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Epenetus, m. Polly Stoughton.
Rebecca Gale, b. Nov. 21, 1784; m. - Hawley, d. Dec. 3, 1830, at Philipsburgh, C. E.
Mary, b. Oct. 5, 1786; d. Sep. 27, 1839; m. - Taylor.
Micajah, m. Anne Elizabeth Davidson.
Elizabeth Platt, b. Feb. 26, 1793; m. - Wells, d. Feb. 14, 1841, at Farnham.
Sarah Barnard, b. Jan. 31, 1800; m. - Hill, d. Mch. 25, 1844, at Highgate, Vt.
MICAJAH TOWNSEND, of O. B., son of John ("Mill John"), b. 1699; d. Nov. 9, 1781; bd. Nov. 10, 1781; m. (Ist), Apl. 23, 1732, Elizabeth Platt of O. B., b. 1707; d. May 16, 1759; m. (2ª) Dec., 1760, Mirelah, wid. of J. Townsend; she d. soon after;
* His monument reads:
"Like as a shadow, or the morning dew, My days are past and spent, which were but few, Grieve not for me, dear friends, it is in vain, For your great loss is my eternal gain."
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m. (3ª), Dec., 1763, Anne, widow of George Frost. His will, dated Apl. 30, 1781; proved May 16, 1782 (R. L. 34, F., 669, N. Y.); mentions his wife as Ann Coles. He obtained land in C. S. that his uncle Robert had received from the Indians.
Issue:
Platt, m. Elizabeth Hubbard; m. Patty Dickinson.
Hannah, b. Aug. 29, 1735; d. Mch. 26, 1738.
Isaac, b. Dec. 10, 1737; d. Jan. 4, 1757.
Hannah, b: Nov. 19, 1739; d. Dec. 15, 1740.
Epenetus, m. Lucy Beach.
Elisabeth, b. July 20, 1745; d. Sep, 8; 1745.
Jotham, m. Deborah Kirk.
Micah, m. Mary Wells.
No issue by second and third wives.
MICAJAH TOWNSEND, of C. S., son of Jotham and Deborah Kirk, b. Nov. 17, 1782; d. Oct. 1, 1861; m., Jan. 15, IS17, at Cow Neck, Hannah Tredwell, dau. of John, b. May 17, 1800; d. Feb. 19, 1874. Hannah's sister Margaret m. at the same time Daniel Smith; Revª Mr. Hart officiated. Apl. 30, 1817, Micajah was commissioned Col. of the 117th Reg.
Issue:
Jotham, b. Nov. 1, 1817; d. Nov. 6, 1817.
Ann Augusta, m. William C. Carpenter.
Mary Tredwell, m., Dec. 21, 1843, Daniel V. Smith.
Alexander, m. Ella Areson.
John Tredwell, m. Mary Elizabeth Montfort.
MICAJAH TOWNSEND (Revd.), son of Micah and Mary Wells, b. Jan. 22, 1789; d. Jan. 17, 1871; m., Mch. 19, 1823, Anne Elizabeth Davidson, b. Feb. 13, 1806; d. Apl., 1834, at Clarenceville; m .. (2ª), July 6, 1836, Sarah Kellogg Nash, b. Apl. 8, 1805.
Issue (by first wife) :
Morris Miller, b. Mch. 24, 1825.
Frances Lupton, b. Mch. 9, 1827; d. Apl. 23, 1832. Micajah, b. Nov. 1, 1831; d. Nov. S. 1833.
(By second wife) : Heber, b. Apl. 15, 1837.
Twins Hobart, b. Apl. 15, 1837.
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Anne Eliza, b. May 20, 1840.
Helen, b. Oct. 23, 1842. Francis M., b. Mch. 19, 1845.
Harriet Matilda, b. July 2, 1848.
PLATT TOWNSEND, M.D., son of Micajah and Elizabeth Platt, b. June 25, 1733; d. Oct. 28, 1816; m., Apl. 26, 1760, Elizabeth Hubbard, b. 1743; d. Oct. 2, 1776; m., (2ª), Oct. 13, 1777, Patty Dickinson. Obituary notice in the L. I. Star, dated Dec. 4, 1816, speaks of him as being the founder of the village of Walton, Del. Co., N. Y.
