History of the city of Paterson and the County of Passaic, New Jersey, Part 79

Author: Nelson, William, 1847-1914
Publication date: 1901
Publisher: Paterson : Press Printing and Publishing Co.
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III. George, b. Dec. 22, 1742; m. Mary (b. April 25, 1746, dau. of Jores) Ryerson, Nov. 9, 1766; d. Sept. 22, 1842, aged 99 yrs., 9 mos. ; she d. July II, 1809, aged 62 yrs., 2 mos., 16 days. They are buried at Pacquanac. He lived where the Laflin & Rand powder works are now, at Pac- quanac. He acquired a very extensive estate during his long life.

IV. Ann; m. Ist, John Parrott; 2d, Colyer.

V. Elizabeth.

VI. Geesjin, bap. March 15, 1747. By his third wife (Johanna Vanderhoff):

VII. Samuel, mn. Ist, -; 2d, Sarah - , of New York; d. June -, 1812, at Port Ryerse, Ontario, about 100 miles beyond Niagara, aged 60 yrs. He and his children wrote their name Ryerse. Port Ryerse and Ryerse creek, in Ontario, took their name from him. He was born and brought up on his father's farm at Pacquanac, and doubt- less married his first wife in that neighborhood. He joined the British during the Revolution, and appears on the roster of the Fourth Battalion of New Jersey Loyalists, March 25, 1777, as Captain, retaining that rank in the same Battalion (which became the Third, in 1782) until the close of the War, in 1783. He was wounded at the battle of King's Mountain, South Carolina, Oct. 7, 1780, 1 and was taken prisoner, being confined for a time in Charleston. He was paroled and exchanged in February, 1781. An extreme- ly interesting narrative of his life was written about 1860 by his daughter, Mrs. Amelia Harris, of London, Ontario, from which the following passages are gleaned:

When the rebellion commenced in 1776, and the British Government was anxious to raise provincial troops, they offered commissions to any young gentlemen who could enlist a certain number of young men; sixty, I think, entitled them to a captaincy. My father, Captain Ryerse, being popular in his neighborhood,2 found no difficulty in enlisting double the number required, and on presenting himself and men at headquarters, New York, was gazetted captain in the 4th Battalion New Jersey Volun- teers, in which regiment he served with distinction during the seven years' war. After the acknowledgment of American Independence by England, and the British troops were about to be disbanded, the British government offered them a free transport to New Brunswick, and a

1 Bergen County Transcribed Deeds, B, 515.

2 Bergen County Transcribed Mortgages, A, 86.

3 These details of the issue of this Lucas Ryerson are from the MS. History of Pompton Plains, by the late Rev. Dr. Garret C. Schenck, in the Library of the New Jersey Historical Society. Dr. Schenck also gives additional particulars of the later descendants of this branch of the family.

1 "The New Jersey Volunteers" (Loyalists), in the Revolutionary War, by Adjutant General William S. Stryker, Trenton, 1887; Sabine's Loyalists, II., 250. Numerous references to Capt. Samuel Ryerson may be found in Lyman C. Draper's "King's Mountain and its Heroes," etc., Cincinnati, 1881.

2 A pleasing incident is related of him, showing his kindly feeling toward his quondam neighbors and friends. He was once sent from New York with a company of soldiers, to capture or kill a company of American patriot troops encamped at Parsippany, Morris county. While on his way, northwest of Bloomfield, he captured an old friend on horse- back, going toward Newark, whom he confidentially warned of his in- tended destination, and permitted him to escape to warn the Parsippany camp, who thus got out of the way. Nevertheless, his property was confiscated, and advertised to be sold, March 30, 1779 .- History of Mor- ris County, 1882, 36, 276.

