History of the city of Paterson and the County of Passaic, New Jersey, Part 72

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

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2 Essex County Wills, F, 383.

3 Resolved Waldron was probably born in England, in Puritan times, whence his significant baptismal name. It is said that he was born just as his parents had resolved to emigrate to Holland. He had two sons born in Amsterdam-Joseph and Resolvert (Resolved), who were brought up as printers. Resolvert m. Ist, Rebecca, dau. of Hendrick Koch, of Amsterdam ; 2d, May 10, 1654, Yanneke, dau. of Barent Nagel, dec., of Groningen. He sailed the same year for New Amsterdam, where for the next ten years he enjoyed various offices. The inventory of his estate is dated May 17, 1690. By his second wife be had among other children

Samuel, b. in 1670, at Harlem, N. Y .; m. Neeltie, dau, of Capt. Frans

Jansen Bloetgoet (Bloodgood), of Flushing, L. I .; he lived at Harlem; where he d. in 1737, leaving ten children, among them

Resolvert, b. in 1699; m. in 1722 Jannetie, dau. of Johannes Meyer, settled near Harlingen, N. J., but ended his days at Brooklyn, Oct. 21, 1772. He had three sons, one of whom was

Adolph, m. March 15, 1758, Catharine, dau. of Capt. Alexander Phœnix ; Adolph was a baker and shopkeeper in New York, but later be- came a farmer and innholder at the Brooklyn ferry; in 1775 he was cap- tain of a troop of light-horse, and did active service in guarding the coast. During most of the war he lived at Preakness. Issue : 1. Eliza- beth, b. April 13, 1761, d. young ; 2. Resolve, b. Aug. 13, 1763 ; he was by occupation a shipmaster; m. Elizabeth Godwin, in 1782; 3. Alexander Phoenix, b. Sept. 13, 1765 ; lived in Hackensack ; m. a dau. of the Rev. Hermanus Meier ; 4. Catharine, b. Dec. 12, 1768; m. David Godwin, March 18, 1791 ; 5. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 3, 1777 ; d. June 9, 1802, unm .- Riker's Hist. of Harlem, 554; Onderdonk's Revolutionary Inci- dents in Suffolk and Kings Counties, 115, 117.

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that nothing could he left for their subsistence it was not long before the friendly neighbors hrought in a supply of such things as to make them comfortable and once more raised the drooping spirits of my mother Which were not easily sunk hy afflictions.

After various experiences-in the Northern campaign, then to Schoharie, Schenectady, Canajoharie and on Sulli- van's Western Expedition in 1779-the two lads returned with the army from Wyoming to Easton and "through the upper part of Jersey to Mendham near Morristown where we haulted1 that winter."

We had then heen two years from home without hearing anything from the family It was a happy meeting to us to find Mother and three sisters all well after undergoing the hardships of war with a sett of cut- throats around them who when mother applied to them with money in her hand not continental hut hard money to let her have some clothing for herself and daughters after being plundered hy the Refugees their friends But they refused to supply their wants The next campaign we were marched from one place to another nothing transpired till we went to winter quarters at Pompton. The next spring was much as hefore till we were ordered down the Chesapeake to Yorktown at that time I was on the sick list and remained so till the troops returned then went to Wallkill in the fall huilt huts for winter where I again joined them In the spring the army was discharged without money without anything and many no homes to go to every one had to look for himself as there was no quarter-master to give any more rations Each one must make the hest of his way among friends till he could find some home after serving seven years hard services without money, without clothing and often without provisions.