Issue (by first wife) :
Elizabeth, b. Apl. 25, 1763; d. 1798.
Isaac, b. Nov. 23, 1766.
William, b. Aug. 23, 1768.
Mary, b. Oct. 28, 1770; d. 1797.
Platt, b. Nov. 26, 1774; d. Mch. 23, 1776.
(By second wife) :
Frances Platt, b. Feb. 1, 1779; d. 1833, on Long Island.
Platt, b. Nov. 21, 1784; was drowned in 1805.
SAMUEL WELLS TOWNSEND, son of Micah and Mary Wells, b. May 24, 1781 ; d. Apl. 12, 1817, at Cambridge, Vt .; m., Mch., 1802, Pamela Lawrence, b. May 17, 1782.
Issue:
Sophia Augusta, b. Jan. 30, 1804; d. Nov., 1829, at Lockport, N. Y.
Erastus, b. Apl. 12, 1807; d. Apl., 1853, at Enosbergh, Vt.
Mary Ann, b. Apl. 2, 1809.
Micajah, b. Mch. 10, 1812.
Catherine M., b. Jan. 1, 1815.
Lydia Taylor, b. Apl. 8, 1817.
WALTER F. TOWNSEND, m., Jan. 8, 1857, at W. H., Mary W. Franklin, dau. of Walter and Laetitia Wright, b. Jan. 15, 1805, at Fg .; d. Jan. 11, 1891.
KASPARIS TYMES, m. Melle Hils.
Issue:
Saartje, bp. July 14, 1782.
JAMES AUSTIN UNDERHILL, m., Aug. 23, 1848, Catherine Hegeman, dau. of Jeremiah and Rebecca Hegeman, b. May 8, 1828.
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Issue:
Twins Georgiana, b. Nov. 5, 1851; d. Nov. 9, 1851.
( Pauline, b. Nov. 5, 1851; d. Dec. 26, 1852.
Clarina B., b. Nov. 10, 1853; m. Geo. W. Alpers.
Julia L., b. Oct. 22, 1857; m. H. George Pickslay.
James Edgar, b. Aug. 2, 1860; d. July 24, -.
ABRAHAM VAN ARSDALE, m. Elizabeth Nostrand, dau. of Peter and Mary Seaman.
Issue :
Isaac, m. Mary Jane Horton.
Peter.
Nicholas, b. Apl. 25, 1817.
These boys went to school in W. H., to Aaron Simonson, teacher, previous to July 25, 1823.
BENJAMIN VAN ARSDALEN, m. Rebecca Van Nostrand. Issue :
Habily, bp. July 22, 1819, at New Hackensack.
ISAAC VAN ARSDALE, son of Abraham and Elizabeth Nos- trand, b. Aug. 17, 1813; d. Feb. 20, 1869; m. Mary Jane Horton, dau. of Joseph and Mary Ann Hawks.
Issue:
Joseph H., b. July 13, 1843; d. Apl. 6, 1862; bd. at E. N.
JAN VAN ARSDALE, m. Sarah Monfoort, dau. Peter and Johannah Langestraat, b. 1754, in Hunterdon Co., N. J .; bp. Feb. 6, 1755, at Redding.
Issue:
Peter.
Cornelius, m. - - Bilbe.
John, d. young.
Isaac.
Sarah, m. -- Cunny.
Hannah, m. Banta.
Phœbe, m. - - Van Doren.
Ola, m. - Campbell.
Mary, m. - - Hawkins.
NICHOLAS VAN ARSDALE, m. Rebecca Van Nostrand.
Issue :
Mary Ann, b. Mch. 5, 1815.
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GEORGE VAN BRUNT, of N. U., son of Rutgert and Eliza- beth Van Voorhees, b. Mch. 4, 1731; m. Elizabeth Durye, dau. of Joost and Catharine Schenck.
JAN VANBRUNT, m. Maragryeta Sedam.
Issue :
Jan, bp. Oct. 16, 1791.
