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III. Gerrit, bap. Aug. 27, 1732; m. He was a miller, at Secaucus. His will, dated Dec. 14, 1810, was proved Aug. 31, 1812.1 Issue: I. Reynier, bap. July IO, 1763; 2. Parintei (called Penelope in her father's will), bap. March 23, 1776; 3. Mary, m. - - Earl, and had children: I. Philip; 2. Gerrit; 3. John; 4. Lena; 5. Polly.
IV. Vrouwetjen, bap. July 6, 1735; m. Philip Earl (Fil Jerl, Philleph Erll). Issue: I. Ned, bap. March 17, 1754; 2. Edaurd, bap. Feb. 15, 1756; 3. Reynier, bap. Aug. 12, 1759; 4. Johannes, bap. Jan. 26, 1772.
V. Isack, bap. Sept. 18, 1737; prob. m. Pryntje Cad- mus. The will of Isaac Van Giesen, of Secaucus, is dated Oct. 20, 1804; proved June 27, 18II. 2
VI. Hendrik, bap. Dec. 2, 1739; m. Rachel Grum. His will, dated 1812, proved Oct. 20, 1812, describes him as of the English Neighborhood. His wife Rachel was to have his whole estate during widowhood; thereafter it was to go to his children.3 Issue: I. Riynier, bap. Dec. 25, 1778; 2. Jores, bap. Dec. 2, 1781; 3. Gerrit; 4. Isac, bap. May 31, 1789; 5. Isack, b. July 27, 1792.
VII. Willem, bap. June 6, 1742.
VIII. (prob.) Cornelius, m. Sophia Sigler, Nov. 17, 1784; d. Oct. 23, 1819, aged 67 yrs., 9 mos., 29 days; she d. Jan. 9, 1848, aged 85 yrs., IO mos., 15 days. Issue: I. Rynier, b. Feb. 28, 1785; prob. m. Catharina Van Eydestyn, Dec. 8, 1804; d. March 5, 1814, leaving two sons; 2. Jacobus (James), b. Oct. 23, 1787; d. May -, 1852; 3. Cornelius, b.
March 8, 1791; d. March 31, 1797; 4. Isaac, b. March 28, 1793; d. May 20, 1815; 5. (prob.) Daniel.
Joris-Isaac-Rynier Van Giesen and Rachel Romine had children:
I. Isaac, bap. Oct. 2, 1726.
II. Lammetje (Lammerti), bap. April 9, 1729; m. Jacobus-Gysbert-Jan Lubbertsen (Van Blerkum). 1
III. Jan, bap. Jan. 2, 1732; prob. m. Jannetje Niew- kerck.
IV. (prob.) Rachel, m. Egbert Egbertse, Issue: I. Johannes, b. April 27, 1772; 2. Jenneke, b. Oct. 2, 1780; 3. Maria, b. Dec. I, 1788.
By his second wife (Hester Couenhoven):
IX. Joannes, bap. Nov. 15, 1744.
X. Joris (George), bap. Oct. 19, 1746; m. Elisabet Smit. Joris lived near the Three Pigeons, in the present Hudson county. In the right of his father, he and his brothers Gerrit and Isaac had apportioned to them in 1785 a tract of about 357 acres of the Secaucus Commons, includ- ing Snake Hill.2 About 1780 Joris removed to Polifly, oc- cupying a stone house still standing on the Polifly road, near where it turns to Hackensack. His children went to school at Hackensack.
XI. Hendrikje, bap. Jan. 15, 1749; m. Isack Kip. Is- sue: I. Reynier, bap. April 15, 1772; 2. Nicase, bap. June II, 1774.
XII. Samuel.
XIII. Rachel, bap. March 25, 1753; perhaps m. Jan Ak- kerman. Issue: I. Abraham, b. Oct. 2, 1790; 2. Jan, b. March 8, 1792; 3. Jacobus, b. Nov. 25, 1796.
Fifth Generation.