On returning to Paterson David learned the trade of car- penter, which he followed several years, being employed in the erection of the first cotton mill in Paterson, in 1792; in constructing the first dam (a wooden structure) above the Falls, and the Society's hotel, in 1794, on Market street, between Union and Hotel streets. By deed April 26, 1787, he conveyed to Jacob Van Winkle, jun., for £50 N. J. money (less than $125), a tract of three and a half acres, on the north side of Broadway, 5.39x6.82 chains, or 356 ft. on Broadway, and extending nearly to Division street.2 It must have been with reluctance that he thus parted with a portion of his father's former estate, and to the son of the man who had acquired nearly all the rest of Lot No. 8, West. He lived at Paterson at this date. He is said to have been employed as Agent of the S. U. M., about 1793- 94. In 1798 David Godwin (doubtless our Patersonian) was licensed to keep an inn at Princeton, and about the same time he joined the fire department of that classic vil- lage.3 He probably returned to Paterson a year or two later, and started a store on the corner of River and Bank streets, where his father first built. About 1800 or 1802 he went to Hackensack. On May 12, 1803, being then of Ber- gen county, he conveyed to Simeon Van Blaicom a tract of 2.75 acres on Broadway, near Straight street; "being the lot formerly belonging to Barent Cole, late of Paterson, de- ceased." The consideration was $425.4 It does not ap-

pear how David acquired these two tracts. By deed March 18, 1805, for $1,500, he conveyed to his brother Abraham a third of an acre "on the south side of Bridge street almost opposite the bridge over Passaic river." This was on Bank street, opposite the hotel. At Hackensack David kept a store, wharf, storehouse and inn for several years,1 being licensed in 1811-12-13. Removing to Hoboken in 1813 he kept an inn at that place, during 1815-16-17, and also took charge of the Stevens property, managing two horse- boats and two periaguas on the ferry to New York. Sub- sequently he kept a stage-house at the foot of Barclay street, New York. His wife established a first-class fash- ionable boarding house, at No. 65 Barclay street, which she conducted for several years with great success. In the spring of 1827, Adolphus W. Godwin, son of David, as- sumed control, converting it into a hotel, called the "Mont- gomery House." His father retired from active business about this time, and removed to Rhinebeck, where he spent his remaining years. A communication in the Paterson Guardian said of him :

He ever acted the part of a good citizen, honest patriot, and kind friend, and was respected by all who knew him. For eight years he adorned the Church of Christ as a constant and zealous member. The closing scene of his life was tranquil, and his mourning friends are comforted with the assurance, "Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord."

Third Generation.

Henry-Abraham Godwin and Catrina Bant had children (bap. at Totowa and at Hackensack):

I. Fiebie (Phœbe), b. April 13, 1773; m. John Brower, March 4, 1792. Issue: I. Henry Godwin, bap. June 9, 1793; 2. John, b. May 23, 1795.

II. Helena, b. March 20, 1775; m. John Devoe, Jan. 26, 1791. Issue: I. Abraham, b. Oct. 30, 1791; 2. Henry, b. Sept. 25, 1793; 3. John, b. April 20, 1795.

III.

IV. Abraham Gets, 2 b. June 4, 1780.

It is said that the children of Henry settled on the lands at Cayuga Lake, patented to their father. One of them afterwards settled in Louisville, Ky., where he left issue.

Abraham-Abraham Godwin and Mary Munson had child- ren:

I. Phebe, b. Nov. 26, 1782; bap. Aug. 1, 1783, in the Presbyterian church at Morristown; m. Peter-Simeon Van Winkle, Oct. 20, 1805;3 she was still living in 1835.

II. Henry, m. Mary, dau. of Edo Merselis, of the Lit- tle Falls road. He lived on the southwest corner of River and Bank streets, where he also kept a store and had a weave-shop in the cellar. He built two frame houses in West street, which were occupied by tenants or his employees, weaving being carried on in the basement. He also had houses in Marshall street and vicinity, which were devoted to the same uses, and his weavers were to be found in the

1 Doubtless "hutted" in the original. The copyist has mistaken the word.

2 Essex County Transcribed Deeds, H, 518. This was at Broadway and Summer street. See pp. 74, IOI.

3 Princeton and its Institutions, hy John F. Hageman, Philadelphia, 1879, II., 38, 19.

4 Essex County Transcribed Deeds, A, 360.

1 In an advertisement dated Hohoken, March 12, 1818, he offered for sale his "property at upper Hackensack: good substantial dwelling house and store, wharf and warehouse on the river."

