History of the city of Paterson and the County of Passaic, New Jersey, Part 73

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

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III. Johannes, b. 1655; m. Elizabeth Van Deusen, dau. of Teuwes (Matthew) Van Deusen, of Albany, Feb. 2, 1680; d. 1715; she d. 1746. He was a lieutenant, and later a captain, of the forces raised to resist the invasion by the French and Indians in 1689. In 1696 he removed to New York, and shortly after to Harlem.5 He was the ancestor of the Totowa Bensens.

IV. Catrina, b. 1657; m. Ist, Dr. Reynier Schaets, a justice of the peace at Schenectady, where he was killed in

1 A town dating back to A. D. 48, and enclosed by walls in 1110. The present population is 35,000 .- Terwen, 682.

2 Pearson's Albany Records, III., 4.

3 N. Y. Hist. MSS., I., 47, 53, 139, 379.

"+ 4 Pearson's Albany Records, 394; Riker's Hist. of Harlem, 480.

5 Munsell's Annals of Albany, II., 209.

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the midnight massacre of Feb. 8, 1690; 2d, Jonathan Brad- by letter from Harlem, July 6, 1718. Issue: I. Helena, hurst. bap. Feb. 3, 1723; 2. Petrus, bap. 173I.

V. Maria, b. 1659; m. Volckert Van Hoesen.

Third Generation. 1

Johannes-Dirck Bensen and Elisabeth Van Deusen had children:

I. Samson, b. Oct. 15, 1680, at Albany; m. Maria Myer, July, 1699; d. in 1740, while building a mill at Har- lem.

II. Helena, b. Oct. 8, 1682; m. Lawrence Kortright.

III. Dirck, b. Feb. 28, 1686; m. Ist, Januetie Van de water, Oct. 16, 1707; 2d, Catalina, dau. of Abraham A. Bokee, in I7II; d. 175I. Issue: I. Elizabeth, m. Abraham Ley- decker, of Harlem; joined the Schraalenburgh church by certificate, March 25, 1733; 2. Tanneke; 3. Helena, m. Peter Banta; 4. Catalina, m. Dr. Josiah Paterson, of New York; 5. Maria; 6. John, m. Marytje Leydecker, of Hack- ensack, May 18, 1746; children-I. Cattelyntie, b. April 17, I750; 2. Dirck, m. --- , and had ch., Johannes, b. Oct. 18, 1778.

IV. Catalyna, b. Aug. 24, 1688; m. Jacob Samman, May 17, 1706.

V. Ragel, b. Aug. 29, 1690; m. Johannes Kouwen- hooven, May 8, 1708. They joined the Hackensack church

1 The dates of births of the children of Johannes-Dirck Bensen and of Johannes-Johannes-Dirck Bensen are taken from the record in a Dutch Bible printed at Dort, 1741-44, by Jacob and Hend. Keur, which was in the possession of the late Cornelius H. Post, a son-in-law of David Bensen. These entries are as follows:

Anno 1680 den 2 February is Johannis Bensen getrouwt* met Elisa- beth Van Deusen.

anno 1680 den 15 October is geboren sin erste soont Samson bonsen anno 1682 den 8 october is geboren sin erste dochter helena bensen anno 1686 den 28 february is geboren syn Soon Dirck bensen

anno 1688 den 24 augustes Sin tweden dochter# Catalyna bensen anno 1690 den 29-agustes is geboren Syn derde dochter Ragel bensen anno 1693 den 5 January is geboren Sin derde Soon matteues Bensen anno 1695 den 27 Augustes is geboren Cattaryna bensen.

anno 1699 den 26 April is geboren marya bensen.

anno 1701 Den 28 mey is geboren Johannis Bensen

Beniamien bensen is geboren maert 29 het Iaer is niet gevonden§

Anno 1724 den 22 mey is getrout

Johannis Bensen met Elisabeth Leydecker

anno 1725 den 13 october is geboren sin Erste dochter Elisabeth Ben- sen.

anno 1727 den 3 october is geboren sin Erste Soon Gerret Bensen an is gestorvenll July de 19-1764

anno 1730 den 27 yanuary is geboren Sin Twede Soon Johannis Ben- sen

anno 1732 den 17 maert is geboren Sin Derde Soon Cornelius Bensen anno 1734 den 28 Juny is geboren Sin Twede dochter catelyntie ben- sen

anno 1736 November 19 is geboren Sin Vierde Soon Mattheus bensen. Een rechte Copey! December 1767

Johannis bensen.

