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GEORGE, b. April 1, 1758, d. Sept. 2, 1820, aged 62 years, 5 months and 1 day ; buried in New Stone cemetery, near Clinton, N. J .; owned Pattenburgh mill, now known as Beaver's mill ; his granddaughter, Mary Beavers, b. May 22, 1789, d. Nov. 21, 1871, m. John Carhart ; m. first, Christianna ; second, Sara, b. Nov. 1, 1760, d. Mar. 15, 1841, at 80 years, 4 months, 14 days ; had ch .:
I. JOSEPH, m. a Banghart.
II. RALPH, b. Dec. 3, 1781, m. Christianna Dilts, b. April 16, 1786 ; had ch .: (I). HARMON, b. Feb. 22, 1807 ; settled in New York State.
(II). JOSEPH, b. Aug. 7, 1809, m. Margaret Stout, dau. Andrew ; had ch .:
1. JOHN WESLEY, m. Emaline Seavers, dau. of Abr .; res. near Pot- tersville, Somerset Co., N. J .; had ch .:
(1). REBECCA J., died young.
(2). JOSEPH S., died young.
(3). ELIJAH W., m. Blanche Apgar, dau. Isaiah.
(4). ULYSSES GRANT, unmarried.
(5). WILLIAM SHERMAN, unmarried.
(6). GEORGIANA, m. Peter L. Apgar ; res. near Pottersville.
(7). MAGGIE E., m. Fred. Apgar.
(8). SAMUEL S., unmarried.
2. JANE, m. George Pickle, s. of George.
3. MARTHA, m. Theodore Lance, s. of Will.
4. JOSEPH C., m. Charity Crater, s. of David.
5. GEORGE, died young.
6. HARMON, m. Charity Pickle, dau. of Fred.
7. RALPH, m. a Rhinehart, s. of David.
8. CHRISTIANNA, died young.
9. MANNING F., m. Marietta Pickle, dau. of Sam.
(III). NAOMI, m. Joseph Bryant,
(IV). ELISABETH, m. first, Archibald Starker ; second, George Tiger ; third, Richard Philhower.
(V). MARY, m. Elijah Stout, s. of Andrew.
(VI). CATHERINE, m. Jacob D. Fritts, s. of George.
(VII). MAHALA, m. Will. Plum.
III. SAMUEL.
IV. PETER.
V. ABBIE, m. Edward Johnson.
VI. MARY, b. May 22, 1789, d. Nov. 21, 1871, m. John Carhart, s. of Charles and Mary Dunham.
VII. MARTHA, b. April 30, 1791, d. April 30, 1875 ; buried in New Stone cem- etery, near Clinton.
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VIII. SARAH, m. George Bunnell.
IX. NANCY, m. Capt. Ben. Fritts.
BELL.
JOHN BELL, witness to will of John Colver, of " Black River," in 1734 ; constable Roxbury twp., 1742 ; perhaps had ch .:
I. ONESIMUS (SIMEON) named in will of his brother John.
II. JABESH, will, "Roxbury," 6 Nov., 1786, prob. 2 June, 1789, (Trenton Lib. 30 p. 225), names ch .:
(I). ABRAHAM.
(II). HANNAH KELSEY, [wife of William, b. May 1734, d. 6 Aug., 1806].
(III). MEHITABLE KLAUSEN.
(IV). UNICE MOON.
(V). SUSANNA WEATON, [Heaton ? ].
(VI). ELISABETH FAIRCHILD.
(VII). DELIVERANCE BROWN.
(VIII). CATHERINE COLEMAN.
(LX). ABIGAIL BELL.
III. JOHN, will, "Roxbury," 22 Jan., 1778, prob. 6 Jan., 1780, names " bro. Onesimus, otherwise Simeon," " friend Aaron Stark," and three sons and one daughter, none of whom 21 years of age :
(I). JOHN.
(ID). JEREMIAH.
(III). LEVI, d. 12 April, 1812, m. Mary Terry, dau. Richard Ist, and wid. Simeon Drake, b. 13 Sept., 1758, d. 26 Sept., 1836 ; had one son, Simeon Drake Bell, b. 15 Aug., 1801, d. 3 Nov., 1859, m. Elisabeth E., b. 11 Oct., 1803, d. 21 Nov., 1856.
(IV). EASTER.
