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1 The Van Houten quarry, in the Valley of the Rocks, was older by at least thirty years. The " Redstone Quarry" of "Case" Van Houten, at Little Falls, was also older.
employed as a hook-keeper; in 1819 he came to Paterson. and married Mary Ann, đau. of Christopher Breese. She arrived in Paterson also in 1818 ; he d. in January, 1856; she d. May 3, 1889, aged 86 yrs., 6 mos., 3 days. Mr. Chiswell kept a grocery at the corner of Main and West streets, and afterwards in Van Houten street. Subsequently he estah- lished an "auction mart" in Broadway, which he carried on for many years. He was a man of much enterprise, assiduous and energetic in his husiness, ready in the discussion of religion or politics, having pro- nounced views on most subjects, and an unfailing fund of wit and hu- mor. Issue :
I. Richard Breese, h. March 3, 1823 ; m. Mary Williams, Dec. 31, 1848; d. June 2, 1869. For many years he had a store at No. 161 Main street, where he dealt in cotton waste, oil, paper, twine, and mill sup- plies. He was elected Sheriff of Passaic county in 1857-58-59.
II. Mary.
III. Alice, m. Aaron E. King, May 29, 1851 ; he d. Nov. 13, 1891 ; he was for many years a dealer in fancy goods on Main street.
IV. George S., m. Kate Reed. He was brought up as a printer ; was foreman in the Paterson Guardian office for several years; in 1863 hecame one of the founders of the Paterson Daily Press, with which he has heen connected ever since, heing now Treasurer of the Press Print- 'ing and Publishing Company.
V. Eliza, m. James Hutchinson, April 7, 1869; he d. Sept. 14, 1875-
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garet, m. Robert L. Neill, and had children : I. Florence, m. Cornelius Post, of Preakness ; 2 and 3. Annie and Hat- tie, b. July 10, 1863 ; 4. Cornelia Jane, b. July 8, 1861 ; 5. Kittie H., b. Aug. 4, 1869; 6. Eliza Seaburn, b. July 19, 1873.
Adrian-Halmagh-Dirck-Hellemeg-Roelof Cornelissen and Marretye Cadmus had children :
I. Helmigh, bap. 1770; prob. d. in inf.
II. Leah, b. 1772; d. March 10, 1806, aged 33 yrs., 6 mos., II days.
III. Abraham, b. Dec. 16, 1774; m. Gertenau Mowerse (Geertje Mouritse), Jan. 29, 1803 ; d. July 28, 1804. Ch., Aderyeun, b. Jan. 26, 1804. .
IV .. Antye, b. March 21, 1778; prob. m. Cornelius Aus- tin, Dec. 29, 1799.
V. Elisabeth, b. May 18, 1781.
VI. Adreyaen, b. Dec. 13, 1784; d. March 16, 1806. VII. Dirck, b. May I, 1787; d. Feb. 25, 1806.
VIII. Cattelyntje (Tyne), b. Dec. 29, 1789 ; m. John F. Post (John Post, jun.). Issue : I. John, b. Nov. 24, 1810; 2. Marrythe, b. Jan. 10, 1812 ; 3. Adrian, b. April 2, 1827. When the young couple were married her father, Adrian, rented them an "outset" of household utensils, March 27, I8II, for six months, and thereafter during his pleasure. As a curious illustration of what was considered necessary for such an equipment, the list of goods is given herewith : "One cow, and heifer, two sheep, two shoats, one bed with its bedstead, bedding, curtains and furniture, one cupboard, two tables, six chairs, three iron pots, one tea kettle, one pan, one pair andirons, one tongs, one shovel, one churn, one tub, one milk tub, one keeler of woollen, two earthen pots, six pewter spoons, six knives and six forks, one look- ing glass, six tea spoons, four dishes, two trammels, two smoothing irons, one cradle, one spinning wheel, one weav- er's loom, with its rods and gears, and one lot of linen and wearing apparel." For all this the rent was to be one dol- lar per month. In advertising his farm of 150 acres for sale, in 1816, Adrian announced that the house had "two rooms on a floor, with an entry between." These glimpses of the manner of living in those days are certainly suggestive.
