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who for many years had a blacksmith shop in Washington street; 4. Cornelius, b. Aug. 22, 1819; m. Mary Ann Ryder, of New York; he was a clerk in New York; afterwards went to California; 5. John Henry, b. April 13, 1825; d. in in- fancy; 6. John, b. Aug. 4, 1828; he was a deaf mute; was educated in an asylum for the deaf and dumb, in New York, and married one of his fellow-pupils; d. about 1880. Gerrebrant lived on a farm on the east side of the Passaic river, and on the north side of the road leading from the Broadway bridge to Hackensack. This farm (113.02 acres) and one adjoining (53 acres), formerly the property of his grandfather, Gerrebrant Gerritse, he sold by deed May 2,. 1833, to Brant Van Blarcom, for $8,200,1 taking in exchange a plot on the northwest corner of Broadway and Washington (the deed erroneously says Fair) street, 45x120 feet. For prudential reasons, the deed for the latter property was given by Brant Van Blarcom to Cornelius Van Riper, in trust for the maintenance of his son Gerrebrant, for life, and then to be conveyed to Gerrebrant's children. 2 This transaction turned out better for the Van Ripers than for Brant Van Blarcom.
III. Elizabeth, b. April 9, 1794; m. Stephen Vreeland, of Bergen, Oct. 14, 1817; d. Dec. 17, 1827. She was the- second of his six wives. Issue: I. Nicholas, b. Nov. 21, 1818; m. Ellen Jane, dau. of Stephen Van Riper, Oct. I, 1840; 2. Fanny G., b. Feb. 27, 1821; 3. Janet, b. Sept. 2, 1823; d. Sept. II, 1823; 4. Stephen B., b. Dec. 21, 1824; m. Mary, dau. of Merselis J. Merselis, Dec. 25, 1845; 5. Helen, b. Aug. II, 1826; d. Sept. - , 1826.
IV. Garret, b. July 20, 1797; m. Eliza, dau. of Isaac Van Wart, April 28, 1819. Issue: J. Frances, b. Oct. 3, 1820; m. James Van Buskirk, May 18, 1839; 2. Henry, b. Aug. 4, 1823; m. Sarah C. Van Buskirk, June 1, 1846; d. Jan. 16, 1860; 3. Cornelius, b. May 27, 1833; m. Mary A.,. dau. of William Dickinson, Jan. 1, 1853; 4. Isaac Z., b. Nov. 30, 1836; m. Lucy, dau, of William Dickinson, in 1856; d. Nov. - , '1868.
V. Helena, b. Sept. 24: 1799; m. Peter Van Winkle, May 22, 1820; d. in New York, March -, 1891 ; he was a son of Theodore Van Winkle3 and Hannah - , and was. b. Aug. 21, 1801, at Peck-hoek, near Lodi, Bergen county; he spent many years in mercantile pursuits in New York, then came to Paterson and bought4 the old stone house near Market and East Thirty-eighth streets, which he subse- quently sold to Peter A. Van Houten; he d. July 16, 1871, at the residence of his dau., Mrs. Abram R. Stagg, at Riv-
1 See p. 12I.
2 Children of Letty Van Riper and John Schoonmaker : I. Hannah, b. Oct. 5, 1839; 2. Euphemia, b. Nov. 29, 1842 ; 3. Isaac, b. July 10, 1844 ; 5. Lydia Ann, b. July 6, 1847.
1 Bergen County Transcribed Deeds, U, 549.
2 Essex County Transcribed Deeds, I, 520.
3 Theodore Van Winkle (prob. son of Tades-Arie-Simon Jacobse) was b. Aug. 26, 1761 ; d. June 1, 1809 ; his wife was b. May 8, 1763 ; d. June 19, 1817. Issue : I. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 17, 1783 ; 2. Theodore, b .. March 25, 1785 ; d. young ; 3. Caty, b. May 21, 1787 ; m. - Van Eydestyn ; 4. Jane, b. May 1, 1789; 5. Rachel, b. Oct. 8, 1791 ; m. Ist, Thomas Van Ripen ; he d. June 21, 1849; 2d, Stephen Vreeland (his fifth wife), and d. a week later, Jan. 29, 1851 ; 6. Hannah (Annaatje), b. March 8, 1794; m. Ist, -- Romaine; 2d, -; 3d, tbe Rev. Mr. Demarest, of Waverley Place, N. Y .; 7. Tina, b. Sept. 30, 1796; m. - - Van Winkle ; 8. Peter, b. Aug. 21, 1801.
