History of the city of Paterson and the County of Passaic, New Jersey, Part 94

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

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Children-I. Rachel Ann, d. young; 2. Albert A., d. aged 13 years.

II. Rachel, b. Aug. 27, 1798; m. Abram Wortendyke; they removed to Pennsylvania. .

III. John, b. March 3, ISO1; m. Eliza Hicks; d. about 1869; they are buried in the Ramapo cemetery.

IV. David, b. Sept. 26, 1803; m. Rachel Carlough (dau. of David Carlough and Margaret his wife, of Masonicus, who both d. March 2, 1854, he aged 79 yrs., and she aged SI yrs.); d. Nov. II, 1882; she d. Aug. 10, 1887. He re- moved to Hopewell, Ontario county, New York, where he was living in 1830; returning, he followed his trade for some time at Masonicus and vicinity; later, he settled in Paterson, living in Ward street, and there he and his wife died.

,V. Jannetje, b. March 19, 1807; m. Peter Ackerson; d. July 3, 1891. Issue: I. Maria, b. 1828; m. Ist, William Call; 2d, William Weimar; d. April 28, 1870; 2. Jane, b. April 7, 1833; m. John Jones; 3. Hannah, b. March 4, 1839; m. Jacob Hopper.

VI. Ariaantje (IIarriet, or "Aunt Yawntye"), b. July 24, 1809; m. Abraham Terhune, of Midland Park; d. 1894. Issue: I. Richard, b. Dec. 6, 1827; lives in New York; 2. Abraham, lives at Midland Park; 3. Abigail, m. John Thompson; 4. Ann Eliza, m. John Packer.

VII. Lea, b. Feb. 26, 1792; (prob.) m. Peter J. Post, April 17, ISO8.

IX. Margrietje, b. Jan. 3, 1798; d. in inf.

Jacobus-John-Abraham-Johannes-Cornelis Doremus and Maria Goetschius had children:

I. Johannes, b. Dec. 2, 1799; prob. d. young, as he is not mentioned in his father's will.

II. Annaatje, b. Jan. 26, 1801; m. Ist, Isaac Jones; 2d, James Carlough, of Masonicus; d. Jan. 16, 1880; he d. June II, 1867, aged 77 yrs. Issue (by her first husband): I. James;1 2. Edward; 3. Elizabeth; 4. Hannah; 5. Mary; (by her second husband) 6. James;1 7. Catharine; 8. Rachel; 9. Ellen.

III. Abraham, b. Oct. II, 1803; m. Eleanor Forshee.

IV. Ginny (Jane), b. Nov. 22, 1806; m. Edward Mur- ray; d. Feb. 28, 1879; he d. Feb. 29, 1868, aged 76 yrs. He was a school teacher, at Masonicus. Issue: I. Gerard, d. Aug. 26, 1870, aged 23 yrs., 9 mos., 28 days; 2. Bernard, d. Sept. 23, 1891, aged 47 yrs., 3 mos., 26 days, unm .; 3. Wil- liam Henry, m. Caroline May; 4. Hannah, m. - : Hem- ion; 5. Ellen, m. George Sidman; 6. John, m. Elizabeth Jane May; 7. James, m. Ist, Euphemia Christopher; 2d, Jennie Weeks.

V. Yoost (Joseph), b. Feb. 16, 1809; m. Ist, Polly Sjoerle (Sutherland); 2d, Jennie Straut. He was a farmer at Masonicus.

Michiel-David-Cornelis-Johannes-Cornelis Doremus and Barbarah Zich had children:

I. David, b. June 2, 1799; m. Peggy Reemer, Nov. 28, 1819. In 1832 he was living in New Manchester (now

part of Paterson). He subsequently removed to Long Is- land. He was a carpenter. Ch., Ann Eliza, b. April 4, 1822.

II. Catrenew, b. Aug. 26, 1801.

III. Frans, d. unm.

IV. John, d. unm.

David-David-Cornelis-Johannes-Cornelis Doremus and Ellen Post had children :

I. David, b. Sept. II, 1821; m, Ist, Mary Jordan, of Paterson; 2d, Ann Cox, of Albany, N. Y .; she is dec. He lives in Albany.

