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The Bussing family, of which Mrs. John H. Loos is a member, is one of the oldest Harlem families of Holland descent. Among the patentees of Harlem was Arent Harmans, who took the name of Bussing. In 1683 he became the owner of a tract of land upon which he built a house and barn, the site being iden- tifiable as in the present One Hundred and Nineteenth street, between Third and Fourth avenues. In this house, which was standing until recent years, he lived the remainder of his life, and here died, in 1718. He was a man of importance in the community, a large landholder, an officer in the church, and a civil magistrate. May 24, 1673, he married Susannah Delama- ter. His second wife, whom he married March 31, 1678, was Eva Lubberts, by whom he had children: Peter, Harman, Dirck, Margaret, who became the wife of Lawrence Kortright, Susan- nah. Engeltie, Elizabeth, Geesie, John and Mary.
Peter. eldest son of Arent and Eva (Lubberts) Bussing. was born in 1674. He married Rebecca Vermilyea, June 7, 1700, and among their children was a son Aaron, born Decem- ber 27, 1703, who married Maria, daughter of Johannes Meyer, October 21, 1730. Aaron Bussing died in 1784, leaving four children. Of these Abraham Bussing, the only son. was born December 31. 1736, and died before his father. He left two children: Susan, who became the wife of John Meyer; and Aaron.
Aaron Bussing married Jane, daughter of Samuel Benson (a representative of another ancient family). August 18, 1791.
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He died May 22, 1835, leaving three children: Margaret, wife of Peter Meyer; Rebecca, wife of Nathaniel Jarvis; and Abraham Barker Bussing. Of this family, Margaret was born March 18. 1826, and died April 25, 1886. She became the wife of Peter Meyer, and to them were born three children: Julia, who married John H. Loos, Aaron and John J. Meyer. Mrs. John H. Loos is thus seen to be of the seventh generation from Arent Harmans, the immigrant ancestor of the Bussing family.
BOGARDUS FAMILY.
This family, having so many branches and so extensively known, is descended from Rev. Everardus Bogardus, the minis- ter of the Dutch Reformed church in New Amsterdam, who came from Holland in 1633 with Governor Wouter Van Twiller. The church in which he preached stood at what is now No. 33 Pearl street, and his residence was at No. 23 Whitehall street. He married the widow of Roeloff Jansen, the famous Anneke Jans, and had children : Jonas, Willem, Cornelis and Peter.
Cornelis Bogardus had a son and grandson of the name of Cornelis, and the latter was the father of Louis Bogardus, see forward. This branch of the family was the one most deeply in- terested in the well known contest between the heirs of Annake Jans and Trinity Church.
Louis Bogardus was for some time a resident of Berkshire county, Massachusetts, where he died about the year 1813. He was a farmer by occupation. By his union in marriage he had a family of two sons and one daughter. 1. Robert L., see for- ward. 2. Louis, who resided at Castleton, Columbia county, New York. 3. Hannah. married Harlow Fenn, of Massachu- setts, and came to Rossville, borough of Richmond. 1857, and died here about 1868. She had of this marriage born to her two children : Louis and Jennie Fenn.
Charles Bogardus, Jr., Family group
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Robert L. Bogardus, born September 9, 1798, died May 28, 1840. Hle was reared and educated in Berkshire county, Massa- chusetts where he also was engaged in tilling the soil for a num- ber of years. He removed with his family to Troy, New York, where he died about the year 1840, and his remains were in- terred in Mount Ida Cemetery, Troy, New York. He married Jenet E. Stoddard, born April 17, 1802, died December 30, 1829. a member of an old New England family, and a daughter of Samuel Stoddard, and of this union had born to him four sons and one daughter, as follows: 1. William Henry, born May 6, 1820, died August 26, 1878; married and had sons and daughters. 2. Elizabeth B., born November 24, 1821, died October 26, 1861; married Aaron Anthony, of Troy, New York. 3. Charles, see forward. 4. Perry, born October 24, 1825, died March 30, 1897; married and settled in Troy, New York, and had two children : Oscar and Elizabeth Bogardus. 5. Harlow, born October 22, 1827, fought his way to the City of Mexico with General Scott; he was in the Union army in the rebellion and was wounded. The mother of the aforementioned children, Elizabeth (Stod- dard) Bogardus, died in 1827-28. Aun (Olds) Bogardus, second wife of Robert L. Bogardus, died JJune 11, 1840. Their children : Abigail B. (Bogardus) Wilder, born June 25, 1833; Sally Ann Bogardus. born September 21, 1837.