Johannes-Dirck-Bastiaen-Rynier Van Giesen and Metje Van Houten had children:
ยท I. Dirk, b. Jan. 14, 1763; m. Yannetye Van Houten (b. Oct. 31, 1763, dau. of Johannes Van Houten);3 d. Jan. 2, 1838. Issue : I. Metye, b. Nov. 22, 1783 ; m. Halmagh- Dirck Van Houten, 4 June 28, 1801; d. Sept. 29, 1866; 2. Leybetye (Elisabeth), b. May 29, 1787; m. Henry-George Doremus, June 8, 1806, and lived with him at the southeast corner of Broadway and Straight street, on lands derived from her mother; 3. Feytye, b. March 29, 1791; d. Nov. 28, 1809, unm.
II. Halmagh; m. Sarah Van Noorstrand, of Passaic; d. Nov. 7, 1826, aged 64 yrs., 3 mos., says his tombstone, which is probably incorrect; she d. Feb. 6, 1833, aged 62 yrs., IO mos., 13 days. Under the tuition of friendly In- dians, Halmagh became an expert fisherman, and it is said that he caught as many as seven hundred shad in one day, in the Falls basin. He kept tavern, 1813-14-15-16, in the stone house at the northwest corner of Totowa and Paterson avenues, which he probably built. Advertising the place for sale in 1816 he describes it as "a farm of 32 acres near the Passaic Great Falls; there is on said farm a good two story dwelling house which has been occupied as a tavern
1 Bergen County Wills, A, 424.
2 Bergen County Wills, A, 352.
3 Bergen County Wills, A, 436.
I See pp. 215, 217. 2 Winfield's Hudson Co. Land Title s, 307.
3 See p. 250. 4 See p. 254.
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for a number of years, a barn and an elegant spring of water near the door, orchard, etc. It is in sight of the Falls."
III. Antje, b. Nov. 10, 1768; m. Roelif C. Van Hou- ten, May 2, 1793.1
IV. Leena, bap. Oct. 21, 1770; d. in inf.
V. Helena (Lenaw, Ellen), b. Oct. 3, 1771; m. Robert Van Houten, May 18, 1793.2
VI. Merseilles (Marcelus, Meselus, Merselius), m. Jannetje Doremus, Jan. 29, 1797. As previously stated, 3 he bought a tract of land on the present Hamburgh turnpike, north of the line of Doremus street. There he built a small stone house, since rebuilt, and kept tavern for several years, being licensed in 18II, 1813 and 1816. A curious story illustrative of the superstition of the day, is to this effect: His wife was ill for a long time, being confined to her bed. As she lay there, a black cat would come, night after night, .and stare in at her through the window, with wicked, blazing eyes. An uncanny fact about this visitation was that no one else could see the cat. That Jane was bewitched was the be- lief not only of herself and her family, but of the whole neighborhood. Moreover, the witch who exercised this spell, and who made these weird visits to the sufferer, in the guise of a cat invisible to everyone but the bewitched, was believed to be a Mrs. B- who lived in the gorge in the hill beyond. Talking the matter over with his neigh- bors, Merselis (he was commonly called "Sale ") was told that if he could shoot the spectral cat with a silver bullet he would kill the creature, and put a stop to the spells exer- cised over his wife. He did not have a silver bullet, but he had a pair of silver sleeve buttons. Loading his gun with one of these buttons, he seated himself on the bed be- side his wife, and declared his intention of shooting that witch cat. But how could he shoot a creature he could not see? "When the cat comes," said he to his wife, "do you point out just where it is, and I will shoot at that spot." So they waited, she in a tremor of hope and dread-hope that the spells afflicting her were soon to be ended; dread lest some new torment might come to her from this daring at- tempt