vanderveer dated May 10. 1773. The third tract by deed from John Morris dated May 25, 1783, and fourth tract by deed from Nicholas VanBrunt dated May 1, 1784.
Like many other officers of the Rev- olution he served his country at a sac- rifice. The seven years of war and con- fusion ruined his business. The raids of the refugees of which he was a vic- tim two or three times, caused him great loss. The depreciation of the continental currency had also depreci- ated the value of his real estate, and there was no sale for real estate except
John S. Holmes left a will, proved Angust 25. 1821, recorded at Freehold in Book B, p. 257, etc. Provides for his wife Sarah. Gives $7.500 to each of his four daughters, together with his grist mill and carding machines, viz: Mary, who married Albert VanBrunt: Cath- arine, who married Daniel H. Ellis of Free- hold ; Emma, who married George Taylor of Freehold, and Eleanor, who married Charles Hasbrouck. All residne of his property, both real and personal, he gives to his two sons, Daniel and John H. in fee.
at a ruinous sacrifice. He was thus compelled to make this transfer of all his lands to these near relatives in order to prevent an entire loss under a forced or sheriff's sale.
Colonel Daniel Hendrickson died soon after this assignment, probably dis- couraged and broken hearted over his troubles and sorrows. When and where he died is unknown. Neither is his place of burial known. He lies in an unknown and unmarked grave. Such is the gratitude of a republic.
We find Daniel Hendrickson and Elizabeth, his wife, of Upper Freehold, and John S. Holmes and Sarah, his wife of Middletown, by deed dated August 9, 1799, recorded in Book M of Deeds, p. 98, etc., Monmouth clerk's office, conveying part of this real estate to Colonel Barnes Smock, viz: that tract at Tinton Falls on which grist and saw mill and other buildings stand with benefit of millpond and stream as far as Colonel Daniel Hendrickson's, dec'd, right extended. Also a tract of 12 50-100 acres near Tinton Falls, which tracts with other lands were sold by Lewis Morris Ashfield, Esq .. to Jacob VanDerveer by deed dated May 5, 1762, and then sold at sheriff's sale January 28, 1772, to Tunis Vanderveer and by him sold to Col. Daniel Hen - drickson by deed dated May 10, 1773. and by him to above grantors by deed dated April 5, 1797; also 96 65-100 acres on west side of the road from Tinton Falls to Middletown.
In Book N of Deeds, p. 184, etc, is record of a deed from Daniel Hendrick - son and Elizabeth, his wife, of Upper Freehold, to John S. Holmes of Middle- town, a merchant, conveying to him two tracts of land at Tinton Falls, which his father, Colonel Daniel Hen- drickson, deceased, owned in his life- time.
In Book O of Deeds, p. 109, etc. is record of a deed from Daniel Hendrick- son and Elizabeth, his wife, of Upper Freehold, and John S. Holmes and Sarah, his wife, of Middletown, to .Jacob Hubbard, dated April 25, 1800, convey- ing 191% acres of land which Col. Daniel Hendrickson owned in his lifetime.
ACCOUNT OF A RAID OF TORY REFUGEES IN THE YEAR 1779.
The following account of a raid on Col. Daniel Hendrickson at Tinton Falls by a party of refugees is taken from files of the New Jersey Gazette now in our state library in Trenton:
"On June 9, 1779, a party of about 50 refugees landed in Monmouth and marched to Tinton Falls undiscovered, where they surprised and carried off Col. Daniel Hendrickson, Col. Wyckoff, Capt. Chadwick, Capt. MeKnight with several privates of the militia, and drove off sheep and horned cattle. About thirty of our militia hastily collected- and made some resistance, but were repulsed with loss of two men killed and ten wounded. Loss of enemy un- known."
Thomas Chadwick and Richard Mc- Knight were both captains of the Mon- mouth militia and the latter was a son- in-law of Col. Daniel Hendrickson. Auke Hendrickson was a miller by oc- cupation and a lieutenant in Captain Peter Wyckoff's company from Upper Freehold. At this time he was employed in Col. Hendrickson's grist mill at Tin- ton Falls. Col. Hendrickson had col- lected quite a magazine of powder, arms and other military stores at Tinton Falls for the use of our county 'troops. Besides he had ground a large quantity of flour and meal for use of the Amer- ican army. It is said that he had bor- rowed from his relatives, Mrs. Cathar- ine Remsen and his father-in-law, Van- Brunt, in New York, £1,000 ($5,000). which he had used in the purchase of these stores. The spies of the enemy had carried information to the refugees on Sandy Hook and hence this raid, which entailed great pecuniary loss to Col. Hendrickson.
The notorious James Moody in an ac- count of his career, dictated by him and published in London, England, after the close of our Revolutionary War, gives his version of this raid.
He says that on June 10, 1779, he was at Sandy Hook and in command of six- teen men. There he asked a friend named Hutchinson, who had six men and some guides, to assist him on an expedition against the rebels in Mon- mouth county.
They started from Sandy Hook for Shrewsbury village and eluding the rebel guards reached a place called the Falls undiscovered, and surprised and made prisoners, one colonel, one lieu-
tenant-colonel, one major, two captains and other persons of lesser note. They destroyed a considerable magazine of powder and arms. With their prisoners and such stores as they could carry or bring off, Hutchinson took charge of, while Moody and his men remained in the rear. They were pursued by double their numbers. Moody with his sixteen men made a stand and kept up such a sharp fire on the rebels as to hold them back, while Hutchinson moved on with the prisoners and plunder.
After Hutchinson had got a consid- erable distance ahead, Moody and his men would fall back. When they reached another good place they would make another stand, until in this way they reached Black Point (now Sea- bright). Here they transported their prisoners and plunder over the inlet. The rebels were reinforced by ten men and made a determined attack, in which Captain Chadwick and Lieutenant Aukc Hendrickson were shot dead. Moody says there was something peculiarly shocking in the death of the rebel cap- tain. He was shot through by Moody while with most bitter oaths and threats of vengeance, after having once missed fire he was again leveling his gun at him. That after three men were killed and a number of others lay wounded, the rebels raised a flag of truce and asked for cessation of hostil- ities to remove their dead and wounded. This was agreed to on condition that they were allowed to remove and take away all their plunder. Moody says their goods and stores taken were sold for £500 ($2,500) and the money all div- ided among the men who were with him in this raid.
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