CLAES (NICHOLAS) CORNELISE VAN COTT, emigrated in 1652; was a resident of Bk., where he took the oath in 1687; d. prior to Aug. 21, 1694.
Issue :
Cornelius, m. Antje Sprong.
David, m. Rachel Sprong.
Johannes, m. Barbara Conselyea.
CERNELES VAN KATS, m. Marta
Issue :
Curnelis, bp. June 23, 1752.
CORNELIUS VAN COTT, of Fh., son of Nicholas, m., Mch. II, 1720, at Fh., Antje Sprong, dau. of David and Rachel Lequier, bp. Mch. 29, 1696. His will dated Dec. 13, 1726; proved Apl. 22, 1737 (R. L. 13, F., 74, N. Y.). The adms were Charles Duryee, Volkert Volkertson, Gabriel Sprong, Jr. He was a mem- ber of Capt. Titus' Kings Co. Militia Co. in 1715.
Issue:
Cornelis, m. Merse Stryker.
David.
CORNELIUS VAN COTT, son of Cornelius and Antje Sprong, m. Merse Stryker.
Issue:
Cornelius, bp. Sep. 19, 1756.
Martha, bp. Aug. 5, 1764.
CORNELIUS VAN COTT, of O. B., son of Nicholas and Jan- netye Wortman, b. July 14, 1765; bp. Aug. 4, 1765; d. Nov. 12, 1849; m. Sarah Ludlum, dau. of Thomas, b. Oct. 9, 1766; d. Mch. 27, 1855.
Issue:
Ann, m. John R. Weeks.
James, b. Aug. 2, 1794; d. Jan. 29, 1859.
Eliza m. George Remsen.
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Sarah, m. James Titus.
Maria, m. Robert W. Martin.
Jane, b. 1803; d. Jan. 13, 1886.
Emma, b. July, 1807; d. Aug. 1, 1859.
John, m. Margaret McCoun.
DAVID VAN COTT, of Bk., son of Nicholas, d. May 18, 1760; m. Rachel Sprong, dau. of David and Rachel Luquier, b. Dec. 12, 1702. His will dated July 1, 1750; proved July 30, 1760 (R. L. 22, F., 195, N. Y.). He belonged to the Kings Co. Militia Co. of Capt. Francis Titus in Bk., 1715.
Issue:
Catrina, m. William Braambos.
David of O. B., m. (sup.), Nov. 3, 1761. Martha Chichester. Rachel.
Mary.
ELBERT VAN COTT, of E. W., son of John and Maria Voor- his, b. Feb. 8, 1833; m. Phebe Duryea, dau. of James V. and Jane Cashow.
Issue:
William of Syosset, m. Gertrude Van Nostrand, July 3, 1897. Laura.
Frederick.
GARRET VAN COTT, Jr.
Issue:
Nicholas.
Catherine.
Sally Ann.
These children went to school in W. H. to Aaron Simonson before July 22, 1823, and during the year 1824.
GARRET VAN COTT, son of Nicholas and Jannetye Wortman, bp. June 4, 1761; m. Sarah Butler of O. B., b. Aug. 23, 1767; d. June 15, 1831. Ad. in L. I. Star:
"SIX CENTS REWARD.
"Ran away from the subscriber, a black boy, name Jim, (and not very black,) about six feet high, thick lips, large flat nose and large hands and feet, had on when he went away linsey woolsey coat and trowsers. Whoever will return the said boy
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to the subscriber at Wolver Hollow, shall receive the above reward and no charges paid.
"All persons are forbid trusting him, &c.
"Wolver Hollow, Dec. 23, 1818.
"GARRET VAN COTT."
Issue:
Thomas, m. Sarah Bailey.
Sarah, b. May 1, 1803; d. Oct. 23, 1805.
John, m. Maria Voorhis.
GARRET VAN COTT, of W. H., son of John and Maria Voor- his, b. Sep. 8, 1834; m., Apl. 7, 1858, Sarah Luyster, dau. of John B. and Ann Simonson, b. June 26, 1837.
Issue:
Henry Clay, b. Nov. 26, 1859; m. Ella June Mitchell; m. Lena Underhill (ncc Rogers).
John A., m. Cora Mott Duryea.