4 July 31, 1851. See p. 13I.
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erside. Issue: I. Cornelius Van Riper, b. Aug. II, 1821; m. Martha Demarest; d. Sept. 3, 1894; she d. in 1893 ; 2. Ann Eliza, b. Dec. 2, 1823; d. suddenly in New York, Aug. 16, 1859, unm. ; 3. Thomas Van Riper, b. May 12, 1826; m. Maria Devoe; d. Dec. 28, 1862 ; 4. Theodore, b. Jan. 20, 1829; d. Aug. 24, 1830; 5. Fanny Garrison, b. Jan. 12, 1832; m. Albert Z. Bogert, of Bogota, Bergen county ; 6. Catharine Jane, b. Oct. 15, 1834 ; m. Abram R. Stagg; d. Jan. 14, 1860; 7. Letitia, b. June 30, 1837; m. Abram R. Stagg; 8. Theodore, b. Oct. 23, 1839; m. Catherine E. Kip, of New York, dau. of James (son of Albert) Kip, formerly of Paramus, Bergen county.
VI. Derrick (Richard), b. May 22, 1803; m. Margaret, dau. of Thomas Cadmus (who lived on the east side of the Passaic river, just south of the Wesel bridge), Oct. 15, 1825; d. June 9, 1842; she d. Oct. 19, 1874. Derrick was a wheel- wright by trade, and in his early days carried on his business in a shop on the north side of Broadway, between Washing- ton and Church streets; he afterwards lived on the Notch road, his farm being of late years known as the Bannigan place. Issue:
i. Margaret, m. Ist, Merselis Doremus, of Centre- ville; 2. Cornelius I. Merselis, son of John Merselis, of the Wesel road; he d. 1894.
ii. Elizabeth, m. John-Pieter-Hartman-Hendrick-Hen- drik-Frans-Adrian Post;1 he was a carpenter at South Pat- erson.
iii. Thomas Cadmus, m. Caroline, dau. of Peter G. Speer, on the Notch road, Montclair Heights. Issue: I. Peter Speer, m. Ella, dau. of Cornelius Van Houten, near Brookdale; 2. Margaret, m. Garret H. Kinter, son of John Kinter, near Peru.
iv. Cornelius, m. Mary, dau. of John Garrison, who lived on the old Garret H. Demarest place, now part of Cedar Lawn Cemetery. Issue: I. Richard, d. at the age of 17 years; 2. Jennie, m. John Van Iderstine; he lived at Wal- lington.
v. Helen Ann, m. Cornelius McCleece, son of John J. McCleece, of Delawanna.
vi. Caroline, m. Dr. William James Cadmus, of Pas- saic, son of Cornelius Cadmus and Delilah DeWitt, of Sloot- erdam;2 he now (1895) lives in Church street, Paterson, but practises his profession and has a drug-store, at Jersey City.
VII. John, b. May 4, 18II; d. May 14, 1829.
VIII. Cornelius, b. April 8, 1813; m. Ist, Catharine Van Horn, May 5, 1832; 2d, Christina C., dau. of Evert Van Alen, Aug. 27, 1835. Cornelius lives at Jersey City. He has six children.
Gerrit-Gerrit-Juriaen-Aelt-Juriaen Thomasse and Lea Simmons3 had children :
1 See p. 149.
2 See p. 170.
3 Peter Simmons was b. May 29, 1728, and is understood to have been a native of England. About the middle of the last century he settled at Flushing, Long Island, opposite to Kip's Bay, and there he married Rachel Kip (b. Jan. 12, 1737-8), July 30, 1756 ; she died Sept. 17, 1804, aged 67 years, 8 months and five days ; one of her sisters, Sally, married
I. Gerret, b. Sept. 4, 1777.
II. Pieter, b. Sept. 4, 1779.
III. Rachel, b. Oct. 16, 1785.
IV. Maragrietje, b. Oct. 8, 1789.
V. Polly, b. Jan. II, 1793.
Abraham Cadmus, and lived at Belleville; another, Leah, mar- ried Richard Leaycraft. Peter Simmons was a seafaring man, captain of the good ship Henri IV. Being away most of the time he established his wife with her uncle, Stephen Bassett, who had a tannery on a small run of spring water flowing into the Passaic river, a short distance above the site of the present Dundee dam. Bassett was of French Hu- guenot descent ; he formerly had a tannery and a tap room in New York. On his farm at Wesel were born the sixteen children of Peter Simmons. In a storm in the English channel, Peter was washed over- board and drowned, July 5, 1787.
