History of Monmouth County, New Jersey. Pt. 2, Part 47

Author: Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885
Publication date: 1885
Publisher: Philadelphia : R.T. Peck & Co.
Number of Pages: 994

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the Freehold Church gave ten dollars, and the friends at Marlboroughi added to those sums sufficient to purchase a library of one hundred volumes and other needed supplies ; Mr. O. C. Herbert gave the use of the room for the Sun- day-school and preaching services; the Rev. D. S. Parmelee engaged to supply with preach- ing the fourth Sunday of each month, and thus was commenced the school and embryo Baptist Church. During the summer the school in- creased to thirty scholars. At this time Rev. C. D. Warner, a licentiate of the Holmdel Baptist Church, commenced preaching on the second Sunday of each month.

In the autumn of 1865 subscriptions were taken in Marlborough, Freehold and Holmdel for the erection of the house of worship, and Mr. O. C. Herbert, of Marlborough, James W. Perrine, of Frechold, James C. Taylor and C. D. Warner, of Holmdel, were appointed a building committee, with instructions to erect a house of worship at a cost not exceeding two thousand dollars, and on the 26th of August, 1866, the corner-stone of the meeting-house was laid in the presence of a large assembly. Ad- dresses were delivered by Rev. D. H. Miller, of Trenton, and D. S. Parmelee. The stone, in which were deposited the usual documents and papers, together with the history of the Baptist interest in Marlborough to that day, was laid by D. S. Parmelee. A collection was taken, amounting to about three hundred and ninety- five dollars.

About this time the Rev. C. E. Wilson, of Holmdel, began preaching in Marlborough the third Sunday of each month, and F. A. Slater on the first Sunday of each month, so that a ser- mon was heard at four P.M. every Sunday in each month, and the record adds, as a significant fact, " at no expense to us."

The house was inclosed and the lecture roomn finished and dedicated February 10, 1867 ; ser- mon by Rev. D. B. Stout, of Middletown, Rev. The following-named ministers have served the church as pastors during its history of fifteen years: Rev. George Johnson, from March, 1870, until February 1, 1871, resigned on account of ill health ; Rev. E. C. Romine, called for three months from May 1, 1871; Rev. S. L. Cox, D. S. Parmelee offering the prayer of dedication. Revival meetings were then commenced and continued until the 19th of April, and on the 6th of June following fifteen converts were bap- tized." Mr. Warner continued his services until April 1, 1869, and Mr. Wilson until May of | from February 25, 1872, until July 1, 1873;

the same year, Revs. Parmelee and Slater con- tinuing for some time longer.

On the 16th of March, 1869, agrecably to the advice of a council, the Baptists of Marlborough and vicinity met in the lecture-room of the church, at four P.M., to take measures for the con- stitution of a regular Baptist Church. After a sermon from D. S. Parmelee, Rev. F. A. Slater was chosen moderator and D. S. Parmelee clerk, after which letters of dismission were presented by fifteen persons from the church at Freehold, eleven from Holmdel, two from Oxford, N. Y., one from Herbertsville and two from Matawan,-in all, thirty-one. After the read- ing of the letters, it was resolved to unite in covenant relations as a church of Christ, subject to the judgment of a council of recognition, and to adopt as the church covenant and articles of faith that generally known as the " New Hamp- shire Confession."

On the 25th of the same month the council of delegates, from twelve Baptist Churches, met at Marlborough, and resolved that the recognition take place immediately after the dedication ser- vices. The dedication sermon was preached by Rev. H. F. Smith, of New Brunswick; the prayer was offered by Rev. D. S. Parmelee. The recognition services followed immediately. Prayer by Rev. D. B. Stout ; hand of fellowship, Rev. C. W. Clark; address to the church by Rev. F. A. Slater. A statement of the debt upon the church property was then made, when a subscription of more than four thousand dollars was taken,-sufficient to liquidate the entire debt.

In October, 1869, the church was visited by" E. C. Romine, a licentiate of the church at Sandy Ridge, who continned with us until No- vember. On the 26th he was, by a large coun- cil, ordained to the work of the ministry, the veteran evangelist, Rev. Jacob Knapp, preach- ing the sermon ; soon after which Mr. Romine left to engage in evangelistic labors elsewhere.