of her husband; he, in grim determination to forever end the unholy power exercised over his wife by Mrs. B., in the guise of the invisible feline. Long and silently they waited. At last, when their feelings had been wrought up, by the suspense, to the highest pitch, Jane exclaimed: " There is the black cat!" "Where?" "At the window, it is walking on the sill, it is in the lower left-hand corner!" Quick as a flash "Sale " raised his gun and fired the silver bullet at the black cat which he could not see. With a snarl that was a scream the mysterious creature vanished forever from the gaze of Mrs. Van Giesen, who from that hour began to recover her health. The next day "Sale" started out on a hunt through what is now known as Cedar Cliff park. On the way he met the husband of the sus- pected witch. There was the usual interchange of courteous neighborly inquiries regarding the health of their respective families. Mr. B. said his wife had been troubled with a sore on her leg for sometime. "I would like to see that
sore leg," said "Sale." After some demur he was taken to the house, and on one plea or another was finally permitted to examine the sore. But what particularly attracted his notice was a fresh wound, just where his silver sleeve button had struck the unfortunate creature when she had last visited his wife in the form of the spectral black witch cat ! Needless to say that Mrs. B. never more made those weird visitations. Perhaps it was from a sense of thanksgiving for her miraculous deliverance that Mrs. Van Giesen joined the First Presbyterian church on confession, Sept. 26, 1823. Merselis Van Giesen was assessed in 1807 for 62 acres of unimproved land, two horses and five cattle.
VII. Johannes, b. Sept. 8, 1776; m. Catharina (Tyne) Van Alen, Jan. 16, 1803. Issue: I. John, b. Dec. 5, 1802; 2. Maria, b. March 1, 1804; 3. John Van Aalen, b. Aug. 31, 1806.
VIII. Elisabeth, b. July 9, 1779; m. Simon Vanness, Feb. 14, 1801; he was generally called Simon Y. Van Ness, being the son of Yellis or Giles Van Ness, of Pompton; he had a small farm on the Hamburgh turnpike, near Union avenue. Issue: I. Veles (Giles), b. Sept. 24, 1801; he lived for many years at the northeast corner of Water and North West streets; 2. Matye, b. April 7, 1806; 3. John, b. July 9, 18II; 4. Peter, b. Nov. 11, 1812.
IX. Marretye, b. Aug. 16, 1781; m. Jacob Mourusse, Jan. 29, 1809; he was a son of Cornelius Mowerson, and lived on the present Pennington place, on the Little Falls turnpike.
X. Cornelus, b. Oct. 7, 1788 ; m. Rachel Snyder. Ch., Henry, b. May 7, 1836. Cornelus went to the Genes- see country, where he d. when about 90 years old.
XI. Adreyaen, b. Oct. 7, 1788 (twin with Cornelus); m. Elisabeth Kip, June 10, 1810. In 1815 he was one of the few men in this vicinity who owned a silver watch, on which he had to pay a United States direct tax of one dol- lar. About 1820 he removed to the vicinity of Romulus, Monroe county, N. Y. Issue (bap. at Totowa): I. Martha, b. March 28, 1811; 2. Isaac, b. Feb. 26, 1813; 3. Harriet, b. Sept. 5, 1815; 4. John, b. Feb. 2, 1818.
Isaac-Rynier-Abraham-Rynier Van Giesen and Marytje Van Sent had children:
I. Ephraim, b. Feb. 24, 1768; m. Abigail Sigler, of Stone House Plains; they were both living in Bloomfield township in 1833. Issue: I. Joseph, b. March 13, 1791; 2. Maria, b. Sept. 2, 1792; 3. Maragrietje, b. May II, 1794; 4. Thomas, b. Jan. 20, 1796.
II. Lidea, b. May 14, 1770; d. in inf.
III. Reynier, b. July 20, 1774; m. Sarey Cint (Sarah Kent), of Stone House Plains; in 1834 they were of Bloom- field. Ch., Affe, b. July 7, 1797.