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grant of land.1 When there, little choice was left to those who had sac- rificed all for connection with the mother country. On my father's ar- rival in New Brunswick he obtained a lot of land in or near Fredericton, the present seat of government ; and there he met my mother, who was a refugee also, and they were married. After remaining there several years his friends entreated him to return to New York, holding out great inducements if he would consent to do so. He accepted the offer of his friends and returned, hut he soon discovered that the rancorous, hitter feelings which had arisen during the war were not extinct, and that it was too soon for a British subject to seek a home in the United States.2 My mother loved her native city, and might not have heen in- duced again to leave it had it not heen for domestic affliction. She hrought from the healthy climate of New Brunswick four fine children, all of whom she huried in New York in eight weeks. She gave hirth to four more; three of those died also, and she felt sure if she stayed there she would lose the only remaining one. Therefore she readily consent- ed to my father's proposal to come to Canada, where his old friend, Gen- eral Simcoe, was at that time governor. In the summer of 1794 my father and a friend started for Cauada. The journey was then a most formidable one, and hefore commencing it wills were made and fare- wells given, as if a return was more than doubtful. . It would he much easier for a family to go from Canada to China now than it was to come from New York to Canada then. He had to purchase a hoat large enough to hold his family and goods, with supplies of groceries for two or three years, with farming utensils, tools, pots, hoilers, etc., and yet the hoat must not he too large to get over the portage from the Hudson to the Mohawk. My father found it a weary journey, and was months in accomplishing it. He received a grant for two lots at Ryerse Creek [3,000 acres] on condition that he would huild hoth a flour and a saw mill, which he did.3 On my father's arrival in the country, he had heen sworn in as justice of the peace for the London and West- ern districts-a very extensive jurisdiction over wild lands with few in- habitants. Ahout 1800, my father was appointed lieutenant- colonel of militia and lieutenant of the county. . . . and ahout 1805 was commissioned Judge of the District Court and Judge of the Surro- gate Court. . . In 1810 he showed signs of failing health. A life of hardship and great exertion was telling upon a naturally strong consti- tution. He decided upon resigning all his offices, and his resignation was accepted upon this assurance, that from ill health he could no longer fulfill the duties they involved.4 .

Col. Samuel Ryerse had issue: (by his first wife) I. Ed- ward Mason, b. 1780; d. March 25, 1832; (by his second wife) 2. George J., b. about 1794; d. about 1874, at Port Ryerse; he was a clergyman of some prominence, in On- tario.

VIII. John, b. about 1754; removed to near Easton, Penn.

IX. Hilletje; removed to Pennsylvania.

X. Elisabeth.

XI. Sarah; removed to Pennsylvania.

XII. Joseph, b. Feb. 28, 1761, at Pacquanac; m. Mehet- abel Stickney, of the Province of New Brunswick (b. Oct. 7, 1766), Nov. 18, 1784; d. at his residence near Vittoria, Nor- folk county, Ontario, Aug. 9, 1854, in his 94th year; she d. June 10, 1850.

1 See Foot-Prints; or, Incidents in Early History of New Brunswick, by J. W. Lawrence, Saint John, N. B., 1883, 1-2.

2 He returned to his native place (not New York), and hought land at Beavertown, Morris county, but owing to hostile public sentiment re- mained only a few years, and then, perhaps, removed to New York.

3 See also The Centennial of the Settlement of Upper Canada hy the United Empire Loyalists, 1784-1884; Toronto, 1885, P. 247.

4 The Loyalists of America and their Times: From 1620 to 1816. By Egerton Ryerson, D. D., LL. D., Chief Superintendent of Education for Upper Canada from 1844 to 1876; Toronto, 1880; II., 229-256.

He entered the British service May 6, 1776, as a cadet, when he was only fifteen years of age. He was too small and weak to handle a mus- ket, and received a light fowling piece, with which he learned the mili- tary exercise in a few days. In the course of a few months an order was received to emhody a portion of the New Jersey Volunteers into a corps of Light Infantry, to go to the South to hesiege Charleston. Joseph Ry- erson was one of the 550 volunteers for this campaign. When Colonel Ennis (the Inspector-General of the troops at New York) came to Joseph Ryerson, he said, "You are too young and too small to go." The lad replied, "Oh ! Sir, I am growing older and stouter every day." The colonel laughed heartily, and said, "Well, you shall go then." . . . Ahout eighteen months after leaving New York, and hetore he was sev- enteen years of age, Mr. Ryerson received an ensign's commission, and he was, in the course of a year, promoted to a lieutenancy in the Prince of Wales' Regiment. His first commission was given him as the imme- · diate reward of the courage and skill he displayed as the hearer of special despatches from Charleston, 196 miles into the interior, in the course of which he experienced several hair-hreadth escapes. He was promoted to his lieutenancy for the manner in which he acquitted himself as the hearer of special despatches hy sea to the north, having eluded the enemy in successive attacks and pursuits. He was in six hattles, he- sides several skirmishes, and was once wounded. At the close of the war in 1783, he, with his hrother Samuel, and many other Loyalists, and discharged half-pay officers and soldiers, went to New Brunswick, where he married in 1784, and settled and resided in Majorville, on the River St. John, near Fredericton. In 1799 he removed to Upper Canada, and settled in Charlotteville, near his hrother-they hoth having drawn land from the Government for their services. . . . While in New

