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III. Vroutje, bap. Oct. 30, 1757; m. Martin I. Ryer- son, son of Johannes Ryerson, of Pompton, Aug. 16, 1778. They were married by license dated Aug. 8, 1778. A por- trait of lier is in the possession of her descendants, at Bloom- ingdale. She used to say that she was born in the Passaic hotel.
IV. Jacob, m. Catelyntje Neeffe. He lived on the north side of Broadway, near the west side of Summer street, which was described in a deed in 1795, as "the middle cross street that runs from Jacob Van Winkle's well northerly." "Jacob's well" had the usual old-fashioned sweep attached, near the Broadway front of the premises. He died in 1790, intestate, and his widow, Caty, was appointed administra- trix, March 25, 1790.1 She continued to occupy the place until her death, between 1830 and 1836. In June, 1850, the house was struck by lightning and partially destroyed. By a curious freak, the lightning passed around a stove in the house, killing a boy on one side, while a lad on the other side was unhurt.
The will of Jacob Van Winkle, senior, was witnessed by Abraham Van Houten, Cornelius Van Winkle (the owner of the grist mill at the foot of Mulberry street), and Hessel Peterse. The two first named proved it at Newark, June 6, 1785. Simeon Van Winkle, Jacob Van Winkle and John P. Garretson qualified as executors; his daughter Vroutje failed to qualify. The will is as follows :
In The name of God amen I Jacob Van Winkel of the Township of Achqueghenonck in the County of Essex and state of New Jersey Cord- wainer heing in Good health of Body and perfect mind and memory blessed be God therefore do this fourteenth day of March in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Eight make and publish this my last will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say. Imprimis I Recommend my Soul into the Hands of Al- mighty who Gave it me and my Body to the Earth from whence it Came in hopes of a Joyfull Resurrection through the Merits of my Saviour Je- sus Christ and as for that worldly Estate wherewith it has pleased God to hless me in this Life I Give and dispose thereof as follows. First my ยท will is that all my Just Dehts and funeral Expenses he paid and Dis- charged hy my Executors herein after named out of my Estate. Item I Give and Bequeath to my Eldest son Simion five Pounds for his Birth Right. Item I Give to my heloved Wife Vrontye one of my Beds Bed- steads with all the furniture thereunto helonging to her her Heirs and Assigns forever. Item it is further my will that my said Wife Vrontye shall possess and enjoy all my Estate hoth Real and personal during the
time she doth Continue to be my widow And after the death or remar- riage of my said Wife I Give and Bequeath all my Real Estate whether in the County of Essex Bergen or elsewhere unto my three sons namely Simion Peter and Jacoh, that is to say I Give and Bequeath to my said son Simion to him his Heirs and Assigns forever the one Equal third part of all my Real Estate afsd. Item I Give and Bequeath also to my said son Peter the one equal third1 part of all my Real aforesaid dur- ing his Lifetime. Item I Give and Bequeath also to my said son Jacob the other Equal third part of all my Real Estate abovesaid which I Give to him my said son Jacob his Heirs and Assigns forever. Item I Give to my said son Simion and to his Heirs and Assigns one of my Negroes. Item I Give to my said son Peter One of my Negroes, and also one of my Negroe Wenches. Item I Give to my said son Jacoh one of my Ne- groes to him his Heirs and Assigns. Item I Give to my daughter Vrontye her Heirs and Assigns One of my Negro Wenches. Item it is also my Will that if in Case my said Daughter Vrontye shall Joine in Wedlock that then my said Wife shall Give to my said Daughter a Suitahle Dowry out of my