November 14 1778 is geboren Samuel Banta en Son van Dirrick Banta an Elisabeth Bensen

January 14 1781 is Rebecke banta

1783 May 20 is geboren Grietie Banta en is gestorven Den 14 Novem- ber 1783

*Married. ¡ His first son was born. #His second daughter. §The year is not found. ||Died. TA true copy.

VI. Matteues (Matthew), b. Jan. 5, 1693; m. Ist, Elizabeth, dau. of Arent Bussing, Dec. 12, 1716; 2d, Anna Etsal (Hannah Edsal, dau. of John Edsal, and widow of Gerret DeGroot), Dec. 9, 1727. They joined the Hacken- sack church by letter from Harlem, Aug. 29, 1731. He was a cooper by trade, and afterwards a "vintner" in Dey street, New York, where he died. Issue: I. Gerret, bap. Oct. 15, 1728; d. 1758, unm .; 2. Benjamin, bap. March 19, 1732; 3. Samuel, m. Ann Steel, Dec. 23, 1759; 4. Geertie, (Charity), bap. Jan. 26, 1735; m. William Sloe, July 27, 1755.

VII. Cattaryna, b. Aug. 27, 1695; m. Abraham De La Meeter, Feb. 21, 1718.

VIII. Marya, b. April 26, 1699; m. Ryck Leydecker, April 19, 1718. Issue (baptized at Hackensack or Schraal- enburgh): I. Neeltie, bap. Feb. 22, 1719; d. in inf .; 2. Cor- nelia, bap. June 25, 1720; d. in inf .; 3. Elizabeth, bap. Sept. 23, 1721; d. in inf .; 4. Cornelia, bap. May 10, 1724; 5. Johannes, bap. May 23, 1731; 6. Elizabeth, bap. Aug. 26, 1733; 7. Sam. Bensen, bap. June 6, 1736; 8. and 9. Rachel and Katrientjin, twins, bap. Sept. 24, 1738.

IX. Johannes, b. May 28, 1701; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Gerret Leydecker, May 22, 1724. He conveyed his lands at Harlem to Peter Bussing, May 14, 1733, aud removed to Bergen county, where he and his wife joined the Hacken- sack church by certificate from Harlem, June 3, 1733. He owned a large farm at Englewood; the Presbyterian church of that place is on his former farm.

X. Beniamien, b. March 29, 1704.

Fourth Generation.

Johannes-Johannes-Dirck Bensen and Elizabeth Ley- decker had children:

I. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 13, 1725; m. Hendrick Jacobis- sen Banta, both b. and 1. at Hackensack, July 16, 1743. His farm was at Tenafly; he owned another at Orange town, Rockland county, N. Y., where his wid. d. Dec. 8, 1812. Issue: I. Jannitje, bap. May 13, 1744; m. Jacob Westervelt; 2. Elisabeth, bap. Nov. 16, 1746; 3. Maria, b. Nov. 26, 1750; m. Gideon Verveelen; 4. Catlyntje, b. April 3, 1756; d. Oct. 12, 1810, unm .; 5. Dirck, b. Jan. 22, 1765; m. Maria Demarest.

II. Gerret, b. Oct. 3, 1727; m. Eva Berdan, Feb. 9, 1754, and joined the Schraalenburgh church April 18, 1759; d. July 19, 1764. Issue: I. Elizabeth, b. April 6, 1755; 2. Maria, bap. June 26, 1757; 3. Johannes, bap. Oct. 14, 1759; m. Maria Lozier (childreu-I. Marya, bap. Nov. 25, 1781; 2. Gerrit, bap. Sept. 7, 1783; 3. Elizabeth, bap. Jan. 15, 1785; 4. Eva, b. Aug. 8, 1787; 5. Rachel, b. Sept. 14, 1789); 4. Jannetie, bap. Feb. 21, 1762; m. William Lozier (ch., Catrina, bap. Oct. 30, 1789); 5. Kattelyte (Tryntie, Cat- lina, Tyne), bap. May 27, 1764; m. Peter-David Demarest. Issue: I. Rebecka, b. March 17, 1789; 2. David, b. Aug. 16, 1791; 3. John, b. March 27, 1794; 4. Elesebeth, b. Sept. 4, 1796; 5. Abraham, b. June II, 1799; 6. Gerit, b. April 29, 1802; 7. Mareah, b. Feb. 17, 1805.