Charles Bogardus, born September 17, 1823, received little educational advantages with which to begin life, having been left an orphan at the early age of five years and dependent upon strangers, and while yet quite young was compelled to depend upon his own efforts for means of livelihood. At the age of seven- teen he began to learn the trade of iron moulding at Troy, New York, and after serving his apprenticeship faithfully his employ- ers, Messrs. Nathaniel Starbuck & Sons, presented him with $50 as a token of reward for his fidelity to duty. Mr. Bogardus, upon
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completing his trade, took up his profession as journeyman, pursning the same at varions places until 1856, when he came to his present home at Rossville. Here he engaged in the mer- cantile business, in which line of enterprise he met with in- mediate success, and in 1860 he engaged in the manufacture of ice cream for the wholesale trade in connection with his mercan- tile interests, and successfully continued in both lines of enter- prise up until 1900. During his many years of residence at Ross- ville. Mr. Bogardus has not only been a useful and good citizen, but has taken an active interest in the local affairs, public as well as social. He is an active member of the Woodrow Metho- dist Episcopal Church; after serving as one of the stewards for a number of years, in 1872 he was elected a member of the board of trustees, and has been president of the board for a period of about thirty-five years.
Mr. Bogardus married, January 10, 1849, Jane Androvette Guyon, born December 31, 1827, daughter of Cornelius and Ger- trude (Merserean) Guyon, and he had born to him one son, Charles Bogardus, October 26, 1849. The mother, Jane Andro- vette (Guyon) Bogardus, died February 10, 1900. She was a most estimable lady and possessed many excellent characteris- ties. Like her husband she was for many years a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Woodrow. Dur- ing the active years of her life she devoted much of her time to church and charitable work, her home having been the recog- nized stopping place for missionaries and clergymen at all times.
Charles Bogardns, Jr., only son of Charles and Jane An- drovette (Guyon) Bogardns, was born at Troy. New York. Octo- ber 26. 1849. He received his educational advantages in the schools of Rossville, borough of Richmond, and at the age of seventeen entered the collegiate institute at Fort Edward, New York, where he pursued his studies for a period of three years.
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Upon his return home he became associated with his father in the mercantile and manufacturing business under the name of C. Bogardus and Son. In 1876 Mr. Bogardus, Jr., with his father, engaged in the undertaking business in addition to other interests, and has continued in the latter up until the present period. Not unlike his venerable father, he has taken an active interest in local affairs and in every way has proven himself a worthy scion of a worthy sire. He is a member of Woodrow Methodist Episcopal Church and has been treasurer of the board of trustees for a period of nearly twenty years.
Charles Bogardus, Jr., married, December 14, 1870, Julia Frances Leavitt, born May 12, 1853, in New York City, daughter of Captain Aaron and Mary Jane (Spafford) Leavitt. Of this marriage have been born the following children: 1. Augustus Leavitt, born September 20, 1871, deceased. 2. Fannie Spaf- ford, born July 14, 1873, married Robert N. Dixon, no issue. They have an adopted daughter, Mand Alice Dixon. 3. William Thornton, born May 9, 1880, married, July 23, 1900, Abigail De Waters, born June 26, 1881. Their children : Fanny Spafford, born July 11, 1901, died February 3, 1906, and William Thornton, Jr., born June 1, 1906.
FAMILY OF ELY.
This family in England dates back to a remote antiquity. Its name belongs to one of the most important cities, and Ely Cathedral is one of the finest and most famous specimens of Gothic architecture to be found in any land. The arms of this family, which were borne as far back as the sixteenth century, are: Argent, a fesse engrailed between six fleur de lis, or. Crest, an arm erect, vested argent, hand proper. holding a fleur de lis sable. Motto, Scientia Libertas et Virtus.
The ancestor of the American branch of this family was Vol. 1-23
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Richard Ely, who was born at Plymouth, Devonshire, England, and came here between 1660 and 1663. He first settled in Boston and later removed to Lyme, Connecticut, and with this place his name has been identified and he and many of his de- scendants found their resting place in honored sepulchres. His first wife, Joane, died in England, January 7, 1660. She is be- lieved to have been a sister of Jolin Phipps, Baron Mulgrave, the famous navigator. By this marriage he had children: Will- iam, Joseph, Richard and Daniel. His second wife was Eliz- abeth, widow of Captain Joli Cullich, and by this marriage he had one son, Samuel. Richard Ely was during his entire life, one of the most prominent of the early settlers of Connectient. His estate was a traet of 3,000 acres, and he and his sons were the owners of 4,000 acres. His son William went to the West Indies, and on a voyage to New England he nearly perished from shipwreck, and prayers and thanksgiving were rendered to Providence by this truly pious family for his safe return. After a useful life, Richard Ely died at Lyme, November 24, 1684. His wife died November 12, 1683, and an elegent monu- ment, erected by his descendants, not only perpetuates their memory, but shows their appreciation of their many virtues.
