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PASTORS.
Rev. William C. Bartlett in 1858 ; Rev. John Milton Holmes,1 from May 23, 1861, to May, 1869; Rev. Giles B. Wilcox, from December S, 1869, to the present time.
The Second Congregational Church, Jersey City, was organized June 9, 1869 ; recognized October 13, 1869. The building is on the southwest corner of Summit and St. Paul's avennes ; dedi- cated May 8, 1870.
PASTORS.
Rev. Leavitt Bartlett, from June, 1869, to July, 1871; Rev. George Lewis, from August, 1871.
GERMAN CHURCHES.
The German Evangelical Lutheran St. Paul's Church, in Harsimns, was incorporated October 24, 1850; Rev. A. Geissen- heimer, pastor. Its existence was brief.
The German Evangelical Lutheran St. Matthias Church, Jersey City, was organized in 1860. The society purchased the Bethesda Baptist Church building in 1862.
1 Died September 20, 1871.
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THE GERMAN CHURCHES.
PASTORS.
Revs. Carl M. Wassidlo, from November, 1860, to February, 1862; Julius Augustus Bangeroth, from February, 1862, to May 28. 1866 ; George Ewh, from June 17, 1866, to the present time.
The German Evangelical Lutheran St. Matthias Church. Hoboken, was organized November 23, 1856. The church build- ing is on the southwest corner of Washington and Third streets. purchased of the First Presbyterian Church, April 10, 1864.
PASTOR-Rev. Carl M. Wassidlo, from the organization to the present time.
Immanuel's Church of the Evangelical Association, Union Hill, was organized in 1865; incorporated June 27, 1865. The building is on the west side of New York avenue, between Union and Lewis streets : erected in 1865.
PASTORS.
Revs. Christian Meyer, 1865-7; Adam Gatchel, 1867-9; Gustav Sharp, 1869-70; Nicholas Gable, 1870-3: T. A. Plat- tenberg, 1873.
Zion Church of the Evangelical Association, Greenville, was organized May 30, 1866. The building is on the south side of Waverly avenue, near Bergen avenne; begun in 1866; com- pleted in 1867. The name was afterward changed to Evangeli- cal Lutheran Zion Church.
PASTORS. Revs. Ryaha. Kuhn, Shuner.
Salem Church of the Evangelical Association, Greenville, was incorporated June 3, 1869. The building is on the west side of Bergen avenue, between Pearsall avenue and Factory lane : erected in 1870.
PASTORS.
Revs. Nicholas Goebel ; Emanuel Glazer.
The German Independent Congregation, Hoboken, was incor- porated April 3, 1867.
416
HISTORY OF HUDSON COUNTY.
UNITARIANS.
The Unitarian Church, Jersey City, was organized in 1853. The building (now St. Mark's) is on the southeast corner of Grove and Montgomery streets ; dedicated September 19, 1855.
PASTOR-Rev. O. B. Frothingham, until 1858. The organiza- tion shortly afterward disbanded.
UNIVERSALISTS.
As early as 1852 an attempt was made to organize a church of this faith. Services were held in a schoolhouse near the Five Corners. The effort did not succeed. The attempt was renewed December 10, 1871. This resulted in an organization in Janu- ary, 1872, which was incorporated as The First Universalist Church of Jersey City, March 13, 1872. It purchased the old Emory. M. E. Church building on the northeast corner of Mill road and Colden place ; opening services October 20, 1872.
TABLE showing the number of inhabitants in the several cities and townships in Hudson County :
Year.
Jersey
City.
Van Vorst
Township.
Bergen.
Hudson
Iloboken.
Harrison,
North
West
Hoboken.
Town of
I'nion.
I'nion.
Bayonne
City.
Greenville.
Weehawken.
Kearney.
1810.
1800.
1790
1829
1,025
1837
2.084
9:23
1840
3,033
1,057
4,211
1,103
1843
3.700
1,500
1845
1.958
1816
5.418
2,400
1847
5,862
1848
5,899
3 601
1849
6,384
1850
6,856
4,617
2,758
2,668
1.345
3,578
1855
21,715
1,972
3.322
6,727
1,516
3,571
1860
29,226
7,429
2.2:29
9,659
2.556
6,335
4.232
4,379
1,200
1,356
388
1865
38,371
. .
1870
82.545
. .
