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I. THOMAS, b. 24 Oct., 1753 ; res. in Hope twp., Warren Co .; had a large family.
II. JAMES, b. 2 Sept., 1756, d. 1840, m. Elisabeth Coryell (dau. of John); res. Danville, Warren Co .; had ch.
(I). JOHN C., b. Dec., 1793, d. April, 1878.
(II). MARY, b. Dec., 1793, d. 1818.
(III). NANCY, b. Aug., 1796, d. March, 1877.
(IV). MARGARET, b. Aug., 1798, d. Jan., 1876, m. a Matlock.
(V). AMELIA, b. July, 1801, d. March, 1881 ; also m. a Matlock.
(VI). HARVEY, b. Oct., 1803 : res. Independence twp., Warren Co.
(VII). SARAH N., b. Jan., 1808, d. in infancy.
(VIII). THOMAS H., b. Jan., 1808, d. in infancy.
III. MARGARET, m. Andrew Van Why.
WILLIAM (s. of Malcombe), his will dated Bethlehem twp., 16 June, 1792, prob. 4 Feb., 1795, names w., Elenor, and grandsons, William and Melkim [Mal- combe], granddaughters, Martha and Rebecca, and daus. :
I. MARTHA
II. ELEANOR [wife of] McDANIELS. From these names it seems probable that William was the father, and not the brother of Andrew above.
SAMUEL, b. 5 April, 1707, d. at Flemington, 10 Feb., 1790 ; said to be a different family from the other Flemings but nevertheless may have been originally the same ; licensed to keep tavern, 1746, where Flemington is now built : bought 105 acres, including the site of Flemington, 11 June, 1756 ; m. 6 Jan., 1734 (?) Esther Mounier, of Huguenot origin, who died 6 July, 1797 ; had ch .:
I. ELISABETH, b. 10 April, 1737, m. a Sherrerd
II. ESTHER, b. 15 April, 1739, d. 13 Oct , 1814, m. Thomas Lowrey.
III. WILLIAM, b. 29 Dec., 1741.
IV. ALEXANDER, b. 21 March, 1743.
V. AGNES, b. 25 March, 1745, m. Timothy Wood.
VI. MARY, b, 25 Sept., 1749, m. George Alexander.
VII. ISABELLA, b. 4 April, 1752, m. John Servoss.
VIII .: SAMUEL, b. 27 July, 1754.
IX. JOHN, b. 11 Dec., 1756.
X. CHARLES, b. 24 Dec., 1759.
FLOCK.
ANDREAS FLOCK, (Flach, Flagt), b 1712, Sept. 9, d. 1779, March 9, m. Anna Maria, b. 1717, d. 1810, Jan. 24, at 92 yrs., 1 mo. and 22 days ; prob. came from
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Wirtemberg to Philadelphia 25 Sept .. 1749, in ship Speedwell ; had ch .:
I. ANDREAS, b. 1736, Oct. 20, d. 1789, Aug. 20, m. Margaretta, b. 1726, d. 1795, Dec. 9 ; went to Canada ; had ch .:
(I). JOHN PHILIP, b. 1757, Sept. 25, d. 1828, Nov. 7, m. first, 1791, Sept. 27, Cath. Schwartzwelder, b. at Hartwick, 1771, Jan. 16, d. 1793, Nov. 9, and second, 1795, Feb. 12, Anna Aames, d. 1820, March 18, at 47 years. and 10 months.
(II). MARGARETTA, b, 1761, Nov. 3, m. John Schwartzwelder.
(III). ANDREW, b. 1763, Aug. 23, d. 1765, Sept. 22
(IV). JOHN, b. 1766, Dec. 10, m. 1787, Dec. 27, Elsie Hoffman (daughter of Christopher).
(V). MARIA CATHERINE, b. 1768, Oct. 23, prob. m. 1798, Feb. 25, Philip Coos.
(VI). MATTHIAS, b. 1771, Aug. 19, d. 1793, Nov. 32, m. 1791, Oct. 21, A. Bar- bara Schwartzwelder, b. 1793, Nov. 27.
II. CATHERINE, b. 14 Feb., 1742, d. 1 March, 1823, m. John Shangle (son of Heinrich).
III. BARBABA, b. 1744, d. 14 July, 1841, at 97. m. Philip Crater (son of Morris, 1st).
IV. MATTHIAS, b. 1746, March 6, d. 1806, Oct. 17, m. 1774, Jan. 13, Maria Margaret Rarick (dau. of Conrad, 1st); had ch .:
(I). MARGARETTA, b. 1775, April 10, m. John Vas (Voos or Was), res. at Marksboro.