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Rev. Janes Thorn, from September 21, 1873, until August 23, 1874; Rev. B. C. Morse, settled as pastor December 20, 1874, ended by his being called up higher, April 29, 1876. Rev. S. L. Cox commenced a second pastorate over the church, the first Sabbath of September, 1876, and resigned September 2, 1878; Rev. J. James Baker, the present pastor, commenced his labors March 1, 1879. The first deacons were R. R. Sutphen and Ruloff Voorhees, since which time S. T. Hendrickson, H. S. Conover, H. Emmons, Lemuel Wooley and P. V. Broach have served in that office. The board of dea- cons at present consists of W. H. Heyer, O. C. Herbert and William C. Weeks. In the clerk- ship the church has been served by O. C. Her- bert, James E. Johnson and H. W. Heyer. The present clerk is George B. Herbert.

THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CONGREGATION OF ST. GABRIEL's, in Marlborough township, was first organized, in 1871, by the Rev. Father Kivelitz, of Freehold. Mass was celebrated once a month, and religious instruction given to the children once a week, in a private house. In 1878 a church building was erected (on a lot donated by Patrick Fallon), and was consecrated on the 4th of November in that year by Arch- bishop Corrigan. The church, which is located near the Bradevelt Railroad Station, is a brick structure, thirty by fifty feet in dimensions, and capable of seating two hundred and twenty per- sons. During the past four years Mass has been . celebrated here every second Sunday by Father Kivelitz, who is still in charge of the congre- gation.

THE SCHOOLS OF MARLBOROUGH are taught in the seven seltool distriets comprised in the township, which contain six hundred and eighty- six children of school age. The school property is valued at six thousand three hundred dollars.

Pleasant Valley District, No. 38 .- The earliest school-house in this district was doubtless the one that stood on the land of Captain John Schenck,' now owned by his grandson, David

Schenck, Jr. David Schenck, Sr., was born in 1783, and attended school first in this old house, about 1790. This house was used until 1834, when it was abandoned. The present house was built about 1840, and, with occasional repairs, is still in use. The district now contains ninety- seven children.

Magee School District, No. 41 .- The lot on which this school-house stands was sold by John Quackenbush, December 2, 1822, to Richard Magee and Isaac Quackenbush, "trustees of the school in the neighborhood." A school-house was erected on this lot soon after, and was in use until 1871, wlien it was rebuilt. It is known. also as the Wooley or Union School- house. William Bayley, - Cassidy and William Crozier were among the early teachers in this house. The district contains forty-five children.

Morganville School District, No. 39 .- The land on which the school-house of this district stands was donated, over fifty years ago, for school purposes by Jonathan Morgan. The house was rebuilt in February, 1873. The district contains one hundred and five children.

Robertsville School District, No. 40 .- This house was built in 1832, for both school and church purposes. It is still in use. The dis- triet contains forty-three children of school age.

Marlborough School District, No. 42 .- The lot on which the school-house was originally built was donated for school purposes to the district by Joseph Vandeveer. It was situated a half-mile from the present location. Later, a house was built in Marlborough, a short dis- tance from the present house. About 1860 it was sold to Daniel Van Doren, on whose place it now stands. The present house was built at that time, and was rebuilt in 1874. The dis-

and who, in his time, was one of the prominent men of Monmouth County, as also one of the bravest and best of her military officers. He was a devoted patriot in the Revolution, rendering valuable service to the popular cause, and bearing a leading part in several well-contested skirmishes with the enemy. He was born August 28, 1745, and died on his birthday, 1834, at the good old age of eighty-nine years. He was buried in the old family burial-ground, in Pleasant Valley, in the western part of Holmdel township, where a fitting monument marky his grave.

1 Captain John Schenck, whose residenee was in the eastern part of Marlborough township, where, as above mentioned, his grandson, David Schenek, Jr., now lives,

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triet contains two linndred and sixteen children of school age.

The Strong or Spring Valley School District, No. 44 .- More than half a century ago Abram Pease left by will to the people in this locality a tract of ground for use as a burial-place, which was accepted and is still in use. About 1854 a school-house was erceted by James Strong npon this lot and used until 1870, when the present house was erected at a cost of six hundred dol- lars, and the old house abandoned. The present lot was donated for school purposes only by Cor- nelius Honce. The district contains fifty-two children.

Brick Church School District, No. 43 .- The first school-house in this locality was on land now owned by John Herbert. Peter G. Cono- ver, now eighty-seven years of age, attended school in the house several years after 1805, under. Henry Smith, teacher. He says it was then an old house. It was abandoned about 1825, and about two years later the, present house (then a one-story building) was erected on the present site, adjoining the old Briek Church. Among the early teachers in this house were - Weisenfelt and James I. Ives. The latter taught seven years in this place. , About 1857 a story was added to the building as it is at present. The district contains one hundred and twenty-eight pupils.

MARLBOROUGH is the most important of the several small villages of the township. Its lo- cation is in the southeastern part of the town- ship, on the line of the Freehold and New York Railway, of which Marlborough is a sta- tion.

