Genealogical and memorial history of the state of New Jersey, Volume III, Part 29

Author: Lee, Francis Bazley, 1869- ed
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Lewis Historical Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 650

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For more than two and a half BARNES centuries the surname Barnes has been known on this side of the Atlantic ocean. It first found root in New

England in the early colonial period and thence was gradually distributed throughout the entire country. The name is found in the revolution- ary rolls, also in the muster rolls of the second war with the mother country and in the more recent civil war. In the latter conflict the name is well known, and many have also attained clistinction as clergymen, writers, in the other learned professions, in the arts and sciences, and in the industrial and commercial life of our country. All who have borne this honor- able name are descendants of English ances- tors, although the origin of the name in the mother country "is enveloped in the impene- trable mists of antiquity."

(1) George Barnes, immigrant, was born in Blackburn, England, September 17, 1815, and died in Paterson, New Jersey, May 14, 1885. He was educated in England, and was twenty years old when he came to this country. In the course of a few years he returned to his native land and there acquired a knowledge of the art of color making, or better, perhaps, of making colors such as are used in the manu- facture of calico prints. When he again came to America he located first at Taunton, Massa- chusetts, worked at his trade there some time, and then came to Belleville, New Jersey, where he made colors for the next eleven years, then removed to Paterson, and worked two years in the employ of D. G. Scott, calico printer. In 1857 he started in business on his own account in the manufacture of mordants for calico printers and silk dyers, and continued success- fully in that line until the time of his death in 1885. Thus for nearly thirty years Mr. Barnes was actively and prominently identified with the industrial history of the city of Paterson, and otherwise appears to have taken a com- mendable interest in whatever would tend to promote the welfare of that municipality. He was conscientiously just in all his affairs, and in business circles his name was regarded as. a synonym for honesty and probity of char- acter. In politics he was a firm Republican, and as the candidate of his party was elected to a seat in the lower house of the state legis- lature in 1873. He was a communicant and a vestryman of St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church of Paterson, and was affiliated with various Masonic bodies. Mr. Barnes married. June 5. 1845. Harriet Walsh, born October 16, 1823. at Darwin, Lancashire, England, daugh- ter of John and Ann (Chadwick) Walsh, of English birth. Children of George and Har- riet ( Walsh) Barnes:

I. Harriet E., born Belleville, New Jersey.

George Barnes

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August 20, 1846; married, November 15, 1882, William Ellison, born March 25, 1844, at Little Falls, Passaic county, New Jersey ; no issue.

2. George H., born October 10, 1847, at Belleville. New Jersey ; died there, October 13, 1849.

3. Alfred Walsh, born September 23, 1849, in Belleville, Essex county, New Jersey. He was educated in the public schools, and took a course in the Bryant & Stratton Business Col- lege in New York City, 1866. At the age of sixteen years he entered the employ of the Franklin Manufacturing Company, calico printers, continuing with the same for ten years. In 1876 he became associated with his father in the manufacture of mordants and chemicals for dyeing purposes, and was thus engaged until the death of his father in 1885. when he and his brothers, George A. and Frank E. Barnes, assumed the management of the business in the interest of the father's estate, and he has been thus occupied to the present time (1909). In business circles he is recognized as a most capable manager, straight- forward in all his transactions, and enjoys the respect and confidence of a large circle of friends. He is a member, elder and trustee of the First Presbyterian Church of Paterson. He married (first), December 20, 1871, Mary Shields, born August 3. 1850, died October 14, 1888, daughter of Thomas and Lucy Shields. He married ( second), September 18, 1890. Eva L. London, born May 29, 1857, daughter of Edward and Jane B. (Capwell) London, of Wyoming county, Pennsylvania, they have an adopted daughter. Mildred J., born April 6, 1899.

