History of the city of Paterson and the County of Passaic, New Jersey, Part 45

Author: Nelson, William, 1847-1914
Publication date: 1901
Publisher: Paterson : Press Printing and Publishing Co.
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VI. Maria, b. Dec. 12, 1789; m. Jacob Berdan Van Riper, son of Jurrie Van Riper, at Upper Preakness, Dec. 8, 1810 ; d. April 21, 1867.

VII. Pietertje, b. April 4, 1792 ; m. John G. Van Riper, at Passaic.

VIII. Neesje, b. Jan. 4, 1795; d. in inf.

IX. Neesje, b. Feb. 21, 1797; m. Richard (Dirck) A. Post, Dec. 4, 1814.

X. Margrietje, b. Dec. 6, 1799; prob. d. young.

Philip-Abraham-Harmen-Juriaen Thomasse and Jannetje Sip had children:

I. Abraham, b. May 14, 1789; d. in inf.

II. Annatje, b. Aug. 22, 1790 ; m. John T. Gerre- brant (b. Jan. 3, 1800; d. Dec. 31, 1870), near the church at Stone House Plains; she d. prior to Oct. 7, 1831.

III. Abraham, b. June 7, 1795; m. Sophia (Fytje) Post, dau. of James I. Post; she was b. Oct. 19, 1800; he d. March 17, 1822. Issue: I. Philip; 2. James.

IV. Adriaan, b. Aug. 2, 1799; m. Polly Merselis, dau. of Garret Merselis, of Upper Preakness; Adriaan lived at Stone House Plains.

V. Ellen Jane, m. Ist, Cornelius (son of Hartman) Van Houten; 2d, - Kingsland. Issue : I. John; 2. Eliza; 3. Philip, mn. - , dau. of Henry Hartman Post, who at one time kept the Passaic Hotel; 4. a dau .; 5. Abraham.

Uyldrick (Eldrick)-Christophel-Harmen-Juriaen Thom- asse and Annacke Dooremus had children:

I. Christophiel, b. Feb. 7, 1780; m. Gertrude, dau. of John Van Houten, Dec. 27, 1802; d. March 8, 1840, aged 60 yrs., I mo .; she d. Aug. 8, 1860. Issue: I. Annatje, b. April 10, 1803; m. Mindert Vreeland, Nov. 24, 1836; 2. Nancy, b. July 23, 1804; m. Martin Tise, Dec. 24, 1829; 3. Henry, b. Sept. 12, 1806; m. Catherine, dau. of Jacob Cub- berly; d. April 14, 1849; 4. John, b. July 22, 1808; d. unm .; 5. Thomas, b. Oct. 20, 1810; m. Nancy Parvine, Nov. 30, 1834; d. May 25, 1846; 6. Alexander, b. Nov. 25, 1812; m. Julia Ann Acker, Nov. 15, 1834; d. Dec. 29, 1845; 7. Aletta, m. Thomas Wilkes, May 3, 1849; 8. Eliza- beth, b. Nov. 28, 1817; d. unm .; 9. Gertrude, b. Sept. 15, 1820; m. Havens Tuttle, Oct. 6, 1836; 10. Jane, b. Dec. 28, 1823

II. Aeltje, b. Oct. 8, 1783 ; m. John E. Smith, March 27, ISII; d. Oct. 5, 1851.

III. Ariaantje (Adriana), b. Oct. 18, 1785 ; m. Philip R. Earle, March 6, 1812.

IV. Johannes, b. Oct. 18, 1787; d. Sept. 3, 1836, unm. V. Gerret, b. Sept. 6, 1790; d. in inf.

VI. Garret, b. Sept. 1, 1793; m. Hannah Evans, May 28, 1817; she d. Oct. 9, 1824. Issue : I. Ann Elizabeth,

b. Feb. 19, 1818; 2. Benjamin E., b. May 9, 1820; d. Oct.

7, 1820; 3. Harriet E., b. March 29, 1822.