II. Marselus, b. April 13, 1824; m. Margaret Van Ri- per; d. April 15, 1849, s. p.

III. John, b. June 10, 1826; m. Ist, Mary Jackson; 2d, Elizabeth Burtis; 3d, Lucretia King, wid. He was a black- smith, in Newark. About 1873 he removed to Ennis, Ellis- county, Texas, and died there.

IV. Gerret, b. Feb. 19, 1828; m. Henrietta, dau. of Henry Francisco, of Spring Garden, near Belleville. He is a carpenter. He lives at Casenovia, Madison county, N. Y., whither he removed in 1861.

V. Halmagh, b. April 22, 1830; m. Catharine Jane (b. Sept. 15, 1833), dau. of Henry Francisco, of Spring Garden, near Belleville, Jan. I, 1855; d. April 16, 1884. He was a blacksmith, in Newark, where his wid. and children reside.

VI. Andrew, b. Sept. 22, 1833; m. Amy E. Losey, dau. of John Losey and Rebecca Castmore (who m. 2d, Paulus I. Post), of Morris county, Feb. 25, 1857. Mr. Doremus is a farmer at Athenia; he was formerly a milkman, also. He has been elected to various offices in Acquackanonk town- ship.

VII. Samuel, b. Jan. 10, 1839; d. July 9, 1863, unm.

VIII. Stephen, b. Oct. I9, 1843; m. Louisa Evans; d. Sept. - , 1892. He was a blacksmith. Ch., Polly.

Simeon-Hendricus-Cornelis-Thomas-Cornelis Doremus and Jane Dey had children:

I. Thomas Dey, b. Dec. 14, 1798; m. Eliza (dau. of Moses) Harrison, of Montclair; d. Jan. 5, 1856, in Jersey City. He was a grocer in New York, and was known as Thomas S. Doremus.

II. Sarah, b. Aug. 24, 1806; m. Benjamin C. Miller, from Little Falls, Sept. 25, 1824; d. Nov. 28, 1892.

III. Henry, m. Rachel, dau. of Cornelius Yorks; d. May 15, 1873, aged 63 yrs. ; she d. Oct. 9, 1895, aged 86 yrs. He kept a grocery store in New York; he afterwards settled at Montclair, and thence removed to Newark, where he died.

IV. Job, b. Feb. 12, 18II; m. Ist, Rachel, dau. of Henry Van Ness; she d. April 9, 1858, aged 42 yrs., 5 mos. ; he m. 2d, Catharine Hopper (b. April 13, 1810; she m. Ist, William Van Ness, b. Aug. II, 1807, son of Evert- Hendrick Van Ness; he d. June 5, 1856), May 7, 1859; he d. Nov. 4, 1881.

V. Margaret, m. John D. Pier. VI. Abby, d. young. -

Pieter-Hendricus-Cornelis-Thomas-Cornelis Doremus and Lena Berry had children (all b. on the old place at Slooter- dam):

1 These two sons, James, of the same mother, both grew up. A very unusual circumstance, two brothers of the same name.

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I. Hendrick, b. March IO, 1798; m. Mary (Polly) Van Blarcom (b. May 31, 1798, dau. of Johannes Van Blar- com and Antye Jacobus), 1 May 29, 1819; d. April 5, 1874; she d. July 23, 1881. He and his brother William learned the art of weaving blue and white blankets; he went to Tappan to acquire this trade. He carried on the manufac- ture for some years, on the Wesel road, south of the Wesel · drift way. Subsequently he turned his attention to farm- ing, and successfully worked a farm of 76 acres, which he bought from Andrew P. Hopper and wife, Dec. 7, 1825, sit- uated on the east bank of the river, about half way between the Wesel and Broadway bridges.2 Here he built a substan- tial stone house, largely from the walls of the ancient "White House" of Simeon Van Winkle, which had stood for a century or more on the west bank of the river, at the foot of Willis street; the stone was carted across the river on the ice, about 1825-6. His will, dated Oct. 25, 1869, witnessed by Henry A. Williams and John Drew, was proved May 6, 1874. He gave his wife Polly the homestead for life, with remainder to his son Peter, the latter to have also the homestead farm, and 30 acres devised to testator by his father. Provision was also made for his daughter Ann, and for his grandchildren.3 Trustees-son Peter, grandson Henry P., and brother William.

