History of the city of Paterson and the County of Passaic, New Jersey, Part 44

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

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V. Antje (Ann), b. March 20, 1780; m. Daniel Niven, March 24, 1798; d. May 8, 1867; he d. Jan. 5, 1767, aged 100 yrs., 7 mos. Daniel Niven was b. on the isle of Islay, June 12, 1766, son of Duncan Niven and Flora Campbell (the latter being of the Cambells of Argyle, one of her ancestors hav- ing been beheaded at London for his sturdy Presbyterian- ism); he came to this country in 1790, establishing himself in New York as a merchant tailor. He subsequently re- moved to Orange county, where he died. On his hundredth birthday he received a large number of friends, and was bright, cheerful and vivacious. He remarked to his son that afternoon that during the sixty-eight years of his mar- ried life death had never entered his door; neither child, relative, servant or wayfarer had ever died under his roof ! His venerable wife survived him but four months. She often told how her father and mother, after the Revolution, journeyed through the wilderness and over the rugged mountains, via Shamokin, to the Wyoming valley, to make their home on the frontier, but were glad enough to get back to the Wesel neighborhood with their scalps and little possessions. As a girl she was remarkably lively and attractive; in maturer years slie was a good mother and thorough helpmeet. Issue:

i. Daniel Grosman, b. March 14, 1799; m. Maria Mor- ris (his cousin); d. Dec. 20, 1852.

ii. Catharine Post (named after her mother's mother), b. Sept. 3, 1801; m. Seth Warner Brownson, at Monticello, N. Y.

iii. Archibald Campbell, b. at Newburgh, Dec. 8, 1803;

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m. Jane, eldest dau. of Alexander Thompson, in 1832; d. Feb. 21, 1882. He was a distinguished lawyer, holding various offices in his county and state-was Adjutant-Gen- eral of New York in 1844; Representative in Congress, I845-47; State Senator in 1864; etc. Issue: I. Alexander D., graduated from Princeton; studied divinity two years, and lost his life in the wreck of the steamship Arctic, Sept. 27, 1854; 2. Mary C., m. Dr. Wright; 3. Thornton A., a lawyer at Monticello, N. Y.

iv. Thornton Macness, b. Feb. 3, 1806; m. Letty, second child of Jonathan Mills and Jean McCord, May 4, 1826; she d. Jan. 13, 1870, aged 68 yrs., one mo. Col. Niven, as he is generally called, has led an eventful life; he was a contractor in stone for many years, paved the streets of New Orleans,, Charleston, and other cities; built bridges, did work on the Erie Canal, furnished stone for fortresses, etc. ; he has lived at Hackensack since 1871; for some years he has been totally blind, but this affliction does not check his cheerful spirits; a charming, tender poem of his, "Medita- tions of an old blind man on his eighty-eighth birthday, Feb. 3, 1894," was published in the local press, and attracted wide attention. Issue: I. Catharine Campbell, b. June 15, 1827; m. James M. Motley, a native of Boston, Mass., Dec. 27, 1852; 2. Andrew McCord, b. July 20, 1829; m. Maria Ful- ton, of Ulster county, Oct. 12, 1864; 3. Mary Frances, b. Sept. 26, 1831; m. James L. Jessup, of Orange county, Oct. 6, 1857; he d. Feb. 9, 1863; she d. June 16, 1874, s. p .; 4. John Forsyth, b. Dec. 25, 1833; d. Oct. 14, 1861, unm .; he was a merchant in New York; 5. Thorn- ton M., b. Aug. 23, 1836; m. Elizabeth, dau. of the Rev. William Lewis, of Brooklyn; Thornton is a prominent clergyman, has been honored with the degree of D. D., and has been pastor of the Presbyterian church at Dobbs Ferry for the past thirty years; 6. Archibald Campbell, b. Dec. 15, 1839; m. Margaret V. V., dau. of Charles Hasbrouck, M. D., of Hackensack, April 27, 1878; ch., Mary Has- brouck, b. Oct. 19, 1879.

