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DANIEL COXE-Fifth COXE GENEALOGICAL
great tracts in Tryon county, New York, etc., etc. His annual rents he placed at £3320. 6. 0112; bonds, furniture ard other personal effects, and property destroyed by the Hessians at Trenton, including what was afterwards sold by the New Jersey commissioners of forfeited estates, £1802. 9. 91/2; loss of professional income as a law- ver, "calculated at £100 per annum on an average, from the usurpa- tion of the King's Government there in 1776, to 1784," £1920. Total, £40,267. 11. 6. On arriving in England he was allowed £200 per year, from Jan. 5, 1784, to be increased to £300 on the arrival of his wife and family. At the close of the war he went to England, whither his wife and children followed him, probably in 1784, as in 1783 she and her father and her children were given passports from Philadelphia to New York .- Penn. Col. Records, XIII., 551. She returned in 1806, to com- fort her aged father and dying mother .- Sabine's Loyalists, I., 340. The Gentleman's Magazine announces the death of Mr. Coxe thus: "March 10, 1826. In Upper Seymour-st., aged 87, Daniel Coxe, esq." In 1828 his widow brought suits in New Jersey for her dower rights in his property which had been confiscated, and recovered judgment there- for .- N. J. Law Reports -- 4 Halsted, 378; 5 Halsted, 328; 6 Halsted, 395. She died at Brighton, England, in 1843, aged ninety-one .- Sabine, I., 340.
SOME COXE GENEALOGICAL DETAILS
Daniel: Daniel2 Daniel1 Coxe and Sarah Eckley had issue:
i. John4, named as one of the executors of his father's will, in 1739. He was admitted to the New Jersey bar as an attorney and counsellor at the March term, 1735, and the Supreme Court records indicate that he was a lawyer of much prominence, but evidently of a testy disposition, illustrated by the fact that he threw up a case in chancery once, because, as he asserted, Governor Belcher, the Chancellor, was not disposed to give him justice. He was an extensive land owner, largely from his father. Among the properties held by him were the following: 257 acres adjoining and surrounding Oxford Furnace, timber and wood, valued in 1784 at £308. 8s .; four lots adjoining the mansion house, at Trenton, one acre; a plot of two rods thirty-two perches adjoin- ing, bought by him Sept. 9, 1743, of Temperance Harrow, Anthony and William Morris; a quarter of an acre adjoining, bought by him of John Patterson, March 3, 1745. The will of John Coxe of Trenton, dated April 8, 1753, proved Aug. 8, 1753, names brothers Daniel Coxe and William Coxe; nephew Daniel Coxe, and niece Grace Coxe, children of brother Daniel; mentions that his father was de- ceased; leaves a legacy to Charles, "commonly called Charles Coxe," and names as executor brother Wii- liam Coxe and Robert Lettis Hooper. Witnesses- David Cowell, Joseph Reed and Moore Furman .-- West Jersey Wills, Liber No. 7, p. 343. As he makes no allusion to wife or children, he doubtless died without lawful issue, and probably unmarried. He was one of the counsel retained to defend the Rev.
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William Tennent, on his indictment for perjury, in 1743. The Philadelphia Repository, of Feb. 14, 1801, announces the marriage of Richard Coxe, son of Charles Coxe, Esq., of Sidney, N. J., and Miss Hen- rietta Sayre, of Philadelphia. Was this the Charles Coxe said in John Coxe's will to be "commonly so called" ?
2. ii. William, b. 1723.
iii. Rebecca; prob. unm., as in the will of William Coxe, 1801. he speaks of "my sister Rebecca Coxe." In 1784 she was "upwards of sixty years of age."
3. iv. Daniel. m. Abigail - . His will, dated Jan. 25, 1750, proved Jan. 21, 1758, names wife Abigail, and chil- dren Grace and Daniel, the latter evidently a minor .- IFills, Lib. No. 8, p. 536. His widow removed to Eng- land at the close of the Revolution, and in 1784 was residing at Brixton Causey, Surrey, England.