VII. Thomas, m. Rachel Van Winkle, of Acquackanonk; d. June 1, 1849, aged 69 years.

Thomas-Jacob-Harmen-Juriaen Thomasse and Maria Van Houten had children:

I. Gerrit, b. Sept. 12, 1807; m. Hannah Mason, of Franklin; d. Aug., 1863. In his early life he engaged in the manufacture of bobbins, bedsteads, shingles, etc., at Paterson, with Samuel C. Ensign, on Market street, between Cross and Mill streets; later he superintended an extensive rope factory in Brooklyn, after which he located in Jersey City, where he built rope machinery and manufactured oak- um. He was the author of many inventions pertaining to this business, among them the flyer-head used in spinning rope and twine.

If. Sophia, b. Feb. 22, 1809; d. Sept. 18, 1834.

III. Cornelia, b. June 5, 1810; m. Isaac G. Speakers, of Paterson.

IV. Eleanor, b. Feb. 20, 1812; m. Ist, - Brown. Ch., Sarah Maria, b. Feb. I, 1832. Eleanor m. 2d, David Durrie, who was a bobbin manufacturer in Paterson, in part- nership with Isaac Scull, the business subsequently passing into the hands of Daggers & Row.

V. Maria, b. Sept. 28, 1813; d. in inf. VI. Jacob, b. Aug. 18, 1815; d. in inf.

VII. Peter Van Houten, b. Sept. 12, 1817 ; m. Ann Brown, dau. of William Brown, of Paterson, Dec. 25, 1839; d. Oct. 13, 1869; she d. June 19, 1874. He succeeded to his father's business as bobbin manufacturer, to which he add- ed that of leather belting, which he carried on, constantly increasing its scope, until his death. He was an energetic, successful business man, and in private life was highly es- teemed.

VIII. Catharine Maria, b. July 3, 1819; m. Henry Jaco- bus, of Cedar Grove. Children : I. Thomas; 2. William ; 3. Cornelius.

IX. John, b. Nov. 13, 1820; prob. d. in inf.

X. Eliza Ann, b. Dec. 7, 1821; prob. d. in inf.

XI. Esther, b. Dec. 10, 1825; m. Rem D. Snedeker, of Brooklyn, Jan. 6, 1850; d. at Brooklyn, 1894; he d. Aug. 3, 1854. Children: I. Phobe Maria, b. Oct. 18, 1851; 2. Do- minicus, b. June 30, 1853; 3. John F., b. Feb. 24, 1856.

XII. Thomas Henry, b. Dec. 17, 1828; m. Sarah Bos- wood, of Currituck Court House, North Carolina. He sub- sequently engaged in the manufacture of bobbins at New- tonville, Newton county, Georgia, where he had a large four- story building, and employed a great many hands. During or after Sherman's raid, he removed to Augusta, Ga., and built another large mill. He subsequently returned to Pat- erson, where he died, Nov. II, 1882. He had but one child, Mortimer Boswood, b. Sept. 17, 1852; m. Elizabeth Rich- ards, Oct., 1873. Issue : I. Jennie C., b. Sept. 9, 1874 ; 2. William Mortimer, b. March 30, 1876.

XIII. Henry, b. April 29, 1830; prob. d. in inf.

Johannis-Thomas-Harmen-Juriaen Thomasse had child- ren: [

1 Abraham King had a farm of thirty or forty acres about a mile north of Belleville, where he carried on the business of currier, tanner and shoemaker.

2 His will, dated June 30, 1851, proved Sept. 18, 1851, is recorded in Book A, 569, of Passaic County Wills.

I See Essex County Transcribed Deeds, D, 173, 175.

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By his first wife:

I. Thomas, m. Magdalen, dau. of John Berry; in 1820 he lived in Bloomfield township. 1 .

II. John, m. Mary

III. Marritje, m. John A. Van Wagoner.

IV. Jane, m. Arie Kierstead, jun., Jan. 17, 1793.

By his second wife, Jannetje Van Noorstrand:

V. Saartje (Sarah), b. May 30, 1788.

Sixth Generation.