Brunswick he was appointed captain of militia; on his arrival in Canada he was appointed major, and a few years afterwards colonel. On the organization of London district in 1800 he was appointed high sheriff-an office which he resigned after a few years, in favour of his son-in-law, the late Colonel Bostwick, of Port Stanley. During the war of 1812, with the United States, Col. Ryerson and his three sons took an active part in the defence of their country. He was for many years a magistrate, and chairman of the Quarter Sessions. Peter Redner, one of the old comrades (in the Revolution), says : "He was a man of daring intrepid- ity, and a great favorite in his company."1

Marten-Ryer-Marten Reyersen and Elisabeth Laroe had children:

I. Ryer, bap. July 15, 1736; prob. d. young, as he is not mentioned in his father's will.

II. Christinetje, bap. Oct. 8, 1738; m. Casparus Schuyler (b. Dec. 16, 1735, son of Philip Schuyler and Hester Kingsland), and lived in a small frame house on the northeast side' of the Paterson and Hamburgh turnpike road, near the corner of what is known as Wanaque avenue, in the present Borough of Pompton Lakes. Her father, by his will, dated June 25, 1785, devised to her "the Lott of Land I purchased from Abraham Garritse containing two hundred acres lying and being on Hardins plains for and dureing her Natural life and after her decease if She Should leave a Child or Children then I give devise and bequeath the equal half part or moiety of said tract of Land to be taken off the North side thereof, to such Child or Children after they attain the age of twenty one and to their heirs and assigns for ever." In a codicil, dated Nov. 2, 1785,2 he recites that his daughter Christinetie is dead, and devises said moiety to his granddaughter, Esther Col- fax, in fee. Issue: Hester (Esther), m. Capt. William Col-

1 Ih., 257-9.

2 This will was witnessed hy James Christie, Cornelius Hennion and William Drummond. The codicil was witnessed hy Arent Schuyler, Clemens McMikin and Adonijah Schuyler. Proved June 4, 1790 .- E. J. Wills, Liher No. 31, f. 531.

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fax, of Washington's Life Guard, m. 1., Sept. 1, 1783.

III. Rebecca, bap. May 2, 1741; m. Philip Schuyler. Issue: I. Peter; 2. Arent; 3. Anna. Rebecca's father, Mar- ten-Ryer-Marten Reyersen, devised to his grandson, Peter Schuyler, "all my homestead or plantation on which I now live lying and being at Pompton," containing 230 acres; to his grandson, Arent Schuyler, "All that certain Lott of land containing about twenty acres which I bought of Nicholas Slingerland," at Crooked pond.

IV. George, bap. Jan. 5, 1743; m. Deborah

Ch., Peter, bap. May 8, 1778.

V. Lysbeth, bap. March 22, 1747; m. Crines Van Houten. Issue: I. Ryer; 2. Martin; 3. Martyntje; 4. Mary. 1

Jacobus-Ryer-Marten Reyersen and Marytje Van Bler- kum had children:

I. Rebecca, b. Oct. 28, 1740; m. Jacob Berdan.

II. Marytje, bap. July 26, 1747; m. Timothy Lewis.

III. Jannetje, bap. Feb. 25, 1750; m. Pieter Remse (prob. bap. Aug. 16, 1751, son of William Remse). Ch., Piter, b. Jan. II, 1785.

