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II. Thomas, b. Feb. 18, 1821; m. Margaret Matilda Brouwer, of New York, in 1850; she d. Jan. - , 1878. He was for many years a physician at Newton. Ch., Henry O., a druggist at Newton.
III. Hannah Amelia, b. June 24, 1823; m. Tlieodore F. Anderson.
IV. Henry Ogden, b. Jan. 10, 1826. He was admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1847. He spent several years in Chicago, San Francisco and the Sandwich Islands. Re- turning to New Jersey in 1855, he practiced law at Belvi- dere, until 1857, when he took up his residence in Newton. On the breaking out of the war, he enlisted as a private; was elected captain of Company B, Second New Jersey Vol- unteers, and commissioned May 27, 1861; promoted to major, Jan. 20, 1862; lieutenant colonel, July I, 1862; was transferred, Nov. 12, 1862, to the 23d New Jersey Volun- teers, as colonel; transferred to colonel, 10th Regiment, March 26, 1863. At the Battle of Gaines's Mill, he was shot through both thighs and lay on the battle field for ten days, three of them without food, when he was picked up by the enemy and imprisoned for some weeks in Richmond. In the Battles of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864, he was fatally wounded, taken prisoner, and died in a rebel hospital at Locust Grove, Virginia, May 12, 1864.
Abraham -- Abraham -- Jores -- Joris -- Marten Reyersen and Sarah Bush had children:
I. George, d. Sept. 29, 1802, aged one yr., 10 mos., 22 days.
II. George, b. Oct. 1, 1803; m. Christina (b. Nov. 13, 1809, dau. of Barney Debow, of Pompton Plains), Oct. 18, 1828; d. March II, 1879. He was known as George A. Ry- erson. He lived at Pacquanac, where he carried on farm- ing, and did considerable surveying. He was clerk of Pas- saic county, 1837-42; Judge of the common pleas, 1843-48, 1849-54, and held various local offices. He was one of the commissioners appointed to run the line between Wayne and Manchester townships in 1847, and again in 1875.
III. John, b. March 25, 1808; m. Matilda . -; d. Sept. 18, 1861. In his later years he lived at Jersey City, where he edited The Jersey City Telegraph, a daily news- paper, which suspended June 25, 1859. Issue: I. Mary Malvina, b. March 1, 1842; d. Oct. 17, 1857; 2. Abraham
L., b. Feb. 29, 1844; d. June 27, 1846.
IV. Ann, b. March 13, 1814; d. Oct. 13, 1819.
V. Alfred, b. Aug. 14, 1816; m. Maria, dau. of Garret Demott, of Pompton Plains, May 19, 1842; d. about 1892. He was Sheriff of Passaic county, 1866-7-8.
VI. Sarah, b. Nov. 28, 1818; m. the Rev. William An- derson, a clergyman of the Reformed church.
Lucas-George- Lukas-Joris-Marten Reyersen and Cathar- ine Decker had children:
I. Maria, b. Jan. 24, 1802; m. Henry R. Van Ness (b. April 17, 1800), June 18, 1823. He kept store at Singac. many years.
II. John Decker, b. Oct. 13, 1804; d. about 1880, unm. Kept store at Pacquanac.
III. Peter, b. June 21, 1807; m. Sarah A .. Не was a grocer in Newark. Issue: I. Charles Lucas, d. Oct. 22, 1842, aged 10 yrs., 25 days; 2. Oscar, d. Aug. 17, 1845, aged 5 mos .; 3. Maria Elizabeth, d. Feb. 10, 1850, aged 4 mos., 27 days.