IX. Pieter, b. Jan. 21, 1793; m. Ellen (Lena, Ellener) Van Wagoner, Aug. 13, 1815. His father conveyed to him the homestead farm, Jan. 14, 1817, and he disposed of it by sundry deeds :- July 8, 1817, to Garret G. Van Wagoner, of Slooterdam; the southwestern portion to Edo Merselis, April 26, 1823, and the residue to John F. Ryerson, Nov. 17, 1823. Ryerson conveyed, May I, 1828, to Albert Zabriskie; Zabriskie to Richard Bensen, Aug. 28, 1843.1 Pieter subse- quently removed to New York city. Issue: I. Abraham, b. July 9, 1817; 2. Garret Van Wagoner, b. Sept. 16, 1822.
Petrus-Halmagh-Dirck-Hellemeg-Roelof Cornelissen and Leya Van Rypen had children :
I. Elisabeth, b. May 13, 1774; prob. m. Obadiah Force (Obadja Forse), Nov. 10, 1792. Issue: I. Maragriet- je, b. April 24, 1793; 2. Catharina, b. Jan. 26, 1796; 3. Jo-
honis, b. Sept. 5, 1798; 4. Peter, b. Dec. 10, 1800; 5. Wil- liam, b. Feb. 13, 1803.
II. Simeon, named after his wife's mother; m. Maryt- je Van Blarkum, April 2, 1797; she d. Sept. 7, 1836; aged 60 yrs., 9 mos., and 2 days. No record has been found of the time or place of the death of Simeon. He is described as a man of perhaps five feet eleven inches in height, well built, fine-looking, light complexion, thin face, clean shaven, of wiry build, and sandy hair, which was somewhat gray in his later years. He lived on what is now known as the Deeths place, on the northwest side of the Passaic river, near the Jackson bridge. In order to afford him a more di- rect outlet, a road was laid, in 1805, from his farm, to the Totowa road ; this road was vacated June 30, 1807.1 He exchanged this farm, Jan. 21, 1808, for another, owned by Jacob Doremus and Nellie his wife, at Singac, containing 81.60 acres; his own farm contained 38.45 acres. He had previously conveyed to Cornelius R. Van Houten one acre out of the latter farm, "being the quarry."2 By deed, May I, 1807, Peter Wilson, Professor of Languages in Columbia College, New York, and Catharine his wife, conveyed to Simeon Van Houten, for $1,000, a tract of land at the south- east corner of Broadway and Main street, having a frontage of fifty feet on the former and one hundred feet on the lat- ter, it being Lot No. 5, as laid out on a map of Abraham Van Houten's lands. 3 There was then standing on the lot, about fifty feet from Broadway, a long, low, frame building,
1 Hist. Passaic County Roads, 34.
2 Bergen County Transcribed Deeds, E, 517, 519. The quarry re- ferred to was the "Red Stone Quarry," which was worked by " Case " Van Houten and bis sons for twenty years or more. It is referred to in deeds as early as 1801. It is possible that Simeon Van Houten worked tbis quarry himself before selling it to "Case" Van Houten.