personal Estate and further it is my will and order that after the death or Remarriage of my said Wife all the Remainder of my Per- sonal Estate shall be equally Divided Amongst all my Children to wit Simion, Peter, Jacoh, and my Daughter Vrontye share and share alike, and further it is my Will and order that my said Wife shall possess and enjoy all the Real and Personal Estate herein ahove mentioned and Giv- en to my said son Peter during her lifetime and shall also possess and enjoy all the personal Estate helonging to her Sister Lecya2 during her lifetime. And further it is my will that my said Wife shall find my said son Peter and her said Sister Lecya a Suitable Decent and Comfortable Support of Life, during her Natural Life, and after her Decease it is my Will and order that my two sons to wit Simion and Jacoh shall find the said Peter and Lecya a Suitable Decent and Comfortable Support of life during their Lifetime, and after their decease all the Estate Real and Personal belonging to my said son Peter and the said Lecya shall then Devolve to my said sons Simion and Jacoh to them their Heirs and As- signs forever to be equally Divided hetween them share and share alike. And further it is my Will and order that my two sons Simion & Jacoh and each of them shall pay unto my said Daughter Vrontye her heirs or assigns the sum of One Hundred Pounds New York Currency and that on or hefore the Expiration of two Years after the Death of my said Wife, hut in Case it should so happen that my sons Simion and Jacob should he Debarred of their Real Estate herehy Given to them hy virtue of a former Survey or otherwise, then and in such Case my said Daugh- ter her Heirs shall he Debarred of all Claim and Demand of the said One Hundred Pounds of each of my said sons which is to he paid to her hy virtue of this my Last Will. And I do hereby nominate Constitute and Appoint my two sons Simion and Jacoh, and my Brother in Law John P. Gerritse Executors, and my Daughter Vrontye Executrix of this my last will and Testament. And do herehy Revoke & Disannul all former wills hy me made Ratifying and Confirming this to be my last will and Testament. IN WITNESS whereof I the said Jacoh V. Winckel have hereunto set my hand and Seal the day and Year first ahove Writ- ten. The Word (Third) hetween the Sixteenth and Seventeenth lines from the top was Interlined hefore the Sealing hereof.3
JACOB VAN WINKEL [L. S.]
Sixth Generation.
Daniel Jacob-Hendrick-Jacob-Jacobse had children :
I. Cornelius, b. Aug. 6, 1783; m. Margrietje Van Ripen, Aug. 16, 1807 ; d. Aug. 4, 1852. Children-I. Gar- ret V. R., b. Dec. 30, 1807, m. Ann Westervelt ; d. Jan. 18, 1857 ; 2. Ann, b. Dec. 24, 1809; m. John G. Van Winkle, April6, 1826; 3. John, b. July 3, 1812; m. Sarah, dau. of George Tise, Nov. 27, 1834 ; 4. Daniel, b. April 19, 1817 ; d. Aug. 31, 1868; 5. Cornelius, b. Dec. 25, 1819; d. Oct. 7, 1821 ; 6. Catherine V. R., b. Jan. 22, 1823 ; m. - Chandler ; 7. Rachel, b. Jan. 12, 1826 ; m. Lewis Chandler, Aug. 22, 1848.
1 Liher 36 of Wills, Secretary of State's office, Trenton, f. 41.
1 Interlined in the original.
2 A clerical error in the record, for Leeya, h. Aug. 10, 1729.
3 Register of Wills No. 27, Secretary of State's office, Trenton, f. 354.
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II. Aeltje, b. April II, 1786; m. Ist, John Mandeville, March 29, 1807 ; he d. March 28, 1815; she m. 2d, Stephen Vreeland, Nov. 29, 1828 ; d. March 4, 1846.
III. Jacob D., b. Oct. 8, 1788 ; m. Antje Vreeland, Dec. 31, 1812 ; d. Dec. 6, 1864. Children-I. Rachel, b. Dec. I, 1813; d. Jan. 12, 1815; 2. Jacob, b. Oct. 6, 1815; m. Maria Sip, Nov. 6, 1834; 3. Michael, b. March 27, 1817; m. Ann Robinson, Oct. - , 1838 ; 4. Ann W., b. March 7, 1820 ; m. Peter Sip, April 25, 1839 ; 5. Daniel, b. June 27, I822; 6. Gitty, b. Oct. 15, 1823.