IV. ISAAC, named father in the will of his son, JAMES, of Hardwick, 29 Mar., 1778, prob. 12 Oct., 1780 ; who also names bro .- in-law Nathaniel Hazen.
ROBERT, removed from Newton, Sussex Co., to Walpack, and purchased, 30 Apr., 1808, 197 acres on Flatbrook, near Walpack Centre, m. Mary Struble, dau, of Leonard, of Myrtle Grove, Hampton twp., Sussex Co., had ch .:
I. JACOB, m. a Bale and removed to Wilsonville, Pa.
II. JESSE, m. a Young and reared a large family.
III. JOHN, lived near Swartswood and had one son and one daughter ; Leonard, Jr., who removed West, and Mrs. Jacob N. V. Dimon, of Frankford, Sussex Co.
IV. LEONARD, m. Lucinda Rosenkrans, dau. Benjamin ; res. near Walpack Centre.
V. NANCY, m. Dayton Cole.
VI. SUSAN, m. Helam Van Auken.
VII. ELISABETH, m. John A. Struble, of Hampton.
VIII. MARGARET, m. John Bevans, of Sandyston twp.
IX. ROBERT, m. a daughter of Henry Burk and had son Emmet.
MISCELLANEOUS-JOHN, Somerset Co .; will 20 Sept., 1769, prob. 20 April, 1770, names first w., Anna Myers, (dau. John of N. Y. city), wid. Capt. Richard Tilden, and second w., Hannah Smith (dau. Fred. of Philadelphia), and children ANDREW and CORNELIA.
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BELLIS OR BELLOWSFELT.
WILLIAM, naturalized by act of Assembly, 1730 ; also naturalized, 1774, Adam, Johann, William and Peter Bellesfelt and in 1756, Johann Belesvelt. On West Jersey society lands, 1735, Peter Bellesfielt and William Bylerfelt, prob. same as preceding. Hendrick van Bilevelt was a "cadet on the Delaware," 11 Aug., 1661. The family came from Neuwied town, or county, in province Nassau. There is a walled town in Westphalia of the name BIELEFELD, of over 6,000 inhabitants. The name of this family is found in the early records of N. Y. city and is very variously spelled. It was finally shortened to Belles. WILLIAM may have had 4 sons : ADAM, J. WILLIAM, PETER and JOHN.
I. ADAM, bot. 210 acres abt. 2 miles s. of Flemington, near Copper Hill, 1743, June 1, from John Stevenson. In the deed the name is Adam Bel- lows, the first step in change from Bellowsfelt to Bellis, Belles or Bellas ; had children.
(I). WILLIAM, b. 1740, Dec. 18, d. 1826, Feb. 27, m. Mary Housel (dau. Martin of Amwell); had children.
1. ADAM, b. 1774, Jan. 19, d. young.
2. ELEANOR, 1775, b. Sep. 29, m. Rev. John Jacob Wack (s. Rev. Casper).
3. WILLIAM, b. 1776, Dec. 15, m. Margaret Young (dau. Peter) ; has son, John Young Bellis, near Reaville.
4. DAVID, b. 1778, Oct. 12, m. Eleanor Schenck (dau. Ralph or Rafe) ; had ch .: John William, on the old Schenck farm ; David S., at Copper Hill ; Maria, b. 17 May, 1805.
5. JOHN, b. 1781, May 26, m. 1, Margaret Cool ; 2, Sarah Lisk ; had children :
(1). MARGARET, m. Christopher Werts.
(2). DAVID, m. first, a dau. of Abraham Werts ; second, Anne Chamberlain (dau. William).
(3). JOHN, m. first, a sister of Paul Cool Dilts ; second, a lady from New York State.
6. MATTHIAS, b. 1783, April 24, d. 1826, June 4, m. Elisabeth Sutphin (dau. Rafe), d. 1847, Oct. 20 ; had four children, two living in 1880 : (1). WILLIAM M. and HANNAH, w. of Abraham Prall ; CHARITY, d. 1832, Aug. 5, and HIRAM, d. 1835, Aug. 14.
(II). PETER, b. 1743, July 30, went to Kentucky.
(III). CATHARINE, b. 1746, unm.
(IV). JOHN, b. 1750, d. 1838, July 11 ; soldier in Revolutionary War ; m. Nellie Williamson, of Larason Corners.
