Commemorative biographical record of Dutchess County, New York, Part 76

Author: J.H. Beers & Co
Publication date: 1897
Publisher: Chicago, J. H. Beers & co.
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Line of Gerrit Van Vliet-Gerrit Van- Vliet, probably the eldest son of Adrian and Agatha, married Pieternelle, daughter of Teunis Cornelissen Swart, of Albany, etc., and Elizabeth Van der Linde. Their children were: Cornelia, bapt. August 28, 1681; In. Andries Davidsen. Agatha, born about 1683; m. Marcus Van Bommel, of Poughkeepsie. Teunis, bapt. July 19, 1685, died young. Eliz- abeth, bapt. October 2, 1687; m. Nathaniel Davenport, of Kingston. Jannetje, bapt. Oc- tober 30, 1692; m. Lewis DuBois, of Pough- keepsie. Geertje, bapt. November 11, 1694; m. Christoffel Van Bommel, of Poughkeepsie, one of the judges of the " Inferior Court of the County of Dutchess." Neeltje, bapt. Febru- ary 21, 1697; m. Johannes Ter Bos, of Fish- kill. Arie Gerritse, bapt. March 26, 1699 [See next family]. Teunis, bapt. June 14, 1702; m. Sara, daughter of Evert Van Wag- enen and Hillegond Van Heyningen. [For his family see N. Y. G. & B. Record, 1891, p. 154]. Nelly (also Neeltje, perhaps originally Pieternelle), presumed to be a daughter, m. Christian DuBois, of Fishkill.

Gerrit Van Vliet was one of the petitioners for a minister at Kingston. 1676. He settled first at Marbletown, but removed to Fishkill, probably about 1709. His name appears in the first census of Dutchess county, in 1714, with a family of eight persons. At that time there were only sixty-seven heads of families in the county. His sons, Arie and Teunis, sub- scribed toward calling a minister for Pough- keepsie and Fishkill in 1745. [Hist. of the Reformed Church, Poughkeepsie. ]

Adrian Van Vliet (" Arie Gerritse "), bapt. March 26, 1699, in. Janneke, daughter of Frederick Cloet, of Albany and Kingston, and Francina Du Mont. Children: Nelly /Pieter-

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nelle m. Isaac Van Bunschoten; Francina in. Petrus Low, of Poughkeepsie, and was dead in 1,69; Garret, living 1792 (Dutchess county deeds); Petrus, bapt. January 1, 1737 [See next family]: Teunis, bapt. October 7, 1740, m. Lammetje Romeyn, 1762; Frederick, living 1792, m. Catharina Van de Water. 1779.

Catharine Brett, of Fishkill, widow, sold, 31 August. 1726, to Adrian Van Vliet, of the same place, yeoman, for £98, New York money, a piece of land at a place called the "Steen Vlackte, or Stony Plain," lying upon Wappingers creek, "containing So acres and noe more." It is found that, later, he owned other lands adjoining this purchase. His will. dated 27 September, 1769, was proved 3 July, 1778, and recorded in New York. He gives all his estate, real and personal. to his wife "Janakye," for life; then to be sold: and to eldest son Garret "£25 and my gun;" to daughter Nelly, wife of Isaac Van Bunschoten, £30; to the three children of deceased daugh- ter (Francina), wife of Petrus Low, £30; and all the remainder among his four sons, equally: Garret, Petrus, Teunis and Frederick. the first three executors. Garret, Peter and Frederick Van Vhet, and Peter Low, signed the .. Revo- lutionary Pledge" in 1775. in Poughkeepsie Precinct. Garret and Petrus Van Vliet were deacons in the Reformed Dutch Church, in Poughkeepsie, and both first elected in 1778. [Hist. of Ref Church. Poughkeepsie.]

