History of the city of Paterson and the County of Passaic, New Jersey, Part 43

Author: Nelson, William, 1847-1914
Publication date: 1901
Publisher: Paterson : Press Printing and Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 466

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all the personal Estat now in being, which their said mother brought to me, to be equally divided between them share and share alike .. Forthly, I give and bequeath to my first children Sithtee, the children of Rachel, and to Peggy, my two daughters and my daughter Rachel's children, my negro wench Sary, and her daughter a small negro girl,. named Nance, to their heirs and assigns forever, the value of them to be divided in three parts equally to them the said Sitree, Peggy and the children of Rachel. Fifthly, I give and bequeath to my two daughters Mary and Jenny, children of my last wife my negro wench named Laur, and my negro boy named Tom, to them the said Mary and Jenny, their heirs and assigns forever. Sixthly, I give and bequeath my negro man Jim and the rest of my personal Estate to all my children ; that is to say ; To Sithtee, Peggy, Mary, Jenney and Rachel's children to their heirs and assigns forever, to be equally divided between them, that is, the two children of Rachel to have one equal share. Seventhly, my will further is, that all my real or landed Estate; that is to say ; The farm I now dwell upon, with the appurtenances, and a small lot of woodland lying at the foot of the mountain to the west of a lot of meadow of Ebnr Blackly , shall be equally divided between all my children, namely, Sithtee, Peggy, Mary, Jenney and Rachel's children, to them their heirs and assigns for- ever share and share alik; that is to say: The two children of Rachel, Peggy and Abigel, to have one full share between them; And I do appoint my son in law John Berry, and my son in law John McCarty, and Cornelius Vreeland Esqure, Executors of this my last Will and Tes- tament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this thirteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight.1

Cornelius X Van Ryper (L S) mark his

The witnesses were his next neighbors, Hartman Post and Hartman M. Vreeland, and Abraham Willis, who doubtless wrote the will.

V. Jacob, m. By deed (unrecorded) April 14, 1788, Jacob C. Van Reipen, for £230, after recit- ing the will of Cornelius Aeltse, releases to his brother Cor- nelius C. Van Rypen, "all that one moiety or equal part of said lot of land which was of the said Cornelius Aeltse in his lifetime and at the time of his death, to which the said Jacob Van Rypen now claims right by virtue of the will above stated and contains about sixty acres be the same more or less."2 (Jacob Van Riper and Abigail his wife, of Franklin township, Bergen county, conveyed to John Van Houten, of Clarkstown, Orange county, N. Y., by deed Feb. 16, 1803, for $4, 250, a tract of land on the public road leading from the Ponds to Wagaraw, and the same day bought from Peter Teboe, for $4,875, a farm on the road from Campgaw to Hoppertown, together with twenty acres adjoining, with a grist-mill and saw-mill.3 It is by no means certain, however, that this Jacob Van Riper was the son of Cornelis-Aeltse.)

VI. Catriena.

VII. Adrian, prob. m. Sarah Ackerman. Ch., Abraham, b. Sept. 14, 1787.

VIII. Annaatje, prob. m. Barent Retan, March 5, 1775. Ch., Geesje, b. Aug. 12, 1775.

Jurie-Jan-Juriaen Thomasse and Helena Van Houten. had children :

I. Christophel, m. Annatje Brouwer, Nov. 26, 1763 ; she d. Jan. 22, 1812, aged 67 yrs., 3 mos., 20 days. He. was called Christophel Jurrianse, and is understood to have

1 Recorded in Book of Wills No. 37, Trenton, pages 309 &c.

2 For mention of another deed by Jacob, April 15, 1788, see p. 72 ..

3 Bergen County Transcribed Deeds, C, 313, 434.

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lived at Rutherford. His wife was probably a sister of Metje Brouwer, who m. Christophel Van Rype in 1746. When the latter couple had their child Gerrit baptized, Sept. 4, 1764, the witnesses were Christophel Jurrianse and Annatje Brouwer, showing that friendly relations still sub- sisted between the families, notwithstanding the change in name. Tradition says that there was a great lawsuit be- tween these two men, and each being called Christophel Van Rypen, dire confusion ensued ; hence, it was concluded to call one of them Van Rypen, and the other Jurrianse. Another version is that there was a hot quarrel between them, and Christophel Jurrianse got permission to change his name to Van Rype. Tradition adds, with a particularity that ought to be convincing, "And it cost him a big lot of money, too." As a matter of fact, however, his children, with one exception, retained the name Jurrianse, or Yere- ance.