GEORGE VAN COTT, of C. S., son of John and Ann Perbasco, b. June 10, 1787; d. May 24, 1868; m., Jan. 1, 1815, Mary Titus, b. Apl. 12, 1781; d. Sep. 17, 1852. Issue :
John, b. Oct. 17, 1815; not m .; d. Apl. 10, 1861.
Ann, m. Daniel Hegeman.
Martha, m. Lorenzo Hendrickson.
Mary, m. Alfred Hoogland.
Nicholas, m. Sarah Maria Bayles; m. Celia Carpenter.
GEORGE VAN COTT, of Farmingdale, son of Tunis and Ann Brush, b. June 14, 1791; d. June 20, 1874; m., June 28, 1815, at Hd., Elizabeth Nostrand of Bethpage, dau. of Peter and Martha Van Cott, b. Oct. 12, 1796; d. Aug. 12, 1887. Both bd. in a small plot in the heart of Farmingdale.
Issue:
Andris, m. Sarah F. Burch.
Armenia, m. - Hubbs.
Almira, m. Whitson Smith.
George Riley, m. Eliza Green.
Tunis, b. Oct. 21, 1821; d. Jan. 25, 1890; m. Mary Oakley, b. Dec. 25, 1822; d. Aug. 22, 1865. They with two children are buried in the same plot as the father.
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JOHANNES VAN COTT, of Bk., son of Nicholas the emigrant, m. Barbara Conselye. His will, dated Dec. 16, 1721; (R. L. 9, F., 356, N. Y.), gives his oldest son Johannes £7. 10. Tunis, 5o.s., and his youngest son Claes (Nicholas), £5. In 1715 he was a member of the Kings Co. militia, Capt. Francis Titus of Bushwick.
Issue:
Johannes, m. Catrina Sprong.
Tunis, m. Barratje Conselye.
Nicholas (Claes), m. Jannetye Wortman.
Catherine.
Maritÿe.
Annatje.
JOHANNES VAN COTT, son of Johannes and Barbara Con- selye, m. Catrina Sprong, dau. of David and Rachel Lequier, b. Oct. 15, 1713.
Issue :
Catrina, bp. June 24, 1743.
Tunnus, bp. July 19, 1745. Witness, Jan Conselye.
Marcete, bp. Apl. 22, 1747.
Barbarate Jan Konselye, bp. June 13, 1750.
Daniel, bp. Oct. 29, 1752.
Annetye, bp. Aug. 3, 1755. Witness, Cornelius Van Cott.
JOHANNIS VAN COTT, m., Apl. 20, 1765, Doortie Fine of East Woods.
Issue: Ante, bp. Mch. 9, 1766.
Catryna, bp. Mch. 19, 1769.
JOHANNES VAN COTT, son of Nicholas and Jannetje Wort- man, bp. Apl. 22, 1747; m. Ester Allen.
Issue :
William, bp. Apl. 21, 1775.
JOHN VAN COTT, of W. H., son of Nicholas and Jannetye Wortman, bp. June 13, 1750; bd. Dec. 12, 1799; m. Ann Per- basco, b. 1760; d. May 2, 1792. His will, dated Nov. 16, 1799; proved Jan. 27, 1800 (R. L. A., F., 504, Ja.), gives his son George his silver mounted "Horse Whip."
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Issue :
Nicholas, b. Dec. 16, 1784; d. July 14, 1814. His will (R. L. C., F., 360, Ja.).
George, m. Mary Titus.
Henry, (sup.) d. young.
JOHN VAN COTT, of W. H., son of Garret and Sarah Butler, b. Jan. 4, 1807; d. Aug. 30, 1854; m., Apl. 23, 1832, Maria Voorhis, a widow, and dau. of John and Febe Bennet, b. July 31, 1801; d. Sep. 3, 1880.
Issue:
Elbert, m. Phebe Duryea.
Garret, m. Sarah Luyster.
John Henry, m. Mary Amanda Titus.
Sarah Maria, m. John H. Youngs.
Catherine Jane, m. William H. Simonson.
George S., b. Apl. 22, 1843; d. June 20, 1849.
