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We are quite positive that John Van Winkle, the father of these children, was an Elder in this Church, from the time of its organization until 1809; but we cannot tell how long after this. He was anyhow an Elder in 1814, 1816, 1817, 1826, and he may have been in all the years between, but we are not sure. John G. R. was a Deacon from 1843-9, and an Elder from 1852-8, in which
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latter year, June 14, just before he left these parts, he resigned. Martin was a Deacon from 1843-53.
Because of there being so many of the Van Winkle name in New Jersey, we are unable to make the direct connection of the Preakness Van Winkles with their original Holland ancestor.
The first Van Winkle in this country was Jacob Wallings Van Winckel, whose wife was Tryntje Jacobs, and who had at least five children :
1. Grietje, b. about 1646 ; m. August 30, 1665, at New York, Elias Michelse Vreeland.
2. Walling, b. about 1648; m. at Bergen March 15, 1671, Catharina Michaelse.
3. Jacob, bap. October 16, 1650, at New Amsterdam; m. (1) December 15, 1675, Aeltje Daniels: (2) March 26. 1695. Grietje Hendrickse Hollinge.
4. Simon, bap. August 24, 1653, at New Amsterdam; m. December 15, 1675, Annatje Ariaensje Sip.
5. Annetje, bap. January 2, 1656, at New Amsterdam; m. at New York December 7, 1676, Johannes Steynmets.
Walling and Simon Van Winckle were of the company from Bergen who purchased Acqueckanonk in 1679. These were no doubt the ancestors, (or one of them was), of the Preakness fam- ily.
It is possible, but we cannot tell to a certainty, that the father of the first John Van Winkle, of Preakness, was, as Albert W. Van Winkle, of New York, in this day suggests: "John Van Winckel. young man born and living in Ackquechnonk, who married, De- cember 5, 1746, Janneke Reijerszen, maiden, born in New York, and both living in Ackquechnonk."
John G. R. Van Winkle, who married Margaret Van Riper, had children :
1. John, who later of his own accord, wrote his name, John I. He married Abby Youmans, of Wyckoff, N. J.
2. Jane, who married Theodore, a son of Domine Wilson, of Fairfield.
3. Mary Catharine, m. Hopper.
4. Margaret, m.
5. Garret, m. Josephine Ackerman, of Ponds, who, (1901), lives in Detroit, Mich., No. 299 Mayberry Grand Avenue, and from whom we have verified much of what we had, and obtained other information about the family.
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Martin Van Winkle, brother of John G. R., who married Wilhelmina Jacobus, b. May 20, 1800, had children :
1. John M., married Margaret Ackerman.
2. Leah Ann, unmarried.
3. Abraham, married in California.
4. Elizabeth, m. Samuel Fair. (See Tombstone Inscriptions in new cemetery.)
5. Anthony, m. Charlotte Hedges, of New York.
6. Mary Catharine. Died young.
7. Matilda, m. John Ryerson.
8, 9 and 10. Harriet, Rachel, and Emeline, all unmarried.
The first John Van Winkle's will is at Hackensack, and was dated May 1, 1829, and probated December 10, 1831. He names his wife, Alsey, two sons, John G. R., and Martin, and a grand- daughter, Caty Dearman. He leaves to his son Martin the home- stead farm in Preakness, sixty-five acres, including land bought by Elizabeth Van Winkle from Richard Dey and Samuel Van Saun. No other children are mentioned.
Was John Van Winkle a second time married, or was "Alsey" intended for Elizabeth? The property bought by Elizabeth Van Winkle consisted of thirty acres adjoining the tract of John Van Winkle and Matthew Cronk and Geertruy, his wife. The deed for it is dated April 17, 1794, and is signed by Richard Dey and Sam- uel Van Saun and their wives. Matthew Cronk at one time owned a great deal of land, it is said, in Lower Preakness. Mrs. Cockoroo, (b. August 14, 1833), of Paterson, declares that he was 101 and not ninety-four years old, as per church records, when he died December 26, 1852. She was his great grandchild. Her mother, Molly, the daughter of his oldest child, Catharine, was adopted by him as his child. Molly 'married a Petry. Mrs. Cockoroo's maiden name was Hetty Petry.