II. Jan, called Jan Jurrianse, Junr. ; m. Elizabeth Post. Gerrebrant-Jan-Juriaen Thomasse and Fytje Van Vorst had children :

I. Neeltje, b. Oct. 26, 1747; m. Paulus Paulusse. Is- sue: I. Annaatje, b. Nov. 17, 1776; 2. Sarah, b. Feb. 17, 1780; 3. Jenneke, b. Sept. I, 1784; 4. Jacobus, b. March 9, 1796.

II. Gerrit, bap. Oct. 14, 1750; d. in inf.

III. Garret, b. April 6, 1753; d. in inf.

IV. Garret, b. July 27, 1754.

V. Feitje.

VI. Sarah, b. Feb. 24, 1757 ; m. Roeliph Van Wagoner, June 17, 1784 ; she d. Sept. 23, 1841 ; he d. June 30, 1816, aged 65 yrs., 3 mos., 10 days. Ch., Hermanus, b. May 8, 1795 ; d. Oct. 16, 1815.

Abraham-Harmen-Juriaen Thomasse and Elizabeth Bradbery had children :

I. John, b. Feb. 12, 1753; m. Lea Winne (dau. of Abram and Anne Winne), Sept. 22, 1776; she was related to the Egbert family of Montclair ; he d. about 1835. John was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He lived in a large stone house, still standing, on the River road, just south of the line between Passaic and Essex counties, next below Richard Kingsland's, where his father, and perhaps John Bradbury, had lived. By deed dated May I, 1786, for £204 New York money, John Van Riper, of Second River, and Lea his wife, convey to John Philip Berry, of the same place, a tract of 40.85 acres, being Lot No. 9, in the division marked in map L, and bounded east by John Vreeland and Abraham Speer, south by John Pake and Abraham Speer, west by Isaac Paulis and John Pake, and north by Philip Berry, father of John Philip Berry-prob- ably part of the Bradbury farm. 1

II. Philip, b. Jan. 8, 1755; m. Jannetje Sip, sister of Halmagh Sip, March 29, 1789; d. July II, 1834; she d. May 14, 1849, aged 82 yrs., I mo., and 2 days. Philip lived near Richfield, in the first house south of the brook on the road leading to Hepburn's. The house has been replaced in whole or in part by a stone house with a brick front.

Philip's will, dated Oct. 7, 1831, witnessed by Theodore Frelinghuysen, John A. Van Riper and Philip I. Van Ri- per, was proved July 28, 1834.1

III. Mary, m. Dirck (Richard) -- Gerrebrandt -- Dirck- Helmigh Roelofse (Van Houten), of Totowa, about 1769- I770.

Johannis-Harmen-Juriaen-Thomasse and Hester Styn- mets had children :

I. Marytje, b. April 19, 1756.

II. Harmen (Hermanus), b. Aug. 31, 1758; m. Maria Van Rijpen, Aug. 27, 1780. Ch., Sarah, b. March 4, 1781.

Christophel-Harmen-Juriaen Thomasse and Metje Brou- wer had children :

I. Alexander, m. Anneke Brouwer ; d. Aug. 30, 1817.

II. Herman, bap. Oct. 28, 1750; d. in inf.

III. Harman, bap. Nov. 23, 1753 ; m. Grietje Jacobusse, Feb. 6, 1791 ; d. Aug. 23, 1828. Ch., Jacob, b. March IO, I 792.

IV. Uyldrick (Eldrick), m. Annacke Dooremus. He was a shoemaker by trade, and the moderation of his charges is shown in the following bill:

August 12 1779 work don for mikel enug Vreeland

to makeing 5 pair of Shoes 00 |15 | 00

to makeing 2 pair of Shoes 00 |11 | 00

to the mending 8 pair of Shoes 00 | 8 | 00

01 | 14 | 00

Recd of Henry Garritse Junr the above Account in full by me

Eldrick Van Riper2

Of course, the charges are only for labor. The material was doubtless furnished by Mr: Vreeland.