v. James, b. Sept. 30, 1808; d. Sept. 29, 1850.

vi. Mary Scott, b. April 7, ISII ; m. Lyman Odell, of Sullivan county; she now lives at Hackensack. Issue: I. Hamilton, a lawyer in New York ; 2. Andrew Jackson, for many years secretary and treasurer of the Delaware, Lacka- wanna and Western railroad ; distinguished as a book col- lector, his library having been one of the finest sold in many years.

vii. Thomas Helms, b. Dec. 30, 1813; lives at Montclair. viii. Alexander Hamilton, b. Jan. 31, 1817.

ix. Harriet, b. March 28, 1819; m. Walter. H. Stevens, Nov. 2, 1849.

x. Helen Isabella, b. May 6, 1821; m. the Rev. John B. Scouller, June 21, 1848; he was pastor for many years of the Presbyterian church at Newville, Penn.

VI. Jurrie (Uriah), m. Marretje Blair, May 13, 1804; d. Sept. 24, 1871, aged 89 yrs .; she d. June 23, 1866. He kept a hotel at Passaic for some years. Issue: Margaret (Peggy), b. June 23, 1805; m. Capt. John Hedden, a river boatman at Passaic, and at one time sexton of the old church there; she d. June 2, 1862; he m. Ist, Jane Gilbert;

he d. Dec. 2, 1855. Uriah was a famous pedestrian. He frequently walked from Acquackanonk out to Waterloo, N. Y., to visit his brothers and sisters, upon whom he would drop in as unceremoniously as if he lived in the next village, and after a social call of a day or two would bid them a cheerful "Good morning," and start back on his homeward walk of two or three hundred miles. On one occasion he extended his pedestrian journey as far as Cincinnati, in the early days of that beautiful city. When he was past eighty- five he thought nothing of walking from Passaic to Pater- son, even in the bitterest winter weather. Capt. John Hed- den and Peggy Van Riper had issue: I. George E., d. May 29, 1855, aged 26 yrs .; 2. John, went West; 3. Uriah; 4. Mary, m. Jeremiah Holley, who d. June 29, 1854, aged 34 yrs. ; she d. Feb. 1887, leaving I. John, d.‘May 6, 1887; 2. Mary Catharine, m. William Satchell.

Johannes-Thomas(?)-Jan-Juriaen' Thomasse and Aaltje Van Rypen had children :

I. Johannes, b. Dec. 4, 1768; m. Hendrickje (Henri- etta) Vreeland, Nov. 23, 1788. Issue: I. John, b. April 25,. 1789; 2. Thomas, b. Feb. 26, 1792.

II. Thomas, b. Dec. 20, 1771.

III. Marretje, b. July 23, 1778.

Simon-Isaac-Thomas-Juriaen Thomasse and Maragrietje Pieterse had children :

I. Lea, bap. July 20, 1755; m. Peter Helmagh Van Houten.

II. Jurrie, m. Ist, Antje Vreeland, m. bond dated Jan. 20, 1787 ; 2d, Rachel Meedt, Nov. 10, 1799; d. of apoplexy,

, aged 54 years. He lived on the east bank of the Passaic river, near the Wesel bridge, where his father had lived before him. He was a blacksmith by trade. The neighbors called him "Siemen's Yerry"-Simon's Uriah. Jurrie's nephew, Simeon Van Houten (son of his sister Lea), having become involved in one of his periodical en- counters with the law, persuaded his uncle to go security for his appearance when wanted. In order to indemnify his uncle, Simeon and his wife Mary conveyed to Jerry Van Riper, Feb. 13, 1809, two tracts of land in Paterson, one at the southeast corner of Main street and Broadway, 100 feet on Main street, and 50 feet deep, formerly owned by the cel- ebrated Dr. Peter Wilson, of Columbia College ; the other lot adjoining the same on the south, 55 feet front on Main street, and 210 feet deep.1 Simeon finding his situation se- rious, "jumped his bail." Word came to Jurrie one night that Simeon was in hiding in Trenton. Early the next morning he hitched up a great bald-faced horse, the fastest and most enduring in his extensive stables, and with his friend Henry I. Van Blarcom, also one of Van Houten's sureties, started for Trenton. It was a drive of sixty or seventy miles, over rough country roads, but the big horse got them there the same night. "Sim" was found en- trenched in an upper room, fully armed, and threatening to shoot the first man who entered. Jurrie called for an axe, smashed in the door, and dashed in; Van Blarcom threw his arms around Van Houten, and Jurrie secured him. The horse was never of much use after this extraordinary drive ..