JOHN VAN COTT, of the Clefs, son of Cornelius and Sarah Ludlum, b. Apl. 25, 1810; d. June 12, 1891; m., Oct. 9, 1849, Margaret McCoun, b. Jan. 25, 1814; d. Mch. 21, 1852.
"OYSTER BAY, L. I., May 21 .- An important partition sale, according to a recent order of the supreme court, was made by William Rasquin, Jr., yesterday in the town hall at Oyster Bay. The sale was for the benefit of the heirs of the late John Van Cott, who was a son of Cornelius Van Cott. There were ninety- four acres in all, ninety acres of which formed the property, which, with the buildings, was known as the old Van Cott home- stead. Much of the property faces on the water, where Oyster Bay harbor and West harbor meet, and located opposite and but a short distance from the Seawanhaka Yacht Club house.
Issue: None.
JOHN HENRY VAN COTT, son of John and Maria Voorhis, b. Feb. 6, 1837; m. Mary Amanda Titus, dau. of Edmund.
Issue :
Clarence, m. - Velsor.
Grant. Frank. Edmund
May.
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JONAS VAN COTT, of Huntington, son of Tunis and Ann Brush, m. Executed a deed, June 16, 1802 (R. L. C.,
F., 412, Rd.). Issue: Mary Ann.
Susan Jane.
NICHOLAS VAN COTT, son of Johannes and Barbara Con- selye, m. Jannetje Wortman, dau. of John and Jannetje Letten, bp. Oct. 22, 1727, at Ja. He bought land in W. H., Nov. I, 1766. Witnesses to bp. 3 and 4, Jan Wortman and Jennete Let- ten; to 9, Gerrit Wortman and Sarah Peters; to 12, Schrell Simonson and Phebe Wortman.
Issue:
I. Jan, bp. July 19, 1745, at Ss.
2. Johannes, m. Ester Allen.
3. Jannietie, m. Joseph Meers.
4. Jan, m. Ann Perbasco.
5. Maretie, bp. Mch. 31, 1752, at Ss.
6. Nicolas, m. Yanna Peters.
7. Ann, m. Henry Maybe.
8. Tunis, bp. Feb. 11, 1759, at Ss .; m. (sup.) Ann Brush.
9. Gerrit, m. Sarah Butler of O. B.
10. Roode, bp. May 7, 1763; m. John Peters of E. N.
II. Cornelius, m. Sarah Ludlum.
12. Femechye, m. Samuel Cheesman.
NICHOLAS VAN COTT, of W. H., son of Nicholas and Jan- netje Wortman, bp. Mch. 12, 1754, at Ss .; bd. Dec. 12, 1811; m. Yanna Peters. His Will dated Dec. 3, 1811; proved Dec. 26, 18II (R. L. C., F., 186, Ja.). He got badly burned and died from the effect.
Issue :
None.
NICHOLAS VAN COTT, of C. S., son of George and Mary Titus, b. May 27, 1825; d. Feb. 20, 1897; m. (Ist) Sarah Maria Bayles, Apl. 23, 1848, b. Apl. 12, 1829; d. Mch. 12, 1884; m. (2ª) Celia Carpenter, dau. of Coles.
Issue :
Mary Annah, b. Apl. 29, 1851; d. Jan. 20, 1872.
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Samuel H., m. Phebe Alma Duryea.
No issue by second wife.
PETER VAN COTT, son of Tunis and Ann Brush, m., Aug. 27, 1775, Sarah Seaman.
SAMUEL H. VAN COTT, of C. S., son of Nicholas and Sarah Maria Bayles, b. Dec. 10, 1852; m., Dec. 10, 1873, Phebe Alma Duryea, dau. of George and Sarah Post.
Issue:
George.
Frederick.
Grace.
THOMAS VAN COTT, son of Garret and Sarah Butler, b. Dec. 16, 1794; d. Dec. 1, 1842; m. Sarah Bayley, dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth Finch and widow of Zopher Platt.
Issue :
Sarah Elizabeth, m. Richard Brower.
TUNIS VAN COTT, son of Johannes and Barbara Conselye, m. Barratje Conselye. Issue:
Tunis, bp. Sep. 15, 1751.