IV. Rachel, Jan. 25, 1791 ; d. Oct. 20, 182I, unm.
V. John, b. Jan. 10, 1795 ; d. Aug. 1, 180I.
VI. Daniel, b. May 18, 1798; d. April 23, 1818.
Abraham Jacob-Hendrick-Jacob-Jacobse had children :
I. Joseph, m. Ann Cubberly, Nov. 23, 1805 ; d. Nov. 28, 1827, without issue, aged 46 years, 3 mos., 21 days.
II. Jacob, m. Sarah, dau. of Jasper Cadmus, Feb. 7, 1808; d. Sept. 7, 1869, aged 86 years. Children-I. Abra- ham, b. June II, 1808; m. Harriet, dau. of Joseph Budd ; d. April 2, 1870 ; 2. Catherine, b. Feb. 22, 1810 ; m. James Holmes, Oct. 5, 1827; 3. Jasper, b. May 24, 1812; 4. Rachel Ann, b. Feb. 2, 1814; m. Ist, Henry Doremus, Dec. 25, 1832 ; 2d, Dyer Williams, June 18, 1837.
III. Walter, b. March 26, 1787; m. Phebe Tuers, May 21, 1807; d. Feb. 7, 1868.
IV. Abraham, b. Feb. 6, 1791; m. Mary Gordon. Children-I. Joseph, b. July 9, 1810; 2. Hannah, b. July 29, 18II ; 3. William G., b. Jan. 27, 1815.
V. Eleanor, b. Feb. 6, 1791 ; m. Ist, Abraham Tuers, Jan. 29, 1809 ; 2d, Benjamin F. Welsh ; d. Feb. 17, 1859.
VI. Rachel, b. July 22, 1793 ; m. Peter Prine, Feb. II, 1819.
VII. Nancy, b. July 16, 1795 ; m. Ist, Peter Garrabrant, Feb. 15, 1814; 2d, John Metzger.
VIII. Catherine, b. Jan. II, 1798; m. Daniel Welsh, Feb. 13, 1815
Jurriaen Daniel-Hendrick-Jacob-Jacobse had children :
I. Garret, b. Dec. 16, 1783; m. Cornelia Vreeland, Oct. 3, 1801 ; d. Aug. 30, 1814.
II. Daniel, b. May 13, 1787 ; d. July 3, 1798.
John Waling-Johannis-Waling-Jacobse had children :
I. Jacob, bap. March 26, 1749 ; m. - -. . Children -I. Jacob ; 2. Isaac. Their father's father devised to them (by will dated March 17, 1808, proved Aug. 20, 1808) his homestead, in Bergen county, near the Passaic draw-bridge, with 100 acres of land, besides other land, comprising half of his estate; Isaac's share to be charged with the board, washing, clothes, etc., of his father Jacob for life, Jacob to pay &16 and Isaac &3 yearly toward their father's support. 1 Isaac m. Caty Oldis, and died in 1831, without issue, devis- ing all his estate to his wife during her widowhood; then half to John Van Stay Van Winkle, son of his brother John, and in case of his death before 21, then to testator's uncle's son, Isaac Van Winkle, jun .; the other half to his brothers in law, Francis Oldis and Garret S. Oldis, and his brother
Jacob's son, Isaac Jacob Van Winkle. 'His will was dated March 30, 1830 ; proved Sept. 15, 1831.1
II. Willemyntje, bap. June 2, 175I.
III. Isaac, bap. Dec. 25, 1753 ; d. in inf.
IV. Catrina, b. May 16, 1759.
V. Antje, b. Sept. 15, 1761 ; d. in inf.
VI. Antje, b. Feb. 6, 1765.
VII. Isaac, b. Dec. 7, 1767 ; m. Hester Van Gieson .. Children-I. Helena, b. May 12, 1800; 2. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 10, 1801 ; 3. Eva. b. Oct. 28, 1803 ; 4. Jannetje, b. Dec. 7, 1805; 5. Catharina, b. Oct. 1, 1807 ; 6. Joris, b. Dec. 12, 1809 ; 7. Isaac, b. Sept. 18, 18II ; 8. Salome, b. Sept. 4, 1813 ; 9. Daniel, b. March 9, 1816 : Daniel lived in a stone house on the road leading from the Rutherford station southerly along the edge of the Hackensack mead- ows. He owned most of the land on which Rutherford is built. He afterwards lived where the village of Garfield now is.