IV. John, m. Margaret Ryerson; in 1797 he was living on Long Island.

V. Teunis, bap. Feb. 17, 1754.

VI. Lena, bap. June 19, 1758; m. Henry Edtsler.

The will of Jacobus-Ryer-Marten Reyersen (he was called Jacob Ryerse, and signed his name with an X), of Pomp- ton, is dated May 29, 1769, witnessed by Richard Stanton, Mary Reyerse and Martin Reyerse, junr, and proved Jan. 16, 1783. Executors-his two sons-in-law, Jacob Berdan and Timothy Lewis.2 He devises all his estate to his wife Mary during widowhood, and then the homestead, his in- terest in a "Certain Ceader Swamp lying by the Pond and also about two acres of Meadow land Lying in the Moun- tains unto my younger son Theunis Reyerse." To "eldest son John Reyerse the sum of fifteen pounds Current Lawful money of the Province of New York, to be paid by my said Younger son Thunis Reyerse two years after he shall Come to the Age of Twenty one Years." To daughter Jannetye "Two Cows one Sheep a feather Bed with a Bedstead. I Also Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Leana Two Cows one sheep a feather bed with a bedstead and a Gum Cobbert. If in case they have not had them before my wife's Death or Marriage."

Willem-Ryer-Marten Reyersen and Elizabeth Ryerse had children:

I. Willem, m. Ann - He lived at the Two Bridges, near Pacquanac. His will, dated Sept. 19, 1791, was witnessed by Abm. Ryerson, Yellis Mead and Peter

Vanhouten, and was proved Feb. 13, 1792.1 He devised to his son William the homestead, and the southernmost half of a tract of land lying between the lands of the Rev. Har- manus Meyer and Derrick Dey, and the other half to his daughter Lena. Executors-his son William Ryerson, and George L. Ryerson. This instrument was subscribed in a trembling hand, W R, in the form of a monogram. He and his wife, being both of Pecquaneck, conveyed to Martin fr. Ryerse, of Wagraw, April 20, 1772, for £80, a tract of 40 acres on the east side of Singac brook, near Lower Preak- ness or Singack.2

II. Lena; prob. m. Hendrick Jacobusse. Ch., Sara, b. April 20, 1779.

Johannes-Ryer-Marten Reyersen and Cathalyna Berrie had children :3

I. Cathalyna, b. May 14, 1742; m. Johannes Van Winkle (b. July 15, 1747, son of Johannes Van Winkle and Jenneke Ryerson), Feb. I, 1772; she d. Dec. 5, 1777, and is buried on the Rogers farm, near Pompton. Issue : Ch., I. Cattelyntje, b. Nov. 5, 1777; m. Yost Dearman. Catharina, d. unm.

II. Reyer, b. Oct 2, 1743; m. Elizabeth Bertholf; d. Sept. 24, 1817. He lived between Pompton and the Ponds.

III. Maria, b. July 21, 1745.

IV. Rebecca, b. Feb. 17, 1747; m. John Demarest; d. Oct. 27, 1807; he d. 1815. Both are buried on the Rogers farm, near Pompton. Issue :

i. Vrouwetje (Sophronia), bap. Feb. 7, 1768; m. An- thony C. Beam; she d. Jan. 8, 1824. Children :

I. John, b. Aug. II, 1788.

2. Margaret, b. Sept. 26, 1789.

3. Rebecca, b. Feb. 8, 1791; m. Josiah Beam, Nov. 19, 1808. Issue : I. Anthony, b. Aug. 5, 1811; m. Louisa Luck; 2. James Bertholf, b. Oct. 14, 1814; m. Ist, Sarah Swan; 2d, Mrs. Mary Perry Spencer.

4. Peter Mead, b. March 7, 1792; m. Sophronia Hen- nion, June 3, 1816; he d. Sept. 24, 1864. Issue: I. Soph- ronia H., b. Sept. 7, 1819; m. John J. Beam; 2. Margaret Ann, m. Charles Sigler; 3. Jane, m. Moses T. Sigler.