(II). MATTHIAS, b. 1781, Dec. 18, d. 1821, March 21, m. Effie Weaver (dau. Christopher) ; had ch .:
1. ELISABETH, b. 1811, May 3, m. Jacob Bird.
2. JOHN, m. Susan Divers ; no ch. ; res. in Warren Co.
3. WILLIAM, b. 1820, d. 11 Dec., 1888, m. Adriann Salmon (daughter of Samuel), b. 8 Feb., 1826 ; had ch .; (1), Andrew, b. 1842, Oct. 4, m. Harriet Stephens (dau. of William), who afterwards m. Matthias Swackhammer ; had by first husband William and Harry ; (2). John S., b. 1845, July 10, m. Elisabeth Sharp (dau. of William); (3). Sarah Louisa, b. 1850, June 21, m. Jacob M. Trimmer, Jr. (s. of Isaiah).
(III). JOHN, b. 1784, Nov. 2, m. Mary Sharp (dau. of Morris); rem. to Ohio or Canada.
(IV). ANDREW, b. 1787, April 22, d. 1844, May 2, m. first, Sara Lane : second, Mrs. Sarah (Swayze) Salmon ; had ch .:
1. MATHIAS, b. 1813, Jan. 10, d. 1852, Feb. 15, m. first, Christina Divers, b. 1816, Jan. 2, d. 1849, Sept. 6, and second, Sarah Corson ; had ch .: (1). Andrew, m. Alineda Lewis (Pleasant Valley, Pa.); (2). John; (3). Henry, d. unm .; (5). Jacob D., m. Kate Drake (dau. of William); (5). Margaret Ann, m. Isaac F. Read, of Blairstown ; (6). Sylvester, jeweler in New York City.
2. ELEANOR, m. Daniel L. Salmon.
3. MARGARET, m. Philip G. Stephens.
(V). ANNA MARIA, b. 1796, Oct. 21, m. (second wife) Jeremiah Lanning, of Hope, Warren Co.
V. CHRISTINA, m. 19 Sept .. 1780, Andreas Henseler.
VI. ANNA, m. John Thomas (s. of Matthias, Ist).
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VII. MARGARET, m. 19 March, 1781, John Dean.
VIII. ELISABETH, m. John Petrie (s. of William ?).
FLUMERVELT.
ZACHARIAS FLUMERVELT, came on ship "Hope" from Rotterdam, 1734, Sept. 23 ; his name appears on John Peter Nitzer's ledger, 1753 and '59 ; prob. had ch .:
I. GEORGE, m. Elisabeth Schuyler (dau. of Philip) : had ch .:
(I). PETER, m. a Potter.
(II). ZACHARIAS, b. 1784, March 27, d. 1822, June 8 ; was shot by a neigh- boring farmer, m. Catharine Neighbor (dau. of Leonard III); had children :
1. LEONARD N., b. 1807, Feb. 15, m. Catherine Apgar (dau. of Her- bert of Lower Valley).
2. ELIZA, b. 1809, Sept. 18, m. first, David Johnson : second, John Miller, of Clarksville.
3. SOPHIA, b. 1812, March 15, m. Andrew Bay.
4. GEORGE, b. 1814, Dec. 17, m. Catherine Read (dau. of Philip) ; res. at Lower Valley.
5. ZACHARIAS, b. 1817, m. Elisabeth Terryberry (dau. of Jacob) ; res. at Lower Valley.
(III). GEORGE, b. 1800, Sept. 27, m. Elisabeth Trimmer (dau. of David), b. 1779, d. 1848, Aug. 26.
(IV). MARGARETHA ANN, b. 1804, March 12.
(V). DAVID, b. 1806, May 31; died at sea ; Capt. of a vessel ; unmarried. (VI). MARY, b. 1806, May 31, m. Jacob Apgar.