20,992
1,129
3,032 / 4,132
4,640
2,097*
3,834
2,789
597
971
1830.
1820.
* The abstract of the United States census gives 2,097 as the population of this township in 1820. The census puts it down as 6,737, which is probably an error.
Joseph Bryant.
Major David Hunt and family, John Murphy and wife and
1715.
1737.
1,29.
POPULATION of Bergen County, including Hudson County :
22,412
~18,178
417
STATISTICS OF POPULATION.
16,603
15,956
12,601
. .
. .
..
...
...
280
. .
..
.
7.000
13,151
12,976
2,375
2,891
....
. ..
....
In 1802 Paulus Hoeck had a population of 13, made up of
3,006
4,095
2,218
City .
Bergen.
HISTORY OF HUDSON COUNTY.
418
TABLE of Criminal Charges upon which Courts and Juries in Hudson County have acted :
1840. IS41.
1842.
1843.
1844.
1845.
1846.
1847.
1848.
1849.
1850.
1851.
1852.
1853.
1854.
1855.
1856.
1857.
1858.
1859.
1860.
1861.
1862.
1863.
1864.
1865.
1866.
1867.
1868.
1868.1
1869.
1869.
1870.
1870.
1871.
1871.
1872.
1872.
1873.
1873.
Abduction
Abortion ..
Administering Drugs to Procure Abortion
Adultery.
Arson ...
Assault with lutent to Rob
18
8
13
58 60 37 85 97
6
2 10
5
A ..
2
4
2
1
Atrocions Assault and Battery
Baratry . . .
Breaking and Entering*
Bribery
6!
Burglary
1
Cockfighting
Concealing Pregnancy
Concealing Birth.
Conspiracy
Counterfeiting ..
(Cruelty to Animals
Cutting Timber.
Disorderly Hlouse.
Embezzlement ..
Escape ..
Exposing Person.
Extortion
False Imprisonment
False Pretences.
Forcible Entry.
Forgery
Fornication
Fraud ...
Gaming
Having Burglars' Tools
Illegal Voting
Incest ..
Indecent Assault.
Infanticide
1
211
1
Assault with Intent to Kill
1
Assault with Intent to Ravish.
1 2
4 1 1
6
1
4 16
13 13 17 12 21 6
13 26
13
38 18 3 20 39 92 23 9
10)
1
1
1
71 13 66 77 73 62
Assault and Battery ...
72 52 64 53 18 2
.
Kidknapping
Larceny .. Lewdness Libel ....
7 19 Git 16 6 98 . . 17 23 82 21 27 18 17 26 32 19 59 58 1
39 76 11 76 11 82 38 91 17 101
1 1
Making False Record.
Malfeasance in Office
Malicious Mischief.
1
Manslaughter.
Misdemeanor
Murder ..
Nuisance ..
Obstructing Railroad
Peddling without License
Perjury ....
Picking Pockets
Polygamy ...
Ponad Breach
Prison Breach.
Prize Fighting
Rape ..
Receiving Stolen Goods
Rescue ..
Resisting Officer Riot
Robbery ...
Selling Liquor on Sunday
Selling Liquor without License
16 22 2
21
fit
Selling Lottery Tickets .. Sending Threatening Letters Sodomy ..
Subornation of Perjury
Violating Election Law
* This head includes " breaking with intent" and " entering with intent."
+ The Special Sessions was organized in 1868, and this table covers all the cases instituted from that date up to December 1, 1823, and they are to be found in the second column in which the year is repeated.
.
419
STATISTICS OF CRIME.
1
420
TABLE showing by Cities and Townships the number of Pupils attending Public Schools, and amount of money received from the State annually :
JERSEY CITY.
BERGEN.
HARRISON.
VAN VORST.
NORTH BERGEN.
HOBOKEN.
LYRAR.
Pupils.
Received from State.
Pupils.
Received from State.
Pupils,
Received from State.
Pupils.
Received from State.
Received from State.
Pupl1s.
Received from State.
1810
$160 09
$315 60
$103 30
1841
....
160 09
286 92
103 30
58 67
1813
No
report.
. .
....
...
....
...
1844
No
report.
....
....
....
..
1845
No
report.
1846
. .
138 76
119 23
135 13
71 40
$139 19
1847
143 45
117 16
129 76
65 04
159 59
. .
..
...
. .
. .
..
