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VII. Peter, b. 1801; m. Jane Brinckerhoff. He was a blacksmith, having his shop at Red Mills. Late in life he removed to Jersey City and there died. Issue: I. Catha- rine; 2. Cornelia; 3. George; 4. James; 5. Emma; 6. Mar- tha.
Cornelis-Joris-Joris-Cornelis Doremus had children :2
Mejn Derde Soen Albert is Geboren op Sondag Den 25th Dag Van April te 3 uren Na Medag in het Yaer 1790
Mejn Vierde Soen Joris is Geboren op Donderdag Den 13 Dag Van November te 2 Uren Na Middag in he Jaer 1794
1 Bergen County Wills, I, 317.
' ,2 This is somewhat doubtful. No record has been found of the fatlı- er of George Doremus-"Casem's George," but this is the most proba- ble line of his ancestry.
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I. Joris-"Casem's George;" m. Eve Yong. He was a farmer, and lived at Lower Preakness. The will of George C. Doremus, of Saddle River, was dated Sept. 2, 1807, witnessed by Anthony Van Blarcom, Henry G. Dore- mus and John A. Kiersted, and was proved Oct. 30, 1807. He devised to his wife, Eave, his whole estate during her widowhood, with remainder to his seven children, his wife to support the youngest daughter and two youngest sons at her discretion. Executors-James Yong and Cornelius G. Doremus. 1 He is said to have d. of the whooping-cough. IIis wid. survived him more than thirty years, attaining to the great age of 99 yrs. She was blind two years before her death.
Joris-Hendrick-Joris-Cornelis Doremus had children:
By his first wife (Jannetye Ryerson):
'I. Henderic, b. Nov. 20, 1785; m. Leybetye (Elisa- beth) Van Giesen (b. May 29, 1787, dau. of Dirk-Johannes Van Giesen and Yannetye Van Houten), June 8, 1806; d. cir. 1827, in Fair street; she d. in 1861. He was known as Henry G. (George) Doremus. He was a carpenter by trade, but at an early age quit that occupation, and kept tavern at various places in this vicinity, "Peace and Plenty" among them, where he lived in 1825. On Aug. 2, 1819, he began a stage route from Paterson to New York, via Hack- ensack, English Neighborhood and Hoboken, which he kept up for several years. His wife having received from her mother a tract of eight acres on the south side of Broadway, lying on both sides of Straight street, and extending south- erly to Ellison street, he located with her on the tract, and probably built the stone house they afterwards occupied, from about 1808 until about 1822, near the southeast corner of Broadway and Straight street.2 At that time the only way to drive from his house to Market street was via, Main street or East Eighteenth street, which was very inconven-
1 Bergen County Wills, A, 180.
2 Some interesting litigation arose over this property. Richard Van Giesen and Jane his wife, by deed Aug. 31, 18to, conveyed this tract to Henry G. Doremus and Elizabeth his wife (she being a daughter of Richard or Dirck Van Giesen) for life, with remainder in fee, to the chil- dren of said Henry G. Doremus by his said wife Elizabeth. In order to convert the life estate into a fee, Henry G. Doremus presented to the Essex county orphans' court, June 15, 1818, an account, as the guardian by nature of his six children, for their maintenance and education, amounting to $1,764. The court thereupon made a decree, June 15, 1818, ordering him as guardian, to sell all the real estate of his minor children, for and towards their maintenance and education. He sold the land, Nov. 8, 1819, to Abraham Ryerson, for $500, and gave a deed therefor, Dec. 6, 1819; by deed, Dec. 6, 1819, Ryerson conveyed the same prem- ises to Doremus, for $500. On Nov. 17, 1819, Doremus mortgaged the premises to Aaron A. Van Houten, for $850; Van Houten foreclosed, a decree was entered Jan. 7, 1821, the property was sold at sheriff's sale, and a deed given, July 20, 1821, by Joseph T. Baldwin, sheriff, to Daniel Holsman, for $1,035.33. Upon the decease of Mrs. Doremus, her surviv- ing children (including two born after the sale of the property) brought an action in ejectment against Archibald Graham, who had bought from Holsman, and recovered judgment. Graham took the case up to the Court of Errors and Appeals, which affirmed the judgment below and held that the orphans' court had no power to order the land sold, as the children were not orphans, and their father was bound to support them; that the two after-born children could not be bound by the decree, in any event; that the sale under the decree was void, and conveyed no title. See 30 N. J. Law Reports, 552.
ient for carrying passengers or parcels. Accordingly, on his application Straight street was opened from Broadway to Market street, in 1821.1
II. Rachel, m. John Bowden; in 1824 he lived in Fair street, near Main, and almost next door to her brother, Hen- ry G. Doremus. Issue: I. John, b. Dec. 26, ISIo; he was a hatter, in Newark; 2. George, b. April 9, 1813; he was a drover; 3. Henry, worked in a patent-leather factory, in Newark; 4. David Doremus, b. June 4, 1820.