2 Perhaps the clerk started to write Godwin.

3 For an account of her issue, see pp. 104, 106.

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basement under the frame extension of the Passaic Hotel. He carried on a fulling-mill for some years; was interested in the first foundry in Paterson; was elected town collector of Acquackanonk, in 1807; was a director in the first bank; was the first Postmaster of the town (1812-16); was appoint- ed on the original building committee of the First Presby- terian church (Jan. 28, 1814); and altogether filled a large place in the town. As was to have been expected, from his ancestry, he was a zealous military man, and Gov. Bloom- field commissioned him Quartermaster of the Third Regi- ment of militia, Sept. 20, 1806. He was afterwards captain of a cavalry company, and as illustrating his impulsive tem- perament, and the humorous lack of discipline in those free and easy "training days," it is related that on one occasion, when the cavalry were out to parade, on Main street, one rustic had a mettlesome horse which he could not readily control. Some one suggested, "Your horse is so frisky that you had better get out of the ranks and give him a sharp trot, and then he will settle down." The young man took the advice, and leaving the ranks galloped off past the com- pany. As he went by Capt. Godwin, the latter, who was a capital horseman, exclaimed: "No man in this company shall ever pass me!" and putting spurs to his horse dashed off at a furious pace after his fugitive recruit, and this im- promptu race did not end till they reached Stonehouse Plains ! Bluff and hearty in manner, handsome in appear- ance, with a kindly smile and a cheery word for everybody, "Harry" Godwin was the most popular man in Paterson. When the War of 1812 began, he devoted all his energies to the cotton manufacture. At the close of the War, in com- mon with every manufacturer (with a single exception) in the town, he was practically bankrupt. The soul of honor, and of a keenly sensitive nature, the thought that others would lose through him preyed on his mind. He was largely indebted to his father-in-law, and to secure him gave him a confession of judgment. He mentioned this fact to Andrew Parsons, the cashier of the Paterson Bank, who approved his course, and asked him to give a simi- lar confession of judgment to the Bank, to secure his indebtedness to that institution. Godwin readily did so. Parsons immediately hired the fastest team in town, drove to Newark, passing Mr. Merselis on the way, and entered up the judgment in favor of the Bank before the latter got to the court house. This was a cruel blow to Godwin, and a few days after (July 4, 1816) he was found dead in the woods, in the rear of his father-in-law's house. His un- timely death was profoundly lamented by the whole town. His widow survived him for many years, greatly esteemed by a wide circle of friends.

III. Susanna, m. John R. Davis, of Philadelphia, Feb. 8, 1807; d. Oct. 21, 1813. Issue: I. Maria, d. in inf .; 2. Ann Eliza, m. Russell Stebbins, of New York, and d. in that city, Feb. 26, 1849, aged 38 years.

IV. Caleb Munson, b. Dec. 10, 1788; m. Ist, Phebe Valentine; she d. July 6, 1817, aged 31 yrs. ; the newspaper obituary notice adds: "About three weeks previous, her in- fant child, ten months old, both of consumption;" he m. 2d, Evelina, dau. of John Read, of New York, July 15, 1823; d.

in New York, Jan. 31, 1850. He was named after his ma- ternal grandfather, but was almost universally called “Mun- son" Godwin. He was a prominent cotton manufacturer for many years. In the First Presbyterian church he was a trustee, 1819-32, and an elder, 1819-40. When the Me- chanics' Bank was started in 1833, he was elected President; its failure in 1834 was keenly mortifying to him, although he had some months previously resigned the Presidency. He retired from business and removed to New York, about 1845.

