History of the city of Paterson and the County of Passaic, New Jersey, Part 77

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

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Jurrie Westervelt probably removed to Wagaraw about 1730, and took up his residence on the farm allotted to him,

1 Recitals in deed May 5, 1769, John Ryerse and John Frans Ryerse to John Westervelt, all of Wagaraw. The original deed was formerly in the possession of the late Gerrebrant Ryerson, of Paterson.

2 Bergen County Transcribed Deeds, A, 574.

3. Original agreement, formerly in the possession of the late Gerre- brant Ryerson.

4 Bergen County Transcribed Deeds, A, 477.

a short distance west of the Wagaraw brook, and near the Passaic river.

The share allotted to Frans Ryerson was occupied by his sons-Martin, Theunis, Joris, Derrick and Johannes. The last-named appears to have acquired the greater part of the farm, together with other lands, some of them adjacent to the former, and others more remote., By deed dated May 5, 1769, John Ryerse (son of George), and John Frans Ry- erse, both of Wagraw, quit-claimed to John Westervelt, of Wagaraw, "a lot or parcel of land adjoining Westervelt's homestead, as it was allowed to Jurrian Westervelt, de- ceased, and run out by James Alexander, being in breadth in the northernmost line 262 chains, said survey bearing date June 7, 1721; also another small lot of land, being the third part of all that slip or gore of land lying between John Ryerson's land and Wagre brook, being the middlemost lot of said slip, lying between John Ryerse and John Frans Ryerse, containing II acres, bounded south and east by John Ryerson's land, and west and east by Wagare brook, and north by said John Frans Ryerson's land." This deed recites that the three parties named therein "own a tract on Bass brook and Passaic river, containing 387. 16 acres, sold them by David Ogden and Richard Morris, executors of Robert Hunter Morris, by deed dated December 12, 1764, recorded in Book AB 5, page 354; also by virtue of a return bearing date June 21, 1765, recorded in Book S 5 at Perth Amboy, f. 252.1

John F. Ryerson, Gerrebrant Gerritsen, Gerrit Gerritsen, Jurrie Westervelt and John Westervelt agreed, June II, 1770, in order to settle disputes and controversies lately arisen between them concerning the lands that they held at Wagaraw, "that a fixed line is now settled and agreed upon which said line is to begin at the Great Rock and run from thence to the bend of the Bass brook, commonly so called, and from thence westerly, along the said brook to the King's Road as the same now lyes in their possession."2

John F. Ryerson having joined the British during the Revolution, his lands were confiscated in 1779, and on No- vember 5, 1779, Hendricus Kuyper and James Board, com- missioners of forfeited estates, conveyed to John Van Allen, a tract of Ryerson's lands, described as follows:

Beginning at a nut saplin in the line of Cornelius Westervelt, and thence along his land S. 63% degrees W. one chain, thence N. 83 degs. W. 3.50 chains to the land of the Widow Ryerson, thence along her land 30 degs. E. 29.25 chains, thence W. 5.70 chains, thence N. 12 degs. E. 30 chains, thence W. 25.60 chains to the land of Cornelius Westervelt,

1 Original unrecorded deed, formerly in possession of the late Gerre- brant Ryerson. The survey describes the tract thus: "Beginning at the meeting of Bass Brook with Pissaick River and running from thence N. 20%%° E. 81% chains; S. 87º 44' W. go ch .; S. 34° W. 5 ch .; S. 55° W. 6 ch .; S. 4° W. 20 ch .; N. 87X6° E. 43 ch .; S. 13° E. 43 ch .; N. 75° E. 6 ch .; S. 62° E. 13%% ch. to the beginning, containing 387.16 acres," but deduct- ing allowances, 368.72 acres net.

2 Bergen County Transcribed Deeds, A, 130. John Ryerson and Cornelius Gerritsen had surveyed to them, May 2, 1753, a tract of 218.2 acres on"Krakealvall, on the east of the high mountain on a point of land on the meeting of a small run called 'Great Gullie' run with said Krakealvall brook," by virtue of a deed from Thomas Bartow, dated March 29, 1753, recorded in E. J. Deeds, Liber A B 3, f. 264; also a tract of 100 acres north of that just described .- E. J. Surveys, S 3, f. 310.