IV. Abraham, m. Abigail Sigler; in 1818 they were of Bloomfield. Ch., Lidia, b. Oct. 12, 1796.
V. Lidea, b. May 24, 1778; m. Robert Van Giesen.
VI. Elizabeth, b. April 20, 1782; m. Joseph Sigler.
VII. Metje, b. Feb. 22, 1786.
VIII. Maria, b. Aug. 15, 1789; not mentioned in her father's will, in 1804.
I See p. 244.
2 See p. 25I.
3 See p. 233.
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Abraham-Rynier-Abraham-Rynier Van Giesen and Jan- netje Sandford had children:
I. Rynier, b. May 10, 1760.
II. Maria, b. July 17, 1763, prob. m. Pieter Egbertse. Ch., Rachel, b. May II, 1792.
III. Pieter, m. Sarah Spier, May 14, 1786. Issue: I. Polly, b. Aug. 26, 1786; 2. Grietje, b. Sept. 24, 1797.
III. Isaac, b. Feb. 13, 1767; m. Lea (Leneu) Spier. Issue: I. Catharina, b. Oct. I, 1795; 2. Geret, b. Oct. 31, 1797.
IV. Cornelius, b. April 2, 1769; m. Charity Collyer (Caljer), dau. of Isaac Collyer, of Horseneck. Issue : I. Jinny, b. Nov. 10, 1795; 2. Jamyma, b. Aug. 3, 1797.
V. Thomas, b. Nov. 12, 1770.
VI. John, b. Oct. 17, 1772; m. Maragrietje Mackness; he lived in Acquackanonk, near Speertown. Issue: I. Ma- ria, b. March 25, 1793; 2. Neeltje, b. June 20, 1795 ; 3. Isaac, b. Feb. 13, 1798.
Isack-Hendrick-Isaac-Rynier Van Giesen and Marytjen Hoppe had children:
I. Hendrik, bap. Dec. 22, 1745; m. Ist, Agnes (Angenietye) Huysman, May 23, 1768; 2d, Hendricke Ban- ta (b. Feb. 14, 1753, dau. of Jacob Banta, and Rachel, dau. of Stephen Terhune); d. April 2, 1805.
II. Gerrid, bap. Oct. 15, 1749.
III. Sara, bap. Aug. 23, 1752; m. Peter Wilson (b. Nov. 23, 1746, in Ordiquhill, Banff, Scotland; d. at Hackensack, Aug. I, 1825);1 he m. 2d, Catrina Durjee (Catharine Dur- yea). Issue: I. Maria, b. Jan. 17, 1774; d. in inf .; 2. Ma- ria, b. Oct. 15, 1775. He was principal of the Hackensack Academy for several years before the Revolution; was elect- ed to the Legislature, 1777-78-79-80-81, and in 1787 ; re- vised the laws of New Jersey in 1783; was Professor of Greek and Latin in Columbia College, 1789-1792, and again, 1797-1820.
Isack-Rynier-Isaac-Rynier Van Giesen and Pryntje Cad- mus had children:
I. Hendreke (Harriet), bap. May I, 1768; m. Elias Earl, and lived in New York. Ch., John.
II. Thomas.
III. Sara, b. Aug. 15, 1772.
IV. Tanneke (Ann, Anny), bap. July 9, 1775; m. Na- thaniel Earl, and lived in New York during his lifetime. Her will, dated Nov. 5, 1821, was proved Jan. 22, 1822.2
V. Marya (Polly), bap. May 6, 1781.
VI. Rynier, b. July 15, 1783.
Joris-Rynier-Isaac-Rynier Van Giesen and Elisabet Smit had children (bap. at Schraalenburgh):
I. Hester, bap. April 4, 1773; m. Isaac Van Winkel. Issue (bap. at Acquackanonk): I. Helena, b. May 12, 1800; 2. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 10, 1801; 3. Eva, b. Oct. 28, 1803; m. -- Toers, of Bergen; 4. Jannetje, b. Dec. 7, 1805; 5. Catharina, b. Oct. 1, 1807; 6. Joris, b. Dec. 12, 1809; 7.