Yurrie-Dirck -- Jurjaen -- Thomas -- Juriaen Thomasse and Maria Berdan had children:

I. Jacob, b. Jan. 3, 1789; m. Maria, dau. of John Van Riper and Lea Winne, December 8, 1810; d. De- cember 1, 1856. He lived on his father's farm at Upper Preakness. He wrote his name Jacob B. Van Riper. Ch .: I. Juriah, b. Sept. 27, 1812; m. Anna, b. Nov. 5, 1818, dau. of Richard I. Banta and Salome Goetschius, March 17, 1836; d. Feb. 19, 1879; she d. Feb. 5, 1892. He was called Uriah J. Van Riper, and was a well-known farmer, at Upper Preakness, on his ancestral acres; 2. Leah Ann, b. June 16, 1816; d. Sept. 7, 1821; 3. Leah Ann, b. March 25, 1831 ; m. Cornelius Kip; 4. Mary Elizabeth, b. June 16, 1834; m. Nicholas Joralemon; d. Oct. 27, 1884; he d. Nov. 4, 18SI. Uriah J. Van Riper and Anna Banta had issue : i. Jacob, b. March II, 1838; d. Nov. 9, 1840.

ii. John Jacob, b. Oct. 18, 1841; d. Oct. 3, 1848.

iii. Richard, h. June 10, 1846; d. Oct. II, 1848.

iv. Mary Anna, b. Jan. 23, 1849; m. Andrew P. Hopper, of Small Lots (Fairlawn), Bergen county, Oct. 9, 1872. Is- sue: I. Uriah Van Riper, b. Sept. 19, 1873; 2. Henry A., b. March 28, 1875 ; 3. Ann Eliza, b. Aug. 15, 1877; 4. Isaac A., b. Sept. 1, 1880; 5. Washington Irving, b. June 3, 1884; 6. Mary Van Riper, b. Feb. II, 1886; 7. Preston, b. Nov. I, 1887; d. Aug. 1, 1888; 8. Helen Ackerman, b. Jan. 15, 1890.

v. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Jan. 23, 1857; m. Cornelius-Hen- ry-Cornelius-Hendrick -- Hendrick -- Hendrick-Frans-Adrian Post, Oct. 25, 1877. Ch., Marietta Joralemon, b. Aug. 27, 1878.

II. Elizabeth, m. Peter Dewitt.

Jacob-Dirck-Jurjaen-Thomas-Juriaen Thomasse and Mar- ritje Vreeland had children :

I. Gerritje, b. Nov. 27, 1793; d. in inf.

II. Gerretye, b. April 25, 1797.

III. Elesabeth, b. Aug. 31, 1799.

IV. Richard (Dirck), who removed to New York and engaged in business there as a car-man, or carter. Issue: I. Jacob; 2. James.

Johannes-Dirck-Jurjaen-Thomas-Juriaen Thomasse had children :

By his first wife, Catharina .:

I. Henry, m. Maria, dau. of Cornelius Doremus, who lived in the brick-front house opposite Cedar Lawn Ceme- tery; Henry went West with his father-in-law.

By his second wife, Geertje Dooremus:

II. Antje, b. April 17, 1799 ; m. Gerrit-Adrian Van Riper, of the Wesel road, March 25, 1820.

III. Peter, m. Ist, Dec. 13, 1828, Maria, dau. of Ste- phen Vreeland, at Bergen ; 2d, a dau. of Tunis Spear, a shoemaker on the Wesel road, just south of Crooks avenue.

IV. Peggy, m. Ist, Isaac Vreeland, in Vreeland avenue; 2d, Isaac Kip, of Totowa, who went to Western New York with his father's family.

V. Elizabeth, m. Nicholas Vreeland, at Bergen.

VI. John, m. Sally Spier, who lived with her aunt, Mrs. Marytje Sip, near Richfield. John went West about a year after his father, or about 1835-6.

VII. Mary Ann (Polly), b. May 10, 1810; m. Theodore- Cornelius Post, of Slooterdam; d. Jan. 12, 1890.

VIII. Emeline, m. Ist, Gerrit Van Riper, son of Joris (George) Van Riper, near the Bergen county or eastern end of the Wesel bridge; Gerrit was a farmer, and lived in the brick-front house near the western bank of the Passaic river, opposite Cedar Lawn Cemetery; 2d, Cornelius B. Schoon- maker, a carpenter; d. April 12, 1890, at No. 62 Park ave- nue, and was interred at Waterloo, N. Y.