2. William4 Daniel3 Daniel? Daniel1 Coxe, b. 1723; m. Mary, dau. of Tench and Elizabeth (Turbutt) Francis; d. at Burlington, Oct. 11, 1801, aged 78 yrs .; she d. Aug. 27, 1800, aged 70 yrs. He was engaged in mercantile business in Philadelphia for some years, and resided there when he was appointed Stamp Distributor for New Jersey, for the stamps to be issued under the obnoxious Stamp Act of 1765, but promptly and prudently resigned when his resignation was demanded by popular clamor. He was a vestryman of Christ Church, Phila - delphia, 1766-1768. The will of William Coxe, senior, of the City of Burlington, dated Dec. 27, 1800, proved Oct. 12, 1801, (the day after his death) speaks of "wife deceased," and children John D. (to whom "lands in Carolana, New York State," are devised), Daniel W., Wil- liam, Tench (who had removed to Lancaster, Pa.), Mary; John Tabor Kempe and Grace his wife; Thomas Force and Susannah his wife; grand-daughter Rebecca C. McIlvaine, and sister Rebecca Coxe. Ex- ecutors-sons John D., William and Daniel. Witnesses-Wm. Louden, George Aaronson and Charles Kinsey. In a codicil, Jan. 19, 1801, he states that his daughter (Mary) was infirm, and he appoints his ex- ecutors to look after her affairs until she was well. In another codicil, April 10, 1801, he mentions nephew, W'm. Tilghman; Edward Burd, of Philadelphia, had advanced money to Daniel W. Coxe, of Philadelphia, merchant, son of testator, and he makes provision to secure said Burd against loss .- N. J. Wills, Lib. No. 39, f. 385. Issue:
i. John D.5, b. Sept. 29, 1752; m. 1st, Aug. 27, 1789, Grace Riche; 2nd, May 2, 1792, Mary Footman. (Elizabeth Coxe, dau. of John and Mary Coxe, d. Aug. 10, 1796, aged 1 yr. 6 mos. Was she a child of John D. Coxe?)
4. ii. Tench, b. May 22, 1755.
iii. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 9, 1756.
iv. Ann, b. Jan. 9, 1758.
v. Rebecca, b. Feb. 3, 1760; m. Samuel Witham Stockton; bap. May 20, 1818, prob. when supposed to be mor- tally ill.
Ti. Mary, d. Dec. 17, 1804, aged 43 yrs., unm.
5. vii. William. b. May 3, 1762.
viii. (?) Sarah, m. William Mannington, at Burlington, Feb. 14, 1772. She is not mentioned, however, in the will of William Coxe, sen .; if she was his daughter she may have d. without issue before him.
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ix .- xii. Unknown.
xiii. Daniel, "13th Child of William & Mary Coxe, was born at: Philadelphia Septr 20th 1769, and baptized at Sunbury in Bucks County, Januy 9th 1771"-accord- ing to the records of St. Mary's church, Burlington.
3. Daniel Daniel3 Daniel2 Daniel1 Coxe and Abigail his wife had issue:
i. Grace5, m. John Tabor Kempe, of New York, Feb. 20, 1766, by marriage license of Gov. Franklin; the mar- riage is recorded in Christ church, Shrewsbury; the bride is described as of Trenton. He was a native of England, and was the son of William Kempe, Attorney-General of New York, 1753-1759, and upon the death of the latter in July, 1759, was appointed to succeed him as Attorney-General, July 30, 1759, although he had been admitted to the bar of New York so recently as October 4, 1758. He was re- appointed Oct. 30, 1761, and May 27, 1768, retaining the office until the Revolution. Immediately on his appointment he went to England, with a view to obtaining a better establishment and support for his office. He became one of the proprietors of 100,000 acres of land granted to Daniel, William and Rebecca Coxe, John Tabor Kempe and Grace his wife, in ex- change for the Province of Carolana, owned by Col. Daniel3 Coxe. In November, 1775, he was on the British ship, the "Duchess of Gordon," in the harbor of New York. In February, 1776, he was on the ship of war, "Asia," in Raritan bay, and while there he wrote a poem of six stanzas, to greet Cortlandt Skinner, Attorney-General of New Jersey, who like himself had openly adhered to the British cause. He was attainted of treason in New York and New Jer- sey. and his property confiscated. His furniture was sold by him at auction, in New York, in June, 1783, doubtless preparatory to his removal to England. He had previously sent his family, consisting of eleven persons, besides servants, to that country. He was killed by being thrown from his carriage, sometime after 1791. His widow d. April 12, 1831, at Clifton, county Gloucestershire, England. He is said to have loft several children, all of whom d. without issue. The Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. 61, p. 679, London, 1791, contains this announcement: "July 12, 1791. At Stanstead. Herts, Capt. Stephen George Church, of the royal navy, to Miss Marie Kempe, eldest daughter of Jn. Tabor K. esq. of St. Margaret's place, in same co." His dau. Anne d. at Clifton, in 1838.