1 Her wedding ring passed, at her death, to her brother Hendrick, from whom it has descended to his grandson, Henry Van Gieson, of Paterson.
2 Bergen County Wills, B, 339.
Isaac, b. Sept. 18, 1811; went West; 8. Salome, b. Sept. 4> 1813; m. - - Brower, of Rutherford.
II. Jannetie, bap. April 3, 1776; m. Ist, Jacobus (James)-John Post, Sept. 4, 1794;1 he d. Oct. 22, 1825, aged 52 yrs., 2 mos., 8 days; she m. 2d, Abraham Ackerman; d. July 26, 1865. She lived with Post in a stone house, still standing, in Passaic, on the west side of Lexington avenue, near Harrison street, the property having been bought by him from Adrian J. Post, in 1806.2 Issue (by her first hus- band) : I. Hessel Pieterse, b. Jan. 28, 1796; d. Sept. 29, 1799; 2. Catharina, b. May 26, 1798; d. Sept. 19, 1799; 3. Fytje (Sophia), b. Oct. 19, 1800 ; m. Garret A. Hopper, of Paramus (children-I. Jane, m. George Huyler, of Engle- wood; 2. Albert; 3. Henry; 4. Maria, m. Isaac Hopper, of Paramus) ; 4. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 25, 1814; m. Richard- Abraham Van Houten, of Totowa, March -, 1833.
III. Reynier, bap. Dec. 30, 1778; prob. d. young.
IV. Joris (George) ; m. Susan -; she d. Aug. 7, 1839, in her 50th yr.
V. Daneel, bap. Feb. 23, 1783; he lost his fingers by having them frozen ; he made his home with his sister Ra- chel, in Broadway, Paterson, and d. there, many years ago.
VI. Rachel, bap. July 3, 1785 ; m. Ist, Adrian-John Post, July 10, 1803; 2d, Abraham Van Houten; d. Feb. 2, 1863.3
Jan-Joris-Isaac-Rynier Van Giesen and Jannetje Niew- kerck had children:
I. Rachel, b. Oct. 1, 1770; m. Pieter Egbertse. Ch., Rachel, b. May II, 1792.
II. Paulus, b. March 16, 1773; m. Christina Terheun. He was assessed in 1807 for 20 acres of unimproved land, in Saddle River township. Ch., Jan, b. Oct. 16, 1796.
III. Joannes, b. July 23, 1775.
Sixth Generation.
Halmagh-Johannes-Dirck-Bastiaen-Rynier Van Giesen and Sarah Van Noorstrand had children:
I. Elizabeth, b. April 25, 1789; m. Ist, John G. Ger- ritse, of Broadway, March 31, 1811; 2d, John Holland. Is- sue (by her first husband): I. Cornelius, b. Feb. I, 1812; 2. Helmagh, b. July 30, 1816; he lived on Broadway, opposite his father's homestead; (by her second husband) 3. William; removed to Michigan; 4. John, was a carpenter ; d. in Pat- erson; 5. Ann, m. - - Cass.
II. Metye, b. Aug. 20, 1792; m. Henry-John Doremus ;: d. Aug. 20, 1882, on her 90th birthday. (See the Doremus Genealogy.)
III. Johannes, b. Dec. 25, 1794; m. a dau. of John Brower, of Little Falls.
IV. Crisstufel, b. Jan. 16, 1797; d. in inf.
V. Annaatje (Hannah), b. May 31, 1799; m. John F. Ryerson, Jan. 21, 1826; he d. March 20, 1847, aged 52 yrs. ; she then removed to Lexington, Ky., to live with a daugh- ter.
VI. Antye, b. Nov. 22, 1802; d. in inf.
1 See pp. 146, 149. 2 See p. 15I. 3 See pp. 146, 149.
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VII. Antye, b. Nov. 22, 1805; m. William A. Hopson, 1 May 16, 1841. A few years later she removed to Lexington, Ky., and lived with her sister Hannah.