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thence along said land N. 18 degs. E. 41.60 chains to the land of said Widow Ryerson, thence along said land, S. 54 degs. E. 25.82 chains, thence N. 35 degs. E. 28.42 chains, thence N. 5r degs. W. 25.82 chains, thence N. 18 degs. E. 12.70 chains, to the Ramapo pat- ent, thence along said patent S. 51 degs. E. 28.60 chains, to the rock called the Station Rock, thence from said rock, 121 chains to the place of beginning. Bounded west hy the land of the Widow Ryer- son and Cornelius Westervelt ; north by the Ramapo patent, east hy the Slooterdam patent, and south by Passaic river, containing 262 acres more or less.1

By deed dated the same day, John Van Allen bought from Hendricus Kuyper and Gerret Lydecker, commission- ers of forfeited estates, another farm of John F. Ryerson's which had been confiscated in like manner, and which in- cluded the homestead, etc. :

Beginning at the Passaic river and along the east line of Cornelius Westervelt, thence along said line, N. 18 degrees E. 40 chains, to the line of the Widow Ryerson, thence along said land, N. 87 degrees E. 12.86 chains, thence S. 18 degrees W. 47 chains to the Passaic river, thence along said river N. 81X2 degrees W. 4 chains, thence 10.50 chains to the beginning. Bounded south by Passaic river, north hy land of Cornelius Westervelt, and north and east by land of the Widow Ryer- son, containing 40 acres.

By deed dated January 16, 1787, Cornelius Haring, agent of forfeited estates, conveyed to Benjamin Shotwell, still another farm of John F. Ryerson, which had been confis- cated in 1779. This is described as a "tract at Wagaraw and adjoining with one end thereof to the north part of a tract of 131 acres formerly surveyed and returned to the said John Frans Ryerson and Derrick Ryerson, beginning at the north corner of said tract," etc., etc., containing 60.98 acres. 2

By deed dated March 8, 1787, Cornelius Haring, agent of forfeited estates, conveyed to John Stevens, jun., of Hobo- ken, two other tracts of land of John F. Ryerson, which had been confiscated; one of these contained 54.93 acres, and another contained 20 acres, on the southeast of High Mount- ain, adjoining the north side of a tract of land belonging to John Ryerson and Cornelius Gerretsen, which contained 229. 14 acres. Stevens conveyed these two tracts, Decem- ber 1, 1792, to Richard Degray. 3

Hessel Ryerson conveyed to John Westervelt, May 5, 1789, for £81, a tract of 15 acres on the Passaic river, ad- joining Cornelius Westervelt, and on Feb. 10, 1797, for £1,620, he conveyed to Laurence Van Buskirk, 4 of Harring- ton, Bergen county, a tract of 158 acres, adjoining Passaic river and the Wagaraw brook.5 John Westervelt conveyed to Richard Degray, May 1, 1800, for $3, 525, a tract of 141. 14 acres, on the Passaic river and Wagaraw brook. 6 John Van Allen sold 96 acres adjoining lands formerly of Cornelius Westervelt, on June 10, 1782, to Jacob Ackerman, for &£245. 7 Ackerman bought other lands on the Passaic river and on Wagaraw brook, and carried on extensive milling opera- tions for a number of years.

The land in the northern part of the township, along the

1 Bergen County Transcribed Deeds, A, 224.

2 Ib., A, 235.

3 Ib., A, 377, 380.

4 It is said that Van Buskirk went to Nova Scotia. He had two grandsons-Lawrence and Inglis-who came from Nova Scotia to visit their relatives at the Goffle, in 1836.

5 Ib., B, 68, 250. 6 Ib., B, 113. 7 Ib., D, 450.

Wagaraw or Goffle brook, was taken up about 1730 by the Gerritsens, as mentioned on a previous page. From the Gerritsens, the title to a large portion of this tract passed to the Van Winkles, in whom it still remains.

The ancestry of the Westervelt family, who figure so largely in the land titles of the Wagaraw patent, and its subdivisions, is detailed on previous pages. Some account will now be given of

THE RYERSONS.