VIII. Eva, b. Oct. II, 1772.
IX. Waling, b. July 2, 1784; m. Sally Garrabrant. Children-I. John; 2. Peggy, m. John Jerolamon ; 3. Jen- nie, m. Garret Jurianse.
X. Myrtie. XI. Gertye.
John in his will also names a grandson, Henry Winstay Van Winkle.
Cornelius Waling-Johannis-Waling-Jacobse had chil- dren :
I. Waling, b. Dec. 2, 1774; m. Jannetje Post, Feb. 23, 1800. Ch., Cornelius, b. Dec. I, 1800; m. a dau. of the Rev. Wilhelmus Eltinge ; ch., Wilhelmus, who m. a dau. of Garret Van Wagoner. Jannetje Post, wid. of Waling, m. 2d, Cornelius Bogert of Paramus.
II. Stynye (Christina), bap. Feb. 16, 1777; m. Adrian Van Houten, May 3, 1801. They lived on the southwest corner of West and River streets.
III. Johannes, b. May 26, 1779 ; m. Arreyauntje Mer- selis. Ch., Johones, b. May 20, 1807.
IV. Jannetye, b. Aug. 12, 1787.
V. Yannetye, b. Feb. 21, 1790.
Waling Waling-Johannis-Waling-Jacobse had children :
I. Waling, b. Dec. 30, 1783; m. Ist, Catharina Van Voorhees, who d. April 28, 1826; 2d, Eunice Lingford ; d. Sept. 29, 1832.
II. Claasje, b. Nov. 25, 1785; m. John M. Ryerse, March 2, 1806; she was his widow in 1822.
III. Jannetje, b. Oct. 5, 1790; m. John Kip, Dec. 22, ISII.
IV. Fitje, b. Jan. 26, 1793 ; d. Dec. 17, 1793.
Waling, the father of these children, devised to his. daughters, Claasje and Jane, his farm of 68 acres, part of the real estate of Derick Van Riper, his father-in-law, situ- ate in Acquackanonk and Bloomfield ; his homestead farm of 250 acres in New Barbadoes, he devised to his son Wal- ing. His. will was dated June 15, 1822; proved June 13,. 1832.2
1 Bergen County Wills, A, 215.
1 Bergen County Wills, D, 144.
2 Bergen County Wills, D, 258.
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Helmich Waling-Johannis-Waling-Jacobse had children :
I. Waling, b. July 2, 1784 ; m. Margrietje Ackerman, Sept. 6, 1805. Ch., Helmich, who lived at Clifton, and had three children.
II. Geertje, b. Sept. 28, 1786; m. John I. Sip; d. April 19, 1808. Ch., John.
III. Jannetje, b. March 19, 1789 ; m. Samuel H. Berry. IV. Elizabeth, b. April 7, 1792 ; d. Aug. 27, 1818.
V. Adrian, b. Oct. I, 1794; d. Oct. 20, 1818, unm.
VI. John, b. Aug. 17, 1797; m. Rachel Ann, dau. of the Rev. Peter D. Froeligh, pastor of the Acquackanonk church, 1816-25, and of the Seceder church at that place, I825-27.
