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HOAGLAND Many of the emigrants who came to this country from Holland in the early colonial days settled in New Jersey and displayed re- markable traits of endurance in all the troubles which came to the first colonists. Some of their descendants are to be found in that state at the present day, among them being those bearing the name of Hoagland.
Carlton P. Hoagland, one of the descendants mentioned above, is the son of Stephen T. and Mary J. Hoagland. He was born at Millstone, Somerset county, New Jersey, July 9, 1879, re- moved to Somerville with his parents when he was four years of age, and has since resided in
that town. His education was acquired in the Somerville grammar and high schools, leaving the latter at the beginning of his senior year when he was eighteen years old. His first busi- ness employment was in a grocery store, where he remained six months, going then to New York to accept a position in the accounting de- partment of an advertising agency. At the end of three years he became associated with the Ballantine & Van Fleet Carriage Company, of Somerville, and one year later became the book- keeper and solicitor of the Somerville Publish- ing Company, which published The Somerset Democrat. He was soon actively engaged in newspaper work and was made local editor of the Democrat. While thus engaged he acquired a good general knowledge of the printing busi- ness, and in September, 1905, when the manage- ment of the business changed hands, Mr. Hoag- land was given full charge of the plant. At that time the business was in a greatly crippled con- dition, but under the skillful direction of Mr. Hoagland, it was completely reconstructed and was put on a paying basis in less than two years. During the past two years new presses have been installed, new typesetting machines and other equipments added, and the output has been more than doubled, as the typesetting machines are operated by a day and night force. At the present time the concern is handling a large amount of book printing, much of it coming from New York and other cities. Mr. Hoagland is a director of the Citizens' Build- ing and Loan Association, and a member of the board of directors of the Board of Trade. In politics he is a Democrat, and his fraternal affiliations are with the following named organ- izations: Solomon's Lodge, No. 46, Free and Accepted Masons; Somerville Lodge, Benevo- lent and Protective Order of Elks; Knights of Pythias, in which order he is also a member of. the Grand Lodge; Independent Order of For- esters ; and secretary of the Bachelor Club, one of the oldest social organizations in the state of New Jersey. He attends services at the Second Dutch Reformed Church, of which he is a member.
Mr. Hoagland married, January 16, 1906, Lucy Kent, daughter of Mrs. Samuel Stewart, of East Orange, New Jersey, and they have one child: Carlton Stewart, born January 10, 1907.
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Esq., of Middlesex county, are the descend- ants of the old Huguenot emigrant, Edmond Lefetra, of Shrewsbury, who died between September 4, and November 22, 1687, leaving a wife Frances, and children Edmond, Sarah, Elizabeth, and probably others. Edmond his only known son, died in Shrewsbury prior to May 27, 1719, leaving a wife Hannah, and chil- dren George, Edmond, James, Joseph, Eliza- beth and Sarah. The name Lafetra has prac- tically disappeared. The last instance of its mention was the letters of administration of Lea Lafetra in 1826, but it is said by several genealogists of reputation that the family has not died out with the name, and that the Laf- fertys who are now found in the same counties formerly inhabited by the Lafetras are the same in blood.
(I) John Lafferty, earliest known ancestor of the family, died in 1795, and was buried at the old Stone Church near Port Norris, Cum- berland county, New Jersey. He married, and was father of four children: I. John, went west and was never after heard from. 2. Re- becca, married Enoch Northrup; children : Emma, married Robinson; Harriet, married Rambo. 3. Nancy, married John Drew ; children: John, married Martha Hines ; children : Lilly and Annie; Jane, mar- ried John Hines, and had children: Dolly, died 1908, unmarried, and James, died unmar- ried. 4. James, see forward.