By his second wife (Antye Retau):
III. Jennicke, b. Oct. 27, 1792.
IV. Catrina, b. July 24, 1794; m. George Brinckerhoff, April 9, 1814; they removed to Newark.
V. George; he was a hatter.
VI. Davit, b. Feb. 5, 1798. He removed to Newark, where for some years he had a hat store and his wife a mil- linery on Broad street, near the canal.
VII. Rulif, b. Dec. 7, 1799; m. ; d. in Pater- son, Aug. 12, 1849, of the cholera. He was a carpet weaver, and lived in Ward street, east of Cross street.
VIII. John, b. Sept. 5, 1801. He removed to Newark; he was a tanner.
IX. Lyse, b. June 7, 1808; m. Jacob Bush, Feb. I, 1826. They lived in Newark.
Jan-Hendrick-Joris-Cornelis Doremus and Nence Ryerson had children:
I. Jannetje, m. Pieter P. Van Aalen, jun., Dec. 23, 1804; d. July, 1870. Issue: I. John, b. April 3, IS06; 2. Caty, b. Feb. 12, 1809; 3. Henry, b. May 9, ISII; 4. Anna, b. May 1, 1814; 5. Mariah Hopper, b. Dec. 17, 1816; 6. Peter, b. Jan. 15, 1820; 7. Margaret, m. - Post.
II. Hendrick, d. Oct. 28, 1786, aged two yrs.
III. Anaetye, b. Nov. 24, 1790; m. James Leary, April 15, 1809. Issue: I. William, b. Nov. 10, 1809; he was a tailor, in New York; 2. Nancy, b. Sept. 2, 1812.
IV. Hendrick, b. May 3, 1793; m. Metye (Martha) Van Giesen, Dec. 14, 1816; d. March 27, 1858; she d. Aug. 20, 1882, on her 90th birthday. He was b. on the present Bridge place, at Oldham, which then belonged to his mother. He was a skilful millwright, and had charge of the machinery in Carrick's mill many years. On May 2, 1836, he bought from John S. Van Winkle and James Van Blarcom, for $5,600, a plot 50x100 feet on the west side of Main street, between Market and Ellison, where he lived thereafter. He was blind for some years before his death. His wife retained a vivacious manner and a remarkable memory of her early days till the last.
Roeliph-Hendrick-Joris-Cornelis Doremus and Annaatje Doremus had children (bap. at Acquackanonk and Totowa):
I. Catrina, b. May 30, 1793; m. Paulus I. Post, Dec. 26, 1812: d. July 17, 1837; he d. Oct. 21, 1873. Issue: I. John, b. May 12, 1813; m. Ist, Sarah (b. Feb. 12, 1813, dau. of Hendrick) Van Vorst, -, 1835; d. Nov. II, 1885; she d. Juue 21, 1860; 2. Henry, b. Feb. 3, 1821; 3. David, b. Aug. 27, 1827; 4. Abraham, b. Feb. 3, 1831; 5. Ralph Doremus, b. May 5, 1834; d. 18SI.
1 Hist. Passaic County Roads, 42.
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II. Egje (Agnes, Effie), b. Sept. 15, 1795; m. David Ackerman (b. March 17, 1792, son of David Ackerman and Metje -), of Paramus, July 4, 1812; d. Feb. 15, 1890; he d. cir. 1860. He was a carpenter, at Paramus, or Ridge- wood. Issue (bap. at Paramus):
i. Ralph, bap. March 24, 1814; m. Hettie Servant, of New York. He lived in Cherry Lane.