II. ZACHARIAS, had a son Cornelius, who m. - Banghart.
III. FREDERICK, m. Deli -, had Andres, b. 1780, Dec. 5.
IV. PHILIP, m. Catherine -, had John, b. 1783, July 20.
V. BERTRAM, m. Catherine -, had Zacharias, b. 1775.
VI. JOHN.
VII. YORICK.
VIII. CORNELIUS, whose name, with those of John and Forick, appears, 1760. on Nitzer's ledger in the account of Zacharias; m. Eva ; made a will 1798, April 4, probated May 7, who names ch .:
(I). ZACHARIAH.
(II). CORNELIUS.
(III). CHARITY SNYDER.
(IV). CATHARINE CLECKOVER.
(V). ELISABETH HOFFMAN.
(VI). FRANCKY YOUNG.
(VII). MARY TEREBERY.
IX. ALBERTUS, m. Mary Clabine ; had cb .: (I). ANDREW.
(II). GEORGE, b. 1785, Oct. 15, d. 1858, Mar. 27, m. first, 1808, Dec. 15, Margaret Henry, b. 1786, Mar. 22, d. 1830, Aug. 16 ; second, Mrs. Mary Fergus (born a Linaberry), b. 1787, Oct. 19, d. 1845, Sept. 12 ; third, Elisabeth Thompson, b. 1792, Sept. 16 ; had ch .:
1. ANDREW, b. 1809, Sept. 19, m. Matilda Angle (dau. of Philip).
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2. JOHN, b. 1811, Oct. 22, m. Euphemia Adams (dau. of Amos).
3. WESLEY, b. 18'3, Dec. 15, m. Sarah Ann Leida (dau. of Isaac).
4. CHARLES, b. 1816, Jan. 17, m. Eleanor Read (dau. of David).
5. SARAH ANN, b. 1818, April 9, m. Jas. R. Kishpaugh.
6. JAMES A., b. 1820, May 5, m. Sarah Swayze.
7. ELIZA, b. 1822, May 5, m. Jacob Anderson.
8. PETER, b. 1823, Nov. 5, m. Ellen Adams.
9. CAROLINE, b. 1825, Mar. 22, m Conrad C. Hildebrant (dau. of John).
10. GEORGE, b. 1827, June 25, unmarried.
11. MARGARET H., b. 1830, July 22, m. Adram Johnson.
12. JESSE.
FOLK.
ANDREAS VOLCK, [Falck, Folk], b. 1679 ; came over to New Amsterdam in the "First Emigration," 1709, by the aid of Queen Annie, of England, in the com- pany of Rev. Joshua Kocherthal ; settled, prob. with the rest at Quassaick Creek (Newberg, N. Y.); m. Catharina, b. 1682 ; had ch. in N. Y. City, 1710 :
I. MARIA BARBARA, b. 1704.
II. GEORGE HIERONIMUS [Jerome], b. 1705.
III. ANNA GERTRAUDA [Gertrude], b. 1709.
IV. CHRISTIAN, prob. s. of Andreas, (or of ARNOLD FOLK of 2d Emigration ; in N. Y., 1710, at 36 years of age) ; his father may have rem. to N. J., as nearly all the German settlers of Newberg very early moved away from there. At any rate Christian was settled in Somerset Co. at the time of his death ; Cristeyan Folk signs subscription for Pluckamin Lutheran Church, 7 Dec., 1757 ; Christian Falck and Henry Folk sign articles of Faith of the Lutheran Church of New Germantown and Pluckamin, in 1767 ; his will, May 1, 1756, prob. 10 May, 1768, names wife Anna Donitia and ch .:
(I). HENDRICK.
(II). PHILIP.
(III). BARBARY.
HENRY FOLK, a prominent citizen of Sparta, N. J., for many years.engaged in the milling business ; a director in the Merchant's National Bank, of Newton : came from the vicinity of Giessen, in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, in the year --. He was the son of Philip and Catharina and was b. 15 Oct., 1835, m. Eliza Murray, b. 24 Feb., 1828. He had five brothers and one sister, viz., PHILIP, b. 30 May, 1826 ; PETER ; JOHN ; HENRY ; KONRAD ; KATHARINA ; WILHELM died young ; he has ch .:
I. RICHARD M., b. 15 Sept., 1858, m. Belle Gordon.
II. HENRY W., b. 20 July, 1860 ; engaged with his brother Richard in mercantile business in Sparta.
III. MOLLIE, b. 2 May, 1862.
IV. WILLIAM H., b. 26 Aug., 1863, d. 17 May, 1878.
V. CARRIE Y., b. 13 March, 1866, d. 21 April, 1867.
FORCE.
