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Benjamin L'Hommedieu married Jemima Thompson, born 1735, died 1807, and in his will mentions his sons Samuel, Joseph and Daniel, and his granddaughter, Jemima, daughter of his son Samuel.
Samnel L'Hommedieu was born January 15, 1763, died March 21. 1845. He married Esther Downs, born 1735, died Sep- tember 4, 1842. He was born and lived at Upper Aquebogue, in the present town of Riverhead, Long Island. When a young man Samuel L'Hommedieu paid his attentions to Esther Downs, born 1735, died September 4, 1842, who declined his offer of marriage and married Ezekiel Petty. Some years afterward, when she was a widow, Mr. L'Hommedieu renewed his suit with better success. They were the parents of children: Joseph; Dan- iel; Jemima ; and Samuel. who died at the age of twenty-one.
Joseph L'Hommedieu was born at Upper Aquebogue, 1806, and died July, 1877. He married (first) Deborah Benjamin, and had children : 1. Daniel Benjamin, married Chilla Raynor and had children: George, Edward and two daughters. Daniel B.,
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died February 22, 1905, aged seventy-five years. 2. Samuel, died young. 3. Jane, married George Barber and had chil- dren: Deborah, Henry, Charles, William G., Frank, Joseph and George. He married (second) Susan Higbie and had children: John W., married (first) Marian Towns, (second) Ellen Gil- bert, (third) Annie Reeves. He died 1901, leaving children : Nellie, Susan and Roswell. 2. Marietta, married David Andrew Havens and had children: Elizabeth, wife of Captain Charles A. Day, and Grace, wife of William E. Newton. 3. Huldah. 4. Samuel, see forward. 5. Joseph, married Eliza Estelle Ben- jamin and had children: Harrison, Nathan Benjamin, Carl, Percy and Lulu. 6. David Benjamin. 7. Esther, married David Leedham and had children: Caius and Esther.
Samuel L'Hommedieu, well known in the marine mercan- tile business of New York, was born at Baiting Hollow, in the town of Riverhead, February 11, 1843. When he was eleven years of age he went to live with Captain Harry Gardiner, of Quogue, and remained there five years, attending the public schools. At the beginning of the Civil war he "went on the water" as a steward on the sloop "Diligent," Captain Jolin Brown, and afterward on the schooner "Selah B. Strong," and various other vessels. After that he became connected with the towing business, and by his diligent labor and intelligence rose to be the general manager of the "White Star Towing Line," consisting of a fleet of thirteen tugs and employing one hun- dred men. There are also a number of vessels, schooners and barques sailing to southern ports. From his long and extensive experience Mr. L'Hommedieu holds a high position among sea- faring men and very few men are better acquainted with marine interests. Mr. L'Hommedien is the owner of the old homestead at Baiting Hollow. He and his sister, Mrs. Jane Barber, are the last survivors of his father's family. Mr. L'Hommedieu
Clement C. Moore.
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married Cornelia, daughter of George Wells. She died, leaving one daughter, Florence Cornelia, who was killed by falling from a bicycle at the age of eleven years.
Harrison L'Hommedieu, now living at Babylon, Long Island, has children : Arthur, Samuel and Edith.
Daniel L'Hommedien has children : Harry, Edna, Flor- ence and Joseph, all residing in Babylon.
CLEMENT C. MOORE AND HIS HOME.
The American ancestor of the Moore family was Rev. John Moore, who was born in England about 1620. He came to America and was living in Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1641. From there he moved to Southampton, Long Island. He had a " plant- ing lot" laid out for him in that place, April 6, 1641, and May 30, 1644, he was one of the delegates to Hartford. He was one of the "freemen" in 1649. About 1651 he left Southampton, and on September 25 of that year we find him as minister at Hemp- stead. Mr. Moore died at Newtown, September 17, 1657. Rev. John Moore married Margaret, daughter of Edward Howell, the founder of Southampton. His widow married Francis Doughty, son of Rev. Francis Doughty. His children were: John, who moved to New Jersey; Captain Gersham; Captain Samuel; Joseph, who moved to Southampton, Long Island; and Elizabeth, wife of Content Titus.
Captain Samuel Moore married Mary, daughter of Thomas Reed. He died suddenly. September 19, 1717, leaving children : Captain Samuel; Benjamin; Joseph; Nathaniel; Mary, wife of Nathaniel Woodward; Elizabeth, wife of Isaac Hicks; Sarah, wife of Daniel Coe : and Margaret, wife of John Protten, Jr.