II. Elizabeth, b. April 14, 1804; d. Aug. 5, 1805.

III. William, b. June 20, 1806; m. Ist, Maria Post, Oct., 1829; she d. July 19, 1832, aged 22 yrs., 8 mos., 5 days; 2d, Susanna Van Blarcom4 (b. June 9, 1807, dau. of Johannes Van Blarcom and Antye Jacobus); she d. Sept. 16, 1876; he d. May 24, 1885.

IV. Cornelius, b. May 19, 1815; m. Catharine (b. Sept. 14, 1817, dau. of Albert) Van Houten, of Broadway, April 14, 1836; she d. Nov. 10, 1879. He learned the carpenter's trade, but after following it four years bought a farm on the east side of the Passaic river, a short distance north of the Wesel bridge, and worked it for half a century. He then removed to Paterson, where he has lived since. He is known as Cornelius P. Doremus.

Cornelius-Thomas-Cornelis-Thomas-Cornelis Doremus and Lena Mandeville had children:

I. Angonietje, b. Dec. 28, 1791.

II. Agnes, d. Nov. 16, 1795, aged 2 yrs., 10 mos., 12 days.

III. Thomas, b. Aug. 31, 1796; m. Sarah Platt (b. Aug. 3, 1802, dau. of Elias Haines, a New York merchant, and sister of Gov. Daniel Haines, of Sussex county), Sept. II, 1821; d. Feb. 16, 1879; she d. Jan. 29, 1877., At an early age he went to New York, where he afterwards resided, at first with his uncle, Francis Doremus. When this uncle, in 1812, enlisted in the army as Captain, Thomas, although a very young man, took entire charge of his uncle's business,

showing his industry and energy. In after life, it was often said of him, that "his word was as good as a bond." He early joined a military company, "the Governor's Guard," composed of the leading young gentlemen of New York, and with that corps stood guard over General Richard Mont- gomery's remains when brought from Quebec, and when they received General Lafayette in 1824. He retained his military bearing to the end of his days. He early connect- ed himself with the South Dutch Church, and was for many years an elder, to the day of his death. He was in business for himself as a merchant and importer, before twenty-one years of age. He was fond of reading and improving his mind, and had a large and well selected private library; heal- so had a circulating library in his business office for his clerks, and on the formation of the Mercantile Library took several shares, knowing self-improvement for the young was im- portant. His wife was preeminent in good works, and helped to found many benevolent institutions in the city of her birth -- the "Woman's Hospital," "Nursery and Child's Hospital," "House and School of Industry," "Isaac T. Hopper Home," and others. She had great personal beauty and was very lovely in character. From her self- sacrificing zeal in the cause of missions she was known as "the Mother of Missionaries." He was a noble, generous- hearted man, giving much of his time and money to public enterprise; a great patriot, and largely interested in benevo- lent and religious works. When Japan was opened by Commodore Perry, he sent and supported for years, the first missionary to that country, the Rev. Samuel R. Brown, of the Dutch Church. Thomas C. Doremus was tall and well formed, with a soldierly bearing, a courtly, social manner, and was spoken of as "the Christian gentleman." He had expressive blue eyes, and black, curling hair, which became iron grey in later years. On his monument in Greenwood cemetery is the text, "Diligent in business, fer- vent in spirit, serving the Lord, distributing to the necessi- ties of saints."

IV. Willempje (Elma), b. June 21, 1806; m. the Rev. Abraham Messler, D. D., Sept. II, 1826; d. March 4, 1895; he d. June 12, 1882. He was graduated at Union College, 1821; New Brunswick Seminary, 1824; pastor at Ovid, N. Y., 1825-8; Pompton Plains and Montville, 1829-32; Rar- itan, 1832 until October, 1879, when he resigned, greatly to the regret of his people. He was one of the most dis- tinguished clergymen of the Reformed (Dutch) church. Issue:

i. Mary Stryker, b. Dec. 23, 1827; m. Charles Wells Swift (b. June 27, 1812), Nov. 19, 1851; he d. Nov. 19, 1877. He was a prominent lawyer of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and was a trustee of Vassar College, at that place.

ii. Helen Doremus, b. Nov. 22, 1830; m. Edward La- mar Covert, Nov. 22, 1853; d. Dec. 22, 1866.

iii. Thomas Doremus, b. May 9, 1833; m. Maria Remsen Varick, June 3, 1857; d. Aug. II, 1893.

iv. Henry Martyn, b. Oct. II, 1834; m. Olivia De Courcey Michaels (b. April 10, 1837), Nov. 10, 1858; d. Dec. 25, 1858, s. p.

v. Sarah Doremus, b. Feb. 1, 1837.