Three brothers came to this country from Germany, or England. One went to Philadelphia, another settled near Newark, from whom Rev. W. Manning Force
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descended, and a third WILLIAM, settled near Spruce Run : m. a Miss Woolever, whose father came from Rhinebeck, Germany. He had at least one son :
THOMAS, b. about 1740, m. a dau. of William Coxe, the large landholder, from whom he received a large tract of land, west of Spruce Run. He built a saw- mill and grist mill ; was a wheelwright by trade. He had children :
I. WILLIAM, b. 12 April, 1767, m. a Deremer.
II. JOSEPH, b. 22 March, 1769, m. a Brent.
III. ELISABETH, b. 27 Feb., 1771.
IV. MARY, b. 30 Oct., 1772.
V. THOMAS MANNING, b. 27 April, 1775.
VI. BENJAMIN, h, 29 Sept., 1778.
VII. SUSANNAH, b. 17 Dec., 1780.
VIII. JOHN, b. 11 Nov., 1783.
IX. HANNAH, b. 18 March, 1786.
X. JAMES, b. 20 June, 1788 ; rem. to Drakestown, where be bought 190 acres of Mr. Marsb ; m. Lany Vosseller (dau. of Jacob), b. 27 Dec., 1787 ; had children :
(I). CHARLES, b. 2 Jan., 1809, m. Esther Martenis.
(II.) THOMAS, b. 19 Jan., 1811, m. Sarah T. Banghard (dau. of Abram) ; had ch .: 1. William, b. 22 Sept., 1836, m first, Sarah Fritte ; second, Hattie Giddis ; 2. Abraham B., b. 10 April, 1839, m. Eunice Batson ; 3. James, b. 2 May, 1842, unm .; 4. Jacob, b. 25 Feb , 1845, m. Abigail A. Anderson (dau. of Henry V.); 5. Thaniel, b. 13 Feb., 1848, unm .; 6. Joseph, h. 3 Oct., 1851, m. Adaline Helle- brant (dau. of David) ; 7. George, b. 4 July, 1855, m. Rettie Helle- brant (half-sister to Adaline).
(III). JACOB, unmarried.
(IV). JOSEPH, unmarried
(V). SUSANNA, died young.
(VI). MARY, m. William Anderson.
(VII). ELIZA, b. 5 Dec., 1825, unmarried.
MISCELLANEOUS-Some people claim that the name was originally La Force or La Force'. The first one is said to have been OBADIAH, who came from France. There was a MATTHEW Force at Woodbridge, who m. 7 Jan., 1696, Sara -, and had ch .: 1. John, b. 24 Dec., 1697 ; 2. Elisabeth, b. 22 Sept., 1699 ; 3. Mary, h. 18 Nov., 1701, d. 17 April, 1703. It may be that the name La Forse, Lafasi. Lafar, Lafaers, is the same as La Force or La Force'. The former occur on the Records of the Dutch Church of Somerville, as follows : JAN LA FORSE, has ch .: Abraham, bap. 25 Oct., 1704 ; Isaac, bap. 12 June, 1723 ; Jan, bap. 20 Dec., 1724 (parents Jan and Cary); Francentye, bap. 3 April, 1726, and Angenetje, bap. 29 April, 1720 (parents same as above) ; NICOLAES LAFORSE and Nella Merlatt have Nicolaes, bap. 27 June, 1736 ; ABRAHAM and Raghel [Rachel] have Jan, bap. 24 Feb., 1740. The combined Register (containing Records of First Presby- terian Church of Morristown) has Manan [Manning ?] m. 10 May, 1753, Lucretia Wirxhel, and several other later data.
FOX.
JOHANNES PETER FFUCKS, [Fuchs, Fuhz or Fox], b. 1679 ; came over in the 2d Emigration, 1710 ; prob. settled on Fuchsenberg or Fox Hill, which was
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named after him ; m. first, Anna Margaret, b. 1686 ; prob. m. second, Maria and had ch .:
I. JOHN PETER, b. 4 March, bap. 7 Aug., 1720, at the house of Baldus Pickle on the Raritans [near Whitehouse] by Rev. Justus Falkner, pastor of the Lutheran Church of New York City ; signs call to Rev. John Albert Weygand, 1749 ; naturalized 20 Aug., 1755.