1
64 88
168 37
121 62
$98 70
1851
3.436
927 72
885
238 95
359
96 93
consolidated.
1,119
302 13
606
163 62
18522*
4.208
1,977 76
1,034
490 21
359
168 73
1,252
588 44
713
335 11
1853*
4 398 7
1,869 05
1.144
486 10
117 72
1,430
607 75
1,072
455 60
1854*
4.851
1.867 63
1,130
512 05
331
127 43
1,719
661 81
1,067
410 79
1855*
5.437
1,875 76
1,427
192 31
330
113 85
1,853
639 28
1,281
441 94
1
5.584
1.409 96
1,385
349 70
323
81 55
1,321
333 51
1,261
318 39
1857*
5,746
1,287 00
1,546
180 80
413
128 43
1,380
420 18
1.376
427 93
1858*
5.903
1,850 59
1,661
520 72
458
143 58
1,412
442 66
1,415
456 14
1859*
5,959
1,710 23
1,757
504 26
460
132 02
1,442
413 85
1,600
459 20
1860*
6,280
1,670 48
1,829
486 52
188
129 80
1,709
454 60
1,800
478 80
1861*
6.862
1.632 47
1,480
352 09
619
117 25
470
111 81
1 2.237
532 17
1862*
7,816
1,707 79
1,593
348 07
485
105 98
890
194 46
115 15
485 29
1863*
8.192
3,493 88
1,460
622 70
755
321 00
848
361 68
583
248 64
2.0
866 22
1864*
7,891
3,127 96
1,736
687
755
299 05
402
159 19
552
218 67
227
955 42
1865*
8,043
3,035 85
2,099
765 93
753
284 79
426
160 81
634
239 23
2,227
840 70
1866*
9,778
3,125 04
2,101
671 46
937
299 46
518
165 54
626
200 06
2.803
895 8
1867*
11,027
5,090 93
1,741
803 78
766
353 64
518
339 15
626
289 00
1,275
588 64
1868
11,051
1,793 99
2,300
997 75
814
353 12
569
246 84
699
303 32
2,866
1,243 29
1869
11,822
4,918 25
2,831
974
405 20
637
265 01
704
292 88
4,031
1.679 09
1870
20,165
8,241 27
consol idated.
1,150
470 00
297 53
745
304 18
4.461
1,823 18
1871+
24,552
113,822 03
1,316
6,100 92
3,671 70
850
3,940 60
5,354
21,820 92
1872
24,635
117,525 73
1,406
6,707 59
852
4,064 62
905
4,317 17
6,037
28.800 61
1873
31,010
145,368 80
1,504
,043
64
905
4.238 35
931
1,360 10
5,560
26,039 00
..
...
. .
. .
. .
286 92
103 30
....
$58 67
1842
..
....
..
....
. .
. .
..
..
..
. .
101 99
67 18
164 70
....
1849
147 92
133 21
114 29
67 18
164 69
1848
. .
147 95
120 89
1850
218 74
147 69
1856*
...
UNION.
-
653
155 35
1
1
-
...
HISTORY OF HUDSON COUNTY.
. .
... .
....
Pupils.
160 09
.. .
HUDSON CITY.
BAYONNE. .
WKSI HORORKN.
Towy of I'NIN.
WEEHAWKEN.
KEARNEY.
YEAR.
Pupils.
Received from State.
Pupils.
Received from State.
Pupils.
Received from State.
l'upils.
Pupils.
Received from State.
Pupils
Received from State
Pupils
Received from State.
1856*
766
$193 11
185 **
972
302 29
1858*
179 64
1859*
1,204
315 544
1860*
1,339
356 18
1861*
1,539
366 12
596
$141 78
586
$139 10
1862*
1,539
335 97
596
130 22
688
150 33
1863*
1,967
839 32
607
אא 2.58
718
306 22
310
$145 02
1864*
2,722
1,004 14
699
277 94
800
316 80
395
156 55
649
$256 07
1865*
2,909
1,098 34
715
269 90
869
327 81
417
156 41
272 55
19 32
1866*
3,176
1,110 92
858
272 20
868
277 40
447
112 86
889
284 12
21 08
1867*
3,168
1,601 10
858
396 12
869
401 20
450
207 76
889
410 44
33 24
121
$78 95
1868
1,006
1.937 82
797
341 40
1.117
484 56
533
251 22
1,118
489 89
699
29 93
115
(5) 92
1869
1,998
2.079 29
903
375 67
1.213
517 01
600
249 62
1,157
481 32
83
34 53
192
79 88
1870
con solidated.