7. ii. Daniele, a minor at the date of his father's will, in 1750. He came of age, April 1, 1762.
4. Tench' William' Daniel3 Daniel Daniel1 Coxe, b. May 22, 1755; m. 1st, Catharine McCall, who d. s. p., July 22, 1778; he m. 2d, Rebecca Coxe, dau. of Charles Coxe, of New Jersey; she d. in Philadelphia in 1806; he d. In that city, July 17, 1824. He studied for a time in the College of Philadelphia, and then entered the mercantile house of his
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father, where he remained until his majority, when he became a part- ner. When the British army invaded Pennsylvania, he joined them, and entered Philadelphia with them. For this he was charged with treason, but surrendered himself, and was discharged. He was elected by the Pennsylvania Legislature to the Convention which met at An- napolis, September 14, 1786, and in 1788 was elected to the Continental Congress. In May, 1789, he was appointed by Washington to be Assistant Treasurer of the United States; and in May, 1792, Commis- sioner of the Revenue, a position he held until the close of Washing- ton's administration. He seems to have been regarded with disfavor by Hamilton in 1795. In 1803 he was appointed by President Jefferson, Purveyor of the Public Supplies of the United States, which office he retained until it was abolished, in 1812. He was a close student of economics, and was active and efficient in promoting the study and patronage of domestic industries. At 20 years of age he became a member of the United Company of Philadelphia for Promoting Ameri- can Manufactures. He was also one of the founders of the Pennsyl- vania Society for the Encouragement of Arts and Domestic Manufac- tures, in 1787, of which he was President. He published at least thirteen essays on subjects allied with manufactures, political economy, etc., and his "View of the United States of America" (pp. 513), the most valuable summary up to that time of the resources, the manufactures, and the possibilities of the country's development, pub- lished in Philadelphia in 1794, was republished in London and Dublin in 1795. He was a manager of the Pennsylvania Hospital, 1780-81; a warden of Christ church, Philadelphia, 1786-1787; a delegate to the General Conventions of the Protestant Episcopal church in the United States, in 1789. He was the father of Charles Sidney Coxe, b. July, 1791; admitted to the bar in 1812; appointed a judge of the District Court for the city and county of Philadelphia, 1826, and reappointed in 1832. He m. Ann M. Brinton, in 1832, who died at a ripe age, hav- ing borne several children. the eldest being Brinton Coxe, b. in Phila- delphia, Aug. 3, 1833; d. at Drifton, Luzerne county, Sept. 15, 1892, and buried in St. Mary's churchyard, Burlington, where repose the re- mains of so many of his ancestors and kinsfolk. Mr. Brinton Coxe was a distinguished scholar, and was for several years President of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
5. William William+ Daniel3 Daniel? Daniel1 Coxe, b. May 3, 1762; m. Rachael, dau. of Richard Smith, of Burlington; d. Feb. 25, 1831; she was b. Feb. 22, 1773; d. July 7, 1832. He was "a worthy vestryman" of St. Mary's church, Burlington. He is distinguished as the author of the first work on American fruits, published in this country, copiously illustrated. Its character and scope are fully set out in the title, which follows, with the collation:
A view of the cultivation of fruit trees, and the Management of Orchards and Cider; with accurate descriptions of the most estimable varieties of native and foreign apples, pears, peaches, plums, and cherries, cultivated in the middle states of America: illustrated by Cuts of two hundred kinds of Fruits of the natural size; intended to explain Some of the errors which exist relative to the origin, popular names, and character of many of our fruits; to identify them by ac- curate descriptions of their properties, and correct delineations of the full size and natural formation of each variety; and to exhibit a system of practice adapted to our climate, in the successive stages of a nursery, orchard, and cider establishment. By William Coxe, Esq., Of Burlington, New Jersey. Philadelphia: published by M. Carey and
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Son. Nov. 1, 1817. D. Allinson, Printer. Pp. i-iv., 5-253; 15 pp. of plates. 8°. Sheep.