3 Essex County Transcribed Deeds, B, 331. This lot was subse- quently subdivided into five smaller lots. Tbe first, next to Broadway, 20 ft. 8 in. on Main street, and 50 feet deep, was sold to Joseph Smith, May 5, 1849, for $4,450; Smitb to James P. Ramsey, April 25, 1856 ; Ramsey to Ricbard Baldwin, June 4, 1867; Baldwin devised, will proved Aug. 18, 1874, to his son, Josepb R. Baldwin, and be to his wid- ow, with remainder to bis children, by will proved Jan. 26, 1888 .-- Tbe next lot, 29 ft. one in. X 50 ft., was conveyed April 28, 1846, to Smith Hill .- The third, 16 x 50 ft., to Israel Munson, May 1, 1849, and by his heirs to William I. Healy, Jan. 20, 1891, for $16,000. Tbe fourtb lot, 15 ft. 3 in. x 50 ft., to Lewis R. Stelle, May 1, 1849; by him to Henry B. Crosby, Feb. 1, 1857, and by Crosby to William I. Healy, April 3, 1872. -Tbe fiftb lot, 15 x 50 ft., to James M. Smylie, May 1, 1849; be to Jobn I. Goetschius, May 24, 1856; he to Hiram Hathaway, Dec. 30, 1856 ; Hatbaway to Ricbard Baldwin, April 2, 1864; Joseph R. Baldwin, devi- see of Richard, to Wesley Van Emburgb, March 25, 1884, for $19,000 .- Tbe remainder of this plot, a strip 5 × 50 ft., with a lot 17 ft. 6 in. X 100 ft., next south, was sold, Feb. 3, 1849, to Cornelius T. Vandervoort, wbo also acquired tbe rear, on Washington street, and devised the same to bis children-Cornelius F. and Margaret. The next lot, from Main street to Washington, was acquired by Henry B. Crosby, May 1, 1857. Albert A. Hopper bought a lot bere, which he sold to Alfred Stoutenborough,. jun., May 1, 1866 .- Simeon Van Houten's tbird lot, 40 x 100 ft., was sold to Dr. William Magee, April 28, 1846, for $4,600. At bis death the beirs applied for a partition, and under a decree in Cbancery, Henry A. Wil- liams, special master, sold the northern balf to Watson Snyder, July 30, 1855; Snyder conveyed to Joseph, Jonathan and James Johnson, Feb. 18, 1856. Tbe southern half was sold by Henry A. Williams, special master, to Stephen Allen, July 30, 1855; Allen to Watson Snyder, Nov. 7, 1856, and Snyder to David Laverack, Nov. 26, 1856. The double stone. house on this lot was erected by Dr. Magee.
1 Bergen County Transcribed Deeds, K, 356, 358; N, 49, 173 ; Q, 338 ; V, 115.
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two stories in height, with double-pitch roof, and a long pi- azza, with a stoop in front ; the stoop was built even with the line of the road, and this being the first building on Main street south of Broadway, is said to have determined the easterly line of the street. Advertising the place for sale on March I, 1809, Simeon described the house as con- taining "three fire places on the first floor and three on the second floor, with a good cellar, kitchen, and well at the door, with a new stable in complete order." The stable was located upon an adjoining lot, fifty-five feet front on Main street and two hundred and ten feet in depth, which was doubtless bought from Abraham Van Houten, and in all probability prior to his purchase from Dr. Wilson. By deed dated June 27, 18II, he bought from Abraham Van Houten and Hannah his wife, another plot adjoining the second, and having a frontage of forty feet on Main street and a depth of one hundred feet.1 About 1813 he removed to Hoboken, where he kept tavern for the next five or six years, after which he returned to Paterson for a short time, and carried on a livery stable at his old place, dealing in horses also. Simeon was a man of great daring, reckless to excess, of strong impulses and warm friendships, and in consequence of these characteristics often got into serious difficulties. That he was a man of striking personality is evidenced by the many stories about him that have been handed down during a period of seventy or eighty years. Once when he was on trial before the Supreme Court at Trenton, in 1809, without waiting for the verdict of the jury, he walked out of the court house and disappeared. It is related of him that on a like occasion, at Newark, he simi- larly left the court room, mounted a fast horse waiting for him, and had reached Morristown almost before the officers knew that he was gone. Again, when he was wanted upon some charge, he locked himself into an upper room of his house on Main street, armed with pistols, and defied the officers to arrest him. A company of local militia, under the command of Captain Van Winkle, was called out, and they surrounded the house. Knowing the man with whom they had to deal, they were not at all anxious to encounter him, but marched around the stables, making a great deal of noise with their fifes and drums and muskets, all the while, however, keeping at a prudent distance from the house. William Dickey, a prominent citizen of the town, who knew Van Houten well, and how to approach him, finally walked up stairs quietly and advised him to come down and surrender, which he did. When he was located at Hoboken, a man named Harvey put up at his tavern one night in the early part of 1819, and being arrested was found to have $7,000 of counterfeit money in his trunk and about his person. Harvey, to save himself, accused Van Houten of complicity in the matter, and the latter was ar- rested in New York and put to much inconvenience before he regained his liberty.2 While he was away from Pater- son, his property here, having been mortgaged, passed out of his possession. He returned hither in the summer of
1820, and rented his former stable and the lot on which it stood at the rate of $30 per annum. All the buildings then on the three lots were valued in 1821 at $1,800.1 Many who knew him well believed that on more than one occasion Simeon unflinchingly bore the sins of others. His tavern was afterwards occupied by William I. Craig.