IX. Gerrit, m. in Western New York, after the family had removed thither.

X. Simon, b. July 10, 1816; m. an Eastern girl; lived on his father's farm, between Waterloo and Geneva, N. Y .; he revisited Paterson in the winter of 1893-4.

Richard ("Dickie")-Dirck-Jurjaen-Thomas-Juriaen Thomasse and Elizabeth Van Orden had children :

I. Richard, b. July 22, 1802; d. in inf.

II. Martha, b. Oct. 21, 1804; m. Peter Perrine, a farmer at Upper Preakness. Children:

i. Elizabeth Jane, m. Daniel Ackerman, from the Wyckoff neighborhood; d. Dec., 1856. Ch., Ira, d. unm.

ii. Rachel, m. Andrew Van Riper, son of her mother's brother Andrew.

iii. Catharina, b. Sept. 4, 1837 ; m. Gerrit Planten, March 4, 1857; d. Aug. 25, 1882; he m. 2d, Elizabeth Jane Chasmer, Feb. 24, 1885. Gerrit Planten was b. June 26, 1834, at Amsterdamı,' Holland, son of Hermanus Planten (b. at Amsterdam, Dec. 28, 1795, son of Gerrit) and Petronella Rutgina. He came to America with his parents in 1846, spent three years in Columbia grammar school, New York, and three years more in the agricultural college at Gronin- gen, Holland. In 1853 he returned to New York, and in 1854 took up his residence in Passaic county, where he has been for 40 years an honored and useful citizen. In 1859 he engaged in the manufacture of varnishes, and later was connected with his brother, Jolın Rutgert Planten (for many years Consul of the New Netherlands, in New York), in the manufacture of drugs. For some years past he has been interested in Paterson industries. He lives on a handsome place near Haledon, and owns considerable property in Pat- erson. As a successful business man, of superior intelli- gence, he has been frequently called upon by his fellow-cit- izens of Manchester township to fill various offices-as as- sessor and collector, school trustee, and Chosen Freehold- er, 1871, 1882-87 ; he was Director (presiding officer) of the ', Board of Chosen Freeholders of the county, 1884-87, per-

1 Essex County Transcribed Deeds, C, 522.

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forming the duties of that important office with marked abil- ity, and with the utmost fidelity to the public interests. In 1886 he carried through the Board a project by which the county acquired the greater part of Colt's Hill (90 city lots, and the extensive buildings) for court house purposes, for $115,000; but he was in advance of the times; the action was criticised, and the bargain was relinquished. Five years later the county paid $70,000 for 20 lots on the same site, and the people who questioned Mr. Planten's judgment in 1886, regretted that his plan had not then been fully consum- mated. Issue : I. Herman, b. June I, 1858; m. Matilda, dau. of James McNab, of Paterson, Oct. 12, 1881 ; 2. Mar- tha Ann, b. Aug. 13, 1859 ; 3. Peter, b. Jan. 19, 1862 ; m. Azelle Elder, of Bangor, Me., Feb. 12, 1894; 4. Petronella Rutgina, b. Jan. 8, 1864; m. Henry D. Withers, a prominent physician of Paterson, Sept. - , 1885; 5. Rachel, b. Feb. 12, 1867; d. March 1, 1873; 6. Ida; 7. Edward Sylvester, b. May 18, 1878.

iv. Richard, m. Sophia Berry. He was a First Lieu- tenant in Serrell's Engineers, in the Union army, and d. at Hilton Head, S. C., Feb., 1862, without issue.

III. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 13, 1806; m. Thomas Blake, Oct. 12, 1823. He was a butcher, who lived at the southwest corner of Hamilton avenue and Washington street, in a frame house which was torn down in 1893. He went to Georgia, and there fell a victim to the cholera in 1832. Children: I. James Henry; 2. Richard ; 3. Elizabeth ; 4. Alexander; 5. John William; 6. Thomas.