Second Generation.
Peter Simmons and Rachel Kip had children:
I. Leah, b. Jan. 2, 1757 ; m. Gerrit Van Riper, Sept. 25, 1777.1 Her children are mentioned above.
II. Peter, b. April 23, 1758; m. Margaret Westervelt, Sept. 20, 1797; d. May 25, 1836. She was b. July 22, 1774, dau. of John Westervelt, of Wagaraw, who lived near the Bergen county end of the Wagaraw bridge; he was a soldier in the Revolution ; she died March 21, 1832, aged 57 years, 7 months, 30 days. Peter bought from the Vreelands a farm of fifty acres on the west side of the Wesel road, next to the pres- ent Alyea farm; the farm originally occupied by Hendrick Jansen Spier was next south of Crooks avenue ; the Simmons farm came next. On this farm all his children were born and brought up. He also owned a large tract of land on the east side of Peckamin river, which he sold in 1798 or earlier.2 Peter had a shop in a small red frame building, about 14X18 feet, one story high, with attic, which stood with its gable end toward the Wesel road, near his house. In this modest edifice he carried on harness-making and shoe-making. Back of the shop, near a spring, was his tan-vat, where he tanned his own leather. His neigh- bors were welcome to its privileges, also, and were wont to throw in their hides for tanning once a year, at which time only the vat was cleaned out, the hides being always allowed to remain for a twelve- month. Among the many young men brought up to the leather busi- ness by Peter Simmons may be mentioned Garret Cadmus, David Alyea, Richard Bush, Richard Stagg, John Post (part of the time; he was a son of John H. Post, of Revolutionary note), and Philip Van Bussum, who afterwards kept tavern (the Franklin House) on Main street, Paterson. In the summer Peter would devote as much time as. possible to his farm and garden. The care of his younger brothers and sisters fell upon him, so that his life was spent in arduous toil, and at its close he had little to leave to his children save the reputation of an honest, intelligent, well-meaning man, a devoted father, and a good neighbor. During the Revolution he was once taken prisoner by the British, but owing to his perfect familiarity with the country soon made his escape. For half a century after the war it was his custom to have his triends and neighbors assemble at his house in the Fall, about "killing time," when "the times that tried men's souls" would be re- called, with many a personal reminiscence of perilous adventure by field or flood in the heroic endeavor to secure a country's liberty. John Paulding, of English Neighborhood, whose uncle, of the same name, was one of Andre's captors, was a regular attendant at these gatherings, trudging to and fro the whole distance on foot. The party invariably broke up with the chorus:
"Here's a health to John Paulding, And let the health go 'round!"
A bill of Peter Simmons, for making and repairing shoes and harness, 1793-96, is given in the Van Houten Manuscripts, p. 29.
III. Sarah, b. July 10, 1759; d. March 3, 1760.
IV. John, b. Feb. 11, 1761 ; d. July 17, 1765.
V. Stephen Bassett, b. July 5, 1762 ; m .-; d. at Communipaw. Ch., Jane, m. William'Ludlum, jun.
1 See p. 170.
2 Essex County Transcribed Deeds, B, 14.
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HISTORY OF PATERSON.
Jacobus-Gerrit-Juriaen-Aelt-Juriaen Thomasse and Jan- netje Van Winkle had children:
I. Gerrit, b. Nov. 12, 1793; m. Outwater, at Moenachie.
II. Geertje (Gitty), b. Sept. 3, 1795; m. Braut Van Blarcom, April 6, 1817; d. March 5, 1859; he d. June 3, 1865. Some account of her descendants will be found in the Van Blarcom Genealogy.