1 Essex County Transcribed Deeds, B, 488 ; D, 93.

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III. Antje, m. John C. Westervelt, of Wagaraw, Jan. 25, 1783. Issue : I. Elisabeth, b. Sept. 8, 1783; 2. Mar- grietje, b. July 23, 1792 ; 3. Cornelius, b. Jan. 30, 1798; he kept tavern at Haledon for several years; later he was Pres- ident of the Paterson Gas Light Company for twenty years, and lived near the gas works, then adjacent to the Morris Canal, at the head of Jersey street.

IV. Christina (Styntje, Stientje), b. July 7, 1763; m. Cornelius H. Doremus, June 10, 1787. Issue : I. Mara- grietje, b. Aug. 24, 1788; 2. Antje, b. Nov. 10, 1791.

V. Margaret, m. Johannes H. Gerretse, Nov. II, 1787. Issue : I. Elizabeth, b. July 16, 1789 ; 2. Simeon, b. Dec. 9, 1791 ; 3. Henderic, b. Nov. 19, 1793; d. in infancy ; 4. Marregrietye, b. Sept. 6, 1799.

Simon (or Simeon I.) Van Rypen d. intestate, and his four daughters, with their respective husbands, released to Jurrie all their interest in their father's estate in Bergen county ; also all their interest in the estate of their grand- father, Jurrie Pieterse, deceased. 1

Marinus-Isaac-Thomas-Juriaen Thomasse had children : By his first wife, Catrina Cogh:

I. Lea, b. Sept. 26, 1757 ; d. in inf.

II. Lea, b. March 24, 1759 ; m. Adrian Sip, Jan. 23, 1787. Issue: I. Isaac, b. March 19, 1789; 2. Annaetje, b. Sept. 5, 1791; 3. Adriaen, b. April 9, 1794; 4. Cornelius, b. June 27, 1801.

III. Casparus, b. Nov. 10, 1765 ; m. Antje Ackerman. In 1804 he lived on the west bank of the Passaic river, near the present Passaic City line.

By his second wife, Elizabeth Lutken :

IV. Isaac, b. May 26, 1771. He bought part of his father's farm, five acres on the east side of the Wesel road, at the executors' sale, June 9, 1804.

V. Harmen, b. Feb. 18, 1773.

VI. Antje, b. June 23, 1775 ; m. John Locy (Losie); he lived on the west bank of the Passaic river, on the point a short distance below where the Wesel road turns away from the Lake, and near a fording place where people formerly crossed the river. Issue: 1. Jacob, b. March 16, 1799; 2. Mary- nus, b. Jan. - , 1802 ; 3. Isaac, b. June 8, 1805 ; learned his trade as a weaver at Henry Doremus's weave-shop in the neighborhood ; 4. John, b. Aug. 4, 1807 ; 5. Jannetje, b. June 17, 1809 ; 6. Cornelius, b. Jan. 30, 1813.

VII. Johannes, b. April 6, 1778.

VIII. Cornelus, b. April 4, 1780.

IX. Gerret, b. Feb. 5, 1782.

X. Simeon, b. July II, 1784.

XI. Thomas, b. Feb. II, 1787.

XII. Catharina, b. Oct. 2, 1790 ; m. Hendrick Wouterse, Dec. 24, 1808. Issue : I. Gerret, b. Dec. 7, 1809; 2. Cath- arina, b. June 12, 1812.