5. John Demaray, b. March II, 1794; m. Sarah Beam, Aug. 20, 1816. Issue: I. James Bertholf, b. Nov. II, 1817; d. July 14, 1819; 2. Isaiah Beam, b. Dec. 16, 1819; m. Emma Morrison; 3. Peter Mead, b. Dec. 24, 1820; m. Louisa Dolbeer; 4. Rebecca, b. Feb. 22, 1822; d. June 14, 1843; 5. Anthony C., b. May 24, 1823; m. Elisabeth B. Dolbeer; 6. John Edwards, b. July 5, 1825; m. Sarah E. Swallow; 7. Sarah, b. Dec. 14, 1826; m. John Cross; 8. Simon D., b. Dec. 27, 1828; d. Dec. 18, 1846; 9. Benjamin C., b. Nov. 18, 1831; m. Anna Mead; Io. Abraham, d. April 26, 1835; II. Daniel A. (twin with Abraham), m. Martha B. English.

6. Conerad, b. Dec. 7, 1796; m. Ann Ryerson (b. at

1 E. J. Wills, Liber No. 34, f. 14.

2 Bergen County Transcribed Deeds, D, 59.

3 Most of the details regarding the descendants of Ryer-Marten Reyersen, especially in the female lines, have been gleaned from the Roome Genealogy, by Peter B. Warner, verified by a comparison with Dr. Schenck's History of the Ryerson Family, and the author's original researches.

I See page 244. The will of Marten-Ryer-Marten Reyersen, above referred to, provides that a moiety of the tract of 200 acres at Hardins plains shall go to his grandson, Ryer Van Houten, on his attaining the age of twenty-one years. Also to Martin Van Houten, on attaining the like age, "all that plantation which I purchased from Ryer Ryerson Containing two hundred acres lying near Pond Church on the South Side of the Road . . . Item I detain and reserve out of the Said Lott of Land one half acre of ground for a Burying place."

2 E. J. Wills, Liber No. 25, f. 261.

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Wanaque, Jan. 19, 1804, dau. of Theunis Ryerson and Eleanor Van Houten). Issue: I. Peter Mead, b. April 15, 1822; m. Mary E. Van Orden; 2. George; m. Hester Ryer- son; 3. - , d. at birth; 4. John, b. July 29, 1832; d. 1853, unm .; 5. William H .; 6. Charles B .; 7. Emma A., b. March 24, 1845.

7. James Bertholf, b. April 3, 1799; d. unm.

8. Maria Garrison, b. Aug. 14, 1801; m. Peter A. Lines, May 23, 1821; she d. April 1, 1879. Issue : I. Re- becca; m. Thomas V. Forster; 2. Sophronia Catharine, b. Dec. 6, 1824; d. Nov. 13, 1847, unm .; 3. Abraham, b. May 3, 1827; d. Aug. 22, 1829; 4. Abraham P., b. April 2, 1829; d. July 17, 1845; 5. Sarah Beam, b. April 8, 1831; m. John F. Haviland; 6. Simon D. B., m. Harriet Merrell; 7. James A., m. Mary E. Bullock; 8. Annie; 9. Caroline M., b. April 15, 1839; d. May 12, 1859; 10. Martha, b. Nov. 14, 1841; m. John W. Bensen. 1

9. Martin Ryerson, b. Aug. 6, 1803; m. Ist, Johanna Kingsland; 2d, Rachel Bertholf; 3d, Susan Kreps; 4th, Maria Styles. Issue (by his first wife) : I. Nathaniel B., m. Jennie Buchanan; 2. Selina, m. Robert Milliken; (by his second wife) 3. James B., m. Elizabeth Kreps; 4. An- thony C., d. in inf; 5. Anthony Conrad, m. Julia Tuthill; 6. Sophronia, m. James R. Dyke; 7. Rachel, m. Ist, William Hogencamp; 2d, James Steel; 8. Mary E., m. Charles H. Cochran.

IO. Simon Demaray, b. Feb. 7, 1808; m. Catharine A. Lyons, Jan. 7, 1839; he d. March 4, 1850. Issue : I. So- phronia, b. June 1, 1839; m. Warren Fellows; 2. Simon Demaray, b. Feb. 9, 1841; m. Catharine Brown; 3. Anthony C., b. March 26, 1843; d. May 15, 1863.