' Many years ago the place was known as " Bucktown," and here was located the old "Buck Tavern," kept by John Buck, and, after him, by his son of the same name. In 1831 it passed to the proprietorship of Kortenius Hiers (Hyers), by whom it was owned till after 1841. Its last proprietor was Isaae Herbert, and it was torn down in 1844. In 1845 the present Marlboroughi Hotel was erected at the corner, and was occupied by Uriah Smalley for several years. It has since been kept by John I. Sut- phin, Gordon Sanford, William Applegate, Wil-

liam Church, Captain James Stone and others. The present proprietor is J. Akinson.

The Marlborough post-office was established before 1840, from which time until 1848, John Hever was postmaster. He was succeeded by his son, William Heyer, who was, in turn, suc- ceeded by James Thomson, in 1852. A. W Hobart became postmaster in 1855, and was succeeded in 1861 by W. H. Heyer. The pres- ent postmaster is J. A. Buteher, who was ap- pointed in 1873.

Of the old resident physicians who practiced in the township, were Drs. James Magee, Fain, Croft and Charles A. Conover. Dr. J. D. Ely is now a resident in Marlborough village.

The first store in Marlborough village was kept by John Smock, and the second by Daniel H. Van Mater. The village now contains, besides hotels and stores, a school-honse, the chapel of the " Brick Church " (Reformed) and a Baptist Church. The two churches here named will be found mentioned more fully in another part of the history of this township.

In the fall of 1866 an association was formed at Marlborough to establish a select school in the village. It was incorporated February 25, 1867, and Dr. D. H. Van Mater, O. C. Herbert, C. H. Conover, Uriah Smith and John Baird were elected trustees. A lot was secured and a house erected upon it. The school was opened and was eondueted with varied success until the spring of 1884, when the building was sold and moved to the railroad, where it was fitted up as the Marlborough station, and is now in that use.

ROBERTSVILLE is a small settlement in the western part of the township. Abont 1830 a tavern was opened at this place by one Bowne, who died before 1835, when it was owned by Mrs. Ann Bowne and kept by her son-in-law, Jolm Magee. In that year the property was sold to Mathew Roberts, who continued the tavern until his death, in 1876. The school- honse at Robertsville was built in 1832, and services were held in it by the Methodists from that time. A society has been organized and a new church building is now being erected. Dewitt Mellvaine is the pastor in charge.

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HILLSIDE, or Hulsetown, lies on the eastern boundary of the township, adjoining the north- western corner of the township of Atlantie. At this place, about 1825, John Hulse leased land of Peter G. Conover, and established a tannery, which was carried on about twenty- five years and then abandoned. A little settle- ment had grown up around it and a store had been started, which is still in business. Between the settlement of Hillsdale and the railroad station (now ealled " Bradevelt ") are the Briek Church (Reformed) and the Roman Catholic Church of St. Gabriel, both of which are else- where more fully mentioned.

MORGANVILLE, in the northeast part of the township, derives its name from the family of Morgan, who were early settlers here W. S. Cloke established a store here in 1853, and built a store building in 1855. A sehool-house was at that time located on the present site. A post-office was established in 1868 and E. P. Coats was appointed postmaster. He was sue- ceeded in 1879, by Charles Malcolm, the present incumbent. In 1869 a Methodist Church was erected at a cost of two thousand one hundred dollars. The pastors have been Rev. E. H. Bacon, S. P. Crasaboon and S. M. Nichols.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,

DAVID I. VAN DERVEER .- The earliest rep- resentative of the Van Derveer (signifying " from the ferry ") family was Janse Van Derveer, who emigrated from Alkmaar, in North Hol- land, in the ship " Otter," in 1659. He mar- ried, about 1672, Jannetje, daughter of Giles De Mandeville, to whom were born six sons and four daughters. Dominicus, one of the sons, born 1679, married, first, Jannetje, and, second, Maria Margaretta Nortlyek. He was the father of seven sons and five daughters. Tunis Van Derveer, the first member of the family to set- tle in Monmouth County, was born about 1704, and married, about 1723, Allie Schenek, whose children were John, Jacob, Phoebe, Garret, Nelly, Tunis, Cornelius, Allchy and David. Tunis, of this number, the grandfather of David I., was born April 19, 1739, and married Jance