VIII. Jane, d. Aug. 13, 1831, aged 24 yrs., 8 mos., 22 days.
IX. Cristupher, b. May 17, 1808; d. Nov. 28, 1826, . unm.
X. Cornelius, b. Oct. 20, 1810 ; m. Rachel Snyder. He was brought up as a gunsmith, working for several years in the old Gun mill. When that establishment was closed, he leased a grist mill at the Goffle, which he ran for some years. About 1846, he constructed the works for the town clock, in the old First Reformed church on Main street. He subsequently had charge of a cotton mill near Buena Vista, Mexico, and from the top of the mill witnessed the famous battle of Buena Vista, between the American army and the Mexicans. He afterwards went to New Mexico, where he engaged in sheep raising. He then removed to Lexington, Kentucky, operating a woolen mill in partner- ship with John Morgan. When the late war broke out, his partner left him to enter the Confederate service, and be- came famous as a Cavalry General. He himself remained loyal to the Union, and in consequence lost all his property. He next went to the neighborhood of Savannah, Georgia, where he died. Issue : I. Uriah, b. May I, 1833 ; he was a dentist, at Savannah, and d. there about 1894; 2. Henry; 3. Ann; 4. Jane Marcelus, b. May 19, 1842.
Merseilles-Johannes-Dirck-Bastiaen-Rynier Van Giesen and Jannetje Doremus had children :
1 William Allen Hopson was h. April 9, 1796, in Westchester, N. Y .; when a lad he set out to make his fortune, and located in Philadelphia, where he worked at making shoes and harness, and subsequently car- ried on a large business in those lines. He m. Sophia Faulkner, Aug. 26, 1819; she was h. July 16, 1798, at Acquackanonk, where her father had a large farm, hut at the time of her marriage she was in Philadel- phia. During the cholera epidemic, in 1832, Mr. and Mrs. Hopson came to Paterson, where they remained. She d. April 20, 1840; he m. 2d, Antye Van Giesen ; d. Nov. 22, 1884. Issue (all hy his first wife):
I. Adaline, m. B. Warner; d. in 1854 ; they had two children, who are dec.
II. Rachel, m. Thomas H. De Vausney, of Newark, N. J., where she lives. Children-Sophia, William, Ida, Emma.
III. Phehe Ann, m. John Banks, of Banksville, Conn. ; she d. in Al- bany. Ch., a dau., m. Halstead Bailey, of Dalton, Mass.
IV. William Morris, d. in inf.
V. Sophia, m. J. J. Lewis, of Newark ; had four children ; hushand and children all dec. She lives in Newark.
VI. Samuel R., m. Hannah Speer, of Bloomfield ; he is a clergyman of the Free M. E. Church, and spent most of his life on Western Cir- cuits ; he and his wife live at Little Falls. They had two children, both dec .; one of them, a son, left a son, who lives with his grandparents.
VII. Charles R., m. Mary E. May, of Newark, Sept. 27, 1850. He has carried on the harness-making business at No. 21 Main street for many years. He was one of the founders and has always heen one of the staunchest and most valuable supporters of Grace M. E. church, and a highly esteemed citizen. Issue : 1. Samuel Randolph, an engineer hy trade; 2. William Allen, brought up to his father's husiness, which he carries on for himself at No. 67 Broadway ; he m. Lizzie E., dau. of George S. Bunce and wid. of ex-Ald. George Van Wagoner ; she d. June 5, 1895, aged 37 yrs., 11 mos., 11 days ; 3. Andrew Morris, clerk and hook-keeper for his father; 4. Charles Wesley ; has charge of the man- ufacturing department in his father's shop; 5. Annie Sophia, d. aged 5 yrs .; 6. Edwin Nott, receiving teller, Second National Bank. .
I. Johannes, b. Aug. 19, 1797 ; m. Ellen Van Riper; she joined the First Presbyterian church, March 28, 1823, and was dismissed, Sept. 28, 1827, to Rochester, N. Y. Ch., Merselis, b. Aug. I, 1821.
