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He married (first) February 7, 1649-50, Sarah, daughter of Nathaniel Biscoe, "the rich tanner" of Watertown, and she died in February, 1692-93. ("lay dead 15th"). He married (second) in the spring of 1695, Mrs. Elizabeth Nevinson, widow of John Nevinson, of Watertown. Children by first wife: Will- iam, born December 1, 1650; John, December, 1652: Thomas, December 23, 1654; Elizabeth, November 30, 1656; Nathaniel, January 19, 1658-59: Nathaniel, January 9, 1659-60; Sarah, July 27, 1661 : Jonas (mentioned be- low) ; Mary.
(IV) Colonel Jonas (2) Bond, son of Will- iam Bond, was born July 13, 1664. For more
than twenty-four years he was a justice of the peace, and because of the large number of wed- dings he officiated at he was called sometimes the "marrying Squire." He served many times as representative to the general court. He went with the military force under Sir Will- iam Phipps to Canada in 1690. He was on the committee appointed by the governor as "com- missioners of sewers," June 19, 1721. He was a lieutenant-colonel of the militia. On his gravestone is a long inscription, part of which says: "who was a kind husband, a tender father, a steady friend, and a hearty lover of good ·men." He died, according to the grave- stone, April 21, 1727. He was married (first) by his father, January 29, 1688-89. to Grace Coolidge, who was admitted to the church in full communion, April 12, 1690, and died April' II, 1699, aged thirty-five years. He married (second) Elizabeth, born April 28, 1658, died January 25. 1740-41, widow of John Prentice, son of Captain Thomas Pren- tice, and daughter of Edward Jackson, of Newton. Children by first wife: Sarah, born May 30, 1690; Jonas, December 10, 1691; Henry, about 1694; Josiah (mentioned be- low).
(V) Josiah, son of Colonel Jonas (2) Bond, was born January 20, 1695-96. He married, January 31, 1719-20, Elizabeth, daughter of Captain Joseph and Lydia (Jackson) Fuller, of Newton. He lived in Newton and Weston for some time and finally settled in Sutton, Massachusetts. Children : Elizabeth, born in Newton, March 6, 1720-21; Jonas, born in Newton, March 6, died June 18, 1722-23; Josiah in Newton, June 21, 1724 ; Jonas (men- tioned below) ; Lydia, in Weston, June 28, 1730; Anna, in Weston, November 9, 1732; Esther in Weston, July 6, 1735, died young ; Henry, in Sutton, February 4, 1741.
(VI) Jonas (3) son of Josiah Bond, was born in Newton, September 7, 1725. He mar- ried, October 30, 1755, Hannah Hicks, and lived in Sutton. Children: Hannah, born March 13, 1759: Esther, October 21, 1761; Lydia, May 4, 1765 ; Jonas (mentioned below ).
(VII) Jonas (4), son of Jonas (3) Bond, was born March 29. 1767. He married, Au- gust 6, 1798, Polly Waite. Children : Nancy, born March 20, 1799; Amasa, July 6, 1800; Mary (Polly), May 17, 1802, married Timothy H. Longley and their daughter Julia Ann married General Nathaniel J. Jackson (see Jackson VIII).
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(The Longley Line).
Lieutenant Timothy H. Longley, son of John and Elizabeth Longley, lived at Mill- bury, Worcester county, Massachusetts, where he died March 27, 1849, aged fifty-two years, five months and eight days. He married, No- vember 12, 1820, Mary (Polly), daughter of Jonas Bond (see Bond VII). Dr. Phinehas Longley and Nypmphas Longley also lived in Millbury. Children of Timothy H. and Mary (Polly) Longley, born at Millbury: Jonas Bond, born December 1, 1821; married Eliza Simmons in 1845. 2. Mary Luthera, July 28, 1823; married, June 28, 1842, Ebenezer W. Fornes. 3. Elvira Elizabeth, July 2, 1826; married, April 28, 1844, Sabin A. Daniels. 4. Sibyl Moriah, August 26, 1828 ; married, Sep- tember '21, 1847, James F. Colburn. 5. Julia Ann, August 15, 1831; married, at Sutton, General Nathaniel J. Jackson (see Jackson VIII). 6. William L. 7. Elijah Augusta, De- cember 23, 1833. 8. Frances Isabel, June 20, 1841.