1 See p. 222.

2 Within the limits of this farm was a one-acre school lot, which had been set apart for educational purposes by the Garrisons. As it had been abandoned for years, the Garrisons claimed a reversionary interest in the premises, to release which Henry D. Garrison and wife executed a deed at the same time.

3 Bergen County Wills, L, 181.

4 See p. 223.

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vi. Elma Bogert, b. Dec. 30, 1839; d. Aug. 28, 1846. vii. Cornelia, b. Oct. 22, 1841; m. John Todd Grims- ley, Dec. 12, 1871; d. March 20, 1891. Ch., Mary Swift, b. Jan. 12, 1875.

viii. Anna Frances, b. Jan. 23, 1844; d. Aug. 5, 1853. ix. Emelie, b. Jan. 13, 1847.

Petres-Thomas-Cornelis-Thomas-Cornelis Doremus and Susanna Jacobus had children:

I. Roelof Jacobus, b. July 16, 1797; m. Catharine Van Houten (b. June 13, 1806, dau. of Judge Gerrebrant Van Houten and Jane Garrison), June 1, 1825; d. Nov. 18, 1886; she d. March 6, 1874. He always wrote his name Ralph Doremus. He left his father's home at Pacquanac when a mere lad, and with a little bundle of his personal belongings trudged to New York in search of employment. He was a handsome little fellow, graceful in manner, cour- teous and winning in speech, and soon found occupation in a large dry goods house.' Being an excellent penman and accountant he was given a clerkship, and continued in the establishment until he concluded to set up for himself in Paterson, as a dealer in cloths and dry goods, becoming in a few years one of the leading merchants of the town, and likewise foremost in his contributions to religious and benevolent work. His store was on the west side of Main street, between Broadway and Van Houten street. The peo- ple of Saddle River township elected him town clerk in 1828-29-30, and his records are models of neatness and perspicuity. He was elected accountant of the Paterson Fire Association, in 1830; was enrolled as a member of Engine Company No. 5, in 1834; was elected one of the Fire Wardens, in 1835, but declined; in 1837 he was elected one of the judges of appeal. For many years he was one of the most generous contributors to the Second Reformed church.1 On his marriage to Judge Van Houten's daughter he erected the handsome brick res- idence on the corner of Water and Albion streets, buy- ing all the materials and having the work done under his personal supervision. The panic of 1837 affected him in common with every other merchant in the country, and he retired from business, devoting himself thereafter to the care of his considerable farming property. During the last forty or forty-five years of his life he lived in what is known as the Doremus homestead, Nos. 115-123 Water street. A miniature of him, painted in 1825, for his bride, and now in the possession of his granddaughter, Mrs. Wil- liam Nelson, shows him to have been handsome and ele- gant, with light brown eyes, and a ruddy countenance, and even in lis ninetieth year he retained a dignity and courtliness that savored much of the "old school" of gentle manners.

II. Nicholas Jones, b. Feb. 22, 1799; m. Elizabeth Haring (b. Oct. 5, 1806, dau. of Garret Haring, of Preak- ness), June 16, 1825; d. Aug. 24, 1887; she d. April 22, 1885. He signed his name Nicholas I. Doremus. He lived at Lower Preakness, where he was a farmer and miller.

III. Thomas, b. Jan. 18, 1801; m. Mary Van Houten (b.

Oct. 6, 1804, dau. of Abraham Van Houten and Catharine Sip),1 Nov. 18, 1824; d. Sept. II, 1894. Her will was proved Aug. 5, 1870. He lived at Pacquanac, and was known as Thomas P. Doremus.

IV. Francis, b. March 12, 1804; m. Maria, dau. of Jeremiah Ryerson and Rachel Van Saun, of Preakness; d. Nov. 29, 1846; she d. June 6, 1843, aged 32 yrs., Io mos., one day.