V. Abraham, b. July 14, 1791; m. Martha, dau. of John Parke, in Philadelphia, in 1815; d. Aug. 18, 1849; she d. Dec. 27, 1859. What could have been expected of an Abraham Godwin but that when the War of 1812 was de- clared, he was among the first to place his sword at his country's service ? He was commissioned a first lieutenant in a regularly-enlisted company, for the war, under Captain Van Dalsen, and went in the Canadian expedition under Gen. Brown and Gen. Izard. Subsequently he was prom- inent in the State militia, rising through successive grades to the rank of Brigadier General. To distinguish him from his father, he was popularly known as "the young General." He succeeded his brother Henry as Post- master, in 1816, retaining the office until 1829; on the change of administration in 1849 he was again appointed to the office, which he filled at the time of his death. He was connected with the firm of Godwin, Clark & Co., machinists and cotton manufacturers, for many years. The people elected him fire warden, 1821-27, and to the Assembly in 1824 and 1828. He resided most of his life in Water street, near the old hotel. Besides his exten- sive manufacturing interests, he carried on a grocery, dry- goods and hardware store for some years, part of the time in partnership with his nephew, Peter Godwin Van Winkle, on the southwest corner of Main and Van Houten streets, he having bought that property from Elijah Searles, March 23, 1820, for $110.1 He was a man of superior ability, dig- nified in bearing, the soul of hospitality, and with a delight- ful urbanity and evenness of temper.

VI. Elizabeth Waldron, b. Aug. 24, 1796; m. Ira Munn, Jan. 19, 1816; he was b. March 10, 1792. He conducted the Passaic Hotel in 1826-28; d. at Paterson, Oct. 5, 1857.2

1 Essex County Transcribed Deeds, C, 577. This lot was 25x91 ft., with an extension about 40×34 ft. in the rear; in all, 3,958 sq. ft. He bought from Joseph Demaray, of New York, April 24, 1822, for $1,750, a plot of 6,022 sq. ft. adjoining the former. - Ib., E, 243.

2 Samuel Munn, of a well-known Orange family, was b. June 6, 1760; m. Ist, Rutb James (b. Dec. 2, 1760; d. Jan. 10, 1794); 2d, Lydia Munn (b. Jan. 7, -); d. July 28, 1812. Issue (all by his first wife):

I. Abiah, b. Oct. 2, 1780.

II. David, b, Oct 2, 1783.

III. Phebe, b. Oct. 13, 1787.

IV. Ira, b. March 10, 1792; m. Elizabeth Waldron, dau. of Abraham Godwin, Jan. 9, 1816; d. Oct. 5, 1857, at Paterson.

Third Generation.

Ira Munn and Elizabeth Waldron Godwin bad children :

I. Samuel,; b. Dec. 24, 1816, at Orange; d. Aug. 30, 1883, at Bogota, N. J.

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VII. Maria, m. Ist, Halmagh Van Houten; 2d, Henry H. Post, "of the firm of Ryerson & Post," Oct. 6, 1823; d. June 7, 1836; he d. June 3, 1876. Issue (by her second husband): I. Peter, b. Aug. 24, 1824; 2. Henry Godwin, b. Aug. 4, 1826; 3. Mary, d. in inf .; 4. William. 1

VIII. Catharine, b. Feb. 14, 1803, d. young.

IX. David Griffith, b. May 25, 1805, d. young.

X. Margaret, m. Roberts R. Taylor, Feb. 3, 1831; d. Oct. 17, 1884, aged 87 yrs .; he was b. Nov. 26, 1803; d. Feb. 2, 1877. He was clerk for Godwin, Clark & Co., for many years, and later for Nathaniel Lane. Issue: Mary Godwin, b. Feb. 2, 1835; m. Ist, Charles E. Van Buren, Sept. 30, 1857; 2d, Thaddeus S. Mandell (widr. of Jennie, dau. of Joseph Smith, of Paterson), a Boston merchant, Dec. 20, 1866; d. Feb. 20, 1894. Child (by her first hus- band): Charles M., m. Mary Alexander, dau. of William G. Townley, of Paterson; Mr. Van Buren is a lawyer, residing in Paterson.