William Ely, the eldest son, went first to the West Indies, but afterward joined his father at Lyme. He was baptized Octo- ber, 1647, and died February 23, 1717. He married Elizabeth Smith, May 12, 1681. She died October 10, 1750, at the age of eighty-nine. He was Judge of the Court, and, like his father, was during his life a man of importance and influence. He was the father of ten children, of which Richard was the third.
Captain Richard Ely, the third son, was born at Lyme, in 1690, died in 1767 and was buried at East Hartford. He was captain of militia, and a man of great usefulness and influence. He married Ruhama Thompson, in 1714. His second wife was
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Margaret Olcott, married in 1730. He was the father of thir- teen children, of whom the oldest was William Ely.
Captain William Ely was born at Lyme, October, 1715, died April 3, 1802. In 1737 he married Elizabeth Perkins, of Ipswich, Massachusetts. She was born December 30, 1715, died May 27, 1782. He was a captain in the Third Connecticut Regi- ment in the French war. All the preceding generations lived and died at Lyme, but in 1756 Captain William Ely removed to Livingston, New Jersey, which has been the home of many of his descendants. Captain William Ely and Elizabeth Perkins were the parents of ten children. One died in infancy. the others were: William, Elizabeth, who died young, Abraham, Elizabeth, born 1745, Lois, Lucy, Joseph, Benjamin and Moses.
Moses Ely (the fourth generation) was born at Livingston, New Jersey, on Orange Mountain, November 18, 1756, died July 14, 1838. He married, January 3, 1782, Rebecca Cook, a de- scendant of Ellis Cook, who was among the early settlers of Southampton, Long Island, and daughter of Stephen and Re- becca (Smith) Cook. Their children were: 1. Elizabeth, born August 28, 1783, married (first) George Ring; (second) Rev. John Watson. 2. Abraham Halsey, born May 18, 1787, married Emma Samo, 1816, and died June 6, 1849. 3. Moses, Jr., born February 21, 1790, married Eliza Coleman, 1813, and died Sep- tember 14, 1842. 4. Benjamin, born December 3, 1792. married (first) Eliza Bell, 1822: (second) Martha W. Higgins, nee Allen, 1837. He died February 19, 1860. 5. Epaphras Cook. 6. Sarah, born November 24, 1797, married, 1816, Abraham Halsey, a de- scendant of Thomas Halsey, one of the original settlers of Sonth- ampton, Long Island. She died January, 1881. 7. Smith, born May 22, 1800. S. Jolin, born February 20, 1803, died January 31, 1894. 9. Anna Maria, born April 8, 1805, married Joseph Kitchell, 1826, died November 9, 1875.
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Moses Ely took an active part in the war of the Revolution, and was in charge of wagons and supply train. He was a mem- ber of Captain Elijah Squire's Company, of West Livingston. After the Revolution, he removed to New York and purchased a place in Duane street, a little east of College Place. He after- wards returned to his farm at Livingston and died there.
Epaphras Cook Ely, was born on Lombard street (now Trinity place), New York, April 15, 1795. His father at that time had a contract in relation to building Trinity church, and therefore resided in a house nearby. He inherited a large part of the family estate at Livingston, and this still remains in pos- session of his family. When a boy he engaged in the tanning business with his brother Moses in Orange and Ulster counties, New York. During the War of 1812 he served in his brother's stead as a member of Captain Benjamin Horton's company, in the regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Michael Smith. After the war he engaged in the tanning business at Esopus, New York. In October, 1825, he removed to New York City, and resided on Stone street, between William and Broad streets. He afterward lived on Duane street, between Church and Chapel streets (now West Broadway). He was extensively engaged with Moses Ring in the hide and leather business on Ferry street. He died in 1864, and was buried by the side of his wife in the Ely cemetery at Livingston, New Jersey. He was a mem- ber and attendant of the Seventh Presbyterian Church, but later was connected with the Fourteenth Street Presbyterian Church, and afterwards with the church on Madison Square, now Dr. Parkhurst's.