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III. Johannes, b. Jan. 27, 1730; m. Rebecca Demarest, of River Edge, Bergen county; d. June 16, 1804; she d. Feb. 5, 1812, aged 80 yrs., 14 days. He and his wife were buried in the old Dutch church burying ground in Ryle ave- nue; a few years ago the remains were removed to Sandy . Hill. He lived near the Liberty Pole, a short distance be- low the English Neighborhood, in Bergen county. During the early part of the Revolution, he and his three brothers were engaged in farming on shares at Tappan. He used to relate that one spring the farm was traversed by the armies. The crops were apparently utterly destroyed, but as the event proved, the harvest turned out to be the best the farmers had ever had. He was an ardent patriot during the Revolution, on which account he was driven from his home by the Tories and compelled repeatedly to sleep in barns, hay-ricks, and other places of concealment. He was ap- pointed a justice of the peace for Bergen county in 1781, and on November 25, 1783, was appointed one of the judges of the Bergen county courts, holding these offices for many years. It was probably shortly after the Revolution that he bought a farm and mill seat, comprising 38 acres, on the Ramapo river, adjoining Samuel Bertholf and Andrew Hopper. On May 7, 1788, he sold the property for £445 to Cornelius L. Bogert, "with the privilege of maintaining the mill now standing and to rebuild or build a new one." This property was probably near Oakland. On April 18, 1789, he bought from Walter Rutherford and others, Lot No. 134 in the Ramapo tract, comprising 25.87 acres. In the deed he is described as of Franklin township. Soon after this latter date, he bought from the Van Houtens a farm of 90 acres, now embraced in the Laurel Grove cemetery. He was living on this farm on May I, 1790, when he mortgaged it to Robert Morris, of New York, for £100, payable in one year. In this mortgage the farm is described as "lying on Passaicriver, bounded easterly and southerly by Passaic river, westerly by lands of Cornelius Van Houten and northerly by the highway leading from Passaic Falls to Major Rich- ard Dey's." He also bought Lot No. 2 (containing 109 acres), and Lot No. 3 (containing 402 acres) in the Hoek patent, at the Harteberg.1 The latter he sold to Hermanus Coerte of Pequannock, Morris county, April 25, 1796, for £240. The former was sold by his executors, May 15, 1806, for $3,750, to Eldrick Yorks, of Genessee county, New York, John Yorks, of Caldwell, and Cornelius Yorks, of Newark.2 He lived on the Totowa farm of 90 acres until his death. He was regarded as a highly-influential man in his day, and was universally respected. His will, dated Jan. 15, 1800, was proved Oct. 4, 1804.3

IV. Cornelius, b. March 17, 1732; m. Cornelia De- baun. They joined the Schraalenburgh church on con- fession, Nov. 17, 1763. Issue : I. Yannetie, bap. Oct. 2, 1757; 2. Johannes, bap. Feb. 15, 1759; 3. Garet, b. July 30, 1764; m. - (children-I. Mareytye, b. Dec. 30, 1785;

1 These were two of the subdivisions of the tract bought by the Van Houtens and the Van Giesens, June 14, 1736, as mentioned on p. 236.

2 Bergen County Transcribed Deeds, A, 266, 365; F, 291 ; E, 148; Bergen County Transcribed Mortgages, A, 133.

3 Bergen County Wills, A, 24.

2. Cornelia, b. Nov. 14, 1787); 4. Petrus, bap. Oct. 10, 1766; 5. Margrietje, b. Feb. 24, 1769; 6. Catelyntye, bap. Dec. I, 1771; 7. Marya, bap. May 23, 1774; 8. Cornelius, b. March II, 1777. There was a Cornelius Bensen, perhaps this last, who m. Mary Van Dien, from the Ponds. He was a carpenter by trade, and lived at the Ponds, but removed to Paterson, building a house, in 1822, on the south side of Broadway, west of Church street. On Feb. 12, 1828, he bought a lot on North Main street, from Daniel Holsman, where he lived several years. On March 5, 1835, for $2,000, he bought from Jacob Polhemus and Elizabeth his wife, two farms at Lower Preakness, one of 72 acres and one of 45 acres, and there he passed the remainder of his days.1 Children-I. John J., a carpenter, who lived at 284 Broadway; will dated November 29, 1859; proved February 6, 1860; he d. unm .; 2. Albert Van Dien, b. Jan. 20, 1823; administration on his estate was granted to Aun Bensen and James Pietersen, December 13, 1870; 3. Helen Ann, b. June 3, 1825; m. William-John Doremus, near the Preak- ness church.