IV. Andrew, b. April 15, 1809; m. Bridget Hennion, from the Ramapo Valley, March 28, 1832; d. April, 1886. Children:

i. Richard, b. March 19, 1834; m. Ist, Margaret Som- erville; 2d, Julia Redner. Issue: by his first wife-1. Mary; 2. Emma; by his second wife-3. Louisa; 4. Andrew; 5. Ellen; 6. Richard; 7. Alexander; 8. Frank; 9. Frederick; Io. George; II. Julia; 12. Rosa; 13 and 14. Twins, who d. in a few days.

ii. Andrew, b. Dec. 25, 1836; m. Rachel Perrine, dau. of Peter Perrine; he lived on the Perrine place, on the former Hamburgh turnpike, at Upper Preakness, and d. Sept. 17, 1882, being accidentally asphyxiated by gas, in the old Passaic Hotel. Issue: I. Elisabeth; 2. Peter; 3. Gerrit Planten; 4. Catharine; 5. Richard; 6. Margaret; 7. Annie; 8. Bertha.

iii. Elizabeth Jane, b. Nov. 25, 1837; m. Martin My- ers. Issue: I. Jennie; 2. Tillie; 3. John; 4. Raymond; 5. Jacob; 6. Cornelius; 7. Angeline; 8. Lena; 9. Mamie.

iv. Sarah Matilda, b. Sept. 9, 1839; d. unm., young. v. Martin Raymond, b. May 5, 1845.

vi. Thomas Henry, b. Aug. 14, 1846; d. Aug. 8, 1847. vii. John Henry, b. Oct. 10, 1850; m. Emily Roome (b. May 23, 1853); killed at the Clay street crossing (Pater- son) of the Erie Railway, Oct. 19, 1892. Issue: I. Percy R., b. July 13, 1874; 2. Arthur E., b. Jan. II, 1879; 3. Martin L., b. Feb. 27, 1888.

V. Richard, b. Oct. 21, 1810.

VI. A dau., b. Feb. 7, 1812; d. when but nine days old, unbaptized.

VII. Jane, b. Jan. 14, 1813; m. Moses Roat, as his sec- ond wife. Children: I. Richard; 2. Elizabeth, m. Henry Bennett (a noted scout in the war, known as "Dead Shot Scott"; he d. March 29, 1894, aged 56 yrs.); 3. John; 4. Ra- chel.

VIII. Margaret (Peggy), b. July 7, 1817 ; m. Willliam Oakley Roat (son of Moses Roat, husband of her sister Jane); she d. about 1870 ; William Oakley Roat was b. at Montgomery, Orange county, N. Y., but for nearly half a century lived at Upper Preakness, Wayne township, where he held the office of Justice of the Peace for many years ; he d. suddenly, Oct. 26, 1894, aged 75 yrs., - mos. Issue: I. Richard; 2. Andrew D .; 3. Elizabeth; 4. Henry; 5. Nel- son D .; 6. Charity; 7. Ira;"8. Charles; 9. George.

Adrian -- Johannes -- Jan -- Thomas -- Juriaen Thomasse and Cathelyntje Spier had children :

I. John, b. Feb. 12, 1793; d. in inf.

II. Hendrick (Henry), b. Sept. 8, 1795 ; in. Jacemine. (dau. of Jurrie-Christophel) Van Riper, of the Bogt, Dec. 5,. 1813; removed to Flat Rock, Mich., where he d. Issue: I. Catharina, b. May 9, 1814; 2. Eliza, b. Feb. 29, 1815.

III. Gerrit, b. Jan. 25, 1798; m. Antye, dau. of John Van Riper, of the Wesel road, March 25, 1820; removed to- Waterloo, N. Y., where he d. Issue:

i. John, b. at Waterloo, N. Y., Aug. 14, 1821; he re- turned to Paterson some years ago, and resides with his sis- ter, Mrs. Christie, at No 62 Park avenue ; is unm. ; he is ealled John G. Van Riper.

ii. Adrian G. b. Feb. 17, 1823 ; he was a miller by trade; went to Santiago, Chili, to superintend a mill; m. a Chilian lady ; he met his death by being thrown from a liorse. He left four children.