(V). ADAM, b. 1753, m. Mary Rockafellar (dau. Peter).
(VI). ANDREW, b. 1757, July 17, m. Elisabeth Servis ; rem. to Hopewell. (VII). CHARITY, b. 1760, April 15, unmarried.
II. JOHANN WILLIAM BELLOWSFELT, left will dated Amwell. 1773, June 14, prob. 1775, Dec. 12, m. Catherine, "29 May, 1743, Johan. Willem Brillensfeld [Bielersfeld or Bellowsfelt] j. m. v. Niewit wonede in Amwel, met Anna Catharina Kempel, j. d. ook v. Niewit en wonende Alhier." Translation :- Married 29 May, 1743, John William Bellowsfelt. young man, from Niewit [Neuwied on the Rhine], dwelling in Amwell, to Anna Cath. Kempel, also from Niewit and dwelling here [New York City]. Records Collegiate R. D. Church, N. Y .; had ch .:
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(I). WILLIAM BELLESFELD, prob. m. Christina Lasley (?) and had (see records Alexandria German Church),
1. JOHANN, b. 1763, Feb. 15, bap. Sep. 26.
2. CONROD, b. 1769, Jan. 6, bap. Mar. 9.
3. DAVID, b. 1772, Mar. 5, bap. April 21.
(II). PETER.
(III). JOHN GEORGE, bap. (Readington Ref. Dutch records), 1742, July 18.
(IV). JOHN. bap. (same records), 1744, Nov. 25.
(V). BERNARDUS.
(VI). PHILIP.
(VII). ADAM.
(VIII). ELISABETH.
III. PETER, had will dated 1765, Sept. 28, prob. 1767, Feb. 7, names wife, Christeen, prob. dau. Peter Fisher (see will of latter) ; had ch .: (I). PHILIP.
(II). PETER, prob. b. 1739, d. 1808, April 13, m. Elis. Catherine, b. 1741, Sep. 23, d. 1812, April 3 ; he left will dated Knowlton, 1798, April 28, prob. Newton, 1808, April 21 ; had ch .:
1. MATTHIAS.
2. ANTHONY.
3. JOHN.
4. ANNA.
5. CHRISTEENA.
6. ELISABETH.
7. MARY ; speaks of 400 acres in Catawissy, Penn.
PETER BOLLESFELD and CATHERINE (see records Lebanon) ; had ch .: Peter, b. 1768, Aug. 27; Elisabeth, b. 1770. Sep. 30 ; Elsa Catherine, b. 1774, Sept. 3.
(III). WILLIAM.
IV. JOHANNES (John); his wife afterwards m. Phil. Young, whose will dated Amwell, 1768, Oct. 12, names " Barnet Bellowsfelt, my wife's son." Probably had children :
(I). BARNET, had at least one son.
1. JOHN, b. 1756, Aug. 20, d. 1829, Jan. 26, at 73, m. Elisabeth Hol- combe, b. 1758, d. 1843, June 4, at 85 ; had ch .: Barnet; Char- lotte; Eleanor ; Samuel, b. 1787, Sept. 7 ; Rebecca, b. 1789, May 9; Phebe, b. 1798, Dec. 7; Urial, b. 1792, Oct. 22 ; George, b. 1794, Dec. 28 ; John, b. 1797, Mar. 7 -, d. 1827, Dec. 29, m. Elis. Roberson (dau. Thomas), and had Wesley, Mary and John. The following are probably three brothers and the records are from the church book of the old German Alexandria (Mt. Pleasant, Warren Co., N. J.,) Church :
I. PETER, m. Allis or Elisabeth Catherine or Elsie; had ch .: PETER, b. 1783, Jan. 28, bap. Dec. 10; ANNA, b. 1785, April 16, bap. June 15; ABIGAIL, b. 1787, April 28, bap. Dec. 5; JOSEPH, b. 1792, Aug. 12, bap. May 10, 1793 ; ISAAC, b. 1795, Nov. 6, bap. Nov. 13.
II. PHILIP, m. Maria ; had ch .: MARIA, b. 1783, Oct. 5, bap. Dec. 10; PHILIP, b. 1789, May 1, bap. Aug. 26.
III. HERBERT, m. Charity; had ch .: MARY, b. 1797, Nov. 27, bap. 1798, Mar. 3; EvA, b. 1798, Sep. 11, bap. 1799, Feb. 28; WILLIAM, b. 1800, Oct. 19, bap. Dec. 15.