Harpert-Jacob-Thomas-Juriaen Thomasse and Margaret Berry had children :

I. Jacobus, b. Feb. 25, 1765; m. Aaltje Vreeland, June 30, 1787. In deeds, Jacobus used the English form- James-of his name. By deed June 5, 1804, for $180,

James H. Van Riper and Lettie his wife conveyed to John H. Van Riper a tract of nine acres, in Newark township, formerly the property of Michael D. Vreeland, "being part of the lot known by the name of the Rock Field"-at the present village of Franklin. On Aug. 16, 1817, for $2,500, they conveyed to Jacob Vreeland a tract of 57.73 acres in Acquackanonk, on the line of Abraham Berry, deceased -near Third river.1 By deed, Oct. 23, 1805, for $875, they conveyed to John B. Berry a quarter of an acre, with house, etc., on the "main road leading from Passaic Falls to Newark, a little distant from the house of Halmagh Sip . . . near the river."2

Dirck-Dirck-Thomas-Juriaen Thomasse and Claasje Vree- land had children :

I. Pietertje, b. Nov. 16, 1758; m. Walling-Waling- Johannis-Waling Jacobse (Van Winkle), Feb. 23, 1783 ; d. Jan. 4, 1846; he d. Jan. 17, 1832. For her issue, see p. 102.

II. Elias, b. Sept. 1, 1761 ; d. in childhood.

III. Marytje, b. July II, 1764; m. Cornelis Sip, Feb. 8, 1784; d. Jan. 27, 1845 ; he d. Aug. 9, 1825, aged 65 yrs., II mos., 16 days. Issue : I. Claasje, b. April 24, 1784; 2. Annaatje, b. Jan. 17, 1788.

IV. Lybetje, b. Nov. 8, 1766; m. Adrijaen-Mercelius- Adrian-Adrian-Adrian Post, May 14, 1786; d. Nov. 20, 1848; lie d. March 23, 1829.3

V. Jannetje, b. May 25, 1770; d. in inf.

VI. Jannetje, bap. Dec. 22, 1771; m. John Merselis, Feb. 13, 1790; d. Jan. 3, 1856; he d. Sept. 7, 1841, aged 76 yrs., II mos., 20 days. Issue : I. Claasje, b. Dec. - , 1790 ; m. Peter H. Kip; 2. Arreyauntye (Arianna), b. Ang. 2, 1797 ; m. Nicholas R. Terhune. Children of Claasje : I. Edo (still living, 1894, at Passaic) ; 2. Peter ; 3. John ; 4. Henry, late of Rutherford, deceased. Children of Ariana : I. John (ex-Judge John N. Terhune, who lives on the Wesel road, on part of his mother's ancestral domain) ; two other children died young.

The four daughters of Dirck Van Rypen, named above, with their respective husbands, executed deeds, May 9, 1803, dividing the property of their father. John Merselis received 48 acres of Lot No. 3, East, in the Bogt subdivis- ion. 4

Garret-Juriaen-Gerrit-Juriaen Thomasse had children :

By his first wife, Jannetje Diedricks :

I. Jurrie, b. July 20, 1767 ; m. Ist, Neeltje Van Hoorn, Dec. 18, 1790 ; 2d, Aegie Diedricks, wid. of Jacob Collerd, Sept. 13, 1807 ; d. April 4, 1826. Issue : I. Gerret, b. Oct. 16, 1791.

By his second wife, Leena Vreeland :

II. Joris, b. June 3, 1787; m. July 23, 1814, Clara Vreeland, b. Dec. 25, 1794, at Pamrapo, Hudson county, dau. of George and Jane (Brinckerhoff) Vreeland ; he lo- cated on the east bank of the Passaic river, just south of

1 Bergen County Transcribed Deeds, A, 614. 22

1 Essex County Transcribed Deeds, A, 482; C, 253.

2 Ib., B, 29.

3 For account of her children, see p. 147.

4 Essex County Transcribed Deeds, A, 343, 349, 352.

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the Wesel bridge. He d. on his farm at Slooterdam, May 23, 1857.