DE NIKE Coenradt Ten Eyck, the found- er of this family, emigrated to New Netherland from Am- sterdam, Holland, about 1650. The name Ten Eyck, which means "from the oak," is sup- posed by some to have been originally Van Eyck. In the early American records the name is variously spelled, Ten Eyck, Te Nyck, De Nyck, and by one branch of the family Denike. Coenradt Ten Eyck settled in New Amster- dam, purchasing a plot of land situated on the west side of what is now known as Broad street. In 1674 he was estimated as worth five thousand dollars, which in those days was quite a fortune. After his death in 1687, his sons, Dirck, Tobias and Coenradt, succeeded him in his tannery business in New York, while his son Jacob removed to Albany where his descendants have been prominent for over two centuries. Another son, Mathys, settled in Hurley, near Kingston, Ulster county, New York, and became the ancestor of the family in that region, and his two remaining sons, Hen- drick and Andries, are believed to be the an- cestors of the New Jersey branches of the family. Coenradt Ten Eyck married (first) in Holland, Maria Bode or Boele, and (second) in New York, April 15, 1682, Annetje Daniels, widow of Herman Smeeman. Children, all by first marriage, and the first two born in Am- sterdam, Holland: I. Jacob, died in Albany ;
married Gertrude Coeymans. 2. Dirck, died in 17II; married, March 14, 1675, Aefje Boelen. 3. Marytje, baptized August 20, 1651; married, December 17, 1670, Wessel Wessel- gen Ten Broeck. 4. Tobias (referred to be- low). 5. Coenradt, baptized November 23, 1654; married, May 19, 1675, Belitje Hercks. 6. Hendrick, baptized April 30, 1656; married, March 21, 1676, Petronella DeWitt. 7. Mathys, baptized March 20, 1658, died between 1734 and 1742 ; married, October 14, 1679, Jannetje Roosa. 8. Margreta, baptized October 26, 1659. 9. Andries, baptized January 15, 1662. Io. Metje, baptized April 11, 1664.
(II) Tobias, son of Coenradt and Maria (Bode or Boele) Ten Eyck, was baptized in New Amsterdam, January 26, 1653, and died in New York, between November 29, 1699, and December 20, 1700, the dates of the writ- ing and proving of his will. He signed his own name Tobias Ten Eyck, but many of the records of his children use the spelling De Nyck, and Denike, and this form of the name (De Nike) is not employed so far as is known by any other branch of the family. Tobias Ten Eyck lived in New York on the north side of Pearl street, about thirty feet east of Coenties Lane. He married (first) January 30, 1677, Aeltje Duycking, and (second) April 12, 1684, Elizabeth Hegeman, who sur- vived him. Children: three by first wife: I. Coenradt, baptized January 20, 1678, died young. 2. Maria, baptized April 30, 1680; married (first) January 15, 1704, Jan Dene- macker, and (second) May 12, 1705, Wessel Wesselgen. 3. Hendrikje, baptized July 1, 1682. 4. Johannes, baptized May 10, 1685, died young. 5. Coenradt, baptized March 4, 1687, died December 28, 1744; married Sarah Van Vorst. 6. Adriaen, baptized January 30, 1690. 7. Catharina, baptized May 4, 1692. 8. Aeltje, baptized in Brooklyn, April 20, 1694. 9. Jacob, baptized July I, 1696.
(III) Adriaen and Jacob, sons of Tobias and Elizabeth (Hegeman) Ten Eyck, settled in Flushing, Long Island, while Coenradt, the eldest surviving son, succeeded to his fa- ther's business in New York. Coenradt's only son that reached maturity, namely Tobias, died November 14, 1747, unmarried. Consequently the ancestry of John De Nike, of Flushing, Long Island, and Peekskill, New York, must be among the descendants of either Andriaen or Jacob. The records at present available are insufficient to decide the question as to which
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son of Tobias is the ancestor, but there is no doubt that John De Nike was the grandson of one of them.