The will of William Coxe, of Sunbury, Burlington township and county, dated January 15, 1822, was proved March 9, 1831. In it he mentions wife Rachel Coxe, and children William S. Coxe and Richard S. Coxe, and appoints his wife and said two children executors. Wit- nesses-Daniel Ellis, Chas. Stockton, Franklin Stockton. He says he had joined with William Griffith Esqr of the city of Burlington (a very prominent lawyer) in paying debts due from Edward Shippen and William McMurtrie, and the trustees of his wife's estate having ad- vanced money, he (testator) to secure her from any loss, leaves her his entire estate .- Original Wills, Burlington Box, 1831. The will of Rachel Coxe, of Burlington, "at present wife of Wm. Coxe of the same place and only surviving child and heir at law of Richard Smith, deceased," bears date March 2, 1827, and was proved July 25, 1832. She seems to have had a better recollection of her children than her husband had, for besides the two sons mentioned by him in his will she names "my four unmarried daughters"-Maria, Margaret, Ann and Harriet, "not all of age,"-Emily McIlvaine (to whom she bequeaths $1,000), Elizabeth McMurtrie, and sons William S. and Richard S. Executors-husband William Coxe and sons William S. Coxe and Richard S. Coxe. Witnesses-Joseph Watson, Robert Thomas and Willian Bishop. By a codicil, March 31, 1831 (after her husband's death), she makes her two sons executors. Witnesses-Edward Rogers, William Bishop, Thomas Dutton. Issue:
i. Elizabeth®, m. William McMurtrie, June 1, 1811, in St. Mary's church, Burlington. Children (recorded in that church): William, buried Oct. 19, 1814; 2. Maria, bap. Feb. 22, 1818; 3. Rachel Coxe, bap. March 28. 1820; 4 William Henry, bap. Sept. 8, 1822; buried Aug. 2, 1824; 5. Emily, bap. April 24, 1825: Emily McMurtrie is named in her mother's will, 1827.
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ii. Richard Smitlı
9. iii. William Smith.
iv. Maria, b. Jan. 25, 1796; bap. Jan. 3, 1802; d. Aug. 1. 1831; unm. "She 'walked with God; and was not for God took' her." says her tombstone in St. Mary's churchyard.
v. Emily, bap. Jan. 3, 1802, with Maria, both being in- fants. Emily was confirmed in St. Mary's church, June 23, 1819; she m. the Rev. Charles Pettit Mc- Ilvaine, Oct. 8, 1822; he was afterwards Bishop of Ohio, and d. March 12, 1873. She was bequeathed $1,000 in her mother's will, in 1827. Ch: Rebecca C(oxe), mentioned in the will of her grandfather. William Coxe, sen.
vi. Margaret, bap. Aug 29, 1801; d. Aug. 30, 1801, aged 2 years, 11 mos., 20 days.
vii. Margaret, bap. Feb. 10, 1805; confirmed June 23, 1819; mentioned as unmarried, in her mother's will, 1827. Anne, bap Jan. 1, 1807; d. Jan. 7, 1807, aged 15 mos.
viii.
ix Ann. mentioned as unmarried, in her mother's will, 1827. Anne Coxe m. the Rev. Chauncy Colton, Oct. 15, 1832.
x. Harriette, bap. Mar 20 (?30), 1812; confirmed May 27, 1828.
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xi Daniel James, bap. April 16, 1815; d. Sept. 15, 1815, aged 1 yr. 14 days. (So according to the church record, his tombstone says he d. Sept. 17.)
7. Daniel5 Daniel4 Daniel3 Daniel2 Daniel1 Coxe, b. April 1, 1741; m. Sarah, dau. of Dr. John Redman, of Philadelphia, June 5, 1771. His career to the close of the Revolution has been quite fully set forth above. He seems to have spent the last forty-three years of his life in England, in obscurity: d. March 10, 1826; his wid. d. at Brighton, England, in 1841. Dr Redman, in his will, dated Nov. 9, 1807, proved March 24, 1808, mentions (Penn. Mag. 12: 375) the following children of his daughter Sarah, wife of Daniel Coxe:
i. John Redman®, b. at Trenton, 1773; m. 1st, Mar. 6, 1798, Sarah, dau. of Col. John Coxe, of Philadel- phia; 2d, - Potts, dau. of Robert Potts, son of Thomas Potts, some time Governor of British Hon- duras; d. at Philadelphia, 1864; his wid. long sur- vived him, until 1890.
ii. Leonard Steel.
iii. George.
iv. Edward Plaisted.