iii. Peter Triplets, b. Nov. 10, 1824; they grew

iv. Richard H. to manhood, all three being men

v. Henry of splendid physique, exactly the- same in height-six feet-and so alike in appearance as scarcely to be distinguished apart; in their infancy, their own mother put different colored bead necklaces on the children, in order that she might not "mix those babies up." Henry d. Jan. 3, 1863.

vi. Gitty Ann, b. April 19, 1827 ; m. Cornelius Chris- tie, of Paterson ; he d. Feb. 22, 1867. Issue : Anna, m. Thomas Cashman. Children: I. Anna; 2. Garret A. Van Riper, d. in inf. ; 3. John G. Van Riper; 4. Ysabele, named after her Chilian aunt.

vii. Caroline Elizabeth, b. Oct. 22, 1835; m. Lot Cook, of Waterloo, N. Y.

IV. Johannes, b. Aug. 6, 1800; d. in inf.

V. Johannis, b. May 8, 1802; m. Nancy Wyckoff, in- New York State; removed to Flat Rock, Mich., where he d. VI. Uriah, b. Aug. 20, 1804; he was feeble-minded, and d. young, unm.

VII. Catharina, b. April 8, 1807 ; m. Enoch Chamber- lain, and d. at Flat Rock, Mich.

VIII. Adrian, b. July 18, 1810; m. Eliza Lamb, from Michigan, whither he removed and d. at Flat Rock. It is said that the town of Adrian, Mich., was named after this Adrian Van Riper.

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IX. Jacob, b. May 10, 1814; he was a carpenter by trade; d. young, unm.

Jurrie-Simon-Isaac-Thomas-Juriaen Thomasse had child- ren:

By his first wife, Antje Vreeland:

I. Simeon, b. Dec. 2, 1789; m. Geertje Zabriskie, Nov. 17, 1818. His will, dated Aug. 27, 1855, was proved May II, 1857.1 His homestead farm lay on the north side of the road leading from the Wesel bridge to Hackensack, his house being at the river's edge, near the present Sus- quehanna railroad track. The will of Gitty Van Riper, dated July 31, 1857, was proved Aug. 17, 1857.2 By these wills, and also by deed dated August 30, 1855, Simeon Van Riper and Gitty, his wife, gave to their daughter Rachel the above named homestead farm of 85 acres, lying north of George (Joris) Van Riper. Issue:

i. Antje Vreeland, b. Feb. II, 1814; m. Jacob G. Van Houten, near Hackensack. Children: I. Gertrude, m. Pe- ter Ackerman; 2. Rachel Ann, m. John Demarest.

ii. Rachel, b. March 16, 1817; m. Richard Alyea; d. May 23, 1872; he d. April 20, 1873. Children: I. Jane, m. George Banta, of Slooterdam, afterwards of Passaic; d. Jan. 20, 1889; he d. Dec. 9, 1891. (Issue: (a) Rachel Jane, m. Rosevelt Van Buskirk; d. April -, 1893; (b) Gertrude, m. Peter Alyea; (c) Margaret, m. Ist, Richard Van Wagoner, who d. 1889; 2d, Robert Oldfield, 1892.) 2. Gertrude Ann, m. Wallingson Van Houten; 3. Simeon Van Riper, m. Ger- trude, daughter of Jacob G. Van Riper, of Rutherford; he d. July 3, 1879; she d. Feb. 21, 1878; 4. Elizabeth Sarah, m. Aaron V. H. Ryerson ; 5. Alvina, m. Charles A. Mill- ington; 6. David P., d. Dec. 25, 1889.

iii. Jane, b. June 30, 1823; d. young.

II. Nicholas, b. Jan. 27, 1792; m. Maria Paulusse. Issue: I. Antje, b. Aug. 12, 1814; m. Peter Alyea, of Cen- terville; ch., John, m. Matilda, dau. of Edward Van Hou- ten, of Riverside; 2. John, m. Eliza Alyea; (ch., I. Maria, b. Feb. 4, 1837; 2. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 14, 1849; m.