V. Ariaantje, b. Jan. 31, 1762.

VI. Gerret, b. Sept. 4, 1764.

Jacob-Harmen-Juriaen Thomasse and Sophia Jacobusse had children :

I. Harmen, b. Sept. 19, 1761; m. Lea Spier. Issue: I. Jacob, b. Oct. 29, 1782; 2. Marritje, b. Sept. 17, 1788; 3. Rachel, b. May 2, 1791; 4. Maragrietje, b. April 3, 1794.

II. Jacob, d. in inf.

III. Helena, b. March 19, 1765; m. Casparus Degraw, March 3, 1783. She was called Lena Jurrianse. Issue : I. Hermanus, b. May 7, 1783; 2. Annaatje, b. Sept. 19, 1784; 3. Christofel, b. July 25, 1789; 4. Jenneke, b. Sept. 25, 1791; 5. Gerret, b. Jan. 5, 1794 ; 6. Geertje, b. Feb. I, 1796; 7. Lena, b. Aug. 23, 1798; 8. Cornelius, b. March 5, ISOI.

IV. Johannes, b. Sept. 12, 1768.

V. Thomas, b. July 12, 1770; m. Maria Van Houten (of Passaic, b. Jan. 24, 1788, dau. of Garret Van Houten and Cornelia, dau. of Simon Van Ness), Oct. II, 1806. He began the manufacture of bobbins at Cedar Grove about 1794, for the supply of the first cotton mill in Paterson, and was the first to engage in that business in this neighborhood, if not in the country. When he began the bobbins were made out of timber sawed with a cross-cut saw, reduced to blocks by a buck-saw, and turned with a brace and bit. In 1805 and 1806 he and his brother Dirck appear to have been

1 Essex County Transcribed Deeds, A, 28.

1 Essex County Wills, F. 246.

2 The Van Houten Manuscripts, 58.

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in partnership, as they bought several tracts of land on and near Peckamin river.1 He removed to Paterson in 1827, 10- cating in a frame mill on the river bank at the foot of Clin- ton street, where he continued the business until his death, in 1834.

VI. Hendrick, b. Sept. 3, 1775 ; prob. d. in inf.

VJI. Dirck, b. Nov. 5, 1777.

VIII. Judick, b. Aug. II, 1781. IX. Isaac ? X. Jacob) twins, b. Oct. 26, 1787.

Jacob m. Maria - He and his brother Isaac bought a turning mill and water privilege of Peter D. Jacobus, at Cedar Grove, on the Peckamin river, where they carried on bobbin-turning for some years. Jacob's will, dated Nov. II, 1834, witnessed by John R. Speer, Isaac I. Jacobus and John A. Jacobus, was proved August 1, 1835. In it he names wife Maria, and children: I. Jacob; 2. Martin; 3. James; 4. Amsey (Amzi); 5. Lydia; 6. Ellen; 7. Mary Ann. Executors-his wife and his son, Jacob J. Van Riper.2

Isaac-Harmen-Juriaen Thomasse and Catrina Van Rype had children :

I. Harme, b. June 17, 1754; m. Mary Van Riper, m. bond dated June 29, 1780.

II. Marytje, b. Feb. 2, 1756.

III. Jacobus, b. Sept. 22, 1760.

IV. Catharina, b. March 12, 1767 ; m. Jacob Ryker, Feb. 8, 1789. Issue : I. Sarah, b. July 8, 1791; 2. Johannis, b. Sept. 8, 1793; 3. Tryntje, b. April 4, 1796.

Gerrit-Harmen-Juriaen Thomasse and Fytje Van Winkel had children :

I. Abraham, b. May 16, 1758; mn. Aeltje Post. Issue : I. Ragel, b. Oct. 16, 1788; 2. Feytye, b. Jan. II, 1791 ; m. Increase Van Houten ; ch., Sophia, b. Sept. 15, 1834.