V. Ann Philadelphia.
There may have been others.
8. Richard Smith", William5 William4 Daniel3 Daniel? Daniel1 Coxe, b. - ; m. June 23, 1816, Susan Bradford, dau. of Judge William Griffith, of Burlington; d. at Washington, D. C., July 28, 1865. He graduated from Princeton College in 1808; he read law, probably engaged in literary work after graduating, but finally settled down to the study of the law, daubtless with Judge William Griffith, and was admitted to the New Jersey bar as an attorney and counsellor at the May term, 1817. He had probably engaged in literary work after leav- ing college. His reading and studies took a wide range, especially in English literature. He was said to be the author of "A Dictionary of the English Language. by an American Gentleman." He may have assisted Burgess Allison in the preparation of his dictionary pub- lished at Burlington in 1811, and which was esteemed an authority of very high character for many years. He compiled the "United States Digest," in 1829. In 1830 he published the first of the series of New Jersey Equity Reports, which is known by his name, "Coxe's Re- ports," his material being largely obtained, it is stated in the preface, from his law-preceptor. He subsequently removed to Washington, D. C., and in the course of time was employed in more cases in the Supreme Court than any other lawyer in the United States. Many of his arguments and opinions were printed, as well as various occa- sional addresses, the latter especially being characterized by graceful and elegant diction. He delivered "An address the evening before the annual commencement of the College of New Jersey," Sept. 24, 1833, and an "Address before the Peithessophian and Philoclean Societies of Rutgers College." July 23, 1844. Kenyon College conferred upon him the degree of LL. D. in 1857. Issue:
Susan Bradford, bap. (at St. Mary's church), April 11, 1819. There may have been other children.
9. William-Smith® William5 William4 Daniel3 Daniel2 Daniel1 Coxe, b. at Burlington, April 16, 1790; m. November 3, 1825, Jane Eliza Bar- baroux, dau. of Jean Andre and Jeanne Marie Amareuth (Devau- celles) Barbaroux, of Burlington; d. at Philadelphia, July 20, 1837; she -. He was graduated from Princeton College in 1807, studied d. -
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medicine in Philadelphia, under Dr. Philip Syng Physick, and was graduated from the Medical School of the University of Philadelphia in 1811, after which he spent several years in the practise of his pro- fession in Philadelphia. He returned to Burlington and practised there. He became a member of the Burlington County Medical So- ciety (organized in 1829) in February, 1830, and was elected a dele- gate the same year to the New Jersey Medical Society. On the day of his election to membership in the former society he offered a reso- lution, which was adopted, urging compliance with the law regulating the practise of medicine and surgery in this State, and which pro- vided for the prosecution of persons practising without a license. In 1830 he was elected by the State Society Censor of the Western Dis- trict, and reported in that behalf at the meeting in May, 1831. In the latter year he submitted to the County society a series of resolutions declaring that the society deemed it its duty "to discountenance, by precept and example, the consumption of ardent spirits by men in health, and to abstain from their exhibition as medicine when less dangerous stimulants can be conveniently substituted, and may be expected to prove equally efficacious." In 1832 he served as Vice President from Burlington county. He acted on a committee of the county society in 1832 to revise its constitution. He returned to Philadelphia, in 1832, where he continued his practise, residing at No. 16 N. Tenth street. He connected himself with St. James church, Philadelphia. His will, dated Feb. 6, 1836, was proved July 26, 1837. He gives to wife, Jane Eliza Coxe, all his estate in stock, with all in- crease at time of his decease; also all books, plate, and household furniture; in general, all real estate, personal and mixed. He names his "dear wife Jane Eliza executrix, entreating her to. implore divine direction and to seek the advice of judicious and pious friends that thus she may be assisted to manage her temporal concerns with pru- dence and to train up the dear children which have been entrusted to us in the nurture and admonition of the Lord." Witnesses-T. B. Wickersham, Urialı C. Vanhorn, David E. Wickersham .- Philadelphia Wills, Book 12, f. 552. The account of the executrix, filed Aug. 13, 1838, mentions, among other expenditures ;. July 23, 1837, paid Mr. Col- ton, for tuition of sons, $50; Sept. 28. St. James church, pew rent, $15.65. Dr. Joseph Parrish, in his History of the Burlington County Medical Society, speaks of hin as "the courteous and cultured Wm. S. Coxe." Issue:
i. Edward De Vaucelle, bap. at Burlington, May 9, 1830.
ii. Mary Amarinthia, bap. at Burlington, Oct. 30, 1831.
iii. Richard Smith, b. July 23, 1833; bap. at St. James's church, Philadelphia, Nov. 16, 1834.