V. Rachel. b. March 26, 1808; d. Dec. 25, 1820.

VI. Cornelius, b. July 14, 1813; m. Eliza, dau. of Si- mon H. Van Ness, of Bloomingdale, Sept. 21, 1841. He was a painter, in Newark, for many years, but has resided a long time at Pequannock.

Benjamin-Thomas-Cornelis-Thomas-Cornelis Doremus and Jane Van Blarcom had children:

I. Antje, b. Dec. 20, 1802; m. Isaac Courter. Issue: I. Rachel; 2. Ellen; 3. Sarah A .; 4. Emeline; 5. Theodore; 6. Wesley.

II. Rachel, b. March II, 1805; m. Jacob Demott. Issue: I. Harriet; . 2. Jenny; 3. Eliza; 4. Ann; 5. Sarah E .; 6. Emeline; 7. Elihu; 8. Peter; 9. Edward.

III. Cornelius, b. April 25, 1810; m. Catharine, dau. of Paul Debow, of Pompton Plains, Jan. 4, 1832. Letters of administration on his estate were granted Sept. 30, 1872, to his widow and John Norwood. He was a member of the Gen- eral Assembly, from Morris county, in 1851-52. Issue: I. Helen, b. Nov. 2, 1832; m. John Norwood, of Montville, Sept. 15, 1853; 2. Mary, b. Dec. 28, 1834; m. William H. Taylor, of Bloomfield, June -, 1854; 3. Sarah, b. Nov. 6, 1847; m. Newton Smith, of Boonton, Jan. - , 1866.

IV. Peter, m. Helen B., dau. of Samuel Smith, a law- yer, at Haverstraw, N. Y. He removed to Baltimore, Md. Issue: Mary Amanda, m. Thomas Pewtner, of Baltimore.

Johannes-Thomas -- Cornelis-Thomas-Cornelis Doremus and Elisabeth Berry had children:

I. Thomas, b. June 13, 1804; m. Elisabeth Canniff, Dec. 24, 1832; 'd. May 2, 1841, being accidentally drowned; he removed to New York.

II. Samuel, b. Aug. 26, 1806; m. Ist, Angeline Thompson (b. March 15, 1809), April 8, 1830; she d. Nov. 15, 1857; he m. 2d, Melissa Suydam, June 7, 1858; d. Jan. 20, 1878; he lived in New York. His wid. lives in Troy, N. Y.

III. John, b. May 13, ISIo; m. Catharine Jacobus (b. Feb. 28, 1817), Dec. 27, 1834; d. Jan. 30, 1889; lived at White Hall. The will of Jolin J. Doremus, of Montville, dated Sept. 29, 1873, was proved Feb. 28, 1889.2

IV. Anna Maria, b. Dec. 31, 1812; m. Richard Vree- land, Nov. 26, 1831, and removed to New York.

V. Susanna, b. June 13, 1814; m. Ira G. Green; d. Nov. 20, 1875; she lived in Newark.

VI. Francis, b. Nov. 18, 1816; m. Rhoda Bunnell, Oct. 19, 1839, and removed to New York, but for some years past has resided at or near Plainfield.

Fransoes -- Thomas -- Cornelis -- Thomas -- Cornelis Doremus had children:

1 See p. 260. 2 Morris County Wills, S, 75.

I See The Van Houten Manuscripts.

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By his first wife (Phœbe Smith):

I. Ann Eliza, b. Oct. 12, 1809; m. John Schuerman Vredenburgh (son of Peter Vredenburg, a physician, b. Oct. 5, 1778, and Maria Van Doren; he d. Sept. 15, 1848; he was a son of Peter Vredenburg and Maragrita Schuur- man, b. Feb. 2, 1752), of Somerville, N. J., Sept. 18, 1832; d. Nov. 23, 1880. They settled at Springfield, Ills.