Jan, bp. May 14, 1754.
Barbarate, bp. Nov. 2, 1760.
TUNIS VAN COTT, of Bethpage (sup.), son of Nicholas and Jannetje Wortman, m., Feb. 15, 1775, Ann Brush of E. W. He bought land of John Powell, Feb. 16, 1786; see deed dated May 8, 1828 (R. L. I., F., 415, Rd.). His will dated June 22, 1825; proved Nov. 15, 1826 (R. L. 3, F., 236, Rd.).
Issue:
Hannah, m. - Weeks.
Deborah, m. Samuel Walters.
Amy, m. Rulof Voorhis.
Mary, m. Jacob Hawkshurst.
Jonas.
Peter, m. Sarah Seaman.
George, m. Elizabeth Nostrand. John.
Cornelius and James Van Cott, dwelling east of Hd., July,
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1776, remonstrated against the orders of the Provincial Con- gress that all the cattle on the south and west part of the Island be driven away from the coast.
Gabriel Van Cott of O. B. conveyed, July 5, 1774, to Jacob Totten and Daniel Van Cott, Bethpage.
Gabriel Van Cott of Smithtown and his wife Charity executed a deed of land at that place, Nov. 7, 1825.
John Van Cott of Huntington and his wife Rachel executed a deed, Apl. 13, 1800.
DERRICK VANDERBILT, of Hd., son of John and Gertruit Hardenberg, bp. Nov. 10, 1727, at Ja .; m., Oct. 4, 1751, at Huntington, Etye Hoogland of O. B., dau. of Cornelius and Maria Hardenberg, bp. July 25, 1730.
Issue:
Marya, bp. Feb. 16, 1755, at W. H.
HENDRICK VANDERBILT, son of John and Margaret Hoog- land, b. Feb. 19, 1747; bp. Apl. 22, 1747, at Ja .; bd. Jan. 6, 1781; m. Elizabeth Duryea, dau. of Daniel and Maragrieta Kock, bp. Apl. 29, 1753 (her first husband). His will dated Dec. 30, 1780; proved Oct. 15, 1782 (R. L. 35, F., 183, N. Y.).
Issue :
Maragrita, bp. May 6, 1770.
Femytie, bp. June 24, 1773.
Elizabeth.
Margritie, bp. May 19, 1776, at Ss.
JACOB VANDERBILT, of Manhattan Island, son of John (Jan), the emigrant, m., Aug. 13, 1687, Maria Van der Vliet, dau. of Dirck Janse the emigrant, and widow of Andries Onder- donck.
Issue :
John, m. Gertruit Hardenberg; m. Margaret Hoogland.
Jacob, Jr., of Staten Island, b. 1692.
Derrick, bp. Apl. 25, 1696.
Antje, m. Abraham Brinckerhof.
Hendrick, bp. Apl. 10, 1705, at Ja.
Femmetje, m. Gozen Adrienz.
JOHN VANDERBILT, of Hd., son of Jacob and Maria Van der Vliet, m. (I"), Apl. 2, 1715, Gertruit Hardenberg; m. (2ª) Mar-
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garet Hoogland, dau. of William and widow of Garret Harden- berg. His will dated Apl. 30, 1761; proved May 25, 1768 (R. L. 26, F., 330, N. Y.). His executors were his two sons, John and Garret; and his two nephews, Hendrick and Peter Onder- donck. The farm at Hempstead Harbor was sold, Oct. 10, 1768.
Issue (by first wife) :
Marya, m. Garret Nostrand.
Margaret, bp. Sep. 10, 1717; m. - Dodge.
Geertruy, m. Isaac Remsen.
John, m. Catryna Brinckerhoff.
Jacob, bp. Nov. 15, 1724.
Derrick, m. Etye Hoogland.
Antie, bp. Sep. 7, 1730. (By second wife) :
Garret, bp. Nov. 9, 1733; bd. Mch. 25, 1779.
William, b. Sep. 27, 1740.
Hendrick, m. Elizabeth Duryea.