WILLIAM COXE.
William Coxe, appointed Stamp Distributor for New Jersey, under the obnoxious Stamp Act of 1765, was doubtless of Burlington, and hence probably owed the appointment to Gov. William Franklin, who resided there. Both belonged to St. Mary's Church, of that place. William Coxe was a son of Col. Daniel Coxe, 3d, who died at Trenton in 1739, and was buried at St. Mary's church, Burlington. The fact that the Stamp Distributor promptly resigned as soon as he perceived the temper of the people shows him to have been a man of excellent judgment, and apparently in sympathy with the American sentiment on the subject. He was probably the father of William Coxe, Jun., of Burlington, the author of a work on fruits, the first of the kind in America.
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BENJAMIN CRANE.
Benjamin Crane, 3d, was born Nov. 29, 1761, son of Benjamin Crane, 2d, and Phebe Halsey, his wife, dau. of Joseph Halsey, who lived be- tween Elizabethtown and Rahway. Benjamin Crane, 2d. and his wife lived in Westfield, now in Union county. Benjamin Crane, 3d, m. Sarah, dau. of Hezekiah Thompson, and lived in Westfield. Issue: 1. John, m. Mary Clark, of Westfield; 2. Abigail, m. David Keyt; 3. Esther, d. at 18 or 20 yrs., unm .; 4. Hezekiah Thompson, m. Amanda Osborn; 5. Phoebe, m. 1st, Francis Randolph, son of Dr. Robert Ran- dolph; 2d, George R. King, of Warren county; 6. Charlotte King, mn. Hedges Baker; 7. Norris, removed to Cincinnati, O .; 8. Jacob Thomp - son, d. at Cincinnati, Ohio, aged 35 yrs., unm .; 9. Benjamin, 4th, m. 1st. Electa Baker, b. Sept. 28, 1804, dau. of Daniel Baker; she m. 1st. Aaron, son of Noah Woodruff; Mr. Crane m. 2d, Mary, dau. of William Baker, jun., of Madison; Mr. Crane was a marble cutter, of Paterson, where he was regarded as a most estimable citizen during a residence of sixty years or more; d. Dec. 3, 1889; 10. David Johnson, m. Ann Eliza, dau. of Isaac Roll; 11. Moses Thompson, m. Eliza Scudder. See Littell's Passaic Valley Genealogies.
CROLIUS FAMILY.
The Crolius family is descended from Johan Willem Crollius, who, being a bachelor, from Nieuw Wit (probably Neuwied, near Coblenz, on the Rhine), married Veronica Cortselius, spinster, also from Nieuw Wit, Jan. 30, 1724, in the Dutch Church, New York; both were from Germany, but were living within the jurisdiction of that church. He dropped his first name, and after his marriage appears in the records as Willem Crolius, though with many variations, according to the whims or the imperfect hearing of the clerks. William Crolyas, potter, was admitted as a freeman of New York City, March 18, 1728-9. He again had the freedom of the city granted him, Oct. 4, 1737. On the same day the burgher right was also granted to Peter Crolius, potter. probably his brother, of whom, however, we have no further account. Issue:
i. Johannes, bap. Dec. 23, 1733; m. Maria Clarkson. Chil- Jren: 1. Willem, bap. Dec. 12, 1753; 2. Johannes, bap. Dec. 28, 1755; m. Jane Morgan; he carried on the potter's business left to him by his uncle; he was an Assistant Alderman, in New York, in 1799; 3. Maria, bap. May 7, 1758; m. Garret Van De Water; 4. Elizabet, bap. Oct. 10, 1762; 5. Feronica, bap. Oct. 1, 1764, m. William Sanford; 6. Ann, bap. Mar. 29, 1767; 7. George Clarkson, bap. Oct. 28, 1770; 8. Clarkzon, bap. Oct. 17, 1773; m. Elizabeth Meyers, Oct. 8, 1793; he was a potter; he was an Assistant Alderman, New York, 1802-3-4.
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