IV. Elizabeth, b. June 21, 1807 (twin with Peter); m. William Richards, of Newark, Oct. 22, 1851.
Abraham -- George -- Luykas -- Joris -- Marten Reyersen and Elizabeth Mead had children:
I. George G., b. July 28, 1799; m. Anna M. Graves. (b. Sept. 2, 1806), June 24, 1833; d. Nov. 16, 1873; she d. May II, 1862. Issue: I. Elizabeth, b. May 14, 1834; d. Aug. 24, 1836; 2. Mary I., b. Jan. 4, 1837; m. Cornelius Van Houten (b. July 31, 1840), Oct. 20, 1861; 3. Margaretta, b. Oct. 2, 1839; m. William G. Russell, Dec. 22, 1868; 4. Georgianna S., b. July 28, 1844; d. June 25, 1845; 5. Ros- well G., b. Nov. 18, 1844; m. Hattie A. Debaun, Nov. 18, 1869.
II. Peter G., b. Jan. 22, 1801; m. Mary Walker, and. lived in Brooklyn.
III. John, b. Aug. 30, 1802; m. Cecelia Crane (b. May 2, 1806), May 14, 1831; d. Dec. 24, 1877; she d. March 20, 1873. They lived near Lincoln Park. Issue: I. Charles H., b. March I, 1832; m. Catharine A. Ryerson (b. Sept. 29, 1836), April 25, 1861; d. July 14, 1862, in Newark; 2. Edward Franklin, b. Jan. 2, 1834; m. Susan Bostwick, May I, 1868; 3. Mary L., b. Feb. 10, 1837; m. Frederick G. Bennett (b. March 7, 1834), of Englewood, July 1, 1868; 4. John T., b. Nov. 12, 1843; removed to Arkansas; 5. Abra- ham H., b. July 22, 1839; m. Catharine Van Houten (b. Nov. 28, 1842), Aug. 5, 1860.
IV. Eliza, b. Ang. 19, 1804; m. Richardson Buckbee, of Newark.
V. Margaret, b. Feb. 17, 1806; m. Andrew Ackerson, of Stone Ridge, near Pacquanac; d. June 26, 1844.
VI. Mary, b. Jan. 6, 1808; m. Amos Crane, of Newark.
VII. Beekman Van Buren, b. July 7, 1809; m. Elizabeth Dudley. He lived in Newark and New York.
VIII. Ann, b. March 10, 1811; d. May 31, 1846.
IX. Martin, b. Nov. 13, 1814; m. Charlotte S. Shep- herd. Lived in Huntsville, Ala., and afterwards in New- ark, N. J.
X. Abraham G., b. May 12, 1816; m. Eliza (b. Dec. 23, 1821, dau. of John L.) Wessels, of Pompton; d.
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He graduated at Rutgers College in 1839, and at the New Brunswick Theological Seminary in 1842, being licensed in the latter year by the Classis of Passaic; was pastor of the Reformed church at Goslien, N. Y., 1843-45; at Wyckoff, 1845-65, after which he removed to Paterson, where he was principal of one of the public schools for some years. Is- sue: I. Addie, b. March 4, 1853; m. Charles R. Charlon, Oct. 28, 1874; 2. Wessel, b. June 28, 1860.
XI. Catharine, b. Feb. 4, 1819; m. Robert Allen, and removed to Ohio.
Martin-George-Luykas-Joris-Marten Reyersen and An- naatje Ackerman had children:
I. Maria, b. Oct. 28, 1802; m. Peter Roome (b. March 3, 1804), Oct. 1, 1825; d. Oct. 7, 1883; he d. Sept. - , 1875. He carried on saslı-making in New York for several years. Issue: I. Martin, m. Rachel Ann Ryerson, May 6, 1848; he lived in New York for some years, where he carried on sash- making; about 1890, he removed to Paterson, and lived on Market street, near the Wesel bridge; he d. suddenly in 1895, near Pompton, where he was then living; 2. John P., b. March I, 1828; d. Oct. 9, 1849; 3. Elizabeth A., b. Sept. 20, 1829; d. Sept. 18, 1830; 4. Catharine A., b. Oct. 20, 1832; d. Jan. 14, 1834; 5. Abraham, b. Oct. 27, 1834; d. April 13, 1840; 6. George, m. Ist, Sarah Aun (b. Nov. 20, 1842, dau. of the Rev. Garret C.) Schenck, May 30, 1863; she d. July 15, 1867; he m. 2d, Jane, dau. of George J. Ry- erson, June 2, 1869.