Yereance; 4. Sarah, m. Cornelius Vreeland, and d. on the old Van Riper place recently) ; John had a distillery on the east side of the Passaic river, about half way between the Wesel and Broadway bridges, which was the most extensive and complete in this neighborhood; it was be- cause of this distillery that he was known far and wide as "Whiskey John"; 3. Jeremiah, b. July 3, 1823; m. Jane, dau. of Henry I. Van Blarcom; d. about 1860.

III. Stephen, b. July 20, 1793; m. Sophia (b. Dec. 17, 1800, dau. of Garret and Helena) Van Wagoner; d. Feb. II, 1870; she d. Dec. 16, 1868. Issue: I. Jerry, b. Nov. 8, 1820; 2. Ellen (Ellen Jane), b. Jan. 7, 1823; m. Nich- olas-Stephen Vreeland, Oct. I, 1840; 3. Rachel Ann, b. April 17, 1826; m. John Banta (b. Jan. 27, 1821, son of Richard I. Banta and Salome Goetschius, wid. of Johannes A. Post); she d. Jan. 14, 1851; he m. 2d, Mary Ann Cad- mus; d. March 27, 1857; 4. Stephen, b. Nov. 3, 1828; m. Jane Zabriskie, of Arcola, N. J .; 5. Garret, b. Sept. 28,

1832; d. in inf .; 6. Benjamin, b. May 30, 1835; d. in inf .; 7. Cornelius, b. Nov. 22, 1837; spent two years in Rutgers College, studied medicine with Dr. A. W. Rogers, in Pater- son, graduated in 1859 from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, in New York, and has been one of the leading physicians of Paterson for many years; m. Sarah C. Hop- per, of Bergen county, June 1, 1859; 8. Nicholas, b. Dec. I, 1840; 9. Catharine Sophia, m. Jacob Ackerman.

IV. Antje, b. Jan. 26, 1796; d. in inf. By his second wife, Rachel Meedt:

V. Antje, b. Dec. 19, 1802.

VI. Jenneke, b. Dec. 15, 1803.

Casparus-Marynis-Isaac-Thomas-Juriaen Thomasse and Antje Ackerman had children:

I. Catharina, b. Jan. 24, 1790.

II. Laurence, b. May 26, 1795.

III. Annaatje, b. June 27, 1797.

IV. Marynus, ?

V. Rachel, § b. Sept. 4, 1801. Marynus had a grist- mill on the Goffle brook; it was turned into a cotton mill, and again into a grist-mill, which was operated by Andrew Snyder at one time. By deed April 3, 1830, for $200, Ma- rinus Van Riper and Rachel, his wife, of Paterson, conveyed to Cornelius Benson, of Saddle River, a tract of land at the Goffle, adjoining Simeon Van Winkle and John Myers, which had been conveyed to Van Riper by William Van Ro- den and Gitty his wife, of New York city.1

VI. Laurence, b. June 13, 1804.

Isaac-Marynis-Isaac-Thomas-Juriaen Thomasse and Ma- ria Stagg had childran:

I. Isaac, b. April 28, 1804.

II. Marian, b. Aug. 6, 1805.

IV. Cornelius, b. June 21, 1807.

Jacobus-Harpert-Jacob-Thomas-Juriaen Thomasse and Aaltje Vreeland had children:

I. Johannes, b. Aug. II, 1789.

II. Margrietje, b. July 4, 1793.

III. Annaatje, b. Oct. 2, 1797.

IV. John, b. Feb. 7, 1802.

Joris (George)-Garret-Juriaen-Gerrit-Juriaen Thomasse and Clarissa Vreeland had children:

I. Garret, b. Oct. 16, 1815 ; m. Ist, Martha Maria, dau. of Martin Romaine, of Rochelle Park, Bergen county; 2d, about 1855 or 1856, Emeline, dau. of John Van Riper, on the Wesel road. Garret lived in the brick-front house on the west bank of the Passaic river, opposite Cedar Lawn Cemetery, and had a farm of 60 or 80 acres, extending from the river westwardly to the Erie railroad, now occupied by the cemetery and Lake View; this farm was given to him when he was married, by his father. He d. July 20, 1864. His wid. m. 2d, Cornelius B. Schoonmaker, of Paterson; on her death, April 14, 1890, her remains were taken for inter- ment to where her father was buried, near Waterloo, N. Y. Garret had issue by his first wife only : I. George, d. June 8, 1844; 2. Daniel Romaine, an artist, in Paterson; 3. Leti-