MISCELLANEOUS-FANNY FOX, PHILIP and DANIEL FUHZ, on ledger of John Peter Nitzer, storekeeper in German Valley, 1763. Leonard Fox naturalized by act of Assembly, 28 April, 1762. There was a family of this name very earl, 'n Hunterdon Co., who were Quakers of English descent.
FRACE.
I. JOHN FRIES [perh. Frees or Frace], prob. a brother of WILLIAM ; res. in Knowiton twp., now Warren Co .; his will, 6 March, 1770, prob. 8 May 1771, names ch .:
(I). JOHN HENRY.
(II). MARTINUS, prob. "Sen." m. Jane, who was b. 8 Jan., 1753, d. 21 Nov., 1819, buried at Knowlton cemetery.
(III). JOHN.
(IV). CATY, m. a Snider.
(V). ELISABETH, m. a Snider.
(VI). ADAM.
(VID). JOHN.
(VIII). MARY.
(IX). ANN, m. Philip Hoffman.
II. WILLIAM, prob. a brother of John, res. at Knowlton ; his will, prob. 26 May, 1795, names wife Mary and ch .:
(I). MICHEL, perh. m. Gertraud ; had ch .:
1. ELISABETH, b. 10 March, 1770.
2. ANNA MARIA, b. 16 Feb., 1772.
3. MARIA GRITH, b. 3 Aug., 1776.
(In). WILLIAM HENRY.
(III). JOHN.
(IV). CHRISTINA.
(V). MARY ELISABETH.
(VI). MARY.
(VID. ANNA.
(VIII). JACOB, not named in will, but perb. a son of William, m. Margaret [Durenberger ?]; had ch. at least :
1. ANNA MARIA, b. 7 May, 1774.
2. ELISABETH, b. 24 Sept., 1777.
3. JACOB, b. 22 Aug., 1779.
FREDERICK, perh. the s. of Johan Frederick Freyss, who arrived at Philadelphia 23 Sept., 1741; m. Elsie Catherine [Snook ?]; had ch. at least :
I. WILHELM, b. 27 Dec., 1777.
II. JACOB, went West.
III. DAVID, killed by a horse.
IV. JOHN, m. an Oliver ; had at least,
(I). ISAAC, b. 3 March, 1813, m. Elisabeth Rarick (dau. of William) ; had
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children :
1. EZEKIEL A., m. Harriet V. Sutton (dau. of John) ; had ch .: (1). Levi, dec .; (2). Merilda, dec .; (3). Bell, m. Theodore Slyker ; (4). Hulda, m. William Slockbower ; (5). Mary A., m. John Bell ; (6). Lizzie B., dec .; (7). Emma, m. Fred. Philhower ; (8). Harriet V .; (9). Ezekiel A .; (10). Lydia Lulu.
2. HULDA, m. Alfred Nunn.
3. MARY, m. Gilbert Dufford.
4. ISAAC, m. Catherine Karns (dau. of David).
5. AMANDA, m. George Swarts (dau of Isaac).
MISCELLANEOUS-In Knowlton Cemetery: PETER, b. 9 March, 1763, d. 4 Aug., 1846 (?); CECILIA, b. 1757, d. 29 May, 1828 ; ANDREW, b. 1790, d. 31 Oct., 1839 ; SUSANNA, b. 1794, d. 1 Jan., 1866, at 73 ; PETER, b. 4 Oct., 1785, d. 26 April, 1814, at 28. JACOB FRIES with other Moravians arrived at Bethlehem, Penn., from Den- mark, 14 Sept., 1753. Letters of admin. of the estate of JOHN FREAS, of Sussex Co., granted 7 Jan., 1794, to Catherine and Peter Freas.
FRELINGHUYSEN.
