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doings of the church. He died in Garfield, June 1, 1886, having reached the allotted term of three score years and ten.
(VII) Arthur W., eldest son and second (V) Simeon, son of Johannis and (- -) Van Winkle, was born on the paternal estate near Paterson, New Jersey, November 12, 1749, and there reared to manhood. He was educated in the neighborhood school, and died November 4, 1828. As his ancestors had done, he engaged in farming, and was a man of much force of character. He was a mem- child of Daniel and Sarah Maria (Condit) Van Winkle, was born in Rutherford, New Jersey, December 30, 1850. He was brought up on the farm of his father, and lived in Rutherford all his life except for four and a half years, which time he passed in north- west Iowa where he had a stock farm. He was so pleased with his life in the west that he - ber of and attended services at the Dutch Re- determined to return to New Jersey, sell out formed Church at Totowa, which had been founded by earlier members of the Van Win- kle family. After his marriage he took up his residence near the "bucht," or bend, on the paternal estate. He married Clarisse, daugh- ter of Cornelius Geretsen. Children: 1. John S., see forward. 2. Elizabeth, married John Post and died in the prime of life without issue. his property and return and continue ranch life in Iowa. Not finding such a plan favor- able at the time, he remained in Rutherford and took up the business so successfully car- ried on by his father, building houses, selling lots and improving the property and prospects of the suburban village of Garfield. He added to the real estate business that of fire insurance and became president of the A. W. Van Winkle Company, dealers in real estate ; president of the Belmont Land Association of Garfield; member of the board of directors of the North Jersey Title Insurance Company of Hackensack, New Jersey, and a member of the board of directors of the Rutherford Na- tional Bank, Rutherford, New Jersey. He affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, with the Presbyterian church, and with the Holland So- ciety, of which he was made a member by vir- tue of his descent in the seventh generation from Jacobse Walingse Van Winkle, who im- migrated to New Amsterdam from Holland in 1634.
He married (first) October 24, 1877, Cor- nelia Winant, who died leaving two children: I. Winant, born March 17, 1879; married, May 24, 1905, Jessie W. Mucklow. 2. Charles Arthur, December 26, 1880; married, Septem- ber 30, 1908, Helen Blauvelt Decker. Mr. Van Winkle married (second) February 21, 1884. Catherine E. Macgregor. Children: I. Stirl- ing, born February 5, 1886. 2. Theodore, June 5, 1890.
(For ancestry see preceding sketches).
(III) Simeon, third son VAN WINKLE and fourth child of Sy- mon and Annetje Adri- anse (Sip) Van Winkle, was baptized August 6, 1686. He married (first) Printje Van Gie- son, and had children: Jannetta and Helena ; married (second), March 3, 1734, Antje Peitrina, a widow, and by this marriage had a son, Johannas.
(IV) Johannis, son of Simeon and Antje Peitrina Van Winkle, was married to and had a son, Simeon.
(VI) John S., only son of Simeon and Clarisse (Geretsen) Van Winkle, was born on the paternal homestead, November 13, 1784. He was extensively engaged in farming and in addition operated a grist and saw mill, which was widely patronized. His integrity and high ideals in all matters were recognized by all, and he took an active interest in public affairs, serving for some time as one of the lay judges of the county. He was a fine type of the country gentleman, kind and sympathetic to those around him and beloved and esteemed by all. He was a faithful attendant at the Dutch Reformed Church at Totowa, in which he was an elder. Both he and his wife came to an untimely end at their home, The Goffel, January 9, 1850, at the hands of an assassin, who was promptly apprehended and in due course of time tried in the courts of Paterson, convicted of murder in the first degree, and executed. John S. Van Winkle was married, March 24, 1805, to Jane, born January 14, 1788, daughter of Peter and Williamina (Van Winkle) Kipp. Children : Cornelius, see for- ward; Peter, born June 23, 1810, lost his life April 29, 1828, by being thrown from his horse.