VII. Michael, b. at Lodi, Oct. 13, 1800 ; m. Agnes, dau. of Henry I. Kipp, June 20, 1822.
In his will, dated Aug. 28, 1821, proved May 25, 1822, Helmich devised to his son John the "farm known by the name of the Post farm lying at Wesel"; also eight acres of woodland out of his homestead farm ; and to his son Michiel "all the residue of my homestead farm on which I now live which was bequeathed to me by my father Waling Van Win- kle, deceased."1
Arie Marinus-Johannis-Symon-Jacobse had children :
I. Marinus, b. Feb. I, -; m. Grietje, dau. of Jurie Jurianse. Children-I. Jurie, d. unm. ; 2. Mary Ann, m. Ist, John Snyder; 2d, Richard Riker.
II. Jacobus, b. Feb. 7, 1776; m. Ist, Jannetje Van Winkle, Dec. 25, 1799; 2d, Maria Demarest, March 20, 1834. Ch., Jacob, b. May 6, 1802 ; m. Ann Van Blarcom, June 4, 1823.
III. John, b. April 30, 1780 ; d. in inf.
IV. Helena, b. Jan. 23, 1782.
V. John, b. April 30, 1784; m. Children- I. Jacob; 2. Benjamin ; 3. Hannah.
VI. Maria, b. Oct. 17, 1793; m. Edo Merselis, Aug. 5, 1829.
Simeon Johannes-Simeon-Symon-Jacobse had children :
I. Johannes, b. Nov. 12, 1784; m. Jannetje Kip, March 24, 1805. (She was b. Jan. I, 1788, daughter of Pieter Kip and Willemyntje Van Winkel, of Boiling Spring.) John S. Van Winkle lived on his grandfather's place at the Goffle, replacing the old house in 1811 by a larger stone dwelling, still standing, on the north side of the Godwinville road, a mile or two from Paterson. He also carried on the grist mill near his house. Early in the morning of Wednesday, January 9, 1850, his residence was the scene of a dreadful tragedy-a double murder, the first that had occurred dur- ing the thirteen years of the existence of Passaic coun- ty. The story of the shocking crime was thus told in a lo- cal newspaper of the day :
At last our County has been the scene of a wilful and most atrocious murder. Last Wednesday morning our citizens were astounded hy the intelligence that John S. Van Winkle and his wife had heen the victims of some murderous hand, at their farm house, some three miles from this place, in the adjoining township of Manchester. Crowds of our cit- izens went to the spot, and those who saw the horrid sight, represent it as awful beyond degree.
1 Bergen County Wills, B, 365.
The circumstances of the case appear to be as follows : Ahout 2 or 3 o'clock on that morning, Judge Van Winkle was aroused from his sleep hy a scream from his wife, and raising up and stretching out his hand, he touched the face of a man standing hy his hedside, from whom he re- ceived a hlow on the face with a hatchet. Mr. V. W. got out from his hed and grappled with the fellow on the floor, and succeeded at last in wresting the hatchet from him and struck him several hlows about the head, when the villain grasped him around the neck and inflicted a stab under the arm and another fatal one in the ahdomen, nearly severing the intestines. Mr. V. W. then fell on the floor, his howels protruding, and his cries of murder having aroused the rest of the inmates of the house, the assailant fled. Mr. V. W. heard him ascending the stair leading to the garret, after leaving the room where the victims lay. A boy from the house aroused several of the neighhors, who immediately came to the house and found Mrs. V. W. lying on the floor dead, having one stab in the left hreast, and another in the thigh, severing the crural artery, and Mr. V. W. laying also on the floor with the stahs as we have ahove described, and several hruises on the face as if from a heavy blow. He was perfectly calm and sensible, and described the murderer as a short, thick set man, wearing a shirt over his clothes.
Upon examining the premises, a ladder was found standing against the house at the north end, (which had heen carried several rods from Mr. V. W's grist mill,) and reaching within a few feet of a window .- In the snow which fell in the early part of the night, were seen fresh tracks indicating that one person alone had heen engaged in the murderous foray. Upon consultation, the persons present determined to separate and search in every direction for the assailant.