1 Bergen County Wills, G, 692.

2 Bergen County Wills, H, I.

1 Bergen County Transcribed Deeds, U, 470.

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HISTORY OF PATERSON.

tia, d. in inf .; 4. Richard, m. Charlotte, dau. of John Span- ton, of Paterson, formerly of Utica, N. Y.

II. Jane, b. Oct. 9, 1817; m. Garret Newkirk (b. Sept. 28, 1812), of Bergen, Nov. 5, 1840; d. Oct. 20, 1891; she d. Feb. 26, 1872. Ch., George, b. Sept. 16, 1844; m. Catha- rine, dau. of George Seebach.

III. Cornelius, b. Nov. 6, 1819; m. Catharine Jane Merselis, dau. of Edo Merselis, of Willis street, near Madi- son avenue; d. June 3, 1877; she d. Nov. 14, 1875, aged 50 yrs., 7 mos., 26 days. Issue: I. Edwin, d. Feb. 25, 1847; 2. Hiley, d. June 12, 1850.

IV. Helen, b. Oct. 5, 1821; unm.

V. John, b. Jan. 7, 1824; m. Maria Ann, dau. of Lu- cas Romaine and Elizabeth Vreeland;1 d. Jan. 14, 1883. He was known as John G. Van Riper ; his father bought him a farm when he was married, on the north side of Gar- rison's lane, opposite the eastern end of the Broadway bridge, and there he lived; but for many years prior to his death he carried on a furniture store in New York. Issue : I. Georgiana; 2. Romaine Vreeland, b. Sept. 11, 1853 ; m. Etta Jenks, of Paterson; d. Oct. 2, 1891; 3. Louis Phillip, b. Dec. 6, 1855.

VI. Hartman Vreeland, b. June 16, 1827; m. Jane, dau. of Lawrence Ackerman.

VII. George, b. Oct. 5, 1829; m. Catharine, dau. of Henry Kip, of Rutherford.

VIII. Eliza Ann, b. July 2, 1833; unm.

IX. Henry, b. Aug. 5, 1835 ; m. Ellen Matilda Allen, dau. of Robert Allen, of Nyack. On his marriage, Henry's father bought him a farm in Bergen county near the pres- ent East Thirty-third street bridge. His wife was mainly instrumental in establishing the Passaic Valley Union Sun- day school, gathering the children at her house on Sundays for four years before the chapel was built.

X. Clarissa, b. Oct. 4, 1840; d. Sept. 3, 184I.

Cornelis-Daniel-Cornelius-Gerrit-Juriaen Thomasse had children:

By his first wife, Elizabeth Vreeland:

I. Daniel, b. March 7, 1788; m. Elizabeth Van Ripen (b. July 13, 1785, dau. of Gerrit-Johannis-Gerrit-Juriaen Thomasse), Sept. 18, ISII; d. July 1, 1873. Issue: I. Elizabeth Ann, b. April 3, 1822; d. Sept. 3, 1824; 2. Gar- ret D., b. Jan. 27, 1826; m. Caroline, dau. of Peter C. Westervelt, of T' Neck, Bergen county; he writes his name Garret D. Van Reypen; he has been elected Mayor of Ber- gen, and in various other ways his fellow-citizens have at- tested the honor and esteem in which they hold him.

By his second wife, Vrouwetje Gerritse:

II. Gerrebrant, b. Jan. 8, 1793; m. Hannah, dau. of John and sister of Brant Van Blarcom, July 2, 1814. Issue: I. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 28, 1815; m. John Vreeland, of Ber- gen; 2. Anna, b. Oct. 8, 1817; m. Henry-Richard Van Houten; 3. Letty, b. May 14, 1820; m. John Schoonmaker, 2

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History of the city of Paterson and the County of Passaic, New Jersey, Part 45

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