III. Maregrietye, b. Dec. 15, 1779 ; m. - · Hamil- ton; d. Sept. 2, 1853.
IV. Hellemigh, b. July 10, 1785.
V. Leya, b. Dec. 28, 1790 ; m. William Paterson Woodruff. They removed to New Vernon, Morris county, where her son, Absalom Blachley Woodruff (subsequently a leading lawyer and public man in Paterson) was born, Ju- ly 9, 1819.
VI. Peter, b. July 30, 1793.
Johannes-Helmerich-Johannes-Hellemeg-Roelof Corne- lissen and Rachel De Maree had children :
I. Helmigh, b. Aug. 1, 1779 ; m. Catharine Van Ry- pen, Dec. 9, 1799. Administration was granted on his es- tate June 2, 1823. Issue : I. Catharine, b. Sept. 20, 1800 ; m. John Vreeland; 2. John, b. Aug. 27, 1803; 3. Gerrit, b. Sept. 10, 1806 ; administration was granted on his estate Oct. 31, 1832; 4. Rachel, m. Gerrit Newkerk; 5. Elizabeth V. R., b. July 23, 18II; m. Jacob Greenlief ; 6. John, b. April 29, 1814; d. young; 7. Jane, b. Nov. 7, 1816; 8. Hel- migh, b. Jan. 12, 1821.
II. Catrintje, b. Nov. 14, 1781; m. Jacob Zabriskie, Dec. 12, 1801.
III. Aegie, b. Aug. 27, 1783 ; m. Ist, Mindert Gerre- brant, Nov. 3, 1800; 2d, Richard Lyon, Feb. 13, 181I.
Gerrit-Johannes-Johannes-Hellemeg-Roelof Cornelissen and Cornelia Van Ness had children :
I. John, b. March 9, 1783; m. Elizabeth Gould, from Caldwell; d. April 7, 1855; she d. 1851.
II. Simon, b. April 6, 1785; d. Feb. 3, 1829, unm.
III. Polly (Mariah), b. Jan. 24, 1788; m. Thomas Van Riper, Oct. II, 1806;2 d. Jan. 23, 1874; he d. 1834.
IV. Cornelius, b. Aug. 29, 1789.
V. Gerrit, b. Jan. 9, 1791; drowned in the Passaic river, Oct. 21, 1795.
VI. Michel, b. May 8, 1795; drowned in the Passaic river, May 12, 1801.
VII. Gerrit, b. Nov. 12, 1797; m. Ist, Hester Van Ness, of Pompton Plains (b. Jan. 18, 1801, near Beavertown, Mor- ris county), Oct. 26, 1822; she d. March 12, 1837, aged 36 yrs., I mo., 22 days; he m. 2d, Mary Gerrebrant, dau. of Tunis Gerrebrant, of Stone House Plains, April 9, 1839; d. Jan. 21, 1867; she. d. Feb. - , 1866.
VIII. Pieter, b. Aug. 16, 1799; d. Oct. 16, 1817, unm.
IX. Cornelia, b. Aug. 6, 1801; m. John Terhune, of Slooterdam; d. March 8, 1862.
X. Michael, b. Jan. 6, 1804; d. Sept. 26, 1804.
XI. Henry, b. Oct. 29, 1806; m. Anna Brower, of Pat- erson; d. June 20, 1893; she d. March 16, 1889, aged 79 yrs. He was brought up to the watchmaker's trade, and for a time carried on a small store on Broadway near Main
1 Ib., 141-148. 2 See pp. 164, 172.
1 Essex County Transcribed Deeds, B, 542.
2 The Van Houten Manuscripts, 144. 33
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street. Subsequently he studied for the ministry, and for many years, and up to the date of his death, was pastor of a Presbyterian church at Hawley, Penn., where he was highly esteemed by all who knew him.
Roelof-Johannes-Roelof-Cornelis-Roelof Cornelissen and Catrina Van Houten had children:
I. Johannes, b. July 13, 1784; m. Sarah Mandeville (who lived with her grandfather, George Ryerson, at Pac- quanac), Dec. 20, 1821; d. Feb. 17, 1827; she d. Aug. 12, 1866, aged 78 yrs., II mos., 3 days. He learned his trade as a wheelwright, near Singac.