III. Elsje, b. Sept. 8, 1797; m. Edo E. Merselis, who lived in a stone house on the Little Falls road, near the Lin- colu bridge; she d. Feb. 3, 1828. He owned property in various parts of the county, including a grist-mill on the Goffle brook, just above Rea avenue, North Paterson. His
will, dated June 7, 1851, proved June 13, 1853, devised his lands to his two sons.1 Issue: I. Edo, b. Nov. 4, 1819; m. Mary A. Cushier, April 23, 1863; he lived on his fath- er's farm on the Little Falls road; afterwards removed to Paterson, and d. in Hamilton avenue, Feb. 18, 1888; 2. Jane, b. Aug. 26, 1821; m. James Brinckerhoff; 3. Jacob, b. July 21, 1823; m. Jane, dau. of James Van Blarcom.
IV. Jacob, b. March 28, 1800; m. Sally, dau. of Dr. Benjamin R. Scudder and Sally Wade (of Connecticut Farms); Dr. Scudder was a prominent physician at Ac- quackanonk for many years; he lived below Passaic Bridge; Jacob d. Aug. II, 1862.
V. Waling, b. March 16, 1804; m. Helen Brinckerhoff,
VI. Michael, h. Jan. 8, 1764 ; he was a fisherman, living at Com- munipaw, where he died, leaving a numher of children.
VII. John, h. Dec. 2, 1766; he was a hatter hy trade; married- - Jones, at Warwick, N. Y., and had a number of children. He went to the Genessee country, where he died.
VIII. Sarah, h. Feh. 4, 1768 ; m. James Wilbur, in New York, July 8, 1801 ; d. in New York, leaving several children.
IX. Susanna, h. Aug: 8, 1769 ; m. David Berdan in New York, and died there.
X. William, h. Oct. 20, 1771 ; m. Jane Young, in New York, June 5, 1796 ; d. in New York, leaving children.
XI. Mary, h. Dec. 7, 1773 ; m. Cornelius Westervelt, son of John Westervelt, of Wagaraw. Cornelius was a stone mason hy trade, and lived and died at Wesel. Issue: I. Mary, d. unm .; 2. Susan; 3. Rachel, d. unm.
XII. Rachel, h. Nov. 17, 1775 ; m. John Bloodgood, of New York; she had a large family.
XIII. Henry, h. Dec. 9, 1777; m. Marritje Van Riper. Some ac- count of his descendants is given on page 171. He was a very hospita- hle man, and used to invite all of his relatives to visit him on New Year's Day. At one time he counted one hundred and twenty-seven cousins, second cousins, nephews and 'nieces, all living. A majority of them married within the family.
XIV. James, h. Nov. 26, 1779 ; m. Jannetje Van Riper, sister of Mary. (See page 171.)
XV. Abraham, h. Nov. 26, 1779; m. Elizabeth Kellogg, of New York.
XVI. Elizabeth, h. Feh. 28, 1782; m. William Ludlum, sen., from Flushing, L. I.
Third Generation.
Peter Simmons, jun., and Margaret Westervelt had children :
I. Rachel, h. March 3, 1801 ; d. Oct. 8, 1853, unm.
II. Elizabeth, h. Aug. 20, 1803; m. Cornelius P. Vreeland, June 23, 1827 ; d. Sept. 2, 1852, s. p.
III. Sarah, h. March 28, 1806; she was accidentally killed by falling down stairs in her brother's house, in Passaic, Nov. 18, 1877 ; she was unm.
IV. Mary Ann, h. Dec. 1, 180g; m. Samuel Kinsey, a hlacksmith, of Paterson; d. Nov. 9, 1865. Children : 1. Peter, h. Feh. 8, 1842 ; 2. Ed- ward, killed at the Hackensack hridge ; 3. Henry, d. unm.