In 1646 Adriaen Reyersen and Martin Reyersen (so they wrote their names) emigrated from Amsterdam to New Netherland. Both were unmarried, and probably were but lads. It has been conjectured that perhaps they were sons of Reyer Elbertsen, who came from Utrecht, and settled at Albany, 1 but there seems to be little or no ground for this supposition.2 Adriaen and Marten settled at Flatlands, L. I., soon after their arrival, and in the course of time ac- quired property and position in the new country.

Adriaen Reyersen m. Annetje Martense Schenck, of Flat- lands, July 29, 1659. Removing to Flatbush, he was a mag- istrate there in 1677-78-79; was on the assessment rolls of 1675 and 1698, and took the oath of allegiance to the Eng- lish in 1687. He d. Nov. 24, 1710.3

Marten Reyersen took up his residence in Brooklyn, where he m. Annetje (b. Feb. 8, 1646), dau. of Joris Jansen Rapalje,4 May 14, 1663; she m. 2d, Joost Fransz, widr. of Geertje Auke, Jan. 30, 1692. In 1676 Martin Reyersen was assessed in Brooklyn for 4 horses, II cows, 2 hogs and 31} morgens of upland and meadow, the whole valued at £180, Ios .; in 1683, for only £122, Ios .; he was a member of the Brooklyn church in 1677; in 1679 he was appointed a justice of the peace, and in 1682 received the office of con- stable.5 No record of his death has been found.

Second Generation.

Adriaen Reyersen and Annetje Martense Schenck had children:

I. Jannetje, b. July 25, 1660; prob. m. Jacobus Hege- man, Oct. 14, 1683.

II. Elbert, b. Aug. 14, 1663; m. Catalina, dau. of Rem Janse Vanderbeck, April 18, 1689; lived in New Lotts. He

1 Riker's Hist. of Harlem, 173 ; Pearson's First Settlers of Alhany.

2 The baptismal name Elbert appears but once in the Reyersen Gene- alogy.

3 Bergen's Kings County Settlers, 240.

4 Joris Jansen de Rapalié, a Huguenot, from Rochelle, France, came to New Netherland with other colonists in 1623, in the Unity, a ship of the West India Company, and settled at Fort Orange (now Alhany), where he continued three years. In 1626 he removed to New Amster- dam. On June 16, 1637, he bought from the Indians a tract of 325 acres, called Rennegaconck, now in the city of Brooklyn, and there he spent the remainder of his life, dying about 1670. He m. Catalyntie, dau. of Joris Frico; she was b. in Paris, and d. Sept. 11, 1689, aged 84 yrs. Their child Sara, h. June 9, 1625, is said to have been the first white child horn in New Netherland, in recognition whereof the Dutch authorities granted her a tract of land in the Wallebocht .- Riker's Annals of New- town, 267. The descendants of this early Huguenot immigrant generally write the name Rapelye.

5 Bergen's Kings County Settlers, 241 ; N. Y. Doc. Hist., III., 275, 292.

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signed his name "Elbert Adriaensen." His descendants followed his example, and took the name Adriance.

III. Marten, b. March 9, 1668; m. Sarah, dau. of Rem Janse Vanderbeck; d. Oct. 30, 1754, at Flatbush, L. I. He was known as "Martin the Boer," or farmer. He wrote his name "Martin Adriaens," but his children were known as Martense, which name has been retained by his descend- ants. Issue: I. Rem, b. Dec. 12, 1695; 2. Gerret, b. Dec. 24, 1698; 3. Jannatje, b. Jan. 31, 1702; m. Peter Stryker, May 18, 1720; 4. Antje, b. Nov. 5, 1705; 5. Adrian, b. Oct. 24, 1707.

IV. Grietje, b. March 28, 1670. V. Sarah, b. June 9, 1672; d. young. VI. Reyer, b. May 28, 1673; d. young. VII. Neeltje, b. Dec. 7, 1675.