4. Phebe Ann, born at Belleville, New Jer- sey, July 22, 1851 ; unmarried.

5. George A., born April 30, 1853, at Belle- ville, New Jersey. He was educated in the public schools, and took a course in the Pack- ard Business College, New York City. He became engaged in his father's chemical and color works, and was actively identified with the same until the death of the father, in 1885, since which time he has been associated with his brothers, Alfred W. and Frank E. Barnes, in the management of the business in the inter- est of the estate. Mr. Barnes married, June 17. 1896, Isabelle F. Morris, born October 23. 1865. daughter of William and Janet ( Forsyth) Morris ; children: Harriet Walsh, born May 20. 1807 : Isabelle Forsyth, September 2, 1901.

6. M. Josephine, born in Belleville, New Jersey, October 15, 1855; she married, Sep- tember I, 1875, James D. Dunkerly ; children :

I. Harriet Josephine, born May 10, 1876, mar- ried, March 3, 1897, John W. Laffey, of Belle- ville, New Jersey ; children: i. Lillian, born October 14, 1898; ii. George, October 28, 1899 ; iii. Alfred W. Barnes, November 4, 1900; iv. Beatrice, December 23, 1902 ; v. John, August 1, 1908. 2. Mabel Florence Dunkerly, born March 13, 1878; married, April 14, 1904, Dr. Andrew B. Vanderbeek, and has Andrew B. Jr., born March 29, 1905.

7. Frank E., born in Paterson, New Jersey, May 24. 1862; unmarried.

8. Mary E., born at Paterson, New Jersey, February 17, 1865; unmarried.

The faithful wife, and mother of the above named children, survived her honored husband, and resides at the corner of West Twenty-fifth and Canal streets, Paterson, New Jersey.

There have been many distin-

MORITZ guished persons bearing the name Maurits, Mauritz and Moritz, in America and also several European countries. The family here described emi- grated to this country from Germany, where they were tradesmen, of the respectable mid- dle class, who are known for their thrift and industry.

( I) John Moritz was born about 1799, at AAlberfelt, situated on Rhine river, Germany, died 1863. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After receiving the education afforded by the schools of his native town, he learned the trade of enameler on hollow ware and worked at it in Germany : in 1848 he came to America, locating at Philadelphia, where he worked at his trade in the employ of Stewart Peterson, continuing until the time of his death. In political views he was a Democrat, and he was a member of the Catholic church. Mr. Moritz married in Germany, Katrina Arbender ; children : 1. John. 2. Adolph, died in Andersonville prison. 3. Peter. 4. Annie.

(II) Peter, third and youngest son of John and Katrina ( Arbender ) Moritz, was born in 1835, at Alberfelt. Germany, being brought to America with his parents when a young boy of thirteen years, and his earlier education was supplemented by attending the schools of Phil- adelphia. In 1854 he enlisted in the Second United States Regulars, at Baltimore, and sub- sequently saw service in California, Oregon and Arizona, among the Indian tribes. After nine years' service with the Regulars, he en- listed in the California Infantry, at Sacra- mento, and from there went to Los Angeles, and distinguished himself by his service at

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Fort McDowell, Arizona. In 1866 Mr. Moritz returned to Philadelphia and engaged in run- ning a hotel, called the California Hotel, which he owned and operated for fifteen years, and since that time has retired from active business on account of poor health. He located in Riverside, New Jersey, in 1888, and still makes his residence in that place, where he has many friends. Mr. Moritz is a Republican in poli- tics, although he takes no very active part in political affairs. He married (first) Merta Bincla, who died in 1871, and they had one child, Katherine, who married Lewis Eberly of the Eberly Brewing Company, of Philadel- phia, and they have two children, Matilda and Lewis. Mr. Moritz married ( second), in 1873, Matilda Hopf, born in Germany, and their children are: I. Gertrude, now Mrs. Cham- berlain, lives at Des Moines, Iowa. and has two children, Davis and Juliet. 2. Louisa, born in Philadelphia, lives with her parents, at Riverside.

WALTER The name of Walter, in vari- ous forms, has been known in many European countries, and there have been many emigrants to America bearing it. The family here described is from Germany, and the members who have taken up their residence in New Jersey have made for themselves an honorable position in com- mercial and social circles, being identified with public affairs and the community's develop- ment.