REV. THEODORUS JACOBUS FRELINGHUYSEN [or Frelinghausen, as he sometimes wrote it], was born at Lingen, in East Friesland. now belonging to the kingdom of Hanover, about 1691. He was the son of REV. JOHANNES HENRICUS FRELINGHUYSEN, pastor of the Reformed Church at Lingen, and a brother of MATTHIAS DAVID FRELINGHUYSEN, who settled in Hortigen, Holland. Hedied not later than 1748, as near as we can tell, and is said to have been buried on the property which he owned near Three-Mile Run, though without a stone to mark the spot. He was ordained in Friesland, in 1717, by John Brunius, and settled at Embden. He was selected for the service of the churches, and urged to go to that distant field by a pious elder, belonging to the Church of Sicco Tjadde. The young minister made a strongly favor- able impression by his edifying manner of conducting family worship, at the house of the elder, where he was stopping on his way to Embden to assume the rectorship of that place. Mr. F. arrived at New York January, 1720, in ship King George, under Captain Goelet. He preached 17 January, 1720, in the Collegiate Church, New York, and, for the first time on the Raritan, 31 Jan., 1720, from 2 Corinthians, I:20. His field of labor extended from New Brunswick to North Branch. "He encountered many difficulties, owing in part to the scattered population, dense forests, unbridged streams, and ill-marked roads, incident to a newly-settled country, but still more to the state of the people, among whom formalism abounded, leading, as it always does in the end, to a great relaxation of morals. His ministry was one of continued conflict, carried on most aggressively against indifferentism and pharisaic formalism. The method of this fearless preacher was to always carry the war into the enemies' camp. With tireless energy and uncompromising earnestness, he fought out to its finish the conflict between truth and error." The storm and stress of of such a life-long struggle, in which churches and even families were divided, and the aid of the courts and the printing press was enlisted, must have been very trying and exhaustive. Still the bold champion of purity in religion held on his way, because, as he said, he would " rather died a thousand deaths than not preach the truth.'" The results of his faithfulness were found first in his
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own family, every one of his five sons becoming ministers, and both his daughters marrying ministers. A personal religion, which is thus attested, needs no other proof of its sincerity and attractiveness. Moreover, the search- ing revival, which brought so many into the churches under his charge, and the testimony of Whitfield and others, sufficiently evidence the power of his preaching to have been that of the truth itself. Some bitterness and excess were to be expected, when conscious rectitude is so maliciously assailed, as it was in the person of Rev. Mr. Frelinghuysen for so many years. Rev. Theodorus Jacobus bought, 17 July, 1744, a farm of 200 acres from Dan Hendrickson, in Middlesex Co. [Trenton Lib., 42 or 25, fol. 444], said to be the John Bronson place, a little west of Three-Mile Run. His seven children were : Theodore; John ; Jacobus; Ferdinandus; Henricus; Anna, b. 1738, d. 3 May, 1810, at 72, m. Rev. William Jackson, who was settled for thirty years over the churches of Staten Island and Bergen ; Margaret, b. 12 Nov. 1737, d. 23 Dec., 1757, m. Rev. Thomas Romeyn, of Long Island ; had one son, Rev. Theodore Frelinghuysen Romeyn, who suceeeded Dr. Hardenburgh, in his grandfather's charge on the Raritan.
REV. THEODORE, the eldest son of Rev. Theodorus Jacobus, b. 1724, d. at sea about 1760. He was sent to Holland for his education, and, after being or- dained to the ministry, came to this country in 1745. The next year he was settled over the Dutch Church in Albany, N. Y. (1746-1760). " He was a man of more than ordinary abilities and culture, and published a catechism in 1748, which received the approbation and endorsement of the coetus. His memory was long precious among the godly people in his charge at Albany." He wasardent in disposition, and frank and popular in his manners ; but his severe denunciation of fashionable excesses, introduced by royal troops quartered in the city, led to his resignation and his departure for Holland, in the pursuit of funds for the establishing of an educational institution in this country. He was lost at sea about 1760. He had sailed from New York, 10 Oct., 1759. He left a young widow, wbo afterwards married again, but no children.
REVS. JACOBUS and FERDINANDUS, the third and fourth sons of Rev Theo- dorus Jacobus, were sent to Holland to be educated and ordained for the ministry. After they had finished their courses of study, they embarked for home to take charge, the one of the church of Wawarsing or Marbletown, the other of that of Kinderhook ; but both died at sea of smallpox in 1753.
HENRICUS, the fifth, and youngest son of Rev. Theodorus Jacobus, pursued his studies in this country, and was licensed to preach in 1756, and took charge of the churches of Wawarsing and Rochester, in Ulster County, N. Y. The next year he was regularly ordained, but soon after died of smallpox at Naponoch.