II. Helmigh, b. Sept. 9, 1789; m. Maria Godwin, dau. of Gen. Abraham Godwin, May 17, 1812. He lived with his father on the old homestead; she m. 2d, Hendrick Post, Oct. 6, 1823.1 Issue: I. Susan (Susanna), b. June II, 1814; m. Ist, John Speer, who kept a grocery store in Paterson and afterwards removed to Elmira, N. Y .; 2d, Samuel Wester- velt; 2. Catherine, b. April 12, 1816.
Seventh Generation.
Halmagh-Roelof-Helmigh-Roelof-Hellemeg-Roelof Cor- nelissen and Lena Van Blarcom had children:
I. Johannes, b. Dec. 9, 1795; m. Caty Westervelt; d. June I, 1832; he was called John H. Van Houten. For some time after his marriage he lived on East Eighteenth street, adjoining his father's former tavern. Issue: I. Mariah, b. Dec. 23, 1819; 2. Ellen, b. July 29, 182I.
II. Annautye (Hannah), b. April I, 1798; m. David Shurte; d. Jan. 29, 1819, at Preakness, without issue.
III. Tryntje, b. July 3, 1800; m. Henry Bowman; d. April 28, 1858. Henry Bowman was a well known black- smith, who had his shop on the west side of Washington street, between Broadway and Fair street. He was of a most judicial temperanient, and it is related of him that once when attending a jury trial before a local justice of the peace, after hearing the argument of counsel for the plain- tiff, he expressed his assent, "Hij is regt,"2 and after hear- ing the argument of counsel upon the opposite side, he re- marked "Hij is ook regt."3 Issue: I. Ellen Mariah, b. Feb. 19, 1822; 2. Helmagh Van Houten, b. Sept. 21, 1823; 3. William Henry, b. Oct. 21, 1825 ; 4. Peter, b. Nov. I, 1828; 5. Catharine, b. Jan. 23, 1831; 6. Cornelius, b. Aug. 17, 1833; 7. Samuel Van Saun, b. Jan. 13, 1836; 8. George, b. Sept. 6, 1840; 9. Abraham Van Blarcom, b. Dec. 3, 1842.
IV. Vrouwetje, b. March 3, 1803;4 m. Thomas H. Stagg, March 31, 1827; d. Dec. 13, 1884; he d. Nov. 25, 1864, aged 71 yrs., 10 mos. He lived at Singac, on the Newark and Pompton turnpike road. Issue: I. James, b. Jan. 10, 1831; d. June 23, 1833; 2. Ellen, b. April 19, 1833, m. Charles Burnet, of Fairfield; 3. Elizabeth, b. March 7,
1 See p. 149.
2 " He is right."
3 " He is right, too."
4 When Vrouwetje went to school, the English teacher, unable to master the Dutch pronunciation of her name, gravely informed her that the correct English translation was Fanny, and she was thereafter known only by that name, even in her own family. As before explained, Vrouwetje is the Dutch for Sophronia.
1835; m. Austin L. Stanley, 1 of Little Falls, June 28, 1859; 4. Lea Ann, b. July 30, 1837; d. April 25, 1844; 5. William Henry, b. March 29, 1839; m. Margaret Francisco, of Fair- field; 6. Mary Catherine, b. March 29, 1839 (twin with Wil-
1 The Stanleys of Little Falls are descendants of Henry and Margaret Stanley, of Bolton, near Manchester, England. Henry was connected with the Stanleys of Liverpool, a branch of the Stanleys of whom the Earl of Derby is the head. He died Dec. 5, 17-, and was interred at St. Mary's Church, Manchester; his wife died in 1785, and was interred at the same church.
Second Generation.
Henry and Margaret Stanley had children:
I. Martha, b. Nov. 17, 1751.
II. Charles, b. June 1, 1753; he was Sir Charles Stanley, of Man- chester.
III. Mary, b. May 7, 1757.
IV. William, b. Sept. 13, 1755; d. in inf.
V. William, b. Feb. 28, 1760; m. Martha Bolton, of Bolton, England; he was a builder by trade; he and his wife came to America about 1826, and went to Salisbury Mills, Orange County, N. Y., where his son Hen- ry was running the mills. He returned to England in the course of a year or two, and died there, March 20, 1835; his wife removed to Dayton, Ohio, where she resided, until her death, with a granddaughter.