A man named John Johnson was captured near the scene of the murder on his way to the railroad station at Godwin- ville (now Ridgewood on the Erie railroad). The paper goes on to say :
Johnson denies all knowledge of the murder, and pretends that since Sunday night he knows nothing, and recollects nothing of his doings un- til his arrest. On that Sunday night he was at the house of James Van Blarcom, a mile or so from this town,1 and on this side of the river, hut he left that place ahout 10 o'clock. On Monday morning the inmates of Mr. Van Blarcom's house missed a pair of hoots, a vest, a shirt, a pair of spectacles, a hatchet, and a knife; all of these were found on John- son's person marked with hlood, except the knife and hatchet which were found at Judge Van Winkle's house. The knife had heen sharpened and used hy Mr. Van Blarcom's son-in-law on that Sunday morning.
Johnson had worked for Mr. Van Blarcom, and was in the employ of one of his sons-in-law up to the Saturday night before the murder. He had worked for Judge V. W. some time ago, and we have heard that ahout that time he was taken from Jail (where he was lodged on some complaint) hy Judge V. W., who felt and acted toward him with friendly sympathy. It is rumored that when the articles were missed at Mr. V. B.'s, Johnson was suspected of the theft, and that the depot was watched for the purpose of detecting him should he attempt to leave the place.
Johnson told the woman at the station that he was an Irishman, hut in his examination he said he was an Englishman, as his dialect proves him to he. We understand that he hails from Liverpool, and says that he is 34 years of age. He claims that he is innocent, and declares that he will he out of Jail in a few days. To this hope there will he a fatal disappointment.
Judge Van Winkle was one of our oldest citizens-long a Judge of the Common Pleas : and a man of prudence and wealth.
The wealth has probably heen the murderer's ohject.
This is the first murder ever committed in our county, and we trust that such feelings of horror as this has excited may never again exist among us for any cause whatever. The deed is done; the two mur- dered victims are in their graves and circumstances indicate a fearful retribution for the suspected prisoner.2
The county courts did not convene until Tuesday, March 5, after the tragedy. Johnson was indicted the following Saturday, tried on Monday and convicted after twenty min- utes' conference by the jury, and on Monday, March 18, was
1 In East Eighteenth street, near Eighth avenue.
2 Paterson Intelligencer, Wednesday, January 16, 1850.
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sentenced to be hanged on April 30. He persisted to the last in declaring that he had no recollection of the murder. He made the curious observation that he was the only man in the county who knew the day of his death-a quaint re- flection that seemed to divert him not a little. The execu- tion took place on April 30, 1850, in the jail yard, in full view of thousands who gathered on Garret Mountain and on house-tops to witness the gruesome spectacle.
II. Elizabeth, b. -: m. John Post, miller, just below the Dundee dam ; she died young, before 1805.
Simeon Jacob-Simeon-Symon-Jacobse had children, all born in the house corner of Broadway and Main street :
I. Jacob, b. Dec. 6, 1776; removed to New York, where he was living in 1805.
II. Edo, b. Oct. 14, 1779; m. Ist, Jannetye Vander- hoof, May 26, 1805 ; 2d, Jannetje Van Houten, wid. of Hen- ry H. Post, Dec. 1, 18II.
III. Peter, b. June 27, 1782; m. Phebe, eldest dau. of Gen. Abraham Godwin, Oct. 20, 1805. He went to New York before 1805 and engaged in mercantile business. He passed the remainder of his life in that city, and died there, in 1820 or 1822, after which his family returned to Paterson.