(I) George Walter lived all his life in Emp- fingen, Prussia, at which place he was born. His wife was Francisco Gouss, of Empfingen, and their children were: I. Kate, died in Ger- many. 2. Xaver. 3. Felix, resides in Ger- many. 4. Julia, died in Germany. 5. Karl, resides in Germany.

( II) Xaver, oldest son of George and Fran- cisco (Gouss) Walter, was born in 1834, at Empfingen, Prussia, and received his educa- tion in the schools of his native town. He learned the trade of wheelwright, and worked also on a farm; in July, 1857, he emigrated to America, going first to Moorestown, New Jer- sey, where he spent a short time with an uncle. He then removed to Philadelphia and worked for three years at his trade in that city and Camden, New Jersey. In 1860 Mr. Walter removed to Westfield, New Jersey, where he worked three years at his trade, and then located in Riverside, where he bought a piece of property and built a large black- smith and wheelwright shop, which he con-

ducted until 1891, manufacturing light and heavy carriages and wagons, as well as doing repair work. He then retired from active business, and has since devoted his time and attention to his large real estate interests in and around Riverside; he has built and sold several residences. He visited his native land in 1891 and again in 1901. In political views Mr. Walter is a Democrat, and he has served two terms on the township committee. He has also served as surveyor of public highways, and was appointed by the governor as super- visor of the stone road, having charge of build- ing same. He takes great interest in public improvements, was one of the organizers of the water works system of Riverside, was organizer and director of the First National Bank, and is a stockholder in the Trust Com- pany of Moorestown, New Jersey. He is a member of the Catholic church, was formerly a trustee, and gave material help towards the building of the present edifice. Mr. Walter married, in August, 1860, at Camden, New Jersey, Kate Kreck, born February II, 1839, near Bamberg, Germany, daughter of Fred- erick Kreck, and came to America in 1859. Their children are: 1. Charles, born in West- field, New Jersey, May 17, 1861, died March 16, 1887: married Theresa Hass; children : Theodore, deceased; Henry, deceased, and Charlie. 2. John, born October 22, 1862, at Westfield, New Jersey; merchant, living in Philadelphia ; married Barbara Crist. 3. Henry. 4. William, born in 1866, at Westfield, New Jersey ; contractor, lives at Riverside ; married Mary Emmeck; children : Mary, Francis, Gertrude and William. 5. Mary, born Septem- ber 14, 1867, was drowned, in infancy. 6. Anna, born July 4, 1869, at Riverside, New Jersey ; married Charles Mich, now a retired lumber dealer, living at Riverside; children : Theresa, Joseph, Anna, Charles and Madeline 7. Thomas, born September 27, 1870, at River- side, New Jersey. 8. George, born Septem- ber 16, 1872, in Riverside, New Jersey, died young. 9. George, born December 23, 1875, in Riverside, died in 1880. 10. Franz X., born December 8, 1878, in Riverside, died March II, 1880. II. Albert, born September 22, 1880, at Riverside, lives with his father at Riverside, and is an engineer employed at the watch case works ; married Theresa Hass, of Riverside.

(III) Henry, third son of Xaver and Kate ( Kreck) Walter, was born September 15, 1864, at Westfield, New Jersey, and while quite young removed with his parents to Riverside, where he received his education in the Catholic

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school of that town. At the age of fourteen he became employed in his father's store, of which he finally had entire charge, and he purchased same in 1891, carrying it on success- fully ever since. Mr. Walter takes great inter- est in all the affairs of Riverside, where he re- sides ; is a member of the board of education, director in the Riverside National Bank and Building and Loan Association, member and director of the Fire Company of Riverside. and member also of the Turners and Maen- nerchor. He belongs to Burlington Lodge, No. 996, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and also Knights of Columbus, of Burlington. He is a Catholic in religion and a Democrat in politics. Mr. Walter married, in June, 1895, Josephine, daughter of Lewis Much, of Phila- delphia, and they have one child, Helen, born in September, 1897, at Riverside.