· ii. David, b. Oct. 19, 1816; m. Ist, Phœbe Watson; 2d, Catharine Callery.
iii. Hannah, bap. May 5, 1818; m. Isaac Vandelinda, of Teaneck.
iv. Peter, bap. March 14, 1822; d. in inf.
v. Catharine Ann, b. Feb. 24, 1825; m. Abraham Smith, in 1844; he d. April 3, 1893, in Elm street, Pater- son, where he and his wife had lived nearly half a century. Children: I. Martha, b. 1844; m. Christopher C. Shelby, Dec. 15, 1862; he is an inventor, having taken out upwards of fifty patents; 2. Agnes, d. in inf .; 3. Rachel Jane, d. in inf .; 4. Emma, d. in inf .; 5. Edward, d. aged 15 yrs.
vi. Martha Maria, bap. Dec. 31, 1830; m. Martin J. Terhune, of Spring Valley, Bergen county; now lives in Hackensack.
vii. Cornelius, b. Jan. 9, 1834; m. Ist, Cornelia Devoe; 2d, Jane Christie. He is a carpenter, at Ridgewood.
III. Heuderic, b. April 16, 1798; m. Margrietje Mau- russe (Margaret Mouerson, b. July 22, 1792; m. Ist, Cor- nelius Van Riper, April 14, ISII; he was b. June 21, 1787, son of Cornelus Van Riper and Marretye Gerritse; hc d. in 1812, leaving one ch., Garret Garrison, b. June 2, 1812, who d. soon after his father; she remained a widow eight years, and then m. 2d, Henry R. Doremus), Jan. 27, 1820; he d. Aug. 13, 1885, at New Rochelle, N. Y .; she d. May 28, 1866, at Hackensack. Says one who knew her: "She was of an amiable disposition, a good wife and loving mother." He was a builder and an expert architect, and planned and superintended the erection of many handsome buildings, among them the elegant residence, summer house and boat- house now used as a summer resort at Glen Island. He lived at Clifton until 1825 or 1826, and then removed to New York. He sold to Arthur Quin, brewer, of New York, Jan. 22, 1827, a tract of 45.80 acres on the west side of the turnpike, at Clifton, conveyed to him by his father in 1825. Ile also owned a considerable tract south of the Mor- ris canal, at the head of Mill street, formerly owned by Ger- rit Van Houten, and which he called "Canalville;" this he sold off in city lots at $20 each, in 1828 and subsequently. He changed his place of abode repeatedly, as his business called him to various places in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. 1 After the death of his wife he retired from business and settled at Hackensack, where he lived for sev- enteen years. In August, 1883, be removed to New Rochelle, N. Y., where he remained thereafter, with his
daughter, Mrs. C. W. Creed. He and his wife are buried in the Hackensack Reformed church yard.
IV. David, b. Jan. 7, 1802; m. Ist, Ann, dau. of Jurrie Van Riper, of Slooterdam, near the Wesel bridge, April 13, 1822; shc d. Jan. 9, 1870, aged 67 yrs., 22 days; he m. 2d, Jemima (dau. of Abraham Demarest, of Tenafly, and wid. of David W.) Christie, Jan. 13, 1872; d. Dec. 20, 1883. He was a carpenter and builder, who acquired a competency in New York, and then returned to New Jersey, settling at Hackensack, where he died.
V. Marytje (Maria), b. March 16, 1804; m. Joseph Blauvelt, widr., a carman in New York; d. March 6, 1845. Issue: I. Joseplı, b. March 4, 1839; 2. Ralph Doremus, b. May 6, 1841.
VI. Johannes (John), b. Dec. 14, 1807; m. Ist, Ann Slingerland; 2d, Jane Adriance, wid .; removed to New York, and in 1839 lived at No. 743 Greenwich street. He afterwards removed to Tappan, where he died suddenly, Feb. - , 1878 or 1879, of heart disease.
VII. Cornelius, b. June 2, 18II; m. Hannah Losee, from Connecticut; d. March 8, 1840; she m. 2d, John Van- delinde, of Teaneck; the latter d. June 1, 1876, at Thomp- sonville, Conn., in his 70th yr. He removed to New York, where he and his brother David had a carpenter shop, un- der the firm name of D. R. & C. R. Doremus. His will, dated Dec. - , 1839, was proved April 8, 1840. He left $100 to the True Reformcd Dutch Church, in King street, and $30 yearly to his father and mother.1 Issue: Ann Eliz- abeth.