(V) John De Nike, grandson of Adriaen or Jacob, and great-grandson of Tobias and Elizabeth (Hegeman) Ten Eyck, was born in Flushing, Long Island, September 26, 1756, and died in Peekskill, Westchester county, New York, December 15, 1829. He married, September 17, 1783, Sarah Lowere (name now generally spelled Lowry) born August 4, 1769, and died July 31, 1858. Children : I. Hannah, born September 19, 1785; married John C. Roe. 2. Mary, born August 26, 1788. 3. Henry, born June 20, 1792, died February 9, 1827. 4. Thomas, born April 25, 1796, died November 29, 1858. 5. Caroline, born June 25, 1799. 6. Elizabetlı, born September 19, 1800. 7. John ( referred to below). 8. Isaac, born November 16, 1808, died 1881. 9. Jacob twin of Isaac, died September 22, 1887.
(VI) John (2), son of John (I) and Sarah (Lowere) De Nike, was born July 21, 1803, died March 3, 1860. He settled in the town of Gerry, New York. He was a farmer, a man of considerable means and of good stand- ing in his community. He married, June 9, 1824, Jane Tompkins, born February 25, 1803, died January 19, 1871. Children : Tompkins Lowere (referred to below) and two others died in infancy.
(VII) Tompkins Lowere, only son of John (2) and Jane (Tompkins) De Nike, was born in the town of Gerry, Chautauqua county, New York, February 1, 1840, died December 10, 1907. He was educated in the public schools of Gerry and at Fredonia, New York. He decided upon the profession of medicine and began a course at Michigan University at Ann Arbor, after which he entered the medical de- partment of Buffalo University, receiving his degree of M. D., class of 1865. He at once began practice, locating at Frewsburg, Chau- tauqua county, New York. After practicing for a time he removed to Cattaraugus, Cat- taraugus county, in 1866, where he established a drug, book and stationery store, which he conducted for thirteen years. He sold his busi- ness in 1879 and spent the ensuing three years in the west, finally locating in Springfield, Mis- souri. In 1882 he located in Salamanca, New York, purchasing the drug business of A. G. Vreeland & Company, Main street, next door to the Salamanca Trust Company, and now occupied by the Palace Restaurant. In 1884
Dr. De Nike erected a building on the south side of the river at the corner of Broad and Main streets, and that same year sold his store on the north side of the river and moved his business to the south side, occupying his own1 building. In the same year he bought and improved his beautiful home on the south side. In 1902 he built a brick block on Main street and later three houses. He was among the first to improve and build on the south side of the river, and did much to make that section popular. He was a man of enterprise and worth; stood high in his community, and al- ways could be depended upon when any issue of morals or good government was at stake. While living in Cattaraugus he was elected supervisor from the town of New Albion, Cattaraugus county, being one of the few Democrats ever elected to the board of super- visors from that Republican stronghold. He served on the Salamanca board of education, and aided in all public improvements. He was a Democrat in politics.
He married, October 2, 1866, Emily Griffith, born November 16, 1845, died February 24, 1907, daughter of Samuel and Eliza (Pardee) Griffith of Ellington, Chautauqua county, New York. Children: I. Carrie A., born February 27, 1872. 2. John G., born March 13, 1878, died July 29, 1878. 3. Jane E., born May 28, 1881, died June 10, 1881. 4. Samuel G., boru April 27, 1885.
Prior to the American HARDENBURG revolution a Harden- burg emigrated from Holland and settled in Ulster county, New York. He had a son James.
(II) James Hardenburg, son of the emi- grant, was born September 23, 1774, died December 16, 1839, in Chautauqua county, New York. His early life was spent in Ulster county, New York, later he purchased a farm in Oneida county, to which he removed, and for a time cultivated. Not being satisfied with his environment he sold it and purchased a farm in Tompkins county. This he cultivated four years, then sold it and removed to Chau- tauqua county, settling in the town of Chau- tauqua. Here he bought an excellent farm which in 1835 he sold to his son Volkert. This farm was located about four miles from May- ville and was later owned by Nelson Crandall.