JOHN VANDERBILT, son of John and Gertruit Hardenberg, b. Aug. 2, 1722; bp. Aug. 19, 1722, at Ja .; d. Apl. 28, 1804; bd. Apl. 30, 1804; m., Jan. 16, 1750, Katrina Brinckerhof, dau. of Abraham and Annetje Vanderbilt, b. Apl. 14, 1721; d. Apl. 7, 1795. (Psalm Book record.)
Issue:
Jan, b. July 20, 1751; bp. Sep. 15, 1751; d. Aug. 3, 1809. Annetty, m. Jacobus Monfoort.
( Gatruy, b. July 29, 1759; bp. Oct. 7, 1759.
Twins ( Abram, b. July 29, 1759 ; bp. Oct. 7, 1759 ; d. Aug., 1775.
Gatruy and Abram were b. on Sunday at the breaking of the day.
JEREMIAH VANDERBILT, of Fh., son of Jeremiah and Peternella Wyckoff, bd. Nov. 14, 1785; m. Sara (Sartie) Van Brunt, dau. of Rutgert and Elizabeth Van Voorhis, b. May 4, 1718.
Issue:
Ida (Eyda), m. Rem Hegeman.
JEREMIAH VANDERBILT, of Hd. Will dated Feb. 27, ISO1 ; proved May 4, 1801 (R. L. B., F., 53, Ja.), mentions his first
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wife's daughters, Lanah and Abigail, and his son-in-law, Rutger: Van Brunt.
Issue:
John. Jeremiah.
Neely.
JEREMIAH VANDERBILT, of Hd., m. Elizabeth ----. His will, dated July 31, 1805; proved May 1, 1807 (R. L. C., F., 6, Ja.), mentions his brother John, brother-in-law Tunis Van Brunt, who were the executors.
JAN VANDERVEER, m. Jane Ousben.
Issue:
Antenette, bp. Mch. 16, 1788.
Elizabeth, bp. Jan. 29, 1790.
Jan, bp. July 24, 1791.
Maria, bp. Oct. 27, 1793.
Jan, bp. July 17, 1796.
Abraham, bp. Apl. 8, 1798.
ALLEBARTYS VANDEWATERS, m. Elisabeth Skilman.
Issue :
Elizabeth, bp. July 8, 1781.
Janatye, bp. June 13, 1784.
PETER VAN DEWATER, farmer, m., Apl. 6, 1833, Gloriana Mott.
DAVID VAN DUIN, son of Denys Gerretse, m. Ida Monfort, dau. of Peter and Margaret Haff. Both recd. as members on confession at North Branch, N. J., in 1747.
Issue:
Denys, bp. Jan. 1, 1744, at Rn.
GERRET CORNELISE VAN DUYN, of N. U., son of Cornelis and Matilda Huyken, b. Sep. 6, 1691; d. Aug. 7, 1777; m. Altie Van Nostrand, dau. of Garret Hansen and Jannetje Van- derbeek (Remsen). Will dated May 3, 1773; proved Oct. 16, 1784 (R. L. 38, F., 33, N. Y.).
Issue:
Cornelius, bp. Sep. 29, 1724; m. Sarah Verkerk.
Altie, b. Oct. 22, 1729; m. Anthony Hulst of Gowanus. Mageltie, b. Aug. 23, 1732; m. Wm. Brower of Fishkill.
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Jacomyntje, b. Aug. 22, 1737; d. 1746.
John, b. Mch. 14, 1743; m. Nelly Martense; m. Nela Vander Hoven.
JOHN VAN LIEU, of Fg., yeoman, m. Neeltie -. His will dated July 28, 1767; proved Oct. 29, 1767 (R. L. 26, F., 135, N. Y.).
Issue :
Henry.
Frederick.
John.
Dinah, bp. May 8, 1759; m. -- Dorland.
Mary, m. Peter Monfoort.
Catherine, m. - Van Pelt.
Sarah, m. John Remsen.