There were those of the Haring name here quite early. It has been said that a Haring owned and lived on what is known as the John Campbell place, west of the parsonage, when Washington was entertained there in 1780. But we do not know who this was, if it is true that Washington was entertained there. At any rate, there are three Haring tombstones in the old burying ground back of the church, with inscriptions as follows :
Alty Haring, wife of Mindert Maby, d. October 20, 1839 ; aged seventy-four, eight, two.
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Garret P. Haring, d. January 19, 1851; aged sixty-six, four, nineteen.
Jane, wife of Garret P. Haring, d. June 1, 1850; aged sixty- five, seven, twenty-one.
Mrs. Maby and Garret P. Haring were not very closely re- lated. The great great grandfather of the former was the great great great grandfather of the latter. We do not know how long either of these two persons lived in Preakness, or whether they were born here or not. It is probable that Mrs. Maby was born here, and that her father, Cornelis Haring, was the one who owned the Camp- bell place in 1780. That branch of the family came to Preakness from Hackensack. Garret P. Haring's name is first noticed in Preakness on a subscription paper for minister's salary in 1814. His father's name was Peter G., and his grandfather's Gerrit J. Peter G. Haring was born in Tappan. Gerrit J. in Hackensack. Garret P. may have been born in Preakness. If it was this family that owned the Campbell place it must have been Gerrit J., in his later years. Mrs. Garret P. Haring was the daughter of Mindert Maby.
The first Haring of either of these lines in this country was Jan Pietersen Haring, who was born in Holland December 26, 1633. His wife was Grietje Cosyn, of New Amsterdam, whom he married at Whitsuntide, 1662. Children: Peter, b. August 13, 1664; Vroutje, b. March 3, 1667; Cosyn, b. March 3, 1669; Cor- nelis, b. March 4, 1672 ; Brechtje, b. July 4, 1675 ; Marytje, b. Sep- tember 27, 1679; Abraham, b. November 24, 1681. Six of these, and perhaps all, were baptized in New York.
1. Peter Haring, m. in New York December 4, 1687, Grietje Bogert. Twelve children :
Grietje, b. September 8, 1688; Cornelia, b. February 24, 1690; Brechje, b. June 19, 1692; a child, b. May 25, 1695, died the same day ; Pieterje, b. January 31, 1696 ; Jenneke, b. January 24, 1698; Jan. Pieterse, b. April 15, 1700; Catharina, b. April 5, 1702 ; Abra- ham, b. April 9, 1704; Elbert, b. March 3, 1706; Tuenes, b. July 12, 1708 ; Klaessie, b. April 21, 1711. Grietje and Elbert were bap- tized in New York. The fifth to the ninth, inclusive, were bap- tized at Tappan, and the last two at Hackensack.
2. Vroutje Haring, m. October 30, 1689, at New York, Theu- nis Quick. We know nothing else about her.
3. Cosyn Haring, m. Maria Gerrits Blauvelt.
Eight children: Jan, b. November 24, 1693; Maritie; Ger- ridt (2) ; Maria ; Braechie; Sara. All but Jan, the eldest, and per-
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haps he was, were baptized, and no doubt also born, at Tappan. Jan. m. January 15, 1718, Aeltie Van Dalsen.
4. Cornelis, m. Cathlyn Flierboom. Seven children:
Jan, Grietje, Fytje, Vroutje, Daniel, Cornelis, Jakob. Jan was baptized May 20, 1694, at Hackensack. All the rest were bap- tized at Tappan.
This Jan, called Jan Cornelis, m. July 19, 1718, Rentie Blau- velt.