James Hardenburg married Jane Vedder, who died in July, 1859. Children : Maria, mar-
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ried Jacob Mowers; Betsey, married Israel Denman; Volkert (of whom further ) ; John; Judith, married Adam Hoffman; Cornelius ; James.
(III) Volkert, eldest son and third child of James and Jane (Vedder) Hardenburg, was born in Oneida county, New York, January 25, 1799. He followed the fortunes of his father in his several removals, and until 1833 was a resident of central and eastern New York. In the latter year he came to Chautauqua county, settling first on a farm lying three miles east of Mayville, which he purchased. He then es- tablished and operated the first dairy in Chau- tauqua county, making butter which he con- veyed by wagon to Buffalo and there marketed. He later sold his farm and bought a farm of about three hundred acres in the town of Stockton. He later moved to the town of Portland, where he died March 15, 1892, aged ninety-three years, one month and twenty days, He was a man of great energy and industry, possessed marked business ability and retained his faculties long past the allotted years of man. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, and a Republican in politics.
He married (first) October 4, 1817, Susannah Miller, born May 3, 1796, died Sep- tember 1, 1868, daughter of John Miller, who was born, lived and died in Oneida county, New York. Children: 1. Jane Ann, born in Lee, Oneida county, August 9, 1821, died Oc- tober 27, 1900; married George W. Munger, of Ithaca, New York. Their daughter, Jane Catherine, married Newell Philo Hopson. 2. John M., born in Oneida county, October 4, 1823 ; married Julia A. Denton, September 12, 1848, daughter of Fowler and Sophia (Cald- well) Denton, of Stockton, New York. 3. Jacob (of whom further). 4. Catherine, born June 13, 1828, deceased; married Thomas Ralph; of Stockton. 5. Cornelia, born June 5, 1830, deceased ; married Stephen Reinhart, of Stockton. 6. Henry, born April 10, 1835 ; mar- ried Diana Paine. He married (second) Mrs. Mary Wilbur ; no issue.
(IV) Jacob, son of Volkert and Susannah (Miller) Hardenburg, was born in Charles- town, Montgomery county, New York, Sep- tember 8, 1825. He was seven years of age when his parents moved from Oneida to Chau- tauqua county. He was educated in the pub- lic schools, and early became accustomed to holding the plow and working in the fields. When he came of age he continued the life
of a farmer, continuing until 1909, when he retired to a comfortable home in the village of Westfield. His home farm of one hundred and thirty-two acres lies one mile east of the village and another of two hundred and sixty- five acres, two miles south. This latter farm was his home for many years, until his retire- ment. He has devoted most of his land to grape culture, his vineyards being noted for their well-kept condition and abundant yield. He also dealt extensively in cattle, both for breeding and marketing purposes. His life has been an active and successful one, his va- rious business ventures having been marked with rare judgment and consummate skill. Al- though well past the allotted period of life, he is active, cheerful and keenly interested in current events. He is a member of the An- cient Order of United Workmen, the Knights of Honor, and in politics is a Republican.
He married, December 30, 1851, Antoinette R. Hassett, born in Attica, New York, No- vember 24, 1831, daughter of John Hassett, born January 25, 1786; married (first) Sep- tember, 1808; married (second) January 13, 1824, Eliza Kidney, who bore him five chil- dren: Susan, William, John E .. Antoinette R. and Quincy; married (third) 1843, Fanny Belden. John Hassett was a son of James Hassett, born April, 1758, died 1817 ; married, 1785, Jane Harper, born April, 1766, died April 2 1828. They had eight children : John, Jane, James, Lucinda, Mary, Diana, Willianı and Laban. Children of Jacob and Antoinette R. (Hassett) Hardenburg, all born in Chau- tauqua county : 1. Earl, born June 18, 1854, died October 8, 1907 : unmarried. 2. Henry, born April 14, 1858; married Agnes Barton ; children: Daisy, Norma, Vera, Enid. Wildy, Carl and Harold. 3. Susan, born February 5, 1862, died unmarried in 1885. 4. Elva born June 13, 1866, died 1908; married Delbert Arnold; children: Antoinette and Howard. 5. Florence, born September 16, 1874; un- married.