835
341 00
1,2H
508 11
633
238 70
1,280
523 12
20 02
1×4
15 20
1871+
1,000
4,635 96
1,373
6,365 09
797
3.694 87
1,321
6,124 11
417 24
225
1,043 09
1872
1,082
5,161 89
1,474
7,031 98
950
1,532 15
1,430
6.822 08
110
524 78
265
1.264 23
1873
1.162
5.441 96
1,601
7,511 98
con solidated.
1,494
6,996 83
146
683 26
335
1,568 90
. .
....
....
..
. .
* During the years marked thus the payments were made by the State to the county in two instalments.
| In 1821 the apportionment to the county was from the two-mill tax and from the State appropriation of $100,000. The same of the years 1872 and 1823. The apportionment was based upon the number of children between five and eighteen years of age, as per the school eensus of the preceding year. Under the present law the school year begins on the 1st of September.
421
STATISTICS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
1
. .
1
Received from State.
422
HISTORY OF HUDSON COUNTY.
TABLE showing assessed valuation of property within the county :
1.860
*33,191,925
1865.
$54,005,755
1820
$88,620,950
1861
32,319,413
1866.
63,833,913
1871
101,049,284
1862
40,698,056
1867
72,360,176
1872
97.478,477
1863
10,218,884
1868
78,849,212
1873
95,064,300)
1864
49,837,349
1869 ..
85,133,272
TABLE showing the bonded indebtedness of the county :
$81,500 00
1866
$1,308,121 87
1870.
$1,138,421 87
1863.
145,421 87
1867.
1,287,121 87
1871.
1,133,421 87
1864.
140, 121 87
1868
1,280,221 87
1872
1,128,000 00
1865.
1,182,921 87
1869
1,298,421 87
1873.
1,123,00 00
TABLE showing the county and city taxes :
Year.
County.
Jersey City.
Bergen.
Iludson City. Hoboken.
Bayonne.
1825
$100 00
1826
.. .
100 00
...
1822
....
.
...
1828
. ...
300 00
1830
300 00
1831
300 00
1832
1833
300 00
1834
1835
300 00
1836
. .
1837
....
1838
....
2,500 00
3,165 28
1840
$3,000 00
3,186 24
1×11
3,000 00
3,000 00
1843
2,000 00
4,500 00
$1,200 00
1814
1.000 00
5,395 13
850 00
1845
4.000 00
6,000 00
850 00
1842
5,000 00
12.000 00
1,275 00
1848
5,000 00
13,500 00
1,650 00
1849
6.000 00
15,000 00
1,490 00
$1,625 00
1850
6,000 00
15,000 00
3,160 00
2,725 00
1851
10,000 00
35,000 00
2,650 00
2,075 (0)
1×52
10,000 00
38,000 00
2,700 00
2,850 00
1853
20,000 00
55.800 00
3.000 00
3,100 00
1854
15,000 00
60,800 00
4,000 00
3,505 00
1855
20,000 00
79,500 00
4,250 00
$7,062 00
11,800 00
1856
20,000 00
81,950 00
4,700 00
8,925 00
14,750 00
1852
20,000 00
87,250 00
5,500 00
15,188 00
15,200 00
1858
20,000 00
88,200 00
6,500 00
13,923 25
16,375 00
1859
20,000 00)
87,310 00
7,900 00
17.181 00
20,805 00
1860
25.000 00
105.288 28
7,925 00
18,575 00
22.012 20
1861
30,000 00
94,188 12
6,000 00
16.000 00
23.195 00
1862
30,000 00
107,794 28
6,000 00
18,300 00
23,495 00
1863
50,000 00
124,252 30
22,000 00)
21,260 00
24,495 00
1864
60,000 00
194.253 78
26.271 25
40.200 00
33,695 00
1865
160,000 (0)
267,000 00
70,371 08
41,1225 00
55,795 00
1×65
200,000 00
310,220 40
15.902 00
44,500 00
70.516 00
....
1867
270,000 00
404.270 64
81,405 00
58,400 00
103.366 00
...
1868
1 350,000 00
186,579 13
106,525 00
86,800 00
108,031 00
....