V. Catelyntie (Catrina), b. June 28, 1734; m. Ist, Isac La Meter (Izaak Lamette, Isaac De La Mater), Jan. II, 1756; 2d, Jacobus Brinkerhoff, Aug. 25, 1792. Issue (by her first husband): I. Johannes, b. Aug. 13, 1756; 2. Beletei, b. March 20, 1762; 3. Abraham, bap. Nov. 25, 1767; 4. Gerret, bap. May 28, 1775.

VI. Mattheus, b. Nov. 19, 1736; m. -: Issue: I. Albert, bap. Feb. 12, 1764; prob. m. Sarah Folk; 2. Eva, bap. May 22, 1777; 3. John, bap. March 13, 1779; 4. Dirck (twin with John), bap. March 13, 1779.

Fifth Generation.

Johannes-Johannes-Johannes-Dirck Bensen and Rebecca Demarest had children (baptized at Schraalenburgh):

I. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 3, 1754; m. Dirck Banta, May 12, 1776; d. Dec. 17, 1834; he d. March 25, 1820. They removed to Fonda's Bush, Montgomery county, N. Y., about 1791, and subsequently to. Marcellus, N. Y. Issue : I. Samuel, b. Nov. 14, 1778; m. Abigail Goodwin; 2. Re- becka, b. Jan. 14, 1781; d. Feb. 8, 1833; unm .; 3. Grietie, b. May 20, 1783; d. Nov. 14, 1783; 4. John, b. Oct. 15, 1784; m. Lucy Macpherson; 5. Seba, b. Oct. 26, 1787; m. Lucinda Smith ; 6. Margrietie, b. March 25, 1790; m. Nich- olas R. Van Vranken; 7. David, b. Dec. 27, 1793; m. Han- nah Adela White; 8. Peter Bogert, b. Oct. 13, 1795; d. Oct. 5, 1842, unm.

II. Antie (Anne), bap. April 16, 1757; prob. m. Hen- drick Coerta, June 9, 1792, at Acquackanonk.

III. Johannes, m. Maria Westervelt, at Schraalen- burgh, May 15, 1784; d. Dec. 25, 1799, aged 40 yrs., 5 mos., 6 days; she m. 2d, - - Demott, of Pompton Plains; 3d (when she was 60 yrs. old), Major Ewout Van Gelder, of Pompton Plains; d. Feb. 10, 1851, aged 85 yrs., 6 mos .; Maj. Van Gelder d. March 16, 1845, aged 89 yrs., II mos. John Bensen was an officer in the militia, being known as ,Captain John Bensen. He lived in Paterson, and was for

1 Bergen County Transcribed Deeds, Q, 165 ; W, 294.

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several years prior to his death Agent of the Society for Es- tablishing Useful Manufactures. While riding a load of lumber from Hackensack to Totowa he was caught in a heavy rain and took cold, which caused his death.