V. Henry, h. July 8, 1815; m. Sarah Shelp Van Wagoner, Dec. 15, 1844. She was h. Aug. 26, 1819, dau. of Levi Shelp' and Jane Van Wagoner (dau. of Jacob Edsall, of English Neighborhood, Bergen county), wid. of Hermanus Van Wagoner; in her infancy, Sarah Shelp was adopted hy Mrs. Sarah Van Wagoner (Saertje Jurians), wid. of Roelof and mother of Hermanus Van Wagoner (see p. 88), and who lived in the old Van Wagoner house, still standing on the River road, at the corner of Gregory avenue, opposite the draw-hridge at Passaic; Sarah Shelp Van Wagoner, the wife of Henry P. Simmons, d. Aug. 5, 1887. Henry Peter Simmons is one of the best-known men in this part of New Jersey, and no man in this region has preserved such a store of reminiscence and anecdote of men and events in hy-gone days in Old Acquackanonk, particularly of all that relates to the old Dutch families. For half a century or more he has heen looked up to as an authority on
all questions of family and local history. Born and brought up on the Wesel road, in a neighborhood where the Dutch was the language of the home, he is himself one of the most characteristic specimens of the sturdy old Dutch stock that in former days possessed the land hereabout. At the age of thirteen years he left his father's humhle home to make his own way in the world, and thereafter never returned to that home save as a visitor, nor did he ever cost his father a penny for his support. For four years he served as a clerk in Peter Jackson's country store- "where you might huy anything, from a ncedle to a haystack," was its owner's hoast-at Acquackanonk, or Paterson Landing, ahout where the Mansion House hotel now stands in Passaic. In winter, when the river was frozen up and navigation suspended, he spent the time in Jackson's store at Pompton. In 1832, with his entire fortune of ten shillings in his pocket, he went to New York, entering the service of Jeremiah Meserole, who died thirty days later; then of John, and then of Abraham-three hrothers who dealt in ship-stores at 191-2-3 South street, and who were largely interested in charcoal vessels and coasters. Through the excellence of his hook-keeping, and his unremitting devo- tion to the interests of his employers, he was gradually so favored hy them that hefore he was twenty-one he was part-owner in one or more of their vessels, and in the course of time was given one-sixth of the profits of the entire business. In 1846 he hought from John Speer, a shoemaker, son of Hans Speer, on Crooks avenue near the Wesel road, a house and fourteen acres of land on Main avenue, opposite the present main Erie station at Passaic, for $2,600, horrowing the last $5 to make up the purchase price. In 1848, on the death of the Meseroles, with whom he had heen associated, he withdrew from the concern, drawing out $10,000 as his share of the profits, and took up his residence on the property just mentioned, where he has lived ever since, enlarging the house from time to time. He subsequently added to his possessions, and although he has sold a great deal of his land he still owns fifty acres in the very heart of Passaic, which he has heen improving and develop- ing for nearly half a century-his chief pleasure in life. In this agreeable occupation he has set out nearly 2,000 shade trees. He was called to fill various offices in Acquackanonk hefore Passaic was set off from the old township, and for ten years-1852-57, 1878-83, sat in the county courts as one of the lay judges. He now enjoys a re- markahly vigorous old age, and is as strong a friend and as sturdy a combatant as he was half a century ago. Issue:
i. Sarah Louisa, b. Nov. 26, 1848, m. Nov. 18, 1875, Edwin J. Howe, M. D., son of John M. Howe, M. D., of Passaic; she lives with her hushand in Newark, where he is a practising physician.
ii. William Henry, h. Dec. 26, 1850; d. Aug. 20, 1852.
iii. Jane Elizabeth, h. May 29, 1853; m. William H. Gillen, Aug. 12, 1875; he was for many years chief clerk of Brown Brothers, hankers, in New York; he d. in New York, in 1893. Ch., Margaretta Westervelt, h. Sept. 8, 1884.
iv. Henrietta, h. Dec. 3, 1854.
v. Mary Eliza, h. Dec. 15, 1856; m. Jacoh Francis Hadley, M. D., of New York, May 5, 1887; he practised medicine in Passaic for some years, but since 1893 has heen a surgeon on the Paris and other great ocean steamers. Ch., Henry Peter Simmons, b. Aug. 20, 1894.
1 Passaic County Wills, A, 695.
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dau. of Cornelius Brinckerhoff, south of Passaic Bridge; d. Oct. 7, 1873.
VI. Gerrebrand, b. March 23, 1806; he was a young man of much promise; graduated from Princeton College in · 1827, and being piously inclined, entered the Theological Seminary at New Brunswick to prepare himself for the min- istry, but d. Jan. II, 1828, unm., before he had completed his studies.
Cornelus-Johannis-Cornelis-Aelt-Juriaen Thomasse and Marretye Gerritse had children :
I. Gerrit, b. April 1, 1785; m. Maria Ecker (Acker- son, Acker). Issue: I. Steve, b. Dec. 10, 1805; 2. Corne- lius, b. Nov. II, 1807; 3. Mary, b. Oct. 20, 1809; 4. John, b. Sept. 24, 1812; 5. Peggy, b. April 24, 1815; 6. Garret, b. Aug. 26, 1817.