Benjamin Moore, the second son, married, December 17, 1710, Anna Sackett. Their children were Lieutenant Sammel, born December 5. 1711; Mary, who married James Renne; Anna,
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wife of Thomas Hallett; Sarah, wife of Samuel Moore; Dr. Ben- jamin; Elizabeth, wife of William Hazzard; Patience, wife of Joseph Lawrence; and John, who died in 1827 at the age of ninety-eight.
Lieutenant Samuel Moore died April 7, 1788. He married Sarah, daughter of John Fish, of an honored family. Their chil- dren were: Sarah, wife of Thomas Barrow; Patience, wife of Daniel Titus; Jacob; Benjamin; William; and Judith, who mar- ried Rev. Thomas Lambert Moore.
Benjamin Moore, afterward the honored bishop of New York, was born October 16, 1748. In his early years he was sent to a school in New Haven. Some years later he entered Kings Col- lege, New York, and was graduated in 1768. He then studied the- ology under Rev. Dr. Samuel Auchmuty, rector of Trinity church. For several years he taught Latin and Greek in New York and in May, 1774, went to England, and on June 24 was ordained deacon by the bishop of London, and was ordained priest June 29. Upon his return to New York he was made an assistant minister of Trinity church. He was chosen rector of the church in 1800, and on September 5, 1801, he was unanimously called to the high office of bishop, and was consecrated on September 11 of the same year. His diocese embraced a very large extent of country. He was constantly visiting his many churches, and new ones were built and dedicated. In addition to this he held many high positions and was president of Kings College from 1801 to 1812.
Among the many episodes of his eventful life may be men- tioned the fact that he was present at the death of Alexander Hamilton, and administered the sacrament to him in his last mo- ments. He was also one of the assistants at the inauguration of President Washington. After a most useful and honored life Bishop Moore died February 27, 1816, in his sixty-sixth year.
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His remains were placed in the vault of Grove Bend, at the Rector street side of Trinity churchyard. Bishop Moore mar- ried Charity, daughter of Major Thomas Clarke, of whom a more extended notice is here given. Their only child, Clement Clarke Moore, was born July 15, 1770.
Cunene C. Voor. . (Where "Night Refor , Christmas" was yra. un)
Of Clement C. Moore it may be said that he was born and lived surrounded by all the advantages that could make life pleasant and render it useful. Receiving his preliminary edu- cation under the care of his honored father, he entered Kings College, being graduated in 1798, and receiving in later years the degrees of A. M. and LL. D. He was one of the trustees of
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the college from 1821 to 1857, and clerk of the board for many years. From 1821 to 1850 he was professor of Greek and Ori- ental languages in the General Theological Seminary in New York, and for the last three years of his life was professor Emeritus. Among other acquirements he was an excellent mnsi- cian, and was voluntary organist in St. Peter's church, on Twen- tieth street, where a mural tablet is erected to his memory. He died in Newport, Rhode Island, July 10, 1863.
Clement C. Moore married Catharine Elizabeth Taylor,
"I was the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas leon would be there; The children were nestled all snug in their beds,. Whilevisions of lugar-plums danced in their heads;
November 20, 1813. She died April 4, 1830. Their children were : 1. Margaret Elliott, born June 6, 1815, married, October 1, 1835. Dr. John Doughty Ogden, and died April 13, 1845. 2. Charity Elizabeth, born September 14, 1816, died December 14, 1830. 3. Benjamin, born August 24, 1818, married Mary Eliza- beth Sing, died September 6, 1886. His widow died February 24, 1895. 4. Mary Clarke, born September 2, 1819. She became the second wife of Dr. John Doughty Ogden, February 3, 1848, and died April 11, 1893. 5. Clement, born January 3, 1821, died numarried May 13, 1889. 6. William Taylor, born October 8, 1823, married (first) Lucretia Post; (second) Katharine E. Rob-
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inson. He was killed by a carriage accident in the Champs Elysees, Paris, May 19, 1897, and left no children. 7. Katharine Van Cortlandt, born May 1, 1826, died unmarried July 29, 1890. 8. Marie Theresa, born December 15, 1826.
Benjamin Moore the eldest son, left children: Clement C., born September 19, 1843; Casimer De Rham, born June 28. 1851; Elizabeth; and Katharine Theresa. All now living in New York.
Capt. Thomas Clarke.
Dr. John D. Ogden left a large family, who are also the de- scendants of Clement C. Moore.