1869
350,000 00
444,997 75
154,141 67
116.450 00
142,543 50
$31,620 00
1871
$33,000 00
1,103,456 65
146,155 50
65,003 00
1872
485,000 00
1.445.882 81
Jersey City.
131,329 00
69.975 00
1873
500,000 00
1.231.111 20
151.135 00
74,163 62
..
100 00
100 00
...
1829
300 00
300 00
300 00
300 00
1839
4,000 40)
8,300 00
1,150 00
..
1870
425,000 00
1,113,111 19
160,035 50
58,906 00
Consolidated with
i
3,000 00
3,200 00
1846
. ..
423
STATISTICS OF TAXES.
TABLE showing Hudson County's quota of State fax :*
1840
$110 00
1847
$410 00
1867
$49,351 19
1841
615 00
1861
11,288 08
1868
53,225 58
184.
820 00
1862 ..
. 63,852 46
1869
54,903 88
1843
820 00
1863.
.35,724 00
1870.
85,135 27
1844
820 00
1864
29,210 00
1871
88,670 95
1845.
820 00
1865
.38,260 00
1872.
101,049 28
1846
820 00
1866
.51,911 00
1873
146,217 71
* From 1848 to 1860 inclusive, no State tax was levied.
State school tax paid by the county under the present law- 1871, 8177,341.90 ; 1872, $202,008.56 ; 1873, $194,956.95.
Amount received by the county from the State under the present law-1872, 16,052.88 ; 1873, $172,034.26 ; 1874, $193,247.18.
CHAPTER XIII. - GENEALOGIES.
Van Vorst Family-Vreeland Family-Van Winkle Family-Van Wagenen Family-Van Buskirk Family-Van Ripen Family-Van Horn Family- Newkirk Family-Garrabrant Family-Sip Family-Brinkerlioff Family - Schuyler Family -- Kingsland Family - Gautier Family - Cadmus Family.
MUCH labor has been expended in writing up the following brief genealogies, and yet the result is confessedly imperfect. All that can be said in its favor is, the author has done the best he could in the face of difficulties and discouragements which need not be described. One who has not undertaken a similar task is not prepared to comprehend how difficult it is to traee ont the genealogies of the old Dutch families. There was not among those who originally settled within the limits of this county, more than one family which had a name. That single one was Tun Voorst, now Van Vorst; and even this sat so loosely, by reason of its novelty, that Ide, of the second genera- tion, was as often called Ide Cornelissen, i. e., Ide, the son of Cornelis, as Ide Van Vorst. Nearly all of the early settlers here were of the peasantry, who came out as farm servants or soldiers in the service of the Dutch West India Company. This class of settlers had no surname, for they had not earned one. They were known from each other of the same name by using
Note .- The figures in parentheses (56) point forward to that number in the family name. The figures in brackets [3] point backward to that number in the family name. The figures in parentheses (35) following the second name of parties married refer to the number of that person in his or her respective family name. The figures 1, 2, 3, etc., indicate position in the family genealogy, while the numerals XII. denote the number of the child in the particular fam- ily. For illustration :
Enoch [3] had ch .:
21. XII. Joris (56), b. Sept. 25, 1710 ; m. 2d, Annetje Van Wagenen (35).
This reads as follows : Enoch, who stands third in the Vreeland genealogy, had children, the twelfth of whom stands the twenty-first in the same genealo- gy ; that this son, Joris, had for his second wife Annetje Van Wagenen, who stands thirty-fifth in the genealogy of that family ; and that the first child of Joris stands fifty-sixth in the Vreeland genealogy.
Abbreviations .- b., born ; m., married ; d., died ; s., son ; dan., daughter ; unm., unmarried ; ch., child or children ; s. p., without issne; bap., baptized ; inf., infancy ; mos., months ; yrs., years ; wid., widow ; t., age.
121
425
THE VAN VORST FAMILY.
the father's christian name as a surname for themselves. For example, Jan had a son named Michael. He would be known as Michael Jansen, i. e., Michael, the son of Jan. If Michael had a son named Pieter, he would be known as Pieter Michael- son. i. e., Pieter, son of Michael. But if the fathers bore the same Christian name, of course the sons would bear the same surname : and thus difficulties and uncertainties were multiplied. In some cases it was not until the second generation that family names were chosen. These were generally (especially those hav- ing the prefix " Van ") derived from the business, occupation. place of emigration, or some peculiar trait of the founder of the family.