VIII. Hannah, b. April 25, 1817; m. James Haring, of Nyack; d. Aug. 19, 1855. Issue: I. Martha Maria (killed in a steam boat explosion on the Raritan river); 2. David Cornelius; 3. Rachel Ann; 4. Caroline; 5. Amelia; 6. Pamelia; 7. Helen; 8. Margaretta.
Hendrick-Hendrik-Joris-Cornelis Doremus and Mawrijte Jacobesse had children (b. at Preakness):
I. Henderic, b. May 1, 1797; d. about 1850, unm. IIe went West aud tried farming; then returned to Pater- son, where lie d.
II. Jon (John), b. Dec. 2, 1798; m. Ann Alyea (b. Feb. 3, 1802, dau. of Isaac Alyea and Antye Ryerson), 2 Dec. 20, 1823; d. May 24, 1878; she d. Dec. 9, 1883. She lived in her father's house on the Wesel road, subsequently greatly altered, and in later years owned by Messrs. Batchelor, Brown, Agnew, Barney and others. It is at the outlet of the Lake View brook into Dundee Lake. John Doremus was a boss cotton spinner, employed in various cotton mills in Paterson.
III. Lenew (Ellen), b. Sept. 3, ISoo; m. Peter Acker- man; d. s. p.
IV. Ahge (Agnes), b. Oct. 1, 1802; m. Henry F. Pel- ton, Aug. 6, 1821; d. in 1832, in Newark, of cholera. Issue: I. Henry, b. Feb. II, 1823.
V. Helmeugh, b. Jan. 13, 1804; d. in childhood.
1 He owned one tract of 800 acres, and another of 500 acres, in Penn- sylvania ; he often declared that he owned the city of Athens, Penn., but the deeds and records were destroyed by fire. When he settled there he lived in a log cabin, with no neighbors within three miles, except the wild beasts, wbich howled about his humble habitation every night.
I N. Y. Wills, Liber 82, p. 182.
2 See p. 312. Anny Alyea (wife of Isaac Alyea) d. Feb. 21, 1846, aged 75 yrs. , 7 mos., 12 days.
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VI. Catreneu, b. Dec. 6, 1805; m. Abraham Van Bus- kirk, of Newark. Issue: I. David Henry; 2. Mary Ellen, m. -- Miller; 3. Cornelius, d. in the U. S. Army; 4. Ann.
VII. David (Dauv, Dauvie), b. April 25, 1808; m. Maritta Call (her family was of Rockland county, N. Y., but afterwards of Paramus), Nov. 25, 1832; d. Aug. 6, 1883; she d. Feb. I, 1879, in her 72d yr. He carried on the manufacture and sale of shoes for many years, at No. 226 Main street, Paterson. He was elected constable, and in 1857 acted as street superintendent. He was a quiet, unas- suming man, strictly attentive to his business, and was an excellent citizen.
VIII. Anthony, b. Oct. 7, 1810; d. in inf.
IX. Abraham, b. May 29, 1812; m. Elizabeth Winters (b. May 6, 1813), Sept. 5, 1835; d. Oct. 1, 1891; she d. March 5, 1883. He was foreman for many years in a cotton mill on Boudinot street (lately Adams' mosquito netting mill, on Van Houten street).
By deed, Sept. 15, 1814, John Colt and wife conveyed to the above children (omitting Helmigh and Anthony) a plot 40x100 feet on the west side of Main street, for $150, doubtless in pursuance of a contract of sale made with their father.
David-Hindrik-Joris-Cornelis Doremus had children:
By his first wife (Sally Romer):
I. Sally Romer, b. Jan. 28, 1799; m. Abraham Bragaw, of Newark, Jan. 19, 1819; d. March 2, 1881. Issue:
i. Sarah E., b. July 3, 1820; m. David W. Crane, Jan. 18, 1843. Children-I. Isaac Bragaw, m. Ella G. Roe; 2. Phobe Woodruff, m. George W. Bates; 3. David Warner, b. Feb. 6, 1847; d. June 26, 1851; 4. Sarah Matilda, b. April 4, 1849; d. May 26, 1853; 5. Charlotte Elizabeth; 6. Emma, b. Sept. 29, 1852; d. Jan. 6, 1861; 7. Joseph Few Smith, b. Jan. 18, 1854; d. April 6, 1856; 8. Catharine Doremus; 9. William Warner; Io. Jane Barron; II. Sarah Elizabeth; 12. Helen Humphrey, b. June 18, 1862; d. Jan. 18, 1866.