Captain Thomas Clarke was born in England in 1692, and when he came to America was a retired officer of the British army. In 1745 he married Mary, daughter of Richard Stilwell. Upon being rallied for marrying a young wife in his old age, he replied that the Clarkes were not in their prime until after
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sixty. That he was in his prime is evidenced by his being the father of a family, who were: Mary, who married Richard Vas- sal; Charity, who married Rev. Benjamin Moore; and Maria Theresa, who married Viscount Barrington, a consin of Theo- dosia Bartow, wife of Aaron Burr. On August 16, 1750, Captain Clarke purchased from the heirs of Jacob Somerindyck a large farmi on the west side of the city, bounded south by the land of Sir Peter Warren and Yellis Mandeville, west by the Hudson river, north by Brant Schuyler and land of Widow Cowenhoven, and east by land of Jolin Horne. It contained over ninety-four acres and the price was one thousand and fifty-nine pounds, or two thousand six hundred and forty-seven dollars. This tract extended from Nineteenth to Twenty-seventh street and east to near Eighth avenue. Here he erected a magnificent mansion and called it "Chelsea," a name which the neighborhood still retains. When Lord Howe sailed up the river on July 12, 1776, several shots were fired at Captain Clarke's mansion, which presented a very conspicuous prospect. Shortly afterward the house was burned and the owner, who was very sick, was with difficulty resened from the flames. It was rebuilt by his widow with greater grandeur. In this mansion Clement C. Moore was born, the larger part of the farm having been left to Rev. Benjamin Moore and his wife. It remained as the elegant home of an honored family until the advance of the great city rendered it unfitted for a country residence. It stood on the top of a high hill which overlooked the river. It was destroyed in 1850, and the hill, leveled to its base, went to fill up water lots in Tenth avenue. The exact location of this interesting mansion was on the south side of Twenty-third street about two hundred feet west of Ninth avenue. The poem of the "Visit of St. Nicholas," far better known as "The Night Before Christmas," which has made the name of the author famous forever, was written by
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him in 1822 as a Christmas gift for his children. A copy was made by a young lady who was visiting the family, who, upon her return to her home in the city of Troy, sent it to an editor, and it was first printed in the Troy Sentinel, December 23, 1823. A little picture was attached showing St. Nicholas and his sled and "tiny red deer," a spectacle ever dear to the minds of chil- dren. It attracted immediate attention and has been printed in more forms and in greater numbers than any poem ever written by an American.
The Hebrew Lexicon which he prepared, and which was the first printed in this country, and other works upon which he bestowed so much time and labor, have been superseded by works of far deeper research, but the man is yet to be born who can write anything to supersede the little poem which has made Santa Claus and his tiny red deer living realities to thousands of children throughout our broad land.
THE BROWER FAMILY.
Among the earliest settlers in New Amsterdam was Adam Brower, whose descendants still remain after more than two and a half centuries. In 1647 he is mentioned as "at present residing on Long Island." In that year he sold to Dirck Van Schelhuyne "a house and lot north of the begun graft, between the lot of Jan the Cooper on the west, and Egbert Woutersen on the east." This was on the north side of Beaver street, east of Broadway. The line of descent is as follows :
Adam Brower married Magdalena Verdon, March 10, 1645. Their son Jacob married Anetje, daughter of William Bogardus and Wyntie Sybrants, January 7, 1682. Their son Jacob mar- ried Pieternella, daughter of Jan De La Montagne and Anetje Josephs Waldron, October 28, 1709. Their son Johannes mar- ried Susanna Deroilhet, October 9, 1734. They were the parents
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of Johannes Brower, who was baptized in 1747, and died April 13, 1823. He married Catharine Duryee, March 22, 1769. Their son John was born September 6, 1774, and died November 1, 1804. He married Magdalen Duryee, December 15, 1796. They were the parents of John J. Brower, who was born January 7, 1804, and died October 8, 1878. He married Sophia Wyckoff Olcott, May 20, 1835. Their children are: Cornelia L., wife of Rev. Charles H. McCreery; John, who married Sarah L. Beck- ley; Catharine H., wife of W. Wheeler Smith; Henry Wyckoff, who married Diana Horton; and William Leverich.
William L. Brower is a devoted member of the Collegiate Reformed Dutch church of New York and an elder, worshipping at the Middle Collegiate church, Second avenue and Seventh street, and as a member of the consistory of the Collegiate church he serves upon many of its most important committees, including the finance committee and board of church masters. He has been superintendent of the Middle Church Sunday school since 1887.
Mr. Brower was received into the full communion of the Collegiate church on February 2, 1870, on confession of faith, was installed as a deacon in 1873, and continued to serve as such until 1897, when he became an elder. He is very familiar with the usages of the Reformed Dutch church and with the history of the Collegiate church, both his paternal and maternal an- cestors for many generations having been connected with the former, his paternal ancestors having been identified with the Collegiate church throughout its existence. His father, Mr. John I. Brower, was in its communion for many years and also a member of its consistory.