II. Tomes, b. Jan. 30, 1799; d. in inf.
III. Tomes, b. July 13, 1800; d. about July 4, 1807, un- der which date Albert Van Saun charged Merseilles sixteen shillings for making coffin and burying Tomes.
IV. Matye, b. Oct. 31, 1802.
V. Selley, b. Jan. 2, 1805.
VI. Cornelious, b. June 10, 1807.
VII. Aaron, b. Oct. 31, 1809; m. Mary Sears, Oct. 12, 1839.
VIII. Richard, b. May 7, 18II.
IX. Eliza Ann, b. April 3, 1814.
X. Jane, b. Sept. 22, 1815.
Hendrick-Isack-Hendrick-Isaac-Rynier Van Giesen had children :
By his first wife (Angenietye Huysman):
I. Isaac, b. March 9, 1770; d. in inf.
II. Maria, b. April 16, 1771; d. in inf. By his second wife (Hendricke Banta):
III. Maria, b. April 21, 1774; d. in inf.
IV. Jacob, b. Aug. 27, 1775; drowned in early life.
V. Zara (Sara), b. Dec. 4, 1777; m. Jan (John D.) Romeyn, of Maywood, and with him joined the Hacken- sack church on confession, Aug. 23, 1797. Issue : I. Mar- grietje, b. May 13, 1797; 2. Rachel, b. April 6, 1801.
VI. Rachel, b. Sept. 8, 1781 ; m. David Banta, April 27, 1799; d. Aug. 27, 1831; he d. Aug. 30, 1829. Issue : I. Lea, b. Nov. 22, 1799; m. Samuel Berdan, Feb. 14, 1822 ; 2. Sarah, b. May 9, 1802 ; m. Abraham H. Bogert, of the English Neighborhood, May 27, 1820; 3. Jacob, b. Feb. 13, 1805; d. Sept. 7, 1882, unm. ; 4. Hester, b. Dec. II, 1806; 5. David, b. Aug. 18, 1810; d. Nov. 27, 1834, unm .; 6. Isaac Van Giesen, b. April 14, 1819 ; m. Hannah Matilda Rudyard, Oct. 27, 1839; d. July 7, 1889.
VII. Maria, b. Nov. 9, 1783; m. - - Ludlum.
VIII. Isaac, b. June 10, 1791; m. Ist, Maria Vanderbeck; d. May 28, 1838; she was b. Dec. II, 1791; d. March 2, 1827 ; he m. 2d, - Post, wid. of - Garrison, in 1828. He lived on the old homestead in Hackensack. About 1813 he built a residence on Main street, which some years ago was occupied by the Hackensack Bank.
Seventh Generation.
Isaac-Hendrik-Isack-Hendrik-Isaac-Rynier Van Giesen and Maria Vanderbeck had children :
I. Henry, b. Nov. 1, 1812; m. Jane Williams, of Liv- erpool, England, Dec. 26, 1836; she was b. May 15, 18II ; d. Dec. 23, 1884. He came from Hackensack to Paterson in 1830, and kept a grocery store on Main street for many years. He was elected one of the Town school committee- men in 1838, 1840, 1842, 1844, 1848 and 1849, and alderman from the East ward in 1854, and re-elected in 1856. He has been one of the pillars of the First Baptist church for half a century. He and his family write the name Van Gieson, instead of Van Giesen, as it formerly appeared in the records. Issue :
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HISTORY OF PATERSON.
i. Jane Owens, b. Oct. 26, 1837; d. May 17, 1883.