VIII. Reyer, b. March 31, 1678; d. young.

IX. Abraham, b. Nov. 21, 1680; m. Femmetje Van Cleef.

X. Sarah, b. Nov. 21, 1680.

XI. Reyer, b. May 6, 1683.

XII. Gosen, bap. April 29, 1686; m. Femmetje Vander- bilt. Ch., Adrian, b. 1715; m. Hester Dubois; d. Dec. 12, 1779. Adrian lived on Staten Island, where he left issue: I. Lewis, b. Dec. 4, 1754; d. April 13, 1806; 2. Arie; 3. Gozen, whose will was proved Jan. 13, 1802.

Martin Reyersen and Annetje Joris Rapelje had child- ren:

I. Marritie, bap. Nov. 16, 1664; m. Paulus Turck, jun. (bap. July 13, 1664, son of Paulus Turck and Aeltje Barents), April 27, 1688. Issue: I. Paulus, bap. July 24, 1689; 2. Sara, bap. March 29, 1691; d. in inf .; 3. Sara, bap. April 27, 1692; 4. Johanna, bap. Feb. 24, 1695; 5. Marten, bap. Dec. 19, 1697; 6. Jacob, bap. July 21, 1700; 7. Maritje, bap. Nov. 14, 1703.

II. Joris, bap. Sept. 19, 1666; m. Anneken Schouten, widow of Theunis Dey, Aug. II, 1691; he d. about 1749-50; she was b. March 17, 1666; d. March 17, 1743. Joris lived at the Walle Bocht, and she in New York, at the time of their marriage. In 1695 he joined with Major Anthony Brockholst, Captain Arent Schuyler and others, in the purchase of several extensive tracts of land, embracing the western part of the present Wayne township, and most of the northern part, extending to and including the Falls of Pompton. Also an extensive tract of land in Pequannock township, Morris county. He settled at Pacquanac, near the present Mountain View, about 1710. He was a deacon in the Hackensack church in 1716. He was appointed captain of the foot company in the precinct of Saddle River, under command of John John- ston, August 17, 1715, and on Dec. I, 1739, he was appointed a justice of the peace for Bergen county, and Judge, March 28, 1749, some days after his death. In 1719 a road was laid out across his lands, which passed "through seven of his fences, taking fourteen trees of his orchard, his cellar and his well." He protested so effectively against this in- vasion that the Governor's Council requested liis Excellency to reprimand the surveyors of the highways who had laid

out the road.1 His residence was the most prominent in his region for many years, 2 as he was himself the leading citi- zen. His will, dated July 21, 1744, witnessed by Joseph Bartram, Jacob Mead and Henry Mandeville, was proved March 29, 1749. To this instrument he affixed the name Yores reyerse. IIe gave his eldest son, John, twenty shil- lings; to his daughters, Mary Reading and Blandina Hall, £450; to each of the eight children of his deceased daugh- ter, Anna Wessels, £18, 15s. To son John "all my planta- tion or farm on which him my said son John now liveth sit- uate lying and being at a place called or known by the name of Waggrow, excepting the benefit of a certain brook or run of water that runs through said plantation and two Acres of Land and a half at the West Side of the said brook and half an acre of Land at the east side of said brook at the most convenient place for Building or Erecting of a Mill." To sons George and Luke "all that two lots or parcels of land on which I now live at Pacquanac common- ly called or known by the name of the Home lots to be equally divided between them the south part adjoining Mar- garet Mead's lots to be my son George's and the north part adjoining Henry Brockholst to be Luke's." To George and Luke "all my two lots of laud in Pequannock, Morris coun- ty, one of them ou a brook called Beaver dam. . . Another tract of land which I have in partnership with Derick Dey in Pequannock, Morris county, at the upper end of the Plains shall be sold to pay my debts."3

III. Reyer, m. Rebecca Van der Scheuren, May 22, 1696, he being of the Walebocht and she of N. Y. at the time. He probably removed to Hackensack or vicinity, about 1708, as his wife joined the Hackensack church in October of that year. He bought from George Willocks, Andrew Johnston and Mary Johnston, of Perth Amboy, by deed dated May 19, 1727, a tract of 614 acres, between the Ponds and Pompton, and took up his residence there, farm- ing, and probably running a mill. On Oct. 1, 1746, he con- veyed 1792 acres of his farm to his son Jacobus, who de- vised the same to his children, and they conveyed to John Westervelt, Oct. 30, 1797. The rest of the estate was held by Reyer's other children, for nearly a century. Reyer was appointed a justice of the peace for Bergen county, Dec. I, 1739, and Major of the Bergen regiment of militia, three days later. He d. intestate, and letters of administration were granted on his estate, Dec. 15, 1783, probably some years after his decease.