The Michael ( Michel) family MICHAEL came to America from Han- over, Germany, and settled in Columbia county, New York. (II) Simon Michael, son of the emigrant, was born 1751, died April 24, 1833. He lived at Livingston Manor, Columbia county, and afterward re- moved to West Davenport. Otsego county, New York. He married Anna Fritts, died
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August 19, 1834. Children : Anna, married Jacob Hyser; Betsey, married Peter Frieze; John, of further mention; Simeon (2), mar- ried Phoebe Brewer ; Margaret, married Peter Shufeldt ; Catherine, married William Deder- ick; William, married Hannah Wolfe.
(III) John, son of Simeon and Anna (Fritts) Michael, married Hannah Snyder.
(IV) John (2), son of John (I) and Han- nah (Snyder) Michael, died at Oneonta, Ot- sego county, New York, 1863. He married Almira Fairchild, of an old Otsego county family. Children: Thaddeus; Sarah, mar- ried a Mr. Slade, of Oneonta; Chauncey, a lawyer ; Lucy, married Hamilton Slade ; Aaron Ford, see forward.
(V) Aaron Ford, youngest child of John (2) and Almira (Fairchild) Michael, was born at Oneonta, New York, November 2, 1848, died at Lockport, New York, August 25, 1910. He was educated in the public schools of Oneonta and at Fairfield Academy, in Herki- mer county. In 1866 he located in Lockport, where he became a clerk in the City Bank, re- maining there until the retirement of W. T. Rogers, the cashier. During these years he acquired a large controlling interest in the Thornton-Chester Flouring Mills, which later he disposed of at great advantage to Buffalo capital. He then purchased the old Hitchings farm, near Lockport, and here was the first to introduce registered Holstein cattle for breeding and dairy purposes. He conducted his farm successfully as a stock and dairy proposition until, finding a willing purchaser, he sold out both farm and business. For the next fourteen years he was connected with the Standard Oil Company of Buffalo, after which he engaged in mining enterprises of various kinds, closing his active business life in Lock- port associated with the Corson Manufactur- ing Company, of that city. While interested in public matters, he would not accept office. He was related to Governor Clinton, of New York, and to Governor Washington Hunt. He was held in high esteem among his business associates as one whose advice and counsel was worthy of being followed. For twenty- five years he was a member of the Episcopal church, then became a believer in Christian Science, and was most active in establishing the Church of Christ (Scientist), in Lockport. He was a Democrat in politics, and although often offered desirable nomination never would consent to allowing his name used for any
office. He married, June 27, 1872, at Lock- port, Annie Rogers, daughter of William Thayer and Julia Jackson ( Warner) Rogers, of Lockport (see Rogers, forward). Chil- dren: 1. Warren Rogers, born September 4, 1814, died in infancy. 2. William Rogers, born March 3, 1878 ; graduated from Lockport high school, took up the study of law, but relin- quished it to accept an appointment from Pres- ident Roosevelt as paymaster's clerk with the South Atlantic squadron of the United States navy. 3. Julia Warner, born February 5, 1882. 4. Julius Alden, born March 28, 1889 ; engaged in business in Buffalo, New York.
(The Rogers Line).
(I) John Rogers, of Rhode Island, was a mechanic of great skill and ingenuity. Before the outbreak of the revolution he removed to Nova Scotia, where he died. His children re- turned to Rhode Island. He married, and had two sons, Samuel and John. Samuel was a sea captain, and served in the revolutionary war.