Mr. Ely married Julia Ann, daughter of Ambrose and Eliza- beth (Mulford) Kitchell. She was born in 1800 and died March, 1864, at her residence, No. 132 West Twenty-third street. Their children were: Ambrose K., see forward; Smith, see
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forward; William Henry, born May 14, 1829, married, August 30, 1864, Maria Josephine Rogers; Edwin Augustus, born Au- gust 15, 1836; Maria Louise, born June 2, 1846, married, Oeto- ber 14, 1868, George Burritt Vanderpool.
Ambrose Kitchell Ely was born at Livingston, Essex county, New Jersey, on the Ely homestead farm, January 31, 1823, died February 6, 1907. While still a lad his father gave him a posi- tion in his hide and leather store in Ferry street, New York, where he was trained to the business, and after a few years' familiarity with it accepted a position with Lapham, Corse & Co., 18 Ferry street, one of the most prominent houses in the trade, with whom and their successors, Thorne, Watson & Co., he remained some fourteen years, having in the meantime been admitted as a partner in the firm, and in 1857 withdrew to con- duet the same line of business on his own account, which he con- tinued to do until 1880, when he relinquished mercantile busi- ness, and from that time up to his decease confined himself to the care of his real estate and other interests.
Hon. Smith Ely, a most distinguished citizen of New York, was born at Hanover, Morris county, New Jersey, at the house of his grandfather, Ambrose Kitehell, April 17, 1825. He was educated for the legal profession, studying in the office of Fred- erick De Peyster, a noted lawyer in his day. Mr. Ely graduated from the University Law School, and was admitted to the bar in 1846, but he never practiced, finding commercial pursuits more congenial to his tastes. In the hide and leather trade he built up a very extensive business. Being an active supporter of the Democratic party in polities, he was elected school trustee in 1856, member of board of supervisors from 1860 to 1870, at which time the office was abolished, in 1858-59 served in the state senate from the fifth New York district, having been elected by the Democratic party, and in 1873-4 he was commis-
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sioner of public instruction. His well earned reputation caused him to be elected member of Congress, served two terms, and was chairman of the committee on expenditures of the Treasury Department, a position of great importance. In 1876 he was elected Mayor of New York by a majority of 56,000, his com- petitor being General John A. Dix, of honored memory. While mayor he was distinguished for his efforts for wise and strict economy, and during his termi the debt of the city was greatly reduced. In 1895 he was appointed by Mayor Strong comis- sioner of public parks.
THE FAMILY OF HURRY.
Few towns in England have a more interesting history or one that goes back to a more distant antiquity than Great Yar- mouth, situated at the month of the river Yare, which divides the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. When the Romans in- vaded Britain, forty-five years before the Christian era, the site of the town was a sand bank formed at the entrance of a large estuary which flowed up to the city of Norwich, then a stronghold of the Britons.
Like all other walled towns of that ancient period. the streets, which were locally called Rows, were very narrow, as was necessary in order to find a place for the population within the walls. The inhabitants in the days of Charles I. were prompt to resist the encroachments of the Crown upon the rights of the people, and were among the strongest supporters of the Parliament and Cromwell. In the seventeenth and eight- eenth centuries there flourished in the town of Great Yarmouth a family named Hurry. The family was ancient, for in the par- ish register of 1580 it is recorded that William Hurry married Agnes Green. In 1596 Richard Hurry married, in the parish church, Ann Prymrose: he was for many years a member of
Eduund Abdy Mary
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the Corporation. In 1597 another of the same name married Elizabeth Smyth. and 1699 Anne Hurry married Robert Stew- ard. The Harrys were Vice Consuls at Great Yarmouth for Prussia and the other foreign powers. and possessed and ex- erted a controlling influence for many years, finally became ex- tinet at Great Yarmouth in 1843.'
The arms of the ancient family are argent, in chief a lion
NECARE
CDUBITO
NE
Hurry.
rampant gules, and in base two mullets voided, azure. Crest a harpy, wings expanded. Motto. "Nec Arrogo nec dubito." the original motto. and which is still claimed, being "Sans Tache." Many members of the Hurry family were buried in the chancel of the parish church at St. Nicholas. Great Yarmouth. down to the last century. and this, edifice is remarkable as being the largest parish church in England. while in antiquity it goes back to 1119, having been commenred with the Norman style of architecture. but being greatly enlarged from time to time.