(VII) Cornelius, eldest child of John S. and Jane (Kipp) Van Winkle, was born on the family homestead, September 9, 1806, and died May 26, 1873. He was educated in the neighboring schools and, like his ancestors, be- came identified with and took an active in- terest in the progress and development of the community in which he resided. He was a moving spirit in church affairs, a consist-
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ent member of the Totowa Dutch Reformed Church and for a number of years served as elder. In his home life he exemplified the highest ideals of kindness and charity, and left his family the priceless heritage of an honor- able name. Mr. Van Winkle married, May 31, 1826, Catherine Leah, who was. born March 4, 1809, died August 5, 1879, daugh- ter of Garret and Ann (Terhune) Van Dien. Children : 1. John Henry, born February II, 1827, died July 27, 1828. 2. Simeon Peter, born July 6, 1831, died in 1891 ; married, Oc- tober 10, 1852, Maria Ackerman, born in 1831, died in 1865; children : Catherine Jane, mar- ried Aaron Van Houten and had one son, Zabriskie, who married Addie Grace Greer ; Anna Marie, married Andrew B. Inglis, and had: Bertha and Harold, the latter dying young. 3. Anna Elizabeth, born December 25, 1839; married, December 24, 1859, Hel- mas, born September 8, 1840, died November 20, 1896, son of Richard and Charity (Sip) Romaine, members of an old and prominent family. They reside at Paterson, New Jer- sey, and had an only child, Kate, who was born in Paterson, New Jersey, April 29, 1863, and married, June 29, 1889, Joseph D., born at Buffalo, New York, August 4, 1858, son of Joseph D. and Frances (Timmis) Roberts, the former of Wales, and the latter of England. 4. John Henry, born September 29, 1846, died April 6, 1851.
(For ancestry see preceding sketches).
VAN WINKLE (V) Halmagh, fifth son of Walling Van Winkle, was born on the Van Winkle homestead at Acquackanonk, Passaic county, New Jersey, June 22, 1761, and he de- voted his entire life to the cultivation and im -- provement of the homestead estate. He mar- ried Maria, daughter of Adrian Post, and their children, born on the homestead estate, were: I. Walling, see forward. 2. Adrian. 3. John. 4. Michael. 5. Jane, married a Berry. 6. Gertrude, married a Sip. 7. Elizabeth, died unmarried. Halmagh Van Winkle, the father of these children died on the Van Winkle homestead in 1822, and his wife, Maria ( Post) Van Winkle, died in 1821.
(VI) Walling (2), eldest child of Halmagh and Maria (Post) Van Winkle, was born on the homestead estate, which he inherited and where he died. He had a son, Halmagh, named for his grandfather, who likewise in- herited the estate.
(VII) Halmagh (2), eldest child of Wall-
ing (2) Van Winkle, was born at his father's home in Acquackanonk, New Jersey, February 6, 1806. He married, January 28, 1829, Cath- erine Campbell, born January 28, 1810, and their children, born in Paterson, New Jersey, were: I. Stephen Walling, see forward. 2. John McIntyre, August 17, 1832; married Emeline H. Davey, and they had two chil- dren : Catherine, who died unmarried, and Mary, married Allison Dodd and had four children : E. Davey Dodd; John Dodd; Cath- erine Dodd and Mary Dodd. These children were descended on their mother's side from Jacobse Van Winkle the immigrant, in the tenth generation. 3. Mary, August 27, 1836, died unmarried. 4. Richard, January 27, 1840; remained single. Halmagh Van Winkle for many years was a grocer in Paterson and later in life was an official in the tax collect- or's office in Passaic county, where he re- mained up to the time of his death, which oc- curred at his home in Paterson, New Jersey.
(VIII) Stephen Walling, eldest child of Halmagh (2) and Catherine (Campbell) Van Winkle, was born in Paterson, New Jersey, in 1830, where he engaged in the manufacture of silk. He married, November 7, 1853, Eliza- beth Stratton, born in Paterson about 1832, and their children, born in Paterson, were: I. Margaret, August 13, 1854; remained un- married. 2. William H., June 7, 1857, died un- married January 25, 1871. 3. Frank, Septem- ber 21, 1860, died October 14, 1860. 4. Ed- ward, twin of Frank, died March 18, 1861. 5. Annie Clark, March 7, 1862; married, April 18, 1883, William I., son of Abram and Susan (France) Van Dolson, grandson of Garret and great-grandson of Jacob Van Dol- son. They lived in New York City, where Mr. Van Dolson was engaged in business, and they had four children: i. Henry ; ii. William Walling, see forward; iii. Gertrude; iv. Cecil. 6. Mary, October II, 1865, died February 23. 1871. 7. Catherine, December 16, 1871 ; mar- ried, November 10, 1898, George A. Beckwith and their first two children were: Elizabeth, born October 17, 1900, and Catherine, born November 12, 1907.