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The names of parents of following are not given : DANIEL, bap. 1794, Mar. 19 ; CATHERINE, bap. 1794, Mar. 19 ; ELISABETH, bap. 1794, Mar. 19.
BERNHARD.
JOHN PETER, "geboren zu Kerzenheim, Grafschaft Bolanden, mit frau und Kindern Komen en America, 1731, und Starb Aug. 28, 1748," (tombstone, Still- water, Warren Co.); translation : "born at Kerzenheim, Bolanden County, came to America with his wife and children, 1731, and died Aug. 28, 1748 ; three daughters came with him," (see tombstone of Mary Elis. Wintermute) ; lived near Philadelphia until 1742, and then located in the wilderness, where the vil- lage of Stillwater now stands ; was the first to be buried in cemetery on the lot which be had given for church purposes ; had ch .:
I. MARY ELISABETH, b. 5 Aug., 1721, d. 15 Feb., 1800, m. John George Wintermute ; “ Maria Elis. Windemuthin gebohrn Bernhart ist gebohrn ano 1721 D. 5 Aug. zu Kerzenheim in der Grafschaft Bolanden in Europa. In America komen mit Vater u. Mutter u. 2 Schwester ano 1781 Starb D 15 February ano 1800 Ihr Alter war 78," (tombstone, Still- water, Warren Co.); translation : " Mary Elis. Wintermuth, born Bern- hart, was born in the year 1721 on the 5th of August at Kerzenheim, County Bolanden, in Europe. She came to America with her father and mother and two sisters in the year 1731 ; she died 15 Feb., 1800. Her age was 78."
II. MARY C., b. 1721, (?) d. 1 Dec., 1794, at 73, m. Casper Shafer.
III. MRS. JEPTHA ARRISON, m. Arrison, a widower, in 1760 ; had a son John, a blacksmith, in Stillwater ; removed to Pennsylvania before Rev- olution, but the troubles with the Indians drove them back to Stillwater during the Revolutionary War.
SAMUEL BERNHARD, (or BARNHARD), signed Rev. Albert Weygand's call 1749; named, as one of trustees, in lease from Ralph Smith for church lands in New Germantown, 1749 ; signed in English, with others, as one of the elders of New Germantown church, a note for £82 to Baltis Pickle ; perhaps had sons :
I. MICHEL, m. Margaret and had dau., Maria Elisabeth, b. 2 Dec., 1769.
II. BERNHARD, a witness to a baptism, 1770.
BERGER.
CASPAR BERGER was a German stone-mason and redemptioner. He had reached New York in 1744, and being sold by the captain of the ship to repay the costs of passage, was purchased, for a term of years, by Cornelius Van Horne, of White House, in Hunterdon County. After he had served three years of his time, he obtained his freedom by building three stone houses. One of them was for Cornelius Van Horne at White House, now owned by Abraham Pickle ; and one for Abraham Pickle in the same neighborhood, now owned by William Pickle. The third house was probably for Johannes Melick. He died in 1817 and left considerable property, including a homestead farm of 400 acres at Readington, to his three sons, AARON, PETER and JASPER, ("Story of an Old Farm," p. 142), m. Anna and had children or grandchildren :
I. NELLA, b. 29 April, 1769.
II. JOHANNES, b. 14 Dec., 1772.
III. AARON, b. 1777.
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IV. SUSANNA, b. 2 Oct., 1778.
V. JASPER, b. 1 May, 1784.
VI. PETER.
BIRD.
BIRD OF SCHOOLEY'S MOUNTAIN.
THOMAS BIRD and w. Rachel, emigrated from Scotland ; had children :
I. JOHN, b. 1726, Jan. 26, d. 1804, m. 1756, May 11, Lydia Stilly, b. (Swedish parents), 1732, Jan. 17, d. 1761 ; lived at Brandywine Head, New Castle Co., Md .; had children :
(I). THOMAS, b. 1757, Feb. 17, d. 1825, Feb. 20, m. Mary Babb, b. in Pa. 1768, Sept. 4, d. 1851, Oct. 23 ; had thirteen children :
1. JOHN, m. Juliann Gimble.
2. NANCY, m. (I) Jos. Gibson ; (2) John Twaddell.
3. LYDIA, unmarried.
4. SIMPSON, unmarried.
5. MARY, unmarried.
6. SARAH, m. Jas. Shipley.
7. BENJAMIN, died in infancy.
8. JACOB, rem. to Schooley's Mountain from Maryland and m. Elis- abeth Flock, dau. Matthias, b. 3 May, 1811; had ch .:
(1). MARY, m. Joseqh H. Parker.