While Mr. Brower is deeply interested in all that concerns and contributes to the general welfare of the Collegiate church in all of its congregations and their various channels of helpful
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influence, his time and energies being generously given in the discharge of his duties as a member of the consistory, it is to the work of the Middle church that his affections and untiring service are especially devoted.
When the church at Lafayette place and Fourth street was taken down, Mr. Brower was one of those who were firm in the belief that the Collegiate church should continue to maintain a
Wm. L. Brower.
church and place of worship in that section of the city and min- ister to the spiritual welfare of all who could there be reached, and in the new Middle church at Second avenue and Seventh street he has earnestly applied himself to the work there con- ducted. In this church no pew rentals are charged, the seats being free to all, and the edifice is kept open daily "so as to afford any persons who might be religiously and devoutly dis- posed opportunity for rest. meditation and prayer."
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Mr. Brower has made the following gifts to the Collegiate church :
A communion service for the sick. (See Year Book of 1894, page 136.)
Mural tablets in the Middle church in memory of-
I. Peter Minuit.
II. The Krankenbezoekers,
Sebastian Jansen Krol and Jan Huyck.
III. The Rev. Jonas Michaëlius.
(See Year Book of 1901, page 330.)
Tablets erected in the Middle church, memorials to those who perished in the "General Slocum" disaster.
HEWLETT FAMILY.
The family of which George W. Hewlett, produce dealer, whose place of business is located at No. 180 South street, New York, one of the worthy, respected business men of the city, is a member, was founded by George Hewlett, who married, 1680, Mary Baylis, died 1722.
Daniel Hewlett, son of George and Mary (Baylis) Hewlett, died 1757-58. He was united in marriage with Sarah Jackson. Daniel was the first of the family to settle in Merrick, Queens county, Long Island.
George Hewlett, son of Daniel and Sarah (Jackson) Hew- lett, born 1725, died 1787. He married, 1754, Elizabeth Will- iams, who bore him the following children: Ann, 1755, died 1824; married 1774, Hewlett Townsend. Mary, born 1757, mar- ried, 1781, Richard Townsend. George, born 1763, died 1847; married Jane Williams.
George Hewlett, only son of George and Elizabeth (Will- iams) Hewlett, born 1763, died 1847. He married Jane Will- iams, who bore him one child, Israel Horsefield.
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Israel Horsefield Hewlett, only child of George and Jane (Williams) Hewlett, was born in Merrick, Long Island, 1814, died 1889. He was a farmer by occupation, and spent his entire life in Merrick. He was an active politician in the ranks of the Republican party, but was never in any sense of the word an office seeker. He served in the capacity of assessor. He was a member of Morton Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, Hemp- stead, and a member of the Society of Friends. He married, 1832, Eliza A. Hewlett, daughter of Charles and Sarah Ann (Platt) Hewlett, and died September 20, 1859. Their children were: 1. Henry P., born 1832, died 1890; married, 1856, Charity Jarvis Mott, two children: Jesse M., born 1858, married, 1882, Margaret Mott, residing at Freeport, Long Island; and Henry P., born 1867, died 1872. 2. Fannie N., born 1835, died 1890; married, 1855, William S. Willetts, of Jericho, and their chil- dren are: Elizabeth R., born 1857; Frederick, 1858; Ann Eliza, Mary W., Allen O., James, Martha J. 3. Charles, born 1836, married, 1863, Mary L. Edwards, and resides at Little Neck, Long Island; one child, Frederick E., married, 1895, Cornelia Van Nostrand. 4. George W., born September 28, 1838, men- tioned hereafter. 5. Sarah Elizabeth, born 1840, died 1885; married 1865, Coles C. Hegerman. 6. Rev. John C., born 1842, a minister in the Protestant Episcopal church, now stationed at Boston, Massachusetts. 7. Mary W., born 1844, married Ben- jamin Wooley, no issue. 8. William W .. born 1847, a physician, practicing his profession at Babylon, Long Island; married, 1872, Ella Pittman, has two sons: Harold, born 1873, married, 1898, Winifred Roberts, and Percy, born 1875; also two children who died in childhood. 9. Benjamin P., horn 1847, twin to William W., died in infancy. Israel H. Hewlett married (second), 1863, Margaret Dorland, and their children were: Jane W., Eliza, Nellie, Saralı, married Ackerley.