Honce, whose children were Tunis, John, David, Arthur, Jane, Helen and David (second). John, the father of the subject of this biographical sketeh, was born April 4, 1763, and married, in 1789, Ann Bowne, whose birth occurred March 23, 1769. Their children are Joseph, born in 1790; Tunis, in 1792; Jolin, in 1895; Jane, in 1798; Lydia, in 1800, who died in 1802 ; Hannah, in 1803; David I., April 19, 1806 ; Anna, in 1808 ; Catherine, in 1811 ; and Sarah, in 1814. David I. spent his early youth on the homestead, now oeeupied by his son, D. Arthur Van Derveer, receiving his education in the rudimentary branches at the neighboring public sehool, after which he engaged with his father in farmning. He was, on the 13th of February, 1828, married to Mary, daughter of William and Ann Davis Covenhoven, whose children are Hannah (Mrs. David C. Perrine), born in 1829; William C., of Carlisle, Ohio, in 1831 ; John D., of Monmouth County, in 1836; and David Arthur, in 1844. Mr. Van Derveer, desiring to retain possession of the homestead which had been for a eentury and a half associated with the family history, after his marriage purchased the property, and continued during the remainder of his life to eultivate its produetive acres. The political antecedents of the Van Derveer family are Demoeratie, and David I., though in this regard in full sympathy with them, rarely in- terested himself actively in the local political issues of the day, and invariably declined office. His integrity and executive ability rendered his serviees frequently in demand as trustee, execu- tor and guardian, which offices were filled with fidelity and acceptance. He was a member of the Monmouth County Agricultural Society, and muel interested in matters pertaining to agriculture. In 1831 he became connected by membership with the Tennent Church, in which he filled the office of deacon, and later trans- ferred his membership to the Presbyterian Church at Freehold. The death of Mr. Van Derveer occurred on the 23d of July, 1884, in his seventy-ninth year. His son, D. Arthur Van Derveer, now cultivates the farm and gives special attention to the breeding of Jersey cat- tle, in which he has been successful. He mar- ried, on the 2d of November, 1865, Miss

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Ella G., daughter of Tunis V. Schenck, and has two sons, -- Tunis S., and Arthur P.

JOHN W. HERBERT .- Francis Herbert, the first representative of that name in New Jersey, and a grandson of Philip Herbert, fourth earl of Pembroke, with thirty associates, came from Long Island in 1677, and settled in Middle- town, Monmouth County. He married Han- nah, daughter of the celebrated Quaker, John Bowne, who located on Long Island in 1659.

proprietors of East Jersey, and settled in Mid- dlesex County. Their children were three sons - John, William and Obadiah-and two daugh- ters,-Sarah and Elizabeth. William Herbert, father of John W., who was born in 1771, in Middlesex County, N. J., married, in 1801, Eleanor, daughter of Benjamin Conover, of Monmonth County, and granddaughter of Gar- ret Conover and Neeltje Van Mater. They had children,-Obadiah, Conover, William W., John W., Abby E., Hannah (wife of Garret Cott-

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They had four sons-Thomas, Franeis, David and Obadiah -- and three daughters-Elizabeth, Deborah and Mary. Obadiah, in 1729, mar- ried Hannah, daughter of William Lawrence, Jr., grandson of Sir Henry Lawrence, president of Cromwell's Council, and son of William Lawrence, Sr. William Lawrence, Jr., mar- ried Ruth Gibbons. Obadiah, one of the nine children of Obadiah Herbert and Hannah Law- rence, married, in 1765, Elizabeth Warn, grand- daughter of Colonel Thomas Warn, one of the

rell) and Eleanor. John W. Herbert was born on the 13th of June, 1820, in Madison town- ship, Middlesex County, and at the age of seven years removed with his family to the farm now owned by him in Marlborough township, Mon- mouth County. His father, though a success- ful farmer, was largely engaged in building, and later, in the production of ship-timber, which was attended with much profit. He was actively identified with the public interests of Middlesex County, as justice of the peace for