(2). EFFIE, died young.
(3). JOHN, m. (1) Sarah Wack, dau. of Jacob ; (2) Mrs. Ann Karn, dau. Jacob Swartz ; had children by first wife: Jacob, m. Sarah A. Karn : Jennie, unmarried ; Kate, unmarried.
(4). SARAH, m. Wm. Wiley, s. of John.
(5). JULIA ANN, m. Robert T. S. Durham. (6). WILLIAM FLOCK, m. Frances Hotfman.
9. WILLIAM, m. Juliann Gray.
10. REBECCA, m. Wm. G. Smith.
11. THOMAS J., unmarried.
12. JULIANN C. M., unmarried.
13. RACHEL H., m. George T. Gartwell.
(II). REBECCA, m. John Coldwell.
1I. THOMAS.
III. ELISABETH, m. - Mcclintock.
IV. RACHEL, m. - Reynolds.
V. REBECCA, m. - Bratton.
VI. SARAH, m. Elijah Hutton.
PETER BABB, m. Mary Lucas ; came from Wales ; had ch .:
I. SAMPSON, m. Ann Way; had cb .:
(I). MARY, m. Thomas Bird, s, of John.
(II). LYDIA.
(III). JOHN.
(IV). CALEB.
(V). JACOB.
(VI). WILLIAM.
(VII). SAMPSON.
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BIRD OF FAIRMOUNT.
THOMAS BIRD, owned two lots near store at Fairmount, m. Margaret Hoover ; had children, (order uncertain):
I. JOHN, m. Caroline Beam : had ch .:
(I). CATHERINE, m. James Thomas, (German Valley).
(II). MARY, m. Nathan Schuyler, (Califon).
(III). JAMES, m. Elisabeth Convil, (Fairmount).
(IV). RANCE, m. Catherine Ader, (Middle Valley).
(V). MARTHA, m. William M'Glocken, (Fairmount).
(VI). ZOFIE, m. Jacob Lommerson, (Spruce Run).
(VII). JOHN, m. Rosanna Cupboard, (Middle Valley).
(VIII). WILLIAM, m. Elisabeth Seals, (Fairmount). (IX). HARVEY, m. Elmira Beam ; four died young.
II. MARY, b. 3 July, 1806.
III. ANDREW, m. Elisabeth Lay.
IV. THOMAS, m. Sarah Johnson.
V. CATHERINE, b. 10 Nov., 1808, m. Morris Bird.
VI. BARBARA, m. Philip Beam.
VII. ANNA, m. John Sutton.
VIII. ELISABETH, m. Thomas Beam, s. of John.
IX. JANE, m. Henry Beam.
X. PETER, S., b. 5 Oct., 1810, m. Kate Hoover.
BLOOM.
JOHN BLOM (Bloom or Blum), was naturalized by act of Assembly in N. J., 1738-9 ; will dated Mansfield, 23 Dec., 1788, prob. 3 April, 1793, names children :
I. RACHEL.
II. PHEBE.
III. MARY.
IV. PATIENCE.
V. MERCY, and granddaus. Hannah Baul (Paul ? ) and Rachel Brown.
PETER BLOOM, prob. brother of John ; elder 1772 in Alexandria Church, Mount Pleasant. Hunterdon Co., N. J .; prob. had ch .:
I. PETER, m. Eva ; bad ch .:
(I). EVE, b. 19 Aug., 1764.
(II). HERBERT, b. 13 July, 1767.
(III). PAUL, b. 13 March, 1769.
(IV). ANNA, b. 26 Jan., 1771.