II. James, b. Aug. 21, 1804; d. about 1840, unm.
III. Elizabeth, b. June 5, 1807; m. David Jacobus, a sash-maker in New York. Ch., Nicholas.
IV. Anna, b. Jan. 14, 1810; d. Jan. 8, 1867, unm.
V. George, b. Sept. 20, 1812; m. Ann Elizabeth Hall (b. April 27, 1827), Oct. 5, 1845. He settled in Iowa City, Iowa. Issue: I. Mary Hannah, b. Sept. 20, 1852; 2. Charles Hall, b. Aug. 5, 1855; 3. Georgianna, b. May 20, 1858; 4. Frederick W., b. July 18, 1861.
VI. Abraham, b. March 25, 1815; m. Ann Mead. Is- sue: I. Caroline; 2. George; 3. Anna, m. Henry Debow; 4. Hannah Maria, m. John Carlough, of Paterson; 5. Eliza- beth, m. Christopher Vandervoort, of Paterson; 6. Henry, m. Laura Paulina Ryerson, May 31, 1876; 7. Rosina, m. Henry Forbes, of Newark; 8. Lucas, m. Mary Van Wag- oner; 9. Abraham, m. Jane Vandervoort, of Paterson; IO. Martin, d. aged 26 yrs., unm.
VII. Lucas, b. May 1, 1819; m. Ist, Jane Jones (b. March 4, 1826, dau. of Gen. William) Mandeville; she d. Jan. 17, 1860; he m. 2d, Ann H. Webb (b. Sept. 20, 1820), Jan. 29, 1863; she d. July 26, 1868; he m. 3d, Charity Eliz- abeth Garrison (b. May 9, 1831), July 31, 1869. Issue: (by his first wife) I. Emma, b. July 30, 1857; m. George W. Van Ness, April 7, 1880; 2. Mary Jane, b. Dec. 15, 1858; (by his second wife) 3. David, b. July 21, 1870; 4. William Brown, b. Oct. 21, 1872.
VIII. Catharine, b. Feb. 1, 1822; d. July 20, 1825.
John-George-Luykas-Jores-Marten Reyersen and Rachel Jacobus had children:
I. George, b. March 26, 1807; m. Jane Garrebrant (b. March 6, 1810), Oct. 16, 1828; d. Feb. 16, 1882. He was
known as George J. Ryerson. Issue: I. Rachel Ann, b. March 6, 1830; m. Martin Roome, May 6, 1848 (children -I. Sarina; 2. Jane; 3. Ada; 4. William); 2. John, b. Feb. 17, 1833; m. Amelia B. Demarest (b. July 8, 1844), Oct. 3, 1866; he practiced medicine at Boonton, N. J., many years; 3. Jane Van Riper, b. Oct. 28, 1839; m. Ist, William Henry Traphagen, of Lower Preakness, June 20, 1861; 2d, George Roome, June 2, 1869 (ch., Anna, b. Nov. 22, 1873).
II. David, b. July 2, 1809; m. Anna Maria Leak, Dec. 23, 1830; was killed by a falling tree, about 1856. He re- moved to Indiana. Issue: I. Byron, b. Nov. 27, 1832; m. Matilda J. Wilson, Sept. 22, 1853; d. March 8, 1857; 2. Mary Jane, b. Aug. 27, 1834; m. Charles Scott, Nov. 2, 1859; d. April 29, 1871; 3. Elizabeth Ann, b. March 14, 1838; d. Oct. II, 1850; 4. Martha Louisa, b. Oct. 21, 1840; m. Commodore P. Riggs, Jan. 6, 1858.