David-Abraham Godwin and Catharina Waldron had children:

I. Catharine Bogert, b. May Io, 1792; m. Charles G. De Witt, of Kingston, N. Y., April 25, 18II.

II. Abraham Resolvert, m. Elizabeth he was an innkeeper at Hoboken. His will, dated Jan. 26, 1820 (he being then in New York), proved March 28, 1820, names wife Elizabeth, and children David and Sarah Eliz- abeth. David settled in New Orleans.

III. Adolphus Waldron; he kept the Montgomery House, No. 65 Barclay street, N. Y., in 1827 and for some time thereafter; he was generally called Gordon, instead of Godwin.

IV. Maria Phoenix, b. Nov. 16, 1800.

V. Elizabeth Waldron.

It might be added here that David Godwin was a warm friend of Aaron Burr.

Fourth Generation.

Caleb Munson-Abraham-Abraham Godwin and Phebe Valentine had children:

I. Alfred Davis, b. Oct. 20, 1809; d. young.

II. Edgar Valentine, b. May 26, 1812; m. Ann Eliza Colladay, of Philadelphia, Aug. 24, 1836, at Louisville, Ky.

Abraham-Abraham-Abraham Godwin and Martha- Parke had children:

I See pp. 149, 151.

II. Abraham Godwin, b. Jan. 17, 1819, at Orange; m. Ariana God- win.

III. Alexander Muir, b. Sept. 23, 1821, at Orange; d. March 28, 1822.

IV. Ophelia, b. Aug. 12, 1823, at Orange; d. April -, 1866.

V. William, b. July 31, 1826, at the Passaic Hotel, Paterson; d. Feb. 16, 1827.

VI. Henry, b. July 31, 1826 (twin with William); d. Jan. 30, 1827. Both these children were buried in the old Dutch Church burying ground on Ryle avenue.

VII. John Davis, b. May 30, 1828, at the Passaic Hotel; m. - -, June 21, 1846.

VIII. Theodore James, b. May 4, 1831, at Godwinville; d. March 30, 1832; buried in the old Dutch Church burying ground at Paterson.

I. Parke, b. Feb. 25, 1816, at Paterson; he studied at Nassau Hall, a famous academy in its day, at Acquack- anonk; graduated from Princeton College, 1834. He then studied law, and removing to Louisville, Kentucky, was ad- mitted to the bar, but did not practice. Returning to New York, he m. Fanny, dau. of William Cullent Bryant, the famous American poet, May 12, 1842. For many years (1837-53, 1865-75) he was associated with Mr. Bryant in editing and managing the New York Evening Post. Al- though wielding a powerful influence in public affairs, in which he always took an active part, he has held but one public office, that of Deputy Collector of the Port of New York, to which he was appointed by President Polk, in 1845. He was one of the first of American scholars to di- rect attention to the riches of German literature, in which he was profoundly versed. His History of Ancient Gaul is a standard work on that obscure subject. In metropoli- tan journalism he exercised a commanding influence, and under his management the Post was recognized as one of the most influential papers in the city. Besides the History mentioned, he has written a number of other works and has delivered many public addresses of permanent value.1 Is- sue : I. Bryant; 2. Minna; 3. Annie; 4. Harold (class of 1879, Princeton); 5. Nora; 6. Fanny.

II. Maria M., b. 1818, at Paterson; m. William Cole- man Gray, of New York, Oct. 3, 1835; d. June -, 1895; he was b. 1810, in New York city; d. July 31, 1888, at Pater- son, where he had retained a residence for fifty years, al- though at one time Collector of the port of New Orleans. Issue: I. Mary Coleman, b. 1837; m. Enrique A. Mexia, of the city of Mexico; 2. Alice, b. 1839; d. 1840; 3. Coleman, b. 1845; he is a well known architect; 4. Godwin, b. 1849; d. 1893, unm .; 5. Amy, b. 1856; m. Arthur H. Ives, of Batavia, N. Y.