5. Brechtje Haring, daughter of Jan Pietersen Haring, m. Theunis Dowerson Tallman. After her death, Tallman m. again at Tappan, January 11, 1710, Margrietje Hogencamp.
6. Marytje, m. Jacob Flierboom.
7. Abraham, m. June 25, 1707, Dirckje Tallman.
Thirteen children: Jan, Abraham, Harmanus, Margrietie, Mareya, Elizabeth, (1) ; Daniel, (1); Daniel, (2) ; Bregie, Cor- nelis, Elizabeth, (2) ; Rachel, Maria. Two of these, Bregie and Cornelis, were baptized at Hackensack; the rest at Tappan.
Jan Cornelis Haring, (oldest son and child of Cornelis and Cathlyn F. Haring), who married Rentie Blauvelt, had a son Cor- nelis, m. Elizabeth -, who were the parents of Aeltje Haring, or Mrs. Mindert Maby.
Jan Haring, called Jan Cosines, b. November 24, 1693, (oldest son and child of Cosyn and Maria G. B. Haring), and Aeltie Van Dalsen, his wife, were the parents of Gerrit J., b. April 25, bap. June 6, 1725, at Hackensack, who m. Cornelia Lent. These latter were the parents of Peter G., b. June 1, bap. June 15, 1760, at Tappan, and who m. Elizabeth . Peter G. and Elizabeth Har- ing were the parents of Garret P., b. August 30, 1784, and whose wife was Jane Maby.
The Demarest family is one of the most numerous in New Jersey. This with the Post, Van Houten, Snyder, and Smith fam- ilies, is about as difficult as any there are to trace out. There have been Demarests in Preakness.
Benjamin Demarest, or Demarist, of Preakness, b. March 31, bap. at Schraalenburg April 2, 1749, d. March 30, 1817, is buried in the old Dey, or Hogencamp, family burying ground in Lower Preakness. He was the son of David B. Demarest and Marytie Ackerman, who were married at Hackensack January 22, 1743.
Then there is David D. Demarest, who married Hannah Van Saun, of Lower Preakness, and afterwards owned and lived on his father-in-law's, or Samuel Van Saun's place, and who was the
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father of the present Samuel Demarest, of Paterson, or Maywood, (his country home being in Maywood).
The founder of the Demarest family in America was David des Marest. He was the son of Jean (des Marest), and was born at Beauchamp, in Picardy, France, about 1620. He married at Mid- delburg, Zeeland, Holland, July 24, 1643, Marie Sohier, daughter of Francois, from Nieppe, in the province of Hainault, Belgium. Children :
1. Jean, bap. April 14, 1645, at Middelburg; d. 1719.
2. Francois (supposed), b. about 1647; died young.
3. David (1), bap. June 22, 1649, at Middelburg ; died in in- fancy.
4. David (2), b. at Mannheim, in 1652; d. about 1691.
5. Samuel, b. at Mannheim in 1656; d. 1728.
6. A child, b. at Mannheim in 1662; d. about 1664, in Amer- ica.
7. Daniel, b. at Harlem ; bap. in New York July 7, 1666; d. January 8, 1672.
There were probably others.
David des Marest, (as he wrote his name), arrived in New Amsterdam, (N. Y.), in the "Bonte Koe" April 16, 1663, with his wife and four children, aged eighteen. eleven, six, and one year. He lived two years on Staten Island, then, in 1665, removed to Harlem, from where, in 1678, he came to the Hackensack River, where he lived until his death, before October, 1693. His will, dated August 26, 1689, was probated August 18, 1697.
David Demarest, Jr., fourth child of the former, and the one in whose line the subject of our writing, i. e., Banjamin, came, was eleven years old when he came to this country. Mannheim, the place of his birth, is in the Palatinate. David Demarest, Jr., mar- ried at New York April 4, 1675, Rachel Creson. Among the younger of the twelve children of this couple was Benjamin, who married November 7, 1713, at Hackensack, Elizabeth Pieterse De Groot. David B., bap. December 4, 1720, at Hackensack, who was the father of Benjamin Demarest, of Preakness, was their son.