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George W. Hewlett, third son of Israel H. and Eliza A. (Hewlett) Hewlett, was born at Merrick, Long Island, Septem- ber 28, 1839. He acquired his education in the district schools of Merrick, and his boyhood days were spent upon the home- stead farm. He enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Nineteenth New York Regiment, August 19, 1862, and served three years in the Civil war. In 1864 he was transferred to the Veteran Reserved Corps, where he held the rank of sergeant. He was honorably discharged at Washington, D. C., June 30, 1865. After remaining in Washington one month, he returned to the east and accepted a position in a clothing store in Brook- lyn, New York. He subsequently became bookkeeper in a whole- sale house in New York and remained in this employ for fourteen years, and in 1880 engaged in his present business, dealer in produce, wherein he has gained a reputation for integrity and uprightness. He is a member of Altair Lodge, No. 601, Free and Accepted Masons, and Constellation Chapter, No. 134, Royal Arch Masons, Brooklyn.
Mr. Hewlett married, in Brooklyn, New York, June 14, 1872, Susan O. Mott, born in Brooklyn, New York, daughter of Jesse and Experience Mott. Their children are: Ella E., born Feb- ruary 14, 1874; Eliza Ann, born November, 1875, married, 1900, Edwin L. Hitch, residing in Brooklyn, New York; Harry P., born October 1, 1877.
ALBERT G. RICHTER.
Albert G. Richter, owner and operator of the Centennial Iron Works, located at No. 190 Elm street, New York, is a native of New York city, born April 2, 1868.
His father, Herman Richter, the founder of the business above mentioned, was born in Zwicken, kingdom of Saxony,
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Germany, November 5, 1837. Hlis boyhood days were spent in his native land and he was there educated and learned the trade of machinist. He came to America, hoping that by so doing he would improve his financial affairs, and for many years was employed in Roach's shipyard, Mr. Roach being one of the larg- est shipbuilders in this country. In 1867 Mr. Richter engaged in business on his own account at No. 409 Broome street, in the manufacture of all kinds of iron work for buildings, and con- ducted business there until 1875, a period of eight years. In 1876 he removed his business to the present site, No. 190 Elm street, and there continned until his death, in August, 1902. He enlisted in Company B, First United States Artillery, was wounded at the battle of Williamsburg, Virginia, March 4, 1862, and was discharged on account of disability. He was a member of Koltes Post, No. 32, Grand Army of the Republic. He was married to Theresa Koch, a native of Saxony, daughter of George and Herminie Koch, and their children were: Ludwig, born August 15, 1864, in New York, married Matilda Ludiman, has two living children: Stephen and Eleanor. Ernest, died in childhood. Albert G., whose name heads this sketch. Ernest, died in childhood. Herman. Theresa, wife of August Bohl, two children : William and Herman. Frederick W.
Albert G. Richter was educated in the public schools, and St. Matthew's Lutheran Church school. After completing his studies he learned the machinist's trade with his father, subse- quently becoming a partner in the business, and after the death of his father purchased his interest in the estate and is now sole owner. In addition to the manufacture of all kinds of iron work for buildings, special attention is given to alterations and repairs, and in all the transactions conducted since the estab- lishment of the business the utmost integrity has been observed.
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Mr. Richter is a member of Eichen-Kranz Singing Society, Pioneer Lodge, No. 20, Free and Accepted Masons, Old Hoboken Turtle Club (which is over one hundred years old), and the Em- ployers' Association of Architectural Iron Workers.
Mr. Richter was married in New York, November 25, 1900, to Katherine Frederica, daughter of William and Amelia Fred- erica. They have no living children.
ADOLPH LOWENBEIN.
Adolph Lowenbein, deceased, during a long and active career known as a man of much business ability and enter- prise and sterling character, was a native of Bavaria, born in the village of Brux, April 27, 1828, a son of Nathan Lowenbein, born in 1792.
Mr. Lowenbein received a limited education in his native land. and was trained to the trade of upholstering, of which he was master at a youthful age. When only thirteen years old he came to the United States, and at once obtained employment at his trade. In 1846, when only eighteen, he engaged in busi- ness for himself, in Christopher street. He developed this to larger proportions, and further enlargements necessitated vari- ous removals- to Broome street, and later to the corner of Hud- son and Broome streets. At a later day he purchased a piece of property comprising three buildings at the corner of Hudson and Dominic streets. These he demolished, erecting in their stead a mammoth edifice, where he carried on an extensive fur- niture and upholstering business, numbering among his patrons very many of the best hotels, business houses and private cit- izens of the city. He also extended his activities to the lumber business, importing and exporting, and had the distinction of being the first to introduce American walnnt to European mar- kets, and to bring into this country French veneering from
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