II. Cornelius, b. June 19, 1760 ; d. in inf.

III. Gerrit, b. Dec. 4, 1762. IV Cornelius? V. Marytje twins, b. Dec. 5, 1765.

Thomas-Harmen-Juriaen Thomasse and Saertje Van Rype had children :

I. Johannis, b. July 4, 1756; prob. m. twice; 2d, Jannetje Van Noorstrand, Aug. 5, 1787. His will, dated Jan. 2, 1790, was proved April 13, 1792 ; it was witnessed by John R. Ludlow, Henry F. Post and Hanmore Ludlow. In it the testator directs all his estate to be sold at public vendue, within one year after his death; gives his oldest son, Thomas, ten shillings, for his birthright; £IO N. J. money to his daughter Jane; to his wife Jane, and to his sons Thomas Van Riper and John Van Riper, each one- fourth of his estate; the other fourth to be divided between his two daughters, Marritje and Sarah. 3

II. Harmen, b. Jan. 21, 1758.

III. Marritje, b. Aug. 28, 1759.

IV. Judie, b. Dec. 14, 1760 ; m. Thomas Sigler. Issue : I. Thomas, b. Feb. 22, 1781; 2. John, b. Jan. 12, 1783 ; 3. Moses, b. May 21, 1789.

1 Essex County Transcribed Deeds, A, 548 ; B, 185.

2 Essex County Wills, F, 352.

3 Recorded in Liber No. 34 of Wills, Trenton, f. 41.

V. Sarah, b. Sept. 8, 1765.

V. Catharina, b. Dec. 8, 1766.

Fifth Generation.

Dirck-Jurjaen-Thomas-Juriaen Thomasse and Elisabet Meet had children :

I. Yurrie, b. March 26, 1763; m. Feb. 12, 1786, Ma- ria Berdan (b. Oct. 4, 1768); he d. June 10, 1840; she d. July 23, 1832. He was known as "Dirck's Yurrie"-Rich- ard's Uriah; in official records he was sometimes called Jerre Van Rypen, and more formally Uriah R. (Richard) Van Riper. He lived on his father's farm, to which he add- ed 49.32 acres by purchase, Feb. II, 1800, for £138, from Walter Rutherford and John Rutherford, of New York, trustees of Lieut. - Gen. John Reid, of Great Britain, and John Stark Robinson and Susan his wife.1 His will, dated Oct. 22, 1834, divided his property between his two child- ren, Jacob and Elizabeth. 2

II. Jacob, b. Jan. 2, 1765 ; m. Marietje Vreeland, Dec. 19, 1789; he lived at Preakness. By deed July 25, 1791, from Roelof Van Houten and Annaatje his wife, of Preak- ness, for £200 N. Y. money, he bought a tract of 22 acres on Singack brook-probably mill property, which he wished to improve further, as on Oct. 28, 1791, he mortgaged the premises for £160 N. Y. money, to Richard Van Riper, of Bergen County (his father), and Michael Vreeland, of Essex County. 3

III. Johannes, b. Aug. 30, 1766; m. Ist, Catharina -; 2d, Geertje (Gertruy, Charity) Dooremus (b. Aug. 22, 1775, dau. of Hendrick Dooremus and Marregrietye Van Winkel), March II, 1798; she was a cousin of his first wife. He sold to his brother Derrick, Feb. 12, 1796, for £142 New Jersey money, a tract of 37.82 acres at Preakness, re- serving "the right to keep up and support the saw mill and dam, and of raising the water as high as necessary." 4 About this time he bought the Peter Gerritse farm, on the Wesel road, extending from the river westwardly about to the present Main street, where he carried on farming for many years. His residence was where John Henry Merselis now lives. Fifteen or twenty years later he bought a tract of 300 acres of land between Waterloo and Geneva, in New York, and for several years was wont to journey there every year, to sow fifty or sixty bushels of wheat. He finally sold his Wesel farm (about 9.89 x 60 chains in area, containing 53.90 acres, bounded south by John M. Vreeland and John Hedden, west on the railroad, north on David Alyea, east on Passaic river),5 April 26, 1834, for $5,500, to Simeon Pye, of New York, a locksmith or lock manufacturer, and took up his residence on his farm near Geneva, where he spent the rest of his days. 6

1 Bergen County Transcribed Deeds, B, 216.

2 Passaic County Wills, A, 100.

3 Bergen County Transcribed Deeds, A, 592.

4 Bergen County Transcribed Deeds, C, 540.

5 Essex County Transcribed Deeds, M, 119.

6 Conversations in August and September, 1894, with Henry P. Sim- mons, Cornelius P. Merselis, John B. Van Riper and George Zabriskie.