Petrus Van Vliet, son of Adrian and Jan- neke. bapt. January 1. 1737. m. Johanna, daughter of Johannes Van Wormer,* of Al- bany, and Engeltje, his wife, daughter of John Concklin, of Poughkeepsie. Her tombstone, at Fishkill Landing, says .. Hannah Van Vliet, died March 4, 1834, aged eighty-four years." Children: Engeltje (Angelica , afterward called "Anne," bapt. April 6, 1766, d. May 18, 1851; mn. first John Cromwell, second Peter Bogar- dus. Jane. b. July 26, 1768, m. Jeremiah Myers, of Fishkill. Johannes Van Wormer known as John, b. September 25. 1770 [See next family]. Arie. b. July 20, 1773, in. a Miss Borgardus, removed to Western New York. Petrus, b. October 31, 1775, of Char- lotte. Vi. See farther on]. Garret. b. Decem- ber 23. 1777. of Fishkill, d. December 27, 1 843. unmarried. Alida, b. February 25,

.The wi 1 -f hannes V. n Wormer of Albany. 23 October. 1:52. pr ved In Oct ber, 1753 name> wife Engeltje and three daughters, Ha mah. Ali a nd Mars Execulors. his " beloved father' un law ), John C neklin, a d " bel ved br ther " (in law , Henry G. Living- st n. The latter warried Susanna C nekIn. the Rev. Dr. Jobn H. Livingst. n was th irs o.

17So, m. William Higbee, removed to Ver- mont. Francina (later Cynthia), b. August I. 1782, m. Jacob Bartley, removed to Ver- mont. Teunis removed to Vermont, then to Canada, and finally to the West. Frederick removed to Vermont, and later to Westfield, N. Y. Christian, b. January 21, 1790, m. first) Rachel Hough, of Ferrisburg, Vt .. and (second) Maria Cromwell, of Fishkill. He lived sev- eral years in Vermont, but returned to Fishkill. Gen. Stewart Van Vliet, U. S. A. (grad. West Point in 1840), is a son by his first wife [See Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography]; and a son by his second wife was the late Lieut. Frederick Van Vliet, U. S. A.

John Van Vliet, son of Petrus and Johanna (or Hannah), b. September 25. 1770, d. in Fishkill October 25, 1847. He married Eliza- beth Cromwell, b. February 25, 1769. d. May 17, 1837. Children: Rachel, b. November 27. 1793, d. January 11, 1874; in. Peter Brett, of Fishkill. Peter, b. July 20, 1795. d. March 20, 1846; m. Phebe Rickey; line extinct. Joseph Cromwell. b. April 24, 1797. d. May 27, 1803. Hannah, b. June 5, 1799. d. June 2, IS79, at Galesburg, Ill., m. Benjamin C. Weeks. Cornelia, born June 19, 1801. d. October 6, 1886, at Matteawan; m. William Brett. John, b. April 7, 1803, of Fishkill, living, 1897; m. first Hannah, daughter of Isaac Bogardus, and 'second) Henrietta Wiltsie; by his first wife he had: Adelaide, d. young: Jacob Sebring. d. young: Granville, of Low Point, m. Mary C. Lounsbury, and has children; Amelia, d. March 21, 1877: Theodore, of Matteawan, m. Caro- line Allen, and has children: Charles B. R., d. young: and Sarah Sebring. Benjamin Crom- well, b. August 14, 1805, d. February 25, 1851, of Poughkeepsie; m. first, Sarah A. Da- kin, and, second, Persis Balding [See Russell Genealogy]. Phebe Ann, b. September 7. 1807, d. March 16, 1836; m. Dr. Roderick Royce, of Monticello; no surviving issue. Syl- vanus, b. March 5. 1810, d. April 8, 1889, of Fishkill Landing; not married. William Henry, b. February 18, 1813, living 1897, at Fishkill; mn. Sarah A. Cromwell, and has children. Cornelius Westbrook, b. October 1, 1815. d. April 10, 1889; of Birmingham, Conn. ; I. Eveline Hurst, and left children.

Peter Van Vliet, son of Petrus and Johanna, born October 31. 1775, went to Vermont when he became of age and settled at Charlotte, near Burlington, where he died, September 18, 1853. He married Sarah Hough, and had

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fifteen children, some still living. None of these are connected with Dutchess county ex- cept his son Aaron (Arie), b. December 10, 1804, who returned to Fishkill, where he set- tled, and died March 4, 1839. He married (first) Anne Catharine, daughter of Peter Bo- gardus and Anne Van Vliet (no surviving issue), and (second) Matilda, daughter of Peter Brett and Rachel Van Vliet, by whom he had one son, Benson Van Vliet, of Poughkeepsie. Benson Van Vliet, born at Fishkill Landing, August 22, 1837; m. October 12, 1860, Kath- arine B. Saxton. Children: Bertha, Annie, Helena and Florence. He is business mana- ger of Vassar College.