(II) James, son of John Lafferty, married Hannah Mulford, a descendant of one of the old families prominent in the history of Salem and Gloucester counties. Children: I. John, born 1821; married (first) Martha Elwell; (second) Elizabeth Elwell; children: Whit- tier, went west; William E., married Maria Alnold; children : Floyd, died in infancy ; Or- lando, Estella, Helen, Edith; Annie, married Howard Lee, and has Harriett, married Benja- min Parker ; children : Allen, Serena ; Hannah J., died young. 2. Whittier, born 1821 ; died 1825. 3. William, see forward. 4. Eli, born 1827; still living (1909) ; married Rebecca Daniels ; children : Hannah J., died in infancy ; Dennis, died young ; John D., married (first) Ella Hill, (second) Sarah Allie Fisher ; chil- dren : Raymond, Nettie, Orville, Pearl, Maud Mills, Ada May; Mary Ellen ; James L., mar- ried Rachel Deneen; Emeline, married Aaron Hess; children : Rexie Clifford, Beulah, Connie ; Albert ; Oliver, married Lola Lytle ; Elizabeth; Amos Stiegers, married Rose Mc- Cullough. 5. James, born 1833, died 1895; married Annie Grimshaw ; children: John G.,
married Margaret Mood; children: Mabel and Bessie; Harry, married Viola Adams; James, married Sarah Walters; children : Howard; Harry, died in infancy ; Anna Fran- ces and Clyde.
(III) William, son of James and Hannah (Mulford) Lafferty, was born at Mullica Hill, Gloucester county, New Jersey, September 5, 1823; died September 9, 1895. He was a farmer, and was a trustee of the Presbyterian church. He married (first) Elizabeth Daniels, of Franklin Mills, Pennsylvania. Children: I. Mulford, born November 20, 1854; married Hannah Morgan; children: Mulford, died in infancy ; Bruce, died in infancy ; Berta, May, Warren, Florence, Lamont, Verna, Earl and Everett. 2. Martha, born 1858; died 1866. 3. Hannah, born October 9, 1860; married B. Frank Hand ; children : William F., Grace H., Hope and Myrtle. 4. Annie E., born April 30, 1866 ; married M. T. Groff ; children: Elise, died young; Franklin and James Raymond. He married (second) Martha M., daughter of William Mckibbin, a farmer of Bucks Valley, Fulton county, Pennsylvania. 5 William, born April 28, 1869; died in infancy. 6. Francis, hereafter mentioned. 7. Sarah I., born July 7, 1872 ; married Thomas Neal; chil- dren : James LeRoy and Joseph. 8. William, born January 28, 1874; died 1904; unmarried. (IV) Francis, son of William and Martha M. (McKibbin) Lafferty, was born in Mullica Hill, Gloucester county, New Jersey, February 20, 1870. For his early education he was sent to the public schools, after which he graduated from the Dickinson Law School. He then read law with Hon. Robert S. Clymer, of Woodbury, New Jersey, and Hon. A. H. Swackhamer, and was admitted to the New Jersey bar in November, 1898, as attorney, and in February, 1902, as counsellor. Since then he has been engaged in the general practice of his profession. Until 1903 he practiced at At- lantic City, New Jersey, and in that year came to Newark, New Jersey, where he entered into partnership with S. P. Northrop, Esq., and later with Charles Pilgrim, Esq. Mr. Lafferty is a Democrat in politics. He has no inclination for holding political office, preferring to give his attention to his profession, and like his partner is regarded as one of the leading lights of the younger generation of lawyers. He is a member of Trinity Lodge, No. 79, Free and Accepted Masons, of Atlantic City, and when he came to Newark was transferred to Rose- ville Lodge, No. 143. He is also a member of the Lawyers' Club of Newark.
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Mr. Lafferty married, June 2, 1898, in Salem county, New Jersey, Sadie E., born August 19, 1870, fourth child and third daughter of Solo- mon S. and Sarah ( Baldwin) Denelsbeck, of Whig Lane, whose children were: i. Lemuel, married Phebe Cheeseman; children: Leona and Hiram. ii. Alinda, married George A. Ledden ; children : Earl, Leon, Roy and Cur- tis ; iii. Ella, married James A. Wentzel ; child, Helen ; iv. Sadie E., referred to above ; v. Cur- tis, married May Hadley. Children of Francis and Sadie E. (Denelsbeck) Lafferty: Frances Leilah, born May 14, 1899. 2. Elton Braddock, March 24, 1904.