III. Mary, b. April 17, 1812; in. Cornelius Van Ness, of Fairfield.
IV. Martha, b. Sept. 17, 1815; m. Garret M. Van Ness (b. Sept. 15, 1811), June 5, 1834; d. May 20, 1879. Issue: I. John Henry, b. May 16, 1835; m. Eliza Jane. dau. of An- drew Ackerson, Dec. 4, 1855; 2. George, b. Feb. 26, 1837; m. Ist, - -; 2d, Mary Bulgin, Feb. 25, 1874; 3. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Oct. 7, 1839; m. Charles Wilson Stickney, M. D., of Newark, Nov. 25, 1850; 4. Mary Jane, b. Sept. 24, 1843; d. Jan. 16, 1855; 5. Rachel Ann, b. Nov. 4, 1846; d. July 29, 1853; 6. David, b. Sept. 14, 1851; d. Nov. 23, 1852; 7. David Ryerson, b. July 30, 1854; m. Elizabeth Haycock, May 8, 1879.
V. Elizabeth Ann, b. Aug. 24, 1822; m. John Debow, of Pompton Plains, Oct. 19, 1842. Issue: I. Mary Jane, b. April 8, 1844; m. Abraham Doremus, Sept. 6, 1871; 2. Emma Louisa, b. March 19, 1846; 3. Alvina, b. July 26, 1848.
Nicholas -- George -- Luykas -. Jores -- Marten Reyersen and Martha Jacobus had children:
I. Abraham, b. Feb. 13, 1811; accidentally drowned, Oct. 2, 1814.
II. George, b. Feb. 7, 1813; was fatally burned.
III. Almira, b. July 27, 1817; m. Abraham Mandeville, Sept. 14, 1837. Issue: I. Mary Elizabeth, b. Nov. 2, 1839; m. George Demarest, Oct. 20, 1867; 2. Nicholas R., b. Sept. 15, 1841; 3. James J., b. May 21, 1843; m. Emma, dau. of James H. Mandeville, Oct. 22, 1873; 4. George H., b. Jan. 17, 1846; m. Margaret Harrison, June 15, 1876.
IV. Abraham, b. Dec. 27, 1819; m. Catharine Ann, dau. of Thomas Doremus, Nov. 25, 1849. Issue: I. Charles, b. Nov. 3, 1854; d. Nov. 23, 1855; 2. Nicholas, b. Dec. II, 1859; 3. Thomas, b. April 14, 1862.
V. Lea Mary, b. July 30, 1823; m. Henry Post (b. April 15, 1820), May 19, 1847; he lived at Two Bridges. Issue: I. Abraham C., b. Oct. 24, 1852; m. Laura Kent (b. July 28, 1845), June 18, 1874; 2. Mary Catharine, b. Oct. 30, 1856.
VI. George, b. Dec. 28, 1826; m. Margaret Van Nors- trand.
William -- Willem -- Willem -- Ryer -- Marten Reyersen and
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Eleanor Cook had children:
I. William, m. Nancy Demarest, and lived at Singac. Issue: I. a son, d. young; 2. Mary Jane.
II. Francis, b. Jan. 15, 1790; m. Margaret Doremus (b. Dec. 23, 1793).
III. Maria, b. Nov. 22, 1791; m. Joseph Garlinghouse (b. Dec. 25, 1791), and lived in Newark; he d. Nov. 24, 1837. Issue: I. Mary, b. July 4, 1817; m. Cornelius H. Jacobus (b. Sept. 4, 1817), May II, 1838, and lived in New- ark; 2. Eliza, b. Nov. 2, 1819; m. Isaac Haulenbeck; 3. Catharine, b. July 10, 1829; m. John Terhune; 4. John, b. July 8, 1831; m. Sarah Polhemus; 5. Louisa, b. Feb. 7, 1835; m. Alfred Nichols; 6. Ellen, b. Dec. 15, 1826; m. Stephen Wood.
IV. Ellen, m. John Westervelt.
V. Garret, b. Sept. 3, 1797; m. Sarah Stratton; d. about 1878; she d. July 18, 1882. Issue: I. Susan, m. Durand; 2. Anna Maria, m. . Marshall; 3. William, m. Mary Ellen Van Houten; 4. Mary, m. - ----- Lozier.