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The American branch of this family is descended from Sammel Hurry, who was the third child of John and Alice (Cross) Hurry, born 1747, at Great Yarmouth, and was born at Bold street, Liverpool. November 24, 1778. John Hurry, father of the above John Hurry, was the third son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Clifton) Hurry, and was born at Great Yar- month, May 8, 1724, married, April 14, 1746, Sarah Winn. This Thomas Hurry. father of the above John Hurry, was born in 1694, and died while sojourning at the Adelphi Hotel in London, in 1780. He married Elizabeth Clifton, danghter of Gabriel Clifton and Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of John Ives, of Great Yarmonth; he was the only son of Thomas Hurry, who was made a freeman of Great Yarmouth in 1701, and was a free- holder of the county. The Hurry family owned no less than ten estates in the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk.
At a very early age Samnel Hurry, the founder of the American branch of the family, evinced a great desire to be- come a resident in the United States, and in the spring of 1795, when but seventeen years of age, notwithstanding the opposi- tion of his family. he sailed in one of his father's ships for Philadelphia, where he arrived June 9th. The family were never fully reconciled to this step, but when his father became aware of the son's unalterable intentions to remain in the Unit- ed States, he placed him in the mercantile house of Michlin & Griffith, with an entrance fee of one thousand dollars. To their regret he remained with them but a short time, having dis- played business qualifications of a high order. By his ability and perseverance he soon controlled a large Enropean connec- tion. October 1, 1798, he married Eliza Ann, the eldest dangh- ter of William Whiteside, of Philadelphia, who with his brother, Peter Whiteside, and Robert Morris. were jointly the originat- ors of the American East Indian trade direct with the Eastern
John Hurry, Esq.
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Hemisphere by the up-to-then unattempted southern passage. This new route to China led to a correspondence between the British and American government, on account of the import- ance attached to so unexpected a venture. This connection gave Samuel Hurry a firm position in the United States, and these advantages, combined with his natural business talent, made his success extremely rapid, and he soon took rank among the first American merchants and shipowners of his day. He met, however, with severe losses. One of his ships was confiscated by Napoleon while attempting to run the blockade of Copen- hagen, but which was done against the orders of Mr. Hurry. Another, the "John and Alice" (the largest ship up to that time launched in Philadelphia), was seized with a cargo of flour while lying in the port of Philadelphia, under a decision of the American government that Samuel Hurry was a British sub- ject. The ship "Antelope" and cargo at the same time was con- fiscated by the British government, Mr. Hurry being an Ameri- can merchant. Samuel Unrry was appointed and acted with great credit as agent between the United States and the British shipowners in the adjustment of claims for losses in the war of 1812, his reputation and extensive experience rendering him peenliarly fitted for that office. Samnel Hurry was made an honorary member of Saint George's Society; but few in the society's history in the United States having been so honored.
Some years prior to his death, his health became seriously impaired by falling into the water when boarding a ship in New York harbor, and he took sea voyages to Europe and the West Indies. In the latter part of 1819 he sailed for Great Britain, accompanied by his eldest son. Landing in Ireland they passed through that country and arrived at Liverpool, but his health and strength failed so rapidly that he had scarce- ly reached the home of his boyhood when his death occurred,
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Jannary 31, 1820. Ile was buried in the family vault at New- ington Chapel. In 1825 his family removed permanently to New York, where they have since resided, and with which they have become thoroughly identified.
No sketch of the life of Samuel Hurry would be complete without a special mention of his wife, Mrs. Eliza Ann ( White- side) Hurry, a woman of great force of character, and who was a member of the family of Whiteside, of Poulton le Fylde, in Lancashire, England, where the family had long been in a position of influence. On one occasion they had the honor of receiving his majesty King George III. at their seat in Poulton, and the silver tankard upon which was the family crest and used by His Majesty at that time came as an heirloom into Mrs. Hurry's possession. On her maternal side Mrs. Hurry was de- seended from Dr. John Bamber, whose epitaph in Barking Church. Essex, states that "he practiced medicine with great credit and honor for many years." He was one of the physi- cians to Queen Anne, and was the lord of three manors in Es- sex, with a town mansion at Mincing Lane. The present and late Marquis of Salisbury are also in direct descent from Dr. Bamber. "The Bamber Estate" of ten thousand four hundred acres below Lakewood, New Jersey, and which has been held by the late William Hurry and his heirs for nearly fifty years, is so named after Dr. Bamber.
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