Matthias Simon, of Sulz, in Alsace- SIMON Loraine, Germany, formerly a province of the republic of France, was born in Sulz and was a farmer there throughout the period of his life. The family name of his wife was Biehler, but her bap- tismal name is not known. Among their chil- dren were sons Matthias, August and Charles. and daughters Margaret and Mary.
(II) August, son of Matthias and Margaret (Biehler) Simon, was born in Sulz, province of Alsace-Loraine, Germany, August 28, 1826, and died there March 15, 1902. As a boy he was sent by his parents to the town school in Sulz, but early was apprenticed to the trade (or perhaps the art) of silk dyeing, and having served out his time followed that vocation, having an establishment of which he was the proprietor. He is said to have been a very skillful dyer of silks, a man of high principles and honest ambition, which qualities both he and his wife taught to their children. He married Barbara Redler, born in Sulz, December 17, 1831, and died there, March 6, 1908. They had six children, five of whom grew to matu- rity, as follows: 1. August, married Gabrielle Aland; has four children ; lives in Allentown, Pennsylvania. 2. Charles, of Paterson, New Jersey. 3. Mary, lives in Sulz; not married. 4. Matilda, also of Sulz; not married. 5. Jeanne, married Frank Dalton, and has one child ; lives at Petersburg, Virginia.
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(III) Charles, son of August and Barbara (Redler) Simon, was born in Sulz, Alsace- Loraine, Germany, June 17, 1858, and was given a good education in the schools of his native town. After leaving school he went into his father's works and there learned the art of silk dyeing. He too became an expert work- man in his special occupation, and after his apprenticeship worked in various establish- ments in France, Germany and Switzerland.
Thus it was that when he came to Peterson in October, 1882, he was not only a skillful silk dyer, but also was possessed of a wide and use- ful experience in his art. His first employ- ment in Paterson was in the capacity of fore- man in the silk works of Jacob Weidman, of Paterson, where he continued three years, and afterward for two years was in the employ of John N. Stearns & Company, of New York City.
In September, 1887, Mr. Simon, in company with Charles L. Anger, established a silk dye- ing works in Paterson, beginning business in a sinall way, but the ultimate outgrowth of their limited enterprise is the present Auger & Simon Silk Dyeing Company, incorporated, now one of the leading industries of the city of Paterson, and having an important branch at Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Something of the extent of the business operations of the company will be understood when it is men- tioned that the works in Paterson cover an area of nearly five acres of land, with an additional three acres for the company's other purposes. The works in Williamsport cover three acres of land, and the company's entire tract there includes twenty acres. The business in Pater- son employs about six hundred skilled opera- tives, while about two hundred and fifty em- ployees are in the Williamsport mills.
In Paterson Mr. Simon enjoys a wide ac- quaintance in business circles and is looked upon as one of the leading men in the industrial life of the city. His business career has been one of gratifying success, and whatever he has accomplished in a business way is the result of his own personal effort. He takes an earn- est interest in the welfare of the city and its institutions, is a progressive and public spirited citizen, and his home is beautifully situated on Broadway, Paterson.
He married, October 20, 1886, Mary J., born February 4, 1868, daughter of Peter and Florine (Clement) Auger, of Paterson. Chil- dren, all born in Paterson: Mary F., May 6, 1888; Matilda A., May 28, 1889; Charles F., July 1, 1897.
Three brothers by the name DE MOTT of de Mott, of Huguenot de- scent, like so many of the Protestant families who were forced to leave France under the conditions that brought about the Edict of Nantes, came to the friendly shores of America to found new homes, making the route of their departure across the Rhine into Holland and thence to New Amsterdam. On
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reaching the New Netherlands the Huguenots, who had been but a short time sojourners in Holland or in any other of the provinces of Netherlands, did not at once affiliate with the Dutch, but formed villages and made com- munities in which they could retain their native language, manners and customs.