(V). JOHN, b. 23 Oct., 1772, in. Mary, b. 8 July, 1773, d. 1 July, 1852 ; had ch .:
1. ELISABETH, b. 10 Oct., 1794, d. 20 Dec., 1794.
2. GODFREY, b. 8 Dec., 1795, d. 27 May, 1796.
3. ANN, b. 12 April, 1798, d. 7 Feb., 1833.
4. SARAH, b. 4 Feb., 1801.
5. JOHN, b. 16 Aug., 1803, d. 4 April, 1847.
6. CHARITY, b. 9 Sept., 1805, d. 22 Feb., 1834.
7. PETER, b. 13 March, 1809 ; twin.
8. MATILDA, b. 13 March, 1809 ; twin.
9. EFFIE, b. 19 March, 1812.
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(VI). , JACOB, b. 8 Aug., 1774. (VII). CHRISTOPHER, b. 10 Sept., 1779.
II. WILHELM (William), confirmed Alexandria Ger. Ref. Ch., 19 May, 1771.
III. ADAM, confirmed, Alexandria, 6 Aug., 1775.
IV. JOHN, confirmed, Alexandria, 6 Aug., 1775.
V. MARGARETHA.
MISCELLANEOUS-REV. HERMAUNUS BLOM preached at Wiltwyck, (Kingston), N. Y., to the Dutch Reformed for the first time, 17 Aug., 1659, and organized the church there. CLAES BARENTSE BLOM and JAN BARENTSE BLOM, take the oath of allegiance, Kings Co., N. Y., 26-30 Sept., 1687. BARNE BLOOME, at Flush- ing, 1698, has ch .: GARRETT and JOHANNIS. SIMON and BARENT Blom subscribe to building a church at Jamaica, L. I., in 1715. JACOB FREDERIXSEN, m. in N. Y. 23 Sept., 1697, Mayken Jansen Bosch. FREDERICK, m. in N. Y., 1 Dec., 1700, Annetje Montagnie, who remarries, 1710, Nov. 25. ADRIAN JANSE BLOM, m. in N. Y., 11 Oct., 1705, Annetje Tysse.
BODINE.
JEAN BODINE (" Jean Boudin, fugitive de Medit"), was born in France, at the village of Medis, near the southern shore of Saintonge, along the Gironde, and was naturalized in London, October 14, 1681, along with his second wife, Esther Bridon, (dau. Francis). He died on Staten Island as early as 1695, leaving a daughter, Marianne, and a son, Jean. Jean Bodine's will, dated January 7, 1707, mentions his brothers, Eleazor and Francis, and his sisters, Esther and Mary. (Baird's Huguenot Emigration, Vol. II, pages 38, 39.) The original spelling was Bodin or Boudin. In America it soon began to be spelled Bodien and Bodein, and finally Bodine. Jean Bodine was one of the ablest political thinkers of France during the sixteenth century. See Encyclopedia Brittanica, Ninth Edition, article, Bodin, John, and Bayle's Dictionary, article, Bodinus, Joannes. (See also Wills, N. Y., V., 101 ; VII., 312 ; VI., 88 ; VII., 147).
I. JEAN, will, dated 3 Jan., 1707, gives us the names of his brothers and sisters. II. MARIANNE, m. Jean Abelin.
III. ESTHER.
IV. ELIAZOR, [Eliezer].
V. FRANCIS, perhaps had the following children, who may have removed from Staten Island to New Jersey .:
(I). ISAAC, member ch. North Branch, 1720, (abt.), m. Engeltje ; had ch .:
1. JANITIEN, bap. 30 April, 1707.
2. FREDERICK, bap. 26 April, 1709, m. Saartje [Sarah] Rappelyea ; had ch. bap. at Readington :
(1). ISAAC, bap. 28 May, 1739.
(2). SAERTIE, [Sarah] bap. 8 March, 1740. (3). MARYTIE, [Mary] bap. 19 Oct., 1746.
3. KATALEYN, [Catherine] bap. 2 Nov., 1711.
4. ISAAC, bap. 18 May, 1715.
5. ABRAHAM, bap. 31 July, 1717.
6. ELISABETH, bap. 13 Oct., 1719.
7. HESTER, bap. 25 Dec., 1723.
8. JACOB, bap. 18 Aug., 1723, [1725 ? ].
9. PETRUS, bap 3 Sept., 1727. These two last were children of Isaac
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and Engeltje, prob. a second wife.