Line of Dirck Van Vliet- Dirck Van Vliet, son of the first Adrian and Agatha, died in Kingston in 1702. He married, April 23, 1685, Anna, only surviving child of Andries Barent- sen and Hilletje Hendricks, from Meppel, in Drenthe, who arrived in the " Trouw," in De- cember, 1659. Andries was wounded in the Indian attack on "Wiltwyck," in June, 1663, and, dying soon after, his widow married Albert Jansen Van Steenwyck. Anna was baptized in Kingston, September 10, 1662. She long survived her husband, and her Bible, printed in 1629, is now in the possession of Henry R. Van Vliet, of Clinton.

Children: Arie (Ad- rian), b. June 10, 1686. Hilletje, bapt. Janu- ary 1, 1688; m. Gysbert Peele, son of Paulus Peele. Andries, bapt. November 5, 1691, d. unmarried after 1722. Agatha, b. 1693; m. Teunis, son of Adam Swart. Cornelia,

bapt. June 7, 1695; m. Matthew Edward Thompson; he was still living when Kingston was burned in 1777; his house, corner of John and East Front streets, shared the common fate; he rebuilt the house with the same walls, and it stood until recently. Gerrit, bapt. July 4, 1697; d. young. Rachel, bapt. May 7, 1699; m. Teunis, son of Cornelius Swart, cousin of Agatha's husband; both nephews of the wife of Gerrit Van Vliet. Dirck, bapt. January I, 1701; m. Marritje Crispel; left one daughter. Catharina, b. November 12, 1702, " between II and 12 o'clock."

Arie, or Adrian, Van Vliet was born in Kingston, June 10, 1686, and was the only son of the first Dirck who left sons to carry the name. He married, February 26, 1711, Gerritje, daughter of Cornelius Masten and Elizabeth Van Wagenen. Cornelius was son of John Marston (as he wrote his name), an Englishman (of New York, and afterward one

of the patentees of Flushing), and Dievertje Jans Van Langendyck, from St. Martins, in North Holland. He was probably named for Cornelius Wynkoop, who married his mother's sister, Marritje, and settled in Kingston, where Cornelius Masten also came to live. Adrian and Gerritje had nine children: Anna Cath- arina, b. June 30, 1712, d. young. Elizabeth, b. August 8, 1713; m. Gerrit Freer, of Ulster county. Catharina, b. August 1, 1715, m. William Wood, of Ulster county. Cornelius, b. October 13, 1716, d. unmarried in 1764. Marritje, b. February 17, 1718; m. her cousin, Arthur Masten. Dirck, b. November 26, 1721, of Clinton, Dutchess county [See farther on]. Johannes (twin), b. November 26, 1721, m., first, his cousin, Cornelia, daughter of Tennis Swart and Agatha Van Vliet, and, second, Seletje, daughter of Juriaan Snyder, and sister of Col. Johannes Snyder, of the Revolutionary army. Benjamin, b. May 20, 1723; m. Mach- teld, daughter of John Ostrom. Anna, b. April 5, 1726; m. John Ostrom, son of Roelof Ostrom. Adrian Van Vliet, about 1740 to 1750, bought several parcels of land in Dutch- ess county, mostly in the Nine Partners Pat- ent, on which he settled his four sons. From their new homes they could still see the Cats- kill mountains, on which four generations of the family had now looked. Cornelius and Dirck remained where they settled, near Pleasant Plains; but John soon returned to Ulster county, where he settled on other lands of his father, near the present Eddyville; while Benjamin, about 1772, removed to the Mohawk Valley, near Schenectady. Cornelius, in his will, 1 June, 1763, proved 20 June, 1764, styles himself " of Charlotte Precinct, in Dutchess County, gentleman," and besides other bequests gives two nephews named for him, each £200.

Dirck Van Vliet, born November 26, 1721, settled in the present town of Clinton (then Crumelbow, and afterward Charlotte Precinct ), where his great-grandson, Lewis Van Vliet, now lives, and died there September 26, 1800. He was buried in the Reformed Churchyard. at Rhinebeck, of which Church he had been a deacon. {Historical Address, by Rev. Dr. Drury. ] He married first, December 21, 1741, Rachel, daughter of Tjerck Van Keuren and Marytjen Ten Eyck, and great-grand- daughter of Tjerck Claessen De Witt, bapt. February 18, 1722; by her he had one child, Marytjen, bapt. August 8, 1742, who d. young.