Many of these Huguenots went up the Hud- son river and settled along its banks and are readily distinguished by their family names. One of the objective points to which many French families came directly from the ship that landed them in New Amsterdam harbor was Wiltwick, one hundred miles up the river on its west bank at the confluence of Esopus creek. It is claimed that a short-lived settle- ment was made at Esopus Point, which ex- tends far out into the river, as early as 1614, but we do know that Governor-General Stuy- vesant chartered the proposed settlement under the name of Wiltwick in 1661, and its inhabit- ants became permanently settled under the di- rection of the English government in 1665, and regularly incorporated by patent in 1667, under the English name of Kingston. The chrono- logical history of Kingston is full of interest. The first constitution of the state of New York was adopted there by the provincial legislature which assembled April 20, 1777, and the state legislature under the new con- stitution assembled in the state house at Kings- ton in September, 1777, but dispersed October 7, 1777, on the approach of the British army under Sir Henry Clinton, and the place was burned by the British, but soon rebuilt. The brothers de Mott could not have found in Esopus the conditions that they sought, and we give an account of two of the brothers who planted themselves in Bergen county, New Jersey, opposite New Amsterdam, where they pur- chased considerable acreage of land, married and reared families.
Michael de Mott, one of the brothers, pur- chased a tract of land "lying between the hills and the Pequannack river in Morris county, New Jersey, known as Pompton Plains." The deed for his land was given October 9, 1704, and he soon after removed from Bergen coun- ty to the new estate and located, built and lived in the house still standing and known as the "Old De Mott Place." He was a blacksmith by trade, also a farmer by occupation, and he built his blacksmith shop at the south end of his dwelling house and attached to it. He was the father of three sons: John, who settled in English Neighborhood, New Jersey. Richard, who settled in Raritan, New Jersey. Hendrick,
born in 1715, who came into possession of the homestead at Pompton Plains ; married Janette Van Wagoner, and they had twelve children born at Pompton Plains on the old homestead.
(I) Matthias de Mott, brother of Michael de Mott, removed from Kingston to Bergen, North New Jersey, in 1704, in company with his brother Michael. On April 4, 1693, he had bought of Elias Michaels Vreeland three lots of land in Bergen (now Jersey City), having an aggregate area of eighty-seven acres. He subsequently added to his purchase other tracts at Bergen and North Bergen. He married, April 4, 1705, Margaretje Brinkerhoff, of Hackensack, New Jersey. Children: 1. John, who died young. 2. Michael, married Clarisse Winne, but had no children; died intestate, November 16, 1799; under the conditions of his father's will his estate in Bergen went to his brother George. 3. Henry, died young. 4. Ann. 5. John, married but had no issue ; died December 8, 1744. 6. Henry, see forward. 7. George, who inherited the estate left by his brother Michael; he left the entire estate, as it came to him by the will of his father, to his nephew Michael, son of his brother Henry ; he died unmarried in 1800. 8. Jacob, married Sophia Van Houten, October II, 1747, and lived in Schraalenburg, New Jersey. 9. Mary. 10. Gishy, died in 1744. Matthias de Mott, father of these children, died in May, 1759, and by his will proved June 18, 1759, he made his sons, Michael and George, joint tenants of all his Bergen lands.
(II) Henry, fifth son and sixth child of Matthias and Margaretje (Brinkerhoff) de Mott, was born in Bergen, now Hudson coun- ty, New Jersey. He was married, in 1742, to Janettje Van Wagoner, and among their chil- dren was a son Michael, see forward. After the birth of this son they removed from Ber- gen to Pompton Plains, Morris county, New Jersey.