ii. Isaac, b. Jan. 14, 1822; m. Elizabeth Meigs Way (b. at Colchester, Conn., March 13, 1822, dau. of William Way and Demice Packwood), May 12, 184I, at Colchester; d. Jan. II, 1868. He lived in Newark until 1840, being a clerk in the hardware store of his uncle, Josiah Doremus; he then removed to Hartford, where he continued in busi- ness as a hardware merchant until 1852; then removed to New York city, where he carried on the same business until 1858; in Newark until 1861; in Plainfield until 1864; in Elizabeth until 1867, and then returned to Hartford, where he died. Children:
I. Sarah Elizabeth, b. June 18, 1843; m. Edmund Janes Cleveland (b. Nov. 25, 1842, at Elizabeth, son of Jo- seph Cleveland and Phebe Ann Connet). He is a descend- ant of one of the old families of Elizabeth. In 1885 he re- moved to Hartford. He has been engaged for many years in compiling the genealogy of the Cleveland family, and is a member of various historical societies. Issue: I. Henry, b. Nov. 17, 1867; d. Aug. 9, 1868; 2. Harriet Josephine, b.
Dec. 20, 1868; m. George Allen King (b. March 17, 1856, son of Charles King and Maria Clarissa Olmsted. Issue: I. Louis Cleveland, b. March 18, 1889, d. March 19, 1889; 2. Dorothy Cleveland, b. June 4, 1890; 3. Louis Cleveland, b. Sept. 26, 1892). 3. Sarah Elizabeth, b. June 12, 1874; 4. Edmund Janes, b. July 21, 1878; 5. Isaac Bragaw, b. Sept. 18, 1880; d. July 21, 1881.
2. Henry Doremus, b. Oct. 16, 1845; d. Oct. 18, 1850.
3. Mary Demis, b. Sept. 14, 1847.
4. Thomas Barron, b. Aug. 25, 1851; d. Feb. 13, 1853.
5. Fanny, b. April 15, 1854; d. March 27, 1856.
6. Isaac, b. March 14, 1857, at Orange; m. Sarah Ad- elaide King (b. at Hartford, Sept. 19, 1859, dau. of Charles King and Maria Clarissa Olmsted), Sept. I, 1880. He is a real estate agent at Hartford, Conn. Children (all born at Hartford): I. Allen Cleveland, b. Oct. 31, 1881; 2. Charles. King, b. Dec. 14, 1885; 3. Alice King, b. March 31, 1893; 4. Anna King, b. April 20, 1896.
7. Robert, b. Dec. 10, 1859, at Newark; m. Lucy Pardee Alling (b. at New Haven, dau. of William Ebenezer Alling and Elizabeth Ann Cooper), Sept. 26, 1896, at New Haven.
iii. Aaron, b. March -, 1823; m. - Ch., Henry.
iv. Mary J., b. June 10, 1826; m. John U. Kumerle, Oct. 12, 1857. Children-I. Virginia Thorburn; 2. Fred- erick C .; 3. William Andrew.
v. Inf., d. at birth.
vi. William, b. Jan 7, 1830; d. young.
vii. Ellen W., b. Feb. 19, 1832; d. young.
viii. Charlotte, b. May 16, 1834; d. young.
ix. Abraham, b. May 19, 1837; d. young.
x. Susan, b. May 27, 1838; m. Jacob W. Crane, Jan. I, 1859. Children-I. Charles A .; 2. David Warner; 3. Moses Woodruff; 4. Emma S .; 5. Frank S .; 6. Herbert Q .; 7. Sally Doremus; 8. Charlotte E.
xi. David Doremus, b. Dec. II, 1841; m. Angeline Bates, May 20, 1863. He was chosen to be president of the Newark common council in 1896. Children-I. George D .; 2. Sarah Ellen.