II. Cornelius, b. June 21, 1787; m. Margrietje Mau- russe, Nov. 7, 1813. Ch., Garret Garrison, b. June 2, 1812.
III. Gerrebrant, b. Dec. 7, 1789.
IV. Abraham, b. June 19, 1796.
V. Jerre, b. Nov. 4, 1798.
VI. Rachel, b. March 6, 1801.
VII. Jacobes, b. June 21, 1805.
Abraham-John-Abraham-Harmen-Juriaen Thomasse and Maria Spier (she was the dau. of John and Margaret Spier), m. Sept. 15, 1804, had children :
I. John, b. Dec. 26, 1804; m. Maria, daughter of Abraham Van Blarcom, of Paterson, Dec. 26, 1828. John was a cabinet-maker by trade; d. about 1887. He usually wrote his name John A. Van Riper.
II. Sarah, b. Oct. 31, 1807; m. Garret Sip Van Win- kle (b. June 4, 1807, son of Garret-Jeremiah Van Winkle), of Bergen, Dec. 13, 1827.
III. Abraham Winne, b. June 3, 1815; m. Nov. 27, 1836, Clarissa, dau. of John Kip, a lumber dealer at Passaic; d. June 22, 1887. Issue :
i. Jane Kip, d. Feb. 14, 1838, aged 9 months, 7 days.
ii. Cornelius, b. Sept. 6, 1840; m: Adrianna, dau. of John N. Terhune, Sept. 19, 1866; she d. Dec. 9, 1893. Cornelius is a practising physician in the City of Passaic, and is also part proprietor of a drug store on Main avenue. Issue: I. Carrie Terhune, b. Nov. 8, 1868; d. Sept. 20, 1869; 2. Arthur Ward, b. Aug. 19, 1870; 3. John Terhune, b. April 20, 1872; 4. Aimée, b. May 13, 1875; d. Feb. 5, 1878; 5. Cornelia Zabriskie, b. October 12, 1882.
iii. Abraham Harvey, b. Dec. 17, 1854; m. Clarissa Van Schaack McMechan, Dec. 9, 1878. He is a practising phy- sician at Nutley, N. J.
IV. Eliza Ann, b. Oct. II, 1818; lives in Philadel- phia, unm.
V. Margaret Lea, b. Nov. 17, 1822; m. Theodore Sandford, of Belleville, Nov. 18, 1842; d. April 24, 1894. Issue : I. Margaret, d. Feb. 23, 1851, aged 5 mos., 6 days ; 2. Roswell Van Riper, d. April 12, 1854, aged I yr., 2 mos. ; 3. Henry, d. March 17, 1856, aged I yr., 2 mos., 7 days ; 4. William Van Riper, d. March 7, 1859, aged 1 yr., 9 mos., 7 days.
Philip -- John-Abraham -- Harmen -- Juriaen Thomasse and Lea (Lydia) King, m. Jan. 5, 1811, had children :
I. Eliza Jane, b. Nov. - , 1811; m. Philip Van Bus- sum, of Slooterdam; d. March 7, 1837, aged 25 yrs., 4 mos., 7 days.
II. John Bradbury, b. March 20, 1814 ; m. Sept. 24, 1835, Gertrude, dau. of Adrian-Richard Van Houten, of To- towa. She was b. April 21, 1816; d. Jan. 6, 1870. John Bradbury Van Riper lived for many years at Centreville (Richfield), but now (1894) resides in Paterson. Issue :
i. Adrian, b. Jan. 10, 1838; d. April 18, 1838.
ii. Philip Henry, b. Oct. 2, 1840; m. Caroline Oliver, Oct. 18, 1861. Children : I. George Edgar, b. May 5, 1862; 2. John, b. April 16, 1865; d. March 1, 1868; 3. Ger- trude, b. July 26, 1868 ; 4. Caroline, b. Feb. 28, 1874 ; d. 1880; 5. Frederick, b. June 10, 1875; 6. Edward, b. June 19, 1881.
iii. Margaret, b. July 8, 1843; m. Alfred Hudd.