VI. Henry, b. Nov. 19, 1762.
VII. Ellen, b. Nov. 4, 1763.
VIII. John, b. Dec. 10, 1766.
IX. James, b. April 25, 1770.
Third Generation.
William-Henry Stanley and Martha Bolton had children (all b. in Manchester, England):
I. Henry, b. January 12, 1785; came to America; m. Julia Crane (b. Dec. 17, 1798, dau. of Jeremiah Crane, of Montclair); d. May 15, 1874. On coming to America Henry engaged in cotton spinning, in partner- ship with Israel Crane, of Montclair, known (for his extensive lands) as "King " Crane. In 1822 he was in partnership with Matthew Bowden, at Cedar Grove, the mill being on the Peckamin river. He bought a considerable farm in the same neighborhood, near where Francis J. Mar- ley now lives. His mill having been burned down, he leased the Salis- bury mills, at Salisbury, Orange county, N. Y .; there he died. His fam- ily returned to Little Falls, in 1836, and settled on the homestead which he had purchased of Matthias Williamson, at Cedar Grove.
II. Mary, b. Dec. 10, 1786.
III. Ellen, b. Nov. 8, 1788; d. Nov. 22, 1790.
IV. William, b. Dec. 2, 1790; he was a barrister-at-law; d. March 10, 1816, at Manchester.
V. Ellen, b. July 13, 1793; d. March 13, 1794.
VI. Thomas, b. March 30, 1797; he came to America and settled at Little Falls, N. J., where he m. Hannah, sister of Julia, and dau. of Jer- emiah Crane; d. in Paterson.
VII. Martha, b. Nov. 11, 1798.
VIII. Ellen, b. July 30, 1800.
Fourth Generation.
Henry-William-Henry Stanley and Julia Crane had children :
I. Mary, b. June 15, 1817 ; m. Alexander Philip, who for many years carried on a quarry near Belleville. Issue : 1. Richard ; 2. Henry ; 3. Alexander, jun .; 4. Austin; 5. Arthur; 6. John; 7, Julia, d. in inf.
II. Charles Henry, b. May 20, 1819; m. Caroline Post, of Little' Falls ; d. in 1884. Issue : 1. Cornelius Marcus, m. Eunice Crane ; 2 John Henry, m. Amelia, dau. of Christopher Sindle.
III. John G., b. Feb. 22, 1821 ; m. Mary Bowden, a niece of Anthony Bowden, of Cedar Grove. Issue : 1. Mary, m. Allen Canfield ; 2. Julia, d. young.
IV. William Bolton, b. Nov. 23, 1822; m. Elizabeth Redman, of Cedar Grove, dau. of Robert Redman and Elisa Kinsey (dau. of Charles Kinsey), of Paterson. Issue : 1. Richard, a contractor in ma- sonry; m. Anita Ludlow; 2. Ada, m. Horace Winans; 3. Charles, d. unm.
V. Ellen, b. May 25, 1825 ; m. Richard Speer, county clerk of Morris
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liam Henry); d. Dec. 10, 1840; 7. Abraham Blauvelt, b. Aug. 8, 1841; d. March 21, 1844.
V. Leneu (Ellen), b. June 21, 1805; m. Samuel J. Van Saun; d. Aug. 21, 1849. He learned his trade as carpenter and builder with "Stoffel" Van Riper, of Paterson, and afterwards engaged in business for himself in New York. He subsequently removed to Warwick, N. Y., where he died. VI. Henry, b. Sept. 8, 1809; m. Helen Pier (b. at Fair- field, Sept. 27, 1817, dau. of James Pier and Polly Dey), Oct. Io, 1835; she d. March 28, 1895. Issue : I. Fanny E., b. Aug. 5, 1836; d. unm .; 2. James F., b. Sept. 14, 1838; d. Feb. 12, 1866, unm .; 3. John H., b. Nov. I, 1840; m. Eliz- abeth Bush, of Caldwell; 4. Mary E., b. June 27, 1842; m. William Ryerson; 5. Lea Catharine, b. July 27, 1844; m. William B. Jacobus, of Horseneck; 6. Charles N., b. Aug. 24, 1852; m. Rebecca , at Des Moines, Iowa; 7. Wil- liam Wesley, b. March 27, 1856; m. Ada Ashman; 8. Ama- rintha, b. March 6, 1860; m. Theodore Van Horn (son of Richard-Martin Van Horn, of Paterson), Oct. 27, 1880.