IV. Catalyntie (Catryn Martens), bap. Jan. 3, 1671; m. Ist, Samuel Berry (b. in Vlissingen-Flushing-Holland), 4 Feb. 18, 1690; 2d, Pauwelis Vander Beeck, y. m. (b. at

1 N. J. Archives, XIV., 137, 141, 142 ; XV., 191 ; XVI., 90.

2 According to tradition his house stood on the west side of the Mountain View road, at Pacquanac, about halfway between the resi- dences formerly of the late Sheriff Alfred Ryerson and George J. Ryer- son.

3 E. J. Wills, E, 283.

4 This Samuel Berry, native of Flushing, in Holland, was the ances- tor of the Berry family of Pompton Plains. Capt. John Berry, an Englishman, of New Barbadoes Neck, was the ancestor of the Berry family of Passaic and Bergen counties. It is not easy always to distin- guish between the descendants of Samuel and John.

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Gouwanes), June 12, 1703. She lived for some years on Long Island, then at Pacquanac, and finally on Pompton Plains. Issue (by her first husband): I. Debora, bap. July 28, 1691; d. about 1776, unm .; 2. Martin, m. Maria Roome, April 15, 1720; 3. Johanna, bap. Dec. 22, 1695; m. Peter P. Roome; 4. Samuel, bap. April 10, 1698; m. Jemima Van Duyne; 5. Paulus, m. Annetje Suydam; 6. Sarah, d. unm .; (by her second husband) 7. Cata- lyna, b. Oct. 25, 1704; m. Johannis Van Gelder; 8. Maria, b. Feb. 21, 1706; m. Garret Debow, Aug. 23, 1727; 9. Sarah, b. Dec. 31, 1708; d. young, unm .; Io. Elizabeth, b. April 7, 17II; m. David Van Gelder, Oct. 21, 1728.

V. Sara, bap. May 30, 1673; m. Gerret Burger (bap. Jan. 3, 1671, son of Jan Borger and Lysbeth Claes), Dec. 6, 1692. Issue: I. Lysbeth, bap. Feb. II, 1694; 2. Johan- nes, bap. April 28, 1695; 3. Johanna, bap. Aug. 15, 1697; 4. Elisabeth, bap. Jan. 21, 1700; 5. Johannis, bap. May 24, 1702; 6. Marte, bap. Sept. 17, 1704; 7. Sara, bap. Oct. 20, 1706; 8. Pieter, bap. Dec. 16, 17II; 9. Eva, bap. Nov. I, 1713.

VI. Geertje, m. Abraham Van Duyn (from Swol, son of Gerret Cornelisse and Jacomyntie Jacob Swarts), April 3, 1696. He lived at New Utrecht and she at New York. Issue: I. Marten, bap. 1698; 2. Abraham, bap. 1699; 3. Isaac, bap. 1706; 4. Geertje, bap. 1710. In 1706 the family removed to Cecil county, Md.

VII. Jakobus, bap. Dec. 27, 1677; m. Styntje

In 1698 he was a constable at Flatbush, L. I.

VIII. Helena, m. Johan Okey Van Nuys (son of Jan Janszen Van Nuyse and Eva -), Sept. II, 1703. Issue: I. Johanna, bap. Feb. 20, 1706; 2. Isaack, bap. March 9, 1708; 3. Maria, bap. March 8, 1710; 4. Catlyntje, bap. March 19, 1718; 5. Jakobus (?), bap. Oct. 17, 1725.