(III) Michael, son of Henry and Janettje (Van Wagoner) de Mott, was born in Bergen, now Hudson county, New Jersey, September 27, 1750; died in Bergen county, New Jersey, May 27, 1832. He was the owner of property in Bergen, New Jersey, which he possessed through the will of his uncle, George de Mott. who died intestate and without children in 1808. In his will Michael left his property in Bergen to his children. He married Margaret Mandeville, of Pompton Plains, New Jersey, born June 18, 1763; died September 7, 1854. Children, born in Bergen, New Jersey: I. John, died in childhood. 2. Jane, married
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Peter Edo Marselis. 3. Margaret, married Richard Vreeland. 4. Maria, married James Cadmus. 5. George, see forward. 6. Garrett. 7. Henry, who died before his father. 8. Cath- arine, married Richard Cadmus.
(IV) George, second son and fifth child of Michael and Margaret (Mandeville) De Mott, was born in Bergen, New Jersey, June 1, 1787 ; died July 7, 1866. He located on the estate he inherited in Bergen, the place being now known as West Hoboken, and there engaged in agri- cultural pursuits. He was a member of the Dutch Reformed Church, of Bergen. He mar- ried (first) Jane Vreeland, born 1790, died July II, 1826, and they had four children, two of whom died in early life, and two survived, namely : I. Maria Mandeville, born August II, 1816; married John Sturgis. 2. George V., see forward. He married (second) Ellen Smith, who bore him twelve children : I. Amelia Ann, born February II, 1828. 2. Julia Ellen, October 28, 1829. 3. James Smith, September 26, 1831. 4. Mary Francis, November 12, 1833. 5. Eliza Jane, March 14, 1835. 6. Abraham Huyler, February 13, 1837. 7. Hester Garret- son, October 10, 1839. 8. Henry Augustus, March 12, 1840. 9. Thomas Gautier, October I, 1841. IO. Georgianna, January 17, 1843. II. Edgar Montelle, May 14, 1845. 12. Hin- son Curtis, May 27, 1851.
(V) George V., only surviving son of George and Jane (Vreeland) De Mott, was born in Bergen township, now West Hoboken, Hudson county, New Jersey, April 27, 1822. He was reared to the age of fifteen years on his father's farm, and then entered a dry goods establishment in New York City. In 1845 he engaged in the manufacturing business, con- tinuing up to 1870. About 1865 he purchased a tract of land in what is now Clifton, Acquack- anonk township, Passaic county, New Jersey, and in 1869 located in the village of Clifton, Acquackanonk township, where he has con- tinued to reside up to the present time ( 1910). He was a prominent and active factor in the growth and development of the village. Mr. De Mott married (first), February 5, 1846, Mary Newkirk, born April 17, 1826, died Janu- ary 12, 1858, daughter of Henry and Eliza (Provost) Newkirk. He married (second), October 20, 1875, Hiley Ann Merselis, born July 29, 1844, daughter of Peter and Gertrude (Sip) Merselis. Children of first wife: I. Henry Newkirk, born November 9, 1846; died without issue, July 30, 1887. 2. George Win- field, January 15, 1849; died without issue, June 19, 1873. 3. Edward Provost, December
25, 1850; died October 26, 1885; married, October 4, 1876, Louise Curtis, born December 5, 1857, daughter of Dr. G. and C. Sophia Curtis ; one child, Helen De Mott, born July 31, 1877, married Harry MacDonald Ander- son ; one child, Daniel Anderson, born May 16, 1904, who is a representative of the eighth generation from Matthias de Mott, the emi- grant. 4. John Walton, March 9, 1853; mar- ried, October 20, 1886, Catherine Merselis, born August 15, 1861, daughter of Peter and Julia ( Bogardus) Merselis ; three children: i. Mary N., born August 10, 1888; ii. Florence M., June 30, 1891 ; iii. Mabel W., June 9, 1896. 5. Jane Maria, June 22, 1855; died April 18, 1859.