(II) Lieutenant Colonel John (2), son of John (1) Rogers, lived in Cumberland, Rhode Island, where he married, afterward removing to Holden, Worcester county, Massachusetts. He was a land surveyor, and left at his death many valuable papers and manuscripts. He enlisted as a private in the revolutionary war, and was promoted orderly, then lieutenant, of Captain Stephen Olney's company, of North Providence, Rhode Island ; was later promoted to be lieutenant-colonel in a Rhode Island regi- ment and a member of Washington's body- guard. An epaulet given him by General Washington is yet preserved by his Lockport descendants. He was at the crossing of the Delaware and in the following battle, seeing hard service. In one engagement his horse was killed under him. He passed safely through the war and returned to Massachu- setts. He was in receipt of a revolutionary pension of five hundred dollars annually as long as he lived. He was one of the original members of the Society of the Cincinnati, an organization composed of officers of the revo- lutionary war exclusively. He joined that so- ciety from the state of Rhode Island. He died at Unadilla, New York, where he settled with his family, driving from Holden with his wife and some of the children. Both he and his wife are buried at Unadilla. He married Sarah Ballou, of Cumberland, Rhode Island. His
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sons were among the early settlers of Lock- port, New York, where they became wealthy, influential men of high repute and standing. Children: I. Abigail, born April 25, 1795; married Samuel Chappin. 2. Nathan Ballou, born February 3, 1797 ; married Lydia Larned. 3. John A., born February 16, 1799, died July 18, 1803. 4. George W., born March 27, 1801 ; married (first) Amy Comstock; (second) Maria Faxon. 5. Eliza B., born March 22, 1803; married Francis Hall. 6. Eunice C., twin of Eliza; married Thomas J. Davies, of Unadilla. 7. James B., born 1705. 8. Maria Ballou. 9. John Wilkinson, married Eliza Faxon. 10. William Thayer.
(III) William Thayer, youngest child of Lieutenant Colonel John and Sarah (Ballou) Rogers, was born in Holden, Massachusetts, March II, 1817, died in Lockport, New York. He was educated in the Holden schools and at Franklin Academy. Two of his brothers, Nathan and George, having settled at Lock- port, New York, he followed them about 1837. He went as far as Albany by rail, by river and stage to Rochester, thence by stage over the Ridge road, from there to Lockport, that conveyance starting from the spot where now the Powers Hotel stands. He became a clerk for Rogers & Brown, his brother George being senior partner of that firm (dry goods) ; later he joined his parents at Unadilla, New York, where he remained two years clerking for his brother, John W., who was a merchant of that village. He then returned to Lockport, where he became bookkeeper and teller of the Niag- ara and Suspension Bridge Bank, then under the management of his brother, George W. Rogers, and here he found his true vocation. More than any other one man he may be called the father of the banking business in Lockport. His next position was as teller of the Canal Bank, resigning that position and forming a connection with the Lockport City Banking Office as cashier. While in this posi- tion his coolness, courage and resourcefulness saved his bank from ruin. This was about 1846, following a run upon the Canal Bank that resulted in a run upon his own bank, the Lockport City Banking Office. The president and vice-president were soon prostrated by the strain, but Mr. Rogers was equal to the situation. Every night after banking hours he drove to Buffalo and obtained kegs of silver coin sufficient for the next day's business. As the clamoring crowds demanded the settle-
ment of their accounts, he met them with a smile, leisurely balanced their books, and paid them off in silver, of which there was a plen- tiful supply in full sight. Every man who applied got his money in silver, and in a week the run was over. In 1852-53 he was vice- president of the Exchange Bank of Lockport, having served a previous term in that bank as bookkeeper. For a time he was cashier of the Niagara and Suspension Bridge Bank, of Ton- awanda, New York, having previously started, in connection with Williard J. Daniels, the Niagara County National Bank. The Tona- wanda bank was later removed to Buffalo, and Mr. Rogers was elected president, and until 1851 he resided in Buffalo. While living there he was a member of the Board of Trade, and both he and his brother George were members of the produce commission firm of Bates, Griffin, Livermore & Company, with offices in New York City, Troy, and other places. After returning from Buffalo he or- ganized the Western Bank, in connection with Charles A. Morse, with Mr. Rogers as presi- dent. Mr. Rogers retained an official connec- tion with his banking institution until 1875, when he withdrew from active business life, retiring to his sightly home on East avenue, which he built in 1853. An additional business enterprise with which he was connected was his partnership with Governor Washington Hunt in the manufacture of knit goods, they being among the first to establish knitting mills. Among their first customers was Alex- ander T. Stewart, of New York, the then mer- chant prince.
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