Daniel-Cornelius-Gerrit-Juriaen Thomasse and Elizabeth Terhune had children :

I. Catrintje, b. Dec. 2, 1762.

II. Cornelis, b. May 23, 1767 ; m. Ist, Elizabeth Vree- land, m. bond dated Jan. 20, 1787; 2d, Vrouwetje, dau. of Gerrebrant Gerritse, of Slooterdam, Oct. 30, 1791; she d. Sept. 19, 1806; 3d, Aeltje Van Horne, wid. of Michael Van Houten, May 31, 1807 ; d. Jan. 6, 1842. Cornelis lived on the east side of the Passaic river, on the north side of Gar- rison's lane (opposite the Broadway bridge) ; he afterwards removed to the second house below the Broadway bridge, and after the death of his third wife he removed to Bergen, where he lived near the Bergen church.

III. Derrick, b. Aug. 28, 1772 ; m. Jenneke Vreeland, Oct. - , 1792 ; d. July 3, 1851. Issue : I. Michael, b. Nov. 8, 1793 ; m. Cecilia Cadmus, Dec. 21, 1816; d. April 22, 1868; 2. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 23, 1795; d. Sept. 3, 1796; 3. Annatje, b. June 25, 1797; m. Abraham Vreeland, Nov. 30, 1816; 4. Elizabeth, b. July 9, 1800 ; 5. Aegie, b. Dec. 19, ISO1; d. unm. ; 6. Daniel, b. Sept. 7, 1803; m. Jane, dau. ·of Adrian-Mercelius Post, Sept. 7, 1826; d. April 22, 1873 ; 7. Cornelius, b. March 27, 1805 ; m. Mary, dau. of Abraham Sicl:les, Sept. 15, 1827 ; 8. Catharine, b. Sept. 24, 1807 ; m. Albert Zabriskie, Nov. 7, 1822; d. Dec. 31, 1868; he d. Sept. - , 1872 ; 9. Jane, b. Dec. 27, 1809 ; m. Egbert Wau- ters, Jan. 17, 1828; d. June 14, 1872.

Garret-Johannis-Gerrit-Juriaen Thomasse had children : By his first wife, Catrintje Van Wagenen :

I. Margrietje, b. Oct. 10, 1775; d. July 26, 1776.

II. Margrietje, b. Dec. 31, 1780 ; d. May 31, 1781.

III. Catlyntje, b. Nov. 29, 1782; m. Helmich Van Houten, Dec. 7, 1799.

IV. Elizabeth, b. July 13, 1785 ; m. Daniel Van Ripen, Sept. 18, 18II ; d. Sept. 18, 1852.

V. Margrietje, b. Oct. 30, 1788; m. Cornelius Van Winkle, Aug. 16, 1807; d. Feb. 23, 1866.

By his second wife, Catreintje Van Rypen :

VI. Annatje, b. July 12, 1794 ; m. John G. Van Horn, Dec. 19, 1812 ; d. Dec. 6, 1872; he was b. Jan. 25, 1793; d. Dec. I, 1871. Issue : I. Catharine, b. July 16, 1814 ; m. Cornelius C. Van Ripen, May 6, 1832 ; d. March 28, 1833 ; 2. Garret, b. April 28, 1820; d. Nov. 28, 1826; 3. John, b. Aug. 4, 1825, m. Cornelia V. R., dau. of Evert Van Alen; d. Sept. II, 1862; 4. Garret, b. July 30, 1830; m. Mary, dau. of Abraham Britton, Dec. 25, 1852; d. Nov. 17, 1864.