David D. Demarest, who married Hannah Van Saun, was de- scended from the oldest son, Jean, of David des Marest and Marie Sohier. Jean des Marest, son of David, bap. April 14, 1645, at Middelburg, Holland, died 1719, was married three times:
1. September 9, 1668, at New York, to Jacomina Dreuns.
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2. March 23, 1692, at New York, to Marritje (Jacobse) Van Winckle, widow of Peter Slot. 1
3. December 20, 1702, at Hackensack, to Magdalen Laurens, widow of Jean Tullier.
He had eleven children, all by his first wife. One of the young- est was Peter, b. about 1685, who married twice, and had eighteen children by his two wives, ten being baptized at Hackensack, seven at Schraalenburg, and one at Tappan, there being thirty-eight years between the births of the first and last child. His marriages were:
1. May 14, 1709, at Hackensack, to Maritje Meet (Mead).
2. October 15, 1722, at Hackensack, to Maria Batton.
By his first wife Peter Demarest had seven children, born from 1710-1720, inclusive. And by his second wife he had eleven chil- dren, born from 1723-1748.
The fourteenth child, the seventh by his second wife, was David P., bap. May 21, 1738, at Schraalenburg, who married Hester Brower. This couple had ten children :
1. Petrus (1), bap. November 23, 1761, at Hackensack. Died in infancy.
2. Elizabeth, bap. July 3, 1763, at Hackensack ; m. September 4, 1789, Jacobus Westervelt.
3. Petrus (2), b. June 8, bap. June 23, 1765, at Hackensack ; m. Catalina Bensen.
4. Marya, bap. August 2, 1767, at Hackensack; m. November 24, 1786, Matthew Bogart.
5. Abram, bap. October 22, 1769, at Hackensack; died in in- fancy.
6. Margrietje, bap. July 14, 1771, at Hackensack; d. April, 1808 ; m. April 13, 1791, Christian Shuart.
7. Abraham, b. December 14, 1773, bap. January 1, 1774. Don't know anything more about him.
8. John, b. October 24, bap. December 24, 1775, at Schraalen- burg; died young.
9. David D., b. 1778 ; d. February 20, 1856 ; m. April 16, 1797, Hannah Van Saun.
10. James D. (Rev.), b. March 9, 1780; d. November 7, 1869; m. May 15, 1803, at Tappan, Elizabeth Haring.
The children of David D. and Hannah Demarest were, in the order that we have them,-perhaps one or two being left out:
Leah, b. July 22, 1800; David, b. August 7, 1802; Hester (1),
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b. September 28, 1804; Hester (2), b. January 27, 1808; Maria, b. August 11, 1811; Samuel, b. April 26, 1814.
The last, as we have noted, is living at Paterson, or May- wood.
NEAFIE-NAFIE .- Three families of this name, of different generations, have been identified with Preakness, represented by Garrit Nafee, who was here 1785-1804, and John R. Neafie, 1792- 1827, and John Neafie, Jr., 1801-1813. All were descended from Joannes Nevius, who came to America from Holland about 1651. The name Nevius is a Latinized form of the name of Neeff.
From John Neafie, of New York, we have the following dia- gram, which shows the exact relationship of the three Preakness Neafie families :
I. REV. JOANNES NEVIUS. 1.
2. JOANNES NEVIUS.
3. CORNELIS NEFIE.
4. JOHANNES NEFIE. GERRET. JOHANNES. 1
5. CORNELIS.
6. JOHN NEAFIE. 1 1 Preakness, 1785.
7. RICHARD NEAFIE.
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8. JOHN R. NEAFIE, Preakness, 1792.
JOHN NEAFIE. GARRET NAFEE,
JOHN NEAFIE, JR., Preakness, 1801.