DUSENBERRY Stephen Dusenberry, the first member of the fam- ily of whom we have defi-
nite information, was born in either Westches- ter or Dutchess county, New York, and died in Orange county, New York. He was probably the grandson of William and Lena Dusenberry, of Harrison's Purchase, Rye, Westchester county, New York, and a descendant of the Long Island family of Dusenberrys who were from very early times associated with the his- tory of Hempstead and Jerusalem. April 2, 1806, Stephen Dusenberry was appointed cap- tain under Lieutenant Colonel Zachariah Flag- ler, in the Dutchess county militia, and June 8, 1808, was promoted first major. March 4, 1817, John Cooper was promoted first major, vice Stephen Dusenberry, "moved away." He married Anna Townsend, and among his chil- dren were Townsend and Peter, both referred to below.
(II) Townsend, son of Stephen and Anna (Townsend) Dusenberry, was born in Orange county, New York, and died in Newark, New Jersey.
(III) Henry Townsend, only child Town- send Dusenberry, was born in Orange county, New York, in 1835, and died in Newark, New Jersey, in May, 1886. He was deputy county clerk of Newark, 1862-67, and county clerk, 1867-72. He received his education at the Hackettstown Seminary, in politics was a Dem- ocrat, was a member of the town council of Newark, 1872-73, and school commissioner for the Seventh Ward of Newark in 1876-77. He married Mary Louisa Baldwin, born in Au- gust, 1835. Children: John Baldwin, referred to below ; Emily Townsend, now living at No. 86 Orchard street, Newark, New Jersey, whose courtesy has made possible much of this sketch.
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(IV) John Baldwin, son of Henry Town- send and Mary Louisa ( Baldwin) Dusenberry, was born in Newark, New Jersey, August 21, 1857, and died there December 10, 1909. For his early education he was sent to the public schools, and afterwards to the Newark Acad- emy, from which he graduated in 1876. After spending three years in mercantile pursuits he entered the surrogate's office in Newark, under Colonel C. Meyer Zulick, where for nine years he was probate clerk, and in 1889 was elected to the office of surrogate on the Democratic ticket and served as such for five years, when he was appointed by President Grover Cleve- land as assistant appraiser of the Port of New York, which office he held until July 10, 1897. He then came to Newark, where he made a business of taking charge of and caring for large estates. He was a member of the Joel Parker Club, the Jeffersonian Club, and the Fourth Ward Democratic Club. For twenty- eight years he was a director in the Mutual Benefit and Loan Association, and was also treasurer of the Real Estate Brokers' Ex- change, and first vice-president of the Road Horse Association of New Jersey. He was a member of the South Baptist Church, of New- ark. He married (first) in Newark, Novem- ber 16, 1885, Elizabeth, born 1858, died Janu- ary 25, 1887, daughter of Captain Christian Myers, who was killed in the civil war; ( sec- ond) in Newark, November 12, 1897, Helen Wood, daughter of Levi and Effie (Sweasy) Van Ness, who was born in December, 1868. Children, one by first wife: Helen Townsend, born January 20, 1887; John Baldwin, Octo- ber 26, 1898; Grant Van Ness, June 26, 1905. (II) Peter, son of Stephen and Anna (Townsend) Dusenberry, was born in Orange county, New York. He married Mary, daugh- - ter of Joseph Lyon and Phebe ( Jones) Wheel- er (see Wheeler). Children : Augustus and James Peter, both referred to below ; Anna, married Joseph E. Buzby.
(III) Augustus, son of Peter and Mary (Wheeler ) Dusenberry, was born in Newark, New Jersey, December 4, 1837. For his early education he was sent to Dr. Hedges, after- wards to Dr. Ely's boarding school at Rahway, and then to Mr. Conklin's boarding school at Basking Ridge, after which he began his career as clerk in a clothing store in New York City. This position he gave up in order to take an- other with one of the safe manufacturers, and in 1874 he started in the hardware business with James W. Thatcher, then became con- nected with Roe & Conover, and later became
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