iv. Adrian, b. Aug. 10, 1845; m. Mary Elizabeth Zeek, June 13, 1866. Children : I. Frank, b. July 1, 1868 ; 2. Maggie May, b. July 5, 1869 ; 3. John B., b. April 23, 1871 ; d. -; 4. Jane, b. Aug. 23, 1872 ; 5. Julia ; 6. Abraham, b. Jan. 9, 1877; 7. William, b. June 8, 1879; 8. Carrie, b. April 14, 1884.
v. Helen Maria, b. Dec. 7, 1846 ; m. Henry Vreeland, Feb. 4, 1868.
vi. Catharine Jane, b. Nov. 26, 1849; m. Frank Van Cleve (b. in New York City, Jan. 24, 1853, son of Garret Van Cleve, of the Ponds neighborhood, and Catharine Schoonmaker, dau. of Henry Schoonmaker, of Centre- ville, who was a son of the Rev. Henricus Schoonmaker, pastor of the Acquackanonk church, 1774-1816), Feb. II, 1874. Children : I. Garret, b. July 31, 1875; 2. Gertrude, b. June 29, 1876.
vii. Lea Ann, b. Nov. 9, 1853; m. Henry Kip, of Poli- fly, Feb. 11, 1874.
viii. George Edgar, b. May 5, 1862.
III. Helen Ann, b. Oct. 7, 1818; m. Tunis Sip, son of Isaac and Marytje Sip, of Centreville.
IV. Abraham, b. Sept., 1820; m. Ist, Anne, dau. of David Alyea, at Richfield; she d. Jan. 20, 1844, aged 25 yrs., 9 mos., 18 days1 ; 2d, Eliza, dau. of John T. Garra- brant, of Stone House Plains, b. 1891; she d. 1893.
V. Lea Maria, b. July, 1824; m. Alfred Cockefair, near Bloomfield.
VI. Catharine Susan, b. 1826; m. George Kinter, of Hout-tuyn, near Peru station, on the Paterson and Newark Railroad.
VII. Margaret, b. 1830; d. Jan. 13, 1834, aged 4 yrs., 2 mos., 22 days.
Jurrie-Christophel-Jurrie-Jan-Juriaen Thomasse and Eliz- abeth Van Blerkom had children:
I. Christofel, b. May 9, 1793; m. Ist, Jennecke (Jane, b. Sept. 23, 1794), dau. of Isaac Van Saun and Catelyntje Merselis, of Lower Preakness; she d. -; 2d, Mar- garet (Peggy), wid. of He was known as "Stoffel" Van Riper, and sometimes was called "Stoffel" Yereance; the old Dutch people called himn "Chrisen's
1 She left one child, Anne, who m. James Doremus, of Montville.
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HISTORY OF PATERSON.
Yerry's Stoffel"-Christopher Uriah's Christopher. He bought from the heirs of Dr. Ebenezer Blachley, April 30, 1814, for $1,750, the former residence of the Doctor-a long frame building, two stories high, set a few feet back from the street, on a half-acre plot on the south side of Market street, 125 feet 9 inches east of Clark street, or, as the deed says: "beginning at a stake standing in the south side of the street leading from the Factory to the bridge erected by Thomas Kean, and distant from the margin of the brook at the south end of said bridge about 230 feet," etc.1 The plot was 66 feet front on Market street, by 330 feet deep. By deed Feb. 22, 1830, from the S. U. M., for $175, he added a plot 25x300 feet on the east side of his first purchase.2 The ground in the rear of the house was low and swampy until within fifteen or twenty years. In the yard was a well, with an old-fashioned sweep attached. The house had the entrance in the middle of the front, ap- proached by a small stoop, on one side of which was a cellar door. "Stoffel," as he was always called, was a carpenter by trade; he had a shop back of his house, and employed three or four men when he had occasion, and at other times worked as a journeyman. In person, he was very short and very stout, and like most corpulent men he had an unfailing fund of humor, enjoying nothing better than a joke, under any and all circumstances. His fame rests principally upon his military prowess, for he was Captain of one of the unorganized militia companies, which in his day were com- posed of the citizens who were required by law to turn out periodically for training. They were a motley crew, with- out uniforms or arms, often in their shirt-sleeves. "Stoffel" entered heartily into the absurdity of the spectacle, as at- tested by countless stories that have come down to us. Yea, even the poetic muse has been invoked to celebrate the martial deeds of his "trained band:"
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