By his second wife (Phoebe Wolcott):
II. Aaron, b. Oct. 16, 1800; d. May 10, 1804.
III. Josiah, b. Oct. 6, 1802; m. Jane Barron, of Wood- bridge, N. J., Jan. 19, 1831; d. Dec. 12, 1857, s. p.
IV. Catharine, b. Sept. 15, 1804; m. Samuel Howell, of Newark, Jan. 20, 1825; d. Aug. I, 1890, s. p.
V. Maria, b. Dec. 17, 1806; m. John Duncan, of Franklin, Essex county, April 26, 1842; d. Jan. 21, 1890. Issue:
i. David Doremus, b. Feb. 6, 1843; m. Anna R. Chit- tenden, of Montclair, Dec. 10, 1872. Ch., Editlı Chitten- den, b. Feb. 26, 1875.
ii. John Wolcott, b. Jan. 23, 1845; m. Sarah Prentiss Gerry, of Boston, Mass., Oct. 31, 1872. Children-I. Mar- ion Gerry, b. Sept. 15, 1873; 2. Alice, b. May 19, 1879; 3. Florence, b. May 3, 1881.
iii. Katharine P., b. Aug. 15, 1846.
iv. Maria Louisa, b. March 26, 1848; d. Jan. 17, 1850 ..
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v. Anna Maria, b. Jan. 2, 1851; m. Rev. James Dem- arest, Dec. 5, 1872; d. Nov. 7, 1889, s. p.
VI. IIenry, b. Nov. II, 1809; m. Susan Gillespie, of New York; d. Dec. IF, 1879, s. p.
Hendrick -- Cornelis -- Hendrick -- Cornelis Doremus and Catharina Terhune had children (bap. at Acquackanonk):
I. Annaatje, b. April 9, 1772; m. Roeliph-Hendrick- Joris-Cornelis Doremus (b. Nov. 8, 1769), Feb). 5, 1792; d. Aug. 19, 1855; he d. July 2, 1856.
II. Cornelius, b. Dec. 19, 1774; d. in inf.
III. Cornelius, b. July 31, 1780; m. Ist, Marritje Vree- land, Aug. 24, 1800; 2d, Irenea Roberts (b. March 10, 1797), Oct. 27, 1825, in Seneca county, N. Y .; d. May 6, 1860; his wid. d. in the fall of 1877, in Washington, D. C. He lived on part of the ancestral farm at Wesel. On Oct. 18, 1823, for $470, he sold to David Demarest a tract of land at Lake View, 9.73x24.49 chains, comprising 233 acres, bound- ed south on the Wesel drift road, east on the land of Cor- nelius H. Doremus, north on land of Garret Demarest, and west on land of John Van Riper. On March 12, 1824, for $1,800, he sold to David Demarest another tract of 33.30 acres of his ancestral farm, bounded east on the Passaic river, and embracing the southern portion of Cedar Lawn cemetery.1 Soon after this last conveyance he removed to Seneca county, New York, where he spent the rest of his life.
IV. Marytje, m. Cornelius Van Blerkom,2 July 21, 1799. Issue: I. Petrus, b. June 3, 1800; 2. Hendrick, b. July 8, 1802; 3. Jannetje, b. July 24, 1804; 4. Catharina, b. Dec. 3, 1806; 5. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 15, 1809.
V. Albert, bap. Jan. 4, 1784; m. Jannetje (b. June 30, 1787, dau. of Michael-Hartman) Vreeland, Dec. 2, 1804; d. about 1832. He lived in Vreeland avenue. He was a car- penter by trade.
VI. Hessel, b. Jan. 14, 1786; m. Jannetje Demarest, 3 Aug. 9, 1806. He lived on the Wesel road, where Cedar Lawn is now.
VII. Tryntje (Catharina, Thyna, Tiña), b. Dec. 20, 1788; m. Hendrick M. Gerritse, Dec. 27, 1804. Issue: I. Annaatje, b. Dec. I, 1805; 2. Hendrick, b. June 18, 1811; 3. Catharina, b. July 21, 1813; 4. Maria, b. Sept. 29, 1819.
Hendrick-Hessel-Hendrick-Cornelis Doremus and Mar- regrietye Hennion had children:
I. Johannis Hinneon, b. Jan. 14, 1780; m. Aultye
1 Essex County Deeds, P2, 221, 483. 2 See p. 217.
3 Jannetje Demarest was the dau. of Benjamin Demarest (b. March 31, 1749, son of David Demarest and Marijtie Ackerman, m. Jan. 22, 1743, he of Scbraalenburgh, and she of Hakkensack), and Catherine Van Norden, whom he m. Dec. 24, 1768. Benjamin Demarest d. March 30, 1817, aged 68 yrs., one day, says his tombstone; Catherine Van Nor- den, his wife, d. Feb. 13, 1839, aged 85 yrs., 2 mos., one day. They are both buried at Lower Preakness. Benjamin Demarest had six daugh- ters, each of whom be provided with a grindstone in his cellar, where they worked steadily, grinding wampum, which he carried to New York, and sold. On returning with a bag of gold and silver he would empty it out on the table, and the girls had the satisfaction of counting it, but never of owning any of the coin themselves. He finally bought what is known as the Mitchell farm, at Lower Preakness, with the pro- ceeds of his daughters' wampum. He also carried on a grist-mill.