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IV. Henry, b. Dec. 28, 1767; d. Oct. 5, 1792. V. Garret, b. July 30, 1769; d. Sept. I, 1770.

VI. Garret, b. Nov. 28, 1771; d. June 2, 1794.

VII. Mary, b. July 14, 1775; m. - Lydecker; d. May I, 1807.

VIII. Richard, b. March 4, 1777 ; m. Ist, Elizabeth Van Orden; she was b. March II, 1777; d. Oct. 30, 1828; 2d, Margaret Slingerland, wid., with whom he made an ante- nuptial contract, October 4, 1836; he d. Jan. 22, 184I. Richard is sometimes referred to in the records as Dirck Van Riper, jun., but was generally known as "Dickie." He bought a tract of land near Upper Preakness from Abraham Ogden, which, however, he subsequently sold to Abraham Campbell, whose heirs-Sarah Campbell, Jacob Haring and others-quit-claimed to Dirck's brother, Uriah, May 20, 1797, for £15 New York money.1 In July, 1804, he bought from Moses Ogden and Charles Ogden, of Newark, a tract of 92.30 acres, net, a mile and a half east of the Pompton Furnace, and adjoining the tract of 145.40 acres returned to his father in 1762.2 Dickie had a re- markably fine orchard on his farm. His will, dated May 15, 1837, was proved Feb. 4, 1841.3

IX. Marregriet, b. March 7, 1779 ; m. Derrick Sisco, of Bloomingdale. Issue: I. John, m. Susan Berry; 2. Marga- ret, m. Moses Kanouse; 3. Barney, the famous innkeeper for many years on the old Hamburg turnpike, at Upper Preak- ness, m. Margaret Ann Berry; 4. a dau., m. James Bertholf; 5. Henry, unm .; 6. Mary Ann, d. unm.

X. Elizabeth, b. April 10, 1782.

Derrick-Jan-Thomas-Juriaen Thomasse and Elizabeth Van Houte had children :

I. Jenneke, b. Nov. 18, 1774.

II. Marretje, b. April 24, 1778; m. Gerrit J. Post, April 10, 1796. Issue : I. Dirck, b. Dec. 6, 1796; 2. Jen- neke, b. Oct. 13, 1798. -

Gerrit-Jan-Thomas-Juriaen Thomasse and Jannetje Winne had children :

I. Johannis, b. May 10, 1788.

II. Cornelis, b. Aug. 30, 1792.

Johannes-Jan-Thomas-Juriaen Thomasse and Catharina Post had children :

I. Marytje, b. Nov. 2, 1768; m. Jacob Morris, Aug. 28, 1785; d. Nov. 5, 1840; he was born May 10, 1775; d. Sept. 19, 1799. He was a descendant of Peter Jacobse Marius, of Hoorn, Holland, a famous merchant in his day, who in 1674 was rated as "one of the best and most affluent inhab- itants" of New Amsterdam.4 Jacob served in the artillery during the Revolution, and according to family tradition fired, or at least trained for that purpose, the first gun fired at the British at the siege of Yorktown. After the war he returned to New York. Being an active fireman he caught cold one night at a fire at the foot of Liberty street, and the cold settled into consumption. He was thus confined to

1 Bergen County Transcribed Deeds, A, 552.

2 Ib., D, 289, 386.

3 Passaic County Wills, A, 125.

4 N. Y. Col. Docs., II., 936.

his bed when the yellow fever broke out in New York, and to escape the contagion his family carried him out on his bed, placed him aboard a periagua, and sailed up the Pas- saic river. At a point just below Passaic Bridge, a benevo- lent female, seeing their pitiful plight, invited the fugitives to come ashore and into her house, declaring that she feared not the plague. She proved to be a distant relative, and in her hospitable home Jacob, wasted by consumption, breathed his last in peace, and was buried in the Acquacka- nonk church yard. Issue :

i. Sylvester Marius, b. Jan. 24, 1787; lost off Sandy Hook in the Privateer Arrow, in 1840.

ii. John, b. March 29, 1788. His wife was Catharine Cole, of New York.

iii. Phebe, b. Oct. I, 1790; d. in inf.

iv. Jacob, b. Sept. 6, 1792; d. in 1873. He was ap- prenticed to a tanner, at Clifton, but when very young went to sea, and became Commodore McDonough's Sailing-Mas- ter ; Admiral Farragut and Admiral Porter were in his class of boys, and he taught them navigation.