IV. Lena, bap. June 13, 1762.

V. David, bap. Nov. 10, 1765; m. Elizabeth (b. in 1772, dau. of Dirck-Gerrebrant) Van Houten, Jan. 21, 1792; d. July -, 1862, at the great age of nearly 97 years; she d. Aug. 15, 1839. While still living on his father's farm in the Ramapo Valley, he learned his trade at Passaic as carpenter and millwright, walking back and forth at least once a week between his home and his master's shop. After his mar- riage he lived for some years in the old frame house still standing on the northeast corner of Broadway and Mulberry street. In the summer time he worked at his trade as a carpenter, and in winter as a millwright. He used to relate that he was employed in carting stone, with a pair of oxen, from Little Falls to Paterson, for the erection of the first cotton mill in 1792-93. He leased the grist-mill at the foot of the Island for two or three years, up to July 17, 1801. By advice of Judge Gerrebrant Van Houten, he bought the property on Water street next southwest of the Doremus homestead, by various deeds, 1816-1834, 1 and lived there in a stone house, which he greatly enlarged in 1824; the site is now occupied by Leonard Sandford's residence. He was a man of unusual intelligence, fond of reading newspapers all his life, and kept familiar with the affairs of the day. On account of his venerable appearance and age, in his later ycars he was known as "Faady" (Grandfather) Ben- sen. To the last he preserved a vivid recollection of inci- dents of the Revolution, and of traditions related to him by his father and other aged relatives. Even when he was 93 years old, it was still his custom to walk from his house in Water street to the residence of his son . David, at Lower Preakness, a distance of five or six miles. His will, dated October 6, 1853, codicil July 24, 1856, was proved August 2, 1862.

VI. Katilynter, bap. Dcc. 6, 1767; prob. the Tyne Bensen who removed to Syracuse, N. Y.

VII. Daniel, bap. Dec. 25, 1771; m. Rachel Doremus, Nov. 29, 1795. He and his brother David acquired the 90- acre farm of their father on Totowa. David conveyed his interest to Daniel. The latter entered into an agreement with Edo Merselis, on the opposite side of the river, April 29, 1806, in pursuance of which they erected a dam across the river at the foot of the road leading from Totowa to Singac, and near the entrance to the Laurel Grove ceme- tery; on the northwest bank of the river, just above the dam, they erected a grist-and saw-mill; the latter was prob- ably destroyed in the freshet of 1810. The grist-mill was a small affair, having but one run of stone. It was subse- quently sold to Albert Zabriskie, and finally the mill-rights were purchased by the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures, which removed the mill and the dam.2 After selling his mill, Daniel went to the Genessee country, and

afterwards to the vicinity of Randolph, Cattaraugus county" New York, whither most of his children accompanied him. Issue: I. Rebecka, b. June 8, 1796; m. - · Kiersted, and went to Madison, Wisconsin; 2. Davit, b. April 17, 1798; m. Tiney Pier, near Caldwell; 3. Johonnis, b. July 25, 1800; m. in Cattaraugus county; 4. Jannetye, b. Sept. 13, 1802; d. young; 5. Gerret, b. Feb. 9, 1805; d. in inf .; 6. Cornelus, b. May 12, 1807; d. young; 7. Garret, b. July 31, 1810; d. young; 8. Peter, b. Aug. 26, 1812; d. unm.

VIII. Gerret. He went to Syracuse, N. Y., the home of his sister Tyne, but afterwards removed to Schencctady, where he m. Dolly (Dorothea) Hoffman, Dec. 2, 1793. Is- sue : I. Mary, b. Dec. 23, 1795; 2. Gilbert, b. Nov. 9, 1796.

Sixth Generation.

Johannes-Johannes-Johannes-Johannes-Dirck Bensen and Maria Westervelt had children:

I. Johanis (John), b. July 9, 1786; m. Ruth Backman, Nov. 24, 18II; d. Aug. 18, 1862; she d. Jan. 6, 1839, in her 47th year. Her father was a Pennsylvania German; her mother was Margaret Backman, long a resident of Paterson. John studied medicine with Dr. Brower, of Greenwich street, New York, for seven years. He frequently walked back and forth between his home at Totowa and New York while pursuing his studies. Before completing the requisite eight years of his apprenticeship his health failed, and he gave up further study. He kept a general country store for a time, making a specialty of medicines. He then engaged in cotton spinning with John Rutan, the firm name being Rutan & Bensen. They began in the Harmony mill, about 1825, but soon after leased the old Post mill at Slooterdam, where they spun cotton three years, and afterwards occupied a fine new stone mill on Spruce street, where the Ivanhoe paper mill now is. In 1832 Bensen was in partnership with Caleb Munson Godwin. After the panic of 1837, when the cotton manufacture in Paterson was completely prostrated, he carried on a grocery store. Subsequently, and for many years prior to his death, he was a justice of the peace and scrivener, having his office under the Old Bank at one time; afterwards in Main street, between the bank and Market street, and also in Market street. He was universally known as "Squire" Van Houten. He was an elder in the First Presbyterian church, 1823-40, and all his children were baptized there. When the division in the Presbyterian denomination occurred, in 1837, his sympathies were with the New School wing, and he accordingly joined with others in organizing the Second Presbyterian church in 1840, re- maining in that connection until his death. In his early days he was called John W. Bensen, and his name so ap- pears in the record of his marriage.