The Schuyler and Gautier families were not among the ear- liest settlers. The other families herein mentioned were. As a rule, the bounds of the county and the names of the families limit the extent of the genealogies. Only in a few instances has there been a trespass beyond.
VAN VOORST-VAN VORST.
This name is supposed to be derived from a small place in Gelderland, near the river Yssel, called Voorst. There was an- other place in Belgium, in the province of Antwerp, called Vorst.
How many of this name came to this country prior to the mid- dle of the seventeenth century is not known. In 1638 a suit was pending before the council in New Amsterdam against Cor- nelis and Jan Van Vorst.1 It is quite certain that the second defendant in that suit named was not the son of Cornelis, for he was yet a minor in 1641.2 In 1639 the West India Company's bonwerie No. 6, on Manhattan, was leased to a Jan Van Voorst. who is probably the one named in the above snit. It is also probable that he was a brother of Cornelis. That he could not have been the son is strengthened by the fact that in 1642 one (farret, son of Jan Van Vorst, was of sufficient age to be em- ploved in the construction of buildings,3 and to have a family. Jan Geritsen Van Vorst is presumed to have been his son, and quite young when his father was killed. He m. Sara Waldron.
1 N. Y. Col MSS., iv., 11.
2 Ibid, ir., 89. It is well to bear in mind, however, that under the Dutch law children did not attain their majority until they reached the age of twenty-five years.
3 Broadhead, i., 347. He was shot by an Indian while thatching a roof near Hackensack.
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IHISTORY OF HUDSON COUNTY.
July 9. 1662; had ch. Johannis, bap. June 29, 1663. This son lived in New York : m. Anneke Hercks, Ang. 26, 1685 ; had ch. I. Sara, bap. May 24, 1686; II. Herck, bap. Jan. 1, 1688; III. Wyntje. bap. Jan. 19, 1690; IV. Sibont, bap. Aug. 12, 1692; V. Annetje, bap. Sept. 19, 1694.
Cornelis Van Voorst eame to this country at an early date. While the Lord of Aehtienhoven was yet Patroon of Pavonia, and Walter the Doubter was Director-General of New Nether- land, Van Voorst settled at Ahasimus as superintendent of the colonie. The date of his arrival has been set down as 1636. This is probably an error. In N. Y. Col. MSS., i., 127, is a certi- fied copy of a note, dated Sept. 8, 1634, made by Van Voorst in favor of Peter Cock, for the price of two-thirds of a sloop. From this it is inferable that he was in this country at that time. If this be so, it is probable that he returned to Holland in 1635, was appointed by Pauw to superintend his colonie, returned and settled in Pavonia prior to June 25, 1636.1 His second wife was Vrouwtje Ides. He died in the summer of 1638; she died in March or April, 1641.2 She was an energetic woman, not easily overcome by difficulties. After the death of her husband she leased the farm at Ahasimus for a term of twenty years, agree- ing to pay therefor one quarter of the produce, to build a new frame house, and keep those already built in repair-the Director agreeing to furnish the necessary brick for the chimney.3 She also hired from the Director-General three ewes and two rams, yielding therefor one-half of the milk and of the increase.4 In the latter part of the year 1639 she married Jacob Stoffelsen.5
1 N. Y. Hist. Soc. V. S., i., 259. 2N. Y. Col. MSS., i., 238, 241.
3 Ibid, i., 92. Bricks were brought from Holland at that time.
+ Ibid, i., 117.
" Stoffelsen was born in 1601, Col. Hist. of N. Y., i., 194 ; came from Zirickzee, the chief city of the island of Schowen, and the oldest city of Zeeland, to this country at an early date. Powers of Atty. New Amst., 39. In 1633 he was " Commissary of Stores," New Neth. Reg., 30, and overseer of the Company's ne- groes, N. Y. Col. MISS., i., 84; chosen one of the " Twelve " in 1641, Col. Hist. of N. Y., i., 415 ; one of the " Eight" in 1615 ; in the same year one of the Directors' Council, pro hac vice, to consult on Indian affairs, New Neth. Reg., 15. In 1656 he hired the Company's Bouwerie at Ahasimus, where he contin- ued to reside until his death in 1677. In 1639 he married the widow of Cornelis Van Voorst, and in 1657, being a widower, married Tryntje, the widow of Jacob Walingen Van Hoorn, Valentine's Manual, 1861, 648, by whom he had two chil - dren, viz., Stoffel and Jacobus. Ibid, 1863, 813. In the same year he was ad- mitted to the rights of a small burgher, New Neth. Reg., 183. He was an un- educated man, but greatly respected, and of considerable influence with the In- dians. That he was a man of integrity appears from the fact that on the ex- piration of his term of service he was re-hired at increased wages, the direc- tor saying, " No more industrious and faithful workman as overseer could be employed in the Company's service." Alb. Rec., ii., 14.