II. Margaret M. M., b. Feb. 18, 1810; m. George Ack- erson, March 26, 1831. Issue: I. Edward Peter, b. Dec. 26, 1831; d. Feb. 5, 1833; 2. George Edward, b. Sept. 5, 1833; d. April 4, 1838; 3. Euphrasia F., b. May II, 1835; m. George F. Williams; 4. Lorenzo Lorton, m. Ordelia A. Foster; 5. Judson N., b. Dec. 30, 1839; d. April 6, 1862; 6. George E. DeF .; 7. Foresti Wickliffe, b. Dec. 29, 1843; d. Feb. 8, 1849; 8. Georgie, m. David T. Hegeman.

12. Sophronia, b. Jan. 13, 1812; d. unm.

ii. Johannes, bap. Sept. 24, 1769.

iii. Symon, b. March 7, 1772; m. Cornelia Buskirk, 1793; d. Feb. 7, 1837. Issue:

I. Rebecca, b. March 13, 1794; m. Thomas Van Bus- kirk, June 5, 1813. Issue: I. Peter, b. May 12, 1814; 2. Anna Maria, b. Sept. 21, 1816; d. March 6, 1840; 3. Sarah, b. Jan. 21, 1819; 4. Cornelia, b. Feb. 18, 1821; 5. John, b. Aug. 10, 1823; 6. Leah, b. June 14, 1825; d. Sept. 23, 1865, unm. ; 7. Simon, b. Jan. 7, 1828; 8. Elizabeth, b. 1830; 9. James, b. April 3, 1833; 10. Catharine, b. Oct. 16, 1835.

2. Mary, b. Jan. - , 1797; m. John Forshay. Issue: I. Simon; 2. Elizabeth; 3. Abraham.

iv. John, d. 1812, unm. .

v. Uriah, b. Dec. 16, 1777; m. Rachel Willis, April 28, 1801; d. Oct. 23, 1826. Issue:

I. John, b. July 17, 1802; m. Sarah Ann Combs, Dec.

25, 1824; d. Aug. 6, 1843. Issue: I. Sarah E., b. Dec. 5, 1826; m. Horatio N. Pierce; 2. George W., b. March 14, 183I; m. Mary A. Hazlett; 3. Frances A., b. Dec. 13, 1834; m. Henry Tilbe; 4. Martin, b. Oct. 9, 1837; d. same day; 5. Maria Louisa, b. Sept. 28, 1840; m. Charles Arnold; 6. John Wesley, b. Nov. 13, 1843; d. July II, 1864; 7. Simon, b. Jan. 23, 1804; d. Jan. 21, 1838.

2. Simon, b. Jan. 23, 1804; d. Jan. 21, 1838.

3. Abraham, b. April 1, 1806; m. Phœbe Spring- steen, Nov. II, 1829. Issue: I. John, b. Aug. 21, 1830; m. Jennie M. Wilber; 2. Sarah E., b. March II, 1833; m. John Ackerman; 3. Phœbe Ann; 4. Aaron P., b. March 20, 1844; d. Sept. 21, 1857.

4. Martin, b. March I, 1808; m. Ann Maria Berry, July 17, 1832. Issue: I. Isaac B., m. Charlotte Burthill; 2. Maria E., m. Clayton B. Blackwell.

5. Rebecca, b. Dec. 10, 1810; m. Solon Culver. Is- sue: I. Pamelia Ann, m. John C. Ryan; 2. Edwin A., b. July 18, 1839; d. Jan. 9, 1840; 3. Flora, m. Charles Girand; 4. Clara, b. Oct. Io, 1844; d. Nov. 1, 1857.

6. Michael, b. March 21, 1813.

7. Anthony B., b. June 4, 1817.

8. Rachel, b. Aug. 1, 1819; m. Reuben B. Anderson, May 24, 1838; d. April 12, 1855. Issue: I. Jeremiah; 2. Daniel A .; 3. Nathan B., b. June 21, 1843; d. Feb. 3, 1853; 4. Miriam; 5. Rachel B.

vi. Martin, b. Sept. 14, 1787; m. Jemima Hennion, April 25, 1810; d. July 21, 1830. Issue:

I. Rebecca, b. Feb. 9, 1811; m. Jacob H. Hopper, Oct. 3, 1829; d. Dec. 8, 1879. Issue: I. Henry J., m. Mar- garet S. Mount; 2. Jemima; 3. Silas.