VI. Bernard, b. Nov. 18, 1795; m. Ist, -- Hilde- brand; 2d, Mary Van Dyne; 3d, Mary Paxton. He lived at White Hall, Morris county. Issue: I. Nicholas, b. Aug. 27, 1834; m. Ann E. Francisco, May 4, 1856; 2. Frederick B., b. May 24, 1857; 3. Thomas Chester, b. Oct. 12, 1862; d. July 12, 1874.
VII. Nicholas. VIII. Martin Van Buren. IX. Henry. X. Margaret.
Gilliam-Reyer-Johannes-Ryer-Marten Reyersen and Mar- garet Manning had children:
I. Reyer, b. June 30, 1793; m. Ann Edsall; d. April 19, 1848. Ch., Ann.
II. Hester, b. Sept. 24, 1795; m. David Morris; d. Dec. 23, 1853. Issue: I. John; 2. Gilliam.
III. Abraham, b. Feb. 14, 1798; m. Rachel Van Hou- ten (b. May 26, 1801, dau. of Martin Van Houten and Elizabeth Randall1 ); d. Sept. 13, 1829; she d. Nov. 9, 1868. Ch., Martin, b. Aug. 7, 1826; m. Mary Ann C. Ramsey; d. March 30, 1892, and is buried at the Ponds.
IV. John, b. Aug. 15, 1800; m. Effie Garrison, Dec. 15, 1824; d. May 16, 1863. Issue: I. Jacob, b. Aug. 25, 1826; m. Kate Arnold; 2. Mary Elizabeth, m. Benjamin Os- trander; 3. Lavina, m. Abraham V. B. Zabriskie.
V. Elizabeth, b. June 28, 1805; m. Adam Ackerman, Sept. 25, 1823. Issue: I. James, b. Sept. 9, 1824; m. Ist, Lucy D. Quick; 2d, Jane Shaw; 3d, Martha Clark; 2. Gil- liam, b. Oct. 2, 1826; m. Martha Carlough; 3. Thomas, b. Feb. 15, 1829; m. Sophia Parker; 4. Abraham, b. July II, 1832; d. Jan. 28, 1833; 5. John, b. May II, 1834; d. July 28, 1834; 6. Cornelius V. R., m. Caroline Wilson; 7. Gar- ret, b. Sept. 12, 1838; d. Aug. 14, 1851.
VI. Levi, b. Oct. 8, 1805; m. Elizabeth Ackerman, Dec. 30, 1830. Issue: I. Cornelius, m. Ellen Hildreth; 2. Abraham, b. Jan. 3, 1834; d. July 22, 1871, unm. ; 3. Cath- arine, b. Dec. 3, 1836; d. May 9, 1857, unm .; 4. Gilliam, m. Isabel- -; 5. Elizabeth, m. George Nickerson. VII. James, b. Feb. 29, 1808; d. in inf.
1 See pp. 252, 260.
VIII. Maria, b. Feb. 12; 1812; m. Simon Demarest, Dec. I, 1829. Issue: I. Abraham, m. Ellen McGregor; 2. Peter, b. July 6, 1833; d. Oct. 22, 1864; 3. Julia; 4. Hester A., m. John H. Riker; 5. Gilliam, m. Sarah Holly; 6. Ann, m. John Post; 7. Theodore, b. May 17, 1855; d. Sept. 24, 1857.
IX. Gilliam, b. July 27, 1814; m. Martha Winters.
X. Henry, b. March 4, 1817; d. young.
John-Martin-Johannes-Ryer-Marten Reyersen and Clar- issa Van Winkle had children:
I. Mary Ann, b. June 6, 1807; d. Jan. 26, 1876, unm.
II. Jane R., b. Jan. 22, 1810; m. Nathan A. Green, of New York, June 1, 1836; d. June 29, 1890; he d. Sept. 26, 1839.
III. Martin, b. Oct. 31, 1814; m. Ist, Mary Ann Conk- lin (b. Sept. 4, 1821, dau. of Zebulon Williams Conklin and Eliza C. Johnes, of Morristown), Sept. 26, 1843; she d. Sept. 18, 1860; he m. 2d, Anna E. Woodward (b. Nov. 7, 1832), Oct. 2, 1862; d. July 30, 1889. He lived at Blooming- dale, where he carried on iron mining and manufacturing, a grist-mill, a tannery, and other enterprises, developing a fine quarry of granite resembling Scotch granite, and later a plumbago mine, on his place at Bloomingdale. The raising of fine stock was one of his favorite occupations, his efforts in that direction being eminently successful. He was a man of wide reading and superior intelligence. He repre- sented Pompton township in the board of chosen free- holders, in 1850-51-52-53, 1860-61, 1864, being director of the board during his first four years of service. Fond of history and of genealogical research, and proud of his Dutch ancestry, he was for years an interested member of the New Jersey Historical Society, and of the Holland Society. He was known as Martin John Ryerson.
IV. Eliza Catharine, b. May 24, 1820; d. May 8, 1883. Jacob-Martin-Johannes-Ryer-Marten Reyersen and Har- riet Colfax had children:
I. Saralı, b. July 5, 1809; d. Sept. 2, 1856, unm.
II. Martin J., b. Oct. 19, 1810; m. Marianne Falls; d. Aug. 29, 1854. He was elected to the Assembly in 1842, and to the State Senate in 1846. Issue: I. William Falls, m. Mary Martina Ryerson; 2. Robert Colfax, m. Kate H. Smith; 3. Sarah Anna, m. Kennard J. Ross, of Pittston, Pa.
III. Anna Maria, b. Feb. 13, 1813.
IV. Sophronia, b. Oct. 25, 1815; m. Edward E. Ged- ney, of Newburgh, Jan. 6, 1842. Issue: I. Harriet Ryer- son, m. Frank W. Van Ness; 2. Jacob M. Ryerson (a physi- cian at Little Falls), m. Georgie S. Kiersted; 3. Edward E., m. Josephine Beattie, of Little Falls.
V. Robert Colfax, b. Feb. 8, 1819; d. Sept. 19, 1819. VI. John Jacob, b. May 26, 1823; d. June 28, 1824.
Peter-Martin-Johannes-Ryer-Marten Reyersen and Mary A. Williams had children:
I. John Martin, d. at Pompton, Nov. 13, 1847, aged 21 yrs.
II. William Williams.
III. Andrew Zabriskie.
IV. Richard Williams.
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V. Mary Louisa, d. young.
VI. David Austen, b. ---; m. Mary Brown. He was graduated from Rutgers in 1858, was admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1861, and began practicing in Newark. On Aug. 22, 1862, he was commissioned captain of Co. C, 13th N. J. Volunteers; was wounded at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863; pro- moted to major, April 5, 1864, and brevet colonel, March 13, 1865, for "gallant and meritorious services during the war."
VII. Margaret Sophronia, m. Charles E. Williams, of Newburgh, N. Y.
VIII. Peter M., b. -; d. unm. He was commis- sioned second lieutenant, Co. C, 13th N. J. Volunteers, Feb. 28, 1863; first lieutenant, March 30, 1863, and was fatally wounded, June 16, 1864, at Pine Knob, Ga., dying July I, 1864, when but 22 years of age.
IX. Eliza Catrina.
X. Mary Martina, m. William Falls Ryerson.
Theunis -- Theunis -- Theunis -- Frans -- Marten Reyersen and Jane Boice had children:
I. Maria, b. July 18, 1803; m. Timothy B. Crane, Feb. 4, 1827; d. April 16, 1852; he d. Sept. 10, 1845, aged 72 yrs., 3 mos. Issue: I. Franklin B .; 2. Richard T .; 3. Jane R .; 4. Charles S.
II. John Rapalye, b. Aug. 14, 1805; m. Martha Steele; d. March 29, 1875. He was a hatter, in Paterson. Issue: I. Samuel Bower, b. May 29, 1826; 2. Tunis; 3. Jane.
III. George, b. Jan. 18, 1808; m. Clarissa, dau. of Timothy B. Crane, April 15, 1827. He removed to Califor- nia, afterwards to Mexico, and then to Chicago. Issue: I. Sarah; 2. Clara; 3. George B.