VII. Beelitje, b. Dec. 27, 1797 ; m. John Van Buskirk, Nov. 20, 1814; he was b. Sept. 27, 1787; d. Dec. 12, 1869. Issue : I. Catharine, b. July 13, 1815; m. Garret Vreeland, Oct. 23, 1834 ; d. Jan. 3, 1874 ; 2. Sarah, b. Aug. 16, 1817; m. Henry Newkirk, Nov. 7, 1838; 3. Jane, b. July 22, 1820; m. Jacob Van Wagenen, Dec. 29, 1842 ; 4. Ann Elizabeth, b. Sept. 28, 1824; m. Cornelius Vreeland, Dec. 2, 1841 ; 5. John, b. Aug. 30, 1832; m. Mary, dau. of William Elsworth, Nov. 19, 185I.

Gerrit-Juriaen-Aelt-Juriaen Thomasse and Helena Post had children :

I. Marytje, b. July 8, 1755; m. Hendrick Van Houten. II. Gerrit, b. Sept. 14, 1757; m. Lea Simmons, Sept. 25, 1777.

III. Maragrieta, bap. Jan. 13, 1760 ; prob. m. Johannis Doremus, widower, May 31, 1789. Ch., Gerrit, b. Dec. 27, I79I.

IV. Marretje, b. Aug. 5, 1763 ; m. Michael G. Vreeland, March 13, 1784.

V. Jannetje, b. May 7, 1768; m. Cornelius Cadmus, Aug. 19, 1787. Issue : I. Johannes, b. April 4, 1788; d. Jan. 16, 1837; 2. Gerret, b. Aug. 10, 1791; m. Elizabeth Van Houten, June 15, 18II; d. Nov. 9, 1870 ; 3. David, b. Dec. 14, 1794; m. Margaret Vreeland, Feb. 13, 1825; d. Aug. 5, 1869 ; 4. Andries (Andrew), b. Aug. 22, 1803; m. Ellen Van Houten, Aug. 21, 1824; d. March 14, 1884; 5. Cornelius, b. Oct. 13, 1805; m. Delilah DeWitt; d. March 28, 1861 ; Jacobus (James), b. Oct. 13, 1805; m. Mary Der- mot, Feb. 28, 1828; d. March 16, 1878.

VI. Jacobus, b. Sept. 25, 1772 ; m. Jannetje Van Win- kle, Nov. 8, 1792 (she was a dau. of Jacob-Waling Van Win- kle and Elcy Kip, and was b. Dec. 9, 1776) ; d. May 15, 1807; she d. Oct. 23, 1826. Jacobus lived on the east side of the Passaic river, near the Saddle river. He was known as Jacob G. Van Riper.

Johannis-Cornelis-Aelt-Juriaen Thomasse and Marra- grietje Van Rype had children :

I. Cornelus, b. Dec. 13, 1759; m. Marretye Gerritse, prob. dau. of Gerrebrand Gerritse. By deed dated March 16, 1804, Cornelius Westervelt conveyed to Cornelius I. Van Riper and John G. Ryerson, both of Saddle River, one equal half part or moiety of "the fishing place at Wagaraw in Passaic river, extending from John Goetschius's fishing place or line until it comes to the line of Jerry Van Riper's lot, formerly the lot of John C. Westervelt, deceased. 1

II. Jurrie, b. Dec. 17, 1761; he was perhaps the Jerry Van Riper who bought a part of the Westervelt farm at Hawthorne, extending from the Ryerson line to the Degray line.

III. Johannes, b. Sept. 15, 1764.

IV. Gerret, bap. April 19, 1767.

Cornelius-Cornelis-Aelt-Juriaen Thomasse had children: By his first wife, Margaret Vreeland :

I. Sietje, b. Sept. 16, 1765 ; m. John Berry, Sept. 12, 1784; she survived him in 1804. Issue : I. Maragrietje, b. Oct. 20, 1785 ; 2. Philip, b. Sept. 4, 1788; 3. Cornelius, b. Dec. 3, 1789.