II. Jacob, b. Jan. 21, 1790; m. Margaret Laroe. He was a builder in New York, where he died. Issue: I. John; 2. Margaret; 3. Maria; 4. Ann.

III. Sofya, b. Oct. 20, 1795; m. Cornelius H. Van Ness; d. Aug. 26, 1886; he d. Dec. 20, 1851, aged 60 yrs., 3 mos., 22 days. He lived in Newark, where they both died, but are buried in the Pompton Plains church-yard.

1 Bergen County Transcribed Deeds, K, 28, 593 ; M, 171.

2 Bergen County Transcribed Deeds, D, 622, 624; E, I.

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David -- Johannes -- Johannes -- Johannes -- Dirck Bensen and Elizabeth Van Houten had children:

I. Johannes, b. Dec. 27, 1795; m. Jane, dau. of Edo Merselis, of Preakness; she m. 2d, Cornelius Merselis, son of Edo Merselis, of the Little Falls road.

II. Derick (Richard), b. Oct. 28, 1797 (in the house on the northeast corner of Broadway and Mulberry street); m. Anna Zabriskie; d. Jan. 29, 1875; she d. Nov. 18, 1877. She was a daughter of Albert Zabriskie, who came from Kin- derkamack, Bergen county, and bought from Daniel Bensen the grist-mill on Totowa. Richard Bensen lived for some years in Water street, near his father's home, and carried on blacksmithing there, 1824-32, and probably later. By deed, March 24, 1829, he bought from Jacob I. Berdan and Sarah Van Houten, administrators of John G. Van Houten, for $1,700, a tract of 50.7 acres, southwest of Redwoods avenue and northwest of the Oldham brook, comprising a large part of the present Paterson city poor farm. By deed dated April 15, 1830, he bought from Albert A. Terlinne and Jane his wife, for $487.50, another tract of 16.25 acres adjoining the former. Terhune sold him, on June 25, 1833, another tract of 33.50 acres on the west side of the Oldham brook, adjoining the previous purchase.1 He also bought from his father-in-law, Albert Zabriskie, Aug. 28, 1843, a large part of the farm formerly of Halmagh- Dirck Van Houten, near North Nineteenth street, where he lived thereafter. His will, dated Aug. 18, 1871, was proved Feb. 24, 1875.2

III. Molly (Mary), b. Feb. 24, 1800; m. Cornelius C. Blauvelt, jun., April 28, 1831; d. Jan. 16, 1861; he d. March 29, 1859, aged 54 yrs., 6 mos., 25 days. Issue: I. John, m. Jane Bolton, of Hackensack; he lives at Passaic; 2. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 19, 1834; 3. William Henry, b. April 29, 1836; m. Mary, dau. of Frederick Gillmor, of Totowa avenue.

IV. Rebecca, b. Sept. 4, 1804; m. Cornelius-Hendrick Post, Dec. 3, 1825; d. Nov. 18, 1885; he d. July 27, 1882.3

Seventh Generation.

Johannes-Johannes-Johannes-Johannes-Johannes-Dirck Bensen and Ruth Backman had children:

I. Maria, b. July 19, 1812; m. Captain George Grif- fith, Oct. 1, 1837, the ceremony being performed by the Rev. John Dubois, Bishop of New York; she d. wlien 81 years old, without issue. Captain Griffith was the son of Andrew Griffith, and was a tailor for many years in Market street, near Prospect. He was a man of great individuality and strength of character, being for many years prominent in military and political circles.

II. John, b. Jan. 16, 1815; m. Caroline Van Winkle, of Paterson. He learned his trade as machinist with God- win and Clark, by whom he was afterwards employed for many years. They sent him to Mexico to set up some ma- chinery and to superintend it for a year, but he ended his

days there, Dec. 30, 1859. Issue : I. John W., m. Ist, Martha Lines; 2d, Kate Labaugh; 3d, Mary Bensen; he was for many years clerk in the cotton mill of E. Boudinot Colt; he was afterwards treasurer .of the Passaic County Savings Bank, and Alderman from the Third ward, 1879- 83; d. in New Orleans; 2. Gerret, m. Ist, Lea -; 2d, Mary Emerson; d. Sept. - , 1895; 3. Maria; she went to Mexico with her mother to join her father, and there m. a Mexican gentleman, Don José Ituarte, and has two hand- some daughters.