( IX) William Walling Van Dolson, son of William I. and Annie Clark (Van Winkle) Van Dolson, was born in New York City, De- cember 28, 1886. He attended the public schools of his native city, and in 1908 was a student in medicine at the Maryland Univer- sity. He is descended from Jacob Van Dol- son, who was his great-great-grandfather, through Garret Van Dolson; Abram and
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Susan (France) Van Dolson ; William I. and Annie Clark (Van Winkle) Van Dolson. His father, William I. Van Dolson, was a promi- nent man in New York City and a member of the St. Nicholas Society. William Walling Van Dolson's home is with his widowed mother, at No. 208 Carroll street, Paterson. New Jersey. His mother married (second) Augustus F. Roberts, January 10, 1901.
VAN WINKLE (VII) Henry Van Stee, youngest child of Jacob and Annetje ( Van Nos- trand) Van Winkle, was born July 12, 1796, probably at Hackensack, where it is presum- able that his life was spent. No record of his death appears. He married Margaret Ter- hune, and they were the parents of one son. He died when this son was a little child.
(VII) John Van Stee, son of Henry Van Stee and Margaret (Terhune ) Van Winkle, was born April 21, 1818, and went to live with Isaac Van Winkle, by whom he was brought up and whose farm he inherited. This was in Bergen county, opposite Passaic, and between the county and the railroad bridges over the Passaic river. Here he died January 10, 1889. He married, March 1, 1848, Catherine Oldis. born March 18, 1824, died January 1, 1907, daughter of John G. and Lettie Voorhees. John G. Oldis had a sister Catherine, who be- came the wife of Isaac Van Winkle and was the foster mother of John V. S. Van Winkle. The latter had six children who grew to ma- turity: I. Margaretta, wife of Iddo M. Ter- hune (see Terhune). 2. Lettie Anne, born March II, 1852; now residing in Passaic, un- married. 3. Isaac J., June 20, 1854; married Emma Crow : died January 28, 1899, leaving children : Jessie and Ernest. 4. Sarah, Sep- tember 3. 1856; wife of William Colton Snow, and had a daughter Eda. The last-named is the wife of William Lown, and the mother of Margaret Eda Lown and Barbara A. Lown. 5. Henry V. S., born January 1, 1858, died August 25, 1859. 6. Catherine, June 10, 1861 ; married Peter Van Winkle, and is the mother of a son, Louis. 7. John V. S., October 26, 1863; married, October 24, 1894, Annie B. Oglee, and has three sons: Harold Van Stee, born February 26, 1896; Francis O., born Sep- tember 4, 1897, died July 29, 1898; and John Raymond, born February II, 1904.
None of the old colonial fam- STEVENS ilies of New Jersey has a more distinguished record than the Stevenses of Hoboken, and the other descend-
ants of Hon. John Stevens, of New York City, Perth Amboy and Hunterdon county, New Jersey. And in the history of no other family, identified with the life of the colony and state for the last two centuries, has there appeared a larger number of strong, vigorous and influ- ential personalities. Although not so very great in numbers, the pedigrees of the family are in the main made up of long-lived resourceful men, who have been active aggressive factors and actors in the civil, social, business and religious life of their country and times, and have sedulously cultivated the habit of saying and doing the things that were worth while.