Rev. Joannes Neeff, or Nevius, b. at Amsterdam, Holland, in 1594, entered the University of Leyden in 1608, at the age of four- teen, and, 1619-34, was pastor of the Reformed Church at Zoelen, in the province of Guelderland, Holland. He married at that place July 25, 1625, Maria, daughter of Peter Becx, of Cologne, by whom he had at least five children, born between 1627 and 1632, the first of whom was the American ancestor, Joannes Nevius, bap. at Zoelen March 14, 1627, who was also a student at Leyden Univer- sity. Joannes Nevius came to America as a merchant and trader, and was married at New Amsterdam November 18, 1653, to Ari- aentje Bleyck, of Batavia, Island of Java, by whom he had nine children, born between 1654 and 1670. Joannes Nevius was a Schepen of New Amsterdam, 1654-56, and Secretary of the city,
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1657-65, the last year of service being under the English. In 1670, he leased the Brooklyn Ferry, and died at his home, on the Brook- lyn side, in June, 1672. His widow afterwards remarried. A brother of Joannes, the Rev. Matthias Nevius, or Neeff, also a Re- formed Church clergyman, in Holland, was in New York City in February, 1665, on a visit, doubtless, of which no mention has heretofore been made in published works. He was pastor, first at Renswonde, and afterwards, from 1656 to 1682, at Montfort. He died in the latter year.
The sixth child of Joannes and Ariaentje Nevius, named Pe- trus, baptized at New Amsterdam February 4, 1663, is the an- cestor of all those in America bearing the nameNevius or Nevyus.
The fifth child, Cornelis, bap. January 19, 1661, is the pro- genitor of all in America who spell their names Neafie, Nafee, Nafie, Nafey, Napheys, Neefus, Neafus, Nafis, and in other ways.
Cornelis married in Brooklyn April 15, 1683, Agatha Joris, daughter of Joris Jacobse Bowman. This couple removed to Staten Island in 1685, where Cornelis died in 1711, or 1712. They had at least eight children, born between 1684 and 1707. The third child of this union was Johannes, born on Staten Island about 1688, who married October 9, 1710, at Bergen, N. J., Antje Gerritse Van Wagenen, daughter of Gerret Gerretsen, Jr., and Neesje Pieterse Merselis. This Johannes removed, with his family, from Staten Island to Slotterdam, Bergen County, N. J., in 1720. He held several public positions in Bergen County between 1722 and 1739. Freeholder, Surveyor, etc. He died after 1748. He and his wife united with the Dutch Church of Acquackanonck March 31, 1726, and from January 29, 1727, to June 16, 1728, he was a deacon in said church. Johannes Nefie and wife, Antje, had eleven children, five born on Staten Island and six in Bergen County, N. J. The eldest child, Cornelis, bap. at Port Richmond October 23, 1711, married, and had at least two children, John and Cornelius. John m. Helena Dey, daughter of Derrick Dey and Sarah Toers, their license being dated June 18, 1762. Cornelius m. about 1762 Aeltje, daughter of Derrick Van Giesen, of Totowa. Cornelius was mur- dered in 1782, his wife having died before him. John Neafie, who married Helena Dey, at the time of his marriage, was of Bergen County, but afterwards removed to Two Bridges, Fairfield side. He held various public positions. In 1785, he erected a new stone house near the bridge across the Passaic River, and died there in
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1793 or 1794. His wife, called '"Laney," died in 1818. Three children resulted from this union: Garret, Richard, and Sarah.
1. Garret, b. September 25, 1764; d. August 21, 1810; m. Deecmber 6, 1788, Caroline Post. Six children :
(1) Caroline, b. September 3, 1790; d. 1850 or 1851; m. January 29, 1814, John Sanford.
(2) John, b. February 6, 1793; d. about 1815; unmarried.
(3) Francis, b. March 7, 1795; d. April 5, 1873 ; m. June 27, 1818, Catherine Vreeland. He was known as Col. Francis Neafie.
(4) Richard Dey, b. October 5, 1798; d. November 10, 1867; m. December 25, 1819, Sarah Sisco.