IX. Lyntje (Leentje, Lena), bap. April 2, 1682.

X. Cornelis, m. Sara Jorisse; he lived at or near Jamaica, L. I.

XI. Frans, bap. Aug. 2, 1685; m. Jenneken Dey (bap. Nov. 24, 1685, dau. of Theunis Dirckszen Dey and Anne- ken Schouten); d. prior to Oct. 29, 1748; she d. about 1763. Frans lived in New York until about 1723, when he removed to Wagaraw.

Third Generation.

Joris-Marten Reyersen and Anneken Schouten had child- ren:

I. Johanna (Annatie), bap. June 15, 1692; m. Evert Wessels,1 Sept. 7, 1715; he m. 2d, Rachel Post (wid., b. at Tappan), in 1738.

1 The Wessels family in this neighborhood doubtless descend from Wessel Evertsen, who probably came from Wessem, a village of 850 in- habitants, on the river Maas, in the diocese of Munster, near the centre of the Duchy of Limburg, in the southeastern part of Holland. His wife was Geertie Boute or Bouten. He received a grant of land in New Am- sterdam, July 2, 1646.

Second Generation.

Wessel Evertsen and Geertie Boute had children:

I. Wessel, b. in Wessem ; m. Marritje ten Eyck, from Amsterdam,

Dec. 17, 1670, in N. Y. He was called Wessel Wesselszen.

II. Grietje, bap. March 28, 1644, in N. Y.

III. Jan, bap. July 16, 1656, in N. Y.

II. Marten, bap. Sept. 17, 1693; d. in inf.

III. Johannes, bap. Aug. 8, 1694; m. Ist, Maritje Janse

IV. Evert, b. in N. Y .; m. Jannetje Claes Stavast, from Kuynder, in Overijssel, Nov. 12, 1671 ; she m. 2d, Pieter Lakeman, of Staten Island, May 6, 1698. Evert was called Evert Wessels, or Wesselszen.

Third Generation.

Wessel-Wessel Evertsen and Marritje ten Eyck had children :

I. Wessel, m. Maria Tenyk, May 12, 1706, in N. Y. By a curious coincidence, father and son, each of the same name, had each a wife of the same name.

II. Grietje, m. Enoch-Michielsen Vreeland, Aug. 23, 1691; d. Nov. 20, 1697.

Evert-Wessel Evertsen and Jannetje Claes Stavast had children :

I. Wessel, m. Susan Tienhoven ; he was called Wessel Evertsen.

II. Grietie, bap. May 6, 1682 ; m. Johannes Reyerse.

III. Evert, bap. July 13, 1684 ; d. in inf.

IV. Jannetje, bap. Oct. 28, 1685.

V. Evert, bap. March 2, 1688; prob. m. Hillegont Jacobse. Ch., Evert, b. Feb. 12, 1708.

Fourth Generation.

Wessel-Evert-Wessel Evertsen and Susan Tienhoven had children :

I. Evert, bap. Dec. 25, 1692 ; m. Annatie Reyerse ; he was called Evert Wesselse or Wesselszen. He m. 2d, Rachel Post, wid., b. at Tap- pan, and 1. at Acquackanonk, in 1738.

II. Lucas, bap. Feb. 16, 1696.

III. - , b. Oct. 10, 1700.

Fifth Generation.

Evert-Wessel-Evert-Wessel Evertsen and Annatie Reyerse had children (who were all called by the patronymic Wessels):

I. Jannetye, b. May 19, 1716, on Long Island ; m. Michiel Van der Voort, Dec. 20, 1734; she was of Acquackanonk at the time.

II. Lena, b. May 20, 1718, at Acquacknonk ; m. Hessel Brouwer (b. at Bergen, son of Uldrick Brouwer), Jan. 20, 1739.

III. Wessel, b. Oct. 28, 1720; m. Sarah Post.

IV. Antje, b. Jan. 24, 1724.

V. Joris, b. Jan. 24, 1724 (twin with Antje); m. Lea Spier, May 10, 1747 ; she was b. at Acquackanonk, and 1. at Weezel. (See p. 189.)