.v. Peter, b. Sept. 25, 1794 ; he learned his trade as paper maker, in the Madison mill at Third river, where he m. Sarah, dau. of Joseph Kingsland, and afterward went in business with her brother. Children: I. Sylvester John, d. in inf .; 2. Mary Kingsland; 3. John Jacob, lives on Park avenue, Paterson; has been in mercantile business in New York many years ; he is a gentleman of scholarly, antiqua- rian tastes, and being a descendant of one of the early New York sea captains and merchants, as well as of one of the Acquackanonk patentees, has a valuable and most interest- ing collection of curios; among these is a venerable parch- ment deed for a large interest in the Saddle River patent of 1679 ; 4. Joseph Kingsland ; 5. Jonathan Seymour ; 6. Robert Sylvester.

vi. Mary or Maria, b. Nov. 18, 1796; d. in 1884. vii. Phebe, b. Feb. 5, 1799; d. in 1884.

Marytje Van Riper m. 2d, William Gillespie, of New York city ; during the War of 1812 he removed with his. family to near White Lake, Sullivan county, N. Y., where he held various offices-County Judge, Colonel, etc. Issue: I. William; 2. Alfred, a physician at Bethel, m. Brown; d. 1893; 3. Milton, still living, 83 yrs. old; 4. Catharine, m. William Whittlesey, and removed to Evans- ville, Ind .; 5. Ann, a writer of graceful verse, m. Barhydt, of Saratoga, formerly a miller at White Lake.

II. Adrian, b. about 1770; m. Cathalyntje Spier, Au- gust 4, 1792. He lived on the Wesel road, and was a blacksmith by trade.1 His shop was a large frame building, with a high roof, standing on the west side of the road, near Crooks avenue. He bought from his brother John, May 13, 1805, for $80, his equal half part of "a tract of land at Wesel in front of the dwelling house of said Adrian Van Riper bounded on the west by the highway, on the south by land now in possession of Michael Vreeland on the east by Passaic river on the north by land of John Stagg and the

1 Two of his bills for blacksmith work, in 1799 and 1808-9, are printed in The Van Houten Manuscripts, pp. 36, 107.

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Widow Van Roden, containing four acres."1 Adrian-who was called "Jan's Yawn," John's Adrian-sold his shop, Feb. 29, 1820, to Henry P. Doremus,2 whose father bought it for him, and Henry converted the building into a two- story weave-shop. Adrian then went West-to the Gen- essee country in New York State. 3

III. Elizabeth, b. March 16, 1775; m. Henry Traphagen (his second wife), Sept. 23, 1800; he was a car-man in New York at the time, but was from Ulster county, whither he returned, and there she d. Issue: I. John, a lumber mer- chant in New York for many years; 2. Peter; 3. a dau.

IV. Catharina, b. Oct. 23, 1777; m. Jacob-John Stagg, June 7, 1802; d. May 18, 1826, aged 48 yrs., 8 mos., 5 days. He was called "Yawpy" (the popular abbreviation of Jacob) Stagg, and was a son of John Stagg, who lived in a small stone house, a story and a half high, on the river bank, just south of Crooks avenue. It was destroyed when the Dun- dee dam was raised in 1858, and the site of it is now under water. Jacob was a shoemaker; he used to go to New York to buy leather, and many stories were told in after years of his adventures on those perilous journeys. Children:

i. Caty, b. Nov. 5, 1802; d. Nov. 21, 1802.

ii. Catherine, b. Jan. 15, 1804; m. Cornelius C. Christie (b. June 16, 1802) ; d. Nov. 22, 1853. Issue : I. Ann, b. Aug. 12, 1822; 2. Jacob, b. Nov. 9, 1825; 3. Catharine Ma- ria, b. June 15, 1829; 4. Rachel, b. Nov. 7, 1833; d. Feb. 9, 1834 ; 5. Rachel, b. Dec. 8, 1835; 6. James, b. Nov. IO, 1843. Cornelius Christie m. 2d, Gitty Ann Van Riper (b. April 19, 1827, dau, of Gerrit-Adrian Van Riper and Antje, dau. of John Van Riper); he d. Feb. 22, 1867.