(5) Sarah, b. July 8, 1802; d. October 16, 1889 ; m. February 10, 1825, John B. Dixson.
(6) Cornelius, b. about 1804 ; d. in 1832 ; m. about 1826, Jane Van Wart.
2. Richard, known as Colonel Richard Neafie, b. about 1766 ; d. February 2, 1816; m. twice :
(1) In 1791, Maria Van Saun, of Preakness, b. August 30, 1771, d. January 20, 1792.
(2) August 4, 1793, Elizabeth Mead, of Pacquanac, b. Decem- ber 25, 1775; d. November 2, 1865. Both wives are buried in Preakness, the first in the Van Saun plot, in the old Kip burying ground, (on tombstone her name is Mary) ; the second in Henry I. Mead's plot, south of the church.
By his first wife, Colonel Richard Neafie had but one child, John R. Neafie, b. January 3, 1792; d. September 27 or 29, 1867; m. May 15 or June 24, 1814, Sarah Doremus, daughter of Thomas Doremus, Jr., of Cedar Grove. She was born June 15, 1797, and died October 15, 1869. John R. Neafie was but a few weeks old when his mother died, and he was taken to the home of his maternal grandfather, Samuel Van Saun, in Preakness, where he was brought up. On his marriage, in 1814, he went to live in the house of Jacob K. Mead, lately the residence of Mrs. Ann Jacobus, who died January 28, 1902, aged ninety years and six months. In 1827 he removed to Little Falls and resided there for the last forty years of his life. He held various civil and military positions. As Justice of the Peace, he was known everywhere as Esquire John R. Neafie. Children :
(1) Maria Van Saun, b' April 21, 1815; d. October 15, 1875; m. December 17, 1838, Ogden Hall, b. September, 1802; d. May 3, 1857.
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(2) Thomas Doremus, b. November 29, 1816; d. July 8, 1876; m. February 8, 1864, Mrs. Jane Wight, b. September 28, 1831.
(3) James Orton, b. May 1, 1819; d. January 4, 1900; m. December 3, 1845, Emily Peters, b. October 3, 1822, d. January 5, 1900.
(4) Aaron Baldwin, b. December 11, 1822; d. December 4, 1898; unmarried.
(5) Frances Elizabeth, b. August 12, 1825; d. May 10, 1901; m. January 19, 1845, Theodore F. Snover, b. March 14, 1820, d. June 27, 1902.
(6) Stephen Personett, b. March 4, 1828 ; m. September 11, 1855, Sarah Elizabeth Acker, b. August 24, 1832, who live in New York City. These are the parents of John Neafie, of New York, who has furnished us with a very large portion of the material in most of our "Genealogical Notes," as well as other matter, and without whose aid it would not have been possible for us to have presented this work as it is.
(7) Jane Emeline, b. May 23, 1830; d. October 16, 1901; m. October 6, 1852, Peter M. Grant, b. about 1825, d. April 1, 1888.
(8) Catherine Eugenia, b. May 11, 1854; d. August 7, 1865; m. George Van Ness, b. - , d. May 16, 1890.
(9) Frederick, b. March 2, 1836; m. February 6, 1868, Jane Lush, b. September 27, 1844. They live in New York City.
The first three and the fifth of these were born in Preakness; the rest in Little Falls.
The children of Col. Richard Neafie and Elizabeth Mead, his second wife, are as follows :
(1) -
(2) Mary (1), b. March 21, 1795; died in infancy.
(3) Eleanor, b. March 24, 1797; d. October 13, 1887; m. September 9, 1820, James D. Jacobus.
(4) Henry Mead, b. February 2, 1799; d. February 27, 1862; m. July 19, 1818, Rachel Mead.
(5) Garret, b. -; d. -; unmarried.
(6) Mary, b. February 19, 1813; d. September 22, 1876; m. November 12, 1836, Henry I. Mead. She was the mother of the first Mrs. James D. Berdan, of Preakness; of Mrs. Charles Haight, of Mountain View, and of Isaac Frank Mead, a member of the. New York Stock Exchange.