So far as now known, no systematic search has ever been made among the records and archives of England for the purpose of tracing the history of the family before John Stevens came over to this country; as the American members themselves have been so busy making history that they have had no time for writing it ; and it is due to the researches and labors of Mr. Richard Fowler Stevens, of Newark, who has spent many years and much labor on the subject, that the data for the ensuing history has become accessible. The earliest record of the family which has come to light, the original of which is in the possession of Mr. Stevens. is the following :
"Indenture made and Concluded on this Six and twentieth day of February Anno Dm 1699, and in the Twelfth Year of the reign of William the third King of England &c. between John Stevens son of Richard Stevens, gentleman, late of the parish of St. Clement's London in the County of Middx of the one part and John Cosans of the parish aforesaid Gunmaker acting for and in behalf of his son Barna Cosans of the City and Province of New York in America Gentleman of the other part . . . John Stevens by and with the consent of his parents witnesses to the presents Doth promise with the first Opportunity of Shipping to Trans- port himself for New York aforesaid where being arrived Shall during the space of Seven Years to be accounted from the date hereof the said Barna Cosans will faithfully and truly serve his secrets, his lawful commands every where gladly doo, hee shall doo noo damage to his said master nor see it to be done of Others but to his power Shall lett or forthwith give notice to his said Master of the Same the Goods of his Said Master he shall not wast nor lend them Unlawfully to Any. Hurt to his Said Master hee shall not doo cause or procure to be done. hee shall neither buy nor sell without his masters License, tavernds Innds or Alehouses he shall not haunt. All Cards Dice Tables or any other onlawfull Game he shall not play Nor from the ser- vice of his Said Master day nor Night Shall absent himselfe but in all things as an honest dilligent and faithfull Apprentice Shall and will demean and behave himselfe towards his said Master and all his during the Said Term. And the Said John Cosans on behalfe of the said Barna Cosans Doth Covenant and promise
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that he the Said Barna Cosans his said Apprentice in his Art or practice of a Lawyer or Attorney which he now useth Shall teach and Instruct or Cause to be taught and Instructed the best Way and Manner that he can finding and providing for his said Apprentice Meat Drink Lodging Washing and all manner of Apparrell hoose Shoes during the Said term of Seven Years. And to the performance of all and every the Covenant aforesaid Either of the Said parties bindeth himselfe unto the other firmely by these presents."
The Barne Cosens of the above quoted articles of apprenticeship was one of the prom- inent citizens of his day in New York. April 28, 1697, he was licensed to marry Grace, daughter of Captain William Sandford, of the Island of Barbadoes and East New Jersey. He was secretary to the governor of the pro- vince and clerk of the royal provincial council, 1698-1705; and in 1701 received the appoint- ment of register and examiner in chancery. December 5, 1706, "considering the dangers to which I am exposed during a voyage intended shortly (by God's Grace) to be made to Eng- land," he made his will, leaving all his property to his children, and referring to his wife, only to say, "My wife Grace shall not have any ad- ministration of my estate nor have anything to do with the education of my children." A possible explanation of this curious clause may be found in the legacies already bequeathed to his wife by her father, who died in 1694, and by her cousin, Henry Harding, of St. George's parish, Barbadoes, who in 1704 left her "all my estate in New Jersey near New York."
(I) John Stevens, son of Richard, of St. Clement's parish, London, came to New York in accordance with the above mentioned agree- ment when he was about seventeen years old, which would place his birth about the year 1682. After completing his apprenticeship, which he seems to have passed through with- out having met with any exceptional or note- worthy incident, John Stevens began the prac- tice of his profession in New York, where he continued to reside until September, 1714, when with his wife and four children he re- moved his home to Perth Amboy, where he lived the remainder of his life. Of this town, his father-in-law was a founder, and for the first six years of its existence had been one of its most prominent citizens; and for the suc- ceeding quarter of a century his son-in-law was to follow as a worthy successor in his foot- steps. Four years after taking up his resi- dence in Perth Amboy, on August 24, 1718, when Governor Robert Hunter granted to the
city its first charter, John Stevens, who was one of the original petitioners for this privilege. and as such is mentioned in the preamble to the document, received in the charter itself his- appointment as the first chamberlain and treas- urer of the city. As the registers of the city officials of those days have not been preserved it is impossible now to determine how long he and his fellow officials held their offices, but it is interesting to note that James Alexander, father-in-law of one of his sons, was recorder for the town, while the coroner was the hus- band of his wife's younger sister, William Harrison, whose brother, John Harrison, was sheriff and water bailiff. In 1722 one of the old records speaks of Mr. Stevens as an "inn- keeper ;" and in 1735 he was appointed as clerk of the court of chancery. It is also said that he at one time held the position of deputy sur - veyor-general under James Alexander. He died August 29, 1737.