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He married Isecond) February 1, 1754, Helena. daughter of Johannes Weaver and Catharina Elizabeth Denmarken of Palatine families), born July 24, 1733, and died in Clinton July 27, 1805: buried at Rhinebeck. Children: Catharine, b. September 15, 1755. d. Septem- ber 29, 1804; m. Col. John De Witt, son of Capt. Petrus De Witt, of Wittmount and Rocksdale, in Staatsburg, and Rachel Rad- cliff. Gerritje, b. April 15, 1757; m. Abraham Freligh, and removed, after the Revolution, to Frelighsburg, Lower Canada. Anna, b. Feb- ruary 10, 1759; m. (first) Denis Relyea, Jr. (of Iluguenot descent,, and (second) William Brink, and removed to Broome county. Cor- nelius, b. December 21, 1760, of Clinton [See farther on]. Elizabeth, b. October 20, 1762; m., first, Benjamin, brother of Denis Relyca, and, second, Conrad Sharpe, and removed to Chenango county. Helena, b. August 19, 1764; in. Ebenezer Babcock, of Poughkeepsie. John, b. July 2, 1766, d. at Odelltown, Lower Can- ada, September, 1851; m. Helena, daughter of Charles Traver and Jemima Garrison. Rich- ard Dirck), b. June 23, 1768, d. at Schodack December 9, 1841; m. Sarah Masten. Lydia, b. March 18, 1770, d. July 3, 1828; in. Jacob Sleight, of Clinton. Mary, b. September 17. 1773. d. April 13. 1839; m. Henry Sleight, of Clinton. Henry, b. July 9, 1775; m. Mary Seaman ; removed to Aurora, Erie county.

When the Revolution came, and every man was expected to choose one side or the other, many respectable, law-abiding men were not ready for extreme measures. The list of those classed as " Loyalists " shows the names of some members of most of the best families in all the Colonies, and the greater number of these were men who, honestly differing in opinion, took no active part, and wished as well for their country as did the other party. Yet they suffered banishment or confiscation, or both, rather than do what they considered wrong. One of this class was Dirck Van- Vliet. He had held an office, and had taken the oath of allegiance to " the Crown." Now when asked to take the oath of allegiance to the newly-constituted government, he said "he could not break his oath." Then he was required to retire within the British lines, and did so. He remained in banishment on Long Island five years, "without seeing one of his family," as a grandson, in Canada, records. Sabine, in his " American Loyalists," states that he was permitted to return "on the peti-

tion of Whigs, " in 1784. The names of some of these are known. They believed his banish- ment as needless as it was cruel. He escaped confiscation, and so fared better than many others. While some of his descendants may wish his record had been different at this time. they may feel some satisfaction in contemplat- ing his character, as a man who was willing to suffer rather than do what he thought was wrong.

Cornelius Van Vliet, son of Dirck and Helena, born in Clinton, December 21, 1760, died there February 7, 1848. Hle settled near his father, just east of Pleasant Plains Church. He married (first) Helena, daughter of Jost Garrison and Magdalena Van Dyck, born March 12, 1757, died June 10, ISO1. Among her ancestors are the names of De Groot, Montross, Van Dyck, of New York, and Van Egmont, of Albany. He married (second) Susanna, daugh- ter of Epenetus Platt, of New Milford and Susanna Mervyn, born August 25. 1762. died January 23. 1852. He had nine children by his first wife, and one by his second, viz .: Cor- nelius, b. February 10, 1783; of Staatsburg [See next family]. Levi, b. January 6, 1786; of Clinton [See farther on]. Rachel, b. April 30, 1788, d. March 15, 1810, unmarried. John, b. December 3. 1789 [See farther on]. Elizabeth, b. December 15, 1791. d. July 13. 1795. William Benthouse, b. September 27. 1793, d. July 28, 1811 (he was thrown from a horse). Clarissa Maria (twin), b. September 27, 1793. d. January 26, 1871; m. John Cas- well. of Poughkeepsie. Henry Hiram, b. Au- gust 19, 1796, d. June 15, 1855; merchant in New York, m. Jane, daughter of Capt. Joseph Harris, of Poughkeepsie, d. December 31. 1855, aged fifty-two; they had seven daughters -- Cornelia (m. William H. Nevins, of New York), Jane (m. Henley W. Chapman, of Green Bay, Wis.), Josephine (m. Van Buren Brom- ley, of Green Bay), and four who died young. Richard Garrison, b. June 10, 1801, d. De- cember 5. 1801. Platt Garrison (by second wife), b. May 15, 1807 [See below].