AARON VAN NOSTRAND, of the town of Hemp!, son of Jacob Jansen and Jannetje Jacobse. A young man b. in Albany ; m., Sep. 4, 1687, in Kingston, Aeltje Van Steenwyck, born in Kingston, dau. of Albert; m. by D° Van den Bosck; Aeltje d. after Sep. 12, 1708. The first child by his second wife was bp. in Ja. in 1710. His second wife was Geerty fon Gelder, who survived him. In 1693 was on the assessment roll in Flatbush. Mch. 7, 1695/6 he bought two house plots of Gerardus Beekman, in Fh., which he sold May 27, 1704, to Johannes Jansen (L. B., F., 31, Fh. Record). In 1698 was in the census of Fh. and having five children. Apl. 14, 1707, he and Aeltje were wit- nesses in Ja. at the baptism of a granddaughter, Elizabeth Alburtis. Aug. 12, 1708, they were also witnesses in Ja. at the baptism of Jacob Alburtis. May 13, 1714, he filed the "ear mark" for his cattle (H. T. R.). June 17, 1714, a letter was written by Will Lake to Geo. Clark requesting him to pay Aroon Van Oostend for constructing a well. Sep. 17, 1715, he was a member of Capt. Treadwell's trained band in Hd. June 2, 1726, he was of Foster's Meadow as per H. T. R. (L. 2., F., 91). Feb. 2, 1729, he and Geerty were witnesses at the bp. of Aaron, son of his son John and Lammetie Ryerson. Apl. 14, 1731, he sub- scribed £3. 10. towards the building of the church at Success. In 1732 his "sit place" was transferred to his son Abram, and in 1762 the vrou's place of Aaron was transferred to his dau.'s
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Maritie and Elyzebet. His will dated June 12, 1745; proved June 18, 1751 (R. L. 17, F., 373, N. Y.).
THE WILL.
"In the name of God Amen. the 12th day of June in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and forty five. I Aaron Vannortstrandt of Hempstead in Queens County on the Island of Nassau in the Colony of New York, Turner, being aged and infirm of Body but of perfect mind and memory, thanks be given unto Almighty God therefor, Calling unto mind the mor- tality of my Body and knowing that it is appointed for all men to die, do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament, that is to say, principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it and for my Body I recommend it to the earth, to be buried in a Christian like and decent manner at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named, nothing doubting but at the general Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the Almighty power of God, and as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life, I give devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form.
"Item. I order that in the first place all my just debts with funeral charges shall be paid out of my personal Estate by my Executors hereafter named.
"Item. I give and bequeath unto Geertry my dearly beloved wife the sum of twenty pounds of good and Lawfull money to be raised and paid out of my personal Estate after my decease, by my executors hereafter named.
"Item. I do give and hereby order that my aforesaid wife Geertry shall have the whole use and benefit of all and singular of my Housings, Barns, Orchards, Lands, Meadows, Messuages, tenements, appurtenances that I have in any manner of ways belonging unto me, for her my said wife to possess during her widowhood and that my said wife shall not commit any waste nor Imbezel any of my timber nor appurtenances thereupon, but to have the use and Liberty of so much as is necessary to be made use of on my said lands and what I have herein , given and bequeathed unto Geertry my aforesaid wife is and shall be in Lieu of her dower and thirds and to bar her of and
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from having any right to any part or parcell of my estate of both Real and Personal, either by law or any other ways whatsoever.
"Item it is my Will and I do hereby order that provided my aforesaid wife or any other person shall Imbezel or committ any waste of any of my timber or appurtenances in any other ways, then as I have herein above allowed her the use and bene- fit thereof viz, that then and in that case, I do hereby order and impower my Executors hereafter named with as good Power and Authority to prosecute by law as they shall think best for the preventing of any such Imbezeling or waste whatsoever as aforesaid as I myself could have done against any other person whatsoever in my life time.
"Item. I give and bequeath all the remainder part of all my personal Estate, that I have not herein above ordered given and bequeathed, to be equally divided among my children, and grand children hereafter named, viz, my sons, Jacob, Albert, John, Aaron, Moses, William, Isaac, Evert and David, my daughters, Ann, Alche, Geertry, Mary, Elizabeth and Jannaca, my grand children viz, the children of my daughter Jane Albur- tis deceased, and the children of my daughter Hilleche Hen- drickson deceased that is my said gd children to have such part divided unto them as their mother or mothers should have had to have but equal with each of my other children.
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