July 30, 1718, Governor Robert Hunter granted to St. Peter's Church, Perth Amboy, its royal charter, in which William Eier and John Barclay were appointed wardens, and Thomas Gordon, John Rudyard, Robert King and John Stevens, vestrymen. The following year the two last mentioned vestrymen were replaced by William Nicholls and Alexander Farquerson ; but in 1722 John Stevens was re- turned as one of the wardens and continued to hold that position until 1726, when he again became one of the vestrymen, in which capac- ity he served until 1730.
November 28, 1706, John Stevens married Ann, eldest daughter of John Campbell, of Perth Amboy, who died about six years before her husband, March 1, 1730. Her father, April 16, 1684, had bought of John Drum- mond, of Lundy, one of the original twenty- four proprietors to whom James Duke, of York, had sold his East Jersey rights, one- eighth of one-twenty-fourth share for himself, and at the same time received from Drummond a power of attorney to act for him in the new world. This John Drummond, of Lundy, was second son of James, third Earl of Perth, and brother to James, fourth Earl of Perth, who was his fellow proprietor. In 1685 he was created Viscount Melford; August 12, 1686, Baron of Researtown (one of the papist crea- tions of James II), and again in 1696, Duke of Melford. He was secretary of state for Scot- land, and a member of the privy council in both kingdoms. The partner and proxy in East Jersey of his brother and Sir George Mckenzie was David Toshack, with whom John Camp --
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bell made his curious agreement, shortly after settling at Perth Amboy, that in consideration of Toshack's relinquishing to him "and his heirs bearing the name and arms of Campbell," all his (Toshack's) interest in Amboy, he (Campbell) would send a "footman in velvet to wait on Moneybaird (Toshack was Laird of Moneybaird) as a proprietor when at Parlia- ment in East Jersey * and to hold his stirrup during the foresaid time of Parlia- ment." From this it would appear that John Campbell was a near relation to the Duke of Argyle and Lord Neill Campbell, although not as William Adee Whitehead conjectures, a son of the latter, who had but two children-Col. Charles Campbell, who fought and died in the rebellion of 1685, and Right Rev. Archibald Campbell, who died unmarried in London, June, 1744, having accompanied his father in 1685 to this country and at a later date returned home. John, nephew of Lord Neill Campbell, was father of the second Duke of Argyle, and never came to America. The Archibald Camp- bell, who died in East Jersey in 1702, is vari- ously styled in the deeds "yeoman" and "work- man," and was brought over by John Camp- bell, of Perth Amboy, as one of the three serv- ants he transported for John Dobie. The Toshacks had intermarried several times with this branch of the family, and David Toshack's wife was a daughter of Sir Robert Campbell, of Glenuchy, grandfather of the first Earl of Breadalbane, and descended from Sir Colin Campbell, of Glenuchy, who was a cousin of the first Earl of Argyle, and the third son of Sir Duncan Campbell, of Lochow, a direct de- scendant of Diarmid O'Dubin, A. D. 404. John Campbell landed at the Capes of Virginia in October, 1684, with his wife Mary, children Ann, Gawinetta and John, and fourteen serv- ants, eleven of them indentured to himself for four years, the other three brought over for John Dobie, who was coming over later, and to whom Campbell had sold a fourth of the East Jersey share he had himself purchased from John Drummond, of Lundy. In addition Campbell had also brought over with him ten servants for Captain Andrew Hamilton. Com- ing overland from Maryland into East Jersey, Campbell settled at Perth Amboy, and in less than six months was commissioned as one of the two additional "members of the court of common rights outside of the councill." This court was the highest in the colony, and corre- sponded to the present court of errors and appeals. It was made up of the members of the governor's council, ex-officio and additional
members chosen for their legal acumen and knowledge. John Campbell's commission is dated May 27, 1685, and he was reappointed March 14, 1686, and May 9, 1687. April 8, 1686, he was chosen one of the representatives of Perth Amboy in the general assembly; and January II, 1687, with the governor, Lord Neill Campbell, and Captain Andrew Hamil- ton, he formed the committee of East Jersey proprietors who agreed with a similar one of West Jersey to abide by the decision of Will- iam Emley and John Reid concerning the divi- sion line of the province. Besides his Perth Amboy property, John Campbell owned other tracts, one of one hundred and twenty acres at Barnegat, which his widow afterwards sold to John Reid, of Freehold, another of five hun- dred acres at the Horseneck, on the Passaic river, sold by his widow to Michael Hawden, of New York, who also purchased Campbell's Amboy properties, and one thousand eight hun- dred and seventy acres on the west side of the south branch of the Raritan river, which went to his son. In his will, dated December 25, 1689, proved January 1, 1690, he leaves legacies to his children, and makes his wife Mary, who survived him over ten years, "sole heiress and executrix." Gawinetta, youngest daughter of John Campbell, married William, brother of Edward and John Harrison, of Perth Amboy, and Henry Harrison, of Somerset county. John Campbell, the only son, settled on the Raritan river, was high sheriff of Somerset and Middlesex counties, and died, his will being proved April 18, 1733, leaving a widow Mary, and children: John, Douglass, James, Margaret (married, September 22, 1740, Tobias Van Norden), Janet, Ann and Neill (married (first), April 2, 1760, Janet McDaniel; (sec- ond), January 10, 1763, Rachel Cothiel).