Cornelius Van Vliet, Jr., of Staatsburg, son of Cornelius and Helena, was born February 10, 1783, and died April 22, 1863. He mar- ried Mary, daughter of Capt. Isaac Russell and Hannah Fairbanks, who was born at Sher- burne, Mass., April 15. 1783, and died April 1, 1849. Isaac Russell fought at Bunker Hill, and was in the succeeding war. He was a son of Thomas and Hannah (Coolidge) Russell

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[For his ancestry see " Descendants of John Russell, Sr. (of Woburn), " by John R. Bart- lett]. Children: Helen, b. June 22, 1807, d. October 1, 1857; m. Samuel H. Braman. Hannah, b. March 16, 1809, d. December 21, 1892, unmarried. Hiram, b. January 27. ISII. d. August 26, 1837, unmarried. Clar- issa Maria, b. April 9. 1813, d. February 20, 1881, unmarried. William, b. June 1, 1815. d. in New York, February 25, 1872; m. Caro- line, daughter of David Mulford, and'had, Jane Augusta, m. John C. Shaw, counselor at law, of New York, James Mulford, d. young, and Frederick, d. unmarried. Susan, b. October 7, 1817, d. July 21, 1891; m. the Rev. Will- iam Barham Heath, and had one child, Cor- nelius V. V. Heath. James Russell, b. April 4. 1820, d. April 28, 1893, of Staatsburg; un- married. Isaac Fiske, M. D., b. June II, 1822, d. February 23, 1876; of Rhinebeck [See below]. Mary Asenath, b. April 13. 1827, d. February 13, 1892, unmarried. Mr Van Vliet and his brother John bought the Rocksdale estate, about 500 acres, formerly the property of Capt. Petrus De Witt, and divided it between them, John taking the west- erly portion (now Mr. Alfred De Witt's), and Cornelius the easterly, with the old mansion; and this remained the home of the family until 1 866.

Dr. Isaac F. Van Vliet settled at Rhine- beck. He married, in 1847, Susan, daughter of David C. Benjamin, of Fishkill, who died in Poughkeepsie February 10, 1893, and had four children: Ella, in. the Rev. Henry L. Ziegenfuss, D. D., Archdeacon of Dutchess. She died in Poughkeepsie, January 23, 1894. and he died February 8, following. William B., now of Johnstown, N. Y., m. Frances S., daughter of Judge Fowler, of Milford, Conn .; no children. Edward B., d. February 19, 1875, aged nineteen. Frank B., d. in Hon- duras, December 6, 1893, aged twenty-seven; unmarried.

Levi Van Vliet, son of Cornelius and He]- ena, was born January 6, 1786, and died August 25, 1860. He married Mary, daughter of Capt. Frederick Uhl and Huldah Mulford. born February 10, 1792, died January 27, 1869. Children: George, b. July 21, 1816, d. July 12, 1845; of Poughkeepsie, civil engi- neer; m. Helen, daughter of John Bard and Eliza Helen Russell, and granddaughter of Anthony Bard, of Rhinebeck; no children. Lewis, b. March 18, 1827; late justice of the

county court; m. (first) Jane A., daughter of William I. Brown, and (second) Mary J., daughter of John Caswell; no children. Henry Richard, b. December 8, 1833; m. Hannah, daughter of John Le Roy, Jr., and has one son, George S., who m., in 1894, Mercedes, daughter of Jacob L. Tremper, of Rhinebeck. Levi Van Vliet became the owner of the home- stead of his grandfather, and later that of his father. The former he left to Lewis, and the latter to Henry. In 1847 he built a new house on the site of the one built by his grand- father, Dirck, in 1753. The old house was of stone, similar to many yet remaining in King- ston.