III. Ariana, m. Abraham Godwin Munn, son of Ira Munn. She was bright, vivacious and attractive, and her presentation of a flag to the Godwin Guards, July 4, 1836, was an event forever cherished in the memory of every mem- ber of that gallant corps. She resides at Louisville, Ky.

IV. Henry, m. Helen Jackson, dau. of Dr. Jackson, of Binghamton, N. Y .; she m. 2d, ----- , Frank A. Wood, of Washington, D. C .; she d. in Washington in the spring of 1895. Henry disappeared at the close of the late War, and was never heard of again. Issue: I. Thomas J. ; 2. Henry P., m. Annie F- --; they live in Washington.

V. Martha, m. Richard DeGray; he was b. in 1840, a son of Richard De Gray, of Manchester. For many years he practised law in New Orleans. His present residence is Monmouth Beach, N. J. Issue: I. Godwin; 2. Richard Sidney, dec .; 3. Frederick; 4. Edith.

VI. Abraham, m. Rachel --; she n1. 2d, Joseph Alex, of New York. Abraham was in the army during the late War, and was in the battle of the Wilderness, after which he was never seen or heard from. Issue : I. Parke, m. Nelly , and lives at Anniston, Ala .; 2. William, m. Maria G. R- -; lives at Westerly, R. I.

I A volume of these addresses was published in 1894.

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Henry-Abraham-Abraham Godwin and Mary Merselis had children:

I. Abraham (Abram H.), b. May 2, 1807; m. Ann Eliza, dau. of Charles B. Parke, of Philadelphia, July 10, 1838; d. Jan. 5, 1884; she d. Nov. I1, 1889, aged 84 years, 5 mos., 4 days.

II. Eleanor, b. Feb. 19, 1809; m. Abraham Prall, Dec. 19, 1839; he was b. May 6, 1807, on Staten Island; d. March 26, 1849. Issue:

I. Mary Merselis, d. July 31, 1887, aged 46 yrs., 9 mos., 13 days, unm.

2. Abraham, d. aged about 20 years.

3. Ann Mersereau, m. William Talcott, a well-known lawyer, of Jersey City, June 1, 1882; he d. in 1893.

4. Peter Mersereau, 1 d. under 19 years.

5. Jeanie Godwin, m. Frederick N. Dodge, son of Dr. Henry Stuart Dodge, of Hartford, Conn.

III. Jane Maria, b. April 23, 1811; m. John Campbell, of Mobile, Alabama, Oct. 19, 1837; d. March -, 1878; he was b. July 10, 1803; d. July 10, 1846. Issue:

I. John, m. Mrs. Kate Dexter, wid. of George R. Dexter. Mr. Campbell was for many years a broker in New York, but retired from business some years ago.

2. Robert.

3. Eliza, d. in inf.

4. Henry Godwin, m. Margery, dau. of Edwin T. Prall, Oct. 21, 1874. He is a broker in New York, but re- sides in Paterson. Issue: I. Jane; 2. Edward; 3. Henry.

IV. Edo Merselis, d. Oct. 8, 1813, aged 3 mos., 20 days.

V. Phebe, d. young, unm.

In concluding this account of the Godwin family, the fol- lowing advertisement in the New York Directory for 1786, relating to the "old General," is of interest: "Abraham God- win, engraver and seal-maker, has removed to the foot of Gold street, next to the corner of Maiden-lane, in a house lately occupied by Mr. Morgan, painter." It is undersood that about this time he was a partner of Peter Maverick, the engraver.

THE BENSENS.