II. Francis, b. 1813; d. 1818.

By his second wife (Eliza DeHart Canfield):

III. John E. Caldwell, b. Oct. 15, 1816; m. Ist, Cath- erine Louise Ulrich (b. Jan. 2, 1817, of a Russian family, sister of Edward Ulrich, named above), Aug. 13, 1839; she d. Nov. 25, 1853; he m. 2d, Mary Allen, in 1854; 3d, Mrs. Bettie S. Berry, of Louisiana; he d. Nov. 16, 1878. He graduated from the University of New York; removed to Springfield, Ills., where he practiced law several years; was a Professor of Languages in Oakland College, near Rodney, Miss., and lived many years in Louisiana.

IV. Margaret Canfield, b. July 6, 1818; m. Samuel Ilotchkin, July 8, 1840; d. Feb. 21, 1844. Mr. Hotchkin was in the East Indies, traveling for his health, when his child was born and his wife died. Ch., Caroline Caldwell; b. Jan. 28, 1844; she was adopted by Charles F. Park, her mother dying when she was only three weeks old; she lost her hearing from fever, and never learned to speak; m. C. K. W. Strong, Oct. 4, 1888; he was of Washington, D. C., and was also a mute. He held the same position in the Treasury Department for over twenty-five years; he d. in 1891; she d. May 12, 1892. Mr. Hotchkin m. 2d, Mary Gray, dau. of Judge Gray, of Elmira, N. Y .; he d. Feb. 12, 1895, aged 76 yrs .; she survives him and has one dau., Lily.

V. Caroline Elizabeth, b. Oct. 23, 1820; m. Charles F. Park, of New York city (b. Aug. 2, 1816), April 30, 1839; d. Feb. 12, 1894; he d. Aug. 13, 1865.

VI. Frances Maria, b. Oct. 28, 1822; m. the Rev. Wil- liam T. Doubleday, May 14, 1844; d. April 5, 1882. Mr. Doubleday was pastor of the Presbyterian churches at Bain - bridge, N. Y., 1843-45; Truxton, N. Y., 1846-49; Gilberts- ville, N. Y., 1850-60; Delhi, N. Y., 1860-1863; and of the Congregational church at Goshen, Conn., 1863-1871, until his health broke down. He now lives with his surviving daughter, in Binghamton, N. Y. Issue: I. Susan Caldwell, b. May 25, 1845; d. Aug. 4, 1846; 2. Frances Caroline, b. Juñe 24, 1860.

VII. Sarah Vredenburgh, b. Oct. 12, 1830; m. Samuel J. Jones, Nov. 3, 1858; they lived in London, England, for nine years; then removed to Virginia, and afterwards to Helena, Montana. Issue: I. Francis Doremus, b. Aug. 20, 1860; 2. Albert, b. Sept. 22, 1868; d. Sept. 15, 1870.

James(439)-Johannis-Cornelis-Thomas-Cornelis Doremus and Ann Parleman had children:

I. Barbara Allen, b. July 14, 1819; m. the Rev. Fred- erick F. Cornell, Oct. 24, 1839; d. in her 29th yr .; he d. 1864, at Somerville. He was the son of John Cornell; grad- uated at Princeton College, 1825; studied theology at New Brunswick Seminary; was licensed, 1829; Professor of Lan- guages in the College of Mississippi, Natchez, 1828-9; pastor of

the Reformed church at Montville, 1833-6; at Manhattan, 1836-56; was a member of the Pluckemin (N. J.) Presbytery, 1856-64; d. at Somerville, N. J. Issue: I. Frederick F. ; 2. Anna Maria.

II. Thomas Edward, b. Feb. 18, 1824; m. Mary Ann Hedges, of Brooklyn, June 22, 1846; d. Aug. 21, 1866. Is- sue: I. Clara, m. Will Hart; 2. Edward H .; d. unm.

III. John Parleman, b. March 24, 1824; m. Sarah M. Hyler, June 24, 1846; both were of Montville; d. March 27, 1863. Ch., Mary, d. young.