VII. Cornelius, b. Dec. 3, 18II; m. Jane Terhune; d. Sept. 20, 1878. He was a blacksmith. Issue: I. Mary Ellen, b, Jan. 15, 1836; m. Ist, Frederick Demouth, of Little Falls, who was killed in the war; 2d, John (?) Hop- per ; 2. Elizabeth Jane, b. May 8, 1839 ; m. Edward Vree- land, from Montville; she is dec .; 3. Cornelius Henry (now called Charles) ; 4. John Helmis, b. Aug. 28, 1842, d. young.
VIII. Peter, b. May 14, 1816; d. March 30, 1857 ; he learned his trade as carpenter and builder with his uncle, Samuel Van Saun, in New York, and d. in that city.
county ; they live at Madison, N. J. Issue : 1. Ida ; 2. Julia ; 3. Eliza- beth ; 4. Belle.
VI. Thomas, b. April 1, 1827 ; m. Ada, dau, of Robert Crooks, near Little Falls. Issue : Robert.
VII. Elizabeth Crane, b. July 31, 1829 ; m. Robert Gow ; he is dec .; his widow lives in Paterson. Issue : Robert, d. young.
VIII. James Crane, b. Sept. 14, 1831 ; m. Jennie Louisa, dau. of Alex- ander McAlister, of Paterson, Feb. 13, 1872. He engaged in the quarry business with his brother-in-law, Alexander Philip, at Belleville, for many years ; since 188r he has been in the same business at Little Falls. Issue : 1. Julia Cardwell, b. Dec. 29, 1872 ; m. Irving Belding, and lives in Paterson ; 2. James Rousseau, b. Aug. 22, 1874 ; 3. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 23, 1876; 4. William Bolton, b. Aug. 31, 1879; 5. Edmund Austin, b. Feb. 22, 1882 ; 6. Henry Alexander McAlister, b. Feb. 8, 1886 ; 7. Mar- guerite Emmons, b. Sept. 28, 1888 ; 8. John, d. in inf,
IX. Austin L., b. Jan. 11, 1834; m. Elizabeth (b. March 7, 1835, dau. of Thomas H. and Fanny Van Houten) Stagg, June 28, 1859. Issue : I. Thomas Edward, b. Oct. 21, 1861 ; m. Florence (dau. of Charles and Margaret) McNeill, Oct. 28, 1891 ; 2. James C., b. Jan. 15, 1868; 3. Bert- rand, b. Nov. 27, 1871.
Thomas-William-Henry Stanley and Hannah Crane had children:
I. Henry, m. Catherine, dau, of John Riker; lives at Singack.
II. Jane, m. William Wilson, of High Mountain.
III. Martha, m. Ist, William Keys; 2d, John Wence.
IV. William, b. Sept. 14, 1831; m. Mary Jenks (b. July 16, 1829), of Paterson, June 11, 1851; lives at Paterson. Issue: I. William J., b. Feb. 27, 1852; 2. Walter P., b. Nov. 2, 1854; d. March 24, 1857; 3. James A., b. Nov. 23, 1856; 4. Emeretta, b. Nov. 24, 1858; d. April 1, 1863; 5. George F., b. Feb. 6, 1861; d. Oct. 29, 1872; 6. Edwin M., b. Dec. 17, I865; d. Aug. 5, 1866.
V. Mary, b. Sept. 14, 1831 (twin with William); m. John Morgan.
VI. Jeremiah, m. Sarah, dau. of Abraham Vreeland, of Little Falls. VII. Thomas.
Albert-Roelof-Robert-Roelof-Hellemeg-Roelof Cornelis- sen had children :
By his first wife (Geertje Vreeland):
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