IV. Ellen, b. Feb. 3, 1810; m. Walter Lowree; d. Nov. 25, 1865.
V. Richard, b. Feb. 9, 1812; m. Sarah Ackerman. Issue: I. Jane; 2. Maria; 3. Martin; 4. Elizabeth; 5. Rich- ard; 6. Sarah; 7. Charles; 8. Mary; 9. Ida; 10. George; II. Anna.
VI. Jane, b. June II, 1814; m. Henry Anthony Gas- paro, Jan. 27, 1841. They removed to Chicago. Issue: I. Agnes; 2. Martin.
VII. Abraham, b. March 19, 1816; m. Rachel Acker- man, Oct. 1, 1837. They removed to Hastings, Michigan. Issue: I. Abraham, b. Aug. 6, 1839; m. Harriet A. Sart- well, Nov. 9, 1862; he removed to Ionia, Michigan; 2. George, b. March 15, 1842; d. Oct. 30, 1855; 3. Frank C., b. Dec. 12, 1851; m. Arbata E. Fry, June 18, 1871; 4. Mar- tin E., b. April 24, 1857; m. Elizabeth Hardy, July 5, 1875; 5. Frederick A., b. Sept. 19, 1859.
VIII. Marten, b. Jan. 6, 1818; m. Ist, Louisa M. Duver- nay, in 1851; she d. in two or three years; he m. 2d, Mary A., dau. of Antoine Campau, of Grand Rapids, Mich .; d. Sept. 6, 1887, at Boston, Mass. Martin Ryerson was born in the small frame house, still standing, on Kearny street, about 150 feet north of Doremus street. His home life was too restricted for one of his ambitious turn of mind, and one night, when he was sixteen years old, with the assistance of one of his sisters, who sympathized with his longings to see more of the world, he made up a little bundle of his be-
longings, dropped out of an upper window to the ground, and set out to seek his fortune. Making his way to New York, he secured a passage up the Hudson river to Albany, and then followed the Erie canal to Buffalo, and so on to Detroit, where he was employed by a fur-dealer. In 1836 he went to Muskegon, Mich., and began trading with the Indians, learning to speak the Ottawa and Chippeway lan- guages. In 1841 he began buying and selling lumber in a small way, and in the course of time he settled among the Ottawa tribe of Indians, where he found favor in the eyes of the Chief of the tribe, and ultimately married his daugh- ter. Through this connection he acquired extensive tracts of valuable timber lands. Erecting saw mills, he pre- pared the timber for shipment to Chicago, and in 1851 he established a lumber yard in that Western metropolis, where he also acquired blocks of land which became im- mensely valuable. He was a fine looking man, tall, swarthy, with long black hair, and a reticent manner, per- haps acquired from his sojourn with the Indians. In his later years he traveled extensively in Europe, making fre- quent trips to Paris, where he placed his daughter at school. Although he lost his Indian wife at an early age, he never forgot the origin of his great fortune, and some years before his death caused a magnificent bronze group to be erected in Lincoln Park, Chicago, to commemorate the Ottawa tribe of Indians. At one time, ten or twelve years before his de- cease, he expressed a wish that his body might be laid at rest, after his death, on the top of an enormous boulder, amid the forests where he had lived so long, and within sound of Lake Michigan's waves. In 1876 he caused the re- mains of his parents and grandparents to be removed to Cedar Lawn, and made provision for the perpetual care of a plot in that cemetery. In accordance with a wish expressed to his son, a business block, in Chicago, valued at $225,000, has been vested in trustees, to distribute the income equally between eight of the principal benevolent institutions of the city, he having been during his life a generous giver to char- ity. He had been spending some months at the seaside, and was contemplating another trip across the ocean, when he was taken ill at Boston, and died in that city. Issue: I. Mary, m. - Butts; she is dec .; 2. Martin A .; 3. John.