ii. Henry Clay, b. Oct. 18, 1839; graduated from the University of New York; studied medicine at Bowdoin Col- lege, Maine, and graduated from the Alexandria Medical College, near Washington, D. C. He was immediately as- signed to duty in the navy as acting assistant surgeon on the Montgomery in the North Atlantic Squadron. In 1864 he was transferred to the Nipsic, sloop of war. He served in the navy until the end of the war, in April, 1865. On being mustered out of service he settled in Paterson, practicing his profession until 1868, when he went to Texas with a view to making that his home. Finding the presence of a Union officer unwelcome there, he returned to Paterson, af- ter an absence of two years, and continued here until 1888,' when he went to Omaha, Neb., his present residence. He m., in Paterson, Mary, dau. of Henry Van Emburgh. Children : I. Henry Bosworth; 2. Adnee; 3. Ifelen ; 4. Louise.
iii. Ellen, b. Oct. 14, 1841 ; m. Ist, James C. Pulis, cashier in the Passaic County National Bank; 2d, Col. Abra- ham G. Demarest, of Tenafly.
iv. Maria, b. March 1, 1844; d. May 13, 1844.
v. Maria, b. May 26, 1845; d. Dec. 3, 1852.
vi. Augustus, b. Oct. 13, 1847; d. Oct. 14, 1847.
vii. Augustus, b. Dec. 24, 1848 ; m. Leah (dau. of Ja- cob) Berdan, June 12, 1872. He entered the New York University, but in April, 1864, forsook his studies to accept an appointment as hospital steward on the U. S. steamer Montgomery, serving until April, 1865. On returning to Pat- erson he again entered the University, in the class of 1869. After two years of study he engaged in the grocery business, in which he has continued ever since, and is now the junior member of the firm of Ackerman & Van Gieson, wholesale grocers. He is Captain of Company B, of the Second Regi- ment, of the New Jersey National Guard.
II. Augustus Abraham, b. --- -, 1815; m. Eliza- beth Haury, of Brooklyn ; d. Jan. 6, 1894; she d. Jan. 13, 1894, aged 74 yrs. Issue: I. Henry, m. Anna Lammers; 2. Sylvester, m. Alice Hall; ch., Frank.
III. Anna Maria, b. -, 1818; m. John Van Saun, of Cherry Hill.
IV. John Romaine, b. Dec. I, 1820; m. Ellen Van Waggener Banta (b. Feb. 7, 1821, dau. of John W. Banta and Sophia Westervelt); d. Dec. II, 1883 ; she d. Jan. 20, 1881. Issue : I. Isaac, b. May 31, 1841 ; d. Oct. 23, 1864; 2. Anna J. W., b. July 29, 1843 ; killed in the Greenwich avenue, N. Y., school disaster, Feb. 20, 1851 ; 3. Mary E., b. May 10, 1849 ; m. Josiah A. Zabriskie, of Wortendyke, June 18, 1874; 4. John Banta, b. Dec. 1, 1851; m. Mary C. Hardenburgh, Oct. II, 1881.
THE GODWINS.
The visitor who came from New York to admire the Pas- saic Falls in the year of Grace 1750 met with no house within a mile or more of that wonderful phenomenon, until he reached the grist-mill on the river bank, at the foot of Mul- berry street. Probably some sort of a residence was there for the miller and his family. There was no other house
nearer to that mill than Dirck Van Houten's, in the present West Side Park. Into this wilderness, scarcely broken save by the road from New York and Newark-via Ac- quackanonk Landing, the Wesel road, Vreeland avenue, Broadway, Mulberry and River streets-to Pompton and the West, came, about the year 1755, one Abraham Godwin, a young carpenter and builder, from New York. He was born. (in New York, it is understood) Nov. 23, 1724; m. (in the Dutch church, New York) Phebe Cool (b. Nov. 29, 1726), May 9, 1747. An extremely interesting account of this pi- oneer in the founding of Paterson proper was prepared by his son, David Godwin. This manuscript fills eighteen closely-written foolscap pages. Judging by various refer- ences in the text, it was written about the year 1820, and was re-written about 1835, when the author was nearly sev- enty years old. Wherever possible to verify his statements. by references to the records, he is found to be surprisingly accurate. Unfortunately, the information he gives us re -- garding the first of the family in this country is extremely meagre, being as follows :
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