(II). JACOB, m. Leibetje [Elisabeth]; had ch .:
1. JACOB, bap. 4 April, 1719.
2. CATHERINE, bap. 7 May, 1721.
3. CORNELIS, bap. 29 Sept., 1723.
4. ANTJE, bap. 11 Aug., 1726.
(III). PETER, at Three Mile Run, Somerset Co., 1720, m. Merritje ; had ch .:
1. JAN, bap. 30 April, 1712.
2. DAVIT, [David], bap. 3 April, 1717.
(IV). ABRAHAM, m. Adriantje Janse : had ch .:
1. CATRINA, bap. 4 April, 1725, m. Lodewyck Hardenbrook.
2. PETER, bap. 11 Dec., 1726, m. first, Marytie ; second, Judick, dau. Abraham Bodine and wid. Sam. Willemse ; had at least dau. Betsey, b. 18 Sept., 1753, d. 18 Nov., 1825, m. Folkert Douw.
3. JOHN, bap. 6 Sept., 1730, m. Femmetje Voorhees ; descend'ts at Plainfield, N. J., and Seneca and Cayuga Lakes, N. Y.
4. ABRAHAM, bap. 13 April, 1733.
5. JUDICK, bap. 20 April, 1735, b. Mar. 17, m. John Thomson, b. 15 April, 1720.
6. ISAAC, bap. 10 July, 1737.
7. OUKEN, bap. 18 Nov., 1739.
8. ARRIANTJE, bap. 18 Nov., 1741.
9. MARIA, bap. 10 June, 1744.
(V). JOHN, said to have-been at North Branch, 1727 ; had at least Abra- ham, who may have been the son of Isaac.
1. ABRAHAM, m. Mary Low, dau. Cornelius ; will, 1769, June 14, prob. July 3 ; had ch .:
(1). JOHN, bap. 15 April, 1743.
(2). JUDICK, bap. 31 March, 1745, m. Peter Bodine, s. of Abram.
(3). MARY.
(4). CATALYNTJE, [Catharine] bap. 3 Sept., 1749.
(5). JANE.
(6). SARAH, bap. 10 Aug., 1753.
(7). CORNELIUS, bap. Nov., 1755, d. 12 June, 1820 ; his wife d. 13 Nov., 1824 ; served in Revolutionary War and was in the battle of Monmouth. After the birth of his third child in 1785, having lost much of his property by the depreciation of the Continental currency, he went to the borough of Muncy, Pa., where his other children were born. In 1802 he removed thence to Ovid, in Seneca County, New York, where he died ; had ch .:
(a). ABRAHAM, bap. 19 Sept., 1779, at Readington, N. J., d. 23 Dec., 1862, near Hughesville, Pa., where his descendants still live, m. first, Mercy Paxon, by whom he had five chil- dren ; second, Barbara Cruze, by whom he had but one child. He had John, Elisabeth, Charles, Margaret, George, Russell.
(b). PETER, bap. 25 March, 1781, at Readington, N. J., d. 1843 at Ovid, N. Y., where his descendants still live.
(c). JOHN, bap. 1 Jan., 1785, at Readington, N. J., d. 1846, at
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Wayne Hotel, Stenben Co., New York, leaving numerous descendanta.
(d). CORNELIUS, b. 1787 in Penn., d. 23 Dec., 1865, at Icelandville, Schuyler Co., N. Y., leaving many descendanta.
(e). GILBERT, b. 1790, in Penn., d. 20 Jan., 1854, near Ovid, N. Y., having descendants mostly in Iowa.
(f). ISAAC, b. 1794, in Penn., d. 24 Feb., 1840 at Ovid, N. Y., leaving one child, who has descendants in Illinois and Wisconsin.
(g). CHARLES, died a babe, 26 Jan., 1796.
(h). GEORGE, b. 8 Jan., 1798, in Penn., d. 15 May, 1868, at Ovid, N. Y., on the homestead, where his eight children were born, in which vicinity most of his descendants live.
GILBERT, was a grandson prob. of Isaac of North Branch, b. 1761, d. 21 Aug., 1838, lived Chester twp., Morris Co .; buried in Pleasant Hill cemetery, near Chester, Morris Co., m. Catherine Dean, dau. John !, b. 1767, Sept. 18, d. 9 Feb., 1851 ; had ch .:
(1). ELISABETH, b. 1787, d. 26 Sept., 1847, m. Christopher Trim- mer, s. of Jacob.
(2). ELSIE, b. 9 Nov., 1791, m. Matthias Trimmer, s. of Jacob.