REV. JOHN, the second son of Rev. Theodorus Jacobus. b. 1727, died, Sept. 15, 1754, suddenly, at Flatbush, at 27 years of age; was educated and ordained in Holland ; commenced his labors as successor of his father, in Aug. 1750; brought bricks from Holland for a house [the - Doughty mansion in Somer- ville], which still stands, and which was once a theological seminary, under Rev. John; m. Dinah Van Berg, of Amsterdam, Holland, the daughter of a wealthy and distinguished East India merchant, who m. for 2d husband Rev. Jacobus Rutsen Hardenberg ; bad ch .: Eva, m. Caspar Van Nostrand, and rem. to Ulster Co., N. Y., where numerous descendants of the family are still remaining ; and Frederick.
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"Gen." FREDERICK, only son of Rev. John, b. April 13, 1753, d. April 13, 1804, m. first, Gertrude Schenck, d. March, 1794 ; second, Ann Yard. He studied theology six months, but gave up the design of becoming a minister ; strange to say, he was not a communicant of the church. He was educated at Prince- ton, where he graduated in 1770 ; was admitted to the Bar when of age ; was, at the early age of 22, in 1775, sent to the Provincial Congress of New Jersey, where he was placed on the committee of Public Safety ; chosen representative again the next year ; elected, in 1778, on joint ballot to the Continental Congress, but resigned after serving a year ; returned to the Continental Con- gress 1782 and 1783; member of Assembly of New Jersey, 1785-87; was member of the Convention of 1787 ; took part in battle of Trenton as captain of a volunteer corps of artillery ; shot the Hessian, Colonel Rahl ; afterwards colonel of militia ; was present at the skirmishes at Springfield and Elisabeth, and at the battle of Monmouth Court-house. June, 1778 ; in 1793, was chosen to the United States Senate, from which he resigned, 1796. In the whiskey insur- rection in Pennsylvania, he was major-general of the forces of Pennsylvania and New Jersey ; he had ch .: John, Theodore, Frederick, Maria Cornell, Catherine Judd, Elisabeth Yard Etmendorf, and Sarah.
I. "Gen." JOHN, b. near Millstone, 21 March, 1776, d. of a bilious fever 10 April, 1833, m. first, 1797, Louisa Mercer, dau. of Archibald, then re- siding near Blackwell's Mills ; second, 13 Nov., 1811, Elisabeth Mercereau Van Vechten, dau. of Michael, b. 11 Dec., 1790, d. 4 June, 1867. " Not- withstanding the unpropitious circumstances in which his infancy and youth were passed, occasioned by the Revolution and its immediate results, he secured sufficient education to enable him to enter Queen's College at New Brunswick, from which he was graduated in 1792. He was admitted to the Bar in 1797. In 1801 be purchased the estate at Somerville, but about 1805 returned to Millstone, on account of his father's death, and took charge of the family, superintending the studies of his younger brothers, Theodore and Frederick While living here be lost his wife, in 1809, and united with the church at Millstone. In 1810 he returned to Somerville. He was not an eloquent pleader, but had a large and lucrative business in the quieter branches of his profession. He represented his county as a member of the State Council from 1809 to 1816, and was surrogate of the county for fifteen years, from 1818 to 1832. He was frequently made the executor of estates. He commanded a regiment of militia at Sandy Hook in the war of 1812. After the war he was made a brigadier-general, by which title he was subsequently addressed." He had a quick eye, a clear bead, a rapid decision, a sound judgment, a strong will, and invincible courage. He was a man of large heart, and devised liberal things. Pleasant, affable, social, he enjoyed life abundantly ; yet he thought continually for others. Hand and heart were open to the poor and afflicted. He was a man of profound and ardent piety." [History of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, p. 586]. " He seemed to be quite insensible to fear. At one time there was, in the county of Somerset, a resident who, having become heavily in- volved in pecuniary embarrassments, and being threatened with legal process, shut himself up in his home with loaded arms, and declared that he would shoot any person who attempted to serve a warrant on him. As the man was known to be of a very determined character, it was
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difficult to find any one willing to approach the house. General Freling- huysen, on being informed of the fact, took the paper and declared that he would serve it. As he came near the dwelling, the occupant called out to him to return, or he would fire. 'No you wont,' was the reply as the courageous man coolly continued his course until he reached the door, when he made legal service of the paper." He had ch. by his first wife. : An infant who d., Mary Ann Vanderveer, Frederink, d. at 2, Gertrude Magie by 2d wife : Theodore, Elisabeth Kennedy, Frederick (J.). Louisa M. Chembers, Sarah, Kate and Sophia.
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