II. Rachel, bap. July IO, 1768; m. John MacCarthy, Dec. 19, 1790. Issue : I. Peggy (Margaret), b. Dec. IO, 1791 ; 2. Ebbie (Abigail), b. Nov. 28, 1793. MacCarty d. prior to April, 1805, and David Van Bussem was appointed guardian of the two children. By virtue of an order of the Essex county orphans' court he sold the interest of his wards in the lands of their grandfather, Cornelius Van Riper, for $750, by deed May 3, 1806, to John Merselis. 2 MacCarthy was probably a son of John MacCarthy and Ab-

1 Bergen County Transcribed Deeds, C, 578.

2 Essex County Deeds, Q, 214.

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igail Van Bussem, who had a child, Abigail, b. Oct. IO, 1763. He m. 2d, Elizabeth Post, wid., Dec. 14, 1797.

III. Margrietje (Pegge), b. March 5, 1771; m. Gerrit A. Vreeland, Aug. 16, 1794. Issue : I. Abraham, b. March I, 1795; 2. Cornelius, b. Aug. 4, 1800 ; 3. Jannetje, b. Dec. 15, 1802; 4. Jenneke, b. May 15, 1808. Margaret and her husband and her sister Seche Berry conveyed to John Mer- selis, June 4, 1803, for $1,500, their two-fifths interest in the lands of their father, Cornelius Van Reypen. 1

By his second wife, Elizabeth Vreeland :

IV. Marretje (Mary), b. June 2, 1780; m. Henry Sim- mons, Dec. 27, 1800. She lived in a stone house, at the southwest corner of Market street and the Wesel road ; she owned twelve acres of land on Willis street, near the Do- remus property, which adjoined the present Washington Park. She and her husband conveyed to John Merselis, Oct. 1, 1803, for £300, her one-fifth interest in the lands of her father, Cornelius Van Riper.2 Henry Simmons was an extensive merchant in New York, having stores in Water and Pearl streets. His will, dated March 27, 1828, proved July 30, 1828, names wife Mary, and children3; I. Peter H., d. unm .; 2. James, b. Dec. 13, 1804, in New York; came to Paterson about 1835 and m. Ann, dau. of Adrian R. Van Houten, who lived at the southwest corner of West and River streets; James is still living, in 1894; 3. Mary Eliza, m. John P. Meserole ; 4. Jane, m. Francis B. Morrow ; 5. Rachel Ann, m. Abraham Walsh ; 6. Susan, d. unm. ; 7. Henry Abraham, d. unm.

V. Cornelius, b. Jan. 9, 1784.

VI. Jannetje (Jane), b. Jan. 19, 1786; m. James Sim- mons, of New York. They conveyed to John Merselis, Oct. 29, 1807, for $750, their one-fifth interest in the lands devised to his children by Cornelius Van Ripen, as above : "The first lot is bounded on the east by the Passaic river, on the south by lands of Henry Post, and Hartman Post on the west and on Peter Merselis land of the heirs of Hassel Peterson, the public highway and the school lot on the north. The second lot is a wood lot lying at the foot of the mountain to the west of a lot of meadow of Ebenezer Blachly."4

VII. Catharina, b. July 5, 1789.

Christophel-Jurie-Jan-Juriaen Thomasse and Annatje Brouwer had children :

I. Jurrie, b. Feb. 8, 1767; m. Elisabeth Van Blerkom, March 12, 1791. He came from Rutherford, and lived in a small stone house still standing, the property of Mrs. Sarah Kinter, at the corner of York avenue and Lafayette street. He had a small farm, which he cultivated assiduously ; he was also in the habit of buying grain in Sussex county and selling it in this neighborhood. Early in the present cen- tury he went West-to the Genessee country, in New York, selling his farm to Henry I. Van Blarcom. In the Acquack-

1 Ib., I, 332.

2 Ib., I, IIO.

3 Essex County Wills, E, 13.

4 Essex County Transcribed Deeds, B, 416.

anonk and Totowa church records he is sometimes styled Jurrie or Yere Jurrianse, but usually with Van Riper added. To distinguish him from "Siemen's Jurrie" and others of the same name he was popularly known as "Chris- en's Jurrie"-Christopher's Uriah.