III. Margaret, b. March 12, 1817; m. John-Simeon Hart, Dec. 24, 1.836; d. 1883. Issue: I. Ruth; d. in inf .; 2. Isabel, bap. Oct. 5, 1859; d. in 1888, unm.

IV. Martha, b. July 4, 1819; m. Elmore Louw. Issue: I. May; 2. Sophia; 3. Edward; 4. George; 5. Lulu; 6. Walter.

V. Sophiah, b. Oct. 22, 1822; m. Ist, John M. Satter- lee, Nov. 1, 1840; he d. at Jacksonville, Florida, in 1853; she m. 2d, William Cundell, in 1855; he d. Aug. 10, 1879.1 Issue (by her first husband): I. Frances Isabella, d. in inf. ; 2. Mary H., d. in inf .; 3. Charles Bensen, m. Mrs. Lilian Wagstaff Lawrence, Oct. II, 1894; 4. Julia Staple- ton; (by her second husband) 5. Carry, m. James H. Rog- ers, Dec. 7, 1876; 6. Mary Helen, d. in 1875, unm.

VI. Ruth, b. Dec. 3, 1823; d. at the age of six years.

VII. Elizabeth, b. March 22, 1826; unm.

VIII. Isabella, b. Dec. 2, 1828; m. the Rev. John R. Brock, pastor of the Reformed church of Spring Valley, for ten years. He d. in 1872, aged 47 yrs. Issue: Charles R., b. 1863; m. Fanny Lake Thrift, dau. of William Thrift.

Johannes -- David -- Johannes -- Johannes -- Johannes -- Dirck Bensen and Jane Merselis had child:

I. Ellen Maria, b. -; m. John D. (son of Jacob-Albert) Berdan, of Upper Preakness, Oct. 4, 1848. Issue: I. Jane Merselis, b. March 2, 1850; 2. Elizabeth, b. May II, 1853; m. Harry M. (son of James-Jacob-Albert) Berdan, her cousin, of Upper Preakness; 3. Anna, b. Oct. 21, 1856; lives at Polifly, N. J .; 4. Charles, b. June 6, 1858.

Richard-David-Johannes-Johannes-Johannes-Dirck Ben- sen and Anna Zabriskie had children:

I. David, b. Oct. 7, 1823; m. Jane, dau. of Albert

1 Bergen County Transcribed Deeds, R, 224 ; S, 300; V, 53, 115. See P. 256.

2 Passaic County Wills, E, 244.

3 See pp. 149-150.

1 William Cundell was b. in Hungerford, Berkshire, England, July 20, 1804. He served an apprenticeship in London as a worker in all kinds of metals-gold, silver, iron, copper and tin, his master being paid £40 for the indentures. On completing his apprenticeship he came to America, about 1825. After a few months' stay in New York he came to Paterson, and went to work for Horatio Moses, in Van Houten street. In the course of a few years he set up for himself in the busi- ness of tin, sheet iron, copper, etc., and soon became one of the leading manufacturers in that line. In 1832 he employed ten hands in his shop on Van Houten street. For many years he had his shop on the east side of Main street, where Van Houten street now is; later, on the corner of Van Houten and Washington streets. He m. Ist, Sarah, dau. of Daniel F. Lockwood, of Paterson; she d. Sept. 10, 1851. Issue : I. George B., m. Catharinc Walker, dau. of Thomas and Sarah Walker, Sept. 12, 1852; ch., Minta, b. Sept. 20, 1855; m. Charles Copping; 2. Charles Henry, b. Aug. 5, 1833; m. Margaret, dau. of William Davidson; 3. Sarah Jane, b. 1835; m. William Berry; 4. Joseph, m. and lives at Atlanta, Ga .; 5. James, d! aged 18; 6. Daniel Lockwood, b. Oct. 14, 1844; m. Maggie, dau. of John H. Kiersted.

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History of the city of Paterson and the County of Passaic, New Jersey, Part 73

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