(3). MARY, m. Monroe Hopkins.
(4). JANE, m. Joshua Salmon. (5). WILLIAM.
MISCELLANEOUS-Cornelius, Francis, Abraham, Polly and Isaac, traded with John Peter Nitzer, the storekeeper at German Valley, as early as 1763. In New York, 21 Aug., 1738, Hester Bodyn was married to Cornelius Brouwer, and 5 Aug., 1737, John Bodine to Catharina Bensen.
BOWMAN.
The BOWMAN, (BOUWMAN, BAUMAN or, BOUMAN) family prob. came from the Palatinate. In 1720, Nov. 12, Susanna Bowman from the Palatinate, Germany, was married to William Butler in New York. In 1720, Nov. 26, the widow of Jacob Bouwman, of Hackensack, Christina Huisman, was married in N. Y. to George Myserrie.
THOMAS and wife Neeltje were members in 1717 of the Reformed Dutch Church of New Brunswick, called the "Church of the River and Lawrence Brook." They prob. had children. :
I. THOMAS, bap. at Somerville, 31 July, 1717. In 1733, Thomas is an elder of Readington Reformed Dutch Church ; had ch .:
(I). NEELTJE, [Cornelia] bap. 23 July, 1749.
(II). JAN, [John] bap. 22 Oct., 1752 ; prob. married Rebecca and had at least one child, CHRISTENA, bap. Readington, 17 Oct., 1784.
II. CORNELIUS, m. Maritje [Mary Bonsevel]; had ch .:
(I). NEELTJE, bap. Readington, 13 April, 1739.
(II). REBECCA, bap. Readington, 29 Sept., 1748.
(I ). MARIA, bap. Readington, 28 April, 1751.
V). CORNELIUS, bap. Readington, 11 March, 1753. (I
(V). THOMAS, m. Lena Turen ; had ch .:
1. CORNELIUS, bap. Readington, 9 March, 1777.
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2. JOHN, bap. Readington, 13 Nov., 1785. III. PIETER, m. Margrietje [Margaret]; had ch .:
(I). DEBORA, bap. Readington, 8 March, 1740.
IF JORIS, [George] m. Jannetje, [Jane] Scholl ; had ch .:
(I). ELSJE, [Elsie], bap. Readington, 5 May, 1745.
(II). THOMAS, perhaps the s. of Peter, m. Jannetje ; had ch .:
1. CATTE, [Catherine] bap. Readington, 4 May, 1777.
2. RAGEL, [Rachel] bap. Readington, 17 April, 1785.
(III). JOHN, perhaps s. of Peter, m. Rebecca ; had ch .:
1. CHRISTENA, bap. Readington, 17 Oct., 1784.
(IV). GEORGE, m. Elsa ; had ch .:
1. JACOB, b. 19 Nov., 1771 or 2.
2. HANES, [John] b. 30 April, 1774.
3. PHILIP, b. 7 Sept., 1776.
4. PETER, b. 10 Ang., 1778.
(V). HENRY, on John Peter Nitzer's ledger at German Valley, 1763. Perhaps had ch .:
1. CORNELIUS, b. 18 July, 1778, d. 17 Oct., 1836, m. Ahly (Alevia or Olivia), b. 1776, d. 1857, at 81 ; the former, buried at Chester, Morris Co., the latter at Spruce Run ; had ch., bap. at Lebanon :
(1). DEBORAH, b. 14 Aug., 1802.
(2). HENRY, b. 21 Dec., 1804.
2. JACOB, m. Margaret ; had ch., bap. at German Valley : (1). ANNA, b. 26 Aug., 1790.
(VI). PETER, who may have been the son of George ; he had at least the following children (order uncertain) :
1. SUSAN, m. Peter Winters.
2. JANE, m. Stephen Swackhamer.
3. BETSEY, b. 1781, d. 1864 at about 83.
4. ANCHI, m. a Welsh ; res. near Easton.
5. JOHN, removed to Ohio.
6. LAMBERT BOWMAN, kept tavern at G. V. and Readington, m. first - Cowl, (or Caul) ; second, Sophia Neighbor, (dau. of Leon- ard 2d and widow of Jacob L. Hager); bought 20 Dec., 1803, of Wm. Neiser, tavern in German Valley; had three children by first wife and five by the second :
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