Dirck Bensingh,2 the progenitor of the Bensen family of New York and New Jersey, was not a Hollander, but a

1 He was named after his uncle, Peter Mersereau Prall, of the firm of Prall & Brothers, cotton manufacturers, at New Prospect, Bergen county; he removed to Jackson, Tenn., and there died, Sept. 16, 1836, in his 35th year.

2 There is some controversy as to the proper spelling of this name. The original Dirck always wrote his autograph thus X which may be regarded as an algebraic symbol of the unknown orthography of the name. In documents he is usually called Bensick or Bensich; later, Ben- singh, Bensinck. Inasmuch as Dutch names with the terminal sen were very common in his day, the fact that the scriveners never called him.Bensen would seem to indicate that he himself never used that name. If he had been Dirck Bensen-that is, son of Ben-we would ex- pect to find the name Benjamin repeated in each generation. Asa mat- ter of fact, it occurs but once in a century or more. However, all his children were called Bensen, or Benson, the latter being the usage among the New York descendants. The family in this vicinity have always been strenuous about spelling it Bensen.

Swede, according to family tradition. He came from Groningen1 to Amsterdam, where he married Catalina, daughter of Samson Berck and Tryntie van Rechteren. 2 About 1648 he came to New Amsterdam with his wife, and on August 2, 1649, bought a house and lot near the fort; four years later (Oct. 15, 1653) he bought another house and lot on Broadway. On June 29, 1654, at his request, the Direc- tor and Council allowed him "to leave this place to pro- mote his own affairs."3 He had been granted a lot, Oct. 25, 1653, at Fort Orange (Albany), whither he now removed and built a house for himself and family, and plied his trade as a carpenter. He d. Feb. 12, 1659; his widow m. Harman Tomasz. Hun, of Amersfoort, in 1662.4

Second Generation.

Dirck Bensingh (Bensen) and Catalina Berck had child- ren:

I. Dirck, b. 1650; m. Ist, Thysie Claes (dau. of Claes Jansen Stavast, of Albany); 2d, Jannetie (dau. of Barent Pietersen) Coeymans, of Albany; he removed to New York in 1693, and became quite wealthy; d. June 26, 1717. Issue: I. Catalina, b. 1683; m. Ist, Johannes Frassen (Vander- meulen), June 10, 1704; 2d, John Kelly; 2. Eva, bap. July 3, 1686; d. in inf. ; 3. Rachel, b. April 13, 1689; m. Hans Machielse Bergen; d. 1752; 4. Eva, bap. March 19, 1693; m. Anthony Duane, May 4, 1717; 5. Derick, bap. July 5, 1696; d. Aug. 30, 1734; unm .; 6. Thysie, bap. Sept. 13, 1699; m. James Henderson.

II. Samson, b. 1652; m. Ist, Tryntie Van Deusen; 2d, Grietie, dau. of Abraham Kermer, and widow of Capt. Jacob van Tilburg; d. June 2, 1730. He removed to New York in 1696, and was a potter by trade. Issue: I. Cata- lina, b. 1675; m. Stoffel Pels, Nov. 28, 1697; d. 1705; 2. Derick, b. 1677; 3. Teuwes (Matthew), b. 1679; m. Cath- arina Provoost, Jan. 10, 1706; 4. Harman, b. 1681; m. Aaltje Bikkers, July 19, 1702; 5. Samson, b. 1684; 6. Robert, b. 1585; m. Cornelia Roos, March 14, 1708; 7. William, b. I687; 8. Elizabeth, b. 1689; m. Egbert van Borsem, Feb. 17, 17II; 9. Johannes, b. 1692; 10. Helena, b. 1694; II. Maria, b. 1695; d. young; 12. Henricus, b. 1698; m. Cath- arina van Laar, April 9, 1722; 13. Catalina, b. 1707; unm. in 1726.

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History of the city of Paterson and the County of Passaic, New Jersey, Part 72

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