3. Sarah, (third child and only daughter of John Neafie and
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Helena Dey), b. September 11, 1770; d. May 4, 1842; m. March 8, 1789, David Dey, b. November 30, 1763; d. July 27, 1851. Fourteen children :
(1) Esther, b. December 11, 1789; d. October 17, 1868; un- married.
(2) Helena, b. March 31, 1791 ; d. December 22, 1851 ; unmar- ried.
(3) Teunis, b. October 12, 1792; d. March 21, 1865 ; m. Feb- ruary 18, 1816, Susan Dey, his first cousin.
(4) Hannah, b. April 23, 1794; d. April 29, 1857; unmar- ried.
(5) John D., b. October 14, 1796; d. March 9, 1815.
(6) David, b. September 5, 1798; d. October 17, 1817.
(7) Peter Light, of Varick, N. Y., b. July 1, 1800; d. Au- gust 28, 1847; m. (1) February 18, 1824, Rebecca Steele, d. 1832; (2) Lydia C. Johnson. One of his children is John H. Dey, of Pelham Manor, N. Y .; another is Capt. David Dey, of Brooklyn.
(8) Caroline, b. September 24, 1802; d. December 22, 1839 ; m. January 2, 1839, Samuel G. Crawford.
(9) Mary, b. June 8, 1804 ; d. about February, 1893 ; m. Moses Johnson.
(10) Benjamin, b. February 27, 1806 ; deceased ; m. Margaret Sinclair.
(11) Garret, b. May 21, 1807; d. August 7, 1861; m. Ellen Dey, his first cousin.
(12) Henry, b. March 27, 1809; d. June 27, 1822.
(13) Solomon V. R., b. December 10, 1810; d. June 15, 1892; m. Catherine Terhune.
(14) Richard Varick, b. June 21, 1812; d. August 30, 1878 ; m. May 8, 1856, Margaret Elizabeth Colburn.
Note .- These data concerning David and Sarah Dey's chil- dren are taken from "The Neafie Genealogy, or Joannes Nevius and His Descendants," by A. V. D. Honeyman.
The second child of Johannes and Antje Nefie was Garret, bap. at Port Richmond July 14, 1713 ; d. in Bergen County, N. J., 1754; m. at Acquackanonk, 1737, Catalyntje Westervelt, b. March 29, 1721, at Tappan, N. Y. Both united with the Acquackanonk Church April 18, 1742. Five children at least, one of whom was John, b. 1742 ; d. October 26, 1816, at Montgomery, Orange County, N. Y .; m. twice, (1), about 1770, Catharine Post, b. about 1750; d. November 29, 1811; (2), September 6, 1812, Mrs. Martha Hunt.
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John Neafie, son of Garret, lived first at the Ponds, then at Camp Gaw, afterwards in New York City, and finally at Montgomery, N. Y. He had five children by his first wife :
1. Garret, b. about 1771; drowned August 26, 1805; m. about 1791, Margaret Garrison, b. July 18, 1775; d. February 19, 1865. Garret Neafie was drowned while sailing off the Rockaway Bar, L. I., on a trial trip of a new boat for the Weehawken and Bull's Ferries, of both of which he was the lessee.
2. Elizabeth, b. May 5, 1774; d. January 23, 1824; m. about 1790, Andries Smith, b. August 8, 1762, d. February 18, 1845.
3. John, Jr., b. February 24, 1779 ; d. May 8, 1869 ; m. about 1800, Esther Stivers, b. about 1783, d. May 21, 1864.
4. Peter, b. February 18, 1781; d. September 27, 1856; m. twice : (1) August 15, 1802, Elizabeth Dey, daughter of Gen. Rich- ard Dey; (2) August 1 or December 11, 1820, Margaret McEwen, b. March 5, 1800, d. December 3, 1859.
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