IV. Cornelius, b. Jan. 13, 1785. He went to New York prior to 1805, and became a printer noted for the excellence of his work. His printing office was in Greenwich street, and afterwards in Liberty street. In 1818 he published a Printer's Guide, 1 which is a model typographical production -good paper, clear type, superior ink, perfect "register," and in every respect a first-class piece of work. He also published, 1819-20, the first American edition of Irving's Sketch Book, in seven numbers, which is also a typograph- ical gem.2
There is a tradition in the family to this effect : Corne- lius was in the habit of taking a nap in his office after his noon-day lunch. One day, as he was sitting in his chair, enjoying his post-prandial doze, his head thrown back and his cavernous mouth wide open, Washington Irving dropped in, and with the familiarity of an old acquaintance roused him from his slumbers, with some humorous allusion to the appearance of his countenance, his wide open jaws suggest- ing a great rip across his face. Some desultory conversa- tion followed about Irving's work, particularly his legend of the Dans Kammer in the Catskills ; Irving said he was still puzzled as to the name to be given the hero of the tale. "Well," said the printer, "Why don't you name him. after
1 The title is: The Printer's Guide; or, an Introduction to the Art of Printing ; including an Essay on Punctuation, and Remarks on Ortho- graphy. By C. S. Van Winkle, New York : Printed and published hy C. S. Van Winkle, Printer to the University of New York. 1818. 16mo. Pp. xii., 13-230, and 54 pp. of specimens of type.
2 The title of the first number reads thus: The Sketch Book of Ge- offrey Crayon, Gent. No. I. [Quotation, three lines.] New York : Printed hy C. S. Van Winkle, No. 101 Greenwich street. 1819. The copyright is dated May 15, 1819, and is in Van Winkle's name as propri- etor of the hook. No. II was copyrighted July 26, 1819; No. III on Aug. 11 ; No. IV on Oct. 12; No. V on Dec. 16; No. VI on Feh. 10, 1820; No. VII on Aug. 12, 1820. The preface to No. I is dated London, 1819. It would appear that the modest author had so little confidence in the success of his work that he sold (or gave) the copyright to Van Winkle, who assumed the risk of the venture.
me-'Rip' Van Winkle?" "Do you mean it?" cried the author. "Of course I do," replied the good natured print- And hence the name of the most popular of Washing- ton Irving's characters in the "Sketch Book." So Corne- lius S. Van Winkle had in more senses than one a proprie- tary interest in this work.
V. Johannis, bap. Oct. 14, 1787. He likewise re- moved to New York city before 1805. He always dressed. in the quaint style of the colonial days.
VI. Yannike, bap. March 27, 179I.
Jacob Jacob-Simeon-Symon-Jacobse had child :
I. Jacob, b. Nov. 21, 1784 ; m. Elizabeth Vanderhoof, March 2, 1806. Ch., Catterine, b. Oct. 5, 1806.
Johannes Simeon-Johannis-Symon-Jacobse had children :
I. Catharine, b. June 9, 1777.
II. Sarah, b. Nov. II, 1779.
III. Benjamin, b. Jan. 22, 1781.
IV. Marytje, b. April 5, 1783.
Jacob Abraham-Johannis-Symon-Jacobse had children :.
I. Abraham, b. Dec. 2, 1792.
II. Jacobus, b. April 17, 1796.
III. John, b. March 12, 1799.
IV. Josua, b. June 20, 180I.
V. Stephanes, b. Dec. 15, 1803.
VI. Paulus, b. March 31, 1806.
VII. Rachel, b. April 9, 1809.
VIII. Selly, b. July 20, 18II.
IX. Maria, b. July 4, 1814.
Theodorus Theodorus-Arie-Symon-Jacobse had children :- I. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 13, 1783.
II. Theodosia, b. March 25, 1785; m. Andreas Bos- kerck, July 17, 1803.
III. Catherine.
IV. Jenneke, b. May I, 1789.
V. Rachel.
VI. Annaatje, b. March 8, 1794.
VII. Thina, b. Sept. 30, 1796.
VIII. Pieter, b. Aug. 21, 180I.
The will of Theodorus was dated Nov. 9, 1808, and proved Feb. 25, 1809. He was unusually considerate of his. wife, for those days, providing that in case of her re-mar- riage she should share equally with his children in his es- tate. 1
Johannis Jacob-Johannis-Symon-Jacobse had children :
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