BEEKMAN It is now a pretty well estab- lished fact that the families in New Jersey bearing the name

of Beekman are descended from two distinct sources, one of which is Willem Beeckman, of New York, who emigrated to New Amster- dam in 1647, and the other, Maarten Beeck- man, of Albany, who is the progenitor of the branch of the family at present under consid- cration.

(I) Maarten Beeckman emigrated to New Netherland in 1638, and settled in Albany, where he plied his trade of blacksmith, and died before June 21, 1677. He married Sus- anna Jans, and had at least three children : Johannes ; Hendrick, referred to below ; Metie.

( II) Hendrick, son of Maarten and Sus- anna ( Jans) Beeckman, lived for a number of years at Schodack, near Albany, and Novem- ber 13, 1710, purchased from Octavo Coen- raats, merchant of New York, two hundred and fifty acres of land on the Raritan river in Somerset county, New Jersey, it being a part of the tract bought by Coenraats from Peter Son- mans, who in turn had purchased it from the proprietors of East Jersey. The deed for this land has never been recorded, and is now in possession of Mrs. Elizabeth Beekman Vred- enburgh, who still owns a portion of the land described, which she inherited from her father Benjamin Beekman and her mother Cornelia Beekman. Among his children was Marten, referred to below.

(III) Marten, son of Hendrick Beeckman, was born in 1685, and died October 27, 1757. The descendants of his three sons are very numerous in New York, Ohio, Indiana. Illi-

nois, Michigan, Oregon, and elsewhere. June 21, 1724, he married Elizabeth, born 1700, died November 27, 1760, daughter of Samuel and granddaughter of Resolvert Waldron. Chil- dren: Elizabeth ; Hendrick, referred to below ; Samuel, Annate, Johannes.

(IV) Hendrick (2), second child and eldest son of Marten and Elizabeth ( Waldron ) Beeck- man, was born in Somerset county, New Jer- sey, March 24, 1727, and died there, January 26, 1796. He married Phoebe Bloomfield, who died October 25, 1807. Children: I. Eliza- beth. 2. Henry. 3. Benjamin, married Cor- nelia Beekman, his own cousin, and had Eliza- beth ( Beekman) Vredenburgh, referred to above. 4. John H., referred to below. 5. Will- iam, settled in Michigan with his brother Henry. 6. Susanna. 7. Martin, removed to Warren county, Ohio, and said to have de- scendants who have retained the old spelling of the name. 8. Francis Brazier, removed to Ohio.

(V) John H., fourth child and third son of Hendrick ( 2) and Phoebe ( Bloomfield ) Beeck- man, was born on the old Beekman farm, Feb- ruary 9. 1769, and died there February 24, 1861. He learned the carpenter's trade when a young man and followed it for many years. Later in his life he was a farmer. All of his people were Whigs in politics, and when he turned Democrat his aunt disinherited him. He adhered to his convictions, however, left Raritan, and purchased for himself a farm on North Branch. He was a Presbyterian. De- cember 25. 1791, he married Effe Brewer. Chil- dren: 1. Mary, born January 26, 1794, died September 8, 1874, unmarried. 2. Phoebe, born May 14, 1796, died April 24, 1852; married John R. Voorhees. 3. Henry, born October 23, 1798. died June 15, 1853: married Cath- arine Van Duyne. 4. Daniel, referred to below. 5. John, born July 30, 1808 ; married Fanny A. Stiger.

(VI) Daniel, fourth child and second son of John H. and Effe ( Brewer) Beekman, was born on his father's North Branch farm, Feb- ruary II, 1804. He was educated in the old- fashioned way by a travelling teacher, then learned the trade of a cabinet-maker, and later became a carpenter. At first, however, he was unfortunate, being taken sick and using up all of his savings. He then began to build houses. and in this way acquired considerable property, and when he married he built his new home himself and took his bride into it before it was finished. After his marriage he turned farmer, and he and his wife lived together on his farm

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for fifty-five years. He was a Democrat, and active in the Presbyterian church of Laming- ton, of which for many years he was first trus- tee and then elder. He married Sarah Jane, daughter of Isaac Van Duyne. Children : Child, died in infancy ; John H., referred to below.