2. David M., b. Feb. 21, 1813; m. Ist, Margaret D. Brinkerhoff, June II, 1840; 2d, Mrs. Elizabeth B. Peck, Feb. - , 1853. Issue: (by his first wife) I. John Jacob, b. Oct. 10, 1841; m. Margaret D. Acker; 2. Hartman V., b. June 9, 1843; d. Sept. 30, 1864; 3. Henry Martin, m. Ida T. Demarest; 4. Charles Edgar, b. April 22, 1850; d. July 8, 1850; 5. Willie.

3. John M., born March 7, 1816; m. Frances A. Robi- taille, Dec. 14, 1843; d. Sept. -, 1880, in New Orleans, La. Issue : i. Francis Louis, b. June 19, 1845; d. Feb. 6, 1848; 2. Edward Judson, m. Victoria C. Bredow; 3. John Walter, b. Aug. 25, 1852; d. Sept. 25, 1862; 4. Ida Theresa, m. Henry M. Demarest; 5. Ada Giffin; 6. Walter John.

4. Martin Ryerson, b. March 13, 1818; m. Hester Van Houten, Nov. II, 1838; d. 1867. Issue : I. Martin, m. Lizzie F. Fountain; 2. David M.

5. Henry, b. Feb. 24, 1820; m. Margaret Anderson, July 22, 1846. Issue : I. Cornelius V. W., born Nov. 4, 1863; d. Feb. 26, 1877.

6. Sophronia, b. May 16, 1822; m. Nicholas H. Jor- alemon, Nov. I, 1848. Issue : I. Henrietta, m. Lamont B. Smith; 2. Charles; 3. Margaret D .; 4. Frederick Wil- liam.

7. Peter M., b. July 23, 1824; m. Phœbe V. Coles, Dec. 31, 1847. Issue : I. Henry H., b. Aug. II, 1849; d. March 19, 1850; 2. Alice, m. Frank A. Church; 3. So-

1 See p. 287.

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phronia; 4. Mary Demarest; 5. David M .; 6. Albert Wright.

8. Ann, b. March 18, 1827; d. Dec. 2, 1829.

V. Martin, b. Nov. 14, 1751; m. Vroutje (Sophronia) Van Winkle (bap. Oct. 30, 1757, dau. of Jacob-Simeon- Symon-Jacob Van Winkel), 1 Aug. 16, 1778; d. Aug. 19, 1839. He was called Martin I. (Martin-John) Ryerson. He was a man of great enterprise. Turning his attention · to the mineral wealth in the upper part of what is now Passaic county, he began buying the mines and forges and furnaces in that region, until he had acquired most of the mining region in Pompton and West Milford, with forges, furnaces, stores, mountain land, woodland, water-rights, etc. He erected a handsome house at the turn of the road at Pompton, from the Wanaque road, and there he dispensed a lavish hospitality. His prudent wife stood aghast at the extent of his purchases, but he laughed at her prudence, and went on adding to his acres and his mines, until he was by far the largest individual land owner in the county. He was appointed a justice of the peace, Nov. 8, 1797, and held other local offices from time to time. Port- raits of Martin and his wife are in the possession of his de- scendants, at Bloomingdale.

Marten-Frans-Marten Reyersen and Antje Van Rypen had children:

I. Jane, m. Ist, Richard Stanton; 2d, James Mc- Curdy, Aug. 2, 1798. Jane was bedridden for many years, with a cancer; she lived on the river bank, at the foot of Clinton street. McCurdy was a tailor, and also operated a quarry on his wife's lands, at the Goffle. He is said to have been quite susceptible to the charms of the other sex, and was wont to remark, philosophically, "Love is a hard thing"-meaning that the little god was a tyrannical master.

II. Mary, b. June, 1744; m. Theunis Ryerson; d. April II, 1810, aged 65 yrs. and Io mos .; he d. May 15, 1792, in his 52d year. She received from her father's estate Lot No. 5, in the subdivision of Lot No. 3, of the Totowa Patent; also part of the tract on the east side of Haledon avenue, and part of the lands at or near Oldham.

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History of the city of Paterson and the County of Passaic, New Jersey, Part 79

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