II. Hessel, b. April 12, 1769; m. Marytje Van Hoorn (dau. of Richard Van Hoorn), Jan. 17, 1796; d. Aug. II, 1847; he was called Hassel Yereance, and lived at Ruther - ford.

III. Elizabeth, b. Oct 24, 1770; m. Jacobus Brincker- hoff, May 25, 1799. Ch., Antje, b. July 4, 1801.

IV. Gerrit, b. Nov. 27, 1772; d. in inf.

V. Neeltje, b. March 13, 1775; m. Cornelius Jeraal- man, a ship-builder at Belleville. He m. 2d, Catharine Gar- rison; the latter m. 2d, Benjamin Zabriskie, (son of Joost Zabriskie, of Slooterdam), who had a large grist- and saw- mill on the east bank of the Passaic river, about half-way between the Broadway bridge and the Wesel bridge. Neeltje Jurrianse and Cornelius Jeraalman (Joraleman) liad issue : I. Annaatje, b. Dec. 3, 1797 ; 2. Christofel, b. Sept. 29, 1799.

VI. Jan, b. Oct. 29, 1778; m. Elizabeth Van Hoorn,. Oct. 20, 1799. He was called John C. Jurrianse. Ch., Margrietje, b. Jan. 21, 1800.

VII. Annaatje, b. Dec. 12, 1781.

VIII. Gerrit, b. Sept. 28, 1786.

Jan-Jurie-Jan-Juriaen Thomasse and Elizabeth Post had children :

I. Gerrebrand, b. April 27, 1769; bap. the same day as a child of Christophel Jurrianse; m. Helena Kerck, Oct. II, 1790. Issue : I. Johannis, b. July 19, 1791 : 2. Gerrit, b. July 12, 1801.

II. Adriaan, b. March 15, 1775.

III. Jannetje, m. Cornelius Jeraalman, Nov. 22, 1795. Issue: I. Jurry, b. Aug. 17, 1793; 2. Hendrick (Henry), m. Gerritje Van Blerkum (dau. of John Van Blerkum), Dec. II,. 1813; 3. John, b. June 24, 1796; 4. Syntje, b. Sept. 5, 1800; 5. Thomas, b. July 15, 1802.

John-Abraham-Harmen-Juriaen Thomasse and Lea Winne had children :

I. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 1, 1777; m. Joost Spier, near Fairfield.

II. Antje, b. April 23, 1780 ; m. John Stymes, on the River road, near the present Riverside station of the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad, at Newark.

III. Abraham, b. Sept. 15, 1782; m. Maria Spier (dau. of John and Margaret Spier, at Belleville, in 1804.

IV. Johannes, b. Sept. 28, 1784; m. Maritje ---- , from Albany. She survived him. By deed, June 20, 1807,. for $375, John A. Van Riper, of the township of Newark, bought from Abraham Berry and Catharine, his wife, of Ac- quackanonk, a tract of II.61 acres on the west side of Third river, in the line of Harpan Van Riper's land; this tract "was derived from the estate of John Broadberry, deceased," and was conveyed by John Berry of Acquackanonk, to Abraham Berry, his son, of the same place, in March, 1806.1

1 Essex County Transcribed Deeds, B, 24, 149.

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V. Philip, b. June 16, 1787; m. Lea (Lydia) King, daughter of Abraham King ,1 d. Aug. 20, 1851 ; she d. Dec. 8, 1873, aged 83 years, 7 months, 6 days. He was known as Philip I. Van Riper. 2

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History of the city of Paterson and the County of Passaic, New Jersey, Part 44

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