VI. Lucas, b. Oct. 21, 1727 ; m. Ist, Annathje Van Driessen, Nov. 19, 1752 ; she was a dau, of the Rev. Johannes Van Driessen, pas- tor of the Acquackanonk church ; he m. 2d, Peggy (Margrita) Booth, m. 1., Feb. 4, 1785. Lucas bought Lot No. 14, in the Gotham subdivision, near the present Monroe street, Passaic, and carried on the business of tanner and currier, on the Simmons brook, just east of the present Main avenue.

VII. (prob.) Rachel, m. Ist, -; 2d, Hendrick Veltman, widr., Jan. 9, 1754.

VIII. Maria, b. Oct. 12, 1729 ; m. Johannis Reyerse.

Sixth Generation.

Wessel-Evert-Wessel-Evert-Wessel Evertsen and Sarah Post had children :

I. Adrijaen, b. Nov. 21, 1756.

II. Annaatje, bap. Jan. 22, 1764 ; m. Johannes Ryke (Ryker). Issue: I. Adriaen, b. Jan. 3, 1777 ; 2. Abraham, b. Sept. 9, 1782 ; 3. Joannes, b. Sept. 11, 1786.

III. Catharina, b. March 23, 1768.

Joris-Evert-Wessel-Evert-Wessel Evertsen and Lea Spier had child- ren :

I. Annetje, bap. May 10, 1749 ; m. Abraham Van Houten ; d. Aug, 7, 1822. (See p. 246.)

II. Hendrick, m. Jannetje Degraauw, Nov. 15, 1778.

Lucas-Evert-Wessel-Evert-Wessel Evertsen had children : By his first wife (Annathje Van Driessen) :

I. Johannis, b. Sept. 6, 1754 ; d. young.

II. Annaatje, m. Dirck Stagg, m. 1. Feb. 24, 1776. By his second wife (Peggy Booth) :

III. John, b. Nov. 24, 1785 ; he was called John L. Wessels; he d. at Pompton. His dau. Rebecca m. Dr. William Washington Colfax, of Pompton, and d. Jan. 20, 1849.

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Spier (b. and 1. at Acquackanonk), Oct. 27, 1716;1 2d, Geertje Hessels. He lived at the Goffle, on the farm de- vised to him by his father. He was appointed a justice of the peace for Bergen county, March 28, 1749, Feb. 16, 1762, and Sept. 8, 1770. He was called Johannes Reyerse, or John G. Ryerson. His will, dated Dec. 4, 1779, was proved May 14, 1782. It was witnessed by Adrian Van Houten, John Westervelt and Richard Van Houten. He devised to · his grandson, John Ryerson, eldest son of his son George, the "equal third part of my estate I now dwell upon ex- cepting twenty acres heretofore conveyed by deed of gift unto my sons George and Hessel;" to son Hessel, two- thirds of "the tract I dwell on, beginning at Passaic river," etc .; to eldest son John, ten shillings; Hessel "to maintain my son John during life."2

IV. Marritje, b. Aug. 29, 1696; d. in inf.

V. Marten, bap. Oct. 9, 1698; m. Catharine Cox; she was probably a dau. of Thomas Cox, one of the early set- tlers of Monmouth county, from Long Island, and who was one of the Proprietors of East Jersey. Marten settled at Readington, Hunterdon county, and joined the Reformed church there on confession in 1726. He was a surveyor, and as such was designated one of the assistants to run the line between East and West Jersey in 1743. He was appointed, April 18, 1740, one of the commissioners to en- list men for the prosecution of the war against Spain. On Dec. I, 1739, he was appointed Judge of the Hunterdon common pleas, and again March 28, 1749. In 1748 he was one of the managers of the lottery to raise money for finish- ing the Presbyterian church and buying a parsonage at Am- well. He acquired, from time to time, large tracts of land in West Jersey. Perhaps his real estate investments proved disastrous, for on Dec. 13, 1771, a petition was presented to the Governor's Council, from Thomas Atkinson and twenty- six others, setting forth the good character and distressed circumstances of Martin Ryerson, and praying that he might be relieved by the Legislature. The desired relief, how- ever, was not afforded him. Administration on his estate was granted Sept. 2, 1790.

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History of the city of Paterson and the County of Passaic, New Jersey, Part 77

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