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many years, and on his removal to Monmouth County was appointed one of its associate judges. John W. Herbert received his education at the district schools near his home, and, in eonnee- tion with his brother William, cultivated the farm for a period of eight years, after which he received the property as a gift from his father. This farm he made his home, and has since con- tinued the healthful pursuits of a farmer, hav- ing added to his possessions by the pnreliase of other traets in adjacent portions of the county until he now has one thousand acres of valuable land. Judge Herbert married, on the 24th of February, 1851, Agnes D., daughter of Savage Wright, of Piscataway township, Middlesex County. Their children are John W. Jr., a graduate of Rutgers College and Columbia College Law School, and an attorney in Jersey City; William, a student of the Trenton Busi- ness College, and a resident of Omaha, Neb., and now in the postal service; Richard, edueated at New Brunswick, who resides on the farm ; Kate, a graduate of Vassar College, wife of D. M. Kelly, of Brooklyn; and Jeanne, who was educated at Saratoga. Judge Herbert is one of the representative and publie-spirited citizens of the county, and was largely instru- mental in securing the organization of the township of Marlborough, in 1848. A staneh Republican in his politieal principles, he was elected the same year its first freeholder, held the office of school superintendent from 1850 to 1863, was for fifteen years assessor and from 1874 to 1879 associate judge of the Superior Court of Common Pleas. He also, in early years, pursued the profession of a surveyor. Judge Herbert was, in 1872, a dele- gate to the Republican National Convention at Philadelphia, as also to the National Con- vention of 1884 which met in Chicago. He was for ten years chairman of the County Republican Committee of Monmouth, and for sixteen years its treasurer. He was tendered and deelined the nomination for Congress in 1872, and in 1875 received the no- mination as candidate for the State Senate. His ability and integrity have emised him fre- quently to be ehosen to fill the responsible po- sitions of executor and administrator. He has

been for years treasurer and superintendent of the Monmouth County Plank-Road Company, and is director of other turnpikes in the county, as also president of the Matawan Propeller Com- pany. He was, from 1861 to 1865, engaged in journalism as proprietor and editor of the Mon- mouth County Inquirer, which enjoyed a period of signal prosperity under his able management. He was also owner of a carriage-factory at Key. port, and, in connection with Theodore Aunch, conducted for twelve years a large and sueeess- ful business. Judge Herbert's religious associ- ations are with the Reformed Church of Marl- borough, to which he has ever been a liberal contributor.

LAFAYETTE AND STACY P. CONOVER .- The common ancestor of the Covenhoven (or Conover) family in America was Wolfhiert Ger- ritsen Van Covenhoven, who emigrated from Ammersfort, in the province of Utrecht, Hol- land, in 1630, having been sent over by the patroon of Albany to look after his landed in- terests. He remained three or four years at Albany and then came to New Amsterdam, where he was engaged for a short period in farming on Manhattan Island. He had three sons,-Garret, Jacob and Peter,-of whom Gar- ret settled on a farm at Flatlands, married Altje Cornelipe Cool (or Cole), and had two sons, William and John, and two daughters, Neeltje and Maritje. He died abont 1644. His son William was born about 1636 and died about 1728. He married, for his second wife, Jannetje Montfoort, in 1665, and had six sons and five daughters. His son John, the great-grandfather of Lafayette Conover, was born April 9, 1681, and died in 1756. He married, about 1704, Jacoba Van Derveer, and removed to Monmouth County, settling on the farm where Peter G. Conover now resides. They had seven sons and one daughter. Their son Garret was born April 27, 1726, and died November 1, 1812. He married, first, about 1748, Neeltje Vau Ma- ter, who was the mother of three sons and two daughters. He married again, about 1786, Ann Schenek, who was born August 9, 1753, and died April 5, 1803. To this union were born three dangliters and two sons. The daughters

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were Eleanor, born December 13, 1787, who married De Lafayette Sehenck ; Jane, born No- veniber 9, 1789, who married Stacy Priekot: and Ann, born September, 1790, who married, first, William Schenck, and, second, Theodore Rue. The sons were John, boru December 17, 1791, who married Ann Smock, and Peter G., born January 2, 1797, who married, November 10, 1819, Charlotte, daughter of John Lyell, and has children,-John L .; Lafayette ; Stacy P. ; Garret P. ; Charles, deceased ; Aun Eliza, · deceased (Mrs. David Beard) ; Eleanor, deceased (Mrs. Alfred Conover) ; Emma (Mrs. Ferdi- nand Hyers) ; Amanda, deceased ; and Jane, deceased. Lafayette, of this number, was born February 21, 1822, on the homestead in Marlborough, still in possession of his father, and until the age of fifteen was a pupil of the dis- trict school of the neighborhood, after which his services were required upon the farm. He was, in 1846, inarried to Elizabeth, daughter of Wil- liam R. and granddaughter of Ruloff P. Sehenck, of the same township. Their children, are a son, Charles E., married to Ella, daughter of John Farry, of Matawan, who has two children, Florence May and Elizabeth ; and a daughter, Jane Elizabeth, married to Charles H. Mills- paugh, whose children are Lafayette, Josephine, Ellen and Laura.

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History of Monmouth County, New Jersey. Pt. 2, Part 47

Author: Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885 Publication date: 1885 Publisher: Philadelphia : R.T. Peck & Co. Number of Pages: 994

Author: Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885
Publication date: 1885
Publisher: Philadelphia : R.T. Peck & Co.
Number of Pages: 994