IX. Mary, b. Aug. 22, 1822; m. Stephen A. Buell. Ch., Mary.
Abraham-Theunis-Theunis-Frans-Marten Reyersen and Dorothy Ryerson had children:
I. John, b. Sept. 24, 18II; m. - - Mandeville, of Pompton Plains.
II. Mariah, b. Feb. 19, 1814; m. John Hopper, and removed to Rochester, N. Y.
III. Eliza, b. Aug. 3, 1816; m. Joseph Gill. He was brought from England by Robert Hoe, to work in his print- ing-press factory in New York, and continued in that em- ploy until his death, living for a time at Haledon, and after- wards in New York. One of his sons is head foreman in Hoe's establishment now (February, 1896).
IV. George Martin, b. Jan. 25, 1819. He was con- nected many years with Henry Irving's organ-building fac- tory, in New York.
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V. Catharine, b. March 18, 1821; m. John Graham, 1 of Paterson, Jan. 2, 1841; d. Dec. 18, 1865; he d. July 1, 1881, aged 63 yrs. Issue:
i. Joseph Ryerson, b. Sept. 21, 1842; m. Joanna Mar- garetta Ohlsen, August, 1872. He has carried on business in Paterson many years as a manufacturer of sashes, blinds, etc. Simple and unassuming in manner, kindly and help- ful toward others, with a reputation for the strictest integ- rity, Joseph R. Graham has been always held in high esteem by all who knew him. He was elected alderman from the Fifth ward in 1874, serving two years in that office. In 1879 he was elected Mayor of the city, for two years. In 1890 he was appointed one of the three commissioners to buy a site for and to erect a new city liall, and discharged the duties of that important trust with the utmost fidelity to the public. He now owns the farm of 72 acres on Haledon avenue, formerly of his grandfather, Major Abraham Ryer- son.
ii. Hattie, b. Dec. 24, 1852; m. James L. Johnson, of Jersey City.
VI. Louisa Jane, b. June 30, 1823; m. Stephen M. Dean, of New York, Feb. 25, 1851.
Samuel -- Tunis -- Joris -- Frans -- Marten Reyersen and Ann Speer had children:
I. Maria, b. Sept. 6, 1820; m. John P. Brown. He was b. Aug. 24, 1817, son of Peter Brown (b. Oct. II, 1790; m. Elizabeth Kanouse, Dec. 15, 1813, and built a small house for hotel purposes, at Newfoundland, in 1816, where he d. Feb. 14, 1864), of Newfoundland. In 1844 he suc- ceeded his father in the management of the hotel, which for many years has been famous as a favorite summer resort. He d. Dec. 20, 1893 ; she d. June 25, 1889. Issue : Theo- dore, born Aug. 19, 1843; m. Emma Gene, Oct. 21, 1880.
II. John, b. June 19, 1822; m. Rachel Brown.
III. Henry, b. July 18, 1824; m. Ist, Maria Luke; 2d,
IV. Charles Augustus, b. March 30, 1827; m. three times.
V. Peter Francis, b. Aug. 26, 1830; d. Dec. 31, 1867, unm.
VI. Theunis, b. April 16, 1833; m. Eliza Sindel.
John Adams -- Tunis -- Joris -- Frans -- Marten Reyersen and Ellen McEwen had children:
I. William Theunis, m. Julia H. Newton; d. Dec. 28, 1890, in New York, where he was in the livery business, and was President of the New York Cab Company. Chil- dren-I. Lucy B., m. Henry C. Lawrence; 2. Edith; 3. Julia; 4. William Newton.
I Joseph Graham came from Oldham, England, to America, hringing with him his son John, then about five years old, and settled near Old- ham, two or three miles from Paterson, building the house now occu- pied by John W. Camphell, milkman. He was an engraver, his chief occupation here heing the engraving of the hrass plates affixed to loco- motives and giving the huilders' names. His son John was a locomo- tive engineer or driver, and ran one of the first locomotives between Paterson and Jersey City. Joseph Graham d. ahout 1850. Issue: I. John; 2. Henry, also a locomotive engineer, who went to Russia with George W. Hughes, of Paterson, and remained in that country several years, engaged in railroad operating; 3. Sarah, m. William Sumner, and
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