Col. John Van Vliet, son of Cornelius and Helena, born December 3, 1789, died at El- bridge, Onondaga Co., N. Y., in 1874. He married (first) Maria E., daughter of John Beadle, of Pleasant Valley, and sister of Dr. Edward L. Beadle, who died March 8, 1827; and (second) Ann, daughter of Thomas Thurs- ton, of Lagrange, and widow of Baltus Over- ocker. By his first wife he had: Ann Maria, m. Edward Y. Barnes, and d. August 3, 1886, aged sixty-six. John Beadle, merchant in New York; m. Abbie J., daughter of Alexander Purdy, of Macedon, and had, Purdy, of New York; counselor at law, and William, d. young. Henry Edgar, of Elbridge, N. Y., d. September 27, 1873, aged forty-nine; m. Mary, daughter of James Gillies, and had, John and Mary. Erastus Lockwood, accidentally killed, while hunting, near Fremont, Kans., September 28, 1860, aged thirty-four, un- married. In 1836 John Van Vliet sold his property at Staatsburg, and removed to Mace- don, Wayne Co., N. Y. ; but late in life he re- sided at Elbridge, to be near his son; and there he and his second wife died.

Platt G. Van Vliet, son of Cornelius and Susanna, born May 15, 1807, died Decem- ber 1. 1873; married Nancy, daughter of Timothy Lamoree, of Pleasant Valley, who died April 11, 1891, aged eighty-two. Chil- dren (only one of whom survived the parents): Catharine E., d. July 1, 1854, aged nineteen years. Susan E., d. October 13, 1851, aged fifteen years. De Witt; d. October 1, 1872, aged thirty-four; m. Elma Marshall, and left two children, George Platt, who m., in 1894, Florence Aldrich, of Whitfield, N. J., and Caro- line, d. 1889, aged nineteen. George L. d. Sep: tember 30, 1871, aged thirty-one; m. Emily C. Dale: no children. Elmer Platt (of Hud-

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Gelse Badgley marnod Elisabeth Moss a native of Dutchess county. and purchased a farn. : n Pleasant Valley, where they passed ine remainder of their lives He died Septem-

They had tivelve children. Phoebe. wh. mar- nel Mo Peters a Farmer of Pleasant Valley Joshua a farmerin the same locality John Tio was also a farmer first in the town of Clinton, and later in Onela county Eliza- Leth the wife of Peter Welling a farmer near the cif boste Man, who never marmed- An-

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William E Badgley attended the district schools of his locally for some years and later the Doisbess County Academy. Hss Erst employment was as a ciers in New York where he remained fourteen mostbs. b .: after cos vas devoted to farming On November By : 839. he mammed jemima Thorst.c. a lady of English descen: mad was born February 9. t:19 a daughter of Sammel Thorsten. a p: ent ! armer of Pleasant Val-

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political affairs belar elected to the State Legislature in Iode. In the spring of oran M. and Mrs. Badziew purchased a farm of ins acres five miles from Poughkeepsie. ad- mirably adapted to general farming Tez

children were born to them: Catherine fred in infancy: Mary E marred Edvard Vas- Wagner. of Newborg: George manages to large farms. and is proprietor of a . Temper- ance Hotel a: Washington Hollow: Calve :: Jerome is a milkman residing near Pozzi- keepsie: Elishale :. a farmer. is Imay co the old homestead. adiomning farm to his father. William E. is a farmer in the town of Chaton Fibra ani Minerva died in early womanhood Charles is a grocer in Newberg- Emma J. loves a: bome. Mrs. Paisley Gled December 1I. I'gr. after more than half a century of wed- ded lie They celebrated their Gulden Wed-

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terian Church, and an ardent worker in the temperance cause, in later years voting the Prohibition ticket.

A DRIAN M. CORNELL. The Cornell family is of French ancestry. The mem- bers went to Holland on account of religious persecution, and from there came to America in the seventeenth century. They were origi- nally Huguenots.

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Commemorative biographical record of Dutchess County, New York, Part 76

Author: J.H. Beers & Co Publication date: 1897 Publisher: Chicago, J. H. Beers & co. Number of Pages: 1354

Author: J.H. Beers & Co
Publication date: 1897
Publisher: Chicago, J. H. Beers & co.
Number of Pages: 1354