(VII) John H., son of Daniel and Sarah Jane (Van Duyne) Beekman, was born on his father's North Branch farm, August 15, 1841, and is now living in North Branch. He was educated there, and at fourteen years of age began to work on the farm for his father. After reaching manhood he bought a farm for himself, but continued to live at home and to work on both farms until the death of his father. He was a Democrat, but always said that he was no politician. For more than twenty years he has been a trustee of the Lamington Presbyterian church, and to-day stands as a magnificent specimen of the gentle- man of the old school. March 4, 1869, he mar- ried Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Frederick H. and Mary A. (Craig) Lane, of New Ger- mantown, descendants of another old colonial Dutch stock, the same as that from which have sprung the Van Pelts, her progenitor in this country being either Gysbert or Jacob Thysz Van Pelt Lanen, some of whose descendants chose Van Pelt, and the others, Lane, Laen, or Laan, as a surname.

(\'III) Daniel H., only child of John H. and Mary Elizabeth (Lane) Beekman, was born on his father's farm at North Branch, May 29, 1874, and is now living at Somerville, New Jersey. For his early education he was sent to the school at North Branch. He then graduated from the Metz private school, after which he attended the New York Law School at New York, and was admitted to the New Jersey bar as attorney in June, 1898, and as counsellor in February, 1902. Since then he has been engaged in the general practice of his profession in Somerville, making a specialty of inheritance and real estate law, in which field he is in very great demand, particularly as trustee and executor in settling estates. He is a Democrat, and very active and prominent in the politics of his locality. His many good qualities have won him a host of friends, and he has the confidence and trust of every one, a fact which was remarkably emphasized at the time he ran for the office of assemblyman on the Democratic ticket. The district went Republican for president by over one thousand six hundred majority, but Mr. Beekman was defeated by a scant seven hundred minority.

He is a member of the First Dutch Reformed Church of Somerville.

November 15, 1899, Mr. Beekman married Emetta, daughter of Henry C. and Catharine ( Rhinehart ) Hoffman (see Hoffman below). Children : John H., born October 27, 1903, and Mabel Elizabeth, August 23, 1909.

(The Hoffman Line).

The early generations of the Hoffman fam- ily of New York and New Jersey are, from a genealogical point of view, still in considerable con fusion, but there seems now to be no doubt whatever that the common ancestor of the families bearing the name was Marten Her- manzen Hoffman, saddler, of Revel, who mar- ried (first), April 22, 1663, in Brooklyn, Lys- beth Hermans, of Ootmarsum, a town in Over- yssel, and (second) in New Amsterdam, May 16, 1664. Emmerentje De Witts, from Edent, in Emberlandt.

(I) John Hoffman, the earliest ascertainable ancestor of the line at present under considera- tion, died between 1741 and 1748, in Reading- ton, Hunterdon county, New Jersey. He lived in New York and Readington. He was twice married, and his second wife, Margaret An- huisen, survived him. Children: Catharina ; Henry, referred to below; Mary; Frederick ; John ; William; Jacob.

(II) Henry, son of John Hoffman, lived on the William Stevenson place in Cokesbury, in High Bridge township, Hunterdon county, and died between 1790 and 1794. He was twice married. Children : Harmon ; John, referred to below : Peter, Henry, Frederick, Eva, Annie, Mary.

(III) John (2), son of Henry Hoffman, was born July 12, 1746, and died April 22, 1828. He lived at Cokesbury, and married, December 19, 1771, Ann Elizabeth, born May 20, 1752, died November 1, 1828, daughter of Peter Young. Children : Ann, Elsie Cath- arine, Mary, Elizabeth, Henry I., Peter I., Frederick I., William I., Margaret, John I. ( referred to below ), Philip C.

(IV) John I., tenth child and fifth son of John (2) and Ann Elizabeth (Young) Hoff- man, was born July 18. 1772, and died in 1865. He married Lydia, daughter of John Hayes. Children: John H., married Harriet Cox ; Letta. married John Fleet ; Elizabeth, married Peter Eick : Lydia Ellen, married Isaiah Apgar ; Henry C., referred to below : Charles W., mar- ried Mary C. Flumerfelt ; Thomas A., married Sarah Cole ; Mary Jane, die l young.