IV. Sarah Margaret, b. Aug. 20, 1827; m. Josiah P. Huntoon, May 24, 1845; he d. June II, 1891. Mr. Hun- toon was born July 16, 1816, at Montpelier, Vermont; he was a descendant of Philip Huntoon, who was abducted from the Isle of Guernsey, in the British Channel, and brought to America about 1640, being sold here to pay for his enforced passage. One of his descendants, Charles Huntoon, settled at Unity, Sullivan county, N. Y .; he was the father of Josiah, who was the father of Bemsley, who removed to Berlin, Washington county, Vermont, and sub- sequently to Montpelier, Vermont, and thence to Ogdens- burg, N. Y. Josiah P., son of Bemsley, left home at Og- densburg in 1828, going to New York, where he was em -. ployed as a clerk until 1835, when he began the business of grinding coffee for the grocery trade. About that time he married Ariadne Bowlsby, of Morris county, and soon after removed thither, where he undertook the management of her homestead farm, and also taught school. She died Jan. 26, 1844. In 1841 he removed to Paterson, where he resumed the business of grinding coffee and spices, which he carried on with increasing success until the panic of 1873, which materially affected his prosperity. In 1855 he built a large brick factory for his business, on the south side of Broad- way, opposite Bridge street. He retired from active busi- ness Jan. I, 1879. He was elected a member of the board of chosen freeholders of the county of Passaic in 1853 and 1854; in the latter year he was chosen director of the board, and by virtue of that position was largely instrumental in securing the erection of the very handsome jail edifice on Main street, and placing the custody of the jail in a warden, appointed by the board, instead of having the prison in the custody of the sheriff, as formerly. This was considered a great reform. Mr. Huntoon was an ardent abolitionist, and afterwards was a zealous and active Republican. He was connected with the principal financial institutions of the city while engaged in business. His leonine head, crowned with a mane of long, curling hair, snowy white in his later years, gave him an aspect of great venerability, while his countenance always indicated a benignity and kindness of disposition that won him the respect and confidence of all who knew him. He was a man of very superior intelligence, broadened by wide reading and study. Issue: I. Edwin D., b. Feb. 5, 1847; 2. Ada, b. Aug .- 14, 1849; m. Henry I. Clark, April 13, 1870; 3. James Henry, b. Jan. I, 1851; m. Hattie V. Clark, May 20, 1874; 4. Harry, b. July 16, 1853; 5. Bertha, b. Nov. 13, 1855; 6. Walter, b. Jan. 2, 1859; m. Clara B. Howard, Oct. 29, 1844; 7. Oscar, b. March 15, . 1860; 8. Jennie, b. June 1, 1862; 9. Mary, b. Aug. 29, 1864;

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IO. Edwin, b. May 16, 1866; II. Louis, b. Jan. 28, 1869.

V. Walter Wallace, b. Dec. 20, 1840; d. April 26, 1853.

John-Mouritz-Johannes-Thomas-Cornelis Doremus and Grietje Vanderhoff had children:

I. Margaret, b. Jan. 8, 1814; m. Gerret Van Ness, and lived at Fairfield; she d. Dec. 15, 1855.

II. Nancy, b. Oct. 24, 1815; m. John Springstead; they removed to Michigan.

III. Henry, b. April 17, 1817; m. Mary Davenport.

IV. Lucinda, b. Dec. 17, 1819; m. John Barnes; d. Aug. 30, 1845.

V. Sarah, b. April 6, 1822; m. Philander Hurd, and lived at Doremustown.

VI. Abraham F., b. Sept. 15, 1824; m. Elisabeth Featherby.

VII. John, b. Jan. 8, 1827; m. Sarah Bush; d. Sept. 2, 1862; they lived at Fairfield.

VIII. Rachel, b. Sept. 16, 1829; m. Ist, Israel Williams; 2d, Stephen Husk.

IX. Ellen A., b. Nov. 22, 1833; m. Ist, John Smalley; 2d, Frank Hicktha; 3d, Joseph Anderson.

Cornelius-Pieter-Golijn-Thomas-Cornelis Doremus and Ann Van Ness had children:

I. Peter, b. Oct. 24, 1806; m. Catherine Van Ness (b. May 29, 1803, dau. of Simon Van Ness and Elisabeth Doremus, of Cedar Grove), June 18, 1825; d. Jan. 1, 1851; she d. Oct. 19, 1889. Both were born and lived at Jackson- ville, where he was a farmer.

II. Susanna, b. Feb. 21, 1809; m. Peter (b. March 26, 1803, son of Golyn) Doremus, Nov. 20, 1828; d. Dec. 28, 1871; he d. Dec. 26, 1884.

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History of the city of Paterson and the County of Passaic, New Jersey, Part 94

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