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THE VAN VORST FAMILY.
Immediately after her death dominie Bogardus and Tymen Jan- sen, as guardians of her children, came forward and claimed her property. An inventory was made April 15, 1641, a copy of which is here inserted for the purpose of showing the personal effects of a well-to-do family in those days :
" Inventory of goods belonging to dame Ides and Jacob Stof- felsen, which, in presence of Everardus Bogardus and Tymen Jansen, guardians of Ana and Ide Van Vorst, surviving chil- dren of dame Ides, were found in Pavonia at her house :1
3 Jacobuses « 12 florins each, H. 36
131 Holland shillings, 38
13 Rix dollars « 50 stivers, 32 10 15
In double and single stivers,
2 pieces a 10} stivers, 1
1 In English gold, 2
1 gold hoop ring ; 1 silver medal and chain ; 1 ditto undergirdle with ring to hang keys ; 3 silver spoons ; 2 small silver brandy enps ; 1 silver goblet ; 2 ells black wampum; 2 two-year-old oxen ; 3 yearling heifers ; 4 old ewes ; 2 ewe lambs and 3 rams of this year: 5 cows ; 2 mares ; 1 yearling stallion ; 1 bull and 1 heifer of this year : 4 yearling hogs; 1 boat with its apparel ; 1 old yawl; 1 old-fashioned clock : 2 pairs of old stockings ; 1 damask furred jacket, half worn : 1 new blue kersey petticoat. unmade ; 1 new red bodice : 3 ells of red camlet : 1 white waist- coat : 2 table cloths. colored, of English manufacture : 1 pair of new and one pair of old pattens : 1 black camlet jacket, lined : 1 borst of woolen yarn : 1 pair of damask sleeves, half worn; 1 black coarse camlet jacket : 1 woman's steel gray lined petticoat : 1 black coarse camlet petticoat, lined, half worn; I reddish morning gown, not lined ; 1 white waistcoat of Harlem stuff; 1 pair of spectacles with case; 1 pair of Spanish leather pattens : 1 new purple apron : 19 cambric caps ; 4 linen ditto: 1 half worn red petticoat : 2 old black skirts ; 1 old iron gray doublet : 1 new black kersey doublet : 1 fur cap trimmed up with beaver : 1 little black vest with two sleeves : 4 pair of sheets, good and bad : 4 new blue cotton aprons ; 9 linen handkerchiefs with lace : 1 do without lace: 2 pillow slips ; 3 shifts, half worn ; 1 old table cloth ; 4 napkins ; 5 bear skins; 40 ells of duffels : 2 beds : 4 blankets, old and new : 6 pieces of mink; 10 pewter platters, large and small ; 1 pewter basin ; 1 tankard and two cups of pewter ; 4 tin funnels ; 1 little goblet ; 2 English salt cellars ; 1
1 Alb. Rec., i., 238, 241.
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HISTORY OF HUDSON COUNTY.
pewter mug : 1 wooden mortar and pestle ; 13 pewter mutsje ;1 3 little pewter cups ; 1 pewter mustard pot ; 1 small tin can with screwed cover: 1 brass warming pan ; 2 brass candlesticks : 2 brass snuffers ; 2 little brass scales and one balance : 9 pewter plates : 1 iron tongs : 1 iron gridiron ; 1 old wagon ; 1 good foot plow with 1 coulter : 1 old wheel plow ; 2 harrows, 1 with iron and 1 with wooden teeth : 2 pine boxes ; 7 copper stove kettles, one partially old among them ; 4 milk pails ; 1 churn ; 6 scythes; 2 new spades: 4 old geese; 2 ganders ; 1 iron pan : 2 snap- haunce :2 1 broken ditto : 4 pistols ; 2 silver spoons : 1 English shilling : 4 old goats ; 2 young ditto; 1 yearling sow.
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