(V) Henry C., fifth child and second son of

Jacot D. Van Ômburgh

"Wesley Van Ömburgh

Henry Van Emburgh, Ir. Mary (Voorhees) Van Emburgh Willur D. Van Emburgh

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John 1. and Lydia ( Hayes) Hoffman, married Catharine, daughter of John Rhinehart, and among their children was Emetta, who mar- ried, November 15, 1899, Daniel H., son of John H. and Mary Elizabeth ( Lane ) Beekman.

The American progen- VAN EMBURGH itor of this family was Gysbert Van Imbrock, who came with others from Amsterdam, Hol- land, and first settled at New Amsterdam. He did not, however, remain for a long period with the new settlement, and with other Hol- land families went farther north on the Hud- son river and settled at Fort Orange ( Albany), where he later married Rachel De la Montagne, who was born in 1634, and was a daughter of Dr. Johannes De la Montagne, who was for some time councillor of the New Netherlands and vice-director of Fort Orange.

(II) Johannes, son of Gysbert and Rachel (De la Montagne) Van Imbrock, was born at Kingston, New York, in 1661. When he was but four years old he was taken by his mother, with two other children, to New Amsterdam, where he was reared to manhood, and acquired a knowledge of medicine through his maternal grandfather. Later he settled in Hackensack, New Jersey, where he practiced his profession. He married (first) in 1687, Margaret Van Schaick, by whom he had one daughter. He married (second) Catrina Santvort, and to them were born children: 1. Gysbert. 2. Will- iam. 3. Johannes, ancestor of the line herein traced, and of whom further is given below. 4. Mary, married John Sandford. 5. Cath- erine, married Richard Gibbs, of New Bruns- wick, New Jersey. 6. Elizabeth, married Jacobus Bertholf. Dr. Johannes Van Imbrock died in 1742, at Ridgewood, New Jersey, where he built a brown stone house in 1700, it being the first house in the present borough of Ridge- wood, and where he had bought a tract of five hundred acres of land for the sum of thirty- two pounds, ten shillings and some pence.

(III) Johannes Van Imburgh (as the name now appears ), son of Dr. Johannes and Cat- rina (Santvort) Van Imbrock, was born at Ridgewood, New Jersey, at the parental home- stead, March 28, 1703. He passed his life at Ridgewood, where he followed farming. He married, and among his children was John, of whom further.

(I\ ) John Van Emburgh ( with whom the family name came to its present form), son of Johannes Van Imburgh, was born in 1738, on the family homestead at Ridgewood, where he

was reared and spent his life as a farmer. He married Antje -- , and among their chil- dren was Henry, of whom further.

(V) Henry, son of John and Antje Van Emburgh, was born in 1769, on the family homestead at Ridgewood. He followed in the footsteps of his forefathers, and was a tiller of the soil, passing his life in Edgewood, where he died, in 1830. He was noted for industry and probity of character. He married Mary Voorhis, born November 17, 1770, died Octo- ber 29, 1848. Children: 1. John, born June 28, 1791, died 1866. 2. Albert, January 25, 1793, died 1881. 3. Anna, January 5, 1795, died 1833. 4. Martha, January 12, 1799, died 1875. 5. Henry, see forward. 6. Peter, Feb- ruary 11, 1804, died 1887. 7. Ralph Wester- velt, June 24, 1806, died 1880. 8. George, De- cember 7, 1808. 9. Caty, January 31, 1812. IO. Polly, September 16, 1814, died 1887. Of the sons, George, Peter and Ralph W., settled in Ridgewood, where they were known among the substantial husbandmen of that town.

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Genealogical and memorial history of the state of New Jersey, Volume III, Part 29

Author: Lee, Francis Bazley, 1869- ed Publication date: 1910 Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Lewis Historical Publishing Co. Number of Pages: 650

Author: Lee, Francis Bazley, 1869- ed
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Lewis Historical Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 650