iii. John, b. Oct. 19, 1806; m. Maria Tise (b. Aug. II, 18II, dau. of Peter Tise and Anny Van Blarcom), April 9, 1831; d. Feb. 18, 1884; she d. Dec. II, 1869. Issue :

I. Catharine, b. Nov. 30, 1832; d. June 27, 1879, unm.

2. Peter, b. Oct. 9, 1836; removed to Trenton, Mich- igan, and married Ellen A. Dearborn, June 8, 1857. He entered the Union army in the late war as a musician, Co. K, Ist Michigan cavalry; promoted to 2d Lieutenant same Company; Captain Co. E, Aug. 22, 1861; Major, Nov. 12, 1862; Lieut .- Colonel, Dec. 7, 1862; Colonel, Aug. 17, 1864; Brevet-Brigadier General, March 13, 1865; mustered out March 10, 1866, at which time he was in command of Cus- ter's famous Cavalry Brigade. He returned to Paterson, taking up his residence on the Notch Road, where he died Dec. 26, 1884.

3. Francis Henry, b. Jan. 9, 1839; d. Sept. 6, 1842.

4. Ann Maria, b. April 12, 1841; d. Sept. 20, 1842.

5. John, Dec. 16, 1843; m. Catharine Fulton, of Sad- dle River, Bergen county, Nov. 5, 1868; she was b. at Lodi, Bergen County, June 19, 1848. He served in the late war as Quarter Master Sergeant, IIth N. J. Volunteers; after- terwards as Ist Lieutenant in the First Michigan Cavalry, serving altogether nearly three years in the war. In 1889 he was elected Chief Engineer of the Volunteer Fire De-

1 Essex County Transcribed Deeds, A, 535.

2 Ib., D, 558, 579.

3 Conversations with Cornelius P. Merselis, John B. Van Riper and George Zabriskie, September, 1894.

partment of Paterson, and in 1891, on the establishment of the Paid Department, he was appointed Chief Engineer, which position he still holds. Issue : I. Sarah Fulton, b. Aug. 23, 1869; 2. Catharine M., b. Nov. 14, 1871; 3. Rob- ert F., b. Dec. 20, 1873; 4. Emma S., b. Dec. 17, 1875; 5. Elizabetlı S., b. Oct. 13, 1878; d. Nov. 30, 1878; 6. John W., b. Oct. 15, 1879; 7. Edward Tice, b. Aug. 7, 1884; 8. Alexander F., b. Dec. I, 1887; 9. Stella S., b. June 18, 1889; d. Aug. 26, 1889.

6. Maria, b. Aug. 4, 1845 ; m. Hugh O. Fulton, Oct. 18, 1871. Issue : I. John, b. at Meaford, Ontario, July 17, 1872; d. at Paterson, Oct 20, 1877; 2. Anna, b. at Paterson, Dec. 12, 1875; 3. Kate Stagg, b. Aug. 8, 1880; 4. Myra, b. May 10, 1887.

7. Anna Tise, b. Nov. 16, 1847; d. Dec. 4, 1850.

iv. Adrian, b. Dec. 13, 1808; removed to Flat Rock, Michigan, and m. Mary Ann Peters, dau. of John Peters, d. April 2, 1860.

v. Francis C., b. Feb. 27, 18II; removed to Flat Rock, Michigan, and m. Salina Root, Aug. 31, 1877.

vi. Mary Van Riper, b. Aug. 22, 1813; m. William Titus, May 2, 1835; d. Sept. 1, 1879.

vii. Jane, b. June 12, 1816; m. Ist, Smith; m. 2d, William Edwards; d. June 10, 1879.

viii. Tunis, b. Oct. II, 1818 ; m. Eliza Row; d. Aug. 26, 1883. He was for many years superintendent of the carpen- ter shop in the Rogers Locomotive Works.

ix. Garret, b. July 17, 1821; d. young.

x. Richard Henry, b. Feb. 17, 1825; d. young.

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History of the city of Paterson and the County of Passaic, New Jersey, Part 43

Author: Nelson, William, 1847-1914 Publication date: 1901 Publisher: Paterson : Press Printing and Publishing Co. Number of Pages: 466

Author: Nelson, William, 1847-1914
Publication date: 1901
Publisher: Paterson : Press Printing and Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 466