(Alida, Adaline) Zabriskie (b. Aug. 22, 1781, dau. of Albert- Jacob Zabriskie and Metje Ackerman, of Paramus), Nov. 30, 1800; d. Oct. 17, 1803, and is buried at Hawthorne; she m. 2d, Garret Garrison, at Oakland; d. Oct. 3, 1851, aged 70 yrs., one mo., 10 days, and is buried at Oakland. John Hennion Doremus was living in New York when the yellow fever became epidemic, and returned to his paternal home, to escape the pestilence, but went back to the city too soon, caught the fever and died. .
II. Hessel, b. Feb. 19, 1787; m. Ist, Catharina Berry; she d. Oct. 6, 1836, aged 49 yrs., 4 mos., 13 days; he m. 2d, Mary Young, wid. of John Y. Dater, of Hohokus; she d. Aug. 24, 1870. He removed to Ramapo in 1852 and d. there. After his death his widow returned to Hohokus, where she made her will, Sept. 8, 1854, proved Sept. 14, 1870. She gave to her daughter, Hannah Eliza, wife of Aaron Garrison, and to her daughter Martha, wife of Henry G. Ryerson, each $1, 500.1 Administration on the estate of Hessel Doremus was granted to his son, the late John H. Doremus, Sept. 22, 1853. He was a farmer, at the Goffle, living in the stone house now occupied by John W. Rea, and had the ancestral farm of 200 acres.
III. Hendrick, b. Dec. 17, 1793; m. Jane Post (b. Nov. IO, 1796), Oct. 17, 1816; d. Sept. 9, 1850; she d. Sept. 30, 1853. He was called Henry Doremus, jun .; or, less for- mally, "Long Hank." He lived at Pacquanac. He had but one child, John Newton, b. Aug. 30, 1832; d. Jan. 22, 1854, unm., of small-pox; he was employed in the Erie freight office.
Sixth Generation.
Anderis-John-Abraham-Johannes-Cornelis Doremus and Abigail Hopper had children:
I. Annaatje (Hannah), b. Sept. II, 1796; m. Isaac A. Shuart; d. Oct. 17, 1888; he was b. Jan. I, 1798; d. Feb. 9, 1865. They are buried in the Ramapo cemetery, of the Lutheran church, at Masonicus. Issue:
i. Andrew, m. Hannah Crouter; d. Feb. 9, 1865, aged 45 years. Children-I. Herman, m. Ist, Eugenia Van Gie- sen; 2d, Catharine Bryant, wid. of Van Giesen; 2. Isaac Henry, m. Rachel Stagg, of Schraalenburgh; 3. Cor- nelius, m. Elizabeth Jane Straut; 4. Frederick, d. unm.
ii. Adolphus, m. Ellen May (b. Oct. 31, 1824); d. May 7, 1880, aged 59 years, II months, 15 days. Children-I. Anthony, m. Matilda Shuart; 2. David, m. Catharine Goet- schius; 3. Adolphus, m. Emma McIlroy.
iii. Rachel, m. Peter Crouter. Children-I. Helen Maria, m. Jacob C. Straut; 2. Cornelius, m. Sarah Van Saun; 3. William Henry, m. Ellen Maria Bamper; 4. Rachel Jane, m. John Smith; 5. John Wesley, d. young; 6. Sarah Adeline, d. young; 7. Charity Ann, d. young.
iv. Lydia, m. Jonas Secor; d. 1845.
v. Isaac G., m. Susan May. Children-I. Elmira, m. Jeremiah Vanderbeck; 2. Jane, m. John Blauvelt; 3. Ann Eliza, m. Frank Messenger; 4. Clara, m. William` Omey.
vi. Abigail Ann (she lives at Little Falls).
vii. Catharine, m. Albert C. Bogert, of Hackensack.
1 Passaic County Wills, C, 553.
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