By his wife Ann (Campbell), John Stevens had nine children, the first five born in New York City, the last four in Perth Amboy: I. John Stevens, died in infancy. 2. Sarah Ste- vens, born 1708; died May 26, 1790; married, October, 1753, Henry Sulker, of New York. 3. Mary Stevens, born December 30, 1710; married Fenwick, son of David and Sarah Lyell, who died in 1742; after having been a councillor, like his father before him, under Governor Burnet, and also a member of the council of Governor Morris, who nominated him in 1739 as deputy advocate-general in ad- miralty for New Jersey, because he considered him "a good lawyer *
* and a person very capable." One of their children was buried at Perth Amboy. 4. Ann Stevens, born
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August 23, 1712; died February 8, 1713. 5. Campbell Stevens, born July 18, 1714; died in 1770; unmarried ; with his next younger brother John he was an importer and merchant, and as a captain in Colonel Schuyler's regiment of "Old Blues" he fought in the French and Indian wars at Oswego and Fort William Henry. 6. John Stevens, referred to below. 7. William Stevens, born January 28, 1718; died March 6, 1742 ; unmarried. 8. Lewis Stevens, born in 1720; died unmarried, April 19, 1772. 9. Richard Stevens, born 1723; died July 4, 1802; married, March 31, 1758, Susanna Kearney, youngest daughter and third child of Philip, son of Michael Kearney and his first wife, Elizabeth Brittain, and his own first wife, Lady Barney Dexter, whose maiden name was Ravaud. Richard Stevens is said to have been a man of "small stature, with red hair, and all the vivacity of a Frenchman." Being largely interested in landed properties, he was constantly traveling through the province, and died in consequence of injuries received by being thrown from his gig while on his way to New Brunswick, living only one day thereafter. His wife died the next year, 1803, lying an entire winter speechless from the effect of paralysis. The house they lived in was after- wards the residence of George Merrit, Esq. Differing in this respect from the greater num- ber of their friends, both Mr. and Mrs. Ste- vens were violent Whigs. They left one daugh- ter, who married John, son of Rev. Azel Roe, for many years Presbyterian pastor at Wood- bridge and Metuchin, and the descendants of the several children of this marriage are now living in Massachusetts and Connecticut. With the exception of Richard Stevens' descendants, who have the blood but not the name, John Stevens and Ann (Campbell) Stevens have no representatives of their name save the issue of John (2) Stevens, who will now be considered. (II) John (2), sixth child and third son of John Stevens (I) and Ann (Campbell) Ste- vens, was born in Perth Amboy, October 26, 1716; died at his son's home in Hoboken, in May, 1792, and was buried at Bethlehem, New Jersey. After the death of his father, together with his elder brother, Campbell, John Stevens engaged in the importing and mercantile busi- ness, trading principally with the West Indies and Madeira. At that time it was a common practice for the larger merchants to take com- mand of their own vessels and to transact their own business ventures personally, and in con- sequence John Stevens made a number of voy- ages to different ports. In 1739 he sailed as
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